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SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1926.

THE WING ON CASE.

THE PEKING SITUATION.

FOOD SUPPLIES.

FUTILE REQUESTS.

DEPOSITS WHICH WERE NOT RETURNED.

$8: Conspiracy Charge.

Further evidence was take at

AVIATION.

DANISH AIRMEN AT "SHANGHAR

Crowd's "Assertive Curiosity."

Shanghai, April 23. The Danish airmen have arrived,

Shanghal, April 23. The Danish airman Bɔtved" and re mechanic, unkempt in appea-b nee, with thick beards, not having

A STEAMER LOST.

BLAZE OF KEROSENE IN MALACCA STRAITS.

Experience of Captain and Chief Engineer.

(Our Own Correspondents).

A SHAMELESS LIAR." The case in which Au Kim-lui-

Peking, April 23. and Lam Fook-yu are charged with

With a view to lowering the conspiracy to defraud the Wing On rising prices of foodstuffs and to Company of a sum of $50,000, and provide relief for the war auf- in which the first defendant was ferers in Peking, Tientsin and the the Central Magistracy yesterday also charged with prejury In con surrounding districts, a plan to in the case in which the manager nection with a civil action which purchase and transport cereals to of the Hin Yick firm, Win Lok-Reuter he proviously instituted to obtain these places to a value approximetreet, is charged with conspiring, this sum from the Company, wasntely of $10,000,000, has been with another not In custody, to de-

Singapore, April 23. resumed before the Chief Justled worked out by General Chan Yin-fraud the Arm of $8,000.

The steamer Penang, with (Sir Henry Gollan) at the Criminal kwal, formerly, Managing Direc Mr. E. Davidson appears for the

2,500 tins of kerosene on board, in the Malacca Sessions yesterday,

tor of the Peking-Mukden Railway prosecution, and defendant is re-washed, or changed their clothes, caught fro The assistant cashier was and who is intuential with the presented by Mr. J. T. Prior. for five days, had a thoroughly Straits and is a tots! loss.

The Chinese took to the boats," again in the box.

Makdon leader Chang Hsueh- Employees of the firm called to bad time in Ninghai (which is a leaving the European officers and Continuing fg. cross examina- tion Mr. Zeitlyn asked if the liang fully approves and is up-give evidence said that the pro- notorious resort of pirates) where Malay members of the crew to forgeries were imitations of wit porting the plan General Chan missory notes which purported to they were forced to land a week fend for themselves. Two were ness's own writing. He replied Yin-kwal intende to call a meeting be issued by the firm must be for 420 owing to a leak in their petrol gassed.

The captain and chief engineer, that he could not say.

of the Chamber of Comutarce and geries because the firm did not tank. When was the account 12,426 the gentry and lay his plans be issue notes of that description. The Chinese stole all their loose drifted for four miles upon the opened? March 26, 1923.

fore them.

It was alleged by the accountant personal belongings and the aparé gangway, before they were pick- What was the amount it was

that some of the chops on the parts of the machine, and deflated led up.; opened with 7-$200.

There were seventy · aboard, the tyres. notes were forgeries..

Indeed, it was all the airman but no loss of life" Is reported. could do to defend the aeroplane against the crowd; who, however, were actuated more by assertive curiosity than hostility, Reuter..

Mr. Zeitlyn asked for the depost tor's name but on Mr. Jenkin's re- quest this was not disclosed,

In reply to further questions witness sald In addition to the books in court there were two

others which were forged, not

The tentative scheme is as fɔ'- lows. The Mukden authorities A witness who said he had been will entrust the purchase of

a vegetable dealer in America cereals to the Mukden Chamber o

stated that he was a depositor in Commerce and the distribution of the firm, but had not received a grain to the Peking Chamber and receipt or promissary note for his other organisations. The grain

money. Shown a promissory note will be sold lower than the cubearing his name he said he had How long did this account run? rent market prices under the au-

never received it. Only a few days.

pervision of the local authorities.

He also stated that he asked What was the total amount put General Chang Intands to secure the defendant for his deposit to be into this account?—$36,200.; transportation with the rolling returned. When this request was How much was taken out?stock which various persona are made defendant's only reply was $34,000.

int present holding for non-com- that there would be legal pr

mercial purposes thus not inter-ceedings. -

there.

In how many suma ?Two

Auma.

