1934-04-09

MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1934.

ESTATE CLAIM

DISPUTE

Adopted Son's Status Queried.

TWO CONCUBINES INVOLVED

Claiming to be legal concubines of Lo Wai Chuen, who died on Novem- estate ber 28, 1932, leaving local valued at $20,000. Linx Cheung Hong and Wong So Cha, of 8.Shing Ping Street, disputed the priority of Lo Pak-wa, the adopted son, of 94 Queen's Road West, in an applica- tion for the grant of letters of ad- ministration before the Chief Jus- tice, Mr. A. D. A. MacGregor, at the Supreme Court this morning.

Mr. Hin Shing-lo, instructed by Mr. G. Ford, was for the plaintiffs.) and Mr. F. H. Loseby held n watch- ing brief on behalf of the defen-! dant,

In presenting his case Mr. Hin Shing-lo submitted that his clients were entitled to the grant. both from point of Chinese customs and from law.

the plaintiff's could satisfy the] Court, that they were really the chip sze or concubines of the deceased) then their claim was justified, Mr.; Hin contended. He said that the plaintifs denied that, the defendant was the adopted son.

It was stated the bit fat wife of the deceasy died without issue, and]

in 1919 the first plaintiff was brought in. Later the second plain- it was also taken as a concubine. In both cases the plaintiffs perform- ed the customary duties of a legali concubine in serving tea to thei senior members of the family, and counsel submitted that a ceremony was not essential for proving their] status.

The first concubine, who was ori- ginally mentioned as a plaintiff, died shortly before action Was taken, said Mr. Hin Shing-lo.

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Washington, To-day. Representatives of the Westernį mining Stutes and officials of the Evidence was then given by the

Trade Commission will first plaintiff, Ling Cheung Hong, Federal who said that she was taken into confer this week in an effort to Securities Act in the deceased's home as his second liberalise the

the issuance of re- connection with concubine, Her mother' had

deceased, mining securities.-United Presa, ceived $1,000 from the and she had then been taken away per S. C. Gold Bar Co. from her own home by the deceased.!

At his home she performed the customary duties of serving tea to the principal members of the family and lived in the home for 16 years.

The case is proceeding.

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To-day's Short Story.

CREDITORS CALAMITY

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EXTENSION PLANS AT BASLE.

Bank Of International Settlements.

Wcluded Mat

con-

By John Talland.

*I'm

TELL that's `that!"

"Listen here," said Young Mat Finnigan, vehemently to the assembly. taking cigarette from his fin with you, and I'm only, sorry I'm pocket and thrusting it between not allowed in the job-on the spot his thin, lower lip and yellow see? I'd show you somethin' upper teeth.

"How you feelin'. then! I've worked with you before,] Boste, To-day. Young Un?"

haven't 17. Ever known me scared?" Plans for increasing the usefu}~]

Young Mal smiled the sophis His. ayes flushed as he spoke. ness of the Bank of International ticated smile of the habitual and "Well, that's that," drawled Mat Settlements were considered at the hardened criminal. At nineteen he Finnigan, senior, again. "Let's get meeting of the governing body. Feb-felt as old, as experienced, as tough these pointa fixed right. You, Fred, terday. For example, making it a

as any of his father's associates. have got to have that airplane of clearing house, for international His answer: Don't you worry yours all "fixed up, full of juice postal and telegraph relations, and 'bout me." was uttered in tones (don't forget that!) and behind! Hinternational railway accounts.

affected to inspire full confidence. those trees about a mile off the He was down for a tenth share main road where we'll be. Keep her of the haul-assessed at £30,000 ready to kick off at any moment in for his part of the adventure which case we're followed. had just been discussed and re- "Louis and Ikey Mo an' me 'ull hearsed, as far as possible, by the be just on the bend where we-work- | conference sitting in the banana ed and fixed the 'phone. Ikey full ripening cellar of Finnigan and drive the wagon, and we'll be drawn ¡Son, banana merchants.

up in the side turning with the rear of the wagon facing the road so 1

It is understood that there is a possibility of Canada and New Zealand becoming shareholders in the Bunk when their cur- rencies are stabilised.-Reuter.

LOCAL DOLLAR

STEADY.

Silver Prices Decline.

"I'll do my little bit all right-if you'll do yours!" and he ejected a thin jet of spittle from between his teeth in the most skilful manner. | His defiant stare was perhaps direct- ed more at Ikey Me than the others. That nondescript took it as a per- [sonal challenge. His eyes narrow-

The local remains steady, open ing on demand to-day at 1/53⁄4%.

Spot and forward silver prices!ed, to thin slits. declined 1/16 on Saturday, closing;

PARIS.

