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JAIL SENTENCE FOR CEMENT COMPANY RICKSHAMEN RIOT NEW BROOM

MR. BREWER.

A LENGTHY STATEMENT FROM THE DOCK.

FOUR MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT WITHOUT HARD LABOUR. -

PRISONER'S AMBITIONS.

Mr. Noel Instone Brewer, barrister-at-law and former President of the Instone Banking Corporation, was sentenced to four months' imprisonment without hard labour-tantamount to four months in the second division-when he appeared before Mr. Justice Wood this morning for judgment in respect of a charge of making a false statement in the Statutory Report submitted to the Registrar regarding the Bank's affairs. He was found guilty by a jury ten days ago, sentence being deferred..

Mr. Brewer made a lengthy statement from the dock in. mitigation of punishment, his address being heard, amongst others, by Mrs. Brewer, who was in Court.

The burden of the statement was that no fraud was intended, that he had not gained anything by it, and did not hope to gain by it. He acted bona fide according to his understanding of the law.

Mr. Justice Wood, imposing sentence, pointed out that the charge was a grave one. He was of the opinion that it had been accused's ambition to appear as Director of a Corporation which had gigantic financial stability, while he knew that the Instone Bank was nothing of the kind,

Mr. Brewer was visibly moved when sentence of Imprison, ment was passed, but he made no comment.

"BUILDING FOR PERMANENCE.”

Addressing the Court from the dock, Mr. Brewer said: My Lord, I have been found guilty

come

MANAGEMENT.

SHAREHOLDERS SEEKS

A CHANGE.

PROPOSED TRANSFER TO GIBB, LIVINGSTON'S.

MEETING THIS WEEK.

IN TSINGTAO.

SEVERAL MOTOR BUSES AND

CARS WRECKED.

FEUD COMES TO HEAD.

Tsingtao, Feb. 2. Riotous conduct by rickshamen in Tsingtao involving a. series of clashes with the drivers of motor omnibuses, culminated in a bold attempt by the rickshamen to wreck the buses, the rickshamea making a concerted attack on the

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BUSY NEW YORK SOCIETY HAICHING PIRACY

NAMES OF BERENGUER MINISTERS.

WORK OF DICTATORSHIP NOW BEING OVERHAULED.、

· ·POPULAR ELECTION.

Madrid, Feb. 2. The new broom (the product of

SENSATION.

PRINCESS XENIA'S SUIT FOR DIVORCE

| GROUND UNDISCLOSED.

New York, Feb. 2. A tremendous senantion has been created in New York society circles by the news that Mra. Wil- liam B. Leeds, formerly Princess Xenia of Russia, has obtained an interlocutory decree of divorce |from William B. Leeds, Junior, the

son of the tin plate magnate.

The Judge who signed the de-

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THEORIES.

CHIEF ENGINEER'S "STATEMENT.

HOW PIRATES MÁY HAVE GOT INTO STOKE-HOLD.

BROKEN SAW FOUND.

The nature of the fatal bullet

Woodward and Khaial Singh dur wounds received by Mr. FK..

An interesting development in connexion with the future of drivers. A feud has been in exis- the Green Island Cement Co..ence for some time consequent last week's political upheaval, in eree announced that it was based upon the introduction of motor which General Berenguer, the Mas-upon a Referee's findings in the Ltd., is revented by the issuing traffle, which bas Teeled the ter of the King's Household, took divorce suit, and that he was un- ing the attempted piracy of the 8.8.. of a notice calling an extraordin- business of the rickshamen. ary meeting of shureholders in

The attack was launched. the Company for

on Wednesday Friday, the rickshamen making afternoon, at which resolutions simultaneous assaults at different will be submitted for the pur-points and wrecking, several mo- pose of changing the manage tor-cars and omnibuses. Fighting ment of the concern..

occured between the parties and The meeting has been called in the casualties among both pursuance of a requisition made to estimated to exceed thirty. the Directors by holders of not less than one-tenth of the issued share capital of the Company.

