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All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice. and all sailings are subject to change or deviation with or without notice.

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL SAILINGS

5.5.

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From Hong Kon

About

RANCHI 17,000 *BEHAR 0,000

KAISAR-1- 11,000

HIND "SOUDAN 7,000

Rajputana 17,000 RANPURA

17,000 *BURDWAN 6,000

Rawalpindl

17,000

Cargo only.

Destination.

24th July., Bombay, Marseilles & London. 3181 July. Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg,

Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull,

7th Aug. Bombay, Marsellles & London. 14th Aug. Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg,

Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull. 21st Aug. Bombay, Marseilles & London. 4th Sept. Bombay, Marseilles & London. 11th Sept. Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg,

Rotterdam. Antwerp & Hull. 18th Sept. Marseilles, & London.

All vessels many call at Malta,

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS

Siralts, Madras & Colombo,

CRANFIELDĮ 5,000

25th July.

SANTHIA

TALMA

0,000 10,000

31st July.

14th Aug.

Singapore,

SIRDHANA 8.000

28th Aug.

SHIRALA

8,000

11th Sept.

Port Sweltenham, Penang, Rangoon & Calcutta.

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS

NELLORE

TANDA

NANKIN

7,000

7,000

7,000

31st July. 3rd Sept. 2nd Oct.

Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne & Hobart.

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN

TALMA

Rajputana

TANDA

10,000) 17,000 7,000

Birdhana

8,000

RANPURA 17,000

8,000

BURDWAN 0,000 SHIRALA

Cargo only.

22nd July | Amoy, Shanghai & Japan. 22nd July Shanghai & Japan.

6th Aug. Shanghai & Japan...

5th Aug. Amoy, Shonghai & Japan.

5th Aug Shanghai & Japan.

0th Aug. Shanghal & Japan.

19th Aug. Amoy Shanghai & Japan.

All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice. For further Information, Passage, Freight, Handbook, etc., apply to

The Agents.

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MACKINNON MACKENZIE.CO

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY,

GROCERY FIRM

SUMMONED

MISTAKE PLEADED IN

LARD CASE

it was a serious matter for all provision dealers in Hongkong If the nannger or proprietor was liable to conviction for some stupid mistake of a fuki, submitted Mr. C. Y. Kwan when he appeared in defence of the Wing Coffee company at the Central Magistracy yesterday. Albert W. L. Chong, proprietor of the company. was charged with selling to Sanitary Inspector J. M. Boyd, as lard, an article which did not comply with the regulations set out in the Adulterated Foods and Drugs Ordinance.

if the defendant had sold Purico

us lord then the offence should not have been but de- fendant should have been charged with obtaining money by false pre- said Mr. Kwan. Purico; he a vegetable fat and could not be considered as animal lord. Purico could not, therefore be judged under that Ordinance as an adulterated mixture of lard.

based on thin ordinance

tinued, was n

His Worship, Mr. W. Schofield, re- served judgment until 11.30 am. on July 24,

20

JULY 21,

*1937.

TYPHOON NEAR

BALINTANG

POOCHOW

120"

record? I will be in New York 25 days after leaving Berlin," he added. The plane also had aboard 301.207 kilos of mail and 32 kilos of freight.

The Manila Observatory reports at 8.10 am. to-day that typhoon is Sanitary Inspector C. Strange pro-situate in about Long: 124. Lat. 19, moving N.W. White dots show the secuted, and yesterday Mr. E. Kern,

track of the disturbance. manager of Ed. A. Keller and Co., Ltd., in evidence stated that his firm were agents in Hongkong for Purico. The commodity hart been sold

In Hongkong for the past fifteen years, and was composed of refined edible coconut oil, hardened. The name had but meant nothing to do with lard "pure and rich." It was a vegetable Tat made in Manila. Anybody who bought Purico should expect to get vegetable fat and not lard; the one was pure white whereas the other, lard, was yellowish or cream colour- ed. Purico is tasteless and odourless,

Anyone used to lard could say, at once that Purleo was not lard, but could not say it was Purico. It had all the qualities of lard, but with the added advantages of having no taste and not going runeld.

Defendant's Evidence

Defendant stated that when he came down from his office he saw his foki giving Inspector Boyd some. Purico out of a tin. The Inspector was asked if he were taking some hs a sumple but no answer avas given. The inspector placed the Purico in bottles and then wrote something on the labels of the boilles. It was when

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AEROPLANE LANDS AT NIGHT

KAI TAK HISTORY MADE

מן.גן

Clipper Delayed

Confirming a report received here on Saturday that the Clipper would The first night landing at Kai Tak probably be delayed by weather, the airport of a commercial machine. Pan-American Airways local office runnlag on Its regular schedule wes received word yesterday that the mnde last night when the Eurasia Hongkong Clipper will not arrive. plane from Peiping arrived at 8.15 here at 2.30 p.m. to-day as scheduled, Pat

but will arrive to-morrow after- Because of the North China un noon. rest the machine left Peiping three This announcement gives a good muin- demonstration of the accuracy with hours behind schedule, but tained normal running time on the which

the Pan-American weather trip.

are able to forecast the experts Notice of the late arrival of the weather conditions long in advance. plane was sent in advance, so that On

On Saturday the Clipper was at A. J. R. Moss, superintendent, were Guam the airport ground crew with Mr. Honolulu,

but the weather experts

nt were able to predict that the weather ready with flood lights when

conditions which machine arrived. The landing was hundreds of miles from eller Guam effected without difficulty.

or Honolulu at that time would pro- bably hold up the flying boot on Monday.

