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CASE DISMISSED.

EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE

FAILS,

MONEY WHICH HAD BEEN

PAID UP.

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The case in which Taui Wai Hing was charged with the embezzlemcut of 81,584 from the Sze Yap Steam- ship Company was concluded at the Central Magistracy yesterday when Mr. E. I. Wynne-Jones discharged the defendant.

At the previous hearing, Mr. Prentice, of Messrs. Hastings, Den- nys and Bowley, who appeared for the prosecution, asked leave to withdraw the case, as, he stated. the money had been paid to a sub- Нія ordinate of the defendant. Worship, however, declined to dis- miss the case without further in- vestigation, and remarked that if Mr. Prantice had no further in- structions in the matter he should sand all the documents to his Wors

ship and they would be impounded

and went to the Attorney General.

At the subsequent hearing. Mr. Lea D'Almada e Castro, who up peared for the defendant, argued til his Worship should dismiss the case as the prosecution had with drawn it, and began to outline the history of the case.

Str. D'Almada said that in the civil ense the plaintiff obtained a

judgment and proceeded with a writ of execution by the attachment of the defendant's person and by the detachment of any property

which he might possess. Under that warrant, said Mr. D'Almada, the defendant was apprehended and taken to the debtors' gaol. As was usta!, in all such cases, the debtor, finding himself in gaol, made an application to the Court for his re- lease on the ground that he posse sed no property and swore an ap plication to that effect, and that application was served on the judg- ment creditor.

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPT EMBER 14, 1932.

A JOURNEY THROUGH SZECHUAN.

SUBLIME AND SOLEMN GRANDEUR OF

THE GORGES.

PROFESSOR FORSTER'S ADDRESS TO · ROTARY CLUB,

was

A vivid description of a recent journey, to Szechuan given by Professor Forster at the Rotary Club yesterday. The ad- dress embodied a description of the beautiful scenery in the Yang- teze and of the many wrecks to be seen in the journey up river.

Professor Forster made an interoating statement in regard to his meeting with five graduates of the University in Chengtu. All these graduates held high posts.

The speaker was thanked by Professor Brown, who attended yesterday's Rotary luncheon, having, just arrived from Home. The Hon. Dr. S. W. Tso provided and welcomed a number of guests..

PROSPEROUS PROVINCE OF 70 MILLIONS.

Professor Forster said: Szechuan. minutes. We saw another Steamer which means the land of the four the Wushung, high and dry on a rivers, is ons of China's wealthiest | rock ten feet above the water which provinces and it is also the most had receded. difficult to enter. The first steamer

,

three

to make regular trips on the Upper in the course of this journey through While at anchor at night time Yangtze was a Chinese owned boat, the Gorges, I read two or the "Shutung" which was designed books about the Yangtse, all of by Captain Plant and built by which agreed that the majority of Messrs. Thornycroft in 1909. This accidents to steamers occurred on vessel, which we saw lying at an, the

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upward'

passage, for the

chor at Chungking still makes re-strength of the current of the races gular journeys up beyond Chung and rapids and whirlpools, tends king to Suifu. It was not until to drive the vessel from its course. 1920 that the British steamer, the When we reached Chungking 1 "Loongmow" began regular casually mentioned this fact to the passenger and cargo service, and Captain. That is quite true," he from that time onward the trade said, but then the accidents that has developed to such an extent that cecur coming down are in the no- there are now 30 steamers and ture of disasters. To strike a rock twenty-six motor boats running at 17 knots going down has a dif. along the Gorges.

CORRESPONDENCE. HUANG SHAOHSIUNG

[Alp letters intended for publi cation must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer, nat for publication, unless so desired. but as evidence of good faith-ED.)

MIDGET TAXIS.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONG KON

DAILY FARAS."]

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IS CANTON.

REFERS TO KWANGSI PROGRESS IN ROAD BUILDING.

