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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 232D, 1925.

THE SWEEPSTAKE TICKET-Ticket 3071, in the same beak as the win, I Mr. Chik's nephew' waitel 24 hours before PROPRIETOR OF STANTON'S

DISPUTE...:

COUNSEL DELIVER THEIR FINAL ADDRESSES.

The caves for both claimants in the Chinese Cluh : Sweepstake dispute were brought to their conclusion last night. Both counsel addressed the Court, bar thy

Jast time.

SUED

PLAIM FOR WAGES.

ning ticket, had been parchased at the he notified his uncle? I will telf zon· same times on the 5th January. Yet they why," suggested Mr. Zeitlyn. In that had sh nothing of these witnesses, and interval he had learned that 2060 had been last," During that interval there hnd

A sui for the recovery of $67.50 nothing of the purchaser who Mr. Alabaster hat boasted he would produer been ameris telephonie communications, was mentioned in the Summary Cagri.

It had been said by the President yesterday morning against Mr. C. A. Right from the first Chik had been press-

of the Club (Dr. Kwan) that Stanton, proprietor of Stantonk. Midway as to whether the actual date on which

the news.

that 3000 had Woa Wan Show. The claim is brought by two he bought the ticket was not Jan" 4th, `the day when he had gone round to the Bauknet known in the Club util. Between Fensgusse, named J. G. Rozario and 3 and Boeck on Derby Day, but R. V. H. Castro, and gaven Chinese was also known to this who had made They claim 843 for wages dus and 8250

At the opening of the peeslings in order to see Quinn and asked him to T. P. Woo (a' member of the Chinese

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Club Committe") said he wished to makes his interes, with Mr. G. K. Hali Ya study of astronomy" that presidenta.lign of one day's notice at sganch |

in his evidence of the Can correction- previsis wwwning. The of his

this cam was

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Brutton for getting a bill rednevil, Tante

Lalies move much more slowly that: lesers kill was for legal expenses incurreal in

lights," and even though Dr.. Kan the defending Chik at the Magistracy on

handwriting."

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9311

per day.

Mr. McCullum appeared for the platini for one week.

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Mr. Stanton who was present in Cuart intimated to his soliciter that the show would not to leaving the Colony for an other mouth and it was arranged that the hearing of the ease be fixed for Friday morning next,

10am

had been t

terphone emersation with Mrs Ng charges of bribing a public servant and President did not know until 8 p.ts, or til and asked for the case to be adjourned Quinn was between: 2.30 p.m. and 4 p.m. on the Derby Dag auf not between 1. pim. legal possession of opium. "We should a telegram was went off by Henry and p.m., as he stated on the previous here state that Chik, was acquitted on both Wei on behalf of Mrs. Chan' at 3.23 pan. or that lay stating “ We have won first Chik, still" persisted in his; day. Henho ameaded his statement that charges]. he had repeated Mr. Ng Quían's requst, (denizi, even though Me. Brutton's chic Prize, and if so why should not Chik's about registering the loss of the ticket to book showing the date of reggipt for the nephew, know and why should he not also

know the circumstances. 3] 131) certain timbers of the Corumitter. As money proved that it was

to say, that Mr. far as he could rimember nöw it was to January 4th, the sime day that Chik saw "Counsel went -menbers of the Club-umul not to nembore Quinn." A letter was also produced, dated Joukin had stated that no remorandum:

CHASED FROM HIS HOME. of the Committee that he repeated Mrs. January 4th, and written by Chik to Mr. sroduced on March sth by Mr. Russe when he called up him in his office Bratton thanking him for his services with some Chinese clients. Mr. Russ, in HOW TRE ROBBERS DEALT WITH Ng Quinn's request,

Mr. Zeitlyn,

the Gutset of his This letter was delivered by Chik per his evidence, had stated that there

THE HOUSEHOLDER." address, pointed out that the claimant in socally to Mr. Brutton when be paid mornuchin

In vro produced. was wonna; but long since, the bill, and when it was produced during examining Mr. Jenkin Mr. Alabaster had :-) To' be chased out of his own house by he said, that phree of the case had be the hearing of the proceedings Chik had asked did the witness know if Mr. Russ robbers was the experience of a Chinese had anything on him. Gentlemen, what living at Kowloontgai (Sinaller Kowloon) overshadowed by soniching for modefinitely stated that it was

