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UNION TRADING COMPANY
BRINGS CLAIM
Importance Of Chinese Chop Stressed
The
SALE OF OLD NEWSPAPERS
EXECUTED LOANS
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1938.
BOY'S DEATH INQUIRY
Ran Into Police Motor Cycle
COMBINED EXERCISES
Communique Issued
Hong Kong's annual combined exercises are now in progress and yesterday the first official com- munique was issued.
An inquiry into the death of an Union Trading Company in his own office under his direc-8-year-old boy, Lau Kau-w.ng, who were plaintiffs in Д claim for tion. He had never seen Chul died as a result of a trafic mishap. "King No Kum Yu's Government 56.189.48, being the price of old Kwok before.
on February 16, was conducted by spent the night of March 15-18 in newspapers bargained for and
Mr. H. R. Butters at the Centrala tever of diplomatic activity in sold, heard before the Chief Jus- Mr. Tam Hung. of the China Magistracy yesterday.
the hope of discovering a formula tice. Sir Atholl MacGregor, in the Provident,
The jury, comprise Alessrs. John to explain away the King's some- sald he had made Supreme Court yesterday.
oansyfrom time to time to the
Humphreys (foreman), what brusque and inconcllatory Defendants were the Kwok Man Kwox" Man Caau Ka Chan Tock, George Kelly and William Hyde reply to King Pacifica's request for Chau Ka and Chu) Chui-ting, mana-ulias
returned a verdict of death by mis-the hand of Princess So Hy Without Chan Kwok-man, had ger, the new Kwok Man Chau Ka, executed these loans,
adventure with no blame attached involving, any loss of face to the the Tung Bing Company, and Li Mok
to the driver of the motor-cycle.
Sovereign of Hong Kong. Po-yuen. partner thereof, "
Shau-tsung. compradore of the plaintiff firm, said he had Plaintiffs were represented by personal knowledge of the con the Hon. Mr. Leo D'Almada Jnr..racts entered into by his company instructed by Mr. M. A. da Silva, with the Kwok Man Chau Ka. and Mr. H. Somerset Fitzroy, In- These contracts began in January structed by Mr. C. A Sutherton 1933 and continued up to Novem- Russ, appeared for the defence.
Der 1937 They had not taken
David
the effect that the child died six Medical evidence was heard to days after admission to the Queen Mary Hospital on February 22. The skull and internal scalp injuries. cause of death was fracture of the
An eye-witness of the accident Mr. D'Almada said the claim delivery of the goods in the last the time of the accident the motor- Rave evidence and stated that at was originally against the first two contracts. This eamy tu cycle which was driven by a Police two defendants,
was sub-roughly $5,000. sequently amended to include the
Officer, was speed. Deceased
go.ng at u normal
to run from one side of Wyndham was attempting
Street to the other.
but
Mr. Furg Chan-po, broker, sald others under the Fraudulent Busi-he negotiated contracts between ness Ordinance. The sola pro- the two parties for old newspapers prietor of the Kwok Man Chau over a period of a year. Ka was Chiu Kwok, and the Tung
L. C. Millington, ball, said he Hing Company were the tran-made an attempt to serve a sub- ferees of the business.
poeana on Lee Yung who held the
somewhat eased and therefore it As a result political tension has has been decided that no action whatsover will be taken by Hong Kong that can possibly jeopardize clusion of the negotiations now in the successful and peaceful con-
progress." Facts
ship
movements are at present a strict
as to troop and
secret.
W
HEAVY GUN FIRE In connection with the manoeu- the General Officer Com-
vrea
SERGEANT'S EVIDENCE Traffic Sergeant L. C. Pennell manding the British Troops in stated that on February 18 he was China, warns the civil population riding on cycle No. 497 about 1.06 to un moter-cycle patrol. He was of the Colony that it may expect hear considerable heavy gun Wyndham Street. When about 15 forthcoming combined operations p.m. and was proceeding along and small arms are during the
Mr. Fitzroy submitted he had no Arbuthnot Road, a light van com-
yards from the steps leading to between March 18 and 22,
reply by Mr. D'Aimada. bis Lord-hlm.
but, following ing la the opposite direction passed, ship ruled he had.
The defence filed by Chip Kwok bill of sale, bus was told by the was a denial that he entered into occupants of 264. Queen's Road any contracts with plaintiffs. and Central, that they knew nothing that even they were made they or the woman. were entered into without his authority or permission.
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The case for the plaintiff was that the goods were ordered by the Kwok Man Chau Ka through someone authorised
to do. From April. 1930 to November, 1937, there had been a series of transactions. over 20 contracts in number, between plaintiffs and defendants. for old newspapers.
