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The Gold Standard.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1932.

QUEEN'S THEATRE EYE-WITNESS TELLS OF

DEFENDS CASE.

Charge Of Building "Without Permit.

HEARING ADJOURNS.

FUNG'S MURDER

(Continued from Pare 1.)

Shan Kwong Road and later came

Plot Unfolded.

Mr. C 9 Rosselet, Secretary of back to the car. They kept on walk-

At yesterday afternoon's hearing, the Hong Kong Amusements, Ltd. ing backwards and forwards like Tsui Yan-sum, who is at present and licensee of the Queen's that for five or ten minutes.

serving a prison sentence for unlaw- | Theatra, was summoned before Mr. Did you see anyone else there?ful possession of Aro-arms, was W. Schofield at the Central Police Yes, I saw Ah Lau's wife go into granted a conditional pardon by Sir Court yesterday, for making al- No. 14, Shan Kwong Road. She Joseph Kemp in respect of any terations to the dressing room came from the direction of Village charge arising out of the murder of block of the theatre without the Road and passed on the right of

Fung. sanction of the Inspector General my car....

In his evidence he outlined the And what happened finally-And plot, and the preparations for the of Police." The alleged alterations were the forming of air ducts and a short time after that I saw the shooting of Fung. He detailed a installing machinery and other in light go on in the doorway of No., number of meetings with a3. 201 cidentala on August 5.

14. Fung and a girl came, out of maned Tong Kom-foo, and said that

it was at Tong's house that be once And what did they do was met Ah Lau.

1. They both

Witness said that after searching

The Superintendent of the Fire the house. Brigade, Mr. J. C. Fita-Henry. pro- secuted, while Mr. R. A. Wadeson, watching from the car. appeared for the defence, and ten- turned round and walked down Shan dered a plea of not guilty.

Kwong Road.

Ah Wong Followed. "And": then?--I saw Ah Wong was following them.

for a man named Wong Lung

heung, the latter came to see him the next day.

Mr. Linsdell: Wong is the man named: In the indictment, What

The prosecution agreed that there was no ingress or egress be tween the dressing room and the theatre auditorium; and the only And what about Ah Kwan?did you want. Wong for 7-To go and means of getting out of the dress-did not notice what became of him commit an assault on Fung. ing room block was into the street. because my attention was drawn to Witness then spoke of going with- Mr. Wadeson pointed out that Fong and the girl and Wong who Wong to the Nathan Hotel to find. the premises were not. licensed, were walking almost together down Fung's living room, and later they and, as the summons only applied the hill. -

booked a room at the Kum Tai to licensed premises, it was there-

from there. And what did you do? After Hotel opposite und fore bad..

they had gone a little way my car watched Fung's movements. The hearing was adjourned to followed slowly about a 80 to 100 Wednesday at 2.30 p.m.

Tyards behind." PASSING OF FORMER ATTORNEY-GENERAL.

Sir Edward O'Malley Here 1876-1889.

London, Yesterday. The death occurred to-day of Sir

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Then what happened?—I heard a report

..

the

Later i cubicle at 17. Mau Chủng Fong, was rented and furnished with the idea that it would be the best place to plan the murder of Did you see anything?-I. Fung, as Fung at that time was in saw some sparks..

habit of visiting people at. When you saw the sparks. Happy Valley whereabouts were the "couple?

Witness said that he used to walk around

district at the -I think they were near to the first street parallel to the Man

Happy Valley with Ah Lau in.' order to familiarise himself with Chung Fong

the surroundings.

..

And where was Wong?-He

was just behind the couple.

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Witness said that the plan was to

Witness then went on to say that get Wong to do the shooting. Wong was dressed in Europeaz On March 19, continued witness,

his Government, for whom he has full authority to speak, Mr. Havenga His repudiated that suggestion.

of vehement vindication

British Edward Loughlin O'Malley, former motives in going off gold is a

style clothing and was wearing a he with Wong and another man measure of the strength of his own Attorney-General of Hong Kong.

Sir Edward was born in 1842, and felt hat. He (witness) could not saw Fung and Laf Ming-fai come conviction that it would be financial- One of the main factors in the ly reprehensible (to use a milder had a distinguished career at Cam-state the colour of the suit but out of the house at Shan Kwong. word than he himself would prob- bridge, where he took his M.A. in could point it but if shown Road, get in a car and drive away. At that time they were ready to 1868. For a time he practised as samples... economic slump is the failure of the ably choose) for South Africa to

Now after you heard the report shoot, but no shot was fired, and monetary system to cope with the follow the British example except a barrister, but in 1876 he was ap-

pointed to Hong Kong.

and saw the flash, what did you do the trio. returned to the cubicle. complicated commercial and finan- under irresistible compulsion. That

He was Attorney General there next7-My car drove very fast and elul operations transacted between South Africa, can stay on gold there until 1889, when he was promoted turned a corner near the Yeung

is little doubt. She owes this power to Chief Justice of the Straits Wo Nursing Home. nations, and it is the firm conviction to her great gold. Industry; and the Settlements and was later in Bri- Did you pass the actual spot of many authorities. that, other necessity, from the point of view of tish, Guiana and the Consular Court where you saw the sparks?—Yes. causes notwithstanding, some new this industry, that the position of in the Ottoman Empire.

Did you see what had happened? and effective currency system will sold as the basis of currency should knighted in 1891.

I saw several men standing near not be shaken was, as Mr. Havenga have to be established before any says, an additional reason for the Mauritius Royal Commission In woman in distress.

