1934-11-20 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1934

GENERAL SATISFACTION WITH UNITED

BRITON'S FOOLHARDY

GAMBLING

SHUMCHUN VISIT AFTER EMBEZZLEMENT

A

SUPERIOR'S PERSUASION?

HUMAN story of how a man's reckless and futile attempts

to recover from his misdee da led him into further complica- tions and dishonesty, was related by Mr. Leo D'Almada e Castro, Jnr., before the Chief Justice, the Hon. Mr. A. D. A. MacGregor, at the Criminal Sessions, Supreme Court, this morning, in his plea of mitigation on behalf of an Englishman, Geoffery Fitzgerald GII- bert, charged on three counts of the embezzlement of sums amounting to over $14,000, from Messrs. Arnhold and Company.

Mr. D'Almada also referred to the fine War record held by the accused and sought to prove that the offence was to be regard- ed as more foolish than criminal, and emancipating from tempta- tion through a channel introduced to him by another person, the accused's superior, but whose name counsel would not divulge to the Court.

The Chief Justice passed a sentence of four months" hard la- bour remarking that the shame and Ignominy which the accused would have to hear through life was to be regarded as the real punishment for his misdeeds.

on

The three charges against the peared whore he was to-day. accused were that on (a) October] The accused, on the other hand. 15, he embezzled the sum of was determined to continue $6,004.88, being money received by him in the name of Messrs, Arnhold and Company; (b) on October 16, the sum of $2,077.92 and (e) October 17 the sum of $1,828.85.

The accused pleaded guilty to all

three counts.

these lines and took money for his own use hoping to patch up matters. This went on, and he gambled in gold bars, shares, on- ally dropping in desperation to roulette and fan-tan. At the lat fter he met with some little mea-. Jury Not Required.

sure of success at the beginning,, Pleas of guilty having been re-but finally lost all. ceived in the three former ensex be-Į Attempts To Pay Up

He made every possible attempt Chief Justice discharged the jury to recover

from his defalcations, To-day's Short Story. remarking that it was unhappily said Mr. D'Almadu, and paid in, unique in his experiences in Hong some $4,000 to $5,000 which he re- Kong of being able to dispense with ceived as part of a legacy on the the assistance of the jury at a sit-death of his. Mother. ting of the Criminal Sessions.

fore the.

Criminal Sessions, the

History of the Case

He also

made other attempts to catch up with his defalcations, paying in In his submission of mitigation part of his salary which amounted, on behalf of the accused, Mr. with commissions, to $900 to $1,

000 monthly. But all this did not D'Almada said that he would ven-i

auffice to make up for the money ture to submit that after hearing the history of the case that, his that was missing said Mr. D'Al-

Imada. Lordship would agree that it was a maiter for careful consideration and not without extenuating cir- cumstanced.

The accused came to Hong Kong in 1929 to join Messrs. Arnhold and; Company, one year later being)

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CLEVER CHINESE FAIRY TALES

placed in charge of the firm's "put-Four Booklets By A Local

chak" Indian root medicine busi- ness. The business at the time was dead, not, one bag having been

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The Yellow Cat

began

By Michael Joseph

STATES SILVER POLICY EXISTING LAW SAID LEADING LOCAL

SUFFICIENT

"OTHER NATIONS WILL

FOLLOW U.S. LEAD"

SILVER SENATORS VIEWS

SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL.

(ly Telegraph, Copyright, Telegraphic Messagee Ordinance, 1894,

Received November 20, 9.57 a.m.)

Washington, To-day.

CHINESE FAMILJES

TO BE UNITED Kotewall-Hung Wedding

At Registry To-day 1,000 GUESTS AT RECEPTION

One of the biggest weddings in the Colony will take place at the Registrar's Office, Supreme Phoebe Kotewall, the second Court, this afternoon, when daughter of the Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall, CM.G, LL.D., Unoffi- cial Member of the Legislative

In response to inquiries regarding the pos- Council, and Mrs. Kotewall, will sibility of the United States abandoning foreign be married to Walter Hung, the silver purchases and concentrating on domestic eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Hung purchases at a higher price, Senator William H. The bride who will be given

Taze-yee, of Hong Kong. King, Utah Democrat, yesterday declared that away by her father, will be a Sil- such a set-up would be contrary to the existing ver Bride, her creation being of law.

silver lami with a tiara to match. Furthermore, he said, it would defeat the purpose of the lawly designed by Salon de Modes is The trousseau, which was especial- which was designed not only to increase the price of domestically a creation by "Biranda." mined silver, but to induce other nations to use more silver, and thereby increase its use as a monetary base.

