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ONLY ONE TOPIC.

Local affairs, are in grave dan- ger of being completely over- shadowed neglected, and swamp- ed by the all absorbing topic of the general strike at Home. With the unenviable conditions pre vailing in the Old Country, there will be undoubtedly very sincere sympathy-more, indeed, than what could be possible, however loyal we are, than before the period of stress and trial through which this Colony itself passed

last year..

being in the background than ever!

CLOSING SCENES

fence could not be expec

com

With regard to Chen, Sar ward with an explana-Crown, witness, he hadt tion for any charges the rown that tha COUNSELS FINAL WENG ON might like to bedug forwar He had no cond

The Crown had not been able to, made an entirely

WADDRESSES;

In Caro

visitor

THEFTS:

to prove that all the three chops confession to him. It was MR. ZEITLYN'S SUGGESTION were forged. Professor Shell simple enough story and it is shear had been "singularly silent these simple lies," stated counsel, with regard to the withdrawal which are the hardest to meet. Mr. Jenkin Complains Of Change chop on page 8 He had found However, almost on every point, certain non uniformities on the he had been flatly contradicted by octagonal chop between pages evidence which had been cor In the course of counsel's final and 3 but they were common to roborated whereas hia own evid- addresses at the Wing On Bank both halves of the chop,ence was wholly uncorroborated, case hearing this morning, Mr. Counsel referred to some sort Zeitlyn made the suggestion that of an attack which the Crown it was more probable than the would have to make or else Ita Crown case that the label which case against the second prisoner Professor Shellshear had salt had would collapse. The newspaper been torn off the exhibit "Nina which contained the report of the had been torn off by the assistant sale of the printing machinery money from the East Asia Hotel Following the recent loss of cashier of the Wing On Company after the alleged forgeries had Connaught Road, comes another re- He had paid out money wrongly not been apparently attacked. If port from the same place. before, stated counsel, and it it was going to be suggested that was ringing in his ears" that he the defence made up the news absence yesterday

atatos that during his was being held responsible. Mr. paper in the course of the case, stole

'some “person! Zeitlyn suggested that the assist the suggestion was yet to come amounting to $188 from his trunk.

clothing and Jewellery ant cashier anxious to eliminate Neither had the agreement A genuine book when money had showing the purchase of the left open, some person stole jewel- Osining access through a door been paid out by himself on a pre-machinery, apparently been at-lery valued at $229 from No. 41,. more vious occasion on a forged book, tacked. The two wages Wong Nei Chong Road on Satur

had torn off the label on "Nina books and the account book day. T

Did the jury think, he askedy There is at the same something that a forger would jeopardise his like a lull in purely local affairs. whole scheme by tearing it off? Neither the Government nor the He was not sure himself, added public in general seem to have counsel that "Nina" was forged the vim to impart some "ginger" Did they think, again, that a into the life of the Colony. Every-ridiculous thing as to make use forger would have done such a thing is all a matter of routine, of the inside of a deposit book with hot an effort to lift the and jettison the rest. in favour of place out of the rut of the come something liable to be detected ? monplace Now and again some-ing Be the story as to the cashier Counsel described as an unblush thing is done or said to create refusing the $1,000 which the de- public interest,, but that soon positor is stated to have wanted flickers out and nobody seems to to leave in after withdrawal of be much concerned

other large amounts Looking Judging through the deposit books of the from appearances it looks as if Bank he found payment in of as this state of coms must be small amount as $40 Was It tolerated so long as the crisis at credible, he asked, that the Wing Home continues. For that, let it be On Company would take such a figure and refuse the amount of repeated, is the only subject on

$1,000? which people can be induced to

*A Spider's Web.. talk seriously.

FAR EASTERN EFFECT.

Sympathetic Strike Against Shipping..

A telegram has been received from H.B.M.'s Ambassador at Tokyo. It reads:

"Urgent. Following receiv in case it has not been sent you ed from Vladivostok-repeated,

direct.

Begima) owing to sym- pathetic strike cargo loading on " British ships ceased May 7, 6. p.m.

Please inform agents of British shipping in Japan and China.--repeated to Peking.

-Tilley."

(Note: The date is given as April 7, but this must be an error as May 7 is meant). :

ACCIDENTS.