Visiting London Next Week.

Bee

TO-MORROW'S STORY

To-morrow's story will be "All Fools Court." by Lloyd Hooper.

prices being 19 15/16 and 20.00 his shrill falsetto, "an'

"You let us down." he piped in can get the gun facing the roadway,

what Louis 'all be by the roadside out of respectively.

happens! We made these arrange sight with the smoke bombs. The London on New York cross ments perfect we 'ave-an' if they "Now all depends on the Young rate closed on Saturday at £-U-S. Tail 'cos o you-gettin' chicken-''Un. We've given him the respon- $5.164 as compared with US earted or somethin' "-he tapped his sible job. He's got to watch them $5.15% on Friday, while the New bulging pocket significantly and discharging the stuff from the ship. York on London rate, quoted on finished-"I'll wring yer neck with They'll get it out and away in two Friday at £-U.S.$5.16%, yesterday me own 'ands!"

blinks of yer eye. We know it's go closed at £-U.S.$5.18.

"Shut it off!" interposed Louisting up to London by road, and it's Brant, glowering from beneath his certain that, besides the double heavy eyebrows. "The Young 'Un's guard with the driver, there's going SIAM ROYALTIES IN all right. What you wanna start a to be a police car. We know that. row about now?. You feelin' all What the stuff will be-the bulllon right, aren't you, Mat?" he com--I don't know, but I've got it! cluded anxiously.

straight that it's in cases, and it's worth over thirty thousand quid.

"Now from the ship to the place we've chosen is fiftech and a-halfj milea. If those cars, average more| than thirty miles an hour itil, be ni wonder. So from the minute 'the Young 'Un gives us the tip they're away we'll have just about half an For the possession of 27 lottery hour to get set and ready for 'em!] The King and Queen of Siam, tickets in Stanton Street yester- "Mat, I'll give you a test call 'erc whose official visit to Paris ended day, Yiu Chat was fined $30, in on the 'phone about an hour after with a luncheon at the Siamese Em-default three weeks' hard labour, we leave, and then we'll hold the bassy, on Saturday, will remain in by Mr. Q. A. A. MacFadyen at the line between us until I get your re- France for another 10 days, incog-j Central Police Court this morn-port. You'll have plenty of time; nito, and will then proceed to Lon-inx.

then to get out and down to the ship don, where they will stay for five weeks, Reuter.

London, To-day. Their Majesties, the King and Queen of Siam yesterday visited the] Palace of Versailles, including the Hall of Mirrors, where the Peace Treaty was signed.

ENGINEER THAWS DYNAMITE.

Smith, retired major, who died oferent languages are being pro- November 18, 1933, at 26 Philbeach duced here for the benefit of the Recovering In Hospital. Gardens, Earl's Court, Middlesex people of the Far North. Eskimo have been granted to William Al-and Tchoukhtchi are among those fred Weight, of Messrs. Thomas languages.

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N.R.A. ATTACK

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JOHNSON WILLING TO LET

Prague.

The chief engineer of a mine The greater number of the books at Trofalach entered his hand-1 are dictionaries, books for the use some villa and put three sticks of of schoolmasters and for adults frozen dynamite on a stove to get Jeduention themselves. The North-warm.

ern peoples are to receive 163,000) One wall of the house is still copies of books this year, compared standing. The man is recover with 90,000 in 1933-Reuter. ling in hospital.-Reuter.

LOTTERY TICKETS

CHARGES.

Two Offenders

The $50 ball of Lan Ho, who and keep us posted. Get all the in- But mind this! was also charged for being Information you can. possession of lottery tickets, was What we want to know most impor entreated for non-appearance

intant is: which car is first--the po-| court.

ce car or the doings. Get that in your nut! The exact time they! leave and which car is first! You ought to be back here with the news

LEAD STOLEN FROM

TELEPHONE CO.

Electrician Fined.

within a couple of minutes of them

getting away.

screen. The

"Now I'm banking the police car will lead as a pilot. They'll travel faet. When they're nearly due we'll let off the first smoke bomb in the Pleading guilty to the stealing of ditch on the windward side of the 27 pieces of lead, valued at $10, the road. That'll blow the smoke property of the Hong Kong Tele- across an' make a phone Company, Ng Tim, an elec. place being on a bend in the road, triclan, was fined $30, in default they'll slow up. Then we'll let the three weeks hard labour, by Mr. Qpolice car get away--if it's Brat- A. A. MacFadyen at the Central the road being bendy they'll get Police Court this morning.

nome way before they see they're Mr. W. G. Griffin, of the staff of not followed-and we'll bag the Becond-on the other side of the. the Hong Kong Telephone Company, Madrid, April 3. by aviators, enter the region plan- was in Court, and Detective Ser smoke screen.

