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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
Economic And Agricultural | MORTGAGE
Conditions In China's North-West Provinces
The economic, agricultural and soil conditions in" China's North-West were described by Mr. D. Y. Lin, Director of the Tellow River Commission and member of the National/Relief
·Commission,”in the course of a speech given before the Y's Men's Club, Hongkong, yesterday.
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Mr. Lin has just returned here after a four-month trip in the North-West to make a preliminary study of the upstream drainage areas of the Yellow River basin. "
LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
An interesting lecture on Chris- tlan Science was delivered by Mr. Colin Rucker Eddison, C.S. of Lan don, England, at the Roof Garden of the Hongkong Hotel: yesterday
evening.
Mr. Lin visited in particular the alluvial forest plantations on the north bank of the Wel River, the main tributary of the Yellow River, and noted that the principal trees groW- ing wore the poplar, walnut, willow, elm and catalpa.
NATURE OF SOIL
Mr. Lin sald: "The sol in the In some places area is alkaline;
the alkalinity is so high that the land is devoid of all vegetation. and in others the soil is better and crops of kaoliang, beans and cot-
Mr. Eddison, who is a member of the Board of Lectureship of the ton are grown. Mother Church. First Church of nature Christ Scientist, Boston, Massa-, large extent: chusetts, was introduced by Mrs. Raymond Smith.
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of the soll varies, to a some places being pure sand, almost the consistency of sea sand, and others contain patches of heavy clay; but mostly the soil is of a sandy nature.
The lecturer sald, in part:- Christian Scientists turn natur- ally to the Bible to learn about
"The soil in the cotton fields in God. for no body of people holds shter-yang and other places con- the Bible in greater reverence. It was in the Bible that Mrs. Mary with larger proportions of silt and tains an average amount of clay, Baker Eddy, discerned the truth's
finc sand. A chemical analysis she afterwards set out in the showed that the soil is poor in Christian Science, textbook, and her followers find that the Bible nitrogen and, to a lesser extent, grows more and more important to in phosphates. The sub-soil is of them in their daily lives as they a similar nature to the top-soil, study its pages in the light thrown but is richer in silt and poor in upon them by Christian Science.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
DISCOVERED
ne sand. In both the top and sub-solls alkali salts are present.
"It would be interesting to find Mrs. Eddy was alone responsiblet whether better technique could
the discovery of Christian be applied for the further develop Science and for its establishment. ment of some of these lands, both She organized The Mother Church, as regards agricultural and forestry The First Church of Christ, Scien-production and, at the same time, tist. in Boston, Massachusetts, flood-control operations. founded its periodicals, guided its! early. foot-steps, and safely pro- viding it with its Rules and By- Laws in the Church Manual.
Since God is infinite, omnipo-; tent. He is the one primal cause of
DROUGHT FREQUENCY.
"The North-West is famous for the frequency of drought; but, providentially, during the last two years there has not been any
Foodstuffs
all things, and the understanding serious drought and farmers have of this fact is very helpful in many had unusual bumper harvests as ways. If God is the only cause. in the rest of China, there can be no real effect, except are cheap and plentiful: eggs from God, Spirit, Principle. You were sold at N.C. 10 ets. for 4 or 5, canriot have an effect from that and pork at only 25 cts. per catty. “I ordered a simple meal of 5 dishes at Men-yang for a party of friends, the dishes con- sisting of chicken.' fish, vegetable with rice, fruits and beancurd, and tea, and the entire meal cost only $1.45.
which is not cause.
The change of thought that is brought about by Christian Science and which results in healing, has nothing in common with hypno- tiam or autosuggestion.
The best treatment is that which
"mind... which was also in Christ Jesus."
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reflects most faithfully the one; "I saw a village elder who cheer- God that has in it most of that' fully told me that a year ago his village killed only one hog in 3 days, but now they had to slaugh- ter three hogs dally because of the increased demands for pork creat- ed as a result of city people mov- ing to live in the village. The villagers were certainly happy and in high spirits because their pro- duce was appreciated and they were getting & good price for it.
COTTON CROP
Dardanus Held Up At Fort Bayard
REPAIRS NEEDED. BEFORE TRIP BACK TO HONGKONG The Imperial Airways' plane K. M. A. Dardanus, which bas been held by Japanese Military authorities on Welchow Island during the past month, bas been removed from Jap- anese territory and is at Fort Bayard.
