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HONGKONG AMATEUR DRAMATIC CLUB

PRESENTS

"THE FIRST

MRS FRASER"

A Light Comedy by St. John Ervine

CHINA FLEET CLUB THEATRE (LATE ROYAL NAVAL CANTEEN THEATRE)

APRIL 11th, 12th, 13th & 14th, at 9.18 p.m.

Booking at ANDERSON MUSIC COMPANY

AT

SUNDAY KING'S

THE

Inspired talent gi a picture

Romance, drama, music,

laughter... in glorious Carolina ... land of

song and sunshine!

great

Janet

GAYNOR Lionel

BARRYMORE "CAROLINA"

with

ROBERT YOUNG-RICHARD CROMWELL HENRIETTA CROSMAN • MONA BARRIE STEPIN FETCHIT • Directed by Henry King

FOX

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Screen Play by Reginald Berkeley "The House of Connelly" by Foul Green

Whiteaways

AWAY LAIDLAW & CO LTD)

SPECIAL

BLUE PENCIL BARGAIN

SALE

DRESS GOODS

2000 YARDS

DEPARTMENT

Cotton Dress Goods. Odd ranges and designs in Tobralco, Gurgbaur, Art Bilks, etc. Usual Prices $1.95 to $2.50.yard.

BLUE

TICKET

PRICE

$1.00

YARD.

THIS LOT MUST BE CLEARED

SEE WINDOWS

FOR

SPECIAL BARGAINS. WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW & CO., LTD.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1934.

ECHOES OF

QF 1860

24.-Correspon dent Misleads Macao Paper

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.

Dividend Of 30 Cents. Per Share

The forty-ninth ordinary meet- ing of A. S Watson Co Limited will be held Tuesday, April 17, at the Hong

tto

KAIPING

COAL

FOR ALL PURPOSES

POWER

&

HOME,

FACTORY

HOUSE

AND "

腳

TUGS &

„BUNKERS

LOCOS

$45 000.00 ..... 25,000.00

superannuation fund.. and carry forward to

next account

Total

7,660.07

5.000.00

92,547.26

.$175,207.33

The libel case of the Frocuradore saw wrongly too. Why the Pro-Kong Hotel at 11.30 am. of Macho against the Echo Docuradore allows the apology to Povo la settled by the Editor apo- appear over the nom.

A sum of $173.207.33 19 available de guerre for appropriation, which the direc- logising and Inserting a retraction which graced the foot of the tors propose:--- from the anonymous writer of deliberate falsehood, we do not To pay a dividend of 30" the scandalous letter upon which know. Such a lying scamp should the libellous article was written.

cents per share, which surely be held up to public dis- will absorb As the Editor of the Echo do gust, and we certainly think that Place to reserve fund Povo entirely misled u5 in this unless the Procuradore denounces Write of building im- matter we feel bound to set our him, he must lean towards the

provements selves aright with the public and failings of his countrymen gene- Transfer to Chinese staff the Procuradore on the subject, rally and not towards the kidnap- The case stands thus, Under ping portion of them in particulan date of 11th October a party" in Macao addressed our contem- porary annonymously over the A few days ago our reporter signature of Nhum Nino,”

de- inserted

in the shipping intelli-, taling events which he averred gence, that the engines and he had seen In relation to the bollers were about to be taken out coolle slave trade. He alleged of Mr. Remedios' steamer that the Procuradore declined to Maria (late the Ann) in conse-records at all, but that he could act from the fear of losing, his quence of the stern frame being write down the formulas of the

garfo." which, is the Portuguese shaky. for "fork.

new sample Ilst from Lest there should be We are desired by Mr. Remedios He then wrote out a list of form- memory any mistake as to his meaning to contradict this and to state he affixed

ulas of 55 samples. a note to this word that there is

His employ- not the smallester, however, which ran as follows:- "A very foundation for the report.. old word, used in twelfth century, matters are better be kept out of and which signifies fees received by public reports in any case, but the back door." At this expression we must say that the intelligence the Procuradore naturally took off-came to this office from a source ence, and instituted proceedings. It that we should not have doubted. The only inference we can draw is that there has been a "shave successfully practised..

turned out that the occurrences

which Nham Nino averred that he saw, never took place" at all and the false scribe in framing his apology

was actually mean

and base enough to admit that he not only thought wrongly, but

the

Such

The Maria lost her screw on the way down

the Coast. and is

THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION.

Head Offco:-TIENTS).

