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BANKRUPTCY COURT.

STORY OF $2,720 ROBBERY.

SALT FISH DEALER.

Stating that he had failed be cause he was robbed of $2,720 in September, 1930, To Pr-wan, alina To Sik-pani, No. 934, Canton Rond, formerly trading as the Sze Cheong salt ish dealers, was publicly ex- amined on its own petition by the Official Receiver (Mr, E. L. Aga siz) in the Bankruptcy Court this morning.

PIRACY GUARDS ON CHINA COAST.

THE

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trade; it could restrict the num- ber of passengers, increase th namber of the Europeans in the crew or adopt other expedients of its own.

The Judgment.

this case

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1932.

BIG TRADING JUNK YOUTH SEEKS CAR

FOUNDERS.

IN COLLISION WITH STEAMER.

TOOLS.

CAPTURED AFTER

CHASE.

Mr. W. M. Gitting appeared before Mr. Fraser, at the Kow- Toon Magistracy this morning, ad

TWENTY RESCUED, complainant in a case in which

None the worme for their

terrifying experience, there arrly ed in Hongkong this morning on the Chinese steanter Sunkong twenty Chinese who were rescued when their large trading junk sunk after a collision with the steamer in Chinese waters in the early hours of yesterday morning

Their vessel, the Wing On Tai trailing junk, was on its way from Macao to Madhow with 2,600

Mr. Justice Rowlati, in giving judgment said;-In shipping Company carrying on their business in the China seas seek a declaration that the Crown are not entitled to receive from them certain monies in respect of si Military

placed on board the steers of the plaintiffs with their consent for the purpose of protvní - ing the steamers against pirary on

N the part ad ill-disposed ZIZAMPESZETA. Now, the trets which have oc- further enquiries about the robberiesfined the are really very clear.

Debtor's abilities were shown for many years there has lusen | A'mut 280 yesterday

great dent of piracy in the China after, passing the Tai Wak fand Ni Wok Islada, the craft inlly this Jerm, d is this form w which we are

ener in this rase, matuely, parsons have shippin 28 passengers, beling Chinese gangers, our board these ships and.

The examination wus adjourned 2 for the Official Receiver to make

nt $1,880, with assets of $318.

pienis uf general cargo on bord. morning.

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house.

a youth named Chan Kám, aged 16, was charged with attempting to steal tools from motor-ear No. 2,574 yesterday afternoon.

Inapreter Smith. Kowloon City Mr. Poller Station, stated that

Kent Gitting resided at No. 17, Road. The car, a two-seater, was At parked outside the

du- about 130 p.m. yesterday. fendant was seen to get into the front seal, whereupon Mr. Gittins rushed out of the house, accom-

Mrs. Gittina. De Fanter by Tendant ran up Kent Ioad ith while Mr. Gittins at his heels,

In Mrs, Gittins drove the another directian with the inten. He was subesprently overtakere and taken to the Paller station.

Mr. Gittina, Mald Inspector Smith, let me tools from his

and Par ne tine bark

since then had been keeping a sharp lank-out.

Debtor atated that in started then it has taken cap, CRM into rollision with the sution of cutting him off.

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busines with $1,000 capital and was the sole proprietor, but it From bad to worse 12til he

bebtest to different people to ther fie rareled extent of over $1,000,

being very

on the business until September,ard to serutialse, at

BURETORS and very

1934

He was questioned at length on his evidence that in September, 1980, while asleep, he was waken ed by having the muzzle of a pistol pressed into his stomach,

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convenient Bartment that lave arisen and over- So they have rom the officers. plundered the ship. That clearly in piney. That is the state of af- Fatra that had to be dealt with.