Canton, Sept. 13.-Gen. Hitang Shao Hsiung, Minister of Interior, came to Canton yesterday of the steamboat, "Tin Yat" on a private: mission. On the same steamer vas Sir, The authorities in Manila Gen. Li Chung Jen, Commander- and other provinces in the P.I. have in-Chief of the 4th Group Army. awoken to the possibilities of Mid-Gen. Li went to the British colony get Taxis, and Taxi-Cab Companies a few days ago to conduct the opci are now adding to their flects Moring ceremony of the branch of the ris Minor Four Door Saloons for Kwangsi Provincial Bank. this purpose.

Many local officials gathered at

The reasons of this up-to-date the wharf to greet the Minister. move may be taken from the fol Among them were Mr. Chow Lu, lowing comparative fares as extract-Mr. Mak Woon Chang, and Gen. od from a Manila paper.

Lin Sze Ching, Gen. Chang Yin Normal Taxi Posos 20 for the Man and Gen. Ho Lok, first half kilometre.

Midget Taxi Pesos 20 for the first two kilometres. Further charges

where short distance work is main are in proportion, and the possibili- tios of smaller. initial charge

ly catered for, are obvious. able to support any more taxis but Hong Kong itself may not be

Minister Buang then boarded a motor Launch for the Canton Sani- tortum. at Yeeshaton where he will rest before seeing his old colleagues and friends,

To

Beturn to the North.

His stay the city, it is under- return to the north stood, will be very brief and when His mission is completed, he wil

inter.

In the course of a press

Midget Taxis in Kowloon would residential districts of Kowloon, td that his mission here was not only be a convenience in the view yesterday, Minister Huang ex- but also further the use of British and to ses his old friends and col- to attend to some private affairs

products in a British Colony.

leagues

He discussed the political situa- There is a large Kowloon com tion in his native province, Kwang munity who endure the rickalawi, where he said great improve because taxis are too expensive and mont has been made in the field of reconstruction, especially in rand the bus services can not take them building during the past few close enough to their doors. There mentha

The Minister confirmed the re- are also others who can not afford

port that the Central Authorities

all these the Midget Taxi would CS.C. in Nanking for the solution were the cost. not too high. For plenary session of the C.E.C. and

of national problems. be a blessing, without damaging any existing interests.

ferent effect upon the hull from cars but would often hire a tax have dofnitely postponed the 3rdl

From Shunghie to Ichang the striking it an seven knots going river journey used to occupy one up." We still had to come down. week but from that point, before

Sublime Grandeur.

the advent of the steamer the fas

If both taxi owners and the pul test junk took about twenty-one It is impossible to convey in days to reach its destination at words the sublime and solemn

lic welcome the British Midget Chungking. Now it is po ible to grandeur of the Gorges The awe duty of 25 per cent. to be paid, Taxi in Manila, where there is a reach the same town from Shanghie inspiring scenery must be experi there should be no possible doubt by air in two days, and by steamerenced and the experience will vary of their success and utility in Kow-

according to the individual, the sea-loon and the New Territories.

Yours,eto. son, the light, and the state of the

in eleven.

Massacre.

KOWLOON.

RESIDENT.

Application Fllod,

Szechuen, as a province, is well When that judgment was served, worth these efforts to reach it, dur

water. The constant feature is the Mr. D'Alniada went on to say,

lofty vertigineous cliffs enclosing would be the duty of the judgment extremely fertile and rich in miner which seems to have chosen the most it has a teeming population, is

the narrow lanes of rushing water creditor to file name sort of eviden-al resources especially coal, outcrop-difficult of all exist to the sea. I REFUSE REMOVAL.

ce to the effect that the defendant

either had some property or was

concealing his property or that he had been living extravagantly

pings of which we frequently saw.

has had its troubles. The outstand-

But like other parts of China it been literally cleft to a depth three looks as though the mountains had

or four thousand feet to form a ing event in the history of San-channel for the mighty torrent.. No. They proceeded to do so by filing chuen occurred at the change of the thing could be more impressive an application by a Mr. Wg, who, had certain beliefs that the defend dynasty in 1544, when the Man- ant had certain property in Canton, chus took control in Pekin. A and so on. The Court duly const warrior called Heien Chung con- dered the application and the evi-"

dehce and discharged the defend

ant.

ing to the complainants and that

he received it as a servant or agent

stituted

himself

SUBJECT AGAIN BEFORE

SANITARY BOARD.

