·CHARGE OF FORGERY AND FALSE BRETENCES. CASTLEMAIN AGAIN BEFORE THE COURT,
Frank Carissle Castlemain was brought before Mr. Melbourne charged with having falacly pretended to Mrs. Allen! keeper of the Seamen's Institute, that the Asiatic Petroleum Coy, had guaranteed his board and lodging expenses to the extent of 265 per month, by means of which he obtained board end lodging in the Institute to the value of $7.10. He was further charged with uttering a false document, and also with forgery of a security.
Prisoner pleaded not guilty to all the charges, and reserved his defence.
Frank Allen, Sanitary Inspector, said his wife was manageress of the Seamen's Institute, where he also resided. On the 14th the prisoner cane to him and hand ed him a letter bearing the stamp of the Asiatic Petroleum Company, saying, as
be did so, that he was very pleased that the had been reinstated as assistant en gineer of the Company; that the better (produced) had been given him by a Mr. "Butterfield; and that the Company was standing as security to the amount of 305 per month for his board and lodging. Witness took the letter to his wife and she asked him to instruct No. 1boy" to supply board and lodging to the defendant to the amount of $65. On that footing defendant had received 'board and, lodging to the value of
$14.03.
Cross-examined by the defendant wit fiests said he could not explain why the value of the board and lodging he had received was stated now to be $14.63 when it was stated in the summons to be
$7.10.
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YACHTING.
THE HONGKONG DAILY TRESS. FRIDAY, JANUARY 19m, 1917.
ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB,
The results of the fifth of the series of Club Championship Races for the Handi- cap, One Design, and Heyward Hays and Gul Classes are as follows:
HANDICAP CLABY,
PRISONERS OF WAR.
AN APPEAL TO SAVE THEM FROM
·STARVATION,
ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL, FORTHCOMING ANNUAL
*MEETING.
(CONTRILUTED.)
The following letter from Mr. H. W Blade has been forwarded to us by Mr.
The annual meeting of seatholders. E. R. Halifax, han. sec. of the Hong and subscribers fixed for Friday, the 20th kong War Charities Committee, and we instant at 6 pm, at the City Hall, pro have much pleasure in giving it pub-mises to be of more than ordinary interest
in view of the recent remarks of Bishop Norris with regard to the duty of the inity to support their Churches and to take an active part in Church Reformt.
Course-No. 8, Lyemnun Beacon' (8), Kowloon Rock (8), Lyemun Bencro (8)|licity :-- Distance; 9.2 miles.
Yacht
Diono Rolla Jessica
Handicap Finishing Corrected. on Course timo time
M. S.
him. A Seritol
h. m. s
4-29 08
45
4.29 19
44
D.N.F.
Kathleen... 0 08 Colleen... 3 .22 | Muscoltà... 46/00
Aileen
3 04
Fosition
(1) Colleen
(2) Rolla. (3) Dioge
(4) Kathleen...
Jessica Mussetta.... Aileen,
4:40-40
4 80 28
4 29 08 4 28 38
4 34 32 4 25 0%
**December 12th, 1930,
*This is a begging letter, and I am writing to ask you to bring to the notice of the Committee in Hongkong who have charge of the money collected for War Charities the needs of our Prisoners in Germany and elsewhere. You may have noticed in the papers that the Central Points formes Points to date Prisoners-of-War Committes has boen formed to take over the charge of all of our prisoner. This Committee is a branch of the Red Cross, but, is worked as a separate organisation.
D.N.S. D.N.S.
ONE DEGION CLABS.
24 20
15
16 15
Course:No. 4, Lyemun Beacon (P) Cust Rocks Buoy (P), Channel Rocks (P). Distance, 8 milca,
Vacht
-on course
M.S.
time
h. m. 5.
4 21' 69
4/24:40
4 21 53
17
17
Aila..........Scratch Bonita Daphne...... Halcyon ...
time h. m. s.
