1938-07-29 — Page 19

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY

.29,

1938.

WHAT IS THE JOY OF LIVING WORTH?

Judge On

Husbands

Death

Made More Valuable By

DOES

DES a dustman enjoy life more than a millionaire?— a man aged 23 more than a man of 447

These were questions which Mr. Justice Langton put to himself in the Admiralty Court recently. He is the latest judge to be in search of a formula which will translate "expectation of life" into terms of hard cash.

"Unfortunately, we have no thermometer of happiness," he said before reserving judgment in the cases before him.

Mr. Justice Langton's reflections were prompted by cross- appeals from an award of the Registrar of the Court in the case of 22 claimants, relatives of nine men drowned when the French steamer Borce turned turtle after collision with the Spanish steamer Aizkarai Mendi in the North Sea in March, 1930.

DRIVERS FINED

Speeding in Areas

Under Control

Mr E. H. Watts, of Imperial Air- Ways, was summoned before Mr. 11

German Air Ace Sets New Speed Record

Reich Airmen Also Gain. Altitude Records

Berlin, July 29. Flying at 895% miles per hour, Major General Udet, the famous German war aco, set up a new world's record for land planes yesterday.

Newspapers in both Berlin and Paris regard the achievement na one of the greatest in aviation.

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Plans Made

To Evacuate In Wartime

Britain Studying Difficult Problem

London, July 28.

The Report of the Commitice op-

pointed iu consider the evacuation of civil population from certain areas in the event of war will be published in the near future,

RADIO BROADCAST

Rev. C. B. R. Sargent With Puccini Programme NURA KANIS AT STUDIO

Broadcast by Radio Programmó Z.B.W. on a Frequent of 8415 per

9.52 m.c's, per and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m.

second, and 8-11 p.m. on

6.00 Light Orchestral and Vocal Variety.

In announcing this in the House of Commons to-day, the Home Secre-

Orchestra-Neapolitan Nights (J. Sir Samuel Hoare, paid a tary, tribute to Sir John Anderson and bis S. Zameenike).....London Novelty colleagues for the expedition with Orchestra: Vocal-Serenade In The "The immense energy Germany which they had completed the survey Night (Bixio, Kennedy, Cherubin!).

The Street Singer (Arthur Tracy) Accompaniment; puts into the development of flying, of a difficult problem. He said the with Instrumental

and the re- report was lengthy

raised Important Orchestra-Hungarian March Pot- both in the laboratories of the de- sign:s

Pecsi-Prichystal) the and in

experimental commendations

George Boulanger and His Orchestra: stages, had but one an in view, questions of policy, some of which pourri (J.

Vecul-When The Gipsy Played

Glamorous

Night-Hassall and namely, an increase in speed," writes Parlament might wish to discuss, L'Intransigeant, in commenting on the

not to He proposed, however,

Jovelin)....Mary

Ellis (Soprano) delay ellon on certain work that Not

conducted by Charles could usefully be undertaken at once necomp, by the Drury Lane Theatre

recommended by the Orchestra, on the lines Committee, and which did not raise Prentice; Vocal Sweet Confessions Air (Tenor) with Orchestra: Orchestra--- matters of polley. For example, he (Gunther Ernst)...Joseph Schmidt

to must persiss the staff of the The Sony Is Ended ("Concert Ver-

Precautions Department Ruild

Berlin) enable it to deal adequately with this sion"--Irving

Savoy vocal chorits; Liege problem. Sir Samuel Hoare Gibbons and the observed, in ronclusion, that as the wit

"The (From

Merry

Colonel Rene Fonck, Intnous French war nee who often met Udet in battle above the trenches in France, places the eredit for Udel's remarkable per- form uce to the German leadership of

The owners of the Spanish ship complained that the Regis-fight. trar influenced by decisions of the King's Bench judges, had mado his assessment higher than nautical practitioners had been used to. This was a £17. 000 claim, for ship and eargo, brought up by "life" claims to a total of £30,000,

CASE OF "LITTLE HAZEL” The law on the point, observed Mr. Justice Langton, was extremely

B. Butters at the Central Magistracy | perplexing. the morning on two counts aftermat that he hack speeded in the controlled area of Queen's Road Brest on July 14, od line also failed to notify his

Defendant a actress. change of

peared in Court, and pleaded guilty | £1,000 ti e lazed," whes was killed

on both ESTONKER.

