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8,000 HEROIN PILLS SEIZED

STIFF SENTENCES

ON WOMEN

A woman, Chul Pui-hing, 21, was sentenced to three months hard labour by Mr. Burgens at the Central Magistracy this morning for possea- alon of 8,100 heroin pills at 51, Hen neasy Road, with the defendant, were two men, Yip Chi and Ho Yu.

Mr. C. Y..Kwan pleaded guilty on behalf of the woman and not guilty on of Ho Yiu. Mr. D. McCallum, behalf representing Yip Chi, entered a plen of not guilty. The pleas were accept ed by the prosecution,

W. Grimmitt stated that on the morning of May 13 woman was arrested in Fenwick Street in pussession of 3,000 heroin fills. Enquiries were made and a rald

Revenue Omer A.

SCRAMBLE FOR INSURANCE BUSINESS

¿Continued from Page 1.)

to place before you a satisfactory result about a year hence.

increase of

It was

An analysis of the, balance sheet shows that the total of assets, expressed in sterling has fallen £150,710.10.10 whereas in Hongkong currency there is an Wanchai. Appearing $2,670,772.00. The Reinsurance Fund Is down by £14,676.13.2 in sterling and up by $461,386.07 in Hong- and the Investmeal kung currency and Exchange Fluctuation Accounts shrinkages of £63,121.16.1 shows and $82,263,53 in sterling and local currency respectively. the wish of your Directors (to which the General Agents glailly acquleseed) that all investments, which were at all doubtful, should be written down and it is to this, and, in a lesser degree, to ordinary normal that the falls in this last mentioned was immediately carried out at account are due. Our Reserves are Hennessy Hand. Admission was re- fused and the door had to be broken In. Chui Pui-hing was seen to run to the lavatory with a packet. There 500 pills were recovered. The malo defendants were in an empty teng.

Mr. Kwan pleaded for fentenes on behalf of the woman wha, he said, had nebwoy to rely on. She had ben out of. ing paid $10 a month to keep the cubicle. She

the actual culprit.

was not

MUST SUFFER

COUROR

more than ample to care for the business we transact and we should welcome an increase in the latter but only if this could be achieved, with some reasonable prospect of profit resulting.

the

We

now

the

THE HONGKONG

THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1936.

TELEGRAPH.

ANOTHER GUFFEY

COAL BILL

TALKING NOT "OBSTRUCTION"

FORGED NOTE POSSESSION

NEW DEAL WILL NOT POLICE CHARGE WHICH | GUILTY

SURRENDER

FAILED

Washington, May 20, Following President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Insistence that the New Doni munt keep trying to reach the objectives of the invalidated Guffey Coal Bill, the auther of that legisla-execution of his duty.

lon Senator Joseph Guffey, has drafted a new measure.

An unusual case was brought be fore Mr. W. Schofield at the Central Magistracy this morning when Wu Ilin-sul, 17, office boy, was charged with obstructing a police officer in the

The new Guffey Coal Bill will allow price-fixing and will be peste Congress at the earliest possible

moment,--Reuter,

SUBSTITUTE BILL

Washington, May 20,

A substitute Guffey Coal Industry Bill, with the sections to which the Supreme Coure objected detrtel, na heen introduced late the gente man House of Representatives-Deuter.

INDUSTRY STILL BOOMING

BRITISH FIGURES

ENCOURAGING

Inspector S. Logan kald while_n traße Shantung constable was on past duty at the junction of Queen's Hond East and Arsenal Street, a man riding a bicycle disobeyed the traffic signal. The constable was about in arrest the cyclls but he ran away, leaving the levele behind, A little while later, defendant and two other men walked up to the constable and engaged him in conversation. As they me were talking, the cyclist mode biesele away. The constable then arrested the defendant.

His Worship: Talking could hard- ly be called obstructing a police officer, Inspector Logan agreed that the evidence was rather weak,

Defendant was discharged after his worship and warned him not to do this sort of thing again.

