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1938. THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY 29,

WHAT IS THE JOY OF LIVING WORTH?

Judge On Husbands Made More

Valuable By Death

DOES

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 Boree turned turtle after collision with the Spanish steamer Aizkarai Mendi in the North Sea in March, 1936.

DRIVERS FINED

Speeding In Areas

Under Control

The owners of the Spanish ship complained that the Regis trar influenced by decisions of the King's Bench judges, had made his assessment higher than nautical practitioners had This was a £17.- been used to. 000 claim, for ship and cargo, brought up by "life" claims to a total of £90,000.

CASE OF LITTLE HAZEL" The Jaw on the point, observed Mr. Justine Langton, was extremely perplesting.

Mr. E. H. Watts, of Imperial Air- ways, was stunmuned before Mr. 11. R. Bulters at the Central Magistracy

His adstrip remalied a revent case this morning on two counts alleging

In which, he saith, Mr Justice Charles that he had speeded in the controlled

jury who had area of Queen's Road East on July disagreed with 14, and had also failed to notify awarded 350 lʊ use of two children chunge of address. Defendant ap-jured in a perimbulator, and gave peared in Court, and pleadust mailly; 21,000 in respect of a child, referred

to "te thazel," who was killed. on both suinionses.

Mr. Justier Charles sald be thought Referring to the present enst, kis

Traffic-Sergeant Sargent sud he the damages were excessive. was following the defendant and de-

fendant was creeping away from him:dship said the Registrar gave the all the time. Be finally stopped de- widow of the second englarer £4,080,

Road Garden fendunt in

Wiles her baby son £700, and is the en- He gave the mother £400. Ginooral estimated that defendunt must have

widow if the cook £1,020, a son of been doing over 30 miles per hour

two years $270, with £300 between through the controlled aren.

two daughters.

A fine of $10 was imposed on the charge of speeding, and $5 on thej

The widow of a stoker was given a neaman's widow £1,650, u £1,950, count of falling to souty change of sailor's widow £820.

RICHEST WIDOW address.

The one had become the richest French rook In all Alleged to have driven without due! care and caution in Cane Rond on widow July 12. Forut Pak-sze, a public car Franes and the other, at the age of 24, was a more affluent woman than driver, was tined $10.

her sister next door who hnd not lost her husband,

F

Trafic-Sergeant G. Youe saud he when was following another opposite Castle loud, defendant came down the hill and attempted to Occupy the space between the car in

who front and the Sergeant, forced to swerve in order to avoid collision.

was

"Are we lo make it more valualde to re-Liter to lose a husband then him?" asked Mr. Justice Lanton,

German Air

Ace Sets New Speed Record

Reich Airmen Also Gain Altitude Records

Berlin, July 29, Flying at 395 miles per

hour, Major General Udet, the famous German war ace, set up a new world's record for land planes yesterday.

Newspapers in both Bert Paris regard the nehlevement of the greatest in aviation.

Plans Made

To Evacuate In Wartime

Britain Studying Difficult Problem

London, July 28.

The Report of the Commitico op

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

one

tary,

RADIO BROADCAST

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

Broadcast by Radio Programme

9.52 m.c's, per and on Short Wave from 1-2.16 p.m.

second.

6.00 Light Orchestral and Vocal Variety.

2.1w, on a Frequency is fro and 8-11 p.m.

on

In announcing Uils in the House of

Orchestra-Neapolitan Nights (J. Hoare, paid a and Commons to-day, the Home Secre-

Sir Samuel tribute to Sir John Anderson and his S. Zamecnik) London Novelty colleagues for the expedition with Orchestra; Vochi-Serenade In The Night (Bixio, Kennedy, Cherubini).. which they had completed the survey Germany The immense energy

with

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

report

lengthy Was both in the laboratories of the de-

raised

Important Orchestra-Hungarian March Pot-

(3. Pecal--Prichystal)

Orchestra; signers And the experimental commendations-

George one nim in view, questions of policy, name of which Pure Boulanger and His

The Gipsy Played Vocal. When stages, had but

to ("Glamorous Night-Hassall and (Soprano) L'intrusignant, in commenting on the namely, an increase In speed," writestament might wish to discuss.

He proposed, however, not

certain work that Novello).... Mary Ellin might

delay action on

Orchestra, conducted by Charles could usefully be undertaken at once accomp. by the Drury Lane Theatre

the lines

recommended by the Prentice; Vocal-Sweet Confessions

raise

).... Joseph Schmidt Committee, and which did not

to The Song Is Ended ("Concert Ver- Department in Irving matters of policy. For example, he (Gunther Erust).