Payment Under Protest,

find three robber. premunt. One took his key and opened the

At one time there were Indian safe, extracting $2.720. He adds and at gather time some. vanced the theory that sne of the thing else was augtposted. Vart- might have bilden Ju Bons plans were discusard, and it emply Bah tuh and when all bud | aðl came down to this, simply insi gune to bed opened the dong for clearly, that in about 1928 or 19 The others to enter. He said he the shipowners were saying that reported it to the Police and one nothing wave E iman was arrested but dia barged, † trade was to be maintained, except The same man. however, was ean- disciplined men, trained and dis- victed on noother charge and cent|ciplined to probet the ship. They Lab provide them themselves. and they said that the Government Lant to provide them.

to prison

Debtor averred that they loss of That mumer caused his hand, cupiter, bil aurreed that he caurind on too is year afterwarda,

Other Cases,

An application for hearing

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Then the Government zak: -W, will provide Them, but you must pay the charges named" which were equisunt. 3 suppose, to the charges for the expenses of The Goy ramend na the tremps, petition against Mesos 1 K The higher then Giples and Company, Chin liilias de option but to accept the ing, was adjournedd Mr. terma". That merely meant this: "We st have armed guards. We cannot provide them ourselves, u way son will not give them without parterret Therefore we will agree to do it because we have ne option, but we are protesting against it, We any you ought to give them for nothing."

F. C. E. Roadali, for the petition. ing creditor, stating that hi rlich!

and was ek in Macro could not attend.

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The petitioning ereditor Cheng Din-te, No. 124, Queen's Read Went, who applies on a debt of $6.200, allered to be due under a Chinese burrowing note.

A Receiving Order was made in the matter of a Sum-pak, trad in as the Wai Lure Firm, of No. 2. Stafford Rond. Kowloon Tong. and No. 4. Des Voeux Road West, on his own petitiota.

Mr. 11. B. Evans mude the ape plication on behalf of debtor, and the Ocial Receiver did oppose.

Debtor's Babilities were shown at $85,838,17 with marts $13,800.

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THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE,

CHINESE REPRESENTATIVE

NOMINATED.

Geneva, Jan, '13.

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They want to say they had a opkami consistent with doing god Lainess.

It is not contended for; mement that the Government insisted on putting these troops fears. The plaintiffs were free not

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carry on the trade at all or to carry it on at their own risk and not require the series of the

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came into rollision with the Sun-

Badly helded, the junk took in watey quickly and foundered less than half an hour. The new

of Twenty manned the junk's outs lifeboat and were plexed up by the Sunkong

None safered any da jury as a result of 15r enllision.

The junk, whien is valued. $14,000, as well as the caries, |which belongs to several mer- chants, was a total loss, The Sookong {1]'tar+

to have suffered any damage.

The Sonkong has a nel franare of 322 tous. She was on her way

to Homrkone with a cargo al al Ber master is Leung Pat, and she day need by Kan Ting-cheung, whose agents in Hongkong are the Wo Hop Steamship Company.

SCOTTISH CUP.

FIRST ROUND. MATCH ANTICIPATED,

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by Mr. Ezidence was given Gittins of chasing the defendant from Kent Rond Inte Devon Roud, in the and of arresting him garden of the house avrupied by the Belgian Consul. Mra, Giltius eorenborated this evidence,

Hefendant denied having enter. ed the car at all, stating he was

here to look for a friend.

His Worship registered a con- vietin and passed sentence one month's hard labour.

THE LIFE-SAVING SOCIETY.

BONGKONG THIRD IN

FMPIRE.

A letter ireta the Chief Secres

fars of the Royal Life-Saving

In the fat round of the Seodfish | Souky has been received! by

R. J. Hunt. Hongkon Sergt. Poline, the local representative and examiner of the Society, com menting on the excellent results attained during 1941 and pointing

Cup Comp tiben 10-day, Murray

defeated by field Austers wore

“t 【l being Edinburgh City, the 2-nil.

The first round ties are scheduled to be played on Saturday nest, batout this match was advanced. - Router.

Damage to furniture, other house

holl articles and the wood work of the

ram was caused when a fire broke out in the sitting room of Harbour View Hotel at 4 juni, yester- day afternoon. The outbreak apparently due to an electrie being left switched on.

This Hongkon was placed third in the Hampire. Alexandria eame first, but the spend place la not indicated. Special mention 1: made of the pond results and obtained by the Argyl Sutherland Richlanders.

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she for its pemple, but the Court can- thuy wanted not examine it. Nobody could come guards and could not get them

to the Comet and say whether the without paying for them, and they havernment of any country did ur paal ander protest. Berause they did not perform its duty in thurt id "We are enfiled to get them respect. That confusion with the without payment”.

double use

of the word "duty"

War Time Anhlogy.

