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TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1930.

P. & 0.-British India Apcar and

Eastern & Australian Lines

(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND). MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS, TAKING CARGO FOR

STRAITS, JAVA, BURMA, CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN GULF, WEST INDIES, MAURITIUS, EAST AND SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALASIA, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND AND QUEENSLAND PORTS, AND RED SEA, EGYPT; CONSTANTINOPLE, GREECE, LEVANTINE PORTS, EUROPE, &c.

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS.

(Under Contract with H.M. Government.)

S. 9.

From Tons Hong Kong

About

MANTUA

KARMALA

1030 **MIRZAPORE 6,715 22nd Jan.

43.1. JEYPORE

5,318 25th Jan.

10,940 1st Feb. 9,128 15th Feb,

*KIDDERPURE

5,331

MACEDONIA

KASHMIR

19th Feb. 11,120

Mar. lat 8,985 8th Mar.

• Cargo only.

Destination

Straits, Colombo & Bombay.

Marseilles, London, Hall, Hamburg,

Rotterdam & Antwerp. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Marseilles, London, Hull, Rotterdam

& Antwerp,

Straits, Colombo & Bombay, Marseilles & London,

Marseilles, London, Hull, Hamburg.

Rotterdam & Antwerp.

Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Constantinople, Pireaus, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of the Khedival Mall Steamship Co.

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

TALMA *SHIRALA TAKLIWA

TILAWA

TALAMBA

1030 10,000 8th Feb. 7,841 13th Feb. 7,036 23rd Feb. 10,006 27th Feb. 8,018 14th Mor.

* Calls Rangoon.

Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singaporo, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.

BL. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for 1st

and 2nd class passengers. All steamers are fitted with wireless and carry a qualified surgeon,

BREWER CASE

(Continued from Page 1,)

that Leo was

THE CHINA

MAIL.

Mr. Brewer also submitted to his Lordship that the Crown had made out no caks to go to the jury.

His Lordship replied that he would hear Mr. Brewer if he sought to ad- dress him on that point but he (his | Lordship) did not think it of much

use.

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MR. J. WILTSHIRE

Last Post" at Funeral

Ceremony

LARGE ATTENDANCE

The remains were interred in the

section of

the

No Obligation on Crown His Lordship: As I said yester- day, there is no obligation on the Crown to call any witness on the re- . Mr. Brewer quoted legal authorities and his Lordship stated: "Yes, I

The funeral took place at the cord. Any Crown witness not

know of those Mr. Brewer, but you Protestant Cemetery, Happy Valley, called is available to you. I think

thust know that the matter is one for last evening, of Mr. Jesse Wiltshire, that is quite reasonable and fair.

the jury." Interposing,

First Balliff of the Supreme Court, Mr. Somerset

Opening Address

whose tragic death was reported Fitzroy (Assistant Attorney Gen-

Mr. Brewer: This is eral) said to Mr. Brewer that he charge, my Lord, so that there ought

perjury yesterday. could ask Leo any question and to be two witnesses against me; the old residents'

outaide the Court. books themselves are not evidence, Mr. Brewer applied for Leo to be His Lordship: I don't think I quite cemetery in the presence of a brought into Court and informed ac-understand your point.

large gathering of the deceased'a cordingly. His Lordship replied. that he would not have the witnesa brought in and that the latter would be informed by Mr. Fitzroy.

Mr. Brewer then read further copious extracts from his evidence at the public examination (part of the quidation proceedings) relation to the Instone Trading Co.

in

and its shares in the Bank

Going into the box, Mr. Brewer answered one or two formal ques- tions put by his Lordship. Then he replied: "I accept full reapon- sibility for drawing and filing the statutory report,"

Explanation to Jury When his Lordship asked him to explain to the jury what was meant by "3876,750 received in respect of | shares issued wholly for cash,” Mr. Brewer said that by "cash" was menn: that the shares were issued for the consideration

that ahare- holders were liable to pay cash for them and were not issued for any other consideration.

In regard to the "cash" on one aide and "loans" on the other, Mr. Brewer testified that these items were made up from the Bank's books; the books declared that so much cash had been received and so much loaned out.

Directors at Loggerheads

In his opening address to the jury, former colleagues of the Police, Mr. Brewer said that it would be neces-Frisons, and Court staffs, and many The service at say for the Crown to prove that the personal friends. statement alleged to be false was made the graveside was impressively by him with the Kowledge that it was conducted by the Rev. H. V. Koop. fraudulent,

The chief mourners The charge was made under the Per-Wiltshire and two daughters, the were Mrs. Jury Ordinance, which laid it down Misses E. and

F. Wiltshire, ac- that a person making a statement not under oath, was equally guilty with companied by Mears. C. Aris, Me- one who made a statement under oath. Hardy and A. A. Lewis. It must be proved that the statement know it to be false, materially false, was made when the person making and was made with a fraudulent in tent.