DODWELL & CO., LTD.. Agents, Hong Kony

NEW ROBOT 'PLANE

became suspicious, Takes Off And Lands

and on March 13 the, works information

manager was directed to swear warrant was

on which a search 15, accompanied by detectives, the Issued. On March works manager went to a place stated in one of the warrants, and found the accused there, but they

did not discover anything.

They then went to 25, Kam Wah Street, first floor, and accused

simply docked to have a new one handed over certain books which atted,

Around the Courts

GARDEN COMPANY

VICTIMISED

Embezzlement By Employee

ارة

Three charges of embezzlement were preferred against Bhi Yuk, 54, before Mr. QAA Macfadyen at Central Magistracy yesterday. The defendant was charged with hav ing embezzled from the Garden Company. 296 Des Voeux Road Central while in their employ.

(a) a sum of $215 between July 1, 1930 and February 14, 1931,

(b) a sum of $91.30 between January 30, 1931 and February 13, 1931.

(c) a sum of $119.15 between November 14, 1929 and February 3, 1931.

Detective-Sergeant Guild pro- secuted, and Mr. C.B.L. Grist ap- peared for the defence,

Outlining the facts of the case, Sergeant Gulld said that in re- gard to the first charge he was not able to produce, the witness who was said to have paid the money to the defendarb He was there fore, unable to proceed with that charge. unless His Worship issued a subpoena on that particular wit- ness,

ridinant, but had no share in the business

After evidence had been given in support of Sergeant Gulld's outline, the case was adjourned until this afternoon,"

THEFT OF SECRET FORMULAS

Rubber Factory Prosecution,

A charge of stealing secret formulas from the Fung. Keong Rubber Factory Was preferred against Cheung Kwok.Wai, un- employed. before Hamilton at Central Magistracy

Mr. E. W.

yesterday.

the Fung Keong Rubber Factory, M Horace La appearing for asked leave to amend the charge to read larceny of bundles of pa per and books, and also submitted another charge of larceny.of rüb- plainants, ber samples, property of the com-

he stated contained records of the formulas belonging to the factory, He then said he would hand these books to his employer, adding that one of the books contained the formulas of the new sample list.

Mr. Lo said one of the books did

On Its Own"

plane that not only took off but, I flew recently in a robot air- landed without human aid, writes a correspondent,

practically nothing. Between his Actually, Captain "Bill' Bailey was at the controls, but he did

feert WILA 1 small piece of me- chanism. This was my pilot dur- nga most unusual joy ride. machine was Captain Bailey's Blue Moth

The

UNKNOWN HEIR

Claims Insurance Money

A test action of importance to life insurance companies and af-

Prudential fecting the validity of a receipt clause in policies issued by the

Assurance Co., Ltd., was heard by Mr. Justice Clauson in the Chancery Division, the facts

the Industrial Assurance Commis- being given as a special case by Sir George Stuart. Robertson, K.C..

sioner

Mrs. Brenda Mary Victoria O- Reilly, the plaintiff, was the ille- xitimate daughter of one Florence Emily Cregeen, to whom the com- any had issued three poilcles of

her property, but when Cregeen Cregeen appointed this daughter her administratrix, and left her all died the insurance moneys were. claimed by and paid to her niece, Miss Doris Edith Rose, both Miss Rose and the company being un aware of the existence of the daughter or the will.

Three months ago he suggested in fact contain the formulas of the possibilities of a robot pilotnsurance on her own life, the new sample list, and evidence on entirely new principles. Mr. would be produced to show that Pollock, Brown set to work pro his employer had been using books duced an instrument and demon- of a similar kind, paper and size. abrated it to the satisfaction of Some rubber samples with num-Air Ministry officials. bers on them were also found on the premises: Evidence would be given that accused's employer's were very careful with this rub- ber, which could not be taken away, and was only given to cus tomers.

The evidence of Mr. Fung Yat- hing was then taken, after which the hearing adjourned until 2.30 p.m. next. Wednesday.

OPTUM CASE,

men and a woman

Hearing of a case in which two are charged with possession of oplum has been fixed for Tuesday morning.

A small trigger is placed in position by a twist of the wrist, which leaves the machine enti- rely in the charge of the robot, The trigger will make the plane take off unaided and will keep it set on its course for as long as the petrol lasts.

"Mra, O'Reilly as executrix, clai ed the money.

