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H.E. THE GOVERNOR AND NEW TERRITORY, ELDERS:
· FULL- TRANSLATION OF HIS EXCELLENCY'S SPEECH.
We have been furnished with the following translation of the speech which HE. The Governor delivered in
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10TH,
CANTON NEWS."
[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT]
NEW JUDGE
Mr. Loo Hing Yuan, A.M., LL.B., an Oxford graduate and British trained barrister-at-lay, for the last three years Chinese last Saturday when he met the Attorney-General of the Canton Govern- Elders from all parts of the New Terriment, has been appointed concurrently
tory, at Tai Po:-
SUMMARY COURT.
PLEDGING A HUSBAND'S CREDIT,
LAMMERT BROS. AUCTIONEERS SUE MAS. HIND.
"If your Lordship is against me in this case,, it will be an incentive to mar- vied women in Hangkong to take goods without paying for them, and to pledge to act as Judge of the Special Criminal their husbands' credit," said Mr. H. J.
ALLEGED CONSPIRACY.
CHINESE RO...AND - WINE DEALERS ACQUITTED,
At the Central Magistracy - yester day, Mr. R. E. Lindsell concluded the hearing of the case in which a Chinese Revenue Officer and five local Chinese wine dealers were charged with conspir ing to defraud the Revenue of liquor
duties.
On Wednesday, Mr. Lindsel dis
Elders of the New Territories of Hong./ Session, in place of Mr. Lin Choung, Armstrong in, the Summary Court,yester missed a further charge against the kong.I m more than pleased to havs Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who day, during the hearing of a case before Chinese Revenue Officer of aiding and Mr. Justice Wood, in which Messrs. abetting in making a false declaration this opportunity of meeting you all again, has resigned from his additional post.
Lanumert, Broa, auctioneers, Duddell and also discharged the five wine dealers, because in spite of an absened of over GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISE.
Street, sued Mr. W. B. Hind (Messrs. who were charged with making a false ten years I see among you so many old'
In order to secure better supervisien friends I remember when' Great Britain
Hall & Hind), for goods purchased on | declaration in an attempt to defraud the first took over the administration of this over the enterprises under public, owner-
April 14th and June 5th, 1025.
revenue. His Worship then adjourned Territory, I was Land Officer and received ship, the Canton Government has estab-
the conspiracy charge for decision, re-
was not certain that there was sufficient were shrewd suspicions in the case, he
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Mr. Armstrong for the plaintiffs, asked
Mrs. Hind's name for that of Mr. Hind. This was granted,
Mr. Hind defended...
évidence to convict.
your whole-hearted co-operation in the flished a special commissary with teave to amend the writ, by substituting marking at the time that although there discharge of the difficult duties pertain- taining to that office. The memory of those days is as fresh in my mind as if i were yesterday. Gentlemen, I thank you most sincerely for thus welcoming me back to Tai Po, for the address you have just presented and for the songs which the school children have sang in my honour.
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There are three matters ahout which should like to talk to you to-day. The Grst is the now reservoir at Shing Mun. The reason for building this reservoir is tra Kowloon's water-supply is inade. quate for its population and no catchment equal to that of the Shing Mun Valley can to found elsewhere. The hills and streams of this district are very beautiful and the landscape is most charming. It is, therefore, a great pity that the con- struction of a reservoir should necessitato the removal of many a peaceful farmer's Leme from these pleasant surroundings. But there is really no alternative course. The Government is, however, most un- willing that these poor people should suffer hardship and I have asked the District Officer to confer with you with a view to finding a suitable place ir. which Government can at its own cost build n new village for the Shing Mun people
Lee Luk Chiu as the commisar. Mr. will have charge of the Kwangtung Cement Works and the Kwangtung Tan- nery. Mr. Li was many years a student
Mr. Armstrong said that Mrs. Hind in America and a private secretary to attended two auctions "at plaintifs the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen when the latter',
auction roomy on April 14th and June was Generalissimo in Canton. Mr. Listh. The goods purchased were house was for sometime connected with the held furniture, and they were made out Cantha Gazette,
OVERDUE SALARIES. Public school "teachers in Canton are again threatening to resign, because of failure to pay overdue salaries. It may
in the name. et Hind. It WAS a rule with the plaintiff firm that cash had to be paid for goods before delivery, but in this case, on Mrs. Hind's request, the 'goods were delivered
be recalled that at the payment of the on the understanding that cash would be October salary. the usual addition of 40 paid shortly. No money was forthcoming per cent. due from the arrears was omitted; and at the November payuicut, the teachers also found that the Mini- cipality had omitted to recognize the arrears which the Mayor considered to be due from the past administration and not from the new CRC.
Mr. W. M. Lo was for the defence of the Chinese Revenue Officer, and Mr. F. C. Hall represented the other defend- ants.
spit
Mr. A. Fraser (Assistant Superfater- dent of Imports and Exports), who ap peared for the prosecution, submitted various points of law for consideration and applied for an adjournment in order that he might call on the wine dealers to produce their books, which he claimed would show entries of the actual amount
that they had more wins than the of wine they had received and also show quantity on which they had paid duty. He claimed that these books would show that there had been a conspiracy between until May 14th and then only after numer-the defendant and the five wine dealers ous requests. The sum paid was $900 to defraud the revenue.
