WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1933.
REGISTRATION OF
TRADE-MARKS
Loxley And Co. Charge Infringement.
ENGLISH REGISTRATION APPLICABLE HERE?
The question as to whether
trade-mark"
BRITAIN'S TRADE – IMPROVEMENT
Increasing Confidence In Industry.
UNEMPLOYMENT DECLINES
London, To-day.
The President of the Board of
THE CHINA MATT.
EMBEZZLEMENT BY A SHROFF
Watson & Co. Employee Gaoled.
EUROPEAN CUSTOMERS' PAYMENTS STOLEN
Tsang Kim, a shroff employed by
To-Day's Short Story.
THE
THE
GREEN
FLY
By Kalman Mikszath.
HE old peasant, the richest even mentioned the bite unless he
at the point of death.
man in the village, lay very was asked, and even then he was extremely curt. He lay on his bed God indifferent and stoical His hend
his mouth.
"Look at John Gal. What do you
"What's the trouble, old man?" asked the Doctor. "I understand a fly bit you.” between his teeth,
"That's it," answered the peasant
the
"What sort of fly was it?” "A green fly," he said curtly.
the registration of a trade-mark Trade, Mr. Walter Runciman, was Mesars. A. S. Watson and Company in England by a foreign firm is applicable to Hong Kong, was the detained at the World Economic was this morning sentenced to two point of discussion at the Cen-Conference when the Board of months hard labour on a charge of was holding judgment over him, rested on a sheepskin, his pipe in
embezzling $1,207.52 from his empointing to him as an example tral Magistracy this morning. Trade vote was considered in the ployers. The case was tried by Mr. for all mankind:
Leung Siu Kee, proprietor of House of Commons, yesterday even-Wynne-Jones in the Central Magis- shops at No. 621 and 125. ing. In his absence, Dr. E. L. Bur-tracy. Queen's Road Central, was progin, Under-Secretary for the. De- Mr. O. E. C. Marton, of Deacons, mortals imagine yourselves to be? ceeded against for "possession of hair lotion containing a "girl partment, said that the trade posi- appearing for the plaintiffs, asked You are nothing. Now, John Gal
His Worship to try the case suid-
is really the tion and the prospects of the coun-marily, as restitution for the losses county judge shakes his hand "You just question him, Doctor,"
somebody. Even resembling "Pompeia" trade-mark of try could be summarised in the had been made. Messrs. L. T. Piver of Paris, for phrase. "General improvement is The embezzlement was part of the casionally. The Countesses of the interrupted the woman. "I shall whom Messrs. Loxley and Com- definite and marked in conditions of monies collected by the defendant village-come and visit him. He is have to look after my work. I have pany of Hong Kong are agents."
Mr. O. E. C. Marton appeared restrained but increasing confi-over a period from March 1 to May the richest among you. Still, I nine loaves in the oven."
27. The payments alleged to have could smite dim. I did not have to "All right, mother," said the dence." for Messrs. Loxley and Com-
been retained in the possession of send 蝨 hungry wolf to bite Doctor absent-mindedly. pany, and the defendant was re-
The tendency of international the defendant were stated to have him nor do I have to uproot
She turned upon him immediately presented by Mr.
trade to decline, he said, had not been collected from the Hon. Mr. a giant oak to fall upon and crush as if stung, her hands on her hips: D'Almada.
yet been arrested, but the position paul Lander, Mr. C. F. Hyde, Mrs. him. A tiny fy will do the work."
"Why, you're old enough to be my Mr. D'Almada remarked that of the export trade of the United
Hope, Talkoo Docks, Mr. R. Keown, That is what actually happened. father!" she said, half offended the argument before the Court Kingdom was certainly not un-the Luk Hol Hotel, the Majima Hor-A fy bit his hand; it soon began to and half flirting. "You don't seem was to
prove that the trade. satisfactory in the light of world pital and the King's Dispensary. swell, becoming blacker and redder.to see well through those windows mark was registered in Hong trade as a whole.
The priest and the lady of the on your eyes.” Kong.
Castle perquaded him to call a She turned quickly about and the
F. X.
Improvement, he said, had been Mr. Marton replied that before widespread, and covered 90 out of Messrs. Loxley and Company 100 of industrial groups and 600 took over the agency in 1928, the out of 700 of the whole of areas bottles
in Hong for which statistics were availabic. were on sale Kong since in 1924.
