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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
GUNPOWDER DEPOT
ROBBERIES.
QUESTION OF FUTURE CHECKS
FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1934.
As these were not Government stores. there was no written armngement in force for a periodical check, and no check had been undertaken for some time pant. In this way considerable responsibility devolves on the officer In charge of the depot, and the fact that he had betrayed the trust placed in him did not come to light until he'
21 YEARS AGO
Extracts From the "Telegraph Files
The following extracts are from
•
When the item of $31,653 in re pect of the defalcations at the Green Island Gunpowder Depot, came before the Finance Committee Meeting of the Legislative Council yesterday, the Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotowali naked the Colonial Secretary whether any Hon. Sir William Shenton: What The death occurred, as the result additional particulars could be given steps will be taken for the future1 of injuries received by falling "The loss was discovered following The Chairman: We have employed from a pony at a gymkhana meet- the disappearance on November 18 of a European officer on a vory much
had disponed of a large quantity of the Hongkong Telegraph for the the explosive. Under the circuma-week onded July 10th, 1913. tances, it is hard to consider any one,
absconding officer, The rate of dollar on demand other than the
was 18. 11/16d. being fairly held for the loss..
Future Steps,
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Angel Julian, a locally engaged off-higher rate of pay, to be permanently ing. of Colonel A. T. Rowlandson, cer who had been in charge of the in charge of the depot. We have ar- of the 126th Baluchistan Regiment. Depat since July, 1026," said the lion. ranged with the Audit Department to
The Civil Service won the Lawn Sir Thon, Southorn, in reply.
maka periodical surprise cheeks. As
defeating the "A letter left by this officer was these were not Government stores, it Tennis League, found, in which he admitted conipil- had not been regarded necessary for European Y.M.C.A. In the deciding city in the theft, but he has not yet that department to audit the stores match by 60 games to 49. been traced."
in the past. The Colonial Secretary then refer- Hon, Sir William Shenton: There. The deaths occurred of Mr. red to the file dealing with the mut-is no security then. You are at Harry Haynes, manager of the ter, and read an extract from the relying on the bona fides of the em-King Edward Hotel, and Mr. ictter in question.
"Will Commit Suiclde,"
cer?
The Colonial Treasurer: You would F. J. W. Last, land ball have to secure him in the sum of New Territories.. $100,000, and that is impossible.
Hon. Mr. Kotewall: I think a 'het- ter system of check should be intro-
used.
The Chairman: It is the first de- falcation which has taken pince for over 18 years.
"I was terrified out of life and have! walked away and will commit suicide chewhere. Some day you will read it in the papers," Julian had written.
The Colonin Secretary added that the atolen atores were not Govern ment stores. They were stores bo
Hon. Sir William Shenton This long longing to Companies which importeer, I suppose, had been explosives, and under the Ordinance ime in the Government service? are compelled to store them in the The Chairman: Since 1921.
in the
B.B.C. EXPERIMENT.
TWENTY-FOUR HOUR CLOCK SCHEME
London, July 26. The Broadcasting Corporation's twenty-four experiment with a which hour clock has not sufficiently con- verted the public taste to justify "He had been in Government employ The Chairman: There In a very the Government's ordaining the fer many years, and he betrayed the definite system of checking, but not to twenty-four hour notation trust in a way which made it very deal with anything special. It is not cially.
Government Gunpowder Depot.
Hon. Sir William Shenton: In "The store-keeper was a man in there any definite check made? This whom the Government had great is not the first occasion on trust," added Bir Thomas Southern- stores have been missed.
on-
of
dmcult to discover,
possible to adopt any ordinary system Lord Templemore, making the "When the shortage was discovered in n case like this, as only specially after his disappearance, and possible authorised persons are allowed to en-announcement in the House Kuicide, we did not know the actual ter the depot. We have arranged for Lords, said the results of the broad. defalcation. The stores were very a half yearly cheek, as well as sur-casting Innovation warranted fur- carefully scrutinised and it was thon pelsa checks by the Audit Depart-ther investigation by the depart found that stores to the estimated ment, apart from the actual reliance meris concerned.-Reuter. value of $31,653 were found to be of the man we place in charge. missing"
Ilon. Br. Kotewall: Before the theft was discovered was the depot inspected regularly?
Sir William Shenton: That Ap- piles to all harbour goods, I take !? The Chairman: They come under special Government regulations.
unable
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Hon. Mr. Owen Hughes: May The Chairman: It was inspected; but I would not like to say it was ina ask if the Government has any iden pected regularly. The depot, which as to the receivers of these stolen! is under the control of the Harbour goods? Master, has been in existence for over) The Chairman: Yes, but we can't 40 years, and the system of entry and get at them. The man himself gives withdrawal has been the same all the the names, but we are time, that is, by removal permit by bring any evidence against thom. the Pollee Department and receiving need hardly say they were the first order counter-signed by the Harbour people we tried to get. Master. Owing to the dangerous na- ture of the goods stored, it is acces- sury to have the depot in a. place outside the City limits, and to restrict the visits of unauthorised. persons,
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Brussels, July 26, Their Majesties the King and Queen of Slam, who are on an ex- tensive tour of Europe. arrived hore to-day at 4 pim. and were met by King Leopold of Belgium.
The royal visitors will attend a The Chairman: If Mr. Julian re- mained, we might have been able to gala banquet at the Royal Palace
to-night-Reuter, get them.
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We regret to announce the death, after a prolonged illness. of Mrs. Blancho Gould, wife of Mr. Joseph Gould, the well. knawn broker and principal of Mesara. Joseph Gould and Co., slock and general brokers, of "Ex- clange Building.
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