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

MARKET UPWARD

YESTERDAY

KNOWLEDGE NOT PROVED

For lack of proof of guilty know- ledge, Cheung Tik-kwan, partner in a fisli stail, Central Market, was dis- charged with a warning by Mr. Bur

ess at the Central Magistracy this morning on a charge possession of Lure forged $10 kanknotes of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and one forged $10 Hole of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. Detective Ser- Rent C. T. Byron prosecuted.

Lan Wing-chan, clerk in the Hong- long and Shanghai Bank, testified to the forgeries and stated the European signature of the accountant was not the name of European employee in the bank. The quality of the paper was very inferior and the colouring spread.

Mr. J. M. Piana, clerk, Chartered Bank, deposed that the note was it forgery. The quality of the paper was poor; the front and back of the note, were stuck together; the picture of the Roman head on the front of the note wan very blurred and the mumbers were not evenly printed. The water mark was indistinet.

Chan Hong, District watchman No. 14.

evidence of the arvest of Kave defendant on information at a tea- house in Gage Street on May 16. The notes were wrapped in brown paper and were found in his jacket pocket, Defendant also had few ten-cent

had A pieces that were genuine,

The surplus now to be dealt with is out of maid on interim dividend ich has been

recommend

London, May 20. share. payment of $8.40 per share, making in all $12.00 per share, which will

The Hound of Trade index of the United abnurla $400,000; we further recom industrial activity mind the addition of $60,000 to the Kingdom was 1.0 per cent. greater R. O. Grimmitt said he was instruc

Reinsurance Fund and the transfer in the first quarter of 1986 than in ted by the Superintendent of Imports

of

balance,

to the preceding quarter and 80 per amounting and Exports to ask his Worship Lo

$184,433.17; to Underwriting Suspense cent. greater than in the first quarter take a serious view of the case, The Account to clone 1954 and previous of 16, the index numbers for the

willingly

The balance of $2,011,616.50 three periods being 123.1, 120,8 and years, woman had admitted quite that a man named Lal King paid her

int credit of 1035 Account allows of 113.0 respectively.

Index numbers for the March $10 and also paid the rent for the the payment of an iterim dividend

both

for the manufacturing cubicle which was

pilla

storage for of $3.60 per share for that year.untries and for all groups togeth by fractions without the benefit of tained 1 piu lottery tickets Young women wheYou will notice that we have elimin- accented jobs like this must sufferated the bonus of $1 per share and represent the greatest

embled it in the figure of divident. production since the inception of the the consequences when

index. The production of iron and caught

Heroin

-CAUTIOUS-POLICY-

sted Roots constitutes a record Production of textiles was the highest since the first quarter of 1928 and of coul since the first quarter of 1930.

British Wireless.

Д

the

they

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getting very provalent, he the Department had got to put a stop

Shareholders may think that some- to them. Women who accepted these jobs and then lay themselves at the thing more might be distributed out of interest in respect of the year mercy of the Magistrate only encour nged others, even juveniles, in partici-1931 but your General Agents and

Consulting Committer feel pate. It

would

serious matter.

become

very

Mr. Kwan: That a porsibility, It is not fair to say it against my client.

R. O. Grimmitt: bility. It is an netual fnet.

Yung Sin-ngor, the woman who was arrested in Fenwick Street, was fined $2,500 or, in default, three months' hard Inbour.

volume of

Underwriting Suspense Account, be adopted and passed."

Mr. Ilo Kom-tong seconded and the motion was adopted.

that It would be better to defer any inerenRe until later when we hope the future share and an Interim Dividend in may look somewhat less obscure; we respect of the year 1935 of $3.60 per want first to be sure that any adili- share; an addition of $50,000 to Re- It is not a position made can be comfortably pain-insurance Fund and of $384,433.17 to

nine. You will have gathered from the earlier part of my speech, the direction in which, our troubles He and if Reserves should be called upon to bolster up Working Accounts, interest must fall. I see no present prospect of this but it in in the natural sequence of things if and when underwriting canes to be pro- Atable. J Imve no wish to sound too doleful, but it would be senseless for me to conceal from you the fact that the struggle for existence to-day is just as great in "insurance" any other branch of commerce. Any oth

CATHOLICS MARCH

ON TYBURN

London, Apr. 27. Some 2,000 Roman Catholics took part this week in a proces- sion from the Old Bailey, once the site of Newgate Prison, to Marble Arch, where Tyburn Gallows stoxl.

