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The Telegraph.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 6, 1926.

CHINA'S OUTLOOK.

ہو

DAY BY DAY.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1926.

THE KINDLY. HAND-CLASP AND EXPRESSIVE SMILE, WHICH AC- COMPANY THE GIFT, ARE PART OF THE CHARM WHICH RENDERS THE GIVING A GRACE-IH. Wilson,

ATHERLEY CASE.

(Continued from Puja 1J

it has been altered or not.

Does it look like it?—Yes; looks like a correction.

Mr. Zeitlyn:- Made to fit Mr. Chau.

In course

SWALLOWED POISON.

MRS. THAW RUSHED TO

HOSPITAL.

Chiengo, Jan. 5..

HON. MR. FLETCHER.

ENTERTAINED TO-DAY BY BUSINESS MEN,

"}

In appreciation of his services Mrs. Evelyn Thaw was rushed to rendered to busincas Interests of hospital early this morning after

The oponing rate of the dollar

swallowing a quantity of poisonous the Colony during his lengthy resis on domand to-day was 28. 4.7/16d.examination, it transpired that the a doctor, who hurried to her apart. Fletcher, C. M. G., C. B. E., was of further. cross-disinfectant and telephoning for dence here, the Hon. Mr. A. G. M. alteration had been made In res- ment. There was a clean bill of health pect of another account and not in the Colony yesterday.

of the Bluebird account.

According to the old Chinese calendar to-day is Slight Cold (Hsiao-han).

Mr. Sun Fo left Shanghai for Canton yesterday by the 9.9. President Grant.

The master of the s.s. Soochow this morning reports having pass.

od a junk, bottom up and awash

Mr. Zeitlyn then referral the book written in English to the ef- compradore to a statement in the

fact that $1,641 were bankud at the Asia Banking Corporation on March 24th. Is it not true, ho asked, that the firm at that time had no account with the Asia. Bank?

A CLERICAL ERROR,

Witness:-Perhaps it is

S. 64 E. (nag) 81 miles from Chi-clerical error, lang Point lighthouse.

An ambulance was summoned, to-day entertained to tiffin by the but Mrs. Thaw was unconscious Chairman and Committee of the when she reached hospital..

Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce.

tract as a cabaret entertainer, and She had just completed a con-

was about to leave for Florida. Reuter's American Service.

RAILWAY RADIO.

SUCCESSFUL GERMAN

EXPERIMENT.

most

The function, which Was marked by the presence of His Excellency the Governor (Sr Cecil Clementi, K.C.M.G.) took. place in the Roof Garden of the. Hongkong Hotel.

The

Ocension was taken to present to guest of honour a handsome silver loving cup, subscribed for by members of the chamber, of whom there was in fully reprozen-. tative attendance, present. The

Mr. Zeitlyn-It makes a good deal of difference to a Arm if

Berlin, Jan. 5. The P. & O. liner Macedonia, money is paid into a bank at which

The installation of wireless tele which loft Shanghai at 4.30 p.m. it has no account instead of one phony on a train from Berlin to yesterday, is due hore at Gamin which it has accourt. Hamburg oponed to-day

an on the 8th Instunt.

Clerical error, hm, very well. successfully. The hearing at both cup bore the following Inseription:

Continuing, Mr. Zeitlyn asked: ids was excellent, despite the Lieut. G. C. Fawns, H. K. S.-There is an entry which states noise of the train, which was Brigade RA.. has qualified as that a cheque from the Wing On travelling over sixty miles an hour. second class at the Interproter Company, was paid into the bank Communication ship Examination in Urdu

with · a Berlin on March 24th. Was not that newspaper office was established Messrs. Lammert

'cheque' received on March 20th within a few minutes. Brotheru

A three- minute call costs 5% marks.--- and what happened to it between advise us that the auction sale

the 20th and 24th-Perhaps.-

Reuter. which commences this afternoon at Messrs. Lane,

His Lordship: (interrupting) Crawford's

Let us go by stages. Ladies Department, will be rocheque received on the 20th-1 Was the sumed to-morrow morning at 10.30 a.m. To-day, lots from 1 to do not know; it is not my busi- 200 will be sold, No. 201 being the pers first lot offered to-morrow.

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. Presented to The Hon. Mr. A, G. M. Fletcher, C.M.Q, C.B.E. by the Members of the Hongkong General Cham- ber of Commerce us a token of esteem and appreciation of many years invaluable services to the Commercial and Shipping inter- ests of Hongkong, January, 1926. The Chairman of the Chamber (Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak) presided, and on his right, at the head table, nt His Excellency the Governor,

left. Mr. B. R. Forster, private The Mission of Signor Volpi,also present! The other seats at

secretary to the Governor,

ITALIAN DEBT.

