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TO DISCUSS DEMOBI- LEGISLATIVE

LIZATION.

CONFERENCE CALLED FOR CANTON.

CHEN MING SHU ACCEPTS

POLITICAL POST,

MARSHAL LI TO GO TO NANKING.

COUNCIL.

FIRST MEETING AT THE SANITARY BOARD.

THREE NEW ORDINANCES.

A meeting of the Legislative Council was held in the Sanitary Board room yesterday afternoon. H.E. The Officer Administering the (FROM OUR CHINPÄX CORRESPONDENT.] Government (Mr. W. T. Southorn,

CANTON, June 25th.

the

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, JUNE 29th, 1928.

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE "KOCHOW

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ENQUIRY:

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONG KONG DAILY FRESE"]

CHARGES AGAINST

ACCOUNTANT.

ALLEGATIONS AGAINST COMPLAINANT FIRM.

TIÓN.

MANAGER'S VAGUE IDEAS OF

PROFITS.

SIR.-In reading over the evi-] A SMUGGLING ORGANISA dence given by Captain Morgan, I was greatly surprised at his state- meat in which he said that owing to the excessive speed of the s$.8. Tai Lee in passing the Auchow, the lifting gear was damaged by the wash made by the Tui Lee, thus eausing delay in raising the Kochow.

O.B.E.), the Colonial Secretary, the ment-Every time on going through I emphatically refute that state Attorney-General,

Colonial the Wangmoon Bar Channel, the Treasurer, the Captain Superinten-engines of the Tai Ler are put to "alow speed," as is customary with

dent of Police. the Director of

C.M.G.) presided, and there were also present HE. the General It will be remembered that Gen Officer for the time being command era: Chen Ming Shu has persistenting the troops (Col. R. B. Skinnar, ly declined the post of Chairman of the Provincial Administration, say ing that he is busy enough with the job as Rehabilitation Commik sioner of the southern regions of Kwangtung and Commander of the 11th Army But Marshal Li and the Nationalist Government at Nan king have used every means to persuade him to come to Canton and the lateet reports in the Can- ton vernacular Press seem to in-

dicate that the General has finally accepted the offer and will proveed to Canton to take oath of office in the course of a few days.

Public Works, the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, the Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall, C.M.G., the Hon. Mr. A. C. Hynes, the Hon. Mr. C. G. S. Mackie, the Hon. Mr. B. D. F. Beith and Mr. H. R. Butters (Deputy Clerk of Councils).

Absentees included the Hon. Sir

Shou-son Chow, who is on holiday in Jaya, and the Hon. Mr. J. Owen | Hughes, who has gone fer a' trip North for health reason".

Taking The Oath. Colonel Skinner and Sir Henry Follock took the oath upon assum- ing their sents as members of the Council by virtue of their, offices

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Chuen Min Yat, formerly an Accountant of a Chinese firm, again appeared before Major C. Willson at the Central Magistracy on three from the firm which employed him separate charges of embezzlement

UNLICENCED AND ADUL

„TERATED SPIRIT. ·

SEVERE FENALTIES ON TWO CHINESE

The two Chinese, who at the in- stance of the Import and Expert) Office appeared before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy for being in possession of dilu.ed spirit on which duty had not been paid were both convicted on all charges.

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The Arst defendant who Was charged with having been in posses- sion of 10 jars of the wine at his shop at No. 243, Maine Street,

3950 with the alternative of two Shaukiwan, and with selling the spirit, was ordered to pay a fine of

months' imprisonment, for posses- sion, while for making the sale a native of three months was imposed. further fine of $300' with the alter- The sentences were to run consecu

as Accountant and Cashier.

Mr. T. G. Bennett prosecuted on behalf of the "complainants-The all, or nearly all steamers using Kwong Cheong Lan frm, and Mr. the Channel, as a matter of pre- H. G. Sheldon instructed by Mr.tively: caution should the vessel take the F. H. Loseby appeared for delen- The second defendant who had

ground.

On the night in question, the Taj Lee was anchored, waiting for

tide, from 10.30 p.m. to 11.45 p.m.

above, in your paper. Yours faith Thanking you for space for the

fully,

E. MIDGLY, Master, as. Tai Lec. Hong Kong, Jene 29th, 1629.

SPIETING, DISGUSTING AS

LL AS UNHEALTHY.

dant.!

Lee Kee firm's books to the effect The charges related to entries in

that he had paid out certain sums firm and various other firms, which from that firm to the Hang Lee

had not been paid at all but em- bezzled by defendant. Some of the charges went back as far as March 1022..

of General Officer Commanding the [TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONG KOxe not convict the defendant.

