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THE CHINESE PERJURY CASE. ALLEGED TAMPERING WITH A FIRM'S BOOKS.
In the course of the hoaring of the per- jury case in the Supreme Court on Tues
COMPANY MEETING,
THE HONGKONG DAILY PREAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 39ra, 1915.
onoo again waived their fees, and to ex- press regret at the total failure of our enterprise. Before moving the adoption of the report and nooounts, I shall be pleased The fifth annual general meeting of answer to the best of my ability any
HONGKONG AND SOUTH CHINA STEAM FISHERIES CO.
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MINISTERING CHILDREN'S
LEAGUE BAZAAR.
The "Merrie Mummers" show at the M. O, L. Bazaar at Government House on Saturday afternoon, the 30th instant.
day, Mr. Potter alleged that a certain shareholders in the above Company was questions which shareholders may desire promises to be an exceptionally attractivel
party had obtained access to and had tam held at the offices of the General Managers pered with the hooks of the Company (Messrs. Bradley & Co., Ltd.) at noon Mr. J. A. Plummer (Chair which were in the custody of the liquida. yesterday. fors (Mrs. Lowe, Bingham & Matman) presided, and there were also pre-
to ask.
Mr. MILLER seconded the motion. There were no questions, and the report and accounts were adopted.
feature of the day. The troupe deserve great credit for the trouble they have taken and the time they have given, toi rehearsals. Mrs. Villiers, Smyth, who
An extraordinary general necking fol- his so often charmed 13 with her singing since hai merival, in the 'Colony,
thews), Yesterday, in response to the went:Messrs. J. W. C Bonnar and Lowed, Mr. PLUMMER presiding. request of the Chief Justice, the Chinese / Shiw Hoi (Directors), Messrs, J. F. Miller, Tho CHAIRMAN said:--You have just is responsibl for arenging the dances) olerk, named Tang, who had charge of the J. M. S. Rozario, J. Hochá, Yin Kwok Cho heard road the purpose for which this and the grouping of the chorus.
kage, war eniled before the Court.
The
Kwan Yan Ting, Wan Yuk Ting, Leung
clork admitted that he gave the keys of Chek Tong, Ilo Te Hung. Lai Chi Faiting is called, and as there is really no
the receptacle in which the hooks were contained to the man Hung Shun Yen. He said that there was not room for the books, so they were placed in a clothes? cup- board. On Tuesday morning Mr. Shen- ton thy whom counsel for the prosecution
is instructed)
an
of
the
his way
Wo Ya Kai, F. Jeanilho, and F. Boving ton (secretary)..
fetch -4.0 asked Biur
Cz bucks.
I will
Mr.
V. G. Smyth and Miss Robertean, both other course open to as hut to go into of who took part in Capt. Crosse's ** Idol's Eye,” are also members of the voluntary liquútation, I do not propose to The secretary having read the notice detain you long. We have received a very Troupe, who are to be congratulated on favourable offer from Messrs, Lowe, Bingering the services of Mrs. Marley and Mr.. Muriel. Mr. Scales, H.A.M.C., convening the meeting.
who makes his debit before Hongkong The CitaMaN wid :--The report and hope & Matthew to wind up the affairs of tatement of secounts for the past year the Company and we strongly recommend.} antienes, only retires to be heard in the -* Merris. “Manniers" to gain hin having been in your hands for some time, their appointment as liquidators,
The whol I will, subject to your approvai, take same only add, gentlemen, the regret of your } popularity as amateur. as rend, but I will read to you the andi committee and ourselves that the probentertainment is worthy of generiais sup
return to shareholders is so infinitesimal. {part. It last hit an hour, ensis but 16 Cai Coram, he met Hungtors report, which is as follows:-
and provides heaps of anus men "in" Shan You. who said that he wanted
short space of line, and, is surely cheap at the price. Mr. Dermen - Fuller has taken a lot of trouble over the all Mr. MILLER seconded, and it was agreed | stage and its lighting. Mrs, O'Hara and' Mrs. Smyth are responsibi, for the the designs of the dress, and are originators of the production, in which Professor on- they are taking part. zales and a few friends are providing
all orehestra.
a change of clothing, and to sige him the trouble of going back again to his shop Witness handed him the key for him to obtain the clothing.