The Resolutions.

Two resolutions are to be sub- aiitted to the meeting, these being in the folowing terms:

1. That "the firm of Messrs. Shewan, Tomes & Co. be re- moved (pursuant to Article XI (8) of the Articles of Association of the Company) from the office of General Managers of the business of the Company.

are

or.

over the Premiership from General aware of the grounds upon which Halching were described by Dr. Prime de Rivera, and brought about the action was based, the virtual termination of the Dictatorship) is busy in Spain.

Princess Xenia and her husband Cannon at the Central Magistracy were both nineteen years of age this morning, when three Chinese from well-informed sources,

Already, according to reports when they were married in Paris again appeared before Mr. Hamil-

In 1921. The marriage was op- ders have been issued for the disposed by the step-mother of the ton in connexion with the affair. solution of the Dictatorship's Pup of Greece, the nearest relative of Ing's hearing, Mr. F. C. Duxon, bridegroom and Princess Anastátia At the beginning of this morn pet Parliament, the National As the bride. Police officers were promptly on [sembly, and it is understood that the scene and did their beat to the old political parties are to

Princess Xenia, or Mra, Leeds, the Chief Engineer of the Haf be restore order. A number of the encouraged to open campaigns for United States from a tour of was responsible for the grille only recently returned to the ching was recalled. He said he injured_went into hospital for an imminent general election. ~

Europe, accompanied by her treatment.

Other measures of reform at Forty of the rickshamen ring-tributed to the Berenguer Cabinet leaders and a few motor-drivers Include the reinstatement of the The Leeds family is one of the| were arrested.

artillery officera and the univer wealthiest in the United States,

Witness was under the imprès- eity professors who were made to holding huge interests in lug in-sion that the bunker hatches were retire recently on account of their dustrial undertakings, particular generally closed. They always respective activities against the ly those connected with the tin had been closed when he had made Dictatorship, and complete rovision industry-Reuter's American Ser-his Inspection of them. In this of certain finca and penalties. irre

It is evident that General Beren- guer is anxious at the earliest pos- sible moment to illustrate that he

Motor, traffic is suspended in some parts of the city and fur- ther clashes are feared.

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SOCIALISM AT ITS EXTREMEST.

NOT MUCH LEFT FOR THE PRIVATE TRADER.

also

Moscow, Feb. 2.

has no intention or desire of con- tinuing the Military Directory.- Reider,

A Broad Hint.

·Members of General · Damaso

daughter, Nancy, the only child of keys, but was not at the time in. the marriage.

charge of them.

EUROPEAN'S NARROW

ESCAPE.

RICKSHA OVERTURNED BY MOTOR BUS.

To be one moment within an fach

opinion, it was quite possible that the pirates could have got through the sliding doors into the stoke hold, as the coal at the time was sufficiently low as to allow these doors to be opened.

Attempt to Cut Bars?), Mr. Duxon added that when the men were clearing away the debris from this spot after the attack, they found a charred hack-saw,

2 That Gibb, Livingston & Co., Ltd., of Victoria In the Colony of Hongkong, he ap- ! pointed the General Man gera of the business, of the Company with a remunera-

The Soviet Government has Berenguer's new cabinet received tian of $1,000.00 per month issued an order forbidding all their ofths of office on Thursday and a commission of 24 private unde in the products of when the new Premier was given of the front wheel of a heavily with two blades broken, which the amul balance of the the metal, textile, chemical and the opportunity to restore a two bule the ut oftend gave the appearance that some working account of the year electrical industries, the order chamber parliament while General back in the seat of the righted attempt had been made to cut to be taken before any allow-

Primo de Rivera was preparing to ricksha from which he had been through the bars. anee or deduction has been material, radio apparatus, kero- make it the major opposition party could not be ascertained at the performing a

extending to building

Dr. A 'Cannon gave evidence of reorganize the Patriotic Union and thrown, was the exciting experi- made from such working!

ence of a Earppean, whose nomo

post mortem ex- sene, sugar, salt, matches, tobacco to the government. account for depreciation of

time, in front of the site of the amination on the body of Mr. properly, rents, bulldings, and cigarettes.

