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HANDWRITING TEST

THE TREASURY FRAUD TRIAL

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STORY OF MANY CHEQUES

Prosecution Alleges Yeo Used Six Names

GOVT. CLERK GIVES EVIDENCE

An interesting handwriting test was made at the suggestion of Mr. C. A. S. Russ, defending, at the resumed hearing of the Trea- sury fraud case against Carvalho Yeo this morning.

According to the prosecution, prisoner had used six different names-Carvalho Yeo, A. K. D'Almada, Yeung Tak, Chan Man-wai, Yeung Tak-lee and Y. K. Tsim.

The first witness called this morning was Wong Woon-nam, of the 6th floor, China Building. He said that he was in charge of the office of the Tang Tak Land Investment Co. on that floor. Mr. Leung Kwan-ting was the principal tenant of the floor and witness was his agent for the letting of premises and collecting rents.

RENTING AN OFFICE

Witness saw the prisoner for the first time on September 1, 1927, when he called at witness' office and introduced himself "as Yeung Tak. Prisoner wanted to rent an office. He said that his business was that of a building contractor

since August, 1920, and, to the best of his recollection, the Treasury had never drawn cheques in favour of the three firms named on the three cheques handed to the witness by Mr. Hazelrigg. Witness also said that he had never prepared a cheque

and the name of the firm was given by prisoner as the Min Tak Co. He for the sum of $73,785.64. further stated that he was then trad- ing in Yaumati, but was about to move over to Hong Kong.

in favour of the Sang Cheung Co.

Proceeding, witness aald that pri- soner told him that he wanted an office in Hong Kong to Interview people in the course of business and to receive correspondence. A room was let to the prisoner, and he took possession of it on. September 5, 1927, moving in some tables and chairs. A youth of between 15 and 17 years of age was the only em- ployee of the firm that the witness know of..

hung

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cardboard

was occupied by the prisoner.

No Record

Witness kept the Cash Book and had no record of payments made by Cheque Register at the Treasury and

the three cheques forming the sub- ject of the charges against prison- er, and the one drawn in favour of the Sang Cheung, Co.

The first the witness saw or heard of the amounts on the three cheques the prisoner was charged with forg- ing was about January 18, 1928. The witness came to notice those figures

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HONG KONG, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1928.-

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SERIOUS OUTBREAK AT PORTUMNA CASTLE

THE SECOND BLAZE

EASY IN GETTING THERE

'on, Yesterday, Everything went off without a .e discovered four hitch when the first Grand Tattoo over hold in the Colony of Hong

Civic guard...

toast of "The Republic of Portugal” | Croydon, attained the greatest aero-Birmingham Mr. Philip Snowden empty petrol tina in the harness Kong-opened last night. And when ̈ at the anniversary of its founda-piane height yet recorded officially (who was Chancellor of the Ex-room at Portumna Castle, in the the immensity of the undertaking is chequer in the Labour Government) tion, observed as customary in the in Britain, taking a "Cirrus Moth" sketched the Labour Party's plan steward's house, where Princess realised, the only verdict can be-- Even the weather Club Lusitano to-day.

light 'plane to an altitude of 23,000 for restoring the national finances. Mary and Viscount Lascelles had "wonderful."

seemed to be regulated. Drizzles feet-Router.

The Bank of England, he said, 'already arranged to reside for some came on two or three times but A British Wireless message says should be controlled by a public time from October 6.

held off until the end. On the roade back to town, however, the A. J. L. Whyte) proposed the toast Lady Heath the famous woman corporation consisting of represen

Portumna Castle, in County: rain was fairly heavy! of "The King." In giving the toast avistress (formerly Mrs. Elliott tatives of the Treasury Board of There was no damage.-Router. of the Republic, His Excellency Lynn) broke the solo altitude re- Trade, Industry, Labour and the Co-

Grandeur and variety were the coupled with it "The President.” cord at Croydon to-day by reaching operative Movement; secondly the Galway, the Irish home of Lord

