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THE

TELEGRAPH,. HONGKONG

THURSDAY, AUGUST -25, 1938.

LAND

AND NOW

"Wife Sentenced to DeathRADIO

BROADCAST VAN HEUSEN

THREW CHILD FROM

RAILWAY CARRIAGE

Found guilty at the Old Bailey of the murder of a child of her husband

'SULTAN WILL

by another woman, 29-years-old re Marguriter Eastwood, of Caterham, Surrey, collapsed when Mr. Justice du Pareg passed sentence of death.

The

were absent half hour, and with their verdlet added

Jury

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strong recommendation to mercy, Mrs. Eastwood's husband, who is In the Coldstream Guards, fainted when

NOT MARRY:

SHOW GIRL"

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sentence was passed, and was carried Sir Ibrahim, the Sultan of Johore, from the court.

does not intend to marry Miss Ceetly Mr. Christinas Humphrey, prose-Hill, 24-years-old former cuting, said that the mother of the cabaret girl. They will remain just

Mrs. baby was a

Hampton. Cor-good friends,

association

Doral s

Eastwood told his wife of his Mr. Rowland Bradell, legal ad-

Mrs. with Rampton, and was forgiven. When viser to the 64-years-old Sultim, now in England on sick leave, assured me the baby was born Mrs. Rampton was in a position to make trouble us when I saw him at the Gros- with the Army about it, and Mrs, venor Hotel, Victoria, Eastwood thought it best to agree to adopt the child.

According to Mr. Eastwood, she became frantle when the baby was left with her and later dropped the child from n train, At Brsi she said she had left the child in a shop doorway with a note, "Destitute. nowhere to go. Will finder be good 10 it?"

Afterwards she made a statement

Newa had just reached Englant from Malaya concerning rumours of conflict between Sir Thomas Shenton Thomas, Governor of the Strail: Settlements, and Sir Ibrahim, that the conflict was said to have arisen over the Sultan's Friendship with Mis H, who is on her way home with her mother, after a five weeks* visit to Malaya.

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A constitutional crisis was rapidly that not knowing what to do with coming to a bead, added the report, the child she went to Barnes, where because the Sultan insisted on free- she took a railway ticket to Vaux-dom of action and declared that he hall. The train window was open would not

ference," and twice she went to it, but had not the courage to put the child out. The third time she held the child out in her arms. The train went round a bend and shu- let it go.

"British inter-

STRANGE NEWS

said the "This is strange news," Sultan's friend, confidant, and law- yer. "I have been legal adviser to

In another statement, Mrs. East-Sir Ibrahim for 12 years, and he has

wonian

word said: I live to be 100 shall never be the ugain. I have had no sleep since."

Mrs. Rampton fainted while giving evidence, and was later allowed to Ko home.

"LAST TRIBUNAL" Mrs. Eastwood said that she had She al- decided to adopt the child. ways treated Mrs. Rajopton as well as she could.

to

Mr. J. F. Eastwood, K.C.. address ing the Jury for Mrs. Eastwood, said: "We

have all come day

another tribunal. When before come this woman ond her husband Mrs. Hampton corne

sunet

discussed all his State affairs with me. I am due back in Malaya in September, and in the meantime I'm keeping in eine touch with the Colimial Offee, but I have no news from there of any change in the Sultan's plans, nor have [ any krwledge of conflict between and the Governor.

The last time I saw Sir Ibrahim was at Colombo in April. Miss Hill and her mother were there with him. and he told me that he had no inten- tion of marrying, that he would make no important legal decisions without corvulling me.”

before thut Mr. Braddell comes from a mily tribunal, it may be that the judg-of lawyers who have had long and ment on her will be less than undistinguished service in the East. them."

