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EUROPEAN CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT

G. F. GILBERT COMMITTED FOR TRIAL

Plea Of Guilty Entered

Geoffrey Fitzgerald Gilbert, a former employee of Messrs. Arnhold & Co., Ltd., Gloucester Building, was at Central Magia-- tracy yesterday committed for trial at the next Criminal Sessions by Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen on three charges of embezzlement from his employers.

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The charges against him were (a) embezzlement of $1858.85 on October 17; (b) $886488 on October 15; and (c) $3077.9% on -October 16.

Mr. M. A. Mackinlay appeared for the prosecution and Mr. J. M. D'Almada Remedios was for the defence...

At the conclusion of the case, Mr. Remedios informed his Worship that he had been instructed by defendant to plead guilty to every one of the three charges.

At the outset the Magistrate read out the charges to defend- ant after which he enquired of Mr." Mackinlay if they related to one another.

On Mr. Mackinlay replying in the affirmative, Ilis Worship said he proposed to treat them as one charge, to which Mr. Remedios concurred.

On October 17, another 15 bags were taken delivery of, for which the sum of $4.828.85 was paid,

The Shroff's Evidence

wong Wan Chung Erm, said they In Pak Leung, accountant of the had dealings with Arnhold & Co. On October 15 they took delivery of Ave bags of 'putchuk' for which they paid $1,864.88. He paid this money to Ah Tang, the shroff em- ployed at the branch omce, who chopped his book and also adhered the stamp for the receipt. He saw Ah Tang put the money in a draw. er. Ah Ma was present.

Outlining the facts of the case; Ah Ma who in turn passed it to Mr. Mackinlay said: "The facts the defendant. shortly are as follows. The de- fendant was employed by Messrs. Arnhold & Co., Ltd., under agree ment, and he was at the time and had been for some time past act- ing as manager of the branch shop in Bonham Strand. That branch dealt almost entirely with the sales of a commodity known as putchuk, which I understand is a sort of medicinal root. Defend- ant's duty was to supervise the sales, to collect money and to pay it in to the head office. The business was on a cash basis. The procedure adopted when any sales were made was that the purchase price was paid to the shroff, Tang Pak Ping, who in the normal way would chop the dealers' book, and Issue 2, receipt. The shroff then handed the money over to a,sales man, who entered it in a cash book, which was kept in English, and the latter in turn took the money. to the defendant whose duty it was to count the money and to check it, and then initial the cash book: It was then the duty of the defendant to enter particulars of the amount in what was known as the paying-in book, and also to make out a credit slip which was a memorandum, giving particulars of the amount for book. keeping purposes. Then he should take the money, paying-in book and credit slip to the head office ki Gloucester Buliding

The money was to be paid over to the cashier, who signed the paying-in book opposite the sum he recelv- ed, and the credit slip, and they were then taken to the senior member in the Accounts Depart- ment.

The Stock

Ma

Tang Pak Ping, the shroff at the Bonham Strand branch of Arnhold & Company, told the Court that his duties were to receive money and to hand it over to Ma Siu Cheung. On October 15, Sit Hin Sang paid in $5,000. He handed this money to Ma, who noted the receipt of it in the book. handed the money and the book. ever to the defendant.

On the same day 'Tu Pak Leung also paid in $1,800. He gave that money also to Ma. He also received $1,300 oda from the Wing Hing Cheung firm and $3,300 odd from San Cho Tong. On October 16 he received $3,000 odd from the Kwong On Woo firm. On Oct. 17 he received another sum of $4,800 odd from the Kwong On Woo firm. These monies he hand- ed over to Ma, who counted them atter which he handed them and the cash book to the defendant for signature and receipt.

book payments received by the shroff Tang...

Cheung Tack Po, employed at the head office of Arnhold and Com- Ipany said that he had authority to receive money on behalf of the firm. On October 15, he received were the sum of $8,000 from "the de- fendant, and on the following day he received $3,434.22. Since the last payment further sum of he had received no more money from "the defendant.

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Our Markets

ITo the Editor of the "Dally Press"}

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Sir-In your October 30th, Issue of the "Hong Kong Daily Press," there was an article that was more than passing interest to me, I refer to the one describing the Public Markets. Being something of a connoisseur of food products, ('I am always more-or-less interest- ed seeing what the better class of provision shops are like, und also the public markets that handle food products, and usually make it a point to visit such places soon after my arrival in a city.

Hong Kong is one of the beauty spots of the world, and as a whole I was and am very favourably impressed with the city. Brit I was shocked when some two weeks ago I visited the Queen's Road market, the condition was in every respect as bad as the article in your paper stated it to be. After going through the upper part of the market. I descended the stairs .nd entered the ground floor from the Des Voeux Road end, and if "I was appalled at the unsanitary condition of the upper floor I had more reason to be so in trying to where fish, fowl, and vegetables make my way through the muck

are sold for human consümption but holding up my trouser legs to keep them out of the fith, I made my way in about half way,

but that was as far as I'cared to

go, turning about I hurried out where I could get a breath of fresh air, and that is the kind of a place where residents of Hong Kong must buy their vegetables. meat, fowls, fish, etc.