All the leading Portuguese resid- over 26,000 feet or nearly five miles. Municipal and Co-operative Banks Lascelles, which he and Princess strong points of the show at 800- kumpoo. That the "staff work" was ents in the Colony were present, in- She accomplished the feat in a should be spread throughout the cluding the officials of the Club, to "Moth" aeroplane fitted with a country and direct taxation should Mary are due to visit this week- excellent can best be understood by replace indirect "whereof 240,000,- end, "was the scene of a somewhat the fact that preparations have taken observe in time-honoured custom, Cirrus engine. the founding of the Republic in The altitude was recorded by seal. 1000 had been imposed since Mr. serious fire early to-day. 1910. The various nations were re-ed barograph in the taft of the ma-.

Churchill had been Chancellor."

National revenue' should be raised chine. presented by the Consular Body,

Among those who paid their res-

mainly from realisable profits, large

CLOUDY

3

The previous British official] height record was one of 20,000 feet made by Captain De Haviland.

The greatest unofficial" recorded height in England was, attained just N. E. winds, moderate, general-after the war in a D. H Napier ly cloudy, is the forecast until bombing plane by Captain Lang,

who reached 80,000 feet. noon to-morrow.

The anticyclone is now central The typhoon over N. E. Japan.

BOMBAY STRIKE

appears to be nearly stationary COTTON MILL OPERATIVES TO

about 500 miles east of Manila.

Fresh to moderate monsoon may be expected along the S. E. coast of China and over the N.

China Sea.

RESUME WORK

GOVERNMENT STEP. IN

Bombay, Yesterday, The conference of representa The Telegram quoted below tives of the Millowners' Associa was received from the Manfiation and the Strike Committes, Observatory-to-day timed 8.15 presided over by a general mom a.m.--Typhoon in about 181 deg. ber of the Bombay Government, Long. E. and 15 deg. Lat. N. al. have agreed that work at the cot- ton milla "hould be resumed as most stationary.

from Oct. 6.

The Government will appoint a

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ABYSSINIA

The stables and garage attached to the castle were partially destroy-

ed.

several months. Both the Army and the civilian residents did their share as thoroughly as to ensure suCCESE and sufficient has been done to make the novelty live long in the memory

This is the second loss by fire of those who saw it. suffered by Viscount Lascolies with- Reward was bestowed

on the

in a month, the stables. ot promoters in full measure by the will.Goldsborough Hall, his Yorkshire packed attendance. "Full house" home, were destroyed on September signs for the cheaper tickets were up 6 and six valuable race horses were early and many had perforce to ba

shut out. killed.

OUR FEATURES To-morrow's "China, Mail" contain several exclusive fea tures. One is a whole page of. the immortal Jigga in "Bringing Up Father." Another is the sepla section, including local plc- tures, Home-side picture service,

and illustrated ladies' fashions.

A portrait of one of the Colony's leading British soccer- Ites who is leaving for Home, another series of. Dr. A. Cannon's photos of life in Signalman Morris, the Hong Kwangsi, an action picture of Kong boxing champion, and scenes from the Grand Tattoo will be antong the subjects in the pictorial section.

Secrets of Pirates will be a special article in to-morrow's issue.

"Colonial" Items

Portumna Castle was bequeathed to Viscount Lascelles by his uncle,

Praise is bestowed on the SX- the last Earl of Clanricarde,. the cellence of the performances un- millionaire who died in 1916.

reservedly. Contrast with, the stan- The Viscount's interest in the dard achieved in Tattoos at Home estate was greatly esteemed by the does not enter into consideration. country people, who were looking The Hong Kong Tattoo was good on forward to the visit of Princesa merite, lacking neither in splendour Mary with keen anticipation nor in scope. If numbers were less British Wireless Service.

THE POSTAL STRIKE

...

PEKING MEN'S DEMANDS NOT

PRESENTED

than those available, say, at. Alder- shut, beauty and judgment in selec- tion of essentially "Colonial" items, which cannot be staged at Home,

made up for any difference.

What impressed the crowd most was the alacrity and despatch with GEN, YEN MAY TAKE ACTION - which all matters, direct and In-

direct, were handled. Nanking, Yesterday.

