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MORE SEDITION.

COMMUNISTS ON TRIAL IN

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Documents produced in the Third Police Court at Singapore, Fin another. case of possession of seditious literature proved that the Polica have disclosed an attempt to establish in Singapore a branch of the Communist Party of China, One of these documents spoke of the formation of a committee and mentioned the name Cheong Yok Kal as the representative whe was to be sent. Cheong Yok Kai, it was stated by Mr, Prithvi Chand of the Criminal Inyostigation Depart- ment, was the Chinese who was how charged with shooting at Dr. Lim Boon Keng and who had con- fessed to an attempt to assassinate Dr. C. C. Wu.

THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1928.

MORTGAGE APPEAL

ENDS.

FINAL SUBMISSIONS FOR THE APPELLANTS.

The business before the Full Court of Appeal in Hongkong was concluded yesterday when, after a hearing covering a period of four and a half days, the mortgage case was brought to a conclusion and judgment was reserved. The judges were the Chief Justice, Sir Henry Gollan (President). Sir Peter Grain, Judge of the Supreind Court of China; and the Pulsne Judge, Mr Justice Wood...

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The latter is chief wireless operator on the liner Berengaria, at present in mid-atlantic, Miss Dorn Seeley was conveyed to the Baird television headquarters, and MINERA participated in the first expert- ment in televisión between a ship and the shore,"

The vision at times was very clear. The wireless operator was delighted to see on the screen his fiance, whose profile and method of hairdressing were easily recognis able. Reuter..

The mortgage case was one in which Loo Kwong-lam and Loo Kwong-hin, By Cafne Roud, formerly minors but now of age, appealed against a judgment do- The accused was a Hylam em-livered in the court below by Mr. plored by Mr. Samy, the lawyer, Justice Wood or the setting aside In the capacity of a cook, and the of a mortgage. The respondents various documents in respect of were L! Koon-chun and Wo Fat- which he is changed, were discover- Kan Tongipe Chief Manager of only Interest they had left in shing, 81, Wing Lok Street, and

the Bank of East Asia in Hong-hin, so far as the judgment was

ed in his room.

Opening the case Mr. N. H. P.kong. Whitley said that the accused was When arrested on February 22. the Inspector entered ble room he was seen hiding one of the alleged seditious publications.

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concerned, was that he was ac cepted by the judge as being a witness who proved that the deed of release was interpreted and that over half an hour was taken in the interpretation.

Dishonest Interpreter. Dealing with the motive of Sung, an Interprater, to see that the transaction went through Mr. Giving evidence, Mr. Prithvi Potter continued that once it was Chand of the CJ.D. produced the declared that the plaintiffs were

Leung did not affect the plaintifT. various documenta. The book infants not a penny of their money Hin and therefore there was no which the accused attempted to would pass Into Sung's hands. It question of a new trial, but in conceal was a copy of the Labour would go direct to the hands of ense their Lordships should find Vanguard. There were passages the trustees and would be invested that Leung did not so disappear in it dealing with the celebration by them until the boys came

of he would revert back to his old of the anniversary of Lenin, age, and Sung would never have position. Another document found referred to the formation of a South Seas been able to pay himself $52,000

Interview With Judge. provisione? czwmianian of ales com as he had done, as that sum would

Continuing Mr. Potter have been invested by the trusteos munist Party of China, This

interview be- document mentioned the name of on behalf of the infants. Sung ferred to the

Mr. D. H. Blake and Dr. C.. C. Wu's would-be assailant. would never have had a farthing tween

passing through his hands and Mr. Justice Wood in chambers The D.P.P. remarked that this would have had no way of ob- before the judgment was deliver- particular "comrade" appeared to Laining two sums of $8,000 from ed. Mr. Potter said it was true have got busy very soon after his the plaintiffs.

that Mr. Jenkin had told him (Mr. arrival in Singapore.

Potter) in the most casual way) that the interview had taken place, He was told that two days before

re:

time and thought it was confiden- tinl, so much so, that he did not tell Mr. Sheldon, his junior counsel or Mr. Brutton. "I thought it was one of those little confidences that sometimes pass across the bar counter."..