While the cabinet was being new building being erected for the Woodward. As regards the cause sworn Into office the" president, National City Bank of New York, of death, it was primarily due to four vice-presidents and four on Queen's Road Central on Suna gun shot wound in the abdomen,.

and,, secondarily, to internal secretaries of the National Con- day night.

and shock. The sultative Assembly resigned, cop- The bus, No. 612, (H.K, and S. hemorrhage stituting a broad hint that Beren- Hotels) was travelling westwards goneral physical condition of the guer should abolish the National at normal speed when the ricksha, body showed no evidence of or- Consultative Assembly, and resNo. 639, made a foolish attempt ganic disenso. The actual in- Love the two chamber parliament to cross the road, Fortunately the juries wore enused by a bullet in accordance with his pledge.

bus was about to pull up at the found in the lower part of the stopping place at this spot. As it body which had jammed in the was, the ricksha was overturned, backbone. the driver sent sprawling to one side of the left front wheel, while the occupant was thrown almost under the right front wheel of the

machinery and stocks of goods and materials of any

kind.

Confirmatory Meeting,

not true-it may be so in England where people refer to the Stats- tory Report-but it in sot trae in this charge, but Hongkong. No Chinese, in fact, to be guilty on this charge may look at the Registrars file i vary from a degree of culpability know that there was not a thou-

Such goods, etc. will hence- to one which is little more than | sand tagne chance of any potential

and the Co-operative Shops. forth only be sold by the State technical. There is a considerable investof looking at that Statutory amount of evidence which would Report and being deceived by it."

This is part of the plan for the normally have

out on It is significant that in every

gradual abolition of private trade the second and third counts, dealing single case no shareholder has mainly with the question as to whe- come forward when, questioned |

it is further notified that antries.—Ñcuter.}

in the products of State indus- ther the business was run fraudul- about his abilities to say that he other extraordinary meeting will ently and whether Mr. Brewer blm-looked at the Statutory Report, and be held on the 26th instant, for Pl webm Traudulently inclined, was dereived by it-the reason be-the purpose of confirming, if That evidence was not directly resing, that the existence of such a levant to the question of whether rejicit is unknown to Chinese in there was guilt or no guilt on the vestors. first count and was therefore not i brought "in on the hearing of the

first count, but since it is very re- levant to the question of whether

No Amount Mentioned. After dealing with the impro-

thought fit, an special resolutions the resolutions mentioned above.

The transfer books of the Com- pany are to be closed from Janu- ary 29th to Feburary 5th, and from Feburary 19th to Feburary

I am guilty or not, I ask, my Lord,bability of anyone visiting and in-26th, all inclusive, during which that that evidence be adduced be specting the Registrar's file, accused period no transfers of shares can

contended that it was not conceiv-| be registered. -fore ask for mitigation,

Mr. Justice Wood:-1 am grant-able that he would commit a crimin- ing you a great privilege, Mr. al offence when he stood to gain Brewer, in hearing you at all, and don't propose that the matter you have suggested be made public. If you wish to speak will not pre- vant you.

nothing. Mr. Brewer emphasised that is all their advertisements in the local newspapers it was never stated that the amount received in respect of share issued for enah Mr. Brewer-You will hear me exceeded $800,000 or anything

like it. speak?

Mr. Justice Wood:-Yes. Mr. Brewer-But you will not permit that evidence to be given.

Not Fraudulent.

own premises in Shekki, also be- -cause we were building for per-

manency,

AUSTRALIAN LOAN OFFER.

SIX PER CENT. FOR SEVEN YEARS.

Canberra, Feb. 2. The Government of the Com- monwealth is inviting subscriptions for the Conversion Six Per Cent. Loan of £10,750,000, for Bonds maturing on March 15th. The issue is to be made at par and will carry six per cent. Interest for a period of seven years.

