National Commercial And Savings Bank Ltd.
YESTERDAY'S OPENING CEREMONY
MANY LOCAL FIRMS INSTALLED IN THE
BUILDING
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The opening of the new premises of the National Commercial and Savings Bank, Ltd., was performed with due ceremonial, yes terday morning.
The new building, which was designed by Messrs. Palmer and Turner, stands at the junction of Des Voeux Road and Ico House Street and is strong and interesting in appearance. The ed surfacing of the balconies is a striking note in a city where the buildings are for the most part white or grey,
The contractors were Messrs. Wing Yick & Co, and it is inter- esting to learn that the building was completed two months be fore the date agreed upon.
Precisely at 9 am, the Chief Manager of the Bank, Mr. Wong Kwok Sbuen, conducted the Directors and officers to the front door and on reaching there the Managing Director, Mr. Ma, pre- • senting a gold key to the Chairman, Mr. Choy Hing, with which the doors were opened. The Directors, officers and staff of the. Bank then went with the guests into the public hall where the Chairman addressed the gathering, his speech being translated into English by Mr. Lu, the Sub-Manager.
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senco, as well as for your past sup- I have also to thank our many friends, for the housewarming gifts and kind wishes they have so kindly sent us
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1933
LIVING BY ONE'S WITS
Reminiscences of" Free Lance" Days
ADDRESS BY ROTARIAN M. F. KEY
Au account of his journalistic career before he came to Hong Koag, by Mr. M. F. Key, Score tary of the Chamber of Commerce proved interesting talk at the Rotary Club yesterday.
Mr. Key told how he obtained many of his nowa "stories" and said that the journalist must al- ways be on the lookout for possible openings for the supply of news, never forgetting that small things, might lead to greater.
DEATH OF A YOUNG DEMANDING MONEY
SCHOOL-MISTRESS
Sister s Serious. Allegation's
MOTOR TESTS AT SCENE OF ACCIDENT
WITH MENACES
District Watchman Convicted
SIX MONTHS' IMPRISON.
MENT
Further evidence was taken by the Coroner, Mr. Schofield at
"I think it is a great shame for Central Magistracy yesterday when you to lower to prostige of such s the inquest into the death of fine force as the district watchmen. young Chinese schoolmistress who was fatally injured in a motor-car crash in Jubilee Road on March 11 was continued.
I have on several occasions con- gratulated them for their fina work," said Br. Wynne-Jones at Central Magistracy yesterday when he sentenced Lo Tat Kwong, a dis-
The deceased is said to have been travelling in a car at the time of the accident with her younger sister and, a man named Kwok Hung Ki, who was alleged to be the trict watchman, to six months' hard driver, and it was indicated at the labour for demanding money, with first hearing that probably a gravemanaces and for assaulting a car charge arising out of this enquiry would be preferred against Kwok: li was stated by an eye-witness that when he went to the scene of the ocident immediately after it hap- pened, he heard the younger girl say: He must have deliberately injured us"
penter.
Mr. Key said in part:-In my day the beginner went through an apprenticeship there was not much training however, one lsarat, like Squeer's pupils, by the process of
The case for the prosecution, doing the job. The weekly journal
which was conducted by Sub-In- which I joined lashed itself into
spector Elston, was that on the #great state of righteous indigna tion a few years later over what
morning of March 27, the accused was called, for political purposes,
met the complainant, à carpenter "Chinese slavery on the Rand."' | Mr. Hiu Shing Lo appeared for in Upper Station Street. The ac They asked the British working Kwok Hung Ki, and the owner of cused and the complainant knew man how he would like to be an the car was presented by Mr. Roach other, having apparently be- indentured labourer at a shilling} A. Wadeson. Inspector C. F. a day." But the newspaper paid Alexander watched the case on be me less than that. Half-a-crown a half of the Police... week the first year rising to 10 shillings in the fifth year! Very The guests were then conducted long hours of labour, too frequent to the Manager's room where cham-ly. Eille in the morning at the age pague and light refreshments were of 17. The compositor-apprentices served, after which they were taken were not allowed to do it; they over the Bank premises on the were under the Factory Acts, but ground and mozzanine floors of the the editorial department was building,
"above the law." One reason one worked late was that the beginner at shorthand has a good deal of difficulty in deciphering his notes. It is not easy to condense "five years' experience into five minutes
Bank continued success and pros- perity.
