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OBTAINED BY TRICK.
COURT MARTIAL
DOCUMENTS.
THE BANK'S DEFENCE IN NONE MISSING FROM
$260,000 CLAIM.
MR. JENKIN'S SUSPICIONS OF TSANG ON-WING.
SEARCHING CRITICISM.
OFFICIAL BOX..
ALLEGED JUGGLING WITH
P.R.I. ACCOUNTS.
THE LATEST WATER THE BRITISH OPEN HOW MACKAY MET KWANGSI ATTACK
STATISTICS.
RAINS CAUSE INCREASE IN
KOWLOON STORAGE,
HONGKONG DECREASE. The latest official statistics'fooù- ed regarding the contents of the Colony's reservoirs show that the recent rains have resulted in three
GOLF TITLE.
CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT AT MUIRFIELD.
BRITISHERS DO SPLENDIDLY IN BAD CONDITIONS.
HIS DEATH.
EYE-WITNESS'S STORY OF POLICE SHOOTING.
"SCARED" POLICEMAN.
Berlin, May 6. Careful inquiries are being made In view of the totally differ- ent stories told by the police and by his friends regarding the death
ON CANTON.
SURPRISING MOVE BY, WANG SHAO-HUNG.
TAKES OFFENSIVE DESPITE THREAT IN NORTH.
or four days' storage being gained LEAD ON TWO COURSES. of Mr. Charles Mackay, the news- A LARGE SCALE WAR?
on the island and about nine days' storage in Kowloon.
:
He says that he saw Mr. Mac-
The Government's case against the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank in its claim for the re-crediting of $260,000, the sum involved in the Yen frauds, was brought to an end the Court, states that as soon as day, 6th May, amounted to 311.72 were returned, and the British his left (probably to find the very large force of Kwangal this morning, Mr .F. C. Jenkin introducing the defence in an eloquent address,
million gallons, showing n crease of 15.54 million gallons during the past week.
INCORRECT ENTRIES.
paper correspondent, and striking evidence has been given to-day by
Canton, May 6 We learn that the padlock be
London, May 6. an eye-witness of the killing...
Kwangai, which is seriously longing to the box containing the
Old stagers described the official documents in connexion
Hongkong supplies have, how weather conditions at Muirhcid kay stopped by a policeman, who threatened from the north, has with the District Court Martial ever, further decreased, but au in- to-day as the worst in living his ordered him to put his hands up. unexpectedly taken the initiative which is enquiring into the alley-crease is reported on the mainland, tory of the British Open Golf Mr. Mackay, who was practical-against Kwangtung, which has ed embezzlement of $1,300 by Cor- The total storage in the island Championship, but in spite of thely ignorant of the German tongue, also had orders from Nanking to Boral Charles Hendry, of the
battle with the elements as well as lifted his right hand and simul-open an offensive. reservoirs on the morning of Mon-the course, some splendid scores taneously made a movement with It is reported rellably that a K.0.S.B., is st missing.
Major Todd, the President of
troops have made rapid progress it was discovered that the padlock
de-contingent was highly elated, special pass he was carrying).
leading on both courses,
The eye-witness states thut the down the West River towards was missing, he gave instructions
There was a huge "feld" of 242, policeman, misinterpreting the Canton, travelling mainly by boat, It was early revealed that the Bank, is relying, in part, for another padlock to be fitted to
representative of the fincat golfers movement, immediately Bred. and they have occupied a number on the defence that the signatures of Mr. Messer and Mr. Black the box, and the linx was sent to
in the world, professionals and Mackay was shot through the of towns along the river. to the disputed cheques were obtained by a trick and that Command Headquarters over, the The week's consumption amount-amateurs and including sixteen stomach and died almost inime- Canton gunboats are being rein- Tsang, On-wing was, to some extent, in the swindle.
week-end in charge of a guard. ed to 33.05 million gallons, which American professionals, believed diately,
forced and a clash between the
and troops
Canton's Mr. Jenkin took the jury carefully through Tsang On-
None of the papers was disturb.
