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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1923.

" CRIMEAN LAMB””

FUR COAT TRADE SECRETS.

QUESTIONS TO EXPERT.

The bearing was resumed at Mari: borough-atrant Police, Court in mail week of the summons against Charles Wayro, Ltd., Oxford street, W., for selling a fur coat to which a fales trado description, "Crimmer lamb," won applied.

For the prosecution, the London Fur Trade Association, it was alleged that a coat sold at £7 Za: a gray Orimmer limb was made from "link" lamb, a white inferior for, which was dyed grey to imitate the Uriminer.

D. SUN HERE.

ACCIDENT TO." TITANIA,”

› LABOUR GUILDS' WELCOME.

TO SPEAK TO MORROW.

THE CHINA MAIL.

TOWED BACK TO PORT.

Buataiping-damage to her gear. while on the trip, to Manila in Dr. Son Yatson arrived from connection with the Fleet's visit to Shanghai, late on Saturday afternoon, the Philippines, H.M.S. "Titania, by the "President Jefferson." Shortly the subquarino tender, was obliged after six o'clock, the ship berthed at to put back to port. the Bowloon Godown Co.'s wharf but it was nearly half past seven before he landed at Blake Pier where be proceeded by motor car to Mr. Yeang Sai agam's residence, where he is staying for the present.

MAJOR CASSEL“ SUED.

CHAUFFEUR CLAIMS WAGES.

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Major Cassel was defendant in B

DURING the suspention of the date heard before the Pulsne Judge Bases will be run between the Hong Foak Tramway Service Motor (Mr. Justice H. H. J Gompertz)in kong Hotel and the Peale Church, She left here with the submarines the Summary Court this morning, leaving either. end at the following on Wednesday and ran into a thick when bo was sued by Noortimos

"Ahmed, fog when a few hours out of port.

a chauffeur formerly

8am to 10 am, every 20 ininutey When the fog lifted the "Tituninam of $97.80, being 322:50 for nine

10a.m. to 6 pm., ovary, 30 minuter. employ, for the

6 p.m. to 8 pm... every 20 minutes. was heading for some rocks. The days wages unpaid, and $75 in lien

8 pm to midnight, every 30 minutes. In spite of the inclement weather, engines were immediately reversed of one month's notice of dismissal.

Faro..

...BO conta large crowds of Chinese, mostly to prevent a wreck, küt the change Mr. C. A. 8. Ram Appared for the labour guild reprezentativca, gathered of movement was so sudden that plaintiff, and Mr. D. H. Blake for PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY, Mr. E. Poland, senior partner of on Murray and Blake Fiore carly in serious danggo was done to the Major Case Mesare. P. R. Poland and Sons. fur the afternoon to await the ship's

Mr. Russ said that the plaintiff was and alin macrobauts, Queen Victoria arrival. At about half past ave, the steering gear and the ship was disengaged by Major Cassel on Novem strest, E., said that the cost pro-crowd melted away as it was feared abled. She was towel back to port ber. 22 and worked tot hies until duced was not made of Crimmer lamb, that the "Jefferson" would not enter by the submarines, which after January 9, when he was diamished. which was a trade expression referring the harbour till daylight on account of wards proceeded an to a distinct breed of ahrop,

to Munifi without notice. On January 18 the fog.

accompanied by HM.S "Marn he was paid $75 for the month Several launches carrying re-zion" as tonder

of December. No payment. was. presentatives of the two general

made for the pins days of labour unions and the Luen-Yea Seamen's Society went out in the

January. Plaintiff claims that he was direction of Shaukiwan with stripga.

entitled to those nine days pay and one month's wages in lieu of notice of of firecrackers but the parties were disappointed.

dieraissal. The polat at issue, said Mr. Rues, was whether the defendant was justified in dimissing the plaintiff without notice, and, be submitted, the our of entielying the Court on that point lay with the deforce.

Asked as to chinchilla fur, Mr. Foland anid it was fatching enormous, even fabulous prices.

Sir Edward Marshall Hall, K.C., for >the defence: Real chinchilla is a rat,

is it not ?--It is a rodent,

LUMINOUS-EAT-SKING.

