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SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1929.

The wise family view of providing a playground a cure.

“ALL FORGERIES for Wanchal children. The Gov- doctor knows his patients' tem- ernment's reply to this appeal peraments, and if a bottle helps TREASURY WINS FIRST STEP

unsatisfactory. was most

It him to create the trust which is a

IN CASE AGAINST BANK stated that there was no available necessary part of his treatment, ground in Wanchai for the pur- he will see that the bottle is

"GRAVE NEGLIGENCE” The Aberdeen (Scot- pose, and the matter ended there there. — One cannot help resenting the at-land) Press and Journal.

The first step in the case be titude of the Government in a

tween the Treasury and the Hong matter which so vitally concerns One case of small-pox was noti- Kong and Shanghai Banking Cor- the younger generation. Wan-fied yesterday.

poration was concluded yesterday chai at the very best is a smoky

in the Supreme Court before His and densely populated area, and The name of Mr. Sidney Dixon Honour the Chief Justice. those who have to live there do Igglesden has been added to the so through sheer force of circum-list of architecets. stances. Whilst the Government

is planning a 29-mile circular

Mr. B. Wylie has been appoint- motor road, and alloting muched by HE. the Governor to serve open spaces to one Club or an- other, one would think that it is the Board of Education for a further period of two years, with equally, the duty of the Govern-effect from May 20. ment to give a thought to the children of Britons-and--others.

The total output of the Kailan who in one way or the other con- tribute to the prosperity of this Mining Administration's mines Colony. It is now officially an-for the week. ended, May 4 nounced that the Government has amounted to 86,296 tons, and the appointed a Committee to review sales during the period to 118,341 the situation in regard to chil-tons. dren's playgrounds in the Island

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and on the Peninsula. One can Unless cause is shown to the only hope that the children of ill-contrary the name of the Hong paid fathers who have to live Kong Motor Transportation Co., next door to the most antiquated Ltd., will be struck off the regis market in the Colony will not beter, and the Company will be dis- forgotten. Surely the Govern- solved. ment can spare a piece of land at the base of Morrison Hill or some- where in Wong-nei-chong!

Owing to the inadvertent omission of the word "Assistant" our note yesterday on Sír A. G. M Fletcher's new appointment made

The special jury retired for one hour to consider their verdict on four questions asked by the Bench, and from the findings it will be noted that the Treasury has so far won the first step in this important case. The verdict, however, was not without interest to the defence, because it cul-. minated in saying that "the-ab- sence of adequate supervision on the part of Treasury officials

The Findings: amounts to grave negligence."

The following was the verdict returned by the jury to each of the questions put to them:-

(1) Are the signatures or any of them which appear upon the three cheques exhibits A. B. and C. and purport to ba the signatures of Mr. Mr. T. Black C. Mcl. Messer and largeries, or are the same or any of them genuine?

Answer: All the cheques are for- reries.

Rise fraud which was perpetrated by

(2) Was Tsang On-wing a party to means of the said three cheques?

Answer: No.

H.R.H. Prince fourth and it appear that he had been ColouMan-kun or either of them know on

Their Majesty's

George youngest son, Prince George,

ial Secretary here for many years.. That, of course, was not so.

(3) Did Teang On-wing or Cheung or bofore the respective dates of the presentation and payment of the said three cheques, and if so, or what res-

is, of course, not quite so much in

It is notified that at the expira-pective dates, that after the receipt evidence publicly as is his other

tion of three months from date by the Treasury of the cheque book brothers but uccasionally he

which contained cheques numbered comes forward and plays his part the A. G. Waller & Company, K/6 288601 to 239290, almost with as much distinction Limited, will, unless cause is as the best of the Royal Family. shown to the contrary, be struck Hong Kong is, as we know, parti-off the register and the company "tickets" as the skipper of any was for a short time well known In a report to the Police yes-

cularly interested in him, as he will be dissolved. liner. They are men, like many in the Colony when serving as an terday, the master of a Chinese others, who have been thrown out officer in the Royal Navy.

He

(a) the printing or the cover of the said cheque book had been wrongfully and fraudulently al- tered?

Answer: No.

