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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

IMPORTANT POINT RAISED.

DEERS' TAILS AS MEDICINE!

OPIUM SMUGGLING TACTICS.

BANKING PRACTICE AFFECTED STORY OF SYSTEMATIC FRAUD CHILDREN BEING EMPLOYED

BY PROSECUTION.

LAWYER'S "PROTEST.

BY COOLIE.

SIX-MONTH SENTENCE.

AS CARRIERS.

SEARCH UNLIKELY,

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1929.

PROBLEM.

BROKEN PROMISE

RULED NOT TO BE FALSE PRETENCES.

SAVAGE ATTACK

ON BRITON,

DETAILS OF THE RECENT PEKING OUTRAGE.

DANGER OTHERWISE. MR. HALE'S INJURIES.

How a coolle succeeded in A thirteen-year-old. Chinese ap- That a promise which was not An interesting point concerning

obtaining money and medleine, peared before Mr. T S. Whyte fulfilled did not constitute false ownership in a trade marks case, where the goods in question come and disposed of the latter by Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy pretences was pointed out by Mr. of false pretences was this morning on a charge of being T. S. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Into the possession of a third party means in the ordinary course of banking related to Mr. A. W. G. H. in possession of 7.5 taels of raw Maistracy this morning when Sub- insinse conducted on the security Grantham at the Central Magis opium in Pel Ho Street, Shamshui- Inspector James charged a Chinese Zunished by the goods and attracy this morning, when Chul po. The defendant pleaded guilty on two counts of obtaining money with and said that the drug was given by falsely protending to recover way charged tendant bill of lading, was argued. Ping-loung

unsiderable length at the obtaining $15.10 and $3.15 from to him to carry by a man who had two children who had been kidnap,

pay him for the ped. Central Magistracy this mornirng, the Wing Tak haberdashery shop, promised to

His Worship remarked that a before Mr. A. W. G. H. Grantham. of 198, Hollywood Road, and the trouble,

When asked what made the con breach of contract, did not amount The Ho Hong Bank, of No. 13, Hop Fung haberdashery shop, of Queen's Road Central, was sum-205, Hollywood Road, by means of stable suspicious, Sub-Inspector to false pretences, and said that moned for having in their posses false pretences on various dates Houre replied that the police had if charges of obtaining money by 3rd and information that children were be-falso, pretences were going to be sion for sale, or for the purposes between September of trade, 150 cases containing September 24th. Accused

was ing engaged to carry opium, as brought against people who made indigo dyes bearing the "Flying further charged with obtaining, there was less chance of them be-promises which they could not ful- Eagle trade mark belonging to between October 15th and October in searched. The defendant toll, it would be dangerous. the 1. G. Farben Industriel Actien 17th, a quantity of deer-tall the police that he was unemployed Gesellschaft, such trade mark, it medicine valued at $131.26 from with no fixed abode, but the police is alleged, so closely resembling Leung Kwan-po, master of the did not believe him as he was too the trade mark owned by the com- Ming Tai tea firm, of 98, Con-respectably dressed and too well plainants as to be calculated to naught Road West, by represent-cared for to be a street sleeper.

His Worship imposed a fine of deceive.

ing himself to have been sent by Mr. H. J. Armstrong, of Messrs.

$225, or ten strokes of the cane in default. Deacons, appeared for the com- 4. Connaught Road West, to A Chinese arrested in Ta Tit plainants, who are represented by collect the said medicine. their agents, the Deutsche Farben Sub-Inspector M. Flattery pro- Handelgesellschaft Watbel & Co. secuted and stated that until The defendants were defended by September 24th, the Mr. M. K. Lo, of Messrs. Lo & Lo had been employed for four years

Revolutionary Change.

at the Dor Po joss-stick

£ coolie. The case as put forward by Mr. shop, as

On that he absconded and the Lo, on behalf of his clients, was date that the defendants came Into following day the accountant of possession of the goods in the the firm, named Li Chung, became several of well-known and suspicious and visited established banking practice. cutomers, to discover that the His submission was that the sum defendant had collected, eighteen wholly misconceived, small ameants, totalling $71.52, and that if it were to succeed it and had given receipts for them. would

revolutionary effect, a

That had been going on since change in the banking practice of March last, but no report

made to the polles and no warrant the Colony,

was issued. On the 15th and 17th of October, defendant went to the shop of a friend of his

