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ROMANCE OF THE POSTAGE STAMP.
HISTORY IN A "SCRAP OF PAPER."
INSTRUCTIVE ADDRESS BEFORE ROTARY CLUB.
At the Rotary Club tiffin, held at Lano, Crawford's Restaurant yesterday, an interesting address was delivered by Mr. W. B. Watson, who spoke on the subject of "The Spirit of Rotary in a Scrap of Paper."
The Hop, Dr. S. W. Te'o, who presided, in introducing the speaker to the gathering, said that Mr. Watson had had prae- tical experience in teaching, and was always looking after the boys. Dr. Te'o also remarked that. Mr. Wataon had been a boy toon cow-boy. He was experienced in engineering and had fol lowed it closely until ho took up the noble art of journalism." Since then he had compiled a comprehensive book dealing with the Philippine Revolution.
INTERNATIONAL MEDIUM.
In opening his address Mr. Wat son said:
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ence was destined to become the Universal Postul Union. It was called to sccure a universal under- standing as to postal rates which at that time were as high as they were varied.
History shows that postal systems for imperial purposes are very ancient institutions, the oldest known being that of China, known` as the I Chan, or Government scr. vice of Couriers for the transmis sion of official despatches. This is mentioned in the records of the Chow Dynasty, some 3.000 years This conference met ago. This system remained in use until 1012 when the Chinese post office administration undertook the transmission of all despatches.
For instance to send a letter to Bulgaria weighing.o09 oz. cost 5/-, to California vit Panama, for an oz. 4a. 8d., and to Spain for the same weight 26, 20.
Paris and
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUT 31, 1932.
M. C. L. FUNCTION. | DEFENCE ATTACKS
FORTHCOMING SWIMMING
GALA.
PYJAMA PARADE.
What promises to be an outstand ingly successful Swimming Gala is to be held at Repulse Bay on Sept. G by members of the Ministering Children's League who have drawn up a most attractive programme of
events.
As this is the first big function conducted by the M.C.L this year, it is to be hoped that fine weather will mark the occasion, and that all who possibly can will give it their support.
SUMMING-UP.
MR. JENKIN'S EIGHT POINTS
ON JUDGE'S DUTY.
LEGAL ARGUMENT IN FUNG
MURDER CASE.
Mr. Eldon Potter, leading defence Counsel in the Fung murder case, concluded his address to the Full Court yesterday in connection with the point as to the admissibility of the evidence of Zimmern and Christie and also as to whether the
case should have been withdrawn from the jury. Mr. Potter finished his argument at 3.40 p.m. yesterday An accelerated 'bus service, com.
and Mr. F. C. Jenkin, who, together mencing at 1.30 p.m., will conduct with Mr. R. C. H. Lim, are also all intending spectators from the counsel for the defence, commenced Hong Kong Hotel to the scene of his address. Mr. Jenkin concerned the sports. Included in the pro-himself with the question of whe gramme of events will be a Baby ther there has been a misdirection Parade in Bathing Costume, and in law in the summing up of the
Pyjama Parade for children. Trial Judge.
Men's Relay Race.
In addition, an event that should
Men's Relay Race. arouse keen enthusiasm will be the from the following branches will Competitors
compete:-Military, Peak, Police, Prisons, Victoria, Kowloon, Quarry Bay, St. Paul's College, and the Royal Naval Dockyard and Har
and the Dance Band of the tut A Buffet Tea will be provided,
derers will be in attendance, Battalion the South Wales Bor-
arrangements for the Gala are in The
the hands of the following com- miites:-
adopted a simple code of regula tions. The next met in Berne in 1874 and was attended by reprobour. sentatives of 22 States, including all Coming down to more modern Europe, the United States and times in the 13th Century Britain Egypt and resulted in the organi had an organised system of royal sation of the Universal Postal post messengers whose supervisor Union which has continued in exist was the forerunner of the Post-once with bub little change until this master-General, the first person to day.' hold that position being Sir Brion Tuke, but it was not antil Sir Roland Hill took up postal reform that anything like a satisfactory public system was perfected
Communication Between Nations.
Of all the international unions that have come into existence none affects so closely the maintenance Taking the number of letters that of everyday communications be were handled by the London postal tween nationa as this, and there is district Sir Roland figured out that none of whose extent, machinery and - it would cost far less than 1d. to functions its bomofiters know BC handle the average missive. Work- hitta. It is the cornerstone of ing on that basis ho prepared a modern civilisation and in so deeply plan whereby for Id. at ordinary buried as to be almost overlooked letter could be sent anywhere in and forgotten. It is the only official the United Kingdom whereas at organisation in the world which, that time the average cost was from irrespective of language, nationality 4d. to 1s. 8d. Finally a Bill was politics, religion or colour has pro- prepared and sent to Parliament daced really practical results, and which approved it in 1830 and Sir which has thus displayed that sume Roland Hill was appointed to carry spirit which marks Rotary in its out its provisiona.
more limited sphere.
