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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUEJDAY, JANUARY 28, 1930.
FIRST DIVISION'S NO LOAN FOR THE FIVE MONTHS IN
GOOD LUCK.
DRAW FOR THE FIFTH
ROUND OF CUP,
SIX SENIOR TEAMS CERTAIN TO BE AT HOME:
SOVIET
CONTRARY TO BRITISH. GOVT.'S PRESENT POLICY.
TRADE CREDIT ISSUE.
London, Jan. 27. Mr. Arthur Henderson, Foreign Secretary, was questionod- in the House of Commons to-day re- garding the Government's attitude
CAPTIVITY.
YOUTH'S HARROWING
EXPERIENCES.
MANACLED AND PRACTICALLY STARVED.
VILLA V. BLACKBURN. in respect of a loan or grant of TERRIBLE PRIVATIONS.
London, Jan. 27.
¡v. Brighton.
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After five weary months of cap- tivity, pain and physical privation, Tang Fung, a 16-year-old lad, who was carried away by bandits from his home in On Lok Chuen, a'village car Fanting, on September 3, ast the Chinese authorities." year has at last been rescued by
tion from captivity are related on The early details of his libera- another page, but further enquiries by a Telegraph representative this morning revealed additional facts regarding the lad's terible experi. ences whilst in the hands of the bandits..
credits by them to the Russian Soviet Government. Mr. Hender- son replied that on January 6th | In their English Cup replay to- he informed the Soviet Ambas- day, at Bradford, Bradford City Bador that the British Govern- defeated Wrexham by two goalsment guarantee of a loan raised by any foreign Government would ́to one, and qualified for the Fifth be contrary to the considered Round of the Competition, the polley of the British Government draw, for which, made in London and it impossible now to give any and that, consequently, they would
to-day, resulted as follows: undertaking similar to that given in Article 12 of the General Treaty of 1024 by the Labour Government of that day.
With regard to credits, while there was no direct grant of Bri- tigh Government credit to the Soviet. Government, credits grani- ed, to trading organisations of the Soviet Government by traders in kidnapped, the lad's feet and lands this country were eligible for were manacled with heavy chains, guarantees under the Export Cre-and he was taken to a dwelling Scheme, subjert | house somewhere fu Chinese terri- dits Guarantee
Three or four days late', to reference to the Advisory Com-tory. mittee appointed for the scheme, he was removed to another part of the hills, where, he was made. British Wireless.
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Mates to be played on February 15.--Reuter.
First Division Luck.. Clubs of the First Division
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First Division side.
Two of them. Woat Bam and Newcastle, have not been asked to travel at all, being drawn at home in all three of the rounds facluding the Third, when they came into competition for the first time.
Huddersfield and Sunderland have been drawn' at home in two successive rounds.
Most Time Winner Meet, Blackburn Rovers, famous Cup fighters, and Aston Villa, perhaps more famous Cup-fighters, meet on the Villa ground, this being the first occasion that the Rovers have been asked to travel.
The case of Manchester City is diferent. Assuming the City get through, this will be the first time they have been drawn at home.
The most unfortunate of the clubs is Bradford. They are the nly team among those still left in never yel drawn at home, They are likely to beat Derby in the Fourth Round replay, and are then away to the First Division
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Brighton, having beaten two First Division teams on their own arounds, will tol regard their journey to Newcastle as especially difficult.
The Prospects.
It seems simplicity itself to forecast the result of at least seven of the matches. Newenstle, Huddersfield, Aston Villa, West Ham. Manchester City, Sunder land, and Wednesday should make IL up seven of the list eight. will take three games at least to 'decide' the eighth. Arsenal's
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REMARKABLE END TO CASE.
· (Continued from Paac 1) to him and witness had not heard about the documents plaintiff had produced until he received a letter from plaintiff's solicitors.
Heavily Manacled,
It appears that after he had been
Later, his relentless captors forced him to walk for three hours in heavy chains, and in addition to keeping him practically without fod, made him sleep on the wel ground, with nothing to protect him against the cold and damt, beyond the clothes he wore. These, of course, very quickly suffered from such hard wear, and after a time offered scarcely any protection.
4-Hour Walk in Chains. ··
In cross-examination, Mr. Ren- all put it to Mr. Church that plaintiff would not sign the rat Five times was the lad moved to various parts of the hills, receipt because of the $600.he
occasion one claimed was owing to him.
있어요 walk al night the
Mr. Church replied that he was
lad
he.
nal in a position to say, as plain-for four hours, being always heavily secured by chains, The til gave no reason.
bandita guarded him constantly.
It was because he had a claim against you?He had no claimi whatever as far as I know.
