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CHATER ESTATE.
RESULT OF TWO APPEALS.
FULL COURT.
Late Sir Paul's Appointment of Mr. J. T. Bagram.
MEANING OF THE WORD "SECURITIES."
Judgment was given by the Full Court this morning in two ap-
RAILWAY CUT.
THE PACIFIC.
"When Cat's Away The Proposed Visit To South Soviet Outburst Against Northerners Routed At Round Table Conference
Mice Play."
Britain.
HASTY OFFICIAL.
America.
CHINA-BOUND, SHIPS.
Government Flurried In Commons
Budget Debate.
Affecting H.M. S.S. Cornwall”
And "Suffolk
London, Yesterday.
WELCOMING AMANULLA,
Culture Not Militarism. To Be Shown Afghan Royalty.
Moscow, Yesterday,
Poshan.
DICTATOR IN FEAR?
Family Said To Have Left For Tientsit.
Suggested.
LIBERAL M.P.'S PROPOSAL.
Sir A. Chamberlain Explains Its Inadvliability.
London, Yesterday,
In the House of Commons at
London, Yesterday.
According to overnight cables, "Mechanical lighters" created Replying ta Rear-Admiral' The Afghan sovereigns were the Northern troops are falling a piquant situation in the House Beamish, who suggested that the ceremoniously welcomed by M. back in each of the three war question time, replying to a, sug- of Commons where Mr. Chur-cruisers "Suffolk" and "Cornwall" Karakhan (formerly Soviet "Am-zones in which they have been gestion of Sir Robert Thomas, Bt., chill's influenza exposed the should visit South America en bassador" ut Peking) on behalf of engaged.
that Britain, should Invite the Budget to the risk of losing a fur- route to the Far Eart, Mr. W. C. the Soviet at the frontier station
The Peking Dictator, Chang United States to a Round Table ther substantial súm.
Bridgeman ("First Lord") Bald of Negoreloe and thence at Minsk, Tso-lin, is suggested to be in fear Conference relating to the Pacific The Conservative member, Mr. that arrangements were being where they were greeted by the as a report from Japan says that with the object of achieving a R. T. Ramsden moved an amend-made for the "Cornwall" to pro- "White Rusan" Government he has moved his family to Tien- unification of policy on matters tien-the departure of official affecting the interests of White Liberals and Labourites to re-calling at various South American duce the duty
to a debacle. on mechanical ports en route but it was necessary The Soviet Press declares, that
the Anglo-American relations чешь lighters by threepence.
that the "Suffolk should proceed unlike Britain the "Arch-robber in affairs in Shantung province. the Washington Four Power Treaty Primary interest is still taken garding the Pacific were based on Mr. A. M. Samuel, the compara-direct to China in order to relieve who flaunted her military power No attempt by the Southerners to to which France and Japan were One case concerned the appointment by Sir Paul of Mr. J. T.
clal Secretary of the Treasury, which required to
show her culture. Amanulla had left Yellow River has been reported.vide a better guarantee of peace
peals in connection with the estate of the late Sir Paul Chater, from ment, which was supported by jceed to the Far East Via Australia, afterwards proceeding to Moscow.families being the usual prelude' races, Sir A. Chamberlain said that
the judgment of Mr. Justice J. R. Wood (when he was acting as Chief Justice last year).
be in Home
Press Comment.
Bagram as a permanent managing director of the Hong Kong 'tively recently appointed Finan- one of the cruisers on the station before Amanulla, the Soviet will push on from Tsinan across the also signatories and likely to pro- Land Investment & Agency Co., Ltd. It was decided that Sir Paul stoutly resisted, and the debate waters as soon as possible.Reuter the land of tyrants, who were an- But in the east of the province, than any bilateral arrangement. could appoint "the senior representative of a firm or corporation" proceeded, when Mr. Samuel sud- denly agreed to accept the amend-
deavouring to make Soviet-Russla hostilities are spreading towards but not an individual.
¡ment.
There were two points in the other case. One was based on the meaning attached to the word "aecurities" in Sir Paul's will. The Court held that it did not include stocks and shares. The other con- cerned the income payable to cestui quo trustees. This was held to be payable from the date of Sir Paul's death, with interest calculated at the rate of 8 per cent, and was the only point in which either ap- peal succeeded.
