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VIA-A# TUESDAY, JANUARY 15,

1926.

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ding purchaser whose mind is solely with value for money in the low prion ontag the Essex stir-lande se a criterion: 1) la nos merely that you got a smart six-cylinder

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Entex Coach or Touring

THE DRABUN MOTOR CAN CO., kien.

33'WONK HAI CHUNI (1992),

HAPPY VALLEY.

$2,000.-

THE ATHERLEY

TRIAL.

MILK AND CHAMPAGNE BILLS. EVOKE COMMENT.

COURT CONTEMPT INCIDENT.

Rosaning his cross-examination of the compradore at to-day's hearing of the ouse against Mr. James Edward Atherley, Mr. Elsley Zaitlyn indiestod the defonco.

The witness was questioned as to Atherley's requests for a loan, ante The compratory did not admit the request and said he was and the subsequent payment in Atherley of a sum $1,500 in bank ordered by Atherley not to pay elected money into the Company's account.

During the course of the hearing the interpreter of Messrs, he made some communication to the witness by shaking his head.

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EMBEZZLEMENT CASE FRENCH FLOODS.

A CHINESE CHARGED.

Before Mr. R. E. Lindsell, at the Central Magistracy yesterday after- noon, Wu Tong, was charged with the converting to his own use sum of $672 belonging to the p Wo firm.

REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY DAMAGE.

THE OISE RISINGE

Paris, J

The likelihood of confed tety

SERIOUS CHARGES.

SIR RASIL THOMSON IN COURT,

London, Jan. 4.

A huge crowd beselged forl (borough Street Police Court, Lon- don, on the appearance of Sir Basil Thomson, late Assistant Com missioner of the Metropolitan Police, in answer to two summonses,j

one accusing him of indedency with

BANDIT RAID SENSATION.

DISARM TROOPS AND RANSACK SILK SHOPS.

TWO MILLION DOLLAR HAUL.

Evidence given showed that the manager of the firm had left Hong-

A gigantic robbery by bandits is reported from Yung Koe city, kong for a time because he was rain is causing the utmost suffering from beri-beri. At that Already the Oiss has bea all a woman in Hyde Park, and the the centro of the silk industry in Kwangtung, which resulted in the time the value of the furniture in records, including the flools of other requiring him to show causa loss of nearly two million dollars worth of silk to merchante there. Three hundred bandits entered the city, raided the depleted not be forfeited for his the shop was estimated at $3,780.

nonhoodqyafters of the troops, disarmed them and donned their found that the furniture had been feet. The triangle between rol appearance in court on the day uniforms, and, whilst some kopt watch, others raided thirty-four When the manager returned he 1910 and 1920, having risen tywhy his recognisances of £5 should

silk shops, pulled down the dividing walls between each and disposed of at less than halfs Beauvais and Noyen is vast named in the original summons. value and that the shop had been sheet of water. Trains the A policeman gave evidence that eventually made off with about two million dollars worth of silk.

after the arrest the accused "told

The aliops were near the waterfront and the bandits escaped it converted into a tea house. Maney

Wilkinson and Grist was ordered out of Court, it being alleged that for furniture had been handed to main line to Belgium are aged him he was Sir Basil Thomson and launches with their booty.

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of any robbery being committed retired back to their village homos In the meantime, a pa: df ban- dita took possession of a large silk

the defendant by Lui Yee Ka, to slow down for many miles, if his friends knew about this he Subsequently salesman of the Tai Cheung furni- while sometimes the loors of the would be ruinod,

There are over ten large silk soldiers, that nothing serious had Witness was shown two agree ture shop, and by Lat Tat Chol,

the policeman alleged that accused carriages are swamped. A current account kept by the

said that if witness overlooked the filatures in Yung Kee, and it was happened and that they are only compradore to record monies pnsments, and he said:-This original salesman of the Wing Hing furnt- Sing between himself and the one was entered into with the ture shop. It was alleged that the Villages in the flooded matter he could leave the police supposed to be well guarded by two carrying out secret orders to dis gint on former manager. This supple-defendant converted some of this being hurriedly evacuated, use-to-niorrow, to which the police battalions of General Li Fook-lum's arm the troops stationed in the Manager consituted a which the former was cross-exmentary one was entered into with money to his own use, using the hold goods being transported. on man replied that accused should not

tempt him, as "you know how im- forces which are in close touch district. The People's Volunteers, remainder to. carry on the or-

rafts. amined as great length by counsel Mr. Atherley.

possible it is for me to let you with other defence posts. In addi- seeing that everything was quot Mr. Zeitlyn: The supplement dinary business of the shop he was for the defence in to-day's proceed-

The flooding of the wakego. The Police is my sole menns tion, it was the field 'headquarters and that there was no appearance ings in connection with the trialary one, was it not in fact entered in charge of.

