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THE PIECE GOODS DISPUTE. ¡A VIRTUAL SETTLEMENT. OUTSTANDING QUESTION TO BE REFERRED TO MANCHESTER.
THE HỌNGKONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2380,
CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
[BEFORE THE PUIŠNE JUDGE, MR. JUSTICE
COMPER
MACHINE GUNS, RIFLES AND REVOLVERS ABOARD JUNK.
SPORT.
FOOTBALL
TO-DAY'S MATCHES,
HONGKONG LEAGUE.
Pisce Goods Importern will ba interested
Chan Fal, the owner of a juck, and to learn that, last evening, the Hongkong. General Chamber of Commerce received Yuen Shun Cheung, one of the crew, were a charge of being, in un an intimation from the Chinese Chamber indicted" on of Commerce that, on certain conditions, lawful possession of arms and ammupi-ground, Referee: Mr. Tyldesley. the Chinese, Picce Goods Guild has accoptions comprising 157 revolvers, three nine magazines, four ed the Chamber's new standard form of machine-guns, contract for the time being." Aa qut automatic rifles, and 71,720 rounds of standing question is to be submitted to ammunition.
the Mantheater and Bradford Chambers and the Guild reserves liberty of action should the reply be unfavourable.
The Jury were Messrs. F. J. Viciente (Foreman), E. M. French, G. M. Shaw, F. Bauer, C. M. Larson, C. P. Marcel, A, C. Gomes,
Mr. Campbell Prosser defended.
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Chau. Kui pleaded guilty" to the in- dictment, but the other prisoner pleaded
not guilty."
Before sentence was passed, Mr. Prosser addressed His Honour on prisoner's be- half. He admitted that when one looked as the quantity of arms and ammunition the junk was carrying, one was naturally appalled. "But he contended that in this case, unlike the usual run of these cases which appeared before the Courts, there The were extenuating circumstances.
KIDNAPPERS AT WORK. ·* HOW A KIDNAPPER WAS FOUND.
A story of kidnapping was unfolded at the Magistracy, before Mr. Lindsell, | yesterday.
Early on Thursday morning, a woman, DIVISION 1-(Kick-off p.m.)
living at Kowloon, left her children play. poo "A ground Referee: Mr. Smith. the market to shop. On her return she King's Reg v. H... Hawkins, Sooning outside the house while she want to H.M.S. Ambra.. R.GA, Navy "A" Bateed that her young son, aged three She reported the years. was missing-
The clansman HM.S. Tamar Hongkong Police, matter to her husband and to a clansman
South China ground. Referee: Mr. who lodged" with them. " Williams.
was a man of energy and suspecting it band to the Police Station to report the H.M.S. Durban r. Hongkong Club, Navy to be ease of kidnapping; sent the Aus
"B" ground. Referee: Mr. Garton Kowloon v. H.M.S. Tilania, Railway disappearance of the child whilst be went Referee: Mr. post haste to the Kowloon Railway ground, Kowloop.
Station to watch for the kidnapper,
1.
Perryman
DIVISION 11(Kick-off 2:30 p.m.)
After a long and weary wait a man was seen to stroll into the Station with the
H.M.S. Harkine EIS. Ambrose, little chap in his arms. A detective, Hongkong Club ground. Refereestanding near by, was called and the man was arrested. the Police Station a Mr. Collina
B.G.A.. United A.C.; Sookunpoo "A"
ground. Referee: Mr. Cook, H.M.S. Titania v. Kowloon, Navy "B"
ground. Referee: Mr. Davies, South China "A" Warders, South
railway ticket for Canton was found in his possession.
The man told Mr. Lindsell that he was asked to carry the child to the station for $30. His Worship informed bin China ground. Referee: Mr. Bunton that his tale did not appear credible.
After hearing all the evidence his War H.M.S. Durban v. Fleet Auxiliaries, St.
Joseph's ground. "Referee: Mr. Fairship sentenced, the prisoner to 12 months bura. (Kick-off 4 p.m.)
hard labour and 19 strokes with the birch.
MID-WEEK LEAGUE GAMES.
