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SHANGHAI BANK CASE.

BENSATIONAL ARGUMENT.

At the Shanghai. Mixed Court en Famury

18 befors Mr. Grant Jones, British Assessor. and Magistrate oh, Wm. Pucher, manager of the Austrian Lloyd iddo an application for the return to him-af-all money which was found in a safe kept in a Chinese house in Tongshan Road and which had been seized by order of the Court.

The applicant was unrepresented. Mr. G. H. Wright appearing for the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank and Mr. G. F. Musso for the Bureau of Fiquidation, both of whom had obtained judgments against the Austrian Lloyd.

Mr. Pucher roade a prefinitury application that this matter should be heart in camera, which was not granted.

Mr. Wright said that the judgment obtained by his clients was for Th. 8,800 so it was still unsatisfeil. The bank had been unable to locate any assets at the time and no steps hail been taken particularly in View of Mr. Pucher's statement on those ocensions that he had then no-in- terest in the Austrian Lloyd..

Mr. Pacher examined by Mr. Wright, said that when he w up- proached in Janitary, 1918, by officer of the Court for the purpos of serving the writ in the bank's case upon him, the other of the Austrian Lloyd was closed and had been closed sinée October, 1917. Witnes, how ever. kept room in town for the purpose of dealing with the southen of the Austrian Lloyd.

Mr. Wright: Where was this new office had a room in Messrs. Arnhold, Karberg's.

Yon paid rent for that:-Well the rent came out of roliet money I pro- gural herb....

Who do you debit with the rent --Well, I debited the Austrian Llovil acount.

Du you not tell the officer of the Court when he tried to serve you in January of last year that you were no longer connected with the Aus- trian Lloyd. No. I said the Austrian Loyd office was closed.

Did yon not refuse to accent szything pertaining to the Austrian Lloyd.

Hanudity 98.

JANUARY, 24, 1919,

leure it. in the Commercial Bank The Chinese Government releaguri the movey in six instalments.

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*RICE.

ALL ABOUT THE PRESENT SCARCITY AND HIGH PRICE.

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That is not the question." Why you did not require the money for inmediate purpose, did you put at in the Dutch Consulate why de you make the Dutch Consul your... banker The Dutch Consulate was responsible to the Chinese Governare dus, natumily, to scarcity of the The prevailing high prices of rica ment for the proper disbursement of money.

prodach caused by the fact that we are now right between two crops, but extensive purchases of Japanese mer mainly to the demand created by the

Did you get interest on this sum? No. I got no interest. Mr. Wright id the reason why the Hongkong & Shagbai Bank it- stituted the proceedings was because chants, who, is in thought in some they had reason to believe that there quarters, are representing the Japan- as money of the defendant firm in Government. It is generally con the Commercial Bank. When the ceded that the Japanese Government wrote to the Commercial Bank in April asking if there were any money finances the big merchants. Ie! of the Austrian Floyd in their hands, reported that some of the local they replied there was nons, and yet the books of Mr. Pueber showed that Japanese dealers have accumulated he crew Tls. 5,000 the following 175,000 tons of rice within the past month.

Witness replied that he had which has been shipped to Japan, the Tour month, approximately half of concern with the reply of the bank. » The Answer: When you were in

remainder still being in storage local- receipt of your salary as manager, ly. Whether or not this was done why did you refuse service of the by or for the Japanese Government, summons did it on principle.

The Assessor: Principle Princi been placed upon the exportation of the fact remaire that an embargo has ple! You don't know the meaning rice from Japan, when once lunded Lof the word,

in that country.

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Me: Musso then produced a letter written by the witness which repre Tis. 50 for office rent and Chimes sented his monthly requirements: staff maintenance of manager and family The 600; clerk and family, Ts. 300 zartenance of 25 superior officers, Tis. 100 per month. Tls, 2,500 allowances to timer, $10 per month, $600; bospital, doctors and medicine, Ths. 500 per month.

Mr. Musso (to witness): You have not paid T. 250 per month for attice rent; you have not paid Ths. 60 to yourself, but Tls. 1.100; you have not paid the various sume stated in your latter, but you have provided for yourself and left the others in the lurch have not left the others in the lurch."

the particular efforts of Japane Until the war, Hongkong was the centre of rice operations, but through cornbitations, including the Japanese Government, the market is partly shifting to Kobe, due in part to the shipping facilities which have Kote. ae. their centre.

Jupan is now purchasing rice in Hongkong, Bangkok, Sulgen and Rangoon, there being no restrictions upon the exportation from these: places, and in the case of the rice. secured in the south, is shipped direct to Kobe, in ships which are provided, at the instigation of the Japanese Government, especially for that pur DOBE.

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In answer to the Assessor, Mr. Musso said that there was found in

The rice shipped to Hongkong.ia.j the safe $2,500 notes; Tis: 4,500, secured largely by Chinese merchants notes; Krones 4,000 in rates, $215 here who sell it indiscriminately, Bank of Territorial rotes, and cer about 75 per cent. of the recent ship fittedsynleg which moments having been secured by Present prices in Hongkong ure fe The Assessor pointed out that therà:

highest in 20 years, and $2.50 per was a claim against the firm by the Witnes, in reply to further ques- Shanghai General Hospital for $2,000 picul above the prevailing prices in tions, sud that as manliger of the odd which had not yet been heard.