LETTER FROM GOVERNMENT.

refuse in the Colony, which has

The Minister will probably in- teview the local political leaders in regard to national matters by- fore returning to Nanking to re sume his duties.

CANTON ITEMS.

EPIDEMIC RETURNS FOR

LAST MONTH.

WELLS TO BE INSPECTED.

Canton, Sept. 13.-The report is- sued by the. Bureau of Health for last month shows the following number of infectious and contagious disenses which occurred in Con- ton:----

Influenta 20, cases with 1 death; Small-pox, 9 cases; Cholera 42 cases with 9 deaths; Diphtheria, 0 cases; Meningitis, 4 cases with 1 death; and

The question of the removal of

the Sanitary Board recently, was causal considerable discussion at recalled at the fortnightly meeting

Searlet fever, & cases. According to an official statement of the Board yesterday, when Mr. issued by the Bureau, the cholera formed the members that a letter tan G. R. Sayer, the President, in epidemic which broke out in Can- had been received from the Govern lives 1,005 cases of cholera were in March, took a toll of 384 ment relative to the Board's recom-reported from March to August, refuse removal. mendations of July 19 concerning inclusive.

The letter states:

(1) that in accordance with the

Wells in Canton,

As a precautionary measure to practice of the Government new or be taken in Canton against the ries when required will be of a contraction of infections and conta that the Government will be glad Health has decided to inspect all modern and up-to-date pattern, and gious diseases, the Bureau of to know what pattern the Board the wells in the city ngularly, wells containing impure water,

recommends.

and everything inflammable was like other human beings become ing in a high wind or traversing on closed."

somewhat uneven surfaces, all are Students culisted by the Census

70 Mшons.

then the return journey through the winding passage in the Windbox Gorge where the high mountain of Emperor

walls offer, at first sight, an im Central Chine with his capital passable barrier to any further pra Chengtu. Ha seams to have been Mr. D'Almada wont on to say

a nibilist with very pronounced Bress. As we proceed however, the sharp turn reveals itself and the that the Supremo Court, acting views and a deep conviction, con vessel which is rushing headlong with its usual mense of justice, cerning the futility of human life, would not keep a man in prison in other than his own. He adopted a into a wall of rock, is suddenly gao! if he had no money. When five year plan which he completed swung around and carried into the defendant's release was ordered, in the year 1840. In the course of it did not mean that the judgment this period Chang achieved the fol-safety with the current, became a nullity. It only meant lowing results, He 'massacred Even when the scenery becomes that they could not attach his per-32,310 undergraduates and students: less impressive on the journey there son, but if they could find other 300 eunuchs: 2,000 of his own troops is always something which arrests property or if the defendatit found 27,000 Buddhist Priests: 000,000 of the eye or sume legend to arouse employment they could attach part the inhabitants of Chengtu: 280 of one's interest. As might be expect of his salary or attach the property his own concubinek: 400,000 wives ed, temples, pagodas and images of subsequently discovered,

of his own troops: and finally gods and animals aro extremely (2) None of the lorries have fixed which is not it for human con- In spite of the defendant's dis everyone else in the province. Every numerous on the banks of these charge, the creditors in the present building was razed to the ground swirling waters, for the junkmen, covers; if fully loaded and if opernt sumption, will be ordered to be an information leading to the issue burnt. He himself perished in deeply religious in the presence of liable to drop a little material un-Commission are now receiving in- matter, said Mr. D'Almada, sworn of the warrant in the present case. leading his troops against an in- the forces of nature which they can less the canvas covers which are structions in the work to which they That information stated that the vading army of Mongolians from not control, and therefore must, it supplied to each are securely foe will be assigned. They are taught accused had received on curtain the west in 1849.

possible, conciliate. The river gods tened; but in point of fact it is the most effective ways to distribute dates, between January, and Sop-

could hardly remain unmoved, for understood that they very rarely and to collect the census, forme. tember. 1030, certain monies belonir-

example, by the delightful and pic do drop anything, and on such rare turesque ceremony witnessed át

Lim Chuan Monastery. of the Company, and as such he has province was then colonised by the thousands, literally thousands, of to receive the suggestions of the issued a general notification pro- The devastated and depopulated Chungking, Ichang and Shasi when occasions it is at once picked up.

