1938-03-11 — Page 19

DUCHESS STRUCK AT BUOY

Haruna Maru Hits Warship, Doing Slight Damage

The Nippon Yusen Kaisha liner Karuna Maru, while proceeding alowly through the harbour this morning, collided with Duchess, which was moored at Buoy No. 8, off the Naval Yard.

One Dead In Week Of Road Mishaps

There were 04 traffic accidents-in the Colony of Hongkong during the week ending March 5, resulting in опо person belug killed and

31

in- sured.

The person killed was a Chinese male aged 30, who received Injuries while alighting from a moving motor bus.

THE

HONGKONG STELEGRAPH.

Indictment In Whitney Bankruptcy

Grand Larceny In First Degree

FRIDAYA MARCH

Tao System To Be Restored In Hopei

district.

the

Of the persons injured, 18 were H.M.S. pedestrians who were either walking has been indicted by the New York Paoting district and the Souili Hopel

for running across the road and were

struck down by vehicles. tramear passengers

Two bus passengers and three while allghting from moving con- injured voyances.

It was not a heavy impact, and caught the destroyer on her starboard bow. Damage le reported to be very slight, but no delalis of the mishap are yet avaliable.

The naval authorities laconically announced, when questioned, that

were

districts have been decided upon and Heads for each of the prospective their identities will be formally

Government gives its approval announced after the administrative commission of the new Provisional

Peiping, Mar. 11. With a view to facilitating the running of provincial affairs in Hopel, the provincial" administration has decided to restore the Tao New York, Mar. 10. Mr. Richard Whitney, senior part-districts, according to Chinese reports, system, dividing the province into ner at the stockbroking firm of It has been decided to divide Hopei voluntary bankruptcy this week, Whitney and Co., which went into into four districts the East Hopel

the Tientsin district, Grand Jury on a charge of grand larceny in the first degree, based on the alleged misappropriation of be tween U.S. $105,000 and $110,000 from a Trust Account--Reuter. started a Grand Jury investigation Publie Prosecutor Dewey to-day Into the Whitney bankrupter after Mr. Rosenthal, Mr. Whitney's the scheme and the personnel chosen. former private secretary, had testi-Reuter's Special: fed that customers' securities to the

in Janu value of U.S. $708,376 were, in ary, turned over to the personal control of Mr. Richard Whitney.

Meanwhile the Federal Department colli-attorney is making

vestigation. He said that any evid

a separate in-

ence of violation of Federal statules would be placed before the Federal Grand Jury-United Pres.

B

Two bicycle riders and two earth result of collisions between vehicles. truck coolles were Injured GS

the collision occurred at 7.15 am,jured when a vehicle collided with

One private car passenger was in the Duchess suffering slight damage. the embankment of a road. They were awaiting a full report from the ship at that time.

It was later revealed that the Haruna Maru was steaming from westward just before the accident She awung between naval buoys, 3 and 4. in mid-harbour, dropped her anchor and turned on it. Then, weighing anchor, she apparently came down-tide and struck Duchess.

It is offcially stated that the damage to the warship is only superficial.

DARING THEFT FROM MOTOR

Walking up to a car parked at Ice House Street, Chan Shu, 31, un- employed, stole a leather suitcase containing clothing and valuables worth $240, the property of Mr. R. R. W. Ashby.

WGS

A driver and two passengers of a motor lorry were injured when their vehicle ran into a nullah wall.

Of the 64

accidents, 23 were slons between vehicles: 26 were collisions between vehicles and pedestrians; and 15 accidents were due to other causes.

EUROPEANS IN TRAFFIC COURT Licut-Commander R. R. Helbert of I.M.S. Tamar, was fined $5 by Mr. H. R. Butters at the Central Magistracy this morning for leaving his motor car unattended in Theatre Lane on February 28.

Mr. W. Stoker, of Stubbs Road, was also fined $5 for parking his motor car beyond the time limit of two hours in Connaught Central.

affair

OUT ON $10,000 BAIL The specific charges against Mr. Whitney state that he was involved in the alleged misuse of a $100,000 of Mr. Whitney's father-in-law, Mr. George Sheldon.

trust fund established under the will

Whitney did not enter a plea and he was released in the custody of his attorney after posting ball for $10,000, which was waived until to-morrow.

