1937-11-12 — Page 7

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY,

NOVEMBER 12, 1937.

Gems

Had String Of £4,000

ROY

His Pocket For A Year

In WIFE,

PENNILESS, HEARS IN

OY SCOTT, twenty-nine-year-old pawnbroker's assistant, carried £4,000 worth of jewellery on a string in his pocket for more than twelve months. When he needed money he would slip a couple of rings off the string and pledge them at a pawnbroker's always a different one.

Because he told the same story each time-that he was raising money on

his wife's rings to STOCKBROKER'S

reimburse friends who had been

his оп -robbed-Scotland-yard gol tral and he stood in the dock at the Old Balley recently.

The young, wife who had known nothing of the string of "her Jowels until her husband WILS arrested, heard him sentenced to three years penal servitude robbing his employer's shop in the Mlle End-road, E. In March 1935. Scott pleaded guilty. So doing he "vindicated" Mr. Justice Branson,

for

A case was heard a year ago in which Lloyd's underwriters pleaded that Scott's employer had been rob- bed by an employee.

CONFESSES THEFT

In this case they could not claim £4,000 under their policy.

Scott then denied he knew any thing of the theft.

"MEGALOMANIA”

Letter To Coroner Before Suicide

London, Oct. 9.

Extracts from a letter addressed to the coroner by Mr. Patrick St. John Stirling, 30, a stockbroker, who wor found shot at his home in Tile-street, Chelsen, were read at the inquest at Hammersmith yesterday.

Mr. Stirling was a member of the Arm of Williamson, Fawcett and Stirling, of Old Jewry, E.C.

The Acting Coroner, Dr. McCarthy, said he thought that the letter left no doubt that the man's mind 1114 disturbed. The letter rend:

"I leave my own affairs in order I am compell-

Mr. Justice Branson wald he dis- belleved Scott, gave judgment for then those of my firm. underwriters. The decision was re- versed by the Appeal Court,

At the old Bailey recently Scott's

confession was given to the court.

He took an impression of the safe key, had a duplicate made, robbed

the cafe.

ed to this step because certain things have made me face the fact that my

has character

deteriorated

1:0

alarmingly during the last two years that I am a menace to myself and

Others,

"I am quite certain I have been

holds

COURT

UFS

Royal King Peter, 14, of Yugoslavia, gets development as he medicine balt punched by Prince Alexander, son of Prince Regent Paul, The scence is at a Boy Seoul camp at Bled.

WAR

DEAD

of

STILL FOUND

To make it more mystifying. I suffering from a form of megalo- shut the safe and locked again.mania-a feeling I was a person

!

I never told any one what I hnd tremendous importance, and that I done,"

must be right and that the risks Scolt's wife listened with anguished was taking must come off, I had a face.

queer deluslan nothing I did mattered because I had lots of muncy myself.

"I'm sure whatever my husband did he did for my sake and the baby we were expecting at the thine," she sold.

"Three years is a long time." she

sald Inter, "but I shall wait for him." Before leaving the Old Balley she ordered a good meal to be sent In to her husband before he was taken away to a convict gaol.

A friend lent her the money; she

had none.

EMPIRE NEED OF SETTLERS

M.P. And £50,000,000 Migration Loan

of

"At times I felt I was quite a dif- ferent

furtune person with a millions or more, I

BEING

38,000 DISCOVERED SINCE 1921

of British soldiers | some

these delusions I first had four years THE bodies

can see now ngo had been becoming increasingly killed in the Great War are still frequent."

being found at the rate of 20 to 30 in week in the battlefields of France

Mr. David Finney, a churtered accountant, agreed with the follow- ing statement which he had made, and Belgium. and which was read by the Coroneri

This fact is disclosed by Major- "I have known Mr. Stirling for 10

Sir Fabian Ware of the He was in years.

sound financial General standing, but worried over imaginary Imperial War Graves Commission, in difficulties. On Oct. 1 he telephoned the report of the Commission just jme, and at nine p.m. visited me. He

appeared worried and depressed, and published in London under the title said: "I have not slept a wink oil The Immortal Heritage." the week."

no general search for

common sepulchre. He was enlied legion or nothing; he was the means by which someone else pur- sued the glory of a name,

RADIO BROADCAST

Soprano Recital by Mariette Dechesne From Studio

REV. C. 1. R. SARGENT Radio Programme Broadcast by Wavelengths of 305 metres (045 ic.c.'s.), 31.49 meires (9.52 m.c.'s). H.K.T.

