"THE "HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1013.
COMPANY MEETING,
On the proposition of Mr. Melchore, seconded by Mr. Chan Sui Ki, Messrs D. W, Craddock and G. Triesland were re-elected directors.
Mr. P. O. Patts moved, and Mr.
BANK NOTE CASE. were looking after the manufac-100k these samples also to Wong, ture of the notes in Japan. The ar- who up to this time bad not met (Continued from page 5). raugomonts of distributing the Nos 6 and 8. On December 20
The Hongkong and Whampoa. Eventually His Lordship said notes were made mainly by No's Peng went with Fung to Wong that if any of the learned counsel 5 and 6, who lived in Hongkong, and an appointment was made
Dock Company Limited. got up and told him that he re-and Chinoso conspirator for completing the sale of a quar- presented the Chinees Govern. Dame Fung, who was, unfortu- tor of a million of notes. at a of the shareholders of the Hong. Ho Fook seconded, that Messrs
The ordinary yearly meeting mont all he, his Lordship, could antely, rit in custody. The Chinese shop called the Hop Hing, kong and Whampoa Dock Com-H. Perny Smith and A. R. Lowe ay was that he should decline to conspirators seemed for near the Sailors Home. The pany Limited, was held at the hero elected auditors, at a recognise counsel's locus standi" | purpono to have avoided completion was to take place the Company's offices, at noon to-day. remuneration of $750 each per
The following arooial jury was Canton; they seemed to be shy of following day. On Decem: The Hon. Mr. C. H. Ross presid-aunum. empanelled Morare Muc-that-City--The headquarters of ber 21 tho police agented, and othera prosent were: kenzie, foreman B. S. Sassoon, the conspiracy in Hongkong, was Pang, and Fung went to Hon. Sir Paul Chater, Mosars. G. unanimously.
The proposition was carried Ellis Kadoorie, E H. Thiel, T. F. Mumiya's. The sixth defendant Kumeya's and again saw Nos. Friesland, D. W. Oraddook, H.G. Hough, W. 8. Brown, and B. II. Sano, had been with Mumeya for 5 and 6, who seemed to be in Siebs, F. Sieb, II. P. White, A. S the business, gentlemen; thank The Chairman: That is all six or seven years. There No. 0 charge of the negotiations and Sorenson (Directors), R. M. Dyer you for your attendance. lived, and No. 5 ostensibly was informed them that the deal was (Chief Manager) G. A. Caldwell Mr. Sharpe, K. O., opening the employed there, as a photograp now ready. No. 5 thereupon left (Acting Secretary), G. W. Barton, caso for the prosecution, said theer, but in fact, during the period Mumaya's and went to the Tokyo Ho Fook, Chau Siu Ki, W. Mel- charge against the prisoners, was they bad to consider, ho scamed Hotel, where there were Nos. 1 chers, D. Templeton, P.C. Potts, as they had beard, a charge of to have been occupied in travel to 1, together with the notes. conspiracy, together with others, ing backwards and forwarde Thoy brought these four to join Who wore, unfortunately, not in to Japan, without doing any the others and the whole six to oustody, to defrand members of work. The Chinese headquarters gether took the boxes full of for- the public, by obtaining large Printing Press at the bottom of Home, to the Hop Hing.
in Hongkong were at the Victoria god notes towards the Bailor.' Gume of money for forged bank notos, which purporte of the old Hongkong Club. There D'Aguilar Street, and at the back to be genuine Chinese Fang lived, apparently as man bank notes. The amount of the forgories, was, as they ager.. would prove, $1,000,000 and the
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Case for the Prosecution.
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get a ricksha to carry the boxes Prisoners apparently tried to but they were too beavy and pris-
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B. G. White and Lo Cheung Chit. The secretary read the notice convening the meeting.
The Chairman said:
Gentlemen. The Report and Accounts have been before you for the last ten days, and, with a road. you permission, I will take them
Before proceeding to comment
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LOCAL SPORT, R.E's Victory in Football Challenge Cup.
over the H.M.S. Tamar in tho
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MESSAGERIES MARITIMES CIE-
THE OPIUM CONFERENCE. Official Reports and Resolutions.
(14) To urge the Government to prevent pressure from interest- ed quarters operating againt. probibition.