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Tralle-Sergeant Sargent said was following the defendunt and de- fendant was creeping away from him

He fully stopped de- all the tune.

Garden Rout fendant in

Witness estimated that defendant must have been ding uver 30 miles per hour through the controlled aren

A line of $30 was imposed on the charge of speeding, and $5 on the count of fathing to notify change of address,

His ortisti rewallet a recent cause in which, he saki. Ma. Justles Charles disagreed with L

jury who bail awarded £350 to one of two children injured in a perambulater, and gave of elitel, reteired to as "tule

Mr. Justice Churles said he thought the damages were execsave

Referring to the present case, his fordship said the Registour gave the widow of the scevil engineer £4,000, ・ her baby som £700, and his (the

He gove the gineer's mother £406 widow of the cook E1,020, à son of two years £270, with £340 between two dauthters.

The widow of a stokter whe given £1.950, a seaman's widow £1,850, a

widow £820. sitilor's

RICHEST WIDOW

Alleged to have driven without due care and caution in Crine Roud on widow of July 12, Pong Pak-sze, a public car driver, was fined $10.

Trafe-Sergeant G. Your sold be car when was following another oppusile Castle Rond, defendant came down the hill and attempted to bccupy the space between the ear in front and the Sergeant,

was who forced to swerve in order to avoid

collision.

Cols

in

The one had become the richest 11 French France and the other, at the age of 26, was a more affluent woman than her sister next door who had not lost her husband.

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"Are we to make it mare valuable

retain to lose a husband than to him?" asked Mr. Justice Langton,

He observed that the commenta of the judges maded this problem ter- ribly difficult. Some of it was very tangled thought and he did not wonder that Lord Roche. In thes A lorry driver,

Lui-hing, House of Lords, said, "You had bet- charged with speeding in the Queen's, ter not tell the Jury too much." Road East controlled area on July 12, was fined $15. Another Jerry driver, charged with a shallur offence in Lockhart Road on July 14, was fined $10.

Mak

Chan

"real airmen.

who callate thele flying; experiences for the tenent of their

country

Frans-Gecan,

NEW ALTITUDE RECORD

Copenhagen, July 28

A new attitude record of 32,264

Industries

for

Carroll Orplicans Vocal-Vilin CA The Widow':

committee had pointed out, the pro- Merry Widow Waltz (From the Akums they recommended evacuation in no way detracted from Film)....Jeannette MacDonald (So- Orchestra-Lat the neresity

f the provision of prano) with Metro-Godwyn-Mayer created by the aeroplane "other

defence. Orchestra; Tango Passive of

which Violetera (From "City Lights') Dessauer," which enreted in paying!

Orchestra; Essential

Were Geraldo's Gaucho Tango vulnerable fond of 5,000 kilogrammes has been mainly comeentrated in

Mardolle Orchestra-Love's Dream broken by the same mattine attalus areas ust be carried on and that After The Bull (Czibulka); Sylvia a height of 23.536 ft. with a paytarent that essential persons must Ballet ("Pizzicato Delibes) lond of 10,000 kilogrammen

On the latter fight the "Grosse remain and plans must be made for

their proteron. British Wireless, Desmer broke the recurd by over! GRO Tru-Oeran.

SWEEPING REFORMS PLANNED FOR BRITISH ARMY

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buted each your anong subalterna of the first commission needing them. "It can thus be claimed that an Army career throughout all stages will be possible for on ollicer with- mit private means," said the Scere tary for War.

"The reforins will enable the maxi- mum rate of retired pay for each rank to be generally earned before the retiring age, and nothing will be lost from periods of unemployment, which from now on will be un fut pay instead of half pay."

Mr. G. H. Wlimer (for the French-years' service. men) said one of the points of his cross appeal was that the Registrar had put down an equal sum of £150 for each of these lves lost.

**I

in

Sity that his miserably King-chiu, forry

driver, adequate and that the modern doc- charged on two counts of speeding trine of damages for loss of expecti in Gloucester Road on July 14, and tion of life, and for pain and suffer- driving a lorry without a licence, was Ing, cannot be reduced to a uniform

way." fined $10 and $5 on the respective minimum in this

CAN ALGEBRA SOLVE IT?

counia.