12.0-12.20 p.m. Relay of Special Service from 51. John's Cathedral.

12.30

Puccini's Excerpts from Operad

La Boheme-Che Gelido Manina. Jussie Bjorling (Tenor); Si, mi chiamano Mimi...... Claudia Muzio (Soprano); O Mint, Tu Plu Non 'Torni.

Gigli (Tenor) and De (Baritone); о Soave Fanclullo. Luca

Rosetta Pampanini and Dino Addio, Dolce Svegliare, Borgioll;

Rosetta Pampanini, Dino Bor- and Gino Rettore giell, Aurora Vaneill; Madan Butterfly-Selec-

New tion.....

Light Symphony Orchestra.

1.0 Locul Time Signal and Weather Report,

1.03 Light Orchestral.

A Tzigane Night At The Hungaria. Colombo's Tziganes, Rheinischer Karneval-Fantaste; Saiteboekwnizer Volkslied... Eddie Saxon and His German Orchestra; Where The Ferraris); Czar Ivan (arr. Maurice Maurice Igor and 11s Igor). Nomad Orchestra; Rondel; Mina; Shepherd's Song (Elgar, ner. Haydn Wood)..... Light Symphony Orches- tra;

(Jarnefelt) ..** Praeludium John Barbiroll and His Orchestra.

1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press; Weather and Announcements.

Woods Are Green (Brodsky, arr.

1.40 Petite Bulle (Debussy). (a) En Bateau; (b) Cortege; (e) Menuet; (d) Bullet.

Symphony Orchestra conducted by Piero Coppols.

1.52 Songs by Tino Ross!.

Loin Des Gultores; Bella Ragazzina (film 'Au Son Des Guitares'); Vous Qu'Avéz-Vous Fail De Mon Amour? (Varna, Marc-Cab and Barczi).

2.02 Dance Music.

Tangos-El Payaso Del Corazon Partido: Le Tue Carezze..... Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchea- tro; Fox-Trois-Sweet Is The Word For You; Blue Hawaii (im Waikiki Wedding')

Eddle Carroli and Casani Club Orchestra.

The

2.15 Close down.

....

4-7 p.n. Chinese Programme. 7.0 Dance Music. Tangos-Moonlight On The Ilio Grande; Fireflowers.

Heinz "It has been the faith of the Com-

Huppertz and His Orchestra; Fox- The Weather mission that those who fought and Trot Speaking of died in 1014-18 were-what we know (film 'Gold Diggers of 1937'); Waltz have been several and My Heart's In Old Killarney..... them to

Toodle-Oo: separate personalities, each in human George Eliott and His Sweet Music

Fox-Trots *** 'the cupinin of his fate,' | Makers; measure each claiming individual comprehen- Throwing Peanuts To The Moon. Brian Lawrance and His Lans.. slon."

downe Orch; But Where Are You; Dance Let's Face The Music And (Alm Follow the Fleet'). Roy Fox and His Orchestra; Fox-Trot Did You Mean 11; Waltz-Have You Forgotten So Soon..... Jack Hylton and His Orchestra:

Arab Wants To See

Snow

Emporia, Kus. Looking forward to seeing his first snow this winter, Abraham Kano, an Arabian from Baghdad, Iraq, is a student at the College of Emporia,

Sir Fabian states that since Sep- "I had a serious talk with him, and pointed out that all his affairs tember 1921 London, Oct. 12. were in order. He seemed to think bodies has been made, but that Government loans of £50,000,000 | his judgment of the markets hud 138,000 have been found by farmers, to assisl Empire migration were been wrong since July." suggested yesterday by Sir John

netal-senrchers and others, and that Replying to Mr. Glyn Jones, re- Wardlaw-Milne, MP, ut a national presenting the family and Mr. they are still being discovered. conference held at the City of Lon-Stirling's Bem, Mr. Finney said that POTENT ADVOCAte of Peacelle salled from Beirut, Syrk. don Guildhall.

