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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1929.
TREASURES OF
YUNNAN,
ALLEGED FORGED
SIGNATURE.
LEAD TO BURMA FRONTIER | SUMMARY COURT ACTION
CONTROVERSY.
FOR $50.
JEWEL FIELDS, OIL WELLS, FORERUNNER TO A BIGGER
AND COAL MINES.
encroachment
1t.
of
Since the British soldiers on Kiang-sin-p'o a frontier town in the province of Yurnan, was given publicity in the press, much attention has been focussed on the potentialities of Yunnan and beated discussion made on the controversy over the boundary line between Yunnan and Burma A deputation has come from Yunnan to present be- fore the Third National Kuomio-
tang Congress at Nanking in portant facts bearing on the area in dispute.
about
1.3
CASE.
An netion which has some bearing
Court was brought before the on another pending in the higher Paisne Judge (Mr. Justice Wood) in the Summary Court yesterday A clerk and interpreter employed by Mr. A...el Arculli sued a bair dressing saloon proprietor for $50 alleged to have been lent on Octo- ber 17, 1029.
Mr. J. M. d'Almada Remedios appeared for the plaintiff on behalf of Mr. Arculli, who was engaged at Taipo, and Mr. F. H. Loseby de
fonded.
PROMISSORY NOTE DISPUTE.
$400 IN SETTLEMENT OF $4.000 DEBT?
EMPRESS HOTEL MANAGER CHARGED.
Wong Ho Chuen, described as At Central Magistracy yesterday Manager of the Empress Hotel, was charged with obtaining by false pretences. from a Cheung, a promissory note in Eng lish for 84,000.
man named "Li
Mr. D. L. Strellett prosecuted and Mr. M. K. Lo defended.
Mr. Strellett said that the de-
fendant, some time ago, became in- debted from a person named Li Yik Tee to the extent of $4,000 and a To the west of Kiang-sin-p'o lies
Plaintiff's Side of the Story. -
promissory note was signed in an unexplored region known Pao Shih Chang of the "Jewel
The plaintiff said he had known Messrs,, Hall Brutton & Company's! Field" with an area equivalent to the defendant for some time and Office by the defendant, for this that of Kiang-sin-p'o. But the had lent him in al; $4,800. Of that
amount in favour of "Li Yik, Yee, the terms of which were that $1,000 public knows little
the amount, 83,100 was the subject. economic possibilities of Pao Shih matter of an action pending before be repaid in July, 1926, and the Chang, and its hidden treasures the Chief Justice. Plaintiff's friend balance in December, 1928. The in- are only awaiting exploitation. had lent #1,500 to the defendant, terest was to be one per cent, per
Little news has been allowed to the amount being drawn on plain- filter through, but Pao Shih tiff's cheque. Another loan of $150 Chang has An area of 20,000,000 had been paid, and the remaining square miles, and is noted for the 850 was the subject of the action. jades mined there.
Development Plans,
קי.
With regard to the claim, plain- tiff said he lent $50 to the defendant on October 17, 1828, the money being in cash.
month.
At the end of the Srat month, Li
received 840 as interest for the first month, but he had a lot of difficulty in collecting further money."
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PREPARING FOR THE
SUMMER."
THE PEAK CHURCH.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.
REVISION OF RULES TO BE CONSIDERED.
The annual general meeting of INTERNATIONAL ATTEMPTS. worshippers at the Peak Church was held in the Cathedral Hall on Wed- nesday, Mr. P. Jacks, one of the trustees, was in the chair.
[British United States.]
