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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

AMERICAN PLANES

$8,500,000 Purchase By The Chinese.

New York, Jan. 13.

TRADE OBSTACLES Japan Hinders Britain On China Coast

January 14, 1939.

OPIUM CASE APPEAL Sequel to Arrest of Six Men in Sampan

London, Jan. 13. An appeal against conviction on The Daily Mall principal page to-two charges of unlawful possession by its of opium, brought by Vip Shiu-ng day features a description Tientsin correspondent of a voyage and Foo Kon, was allowed, by the along the China coast ports, showing Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, how the Japanese are placing every in the Appeal Court yesterday.

Appellants had each been fined obstacle in the way of British com- merce and stressing foreign business $0,000, with the alternative of one opinion in North China that unless year's hard labour, by Mr. R. Ed- and the British Government finds means wards, Magistrate, on charges of un- the Bellanca Aircraft Manufacturing to abate this unfair pressure, British lawful possession of 1,120 incis of

Toplunt,

A sensation has been caused hero by the Washington dispatch to the New York Herald Tribune that a contract has been signed between the

Chinese National Government

of aircraft to China.

to exist.

Company for selling $8,000,000 worth trade in China will cease Japan Whey were represented by Mr. H.

March.

Reuter understands that the

The paper reports that 200 bomb-eso are not taking official notice at Somerset Fitzroy, Instructed by Mr. ing planes, each equipped with Ave present of the

recent

newspaper C. A. S. Russ, Mr. J. Whyatt, Crown machine-guns and capable of carry-reparts in Britain urging active Counsel, was for the respondent, ing seven 300-pound bombs, will be measures in defence of British trade Revenue Officer J, L. Stephens. handed over to the Chinese during and the open door, but will await

Mr. Fitzroy said his clients were something more deflate.

charged together with four other per With reference to the report that sons, and the sole question was whe- the Japancze Intend to ban the ther or not there was sufficient evi- circulation in North China of all dence to justify the conviction. The of the Federal evidence was that the six men were notes except those

ed.

A lawyer attached to the Ameri- can aircraft company to-day admit fed that negotiations for the contract are in progress, but he denied that

Kennedy the contract has already been sign-Reserve Banks in March, no official rowing a boat towards

confirmation is obtainable in Japan-Town when a Revenue Office launch Ho-added that the Chinese repre-ese circles in London. There came alongside. The appellants were sentatives accepted the proposals certainly one section of Japanese in the bow, and, as soon as the officers from the Bellonca company an opinion which holds that no attempt jumped on board, someone dumped

something overboard, August, last year, subject to ap- should be made to crystallise China proval by their home Government, currency problems while the hostillater admitted by one of them to be

opium. Conclusion of the contract, however,ties continue-Reuter.

wan

not completed in a speelfed period, the lawyer indicated.-Domel,

Washington Disclosure

COMMODORE LEAVING

Washington, Jan. 13. Commodore E. B. C. Dicken was The Secretary of Registration has referred to at the annual dinner of revealed details of the Bellanca con- the Hongkong Naval Volunteer Force tract to ship planes to China, pro- yesterday as leaving the Colony viding for delivery of the planes shortly, The Commodore came to within nine months. Ten planes are Hongkong early in 1937, and his to be deliverable sixty days from term of service in this post expires receipt of the contract letter of credit in spring this year.

and

of

Thereafter deposit. agrees to deliver not the Compan less than twenty-five nor more than Afty planes monthly, the prices being governed by the condition of the purchase of two hundred planes,

going with the

higher it payments the Chinese buy a smaller number. IL authoritively stated that the

is proceeds of the sales of planes lo China, amounting to $8.320,000, will be utilized to expand the Bellancu Company's facilities for mass pro- duction of milltary planes. derstood to be

It is un- cash transaction

LATE NEWS

THEFTS FROM EUROPEANS

which Wan

The case for the appellants, went on Counsel, was that both of them | were simply rowing the boat and had no possible control of the opium either physically or in any way at all. Their story was that they were hired to row the boat for Afty cents, and the man who engaged them had taken all the responsibility. There was no evidence at all that his clients were in possession of the opium,

Counsel concluded by submitting that their story had raised considera ble doubt as to their gullt, and once this had been raised the appellants were entitled to that doubt.

Reasonable Interence

Mr. Whyatt contended that the!

which inferenco only reasonable could be drawn from the evidence was that this was a joint venture, because of the following suspicious circumstances: (1) a small sampun with six people on board was pro- ceeding towards West Point without lights and at 2 o'clock in the morn-

Four Europeans reported thefts Ing; and (2) the cargo carried was in Chinese silver-uncon and losses to the police yesterday. of the most unusual type-four gunny nceled with the recent U.S. $25,000,- Mr. F. Logan of Repulse Bay Hotel sacks tied together with ropes and

credit the Export and Import either lost, or had stolen from him a with three weights attached. Bank granted to Chinese interests.

000

Siccel.

and

The Chinese Ambassador, through furse containing $40 between

Hongkong Hote! re- friends, issued an explanation

contract, andi garding the Bellanca declared that "the arrangement was to give Chino an option on the de- livery of planes, but the option has so far not been exercised.-United Press.

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Another point was that when one Wyndham of the men on the boat, on being questioned, sald that what they had Mrs. Cox of The Peak bad her car dumped overboard was oplum, none stalen from a car park near the Stor of the others expressed surprise, and Ferry

therefore it was reasonable to infer yesterday. Mr. Bowen of Sai Wan Terrace had they all knew the cargo was liell. a coffee pot and clothing stolen from There was no distinction to enable the coolie quarters at his residence, the Court to say the venture was not Mr. V. Tessor of the Canadiana joint one; they were in every sense Trading Company, Lalchikok had a of the term "in the same boat."

stvien from his Allowing the appeal, his Lordship said that in view of the fact that the pant premises.

Additionally, it is reported that Lai appellants had been consistently re- of Hill presented by all the witnesses, who waying, married woman Road. had eight pieces of jewelry, could speak on the point, as being valued at $863 stolen from one of the in the bow with their backs to what rooms in her house, when somebody was going on, he was satisfied there was a reasonable doubt as to their broke into the premises yesterday.

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