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HONG KONG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1931.
BETTER TONE REPORTED.
Buyers Prevail for Most Stocks.
TO-DAY'S FEATURES.
The official summary issued by the Stock Exchange to-day states: The Stock Market opened this morning with a better tone than yesterday, and buyers prevailed |for most stocks,
Bank of East Asias again had buyers; who offered $135% without sales taking place.
Unions were done at $555. sell- ers at the close asking $560..
Providents (old).-There were sellers at $8.15.
Hotels (old) were in demand at $17, but with sellers wanting $17.30, there was no business done. There were sellers of the new ehares-at-$16:90---------
STOLEN GLASS.
Cost of An Employee's Fraud.
WHO IS THE SUFFERER?
DEFRAUDING POSTAL
REVENUE.
Practice Becoming a Nuisance.
$15 FINE.
In the Summary Court this morn. ing, before Mr. Justice Lindsell, Lee Yu-cheung, 'trading as Lee Yu Kec, Lau Hing, attached to the com- of 24c, Des Voeux Road, Central, pradore's office of the s.a. Tul sued the Sun Hing Glass shop, of Hing. was charged on remand be-' Battery Street, Yaumati, in respect fore Mr. E. H. Williams this morn of the alleged wrongful conversioning, with having brought six let- of 100 cases of glass, the property ters into the Colony. Defendant or plaintiffs. Alternatively, plain-pleaded guilty. tiff's claimed the return of the Prosecuting. Mr. E. W. Hamil- goods, and damages for detention. ton (Postmaster-General) said that The claim was limited to $1,000 so it was not a very serious case. as to bring it within Summary The letters could have been post- Jurisdiction.
ed from Wuchow had they been
Plaintiffs were represented by properly stamped. He added that Messrs. Lo and Lo, and defendants it was not quite such an obvious by Messrs. d'Almada and Mason. attempt to defraud, aa in the last Mr. Horace. Lo, in opening, in-ense which he had brought before timated that the parties were agreed his Worship
Mr-Hamilton asked for a moder=| upon certain facts. It would per-
Hong Kong Lands remained at haps not be necessary to call evid-") ate fine to be imposed so as to dis-
yesterday's rates and without any transactions passing.
Humphreys fold) were asked for 'at 822, but without response from holders.
Hong Kong Realties changed hands at $17.40, and at the close there were buyere offering $17.30. Ewes were put through at T15, with buyers still in the market at T15.10.
"
Hong Kong Tramways were want- ed at $21.60, as were Star Ferrins, Hong Kong Electries and China Lights, all at their respective quo tations of yesterday, but only sales of the last-named stock were done nt $27.15.
Telephones (part paid) were en- quired for at yesterday's rate- $33.
Canton Ices had buyers at. $8% and sellers at $8.35, but nothing transpired,
Cements (combined) have to be reposted buyers at $19.80 and sell era at $20, without leading to busi-
ness,
ence, the matter being entirely one
of law.
Fraudulent Employee. Outlining the facts, Mr. Lo
courage the practice which was be- coming a nuisance.. He took the letters to be business letters."
A fine of $15 was imposed.
Mr. Hamilton stated that the let-
ters will be handed to the addresses on calling at the General Post
Office.
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described how the glass was obtain- ed, it was alleged, by one Wong On, who later sold it to plaintiffs. The plaint learned in the course of a casual converantion with his go-
It is the little bit of self-satisfac- down keeper at the Canton Road godowns of the firm that this man tion that spoila almost every artis- had obtained, the 100 boxes of glass tic performance you listen to.-Mr. by presenting a delivery order. This Percy C. Buck. had bean obtained with the conni- varice of an employee of the com- pany, who was a checker, and had ACCOSS to the orders. He had wrongfully obtained this order upon a pretext of requiring it for office purposes.
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Something should be done to give ue rather less broadcasting, music: you cannot get away from it Mr. C. B. Allen.
question was simply one of law. Conspiracy Proved.
It had to be decided which of two Mr. Lo informed his Lordship that innocent parties, the owner or the two men had subsequently been purchaser, must suffer by the fraud. charged at the Police Court, one of another. He submitted that with larceny of the goods, and con- the property had not passed in any spiracy, the other with conspiracy way from plaintiffs, and they only. The second man was needed should be entitled to recover. as a witness for the prosecution, His Lordship remarked that lar-
Hong Kong Ropes again had buy ers-at-$21:40-but-could-not-con---so the charge against him was with- ceny would surely be the main
nect.
Dairy Farma at $32.50, Watsons nt $16.50 and Lane. Crawfords (old) at $7.60 all had Vuyers, but no shares came out.
HELP FOR CHINA.
American Red Cross Allotment.
$100,000.
drawn. The first man, who was plank in plaintiff's case. He ask- the plaintiff's office employee who ed if defendants was prepared to had obtained the delivery order, admit the goods were stolen? was convicted of conspiracy, There Mr. F. X. d'Almada, jun, for de- WAS not sufficient evidence to fendants, said he would admit lar- prove the larceny charge against ceny of the goods. him, which failed.
The goods, after enquiries were] set on foot, were found in defend- ant's shop.
His Lordship: The goods were delivered straight from plaintiff's godown 7-Yes, my Lord.
Purchaser's Position.
Mr. Lo went on to submit that if the goods were stolen the pur- chaser had no claim, unless they were bought in market ouvert. That was not so in this case, nor did he think that his learned "The Washington, Yesterday,
Mr. Lo went on to say that the friend would dispute it. The American Red Cross has obviously to cover upthe larceny larceny by trick, or one of obtain delivery order had been destroyed, whole point on these facts amounts to whether the case Was one of allotted $100,000 which is to be Plaintiff's office employee who was ing goods by false pretences. available immediately for flood convicted of conspiracy had access the case of false pretences the pro- relief work in Hankow.-Reuter. to these orders, and was also the
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[The money is to be transmit checker, so that it was possible for perty passed. In larceny by a ted by the State Department to him to hide the disappearance of the trick it did not." That was his Mr. Adams, the American Consul-goods for a long time before it was General at Hankow.]
MR. LLOYD GEORGE.
To Go to Surrey Home Shortly.
found out.
CASE.
Estoppel by Negligence?
Mr. d'Almada, replying for de- Larceny Admitted.
Tendants, contended that there Hia Lordship said it was rather could have been no conversion, ás curious that the man was convicted there was no actual physical pos- of conspiracy only?-Mr. Lo said session: On a second point, he al- that the prosecution could not bring leged negligence by plaintiff's ser forward evidence sufficient to satia vant, the keeper of the godown, fy the Magistrate, although for the who had standing. Instructions: to purpose of his present submission refer to the office when any large In this the fact that it had not been proved deliveries were required. that this particular min stole the case he had not done so. goods did not mean that there had not been larceny. The goods were really taken away by another, but plaintiff's smployed was certainly involved.
Rugby, Yesterday. It is stated, that Mr. Lloyd George has made such good pro- gress, following his recent serious operation, that it is hoped to move him from his Landon home to his residence at Churt, Surrey, before the week-end. After a stay at Churt he will probably go to North Wales. British Wireless Service.. Mr. Lo went on to say that the
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His Lordship, after considera- tion, adjourned the hearing untii Tuesday next at 2.30 p.m., Mr. Lo indicating that in the meantime he would consider ble reply on the point of es appel by negligence.
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