Light Refreshments,
came acquainted in an opium divan. When the accused, met the com- plainant on the morning in ques Young Wai Yuk, the sister f the tion, be searched him and found a deceased who was in the car at the small case containing illicit opium time of the accident, in reply to in the complainant's pocket. The Mr. Lo said Kwok had deliberately accused then said that he had been injured her and her sister. The reason why she and her sister ne looking for this from the complain. cepted the ride was because they ant for a long time, and began to wanted to have. the opportunity strike him with a truncheon. At of scolding him as he had said the same time, the accused called something which reflected on their "Ah... Cheung," another district moral character.
watchman, who was with him and who had since absconded.
Mr. Lo: De you agree that up to the time of the accident Kwok
Witness: No.
was one of your greatest friends? talk. The young beginner is put
CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH Mr. Choy Hing spoke as follows: Ladies and Gentlemen,-To-day is a red-letter day for The National Commercial and Savings Bank, Ltd.," of which I have the privilege of being Chairman, for it is cele brating the removal into its new home. I consider it a great honour to be asked to perform this open- ing ceremony, particularly so in the
Strong Room, etc. presence of so many distinguished
The safo deposit vault on the Incidentally, I have to Kuests. thank you, ladies and gentlemen, mezzanine floor attracted consider
The accused and Ah Cheung then for honouring us with your pre-able interest. In a large rooin
put the complainant under arrest, ontered by a burglar proof and
Is it true that you were first on to police courts and ser-
so and were taking him to the Central' fire proof door supplied by Mossra.mons, because they are considered friendly with Kwok that you let Police Station, but when "on the Mustard & Co., are nearly 1,200 ante the easiest work. My first hicycle him see some of your private let-way, near the Chinese Y.M.C.A.. deposit boxes of various sizes: The was bought out of the proceeds of ters-No. fact of its being on the mezzanine taking down a course of sermons tɔ
the accused suggested that the com- floor ensures that the safe deposit oblige a local minister. The coun- vault is dry and damp proof, try work is enjoyable, even in bad
A large and pleasant board room weather. We made nothing of get is also situated on the mezzanine ting wet through, sitting through a floor.
long meeting and then drying our salves by cycling home again. It was very pleasant on a beautiful summer morning when other talks pedal away twelve miles into the were tied up in shops or offices to Car Completely Wrecked. country, attend the meeting of the the Traffic department said that Sub-Inspector S. C. Saunders of Board of Guardians, which after immediately after the accident he a time went through a metamor went to the scene and found. a. Tist phosis, changed its chairman and two-seater completely wrecked about some of its members and becam: 300 feet down the hillside which was the Rural District Council. After very steep. The surface of the road an adjournment for lunch, those at the bend was composed of persons who were J. P's remained granite and firmly cimbedded in tar, for the petty sessions. The Clerk There were no wheel marks and he was of the opinion that the car and the pressmen were common to all three functions.
must have taken a straight course down hill.
The Bank owes its existence to Mr. Ma Ying. Piu, who, with the valued co-operation of Mr. Wong Kwok Shuen, the present Chief Manager, and the Board of Direc tors, founded the Bank in 1921 with premises at No. 144, Des Voeux
The Chubbs strong room door was supplied by the Jardine Engineer ing Co., Ltd., and the Waygood Due to the wise Otis lifts by Messrs. Dodwell Road Central. direction and untiring efforts of Co., Ltd. The National Commer- these gentlemen, especially Mr. Ma vial and Savings Bank, Ltd., is the Ying Piu, the Bank's business ex-only local bank which has installed pended rapidly, so much so that Micro-movement lifts. The marble more spacious premises, had to be work which does much to an air of nequired to cope with our growing beauty to both exterior and interior business. Since we are now more of the bank building was supplied contrally situated, we are confident by Raoul Bigázzi. that we are now in a position to Among the guests offer our clientele better service, Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, the Hon. and trust that our customers will in | Dr. R. H. Kotewall, Mr. Chan Lim future extend to us a larger mea- Pak, the managers of, hoth foreign sure of support.
