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COURT MARTIAL

Bombadier Alleged To Have Struck Captain

Bombadier John Sutcliffe Whitehead, of the 30th Heavy Battery, 8th Heavy Regiment, R.A., was the defendant at a Court Martial held at Stanley Barracks yesterday.

Major S. E. fl. E. White of the Royal Scote Was the President, Major M. Yates, R.A., prosecuted. and Major R. Guiratt réprésented the accused.

with guarding my face

both my arms when I saw the accused adopt a threatening attitude. I thought le was going to strike me, so I struck him Arst."

out for inspection. He was in the barrack rooin with the accused when Capt. Northcote and Sergt.-Major Goody arrived.

Blows Exchanged on Bed

Witness anid

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As the accused was walking to the quard room after the incident, sald) witness, he turned towards Sergt. heard some remarks about the ne-

that after he hind D'Aquino and O'Neil Shaw Faure at the Plono; Air Varie Sur Un Major Goody and sold: "Do you cused's intended transfer to the Sea- want another dig." This statement forthis, he saw Capt. Northcote throw was made in an extremely threaten-up his hands. He was unable to say Ing way.

whether this was an offensive or a defensive action,

Insulelent Excuse Cross-examined by Major Garratt,! The accused then struck Capt. witness said that on January 10 the Northcote and the two men started Inspection of kit was only held for fighting. He tried to separate the certain inen, because they had not two men and in the confusion that trndered their kit for Inspection on enstted, Serg-Major Goody was another day. The accused was Inter-punched by the necured and fell to viewed about his failure to set out the floor, his kit for inspection and said that he had to go to work in the Chinese Depot at 8.30 am, the time of barrack parades.

Norking Sergt.-Major P. Goody; forths. I advise you to be careful is

PIO-ULSKI'S ORCHESTRA

H. K. T.

12.00-12.20 p.m. Relay of Service: ot intercession from St. John's Cathedral,

Thane Suisse (Mohr)....Grande Re- publican Band of France cond. by Pierre Dupont; Turentelle (Monnier and Faure, Op. 10, No. 2)....Ger- nah Cernay (Mezzo-Soprano) and with Joseph

Radio Programme Broadcast by Tall (Tenor) 2. B. W. on a Frequency of 845 kcnvenuti at the Plano. and on Short Wave from 1-2,15 p.m. and 8-11 pm, on 9.52 1.CR. Der 7.30 Harold Ramway (Organ), second,

And Ke Masters (Vocal)

Jack Itylon and IIIs Orchestra and others. ther said that there was no kit pinte to show how kit was to be luid out

Famous Tauber Melodies... Harold This statement was made in an inso-

Rameny on the Mighty Wurlitzer at ent voler.

12.30 B. B. C. Wireless Military Granada Theatre, Tooling, with "While I was holding the accused's Band and Eva Turner (Soprano). Witness said he warned the necused

right arm, Cant, Northcote rushed at

Javalion Guitar: Moi, J'Suis Par Whitehead was charged with strik- against speaking in that manner and

struck him on the Whitehead and ing a superior officer, Capt. D. L. S. added "lly the way, I see you have

The Caliph Of Bagdad-Overture Comms Ca (Gardon)....Jean Cyrenn

Vuen) with C. Wireless

Orchestra: Timber- (Boieldieu)....The B. B. in the execution of his applied to be transferred to the Sea-

Jack Hyllion and Ita Witness sold that he had deemed mouth," said witness.

Fox-Trot... Military Band cond. by Walton chair with Vocal Refrain; Star- duty;

excuse insuficient for the The accused. continued witness, O'Donnell; "Alda"-O Patrin Mia

She's and using threatening language to a how you speak there or you would accused's absence from the kit inspec- then broke free and forced Capt.

(Verdi); "Il Trovatore"-D'Amorus Covered Bundle (Hodges); All the charges get into trouble. This advice was tion. superior offerr.

Whitehead was given the alter-Northcote on a bed and there blows Sull' Al Kosre (Verdi).....Eva The Wealthiest Woman On Earth were denied.

given in a perfectly friendly manner native of a reprimand charge or of were exchanged. On the way to the Turner (Sourano) with Orchestra; (Godfrey)....Kitty Masters (Vocal) Testifying Major W. G. Harvey as a possibly useful piece of advice." having to show his kit for inspection guard room, witness heard the Sergt. "Faust"-Ballet Music (Gounod) ...

with Orchestra; September In The Harvey, R.A., said that at about noon

for the rest of that week, on January 10, he examined Capt.

A Nasty Manner

Major say: "You will get two years The B, B. C. Wireless Military Band Bain-Fox-Trot (Film 'Melody for In his evidence Segt.-Mujer Goody for this." The pecused stopped walk-cond. by B. Walton O'Donnell; Two'); A Melody For Two-Fox-Trot Northcote and found him to be suf- Accused was alleged to have re- said that he saw the necused strike ing and turning to the speaker said; "Cavallerin Rusticana"Yol Lo (from the film)....Jack Hylton and fering from an injury to his left eyeplied in a nasty manner.

