THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 16TH, 1909.
You have heard Mr Power make some com- ments on the statement of accounts made by. you up to June 30th --I heard the evidence, I understood hu to say that the expendi ture for the quarter on construction account as shown in the quarterly abstract ought to be $32,000 more than I had shown.
currency socount to the Hongkong and Shange hoi Bank, because he wanted to start in that bank ne soon as it was opened. The day the Hongkong and Shanghal Bank opened witness. interviewed the manager, and asked if he intend. ed having local currency accounts. The manager said he was not going to touch local currency
His Lordship-I anderstood him to say that until he got some experience, so defendant was thrown, back on the old plaz. He told Mr.the $32,000 was recorded twice over. Grove that he had closed the Hongkong currency account at the International Bank by transferring the balance to the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, and stated that he would transfor the other Becount sh soon as the bank opened a local currency account.
-him to get away as soon as he could for a claage Witness was told by Mr. Power that an offcial andit would begin on August 10th. He showed the second accountant all the books, explained the system adopted and the technicalities, and to his mind the books were clear enough for any professional auditors to proceed on. He thought the audit would take a couple of months, but did not think there was any occasion why he should not go away. Under clause 7 of his agreement he could absent himself. for any period not exceeding thirty days on the score of ill-health. He sent a modical certificate to the managing director with the intimation that he was going-Witness did not think that the sanction of the managing director was necessary. He first mentioned that he was go ing in the parly part or in the middle of Angust. He spoke of lus departare quite freely to his friends and told-Mr: Famer on August 30th that he was leaving by the Tenyo Maroon
What have you got to say? I considered the 3rd of the following month. In July Mr. Grore explained to him and Mr. Power that it I was responsible for the whole of that → would be necessary to transfer the railway offices cash balance. Whether I took that $13,000 to Tungahan, and stated that the offices out of one pocket and put it into another, or And residences would be transformed
On whether I took it out of one drawer and put it October 1st. That was why witness took
into another, I was responsible. I did not ear.
We are now going to deal with the specific cheques which the prosecution allags have been, taken. You have heard the evidence Yes.
Have those transfers taken place From accounts I to 3!
Yos? They have taken place.
Witness Deducted twice over. If the so- count was altered as Mr. Fower suggested the Estanes would be reduced by $32,000, and the constraction account would cours-down-from 8151,000 to $129,000.
Cross-examined by the Crown Advocate, You were appoluted at Home as chief account ant of this railway under agreement?—Yes.
And you undertook to carry out the terms of that agent? Yes.
You know the preliminary work in the con- straction of a railway necessitates very large sams being drawn from time to time from the Available for construction account?—Yes. expenditure.
THE MANILA OPIUM CASE,
EVIDENCE AS TO TRANSACTIONS
- IN HONGKONG, -
We take the following report from the Manila Cablenews-American of the 10th inst
The Grant-Kennedy opium trial consumed the entire day in court yesterday and closed with the attempt of the prosecution to, show that the correspondence that formed the basis of the testimony given both in the morning and the afternoon and on which the defense depends to show that Kennedy was not the importer of the drugs, had not passed between the parties
as cisimed After
prolonged examination and cross- examination of Detective Cooley, who heard the conversation between the two defendants, Ker nedy was placed
Barker dusires to deduct 3,000 dollars Mom.: from the purchase account to pay for the tabes as mentioned in the 3rd paragraph of the copy of conditions furnished by Mr. Grant and mailed to you on the-inst, the prics. for tulios is to be accounted for Fee and Bar. both of them. But I do not understand the reason why Mr. Barker demanded me to for the tubes. It is true the letter from Graat to Mr. Barker has not yet been received P. Please arrange with Mr. Grant to communicate by esElegram and oblige,--- Yours very sincerely,
"W. HOYMAN.” While the prosecution assailed the authenticity true they clearly demonstrated that Kennedy was guilty of conspiracy to import the drug even it he did not actually participate in the importation.
