HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1934.
FIVE YEARS IN DEAL IN "DOUBLE
AFGHANISTAN
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an armed guard to ensure the safety of the British. Thus did the courage and personality of Skr Francis Humphrys prevent a re- recurrence of the massacre of Bri tish diplomatic, representatives which had twice previously occur- red in the history of Afghanistan.
During the weeks that followed the inhabitants of Kabul lived on the" edge of a voltaño and it was entirely due to the diplomacy of the British Minister that the com- plete destruction of the city was avoided. The Briish Legation was completely cut off from communi- 'tation with the outer world for ụ days at a time and, the greatest anxiety was felt for the safety of the staff as it was known ! that many misdirected shells had fallen in the grounds and that one of the houses had been burnt tơ thể ground by an incendiary bomb. But Sir Francis calmly continued to hegotiate between both sider and by his unerring tact arranged for the peaceful evacuation by aeroplane of the acting King and
And his entourage.
when comĀS parative peace had been restored he sent back to India the members of all the foreign legations by aeroplane before Anally leaving Kabul himselt, having added one more page to the lustrous history of British diplomacy.
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Gentlemen, I thank you for the kind and courteous attention with which you have listened to me. We are all much older now than when I started. May I conclude with the words of a famous Eng- Ush
diplomat. Lord Frederick Hamilton? The memories, how ever: remain; blazing sunlight, splendid sport, endless tracks of khaki-coloured jungle, princely hospitality, pleasant fellowship, cheery company. anyone ask?” ́
What more can
The Shortest Rotarian"
A vote of thanks was proposed by Mr. H 8. Mok, who in the course of a brief speech said that probably he was selected for the occasion because of the fact that he was the shortest Rotarian in Hongkong and Canton.
He had known Prince Hassan of Afghanistan while the latter was at Oxford. He had no idea that "Hassan was a prince until King Amunullah went to Oxford to get his D.C.L.
Judging from the attention paid by Rotarians to the address, Mr. Amps' speech must have been thoroughly enjoyed. It was both interesting and Illuminating. On behalf of the Club he had great pleasure in extending to Mr. Amps a hearty vote of thanks. (Ap- plause),
EAGLES"
Broker's Claim Against Employer
Before the Chief Justice, His Honour, Mr. A. D, A. MacGregor yesterday, a claim for 32.568 by Mr. Jose Maria Xavier of No 2. Granville Road against Mr. Woo Lai Tin of Messrs...Woo Brothers of No. 6, Queen's Road Central was heard.
The statement of claim set out that plaintiff was employed by the defendant as manager on behalf of the defendant for the sale and purchase of "Yee Kam "-known as Quarterly Double Eagles or American Gold dollars.
The claim was for four months' salary from May 22, 1933 at a salary of $150 and commission at 5 per cent to July 21, 1933. Mr. Leo D'Almada e Castro, far, Instructed by Mr. M. A. da Silva appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. H. C. Macnamara, instructed by Mr. J. T. Prior of Messes, Wilkinson and Grist represented the defendant.
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Judgment was given for the plafitiff for $600 wages and six per, cent. of $3,883 profits.
Mr. D'Almada, opening the case. suld that the plaintiff and defen- dant were acquainted previous to working together, the acquala- tance having come about through the assistance which the plaintiff had given to the defendant's
brother.
Recently, and up to the time of the subject of the present case the printiff was a sharebroker, but was hit by hard times" and the slump. He was previously a man- ager of an import and export firm and could claim to have sorac' knowledge of exchange transac- tions.
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Mr. D'Almada went on to say that to maintain such a knowledge it was necessary to keep peace with world quotations, have an intimate knowledge of the India and China market, of gold and silver prices, the Hong Kong and Shanghai market prices, and world political affairs and events on which the trend of the market depended.
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Commission Promised
After a small TT. transaction on behalf of the defendant, it was agreed that the plaintiff be em- 'ployed the defendant to
by specialise in these transactions, with an offer of a certain fixed salary
The and commission. plaintiff was to operate on the market to his own discretion and it was agreed that he was to re- ceive a "handsome commission" on the profita.
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Later the plaintiff and defen. dant came to a new agreement by which the plaintiff was to receive. a salary of $150 and a commission!