The bridesmaid, Miss Doris Kotewall, sister of the bride, will

"I oppose such a change," he said. "I see no possibility of wear an ivory chiffon velvet dress its adoption.

with a tiara to match, this being a

HE REITERATED HIS BELIEF THAT, DESPITE creation of Saloon de Modes, by RUMOURS OF FOREIGN EMBARGOES ON SILVER SHIP-"Marcel and Armand," MENTS, OTHER NATIONS WOULD SHORTLY ADOPT THE UNITED STATES POLICY OF SILVER PURCHASES, THERE- BY ASSISTING THE GRADUAL INCREASE TO US.$1.29 PER giri, Master Cyril Kotewall OUNCE.

Ceremonial Dress The page boy and the flower and Miss Patsy Kotewall, respectively Senator King said that he was] The industry, however, would the bride's mother will be attired will be dressed in yellow, while opposed to additional silver legis like a higher price for domestically in Chinese ceremonial dress. lation at present due to the like-mined silver. lihood of upsetting conditions in that silver production is linked with Hung, brother of the bridegroom. Experts points out The best man will be Mr. Archie the Far East and in silver na lead production in Utah and Idaho tions.

Following the wedding cera- properties, hence a good price for mony at the Supreme Court, a re-

He said that he was satisfied silver would improve the general ception to which over 1,000 guests with the way in which the present mining situation. legislation was administered.

base.

Company,

THREE RAVING NIGHTS ONLY 22nd, 23rd, 24th November, 1934. at 9.30 p.m. Sharp.

have been invited, will be held at "I do not believe that additional fact that silver prosperity is de residence of the bride's father.

They also call attention to the Hatton House, Kotewall Road, the silver legislation is needed this pendent on time."

"When the price of silver base metals, and the industries, Repulse Bay Hotel. ・・

the welfare of other The honeymoon will be spent at reaches U.S.$1.20 per ounce, as therefore, are likely to oppose a is will within a year or 18 months. 30-hour week, raising production there will be international demands

A fine of $20, in default one to the incident for stabilisation and a fixed ratio

costs. I followed no when Grey was thought whatever to the incident for olabilen

month's hard labour,

WRA this They will also ask for a renewal morning imposed on Wong Plu, ́un- enough, by the strange, famished top of the ramshackle stairs, the He said that it would aid nations

of the copper import taxes which employed, by Mr. W. Schofield at yellow cat... The cat was thin, feeble light of a hurricane lamp re-who were short of gold to join in United Press per S. E. Levy and theft of a quantity of oakum and otherwise expire on June 80. the Central Magistracy, for the with large, Intense eyes which vealed the creature sitting, or such an agreement, augmenting gleamed amber in the forlorn rather lying, across the threshhold their metallle reserve and credit

and lead-covered wire, the property. light of the lamp on the street of his door."-

of the Taikoo Dockyard. corner. It was standing there) He took an uncertain step back- ROOSEVELT HAS POWER jectedly, for he had had a de-odd." The cat looked up at him of the Senate Foreign Relations as Grey passed, whistling de- ward. He said to himself: "That's

Senator Key Pittman, Chairman pressing run of luck at Grannie's impassively with brooding, sullen Committee, stated that President tables, and it made a slight pite-eyes. He opened the door, stratch-

Roosevelt has all the authority Jous noise as it looked up at him. ing over the animal to turn the necessary to re-establish silver at a Then it followed at his heels, crazy handle. '

16 to 1 ratio to gold, wherefore Four delightfully written fairy pected to be kicked unceremoni-entered the shadowy room. There creeping along as though it ex-

further legislation is unnecessary. Silently the yellow cat rose and, tales adapted from the Chinese by

He believed that further pur With a view to pushing the Miss Phyllis Juby are now avaliable ously out of the way.

was something uncanny, almost chases of foreign silver will be to the public..

Grey did, indeed, make a sort of sinister in its smooth, noiseless necessary to fulfil the Silver Act. business, the accused opened up a The tales, brought out in beauti.hali-threatening gesture when, look-movements. With

He favours a higher price for fingers that

domestically mined silver.. East and in a year or two he had fal Chinese binding by the News-ing over his shoulder, he saw the shook slightly, Grey fumbled for

in yellow cat behind.

matches, struck a light and, closing

Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, built up a very good business with paper Enterprise Limited are

"If you

were a black cat," he the door behind him, lit the solitary

Florida: Democrat, declared that the turnover of some $4,000,000 four books:

"The Mysterlous Boat-Girl", "The muttered, "I'd welcome you-but candle.

silver situation, based on the exist passing through his hands. At

ing-legislation, seems reasonably the time of his arrest the monthly

Stone Monkey", "The Priest, The Ret out!" Moonmald and The Fool's Magic",

The cat's melancholy amber eyes!

satisfactory, and saw no need for business was about $90,000.

and "Hal and the Fairy Songster" gleamed up at him, but it made no

further action. * sign and continued to follow. This magnificiently are Mr. D'Almada added that it illustrated in the Chinese manner, would have annoyed Grey in his would be easy to see that In by Mr. A. S. Konya, the talented already impatient humour, but he of this kind, with money Hungarian artist, who is now in the seemed to find a kind of savage passing through his hands, it Colony.

satisfaction in the fact that he was would have been easy for him to All the four tales are written in denied even the trifling consolation make away with it.

the most simple style, and Miss Juby of a good omen. Like all gamblers,

sold for the past six months, and,

as the firm had a 5-year contract

at the Kashmir Government, it

stood to loose a great deal.

branch office In Bonham Strand

case

"More Like A Fool"

The books

TO-MORROW'S STORY

To-morrow's story will be "Kid Brother." by John Michael.