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BOXING,

„TWO CHAMPIONSHIP BOUTS.

The March toarney of the Hongkong Boxing Association will be held at

- Sir Edward said that a real obin obilla ekia was worth £10. He held,

A large crowd of Chinese with. up a skin and said: That is what we number of Europeane waited at the call chinchilla-rat. That is an ordinary Kowloon Godowns, eager to catch a zat skin. You would agree that that glimpse of Dr. Sup. However, A may be described as chinchilla rat 7-strong cordon of police, fully armed, the Theatre Royal on Race Saturday Yes.

under Inspector Angus prevented (March 3), commencing at 9.15 p.m. the right to oren the base. Explain-

On that ground, Mr Blake claimed) admittance to the wharf till the An attractive programme has been ing the facts of the case, he said that To make it more like chinchilla the Doctor, had left which was arranged, and it will include two plaintiff was dismirged after being hack of the skin has been dyed dark Lot till sa hour after berthing. championship Losts, bath of 10 questioned by Major Cansel blae so as to produce-a tumitious Aftor Mr. T. H, King, D. S. P., rounds dumtion. In the first contest, to the amount of patrol sup. _effect 1—Oh, is that the

idea? had gone

on board,, detectives A. B. Chadwick of H.M.", "Marplied and received-by-plaintiff. (Laughter.)

were stationed on the gangway. alazion' "will meet S.P.D. "Battler" There were 10 gallons short from a Producing yet another chinchilla posse of police escorted the Doctor to Morgan of H.M.S. "Hawkins "for the Napier car rat, fir Edward'said the value of the a waiting steam launob which took lightweight championship of the two ohinchilla rat skins was 28. 64. him across to Blake Mer. Here he Colony and the "Gedes" belt. The as compared with £10 for the first immediately boarded a motor car and middleweight championship and the chinchillo skip. He also put in left for Mr. Young's residence,

a fashion-paper picture of a chin-, .chillé-tab coat

to which Way

appended the following The silver lights of chinchills, nowadaye so-rarely-deea are closely resembled by the chinchilla rat, of which this clock is mad

Mr. Poland agreed that to sell 4 coat like that as chinchilla rat would be perfectly legitimato,

"Sir Edward suggested that the selling of the cost as.."Crimmer lambas distinct from "Crimmer" wat anslogous to that.

Mr. Poland: No. The name of o "Crimmor lamb " belongs to what is known in natural history as "Crimean lamb."

If you were persuaded that the real object of this prosecution was to destroy the trade of a man who was selling in competition with other members of the association at a low price you would not be a party to countenancing it ?~N: -

Sir Edward: When I tell you that the advertisement of the fur cpate in thin case cost £1,000 (£900 tà The| Daily Mail and £100 for the block).

De Sun Yat Sen

Daily Presy bait will be at stake in the other foature con- test, the contestants being A. B. Don cau of H.MS. Magnolia" and Ptn Ainsworth, R.M.LI. Four other con Tests will complete the programme

Booking opens at Moutrie's for members on Feb.-26- and for th

general public on Feb. 27. Usual prices..

Gorman Inn Signs.

Apropos of a paragraph shopt Teutonio on signs, a correspondent writes to the Pioneer that there 38 a licensed bouse near Riebl Barracks, Cologne, whose sign

The Better 'Olo and it has two Union Jaoks prominently painted on the signboard. The licenses is a British ex-Service man, formerly of the Gloucester. In Lindenthal, where the R. A. F. have their Rhine headquarters, there is an tan called Der Volker bunde, which is German for League of Nations; in Ehrenfeld there is a cafe known as The Round Table: The Helping Hand next door to the Rhind Army kinema, while The Hole in the Wall

ard that 18 was the total of these Accompanying Dr. Sno. is Mr. particular cost advertised at £7-7.Eugene Chen, and several other each, would you still suggest there officials. Isu Shiu ching (the Civil and The Long Bar orn in the shade at was any fraud in this case?