CounselNot your business!MISSION TO LONDON DELAYED.with the Hon. Mr. Fletcher on his Then why was it that a aum which

Mr. Wang Ching-wei, Chair-] was paid to you on the 20th March, man of the Canton Government, which was a Thursday, was not

enforce its wishes. But the dis every of the date when that great era is to dawn remains the biggest riddle of the universe.

to

of

Rome, Jan, 5.

was

ber, namely: the Hon. Sir Paul Chater. Kt., CM.G., the Hon. Sir Henry Pollock, K. B., K.C., Questioned in regard to another Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, K.B.. the

witness was asked if an alteration Vice-Chairman of the Chamber, the newspaper item on March 24th, the Hon. Mr. R. H. Kétewall, the had not been made in the charac: Hon. Mr. A. O. Lang. Mr. G. M. Young. M.B.E. Mr. Paul

the amount had already been paid instructions were issued by Ather-referring to the deserved honour into the bank. The cashier con- ley not before the sale of the news-which has been conferred on Mr. siders that after having handed papers, but after the first collec-Fletcher. the money to the taipan his res- tion of these salos had commonced ponsibility censes, Afterwards. to come in. when the taipan returns the Counsel:-The

the ter

took the

Chau,

first

payment. regard to

Witness was pressed to state the precise date on which this instruc- tion was given, and he said that in respect of the sale Indicated in the

The toast of Sir Shou-son Chow was also specially honoured on the call of the Chairman."

Mr. Holyoak then proposed the main toast in the course of a lengthy and felicitous speech, all his remarksbeing enthusiastically greeted.

has received a telegram reporting banked until the 24th March? which is empowered to negotiate this table were occupied by ment that Gen. Wu Tch-chen, Commis That enn be explained by the the question of the Italian debt, bors of the Chamber who are either Inspired no doubt by the recent sioner of Public Safety, sailed cashier.

has postponed its departure for on the Executive recovery of Marshal Chang Teo-from Shanghai on December 20

Take the 25th March, lock at London an account of the obse- Council, or are members of the ог Legislative lin when on the verge of over Chin-kiang, an old-time worker in You have told us that there is indoparifi.

for. Canton and that Mr. Chang Exhibit "B," Chan Yuen, 3207.78. quies

Queen Marguerite-General Committee of the Cham whelming doftar, and cepecially the revolutionary cause, is ao-against that entry in Exhibit "B" the sugresses of General Feng companying hin.

a chop of the date 22nd April]. Yu-belang, who is ostensibly tho

1924. Is that the date of payment champion of the presont: Poking dependants of the late Able Sea-that it was paid into the bank or An opportunity of assisting the into the bank?--It means there reginic, the London Daily Tele-man Batchelor will be given're that day. I don't know. graph bas published an editorial idents of the Colony on the 13th Look at "C" Does it give thefter "taipan." on Chinese problems which shows be held in the Roof Garden of the March? How do you account for an alteration. It is in the cashier's D. G. M. Bernard. Mr. W. H. Bell. instant, when a supper dance will date of payment as the 25th Witness: believe this is not Lauder, Mr. A. H. Barlow. Mr. a thorough grasp of the main Hongkong Hotel. Tickets will be that discrepancy?-1 must explain handwriting. According to me, it Mr. J. Owen Hughes, Mr. J. A., features of the situation. In $2 single and $3 doute, and the the matter in this way that on does not look as if it had been Plummer, Mr. T. G. Weali, It

whole of the proceeds will be the 25th March the taipan asked altered. · Reuter's summary, given yester-given to the deceased seaman's

Commdr. C. St. C. Ingham, R.N day, the London journal is dependants.

me for that amount to be paid to As with the other newspaper Major R. D. Bennett, M. C. him. I told the cashier to hand item already dealt with, witness in represented as pointing out that it

the money to the taipan and the this case also said that after the Chairman proposed the health After the Loyal toasts, the matters little whether Feng stays

taipan could give the cashier a full entry had been made in the of or goes, the sume

Нін process

receipt. Then the man who wrote book, it was crossed out when Governor,

Excellency .the the book did not know what had instructions were received from on of eivil disturbance will be

congratulating him happened, what had been done Atherley to hand the money to him, knighthood, to which toast Hia. his elevation to the carried on. That really sums

with the cheque. He thought that instead of to the bank. up the whole matter; and mukes

These Excellency interestingly replied, friends of China despair whenever they consider the outlook before!

Our Trecs.. the country. Another news cable) Reference is made in the yesterday referred to. Goneraljannual report of the Director of

the Botanical and Forestry De- amount to the cashier, the lat-Mr. Fong's announecmont that he is

for 1924, partment,

with put this giving up public life and going severe pruning of roadside trees, and

on the book, the newspapers was collected on abroad. Presuming that he whereby some shade has been sa- the bank that same day,

money to the 24th March. On that day did you have instructions from the carries out this newly-conceived crificed but loss resistanceisoffered