Point of Defence

A detachment of Royal Marines coffin to the graveside in the Old from H.M.S. Tamar carried the

Resident's plot, and at the conclu- sion of the religious service the "Last Post" was sounded.

It was a point of the defence that! Among others present were? the loans had been treated as cash.

Mr. Justice J. R. Wood, Mr. C. D. cash and any statement which return-Bir. Walter Kent (Assistant Superin- They had been treated consistently as Melbourne, Mr. H. Somerset-Fitzroy, ed them as other than cash would have tendent of Police), Mr. been a false ono.

C. J. West, (Chief Warder), Chief Detective-In- At his public examination, he had specter Reynolds, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. given the fullest possible explanation Duxon, Messrs. W. E. Hollands, LE regarding the loans, that the transae izmesta.. Watfeld, F. H.

J. H. Witcholl, J. tions had been treated as cash transac-Holdman, R. Basa, J. C. Fletcher, tions with consistency, as the Instone E. J. Ainalle, Jas. T. Dobble, Banking Corporation had always done. Zimmern, H.

Dixon, F. C. The jury would have evidence that Rendall, J. O'Brien, W. B. the books of the Corporation were kept Muskett, J. Wattle, C. E. Frith, S. a good system. They in a regular and clear fashion and on Kelly and U, M. Omar.

vould also have

Wreaths were sent by: evidence that the bocks were not kopt "Your Beloved Wife Flo," "Your secretly, and that the Directors had Loving Daughter Flossie “ every possible access to them.

Loving Daughter Elalo", "Dolly and Jack," "Bill", the servants. Registry, Supreme Court, Sergeants' biezs, Cen- tral Police Station, China Mail, China Neonlite Co., R.A.0.B. Club, Mesare. H. Ruttonjee & Son, Royal Naval Yard

Police,

European Revenue

The people to whom the report had been sent could also have had access to the books. In fact, they were the very people who could have had access. prove fraudulent intent, it would

ers.

Woo

Your.

He also said that he was in charge of the preliminary organisation. be necessary to prove that the com- Officers, European Officers, Fire Bri- He had no doubt as to the genuine-pany itself had been formed with the gade, Lodge, Naval and Military 848,

Messrs. ness of the applications for about intention of committing fraud. It

and Nash, Messrs. $2,800,000 worth of shares in the formed it gave it his own name. They tributes from friends and lawn bowl would be evidence that the man who Hastings, Dennys and Bowley and many others, Including personal Bank. But he did

not like would be asked if a man would give shouldering the responsibility of

a company his own name if he knew receiving so much cash. He was that it would become a byeword only one of the Directors, and had throughout the Colony. been at loggerheads with other Directors as to whether small or big capital was better, "I wanted only 10 per cent, called up, but the other Directors wanted all," Mr. Brewer continued.

The trial is proceeding. The

jury comprises Messrs. G. G. Stopani-Thomson (foreman), W. N. Lasonder, P. Wong, M. Piankoff, U. M. Omar, Tau Ho-tseung, J. M. G. Barbe.

Legal Argument Mr. Ross was cross-examined. at length by Mr. Brewer yesterday.

On Mr. Fitzroy intimating that the Crown case-on the first count had

Leo to give evidence.

Faith in Directors

FRENCH SHIPBUILDING INQUIRY

The men who formed the company and to whom the loans were granted were men having existence in the M. Loula Rollin, the Minister for Colony, being for the most part menthe French Mercantile Marine, has of standing and mature men, perfectly decided to ask the National entitled to make a contract for a lean Economie Council to make a study and liable to suffer if they failed to of the present state of shipbuilding pay that loan.

"Instone Brewer," Mr. Brower con-reference to the cost of production. at home and abroad, with special tinued, "had such faith in his directora that he allowed his own wife to be-

The inquiry, states the Paris cor- came responsible for a huge amount, reapondent of The Times, may be with no other security than a letter considered as a measure preparatory from those directors that the loans to a more active official encourage- would be mot."

ment of French shipbuilding, which whether Instone Brewer, if he had not proper level.

The jury would be asked to deduce is considered to be far below its believed that those men would have met which were ordered between July Of the 300,000 tons

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South), closed, Mr. Brewer asked for Mr. P. C. the loans the bank granted them, 1, 1928, and November 30, 1929,

"NELLORE

TANDA

ST. ALBANS

1030

0,859 31st Jan 8,950 23th Feb, 4,500 4th Apr.

