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DEBIT BALANCE REDUCED.

PROGRESS. REPORTED BY CHINA UNDERWRITERS,

TO-DAY'S MEETING.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

MARINE COURT'S STATUS.

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of Merchants Shipping Ordinance of 1899 read together with Bub Section 3 of that Ordinance.

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THURSDAY,

MILD TONG WAR AT CHINESE GET BENEFIT

ABERDEEN,

NEW CONSERVANCY CONTRACT CAUSES TROUBLE.

A NIGHT INCIDENT.

Upon

OF DOUBT.

SEQUEL TO ELI COTTAGE

MURDER,

MAY 9. 1929.

COURT MARTIAL CLOSING.

CPL. HENDRY NOT GIVING EVIDENCE.

MAJOR'S AMENDMENT,

The absence of guilty knowledge

Designation of Court.

against four Chinese who were arrested on charges of receiving Dealing with the objections to Presiding at the fifth annual the summons, I find that just as

property which was stolen during The conservancy contract han general meeting of shareholders in "Harbour, Office" is and has for

a robbery at Eli Cottage, Old Chinn Underwriters, Ltd., to-day, many years (see Government Noti- loomed up as an important ques-Kowloon Tong, recently when the Mr H. C. Shewan gave some interfication 601 of 1900, Gazette of tion at Aberdeen village. esting figures showing that the de-July 13th, 1986) been being the the contract being given to a suc-truders, led to the acquittal of occupier was murdered by the in- bit balance had been reduced by name of the building which houses cessful bidder recently, the coolles nearly $10,000 during, the past the Harbour Master and the fur-

bour Department and contains his employed by the former contractor the defendants by Mr. T. S. Whyte and Mr. D. L. Strellett, for the .year,

A good profit was shown in the Court Room, so "Marine Magis-had been giving trouble and doing Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy Life Department, which was destrate's Office" has been used to all in their power to impede and this morning. cribed as progressing in the right designate this Court Room or direction, whilst the Accident De partment was reported to have innide a profit for the first time,

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Chairman's Speech, Addressing. the shareholders, the Chairman suid-Gentlemen, We have now the pleasure to lay be. fore you our report and the ne counts for the year ending 31st December, 1928, and as these have been in your hands for the re- quired period, I will with your con- aent lake them as read.

Court House and the Marine Max inconvenience the new workers. gistrate's Court,

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The case for the prosecution at the trial by District Court Martial of Corporal Charles Hendry, of the K.O.S.B., who is charged with to the P.R.I. amounting to over embezzlement of funds belonging $1,300, concluded this morning, accused, opened the defence.

Major Todd, the President of the Court, asked the accused if he

In reply to his Worship, Detec-wished to give evidence on oath, a statement not on oath. If the or whether he preferred to make former, then he could be cross- examined, but if the latter there could be no questions asked.

Out of this rivalry there had ed for the prosecution, said there tive Inspector Lane, who appear Further, I And the summons emerged something like n tong was no direct evidence of guilty signed by Commander Newill, wha is Deputy Harbour Master and war, in which a favourite device who is a Marine Magistrate, vide has been, the smashing of night- Section 8 of the Magistrate's Or-soil receptacles, dinance 1890, as amended by Or- dices No. 2 1920 and No. 23

trate.

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Mr. Strellett Informed the Presi- dent that the defence would rely before the Court.. on the evidence which was already

'No Evidence by Defence, Hendry if he wished to give Major Todd then asked Corporal| evidence himself? No, Sir.

knowledge against the defendants, His Worship said he thought there was a heavy onus on the Fresh trouble occurred in the pie actually knew that articles prosecution to show that the peo of 1927. The Harbour Master, small hours of this morning when which were found in their posses- the Deputy Harbour Manter, the amine coolie who was on his night sion were stolen property. Assistant Harbour Master shall rounds, was prevented from going did not think it was enough mere- each of them be a Marine Magis-into a house by two women. One ly to hold that the defemiants had of them clutched his throat in al

probably suspected the property As on the last occasion, we have

Further, I find, apart from the strangle-hold, while her

to be stolen. converted all silver Currency gapplicability of Section 22 of the anion also got hold of him. He gold currency figuren lo sterling I will refer Inter, that unless the disturbed in their rest, rushed out being in possession of some valu-Is the accused going to make a ures to Hongkong dollars and alf Magistrate's Ordinance, to which shouted for help, and irate tenants, If it were the ease of a coolie

able jewellery, said his Worship, statement?-He does not elect to. One of the women was arrested the onus would then be very easily

Mr. Strellett then explained, to by the police and was charged be-discharged. It might be asked the Court that first of all he would fore Mr. E. W. Hamilton this mor- how a man like that could have prefer to deal with points of law ning with assault. Opportunity such valuable jewellery unless and not with facts. His submis- was taken by his Worship to re- was stolen, but in the case of a ston mind them that "there is a nice blanket or a quilt, people like the charges against the accused had was that the firat soven prison behind that door, to which defendants might quite easily not been proved. you will be all sent if you give fur-have such, articles. 1:

to give succour.

