1928-12-21 — Page 7

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1928.

FORGED NOTES

AFGHAN FERMENT

CHINESE COMMITTED FOR TRIAL

DETAILS TO HAND OF THE OUTBREAK

A TELI-TALE BULGE

STILL VAGUE.

Yesterday-afternoon-Major-G

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THE CHINA MAIL,

UNLUCKY COOLIE "THE MAGIC FLAME" | SHADOW'S BEFORE MAKES UNWANTED TRIP FROM | VILMA BANKY AND RONALD COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED

SHANGHAI

SYMPATHETIC MAGISTRATE

times

than

COLMAN »

1

IN THE "MAIL"

AT THE WORLD

To-day--Queen's Theatre "Fazll,” New Delh! Yesterday: -Sobbing bitterly as he related how

Ta-day-World Theatre; "The Willson, O.B.E.,, committed for A third Air Force aoraplane flew he came to be aboard the R.M.S.lighted Hong Kong fans more Chinese pleture "Nemesis" part I Starring that pair who have de- Magic Flame" (at 5,15 and 9.15); trini to the January Criminal Ses- over Kabul this morning, and the .. "Empress of Asia" when she; sions, a Chinese named Tam British Logation signalled "alleft Shanghai, a Chinese coolie, Flame," now showing at the

que, "The Magic (at 2.30, and 15), Wing, a enok employed on the s.s. woll." The position is improving. was, this morning at the Kowloon World Theatre, will afford admir Flame of Yukon."

To-day-Star Theatre;The "Sai On," on a charge of posses-

Peshawar, Yesterday. Court, charged with being n stow- sion of 342 forged $10 currency

Dec. 23-24-Quċex's ' Theatre; The course of events in away and not paying the legal fareers of Ronald Colman and Vilma notes of the Straits Settlements Afghanistan during the past week for a voyage from Shanghal to Banky a chance of seeing the two

"Rose Marie," Treasury.

Dec. is clarifying.

23-24-World Theatre; Hong Kong. The rebels

together in one of the finest of "Stage Struck", at 5.16 and 9.20 These notes, which were sus strang between Jalalabad

Defendant sald that he had been their famous series, pected to have been counterfeited Kabul. They are content to keep currying luggage for an European in Canton, were alleged to have Jalalabad isolated.

"The Magic Flame" can be apt-part II, nt 2.30 and 7.15 p.m.

p.m., Chinese picture "Nemesis" passenger, and while he was still only described as a picture of mov- been found in the accused's pos- Disorder occurred in the region the "ala" she left the pier and he ing scenes, showing at the cum-Quarterback."

Dec. 23-21-Star Theatre; "The session on the ship's arrival from north of Kabul which has been ww 1ot able to get ashore again, mencement life in a circus, where Canton on December 10. He was long disturbed by robbers, some

ad a family In Shanghai, and the

Dec 25-26--Queèn's elown (Colman) and the "Hula." evidently attempting to smuggle of whom arrived in the immediate he had left hem without saying a trapeze artist (Miss Banky) are in them into the Colony, because he vicinity of Kabul on Friday and į word.

Dec. love.

26-26-World How another gentleman "The Better 'Olc." was intercepted by revenue offi-

Mr. E. W. Hamilton, the magls- came into the simple life of these cers as he was attempting to walk off the Tang On wharf. There

The city has not been much distrate, cbserving that the story had two, and started trouble; is por- was a bulge under the front of turbed but the robbers have not genuine ring about it, uskel for trayed a climax in which Calman evidence, but was informed by the who plays a double part, being accused's jacket, and

yet been dispersed. when Revenue Officer Grimmitt search-

It is impossible to say whether prezution that no evidence could villan, as well as hero, kills him- ed the man, the notes were found the Shinwaris or robbers attacked given, as the s.a. "Empress of self and impersonates the slain concealed in nectised's girdle.

Kabul and other provinces have Asia" had left for Manila yesterday | person, who happens to be a king.

jevening.

Vilma Banky has a important part | At Midnight." heen undisturbed.

Negotiations are still proceeding in Jalalabad.

Tam Cheung-hing, a shroff of the Mercantile Bank of India gave evidence to the effect that the notes were not very good for- geries, although, they might de- ceive an ordinary person not nequainted with Straits notes,

THE CONSPIRACY CHARGE

This morning Mr, R. E. Lind- sell took further evidence for the prosecution in the case in which a number of Chinese men and women are charged with co- spiracy to utter in the Colony a quantity of Forged $10 (1923 issue) bank notes of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.

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Mr. Mackenzie, the C.P.S. Marine to play and ably supports Colman; Superintendent, said that directly on whom chief honours must be

Dec. 24 At P. W. D. Offices, ono dofendant found that he could not bestowed. He plays his double lot of Crown Land at Samehuipo, Ko ashore, he had at once reported role very satisfactorily. and thus 3 p.m. himself to the captain of the vessel, demonstrates his great ability. His Worship said that made a big Others whom have made a name difference, and inquired when the for themselves on the screen are "Empress of Asia" would return included in a strong cast. The pic-

ture is well worth a visit.

