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THE HONGKONG DAILY TRESS, MONDAY, JULY: PATH, 1992.

The match on Saturday was interesting A "charge of saltaining. Ty false pre-as an exposition of good play by the tences, beard, lodging and an advance of California Glev, Cloh but hardly as money from the Hongkong Hotel Co., Ltd; ¦rentest between two regably well- was preferred, at the Magistracy, on matched teams. Thiolanul players werd Saturday, ngainst a recent arrival in the undoubtedly outekawe, us, is shown by Colony from Singapore.- young man the final score of 16 rufox to six in favour named Herbert (1 Roberts, dressed, not of the visitors, that of their total, one in the "whites" worn all the year round home run was made, in the seventh In Singapore, but in a grey sloth suit.inning, by Californin,"

camos he said to have suffered disgrace

CALIFORNIAN GLEE PARTY.

SPECIAL VAUDEVILLE PERFORM. ANCE ON TUESDAY,

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The best form of advertising. it has said, is the recommendation of friends, and the Californian Gles Party

HONGKONG TRADE.

"NOTHING DOING,”

The fortnightly price current and market report, published by the Hong- hong Generat Chamber of Commerce,

status:-

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Cotton Piece Goods and Faney Cotton of University students had the full benefits,-Unchanged. Nothing doing of this kind of publicity all day on Saturs Cotton, Yarn.-There has been ng im day. Moreover, nothing ancewedde like provement in "the political situation in

Canton, and business success and the Glee Party's exploits 'at

tharr is still suspended. Other putlets have taken baseladi, on Saturday afternoon made their

normal quantiti«, but prices them still more popular. Some of those alized have been poor. in comparison who had been to the first performance, on

with these ruling in the producing, con- tres, Quotations are:-No. 10%. 154 to Friday night, were saying that the jazz$180. No. 12 8183 to 81 No 168. band was the best thing ever; others, to 8221 No. 20%. 196 to 8920. Arrivals, Shipments 300. Sales 3,700 5,000 bales.

4 was alleged that between July trh and The Hongkong team played up to their Ach the defentiant had incurred bills for usual form, bit, though defeated, they that they could listen to the part-songs all Wales, Unsold stock 3,000. bates. Bargains aceonifondation_zrul motorear hips, and haul obtained an advance from the Hogl Cótapang, anmunting in all to 8479.47, The inis pretence alleged was that he

going under to a train which when at Manila, defented Fort Mills, League Chimpiosts, by nine runs to two and who,

pretended, he would eash a draft on July in their two matches with Moralen, an- 21st whereas, in fact, he has no straft. other tending teams defeated them by The presiding Magistente was Mr: E. Tour" runs to three and six to favo, res- 3. Hanilon: Mr. H: C. Macammara,,] pectively. Five members of the Glex salicitor, appears for the prosecution: Club team ́nre anembers of the Univer the defendant, who demend the charge, sity of California team. The first two was to legally represented.

pitekers were far latter players than any At the outset, Mr. Mismamara applied | Net sewwii Honkong. The seennd for a remand, inumating that he bad Pitcher especially--though obviously not only just been instructed and that legal extended-had a god tugn" of speed and questions ofisque complexity were likely a very disconcerting swerve, . to arise during the hearing, z.

The Magistrate asked the defendant if her could find, two mureties for $250 guch if they ense ware zvänended.

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In defence of the spectators, it word might be sub as fo the habit of some of the players of practising pitching and | catching in front of the stand, during the jigugress of the match. Both teams were guilty of this petice which, was er Inspector Brown: "He is a stranger to rainly very inconvenient to unlookers, Hongkong..

The "defendant: "I din't know anyone

here.

"The Magistrate preide in hear the

were very doubtful of being able topay,

'As far as he evnili and adjourn it if and, when spoken to you said you would needs log

ensh a draft in the morning

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night; but all were unanimous in advis. ing their friends not to miss Saturday night's show. About 500 did, however, for the house was sold out early in the day and crowds were sent away disappointyd, By way of recompense, the visitors now annover (see "advertisement elsewhere) that a farewell performance will be given Tuesday evening at the Theatre Royal and the programs and the entertain-? ment will be in the form of vnulleville The samples of dry American humour already given by the "funny man" of the filee, Party, give promise of an enjoy

able evening.

"Novelty acts have always been. 1 feature of the

Woolles-The market remains cbangeti.

un.

Ras Cottons-There is no business to

report and the recent arrival of a couple of hundred bales, is still unsold. Quota Chinese Staple 84 to 41 per ricul. tions: Indian description at $30 to $39.

Metal-Market continues quite life- less with no enquiry.

Flour Market Report.-Stock: About A30,000 sacks, Quotations:-- American Patent, $1.70 por Straight, $2.65 per sack; American Cut- sack: American off. 82.75 per sack; Shanghai Flour, $2.80 per sack: Australian No. 1 $2.70. still.