It is not exaggerating to say that. The Post Office men here have all one has to do is to make up his demande and or her mind to go, 'Get on any of

Peking, Yesterday.

when he checked the bank pass book pects were H. E. the General committee of three members to in-incomes and accumulated wealth.

presented vestigate the strike, the commit-He favoured vastly Increased death also Outalde the office the prisoner with his own books. The three on- Officer Commanding the Troops tece demands and how far they duties, and expressed the opinion threaten to strike if these are not the vehicles leaving town for the sign tries in the pass book could not be (Major-General C. C. Luard, G.Bishould be met; also a standardis- that Socialiam' would become effec-accepted before noon on Oct. 5/Tattoo and the rest is done almost with the name "Min. Tak found in the witness' Cheque Re- C.M.G.) and his A. D. C. (Lt.

automatically. But try and book Co." printed in English. gister. Witness then reported' the R. Q. F. Johnston): Commodore ed schedule of rates and a stan- tive through public corporations Renter

(in dardised muster will be prepared owned by public-controlled Interests

your seat as early as possible. Later two other signs were put up matter to the Colonial Treasury. J. L. Pearson, C.M.G.. R.N. with the names "Man Lee Co." and

Be, in Time! Cheque. Books

charge of Naval Establishments in by the Millowners' Association, and of the public by the best business-

It transpires that the Peking "Katz and Co." also in English. The

There was no chance of making Examined further by Mr. Hazel Hong Kong) and his Secretary, Pay a similar scheme will be submitted men.

The time was not yet ripe for na- postal union, after deciding on the a mistake on the roads, because witness first noticed the last two rigg, witness said that when cheque Comar. H. Rogers, G.B.E., R.N.; the by the Strike Committee.—Reuter. signs about a month after the room books were received from the bank Hon. Mr. E. R. Hallifax, C.M.G.,

tionalisation of Commercial Banks. morning of Oct. 8 to present de Police were on duty everywhere, C.BE. (Colonial Secretary); the

Mr. Snowden concluded by say-mands to Mr. Nixon this morning, controlling traffic expeditiously. An ing that only the rich Idler need did not do so all day, apparently army of "stewards" gave concise fear the Labour Party's financial awaiting the outcome of the strike directions. Stands and seats were policy.

In Shanghai before taking action.found without any trouble whatso- The Chairman (Mr. G. Lansbury. It also appears that the Tientsin ever except, possibly, by those who M.P.), in reply to Mr. Maxton anid postal union has wired to Paking would insist in arriving late. that Mr. Snowden was not yet dieta stating that its members are strik- As is typical of chronic bad man- tar of finance and that his speech ing in order to induce the Post hers in the Colony, some of the would be considered by the Execu-Office workers of Peking to strike attendance had to enter after "the tive along with the other speechen. but the strike. in Tientsin has curtain had gone up. In doing so,

hitherto been abortive.

they missed a grand opening for It understood that if the men's everybody's sake and for the beneût demands are presented at Peking of those who will show courtesy, it and a strike appears immient, Gen-is sincerely requested that an ex- eral Yen Hei-shan of the National-hibition of such bad taste may not ist Army may take action to pre-be shown to-night or to-morrow vent disruption of the postal ser-night. vice. He is, at present," closely watching developments Reuter,

Purely Local Affair

turned by the bank That was when now.

he sometimes ascertained the num Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster, O.B.E., Rent for the office was payable ber of cheques in the books and K.C. (Attorney-General); the Hon. monthly. Sometimes the prisoner paid the rent to witness personally, sometimes he did not. Witness had Mr. H. T. Creasy, C.B.E. (Director A NEW EMPEROR FOR "THE and at other times he sent the "Boy" come across two cases in which che of Public Works); the Hon. Sir

WORLD". to pay the rent. Mostly the rent que books were supplied short. This Shou-son Chow; the Hon. Dr. B. H. was paid in cheques drawn on the was in November and December, Kotewall, C.M.G., LL.D.; Lt. Col.

London, Yesterday. Instore Banking Corporation by the 1927. The witness at first thought L. G. Bird, D.S.O.;. Lt. Col. F.

