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LOCAL BEQUESTS.

EXTRACTS FROM SIR P. CHATER'S WILL ་་་

CHURCH BENEFITS.

terests are concerned.

RENT OF ROOM.

TENANT WHO LEFT WITHOUT

NOTICE

EMPRESS LODGE CASE.

Mail

COAL CHISIS,

HOPES OF FUI

MOVE

CABINET:

ALERT

May 30, The coal subally" has lapted."

PRICE

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HIS PLANS TO EXTEND SCOPE:

KEER FIRES BURNING.

how General Ckam anek

will endeavour

We have been favoured with the

A dispute as to a reasonable

An attempt to obtain money by following information dealing

false pretences was disclosed be with the contents of the Will of amount suitable for breach of con

före Major C. Willson at the Cen- tract in respect of a room at be Honourable Sir Catchick Empress Lodge, Mody Road, Kow-

tral Magistracy this morning when Paul Chater so far as local In-loon, led to the Tepresentation at

Chinese was charged ith the bon the Summary Court this morning The Cubinet at night offence of Mrs. Murphy, complainant, and The main object be the Ministers The evidence showed that the Mr. A. E. Greenway, defendant. is to be accessible in case of a-last-complainant, a married woman

Mr. J. T. Prior for the commute approach by the owners or plainant, read extracts from cor- respondence passing between miners, 2 Deacons, for the defendant, and There are hopes of further moves himself.

to-morrow.

It appears his Executors and Trustees are Lady Chater, Mr. W. E. L. Shenton Mr. R. F Mattingly and Mr. A. H. Barlow.

After giving his personal effects, to Lady Chater, he be queaths, among others, the follow ing legacies and annuities. A

The facts as disclosed in the let- legacy to Lady Chater of £10,000. To Dr. J. C. Macgown £5,000. Toters were that Mr. Greenway, who Mr. E. Sadick $50,000. To. Dr. had agreed to continue the hire of ta room for April, left without Fred Kew $25,000. To his office notice Mr. Prior stated that boy $100 and to the Hongkong complainant would be entitled to Jockey Club $50,000 and an An-claim $450 as it was clearly in- quity to Lady Chater of £10,000 dicated that a month's notice was

The residuary estate, after making very substantial prov called for but a writ had been sions for his nephews and their made out only for $300 for breach of contract and later by agreement children, is given to the Armenian Holy Church of Nazareth, Calcutta.

HINT.

Important Developments Likely.

British Widless Service.)

Rugby May 31,

irning

cerved a visit from the defendant Scho living at No. 118, Caine Road, re-wil establish, hies

his home. Canton while

the

hang arter's

At present he is at the Military. Cornell (in Canton) detailing. plans to preserve order in the rear."

with a letter purporting to be Shlukwan, on the North River) | signed by Chan Hing-yan, a re-where he will control the various lative recently transferred from quarters and direct the military. the local office of the Industrial Should his vanguard push ahead and Commercial Bank to Canton into Hunan province, he will pro The letter contained the news ceed thither that the sender had been arrested at Shum Chun and a sum of $500 was required as bail. It further requested that a few dollars, be handed to the bearer of the news” Defendant was stated to have given himself away when the "COMMON SERVICE.” name of a friend of the family was mentioned as the person who die ected him to the house. statement was found to be false

This

a subsidy of £3,000,000 expires. when the friend was called up ou The Prime Minister was back in the telephone. He arrived at the house and identified defendant as town to-day.

being concerned in theft of some clothing at a previous date

AMERICA'S CONTRIBUTION TO PEACE!

PRESIDENT SPEAKS:

No open moves had taken place it was decided that if Mr. Green-up to this evening to bring about way paid $160 and costs, Mrs. fresh coal, negotiations. At mid- Lady Chater has the right of Murphy would not press the case. night the Government's offer of A settlement along these lines occupying Marble Hall as long as she wishes and on her desiringas agreed upon, on condition that not to further occupy the house, the money was paid forthwith.

The money had not, however, been The evening rmal, the Star, then it is given unconditionally to forthcoming when the hat of cases states that whilst Mr. Baldwin has the Hongkong Government.

