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AN ALLEGED OPIUM

CONSPIRACY.

REMARKABLE STORY TOLD AT APPEAL COURT, BOGUS COMPANIES AND DCGUS SALES.

Is the course of his address in the Hne Hing appeal case at the Court of Appeal yesterday, Mr. Sharp made some remark able allegations regarding alleged bagus companies created for the purpose of há Company by conspiracy to defraud two of its own directors on a rising opium market.

Mr. Sharp gave it as his opinion that the Chief Justice, in his judgment. treated. the ca as though it was a criminal charge, awl, that being so, he was of the opinion that the case should be proved up to the hilt. That was manifest from the judgment; and it was so. The broadest outline of the case for the Company was this. In May, 1911, there was in arrange. | mont made between the Indinn Gov

Chinese the

Cavern- and ernment ment to limit the export of opium and

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL HONGKONG FOOTBALL LEAGUE.

A meeting of the League was held at Victoria Barracks last evening, Mr. W. H Vivensh (Vice-President) presiding over a small attendance.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, MARCH 10mm, 1915.

YACHTING.

ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB.

CHINESE RIO.

WAR NEWS.

CLEARING THE GERMANS OUT OF

AUSTRALIA

The result of the fourth of the series of Cruiser Championship events

was.. fla

Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, who follows:

eft for England in Jaquary, speaking at a banquet organised by the Motal Ex- Course:-Datum Rock (P), Channel Rock change, said this war was not only for After bearing the explanation of the

national but for commercial" supremacy. Hon. Secretary of the Lam Liong F.O.(P). Distance, 18 miles.

He had notified every company; incorporat- (Mr. J. Anderson) regarding the failure

ed in Australia to wipe out within three montha their German shareholders, whether of his team to appear in the match with

naturalised or not. The Staff and Departments, it was decided that their offer to give the points to the Staff and Departments bo-necopted, Tho circumstances were regarded as somewhat exteranting, and no 6ng was imposed,

A number of 'race-week fixtures which should have been played but did not come off from various cases were ordered to be replayed. The Shropshire Reserves turned up at the prescribed time to play the Diocesan School; but the latter failed to put in an appearance.

Mr. Archic explained that at the last moment the team found themselves unable to play. It was understood that the Shrop-

The Hongkong University asked leave to withdraw from the League owing to pressure of duties, and it was decided that the Secretary call their attention to Rule 10.

The Hon. Secretary and Treasurer said there would be an amount of over $150 available for the provision of medals, and it was decided that 860 be voted for madals for the winners of the Senior Division, 850 for the winners and $30 for the runners-up of the Second Division,

The Hon. Secretary mentioned that they would shortly be losing the very valuable services of their Vice-President (Mr. Vivensh), who was leaving before the end of the month for Home: to join up for active service. Mr. Pennell said that Mr. Viveash was one of the fow civilians who took a really keen interest in football organisation in Hongkong, and his place would be extremely difficult to fill. They aly hoped he would come through safely, and that they would once again find him back amongst them when the war was over. It was decided that the League's apprecia. tion of Mr. Vivensh's services be put on record in the minute-book,

Mr. Vivensh briefly replied,

The Hon. Secretary mentioned that by would be glad to receive the monies due from various Clubs for the Association Handbook.

it vas naily determined, in 1917. The ex-shires desired to play the match, and it port of opium was to be gradually reduced will accordingly be re-arranged. to a point of expiration in 1917. On April 26th, 1912, the Hug Hing Company was incorporated to do business in opius. In Jasuary 1913, the Indian Government announced that from May 1st, 1913, the export would totally stop. Since then not a single che had been exported, so far as it was possible to know. As a conse quence of that order, as everyone in busbess knew, there was a great advance in the price of opium. At that time. May, 1913, the price of opium stood at $2.50 per chest, and at the beginning of the following year it had risen to somewhere in the neighbourhood of $10,000 per chest/ Then their case came to this, that they alleged an arrangement of conspiracy, as they put it, between two of the Company's directors to get the opium held by the Company into their own hands, or into their own private firms. One of these men was Lee Hy Son, or the Sing Fat Yuen firm, and the other was Ma Choo Lung, or Their case, also, was the Po Yuen firm.

