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A FORGED NOTE.
PASSED ON TO SEVERAL
CURIOUS PEOPLE,
The story of how a forged bank note, purporting to have been is sued by the Chartered Bank, pass. ed through the hands of a con siderable number of people who were curious to show it to their friends and how it was eventually allegedly tendered in payment for board and lodging at Kum Tof Hotel was related to Mr. Whyte Smith, at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday afternoon, when two young Chinese were charged with uttering the note and with obtain- ing $90.40 on a forged document at the Kum. Tol Hotel, Nathan Road.
OLYMPIC GAMES.
CHAMPIONSHIP FOR CHINĂ.
Tokyo, May 30;
At volleyball China-beat the Philip- pines by 16-21, 20-17 and 21-17 after This victory gives China her only a long and bitterly contested match. championship, excepting. in soccer, which Japan shares.-Reuter.
Philippines Win Basketball,
Tokyo, May 30. baseball state clean, defeating the At the Olympics, Japan kept her Philippines. Japan had a seven-run rally in the ninth innings.
In basketball the Philippines cap- tured the title, defeating Japan by 45 to 40-Reuter.-
REFEREES MEETING,
of the
Mr. F. C. E. Rendall appeared for the second defendant, while The monthly meeting Mr. F. X, d'Almada, jnr.. held a Hongkong Football Referees' Asso- watching brief on behalf of Leungciation will be held in the Council Tin-sang, a witness in the case.- office of the H.K.F.A. Queen's Road Mr. Rendall asked how his Wor- Central, on Thursday, June 5th, at ship intended to deal with the case 5.30 p.m. sharp, All interested are and on being told that the Police cordially invited to attend. requested the case to be taken summarily he applied for com- mittal. He pointed out that as the defendants, under the Forgery Ordinance, were liable to impri- sonment for life his Worship had no jurisdiction.
The husband of the Rotherham woman who Was taken ill with parrot disease has also fallen a victim, and a woman who was call- ed in to supervise the domestic ar-
too. She is believed to be suf- fering from psittacosis.
The case was accordingly treat rangements at their home is ill ed as a committal one.
Crown's Case.
Opening his case, Detective Ser- geant Fitches said that the note Road, where the first defendant was received in the Colony by a
said he wished to engage a room lady living in Connaught Road in
for himself and a friend (the payment of a debt. She discover.second defendant) for two nights. ed that it was not a genuine note After seeing the room, the first de- and placed it in a drawer to which fendant agreed to take it and gave her servant had access. On May 8, a friend visited the servant of
the house and the new comer was shown the note.
The visitor suggested that she
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CINEMA NOTES.
ALICE IN WONDERFUL EPISODE.
"
KAYAMALLY BUILDINGS,
IN MEMORY OF THE REV. F. C. YOUNG.
"
GENEROUS RESPONSE TO. LOCAL APPEAL.
Churches of all 'denominations
family life in a big city, is literally (crammed with laughs, romance and. heart interest. Conrad Nagel, he of the famous speaking voice, plays the young millionaire, with Leila. Hyams, who played with William The Mad Hatter and the March Haines in "Alias Jimmy Valentine," Hare, the Red Queen, the Walrus again in a talking role. She is very beautiful and a clever little and the Carpenter, and all the other actress as well. Ressie Love, of and als many friends subscribed a fictitious name. He then hand-familiar characters of "Alice in "Broadway Melody", fame, as the to the fund raised to the memory ed the accountant the forged note Wonderland" have come to life on flapperish little sister, is one of the of the late Rev, F. C. Young, the in payment of the room,
the talking screen at the Queen's brightest spots of a very clever minister of Union Church, Hong- As is the general custom of Theatre on Sunday,
show, and character honour go to kong, a balance sheet of which has All of Lewis Carroll's characters that splendid pair of stage and now been circulated.. Chinese, when accepting notes of large denominations, the accoun- appear in an elaborate technicolour screen artists, James Neill and to
The fund, of which Mr. A. H. tant requested the first defendant scene in "Pattin' on the Ritz Edythe Chapman, who play the Ferguson, the President of the to sign the note which was done. Harry Richman's starring picture father and mother. Robert Ober St. Andrew's Society was Hon. They then adjourned downstaire for United Artists, which was as the radical cousin, Paul Kruger Treasurer, resulted in total doua- for change but not having suf-directed by Edward Sloman.
