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HONG KONG. TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1928.
STRICTLY BUSINESS.
When U.S. Financiers Meet Royalty.
MINERAL CONCESSIONS.
What The King And Financiers Contracted To Do.
New York, Yesterday.
A group of American finan-
COCAINE HABIT.
What Australia Is Doing.
NEW PROCLAMATION."
Heavy Penalty For Illegal Importation Or Possession.
Sydney, Yesterday.
Under the new proclamation of
NEW YORK STOCK.
Market Re-Opens With |... Amazing Strength.
ENORMOUS BUSINESS.
Advances In Radio And General Motors.
"New York, Yesterday. The stockmarket re-opened
ciers recently concluded a contract the Customs Act persons illegal with amazing strength and there with King Amanullah in Paris in ly importing or possessing co-was an enormous volume of busi- connection with important oil and caine or any of its derivatives will ness in the first sales of a block of mineral concessions in Afghanis be liable to three months to three 10,000 Radio Shares at 191, a tan, which the concessionaires years' imprisonment or a fine not rise nearly nine points and of 8.500 General Motors at 210, a will handle for a long term of exceeding £500.--Reuter,
rise of five points compared with years, thereafter returning the' properties to the Government-
Friday's closing figures. Reuter's American Service.
HANKOW TROOPS.
"WHITE WOLF CUB" TO GET ASSISTANCE?
NATIONALISTS MOVING.
CHEQUES' CASE.
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MR. F. C. JENKIN OPENS FOR!
DEFENCE.
GOOD OR BAD FAITH? Mr. F. C. Jenkin (instructed by Mr. D. H. Blake) opened for the Hankow, Yesterday.
defence in the Supreme Court, Local Nationalist troops are re-before the Chief Justice (Sir ported to be moving up the Han Henry Gollan) this morning; in the case in which Mr. Kwik River (a tributary of the Yangtsze) to meet the troops under General Djeong-eng, principal of Messrs. Fan Chung-siu. previously report-Ching Siong and Messrs. Kiem ed to be in a rebellion against the Tjiang Han, sued Mr. Tsang Fooki "Christian General, Feng Yu- for $40,000 as damages for con-
version of money or alternatively, i It is not clear whether the local money received by Mr. Tsang Nationalists propose to resist ar Fook for use of Mr. Kwik Djeong- join Fan Chung-siu's men in Hupeh, eng.
halang.
ters are still in Hunkow-a sign of
The exchange wil be closed on Saturday. — Reuter's American Service.
"Radios" New Record. Yesterday 4,600,000 shares changed hands during the day, Radio making a new record at 205, while Aeroplane Stocks were very
Aeros jumped up nine] active. and Curtiss 18 points.Reuter's American Service.
ZINC PRODUCTS,
THE STABILISATION OF THE MARKET.
INTERNATIONAL DECISION.
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Brussels, Yesterday. The international meeting of European Zinc producers voted but at Fan Chung-slu's headquerava Sugar King" and he is the ing the market by the creation of a Mr. Kwik is known as the unanimously in favour.of stabilis- some degree of co-operation with moving spirit in the North Point Bureau of statistics and the rest ic- the locals the latter seems prob-reclamation scheme. Mr. Tsang ion of production if necessary.
is principal of the Tsang Fook nble. British Naval Wireless.
Oversea producers will be invited (Note: Fan Chung-siu was a fol- Piano Co. of Ice House-street.
to co-operate.-Reuter. In Good Faith. lower of the notorious bandit, the
It was alleged yesterday that "White Wolf," who died some years ago. The "cub" came down to twenty cheques which Mr. Kwik's Cantor as an adventurer A few manager, had signed for payment| years ago, at the late Dr. Sun Yat- of debit notes of the cable com. Ben's behest, but marched back to 'panies (made out to the Charter- the North again and has been fight-¡ed Bank) had been fraudulently ing for nearly every faction.)
JUDGE'S ROOM !
THIEF STEALS HIS LORDSHIP'S ELECTRIC FAN.
IMPUDENT THEFT.
Mr. J. Wiltshire, Bailiff of the Supreme Court, has reported to the police that some time between noon
on May 4 and 10 a.m. yesterday, a thief entered the Pulsne Judge's Court and atole an electric fan worth $25.
A subsequent story which reach-"
applied by Iu Po-lun, a former employee of the plaintiff, and handed to Mr. Tsang who paid them into his account at the Chartered Bank.
DREDGER DOWN.
RAMMED BY STEAMER OFF STATEN ISLAND.
19 CREW MISSING.
New York, Yesterday, The Government dredger "Nave- sink" while working in the channel Mr. Tsang's defence is that he off Staten Island was rammed by a accepted the cheques honestly, in steamer and sunk. Nineteen of the good faith, gave value for them, crew are missing-Reuter's Amer- and was not notified of any defect ican Service. 'in Iu Po-lun's title.
