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Arthur E. Odell, Managing-Director.

NEW DREDGER FOR TIN MINE.

Met South-West Monsoon.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

DEALS IN SHARES.

(Continued from Pago 1.)

further states that in the event of E. E. Ellis not delivering the shares Odell & Bohar are authorized "to purchase in open market on my ac- count." That is the initiation of

the contract.

The Customers' Names. " There is no name of the buyer disclosed on the contract nor any thing, to show that buyer's name had been disclosed. Behar admits that in regard to some other shares

FRIDAY, MAY 27,

1927.

SMASHING WIN FOR NORTH.

"(Continued from Page 1.)

The Wongaha Railway station is carefully guarded by troops and armoured cars, as, the "Redo" and bandits made two attempts to attack the railway station during the past week.

General Li Fuk-lam yesterday despatched a battalion of troops, together with an artillery com- pany, to reinforce the defence of Nam-shek-tau Reformatory, the where more than 1,000 "Red" pri- soners are held.

paying

SHANGHAI GUN

BATTLES..

WEEK-END SETTLEMENT

ROBBERIES.

Pistol battles between armied robbers and International Sattle- ment police marked a series of armed robberies in the Shanghai 'Settlement over the week-end,

ahot and оде says the Shanghai Times. Two constables were robber and a rice shop owner were wounded. The last, à victim of the fire of the robbers, was shot. four times and is in a serioua condition at the Shantung Road Hospital,

Five armod, men entered a rice shop at 485 North Fokien Road, looting the place of money and jewellery totalling $500. As they were leaving the alarm was raised by the owner who was immediato-

"customers' names disclosed" was written on sale note but states that

Ralde on Schools. he only did it to make himself "doubly free from responsibility." The authorities are

The next step with regard to the special attention to the activities contract was a lettor written on of the students. In the small August 19, 1925, by Ellis to Odell hours of this morning a large & Buhar in which after setting out force of gendarmes and armed the various shares goes on to any police were sent to the hostels ofly shot down by the robbers. The "you contracted to purchase and the Chi Yung Middle School, and victim was shot in the back, left rendered yourselves personally had 19 of the students there ar- forearm and both thighs, A liable for the carrying out of the restedi. A large quantity of books Chinese police constable heard the purchase" and further states that and papers was seized. Many of shots and pursued the robbers, if Odell and Behar are not able to the students of the Chi Yung Aring on them as he ran. take up and pay for the shares ho School have been known as Com-robbers returned the fire and made could make arrangements to carry munists.

good their escape, the shares for Odell and Behar's account.

The defendants do not reply to this or state that they are not per- sonally liable, but do sign an agreement On August 22, 1925 by which the time for delivery was extended to Septem ber, 1925. Behar merely says in his evidence with regard to "personally liable" that he did not reply and contradict the statement because he did not take the state- ment seriously.

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Signs wore put up in their hos tels, such the "Lenin Memorial Hostel," the "Marx Memorial Hostel," and so forth.

The

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Following the robbery of an exchange shop at 948 Burkill Road, another running gun battle ensued, during which a Chinese police con- The Provincial Government has stable was wounded. One robber ordered the No. 2 Provincial Mid-was also wounded and was arrest- dle School to expel 14 of its stu-ed. He was found to be in posseяTM dents, who are suspected of being [sion of a loaded automatic pistol. Communists.

Two armed men obtained loot dwelling valued at $1,500 in a Yunnan Commission.

house robbery at 129 Point Road. The Canton Branch of the Cen- A Chinese woman was robbed of tral Political Council, which is the gold bangles valued at $50 while she was walking in an alleyway highest Nationalist executive or-

off Taky Road. The robbery was ran for South China, recently ap-committed by two men, one armed pointed a commission to Yunnan with a pistol. to have a provincial Kuomintang committee organized for that pro- vinco.

They do write on August 25, 1925 referring to sume shares in the let ter of August 19 and in the agree ment guying "which you have agreed to take up and apply to your settlement account with us." An-

A telegram was received from other letter, a personal one, was this commission yesterday that a written on September 8, 1925, to Temperary Provincial Kuomin- Odell in which the phrase is used-tang Committee for Yunnan has "you must hold all these people to their contracts, in the same way as I am holding you to yours."

No Denial of Llability. Throughout the whole of the period in spite of the plaintiff's reiterated statement that the de-

been inaugurated, with the former Provincial Assembly Building as its office. The commissioners of the Committee consist of Generals Hu Yo-yu and Lung Yun, the two leading military commanders of Yunnan.-Nam Chung Po

Six shots were fired by police following the robbery of a candle shop at 511, Sinza Road. Police. gave chase, to the robbers but all escaped. $112 was taken. A sing- song house at 217, Hankow Road was entered by four armed men who obtained money and jewellery to the extent of $400. In an arm- ed highway robbery on Love Lane near Yates Road, two armed rob- bers relieved a pedestrian of a watch and $20.

fendants are personally liable, there JAPANESE REINFORCEMENT.rabbers looted a home and were

is not one word of denial of liabi lity. Telegrams and letters passed between Ellis and Odell in Séptem- ber 1926 in which Odell says he is doing his best about the shares but ne suggestion that the defendants are not liable. In a letter written on September 22, 1925, Odeil and Behar referring to a transaction in Hongkong Trams between Ellis and themselves uses the phrase "For this transaction we shall give you a contract note endorsed legally, freeing us from all liability and holding the buyer alone respon- gible."