Mr. Justice du Parcq, summing up. said that Mrs. Eastwood might have been distraught, worried, and sore ly tempted, int that did not afford any Justification in law for murder. "Perhaps it is fortunate," he said. you to try "It does not fall on whether she is a good or a bid wa man, or whether, Bike most people, she can sometimes do a good and sometimes a bat action,'

Surgeon Falls During A Vital Operation

Chair Slipped

His father, the late Sir Thomas Braddell, was Chief Justice of the Federated Malay States. His grand- father, Mr. Thomas Braddell, was

of the Attorney-General

Straits Settlements, and, as adviser on native affairs, was the author of the treaty which brought British influence into the Malay Peninsula,

"Sentence" On 15 Million Apples

AUSTRALIAN FRUIT IS

CONDEMNED

Fifteen million Australian apples brought from Hobart, Tasmania, in

the Blue Star Line ship Tacoma Star, were condemned by Port of London

health authorities for brown rol

on re-

There were valued at £20,000. I is the biggest condemnation acord, and is likely to affect the price

of apples,

A Surgeon, removing bullet from a man's neck,

The apples are not diseased, and fell flat on his back in the

were condemned to protect people middle of the operation ow-from buying fruit perfect in outward ing to the slipping of his appearance but unfit for eating.

It is most probable that they will chair.

be burned.

He was forced to wash and change The patient his gown and gloves.

died.

Palestine, birthplace of Christianity that has contributed a leading morals code to the world, is the serne of strife and violence between warring Jews and Arabs. Above are Scottish Black Watch troops, supplementing British pollee, who have set up a machine gun near the Jaffa Gale in Jerusalem, where a bus was recently bombed,

SHORTS TOO SHORT?

Dorothy Odam, eighteen-year-old British champion high jumper, dropped from the team to compete in the European Games at Vienna in September because she is "not amenable to discipline," says that she had three complaints that she wore too-abbreviated shorts.

"I am sure this has had something to do with the ban placed on me," Miss Odam said.

"Coming back from Empire Games in Australia lust year I had a good time. I occasionally had a drink, and drank'a Jiqueur sometimes with my coffee, but my favourite drink is still orangeade."

PULPIT THUNDER

AGAINST

BOURNE VERDICT

|Helen Lockhart with The

Z.B.W. Orchestra CHILDREN'S HOUR

by

Radio Programme Broadcast Z.B.W, on a Frequency of 846 k,c's. and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. 48-11 p.m. on 9.52 m.e's per second.

II.K.T. (DC)

12.0-12.20 p.m. Relay of Service of Intercession from St. John's Cathe dral.

12.30 Songs (Soprano),

by Frances Day

Easy To Love (From 'Born to Dance'); Whispers In The Dark (From "Artists and Modeis'); I Wil Pray (Beverley Nichols).

12.40 Hawalan Selectlons. Honolulu March; Kohala March... Frank Ferern & Jolin K. Panluhi (Hawaiian Guitars): My Tane (My Man) Hawailan Novelty (Goupilaul, Gump & Noble); Hawaii Sing To Me A Hawaiian Lullaby (F. MUs) Islanders Andy Iona and its with vocal quartette; Smiling Eyes

Love Inwalian (Nawahi);

(Denniker Σε Razat)

Nawahi's Hawaiians.

1. Time and Weather.

Birt

King

1.03 London Plano Accordeon Band and Sam Browne (Baritone).. Back In Thase Old Kentucky Days (Al Brown); Good Evening Pretty Lady (Butler, Damerell & Evana) .....London Piano Accordeon Band under the direction of Scott Wood with chorus: My Shadow's Where My to Be (da & Carr) Sweetheart Used to

Orchestra: Sam Browne with Six Hill Medley (No. 1); Intro:-Roll with Along Prairie Moon Girl

Easter Dreamy Eyes: My Dance. Parade; Dancing with my Shadow: She wore a little jacket of blue. London Piano Accordeon Band under the direction of Sentt Wood with vocal chorus

us; The Little Dutch Mili (Freed & Barris);

se's Shoulder body

& Lewis) Derickson;

Press.

Sam Browne with Maid of Brazil (Le Roy Marsden); The Whistling Waltz (From 'Lime- Fight')....London Piano Accordeon Band under the direcion of Scott Wood with vocal chorus.

1.30 Reuter & Rugby Weather and Announcements.

1.10 Latest Variety Numbers. Vocal-Bella Venezia (From "Ein Kewisser Hierr Gran").....Richard Tauber (Tenor) with Orch.; Organ Solo-Ein Gewisser

Gran Herr (From the Ufa Talkie).