4 99 40
Points for race Pointsto.dato
20
In addition to considering the accounts. for 1910 and clecting six Lay Members of the Church Body, the meeting will have to consider a motion by the Hon. Mr. Claud Severn aimed at the abolition of Pow Rents and the conversion of ail Seats in the Cathedral into Free Seats, and a communication from the Council of the National Mission recommending the broadening of the electɔral basis of the Cathedral Body."
The accounts show that Bishop, Norris
was not accurately informed when he stated that the people of Hongkong did not starve the Cathedral, unless, indeed, there was a touch of sarcasin in that re-
mark!
My brother Mareus offered himself for work with them about two months ago and has been sent out to Copenhagen to open a branch of the Red Cross there credit balance of $517.42 and closes with
with the main object of sending bread Handicap Finishing Corrected to the prisoners. He is supplying some 10,000 men with bread twice a week. The rest of the bread is sent out mainly from Switzerland. I also am working with them in London and have been made Organising Secretary, which entails a great deal of work and means trying to make the whole office run smoothly. In addition to myself, Guintess, of the Bank, works there, and this week I have got W. J. Saunders to join us. So there is quite a Hongkong element in the place.
Position (1)Daphne (2) Halcyon |(4) Bonita ...... (3) Ailer.........
I
HEYWARD HAYS AND GAEL CLASS.
431-90.
D.N.S.
Course-No. 4, Lyemun Beacon (P), Cast Rocks "Buoy (P), Channel Rocks (P). Distance, 8 miles,
Yacht
Handicap Finishing Corrected" time on Course
timo M. S. 1 m. s b. m. B. Lysbeth...Owes 43
4.39.03 Tubantin.... 43 Owl
Scratch Thecla Mrs. -Allen gave curroborative evidence Tinnotte
4.33 16 as to receiving the letter and asking herDawn.........Seratch
Lady Ursula
D.N.S. husband to instruct the boy." Witness Position Points for race Points to data. added that she gave defendant board (1) Thecla
(2) Lysbeth ... and lodging for some time, and he ran
(8) Dawn up a bill of 814.80, which be still owed
to the Seamen's Institute.."
Mr. W. A. Butterfield, Superintendent Engineer of the Asiatic Petroleum Co.,
D.N.S.
+
Rec. 43
4.31 59 D.N.F.
4 31 00
-4-83-16
Tulantia ... Ow!.. -Taiunette...
→Jody Ursula
8 A
95
22
..16
6
The result of the Third of the Beries said he knew the defendant. At one time of Club Championship Races for the he was employed-in the early part of, Cruiser Classes are as follows:- inst June as an assistant in witness
office. He remained there until the Yacht middle of September last, when he lefty
Position
ENGLISE "BIÚ.
The General Fund started with. &
adebit of 857.67. Compared with 1815 the income from pew rents, donations and was not by any means a year of liberal offerteries shows an increase, but 1015 gifts to the Church. Expenditure shows an increase of about 8000, which is more than accounted for by the cast of special On the other hand, there was repaire. no payment for passage-money, an item which must be faced this year.
Special collections show a gratifying increase of nearly $1,000, the conspicuous Fund items boing Prisoners-of-War (8909.4) and 2816.10, collected at Organ Recital for the Navy League Memorial Hospital.
The Organ Fund has not been touched; not because of the satisfactory state of the Organ but because the expected ex- pert Organ Builder has not yet arrived - from home. A large sum of money will be required this year to restore this: valuable instrument to its full power.
The Choir Fund shows a small credit balance due rather to economy than to liberality.
The small Endowment and Reserve Funds are unchanged; whilst the Assis tant Chaplain Fund shows a diminution of about $500 in its credit balance.
