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THE

HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH,

TUESDAY,

NOVEMBER 1,

1988.

DIED RECAUSE

He Fought, Could Not

war,

Forget

Cardiff.

His nerves shattered by his experiences in the last Mr. David Morris, stockbroker. and former president of the Cardiff Stock Exchange, told friends he dreaded another. Recent- ly he was found gassed by the kitchen oven at his home in Tydraw-road, Cardiff.

His body was found by a Servant when the enme downstairs pare breakfast.

pre-

A friend said that Mr. Morris had never been able to forget his ex- periences on the battlefield, and was always talking about them.

The international crisis made him very depressed. He feared that war was going to break nut again and that his son, who is of military age, would be involved,” the friend sald.

KEEN ON BUSINESS

"Although he wom one of the keenest business men in the docks la had a constant fight with ill-health. The Stock Exchange presidency was i offered to him a yeur before h finally peerpted and his role

reason

for postponing was that he was LIZ- well.'

fr. Morris, dapper and with toothbrush ministarlie, was forty-five years old. He had no Anancial i

troubles.

Hesides his son, who works in a Londan bank, there is a nine-your- old daughter.

This is the seront tragedy in the Grm of Gwilym Price and Co. in! which he was the role partner. The j founder of it. Mr. Gwilym Price, ai musician dropped dead in his offire Buon after the war.

HE DREADED

Pressure of British and French governments on Czecho-Slovakin finally prevailed and kept the Up until the last minile Czechs were ready to little republic from fighting against dismemberment.

1 setting up battle German invasion. Here is a radio detachment of Czech Dragcan Regiment No. feld station near the Hungarian border. A number of Czech reservi "specialists" have been called to the colours in view to the tense situation between Czecho-Slovakia and Hungary.

Air Contracts Allegation

"PALM-GREASING"

MENTIONED, SAYS

LINER

ESCAPES

SQUADRON LEADER DISASTER

A Squadron-Leader in the Royal Air Force alleged at Bow Street Police Court recently that a former col-

Posed As P.Cs league in the Service talked about "palm-greasing” when

they were discussing the question of an Air Ministry contract.

In Hyde Park,

Flight-Lieutenant (retired) Frederick John Sharer Robbed Women | Short, of Park Road, Regent's Park, was committed for trial charged with unlawfully and corruptly offering money to Alfred Basil Woodhall as an inducement for doing an act in relation to the affairs of the Secretary of State for Air.

-Court Charges Grave offences in Hyde Park by two men who were said to have posed as police officers 'were alleged at Marlborough

Street police court recently.

of Prard Con Maloney (23). Street, Paddington, and John Jones (21). of Baranet Road. Tottenham, and powerfully N.. bath labourers bulit men, were sent for trial at the

Old Bailey,

They were charged with posing as police constables, robbing Margaret Ward, of her handbag and contents,

Short pleaded not guilty and reserved his defence. He was allowed bail in his own recognisances of £50.

Mr. Vincent Evans prosecuted and Mr. W. R. Perkins defended. Squadron-Leader Alfred Basil Woodhall said he was now en- aged on staff duties at the Air Ministry,

Several years ago he became

value 285, and using personal vio-acquainted with Short while lence towards her; Maloney with 5 they were serving together in saulting Charles Eighteen, causing; bodily harm; both with assaulting the Air Force.

May Smith with intent to roh her:

harm.

Maloney

ng her

The charge

with indecently as

causing belly

and

adjourned sine

that they posed polle officer was die.

iwo

on

hcr

AN INTRODUCTION Continuing, Squadron Leader Woodhil sald: "On August 16, I met him on my way back frum lunch. He told me he was connected with a firm

contractors.

"On August 17, he telephoned and askel me if I had any money. promptly replied No.

I

le ugented an appointment. I reported to my

FURTHERMORE-

cent.

traffic at Culbuay, POSTAL

village of bachelors near Letterkenny, in Co. Donegal, has increased

400 per since the young men let it be known that none of them could find a wife. English girls are responsible.

A recent pastbay included letters from jour widows, and one letter, with wild flowers pressed between the sheets of paper, asked for "four present- able bachelors" for four nurses from Buckinghamshire.

"Ardent Feminine" from Elstree wrote to say that she cannot milk cows, but she is willing to learn. All the let- ters received are being shared among Culbuay's bachelors.

officer, superior Captain Maynord, the Deputy Direr- as a representative of Whitchull Con- tor, and, acting on his instructions, Itractors, Ll. kept the appointment.