Course

mons whe

these

cases in

the master of the Dor Po Shop, of

defendant

was

Sub-Inspector Jamérald that the defendant made a definite promise in the first case that he was in touch with all the kidnappers of the New Territories and could recover a child who had been kidnapped. The parties went to the Railway Station with the intention of taking the train, but the defendant de Street, Kowloon City, with 76 camped after the train fare had three His Worship intimated that he ace of prepared oplum in his pos-been handed to him. Bession was fired $60 or weeks while a man found in pos

thought a charge of larceny by session of five mace of raw opium trick would cover the case, and on in Tai Kok Tsun Kowloon City was Sub-Inspector James mentioning that he would require a remand, fined $15 or 15 days' hard labour.

At the Central Magistracy, be his Worship, suggested that the fore Mr. E. W. Hamilton, this prosecutor take legal advice about morning, three Chinese women framing, the charges. were charged

The case was adjourned till next on remand with having in their possession 61 taels Wednesday for hearing on the of elicit opium. The first defen-afternoon of November 14. dant was also charged with dealing in "raw opium, but the summons against the third woman was with-

drawn.

Mr. B. C. K. Hawkins prosecute i and said that when the third. floor of 61, Queen's Road Central was raided, one of the prisoners was found with two taels in her possession, another with letters, whilst 59 tuels were discovered underneath the skylight.

Revenue Officer Grimmett gave corroborative evidence, and Mr. A. Hall, who defended, questioned the admissability of the letters.

The case was adjourned until 10.30 am. on Friday.

EXCHANGE RATES.

As his Worship knew, all over the world it was the established practice of bankers to deal in negotiable instruments, that was former master named Leung kwan. to say, they bought these instru- po, to obtain deer-tail medicine ments. In the present case, a firm valued at $131.26. Each of those well-known to the Shanghai | two visits was preceeded by a branch of the Ho Hong Bank hud telephone call purporting to come mortgaged 150 cases of indigo from defendant's former master. with the latter; and, the arrange-) The tricks were discovered on ments being to deal with October 21st and later that day Hongkong. Li Chung, accountant of the tea 100 cases were .sent downshop mentioned, was walking in here, the bill of lading being at the Des Voeux Road Central, near the same time sunt to the Ho Hong Empres Hotel, when he saw the Bank

security. To say defendant and caused his arrest here as that the Merchandise Ordince, to be made by a District watchman. under which the present summons After the arrest, the accused took was brought, applied to a case like the police to The Yin Lung Hong that, observed Mr. Lo, was so novel medicine shop at 126, Jervois Paris and exceptional that he thought his Street and to the Pack On Tong New York Worship would like to give a judi- medicine shop at 76, Bonham Brussels

Geneva cial ruling for the sake of the bank-Strand West, to whom he had solde

the medicine. These firms ad Amsterdami ing practice of the Colony.

Milan mitted purchasing the goods and Berlin said they had no reason to suspect, Stockholm the defendant. The first shop Copenhagen paid him $25.20. for two pieces Oslo of the tail and the second

firm Vienna 28.45 for a similar quantity.

Defendant pleaded guilty in Court and was sentenced to six Madrid Lisbon Athens Bucharest Bio Buenos Aires Shanghai Hong Kong

Might as Well Close,

If his Worship were to hold that the Bank was liable to be prosecut ed under that Ordinance, he (Mr. Lo) thought many banks might as "well to close up shop, as a great deal of their usefulness would be jeopardised in this a matter of in- ternational practice.

ME Armstrong replied that it was ridiculous to suggest that all these other Banks should hold goods of

months! hard. labour

on

charge, to run consecutively.

each

4

questionable character He held COMMAND OF ARMY

that, under the Ordinance, the onus

was on the Ho Hong Bank to prove

that they had taken all reasonable

precautions. The goods were. de-

IN INDIA.

posited in the Kowloon Godowns in, SIR PHILIP CHETWODE GIVEN Bank, therefore.

the name of the Ho Hong

they could

not possibly any that the goods were not in their possession.

APPOINTMENT:

London, Oct. 22.

...123.86 4.87 26/32

ALLEGED KOWLOON

ASSAULT.