$10.

Mr. O. L. Bateson (for the owners

For allowing an excess number of of the Spanish ship) suggested that passengers on molor bus No. 644 in young man enjoyed and expected Causeway Road on July 14, Chak more of life than the elder, and the Hee, the bus conductor, was fined court must be speelally generous to

youth.

do not Mr. Justice Langton: I think a person enjoys life more at 23 than ut 44, though he may expect to, and I have to get at the value of his expectation. It does not come down to an arithmetical sum, yet I

Dr. Roy Mar, of Oi Kwan Building, was fined $5 for leaving his motor car unattended in Pottinger Street on July 12.

Prince Edward Road Raid For Opium Succeeds

Chinese residents in the lower end of Prince Edward Road, in the Sham- shulpo district, experienced some ex- ellement yesterday morning when Revenue Officer E. T. Warden carried out a raid for opium. He entered ground floor of a house and in a corkloft, occupied by a woman, found two taels of prepared opium and eight tnels of raw oplum.

the

The woman, Yat Chung, was ar- rested and on being charged with Botsession of the drug before Mr. K. M. A. Barnett at the Kowloon Magis- tracy to-day, she was fined a total sum of $150 or four months' hard labour.

Explorers Plan Flight Over Southern Pole

Chicago, July 28. United Airlines announce that Bir Hubert Wilkins,, veteran Australian explorer, is en route complete Vancouver with plans for an experimental flight aver the South Pole.

to

Sir. Hubert is accompanied hy Mr. Lincoln Elisword-United Press,

17

Mr. Hore Belisha gave s example a major, aged 40, with 23

He would receive | retired pay at the rate of £407 per the annum, whereas an officer of same age with similar service might have to retire as captain at £271 per annum under the present regulu Liens,

The regulations, which will apply to all combatant corps of the Army, will come into operation on August

1.

12 Months' Warning No officer on full pay will suffer) from compulsory retirement as a result of the reforms, and the reduc- tion of the tenures of the various officers from commands and staff four to three years will not occasion the displacement of any officer with- out twelve months' warning.

Mir, Hore Bellsha

concluded:

Fmqat, in exploring the intangible, propose immediate effect of the

Ignore arithmetic. Do I give damages the

livor!

Me.

Mr. Justice Langton: Do I do it in algebra then? (Laughter.)

can best be Illustrated by statement that over 2,000

Suspect Plot To Restore Hohenzollerns

Berlin, July 28. Herr Reinhold Wulle, at one time Rightist deputy of the Reichste and his 27-year-old wife, have been arrested on suspicion of monarchist activities. Several other persons, at prosent unnamed, have also been bre rested.

Herr Wulie threw his support be- hind Herr Hitler after the Nazl os sumption to power in 1933.-United Prean.

Mandoline Orchestra.

6.40 Georges Thil (Tenor) In A French Programme.

Jibes).

Dance or The Flowers-Valse (From "Le Corsstre Ballet"-De- ....The B.B.C. Wireless Mill- Band conducted by B. Walton

Enlevement O'Donnell;

(Stephan Bordese and C, Levade)....Georges Thill with Georgen True at the Piano: Meditation (From "Thals Mosse- .Boston Promenade Orelics-

Arthur Fiedler Violin Solo: Robert Gundersen; Ele- Gallet); Serenade Fascill

....Ninon Vallin (Soprano) accompanied by piano and violoncello Waltz Of The Hours ("Coppelta Delibes);

Variations

net)ucted by

tra

("Coppelia"-Delibes) ...Symphony

Orchestra conducted by Clemens Schmnlstleh; Fortunio ("La Maison Grise Messager)....Georges Thill with Orchestra conducted by Pierre Chagnon,

7.10 Closing Local Stock Quota- tions.

7.12 Schumann-Trio In D Minor. Op. 03.

STOCK MARKET Casals (Instrumental Trie).

DULL, RALLIES

London, July 23. The Stock Exchange opened dully, owing to overnight weakness on Wall Street. This was partly evaporated

by the close.

Gill-edgeds were steady and Home ftails rose sharply on publication of the report of the Midlands Railway for the first half of the year, which was better than anticipated.

Olls declined, but rallied later in the session. Trading among Indus- Wats Jargely confined to trials specialities.

