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HONGKONG BANK FRAUD. INTERESTING STORY OF

SUCCESSFUL PLOT.

At the Magistracy yesterday, before Mr. 3. R. Wood, William Pomeroy was charged with conspiring with others to defraud the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, aiding and abetting in the forgery. of two cheques for suis amounting to 28,000, and with assisting in the uttering

of the waine,

De-

Mr. G. N. Ce (From the Attorney General's Department) presccuted. fendant way not legally represented,

and on.

OPENING STATEMENT.

Mr. Cruse, oglining the case, said that a man who would be calied was approached by the defendant, on the last day of February, when he called in business at the defendant's offic at Messrs. Percy Smith, Seth & Fleuring, with a view to a subsequent meeting between him (defen dant) and a foreigner named Ribeiro. That meeting nu held on March 2nd and 3rd, the last named date he was engaged to act as a sort of shroff for the business at a salary of $40 a month. A witness would say that he was sent to a gold-leaf shop to gain for the sale of goldenf which panned out at $8,000. which was just the amount of money for which the cheques had been forged. This "person, after visiting the gold-iraf shop met the defendant and Ribeiro, and they arranged that on the oth, the day the che gues were presented, they were to meet again at the City Hall. They did meet

HONGKONG TENNIS-.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12th, 1918.

THE CHINESE LANGUAGE.

ITS CULTIVATION IN THE FAR EAST.

* TOURNAMENTA BEES The only game in the Hongkong" C.C. tennis tournament played yesterday was the semi-final of the Professional Pairy [BY PROFESSOR MIDDLETON SMITH, H-80.] between Cooper-Hunt and Hauswoud 7. Crisp and Hamilton, which the latter won after a most interesting display, the series reading:1-6, 6-3, 6-4. Tho tennis by which Cooper-Hunt and Hammond won the opening so was of such good quality thut it augured well for their success. However, in the next two sets the wearing- down Lautics adopted by the other pair preved successful, and they were very during winners.

Ebe attraction to-day will be the sem: final game of the Championship Singles between Nisbet and Ng Sio Kwong, play commencing at 4:30 pm

·YOKOHAMA DEFEAT KOBE.

Yokohama The Interport game between. Yokohama and Kobe was interesting. The home tam won by 8 points (à gaul and a try) to 3 (one try). At half-time Yokohama led by 3 points, and the visitors scored just before the clos of the match. Generally speaking the play was not up to Interport Ivel,

COMPANY REPORTS. UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD.

The report of the directors for presenta tion to the shareholders at the forty-thir ordinary meeting on April 18th is as follows

The board has now to lay before the shareholders a balance sheet containing a the Society on the 31st December, 1915, summary of the property and liabilities of

date.b.. and a statement of accounts to the Aaro

During the past few months a great dent has been written and talked about Mr. British tradery in the Far East. the neglect of the Chinese Jungungo by Ainscough, who had mastered the difficul. ties of the language, made a great point 1014 Account After payment of the of this defect of our countrymen in his inter dividend of $50 per share and the passed as the last annual meeting, there various surveys of the situation in China. use of a por cent, to Contributors, Son of the engineering firms of Great remains a balance of $2,470,676.80 as per Britain are now issuing advertisements annexed statement, The board recom- mends that this sum be appropriate as follows: in Chinese. They are probably also com- piling catalogues in the same language final dividend to share-

cently, welcomed in a most enthusiastic The local Chamber of Commerce, quite re- school manner the suggestion that a

INTERPORT RUGBY MATCH. should be established in Hongkong so that Europeias could sturly the language. Mr. H. G Wells, with that facility for ooking ahead for which he is notorious, des even ungane so far as to suggest that the public

of Britain should substitut schools Oriental languages for Latin and Greek in their curriculum. Out of all of thic agitation will come some definite scheme, There are particular reasons why those of us who live in China should attempt to make up our minds as to the best method of carrying out the general idea so spon- ineously supported locally and in Shang-

charge, and when they were returned later with the signature of the compradore's clerk, be paid out the money, $8,000 in all. He gave Li Sum sixteen $500 notes.

A money-changer at the Leung Kee

hai.

THE PROBLEMS.

The facilities which at present exist for teaching Chines appear to be rather

holders of $20 per share on

12,400 shares. 248,000.00 bonus dividend to share

A

holders of $10 per share on 12, 100 shares

121,000.00

An

addition to the Reinsurance Fund of £50,000 et Ex- change 1/11 1-16.