The Prudential Company, in res- isting the claim, pointed to a pre- viso in policies that a receipt sign-

To-day, the first public demon-ed by an executor or administrator, stration was given, and I was one tion, or connection by marriage of or husband or wife or blood rela- of the first to test the capabili- ties of "Prodnose, as the inver-evidence that the money had been the assured, should be conclusive tion has been nicknamed. Pollock Brown told me:

paid to the person entitied to it.

Mrs, O'Reilly submitted that the only 18lb. and, together with public policy, and that no words "The whole apparatus weighs proviso was repugnant to law and

Mr.

to another,

with possession of only five mace will be reduced.

One of the men whe was charged Pumps and tanks, 251b. It is posin a policy could transfer her rights

sible that even that small weight of the drug was represented by Mr. Hi Shing Lo. The latter "I am hoping to see this in- offered to and actually did pay the strument installed shortly in one ball of 850 imposed by the court of the world's biggest air liners. on this man,

One of its foremost advantages is that it will keep a pilot on his course at a time when the ground is entirely obscured by fog.

The second defendant is charged with possession of thirty taels of before the court to answer a charge raw oplum while the woman was of possession of a small quantity agreement of raw oplum.

make

Mr. A T. Denning, for Mrs. O'- Reilly, said that she did not know of her mother's death until after the insuratice money's had been Mr. W. P. Spens, K.C., for the paid to Miss Rose: Prudential Company, that to suggest that the person who submitted-

clusive right to the money was in- was ultimately constituted the legal personal representative had an ex-

accurate.

Justice Clauson, giving. judgment, said that the matter was of exceeding importance. He was unable to see that there was

Nor could he see that there was

Mr. D. L. Strellett.

The caused was defended by

Mr. Lo said the complainant, Mr. Qutlining the facts of the case. Fung Yathing, was the

former employer September 18, 1929, accused en

of the accused. On fered into an agreement to work In the factory. The provided for certain, terms, and could not take anything out of It was quite clear that accused

Sergeant Gulid: Yes. I have accused and employer was such labour and one month respective such as ball bearings, pivots and anything repugnant in the proviso,

the factory. The relation of the Sentence of three months hard been to his shop but he refused that what he had done amounted

His Worship: Is the witness in the Colony as far as you know?

to come.

Do you want to take out a sub- poena? I will leave this to your Worship.

Sergeant Guild

to theft,

was of a confidential nature, and The position of the defendant

as soon as he was taken on as taken into the confidence of his apprentice and assistant, he was employer.

BAD CHARACTERS

an automatic control have centred

"All other attempte "to

around the free gyroscope, which, in my opinion, is a dream of the mathematicia My new control cuts out all the delicate parts, ly were passed on two Chinese bility. This control can take charge 80 on which detract from relia- (unemployed) who were charged gistracy yesterday with foltering before Mr. MacFayden at the Ma from the ground onwards.!!

with intent to steal

said that on Wednesday afternoon. Detective-Inspector J. Murphy

assistant, the works manager and observed the defendants behave The proprietor, his two district watchmen "detectives the accused only had access to the in a suspicious manner near the books kept regarding the manu World Theatre. They were peer- sary to keep hooks recording the They walked facture of rubber. It was neces- ing into the pockets of passers-by. experiments which

upRumsey Street conducted.

being into Wing Lok. Street each went abreast of a Chinese attired in a turning back they saw the watch- grey suit, and jostled him. On men, whom they recognised De- fendants bolted but were caught.

were

Continuing. said that the defendant was e- played by the complainants, the Garden Company as a shroff sales man from September, 1928 to February, 1931. He was a trusted servant and was' authorised to collect accounts on behalf of the firm. On February 4, 1931 he went out on one of his usual rounds but did not return. The compiain- ants becoming alarmed, made en-end of last year, the experimenta In the beginning and up to the quiries and found that the defen- were supervised by the works dant had absconded.

A report manager, Mr. Fung Yat-hing, and was made to the police and a war- rant for his arrest was issued by experiments up to 1933.

a book was kept recording the Mr. W. Schofield, the then ma- book was kept by the accused. In gistrate.

ticeship, he was left in sole charge the last year of accused's appren- of the experiments, and a new

Six Chinese, Liu Wab 21. Kwan sample book was prepared by Yu 29. Chung Yiu 31. Lo Fung 23. him About two days before the Yau Yan Ming 35 and Lee Too Foo end of the last Chinese New Year, 26, all described as unemployed, which was the last day of his ap- hawkers and fokis, appeared be prenticeship, the accused absent fore Commander Hole at the ed himself after notifying his em- Marine Court yesterday morning ployer that he was 1 He took charged with boarding the Dutch with him the key of the drawer in steamer the Tilbadak last Wednes which were the books of the fac-day morning. without the per- tory.

mission of the master or the officer-on-duty.

