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A VERY EASY THING- MISSING A SHIP
MR, BECKS'S CASE
ALLEGED FLAW IN THE
PREVIOUS FINDING
BUT DECISION UPHELD
That it was an easy thing for anyone to miss a ship and that it
Iwe Burnett
China" Mail
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No. 27,281 HONG KONG
A TRICK TO CORRUPT THE TROOPS
A WATER METER
REMOVED IT WITHOUT PERMISSION
LET OFF WITH CAUTION
"PLOT" IN KOWLOON
AMONG BROTHELS
DEVELOPMENTS IN SHEARER CASE
HOOVER SEVERE
BOTTOM
Mr. J. M. Alves, of 1 Minden Avenue, RED LITERATURE DISTRIBUTED AFFAIR MUST BE SIFTED TO THE appeared at the Kewloon Magistracy this morning before Mr. T. S. Whyte- Smith in answer to a sumunens issued
against him for removing water
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meter without permission of the P.W.D. from a house belongid to him in Kow. loon Torg.
Mr. Alves, in admitting the offence. had been done many times by mer-said that he was held responsible for cantile marine officers was the plea it, as he told the contractor who was urged by 3r. J. T. Prior on behalf repairing the broken wall to remove the of Mr. W. C. C. Becks, formerly enter and put it in the basement under chief officer on board the 8.8. the Indian watchman's hed. The house was not occupied yes, and there were "Kwong Fook Cheong."
no tapa in it, so that little damage was lone, if any.
Mr. Becks, it will be recalled, was tried by a Marine Court of Enquiry
Mr. J. S. Dinnen, an overseer of the for absenting himself from his ship Water Authority P.W.D., pointed out found to his Worship that the meter would on August 2, and he was guilty of misconduct. His ticket have been removed by them had Mr.
then suspended for three Alves informed them,
WILS
found guilty
af
months.
A re-hearing of the case had been applied for on the ground that the tickets of officers could only be suspended if "gross" misconduct, and that since Mr. Becks had not been adjudged guilty of that offence, but only of misconduct. the finding was there- fore "bad."
The case was, re-heard this morn. ing at the Marine Court with Communder G. F. Hole, 1.N. (Har-) bour Master sitting as Stipendiary Magistrate. The assessors were Lieut.-Comdr. L. G. Addington.) R.N. H.M.S. "Tamar"), Capt. G. Mathews ("Mau Sang), Capt. A. Campbell ("Sai On"), and Capt. A. H. Brown ("Kwong Tung").
Master's Evidence Evidence was taken again. The first witness
Capt. called was William Parritt, master of the s.s. said "Kwong Fook Cheong." He that the ship left Hong Kong on about 6.45 p.m. August 2, al Shortly afterwards he discovered that Mr. Beeks was not on board. The vessel returned to Hong Kong
on the morning of August 4.
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ENDANGERING WORLD NATIVE BANK SUED SOVIET CITIZENS IN
PEACE
CHINA'S EXAMPLE
MR. CHAO CHU PLEADS FOR PREVENTION OF WAR
ARTICLE 19 MUST NOT RUST
DEPOSITOR TO RECOVER $4,000 & COSTS
CHIEF JUSTICE'S REMARKS
The Hong Yik Bank of No. 38, Wing Lok-street, and Li Ku-lin, a partner therein, consented to Judgment to-day, in favour of a depositor, in an action before his Honour the Chief Justice (Sir Henry Gollan, C.B.E.) in the Geneva, Yesterday.
Supreme Court, Original Jurisdiction. The Assembly of the League of At the close his Lordship, observed Nations has adopted two French to Mr. H. G. Sheldon, who appeared for resolutions, firstly, the convocation the bankers: "Mr. Sheldon, the terms or an international economic con- of settlement are very creditable to as the use of un-ference; and secondly requesting your clients."
the Council to convene a meeting Plaintiffs were Wing Cheung Kat, with a view
For the first time since Com-
Washington, Yesterday. munists came out into the open President Hoover, speaking with with propaganda ia China several all the authority and dignity of years ago, a more or less direct his great office, declared that the attempt has been made to corrupt Shearer affair mast be "sifted ta the men in the Hong Kong Gar-the bottom."
rison.
Leadets printed in the English language came into the possession of the Police last night. No ar- rest was made but inquiries are being prosecuted by the Criminal Investigation Department.
