Not Present to Answer Judgment Summons: Cheques at the Last /Moment Mr. L, K, Kentwell, the barrister, was not, present on Thureday to answer a judgement summons before Mr. G. W. King, Acting Judge, in the' British Supreme Court, inconnexion_ with the case in which, on the instructions of a Chinese client, he refused, "pending Chinese representation on the Municipal Council," to pay taxes on certain property registered in his name.
Mr, E, T, Maitland, the Council's legal adviser, said:
"Yesterday afternoon at three o'clock, when the banks had closed, T received two cheques. One of the cheques was for Tls. 128.62 which was the correct amount for the land tax due. The second cheque was for $30 which was the incorrect amount, doing short $8.75. I had no op-
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