1939-10-24 — Page 3

Tuesday.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH:

DONALD DUCK

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October 24, 1939.

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ILLEGAL RADIO

Six Men Finod Total

Of $16,000

Fines of $13,000 were imposed on six men by Mr. Himsworth at Kow- Soon Magistracy yesterday an charges

illegal concerning! station

wircles

MR. JOSEPH GREW'S SPEECH CRITICISED (Continued from Page Sj.

IT-

due to the fact that he did not say what he did towards the improve. ment of Japanese-Amerlenn iations, while spending his holiday in the United States. "He must have lone something, but he did not men- tion it."

A Look Through The "Telegraph”?

50 YEARS AGO,

Oct. 24, 1889. The records of the year 1880, so far, how it to have been a year parallel ed for its succession of diensters, and well as of being one of extraordinary atmospheric disturbance. Blomme, foods and other fearful calamities hivo tel

awe one another with unexampled frequency in diferent quarters of the globe, and it would seem as if we had

They appreciate la frankness, but want to know how he presented Japanese views to the United States. wern Mr. M. J. Abbolt, Assistant Crown They admitted that they Solicitor, who prosecuted, stressed larnnging United States interests in the seriousness of the offence but Chinn, which were not deliberate in aid a redeeming feature was that this and they were unable to pre ne threat had been caused to Hong-vent conflicting with the interests of senn the last of these dice affie others during the hostillies. They

kong.

The Postmaster General Mr. Hoid that their policy, with respect Wynne-Jones, was in court

to rights, however, was "sometimes de-action such as to infringe rights."-

United Press.

Mr. Peter E. Sin, acted for all fendants who pleaded guilty.

tions,

25 YEARS AGO

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FIRST ANNIVERSARY

OF CANTON. OCCUPATION

(Continued from Page 5.)

It is thought that the Japanese base

their estimate on the number of people

applying for. "Good Citizen" badges, but this would be a somewhat un- reliable basis, as many Chinese, while PPlying for themselves, also apply for relatives who hope to return to Canton in the near future.

RADIO

ZBW, 355 metres (645 k.c.) and 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles) Recital by Liya Gurevitch

From the Studio SYMPATHY BY HAYDN

Radio Programme, Broadcast by ZBW on a braquency of 845 k.ex. and, on Short Wave from 1-2.16 pan. on 0.52 m.c's, per sceond. and 6-11 pan.

H.K.T.

12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter-

The increase in the population in recent monthis is primarily due to the high cost of living in Ifongkong and additional currency, An Macao, and the depreciation of the factor is the much greater degree of cession. Chinese Rafety in the city, as compared with 12.30 Brahams- Yariations On A the country, where banditry is sald Themo By Paganini, Op. 35; Eronį to be rife, both in the occupied and Petri (Piano).

occupied areas.

While the sudden influx is good sigt, it is believed that the Japanese authorities

Oct. 24, 1914. A Paris official report, Issued at eleven last night, atales that the Gur mans who advanced on Warsaw hava Defendants were Yuen Lap-kwan,

To Settle Disputes been forced to make a precipitatu re- 29. unemployed, Tsui Pak-ming, 30,

treat. abandoning positions which they clerk, Chlu Chi-fong, 23, secretary,

Tokyo, Oct. 23. and organised for defence. The Ruse sion ne pursuing them and making; Shum Kim-chow, 39, clerk, Tin Yuk-

Admiral Nomura plans to open in-

numeroas prisoners this week with vau, 35, clerk and Chau Ste. 25, formal negotiations unemployed. They were all charged Mr. Joseph Grew in an effort to with possession of an apparatus for break the deadlock in Japanese- radio without a licence. Chan and American relations, recording to the Yuen were also charged with work- Nicht Nichi, which stresses the im- Init radio communication station portance of the fact that Japan is otherwise than in accordance with a inking the initiative for the preven-1 ed sosisfactory by the general publle, of people. This is also licence. Tsui, Chiu, Shum and Tintion of relations becoming worse. were also charged with maintaining Reuter. a radio station without a licence and possession of codes and ciphers con- trary to the Defence Regulations. Every defendant was fined $1,000 on each of the charges.