The League games in mid-week resulted
This marks what it is hoped, will be the end of a long dispute. On the 3rd Janu- ary, 1921, the Chinese Piece Goods Guild asked the General Chamber of Cominerea .to et its members to adopt a uniform contract, complaining that it was very inconvenient to Chinese dealers to have to work with a different form of contract in respect of every importing firm, especi- ally, having regard to difficulty connected with translation. A few months later, the Guild submitted a suggested form which roposed that there should be six months free godown accommodation instead of prisoner was an illiterate junk owner as follows:- the usual four months, and that, there pursuing a somewhat uncertin profession. after, interest at the rate of eight per He was offered this consigument, and so cent. per annum should be payable, instead from motives of gain accepted. He knew uf twelve, It was also proposed that goods should be ordered for arrival and that it was an offence, but he did not not for shipment, which means that the realise the enormity of it. Then, again, shipper in Manchester would bind him these arms were not meant for the Colony, Bell, to get the goods to Hongkong by but for Canton. In proof of this hoRGA certain date instead of, as at present, would point out that the jouk had been undertaking to ship them from Home by
lying at the anchorage, in a fairly central -a certain date.
position, for some days, giving plenty of opportunity for the arms to be smuggled ashore.
CHINESE CONTRACT CONTRARY TO TRADE
PRACTICE.
to take arms into a
The charge against the second prisoner was then taken.
HONGKONG LEAGUE-¬DIVISION 1."
H. M.B. Titania, 1 H.MS. Durbast..... ✪
DIVISION 11. »
H.M.B. Harkins, 6. Auxiliaries
UNITED SERVICES LEAGUE DIVISION 1.
H.M.S. Tamara... 1 E.M.S. Ambrose. 1
H.G.A.
0 H.M.S. Titania..
DIVISION II.
1 H. M.S. Forglove, King's Regt. 4 H.M.8 Vagnolia HMS. Harkina. 3 H.M.S. Durban.
U.S.RO. TENNIS. ANNUAL TENNIS TOURNAMENT- FINALS.
The United Services. Recreation. Club yesterday. The tournament proved to ba annual tennis tournament was concluded the most successful event of its kind that has been hold for some years past and some excellent tennis was witnessed. Pay. Commander Worthington" was par ticularly successful, and managed to pull off, the race's doubles, and; together with Miss P. Grace, the mixed doubles. Miss P. Grace, also, did extraordinarily well, though she was rather fortunate in beat- The game between the Services at Sucing Mrs. Roberts in the semi-final of the kunpoo will be worth watching and the ladies' singles. The handicapping.work. sailors should be out to win if they wished out extremely well, and the results to be in the running for the League Cham were as follows: pionship. A win for the King's will give them a good lead, and they will probably
These
with the arrival of the Delta. teams have previously met this season, when, after the play being in favour of the military team the match ended in a draw of one goal all, the sailors scoring from a penalty, whils the soldiers failed to take the lead from a foul close in Both teams show a falling off in recent matches bus the military have a big te
"MEN'S SINGLES HANDICAP. Pay-Commander Worthington
MIX DOCULES.
beat
and
This contraet was unacceptable to im porters; the proposed arrival clause would
His Honour said that he thought the be contrary to the practice of the trade plen quite reasonable. But from a moral in India and in the Far East generally, point of view it was quite as reprehen- and open to serious objection by the shipgible for the man per; also, in the opinion of most import-friendly country like China, as to bring ers, it would be unworkable. Importers them into the Colony of Hongkong. be strengthened early in the New Capt. Dods, 6-1, 3-6, 6-9
MEN'S DOUBLES. therefore agreed upon a standard forma Sentence of five years' imprisonment
Pay-Commander. Worthington of contract which, or the 3rd September, would be passed." 1921, was sent to the Guild, who replied,
Commodore Grace, beat. Capt. Forsyth on September 23rd, 1821, In reply, we
and Capt. le Flemming, 7-5, 6-0.
LADIES' SINGLES. beg to say that we cannot agree to some
The Attorney-General (Hon. Mr. J. H of the points therein." Discussion fol. Kemp, K.C.) said the police searched the
Miss P. Grace bent Miss Wentworth, lowed, but the matter fell into abeyance jack on November 21st. Yuen Shun
6-9, 8-8.
LADIER DOUBLES. owing to the troubled labour conditions Cheung at the time was actually chopping at the beginning of this year,
Miss G. Grace and Miss P. Graco beat, up "packing cases which had contained Later, the question was re-opened at the the ammunition. The ammunition, itself serve to draw from. This match should request of the Guild and a conference had been stoved away in sacks. Some of end in a win for the King's by a narrow Mrs. Roberts and Mrs, Birmingham,
1.7-5, 6-4 between the Guild's representatives and the wood appeared to have been intend margin. members of the Piece Goods Sub-Com-ed for use as irewood, while some had
The Club, who occupy the second posi-Pay-Commander Worthington and Miss mittee of the General Chamber of Com been used to repair a leak in the junk.. mereo went very fully into the matters There was no direct evidence that the tion in the League, play the Durban, P. Grace beat. Lieut.Com. Everleigh and in dispute, The reasons why the Guild's crew were actively engaged in the transfer, on the Navy "B" ground. The game Miss G. Grace, 6-4, Bd. request for arrival "could not be accepted, but the fact that the boxes were on should be evenly contested with the sailors were fully explained, but later, after board and that the ammunition was found having the better of the exchanges in the further negotiations, it was agreed that in the sacks led to the obvious inference, open.
