THE: HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH,
WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1928.
LOCAL WINE AGENTS THE KUOMINTANG IN MEMORY OF THE ESCAPED FRENCH
SUMMONED.
SOLICITOR SAYS PROSECUTION
ISN'T "CRICKET:"
were
OUTSPOKEN REMARKS. Addressing Lt. Col. F. Enves, DIS.0., at the Central Magistracy this morning, when Messrs. W. S. Sherly and Co., of 6, Queen's Road Central,
summoned for solling ono case of Hall's wing without a proper licence, Mr. M. K. Lo, aolicitor for the defence said: "If what I say is true, I would say that this prosecution, however brought well-intentioned," about by Messrs. Watson's under such circumstances that one would not call it cricket.”
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Continuing, Mr. Lo explained the circumstances from which the summons arose. His cilenta, Messrs. Sherly and Co., were the Agents in Hongkong for the im portation of Hall's wine.
They
PUZZLE.
CANTON'S ORDERS TO SWATOW.
MUST CEASE ACTIVITY TILL REORGANISED.
UNIONS SUPPRESSED.
Swntow, May 29.
DEAD.
LOCAL AMERICANS OBSERVE MEMORIAL DAY.
GRAVES DECORATED.
CONVICT.
ARRESTED IN HOTEL AT SINGAPORE.
Memorial Day was. fittingly ob-HOW HE GAVE HIMSELF AWAY served by American residents in
TO RESIDENT. the Colony to-day, wreaths being laid on the graves of American soldiers and sailors and others at
Happy Valley, and also on the| BOGUS DECORATIONS. memorial at Wanchal.
The day is celebrated through- out the United States and also by
"Shanghal, May 23. pore police visited Rafles Hotel and
During the week-end the Singa took into custody a visitor, Frenchman named Jean Moynier.
It would be interesting to know American residents in all parts of precisely the condition of things the world. The observance has inside the Kuomintang.. In the gradually grown from one confined last few days, the local municipal to members of the Services until it is now revealed that Moynier branch and all other branches in it now includes the placing of is wanted by the Saigon police, the district have been ordered wreaths on the graves of all who from Canton to cease from all ac-have passed away. tivity until they can be inspected and reorganised from Canton,
ent and applied for the relief gen- erally extended to French stranded in Singapore.
MOVING DUTIABLE LIQUOR
DONNELLY AND WHYTE FINED FOR TECHNICAL-OFFENCE,
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BREACH OF TRUST?
Messrs. Donnelly & Whyte were defendants in, a summons brought by the Import and Export Depart ment against them this morning for allowing four gallons of dutiable liquor to be removed from their warehouse, No. 26, without a licence.
& Grist, represented the defendant Mr. Grist of Messrs. Wilkinson
irm, while Mr. B. C. K. Hawkins prosecuted on behalf of the Import & Export Department.
The defence pleaded guilty to a technical offence.
Mr. Hawkins:-"In a sense it is a technical offence in this sense, that we do not wish to imply that they wore defrauding the revenue.
having escaped from that port after The had been sentenced to five years Americans in Hongkong met at imprisonment for passing himself the Consulate this morning and off as a Chevalier of the Legion of Accordingly, they have met and later proceeded to Happy Valley, Honour. wound up affairs. At the same where the graves were decorated The circumstances of Moynier's At the same time I must say that had been so for the past two years, time, it happens that the students with many beautiful wreaths, some arrest are interesting. It is pos- that my Department trike a very taking over the agency from have lost their common organisa-Including the American flag work-sible that he would liave successful- serious view of this. The siban- another firm which gave it up. tions; there was some dispute ed in flowers. At the memorial at ly cluded the Singapore police had tion is this. These licensed ware- One about May 14, his clients among them, and for some months Wanchai, a large anchor wreath he not gone to a local French resid- houses are really private bonds received a letter from their Lon-two rival factions have had their was laid in memory of sailors who
and they are not subject to very don principals to the effect that own Students' Unions.
Jost their lives in 1885.
strict revenue control because wo they had been approached by a
| have always felt that the firm's áre These Unions have both been It is interesting to recall that London house to ship out a small
of sufficient repute to obviate any shipment to Messrs. A. S. Watson uppressed until the authorities the Wanchal memorial was erected
probability of fraud. The ware- and Co. The London principals announce the result of an investi- in memory of British and Ameri
When asked for the usunt part-houses are opened daily by a re- for Hall's wine had advised their xation into the matter. It seems can sailors who fell in action clients to inform Watson's that unlikely that this will be under- against pirates in August, 1865. ulars he gave his correct name and venue, officer and locked at 6 p.m.
The men killed were members of birthplace, and that was a fatal with a revenue lock. supplies could be obtained from taken with any great speed.
the crews of the US, steam frigate mistake, as the gentleman whom he Sherly and Co. They suggested The Administration has thus Powhattan and the British eloop at the time a copy of a Saigon news was interviewing had before him
Permit Needed. that Messrs. Sherly and Company secured very effective control over Rattier. The men gave their
"During that time, the firms are get into touch with Messrs. Wat-all possible centres of agitation; lives
paper in which Moynier's escape at liberty to son's with a view to coming to a since it had already dealt with the humanity and as pioneers in the statement that he was a native of sale, but it is quite clearly lald remove dutiable in the cause of peaceful was described, together with a liquor, either for export or for worldng arrangement whereby labour organisations.
building up of safe commerce in the identical French village which down that before any liquor may they could develop the business."
