A
BAIL REFUSED
METRO-VICKERS CASE LATEST
SOVIET PIQUE
Moscow, March 26. The Public Prosecutor has refused to accept the offer of Metropolitan Vickers to stand bail for all its employees, British and Russian, arrested in con- nexion with the sabotage allega- tions...
The refusal is based on the ground that the offer contained an unwarranted expression of opinion on the innocence of the accused and the necessity for a trial-Reuter.
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SOVIET ATTITUDE.
Tho Tass Agency reports M. Litvinoff, the Commissar for Foreign Affairs, as saying:
"Concretely and practically, the proposal claims of Britain amount to a proposal to exempt from Soviet jurisdiction all British subjects, thereby warranting them to commit any crime with impunity and authorising delinquencies on their part
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In such a situation an investiga tion of a charge of crime brought against an Englishman would have to be stopped the moment his government expressed a conviction of his innocence, despifte avail- able data and proofs and in dis- charge even of the depositions of the accused.
"It is sufficient to formulatë such proposals," AL Litvinoff continued, “for it to be obvious that they are unacceptable to any government of an independent country and cannot be discussed.
DATA AND PROOFS.
In the event that there exists data and proofs that a crime is being committed by someone, the authorities responsible for the observance of the laws and the safety of a country are obliged to take measures for the preven-
tion of the crime, to verify at an inquiry the data and proofs and in this manner establish the guilt or innocence of the accused and
MUI-TSAI CASE
ADJOURNED
ACCUSED · WOMAN ABSENT
In order that the defence might produce a certificate of a known Western medical practitioner, Mr. Schofield, at the Central Police Court this morning, adjourned un- til to-morrow a case in which a.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1933.
KOWLOON DOCK Dyer, at all times, served the Com-
MEETING
pany with the utmost loyalty and zeal. His single-mindedness of purpose and generosity of charac ter are well known to you all, and I desire to place on record our
INVESTIGATION INTO keen appreciation thereof and our
AFFAIRS
NET LOSS OF $432,000
best wishes for his future pros- ¡perity."
Mr. E. Cock has taken over the duties of Chief Manager and your" Board, have the utmost confidence in his ability to fill the vacancy.
During the year orders" have been received for four small motor vessels, including the three Veht cular Ferries, the first which are now running and the two of
tonnage ..of stenmers decked amounted to €24,187 tons
as against 629,819 tons in 1931.
WORST YEAR IN HISTORY.
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AN ADDRESS BY SIR. W. SHENTON.
From 2. B. W., on waye length of 355 metres (84.5 k/c.).
The
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5-8 pm, European programme. * 3-3.30 pm. Orchestral and Band Music. The Meistersingers-Selection
(Wagner)
Chinese married woman, of 145 A hopeful view of the future Lockhart Road, was charged in con-was taken by Mr. J. P. Warren, nexion with cruelty and non-re-who presided at the annual meet gistration of her mai-tsai, aged 16 ing of the Hongkong and Wham years. It is alleged the girl was pos Dock Company this morning, beaten with a cane on the arms, Mr. Warren pointed out that in legs and back.
Great Britain more vessels were "When the case was called, de-ordered during the first three fendant's brother appeared and months of 1933 than during the The year 1932 was probably the produced a letter stating that his whole of 1932. In the Far East, worst which shipping over ex- sister was ill, and was being at however, shipping interests were perienced and the large amount of subjected, not only to the general tonange laid up is bound to re- tended to by a Chinese doctor depression, but to the repercus-fleet on the earnings of a company Wood Nymphs (Coates).
His Worship-I would like siorts from the Sino-Japanese trou-like ours.. known Western practitioner to cerble,
The last quarter of 1932 far-1 tify as to the defendant's illness. After allowing for depreciation nished very depressing statisties She need not be seen by him, by and other expenses, the net loss regarding shipbuilding while re- merely for him to certify.
for the year was disclosed as pair work, which In the absence Sub-Inspector H. W. Fraser re- $432,819.93..
of new building, might be expect" quested his Worship to examine the A spontaneous tribute was paid led to show not so great a decline, girl, as the cane marka were to the Board of Directors by Mr.is still below normal and work can fading.