Yours, etc.."

VISITOR.

Hong Kong, November 1, 1934.

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Searchlight Tattoo

WONDERFUL PAGEANTRY AT

SOOKUNPOO

Unqualified Success On Opening Night

It is 8.15 on the opening night of the great searchlight tatt,o. All around at the spectators. The stands are swept by waves » of intermittent conversation which seems unnaturally loud in the darkness. Opposite, the outlines of the castle can be seen. Then, with an electrifying suddeness, a salva of Kuns breaks the silence and the searchlights sweep across the green grass of the arena. On the castle walls, trumpeters, dressed In the colourful costume of centuries ago, stand to usher in the greatest spectacle that Hong Kong has ever seen, Through the night air sounds an imperious fanfare of trumpets. The Tattoo has begun.

The Castle gabeș swing open. Through them, a gleaming mass of white uniforms and silver fistraments, emerge the massed bands. In perfect time, in perfect dressing, they march to and fro. Their muslo is almost the equal of the missed bands at Aldershot. In an almost 'läntalisingly short, time they break into a march fì quick time and retire from the arena through the Castle gateway.

Before they have completely dis- appeared. the lights are softened to a dull red. Three campfires are seen burning in the arena. On the right bearded Sikhs from the Punjab perform their native songs and dances. On the left the Mussulmans entertain us with the, ludd." a sort of harvest festival dance, also from the Punjab. In

a group of peaceful villagers sit- the centre is what appears to be

ting round their fire. ". All of a sud- den from the direction of the Castle come two will bearded figures. With fearsome shouts they urge the villagers on to war-like frenzy. It is the Kuttak dance of the Berce Pathans from the Hindukush, "where nothing but the bullet sings." After the war-like movements of the dance they rush madly off to the pre- sumable conquest of their local enemies. "

Next comes one of the most effective items on the programme in which the physical training squad perform evolutions and exer- cises to music. As they · finish their display in the left hand corner of the arena, a farm house 1 lit up. It is supposed to re- present Roorkes Drits Farm which the British troops are putting thto

the tact and foresight of the Duke himself who rides up on a lovely white horse. After this the battle

commences in grim earnest. The Duke's men form a square and are hotly assailed by the Wooden Sold- iers until all but Samuel himself

are killed. He conceives the subtle trick of firing down the line of Wooden Boldiers and kills them all with his last two bulleta:

Drums

BEATING TATTOO The Massed Bands and then beat a most impressive› tat- too, marching and counter-march- ing and eventually forming up. facing the Governor's Box. The Last Post is then sontided. that thrilling call which never, falls to move even the least imaginative of us. As the bands move after their performance, another Chinese item is produced in the form of a Chinese Fencing display in the traditional manner.

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ANCIENT AND MODERN Next comes what is perhaps the most ambitious item in the tattoo It is the comparison of the ancient and modern methods of fighting. At the beginning of this turn a Company of soldlers of the 1857 period march into the arena. They are supported by a section of ars tillery of the time. They form a

a state of defence. In the centre | hollow square, with the front rank

the corners of the square, facing thé castle. With perfect, and ali most leisurely drill they fire vol leys of musketry and cannon-ball.

of the arena an officer and a kneeling, and the two cannors at small body of men are seen to be Suddenly resting on their match. the lights sweep to the other end of the arena. Row upon row of Zulus equipped for war advance Very different is the sinister and towards the farm. They halt in business-like display of the troops the centre and under the direc- of modern time. A modern Com- tion of their leaders give the deep pany in steel helmets advance throated Zulu battle cry.

across the arena in the open for- $4,573.85

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MARSEILLES MURDER

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Paris, Oct. 31. The extradition of Pavellich and

tionaries suspected of havlug or- Kvaternik, the Yugoslav revolu- ganised the Marselles murders

and who were arrested in Turin some days ago, has now been off- her Charge d'Affaires in Rome- clally requested by France through Transocean Kuo Min."

Next on the programme is the torchlight parade of the 1/8 Pun- Jab Regiment. The arena is dark In perfect formation, twining in and out each other, coloured Hights weaye themselves into a mass of moving jewellery before us.

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In and the 1st Mountain Battery. HKS.BR.A come to action to support the attack.

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The lights then switch to the Castle gateway. Through them file the massed bands followed successively by all the troops who have taken part. With perfect organisation each unit marches to Its appointed place, zetting a scene. of colour and pageant that caught one's breath.