of the lattors it maintained that if they were
"That a special fund of 10,000 Mexican or F3,800 was to be raised between Hongkong and Manila for the purpose of buying Fe's cloth. That the total weight of the goods was to be 200 pounds and if more or less a corresponding deduction or inorasa should be made at the rate of 44 dollars Mexican per pound,
Coutuming his testimony Kennedy stated Kennedy tested the stand by the defence.
that he had known Grant that he had conversations with Grant as to the for about ten months and had met him in contents of the letters received and sent. Asked Hongkong last November. He saw him again as to the agreement entered into and mentioned later and had an interview with him in lis in the thad letter, Kennedy said it was as
June 22. He came to office
my office," follows: said Kennedy and told me that he had just come from Hongkong. He asked me to buy from him four iron tabee that had been made in Hongkong, offering to all them for 3,000 Hongkong dollars. He told me they were at Mr. Barker's warehouse there. He further told me that the tubes had been especially made for the purpose of opium smuggling. He me 2,500 dollars for so doing. The tubes were to contain opium.
I then wrote to my business agent in Hong kong about the matter. I also gave a lettor of introduction from Grant, to Mr. Barker for my agent, Hoy Man
stops-to pack his things with the object mark any notds or coins, but I regarded, all the There would not be millions of dollars at any offered to bring them to Manila, and to charge of the goods were to be accounted for by Fe and
accounts as mine; for which I was responsible.
His Lordship--Yon regarded all the money, as your own P
Defendent-No. Sir, I regarded it as in my custody.
Did you consider it right and proper that those large sums-millions of dollars-should be simply in your pocket or in your safe
time. It would be in sums of money as require ed for monthly expenditure..
Did you consider it your duty as chief- accountant to organise any system by which that money should be in your own pocket !---- I thought it was the correct thing so long as I was responsible.
"That the four tubes including the amount Bar themselves. That the goods must be of. superior quality, and Fe and Bar were to hold
at themselves responsible in esse accident or risk occurring and that the intermediary should not be implicated
any
of being ready to TAMOTG, He saw Mr. Lorria with reference to notioneering some of his effects. The rooms in which he lived were two or three times, or perhaps four times, the size of the rooms provided for him st Tangshan. If he put his dining room furniture in the horse provided by the railway he would have had to stay outside. He put a limit on the things he wanted sold. His servaits ware still in Canton, whers he had n-fow out. standings, some $5,000 or over, but he did not necessary to pay money in Hongkong or to understand that on that account/you could the deal and that Kennedy was not responsible furnished by the intermediary for tho purchase make any effort tʊ collect it beforn the loft Canton dollars they were entared for whated think the two cases are exactly |"tranenction and the letter of introduction, and
Proceeding, witness stated that in consequence of the loan agreemont he considered it irregular to have a cash book showing two-currencies
He opened his cash book, and when it became
aver
:
As regards Mr. Wei'e keeping money in a native bank to buy land, did you wish this Court keep money where you liked and how you analogous. He was responsible at the end of the quarter, and as long as the expenditure was reported in the quarterly statement, I was not concerned with the balance of the deponit, as the the railway for the difference, managing director was personally responsible to
As regards the three particular amounts you are charged with having mimppropriated,
How was it that you did not, having private
Because I did not think it necesary immedi- means of your own, replace those sums?-- staly.to do it.
One of those sums, 310,000, was put ont at interest, was actually repaid, and was not paid into the railway accounts, but into your own private account, out of which it had not been drawn -It had been drawn.
the bill was, The amount of the bill would be shown in an "Ao7" form, which was the standard form used on all State railways in India. The payment would be expied into the cash book, but there was no defnition to show whether it was made in Hongkong or Canton dollars, no reference to any bank being givon. The diffenlty in giving bank references would be that a cash book would be needed with four or five lateral columns. if he had to dis. you did take them out of the railway accounts tinguish between the different currencies. Ato pay them away?—I admit that. that was prohibited by the loan agreement he put everything down as Hongkong dollars in the cash book. In defendant's view the engineer in chief had no authority to sanction anything. The cash book was a record from which the official balance eculd be struck, and his method of keeping it was borne out by thirty years' experience, as such books had been kept in other parts of the world. On the.