T.

OTHER BUSINESS The Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo proposed the re-election of the following re tiring members of the Consultative Committee: Sir Robert Ho Tung, Messrs. I. E. Clark, A. H. Compton, 1. Dunbar, F. A. Joseph, T. Pearce, J. II. Taggart, and S. Williamson. Mr. J. D. Danby second- ed and the motion was adopted.

Mr. J. H. R. Hance proposed the Messrs. pre-election of the auditors,

Lowe, Bingham and Matthews, and Percy Smith, Seth and Fleming. Mr. M. I. Lo seconded and the motion was adopted.

in

This concluded the business of the meeting.

years.

MRS. ROOSEVELT INJURED

Washington; May 20.

the

Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, mother of the President of the United States, fell and fractured her hip while visit ing her great-grandchildren in New York City Router.

Defendant, from the dock, stated the notes were given to him at the tea house by his friend, Chui Henng. New York, May 20.

formerly employed in an who was Swan, Culbertson & Fritz Downdjacent fish stall. Chui had been Jones summary of yesterday's mar- out of work for neveral months. ket: The market to-day advanced told defendant that the parcel con-

eased trading. Oli sues were a increased

Del-Sgt. Byron informed drag on the entire list curly in the Magistrale that defendant had been n

Hd-partner-in-a-6sh-stall-for-over-ten| clun, due to the. fuct that crude barrels daily for the first time oil production hnd execeded 3,000,000 In

ed in the advance late in the day story. These issues, however, Jain- after the Pellean Oll Company had unnounced the curtaibment of His out- Activity put in the Rodesia fleld. was mainly centred on Chrysler, General Motor, United States Steel, Radio Corporation of America and Columbia Gas securities, Cupper

મ stocks rose on an improved demand for the metal. Uillity, amusement, railroad, rubber, tobnero, chemical and farm-implement stocks advancer from their low levels. Both the bonds market and stocks on the Curb Exchange were irregularly higher.

Swan, Culbertson & Fritz Wall Street Journal comment on 10/0 market:The Inter-State Commerce Commission will probably extend the emergency freight rate charger for a short period, thus aiding railroad companies. The Supreme Court's decision on the Guffey Coal Act is Jikely to prove beneficial to the market for a long pull. Traders are still bullish for a long period. The second quarter business in the chemical Industry 1s comfortably above that of the first quarter. London has been doing less than 15,000 shares daily in our stock market as compared with over 1,000,-

Beyond once again voicing our preciation of the careful manner in which our underwriting in London is being conducted in the midst of many dileulties, I do not think there is. anything that calls for further men- tion by me but after the resolution, which I am now about to propose. There were present: the Iton. Mr. Along these same streets, more has been duly seconded, I shall be J. J. Paterson (Chairman), Messrs. than three ernturies ago, 100 Cathalie pleased to answer to the best of my iD. E. Clark, L. Dunbar, J. H. Tag-poo shares six weeks ago." nartyrs were dragged of hurdles to ability any questions that share-art and S. T. Williamson (Consult ing Committee); the Hon. Mr. M. K. farmer hollers may wish to ask. denth on the gallows, the position of which is still marked by

a small metal triangle

I now propose the following re-19, Messrs. 1o. Kom-tong, W. II. in the roadway solution: That the Report and Ac- Chay, M. II. Lo, Ile Shai-chung, 11. counts, as presented, including the J. Armstrong, J. 11. R. Hance, d. D. Many of those-in-the-procession.payment of a Final Dividend in Danby, W. L. Mckenzie, and I had travel specially from remote | respect of the year 1934 of $8.4u perj

at Marble Arch.

of England, Scotland

curnors

2341

Ireland.

Led by a priest bearing a crucifix, thy mahed, singing hymns, through

Street.