Troops and Attorney General res pectively. The Hon. Mr. C. G. S. Mackie and the Hon. Mr. Beith

The inauguration of "the new Provincial Government, which was to have taken place on June 15th but was postpoded "to July 'lat on account of certain preliminaries not having been completed, has been again put off to July 3rd. The rea- eon for this second postponement, according to information from o cial circles, is that the Govern- ment want General Chen Ming Shu,the Council. the newly appointed Chairman of the Provincial Cquscil. and General Hou 'King Tong to be in Canton for the inaugural ceremonies.

DAILY PRESS."]

SIR-Now that the

"spitting

nine of the '10 jars was fined 8950 with the alternative of two months'

that the rat defendant stated imprisonment, At the previous that he bought, the wine from a shap in Shamshuipo and had never

defendant had sold the wine to him. looked at the contents, whereas the second defendant said that the first-

Mr. A. E. Hall appeared for the defence, and Mr. B. C. E. Hawkins, of the Imports and Exports Office,

prosecuted,

Having convicted both defendans an order for the confiscation of the on all charges the Magistrate made

spirit.

r. Sheldon said that the evidence At the outset of the proceedings

gives at the previous hearing by the Manager of the Kwong Cheung Lan firm the complainant, could

Unless the prosecution could simple way-was closed. The com- bring evidence, to say that the there were three other accountants plainant had given evidence that sums in question were not paid to the firms to which they should have

ia the same firm, and conspiracy between one of them and the person facie onse to answer.

easily lead to M. Bennett replied that evidence paid out and not accounted for. A large sum being given by the Manager amply sup-It may be suspicious, but there. ported the charges. The money is no evidence against defendant, paid to the Hang Lee firm by the and further, the three accountants in the Lee Kee Book as paid; but must call one of these accountants Lee Kee in May 1922 was entered are not available. The prosecution no corresponding entry was to be say that the money was paid on found in the Hang Lee firm's book. the voucher." In fact that money was

took the path as new members of habit" is on the tapis, it would been paid then there was no prima who presented the voucher could

PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AT SHAMSHUIPO.

simply be a case of "being cruel to be kind" to emphasise an aspect of the question "usually somewhat lightly passed over.

I refer to the nauseating, disgust-

Owing to the important work they that the work of erecting a publicing and filthy nature of the habit.

have in hand these two Generale cannot get back to Cantan until that date. However, no further postponement, will be made. ·A!!

The Colonial Secretary moved

latrine at Shamshuipo" be proceed

ed with.

The Attorney-General seconded. Application for the erection of

proved. Then the owner and oc-

the preliminaries have been coxa-this public convenience was made picted and if the newly appointed by the Sanitary Board and ap member of the Council are unable to be there by that time they will he inaugurated to the respective offices on their first subsequent visit to Canton.

General Wong Shin Hung, in compliance with the request of Marshal Li Tsai Hsin, has decided

cupier of property in the vicinity objected, and it was explained that these objections had been carefully considered,

The Colonial Secretary said: A memorandum and a plan have been

any, who are fully aware of its objectionable nature from a health point of view, seem to be totally ignorant of its offensiveness from a social or cultural point of view.

the necessity of removing phlegm Any person, on occasion, may feel

cular care, if he has any refuement, from the throat, but he takes pärti- that the action is unseen and

unheard by those around him.

As is well known, it is the desire those in the highest positions, to of many in this Colony, including draw more closely together the

received.

not

Mr. Sheldon: No, only according to the books.

Mr. Bennett: The only person

them. who was familar with the books was the defendant who looked after

try did not appear in the Hang.

Mr. Sheldon said that if the en Le books, this made no difference as the defendant hever kept them.

Mr. Bennett: "But the Manager tells us that the books were audited. ployed by these firms The system of book-keeping as em

is quite

Mr. Bennett then made an ap plication to the Magistrate to issue a sub poena on one of the accour tants, Wong Mui Sam. The man in question," added Mr. Bennett, is the brother-in-law of the de- fendant and refuses to give evidence against him."

