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CORRESPONDENCE.
THE OVERSEAS CLUB.
TO THE EDITOR OF TAS HONGKONG
DAILY PRESS.
SIR,It is somewhat amazing to be told there are 250 local members of this Olub.. As the "garden party held on Friday is mure, than likely to add, say, five, to this number, may one enquire what is going to be done about it? During the War, the Club, principally through the energy of its then Hon. Secretary, raised considerable sums for War purposes (I think at least two aero planes were given) and meetings held to consider how the Club could be extended. I think these meetings came to nought, the mooted idea of club-rooms being dis- couraged. Since then nothing has hap pened There has been no annual meet ing and no nothing" lt will be a revelation to many that there is a "Hon. Corresponding-Secrctars" What has he's and his Committee (if there is such a body) been doing to promote the (1), (2) and (3) objects of the Club as mentioned in your Friday'a isane 1-Yours faith- fully,
A MEMBER." Hongkong, November 28th, 1921. FRANCE AND INDO-CHINA.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG
DAILY PRESS."]
A
Sin-In "Anaamite's" letter, pablished in the Daily Press of this morning, it is stated that "Indo-China was never part of the Chinese Empire, like Man- churia and Mongolia." This is most probably trus concerning Annam; Cochin China, and Cambodia; bat scarcely so in the case of Touquin, which formed a portion of the Empire of the Song; as, also, did the major part of Burma, during the reign of the Grand Khan Kublai. It is probable, moreover, that these provinces remained integral parts of the vaat Empire which this great ruler founded for a considerable period after his death..
The claims that China can put forth for many far-flung portions of its vast territory must, however, be very impor fect, since it has so often been submerged by waves of conquest...
China occupies the unique position of
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS," TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2918, 1931.
|-BANQUE="INDUSTRIELLE 'DE
CHINE.
LOCAL DEPOSITORS DECIDE TO
TAKE ACTION."-
About 30 local depositors in the Banque Industrielle de Chine held a meeting yesterday evening "to consider what action could be takên to proinate a more | rapid settlement of the Bank's affairs.
It was decided to form a local organisa- tion of depositors and to call a meeting of all interested for next Friday.
It was mentioned that in Shanghai there are three committees of deporipors which send frequent cable messages to Paris. to Ministers and the landing newspapers" ir turp. The opinion was expressed that this method was a useless expenditure of money and it was added that, if French prestige was at stake, and this was nominally a French Bank, four months was ample to re-establish such prestige. The fervid optimism" of the local manager in statements to the Court was adversely commented upon, and it was remarked that that optimism had not so far materialised.
The organisers of the meeting said they had been twitted with delay, but they ratorted that it took the Colonial Beore- tary's Office 14 days to send a letter of six lines referring an enquirer to the Registrar of the Supreme Court. Mr. Nisbet had been very prompt in his reply when appealed to. -
Mr. Nisbet's authority was quoted for the statement that the local branch had not sufficient funds to pay even ten per cent. to local creditors, even if it were decided that such reditors were the only ones cutitled to participate in them. The, statement, was also made that the local branch had remitted largely to Paris in the six months before suspen- Fiod.
It was stated that three months' salary
SPORT
CRICKET.
1.B.C. lar XI. . C.B.Q., 1st XI.. This league match was played on, the RC ground on Saturday and resulted in a win for the Indians. Appended are
the scores:-
CEC. 1ST XI.
Wei Wing Lok, e S. D. Inizi
Arcalli
G. A. V. Hall, b Arculli
Lo Man Pan, b Curreem
13
3
Geo. Lee. c O. Ismail, b Abbas.........
30
7-
J. Wong, c A. H. Rumjaha,
Aroull * 4*I"
Ho Wing Kin, & Curreem, b Abbas 1 A. J. Kew. b Abbased
W. Gittens, .b.w., Arculli
M. K. Lo,, CO. Ismail, b Arcutit H. Ching, not out
Chan Man Woon, c S. A. R.
Ismail, b Curreem
Extras
B
80
Total
Howling Analysia.
0. M.
B2
W.
