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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1935.
SILVER JUBILEE CORRESPONDENCE UNEMPLOYMENT
Final Meeting
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to the collections allocated
In his address to the rushering Sir Thomas said:-
You
Gentlemen. We meet to-day to wind up our functions as the Siver Jubilee Committee and I am presenting to you the final de- c.unts of our expend tere. will be glad to see, and in these hard time. the Government is no
·les glad, that within the amount voted to us by the Leg...tive Court. But we could not have done this without the very generous assistance both
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GARETH JONES
TALK
Rotary Function
"Unemployment Relier Methods
INTERPRETER JAILED
Bribery Alleged
Cheng King U... an Interpreter in England and Germany was employed in the Sanitary Depart-
I have been told that compart-the subject of an address by Mr.ment was found "qulity by the sons are adlus:
L. W. B. Teeling, special corresponjury who assisted the Paine dent of The Times" and a can- Judge, Mr. Justice R. E Lindsell didate for the House of Commons. the Supreme Court yesterday delivered to the Rotary Club yes on a charge of having accepted a terday. H.E. the Officer Adminis-
bribe of $30 as a public servant, tering the Government Thonias Southom) and the Consul 10: Germany (Herr Gipperich were among those present.
Killed by Chinese Bandits
com-
At the Final Meeting of the Silver Jublee Committee held [To the Editor, The "Hong Konr yesterday In
the Council Chamber, Sir Thomas Southorn taken
presided made references proper who pleading guilty and
good work put in.. throwing yourself on the mercy
made were riso of the Court. Your counsel has most ably pointed out the circum- stances on your behalf, but it is perfectly clear that while under the influence of alcohol you had knocked down, the man who tried to help you and thus caused his death. You were no doubt very unlucky In Anding the deceased in such a poor state of health, but the fact remains that you have made a brutal and unprovoked attack- en an individual. Such
Ettack an would have entailed heavy punish- ment, both as a warning to your- self and as a deterrent to others.. It is a sad thing that your whole future may be marred by this crime, but the law must be main- tained. I sentence
you to im- prisonment with hard labour for nine months," so said the Pulsne Judge, Mr. Justice B. E. Lindsell at the Supreme Cour, yesterday to Cyril Willam Crompton, 29, a Private of "C" Company. 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment who pleaded guilty to a charge of
This unfortunate young man was captured by Chinese bandita whlist peacefully" travelling In
with a German company panon." Some sort of protest was made by the British au:horities. and the German was released. The Germa made efforis to secure the ransom demanded by the bandits, but the body of the money and labour of Chinese lends who contributed British subject has now been found no less than $169,500 to
riddled with bullets. It is signi- expenses of the Day and Nightficant hat the German was "re-. processions, which were so unique leased, but perhaps Germans in China enjoy more prestige than we do. Doubtless the final chap-
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the
and so successful a feature of our celebrations.
The warmest thanks both of
ter closing the incident will be
the Committee and in particular an expression of regres from the Chinese government, the promise or a solatium to the family of the
to Mr. Ho Kam Tong whose ac- cident we so much deplored and to Mr. Tse Ka Po who took hiệ
place and to the various Guilds
very
unlawfully killing Haider Khan.effective organization of the pro-
and Associations for their
ex-police guard on July 19 at the junction of Shanghai Street and Jordan Road.
Appearing for Crompton. Mr H. C, Macnamara, who was 'nstructed by Mr. O. E. C. Marton, of Messrs. Deacons, stated that his cilent had pleaded guilty to the charge, but before sentence was passed on him he would like to point out the circumstances in which the arme was committed.
TOO MUCH LIQUOR
The case was another instance o the fateful results which could occur in taking too much liquor. On the morning in question, which was a Friday, the accused, having got his pay, went to the canteen of his Regiment and had some beer. Afterwards he and his com-
panion (Pte. Chapman), instead of having their midday meal in
the barracks, went out on bicycles but instead of going to the coun- try, as originally intended, they
went to the canteen of the Royal Army Medical Corps, where they had some more beer. After that, his cl'ent said he could, remember ittle or
practically nothing of what happened. He was riding back towards his barracks when he fell of his bicycle. Those were the circumstances in which this unfortunate Incident came about.
