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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1934.
MACAO WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT ALLEGED FRAUD TRIAL
NEWS FROM PORTUGUAL PEACE ENVOYS
NEW BROADCASTING
Station
The Bank of Portugal is fre- quently obtaining, from abroad gold bars, to increase their gold reserves. Recently the s.s. Lipari from Bordaux brought to Lisbon 113 gold bars, valued at £240,000. many This shipment added to others from African colonies has brought the reserves of the Bank
of Portugal to a considerable sum thereby the position of the Bank being extremely secure.
Portuguese Institute Of Cancer The new Radlum Pavillon of the Portuguese Institute
ing which will take place in Paris, during the last week of February. Iberian Association of British Culture.
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A society to develop the study of the English language will be or- ganized in Lisbon during month of February.
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This society shall be under a Board formed by representative personalities of Portugal, England and Spain.
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New Broadcasting Station. of Cancer
The new Broadcasting Station of which was recently inaugurated
Barcarena Was completed early was visited by President Carmena
this month. The wave length, will and Dr. Salazar. The Pavilion
be of 400 meters. Two 300 feet and the Institute represent the
Lowers 600 feet apart and a big reinforced concrete structure where work of Prot. F. Gentil who was greatly encouraged by Dr: Salazar's all the technical apparatus and
this broadcasting spécial donations towards fund. The general scheme of the will be accommodated constitute Institute is very vast and the addi- the general plan of the Station. tion of this new pavillion means the completion. of just one part of the general plan.
rooms, offices
etc.
Bridging The "Tagus The conditions for the tenders Dr. Salazar has alloted a further for the construction and exploita- of the "Tagus" bridge are ton aow being drafted and translated into English, French and German at the Public Works Office of Lis- to enable foreign bon, in order construction companies to tender The capital for this big project. needed for the construction, and exploitation of the bridge will re- present a very considerable gum.
dcration of approximately $900,000 out of public funds for the de- velopment of the scheme and the home papers state that this will xot be enough to carry out the It is worth complete project mentioning that part of the plans were executed with assistance from the colony of Mozambique and partly with a public subscription organized in Lisbon.
The contribution from Mozam- bique is intended for research work to be conducted at this African Colony in order to deal with cases of cancer frequently observed amongst Africans.
"Pauliteiros De Miranda "
Agriculture Improvements...
TO SAVAGES
Armed Only With Toy Five
Squeaker
Ali Australia is anxiously watch ing this progrese of a small mis- sionary expedition, which has gone to Arnhem Land, North Australia, to try to pacify the warlike Cale don Bay tribes of aboriginea.
The expedition is a sequel to a proposal by the Commonwealth Government to send a punitive arm- ed party to arrest the murderers of Constable AlcCall, who was speured to death while trying to trace the killers, of five Japanese pearlers last year.
There was such an outcry against the punitive expedition that the Government abandoned it.
The peace expedition" is the Church Missionary Society's answer to a challenge that if the Church could suggest a Better alternative to the armed party, it should try it. On seeing that the Society was serious, the Government discouraged the proposed expedition, but, al though warned of the dangers they were running, two missionaries and wireless operator decided to un- dertake the task.
AWAITING VENGEANCE
The members of the expedition are the Rev. H. E. Warren and the Ray, A. J. Dyer, both possessing con siderable knowledge and experien-
Portuguese and Italian Implicated:
for
MOTE witnesses
the police were called at the resumed hearing, before Chief Judge H. Y. Talen in the First Special District Court "of Bhanghat of the pro secution against Joseph I. Ionin. Wong Tsang-ching, Leonid Shmoo- Zia Ping-foong, ac- levsky, and eused of fraud, forgery, falsifica- tion of documents, and uttering forged
documents, the four charges centring around one al legedly
forged British-American Tobacco Co. cheque for $136,688.25. After another three-hour hearing, the case was adjourned.
last year when he asked him to and a man who could get a gen- uine cheque from the Chattered Bank,
Accused gold ha, had friend in the Chartered Bank, the second recused, and then he fired the latter to mid a Chartered Bank cheque for him. This the second accused, did and the cheque was given Mr. Mack on a Saturday. Mr. Mack later gave the cheque back; to the accused and it was then taken by Kashin for several pho- taken. For this tographs to DE service, the second accused was given $500 by Mr. Mack, while Kas-
in got 86.300,
Counsel in the case were Mr. Paul Y. Ru, Assistant Municipal In regard to the printing of Advocate, who conducted the pro- froged cheques, the first accused secution, while Dr. O. Fischer, and told the Court that this was done the at a Chinese shop, but, as the work Mr. N. A. Ivanow defended
Russians. Four Chinese was not satisfactory, the work was two lawyers were retained by the two done at a Japanese shop. Forged Cheques having been printed. an Chinese prisoners.
account was then opened with the Chida State Bank to the amount of $1,500 on January 9 or 10, the money belonging to Mr. A. C. Mack. It was Tamburrini, ir., who had taken the forged B. & T. cheque for $136,688,25 to the China Stase Bark for collection, the first ac cused stated.
