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BELOW: Rehearsing in the studio for the next edition of Daventry's new Variety show, 'Up with the Curtain," are (left to right) Geraldo, the well-known band leader, Tommy Trinder, the popular comedian, Jasmine Dee, and Peler Voken. Up with the Curtain' will be broadcast in Trans- missloris 4 and 5 on August 10 and 2 on the 17th.

Wanted---A Red Rose That Won't Go Blue

THINK of a ronе.

is a

arc

What colour is the rose you are thinking of? It hundred to one that you

The red picturing a hybridisers are concentrating on red roses.

rosc.

If you could produce a Ane red rose without any tendency to "blue," you would immortallse your nunie and, perhaps, snake quite a lot of muney.

Mr. Courtney Page, hun, secretary of the National Rose Society, whose summer show, the most beautiful and varied dispiny of roses in the world, was held recently,

MOST POPULAR ROSE "They are trying to get a red rose which a good grower, has seen

and does not 'blue'

Hole-In-One Is Luck, He Thinks HA

JARRY GONDER, the Michigan City golf professional, contended that anyone could make a hole-in-one

given enough time,

He Bazed away 1.817 times during two days on a short hole on the Beverly Shores Country Clubs course! before he disproved his argument.

"Maybe it is luck after all," he remarked ruefully, when because of i a blistered left hand and physical exhaustion he finally gave up trying.

FOR A 5 BET

"Red roses have a tendency to

blue, and to stop that is the one alm and object of the hybridisers.

"It in most difficult to get a red rose that maintains its colour and the red rose is, perhaps, the most popular of roses.

Tuesday,

HONGKONG · TELEGRAPH

August 8, 1939.

Boy of 17 Found Guilty Of Child Murder

EMPIRE K.C. Says He Developed

NEWS

ARMS SMUGGLING IN

TANGANYIKA

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Dor-es-salaam, Tanganyika.

a

An Appalling Kink

A SEVENTEEN - YEAR - OLD van boy, Kenneth Meirion Derfel, was found guilty at Manchester Assizes recently of the murder of Patricia Carney, aged five, and Mr. Justice Stable ordered that he should be detained during the King's pleasure.

A fine of £40 or neven weeks imprisonment was imposed here on -German, Kurt Modrach, for evading

incorreci making an

lion und declaration.

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customs duty on arms and ammuni- Derfel, who showed no signs of emotion as sentence was passed, had earlier heard his counsel, Mr. N. B, Carefully concealed within his 20 Goldie, K.C., urge a verdict of manslaughter and say to packages of luggage, it was stated, the jury: "It may be many a long day before medical shotgun, 4.000 rounds of rifle am- science can say why this lad developed this appalling munition and 600 rounds of revolver kink." ummunition.

were three revolvers, two rifics. à

In addition there were a Flfte, revolver and shotgun whileh Modrach

declared,

Pleading guilty. Modrach sold he

was fond of arms.

The case has reawakened suspicions of other smuggling, and precautions have been redoubled. AUSTRALIA

Mr. Edgar Lustgarten, prosecuting, said that the girl's strangled body was found on a rubbish heap in a field about a mile from her home at Wythenshawe, Manchester.

No Damages

EMERGENCY SUPPLY For Camel Bite

OF FUEL

Canberra,

The Federal Government hopes shortly to make arrangements for the permanent storage in Australia of sufficient liquid fuel to supply all national services for an emergency period of up to 12 months.

The question is now being discussed with representatives of the leading oil companies by the Minister for Supply, Mr. Casey.

Derfel made a statement, in which he said: A lot of kiddles were sing- jing and were dressed up in May Day clothes, I saw a little girl on the footpath. I asked her to go for a į ride."

When charged he sald: "I did not murder her. It was not intentional." "RE-EDUCATION"

Dr. Thomas Henry Blench, police surgeon, asked by Mr. Goldit it there was any special treatment for sexual nerversion, replied:

Mr. Justice Branson, giving Judg- ment at Surrey Assizes, Kingston, recently, in an action brought by a man who was bitten by a came at Chessington Zoo, held that a camel

"Yes, there is re-educalon. It may was a domestic animal.