As they disappear through the Castle gates, we are treated to a new type of display, the Chinese Gambolling Lion. This is probably the most popular item to the Chin- The band plays "Land of Hops ese spectators. The "Lions" go and Glory" in which the audience through the

most fantastic and | joins. After that the audience amusing evolutions before finally and performers again united in quitting the stadium. The band singing that grand hymn. "Abide now takes the centre of the stage With Me." There is a roll of and gives a fine rendering of the drums and from every corner of 1812 overture during which â the arena men and women false magnificent set piece is illuminated their voices in the chorus of "God on Caroline Hill, representing the Save The King." They sang it as burning of Mostow before the ad- they meant it. The Tattoo is vance of Napoleon's army,

over.

the branch office in Bonham Road, Ma Siu Cheung, the salesman in

said he W33 handed various amounts of money by Tang Fak | Ping, the shroff, which be in tüm passed on to the defendant, who With regard to stock, the post-initialled the cash book. Witness' tion was that not more than fifty duties were to go out and make bags were ever kept in Bonham sales and to enter into the cash Strand and the stock was checked from time to time by a clerk-named Gomes. On October 17, Gomes happened to pass by, and called to at the Bonham Strand branch. and asked the defendant if he might check the stock. He did so and discovered that there thirty bags missing-there were 17 bags in the stock, while there should have been 47 according to his records. He did not say any thing to the defendant at the time but went back to the head office

Mr. A. Becker, accountant in and reported it to the manager, Arnhold & Company, head office who instructed him to get in touch said he knew defendant, who had with the defendant. He was not charge of the branch office in able to do so, and. he later heard Bonham Strand. Defendant was that after he had left the branch under agreement with the Com- office a further 15 bags had been pány. On October 17 witness had sold and that defendant had re-

Instructions from the manager, Mr. tion. Defendant admitted having ceived the money for these bags. Paramour, to look for the defen- received money in respect of 15. Further efforts were made, during dant. He did not find him that bags of "putchuk," and also said the course of the evening to get in afternoon, but he eventually found that on the previous day he had touch with the defendant, but it him on the morning of the follow-gone to Shum Chun where he had was not until 9 o'clock the following day at his house. He had a lost heavily. ing morning that Mr. Becker, the conversation with defendant, and "I have Nothing To Say " accountant, was able to see him.

told him he had been sent to fetch A conversation then took place, him to the office. He questioned witness admitted that defendant Cross-examined by Mr. Remedios, and as a result of Mr. Becker's recefendant about the shortages had told him he would not return port, a warrant was issued on the which had been discovered the to office but would remain in his charge of $4,800. Further enquiries previous day. Defendant said he house, and would render any assis were made as a result of which the did not wish to go to the office.tance the Arm desired. two remaining charges were laid." and admitted there were shortages. Inspector 3Murphy deposed to Mr. Mackinlay then called evid-He did not speak to defendant as having arrested defendant by vir- sence in support of his outilno..

If he had authority, nor did he tu of a warrant on October 18. Sit Hin Sang, a salesman, stated make any threat to defendant of When charged at the Central gistrate in the moming for dia- that he had been with the Kwong proceedings. There was no loten- Police Station with the embezzle-turbing the peace On Woo flem which had businesstion of any proceedings being taken ment of the amount, mentioned in dealings with Arnhold & Co. The firm had since gone bankrupt. fendant gave were all voluntary, On October 15 and 16 he took and the conversation was more or oclivery of 25 bags of " putchuk" less casual. Before leaving, he from Arnhold & Co., on behalf of again requested defendant to go the Kwong On Woo firm for which back with him to the cmice, but he paid two sums of money defendant declined. Defendant amounting to over $8,000. The consented to his repeating what he money, was given to a man named had told him at the once. De Tang Pak Ping, a shroff employ- fendant said he would prefer to ed by Arnhold & Co., who gare take the consequences of what he nil a receipt. The shroft, then had done rather than return to the... - Defendant was then committed save the money to a man named once and go through an examina- for trial:

The Loch Ness Monster

We must congratulate the Army;

great noise and confusion. A ter- and those responsible for the ad- As the overture ends there is the organisers, the performers,

rined group of creaming people ministrative direction. They have rushes into the arena. Hard on had a great deal of work to do. their heels glides what must be They have come in for a lot of

has ever come to our shores. THE this Tattoo cannot be interpreted surely the strangest beast that criticism Let us remember that

LOCH NESS MONSTERI The as an expression of jingoism, It strenuous resistance of the crowd is a reminder of the greatness of la of no avall but fortunately be- our Empire, and perhaps a warn ing a law-abiding creature, he is ing to those who think that it le eventually arrested by a policeman | no longer great enough to sustain and led ignominously away Heite high purpose. If we have, s will probably be up before the ma sword, let it be a sharp one.

at that time. The answers de- the warrant defendant, replied 7. SAMI SAMU

have nothing to say," "

At the conclusion of the case, Mr. Remedios informed his Wor- ship that he had been instructed by the defendant to plead guilty to every one of the three charges, and to intimate that he desired to have his right reserved on what he had to say on his behalf in the Supreme Court.

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