His Lordship-What is your answer? Yon receipt (side of the cash book would be found took out this money, why didn't you put it back the whole of the cash available for construction, in a railway account P-I thought it immaterial and a specific transfer of the money from whether it was in one, two or three account. London to China from time to time which was As regards the 23th June, was this an lodged in the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, attempt to pay back 813,000, or simply an All payments from that money appeared on the attempt to close-up-secounts E-It was primari expenditure side of the cash book. The accounts ly the closure of the International Bank were balanced each quarter, when thera balance, and ita transfer en bloc to the Hongkong an absolute balance in the cash book and Shanghai Bank, because that bank was of the amount of expenditure and the opening in July sad I had no justification to amount of cash. The defendant received a
sentints the account in the International Bank. Besides, those accounts were opened at my per. sonal risk, and if the bank stopped payment I should have to make good the money.
WLB
In re-examination witness said his system of keeping the accounts was the Government system. A large number of cheques drawn ON the ccnstruction account were paid away-imune- diately.
Witness' effects in his house and in-godown ho valued at over $5,000. A friond booked a barth for him on the Tenyo Maru. On arrival at Shanghai he was arrested, the specific charge mentioned in the warmut of arrest being for embezzling the sum of $13,000. The charges against him now were for larceny of the sams. of $5,000, $13,000 and $4,000. When witness first arrived at Canton there was an account called the railway constraction account in the International Bank. That was opened with a sum of $10,000 before he arrived, and was operated upon by the joint signatures of the managing director and the chief account ant, according to the sub-section of the title. Witness read the railway agreement to read that no monies were to be withdrawn from the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank and deposited in any other bank. The managing director spoke to him, and be approached the agents in Hongkong about it being desirous, under instractions from Poking, to have $100,000 transferred to the Bank of the Board of Posts and Commumics tions. While in Peking the President of the Board spoke to him about this matter, and asked him if he could arrange to transfer part. of the loan funds to the bank in which he was interested in Canton. Witness dis- cussed the matter with the agent and the Cor- poration in Hongkong, but they said it could not be done. The other accounts referred to In the agreement, to anyone who know about payment of $10,000 on his own account in railway accounts, meant revenue poconuts connection with the floating of a loon. He of sections of the railway which might also sold a third share in a patent medicine for be opened during the progress of com- $8,500, and retained the two remaining shares. struction. It was the duty of witness to During the last eighteen or twenty months considerable private look after the construction account and the witness had bad revenus accounts of the line. The keeping of means, and had made some payments on funds outside the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank behalf of the railway out of his private bank was an infraction of the agreement, and the book. On Jane 3rd defendant worked out his accounts in the International Banic were opened book: balance and compared it with the amounts by witness on his own initiative, and without still standing at the Hongkong, and Shanghai reference to anybody. The system of drawing on Bank in Hongkong and the rest of the cash in his hands: that was to say, in the the construction account in Hongkong with the two sigantures was found to be absolutely un- other two secounts at the International Bank. workable. When work began in earnest large In the process of verification he get a differ. sums of money were wanted and wanted quieldy once, and as it was necessary to ascertain that difference he was proposing to transfor the Contractors presented their hills and had to be paid quickly. Witness could not koop whole of the funds back to the Hongkong and them waiting for days until the joint signa. Shanghai Bank. Witness scrutinised all the ture to draw money from the construction entries in the International Bank haok and account was obtained Mezers Deacon and
saw that the $13,000 which formed an item Co, who were the Canton agents for the of the charge, which was about the differ Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, were not able ence between the balance and the money, at any time to give him the funds he wanted, would have to be paid back to the Hongkong so be called on the manager of the Interns and Shanghai Bank. As it previously appeared tional Bank and said he would like to open in his private pass book, and had not been
Despite all the attempts to observe the Com- two socounts in his
and to refunded, he thought first of paying it back into be operated upon by him. One he wished the International Bank before the transfer of monwealth law Chinese still find their way into the whole balanco to the Hongkong and Shang- Australia, and an instance of how the practice the to call