So it appears that there is some form of contract note by which it can be shown definitely that it

Additional Troops for Tsingtao.

Tokyo May 26. The War Office has decided to request the Cabinet to sanction the despatch of seven or eight batta lions of troops to Tsingtao for the protection of Japanese lives and property.

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Infantry will be sent from Man- churia and Cavalry, Engineers Army Service Corps and from Japan-Reuter.

Minelayer Ordered to Tsingtao.

Tokyo, May 26.

The minelayer Tokiwa has been

In the French Concession, it was reported, a gang of armed chased by French police. One of the robbers who ran into the Set- tlement was seized by a Chinese constable. A fight followed, dur- ing which the constable was slightly wounded, but held his man and arrested him. Another the Settlement after a pistol battle of the gang was also arrested.in Both robbers were with police. surrendered to French police."

ORGANISATION OF WORLD'S LABOUR.

ordered to Tsingtao to protect THE PART THAT ASIA PLAYS.

ia the buyer who is solely res-Japanese interests. She is pro- ponsible.

bably sailing to-morrow.-Router.

NORTHERN OFFENSIVE.

It is a fact of some importance in arriving at a decision as to tha parties to the contract, that when

Movement Launched. the date arrived for the shares to be delivered they were tendered

Peking, May 26. to the defendants and not to the

The military headquarters an- buyers whose names the defen-nounce that the Fengtlen forces dants alleged they disclosed to launched

an offensive on the the plaintiff. And it was the de- Honan front early this morning fendant Behar who had to take The Fengtien army numbers at the plaintiff's agent to the offices least 100,000 while Tang Seng-chi (who is opposing them) reckons with 70,000.-Reuter,

of the various buyers.

I am of opinion that on the documents produced in this case, I can come to no other conclusion than that the parties to the con- tract for the sale of these shares were the plaintiff on the one pat

YUNNAN'S TUPAN.

His Reported Death,

Peking, May 26.

and the defendant frm on the A foreign telegram from Yun other part, and that the defen- nanfu reports the death of the dants were employed by the plaintiff to sell the shares in con- Tupan, Tang Chi-yao.-Reuter.

sldoration for the brokerage allowed, and were to, and did, un-

dertake full responsibility and HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW? liability for carrying out the contract.

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7,470,140, 2, Bir Charles Paror. Lake Buperior. The blending of the ban ners of England, Scotland and freland at the Union in 1801. 5, Wrote "Kosmos," an en- Famous British diplomat in China, where

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Geneva, May 26.

In his presidential speech at the International Labour Confer- cnee, Sir A. Chatterjee, emphasis- ed the large number of workers in Asia and the rapid development of industry and manufacture there. on modern lines, and therefore would be a mistake for the Inter- national Labour Organisation to concentrate its attention too ex clusively on Europe and America.

He declared that it was most gratifying that in both Japan anl India the principles of Industrial legislation had been accepted not only, by all political parties but also by the employers and workers. The existence of the Labour Or- ganisation guaranteed that the principles of labour embodied in the Treaty of Versailles. would not he lost sight of.

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He concluded by expressing his belief that the organisation would make a valuable contribution - wards harmonising the serene at-. titude towards life characterising the East with the strain and stress All went well until the const of the plaintiff for the sum of Hong questions on page 7.

Therefore judgment will be for

The following are answers to of the new age. (Applause)-

Reuter. Ceylon was drawing' near where the full force of the South-west kong $161,821,06, in the equivalent the monsoon was encountered with a Shanghai currency and in heavy swell and mountainous seas, alternative damages to be ascer- The dredger was built by L. K.tained for breach of contract. In Smith, of Rotterdam, and has an the event, on further argument, overall length of 100 ft., a breadth of being, satisfied that adequate The Dutch tug Humber, of 500 of 51 ft, and draught 6 ft. 6 in. damages cannot be ascertained I dried kernel or the coconut a specite of ars tong register, came into Singapore The bucket line is belt-driven from will make an order for specific per-ear Enfield. 10. That of Charles L. In White on Tuesday afternoon last week two engines on either side of theformance of the Contract. having in tow the 1,500 ton dred-deck, and the buckets each have a capacity of nine cubic feet, and ger for the Singkop Tin Mines. are capable of digging 65 feet.

With a crew of 18 the tug acti

TOWED FROM ROTTERDAM TO SINGAPORE..

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Some Innovations.

Second Judgment for Behar.

