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·中華民國辛未年六月初七日

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HONG KONG, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1931.

DONOR OF MILLIONS MEETS THE KING.

Man Who Has Given Away £9,000,000.

MR. HARKNESS.

AGENT'S STATUS Forged Trade Marks from Japan.

"PROLIFIC SOURCE."

In the course of the hearing of a summons brought by Messra. Jeb Ben and Co, yesterday, it was stated

Mr. Edward S. Harkness, of New York, the man who gives the solicitor for the defence (ME away millions and whom millions Horace Lo) that his clients, Messrs. would not induce to talk, broke the Kwong Yat-on, of Kwong Yuen Street East, had merely acted 88 habits of a life-time and was elö quent. He talked with the King!-forwarding agents for a firm in He has just slipped into London, Japan. They had no knowledge and if he had his way he would that the goods bore infringing slip out of London again without trade marks, any one knowing it.

Two cases of the goods, a brand of soap named Blumen Tollette

THE PARIS EXHIBITION FIRE.

Result of Insufficient Precautions.

BATAVIA'S SAD LOSS.

Batavia, July 7. On Monday, June 29, the sad news from Parla was 'received at Batavia

that a fire during the small hours of the night from Saturday-to-Sunday had reduced the splendid Dutch pavilion in the Colonial Exhibition at Paris to ashes,

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He is staying with his wife and valet at a Mayfair-hotel-but-he-is-Seife and valued at $480, had al-at Batavia whence the most valu

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not supposed to be there. That is official from the hotel, itself.

But the King somehow got to know that Mr. Harkness, was in town-it was no fault of Mr. Harkness-and Mr. Harkness was asked to call at the Palace.

Mr. Harkness went, and he took Mrs. Harkness along with him. Mr. Harknees and the King spent half an hour in conversation to gether. Mr. Harkness has never in all probability chatted with any one for so long in his life.

It was a very happy meeting. and Mr. Harkness when he came. out of the Palace was beaming. Then he went back to his hotel and the silent life once more.....

His Only Hobby,

ready been confiscated by order of the Court. The question remaining to be decided was the extent, if any, of defendants' responsibility.

The manager of defendant firm said he acted as shipping agent for the Li Tung Company, Kobe, con- signors of the soap. He took de livery here, not knowing the nature

General consternation ruled both in Holland and in Java, especially. able part of the exposition had come." The Museum at Batavia is famous for its historical treasures which are guarded, jealously by a committee consisting of dis-* tinguished authorities. It contains specimens of the history of Java from the earliest date and many of the treasures are of gold and

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of the contents, not being the con-adorned with precious stones. All signee. He was guided by the in those treasures are lost now, Оде voice, and saw no reason to open can understand that the the cases.

brought grief to many who are in- terested in the historical treasures of the Museum.

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Made In Japan. In cross-examination, witness said he had not handled this kind of soap before. He was not aware that Japan was a prolific source of infringements. He also denied that his firm had been involved in

A Guard Of One. Further telegrams confirmed the story. Condolences came in from all parts of the world, from Courts and Consulates, but soon the ques-

a previous summons concerning &tion was raised: how could the brand of needles, which goods also whole pavilion have been destroy-

Picture a mare about afty years of age, tall, slim, with grey hair fast turning the colour of snow, scame from Japan. man who, without much make-up, The hearing was adjourned. would pass for President Wilson

come back to life. He is dressed

in an ordinary and unexpensive- looking lounge suit, "and a soft hst. There you have a close-up of the man whose only hobby in life is giving away millions to whatever charity or charitable ob- jects he fancies,

Mr. Harkness is the despair of the begging-letter writers in fact, his name has been struck out of the "Beggar's Who's Who." Beg ging-letter writers have spent small fortune in postage atampa on the shy man of millions. Mr. Harkness does not mind. He never opens any letters.

