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BANKRUPTCY COURT

Claim Against Chinese Firm

Following the petition by Messrs. I was including a small branch, the Arculli Bros., creditors, for a re- Wing Chung, at Canton. calving order against the Tung When the Tung Tak were estab Tak firm, the trial of an issue to lishing themselves at Lascar Row decide whether or not the defen$100 of the $300 paid on account dant firm and the Tung Lok, Tung for furniture was supplied by the Fook. Tung Woo and Tung Chan Tung Woo, which was a rather firms are branches of each other. curious thing if the firms had no began in the Bankruptcy Court connection at all. Balance sheets before Mr. Justice AD. A. Mac-of the Tung Tak made a clear dis- Gregor yesterday.

timetion between customers and the four defendants.

Corroborative evidence was given by Mr. Chan, clerk of the Official Receiver's Office, and Cho Ting Hau, compradore of Messrs. Jebsen & Co.

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Mr. F. C. Jenkin, K.C., instructed by Mr. F. X. D'Almada, Sur., ap- peared for the general body of creditors, including Mesars Arcull Bros, whilst Mr. D. McNeill was instructed by Mr. F. H. Loseby' of Russ & Co., for the Tung Lok. Trung Fook, Tung Woo and Tung Chan firms.

THE DEFENCE

NO. HOPE OF SALVAGE

The S. S. Ouchao

Around the Courts

DEATH BY NATURAL CAUSE

POLISH CADĚT

CHARGED

A verdict of "death by natural Maxmilian Schike, aged 18, causes" was returned by a jury Polish naval cadet, was charged empanelled to investigate into the before Mr. Macfadyen at Central circumstances surrounding the Magistracy yesterday with enter- death of Chan Pak Ying, a 56 year | ing the Colony without a valid old Chinese male who collapsed passport. after smoking 6 heroin pills and never regained consciousness, at opium divan at 158 Temple Street, first door at about 1 pm, on March 15,

According to information given by her owners, the Tai Fung Steamship Co. yesterday morning, hopes for the salvage of the as. Ou Chao which went aground at Tai-Ngan Shan, about forty miles from Hong Kong during fog last week, have been practically shan- At first it was thought that the steamer was holed in the bow but on further examination, carried out Mr. J. H. B. Lee sat as coroner on Sunday morning, it was found with the following gentlemen ser- that she suffered further damageving on the jury: Messrs. L. Svend- which may make salvage itapos- sible.

doned.

The accident occurred while the vessel was on her way to Kwong Chow Wan from Hong Kong. She was, carrying a cargo' worth about $20,000, which, it is said, have been completely ruined.

Her master. Cabtáin G. A. Souza and the Chief Oncer, Mr. Gouto, as well as the forty members of the Chinese crew. "have all return

EXTERMINATION OF REDS IN KWEICHOW

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sen (foreman), Sung Kls Man and Sung Tak Kwong.

Dr. K. H. Uttley medical officer in charge of Kowloon Martuary, In the medical evidence said there were no signs of violence about the body. There was no disease In the chest. and the abdominal organs were healthy except for worm infection in the tiver. In vlew of the Endings and of the history of having had a narcotic shortly before his"death witness sald he sent the stomach to the Government analyst who reported there was no narcotic drugs in the

materials submitted.

According to Detective-Sergeant Mottram who appeared" for the prosecution the defendant was a cadet of the Polish training ship Dar Pomorza, which had been in Hong Kong for a time and which had recently left for Singapore. At one time it had been feared that defendant would desert his ship, because he had intimated that he intended doing so.

After defendant' deserted, the ship was delayed for two days in the hope that he would return. Defendant slept in a fort at Pok- fulam, and after his ship had sail- ed he gave himself up, to the po Hice.

If deferidant had voluntarily proceeded to Singapore, he would not have been charge. The police were merely asking for an ex- pulsion order to be made against him, so that he could be sent to

Singapore by a certain boat which would reach Singapore in time to catch the Dar Pomorza. //

His Worship made an expulsión order against defendant.

Mr. Jenkia said all the defen- dants except the Tang. Lok were

Opening his defence, Mr. McNell formed before the Tung Tak and said that he understood the pet dealt in leather goods in Portlandtion was followed up by a recely-ed to Hong Kong. Street: The Tung: Tak and Tunking order which taxed every single Lok were situated in Lascar Row In December last year, the Tung Tak found itself ST financial dificulties and convened a meet- ing which was held in the "offices of Russ & Co. The name of Russ & Co. would figure largely in the case because rather strange things took place at their office--not irre gular, but very interesting with regard to the present case. Nobody appeared at this meeting from the Tung Tak, and the managing partner, Mr. Yeung Sik Kwong left for Canton the same day. The firm had been dealing with many local foreign firm, and representa est approach was the letter, writ- son of the Reds under Chu Teh his father had collapsed at that having assaulted Wu Ming, an-

tives of Shewan, Tomes & Co. Anderson, Meyer & Co., and Arcalll Bros., were admitted to an inspec- tion of the books.

