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THE-HONGKONG-TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY,--- MAY 20. 1936.

EVIDENCE BASED ON GOSSIP?

BUDGET LEAKAGE INQUIRY CLOSES

JUDGE ASKS QUESTIONS

London, May 10- Questions from Mr. Justice Porter, presking at the investigation of alleged leakagen of Budget informa- tion, elicited interesting revelations during the final day of the tribunal's session.

Mr. Kenneth Butt, son of Sir Alfred Butt

M.P., certified that his firm had been

annoyed when it was discovered that he had done Budget insurance business, and asked him for an ex planation. This he furnished, but he omitted his father's name in connec

with the transactions because he wished to

engaged in them.

FRAUDULENT

CONVERSION

GAOL FOR ACCOUNTS COLLECTOR

SUICIDE ATTEMPT

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VETERAN

LEAVING DODGERS

LINDSTROM. ASKS. FOR RETIREMENT

ST. LOUIS ON TOP AGAIN ·

Remanded from yesterday. Li Kon man, 21. dccounts collector, appearod before Mr. O. B. Burgem at the Central Police Court this morning when evidence was heard against him of fraudulent conversion charge of $8,000 belonging to his employers, the Wa Fung Yuen Import and Ex- port firm, 31 Wing Lok Street.

The defendant admitted having eashed the draft at the Yu To Bank, GIA Bontam Strand West, but plead ed, that while he was on his way back to the shop he was robbed of all the money Cashman testified to player and could not help his club.

Del-Sergt. T.

arresting the defendant on a warrant at the Government Civil Hospital where defendant was removed after he had attempted suicide by taking an overdose of adalin tablete.

Ho Kal-tung, nccountant of the complainant firm, deposed that de

New York, May 10. Freddle Lindstrom, veteran out- fields of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and most admired one of the

game's figures, to-day asked voluntarily to bo placed on the retired list, saying he felt he was finished as a Big League

Brooklyn was scheduled to play Cincinnati to-day, but the game was postponed on account of rain. Two other National League games were also spotted by the abandoned, those between Pittsburgh Philadelphia.

weather, and

tion with wide the fact that Sir Alfred fendant had been employed as ae and New York and St Louis and

had

been

counts collector. Witness gave him a draft for $8,000 on April 25 to cash at the Yu To Bank. As he had

not returned by pm, witness made a report at Central Police Station and a warrant for the defendant's arrest was taken out the following

There was a further surprise when the financier, Mr. Filmund Waterton, who last week was cortilled to have mentioned the name of Mr. J. II. for Thomas, Secretary of State Colonies, in

in connection with Budget leakages, was point by Mr. Jrrogated on this day."

Porter. To-day, Mr. Waterton said that M.G.M.Mr Thomas' name only occurred to him as he was thinking things over Picture about lunch time on April 20,

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eventually mentioned Mr. Thomas' name. But witness agreed with the judge that it was really in the nature of light gossip-Renter.

CHINA'S CUSTOMS PROBLEM

WIDELY DISCUSSED IN LONDON

London, May 10. There was an animated discussion at the meeting of the Chinn sub-com- mitice of the House when members, under the chairmanship of Lord Winterton, North Chinn.

discussed the smuggling situation in

Representatives of the British Re- sidents Association and the China tation were specially invited to the situation in nl Its bear-

inks.

It

was decided to give the utmost support to the Government in pressing for a general clarification of the posi- tion,

especially with regard to the argent need for enabling China to institute an efficient preventive ser vice, bath by means of revenue cruisers along the coast of Hopei and by barriers on the railways, to check the carrying of contraband.

Japanese authorities are objecting to the arming of Chinese customs officers or cruisers-Reuter.

EXTENDING U.S. COURTS' POWER

CHINA JURISDICTION COVERS HIGH SEAS Washington, May 19,

A Bill has been introduced into the House of Representatives by Mr. H. W. Summers, Democrat of Texas, to extend the jurisdiction of the United States Court for China over offences committed on the High Seas.

