AMAZING FRAUD..
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the lower Court they found that
WASTING WATER.
SINGAPORE PUBLIC WARNED.
The public at Singapore are there was much confusion in hav-warned that the consumption”... of ing two such important exhibita, water has increased so much 60 much alike in enunciation.
MINING DISPUTE.
RED INTERNATIONAL PREPARATION.
Amsterdam, April 20. M. Logovsky the General Secre tary of the Red Trade Unions. In-
Exhibit "N," or "Nina," was the owing to the hot weather-that the ornational, has sent a message: book afterwards presented by demand is now greater than the
to the International Federation of
which it was hoped to get a fur-mains can bring down from the Trade Unlods from Moscow asking ther $50,000 from the Company.
the Fedoration to telegraph the
It was presented at the office on Reservoirs, and that in a very fewulace and time at which repre-
August 13th, 1923, three or four days it will be necessary to shut sentatives of the two internation months later by a representative down supplies unless consumption als can meet to claborate the of the Industrial and Commercial is reduced.
forma and methods of supporting Bank, a Chinese Bank conducted on foreign lines.
It, therefore, behovas every in- the British miners, "in their habitant of the town to be careful righteous struggle against the not to wasto any water, and to offensive of united and well-or- chock anyone whom thisce do ganised capital.”—Reuter. ing so,
FATEFUL MEETINGS TO-MORROW.
Rugby, April 20, been paid out in May on a dupli-on till Thursday there would be ed to theet the representatives of Mr. Stanley Baldwin has arrang- only 12,000,000 gallons available the coal-owners to-morrow after- on that day.
It bore the same number, 12938, as that already surrendered. It represented that $60,000 was due to the Kwony Choung Great firm, On Monday week, 14,500,000 whereas the money had actually gallons were used. If this went
cale book.
FORGERY OBVIOUS,
I
It was obvious that one or other
noon.
There da a sufficiency of water in. The coal-owners' representatives of those books was a forgery, and the Reservoirs for the time being met in London to-day to complete the case he would, put would be But as the situation there, too, is the details of their proposals for that they were both forgeries, indisquieting, the Commissioners are a new wage agreement, which they that one book had been used to seriously considering doubling the make up both. Part of the book price of water, not for the sake of issued by the Company was used revenue, but in order to enforce for the book presented in May and the need for avoiding waste. part of it was used for the book presented in August.
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PRINCE GEORGE.
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con-
will submit to the Premier: It is understood that in this draft agreement will appear as much as the coal-owners think it is pos sible to settle on a national basis.) This concession to the demands of The case which the prosecution
the miners for a national settle- hoped to establish was that it was
ment is being made, it is stated, the intention," when the deposit
in response to a request made by account Was opened, that l
HAPPY TIME IN PERAK, Mr. Baldwin, when he intervened fraud should be perpetrated on
in the dispute at the end of last the Wing On Company, but
Ipoh, Apr. 13.
week. It is understood that the originally the eonspirators bad Curry tiffins, dances and not intended to make two forged corts, varied by an elephant ride depart from their demand for dis- coal-owners are prepared thus, to booka. "It was intended that to the famous menggelunchor trit settlements and to concede a forgery should be submitted water slide in Perak, formed the the principle of a national agree ou May 3rd and 4th, and that theil of fare of "Mr. George Wind-ment, on condition that the miners genuine and incontestable eneo and a party of officers and will discuss a "downward revi should be presented in August. Amen from H.M.S. Hawkins who sion" of the minimum additional very interesting thing happened visited Perak during the week-percentage as suggested by the which made it impossible to carry end.
Coal Commission in its report. out the original scheme, which he
The Prince witnessed. Malay would later detail.
Apparently, the prospect of sei wrestling, danced all night at the tlement turns, at the moment, few club, and was the merriest of upon the attitude of the miners. Mr. Jenkin pointed out that a the bathers at the water slide, towards the coal-owners' new pro- „deposit account could be opened shooting the chute over the imposals. It is probable that after at the expenditure of $100, and mense rock, and landing heads up the owners have shown their plan another book secured. It was not or tails down na fortune favoured to Mr. Baldwin to-morrow after- difficult to imagine anyone spend or frowned at the bottom of the noon, they will meet the minera ing $100 or even $200 with the pool. Taiping bade a" regretful later in the day and, it is possible knowledge that they might get arewell to the party yesterday, all that Mr. Baldwin may be present 350,000 back. Another book haveturning happy and tired.-Singa- at this joint meeting-British ing been secured in that way itore. Free Press.
Wireless, could be taken to pieces and pages 1, 2, 7, and 8 (it was only an eight- page book) containing nothing but blank pages except the genuine signatures of the general managers retained. Pages 3, 4,
Mr. Alabaster said that before 5, and 6. would then be printed, forged entries showing the pay.he second defendant was asked! ment in of $50,000 made page 3, a
new book made, and the result would be a skilful for gery containing much that was gen- uine, likely to allay closc
FORGERY METHOD..
lition to the four counts of con- piracy presented jointly against
both.
