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SUBSIDIES,

THE FAILURE TO PASS THE BUDGET.

In spite of the dissolution of the Lower House, which has mads new arrangements for shipping subsidy temporarily out f

the question, it is said, the Osaka Sasen Kaisha will proceed with its projecia for the extension of its overses operations

The next year's budget the Japan Advertiser says, provides for subsidies for shipping services to the west and east cocata of South America and between Java, Singapore, and Bangkok, all to be. maintained by the Osaka Bhosen Kaisha, a service between Shanghai and Canton to be inaugurated by the Nisshin Kisen Kaisha, and a few other lines between Borca and Japan On account of the failure of the budget cansed by the die solution of the House, however, those arrangements cannot be carried into effect, as the Government mat equine itself to the current year's budget, until parliamentary sanction is obtained for the new extra appropriations in the focus of a supplementary budget, which will be introduced in the extraordinaresion of the Dist to be convened in... Idw months, after the general, election. This necessitates temporary suspension of the subsidy arrangements, but so far as the Osaka Shosen Kaisha is concerned, it is said, the company will proceed with the projects for the reinforcement of the service to the west coast of South America and for the inauguration of a new regu lar service to the east coast of that con- tinent as well as for the opening of a new service between Shanghai, Singapore, and Bangkok

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26TH, 1930.

CHARGE AGAINST AN OCTOGENARIAN.

SHANGHAI COTTON MFG. SERIOUS

CO, LTD.

THE COURT PROCEEDINGS OVER ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO POISON

PROPOSED, SALE

THE DEFENCE.

FAMILY.

An old Chinese, 83 years of age, The proceedings brought by Mr. F. N. charged at the Magistracy, yesterday, Matthews in company with Messrs with sitempting to poison a family Horatio Robertson and Ellis Ezra against putting arsenic into the drinking water. the Shanghai Cotton Manufacturing Co., Mr. E. 'L. Agassiz appeared for the Ltd, to have the proposed schema to sell defence and applied for remand to a Japanese company declared ultraMr. Hutchison remarked that is waa wires ware contanuco si H.B.M. Supreme serious onse and would have to be com- Court on the lethings, berore dir havil mitted to the sessions, if a case were made

and de Saumarez, Casef Judge

out

Mr. Macleod, appearing for defendants, submitted top; the Court would not in tertare with the decision of the majority of the shareholders except on two grounds

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A remand was granted.

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it was a case of revenge. He is the father. In Association with

The allegation against the man was that where there was fraud and where it was shown that the majority were, in fact, in-law of the complainant, a woman, GRAHAM BROWNE. selling to themselves. There was no que fifty-years old. The man had been con- tion of fraud in this ense nor was tastantly pestering the woman for money In a Repertoire of

jerity selling to itself: The question since the death of her husband, and as he Famous Tempost Comedies. whether the sale was within the powers was refused a quarrel ensued. The men of the company as contained in the meine, left the house, but came back later and randum of association was one of con ascertained where the water jar was struction of a written document.

There was nothing in the law at the for money. The woman, greatly annoyed placed. Once more he came and asked her Present time to prevent a Japanese.com-left the house and gave instructions to her pany forming in Shanghai, owning a cotniece to watch the man. The niece did so ton mill and running it under Japanese and caught him in the act of mixing the management There was, also, nothing poison with the water. to prevent British subjects folding shares in such a company and there was, cre over, nothing in the law to prevent a British company being formed solely for the purpose of nolaing shares in a Japan ese cotton manufacturing, company! Neither the Order in Council nor the authorities which his learned friend had In order to obtain the anbaidy

quoted could touch that proposition, and Y.1,000,000 odd for the South American to hold all the shares in a Japanese com of iba new British company could be formed services, it is understood, that the Osaka pans, managed by Japanese, it was ridicu Shosen & sisha has voluntarily waived the ions to say that the British company subsidy of Y600,000 for the Puget Sound line in favour of the Nippon usen Kalheme were carried out,

have no substratum if the present year's budget. the Oaks company is not tion of the construction of the mamoran of back to the ques able to obtain the cnd subsidy for some dam. They resented the suggestion that

NOTORIOUS THIEF

"IMPRISONED.

An Indictment. By Hubert Henry Davis Baturday, March 27th,

FIVE CONVICTIONS IN Two MRS. DOT

YEARS.