If that were an honest entry, taipan not to pay into the bank Mr. Fletcher ropliod, oxpressing to high winds. This was found first of all why does it not appear but to hold the money?--I cannot his thanks and gratitude for the intention, we may visualise many to be a necessary practice after when the money was handed to the remember the date of the instruc-honour which the Chamber had things, including a triumphal the severe damage suffered in tour of the European capitals, in the big typhoon of 1923. The tapanie Cashier was under tions. On the whole, he did give our w

item reminds one, that the big the impression all the time that me those instructions. the wake of the late General banyan trees on either side of after having handed the money to Hen. Also, a certain return to Nathan Road are to be sacrificed the taipan his responsibility ceased the public life of his country, at in due course, it having been de-and he therefore did, not make the

cided that they obscure the stroet entry. probably no very reniete date, lamps, whilet thoir gnarled roots. Why was there not an entry in entry of March 24th, the entry was when he feels the call for action; projecting considerably above the book in which you were to crossed out after this instruction SOCIALISTS UNABLE TO AGREE. and all the world knows what ground, are an obstruction to show the true state of accounts of was issued, and after he had col

traffic. One's first feeling is of the Company, why was there not lected the money. results when a Chinese war-lord regret that some lese fractions an entry showing that the money, shown in the book as having been The entries

Paris, Jan. 5. returns to public life.

kind of tree was not originally had been 'handed over

The Committee of Resolutions, to the crossed out were crossed out be appointed on Sunday by the Con Despite the great upheavals in planted.

The shady avenue of manager? I ask you to put that cause they were newspaper items,gress of the Federation of the Nathan Road has as many ad question to the cashier. the country, China's revenues vantagos as otherwise, and the

"JUDGE'S QUERIES. have actually, increased during time between cutting down the

His Lordship: You say that Seine of the party S. F. L. 0 met

last evening. crossed entry is

It was impossible the past year. The foreign-con-prosent banyans and raising their

Witness was then examined in because it relates to newspapers? to arrive at an understanding trolled customs service has had will cover a considerable period, respect of the sale of newspapers had instructions not to pay into the delegates who do not favour parti substitutes to fair proportions, regard to the entries made inYes. I did that, because we also amongst the 24 members. Fifteen no little share in this showing when the coadway will be unto the Sing Wo On firm, the montes bank,

"cipation in the Ministry, voted for of returns. The Daily Telegraph pleasantly bare. There is also collected under which heading were His Lordship:-On March 26th entire control of the Government Le question of tree-planting stated in the entries to have been there is a reference in the entry and claiming for the Administra- resolutions in favour of assuming uses this as a peg on which to along the many new highways raid to the taipan on the 28th to two sums of money received tive claiming full power to in- hang the moral of what would of the Colony (we refor, of course March and paid to the bank during that day having been paid sist on the discipline of the vote result were customs, autonomy to the long stretches where thei granted at this juncture or extra-land on either side is sufficiently "another day." Witness was asked into the bank?Yes.

His Lordship:As a matter of tarians-Indopacif..

in the case of elected parliamen- level for the purpose). A great why two separate entries could not territoriality removed. There deal of comfort, and a certain be made for the monies carried, in fact, the monies were not paid into cannot be any doubt that the amount of beauty, is derivable this way.

the bank on that date. How is Witness: I ask you to ask the that explained?-1 considered the country is

from the rows of shade troes) over-riddon by

which modern taste demands man who had charge of the books monies handed to the talpan, as In militarism and anarchy. Whore by roadsides. For Hongkong the cashier.

fact they were, as having been paid generals do not hold sway, ban-(and Kowloon) there must always Counsel: Can you tell me why into the bank. dita are in the running. Pecula remain the factor of suitability of these entries were crossed out?-I

species the banyan has been can explain it in this way.

Mr: Zietlyn:And the Bank was tion is to be expected wherever placed in the list of barred kinds, cashier had already prepared to The clerk who made that entry

The stated to be the Chartered Bank? A NEW YORK: FLOTATION, an unscrupulous militarist can and it is open to question pay this money into the bank and in Exhibit "C", did not know what

Now York, Jan, 5. obtain unfettered, control of the whether all the other trees now had already made an entry to that was going on. He presumed that

soen in the Colony are quito effect in Exhibit "B" when he it had been paid into the bank.

The Dillon Rend Company en- rovenues, Undoubtedly China is suitablo. The factor of brittle-received instructions from the Counsel:-But "C" is supposed worth of National Cash Register nóuneo that fifty-five million dollars still unfit for the concessions herness will ever obtrude itself into taipan that this money was to be to be a translation of "B"It is stock, which they offered to day, self-styled representatives in the the calculation of road authori-

ties and others concerned with handed over to him (the talpan), a translation. The date is the was over-subscribed within five North are loudly claiming. Ab-tree planting in typhoon-swept and thus the entry was crossed same, only payment is made after minutes. Reuter's American Sern solute autonomy and freedom of areas, and we wonder whether out after being made. This Further questions were put to vice. jurisdiction are her right-when certain speoles now boing favour-instruction to hand over the money witness in regard to these dis-[A cable yesterday reported ed fother than banyans) come up to the talpan was from the talẞăn crepaneles between the entries of negotiations by the Dillon -Read sho is properly administered by to the required standard of to the compradore, that is to say the two books, and the Court then Company for financing German la central government able to strength.

myself.

adjourned for the tiffin interval steel works]

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