The British Community in Ber-Kwangel includes 1.76 million gallons to be the strongest combination wing's actions from the time the cheque-books were receivede, and none is missing.
There was nothing sensational brought across the harbour from which has ever left the United in is demanding a searching and naval forces is expected at any from the bank, and used the expressions "grossly misleading,"
at the resumed hearing of the Kowloon to the tanks on the Water States for an attack on the British impartial inquiry into the shoot-moment.
Ing. "condescended to speak," "claimed innocence," and "a farce" in Court Martial this morning, and it Front, and 90 from the Talkoo
The competition promises to be Regarding the reign of terror, It his references to Tanng On-wing's connexion with the case. is possible that the case will take Water Works.
one of the greatest struggles is now fairly certain thai ng Towards the end of a searching criticism of the Treasury up another few days.
The total storage in the main which the British. Open has ever further trouble will be experi clerk, Mr. Jenkin said that if there could be a solution com-
Ogilvie,land reservoirs on, the morning of patible with the honesty of Tuang's silence, he, as a student of former President
five Canton acroplanes flew over human nature; would be extremely glad to hear it.
121.66 million gallons, showing an play opened in half a gale was reigned for nearly forty-eight past few days. A squadron of ACORNICIANALOGESHWARUM increase of 4.21 million gallons
during the past week. ATTEMPT ON LITHUANIAN PREMIER.
NO DESIRE FOR EXPOSURE.
A Trick.
WAR
Mr. F. C. Jenkin cómmenced his bodies of the cheques were in the defence by defining the relations handwriting of Taung On-wing of the Government and the Bank.then he was in the frauds, and He said the Bank had not resisted counsel said he would put it to the claim because the amount in- them that if. Tsang was in It he volved was great, nor with a de- had only one purpose and that was aire to score off any Government to betray the trust which official, nor because there was any placed in him by his superior of- bad feeling between the Bank and cers, for the purpose of obtaining Government officials, nor with the the signatured by a trick, desire to expose any Government department to public scrutiny. No such motives had ever been be-l
Mr. Messer and Mr. Black had hind the resistance of the Bank bath
Angerted that they never to the claim.
From the moment the interview had signed the cheques for such large amounts, but counsel's un- at the Bank concluded, when the swer was that they signed them cheques were first queried, the Bank through a trick, and he hoped to officials had definitely held the show conclusively that that pos opinion that the signatures on the ability was held and maintained cheques were genuine and, be-
view only had generally by the Government and bf that they stood their ground through-the Bank officials after the dis-
They had out the proceedings.
CAUSE
never had any doubt that the signatures were genuine and hud refused to take the easy course.
Proper Values
"
covery.
There was
fence that if the signatures were an alternative de-
not genuine then the Government,
Tsang Trusted,
H
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Air Reconnoitring. Aeroplanes have also taken an
This morning, Major Re- Monday, 6th May amounted to produced, though the fact that enced. Peaceful conditions have active part in the events of the
of
Seven Shots Fired Outside a Theatre.
A.D.C. INSTANTLY KILLED.
Berlin, May 6.
A
message from Kovno reports an attempt to assassin- ale M Valdemaras, the Prime Minister of Lithuanie.
The attempt was made last evening, when seven shots were fired at the Premier's party outside a theatre.
The Prime Minister himself was not hurt, but his. A.D.C., Captain Gudinus was instant- ly killed and his stepson and a lady seriously injured, -- Reuter,
evidence.
the P.RI. RC-
The week's consumption, includ- ing supplies to water boats and Hongkong, totals 27.17 million gal Jons.
FORGED BANKNOTE TRAFFICKERS?
POLICE ARREST THREE, MEN AND A WOMAN.
ALERT DETECTIVE.
A fortuituous circumstance hus enabled the police to effect the arrest of three men and'a woman who are belloyed to be the princi pal membora of a gang of traffe- kers in forged Chinese banknoles who have been operating from Shanghal.
