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OPIUM SEIZURE ON 55. KWONG TUNG.
CASE CONCLUDES AT THE
MAGISTRACY.
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The case in which three men were
charged, following the seizure of over 2,000 taels of opium from the 8.8. Kwong Tung, was concluded at Central Magistracy before Mr. W. Schofield yesterday.
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It will be recalled that, one of the three defendants, an assistant compradore on the ship, was dis charged at an earlier hearing on the ground that there was no evi dence against him,
GREYHOUND RACING keep such a place without a lipence,
"If, in view of the fact that” the. IN SHANGHAI. Council has refused for good res sons to grant licences to the dog COUNCIL'S ACTION IN BEST racing establishments, it decides to INTERESTS OF SETTLEMENT compel these establishments in close,
I am authorized by His Majesty's- MUNICIPAL COUNCIL'S FINAL Minister to state that such notion appears to the British authorities LETTER TO MR. W. R. McBAIN,
to be in the best interests of the Bellement I have the honour-to be, Sir, Your obedient servant,
What appear to be the final moves in the Shanghai greyhound racing controversy prior to March 31 the date set for stopping it in: the International, Settlement, took place last Thursday, in the form of an exchange of letters between the chairman of the Municip and H.M. Consul General, and, a communication to the Greyhound Racing Club and the Greyhound Racing Association (China) Ltd. from the Municipal Council re- affirming the decision already ar rived at by the last named,
The letters, exchanged between the Chairman of Council and the Consul are as follow:--- Council Chamber,
Council
Yesterday, another man was dis charged, this person having accom- panied a consignment of eight eases of porcelain from Canton to Hong Kong, two of which cases were sub- sequently discovered to contain opium. The man also brought letter down with him to be deliver-
Administration Building. ed to a coolie named Ah On, who,
Shanghai, March 15, 1821. in bls, turn, would hand the letter
SIR-You will have seen from to the consignee,
the Municipal Gazette of: Janu- Mr. Leo d'Almada o Castro, deary 19. last that," the fending this man, submitted that although the onus was on the de: fendant to clear himself of the charge, the prosecution, had not succeeded in proving, that the mane had any knowledge of the contents of the eight cases. Moreover, the letter which he brought down with him, wae not. a document of title, seeing that it had to be handed to Ah On on arrival in Hong Kong Mr. d'Almada added that it Ah.On could be produced by the prosecu tion, he could be a very useful witpess, but pointed out that he had not been called,
has decided, to refuse permission for, the operation, of dog, racing tracks in the Settlement after March, 31, 1931, and has so inform-
the two British greyhound rac ing 'companies.
(8d.) J; F. BRENAN,
Comsul-General, Maenaghten, C.M.G D.8.0., Chairman Shanghai Municipal Council.
Brig. Gen.
The Council yesterday addressed the following letter to the Chair- man of the Greyhound Racing Club and, the Greyhound Racing Associa tion (China) Ltd:--
Shanghai, March 10, 103,
818,-I am directed to acknow- ledge receipt of your letter, of March 7, informing the Council that the Executivo Committee of the Greyhound Racing Club had resolved that, as from March 1, 1031, admission to Luna Park shall ba, restricted to members, of the
Club only, and that this action on their part had boss approved by a. General Meeting of the Grey- hound Racing. Association (China) Ltd.
In reply thereto..
I am dirgeted
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Kasumigaura, Mar. 17.-Cheering to inform you that the Council.nd-crowds to day greeted the officers heres to its decision that dog rac
tuated by the Council's desire to suppress, commercialized gambling in the Settlement.-I am, Bir, Your obedient servant,
of
and crew of airship number the Japanese Naval Air Squadron when she landed at the Khaumin gaura Aerodrome at 11.28 oelock this morning after having been aloft continuously for 60 hours and, one minute.
Commander Fujiyoshi, who land ed only upon receipt of insistent orders, told Rear-Admiral S. Koba- yashi that if he had not been, ar- dered to descend he could have continued to soar over, Kasumigaura for another five hours.,
All members of the crew of the
airship were in excellent, condition when they Inoded. Food and other refreshment, was waiting for them in anticipation of their landing. Airship number 8 started her en durance fight at 11,27 o'clock on Saturday night, in the successful When she landed, the airship had attempt to break General Nobile's J. M. MOKEE, shatter by 15 hours and old record of; 44, hours and: s.) Deputy Secretary.minutes the record for semi-rigid minutes..
airships. A new, world's mark has a Commander. Fujiyoshi, in an io. teen set by Lieutenant Commander terview with Press correspondenta, Nadahiro Fujiyoshi, the commander declared that favourable weather
I have been given to understanding in the Settlement will not be that in the opinion of His Bri. Permitted, after March 31, next, and to state that this decision is tannic Majesty's Minister, the res ponsibility for dealing with the question rests primarily with the Shanghai Municipal Council. It will, however, assist the Council in meeting such criticism as its action. may arouse, if you can confirm in R. MOBAIN, Esq., writing and for publication, that. ita decision meete, with the approv al of the British authorities. — I
(Sd.) E. B. MACNAGHTEN,
Chairman.