Capt. Northcote after he had com- "You want anotlier dig?"

Sapete (Mascagni)....Eva Turner his Orchestra with Vocal Refrain; and a bruise on the left cheek. Its Serg-Major Goorly then told the plied with the second request to nose was bleeding. Later, the accused defendant to stand to attention and stand to attention. Witness attempt witness said that he was quite poni- Sir Thomas Beecham

Cross-examined by Major Garrult, Soprano) with Orchestra cond, by Roden Murch (tamsay).....Haruld Ramsay at the Wurlizer Organ of was also examined and he was seen on the second request, Whitehead ert to seiz hold of Whitehead but tive that Sergi-Major Goody hnd

the Union Cinema. Kingston. to have slight abrasions on both lips."naid "OK.", stepped forward and slipped and fell down. The accused made the remark "you will get two

2.00 Time, Weather and An- Wins wald thuit in his opinion the struck Capt. Northcote on the side struck him also.

nouncements. injuries of Capt. Northcole and the of the face. Sergt.-Major Goody was

years for this." accused could have been caused by also struck by the same blow, a blow of the flst,

Witness said that he stepped away from the accused after receiving the blow. The accused followed him and struck him again, the punch landing between the eyes and nose.

Capt.

Northcote mid that on Janu- ary 10 he went to the accused's barrack room in the course of a kit Inspection. He was in fali uniform and was accompanied by Sergt.- went backwards," sald Capt. Major Goody. On looking over the Northente, "and was tripped by a bed accused's kit, he saw that there was, and sat down on it. The accused a deficiency of one pair of trousers, trucks me on the left temple. As and questioned the accused, The was lying down on the bed the accused replied that he had two good accused bent over me and I placed pairs of bireches and asked how he my arm around his neck, but as he was to wear them out. Accused fur-d not struggle, I let him go. 1 was

Witness said: "The blow was not delivered at full strength. I know,] because I have been hit very much harder before."

The President: How long have you known the accused?"

Witness: About 12 months. I have known Capt. Northcote for about the enme period.

Further hearing of the case was adjourned to to-day.

THE LIGHTS DID

NOT GO OUT

(Continued from Payc 6.)

1.00 Time and Weather. 1.03 Ralo da Costa (Piano), Everyone Says "I Love You" (film Horse Feathers'); Butterflies In The

8.03 Stadlo Concert by Geo. Plo-) Rain (Reaves and Myers). Solo: Uiski's String Orchestra. "Whoopee" -Medicy (Kalın and 1. Dreibund-Walzer (Benatzky); Donaldson); "Monte Carlo"--Medley 2. from "The Pearlfshers"

Arla (Whiting and Harlin)....assisted by (Bizet); Interval; Memories Of Testi The Night Club Kinga.

..La Scala Singers; 3. Londonderry 1.15 Reuter and Rugby Press, Air (Traditional); 4. Hungarian Fan- Weather and Announcements,

taska

Serenade Toselli); (Radics); 1.30 Denny Goodman and His Or-Interval; A Summer Night (A. Goring chestra.

Thomas): The Great Awakenlag Afraid To Dream-Fox-Trot (Almi (Johnstone and Kramer) Essic You can't have everything'); Itoll" Ackland (Contralto) with Organ Em-Fox-Trot; Love Me, Or Leave accomp. by Herbert Dawson; 6. Tele- Me (Kahn),

turken-Potpourri (Morena). 1.40 Relay of the Rotary TIMG 9.00 Studio Gaston 'Aquino Sprech from the Roof Garden of the (Tenor) and E. O'Nell Shaw (Plano) Hougkeng Hotel Speaker: Pasi Pro- 1. Che Gelida Manina ('La Boheme' sident Rotarian R. D. Walker. Sub--Puc* 2. Unn Furtiva Lagrima Jest; "Across America".

d'amore-Donizetti) 2.15 Close Down, Accordingly, in 1026, Parlia-

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d'Aquino (Tenor) accomp. by E. a national basis, and this board 6.14 Record: Mayo Hornpipe; Eel O'Neil Shaw, has now created the complete grid system.

The President: Did you at any time see Capt. Northeote strike the accused?-No sie, nor did I see him it became apparent that the graupte with the accused.

Gunner 11. Cogerave said that on supply from many of the smaller Januney in he ton had to lay his kit producing centres was too expen- aive, and that rationalisation

system was essential,

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In The Sink-Irish Reel....Frank Murphy (Accordion) with Piano.

6.21 (a) Bewildered; (b) Mama's Gone God-bye; (c) You're as prelly a pleture; (d) Hoppy when I'm singing.

