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TSANG ON-WING-TRUSTED CUSTODIAN
MR.
POTTER'S ARGUMENTS
Treasury Case Centres on Stolen Cheques
POSITION OF MESSRS, MESSER AND BLACK
Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C., counsel for the Treasury, opened his final address to the jury this morning-the seventeenth day of the hçaring at the Supreme Court before the Chief Justice, Sir Henry Gollan and a special jury.
Counsel dealt at great length with the alleged criminality of Tsang On-wing, the trusted custodian of Government cheques, and the basic foundation of his arguments was in the main centred on the sixty cheques which had been extracted from two Treasury cheque books. He argued that no sane man who was about to de- fraud the Government would steal the cheques for the purpose when all he had to do was to write out the cheques and then obtained the signatures of both Mr. Messer and Mr. Black by some means.
VERDICT WILL BE MOMENTOUS
CONTEST
PERFECT PLAY
LARGE GALLERY ENTERTAINED AT MOORTOWN
NO NOTABLE FAILURES
London. Yesterday. Play in the second round of the 1,000 guineas golf contest was witnessed at Moortown, Leeds, to day.
highest
MINERS FEDERATION'S ELECTION MANIFESTO
"GIVE LABOUR A CHANCE"
London, Yesterday.
“WAITING”.
MOVES IN NORTH
POSSIBILITY OF UNION AGAINST CHIANG OR FENG ?
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Established Over Forty Years). Manager:-RALPH A. COOPER, Registered Optometrist by 'Canadian
Govt. Exam. F.LO. (London) (Personal Attention).
"SQUEEZE" RING
MONEY COLLECTED FROM FOUR HAWKERS
WHERE IS IT?
Mr. N. L. Smith presided in the first Court at the Central Magis- tracy, this morning, and heard the
TERRIBLE CALAMITY IN A CLINIC
EXPLOSION & FIRE
PEDESTRIANS FALL ON THE STREETS UNCONSCIOUS
case in which a Chinese named Ho MANY KILLED AND INJURED
Yau, alias Tau Pei Yau ("Pock
The Miners' Federation elec tion manifesto urges mine-workers to seize the priceless opportunity to WEST RIVER MINES strike a blow at the authors of their
From Our Own Correspondent)
| Marked" Lau") was charged with sufferings and show by their votes
Cleveland, Ohio, Yesterday. obtaining $3.40 from four hawkers their detestation of the Tory Gov-
The city has been plunged into an Canton, Yesterday.
by false prétences. ernment, whiclsin 1926 became the
appalling nightmare as the result The situation appears to be executive of the coal-owners."
The hawkers, two licensed and of a terrific explosion in the X-ray The manifesto slso appeals to very much quieter and it would two unlicensed, were accosted by room of a local clinic that was fol- shopkeepers and business people to seem that each political party is the accused at about noon on Sun-lowed by a fire which speedily make common
to move. day last whilst they were selling enveloped the building. with the waiting for the other mine workers and help to give The Kwangsi and the Kwangtung laicheas at various points in Con--
66 persons
were killed and 40 seriously injured. Labour an opportunity to succeed parties seem desirous of waiting naught-road West.
Accused was alleged to have ask
Ghastly Spectacle where the older Parties have la-for Marshals Feng Yu-hsiang and
Chiang Kai-shek to move against ed each one of the four hawkers mentably failed."-Reuter.
Later. one another, when they will uaite, whether he was paying any money The death roll is now 91. so reports go, and present a unit to the plain-clothes constables at-
There was a ghastly spectacle of ed front against the North, who tached to the Hawkers' Department injured and dying being dragged ever comes out top.
of Police Headquarters. Three of out and placed on the lawn. The
cause
The score of the
There were no notable failures. qualifiers is 152,
Turnesa qualified by winning a replay over nine holes for the last place.
Hagen, who returned a score of
a large gallery SULTAN OF JOHORE 70, entertained with perfect play. He missed two yarders at the 10th and 11th holes, but holed out many long ones and turned at 36.
Second round scores and aggre- gates follow:
OFFICIAL CORRECTION OF A MIS-STATEMENT
ON SHORT TOUR
London, Yesterday.