New York. The aviation fields of
The Bishop of Victoria proposed and Mr. W. L. Pattenden seconded,
Long Island are busily preparing The few foreigners on the spot
Mr. Strellett said that the com- for new air conquests. The first
a resolution that Rule 4 of 1803 have applied mechanical processes
plainant was an intimate friend of pair of adventurers to start across to jade mining. Jades are export-
No document WRAL; Yik Yee who, had a few days the Atlantio probably will be the five committee members in addition which provided for the election of ed in large quantities to the value given, because the defendant pro ago had been given to understand French sergeants, Jean Assolant to the trustees should for this year of upwards of ten million dollars.mised to repay the loan on the by the defendant that he was going Lod Rene Lefevre, who recently be altered to read "six members."
following day.
to make a payment on the promis- arrived in the United States, with, This was carried. In answer to Mr. Loseby, plain- sory note. Li, because he had to their big Bernard plane. Accom- The public seems to have attach-eiff said, with regard to the $3,100 go to Canton, left the promissory panying then is Armand Lotti, son D. G. McAvoy were re-elected Eco. The Very Rev. A. Swann and Mr. ed too much importance to de action, that he had put forward a note with the complainant with of a wealthy Paris hotel osaer, Secretary and Hon. Treasurer res- velopment plans in North-west and North-east with the result receipt which he said was signed by certain instruments.
whom they smuggled aboard their |
pectively. plane on a daring fight last
The following were re-elected September from Paris to Morocco. members of the Committee:-The 'This action put them in trouble. Right Rev. the Bishop of Victoria,
Pollock, Lady Pollock, the Dean (Hon. Secretary), Mr. D. G. Mc- Avoy (Hon, Treasurer).
that the South-west has been
defendant,
Mr. Loseby alleged that the de- eclipsed. Yunnan alone" surpasses fendant's signature to the document ather provinces in abundance of
was forged and that no one else but natural treasures. Yunnan has profited by significant difference in the plaintiff could have forged it. climatic conditions within the pro-said. that Mr. Areulli had merely Plaintiff, in answer to Mr. Loseby, vince, factor an essential to variety
told him that the defendant denied in nature's gifts. The province
the receipt. is noted for its gold, silver, copper and tin mines, oil wells, coal fields, salt wells, drugs, foresta, jades, eté.
Defendant Denies the Loan.
...
Walked Out with Promissory Note.
Mr. Strellett went on to explain with French Air Corps officials, and the Rev. F. C. Young, Sir Henry
that another person named Bung
Po Wan also came into the picture.
knew the complainant
This man
..
اشر
and knew of the existence of the promissory note.
Dealing with the material period, The defendant denied that he had Mr. Strellett said that on May 16, borrowed 850 from the plaintiff,
the defendant met Hong and the Ya Jen Shan or the "Uncivilized In cross-examination, defendant complainant in a room at the Em- Mountain" is located in western said he remembered borrowing #1,500 presa Hotel. It was alleged that Yunnan, reputed for its produc- from the plaintiff, but he debied the defendant paid $400 on account tion of gold. To the tribal chief- borrowing $183 afterwards, being and asked for the promissory note tain is annually offered by the $120 by cheque and $30 in cash. so that an endorsement could be natives a quantity of gold, to the Defendant added if he had received made on the back. This was use of which the chief has given the cheque and cash, it was in res
agreed to by complainant who hand. little thought. Gold pours in at pect of shares. He agreed he gave ed over the promissory note. The such a rapid rate that he ultimate a promissory note for the $1,500 and defendant is said to have walked ly deems it wise and religious to was, sued for the balance, in cham out of the room and to have return. dedicate it to his gods by building bers. He paid about $700 alto ed a few minutes later without the a temple of gold. Coal mines also gether. Of the $1,000, which was note. Some argument ensued in share the honour of abundance. repaid, he denied that 8860 was for the course of which the complainant A dollar which is equivalent to a the balance and $150 was in settle-stated that he was not going to part little over ten cents Mexican ment of the cheque and cash. money will net cutties of coal.
the buyer 100
Defendant alleged that the case The inhabitants had been brought in order to obtain living in the neighbourhood of evidence for the action to come be coal fields literally scratch coal fore the Chief Justice. from the surface of the earth.
now, having resigned they are fying be with them when they take off independently. Lotti probably will from Roosevelt field early in May
lor Paris,
Fuelling in the Air, Capt. Herman Kochi, chief pilot of the famous Bremen flight frous Dublin to Greenly Island a year go this month, is completing an- other east-to-west" crossing.