Marcel Palotti (Organ); Vocal with Ukulele My - Blow A Little Blast On Whistle (G. Fornly): In My Little Snapshot Album (From

I See lec') ....George Formby and His Ukulele with Orchestra: Orchestra-I'd Bring The Heavens To You; Hear My Son, Violetta-Tango (Klose, Lukeuch). Emil Rossz and His Orchestra; Vocat cole' (From Ce N'est Pas Toujours Un Soir de Raffe') role Mackie (From

om "L'Opermplainte with .Damla

De

de quatre Orchestra

HONDA Pierre Chagnon; Vocal

On The Good Ship Ballybob (Jeff Darnell): Bluebeard (Jeff Darnell)

Warner and Darnell; Orchestra-

Lineke Medley (Lincke: Barnabas Van Geezy und Ills Greh.

2.15 Close Down.

IMPLICATIONS of the verdict in the Bourne trial atau the Old Bailey last month were discussed by the Very Rev. Father Bernard Delany, Provincial of the English Dominicans, in a Westminster Cathedral sermon.

4.0 Studio The Children's flour. 7.0 Strauss-Le Bourgeois Gentil- homme Sulte, Op. 60.

Played by Walther Straram Or- chestra of Paris.

7.33 Closing local Stock Quota-

"Acquittal of Dr. Bourne was hailed as a victory for sound, practical British commonsense, a triumph for the modern spirit over out-moded legalism and mediavaltions taboos, but there is a moral aspect," he said.

"The verdict, though it has juonuced; doctors noble profession not changed the law, has opened with whom we trust our lives." the door to further evils and more terrible tampering with the springs of life.

Since divorce was legalised divorces had increased and multi- plied, with the inevitable break-up of family life.

7.35 Light Variety Orchestra-Gipsy Fantasy (Fan- taisie Tzigane Charpentier and Rode).... Rude and His Tziganes; Humorous-Melodrama Of The Micu Mr. and Jetsam). Mr. (Flotsam

Little Flotsam and Mr. Jetsam with Piano; Hawallin Orchestra-Ou A Street In Honolulu---Wallz.....Hito Hawalian Orchestra with

ንና Vocal-Looking For A refrain);

Bit Of Blue (From Road House')... Layton and Johnstone (American Duettists) with Piano);

***** Orchestra-Alice Blue Gown (Tler- Guy Lombardo und McCarthy). Guy His Royal Canadians; Orchestra and Chorus "The King Steps Out" Vocal Gems (Kreisler) Intro-Learn how to lose; Stars in my eyes; What shall remain; Soldiers March; Learn how to lose Madly in love.... Orchestra and Chorus.

4.00 Time, Weather und Announce- ments.

'World

CLINICS . . . TAMPERING

Legislation that ignored the law of God and the natural law would Little "I the unborn child is a fiving

the natiun nature upon person with a soul, which we believe bring Fruit merchants to whom the cargo to be the immediate creation of God, revenge, death.

human per right tu lite," he

was

consigned were

allowed

to

It has all the rights of

con added.

Mr. A. 1. Haydon, surgeon at examine the cases. They were person. It has a Shrewsbury Infirmary, told the story mitted to retain those which

at Newton, Montgomery, recently tained high percentage of untainted when Hurry Leslie Breese was co-apples.

"We have around us clinies in-

mitted for trial on a charge of man- Brown rot begins in the flesh of structing people how to tamper with slaughter reduced from murder. the apple. It often starts through the sanctitles of human life," Father

Breese was accused in connection bruise, or where the apple is in con- Delany continued, with the death of Francis Benjamin tact with a mummied apple of last Morgan Jones, who died under the anaesthetic during an operation to remove from his neck a bullet alleg ed to have been fired by Breese.

BULLET MOVED

Mr. Haydon said that the anaes- properly. thelle was administered But as he made contact with the bullet his seat slipped and he fell," with the results and delay already stated. On returning to conclude the operation he found that bullet had moved. Jones was under the anaesthette a total of 1 hour and 40 minutes.

The

year. plums.

A

"A meeting of doctors at Plymouth the and cheered when similar disease attucks stood up

WAS 12- verdict (Bourne case)

CLEVER BABY

SAVED OWN

LIFE

"A very clever little boy" was the description applied to Anthony Graves, aged 2 years 10 months, by a solicitor at Enfield police court recently.