In sending defendant to prison came up for hearing and on that been spending hu Whitsundide holl- occasion a week's adjournment day at his country residence. The for three months, the Magistrate was granted. After another ad- Chequers, he has not been inactive said be felt sure that in addition journment the case had been fix and has been in Indirect touch with to the few dollars he was attempt America's contribution to world

Sir Paul Chater's collection of porcelain and pottery is given to the Hongkong Government un conditionally.

ed for to-day..

Permanent As regards the Managing Directorship of the

Mr. Prior referred to complaints Hongkong Land Investment and received from Deacons as to the Agency Co., Ltd., Sir Paul Chater, conduct of the case, protesting has subject to certain specific at the case having come into court terms, nominated Messrs. E: D. after a settlement appeared to Sassoon and Co. Ltd., and should have been effected... Mr. Prior they not accept the office then Sir added that it had been made clear that the settlement was. condition. Robert Ho Tung, and should ̈he not accept the office, then Mr.al on payment forthwith and this J. T. Bagram for the benefit of had not been complied with. The

the estate. S

firm of Deacon's had been-repre-

Coal Supplies event of the coal stoppage continuing it is stated that large. quantities of foreign coul are at the command of Brigjen porters, who

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Reuter's American Service,)

Washington, May 81, "Commonsense" should be:

peace, declared President Coolidge fn, the course of a Memorial Day address. at Arlington National Centery

the representatives of both the ing to obtain, defendant would owners and the minera. The Star have got away with the $500 if the hints that as a result of these pre-money had been handed to him...

Wanted in Singapore. liminaries there are likely to be fra portant developments in the altua-

A Chinese woman was brought He said that the American be before Mr. R. E Lindsell in con-laved that other nations ought to tion.

nection with a jewellery theft in join them in laying aside suspi Singapore

cions and hatreda sufficiently to She was arrested on arrival agree among themselves upon the here, and it was stated by Det-methods of mutual relief from the inspector T. Murphy that a label necessity of maintaining great land The Will contains special dis sented at the court adjournments receive som the on her luggage corresponded with undren, armaments. This was Mr. H. C. Macnamara (for the Government if that should be neces- the frame hi the warrant aposto if they county had Defendant was remandes for in mind a resort to war for the cretionary powers as to the post- ponement of realisation of the defendant), said he knew nothing ary. These supplies are undert

redress of their wrongs and the cetate and for the allotment ofas to any court adjournments. stood to be available from the Saar one week

Basin and France. Negotiations

enforcement of their rights: The He thought there had been a mis-with the United States are well the estate in specie..

League of Nations ought to be able take.

advanced also. His Worship looked up his notes

to provide those countries with a certain political guarantee which and stated that it was a fact that the firm was represented at the

the United States did not require; baixo, the World Court could cer hearings when adjournments

The first defendant received tainly be used for the determina- were made.

fourteen days in prison, and the tion of all justifiable disputes. other, a minor, was ordered ten The Americans should not unders strokes with a cane."

estimate the difficulties of the European nations, nor fail to ex- tend to them the highest degree of patience and sympathy.

VALEDICTORY.

RETIREMENT OF MR. B. A.

HALE.

LOCAL JOURNALIST.

..

With regard to a matter of legal etiquette about which Deacon's had complained, viz. the service on defendant personally of the writ instead of the solicitors, Dr. Prior said he apologised. It had been an oversight-buf-there was no legal obligation on him to have the writ served on the soli

An association with, local news paper work extending over a period -nearly twenty years and with journalism in the Far East for over thirty years, is severed by the re- tirement of Mr. B. A. Hale, editor citors. of the "Hongkong Daily Press," who leaves for Home to morrow on the "Carmarthenshire

Fat Eastern journalism was with Mr. Hale's. first experience with the "Kobe Chronicle which he joined in 1896. This paper later became known as the Japan Chronicle" A few years later Mr. Hale, acquired an interest in the old-established "Hiogo News" of Kobe, converting it from a morning into an evening journal It was whilst in charge of this paper that Mr. Hale was married.