and Chinese local banks, and
were: The
For this imposing building which ma leading business and profes I am about to open, our thanksional men of the Colony, besides are due to Messrs. Palmer and representatives of the Chinese and
foreign Press. Turner, the well known architects, through whose reputation and in- fluence special permission was ....ob- tained to erect our building to an unusual height. We also thank the well-known contractors; " Messrs Wing Yick & Co., for executing the plans sa scrupulously, and for doing
so in record time.
Well-known Firms Take Offices. The upper floors of the bank building are already occupied. On
Did you receive a letter from an plainant should produco $500 other- acquaintance named Chan in which wisp he would be killed in the sta there was a reflection on your character, and did you let Kwok tion. At that time there was a see that letter No.
man, known to both parties, pro-
On being further questioned, wit-sent and when he heard this, he ness said she was not making that went to the complainant's wife and serious accusation agpinat Kwok told her about it. The woman want just because her sister had died.
to the scene and told the accused that she could not get $500. The
woman said she had only $50 in accused then suggested $200 but the
money and two gold rings which she offered.
The accused was rather
reluctant to accept this at first but eventually he did. The next day he was arrested
The Defence.
Giving evidence in the witness- box, the accused said that it was La frame-up. charge. Ho had not been on good terms with the com plainant, and on the morning in question he was sleeping in his quar ters. He wished to call a district watchman who was on duty in the to read the speedometer, and aquarters at the time to bear out his speed of 23 miles was obtained. statement.
Pheasants or Pessants! Sometimes the local magistrates,
The following day when the road acting according to their lights, conditions were exactly the same which sometimes we thought burned as the day before-dry-he drove none too brightly, delivered them his own car, a Chevrolet, at the selves into our hands, and we bend at the fastest possible speed, brought away material which the Sergeant McInnis sat next to him editor would draw upon for a lead ing article. One such occasion was when the Bench fined three husky youths 10 shillings each for jumping on the village idiot and breaking
After further evidence had been
given, the inquiry was adjourned.
The district watchman was then called, but he said he saw the ac-
the first floor are Messrs, Tso and his ribe: then proceeded to fine incursion into the ranks of freei oused coming back to the quarters Hodgson, Donny & Co. have offices labourer £3 for shooting a phea-lance journalism showing how the atten, past five on the morning in gost. Beauty Parlour is also in land!" "Peasants of Pheasants?" Jouk-out for possible openings for cused was sleeping in the quarters. on the second floor, and the Red sant which was flying over his journalist must always be on the question. He did not think the ac- that floor. The third floor accom we demanded in our next issue, in the supply of news, never forget that morning. Ladies and Gentlemen, I will not modates the Petroleum Co. of South an impassioned appaal for British ting that small things may lead to detain you any longer. It now California, the French Aviation Co justice, pure and undefiled by class greater. Everything that happens accused, and on being informed by His Worship then convicted the affords me the greatest pleasure to and Menare. Clark & Co.
The interest.
is of interest to someone and it is declare these new premises of the fourth and fifth floors have been Apprenticeship days being com: the newspaperman's job to bring Inspector Elston that there was a National Commercial and Savings taken by Messrs. Shewan, Tomespleted. I was advised to look for the fact and the interested party previous conviction for asmult, pass Bank, Ltd., open, and to wish the & Co., Ltd.
something else to do, as the paper together. One of the most fruited sentence as stated above, "would take another half-crown ful fields of newspaper work. victim into its, maw, and the man though little known to the general above me had no wish to seek a billet elsewhere...
SIX MONTHS HARD LABOUR
CHINESE CONVICTED AT
counts.
THE SESSIONS
girl to row further out. This the girl did and as they drew near other beate anchored off-shore ac cused assaulted her and robbed her of a pair of ear-rings. The alarm was raised and nocused jumped into the water. He was pursued by another boat and hauled aboard where his wrists were tied. The girl was found to be suffering from slight injuries.