The case was put before nu am the basis of the well-known euses alnut ollicer who have become so hardened by war relaxation that they have received respect of BAYVITA,

Hes at the bottom of the whole of the argument in this case. The case for the plaintiffs is on a con pleto fallicy. It is not a question of the Crown doing anything of the kind which the officers in the

the excrements in other cases were found to have

Services Renddered Only.

of their done. We had the case of the Shipping Controller who thou he was authorised to license ships

1 is said that what has been for particular purposes, and that he

done here is that they have raised At the opening of the fifty-sixth. Se, too, the Faut Controller Partament. That is the way the

was entitled to make a charge for

with! the consent of session of the Executive Council of thought he could regulate the supposition is brought into line with the International Labour Offer, the chairman, M. Maksin (Religium)ply of milk and that he euld charge

for his permission,

So did the licensing authority in another case referred to. Over and over again such offers have thought

that because they have the power to

Jammuneed that the Belgian Govern- ntent. in agreement with the Chinese Government, and nominat ed Mr.

Woo Kal-cheng associate representative of Belgium on the Council.

Mr. Woo Kai-chong aid

attle Ching was glad to be

participate in the labours

Council.

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was most unfortunate that the last ela at the Artillery at Lyceum could not pass out, due troubles the anti-daganese breaking out. This also affected! twn classes of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. If these classes had been examined, long- Rong would have ran a very close

first.

of

The letter further states that it is pleasing to rend of the success. ful and plucky Jarbour swim of Міня Durts Hunt. daughter Sergt. Haut, and the Central exe cutive congratulate her most high- for breaking the record for the swim.

Sergeant Hunt, who gives his services voluntarily in his spare time, is proceeding to England on have in April, and will visit the Headquarters of the Society, Sergt. Grund, the Hongkong Police. who possesses the Award of Merit, has been asked to fill Sergt. Hunt's course. It is hoped that this year post and will be appointed in due Hongkong will endeavour to brank But that is not receiv-|||]] records in this most valuable ing money. Of case.

if there

subject. daty WEN R comparable to the duty of an officer, something of the sort. might be said. Bat get rid of that and there is nothing left. What is money is go more th charge has unt been imposed as the services. The price of something they are en- titled to without charge. In the case of the officers the party was Helsingfors, untitled

to the anbiassed judicial Athens.

Pive or to withhold, they have the "dering

power to give or to withhold on that terms, which they have not got to That is well known as regards

officers,

of the

ro.

The Japanese Government presentative, Mr. Yoshisalu, s

In this case it is very interesting. In this case that doctrine is sourlit

EXCHANGE RATES.

to for applied to the Crown in resis

dressing of the officers conerned. Buenos Aires.99 the delegate of countries of the Farpeet of what is called its duty to lite lud to pay for it. That could Shanghai, Bast, warinly welconund the its regular forces for the pro

not be maintained. Here, there New York.. Chinuar representative. --Reyter. tection of its nationals. It is said

is nothing whatever fu

The Austerdam. The Shipping Contralor

for the Vienna

Mattri Fuel Controller could not charge company could not call

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Bucharest for the services which he givession of the Grown

question whether there should he

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and you the Crown cannot charge soldiers or sailors in ships or not Brussels.. for performing your function of at all. J. is a mere question of Milan....

tion for national protection or the

using the armed forces of the na

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WOMAN BADLY BURNED.

A "Complete Fallacy."

relatives.

near

services rendered. Igather, and Stockholm that the soldiers should do pame Copenhagen. thing inside the ship of the plain- | Prague - tits which they could take or leave Lisbon as they chose, and for which they Ho

Bombay Yokohama..

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4.05 Silver (spot)...19.15/16 19.3/10

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GALE IN CHANNEL.

