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PARTNERSHIP IN DISPUTE.

*BUSINESS WOMAN DENIES

RESPONSIBILITY.

JUDGMENT SEQUEL.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1930.

GAME ENDS IN A OCCUPIED CROWN

QUARREL

LAND.

RESUMED.

AFGHAN ACTIVITY | RIGHT TO STRIKE

A SERVANT..

| STABBING AFFRAY OCCURS AT NO PARTICULAR HURRY BY

KOWLOON.

SERIOUS WOUNDS.

A quarrel at Kowloon over a

THE AUTHORITIES,

SERIOUS DEVELOPMENT NOT |MISTRESS'S GROUNDS OF AN

LIKELY.

FUTILE ATTACKS,

OLD LAW.

NOT JUSTIFIED.

TIME' FOR REMOVAL.

A partnership issue concerning a

Mr. F. H. Loseby, appearing on

The claim that a master or mis- Simla, Aug. 13 Judgment debt came Chief Justice (Sir Joseph Kemp) being stabbed with a knife follow-hai Street, charged before Mr. that several trains ran yesterday to a servant was put forward at before the game of fan tan led to one man behalf of Wong Kim, of 17 Shang- It is reported from Peshawar tress has the right in law to 'ads minista; "reasonable chastisement" in the Supreme Court this morning. ing an assault upon him by several Whyte Smith this morning with between Peshawar and Nowshera Watford police court by Mr. D. C.. The plaintiff, the Ho Shing firm, others. Most of the assailants having occupied Crown land with Disaffection among the frontier W. Walsh, solicitor. No. 69 Des Voeux Road West, sued made their escape but the man out the permission of the Hon. tribes nt Kurram has caused re- the Ying Fat firm, No. 283 Queen's who inflicted the knife wounds on Director of Public Works, made percussions among the Afghan Road West, bankers and money the victim was arrested by a an application for five weeks to be tribes on the western borders, but changers, and Mak Ying, widow, Chinese detective several days given to enable his client to remove it is hoped that the failure of the a partner, trading us Mak Ying-later. The injured man, all his property from the land in ques-attacks at Massozal and Para will kee, earth contractor, No. 65 covered with blood, was assisted tion. Ils client had permission to prevent serious developments on Second Street.

down the stairs by a friend and use the timber yard but complaints the Afghan frontier-Reuter, An action for the recovery of the sent to the hospital where he was had been made that he was uning claim, 12,200 was successful and an inmate for eight days.

it for storing iron, and that was judgment was delivered in favour

not a breach of his client's permit. of plaintiff, but defendant denied her responsibility ground that she was not a partner In the defendant firm.

Mr. H. G. Sheldon, instructed by Mr. F. X. D'Almada, senior. of Messrs. D'Almada and Mason, was

Seaward, of Sandy Lodge-road, He was appearing for Mrs, Molly Rickmansworth, who was fined £1. and ordered to pay £1 13s. coats in summons for assault brought by her former nursemaid, Emily Minine Bailey.

I

A Quiet Day."

The girl, giving evidence, said that she was nurse to Mrs. Sea- Peshawar, Aug. 14. ward's two

youngest children. passed quietly. After the boy and girl had been South of Peshawar, gardens were quarrelling Mrs. Seaward said.

nurge. Fresh parties of "You are no good as a bombarded: tribesmen are reported to have shall give you ao reference what arrived on the Khajuri Plain. ever," and picked up a hairbrush The Shinwaris and Mohmands and struck her on the face and head, Mr. Walsh, for the defence, said: paratively quiescent. It is be lieved that this is due to a stern a master should strike his servant, warning from Nadir Shah, the but I think I am justified in saying ruler of Afghanistan not to join that reasonable chastisement is still with the Afridis.-Reuter.

for plaintiff, and defendant ap- Peking Road on July 21. The men re-letting to him, but the defendant i dwelling over the border are com-ey will not go so far as to say that

peared in person.

