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THE

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An Investment that Assures

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Afforestation is

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There is no substitute for newspaper publicity. the fact that the advertising is combined with the news of the day ensures that it is read daily. Calculated on the cost per thousand copies, the newspaper delivers advertising into the homes at a fraction of the cost of circulars.

Circulars are often discarded without being read! Newspapers are read daily.

The cost of sending out circulars every day would be prohibitive.

The South China Morning Post and The Hongkong Telegraph (with their guaranteed circulations) Garry to thousands of homes daily, the message of the advertiser

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TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1936.

CHARGE NOT PROVED

ALLEGED FORGERY of:

TRAM TICKET

IMPORTANT TO LIVER SUFFERERS

By Dr. Quignon of the Faculty of Medicine. Paris.

Just now I am kept very busy by The case against Yip Chung-kay; an epidemic of. "Hiver" disorders—a which was heard at the Central

Magistracy on Monday afternoon. great many people feeling "out of was concluded yesterday, when the sorts," bilious, depressed, and únable defendant was discharged by Mr. Sto enjoy their food. Undoubtedly F. Balfour at the Central Magistracy, the best remedy for an upset liver is famous Cón- It will be recalled that the defen-provided by certain Bant was charged with having travelled on a tramenr without pay- Unental Mineral Springs, but science ing his fore, and with having forged has now made it possible for all enjoy in their certan documents purporting to be River sufferers to monthly tickets of the Hongkong homes, all the benefits of Confluentat Tramways Ltd.

Spa treatment, at little cost. By re- Mr. M. A. da Silva appeared for producing in crystalline form the world the defendunt, and Mr. W. A essential principles of seven Mackinlay acted for the complain-renowned Spas, including those at ants, the Hongkong Tramways.

At yer erday's hearing, evidence was given by witnesses produced by Mr. M. A. da Silva, the first of whom was Dr. Lum Sing-kun, who said that

Vichy, Curlsbad, Alx-les-Bains and Marienbad, Aiklu Snitrates' provides what is probably the finest liver tonic and corrective known.

11 is obtain-

can

he had been defendant's doctor for a able from all high class Dispensaries number of years, and had advised de-and Stores. fendunt, two or three months before. To men and women who are feel- March 1935, to walk as much as posing Hverish and "out of sorts", and to sible, ta the complaint he was suffer those who are suffering from Rheu ing required that. Defendant usually matiem, Lumbago, Kidney trouble visited him in the evenings, at a time and High Blood Pressure I convenient to both.

recommendh 'Altia Sultrates' with confidence and i advise them to Mr. L. Leung, a chemist by professtart the treatment without delay. sion, sinted that he had been a pas- renger on the tram in question on July 20, und had heard. the argument between

us the defendant and

inspecter concerning the possession A fannel dance will be held by the of a ticket. He also heard the words local section of the Health, Strength, "Police Station" mentioned. Toth Sports and Athletic Club at the Hotel the defendant and the Inspector Ceell un Saturday, August 29, from alighted near the Police Station. - the in pan, to 12.45 .m. Members and defendant teaving the trom Arst, their friends are welcome at usual followed by the Inspector. The admission charges. By kind per- defendant did not seem 10 be in a mission of Lieut, Col. R. M. Rodwell

hurry.

Boy's Pastime

The defendant's son Yip Kwok-ho, after stated that three or four days his summer holidays had begun he

and Officers, the Dance Orchestra of the 1st Bn. Rayal Ulster Rifles will be in attendance.

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was writing on his fathers de 1936 monthly tieket, by pasting

version of the expired March flekel when he noticed, the wallet which his piece of white paper with the Chinese father used, lying on the desk, He written on it, Mr. M. da Silva, gald put his work aside and, opening the that he relied chiefly on the story wallet, found the expired March of the defendant's son, and also on ticket in a celluloid compartment. He the fact that he could not see why his took the ticket out, and, pretending ellent, who could afford 10 pay $10 himself to be a printer, he took for monthly tickets from 1952 up to piece of white transparent piper, 1935, should try to forge a July, 1938, the price had clipped it on to the Chinese version ticket, especially as

of the ticket, and began priating been reduced from $10 to $6. The only alteration he made during the process of the printing was thut

Counsel went on to usk Mr. Balfour

of the price, which had been reduced to take a serious view of the case from $10 during 1935 to $8 at the before arriving at a verdict, for if the time of his printing the paper. He defendant was found guilty it would was only doing it for fun, and had no mean the ruination of the man's ex- Intention of using it as a fargede had worked for eighteen years. ged cellent record in a firm with which leket. Not satisfied with inving printed the paper, he posted it over and cause bing the loss of his job, in of the the Chinese version of the ticket, at which case, the dependants the same time, pasting another piece defendant would be left stranded. of celluloid, which was red in colour,

Mr. Mackinlay then stated the ease on to the English version of the. ticket. He then replaced it in the for the prosecution, and said that It wallet without his father's knowledge. was mainly based on the evidence given by the Inspector, Conductor

of the

Company, Cheung Sun, the Motor-man, was and Motor-man again recalled by Mr. Mackinley and adding that these men were only contradicted his previous statement, telling the truth, as they had nothing which said that he saw at man re-to gain by lying. In order for the sembling the defendant boarding the defendant to be acquitted, the evid- tram in Luard Rond, by saying that ence of the three men had to be dis- he did not stop his car anywhere near believed, and the story of the defen- Luard Rond and that the defendantdan't zon belleved. must have boarded the tram some- where in the Central District.

Case for Defence

The Verdict

Balfour Passing Judgment, Me. said: "The case against the defendant Consul then stated the case far is very strong. The fort that evid- the defence, saying that the Motor-ence, has been given that he sald in possessed & man's further evidence could not be the framear that he taken into conside. tion, as he had monthly tekel, that he opened his definitely sworn on Monday that he wallet in show it to the Conductor and had seen someone resembling

showed it to the the that he further defendant got on the tram in Luard Inspector saying that it was a mouth- Road: Defendant could not be con-ly ticket, is especially against him. victed on the first charge, as he had The case for the defence, however, in no time whatsoever to pay his fare also clear. The defendant's con said before the Inspector buurded the that he made the ticket as a copy, tram, as the conductor did not ap-changed the date and the price on it, proach him for it, and as there were and replaced it in the wallet without only two stations between where he telling his father. It is therefore had got on and where he had alighted. conceivable that the defendant's story with the Inspector,

that he opened the wallet to pay the fare when the Inspector came, might Going on to the charge that the have been true. This story is con- defendant had attempted to forge tradicted by the Inspector's and December 1035 monthly ticket, Conductor's evidence; but if this case Counsel said that the only evidence had been before a jury. I think they leading to that accusation was the would be warned not to attach im- piece of red celluloid pasted on the portance to the details of the evid- be oulte English version side of the expiredence, some of which may be March 1935 ticket. There was no possible. There is also defendant's evidence to prove that the defendant statement that he had not yet pald had used that

For this piece of red celluloid his are to the Conductor.

the fact that to cover the pink colour of the March reason, combined with ticket in an attempt to utter it as the defendant bears an excellent him on the a valid December 1935 ticket, which character, I discharge was red in colour.

first charge, that of travelling on the Referring to the charge that the tramcar without paying his fare, and defendant had tried to forge a July also on the remaining charges."

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