To write off Leasehold Pro

¡party Account ....

520,325.21

20,000.00

To

he carried forward to Underwriting Suspense Account to close the account fer the year 1914

1,559,351.68

$2,470,676.89.

19:3 Account. The balance of working ace wat on the 31st December 1915, was 55 731 580 01, as per innexid statement.

Th's bad recommends that an interim holders, absorbing $372,000,000, and that dividend of 830 per share he paid to share a bonus of 20 per cent, be paid to contri- butors, absorbing about $250,000.00, and that the remainder be carried forward,

again on the 6th, and cheques were handed shop, 24 Des Voeux Road Central, who haphazard. The usual thing seems to be ional shares which the Society obtained

in by the witness. He was told to gain he and defendant were formerly en, cash and meet them later in the day. These two theques would be proved by an official of the bank, and upon cach of the appeared the signature of Mr. Landate as acceptor. These forged cheques were the cheques handed in by Li Ben, which were duly cashed. When he wiceived the money, he took it with him to find the defendant and Riberio, and be suhe quently met defendant in Wing Wah Street, after which he went with him and

played together in Mr. Percy Smith's uffice, deposes that defendant came to his shop and said he would give witness "some good and profitable business." He went away and on the following day re- turned with a Portuguese- They asked him if he would go for a walk and then took him to the roof god of the Sincere Company, where they had ten. After tea the Portuguese spoke to defendant in a dialect and the defendant spoke to witness in Chinese. Defendant proposed that be should collect accounts for them, and said that they would give him 20 per cent. Sonic time afterwards Ribeiro went to

commission. Nothing definite we arrived Macuo, and it was arranged the Li Samat, and he was requested to go to the sen the Portuguese should go there, too, for the puspose of Seamen's Institute.

there, and receive from him certain bijs to taking the money over.

colect unney, In consequence of further enquiries he did not go

paid the money over,

:

His worshipWhat exactly way his engum for not going?

Mr. Orme He went to no assistant in the compradora department of Jardine, Matheson & Co., nudo whom buil he and the defendant had previously worked, and

to employ a native teacher. There are two distinc problems which must be solved. First of all, that of touching Europeans the Chinese language. Next, that of issu- ing certificates, which will be recognised both in Britain and China..

It will be as well to discuss the various pects of the two subjects. First of all, we will consider the matter of teaching Chinese.

New Issue of Shares. Of the 3,600 addi-

power to issue, no shares were issued up to the 31st December, 1915. Since then wearly

to the shareholders of the China Fire 2,800 of these new shares have been issued Insurance Company Ltd., in exchange for their shares in that Company, and will rank pari pass with the old share for the divid ends recommended above,

The dividend thus paid on these new shares will be charged as part of the pur

in exchange for them and not agn nst the chase price of the China Fire share's takes profits of 194/6. Similarly the dividend received from the China Fire Insurance Co, Ltd, in respect of the year, 1914 on the shares purchased by the Society will the shares,

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Sines the last general meeting Mr. G. T. Edkins has joined the board.

Tn accordance with Clause 80 of the Arti cles of Association Mr. J. W. C Bonnar and Mr. A. Forbes retire, mit offer them- selves for re-eliction,

HONGKONG TRAMWAY CO.

The approximate statement of traile receinte for the week ending 8th-Ail is as follows

In the past, efforts have been made in England to teach the Chinese language. For some rears the writer was on the staff of King's College, London, and in that institution there was a Professor of Chinesa. It is not altogether without in- terest to note that, oven in those days of a decade ago, there were several Chinese students at the College, learning English and Western Science, while the average number of English students studying Chinese seemed to fluctuate from a max min of thres to a minimum of zero. 1 Charles Maria Soares, who apposed in is so long ago that my neory may be at the uniform of a constable of as Special fault, but it is almost certain that the

Profesor was Sir Walter Hillier. Reserve, stated what he was an registant in the vilice of afera. Perey Buth, Soth, & Fleming. He wa; ere in Cour was, very disappointed with the paucity both in his capacity as a console aad es of students. Other centres of higher a meubar of ar. Percy Saling salt. Ho aereed the san taght education in Rugland tackled the matte of Wednesday, 8th diaren, in Sheley but how they succeeded or failed is Mr. Parker, who Street, about 109 yards from defendant's difficult to ascertain.. house. At the time witness was going has written some books about China, was police visited a house, at 31; Pokfulam witness knew Li Sam, who used to be a at Liverpool University; but whether haupon the funds of the University,