Hongkong currency BC-. count to enable him to make quick poyments in hai Bank. That $13,000 enabled him to verify, is carried on was supplied at the Magistracy Hongkong currency. The other he wished to balance and close his account of June 30th, yesterday when six men were placed before Mr. call the Canton currency account, and that and was the final difference between his Hazeland for stowing away on the .s. Eastern the bound for Australia and one man charged with would enable him to make payments in Canton account and the other accounts in
It reade no absolate siding and abetting. Two of the atowaways currency and to feed the district engineers, International Bank. He wished this distinction kept so that transfers difference to the engineerin-chief whether a wore sentenced to nine months hard labour' from one to the other could he readily effected, sum of $20,000 was in the International Bank and the case against the four Witness considered these accounts to be under Hongkong currency account, the Bank of Eng manded pending the hearing of the charge his own control, and that, he was responsible for land, or in a bank at Shanghat. Witness did not against the man for aiding and abetting, at the monies in them because he had acted ultra at any time believe that any of the same of $5,000, they will probably be wanted as witnesses. vires. No one else could draw on these accounts, $4,000 or $13,000 were due to him from the rail. but on one secasion when an urgent payment way, but from time to time be handed themanaging was necessary while the defendant was away, Mr, director about one and a quarter million dollars Power was allowed to draw $5,000. On his return for works connected with the railway. When however, he was asked to regalarise the utter by defondant epshed cheques for engineers they signing a choquo. There was also an account were paid the difference in exchange. for $3,000 kept in. a Chineze bank for the purpose of meeting Custom payments in Hai- kwarteler These wegpants-were-opened in Mr. Douglas Part of the case for the pro-themselves in most uncomfortable positions and the early part of 1908, and were continued secution is the you were absconding to Shang where they were almost choked by the dust
Own name
The examination of defendant was continued after the titin adjournment
Before you adopted this system you care- fully studied the systems adopted on other railways in China?--Very carefully.
Are you of opinion that the system you have adopted is more satisfactory --Yes, I am of opinion that it is far more scourete,
Prior to this certain correspondence has been offered in evidence and received subject to the objection of the prosecution. These letters formed the basis of the argument for the defence, it being the purpose of Kennedy's attorneys to show that Grant-led-engineered for the importation of the drug. The first letter introduced related to the opening of the
was as follows:
"That Fe should not be responsible for any accident or risk surring after the goods had been actually delivered to the purchaser. That all the expenses for transportation and freight, etc., should be paid by Bar und Fe.
"As agreed upon between the parties to the desi, e afficient amount of money should be of the cloth. This agreement was dated July 6, 1909.
Kennedy further testified that Barker was to pack the goods and hand them over to Grant, who was to pay all charges and transportation. The empty tubes were to be reshipped to Hongkong for use again when opportunity occurred. In the case of re-use the cost of the shipment would be P 1,000 less that before.
at his
Kennedy testified that he met Grant rooms at the Nevada Hotel and that Grant naked him to loan him P 2,000 to fight his case. "I tried to leave, said Konnedy,
"Manila, P. L., June 22nd, 1909 My dear Mr. Hoyman "I beg respectfully to inform yon that an American by the name of Mr. Grant, who is at present engaged in mining business at Manila, called at my office yesterday morning and he had a conversation with me about opium business. According to what he said he had four tubes made for the use of anuggling which can contain 200 lbs. of opium but he stopped me and persisted in and that the above tabes are now kept in the his request. I refused to make the losn hours of his agent, Mr. Barker, at Hongkong. Two or three days later I again saw Grant and "He also informed me that he wanta 3,000 he asked me to learn the city saying that the dollar Mex. for the above mentioned tubes, as was a serious one and if I left Manila he and also 2,500 3lex. to bring them in, thus would be secure, otherwise he would be convicted. making
total of 5,500 dollars Mex., which A few days later he sent one La Breton, who includes all general charges between Hong-was staying at the Bay View Hotel, to see mo kong and Manila. He also said that he can and ask me to leave for the same reason. He guarantee that the 5,500 dollars are to be paid wanted me to leave on the Mongolia, which nder the condition after the goods are safely sailed the day before I was arrested. He said delivered by kim here.
if I left he would turn States' evidence and could thas escape punishment.
