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TUESDAY, JANUARY

FORGED CHEQUES ?

ACTION AGAINST BANK,',

HANDWRITING EXPERT'S

TESTIMONY.

Expert evidence as a recognised authority on handwriting was given by Mr. E. R. Dovey, the Government Analyst, to-day at the Supreme Court in the case a which the Tai Wo Company is suing the Bank of. East Asia for $72,665

The case is being heard before the Chief Justice (Sir William Rees Davies K. C.) and the follow ing special jury:-Messrs. T. E. Pearce (foreman), P. Teater, J. H. Seth, W. Nicholson, H. E. Parkin son, T. Arthur and J. McArthur.

Mr. F. C. Jenkin (instructed by Messrs. Lo and Lo) is appearing for the plaintiffs and the Bank is represented by Mr. Eldon Potter

1924.

CORRESPONDENCE.

MONSTER EDUCATION

PETITION.

[To the Editor of the China Mail.)

Sir, I have followed the recent discussions reguling the question of the appointment of a new local Director of Education, with not a little interest.

While at Home Ins for a time a Manager of it school, and can also claim some experience us à teacher, to say nothing of an experience of the young common to most married me! I have therefore read with more than a passing interest a that, so far, has been written on this particular subject, and desire, with what words 1 can find, to emphasise the need exprcased that it is absolutely essential that a qualified and ruined man he appointed to All the vacant---or about

THE CHINA MAIL.

that this matter is not one of newe-¦ ¦ paper polley that those who have voiced the neod have the Colony with them. If this petition is signed as I am sure it will be, the Government cannot possibly treat it with contempt but will give it the attention it will rightly deserve.

Yours, etc.,

I

SOBOLASTIC. Hongkong, January 29.

[To the

PIRATE ATTACKS.

For of the China Mail.]

Bir-In reply to Ex-Army Officer signing himself "Reader in your correspondance column of the Oina Mait, January 26, I would advise this gentlemas that a superficial view of things while travelling as a passenger and listening to an in- daunting bggut who would prob ably be the first one to throw up his hinds in an emergency or surpriso trek---who also insults not only the

K.C., with Mr. Campbell Prosser to be vacant post, of Director officers killed and wounded recently (instracted by Messrs. Deacon, Education. I do not know what but the Cloth in general, and pro- Harston ard Shenton).

When the hearing was resumed cedure being adopted. The only one towards the solving of pirney.

arguments exist against this produces nothing, conveys nothing this morning certain question were I can think of is that there is no

This is a Navy not on Army pre-↓ asked by the jury as to the procedure followed by the Bank io qualified or trained man to take on blem and put in the hands of d regard to the issue of new cheque such an important position. This capable naval officer with power to books etc. and Mr. Li Tse-fong, the course cannot be true because the act and in collaboration with suit manager of the Bank, was called toepartment has in its service men alde officers of the Mercantile give evidence on these points.inently qualified to take over the Marine the Dragon would soon be He said that formerly the Bank's direction of the Colony's education laid; but alas, Dellars not Prestige cheque, formis were printed in The only other argument is that the are all that count at present, Hongkong but latterly they had Cadet system-which appears to be although history and reason prove been printed at Home, by Messrs as rigid as a Trades Union Organiza- that the former usually followe the Waterlow who used in the process a. special kind of ink which evaporated if a forger edezvoured to apply chemicals.

Not Accusing the Bank. Among other documents pro duced by Mr. Li Tse-fong was a book in which were recorded the movements of chit coolies, One entry dealt with the time taken by a chit coolie who gave evidence yesterday of having delivered a new cheque book to the Tai Wo firm and to whom Mr. Jenkin put it in cross-examina tion that he never went there at all.

When the book was produced Mr. Jenkin remarked that he had never suggested that the coolie

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Reading between the lines I don't think you formed a very high opinion of this chief officer. state that his language was boastful and unprintable.

Quite sol Hel conforms to a certain type and his vapourings are worthless.

tion, has to be perpetuated-ever if inter. it means putting into a position a man who has no claim to being qualified. I am not certain if the present Attorney-General Cadet; or the Director of Public Works; or the Harbour Master; or the hond of the Observatory. Some of them certainly were not. But the Cadet System has not been applied to these positions and the result is that each is manned or directed by a gentleman who is first and lust an expert.

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To the Editor of the China Meil.] 24, on Shanghaf 71. will be no one found to ques

!

A Musicale will be held at the Sir, Since all the piracies occur tion the fact that Education is

at night, why not suspend all night Helena May Institute on Thursday, important matter-just 19

the drafting

traffic till China has a stable govern. 31st inst. Tea served from 430 important ordinances; the direction of harbourment? What say yon Mr. Editor? P.m. Tickets 50 cents eachAdot.

