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DOLLAR RAFFLE.
ANTI-JAPANESE DEMONSTR/ "TION IN SHANGHM
OFTBREAK OF LOOTING
!
SHANGHAI SLANDER ACTION, ADVENTURES OF TWO SCHOOL TEACHERS..
The following are the results of the both sexes, were estimated to number over .ar. The defence was a denial that the
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A. E. da Silva,
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477 W. Loughlan, Naval Yard, 1966 A. Sira Notte.
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4,000.." Most of them carried fags and bannerettes.
EWO COTTON-DIVIDEND. TLS, 68-DOES IT JUSTIFY THE BOOM ↑
THE PROJECTED NEW ISSTË.
Great rejoicings were evident on De comber 2nd. (says the "N-C. Daily News),
of the Consulting Committee of the Ewa- held in the morning, it had been decided Cotton Spinning and Wearing Co., Ltd., to recommend a dividend of Tis. sa per we understand. telephoned to the Stock ordinary share. This announcement was, Exchange in view of the great interest At present taken in cottons.
on October 31st, 1910, is Tis. 1,475,697. 18 The balance at credit of profit and loss which shareholders are to be asked to dis tribute as follows:-
A. mass meeting at Shanghai in connee- In H.M. Supreme Court, Shanghai, on announce that the receipts of this year'stion with the boycott, and Shangtung December 2nd, before His Honour Judge bazaar were about $17,500-some $7,000 and Foochow affairs on December 2nd. Skinner Turner, the hearing of the action more than that of last year, which was resulted in a violent display of anti-was continned in which Reginald T. Ryton when it became known that at a meeting
Japanese. feeling.
and Olive Ryton, his wife, sought to The demonstrators. Chinese students of recover $3,000 damages for alleged stand- After passing along the words complained of were spoken or pub Boulevard des doux Republiques, they lished by the defendant. turned into the City, and began to smash
Mr. Strafford Levinson appeared for shop sign-boards, and seize some of the stock-in-trade known to be ur suspected plaintiff and Mr. E. W. Godfrey for de. of being, of Japanese origin. The next fendant. move was at the bidding of an individual who particularly marked out a three-story shop on the Boulevard opposite Rue Petit He stood in front of the premises waving A flag in each band, while some of the occupants looked on curiously from, a verandah, not suspecting that the fag
was bringing up at the double a Waving
pf now very angry and excited" stu- dente The windows of the shop were immediately smashed in, derelict abut ters
and sign hoards being used for the purpose, and the shop was looted with For some little time the utmost despatch, afterward, ricahas loaded with the " pect merchandize went in procession arrived at Chefce, nor did she speak of back to the Recreation Ground, where the it to the Constr! whom she went to see bo add to cotton.fuctuation collegians proposed to make a bone had been made to show a motive for the on the following morning. No attempt and some of them tried their strength in carrying boxes and bundles of prospec use of the words complained of on the tive Inel" alleged to have been made that on two occasions she had made
other hand, Mrs. Byton herself admitted in Japan."
tive threats that she would make s U'Toole pay for it; that was, to say,
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804 Lina Sira Netto.
23881. Powell, Taikoo Dock.
1964 A. Silva Nettò, 1538 M. Sawada, 2455
A.. Baptista.
1016 Miss Ahweo.
360 Irvin, H.M.S. Tamar.
9707 J. M. Alves.
1267 G. C. Jorge.
1784 A. Vanadi
1797 Mr. W. J. Carroll.
1771 M. de Journel.
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To pay a dividend on prefer-
ence shares at the rate of: per cent per annum
Mr. Godfrey, addressing his Lordship in behalf of the defendante said the main issue was whether the words alleged were in fact used by Mrs. O'Toole. Evidence had been given by two witnesses on each side as to the main incident at Chefon, and, as the stories told were absolutely To pay a dividend of Tis. 53.00 opposed, it was quite clear that some one a deliberately telling untruths. The
per share on 15,000 ordinary defendants said that plaintiff's story must To write off
Shares have been concocted Counsel dwelt on
plact and the fact that, although the alleged
machinery slander was a most serious one, Mrs. Ryton did
write off buildings not mention it to her husband when be To add to special repairs
write off furniture........ renawala fund
fand.
To
fire and
To give to war funde To pap bonus to staff at mills
and retiring allowance to the late mill superintendent To create Chinese superannua-
tion fund
The French Police turned out in force on their southern boundary to prevent
French Concessiona
At the same time 40 extra police from Central, Lousa, Sinas and Bubbling Well Stations were 2010 40. Paterson. Taikoo Dock- sent out to reinforce the French Police if necessary, and to prevent any progress of the students into the Foreign Settle ilment Fortunately the demonstrators Aris. Water Folios confined their attention to property in
purely Chinese territory.
any march of the demonstrators into the pay for ber dismissal.from the school, To carry forward to new AC-
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for which she, mistakenly, believed Mrs. O'Toole had been responsible... Counsel suggested that the matter was that plaintiff bad bugged general explanation of the grievance she bad consequent on her being requested to resign from the school. following upon the letter she had written about one of the teachers, the writing of which, she had been told, was unfortunate. This case was the outcome of her express pay for it" Counsel commented on the ed intention of making Mrs.
O'Toole fact that plaintiff had chosen to make the alleged slander absolutely public when it need not have gone any further than her mother, who was the only person supposed to have board it.
count
Tls.