and other clever players are ade- tions amounting, to $7,570, less The fantasy is part of a revue quately cast. De Mille gets ex $13.55 for expenses. feicnt, the chief accountant said
for A sequence inquisite humour out of the bride's This sum, a magnificent res- which Richman is depicted as struggle with the biscuits and other ponse to the appeal, was converted the star of a Broadway show. Set- intimate little touches that almost at 1/6 6-8d., and realised After getting his change thetings and costumes for the colour suggest Barrie. It's hundred per £586-9-7d, which has been alloca
ful number were designed by Alice cent. true-to-life story and just ted as follows: Remitted to Lon- O'Neill, and the dances were ar about the best entertainment the don to be held in Trust for ranged under the direction of screen has ever produced.
"The Patriot".
he would hand the first defendant staged $70 and the remainder could be collected the following day,
be allowed to take the note show her husband. The servant agreed but instructed her friend to destroy it after she had shown it to her husband. The note was accordingly handed to the friend's hushand who intimated that it was a good, forgery although he could detect the discrepancies. Having examined the note he nuggested that they should then first defendant went back to the burn it, but the wife said that room, where the second defendant she had remained, and shortly after she had a friend to whom wished to show. the forgery and wards both left the hotel. They
"Puttin' on the Ritz," a story of accordingly took it to a lady in then went to a boarding house invaudeville and backstage Broad- Nathan Road.
the Central district and they were way, features a number of original A remarkable picture is being next seen at the Kam Toi Hotel on songs by Irving Berlin, written shown
at the Majestic Such a fine response is a fitting. the following day at 10 p.m. when especially for the picture. Joan Theatre, Kowloon. It is "The testimony to the love and esteem the first defendant collected his Bennett plays the feminine lead op- Patriot," a Paramount pic-in which the late Rev. F. C. Young change of $20.40 which was due posite Richman, and the support ture in which Emil Jannings, the was held throughout the Colony. ing cast includes Aileen Pringle, great, dramatic actor, is starred. Lilyan Tashman, James Gleason, The Patriot" follows faithfully Purnell Pratt, Richard Tucker, the play by Alfred Neumann, cele- Eddie Kane and others.
Here the note again changed hands, the friend in Nathan Road Bequesting that she be allowed to show the forgery to her master.
In reply to his Worship, Detec- tive Sergeant Fitches said that the object of the people wanting to show the note to their friends was so as they would not be deceived
to him.
The next day, Monday, May 19, the first defendant returned to the Kum Toi Hotel and was met meantime had taken the note to by the accountant who, in the
the bank and had been informed that it was a forgery. He asked
defendant
for 1 re- fund. The defendant said that
themselves in their transactions.
Continuing, the officer said that the lady of Nathan Road promised to burn the note after she had the noted the particulars. She was examining it at the doorway of her shop when a friend came up and asked what it was she was looking at. She told him that it was forged note and he playfully snatched it from her to see it.
1
was
Theatre.
+
Maurice Kusell.
brated
directed the film masterpiece, and European playwright. Ernst Lubitsch, also a European, has won new laurels.
"Andrew Young," son of the lata Rev. F. C. Young £300; remitted to London to be invested on ac- count of Mrs. E. M. C. Young, £286-9-7d.
CORRESPONDENCE.
To Hongkong Graduates,
[To The Editor of Hongkong Telegraph.]
on an original screen story by John "Puttin' on the Ritz" was based
W. Consideine, Jr., with dialogue by by William K. Wells.
Jannings is, to put it mildly, American Life Vividly. Filmed.
