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General ManagOTS

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1931.

TOBACCONISTS' BLACK

LIST.

www.

RETAILERS WHO SELL BELOW

PRICE LIST.

and

...

The existence of a "black list" of cutprice tobacconists was discios. ed during the hearing of an action in which the Ardath Tobacco Co., of Worship-street, E.C., claimed from two retail tobacconista, Arthur Ocker, Igh-street, Putney. Mark Bardega, Fleet-street, £3:17, the value of cigarettes con verted to the defendants' use.

Sir Patrick Hantings sald the Ardath Company was associated with other large tobacco companies to maintain prices. There were certain small tobacconists who were popularly called "cut-price" tobac

Was the conists. Their object

that

ro

taking of business. from other tailers, and they sold at 6140. for 10 elgarettes instead of Gd., and 10d, for 20 instead of 18,

To protect retailers who wer selling at authorised prices. the plaintiffs had a black at, under which these cut-tobacconists not supplied.

were

This action was brought in res peel of 200.000 cigarettes which were stolen by a boy at the time in plaintiff's employment, and which were acquired by the two defen dant",

Sir Patrick said that he would

nak the Judge's indulgence that the

on

£10,000 HAUL OF JEWELS.

MANSION RAIDED NEAR LONDON,

London, Dec. 19. While alx members of the staff in the mansion of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Mooney, at Illfield Park, Alden- ham, Bushey (Herts), were carry- Ing out their household dutien last evening ent burglars ransacked the upstairs bedrooms and got away with £10,000 worth of jewellery and fura.

All Mrs. Mooney's personal jewel. lery in n box in her bedroom was stolen, and fur coats worth in some canes as much as £800 were carried away by the thieves.

When the maid went to prepare for her mistress to dress for din- ner abe discovered the robbery. A ladder 30ft. long was found reared against the back of the house.

I was out at the time," said BIT. Mooney to the New Chronicle, and heard of the robbery on my return. All my personal trinkets, including many articles of the greatest sentimental value, are mis. sing."

Mr. C. II. Culross, solicitor to Mrs. Mooney, explained how the rai was carried out.

"The theres brought a ladder with them," he said to the Neron- Chronicle, "and approached tho house from the rear.

"The house in built in the form

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"Entering the house they made their way to the bedroom of Mrs. Mooney, which they ransacked."

Finger-prints?

| boy's name might be suppressed in the witness box. The boy was pro-gainst the rear wall they placed Mecuted and pleaded guilty. but, their ladder. After scrambling up 80 feet from the ground the 30 being a first offender, he was bound they slipped across the few feet of He was now in respectable roof to the bath-room window. over. employment, and his employers had

which they forced. no knowledge of his past behaviour. The boy had forged the name of A customer named Martin posteard

order purporting to cigarettes. When this card reach- ed the plaintiff's office, the boy wha

Detectives who went to the house on the look out for it. and he passed found a number of dirty marks on it through direct without its going the bathroom window-frame, and in the ledger. The cigarettes were also in the room, but up to late last seni to Mr. Martin's order at Bel-night it was impossible to say whe. vedere Station, and Ocker obtain-ther any of the smudges would re- | est delivery.

veal finger-prints of a useful char- Investigations led the detectives Mr. Ocker, giving evidence, sald to believe that the Intruders were that the boy called at his shop only in the house for a short while, with a man who represented him- Before ransacking the jewel ca self to be a traveller for the plain-binet, they wedged the bedroom tiffs, and the boy an his nealstant. door to prevent interruption from It was agreed that he could buy at people in the house. 40s, per 1,000. It was explained' All the servants were interview- that the business would have to be ed by Scotland Yard officers last done in the assistant's name. Later night, but none of them could give the bay called at his shop and asked any information ifkely to prove If he could take 200.000 cigarettes. of value. saying that he could not sell n

On the Black Lisi,

acter.

Up to a late hour a detalled list

a smaller parcel. Mr. Ocker said of the missing jewellery had not that he only wanted 50.000, valued been completed, but among the gema ring at £100, and he communicated with is a diamond and emerald Mr. Bardega. who agreed to take worth £1,200. the balance of 150,000.

have The plaintiffs would not supplied him with cigarettes if they had known about it as he had bren

Mr. J. D. Mooney is at present in America on business.

Hongkong Bank Building. T、phone 2RIZI.

LONDON CRIME MENACE.

LORD BYNG PLANS BIG OFFENSIVE.

The addition of 600 police and to the Metropolitan detectives Force and the enlargement of the Flying Squad to combat the activi ties of car-bandits are among pro- posals which Lord Byng has put before the Home Office.

These additions to the force are necessitated by the withdrawal from routine duties of 350 maen who become London's "traffic-cops". under the new Rond Act.