There was a notable improvement In 1928 Messrs. L. T. Piver in building, cotton, wool, engineer- applied in Hong Kong for the ing, boots and shoes, motorcars sad registration of their "Pompcia" shipbuilding.
BOY VICTIMISED BY THIEVES.
District Watchmen Commended.
"You are a scoundrel for
doctor.
He would have been willing to have the surgeon sent for, but they prevailed upon him to telegraph for a specialist to Budapest. Professor Birli was chosen. One visit would; cost three hundred florins, but that was money well spent
TO-MORROW'S STORY
To-morrow's story will be "The Luck of Captain For- tune," by Michael Arlen.
many starched skirts whirled Kiks
trade-mark, but this was refused There was a further substantial}
"Nonsense," said the peasant, steal"that tiny fy couldn't have caused as it conflicted with a trade-improvement in employment during mark of Messrs. A. E. Akinson, the month of May, this being the ing from a small boy," Mr. Wynne-three hundred florins' worth of dam-
Jones told Wong Chuen this morn- of England. Mr. Marton said fourth successive monthly improve-
age in me." that the trade-mark was regis-ment. At the end of May, 9,657, when Wong 20, and Leung Wal-tin, to pay the
ing at the Central Police Court The Countess insisted and offered the wind as she walked out, erect tered in France, where the goods 000 insured persons were in em-
doctor's bill herself, with the sense of youth and were manufactured, and also in ployment or 120,000 more than in 12, were charged with the theft of This did the trick. John Gal was strength.
a fountain pen. England. He submitted that by the preceding month and 372,000
The accused youths were follow-dispatched and a young man, slim eyes. She
ja proud peasant. The telegram was The Doctor followed her with his virtue of the registration in more than in January. This was
Was devilish pretty, yesterday on Queen's Road Central, France, and particularly in Eng the highest volume of employment į
land bespectacled-not at at im- much younger than the doctor, and land, the trade-mark was appli- among insured persons at any time were caught In the act of stealing a had been sent to meet him at the her husband. He wanted to mutter by two District Watchmen, and posing-arrived in the carriage that of course very much younger then cable to Hong Kong. He then since September 1930.
fountain pen from Ng Wal, aged station. quoted authorities in support of
some sort of apology, but she was this argument.
Mrs. Gal, the young wife of the gone before he could say a word. "These District Watchmen are elderly peasant, received him at the "Well, let's see that hand. Does very clever," remarked His Wor-
it hurt?" igate. ship, in commending District
"Are you the famous Doctor from Watchmen No. 52 and No. 132.
Sentence of six months was im- better come and look at my husband.
Budapest?" she asked. "You had answer. posed on Chuen. Leung Wai-tin was ordered y-bitten hand as if he'd been bitten look.
the "carpenter," Wong He's making as much fuss over a hand, and his face assumed a grave Great to received six strokes. maintained,
Mr. D'Almada quoted the Trade-Mark Ordinance of Hong Kong stating, "that" all trade- marks must be registered in res- pect of particular goods or classes of goods."
was
All British industry healthier than for some time past, and industrial and com- mercial activity would respond very quickly to the successful results
field.
in the international
The total volume of world trade
WAS
"The trade-mark of the "Pom-was continuing to shrink. peia" products were not. and Britain's share could not be registered in Hong but it was a somewhat melancholy Kong, because another one was al-satisfaction when they thought of
14.
ready there, said Mr. D'Almada the tremendous interest they had WHERE TRAMS ARE He suggested that Messrs. L. Tin the maintenance of the volume Piver could have applied to Messrs. of total world trade. Atkinson to reglater their trade-
Referring to trade
agreements,
mark and with their consent applied Dr. Burgin said that their result for registration in Hong Kong. had been to give help in the
In his second point Mr. D'Almada balance of trade and for the first submitted that the registration in five months of the present year that England was not applicable to Hong balance showed an improvement of Kong.
£30,000,000 over last yearBritish | Hong Kong had its own Or-
Wireless Service. dinances which particularly sinte
DANGEROUS
Many Casualties In Leningrad System.
by an elephant."
"Quite a good deal," was the
The doctor examined the awollen
"Bad enough. It must have.been This was absolutely untrue. John a poisonous insect." Gal had never said a word; never
CORNWALL SAILING
ON FRIDAY,
Warship Movements.
