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FALSE CHOP

Chinese Sent To Gaol

SON WHOM FATHER SACKED AS "USELESS"

Found guilty on charges of forgery of a valuable security and uttering a forged document,' Sa Huen, alias So Suen, allas P. C. So, who stood trial before the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGre- for, at the Sessions yesterday, was sentenced to two years' hard labour.

Accused pleaded not guilty. The jury empanelled for the case were Messrs. L. Weill (foreman), A; Pollock, Les Chan-kee, M. G.. Prata, A. K. Chan, A. W. Harper and J. M. de Conceicao.

"Accused signed a promissory note, which was for $1.135, in his Town name, but stamped it with a false chop, alleged to be that of the Yee Hop Arm, which was owned by his father, Bo Chun," declared Mr. E. H. Williams, Assistant At- torney General, who prosecuted.

“Accused had been managing the business for a number of years on behalf of his father, until Novem- ber 1936, when he was relleved of Į his duties, as he was considered useless.

EXECUTING MATSHEDS

money due by the Royal Naval Recreation Club to the Yee Hop firm transferred to the woman.

Later, on the instructions of Tam, the interpreter proceeded to issue a writ against accused and the Yee Hop firm. The writ was on April 9, and accused must have known about it as he went to the firm on that day." even though he had nothing more, to do with the business. He waited there for about two hours and the writ was served on him.

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TENNIS AT C.R.C.

Annual Tourney In Progress

Good progress is being made in the annual tennis tournament at the Chinese Recreation Club 'and results, up-to-date, are as under:— SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP 1st Round:

Tsui Wai-pul beat Leung Ping- chiu 6-2, 6-2, 6-3,

Liang Sai-wa beat. Lau Ning-lal 6-1, 6-1, 6-2.

Lee Yu-wing beat' Yung Chi-im 6-1, 6-1, 6-1.

Paul Kong beat D. C. Luck 6-3, 6-4, 8-0.

Wong Sul-wing beat Szeto Bik 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.

Ho Hung-yan beat Tang Man- chiu 6-4, 5-7, Buk, 3-4.

Tani Yun-put beat F. H. Kwok 7-5, 6-0, 6-3.

DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP 1st Round:

W. C. Hung and Taut Wal-pul beat S. W. Liang, and F. H. Kwok 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-9.

Lee Yu-wing and Szeto Bik beat Lee Kwan-hung and Ma Nal-kwong 6-3, 6-1, 6-4.

TCI and S. W. Wong bent D. C. Luk and C. C. Luk 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 8-2.

Paul Kong and Y. P. Tsui beat M. C. Tang and- Lau Nim-lai 6-1, 6-1, 6-3.

OF PHOTOGRAPHY

"The case was heard on April 16, when accused consented to "The firm had been doing busf-judgment representing he was the ness with the Royal Naval Recrea-managing partner of the Arm tion Club, erecting matsheds and The money not being paid by April | TALK ON CHEMISTRY stands. The accounts were sent to 24, the interpreter wrote a letter the Club yearly, and in July, 1937, to the Yee Hop Arm, which was the amount due was about $1.800."received by the father, who, how- sald Counsel who went on to say ever, paid no attention to it. that the Crown's Case was that accused knew of this. and made.

"THEY TAUGHT ME" out the promissory note with the

• "In response to a telephone object of securing part of that

message, the father later called on money.

the interpreter who showed him the promissory note. He found that the chop on it was false, and as a result he refused to pay the money.

The opportunity for the alleged fraud arose sometime in April last year," continued Counsel, when the father returned to the country in connection with the Ching Ming Festival, ds was his invariable babit.

.

"Dated January 10, 1937 the note purported to be an dcknowledgment 24 by accused that he had borrowed the money from a woman by the name of Tam Shek-shi, interest and principal to be paid at the end

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"Sometime in June, the inter- prèter, on instructions, took out a garnishee order to have the money owed by the Royal Naval Recrea- tion Club to the Yee Hop firm paid into Court. The order was made absolute, and accordingly the Club paid the money. The father only

knew of this when he went to the Club and asked for payment.

Evidence

IN LAWYER'S OFFICE

Mr. Williams concluded by say- "On January 27, last year, ac- ing that as a result the present cused together with Tam and one proceedings were instituted and Lam Cheung-ghi, called at the accused was arrested on October office of Mr. Leo D'Almada, Sar. 21. When formally charged, accus And there interviewed an inter-ed asked that the interpreter and preter by the name of Mok Chi-Lam be arrested, saying that they had taught him to do such a thing fung.

corroborating the Crown's opening was then given. after which Eis Lordship addressed the jury who found accused guilty on both charges, as a result of which accused was sentenced to two years' hard labour for forgery and 12 months' for uttering the forged document, the sentences to run concurrently.