INCOME OF TRUSTEES.
U.S. PRIMARIES.
A storm broke, the Opposi-WILL CALIFORNIA. SUPPORT,
enjoying the!
ANTI-PROHIBITION? tion thoroughly Ministerial discomfiture.
Mr. L. Amery was hastily con- sulted by Mr. Samuel.
The Opposition demanded whe-
BIG STRUGGLE PENDING.
San Francisco. Yesterday. ther Mr. Churchill had authorised
In the important Primary Elec- the Concession, and Mr. M. R. tions now being held in California, Samuel's silence implied that he the chief interest is centred inj had blunderedi,
the three-cornered contest for thei
The Government whips and composition of the State Delega Mr. Churchill's private secretary tion to the Democratic National were hastening in and out of the House and there was an air of considerable discomfort.
Finally, the Chief Government The Chief Justice (Sir Henry
The Individual,
Whip. Mr. B. M. Eyres-Monsell, Gollan) referred to
the "On the other hand, the power remarking that when the cat's ingenious procedure adopted by to appoint, which is to become away the mice will play," suggest- Mr. Bagram" in forming the operative on death, is confined to jed to Mr. Ramsden and the Op- Hong Kong Finance and invest a senior representative; nothing position that if they preferred the ment Co., Ltd., the character of is said about the appointment of matter should be discussed in which was described as “occasion- an individual. take the power the presence of Mr. Churchill, al, if not unreal."
to be confined to the case it ex- whereupon Mr. Ramsden with- pressly mentions, i.e., the appoint-drew his amendment. [ment of a senior representative us Mr. Churchill's Opposition.
such and not as an individual"
London, Yesterday.
At the conclusion, Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C., asked leave to ad- dress His Lordship on the point. Mr. Potter explained that Mr. "It is also interesting to notice Mr. Churchill (Chancellor of Bagram acted as he did without that Sir C. Chater appears to have the Exchequer is suffering from any motive of personal advantage; thought that his power of ap-influenza and will be unable to but merely to carry out testator's pointment of a nominee as per-participate in any further Budget wishes, if possible. He did so on imanent and managing director of debate in the House of Commons the suggestion of an "eminent the company was confined to the this week. Home counsel," Mr. Potter addel. [appointment of the senior repre-
His Lordship replied that there sentative as such." was no suggestion of sharp prac-[ His Lordship also referred to tice. The only question was athe words "if I can legally do so" question of law. Mr. Bagram had in Sir Paul's appointment of Sir been perfectly open and honest Robert Ho Tung (alternatively) about it, His Lordship remarked, and Mr. Bagram (as a further al-
"On the Contrary."
ternative).
Appointment Bad.
·
On Mr. Potter reiterating that the company was formed His Lordship considered the ap-. on the advice of a "leading pointment not warranted and Home counsel," His Lordship therefore bad. asked: "On the inspiration of leading Hong Kong counsel ?" My Potter replied:"No, my Lord. On the contrary."
The judgments were read this
morning by Sir Henry Gollan.
Land Investment Case.
As to the "individual" being also a "senior representative of a firm," His Lordship also held that the qualification must have been in existence on May 25, 1926, the date of Sir Paul's death.
"Ingenious Procedure,"
The Votes on Sugar.
London. Yesterday.
Governor A. Smith of New York, Anti-Prohibitionist.. Convention. The struggle is be- votes to 115, rejected the labour A. E. Smith of New York, Sena- The House of Commons, by 236 tween the supporters of Governor amendments proposing a general reduction of the sugar tax or its abolition. The new sugar duty was confirmed by 253 votes to 105.-Reuter.
OUT OF LUCK ?
LOCAL SHOP'S BROKEN WINDOW.
The CR90 against Private C
FAIR AND FRESH.
N.E. winds, fresh, fair, is the official weather forecast until
noon to-morrow.
·
The central depression has passed into the Pacific. The northern depression has filled up... Anticyclones are central near Shanghai and over N.E. Japan.
a British colony and he had come the Shantung peninsula. Places to the land of the free."-Reuter. have been taken by Nationalist FRENCH CABINET.
units and others are likely to
SOLDIER DESERTER. "turn over" to the Southerners.
