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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1930.
An enjoyable evening was spent LEAGUE SOCIETY.
In the Garrison Lecture Hall, We lington Barracks, yesterday even in when the Royal Army Ord- nance Corps held a subscription dance.
INAUGURAL. MEETING IN *COLONY:
ל
VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION.
Dutch steamer Cremer without effective paying for their passages.
MISSING FUNDS.....
MANAGING PARTNER' CHARGED.
FORGERY ALLEGED.
A fine of $50, with the alter- native of one month's jall, wasi In view of its inaugural meeting The managing partner of the LI on three Hakkaa this afternoon it may be stated On company appeared before Mr. to-day imposed who appeared before Mr. H. R. that the League of Nations Society Williams in the Central Polies Butters and pleaded guilty to hav-here is a voluntary organisation Court yesterday afternoon, charged ing como from Singapore on the whose aim is to educate and make with misappropriation of sums public opinion in the hatounting to $8,500. A further Colony concerning the League of charge was the forging' of 'an Nations. Membership is open to endorsement on a cheque issued by- Messrs. Gerin, Drevard & Co., and The Objects of the Society are as uttering of satte. Defendant was represented by Mr. F. C. E. Rendall. Mr. T. G. Bennett, for the pro- Secution, said that defendant had a $2,500 Interest in the firm, which dealt in cassia. He had complete control of its affairs, Cheung Wai- hing, who had put $13,500 into the
When a case of assault was men-all Nationalities. tioned before Mr. H. R. Butters in the Kowloon Court this morning, follows:- Inspector Marks intimated that it was a quarrel over a 'debt, and that the defendant was alleged to have taken a chopper and cut the com plaint's wrist. The case was re-i manded, bail being Axed at $100.
An International Song Recital, organised by Mrs. Sanger will be held at the Helena May. on -Thurs- day, December 4, at 5.30 p.m. Artistes Xra. Womack. Mr. Wilaon, Mrs. Sariger, Mr. Li Chor-
Accompanists-- chi, Mr. Barton. Mr. R. Barton and Miss Bragar. Tickets-Members, Service men children, 30 cents each; non-mam- bers, 50 cents." Teas to be booked from Matron-Tel. 22160-Advt.
CORRESPONDENCE.
"THE YEOMAN OF THE GUARD."
To the Editor of "China Mall"]
1. To Bocure the whole-hearted acceptance of the League of Nations as the guardian of in ternational right, the organ of International co-opera tion, the final arbiter in
International differences, and business, took no active part in it, the aupreme
although he occasionally came down
instrument
for
removing injustices which may from Canton in connection with threaten the peace of the world.
In August laat Cheung Wai-hing
2. To foster mutual understand-
it.
He
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ing, goodwill, and habits of co-cume down to take over whilst de- operation and fair dealing be- fendant was away in Saigon,
found the books unsatisfactory. tween peoples of different coun-'
Upon defendant's return he tries. 8. To advocate the full develop taken to Canton to discuss the mat- As a result de- ter with Cheung. ment of the League of Nations
fendant's powers were curtailed, so as to bring about such 4
and some of his duties transferred world organisation
w!)i
to another man. guarantee the freedom of nations, act as trustee and guardian of backward races; and undeveloped, territories, maintain international order, And finally liberate mankind from war and the effects of
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Accepted Firm's Bills. Later it was discovered that de- fendant was accepting billa from Saigon without putting the firm's chop on, as was customary, 02 October 30 defendant obtained a cheque for $6,100 from Messrs. Gerin, Drevard & Co., in payment Sir,-- Might I through the
The yealy subscription is $3 for a shipment of cassia, which was medium of your journal call atten- Members paying this subscription paid into a bank, bearing what pur tion to the Hong Kong Philhar-are entitled to receive a monthly ported to be the firm's chop. monie Society's method in conduct-
journal giving information concer-fact, it was not, and this cheque ing Its publicity before giving thening the work of the League of formed the subject of the third show,
Nations.
For some time now placards and advertisements have been before Society will be giving "The Yeoman the public announcing that this of the Guard" In the Theatre Royal on certain dates In December and that advance booking had been undertaken by a prominent busi- ness house in the Colony.
On application this morning for about six reservations on one date the undersigned was informed that advanced booking before December 1 could only be done by members of the "Phil"
war.
Those who are able and willing to help the funds of the Society are of $10. asked to pay a yearly subscription
charge.
I
In
Defendant later satisfactorily ac counted for two payments of $1,000 each from the proceeds of this cheque, but his explanations as to Churches, Schools, Club and other further payments of $2,000 and corporate institutions paying $10 $1,600 were not accepted. Evi- annually are entitled to corporate dence would be hrought to prove membership and to receive a month that neither-of-these-amounts-had-
journal and other literature es- been paid. pecially interesting to its mem- bere, so far as the funds of the Society will permit.