Lam did most of the talking at the interview and he was alleged to have stated that accused was the manager of the Yee Hop firm, which was not true as he had then left the business.

"The firm was alleged to have owed Tam $1,400 on two notes and the interpreter was asked to take proceedings to have part of the

KIDNAPPING SUSPECTED

SUCCESSOR TO PEERAGE

The succession to Lord Baldwin's peerage. is KOW assured. Lord Baldwin's elder son, Lord Cor- vedale, is a bachelor, Mr. Windham Baldwin, however, his younger son, was married eighteen months ago, and a son was born to his wife

Leung Sai-to. aged 9. an inmate of the School of the Deaf and Dumb, Kowloon City, is suspected to have been kidnapped. Accord- ing to a report made to the police by the authorities of the School at 8 p.m. last night, the boy had been missing since 5 o'clock yesterday ❘ recently. afternoon.

The boy is a deaf-mute. He is

described as short and stout, with short hair. He was wearing the

whitish-grey uniform of the School. when he was last seen.

SMALL-POX NOT NOTIFIED

Mr. Windham Baldwin, who is

known to his friends as "Blogks," does not share his elder brother'a interest in politics. He manages bls father's estate at Astley, and works in Baldwins' 'Ltd.

Recently he was appointed to a directorship of the Great Western Railway, a usual Baldwin preroga- tive.

Short-sighted and thick-spectac- led, Mr. Baldwin is a young man of modest demeanour, and a subtle Leung Yee-tal, the woman who sense of humour. Appreciative of was charged before Mr. R. A. D. his father's financial sacrifices in Forrest at the Central Magistracythe war he always refused an al- on Wednesday with falling to lowance from him. Now, with five notify the authorities of a case of directorships to his name, he is a small-pox, was cautioned when she

man of some means. was brought before His Worship on remand yesterday.

It was stated that the woman was a recent arrival from Wuchow and was waiting for funds before joining her husband in Singapore. She had since been vaccinated.

DINNER DANCE

BARN DANCE AT RECREIO

The Ladies' Section of the Club di Recreto has planned A Barn Dance to be held in the clubhouse. King's Park, on Sunday, January 30, commencing at 8 pm.

Mr. S. Simpson, chemist of the Taikoo Dockyard, gave a very in teresting and instructive talk on the Chemistry of Photography at the Soldiers and Sailors' Home last night. One of a series of lectures planned by the Camera Club of the Home, the talk was accompanied by practical demonstration and ex- periments.

Mr. Simpson first "demonstrated- the action of light by means of a pyramid and a projection lantern, throwing a spectroscope on the screen. The action of silver nitrate and silver bromide, two chemicals which comprise all sensitive material used in photography, was also demonstrated.

The composition of developers was explained in detail by the lecturer, who then made various recommendations to the thusiasts present.

Many questions were asked in the

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course of the lecture, which was followed with great interest.

w. C. Clark expressed the thanks of the gathering to Mr. Eimpson. WUHU

At the conclusion of the talk, Mr.

RECAPTURED?

Hankow, Jan 20. Although official quarters here claim that. Chinese troops are at present encircling Wuhu, they re- gard as premature Chinese reports that the city has actually been re- captured.-- Reuter

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HONG KONG ROYAL OBSERVATORY

10 a.m. Jan. 29.

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FOREIGN MAILS

Green 5 cent stamp duty stamps are declared invald for postage as from 21st January, 1938. Ariy of these stamps re- maining in the possession of individuals on that date will be exchanged on application at the General Post Office for an equal number of the current issue purple 5 cent postage stamps.

Ordinary air mall letters for Imperial Airways Direct Str- vice to Europe etc., will, until further notice, be closed at, Kow- loon Post Office and General Post Office 9.00 am on Sundays. Letters for this Service may be posted in the ordinary posting boxes at Kowloon Post Office and General Post Office. They should be clearly marked "By Air Mail" and bear suffolent post- age. Insufficiently prepaid letters may be taxed with double the deficiency or forwarded by Steamer Service, at the discretion of the Port once.

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Reserving the usual procedure, the lady members of the Club will Sat. on this occasion invite their 'gen- tlemen friends...

The function promises to be very enjoyable and interesting from

The annual dinner dance of the Hong Kong Paliharmonic Society will take place on Saturday, Janu- ary 29, in the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel Dancing will be till 3 a.m. by special extension. As every point of view, as those at- Tues 25' only limited, reservations are ac- tending are required to wear old cepted, all who intend to be pre-clothes-the more tattered and torn

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and EUROPE via Marseilles due Marseilles 23rd February ant Lm don Parcels-toe London 2nd March- Fort Bayard and Haiphong Swatow, Amoy and Foochow

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