Defendant admitted that he con-at Compeigne has resulta of existence." of James Edward Atherley, former into on the 3rd day of October.

Counsel for the prosecution said of General Li in his campaign verted $200 to his own use.

limited supply of drinkingter. manager in Hongkong of Messrs. 1922-Yes,

that necused at the Police Station, against the Brigands in the West And that was after the deter

Mr. L. R. Andrewes (Messrs. Gelz. Bros, of the Orient, on

with rationing from barr ofmination of your first agreement, Johnson, Stokes & Masters)

where ap Inspector recognised hun River delta. But it so happened charges of misappropriation

The rise of the Aigne Hood asked that his name be entered as that at the time most of the troops moneys amounting to $3,275, be which I think was for a period of secuting decided, on His Worship's

suggestion. to reduce the amounted many streets in Soiss. A Hugh Thomson. He was released longing to the firm, before Sir three years?--Yes, that is right.

involved in the charge to $200, Henry Gollan, the Chief Justice, at

Cotri. Subsequently he wrote ex- of bandits, and there were only sale robbetics were then carried at Loon 26 ball but failed to appear in were in pursuit of scattered gangs shop and closed all exists. Whole- the Criminal Sessions.

Bow three companies guarding this out by opening the partition walls Casch-plaining that he went to

Street by mistake. Accused pimportant silk centre, when over from house to house until by mid- three feured at Marlborough Street

December 16 for the service of the three hundred bandits, dressed in night the dividing walls of the summons. The woman, who was the ordinary attire of country whole block of thirty-four houses se ata young pantomime artist, was ar people, entered the town unaware, were opened up and the contents badly rosted and fined on Dec. 22nd.

adjourned and, at a given signal, made a of the buildings removed. The sudden attack on the field head-end of the block was close on the quarters. The troops were forcibly river bank, and at a given signál, of their arms and confined launches came alongside the block in their barracks.

of houses, and the booty from the Then the robbers adopted totally thirty-four shops was shipped on different tactics. Most of the board, and the launches cleared off, brigands donned the uniforms of with all the bandits."

Continuing his cross-examina- tion of the chief witness for the prosecution, Mr. Chau King-yar, who is the compradore of the firm, Mr. Elser Zeitlyn asked:-

And all this agreement does is to extend the terms and conditions of your previous agreement 7-Yes, that is so.

Later, however, as Mr. Andrews train between Chen and remarked that his client was an was abandoned after the xious to recover the furniture, al-gers had been rescued With this exception, that where-though they did not want to pros

A child was killed and was for a stated for a heavy penalty on defendant. as the former period, that second one was deter- the original charge was proceeded persons were injured a

three with...

sult of a collapse of a This first agree- After hearing further evidence, Caen." which is very ed and audited your books every ment was entered into with the His Worship adjourned the case damaged.

Manager. Sinée the until Friday afternoon. arrival of Mr. Atherley, this one! was still in force.

Mr. Chau, I think you told us minabic within. yesterday that the auditors examin-months?--Yes.

month-They came and audited former

the books once a month.

In order to see whether and to

what extent your liabilities to the

Or Wo

Am I not right in saying that the contract you firm had been discharged?That every time

RUBBER PRICES.

is only known to the Manager, and guaranteed was liquidated, it was not to me. The object of it was of the utmost importance to you to see that the Company knew you not known to me.

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BETTER ANGLO-AMERICAN FEELING.

New York, Jan. 4. With regard to a stalement publi- Will you for the moment-welshed by Sir Robert Horne in Lon- have had enough of this "myself don giving his views on the prices: and the Manager" in the course of of rubber, the New York Times.

What, then, do you think they had, discharged your liabilities examine the

for? As under it? Yes, that is quite true, between myself and the far as I was concerned, I knew nothing. I only believe that be- Manager. cause it is a limited liablity Com- pany they should come and audit the books.

It is important for you, was it

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Some cotimi: the damage at twenty franica.

put lion

The Reuter

case

was

The rise of the Meuse na "PATRIOTIC" FORGERY.

verted the streets of Mezieres into rushing torrents. It is feared that twenty thousand workers Ini the Meuse valley will be rendered. idle for three weeks in conse- quence of the flooding of the fac- tories.-Reuter.

HUNGARIAN PRINCE

ARRESTED.

the troops and proceeded to take up Budapest, Jan. 4. The circulation at the Hague of stations outside of the city and at quantity of forged thousand the important points inside the city frane French banknotes, apparent The People's Volunteers, on hear The water has fallen a yardly produced in Hungary, led to the

POSITION IN HOLLAND.

