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THURSDAY - JULY· 17,

· FATAL FIRE.

ANOTHER TRAGIC BLAZE.

THREE LIVES LOST.

CHINESE TENEMENT NEARLY GUTTED.

Three Chinese, a woman, boy and agirl, were killed through a fire breaking out in the house where they lived, No. 36 Sai Street, In Chinatown, in the early hours of this morning. The house was badly damaged in the fire and It came near to being gutted: An adjoining house, No 34, suffered

slight damage from the fluries.

Sal Street is one of the avenues leading from Queen's Road up the hillside and running through what is known as 'Paddy's Market." It consists of two rows of Chinese tenements and shops and access is had to the back by means of a scavenging lane.

1924

PROBATE ACTION,

STORY OF A TIFFIN REBUFF.

PLAINTIFF'S CASE OPENED.

Evidence for the defence was still being called when the Portuguese will case came up for the third day before the acting Chief Justice (Mr. H. H. J. Gon pertz) aitting in Probate Jurisdic ton, at the Supreme Court this morning..

Mr. Eldon Potter, K.G., 're- presents the three children of the late F. M. Gutierrez, formerly of Messrs. Shewan Tomes & Co. and latterly a broker, the defendants in the case Mr. Potter is In- structed by Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton, The plaintif is Rosa de Lima Gutierrez, who was housekeeper to the deceased and claims that she is the sole executrix of his will

THE CHINA MAIL.

COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

COMPANY MEETING.

U. A. O. A. LTD.

RELEASED.

DE VALERA FREE.

(Reuter's Service.)

London, July 16.

The twenty-eighth ordinary annual meeting of The United

It is announced "from Dublin Asbestos Oriental Agency, Ltd., was held at the offices of Messrs. to-night that Mr. de Valera and Dodwell & Co. Ltd. (General Mr. Austin Stack have been Managers), at Queen's Buildings released. this morning. The following were Present: Mr. J. P. Warren (Chair- man), Mr. J. Owen Hughes, Mr. TE. Pearce and Mr. G. R. Edwards (Secretary),

After the Secretary had read the notice convening the meeting. Mr. Warren spoke as follows:--

Chairman's Speech. Gentlemen. The report and accounts have been in your hands for some days and I will follow the usual custom and take them as read. The balance at credit "of profit and loss account, after writ As the onus was on the defence ing off depreciation and including to prove their case, Mr. Potter had the balance brought forward from opened at great length and called last year, is $30,078.36 as com- many witnesses including the first pared with $24.604.55 last year (deceased's eldest and I hope you will agree with defendant daughter), his brothers and others. the allocation of same as set forth

This morning. Mr. J. N. Bernardo, in the report.

When, the first alarm reached the Central Fire Station at 3.46 this morning, several appliances were at once despatched to the scene where, it was found that a building of three floors, over „an' ares of about 30 by 15 feet, was in the employ of Messrs. Jardine, Taking into consideration the fiercely ablaze. From what could Matheson & Co., Ltd., and whose conditions prevailing during the be seen then it appeared that the fire first wife was sister of the deceased. year under review your General had started in the ground floor, used was the first witness. In company Managers are of the opinion, that as a laundry shop, and that the with his wife, he visited deceased the result is very satisfactory wooden Stairs leading to the upper at his house on a Sunday two or

Owing to the bad times in ship- De Valera, the great agitator floors, used as tenements, bad three years before his death. Heping circles, owners of steamers for an Irish Republic and self- fallen away or been burnt out. was invited to tifin.