"The reason for forming the Com- mittee was the necessity of organising the despatch of parcels to the Prisoners, During a certain fortnight in August all parels going to Prisoners-of-War were very carefully checked and it was found that some 30 per cent, of thự men were getting hardly anything, while others were getting far too much, nad the surplus from these was in cases passing to the Germans, to Any member of the congregation whose say nothing of much illicit correspond-name does not appear in the printed ac
counts can qualify for a vote by sending a donation of not less than $10 to the ence.
Hon. Treasurer (Mr. F. B. L. Bowley), the Hon. Secretary (Mr, W. L, Patten- den), or the Senior Chaplain (Rev. H. Copley Moyle) before the meeting.
The meeting is open to all members of the emgregation, but only registered entholders and subscribers (including stbscribers of $10 or upwards to the Assistant. Chaplain Fond) are entitled] many to vote.
"It was then decided that all Regi ments should be asked to take full charge of all their men, and now all food raust
Handicap Finishing Corrected pass through the Regiment's hands. It
on course
time
M. S. Scrutch 38 00
h. m. s.
5 07 59
5 20 28
38 00
D.N.S.
10'00 D.N.S.
time h. tis. 5 07 59 4 51 38
has been the work of the Committee to organise this, and where a Regiment cannot undertake the work we do it for them,
"Every one of our Prisoners now Points for race Points to date receives 3 parcels of food a fortnight and
Irene ....... (8) Feathers
Vesper Queen Bee.
5
3
8 13
Fauthors... as his services were no longer required.
Ireno.. Castlemain had not rejoined the Com-Yespe: ...... Queen Bee.. pany, since. A lotter was handed to witness which he said was not in his handwriting; there was no resemblance whatever to his handwriting. He was away from Hongkong at the time the Jetter was dated, The Asiatic Petroleam
There were 3 competitors, namely, the Cb, did not guarantee the payment of Conexe, Scotengden, and Dorothy 11., defendant's board and lodging at the neither of which were able to complete Seamen's Institute, or anywhere else for the course within the time limit. The that matter. Defendant did not rejoin | race will consequently have to be re the. Asiatic Petroleum Co. on September stiled. 30th, as stated in the letter purporting
to be in witness' handwriting. Witness bad not seen defendant from the time
he had left the firm until that day.
Asked if he had any questions to put to Mr. Butterfield, defendant replied- Not a word, your worship.
CHINESE BIG,
SPORT.
CRICKET,
PEDAGOGUES ». PROLETARIAT,
For this game, to be played on the Club Ground on Tuesday next, the 23rd inst., Mr. E, R, Dovey, Goverment Analyst, the Proletariat will be represented by was handed, the alleged forged better, the following:-F. D. Bisseker, J. V. -which he had compared with specimens Brags, B. D. Evans, Comm. Gibson, of defendant's handwriting. Speaking R.N., R. Kennedy, M. M. Maas, E. J. B. -on the results of bis examination, Mr. Mitchell, J. Stalker, F. Sutton, H. R.
Dovey said the writing in the letters Taylor and R. P, Thursfield, contained eleven "habits" or "tricks"
of writing, and seven average measure mments and ratios, which were similar in what he called the suspected writings
The game will commence at 10 am. punctually.
VOLUNTEERS » RESERVES.
Į
13 lbs. of bread. Euch parcel weighs 10. lbs, to bring it within the parcels post limit. The information which we have gives us to understand that our men live practically entirely on the parcels which they receive, and in many camps their custom is to hand their German rations over to the Russian prisoners. These rations are barely enough to keep a vian from starvation. We have now taken over 9,000 men on our hands, which means the packing and despatch of some 2,300 parcels a day. The whole of the work is done voluntarily, practically the orly paid people in the building being the typists.
"The cost of keeping a man in food and bread comes to £2 3s. d, per month,
The enclosed slip gives you some in- formation as to adopters, but we have a large list of regiments to care for since that was printed.”
CENTRAL PRISONERS-OF-WAR COMMITTEE, Central Burend for Adopters.
4, Thurloc Place, London, S. W. An "adopter" is a person who pays regular contribution towards the supply of food for a specified prisoner- of-war.
a
Civilians and men in the regiments noted below require adopters.