Some time before nine o'clock in the evening, a number of Chin- Mr. Alves added that the new wall ese men called on the unfortun- he had rebuilt was stone, as the last. wall which surrounded the grounds of ate inmates of houses of ill-fame the house collapsed at the last sain in that part of Temple-street near the junction with Austin-road.
storm
His Worship remarked that he This is known as the Koonehung and that he would only caution Mr.sha-tsui and Yaumati.' thought it was only a technical offence, district, situated between Tsim-
Alves.
BLUECHER'S ORDER
Tokyo, To-day.
A report from Harbin says that according to a report from a. Soviet
source General
Bluecher has issued an order to the effect that, in spite of Chinese aggression, no mili- tary action will be taken by the Soviet troops unless Soviet territory is invaded.-Reuter.
NEW BUILDINGS
As a result of Mr. Becks missing CONTRACTORS DEVIATE FROM
the ship without his (witness's) permission he was summoned before the Magistrate for leaving port without a mate on board. He was convicted and a fine of $15 was im posed on him.
Dead Drunk?
PLANS
FREE HAND FOR WORKMEN
Two Chinese contractors ap- peared at the Kowloon Magistracy before Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith this morning to
answer a summons
Called "Advertisements" They produced papers. which they said were advertisements for Europeans and deposited these with a request that they be shown to visitors.
In due course. the "plot" was made known to detectives but the miscreants bad achieved their first objective and flown.
Mr. W. Shearer
programune, "was evident."
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ift-
Connaught-road Central, to an international No. 135, agreement to prevent fluctuations They sued for $4,000, being money de
posited with defendants in the prices of coal and sugar.
as bankers, plus interest amounting to $305.20 (at Geneva, Later. the rate of $5.70 per $1,000 per Chinese
CHINA
ACTS OF REPRESSION
100,000 YEN TO ASSIST DISTRESSED RUSSIANS
-
THROUGH GERMAN CONSUL
Moscow, Yesterday. The Soviet Government has de- cided to devote 100,000 Yen for the further assistance of Soviet citi- zens in China, owing to the report: ed unceasing acts of repression against them.
The money will be transmitted through the German Consul-General at Harbin-Reuter.
Earlier Cables
Harbin, Yesterday. Bengo learns that early this
Mr. Chao Chu proposed the ap- | moon); as stated in the deposit note pointment of a committee to con- 1925. Interest up to the time of judg-morning six Soviet 'planes flew over issued by defendants dated June 22.
sider the best means of making more effective Article 19 of the League Covenant, which empowera the Assembly to advise the recon- sideration by members of the League of treaties which become inapplicable, and the considera tion of international conditions whose continuation might endan ger world peace..
Mr. Chao Chu said that China considered that the removal of anything which might cause com- plications in any part of the world, deserved much attention from the Assembly, as the methods for the actual prevention of war in Article 19 ought not to be al-
would be a great contribution to international peace.
The trash is of the usual "Red" scrupulous propaganda to thwartewed to rust through disuse, and type, purporting to give grounds the Government's naval limitation the appointment of the committee why labourers. soldiers. agrigul- | turists, etc., should rise against
obviously so-called capitalists, intellectuals,
Simultaneously
with the and also co-operate with Soviet
nouncement of Russia,
the President's views at White House, the Senate When the Shanghai Defence Naval Committee has decided to Force first
came out more than
investigate the activities of 2 years ago; similar pamphlets were directed to reach the Britishiwerful shipbuilding companies
in connection with the Geneva dla troops in Shanghai. particular at
armament conference. tention being concentrated on the Indian units in the first Brigade to arrive on the spot.
Diplomats Cynical Political and diplomatic circles are cynically amused
at the pre-
$1,500 IN DIAMONDS ******ÿÉØ8§ØJNED
CHINESE LADY LOSES HER BRACELET
VISIT TO QUEEN'S THEATRE
A bracelet set with
house
on
12 $1.500, is stated to have been lost in the Queen's Theatre last night.
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To-day's rainfall 0.15 inch
1929 rainfall ..60.86 inches
Average .69.55 inches
deficit
8.69 inches PUDSNIUJE 528665688
Mr. J. T. Prior, who appeared for issued against them for not carry- Mr. Becks, asked witness if it was ing out proper instructions from not a fact that Mr. Becks had re-the P.W.D. Building Authority diamonds, valued at joined the ship at the first avail- while constructing a able opportunity.
Witness replied that Mr. Becks
L
came back to the ship on August 4,
but, previous to that, he had seen him lying dead drunk on the deck
Both
the Eepublican
Obsolete Treaties At the Assembly Mr. Chao Chu proposed the appointment of a committee to consider the best means of making more effective Article 19 of the League Covenant in regard to the revision of ob- solete treaties.-Reuter.