RESTORATION OF ST. PAUL'S

BIG FESTİVAL BEING HELD THIS SUMMER.

The Instone Bank was a Trustee Bank. It is a good idea and one on which somebody, will make A conversion offer has also been money in Hongkong some day. It made to holders of the 262,000,000 He pointed out that it was requires only a small capital and Loan maturing In December-Reu- customary for banking firms to us has been pointed out a Trustee fer. put such statements in their ad- Bank largely takes the place of a vertisements, but the Instone Bank family solicitor who, of course, never did so. The Instone Bank does not require a big capital; or issuet pamphlets, prospectuses, a property broker, and, as we Continuing, Mr. Brewer sald: booklets, setting out what trustee know, a property broker does not I am addressing your Lordship on banking was and explaining their require a large capital. the grounds that my culpability on position, and yet in none of those this crime is not great. The booklets would they find cash re- Statutory Report which I knowingceived mentioned, although those

Adequate Capital, '. ly and wilfully caused to be publish- documents

advertisements We had a enpital in every way. ed, which has been declared to be

ригрове. We false, was not printed or circulat- stood a good chance of being read adequate for our

required,

London, Feb, 2. start business, ed publicly. The point which I am by investors,

A great festival, extending from Continuing, Mr. Brewer said: $100,000 but we get $200,000, going to make out is that it was The Statutory Report itself, I say, Every shareholder and Director in June 25th to Juls 12th, will mark not done fraudulently or wilfully. The Statutory Report was typewrit could not have been issued for a the Company purchased shares the complete restoration of St. Lon and not printed, and only frauduent purpose by any reason with his own money and under his Paure Cathedral to public worship. enough copies were produced to able person, because, it had no own liability. That is no fraud arranged the first of which will be circulate one to each shareholder chance of succeeding in fraud. The minimum shareholding

a reopening firankagiving ser and one to the Registrar of Com- The Instone Banking Corporation Director.could have was 810.000 vice, to which II: M. the King has panies. The copies, sent to share Itself existed for no fraudulent and there were no large fees or accepted an invitation, when the: holders deceived nobody. The purpose. It has been suggested salaries taken out. The Directors"

Archbishop of Canterbury will shareholders were all parties to the that the Corporation bought a received only $260 a year in re-

prench-British Wireless. letter of application loan and knew building for the sake of improving speet of their fees and a salary of the method adopted. If they had our namc...

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the President himself was $500. The salary of the Secretary was any doubt they had oppertunity to Building for Permanency. $250. Other expenses were all query the nature of the deposits. The actual risount of cash in pos- Certainly, buying a building did kept low because we were building. session of the firm was clearly improve our name and status, but for the future and for permanency. stated In the Statutory Re- the reason why it did so was be-although the Company had a right No founder shares were, issued, portne $40,000. The copy cause it showed people that we to do so. The founders tried to sent to the Registrar could were building for permanence. get no benefit whatever except deceive nobody because he Anybody who is huliding for fraud himself was fully aware of the does not invest the majority of what they were legitimately entit

led to. nature of the Statutory Report and their capital in equity on house the circumstances under which it property. When we put $90,000 That the capital was adequate had been produced. The Crown into No. 25, Des Voeux Road Cen- could be seen by what we did. The

Ninie official services are being

FROM CROYDON, TO AUSTRALIA.

The Cabinet,

General Damaso Berenguer, Premier, Foreign Minister and Minister of War,

Deceased's Position,

The bullet first entered the left

Manuel Arguelles, Minister of bus, and had not the bus driver arm, which indicated that the Finance.

preserved his presence of mind and man must have either been, lying A sudden in a semi-prone position on his Leopoldo Matos, Minister of brought the vehicle to Public Works.

standstill, a very serious accident chest, or that the bullet had been fired from above, him whilst he' Joso Estrada, Minister of would have occurred. Justice.

was standing erect. From the arm, the bullet entered the left. The Duke of Alba, Minister of

side of the chest, turning through Education.

the diaphram, puncturing the loft Sangro y Ros de Olano, Minister of Labour.

kidney and finally resting on the backbone.