"I send herewith a letter of introduction from Mr. Grant. Please bring it and go to see Mr. Barker. You may do what you deem proper."
He stated that had the opium arrived safely in Manila Grant would have made a profit of P700 on his investment of P2,000 according to His own profit would have verbal contract, been 10 per cent, on the P8,800.
He stated that he communicated all messages and cables received to Grant. That he had four or five interviews with him about the ombles. As to the cost of the 200 pounds of
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really part of the machinery ordered for the company. An effort will be unde by the defence to show that one or more of the other cables now is code were sent later countermand- ing this order to duplicate.
These cables will be deciphered by the defence and rointroduced as evidence for the purpose of showing that Grant had engineered the deal in Hongkong and was the real importer of the drugs.
Hoy Mauis supposed to have taken the letters of introduction to Barker and tells of his recep. tion as follows in his alleged roply
"Hongkong, June 29, 1909, "My dear Mr. Yush Kai: of the 22nd together with a letter of in opium in Hongkong he said it was about P4,000 on a draft on the International Bunk”
"I was in receipt of your favour under data troduction from Mr. Grant, on the morning of the 25th instant. I have learned all its
contents.
"I had interviewed Mr. Barker with the letter. I talked with Mr. Barker about the tubes. I asked him to let me see them, but Mr. Barker demanded that I must give him 500 dollars Max, before he could allow me to see the tubes.
On cross-examination Konnody seknowledged that he know Grant was to bring opium to Manila and wrote to his agent to tell him to do what he deemed proper in the case. Grant was to deliver 200 pounds of the drug
to him. Speaking of the Interview at which Cooley unknown to him, was present, Kennedy denied many of the detective's statements as to the cou versation hold. He said that Grant wanted his
Kennedy's book-keeper was again pat on the stand yesterday and identified the correspon- Grant had testified that on May 14 he had dence and cables introduced on Saturday.
for-the sum of P5,900. Mr. Webb of the bank was called yesterday to testify that the draft
for P2.200 only and was payable to George
Lindsey of Londen.
After the encounter between the attorney and placed on the stand and testified that he was the the detective the interpreter Kempton wax broker of Kennedy and that he went to China left on the Mancharía, "I was greatly surprised by such courronco. P2,000 back or the shippment had been seized. in July last on one month's vacation. That be
he that prossention pressed Kennedy hard about I failed to look at the tubes, because I would ahoone that and been paid by him to an org-examinatipelled to make appliondon rather not succeed than be ignored by him.
certain McIntyre, and after much effort Please notify Mr. Grant and see what elicited the statement that he paid him between for pormission to leave the islands and return, shall do. I am, very sincerely yours,
5,000 and 6,000 pesos. Aaked what for, the thirty days before the date of leaving he being He added that he made an effort to have this defence objected that the answer might in classed by the Customs authorition as a labourer, criminate the witness in another deal that was
waived and
This succeeded. Information was olicited by the prosecn not charged in this complaint, and saked that provision the witness be warned that he was not ton to show that Kempton loft for Hongkong bound to answer questions incriminating himself. After a hot delate in which all the in a great hay he had any other broker attorneys and the judge took a part, the question
Asked whether
was again put and the defendant replied that he be hesitated and then replied that he had one in London, and that he had none in Hongkong. paid £5,900 to a Chinaman with which to buy Asked as to his brother's business in Hongkong contraband goods.