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A Chinese, who had gained rotoriety

time to come, battle will cause nothey were not trying to comply with the headquarters, was charged at the Maxis-Tuesday, March 30th,

now

tracy, yesterday, with breaking into two LAST quantity of clothing. The man nemitted houses, on the same date, and stealing & NIGHT the offencis and was sentenced to six Henry Arthur Jones' Famous Comedy months hard labour.

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PRICES 486 $5 and $3. PLANS AT-MOUTRIES.

SMART WORK BY PORTUGUESE A BURGLAR IMPRISONED.

TENANT.

change in its arrangements for the exten-Order in Council Therr case was that sion of its oversea services.

That fact is that the Osaka Shoem had been a Japanese company ever since they were trying to do so. In effect they Kaisha has recently decided to increase it started. They had had Japanese man- its capital from 50,000,000 Y.100,000,000, or the same capital as the had been Japanese. The law said it is to agement and the majority of the capital Nippon Yoon Kalsha The principal no longer allowed and they were object of the Osaka Shosen Kaitha inturning themselves into what they really doubling its capital is to extend its ser were, namely, vices oversen, and it cannot afford to Dealing with Mr. McNeill's contention & Japanese company. delay the extension arrangements simply that the proposed sale would not be in. because of the tempora hitch in the pursuance of the objects of the company subidy Arrangements with the Govers Mr. Macleod said the sale was, in fact, menti

an arrangement to carry on with as little Early yesterday morning the resident of The

of the Puget Sound change, as possible the very things which Mr. tfenry: Sequeira, subsidy by the Shosen Kaitha does the company was started to do,

at Rednexlar дог ply its

From the service

Mr. Macleod argued that there would burglar, who gained admittance by seal-

Terrüree, was broken into by a Chiness, On the contrary, the compary is prepared really be no difference to any Britishing a water pipe. Mr. Sequeira, who was

Primet to improve its

shareholder under the new scheme; they in bed, hearing a suspicious movement on Saindoervice would receive the same benefits as now aring better bosts, on that line. Its company accepts a subady from the Gov-from the tanning of the businessIt was and sufpruted the burglar, who was the first floor, went down to investigate ernments it most obtain the latter's per not suggested that the plaintiffs wanted searching the room. misionevery time the eight tarif is scheme was that it was not under Sec. and the burglar, was arrested. When i anything else. Their objection to the

A struggle- ananed

interests really were to secure & payment went there to steal. A pair of shoes found in which case they would get cash. Their charged as the Magistracy, yesterday, with breaking into the house, the man said he

lowered, or raised, and is nader other restraints. It seems that a desire to get rid of these restrictions as well as

of

for their holdings. From that point

their would be exactly what

is difficult to maintain without Govern" it was, now. They could not get more burglar. As there were two previous con-

of the Puget Sound subsidy by the com роду.

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the Japanese company. Whether it is the best scheme or not was a matter for dis cussion at Company meetings and direc. tors meetings Whether or not, thá

he sentenced

to six months' hard labour.

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scheme was in accordance with the law The affidavit of Mr. Ichiro Merita, as the only matter to be decided in the assistant manager of the Mitsui Bussan

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"NEW AREANGEMENT ON FAVA LINE. The Osaka Shosen Kaisha has made a new arrangement with regard to its Java Calcutta line. This line, will be extended to Yokohama, and on the outward voyage court. If the scheme was in accordance Kaisha, set out the history, of the defen calls will be made at all the important the plaintiffs were of no moment at all. by Mr. Kuroda gave evidence as to prior with the law, the alleged grievances of dant company, while a second affidavit Japanese ports. Singapore and other ports will be in from a legal point of view, and if it did which the holders of shares bad since FILLET HADDOCK...