There was little to be done Witness told the Court that up trading to these waters are more styled president thereof, was for except confine the outbreak to the to between two and three o'clock and more issuing supplies to them long a thorn in the side of the one house and then subdue the nothing had happened whereupon direct from Home and this has British Government. After the flames by hoses frem front and His Lordship asked witness if he cut into our marine business to a Irish Settlement, he made himself rear. Eyewitnesses state that they had taken tiffin. Continuing, certain extent but am glad to equally obnoxious to the authori- noticed some of the occupants of witness said that deceased asked say there has been an improve-ties of the Irish Free State and the second (top) floor leave by way the plaintiff when tiffin would ment in our shore business. Mr. eventually was arrested "at of the roof and an old man is be read and plaintiff replied Shiner, our Superintendent, la in political meeting and later tried stated to have climbed from the that her house was not a hotel and England looking up new connec-and sentenced to a long term of first floor verandah to the nex3 that tiffins would not be provided tions and I hope that this may imprisonment. His release may House.

for whoever deceased liked to Nearly two hours after the start, bring home. If witness and his lead to increased business in the be taken as a sign that he is now considered innocuous as far as the three bodies were found wife wanted tiffin they would have

I will now propose the adoption politics is concerned. among the debris. These people to

hotel. Witness" go to a lived in a cubicle on the "first floor immediately left the house and of the report and accounts as and were evidently overcome deceased apologised for what had published, and when this is second- before they could escape. At the happened.

ed, they will be open for discussion time, the tenants silll_persisted Cross-examined by Mr. C. G. when I shall be pleased to answer that two others were missing and Alabaster, K.C.. instructed by any questions, you may wish to The Fire Brigade conducted a Messrs. Deacon's, witness persist put feverish search in the hope ofed that what he said was the There being no questions, the Mr. Potter then read the evi-mously passed on the proposal of found and those reported missing dence of Mr. M. 11. Turner of the Chairman, seconded by Mr.There is also one (British) patient had been accounted for.

The whole of No. 36 has been Messrs. Deacon's the law firm Owen-Hughes. severely damaged by fire and a which had attended to deceased part of the roof has been burnt off, in making out his will, etc.

What caused the fire and the amounts involved in lasurance are being investigated. It is stated that a Chinese detective's family occupied one of the cubicles in the louse.

being able to do something. By 7.00 am, no, mere, bodies were

CHINA..

truth.:

Briefly, it was to the effect that when deceased first spoke to Mr. Turner several years ago, he gave instructions for a will to be draft- ed whereby his estate would go to plaintiff, for her benefit during her life, and after her death, to go to his children. A fortnight or so later, deceased returned and changed his mind. He asked that

RENEWAL OF LEASES IN all his property should go to the

CONCESSIONS,

DISCUSSION IN COMMONS.

(Reuter's Service)

LONDON, July 16.

In the House of Commons, Mr.

future.

report and accounts were unani-

On the proposal of Mr. Pearce, seconded by Mr. Edwards, Messrs. Linstead & Davis were re-elected Auditors at a remuneration of $800 per annum.

This concluded the business.

B.N.B. CO.

замор

DIVIDEND FOR YEAR.

(Reuter's Service)

LONDON, July 16. plaintiff. Mr. Turner was of the

The British North Borneo opinion that at the time of making have declared a dividend of 234 and drafting the wills, deceased per cent for the past year. was a free agent and did not seem to act under coercion. There was also mention of decea d wanting

to leave a sum of $1 to his wife from whom he had parted.

F. W. Jowett, the First Commis- This having closed the case for sioner of Works, replying to Mr. W, the defence, Mr. Alabaster opened

sions

cheers),

stated and Mr. Potter also dis-

FRAUD CHARGE.

ENTERIC.

In the health returns for Tucs day, one case of enteric (British) was reported. Yesterday, three

being British and two German. cases were included in the list, one

suffering from para-typhoid. The fresh enteric COACE are from Victoria, Kowloon and Shauliwa districts respectively.

ARMS AT COLOMBO.

QUESTION IN COMMONS.

(Reuter's Service)

LONDON, July 16. Questioned by Mr. Hannon in the House of Commons regarding the seizure of arms on board the steamer Schleston" at Colombo, Mr. Thomas said that the cases had beenforfaited and the master fined.

SHIPPING.

BRITAIN LOSING TRADE..

TAXATION CHIEF CAUSE.