Amsterdam, Jan, 4.

traffic.

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During the whole time of the robbery the inhabitants were con

fined in their houses, so that, no

further alarm could be given. ↑ It

is estimated that the losses come

as to close on two million dollars.

the case--will you for the moment considers it most timely and calcu- below yesterday's highest level at arrest of two Hungarians in Hol-ing the alarm, came to the assis- not, that your responsibility to contain yourself to answering my lated to allay the vestiges of the Maestricht, so that trains to Liege land, also the arrest here of the tance of the town, but were told tire Company should be found to questions? You had an interest in temporary ill-feeling in both coun- and the northern parts of, Holland private secretary and valet of by the bandits, disgnised

Liers. The paper says that the ex- have been discharged from me this? Yes..

is an ex-minister of Supplies, to time? Not so; that is between

Now, r. Chau, was the essential citement which temporarily raged are running, but not for public Prince Louls Windischratez, who A further sensation has now Their Majesties in the morning

THE HOTEL FIRE, me and the Manager, as far as my method of proving such discharge around the high price was from the discharged of the liability is con- by showing the auditors in the first artificial and quite unneces- viewed the damage at Maestricht been caused by the arrest of the cerned.

proper books that you had in fact sary. Mr. Hoover has hastened to where many homeless people are Prince himself, who is a Privy Let us understand each other discharged your liabilities by paydo his best to correct the unfortun- sheltered in military barracks at Councillor and member of one of EIGHTY ROOMS DESTROYED.

In view of the the most distinguished families in When you took up duties as coming into the Bank? That is not ate effects of his first utterance Shertogenbosch.

The early exaggerations were tol

extent of the disaster it is remarkCentral Europe. According to a

A visit to the Hongkong Hotel pradore, you had to provide the so in this ease.. Company with a guarantee?—Yes, You told my Lord and the jury low and could not bear the weight able that hitherto there have been curiously-worded official statement. this morning shows much activity

the forgeries were .executed no fatalities, although two womeni

on the part of the management and yesterday-your Lordship will cor- of trade statistics. It would seem Does that consist of scrip, a reet me if I am w.ong-you told that even Congress was ready to mortgage of your property and them yesterday that the way you consider the question on the basis/ have been driven insane as the not for reasons of personal gain staff to rehabilitate the hotel ser-

result of anxiety and distress.- Reuter.

I had to provide a guarantee.

also a personal guarantor?—Yes; discharged your responsibility was of truth and reason. Reuter'*|

a personal guarantee and my

mortgage deeds.

Your mortgage is for $10,000

-$30,000, which includes share

- scrips and property deeds.

Was not there a personal guar-

antee of $25,000?-$20,000; $25.000.

THREE GUARANTOES.

not

by paying into the Bank to their American Service.

credit? I say it is essential for

me to pay into the Bank to dis-

charge my responsibility. As far} DISARMAMENT VOTE.

as the auditor is concerned, I have nothing to do.

You know that the only way the Company would know that you die-

Does that, with the total guar-charged your liability was to audit

since books?-Ever

the antee, amount to $50,000?-Yes.

your auditors took to, auditing the books he had never had a word, with me. only dealt with the Manager himself.

AMERICA NOT DEFINITELY COMMITTED.

Washington, Jan. 4. President Coolidge has asked Congress to appropriate $50,000

THE CHINA OUTLOOK.

HOME PAPER'S POINTED COMMENT.

London, Jan. 4. The Daily Telegraph thinks it matters little to China whether but on assumed patriotle grounds. The Minister of the Interior has vices as much as possible.

There are already over 30 rooms! Feng Yu-halang stays or goes. ordered the interrogation of cer

Another aspirant to power will in netaal occupation and it is con tain officials of the State map Adently estimated that after the replace him and be exposed to the printing offices-Reuter.

A ROYAL SUBSCRIPTION.

Brussels, Jan. 4. Their Majesties today paid a lengthy visit to the inundated regions around Namur and Dinant.) The situation in the Liege, Namur SAMOAN HURRICANE. be available for use. The number proceeds to refer to the remarkable

and Brussels districts has greatly improved but the position in the low lying districts, notably the Waes area, has worsened-Reuter.

Later. Their Majesties have subscribed

for the expenses of American re-two million francs to the nationa!!