The orders were mostly given by an' employee of the Kwok Man Chau Ka, 3 man named Chan
-Were
the
case to answer,
Immediately after passing the van
he saw a Chinese boy running to
NAZIS MAY SEIZE
CHURCH LANDS
THE DEFENCE Chul Kwok sald he was the sole wards his motor cycle. He was Proprietor of the Kwok Man Chau about two yards from the boy, who
A clear hint that the new relations Ka up to December last. It was a tried to run from one side of the between Church and State in Ger- restaurant business. He never had road to the other. Witness had many may result in the expropria- any contracts with the Union time enough anly to shut off his tion of Church property is given Trading Company and he neve: engine and swerve slightly to the by the Schwarzer Korps, the off- dealt in cld newspapers.
left, but the boy collided with the ciat organ of the black-uniformed machine.
Nazi protective guards, who.. form the most anti-Christian element in the State, writes the Berlin cor- spondent of the London Dally Telegraph.
with business.
JURY'S SYMPATHY
The speed waness was travelling at the time was from 20 to 22 miles per hour. Witness pulled up abcut
He had two chops in his firm, Tok. "alias" Chan Kwok-mani. one was the correspondence chop Deliveries were made by delivery and the other used in connection order and the contracts
The chop was kept chopped with the chop of, defen-in a drawer of the counter. to dant firm. mostly by Chan Tok. which all the fokis had access. 6 yards from the scene of the ac-
Other papers have been instruc- Since December the Tung Hing, cident, picked up the boy, but him ted to reproduce the most Impor- Company had paid the rent for in a passing motor car and took tant passages in the article. the Kwok Man Chau Ka premises. him to the Central Police Station, "One day," it states. "we shall That was when he had entered from where he was transferred into not be able to avoid the fateful an ambulance and taken to the task of establishing to whom so- Queen Mary Hospital. He
called Church property really be- bleeding profusely from the left longs. These possessions came into side of the skull.
the hands of the Churches through the joint efforts of the community at a time when State and Church were still united.
Continuing. Counsel said business chop of a Chinese firms was a matter of the greatest im- portance; to entrust it to anyone was tantamount to granting him into an agreement with the Tung power of attorney. IL Was Hing Co. and since that date he therefore extremely improbable had not had any interest in the that a chop could have been affix-firm. The same sign-board, Kwok ed to any contract without the Man Chau Ka, was used for the Knowledge and authority of the Tung Hing Company. owner.
Witness was not a partner in the Tung Hing, nor in the Kwok Man Chau Ka.
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Lau Kim, father of the child. gave evidence of identification.
After the jury had returned their LAWYER TESTIFIES
verdict. the Magistrate remarked. "It cannot be assumed that the to them that he had no doubt that possessions of the community have Subpoenaed as witness. H. A
they would join him de B.
suddenly become the legal property Botelho, of the firm
NEW OWNER Messrs. Lea, D'Almada and Com-
pression of sympathy to the father of Churches which have nothing cross-examination. witness pany. Solicitors claimed privilege said Mr. Li Po-yan was the new
of the deceased boy. The Fore-n common with what was formerly in reply to the first question put owner of the Kwok Man Chau Kapn behalf of the jury suitably meant by Churches except the
He witness) had let
replica. him by Mr. D'Almada as to whe
out the ther he acted for the Kwok Man furniture and fitting for a period Chau Ka in November and Decem- ter last year. His Lordship ruled that he could answer questions up
to a point.
or ve years.
Mr. D'Almada: Why did you transfer the company to the Tung Hing.
Witness: It was not a transfer
at all.
Mr. Botelho then said he did. On November 23 a bill of sale was executed in his office by Chul Kwok. He himself attended the execution, which was on the spirit. Instructions of Chui Kwok.
C.B.A. CABARET AND DANCE
name."
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CHINA CLIPPER
Pan-American Airways announ- Supper Dance, by the Central Francisco last
ced yesterday that owing to a A highly successful Cabaret and delay in the departure from San British Association was
week, the China held in Clipper which was due to arrive
Why did you let it out then?-the Rose Room of the Peninsula with mail and passengers yester- Because I am too old to
and lack Hotel last night when there was a day. Is now due on Saturday at
large attendance.
Witness denied that he had On November 30 he received in-dure this because of orders from structions to write letters to plain-the Public Works Department re- tiff's firm from Chut Chui-ting, whoarding certain alterations to the was supposed to be the manager Premises,
3.30 p.m.
Interesting entertainment was presented.