The incident had a court sequel this morning when the alleged Mr. A. C. Burford, land bailiff,

Yesterday to pay on the assailant was produced before Mr. opposed the application. He sald Whyte-Smith on + charge of that the defendant had been given causing grievous bodily injury to notice a month ago to quit and the complainant, Chan Hing. had been told that there was a The attack took place on the piece of land in Canton Road which fourth door of a building in the Government would consider

were engaged in a game of fan ton! had made no attempt to move. Counsel explained that plaintiff when trouble arose over the ques

The P.W.D. did not want the lent the sum of $3,300 to the de tien a debt. In the pan-land, but the Police wanted it fendant firm in September, 1929. demonium which followed the Of that sun

$1,000 was repaid assault upon the complainant by either for widening the road or for leaving a balance due of $2,200. several participants in the game, erecting hawkers stalls on it. An action was commenced against the defendant, Li Mul, drew outing of a fortnight, and if at the the firm and against defendant as a

a knife and inflicted three wounds end of that time it was seen that partner. The firm did not enter on the complainant. The wound, the defendant had made some at- an appearance and judgment in de- on the chest near the neck was tempt to remove his property, then fault was entered against them for the most serious and another in another fortnight might be granted. the money duc. The issue of the bark was a deep oner --The

The Magistrate: If the police partnership, denied by second de- third wound on the finger was a

are not in a particular hurry to fendant, was ordered to be tried.

slight gash.

claim the land, I don't see why the defendant should not be given five

The assailant made his escape and went to the country. On his return some time later he was arrested by the chief Chinese

He had no-objection to the grant-

weeks,

Mr. Burford said that he had been instructed to ask for only a fort The Magistrate:-I will adjourn

Mr. Sheldon went on to say that the defendant firm was establish- ed in February, 1928 and carried on business until September last year when it was given up. Before detective. February 1928, Mak Ying, who was a property owner, was carry-charge and suggested that the it for two weeks and at the end of complainant, being an enemy of con-

his, wanted to get him, into that time I will make an order. trouble.

ing on a business of earth tracting amongst other things, and after the banking venture failed she went back to her previous work of earth contracter.

The defendant. denied

the night.

Detective Sergeant Kellett, how-

YORK.

ever, brought evidence to prove HIGH-LIFE IN NEW the contrary. The complainant and another man gave direct the Chinese detective testified to evidence as to the assault, while having arrested the defendant.

At the end of 1927, at the Hop Fung firm, Canton, there was a discussion between Wong Yuen-kit, the managing partner, and Mak Ying, when the latter suggested that they should establish a bank said that he was sick at home on WORRIES OF MILLIONAIRES.

The mother of the defendant

in Canton. She offered to put UP the day of the assault, $15,000, half the total capital, but

The Magistrate, in Imposing

as they could not agree about the four months on the defendant, matter the negotiations fell through. Mak Ying then said she said that it seemed as, if the de- fendant was a dangerous' charac- ter. The complainant nearly died as a result of the stab and even done it, he would have to take the

would come to Hongkong and es- tablish a bank here and she did so.

SKYSCRAPERS SOLVE

MANSION TO FLAT.

One of the curious changes in modern. New York is the fight of

She asked plaintiff, whom shelf it was not he alone who had the millionaire from the mansion i

knew, to give his custom bank and he did so. He had many transactions and when he deposit-responsibility.

ed money he did so personally with Mak Ying herself. She referred

to herself in conversation as being

the principle partner of the firm

and plaintiff (Shu Hok-yuen) did

EXCHANGE KATES.

not know of any other partner.

Counsel went on to deal with Paris other incidents which, he submitted, Brussels ahowed that she had an interest as Amsterdam the principle partner. In addition Berlin

and proved to show that the

police records would be produced en

licence for the business was issued Lisbon in her name and the application Bucharçat for the licence was also in her Buenos Aires

Hongkong

name,

The case is proceeding.

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Situation Much Improved.

Simla, Aug. 13..

decidedly quieter. The Afridis The Peshawar district is now are retiring in consequence of the activity of the Royal Air Force, and the arrival of an armoured train from Lahore with reinforce ments, but the trains mostly halt at Nowshera, twenty-five distant, the passengers completing the journey to Peshawar in tax

cabs.

miles

among the Air Force, and there No casualties have occurred

are only half & dozen army casualties, mainly among native troops fired on by Afridis hiding in the tall corn.

good law,"

"Favouritism,"

The Clerk (Mr. G. E. Temple): "I think not."

similar case of master and servant Mr. Walsh said that there was no for two or three centuries.

Mrs. Seaward said that she had had to warn the girl several times on the way she spoke to the boy. Bailey was doing the child's hair, she took the hairbrush from her and as she would not answer her and pushed her out of the room

with the brush in her hand,

ley): "You do not go so far as your learned solicitor and say you had a right to do this?"-"Yes, I do."

Mr. Matthew Arnold (for Bai-

Mr. Sidney Seaward, who stated that he was an actor, and had been Telegraphic communication be- to America with the original cast tween Peshawar and the rest of of "Journey's End," said the nurse India has now been restored showed marked favouritism towards the little girl, which had brought his son almost to hysteries.

Reuter.

Meeting With Gandhi.