Carroll Berlin) must incrisise the staff of the Air (Tenor) with Orchestra: Orchestra-

Precautions Raid

Orpheons Chuble

to deal adequately with this

Toate with

Gibbons and the Savoy

Vocal-Villa vocal chortis; large problem. Sir Samuel

Merry Widow'; The observes, la conclusion, that as the rom The

Waltz

the (From Committee had pointed out, the pro-

for Merry Widow They recommended

rom Film)....Jeannette McDonald (So-

war are who often met Udek in battle

Colonel Rene Fonck, fumous French above the trenches in France, places the curdit for Udet's remarkable per formance to the German leadership of who cullate their flying ! "reaî nirmen,

experieur for the benefit of their

Trans-Ocran. votant my

|

NEW ALTITUDE RECORD

Copenhagen, July 28

V

euntium in no way detracted from mo) with Mon-Mua

in

A new altitute record of 32.254 11.

for the provision of the necessity

defenen. the aeroplane Grosse

of josive crente bay

other 11 paying asential

were which carried

which industries Devaner,

vulnerable Rainly concentrated had of 5,000 kilogrammes has been man

and that broken by the same maclibie attaining areas oust a carried ou a height of 23.530 ft. with a pay meant that essential persons must head of 10,000 kilogrammes.

remain and plans must be made for their protection --British Wiretesa.

On the utter light the "tosse Presenter" rols the rerurd by aver CBD C Tranz-Oeran

SWEEPING REFORMS PLANNED FOR BRITISH ARMY

(Continued from Page 1)

buted each your

among

subalterns}

Suspect Plot To Restore Hohenzollerns

Tango

Orchestra; Vialelern (From 'City Lights') Geraldn's Gaucho Tango Orchestra; Mondollae Orchestra-Love's Dream After The Bull (Czibulka); Sylvia Ballet ("Pizzicato"-Delibes) Mandoling Orchesten.

6.10 Georges Thill (Tenor) to A French Programme.

Dance

| (From "L«

of The

Flowers-Valse Corsstre Bullet"-De- libes)....The B.B.C. Wireless Mill- Band conducted by B. Walton Donnell: Enlevement

tary

Bordiese and C. Levade),...

Thill with Georges True at the Plano; Meditation (From "Thois-Musse- Promenade Orches-

.Baston

tra conducted by Arthur Fiedler Ele- Violin Solo: Robert Gundersen,

(Massenet-Gallet); Serenade Ninon Vullia (Tuselll—D'Amer) ............ (Soprano) accompanied by plano and

Waltz

Or The Hours Variations Symphony conducted by Clemens Orchestra Schmalstich; Fortunio ("La Maison Grise" Messager)....Georges Thill with Orchestra conducted by Pierre

Rightiat deputy of the Reichstag. Delibes);

Berlin, July 28. Herr Reinhold Wulle, at one time of the Brat canmission needing them. "It can thus be claimed that th Army career throughout all stage and his 27-year-old wife, have been will be pussible for an offler with-

arrested on suspicion of monarchist out private means," said the Seere-activities. Several other persons, atbr

present unnamed, have also been r tary for War,

"The reforms will enable the maxi- mum rate of retired pay for each!

rested.

Herr Wulle threw his support be- rank to be generally earned before hind Herr Hiller after the Nazi ns- the retiring nge, and nothing will be sumption to power in 1933-United

He observed that the comments of the judges maded this problem ter-lost from periods of unemployment, Press,

Some of It was very which from now on will be on tull he did not pay instead of half pay." ribly dimcult. tangled thought and wonder that Lord Roche, in the House of Lords, said, "You had bet

auch Mr. G. H. Wilmer (for the Another lorry men) said one of the

Chan Lu-bing,

charged with speeding in the Queen's / ter not tell the Jury too "French-years' service.

A lorry driver, Road East controlled area on July 12, was fined $15.

118

1

the Hegistrar in Lockhart Road or July 14, was had put down an equal sum of £159

for each of these lives lost. fined $10.

driver, charged with a similar offence à cross appeal was that Points of his retired pay at the rate of £407 per

lorry

Mal Klor-chka,

driver, charged on two counts of speeching in Gloucester Road on July 14, und d.iving a lorry without a licence, was fined $10 and $6 on the respective counts.

For allowing an excess number of passengers on motor bus No. 644 in Causeway Road on July 14, Chok Hee, the bus conductor, was fined $10.

Dr. Roy Mur, of Ul 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 cx- ellement yesterday morning

when

in-

**1 soy that his miserably adequate and that the modern doc- trine of damages for loss of expecta- tion of fe, and for pain and suffer- int, cannot be reduced to a uniform minimum in this way."

Mr.

gave Hore Belisha example a major, aged 46, with 23

He would receive.

annum, whereas an officer of sume age with similar service might have to retire as captain at £271 per annum under the present regula

tions.

the

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

1.