And the book was returned to the person getting the money?— Yes.

which is still at its lowest fering with the commercial traffic A wornia merchant said he asked the defendant for the re- turn of a deposit on behalf of na. other man. Defendant replied that the matter had not been adjusted and that he could not have the money at present,

The Fengtfen leaders emphasise Witness said another amount that the military will not handle of $35,000 was later paid out. He any of the moneys, their object could not remember whether he himself paid the first amount out being merely to force down the

price.--Router. or not. He said he would be responsible for money paid out Improperly by himself.

amount had been withdrawn the

Chinese Reports. It was after the second pay-

Shanghai, April. 29. ment out that it was discovered

Chang Chung-cheong, Chang that the payment of $34,000 was Hsueh-liang and others arrived a wrong payment. After the together in Peking, and stated depositor came with a book to that Tse She-yuen and Kan Wan- draw some money. He discover-pan would fallow to represent Wa ed that the first payment had been Bel-fu at the military conference to made' on & wrong book. This settle the question of the Kuomin- second book was presented

chur armles.. on May 7, 1923.

Asked to produce the books

Chang Haneh-ilang. and others held a meeting on the 22nd, and

The case was adjourned next Thursday. -

THE NAVY LEAGUE,

GERMANS AROUSED.

CRITICISM OF SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN,

The Rhineland Evacuation.

Berlin, April 28.

Chamberlain

the

..

CORRESPONDENCE.

[To the Editor of the Hongkong Telegraph.]

A PLAGUE SPOT.

Sir, The question "Where do the flies go in the winter time? was at one time considered a jest, By many it is yet. However, a visit during the winter time to the The Nationalists have been laah-Pokfulum village complained of at ed to fury by a statement by Sir the Sanitary Board's last meeting. will disillusion the humourously Austen House of Commona on April, 21, inclined.

This village would appear, to entregarding the evacuation of the

Rhineland.

provide the answer to the riddle.". Sir Austen, in reply to a ques. Small files, big flies, house flies, tion, said that the declaration horse files, black flies, blue-bottle signed in June, 1919, by Mr. files, all are represented, and Woodrow Wilson, M. Clemenceau on a quiet day clouds of them may and Mr. Lloyd George (that if, bebe heard swarming and crawling fore the expiration of Afteen over the filth accumulated around years, Germany had given proofs this hamlet. "

REPORT OF THE HONGKONG

BRANCH,

witness said they were with the decided on the welcome to Chang League (Hongkong - Branch) for tentions of the three Governments sty, snap at them, the scraggy

depositors,

+

The Second Account. On April 9 the other account was opened, with $100. Later a

Tao-lin and Wu Pei-fu-to Peking -Wah Kiu Yat Por

Situation In China. The annual report of the Navy 1925 shows that the total member ship is now 120. During the year the branch suffered the loss of two members from death-Captain

of her goodwill- and complied with The pigs wallowing in the green her treaty undertakings, the Allies Cozy alime pits are literally cover- would agree to an earlier termina-ed with them, the inhabitants ap- tion of the period of occupation) pear to breathe them, the half-fed was a declaration of the then incurs which slick behind every pig concerned, not a declaration to chickens eat them and the visitor which the German Government is is, eventually driven out by them. entitled to appeal..

All of this or the edge of our Dalry Farm.Yours, etc..

FLYOSAN. "Hongkong, April 23, 1926.

Sir-In view of the recent pub-

Sir Austen did not want to be sum of $20,000 was paid in and therefore do not order a prosecu-Wheeler and Mr, A. J. Dennys.

pressed further, and said he con- on April 13 the depositor with- tion. You will be careful the

The report states that "From sidered the moment most inoppor- drew $10,500. On April 16 he next time you give evidence for time to time your Committee laye tune. withdrew $10,000 and on May 7 next time you may not be so lucky kept the Head Office informed of the The German Nationalist organs another book was presented for in escaping. This time it is per- situation in China and they have see here further proof of the "com- the withdrawal of $20,000, money was paid out. The mistake your own confession you are

stake haps sufficient punishment that on assured us that are watching same plete futility of the Locarno city given to that cancer-apos of discovered when witness deliberate and shameless liar.

very carefully and are most anxious conference. Sir Austen Cham- Pokfulum-the village of squatters came to enter the sum up in the

to assist us, in any way possible. berlain's speech is described on the edge of Telegraph Bay-by ledger. The form the forgery

Inspection of Books.

