1935-01-08 — Page 9

BIG CLAIM AGAINST FRENCH BANK To-day's Hearing

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS CONTINUES ADDRESS

The hearing was continued in the Supreme Court this morning of the case in which the Kwong Shing Cheong Sandal Wood Association (in voluntary liquidation) claim from the Banque Franco-Chinoise the sum of $591,640.23 being com- pradore orders and the alleged property of the plaintiffs.

Mr. Eldon Potter, K. C. contin- uing his address said:-

"Contracts are made out in the name of the plaintiff company, and compradore orders are issued in the name of the plaintiff company.

Belly Stockfeld is in "City of Song" with Jan Kiepura who is coming on Thursday to the King's

Theatre.

PART-ADMISSION

OF SHOP THIEF

Discharged Employee Robs Relative.

MITIGATED SENTENCE-

OF SIX WEEKS

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1935

| To-day's Short Story.

Pier-Head Jumper

THE

By Frank H. Shaw

The

Young mate of the Corn-hard work or weather offer. flower was in a flaming mate gave old Dunn a push that

vas in a Tam Wo, unemployed, who was

sent him off the kerb into slush: charged with the larceny of 86 temper. All sailing plane were cold such that leaked through singlets, 2 woollen jerseys, and 6 altered: the tramp was due to broken boots. "You, sundown Jet's cigarette lighters altogether valued)

at $36.80 the property of Tam Lap haul out of dock at next half-see your book." Another man was chlu, proprietor of the Wal Yes tide atcad of waiting until to engaged, another. Six deckhands Company, pleaded that he had only morrow. Mr. Brayle had expect and a boatswain-lamp-trimmer re- stolen 18 singlets, when he appeared ed to see his sweetheart again quired, all secured Brisk work. Old before Mr. E. I. Wynne-Jones at the and explain away last night's Dunn knew some of the successful He'd had candidates: he'd met them hanging Central Magistracy this morning misunderstanding.

Accused, it was stated, was one over the eight after parting around the doors of the shipping formerly employed in Tam Lap with his girl-both of them office. Single men, careless men, chiu's shop, but had been dismissed furious, and his head was musay, some of them-men with no respon

He shoved back old Dunn's papers sibilities, unlike himself, das

The Hung Ping Co. converts these. CORRESPONDENCE.=|because of laziness, but being a without so much as looking at them. There would be no other ships

SHIPPING DISPUTE CONCLUSION

lative of the complainant, he now

"Think I want to man the dam'd algning-on over the weak-ond, Not cheques by dealing with them! without any right. The defendant

and then visited the shop. When the goods were found missing sus-ship with Methuselahs?" be narled that it mattered if there were old Dunn wasn't 'wanted." His white "You're too old--by fifty years.". bank is therefore guilty of con-

picion fell upon him. Complainant) version because it collected these!

informed the Folice and had him He buttonholed a spry youngster hair was against him, just as his who stared at him half-insolently, bowed shoulders and rheumaticky cheques." Mr. Potter went on to

arrested.

"Let's see your discharges, you!" gait were inimical to success. So say that, if the defendants stated.

As no evidence could be brought He skimmed the book's stained that, on the evidence, there was as they probably would, that cer-

[To the Editor "China Mail") - that defendant had stolen all the] tain monies were drawn from 'B'

Sir,With the termination of the items mentioned in the charge, he pages. He tucked the book under nothing to be done nothing.

This arm. "You'll do. Signing-on 'account (the Hung Ping Co's) and

used in satisfaction of the liabili-local shipping dispute I would con-was given the benefit of doubt and ties of the plaintiffs, then the sub-vey to yourself and reporting staff sentenced to six weeks' hard labour now, see-salling this tide." mission of the plaintiffs would be the very sincere thanks of the stealing the 18 singlete admitted, "If you reply on such a plea, you Management Committees of these must prove and satisfy the court Guilds for the strictly impartial re. trying the case that an actual por-cording you have given to events tion of the converted money went since the Officera concerned handed back into the coffers of the plain-in to their respective Companies their notices of suspension of sar-; tiffs."

vices.

The hearing was adjourned un- til to-morrow.