("Coppelia"-Delibes)

Chugnon,

7.10 Closing Local Stock Quota- flons.

7.12 Schumann-Trio In D Minor Op. 63.

Thibaud and

Played by Cortot,

STOCK MARKET Casals (Instrumental Trio).

DULL, RALLIES

London, July 28. The Stock Exchange opened dully, owing to overnight weakness un Wall Street. This was partly evaporated by the close.

7.45 London Relay-Under Ben'.

Big

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

8.03 A Talk On A Trip To Manila by E. I. Wynne-Jones, Esq., Chair- man Of The Hongkong Travel Asso- clation.

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

confined ไป

FATHER JACQUINOT

FOUND

(Continued from Pape 1.)

in

8.12 Royal Philharmonic Orches-

The Music Of The Spheres (Josef Strauss, Op. 226).

R.Z0 Studio-A Plano Recital by Nura Kanis.

1. Variations in F Minor (Haydn);

(Schubert 2. Solrees de Vienne Liszt).

8.15 Studio-Rev. C, B. R. Sargent -39th Series Of Opera.

A Puccini Programme.

0.30 London Relay-The Netvs. 9.50 Dance Records.

Lovin' Honcy's Fox-Trot-My Arms....Vai Rosing and His Swing Stars; Fox-Trots-A Little Love, A And Soul..... Body Little Kiss; Quintette Of The Hot Club Of France Django Reinhardt (Guitar) Stephane

CAN ALGEBRA SOLVE IT?

12 Months' Warning Mr. O. L. Bateson (for the owners

No officer on full pay will suffer of the Spanish ship) suggested that

B Olis declined, but rallied later in from compulsory retirement us young man enjoyed and expected more of life than the elder, and the

largely Was tion of the tenures of the various trinks court must be specially generous to result of the reforms, and the reduc- the session. Trading among Indus- Youth.

do not commands and staff officers from speciulities. Mr. Justice Langton: 1

On the Foreign Exchange market, think a person enjoys life murt at four to three years will not occasion

United States dollars hardened the displacement of any officer with~ 23 than at 44, though he may expeel

concluded: late dealings, otherwise the Exchange and I have to get at the value of out twelve months' warning. to.

Mr. 1lore Belisha his

expectation. It does not come

yet i "Perhaps

the immediate effect of the was quiet-Reuter Special, down to an arithmetical sum. cannot, in exploring the intangible, proposal can best be illustrated by that over 2,000 statement give damages the Ignore arithmetic. Do for the loss of n life? I would not officers will be promoted with effect give much for the life of a man who from August i. la one day over a theve has cirrhosis (hardening) of

quarter of the subalterns and cap- tains of Catant corps of the Army liver!

Ils Bateson:

expectation

will be would be "X" years, instead of "X"

In reply to a question, Mr. Hore- of the Beilsha said. Ural the cost plus "Y"

10.00 London Relay-Saturday Mr. Justice Langton: Do I do it in

measures was estimated at £300,000 ly supervised by the Home Ministry Grappelly (Violin).

This will increase to since last Tuesday. algebra then? (Laughter.)

It was definitely ascertained this Night Variety'. per annum.

Including Florence £600,000 per annum over twenty to

Wee Georgle Wood, twenty-five years. After that period morning that the French missionary,

"father" of the Chinese refugees in Radio's own; the cost will decrease as the number Nantag, Shanghai, was still remain-The Peter Fan Of Vaudeville (BY of officers is adjusted.

Kazuo permission of George Black); with proposals, Mr. Hore-Belisha ing in the house announced, were being examined Fujikawa, one of Father Jacquinot's The B.E.C. Variety Orchestra con- ducted by Charles Shadwell; Pre- from the point of view of the Terri- old friends, at Tarumicho.

He is leaving Kobe to-night for sented by John Sharman. whether any

11.00 Close Down. torla Army, to sce advantage could be gained for the Shanghai. Father Jacquinot, it to Raid, is bringing with him a sum of Territorials.-Router.

collected in about U.S. $700,000 America as an additional fund for the relief of destitute Chinese in the i native city of Shanghai-Domel.

Mr.

He Coped With Tongue-Twister,

Revenue Officer E. T. Warden carried But Was Drunk

ou!

raid for opium.

He entered

the ground fluor of a house and in a cockloft, occupied by a woman, found | two toels of prepared oplun eight tacls of raw oplum.

and

The woman, Yut Chung, whs ar rested and on being charged with possession of the drug before Mr. K. M. A. Barnelt at the Kowloon Mngis- tracy to-day, she was, fined a total

"Round the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran," is what a 47-year-old commissioned boat- swain, Jamey Henry Fry, of this Furious, WAS alrcraft-carrier asked to say when he returned on board after taking a party of men church.

