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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7. 1922.

DAY BY DAY.

BEAUMONI'S CASE.

position. He was in England at the time... Whan he retumed 'to Hongkong he hoped to get credit. and to recover his position. He

WHEN BUSINESS IS SLOW IT IS Public Examination To-day. knew things were rather bad, bus

A GOOD IDEL TO GET AFTER IT.

There were 27 cases of plague

For between the seamen them. {sàlves." - There is something un- commonly ingenuous about the admission of disputes "betwran the seamen themselves," and the settlement of these confleta is surely a new development in trade unionism. Regarding tha helpful services of the Union in potiied yesterday, five being relation to disputes between fatal Four fatal cases of small- employers and asamen, we are por and one non-fatal occurrence afraid these have not been vary of enterio were also reported. Jobvious so far, but trust that tha' Union will justify the claim on any future occasion.

Water Shortage.

For the first time in twelva

years, it has become necessary to

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THE CATERING DEPARTMENT

OF

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WEDDING RECEPTIONS, GARDEN PARTIES, PRIVATE DINNERS, DANCE SUPPERS.

LAUNCH AND YACHTING PICNICS. Estimate nad Menna can be bad on application Ens,any of the above an All vinods matter how large or how so the pumer to be estere for. provided ace of the get quality supplied by the DAIRY FARM and prpal is the a recherche style by experienced Cooks undir expert European supervision.

LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD,

if it does

not, it will become necessary

if he could have raised a loan be DEBTOR'S EXPLANATION could have put people aŭ and

halped things on,

The Official Receiver-Your

OF FAILURE, The public examination into headquarters were not the best the affairs of Mr. E. A. Beaumont, place to get assistance or to help trading as Beaumont and Co, your creditors? took place before the Chief Justice Debtor replied that he thought The bealth return for the past (Sir Wm. Roes Davies) sitting in he could get people in Shanghai week shows 71 cases of plague Bankruptcy this morning. Debtor to help him or that be might gates (42 deaths), four cases of small-was represented by Mr. C. A. S. somebody to come in as his part- pox (three fatal), and one non-Russ; Mr. G. G. N. Tinson apner. He drew about $5,000 for fatal case of cerebro-spinal fever.peared on behalf of the_Nether necessary expenses to get to All wore Chinese.

land's Bank and the Bank de Shanghai,

l'Indo-Chine; and Mr. F. G. Vaux

The Official Receiver: Did not Jou communicate with your creditors?-| | did

not

com.

The Legislative Council meets appeared for Mesara. M. J. Bran testrict the consumption of water on the Kowloon side, where the to-morrow, when the Hon. Mr. A.danstain, of San Francisco.

a. Lowe will ask bis questions Replying to the Official Remunicate, because the receiving reservoirs contain only about a

regarding the proposed increase ceiver (Mr. G. N. Orma), debtor order was made and everything. inty-days' normal supply. Itin telephone rates. The Bills said he was 31 years of age. He was taken out of my bands. is hoped that the measures now read a first time at the last meet-came out to the East in 1910 You realised that you were re- taken will result in balving the fing will also come up.

with the Brm of Sandersponsible for the business and for. Wheller. He was then 19 years the people who had acted for you? Debtor replied that things for the Europess districts to The precise amount of the loss of age. He remained with that

a result of the firm for five years and was three overwhelmed him at the time. be limited in supply. It now sustained as For 40 years the name Yale oa behoves all residents on pisses aboard the steam launch years with Messrs. Jardine. Now, in his sober thoughts, he

peninsula

that Sai Do, reported in the Telegraph Matheson and Co. In 1918 be sat could see that he should bare. a padlock has meant greatest the security, best design for each Go wastage of water by their Jesterday, has been ascertained up in business for himself as an come back. He got a position servants is permitted. That to comprise $1,218 worth of cloth-exparter, chiefly in rice. He was with the North China Produce purpose, most value for who.

wastage does go on in Europeaning. $341 of jewellery, $263 Hong- then 27 years of age. At that Company at a salary of Tim. 400 a you pay.

houses there is not the slightest konz money, and Chinese money time there was a considerable month, out of which he had to

demand for rice. During the first send Tis. 300 to his family. doub:: we bare Been ample of the total of $531. Levidence of that ourselves. With the situation as it is, the, whole

YALE

BIRTH.