Saltpetre. Business entirely at a stand-

Glee Club show and it BIG INSURANCE AMALGAMATION. hay Jiwon the stunt men selected by Directe C. H. Morse who have made the trips to Europe and the Orient possible for the collegians. Ühe Chubs off other colleges do not prepare vaudeville performances, but the Californians have long been noted for this type of show, Fourteen acts will make up the pro- gemme, and the (Hew Club members will

The sub-maunger of the Hongkong · The defendant élreteil po make në state-all present novelty acts. The Glee Club Botel Mr. II. J. R. Nurton, said the deviant arrived during the afteringen He declared: I am expecting, a of July 17th and hooků a beth for the draft in Rower in a telegram which was

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chorus will also appear one or two numbers, but the songs they will sing have

an answer was received to this." sent to Singapore te îny brother-in-law.been specially prepared for the vaudeville

The Magistrate: Have you seen the answer!

Defendunt: Yes.

aspector

Light, « The next day be décided to stay on and tick a room and food. This was

programme. One of their acts will be "The Indian Camp Fire Company." arranged with

reception clerk. During the day the defendant had mals,"

Dinle and Taylor, the clever young drinks, and a motor-ear, ride. He also|

comedies, will introduce a new skit, and obtained a lwan of $40, Tater he tried

Can you produce it!-Yes,

Hauld Girvin, "The Man with the La quain a furtther loan of $30, but, in

Brown handed in the unble).

Friendly Kaces," will have new songs view of the previous boat and the fret

The Magistrage had occasion at this and dances. Tickets for the performance that the defendant had very little time to tell the defendant to stand up and on Tuesday will be on sale at Mantrie’a. Juggage the witness refised to sanction not lounge against the dock rails. Another very successful performance any more advaness to the defendant.

After reading the cable the Magistrate was given on 'Saturday night, The nudi He then investigated the defendant's commented "that it risferred to the fence was most appreciative, those who

Customs of Shanghai, and the defendant replied, I have some money due to me there,"

The Magistrate: What is your posi. tion in Singapore !

account and, in view of the large amount incurred during his short stay in the hotel, presented" a bill "to" hini "on the afternoon of July 20th. The defendant said he was unable to pay, adding that he would eash a draft, at the bank, un the following morning. Witness arranged for the defendant to be watched and on ing" Society.

The defendant: Cashier in a Bank. Which Bank -The Netlarlands Trail.

Friday night the bar manager of the How inuch money is due to you from "hotel found the defendant at the Heathe. Customs at Shanghai I don't know men's Institute and brought him back to exactly; it is superannuation money. the hotel. When agalu asked to pay his bill the defendant said he could not pay furn, but this he would send a cable to lus brother-in-law Singapore After cursuiting the manager of the Hotel and the Police it was decided to detain

the man.

Mr. Macnamara: What is the total indebtedness, to the hotel?.

Witness: It amounts to $174.47. There is also an extra 26. doctor's" file.

The Magistrate decided that the 25 could not be included in "the present charge

Mr. Macnamara: The defendant has, not paid anything!"

Witness: So,

The Magistrate: Is it the gustom to receive guests into the hotel without making any enquiry about them!

Witness: People arriving with bag gage generally open accounts.

The amalgamation of the Phenix Assur- is being generally discussed, says a Home ance Co. and the London Guarantee Co. paper, for at a time when several of the forced into liquidation by the prevailing newer insurance companies have been aburormal conditions the fusion of two of the older offices is particularly important. Two rars

យ the Phenix amal- ganated with the Norwich Union, being its first extension by acquisition of an- The very interesting point about the other "fire office for over eighty years. London Guarantee is that it alone among the tariff offices dealt with insurance against aircraft periis on its own behalf during the war, and as its profits in this class of risk were proportionate to the profits made by the War Risks Insuranc Department of the Board of Trade upon similar business it hus had no cause to regret its adventure into a field of busi- be calculated upon any ascertained data. fess the premiums. for which could' not The other notable point is that the new important interest in the United States Amalgamation will give the Phenix an

accident insurance market, where the business of the London Guarantee ranks thought that this amplgamation Further third among English offices. TC. in increase the vitality and stability of the of London's pre-eminent position as the English offices, and, shows the security insurance market of the world.

had been there the night before kindling the enthusiasm and warming up the house," even before the performers began. Double, treble and quadruple encores were frequent and the Glee Party,

A Tokyo message says that a individually and collectively, were tire. American radio telegraph company is

Japanese less in their willingness to please, 200.000,000 and supported by the Govern being formed with a capital of Yen. although, as one of them remarked, withment. The millionaires Mr. Asano and reference to the thermometer, Isn't the Mr. Shibuizawa are said to be concerned heat"numerous ?" There was not a vacant in it. seat in the hous, but, as far as the audi

The defendant added that he had served for five years in the Chinese Cus toms Eut went on leave some time ago and did not return. Whilst with the Customs about per cent, had been de-. ducted from his pay as superannuation DEATH OF allowance but he did not know what had happened to this money.

