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DESIGNER

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 4, 1939.

ACCUSED OF

STEALING BOAT PLANS

Held A "Good Position"

STATED to have held until the day before a "good position" with the British Power Boat Company, Ltd., of Hythe, near Southampton. Waller Wing Moore, aged 25, design engineer, was charged at Southampton Police Court recently with stealing nine plans, the pro- perty of the firm, within the last six monilis,

When the magistrates granted an application that the nccused be re- minded Superintendent D. Lucey, for the police, opposed ball.

On being lold by the chairman that he would be remanded In custody, Moore observed;

"I don't understand the position. I don't understand what is happening. What does that menn?"

The Clerk: You will be brought before the court again on Friday of next week when this charge will be heard.

Moore:

And in the meantime?

The Clerk: In the meantime you will remain in custody,

NO MEANS

Moore was about to leave the dock when he turned and asked if he could have legal aid, explaining that he had| no means to obtain it.

He was, he said, a single man and

his pay with the company was £5 10s. a week.

He was told that he must apply for

Homes Are Worse

Than Shanghai Slums

legal aid when he appeared before TOUSING conditions that "baffle stated that their height to the caves is the court again.

The British Power Boat Company is engaged on important contracts for the Government, Including the con- struction of motor torpedo boats.

Charles Laughton Advises Actors

stand the

The house is divided into two rooms by a thin partition, one a living room and one The sleeping chamber.

escription and are worse than could be found in the native quarter of Shanghai," are indleted in the re- port of a committee of inquiry into anti-tuberculosis services in Wales and Monmouthshire, published re-accommodation, boards are put across In order to provide further siceping cently.

from wall to wall above the sleeping The report says the high death chamber. This room is called a rate from tuberculosis is inrgely "grogloft," and the height at the

Different than the silent, greet ing to Chancellor Hitler in Prague was the eager, enthusiR- stle welcome given Der Fuchrer when he arrived in Memel, to take over the Baltic senport. This picture, shows Memelland- ers eagerly waiting to catch e glimpse of Hitler.

'Swimmer' Of

18 Months In Show

cauzed by bad housing. Local coun- apex varies from about 5ft. to 6ft. MISS HILLARY MAVIS

Mr. Charles Laughton, speaking at and even "sheer derelletion of duty." cils are accused of apathy, neglect, the anattal dlaner of the Critics' Circle at the Savoy Hotel recently, It is signifcant, says the report, said: "Actors to-day must be more that the, disease is referred to in vulgar, They must get some of the Wales by the fatalistic name vitality of the old-time drama and "Y dical" (The Decline). the sex film of to-day into modern drama."

The inquiry has been made by two

of

Miss Fay Compton said: "Nowa Commissionero, Mr. Clement Davles, days first nights seem worse

than K.C., M.P., and Dr. F. J. H. Coutts, ever. The stalls are full of bored, formerly a tuberculosis expert in the apathetic people completely unre-Ministry of Health. presentative of real theatre-uders. The gallery is full of fans who are Infolerant of all but their own favourites,"

"FAILED AS TRUSTEES"

The report adde:

and tapers down to nothing.

"Nothing can be done to make those houses habitable or even sanitary. The only thing to be done with them is to pull them down, and pull them down as 5001 us possible."

The Commisioners summarise their opiniors, of individual counties and county borough. Some of their com-

ments are:

Anglesey: The record with regard to tuberculosis is an unenviable one, but, considering the housing condi- tons, it is not surprising. In many describably bad.

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EMPIRE NEWS

MACHINE GUNS FOR COMMANDOS

CAPE TOWN. The conference of commandants and honorary colonels of South Africa's burgher commandos, which has been skiing at Cape Town, re- cently unanimously derided in favour of the modernisation of Commando forces.

The proposal that machine-guns should be issued to each commando and that 60 picked young men in each should be given o, thorough military training was received with remarkable enthusiasm. The result will be a considerable strengthening of the Union's defence forces.

