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AN EX-GARDENER AS lot better? (Laughter).
"SULTAN"
ENGINEER'S YARN: MILLIONAIRE TOWKAY'S GRATITUDE
SWEEPSTAKE WINNER
He
He said on one occasion a towkay gave him a very large fee.
Is that true ?-Oh! I remember something about that. It was the American millionaire towkay, Tai Qual. EUI down to Singapore from Malacca suffering from dysentery, which he had for a long time. Someone took him to Socroto, and we cured him.
Motor-Car from Towkay, Soeroto said he received $10,000 for that ?-Well he did not. He re- ceived a motor-car for which I was mainly instrumental. We got some medicine-I bought it from the dis- pensary. It was some German pilis. That was given to the towkay and it cured him. There was no mention, of fee. ·
CHINA'S AVIATION A FIND OF TANGUT
CONTRACTS'
CLASSICS
AGITATION AGAINST CONTRACT RARE COLLECTION OF SUTRAS WITH EXPLORATION 'INC. "BY NATIONAL LIBRARY
LOSS OF RIGHTS
Agitation is going on in Chinese circles over the agreement enter. |
A LOST TONGUE
Peking, Dec. 6. Buddhist scholars here are much ed into between Mr. Sun Fo, for interested in the purchase by the mer president of the National Avia- National Library of a. large collec-i tion Corporation, and Aviation Ex-tion of autras in the Tangut langu- ploration, Inc., an American com age, and some important Buddhist pany, because this document is said paintings recently discovered in the to be unfavourable to China and vicinity of Ninghsia in northern to have caused a loss of China's | Kansu.
sovereign rights. A demand is The writings and paintings are being made by the Chinese Postal sald to date from the period when Employees Union, the Chinese Avia the Tangut played an important tion Association and the various part. in China's history, more than branches of the Kuomintang for its 1,000 years ago. cancellation.
The librarian of the National The writers point out that only Library declarea. that the Tangut: a small amount of mail matter is language was not decipherable for. carried by aeroplanes and there are several conturles, until European practically no passengers or cargo. scholars made discoveries in Kanau Should the agreement be. carried at the beginning of the present cen. out, China will incur a loss of some tury which restored the use of the thing like $40,000,000. The postal lost tongue. employees threaten not to deliver
Mystery Unravelled only malls carried by the Corpora- Tangut resembles Chinose, but tion's aeroplanes If the agreement is so different that Chinese scholars is not cancelled.
could make nothing of it until Rus- Although Mr. Wang Pelchun, alan savants unravelled its mysteries Minister of Communications, has about 20 years ago.
in
been asked not to assume the pre- The National Library's purchase sidency of the Corporation until includes 100 volumes, belleved to be the agreemen is cancelled he part of the Tripitaka, some printed took over office Nanking, during the Yuang dynasty and succeeding Mr. Sun Fo. His first others from the Sung dynasty. nct was to place the administra- tion of the Corporation in the hands of Gen. K. I. Nieh and Messrs. Chien Chung-chih and Liu Nal-yu, snya the Chinese press.
many
It is regarded as probable that the purchaso will attract Buddhist scholars of various coun- tries to Peking, as a study of the volumes may throw much additional
In this connection, It is of in.light upon Chinese Buddhism during terest to note that the work of lay- this remote period.-United Press. Ing out emergency flying fields at Changchow and Soochow has been completed and a third field is being laid out at Chingtang-hslen.
SHANGHAI COURT
Schemes are now being drawn up
Nanking, Yesterday. to extend the service to Changtu, Court
The 10th meeting of the, Shanghai concludes the vernacular press."
of Reorganisation assembled this afternoon at three o'clock. Tho foreign delegates have not yet received; instructions from their diplomatic re- presentatives, regarding important questions. The discussion was conon- ed to secondary questions. The eleventh meeting will be held on Monday after, noon, the 23rd-Canton News Agency.
THE FIRST MAN
V.C.s Honour Dead
Comrade
EXCHANGES
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funeral in Leeds for many years The largest and most impressivo took place in mall week when, with full military ceremonial, ex-Ser-
at Major
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS John Crawshaw Raynes, V.C., was laid to rest in On London Harehills Cemetery, There were Bank, wire Leeds man to win the V.C. in the Bank, 50 days' sight many moving tributes to the first Bank, on demand....1/7 18/16 know. At least I did not. I don't poppies from two of his friends Credits.
Great War. A cushion of FlandersBank. 4 months' sight 178 know what Soeroto did. towkay gave him the car, after night." The coffin was accompant Documentary 4 months' Then the bore the simple words, "Good.
4 months' had suggested it. Soeroto tried to ed by eight Leeds V.C.'s Capt. G.
