TUESDAY JUNE 19, 1928
ACROSS THE PACIFIC.
"CANADA" MAKES NEW RECORD.
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FORMER RECORDS.
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HONGKONG DEPOSITORS TEN YEARS AND CAT" FOR LOCAL COURT MARTIAL
RIGHTS.
SCHENE OR COMPOSITION.
A circular has now been issued VANCOUVER, June 19.
to depositers of the Banque Indus- The liner "Empress of Canada" | trielle de Chine, signed by the has established a new Trans-Pacific Societe Francaise De Gence, record, namely eight days, ten hours, and fifty-three minutes.
giving particulars of a proposed The average speed was 2.76 scheme of composition which will knots between Yokohama and be read with considerable interest Race Rocks, despite the unfavour by the large number of depositors able conditions.
of the Banque-particularly those resident in Hongkong. The cir cular, which is dated the 12th June, from Hongkong, states that after The Canadian Pacific steamer the Banque suspended payment, its which Provisional Liquidator in France, 'Empress of Canada" sailed from Hongkong at noon on having Carefully studied the Saturday June 2 arrived at Van- state of affairs, found couver at 3. p.m. on Sunday, June advisable in the interests of all 17. The time taken between Yo-parties concerned to fry to avoid-a kohama and Victoria was 202 hours winding up of the Company and 53 minutes or 8 days to hours and to ask for postponement by the 53 minutes, thus 'constitutiag a new Trans-Pacific record. The En- press of Canada" maintained an average speed of 20.6 knots per
hour across the Pacific.
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ROBBER.
CRIME.
"MOST COWARDLY
At the Criminal Sessions, this morning, before His Honour the Chief Justice, Sir William Reès Davies, Wu Lan-fan was charged, under section 31 of the Larceny Ordinance 1865, with having robbed Hang Hing-fat of a watch, chain and $1676 in cash, and with having robbed Abdul Rahim Abbas alleged offences took place on of a metal watch and chain, The February 15 last.
of the case.
Inspector Earner was in charge
Attorney-General, appeared for Mr. A. Dyer Ball, Assistant the Crown. Prisoner, who was undefended, pleaded not guilty. panelled: Messrs, R. T. Matheson, The following Jury was cm- Yates, C. M. Sequeira W. J. Eldridge, W. Patton, A. M. Tavares and H. Penny.
IMPRESSION.
(Specially Contributed.)
prisoner, and the witnesses are marched in, and sworn en bloc, to truth tell the truth, and nothing but the "s'help me God," (quite different to the Sydney Courts, where some witnesses would have it, so help my God')
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TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS,
The principal witness gives his story and this is patiently written' Bitter indeed is the disappoint down by the president-read over ment of disillusion. Whether it is prisoner is asked if he wishes to before the witness leaves, and the
blanic, or the fact that providence is repeated in the case of every my youthful" reading that is to ask any questions. This operatein has burdened me witha vivid im witness called, and one feels that agination, my impression hitherto occupation which he discharges.
the président has a very strenuous of a court-martial has been altoge with a vast amount of conscientious ther different to what obtains. Per fairness. The prosecutor and de- haps. I have seen a picture or court and at the conclusion of any fender. are invited to address the visioned one where an idea of ox-address they may give, the Court with men coming and going, prin verdict given. Sentence is promis panseluas been given a large area is closed for a while to enable it to consider the case, reopened, and its paralled like unto lancers, with Thus ends a court-martial. cipally on horse' back, the men ap-ed to be announced at a later date. dancing plumes on their heads. Anon there is the distant sound of bugles, witli the smoke of cannon Creditors of their right to wind up
wafted to the high heavens. In the Mr. Dyer Ball, in outlining the the Company and to propose to case, said that on the morning of
arena sit a body of men in uniforms' then a scheme of arrangement. February 15, in the office of the
of glaring splendour. They sit as The Drawing up of this scheme, Hongkong Kowloon Wharf and
in a semi-circle and in the centre: the circular adds, required a long Godowa Co. there
there is a drum covered with a time on account of the great num-pradore and three clerks.
magnificent Union Jack. The ber of branches spread in different
prisoner is brought in, tall and parts of the world and of the wish Li Yeo-chow and Abdul Rabin flashing eye. If he has sinued, Three of them, Hung Hing-fat, noble, with mien undaunted, of of the French Government to in- Abbas, would give evidence that you believe he has done so nobly,THE OFFICES of the Secretariat tervene in favour of the Fara gang of men, among them He has your sympathy at the outset. Eastern creditors. Such interven- the prisoner, entered, gagged Well, in Hongkong you only get removed to the First Floor of "for Chinese Affairs have been tion necessitated certain agree the compradore and clerks and ment with the Chinese Govern-robbed them as stated in the charge. disappointment for the bugles ments and ratification of same Some of the gang were armed with turn
the bugles, but this also is a Beaconsfield Arcade,
by the French Immediately after this ratification was the prisoner who had been band housed close by. The arena out to be cornets be- Parliament revolvers. The only man arrested ing tootled upon by the garrison was obtained, vizin February Identified from among fifteen men. does not exist. Instead you go to 1923, the scheme of arrangement The prisoner was not arrested until a room, which, on the lintel of the was issued duly approved and May 4, but he was easily identified, door outside has these cryptic signs signed by the French Government concluded Mr. Ball. It is believed to be in the hands of the Hongkong Official Receiver
the in to your Latin erudition and solve upon it: O. Billiard. Rm. You dig and a meeting of local Creditors
Officers Billiard Room. And all
conundrum as
follows: con- will doubtless be called at an early
things are added unto you! But, of the date for the purpose of considering office and asked to see a certain O shades of Newnian. As you in the and if thought fit of approving clerk.