Three Raids

Military Supplies

12.47 Braharas-Hungarian Dances. 1.9 Lorni Time Signal and Weather Report.

1.03. Tino Rossi (Tenor) and the Orchestra Mascoito,

1.30 Reuter & Rugby Press, Wea- ther Forecast and Announcements.

1.45 Light Variety. 2.15 Close down. 0.0 Dance Music.

7.0 London Relay-"On the Dot." A Variety Programme.

oro not quite satisfied with the classes that have returned, as it means a monetary loss to them when the poorer classes return and are without any means of making a The Budget statement which livelihood, This would mean that the Excellency the Governar laid before Japanese would have to sell rice at members of the Legislative Council, below cost price to a greater number cousing the yesterday will, we believe, be consistere

missionary societies some anxiety,

7.30 Closing local Stock Quotations. 7.32 Reginald Dixon at the Organ. Although the war has maile it necessary especially the Canton Refugee Aresa to revieo the estimaton of revenue,

7.43 Varicly with Ruth Elting, Billy with a consequent knocking off of some Committee, which has been doing! $305,000 from the figure originally act some excellent work for the poorer Mayer) and Turner Layton,

.8.0 Local Time Signal, Weather Re- down, we are able to face the coming classes, women and children in par-

bort and Announcements. your without any addition to taxation. ticular.

The Secretary of the Committee, 8.03 Hayden-Symphony No. $0 In ft is true that in order to balance the account a sum of well over a mill the Rev. N. V. Halward, informed D Major: Vienna Philharmonic Or dollars will have to be taken from the

8.80 Studio-Plano Recital by Liya Colony's surplus funds (which are en Reuter that the Committee is dis-chestra conducted by Bruno Walter. timated to stand on December 31, 1914, tributing, gratis, some 10,000 bowls at 32,826,375) but, in view of the big of conges every morning. Should the Gurevitch; 1. Prelude and Fugue in public works in progress or under con- population of the present type in C Minor (Bach); 2. Sonata in D templation, that is inevitable, unless crease to any great extent, the Com- Major, Op. 10 (Beethoven). EM NOW Source of revenue can be mittee will find it hard to cope with found. Certain is it that the policy followed is to be preferred to any new the situation-unless funds are forth- Op. 84 (Beethoven)......The B.B.C. farm of taxation: and, after all, we coming. muat count ourselves fortunate that wo have a surplus to call on a surplus, by the way, which is reckoned to be some $107,000 bigger at the end of 1814 than it was a year previously. (The

Ed.)

10 YEARS AGO

While the United States, he The "Telegraph" is authorised de gained the impression that "nothing Baitely to state that the first taiking

at the Queen' One of the Tsimshatsui dats pleased the American people more pleture to be shown

Theatro 11 "The Singing Feal," which will open one week from to-day on) December 31.

Fool" features Al Jaf. "The Staging Fool" features son, who sprang to fame with the entry of talking pictures following his well- whether the known song "Sonny Boy" which

famillar to all dancers and picture eners, and which is the big hit of the

Chungking, Oct. 22. "The United States at present holds, the

trump card in international Bishop economic relations," stated Paul Yu-pin, Apostolie Vicar of Nan- Mr. Abbolt said on September 25 king, upon his return from America shortly before midnight simultaneous where he spent eight months as a envoy for, the National Relief ralds were made on three fala in missien. Nathan Road, one in the Mongkok district and two on the corner of Bishop Yu-pin, who visited 40 Hillwood Read. At Mangkok a com-States in America, sold even before and the outbreak of hostilities in Europe receiving set were found. They were Japan depended upon the United in operation at the time and Yuen States for 56 per cent, of her military was engaged in receiving a message. supplies; now, however, the The combined transmitter-receiver centage has lumped to 80 and "with connections appeared to have

been Britain, France and Germany em-i Colony's surplus to-day in $12,000,000 ing conduced by some of the Japan- Exhibition; Boston Symphony Or-t hurriedly disconnected.