1/8* cure the towkay of opium amoking Sanders, Lieut. W. Edwards, Sergt. but he was not successful.
sight
On Paris-
as Soeroto's own medicine-I don't I suppose you passed the stuff off
sight
4 months' sight
On Berlin-
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How a man was led to believe that an ex-gardener was a former Sultan of one of the Java states, and entered into business on that under- standing with disastrous results, was told by Henry Charles Hogan during his public examination in the Singapore Bankruptcy Court last month before the Chief Justice (Sir William Murison). The examination was conducted by Mr. T. B. Cocker, the Assistant Official Assignee.
Examinee said he started out in lite as an engineer, and eventually obtained the post of superintendent of the Asiatic Petroleum Company, Ltd.'s installation at Pasir Panjang. He was then receiving $400 per month. He joined the A.P.C. in 1918, and left them in January, 1928. know anything about a fee of $10. Mountain, L-Cpl.. F. W. Dobson, Credits,
I don't F. McNess, Sergt. Hull, Sergt. On demand When he left he received his portion | 000 except that I know Sceroto bor-Pte: A. Poulter, and Pte. W. B. of the Provident Fund which rowed money off the towkay from Butler. It was borne on a gun- amounted to $7.199.
He left at his time to time, but I think that was carriage furnished by the 71st On demand own request.
only a few hundred dollars, The reason why he left that good The
Field Brigade R.A. (Leeds), which firm closed up through also furnished the escort and trum-On demand- 7.
On New York- position was that he met a man Soeroto, the bankrupt went on to peters. called Radin Soeroto. He went to say. He wanted some money for the man's house to act as an inter-horse-racing but bankrupt refused the Leeds Old Contemptibles, who
Credits, · 60 Capt. W... Gage, chairman of sight preter for his sister.
Soeroto was to give it him out of the firm. followed the gun-carriage, carried Wire acting as a doctor, and was suppos- "Examinee thought all Soerato's ed to be able to cure certain all $11,000 odd was lost on horse a cushion on which were placed On demand, ments. When at Socroto's house he racing. After he refused Soerate other war decorations.
Sergeant-Major: Raynes's V.C. and On Calcutta- saw a picture on the wall that looked money examinee got a summons
Wire dis
110 like Soeroto dressed in Malay ro from A. Abubaker for the 820,880 widow, Mrs. Mabel Raynes, who
The principal mourners were the On demand....... 110% galie:
Examinee asked about the which Soeroto had put in the firm was accompanied by two sons, On demand was...71 picture and Soeroto said it was The summons sald the money bo Kenneth and Thomas Raynes,
On Singapore--- taken 20 years previously, when he longed to Abubaker, and that he Among the floral tributes were a On demand
On Manila, nvas Sultan of Djokya in Java. had lent it to the firm. That was wreath of Flanders popples and a Examinee was impressed, and even
On-Shanghal- tually a scheme, was formulated by which the two of them would go into business. The idea of the business
days'
403%
42
On Bombay-
110%
∙110
.......... 301⁄2
the first he heard of a loan. He V.C. in evergreens, which Lieut. On demandiri... 75% went to see Socroto who promised Edwards had brought from the 30 day's sight (private pen to wear an affidavit that the money House of Lorde. It was intended paper)...... belonged to him. The next thing as a souvenir and bere the follow-
bankrupt heard was that Soerotoing message.
On Yokohama
was to use Soeroto's name on ac count of his position and alleged and Abubaker had sworn an affidavit memory from brother V.C's in Gold Leaf, 100 fine
"I affectionate On demand influence to obtain products from to the effect that the money belong Leads, who sorely missed their com, Java for the Javanese living ed to the latter. Merchants who rate at the Prince of Wales's din- Sovereigas.
(per toel): In Singapore. Examinee put cards over from Java went to Soero-ner, whence this emblem was buying rate) the money he obtained from the to and were told that bankrupt was brought for him"
Silver. (per ́02.) A.P.C., Provident Fund into the a cheat and not a safe man to deal Crowds lined the streets from the Bar Silver in Hong business, but Soeroto did not put with. They would not then deal dead V.C.'s house to St. Clement's Kong
with the firm, which had to close up, Church, where a service was cons Copper Cash. as all its capital was in the mor- ducted by the Rev. R C. Shuttle Copper Cents chants hands,
worth, and thence to the cemetery. Mr. Cocker. How was that?* Because they owel us money,
any money in at the time. He was to receive a half share of the profits of the business on account of the firm sing his name and Influence: Thero was no definite partnership agreement. Soferit alleg
Examinee subsequently found out that Soeroto used to be a gardener at à house at Tanjong Katong and at Sea View Hotel, and that the subject of the picture was one of the Rhlo or Blak Sulland
Sweepstake Windfall
Transport Contracts
82
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CINE
Rate of Native Inter
Chinese Sub. Coin $275 %, dis, Hong Kong Spb. Coin 3⁄44% prema
LONDON EXCHANGES
London,
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in March: this year-antino ELECTRIC LARYNX started a business in partnership
& The Dumb Speak
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ma the paì out
They then sub let
Soeroto eventually won $23,100 fm/cool a swoop at the races, that second prize. He
his ticket ten mainder sum of
£20,88
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