U.S. STATE ASYLUM ABLAZE,
Four Thousand Inmates Become Panle-Stricken.
NO FATALITIES OCCUR.
New York May 6. Four thousand inmates of the New Jersey State Asylum became panic-stricken when a fire broke out which destroyed the greater part of the main buildings.
The patients, clad only in their night-clothes, yelled in frenzy as the guards and attendants endeavoured to shepherd them from danger.
All the Inmates were rescued, none attempting to American escape. Reuter's Seriice.
ZULFAZURA
was not not conducive to good play. Bitter Cold and itain,
what of
hours.
The Improvement is illustrated the West River yesterday, recon-. by the fact that the Police Presi- neitring the Kwongal positions, dent has raised the state of seige while one of the bigger machines in the Weddin and Neukoeln dis-flew over Wuchow, to apy out the Kwangsi preparations for the
tricts.
The Prussian Governmont has campaign,
No official informatión le 'avail- ordered the dissolution of the Communist military organisation able to indicate the precise loca- lion of the Kwangai forces, but "Rotfront."
The ban will possibly be ex- the interruption of traffic of he tended all over the country-Canton-Shamshui Rallway la xon Reuter.
to mean that they have made a big advance.
AMERICAN TARIFF
REVISION.
FOREIGN PROTESTS STOP CERTAIN INCREASES.
Canton Doubta?
There are rumours that Canton cannot rely upon the loyalty of its troops to Nanking, while it is further suggested that the Pro- vincial Navy is not, entirely re- liable. Several of the gunboats are being kept in Canton, it is alated, for fear that, their com- the manders might go over to
|ĆANADA'S INFLUENCE. Kwangsai aide.
Washington, May 6, The greatest interest is being taken in the new Tariff Revision Bill, which, most probably, will be of introduced into the House Representatives to-morrow.
No trouble is expected in Wu- chow for the moment, but JLM.S. Tarantula is standing by to safe- guard foreign interests.-Our Own Correspondent.
Canton Plana......
It is expected that orders for 4-
It is embraced in a bulky docu- ment, consisting of over 85,000 general attack on Kwanget will be words, and it is believed to accord Hiven to-morrow.. General Kwang- generally with President Hoover's nal; one of Chan Ming-shu's sub- ordinates, will direct the van- that revision shall
gunrd,
Wuchow, May 6. General Wang Shao-hung is commanding the
be
A Chinese detective was in the vicinity of a money-changer'a shop at West Point last evening, whent he saw a woman enter the shop and tender a Bank of Communica- by their negligence in falling to gimental Institute, continued his tious note. The bill
accepted by the broker and the carry out the duty they owed to the Examined by Mr. Wadeson,
woman turned to go away.. |Bank, 15 waru · them of the ab counsel for the prosecution, he The next interesting detail that If, in the course of the case,straction of cheques, was stopped
In addition to the high wind, so wish there had come to light anything from setting up the claim that the stated that the billiard book pro-impressed the watching detective
duced was kept by the billiard
It is understood on good autheri- occurred when the woman walked greatly upsetting to many of the "limited." in the
n deplorable cheques were forged. nature of
market and that the sums of round the corner of the street and players, torrential rain fell almost state of #nirs in the Treasury at Mr. Jenkin went on to deal with money entered therein should have handed back the note to one of all day long and it was bitterly ty that about one-third of thei
schedules have been revised on au personally material times, it was to be re-the position of Tsang On-wing,been credited to
cold, two men, who were apparently gretted, and the Bank regretted it whether he knew of the extraction count. In January of 1928 the
Then it was that the Elaborate preparations had been upward scale. Increased duty on Kwangal forces. The attack is be- as much as anybody, but such of cheques und whether or not he sum of $2.20 was entered, but detective acted,
waiting.
With the assis made for the accommodation of a sugar is proposed, but Philippines ing made from two directions. facts had to come out so that the was in it.