J. F. Wright, Jnr., in seconding only be secured at low rates. The mui-teaz pas put into the the motion for the adoption of the witness box, where his Worship report and balance sheet. examined her,
In remanding the accused for 24 hours, his Worship pointed out that non-production of the doctor's cer- tificate would mean that defen- dant's bail of $100 would be estreated.
GAOL TERM FOR SNATCHER
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CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH.
In Great Britain, however, more vessels have been ordered "during the first three months of 1933 than during the whole of 1932, laid up] Addressing the shareholders, tonange was 10% less in February Mr. J. P. Warren said:
this year than in August 1982, and The gross profit is approximate-slightly less than in the previous $43,000 less than last year, the February, and one can only say main, causes for reduced earnings, that indications of improvement as in recent years, being fluctuatare still "alight. ing exchange and shortage of Here, we are subjected not only
but we have superimposed up to general world wide depression
tions which, as you know are, still us, as it were, Far Eastern condi
rather indeterminate.
! work.
The net loss for the year amounted to $132,819.9%, which cumpares favourably with the year 1931 when it is taken into consi- deration that provision had to be made for extracrdinary expenses
It would serve no good purpose
ARRESTED ON A ROOF
in connexion with the retirement to direct your attention to the de- of. Mr. R. M. Dyer, extra depre-tailed affairs of other similar con- Sentence of six months' hard clution and certain sums written cerns, and of our own it can only labour, with twelve strokes of the off in respect of outstandings be said once more that we have a birch, was passed by Mr. Schofield against steamers, which it is not large capacity to earn money, that in the Central Magistracy this expected to recover, amounting in we are making efforts by the terms all to a total of $286,627.90, $180,and service we offer to stimulate unemployed morning, Chinese, who pleaded guilty to 000 of which will not be recurring. the upward movement and are After making the above already to join in that movement snatching a wristlet watch from lowances and bringing in from when it reaches us.
woman, Kwok Yuet-kwal, on the'
" KETRENCHMENT. staircase of 112 Jaffe Road, Wan-reserve the sum of $400,000 and adding the sum of $155,687.90
chai..
on.. an
The
Reg. Band of H.M. Grenadier
Guards. 9424. Merry Brothers (Gennin), Echoes of the Valley (Gensin).
Sir Dan Godfrey conducting the Bournemouth
Municipal Orchestra. 9821.
New Queen's Kal Light
Orchestra. 9370. Idylle Bretonne (Gennin), Fluttering Birds (Gennin)...
Sir Dan Godfrey conducting the Bournemouth Municipal
Orchestra. 9471. From Studio.
5:30-6
Children's Concert
Vocal Duct-Hello Gorgeous
6-6.45 p.m. Yariety.
'pi'd
(Donaldson).
Layton and Johnstone. DB926. Xylophone Solo-Joey The Clown. Xylophone Solo-Rio de Janeiro.
Rudy Starita, DE729. Song What Are You Thinkin
About Baby. Song That's What I Like About
You.
DB653.
Phyllis Robins (Comedienne),
Organ Solo Whistling Rufus Organ Solo The Warbler's
(Mills).
Serenade.
Terance Casey. DB753. Vocal Duet-Moonlight on the Vocal Duet-It was So Beautiful.
River
Layton and Johnstone. DB950. Piano Solo Try To Remember. Piano Solo-By The Fireside.
Billy Mayerl. DB800. Song-Love You Funny Thing. Song Snuggle on Your Shoulder.
Kete Smith. DE871. 6.45-7.25 p.m. A Concert. Song-Trees
Dame Clara
(Contralto). X337. Piano Solo-Berceuse (Chopin).