When the offices of the "Hiogo News" were destroyed by fire and the interests sold to the "Kobe Chronicle," Mr. Hale returned to England where he intended settling. down. In 1903, however Mr. Hale accepted the position of Manager of the "Hongkong Dully Press," aucceeding Mr. Alfred Cunningham. (Mr. Tom Wright, later Editor of the "China Mail became Editor of the "Daily Press" at that tirne)

A Varying Story." Found carrying two lead boiler plates, a Chinese cargo coolie im The Government has been assured plicated a fellow worker only to that no obstacle in the handling of confess before the Magistrate that coal imported from, foreign coun-each stole one plate. tries will be raised by the railway-

meh.

DUTCH SHIPPING BOOM.

(Reuter's Service.)

strepta

Cooked His Own Goose! Charged with unlawful posses- sion of a piece of cotton cloth, a

But, we cannot Tail to asserti Chinese claimed to have received our conviction that they are in Rotterdam, May 31.

the article from a stranger. Ask great need of further limitationa The effect of the British strike ed to explain how this could be 80, of armaments. The United Stated. on the Dutch coal trade is shown he quickly replied that the strangentered the preliminary Disarms- Mr. Macnamara said he would from the fact that from May 1 to er like himself, slept in the ment Conference with the utmost like to draw attention to the fact | May 29, 329 vessels left here with

good faith and in the sincere belief that the writ had been made out cargoes, of over 1,500,000 tons of The explanation did not go far that it represented the utmost good been claimed and double the monthly average of 700,000 tons for stealing a cooked goose, for exactly double what had firat coal compared with the usual ou the face of the thumb print re-faith of the part of the other par cord which showed a conviction ticipants. They wanted to see the amount which had finally been whilst during the same period 889:

problems there presented stripped agreed upon. $300 was an im- vessels bunkered in the New

Defendant was given four of all technicalities and solved in proper amount to claim. As re-Waterway, compared with 84 in

weeks hard labour.

a way that would secure practical gards costs, as he had not had the corresponding period of 1925.

results. They were ready to sup notice of the court actions he did

port every effort in that direction. not think plaintiffs were entitled

Impost on Russians, to costs but he left himself in His

London, May 31 Worship's hands

The.British coal strike is placing a heavy impost on Rusalad Trade Unionists who are called to con- tribute 25 per cent of their wages, according to a Russian Emboasy statement, while immediate assist. ance, has been sent to Britain, from Trade Union Funds,

Mr. Justice Wood made an order for the amount agreed on ($150), costs of the three court appear ances to be paid by defendant.

CORRUPT POLICE.

OVER A HUNDRED CHARGED

IN KEEF

FOUR DEATH SENTENCES:

(Reuters Service.)

The trial

Mr. Hale remained with the "Daily Press" until 1915 when he took over for three years, the aditorship of the "Ching Mail,“ leaving Hongkong for England in oficiale 1018. Late in 1919 he was again bribery and offered the editorship of the Daily in tour Press" And once more came to d

↑ Hongkong in that capacity remain somer ing here ever since except for your Home leave last years

Mr. Hait was made an Unofficial Justice of the Peace in 1918,

As an expression of esteem and goodwill, Mr. Hale's Journalistie colleagues on the local newspapers have praented, him with a mounted blackwoodtan tab) silver cigar and

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AUSTRALIAN DELEGATE'S

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DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

(Reuter's Service.)

Geneva, May 81-

In the debate at the Labour Conference on the Report of the Director of the Labour Office and notably in regard to the non- ratification of the Hours: 4 Göne [vention, the South African defert

Bate was most eulogisticas re- gards the report and generally the work of the Labour Office 1. On the other hand Mr. Beasley, the workers-de from Ans tralla, was more. that the repur tion necess

Those War Debts. President Cooifdge declared that the foreign war debts, were. liqut- dated on a broad moral and humani tarian, basis He added that he ber lieved that the adjustments made would be mutually beneficial to the trade relations of the countries in volved and out these economic

benefits there would be der additional guarantees for the stability of the peace of the world.

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