The Penny Stamp.
every
Addressing the Court, Mr. Jenkin said: "It falls to my lot to have to attack the summing up of the learned Trial Judge and I claim
virtue of the provisions of Section that I have the right to do it by
78 (2) of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance. sub-section is almost precisely in The position in that
the same language as the Criminal
Appeal Act in England and the position I claim is this:-
you,
CORRESPONDENCE.
All letters intended for publi cation must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer, not for publication, unless so desired, but as evidence of good faith.-~ER.J
LOST LETTERS?
(TO THE EDITOR OF THE “HONG KONG.
DAILY PRESS,”] ·
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612,-As resident in Hong Roig with relatives in Macso I ain the habit of sending letters and newspapers through the post and since a few months ago I have to the latter port very frequently
con-
siderable amount of correspondence noted with surprise that a
failed to reach its destination. Without exaggeration I may say that two out of ten letters or papers disappear in transit.
Sines the above occurrences I
send all letters by registered mail.. I have lived in many other ports but. never experienced the like. bo- fore. In order to safeguard the rights of the poople who utilise the post, I feel that thorough investiga tion of this matter is necessary. I
any correspondance between Hong am not aware of having ever lost Kong and other cities; it is only
losses have taken place.-Yours between here and Macao that such
faithfully,
JOHN S. H. WANN. Hong Kong, August 30, 1932. Question of Law.
[Upon enquiries being made at the General Post Office a respon→ "Adopting first of all what Mr. sible official informed us that "no Potter has just been addressing to other complaints have been receiv
I submit that there has been ad There are many
ways in a clear misdirection by the learned which letters may be lost. Our Trial Judge in law; that such a correspondent may entrust his lot- direction in a question of law which ters to a boy who saves himself the may properly be reserved and then, trouble of posting them by putting having got that point reserved, I them in the firs.-ED. II.K.D.P.] an then entitled to criticiso the Gon. Hon. Treasurer. Mr. D. whole of the summing up from any W. Tratman.
angle I like for the purpose of show. of other transactions is admitted, ing your Lordship that you could there should be an express direc not consider that no substantial tion as to the legitimate purpose miscarriage of justice had actually for which that evidence' may be
considered by the jury.
ter.
Patroness.-Lady Peal. Président. Mrs. J. R. Wood. Vice-President.--Mrs. Eldon Pot
Gen, Han, Secretary. Mrs. R. 31. Henderson,
Asist. Hon. Secretary-Mrs. H. R. Forsyth.
Mrs. T. H. King.
Chairman of Gala Committee.-
Branch Secretaries and at the Tickets can be obtained through Helena May Institute from 16 am, to 12 noon on. Friday, Sept. 2, and Saturday, Sept. J.
occurred on this trial.” -
In answer to a qucation by the B. Whore there is any circum. į | Chief Justice, Mr. Sheldon, leading stance such as the conditional par. that after the verdict had been witnesses testimony, it is most Crown Counsel, said he thought don here, affecting the value of the
then too late for a point of law accepting such testimony. taken and the issue decided, it was necessary to warn the jury as to
like that raised by Mr. Jenkin, to be decided.
The Chief Justice observed that misdirection was clearly a point of law. He then asked Mr. Jenkin what was the point in addressing the Court on the lines which he had
indicated?
Mr. Jenkin then proceeded to cite authorities to substantiate his points.
years old and just beginning his The first adhersive postage stamp,
Earlier Proceedings. It is laid down in the first article schooling under a tutor; the Comp- destined to become the world's of the Union's constitution that troller took great interest in his
Mr. Potter in the course of his great philatelio classic, was the countries which are members of the first attempts at writing and draw
remarks yesterday said that no one penny Black of Great Britain, boar postal union form one single terri- ing. Wishing to encourage the
could contend that Zimmern and ing the portrait of Queen Victoria tory for the purposes of the ex royal youth the Comptroller pro
Christie were mixed up with Taui Mr. Jenkin: Supposing you were and there was no connection be- an example of postage stamp art change of correspondence. This is wised him a prize and when the that has never been excelled.
effect, means that every country is timo came to award it gave him to say: "Although we agree with tween Trui's evidence and the ac entitled to use for the conveyance. the memorandum book containing Mr. Potter, we still can affirm the cused. The Zimmern ovidence was of its mails, the means of transport the stamps, This miniature stamp substantial miscarriage of justice ent independent ovidence of agency case because there has been no irrelevant until the jury had suffici. With the organisation of his which are at the disposal. of
collection became his greatest tren postal system Sir Rowland Hill had other country. Every nation there sure. To it he added other stamps The Chief Justice: That is your before them. Murderous hato' was created a sort of Garden of Eden fore is at liberty to make use for as he grew older and retained his only point?
utterly irrelevant and the evidence that the accused was taking steps in which the 1d black was the its mail services of overy improve. interest in the hobby throughout
through other channels to do away first inhabitant. The Governmentment in communication whether by life. It is worthy of note also that
with Fung was also irrelevant. acting along the line that it was land, sea or air in any part of the King Edward chose, the artist and
The Chief Justice (to Mr. Shel "not good that the man should be world. This single territory now the design when the time came lordon) Assuming that the Zimmera alone" added a 2d. blus, another comprised a population of some his head to appear on the nation's classic, to keep the 1d. company, 1,800,000,000 people with a postal postal issues. and these two stamps the Adam correspondence of over 40,000,000,000
Gentlemen, I thank you for your and Eve of philately, kept one an- letters a year.
kind attention. other company for about a year and then, obedience to the lawa
As a Hobby.
of nature additions began to creep The postage stamp brings Kings into the family, which goes to show and commoners to a common level how human postage stamps can be in the pursuant of a hobby. As an when properly understood.
