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"GALA-NIGHT”
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DANCE
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THE
1932
NOVEMBER
5th.
SATURDAY
8.30 p.m.
#
1 a.m.
HONG KONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.
'THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1932,
MYSTERY FORGER FORTY HOUR
NEVER SEEN BY HIS
UNDERLINGS;
LETTER THEFTS TO SELECT. VICTIMS
Watch is being kept throughout London, and in towns as far apart On Birmingham and Bournemouth for the mustor forger who for months has baffled the police and swindled the banks while the "small fry" of his gang have boon captured and sent to gaol.
WEEK
BRITAIN. OPPOSES
PROPOSAL
PLAIN SPEAKING AT GENEVA
The British Government dele- gate to the governing body of the International Labour Organisa tion protested in strong terme against the attempt of the Italian The existence of this man who Government to use the organisa- organises wholesale choque frauds [tion as a means to influence the was rovealed at the Old Bailey decisions of the World Economic when a member of the gang was Conference. sentenced to five years' penal sor-1 vitude for uttering forged choques. "of the International Labour Office There is a danger," he said, The police admitted that it was intruding where it is not wanted." difficult to get evidence against The governing body, which had the actual forger.
The frauds, It has been dis-met to discuss the resolution to covered, start with thefts fromference of the L.L.O. with the ob
convene a apocfal technical con- letter boxes, which provide theject of preparing a schomo involv master forger with two valuable requisites--the circumstances of ing the compulsory introduction the writer, and his signature. of a 40 hour week, was told that
Order for Cheque Book.
it "would have to be abundantly
The signatures are copied and satisfied that the economic confer- used on orders for cheque books, once desired to racetva Its conclus- presented to the banks by mon orsiona." good appearance and cultured The British Government, stated voice; the signatures are copied its representative, Mr. Norman, of again on to the cheque forms, the Ministry of Labour, is not at which are presented at banka In all convinced that the solution of the normal way for payment, the unemployment problem lies in Even Bank customers themselves the direction of working hours, have been unable to detect a flaw and does not intend to support a in the signature.
proposal which "may lead now. here, or if it arrives anywhere it may be in a box or mist.”
No member of the gang is aware of the forger's Identity. Hla agents carry out orders mya. Difficulties had already been ex- terlously received and report at perienced, continued Mr. Norman, small provincial, towns, receiving in the compulsory fatroduction of through secret channels their the 48 hour week. and there ap abare of the proceeds.
peared to be little probability of One day, the pollee helleve, the the conference producing any tan- master forger will make the ongible result in the direction of a fatal alip which every criminal 40 hour week before the meeting makes sooner or later, and himself of the economic conference. supply the evidence they are now hunting for.
No Solution.
Mr. Forbes. Watson, represent-
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LINGUISTIC POSTMAN ng British employers, was equally strong in his rejection of the pro- posal. England had suffered HULL OFFICIAL'S DESIRE TO
from unfair competition for years WORK IN HOLLAND.
because of the high wages and his opinion a solution of the pro- Mr. Frank Cammleh, a Hull short hours ruling in British in-blem, and in any case, any recom- postman, was highly praised in a dustry, he said. It was therefore mendation made by the Technical recent editorial article in the the duty of the International Conference was not likely to be newspaper, Handelsblad, be- Labour Organisation to take every either applicable or practicable. cause of his eagerness to become possible step towards bringing The unemployed, he declared, ask- acquainted with the Dutch lan-other countries up to this leveled for something
more than guage and Dutch conditions. rather than to add to the existing mere meaningless "gesture."
The articlo commented on the difficulties.
Despite this opposition on the enterprise of Mr. Cammish, who The British Government had, he part of the British Government arrote a letter to the Dutch Post-pointed out, taken every step to and British employers' delega- mon's Union, Inquiring into the provide for those of its workers tions, it was decided that the Tech- possibility of him exchanging jobs who were unemployed through no nical Conference should be con- wth a Dutch postman. The offer, fault of their own, and until some vened in January next. for technical reasons, was reject-steps in this direction were taken Mr. Hayday, the British work- ed--but the Hull man's suggestion by every other country it was un-ers' representative, like the other has created a great impression. fair for British industry to be speakers of the workers' group, "We shake hands with our in-called upon to make further sacri- strongly supported the holding of terested postman across the seal fices with doubtful result.
the proposed conferenco, states concluded the Handelsblad.
The 40 hour week was not in Reuter.
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