Line Shortened. Activities elsewhere point to the Northerners having decided
PRISON FOR THEFT OF CAR.
A TRIP TO CANTON.
REMAINS PRACTICALLY AS BEFORE ELECTION.
Paris, Yesterday. The Government has decided
to shorten their line and concen- GOVERNMENT'S DECISION. trate on Paotingfu in Chihli pro- vince, on the Peking-Hankow Private Harold Cole (24), Railway,.about 100 miles south Queen's Regt, was charged at the by west of Peking; and on Teh- that it is unnecessary that they Kowloon Magistracy this morning, chow. in Shantung. (near the should resign as the elections had before Mr. Schofield, for unlawfully boundary with Tehchow), on the obtaining on April 15 from the Tientsin-Pukow Railway, about
resulted in approval of their South Asin garage, car No. 874, 200 miles due south of Peking,
policy. The Cabinet will remain for the purpose of inspection of a In the Chihli-Honan front, unchanged with the exception of prospective purchaser, and obtain-where the Northerners have been the appointment of a successor to ing possession on the same car with facing the "Christian General's the defeated Labour Minister, M. the appropriate licence, to the Kuominchun. Reuter reports the Fallieres, who had resigned but total value of $700 from one Lai Northern units to be withdrawing 1-Reuter.
who will remain in office till June Sui, with intention to defraud.
northward into Chihli province.
Chief Det. Inspector Murphy, In the north of Shansi, the
who arrested defendant, in the Northerners are withdrawing FRANCE AND FLYING course of his evidence anld that on eastward, along the Peking- April 15, a Chinese contractor Suiyuan Railway. to Tatungfu
bought motor car No. 374, with the which, however, is still a con- GOVERNMENT AND LONG- intention of plating it on the road siderable distance from the
as a public vehicle. The transac- Chihli frontier.
News From Japan.
- Tokyo. To-day.
DISTANCE FLIGHTS.
APPROVAL FIRST.
tion was closed at $600. After he had had the ear a few days, he found that some repairs were to be effected, so he took the car back
Japanese troops under General
Paris, Yesterday. to the garage. After a week's time, Fukuda have repaired the Shan- The Government have decided the contractor decided to resell the tung Railway and have arrived at that in future long-distance repaired car, offering the garage
flights may only be organised General Sun Chuan-fang is at-with the Government's approval. people five per cent. on the sale.
tempting to reorganise his troops -Reuter. at Santsutien, 11 miles north of was engaged on
Tainan, where he.is expected to make a stand.
As Mechanic. The defendant April 3 by the garage mechanic, the proprietor knowing
AS A
Tainan.
The pupils of Mr. Harry. Ore are presenting a pianoforte recital in that the engaged man was a soldier Shantung forces, has been routed Monday next it 6.30 p.m.
Liu Chih-lu, commanding the the St. John's Cathedral Hall on in the 'Shamshulpo Camp, at
kow Railway-Reuter,
One of the Leaders. Note: Liu Chih-lu (or Lau
area.}
Chefoo Quiet,
Chefoo, Yesterday. The city is quiet. Strict mar-
$100 a month, with board and lodg. at Poshan. His men have concen ing. All went well until April 10trated at Fangtze and cut the when the telephone operator of the railway for the purpose of commanding the Northern troops checking the Southerners ad- at Tsingtao is going over to the Hong Kong Hotel garage at Stubba-!!
Nationalists. vancing toward Tsingtao.
The surrender is road, received "Manson and Co." given to be at the Peking Government) has sent
a message from Marshal Chang Tso-lin (head of going on.-Reuter.
[Note: Chuchen, Kaomi, Kino- No. 16, Pakhai-road, to the effect his family to Tientsin. The Full Court which sat in
His son chow and Tsingtao are all on the that there was a car for sale for (General Chang Hsueh-liang) and east; along the coast. A Nation- February comprised Sir Henry
the sum of $600. The message was General Yang Yu-ting (Chief of alist column, separate from the Gollan, Sir Peter Grain (Chief
Hood, of the King's Own Scottish tor T. J. Walsh of Montana and continually, 'repeated during the Staff) will carry a general retreat main force which was heading for Judge of His Majesty's Court at
Concurrence with the view of Borderers, charged with breaking
Senator J. A. Reed of Missouri. few days. Shanghail and Mr. Justice Wood Mr. Justice Wood (in the original two plates of glass in the show majority for Governor Smith, Hong Kong Hotel garage were pre-
Incomplete returns show a large On April 13 the employees of the northward along the Peking-Han- Tainan, has been operating in this hearing) was expressed by the window of Messrs. J. Ullmann's ever both his opponents combin-pared to buy the car, and there- (Puisne Judge).
