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Monaco, Yesterday. The constitutionaal dispute was virtually settled at a meeting of Prince Louis and members of the defunct National Council both yielding in an agreement on a num- ber of vital points, notably the ap- pointment of a conference of jurists to amend the constitution.-Reuter, [A telegram from Monte Carlo, dated March 25, stated: A constitu- tional crisis in the principality of Monaco, ao the result of the postponement of the general elec- tions, came to a climax in a collision between a police party and seven
demonstrators who went to the Palace to demand an audience of the Prince of Monaco.
Forty pollee, drawn up to pre- vent the delegates' entry, fired re- volvers in the air and the de- legates replied by beating the They forced police with sticks.
SETTLING AN ANCIENT GRUDGE
STORY OF PREVIOUS FINE
"If I catch you on the hip, E'll feed fat the ancient grudge I bear you," said Nald Mahomed to his compatriot, Sultan Mahomed, a long time ago. And, true to his word, he caught Sultan yesterday after- noon outside the Star Ferry wharf, Kowloon, and then was trouble.
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London, Yesterday. If conditions are favourable start will be made to-morrow by a Royal Air Force Fairey monoplane Aly non-stop from Cranwell Aerodrome, Lincolnshire, to. Dur-. ban.
Sultan is a watchman in the em- Playment of the Hong Kong Auto-to mobile Association. He was look ing after a number of cars parked then, when, stealthily, Naid walked up to him and said, "Well, my old friend, I have a score to settle with
What about the $5 you owe
you. me, eh?"
Sultan apparently had an elusive memory, so he asked, "What $5. you get away!"
Flight-Lieutenant Jenkins has been selected to pilot the machine.
British Wireless Service.
"FRIGHTFULNESS”
ANOTHER STIR IN THE NEW YORK PRESS
FISH FAMILY INVOLVED
New York, Yesterday. Another deed of "frightfulness" by "dry" agents has caused a stir in the пемврарега.
Naid said that he disliked a dis- honest man, so he brought his stick into play. He intended to give Sultan a lesson. An Indian, cons- table, however, intervened, and took the two "Mahomeds" to the Tsimshatsui Police Station, which place both of them disliked.
A yacht, owned by Stuyvesant However, Sultan paid his bail rish, of one of the oldest New York and walked out. Naid was true to himself. He kicked up a row in families, was boarded inside the the station and refused to pay bail. harbour, near the Statue of Liberty, He also objected to take his rest by agents who, Fish alleges, cover in a cell and when a Police officer ed him, his wife, two sons and crew eventually got him in, he refused with pistols during the search, in to come out this morning to attend the course of which "my wife was compelled to hear much profanity." No liquor was found, and the A "Scrap in the Past", Nevertheless both men were mar-agents declared that the Fish fami shalled before Mr. T. 8. Whyte-ly were lucky not to have had a ma- Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy,chine gun turned on them. They were charged with disorder- the Coast Guards, is investigating Admiral Billard, Commander of
court.
ly conduct.
the matter.
the
Naid told the Magistrate that, in
Fish is a cousin of Hamilton the dim past, he and Sultan had a Fish, a member of the House of Re- "scrap." They were subsequently presentatives, who loudly criticised charged and fined. His fine waS
"I'm Alone's" master-Reu- $20 and Sultan was ordered to pay ter's American Service. an entry into the Palace. The $5. The latter, however, had no Chief of Police was Injured in money to pay, and he, Naid, being scufle with the delegates, whose resolution failed, however, when the Prince refused to see They left quietly.
a true Mohammedan, took compas- aion on him and paid his fine for them. him. It was this $5, which he de-.
manded that Sultan should repay, that led to the scuffle..
The Prince later made a de- claration that the elections would be held in June. The trouble originally, arose following a dis- pute at a casino with the public authorities over the management of the watering place, as the re- sult of which the national and com- munal councils resigned.]
STORMS IN U.S.A.
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS DAMAGE
ELEVEN DEATHS
New York, Yesterday. Eleven deaths and millions of dollars' worth of damage has been left in the trail of heavy storms which swept a number of Eastern and South Western states.
Wisconsin has also experienced snow.and sleet. Reuter's American Service.
COLONEL HOUSE
UNDERGOES A SERIOUS.
OPERATION
Sultan admitted the trouble of
DEPOSITS' CASE
(Continued from Page 1.).
the "dim past," but said that the why he reported to the Police was row this time was caused by his because on that day a representa- refusal to employ Naid as a watch-ttive of Nestle Anglo-Swiss Condens- Jed Milk Co. came to the shop and man to look after motor cars.
Remarking that they must learn took the consignment of milk away. to keep the peace, his Worship His auspicious were then aroused. bound them both over in the sum At the Water Police Station, de- of $50 to keep the peace for six fendant spoke to witness in Chin- months.
ese, asking him not to offer evid- erice against him. He refused to do had cheated so because defenant NOVELIST'S STORY him of his money. Defendant then
WHY "THE FOUR JUST MEN" WAS ISSUED
promised to get him something else to do. He again refused.
"Big" and "Small" Talpana Witness added that defendant had MR. WALLACE & PUBLISHING told him that the head office of the business was in Manila, and that Mr. Edgar Wallace, at a recent the Nathan-road store was only a Defendant also said that luncheon of the Worshipful Com- branch. pany of Stationers in London, he was the "big taipan," and that said:
a certain Filipino was the "small I published a book because I taipan."
not get
ordinary could
any
Cross-examined by Mr. d'Almada, publisher to advance me even a witness said that, even if defendant £5 note upos "The Four Just Men." had offered to return the $30, he Sv I published it myself. It would not have withdrawn the case. taught me to keep out of the If his salary of the sixteen days had
It publishing business,
cost been paid together with the $30, he He somebody 1,800-not myself, be would then have accepted it. cause I had not got it. Then I saw a Filipino in the shop on March was paid £75 for the full copyright 14. This man did not, however, ap- New York, Yesterday.
of the book by George Newnes, and peared to have any control in the Colonel
ex-President 3,250,000 copies of it have been business. Defendant was the sold House,
Bold.
person in authority. Defendant had Wilson's adviser, has undergone a
There is so much nastiness in never told him that he (the defen- serious operation for an internal growth. His condition is excellent. modern literature which makes me dant) was only a manager.
Mr. d'Almada. Did you not tell feel physically sick that I like to -Reuter's American Service.
write stories
which contain the Police that your grievance wee nothing worse than a little inno against defendant and the Filipino? cent murdering.
-No.
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You went there with the honest A tame, flamingo, slightly wound- Intention of getting a good job?--- H.M.S. "Foxglove," one of the ed has been found at Breydon Tea. sloops going Home from the China Water, near Yarmouth, Norfolk, And he told you what the respon- Station, arrived at Penang yeater-and is now living in a house at siblitles would be?--Yes, day from Singapore.
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And because of the responsibili- tles he asked you for $50 deposit?--- Yea
And that you would be paid $25 monthly salary-Yes
Also if any goods or money got lost through your negligence, you would forfeit your depesit? No. Then what was the deposit for? Agafust taking goods away from the shop
99 And so long as the deposit re- mained in the shop you would re- coive interest of 4 per cent per annum? Yes.
MAJESTIC
NATHIAN ROAD, HOWŁOON.
On the evening of Match 24, the Filipino and defendant told you that they were going to Canton, and would return three days after?- No they never told me.
The case was adjourned.
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