CHARGE OF THEFT

BY FINDING

Two Valuable Rings Reported Lost

ONE RECOVERED: MONTH'S GAOL FOR FINDER

I would also take this oppor tunity to make it perfectly clear that! the temporary stoppage of certain river vessels must not and is not to be construed in the slightest way in the nature of an "attack upon ship- owners" for nothing would be far-

JAPANESE SHIRKS REGISTRATION,

Christmas Holidays As Excuse

----

CARELESSNESS EARNS FINE OF $25

tracy this morning. ・・

TO-MORROW'S STORY

To-morrow's story will be "Dagger Dance,” by Dewan Sharar

Old Dunn shivered, He felt older than ever. He'd hoped he might manage to slip into the Corn- flower's crew-list considering what a rush there was about her signing- up a crew. He felt he hated this young, alapdash mate-yes, he hated hlm. He knew the type-batter ashore than at sea. No end of a hand with the girls, but apt to

It was close on three years since grouse at work and hard weather!

"Excuse me, sir, but if you could he'd had a berth: even then it had aign me on he ventured timid-only been as trimmer in a hard-run coaster cruel work for a man of ly,Times are hard—”

Bixty-six, but undertaken willingly, almost joyously. Anything to feel

+

*

The mate had his own views on

garden-paths in winter-this winter

Shigera Tanaka, a Japanese clerk] ther from the truth. than any such who was charged with a breach of old-timers; there was one at present independent and self-respecting. belief. While the curtailment of

the Registration of Persons Ordin- In command of the Cornflower He Carrying shore-going sailors' bag- sailings in question was an aspect ance, was fined $25 by Mr. E. I. felt he was getting his own back gage was intermittent labour, but which had to be faced in a policy Wynne-Jones at the Central Maxis-on Captain Black, somehow, when he acceptable. Sweeping snow from which had as its ultimate object the

bellowed taughter at old Dunn establishment of a greater feeling

Detective Sub-Inspector Nolloth "Wouldn't carry your sort for there'd been no snow that was of trust and confidence between the stated that defendant arrived in the ballast, old stick-in-the-mud! Cape honourable employment, too. They Chan Chung, 24, unemployed, Owners and their Floating Staff. It Colony on December 22 on board the Horn faver before we're out of wouldn't employ him with the steve- appeared before Mr. E. W. Hamil is the aira of these Guilds to pro-s.s. Asuma Maru from Kobe, and soundings, eh?" Cape Horn fever is doring gangs because he wasn't spry ton at the Kowloon Magistracy mote and maintain harmonious and was employed by the China Printing seafaring for malingering when enough to get out of the way of the this morning charged with the friendly relations with all Owners Ink Manufacturing Company of larceny, by finding, of two gold and in the settlement now arrived at 199, Aplia Street, Shumshuipo. rings, the property of Lam Kan-these Guilds are conscious of their

obligations to the Owners concerned Mr. Ozawa, instructed him to apply The proprietor of the company, yung, a married woman.

Detective-Sergeant Dowman, of and will, to the best of their ability for registration the day after bis the Yaumati Police Station, stat endeavour to implement such, with, arrival, but he did do not so. [It] ed that the complainant was out it is hoped, mutual benefit to both was stated that defendant had his walking on December 16 when sides.

photos ready on December. 80, al- she lost her rings. A report was in passing I would pay a tribute though he pleaded that, owing to

for ma

DISEASE CAUSED BY RATS

Coroner On Danger To Workers

burtling slings of cargo, and with Workmen's Compensation always looming darkly, you had to have men who wouldn't lurk you for big expenses in case of accident.

Obviously, old Dunn thought, he'd have to sink his remaining pride and apply to be raken in by one or other of the seamen's charities, where a

a bit of tobacco; but where monas tic celibacy was imposed. No wives

made at the Police Station but to Mr. Peter Sin, solicitor, who, the Christmas holidays, he could not "ADDING NEW TERROR TO LIFgman could get food and shelter and the rings could not be found un- while mindful of his owner clients' find time to get them taken.. til yesterday, when the complain-interests has been indefatigable in ant saw the defendant and recog-his efforts in collaboration with the nised a ring he was wearing as undersigned to bring about a settle- one of hers, and had him arrest-ment which is regarded with eminent FINANCE COMMITTEE

ed.

At the Police Station the de- fendant admitted keeping the rings after finding them, and stated that he had lost the se cond one.

The ring recovered was valued at about $150.

Sentence of one month's hard labour was imposed.