With regard
to the deceased himself, it was very unfortunate for the accused that he (the deceased) was in a very precarious state of health, and the actual
cessions.
may,
SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS
Gentlemen, I think we Without undue selt adulation, congratulate ourselves in the suc-
to celebrate
cess of our efforts His Majesty's Silver Jubilee in a fitting manner. I need na: weary you with an account of our doing: for you are all
aware of well »them and a full account was sent to the Secretary of State for the Colonies for his information. Letters on thanks were sent by His Excellency Sir William Peel or by myself to our many helpers and I do not propose to repeat them in the form of detailed votes of thanks to-day.
I do wish. however to make
public recognition of our indebt- edness to the Army, Navy and Air Force for their cooperation and
tor their special displays, to the
shipping companies, business firms and general publle for their effec- tive private illuminations, and in this connection I could have wished that more householders on the, Peak had followed the excel- the French ent example set by Consul and others whose illumin- ated houses added so much to the evening displays, and also to the Electric Companies on both sides. of the Harbour for the willing nooperation
THANKS
As regards the daylight de-
cause of death, according to the 'corations, our thanks are special- niedical evidence,
to Lt. Col. "Dowbiggin, appeared to ly due have been due to haemorrhage of O.B.E.. for his crowded streets. the brain, caused by a blow on
Lastly Gentlemen, I desire to the head.
express my personal indebtedness to you all and in particular to Sir William Shenton the Vice Chairman of this Committee and
Counsel submitted that if the deceased had been a more healthy person, the blow would probably have caused only a slight or severe bruise. Moreover, it had been given in evidence that the skull of the deceased was abnormally thin:
deceased,” and the British Minister
may even apologise for the un- fortunate accident, and end up by expressing the p'ous hope that this will not occur again.
GARAITO JONESKO
Killed by Chinese Bandits
News has reached he Japanese Consui that Garaito Jonesko,
Japanese Subject, was captured by Chinese Bandits recently. and that his body has now been found riddled with bullets.
The Japabese Minister has lodged an energetic protest with the Nanking government, and has demanded sanctions.
Four high Chinese officials have been detained in the Japanese Legation in Pelping, and are held incommunicado.
Colonel Takahashi has advanced his troops, and has now occupied the principal towns in Hopei and Shanst and has wired the War
Ofice ments
in Tokyo for
reinforce-
Chiang Kai Shek has wred apologising for the incident, offer- ing an apology and compensation. Narking 's bowing, scraping and applagising.
(Sir
For the accused, Mr. Macnamara indicated that he would probably lodge an appeal agains, the con-
viction.
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In introducing the speaker, the
Mr. W. J. Lockhart-Smith, assis- President (Professor L. Forster) tant Crown Solicitor, appeared for remarked that Mr. Teeling was one
the prosecution, and Mr. E. C. who believed that special study
Macnamara, instructed by Mr. M. was necessary for a. political K. Lo was for the defence. careet. Therefore he had travell- The following jury w32. cd extensively, had tramped panelled:-Messrs. George Duncan. through England in order to study Jr. (foreman). Lam cand'tions amongst poorer folk, and had been in lumber camps in Canada.
em-
Kwong-slk. A, A. D'Azevedo, T. A. Johnston. J. R. Paton, B. C. de Jonge, and L S. Castro,
The accused was aleged to have accepted a bribe from a pig deal-
for
er named Ma Sing who had pre- viously been fined at the Kowloon Magle racy
keeping swine He was, fur- ther said to have warned the man of the Impending inspection to be made by a Sanitary Inspector.
CAUSE OF WAR Mr. Teeling touched on unem- ployment as a possible cause of war- theme he had no time to develop As to unemployment in Great Britain he said the unem-without a licence. Ployment fund was now solvent so that the payments to the unem- ployed could not be called a dole. He outlined various plans for im- proving the lot and the prospects
of those out of work and for en- couraging removals from distress- ed areas to others where oppor- tunities were better. "
The defence denied the offence. Mr. Macnamara in addressing the jury said that his client had never before been in trouble and had been with the Sanitary De-- partment for the last ten years. he submitted that the story given by the two witnesses of the crown was a made up one.
