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&

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THE

MR. INSTONE BREWER

IN COURT

EVIDENCE OF OFFICIAL RECEIVER

NO MONEY FOR LOANS

At the rosumed hoaring of, the case against Mr. Noai Instone Brewer, charged with alleged offences under the Perjury and Lar- ceny Ordinances, in connection with ) the financial, position of the Instone Banking Corporation, in liquidation, of which he was President, Mr. A. W. G. HI. Grantham yesterday afternoon took evidenco with regard to the two mortgages on the bank" bullding in Des Voeux Road, the first for $150,000 on April 12, 1928, and the other for $20,000 on Octo- ber 1, 1928.

Mr. E. L. Agrissiz, Official Receiv- er, And Liquidator of the Instone Banking Corporation, suidi that a winding up grder was made) on June 10 last, and since that time! witness had been engaged in inves tigating the affairs of the bank.

Referring to the balance sheet,

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1929.

HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.

Opening Daily Official Quotations 24th December, 1929.

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WHEN PAID

Banks.

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Bank of Asia 5 (93

Insurances.

Canton is.............$ Union Ins......$ 350

China Underwriters..$

China Fire Ini.......sto

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H. K. Steamboats 271 TubChina (Pref.) ...5 (Del....5.

Mr. Agassiz said he found that THE HOME BUDGET | LONG FLIGHT FAILS Shell Transportu ......

the amoung of capital stated as

$1,131,000 had not been allotted. In Safeguarding Duties To Airmen Forced To Jump

arriving at this conclusion he con- sidered the forms of allotment. He found that five per cent. was pay- able on application in cash, but it

Be Repealed

From 'Plane

Unica Waterbotts ....S

Mining.

Hengsics

Kailan Mining Att. 5/ Langkat (Con.)...Th. (Single)...Th.

London, Yesterday.

Paris, Yesterday. did not appear from the books that With a view to "removing the in-

Le Brix entled to-day, stating that anything had been paid on appli-dustrial uncertainty regarding the he and Rossi had to jump from their of the slik, plane with a prachute last night, cation. The natural conclusion was procedure in the event.

sugar, McKenna, and safeguarding owing to bad weather. They landed on S'hai Exploration,. Ths, that the applications were bad.

dutics being repealed at the next a mountain near Moulmein. Rosal was Mr. Agassiz said he also found Budget," Mr. Philip Snowden stated in slightly ijured, but Le Brix is safe.

Lans. Tls. that a transfer had been made from Parliament that he declined to anti- The plane's mails were Capital Account to Allotment Sus-cipate the Budget, but he said that if-Reuter, pease Account cut of the $1,133,000, the silk and sugar duties were re. Other items were so transferred to pealed, some scheme of rebate would that account before the date of the be devised to meet the position of hold. balance sheet, and amounts previ-era of duty paid stocks.

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Airman's Wite Dies Wellington, N.Z., Yesterday.

The sudden death is announced

Docks, Wharves, Godowns, &c.

of Mrs. Chichester, wife of the New II. K. &“K. Wharves,.$ 150

ously debited to shareholders had. Regarding the McKenna and safe-Zealand airman. The sad news was 11, K. & W. Ducks...$ 1

been re-credited to them.

of

guarding duties, the drawbacks on

Referring to the statement duty paid exports would continue to affairs sworn by Mr. Brewer before be paid. The Chancellor said he had already stated that the various safe him, in July last year, Mr. Agassiz guarding duties would not be renewed sald page 2 referred to contribu- after the period for which they were tories. That was a statement of the imposed.-Router. share capital, but there was no re- ference in it to the $1,133,00 capital.

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Arthur Golds, a motor lorry driver plunged into a cattle trough when his lorry caught fire at Street, Somerset, and ignited his clothing. He then assisted to unload wheat from the lorry, most of it being

TRADE WITH SOVIET | saved.

Secretaries To Go To

Moscow

Never Had Money for Loans "The Company never had money to make loans," said Mr. Agassiz. He made a statement from the ins- pection of the books. In June or July, 1927, there was $50,000 ac- cording to the cash book.

It pur-

London, Yesterday. ported to make loana for $761,000. The Department of Overseas Trade The value of the shares were de- announces that on the resumption of pendent on the Company's assets. diplomatic relation with the Soviet In the opinion of witness the shares Union it had been decided to re- were worth nothing. Collateral establish the commercial diplomatie security, witness understood to be posts which terminated on the aus something independent of these pension of relations in 1987. Commer

cial secretaries of first and third grade which have even been paid would be stationed in Moscow. The shares for. The collateral security state-former be Mr. G. P. Paton, Consul at ment, continued witness, was ab-Tamsui Formosay, and the later Mr. solutely incorrect in his opinions. Simmonds, Vice-Consul at Cons with the exception of the item re-tanza, Roumania. It was anticipated lating to Chan Sze-chin.

that they would take up duty in Jan- Speaking about the balance sheet, uary or February-Reuter. Mr. Agnasiz said it conveyed the im- pression that there was a prosper-1 ous banking business, a large amount of paid-up capital, custom-

FREE ICELAND

ers' deposits in the neighbourhood Campaign For Separa-

tion From Denmark

of half a million dollars, liquid as- sets on ahort term call of three and half lakhs. At that time witness said the assets were sufficient to pay in Iceland is 'agitating for a sever- Oslo. The Independence party off creditors as distinct from share- holdern.

ance of the union between Iceland

Replying Mr. Davidson, witness and Denmark from next year on agreed that in book-keeping there the occasion of the 1,000th year would be cross-entries by which of the Allting (Parliament).