Played by Cortot, Thibaud and

7.45 London Relay-Under Blg Ben'.

A talk by Howard Marshall, 8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.

8.03 A Talic On A Trip To Manila

by E. I. Wynne-Jones, Esq., Chair-

man Of The Hongkong Travel› Ass90- ciation.

8.12 Royal Philharmonic Orches-

tra.

The Musle Of The Spheres (Josef Strauss, Op. 225).

Studie-A Plano Recital by 8.20

Nura Kanis,

1. Variations in F Minor (Haydn);

(Schubert 2. Soirees de Vienne On the Foreign Exchange market, Liszt). United States dollara hardened late dealings, otherwise the Exchange

was quiet.Reuter Special.

FATHER JACQUINOT

FOUND

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in

8.45 Studio-Rev. C. B. R. Sargent -30th Series Of Opera.

A Puccin! Programme, 9.30 London Relay Tho News. 9.40 Dance Records.

Lovin' for the loss of a life? I would not officers will be promoted with effect

Fox-Trot-My Honey's give much for the life of a man who from August 1. In one day over a

Arms....Val Rosing and His. Swing hus eirrhosis (hardening) of the quarter of the subalterns and cap-

Stars; Fox-Trots--A Little Love, A thing of

of combatt corps of the Army

Little Kiss: Body And Soul..... Bateson: His expectation

will. be

be prombied...

Quintette Of The Hot Club Of France would be "X" years, instead of “X”

In reply to a question, Mr. Hore-

Django Reinhardt (Guitar) Stephane plus "Y"

Belisha said that the cost of the measures was estimated at £300,000 ly supervised by the Home Ministry Grappelly (Violin).

London Relay-Saturday 10.08 This will increase to since last Tuesday. per annum.

It was definitely escertained this Night Varloty. £800,000 per annum over twenty to

Oldham, Including Florence twenty-five years. After that period morning that the French misalonary,

Georgie Wood, the cost will decrease as the number "father" of the Chinese refugees in Radio's own; Wee of officers la adjusted.

Nantao, Shanghai, was still remain- The Peter Pan Of Vaudeville; (By of Mr. Kazuo permission of George Black); with The proposals, Mr. Hore-Belishning in the house

Variety Orchestra con- announced, were being examined Fujikawa, one of Father Jacquinol's The B.B.C.

ducted by Charles Shadwoll; Pre- from the point of view of the Terri- old friends, at Tarumicho. torial Army, to see whether any He is leaving Kobe to-night for sented by John Sherman.

11.00 Close Down.

He Coped With Tongue-Twister,

But Was Drunk advantage could be gained for the Shanghai. Fother Jaquinot, it is

"Round the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran." Is what a 17-year-old commissioned boat swain, James Henry Fry, of the alreraft-carrier Furious, WAS naked to say when he returned оп

board after taking a party of men to church,

Territorials.-Reuter.

LITTLE BOY FLUNG

OUT OF CAR

in

Bald, is bringing with him a sum of about U.S. $700,000 collected America us an additional fund for the relief of destitute Chinese in the native city of Shunghal--Domei.

QUICK RECOVERY AFTER ILLNESS

Very often a period of

much more critical valescence la

сод-

REDS ARRESTED than the actual filness that preceded

IN ATHENS

Athens, July 28. Communists,

were

arrested

1

it. Your whole body in left in a state of complete exhausilon. You have no strength to combat any. renewed attacks.

Doctors and nurses realize the

8 A.M.

TO 11 A.M.

TO-MORROW.

LAST THREE HOURS

OF

MACKINTOSH'S

TWELVE-HOUR

CLEARANCE

AIR CONDITIONED THEATREN OPENING TO-MORROW

Matchless

Adventure

ALEXANDER KORDA presunts

IS YOURS AGAIN!

The most reckless hero in all history ...the most daring lover that ever captured a woś man's heart again. startles the world

with his exploits!