Sir Edward was a member of the the spot and I heard cries from a complete recovery can be hoped for. maintenance of the gold standard by 1909 and contested South Kensing The position now is anomalous and the South African Government, ton and Lewisham for the House Whether this close association, In disconcerting, and the privilege of the minds of Mr. Havenga and his

of Commons-Reuter.

remaining on the gold standard ap colleagues, between the gold stan- pears a doubtful one. The many dard and the position of gold as a

Passed Murder Scene. countries which have abandoned the currency basis does not involve a fallacy is beside the point at the

And then?-My car turned round gold standard, temporarily at least, moment. The point is that the been imposed by the Government again and went back up Shap have benefited by developing their Hertzog Cabinet is profoundly con- of Slam against arrivals from Kwong Road and turned Into export markets, and the disadvant- vinced that for the credit of the Hong Kong on account of Cholera. Village Road and into Shing Wo ages have not been manifested to Union-its duty is to fight for the

ang Road. The car stopped at the bot-

News In Brief.

Quarantine restrictiona

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What I asked you was, did you see what had happened? No, only the people, standing round. ⠀⠀ My car was going very fast and the people 'obscured my view.

any large degree. It had been gold standard to the last Two cases; of infectious diseases,tom of Shing Wo Road and I went hoped that some constructive step ditch. The fight can be one, cholera, and one typhoid fever, on foot to the Man Chung Fong. may have been taken at Ottawa.but carried on only at considerable were reported for the 24 hours, Did you find anyone. there?--- the issue has been postponed, and cost, as. Mr. Havenga admits ending last night...

Outside the door I met Ah To-nui. plans for an Empire currency, with quite frankly There has been a

7 did not speak to him, but enter- silver as one of the basic metals, flight of capital from the Union. Chan Yungshing, alais Chan Lined No. 17, and went to the cubicle. have been suspended for the Exports and imports. Have dwindled shing, (36) was arrested in Kow-Wong was not there. moment. South Africa is the alarmingly. The position of the loon yesterday and charged with "a And then?—I came out and spoke only part of the British Budget is disquieting, to say the breach of the Banishment Ordin to Ah Te-mul. Then I went to No.

standard, 'and' the

Finance ernment in South Africa" attribute 1928. Minister, Mr. Havenga, recently ex-these symptoms mainly to the Gov- plained the pecüllar circumstances ernment's obstinacy in keeping the

Empire still on the gold least. The critics of the the Gov banished for ten years on June 27. found Wong I returned to No. 17, 1anca. The arrested man was 19 and found Wong there. Having

He

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weather report for to-day,

states:-

Fressure is highest over the Pacific to the east of Hokkaido,. and to the south of the Bonins; it is relatively low over China, generally.

Forecast: South-west winds, moderate; fair to showery.

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

A.O.F.C. Quotations.

New York, Yesterday,

Last To-day's Changes Aver. Aver took Ah To-nui with me, picked up 30 Industrials 68.91 67.50 1.41 down

.130.11 28.76 1:35 dow my coat and pistol and left in the 20 Rails. of the Dominion's position. South country on gold. Mr. Havenga 28, married, died of fever in the What pistol? The larger one. Messrs.. E. A. Pierce & Co. re-

Police Constable Wong Tam-yuk, car

20 Utilities:29.00 29.35 25 down Africa has not followed the example suggests that they would have show Kowloon Hospital last night. of Great Britain herself and the ed themselves almost to the same joined the Force in August, 1929, No. 17, where was Wong?-Outalde tain stage. A fair guess is that a When you went a second time to port: The market is in an uncer other States of the Commonwealth degree if the gold standard had been and was stationed at Tsun Wan the door of No. 19, standing in the relatively narrow trading range in abandoning the gold standard. abandoned; for, in his view, they'

¡Police Stations? She has maintained it, with the na-are results of the financial malaise

open square......

may prevail. Business done un tural result that her pound is at a from which, no country in the world While the Yaumati ferry launch, took Ah To-aut, and Wong in these What happened after that? 1 received Substantial premium in comparison is Immune The South African Man Takpwas crossing the harbour same car. with sterling. The reasons for this Government's critics are perhaps (on- policy have been difficult to under-surer ground when they point out last night to Hong Kong, a Chinese Where did you go To No. 26, stand in this country; and it is all that even a diminished flow of ex 30, jumped overboard. A search

male, third class passenger, about Yue, Wah Street, Wanchai

Air Reduction at 54% to the good that Mr. Havenga should ports from the Union is maintained

What did you do there?--I had Allied Chemical & Dye 79 was made but no trace of the body some food thing pages pe American Can

5474 have seized the opportunity only by the grant of generous State!

The next time he saw Ah Lau American Telegraph & to expound them, especially as there subsidies to exporters, and that could be found

was at a house in Yue Wah Street Telephone m has been an impression-justified to this expedient is inconsistent with

Tobacco "B" 78% some extent by remarks, which have the pure doctrine of the gold stay Lo Po, (35); a hawker residing on March 26 st 11.30 p.m. He did Abu fallen occasionally from the Prime dard, on which Mr. Havenga bases at 255, Shanghai Street second not know whose house it was but Borden Company Minister, General Hertzogthat the his gold policy That is true or sustained severe scalds on his said he was paid $2,000 by Ah Lau-Canadian Paclic

lega when a pot containing boiling at that time. Per

Consolidated Gʻas of South African Government's deter- Moreover, restrictive devices have

conges, which he was lifting from Mr. Lindsell-Why did you get Drugs, Inc.

New York mination to maintain the gold stan-occasionally had to be resorted to in

atstove, broko. He was admitted to that money? Because we had ac-De Pont de Nemours. dard is an unnecessarily aggressive order to fortify the South African the Kwong Wah, Hospital and is in complished our aim in shooting Eastman Kodak resture of "economic independence. pound Such restrictions, even if a fair condition.frados Fung down Mr. Havenga did not mention this, temporary, are also inconsistently but the whole trend of his remarks with the gold standard,” But

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