SPECIAL POLICE CONSTABLE ARRESTS LE SAM,

His worship-Is Li Sam an accomplice M Orme-No, he is not charged with being an necomplies. In the view of the Crown, he was actually an innocent tool There is nothing to show that he obtaine the money with a guilty knowledge. Licked his advice. Sam subsequently went to Macas and later returned and tried to find defendant ́ ́to tell him ko had enrried out the instrues tions given to him, but he was not at his house, and it was subsequently discovered that he had escaped. Ou a second visit, to the house. Li Sam was arrested. Ou the 8th, two days after the cheques had been presented and, unfortunately, cashed, the

De

Road, and found papers which had obviously belonged to the defendant. fendant, it was afterwards seen, had gone

to Shum Chun, where he was arrested by

the Chinese authorities and was handed over to the police at Canton,

Mr. G. B. Dunnett, of the Crrent

down to the West Point Station for duty.

He

canvasser for printing. He had seen L taught many or few students the Chinese Sam with defendunt on two occasions prior to the 6th March. They seemed to be language must bo, for the moment, talking together confidentially. Defendant matter of conjecture. left the office on Wednesday without giving notice, and he was not seen again

About four or five years ago there was

at the office. Since his office had heen ja sudden enthusiasm in London for notified of the forgery of the cheques, they Oriental languages, There was to be a liad made every undeavour to find the

Defendant school in the heart of the Empire. cheque-book, but had failed.

One

This Year..... Last Your Increase

Decrease

Receipt

Aggregate for A receipts week. for 14 weeks.

$10.

1213

2,35

131,2

علاوة

the question of expenses, but it is almost Bongsong University. There is of courte, certain that arrangements could be made en that no financial burden would fall:

Accounts Department of the Hongkong would know that Nos. 31 and 35, Des of the nost ardent supporters explained layers that he knows Chincse he sits for.

and Shanghai Bank, said he thought he was familiar with the signature of Mr. Landale; it appeared to be genuine on both choques. Before the cheques were paid reference was made to the account book.

Mr. Wood-Was any reference mado to the ledger at the time it was paid?

Mr. Orne Was there anything which made it more possible to pass a cheque on that day

Yuux Road Central, for which his fin were the agents, were vacant, and the keys were easily accessible to him.sg

Mr. Orine explained in regard to this point that the witae Li Sam was told to take the money to either of these places..

A TELEPHONE MESSAGE.

THE CXAMINATIONS.- The most important matter is that of examinations. If a student wishes to. convince other people that he has studied to advantage he usually produces some sort of certificate carrying the stamp of a recognised authority. In England, the Univerities and the Board of Education issue such certificates. When an English- man in Ching wishes to convince his em-

The local Govern cortain examinations. The whole ment seem to encourage all of their ser to the writer many details.

Certain thing has left a rather hazy impression rants to study the language

increases of pay take place automatically upon my memory, but for the success of certain examinations are passed. There that particular scheme two things were is also a system in the Customs service. essential. First of all, Lord Curzon must. It is not quite clear how business men be its figure-bead. Secondly, every dialet qualify. Perhaps the missionary bodies need in India must be taught by retired nlso test the progress of their workers.

it civil servants who had lived among the natives. It is perhaps, unaccessary to add that my friend was a civil servant in some obscure part of Burmah, while Lard Curzon was Viceroy of India. The idea of pensioned India civil zurvants as en thusiastic teachers of Orienta: languages seus difficult of realisation.

The time will come when will be neces sary to co-ordinate all of these efforts and have some recognised standard of exam nations The wore, of course, a large number of difficulties, but they will di appely as such a schema is developed.