A SERIOUS THEFT
FIANCEE WHO COULDN'T "MAKE ENDS MEET"
BOUND OVER
ment was further claimed.
west of
Pogranichnaya and dropped three Illegality ABeged The defence, as filed, was that the the street, according to a message bomba on the station, and two on contract, if any, was er illegal contract from Maling, 40 miles
It was alleged that the plaintiff com- pany, association or partnership "at all
Pogranichnaya. material times bad for its object the
The same report states that the carrying on of business for the acqui-population of Muling have been sition of gain. by the said company, thrown into consternation by a re- association or partnership, or by indi-port that Soviet 'planes are flying to Muling, with the headquarters of the Chinese garrison as their ob- jective.
RAIN TO-DAY
This morning's weather re- part from the Royal Observa- tory, Hong Kong, states:-
The anticyclone continues to be central over South Man- churia and has increased in intensity. The depression ap- pears to have filled up, but a trough of relatively low pres- sure extends from the China Sea north eastwards to South Japan.
Forecast:-N.E. or variable winds moderate, cloudy, occa- sional rain.
Thirty Casualties
Peking, Yesterday, Reports from Harbin confirm that the Suifenho Railway Station has been destroyed by bombs from Soviet aeroplanes, causing more than 30 casualties. Thereupon the railway staff decamped, rather than went on strike.
The Customs staff has also left Saifenho, and is at present staying at Muling. Four troop trains left Harbin for Suifenho on Sunday, to reinforce the Chinese garrison.
Three Chinese were killed and several injured when a train was blown up five kilometres from Sui- vidual members.” That the plaintifsion wrecked the locomotive, two fenho on September 8. The explo- partnership was coinposed of more than 20 members,
vaa another part of the Passenger cars, and one sleeping allegation, who were
car. neither farmed' nor registered as a company under the Japanese residents of Suifenho Companies Ordinance (No. 59 of jare moet anxious to depart to 1911), "nor under any Ordinance or Harbin, but at present are unable Act, nor charter of incorporation, nor to do so, owing to a shortage of by letters patent."
rolling stock.
The Russian Navy
Mukden, Yesterday.
Mr. F. C. Jenkin, C.B.E. (instructed by Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist) was The remand case of the Chinese for plaintiffs. Mr. Sheldon was in-
structed by Messra d'Almada and } family affair regarding the war-
Mason. riage of the girl defendant with
Terms of Settlement the second complainant, a man with whom she had been on friendly terms of settlement had been arrived and 40 soldiers and 20 railway em- On Mr. Jenkin announcing that stations have all been destroyed, terms, was continued at the Kow-at, his Lordship directed same to be
Mr. Jenkin
asked
An official communique issued to-day states that Pogranichnaya railway telegraph, and radio
Kowloon Inland Lot 216.
Mr. F. Neville, of the P.W.D.,
The owner, Mrs. Cheung Kau. pect of Shearer being brought to loon Magistracy before Mr. T. S, signed by counsel and banded to the Ployees killed and wounded, mostly who prosecuted stated that ac- of 33, Kennedy-road, states that book by the Naval Affairs Con- Whyte-Smith, this morning. Clerk of Court.
by aeroplane bombs.. cording to the plans the correct last night she went to the cinema mittee. slabs on he first floor were to be for the 7.15 performance, taking chairman, Fred Hale, and the Inspector Phillips informed his whether he should read the terms. His The Russian Navy is trying to
door were to be her baby and an adult attendant. Democratic leader, Swanson, of the members of the family except if he desired. "Judgment on the terms mined by the Chinese Navy.
Worship that he had spoken to all Lordship replied that there was no force the mouth of the Sungari necessity, but Mr. Jerkin could do so River. The river mouth has been and six inches thick for the veran-They travelled in the lady's pri-Virginis, who are whole-hearted that he was dead drunk?---Because dah. The defendants had not vate car, No. 1171. It was not big Navy" men, and who suc the mother, who was 68, and sick of settlement" was then entered by his This morning Muling, west of
of the s.s. "On Lee."
Mr. Prior: How do you know
1 smelt it.
How long had Mr. Becks been under you before he missed his ship? He joined on July 8 and he missed his ship on August 2.
Did you End him a competent
officer?—I did not.
five inches thick
His Worship fined the defen- dants $200 and ordered that they comply with P.W.D. order within
a month.
When you were fined $15 did you not Instruct your solicitor, Mr. Strellett, to say that Mr. Becks was that Mr. Becks was drunk and that
should suffice.
She thinks; she told the Police,
are
never-
am
Lordship.