BREAD AND JAM

Dr. J. M. Webster, the Home Office pathologist, stated that Jones had

The child's mother, Mrs. Hilda an enlarged thymus gland which

"I called a schoolboy friend, Philip would make him able to sudden Annie Graves (37), of Wellington death from shock and an anaesthetic, Road, Bush Hill Park, Enfield, was Threadgold, and after he had climbed The cause of death was syncope and remanded for committal to the Old inside the kitchen through a window,

Bolley, charged with the attempted he opened the door and I carried the i operative shock.

Breese, a member of the Newton murder of her son on June 20. baby out. Council, pleaded not guilty and was allowed ball,

Civic Beauty Rated Low daughter, got into the back garden Mrs. Graves was found the same

window.

a

were sworn

CONVICTION IN JURY BOX Referring to the remarks of Mr. Justice Macongliten before the jury at the Bourne trial, Father Delany commented:

"Members of the jury who had any religious conviction or bias were invited to leave the Jury box. Catholics and athers with Christian moral principles were considered unlit to act as jurors In such a trial.

ney,

8.02 London Relay Affairs.

A talk by J. 1. Brierly, o Chichele Professor of International

the

At to weigh the evidence In a case of highway robbery because he believed Piano. in the Ten Commandments!

"Imagine the judge asking all who had any convictions about the old steal to leave the court." fashioned principle "Thou shalt not

"Imagine a man being, judged un-Law in the Universlty of Oxford.

8.15 Arthur Rubinstein at Minuet And Trio (From Fantasia

G. Major, Op. 7B Sonata In Schubert): Prelude In C Sharp Minor, Op. 3 No. 2 (Rachmanino); Valse Caprice (Rubinstein).

8.30 Studio-A Concert by Z.B.W. The words which the judge Orchestra with Helen Lookhart (Con- traite. used were: "If any member of the

1. Salome Dance (Tabanl} reason jury, by

of any pre- conceived view, feels that he or ZB.W. Orchestra; 2. (a) Arla; ““0. (b) "The Wild she is in a difficulty, by reason deh mio dolce urdor" (Paride ed of what I might call blas, about Elena-Gluck):

a verdict according to law giving a and according to the evidence, it is desirable in the interests of Justice that such a member of the

jury should retire."

None of the jury left the they were all sworn.

box:

A girl of 13, Beatrice Norman, of "Tony was all shaky and when I Wellington load, Bush Hill Park, stood him up, he nearly fell over. sald that, hearing the baby crying, I carried him to my home, and gave abc and Pameln, Mrs. Graves's him some milk and brend and fam. and looked through the kitchen evening in a collapsed state in Berkeley, Cal.

shop doorway.

NAZI MUST GO TO PRISON Charles H. Cheney, city planning "Tony was sitting on sort of

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Mr. H.A. K. Morgon, prosecuting. expert,

Budapest, Aug. 24. present nation-

mattress in front of the gas-cooker, who paid the "clever Kttle boy" wide civle beauty nt about 10 per the door of which was open," she tribute to Anthony, said he succeed-

The Hungarian Supreme Court has cent of what it could and should be. id.

ed in turning the taps off,

dismissed the appeal of a Nazi He has given the campus of the

sentence of Avel "Pamela called out to Tony to The children were commended by lender against a University of California at Los

had the Bench on the way they had years' imprisonment passed on him Angeles an 80 per cent rating out of turn off the gus teps as we

their for subversive activities. ---- Reuter -a-possible 100 and that of Berkeley noticed a smell of gas while in the given their evidence and on

Bulletin. i presence of mind. garden, 10 rating for beauty.

estimates

Rose (leiden-Roslain-Schubert).

..Helen Lockhart;

3.

(n)

Blumengefluster (Von Blon); (b) Baci al Bule (Michell).....Z.B.W. Orchestra; (4) (n) "Sigh no more, Ladies" (Keel); (b) "O, Men From the Fields" (Herbert Hughes); (c) "Deirdre's Farewell to Scolland" (arr. Kennedy-Fraser).....liclen Lockhart); 5. Selection 'The Student Prince" (tolnberg); 8. "Nell Gwyn" Dances (German)....Z.B.W. Orches- tra.

0.30 London Relay-The News. 9.50 Excerpts from "Tallenco"- (Gilbert & Sullivan).

In A Doleful Train; Now, Is Not This Ridiculous....N. Briercliffe, Q. Baker, M. Kyre and Chorus of Girls

(Continued on Page 5.)

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