Governor designate of Capiony Ko Cologne Cathedral adjacent to British Ying fan (Civil Commissioner) and 0. H. Q. Close by is the Hotel Bristol C. II. Kwong (Foreign Commissioner) formerly requisitioned by the Army met their leader on the wharf atter of Occupation. On being released intercourse with them had been es its new German proprietor charged tablished by Mr. Chen..

the aigu to the Konigshof, but after a few months it was the Hotel Bristel again; the name "drew Entist and Allied travellers.

Mr. Mead. The magistrate (interpos ing): That is not a question for the witness to decide. Fraud is a very ambiguous term. (To Sir Edward) What you are going to say in that this material has got a fictitious nome 1.

Sir Edward: A name of repute. Mr. Mead: In the same way that Stilton cheese not made, at Stilton is

called Stilton cheese..

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Routing demonstrations of enthusi- anm were displayed by a number of Tabour guilds and seamen's societies after the news of Dr. Sun's arrival had spread. That part of Des Voeux Road Central near the new Fire Station,

Sir Edward. That will save me contaics at least ten seamen's asking a great many questions.

The bearing was adjourned.

Sootland Changing Hands.

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TRAFFIC on the Peak Tramway will be suspended from 1 A.M. on WEDNESDAY, glat instant for a period of eight days or thereabouts in order to carry out certain repairs to the Hanlage Machinery, Season ticket holders will bave the option of getting their tickets extended, for the whole. period cars coate running or obtaining a pro rata relund on such tickets for the unexpired period.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers. Hongkong, February 19, 1923,

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FOURTH TOURNAMENT OF THE SEASON.

AT THE THEATRE ROYAL,

gallons short from a Cadillac, making

and approximately 6 SATURDAY, March 3rd, at 9.15 p.1. up exnotly the 16 gallons, which be yead aaying he had put them in the plaintiff was unable to account for in satisfactory way. On this ground Major Castel dismissed the plaintiff as the cars-contained valuable acoratories and the Major could not A. E. Chadwick v. Stoker P.0. Morgan keej a chauffeur whom he could not H. M. S. Murazion. H. M.S. Hawkins. that,

Major Carrel in the witarea box,

MAIN EVENTS. Fifteen Round Contist for the Walter- and the Gedge Belt, Weight Championship cf the Colony

H.M.8. Magnolia

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T. Pta. Ainsworth,

ALSO

R.M.L.I.

admitted in cross-examination by weight Championship of the Colony and Fifteen round contest for the Middle Mr. Russ that the Cadillac And barn the Daily Press" Bolt to Rapils Bay on January 6 and A. B. Dunesa from the Hongkong Club to the Jockey Club atables on the 16. The rip round the Island was roughly 26 miles and the rau to the stables was just a fraction ever öre mile

Mr. Ross: The last time the Napier was out did it go to Fanling and book via Castle Peak? That was fapt this bath, but on Dec. 51.

That trip te 80 miles

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The plaintiff in the witress box eaid when he received the two cases of gasolene, he put 1 tins in 'the Cadillac and the rest the Napier, That WAS January 5 and 0. Major Cassel on facer-ed him of stealing pe rol on the 19thard dismissed bim... He (plaintiff) remembered taking the Napier to Fauling once and

be Cadillac round the Island and on a subs quant occasion to the coull not recall the dater becauso be stables from the Hongkong Club. He kept noncord, but it was after bé bad filled both cars.

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-Both eolicitors then addressed the Court. Mr. Rass contended that there

enbatantial 110 definite abortage proved by the defendant and that the plaintiff was dismissed only on suspicion of theft:

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'Phone O. 3787. The action of the Southern leader account as to how the gasolene stating qualifications to Box No. abcities. Here there was one tremi in response to numeroue coqucets was used, and if he had not taken it 1417 c/o CHINA MAIL endous fusillade of firecrackers from that-have-been addressed to him by himself, it must have been stolen eight o'clock on Saturday night, till various conflicting interests at Canton through his carelessness. nearly eleven o'clock, although this here administrative and commer was not particularly notionable by cial conditions have been thrown into Europeans who thought they were part disorder by the recent copy of the of the Now Year celebrations. An Kwanget forces.Y other display was given by the Seamer's Union yesterday:

Daring the year fully 800,000 acres of land in Scotland changed hands, representing monetary transactions amounting to £6,500,000. Something Jiks 600,000 acres were disposed of