Another 100 men will probably be garage hands, re- required as pairers, and store keepers for this which over 400 new force-for

are being motorcycles and cars provided.

New men have to be found for point-duty work and patrols, but apart from this it la felt that con- siderable additions will be neces anry if the police ure effectively to cope with criminal activity which has increased in London in recent years,

on the black list for two years and TIENTSIN CEREMONY. MOTOR SHIPBUILDING

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Sir George Jones, for Mr. Bar- den, said that his defence that he had bought the cigarettes in open market.

Mr. Justice Finlay gave judg- mont for the Ardath Tobacco Com- pany. Limited, for the amount claimed, with costs.

The plaintiffs brought a similar claim against Mr. Ocker alone 15

of respect

af another parcel

which cigarettes valued at £135, they bnd supplied to him, and in this case also judgment was enter- od for the Ardath Tobacco Company for the amount claimed.

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The public will doubtless terested to learn that the shipyard of the South Chinn Motor-Shipbuild-

Tientsin, Jan. 16. The Belgian Minister to China who was to have been present at the ceremony to-day in connexioning and Repairing Works, Ltd., which with the retroceasien of the Bellan settlement at Tientsin became yesterday evening and consequently was unable to take part. The cere- mony was performed by the Belgian Consul at Tientsin, the National Government being represented by Mr. C. T. Wang, Minister of Foreign Afairs,

nira. The notes per taining to the retrocession, ex- changed some time ago between Mr. Wang and the Belgian Minis- ter to China, will be published to- day at Tientsin.

now

was opened a few months ago and all the plant and machinery of which has been purchased from Europe at a very reasonable rate of exchange, is now in full working order, and also that, as the preliminary organization is completed, the Shipyard may embark on further iny-out.

It is of interest to note that the during not been ille shipyard has these few months, as already two smaller craft have been built and two further orders have been received, be- sides, the two motorship which are now under construction and the keels of which were laid down on January 13. Besides this new construction there is repair work in hand, so that the shipyard enn be well natiefied with the beginning.

A BAD SCARE. CHEUNGCHAU FERRY GOES AGROUND.

Negotiators Congratulated.

Tientsin, Jan. 15. The Belgian Concession bere London, Jan. 15.

was formally handed over to China The development committed this morning. Iiness prevented De formed for purposes of the Gov- the Belgian Minister M. ernment grant-in-ald scheme has Warzee, from attending, and hie approved an estimate of £3,000,000 place was taken by the Consul to be expended by the Southern General 31. Sayers, who expressed. Railway Company on an extension his pleasure in giving effect to the board the Cheangchau ferry-launch of the existing docks at Southamp-retrocessions in the presence of Mr. C. T. Wang, who had been closely Detalle have not been disclosed associated with the negotiations. of the expenditure on a proposed

Teang Chi-fang, the Mayor of new dry dock at that port. for ac- Tlentsin, took over control of the commodating the giant Cunard Concession in the name of the Chi- ilnere now being built, but it is meas Government, felicitating afteon minutes of reaching Cheung anderstood that the cost will be in those concerned upon the success- chau. the neighbourhood of £2,000,000ful outcome of their negotiations. already slowed down at the time of This new graving dock is expected Earlier, representatives of the the mishap with the result that the impact was very slight. It remained to be ready by the end of 1938, Belgian Legation and Chinese fast, for a few minutes but when the first of the two big ships Foreign Office exchanged ratifien-eventually got off, arriving at ita is due to be fitted out for her first tions of the rendition agreement destination about a quarter of an hour,

later. |---Rentèr. Atlantic trip-British Wireless,

به من السير

ANGLO-SOVIET DEBTS.

SUIL-COMMITTEES TO BEGIN WORK SHORTLY.

INDIAN RIOTING.

SERIOUS-CLASH OCCURS AT

AHMEDABAD.

London, Jan. 15.

Rombay, Jan. 15. The oleventh meeting of the The police opened fire at Anglo-Soviet debts and claims com- Ahmedabad yesterday, after fall- mittee yesterday decided that the ing to disperse a crowd which was sub-committee dealing with bond- demonstrating in sympathy with holders' claims and Sovlet counter the recently

Sholapur executed claima should commence ita work rioters.

on January 26 and the sub-com It is reported that a man and a mittee dealing with miscellaneous woman were wounded while 150 private debta, claims and counter were infured by the policemen's claims on both sides, early in staves and had to go to hospital. February-British Wireless

Reuter

The thirty or so passengers on Sun Chau had a bad scare yesterday this launch wont morning when aground on a small island on its way The Bus Chau left Hongkong at from Hongkong to Cheungchau. 0 am, and three quarters of an hour later, the grounding occurred, within

Fortunately, the launch had

was

The launch was only slightly damaged and was able to return to Hongkong later in the morning. As this is about time for her over-haul, It is understood that Sun Chau will go into dock to-day.

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