This
fight, if successful, will be more sensational than that of the one he made under the late Baron Gunther Von Huenefeld. Kohl expects to fy from Berlin to New York with- out a stop by having his plane re- fueled twice in the air, probably at
Ireland and Novin Scotia.
The most daring of the announced adventures is that of Lieutenant. George Pond, a former British
A resolution, as follows, was pro posed by the Bishop of Victoria and seconded by Rev. F. C. Young, and carried:-
That Mr. P. Jacks and the Hon. Secretary be a Sub-Com-- mittee for the purpose of con- sidering whether a revision of the rules of the Peak Church is neces- sary, and if so in what respects, and of reporting to the Com- mittee, with a view to their re- commendations being brought be fore the next annual meeting." It was agreed that an estimate bo
obtained for repairing the steps leading from the Peak Hond to the Church and for fixing a hand rail
With regard to the allocation of
funds in hand it was decided that.
with the promissory note but he was willing to return the $400. Hang was appealed to and is alleged to have told the complainant that once the note was handed over the matter ended. Finally after more talk, the complainant agreed to ∙come round next day for his promissory note, but on calling at the hotel found that the complainant was is that which will be attempted by Holy Baptism has been adminiş- there is waste. Of the drugs under admitted receiving it, but said it not there. Ho made a report to He is preparing to fly from Stock. I have been six marriages. ·.
As to cereals, there may be over- abundance in one locality while Famine takes its toll in another. Where there is over-production
cultivation, cinamon plays the most important role. At Shang-
Plaintif's Proofs.
Mr. Remedios produced the cheque, which was obtained from the Bank of Cauten, and the file of the previous action and defendant
was a subscription for shares and was not a loan.
cat.
The opening was corroborated by the complainant, who occupied the witness box throughout the after-
3.1.
trated to nine infants, and there
service flyer, who arrived here re such allocation be left over for an- cently to supervise the tuning-up other year and that $1,000 be now of his big twin-engined Burnelli placed on fixed deposit for twelve monoplane for a flight around the months. world in August. He plans to get! The meeting closed, as it had across the Pacific in one hop from begun, with prayer. Seattle to Tokyo. The water dis-
The Report. tance is something like 5.140 miles. Lieut. Fond is being assisted by that Holy Communion had been The report for the year 1998 stated Lieut. Wade and other service air celebrated in the Peak Church each. men and it is believed he will be Sunday throughout the year. The accompanied by at least one of the. men who made that trip several time of this service was changed" years ago. He will start at Roose from 8.15 .m. to 8.00 .m. in order Velt Field and the first stop will to enable the Dean to conduct the children's service which is now held be at' Seattle.
Another east-to-west airplane regularly at the Cathedral at 10 crossing announced for the tenson Capt. Albin Ahrenberg of Sweden.
By the Bishop's premission, and the police and saw his legal advisholm to New York vid Labrador. ers and as a result a warrant for the Capt. Ahrenberg hopes to reach the with the consent of the parents of Cited States in time to By back parties concerned the revised form arrest of the defendant was taken to his native land with Bert Hassel of each service has been used, since and Parker Cramer, who were the necessary printed service forms forced down in Greenland last sum were presented to the Church. The mer while trying to make a flight buildings both of the Church itself from Rockford, Ill., to Stockholm. and of the coolie's quarters are dow Hassel and Cramer intend to try in good repair the roof of the again this summer.