In the meantime it would ap- the hawkers, who had been hawk-bodies were coloured a deep green pear that both Feng Yu-hsiang and ing-in-Hong-Kong-for some years by the fumes of poison gas escaping Chiang Kai-shek intend sitting on understood what the accused meant, from the laboratories,
Fall of Waichau
the fence and watching develop-because they had paid "tea money" to constables in previous years, and ments down here. W. Hagen (American)-69-70-139
replied that no one had been to col- A Watrous (American) 70-74144
The question remains, as everleet from them for some time. Leo Diegel (American) 71-73-144
The Colonial Office issues a cor- who can sit out the longest? A. Compston (Coombe
rection of the statement in the
To these three men the accused Hill)
.71-79-144
Press to the effect that the Sultan
said:
"I am collecting now.” He Abe Mitchell (private) .71-74-145
of Johore might not be returning
Canton, To-day. made each of them fork out 80 (Bourne- Whitcombe mouth>
.76-70146 to Johore. The Colonial Office states-
that this is entirely without foun in Swatow to co-operate with Gen-
Northern cruisers have arrived cents. Geo, Duncan (British, un- -
attached)
74-72116 dation. His Highness's short tour 1. Jurado (Argentine) .74-74-148 Ed. Dudley (American) 78-76-149 to Europe, which he intends to be 76-73-149 as private as possible, is being
Assuming that Tsang was in the W. Davies (Wallasey) swindle, coupee said, then willy A. Havers (British, un-
attached)
MARCH TOGETHER
WHAT BRITAIN CANNOT BE
Average
Deficit
Rising to make his final submis-
undertaken mainly on medica: Rainfall to 10 a.m. 0.36 inch sions to the jury, Mr. Potter said
76-74150 grounds and he contemplates re- that it was a matter for congratula- should he steal the cheques? The Bert Hodson (Newport) 72-78-150 turning to Johore towards the end 1929 rainfall 9.55 inches tion now that the end of the case answer was obvious for the pur-H. C. Tolly (Foxglove) 77-73=160 was approaching. He dilso
.16.56 inches con pose of forging Mr. Messer's and T. Cotton (Langley Park) 76-75-151 of the year-British Wireless Ser- gratulated the jury on the patience Mr. Black's signatures to them. F. Robson (Cooden Beach3 74-77-161 vicc.
7.01 inches they had shown, and asked them to And yet the defence wanted it both Horton Smith (American) 75-77-152 J. Turnesa (American) .75-78-163 bear in mind that their verdict ways. They alleged that Taang was
Don't waste water! would be a most momentous one in the swindle and had obtained the
LADIES' CHAMPIONSHIP one which would be of vital import- signatures by a trick, If the trick ance to both Mr. Messer and Mr. hypothesis was right, there certainly
Prospects of British-American Black in their capacity as Govern- was no object
Final in stealing the ment officials. The importance was cheques, and, in doing so, Tsang such that it hardly needed comment. might be well said to have had what Also that it was of importance to one might call "Super-Arrogation." Tsang On-wing was obvious because he had been charged with crimin- ality-a co-conspirator of Carvalho Yeo.
Facilities Given
Counsel then went on to say that
a great deal had been said about the case by outside people, and that the jury would have to obliterate all what they heard outside of the
Court.
was
London, Yesterday.
At St. Andrews the most severe"
It was, counsel said, like a case thunderstorm in the history of the
EXPECTED TO DO
PREMIER'S VIEWS
Leon, Yesterday.
Mr. Baldwin, speaking at New
Passwords!
These spread into the streets and pedestrians fell to the pavements unconscious.
Scenes of Heroism Cleveland Clinic and Hospital is one of the most famous institutiona in the United States. The staff -comprises many physicians and sur- The fourth man, who had been in geons of international repute, the Hong Kong for only several days, officer-in-charge being the world- and was hawking without a licence famed surgeon George W. Crile. was made to pay $1. He gave the
Heroic Deeds money because the aceused bold The disaster evoked a heroic re- him that by using a password which spouse from the staff upon whom he would give him, the hawker the catastrophe burat at a very would be immune from arrest by busy period, when the hospital was any constable for one week.
crowded with patients.
To the four hawkera-concerned, Nurses and doctors, amid stifling the accused gave different pass-heat and suffocating fumes, carried. words, namely, "No. 9,” “No. 10" out scores of patients, many of and "No. 12"
whom were already dead."
