1928-10-06 — Page 2

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SALESMAN SAM

THO DAYS AGO BONBON FOLLOWED A 'HAY-LOADED TRAIN OUT OF "TOWN, WHILE SAM SLEPT SOUNDLY IN HIS "WAGON'S FORTUNATELY SAM WAKES UP TO DITY= WHAT? YOU'VE |NEVER HEARD DEA GUY SLEEPING FOR [TWO DAYS? SURIE | YA HAVE! WE.

JUST TOLDYA ABOUT SAM DOING

IT!

SATURDAY,“ OCTOBER 6, 1928.

TREASURY FRAUD TRIAL

IT PAYS....

to take care of one's appearance and health. Pinkettes help you to do both by ensuring daily

COLONIAL TREASURER GIVES intestinal regularity, by keeping

EVIDENCE.

the liver active, the skin clear, the eyes bright, and by banishing In the trial of Carvalho Yeo nt aick hondache, conted: Longue, the Central. Magistracy yesterday bllious attacks, smelling breath. the signatures on the cheques In

the alleged fraud on the Treasury,They also relieve Ples. Your ware denounced by the Colonial chemist sells Pinkettes. Treasurer, The Hon. Mr. C. McI. Messer, as forged. Mr. Messer said that he did not sign the cho ques in question and pointed out! detailed differences between his afgnature and the signatures-ap- pearing on the cheques.

Giving evidence in the after- noon, the Hon. Mr. C. Mcl. Messer stated that he had held the appointsaent of Colonial Treasurer since December 1918.

Given the stabs of two cheque books, Mr. Massor stated that, they each had thirty cheques short of

PINKETTES

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13 the sub-

the usual six hundred. The first head of the department concerned, occasion on which he learned that and accompanied by a detailed ac- the book had anything short was count numbered

voucher?-Yea. on-January 18.

When you are about to sign a Mr. Hazlerigg: Do you recollect towards the close of last year whe- cheque do you compare the name ther you had any conversation of the payee and the amount for with Mr. Tsang On-wing, the which the choque is drawn with Treasury cash-book clerk, on the the corresponding number appear subject of requirements in the way ing. on the voucher?-On the out-

side voucher, not the inside. of cheques?.

That is the cortifled pay list 7- Yes.

Me, Messori About ten daya before the end of the year, a book

Do you ever sign any cheques of 200 cheques was ordered, and Instead of that he received 400. without satisfying yourself that He told me of that and also said the vouchers are in order?-No.

that he was alxy cheques short.

I took it, that he only wanted sixty

more.

That did not occur to you all?-It did not.

at

the

Special Scrutiny.

In answer to further questions,

Did you gather from that con- witness explained that at the end. versation that there were any of the year there were two factors cheques missing from any of the which would influence him in his examination of vouchers and books?--No. · ·

cheques. He had to see that there was enough mories in the Bank to meet the amount and therefore he had to keep a lookout for cheques for large amounts. The other factor which would cause him to scrutinise more closely was to дес that hoads of departments did not present such bills for pay- ment as were not due until the following year, with a view to using up their votes.

The three cheques on which defendant is charged were then handed up to Mr. Messer.

Mr. Hazlerigg: These cheques purport to bear your signature?- Yes.

Did Not Sign. Them. Did you alan any one of thege three cheques?-None of them.

Have you ever, in your meallec- tlon, signed any cheque drawn in favour of the firms named as payees of these cheques?-None of these three firms.

These cheques purport to be dated 30th December, 1927-Yes. Did the Government at that time owe to these three firms, or any of them, the sum for which the che ques were drawn?-No.

Has the Government to your knowledge ever owed money to auch firms?-No:

Did you, at or towards the end of 1927, or at any ather time, sign a cheque in favour of San Cheong & Co. for $73,786,547—No.

You are, I believe, Chairman of the Government's Tender Board?

Yea.

.

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Signatures Different. Speaking of the differences be tween his signature and those purporting to be his on the threa choques concerned in the case, Mr. Messer said that there appeared to be differences bath as regards the horizontal and vertical positions. Horizontally the signature was more to the left than he would affix it. Vertically, the line be neath the signature was not in the same position. The three signatures concerned were much neater than his ordinary signature, also the m'g" in the signatures said to be forged were more angular at the bottom than in the case of the genuine signature.

Mr. Messer next explained that he had two signatures, one where in there was a split between the

Do you see all tenders?-They "M" and the small "c" in "Mc."

all come to me.. I know the ac-ind another wherein there was no cepted tenders.

break. In the latter case the "c" In his cheque Are the names of the payees, looked like an "e." mentioned in these three cheques, signatures there was a break and or the firm San Cheong & Com the "c" started with a downstroke. pany, known to you as Government In the allegedly forged signatures contractora?—No.

there was a break, but the "c" re-" sembled the same letter of the signature that did not break, in other words, it looked like an "e." The capital "C" comprising the) first letter of the true signature

On Black List,

Are the names known to you at all?Katz and Company, yes, for:

a reason.

With what do you associate the name of Katz and Company7- During the War a firm named Katz & Company was on the Black List for trading with the enemy and their ships were being watch- ed.

How many Government con- tractors are there who would be likely to receive at any time any sum of $75,000 and upward?-I should say not more than four.

When cheques on the General Account are presented to you for signature, does any document ac- company them?--Vouchers.

By that I understand you to mean a pay, list, certified by the

(JUMPINAN JIMMINY! WHERE?II} (WELL, CAN YA BEAT IT?

KECK AM I? WHY OUT IN THE

| COUNTRY, AS SURE AS, I'M

ALIVE-AN BONBON'S STEAL IN HAY FROM SOME TRAIN!

KEEP

OFF

ACCORDIN' TO MY WATCH ITS WEDNESDAY, AN' I FELLASLEEP. ON MONDAY - GOSH, BUT I'LL BET GUZZILL RAISE ·

CAIN!.

FAL

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