int this conspiracy was most successfully carried out. The conspiracy commenced in March, 1813, when the two men proposed a scheme to one whom he would call Koo, the director on the viher side, The two conspirators, according ta Kon's' atidavits, pointed out to him that the price of opium must go up, and they made a proposition whereby they should get hold of the opium, passing it into their private Grms. At that time "Kọn " was in possession-he (Mr. Sharp) could not say how-of a sum of $100.000, which stood in his own name in the International Bank. Thas $100,000 was very important -data, which their lordships would realise before they came to the end of the drama. The two conspirators asked "Koo" to wake the $100,000 available for the par- poso of financing the conspiracy. They proposed, in order to lend an ear of good faith to their methods, to pass that opium which the Company had purchased to bogus firms, whose names would be entered in the Company's books. That was to say, they were to carry out the whole scheme by sales" of opium which were geally bogus eales as the Chief Justice went go far is to say, they were gravely auspicious sales-to

Koo" refused to be a party to the con. spicacy, as was shown by his affidavits. There were eight directors in the Hue Hing, and "Lee" and "Ma" were two of them. What these directors in the Hu tively did was another matter; some of them did nothing. Trouble arose, not, however, before bogus sales had accounted for 98 chests of opium, and then came the A liquidator petition for winding up. was immediately appointed. and on the day be was appointed he went to the -offices of the Company, and his suspicions were at once aroused by the fact that when he carmenver to look for the books they

their own

firme.

UNITED SERVICES LEAGUE.

TAHES TO DATE,

Conle.

P. W... L. D. F, A, P.

+

0 i

4 6 4 2

R.G.A RE H. K. Volunteers. 5 2 9 Shrops. L.. 4 Navy...

1+1

2

1 7:05

1 635 1 1 4

5 0 3 2 1 8

SCHOOL FOOTBALL

TO-DAY'S EXHIBITION GAME,

Handicap Finishing Corrected on Course,

Time

Time M. N.

I. M. & Scratch ... 8 00

Yacht. ach Miranda Qenone Snipe 12.00- Bootengden, 6 00 Dorthy 1124 00

Tuttan 00 00

88 30

Flora Position. (1) Flora (2) Dorothy 11. (3) Miranda ... (4) Scotangen

Denono --Snipe --Tuttan

A. M. 6,

2:00, 17

D.N.S. D.NS. 2:44-41-

°2 22 28-

D.N.S.

2 49 15

2 08:17

2 88'41

1 68 28

1.20 45

16

24

BITER BIT,

نست

The fist German prisoners in the Balkan campaign were taken last month in extra- ordinary circumstances.

An English cargo boat had just left Points for Lace. Painis to Date, Sonika when an accident to the machi

nory compelled her to halt. A few minutes Jater a German submarine put in an ap- pearance and fired a dozen shots at the ship. Only a few hit the vessel, and these without causing serious damage

At once the vessel sent a wireless," asking help urgently, while a small boat- with an officer and five men put off from the submarine, and, reaching the cargo- Handicap Finishing. Corrected boat, began to search her.

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on Course.

M. B.

True.

J. M.

Yaclit.

Feathers Scratch.. Spoondrift.. Vesper Irene Queen Bea... 900 Position

(1) Queen Bee (2) Feathers (3) Vesper

Spoondrift Irene

233.00 D.S.N.

Time. 14. M. 8. * 33 55

n

2 89.07.

2 30 07

DNS

2 39.0%

2 30.05

Pts, for race.

U

3

Pts, to date,

18

22 3

The results of the eighth of the series of Club Championship Races for the Handicap, One Design, and Heyward Hays and Gael Classes are as follows:-

HANDICAP CLASS. Course-Lyonun Beacon (P), Kowloon Rock (P) Merk Boat on Starting Line (P), Lyemun Beacon (F), Kowloon Rock (P) Distance, 12.4 miles,

Yncht. Handicap Finishing Corrected

Dione, Rong

in Course.

M.B.

Scratch

plus 2.04

Tire.

H. M. A

465 18

514 11 5:45.00

Time. A. 3. B.

457 22

5. 00.57

4 86 00

1 U2

4 57" 31

4 58.38

D. N.S.

8 10..