"Maybe," said John without the least emotion. "I could tell it. wasn't an ordinary kind.”
"It was a fly that had come from & dead body."
A mute curse was all John Gal vouchsafed for this information.
"It was lucky I arrived in time. We can still do something. To-
morrow it would have been too late. 10 COLLISIONS PER DAY
H.M.S. Witch and Veteran of the You'd have been dead.”
**That's 8th Destroyer Flotilla, left Hong
strange," said the Helsingfors. Kong yesterday for Wei-hal-wei, peasant, pressing the tobacco inte Some alarming facts are given where they are relieving the Des-his pipa with one thumb, trade-marks in respect of particular FITTER COMMENDED in a statement on the conditions troyers Wishart and Whitehall "Blood-poisoning works fast. We
that it is essential to register
goods or class of goods.
The Trade-Mark Act of 1905 inj England
not applicable to
WBS
IN COURT.
of the tramways in Leningrad,} The Whitehall arrived in the have no time to lose. You must) by a former German Consul Colony yesterday evening from harden your nerves, old man. Your Arrested A Thief.
there. Among other things Pagoda Anchorage.
arm will have to come off." Hong Kong as Hong Kong was not
The says that:
H.M.S. Cornwall of the 5th "My arm?" he asked with sur- included in the Hist. Australia,
Tram collisions during the Cruiser Squadron, and H.M.S. prise and a touch of sarcasm, and a Canada, Ceylon and other places: "If there were a few more like first nine months of 1932 totall-Caradoc attached to the Squadron great deal of resignation. were mentioned, but not Hong Kong, you, there would be no snatching ined 2,640, or nearly 10 a day... will leave Hong Kong on Friday for) "Yes. It has to be done."
Hong Kong," remarked Mr. Scho- Trams that jumped the rails, Wel-hai-wel.
John Gal did not say a word; he Mr. D'Almada also pointed out field at the Central Police Court this numbered 1,911 or an average of They will be followed on Saturday only shook his head and went on that unregistered trade-marks were morning, in commending a Chinese seven a day.
by the Destroyer Whitshed, which is smoking. zot protected under criminal law in fitter, Yun Tai, for bringing about
There were 277 fatal accidents going North for her summer exer- respect of forged trade-marks. The the arrest of a thief.
or alightly more than one a day, cisea, including 78 children killed.
said Mr. D'Almada.
complainants were not registered, The defendant Wan Man Kung could not be registered, and had been had snatched a packet of cigarettes refused registration in Hong Kong, from a stall in Spring Garden Lane, "The defendant has no case to an-land on the cries of the atall-keeper, swer on the question of law," con- the fitter gave chase and caught the cluded Mr. D'Almada."
People injured numbered 2,458 including 391 children.
Although the total length of tramway lines has increased defendant, handing him over to the from about 88 miles in pre-war [days to 210 miles to-day, the number of tramcars availablé has decreased from 1,777 to 814
Beuter
Mr. Marton said that an Order Police. in Council was made in England in 1884 in respect to trade-marks and it was to be assumed that it was ap- plicable to Hong Kong, as one of the Colonies.
$845 CLAIMED.
Contractors' Case Adjourned.
In reply to a cable sent by Mesars. Loxley and Company the Paris firm registered in France, England and Berne," "It may be inferred
The case in which the Wang Ngai from this cable," said Mr. Marton, Company of No. 5, Heard Street, "that the trade-mark is definitely Wanchai, are claiming $845,29 from registered.
Case To Answer.
In holding that the defendant had
Concrete Products Ltd., being the balance allegedly due for work done and materials supplied, was ad- journed this morning to July 20, after a short hearing before the
|MORTGAGE LOAN FOR EX-EMPRESS.
Hungarian National Bank's Advance.
Burapest
DEAF AND DUMB
THIEF.
Wants To Become A Tailor.
"You see," the Doctor went on in his persuasive tone, "It will not hurt you. I shall put you to sleep, and | when you wake-up you will be saved.] Otherwise, "to-morrow at this time ¡you'll be as dead as a mouse. Not
even God can save you.”
"Ok, leave me alone," he said, as though he were tired of so much talk; turned to the wall, and closed his eyes.