DUMARESQ AT MANILA.

ence was concerned, the "beat was not states that commercial houses in Canton The Canton Times in a paragraph which excessive. The oscillating fans proved are suffering greatly from the present very effective.

unsettled state of affairs, mentions parti cularly the Chinese tobacco merchants who are unable to get stocks down from the producing districts. So also in the ADMIRAL case of the paper trade, supplies from;

Nambung, the chief producing centre, und from Fatshan also are unobtainable The Magistrate: It may possibly be. We regret to learn that Rear-Admiral because of the interruption of the usual forfeited. Did it not occur fù you to tell Commanding the Australian Fleet, who also no means of getting raw silk to

John Damares, C.B., C.V.O., Commodore junk services on the rivers. Mr. Norton that you were broke" and was taken off the Tango Mars at Manila Cantou, and producers, our contemporary to ask "him to give you time to get the two months ago suffering from pnea: says, are greatly annoyed.

monia, died at the Sternberg Military day morning. The Admiral had bred Hospital in Manila at 7 o'clock on Satur unconscious for two weeks before his death.

money

Defendant: I was trying to borrow the money from someone, but I knew no body here.

The Hagistrate: There are two out- standing features in the case; one is that you went to the hotel, not having the money to buy, and the other is that for only three days while you were expecting the draft you were letting yourself go. Of course, you had no business to take your board and lodging tad to live at the rate you were living. I cannot afford

to live like it.

There are

day with the larceny of two bags of Two men who were charged the other medicinal. stores from the China Mer chants Steamship Company's godown The deceased, who entered the Navy in were fined $100 each and given, the option isse and attained the rank of Rear of four weeks' imprisonment at the Magis- Admiral last year, had been Commodore tracy on Saturday. Mr. Lindsell said he Commanding Australian Fleet since 1019, would have sent both of them to prison, and was in 1920 appointed Naval A.D.C.except that he believed their master, was to HM the King. He saw considerable at the bottom of the affair. The two men service in the Great War,

The funeral takes place at San Pedro West Point. They stated they were tak were arrested on suspicion in a street at Macata Cemetery, and 1,200 American ing the bags to a shop at Aberdeen, troops will attend as an escort.

although at the time of their arrest they were travelling in the opposite direction. When searched, a chit was found in their possession, said to have been written by their master, authorising them to draw the stares from the godown. The godown keeper, however, said hr. had not issard the goods.

A memorial service will be held at St. John's Cathedral today (the day of the funeral) at 11 am.

The Magistrate: On July 20th. wher he toll you be had a draft, did you ask Jim to show it to you?-No.

Questioned further by the Magistraté, the witness said that the defendant received no reply to the cable, but the

The Magistrate added that he would ROBBING AN UNCONSCIOUS Hongkong Hotel had received a cable from Singapore. The words used by the take a very lenient view of the ease if

defendant as to the draft were:

Mr Macnamara: He has acted very 1. 1. strangely.

the defendant could produce the money "I will but if he failed the case would have to take its ordinary course. The Court the money to be obtained. would grant an extension of time for

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cnah the draft at the bank in the morn ing."

The Magistrate: He did not say that he had the draft and that he had not cashed it No.

His Worship decided to put the case He did not say that as "soon as heif he could find two sureties of $250!

back for seven days and asked defendant received the draft "from Singapore' her:

The defendant said he did not know. wquld pay in the morning 3-No.

The Magistrate (to Inspector Brown): How much money was found in his pos session?

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The Magistrate then explained to the defendant that he could make ment, if he so wished, but that ho was not obliged to say anything. The charge, the Magistrate said, amounted to this

That you went to this hotel, knowing you could not pay, or that you (Continued at foot of next column.)

Inspector Brown 0 cents.

The Magistrate advised the defendant to write fully to the Customs Office at Shanghai: if he could raise the money

he would be leniently dealt with.

PATIENT.

G.CH. COOLIE ADMITS THE.

CHARCE.

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The report of the Hongkong Philatelic Society for 1022, 8ays the membership of the Society now stands at 24, there being, As a sequel to a street accident on records with the deepest regret the death

therefore, one vacancy. The Committe Thursday night, when a man was render of Mr, H. W, Dick, its first President. ed unconscious by falling off a tram-car, The total value of stampa circulated for charged at the Magistracy on Saturday 31,231.23, of which stamps to the value of à Government Civil Hospital coolie was exchange during the year amounted to with stealing, from the unconscious man, $657.04 have heen woll Struíria to the alt-believed to have contained $7. The value of 281.01 bre in circulation. The patient, when admitted had a body belt exchange, sheets wa very noticeable, but ward boy at the hospital noticed that the Inck of high valu stamps amongst the and later, when undressing the man, he it is hoped to overcome this by the missed the belt. He taxed the coolies who arrangement entered into assisted to carry the man into the ward, Malayan Stamp Exchange Club whereby with the with having stolen it, and one of the duplicates of members of that Club will handed back the belt. The other coolies by forwarded to the Society for sale have since absented themselves. Inspector amongst its members. The library of the ther police enquires and the application it is honed to augment this from time to Kent asked for a remand pending fur Society now contains seven volumes and

was granted:

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