ID see

year the price of rice did not rise Mr. Beaumont mentioned that much.Debtorhad a modestbusiness, certain Chinese had approached The wedding of Mr. A. M. averaging from twelve to fifteen him, but so far there was nothing commonity has a duty to perform Stark, of Messrs. Harry Wicking hundred dollars a month. About definite. He hoped to be in a in stopping this needless waste and Company, to Miss Editb April, 1919, rice began to boora position to make some proposals If each bouseholder mskes Woodward, took place at the Peak and debtor began to do a large shortly. point of seeing to this, the public Church yesterday afternoon, the business. generally will be the gainers. Rev. V. H. Copley Moyle per: not, we may all soon be on short

rations.

HAWKER—at է Queen's Gardens. Hongkong, on 3.The Canton Outlook. June, to Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hawker, the gift of a daughter.

The Telegraph.

HONGKONG, 7th June, 1922.

CHINESE SEAMEN.

The

In reply to His Lordship, the

left by the Empress of Canada) was gɔing up in leaps and bounds could make any proposals they

The political situation in Canton grows engrossingly in-

Amongst the passengers whɔ | teresting. Sun Yat-sen has returned to the city with the pro-

to-day. on her maiden voyage, were Commodore and Mrs. feased intention of proceeding to Waichow for a personal con- Mrs. T. E. Pearce, Mr. and Mrs. Bowden-Smith, Mrs. W. Pearse, ference with Chan King-ming, whilst the latter is still in his Grant Smith, Capt. W. Davison, native district although

Mr. G. T. Edkins, Mr. R. Elkins, and Mr. talking of coming to Canton. Mr. E. Des Vœux

Colbourne Litls. But neither man budges, and thus contact is not established

ever

forming the ceremony.

Mr. Beaumont explained that Official Receiver ssid dehter had couple have left for their honey- the way he did business was assisted him in every way possi

to purchase locally and toble. He had not concealed any- moon on a trip to Japan.

seli chiedy to America, at thing. Mr. Orme said he had profit of 4 or 5 per Lent. fixed a day, Friday, for a formal The Official Receiver:-If rice meeting of creditors so that they you would make more that that might wish to debtor and that debtor might make any proposals No: if the market goes up

to them. here, it goes up there.

His Lordship-1 take it you You made more in increased bare no accusations to make with business 2-Yes.

regard to gross extravagance or Debtor continued that during anything of that kind? 1919 be made a good profit. la Mr. Orme replied that he October of that year he went bad put it to debtor

the business between the two. In point of When pursued by the inmates Home on leave, leaving the that fact, we hardly think either of No. 42 Kowloon City Road, business in what seemed to be a speculative, which he had denied. He started his in- He came in on the boom and was According to reports from wants to see the other. They are after being surprised in an at- good state. Shanghai, the Hoogkong Ses-following divergent and not contempt to commit a larceny, port business in June, 1919. not ready to meet the consequent slump; 1918 was war time. There men's Enion is to be expanded incidentally, by Chan's resigns-and fell a distance of twenty feet.

verging paths. That is indicated. Chinese toppled over the verandah That required credits.

The Official Receiver:-1 take was boom and it wanted care into the Chinese Seamen's Union.tion of the chairmanship of the He was rendered unconsciousit

need for credit ia handling. He asked that the your Ofices bave been opened in Canton branch of San's pet party, and was subsequently removed to as partly your undoing in public examination be closed.

following year. Shanghai, and branches at Han. So far as we can judge the situs Hospital by the police who were the

tion. Son's stock is very low at called into the case.

liabilities were *contracts kow, Tientsin, sud other parts the moment, and we think if the

His Lordship would not con. piece goods which you WETA

sent to this, and Mr. Vaux said are stated to be in contemplation. truth could be divulged that bis

Mr. Donald Logan, well-known unable to carry out?—Yes.. Canton has been It will probably come as news return to

ass local sportsmat, accomplish- At the time you left rice was he would like to put some ques-

tions to debtor. to many that the Union has prompted by a keen desire posed a noteworthy feat on Saturday still booming-Very strong.