The Bill The

bas been approved by the Foreign Aff

Affairs Committee.

The measure provides that if offend- era are found in or are first brought into a Chinese port, the jurisdiction of the American Court there ahali hold Rector.

EMPIRE TRADE PROBLEMS

London, May 19,

The Dominions Secretary was ask- ed in the House of Commons whether Invitations-havo or would be issued to the Governments of the countries concerned in the Ottawa Agreements to attend a further conference with a view to continuing thogo agreements in same or another form.

Mr. Malcolm MacDonald replied:- The agreements between the Unibod Kingdom and the Dominions, con cluded at the fmperial Conference at Ottawa in 1932, did not terminato on given date and each agreement ontinued

In force unless at any time after February 19, 1937, six months' notice of denunciation was given by either party to it. The most com venient method of dealing with the questions arising out of the agrob ment was now under discussion bo tween the Governmenta

affocied "In the view of the United King dom Government, It would be most appropriate to proceed by way of dis- cussions with individual Governments as occasion offered, and they had brought this vlow to the notico of the. Dominions Governments"-British

Tiroles.

The M.V. Victoria (Lloyd Triestino)

is the to arrive from Singapore at

5 p.m. to-day and will smil for Shang-

hai at 9.30 a.m. to-morrow,

On May 15, defendant returned to the shop and when questioned by the manger admitted that he had spent the money but gave no reasons.

Sok Yu-zang, shroff employed at the Yu To Bank, testified to handing $8,000 to the defendant in exchange for a draft for that amount.

Further evidence was called after which the defendant was convicted and sentenced to three months' hardl labour.

Detective Sergent C. T. Byron prosecuted.

Railway Strike Terminated

50,000 MEXICANS GO BACK TO WORK

Boston Besa ran out ahead of the

Chicago Cubs by one run, after a fifteen men to first in action, scored heavy-hitting encounter. Boston got six runs and committed one error. Chicago hit thirteen, scored five and was faultless in the fleld.

ST. LOUIS WINS The lowly Browns brushed aside Athletics to-day, scoring an the eight-to-four victory. St. Louis hit eleven safeties and played an error- less game in the field, while Philadel phia could only manage four runs on nine hits, and fumbled once.

Boston beat Chicago four to two, acoring its runs on only four hits, surprisingly enough, while the White Sox, with twice as many safe blows, could only manage a pair of counters. Two-erro

errors cost the Chicago ning the game, in all probability. Boston: Bungled once.

Detroit, the champions last season, Again beat the Washington Senators, four to two. This time the hitting tallled with the runs, Detroit getting eight and Washington only four. Washington had оло error.

New York roated tho Cleveland Indiana ten to four. The Yankees smacked fourteen balls through the Cleveland infield and Rolfe and Gehrig Mexico City, May 10.

euch got a homer. Sullivan hit n The employees of the National circuit drive for the indians, but four Railways, 50,000 of whom struck yes-runs, was the best they could do on terday, returned to work to-day. seven hits. They had three errors,

An arbitration board decided and the Yankees two-Ranter. against the strikers, who were given twenty-four hours to return to work, with the alternative of dismissal,--- Reuter,

M

WILL LABOUR DICTATE?

MAKING DEMANDS

FREEING POLITICAL

PRISONERS

ON BANK OF FRANCE ITALY CELEBRATING

pro.

Paris, May 19. Financial circles are perturbed by the vast unemployment gramme launched by the General Confederation of Labour, under which, assuming the power be hind the throne of the new Socialist Government, it calla on the Bank of France to advance immediately 500,000,000 franca to finance public works.

The programme insists on Im- mediate nationalination of the arms industry and the introduc tion of a 40-hour week.-Router.

VICTORY

Rome, May 19: The release is announced of 498 the political prisoners, confined in Liparis Islands and elsewhere.

The reason for the amnesty is not given, but it is presumed it is con- nected with the celebration of Italy's victory in Ethlopla.

All Fascists capable of bearing arms between the ages of twenty-one and fifty-five will be enrolled in the militia

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