Chief Justice, that formation of jewellery shop causing damage to ed, despite the fact that he is an fore interviewed the defendant. It the Hong Kong Finance and In- the extent of $365, was again men-unknown, personality in Cali-was decided to try the car that Chee-luk as he is known in Hong tial law has been enforced and vestment Co., Ltd., failed to tloned before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at fornia, and his opponents had night. Nothing was decided upon Kong) was governor of Swatow many officials, including General In dismissing the appeal, qualify him as "the senior repre- the Central Magistracy this morn- made a determined attempt to that night. $250 was offered, but during the Chan Kwing-ming re- Chang Tsung-chang's family, are their Lordships added:"but sentative of a firm or corporation ing. the costs of appeal of all parties carrying on business and having
stir up local sentiment against when it was found that defendant gime. When his Party was crush- leaving nightly for Dairen (Man- When the case was called, an him on the ground that he is a had no licence, the deal was put off. ed by Chiang Kai-shek's Wham-churia) may be paid out of the testator's an office in Hong Kong. estate as between solicitor and "Any other conclusion would Officer of the Regiment handed a Catholic and Anti-Prohibitionist.
Half an hour later, when defen- poa cadets, he gathered his rent-houses.
or moving to private .client."
tend to defeat the clear intention letter to the Magistrate. After Reuter's American Service.
dant had obtained a licence, $207 nants and marched north, eking- In the Land Investment Co. of the
reading the letter, his Worship re- company's
It is anticipated the local police was paid for the car, and he (de-out a precarious existence by day land soldiers will remain neutral case, Mr., Potter appeared for Mr. dum . that Sir C. Chater's marked that as Private Hood was
fendant) drove the car at 6 p.m. and moving by night through and turn over to the Nationalist J. T. Bagram and Mr. H. G. Shel-successor should be an experienc- Permanently unfit to appear In
lup Nathan-road na far as the Duro large tracts of hostile territory, side soon. It is feared that ban- was the end of the don for the Official Trustee of led man of business; for it would Court, that
Motor garage. He then disappear-Having reached the North from dits may take the opportunity to Bengal (appellants). Mr. C. G. allow a man of no business train- proceedings against him.
the extreme South of China, he enter the city, but the soldiers Alabaster, K.C.,
The police announced that no was for Mr.ing whatever qualifying himself
was given a command in the fare digging trenches to repel W. E. L. Shenton (executor of for the office. by imitating arrangement had been made with
The following day the car was Shantune Army and has been in them. No danger to foreignera is the estate) and Mr. F. C. Jenkin the ingenious procedure adopted regard to the payment of compen-
resold to another purchaser, in the the thick of the fighting but has anticipated. for the Hong Kong Land Invest- by Mr. Bagram in this case." sation to Messrs. Ullmann's.
same condition for $510. The car never been able to inflict a deel-¦ Sir Peter Grain.. ment & Agency Co., Ltd. (respon-
That there is a reasonable hape dents).
Sir Peter Grain's judgment merely made a suggestion for the that machines in the near future The validity or otherwise of the agreed. He said that the "powers matter of compensation to be nego- appointment of Mr. Bagram, said (under the Articles of the Com-tlated. It was not a matter with the judgment, dependerl on the pany) appear to me to be quite de- which the Court was concerned. construction which should be finite and free from ambiguity." placed on clause 1 of the Memor- "It is also a reasonable andum of Association of the Com-quirement. The business carried pany.
on by the.. Company is
memoran-
re-
of some magnitude and one that required its directors to have; considerable business knowledge and business training.
Mr. Lindsoll said that he had
A.P.C. MAN.
MR. J. WATT DIES AT SWATOW.