His Lordship also delivered judgment in the case in which the

crclopaedie work on the physical universo. 6. a ales in 1586. 7. The oldest rate at which the Bank of Engiarul discounts bills. B, The slug eaten by Chinese. 9, At Theobald's Park, all. 11, Ancestor-worship the national re

Cobham, ligion of Japan. 12, Elennar Duchess of Gloucester, In 1441, 13, Atorander the Creat 14. Metal work. 15. The fabled land of plonly.

LINDBERGH FETED.

VISITS DISTINGUISHED MEN,

Paria, May 25. Captain Lindbergh has been feted for four days uninterrupted- ly, and the enthusiasm for the young "Columbus of the air" shows no signs of dying down.

Marshal Foch received Lind-

Entertainments

QUEEN'S

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW at 2.30, 5.10, 7.15, 9.20, p.m

REGINALD DENNY

in

THE CHEERFUL FRAUD

WORLD

MADGE KENNEDY

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15, 9.15, pim.

CREIGHTON HALE

"OH BABY

TO-DAY

ONLY

STAR

of 9.15 p.m

TO-DAY

ONLY

WILBUR PLAYERS

in

THE DIVORCE QUESTION

-PICTURES 2.30 to 8.30. JACK HOLT

in

EMPTY - HANDS

BIG SALE

NOW ON

Bargains

in

Every Department Come Early.

YEE SANG FAT CO.

TWO CENTS DEBT.

ENDS IN STABBING CASE.

repaid the money but accompanied the ropayment with hard blows and hard worda. The complain- ant resented this treatment and a Two solid injection Diosal oil-second defendant (Mr. Jack Bement with regard to the difficulty

scule ensued, during which the out with the dredger from Rotter-driven engines each of 350 h.p. har) became the plaintiff in an of selling on settling day. Mr. bergh at his house this morning

Over a debt of two cents a Chin-defendant whipped out his pen- dam on February 9 and made a drive the pumps. It is believed action against the above plaintiff Hayins says that shares often and gave him his photograph, re- good passage woll into the that this is the first time oll-fuel (Mr. E. E. Ellla) in which he have to be sold at a sacrifice on marking amilingly, "It is not the

In sentencing the youth to re- friend but also stabbed him with Mediterranean where heavy cagines have been used for this (Mr. Bohar) claimed that the de- that day as no one is buying photograph of a pretty woman, but cae youth not only assaulted his knife and stabbed his friend.

calve ten strokes, his Worship weather was encountered some purpose in Malaya, the usual type fendant (Mr. Ellis, as represents- Therefore I consider that I must of a sincere friend.”

Lindbergh subsequently called a penknife.

The lad was charged before Mr.added, that defendant should set- 200 miles to the south-east of being conl-fueled or electrically tive of Ellis & Co.) refused to take accopt the statement of the plain- Malta.

driven. Another innovation In- delivery of certain shares after a tiff that he sold the shares for on Marshal Joffre, and General

Gourand, the military governor of R. E. Lindsell this morning with tle his disputes amicably and not corporated in the dredger is the purchase agreement had been the best price he could get. It was found that the dredger goncration of its own electricity signod. Judgment was given for

Consequently I find for the Paris, and later lunched with Massault. The complainant stated use a knife at all. If he started was leaking badly and had shipped for lighting purposes, etc.

The stackars are to be fitted on 4,590 and costs.

the plaintiff in the sum of Tls. plaintiff and give judgment for Briand at the Quay D'Orsay. He that the sum of two cents had been to use a knife at this age, he would

hall in due and owing to him for quite end on the gallows. He had not been able noarly 800 tons of water. The

him for the sum claimed as then drove to the town captain, thereford, returned to the dredger at King's Dock, Singa-

to get the money from the de- the course of his second damages, namely the difference by state, and there was given a pub- some time.

fendant. A few nights ago he The local weather forecast for Malta for repairs and it was close pore, whilst the washing tables

tween the purchase price and the le reception.-Reuter. : upon a weak before the voyage and minor parts will be added judgment, the Judge declared:

There is no substantial contra- ante price of the 1,000 Ziangba

The mall from London via Suez, saw defendant in Water Street and to-morrow, Issued by the Royal could be resumed.

diction of the statements of the Rubber Co. shares, the 2,000 Tanah

fresh, possibly increasing to a yesterday by Mantua, consisted of payment.

It happened however, that the gale; fine at first, overcast with Printed and Published for the Proprietor by FREDERICK plaintiff with regard to the efforta Merah Rubber shares and the 1,200 dated April, 28 and arriving here he ran across the road to demand Observatory, is: N.E. winds.

to sell at the best price obtain Ewo Cotton shares, set out in the 48 bage and 188 sacks of parcels. PERCY FRANKLIN, at 1 and 3, Wyndham Street, in the City fable. In fact the evidence of Mr. statement of claim and amounting Distribution commenced shortly defendant was in a bad mood. He rain Inter. Victoria, Hongkong,

Ella Hayin supports his state to Tls, 4,590, and costs.

after 1 p

when at Singkep.

In