"14
98
8.2 6
30
3
$1
A el Arculli IS Curreen M. H. Abbas
1.R.G. 1ST XL
S. H. Ismail, 1.hw., Ho Wing Kin 7 A. H. Rumpahu, run out
J. S. Curreem, c Ching, b Lee..... M. H. Abbas b Lee
S. D. Ismail, & Hall, b Ching
S. A. Tamal, c. Kew, b Lee
O. Ismail, c Lo, b Leo
D. Rumjahn, b Ching.......... A. al Arculli, not out
.S. A R. Ismail, not out
Extras...
Total
S. Abbas, did not bat,
Bowling Analysia
0. 13
Geo. Lee..... Ho Wing Kia ...... 8 R. Ching W. Gittens
GOLY.
8
13
31
101
X. R.
6.27.
32 I
$
ENGLAND 7. "SCOTLAND.
BINOLES.
The results of the play in this match at 2100 a day was paid to the special at Fanling on Sunday are appended— Besulta. manager, but this included payment for members of his staff who were working This payment on the Bank's account. ceased at the last adjournment of the Court. The Registrar, as provisional liquidator, of course got nothing: cer- tain fees were payable to the Govern- mant.
Scotland v. England,
A. B. Stewart R. M. Smith T. W. Hin H. R. Buckland A. Ferguson N. L. Smith
14
11
0
0
а
**
On the decision of the meeting to form B. D. C. Morgan F. E. Harrison. O a local organization Mr. H. J. Silva J. Rodger A. Crew (c/o Messre. Dodwell & Co.) undertook F. Syme Thomson R. Hancock to act as secretary and to put in hand, A. B. Purvis Bulmer Johnson
H. Camidge C. L. Sandes. at once, arrangements for a meeting on a country that owes its expansion to its. Friday which it was hoped would be well H. E. Valentine R. Lindsell.
Those present expressed the W. Roger M. Mans conquerors; and it is to Genghis Khanattended
R Bruce
J. R. Mitchell...... open to depositors was to bring pressure to bear upon the French Government, Dr. Forsyth H. E. Smith through the Colonial Government and in H. E. McDougall J, Brister. other ways, in order to persuade the D. J. Cuthill A. Ashton... authorities in Paris that French prestige D. J. Valentine A. B. Raworth... 1
J. C. Fetcher H. Hancock in the Far East is really at stake in the matter of the Banque Industrielle de Chine.
and his grandson, Kublai Khan, that her opinion that the only practical measure Kinnaird F. Bevington
present hold upon Manchuria, Mongolia and Tibet is due.
At the present time, when so manch attention is being given to territory that ought to be returned to China, perhape a little investigation regarding territory to which China's claim is far from per feet may be opportune.-Yours sincerely, DYNAMIS. 28th November, 1991.
TWO POLICE CHARGES FAIL.
LETTER WRITER DISCHARGED. Owing to lack of evidence for the prosecution, a Chinese letter writer, who was charged last week before Mr. Lind- sell at the Magistracy, with misappro- priation of clothing, jewellery and money, had to be discharged yesterday.
0
0
1
I. G. Lyon Brown H. Dowbiggin 10 R. M. Henderson L. B. Greenhill 10 A. Morrison J. W. Franks ... 0 E. C. Stark P. Tester........ ♬ ́0 K. A. M. Tomory E. P. Winslow 1 A K. Henderson F. A. Wella.... 1
INFECTIOUS PATIENT IN AH. H. McTavish H. A. Lammert. 0
RICKSHA,
NECESSARY 'REGULATION BROKEN.
Total
4 BALL MATCHES.
141 19
Results.
Scotland
Bugland
Two rickahi coolies, netusted either by public spirit or by fear of consequences to themselves, laid a complaint before Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magistracy, yesterday, that their rickshas жего
Scotland-v. England. forcibly taken from them and used for Stewart and Hill v. Smith (E. M.) ·
and Buckland the conveyance of sick men to hospital.
From replies by Inspector Brown to Ferguson and Morgan . Smith- the Magistrate it appeared that the (N.L) Harrison regulation prohibits the use of rickshas Rodger and Syme Thomson v. for. infectious diseases, but ricksha Crew and R. Hancock coolies are told to refuse all cases of Purves and Sandes sickness seeing that they can hardly be Johnson and Camidge expected to diagnose & case and decide Valentine (H.K.) and Roger v. whether it is infectious or not. The public ambulance is available and can be
Mitchell
Smith-
The case had been adjourned for some daya pending the arrival of the principal witness from Singapore. It was DOW found impossible for this witness to readily obtained.
