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TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1924.

SOLICITORS' AT

VARIANCE,

TO LOOK OR NOT TO LOOK. An interesting, visjint in the An interesting point arose in n barbour is the Hwah Jab, the Sammary Court action heard before Training skip of the

China His Honour Mr. A. Dyer Ball Merchants Steam Navigation yesterday. The case was one in Company, on boned of which are which a firm of Chinese tile manu fifty well-educated, young Chinoso facturers claimed the balance due who, when they have obtained the from another Chinese firm for goods- | necessary qualiflentions, aro to sald and delivered..

Farm the nucleus of China's new mercantile marine fleet, officered entirely by Chinese. This is, of course, subject to the success of the scheme initiated by the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company, of which the use of the Hwali Jah us a training ship is first step.

The wah Jak has been anchor. el off Wanchai Boy for the last lew days, nl will procent to Saigon tomorrow under the command of Captain Thorvig, the only white man abuard, who will not ny skip por until Chptain H. 1. Yang rejoins the ship at Osaka. Lenving Shanghai a little aver five months ago, the Hwah Jal has visited many, placas, each of which pro- |vided its gnola af forellies and ex- perionee to the budding officers on mrd. The Hwah Jab will visit South Amerien and conchiales her tour by calling at Europe.

Mr. D. H. Blake, for the plain- tiffs, put in an account book of which one page had been trauslated and rertified. Mr. L. D'Alinula, for the defendants, requested to kee the book and began to look through

Mr. Blake prestested that be was unable to do so, Ono page habeen put in and his friend was

gly entitled to look ni that.

Mr. d'Almada eubmitted that he way in order in fooking through the hook to see how the business of the firm was carried on. The whole book had been put into Court. Ho wished to see if-in other transoc. tions plaintiff had accepted smaller amounts in full payment.

Mr. Blake argued that unly the one page was put in, the reuninder of the book he was entitled to tic and seal.

Me. d'Almada: never heard such an atrorious suggestion.

Ho further said that, in 25 years practice at the Court he had never heard the suggestiou before that an necount book put in euld not by looked ng..

All Cadets Well-educated.. All flity enduts have University education. a good many of the [ublaining' wendemic degrees before they took to nautical training. The majority of them were gra 1 Honour sail he did not think dantes of the Sunehow and Nanyang Mr.. D'Almada's, ruse wook he Universities. Thirty-fire of them, bolped by an examination of the all graduates of the Woosung book, the point of differeneo between Mertintile Marine College are the parties being one of fact. receiving training as deek officers, made no ruling on the point. while the others, graduating from Mr. Blake added that in future more careful and the Naval Engineering College at he would ar Foochow, by Trepient lectures and would see that the remainder of a other practical processus. fire book was tied and sealed. initiated into The

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intricacies of the engine room. The endets work daily as ordinary

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According to the arrangements of the China Merebants 5. N. PALACE HOTEL HANDICAP. Company, the cicts, on their res

Playing at the Palace Hotel last turn from the present cruise, will highs in the handicap competition

enter for camminations to be cua-

for the llo Kom-tong Cup, Mr. J. Blandin (~170) bent Mr. A. Miles

-125) by 950-2207.

The breaks were Blandin, 34, 24,

Miles, 18, 17, 18, 15.

ducted by the Minister of in. munications at Shanghai, Second or third mate's certifientes will to Fissued to successful enmlidates ae.

cording-to-their-tuorite,and_the_7_(3)___ sathe procedure applies to those alifying for engineering posts. Those aspiring to chief officera" cr captains certificates lavó to be examined again, after three yours

experience on ships. In view of welcome to the cadets and exhorted. the limited number of cadets, no them to follow the discipling an trouble is expected in securing board.

In his reply, Captain Yang topk work for them on the Company's steamers when they have passed the opportunity to stress the meet their examinations,

of a proper mercantile marine China and the In an interview_with_a_repre services in sentative of this paper yesterday insignificant position the country Captain Yong emphatically denied pecúpied in transportation facilities that there has been any bitch of a by sen, Chinn did not luck able serious nature in the arrangements meni to run what merchantmen since the inauguration of the she pussesseil; in fact there would croise. He described the report be no difficulty of getting together in the Shanghai papers of the a set of qualified men for a decent dexertion of some of the.endets and merchant fleet, Captain Yang suid. other trouble, as "ficios ex What was needed was initiative on aggeration. What actually hap the part of those with the power pened was, that five id the cadets, and mentis Fo fit cat a ship like the who were found to be physically Hwah Jah 60 trnin Chinexo

uft after they Innd enrolled, were officers and engineers to retireve sent home, and this no doubt China's long-lost prestige.* In gavo rise to the rumour of desertion: this connection the trad taken True, some dissatisfaction broke by their hosts that night deserved out among the cadets during this special commendation. He hoped voyage about the quality of food. the scheme of the China Merchants" but the greivance had been attended C, would be the forerunner of to and verything went on an even others, also sponsored by private' tegar after he had discharged the enterprises, so that Chink might steward.

oventually have a mercknat fleet that would be a credit not nuly to A dinner was given by the local the Republie- but to the world. uffire of the China Morchants' S.N." (Applause.)

Visitors Entertained.

-Co. in hungur of Captain Yang, the, The Haul Jah was formerly the officers, and the cadets at the To. China and belonged to the Austrian Yiren restaurant on Sunday night, Guvernment. With other vessels a number of leading inerchants she was seized by the Chinese being also invited..

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