To be fully adopted, a prisoner in Germany must receive 3 parcels of food and kilogrammes of bread per fort- night. Some nien, however, are already partially provided for. Adopters, there- fore, who do not see their way to adopt- ing & prisoner completely can adopt one- partially by subscribing money for one or two parcels of food a fortnight, or For bread only, or for a combination of these two,
The price of a parcel of food and the cost of a fortnight's supply of tread are noted against the regiments below,
The cost of maintaining a prisoner, packed for by this Committee, is £2 38. ad for four weeks, as follows:-
6 parcels of food at 6s....£1.10.0 · Brend
0. 7.6
22. 3.6
Total...
The name of the donor will be written on this label of any parcel despatched by us, and the prisoner's acknowledgment will be forwarded to the donor as soon as revived.
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so you will see that a large sum is re- quired. A large number of the people who were previously ending their. friends weekly or monthly parcels send us their money instead, but as the men on the whole are now receiving more than
Prospective adopters are requested to they used to do this money does not state to what extent they are prepared nearly cover the expense, especially as men who were not previously cared for to adopt men, and whether they have any now get their regular parcele. Anyone Preference as to regiment. The Bureau who pays for a man's parcels can have will do their best to meet their wishes.
Subscriptions are ordinarily payable which be intended to put in. The result Reserves on the Club Ground on Satur- them sent ous in their nature, and the every four weeks, but there is no objec Um. of his examination led to form the day J. V. Braga, K. Brayshay, B. D. acknowledgment which comes back from tion to payments of subscriptions for
Evans, E. W. Hamilton, R. Kennedy, M. the man is sent to the adopter.' opinion that all the letters were in the. Mash, E. . R. Mitchell, HE. Hongkong would care to adopt longer periods in advance.
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Baie handwriting.
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Cheques should be made payable to the Rt. Hon. Sir Starr Jameson, and crossed "Barclay & Co".
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Defendant said he would like to examine the "supposed exhibits," and he was allowed to do this.
Ho was charged by Inspector O'Sullivan, The Hon Mr. Mel. Messer (Captain and made a statement.
Detective Inspector O'Sullivan spoke you enough to show how much we are in let Royal Dragoons Superintendent of Police), said the sigte charging defendent at the Central need of funds and the least we can do nature on the exhibit produced was sign Police Station, on the first charge. In for our Prisoners in Germany, Austria, 7th Hussars reply to the charge defendant made the Turkey and Bulgaria is to keep them ath Lancers ed by defendant in his (witness') presence,remark" I prefer to make no statement from starvation. Of cours, the Germana 12th Lancers & 0 and defendant acknowledged it as his here. Certain documents were found ought to look after their prisoners them- vignature.
in defendant's boxes on the 8th inst.selves, but they won't, and we have no Witness found some blank mero forms means of forcing them to. If Hongkong Asked by defendant if the signature of the Asiatic Petroleum Co., similar to would care to help in this matter it would be best if a monthly remittance vas not signed before the document the one on which the alleged forged Two Asiatic Petro
were sent and addressed to ha reached him, the C.8.P. said he did letter was written.
leum envelopes were also found in The Secretary, The Central Prisoners-of- War Committee, 4, Thurloe Place, `not think so; he believed it was signed in defendant'e boxes,
London, 8.W. his presence.
Asked if he had anything to say, Castlemain said-Nothing whatsoever.
Detective Sorgt. Clarke said that about I reserve my defence. I will not cal; any 2′15 p.m. on the 5th inst. he arrested the witnesses hore,
Defendant was then committed to take defendant at the Seamen's Institute
his trial at the next Criminal Sessions. (antinued of foot of next Column) Bail was fixed at $1,000,
Guinness is actually in charge of the department which deals with the adopt ers, and I would see that he at unge lets you know which men are allocated to Hongkong.
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