The Doctor was quite unprepared
At the Central Police Court this for such stubbornness. He left the morning, a deaf and dumb youth, Ah room and went to have a word with
Chai, was sentenced to six months the woman.
imprisonment for theft of a razor-"How is my husband?” she asked blade, patent razor sharpener and a with such indifference as she could wallet containing $2. The property muster, continuing her work at the belonged to Mr. R. K. Murjani, a same time in order to show her con- salesman, living at No. 36 Kwong tempt for the Doctor, Kong Street."
Bad enough. I just came to ask Detective Sergeant, Nollath re- you to try and persuade him to let a case to answer, the Magistrate,;
The Pension Fund of the Han-marked that the defendant would be me amputate his art." Mr. W. Schofield, remarked that his
garian National Bank has, it is very well employed in the Prison "Good gracious!" she exclaimed. decision was, based on the assump-| Fuisne Judge, Mr. L. E. Lindsell stated here, granted a mortgage making envelopes and printing turning as white as the apron before tion that the registration in Eng plaintiffs and Mr. T, P. L Kemble on property of the
Mr. C. Y. Kwan appeared for the for a considerable sum of money however, to learn tailoring, said the
papers. He had expressed a wish her "Must it be done?" ex-Empress Mr. Marton asked if the cable for the defendants, re
Zita.
Part of the property, it is understood, consists of two apart ment houses with shops on the ground floor in the Apponyi Ter
land was in order.
could be accepted as sufficient evi- dence, but Mr. D'Almada remarked that he would like to see an official
copy of the registration/ VAAN
***
THREE "R'S" OF 1933
Seattle, Washington.
police officer.
He will die otherwise twenty-four hours. P
within
Her face turned red, as she took the Doctor by the dragged him into the sick
News In Brief.
To-morrow is the 40th anniver"Do I look like a woman who wedding of eir would be satisded to be the wife of
there, placing her hands on her lilpa: addressed himse
Just look at him! She turned to her husband and almost, shout
The Magistrate replied that in A new version of the three and some agricultural property. such a case be would have to put the R's was put before the delegates The newspaper Peat Naplo"{earý case over for two months, if the to the annual convention of the states that this is the first large Majesties, King George V and a crippla? I'd die of shame. There i defence was not prepared to accept National Congress of Parents mortgage made since 1981, when Queen, the cable as conclusive evidence, and Teachers, e
* many banks were obliged to shut finge Mr. D'Almada replied that as His To-day Reno is our national their doors. The paper adds Worship had decided that he had shrine," said Dr. Blanks, of the that the ex Empress has sought were a case to answer, he would, for the University of California, “and a mortgage because of the effects June sake of argument, accept the cable, the old-fashioned three. It's have of the crisis on rents and agricul: Caine
The hearing of the case was then become rouge, rum and run, tural returns and also on account was" adjourned until July 20, at 2.30 p.m. abouts."-Reuter,
of high taxation--Reuter
total of 21.95 inches of rainfall "Don't you let him cut your arm på,
orded during the month of John. Don't you listen to him? at the Botanical Garü
The old peasant gave her Road. The heaviest rainfall friendly look: own on June 29 with 6.26
chen.
(Continued on Page 10)
Ladies...
Here is an Opportunity
Lasting only One Week! July 3rd to 8th.
SALE
Shoes & Hats
Cheap prices
Compare these prices:
Sandal Shoes Walking Shoes
Golf Shoes
Evening Shoes
yes, but NOT cheap shoes.
Worn with Pride by everyone.
$4.50
4.50
14.75
4.50
LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.
The Ladies Salon.
KING'S THEATRE
COMMENCING TO-MORROW
ANOTHER BIG DOUBLE ATTRACTION I ON THE SCREEN:
AT 2.80, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 PM.
Two Loves!
Married to one man...living
in fear of another unwanted love from the past-Lure of the South Seas brings adven- ture-romance- —tragedy!
The PAINTED WOMAN
Spencer Tracy Peggy Shannon
· WILLIAM-BOYD IRVING PICHEL RAUL ROULIEN Directed by John Blystone
FOX
PIC TURC
ON THE STAGE. ADDED ATTRACTION
AT 5.10, 7.15 & 9,30 PM. For a Short Season Only Prior To Their Tour of America and Europe. THE WORLD FAMOUS
CHIN LOO
COMPANY OF 22 CHINESE JUGGLERS AND ACROBATS.
MARVELLOUS BAR WORK UNBELIEVABLE BALANCING I SENSATIONAL ROPE TRICKS | JUGGLING AND MAGIC! PRICES AS USUAL BOOK EARLY