Sir-The Council of the Univer- superb. There is little doubt hesity of Hongkong has recently the note did not belong to him but
Take an
American family, an has achieved the greatest acting endorsed a recommendation from was the property of a friend who average family in
да average of his career in "The Patriot."
the Senate urging the formation' at the Po Hing American city home, a flat, say and Portraying a character with the of an actor
3 Hongkong University's inject a love affair between a pretty heart of a child and the brain. of a Graduates Association. At pre- Defendants Arrested.
stenographer daughter and her tiger, Junninge has brought to the sent there exist in certain centres millionaire employer, and you have screen and modern times a figure local associations but as yet there' On going down to the ground the ingredients for a great play of history, Czar Paul 1. of Russia. is no general association of floor of the Hotel, the first defen- success. All you need is a great "The Patriot" will be numbered graduates. The desirability of. dant ran away but was chased cast and a director like William de among those select few films which such an association is obvious, and and caught. He then conducted Mille to complete the formula. jare placed at the head of the I shall be greatly obliged if you the accountant and the chief ac- Striking proof of this may be turned to the doorway the man countant to the Fo Hing Theatre had at the Queen's Theatre where cinema list. Lovers of drama will will, through the medium of your
revel in it. who had playfully snatched the to look for his actor friend. On Mayer's filmization of the noted
paper, invite any Hongkong Uni-" "The Idle Rich", Metro-Goldwyn-
versity graduates who read this No words can describe adequate. letter to send me their names and note had disappeared. Being ascending to the second floor they great friends and thinking that he were unable to find the man and stage success, "White Collars", is ly the tremendous appeal mirrored addresses.
on the screen inthis production. had gone into a club nearby she the first defendant suggested that
Directed by de Mille, the story, It is the peak of cinematic achieve- took no further notice of his dis- the Kume Toi employees should appearance.
wait in the room while he went in search of the actor.
First Defendant Appears. At that moment the woman was called inside the shop to attend to a customer and when she re-
The accountants, however, de- cided to follow the defendant and had him handed over to the Police.
Taking up the threads of the story from where the woman had left the doorway of her shop, the prosecuting officer said that a man, alleged to be the first defendant, who had made the acquaintance of When taken to the Police Station the man who had snatched the the defendant said he did not know note, arrived on the scene and, see-the note was a forgery and had ing the note being examined, he been given to him by his friend asked what the other had. The the actor (second defendant) who man told the first defendant that had engaged a room at the Kum it was a forged note, the enquirer Toi Hotel. He volunteered to take replying that he would like to see the Police to Central to find the it, to show to his friends.
second defendant, who was -Sub- The note once more changed sequently arrested. The first de- hands and the first defendant to-fendant was not present when the gether with the other then went second defendant was taken into into a club where several of the custody and when they were con- members began to play'about with | fronted with each other the it. Eventually the first defendant second defendant denied the al- had the note in his possession. legation that he owned the note. That was on May 13, and the He said that the first defendant first defendant was not seen again had received it from Mr. Leung by the man who had playfully | (Mr. d'Almada's client). anatched the note from the woman There was no suggestion, in- in Nathan Road until May 17, timated the prosecuting officer, which was the day mentioned in that Leung had in any way the charge. The man who had tempted to conspire, with the two last had the note before it came defendants. His actions into the first defendant's posses- sion was the witness for whom Mr. d'Almada held a watching brief.
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Mr. F. C. Mudie, sub-accountant of the Chartered Bank, was the first witness called and stated that the forgery was quite a good The man saw the first defen-pancies and intimated that the one. He pointed out this discre- dant in Nathan Road on May 17 outstanding error was the signa and asked what he had done with ture of a man who had never the note. The defendant replied been in the employ of the bank. that he had given it to a friend It bore the name of M. O. Norres who, as a matter of fact, had been and apparently purported to be arrested by the Police for utter the signature of Mr. J. M. Norrie. ing it. The man scolded the first The writing was not a bit like defendant for his foolishness. Mr. Norrie's.
Proceeding, Detective Sergeant
In reply to Mr. Rendall, witness Fitches said the defendants were said that for the ordinary laymen alleged to have gone together to the forgery was hard to detect. the Kum Toi Hotel, in Nathan The case was adjourned."
the attraction.
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STANLEY V. BOXER, ACTING REGISTRAR, University of Hongkong,
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