F. Brenan Esquire, a.a., H.B.M: Consu-General,
Shanghai,
# Customs Tax Farmer." Giving evidence, Mr. d'Admnda's client said that he was a travelling have to.. trader and on March 5, n. "Customs Tax Farmer," whom he knew in Canton, caine, alongside the Kwong. Tung and gave him, a letter to bring to Hong Kong, in connection with eight cases of porcelain. This was done according to instructions and he earned forty eenta for his trouble. He had no idea that the cases contained anything but paree" lain.
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cross-examination, Mr. Todd. suggested that the person who told the defendant to bring the ease to Hong Kong was a member of the Anti-Opium Bureau, Defendant denied this.
Shanghai March 19, 1931. SIR-I have the honour to ack- nowledge the receipt of your letter of March 10, and to confirm that the decision of the Council to" put an end to the gambling on dog racing in the Settlement meets with the full approval of the Bri- tish authorities.
It has always been the opinion of His Britannic Majesty's Minja- His Worship expressed himself r that the responsibility for deal- satisfied that the defendant had dising with this matter reste primari charged the anus, placed upon him ly on the Shanghai Municipal and accordingly discharged him. Council, both as the body reapon- The third man was fined 800,000,sible for the administration of the or in default, one year's hard International Settlement as a whole, and because it is the community that it represents who, stand to lose by the hostile agitation directed against them on account of these
labour.
His Worship commented, at the conclusion of the case, on the manner in which the prosecution had dealt with it. Referring to the assistant compradore, Mr. Schofield said that an innocent man had been gambling establishments. brought before the Court when
It has been asserted on behalf
there was no evidence to connect of the greyhound companies that him with the opium inney way their gaming operations are legal His Worship also said that he thought it would have been better in English had all parties. been interrogated at before any of the cases were open- હો...
GERMANY'S GRAND OLD MAN.
LONDON SCHOOLS HEAR LECTURE ON PRES.
HINDENBURG,.
an
law. T tm not present prepared to Ex- press
opinion GB this paint, but I am, advised that the legality of totalizator betting on dog courses has by no means been established in the recent cases tried in England, and in this connection it is to be noted, that dog racing has not been, permitted, in the British colonies of, Hong Kong, of Singapore.
London, March 18-An interest; ing function took place here this The British authorities, are in afternoon in all London schools sympathy with the efforts of the when the portrait of President von Hindenburg was hung up in the Council to eliminate commercializ classrooms while B lecture oned gambling in the Settlement, and *Germany's grand old man" was have always regarded with disfar being broadcast by the London our the operations of the greyhound radio-station.
The lecture, which stressed Herr racing establishments, They have,, von Hindenburg's sterling civil moreover, no desire that the extra. virtues and personal merits, was delivered by Mr. Harold Nicolson, territorial privileges acquired ur- until recently First Secretary of der treaty for the protection of the British Embassy at Berlin and British trade and residence in this, BOU of the internationally known country should be used, by British Permanent. Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs from 1910 to 1916 subjects to cover activities which and before that Ambassador to enn reasonably bq, considered. Risasin.
The son made a name for him- detrimental to the, administration. self by editing his father's very im- of the area under the, Council's portant diplomatic memoirs and jurisdiction. other literary and journalistic work for which purpose he retired from the diplomatic service while, by the way, having also recently altracted attention by becoming a" member of Sir Oswald Mosley's new party,
The restriction of places of pub- is entertainment is placed under the control of the Council by Byg
340, the Land: Regulations, which provides that no person shall
Chairman,
Greyhound Racing Club, WR. MCBAIN, Esq.;
Chairman,
of airship number 8, and his men, made the success of his enduranc
The previous record for semi-fight. possible. He expressed be- rigid airships was made on anlief the airship in the future will endurance flight under the direct be able to remain aloft much longer Greyhound Racing, Associationtion of General Umberto. Nobile, of than did number 8 of the Japanese
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