16 regiments under his direct there was not any record of that proper value could be put upon
in the P.R.I. account. Between tance of a constable, he rounded record crowd of spectators, and in eugars and coronnut oil will be General Wang has approximately Protests from Conada, the control, and preparations have them. He said he would have joi
January 1 and July 15, $220.60 up the two men und the woman, spite of the terrible weather, there duty free.
Argentine and other American been made for a long campaign. refer critically to the evidence and!
WAS Remarking that the dates were
received by the billiard and hustled them to the Police were over 10,000 present when
play commenced. Station,
Threat To N. Kwangsi. to the conduct of the various
There, Д number of vital importance, counsel eald marker.
It was quickly made evident that countries against an increase in people who had been called, and that Tsang was so much trusted
Shanghal, May 6. Witness had examined the pay appeared to be spurious banknotes the British players, playing with the tariff on certain products have that orally everything with ments made in this account and were taken from all three. The great confidence after their Ryder been heeded, it is believed; at the purpose of assisting the jury regard to cheque books was left found the amount entered was prisoners are said to have refusedCup victory, would give a good least to the extent of not making
to him.
$162.60. The whole of the amount When Exhibit "" (the first che- of $229.60 should have appeared all information, but, acting on a account of themselves and several the increases as large as compet-that General Ho Chien,, the new
The keenest interest is being demanded.
There is reason to believe that at Hengchuw. His forces, act than the Bank had, and it would que book) was received from the in the books ns having been re-ce provided by a hotel chit, the of them just revelled in the storm: tive producers in the United States chief of the Hunan Government
Murray Barracks police later in the evening raided
a room in Chinese broading taken as it is felt that the tourney
Government, are -(moving against not be done with a desire to be- Bank on November 2, Tsang check. ceived from
house, where they arrested will develop into an Anglo- a strong hint, was given to the ing on the orders of the Contra Tariff Committee that Canada, If Kwangsi and they are reported to little Mr. Messer or. Mr. Black, ored it, that he looked at the num- billiard table.
offended by the tariff changes have arrived at Huangshaho 'and bers on the cover, looked to sec
Received by Accused. another man, and seized. 'qyer a American duel. any officials of the Treasury.
hundred allegedy, false notes,*:**
would undoubtedly place, dificul-Lungfukwan in the north of Competition Conditions. Mr. Jenkin went on to refer to that the total contents tallied with
According to the initials, the
The seized notes purport tó ba
ties in the way of the huge water the criminal proceedings, against the cover, that was to see that the
num money had been received by Cor-those Issued by the Chomunica
The rules of the competition way scheme for connecting the Kangal, Carvalho Yes, saying that because book contained the correct
of chequen and check pornl Hendry. In the ordinarytions Bank, the Bank of China and he was found guilty of utteringer
od It withi the
St. Lawrence River. acknow-course, money from this source the Overseas Chinese Bank.” “An
A qualifying round or se holes Great Lakes with the sea via the three forged cheques it did not
President Hoover is said to be mean to say that that tribunal ledgement from the Bank, after would always be paid to the P.R.I. interesting fact is that a large (stroke play) will be the first
number of the seized notes, bear stage. The first hundred players, keenly interested in this project--- he initialled the receipt clerk. which found as a fact that the cheques
Messer for As far as he knew, continued identical numbers.
plus all who tle for hundredth were forged in the sense that and sent it to Mr.
signature.
witness, the N.A.A.F.I paid for It is expected that the prisoners everything upon them was
championship proper (also afroké forged, and it did not of necessity'
play). mean that the jury found the signatures to be forged.
also of those who had not been called but he would only do so for
to reach a proper decision.
He would have no more motiva
Jury's Responsibility.
are as follows: ·
There could be no doubt that the upkeep of the tables. Any will appear before the Magistrate place will play the 72 holes in the Reutera American Service.
It is learned from Changsha
The "rebcla" says. Gen. Ho Ohlen, are retreating from, Pinglo to Kwelling.