+

On February 21 this year, the defendant was seen by the com- plainant in a shop

at 85 Des Voeux Road Central He reported the matter to the police and Be (sergeant Guild) was sent to at-

rest the defendant.

Defendant collected a sum of 8213 from the Tau Cheong shop at 31, Wyndhain Street...

en

Key Beturned

This

AT THE MARINE COURT

Boarding Offence

Mr. Griat interrupted by quiring it that was the first charge. His Worship replied that it was, and added that it would not be proceeded with..

A message was sent to him ask- It was stated that those defen- Sergeant Guild then went on to ing for the return of the key, dants were seen walking around say that the defendant collected and he returned it after a few the ship and had absolutely noth

the money between July 1, 1930 days. The drawer was then open-ng to do. He then arrested all of

M.P. LOSES CASE IN

CALCUTTA

Bench & Criticism Of Mr. H. K. Hales

MI.

.

anything contrary to law in it, as

it made no attempt to interfere with the law governing personal property and the devolution of est ates,

He granted a declaration that the company were right in their con- tentions, but is the matter was of far-reaching importance. he ex pressed the view that it was a pro- per case to be taken to the Court of Appeal.

"RUBBER QUOTATIONS

for Hanley, was severely criticised Mr. H. K. Hales, M.P. (Con).

by Chief Presidency Magistrate Messrs. Benjamin & Potts "re-. Sinha when charge of criminal celved the following rubber quota- breach of trust which he had tions by cable yesterday from their brought against a European em Shanghal Omice. ployee in respect of the sum of Rs. 250 (£78158) was dismissed. The magistrate said

"I am satisfied absolutely that Anglo-Dutch

Anglo-Javas.*........... no reliance can be placed on the Batu-Anams complainant's evidence The pre- Chemors... sent complaint is altogether false. Consolidateds "The complainant appears to be Kroewocks. have no hesitation in declaring Tanah Merans a thoroughly dishonest person I Repalis ..... that the case is maliciously false."

Tebongs Mr. Hales announced that he would appeal at once to the High Court against the decision.

1001.

Original of "The Card"

Rate on Rate on

20.334 5.434

$5.50 $5,40

8.50 3.40.

**38... :39

..45.

45

1.80 225

1.13.

43

.43

47

1.32

1.33. ..48 49 6.00

6.10

Zlangbes

SHANGHAI SHARES

and February 14, 1931..The sum ed, on or about Tébruary 1 of 2, them on board the ship and asked of $91.30 was collected from the by the works manager in the them whether they had got any be the original of the late Arnold ceived the following cabled quota- Mr. Hales, who is 66, claims to Messin. Carroll Bros., have re- Li Kwong Bang shop at 374, presence of his saltant, and it permission or pass from the ship Bennett's novel, The Card. Htions of Shanghai shares Queen's Road Central between was then found that no records faster, but they all falled to pro-was elected M.P. for Hanley in International Assurances.....$6.28 January 30, 1931 and February 13, of the experiments relating to the duce them 1931, and the sum of 8119.15 was collected from the Cheong Wo shop sent for but he did not return, gulity and told the Court that Brothers, shippers and export and shanghai Wharves

new sample list The accused was an the defendants pleaded

Shanghal Lands He is the proprietor of Halee Shanghai Docks at 18 Wellington Street between and just before the end of they boarded the steamer simply November 14, 1929 and February the Chinese New Year.

Shanghai Tranis his resignatione sent in for work and had nothing else to import inerchantspor

2) In 1906, during the bearing of a Two Cotton The defendant was employed on On February 18 last he called After hearing the evidence, his case in which he was intiff, Shaughal Cottons (Old).. a salary of 230 a month with 83 at the factory, and was then asked Worship Imposed a fine of $10 or Mr. Hales culmed that

Langed travelling expenses. He had an about the absence of the records, one week hard labour on each of covered Arnold Benny advanced of 6300 from the com- He stated that he had kept no| the gefendants.

whom he was at school,

In

Shanghai

Bhangh bans

$28.50

13400

350.00

$7,00

12.00.

76.00

19.25

4.00

9.65.