An interesting game, played at the Happy Valley on Saturday in discouraging conditions, resulted in a win for the Royal Engineers The Governor of Honan hae Justice to set aside all fines for (15) To request the Ministry of semi final for the Hongkong telegraphed to the International offences against the anti-opium Challenge Cup.
Reform Bureau as follows-laws for prohibition work. The teama turned out as fol." Regarding your telegram: stat-
(10) To request all Governors to low:-
resist firmly the idea of an opium
H. M. S. Tamar :-Torner, ing that poppy was growing in monopoly by the Central Govern
of
The Governor of Kansu has
Series of Resolutions,
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The Opium Conference, which ended on March 8, passed the fullowing twenty resolutions:-
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of a standing opium prohibition (20) Torequest the appointment
forthcoming Parliament. Conference represent twelve pos The delegates to the Opium vinces and also six departments.
OFFICERS PROMOTED.
The following extract from the London Gazette," dated 11th February, is published India Office, February 11th, 1013
The King has approved of the promotionof the following Officers of the Indian Army. Indian
This brought them to about onere had to make use of coolies on the scounts now before you | goal; Lawrence and Harcourt certain districts in Hoaan and ment. case was therefore one of extremo/November 1912. The Chinese instead. A trap had been ar-think some of you may expect me baoks; Neilson, Moes and Murray,| gravity, not only to the Chinese Government at that time, had ranged to take the men at the Hop to briefly refer to the enquiry into halves;
also the authorities, who had been referr-apparently got wind of the plot, Hing, Wong, working with the the Company's affairs which, at Smith, Berry and Frost, forwards. state that we are notively sup: opium monopoly by Provincial (17) To request all Governor report that my relativos od to, but to the whole communi- and seemed to have put the mat Hongkong police, had arranged the instigation of
Hodgkinson, Laight, were concerned in it, I desire to to resist firmly the idea of an ty, in whose possession thereer in the hands of the Chief the trap to catch the gang and shareholders, was carried on goal; Coxon and Morrish, backe, that I shall not spare anyone,
certain Royal Engineers: Rogers, pressing cultivation of opium and authorities. forgod notes, had they been issued, Detective of Canton, a man named police were posted at the Hop last autumn. This investigaton Ferrigan, Scott and Collyer, even my brother, if they are ply from the Ministry of Foreign (18) To secure an official re- would have come. There was Wong, who would be called, and Hing. Wong was there with the resulted in certain changes in our halves; Lewis, Brown, Pearson found to be connected with the Affairs regarding the recent evidence of the issue of a certain also a Police agent, Pang, to arrange money to buy the notes and administration which it is con- Kelly and Sutherland, forwards. opium trade. We are now mak-charges against China. number of the notes. Не
with the gang for a pretended Pang's part was apparently fideatly hoped will be beneficial thought before the opened the purchase of the notes in order to to go in and out watch. to the Company, while as regarde force.
Mr F. W. Eigor acted as 16 ing the fullest inquiries.'
(10 To appoint from among story, it would be convenient to accomplish the discovery.
ing the progress of events.
the present delegates the follow our Accounts, which in some explain to the jury, tho actual
While he was outside he 'met
In the first half no score was telegraphed to the Bureau - ing continuation committee to forgery which Bo should provo,
On December 17th Pang was in Fung in the street, who had be respects were regarded as unduly effected on either side rad it was "Replying to your telegram, the carry on the work of the Confer and as a preliminary he would Hongkong and Wong had come come frightened at the sight of optimistic have the authority of not until Pearson had made a reports of present cultivation of ence:-Chihli, Chen Cheh-fü ask them to look at the down with a large sum of money the police. Pang tried to re-ur Auditors to state that in good individual effort in the opium aro incorrect. As got it Chokiang, Chang Hsin-fa and Motes. He would also tell to negotiate the purchase from assure him, but he was evidently instructions very fall and ample from a bunch and put the ball guarantee that no poppy will be gaan; Kirio, Au Ming; Poking: accordance with the Board's second half, when he got away is too early to plant poppy, but I Liang Fu: Yuanna, Li Keng- the common the gang. On the date he had very much frightoned' and had cement of last year the Clovernor mentionel, in the morning, the apparently warned the six, who povision has been made in the into the set out of Turner's reach, grown in Kansu this spring. Chong Yue-hun. Ming and the Commissioner of arrived together in Hongkong They stopped at the end of everything of a doubtful nature. there was much of interest in the lowing telegram to the Bureau: committee in connection with the of Kwangtang was Chan Kwing prisoners numbers one to five were coming along the road. accounts now before you for and notched the first point, that
General Sun has sent the fol- Finance was-Li Yuk Tong, and from Japan on the N. Y. K. Bonham Strand, just by the Balance Sheet, while we show a
Turning now to the Report and gam”.