Road SNATCHER AGAIN

For causing an obstruction with is car in Queen's Road Central on Chan appeared before Mr. R. Ed-February 16, Mr. J. Wilson Cheong wards at the Central Magistracy this was fined $5. Traffic Sergeant A. morning charged with the theft. He Bethel said that the car was left admitted the offence. Det-Sergeant outside the Dairy Form and was Soutar, the prosecuting officer, sold obstructing buses. defendant questioned by a privat

watchman and said that the suitcase belonged to relative of his. He agreed to take the watchman to Hollywood Road, where he sold his relative could be found, but on their way broke lose and attempted to abscond. He was arrested after a chase.

Two months' imprisonment was inflicted.

SIX-MONTH TERM

FOR SNATCHER OF EVIL REPUTE

With

record of 10 previous

Appearing on two summonses for driving cars at a dangerous speed on February 17 and February 25, Lau Cheong was fined a total of $20. Traffic Sergeant G. Youe sold both instances occurred in Queen's Road East within the controlled area. A lorry driver, Ng For, was fined $10 on n summons for overloading his vehicle

February 20, and another $8 for having un execss number of passengers. Trame Ser- geant Morris said that the lead was 77 ewt. in excess and defendant had 18 passengers on the lorry in the second instance.

On

STOCK MARKET REPORT

CONVICTED ·

Six months' imprisonment was passed on Tang Chau, 33, unemploy- cd, by Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Magistracy this morning when he pleaded guilty to stealing a handbog from Lo San, 20, married woman.. The bag contained $50.12 and fountain pen.

plainant was walking along Seymour inspector Kirby said that com- Rond yesterday morning in the com- pany of a lady friend when defendant came towards her and snatched her handbag from her left arm. After a short chose he was arrested.

Two previous convictions revealed against defendant.

were

THEFTS REPORTED

to

Opium Carrier Arrested

Arrested when disembarking from the river steamer Tin Yat at the

Ping On Wharf yesterday, Wong Chi- before Mr. H. R. Butters at the cheung, 61, unemployed, appeared Central Magistracy this morning. charged with the possession of 50 taels of

of raw oplum.

Revenue Officer J. L. Stephens sold the opium was found inside suit- case which Wong carried added that the man had a previous convic- tion for a similar offence.

A fine of $1,000 with the alternative of six months' hard labour was im- posed.

Wong Pai, 50, a vegetable gardener, was also charged before Mr. Butters with the possession of two taels of raw opfum at Jaland Road near Aberdeen Police Station yesterday. He was fined $40 or a month's hard labour in default. Pollee-Sergeant A. F. Estall prosecuted.

STOCK MARKET INACTIVE

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RADIO BROADCAST

Empress of Britain's Dance Orchestra

LONDON RELAYS

Z.B.W. on Frequencies of 843 k.c's. Radio Programme. Broadcast by 9.02 m.e's. per second.

6.00-7.00 Chinese Programme.

7.00 Organ and Choral Programme. Introduction' And Fugue (From Fantasia on Ad Nos Salutem-Fronz Liszt)....Fernando German!" played on

New

York Wanamaker Auditorium (Words, O. Organ: Crown Of Life Turner Music, Arr. M.

Tha The BBC.

Wireless CFO)

The (Wolstenholme); Question

.Grand Answer (Wolstenholme) Organ played by Reginald Goss- Custard, F.R.c.o. at Kingsway Hall, London; Morgenblatter (Vocal Waltz Johann Strauss, Op. 270)....The

B, C. Wireless Chorus. 7.25 Closing Local Stock Quota- tlong

7.30 London Relay-Food For Thought.

Three short talks on matters of topical interest,

7.50 Studlo A Talk On Society Protection of Children by D. Spreck- ley.

Report and Announcements.

8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather

Bri-

Me O'

8.03 Studio Empress of tain's" Dance Orchestra.

9.00 Richard Crooks (Tenor). Songs Mother Taught Mother (Maclaren-Dvornik): Mine (Kipling Tours): If I Should Send A Rose "(Shoyon-Shilkrei).