Acensed 'said when he first boarded the the Guild's request for a Chinese trans lation of the form of contract, and another boat he did not know that there were guns and ammunition äboard; the first wirer request, should be granted.
he knew of it was when the police board- A BUSPENSION OF BUSINESS,
ed the boat.
by the speedy wings of the sailors, while 4. B. Duncan, HM:S. Magnolia, who is Evidence was also given by Police Stewart will be fully occupied looking billed to fight C. P. O. Calagan, H.M.S. After this nothing more was heard from
He after Darlisen. Gerrard makes a welcome Titania, tonight, has been forced to re the Guild until October when a document Sergt. Hare who boarded the junk.
juries received during training. The was circulated by the Chinese brokers who said that the ammunition said it was a form of contract on which cleverly hidden beneath boards, and he reappearance in the Club defence to-day, tire at the last moment, owing to in- On admitted, in reply to His Hononr, that Another good game between the Services Boxing Association are fortunate in dealers intended to work in future. enquiry, the Guild admitted responsibility the second prisoner could have walked should be seen on the Navy. "A" ground having a man to fill the gap at such short for the document although its name did from alt to forward, where he was chop where the Ambruse receive the RGA notice, viz: Private Ainsworth, H.M.S. not appear upon it: This proposed conping up wood, without knowing anything The game should be evenly contested and Tamar, who comes from Home with a -ract still insisted upon shipment for about the arms.
The Jury, returned a verdict of "guilty" the sailors on recent form should take the very good, record, and if form is any arrival, but" agreed to a ten per centr
game, but they are not consistent. Last As Callagan is the holder of the Heavy- interest clause, instead of the reduction and the prisoner was sentenced to two points. The RG.A can play a good criterion he should make Collagan travel week they beat the Hawkins by goals Weight Championship of the Fleet, to night's fight will be for the Heavyweight "to eight per cent., formerly demanded, years' imprisonment with hard labour.
to one and had most of the play through Championship of the Colony, and not the out the game. These teams have. Pt Middleweight an advertised previously.. It was also proposed that in cases of dis pute oge of the arbitrators should be
viously met this season, the sailors wing| appointed by the Chinese General Chan-
ning by 3 to 0. ber of Commerce.
Piece goods importers held a meeting at which they rejected those proposals, and a suspension of business which had exist. ed for some time continued, although a good many dealers were found willing to sign the old standard form of contract. 'CHINESE CHAMREE OF COMMERCE MEDIATING. At the end of November the Chinese Chamber of Commerce notified that they had been asked to act as mediators, and Submitted an alternative contract similar) to that of the Guild except that the interest clause suggested nine instead of 10 per cent.
In order to bring about a settlement, importere agreed to reduce the interest to nine per cent and drew up a new contract which included the minor con cressions that bad, already been offered but still insisted upon ordering for shipment. It was promised that, if desired, the Guild's request as to arbitration would be submitted to the Manchester and Brad- ford Chambers and further considered on receipt of their reply...
IMPORTERS NEW FORM OF CONTRACT. The Guild's response, de indicated the opening paragraph of this uÂTI was that pending this reply they furt accepted the pepided for bf cont drawn up by the piece goods imp The enacting clausea of this document are ae follow
No more than four months clears ance including free godown, insurance, etc, will be allowed: from trdată of arrival or sado from stock after which
date the buyer shall pay 19 per cell per annum, which chally cover traterest, godowa, insurance and all charges the seller's right buyer's failure to per form his obligation at due date of clear- ance shall be wholly unaffected by the provision for payment of the 8 per cent.. hareinbefore contained Buyers to have ten days gince without payment, eleven days' interest, etc., la be paid on the eleventh-day-
(Confined at foot of next column.).
was very
2-On the arrival of the goods the sellers shall immediately inform the buyera in writing of the, number of packages, marks, and numbers, the yardage, the name of the steamer and also supply to the buyers a shipment sample of the goods.
