1935-03-20 — Page 28

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1985.

SIX MONTHS FOR Rubber Needs BRITISH FINANCES

EMBEZZLEMENT :

PUBLIC MUST BE PROTECTED

Over-Rated

RESTRICTIONS ARE NECESSARY

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SATISFACTORY:

BUDGET ESTIMATES

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ALMOST REACHED CENTRAL

London, March 19.

With two wooks to run before the and of the financial year, the latest Treasury returns show that ordinary revenue amounted at March 18 to £681,368,555, which is an increase of $18,034881 over London, March 19.

last week's figures. The, estimate The Financial Times' Amsterdam for the year is £706,520,000, and, correspondent states that there is the total revenue collected so far considerable surprise in well-is therefore already within about informed Dutch quarters that the 25,000,000 of Budget expecta Rubber Regulation Committee has tions.. not yet raised restriction to thirty or thirty-five per cent.

Remarking that ho must protect the public and the business of tho Colony from such acta, Mr. Wynne- Jones, in the Central Police Court this morning, passed sentence of six months' hard labour on Chan Chan Ju-nung, Wai-ying alias manager of the Heung Yuen Com- pany Limited and joint manager of the Li Foog Shing Company, for the embezzlement of $5,315.25 be tween October 10 and March. 4.

Mr. M. K. Lo, for the prosecu- tion, stated that on March 1 the complainant became suspicious because according to the counter folla there seemed to be more interest duo on mortgago than was fact that the peak of the United pounds of the Budget Estimate for normal. He understood that de- States consumption is no longer collected up to the corresponding the whole year, of £219,500,000, fendant was a family man and that in March, but in January.

It is believed that the Committee has considerably overrated con- sumption and has overlooked the

Income tax collected last week Amounted to £5,603,000, bringing the total to date to £218,480,000, which is almost within one million

to

he intended in an honoursblo way It le thought that American date of last year.

Ordlunry expenditure up to make restitution. All the facts consumption for the Arst quarter March 16 is £675,930,952, com- were contained in the information will be 132,000 tona, as against anpared with £668,495,216 on March which led to the warrant for his estimate of 140,000 tons, while 17, 1984. The total estimato ef arrest.

consumption in the second quar- ordinary expenditure for the Mr. P. H. Sin, who appeared "inter will be considerably lower, Hou of Mr. T. P. Kemble for the

It is further pointed out that current year, including supplemen defence, said he was instructed German rubber imports for Janu-tary grants, is £716,709,000.- to plead guilty. He pleaded for ary were twenty per cent. below British Wireless. leniency and added that the de- last year and Italian imports of

fendant was not a criminal, for if British rubber will be reduced by ARIYOSHI TO GIVE he was he could have embezzled twenty per cent. Hence, there is more money and could have absumeiont reason. for the Com- sconded to Canton or elsewhere. mittee to reconsider its position

BUNCH OF SWINDLERS and exert further restriction.-

"In August last year," said Reuter. Mr. Sin, “the defendant met some so-called friends who induced him

The annual meeting of the Hong- to invest some money in an im-kong Auxiliary of the British and port and export business, and, like Foreign Bible Society will be held a fool, and thinking that everyone on Monday, March 25, at 5.80, at was as honest as he was, he put the

Helena

ADVICE

JAPANESE CHANGING CHINA POLICY

Shanghai, Mar. 20.

A previous report that Mr. May Instituto, The Ariyoshi, Japanese Minister to in $2,000 and was promised that Bishop of Hongkong will be in the China, was preparing to return to the sum would be doubled within chair, and the speakers will be Rev. Tokyo for the purpose of submit- six months or less. Those people for China of the Bible Society), and for the orientation of Japan's G. W. Sheppard (General Secretary ting to the Foreign Office his plan who induced him to put in money Rev. H. 0. T. Burkwall (Secretary general polley toward China, has were nothing but a bunch of for South China).

been confirmed by an official report, swindlers Not wishing to lose

which states that he will safi for

his capial, the defondant put in of procuring An unauthorized Japan by the s.8. Nagasaki on more money and then lost it all. receipt book, and he used this for March, 26.-Central News. On March 4 this year, he went to the purpose of obtaining money, the complainant and told him the which showed a certain amount of circumstances stating he had with deliberation. drawn money from the firm."

"In this case I have to consider

The Magistrate remarked that the effect on the man himself and the period over which the money the effect on the public. I think was taken tended to show system I must protect the public and the and negatived the plea of a business of this Colony against momentary temptation, Defendant such acts,"" concluded the Magia had actually gone to the troubletrate,

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