9.10 Chopin

Polonaise-Fantaisie No. 7 In A Flat Major Op. Andante Splanato

01; Op. 22. Arthur Rubinstein (Piano); Waltz In D Flat-Op. 04, No. 1; Etude in C Major-Op. 10, No. 7....Wil- helm Backhaus (Piano).

9.30 London Relay Tho News.

Band of H. M. Grenadier Guards.

The Beggar's Opera-Selection (Gay-Austin) ....Cond. by Capt.. George Miller; The Grenadiers Waltz (Waldieufel arr. Winterbottom) cand. by Capt. George Mil

Miller: Folks At Home And In Foreign Lands

Cond. by Capt. George Miller. 10 10.10 Variety Programine

oid

Orchestra-The Acacia Blossoms Twice; More Stars Then There Are London, Mar. 10.

In The Sky: Once I Had A Dear The London Stock Exchange was Mother; The Sun Is In Love With Inactive to-day, and little disposed to

The

Moon....Magyari Imre and His extend commitments owing French crisis, and the forthcoming-Nur Dir Will Ich Geheren

Hungarian Gypsy Orchestra;; Vocal plebiscite in Austria. Selling, how-zynsiti-Van

Aaken); In

Deinen ever, was negligible and the ensier Augen Les Ich Ein Marchen (Nieder- trend was attributed to lack of sup-berger-Heller) .....Joseph Schmidt

port

the

(Tenor); Plano-You're Here, You're on there, You're Everywhere (Kahal and Loeb); Foolin' Myself (Lawrence and His Boy Friends; Vocal--It's The and Tinturin)....Carrel Gibbons The Natural Thing To Do, The Moon Got In My Eyes (from 'Double or

with Or-

An overcoat worth $20 was stolen but subsequently rallied with the aldehserve at And Daisy

TO POLICE Money and jewellery to the value of $120 were stolen from No. 1 Kent Read, Kowloon Tong, the residence convictions and still under police The Hongkong Stock Exchange of Mrs. Dyer,

yesterday. supervision, Ho Tung, 26, unemploy-official summary issued at 3,15 p.m. ed, appeared before Mr. H. R. Yesterday, says:

from No. 00 Wongnelchong Road A fair amount of business Butters at the Central Magistracy

was yesterday, according to 口 this morning, charged with the theft reported during the day, holders made to the police by Mr. C. E. report somewhat Af a purse containing $3,05 from a

becoming

more necom-Carneiro. ter, Ho Fung-wal, at Queen's modeting, on the whole rates The loss of two suits from his Roid West near Bonham Strand remained generally steady, Trans- room in Whilßeld Barracks has been West yesterday.

actions were registered in Banks at reported to the police by L/Cpl. Unions $535/40, Underwriters Austin. The suits were worth $120.

Improved rate of $3014, Ferries

$03/04, Yuumati Ferries $274. Electrics $62; NEW YORK STOCK Sandakan Lights fell away to $13. and Morsmon H.K. to 4/- at which prices shares changed hands.

but

slenllogule purse, defendant passed- it to a confederate who disappeared with ii. Five of defendant's pre- vious convictions were for larceny, from the person..

Inspector W. Mair said that after Landsat...

Sentence of six months' hard labour was imposed.

H.K. BREWERY STARTS ACTION

At the Central Magistracy this morning the Hongkong Brewery and Distillery Ltd., brought

summons

against the Tsuen Yat Company, No. 7-0 Beichers Street, Kennedy Town, the Wo Cheong firm, No. 49 Hennessy Road, and the Tung On Loong firm, No. 28 Queen's Street, alleging that on divers dates they had in their possession for the purpose of trade. goods, namely bottles containing soy to which a false description, the name of the Hongkong Brewers and Dis- tillers, had been applied.

Mr. R. H. Butters adjourned the summons to the afternoon of March 10. It is understood that Mr. D. B. Evans is prosecuting.