(b) thirty blank cheques numbered K/6 239171 to 239200, together with their respective counter- foils had been wrongfully and fraudulently extracted there- from?

of work for a considerable period. was attached to the flagship of imports and exports firm, No. 79, the China Station and, when Connaught-road Central, alleged and some of them are too old to naval duties permitted, took a out of a sum of $2,862 which the

Answer: No. that a foki absconded with $2,200 Overland China Mail.hope to get something better. prominent part in important cere complainant entrusted to him to

monies, one of the last Hong! They have been to use a sea-Kong being the investiture of the pay debts for the firin

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The report of the River River Steamers Steamers Commission which

farer's parlance "on the beach" Order of St. John to His Excel-

A young Chinese named Ng Ka- and found that it was no play lency the Governor (Sir Cecil kit (20) was fatally injured yes- thing to be stranded in a British mony took place on the Murray knocked down by a heavily laden Clementi, K.C.M.G.); The cere terday afternoon when he was Colony like Hong Kong. Some of Barracks Parade Ground and was motor lorry in Murray-road. The them have even been dumped into witnessed by a large attendance Police hurried him off to the Gov- the House of Detention. There of the general public. On that ernment Civil Hospital where he

occasion Prince George acquitted died soon after admission. was no help offered to them, and himself admirably, though with a of the two evils, they were finally noticeable amount of diffidence, driven to accept a job on one of pleasing in one of his years. these badly regulated river vessels. Unless something tangi- ble is done for these unfortunate masters and mates, they cannot

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Treasury Official Negligence Or did the said Tsang On-wing or Cheung Man-kun or either of them up to and until the said respective dates of presentation and payment believe.

(1) that when the said cheque book was received by the Treasury the cover of the same had al- ready been altered. Answer: Yca.

(2) that the said book had been re- ceived from the defendants -containing only 570 cheques, Answer: Yes.

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(4) Were the alterations on the Yesterday Mr T. S. Whyte-eover and the extraction of thirty Smith sentenced 2 Chinese to cheques and their counterfoils from three weeks hard labour for the cheque book "F" circumstance of such His Royal High-arceny of a rain coat, the pro-a nature that by the exercise of rta- A Doctor of ness, now that perty of a student of the Diocesanable care and diligence on the Laws he has relin san Boys School, named Felix sser or both, they, or any of then, part of either Mr. Black or Mr. quished his com- Dunett. The coat was stolen should have been known to these off- be blamed for allowing thern-mission in the Royal Navy to from the student's locker.

cials or either of them in the month of Dezember, 1927? selves to be "exploited" by a qualify for diplomacy in the For-

Answer: The answer is yes. The eign Office, is more than ever like- The Police yesterday received } absence of adequate supervision on certain class of Chinese ship ly to figure in public ceremonies a report from a Chinese employee the part of Treasury Officials amounts owner. Necessity knows no law, at Home. The other day he was of the Hong Kong Tramways, to grave negligence.

No Judgment and when hunger gnaws, one the principal figure at the opening Ltd., to the effect that on a pro-

of a new Zoological department at mise of being found employment Mr. Potter, for the Treasury, Hong Kong, Saturday, May 18, 1929. might even be driven to do sorne- Edinburgh University, when occa- as an engineer on board the s.a. asked for judgment. His Lord-

thing more desperate.

sion was taken to confer the "Tai Hing" he paid $80 to a Chin-ship replied that he had accepted honorary title of Doctor of Laws ese who disappeared with the the verdict of the jury and that STILI. WATERS

There is no deny-upon His Royal Highness. If ever money.

he had not reserved judgment. As a matter of fact he was not Prince George returns to Hong "Hobson's ing that much

Kong he will be accorded a very At the Kowloon, Magistracy, entering it because it had been Choice" that is not in con-hearty welcome as he, like his before Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith, clearly understood that

Mr. for Master formity with the brothers, the Prince of Wales and yesterday, a Chinese woman Jenkin, for the Bank, would prob-

Shipping Act is the Duke of Gloucester, created a claimed maintenance from her ably desire to deal with the mat

very favourable impression while husband. She was told by the ter of estoppel. He, therefore, we published two days being resorted to by some owners here...

Magistrate that unless she could propose to order further discus- ago was full of interesting facts, of river vessels, and very often

produce a witness to corroboralesions.

The case and the Committee are to be con- the unfortunate master is con-

Here is one of a her allegation of cruelty, she

was accordingly ad- Hints on

series of notes on could not succeed. As no such journed for argument. gratulated on trying to elevate fronted with the Hobson's choice

Motoring motoring sent by a evidence was available, the claim His Lordship exempted the the standard of the West River of either countenancing such irre-

correspondent who was dismissed.

jury from service" for years, adding that the exemption shipping. Although quite com- gularities or quitting the ship and suggests that they will be of

There may be one pos-interest not only to motorists but for assault, involving two dis- man, Mr. S. M. Churn, who stayed A series of cross-summonses did not apply to the seventh jury- prehensive, the report cannot be starving. said to be exhaustive. There are sible solution to counteract the dealso to the general public:-

trict watchmen, Don't look at your tyres to see

a shop keeper, out on account of illness during other factors which contribute to grading practices on the part of if they are correctly inflated; his son, and a motor car driver the early stages of the case.

