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INSURANCE CLAIM
Question Of Alterations
In List Of Goods
Witnesses of the plaintiff firm gavej evidence regarding the prices of various sea foods and the drafting of the claim, when the hearing of the $30,000 Insurance claim against China Underwriters, Lid., was con- tinued before the Chief Justice, Slr Atholl MacGregor, at the Supreme Cuurt yesterday.
February 8, 1939.
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LATE NEWS
Catchos Man Alleged To Be A Robbor
Italy's Terms Stiffen
Rome, Feb, 7.
ALHAMBRA
NATHAN RO. KOWLO
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Standing At the function of a HE'S THE GUY THAT MADE THE WEST WILRI
Wan Road and Mau Tau Wel Rond, Hunghom, co January 15, a 18-year- old boy named Hul Tak-sing saw one man chasing another. Learning that the pursued man was an alleged robber, Hul Joined in the chase and managed to stop him by throwing on orm found the man and pulling him to the ground.
As a sequel, Tsang Kam, 28, up- The semi-official "Giornale peured before Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday on
.
l'ininflits ure the Cheong Shing Hong firm, and they claim $30,900.23, being the rateable proportion to be d'Italia" this evening publishes an borne by defendants of the 1038) suffered through fire. The defence article by the editor, Signor Guyda, a charge of robbery with violence,
four conditions with two others not in custody. in that out of the 137 items set out.numerating the
Sub-Inspector J. Edwards pro- In the claim, 127 are fraudulent, and which, he says, must be fulfilled
before Italian volunteers can be secuted, and after evidence had been benellt under the policies are, withdrawa from
Riven by the complainant, those who forfeited, They further
part in the arrest, and by the Look They are as fol that some of the goods had
1-Completo demobilisation and police, defendant was committed to been charged higher than the market
Sessions. price, and that the weight and price dispersion of Spanish Loyalist troops the forthcoming Criminal
who have retreated Into France, and Tsang neither "gave evidence nor book hnd been altered;
constitute made any statement. Mr. Eldon Potter, K.e., and Mr H. who would otherwise
It was stated that on the afternoon C. Macnamara spear
for the plainting danger to the stability of Insurgent of January 25, a 50-year-old widow, frm on the instructions of Mr. E. Spain. Davidson, of Hastings
and Co. The defendants are represented by the Mr.. D. J. Nada.
Hon. Mr. Leo
2-Restriction of the activities of Fung Yul, was walking in Tai Wan Spanish Loyalist leaders who live Road when a man approached her
of her by the TO - MORROW and led to France, and whose presence and catching hold
throat forced her 10 the ground. In 'That country is. In anomal
itself. Another two men, one of whom was
Now Universal tomajet
instructed by Mr. O. E. C. Marton of Deacons.
Lo Ka-min, ngalatant salesman of
3.-Unconditional capitulation 9 the Cheong Shing Hong firm, and he "Reds" both inside and outside of
familiar with was
of the Spanish frontiers. prices various marines foods. He detalied 4. The return of stolen Spanish art. which have been trans. the prices for various qualities and treasures wh sizes of sharks fins, seaweed, nwabi, ferred to Frunce, and the return of fungus, fish sinues, fishes, taush-gold belonging to the Bank of Spain. Stanor Gayda ogain stresses that rooms, salt water grass and native
no difference can be made between cotton,
Witness ould he had glanced at the the political and military victory of Franco, whose political statement of claim when it was General
triumph has invariably been the goal drawn up, and had discussed the prices written in with some of the nf his entire military action. tokis of the firm. In his opinion, they
were reasonable, fair market prices. A rough draft was first made by Leung Yiu-chi, accountant of the firm, and later a fair copy was
alleged to be defendant, came up. and as one knelt on the woman the other took her feather purse, which was in a girdle round her waist.
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The three robbers then ran away, and were chased by Fung who was unable to catch up with them. the course of her pursuit of her attackers, Fung was passed by a motor lorry, the occupants of which learned from her what had happen- ed. The lorry continued on its way, and those on it caught sight of two running men. Shouts directed to pedestrians to detain them, proved FREMIER'S DECLARATION fruitless, but a coole left the lorry Referring to Mr. Chamberlain's and ran after one of the men. After declaration on Anglo-French solidar- a short chase, he was aided by the ty, the paper observes that nobody 16-year-old boy who caught the de-
fendant, in Italy
has ever doubted that in the
Complainant identified him as one Books Handed Over
event of war Britain would be on the
had robbed there which destroyed the existing in Italy, says Signor Leung Ylu-chi said that a few days side of France. The only doubt of the three men who
Gayda godown, a Mr. Ho came to see him is whether the British Government with two other men, one of whom ts, under all circumstances, prepared was a European and whom witness to support the intransigent policy of understood was the assessor, W
Wit-France, which is opposed to Mr. ness was asked for the stock book of Chamberlain's policy, and which may
lead 10 International canalets. the
by Ho. Altogether four Kodown books were handed to Ho, two from the godown and two from the firm. Ho asked that a foki be sent from the fem to assist in firm to ass in making up the ac- counts, and witness was sent.
minde.
On arrival at China Underwalters, Ltd., he was Invited into an office, and there asked to take extracts from two books. During the time he was In the Insurance office, he did not discuss the claim much with Ho. After the rough draft of the claim had been made out, witness took it back to the firm will him, and work- ed on it with the assistante of the salesman and the canvasser. Mr. Wong Yun-tong, his employer, had a look at the claim on January 10.
The claim was sent to the in- surance company, and witness alsu went there later. Ho asked witness where he had got the weights from and witness told him they were froin the weight and price book in the firm's effles. Ho then saki theer were 10 or 20 items that were wrong, and on looking at them, witness agreed.
Witness explained that the errors were made because he had made the; draft of the claim in a hurry, as Ho said he wished to go to Canton. Had
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CHUNGKING COUNCIL
Members Leave Colony
By Plane
Seven members of the Prople's Political Council, Chang T-lin, Wang Yun-wu, Li Sicń-keng, Hsu Chuan- Jin, Yong Tse-yl, Cheng Shuch-ngao and Wa Chih-mel left the Colony by plane for Chungking yesterday to attend the third plenary session of the Council scheduled for the middle of this month.
Madame Herman Liu, another. member of the Council staying in Hongkong, is unable to go because of pressure of personal affairs.
Before their departure, the mem- bers had a private meeting exchang- ing opinions on the important ques- tions they will discuss at Chungking.
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the claim, the errors would not have occurred, he declared. He denied were deliberately that the errors mode.
Witness was taken over several of the items altered, and sald at the alterations were made when it was discovered that the prices of articles claimed were more
Arst than estimated, and they were accordingly corrected. There were other items) in which the prices first pul in were later reduced.
The hearing was adjourned to ID a.m.-to-day.
Jockeys' Superstition
Upheld
Adelaide, Australia. Because of the supersillution among jockeya against wearing deathr colours, the Victoria Racing Club has refused to register a white skull and crossbones against a black jacket as the racing colours of a local owner. He wanted them for the jockey who would ritic' his steeple chaser named Pall-Bearer.
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