- Moscow, Yesterday. A message from Kabul says that a rebel attack on the city was ar rested as the result of the joint efforts of the troops, Air Force und armed population. Govern-from Manila. mental reinforcements are stream- ing in-Reuter.

U.S. RELIEF LOAN-

$15,000,000 FOR GALÈ SUFFERERS

To-day's witness was Mr. llo

Washington. Yesterday. Pun-se, assistant Superinten- The Senate has passed all a dent of the Issue Department of thorising a $15,000,000 loan for the the Canton Head Office of the relief of cotton growers and other Central Bank of China, who had farmers who suffered in the recent come to Hong Kong specially to hurricane. give evidence in the case, in submitted to the House of Rrepre- connection with the seizure by sentatives."

Loans, will be limited

The bill has now to be

the local police of a number of to $3,000 to any single farmer.- copper plates bearing engravings Reuter's American Service. of Central Bank of China $10 notes during a raid of the gang's den..!

Exhibits

Subsequent to the seizing of these plates, a printing machinej and other 'exhibits," two of the accused led the police to Jardine- bazaar where they pointed out;

ALLEGED ARSON

A KEROSENE SATURATED

PAPER BALL FOUND

Mr. Mackenzie replied "an Jan- uary 9" while the s.s.. "Empress of Russia" would be sailing for Shang- hai on Christmas eve.

Defendant was then committed to the Haiee of Detention until Jan. 9, when, with the return of the "Asia" he will be taken back to Shanghai,

As defendant was being removed, his Worship asked the prosecution officer to ste it that defendant

letter to his wife in Shanghai. be given the apportunity to write

that $5 be taken from the Poor Box His Worship also made an order and given to defendant.

2

PTE. JAMES BOYLE AGAIN FORMALLY REMANDED

AT MAGISTRACY

"ROSE MARIE"

COMING TO THE QUEEN'S

Lammerts' Auctions. Dee 22-At Sales Room, miscel laneous goods, 11 a.m.

Dec. 24-At Holt's Wharf, Kow- loon, Machinery, steel barrels and iron drama, 11. n..

Sports

Dec. 21-H.K.Y.M.C.A. Basket Ball, Postponed League Matches, 6.15 p.m.

Dec. 23-"Cross-country seram- bl" at Hunters' Arms, 11, a.m.

Dec. 28-H.K.Y,M.C.A. Hockey, 2nd XI. va. H. K. Člub “A.“, & ɲ.m. Miscellaneous.

hour, Speaker, Mr. J. H. Hunt.

Dec. 23-FI.K.Y.M.C.A.

Qutek

Y.M.C.A. Christmas Tiffin, Mem- Dec. 25 Christmas, Day, H.K. bors will invite Service Guests, 1

H.K.

p.m.

Lovers of thrilling, yet tender, screen romance against u pictorial background will find it on Sunday and Monday at the Queen's Theatre when "Ross Marie" will be shown: Beautiful Joan Crawford has the title role and James Murray will be us young man who comes from en as the romantic and myster: the north woods into a fur trading post, starting trouble for everybody. Y.M.C.A. All day Ramble to Tal

Dec 26-Boxing Day, including himself. The large supmoshan.. Ladies invited. porting cast includes House Peters, trude Astor and Lionel Melmore. Creighton Hale, Polly Moran, Ger- Among the many interesting fea- tures of the new picture is an ex- On the birthday of the British elting canoe race for which more Broadcasting Corporation, a B.B.C. than a hundred birchbark canoes official said they were alming at SGT. KERR'S CONDITION were shipped from Canada to Caif world broadcasting and an im

fornia, and are Private James Boyle, of the King's which depicts the return of trap-nique.

used in a scene provement of broadcasting tech- Own Scottish Borderers, charged pers to the fur-trading post follow- with the attempted murder of Ser-ing a winter's work in the Cana- local notes, concealed under a pile of wood on a piece of ground;

A case of attempted arson has harm by stabbing him in the ribs the climax to the splèndid story,

and alternately with causing bodily the form of an Ice flood comes as on which building operations been reported to the police by Yung with a mess knife, on board H.M. were going on.

Cho-hae, a Chinese merchant living Transport "Somersetshire" while on Mr. Ho told the Court that all at No. 118, Whitfield, a house which the high seas between Aden and the branches of the Central Bank he owns. Yung stated that at 1.50 Colombo, on the night of October of China, under the control of a.m., yesterday, he was awakened the Canton Head Office; were in by the smell of something burning.