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fis lordships--Do you a to say you with keep the bookg of your firm mixed this clothing?
With They are all placed together. His Ladship Under whông instruction &
In our
We inve nudited the above batanes sheet with the books; vouchers, and so counts of the Company and have found sane in necordance therewith. opinion, the balance sheet is properly drawn up so as to exhibit a true and correct view of the state of the Com pany's affairs as at 30 June, 1916, Recording to the host of our information, the explanations given to us, and as Shown by the books of the Company. We have fained all the information, and explanations we have required.”
is it customary to give across to the firm's | IL is with much regret that I have to come: books 1
before you with accounts showing such a at one time Witness Mr. Rozn's in this particular disastrons ending to what
promised to be a hopeful business enter- prise. You are all aware of the many vicissitudes through which the Company
£350,
His lordship Access to the books! Witues. Yes, to both parties.
His lordship-I do not think there is has passed, and although we met with disappointments both here and in Shang anything wrong then.
Mr. Potter said that somebody should, which absorbed a great deal of our have been present when the box was capital, there was always hope for the future, but to-day we are faced with an
opened,
tions by both parties.
beg to propose that the affairs of the Company be voluntarily wound up and that Messrs. Lowe, Bingham & Matthews be appointed liquidators.
10.
The CHAIHMAN-That concludes the husi ness, gentlemen. I thank you for your attendance,
SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE.
MEMBERS WARNED AGAINST ENEMY TRADING..
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ML NIELSEN'S DEFIANCE.
What promises to develop into a lively controversy was precipitated last week when the following notice was posted on this bulletin board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange---
The Shanghai Stock Exchange is an Mr. Roza was called, and he gaid that even greater disaster in Japan, nur assets
institution incorporated under British Onli- nomers and under British law, and members overy other occasion he and the clerk hul have practically vanished and we hav
but voluntary are hereby notifiest that the Committer will been present. The clerk and always had deed nothing before the key. There had been numerous inspec. liquidation. You were informed by cir-te all means in their power to aphold H.B, 31.'s Regulations regarding Enemy quing in' Juno' last that the Kalle, Mary Trading,
"Certain neutral members are believed to had been blown ashore on the Goto Islands
have entered into transactions with clients during a severe typhoon. For days she and outside brokers who are subjects of was hattered about on the rocks and was caustries enemies to Great Britain. Whilst the Committee is at present unable to die in such an apparently hopeless position cipline neutral moners who deal with that notice of abandonment was tendercd|meny subjects, it is pointed out that any As ig usual in such British-member who knowingly deals with to the inderwriters,
scope of the King's Regulations.
Mr. Potter said he was instructed that about a week ag. Mr. Shenton made a -communication to Mr. Roza with referace to these books, which they had hoped would have resulted in these books not, getting into the possession of these people, unless
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FOREIGN DETECTIVE.
Considerable interest entred in the pro- ceedings at the Mixed Court at Shanghai last Friday relative to the big seizure of arms and ammunition the previous Sature. day afternoon. Since the last hearing an important development had taken place, viz., au altempt to bribe a foreign, detee- tive by an alleged Austrian subject for certain papers which it was thought were sized by the Police. The hearing was before Mr. Grant Jones, British Assessor, and Magistrate Yu, the accused bring? Tsong Tsz-dan (married, a stevedore), Ng Vung sing (married, a shopkeeper), aud Ng Sze-ping (married, a shopkeeper) They were charged for that they, on October 16th, 1915, at 804 Wooching Hond, Shanghai, did unius fully keep for mili pistols and 20 830 rounds of ammunition, contrary
Pravis'onat the Chinese Criminal Code section 205.
at any rate, some, responsible person was cages, however, our notice of abandonment. Such offending members comes within the dry purposes curtain-arms, to wit. 12
present.
His lordship said the clerk should not have done what he did. The sole objet of appointing a Receiver was to ensure that the effects were kept in proper cus tody, and if there was any irregularity in
the conduct of the Receiver or his em- ployees it upset the whole object.