Mr. Stirling was a most conscientious The problem was discussed in its mun 11e had been successful in Imperial, social and economic aspects getting together, clients, and he took by renrésentatives of local bodies, their affairs far too much to heart. emigration organisations, and Domio- ion and Colonial administrations.

of

About 20 per cent, of these have

been identified, and it is still possible Safety-First-In-India Mr. Jones: Ilus there been to identify from 10 to 15 per cent,

substantial full in value of Amerlear

Calcutta.

....

7.30 Stock Quotations and long- kong Exchange Market.

7.35 Varlety. Piano

Medley-Two For To-night.

and Plano- .... Renaro Vocal

and Hypnotized (Silver, Shermon Lewis): A Little Rendezvous In Honolulu (Leslie and Burke).

Turner Layton: Organ-With Eric

Coates Thro' London.

Quentin

M. Maclean; Vocal-For Love Alone (Sievier, Thoyer); I Never Realized (Gideon)... Bing Crosby.

Sir J. Wardlaw-Mine urged that securities in the last few weeks? of the bodies recovered,

Tests devised by the National In- financial assistance was needed to Did certain clients nequire or retain, The account of the Commission's stitute of Industrial Psychology in bring about D early revival

London are now being used in India on his advice, American securities?— emigration.

ments. work is prefaced by the words of by the Safety First Association of Yes, among others. We could not expect the Dominions

Asked whether Mr. to agree always to contribution on a blamed himself for the losses which to the battlefields in 1922:

Silling had King George V. after his pilgrimage India in an attempt to promote more

careful use of the roads. cash basis, and it was up to this had fallen on his clients, Mr. Finney country to find the money or a large replied that Mr. Stirling regarded it share of it.

as a reflection on his capabilities and Judgment that he should have allow. et this to happen.

control

AN EMPIRE BOARD The British Government should guarantee a loan under the

Dr. McCarthy recorded a verdict of a Board for

that Mr. Stirlingį killed himself while Empire settlement, the balance of his mind was disturb. which should have powers to sanction

ed, approved schemes up

on

maximum of, say, £50,000,000.

to វា

"We, are prepared," sald Sir John,

I have many times asked myself whether there can be any morta polent pdvocate of peace upon earth, through the years to come than this multitude of silent wit-

nesses to the desolation of war.

Mr. Edmund Blunden, the

war

po give facilities and financial sup- Cutlery Dealers Beware! poet, in his introduction to "The

Salinas, Cal,

port to enterprises in the distressed

Heritage," describes the guiding areas. Surely, it is equally import-

principle of the Commission's work. ant to support an enterprise overseas It would never do for a cutlery

"CAPTAIN OF HIS FATE" which is aimed at achieving the same dealer to get arrested in California, results. The gain to the taxpayer is Louls Corja, Filipino, 20, was or- "The ancients," he says, "regarded clear,"

rested for carrying knives. Because the soldier in the moss and felt no he had two on him he was sentenced difficulty in consigning him accord- to 15 days in jail for each one. ingly without name of detail intu

Mr. C. G. Ammon, M.P., said it was a mistake to think that migration from the United Kingdom to the Dominions was not possible as long as there was unemployment in the Dominions.

"One the contrary," he added, “unemployment, both in the United Kingdom and throughout the Empire, is being fostered by the holding up

of migration from the United King-

dom to the Dominions.

Workers Are Saving

£4,000,000, a Week

"In the complex social order of to- RITISH WORKING-CLASS AND MIDDLE-CLASS

day the humblest worker is also an

employer of labour. We work

each other, we employ others.”

for

This was not a question to await more prosperous time. It was an occasion to help hasten more pros- perous times.

BRI

FAMILIES—THE

SMALL

SAVING £4,000,000 A WEEK.