POST OFFICE. RECORD

£13,041,118 Surplus.

· DECLARED RESULTS TO MARCH 1934

A statement issued by the Trea aury recently shows that the net Post Office surplus for the year | ended last March was £13,041,118. This is a record and an increase of no less than £1,985,118 on the pre-|- vious year.

The net receipts were £72,644,245,]

satisfaction by both parties.

W. E. KIRBY, Secretary,

China Coast Officers Guild, Joint Secretary,,

Marine Engineers Guild of China.

Boxing Challenge

MEETING

Estimates Total $24,130 To Be Submitted

A disease originating from infec-allowed in Aged Mariners' Homes tion from rats, and stated to be new except an occasional visitors." And to Britain, was described by the that would finish Nellie so old coroner, Mr. Ingleby Oddie, at a Dunn decided to hang on. Faddington inquest, as "adding a "Crew aboard at once," barked the new terror to life.”

mate in the shipping office, after the The inquest was on Edward hands were signed. "Bober, mind Joyce, 58, a tunnel miner employed you! I'll keel-haul any son of a gun by the Hammersmith Borough who comes aboard drunk. I'm Council, who died from a form of Simon Brayle-If you've ever heard

F

At next Thursday's meeting of jaundice, originating from infection of me!" the Finance Committee of the from rats: He had been employed Some of the newly engaged men Legislative Council, supplemen-in timbering open trenches. had heard of him. Old Dunn tary expenditure amounting to

Dr. William Barnard, consulting heard them talking among them-

[To the Editor "China Mail"] Sir-I wish, through the medium of your popular columns to challenge

The largest item is a supple Council, who made a post-mortem their advance notes for ready cash A. B. Appleby; of H.M.S. Pandora,

mentary vote of $18,000 for the examination, said it was a classical wherewith to get their dunnage out to whom 1, lost last Saturday, to a return encounter of 15 three-minute Medical Department, being run case of Well's disease. It was new of the boarding-house master's rounds at any time, winner take ning expenses of the disinfecting to Britain, but had been known for hands, to buy oddments of kit, to

and fumigrating plant, which

fa Japan and Indulge in a farewell drink." "A a considerable time was taken over by the Govern India. There were cases in Hol nasty bit of work, Mr. Brayle-re- ment on October 1 of last year, and and Germany before the war, g'lar husky, tried to play blood-ship when it was too late to make any and since then cases had been re gamen aboard the Cornflower if he provision for 1935.ake a

ported in England-he thought first could get away with it..

$24,180 will be submitted. pathologist to the London County selves as they aet about changing

all.

MAX BRILKA:

DANCE CONTEST

First Heat Decided At Hotel

LARGE ATTENDANCE SEE EIGHT COUPLES COMPETE

The next largest is $2,400 for in 1919.

crew

than

man could stand up even to the rawest of mates and tell him where The got off

Police transport, increase in crime It was an organism that was Therefore, despite his warning, having called for the conveyance of more prisoners and witnesses parasitic to the rat. The disease was far better, the new as well as of more police staff had been contracted in the canals in thought, to join ship dre The balance of $3,700 is made Holland by people when bathing sober. An hour of gloz up of small votes for the Police here was one proven, care where a three months of hall, if you and Prisons Departments, with barges contracted it in the Thames what they meant! Too, ansober, from which had to be taken $1,808,- Mr. S. A Gray and Miss A. an item of $400 for the Kowloon- 734 as the net receipts of the wire Mackenzie were nominated win-Canton Railway, $100 for convey- less receiving licences, leaving here of the first heat for the 1985 ance allowance, Medical Depart- 571,340,611. The value of the work Hong Kong Official Dance Charment, and $160 for Miscellaneous done for other Government depart

pionship title at the Roof Garden ments____ _without_payment

of the Hong Kong Hotel yester- £2,582,892, bringing the total re day evening. venue to £78,932,849.

Mr. Leung Lin-chuen and Miss B The expenditure was £59,322,305, Randall won the heat on the popular to which had to be added £1,569,420 vote.

as work done for the Fost Office A large attendance was present without payment by other Govern-at yesterday's tea dance, and eight ment departments, making ótal | couples took the floor. In the contest expenditure of 480,891,725

During the dance Andrew, Lnd Ursula, whose présence ́in. the Colony prompted the compet demonstrated the fox trot an carrioca

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