"TENDERS"

his

"£37,000 CONTRACT"

phoned him and asked him to make appointment to meet a director of fixed for

the firm.

An appointment was

Two big ships bearing down on one another in the gathering darkness.. the shrill blasts of sirens a hurried command a last-minute change of course... . and disaster averted by seconds. . . . This sea drama off the North Spanish coast was revealed re- cently when the Lamport and Holt steamer Vandyck (13,250 tons) returned to Liverpool after a cruise to the Atlantic Islands and Morocco.

WAR

RADIO BROADCAST

'Cello Recital by Ettore Pellegatti from Studio "NEW WORLD" SYMPHONY

Radio Programme Broadcast by

Z. B. W. on A Frequency of 843 k.e's. and on Short Wave from 0-11 p.m. on 9.62 m.'s, per second.

Н. К. Т.

0.00 Relay of the Dance Orchestra from the Roof Garden of the Hong- kon Hotel,

(a) Beside a moonlit stream; (b) Sheik of Araby; (e) Silver on the Sage: (d) Scruntch.

6.14 Record: Memphis Blues Wrong (Ur- (Hondy): Somebody's

plano

Ern Pettifer (Clarinet) with and guitar.

0.21 (a) Day Dreaming; (b) Mocking bird; (e) Stranger in Parce: (d) Snake Charmer.

6.35 Record: Nymph Errant- Selection (Cole Porter); There's A Ring Around The Moon (Green).... Plano Ducts by Carroll Gibbons and John W. Green accompanied by Their Boy Friends; Broadway Melody Of 1038-Selection....Reginald Foort nt the B. I. C. Theatre Organ.

6.44 (a) Now it can be told; (b) My walking Slick; (e) Shadows on the Moon; (d) Waddlin' at the Waldorf.

700

tions.

2.01

Closing Loent Stock Quota-

B.B.C. Recording-Vaudeville Programme.

Cast: Altxander and Mose; Charlie Coborn; Bransby Williams; Anona Win; Tommy Hundley; Lily Morris; The B.B.C. Daner Orchestra cond. by Henry Hall. Programme com- pered by Tommy Handley.

8.00 Time. Weather and An- nouncements.

accom-

8.03 Studio-Cello Recital by Et- ture Fellegatti with Piano pantment by Lindsay A. Lafford.

1. (a) Lullaby (C. Scott); (b) The Tarantelle Swan (Saint-Saen); 2. (D. V. Geena): 3. Berceuse (A. Jarnefelt): 4. Czardas (Fischer); 5. Andante (G. Mann); $. Grande Valse de Concert (Grutzinacher).

8.10 Songs by Luigi Fort (Tenor). Don Pasquale Serenata (Doni-

-OVERCOATS-

-in

Readiness

Overcost

time

approaches

and finds Mackintosh's in

roadiness with a notable dis-

play of AQUASCUTUM Coats.

There are coats in the newest

designs, colourings and styles

for every occasion of autumn

and winter, and romarkable

examples of value for price.

MACKINTOSH'S

Nere's Luck!

EWO

zetti); Farewell. Mignon (Thomas);|WHEN THE DUKE OF

Ay, Ay, Ay (Perez

and Freire);

Ideale (Testi); SI Vous L'Aviez Com- pris (Denza) ..with Orchestral!

accompaniment.

KENT WAS IN HONGKONG

LTD.

BEER

THE POLICE RESERVE

Orders for the Current Week Issued

Police Reserve Orders by the Ilon

of

Police, state:

Chinese Company

G Patrol Duty. Nightly between p.m. and midnight by members as detailed by the Omeer in Charge of Company.

Part H. The Training Course

of the undermentioned members

8.45 Buy Mayerl at the Piano. Three

(Continued from Page 6.) - Danees In Syncopation (Mayer); 1. English Dance; 2. Cric- | career. He WRB drafted into the ket Dance: 3. Harmonica Dance; Forelɛn Ofice, where be studied Parade Of The Sandwich-Board Mien diplomacy. ile hus also been attach Mr. T. 11. King, Commissioner

Fluter's Balled to the Bone Office as an honorary (Mayerl); Phil The

French-pre. Mayerl)(Vocalist: factory inspector. Billy Scott-Coomber): Nimble Fin-

He is an expert dancer and has literary tastes. ered Gentleman (Mayerl).