As a result of the reconciliation Min Tak Co. and signed Chan Man- that the cheques were sent short by Hayley Bell, DS.O.; Mr. Li Yau- wal. Only once was a cheque re- the bank, but he did not think so tsun (chairman of the Hong Kong of opposing forces which in recent Chinese General Chamber of Com-years has rent "Abyssinia in civil the "chap" of the Man Lee-Co., was. Two stubs of the cheque books of merce); Mr. J. Oram Sheppard, Dr. wars the world is to have a new announced Prince placed on it instead of the "chop" of November and December, 1927, were C. P. James; and Colonel J. A. Emperor," the Min Tak Co. That cheque was then handed up by Mr. Hazelrigg, Santos. H.E. the Officer Adminis- Rastafari, who during the past 12 on the Instone Banking Corporation. and the witness said that they each tering the Government remarked on years has governed the country on behalf of his aunt, the Empress - Only The “Boys

contained only 570 cheques instead the large gathering present.

Musical selections and the accom- Zauditu. He will be exalted to The witness had been inside the of the usual 600. The witness had prisoner's office and he could not never prepared any cheques on any paniment for the toasts were play-share the Throne and, crowned ed by the Sequeira family, consist- amid magnificent ceremonial on the say that business was carried on of the 60 forms missing from the ing of a father and six sons, and 7th Inst.Reuter, there because be had never seen any-two books, and there were no enthese were highly appreciated. one there except the "Boy." The tries in the Cash Book and Cheque prisoner was last seen by the wit- Register relating to cheques drawn ness on January 5, 1928, and then on any of the missing forms.

he was not seen until recently at the Central Police Station. Prisoner did

About the end of November then checked the first and last che- not give notice of leaving the office. 1927, the witness first discovered ques In the books.

The witness had checked the first Referring to the time he saw pri- choques missing from the first of the soner at the Central Police Station, two books. He looked at the cover and last cheques with the numbers witness said that he then attended of the book and found that the final on the covers of the two cheque books

The number had been altered from received in November and December

China Building and the prisoner's On | |- 30 Cheques Missing

the west side, so that he could not

office.

see if people went into the prisoner's Treasury Clerk's Evidence

Router.

GOING HOME

NATIONALIST TROOPS IN THE NORTH

CAVALRYMEN MOVE UP

Tongshan, Yesterday,

Make up your mind to go and start early. If you arrive in good time, you will have a night of en- A general movement of National-

Peking, Yesterday. tertainment that cannot be praised AIR MAILS

ist troops westward (1.e., back to

The postal strike here on Sept. too highly wards their own sphere) was made

Plenty, to See 29 was a purely local affair and to-day. Approximately 6,500 of

There is plenty to see even if one LATEST ANNOUNCEMENT BY them, with transport, from the on Oct. 2 the postal workers seem THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL

direction of Lanhsien, passed Ku-jed quite disinclined to accede to does arrive at eight o'clock, half yeh to-day, going west.

the requests of their fellow-work- an hour before the first "numbër.” London Yesterday.

Another 700 Infantrymen, anders in Shanghai to join in the Trying to pick out the desert fort which is demolished nightly, the Postmaster General an- 200 cavalrymeti, also of the Na strike. an identification parade and pointed 238800 to 286770 and Initialled, and 1927. When he came to use the nounces that after to-morrow the tiohalist Expedition, however, pro-

Following the news that the Highland village; and the glens and assembly points spread high 'and the prisoner out from a row of men. that led him to conclude that the books and saw that the figures had supplementary letter malls despatch-ceeded eastward this evening (le, postal workers in Tientsin had wide over the hills surrounding Cross-examined by Mr. Russ, the cheques had been delivered short been altered and initialled he con-led on Fridays by air to Marselles toward the former war zone)... struck on Oct. 3, however, and the Sockumpoo, will provide ample. witness old, that his office was on

cluded that he must have made a to overtake the malls for Egypt Northern Commander receipt of a telegram from Tien- diversion.com the east side of the sixth floor of by the bank.