12 24

D. N. S.

12 24

D. N. S.

19.36

D. N. S.

La Linda, receives 201 Katlileen

Dorothea Colleen Ayesha Buccaneer

Position.

(1) Colleen (2) Dione (3) Rona (4) Kathleen

La Linda Dorothea Buccaneer Ayesha.

A French destroyer was quickly on the scones quickly, indeed, that the party of Germans on the cargo-boat had not time to return to their craft,

The subinarine, seeing the destroyer

INTIMATIONE

LANE

CRAWFORD & Co.

JUST RECEIVED:

ANGLO-ORIENT

SEAMLESS REVERSIBLE

CARPETS AND RUGS.

TWO WEARING SURFACES INSTEAD OF ONE

IN CHARMING COLOURINGS AND DESIGNS.

THEY ARE OF

BRITISH

MANUFACTURE

BOTH

arrive, immediately turned round and dis- DURABLE AND INEXPENSIVE.

sppeared and the cargo-boat, escorted by the French destroyer, returned to Salonika Harbour with her six prisoners on board.

"PRACE TIME COME."

"VORWAERTS

APPEALS FOR & SOCIALIST CONGRESS.

The Fornaerts, commenting on the 18th month of the world-war, statee, in a leader beaded Understanding," that the time has now come for action on the part of sensible people,

It believes that no country dares to ang gest peace, fearing that, the suggestion will be taken as a sign of weakness, but it in- sists that all the belligerents agree that the war need not necessarily be pursued until one or other country is absolutely destroyed, The Forwaerte believes that the first prac. tical step towards peace would be made by an international meeting of Socialists from all the belligerent countries and nou- trals to investigate peace possibilities. This could be done at onez.

The Berliner Tageblatt, in a leader by Theodore Wolf, werns Germany not to think that Belgium would agree to a Pis. for race. Pts. to date separate peace for herself, The recent utterances of the Belgian Government give ne signs of their being willing to discuss peace.

ONE DESIGN CLASS.

Course:-Lyemun Beacon (8), Kowloon Rock (5), Lyemnun Beacon (S). Distance, miles.

Handicap Finishing Corrected Yacht.

on Course.Time.

Time. 11. B.

I. M. & Serateb

4 40-30 4.-17.54

Ailsa Daphne

Halcyon Bubuk

Position

41 (1) Ailsa

(3) Bonita

9(2) Daphne

St. Stephen's College will be represented by the following in their exhibition game with Queen's College today, on the latter's ground-Leung Sai' Sui; Sheung Wai Hon and Ng Shu Heung; Kwok Pok Hing Hau Chee Tah nnd Cheung Hing Siu; Tsoi Hak Hoa Tam Cheung Huen, Chiu Kwok Lenog, Kwok Hing Fuk, and Fung Yuk Wing, Mr. C. Mycock will be the referee.

that the $100,000 clearly belonged to **Keo," and was in the International Bank, but, with the same courage as they had met other incidents in the case the other side endeavoured to explain away the $100,000 by means of forged documents. One of these was a letter dated April 22nd, 1913, presumably from the chief accountant of the firm, a man named Fong-who was never called to prove his letter to Lee

(4) Halcyon

H. M. S.

4 46:30

447 54

11

4 53 08

4 47-56

4. 53 08 4:47:06

ADRIATIC MONOPOLY AFTER WAR,

A new siegidship fine has.been established. at Dudapest caled the New German

It is ine: hungarian America Line,"

come of a visit paid to the Hungarian Budapest and capital by Herr ballin Bertia journals poing out that the Central Lowers must seize the present, opportunity for making arrangements to obtain and to retain their own hands the entire, trade of the Adriatic with foreign coup tries. The new line, we are told, will so arrange watters that emigrants who used to be shipped from Fiume will now be

Pts. for race. Pts to date shipped from Pula. In the pre-war days the Adria and Cunard Linee divided the emigrant business between them, The German-Hungarian Company's first effort will be to excinde the British line from al and every participation in any Adriatic enterprise,

30

8

13

HEYWARD BAYS AND GASL CLASSER Course Lyemun Beacon (S), Kowloon Rock (S), Lyemun Beacon (S). Distance, of miles.