. Mr. J. Watt, a well.known. mem. Sir Peter pointed out that Mr.ber of the A.P.C. installation staff, Bagram "was not even at the time passed away at Swatow, where he of appointment a senior repre- sentative," etc. The appointment was Installation manager, on Tues- is void ab initio.
day from cerebral haemorrhage, He leaves a wife, to appoint a
Mr. Justice Wood.
TO THE FAR EAST. REGULAR AIR SERVICE PRO- MISED FROM LONDON,
WEEKLY NOW TO INDIA.
London, Yesterday.
ed.
Car Resold.
The defeated Northerners have
at the time of the sale was stored give defeat on the Nationalists.1 telegraphed from Weihsien for at Wanchal. The last buyer relin-
Tsinan Quiet.
ed the car for service as a private
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Shanghai, Yesterday.
fifty motor buses, which have been sent up.-Reuter.
car. Nothing, more took place; The situation in Tainan is [Note: Chefoo is on the north- until defendant returned from Cup-quiet. All business houses and cast coast of Shantung, not far ton under Police escort.
shops which hitherto have been from Tsingtao. Weihsien is on Dect.-Inspector Murphy, added closed for fear of looting by the the Shantung railway, along that defendant was only brought Northerners are re-opening and which Northern troops have been up on a charge of possession of the women and children are appear-retreating towards the coast.] car, and not of defrauding the ing in the streets as usual.
garago owner,
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek Dect.-Inspector Murphy added of the Nationalist Army yester
Chihli-Honan Front.
Shanghai, Yesterday. The Northerners have evacuat-
that defendant was living at the day afternoon left Yenchow for ed Changteho and Hantan, and garage from April 5 to the 16th of Tsinan to where he will remove are failing back up the Peking- the same month. It was found his field headquarters.
Hankow Railway, probably to that defendant had no previous) General Fong Chen-wu, also of Paotingfu, preparing to take up conviction against him in Hong the Nationalist Army, whose positions on the Paotingfu-Teh Kong. His Worship passed sen cavalry corps is stated to have chow defence line--Reuter. tence of three months' hard labour, been largely responsible for the
Hong Kong Conditions. It was taken to mean that Sir Paul Chater during his absence from the Colony, temporary or permanent, could appoint an in- dividual by name or any senior representative of a firm carrying on business and with an office in Hong Kong.
"The power
The late Mr. Watt left the North nominee by reference to the per- Mr. Justice Wood's judgment
Skansl Front. Point Installation about two years
capture of Tainan, has been ap- son who from time to time fills was read as follows:-
Peking, Yesterday. pointed the position of the senior repre-
garrison "I do not adopt the view that ago on transfer to Manila and had
It is reported and generally sentative of a firm or corporation the ground of the failure of the only been a short while at Swatow,
thereof.
believed that the Northern troops is obvious to any one acquainted appointment of Mr. Bagram is The Bag on Asiatic Building is
Nationalist Captures. in the north, of Shanel have been. but from London to the Far East Sir S, Hoare announced that It is officially stated that the defeated by Shansi troops (allies with the condition of affairs in that the testator's authority is to at half mast to-day. Hong Kong where the personnel. be held confined by its terms to
was expressed by Sir Samuel during the past few days he had Nationalists have captured Chu- of the Nationaliste) and forced to of a business concern varies so an appointment by official title of
Hoare (Air Minister) in opening initialled the heads of an agree chen and Kaomi, the latter being withdraw to Tatungfu. Three It is an unfortunate thing that London's new airport at Croydon ment between the Government 15 miles north-west Klaochow thousand five hundred wounded constantly as a result of retire the holders of an office in succes-boys-at school are the sons of on the ite of the old-aerodrome, and the Imperial Airways for a Lat the head of
their fathers-Dr. Lyttelton but enlarged and developed with regular weekly service between near Tsingtao). It is also an rived back at Peking to day. ness," said the Chief Justice.
(former Headmaster of Eton); the most up-to-date équipment London and India-Reuter;" nounced that Teoh Peng-ting, Reuter.
(Continued on Page 7.)
Sir Samuel Hoare,
would not only be flying regularly and catering for a much heavier from London to the Continent volume of traffle.
commander