at the parities. The gold and silver requirements of the sent indicated Agures have then been converted in the form No. I in the schedule for convenience of reference to to auch Ordinance extends to pro- Hongkong dollars at the rate rul-ceedings before a Marine Magis ing at 31st December, 1928, namely teate, a Benl is not ergential. 2/0d. As the rate differs alight- Further, I find that the words in ly from that at which the figures the charge to which objection' has were combined on 31st December, been taken are relevant particu- 1927, we have, for the sake of con- lars to the charge of the "obstruct tinuity, shown the figures broughting, impeding or molesting" un-ther trouble." forward at last year's rate and car- der Section 287 (2) of the Mer rip the difference to Exchange Ac- chuut Shipping Act, 1894, and count

were and are so regarded by me.

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We suggested last year bining the accounts of the Marihe Fire & Accident Departments, bul on consideration feel that the figures are more informative if we continue to follow the practice of Home Companies and publish them separately.

reassurance

off Establishment of Life Business Account. The Department is pro- greasing in the right direction and

Objections. Over-Ruled.

I over-rule the objection to the summons on the foregoing find- inga, if it is necessary to confine myself to such findings. do not think that I am so confined."

The Magistrate bound over both the woman and the complainant in a sum of $50 to keep the peace.

WILL BRITAIN BE

THE GOAT?

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Some such compromise is neces-

"Britain's Meagre Portion.

Paris, May 8.

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Inspector Lane said there was nothing further than the fact that only a short time expired between the robbery and the time when the property was found in the de- fendants' passession.

It looked very suspicious, "but he would have to have more than what the prosecution had already produced, said his Worship in discharging the four defendants.

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some of which places have already declared for' Kwangsi..

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Do you intend to call any wit- nesses in your defence?-No, Sir.

No witnesses at all?-No, Sir. Major Todd (To Mr. Strellott):|

Question of Tact..

The Judge Advocate:-But that is a question of fact. Unless you are going to any there is no évid- ence. You will have to say that the position is such that they can- not possibly be true; and there has been evidence on that,

When the Court Martial resum- ed the hearing this morning Ma- for Ogilvie again occupied

the witness box for the third day, and Mr. Wadeson, counsel for the pro- secution, stated that, he had con- cluded his re-examination of wit-

ness,

The Judge Advocate then read over the depositions of Major Ogilvie, the evidence, as taken down by the Judge Advocate, në- morning session of the Court. cupying the major portion of the

Alterations?

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I hold under Section 41, 2A, ví In the Life Department, the the Merchants Shipping Ordinance premiums received during the yen; 1899 the procedure established by after deducting

the Magistrate's Ordinance 1898 amounted to $426.161, an increase applied to this case, and that augary to save the Conference-R THE KWANGSI COUP. of $17,208 over the figures for 1927, der Section 22 of that Ordinancefter und British Wireless.

Expenses show an increase of the objections cannot be taken or $51,413, but the bulk of this in allowed. Furtherature, I find that ereuse represents expenses incur the defendant having duly ap rest in extending the scope of our peared to answer this charge, the operations and will either be non-summons itself is irrelevant. The newspapers concede to recurrent or will be represented by Dealing with objection (2), Britain reason for dissatisfaction an increase in business.

find that the words "the Magls-over Mr. Young's reparations Another report says that Gen- Confidence in Future,

trate" in Section 4), (2)-(2) of plan, which according to the erni Hsu King-long's troops at over the evidence of Major Ogil- the Merchant Shipping Ordinance Echo de Paris, allots Britain a Sheklung have declared their in-vie, asked him whether After bearing this increased ex-of 18999 include Marine Magistrate thousand million marks, whereas dependence and that they have paragraphs were what he intended penditure, the income in the De-vide Section 2 F. of that Ordinance she asked for 3,800 millions; but, seized railway coaches and locomo-La convey during the course of partment has exceeded the outgo and That the case was properly the Echo de Paris asks why ale tives there.

his evidence, and Mr. Strellett by $16,278 which has been written taken by me.

had not previously joined the} French delegate in administer triet remains somewhat obscure at

The position in this eastern dis-questioned any alterations in the

original depositions, Recognised Court.

ing a lesson to the debtor" by the monieut, but it is stated that

The Judge Advocate replied Dealing with objection (3), sending Dr. Schacht buck on April General Chan Chai-tong, the com- that the original statements made We have confidence in its future.nd that Section 19 of Merchant 19 to the Dawes scheme.