Yacht.

Handicap Finishing Corrected German Lloyd.

on Course. Time

1, 3, Scratch

Lysbeth plus 29 White Rose in 1 32 Alice

46 Scratch Owl

Thesla Receives 16

Toinnetto Position (1) Thecla (2) Lysbeth (3) Toinette (4) White Hose -Alice Owl

5.12 12

15 31

The new company will have a capital of from £300,000 to £400,000, and will work in co-operation with the Adria Co., the Hamburg America Line, and the North Time. We are not told whence the post-war 11.M.S. ...

emigrants are to come, but if Austria and Hungary, as is reported are already 5.17 34 calling up the 50 to 55 years old men for military service it is improbable that the new company will be overburdened with Herr Ballin and his emigrant "business" friends, moreover, assume that Trieste, Pola and Fiume will remain in the posses. sion of Austria Hungary. Reasonable doubts ning be entertained on this point.

5 16 02 D.N.S.

D.N.S. 10.37

5 15 11 46. 15 30 6 16 41 Pts. for racc. Pts, to date

COMMODORE's CUPS

38

The following are the courses for the Commodore's Cups to be sailed for next Saturday and Sunday:-

HANDICAP CLARA,

11TH MARCH

North Fairway Baby (8), Trocas Rock

y San saying that Koo had taken (8)

were not to be found. It was a most won away the $100,000. The second of the tiles hannol Rock (B) Distance, 11

MEDITERRAN KAN

MARINES.

WE HAVE THEM IN

SQUARES 3 by 21, 3 by 3 and 3 by 4 Yards.

AND

CORRIDOR, HEARTH, SOFA,

AND BEDSIDE RUGS. COLOURED LITHOS ON APPLICATION,

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

HONGKONG, CANTON, MACAO

WEST RIVER STEAMERS.

JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAQ STEAMBOAT CO., LTD., AND CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

HONGKONG-CANTON LINE.

Bingle Fare by Tiglik filanmay Betmen

(available "izo för verdie

by day ateamer) Hingle Fare by Day Steamer Return

HONGKONG TO CANTON." [

$6.00

10.00

4.00

8.00

CANTON TO HONGKONG.,

FRIDAY, 10 MARCH, 1916.

6.00 mm. FATSHAN, 10.00 p.m. KINSHAN.

8.00 am. KINSHAN. 4.30 p.m. HONAM.

SATURDAY, 11TH MARCH, 1916.

8,00a.m. HONAM, 10:00 p.m. 4TSHAN,

8.00 m. FATSHAM, 4.30 p.m. KINSHAN.

HONGKONG-MACAO LINE

8.8. SUI TAI, Tona 1,651.

0.8. TAISHAN, Tome 5,006.. HONGKONG TO MACAO. Week days at 8 am, and 2 p.m. from the Company's Wing Lok Street Whart Candays at 9 a.m. and 1. p.m. from the Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf,

MACAO TO HONGKONG.

Weekdays at 7.30 m. and 2 y.m. Sundays at 7:30 am, sad. 2 p.m.

EXCURSION TO

МАСАО

SUNDAY, 19TH MARCH, 1916.

The Company's New Steamship

«TAISHAN”

Will depart from the Company's WING LOX STREET WHARF RI9 km, and refum from Macso st 7 p.m.

sad

SUB-

HOW WORKED: WHY STOPPED.

A despatch from Salonika sintes that General Sarrail has informed the Prime Minister of Greece 4. Skouloudis, that French agents have discovered a szeret de pet of more than 3,000 gallons of petrol, s part of which was concen'ed in iron tanks under the ground.