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The first witness called was Mr. Messrs. Mington Ginsberg. Co., 668 Szechuen Road, who told the Court that on November 28 last year, two Rusetans, one of whom was the first accused, or dered a block from him at a price of "$50, but only the proof was taken by "them. not the block.
Dr. Fischer:-Did the two Rus- slans give a written order when they ordered" the block?
Witness: No.
Dr. Fischer-Did you ask them for whom they were acting?
Witness:—Yes.|||
Dr. Fischer:-Which name they
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Two More Arrests
As a final coup in their extensive investigations the Municiple police have arrested a Portugese subject and 2 Russtar, the latter on, a telegraphic warrant to Mukden.
Those in custody are F. Baptista, who spent last night in a cell at Amoy Road Gaol, and M. Kashin, gave?
Witness: The first accused sald erstwhile-Russian newspaperman, "Bush Mack."
first
A Newspaperman.
Questioned by the Judge, the accused admitted having visited the Millington Co.'s once last year with another Russian named Kashin, Accused siid he did so by order of Mr. Mack -
who will be brought back to Shanghai by Municipal detectives, who are to leave to-day for Muk- den. The former is an employee in the Chartered Bank.
"A sum equivalent to over 84,000.-ce of the North Australian blacks, 000 was recently included in the and Mr. John Porter, wirelesa oper- budget for rural improvements in ator. They have gone from Thurs The day Island to the Groote Eylandt different parts of Portugal attention of the Agriculture Office Mission, and thea will travel to the has been concentrated in improv-headquarters of the Balamunu tribe. ing rural conditions and it should The tribal belief is that a white On January 6 last an interna-be mentioned that Portugal has man, or men, will come to avenge been producing during the last the death of Constable McColl. They few years all the wheat necessary await the avenging party. tional dance pageant was held at the "Albert Hall" organized by
for home consumption. A more Few examples of rare daring and the British Society of Folk Dances logical distribution of fruits under and Songs. Portugal contributed
the Government control has also cuurage in the annals of Christian with very original items performed contributed towards a more ba-missions excel this Australian ex- by the "Pautiteiros de Miranda
lanced fruit market and the usual / pedition Messrs. Warren and Dyer cused further said that Kashi Ferreira da Silva, Portuguese Con- disparity of prices of fruit in the will go, absolutely unarmed into North and South of Portugal has. the midst of the disturbed Balam been eliminated.
Li is surprising how easy it is to change these, simple children from their purpose by appealing to their sense of humour, Mr. Dyer stated in "an interview before his departure, writes a Sydney corres“ pondent of the Morning Post."
peasants of Miranda, a city on the
north-western corner of Portugal The dances were never before per formed outside of Portugal and it
The same with wines. At pre- was a genuinely original contribu-sent no wines will leave Portugal tion to this interesting initiative. The Home Press states that the London society were highly in- terested with their numbers which were vividly applauded by the public.
Spanish Lottery
A Portuguese, whose name he refused to give, to-day presented for payment the lottery ticket No. the handsome 18.343 that won prize of 6,000,000. pesetas of the Spanish lottery. The Vigo office uf the Spanish Lottery Immediately cashed the ticket and the fortun- ate winner left for Portugal.
for exportation before they pass through the Government Entrepot at Gala (Opporto) and the quality of wines is thus maintained.
Corporative Organimation of Portagal.
umu tribe.
CRASH ENDS MORAN AND MACK ACT
"I have a toy tin squeaker, which I propose to play to the accompani Dr. Salazar started recently a ment of comic grins and gestures- series of lectures about the new what you would call acting the
which will be
goat.'
Once I get them laughing Corporative State the new constitution of the Portu- their hostility will disappear.