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Adventures of a Fille

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Three Shanghai Chinese appear ad before Mr. Fraser at Kowloon Court yesterday, charged with de manding $240 with threats of force, from a Chinese man and woman. A gacond charge of conspiracy was also preferred.

ed by fire if the building had been properly watched and guarded? The telegrams brought no informa-

tion on this point, but later It

became known that only one man had been on guard' over this col lection during the night; a collec- tion worth millions of guilders if the value of such an historical col-i lection can ever be expressed in any monetary amount.

The Directory of the Mussum, made use of radio-telephone con- nection and on Saturday afternoon they had an interview by telephone, with the representative of the com-

It was stated that one of the de-mittee at Paris. tendants met the woman in Canton, and later she lived in Yaumati and Hong Kong. She afterwards met

Historic Statues Lost. During this interview the fol

And as for callers, he is always the second complainant, who took lowing particulars became known:

"out." This is a standing instruc-

tion to the hotel staff wherever Mr. Harkness happens to be stay ing.

Mr. Harkness had about $18,000, 000 to indulge his little whim of giving away millions when he started his hobby. He has given

so much away in his own native country that Americans have given up gasping when they read of an- other of his princely gifts.

He has already parted with £9,000,000 or more. He gave $2,000,000 to Britain to be ad ministered by a board of five dis tinguished men, whom he appoint ed as the trustees of the fund.

A Great Tribute.

Britain did in the war,

her to his house in Nathan Road. First defendant heard of this, and demanded money from her, threat ening to murder her if she did not and it. The sum of $20 was paid

over.

Practically the whole consignment of the Batavia Museum has been destroyed; very little has been saved. The twenty-five splendid

the! bronze Hindu statues, of highest historical valne are ab- A few days later, first defendant solutely lost; of the twenty-two, and the two others charged again small golden Hindu statuettes only $240, with the alleged threat, that appeared at the house, demanding one is partially saved. they would either kill both com- plainants, or hound them out of Hong Kong. They were arrested at a tea house after information had been laid with the Police.

The complainants gave evidence, after which the hearing was ad- journed until July 91.

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The Directory of the Museum,

owing to the rules against the sending of any consignments had sent their collection only on con- dition that the greatest care should be taken of the possessions and, that a vault should be at hand to store the most valuable pieces! during the night. The representa- tive intimated to the Directory that a vault never had been here, only a small safe, Just big enough to held small statuettes not higher than ten inchen.

This safe could not even hold the golden sirih-plates.

He further said that the whole

It was the tribute of a great any out the land for another of minded American who wished to his little million or two gifts to show his gratitude for what charity2 The only man with the

key to that riddle is Mr. Edward, But this is not all Mr. Harkness S. Harkness, and when it comes to has given away. He made, talking about himself or his gifts an anonymous gift the secret of, to charity he is as silent as a Car- the donor leaked out laterofthusian monk in his cloister, pavilion, containing a value beyond $100,000 to St. Andrew's Univer- No, Mr. Harkness, man of mil-estimation, had been watched by sity, and inter added $20,000 to the lions, Is as poor as a pauper in only one man. All the lights ware £20,000 he had already given to words. It is just "Good morning," extinguished during the night. wards the new Shakespeare "Good afternoon," or "Good night" Probably, there had been another Memorial Theatre at Stratford-on to all who greet him on his way guard on one of the galleries.

to his private suite at bis hotel Avon,

"He has given away money to uni-

But Mrs. Harkness-you can versies both in Britain and his Hear all about her from the page own country, and three years ago he boya! Every year she gives these put £2,500,000 at the disposal of chubby-faced youngsters with the Harvard for the erection of uncounted buttons whatever they "houses" after the type of the col-like-a cricket bat, a set of box leges at Oxford and Cambridge fag gloves, a gramophone, a foot

Then he gave £3,000,000 to his ball, or a shove ha'penny board1effect--Singapore Free Press, old university, Yale. That sum

has since becoms;£5,000,000,TAMI

Inë, he come to London again to

Finally, the representative com plained of having been kept out of all conference and meeting of the Dutch Exhibition Committee, while the demands of the Batavian com- mittes regarding Insurance had it was stated not been fulfilled not- withstanding promises to that

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