"W. HOTMAN:"-. The rest of the tranasotion explained in Kennedy's next letter and his agent's reply thereto as follows:
"Manila, P. J., July 6, 1909. "My dear Mr. Hoyman:
On July 3rd I received your letter dated June 29th. The next day. I went to see Fa During the interview I spoke to Fe about the matter in detail in regard to Bar's demand from you for 500 dollars Mex, before he could let you see the tubes. He said that it was very unreasonable if he had made such a demand He also said that it might be Lar's. The only other witness called in the afternoon opinion that if you would not take it after it was Chi Chak Hen, who alaimed to be the book- had been shown to you, you might spy every keeper of Kennedy and the writer of the letters The hearing was adjourned til this thing out and it would be known by others. and interpreter of the code cables rengived and
sort. morning.
You had to send the district engineers! Canton currency notes ?--Yes...
There would be no use sending a obeque P- No. I tried to send them funds through a Chinese baak, but there was sons doubt as to its solvency..
STOWAWAYS' SUFFERINGS.
weg rê:
How the man got on board is not very clear,
but it appears thet with the connivance of some of the Chinese on the steamer they made their way on board the steamer from their respectivo boarding houses the day before the steamier tank her departure. They were kept down in the fromen's quarters for almost a day and then gul. into the coal bunkers, 'where they had to huddio
"Fo himself has this day written to Bar and explained everything to him in detail. He has adopted some new conditions with me, I send you herewith a copy of it, and I wish you will follow the conditions accordingly.
Fe informed me that the goods a tabes must be ready so that it can meet the steamer which is sobeduled to sail on July 20th, 1909, and must not pat spything on delay Per instructions of Fe you can go to see Parker and collect from him 5,500 dollars Mox. The receipts must be written thus's
The prosecution starting from this point went deeply into the question of the conspiracy to carry out this and other similar denia
Detective
he
it
Who is Kai Mi? asked the prosecution.
said that he had none.
That in my brother, Kennedy, was the reply;
is his Chinese name.
What is your Chinese name ?-Kai Tong.
Has your brother any other Chinese name? After some hesitation Kempton replied that
man.
he had another, Ah Yuon! This latter name is the one appended to the sorrespondence that MANILA, Oct. 12. passed between Kehnody and his correspondent The trial of Grant and Kennedy for illegal in Hongkong, Hoy Man, also known as Hop- importation of opium closed yesterday in a whirl-
Following the testimony of Kempton the wind of excitement owing to a personal encounter defence rested, and the prosecution sanouneed between Attorney O'Brien and
Attorney O'Brien was acting in that it desired to cite Grant as witness in Cooley. conjunction with Attorney Walte on behalf of rebuttal of certain testimony given, but that Kennedy, and called as a witness the oficial Grant was at home in his hotel, a narvons and Attorney Colin, Grant's physical wreck. Chinese interpreter, Kampton, to prove that he attorney, was cited to bear out the statement. was a brother of Kennedy.
appearance caused a flow of sad told the port that he had called upon his Kompton's
client that morning but found him unable to Billingsgate that finstered tha particl
leave his room and suffering from a nervous oficials, pants, astonished
in his mind and was unable to converse "Fo also informed nie that the 2,000 dollars and grisly amused the mectators. It con- collapse. He also stated that he was wanderin
ligently. Efex, for his share can be collected from Bar, cerned statements which Detective Cooley was
In view of this the court decided to as he has money deposited with him. You alleged to have said about Kempton's identity procure cloth for him, turn to him and let him and whereabouts. Attorney O'Brien accused pack and sand. In case the amount is in- Mr. Cooley of saying something "antras, who sufficient, you can collect sufficient amount responded with "Hier." O'Brien then called for from Bar. We have formed a capital protection of the court, whereupon Assistant at his hotel. amointing to 10,000, Mex, in equivalent to Prosecuting Attorney Southworth remarked 8,800 pesos Conant, with a view of buying forcibly that Mr. O'Brian had caused the trouble
himself. this lot of cloth,
"Received of Bar 4,500 dollars Mex., being payment for Feaèhare and charge on Fe's account.
*"Mr. On has a share of 2,000 dollars Mex Foo takes 2,000 dollars Mex., but the 2,000 dollars taken by Fo shall be included in the The rate of Hongkong shares of 8,000. exchange is 88: The rest of it amounting to 6,000 dollars Mex, can be said to the Hong kong people.