Salvador Carvia, Minister of Marine.

Enrique Marzo, Minister of the Interior.

King Alfonso XIII; who took

ANOTHER SNATCHING

INCIDENT.:

LADIES CHASE THIEF UP WYNDHAM STREET,

Witness made a second post mor lem on the same day on the body of Khafal Singh. The primary caure of his death, was a gun ahot

on secondarily, from internal hemor near the hago and shock The actual

a snatcher direction of the bullet was a

the initiative in ending the six Whilst Miss E, M. Burrage was wound in the abdomen, and, years of General Primo de Rivera's walking in Wyndham Street

afternoon, dictatorship, has accepted the Saturday cabinet selections. The ministry Tajmahal Silk Store, took office at once and Berenguer came up behind her and violently "through and through" wound, proceeded to the task of pacifying tugged at a handbag which she was the lead having: entered the left the country, effecting political re-carrying. Although the handbag side of the abdomen, rupturing the forms, restoring constitutional was tightly held, as Miss Burrage left kidney and leaving the ody realised the danger of snatchers on the right side, just above the government and providing for being about, it was wrenched from haunch bone. election of a Cortés.

SARAJEVO MURDER

RECALLED.

TABLET TO ARCHDUKE'S ASSASSIN.

her hold, despite the fact that the leather strap was bound around her wrlet.

Prisoner's Wounds.

Dr. G. H. Thomas, of the At the time, Miss Burrage's. Bister was with her, and the two Government Civil Hospital, said. Immediately chased the snatcher up at 9.30 p.m. December 8 he attend- the hill until almost outside theed Lam Ming, the third defendant, Central Police Station, when the at the Government Civil Hospital. man managed to olude them and get Ho examined him and found him away, with the bag and its contents, suffering from three wounds. So severe was the tug when the The first was a small one bag was snatched, that Miss Bur- on the top of his loft he noticed rage suffered considerable pain as shoulder, and he result of an injury to her wrist. a swelling under the left armpit, which Indicated that the lung had bean punctured, probably duo to a bullet, An X-Ray examination showed that a bullet had entered his left shoulder and had gone through to his back, fracturing the third, fourth and fifth riba DUE TO LEAVE WUCHOW

There were also two small wounds THIS MORNING.

on the back of his left hand, and Wuchow, Feb. 2.7

two flesh wounds on his left thigh, The Hongkong launch Tung On, these being quite consistent with

granted a clearance and is dus to left thigh. On Decem Chinese launch recently, has been through the soft tamam leave for Hongkong at 7 am to witness operated on the

HONGKONG LAUNCH RELEASED.

Belgrade, Feb, 2. A table In memory of Gabriel Princip, the student whose sassination of the Austrian, heir- apparent, the Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, was the first, step in the development of the Gren AIR COUNCIL CONGRATU- War, was unveiled to day on the house in Sarajevo, overlooking the ́LATES AIRMAN,

scene of the murder

The table is inscribed: "On this London, Feb. 2. Lord Thomson, Secretary for historic spot, Princip proclaimed Air, has sent a telegram of con- Liberty,” gratulation on behalf of the Afr. A silyar wreath was deposited. Prosecutor, adduced in his final tral, we notified the public that we | business started in Hongkong and Connell to F. C. Chichester, the in the name of the youth or Jhich collided with and sank aa bullet having passed clean speech that this was an important were there to fulfil our promise to we purchased a building here. New Zealand plot who recently matte, and there were about five document calculated to deceive the public, and, as I say, we fol- Then in Shekid we purchased our completed a loneaight to Australia hundred people at the ceremony Invertors, but in Hongkong that is I lowed that up by purchasing our (Continued on Page 2 Prom Croydon Britsk Wireless, Reuter

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