A Bido-Line.
public, is amongst the trade journ
The
OPIUM DROPPED
FROM SHIP
INGENIOUS SMUGGLER
FINED $5,000-
However, the very next day the ala of which many hundreds are call came to Fleet Street the
printed in capital cities. Mecca of all newspaper men. It though well remunerated, is pre- However, work of this kind, was not much of a job and the earious, and he was glad to have Institute of Journalists gave me a been able to take the advice of a guarded report upon it. However, well-known journalist and get out it was Fleet Street and I made the of it before, the age of 40. plunge. Though provided with a chief, features of this pleasant, it high sounding name, it turned out "Yin Bang, you have been
to be a one-man show, and the one precarious, moda, of life, wore its
A fine of $3,000, or in defauit, one. great variety of interesting work. changed before this Court on two
man" needed a bit of help to get contact with public affairs and the years hard labour was the sentence The first, obarge causes,
through the work.
stimulation derived from a single passed on a Chinese charged with you of having snatched a girl's ear
My employer had developed test, he would add, singularly de-kingane ka
| possession of 900 taels of raw oprim handed, contest with Fate, a conon board & shiny junk, rings. The verdict of the jury is
curious journalistic sideline. His vaid of sordid aspects None of Chief Preventive Office W that you are Not Guilty and you
main line was to collect the agendo the cut-throat competition which Buller said that on the night are discharged on that count. The
of the 29 Borough Councils of Lon- the merchant has to face; no hag April 18, accompanied by a party -second charge accuses you of azvált
don, and the London County Coungling over prices one accepts the of Chinese revenue offer, ing the girl and causing her bodily
In two statements made by the ail, the Metropolitan Asylums newspaper's regular rata, and if boarded a private motor bost harra. The jury have found that accused lie atated that when he told Board, the Metropolitan Water it seems too small one takes futurs proceeded out to the southern charge proved, and I agree with the the girl to row further out she re-Board and similar bodies and, sup work elsewhere. The temptation to way. Shortly after arrived of verdict. The sentence of the Court fused and he slapped her face. He ply trade journals with news of write at undue length because paid as Langahan, a parcel was drop is that you be imprisoned, with | did not rob her,
the letting of contracts. Practical by the line, is cancelled by the red from the stern. Defendant hard labour, for six months,***** The jury were Messia, W. Golden-ly every trade has one trade journ knowledge that the Editor would
The above sentences was passed here Linene, V Trendin, Daly of more and they will print ole salon in but would resort out the wake of the vessel, by the acting. Chief Justice, Mr. Tellan, H. Aumano, G. Henderson almost anything bearing on their to the blue, pencil. Also there is drew near to the parcel, which was Justice Wood, on a Chinese, who and F. A. Machado,"
brads, and pay pretty well too. the sense of professional pride in kept afloat by two football blad was changed at the Criminal Ses
He also turned out a monthly ar doing the job properly irrespective ders Defendant was seen to place ticle on the mineral water indus of the sions yesterday with snatching a
nace 000mphed. Provided his Band on it. pair of ear-rings from n sampan:
try for the American Bottler?!; girl and with assault.
Mr. J. A Fraser, Assistant At torney Generul prosecuted for the Crown. In outlining the case he stated that the principal witness was a young boat girl named She Tar Yau who on Mardly 24 was alone in her boat off Bhankiwan when no cused came to the sampan and engaged her to take him to a fish ing craft off the land. When they reached the boat accused said it was the wrong one and told the
That mendicante sent to the Tung This took some doing it wasno Wah Hospital for treatment by the use pinching" material from the Police were never returned to the home mineral water; pa Police was revealed by Inspector the
. A. Vincent at Central Magia Bot tracy yesterday when he charged a Chinese with mendicancy tor Vincent said the werd discharged a gates and that was His Worship tioned the defendants a him to apply direct to on his discharge from
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The parcel was found to contain opian inside two waterproof sheets, The sack was clipped at the mouth with a metal fastener.
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