"If I had known I would not have done it," said the defendant, evidently much impressed by his first introduction to the germs theory of disease
attend. At the first hearing of the case, from influenza and in the other from The patient in one case was suffering Mr. Lindsell described the man, as the paratyphoid fever. The Magistrate ex "wdrat type of scoundrel."" It was plained to the defendant in the second stated in the evidence that the defend. case the danger of infection ant had escured the confidence of a woman and it was alleged, "that without her knowledge he wrote to her daughter at Singapore informing her that he had married her mother and that any money or property she desired to give to her mother should be forwarded through him.
Small fines were imposed and the ricksha coolics were compensated The rickshas had been disinfected already.
1
อ
...1
Blumer
0
11
0
Lindsell and Maas Bruce and Kinnaird aid Boyington ..... Forsyth and McDougall
and Briater ....... Cuthill and Valentine (D.J.) v.
Ashton and Raworth Fletcher and Lyon Brown v. H.
Hancock and Dewbiggin ..."2 Henderson (R.M.) and Morrison
. Greenhill and Franka Stark and Tomory v. Tester and
Winslow........... Henderson (A.K.) And McTavish
1. Wells and Lammert
• Total
12
.... 1
}
0
0
1 0
2577
England won by 3/4, the totals being
It was alleged that by means of this POLICE EXECUTE A FLANK England 20 and Scotland 191.
trick he, misappropriated to his own use.
a sum of $91, a' pair of ear-ringa and a quantity of clothing.
ATTACK.
THE GAMBLING NUISANCE IN
YAUMATI.
FOOTBALL,
SUPREME COURT.
(BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE (SIR WILLIAM
REES DAVIES, x.c.)) :
ALLEGED PARTNERSHIP, CASE FOR THE DEFENCE.
The hearing was continued yesterday, of the case in which Mesars. Getz Bros. c. are trying to prove that a Chinese broker named Lam Kai Pang was partner of a firm.trading' under the name of Tang Lhuy & Co.
Mr. Eldon Potter (instructed by Messrs. Lo & Lo) in opening the case for the defence, said the issue, wna one | of fact, namely, whether the defendant, Lam Kai Pang was a partner of the Tang Lluy firm. He did not think that in all his experience had his lordship' ever come across a case in which there was less evidence of actual partnership. He did not think he put his case too high when he said that if the evidence. adduced-on-behalf of the plaintiff was analysed no judge or jury could safely find that a partnership ever existed. When the Court had beard his witnesses and read his documents he would put the claim higher and say the onus was on the plaintiff to prove that the man was a partner. He would prove that cot only had plaintiff failed to discharge that onus, but it would be proved beyond áll manner of doubt that the man was not
-partner-
MK Potter said that plaintiff's counsel had not produced a single independent witness. He would prove that his client lost money in the firm. to the extent of 25.000, but his client did not run away, He had nothing to fear. Why should be run away, even though the Tang Lluy firm had not--fulfilled-contracts-to-the extent of $100.0001 Simply, because his client was not a partner. He would prove that Lam received an offer to be come a partner but refused.
.
The Court rose abortly after 4 p.m. Evidence for the defence will be taken at the nest sitting."
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ENGLISH WIRELESS. OPERA- TOR SENT TO GAOL.
STEALING FROM HIS SHIPMATES,
Frederick Aa Englishman, named George Kirkham, wireless operator on the .. Talthybius (Blue Funnel Line), was charged before-Mr. J. R. Wood, at the Magistracy, yesterday, with steal- ing $119 the property of the Chinese boatswain on the vessel
Mr. Tinson appeared' for the prosecu tion. Prisoner, who was not defended, admitted the charge. "
In the evidence it was stated that the theft took place on the 13th inst. in Japanese waters. The Chinese boatswain. bad missed $100 previous to the 13th which had been abstracted from a drawer in bie cabin. He reported the loss to the Captain and plans were made, for a trap. The boatswain put another $10 in
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in the room. The accused "came along. opened the drawer with a duplicate key and took out the 319. He was caught red-handed and handed over to the police
as soon as the vessel reached Hongkong. la Kirkham's cabin a search was made and a silver watch and a gold watch were discovered. The purser identified the silver watch as his. The gold watch had been taken from the Chief Engineer's cabin.