Again, if Sung was as pure as Another document produced Mr. Jenkin would have them be- dealt entirely with the organisa-lieve, and if he was only working tion of a committee for propaganda for a fair remuneration for him- he departed from the Colony on work and a women's committee, self, then, why did he bring Leung leave. Rightly er wrongly hol Yet another paper dealt with the Wing-choung into the matter to gave it no further thought at the organisation. of some Tang. Mr. get another five per cent. Sung Chand was of the opinion that this told the boys that, Leung would Tang was the same party referred assist them in getting their share, to In the other documents. A pas. but of course he must get his five sage from this paper spoke of per cent. It was difficult to be "putting the reins of Government lieve that the plaintiffs' interest into the hand of the labourers."-

was the only interest that Sung "How to carry out a revolution-had in his mind, and he (Mr When he did think of it after- ary movement in the South Seas! Potter) did not think that the wards, Mr. Potter continued, he was the title of another booklet. court could put Sung in that posi-came to the conclusion, rightly or Mr. Whitley described this publication. tion as an incitement to over- throw British imperialism.

The accused was committed for trial before the next Assizes.

RIVAL WORKERS.

OPPOSED TO CANTON'S

UNEMPLOYED.

wrongly, that there was nothing "I think he was a man who was he could do in any event. Judg- out to receive a very liberal re-ment was reserved and the Judge ple got nothing more than they Blake after he had reserved judgi ward indeed, to see that these peo- had claimed the right to see Mr.

were entitled to under this settlement. It might have been practi- ment, and allowed: his friend to cal cheek on his (Mr. Potter's) have another five per cent." part to try to ascertain whether that was 90 or not. The judge might have said "What has it got

Age Representation.

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Reverting to the "chest tapping" to do with you? I am doing what

I am entitled to do."

incident, when. Lam was stated by Leung Wing-cheung to have tap-j The only thing was that if the. ped his chest in a solicitor's office interview was, a mistake in law Recently a labour dispute has and declared he was of age, Mr. it had to be dealt with by the arisen between labourers of Hong-Potter said there was no evidence Court of Appeal as it was the only kong and those of Canton, says that the alleged representation court that could deal with it. Chinese press report. Following was ever communicated to the de- There was no uncertainty really. the Red coup in Canton in Decem-fendants at all. In fact the evid-They had only to read Mr. Blake's ber, business in Canton was hardence showed the reverse. All the statement as to whether the in- hit, and subsequently many of the parties were present on that occa-cident had any effect on the jud- workers, were thrown out of em- sion but Leang was the only wit-ge's mind or not, but if there was! ployment, especially employees of news who deposed to it. Neither any uncertainty then there was the teahouses, native banks, tailor of the defendants spoke about it. the very simple way out of asking shops, and labourgra who worked Mr. Patter submitted that there the judge. He would tell them at in the markets in Canton.

was literally no evidence of it and once but they would not communi- Many of these unemployed are that Leung could be wiped out cate the answer to him (Mr. known to have arrived in Hongkong of the picture."

Potter). So that, if there was any uncertainty, they had a way of getting an answer.

of

while he quite appreciated the mo- judge to do what he did do. it tive which might have induced the

to seek work, and this has caused Continuing on the point of re- much discontent among local labour-presentation of age, Mr. Potter ers, A few days ago, local labour said the only allegation against Mr. Potter's submission was Unions made appeals to "eir em-am was that Sung said in his ployers demanding that if there be (Lam's) hearing that he was Any vacancies in any of the Chinese are. Mr. Potter submitted that shops and firms in Hongkong, the they could not find that that was might have deprived him (Mr.) owners should see to it that they an "express representation." employ Hongkong workers first. Some of the Unions, as in the case

of the Teahouse Employees' As30-

New Trials.

Potter) of the most substantial argument. He ought not to be deprived of that right and if the ciation, have sent representatives new trial Mr. Potter went on

Dealing with the motion, for a trial judge gave up that criticism. to after interviewing Mr.. Blako, it, and!

to Cantou to prevent any more of any if the court considered, that was an event in the case the unemployed from coming down Leung Wing-cheung had here.

The same report adds that at Canton at present there are tena of thousand of workers who are idle.

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