The Hean leader adds that ho is shortly moving his headquarters ito Chuanchow, in North-East,
Kwangsi:
General Fan Shi-hsen, with the fourth column, has been ordered to advance
against Huhelen, Eastern Kwangel-Reuter,
in
BRITISH RESIDENTS IN DANGER.
SLOOP ON WAY FROM BASRA
Canton's New C. L. C. TO ABADAN.
Canton, May 6. · Basra, May 6. General Chan Chal-tong WAS The British aloop, H.M.S, Cycla-formally installed this morning at men, has left for Abadan In order the Provincial Kuomintang Head- to protect the British residents quarters as Commander-in-Chief of the Eighth Route Command, the there,
Serious rioting has broken out, post formerly held by Marchal Li and stones liave been thrown at Chal-sum. the Anglo-Peralan Ol! Refinery.
General Chan Chai-tong de Pamphlets agitating for revolt have been circulated and the police
In proper order way, the P.R.. had not been ask-to-morrow upon the completion of
One round of the championship, that book was when it arrived from the Banked to pay since the tables had been the police investigation.
proper will he played on Wednes with the cover unsullied, unaltered hired from the N.A.A.F.J. The
day, one on Thursday and two on and not tampered with. Tsang supply of chalk would be part of then sent the book to the gaol for the upkeep. by the N.A.A.F.I.
One of the American amateurs, Receipts for the sale of by-pro- The June entry was also in- Friday. Mr. Potter here objected and his printing and when it was return
correct, $100 having been entered. Lordship remarked it seemed to ed it was in the same condition au ducts were produced in Court, and
For July and August, 3168 had the Hon. Mr. Stites, came a bad him that the responsibility was when it was sent. The book was witness stated that generally pay.
tember, the amount entered for regard himself as out of the fight. upon the jury to find, on the evi- taken into use on November 30 ments were made by cash. There been entered and $64.60 in Bep-cropper in his round to-day, and may dence in the present case, whether on that day Teang and his asslut were nine receipts, each signed by October and November being $160 He returned a card, of 101, which was made up of 6's, G's and 7's, they were forged or not. He would ant Cheung Man-kuen operated Corporal Hendry un follows:- '(in notes); tell the jury that they must de- upon that book and also on Decem- March 2, 365; April 1, $80;"May 1, Three cheques were produced while on one hole, he required no cide on their own responsibility on ber 1. During those two days 190880; June 1, 380; July 4, $80;y Mr. Wadeson, all payable to fewer that 11 strokes. the facts as given in the present cheques were written out.
August 2, $70; September 2, $70;
The first was P.R.I. account.
Stringent Test.' October 3, $70: November 3, $80.
The record should have appear from B Company for $64.00, the
It was a stringent card-and- ed in the by-products account of second from Headquarters Wing When Teang discovered that 30 the P.R. The first and second for $168 and the third from the pencil test, and yet some, extra cheques And counterfolls
Persian troops have been that the criminal trial had nothing missing and that the cover had items had been correctly entered, regimental tailor for $100.
Major Ogilvie. stated that these fordinarily fine golf was produced, are, unable to control the mob.claration of war against Kwangsi:-
Jowell's 72 on the Gullane course to do with the civil case except been altered he would have been
cheques did not appear in the meant golf of real merit, British out to restore order..
The police express the opinion accounts for which they were players headed the field on both that the outburst is due to foreign The third was incorrect, $100 | tended. ---- Counsel went on to any that it able to ask Mr. Black or Mr. Mes
Communist propagada-Reuter. having been entered for May. The case is proceeding. was common ground that if the ser about it immediately.
саве
Mr. Jenkin, replying, said that
that was the point he was coming!
to. He had intended to point out
for the evidencé.
The Obvious Coursa
(Continued on Page 8.)
were
Incorrect Entries,
Continued on Page 14.)
called
leverd an inaugural speech in terms which were tantamount to a de-
"Since the outbreak of the Nanking-Wuhan war on the Yang. teze," he said, "It has been the (Continued on Page 8,).