Calls Port Holland.

Manila, Sandakan, Thursday Island, Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney' & Melbourne.

HONG KONG TIDE

P

Regular monthly sailings from Hong Kong to Japan and Hong Kong been obtained by ald of the Tide-pre-

to Australia.

The E. & A. S.S. Co., Ltd., steamers will also call at Shanghai, Iloilo, Gehu, Kolambugan, Tawao, Timor, Darwin, or other ports en route as intaken at the Kowloon tidal observa ducement offers.

Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-

The tide-tablo given below has

dicting Machine, which includes 40 components for the better prediction of tides, from the result of the analysis, of the tidal observations,

tory under the direction of Dr. Dobarck during the years 1687, 1888 The times and heights are given Kowloon; but they may be "used for the Victoria Naval Yard and Aberdeen, the differences being very small.

The Union S.S. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New and 1889. Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, vie..

The P. & O. Royal Mail steamers to London via Suez Canal. The P. & O. Branch Service of steamers to London vla the Cape. The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and London via Panama Canal.

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.

KASHMIR

TILAWA

1990 8,080 26th Jan. TAHLIWA

7,000 90th Jan MACEDONIA 11,120 91st Jan. TANDA

0,056 4th Feb, 10,000

10th Feb. 9,144 16th Feb. 8,018 21st Feb. 16,619 28th Feb. 0,049 7th Mar. 4,500 11th Mar. 10,080 14th Mar.

KALYAN

TALAMBA

RAWALPINDI

TAKADA

ST. ALBANS

MALWA

* Cargo only.

Shanghai, Moji, Koba & Yokohama. Amoy, S'hai, Moj! Kobo & Osaka. Shanghai, Moji, Kabe & Yokohama, Moll, Kobo, Osaka & Yokohama.

Amoy Moll, Koba & Tokohama.} Amoy, Mojl, Kobe & Daska. Shanghal, Kobe & Yokohama.. Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Osaka. Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama.“ Shanghai, Mejl, Kobe & Yokohama

Moji, Kobo & Osaka.

All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice.

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS.

The times of high and low-water must not be considered to coincide with the times of slack-water and change of current, the two phenomena being quite distinct.

would he have allowed his own wife only 170,000 tons were ordered to do what she had done? And, if he from French, yards; of the remain. had such trust in them, would he not have regarded their notes as binding?

THE IM.S. GUILD

Ing 180.000 tons, Great Britain and Ireland secured contracts for 90,000 tons, while orders for 40,000 tons went to Germany under the agreements on reparations in kind.

The Imperial Merchant Service Guild reports that the stady de- Among the stories of the Great mand

navigating for

officers War which Dr. Drummond Shiels, was well maintained, especially M C, M.P., Under-Secretary for for the Jower. ranks, and India, told a Portobello audienco 20 members received appointments when lecturing in aid of the Eat! with the aid of the society. These Halg Fund was that of one of his. include 3 chief officers, ten second own men was sent to the front line officers, six third officers and one as a runner, of unclassified rank. Vacancies, The soldier on his way back in however, in the senior ranks have the dark jumped a trench and been more than scarce lately, with landed plump an, to the roof of a the result that there is a consider-dug-out, through which his leg able number of first class experi- went. He heard a sleepy voice say, enced men, with clean records, "Thank God that was a dud!” · awaiting employment as masters and chief mates. On the other hand, numerous. third mates are wanted by several well-known firms, many of whom have begun to supply: bed and bedding, and pay the travel- Bt.ling expenses of their officers to join their steamers, in order to Tues. 11m 9 16 5.8 m. 8 28 | 2.2 secure the services of the most 337 5.0 B163.4 suitable and desirable class of Wod. 22 m3 24 6.0 m 92237 men.

+420 5:3 |

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January 21 to 27, 1980.

DATS HIGH Water Lowes Wares,

Standard Standard,

Timpa ↓

January Timos

Thu 235D L5 m 10

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cylinders from the crankcase and Sum 16 m 1:100:11 16 de useful when breaking in a new. 1968 · 0.19 = .26 | motor, but it increases the rate of CB 1.9 carbon accumulation unnecessarilý 15.8it continued.

Passengers for Rangoon must defray their own Hotel expenses at Mon, 17 m 1040 m Bingapore while awaiting the on-carrying steamer.

All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans free of charge.

Steamers on London and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries.

Parcole measuring not more than 2% ft x 2ft x 1ft will be received

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