The Corriere della Sera publishes a de- The limit, 6.30 p.m.,

spatch from Palermo secording to which a Greek steamer, the Athanazia suspected ONE DESIGN CLASS.

of furnishing oil to German submarines, Lyonun Beacon (P), Cust Rock Boy has been captured, while the Secolo an (P), Mark Boat on Starting Line (P),

nounces that a Greek vessel, the Chris- Channel Rock (P). Distance 9 miles.polis, which is believed to have supplied 2.40 p.m. Time limit 6.30 p.m.

documents was a receipt, dated April 23rd, ing gun, 2,30 p. Time 1013, signed by "Kon" for the $100,000,

derful story of fraud-the Chief Justice, had realised that something was radically

and the third document was an agreement, wrong, and he put it as high as this. that

gravo suspicion of doubt had been dated April 25th, of the same year; an

raised in his mind. Lee Hy San and Ma alleged agreement between Les By San Preparatory gun, 2.35 p.m. ; starting-g contraband to enemy submarines, has been

Ches Lung had, when directors of the and "Koo" regarding the $100,000, show. ing that "Koo" took away the $100,000.

HEYWARD HAYS AND DAEL CLASS.

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Company, actually transferred the opium Those documents, he was told, were pro of the Company, when there was a radieu-duced to Koo when he was in the Lyemun Beacon (P), Cust Rack Busy lously rising market, by means of bogus witness-box, and he stated, on oath, that he (P), Mark Beat on Starting Line () sen them before. "Koo" Channel Rock (P). Distance, 8 miles. sales, into their own private firms, hence had never

asked to be allowed to examine then, and Preparatory gun, 2.45 p.m.; starting gus the trouble.

then he went so far as to say that the 2.50 p.m. Time limit 6.30 p.m.

AND Referring subsequently to what he signatures were him, but that they had been CRUISER CLASS: CHINESE BIG

taken from the "missing minute book "- described as "the wanderings of $100,000, the missing minute book" of the pro-

Ademastor Rock (8) Distance, 23 Mr. Sharp said that it was alleged by the ceerlings at the statutory meeting which

had never been held. He (Mr. Sharp) miles. Preparatory gun, 10.25.a.m; start other sido that the amount was really n admitted that Koo" had signed the ing guz, 10.30 am Time limit 6.30 p.m. deposit, or first instalment, by Eco, to winute book, and, at first, had done things

which called for condemnation by the- the Company for apiem, but he, Mr.

Chief Justice. At that time all the direc Sharp-would refer their lordships to or tors of the Company were in it," but Koo" stoutly denied that he had signed tain happenings which were "the most

any of the documents dealing with his sensatres incident in this most sensan | #100,000—– tional case." He ought first to explain The hearing was again adjourned.

It is announced that some Enesian ecouts sear Baranovitek (an important junction BE. of Vilna) mined and blew up the Baranovitch Vilra railway which the Ger mans recently repaired;

taken to Messina,

A despatch from Salonika further states that a British destroyer has captured at Chlo the Grock sailing ship Adelphotis in which 16,000 cans of petrol were discovered,

The Online publishes a telegram stating that a base for enemy submarines has been discovered in one of the seven islands of Crete The base was found to be abund antly provided with everything necessary for supplying three or four submarines,

The supplies were obtained through a Greek who recently married in Austrian woman who had come to the island with an Austrian multi-millionaire-evant. On the occasion of the wedding the conut made the couple a present of a chateau-which-he had specialty built in the island

Anglo-French forces Imre occupied the chateau- and captured the Greek and his wife;

N.B.The Company will also run & Steamer from Macao on Sunday at 7,30 ́ame

s Honkong at I p.m... from the Company's Wing Lok Street Whiszt Tois Steamer connects with the Exmarion Steamer returning from Micso at 7 p.m.

FARES AS USUAL

MAGAO-CANTON LINE.

RÉ. SUI AM. GEG

Departures from Macao io Canton on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 119 p.m. Leprinos from Canton to Macao on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at £80 pa JUINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT CỦ... LTD., \THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.. AND THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. CANTON-WUCHOW LINE.

B.8. SAINAM, 588 tons, and E.S. NANNING, 569. toms,

Ops of the above Steamers leaves Canton for Wnchow every Monday, Wednesday ad Felisy, at about 8 m., and the other leaves Washow for Canton on the same daya at 8.30 am Bound trips take about & days. Passengers can return to Hongkong or vice versa by the Company's direct Steamer LINTAN and BANUI. These vousels have supezzov. Čabém socominudation and are lighted throughout by electricity. Electric Pan in sach Cabin,

Booking Office open daily (Sunday excepted) 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Further particulare may be obtained at the Office of the

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