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REPAIRS NEEDED Capt. J. N. Wilson succeeded flying the Dardanus from Weichowi Island to the French port on Thursday afternoon, However yesterday on the advise of Capt
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PROPERTY
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DISPUTE
GENERAL
Trade Mark Infringement Alleged
EXPERT EVIDENCE NO PROOF OF SALE
CALLED
That it was found that the plaintifs were not the men who had signed" the deeds relating to the mortgage of a property in Des Voeux Road and Wing Lok Street, over which 'a legal dispute had arisen, was given
the reason for the application by Mr. H. G. Sheldon, KC. for bis ap- plication to amend the original Statement of Claim in the case in which Chan Ful-hing, Chan Sik- tin and Chan Kwok-nim, as owners, are plaintiffs.
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They declared that without their knowledge the property had been mortgaged, and they asked for a
declaration that the signatures were forgeries.
FIVE PARTS Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C., for the defence, replying, dealt with the application in five parts:
(1) that the third plaintiff was not Chan Kwon-nim, but had fraudulently impersonated him:
(2) that if the third plaintiff was Chun Kwon-nim, then the mortgages were executed by him in the name of his brother Chan Chung-wah;
(3) that the Arst and second plaintiffs were and are still totally unaware of the impersonation:
(4) Or alternatively, that being aware of the impersonation, they had fraudulently assented to it;
OF GOODS
The Tung Hing Firm, of No. 9, Wing Sing Street, appeared before Mr. Houston at the Central Magistràcy on Wednes- day afternoon on a summons Issued by Mok Chi Nam, MANA- ger, of Sze Tak Chee Medicine Manufactory, of No. 45. Des Voeux Road Central, 'fur alleged Infringement of a Trade Mark belonging to the complainant's firm, by having in their possession for sale, or a purpose of trade, goods alleged to have been forged with the Trade Mark of the com- plainant's firm.
Mr. K. F, Wong appeared for the complainant and Mr. A. S.-K. Lat appeared for the defendant who pleaded not guilty,
O Chik Sang, manager of th defendant firm, stated
that al- though the goods were found in the premises they were only stored there by a person who was to called later and dispose of them himself.
The goods were shipped by the A.S. Kinshan and the defendants had no knowledge of their con- tents.
NOT FOR TRÅDE
Mr. Lau stated that his main de- fence was that although the "goods (5) In the alternative, it the were found in the defendant's pre- plaintiffs were the persons refer-mises, they were not there for a red to in the Statement of Claim, purpose of trade, and, therefore the defendant was not estopped thy have not committed an offence from saying that the deeds were under the Merchandise Mark: not executed by them or with their authority and knowledge by reason of their conduct in stand. ing by with full knowledge that the mortgage was forged.
His Lordship the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, who pre- sided, allowed Items one, three and five of the application and refused Items two and four....
EXPERT EVIDENCE
Expert evidence was given on the signatures on the mortgages by
Ordinance of 1890.
Mr. Wong addressed the court His Worship interposed by sayin that the complainant must firs prove that the good were on th premises for the purpose of trade
or sale and that he held that storage in the premises did not constitute a purpose of trade with in the meaning of the Ordinance.
SUMMONS DISMISSED
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Mr. Worg said he was not then Prof. Hsu Ti-shan of the Hong-prepared to argue on this point and kong University and his, evidence His Worship accordingly dismissed occupied the greater part of the the summons against the defen-- rearing yesterday.
Mr. Eldon Potter (for plaintiffs) was assisted by Mr. Leo D'Almada e Castro, Jnr: instructed by Mr. C. D'Almada, while Mr. Sheldon (for defendants) was assisted by Mr. H. C. MacNamara, instructed by Mr. M. M. Watson.
In the course of his evidence Prof. Hsu said he had studied Chinese caligraphy for a number of years and was in a position to express an opinion with regard to Chinese hand-writing and to dis- tinguish one from the other.
dants.
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
IN THE COLONY
cluding the island. Kowloon and In the Colony of Hongkong, in- New Territories, during the week ending at 8 am, on Saturday, Dec. 9 there were altogether 56 traffic accidents as the result of which 1 person was killed and 27 persons were injured.
The person killed, a Chinese male, age 53, died from injuries received while alighting from a moving bus."
AMAH SWEEP TICKET CASE
SIGNATURES DIFFERENT The signatures on the mort- gages, purported to be those of the
Of 68 accidents, 23 were colli- plaintifs were. In his opinion, sions between vehicles: 28 were
collisions between different from those written by
vehicles and them in Court.