He might have had! on Thursday. The important. For all timeand throughout

But when he had found a question to nak. "his life, their decision would affect the how this involved him, he had denied that an attack of menses for all that." early in the evening, and was returning honour and integrity of Mr. Sydy again, and alleged that it was written by was quite evident that either Mr. Russor

home at about 5.30 p.m. when he renchett "Quian: - Teche furofront of the whole

recrkvuhis behalf. Me Zeitlyn asked Mr, Jenkin were telling an untruth, but thing stod Mr. Quing, and a long way the Arbitrators whether they believed he would teave that to the Court to his house he happens-to-glanes-through behind him stood, the woman, Mrmish could be mistaken on a point like reide,. He put it most strongly that thee of the windows, and wax mes by the Chun, That being so, he warned them that, and went on to say that it was only tuemorium which was supposed to have sight of four men ratancking his rooms, that they had to guard against prejustice.

Archters drew a revolver, While the others was bought by Mr. Chik, was the possibi prejudice of disko, the another incident demonstrating the unbeen made out on the day when the ticket He went in to protest, and one of the prejudice which might be instilled from reliability of Mr. Chik's word. Cleverly,

Thit him on the arm and they all four outside, and the prejudice of antipathy, too, he had sought to show that the hook "ster on the day of the interview withdrew daggers. The man with the revolver

Chansel then went on to ask, who were costaining the winning numbers had

Mr. Rusk at this stage interrupted, chased him out of the house. Mhowhite! tas parties in, thist dispate. In textingen sold on January 5th, and in support

The action startled the the video they had to adopt what he of that statement had given the names of ng, that Mr. Jenkin hai yule amis. ¿a neighbour, seethig what was on, blew a might term a rule of thumb method, and people who he alleged had bought thenke, to which Mr. Zeiten remeted Do polic waist. 2 Grant who was telling the truth, Fickets here that. Yet he did ng disgest that Mr. Jenkin has porjured robbers, and they decamped with 850 of i pute that the owners of the remaining; Mr. Ries reply was to the effect that

ickets in the book were members of the he had not perjured himself. Ng family who had bought "them December 23rd,

and who was telling the lin

If they won'd refer to the transcript he had provided them of the evil

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Mr. Jenkin,

himself.

It!

not in

Concluding Council said that the evi daner showed in the clearest possible

MR. ALABASTER'S Antituss,

thir vietin's money,

MAÇAO NOTES.

PROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT, }

great success. Father Pigtado devated in good deal of time to the organization of

NEW NEWSPAPER.

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that had passed; they would 'that at

Mr. Zeitlyn thin premined the Arbit-manner who was the owner of ticket bone stage, Mr. Alabaster, crass examining

DAZAAR. Quinn's nephew, had asked, "Now rators that members of the Ng family had eros. He would reminded the Court of

Abazaar was held in the grounds of these four telegrams from you, and the purchased their ticket, after a motor-beat the proverb: He who steals my parse other from year uncle, are these che nily plenie with Mr. Brutton on Degenber steals trash but he who steile iny good St. Anthony's Church. Macno, last Satur They had come back to Mrs.name steals my all.” I ask you, genday. It was organized by the Rev. Father telegrams that passed between you and 23rd.

were there any others!Chan's house, and there Quins End soldtimen. In the naine of the members of Pintado. rector of the church, and was a your uncle, de The answer haul bëni a decided negative the following tickets No. 2007 to Mrs. the Quinn family, of this ageif mother, and When Mr Chik went into the box the Ng Quinn: No. 3038 to Miss Unie Cheng; the sisters and Mr. Sidn'y Qulan to res

the fete and interested a number of same point was, pressed by himself (Mr. No. 2009 was held by Quinn for his baby: turn a verdict für Mr. Violet Chan.' Zeitlyn in the course of cross examina and No. 3030 to M. Hall Brutton. Thi

peoples from Hongkong, who attended, tim, and he had still held to his state was a fact the rival claimants did not Mr. Alabaster cometell his shiress at After meeting expenses, the sun realized ment that these were the only form of dispute. Yet, this bring so, how did they 10.30 pm and promised to try and con-will be over $300, which is to be devoted correspondence of the subject before the account for the fact that Mrs. Violet Chan einde by midnight. "II opened by saying to the conduct of a Catechism Class,

were instituted. Now his was left without a ticket. What had she that he had little time to indulge in the proceedings submission to the Arbitrators was that done that she alone of all her family Howery rhetoric of his learned friend. but The