629,000.00
975,000.00-
100,000.00 50,000.00 1,000.00
80.000.00
100,000.00+ 20,000.00
10,000.00
40,000.00
3.687.79-
management deserves to be complimented. There can be no question that this is whether it invalidates the repeated warn a very handsome showing, on which the
present boom in cottons - another matter- ings given in these columns against the
On Monday afternoon Ewo's were being turn on which at Ths. 8 is a trifle under quoted at Tis. 680 for December, the re In all, about 30 shops were looted to
specially high one in view of the act of them Chinese, shutters being used
10 per cent a decent rate but not a smash in the windows. Two bonfires were
tainties of cotton. made, one at the East Gate and a larger
would probably be the least that an in-
Twelve per cent... one at the Recreation Ground. A great variety of "low grade goods," such as
stor would look to get in so fickle a co- tooth paste and similar commodities,
modity. crockery ware, etc., were destroyed.
Yesterday Ewo were actually quoted Mr. Levinson, for plaintiff, said it must so Th 000 for March What possible The action of the students at the East appear impossible for two women to cons justification can there be for an increase Gate in starting the looting naturally hire in making up a slander of this kind. so enormous in only three months? Could brought all the loafers and bad characters as the defence suggested that plaintiff any stronger reason be required for think- in the vicinity into the game and they and her mother had done. The whole case ing that the whole thing is just a huge played their customary post in the hobabilities. Mrs. O'Toole took upon her opinion of many hard-headed men and resolved itself into a question of pre-matter of betting? That certainly is the self to think that the letter written by it is a fact worth noting that some of Pantie to a member of the school staff the stockbrokers are rigidly abstaining was offensive.
from touching, cottons at all. T doubt they have been for some time past, Bumours were current resterday, as no
that something even better may be ex- pected as now declared and in some obscure way
in the Dear future than the. T.
announcement of the issue of the 5.000 this expectation was connected with the unissued ordinary shares.
10 W. H. Collins, H.M.8. Alacrity. ing which went on most then says the 51. ~: 2178. A. A. Marçal.
was premeditated could be seen (says Y.-U. Daily News) from the fact that the banner bearers were leaders, while others were so stationed as to be able to collect reinforcements at the points where the looting took place. The proceedings were over at 8.30, having lasted three hours.
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At & meeting of the Legislative Board of the Shanghai Students Union the same afternoon the following resolution was passed--".
His Lordship-They were all agreed in thinking so
Counsel-It might have been.
Hia Lordship--They were agreed that it way
Counse-It was from that letter that Mrs. O'Toole deduced that idea that Mrs. Ryton "ought to be in goal," and that "That, owing to the critical situation is why, I unit, defendant attered these at this issue. The price at which they But there is another way of looking pending in Foochow as a consequence of words. The sequence of her thought was: are to be offered is Ts 195, and every the Japanese riot a week ago, the Shang- The Council dismissed you because of the bolder of three of the old shares is to be bai Students Union realize the necessity letter, instead of sending you to goal. entitled to ote of the new. Now threes of starting a huge propaganda, including This was an irresistible conclusion, coun- lecturing, demonstration, beycotting ofsel suggested. In a restricted place like the dividend recommended on the past. inte 190 go 65, which the amount of Japanese goods, etc., to arouse public Shanghai, counsel continued, people had year. That is to say that the Company opinion against the Japanese encroach-need of being very careful what they said will be enabled to pay its dividend not ment upon China's sovereignty, and ac- Unce uttered, slander was very difficult in cash but in shares. cordingly that the Shanghai students to catch up with there. suspend their school work for four days, planation of defendant's saying these that there will be no fractions. A. holder
The true ex
In passing, it should be emphasized dating from December 3rd."
things was that she relied upon the im-cf 10 old shares will only be entitled munity which she thought belonged to to three new ones. To get more he her by reason of the position of her has buy up to the next multiple of three.
must band. That was not an uncommon atti- tude for wives of policemen to take up. that the Company is not fully entitled We do not in any way mean to imply It might seem extraordinary, but it was to pay its dividend in shares instead of not uncommon, and it was for that rear cash if it wishes to do so. But, looking incumbent upon ber to come into court cottons at their present prices and as an son particularly that Mrs Ryton felt it at the thing from the point of view of Counsel asked for exemplary damages,
"I wish," said his Lordship, counsel sult?
investment, what is likely to be the ze baving concluded,
Of course recipients of the now you bad asked for a shares, getting them at only Tis. 195, will would. perhaps, be more satisfactory. to it even for cash, still more so on paper. jury. His Lordship added that it be able to dispose of them at a good pro-
3rd. Drawing, Mrs. F. M. Silva: 2, Ivy Quong; S; Geo. S. Ford; 4, Mr. J.. T. Fun B, E. H. Ray-Wan Chouk Ming; 6, Ladscoxbe Sal 4th. Drawing-1, Alvaro Alves; 2, Mr.
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But, looking further ahead, it means that the Company will have to pay dividends on 20,000 shares instead of 13,000, with all the uncertainties which the future holds in things in general and cotton in parti cular. And once again, let us refer to the new mills which are impending, with of their paying higher wages to tempt the prospect not only of competition, but away skilled workers from the old mills; at least a leaven of skilled workers. and new ones cannot be started without
Labour, in more ways than one, threatens to be a serious factor in the future of Shanghai.
Since our last report business on the now crop bag-started and up to now about 50 or 60,000 tons have been sold.. The that an absolute certainty of present con In general, it is hardly, too much to say largest buyer is the Dutch Government ditione continuing for four years to come A sensible increase in the price is the would not justify the prosent boom
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Arrangements are being made for the use of four steamers of the Kawasaki
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Two Chinese were charged at the
The costs of the motor car ($1,800) raffles Steamship Company and one vessel of Magistracy yesterday, with trospassing Mr. J. M. Noronha Credis Foncier was generously subscribed by the following the Kokusni Steamship Company for in the servants quarters of a house in d'Extreme-Urient, Prince's Buildings, gontlemen: Messrs. J. M. Alves (25 per the transport home of the German pris. Kowloon
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