The concise and guese Republic. Important statements delivered by Dr. Salazar in his speech were re- produced in "Le Tempe a Parisian CAR dally and transcribed in various other European papers. They all emphasize the declaration At the annual meeting of the "the direction and control of the Council of the Liberal Federation Nation's economy can be achieved of the Western Counties held at through the corporative organiza-! Bristol, the President, Sir Charleston of Portugal." Hobhouse, while passing in review the European finances stated that the only continental country in a solvent position was Portugal.
European Finances
Dr. A. Ricardo Jorge *La Suclete Zoologique
de
Colonial Exhibition...
that
France" has invited Prof. Ricardo
well for the success Jorge of the Faculty of Sciences of
hibition. The Government is do- Coimbra University (Portugal) to be Chairman at their annual meeting everything to make this in-
Lugubrious Blackfaced Comedian Killed
was formerly on the staff of the "Shanghai Zaria, local Russian
newspaper,
and
that
he took
Kashin along because the latter spoke English..
Ru, told the Judge that Kashin had been placed under ar- rest in Marden where he fled when the alleged, fraud was dis- covered in Shanghai,
Three Chinese and a Russian then went into the witness box given after which evidence was by Mr. Shiller to the effect that he had known the first accused for about half year and that about the beginning of January, he visit- borrow ed the first accused to
some money. The first accused, witness sald, gave him a cheque for $8335 on the Shanghai Com- mercial
Bank and and Savings asked him to cash it. This witness said he did and he was given $300.
...
Sums Recovered...
After Mr. Bu has told the Judge that the police had up to the pres- ent recovered a portion of the allegedly defrauded, in- money
Preparations for the forthcoming A Charles Mack, the mournfully, colonial exhibition of Portugal to funny fellow of "Moran and Mack, take place at the Cristal Palace of the Two Black Crows," was killed Oporto during the month of June in a carsmash in Mesa, Arizona,cluding $1,500 from the fourth ac- next, are well to hand and the George Moran, his partner, and
cused; $4,000 from the second ac- constant requests for space augur Mack Sennett, the film producer, cused, 81,870. at the China State of the ex-retatrned to their hotel after being Bank in the name of China To-
treated for minor cuts and bruises.
bacco Leaf Co., $623 at the Klang- Mre, Mack and her daughter were
gn and Cheklang Bank in the slightly injured...
came of Sokoloff, and $450 at the Shanghai Bank in the name of China Tobacco Leaf Co., the ex- amination of the prisoners ос cupled the remaining session of the Court, the prisoners being brought before the Court separate- 17.
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The party were on their way to Hollywood at the time of the smash. They were doing about 4 miles an hour when a tyre burst, and the car turned four somersault before com- ing to a stop,
Charles Mack was 43, was born in White Cloud, Missouri, and did all Porta of things electrician, base- ball player, and odd-job man-be fore be joined up with George Mo. Yan, with whom he went to school; in the blackface act that became the most celebrated of all blackface sate
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The first prisoner, in confessing his part in the alleged fraud, placed the bisme on the shoulders 01, Mr. A. C. Mack who, the ac cused declared had mapped out the alleged fraud. Having cashed the forged B. A. T. cheque 8136,688.25 at the Chartered Bank, the accused stated, he received letative as impressive as possible from $26,000 to $28,000, Mr. A. C. and instructions from the Finance Mack got approximately 846,000 Department have been issued that while a Mr. Baptista, Portuguese, Go money will be spared to con- a bank employee, got $10,000 for vert the exhibition into a com- his part in the offence. Two plete demonstration of Portugal's Italians, father and son, had also colonization efforts and progresa received a share each of the pro- achieved in the colonies, thereby ceeds from the fraud, these be- turning it into a fitting exhibition ing Tamburrini, sr., and Tambur- of the world's third colonial rini; r: the former receiving $5,- Tain- Power.
300 and the latter, $2,800. burrihar, gned the foreign name J. Rice on all cheques of the China Tobacco Lear Co. and he was a good friend of Mr. Mack, while his son was an employee of Bush, Mack and Co., the ac- cused declared.
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At this juncture, Mr. Ru told the Judge that, after this case was concluded, in the District Court, the police would take. action against the two Italians concern- ed in their consular court."
Prisoner's Statement
Further questioned by the Judge, the first prisoner stated that Mr A. 0 Mack first asked him to aid in the alleged fraud in September
Mr. Baptista was arrested yes- terday by a foreign detective, at- tached to Central Station, who had been specially detailed to this case. The warrant was" issued by Dr. sul-General, and accused is to ap- Dear for preliminary examination, It is said, at the Fortuguese Court this morning Mr. Kashin, on his return to Shanghai, will be charg- ed in the First District Court.
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