The police and navy would then traffic; and the making of observa-

Beyond reports of skirmishes Sun troops and Chan Kwing problems they have on their hands. on troops and hater pro

Your coluums sometimes fell of a ming's vassals, there is little to small steamer being fined for carry- report from Canton, Money is ing passengers without a licence, yet very tight during the end of the the latest pirated ship took 50 or so real and the authorities are trying in the shape of coal coolies. Thou to get all they can to meet

never left the Bank but only tions regarding our weather, which be able to grapple the many other

that the cheque book .was

firm.

never delivered to the Tai Wo Mr. Potter maintained that Mr. tion against the Hank but the Chief Justice said that that was hardly putting it fairly. It was quite `possible that an employee of the

Jenkin had made a serious accusa-

Bank-

like the lovemment, is at times very erratic. If the importance of education is, ditted, as it must then why not the importance of having trained Director at the head of hairs?

It appears to me that the Govern- ut 6 p.m. before leaving Canton no demands. ment regards silence as golden to muster of crew and enul coolies rad the excnt that it evidently believekk-sce for about 60-more-of- that the discussion on the matter is Sun Yat-sen's soldiers who started

Mr. Jenkin: I have never made any accusation against the Bank.just one of those things that mise a to travel down as passengers.

An important issue in the case is as to whether or not two cheques drawn by the plaintiffs in favour of the Yangtse Trading Company for $35,000 and $37,000 respective ly were or were not forged. It was on this point that Mr. Dovey was called by the defendants, whose case is being heard first, to give evidence.

temporary storm, and then die gut: It may be so, but my observation lends ine to the fact that at least three of the Hongkong papera which have referred to this matter, have with one accord, voiced a clear anë unanimous claim for the appoint- ment of a qualified Director." Not only that. I happen to number a great many of the teachers who erve the Colony so well, anong my friends and I know that their feel. ing is in favour of this appointment. And in addition, there is also the

Mr. Doveys Evidence. Mr. Dovey said he be i examined the writings on the genuine and the suspected documents in this case most carefully and in his opin- ion the signature "Lau Si-yuen" rowing number of parents who on all of them had been written by view with a certain amount of the sathe hand. In his opinion the apprehension the way in which writing on the body of the cheques things seem to be regarded. The with the exception of one or two, Department has at last opened its the need of qualified was also in the same handwriting eyes to as the signature. When he first teachers, and as far as it can obtain examined the two suspected them, mado, appointments from chéques he noticed one or two Home. And yet the Government things which at first made him does not apply, the principle to the think they wore forgeries. Directorship of this growing โป the first placé there Department. one or two places where the writ- ing had obviously been "touched

up."

"Such a Scrum."

monstration.

This Sir, may be going over old ground, but it seems necessary to insist, and re-insist on the common facte. The time has probably At counsel's request Mr. Davey arrived to cease uttering the obvious showed the jury where these and to digres "on a united ins places were. The Chief Justice, and of action, and I therefore maks Mr. Potter, magnifying glasses in Hold to offer the following hand, went over with him to the suggestion--a suggestion I hope jury box and looked on at the de- which will be speedily adopted. It is this: Nothing must be left cillors have got to make their voices Leard. The Hon. Mr. Lang I believe has already made the want known and the incredible officia! reply is on record. Mr. Lang 1 please speak again. That is not the whole of my suggestion. What I Altered Intentionally. strongly suggest is that a monster Continuing his evidence, Mr. petition be organised voicing the Dovey said that on second consi- Colony's apprehension and urging deration ho came to the conclusion the appointment of a technical and in

of two of the qualified man. Let a committee be respect cheques that the alterations, formed to put this suggestion into such as they were, had beanoporation at the exillest possible dohe intentionally to make the moment, and to leave no stone un-; writing appear dissimilar. The tumed to let the Goremanent Bee were two other paints in which the suspected cheques differed from the genuine ones. On one of the

Noticing that. Mr. "Jenkin re to chance: Our Legislative Coun-

mained in his sear the Chief Justice asked him whether he didn't think he ought to come over too.

Mr. Jenkin replied that he was waiting until afterwards as he wanted to note Mr.Dovey's remarks down. "There's such a scrum there just now" he explained.

suspected cheques the capital. "S." That made it more difficult for a was unlinked with the letter forger to copy as once he put pen following. Also in both the to paper, he was committed to suspected cheques there was finishing the signature without a cancellation line following lifting the pen again. It would be the words: However, in extremely difficult to reproduce spite of these differences certain insignificant characteristica he was satisfied that the writing koeping the pen all the time.pn was the same, as the signature of the paper. The suspected signa- Lau Si-yuen

tures were longer by mone Several photographs were millimetre, than the genuine ones." handed" to the: "jury and Mr. Mr. Dovey went on to point out Dovey was asked by Mr. Potter to a number of instances where there a explain the hersons, which "lod was a remarkable resemblance him to arrive at the conclusion that between the genuine and the the writing was, the "sante." "Ons, suspected' writing:

He said that

one, Inesembled tie: EDEC

signatures

No; let them one and all turn. their propellers by, day only and separate the human cargo from all other. It would pay and save life too.

Yours, etc.,

PRO BONO PUBLICO, Hongkong, January 29. [Cunton, Kongmoon and Samshui are about 6 to 8 hours steaming time 'and Macao 4.1

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