CANTON STUDENTS.
ENGLISH-SPEAKING SOCIETY FORMED.
Complainant having given evi- dence bearing out counsel's open- Ing, the case was adjourned.
NO DUTY PAID.
PANTRY BOY AND 9,620 CIGARETTES.
Later to-day Information was re- ceived from a member of the same Boelety that he would be pleased to take up what reservations the undersigned would like, but in the name of the member, and sub sequent enquiries elicited the in- formation that 'all the best seats are usually reserved for the mem-sor of English Literature, who terday, Mr. H. R. Butters had be speaks and writes Chinese fluently, fore him a Chinese named LI HL bars and their friends."
CONCORD MOVEMENT.
Professor T. T. Fletcher, Frofes-
FINED $200.
land has been responsible for £327,284 being distributed among Queensland hospitals during the past five years, equal to an aver- age of £65,437 per annum. The Intest Western Australian papers contain advertisements for sweeps on the Perth Cup and the Melbourne Cup, in aid of the funds of the Wooroloo Foundling Home and the Fremantle Public Hospital, respectively. In the case of the former the prizes amount to £500 and in the case of the Jatter £700, still leaving hand some surpluses for the objects to be benefited. Moreover, in addi- tion to the sum of £327,284 raised for Queensland hospitals by means of the Golden Casket lot-
If auch is the case this lettter is has founded a Society called the employed as pantry "boy" on board tery £38,541 was distributed dur
written as a protest, and as this English-Speaking Students Asso- the Rt.M.S. Empress of Japan, who ing the past five years among Society depends on the general ciation at Chung Shan University, was charged by Revenue Officer Canton. Its object is to promote Tallan with having in his posseg- various charitable organisations, public for the success of any show
social intercourse between the slon, on November 19, 9,620 cigar- such as church and mission hos it may ask the public to pay to go pitale and 'homes, aerial medical and see, then the practice is all educated Chinese and the British. ettes on which duty had not been wrong and the sooner the "Phil" November 18, amongst those pre-
The first meeting was held on paid. service, cancer campaign, bush mends its ways the better
Boldiers" public will like It.
Youra, disgustedly,
SANS BOUQUET. Hong Kong, November 26,
SOMERSETS GO.
COLONY'S REGRET AT THEIR DEPARTURE:
Hong Kong, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 1930, nursing, tuberculosis
housing scheme, creche and kin- miners* dergarter association,
AMBULANCE SWEEP? phthisis help fund, ambulance
the
ANIMATED SCENES
There were animated scenes this
In the Kowloon Magistracy yes-
Mr. F. H. Losoby appeared for sent being Professor Fletcher and the defence and the point which Mrs. Fletcher, Major Wright, Mr. was raised was whether duty should [G. D. Slaughter, barrister-at-law, be paid a second time, the defend- Middle Temple,, Mlas Florence ant claiming that his impression Chung, Miss Chang, Mesara. Wil-was that duty had been paid by the kinson, Cheng Wen-hsing (Chair-firm from which he had bought the man), Shum Kal-chek (Secretary), cigarettes in Hong Kong. He had Chen, Yav. Lum Miew,, and Chas bought 27,000 cigarettes here be- Pah-un.
fore the last trip and the cigare- A very delightful afternoon was ettes in Court represented the spont, and the proceedings augur, balance of the stock. The cigar-
for sale to well for the success of the Society. Lottes were
the steerage passengers, and there was never any intention of disposing of them until the ship had gone to sea
“CUMSHAW WINE."
morning when the troopship Lan- cashire left for India, carrying the DOCK LABOURERS IN AND OUT 1st. Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry, en route to their new station there. The regiment kave
OF LUCK.
NO DUTY PAID."
Defendant said that the reason
why he had brought the cigarettes
work, and benevolent societies. Attention has been drawn in What Queensland and other the Press on repeated occasions to parts of Australia are able to do the need for augmentation of the on a large scale for bospital, ambulance service. For this ambulance, and charitable work purpose what was rather loosely can easily be done in Hong Kong described as a "Prize Drawing" on a smaller scale. One sweep was inaugurated; but it is now once a year only in aid of the reported that "this does not ap-Ambulance Brigade, St. Vincent
ashore was because his cabin was pear to be the success that was de Paul, the Benevolent Society, anticipated." This is indeed un- the Tung Wah Hospitals, and St.
being altered and he had to land all his belonginge. -Later he ad- fortunate, but it has to be remem Andrew's and St. George's So-
mitted that he had bought some bered that the Prize Drawing is cieties benevolent funds would been here for almost two years, and
cigarettes in Shanghai and was have been extremely popular in Wong On and Sing Chung, both going to take them to the Import in competition with the raffle- considerably augment the funds that time. Many well-wishers employees at the Kowloon Docks and Export Office to pay duty when also for a motor car as first prize of all, besides preventing over-bade them "Good Luck" during the were to-day charged before Mr. He was afrested. —of another organisation. It may lapping or anything in the nature morning.