The first essential for succes seeme to be to ensure & ufficient salary to attract young, energetic Engl Eman to organise and develop the study of the Chinese He would probably require that his qualifications wide fold native assistants. It goes without saying languag

inspre confidence. There is a wide fold from which a selection can be made. Doubtles, if representations were made in the proper quartars, the Pritish Govern went would raise no objections to the tanfer of someone from the Consula service for the work. Or perhaps there is omenad gmong the local Government officials who is peculiarly fitted for th

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A Chinese clerk employed in the offer of Measts, Percy Smith, Beth, & Fleming stated that on a certain dale, a few days Wirness answered in the negative. He before, the forgery, sauebody rang up the the telephone, Defendant looked at the cheque book register the defendant on

answered the call, and witness heard him following moraing and found that the sayAre you Ribeiro?" Pomeroy and cheques were from a book issued, as they the pet on at the other end arranged

plare of inceting, which was to be at the thought, to Messra. Smith, Seth & Fle

Perhaps there will be some realy vite Racecourse at 5:30. There was a similar system of teaching to Chinese language On closer chxamination it looked conversation on a Inter date. One day ming. as though the cheque numberings had been inside his purse. He told witnes prior the elements of engineering work; but is defendant showed witness some banknotes are enough to teach young seventeen in England when the war is over. It is

altered; the second sumber had been to this that he had earned some counis mast be much more difficult to teach bin issued to a customer in Bwatow. Witnessione

Chinese. And yet it seems that something AN HONEST ACCOUNTANT Added that he had since discovered that

must be done at the London end." A Lee Chan, an accustang in the Victoria a parent who wishes to equip his sons to Mr. Landale's signature was more up-

Printing Press, said that he knew the the bet advantage for the struggle for right

defendant very well. Defendant had

existence, it is my desire the they wil brought him printing orders from the office he able to study Chinese wiile at the of his employers. One day in March de University at Home." There are 80 fendant came to witness' shop and left in his ant d'advantage if the come out to charge a watch and an envelope containing China at the age of evention in order of work. something, saving that he would be calling learn the language that it is imposable Pritto is to obtain her share of the trade Everyone seems to be agred that if back for theater. Subsequently de to consider them studying Chinese in fendant's younger brother came to the Hongkong or Canton until they are men.

in China the study of Chinese must he office, and wanted the watch and the And yet it seems a pity that they must encmaged. Naturally enough, the writer: envelope. Witness had examined the wait until they are twenty-one before they would like to see the University of H envelope, and had noticed that there were tackle the subject. There are many young kong identified with the work in some way. a number of $500 motos inside, so he wanted Britishers who will come out to Ching to Whether it is feasible to make the neces to go to defendant's family house and hand. earn their living

sary arrangement is a matter which can him the envelope. However, be mot de Therefore seems wise for those who are only be determined by some commit es or fendant near the Central Market and there locally interested in this matter to imersons who can devote a grane deal of handed the watch and the envelope con- press upon the proper authorities in Eng time to working out the detailą taining te hanknotes over to him.

land the accessity of establishing some Germans have laught us several lessons Detective Inspector

M. O'Sullivan pro-reslly inspiring and attractive school for One of them is that the orders for en duced the defendant's admission when the the study of Chinese at home Not, gincering plant can best be obtained by charges were read over to him. In answer school, which will form a resting hour penetrating inland and talking to the officials. When the war ig over, there will to the first charge, defendant said "I plead for pensional civil servants; but, one with

be a wonderfus organisation of workshops guilty to that," and in answer to the second properly trained and energetic teachers. charge te said "I admit aiding, abetting.

in Britain. If only we can make sure Weather we Then there must be schools in Hongkong, and assisting Ribeire in this charge, I Shanghai. Tientsin, etc. These must be that there will be a demand for metal Kain w... myself did not forge the cheques. Ribeiro staffed with good men and well managed. grols in China, we shall feel le anxiety forged the cheques."

There appears to be no reason why they bout how the hons will be staffed Elcu'd not be, in some way affiliated with when the way is faished,

Mr. Dunnett gaid that was the day when the Back Ismed a notification that it would not to take any more compradore .orders.

Mr. Orme-In consequence several new accounts were being opened 7-Yos.

Did you form any opinion at the time as to whether this would he under the new system-1 don't think I did.

EISTEEN $500 NOTES.

.!

A shroff at the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank stated that he received the two cheques, produced, at the counter of the bank from a man named Li Sam. The latter signal on the hack of the cheques. He gave the cheques to the European in

The case was remanded

The

HONGKONG METEOROLO210AL

Mory, April 11th.

ON HALF

On Dato On Date H TONGKONG, HANSAED REPORTE

the MEETINGS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. for Seekdom 19158

Hongkong

Day

30.00

30.09 30.09.

71

€4

167:

93

66

74

East

East

PRICE

SAMPLE

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