0.35 Records: Rio De Janeiro (de Gredos): Jory The Clown (Myers), Orchestra: Love Is Love, Anywhere Rudy Starita (Xylophone) with (flm 'Let's Fall In Love')....Carroli Gibbons and His Boy Friends.

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"Love Of The Three Oranges" (Prokofiel)...London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Albert

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10.00 London Relay-This Racing Business" 4: Ten Years of the "Tole", By Sir Clement Hindley, K.C.I.E. 10.15 Excerpts from Verdi's Operas "A Masked Boll-Alla Vita Che T'Arride ..Heinrich Schlusnus

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LEGALLY, the function of the board is to buy electricity from large producers and sell it to the distributors. By the performance of this duty

6.44 (a) You're not the kind; (b) it has increased the consumption East Side Kick; (e) Basin Street Opera Orchestra

of electricity in Great Britain Blues; (d) Twilight in Turkey. Welgert; "La from 7,000,000,000 units in 1926

Hermann

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*** tranc/Sempre 7,00 Closing Local Stock Quota-¦ Arin-E stranol e to more than 23,000,000,000 tons.

Jibera....Maria Cebolari units this year, and redrawn the French Programme.

7.03 Georges Thill (Tenor) in a with the Berlin State Opera Orches- ira cond. by Prof. Robert Heger: industrial map of England,

La Precicusc (Couperin, arr. "Rigoletto Paraphrase De Concer

Cortol (Piano); "Don! It is undoubtedly due mainly Krebster) Mureel Mule (Saxophone)....Alfred to the provision of ample and S Plano; Nult D'Espagne (from Carlos-Ella Giammal M'amo: Dor-

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Monto Mlo Regal.... cheaper electricity supply that Duvre Ton Coeur (zet) Georges Tancredi Pasion (Bass) with the industry has been moving south, the Piano: Dimanche De Paques Dur "Alda"-Ballet Suite....Boston Pro- Thill (Tenor) with Maurice at EIAR. Symphony Orchestra, Turin; and that great manufacturing La Mer (Dupont, arr. Feuillard)....menade Orchestra cond. by Arthur centres have been created in such | Maurice Marechal (Violoncello) with Fiedler: "Otello”—Willow Song: Hall, Of Grace:...Elisabeth places as Slough and elsewhere Maurice Faure at the Piano; Clair Mary, Full

De Lune (Faure and Verlaine). | Rethberg (Soprano) with Orchestra, in the southern counties.

Georges Thill (Tenor) with Maurice 11.00 Close Down.

The number of generating sta- tions has been reduced from 480 in 1926 to approximately 150 to- day, of which 15, working day and night, supply over half the electricity used throughout the country.

MANY LIVES LOST

Gales Sweeping Southern Counties in England

London, Jan. 23.

SWISS FRONTIERS

STRENGTHENED

Rumours of Movements Of Austrian Troops

Many of them are familiar ob- jects, standing in the eyes of be- Gules sweeping the south-west

Berne, Jan. 23. holders as the great embodiments) part of England have caused the lons

Because of news from Switzer- of modern power. The most of 10 lives,

lani's eastern frontier, the govern Seven were drowned when a life- ment of the canton of St. Gall has mighty of them is at Dartford, truly

the boat capsized in a terriüc gale at St. strengthened the frontier protection super-slation, 11 greatest generating centre in Ives Bay white answering a distress force by 100 men. the world; but there are others signal from a small steamer which

went ashore,

While the nature of the nows la not disclosed. rumours of the

In the West of Scotland and in

A 70-mile-an-hour, gale wrecked Wales where electricity is being

a Devonport house in which 12 peu-mobligation of Swiss troops or other special measures are scal-oMcially produced by hydraulic power, ple were sleeping.

were They

declared to be without foundation." the debris, Two and in this direction extensive buried under

The purpose of strengthening the levelopments are being planned, children when dug out were dend.

frontier force is said to be to allay the| The Thames is still flooded and in fears of the local population, follow- From the Highlands

some parts the water is three feel] Ing rumours of troop movements In above the level.-Reiter Bulletin. Austria,

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I is fascinating

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There is no confrmation that ne-

realise that at this mothe end of last year to the total tually there have been movements of ment the electricity used in Lon-nominal amount of £53,500,000.

don may be, in part, produced by

If, eventually, the board suc- the swift torrent of a Highland ceeds in its aims of bringing

stream.

cheap electricity to the most re- The cost of the grid system moto of country coltages, and, at has been heavy, since to perform the same time, establishes, by this work the Central Electricity the grid system, a service im- Board, which is public corpora-mune from the shocks of war, tlon, not a Government depart-the cost will not be considered Iment, had insued capital up to excessive.

troops in Austrin.-Reuter.

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