Iranz Friedman. L2260. Vocal Duet.-The Sweetest Flower
That Blows (Paterson and Howley).
Vocal Duet-Marigold (Dewdon
and Bealey).
Dora Labbeite ard Hubert
Eisdel. DB167.
(Tobani). Octet The Wedding of the Roke
(Willoughby).
J. H. Squire Celeste
Octet. DB890. Song-Manon The Dream Song
(Massenet), Cello Solo Apres un Beve
Heddle Nash (Tenor). DB961.
(Faure).
brought forward from last ac. In addressing you from the Inspector McClelland, said that count, there remains a balance of Chair last year indicated that on Saturday night the complain-$112,868,03 to be carried forward. steps had been taken to meet the ant was returning home, and on In regard to the figure allowed | situation and further economica reaching the first floor landing, for depreciation I may say that have since been made, and in tak the defendant, who had apparent the large sums set aside in the ing such measures we have had in the motives for the crime.
ly followed her from behind, good years have been offset in the mind the necessity for care that Octet Hearts and Flowers snatched the watch from her left leaner years which followed and our efficiency is not impaired. "This is the inevitable pro wrist. Instead of running down your board consider it prudent to In this connexion it may interest cedure in all countries. It is not to the street, the thief raw up make each year bear its due pro-you to know that the Directors only in the
that stairs: The woman raised the portion of depreciation. U.S.S.R.
have seen fit to forego their fees foreigners are arrested. Abroad, alarm, and an Indian police con-
Stock in hand amounts to $2,- for the past year. quite recently, there have oc. stable, who was in the vicinity: 265,272.34 as against $2,132,131.53 curred cases of the arrest and came on the scene and proceeded at the end of 1931 and is conser- three shareholders sat to investi- During the year a Committee of sentence of foreigners holding to the roof. The defendant was
vatively valued.
gate" the affairs of the Company quite prominent positions and arrested crouching on an adjoin-
The overdraft is roughly $153, and their report was handed to charges against
ing roof. foreign re-
1000 more than last year. Interest the Board In November luat and, presentatives of large banks.
charges however show a slight re- although some of the recommen Such happenings cannot be avoid-
{duction. Plant and Buildings dations put forward had been un- ed and they should not be per-burled to the ground, receiving have been maintained at the usualder consideration by the Board, mitted to influence international slight abrasions to the left elbow. standard of excellence, and the their findings were of much as- relations.
In a second report to the Traffic upkeep of same has been paid out sistance in the general scheme, of Department, Mak Mau, driver of of revenue.
FAST EXPERIENCE.
a Sanitary Department motor-
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"In the U.S.S.R.," proceeded M. lorry, said he was "proceeding; MR. DYER'S RESIGNATION. Litvinoff, "there are living hun- along Ma Tau Kok Road and when It is with great regret that your dreds and thousands of Germans, near the Rope Fuctory a man rid-Board has to report the resigna Americans and other foreign ing a push bicycle collided with the tion from the Company's service nationale who suffer no persecularry. The youth received slight in October last of Mr. R. M. Dyer, tion. During the period of the injuries to his face, but refused to who was its Chief Manager for existence of relations between the be sent to hospital for treatment. 23 years. During that period, Mr. USSR, and Great Britain, hun- "dreds of Englishmen,, have arrived in the U.S.S.R., lived here and departed without once being sub-
DAY BY DAY NEWS IN' BRIEF
jected to arrest. Finally, the MELANCHOLY IS A KIND OF DE
Four cases of small-pox, twa' from
representatives of Metropolitan MON THAT HAUNTS OUR ISLAND, Kowloon and two from Victoria, un
Vickers have lived here nearly AND OFTEN CONVEYS, HERSELF TO US
ten years and hitherto nothing IN AN EASTERLY WIND,-Addison. has happened to them. Such
measures as arrest and prosecu
in the interests of safety and the safeguarding of State property.