Hitch-hiking, he said, had ce- veloped in several European coun- tries, including Great Britain, to such an extent that workers were meeting internationally. augured hopefully for peace be-ly tween the nations and made one optimistic about the future.
This
In Germany there were about six millions unemployed when Herr Hitler took control The National Socialists came.Into power because the better-to-do classes in Ger- many were making practically no contribution towards the problems of government but were engrossed In their private business and per- sonal interests. They should have been the people of political in fluence as, lucidly, they still were
England. Hitler came Into
whole
power to fight the communists and to find employment for the work- The Japanese military author-ing classes. Cemany's political itles have placed under arrest the local magistrates, and the arrest for a democratic form of govern- aim now was to train the people and punishment of the bandits is ment to come in the near future. expected shortly.
CONSCRIPTION AS A MEANS Mr. Teeling mentioned the de- velopment
the amongst pathy for the hemployed and, by community In Germany of sym-
to share their hardships. He be- restricted meals on certain days.
Lieved that conscription was adopt ed principally $5 2 means of caring for 500,000 unemployed.
Hitler's two main objects were to engender a national spirit of en- thusiasm which would lead to con- fidence in the country and willing-
China loses another province
yours etc.. V
A. B.
OBITUARY
AN ALIEI
that the evidence given by the two, witnesses for the Crown was unbelievable, and that the defence had established an alibi, pure and simple.
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The defence was two-fold, name-
Mr. Macnamara then went on to point out the discrepancies in the evidence of the two witnesses for
mitted that their story was un- the Crown, after which he sub-
believable and that his cllen; bid successfully established an alibl
Smith reminded the jury of the For the Crown, Mr. Lockhart -
relationships between the two witnesses for the Crown and those for the defence. The Crown's witnesses were merely ac- quaintances and it was inconceiv- come together and make able therefore that they should up a cock-and-bull story against the accused. On the other hand, the Wtnesses for. the defence. were either relatives or close friends,
understood that the rain purpose and therefore it could be easily
of the r going to the witness-tox was to establish an alihi for the prisoner.
SUMMING UP
In his summing-up, His Lord- ship referred to the question of dales. The principal witness for the Crowa, Ma Sing, had in his sworn information stated that the
the
Mr. H. D. C. Jonesness to develop te resources. Ex-Arst meeting, when the bribe was tremism would de down; over 60 alleged to have been demanded, millon well-educated people who was on May 24 and that had been on the verge of commun-money was paid over the follow- put them on their feet again.
ever, he stated that the Brst The two countries were each meeting was on May 18. His ex- trying in their own ways to deal Planation for this discrepancy was with unemployment. The methods unconvincing, but, on the other differed, partly because the Eng-hand, the jury must realise that
the Chairmen of the various Sup. / Wood Cemetery, surrey, England, ism had found the man who hading day. In the 'witness-box, how-
The funeral took place at Brook-
on Wednesday afternoon July 31 Committees for your willing co-
of Mr. Harry Davies Campbel Operation and stremizous work
Jones, formerly joint manager of which resulted in a success of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in London,
you
which the Colony may well be. proud. So effectively dia FAIR RECORD
carry out your work that there The accused had been in the was very Hitle left for me to do. Army for four years and apart
I cannot dose without express- from a certain number of pettying my warmest thanks, in which military offences had borne a fair- I am sure you will all wish to join, to our Secretary, Mr. S. F. Balfour,
ly good character, and had never been
convicted of drunkenness.
Mr. Macnamara cctcluded by re- minding His Lordship that the accused had been in custody for about a month."
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whom fell the very од
who died after a brief illness on
Monday, July 29 at the age of 71 at his residence in Palace Gate. London.