6 per cent., payable at the end of six months. He was allowed to draw on his commission up to the amount of $200. The transactions were also left. entirely, to the dis-, cretion of the plaintiff,
Witness sald be used to telephone instructions of his transactions from the Nam Cheong Firm, owned by Eat Hop Chow.
In cross-xamination. witness said that the decision of the World Economic Conference re- garding silver became known in Hong Kong on Saturday, July 22, and he knew there would be a reaction on the Monday."
Lal Hop Chow gave evidence on plaintiff's behalf.
The Defence
Mr. Macnamara said his client did not dispute that he employed plaintiff, or that the business he at Arst obtained was paying 'busi- mess. Defendant did deny that he engaged Xavier for a period of six months on a commission basis and maintained that the period was three months, at a salary, with a possibility of a bonus.
An "Invention "' Defendant in the witness box gave evidence in support of his counsel's remarks.
In cross-examination witness admitted that he had followed ad- vice given by plaintif in a large number of transactions which were generally successful. In August, after he had been dismiss- ed, plaintiff wrote requesting pay- ment of commission but witness aid not reply to the letter as he considered it an invention."
Witness said he did not promise plaintiff commission but said he, would give him "something good." If the business turned out all right.
Mr. D'Almada: Do you say that although you promised him "some- thing good." that that was not de- pendent upon his advice but upon the whole of your transactions whether upon his advice or not?
Witness: Yes.
So if you made $100,000 on your cwn he would get something good
Mr. D'Almada sald be would show that up to the time his ser- vices were terminated, the plain-cht of it? Yes.
TO-DAY'S RADIO i had shown a net profit on his
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9. Sophisticated Lady,
10. After You've Gone.
11.
Alice Blue Gown.
12.
Come up and see me Some- time.
10 to 10.30 p.m.
Light Orchestral Music
Ballet Egyptien Suite (Luigifl).
-Concert Orchestra...
1 Allegro Non Troppo.
2. Allegretto,
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3. Andante Sostenuto.
4. Andante Espresivo. Wood Nymphs (Valsette) (Eric Coates).---New Queen's Hall Light Orchestra. Saschinka (Schirmann)-Marek
Weber and his Orchestra. 10.30 ́b.m.-Rugby mid-day Press News, Reuter Press Bulletins, Further London Stock and Commodity quotations, follow- ed by New York opening quota- tions..
10.40 p.m.-Close down,
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transactions.
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Judgment For Plaintiff
The agreement continued
Following Counsels' addresses to these lines until the last two weeks
the Court. His Lordship summed of July when the plaintiff dis-
up and thanked Counsel for the agreed with an action of the de-
brevity and conciseness with which fendant's pointing out that a loss, they had conducted the case, would be incurred. The defen- His Lordship said the burden of dant decided to act on his own and 'proof was on the plaintiff and he
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a loss of $18,000 was the result. had gone far towards establishing Had the defendant taken the his case but had minimised his plaintiff's subsequent advice this chances of success by his conduct loss would have been reduced by and by his letters. The latter $11,000, said Mr. D'Almada.
were rambling and unduly self-
Following this transaction there was a difference in opinion and plaintiff pointed out that if he was to continue he would have to be allowed to exercise his own dis- cretion. This
not Was
agreed upon, and the plaintiff's services were terminated.
laudatory and were apparently written not to confirm any ar- rangement, say about the commis- sion, but to demonstrate to de- Zendant what an admirable man he was for the job. He was satis- ted on the whole of the evidence that there was an agreement to employ plaintiff for six months at $150 a month and commission of He
Mr. D'Almada also pointed out that the plaintiff was to do bust. ness with the Yau Kes firm and, six per cent of the profits. had no concern with transactions was unable however, to accept- entered into by the defendant with other firms.
Flaintiff gave evidence bearing out his Counsel's statement and In reply to a question by the udge as to the dispute which ended his employment, be said that defendant incurred an extra
his advice.
2 p.m.-DJA Announcement (Ger-ss of $11,000 by not following
man, Engl.).
German "Folk Bong.
Preview of programme.
2.16
p.m-Viennese Waltzes in Choral Setting. The Berlin Choir conducted by Walter Sieber.