·Nelile
featured in an Apache number Lee and partner were He admitted that he while Jo Whitting and Dorothy
of Choi Kwok. Chui Chul-ting! still visited the place now and Moss contributed a novelty tap had been present at the execution again.
cf the bill of Sale.
The hearing was adjourned til His firm had also had instruc- this morning. tions from the "Kwok Man Chau
Ka in certain other
matters in.
Y.M C.A. ACTIVITIES
connection with the China Pro- vident Loan and Mortgage Co. Ltd., In this case Chul Chlu-ting had Sunday, March 20, Discussion seen him. Those matters were in Group in the West' Lounge at 9 connection with loans on certain P.. Speaker the Rev. J. E. Band- newspapers made by the China bach, on "The Menace of Secular- Provident.
ism and the Need of Christ."
Monday, March 21, Service Men's Whist Drive in West Lounge at p.m.
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CHOP ALWAYS USED
"Ho Wing. compradore of the
item.
WEDDING AT REGISTRY
The marriage took place at the Registry. Supreme Court, yeater- Peggy Eccleshall and partner day, of Mr. Fung Sham-pok, clerk gave a splendid exhibition walts of Messrs. Arnhold and Company, and a quick fox trot.
and Miss L YI-ping.
Several popular songs by two well-known local crooners were also given.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY
Cenotaph Ceremony
Today being St. Patrick's Day, a wreath will be laid at the Cenotaph
Hong Kong and Shanghat Bank, Tuesdays and Fridays Badmin. by the President and Committee of
called as an expert on Chinese ton. business customs, said he had bad Wednesday, March 23, Table Ten- extensive experience of Chinese is American Tournament.
business firma.
Chinese Arms always used а chop in their business. This chop
the
was regarded as of great im- portance and it represented Arm.
Cross-examining. Mr. Fitzroy asked: You are the compradore of a very big firm, do they use' a chop?
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Witness: 1 have a chop of my
own, with my name on
it.
Have you ever known of a forged chop? Yes.
8. M. Churn' said he was
CHINA PROVIDENT DIVIDEND
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St. Patrick's Society at 11 am.
Members of the Society and their friends are asked to assemble at the north side of the Supreme Court prior to the ceremony.
News Briefs
Mr. Fung is the son of Mr. Fung Eze-mok a well-known Chinese doctor, and the bride is the daughter of Mr. Li Chan-hing, broker.
Mr. W. Anevin Jones, Deputy Registrar of Marriages, officiated.
止
TANG SHAO-YI URGED TO RETURN
Canton, March 16.
In a telegram to Mr. Tang Shap yt, Mr. Chen Chin-tao and Mr. Wen Tsung-yao yesterday, the Canton War Aid Association urged them to return to Kwongtung from Shang- hai immediately in order to dispel rumours of their participation in The annual athletic sports, of the bogus government now being Queen's College will be held on the Jorganized by the Japanese for Cen- The directors of the China Pro-Baturday afternoon. Mr. C.
school ground, Causeway Bay, on tral China, and to preserve the good vident Loan and Mortgage Co., Ltd. Sollis, Senior Inspector of Schools, up in the past.
G. reputation which they have built report that, subject to audit, the balance at credit of Profit and Loss
will distribute the prizes. Account at December 31, 1937. in-
24 Cents On Old Shares: 12 Cents On New
.
Mr. Tang and Mr. Chen were formerly Prime Minister and
the cluding $41,909.67 brought forward Owing to the Combined Opera- Finance Minister respectively of managing director of the plain from the previous year, amounted Lions, there will be ne tombola at the defunct Peking Government; company. In April 1936. ll to $277,702.90 which is recommend-the Garrison Lecture Hall whilst Mr. Wen was Vice-Minister
led to be allocated as follows:- tomorrow and Saturday
To pay a dividend of 24 cents on "old" shares, $141,498.72
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November 1837 his firm entered into contracts with the Kwok Man Chau Ka for the sale of old news
A useful review of two important papers. There were a string of To pay a dividend of 12 cents on theosophical books will be given -contracts during that period and "new shares, $35,374.68.
tonight at the Manuk Lodge at 6 there were some even earlier than
To pay a bonus of 10 per cent. that.
to the permanent staff, about $9,000.
In answer to Mr. Fitzroy, wit- ness said the contracts were made
To carry forward about $91,829.50.
of Foreign Affairs of the Republi- can Government in 1911-(Central News).
The Dean of St. John's Cathe- p.m. by Mesara. Lau Kwong Chung dral. the Very Rev. J. L. Wilson, and John Fong. The titles are delivered a Lantern Bervice and "The Conquest of Illusion" and address at the Cathedral yester- "The Science of the Sacraments." day,
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