The military operations con- during their term of office, at the steamer, Kumano Maru, bringing Macao steamboat wharf and the
Sutherland scored son after tinue to be successful. Nine-tenths commencement of last year, 1912, with them the first consignment of police arrested them there. The result for tutorio, its from a fine centre by dullyer, and the poppy in the Hainghwa there was issueda genuine issue forged notes, amounting roughly boxes were opened and found to
that period-due after that the naval ruou neeme district has now been destroyed." of 86 notes. It was those notes to about half a million. Noa, one contain $240,000 worth of notes. regard being paid to the competito put a great deal more life int
The Governor of Kiangau has which were forged.
and two who wore apparently of a No. 5 was carrying a large our business is not, I think, al-ed the tables on their opponents investigations are being made.
tion which as present exists in their game and practically turn-telegraphed, reporting that striot The Purple Chop.
somewhat better social position number of chops for marking Counsel handed the jury three than the others travelled first class the commissioner's seal and also together discouraging.
who up to that time hid bean genuine notes, and thrco alleged and the rest second. On arrival in the apparatus for putting on the You will observe from the doing most of the pressing. In orgeries, and pointed out that longkong they at once went to serial number.
figures before you that in muking the end Frost netted ant the he genuine notca had a chop on Mumeya's and stayed there, but Counsel that wont on to dea- up the accounts for the year 1912 game finished with a win for the he right-hand side of the face, subsequently Nos. 1 to 4 wont cribs the arrest of the seventh we have taken o oredit for military by two goals to one. The genuine notes wore printed to the Tokyo Hotel. There wore and oighth prisoners
establishment charges on work in SINGER COMPANY
(1) As the time for prohibition or the Canton Government at the several incidents there of no great arrived on the 8.8. Awa Maru progress witch, in a concorą liko
has arrived, the Conference re- Shanghai Commercial Press, and importance with regard to which with another consigament of ours, is a large item. We only
IIVIDEND UP. quests the Government to order ben certain characters and a dence would be given by notos. When the boat arrived in decided to do this ofter care-
Through the declaration of all Governors fully to report upon umber of seals were officially witnesses from the Hotel, show the Harbour, said counsel, a mesful deliberation and with per cent, quarterly disbursement prohibition measures prior to July dded at the Canton Treasurying the secrecy with which songer apparently went out to desire to be on the safe side; we announced by the Singer Manu 1913.
Medical Bervice. Indian Subaru- Office. The genuine notes had these people conducted them them and warned them of what have at the same time debited facturing
ot a purple chop on it when it selves. They were at first put had happened and at night a 1012 with some extraordinary $60,000.000 stock, that stock was
(2) To request the Ministry of inate Medical Department and Company on its
the faterior to instruct Provincial ludian Army Departments:- eft the Shanghai Commercial into two rooms, but they insisted baskot containing notes was expense, a portion of which placed on a 18 per coat, annual anti-opium bureaux vigorously Lieutenants to be Captains; Press; that was added at the in being put into one, into which thrown into the water. It was might justly have been born in basis, comparing with 12 per cent. to prosecute their labours upon Dated January 9, 1013-Guy Treasury' Office.
they had their two boxes brought afterwards recovered by a diver 1913. Otherwise the year taken in 1912 and 1911. This company uniform linos.
Willoughby Anderson, Subsequently the Governor of They coaduated themselves with and also loose ones that were lay-by itself, after paying interest, handles 80 per cent. of the world' (3) To request the Ministry of Panjabis; Hugh Reginald Oriel anton was promoted to Com- general secrecy, allowing no one ing on the bottom of the harbour. would have shown a small as output of sewing machines, but Justice to instruct the provinci Walker, 25th Fuojabis, aander-in-Chief and the Com-in the room without notice and The case was proceeding when profit, of which 1013 will now get to date, it has never made a re
al dopartments to render assist- issioner of Finance vacated his were frequently visited by the we wont to press.