There was a collision between vehicles were proceeding in the a taxi and a tram car while both imsame direction at Praya East near

had been subjected to a car tain amount of criticism. It had been suggested and admitted that the handwriting of the second prisoner, Lum, was similar to that of Chan Chau, who brought the shop down from Canton books of the second prisoner's

"Jury's Intelligence." Was it going to be suggested whilst in Victoria jail those por that the second prisoner wrote tions of the books which were in his handwriting, that they were smuggled into him and that he prepared the books whilst there? it had to be borne in mind that there was handwriting of other people in the books at the time, He (counsel) trusted that the sug gestion would not in fact be made but if it was the Jury's in telligence would reject it.

Chan Chau had brought

to:

The case for the prosecution, these books down within two said Mr. Zeitlyn, involved in- days. Was ference alone. Not a fact had be suggested that, with

要 going been proved which should be the active assistance of Chan Kau proved and which was required and the other person whose name by law to be proved beyond rea- had been mentioned and who was sonable doubt in the minds of in Canton with small-pox, wrote reasonable men. Witnesses for certain portions in the books in the prosecution had been proved question? He (counsel) was "tainted."

"The whole fabric of sure that the jury would not the prosecution-well, a spider's web is as steel compared to it bring to the examination of the stated Mr. Zeitlyn.

case, minds steeped with snapi- cions of forgery everywhere,

In reply, Mr. Jenkin said that the case presented many excep tional features. In one particu far it presented' a feature which did not occur in one of ten thou sand trials.. It had never occur rad before in his experience.. Counsel for the defence of the t

house at Tai Nam Street, Sham- shulpo, during the week-end. A quantity of lead piping and brass amounting in value to $100 was stolen.

Thieves entered an undecupled

The Kowloon Fire Brigade ex- tinguished a small fire in a joss

damage was small, amounting, to factory at Tai Nam

Street,* Shamshuipo, yesterday. The

about. $30.

The customar, having coughed loudly to signify his impatience, at last attracted the shopkeeper's attention

want a mouse-trap/"" he said. rather sharply "A good one, and please be quick, for I want to catch

a train"

The shopkeeper eyed him coldly. regret, sir. he said, "that my mouse traps are not guaranteed to catch trains."

"Prisoner," said the judge, you say your wife hit you on the head with a plate. Is that so?

Yes, sir," answered the prisoner. "But," said the judge, "your head' doesn't show marks of any kind.

"No, sir," answered the man with " pride, "but you should have seen that plate."

PRINCE AND HIS RESPONSIBILITIES.

no really free day, He is kept busy attending public functions. He is extremely fortunate if he gets in an afternoon's polo.

first prisoner, not content with The Prince of Wales-one of much is be in demand, that he has the usual manner of conducting the few crown princes of Europe the defence by contesting the sure of a throne to-day is credit of witnesses for the prose seriously considering the respon cution and inviting the jury to re-sibilities of becoming King. ject their evidence as shaken by One of his nearest male ac- The Prince's recreations are himself, after very slight and quaintances, in an Interview at not varied. He mostly confines scarcely perceptible questions to St. James's Palace stated that himself to riding, hunting and the assistant cashier, now based the Prince, during the past 18 shooting. He prefers hunting to on those questions what he now months had changed from a deshooting Which brings us to his claimed to be the real basis of his bonair, care-free man-about-town many accidents. defence and the whole explanation to a studious, serious and deep. It was pointed out that the of the matter which was the key thinking Heir Apparent.

Prince is a good horseman..

It

Whatever the Labour Party may say about the lack of partiality on the part of the Bri- tish Government organ, .it. must be said that so far a splendid! epitome of each day's news 13 being supplied by the ubiquitous

nate of this case, that was that No longer is dancing and at was not he who fell, but the horse. Reuter, supplemented when the

the removal of the label from one tending revues an important part He paid the highest of prices for || atmospheric

book and the putting of it on an of the daily programme of the his hunting horses. Consequent conditions: are'

other was in fact done by the Prince. Instead, the interests of he was confident of attempt- favourable, by the British wire

Company It amounted to a charicles and hospitals, and the jumps, while others whose pur assistant cashier of the Wing On the State, the functioning of ing the most formidable of less service. Both are quite

claim that it was done inside the industrial problems of Britain, se strings were not so long, mount- partial and as unbiased as it the Naval Canteen yesterday. The Wing On Company's premises and are now his main interests.ed on old screws, side-stepped. hand rail of the tram car was bent that Au Kim-lui and the others The question of marriage is a tle or no risks when hunting. possible for such agencies ar

Therefore, the Prince takes lit- Reuters to be. There has been to one of the mudguarda.