"Having regard to the conditions as "eynical," "another blow," Dr. Koch, at the last Sanitary took was forgery of a deposit

Board meeting, surely some action prevailing last year, your, Com-and "a cold shower."--Reuter. book and hand writing,

Before the adjournment Mr.mittee considered it inadvisable to

on the part of our lethargic Gov Have you compared the forged Zeitlyn asked for permission for hold a Flag Day or Concert on

ernment officers will be forthcom- book, with the genuine one?-No his expert witnesses to have ac-

ing. cess to certain books. They had Nelson Day, which was therefore

WAS

"The Beer without a Peer." forgery was made on the book

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Then the forgery was made in the paying in column-Yee.

"Witness went on to state that the first time he saw the first de- fendant was in the Magistracy. He had never seen him in com- pany with Philip Kwok Cheung.

not had an opportunity so far,

A

very simply celebrated by the lay- Mr. Jenkin pointed out that the ing of wreaths on the Cenotaph", Magistrate had ordered both sides an Wanchai Memorial, in ac to have freest, access to the books, cordance with our usual-custom. which were in the custody of the Police.

The Chief Justice: What have you to say to that Mr. Zeitlyn.

Mr. Zeitlyn replied that he was instructed that they had not had an opportunity of properly amining them.

'"Our local branch in Amoy rais- ed £10. 4. 10d. in aid of the "Im- placable" Fund, which was grate- fully acknowledged by Sir Vincent Baddely.

"Our thanks are due to Mr. A. ex-Brearley, for auditing the ac-

A Shameless Liar. Re-examined by Mr. Jenkin witness said he was told that he would have to make good in cash monies which he wrongly paid depositions a paragraph relative His Lordship fead from the out. He had never been called upon by the company

to the books going into the to made good these amounts, her had any tody of the defence at a certain thing been stopped from his sal-

period.

ary.

cus-

Mr. Zaitlyn said he understood Before witness was allowed to only one witness saw them. stand down the Chief Justice ad-His Lordship: That is not the dressed him as to the occurrences point, you said you had had no op- at, the morning hearing. He ask-portunity.

counts."

M.

DUTCH POLITICS.

MINISTER FOR WAR RESIGNS.

S. A. AND THE SOVIET.

A QUESTION OF NEW

י.

MARKETS.

Last year's serious typhoid out- break was blamed by the Goyern- ment-rightly or wrongly on the.. Dairy Farm and it was further. stated that the germe were carried Cape Town, April 23. by flies. Carried from whore? A In the Assembly on April, 22, visit to the village complained. of replying to questions, Mr. Hertzog will lead one to believe it to be disclaimed all knowledge of the a very probable source of infec movements of I. W. Schlesinger, tion, and as for the files, they aro the South African financier, who surely there in great numbers. recently went to Europe, and is Going down to the village en- reported to have intended to visit talls walking, it cannot be inspect Russia to open commercial negotia-ed from a comfortable Government tions with the Soviet.

motor car: bus really, Sir, surely Subsequently Mr. Creswell, the if the bait of an O. B. E. be offer- Minister for Defence, stated theed, some adventurous official might. Cabinet had decided that any citi-make the hazardous trip... zen who negotiated with the pro- After this serious warning if no spect of opening, up new markets decisive step be taken to clean out should have 'the Government's this septic hole, and if we do have goodwill.

a typhold outbreak, such deaths as Mr. Hertzog added that as re-may occur can be traced to nothing:

The Hague, April 23. ed, Why did you tell those shame His Lordship ordered the books Minister for War has resigned bo- Var Royen, temporary less lies? Witness did not reply required to be given into the and hia Lordship continued, I have thought the matter over. At custody of Mr. Lac D'Almada, cause he objects to the proposed gards Russia he saw no objection short of criminal neglect on the solicitor for the defence, he to Ministry of National Defence. He to the establishment of business part of the officials concerned.— first I was disposed to have you be personally responsible for them. will be succeeded by M. Lamicny connections on a proper business Yours, etc., prosecuted for perjury, but I think there are technical diffleulties in

The case was then adjourned who was War Minister in the last like footing with South Africa,

SANITAS. until Monday morning. the way of a convletion and

Cabinet.--Reuter.

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