the benefit. ffice; and therefore, at the time of other prisoners,
part on operations other than 0. Wo com un to be feeling a dividend declarations, and noth (4) To request the Government he offence, the two officials had
The s.s. Senegambia. reflection of the boom in slip-ing official is known, therefore, of to submit to the National Coun- eased to irold their respective
building at home and have a ponthe volume of business which it cil a Bill providing for more The German steamship Seneg ficos:
siderable amount of now tonnage is turning over. According to an drastic and uniform anti-opiumambia, which has been scheduled under construction at Kowloon. anofficial report, however, sales laws.
to sail from Manila on March 21, Enquiries for new ships sro during 1912-howed a gain over Works and Commerce to instruct call at these Japanese porte but (5) To request the Ministry of for Yokohama and Kobe, will not numerous and although prices the volume ir tie proced provincial authorities not to allow will sail from Manila for Keelung, ob'ainable are not very remunera-ing year of
approximately Mies Elinor Douglas Wise tivo, still it is advisable to take $10,000, 00.
registration of opium merchants Taingtao, Taku and Dalny, |a,certain amount of this business rrival of the notos in Hongkong the notes had arrived in Hong daughter of Commander Fre to keep or Chinese workmon or to 1911 were 10 per cent intration.
Distributions of dividends pri. and also to cancel existing regis a the charge of all the prisoners kong and he obtained a sample, Navy, is the latest American employed when repair work is 1910, 31 in 1901, 15 in 1009, 11 dorick Wise, of the United States
(6) To request the Ministry of roept number 6, who was al which he sent on the Canton beiroase to become a duchess. quiot. ady in Hongkong. They arrived Government. The following day. She was married at Baltimore that the establishments, and 1902, 7 in 1991, 20 in 1900, 100 foreign suls regarding probi- in 1007, 8 in 1906, 13 in 1005, Foreign Affairs to instruct pro- a two consigaments. The false. Deocibor 18th, at night, Pag Cathedral to the Duke of Riche machinery are all in good order, in 1899, and 30 in 1898-
The Chief Manager reports 31 in 1901 12 in 1903, in vicist coramissioners to consult ses of the notes they would went to the Victoria Press to ce lieu and Fronsao, stepson of the their up-koep having been paid
bition in foreign concessions and rove by calling officers from the Fung and they then went to
troity-ports. anton Treasury. The forgeries, Mumsya's together. Fung scomed Prince of Monaco.
(9) To rorquest the Grove Public Auction. hey would see, were good for to have loft Pang on the stairs The ouriosity of the feminine out of earnings.
The Dredger "Canton Rivor" A. Cainése about 40 years of ment to submit a Bill to the Na aries-very god forgeries-but putaide Mumeya's room and, going half of the population to witness has been sold to the Sydney Harage, bas, acording to the police tional Council providing for the ifferences would be pointed out in, had a conversation with the the wedding was such that thou-bour Trast, for delivery in Syd- report, been removed to the hos-heavy punishment of those of!- hich were apparent to any body. sixth prisoner. Apparently an sands of women assembled out- The genuine notes, as he had appointment was made for the side the cathedral hours before Boy. The price obtained for this pital suffering, from the effects of cials who do not execute the anti-
vessel was a cheap one, but keep overboard from the 8.8. Signal.
immersion caused by falling opium laws. tready said, were printed at the next day and the following morn- of vantage. Inside the building, ing in mind the age of this drod. He was picked up by the coxswain to submit to the National Council
the ceremony fighting for points hanghai Commercial Press, and ing at about 830 o'clock Pass says the "New York Herald," of employment obtainable for it of the steam launch Yick, On.
(8) To request the Government ger and the intermittent nature he forgeries purported to be on the instructions of Fung, rinted in the same plaas, but he took prisonera No. 6 and 0 to a women stood on the backs of the here, I think it was wise to ould prove that they were certain address in Des Voeuz pews, and even struggled for rid of it.
got rinted in Japan. In the case of Road, No. 5 carrying a parcel of the places on the confessional rails.
Since the beginning of the year
Constant Meetings: The polico agunt Pang, was, as they were aware, now conducting The present conspiracy was negotiations mainly through the intered into in June of last year, to conspirator Fang and there were þrgo imitations of these noto constant mootings at the Victoria ad to issue then here in Hong, Proses 04 the evening of the ong. This conspiraog was con- day when the Kumano Maru ummated in December by the arrived, Fang ascertained that
he genuine notes the purple forged notes which had boan com.
Playing a Part.