9.00 Greta Keller (Vocal) and

WHEN in liongkong, the Duke, Ted Flo Rito and His Orchestra,

then Prince George, took every Trust In Me (Wever, Schwartz,

entering into the with Fred opportunity of Ager Greta Keller

His Quintet; Never Social life of the Colony when off Hartley and Gonna DanceFox-Trot (from duty, and quickly made himself Chinese Company will attend Chin- swing Time)....Ted Flo Rito and general favourite. He was one I of Training Course on Tuesday, ese Company Headquarters for Part His Orchestra with vocal chorus by most functions, attending

November 1, at 5.30 p.m.: old time Muzzy Marcellino and Debutantes; funcy dress dance as an

Chinese mandarín.

Constables R23 But the Duke's

Lou Wing-shing, Did You Mean It? (Dixon, Greer).. Quickly Captain Philip Symons.Greta Keller with Fred Hartley stay in Hongkong was chiefly spent R30 Victor Shim, 147 Chung Fai-lam, Leung Joc-ling, R88 commander of the Vandyck, signal- His Quintet: Night In Manhattan in outdoor sport, riding being his R49 Poon Man-kil, R59 Chan Pak-

was often toluen, R67 Fox-Trot (film The Big Broadcast

Broadcast principal pastime. leg that he too was turning to star- of 1937): Here's Love In Your Eye be seen at the Polo ground, and V. Wong, R103 Iuk Sal-ling, and Phillip Chan, R01 Yu Wah-sul, R102 -Fox-Trot (im The Bix Broadcast gured in the list of winners at

at the rode of 1937)....Ted Flo Rito and His ymkhana, while he in the R104 Anderson Stu

with voen refrain; When United Services Cup

nt race

the nited Club and Would Jockey

meeting, falling, annual however, to get into the first thre

The Vandyck was proceeding slow- ly in poor visibility when the Russian steamer Bessarabia loomed up ahead and blasted her signal that she was turning to starboard.

board.

"OUR ONLY CHANCE"

Suddenly I was realised that the Bessarabia had allered her course to port and was bearing down at about 18 knots, straight for the bows of the Vandyck.

chance "There was only one avoiding disaster," kald Symons recently, for if we collided the Bessarabia would have split us

asunder.

DI

Captain

"I ordered my helmsman to give the Vandyck full starboard. We swing around and just managed to avoid a collision although the ships come within 50ft. of each other, so close that we could plainly hear pas sengers talking on the other vessel.

The whole Incident began anished in less than four minutes.

MASCOT WORKED!

and

"Very few of my 320 passengera and 200 erew knew anything about it at the time.

"T don't mind telling you. though, that after that narrow escape I went to my cabin and gave an affectionate rub to my St. Christopher mascot, which worked harder for me in those four minutes than in the 40 years I have carried it."

When the Vandyck docked, a letter of appreciation and gratitude from the passengers was landed to Capt. intimation think Symons, with the plans were being made for a presen-

ation to mark his skilful navigation.

Orchestra wit

I

You?

Learn

9.30 London Relay-The News.

ut

0.50 Dvorak-Symphony No. 5 in second

casion

He

ត

one

Indian Company

for

6

(Thomson): French

Strength, Sub Inspector (R) Bedan (film San Fran

Franciscn')....Greta however Keller with Orchestra; Follow Your He followed the Drag Hunt at Fan-Singh has been permitted to resign from the Indian Company, as from Heart-Waltz (from the film); Ma- Link frequently. Knolias In The Moonlight-Fox-Trot

contact with the Hongkong September 1, 1938.

Constable R243 Commendation.

is commended Abdul Ghani Khan film Follow Your Heart')....Ted public was mainly that of a naval Flo Rito and His Orchestra with officer, and not as a member of the vocal chorus by Stanley Hickman.

Family. Only twice

did he by the Commissioner of Police for zeal and vigilance, when off duty, in official function, the

September he securing the arrest, on being when

27, near Wanchal Market, of a Chi- E Minor, Op. 95 ("The New World"); invested the then Governor of Hong nese male who

was convicted Played by The Royal Albert Hall kong with the insignia of Knight of larceny from person, Orchestre conducted by Sir Landon Grace of the Venerable Order of St. Patrol Duty Nightly between Ronald.

John of Jerusalem. 10.27 Songs by Maria Olszewska

In March 1025, he acted, by Special .m. and midnight by members us (Contralla).