The case for the plaintiff closed
yesterday but Mr. Eldon Potter, deal depends on the position in K.C., with whom is Mr. H. G. life of a man taking the bills, for Sheldon (instructed by Mr. E. example, if he was not a business Davidson) put in an account book man, he might overlook certain this morning.
circumstances which were ob- vious.
The case continues to-day.
"A Big Noise." After Mr. Jenkin had addressed Mr. Jenkin also argued on the ed the "China Mail" with regard to His Lordship on the law and relative merits of good and bad the fan is that it was stolen some quoted at length from legal faith as Bet out by the legal time last year, that its absence had authorities, he outlined the rela-experts. been noticed during the winter tionship between defendant and
Bank Procedure. months but no one suspected that, Ju Po-lun, who is alleged to have
Mr. A. J. Bird, cashier of the it had been stolen, the natural absconded and for whom a war- conclusion being that it had quite rant of arrest is stated to have local office of the Chartered Bank,
beon issued.
gave evidence yesterday as to legitimately been
for removed cleaning or rewinding. Now, how Mr. Tsang opened his music bank procedure. He said that in ever, when the fan is again need- shop in Ice House-street in 1925 the event of a cheque being re- ed, inquiries were made as to its and Iu was, said Mr. Jenkin, "a ceived, drawn on the Chartered whereabouts, and when it was dia- big noise in the music world." Bank, payable to the Bank, and covered that no-one knew when, lu introduced many customers to bearing a Chinese signature with why, or by whom the fan was re- Mr. Tsang, among them being a out any endorsement, the usual moved, it became apparent that it son of Mr. Kwik, the plaintiff. procedure would be to satisfy had been carried away by an im-Mr. Tsang was led to believe that themselves that the sum of money Ju occupied a responsible position was not too large to be put into pudent thief.
the customer's account and that
The impudence of this thief, how-in plaintiff's firms.
A banquet at the Kam Ling re-there were no suspicious circum- ever, is not nearly so startling as staurant, West Point, was ar- stances. If the Bank thought the that of another man who some years ranged to celebrate the opening, amount was too large they would ago entered the Chief Justice'si Court with a ladder whilst a case and Iu attended to all matters in have to make enquiries as to the was being heard and coolly took this connection. That was how circumstances under which it was down the Court clock from the wall Mr. Tsang became obliged to lu drawn.
,and, therefore, did favours in turn and walked out with it without any-¡ one in the Court realising that he for Iu (by handling the che- was stealing it!
¡ques for him.)
SUSPECT SHOT.
INCIDENT OF LAST MONTH RECALLED.
THE SENTENCE.
Not Uncommon Practice.
The Bank endorsed the cheques to collect the amount from the Cent For Cent,
Netherlands Trading Society (on Mr. Tsang Fook has given Iu which the cheques were drawn). Po-lun value, cent for cent and They were endorsed only for the more, Mr. Jenkin explained with purpose of clearance and not for emphasis, either by paying cash the purpose of passing them to or crediting his account with the Mr. Tanng Fook (defendant). Tsang Foor Piano Co. for musica! When the cheques were paid in,
supplies.
Bald Mr. Bird, the Bank was The question of full value, said under the impression that they On April 20, at about 8 a.m. a Mr. Jenkin, basing his argument were genuine and that Mr. Teang Chinese who succeeded in gaining on an authority, will go a long Fook was entitled to the proceeds. entrance into No. 561 Nathan-road,way, if not absolutely, to- It was not an uncommon pràc was interrupted by an amah, who'wards conclusive proving Mr. tice for cheques to be drawn in immediately blew a police whistle. Taang's bona fides. It will also the manner of being made payable The would-be thief ran away and weigh heavily in the scales, he to the Bank and for the Bank to was shot outside by a constable, added, and is of great import-credit the customer's account. the man subsequently being taken ance.
Mr. Tsang Fook would not, how-
to hospital in a serious condition. Mr. Jenkin argued that Mr. ever, be able to draw against such The incident was recalled at the Tsang had acted within the terms cheques, until the Bank was satis- Kowloon Magistracy yesterday of the Bills of Exchange Ordin-fied that the cheques were genuine morning, before Mr. Schofield after ance. "Before Your Lordship can or that they had been correctly a formal remand for a week to en-be satisfied of bad faith, you have cleared.
able the defendant to attend. The to be convinced that there were accused was found "gality," and facts which called for any inquiry
His Worship sentenced him to two (by Mr. Tsang when he received
the cheques), and that he wilful
Two four-blade propellers, worth
months' hard labour, prey and, fraudulently abstained $550, were yesterday reported to
It is better for a youth himself from making those inquiries,
the police as having been stolen from the back yard, of the Hung Shing Engineering shop, No. 120, His Lordship said that a good Portland-street, Taumatis
to choose a career than have it stated Mr. Jenkin, eng chosen for him. "Sir Thomas
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