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Manager's Vague Evidence. the complainant and Manager of Cross-examined by Mt Sheldon,

the Lee Eco fitm-Mr. Yuen Yat Tong-said that Manager of the Hang Lee firm.

he was The Lee Kee Arm paid customs duties for other people on a com and to the hastening on of that prima facie case against the defen.

has already explained it. The established in 1914 and was closed happy state of affairs, I am firmly dant is that he wrote the entries

at the end of 1923. When the busf- convinced there is no one single re- relating to the first and second firm were handed to the defendant. ness was closed the books of the formation of more importance, than charges in the book stating that the The books in question were cash the abolition of this particular money had been paid to the three books. The firm had only one book. habit. Yours, etc.,

firms in question."

a year-a cash book-in which pay. ments and money received were en tered.

to come to Canton. The date of circulated to hon, members to put different races in social contact/correct in its way, and the Manager | mission. basis. The firm was first

them in possession of all the details. It is only necessary to say that the matter was carefully considered by the Sanitary Board before their original recommendation was made and has been reconsidered by them since in the light of the petition. The Board did not feel justified in varying the original proposal and it remains for a resolution of the Legislative Council to establish the position and to enable the work to

The resolution was passed.

his arrival will be about July 1st. His duties, military and civil, will to the Vice.Com be turned over mander of the 15th Army, General, Wu Ting Yang. General Wong is coming to Canton to take part in the military conference to be held abortly.

KWANGTUNG ARMIES TO0 proceed.

BIG.

The Cantor Marshal has now decided to hold this conference on July 5th, two days after inaugura tion of the new Provincial Govern- ment. It is thought that by that time most of the important military leaders including Generals Wong Shiu Hung, Cheng Ming Shu, Hau King Tong, and others will be in Canton. Demobilization is the im portant subject to be discussed. The Marshal thinks that the armies in Kwangtung are too big, and too heavy burden on the people. He wants to out them down to a point consistent with the preservation of public order. The rehabilitation work now going on throughout the province will also be discussed.

After the conference, Marshal Li will probably go to Nanking to coafer with the Nationalist Govern ment on matters concerning, the Leung Kwang Provinces. JAPANESE NAVAL OFFICERS PAY RESPECTS TO LI TSAI HSIN.

DISTRESS FOR RENT.

"VOID OF OFFENCE." June 28th, 1929.

Kong must be made within three years from the date of the issue of the patent in the United King. dom. One effect of that section of the Ordinance of 1923 was to make it impossible to register here The Attorney-General moved the patents which were issued in the first reading of an Ordinance to United Kingdom more than three amend the Distress for Rent Ordin-years before the commencement of ance, 1883. He said: The object the new Ordinance. The present of clauses 2 and 3 of this Bill is to make the goods of a firm as well as the goods of a person liable to "distress. It very frequently Birms" and that the landlords do happens that premises are let to not know the names of the partners. Therefore, it is desirable to effect prised in clauses 2 and 3 of this the amendments which are com

Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded and the Bill was read a first time.

DENTISTRY ORDINANCE. The Attorney-General moved the first reading of an Ordinance to amend the Dentistry Ordinance, 1014. He said: The object of this Bill is to transfer, for the sake of convenience of administration, from the Colonial Secretary to the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services the custody of the Dental Register and also the duty of re- ceiving applications for entry into the register and otherwise tanking necessary changes in the register from time to time.

The Colonial Secretary seconded, and the Bill was read a first time.

PATENTS.

TheChe Chow" Mark. Mr. Bennett said that under each entry in the Lee Kee book a mark known as Che-Chow" was enter-

This meant that the entry had been correspondingly entered in the other firm's book. The firm's books had been produced and no such entries were, to be found as those in question. Besides that while not admitting the charge, the de fendant has written letters to the Manager acknowledging that there was something wrong. Those were amending Ordinance relieves this not the letters of an innocent man. hardship by providing that the The defendant was away for over time, limit for making applications two years and in consequence it in Hong Kong shall, in the case of was impossible to find anyone to patents granted in

the United whom the money had been paid. Kingdom before the 1st of January, Until it was proved that the 1920, run from the 31st December, hooka were not regularly kept, with 1925, instead of, from the date of

no corresponding entries, the as United Kingdom. The amending receipt entries established a prima the issue of the patent in the sumption was the absence of proper Ordinance algo extends the time facie case. limit generally to five years instead of three years. Thus in the case

Mr. Sheldon's Explanation. Mr. Sheldon said that the com

of old patents the parties applying plainant had two books of books re-

'gome

could say what commission was Mr. Sheldon asked if witness

charged, but witness replied as he and treasurer to seven others he was a manager of four other firms, could not tell off band. The work pradore department on the Hang was entirely handled by the com- Lee river boat lines.