Royal Warrant

on behalf of his detailed by the Omeer in Charge of The May Night (Bralis); Sapphic father at an Investiture when In- Ode (Brahmas)....with Plane accom-signias of honours previously

Flying Squad paniment by George Reeves: None but ferred were presented to H.E. the

Appointment. Crown Sergeant the weary heart (Tchaikovsky)....Governor, the Hon. Sir Shouron

has been ap- George Duncan, Mr. George from October 17, 1030 vice Sub-

Faral Major

Inspector (R) Chão Ming-ki on sick Khan. This ceremony. which was

leave. carried out with characteristic pomp. was noteworthy for the fact that the Scottish company of the H.K.V.D.C. provided the Royal Guard of Honour.

con-

Company.

with Plano accomp. by Karl Alwin, Chow, the Hon. Mr. E. R. Halifax, R333 4. W. Nooney

pointed Acting Sub Inspector as

Violin accomp, by Dot Dauber and Mr. Cello necomp. by Franz Kvarda.

10.37 Mendelssohn-Quartet In D Major, Op. 44, No. 1.

Playeed by the Stradivarius String

| Quartet.

11.00 Close Down.

CROWN LAND' SOLD

Bidding at Yesterday's Auction Keen

White and

Ô

Subadar

Patrol Duly. Nightly between p.m. and midnight by members op detalled by the Omeer in Charge of Company.

Emergency Unit Reservo

Mr. W. C. Slan pic, premecuting said: Both these men were obvi

"He then said 'Would you like to ously in Hyde Park with the inten tion of robbing whoever they could make some?' and he said, 'It will be Mics Smith and Eighteen were to something that will not implicate you It will simply mean a gether in the park just before Hin any way, p.m. on September 17 when these matter of an introduction.

men came up.

KNOCKED HIM DOWN "They said nothing, and then re- presented they were notice officers out of the und ordered Eighteen park. Maloney hit him very hard

He said he wished his firm to be and knocked him down. Jones

"He started talking about the invited to tender for some building possibility of my introducing stood by the woman Smith and Ma

work in connection with the Air loney came back and tried to get firm, Whitehall Contractors, Limited.Force expansion. her handbag, and knocked her down to some member of the Air Minis-

"Smith

keep Lo managed

herry's contract branch who would be Taylor said he promised to lank handbag, but while she was lying willing to have his palms greased. into the matter and would invite the ground he Indecently as- "This individual, if found him, them, on the first suitable occasion. Baulted

and sh was badly was to be prepared to open tenders to submit tenders for competition. knocked about.

for whatever contract was being "The prisoners were not arrested applied for by his arm so that bis

Later the same day Short tele-

IN 1927, the Duke visited the ranch

A.R.P. Course. The undermen- but about midnight Maloney firm could put in a lower tender. then, but award and made a

in Canada, owned by his brother, tioned members of the Follco Re- spoke

"I was told that I would probably declined, get about £3,000 it a contract for

the Dake of Windsor, then Prince of suggestion, which she

serve have been detalled to attend Wales. Maloney pushed Mrs. Ward and got £20,000 was placed with his firin.

the A.R.P. Course at the E.U.R. Club. "It was also suggested that I could | August 16 at Short's suggestion, her handbag. She saw him join

Early in 1934, he visited South on Tuesday, November 1 and Friday, Jones and hand something out of the probably obtain expenses with a

Africa and, on November 20, of the November 4 at 5.30 p.m. under S. 1. On that date he Sow Short and

samu

year, he married Princess (11) R. P. Dunlop: handbag to him. Mrs. Ward spoke view to entertaining the suppost-

Mr. Knight, a director of the com-

There was brisk bidding for Crown tarina, youngest daughter of Prince to a policeman and fortunately the tous contract branch man I was to

and a conversation and resource,

land yesterday when two lots were Nicholas of Greece and

Mr. B. C. Randall, A.S.P. (R), Mr. pany, and he

Princess twe prisoners

chased were

und And,

auctioned off at the offeer of the Helen. The

Feroz All, ASP. (R), Inspt. (R) "Inid it was outskie my duty, and with Mr. Knight in the presence of

brilliant David Loie, S.I. (R) Chau Ching- enught."

Short.