CUC of diphtheria and one imported case of typhoid were reported to the Health authorities
on Friday.
retrenchment and reorganisation and the thanks of the sharehold-] ers are certainly due to the three gentlemen in question..
feel
During the year under review the staff have served the Company faithfully and well and I sure that with their loyal co- operation and assistance we shall be enabled to carry on through the bad times which we hope may be drawing to an end.
MR. LO CHUNG KHES DEATH
to place on record the loss the Before concluding I should like Dock Co. has sustained by the death of Mr. Lo Chung Kue, the late Compradore who had been in
Gilberto Crepax. 5168. 'Cello Solo-Air for G String
(Bach).
. Gilberto, Crepax. 7.25-7.40 p.m. From The Sindio. A Broadcast Addreas on the Pre- ducts Fair by the Hon. Sir William gress of the Hongkong Empire Pro- Shenton.
7.40.8 p.m. Schubertinan (Arr. Finek).
Herman Finck and His
Orchestra. 9480/1. Beethoven Sketches.
Illustrated on the Pianoforte.
L1934.
8 p.m. Local Time and Weather
Report Etc.
8.3-11.30 pm. Reley from the Ko Shing Theatre.
10.80 p.m. Rugby Press News. 11.33 p.m. Close Down.
(All records in the above European Programmes are Columbin and are Music Co. kindly supplied by Messrs. Anderson
KZRM PROGRAMME. To-day's Broadcast from Manila! The s. On Lee, which went aground; Dr. E. L. Allen will deliver a the service of the Dock Co. for 40). - 6.00 p.m-Studio Music. tion are adopted by our authorities near Kongmoon, was pulled off by lectura on "Personel Religion" to years, and to extend to the rela- 6.10 p.m-Spanish Informational only for serious cause and when II.M.S. Cicala and returned to Hong- the University Christian Association tive of the deceased an expression Period.
kong yesterday.
to-day, at 8 p.m. in the Union As-of our depest sympathy.
6.30 p.m.-English Informational sembly Room at the University. It would be wrong if such episodes Motor Company, drow Ballyhanwood Mr. M. B. King, of the Dragon;
In seconding the adoption of the Period.
7.00 p.m.Oliver Music Store Fro- were to affect political and com-in the Irish Sweep on the Grand his Prezidentini Address on The Wright Jr., expressed, on be-
Father G. Byrne, S. J. will give report and balance sheet, Mr. J. gramme.
7.15
p.m.-Bay mercial relations
View Hotel between
the National, and receives £660 as his Problems of Education in Hongkong" half of shareholders, an apprecia- Orchestra. U.S.S.R. and Great Britain which prize.
to the University Education Society tion of the obvious work done 7.46 pan-Studebaker Programme. are equally profitable to both
on Wednesday, March 29, at 8:p.mgratuitously on behalf of the Com-
8.15 p.m.-La Yebana Programme. countries."
At the Criminal Sessions this in the Union Assembly Room,
8.30 p.m.-Chevrolet Jamboree. pany by the Board of Directors.
10.30 pm-Close down. The accused Britons are to be morning before Mr. Justice Wood,
"The Board of Directors A parcel containing two books and acting Chief Justice, the case against charged under Article 68 of the Kwok Ping for breach of a deportat some private papers, bearing the given up their fees gesture Soviet Criminal Code. The Intion order was further adjourned characters Mau Sang Tong, has been not often shown in Hongkong,” vestigation is said to be approach-until the April Criminal Sessions. picked up near the railway bridge at added," Mr. Wright. Appreciar | Ing an end and the State Political
Taipo and taken to the Taipo Police tion of the work done by the Com- Department will transmit the case Sentence of six months' hard labour Station, where it awaits a claimant mittee of Shareholders was also shortly to the Supreme Court of was imposed by Mr. Wynne-Jones at The police also found a white metal expressed by the speaker. the U.S.S.R. where the case will the Central Police Court this morning watch in Fleming Road, Wanchai. be heard.
on a Chinese who had in his posses The owner may have it on application sion 21 counterfeit Hongkong ten-to the Wanchal Police Station. cent coins. The defendant was arrest
MORE BICYCLE MISHAPS
TWO DURING THE
WEEK-END'.