At a Devonport court-martial it

sum of $150 or four months' hard was stuled that he pronounced this

labour.

Explorers Plan Flight Over Southern Pole

Chicago, July 28, United Airlines announce that voleran Wilkins, Sir.. Hubert Australian explorer, is en route

to Vancouver with

...

complate

plans for an experimental fligh

ovor the South Pole

Sir Hubert la necompanied by Mr. Lincoln Ellsworth-United

Preat.

"from

of the

He was tongue-twister perfectly. however, found guilty of being drunke when he returned

charge duty as officer in

Catholic Roman

church parties." He was sentenced to be severely re- primanded.

Surgeon Commander F. E. FI maurice, who examined Try, Bald he was asleep in his chair, "I could

to slap his fucc.

The

LITTLE BOY FLUNG

OUT OF CAR

sedan

Mr, of

Oldham,

QUICK RECOVERY AFTER ILLNESS

a

Very often period of con- critical valescence is much more then the actual lilness that preceded

REDS ARRESTED it your whole body is left in a

IN ATHENS

enr Twelve

་་ Mr. C. W. Brand, who is attached

You

state of complete exhaustion. have no strength to combat any renewed attacks.

Doctors and nurses realize the Athens, July 20.

allegedly Importance of a speedy recovery Escaping with only a few abrasions

Communists, when he fell out of B

by found a highly nourishing food that arrested driven by his father, David Edward lending members of the Trotskyite after illness. In Horlicks they have were Brand, aged three, is now in Kowloon organisation

political police in Athens yesterday. can be easily digested when all other

secret foods cause nausea. Hospital.

The group distributed a

called Proletratos, the

Horlicks rebuilds your exhausted to the Mongkok Fire Station, was newspaper

discovered. WIS which of turning into Salisbury Road from plant

Always keep Horlicks ready at hand, In these difcult times of anxioly You feel full of vigour and vitality,

and worry, the task of carrying on and doing work, which must be done Is a doubly diicult one which must tend to exhaust one's nervous energy. the effects of alcohol. He performed the car und opened one of the doors the tests better than was to be ex- just as his father was making the

From latest telegraphic information

bullds

strength, Horlicka

up pected.

Tho

door flow open with the Fry, giving evidence, pald he wIE spoken to by an officer for not halt-momentum and the chlid, who was received from Solgon, the President

M. from Marseilles, on Tuesday, August and redness caused by constant Hodges, stroin, H. ing the party when the "still" was grasping the door-handle, was flung Doumer will arrive at Hongkong, vitality and prevents that listlessness

out onto the roadway. sounded, mat

ho Hio Injuries are only alight, and 2, at 6.30 p.m. She will be dispatched nervous

011 the for Shanghai and Kobe on Wednes-400-108, Asla Life Building, Hong-

kong. com- were confined to abrasions

day, August 3, at 0.00 a.m.

not waken him by shouting, and had Nathan Road, Kowloon, when the Lorge quantities of illegal revolu- body, Convalescence is shortened.

Fry's breath smelt of alcohol, and accident occurred. Fortunately, the tionary leaflets were also confiscated. that was why he (Surgeon Common-car was barely moving as it made the Trans-Ocenn. der Fitzmaurice) came to the con- turning, clusion that Fry was suffering from

"I was very worried,

because

told me I had held up the

imander-in-chief," he said.

The boy was on the back sent of

turn.

face and legs.

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8 A.M.

TO 11 A.M.

TO-MORROW

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HOURS OF

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It was

at tho

Mr. William Chester Sage, 40, engineer, was aned $15 by Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Magistracy Carrying letters from His Majesty this morning for failing to report his the King and the Prime Minister, an intended change of address within Imperial Airways flying boat took off a week.

said that the defendunt smoothly from Southampton Water

realdence toolt this morning to innugurale the third come to the Colony on July 4 and

up his and last stage in the development of Gloucester Hotel. From July 18 to the United Kingdoin-Australia air

July 23 he was not heard of, and mall route.

The departure of the Dying boat then he wan located at the European

Y, M. C. A., Kowloon. was preceded by a short ceremony, to in which speeches were delivered by silver. commemorative stump and one for the Air Secretaray, Sir Kingsley placed in two slik bags, Wood..

Postmaster-General, Australia and one for New Zealand. Major Tryon, and Sir Earle Page, the After to-day there will be three England to Deputy Prime Minister of Australia services weekly from and Mr. Jordan, High Commissioner Austraila and New Zealand, and the for New Zealand.

services to India will be increased

the

A score of special letters, which from four to five weekly and to included one from the King to the Malaya from two to three weekly. acting Governor General at Canberra It is expected that letters will bo and to the Governor, General at delivered in the principal cities of. Wellington, were stamped by the Australia in 11 to 10 days.-British Postmaster-General with a special Wireless.