Poona, Aug. 13.

Sir Tej Sapru and Mr. Jayakar conferred for four hours in Yeroda Jail with Gandhi, Motilal Nehru, Jawarharlal Nehru and Vallabhai Patel

Mrs. Sarojini Naidu, who is also

SHARE PRICES.

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.

The following is the list of local

D.

to the flat. To free the home life imprisoned at Yeroda, was present share quotations issued to-day: of the rich from servant troubles; part of the time. laundry bothers: worries with

Another meeting is to be held to-' leases and taxes; the fatigue of mormw,—Reuter, engaging a chauffeur, and even lesser burdens, is the aim of the latest residential developments in this city.

The new generation of millian- .128.84 aires, declining the trouble of 34.835 keeping house for themselves, are .12.08% living in magnificent sky-scraper

20.39

apartments, where the manage- 18.16

ment will make itself responsible 1934 for everything down to the smal 108.25 lest details of each day's domestic .818% arrangements. Plans I have been .40.15/32 shown for the newest of these 1/3 communal palaces have simplified .4.87 5/32 matters to such a degree that the 25.04 world-weary tenants will have $2.995 their own social functions arrang

18.17 ed for them.

18.12

164.3/16 .4-440

Tired of Money.

The

AMERICAN STOCKS.

CABLED QUOTATIONS FROM

NEW YORK.

The following quotations have been received from their correspondents in New York by Messrs. Swan, Culbert aon and Fritz, Sassoon House, Shang- hal,

"Swanstock" (cable address: Shanghai) who are not responsible for cable mutilations.

?

New York, Aug. 13. Tone of Market, Strong, No. of Shares Done.-2,500,000. Call Money.24%.. American Smelting

Copper

Anaconda Baltimore & 376 The final luxury that money can Borg Wa

Warner 5.1/10 buy is freedom from the respon- Continental Oil

1/64 sibility of money itself.

City Service Common 2/0.11/32 whole way of life of wealthy New Eastman Kodak

Wright Common -British Wireless. Yorkers has been modified by Electric Bond & Share

stages in recent years, and now Erie Railroad home life has become as transiest General Motors

War and war books were dis. Silver (spot and forward)

cussed by members of 31 Parlie-1 ments who met in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords for the 20th conference of the Inter- Parliamentary Union.

WATER LEVELS.

ON WEST, NORTH AND EAST RIVERS.

Shiuhing Tsingyuen "Samshui

Sheklung

21.3 7.4

· 12.7 4.2

18

·

-

as an hotel existence. There was General Rallway Signal

a period when apartments (they Gold Dust ..... are not called flats in New York) Goodyear Tire

Consolidated were bought outright, but even Graaby this was thought too much of a International Cement

International

Ward

tie,.

Tenants of the apartments in ontgome

Nickel

Banks. Hongkong Bank, $1465 Chartered Bank, £161 n. Mercantile A, & B., £28 n. East Asia $121 n.

Insurances.

Canton 1ne., $945 m. Union Ins., $437 b.' North China Ins, Tis. 160 b Yangtze Ins., 850 n.

China Underwriters, $2.65 b China Fires, $400 b. -H. K. Fire Ina., $960 b.

Shipping.

Douglases, $261 n.

8.

H. K. Steamboats, $25 Indo-Chinas, (Dof.) $43 Du

Union Waterbosts $32

Mining.

64

47

Benguets, $84 'n.

101

Kailans, 26/9 n.

20

Langkats, Tis. 8 n.

S'hai Explorations, Tis. 1.30 b

Rauba, $228

Tronphs, 21/- `n

Docks, etc.

. Kowloon Wharves, $165 s.

Whampoa Docks, $39 s. China Providents $5.15 8. Hongkewe, Tia 260 b.

New Engineerings, TIs. 74 n. Shanghai Dooks. Tls. 117 b.

Rubber

24

21

Cottons,

31

Ewa Cottons, Tis, 12

5,

15

S'hai Cottons. Tis. 78 (old)

D.

30

Lands, Hotels, etc,

H. and 8. Hotels, $10,30

B

04

H. K. Lands, $81 m.

S'hai Lands. Tis. 287 II.