A Chinese constable named Lam Meanwhile, fire engines, nurses,- eral Chiang Tsing's Fuklenese
Ting on the following day arrested doctors and ambulances from miles. troops to attack Swatow.
one of the licensed hawkers for sell-around, escorted by police-cars: The third division under Gening laichees within market limits. with screaming syrens, speeded to eral Chiang Kang-nai yesterday at This man protested saying that he the inferno. tacked. Waichau.
of where a man was charged with event broke when the Ladies Golf port, said that foreign nations must General Chu King-tong's con stealing liquor. The evidence Championship was resumed to-not expect us to do all the disarm mandera have delegated represen- against him was that he was seen day.
ing and debt paying. That was not tatives to headquarters to discuss to enter a warehouse at ten o'clock) Miss Wethered was drenched, the spirit of the League Cov- terms of surrender.
the third enant. We had all gat to A report arriving here states where many hogsheads of liquor and left her ball on were stored. He came out drunk green. She returned to find the march together and we were march that Waichau was captured yes
ing with the quickest, but other terday at 4 pm. The report has at 11 o'clock, and when charged the hole hidden by a pool of water.
Miss Collett was more fortun-nations cannot lag indefinitely be been confirmed. question was asked how it could be
hind-Reater. proved that the man had stolen a ate, playing near shelter. pint from the number of hogsheads A British-American final is re-
com-garded as certain. there? He was nevertheless mitted because he had entered sober and came out drunk. In those days there was nothing carried on one's hip pocket. Mr. Potter laughingly
added.
Mr.
Mise Wethered beat Miss Shewan (St. Rule), 5 and 3.
Miss Collett beat Miss Brown (Fermby), 4 and 2.
Miss Hollins beat Miss Boothby (America), 6 and 5.
In
(Canada) by 7 and 6.
MR. HARRY SINCLAIR
RE-ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF OIL CORPORATION
STILL IN PRISON
CRUISERS TO FIGHT?
Speculation Among Chinese in Colony
ed the
had paid 80 cents tea money to the Firemen continued to rescue and collector Tau Pei Yau" only the carry out patients from the win- previous day.
A
A passing taxi-driver similarly intervened and rescued 30.
A dozen patients who were cut hoisted by doctors and
dows. Constable's Assertion
A passing torry-driver seized When this constable gave evid-
gae mask from a fireman. He dash- ence, accused alleged that he wased into the flames and rescued 20 the man who had instructed him to patients before he collapsed. collect the tea money, but this the constable denied, claiming that he had never seen the accused before. The accused alleged that the first constable, whom he called "An off, were Ting" came to him soon after he had purses through a skylight roof and frantic efforts were made to reach gone on duty at 9 am., on Sunday and asked him to meet him at the those marooned by means of lad- Speculations were rife when Sui Wak tea house in Hollywood-ders. They were ultimately rescued two Chinese cruisers steamed into road at 11 o'clock.
He kept the by firemen
Dr. Crille also escaped to safety. harbour yesterday evening. Sev appointment. They had tea to-
How the Disaster Occurred eral hundreds of Chinese throng-gether and then the constable told
The disaster is one of the most water front to catch a him that if he did not want to be
terrible experienced in America for glimpse of the warships, as "Dame arrested for hawking without a Rumour" asserted that they are licence he would have to collect many years.
Most of tire dead were patients, here waiting for orders to move tea money for him from laichee against Kwangsi.
hawkers in a lane to the east of but it is believed that they also in-
clude some doctors and nurses. The two ships are the "Hai Wing Lok wharf.
The explosions occurred among Yung," 2,960 tons and the "Ying Witness agreed to act as collec- Swei," 2.400 tons. They arrived tor for the constable and alleged the X-ray films and stores in the here under the command of Rear-that he handed to him all the moner basement. Several tanks of com- pressed oxygen blew out as the re- Admiral H. Y. Chen, who flies his he received.
The flag on the "Hai Yung"
The Magistrate decided that the suit of the heat, adding to the in-
was asual gun salute was exchanged. prosecution's case
shaky. tensity of the flames. There was a doubt in his mind Bromine gas from the films was Enquiries made from officers on board the ships solicited the in-as to where the money collected by released in dense brown clouds which formation that the two gunboats the accused had gone to and, there-burned out the sensitive tissues of the mouth nose and lungs, causing the employment of the Whampoa writing if the signatures were all
London, Yesterday.
are on a training cruise and ex-fore, he must discharge him.