A Smuggling Firm 7 Mr. Sheldon "I put it to you that the Hang Lee firm existed for the purpose of smuggling goods be- tween Shekki and Hong Kong."

the shareholders was an official in Witness: "But in 1923 one of the Customs at Shekki."

Magistrate A very convenient Arrangement!.

Questions were then asked

it existed. The witness, however, of the profits of the company while of the Company shareholders, and

again replied that he was not con- versant with the firm to such an extent.

Mr. Sheldon: If you were a busi

which I put to you you are not then your books would show a pro fit of money received exceeding that charge as commission." of money paid out and which you

A. $7,000 Foki,

will have up to the 31st December,lating to two firma. One was kept ness man and an honest dealer of the Council will consider a 1930, which I hope hon. members by the defendant and the other by reasonable period in which to make fendant. E

someone else certainly not the de application for the registration of old patents. Clause 3 of the Bill of 81,190 paid by the Lee Kes firm In one book, there was an entry is inserted by way of greater caution because notwithstanding, the pro-

to the Hang Lee firm. The com- visions of section 12 of the Inter-

plainant comes to Court, shows his In dealing with the question of pretation Ordinance, 1911,

Lee Ree book with the entry. He profits, witness said that he had a doubts have been expressed as to

says that he is also the Manager of Joki who had made 87,000 by deal. the continuance of rights acquired his book without the corresponding moon.

the Hang Lee Co., and produces ings with the Customa at Wang- under the Patents Ordinanec, 1802,

He could not tell how the which was repealed by Ordinance entry. He then claims that the de- money was made, except that the No. 13 of 1825. In particular some books of the Lee. Kee firm, because Customs authorities to carry on the fendant must have falsified the fake obtained a permit from the whether the right to register as the other. It may be true, but is doubts have been expressed as to there is no corresponding entry in business. signments, confirmed by section a of Ordinance No. 2 of 1682 still subsists. To remove these doubts clause 3 of this Bill has been insert

ed.

Mr. Sheldon: “À very useful 154led true that someone else in the fuki-Now, will you agree with Lee. Kee firm may have done it. There is no evidence against the the Customs officials to get their me that the Lee Kee firm bribed defendant any more than myself."

goods

Iesn through at Magistrata Why don't you put schedule fees the defendant in the box.

A group of Japanese naval officers visited Canion yesterday afternoon. The visit was arranged by Mr. Hanzo Morita, the Japanese Consul General' at Shameen, who. informed Dr. Chao Hsin Chu, Com missioner for Foreign Affairs of The Attorney-General moved the Kwangtung, of the intended visit, first roading of an Ordinance to The Colonial Secretary aceonded, He asked Dr. Chu" to introduce amend the Registration of United them to Marshal Li Tani Hsin, Kingdom Patents Ordinance, 1925.

and the Bill was read a first time. which he did. The party went to

Council adjourned until July 12th. and to make certain provisions with Government House and the Mar- regard to letters patent granted FINANCE COMMITTEE. shal who was dut at the time, under the Patents Ordinance, 1892. came in later and after a friendly He said By clause 2. of this Bill Following the meeting of the talk tea was served to the visitors. After leaving the visitora escorted

section 3 of the Registration of Legislative Council, a meeting of

сазв United Kingdom Patents Ordin- the Finance Committee was held, by Dr. Chu made a lengthy tour of the city visiting all the principal section 3 is inserted. Under the. The votes.

ance, 1925, is repealed and a new the Colonial Secretary presiding. thoroughfares and places of in section of that Ordinance which is expenditure, totalling 3244,450, of for supplementary terest. The visit was of a friendly now repented it was provided that which details were given in the and informal nature no political application for registration in Hong Daily Prets, yesterday, were ap- amotive being attached

(Continued on next Column),

proved.

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than

Mr Sheldon aleo commented on' Mr. Sheldon; I'm not going to put him in the box, until the 87,000 continued

the fact that the foki who had made to work for prosecution can prove there is a

witness... prima facie case.

Witness: "He is now a super- think that there is a prima facie boats."

Magistrate "I am inclined to visor on one of the Hang Lee

In a final statement, of which Mr: Sheldon then said that, the Mr. Sheldon asked the Magistrate defendant was merely the man on the money bags." He was present that he "could not say whether the

to make a note, the witness said.

firm and all he had to do was to rd with voucher from another defendant bad handed the 811,119 pay it and the transaction-in ite

in question to the Hang Lee firm.”

The case was then adjourned (Continued on next Column). until next Wednesday afternoon.

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