I seegis to me, as was said in could have made other arrange- Suffering from the effects of } another ense, that the maligy fails menta, That is all there is in this corrosive acid, a Chinese marris! | because the word "duty" in the jease, and I cannot see any more woman, Li Ying-king, aged 29, of ¦ two enses is made to describe two | than the Courts could see in the 108 Queen's Road West, was re-totally different things. In the case of the South Wales police any moved to the Government Civil case of the officers they have the reason why it should not be done- Hospital yesterday afternoon by duty to perform the duties con-none.

fided to them by the statutes in There was one argument made, It appears that whilet walking question, ie, a duty in the eye of

of and that was that this was main- along Queen's Road West

the Courts of Law. But in the talning a force without the con- Eastern Street at 8.30 am. yester-ease of the Crown and the use of ont of Parliament. I do not think

its forces what ફેર called the duty that

serious paint at all, really. BRITAIN EXPERIENCES MORE -day, an unknown man threw the s

SEVERE WEATHER. contents of a bowl over her face. is not that sort of thing at all. it was not as if they raised the The fluid took immediate effect, as not any obligation, as I force on local pay which was not

London, Jan, 13. understand it. which comes within burning her face, nock and oyer.

authorised at all. They are simply

A heavy gale was experienced Although the incident occurred the purview of the Courts of law. using the forces for reward, and

different sort of thing in the forces are still paid by money in and around Britain last night carly in the morning, the woman, different region altogether. It is provided by Parliament and the

and this morning, being expocini- who was fret trented at home, merely what I venture to call a receipt of it is credited to the ly severe in the English Channel was not removed to the Govern-political duty, Maing the word

and North Sen. ment Civil Hospital for profos palliert" in ita proper and In my judgment the whole casa Much shipping took shelter in slonal treatment until 4.30 in the original sense. It is what any in misconceived, and the claim must south coast ports.-British Wiro- afternoon.

Government would be expected to be dismissed, with costs.

lesa.

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Crown.

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A WAY TO END DEPRESSION,

Continued from Page 6,1

chemien and its ancillary trades would all benefit.

to

The proposal should appeal the Governments and business in- terests of France and America. It would bring them developments within their borders and demand work for their products for new in other countries.

Phipps Has a

NEW "HATE."

The airship 100, which the Government has just sold as a bar-

gain remuant, is to be demolished by a steam-roller. Then, Phonix- like, it is to arise in the form of ashtrays.

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It is the method of destruction which appeals to me. In the dinary way one asociales steam- rollers with tar and urban councils, but considered subjectively they assume the ignity of a Force.

The stem-ruller occupies position analogous to that of the fion. It is the King of Hardware. And that is why I am now going to suggest the formation of Steam-Roller Society for the Pul- verising of Public Eyesores.

Think of the possibilities. deputation with a good heatf steam could "clean up" London in a few hours.

Rolling Down to Lndgate.

A of

GLOVES

in

Chamois, Doeskin, Cape & Fabric

Lined or Unlined.

Wo have a nice assortment of Gloves this season, Made by Deats, many lined with Jaeger Wool, in Grey. Brown, Chamois, Putty, Etc. All sizes from size 7 to 94

Overcoats, Spatts, Sweaters.

Inspection Invited. POWELL, Ltd. Specialists in Gentlemen's Wear.

Wm.

10. ICE HOUSE STREET.

CATHAY

CINEMA DE-LUXE

SHANGHAI.

The whole of the Ornamental &

Rough Fluted Plaster Draperies Carpets &

Spray Painting

have been executed by

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DAIRY FARM NEWS..

We beg to announce that from to-day and until further notice, all Milk and Cream sold by us will be Pasteurized and may be consumed as delivered to cus. tomers. This step has the full approval of the Medical Officer of Health.

THE DAIRY FARM ICE & COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.

MACAU GREYHOUND RACING CLUB

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DOGS!

The chairman's roller might be occupied by Mr. Howard Robert- non, to architect who recently criticised the Strand and alluded to Leicester-square as "just awful." Following him on the vice-chair- man's footplate we might have Mr. George Mansell, who described taking "the Ludgate-circus as Davil's prize for sheer civic antidi.

What ecstasy we should enjoy tention to statuary.

I might add that all those wish- rolling down the Strand. With Digressing for a moment to what athotic fervour we should bump off the Albert Hall, we should ing to join the society should send open the throttle and eliminate roll relentlessly onward and awat in their applications to me. Ap and Lolcestor- the main railway termini (with plicants must be British and have Ludgate-circus square! After a short recess for, the possible exception of Waterloo), at least 10 years experience of luncheon we might turn our at-exerting our utmost tonnage introlling (steam preferred).

Every Saturday & Sunday Night.

the case of St. Pancran.