As the accused was leaving the the victims to bleed profusely at the Naval College, and then joined the right? And yet here was the man
Prince George visited Edinburgh pect to stay in Hong Kong for Government Service. He had work of great mental agility risking de-
Ghastly Scenes ed there for 14 years and his record tection by writing the cheques in to-day to open the new Department about a week. It was denied that Court he was seized by a constable the mouth, nose and lungs, causing
unblemished. Of course, it his own writing. What else did of Zoology at Edinburgh Univer they were used as a convoy for and his Worship asked why he was
Emergency calls were sent out
for A European Police Officer replied throughout the state The foundation of the case, coun-
was known that men could be tempt- Tsang do? He had not only acted aty. Afterwards, an honorary de troops for Canton.
The "Ying Swei" was built in that accused was not being re-available tank of oxygen, which was sel added, centred on the theft of ed and that every man had his price. quite foolishly, if the defence allega-gree of Doctor of Laws was con-
They were merely tak-the only remedy. 318 officers and men. Rear Ad- ing him "ir" to give him back his miral Chen received his training property! at the Momo! Naval College, Foo-
He mentioned, in passing, that when the fraud was first discovered,, the Government had afforded every facility to the Bank, irrespective of the fact whether the Bank was in the right or wrong. That the Bank was also interested
ob- vious. The Government had also given every facility to the defence with the view of establishing Yeo's true position in the matter. No fewer than 18,000 cheques had been placed at the disposal of the defence for them to make their analysis.
Three Issues Dealing with the fact whether the cheques were forgeries or not, Mr. Potter submitted that in there were three issues which the jary had to consider. The first was the alleged participation of Tsang, Secondly, whether the cheques were, in fact, forgeries; and, thirdly, whether or not Tsang On-wing had known that the sixty cheques had been fradulently extracted from the Government cheque books.
Every Man Has His Price
Fourth Round
New York, Yesterday. Counsel went on to say that the
the fourth round Miss Mr. Harry Sinclair has been re- consequences of the case were too
Wathered beat Mrs. Garou (the elected Chairman of the Consolida serious for Mr. Messer and
Oil Corporation. — Reuter's Black and, that being so, he would Essex international) by 6 and 4 ed
Miss Collett beat Mrs. Mulqueen American Service. not miss a single point. The jury
[Mr. Sinclair is at present serv. had been asked to say "aye" or
Mrs. Guedella (formerly Edith ing a sentence of three months' im- "nay" whether Tsang knew that the
Leach) beat Miss Hollins by 4 prisonment for Contempt of Court.]| cheques had been fraudulently ex- the two books. In tracted from
Miss Enid Wilson, Miss Doris Tsang was other words, whether
Park, Miss Molly Gourlay, Mrs. reality guilty or innocent To do that one watson and Miss Pyman complete
had to study the mentality of the
the last eight.--Reuter. man. Taang was a Queen's College After leaving school he student. was for two years and a half in
was
jand 3.
PRINCE GEORGE
ACADEMIC HONOUR FOR HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
VISITS EDINBURGH
being detained.
the sixty cheques. That was the But would any man, except a most tion was true, by filling the cheques ferred upon him.-British Wireless England. She has a personnel of arrested.
point which the defence could not reconcile because the alleged forged cheques were three out of the sixty, Also, there was the fact that the signatures of Mr. Black on the three. disputed cheques had no resemblance to any of the 18,000 signed by him since he joined the Treasury staff.
Brilliant Analysis
Proceeding, Mr. Potter said that the evening papers, yesterday had made a brilliant analysis of Mr. Jenkin's speech. He was also awarę
touched, and had not even made any
Mr. Jenkin had not said a word in
hardened criminal, stand the ordeal in his own writing, but went so far of two trials and be severely cross-las not to make any entry in his examined, if that man had a guilty books. That was certainly the last mind.
nail in his coffin.
Service.
WAR MATERIAL
DESTINED FOR CHINA VIA BELGIUM
Why Did He Stay Behind If Tsang had guilty knowledge, he was the whole thing-if he was, Could the jury honestly believe in the that Tsang did not appreciate the in fact, the prime mover
NOT TO BE PROHIBITED swindle then could anyone believe fact that he would be the first per- that Tsang could stand the severe son to be arrested if the discovery
Brussels, Yesterday. cross-examination? Even a most was made? In fact, that was what
The Cabinet has approved of the hardened criminal would give way in had happened. And if he knew that some form. Tsang's demeanour all his arrest would be inevitable, would text of the bills repealing the mea- through had shown that he could he be so foolish as to stay back? sure prohibiting the transit through not be guilty.
It must be borne in mind that the Belgium of war material destined
vice.
chow. He is 49 years of age. sible that mines may be laid in On board the "Hai Yung" there
the West River. Customs
and are $40 officers and men.
local authorities will be advised of the position before mines are laid.
