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story of a

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EIGHTY - EIGHTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION

HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1932.

CHINESE ATTEMPTS THE FRENCH FOREIGN TWO ACCIDENTS IN

AT LETTER FRAUDS.

Sentenced to Six Months.

CAUGHT IN TIME:

Mr. W. Schofield in the Central Police Court this morning.

LEGION.

"Not A Paradise: Not An Inferno."

ROTARIAN MONTARGIS'S TALK.

Rotarian M. J. B. Montargis was

WANCHAI.

Private and Public Cars in Collision.

TRAM HITS LORRY.

Mr. A. Whitehead, of the Idaal

car into

suffered by Mr. Whitehead's car.

The story of how an unemploy- ed Chinese was about to embark the speaker at yesterday's tiffin of Radio Company, was involved in a on a series of frauds by using the Rotary Club, when he gave a alight motor accident in the forged letters, was told by Detec- very interesting talk on the subject Eastern district of the Colony tive-Sergeant J. Kennedy before of the French Foreign Legion. | yesterday.

He prefaced his address with He reported to the Police that: the remark: "Everybody has heard when he turned his The defendant, Mak Kam-chuen, of the French Foreign Legion, but Queen's Road East from Arsenal pleaded guilty to the unlawful re-I am afraid that what they have Street, a public car, driven by ceiving of a letter which had been heard is not very often the truth." Wong Kam-po, suddenly emerged stolen, from Fung Cheung-kai, of

He impressed it on his listeners from the rear of a stationary tram- 21. Queen's Road East, and de- that the Legion was much more car. A collision was imminent, and manding a quantity of silk from than some books or pictures have damage to the extent of $60 was the complainant, by means of a told them. Of course, it is not a false document. A charge of the paradise, and he did not expect The other car was also damaged.| larceny of the letter, to which the anyone to enlist right away after Fortunately neither sustained any defendant also pleaded guilty, was he had completed his addreas,

injury. withdrawn.

after all, the Volunteers were A

Larry Damaged. Sergeant Kennedy related that more select body; but the French Whilst a P.W.D. lorry was pro- in September last year, the com- Foreign Legion is not the inferno ceeding along Johnston plainant received a letter purport that it had so often been alleged Wanchai, yesterday, at Ing to have come from his sister to be. in Manila, asking for the loan of

speed, a trarcar struck the rear Misleading Legends. $150. Surprised at this, he became

of the lorry, damaging the tall- He assured his listeners that he board slightly. The accident oc- suspicious, and sent a cable to con- was speaking from personal know-curred near the junction of Tai firm the request. A reply was reledge because he had been in con- Yuen Street, and was reported to ceived in the negative.

tact with, or had lived near, the the Police by the driver, Cheng Complainant was then aware of members of the Legion on several Hung. the fact that his correspondence occasions: first about 30 years ago, was being interferred with. Noth- also during the war, and in recent ing happened until June 25, years, and on the occasion of each when the defendant went to his visit he had been struck by the floor, and representing himself as changes which had taken place Wong Wing and as a steward who within that energetic body of men. worked in Empress and Dollar lin- era, presented a letter. Complain ant suggested going to the Police Station where upon the defendant ran to a window and threw four or fivé letters out into the road. They were picked up by an inmate.

Defendant later took Detective Chan Tung to his premises at 1,] Wing Fung Street, where under a matting on his bed was discover-: ed the original of the letter.

The prosecuting oficer asked his Workhip to take a serious view of the case.

His Worship passed sentence of six months' hard labour in all.

GERMANY AND BRITISH COAL.

Discrimination Alleged.

London, Yesterday.

"Many of us," he said, "admire its traditional reputation for dis- cipline and military valour, which has given rise to the seductive and misleading legends."

$

DISPUTE OVER CONTRACT.

Claim Made for $849.

Road,

slow

The case in the Puisne Judge Court this morning between the Griffith Co., cloth merchants, and

BRITISH SUBMARINE Man Cheong, tailors, involving a

IN COLLISION.

Pleasure Steamer

*

Involved.

NO CASUALTIES.

London, Yesterday.

foreach of contract suit, was heard

by Mr. Justice Wood.

Evidence by both parties re- vealed that Mr. Chan Cheong had held an unsigned contract-in-his office for some time..

The plaintiff asserted that be cause of Mr. Cheong's refusal to act upon the contract, the delay cost him $849,81, recovery of (which sum he asked. He fur- While HM. submarine "Rain-ther stated that Mr. Cheong had bow" was leaving Portland Har-offered him a price for two cases bour to-day, she came into colli-of tropical suiting which he sion with the a.s. "Premier," a valued at $1,628.36. Due to Mr. small pleasure steamer.

Cheong's delay, plaintiff Was

The "Rainbow" sustained only forced to sell his goods at a re- superficial damage. but theduction.

steamer was damaged on the Mr. Cheong stated that he had] starboard side, and returned to never made any agreement with the Weymouth her passengers being plaintive for the goods and had re- transferred to the submarine peatedly asked the broker, who act- and subsequently landed. jed as a medium between the twol The steamer, leaking badly, parties, to take the cuntract back to The broker re- considered on the grounds that the was towed into Weymouth by the Griffith Co.

plied that the defendant had told British coal export trade was sub- two motor boats.

him that he wished a little more to

Asked in the House of Common to-day as to whether retaliatory action against Germany was being

"FAIR TO SHOWERY.

British that reason he had not taken the

contract.

Mr. A. Hall, representing the plaintiff proved that by reason of the stamping on the notices of de- livery and the sample book, a con- tract existed between the two parties,

jected by the Germans to unfair She had 150 passengers aboard consider the transaction and for discrimination, the Secretary for but none were hurt. Oversas Trade, Mr. D. J. Colville, Wireless Service. replied that the German Govern- ment did not admit that their action |involved discrimination against the United Kingdom, and had proposed that the matter be referred to arbitration, in accordance with the. arbitration clause of the Anglo- German Commercial Treaty of 1924, at the same time as certain other treaty questions which are out- standing between the two Govern- ments.

That proposal, he said, was now British receiving "consideration. --- Wireless Service.

To-day's weather report from the Royal Observatory state's

Pressure is highest to the North of Japan, and relatively low over Indo-Chins and the China Sea.

Forecast:-S. winds, moder- ate, fair to showery.

Mr. Brooks, solicitor for the de fendant, then explained that the stamp used on the notices and ,sample book was the one used by Cheong to aknowledge ofice corres- pondence and was not the one used Jon legal documents, therefore, there

was no contract.

His Lordship reserved decision.

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