The

commandunts, many with flowing beards, were yesterday enter- tained by the Prime Minister, Gen. Hertzog, at Grooteschuur.

Bir J. MiniTey's Visit Sir John Maffey, director of Imperial Airways, who arrived at Cape Town recently stayed at Governinent House. He will confer with Mr. Pirow, Minister of Defence, and other members of the Cabinet this week on the de velopment of commercial ẞying in Central Afrien

Surplus Expected. The "Cape Argus" states that instead of a deficit of £100,000, which the Minister of Finance budgeted for last August, Mr. Havenga will probably be able to announce when he Introduces the Budget, a surplus of more than £1,500,000. KENYA

COMMITTEE REPORT ON INCOME-TAX

NAIROBI.

The Kenya Standlag Finance Com- mittee reports as follows on the in- cidence of Income-tax.

"We believe the facts of the matter to be that there fa no widesprend dissatisfaction with income-tax In Kenya, and we are unable to see that any useful

purpose would be served by prolonging the present inquiries,

"We do not wish to imply that this report is the last word on the sub- Jeet. On the contrary, ive believe that when the Colony has had more experience of the operation of the tax it will prove desirable that fur- ther investigation should be inade.". INDIA

CONGRESS SUPPORT

FOR MR. GANDHI

TRIPURI.

A. WAND, ́of Ilford, is just eighteen months old, thirty in- ches tall, and a member of the The plenary session of the Indian Dally Ducklings Swimming Club. National Congress recently passed Pandit Pant's resolution expressing When her brother joined, Hillary confidence in Mr. Gandhi by an over- went to watch and soon made it plain whelming majority. that she was going in, too.

The vote was taken on a show of hands amid shouts of "Victory for In about six lessons she has learned

She had her first bathe in February. Gandhi.""

her feet.

Mr. Subhas Chandra Bose, the to jumpy confidently into the water. Leftist President of Congress, whose to float, to do the breast arm stroke policy is opposed to that of Mr. to order, and to Kich vigorously with Gandhi, commenting on Pandit Pant's resolution, stated to-day that the Sho recently

programme on which he had fought appeared in her his presidential election was not Social Service funds. This was open and that therefore no occasion had session. ed by four-year-old Cyril Eagland, arisen for his resignation. and turn somersaults and handsprings expressing "India's national demand who can swim a quarter of a mile, Congress also passed a resolution

for self-deterinination."

"In fact the councils have failed in Mr. Tyrone Guthrie sald that once their trusteeship as guardians of the parts of the ecunty they remain in-club's spring display in aid of ford challenged in the plenury the National Theatre was built it health and welfare of the people who would undoubtedly have to be elected them." amalgamated with the Old Vic. There were nol enough actors to staff

In a description of the old-fashioned both, or the public to support then. Celtic houses in which many live, it is

Grandmother Has First Air Trip

Air Trip At 91

CROYDON AIRPORT, from which scores of her compatriots, fleeing from Nazl rule, have had to be turned away re- cently, meant security and happiness for ninety-one-year-old Frau Krampflicek.

FIRST TO LEAVE

house; the living room was lift, by At Llangefni we measured ONC 71, by Bft, and contained two double

10 HOUSE

beds.

In that house, up to March 1938, ten persons had lived-a man, two wo- men, and seven children.

We are of opinion that Dr. Emrys Jones (the tuberculosis officer) did not overstate the condition of the house when he sald:

"I think you will agree that the overcrowding in that house was worse than anything one could find in the native quarter of Shanghal."

Flying for the first time in

Caernarvonshire: Has the highest her life, this frail, white-haired

tuberculosis mortality rate among all At Croydon she was the first to the counties of England and Wales. great-grandmother came alone step from the plane. She walked Houses in Llanberis in some instances from Vienna to join her family with a stick and on her arm wore a are so wet that the walls cannot be in England. Sho is a Czech white armlet with three black dots papered.

on it, Indicating that she was infirm. Jewess.

in the water,

"S"

Scientists Smash

Plan of

Terrorists

I. R. A.

Selence has been greatly responsible for finally breaking the back of the "S" Plan of the Irish Republican Army terrorists for sabotage in Great Britain.

the Home Office analyst, has been ex-phuric acid, used to make explosives. For three months Dr. Roche Lynch, stains were found to come from sul- famining all kinds of articles for traces

of explosives, acids.