SERVANTS CAUGHT

GAMBLING

A gambling school in the basement of No. 4 Stanley Terrace, Talkoo, was raided by the police yesterday, and resulted in the appearance of two men, Lo Yau, 43, gardener, and Chan Shiu-lun, 25, unemployed, before Mr. H. R. Butters at the Central Magis tracy this

charged with

Seven

o keep were nach

Combling

$10 on pleading guilty.

other men were charged with but only two appeared in and were fined $2 each. The athers each forfeited $3 bail.

Inspector. A. Wright said that fantan-was being played, and a sum of $0.41 was seized. The gamblers were mainly servante employed in Stanley Terrace. The money seized was ordered to be given to the Court Poor Box.

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< SUN TAT-BEN MEMORIAL WANGMEETING TO-MOREOW

There will be a Memorial meeting to the late Dr. Sun Yat-Sen at the #Kha's Theatre on Saturday from 51 merte, hoon to-morrow being the INTA: Miniversary of the death

the

Manila market remains very un- certain.

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Buyers Union Insurance 530 China Underwriters 62.35 Union Waterbosta $0.80 H.K.K. Wharves $140 iL.K. & W. Docks $15 Providents (Old) Providenta (New) $1.4 H.K. & S. Hotel $7.30 N.K. Lands $364 Humphreys 6814 H.K. Reniles" (5.85 Chinese Estates $90 H.K. Tramways $15 Peak Tram (old) $7 Star Ferrien 483

Ynumati Perries #27 China Lights (Old) $124, China Lights (New) $9.50 3.K. Electrica 81%

Telephones (Old) $27.30_x.d. Telephones (New) $10.4 xd. Coments 18.20

Dairy Farms $21

Watsons $0.80 Construction $14 Wallace Harpers 141⁄2

Sellera

Canton Insurance 8278 Union Insurance 40 II.1. Fire Insurance 2473 Providents (Old) $1.53 Sandakan Lights 4

Sales Hongkong Bank $1,000 Union msurance $535/40 China Underwriters 20/24 HK. W. Docks #3334733 Providents (Old), $3.50

Providenta (New) $1.43/80 HK. 8. Hotels $7.15

H.K. Lands $30

HK. Reales' $3.50/55

H.K. Tramways $1034/15.00 Hilar Ferries 603174 Yaumati Ferries $275 China Lights (Old) $17 II.K. Electrics $62 Sandakan Lights $1314 Telephone (Old)" $37.30 x.. Cemonts #18W Dairy Farma $25.89/28 Marsmans (FR.) 4- Antamoks Pa. 35 Atoks 30 Baguio Cold 224. Benguet Consol sho Coco Grove 55

Consolidated Mines DIL Demonstrations

I. X. L. JE Paracale Gumaua 21 Ban Mauricio 50 Buyoc Consol 18 United Paracales 41

Chewing Gum King Makes Profits

Huge

EXCHANGE

SWAN, CULBERTSON & FRITZ LATEST REPORTS

New York, Mar. 10. S. C. & F. Dow Jones summary of yesterday's markets;

The

ticker was motionless for several minutes before a late burst of

Trade news is selling activity. somewhat more cheerful in several

directions, but traders watched Washington for indications which

.Eisic

Far Eastern bonds were firm reports of an Anglo-Japanese agreo- Customs. On the Foreign Exchange, ment on the subject of the Chinese moderate offerings of the French frane found support lacking and the rate eased, sharply on early dealings, Nothing'), of control, and closed at 158.78 com- And The Tandem; Huntin' pared with 157.37 yesterday-Reuter and Doris Waters; Dance Orchestra Special.

Ragtime Cowboy Joe; Sailing On The Robert E. Lee Harry Roy' Tiger-Ragamuffins; Vocal-Climbing Up The Golden Stairs: In the Moon- light's Glow The Hill Billies with their own Novelly Accomp.: Organ Palace Theatre. Medley...Reginald

INSURGENT TROOPS ATTACK

Madrid, Mar. 10. Brilliant spring sunshine, which is melting the snows has brought a flare-up in the Guadarrama moun- tains, and Government forces admit. that the Insurgents captured two passes and a 7,000 feet peak, 15 miles east of Segovia,

..