Mr. Vaux Did you enter into to be outmanoeuvred. Stories when he rowed all round the You went Home via Americs some contracts for the sale of rice branches or agencies in New are now filtering through which island in a racing skiff. He did and you were kept in touch with with M. J. Brandanstein in York and London. As a matter suggest that the aortbera ex-the distance in exactly seven the market: when did you first 1919 Yes. of fact, the Chinese seamen io pedition is not proceeding any bours, starting at 10.30 a.m. and End prices were beginning to fall? Was that during the rice boom?

thing like as merrily as the CaaSnishing at 5.30 p.m. This is be--About April. 1920. the US sought the support ton communiques would bare us lieved to be the first occasion on

-Rice was rising in price then.

Debtor said the amount he the American Federation of believe. San knows the facts, of which the feat has been accomp-beginning of 1920 you thought agreed to sell was 1,000 tons. Labour on behalf of their cars. course, and it is just conceivable that he has left Shinkwan be-

you were all right? In a very After receiving the order be patriots in this Colony during

good position: connections all bought the rice and intended to at over the world.

ship it, but the rice was seized by

the recent strike.

of

lished.

The lots of Crown land Shemshaipo were sold at

the

cause of foors for his personal safety. One of these days · we

bai again. Then, sybe, Chan Seamen's Union estimate that will return to the scene of his poop, for which there was keen there are 300,000 Chinese seamen, former labours.

Your

Mr. Vaux asked for an adjourn oment.

At the end of 1919 and the

Debtor told the Court that the

The promoters of the Chiness may hear that he is off to ShangP.W.D. office yesterday after- price of rice dropped during the

bidding.

The lots comprised spring of 1920 from $21 to $6 in a

few months. 49,500 square feet each, and the

The Official Receiver: How upset price for the two was

of whom 30.000 ara Cantonese. The Japanese Cabinet. At Shanghai the number of local A Tokyo message states that $59,400. Eventually they were did it affect your business?

to

knocked down for $70,000 to

Debtor replied that Sao Fran-

resign." This is rather ambiguons. Messrs. W. M. Cheng, and Yu cisco gave orders at that time. When we hear of the Govern-Check-sang.

ment resigning at Home. it means & General Election.

Ie

seamen is estimated at 30,000," the Cabinet has decided sad the recruiting of these as members of the Union is the officials' present objective. Then an attempt is to be made to bring the case of the Tokyo crisis, it KOWLOON THEATRE. into line the seamen at the other is not clear that Viscount Takaha

shi, the Premier, bas tendered porte, not only in Chins but at his resignation. It may be that the such places as Singapore.

fadividual members of his Cabinet bave tendered their resignations

Fox-trot Competition.

do so.

*

the Government and he could not

Mr. Vaux-Did you know the Government was contemplating seizing the rice ?-We did not know until a few days prior to the waizore.

Mr. Vaux put it to debtor that he approached the Government; Hongkong bought, but could not therefore the Government did not ship. The market collapsed and commandeer the rice from him.

Debtor said as far as he could that was the cause of the whole thing It happened whilst debtor remember the Government was in England. His agent in approached bim first.. San Francisco let bit in for a Did you offer tbis rice for unle deal in rice for which he could to the Government?-No.

Did you sell it to the Gavern- not get paid.

The Official Receiver:-Trans-ment ultimately 7-The Gover- The recent strike did not to him, which would leave the Thefox-trotcompetition organis actions were done without your ment seized it.