His Worship said it was not a question and a similar süm was paid on June 10th.
Mr. E. Lammert, giving evidence. of evidence not being submitted to show there had been a conspiracy. He thought said that he sold the goods in question there were very grave suspicions that to Mrs. Hiad. It was always a condition there had been one, but he had not been at his auctions that cash should be paid given legal proof of such a conspiracy, before delivery. Occasionally with perih respect of November 2nd.
Ho was only concerned with a conspiracy
sons who were well-known, they did not Mr. Fraser alleged a general con- The Family of the Messrs. Kans, con-press this condition, and that was why spiracy trolling owners of the Nanyang Bros. Mrs. Hind was given credit.
His Worship said that supposing that the prosecution could prove that prior to Tobacco Company of Hongkong, Canton
Cross-examined by Mr. Bind, witness November 2nd the defendants had paid and Shanghai, is donating 890,000 to the
said that the first cheque which he re-duty on 200 gallons of wine and that their Feng Pin Hospital in Canton, someceived was signed by Mra Hind, but be gallons, that would not preclude a charge books showed they had received 210 and also to look for new, land for them 810,000 in the name of the family, and could not remember who signed the that the system of weighing the wine
810,000 from the Erm.
DONATIONS TO A HOSPITAL.
THE YUEH-HAN RAILWAY. Statements are published that the Government agcats who are investigating the affairs of the Yueh-Han Railway have! discovered a sensational shortage in the accounts.
second. Witness agreed that he bad never sold anything to Mr. Hind at any auctions, and neither had he ever paid him anything on his wife's account,
Mr. Hind, in the witness box, denied responsibility for the debt. He said that when the furniture was brought on April 11th, he and his wife were residing at No. 4, Leask. Buildings. It was a fat BUSY, PICKETS AT CANTON.
with four rooms, three of which were INTERFERENCE WITH SAMPANS. fully furnished, while the fourth was used as a storeroom for other furniture, be The strike pickets, according to reports cause they bad far too much furniture for brought down by the s.8. Nonam and the the fat. He did not know for some time 5. Fatshna have again resumed activity that other furniture had been bought. and have recommenced their interference He had not authorised its purchase, and
by the Revenue Officer, was wrong... It did not preclude that the averaging system allowed for mistakes to creep in as each jar was not emptied and weighed, but only a sample, one in twenty-five taken, and from the result the total weight, or quantity, obtained.
Mr. Fraser referred to the manner in which the wine was weighed and said that it would be seen from the books that the error in weighing was very much more than a pound.
to cultivate. I hope you will assist in this matter to the utmost of your ability.
The second "thing of which I wish to speak is this:-During the last few days in the course of my journeys round the New Territories, I have observed that there have been a large number of hill Eres which have destroyed both the grass and the pine woods. This is most deplor Able for this reason: If the hills are bare. of grass and trees when the raina set in; the earth on the hillside has no defence against the erosive force of the water and very soon nothing is left. but bare rock on which nothing can grow and the whole hill becomes as barren as the Gobi desert. The result is not only that the with regard to the conveyance of passen- learnt about it a week afterwards from Mr. F. C. Hall, replying to Mr. Fraser,
country folk will one day lack even "a stick of fuel, but that the places where the smoke curling above the trees mark-
gers by sampans steamers.
to
books will show that they imported more His Worship: You maintain that the wine than they paid duty on.
Mr. Fraser: Yes.
When Mr. Fraser said he had no power
under the Ordinance to call upon defend- ants to produce their books, the Magis trate remarked that he did not see how he could very well examine them in that
case.
azd from these his wife. She said she had taken a flat strongly objected to the books being pro- at King's Terrace, and that the furniture duced. Mr. Fraser should confine himself was there. She intended to let it as a dence to show conspiracy. He submitted
to the present cash. There was no evi furnished at. He objected to it, but that each jar of wine should have been she would not give way, and he had weighed separately in order that the cor- nothing farther to do with the matter.rect weight might have been obtained. There was no connecting link between the With regard to the purchase of furniture Chinese Revenue Officer and the other in June, be said that he knew nothing defendants to defraud the Government "about it. He had never even heard of
the purchase.
While the steamers are not Sred upon ed the presence of villages, will become for molested in any way, it appears that an empty waste. Thus to turn the sampans taking passengers to and from country side into a wilderness is a wicked the shore bave been fired upon by the waste of nature's gifts to the people. pickets. Where the shots have failed to Mencius has said, "Let the axe and reach their mark, the small boats have sickle go to the forest in due season and been run down, it is stated, leaving the the people will have abundance of wood." crews to struggle in the water and to If care must be used in plying the axe make their own way ashore as best they' and sickle to collect fuel, how much more can A number of boat women have care must be used with all-devouring fire. been drowned in consequence. Compared to the largest sickle and the broadest axe, fire is a thousand times more destructive. I hope, gentlemen, you will bear these words in mind and remind
Replying to Mr. Armstrong, witness said the furniture in the first case was sent to No. 1 King's Terrace, as far as Despite this, however, there seems to be knew. He did not know, whether the be little difference in the number of furniture had been paid for or not, but passengers taken up to Canton or brought his wife had sufficient money to pay for down to Hongkong by the steamers. The it. Her monthly allowance was sufficient the villagers to take the greatest care to enam is carrying practically her full to cover it, and further, she had private avoid bill fires, especially at the two complement of passengers while the Festivals of Taing Ming and Chung number travelling by the Fatshan is not Yeung. The benefits of afforestation will so large,
thus be preserved, and the happy days
of an abundant supply of wood will be scen again.