EXPLOSIVES EXAMINED Carmarthenshire: in Llandovery On a cap he found traces of alu- Explosives Her children in Manchester, fear-

In the bus that took her to there is one street where there is a minlum powder. The

expert of the Home ing for her safety, cabled to her to

London she said: "All my children, row of houses all condemned. They scarcely visible. But Dr. Lynch ex-ing almost daily with various sub- specks were Office, Dr. H. E. Watts, has been deal-

fly before it was too inte.

grandchildren and great-grand- are all inhabited. As soon as one amined them under his strong lens,stances. He has examined clocks for children are over here. It will be person dies, or goes out of the house, identified them. to

time bombs, explained how they are. lovely to see them all again." another one goes in.

set. Of her first flight she said: "I was

A drawer of a chest-of-drawers Merioneth: We have come to the was an exhibit comfortable. What is the difference conclusion that the authorities in this Woodwork was stained. So

at the Old Balley. whether you go by railway or by county have been guilty of serlous small articles found in the drawer.

were

dereliction of duty,

In the analyst's laboratory those

Frau Krampfleek had time pack only few belongings into a brown paper parcel, but she travel- Jed in her best black silk coat and a bonnet tied with strings beneath her chin.

nir?”

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Outstanding piece of scientific de- tection was made by Scotland Yard's photographic department.

What seemed to be a blank exercise book was found in the house of sus- pects.. A page had been torn out.

Detective-Sergeant Salter photo- graphed the next page, using a light shining on the page at an acute angle. Invisible writing appeared with the name "Jerry Wharton, Camden-road, N.W.1, Waterford, City Unit." Whar ton is now serving ten years' penal servitude

Chief-Inspector Cherrill, the Yard's Anger-print expert, found a thumb mark on a pylon under which a bomb had exploded. The owner is in gaoi

now.

Receipt for the purchase of a type- writer brought Stuart, right-hand man of Mason, the O.C., I.R.A., Great Britain, to justice. It was found in on arrested man's house, Detectives set out to trace the machine. They found in an office in New Oxford-street. When a man returned to the omeo he; was arrested. That man was Stuart.

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*So the condensed man ato a hearty breakfast 1"

"Oddly enough he did — in spite of last night's stag party. All set now for the orange blossoms.""

"And the little head?" "Ticking over beautifully old boy. Cool as a frame-full of cucumbers, Am I becoming a taturated solution - or is is just the influence of a good WOMAN?"

"Your ignorance of the facts of life, Edmond, is little short of monumental. Remember the long draught of Rose's Lime Juice I made you drink before retiring? Pause and consider, Edmond -

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knowing me as you do — was that pure altruism, P 199 "I've never known you do an unselfish act in your life old boy."

"Right. My only concern was to save myself trouble and get you to the church in such condition that you could both speak budibly and walk unaided. With the help of Rose's Lime Juice I have succeeded. Listen carefully, Edmond, while I explain the chemical action of Rosc′′s --~” "I say look! Quarter to eleven ! Where's the ring 7 Where's my hat P Is the car ready? Ta my tis all right? --- Hurry up, hurry up. Where's my ok, here it is ---, QUICK!"

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The last Concert in this Season! PENINSULA HOTEL, ROOF GARDEN Wednesday, 10th May at 9.30 p.m. sharp

TONOFF TRIO

in

Chamber Music Concert

This programme has never been played before in the Colony !

P. Tschaikovsky-Trio op. 50. A. D'Alessio Trio Symphonico.

(dedicated to Prof. N. A. Tonoff.)

ARTISTS:

PROF. N. A TONOFF-Violin PROF. ETTORE PELLEGATTI—"Cello PROF. HARRY ORE-Piano.

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