The accused was sent to prison for three monthe with hard labour.
THEFTS FROM SHIPS.
Early on Sunday morning a Chỉnééc. while walking holdy down the Praya East with a bulky parcel on his shoulder, was stopped and questioned by a Chinese detective. The man told the detective that he was taking the parcel to a coolie boarding house for another man. The contents of the parcel were examined pad found to be a part of a ship's awa ing. The man said he did not know which vessel it had been taken from an he could not read.
He was brought before Mr. JR. Wood, yesterday morning at the Magis tracy charged with being in, possession of. stolen property, and was sent to prison for six weeks with hard labour.
For being in possession of a large quantity of ship's groceries, known to have been stolen, a Chinese woman, said to live on a junk, was fined $10 or 14 days imprisonment by Mr. JR. Wood at yesterday's sitting of the Magistracy: The defendant said she bought the stores for 82 from a ship coolic.
内
UNITED SERVICES LEAGUE.
ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF ARMS:
In Yaumati, Inspector Brown told Mr.
What promises to be a successful season Mr. Lindsöll gave a decision at the Wood at the Magistracy, yester for the United Services League was in
day,
gambling is becoming very seri augurated last evening, when Lieut. Magistracy, yesterday, with regard to Fous” The gamblers have sentries out Comdr. Gilchrist, B.N.; presided over a a remand case which had been engaging and give the alarm directly a policeman meeting of the League held in the R.G.A
comes in sight so that it is dificult to Theatre Victoria Barracks the attention of the police for the past bring the delinquente to book. On The following were present:-Lieut.- two weeks. Thren Chinese were charged Saturday, the police tried a new method Comdr. Drew. R.N., Lieut.-Comdr. Doug
Instead of laa Hamilton, RN Rev. Turner, E.N., of stalking their quarry. with illegal possession of three revolvers
entering from the main road the side Lieut. Donovan, E.G.A., and representa and 18 rounds of ammunition. The die streets leading to the foreshore, whera tives from H.M.S. Hawking, Ambrose, covery was made. at No. 8, Stanley most of the gambling schools meet, they Titania Toner, Merlin, Marazion and Hor. Street; a boarding-bouse used by the got a small boat and made a surprise Magnolia, R.G.A., and 2nd Wiltshires Entries were received as under:- visit from the harbour end of a side with Master-Gunner May, Hon. Becre-Ambrose, Carlisle, Hawkins, Merlin,
Hongkong and Shanghai Bank na sor-street where the gamblers did not expect to report and balance sheet for the
vante quarters. All three defendants attack and had no sentries out. denied the charge and at the last hearing The policeman in charge (the Inspector past season were adopted.. of the case two of the accused men were added) had to fire his revolver into the Officers for the coming Reason were discharged
air in order to get away with the "one | plected as follows: Yesterday, Mr. Lindsell said that, there wia uleo no case against the remaining defendust and that he had decided to tako no further steps in the matter. The defendant would be discharged.
man he arrested. The crowd otherwise |'i, Chairman: Lieut. HR. Donovan, would have rescued the prisoner, and as R.G.A. it was the police had to make their way back by devious, routes, to avoid attack,
The usuni fine was imposed.
Vico-Chairman: Lieut.Comdr. Doug les Hamilton. R.N
(Continued at foot of next column-)
Hon. Secretary and Treasurer: Master Gunner May, R.G.A.
Referees Board Lieut.Comde: Doug las Hamilton, RN, C.8. Williams, B.G.ALdg. Sto, Jones, EN.. with the
Secretary:
R.G.A. and Wiltshires (provisionally). Owing to the large number of teams entering this year it was decided to play each other team once only. The Longue to commence the first week in December..
A vote of thanks to the Hon. Secretary was proposed by the Chairman and seconded by Ch. Bto, Masters and carried unanimously
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