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Apart from legal arguments that seemed to be elevating a Shaukiwan beatman almost-to-the status of the Captain of an ocean-going liner and jotting down something" more about the Tiger Balm " label crise, Note-Book "had an un- eventful day in the Courts yester- day.

IMPORTING BUTIABLE WINË.

THE ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of subscribera end adherents of the Union Church, Kawloon, was held on Thursday evening, the R. Horace John- ston (Pastor) presiding.

The Hon. Societary (Mr. A. Chapman) presented the annual re- port, whilst the Hon. Treasurer (Mr. D. F. Warren) submitted the financial statement.

In subsequent proceedings, the speakers included the Rev. J. Kirk Maconachie, the Rev. Mr. Shori and Mr. Ingram. It was decided to call a meeting for the purpose a considering the inauguration of a Women's Auxiliary Guild.

1. Chapman and Mr. Warren were re-elected as Hon. Secretarș An interesting legal point was, and Hon. Treasurer respectively. raised by Mr. J. M. d'Almada whilst a large and influential Com-. Remedios at the Central Magistracymittee was appointed... yesterday in defending a boatman Later, tea was served, and solos charged with importing 3 jars of rendered by Mr. Chapman and Mr. dutinble wine into the Colony.

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At a previous hearing the deman

fendant was charged with posses WANTED TO CHEAT SOMEONE. sion of the wine, and it was then catablished that the owner of the junk on which the wine was brought down from Macno was woman Hiving at Shaukiwan,

A Chinese was 'up before Mr. W. Schofield at the Kowloon Magis

tracy, resterday afternoon for at- Mr. Redemios argued that before bangle which was half gold and half, tempting to pawn as "pure gold a

to

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be proved that he attempted to land the wine" with- out a permit The defendant was only an employee of the owner, and he was in the same position us

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When asked if he had anything to say the defendant replied "I knew it

was not pure gold, bus someone cheated me, so I wanted to cheat someone back."

He was found guilty of attempt

the Captain of a ship which brought ing to obtain money by false pre dutiable goods into the Colony. Astences and fined $100, or two long ng there was an owner ashore months' hard labour.

it was the duty of the owner to obtain a permit to land the cargo, and in the present case the defend act had not allowed any part of the cargo to leave his control, No attempt had been made to land the goods without a permit, and there fore there was no unlawful importa- tion of the goods within the mean- ing of the Ordinance.

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The Magistrate (Mr, R. E. Lind sell) remarked that the point was certainly novel one and Mr. Remedios appeared to have dis- covered a loophole in the Ordinance.

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GLOOMY FOREBODINGS IN SHANGHAI,

THE RISING RED TIDE.

A SERIOUS WARNING; DANGER OF

UNPREPAREDNESS.

Commenting Apon the recent ap the Communist side to intimidate peal by the Shanghai Municipal the men who went to resume work. Authorities for public support "While some attempt is being against the professional agitators made to hold the Kuomintang. to- and gunmen, the N.-C. Daily New gether and the moderates are say: "We do not have to dwell atraid of completely, alienating the calling upon the repeated warnings that left-wing Cantonese by

A Chinese cook employed on board H.M.S. Stormcloud Wis

we have given of an unprecedented them to acpnot, the lesser authori charged before Mr. R. E. Lindsell with the theft of silver watch, plague of terrorism. This state ties responsible for the peace and a fountain pen, and a silver watchinent from the authorities that order of the outlying districts, who and chain, the property of two sailors. The charge being admitted, public support is needed and will ought to be co-operating with the was sentenced to six be appreciated ought to be suf- Settlement and French police but weeks' hard labour on each of the fcient corroboration of our gloomy are not, must of necessity be in a forebodings for the moat indiffer- perplexed and ineffectual state of ent sceptic in this community. The mind when brought face to face manifestations of the Red campaign with criminal disorder that ap- here and elsewhere may not have pears to be patronized by persons the Kuomintang. increased greatly in number nor high up in have they been any more spectacu hierarchy. This uncertainty, for lar, but both the authorities and instance, accounts for the impunity with which strikers, led by busi-

SEDITIOUS LITERATURE,

2 woman were

Six men and charged before the Kowloon Magis. trate with possession of seditious literature. The evidence showed that ninety-eight pamphlets were seized in the house occupied by these the employers of labour testify people. It was stated that when the that the atmosphere is becoming nrsslike Red hirelings, are now police raid was carried out, the intenser from day to day, while we mates tried to get rid of the papers know that intimidation is being by throwing them away, while one

of the men was noticed to be pushed with an energy that has stuffing some of it into a drain pipe, never been apparent before. The case was adjourned until next Friday for the documents to be translated.

INFRINGING A TRADE LABEL

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systematically destroying all the semi-permanent

advertising of several fareig Arms outside the Settlement and the French Con- cession.

Again we find from the em. players, through loyal workmen Although we have had virtually and secret channels of information, no public support in our suggestion that, as usual, there is not a single that the re-erection of the barbed spontaneous labour movement in wire barriers and the reinstitu The case in which a Chinese firm this community nor one based upon tion of the curfew were first essep- of medicine vendors are charged what the employees really consider tials in preparation for the trouble with infringing the "Tiger Balin to be grievances. The tram strike, that is most certainly coming. the mark of Messrs. A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd., was further heard by Mr. we know beyond all cavil, is the idea is endorsed privately by every R. E. Lindsell it the Central Magis product of terrorism and nothing foreign employer of Chinese labour tracy, when Mr. Davidson appear-else, and there is no difficulty in who has had reason to study the ed for the defence,

Mr. H. J, Armstrong, for the com- eliciting from any group of strik situation. No one, of course, plainanta, told the Magistrate that ers, whom one can isolate from spies wants to take the initiative in pub- only a part of the undertaking by and agitators the confession that licly advocating these measures. All the defendants to withdraw the ad- they want to go to work on the old would rather face the prospect of vertisements and to get back the goods bearing the labels had been terms and the information that general strike," accompanied by carried out. In the circumstances their much advertised club was an epidemic of murder and arson he asked for a conviction.

Mr. Davidson thought that the simply a Communist organ financed and a complete "stoppage of trade, We than riak the loss of some petty. prosecution had no right to impose for purposes of agitation. conditions of that kind. He said have had something to say before Chinese business connection. The that his clients had done everything about the indifference" of the local most inconsequential and absurd to withdraw the advertisement, but were only able to do so in eix casex. Chinese authorities to the develop objections have, moreover, "been In the seventh case the newspaper ment of a Red, rising, which is raised against the campaign for refused to remove the advertisement bound to react upon the peace and Bjecting the Soviet Consulate, as the advertiser was the owner of the goods in Singapore.. On the prosperity of the suburbs under question of the withdrawal of the Chinese control as well as upon the goods from the market, Mr. David foreign communities. We are now son said that when Mr. Owen gave the undertaking it was not expect in possession of clues which seem to ed that his clients would go about indicate clearly that within the buying back the goods at retail" Nationalist " fold, the same prices, and at the same time Ince Cantonese element which has arised propaganda' material, we; are in- possible claims for damages.. administrative authorily in Canchined to think that it will be a very The statement for the defence ton, in co-operation with the agents wholesome thing for us if the full amounted to a plea of "not of the U.B.6.R., is actively support | fury of a Red terror breaks upon guilty," and further hearing of the ing Red endeavour here and is, in us when we are napping and exacta case was fixed for December 23rd.

the case of the tram strike for in: a tax on sluggish indifference (Oontinued on next Column.). stance, using all its influence on which will never be forgotten,''

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