Their prediction true, and the Clipper will dy on to

morrow.

were

came

defendant saw that they were label-here shortly after 11 a.m. yesterday Manila to-day and arrive here to-

led "lard" that he told the Inspector that it was Purico he had bought.

R. M. A. Delphinus The R. M. A. Delphinus arrived

with passenger and a large quantity of mail. The passenger was Mr. C. T. Mosso, who is flying round the world.

one

Mr. Kwan submitted that on the evidence of the prosecution there was

case to answer. Here It Mr. Mosso is an Argentinian but was only a question of buying lard lives in Chile, where he is a farmer and by mistake being supplied with and exporter. "It is just a holiday Purico. If there was any intent to trip for me," said Mr. Mosso yester- chent, if defendant had sold Purico day. "I flew from Berlin by KL.M. as lard, then the charge should not plane to

The

By C. N. A. C. Plane

C.N.A.C. plane Cheklang arrived here at 2.13 p.m. yesterday from Shanghai with six passengers.

They were Mr. K. Hodapp and Mr. A. Palm, German merchants of Canton, Mr Robert de Vas, formerly Brilish business man, by the Delphinus, whlie E. Kermode, consular service, Mr. I leave for

officer who will fly to Manila on the Asked if he were attempting to en- Clipper to join the USS. Chaumont, circle the globe in record time, Mr. and Mr. C. S. Hul, Chinese student. Mosso sold that he had no plan of The plane continued to Canton at that kind. "But what would be a 2.53 p.m. without passengers.

be based on that Ordinance but de- to pure, and from Penang of the

fendant should have been charged on

with obtaining money by false pre- the Hongkang Clipper," "merica by Mr. O. W. Summer, American Navy

tences. The prosecution bad not attempted to prove that Purico con- tained lard at all.

May Have Misunderstood

It was probable that there was some misunderstanding because of the business in the shop. The Ins- pector and the Interpreter could not corroborate, and it was therefore more than possible that the foki hnd misunderstood the Inspector when he asked for lard. If defendant was he must comply with the standard for lard, but he was not selling lard.

9.&.0 BUILDING. Connaught ROAD CENTRAL, HONGKONG selling lard then

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Inspector Strange pointed out that the Ordinance only repealed that of 1800 which forbade the selling of anything net of the nature or sub- stance asked for. There was also a section which stated that it was no defence to say that the offence was not wilful. The owner was as liable as the

the employee.

His Worship said that he was in- clined to think it was the act of a stupid fokl who did not make it clear to the Inspector what he was buying- Mr. Kwan repeated that defendant was not selling lard. The tin was there, as admitted by the evle

of

evidence the prosecution, for the Inspector to see and examine. Putting 11 at the highest, namely that it had been a mistake of the fokl, then it was not within the ordinance and defendant could only be held for

obtaining money by false prolences." If were selling sugar then that must be up to the standard. Purico was not injurious to any human being.

one

sugar

The prosecution had admitted that there was no Intention to cheat. It was merely a stupid mistake by a foki, concluded Mr. Kwan.

CUTTING COSTS

FRENCH CABINET'S VITAL DECISION

Paris, July 20 A meeting of ministers has adopted the principle of severe cuts in 1936 expenditure. Details will be fixed at a meeting between the Prime Minister

OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS

ACROSS

3 Moral. (Anag.).

8 It's very always to be placed in

one district of London. Angry

9

fashion.

10 No.

in a rother stilled

11 Naturally it's where mine host

holds sway at Ely. '

12 Where mine host holds sway. 13 Measurers,

14

Begs

to have a treat..

17 Enclosed with a poem in your

wireless set.

10

Beaten as Bob desired.

33 What tiny cars may be subject-

ed.to at a Dog Show.

certainly not a siesta.

and the principal internal spending 27 Not a little nap at table, and departments. The decision does not affect public works for 3,500,000,000 29 You can get marrowfats in a tin francs have already been decided for

1930;

or this.

be

The Finance Minister will create a

30 Fence (without wires) that is to fund for defence of rentes, similar to 31 Didn't bring it off, so had lunch found in most homes to-day. the exchange equalisation fund. Rentes will not be converted. It is out.

understood, that this fund will be 32 What a butcher's custorher De- provided. from increased revaluation comes on consulting a solicitor. of gold reserves of the Bank of France 33 "And, for your sake, am I this on a basis of a gold con

content for the

43

Ap-

franc

milligrammes

time parently, at the

of the last devaluation reserves were revalued

on

a 49 milligrammes basis.

M. Fournier, Deputy Governor, re- places M. Labeyrle as Governor of the Bank of France, who is regarded as the gulding spirit in the Anancial policy of M. Blum's Government, which has now been completely re- versed.—Router.

patient (Tempest.)

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