OTHER BUSINESS,
have
Upon the motion of Mr. J. H.
BANKER-PEER'S £800,000
LORD
WOLVERTON
Lord Wolverton, the banker- peer, who died in October last year, left estate valued at more
ed whilst purchasing a packet of On a charge of larceny of a spanner Keswick and Mr. Li Tsok Yuen, cigarettes at the Chinese recreation from Mr. S.C.P. Amery' motor car Messrs. J, P. Warren and Alan than £800,000.... ground in Hollywood I Road,
in Statue Square yesterday a Chinese Cameron were re-elected as Direc- A racehorse owner who rarely
who appeared before Mr. Wynne tors. The health bulletin of Eastern Jones at the Central Police Court this ports for the week ended March 18 morning was sentenced to
Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and Mat- three shows the following cases of in- factious diseases and deaths there-months hard labour and two years thews and Messrs. Percy Smith, from-Plague-Bassein 4 caseR 3 police supervision. The defendant, Seth and Fleming were re-elected deaths, Bombay 1 caso 1 death, in 1980, was kiven one year's hard Auditors upon the motion of Mr. Batavia 1 caso death, Pnom Penh 2 labour and twenty-four strokes of P. C. Potts and Mr. G. W. Sewell. cases 2 deaths. Cholera. Calcutta the birch for larceny from the person,
Directors and shareholders pre- 68 cases 26 deaths, Salgon 1
sent at the meeting were Mr. J.
Accidenta involving push bicycles are becoming more prevalent, During the week-end, two further
Small-pox. Mombasa 1 case, Alex A special Sunday School Flower P, Warren, Mr. W. H. Bell. Mr. mishaps were reported to the police, Said 2 cases, Suez 2 cases, Beirat 11 Kowloon, yesterday morning at which Sir Robt, Ho Tung, Mr. F. A
andria 82 cases 23
23 deaths, Portsrives was held at the Union Churcli. Alan Cameron, Mr. A. H. White, one occurring in the Mongkok dis- caaca, Bassein 2 cases 1 death, Bom- the Rev. E. L. Allen officlated and Joseph (Directors), Mr. E. Cock trict and the other on the Ma Tau bay 341 cases 178 deatha, Calculta the speaker was Mrs. Thomas, of the General Manager), Mr. E. L Kok Road, Kowloon City. ". 892 cases 281 deaths, Cochin 2 cases, Diocesan Girls' School. Each child
Chan Luk, reported that while Karachi 22 cases 12 deaths, Madras brought flowers which were reaped Hosle (Secretary), and Mesars. riding a bicycle in Nathan Road,
cases 27
deaths, Rangoon 2
con 2 on the Communion table and in the Shum Hi Tong, J. H. Keswick, cases I death, Natal Frovince The collided with a ricksha, when
2 afternoon distributed by the Tav. Mr. Lo Kung-hang, H. J. M. Figueiredo, Bangkok 2 Cases,
enses, Saigon 1 Allen and Mr. A. W. Ingram to var Li Tsok-yuen, Chau Yue-teng, P. turning into Nelson Street,, near CBBC Tourane 8 cases, Macao 2 ana charitable Institutions in the
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the Mongkok Fire Station. The cases 2 deaths. Amoy 17 ensen, Colony, The choir rendered the an- C. Potts, G. W. Bewell J. F.
ricksha's passenger, a Chinese, was Shanghai 7 cases
them "Teach me Thy Way, O Lord." Wright, Jr.
made a bet, Lord Wolverton was also a keen yachtsman and big game hunter. On one expedition in Somaliland he and Colonel Arthur Paget shot 17 lions be tween them.
He was senior partner in the great banking firm of Glyn, Mills and Company, which was founded by his greatgrandfather in 1753.
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