Holborn, Oxford Street, and Wigmore

Fienting

DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF

THE MOST DIFFICULT THING IN LIFE On the way they stopped to pray IS TO KNOW YOURSELF.--Thairs. outskle the churches

St. of

Elheldreda, Ely Place, St. Anselm Hongkong rainfall for the Zi hont's and St. Cecilia, Kingsway, and St., ending at 10 a.m. to-day totalled 0.06- Patrick's Suho.

inch. The total since January 1 is The

procession dispersed after 18.30 inches, against an avenge of Henetiction at the Tyburn Convent, 17.86 inches. Hyde Park Place, the nearest plnen to the netual site of the gallows where it service could conveniently be held.

LOCAL CHINESE

WEDDING

WELL-KNOWN

TAA

the

solely

FAMILIES UNITED

The wedding took place At Registry this afternoon of Mr. Chan Sing-kan and Miss Stella Fung, men bers of well-known Chinese families in the Colony,

The bridegroom is the son of Mr. Chau Man-chi, the well-known

who philanthropist responsible for the erection of the St. John Ambulance Brigute head- quarters at Tai Hang, and Mrs. Chau, and the bride is the daughter of Mr. Fung Kong-un, principal of the firm of Fung Tang and Co., and Mrs. Fung.

Air. W. J. Lockhart-Smith, Registrar of Marriages, officiated, and the Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow was the witness. After the ceremony, a reception was held at the Hongkong Hotel at which a large number of relatives and friends were present to offer their felicitations to the happy couple.

ROYAL PARTY TO VISIT LINER

QUEEN ACCOMPANIES HIS MAJESTY'

London, May 20.

Chan On, 18, banished for ten years from May 18, was sentenced to four months hard labour by Mr. Berges itt

Centrul the

Magistracy this Sub-Insp. L. morning for returning. Mist prosecuted.

One case each of Diphtheria and Typhoid were reported to the local Health authorities on Tuesday,

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in

The Boy Scouts Association rully connection with the Prince of Wales' Banner Competition is being held at the Diocesan Buys School, commencing Kowloon, on Saturday. nt 2.30 p.in,

The B.E.O.C.A will be holding their whist drives and tombolas week- ly at 8.30 p.m., on Mondays, com- mencing on Monday, May 25. In the case of inclement weather the drives will be held under cover.

Unclaimed telegrame are lying at the Eastern Extension Telegraph

While engaged in scraping the Company's office for Ziajza, funnel of the steamier Silverstreak at Grehotel, from Paris, and for the Kowloon Docks yesterday, Shum Macdonald, steamer Nellore, from Tai, labourer, fell from the staging Rotorun, New Zealand.

to the deck and received severe injuries. He was sent to the Kowloon

A fatal accilent was reported to Hospital. the police yesterday. Kwong Kai, 54,

EYS-

fell down the stairs at his address, The forthcoming wedding is 316, Portland Street, at 7.16 p.m. lastnounced of Mr. Pih. Hao-ching, the night. He was removed to the Kow-well-known Jockey and secretary of Joon Hospital where he died at 10.30 Mesara, Young Fat and Company o'clock.

and Miss Mok In-ngoli, of 77 Robinson Rond, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Mok Kon-sang.

Mr. L. I. Gourlay, Consul at the United States Consulate in Hongkong, is leaving to-morrow night by the

Owing to unforeseen circumstances, President Jackson to take over the concert promoted by Miss Maria similar position at Shanghai. He Margarida Comes in order to secure has been here three years and has funds for the "Culxu Escolar" for the made many friends. Ilis

successor education of poor Portuguesa boys in Donovan who Hongkong, hus is Mr. H. Howard

been postponed to arrived with his wife on Sunday from June, at 9-p.m. in the Club de Kobe where he

in the Consulate. Recreto.