Mr. Vaux mentioned three con- suzgest that the bond between Premier with the option of re-ed by the management of the knowledge-Yes they had foll Chinese seamen in different constructing his Ministry. Both Kowloon Theatre excited extra power of attorney, but for a big tracts. In the first the price to the Kensei kai and the Kokuminto ordinary interest and drew a very item they should have referred Brandanstein was $10.47 and the places was particularly song (the two chief Opposition parties) big crowd of dancing enthusiasts by cable.

rice was sold to the Government for $14.75; the second the price It was difficult to obtain Chinese have been criticising the Govern to the theatre last evening. The Did you tell them to refer to to Brandanstein was $13.98 and seamen from Shangbai for this meat very freely of late, and have thirty odd couples who took the

you or leave it to their discretion?it was sold to the Government for Colony, but this was chiefly called upon it to resign on the door competed under the best of--I didn't leave any special in- $14.75 and on the third there was

ground-so familiar in European conditions a perfect floor and because they feared retaliation political circles that it no longer splendidly timed masic-and the structions, but I told them not to also a profit.

Debtor replied that he could... not because they were specially possesses the confidence of the two judges (the Misses Aileen speculate.

Doris Woods) found Debtor considered that this was not correct that without consult- friendly to the Hongkong sea-nation. As however, the Seiyu and

ing his books. “But whatever the men. The promoters

of the kai (the Ministerial party) out themselves confronted with a case of speculation.

difficult task indeed. numbers the other two parties very

The Official Receiver:-Then Goverment paid for that rice it Chinese Union, however, Are combined, it has been able to Really," they said," we had no you put your failure down to un- bad nothing to do with Brandan- seeking to weld the seaman of ignore the hiat The present idea that Hongkong could dance authorised speculative deals by lein. If it bad not been for the trouble is due to differences with well." Eventually by a pro- agents hera and in San Francisco? Government seizing the rice, the various provinces lato s

Brandanstein would have got it. ia the Ministry. Subsequent cess of gradual elimination they Yes. single body, and their leader messages show that the Premier selected four couples for prizes,

In reply to further questions, Replying to further questions expresses confidence that when tendered his resignation to the but confessed that it was very Mr. Beaumont said the deal debtor admitted that he made a

received the hard to choose between them.amouted to two thousand tons. the international conference of Throne, but has

Mr. Vaux referred to seamen is called Chins will be Imperial command to retain office During the evening, Mrs. Han valde $240,000 (gold). There was

for the present. A little while Woods played at the piano, with also a bad debt of $50,000 with Mesers. Brandsnstein in which a communication from represented. This is indicative ago a reduction of the Army wES orchestral accompaniment, 20 of progress on the part of Chinese decided upon, but this brought no alluring waltz tune" Fearl of the South America over a lard deal. they claimed that he had made

While debtor was in Paris he profit of over $51,000. labour, bot the methods lately pecuniary relief, as the difference Pacific" which is place of her received a telegram stating that Mr. Vaux÷ you made z

was to be applied to improved own composing. She was given a adopted suggest that the leaders

equipment. It appears that the very hearty ovation at the close he was financially embarrassed, profit from the Government over are heat upon copying the worst, Lower Chamber hae adopted the of what was certainly one of the He went to London, got a passage and above the price you would xod returned via San Francisco have received from Braudanstein not the best, features of labour "anprecedented step" of calling best dances of the evening.

The prize winners were :- to see what he could do. He you say you xrs entitled to that. organisation in the West. The upon the military authorities to

cat down expenditure drastically. First and second (fied):-Lieut. found he could not do anything profit?

Debtor replied that the Govern Union's spokesman intimates the It remains to be seen whether Capell-Brown and Miss F. Rosser: He arrived in Hongkong in contrary. "The good offices of the Diet will be able to enforce Mr. Joseph and Miss MacAugust, 1920, but found he could ment seizing the rice and taking not get any help. He had difficol-kit out of their bands constituted: the Union," he says, " bave been this viewpoint having regard to Donald

the nature of the Japanese Con- Third Mr. F. H. Farthingtias over piece goods contracte a case of forre majeure. -It was found helpful in the satisfactory stitution, but it is a sign of the sad Miss F. G. Horridge. settlement of disputes between times that the resolution should Special fourth Mr. G. H

Stark and Mias Esmee Cornell. the shipmasters and the seamen have been passed.

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because he could not get credit. ta esse of cancellation of contract, Debtor said he made those The public examination wAS contracts when he was in a good declared closed."

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