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UNDER WOOD
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
PIECE GOODS.
NEW FORM OF CONTRACT AGAIN SUGGESTED.
A Controversy Revived.
FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1926.
be exceeded and, the delay, if any, shall not exceed 10 days.
9. Not more than 4 months. clearance, including free godown, shall be allowed from the date of arrival in the case of goods to ar rivo or from the date of the con- tract in the case of spot goods, after which date the buyers shall
· SHALLOW LIES.'
FIRM'S PARTNER GUILTY
OF FRAUD.
“Enaily Imposed Upon.”.
Hongkong merchants are faced pay 6 per cent, per annum which
Tho caso in which the managing with a revival of the controversy shall cover interest, godown, in- of a few years ago upon the formsurance and other charges; after partner of the Flim Fick firm, Win form due date the sellers shall have the Locks street, is charged with conspir of pistegoods contract here.
right to pross the buyers to tak
to some.
The
lowed.
5. The buyers shall be respony
the
of their
Mr. J. T. Pridr, who appeared for the defence, skid that another man
the
It may be remembered that in delivery and no delay on the parting to defraud the firm of 88,900 wa August, 1921, the Hongkong Gen- of the buyers on the pretext of completed at the Central Magistracy eral Chamber of Commerce, at the the provision for payment of the yesterday when Mr. E. Davidson. suggestion of the Chinese Piece 5 per cent per annum, shall be al- called furthor orldonce for Goods Guild, adopted a étandard
prosecution. form of "Contract. The Guild, 4. The buyers shall have 10 At previous hearings it was stato:l however, on September 23rd, 1921 days grace in addition to the that dépositers applied to the de-
fondant for the rotorn notified that it "could not agree months for taking delivery.
money and instead of paying hy pat of the points" therein." Discussions followed, but the mat-gible for the payment of interest them off with remarks that the ter fall into abeyance owing to after due date but when delivery affairs of the firm had not been the troubled labour conditions at is taken before due cute. the self-adjusted. the beginning of the next year. ers shall refund to the hyers in- In June 1922, the question was terest at the rate of 'per cent re-opened, a confermice and much per annum on each delivery correspondence ensuing.
6. On the arrival of the goods, was instructed by the defendant to principal dificulty was the desire the sellers shall immediately in-make payments on behalf of of the Guild that, goods should be farm the buyers in writing of the firm, and whether he had paid them; packages, yardage, or not was not known as Ee had ordered for arrival and not for number of shipment condition which im-marks and numbers, and the name not been seen singe die proceedings: porters were convinced shippers of the steamer, and also supply to wero started. would not accept.
the buyers' a shipment sample of "He purported that he had made Later, certain concessions were the goods. It shall not be allowed them and we believe that he did made to the Guild, but the letter to substitute A's goods for Bake them said, Mr. Prior. Re- containing these was never acad if the procedure be no garding the promissory notes which knowledged. Instead a contract plied, with or if there be substitu form was circulated by Chinese on, the buyers shall have the
Prior said that nothing had been brokers; on which, they said, deal.right to reject the goods.
Bait to show they were forgeries. ers intended to do business in future. The Guild admitted re-
After the defendant had given 7. Should the sollers be unable ovidenes in which, he denied the sponsibility for this document, which contained the objectionable to full the contract by reason of charges, Mr. Prior remarked
that clause as to ordering for arrival the goods not arriving in time as His Worship bad soon how simpla and not for shipment, Two grid result of Strikes, Fire, Floods, and how easily imposed on the de- three months' suspension of busi-War, Civil Commotion, or any fendant was. He thought his Wor- cess followed, but at the end ofother natural calamity or unexpect-ship would agree that the man was November the Chinese Chambered occurrence, the certificate of a not the kind who was able t uf Commerce, which had been in-British Chamber of Commuree or conceiving a clever fraud. vited by the Guild to het as media of other Trade Corporation as to Lors, submitted a form of contract the cause of delay in the arrival defendant had obviously lied in the His.Worship pointed out that the to which, with certain modifica-or non-fulfilment of contret shall witness hox, and Mr. Prior said hin tions. importers agreed, This con- be conclusive evidence thereof.
Unforeseen Delays.
is
been described as forgeries, Mr..