It is believed the object of the sudden Insurgent attack was pre- vent the Loyalists from using the heights as a base for an attack on Segovia.--Reuter.

EXCHANGE

Selling

might effect a major market move- ment. The Frane touched a new low since October 1928. There was some new uncertainty

on the disclosure that the Treasury was prepared to submit proposals to replace the re venue-cut due

TT. London to the elimination of the sur-lax on closely-held corpora- Demand tions. The brightest spot in the

day's T.T. Shanghai news was the fact that construction T., Singapore awards were 84% above those of last TT. Japan week and reached a new high since. T.T. India. last June. Major attention was paid | T.T. U.S.A. to developments in connection with T.T. Manila the Whitney case, which, however, TT. Batavia did not affect the market..

T.T.

T. Bangkok S. C. & F. New York correspondent TT. Saigon cables:

TIT. France Stocks: The market to-day was 【T.T. easier. We still thinic that purchases TT Switzerland on dips will yield trading profits, TT. Australia although the longer-range outlook

is uncertain.

Buying 4 m/s L/c London Cotton: Liverpool and Bomboy 4 m/s D/P do. selling outweighed buying, which 4 m/s L/C, U.S.A. was attributed to the Trade and to 4 m/s France Japanese and French Interests, 30 d/s Indion against the possibility of Franc de U.S. Cross rate in London valuation. The Comptroller Gen- eral's decision against the payment of 2 cents per lb. to growers trans- ferring loan cotton to the Govern ment is construed as moderately bearish and 5 are neutral.

Wheat: The weakness of the Win- nipeg market, slack exports and fur- ther scattered rains in the South- West tended towards easiness. Out of 9 brokers, 3 arợ bullish and 6 are bearish.

Colton: The market is featureless, but prices are steady,

Rubber: Leading automobile com- panies are reported to be increasing' their operations to a 4-day basis. There was no pressure to sell and shipment positions were steady.

Sugar: The market was very Chicago, Mar. 10, quiet and prices were steady, The firm of William Wrigley, Jr., Dow Jones Averogea chewing mim manufacturers, made a 30 Industekala

rodi iny 1987, gor31.8.88,748,591, 20. Rail Ki 84.57 per share 20 Utilities preciation and 40 Bonds

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Mar. & Close 138.07 124.71 27.21 26.6

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Foort-Organ of the Paramount

Theatre, London.

11.00 London

Speaks-3,

Relay 'America

A series of talks broadcast from the U.S.A. to the British Empire.

11.30 Close Down.

Universal Chief In Hongkong

"It is now two years since our company re-organised" sald Mr. L. R. Brauer, managing director for Universal Pictures Corp. of China, during an interview on his arrival yesterday.

"Sin

Since then," said Mr. Brauer, "many changes have been taken place in various departments of our organi- sation. Mr. Nat Blumberg has been oppointed our president, Mr, Charles Rogers is still in charge of produc- tions in Hollywood, but our foreign .62% department has now Mr. J. H. Scidel- .55% man as vice-president and manager .14915 | in charge of all foreign. distributions. "It may be of interest to your 0.75 readers to know that very soon we 70% will release "Mad About Music", 133 starring Rongicong's most popular 1784 star, Deanna Durbin. Another film that should be soon ready for releaso is "Rage Of Paris" in which we pre- .1/3% 1/3.5/32 sent for the first time the continental .31% star Danielle Darieux, recently sign- .10.35

ed up with Universal after her great 8314 success in the European picture "Mayerling" in which she played ..0.01

with Charles Boyer,

Japanese To Guarantee Loan Service

· London, Mar. 11.

It is understood by Reuter that an agreement has been, virtually reached in the Anglo-JapanEWO negollations whereby the "Japan- esa Government' 'will' disburse from the Chinese

Customs revenne"pagelóns” funda' for the @pervies of" foreign 104në: ppetered “on the Ouson, 1965 1 19. IS A unachood there

"Good-Bye Broadway" will have Alice Brady and Charles Winninger In the cost and "Day Of Promise" will star Irene Dunne and Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy.

Mr. Brauer, who is staying for a week in Hongkong, is here on his annual visit, having just returned on a similar trip to Tientsin

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