MORE DOG BITES.
· TWO EUROPEANS" BITTEN,
More dog bite cases occurred. yesterday.
AES a naval
Beaman
plead, he would like to move, A fox-terrier, owned by Gunner ratly that the indictment beat. 38 Pack Battery, Whitfield quashed; or, in the alternative. hat the last two counts of per
be struckout: or, in the ury urther alternative, that the prose filution called upon to elect on of which counts they would preverd. Counsel went on to point out
study of the remainder. Ona would, however, expect to pages 1, 2, 7 and 8 with signs double stitching, and they would fnd Lant in the book presented the double stitching wis evident.
When "Emma" was presented in
T. Helmes. The latter is being treated at the Royal Naval Hospital, wand the dog has been sent to Kennedy Town.
A little girl, three years of age, named Margery Hoare, residing at he inadmissibility of his client the Cosmopolitan Docks, was bit- nto a joint indictment of whielten by a yellow chow bitch, owned
he fifth and sxth 'counts, did not by a Chinese living in the same
May, it has the genuine faj taken Harge his client with any offerre vicinity. The child was treated]
from “Nina" (* it, and pages, 1, 2, 7 and 8 were genuine in its res peat that they were part of a book issued by the Wing On Company.
THEY LOST, THE LABEL
whatever.
Mr. Jenkin said that in this case the first, accused would be tried or perjury and the facts „f" that charge-"would be identical The book "Nina" was the book with these opened against him in issued in April and was, genuine be trial on the charges of con- in every respect, except that the piracy on which the second accused Tabel was a forgery, the original was also indicted:
by a private doctor, and the dog. has been sent to Kennedy Town,
A Chinese girl, aged seven, liv- ing. at 71, Pokfulam Road, has been sent to the Government Civil Hospital after having been bitten by a Chinese chow dog, the owner of which is not known.
A Chinese, who was bitten by a dog owned by another Chinese re alding at 182A, Hollywood Road,
having been removed. It was ori, Mr. Alabaster, in detailing his Finally intended that the forgery cint, said that the perjury charges
hould not be surrendered and that could not be joined with any other has been sent to the Government the proper label should be re-past-indictment against any other pri- Civil Hospital; and the dog has ed, but the scheme, had to be resoner. There was nothing in the been removed to Kennedy Town. ed owing to circumstances which |'ndictments Ordinance which would occurred what the money was beintitle two people, for instance, to ing withdrawn in 'May. ̧
EXPLANATION OF ITS FAILURE
On May 3rd. $27,000 was with
e charged on the same indictment]
and on the same facts with two
FIRES IN JAPAN.
parate perjuries, even if they MANY HOUSES DESTROYED.
were perjuries in connection with
"drawn on May 4th, a man called the same matter. Counsel's objec-
Tokyo, April 20.
and intimated that he wished to tion was not raised against the in- Messages from various parts of withdraw a further $22,000, leav-dictments of perjury, in the case. Japan report that fires are taking ing $1,000 in. It was, of course, but against his client's being asked place this afternoon. intended that $1.000 should be to plead guilty, or not guilty, as the The two principal outbreaks aro lost to them, but that they should case may be, to the charge of per- in the Noda and Chiba Prefecture. have the genuine label to rejury which was incapable of being where 120 houses have been com-
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Mr. Alabaster quoted from the Prefecture, where 100 houses have It so happened, however, that Ordinance in support of his view been destroyed. the cashier, when he found that that the counts of perjury could not $49,000 was being withdrawn from be included in the presentation of telegraphic communications, fur- Owing to the breakdown of $60,000 deposited but a few days the case against the first accused, ther details are not available.- before, decided that the account that these counts of perjury be Rater. was of no use to the firm, and separated and be presented in a closed it entirely. The book was fresh trial In the event that a con- therefore not given back and the viction on the charges of cons caller suddenly found himself, be-piracy, were obtained.
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reft of his label. "Emma" waa The Chief Justice, alluding to an out-and-out forgery, but the procedure Involved in the pre- masterly one, and "Nina" only sentation elsewhere of a charge lacked a geniune label.
of larceny and the alternative enced at Saigon, and has caused, Objection to the procedure in count of receiving at one and the the authorities there to allow the presentation of the indict-same time, amid he reserved his ships calling at that port to take ments was raised at the intial descretion on the point raised by in only a quantity which they stage of the trial by Mr. G. C.Mr. Alabaster, to be exercised in deem is sufficient for the trip. Alabaster, whose client (the ace-the course of the trial as his A felegram to this offect has ond, accused) was not named In Lordship thought fit. He ordered boon received from the Bash Con- respect of the two distinct indict the trial to proceed on the indict- sul General at Saigon and is post- ments of perjury with which the ment as it stood.
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