March and April of 1918. Saigon F firm he kept books, and the book Mr. Musso: That is what the wit wholesale prices, which may be used produced which was kept by a clerk ress should have paid out of the criterion of the general market, under hin showed the money paid money he received.. He has includ have increased. from Y.4.85 per picui and received on account of the firm.ed it in his letter.

or 134 pounds gross, F. O. B. Saigon, When China declared war wipess Witness said that claim was being without freight or insurance, No. 2 bad any amount of trouble, any gum disputed. He continued by asking white round sifted quality, on Jure ber of creditors came along and there for the delivery to him of all the 29, 1916, to .10.40, sine qualifica was nothing left for him to do but to money found in the safe, stating that tions, on December 20, 1918. Local it was money saved out of his salary, plices have increased from 30 to 40 The Assessor: What right have you per cent. in the past four months, the most pronounced individual in-

close the office.

Mr. Weight: Was it not a false statement of fact when you said that

you had no longer anything to do with to draw Tis. 1,100 per month if you crease occurring when the embargo:

the Austrian. Lloyd?I never said thub. 1 sd the Austrian Lloyd office was closed,

What did you wish the officer of the Court to believe from that Nothing but that a special order was required for me to accept the sum-

mons..

As agent of the company be con- tinued to draw his salary of Ts, 1,600 per month from the time the Bank's petition was filed until Octo- ber, 1918. The case came up for

trial in March.

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Mr. Wright: In Match you drew six months salary in advance, Tls. 0,853. Will you tell me why you did that?The money was paid out of the Commercial Bank of China for relief purposes and what could I do? In times like this the best way was to dispose of the money as soon as we got it.

are not manager. Have you not been defrauding the firm?No, sir, I have it in writing.

upon the importation into the United States was abolished on January 10,

The Assessor remarked that the price increasing 80 cents per very fact he refused to accept the picul the day the newe was received. the embargo bad again been imposed. summons amounted to a statement News was received yesterday that that he was no longer manager.

Witness replied that he had mainsulting, possibly, in the fact that tained the same attitude with rela. the price of rice la decreased 20

(This at 11 am, on January 24.) tion to correspondence on the Aus. cents per pieul in the past 21 hours. trian Lloyd's affairs,

The Assessor: A lie is not made. The authorities at Canton, Macao, Straits, and the Philippines have all. the truth by constant repetition.

taken steps to alleviate the conditions

After remarks from counsel the Court refused Mr. Pucher's applica

tion,

Mr. Pucher: May I have leave to appeal?

The Assessor: No. You are a very lucky man to escape commitment for contempt of Court, Now go away,

their respective places, but to action but been taken by the local authorities, although they are seri- ously considering the matter. Osten. silly upon the advice of the Hong kong rice guild, they have imposed no regulations governing the prices or exportation of the commodity. The rice dealers, at a general meeting held yesterday, practically, pledged themselves to keep a sufficient Rup ply of rice on bind "to" obviate the possibility of a crisis, there being enough in their possession now to de over the situation until the latter part of March; when the new crop Every man in the battalion has seen from Saigon is expected. Because to-day for himself what an absolata of these premises of the rice dealers, beat the German is. We have all bee the Government has not considered

The fact that he drew his salary in THE HUN WILD BEAST. advance had nothing to do with the trial of that action. It was simply to get rid of the money as he had no means of keeping it..

Mr. Wright: Was it not because you were afraid, the Bank would get

No.

Why was your office safe not taken

The following extract is Ironia 'alta dited November 4 from Private T. A. Brummit, of the Manchester Regiment

to Arnhold, Karberg's?-Well, I have given my reason for this in writing and ad ef atrocities, and at the lack of an export embargo necessary. Added If you had asked me at the time if our minds have hoped that the talos were to this is the fact that with the Siam erop gradually coming in, the priced there were any assets of the Austrian astrus or exaggerated; but seeing a bearé tending downward; and it is not Floyd you would have got a clear lieving We entered a village a moon tointicipated that the price will exceed, day only vested by the enemy the same at any time in the near future, thee,

raing News was soon spread around

prevailing of late." that inserta'n onthage, if the road, was

stateinent.

Why did you pay Tls. 6,000 to the Dutch Consulate in November. 1917

This is a mistake.

It may have been a mistake, but did you do it?

The AssessorDid you or did you

the muflated body of's young woman,

In the case of a probable further shortage, the following menus of "Our colon i had the whole battalion relief have been suggested: A maxi. piraled so we all filed, man by man, mum price set by the Governmet through the boase where the dead was an embargo upon the exportation

not pay T's. 6,000 to the Dutch Con- dous. The poor girl's body was s'ark from Hongkong; the purchase and sulate in November, 1017? The nakes, and the leg, arms, and bross's had eale, of the cereal by the Gover- money was brought from the Combea hacked off. no log was lying in the ment. mercial Bank.

nest rom, and the place was all deranged

Did you or did you not pay it toss if tters had been slanggi. It was

the Dutch Consul ?Yes, it was paid to the Dutch Bink..

Witness said the money was an instalment of Ths. 20,000 allowed by the Chinese Government for relief purpose. They took the money out in March, 1912,

...The Assessor Where was the Bootssity to turn the Dutch Comul into your bankers. Why did you not

quite the most terrible sight I have seen,

bus. I think the commanding editor dia

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the right thing.so that the men might soo LIVERY young child is susceptible to for themselves what they are gh ing. tcroup. Don's wait, until this dread. reserve others from

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In the last village, we stayed at over you prepare for it. It comes in the night we sippid coffee, ab the hands of right when chem sta shops are usually few airilia wo lound. They did not wint closed, and this alma should be a warn to take any pay, and gemed in a kind of ing. Got and keep Chamberlain's Cough trance after their four years of bondage, Ramedy at hand. It aver fails, acte thank goodnem the wis quickly and absolutely ba micas. For I never résöbed En land."

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