R. Butters in the Kowloon Police The Magistrate imposed a fine of be, too, that the greatest possible of competition between rival prize A preliminary party went aboard Court with having had four bottles $200.
the transport last night, and the of Chinese wine each, without pay- publicity has not so far been drawings or raffles. On principle Murray Parade ground "camp" was ing duty on them. Both pleaded afforded to the Ambulance the Colony alrendy is in full carly astir this morning, the first guilty. Brigade's Prize Drawing. But agreement with race sweeps: all there is another angle from which that is required is the extension the project may be viewed: had of their scope once a year for the the prizes been announced to be charitable and humanitarian cash and not kind, would not purposes above enumerated. a different story have to be told Better that than seeing one de by this time? Winners of race serving object fail in its individual cash sweeps get anything from achievement in regard to a Prize $50 for an unplaced pony to Drawing for which prizes are to $3,000 or $4,000 for placed ponies, be given only in kind and not in Had the Ambulanco Brigade cash. sought the permission of the authorities to organise a sweep.
News in Brief.
VALUE OF ROTARY.
lot of men leaving at 7, and the Prosecuting, Sergeant Slater aaid
"If India, China, and Russla before 9. At 10,80 camp was almonger, whilst the second was a from the acceptance of the rotary's whole of the battalion having gone) that the first man was an iron-could only realise the good to come ready being struck, and the tents coolle. Wong On was arrested out programme much would be added taken away.
side the dockyard, whilst Sing to the tranquillity of the world." There are a number of other de-j Chung' was caught inside before
Mr. Harry Rogers (former pre ing Naval ratings, some of whom they got the bottles off the ss. Tuon declared in one of the keynote ad- talle aboard the Lancashire, includ- leaving work. Both admitted that sident of the Rotary International) are proceeding to Britain.
Sang from Shanghai, which dresses to the International Rotary berthed at the Docks. 'On en Congress in Montreal. "Rotary quiries made by a detective it was must increase its usefulness as a found that there were more bottles fact-finding organisation," he said, of wine on the ship. This informa-"and increase its influence in shap was passed on to a Revenus Officer, ing healthy public opinion. who raided the steamer, and found Rotary cannot decide issues, local about a dozen bottles. The R.Oor. international, but can influence had told the Police that the infor- its members and friends to ap mation may have been genuine, proach the discussion and decision but the ship people may have dis of important thought perplexing
“SIMPLY BARTER"
SOVIET'S ECONOMIC DEAL WITH ITALY.
?EXCHANGE OF PRODUCTS.
Romo, Yesterday.
The forthcoming marriage to an elega cunced of Frank Andrew Howard. It is announced that the Con-posed of a quantity of the contra-problems in a proper spirit.” No. 8, Branksora Towers, to Helen servations between Signor Grandí band, after Hearing of the two do- Abble Bunker, of Chicago, Illinois. Fund M. Litvinoff (the Soviet fendants arrest.
Ten Years Ago.
[From the "China, Mall”
November 28,
on a certain event at one of the forthcoming extra race meetings -say the one nearest Christmas the list of subscribera would undoubtedly have been filled long before the closing date and the
Tagad ng Minister) at Milan were mainly Defendants sald that they had The fothcoming marriage is an ecosomic-ns it was hardly likely done some extra work for some- objective of the promoters would nounced of Percy Reginald Jan See that Fascists would convert Bol- body, and the bottles of wine were easily have been realised.
Chin, of 11 Hankow Road, Kow-shevists or vice versa. As the given to them for their trouble.. There is ample precedent else loon, to Myrtle Elleen Quidg Yen, ortcome of the talle Russia has fine of $10 each was impos- of 17, Jordan Road, Kowloon.c agreed to exchange raw materialed, and the battles were ordered. where for such a sween or lottery fuss
for Italy's manazactured goods. to be confiscated
an name matters little. The
In the West Point district yester-Thus, Russia will supply Italy
Mice Singcha Chung, a Chinese The troops formerly employed Free State sweep on the day, a foki of the Took se firm, with wheat;oll and timber. In ex
Handlerp
15, First-Street, is alleged to have change for machine, motor cars, mannequin, has been appearing In to oust MuYung-helen and other struck his employer to blows with seroplanes and chips. There 14 dress parades at Selfridges Sho tarlets from Kwangtung, were 10% Schopper. The injured man was ho question of monetary dominic displays European clothes and is formally disbanded on November dagskom fat, but not in ments. It is imply a matter as sald to be the first Chinese girl to 24, as no more Kwangel soldiers are now disturbing the province: *** 3 bin fact is a model In London.
To-day's dollar is worth 8/7.