MAGISTRATE FIXES DATE

FOR HEARING,

Mention was made bafore Mr. T. 3. Whyte Smith, at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, of an assault alleged to have taken place in Cameron Road where three girls were stated to have attacked a fourth.

Elizabeth Mendonca, residing at No. 16,, Sha Po Road; Kowloon City, appeared as the complainant against Edwarda Kinolo and Bella Kinolo, of No. 19, Pilker Street, and Carlotta Young, of No. 21, Pilkem Street.

Mr. J. M. Remedios was in-

31.985 tracted to prosecute, while Mr. 25.18 F. C. E. Rendall has been engaged 12.10% by the defendants.

03.125

The case was fixed for hearing 20.405 on November 13. .:18155

18.205

18.205

3-1,695

Prague .. Helsingfors

.16.1%

Yokohama Silver (spot) Silver (forward)

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294

WEATHER REPORT. "'''''

The Royal Observatory reports 33.825 that the anticyclone is now 108.25 central over South Manchuria.

8.17

Northern papers to hand give details of the affair in which Mr. B. C. Hule, resident agent of Mesars. Thos. Cook and Son in Paking, and formerly on the Hong- kong staff of the Company, was the victim of a savage attack by a mob of ricksha coolies. During the affair, Mr. Hale was badly kicked and mauled, hurled down the steps of the east entrance to the Peking Hotel and might have fared, even worse had not Mr. Roustan, mana- Ker of the hotel, rushed to his rescue.

Guide Starts Trouble.

The affair had its beginning in the alleged defalcation of a tourist guide who was given, $20 as nd- expenses in conducting a vance small party of Americans about the city and district. The money was to pay for transportation by motor car and ricksha and as entrance charges to various places of interest.

to give an accounting for the In the evening the guide falled money and Mr. Hale told him he was suspended pending an investi- gation. Meanwhile, he called the man's father, also a guide, to con- tinue charge of the tourists.

Payment Demanded.

Three days later, when the elder guide arrived at the Peking Hotel, where Messrs. Cook and Co. have their offices, Mr. Hale directed him to take charge of two American tourists. The visitors were con- ducted down to the rickshas by the guide but the pullers declared they had not been paid the previous day and demanded- a settlemont.

The guide went back the Cook offices and reported the situation to Mr. Hale who thereupon "went down the steps to try and straighten out the difficulty. In: order to get the tourists on their way preparatory to settling the controversy, he told them to get into other rickshas close by, which. they did, together with the guide.

Attack Commences, Thereupon the other ricksha

coolies, allegedly directed by the No. 1 of that stand, laid hold of the new rickshaa and refused to permit passage.

Mr. Hale took one of the pro-

testing coolics to his office, and there explained that the matter of payment lay between the two guides inasmuch as the Company already had settled the claims the previous day.

While this argument was in pro- gress a crowd of twenty or thirty ricksha boys, appeared in the office of the Company and started to make a scene. Mr. Hale came from behind the counter and hurd- The typhoon remains to the easted them towards the, door.. He of Luzon and appears to be moving 146 slowly riorthward. Fresh mon 1/5 27/32 soon will prevail along the south- 2/24 east coast of China and over the 1/8% Nerth China Sea. The forecast 1/11 17/32 till noon to-morrow jaN.E. ..22 16/16 winds, fresh; cloudy.

.23 1/16: -British Wirelexa.

The Bishop of Victoria has left for a Confirmation tour in the Pakhol and Yunnan districts and Sentence of twelve strokes of expects to be absent until Novem the came was imposed by Mr. T. S.ber 21st. During his absence the

It was for his Worship to make an SUCCEEDS NEXT YEAR. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Very Rev. the Dean will act as

order if he was satisfied that it was an infringement of trade marks rights. The complainants would then take any further action they thought fit with the owners in Shanghai,

Mr. Lo replied that his Worship had not had the right parties be fore him under the Merchandise Or- dinance to make such an order.

Could Be Confiscated. Mr. Armstrong, quoting the Ordi. nance, said it was held that if the owners could not be found, the ggoda could be confiscated. Beyond the question of the goods being found in the circumstances describ ed, he was not concerned with the Ho Hong Bank at all.

Mr. Lo:-And I'am not concern ed with my friend's application against anybody in the, world ex- cept against the Ho Hong Bank.