and the motor car received damage had nothing to do with it.

moot point. It was pointed out no needless striving after effect. The facts and developments from steam launch "Yuen Sang" to the made that this was going to be tours, that the thought of mar- Prince is the medium for another While carrying cargo from the That any suggestion had been that the Frince had been so busy Nine times out of ten his horse,

during his British

will clear any of the jumps en-. Dominion hour to hour are cabled in a

Eastern Street wharf, & coolie lost the case for the first prisoner; triage had been side-tracked. Now bannerline in the daily press.

countered, when it doesn't, the his balance and fell into the har- had never occurred to me," said that, literally, no part of the severely plain and unvarnished bour.

But even were they sus cued the man who was none the examination of the Wing On wit given an opportunity of seeing eating. They maintain, for one

An Indian policeman res- Mr. Jenkin form.

In the cross-British Empire had not been are often concerned about his Royal relatives of the Prince. peet to the Home Government's worse for his immersion.

nesses it had never been put to the Prince, his thoughts could so sctive, that he eats too little. them that the label had been turn to matrimony if he desired. He is without doubt a light eater, transferred in this manner. "I and that is another point.

but he isn't "cranky." Whatever

is

influences which, of course, is

unthinkable the readers over-

overseas can obtain a very fair

idea of the actual position that

DOG BITE.

The boy was treated at the Government, Civil Hospital and the for observation. animal was sent to Kennedy Town

Counsel's Duty,

do say," said Mr. Jenkin, "that

any counsel, whether he be de- His rumoured pending engage is put before him is good enough. fending in a criminal case or con-ment to Princess Astrid, of That is why he was such a good ultimate in hie intenton to launch annual His friends state flatly be te go ducting a civil case if it is Sweden, was termed a hardy campaigner in France and why

has unfortunately arisen. And during the weekend; the victim be One dog bite case was reported no matter by which agency or ming a servant boy in the employ a serous charge of this kind it is that there is no vestige of truth goes popular wherever he what for the cables arrive the ment of Mr. A. Morris residing at his bounden duty to make it plain in the rumour, Princess Astrid Theatre-going is one of the general strike is naturally the Villa Miramere, Pokfulam,to all concerned particularly to had not been invited by the Court Prince's favourite relaxations." topic of the hour out here. The animal, a terrier bitch, be the ones who are to be involved."" to spend the summer in London, But the legitimate drama has as

It may be regretted, of course, her pups and attacked the boy Jenkin, that the evidence, which vataly

longing to the house, was nursing put it to you," said Mr. but she might pay a visit pri- much a hold on him as the light that the general strike at Home, while he was passing.

18 bound in a case of this kind to The general habits and daily another "kick" from St. James's revue. Which is the cause of consequent on the failure of the

be largely circumstantial, is of so life of the Prince were described Palace, When the Prince attends negotiations between the miners

highly coincident a nature that it as simple. To all intents and a revue, the fact 13 and the coal owners, has occurred just when people in this Colony were beginning to imagine that the coast was clear for the heads at the Foreign Office and the Colonial Office to concentrate on The master of a foundry was he sterious defence with the Canton Impasse. It was charged – before - Mr. J. H. B. ta maglo, lanterns and its com fervently hoped that the visit or Nihill at the Kowloon Magistracy Ings and goings fro

of Sir James Jamieson, the Consul of cannon, a number of them the Supreme

this morning with the possession Hole of General at Canton, would afford being stated to have been seized

Professor

LOCAL CANNON,

is impossible for any reasonable purposes he's just another regular noted in the presa When he at body of man to accept any other fellow like Huckleberry Finn. He tenda a serious play he doesn't conclusion than that what in fact rises early when he wants to get a line.

they did was connected with a mainly for reasons of performing Nowadays the Prince reads a common purpose

his daily dozen-and hugs the great deal more than people Simple The Black Hole."

hay till the late hours of the think He often burns the morning if his engagements night oil reading. He permitage

short stories and biographies.

an opportunity for the negotia Hearing was adjourned for one a dis week, ball being allowed on refere

tions between Hongkong and Can $10,000.

ten to take a much more pra

shape than appari

possible of late.

Cou

Black The Prince mostly keeps to The Prince was never bored o

business hou

ours. His any of his tours. He is very foud cupied of travelling, and likes seeing dents new places, new people, and ob

are usually

arity taining new viewpoint

such

One of his favouri

to his Canadian

ver Albert