Sentence of six weeks hard labour With four previous

convictions

S. C. & F. New York offer cables: Stocks: Stocks' were moderately better in demand and traders are expecting a rally. The Chesapeake & Ohio Hallway Company earned $1.50 per share for the I months ended April 30,

nguinst $107 "during

the corresponding period of last year. The

Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Company carned $4.24 per share for the 10 months ended April 30, com- pared with $4.70 during the corres- pending 10 months of last year. The Public Service Corporation of New Jersey earned $2.42 per share for the year ended April 30, against $2,75 the previous year. The United Air- lines report a deficit of $355,800 for the March quarter as compared with n loss of $320,000 for the March quarter of Inst

The year. Southern Pacifle Company lost $1,882,000 for the March quarter against a loss of $3,080,000 last year. The Pelroleum Institute reports a record-breaking crude oil production for the week ended May 18th. The Dodge Corporation reports that private building constraction in April. was the largest for 5 years and was nearly double that of April, 1935. There are rumours regarding the question as to whether the Gold Dust Corporation will be able to maintain its dividend.

Colton: The Government weekly report is favourable, with beneficial showers in the East. The basks i slightly easier and mills are supplied with their needs for the present.

Wheat: The Government weekly weather report indicates tavourable conditions. Short covering of May wheat and reports of dust storms, which are not considered as import- unt, aided the market. Coming hedges of new-crop wheat tend against any advances when May options are liquidated:

Rubber: The market was sily influenced itr either direction. Trading to-day was extremely light.

REUTER QUOTATIONS

Dow Jones Averagest

May 10. 30' Industrials. 20 Rutla 20 Ullitios 40 Bonds

May 20.

147.40

148.M

44,00

44.41

20,76

30.01

101.87

11 Commodity Index 37,05

102.00

57.06

1836.

was passed on Chan Kal-man, 20, by against him, Ching Chi, 40, was Mr. W. Schofield at the Central charged before Mr. W. Schofield at Magistracy this morning va a charge the Central Magistracy this morning banishment. of stealing a towed and a sult of with returning from cotton clothing from the roof of No. Ela previous offences were two for Seen Keen Terrace. Defendant larceny and two for returning from lust banishment pleaded guilty. Acting Sub-Inspector banishment. His Madgwick prosecuted and pointed order was dated October 9, but that there had been a number of He was sentenced to 12 months bard larcenies in that vicinity lately.

labour.

CLOUDY WEATHER

Prosure is highest in the vicinity of the Bonips and is relatively low

and over Manchuria

Indo-China. moderate; cloudy generally. rekaha Locul forecast:-East and S.E winds,

Lieut. C. C. Garthwaite, Royal In consequence of a traffic accident Artillery, summoned before Mr. E. at the function of Wing Lok. Sirent finsworth at the Kowloon Muinck puller injured his legs rather badly,

and Hillier Streel, when this morning for allowing his mongrel dag to wander on Chatham a crowd gathered. Suen Tim, shop It is learned that His Majesty the Road without a muzalo on May 6, fokl, was among them and his pocket King, accompanied by Queen Mary failed to make an appearance. It was picked of $1.00. A constable saw and the Duke and Duchess of Kent, spector Stimson said defendant had the Incident and arrested the man, will visit the liner Queen Mary, at another summons due on May 28 On, 18, who was brought before Southampton Dooks on May 25, for not having a licence for his dog, Mr. Burgess at the Central Magist

This will be the King's frat vlow ant requested that the case be ad- racy this morning. He admitted of the liner since he saw her nearly journed until then to enable defendant the charge and was sentenced to three finthed on the Clyde a few months to answer both summonses together, months' hard labour. Sub-Inspector

Mist prosecutod. ago-Reuter Special..

The request was granted.

RUDY VALLEE DIVORCED

Los Angeles, May 20. Mr. Fay Webb Vallee, wife of the famous crooner, obtained a divorce from Vallee on grounds of cruelty. 9he is Vallee's second wife.—United Press,

Charged before Mr. Macfadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning with unlawful possession of a quantity of wolfram ore, Wong We, aged 17. unemployed, was bound over in the sum of $60 to come up for judgment within one year. Sergeant Rogers,

a

stated that the ore was found in

defendant's cloth. girdle tied around wath Defendant was arrested com- ing from the direction of Tsan Wan and said that he had been given the ' ore by another man, The ore TV DH valued at about $1.

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