He gave judgment for the pro-be done by psycho-unalysis, hypnosis, prietor of the zoo, Mr. R. S. Goddard,for drugs, but it is for the individual One cannot lay "Yel the yellow and

who was sued by Mr. Robert Mc- to readjust himself, coppery colours make great appeal to the

Quaker, an engineer, of Cumberland- down a set rule for cases."

The judge, summing up, explained street, Victoria, S.W. public. People always race after a

Mr. Harold Brown, for the plaintiff, to the jury that sentence of death went to could not be passed on any person new rose and are inclined to turn

Governor-General's Tour. The said that Mr. MeQuaker the others 'dowit much too soon. It

Governor-General and Lady Gowrie Chessington Zoo with woman | under 10. is an age of newness."

recently bud an extensive tour of friend. They had a plenic lunch on

"There has been some indication,” Central Australia and the North-West the lawn near the camel enclosure, he said, "that the dead girl was not mesh the only one about that time who Mr. Courtney Poge said that since Territory. Places they visited include which was surrounded by a

was improperly assaulted by the the inposition of a duty on inported Tennant's Creek, Darwin, Wyndham, wire fence ft high.

One of the camels put its head over accused. The evidence on the point roses cultivation in Britain has gone Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne.

Tasmania's Premier. Mr. Edmund the fence and Mr. McQuaker started was quite properly introduced, net up a great deal. There are about 22 million plants against 30 Dwyer-Gray, who has been acting to feed it with apples. it ate three, by the persecution, because it has the number Prime Minister of Tasmania since and when Mr. McQuaker held up a nothing to do with the charge, tut millious previous and

camel seized his right by the defence. of employees is risen from 500 to June 11, was recently confirmed in his fourth the

appointment ut a meeting of the hand, avaged him and lifted him aver 2,800.

"So far the season has been very Tasmanian section of the Australian practically over the fence, backward," he said. "Roses are suf-Socialist party. fering from lack of rain, vul a good | KENYA

EFFECT OF DUTY

now

shower or two and warmer weather

and there will be splendid roses by the end of the month. New varieties are sure to be late this year, but only a little sunshine is needed now to bring them out.”

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JURY OUT 13 MINUTES Mr. Goddard took Mr. McQuaker

"It was introduced for the purpose. to Surbiton Hospital, where eight stitches were put in the hand, and an of convincing you that because on injection against blood poisoning two previous occasions he had im-

nine days,

CRUISER ARRIVES AT given. He was in the hospital for

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II. M. S. Gloucester arrived here recently, heralded by a flight of planes, and was given an official events and sports was drawn up. TRANSVAAL

'Any Jewel' Gift For reception. A big programme of social

Dame Sybil

Rochester (Kent).. MISS MARGARET MAUDE SMITH,! His marathon began when William of Walts-avenue, Rochester, left in Voliz did u hole-in-one on the 137yd. her will published recently "any tenth hole on the same course,

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properly assaulted little girls without AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHIC

killing them, you should draw the inference le did not intend to murder the girl in this case but assutit her.

"The only caution 1 need give you

Mr. Brown submitted Utat Mr. Goddard knew that the camel was a is don't for goodness sake think any the worse of this ind in relation to blter.

"Anyone with a knowledge of what you have to decide because he comels," he said, "knows that they has assaulted more than one little

savage and treacherous bensis,

giri." but the English public are lulled into

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The jury were absent only 13 a sense of security by seeing them minutes in reaching their verdict.

in pletures as mere beasts of burden,

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The friend is Dame Sybil Thorn-Parks Committee of Johninesburg merly camel specialist to the Punjab that that particting reason to believe TWO SILVER TROPHIES, VALUED $250

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or as objects for giving children rides nt zoos."

known a carmel bite anybody there. Several of the plaintiff's witnesses Mr. Justice Branson said that the who had had experience of camels evidence brought

clearly A plan to secure £1,200,000 revenue article of jewellery she cares

to bite.