Public Works Department before a affair,

Westminster I knew nobody who deaft with

Mr. Knight said he was executing Wne Once for

large number of interested speeti Abbey, followed by a service accord-chu, S.1. (B) Hardli Singh, PS.. ing to the Orthodox ritunt at the 17 William S. Mok, P.S.R. 20 "Next morning, on my arrival at a contract for the when lls anger the Air Ministry, I reported to Cap-ubout £31,000, and that he had been

The applicants for the lots were Chapel House in Buckingham Palace, Chan Chung-tung, PSI, 30 Thong invited to tender for other contracts tain Maynard.

the eventual purchasers, but an- The honeymoon was spent in Himicy Po-hing, L.3.R. 20 Leung On-tal, "Later, the telephone rang, and 1 by the War Office, one being of the

Over 100 passengers on the Conn- other lot, the largest offered and Hall and later on a Mediterranean L.S.R, 214 Channon Singh, LS.R. 209 Imam Din, R303 D. Young, 1313 told the necused that the suggestion estimated value of £90,000 and an-

dian-Pacifle Iner Duchess of York, valued at $34,703, was not bid for. cruise,

D. M. Xavier, P.C.R. 330 Lee Chan- was quite out of the question. When other of £114,000.

which docked at Liverpool recently This lot was situated at To Ka Wan On October 10, 1033, a

kee, and F.C.fl. 280 M. 5. Dillon. The suggested that I should meet hin

saw a West African youth make a Road.

born and the following month was

Patrol Duty. Nightly between ngain, I put up the receiver.

An area of about 1,710 square christened at Buckingham Palace, He has rung me up at the Alr Taylor raid he promised an early mid-Atlantle plunge to death. Ministry on several occasions sincsjopportunity of issuing suitable in- The man was Jumes Owens, aged feet, adjoining Inland Lot No. 4700 being given the names of Edward p.m. and midnight by members as sold to Mr. George Nicholas Paul Patrick. A detalled by the Omeer in Charge of For an hour recently #1 bullock then and I have always hung up the vitations for tenders,

21, a native of Sierra Leone, who at King's Road, was

L. Lung, Mok

No. Cross-examined, Taylor sald Short had been taken of a West African

125, Connaught daughter, Princess Alexandra, was Company. of Ply- the receiver." mouth, terrifying pedestrians, día- In cross-examination, Squadion did may that his

Arm might have steamer at Quebec and was being Road Central, for $9,600. The upset born on Christmas Day, 1936.

Competition to The Duchess is known to two familles when it tried to enter some

secure the about palm-Short then disclosed to him the name to West Africa. their houses.

greasing." He thought Short saiti of his firm and told him who he was.

Detective-Sergeant William Bray Duchess of York resulted in Owens

Ilis strange behaviour aboard the understood that a commercial build-even the smallest fashion note intro-

ing will be built there.

duced by her is eagerly followed by The animal was one of two which, many people had made money out of

of New Scotland Yard, said that on being placed under

The other land sold was Kowloon every woman In the world. She is parently maddened by the smell of aircraft shares,

Л guard, bu!

Lot Inland

4044 William Ernest Taylor, of Muda September 21 he served a summons blod as they were being taken into

at Ma Tau also an artist of considerable talent being aughterhouse, broke loose, Road, Orpington (Kent), contractors on Short, who, on reading it, sald: while a cup of coffee

flung area of 1,800 square feet and with circles as "Princess Politiela". he was captured a mile away by officer to the Director of Contructs, "Ridiculous. I simple poured out for him he escaped the Chung Road, Ma Tau Chung, with and has been nicknamed In Royal a diver who chased it in a car. Air Ministry, said one firm on the hall whom could approach in the vigilance of his guard, and

upsel price of $1,305. It was astounding knowledge The oher covered four miles through contracts at was Whitehall Contrac- Ministry for a contract for Whitehall himself into the sea.

secured by Mr. Lee Y. Tang, for national polities and her flair for the slapping centre to the fil mar-tors, Ltd.

Contracts, Ltd. I have nothing to "Man overboard" was "calfed, and whom Messrs. Way & Hall, archi-finer points of diplomacy, has amazed relations and Cabinet About August 8, lie received a visit do with them really. I am on the the ship was turned about, but there tects, ncted. A house will be built on friends, from Short, who introduced himself Stock Exchange.”

was no trace of the man.

this site.

Ministere.

Miss Smith, a counter hand

of

Priary Park Road, Kilburn, corro- contracts, but I would consider It.

borated this

ant said that Matongy tried to push down her throat she bit it.

Bull Holds Up Traffic, Terrifies Town

raced through the streets

"RIDICULOUS"

Dive To Death In Mid-Atlantic

itors.

ceremony,

nt was held

son Was

the

organising traffic, and frightening | Leader Woodhail salt there was been approached to give tenders, token to Liverpool to be transferred; price was $as keen and it is world as a leader of fashion and

ket and on to the seafront before:

it was soed and shut.

conversation

an

No.

of

H

Her

METROPOLE

Inter-

TE

C. CHAMPKIN,

DS.P..(R).

ROOM BATH

CENTRAL

$6

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COMFORTABILE,