After months of this row- ing existence, the robbers took the boy to the temple at Cheh Kung. The Judgment.
which is in Po. On district. Giving judgment, his Lordship Chinese territory, and there held sald: "In this case the plaintiff him prisoner for some days, when has set up an agreement between the gang was suddenly surprised by himself and defendants by which Chinese troops who visited the bid- he was engaged nominally ating place, and liberated the cap- salary of $100 a month, of which, tive.. under the agreement, he was to The temple is only a three-hours' receive $50. In cash and the fur-walk from British territory, an 15 ther $50 was to be credited to an when the boy was found by his re- account between the parties to acquers, he was in a pitiful condi- cumulate as a deposit up to $500, ion, although throughout his ter He served for three months, ac rible experiences he managed to cording to the writ, and received save himself from complete collapse. his $0 salary for those three months... He now claims partly the remaining $150 which was, under the agreement, held back according to his statement of claim by the defendants, to ac-
cumulate.
"In support of this part of his claim he has handed in a document,
and that document consists of a
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GABY DESLYS.
HUNGARIAN FAMILY'S CLAIM
TO HER FORTUNE. A
Paris, Dec. 22. The action previously mentioned
typed statement setting out this of the Navratil family who lay agreement with the signature of claim of the fortune of the late Mrs. Thompson at the foot and the Gaby Deslys,, valued at about half rubber stamp of the defendant a million sterling, was commenced firm.
yesterday by the deposition of a The first question I have to decomplaint in due form by counsel eide is whether that is a genuine on behalf of John Navratil, document and whether the claim in Hatwan, in Pungary, against some a bone fide claim. Mrs Thompson admits her signature and sherson unknown for fraud, states that the piece of paper is a portion of a piece of paper which she wrote on the go. Tongkong at Kwong Chow Wan on December 4, last year. She says that she wrote a form of contract on the bottom half of the sheet of paper and
The complainant avers that Deelys was his daughter, Edwige, born in 1884 at Hatwan. The dancer's death certificate thescribes her 18 Gabrielle Elise-Leonie, daughter of M. and Madame Caire, of Marseilles, born in 1886, but the birth certificate of Gabrielle is.
prospects are good--if they beat igned at the foot, leaving space said to be dated 1886,
Birthingham.
Wednesday, Aston Villa and Manchester City are now warmest favourites for the Cup.
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A Lengue Matell Blackburn Rovers played their postponed league match with Leicester City to-day, winning by shree goals to one at Ewood Park. -Reuter.
BANK OF EAST ÁSIA.
DIVIDEND AND Bonus. The Directors of The Bank of East Asia, Ltd., announce that, subject to audit, the profit for the year ending 81st December, 1929, after writing off all charges, and making provisions for depréciat
within which she intended that Gabrielle Desiys, it will be. re- plaintiff should enter the Chinese membered, left her fortune to the form of the same contract.
town of Marseilles for the benefit of the poor after the expiration of a life interest reserved to her mother.
Not Authorised.
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"Her statement is that instead of doing so, plaintiff has produced this small section of paper with the unauthorised agreement typed forms have been produced, stamp upon it. Mr. Armstrong hused with the French officini atamp. MARY ASTOR Called attention to the fact that and the plaintiff's story is that he
typed this
document from
the word 'total' in the agreement Is spelt ne totaal" but I don't think much emphasis can be laid document written by Mrs. Thomp son. This document reads 'Mr. Y. on that, because there are one or S, When hus deposited to me a twe errors in the documents which sum of $600 (six hundred dollars Mrs. Thompson admits having Hongkong currency). Payable to typed herself.
"However, it is for plaintiff to the order on the return of this prove it is a genuine document, certificate. Not subject to check." His Lordship continued:"Mrs, and I am not satisfied that it is.
Thompson's story is that this is "The second portion of the claim another of these contracts and is for the return of $600, which that the blank section of the con- plaintif states ho lent to the firm tract form has been used for this through Mrs. Thompson in Kwong purpose. I find it difficult to be Chow Wan on, December 4, Ав love that Mrs. Thompson.ever wrote on this piece of paper the further document which also bears statement which appears on this including the balance of the admitted signature of Airs. receipt and I am even less inclined. $401,749.74 brought forward from Thompson. Plaintiff's story to find that that document is n 1928, amounts to 81,192,927.92. that Mrs. Thompson was short of which the Directors propose to money at Kwong Chow Wan and genuine document.
Concluding, his Lordship said: deal with at the forthcoming that he happened to have met For these reasons, the plaintur annual meeting as follows school friend who entrusted him has not established his claim in To pay a Dividend of $6.00 per with the custody of a large summy opinion and I propose, there- shure on 50,000 shares, £300,000.00; and of that amount he made a
Ralph Lewis lon, bud, and doubtful debts, and the of his claim, he produces a
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Plainuid's Story.
To pay a bonus of $2.00 per share loan to Mrs. Thompson just before fore, to enter judgment for the on 50,000 shares, $100,000.000; To she was laying." transfer to Reserve; $250,000.00; To pay a bonus to Directors, Holders of Founder shares and the staff, $73.676.78; To write off Furniture and Fixtures, 821,256:54; To carry forward $447,094.65.
defendanta with costs. I have decided to impound these docu- ments, Exhibits A and B, and I "Well, the document on which shall direct the Registrar to send i this matter was, entered by plain them to the Attorney General for tiff in a portion of a sheet of him to take such action as may French ocial paper. Similar be necessary,
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