The net premiums in the Marine Shipping

as they mander in Canton, has ordered all by Major Ogilvie stood Department amounted to $169,890 relates to Maring Courts of Survey · The Petit Parisien points outing about 2,000, to leave for to retract or after any statement a the Whampon College Cadets, num- were, but if Major Ogilvie wished compared with $120,271 in 1927, and Inquiry and has no bearing on that Britain's share of repara-Sheklung and the East River aren. request to that effect would be en- The claims experience, which must the Marine Magistrate's Court ortions, under the new scheme is These Cadets are keen supporters of tered at the foot of the depositions necessarily be fuctuating in the Marine Magistrate.

so reduced that practically noth- small account, has heen unfavour- Parthermore, I find that this ink is left for back debt payments the Canton Government, and it is by the Judge Advocate. In other able compared with last year, Court is the recpraised open Court to the United States

or for the expected that, they will offer stern words the Judge Advocate would After putting up reserves

resistance to General Hau's troops, append a footnote stating that the of House at which Marine Magis-Dominions,-Reuter.

BUT witness requests an alteration in $100,814 for unexpired risks, the trates have been and are accua-

All telegraphic communication the evidence given by the witness. Account shows a debit to Proft toned to sit. to hear and determine

Some Statistics.

with Sheklung has been interrupt-

Footnotes Appended. and Loss of $7,516.

ed since yesterday, and it is there- summary information, and com-

Berlin, May 8. The net premiums received from plaints within their jursidiction

difficult to procure news of deve-vocate appended a footnote in re- Following on this the Judge Ail- The latest figures of, the Agent Jopments there. the Fire Department amounted to and that this Court is the proper General for Reparations show. $79,468 against $81,819 in 1927. Court of the Marine Magistrate and that the British Empire received) Claims at $37,500 compare with the proceedings objected to were 44,000,000 marks last month, and bulk of the latter payment repre- witness box Major, Ogilvic stated $44,568 st year. After setting properly held therein.

329,000,000 in the up reserves of $31,787 for un-

past eight sented deliveries in kind. The application for rehearing is months.

that in this connexion" the money expired risks, the sum of $914 was not allowed.

Germany's payments totalled was always paid to the clerk (ac- enrried to the credit of Profit and

France received 100,000,000 and 200,000,000 and 1.413,000,000, re-cused)". and Major Ogilvie wished Loss. From its commencement

742,000,000 respectively. The spectively-Reuter.

that to be amended to "nearly al- this Department has shown a amall

ways paid to the clerk." profit and has borne a share of

The case for the defence is pro- The executive, expenses,

ceeding.

Satisfactory Progress,

The net premiums received in the Accident Department amount- ed to $24,979 against $13,146 in

1927. After putting up reserves

Ordine of 1899

NO AMALGAMATION.

THE ALLENDY RUBBER SCHEME ABANDONED,

Singapore, Muy 8.

The Allenby Rubber amalgama-

10 150,000

of $10,991 for unexpired risks, the tion scheme has been, abandoned," account shows a credit to Profit owing to the probable opposition and Loss $212. This is the of shareholders with a holding Arst time the Department has shown a profit, and in view of the fact that the premium income has practically doubled for the third

amounting Reuter.

votes.

I was reported on March 7 that the directats of the Allenby,

year in succession, the Depart Balgownie, Connemara and Kund- ment may be said to be making ong Rubber Companies had sub- "satisfactory progress.

mitted to shareholders proposals amalgamation, which

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· After transferring the mount for .referred to above to the Marine would form

Reserves, the debit to Profit and Losa is reduced by $9,780 from $47,213 to $37,463.

on of the biggest combines in Malayn, to be known as Connemara United, Limited.. The combined area of the four companies' er tales is 8,500 acres. Į

In conclusion I should like to place on record our appreciation of the loyal co-operation of the

Musurs. Lowe, Mingham & Mai- branch managers, secretaries, agents and staff in dur various Seth & Fleming were re-appointed thewa and Messrs Percy Smith, I have now the pleasure to pro-auditors, at a remuneration of $750 pose the adoption of the report each, on the motion of Mr. L. S. and accounts of the Conipany fer. Greenhill, second by Mr. Wong 01- the year ending 31st December,

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Those present at the meeting, in 1928; as presented, and when that addition to the Chairman, has been seconded I shall be Messra, Allan Cameron, Ll Tac- pleased to answer any questions that shareholders may wish to ask, fong, Taang Foo, Mok Ching-kong. Seconded by Mr. H. Figuereido, C.P. Marcel, C.A, da Roza, A.A.it.

Other Business,

Botelho, (Directors), I.R. Sturt,

the Report and Accounts was pas F...A. (Manages and Secretary), ed unanimously.

E.R. Childs A.I.A. (Assistant Sec- retary), and Allan Kirk, G.W. Shewan, A.L. Shields, 1.5, Green- Messrs. C.A. da Roza, Mók Ching-| bill, L.C.F. Bellamy, J.F. Wright, kong and A.A.R. Botelho were re- Wong Ol-kut, II. Figuereldo, M.A. elected Directors, on the motion of Figuereldo, F.J. Tavares, J. Top- Mr. L.C.F. Bellamy, seconded by pin, A.A. Botelho and A.II. Ium- Mr. J.F. Wright.

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