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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1938.
Radio Receiver Englishman Has Emergency
Confiscated By Order Of Court
Owner Had No Licence
A fine of $100 with the alternative of six weeks hard labour was im- pased on Lee Man-kit, of 10 Yick Yam Street, third floor, by Mr. H. R. Butters at the Central Magistracy this morning for being in posscasión of a radio receiving set without a licence on September 3.
Lee had been
The case against adjourned from Wednesday to enable the prosecution to investigate the de- fendant's story that the set in his possession belonged to a a friend, and he was
looking only
after it
it until
A Place In
The Moon
Years ago Mr. H. G. Wells wrote "The First Man in the Moon." Mr. H. Percy Willlving at Barnehurst, Kent, is the first Englishman on the moon in the selenußte sende.
He has made a detailed map in 25 sections, and us a result the Inter- national Astronomical Union has given bis nume to one of the craters.
Transport Facilities
England Prepares For Any Eventuality
London, Sept. 22.
The Minister of Transport, ki would be placed upon his depart- janücipation of responsibilities which
A GREAT TRIBUTE
ruent in the case of a national emer- It is not a very large cruter ns they
geney, has reviewed the mensures go on the mod
moen- bcing merely 30 miles across-but it is a
but it is a great tributeccessary to secure the most em-
cient use of road transport. to this patient selenographer.
In his new suburban home (writes Having consulted 1 committer a reporter) Mr. Wilkins showed me consisting of four leading men in the his map the original of which is rond transport industry, together being kept by the British Astro- with representatives of the railway- nomical Association.
owned road tránsport and labour It looks at a distance rather like a representatives, he has developed a mop of London, makes the moon detailed scheme, the essence of Mr. A. Jeffries, Inspector of less, said that he had investigated the astronomical photographs. maiter.
It hus of existing experience and ability in the previous hearing dotted lines looking rather like foot- the industry. had said he had sold his own set at paths and roads, though these, of lastration of his radio cence
represent raised banka, but it was found that the course,
the crevices and valleys, set bad actually been sold last MOONSTRUCK WHEN THREE January. The set found in defen- Mr. Wilkins become moonstruck dant's fat on September 3 had been at a very early ago He told a re- bought from the Central Radio Ser-porter he thinks he first began to sit vice for $150 in May last.
the friend returned from singuren | much more real than the ordinary which is to make the maximum use
the
Leo
Mr. P. M. Hodgson, of Messrs. To and Hodgson, who appeared оп be- half of the Central Radio Service, applied to the Court for confiscation
up and take notice when ene morning He looked out of the window and saw he woke carly ns a child of three,
the moon.
The Minister has decided that the boundaries of the present traffe areas should be modified to accord with the plans of the Food, Defence and Air Raid Precautidas depart- ments. Each area will be divided into a number of districts, with a district transport oficer for cach dis-
a. Ho will be the executive
cillerr, on whom will fall the main burden of disposing the avaliable transport facilities in that district and at the age of 0 or 10 to the best national advantage—
Ever since then it has fascinated of the set, saying that it was the only him. As a boy he bought pocket
way by which the Arm could recover with an article in a children's ; British Wireless.
the net from defendant, who had not yet paid for it, although he had been asked for payment on several orca-
sions.
Lee pleaded for leniency, saying he was unemployed.
Confiscation of the set was ordered by the Court.
Rainfall Is
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Hongkong rainfall for the year is now nearly 29 inches below average. The aggregate lo dute is 47.02 inchica,|
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devoted to moon study, and even His whole life, in fact, has been
during the war he still kept his
telescope and made his drawings. Cat Burglar
HIS OWN THEORIES
He has one or two theories about the moon. Like all astronomers, he does not believe there Is any sentient life on our satellite, but he has al times detected what looks like mist and strange dark patches resembling fungus.
After the war he was still so keen on the moon that he began to make his own telescope, and now is an established instrument maker sup- plying amateur astronomers. He has delivered lectures in prisons on his pet subject, and has found the men "inside" very interested.
as compared with the normal rain- DAYLIGHT*
fall of 75.01 inches.
The past 24
hours were dry, and no rain is pro- MOVIE SCREEN
mised.
The local forecast is:-East and north-east winds, Iresh: cloudy Fenerally.
Yesterday's maximum
tempern-
ture was 85 and the minimum 79. the temperature was
This morning was 82 per cent.
82, and
A
Japanese Scientist's
Claim Tokyo, (By Mail). "Bright-Room"
screen,
Caught In European's Room
Caught In
the room of Mr. E Bockler at the Tung Shan Hotel at am. to-day, Yu Hon-bun, 28, un- H. R. Butters at the Central Magis- employed, later appeared before Mr.
tracy, charged with being found in The Hotel with the intent to commit a felony.
Yu was also charged with returning from a period of 10 years banishment. Detective-Sergeant J. Allen wold Yu was found in Mr. Bockler's room, which he had entered by climbing through the open fan-light. He tried to run away through the verandah, but was caught.
Defendant was known as a hotel- thief, and had a previous conviction. for similar offence.
On the first count, Yu Was Ber- and on the second count, he was sent tenced to three months' hard labour,
The weather report issued by the which enables motion pictures to Royal Observatory this morning be shown in lighted rooms or in stated Wint the anti-cyclone Is broad daylight, has been per-to gaol fer un additional nine months. stationary over China and is increas
ing in intensity: the trough of re-fected by a Japanese scientist, latively low pressure persists it is claimed here. between Indo-China and the Caro- The screen will be shipped for dis- play at the World Fair in New York
lines.
Murder Trial To Be Closed To Public
Setting the hearing of the case
RUDY VALLEE - ROSEMARY LANE - SCHNICKELFRITZ BAND against Li Man for the murder of
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was originally charged wounding Pun on August 4 at the Luen Hing seamen's boarding house, but later Pun succumbed to his injuries and the charge was changed to one of murder.
ROBBERY AT SEA REPORTED
The loss of £08 in Australian | bank-notes whilst at sea en route from Rabaut, New Guinea, to Hong- kong was reported to the police Unis morning by Mr. Mariin Asyuills, n Saloon passenger aboard the steamer Friderun.
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JAPANESE WHALER FOR ANTARCTIC
Kobe, Sept. 23. The whaling ship Kyokuyo Maru,
The Invention is the work of Dr. Takeo Shimizu, of the Scientific and Chemical Research Institute, who says he started his experiments six years ago, nctuated by a desire to 22,000 tons, which has been completed reelity the "unreasonable necessity" at the Harima Dockyards here, is of showing motion pictures in dark sailing from Kobe for the Antarctic
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