"If the President OF the Treasury; however, advise such action, I will abide by their de cision," he said.

"I have not considered the pos- sibility of the cessation of foreign silver buying in favour of exclusive To break a trust as he had done is to be congratulated on her efforts, he was Intensely superstitious, al-

He lived in this one room, over domestic purchasing, and see no was acting more like a fool than Ferhaps one example would suffice though he had had experience in a mews which had become almost neccessity for such a measure at a knave as he reaped no benefit to illustrate her style.

full measure of the futility of all fashionable since various poverty-present," he added. from the various sums, he said. This from the "Mysterious Bont- supposedly luck-bringing mascots. stricken people, whose names still It is announced that the Govern- It was the accused business to Girl", which is probably the best He carried a monkey's claw sewn carried some weight with the ment has acquired 109,227, 640 receive various suma from time to among the four:

in the lining of his waistcoat bourgeois tradesmen of this May-ounces of silver so far the under time and to pay in these sums to "Wang was a young man of good pocket, not having, the courage to fair backwater, had triumphantly nationalisation order. the firm, entering the sum on a family. He had been sailing down throw it away, But this wretched installed themselves.

the river all day, when, toward yellow cat that ought to have been evening, he decided to

slip with the date.

Another Unnamed

moor hig

MINING CONGRESS SHORTLY black did not irritate him as have admitted it, was a cardsharper mine the industries" recommenda- The American Mining Congress Grey, although he would never

meets here on December 18 to deter He did go at first, but later, at boat and stroll along the bank at his might have been expected, and professional gambler. But even the request of another, whom Mr. ease. But suddenly he saw a young He laughed softly the restrain-a cardaharper needs a little ordin-tions regarding silver at the next D'Almada would not name but girl sitting in a boat nearby." ed, unpleasant laugh of a man ary luck. Night after night he

Congress. would hand on a written slip to The story goes on to tell the fighting against misfortune. his Lordship, the accused. altered plight of Wang who begins to fall the dates to two or three days in love with the girl and finally we'll sup together.”

watched money pass into the hands Advances indications are that the "Come on, then, you yellow.devil; of "the pigeons," ignorant, reckless majority of Industrialists, similarly youngsters, and foolish old women to Senator King, have confidence in later. The other man held a sumarries her after a year of dis his coat pocket and beckoned. to the by all the rules of the game to have

He took his glovelese hand from who, having money to burn, ought the Administration handling of parior position and wished to be appointment.

the silver situation, and are also accommodated with the money for

animal at his heels; but it took as lost. Yet when playing with him, disposed to regard China's wishes little notice of his gesture of in- Grey, a man respected even am sympathetically,

several days.

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Had this been one laolated of-

fence It would not have been 780

KOWLOON RESIDENT'S DOG UNMUZZLED

A

among

who

vitation as it had of his menacing the shabby fraternity, of those foot a moment before. It just slid live, by their wits, they won. He walls were bare save for a cup. bad, remarked Mr. D'Almada, but Mr. G. A. Leuper, of No. 7 Canaring the ground noiselessly, not with a surreptitious percentage in Racing Calendar, and two cheap ro- along the greasy pavement, cover- had turned to roulette, but even board, a pinned-up "Sporting Life" from time to time, through per von Buildings, was fined $10 by Mr. deviating in the slightest from the terest in the bank, he had lost nettes. There was no carpet on suasion, he was led to repeat the EW. Hamilton at the Kowloon Invisible path it followed, without His credit was exhausted. Grad

productions of Kirchner's midi. misdeeds. Although matters, on Magistracy this morning for allow hositation.

herself had told him he was

the floor. A plece of

the face of it, were not grave at ing his dog to wander in Cameron It was a bitterly cold, miaty regular

the beginning, a time came when Road at 9.65 a.m. on October 81 un-night, raw and damp. Grey shiver hungry, and

no such refund was possible, and muzzled.

In December, 1982, there was some

7.000 unaccounted for. Through Fines totalling 8972, In

this period, Mr. D'Almada five month

ed as he thrust his hand back into his clot

the Iter of his pocket and hunch- would betray

TOOM

defaulted his shoulders together.

Imprisonment,

not a cent was touched by imposed on Tsal' Mül,"

were With a shudder of relief he turn-an ar-old ed

alter of the courtyard sted them

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