19-20 kast, was again before Mr. the province of Kwangtung. He investigated and found that the There was no branch of the lank stairs door of the second floor was in Hong Kong at present. Wit-on fire. The flames were extinguish-

It is understood that a telegramTLY MEETING of Shareholders ness had held his post at the ed with buckets of water. Canton Head Office for 14 Afterwards Yung found on the. months, but his banking experi-landing a large bail of old Chinese December 15 to the effect that the will be held at the Head Office of ence had extended over eight or newspapers saturated with kerasenended Sergeant's condition is still the Company, St. George's. Build- nine years.

| and partly burred.

precarious, and no definite opinion ing. Chater Road, Victoria, Hong The Central Bank of China, the He has no clue as to the identity at present be made as to whe-Kong, on SATURDAY, 29th De- witness said, issued bank notes of the person or persons responsible ther or not he is out of danger.

the hiding place of the forged CHINESE MERCHANT'S REPORT geant A. Kerr of the same regiment, dian wilds. A thrilling scene in

in five denominations, namely, for the attempted arson.

one yun, five yuans, ten yuans, fifty yuans and hundred yuans.

He produced three genuine $10

notes of the bank. Two of these

notes were of an issue of four

or five years back, one had been

and subsequently re-issued after

PARLIAMENT

London, Yesterday, Parliament has adjourned until

redeemed, by the Government January 22.-Reuter,

it had been specially "chopped." The ethird note was one of the

latest issue of this year.

NOTICE.

R. E. Lindsell, at the Central Magis- SANDAKAN LIGHT & POWER

week's formal remand was given. tracy, this morning, when a further

WAS

received from Colombo en

STOLE A CHICKEN

AND BROKE HIS WRIST IN THE ATTEMPT

How a Chinese, when endeavour- ing to get away from the place where. he had stolen a chicken, broke his wrist as a result of jumping from a Second Chamber has adopted a bill verandah, was related at the Kow-

The Hague

Yesterday. The

The reduc-

He was sentenced to six weeks'

All the notes produced by wit- for the reduction of the excise duty loon Court to-day, by the complain- ness were made for the bank in for spirits by 40 per cent. on the the United States by the Ameri-present duty of 330 florins per 220 ant in a case in which a Chinese can Banknote Co. After the re-gallons proof spirit.

coolle appeared before Mr. E. W. ceipt of these notes from Ame-tion is due to the tremendous in- Hamilton on a charge of larceny. rica, and before issue, two

crease in the manufacture and sale signatures were printed on the notes by machinery in Canton.cise duty was doubled in 1926, the of contraband alcohol since, the ex- In one of the issues, also, two result of which duty actually yield- Chinese characters for "Kwanged less than before it was doubled. tung" were printed over the pic- -Reuter.

ture of Sun Yat-sen.

Notes Compared

-The

jail.

EUGENE O'NEILL

The "China Mail" is reliably in- New York, Yesterday.

formed that Mr. Eugene O'Neill, the Two printed documents were Stock Exchange has arranged to American dramatist, did not "dis- handed up to the witness by Mr. purchase two adjoining buildings, Pear" from Shanghal "in dis T. Murphy, A.S.P. examining these, the witness in accordance with their programme House, Shanghai, in poor health, and After which will give it the entire square, gust." na hinted. He is believed to be still staying at the Astor said that they bore representa- of expansion, necessitated tions of the front and back of the recent wave of specula-

to have given instructions that his one of the bank's old issue $10 tive enthusiasm which taxed the residence there is not to be divulg notes.

The print representing existing facilities to the utmosted under any circumstance. the back of the note was com-Reuter's American Service. plete, but the one represnting the front lacked the numbers

in

Last week-end many Inquiries | were made at the "China Mall" and Mr.. K. H. Quake, Branch Man-office as to whether Mr. O'Neill had "left: Shanghai and come down

scroll work. As far as they had ager of E. S. and R. C. Moulton, been printed, these documents Ltd., Financial Agents for Queens here." It is known that he did not appeared to the witness, to be a land Forests, Ltd., has arrived income to Hong Kong,

fair imitation of the genuine Ipoh from Singapore.

notes of the bank.

Mr. Murphy then produced two

copper plates, and after examin-

HANKOW CLUB

Hankow, Wednesday.

ing these, the witness said that trai, an Indian named Kam Singh they could be used to produce was this morning charged before the two prints previously handed Major C. Willson, O.B.E., at the

No further developments in re- up to him. A zinc plate was Central Magistracy with the unlaward to the Hankow Wine Tax Bureau's desire to inspect the, wine

then handed up. by Mr. Murphy, ful possession of 89 forged 810 notes stock of the Hankow Club have and the witness said that this of the Hong Kong and Shanghai been reported. British bore the signatures "L. S. Wong" Banking Corporation,

they appeared on the

notes of the bank,

genuine

and two Wireless. and T. V. Soong" the same as rounds of revolver ammunition..

Detective Inspector Lane, who had charge of the case, applied for the case to be dealt with summarily, but stated that he would require a week's formal romand in which to prepare.

The case is proceeding.

AN INDIAN BEFORE THE

·NAGISTRATE

HOLLAND & TURKEY

Naval

The Hague, Yesterday. The Second Chamber has adopt-

Arrested by the police in the Tal Lo Tin hotel, Des Voeux-road. Cen-ed for a week.

The case was accordingly adjourned the Treaty of Commerce with

Turkey-Reuter.

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