Church having been throughly tar The Great Zeppelin.
red, and the roof of the vestry freed from white ents and repaired. The ing the lighter-than-air craft are enquiries concerning the alterations The European syndicates operat Secretary is at present engaged in preparing for a busy summer. The to the Peak motor road which are scted at mediator to bring the Craf Zeppelin is scheduled to make in progress with a view to safeguard.
two trips across the Atlantic following the property... parties together and settle the quee ed by the British dirigible H-100, Many thanks are due to Lady tion of the promissory note. Wit- another giant. After the American Pollock, Mrs. Martell Hall and ness agreed that there was a ques-visit, the Graf Zeppelin operators Mrs. Sutton, who in turn have made expect to start the German dirigible themselves responsible for, the pro- dire want of transportation facili considering ways and means totion of part payment and added on a trip around the world, revision of flowers, and, the changing..
anything of
Besides the announced ventures, of the altar frontals. The ties. The rates charged by the Pull Yunnan out of the quagmire. that he did not know a French-operated railways eat up however, being rushed to comple
Communications schemes
defendant's financial circumstances. many others will undoubtedly ma are,
terialise as the long distance pro-annual general meeting in May, Of the Committes elected at the He denied that the $400 was Re-gramme gets into swing. Charles 1928, the following have since left so much of their profits. that the 'tion; long wave radio stations cepted as full settlement. "desire to export is practically-in-have been in operation in direct
A. Leving has let it be hinted that the Colony-Rev. J. Kirk Macona hibited.
The hearing was adjourned,
he is planning something and the chic, Mrs. Riley, Dr. Sanders, Lt In Yunnan a couple of communication with the Three
German aviatrix, Thea Rasche, is Cal. H. G. Riley, Mr. Maconachie'a thousand dollara will suffice for Eastera provinces and the Na
here for the third summer hoping place and that of Dr. Sanders have capitalisation if one has the in- tional Government at Nanking.
to make the Atlantic crossing that not yet been filed. Mrs. Martell tention to run an industry on a On account of its propinquity to
The first of the musical concerts she planned in 1927 and failed to Hall took Mrs. Riley's place, and small scale. There labour is cheap India, Yunnan has not been very organised by Mr. Robert Mayer to do in 1998, ...... -and-raw-materials-do-not-involve successful in the suppression of develop an apprei was held at the pilote in the country of the best C. McAvoy was appointed Hon. the expenditure of princely sums. opium
music in children was country at his com Treasurer vice Col. Riley in Septem- Like other provinces, Yunnan
The Wembley Majestic Theatre last mand, recently constructed a super- bez last. month. The Duchess of Atholl was monoplane costing more than present, and the orchestra, number-8500,000 and capable of taking the
hai the price per catty is as high as 200 dollars Mex. while in Yun- Mr. Loseby protested, saying that nan it is worth a dollar. Yunnan he had been taken by surprise, as
documents had is thickly forested; pines, fir,
been produced, camphor, and red wood trees grow
whereas Mr. Arculi had written in abundance. For days and saying that no documents would be nights a traveller may find him produced. He asked permission to recall the plaintiff for further cross- self in the thick of a forest.
Hadio Stations.
examination and his Lordship grant ed the application.
Judgment was given for plaintiff
ti
Precious stones and crystals are disposed of at ridiculously low prices, and the reason they do not
find their way to better markets
ia because the merchants are in
on the claim, with coste...
haa wallowed in the throes of civil Of the million dollar revenue war for the past years. Financial that the province looks to for de
noon.
Answering Mr. Lo, the witness denied that the 8400 was paid in full settlement and that the man Hung
ly stringent, the authorities resort fraying current administrative ex-ing about forty, was conducted by air with 1.400 gallons of fuel in its
has herself now also left. Mr. D.
to the usual practice of paper penses, eighty-five per cent. goes Dr. Malcolm Bargent, who explain-tanks. He has been putting it Bouthern Cross on its flight to issue.
One hundred million dol- for the military coffer.
ed to the children the simple tech- through vigorous tests flights over Australia, recently surveyed a New lars worth of paper is now in cir- To sum up, Yannan is a wonder-nique of each piece before it was Long Island, meanwhile building an York-to-Bermuda route for Levine, culation on the market. At pre fully resourceful province, but its played. Other concerts of a similar air of secrecy around its intended but the "Mystery Man
sexit the Promincia) Council, aralikidołam ingannanna liorat
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future.
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"abandond