THE RETURN OF THE

Scarlet Pimpernel

From the Novel by Baroness Orczy ....... with BARRY BARNES SOPHIE STEWART Margaretin 'Scoți. Frazela Lister Anthony Bushell Rod James Mason Directed by BANS SCHWARTZ An Arnold Pressburger Production

Balunsad thru UNITED ARISIN

ALSO LATEST WALT DISNEY'S CARTOON IN TECHNICOLOUR

MOOSE

FORGING LINK IN EMPIRE COMMUNICATION

HUNTERS

FAILED TO TELL OF MOVING

Mr. William Chester Snge, 48, engineer, was fined $16 by Mr. R. At a Devonport court-martial it' was stated that he pronounced this

Edwards at the Central Magistracy London, July 28. He was. tongue-twister perfectly.

Carrying letters from His Majesty this morning for failing to report his found

being however,

guilty of

Intended change of address within drunk when he returned from

the King and the Prime Minister, an Escaping with only a few abrasions

Imperial allegedly importance of a speedy recovery

Aleways flying boat took off week,

anid that the defendant duty as offeer in charge of the

It was when he fell out of

Twelve a sedan car Romun

smoothly from Southampton Water Catholic church parties."

delven by his father, David Edward lending members of the Trotskyite niter illness. In Horlicks they have by found a highly nourishing food that

this morning to inaugurato the third came to the Colony on July 4 and took un bis residencent tize He was sentenced to bo severely re Brand, aged three, is now in Kowloon organisation,

and Inst stage in the development of primanded.

Hospital.

poilical police in Athens yesterday, can be easily digested when all other

secret foods.cause nausea.

the United Kingdom-Australia air Gloucester Hotel. From July 18 to July 23 he won' not heard of, and Surgeon Commander F. E. Fitz-

Mr. C. W. Brand, who is attached The group distributed maurice, who examined Fry, anld.

to the Mongkok Fire. Station, was newspaper called Profetralos, the

Horlicks rebuilds your exhaustedmall route.

The departure of the flying boat then he was located at the European which was discovered.

Kowloon, Y. M. C. A. he was asleep in his chair. "I could

was preceded by a short ceremony, not wuken fm by shouting, and had turning into Salisbury Houd from plant of

Nathan Road, Kowloon, when the Large quantiles of legal revolu- body. Convalescence is shortened. to alap his face."

In which speeches were delivered by silver commemorative stamp and Always keep Horlicks ready at hand.

the Air Secretardy, Sir Kingsley placed in two slik bags.

one for Fry's breath smelt of alcohol, and accident occurred. Fortunately, the tionary leaflets were also confiscated. You feel full of vigour and vitality. it made the-Trans-Ocean.

Wood In these dimcult times of anxioly

tho Postmastor-General, Australia and one for New Zealand. was why he (Surgeon Comman-car was barely moving

and worry, the task of carrying on

Major Tryon, and Bir Earle Page, the After to-day there will be three der Fitzmaurice) came to the con- turning.

and doing work which must be done

Deputy Prime Minister of Australia servicen weekly from England fo clusion that Fry was suffering from

is a doubly difficult one which must and Mr. Jordan, High Commisaloner Australia and New Zealand, and the PRESIDENT DOUMER DUE

tend to exhaust one's nervous energy.

for New Zealand,

services to Indin will be increased and to A score of special letters, which from four to five weekly From Intest.telegraphic information The door flew open with the

Horlicks builds 130 strength,

included, one from the King to the Malaya from two to three weekly. Hongkont, vitality and prevents that listlessncas

It is expected that letters will be momentum and the child, who was received from Saigon, the President

acting Governor General st Canberra grasping the door-handle, was flung Doumer will arrive at

from Marseliler, on Tuesday, August and tiredness caused by constant

and to the Governor General at delivered in the principal cities of out onto the roudway.

strain. XI. M. Hodges,

Wellington, were atamped by the Australia in 11 to 10 days,-British 2, at 6.30 pan, Sho will be dispatched nervous.

Postmaster-General with a special' Wireless. kong. for Shanghal and Kobe on Wednes- 406-400, Asia Lito Buliding, Hong- day, August 3, at 0.00 a.m.

that

I the effects of alcohol. He performed the tests better than was to be ex- pected,

Fry, giving evidence, sald he was spoken to by on officer for, not hali- Ing the party when the still was Bounded.

"I was very worried, boenuse ho told me I had held up the .com Imander-in-chler," ha sala,

..

The boy was on the back seat of the car and opened one of the doors just pa bils father was making the turn.

His Injuries are only slight, and wero confined to abrasions on the face and legs. "';