THE COAL PROBLEM.
tract dropped the objectionable If the sellers fail to furnishes had been exceedingly shallow "ordering for arrival clause, but evidence of the cause of the delay and he did not think the man was indicated-what had been sus or if the goods fail to arrive in lying by art, pected by importers--that a redue-time, the buyers shall have the Mr. R. E. Lindsell said he con- tion of the charge for interest on right to require the sellers to pay sidered the defendant had been a uncleared goods would go far to compensation in connection witpartner to a doliberate fraud and bring about a settlement. A ques-the price. Should the delay, due imposed a sentence of three months tion still outstanding was, the to any of the above mentioned imprisonment. It was only on desire of the Guild that in case causes, provided there be evidence account of the man's age that be of dispute one of the arbitrators thereof, be for a longer period was not sentenced to six months. should be appointed by the Chin- than one month, excluding the est Chamber of Commercè. The above 10 days' grace, the buyers. Chamber, in a letter dated Janu-shall have the option of cancelling ary 3rd, 1923, undertook to write or accepting the delayed portion to the Manchester and Bradford of the goods which option must be Chambers on the subject, and to exercised within 7 days-local forward, at the same time, a state-public holidays excepted--of the meat of the denlers' side of the receipt of the notification, question so that the Home Cham- 8. Should there be Strike, Firc, bers might be informed of both Flood, War, Civil Commotion, or points of view. In the same let any other natural calamity or other ter the Chinese Chamber was in unexpected occurrence vited to obtain a Chinese transla-place where the goods are con. tion of the form of contract (at-sumed, such as Kwong-Tung, The Mine of Champions tachment of which was one of the Kwongsi, Fukien ete,, with the re
conditions of thesetlement).sult that the buyers cannot take Underwood wins World's Business proceeded on old con-delivery of the goods within the Typewriting Champion met ferman, suitably amended.. time-limit or cannot fula! the ship fub 20th consecutiv No reply was then received to contract, the sellers shall not preal yesar, Albert Bangora re- uos submissions, which presun for delivery to be taken nor shall aining las-title at 130 netly were not acceptable to honic they unauthorisedly hold up the
The chippers.
Chamber als delivery orders and demand se words a minute for one agreed to include in the standar cerity money, and the interest.ferred separately with their com Simultaneously the owners con- o,
form a version in Chinese of the godown and insurance charges mittee and later saw Mr. Baldwi terms of the contract and asked should also be reduced or waived.
All the negotiations are meat
TYPEWRITERS,
ANOTHER VICTORY !
Sole Agents:
Bour,
the נגj
STILL SOME HOPE.
London, April 29, The coal outlook is admittedly dark, but there is some hope that this is the darkest hour befor?
dawn.
The miners' leaders early this morning wore discussing their polley with the general council of the Trade Union Congress, and learned that the whole trade union movement solidly support Lae miners' demands.
Stocked in all izes and the Chinese Chamber of Com- In the event of the above unexpect secret, but much depends on the
all languages.
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Wellington
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All Photographic Doulors,
mercc-on Brd January, 1928-toed opcueretics, the bayers may abikin from the Piece Goods Guild notify the sellers to colegraph to latest wititude of the
a Chinese translation. This was the Factories do cancel or post-Reuter not received until the last monipone the arrival of the goods.
owners
THE FRENCH BUDGET.
PARLIAMENTARY SESSION CONCLUDED,
of the year. Immediately upon it 9. Any dispute regarding quali- receipt, members of the Chamber ty, shade, design, packing, delivery interested in piece goods were itc,, not settled amicably shall be supplied with copies of the stand-referred to two arbitrators, one to ard form of contruct, as agreed be appointed by the Hongkong upon, printed both in English and General Chamber of Commerce and Chinese.
one by the Piece Goods Guild, and The Industrial and Commerciolļa date and place shall be appoint-
Paris, April 29. Nees publishes a proposed newed for the arbitration to be held
The Budget having finally passed form of contract which, the paper openly and the finding shall be both Chambers, Parliament has states, is to be submitted to the binding on both parties, but the adjourned until May 27-Reuter. Hongkong General Chamber of buyers shall have the option of dc-¡
Paris, April 29, Commerce by the Chinese Plecefcepting or rejecting the goods on Before adjourning until May 27,| Goods Guild, after it has been sub-which a reduction of over 10 per Parliament voted the Budget, pro- mitted to their legal adviser, Mr. cent of the cost is awarded. . . C. A. S. Russ. The terms of the 10. Late arrival or non-arrival viding for 37,198,739,468 francs document are:
of one or more lots shall not af-receipts, and 37,388,360,202 francs Piece Goods Agreement Proposed feet other lots, when the ordered expenditure-Havas.
By the Piece Goods Guild. goods are stipulated to arrive to 1. Cash shall be paid on taking different lots.
delivery of the goods-the buyers 11. The sellers shall be fully re-and Chinese, and unless there bel and the sellers shall be at liberty sponsible for any damage or long other stipulations, shall not be to stipulate other terms of pay-resulting from mould, nall-holes, varied or affected in any way by thefts, damage by water or any other characters or words written 2. The goods are to arrive with other unexpected occurrence to or chopped on them by any per- In the time-limit-the buyers ahull the goods ordered.
sons purporting to be acting on fix the time-limit, which shall not · 12. These clauses are in English | behalf of either party.
ment.
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