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V.R.C. Account Dispute

AMERICAN CHARGED WITH FALSE PRETENCES

A serious charge of obtaining paid Tanner any money. He was $40 from Messrs. Lane, Crawford, sure he gave the bill to Tanner Ltd. by false pretences was, pre- a few days after it was given to ferred against an American, Wi-him (witness) by Mr. Ainslie. liam Arthur Tanner, jar. of Chi-

"After Mr. Butt had given cago before Mr. S. F. Balfour at

dence, defendant expressed a wish "Central, Magistracy yesterday, to call another witness."

The defendant was alleged to have obtained the money by pre- tending that he was authorised to collect it on behalf of the Victoria Recreation Club.

INDIAN MUSLIM

SOCIETY

Annual Report Issued

The Indian Muslim Society which will hold their annual meeting at the Mosque, 30 Shelley Street on Sunday, March 4 at 2 p.m, "\as] is- ensued the following report for the

past year

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The membership at the begin- Mr. E. W. Friman, of the K.D.ning of the year was 1.094 and Petroleum Company of China was stood at 1.114 at the end of the then called and after he had given year, showing an increase of 50 testimony, his Worship remarked members over that of last year's. that he would like to have the evidence of Mr. Ainslie.

According to Detective-Sergeant C. Mottram who prosecuted; the

The case was accordingly re- defendant was alleged to Have manded till this morning, defen- negotiated advertising contracts dant being allowed bail of $100,"

for the V.R.C. when he was a visit- ing member. The bill amounted to $40. Lane. Crawford's having paid this sum over to Tannet. Later the Club rendered another account and correspondence re- vealed that they had not received the money.

Mr. T. M. L. Redmond, account- ant of Messrs. Lane, Crawford, Ltd., stated that on November 25, Tanner came to the office" to col- lect $40 for advertising in a pro- He was shown'up to the gramme. office by an assistant in the sports department. The bill was already stamped and initialled by the defendant. Witness handed the money to his clerk who paid it over to Tanner. Later a duplicate of the bill was received and it

-Subscriptionis during the year amounted to $1.711.54. The bi- lance brought forward from 1932 was $3,138.92, Expenditure during the year amounted to $1,195,12 ba- lance forward to 1934 accounts comes to $3,655.34 which is more than that of the previous year by

DEVELOPMENTS 8516.43. The principal items in the

IN PHOTOGRAPHY

Interesting Address Before Rotary Club

Members of the Shanghai Kotary Club who attended the weekly re- | union tiffin meeting held in the Metropole Hotel last week were entertained by Mr. Robert E. O'Bolger of the Eastman Kodak Company, who gave a delightful

year's expenditure were the salaries for the Maulvi and the Muemin and the wages for the Mosque and cemetery coolies, A further sum of 3400 was påld for general re- pairs to the cemetery, and a sum of 8129 went towards the telephone rent.

The general committee engaged themselves in at least one out- standing activity during the year. This was in connection with the erection of a boundary wall and a mosque at the Macao cemetery.

his scheme was sponsored by the late Khan Sahib Nawab Khan and

Seth Ratumatullah Elias about four years ago when they collected a sum of about 86,000 for the scheme. Owing to some, unter- tunate misunderstanding a33ọng the Muslim community at Macao the scheme was left in abeyance

subsequently came to witness's knowledge through a communica- tion that all bills were to be paid

to the by cheque direct

Hon. Treasurer of the V.R.C.

In reply to Sergt. Mottram, Mr. Redmond said there had been talk upon Recent Developments the general committee again considerable correspondence within Photography." the V.R.C. over this matter.. Mr. Introduced by Mr Hugo Sandor, Dixon, Hon. Secretary of the Club. the President of the Rotary Club, had seen the complainants person-Mr, O'Bolger explained to the mem- ly and told them that Tanner hers the reason why it was possible was not

to photograph things which could money.

not be soon by the naked eye. You Witness recalled a conversation aro

familiar said the speaker whed Tanner went to see. Mr.with the spectrum seen when a BrOWL, the Manager, that he beam of light falls upon a prism (Tanner) was going to see. Mr. and is split into its component

to collect authorised

Dixon and put matters right.

Secretary's Evidence

Mr. P. A. Dixon, Hon. Secretary of the V.RC giving evidence. said he knew the defendant. He was a visiting member, but as he had not paid his subscriptions he did not even enjoy the privileges of a visiting member... Tanner had never been a member of the com- mittee, and was never authorised to collect bls. Lane, Crawford's as far as the witness was concern- ed, had not paid the bill.

Cross-examined by Tanner, Mr. Dixon said he definitely told the defendant not to have anything to do with the bills in connection With the programme for the visit of the Shanghal YMCA. swim ming team.