69

unq. 150

The Duke of Sutherland, who presided, said that another great war would pull Europe down into the flames of ruin and disintegra tion. The facade of civilisation The following table, issued by

Consolidated Copper would crack and crumble under the Kwangtung River Conservancy the new Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Radio the strain of universal bank Commission, shows in English feet building, on which work has just Sears Roebuck

Radio Corporation ruptcy.

the water levels on the West begun, will have no capital in Simmons Company "It only needs the reality of River, North River and East vestment; no taxes;no lenses no. Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey another great war to kick us all River, on the dates named:

servant problem; no maintenance Standard Oil Co. of New York 31 into the abyss from which there

The management will United States Rubber

Union Carbide & Carbon Aug. 12 Aug. 13 troubles. is no returning. Our eventual

20.2

supply such servants as lady's United States Steel aim. might well be to become a

maids, valets and chauffeurs for 74 World Parliament, or, better still,

11.9

periods. as short as an hour or as a House of Commons of the

4,0

long as a year at a time. It will League of Nations.".

The highest levels on record are: arrange and supervise entertaio-

The appointment of a central Mr. Arthur Henderson (Foreign Shiuhing, 41 feet; Tsingyuen, ments and engage musicians and body to be responsible for the gen- Secretary) said that all Govern- 29.2 feet; Samahul, 27.3 feet, other artists.

eral co-ordination of the public ments were looking to the Union Sheklung 15.5 feet.

The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel,

cleansing service of London to to promote that closer understand- The lowest level on record at with its 48 storeys, will be the secure uniformity of organisation ing by which alone the nightmare Samshul is minus & feet and at largest and tallest of its kind in and equipment fa recommended by prospect of future war would be Sheklung minus 2.7 feet.

bolished.

the world. Its twin towers will the Departmental Committee on London Cleansing. "We are sati- contain residential flats, some of fled," state the Committee, "that them with marble baths, 14ft. by London has not kept pace with the Parking accommodation for 18ft., and drawing rooms, 45ft. great advances which have been matorists was discussed at the con- 25ft., with ceilings 18ft. high. ference of Urban District Councils,

made in the science and practice of which conchided at Colwyn Bay.

Private Railroad.

public cleansing, and that the work "To-day no nation can live to Delegates complained that in some

of refuse collection and disposal by itself and no sang nation desires instances motorists were

Complete privacy for the modest the Metropolitan Sanitary, Author to get millionaire la one of the aims. of ities presents a great many unsatis to do so. Therefore, I would say, white" in endeavouring

Be of good courage, we are win places to park. They also contend this new building. For example, factory and insanitary features ning"

ed that considering the benefits there is to be a private railroad which should be remedied without Viscount Cecil of Chelwood said motorists conferred on the resorts siding in one of the basements of delay" Criticism is made of over- that the boom in war books and they visited, the parking of their the enormous structure for those lapping, excessive cost, and the use plays was perhaps explained by cars should be free. At any rate, guests who like a number of of obsolete vehicles, and the Com the fact that to people below 25 parking accommodation should be America's wealthy families--own mittee recommend that the collec to 30 years of age the horrors of obtainable at a reasonable charge, their privato railroad cars. There tion of house refuse should take. war were a matter of historyIt was resolved by the conference will be a subterranean track be place at least twice weekly. Among rather than experience

that the Ministry of Health be re- tween the Grand Central Terminal other recommendations it is urged When the horrors of war werequested to introduce legislation em Station and the Waldorf-Astoria that many of the existing refuse really acute it would have been powering local authorities to charge basement, and noiseless electric disposal works should be closed as impossible for most people to have for the superintendence of car locomotives will shift the cara soon as practicable and that there taken any pleasure in such pro- parking in streets, if land was not from trains arriving from all should be as few disposal" places ductions.

obtainable for the purpose.

parts of America.

As-possible.

World Still Afraid, Traditional fears and hostilities remained, but no one now disputed the necessity of international co- operation.

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Humphreys, $16, B.

Realties, $9.40. b.

Chiness Estates $97. n.

Public Utilities. ̈Tramways, $18.40

Peak Trams (old) $12) -`b. Star Forries, 886 5.

B.

China Lights, (Old) - $23† : 'b H. K. Electrics, $76) `-bi Maono Electrics, $23 n.. Telophones $32. b. China Buses, Tia. 181 b.- Singapore Tractions. 10/-.

Industrials

China Bugárs, 90cts b. Malabona, $27 n. Oald: Macg, Ordí Tls. 10.75 1. Canton Ices, $2.10 58. Cements (Comb.) $18. Ropes $10.90, "b.. United Asbestos 35 b. greens Stores, etc,

· Dairy Farms, $24.10 ́s. Watsons, $121

m.

Der A Wings, 81 b.

· Lane Crawfords, $3. Mackintoshs, $187 b. Sinceros, $1150 b.

Miscellaneona, Amusements, $26 Constructions, $1.90 b. B'que Ind. G. Bonds, 61% n H.K.G. Loan 8% Prem.

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