> BOOKS SEIZED

On December 31, Arcuill Bros. petitioned for a receiving order in Bankruptcy Rad his Lordship made an interim order against ali ΤΡΟ the Ave Arms. involved.

partner of the dim It had been alleged that the petitioning credi- tors and other creditors said that the Tung Tak Arm against which the receiving order was made was carrying on business in four other names. In other words, the part- ners of the Tung Tak Firm were also partners in four other firms which were carrying on business in four different names. He sub- mitted that there was no evidence to show that the persons who were partners of the Tang "Tak firm were also partners of the four other firms mentioned. The near-

ten by the Tung Tak Arm to Mesars. Jebsen & Co. in which it was stated that it had four bran ches. Apart from that, the letter 'did not actually identify any par- ticular firm as being one of its branches.

Counsel then went on to say that one of the most outstanding and important facts he was going to submit was that three of the

bailiffs of the Court, Mr. Milling our arms were started before the came into Tung Tak firin ever existence. It was impossible, there- fore that branches "should grow before the trunk,

ton and Mr. Bourchieï, went to seize the firms' books, the latter going to Kowloon and the former to Lascar Row.

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MOTHER SUPPLIED CAPITAL. Mr. McNeill then called Yeung Sik Kwong, the managing director of the Tung Tak firm, who, he said, had been asked to give evi- dence on subpoena. Witness stat- ea that his firm was started some

five years ago with four partnera.

Mr. Jenkin then suggested that on Mr. Millington's arrival at Lascar Row, the Kowloon branches were "tipped the wink" by tele- phone. Mr. Bourchier went to 43, Portland Street, the offices of the Tung Woo, and was referred to No. 40, Portland Street, the offices of the Tung Chan. There he was told that they had no books at all. At the offices of the Thing He himself did not put up any Fook, he was informed" that all the capital but his mother did. His books had been sent to Hong arm did not have six branches mor Kong. The books, in fact, had were the Tung Woo, the Tung gone to Hong Kong, but not to the Fook, the Tung Chan and the Tung Tak or the Tung Lok; they Tung Lok branches of his firm. were first discovered by petitioners

Cross-examined by Mr. Jenkin, witness said that the four firms at the offices of Russ & Co.

mentioned were Just ordinary cus- AMUSING ASPECT tomers and there was no distinc Another amusing aspect of the tion between them and other cus- case was that the manager of the tomers. His firm had no branches ́debtor firm and representatives of at all. the four defendants. had filed The case was then adjourned affidavits saying that the only re- until this morning. lation between the Tung Tak and defendants was that the defen- dants were customers of the Tung Tak. If that was so, it was strange that all these independent traders should get rid of their. books and go to consult legal ad- visers,—and also strange that the legal advisers should be. Russ &

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ROYAL VISIT TO PERTH

(Special Air Mall Bervice:

London, March 30. Perth's new Art Galleries are to

Co. They were probably very good be opened in August by the Duke solicitors, but be suggested that, and Duchess of York Work has their fatal attraction for these been proceeding on the building traders was rather significant..

far about three years. A study of the books" showed:

The announcement recalls the that there was community of in circumstances leading to the terest and blood relations between erection of the building. Several the defendants. Yeung Six Kwong years ago a Perth merchant left had relations in the other bran the sum of £30,000 for the pur- ches, was manager of the Tung pose of erecting a new Art Gal- Tak and lived with his family on lery, and a hort time later a the premises of the Tung Fuk. He further sum of £50,000 was left suggested it was ridiculous to be by another merchant. The build- Hleve the statement made that Let, Sun was the sole proprietor of the ing which has just been erected

Cost Dearly £50,000.

Tùng Lok when it was known that

the firm started with no capital other than goods supplied by the Tung Tak, and that the "sole pro p;letor" received $17 & month Wages.

A CURIOUS THING

series in George Street resulted in The decision to build the gal great clearance of the altims in the Castle Gable area. Architects from all over Britain submitted designs for the building in a national competition, and

the

A document relating to a meet-design of Messrs. Smart, Stewart ing of the Leather Guild had been and Mitchell, Tay Street, Perth, found among the books of the was accepted

Tung Tak, and it howed that At present the removal of th Yeung Ho Bik, a Tung Tak em-exhibits from the old Natural ployee, had rep

hat History Museum in Tay Street 14 meeting all the Arms except ang going on. The removal has meant Lok, which had not then come the transfer of 10,000 clenting into being

books, thousands of birds, and tens of thousands of insects and plants.

Gen. Chiang Confident

CAUSE UNKNOWN Concluding, the doctor said. "I am not prepared to give the cause of death. The findings, such as they are, would be consistent with Nanking, April 14.

death following narcotic polsonlig. General Chiang Kai Shek in a Death might have been by narco- telegram to Mr. Wang Ching Weltic poisoning or by natural cause."

has declared that the Government has broken the backbones of the Communist strength in Kweichow and he believed it would not be long before the final extermina-

and Mao Cheh Tung is achieved- Beuter.

Sergt. E. Franklin stated that ori March 15 at about 3.30 pm, he went to 158 Temple Street, first floor, in consequence of a report made by the deceased's son that

address. When witness got there the deceased was apparently 'dend, there being no signs of a struggle or quarrel.