Moynier had mentioned.
Thirteen Cases Sold.
Boycott Plans.
these waters.
A Fatal Mistake..
They routed out a nest of pirates The only difference between the be moved, a permit must be On receipt of that, letter, There have been no overt de-near Kulan, on the Canton River, man described in the newspaper and applied for. In the case of liquor is brought into the local Messrs. Sherly and Co. were about monstrations against the Japan-and attacked with great success, the man applying for assistance that
beard and the market the permit must be a 'duty to get in touch with Messrs. Wnt-ene.
over 200 guns being seized from was that one had son's when they received a telo Yesterday, the Japanese Consul, the pirates, who were about 1,000 other had not, and since beards are paid permit and the duty must be phone message asking if they were accompanied by the commanders strong. Bent on punishing the easily removed the gentleman refer pald. the handlers of Hall's wine, Mr. of the three destroyers which are ancestors of some of the modern red to thought it advisable to com- Lo explained that Messrs. Sherly in harbour, called on the Commis- pirates, the British and Ameri-munichte his suspicions to the Moynier returned to his and Co. imported the wine and sioner for Foreign Affairs, which
flect sailors met a placed it in bonded warehouse for seems to suggest that satisfactory junks manned by gen robbers hotel, and that afternoon he was firms like Wing On and Co. arrangements are being come to. and an netion, ensued in which arrested.
Continuing, Mr. Lo said the firm
The Chamber of Commerce has,500 pirates sold thirteen cases to Messra. however, gone ahead with prepara-addition to the nine officers and
to release a case which they
in Sherly & Co.'s name,
Army Chinges,
of police."
were killed. In
Moynier's Career...
for-
"Some years ago, it was suggest- ed that cortain of these Big firms would find it more convenient If they paid their duty weekly, Instead of daily. A circular Was sent out suggesting that they might like to make weekly payments and the condition, was that they should make a deposit equivalent to one week a duty. The firms, including, Messra. Donnel by and Whyte, practically all re fused this method of paying duty; "Gross Breach."
"The result is that when the aù-
Wing On, who, taking delivery of tions for a boycott of Japanese men from the British and Ameri- From particulars of Moynier's the wine, case by case, had actual-goods, for which instructions can ships who were killed, twenty career which are now available it ly taken delivery of twelves cases.published to-day. It is not worth others, including two officers, appears that he was sentenced to wards the close of 1927 by the Sal- Mr. Lo said at one time the recording these until we see how were wounded. wine was much in demand, but far they are carried out,
gon Supreme Court to five years' The majority of American resi- rigorous imprisonment and 20 this somewhat slackened off, us a
dents in Hongkong were on holi-years' banishment from Cochin result of which Wing On's offered
day to-day and took part in the China for the alleged bought, but which was still stored General Hsu, who is in charge observance arranged by a comunit-gery of military seals and wearing ditor made a surprise assessment
forged decorations. of the Eastern District of the pro-tee of ladies. On May 16, another telephone vince, and whose own troops are The Committee of Indles consist. After breaking gol in n remark, we find that Messrs. Donnelly message came enquiring for Kail's those of the 5th Army, has beened of Mrs. Benson (convener), ably elever manner, he sent & Jetter and Whyte have been removing wine. Messrs. Sharly, knowing consolidating his authority under Mra. Tarker, Mrs. Pothick, Mrs. to the Salgon Chief of Police statquor without a permit, and with- ing that he had gone to French out paying, duty; it is a groda what figure the Wing On were pre-that force. The last remanunts of Tracy, Mra. Fowle, Mrs. Dunbar, Indo-China from France for the breath of trust and it strikes at pared to sell at and having the the 11th Army, have at lust left, Mrs. Sommers and Mrs. Kern.
purpose of starting life anew, but the very root of the whole systemi one case in godown in mind, quot-and its office has been closed.
instead had beed: unjustly con- of granting private licences." demned to imprisonment, When Continuing, Mr. Hawkins said he he spoke of starting life anew he understood that Messrs. Donnelly was presumably referring to his and Whyte paid their duty once fcriminal career in Europe, which every four days and added that that by then had already become known was a system which could not be
permitted to continue. to the Saigon authorities.
He point- Only 30 years of age, Moyniered but that by this method the has already served four terms of Government lost interest on certain imprisonment in France on charges sums of money for four days, but, of cheating and forgery. Accord apart from that, the firm had no ing to a Saigon paper, he escaped business to remove anything from from a French prison once before their licenced warehouse. while undergoing a short term sentence.
which were sent here before the campaign against the "Ironsides had been decided, have been de- tailed to jobs up country against Communist groups, and Genéral are now in sole Ha's own men
conmund.
NO PERMISSION,
FINED FOR KEEPING PIGS.