No date was fixed for the argu- the present deplorable conditions some of the river ship owners find out the correct pressure for were heard by Mr. T. S. Whyte- which the Committee have not that is, give the Coast Officers' the tyres you are using and then Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy ment on legal points, but it is yesterday. His Worship solved understood that it will be heard brought to light. For instance, Guild and the Harbour Authori-test them periodically with a re-the puzzle to the satisfaction of on Wednesday.

liable gauge. one would like to know all the ties 'power to intervene,

all the parties by binding over Don't forget that this climate the shop keeper's s01 and the circumstances which drive certi- Guild should see that no master is damp and the wheel rims get motor car driver. The other sum- "STREET ANGEL" ficated men to sign on as masters or officer signs on where he is rusty; by removing the tyres monses were dismissed.

The magnificent Fox film, on river vessels. It not given the control that is due every four to six months, and cleaning and painting the rims in- cannot be argued that the re to him, and the Harbour Office side, you will prolong the life of ters at Tokwawal yesterday screenings at the World Theatre Whilst on his way to his quar-"Street Angel," is having its final muneration is better than that should see to it that no vessel the tyres and tubes.

Rust does afternoon, a Sanitary coolie to-day. not improve rubber. offered by other companies, or leaves port without ensuring

was held up by two men Janet Gaynor takes the that the service is better. It is that the master is really master you can help it, on a flat tyre; if one of the men exhibited a re-girl, whose mother had died. Don't run even a few yards, if near the No. 3 Railway Eridge. part of Angela." a poor Italian known that the salary is poorer and not a mere figure-head. you cannot change the wheel or volver, and when the coolie called Charles Farrell, as “Gino,” acts and that masters on such vessels If something on these lines rim yourself, get back by some for help the ruffian fired a shot at the part of a famous Italian are at best figure heads, targets were done, the present unfortun can do the job for you. An ordin- The would-be robbers then de- he discovers that "Angala" has other way and send someone who him, wounding him in the leg. artist, but he loses his talent when for the authorities to shoot at ate masters and mates could stand ary fare back is cheaper than a camped without robbing their left him on the eve of their mar- when things go wrong on such their own ground against the new tyre. steamere. And yet there are wiles of certain owners. They wheels on the tram-lines; occa Government Civil Hospital. Sub- One day, in the sanctuary of a Don't run your car with the victim, who had $52 in his postiage, to serve in the Workhouse

session. The coolie is now in the for a year. men to be found who are only too could demand the authority which sionally there are sharp places in sequently it was reported that the Church, Gino" is about to kill willing to work under such con- should rightly be theirs, in the these lines, especially at points. Police had succeeded in arresting "Angela" when his eyes scan the

Don't hit the kerb stone when one of the two culprits. ditions. Why?

knowledge that owners who did

walls and he sees his painting of parking your car, there is very

her. His love is immediately re- not comply with such terms would little rubber on the walls of the The Com

Mr. J. Shea and Mr. E. J. de newed for her, and the picture have their vessels laid up until tyres and serious damage is often Figueiredo were yesterday charg-ends happily. mit te they did. If there is

caused by carelessness in this re-ed before Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith sincere

Owing to the length of the broadly hint

spect. desire to improve the prevalent Don't forget that tyre valves obstruction by leaving their cars "Gazette" shown in addition.

at Kowloon Court with causing an film, there is only a Tritish that there is an undesirable type conditions, let Hobson's choice are not perfectly air-tight; the outside the Star Theatre of master employed on these be given to the owners either to valve cap really retains the air at Hankow-road. Sub-Inspector Owing to the Whitsun holidays, ships, and suggest to have this

* sign- on a master in whom the pumping.

Replace cap immediately after MeWalter of the Traffic Depart the British Official Wireless Ser- type eliminated either by legisla- fully authority is invested or lay

ment, prosecuted. Mr. Shes vice will be suspended on Sunday pleaded that there was a white and Monday. Normal service will tion, or direct control by the

up the ship!

line drawn on the road which gave be resumed on Tuesday at noon. Coast Officers Guild and by, the

Some druge may do little him the impression that it had British Consular Authorities at

A Russian About a year ago for sickness, but their psycho-been painted to indkate & parking

named A, T, Canton. The so-called "undesir- Wanchal the Hon. Mr. logical effect upon the patient, stand. He was fined $5, while the Drujkoff (18) whe was being de- able" type of masters are really

Children's JF. Braga re-particularly an ill-educated one, is summons against Mr. Figueiredo tained by the Police, became ill Playground quested the Sarl valuable. It creates a feeling of was dismissed because the prose last night and had to be removed just as honest in their profession

tary Board to ap- confidence which is a factor of the cution failed to identify the to the Government Civil Hospital and just as proud of their proach the Government with the utmost importance in securing driver.

from Central Police Station.

or mates

"Undesirables"?

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