NOW newspaper-the liig the 'beginning and the end of this should be denied the privilegel They he would endeavour, as far as possible, shortly to be issued in Macac under the płat "wer to be found between the

had the sworn evidence of all these people to bring to their notier the facts. They supervision of the Roman Catholic Mission of the arting which united! Hongkong and Shaughni,at one and the that airs, Chan had been sold a ticket nad heard that Chik had been branded in the City, uncle, and at the ther the nephew. by her brother, and that that ticket was an astiar: Mr. Russ, was abo said to be

The store "A Modsta was closed on Chile, in reply to pass examination, had Ticket 2001, Yet opposing counsel would a liar, Mr. Tenkin hasi algo en men stated very deänitely: The only means contend that all these people were liars tioned. Then Mr. Golddring had also bren Wednesday, 20th ingt... by order „of this authorities. This store does n big busi of communication between us were the That Mr. Ng Quinn, mother to Sydney branded

Continuing, Council, said the first ness in the sale of wines and is patronized. telegrams, and there were no others."Quinn, an old lady of 65 who had nearly!

*called Was Mr. Goldring, to' 超 great extent by the soldiers ansk Well, then, here was something about outrun the allotted span on this cari,witness

and he had

interview na

the sailors -on which there could be in mistake, no slip that she had ir That Mr. G. K. Hall who had said that when Mr. Quinn said bu did got

HARBOUR TOKS. of memory. Yet what did they find? At Bratton was not fit for the position be Saturday Quinn

A large dredger of the Netherlands least four more telegrams than tho now held, or to adorn the profession to know who bought 2006. Mr. Goldring had made a record of that, which had admitted to hnd passed between the two, which he belonged. If that were true, been put in as evidence. Quinn at the Harbour Works Co. has just arrived in telegram which had been proved beyond then Mrs. Ng Quit, an old lady who, in interview said that the counterfoils were Macao and is unloading materials and Sidow of debt, one of which had been her evidence. had stated that her religious lost and he also said he had no record of machinery, the delayed arrival of which,

Mr. Quinn, did produced only the night before." · Exsan | scruples would not allow her to play mah the sale of the tickets,

not deuy in his evidence that he did not was retarding the work a little. the contents of these later mesinge it jhong with the others of her family on know in Shanghai which ticket had won.

rains, totalling ten was obvious that there must have lasu that night-thrn she was a hypocrite of Mr. Goldring had also stated that he Very welcome ather communications which had not bees the worst sort. He asked the Alritators noticed the writing on ticket 3070 was inches or more, have fallen in facao.

frega: it, was recent-the ink was fresh. discovered. Telegram 235,-one of the whether they could possibly believe such Sidney Quinn, in his evidence, had stated Springs and wella are well supplied onee howly discavered four-stated: "Solicitor alegations, especially when they bore in that he wrote all the names on the tickets nanin. not very guch I have now already mind the way in which the veracity of the issued to Mr. Chik. He said in the eri Chinese he wrote the name in his own engaged counsel." Another contained the other side had stood the fire of closedence tant when ever he sold a ticket to phrase," Bring the letter of the solicitor examination. Mr. Alabaster had not hand writing. The other side had called

Mr. A. W. Still, Editor of the Straits! to mi," Both of these were from the måde a single allegation, brought forth a Mr. Mok and he said that when the ticket nephew to the uncle They now knew eingle fact, levelled a single inquendo but 3061, issued to Mr. Li Yung Chai, was Times, has been the recipient of a hand- Point it had no name on it, Samebody Growers and Dealers Association, Klang, that the suitor referred was Mr.what he had been able to reply to it. And produced by a singing girl from West some gold medal from the Chinese Rubber Goldring but the nephew could not why1 Because on his side he had truth was mistaken; clearly there was an excep which body, we understand, has also for- The medal is possibly have known that from the "four and right, With Chik, things were dif. tion to what Mr. Quinn he said; nn warded a cheque for $1,000 to the P. A. M.