Mr. Jenkin thereupon that the terms were:~~
"Judgment for plaintiffs, by com sent, in the principal sum of $4,000 and for
Pogranichnaya, was bombed by announced Soviet aeroplanes.
Scenes of Terror
Harbin, Later. Rengo has received information Fees of counsel for plaintiff as en- from Pogranichinaya that complete dorsed on brief and for other costs anarchy prevails in the border
as between solicitor and client. "Execution stayed one week."
town, as a result of the recent Soviet air raids and bombardments.
I look after myself. SIR HENRY SEGRAVE The city is infested with robbers.
carried out this but had just left until about midnight, long after cessfully fought Coolidge's cruiser and feeble. it to their employees to do as they the lady returned home, that she suspension plan,
His Worship: (to the defendant's noticed that the bracelet waa netheless liked.
Is credited with
sister): the
the defendant still longer on her wrist.
desire to summon not only willing to marry?- leave it to Shearer, but the representa- your Worship." that the bracelet might have been tives of shipbuilding companies Who supports your mother?- kicked off by her child when she and high naval officera before the The defendant does. held the baby up in a seat in the committee. Anyhow
Senator By her laundry work?-She has back stalls, to enable it to get a Borah will demand an investiga- supported her for the last two years.
tion by the Foreign Affairs Con-i What do you do then?,--1 better view.
It may have beer lost outside mittee, of which he is chairman, married and Mr. Prior: Very well, Mr. Pre- the theatre. As soon as she dis-if he is dissatisfied with the naval My father has been dead for a long sident.
covered her loss, Mrs. Cheung Affairs Committee's handling of time now. The other witness called for the Kau rushed down to the theatre the incident.
Did you suspect her of the theft? prosecution was Mr. W. Hochstadt, late last night, and when she ar-
The initiation of this investiga-—No, never. rived, the 9.20 performance was tion is regarded as a clever more Chief Engineer, who said that he
(To the defendant's fiancee) Had did not see Mr. Becks on the ship over. She asked permission to go to influence the Senate's acquie you any suspicion then? No. during that voyage. He admitted in and search, not because she cence in any naval agreement Then are you still willing to Did you not also instruct Mr.seeing Mr. Recks on board during had dropped an expensive article with Great Britain. Strellett to say that from the day, tiffin hour, and that he later went of jewellery but, she told the staff, Mr. Becks joined the ship he was out looking for the Captain to get to find a letter she had mislaid. very conscientious and did his work;
bis wages. Mr. Becks looked sober to him. thoroughly well?—I did not.
Tully qualified officer and that you had learned to depend on him ?---I did not have any reason for depend- ing on him more than the fact that he holds a mate ticket
and entitled to the job.
Did Not Want Him
was
What time was it when you saw him on the deck of the "On Lee" dead drunk?---Soon after midnight when we got back to Hong Kong
Was he asleep?--Yes..
The Defence Before calling evidence for the. defence. Mr. Prior said that his ease was a short and simple one. Mr. Becks had missed his ship on that day partly through careless- Did you try to wake him?-No, ness and partly through misfor- the Chief Officer of the "On Lee" tune. He was careless because he asked me if I wanted him, and I had allowed too small
a margin said "No."...
of time to get back to the ship,
the Court.
JUROR TURNS MAD
TRIAL CAUSES PASSION AND PREJUDICE
TRADE UNION MURDER
Charlotte (North Carolina), Yesterday,
and Vanzetti case,
marry her?-Yes, she has said Mr. E. G. Grage, President of that she wants to come to me. the Bethlehem Steel Corporation,
His Worship: But this admits that Shearer was engaged serious theft.
was
SHIP BROKEN
"HIGHLAND PRIDE" SUB- MERGED OFF, SPAIN
1
is
TO COMPETE IN MOTORBOAT SPEED CONTEST
"Painful Consequences"
Moscow, Yesterday. The Foreign Commissariat has handed a statement to the German Ambassador with a request that he transmit it to the Mukden and Nanking Governments.