broiled in war, the Unlied During the night, the Police who now becomes Japan's trade were left in charge of the flat ar-line"." rested Tsul, Chhui, Tin and Chau who entered at various intervals.

bined transmitter-receiver

per-

States The-

said Mr. Abbott, was the main office than the abrogallon of the 1011. com- of the organisation and the other inercial treaty with Japan." appoured to be a sub-office

"When this agreement expires Investigations showed that Yuen Japan call, at the best, hope for a and Chau were the actual operators provisional trade arrangement with at the station and Tsu!, Chiu, Shum the United States, but even then it

highly doubtful and Tin were senior members of the is

taff. The station was extensively Japanese can succeed, in view of the used as was shown by the very largo American abhorrence of the aggres- Queen's first "talkie". number of messages found.

nature.

Publeliya Deterrent

For's crimes."

Referring to the Neutrality debate.

the Bishop cald there is a possibility

Oct. 24. 1920.

5 YEARS AGO

前

Oct. 24, 1034

Absence of Incidents One, and the chief reason that the better classes of Chiese are hesitant in reurning to the city, is the search-

0.0 Orchestral;. Egmont Overturo. Symphony Orchestra çond. by Adrian! Boult

0.05 StudioComments on Recent Events,

9.15 London Relay The News, 9.30. Moussorgsky--Pictures At An ese seatrics. Though it must be ad-chestra cond. by Serge Kaussevitsky. milted that it is not general, there 10.0 Violin Bolos by Yehudi Menu- have been many cases where decently hin: Minstrels (Debussy); Flight Of Bumble-Bee (imsky-Korza- dressed Chinese women have been most indecently searched, and it is kov): Danse, Espagnole (La Vida middle Breve De Fatla-Kreisler); Notturno, this that is preventing the classes from returning.

Op. 28, No. 1 (Szymanowski); Toron One of the most striking features telia, Op. 20, No. 2 (Szymoniowski); during the year, as compared with Caprice in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 6 other occupled-press in China, was (Paganini-Enesco) -

10.20 A Light Orchestral Concert the absence of "Incidents" between partly bo attributed to the Derek Oldham (Tenor). Japanese and foreigners. This can with Mavis Bennett (Soprane) and

11.0 Close down, attitude of the foreigners themselves and partly to the tactful behaviour of Mr. Katsuo Okazaki, until recently

Japanese Consul-General in Canton STOCK MARKET

REPORT

Another astonishing, but pleasant) feature of this period has been the In mitigation, Mr. Sin assured the of the eash and carry proposal being | Professor Piccard, who, was accom services rendered by the Japanese

authorities. In the early Hongkong Stock Exchange Official Court that there would be no re-passed.

panied into the stratosphere by Aindame! health the the offence and petition of

"However, the arrangement will Plecard, during his rest, has landed months of the year, with the streets Summary issued yesterday says:

Lands were placed at $32 and pubileity given to this case and the only be applied to Europe and not safely near Cadiz. They went up from in a filthy condition, many dreaded colossal sum asked for ball. was to the Sino-Japanese war. In order Deaborn, Michigan, carly in the morn

Dairy Farms sufficient deterrent to anyone think-to uphold the Nine Power Treaty anding, and enme to earth at 3 o'clock this the coming of the hot weather, fear- business was recorded in Providents.

For afternoon. Professor Piccard said they, ing the advent of tropical discares, Lights, Trams and own ing of commiliting a crime of this also to safeguard her

such as Cholera and Typhold. But (Old), at rates slightly under the this Enstern Interests, the United States have climbed about ten miles.

unpleasant entic.pauon, inre nominal quotations. The Enquiry Mr. Sin sak he anticipated Mr. will not adopt an indifferent attitude |

The amazing achievement of the two, tunately, did not materialise, and this, Board shows a demand for smell Abbott asking for The maximum; regarding developments in the Far

British airmen, Scott and Black, ta is principally due to the thoroughness; parcels spread over a well selected penalty and submitted

to Mol of the Japanese health authorities in itst, but the response is poor, and that the East," he asserted.-United Press.

having flown from England

orders for Unions in particular con- maximum penalty was imposed only

bourne in well under three days, thus their preventive work.