To recover damages done by a do- choose" to a friend who used to live for the city of Johannesburg in 30 they were treacherous and llable within the class of domestic an

For the defence, however, Capt. 11. mestle animal the plaintiff must show Anyone can-do-limt-if-he-shoots in a house across the road when she years by planting frees in community forests has been submitted by the

particular-animal-was-dan- long enough," he said,

was a little girl The upshot was a £5 bet withi

Government, said the camel was the gerous because of its particularly Gonder entitled to shoot until he, dike. Her father was vicar at St.

Mr. Hilsen, chairman of the com- oldest domestle animal in the world, bad temper, or tendency to bile, or scored or gave up.

Margaret's Church, Rochester, Miss

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belug made to plant 100,000 trees majority

On the appileation of Mr. Brown three inches from the cup. His lifelong friends. 1.750th and 1,756th shots hit the pin, |

Ann Casson, Dame Sybly's daugh-year at Klspruit, where there was they were without a vice.

Mr. II. W. Stiles, of Windiesham, he granted a slay of execution pend- room for 1,200,000 trees. The Council

of the went into the cup and bounced cutter, is to have two branches belong-should get £1 a tree after 30 years, Surrey, for 25 years camel keeper sting further consideration again.

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and meanwhile work would be pro-the London Zoo. said he had never nätter. vided at the rate of one man for every 10 acres.

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Prizes will be allotted as follows: SECTION ONE:

For Story-Telling Pictures, 1st. $30. 2nd, $15. '3rd. $10. SECTION TWO:

General Pictorial Section: Landscapes, Seascapes, Architectural, Street Scenes, ele. 1st. 530. 2nd, $15. 3rd. $10.

SECTION THREE: Portraits, Informal Close-ups, Human Studies.

Ist. $30, 2nd. $15. 3rd, $10 SECTION FOUR:

Still Life and Table-Top Studies, 1st. $30, 2nd, $15. 3rd. $10. SECTION FIVE: Snapshots taken by children under fourteen years. 1st. $15. 2nd. $10.. 3rd. $5.

RULES

The following Rules will govem the Competition:

1-The Competition is confined ex- clusivoly 10 amateur photo- grapher

2-No employee or member of any firms in the photographic trade is permitted to compete.

3. The prizes will be awarded to the competitors sending in what are adjudged to be the best phoin Section. Each graph in each entry must be accompanied by a form which

published will be during the period of the Com petition, and which must be. pasted on back of entry, The right to publish any or of the entries is reserved to the Hongkong Telegraph. BAll photographs

entered muat

have been taken in the coll

of hongkang, Photographs Have been already entered in other Competitions are incligible. 6-No responsibility will be accepted for non-delivery of, loss of, or damage to entries. All entries to be either black, sepla, or toned pictures, and must

USE THIS FORM

AND PASTE IT

ON THE

- BACK OF EACH ENTRY

be

photo-

maunted. Coloured graphia are eligible. D-Pictures submitted in sepia tones

should be accompanicat.

maller print in black and -No plciure to entered in more

than ong Section, 10.-Mounts to be only while or

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in the exceust be of one sizes:-10XIL

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Children's Bection,

of the following 13X.20.

11.-No correspondence will be entered Into in connection with the Com- palition.

12-Entries in the Chlidren's Section must bear the entrant's name, age and address on the entry form, counter-signed by a parent. 13-Member of the Staffs of the Hongkong Telegraph and tha South China Mornlag Post are not permitted to compete.

14-The decisions of the Judges ahall

be Anal

15-At the conclusion of the Com-

petition.

will be returned to rompetitors on application at the Telegraph offices within seven days.

SECTION

NAME

ADDRESS

DATE

ENTRY FORM

Please use block letters and paste this en back of each Entry, 22 entered. In Children's Bection, parent please do13?= tersign here.