The summons was provisionally adjourned until Monday afternoon

|

London, Oct. 22. The King has approved the appointment of General Sir Philip Chetwode to be Commander-in- Chief in India in succession to Field-Marshal Sir William Bird- wood.

With His Majesty's approval, the Secretary for India has invited Sir William Birdwood who will complete five years' tenure of the appointment on August 6th, 1930. to serve for a further period of three months from that date. British Wirelesă,

General Sir Philip Chetwode has been Chief of the General Staf in India since 1928, immediately prior to which he was G. O. C. Aldershot Command.

During the early days of the war he commanded the 5th Cavalry Brigade, being wounded in 1915. and Inter returning to the front as commander of the 2nd Cavalry Division. He

promoted Major-General for distinguished service.

Was

Further cases of one of the favourite pastimes of Chinese

He was given command of an youths, namely, riding, furiously. about the streets on bicycles with- Army Corps in 1917 when sent to out lights, were brought before Mr. Palestine to assist Allenby in the E.W. Hamilton at the Central campaign against the Turks, for Magistracy this morning, when his services in which he was men- Traffic-Sergeant Baker prosecuted tioned in despatches on eleven four Chinese lads. He stated that ecensions.

Field-Marshal Sir William Bird- there were about a dozen cyclists racing about Queen's Road East at wood was in supreme command of

a high speed, but the police had only the Anzacs in France during the

been successful in catching four of war..

them. He emphasised the danger caused to pedestrians by these youths, and the Magistrate fined each $10 or eight strokes.

of 25

Arrested in possession cattles of wild green trees rea sonably suspected of having been' It is understood that Mr. B. cut from the Government planta- Dormer who has bean in Hoanital tions, a Chinese, on conviction, suffering from an attack of was fined $25 or three weeks', hard typhoid, will be leaving for Home labour by Mt. T. 6. Whyte Smith next month by the P. & O. Mace- Int the Kowloon Magistracy this donia.

morning.

Magistracy this morning on his Commissary for English work Chinese boy, who was charged and the Venerable Archdeacon with picking the pocket of a man Mok as Commissary for Chinese in the Hunghom Market.

work.

JDNJA SERVICE DJE

New

"It don't hurt the big merchants-It's a little fellera,

that suffer."

the outer followed them to entrance, deserted by this time by the k'aimendi, and there the ricksha boys fell on the foreigner, severely beat him, threw him down the steps and were dragging him towards the short eut to Morrison Street, Mr. Hale the while putting up a stout resistance, when, Mr. Roustan came along and assisted at rescue work.

The attack is all the more un- explainable because Mr. Hale is of a very kindly and friendly, dia- position and is not at all regarded as likely to give affront to anyone. due course and took the No. 1 Police arrived on the scene in

ricksha coolie into, custody. for examination by Mr. Han, super- Intendent of Morrison Street police station,. an arbitrator with the full confidence of foreigners.

COUNCIL MEETING

TO-MORROW.

NINE ORDINANCES TO BE CONSIDERED.

The Legislative Council meets to-morrow afternoon, when the Attorney General will move the first reading of the following Bills:

An: Ordinance to make provi sions with respect to the British Mercantile Marine' Uniform.

To Our Valued Clientele-

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To ensure your taking advantage of recei- ving the benefit of our foresight, we advise an early visit.

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Uniforms Ordinance, 1895.

An Ordinance to amend the Protection of, Women and Girls Ordinancé, 1897.

An Ordinance to amend the Female Domestic Service Ordin ance, 1923. ····

Ans Ordinance to amend the Watchmen Ordinance; 1928;

An Ordinance to amend the Industrial Employment of Chil dren Ordinance, 1922.

The Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton will move the first reading" of an Ordinance to provide for the in- corporation of the Trustees of the Chator Masonic Scholarship Fund. The Attorney General will move the second reading of an Ordin- ance to amend further the Distress for Rent Ordinance, 1888, and an Ordinance to amond the Police Force Ordinance, 1900.

“CHAMPION of

LOST CAUSES"

An Amazing Tale of Mystery and Love. A Modera Masterpiece worthy of an Edgar Allan Poel

THE

At 2.30 and 7.15 p.m. Chinese Picture THE UNKNOWN MURDERER

MAJESTIC

NATHAN, ROAD.

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