(Reuter's Service.)

London, July 16. Speaking subsequent, to the launch of the British India Com- pany's steamer "Salamba" to-day, Mr. Batey, director of Hawthorne and Leslie's, said that orders for eight vessels had recently been placed in Holland for British owners, and two at Hongkong for Australian owners, who previously gave their orders in England. He declared that taxation and trade union restrictions handicapped British shipbuilders.

CRICKET.

LANCASHIRE START WELL.

(Beuter's Servide.)

London, July 16.- At Liverpool, in clondy weather, before a small attendance and on a good wicket, the match between Lancashire and the South Africans was cominenced.

After an interruption of an hour and ten after lunch, Lancashire had scored

minutes owing to rain_ 999 rune for the loss of three

wickets.

Green compiled 70 and Hallows 124. The latter, without giving

The chance, hit 13 fours, and his innings lasted three hours. frat wicket partnership with Green wielded 201

EASTERN SOCIAL PROBLE^I.

sures the Committee may approve or suggest for the mitigation and prevention of the ill consequences ensuing from the practice.

SUPREME QUESTION.

It is apparent that the Colonial Office refuses to shoulder the res ponsibility of an unconsidered decision in the matter of prostitu- Cotion and the incidence of venereal disease in Eastern Colonies, and looking at the matter quite

While we welcome interventies impartially we do not blame it, says the "Singapore Free Press," from Home and appreciate the fact, that reports of the situation out The question is such a complicated here have created a stir in official one when the conditions which circles, we are unable to under- exist are realised, that for any stand why it should be necessary

REMAND AGAIN GRANTED IN WICKERSHAM CASE,

Another formal remand W&S

Foot Mitchell, Unionist Member for the plaintiff and addressed His granted at the Central Magistracy man, especially one who has no to appoint an Advisory Board for Saffron Walden, said the Lordship. Mr. Alabaster sub- scheme for the renewal of mitted that he had no case to the morning in the case in which actual experience of community consisting of members whose sole subleases granted to firms on a 99 answer. There was no evidence to an American subject, named David life outside the old, organised knowledge of local conditions is years' tenure in the British Concessustain the pleas on record. Even Belknap Wickersham, aged 43 system of Europe, to lay down as culled from the actual records of

in, Tientsin,

opinion may be, would be rarti knowledge of the evil merely Hankow, if an assumption were to be made, years, described as an import policy what his own personal men on the spot, whose intimate Chinkiang, Canton, Amoy and said Mr. Alabaster, and it would and export merchant, and whose cularly foolish: Mr. Thomas has excites to fruition the ignorant Kiukang had been approved by the have to be a big assumption, that address is stated to be Tramway therefore done a very sensible bleatings of the pot-hunters of Government, who were satisfied the evidence was true, it did not Path, is charged with isaning thing in deciding that the whole officialdom, observes the "Finarg the terms offered were fair and amount to much. He recalled the false statement with intent to de-matter shall be dealt with by a Gazette." reasonable.

We are fully cognisant of the The Government, in facts as made cut by the defence ceive the members and share-committee, which presumably will arriving at

the menace in our midst. In the past, the decision, had carefully weighed points such as and submitted to His Lordship holders of the American Asiatic consider evidence from

Colonies affected as well as the we have advocated the cause of the competition of foreign firms.

that Mr. Potter would have the Company.

Mr. J. H. B. Nihill, Assistant information which is available at general examination irrespective Replying to Rt. Hon. Sir Harry Court believe that although plain- Samuel, Mr. Jowett said, holders of tiff had dominated deceased since Attorney General, applied for a Home on the subject in general. of nationality, and legalisation, 64% of the lets had indicated their 1901 or thereabouts, and had a remand until July 24 and this was Considered from the theoretical, without distinction. If Maisons as apart from the practical, side, Tolerees are to be permitted they acceptance of the torms.: Only child, deceased made no provision granted. 62% opposed the scheme: the for plaintiff or the child till 1920 Mr. N. I. Brower appeared on we should imagine that the senti- should not be confined to certain

ment of a Labour Government sections of the community. remaining 20% had said nothing and that deceased all along meant behalf of the defendant.