2.45 p.m.-Latest news (English) 3 p.m.-Lumpazivagabundus;
Operetta by Jullus
Radio .Brandt.
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4 p.m. Latest news (German). 4.15 p.m.-German, Art builds up a Community: A Dialogue be- tween, F. A. Dargel and Lud- wig Gleb, TEN
4.30 p.m.-Entertaining music. 4.45 pm-Latest news (English). 5 pm-DJA Sign Of (German,
English).
"Not To Cover" "I told him not to cover," said witness.
SCHOOL BOY
DROWNED
Off South China Bathing "Pavilion
Mow Wing Hang, 20, a student at Wah Yan. College, was drowned on Monday whilst swimming of the South China. Bathing Pavilion at North Point.
Another drowning fatality also occurred on that day, the victim in this case being Kong Wo Fing. a Government midwife at Tai O. who lost her life whilst swimming off a local beach.
Mow was sald to have gone to the South China, pavilion at 4 pm. with a number of companions. They had apparently got sepurat- ed after they had entered the water as when Mok's companions returned to the pavilion at 5 p.m., he was not with them. His 18- sence, however, did not then cause |
that he was prolonging his stay any "anxiety as it was thought
in the water.
Somewhere between 5.45 and 6 p.m. another swimmer struck his feet against an object in the wa- ter, but did not pay any partich- lar attention to it as he thought It was someone practising "under water swimming. He was startled a moment later to find that the other swimmer had not come up. and immediately raised an alarm.
The body of the unfortunate lad was found lying" in about four feet of water. The deceased was stated to be an thexperienced swimmer and had apparently got out of his depth. It is presumed that after being drowned his body was caught by an under tów and carried to the shallow waters in which it was afterwards found.
The victim, who only recently passed into Class I at the school, was a boarder at the iristitution. He was a native of Fukien and both his parents are in Singapore.
Body Found
The body of Norman Meaniston. who a Eurasian from Singapore; was reported missing on Sunday morning while Bathing In Kow- loon Bay from the side of the yacht, Shennandoah found floating near the yesterday, morning.
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ANCIENT GAZA DISCOVERIES
Pedlars' Gold Hoards
WHA
vessel
Sir Flinders Petrie, in a lecture University College yesterday. described some of the wonderful discoveries made by the expedition to ancient Gaza, of which he was leader.
A peculiarity of this year's work had been the turning up of a large number of graves often graves of children. It seemed to have been quite usual to bury à child with £10 worth of gold.
The expedition found that pedlars had been going up and down the country buying old metal-gold and silver-wherever they could, Three of their hoards of gold and silver had been discovered.
-An examination "should be made
by goldsmiths of the technical side of the work on the gold. while an X-ray analysis might in- dicate some clue as to its original source.
Numerous lantern slides of the site of excavations, and of many of the articles. found were describ- ed by Lady Petrie, who, in a series of articles in the "Morning Post," recently described the beauty of many of the treasures.
LEAGUE TENNIS
C.R. C. Defeat U.S.R. C..
The Chinese Recreation Club, holders of the "A" Division League Championship had a comfortable wip over the United Services Re- creation Club by 73 sets to là on the latter's courts at King's Park yesterday.
Captain P. 8. Cannon and H. D.. Tallinton were agam the most successful USRC: pair, drawing their game against W. C. Hung and In Tak-cheek and defeating Tam Yoc-fong and Iu Tak-lam. Scores follow:
Capt. P. S. Cannon and 'Lt. A D.'
Tollinton (U.RS.C.)
is
lost to Tsui Wal-put and Ho
Ka-lau 2-6
drew with W. C. Hung and Ju
Tak-lam- 8-ɑ.
beat Tam Yac-fong and Iu Tak-
iam 0-3,
Major R. L. Withington and Lt. A.
J. Stocker (U.S.R.C.) :) lost to Tsul and Ho 1-6 lost to Hung, and fa 5-7
lost to Tam, and Iu 2-8
Lt. J. D. Luce and Lt. J.R.C.