same. The meeting of creditors man was not there.
They were told the walk into that room you think of the who have lodged their claims under and his companion then drew
"Prisonerstory of the old lady who had never the French Law will take place po revolvers and told me to stand echo her sentiment when, on seeing/ THE Qndersigned have received instruc-j
seen a strange animal before, and aside.
Since 1891 Canadian Pacific stea- mers have held the Trans-Pacific record, each new advanced class of steamer setting the record a notch higher. The previous record times from Yokohama to Victoria were Empress of Asia" on April 1922, 8 days 19 hours 32 minutes, and Empress of Russia" in May of 1914, 8 days 18 hours 31 minutes.
In June 1897 the "Empress of Japan" established a record of 10 days 9 hours Yokohama to Vancou ver, a wonderful speed for those days and high oven for to-day, but .her performance has been outclass. ed by the latest addition to the Canadian Pacific fleet.
Even better records may fidently be expected "Empress of Canada? future.
LINCHENG OUTRAGE.
POWERS CONSIDERING COMPENSATION.
GUARANTEES WANTED.
or before July 1st, but it would be of great interest, the circular states, if the French Provisional Liquida tor could know before such date the feeling of Hongkong creditors regarding the scheme, the main
lines of which are as follows:-
vere the com-
Hing-fat, the compradore. He said The first witness was Mr. Hung that on February 15, the prisoner and another man entered the
with daggers and revolvers, then Four other men, armed appeared. I was ordered to put my hands behind my back, which I did. Someone bound my hands. A cup was then forced into my The Banque Industrielle de went on to describe how he was mouth by prisoner." Witness Chine undertakes to repay in robbed of his watch etc., and cash, LONDON, June 18.
French francs within a maximum In the House of Commons, in period of 25 years the total amount the course of a reply stating that of its liabilities such as they stood on Lincheng captives had now been July 25, 1921, All liabilities includ. released, Mr. Ronald McNeill, ing principal, interest and charges Secretary for Foreign accrued up to July 26, 1921 will be Affairs, declared the Powers were converted into French francs at the now considering questions of com- rates of exchange ruling on July pensation and guarantees against 26, 1921, future ou rages.-Reuter.
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FIVE YEARS' JAIL. CONSTABLE WHO KICKED WIFE.
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Fres. 46.25
1. 12.92/2.
6.49, and no interest or charges will be calculated thereafter.
"There ain't no such thing". And a giraffe for the first time, she says:
room. there is no billiard table in that
ER. HALLIFAX, Secretary for Chinese Affairs. Hongkong, June 19, 1923,
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Apply P. O. Box A $87.
WANTED in Solicitors' office
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fault, and the O. Billiard. Rm, bas Perhaps our latin is at
some other meaning. The way of trangressors is ever hard, and we the hard bench that has been pro- endorse that when we sit down on though his private papers were not touched. Three other clerks the fourth estate.
vided for the modest members of The table, were bound and gagged. They like the floor, is devoid of cover, were all ordered into a back and we estimatu that not room and strapped to chairs in a less than one gallon of ink had left, witness discovered that surface. The walls are decorated sitting posture. After the robbers has been let loose on its age worn. $1,676 had been stolen from the safe. with two large maps-une of Asia TO This sum was in addition to $60 and the other of the British Isles. taken from the person. of witness. Of the room itself one need only The office boy, San Kau, released say that it reminded one of a them. In conclusion the witness prayer meeting hall; it only need said: "The reason why I remembered the texts. At the top table the prisoner's features so well, is 2. Creditors will be issued because he
Was pointing his Distribution Notes' for the amount revolver at me while the. of their claim calculated as afore other robbers were searching said enjoying equal rights in the the office. I picked prisoner out distributions which may be made on an identification parade at the from the available funds of the Central Police Station about three Banque Industriellet de Chine.nonths after the robbery," These notes will be in denomina- Prisoner, in reply to the Court, tions of Francs 500 each and said. that he was a machine-tailor, fractional certificates will be issued working at Yaumati, and knew for the fractions of claims undernothing about the allegations made Francs 500. A market may be against him. created for all these Notes which The compradore, in reply to the will be issued to bearer. Chief Justice, said he did not think he could recognize any of the other rubbers concerned. However, he was positive as to the prisoner's identity because prisoner had stood fully 20 minutes. in front of him with a revolver for
The funds available for the
gave corroborative evidencé.