exception which occurred on the same day, Still Presentation Fund."

aa mark of telegrams that he and his uncle admittediferent. His brain had to invent fa minn the same room and on the same cera sent, the Association say. Having exchanged. That being so, how tons and strategies when cross examined sion as when Mr. Chik bought his ticket. cur sincere appreciation for the valuable could he have known, except it be from on his statements, the reason being that Mr Goldring in his evidener said that service rendered by you to our Chinese

when Mr. Quinn, had that interview he rubber planters and dealers in other communications which had passed he had not that all important, spark of did not know who was the owner of 3068, F.M.5" In acknowledging. Mr. Still between them. Both of the phrases truth to be fanned into the flame of notwithstanding that he had received a ways the honour the Association had done him is probably unique in the experience tegram stating "We have won.": quoted could not possibly have been memory by reminders of past events

The next witness called was Mr. C. A. 9. of newspaper editors, and that he deeply learned from the admitted Four

Resuming after dinner Mr. Zeitlyn Rusa. The Court, had heard the insults appreciates the kindness shewn to him by telegrams.

dealt with the loss of the counterfoils by levelled at him, which Counsel described his Chinese friends, whose beautiful medal ‚dark' and anxious A this went to show that the word, of 34. Quinn:

Courselenid the loss had intolerable, because although Mr. will bo trensured as a memento of the

Jenkin and no recollection of having seen happy ending-of Chik and the word of his nephew would been properly accounted for long before the memorandum, he did not way that the period in the history of the great industry not bear analysis, was not, in fact, the occurrences with which he was now memorandum was not mentioned, and if for which the Chinese of Malaya have done

it was mentioned it, must live been in so much.. worth a snap of the finger.

confronted. On January 19th Mr. Quinn existence, and Mr. Zeitlyn's statement. Next they came to the day on which telephoned to the Secretary of the Club that it was in existence was "purely, a Chik alleged he purchased the ticket (Mr. Mok) at midnight, saying "I say flight of imagination. Mr. Jenkin had The rickshaw" has now become a familiar object in Calcutta, where half-a- Ermly and obstinately held that he bought Mok, I have lost the counterfoils, does it said the memorandum was discussed..

Mr Alabaster, in concluding hig dozen years ago it was almost entirely it on January 5th. He insisted on this matter? Mok replied "Oh no, it does address, said that, from the beginning to unknown. People, however, are less with a vehemence that neither he nor the not matter as long as you send me

the end of the Quinn story there had beca familiar with its correct spelling or in- Arbitrators could understand. He becheque." A cheque was written out anda Damber of misfortunes some of which deed its correct pronunciation, says the he would' rrocust. He then proceeded to Calcutta Engishman. For many years fieved the solution was that Chik, having sent to the Secretary and cashed. How outline 21 unfortunate bagpenings to the Simla and Darjeeling spoke and role of built up, link by link a scheme of this cau any blame be attached to Mr. Quinn Quinn case. The most important of which this quaint Eastern vehicle as the "rick ricisha," Webster tells 11% that the port, had renliard that by departing from neked Counsel. What more could Mr. were the loss of the counterfoils ami the shaw." In the Straits it is called the is A corruption of it in any detail would only have the effect Quinn do as an honest man? He did of the latter to Mr Muk, recording

the loss of the counterfoils. Counsel told papular word

inrikisha from the Japanese words jin. of weakening the chain. Mr. Alabaster, this: on February, 18th he wrote a letter the Court that the 21 misfortunes muda

(man), iki (power) and sha (carriage) with a "fanfare” of trumpets," had told to the Club explaining the loss." Deal 21 chums upon their judgment,

Mr. Alabaster was still addressing the which shows that the Japaneen veranlary ther in his opening address how he was with the first news of the fact that 3000

and Greek words, premises at 12.25 am, going to bring witnesses to prove that had won, Counsel asked how, it was that Court when our representative, left the can afford to do without importing Roman

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