Hamilton (USR.C.);
lost to Tut and Ho 2-6 lost to Hung and In 1-8 lost to Tam and Iu 1-8 Recreio v. IR.C. Playing at home in the "A" Divi- stan of the Lawn Tennis League, the club de Recreio defeated the Indian Recretion Club by 51 sets
No pair of players won all three. to 31 in some excellent games.
of their games although Remedios' and Gonsalves went very being beaten by A. Rumjahin and Cassumbhoy very easily after a good start. Scores follow:, A. V. Remedios and J. Gonsalves
(Recreto):
near,
beat H. D. Rumjahn and L. M.
Razack 6-1
beat. A. R. Minu and S. A. Is-
mail 6-1
lost to 8. A. Eumjahn and J. A.
Cassumbhoy 0-6
F...J. Remedios and J. H. Barros
(Recreto):
beat Rumjahn and Razack 6-4 lost to Minu and Jemal 3-8 beat Rumjan and Cassumbboy
6-4
C. A. Barretto and G. A. Noronha
(Recreio):
drew with Rumjahn and RazackTM
6-6
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beat Minu. and Esmalt 6-4 last to Rumjahn and Cassumb-
boy. 2-8
"B" DIVISION
C.R.C. V. K.C.C...
Playing on the home ground at Causeway Bay, the Chinese R. Č. scored a surprised deleat over the Kowloon C. C. winning by 84 sets to set. The winners showed very good form indeed, and thor- oughly deserved the points.
The following were the scores:—-- W. Lee and F. K. Lay (C.R.C.):
drew with Burnett and Lewis 6-6. beat Gray and Oppenheim 6-4 beat Zimmern and Stapleton 6-4 Y. W. Lee and C. Y. Two - (C.R.C.)
beat Burnett and Lewis 6-2 beat Gray' and Oppenheim 7-5 beat Zimmern and Stapleton 6-3 P. F. Choy and M. K. Dan (OR.C.)
beat Burnett and Lewis 8-2 beat Gray and Oppenheim 7-5 beat Zimmern and Stapleton 6-1
LAWN BOWLS
Omar and Bradbury Wins
Playing on the Police ground yesterday, Omar and Bradbury xe- corded a win by 22 ahots to 16 over J. E. Nuronha and B. Bastó. The game was well contested in the early stages, but the Craigen-
towards the end.
plaintiff's computation of the pro- STARHEMBERG TO MEET Rower pair was slightly superior
fits and would give judgment for $600 wages and six per cent, of 883 profits, and costs of the
MUSSOLINI
On the Civil Bervice ground the (Special to the "Hong Kong Daily match between W. K. "Way and A.
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8. Gomes against J. Catson and V. Petherick resulted in a win for Vienna, July 18.
the former after an extra head MUNITION EXPLOSION
Vice-Chancellor Sterhemberg
had been played. The match was who new to the Italian Lido on
even throughout and the score was. Saturday avowedly with no more 22 all at the close. In the last [Special to the “Hong Kong Dally serious oblecit than to enjoy the head, played at 7.33 p.m. Petherick sunshine on the beach was relay the shot when Gomes with his Press" (Copyright:11
ported on Monday to be scheduled last wood carried the jack and Bucharest, July 18.
to meet both 'Mussolini and Buvich
just won huge munition centre, within the next few days. Tunari near here exploded on It is expected that the discus- Monday. The windows of housessions will serve as a preliminary and shops atteen miles away were to the conference between Doll- shattered, railway carriages be- fuss and Mussolini this week-end. ing shaken on the rails. About 100,-
Transocean Kuo Min. 000 hand "grenádes blew up with a mighty detonation. It is presumed that three soldiers who were stand- Witness said defendant express-ing "guard were killed.
Mr. D'Almada, hastened to en- large on this statement and His Lordship said: "I thought for a moment that he was advising him to join a Nudist „Society,"
"I am sorry to bring this asso ciation of ideas into the case," said Mr. D'Almada.
The
ed his regret ut not taking his- The catastrophe is attributed to advice, but witness was annoyed the spontaneous combustion start and a row ensued, About three ed by the blazing sun and cloud days later, on July 27, defendant less weather the last few weeks. gave him notice."
Thansocean Kió Mi.........
My Experience "Something generally turns up when a fellow ands his resources at the lowest ebb" says A render. Cenerally his gut-friend, simply dying for a spot of dinner.
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