On the return voyage If the scheme was the fair thing to do holdings of shares in the company, in cluded in the ports of call. For the time not offend against, the law. there was no being the Kiangan Maru, Tonking Moru,

transferred their holdings. and the Peking More will be devoted to

JUDGMENT RESERVED, the service, and a regular monthly; sail- Macleod, continuing, said he would) Mr. Ward for.the defence, naked leave to At the resumed hearing on the 17th inst dispense with metaphors, such as a refer again to the question of evasion," coach and horse and broken vases, which about which, he said, there was no difficut- had served Mr. McNeill as a basis for ly. The test was this: if the result of mild abuse. Whether the Company had what was proposed to be done was some COULOMMIER CHEESE the power to do what it proposed to do thing against which the Act of Parlia was a matter of the construction of the Article

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question that it could be carried out

His Lordship That is the whole point,

ment was aimed, then it was evasion. If, however, the result was one which did not purport to and could not purport to and

of numerous cases which he cited could not be imagined as being directed

Mr. Macleod then argued on the basis

AFFIDAVITS IN THE CASE,

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The result of this scheme was that a against the Act, then it was not arazion.

British company became a large abare

holder in a Japanese company.ph

His Lordship That is one of the results,

out of the 485 remaining shares held by I divests itself of the whole of its pro-

the perty..

Counsel put forward further argument against the contention that what was pro posed to be done was trick to evade the law," and in conclusion a device and a said that the undertaking that nothing would be done, and that no meeting would would be continued until judgment had be held, until the trial of the action, been given. me

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holders, 182 were registered in names of the three British directors was informed and believed that one of the directors namely, Mr. H. E. Morriss, had contracted to deliver at the forth coming March settlement no less that 3,100 shares to persons whom he the deponent, 10 represented 10 holders, having sold their shares forward, Certain foreign ahare 10had declined to take an interest in these

proceedings, and it, therefore, followed Mr. McNeill replied at some length," that practically the whole of the share holders other than Chinese and Japanese his co-plaintiffs who also held proxies subjects were represented by himself and Izom the Chinese owners of 930 shares.

Counsel mentioned two affidavite field oppressed minority. In a circular which Dawson, by Messrs. Horatio Robertson and Ewaa inned the attention of shareholders Cards, Seeds, Toys, &c., &c.

Ezra in support of Mr. Matthews affidavit, after which he read the affidavit in the articles which prevented persons was very particularly drawn to a clanse of Mr. Keitaro Kuroda, secretary to the from voting at a meeting unless they had defendant company, which showed, inter been shareholders for three months, 2 alia, that the shares of the defendant great many of the persons whom Mr. company were held as follows on Febru. Matthews represented in these proceed- ary 20th, 1990:--

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CHASGRAI, March 13th

Chinese subjecta British subjects and o Japanese subjects

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22,048 Fotber *** 12,408

first dealing with his statement that his clients had a natural grievance in this circumstances, he said, they were a case apart from its legal aspect. In the

ings had only recently acquired shares, and many had bought forward and had hot yet become registered owners. Their voting could not, therefore, be effective, specially as the resolution as an ordin

y resolution, only requiring a bare majority. After dealing at length with these points, that a company could not act contrary to its own memorandum; and

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Mr. Liu Ba-ko, vice-Chairman of the House of Representatives in Paking who represents General Chang Too-lin of The deponent also set forth a list show Fenztien in the new Parliament and some ing the dates upon which certain of the other prominent members of the Anfu British and foreign shareholders first Club, visited this port a few days ago and appeared on the register as holding shares discussed matters in connection with the in the company and concluded by saying that it could not act in such a way as to CHINA, JÁFAN. Chin Cabinet vis-a-via the Anfa Club. Bince the proceedings herein on Febru The visit of these Anful leaders has given ary 26th. 1020, the directors have fully doprive itself of its substratum, counsel KENTS, INDO-CHINA, PHILIPPINES an opportunity to anti-Aniu politicians considered the question of an alternative went on to refer to methods of dealing To fabricate ramours such as the loan of to the scheme which is the subject matter with the situation. A sale for cash would fifty million dollars from Japan and the of this action and are now unanimously be the arrangement most suitable to his formation of a Wong Yi-tang Cabinet. of opinion that the only alternative courze clients. What they would really like These reports have stirred up the young in the interests of the company would be would be to go on with management of generation of China in this port who have a sale for cash to the best advantage of the kind provided by the Order in Coun now actually wired to both the Peking and assets. The market price of the Com there was the method of winding up the the whole of the company's undertaking cil. Failing either of these two court, Government and the Foreign Legations pany's shares in Shanghai is about Tls company, each dissenting shareholder tak against any further loan from Japan or 385 any other source for the Northern mili- tarists.

(Continued at foot of next column.)

ing the cash value of his sbarca

His Lordship reserved judgment.

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