SMOKER'S EVIDENCE. «

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Lau Hung, one of the three men

who was smoking with the de- ceased, said the three of them

He went to smoke herbi pilis. paid 30 cents for 15 plus. Wit ness smoked 6. deceased 5 and I Hing the third person smoked

Before M, Macfadyen at Cen- tral Magistracy yesterday. Mak Wal, aged 43, a bricklayer was bound over in a sum of $25 to be of good behaviour for six months. on a charge of assaulting Kwong Cheung, a widow, in Mercer Street on Friday. Complainant alleged that she was carrying two baskets. After the last pill deceased had a of debris in Mercer Bireet on Fri-fainting it and they did their best to resuscitate him. After day, and when she asked defen-

their failure, the son was sent for dant to step aside, he abused her

and was told to report to the and assaulted her, with two others.

Station. not in custody.

When Jebsen & Co pressed. Tung Tak for a payment early last year, the arm wrote hich

It is 21 years since Perth had, for leniency and stat

If last offcial royal visit. On Yeung 8k Kwong was

that occasion the infirmary, then charge of the buying and selling newly completed, was opened by.. of " all of our six branches." This: the King and Queen:

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For returning to the Colony after having been banished, Ho

to was sentenced

nine Wing

months' hard Labour by Mr.

Wynne-Jones at Kowloon Magis

Defendant had tracy yesterday. two previous convictions and wa banish in 1933 for ten years.

Four Chinese coolies were bound over in sums of $10 each, by Mr. wynne-Jones at Kowloon Magis tracy yesterday on charges of trespassing in the Shamsbutpo Military Camp.

It was stated that three of them were seen by Pte. Bates, of the East Lancashire Regiment, wan- dering about the camp as though they had lost their way, while the. other was caught riding a bicycle circles on the Regimental hockey field.

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Mr. Schofield, at Central Magis- tracy yesterday sentenced Chan Yee, unemployed, to one month's hard labour on a charge of steal ing a sunny sack, a pair of pliers and a quantity of rubber hose from No. 7 Cadogan Street. De- rendent was arrested by an Indian constable carrying the stolen arti des. Defendant was under a bond of $50, and this was enforced, in default, another month's hard la

*bour.

His Worship: What effects had the heroin pills on you?—None whatsoever.

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CADDIES IN TROUBLE

Sentence of two month's hard labour was passed by Mr. Schoñeld at Central Magistracy yesterday on Mohammed Din, a caddie, em- ployed at the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club, who was charged with

othe caddie. Bot, partles were also bound over in bound, of $50

each to keep the peace for six.

months.

Inspector Fender said the defen- dant tried to take a job from an- other caddie, who had already. been engaged

two by

ladies, whereupon the complainant spoke to him, saying he should not have Interfered. An altercation: arose, fendant, who retaliated by cutting and complainant struck the de-

penknife. Defendant was a one- complainant on the face with a

armed man-

GAOL FOR SNATCHER

On a charge of snatching a handbag from Chan Wel Mel, Chan Tak, 24-year old unemploy- You never smoked the pills heed, was sentenced to six months hard labour by Mr. Macfadyen at Central Magistracy yesterday.

fore?—No.

Do you smoke opium?-I do as 1 pastime, but not an addiet to it,

Ho Ming, the keeper of the divan. was called. His Worship 'told 'the witness that if any ques-

tions put to him he thought would be incrinminating or would lead him to trouble, he had the right

to reserve his answer.

Witness stated that, he sold 30 cents of pills to them and sudden- ly he was told one of the party had a ft. He advised his friends to seek aid. The pills were ob- tained from a man in Hong Kong,

who dwelt in different addresses.

After his Worship had summed: up, the jury without retiring, re- turned a verdict of "death by na- tural causes,”

It was stated that the incident occurred about 8.30 on Sunday' night when complainant was walking along Queen's Road West, near the Ko Bhing Theatre. De-.. fendant snatched twice before be could eventually carry off the bag.

Cries of "Snatching!” were raised and a Chinese constable. and Detective-Sergeant Billingham. pursued the matcher. During the chase, defendant was to drop-

Has seen the bag, which was subsequently picked up, by Sergeant Budar- bam. The bag containing $3.60 a lipstick and a vanity case,

An inquest into the death of Mr. J. A. M. Elphinstone, who died at the Kowloon Hospital a fortnight- ago, a victim of rabies, will be Leung Bing, 60, was brought Mr. conducted by Mr. E L Wynne Wynne-Jones at Kowloon Mag-Jones at Kowloon Magistracy on tracy yesterday on a charge of Wednesday at 2.30 pm. assaulting Leung Kuen, 34, with a

Convicted on a charge of steal- chopper. It was stated that the quarrel arose over firewood. The ing & radiator cap from motor complainant pushed the defen van No. 3253, the property of Lane dant, who it was alleged, retaliated Crawford, Ltd., at Wanchal Rosa with a chopper. "I was no match on Saturday, Yip Tin, aged 22 was for him and I could not run away” sentenced to six weeks hard t said the defendant. Both parties bour by Mr. Macfadyen at Centrul were bound over,

Magistracy yesterday.

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