A number of other witnesses
the dock, said he was an honest The prisoner, in a statement from tailor, who had never done anything. He had wished to call a
wrong.
JAMMERT: BROS., Awutsökoors.
Hongkong, June 19, 1923.
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SECRETARIES OF CLUES AND
OTHER INSTITUTIONS,
coming meetings, lectures and || LL preliminary notices of forth- there is seated the president, and entertainments, sent for insertion in on either side is an assistant. At the news columns of the China Mall, other tables facing each other, is are charged for at the rate of $1 each. the prosecutor and the "Prisoner's (as announced in May and June of Friend." These tables have covers 1922) providing that they do not onthem--army blankets- they look like. The officers are simply future if this space is exceeded they occupy more than four lines. In
uniform, their only extra"appure columns at the prevailing rates. garbed in their ordinary every-day will be placed in the advertising tenance." being a sword, The
above distribution will arise from the gradual realisation of assets of the Banque Industrielle de Passing sentence this morning on the profits of the Societe Francaise Chine and from its share of 95% on Man Chuen, the police constable; de Gerance. The above distribu who was found guilty of manstions will be made from time to Manghter, Mr. Justice Gompertz, time as and when the available Pisno Judge, said he had given fands of the Banque Industrielle de the matter deep consideration. Chine will be sufficient to allow a He had carefully weighed the payment of at least 5% on the total evidener, which proved without amount secured by distribution clansman as witness to prove that doubt that the woman's death hai notes. been caused by the kicks dealt hier
ho was at work in his shop on the by prisoner. According to the evi will have the option of exchanging
3. The Far Eastern creditors day the robbery took placo. dence the prisoner had kicked his Distribution Notes against Goldferred to had loft the Colony..
The Police sloted the witnem je wife twice. He must have kicked Dollar Bonds to be issued by the her very hard, which was a serious Chinese Government, hearing in-
The Chief Justice, in summing matter. However, said the Judge,terest at 5% per annum from up,, said that the whole case depend- there were two matters for con- January 1923 and redeemable ed upon the eyidamme on to identi sideration-the prisoner had made within 23 years by yearly drawings fication, given by Messrs. Hungy, no attempt to escape, but had gone or by redemption in the stock Fing-fut and Abdul Airbag.
to the hospital to visit his wife and market. The exchange will be at The Jury, after a brief absence, had shown deep grief over the whole the rate ruling on July 26, 1921, returned a unanimous verdict of affair. In the second place the jury | viz-i G. 3 for Francs 12.92-1/2. guilty.
had made a recommendation for These Bonds, called 'Boxer The Chief Justice described the marcy and the prisoner's police re. Bonds will be issued to hearer in robbery na u most cowardly one cart was excellent. In view of denominations of G.$50 each and "It is a very had case and I shall these facts prisoner would be sen- fractional Bonds will be issued for take very good care, that will be tenced to five years' rigorous im-broken amounts. A market will many years before you will be lat prisonment,
be created for same in the principal loose on, Hongkong society again.. centres of the world The Boxer The sentence of the Court is that Bonds represent the value of the you be kept in nigorous imprison Boxers annuities which the Froachment for ten years and receive Government is entitled to receive fifteen strokes with the Just. according to international agree- ment arrived at in 1901 and which the French Government has agreed
HONGKONG'S HEALTH.
The Shanghai Municipal
The return of notifiable diseases for the 24 hours ending yesterday, to abandon in favour of the Par shows eight cases of plague, one of Eastern Creditors of the Banque Council has appointed a Committee small-pox, three auferic, one Industrielle de Chine. The pay to enquire into the conditions of meningitis, all patients Chinese ex-ment of Interest and principal on child labour in Shanghai and the popt ono Portuguese down with the Boxers Bonds are secured by vicinity, and to make recommen enteric.
The total for the week the receipts of the Chinese Maridations to the Council as to what ending June 1C is eight plague, such receipts being collected and plied to child labour in the Foreign time Customs and the Salt Tax regulations, if any, should be ap fourteen small-pox, six enteric, one managed by an international Ad-Settlement of Shanghai, having re moningitis The patients are ministration under foreign "super-gard to practical considerations Obinene in very ches except stall: vision.
and to local conditions generally- pax and entejo, which claimed one
Creditors are informed that in The membership of the Committee Briton in each case. During the expressing an opinion either way is as follows Messel S S.1 week under row there were four they do not blad themselves, as to Cooper, FJ Cornfoot, R. Mc deaths from plague, twenty small-whar attitude they will adopt when Nicol, H. Y. Moh, G. Okada, H pox, sixteen enteric and one inen- the scheme is put officially before Lipson Ward, Mrs. D. Mac ingitis. Four caces of influenzb (not them at the meeting to be held Gillivray, Miss Agatha Harrison, notifiable) among Chinese were also later, on by the Hongkong Official Miss Mayling Soong and Dr. Mary reported..
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