Despite the depressing present for tinues difficult to shattering to plecer all past records for

ኣወ attracted foreign trade in Canton, there is a

Bayern long-distance fights,

(Thin was the bright future ahead. When the time Union Insurances $303 world-wide attention.

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Bates will soon be forthcoming-Reuter, is the ardent hope of all that pence

in absolutely the worst cases with aggravating circumstances.

Colony's Omcial Secrets Act; there "Normally, offences of this kind was nothing to show that they had; are not regarded as serious and it is rather the contrary, only since the outbreak of the war

Of Good Character

Mr. Abbott said the Government regarded this offence very seriously,

Mr. Abbott sald that he was not

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Is Europe that they are regarded as serious," said Mr. Sin,

Mr. Sin submitted there were no There was no question that defen-mitted an offence but also to people

dants concerned were not members who might attempt a like offence, aggravating circumstances and of the organisation to which he had This was not the first time a case was not suggested, nor was it alleged referred. A document was found of this nature had appeared in his that defendants, aside from having which stated that operations of the Court, and therefore, it would op- the apparatus and code, had done kind mentioned were being carried pear that punishment he imposed in anything to endanger the safely of Hongkong or the British Govern-out in the face of the law. It was the past was not suficient to act as

a deterrent. ment. There was no suggestion of interesting perhaps to mention the

It was only because defendants malpractice. It was true that do- extent to which the station was being

that he con- fendants

of an used, said Mr. Abbott. That could tvere employees

commercial sidered the Inposition of a 'Ane and organisation, but it was not the worst be gauged from the fact that the had good characters traffe of the ordinary case nor one where there was any-wireless routes had gone up by leaps not a term of imprisonment,

raids of the thing to aggravate the offence.

and bounds since

Defendants were then fined $1,000 September 25, but it was only a sur- "The defendants are young men mise that this improvement was duo on each of the charges.

An order was made for the for-December

the January with the highest character and they to the present case.

Baki this was an felture of the scized goods to Mr. Abbott have never been in trouble of any sort," he said.Their characters are offence against the Defence Regula- Post Master General to be kept until March..

July that he saw At unblemished and they are men of tions of 1939 which had been made the end of war or until such time May high integrity. They have given for the protection of Hongkong.

On the application of Mr. Abbott not overy assistance to the prosecution."

Mr. Abbolt.sald he did not think it pressing for a sentence of Imprison- Mr. Himsworth made an order that July (New strictly correct to zay defendants had ment, but he was asking that the $1,000 from the fine, be given as re given the prosecution. every assis maximum fine be imposed on each ward to the person or persons who

information concerning the December charge. He gave

March on each tance. They had done, so when defendant

A BIDE ISSUE asked, but, if they had desleed, they thought it extremely dificult to find case.

July could have given the prosecution aset of circumstances

Arising from the rald on 172 much more assistance then they did. aggravating then what he had detall-

Nathan Road in 'connection with the Investigations had been carried out ed without assistance from defendantsMr. Sin' has said that offences of this case. To Ching-tin, 30, appeared Total sales for the day-500 tons. this kind are not regarded as serious. before Mr. Himsworth charged with

RAMA/48 May 1- 8434/854 Mr. Abbott and if defendants had That is completely incorrect. These unlawful possession of an automatic ember. 1/854 84%/844

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824/83 not pleaded guilly he would have offences are regarded, whether

Saturday proved that toqislation was being peace or in war as most serious," without a licence. He was, aned

$250.....

Chica . worked in open defiance of the law declared Mr. Abbott,

Mr. Sin, and defendant was a well December (45:19/4900/49%/19% trusted man and had been a body..... B2/524 *52. /5216 687631% Mr. Abbott said the charges were guard in Shanghal and Nanking was July

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