"POWER NOT EVERYTHING"
London, Yesterday. Sir Henry Segrave has arrived It says: "There have been nine- at Venice to take part in the teen new cases of, attack on Soviet a great motorboat speed contest off territory by Chinese military units the Lido. He has with him two and White Guard gangg" for which as an "observer," but says that Défendant: I had to do it. I boats, Miss England and Miss it lays full responsibility on the his dervices were discontinued did not have enough money to London. With Miss England he Nanking and Mukden Governments, when it was discovered that he make "both ends meet."
defeated Garwood, the American and declares that the Soviet troops apropagandist. Reuter's His Worship: Why did you speed boat champion at Miami, are compelled in self-defence, to American Service.
pawn the gold chain and then buy Florida, early this year. Carwood, take firm retaliatory action to pro- one for yourself?
is competing at Venice with a tect the frontier and the peaceful I did not pawn it. I sold them new motorboat, which is an un- population. bought a pair of gold bracelets. known quantity, but its power iş It draws the serious attention of His Worship: That is not help admitted to be very much greater the Nanking and Mukden Govern- ing your mother!
than that of Miss England. Anments to the "painful consequences The chain is worth more than the Italian boat, Itàlia, which has en-which may take place in case of bracelets.
gines developing over 3,000 horse-new provocative attacks by Chinese Hie Worship: I am going to power, compared with Mine troops and Russian White Guards." bind you over in a personal hond of England's 950, is also an unknown $200 to be of good behaviour for a quantity,
A SMALL PACKET · up for
Before leaving England Sir year, and you must come sentence when required.
Henry Segrave said that Miss
A Chinese. woman
this England was of a modest power morning fized $50 or one month's on with the death of Ader Holt, Pride," from London to Buenos Aires
compared with her rivals, but she jail, by Mr. E. W. Hamilton for the the Chief of Police at Gastonia. struck a rock at Lameda Rock, and
CHINESE BURNED
had already done speeds of more unlawful possession of some po piu than 80 miles an hour, and her lottery tickets in Des Voeux-road Lee Sam (32), of Kowloon Hang cornering, owing to her twin rud-Central. She claimed that aa- Unionists from the north came to gers and crew were taken off ly
respons? to an SOSJ
gave her a small alleged terrible conditions in the
day removed to the Kowloon Hoa- not everything. British Wireless parcel to carry to Hollywood-read southern mills, and the shooting"
pital suffering from severe burns Service.
where they were to get outside the ecurred, when the Police were
to both legs, the right side of the The number of notifiable diseases face and hands. He received the
Tai Sing School when she (accused) dispersing the crowd outside the
Important changes are expected would receive 50 cents for her headquarters at which occurred in the Colony during burns through assisting in putting in the duties of the principal off trouble. The Magistrate decided Gastonia on June 7. The accus- the 24 hours, ended yesterday, faut a fire in his house which was cers of the Criminal Investigation that the accused must know that she Trade Union ed pleaded-self-defence and a new cluded two cases of enteric fever gutted before the arrival of the Department, New Scotland Yard, as was carrying something unlawful, trial has been fixed for September (Chinese) one Imported, and ore Fire Brigade, Lee's condition is the result of a rearrangement of because no one would pay her 80 30. Reuter's American Service. case of puerperal fever (Chinese), considered serious,
cents to carry such a small packet.
Vigo, Spain, To-day.
broken by two salvage men, who had to swim from the wreck when the stern suddenly submerged. Reuter..
A trial which has aroused pas Mr. Prior then drew the Court's and he was unfortunate in that, sion and prejudice almost equal attention that that part of witness's on arriving at the wharf, he
to the Sacco evidence could not be acceptable to found that he had left his wallet ended suddenly owing to a juror The "Highland, Pride" has been
behind in a tailor's shop. He had becoming insane. therefore to rush back to recover. The judge pronounced it a mis his wallet, and, after getting it, trial. The accused, 13 men and three women textile workers, were he returned to find the ship gone.
Whether Mr. Becks was drunk charged with murder in connec or not did not matter. It was not
Commander Hole agreed,"
Been Drinking Before You dismissed Mr. Bocks did not want to have anything to do with him, and he was dismiss-
ed by the owner. I told him that relevant to the enquiry.
The
An earlier cable stated: The Nelso Shipping Company Hiner "Highlard
he had 'hean under the influence Court at the moment was to en- The trouble began when Trade was hadly haled: All the 60 passer-
of liquor when leaving Hong Kongquire into the circumstances of
1.
on a previous trip, and that also how Mr. Beek had come to mias organise the workers to Aght the other ships, which rushed to help in village, Tarpo district, was on Mon-ders, was very fast. Power was other woman he had been drinking during the his ship, bu
Already Punished afternoon on the day in question.
Missing a whip, although repre Those incidents you referred to were not entered in the log Nohensible, did not justify the Court In susponding Mr. Becks's ticket
I put it to you that Mr. Becks. The fact that he had lost his loh was not drunk on the day?
was sufficient punishment.
(Continued on Page 7)
The President:- Witness has already given a sworn statement
arers.