In answer to his Worship. Mr. Dixon said the bill was sent to Lane. Crawford's. How it got into the defendant's hands he did not know.

The Defence

parta, in the order of their wave lengths, also observod in the phenomenon of the rainbow. „Some of you are also familiar with the invisible portion of it known as the Ultra Violet Region because of the use of ultra violet rays in the maintenance of health and in the reatment of bodily ailments. In the early days of photography/nega tive materials were sensitive to ultraviolet and to part of the visi ble spectrum, namely vicles and bluc rays. Later it was found that by adding certain dyes it was possible to carry the sensitivity of plates and films through green and yellow and ending in the orange portion of the spectrum. These materials were known as Orthochromatic or corrected for colour, because at that time it was supposed that this was all the colour correction that could be expected."

A Boon-To Navigation

"Further experimentation brought forth still other dyes which when added carried the sensitivity of plates and films completely over Tanner then entered the witness the visible spectrum. These mater. box. He stated his profession wasals are known as Papchromatic, writing, On September 27 or 28. being sensitive to all colours of he made an agreement with the light. More recent developments V.R.C. that he was to have full ad- in the making of negative emul vertising rights and to get the pro- sions resulted in the sensitivity of cceds of the sale of programmes, the materials being carried far He set about getting the adver- beyond the visible spectrum at the tisements which amounted to $180.red end and so now we have the Mr. Dixon then cut the price down infra-red plate. These unseen in to half.

Defendant continued: I felt I fra-red rays are not scattered by fog had lost eighty dollars on the deal and mist as are blue rays so when alt blue rays are filtered out photo- When I was not paid, I let it go at that and I resigned. Sometime graphs of distant" objects blotted later. I was advised that Lane, out from sight by haze show up Crawford's had not paid their ac- clearly in the picture. With cameras count and would not pay it until I using infra-red plates and filters, had seen Mr. Ainslie. I was told mountains lost in haze have been this by Mr Butt and Mr. Mac-photographed from hundreds of Nider, of the sports department.miles away, group pictures of peo- On a later day, Mr. Butt asked me ple have been taken in pitch black rooms and mariners can safely pho- Ainslie. Mr. Butt gave me the tograph their way through other

wise unnavigable fog. The captain [bill. I kept it in my pocket and

did not do anything for a few of the s.8. "Manhattan" has said that this is the greatest boon to days. Mr. Butt again spoke to me and Mr. MacNider asked me to do Davigation since radio.

for the love of Mike" to see Mr.

something about it. Mr. "Ainslie felt that Lane, Crawford's owed $20 rather than $40. I went. to see

he remembered the circumstances

CaseTM Remanded

Remarkable Results

Mr. MacNider and asked him fable for military purposes in detect

"Infra-red photography is value- and called over Mr. Ainslle who ng camouflage and filming enemy OK'd the bill and I got the territory when the visibility would otherwise render photographic work money. I did not hand the money impossible and also over the protec over to the V.R.C. because I felt tive cover of haze. Inasmuch as as they kept me waiting. they Infra-red. could wall also. The initials Ovisible spectrum it is possible to rays are outside the the bill are my own and there was no. intent to defraud Lane, Craw- exclude by means of suitable filters ford's.

all visible light from a room, yet flood the room with these infra-red rays so that photographs may be made in what appears to be total Cross-examined by Sergeant darkness, Such a photograph was Mottram, Tanner replied: I did not taken in our laboratories svine report to the V.R.C, that I had time ago of a large dasembly of collected the money, nor did they people and so sensitive was the report that they had collected Photographic material that it re- quired an exposure of but one money of minie.

Mr. W. L. Butt, of Bavarin second."! House, Kowloob, called as a wit- The speaker then legla with the ness for the defence, stated heinvisible rays beyond the other end worked for Lane Crawford's "for of the spectrum" known as fultra. seventeen months up to December (vinlet," mentinting their times, and 1 last. He was not sure whether [kiidity, and interest of which cap- Mr. Dixon told him (witness), or tivated all whơ bưa the pleasure of the defendant that the Hong Kong listening to it. Several photographs: Brewery and Lane, Crawford's had were exhibited to illustrate and pald their bills for advertising point the several features men-

w the V.RO. had not-tiozed by Mr. O'Bolger.

took up the matter, in March and Succeeded in bringing the scheme to a head with the result that work, hás already started at the cemetery and will be completed within three months.

The general committee also con- template opening a night, school for the benefit of those members. of the society who desire to learn religious and secular imowledge.

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Kowloon Cemetery.

mentich here the connection of the It will not be out of place to general committes indirectly with the erection Kowloon. military

of a Cemetery at. This was formerly a cemetery, but owing to certain difficulties the could not adequately look after it, milliary

and a working committee of civil and military members was formed

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