It has not been disclosed how long during the preceding year, and dur

Doctor Sun intenda to remain in the Dr. Sun was entertained at luncheoSouth, but it is known that he has no ing the past four yeara more thou

At Government Houso yesterday intention of making any effort to re 6.000,000 acres, involving are when the gathering was informel organien a Southern Government of £50,000,000 in money, have changed Duting the afternoon, he visited Sir the kind he formerly headed there. hands of the total sten of Scallard of Robert Ho Tung and partook of tea, about 19,000,000 acres. The principal He was accompanied by Mr. Bogena properties disposed of during the pro- sent year included the Hamilton ducal Chan estates, 117,000 acres of lande belong.

The Doctor's immediate, plans ara

VISIT TO COLONIAL SECRETARIAT.-

His Lordship reserved his decision.

was mayor of Hythe for three years, Councillor CD. Twopenny, who died in his bath.

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An analysis of the wholesale prices in England for-November, 1922, shows that the downward trend has level of prices was 1.5 percent higher definitely been checked. The general than in October, the average increases

Living at Home.

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Bocks, Binglets, Jerseys. Sweaters, etc. 24, Haiphong Road, Kowloon.

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being 1.8 per cent. In the ease of MARTELL'S BRANDIES.

After working for one firm for 60 foodstuffs and 1.4 per cent. years, Harry Ward, while repairing a iddustțial materials. In the case of cord at an upper window of a shop in food, the largest increase were mainly High street, Oxferd, fell to the seasonal, eggs, milk, batter and fruit ground and was killed. obowing riens of over 20 per cent compared with the previous months. The Board of Trade claims from the Cereals alone showed light United States Goverment £1,792,108 decreare. Cotton displayed the for reconditioning 10 ex-German largest rise in price among Industrial vrasols used to take home American products. The average for all items troops, these vessels being later represented a decrease of 9.1 per cent allocated to Great Britain.

as compared with Novembar, 1021

ing to Cameron of Lochiel, 60,000 not known just at present, but it is nores of the Hantly estates of the expected that he will stay here for a In spite of announcements that Dr. Dako of Richmond and Gordon, and for days at least. To-morrow at 11 Sun was too busy to give any inter the Breadalbans estates; including them. he is to give an adderas in the views, China Mod reporter call family seat of Taymonth Castle, which University Union. Ostensibly his ed at 9, Conduit Road the became the property of a syndicate. destination is Canton, but he may tealdenes of Mr. Yeung Sai ngam, Enights of the Napkin Again I

decide to go to Kongmoon, where his where Dr Son is ctaying. After ba With the removal of the rescire adherents have established temporary ing eyed suspiciously, by a foreigner tions against immigration to Britain, band tatters that who had the appearances of a privategy on there is hardly a German waiter who

During the voyage, Dr. Sun kept detective, he reached the gulled door worked in England prior to the war very touch to himself, being continual where he was informed that who does not wish to return. A greatly acompanied by his followers, both Dr. Sun- and Kr. Eugene rush for pausports, states a London The Dostor also had a private cook, wire of January 3." þás been checked but when be found that the kitchen by the announcement that the Home staff was Cantonese he took his meals Secretary must grants special permit in the dining saloon

Chen were out Enquiries at the house this afternoon elicited the in- formation that Dr. Bun had gons to the Colonial Breretary's Office, Mr. Chen Latsying at the Hongkong Hotel, Boom 404, but he was cut when the report nemallot this altor

to prospective employers. Waiters The day after the President Jeffer: have written to their old employer son sailed. a Shaughat newspaper asking them to obtain permits. The gave full seconut of "Dr. Bun's desire to return to England is increas: Assassination" on board the ship: noon. ed by the fag that German waiters This led to considerable alarm among have lost all chance of recovering his friends which was dispalled by a their old jobs in Switzerland and reply from Dr. Bun to their wiress Hollands where the Swiss and Dutch inquiry.

have obtained the places, Only In reporting Dr. Sun' departure Food Germans are working in foreign 2pm Shanghai, the Ohing Frost poustilal in Báropë,

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