The Club forwards should get together and with combination cloen in, should win. Individual efforts will be of little use against the Durban defence. The Club's wing halves will be well tested
TO-NIGHT'S ROXING TOURNAMENT, DUNCAN UNABLE TO FIGHT,
Boxing Fans will be sorry to hear that
CRICKET.
TH
The Tomar and Police, meet on the South China ground and it is expected K.C.C. 2x XI, v: HONGOENG 2D XI,
At Kowloon, om Boxing Day, at 10 that the sailors will break their series of loses by taking the-pointe in this match, 3.-Sellers are not responsible for They have dropped-four valuable pointe A. Q Brawn, H. Overy W. 34 delay in shipment or non-fulfilment of in their last two matches going down to Shenton, W. Hyde W. L. Wensor, E contract if occasioned by strikes, fire, the Ambrose and Durban. The Police Edwards, J. C. Fletcher, H. L Railton,
Herridge. floods, war or civil commotions, or any will be without their goalkeeper, Swan, Bensor, S. Jex, and F. G. other circumstances beyond their con and Angus will be out an his place. The trol, and the certificate of any British game should be fast and end in a win for Chamber of Commerce or other repre- the sailors. Bentative Trade: Corporation as to the cause of delay in shipment or non-ful At Kowloon, the visitors this week gra
The following team will represent the piment of contract shall be conclusion the Titania and the sailors are playing a
goodgame just now. key wil $ Club, in their league game with the evidence thereof.
Should the delay due to the above Kowloom a good run and with a litle Juck HMS Durban to-day at 4 p.m. on the causes be for a longer period than one will capture the points The Kowloon Navy B" ground:--Rodger; Gerrard month excluding the above 10 days" team are making several changes, in their and Bishop; Israel, Stewart and Mc- grace, the bugore shall have the option team lately, and combination is acking, Phail (capt.); Purvig, Forsyth, Begg
MoTavish and England.. of cancelling or accepting the delayed
portion of the contract which option In the Junior division the King's will must be exorcised within two days, local not be out, as the match arranged between official holidays excepted, of the them and St. Joseph's has been; posts
Boxed receipt of rotiscation:
4.(a) Any dispute regarding quality; The Hawkins should go to the top of shade, finish, design, packing, delivery, the League this week, for they should win otc, not settled amicably shall be re against the Ambrose. Ferred to arbitrators to be appointed) A-fast gams should be seen between the by the Hongkong General Chamber of B.G.A. and United Commerce, and their fading shall be draw is expected. binding on both parties.
(b) Late shipment or naritzl of one or more lots not to affect other shipments under this contract,
Bookypod add »
7
While the rat teams are at Bowloon the Titania and Komioon scopula, will meet on the NavB" ground and the visitors should win
H.K.F.C... HMS. "DURBAN,"
KOWLOON"TITANIA."
The following Have been selected to re present Kowloon in the first division u H.MS. Titania today at 4 pm, on the Kowloon ground:Woodman, Wheeler and Knight; Morrison, King and Mc Kelvie, Clemmo, Mason Pasco and Coombs Reserve: Millard.
KOWLOONS #STITANIA,”!
In this ad disigión ¿mátch on the Navy-"B" ground to-day at 2.30 pm, the Kowloon benan, will consist)" of :- www.hich the Bamussen; Guest and G.; Duncan; Ferguson, Spary, Blagden and Easter- Banner, Ollirer and Hooper Barty Brook Reserves Johns and Christensen,
Abygoody hot taken delivery of South China MAYgillabeat bones within the time specified shall remain the Wanders on Bl. Joseph's grom at buyers' risk, excluding fire insurance as this is the only match and, such risks as may be caused by local ars engaged a large crowd 11 lips negligence on the park of the sellers, the ropes!!**? n
6.The conditions of this contract The University have written from shall be expressed in both English and Canton saying that they will not be able Chinese languages, but no forms of this to fulfil their Lengue engagement with the contract other than those expressed in Mardson to-day. the English-language ahal) affect or be
V.A.C. R.G.A. RESERVES:
The following will represent the United binding on the sellers and
Further, new of the Interport batch is Athletic Oinh, in the above cond, divisio These clauser shall not be varied or expected during the work end and pend-flangue fixture, to-day, on Bookunpoo "A affected in any way by Chinese or other ing the receipt of a letter from, thanghal, ground (kick-off at 1.30 p.m. sharp)
Botelho, characters written or chopped on them the Committees appointed are able to PN. Other Jackson and Chilton; Urqui by any persona purporting to be acting proceed with the arrangements, hart, Mackenzie and Leonard; Derry, Brown, May and Chubb. wird at foot of next column,) on behalf of either party,
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