(3) The Government will be glad The Bureau of Public Works 'has not accounted for the monies to the Manchu Emperor from the rest of protily coloured lanterns were set Board in regard to the revision of hibiting the removal of stones and company but had embezzled same Ching. Even the gaols were empty outing upon the waters and were the existing hours of clearing re-clay from the base of the tempar

ed and so the Szechuanese to day carried for miles by the current. It fuse.

ary wooden bridge across the vale are a mixture made up from the was the junkman's idea of Illuminat

Those present were: Mr. G. Bof the two monastery buildings at At yesterday's hearing Ir. Wyn-people of Hupehm, Honan, Kansing the path, in the nether world Sayer, President; Hon Mr. R. M. the foot of the White, Cloud Hill ne-Jones informed Mr. D'Almada and other provinces. As an inluce for those souls that had been car Henderson, Vice-President; Dr. G. The notification states that in Castro that after reading the aument to settle, the Government land ried off by the river in the puat W. Pope, (M.O.H.); Mr. Wong view of the recent land-slide and thorities which fr. D'Almada had tax was lower for this province year of appeasing the gods and Kwong Tin, Dr. R. A. de Castro the collapse of the stone bridge, se kindly lout him he had decided than for any other. This mixed craving their indulgence for the Basto, fr. I. C. F. Bellamy, Dr. the safety of the wooden bridge will to rule against him on the ground population is estimated at 70 mil. coming season. I myself felt in-Li Shu Fan, Mr. C. Champkin, Mr. be jeopardized if stone and clay are that a Civil Court had no power fons, that about twice that of Eng-clined to kowlow to the massive J. Gelling (Secretary) and Mr. removed from its base. to interfere with the Criminal land, and these people have been golden Buddha which marks the Ng Mui Kai (Assistant Secretary). Court,

isolated, because the Upper Yangconclusion, near Chungking, of the

Provincial School Laboratory. The case was then proceeded with tee has always been a mennee; to upward voyage, but after a short cross-examination junks in the past and to shipping With regard to legends, the best

The construction of a laboratory. by Mr. D'Almada of the principal even now, in spite of the accumulatone, I think, is connected with the Members of the adb-committee in in Canton, which was suspended

vious contractor

of the 1st Provincial Middle School witness, the manager of the Bse Zapod knowledge and experience which temple on the right bank above charge of the planning for the for the last six months, will be Company, his Worship held a short the pilots have of its troublesome Ewei fu. It contains the head of Siang Kan University in Canton shortly continued, as a new con consultation in Chambers with Mr. waters and though the utmost care benevolent ruler who was murder held their first meeting last Satur-contractor has been appointed by Prentice and MD'Almada, after has been taken in the construction ed because of the ambiguity, of the day They discussed and made the Governmunt to complete the which he announced the dismissal of the ships, especially by increas Chinese language. He ordered tus many decisions concerning the con- work left unfinished by the pre-

ing their horse power, fognes fre tailors to make hire a white amb in ***In doing so, his Worship remark-quently occur. In May this year two days. Unfortunately the winstruction of buildings. This Uni- Continued on Previous Catumu, nd that after what he had hoard the there was a record number of ac white is also the word for late Mr. Kao Yin Fan.

versity is built to commemorate the principal witness sny, namely that aident We saw H.M.S. Petrei limp hundred. The tailors taking the REL SOPER The defendant, who was a chrysser ing down the river after striking a latter meaning said the table was Street Lighting, for business and also in charge of rock below Chungking The funnel unreasonable and impossible, but As the result of a decision of the the freight, could bring in the no of the Wan Liu was all that the general insisted that the order Municipal Council to improve the courts-at-any-time of the year, he could be scon when we passed and must be carried out or the conseity lighting, the Bureau of Public could find no way of proceeding no trace at all was left of the vessel quences would be really serious for Utilities has placed an order farther with the case as the defend- I Ling though, the spot was pointed them. The tailors hold a conference abroad for a large quantity of elec

had already..paid the money. out where she went down in three.

(Continued on Page 8) trical fittings,

Case Dismissed,

of the defendant.

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