The existing union between cach side of the balance sheet would be increased by a certain amount. Denmark and Iceland dates from If a thing is wrong in the books, 1918. According to the agreement however, it does not put it right

Iceland is An independent State when it is carried to the balance with a king in common with Den- sheet. The books should have been mark and with Denmark in con- put right before the balance sheets trol of foreign representation. were made.

Denmark and Iceland give certain At the close of evidence, refer- reciprocal privileges, including ence was made to the statement of the right of Danes to fish in Ice- the Supreme Court proceedings inlandic territories. This latter ar connection with the bank's affairs, | rangement is one of the causes and then the Court adjourned until for the Icelandic wish to separate this afternoon.

an, it is maintained, no Icelander haz any privilege in Denmark equal to the great economic ad- vantage of free fishing.

THE YOUNG PLAN

U.S. Gratified At Result In Germany

Washington, Yesterday.

CHURCH NOTICE

A CHARGE OF ONE DOLLAR 18 MADE FOR ALL NOTICES UNDER

THIS

HEADING

ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL HONG KONG

Christmastide Services

Cotton Mills.

Ewo Cattons ........ 142 S'hai Colten (old)..Tis. 54

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(new).. Tis.

Zoong Sings.....Tis.

Lands, Hotels & Buildings.

H.K.& S. Hotels...$11 H. K. Lands $41 Shanghai Lands ...773. Humphreys

H. K. Realies

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$14.40

..$ A

Christmas Eve: December 24 at Chinese Estate: .......$ 5.30 p.m. Choral Evensong. Christmas Day: 7 a.m. Holy

Communion.

8 a.m. Choral Eucharist.

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Public Utilities.

H. K. Teamwayı ....$ [18.70 Peak Trams (ald) ....$

(new)....

8 a.m. Holy Communion, Peak sur Ferries

Church.

10a.m. Children's Service.

11 a.m. Matins and Sermon. Preacher: The Lord Bishop.

12.15 p.m. Holy Communion. St. Stephen's Day: December 20, 10.15 a.m-Holy Communion,

St. John-the-Evangelist's Day: December 27-Patronal Festival.

7.45 and 10.15 am. Holy Com- munion.

5,30 p.m.-Choral Evensong. 9.15 p.m. Social Gathering in Cathedral Hall.

Holy Innocents' Day: December 28, 7.45 a.m.-Holy Communion.

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The chief cause for separation is, however, the wish of Iceland. to live up to the old tradition of the land. The Allting can declare On Berlin- in favour of a dissolution with a On demand

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Mr. H. L. Stimson in the course three-quarter vote, After the vot of a daily talk to newspapermen, ing in the Allting a referendum expressed gratification at the de must be arranged, at which three feat of opposition to

the Young quarters of the voters must vota Plan in Germany and said that be and three quarters of the total still felt strongly that the Young vote must be in favour of separa- | Wire | Plan would prove beneficial to the tion.

On demand general stabilisation. of economic Mr. Sigurdr Eggerz, a former On Calcutta- conditions in Europe. He also ex- Prime Minister, who is in favour Wire pressed pleasure, at the settlement of Independence, believes that the On demand

of the Sino-Russian difficulties change would be to the boneft of Reuter's American Service

both Denmark and Iceland.

NAVAL CONFERENCE

Delegates Nominated By The Cabinet

One of the first act of the In-

dependence Party will be to pass a resolution requesting that. Ice land should become a member of the League of Nations.

The largest flying boat over built Paris, Yesterday. in this country, the Blackburn A Cabinet meeting to-day nominated Rolls-Royce Iris Three, is to be the following, delegates to the London launched at Brough, on the York- Natal Conference M. Briand, shire angrer of the Humber. It is Largos, Pietri (Cabinet Minister), constr etádjell tirely. of metal, and

M. Fleuriat (Ambassador to London); has completely equipped living assistant delegates, Masalzl, head of quarters for its crew, including, a the Frefich services of the League of Nallons: Hoyaset, Professor in School whils

where mens can be cooked Warfare, and the Prime 3

the mashine ja flying. The Inimter's: Chers to the Cabinet,

by engines which de pipit: vasó: decided that the delega

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