Farrison at geant Guild prosecuted.

•Reports that German Nazis had ning to establish a armed an expedition to aid re-Ifni. belllous North African tribes

LICENSING POWER EXPIRE Spanish Stirred By Rumour That General Huah S. Johnson, the ad- Nazis Are Arming African Revolt

Washington, April 3.

ministrator, said to-day he would be satisfied to let the licensing power of the National Recovery Adminis- tration expire at the end of June rather than re-open the law to amendments by congress.

ask congress to renew his

power

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The authorities said they bellev. "NO KNOWLEDGE OF caused an international stir toed the Spanish troops would oc

It has been indicated officially to day as Spanish troops were order-cupy most of the territory without ad to occupy the district of Itai, firing but the troops have been eventuality and This is part of Spanish Morocce prepared for an

supplied with artillery.

that President Roosevelt was ready

to permit him to require licensee to ordering on the Río de Oro and operate business establishments un- der the N.R.A. codes, Associated French Morocco, and has been the scene of forays by warlike 'Moors against the French.

Press

AMAH GAOLED FOR THEFT OF CLOTHES

Army, navy and air forces were. reported here to have been order-

VANDALISM.”

Mr. Roe And C.LD. Uninformed.

"In any case we're going to get that stuff-if I have to turn the matter to me if I swing for one or machine-gun on both cars. It don't

six. But I'm not swinging-nor] are any of us! This is going to be easy-take it from me! In Chicago) Louis and me put it across 'em ́inj the Street-outside the Bank. This

in a picnic compared to that. Ain't The Sanitary Department state it, Loula?”. led to the region where the alleged that they have no knowledge that Louis Brant smiled enigmatically arms running ship was reported to act of vandalíam have been com- and waved his dark head from aide Paris dispatches said the report

be headed. The newspaper El Sol mitted at the Happy Valley Ceme to side in complete agreement. He of the alleged Nari expedition had printed a report, based on Paris try

was seated, as were the others, on caused France to ware military and London dispatches that gun Questioned this afternoon. ·Mr.|an upturned box. All, around were outposts in North Africa to be on smugglers sponsored by Germans C. T. Roe, Secretary of the Sand-the yellow bunches of bananas, the alert, Spanish authorities were were supplying arms to antitary Department stated that If hanging suspended by strings from An amah, Wong Chan; pleaded asked to guard against the landing French tribes whose rendezvous in any complaints were made they the celling. The atmosphere, hot

of a shipload of munitions in at Iful. guilty to the theft of clothing and

would come through his Offee, and dry from excessive gaa-heating. two finger rings from her em-charge of 10 Naxi troopers, sup-

Sultan Merebbi Rabbo was said}· Inquiries at the „Criminal In- had made him thirsty, and he eyed ployer, Mr. Lai Kiu of 59, Wan-posedly en-route from Rotterdam to have used Ifal as his base of vestigation Department also tall with longing the bottle of whisky chal Road, and was sentenced to on the steamer Optimist.

operations against the French. Heed to substantiate the reports of which stood beside Mat Finnigan's one month's imprisonment by Mr. Spanish government authorities recently surrendered to the acts of vandalism.

box, But it was not to be touched E. W. Hamilton at the Central doubted the truth of this report|Spanish": garrison at. Cape Juby'

yot! He knew how wise was the Magistracy this morning.

that German munitions were being but a brother was reported to be April 8 has been fixed as the edict that had been issued No sent to the isolated area but de-still active against the French, date for the memorial service to drinks until the last moment, and clared troops were prepared to operating from the Spanish pos-be held by Chinese community in then not too much. With a power- prevent the landlor.

session.g

Bring Shanghai for the late Dr. C. C. Wu,†ful wrench he broke off a banana

A Petition, that the "Kimigayo". They expressed the opinion that Ifni, a small Spanish districtifn-farmer Chinese Minister in from the bunch that Jogged his should be sung" before the Diet occupation of the Ifni-region]cluding a seacoast town of the Washington, and a member of the elbow. He peeled it deliberately proceeds with its daily business would be effected shortly by nams, is just north of the Rio de C.E.C., who died recently in the and flung away the skin, g has been submitted to the House Spanish African Jegionaires and Gro, and is surrounded by French Colony. According to a decision "As easy as eating "fruit," he of Representatives by Mr. Maju regulars, Several warships are Moroccan territory. It is in the reached by › Chipass bodies, the mumbled grinning, with mouth Norisugi, director of the Tokyo taking position along the court to same latitude in the Canary Islanda, service will be held in the Huehow overfull Musical Academy,li

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