Mr. Roza asked permission to make an explanation. He said that Mr. Tong re- presented him on the previous day and he was sent back by Mr. Shenton from the Court, under the instructions of his lord- ship, for the purpose of getting one of the books, and it was on his return that he gave up the keys. The clerk thought to Court was in a hurry to get the book. His act was quite quintentional,
His lordship I am not saying it was
not,
The incident then ended.
HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE
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therewith ".
COUNCIL,
was not accepted, and some fortnight later the Salvage Co, succeeded in salving the vessel, and finally towing her. a much bat- tered wreek, into Nagasaki Harbour.
that 1:0 should mention here
I
Tartunately,
For the protection of British members the Committee are willing to confidentially make known from time to time the names of these noutra imembers who are suspected of dealing with anticensed enemy subjects,
The Committed hereby not lies British members that in the event of their being King's regulations in the abov found to be knowingly contravening the they will forthwith be suspended, and infer antion regarding their case will be before the Crown Advocate.
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"F. CROSSLEY, Chairman,"
MK. GURDIES NIELSEN'S DEFIANCE. Mr. Gordius Nielsen, who happens be one of the four neutrál members of the Stock Exchangt-there are two American and two Danes-Just no time in taking up
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Mr. K. B. Newman appeared for the
prosecution, acting on behalf of the Police, Mr. G. D. Musso appeared for the Prisener Tong Tazdan, Mr. Hobrow Hinckley appeared for Ng Yungsing. appeared for Ng Se-ping, while Dr. Mr. R. F. C. Master watched the case an Mr, Newman said that before he went behalf of the Chinese Maritime Customs. into the case he had an application to make, and it was that an order be made with regard to a certai sum of $50 which had been handed to a foreign detective hy a certai man whom he thought he was right in describing as an Austriun, and whose name was Fromm,
blame apparently attaches to the Captain, who appears to have navigated the vessel in scamailike matuer, but the little vessel was unable to make headway against the enormous spa and strong wind prevailing, and finally drifted nshore, no fires were lost owing to the accident. A survey of the vessel in dry ilock revealed very extensive damage indeed, and the cheapest estimate for repairs, merely to make the vessel seaworthy, amounted to Yen 20,000) "The question arose, gentle-tary men, where was this money for repairs to The vessed was insured on caine from? what is known as Trawlers Terms," that is to say, against total loss, wollision and salvage charge, and, therefore, the cost of the actual repairs would fall entire, as a mentral, hove dealt with, and intend ly on the owners.. The directors of the Company in Japar mado careful enquiries as to the terms on which they could obtain a loan, but the terms were such as to pre-declined to deal with subjects of the othering the money, whether is should be con- clude any possibility of successfully work-savage belligerents.
Mr. Grant Jones-De you meae offered? Le cudgels for the neutrals.
Mr. Newman-Yes, and actually tender- dressed the following letter to the screed to the foreign detective, who has the
of the Exchange:-
at..
The Secretary,
notion
Shanghai Stock Exchange,
Cle DEAR SIR,--Referring to posted by the Committee Today with regard to neutral mumbers of the Exchange drolong with so-called enemy subjects, will you he good enough to inform your Committee that to continue to deal with, Germans, Aus trians, Turks and Bulgarians, Apeut dues to take sites, and it would be as proper, if the Committee's contention he good, for me to deal with Britishers if
pulsion,
money here. Counsel continued that on the night of October 15th. Fromm and a friend of his went to Louza Police station where they saw Detective Quayle. The detective was offered $900 if he would obtain certain slips of paper which he understood the police had seized on one of the defendants in the case, and which he did not wish to ceme before the Court Quayle refused the amount, and on the Bunday afternoon the man again went into his room where he was lying on the bed and deposited $50, Mr. Newman described it as a subsidiary matter, but he asked for an order to be made regard-
fixested.