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Plot of Women Spectators in Church,
Aftor Cardinal Gibbons had
of our establishments I may call
Remove to Hospital.
a Dill providing a common law
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Kidnapping Charge. Before Mr. Melbourne at the Police Court this 'afternoon, ten men and women appeared on re-
for enforcing military suppression
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NOTICE.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
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of cultivation and for placing opium growers under martial law. TIONS of the letting by Pahlia Aco- PARTICULARS AND CONDI- (9) To request the Government tion Sale, to be held on Today, the
in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term
of 75 yours, with the option of renewal Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for at Crown Banta to "be fixed by the one further ton of 76 years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
brgories they were apparently purple marks, on the face. The mad rush to see the bride and ter, and to illustrato the capacity Mr. R. C. Faithfull, Mr. Reader Council providing penalties for at the Officon of the Public Works aracters in the use of the pleto with the addition of the united the couplo there was a repair work has been rather batmand on a charge of kidnapping to submit a Bill to the National 25.h day of March, 1913, at 3 p.m. inted in Japan. The forged notes amounted to $10,000. Nos. bridegroom at close range. In atention to the fact that although Harris, Mr. J. H. Gardiner, and the use of morphine.
the scramble the duchess was
Department, by Order of His Ex- Stes were indeed complete, ex-5 and 6 went back to Mumeya's
for the numerals and the and Pang returned to the Victoria torn from the side of her husband, the whole of February by the soners, and Mr. P. M. Haigeon, the Interior to enforce prohibition Crown Land below Kansedy Rood
Crows defended some of the pri our No. 1 Dook was occupied for
(10) To request the Ministry of cullency the Goramor, of One Lot of ale of the commissioners on the Press and reported that the tran- who required the aid of three Minnesota undergoing an exten- Assistant Crown Solicitor, appear in Poking and to offer rewards oe and he would prove that action had been completed to the policemen to reach her again.
sive repair, we were nevertheless ed to prosecute. A remand natil for detection. he prisoners had a large number satisfaction of the Japanese. Fung
(11) To urge Chinese new Limitations of the commis- then took Pang to Mumoya's and
able to carry on all our other next Thursday was ordered. normal work by utilizing our A big rise in the prios of leaf papors to stir up public opinion oner's seals when arrested-they again saw Nos 6 and 6.
Bequest to China Inland Mission' Cosmopolitan and Aberdeen gold and gold used for making against the traffic and to promote rge number of India-rubber
Miss Harriette Mary Jane establishments. hops and a completa apparatus. They wont round to Mumeys's Halloran, of South Down-lans,
ornaments has taken place on the public burning of opium. adding serial numbers. That shop and those men handed Fung Orownhill, Devon, who died on Chairman moved the adoption cf long time the gold has been sold Parliament and to British anti- There being no questions, the Bangkok market lately. For a (12) To write. to the British to say, they bad in their 8350 for his share in the trans- December 10, left £150 to the the report and accounts, as at Tcs, 28 50 and Tom. 27 or Tos opium, societies, expressing Chi- sion the uncompleted notes, action, which Fang divided with China Inland Mission.. nd the empléte apparatus for Pang. Pang took his half, as he
27.60 per tical weight, respec neke appreciation of their past Serious Fire In Yokohama. In sending, Mr. Batintively. Those price: have now attitude and, slso, declaring that mpleting them.
was playing a part, of course. The Deutsche Haus, at No. 25, said:-I beg to a cond the motion, gone up about oighly stange ech, the Chinese cheire the total pro-- Bhy of Canton.
They also gave Pang two more Bluff, Yokohama, was gatted by which requires very few words of This is a big riso on 1 is said to hibition of the trade. for some months after the gam of forged notes and ask fire on March, 3. The premises mine to bring before you. After be due to the prosperous reason' (13) To publish throughout option of the conspiracy in ed him to hurry up and had the were used by the German com- the laoid explanation and addrees which the cultivators are enjoy. Chips statements made in the matters advanced quietly man who had promised to bay, munity as a church and school- that our Chairman has given us ing. They find themselves in Bish House of Commone and, conspirators were working a quarter of a million of them, house, and were provided with we can confidently look forward funds and at once begin to buy alto, measures adopted by opfum the conspirady. Some of them. This was apparently Wong. Pang quarters for the school staff to the future,
gold órnaments,.
merchants to protect their treds,
presented.;
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