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Mr. Jones joined the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank in London at the age of 18, and was later trans-
onerous duty of co-ordinating the ferred to offices in the East, where activities of the various Sub- he remained until 1911. During
this period, he and
Committees His ready courteous help kept our whole machinery working. smoothly and contributed in no small degree to the success of our undertakings
DISTRIBUTION
first acted in Manila 1835-1896 and from 1897- 1906 he was manager of all the Philippine branches of the Bank In 1907 he was appointed manager of the Yokohama Branch and was in charge of all the branches in
Lieut. P. G. Wellman, of the same Company as the accused, giving evidence as to character, said accused had been in the Army. tor four years. He had always been of an extremely modest and unassuming disposition. He was very unquarrelsome in the Com Majesty the King has consented Chinese and Japanese circles and
The
amounted
Charitable Collection to #7,137,08, His
to its distribution as follows:- To Children's Playgrounds
Association.
Poor cit
pany and had never been seen to have had any dispute with anyone. He had never been convicted of A drunkenness at any time, and sa
To Society for Protection far as his actual record and con-" of Children duct were concerned, they could be To Little Bisters of "the assessed as very fair. He had only a small number of military offences on his record which were purely military. and technical. Furthermore, he had never been convicted by court-martial, nor had he had any conviction by the 'most c ́vli authorities,
Mr. Macnamara: I have almost forgotten to say a most important thing. My client wishes to er press his sincere regret for this unfortunate incident.
Mr. J. A. Fraser, assistant At torney General, who appeared for the prosecution, pointed out that although the prisoner had taken
To Nethersole Hospital To St. John Ambulance
Association
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$2,068.54
2,088.54
1,000.00
1,000.00
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honourable course in pleading guilty to the offence, the case was nevertheless a very seri- ous one. The accused had unlaw- fully killed a man who tried to help him The reason why he was not charged with murder was due to the fact that the Crown had taken into consideration of the poor condition of the health of the deceased.
Ush people had been educated in democracy and the Germans had hot. The English working people
world. were the most level-headed in the
GREATEST PROBLEM Professor Robertson moved 2
vote of thanks to the speaker.
This was seconded. by special request by Herr Gipperich who remarked that unemployment was perhaps the greatest problem in the present-day world Germans admitted that their National 80- cial sim was not "an export article" but they felt they knew better than other countries what was good for themselves. Unemploy ment had not only economie but serious human am moral aspects. Work was not a curse but a bless
he, was a man of not very great" mental power. Further. in his sworn information: Ms Sing had stated that he himself handed the money to the accused, but in the Witness, box, he said it was Siu. Shek-sui who did so.
His Lordship then went on to review the evidence given for the defence, after which he directed the jury to consider the various aspects of the case in arriving at their verdict.
The jury took over half an hout to arrive at their decision. Lordship (Mr. Justice Landsell) His
hard labour. passed sentence of 18 months".
INSPIRATION
Japan until 1911. He was well known, and highly respected in all the announcement of his death w'll be receive with univeral re- gret. He served on the Council of Ing: a young and able man with- the Overseas Banks Association cut work deterionted morally: he good and useful lives by the light We have heard of men who live in London for several years and acquired the dangerous attitude of of the little moral tags and fra became vice chairman in 1927 and mind of the mendicant. The Ger-grant suggestions to be found on chairman in 1928. He was an ex- man Government therefore pro- the memoranda pages of a po pert angler, which was his special vided work even though the cost retreation. On his return to Lon-of it was greater than the cost of and flow of inspiration It is the pular rallway guide. In the ebb dor the was appointed joint man- the dole would have been. The little things that cuont. Now we ager and held that position until success of this policy would be have the Poet Laureate confessing his retirement in October, 1938. observed by those who travelled in that a few simple lines memorised When he completed his jubiles of Germany. He complimented Mr. many years ago in America have service with the bank he was the Teeling on the ability and clear been uncommonly comforting, sua recipient of testimonials and an autographed.
ness with which he had presented uplifting to him. Here they are album * from the conditions in Germany. directors and stat.
Bitting still and wishing
Don't make no cot The good
The burial service was conducted by the Rev. C. M. Horley, Rector of Bleley. Cremation had taken place earlier in the day at St. John's, Woking.
and of her members of the family the directors and staff of the Hong Hong and Shanghai Banking poration and many of her pet There was a large number of fiends and banking and Commer beautiful wreaths sent by his wife cial firms.
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