WIDESPREAD DAMAGE

...CAUSED,

Pago Pago, (Samoa), Jan. 4. A fieres Hurricane did wide

but hitherto 110

safety survey has been completed, same sort of danger of a possible and when the rooms have dried combination of Chang Tso-lin with something like 60 rooms in all will other rivals of Feng's. The paper

improvement in the revenue of 1925 compared with 1924 as reveal- ed in Sir Franels Aglen's annual report, despite social confusion.

put definitely out of all possible ase is just over 80,

Furniture and fittings are being got together for the habitable rooms not yet re-equipped, and during the opines that if the unequal treaties" are abrogated, complete course of the present week there! will be a large increase in the tariff autonomy obtained and extra- amount of accommodation avail- territorial privileges abolished, the investor in Chinese or foreign

In addition to that personal guarantee of yours, did you not have three guarantors? These

Is it not fact that the auditors presentation at the preliminary fund for the victims of the floods, spread damage to American Samonable. three guarantors are included in

The kitchen services have been loans secured upon the revenge themselves, Percy Smith Seth and disarmament discussions In Ge- comprising the money presented to

declares that this '$50,000.

the them on the occasion of their silver last week,

It belleves that the removal of What was your personal liabi- Fleming, have been, auditors of neva.. Ho lity in the guarantee?-Nothing the Company ever since you became representation will not involve any wedding last year, plus a personal casualties have been reported left absolutely intact and the would be whistling for his money. compradore 7-Yes. That is right. attitude by the Government or any gift of one hundred thousand Houses were unroofed and great Hotel is just as able to cater as

trees which were uprooted from ever it was.. With the dining room the security afforded by extra- at all, Others guarantee mc.

It was Important to you to see Was not one of your books pro-commitment to attend a similar fu- franca-Reuter.

the mountains slid down Into the and roof garden untouched, the territorial status would certainly Such a step: villages and valleys." Many land- Hongkong Hotel will continue to lead to far graver events than have that your responsibility to the Com-duced by you to them, a counter-ture conference-Reuter's Ameri-

slides have blocked the roads be the Colony's main social centre, hitherto occurred.

became obviously out of the ques pany was discharged at due time? foll of the paying-in bank book?can Servsce.

dancing nightly being possible, Router.

Yesterday afternoon a police in- tion before the International Com vestigation was carried out and mission appeared in Peking.

by several of the staff, including the The article concludes lift boys, were examined at the enquiring if it is not time the Powers moved in the direction of Central Headquarters. The official police report la not yet completed. recognising the glaring facts of the situation and ending the fiasca immense International brought about by misguided diplo macy in dealing with the affairs of China-Beuter,

Yes, but that is a book belonging -Quite right.

And it was therefore not without to the Company, not to my depart-

ment..

interest to you to see that the au-

His Lordship:-Was it your ditors were able to see the books. before your duty is discharged, to department which produced this

as counterfoil?

RUMANIAN THRONE.

were in fact discharged by you?---

There is no question about this at

Witness: Not my department Mr. Zeitlyn-How

do the

PRINCE MICHAEL AS HEIR.

Bucharest, Jan. 4.

the extent of such lablilties

was between

JAPANESE TROOPS.

WITHDRAWAL FROM MANCHURIA.

BIG HOTEL FIRE IN JAPAN.

Tokyo, Jan. 5. The War Department announces The National Assembly, by 234 that the remaining reinforcements NIKKO HOTEL DESTROYED. all, because I entered into an auditors know that you have paid

Athena, Jan, 4 agreement with the Manager and in monies which you have collect- votes to 3, ratifled Prince Carol's which were sent to Manchuria last | *:*

Tokyo, Jan. 5. what was carried out under that ed and over which you were res- renunciation of his succession month, are being withdrawn on

and recognised Prince Thursday Friday, when A Nicht Nichi special message The Commander of each barracks the ponsible?-There la an accountant rights agreement

has announced that a Dictatorship A Provisional they will leave" for Japan. reports that fire destroyed the

has been proclaimed and that all Manager and myself; nothing to do in the offico, and he looks after Michael as Heir.

that. As long as I have papera Regency Blil was passed creating The War Department with the auditors at all.....

I want that agreement that you showing monies paid over to the a Council composed of Prince announces that Chang Teo-lin and Nikko Hotel last night causing must contribute to the tank ander- say you entered with the manager. Bank or to the office, I am finished Nicolas, the Orthodox Patriarch his son have sent messages to the confusion as it was crowded with taken by the army for the nation's M. Doumer has conferred That was shown to you yester-with-that responsibility. and the first President of the Court Kwangtung Japanese authorities tourists from the liner Belgen- good. The statement concluded: the Minister of Finance Prince Carol has regretting that the recent distur land. There were no casualties on your bayonets only does the grade on the methods of At what date Mr. Chau, since 1921 of Cassation."

Franco Frid Was that entered into between did you have a receipt of your dis- also waived his parently authority bances threatened Japanese Ives but the loss in estimated at half establishment of a Dictatorship tion of the

over Prince Michael.--Reuter

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day.

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a-million yen.—E

depend Reuter.

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