The third thing is this: Recently in the districts, near the frontier, certain Strike Pickets have crossed into British Terri
THE TRADE LOAN. REFUSED APPLICATIONS TO BE
RECONSIDERED.
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Applications in connection with the tory and fired upon our Water Police trade loan closed as far back as October boats, upon British troops and police, 31st, but a large number of the applica to the great consternation of the villagers tions, not coming within the scope of the This disturbance of the people's peace loan, yere refused. should be suppressed by the National
Recently, however, the committee de Government of China, and I have already cided to revise its view with regard to asked H.B.M. Consul General in Canton the scope of the loss, and applications to make representations to the Canton heretofore refused will be reconsidered. Authorities in this scase.
But so for Previously, no loan would be granted for Canton has sent no troops to suppres#
these disorders, I bave, therefore been building purposes, but that restriction has obliged myself to send troops to Lo Wu, now been removed, and if an applicant Ta Ku Leng and Sha Tau Kok to pro- can offer independent security, he will be tect
the people of the New Territory. I have also ordered aeroplanes to patrol granted a substantial loan.
these districts. The country folk may The committee have also decided to make arrangements för expediting the
therefore act their hearts at rest.
Gentlemen, I have come back to very valuations The Resumption Officer and changed 'conditions: but my determina- tion to improve this Colony remains un his staff have done excellent work, and changed. In future when any question
means, represented by an income.
Mr. Hind submitted that it was per fectly clear that the goods were not neces saries, and he was therefore not bound to pay for them. In support of his con- tention, he quoted several other, decided
cases.
of revenue.
His Worship said it was obviously un. reasonable for him to call upon the de fendants to produce their books, and perhaps get themselves into trouble. It did not appear under the Ordinance that they were entitled to call upon them to do so. He saw no reason to grant on He therefore adjournment of the case. discharged all the defendants.
ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT. MR. J. EATHERLEY AGAIN COMMITTED FOR TRIAL,
: sums of
Mr. J. Edward Atherley, formerly manager of Getz Bros & Co. (of the Orient) Ltd., again appeared before Mr. B. E. Laadsell at the Central Magistracy yesterday in respect of the four further find charges of embezzlement brought against Mr. Arrastrong, said that Mrs. Hind:
These fresh charges relate to the was well-known to plaintiff and that was him
alleged conversion to his own use of four why she had been given credit. He sum Money namely $1,841, 81,112, agreed that under these circumstances, 373 and 8447, said to have been received
Co. the case had not the same aspect that it by him on account of Getz Bros. &
Mr. D. M. Blake appeared to prosecute would have at Home. Plaintiff did not and Mr. W. B. Hind was for the defence. The cashier of the compradore's depart know whether the wife had any private
Ltd., continued his evidence of the pre- income of her own, and credit given to ment of Getz Bros & Co. (of the Orient), her was exclusively given to her husband.vious day and spoke as to various mones Concluding, he said that if His Lord-received for the Company from customers ship was against him, it would be an for payment into the bank and which he stated were banded to defendant. Ile incentive to married women in Hongkong also gave evidence as to various transac to pledge their husbands credit...
Judgment was reserved.
WEATHER REPORT.
The Royal Observatory issued the following report at 6 p.m. yesterday Changes are small since this morning.
tions made in
ness of the section with the busai- At the conclusion of the evidence, His Worship committed Mr. Atherley for trial at the next Criminal Sessions,
he
"Bind, on behalf of defendant, said would call no evidence and defendant would reserve his defence and any state- ment he had to. make, until he came up for trial
Defendant was previously committed
arises hope New Territories, 7 pleased the committee in every detalls The anti-cyclone remains stationary over for trial on other charges of misappro
to
to be
sincerely you will not hesitate to but they are now overwhelmed with work consult me. I shall be only too pleased and the necessary measures are
help you in anything that is for the taken to expedite the valuations. henefit of the Territory I must now say
Good-bye for the time being, but we The committee hope to make consider
shall meet again soon.”
able offers before Chinese New Year.
W. Japan. A depression is shown over priation of funds belonging to the Com N. China The monsoon is interrupted pany for which he was the manager in to the north of Amoy and bas, moderated Hongkong. At "the November Sessions, * his case, was, adjourned until this month over the China Sea.
Local forecast:-N.E. winds, moderate; and he will now face both indictments at generally overcast; some drizzle or mist the December Criminal Sessions.
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