A pork and poultry dealer appeared before Major C. Willson, at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, on a charge of keeping pigs at No. 243, Portland Street without permission.
The defendant stated that the
piga had only just arrived from the New Territories..
ed the figure of $27 to Mesara": The forces of the 13th Army Watson's, less godown rent. It was made clear that Messrs. Wnt- son's had to take out the noces sary permit.
Cash Paid. Having arranged to sell the case, Sherly & Company telephon- control. As an army they have a od Wing On's at once, telling them dubious record. They are General of the sale. Messrs. Watson's La Fuk-lum's old force, and it is then sent a coolie over and insistedupposed that they were not en- on paying cash. They paid tirely satisfied with the change of
No Notice. $26.89, having deducted 61 cents
.Mr. Grist, addressing his Wor for, the godown rent, and Messra. Recently the commander, with Sherley bold Watson's coolie that bin second-in-command,
ship, said the circular referred to Bogus Decorations, It was stated that the defendant'
by Mr. Hawking was circulated in the firm had a lot of credit with brigade in Chaochowfu have had previously kept fowls on the
The Saigon paper states that 1920. Since that time, the firm them and they could not give a tired on sick leave, and General receipt. But that if they insisted Hsu has taken over the command premises and was notified by the soon after his arrival in that port had been carrying on under a sys they could only furnish a tem- of the brigade concurrently with Sanitary Department to cease the unpleasant tumours followed him tem under which they pald duty practice, for which a pormit was from Djibouti, a French settle-once every three or four days. They porary receipt.
his higher office. It may be up- necessary. At a subaenuent visit ment in Africa. He was obvious had never received any notice from Mr. Lo said that the money so posed that some disaffection was it was found that the fowls had ly determined to give himself a the Import and Export Department received from Messra. Watson's at the bottom of the change. was at once turned over to Wing At present, however, so far as disappeared, but that piga were good start, for he arrived wearing and he submitted that for the last the coveted decoration of a Cho-éight years it must have come to On's for which the latter Com-one can tell, things are quiet in
being kept instead.
(Continued on Page 11.)
the notice of the Department but pany gave a receipt. A couple of the Army, and from different quar-
nothing was said at all. days later, Messrs. Watson's ters one hears that the country- telephoned Messrs. Sherly & Com-uide is settling, down. pany asking them for the glasses
:
that should have been in the case 1.
as advertisement. Mr. Lo's client
Health Campaign,
of
1
told them to send round for the A meeting called by the Public glasses and also return the tem Health. Department of the Munici- porary receipt as they were then pality, and attended by the Mayor in possession of the proper receipt and other municipal officials, with from the sellers, Meiers Wing Oh representatives of the Mission & Co.
and other hospitals, and of philan- thropic societies, was held yester day at the Y.M.C.A, to arrange a Public Health campaign in the port.
"Not Cricket.”
The next day, Mr. Hawkin's re- presentative from the Import and Export Department turned up at Committees of arrangements Sherly & Co. Mr. Lo repented that were appointed, and it was de- If what he said was true it ap-cided to raise the sum of $2,000 peared that Messra. Watson's re-for the expenses of the campaign. ported his client to the authorities If the campaign is followed by to get the agency and that that was effective administrative action, not "cricket.". He accused Messrs. especially as regards municipal Watson's of trying to fish out" sanitation, much good may come some evidence against his clients. of it--Our Own Correspondent,
Proceeding, Mr. Lo added
that in the ordinary course
of events his clients would not
issue a receipt because they had now because Messrs. Watson's re- credit dealings with Messrs. Wat-presentative is not here that Mr. Hawkins, as representative of the Bon's. But in this particular case, Government Department, should Messrs. Watson's deliberately sent try and find out the truth or other the coolle with the cash. "I call it wise of these fucts, and, if it is true, malicious," said Mr. Lo, "and if
I do suggest that Mr. Hawkins
can prove these facts to you, I ask should not make himself a party your Worship to say that we did not to these prosecutions." sell this wine, but did it as agents."
His Worship-Mr. Hawkins fa
Mr. Lo then added that the Gov-only acting according to Instruc ernment should try and investigate
the truth of these allegations, and,
tions.
Mr. Lo: I am not personal. - I
if they were true, he suggested that say then, that the Department
Mr. Hawkins should not appear to should not take action.
prosecute and that Messrs. Watson
and Co. should employ a solicitor.
Government Should Enquire.
The case will be proceeded with to-morrow afternoon, when it is
"I do venture to any," said Mr. should call Messrs. Watson's repre-
arranged that the prosecution
Lo, "that since we cannot get on sentative as first witness.
"A fin of $25 was imposed.
4
"Music always makes me sentimental, I think I must be a
-foot at heart.”
Mr. Hawkins said that he had at permit before him which stated that the defendants wanted to remove certain liquor on May 9. If that liquor had been removed on an ear- lier date, then the firm was guilty of a misstatement of facts on the Hermit.
In answer to his Worship, Mr. Hawkins said he was not preasing for a heavy penalty, and his Wor- ship' imposed a fine of $20.
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