The method of legislation to-day What the 61% asked for was a his wife to get a share of the The fall charge against defen-would be distinctly anti-pathetic free gift of £40,000 annually. estate according to the law of dis-dant is:

to any defined, regulation of tends merely to further the prac These lot-holders had bought tribution!

"That he being the President prostitution which could be held tice of secrecy and the establish- the leases for 99 years and now There was some difference of and Director of the American to imply the slightest suggestion ment of numerous "sly-horses" wished to convert them into opinion as to whether Mr. Potter Amatio Commercial Company of compulsion. It is apparent unsupervised and lacking entirely leases in perpetuity (Ministerial had indicated what Mr. Alabaster being an incorporated public com- however that it is realised that the the protection afforded by strict pany, did make, circulate or conditions are sa different in the medical surveillance. The half- He was prepared to receive, a' deputation but there was no pros- agreed as to the evidence about publish a statement on or about East from what they are at Home hearted measures on the part of pect of Government altering its the child.

March 5th, 1924, or concurred in that any dogmatism is out of those directly concerned with the making, circulating or publishing place. The supporters of the two affairs of the Colonies' in London, a statement to the effect that the sides of the question will naturally are apt to be rewarded by the of the ignorance of American Asiatic Commercial examine the constitution of the mantle Company were the lessees of 5,000 committee to find out which way obscurity, when opposed to local acres of estate in Southern Biam. Its sympathies are likely to trend, conditions as we know them, well-knowing the same to be falsa and, without suggesting in any Rome was not built in a day, and with intent to deceive the way that it will not accord a per- Even so, the eradication of a social members and shareholders of the fectly unprejudiced inspection to menace dating back to the days of Company and to induce persone, to all evidence put before it, it would pre-European influence is not, a become shareholders, and that in appear that on the whole the comtask to be undertake 1 by the mittee is more likely to decide casual appointment of Advisory fact following the publication of

upon regulations of prophylactic bodies at home. The evil Is too the statement he did as divers oc- (France)beat Spence (Soath A Waichiaopu Note despatched to casions induce persons to become character than upon any wids deeply rooted for passive am- schemes of regulation-or-non-promise. What is required. now is Africa) 6/2, 6/0 and 6/1, Borotra M. Karakhan on July 14 said that shareholders in the American regulation. Yet it would seama definite ruling with in loop hole (France) beat Kingscote (Great the exchange of diplomatic repre: Asistio Commercial Company in that some decision upon the of escape via the indiffere Britain) 6/1, 6/3 and 6/1.

general question of Government of tolerance, abolition or Richards (America) beat Manuel entatives of ambasadorial rank this Colony," Aloneo (Spain) 75, 10/8, 2/6 and would be acceptable to Chins:

recognition of the occupation must tion. That is podupré The Russian Consulate 63. Demorpurgo (Italy) beat

A LUCKY ESCAPE.

be, reached, and inasmuch as the tion which mit face Washer (Belg fom) 2/6, 64, 1/6, 64 Shanghai is to be handed over to

final word on this it being a well-being of public and 8/6 Harada (Japan) beat the Soviet on July 24

coolle, who pleaded guilty matter of principle or policy the first con Gilbert (Great Britain) 10/8, 26, The Chung Pao forecaste the at the Taumati court this morning, must rest with the responsible The taski elleni 11/5 and 6/2 Cochet (France) beat appointment of Lu Chống being, to stealing-an-iron ban was minister we shall be surprised if, be placed; /** Fukuda Uapan) 6/2, 6/t and 6/3. who was Minister to Petrograd in sentenced to 7 days imprison after the Committee's report or the spot 1911 and is now Minister at Berne, ment but as recalled by recommendations have been madamusk an

decision.

(Proceeding.)

OLYMPIAD.

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