INVESTORS-ARE

This is the highest savings figure in history. It is

Sir Henry Page Croft, M. P., said due to two factors,

that Great Britain's concern in the future would be not so much the need to find outlets for her surplus man- power, but how the self-governing! Dominions were, to survive as free nations if they refused to take ele- mentary precautions to increase their population in proportion to thele absorption capnelty,

Home Economics Practical

The first is that more people are in employment than there have ever been before.

Chickens Get Vitamins The second is that wages. have risen by £100,000,000 a year during

New York. the last three years.

Chicken feeding has been reduced lo science with n balanced diet "Small

savings," In varlous

containing "elght vitamins.., As organisation, will have reached over £3,000,000,000 by 10 result, says the American Poultry' end of this year.

Journal eggs are becoming larger Here are some of the directions and more nutritious. where the savings are being Invest | cdi-

thrift

Canyon; Tex. Girls who take home economics at West Texas State Teachers College O. and other savings

banks..... this year will learn to keep house in fact as well as theory. A practice Building societies house or demonstration cottage har Life Assurance been built on the compus, a brick

In addition to this structure of colonial dealign at a cost | 2,000,000 workers own of $13,000.

houses.

n

Dog Fond Of Raspberries

Per Week.

Mt. Carroll, 111. £1,000,000 Sport, a small dog owned by £1,500,000 Adolph Eshelman, enjoys gnawing ot £1,000,000 bone as much as any dog does. more than But he has developed an appetite their own for other foods strange to dogdom.

One of these is raspberries.

One', of the most unique costumes among nation-wide festival queens was donned by Helen Welle of Deschutes County. Oregon, at Portland. She is "Turkey Queen" of a locality where thousands of the birds are raised.

8.0 Time, Weather and Announce-

8.03 Studio Recital by Mariette Dechesne (Soprano).

1. Les

Noces de Figuro: Mon cocur soupire (Mozart); 2. Lakme: Dans la foret pres de nous (Delibes; 3, Les Mousquetaires au couvent: Mon Dieu mon ome incertaine (Varney): 4. Le pays du sourire: Je t'ai donne mon coeur (Lebar); 5. Valses de Vienne: Tout wat Solell (J. Strauss); 6. Mon coeur Vous dedle (Chopin); 7. Pour valser avec vous (Chagrin); 1. Villanelle (Dell'Acqua). 8.30 Light Orchestral.

Impressione D'Oriente-Descriptive (Amudel); Souvenir D'Ukraine- Descriptive (Ferraris)..... Armando DI Piramo and His Orchestra; Magyar

war Melodies (Vilmos, Piercy); Wedding Dance (Lincke)..... Alfredo and His Orchestra,

य

Waliz

8.45 Studio-Rev, G.B.R. Sargent- 22nd. of a series of Opera: Famous Female Volces Of The Pasi'.

9.30 Landon Relay-The News. 9.50 Cesar Franck 'Senala In A. Major

Played by Cortot (Plano) and Thibaud (Violin).

10.23 Songs by John McCormack (Tenor).

Shannon River (Egan-Morgan); I Met An Angel (Slevier-Morgan); Love's Secret (Blake-Bantock).

10.33 Light Variety. Orchestral-Heart's Desire-Film Selection. Cine Studio Orches- tra; Gipsy Fantasy: Gipsy Drinking Song (Charpentier and Rode). Rode

Vocal and Is Tziganea; Swing, Mister Charlie (Robinson, Taylor, Brooks); Stompin' At The Savoy (Goodman, Webb, Sampson). Judy Garland (13 years old); I'm

An Old Cow-Hand From The Rio Grande; Peter's Pop Keeps A The Hocky Lollipop Shop.

Band... Accordeon Mountainders; Riding The Range In The Sky (Carlton); In A Gypsy Caravan (Butler Damerell Meyers), Primo Scala's Accordeon Band.

11.0 Close down,

DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES

Cummings

1.20 n.m.

'Cants on thic Table," 7.40 am. Recital by Kelt (Australian. Viola Player),

"The Part that ex- 0a.m. Die Ben.

Promoting Servicemen Can Play in World Fence." 8.10 nm. Festival of Empire and Remem

brance,

8.40 a.m. The News and Announcements. Greenwich Tama Bignal at 8.45 am.

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