Witness
pedestrians: 15 accidents were due then described the difference in strokes and said that to other causes. "The cotton crop in Shensi this if the signatures on the mortgages year was excellent and farmers were intended to be an Imitation ere most happy. During my of the genuine ones, they were not eight-day journey from Pacchi to very good.
Questioned by Mr. Sheldon, Kwongyuen in the month of Octo-
the signatures of ber. I saw tens of thousands of witress sald carloads of cotton being trans-Chan Kwok-nim on the cheques ported to Szechwan and other produced were not done by the parts of China on that wonderful same hand which wrote the signa- Lure on the assignment deed, al- highway constructed a few years ago by the National Economic though one of them bore the same Council. Since more than 4,000,- characteristics and significance. 400 mow of the cultivated land in The signatures on the cheques, shens are devoted to cotton grow-however, were made by the same ing a good crop in that province
The case was adjourned to Jan. means a lot to the country in this time of emergency.”
Wilson, Commander A De FAILED TO STOP:
Murray, Far Eastern Manager o' Imperial Airways, learned that the craft was not in flying condition. and that repairs and spare parts were needed before the plane could safely be flown to Hongkong.
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BUS DRIVER
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hand.
3, 1939.
Breach Of Promise Case Is Withdrawn
A conviction was registered be- fore Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen, at Kowloon Court yesterday, the against Yule Ah-khi, 45, an amsh on a charge of fraudulent con- version of $750,
On the application of the solici- tor for the defence, Mr. H. L. Kwan, however, the case was ad- journed week, pending sentence being passed, the defendant being allowed ball as fixed orginally.
It is understood that an appeal may be made against conviction.
The charge against Yue arose from the cashing of a lottery ticket, the alleged property of Li Ah-yee, another amah. The ticket had been deposited by Li with an aman named Wong Ah-tsat for safe custody. Defendant, who calims to have had a 50-cent share in the ticket which won a sweep in Mr. F. J. Crosble, engineer of Court yesterday, in s
the races on October 25, obtained Imperfal Airways in Hongkong. Is which a driver of the Kowloon On the application of Mr. M.-A.
the ticket from Wong when, it is leaving here today by steamer for Motor Company was summoned da Silva (Jor plaintiff) the Fort Bayard. He will carry spare for failing to stop a bus, when breach af promise case institated claimed, she had no authority t parts and assist in the repair work required, In Prince Edward Road
by Molly Cheung against a Eu- do so. Mr. Cole, in evidence, said that ropean was withdrawn when the at 8.20 am on November 18, he suit was called before Mr. Justice. Mr. French, another engineer was waiting at a bus stop in Prince E. Lindsell, in the Sunmary and Mr. Clark, radio officer, com- Edward Road, near the Railway Court, yesterday morning. vany employees, are also at Fort Bridge. He saw a Nos. 13 route The "plaintif claimed $1,000 as Bayard with Capt. Wilson. It bus (No. 855) coming and he and damages for alleged failure on the expected that the craft and Im two others, signalled it to stop. part of the defendant to carry out 'perlal Airways' personnel will The driver ignored the signal and his promise to marry her. arrive at Kal Tak on Sunday,
DUE ON SUNDAY:
Mr. A. L. Cole, First Clerk at the Kowloon Magistracy, appeared as the complainant, at the Kowloon case in
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HK. UNIVERSITY CONGREGATION
There will be an informal Cón- regation of the University in the Great Hall for the copterring of Degrees on the results of the De-- cember Degree Examinations in Mememe and Surgery, at 6.30 pm, on Friday, Dec, 22
As the bus passed, he saw In applying for withdrawal, Mr. number, at least three or four, da Silva said there would be no His Majesty the King having vacant seats in the first class. No application for costs."
No invitations are being issued, .commanded, Court Mourning for persons were standing either in on His Lordship's Inquiring
but members of the public who two weeks for Her late Royal the first or third class, and the whether the defence was agree- Highness the Princess Louise, Hla "Bus Full" sign was not up. able to his recording a settlement, may wish to attend will be wel- "Excellency the Governor was un- The driver, Lo King-fai, claimed Mr F. E, Nash (for defendant) COMO.
able to be present at the per- that the bus was full and he was said: "Withdrawal, my Lord," "" The principal Congregation of formance of "No, No. Nanette" not signalled by the conductor tolls Lordship made record ac-the University will take place in last night.
stop. "A fine of $5 was imposed, Icordingly.
June, 1940,
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