Detective Quayle stated that about mid- night an October 18th he heard & moter- recognized as Fromm got out with another car at Luuza station. A man whom he mau and asked him if he wanted to carn
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A morning of the Council takes place to-day. The Orders of the Day **
Neither the Committe nor the British First reading of a Bill intituled, "Auing the vessel, and therefore they strongly Government can impose jurisdiction on me. Ordinance to amend the Full Court recommended selling the Trawler in her Their only remedy, if they desire to lures if they can do it. The next step would Ordinance, 1912, and to make further damaged condition and winding up the their attitude, is to attempt an expulsion provision for the constitution of the Full Company. With this decision your con for Lise Committee of the Shanghai Club Court."
sulting committee could only reluctantly is forbid sentral members to deal with the a few dollars, Witness asked him what First reading of a Bill intituled. "An
concur, since we were not in re position to enemies of Great Britaju or to suffer ex-hus meant, and he said that that afternoon
a big seizure of arms and ammunition had BEFORE Ordinance to amend further the Trading furnish further capital ani, an
Thnt writes plainly is because the been made in Kashing Road, and he with the Enemy Ordinance, 1914."
tempt to carry on the Company or Committee Juve adopted the Committee of wanted to know how many meu had been Safety inquisition of the Freach Revolu- arrested and what quantity of arms. The First reading of a Bill intituled, "An dened with a heavy loan would prob-on with its attendant secret investigations, witness roug up the Harbin Road station, and general lobeand-corn and was told that such a caso had happen. Ordinance to amend the Magistrates' Ordi-
ably only have led to a still greater disoccusations mance, 1886, and for purposes connected aster in the future. The wreek was, there- policy. which is one of the most despicableed, and he then told Fromm and his com-
forms of rule, instead of frankly asking
an arrest had been made. Fromm stated the Committee quite lost their heads, or that a friend of his had some papers in
British stupid Second reading of the Bill intituled, fore, sold for the best price we could neutral members of their doings. Have panion that all he could tell them was that
obtain, viz., Yen 3,350-and the spare gear it another specimen of
the case, and that they would probably asked him his friend's name, and he replied that it was Nielsen. He stated that there was a pocket book and some
contained па which
and papers addresses. His friend was particularly enxious that these addresses should not be brought before the Court. Witness said he did not know any particulars just then, but he promised to meet Fromm the next day. On Sunday, about 11.30 p.m., ho met Froma on the Nanking Road, by PEKING, October 20th. The Hahn Chinese Spinning and accident. He had promised to meet him in Foochow Road, but was unable to get Weaving Company, which is promoted by there. The witness told From that he Chou Hsueh-hsi and Li Shib-wei with a had not found out anything, but he had capital of $10,000,000, was sanctioned by hopes of doing so. Or the following day, the President to-day. The company has Monday, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, six months by the Darlington magistrates just $2,230.54 of our capital remaining. I been granted a thirty years monopoly in as he was lying on the bed in his room, last month for attempting to obtain
Fromm went in and said he had $200 to information calculated to be of value to do not think I can add anything further Chilli, Shangtung, and Honan.
It is rumoured that Japanese capital has give him. He left 950 on the bed and the enemy.
The charge was under unless to mention that your general been invested in the new enterprise-then went away. Section 18 of the Defence of the Realm
managers and consulting committee have N.-C. Daily News. Begulations.
An Ordinates to apply a sum not realized an additional Yea 1,181, The officialdom, à la the genins who framed the exceeding nine million eighty-one thou Nisshin Giogyo Kabushiki Kaisha ha, silly regulation for doing forward business? be found on a man named Tsong. Witness
sand two hundred and nine dollars to the since been formally wound up and with Public Service of the year 1910."
Second reading of the Bill intituled, the exception of one item, viz., a propeller, An Ordinance to provide for the incor for which it is expected to realize Yen 100 poration of the Mother Superioress in the affairs of that Company have now the balance of this Colony of the Society of the been liquidated and
Daughters of Charity of the Canossian Institute,' by which the institution known as the Italian Convent is carried on."
Mrs, Luiso 3. O. Herbert, wife of a Darlington curate, was sent to prison for
Yours truly,
"GORDIES NIELSEN,"
NEW CHINESE SPINNING AND WEAVING CO.
Yen 5.128.00 (5,845-53) has been trans-A MONOPOLY FOR THIRTY YEARS.
Turning to our ferred to our accounts. balance sheet, gentlemen, you will notice that this leaves us with total assets amount ing to 90,783-57 and abilities (outside of capital) 83,373.03; in other words, we have
The money was ordered to be confiscated.
SOLE AGENT::
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