"From this date in either of our letters or cables we should use the word cloth instead of opium. Fe means Mr. Grant, Bar meus
the
court
Judge Lobingier intervened and called all parties to order, informing the attorney that the matter was a privato one and must be settled out of court. He also warned the parties that farther disturbance in court would lay them open to contempt proceedings. this Apart from episode, the trial was a very unexciting one and but little of interest was adduced from any of the witnesses. One of the first steps of the defence was to produce a string address of Barker and Company of Hongkong.
The machinery containing the contraband was prepared by the Barker company and it was desired to show from the cables that Grant had many dealings with the firm. The prosecution held the cables to be of bat little value as they are unsigned and may have been sent to Barker and Company by other persons in Manila and are not necessarily cables from Grant.
One of the cables concerned the four tubes that contained the contraband and informed the
scspond
the trial until such time as Grant could be
brought to court or his testimony could be taken
WEATHER REPORT.
The Hongkong-Observatory yesterday issued the following report:
On the 15th at 11.50 a.m.-The barometer has fallen over the Philippines, probably owing to the axistance of a depression to the Eastward of the Archipelago.
The depression lying over the NE. part of the Sea of Japan yesterday, is moving into the Pressure has increased in S. Japan, while it Pacific.
now highest over the Yellow SOL.
Fresh NE and E. winds may be expected in the Fermess Channel and along the northern shores of the China Bea.
railway got notice that the Hongkong qud to that?--I had no intention whatever of found it impossible to remain ang longer in until the early part of uno, 1909. Then the hai. What have you got to say with reference Tast before the vessel was to eail the stowaways Mr. Burkor. Wo should use these signs in of cables sent from Manila to Arcade, the cable has given way over the Yangtze valley. It is Shanghai Bank wore about to, open a branch absconding de leaving the place any more than their hiding place and crawled out and mede a- in Canton. It then became necessary, other officer of the railway. I made up my
rush across the deck, only to be intercepted and if that was so, for witness to transfer mind all wonies back to the Hongkong and hoped to be back at the end of the captured by a party of detectives who happened Shanghai Bank, because there would then month so as to close the accounts for to be on board.
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and
be no justification under the loan agreement for September There was no need for me to any monies being in a separate bank. Witness give details to my assistant, who had to act ander called on the manager of the International my instructions as chist accountant What I Bank and told him he was afraid he would do object to is that I was not given a chance to Imnya to close the accounts in that bank, as other. offer suy explanation, but was arrested as a wise he might be brought to book. Witness felon, brought back to Canton and kept under transferred the balance of the Hongkong restraint, and up to now I have not been given
a chance of explaining anything.
our-letters or cables." And the reply:
"Hongkong, July 10, 1909. "My dear Mr. Yuen Kai:
Your favour of the 6th instant, together with a copy of the conditions, have been duly received. I will strange everything with Mr. Barker at an early possible date. I will get money from Mr. Barker to buy goods HOW TO EN BEAUTIFUL-Keep your.com/and then tara over the same. In reference potion, Mrs. Ellen's Crème Charmante, Lait
to the capital amount to be raised for flem that they had been seized by the, customs. Charmant and Special Skin Tonio, and Pondre Her Charmant will "onable you to do it. Specialities for the Skin are the study of a ifetime. A. 8. Watson & Co. Ltd. Sale Agents,
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Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 am. today, 122 inches.
The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon to-day is as follows
(N.E. and E
Hongkong & Neighbourhood
the purchase of the goods at Manila, authorities as containing contraband and that Formoss Channel my friends at Hongkong have already put up they must be immediately duplicates South coast of Chins between 8,000 dollars Mex inclades Fe's share was sent by Grant at of- one.
Hongkong and Lamooke, of 2,000 dollars Mer, and the rest, 2,000 dollars of the members of the Philippine Dredging South coast of China between Mex, to be distributed by Manila Mr. Company in the belief that the tubes were Hongkong and Hainan.......
showery. winds fresh;
N.E. winds,
fresh.
Same as No. 1.
Same as No. 1