mistake when reading the numbers; India and Australia will be dis- General Chang Tsung-chang tain urging the postal union bere Edinburgh Castle, which faces so he did nothing about it.

continued for the winter. Beginn (commander of the Northerners to call a sympathetic strike, the the stands, and battlements on It was between December 20 and The witness always used a Waver-ning on Monday next, the air mail who have been at war with the local union summoned a conference Caroline Hill, with lifelike ap 24, 1927, that the witness discover-ley nib when writing out cheques, for Lyons and Marselles will be Nationalists) is expected to have on the afternoon of Oct. 8 which proaches, will attract attention- ed 80 cheques missing from the se-On, the suggestion of Mr. Russ, sent by the ordinary night mal been at Yungpingfu some days ago. lasted until late in the evening and bear close scrutiny. cand book. The number on the the witness was supplied with a pen to Earls and thence by air. The After carrying out further trials It was decided to make demands But an inspection of the attend, cover had also been altered but on fitted with a Waverley nib and ask afternoon air mails for Belgium and on the Lanhalen bridge (of the Pe- somewhat similar to the sixteen ance itself will also be full of Inter- this occasion it was not initialled. od to fill in three cancelled cheque Germany will be suspended but the ed at the Colonial Treasury as Cash

Those in doubt can be assured. authorities state that the bridge|er, Witness mentioned the matter to forms in the names of Katz and Co. morning air mails will remain in king-Mukden Railway), the Railway presented by the Shanghal strikest Book clerk. One of his duties was the Cashier when the final cheque for $86,965.33, Min Tak Co. for operation. British Wireless Ser will probably be opened for traffic Demands Presented

that formal attire is not essential. to prepare for signature cheques book of the year came from the bank $78,800.41, and Mau Lee Co, for vice

on Oct 6 drawn on the Government's general

There, demands are being pre-

No Need to "Dress" on either December 22 or 28, 1927. 895,142.19, the amounts being writ account with the Hong Kong and The Colonial Treasurer came into the ten by the witness in both words

The Tongshan mining area isented to the Postal Commissioner, The army of stewards" referred ROYAL TOUR 7 quiet British Naval Wireless. Shanghal Banking Corporation. The

Mr. Nixon, this morning for trans-to wore mess Jackets, making them- witness was assisted in the prepara-room just then and the witness re- and figurer. The cheques were niso

mission to the Ministry of Com-selves easily distinguishable from dated December 30, 1927.

GREATLY APPRECIATED BY tion of the cheques by another Chin- ported to him also.

munications at Nanking, those seeking direction or guidance. ese clark named Cheung Man-kun.

NATIVE CHIEFS VAN What the witness sald then was A Comparison

The workers are giving Nanking Womenfolk put on their evening, There then followed some discuss Mr. Hazelrigg then handed to the to this effect. He had ordered 200

a 72 hours ultimatum, after which wear but not a few went in their London, Yesterday. witness the three cheques forming cheques from the bank and had re-elon when the cheques written by

they will strike if their demands day dreasene visit The Prince is now intere the subject of the charges against ceived 400; but as he had discovered the witness were compared with the the prisoner. After examining them, that 60 cheques were short he three disputed cheques.

na-himself in the preparations for the have not been accepted, Colour, was lent to the stands by make the presence of uniforms of the of Gloucester's safari bly Owing to the xtreme shortage Fighting Services, particularly so the witness said that the handwrit thought he would need the whole Mr. Lindsell remarked that the ing and figures on the body of the book The Colonial Treasurer told capital "M" in the words “Messrs.”. cheques did not, resemble those of the witness to keep the whole book in the three cheques filled Mr. Chenng. They somewhat re- By Mr. Russ: sembled the witness, own writing, ness' duty to

The next witness was Tsang On

wing, who said that he was employ

the wit witness were of two different books The witness said that

two types of Ms He;

but it was not the witness writing. when they came from the bank ** Witness said that he had been em- metimes the witness counted the

ployed as Cash Book Clerk and hndi cheques, at others he merely

filled cheque forms at the Treasury at the numbers on the covers and

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