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^-+=ĒATA. HONGKONG WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 192, 日七廿月入酉辛次歲年十國民革中 PRIOR $3.00 Par Manch

September 28, 1921. Temperature 76

ESTABLI Barometer 29.93

HED Rain 0,00, zach

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'SOUTH WALER COIL BOMBSWE

SERIOUS POSITION SUDDENLY ARISE

WAGES

DISFITE DEADLOCKŇ

OWNERS DECIDE TO CLOSE MANY COLLLERIES.

LONDON, September 27.

A serious position has arisen in the South Wales coalfield owing to misinterpretation of the settlement of the last coal strike, the Mines Depart- ment requiring the owners to contribute a further 10s a ton amounting to £750,000 towards wages. The owners expected the sum to be provided from the Government subsidy of £10,000.000, of which £3,000,000 remains. After a hurried meeting at the Cardi ccal exchange, the owners decided to close a large number of collieries. If this decision is carried out the unemployment situation in South Wales will be seriously aggravated

LATER.

Following the South Wales cal bombshell all quotations have been withdrawn on the Swansea coal 'exchange to-day in view of the uncertainty of the position.

FASCISTI DEMONSTRATION.

TROOPS OPEN FIRE ON THE CROWD.

Rok, September 27.

A band of Fascisti or extreme Nationalists. headed by Deputy Signor Vicini, made a demonstration in front of the Prefecture ar Modena. The

BATHROOM FITTINGS. oops fired, killing five persons and wounding 25. Vicini was among the

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MUSTAPHA KEMAL'S NEW TITLE.

CONSTANTINOPLE, September 27.

The National Assembly at Angora has conferred on Mustapha Kemal the rank of Marshal with the title of Ghari. The latter designation is an honour for a fighter of the infidels. Mustaphs, replying said that he would not lay down armis till the last Greek had been driver from Turkishy set

RETURNING TO ATHENS.

POPULAR WELCOME FOR GREEK KING.

AVEN, September 27,

King Constantine gad the Crown Prince will arrive from Anatolia on September 29. Great preparations are being made for a popular welcome.

DYE WORKS, STRIKE.

WORKMEN SEIZE BUILDINGS AT HOECHST.

BERLIN, September 27.'

A message from Frankfurt states that the workmen have taken posses sion of the dye works at Hoechst and will not allow anyone to enter without their consent. There has been no disorder. The French authorities have announced that they will not interfere but have requested the workmen to refrain from violence.

SINKS AT ANCHOR.

AMERICAN SUBMARINE'S' OPEN. TORPEDO TUBE,

"Los ASCELES, September 27,

The United States Pacific fleet submarine R6 sank at anchor in Ban Pedro barbour. It is said that the accident was due to an open torpedo tube. Two members of the crew are believed to have been droward,

ARGENTINE BONOS BOUGHT,

AMERICAN FINANCIERS PURCHASE TO HELP TRADE.

NEW YORK, September 27.

A syndicate of financiers has purchased two-year seven per cent Argentine Government treasury gold and notes to the amount of $50,000,000. This is the first financing of Argentine bords in New York for five years and is expected to help restore exchange and stimulate trada

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£90,000 FIRI.

NOTTINGHAM SOAP. WORKS BLAZE.

LONDON, September 27.

Over £90,000 damage was done by fire at a soap works in Nottingham. Mary heads have been rendered temporarily idle.

NOT A PISTY MATTIK.

· DEMOCRĄTIC SENATORS AND THE PEACH TREATIES.

WASHINGTON, September 27.

A conference of Democratic senators has decided that the peace treaties

are not matters for party action. Individual senators are free to follow their own judgment in voting for ratification.

NEW FRENCH TINY.

MEASURE TO FACILITATE REPARATION PAYMENT.

THE DOLLAR,

To-day's closing rate 2/10 5/8 Today's opening rate 2/10 5/8

A PRUNED P.N.

INGENIOUS DEFENCE

SUCCEEDS.

DEFENDANT WISS' BY A STROKE.

Because it was proved that the document on which he sued had been mutilated, an Indian moneylender who sought to recover $200 from a Chinese under a promissory note at the Sam- mary Court to-day lost his case.

Mr. C. H. Lyson who appeared for the defendant. Tsui Ping Hun, in-} dicated at the outset that the defence would be that the defendant signed the note merely as a witness and that the word witness" had been cut off the bottom of the document.

the plaintiff gave evidence that be Represented by Mr. Leo Longinotto,

lent the money to two men ode of whom was the defendant.

Mr. Lyson pointed out to the (Puzizze Judge (Mr: J. R. Wood) that the defendant's signature was "peril- ously near the edge of the paper." He declared that the note bore signs of having been cut down and drew attention to the big space between the rao signatures. belaimed, indicated that the mac were not signing the

· The note in the same capacity. defendant had told him nothing about the appearance of the paper until last Friday when he had an opportunity of looking atat in Court. A hit of defendant's signature had obviously been tom off

That,

His Honour. The point is whether the whole stroke is there or not,

Mr. Longinotto suggested that the been torn off another document. The paper used for the note might have

stroke at the button might have been part of the writing on a larger docu- ment from which a" "cient portion was torn off to write the note on.

His Honour: You mean that from": motives of ecozomy they might have used the one clean space on another piece of paper.

Mr. Longinotto. Tes-probably |

it was the only piece they had.

His Honour I am not sure that I'agres,

Mr. Longinoto: What is there that could be at the bottom of the signature?

His Honoar: The word witness."" At the Judge's suggestion the plaintiff was shown the stroke but after scrutinizing it carefully through His Honour's magnifying glass he declared that he could not see any. thing.

An Indian witness who was present at the transaction was called by Mr." Longinotto and questioned about the sppearance of the note: He knew that it was written on white paper but was unable to recall anything about the size of it.

Another Indian was banded & sheet of foolscap by Mr, Longitto and instructed to tear from it & piece identical in size with the note he said he saw the defendant sign. He tore off a piece which was nearly the same size as the note. He said that when he saw it signed the note had two clean cut edges (the actual tute had only one).

A third witness call stated that he was present when the defendant offered the plaintiff $50 in settlement of the action, The defendant said: “I pay you $50, you doing with me settle."

The defendant gave evidence deny. ing that he borrowed the money and said that he merely signed the paper as a witness to the transaction, A friend of his was the actual borrower and be asserted that the word "witness which originally op peared after his signature had been tor. off the He denied offering: 30 in settlement. but said the plaintiff suggested that he should do so."

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Mr. Longanotto alinitted that the defence was an ingenious one but urged that the plaintiff's case had not been disproved. He pointed out that the final stroke on the paper was much fainter than the rest of the writing and might belong to any thing written below the lower edge of the paper on the document from which he suggested that the paper had been tora.

Hu Honour intimated, however, that he found it as a fact that the piece of paper had been reduced in Pixis September 27. | size and that the stroke made by the

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