HUNAN THREAT
Two Divisions of Hupeh Troops Coming
Local Notice
every
The scenes after the explosion were of the ghastliest, the patients screaming with fright as they saw the deadly gas creeping up to them. as they lay in bed helpless.
93 Dead
Later.. The death roll is now estimated at 98-Reuter's American Service.
· OCCASIONAL RAIN
This morning's weather re port states:
The anti-cyclone remains sta- tionary to the East of Japan and has increased in in tensity. The trough BOW extends from S. China across Formosa and N. Luzon to the Pacific.
Forecast:-S. or variable- winds, moderate; cloudy; occa- sívual rain.
The latest notice to mariners. issued yesterday afternoon by the Harbour Master, the Hon. Comdr. Shanghai, Yesterday.
G. F. Hole, R.N., tends to show Changsha reports state that the that the disturbance on the West of his friend's ability, but it never- Continuing, Mr. Potter said that swindle was a success-the cheques for China-British Wireless Ser-
vanguards of the Hunan troops River does not affect shipping inj theless was a significant fact that the defence had described Tsang as were passed and a sun to the tune
arrived in the vicinity of Kwellin that area, and the Naval author Mr. Jenkin had absolutely left un- a man of great mental agility-a of over $260,000 had changed hands,
Spain will be represented at the yesterday. Pinglo is now comities now consider that conditions
Govern- man who knew how to anticipate and yet with all this money avail-
on the West River Justify shipa attempt to reconcile, this point.questions and had taken pains toable, this super-criminal remained International Postal Congress in pletely surrounded by
London by a delegation with the meat troops.
and other sailing for Wuchow General Ho Chien, commanding ports on the river without escort. at its reference to the fact that three of prepare his defence even before the behind. ---
discovery. Dr. Shellshear had said Furthermore, Tsang was arrested chief of the postal service
the Hunan troops, is proceeding The text of the notice is as the sixty cheques stolen had been that for a man to carry out that and remained in Police custody for head.
from Yungehow to Chuanchow, to follows: used for the purpose of defrauding colossal fraud he must necessarily three weeks.. During that time he The bad ice conditions in the where his field beadquarters are Conditions on the West River
be a man of iron nerve. All these had been closely examined by Mr..
are considered to justify ships were part of the stolen lot showed yet what did he do?
The fact that the disputed cheques had been attributed to Tesng, and T. H. King, who worked on the basis Southern Baltic recently caused the being removed.
A Hankow report says that by sailing without Government. Con- Mr. Charles Huggins, aged 64, an and that the signatures had been Gedser (Denmark) and War order of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek voy and the arrangements for to- English solicitor, was recently found clearly that they could be nothing
that the handwriting was Tsang's suspension of the ferry between
two divisions of Hupeh troops are morrow (ie. to-day) are cancelled. dead in bed at his house in the Boe emuende (Germany). else but forgeries, otherwise why
obtained by a trick. Yet Trang was
preparing to participate ín
the Here was an astute criminal who released after three weeks. Could The Government of the Straits anti-Kwangsi campaign-Reuter.
HMS. "Cicala" will be in low- Vautier, Joinville-le-Pont, should the cheques be stolen? That was a question which, the defence took three cheques and wrote on the it then be said that Tsang had suc-Settlements has decided to acquire
er West River while HM.S. Paris. Danger of Mines had not touched upon because an bodies of them, quite undisguisedly, cessfully put the bluff across even answer could not be found to it. It in his own handwriting. Could any Mr. King? The jury no doubt had in Singapore The Commissioner Ships sailing for Wuchow have
a piece of land for a civil aerodrome
Canton, Yesterday. was inexplicable. That point had one believe that this astute criminal, heard a great deal of allegations been raised in Yee trial and this man of great agility did not levelled at heads of Government of Lands will move a special pro- been advised to call at Samshui vision of $50,000 for that purpose and to comply with the request of Professor, Shellshear had said that know that the Bank would have to!
the Chinese authorities. It is pos at the Legislative Council. (Continued on Page 8.) It was too speculative for him.
the Treasury.
An Astute Criminal
pay out irrespective of the hand-
"Math" will be at Wuchow. Ships
near
any reasonable request of Chin- tion and furnishing on a scale far maat be careful to comply with A new theatre, with accommoda- ese authorities and report occur beyond anything previously seen in rences to gunboats.
Australia, was opened in Sydney at Easter.
Ships should call at Samshui.