Magle Carpet.
In thanking the speaker, Mr. J. D. Bush said: The postage stamp is a little thing that has the power
Mr. Jenkin: Yes. I can only attack your Lordship's summing up insofar as it contains a misdirection of low,
and Christie evidence was wrongly admitted and assuming that there was no case to go to the jury, should we find in favour of Mr. Potter in these two-points, would you be prepared to argue that there has been any substantial mis carriage of justice ↑
Mr. Sholdon: If there was no case to go to the jury-no. I don't know, of course, how much of the Zimmern ad Christie evidence is objected to.
Point Allowed.
The Puisne Judge, asked Mr. Potter whether, for the following reasons, the evidence of Zimmern and Christie would be admissible:
It was obvious that the man who ongaged Lan had a design against Fung.
The accused, through Zimmern and Christie's evidence, was shown to have a design against Fung.
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Cart Before the Horse. ' entstanding proof of this we have of lifting manking out of the narrow
Mr. Potter said that it would not, Three years later two of the the fact that King George V, is an orbit of space like the magic
because until the agency of Lani Cantons of the Swiss Confedera ardent collector and has not only carpet.
was proved, the proving of the fact For a few pence our
that accused had a design po Fung tion-Zurich and Genova, followed instructed the curator of his mar- thoughts can be conveyed across conference with the Puiene Judge, would be putting the cart before suit, Zurich with a stamp of four vellous collection of Great Britain, the world through the splendid co-allowed Mr. Tenkin to continue the horse. rappen for which to-day dealers rap and British Dominion. and Colonial operative efforts of the postanem, positions showing the thitics of the whether there was a caso to go to Mr. Jenkin then road eight pro- Regarding the second point as to you file and a six rappen for stamps to exhibit his prizes to all clerks, callwayinen and deckers, summing to judge. The points are the jury, Mr. Potter said that when which they coolly knock you down who desire to see them, but often sailors and engineers of all these follow case other than a sim- go to the jury he did not mean no he said there was no evidence to for £150, which proves that we often takes delight in explaining to visi nations Symbolized in the postage ple one, it is the duty of the Judge evidence at all. What the words
1.In any case have to pay dearly for the bright tore in person.
stamp may be traced the flore, to carefully direct the Jary both meant was "no reasonable evi- ideas of our forefathers.
dence." He said that if the evi- I might mention also in closing fauna, topography and history of as to the law and as to facte. That same year far off Brazil fell that the first stamp collector in the many of the nations in the East. When there is a mass of evidence was such as to permit the dance it is essential that the Judge jury to forni only a conjecture, it for the innovation and issued what world was the father of our pre- and West. We can also find sya should carefully sift it and put it should not be left to them. The looks for all the world like a corn- sent sovereign, the late King Ed. bolized in a postage stamp the to the Jury in such a way as to conjecture in the present case was plaster with a trademark on it. ward VII, who was born the year evolution of human efforts of send ensure their due appreciation of it. whether, if the accused, were iden 3. The Jury are entitled to that tified with Zimmera and Christie, Nevertheless it is now worth £10, following the appearance of the ing written messages by man, hurse, nesistance from the Judge in order he must be identified with L ond in 1845 the United States issued first stamp, It
It sooma
that the rail and steamship, motor van and to avoid their being lulled into & Where there was a mere scintilla of her famous Postmaster stamps, Comptroller of the Queen's House even acroplane.
miscarriage of justice on their part. evidence, it did not avail the 4. The sneeches of Counsel on Crown at all. He respectfully sub- other countries soon following in hold had, merely be a matter of The speaker of to-day has reveal either or both sides cannot relievo mitted that, on the various grounds the wake.
form, pasted in a mall memoran-ed to us an excellent line of thought the Judge of that duty,
he had mentioned, the conviction The spirit that lay in that first dum book a copy of the id, black and as Botarian we
should be quashed; * postage stamp it demonstrated and the 2d, blue, to which he later weary of joining in the work of co- itself in a conference which mat in added other stamps as they appear- operation for world welfare. On 1803, the year after Hong Kong got ed. When Prince Edward was five behalf of the Rotary Club, I want its first issue. This initial confer- (Continued on next Column.) to thank Mr. Watson very heartily."
aro never
B. An inadequate atening un worse than ng summing im at all
. There must be a direction ng to the bearing the various facts have upon the issues in the case.
7. In particular where eviderico ***Confined at "next column.Y
As stated above. Mr. Potter's ad.... dress was followed by Mr. Jenkin's address, which was not completed when the Court rose. The case will ba continued this morning db '10'
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