Clever Forgeries Produced of Many Banknotes Prose On Ows Consaronsext Hongkong, June 20.
ithe syndicate or, eamnbine cousteriefers who are operating in Hlonutong ai this time are showing' thenseives "to be entirely. without avouriles among the banks whose otes they are temping: I imitation be Indeed a sincere fort of watery, the Ghasteced Bonk bad more than' Sure of attention for'a time. They were dhe vietime on more than one Scromination Gur now the counterfeiters have vwtdrawn their favour, and are poo Sucing"nitaton ofthe 80. ote [Banking Corporation.
SSsued by the Hongkong anc Shanghai
"Pre Production ts indeed so clever that the few minute details wherein, the artists sipped up would. never noticed bythe casual observer The. forget ote would, pose, ests) mong other notes, andthe counterfeiters his time Rave got very Dear the real thing 'Evidently the work of a masterforgen, the forged note sin' almost evcey wey prestcaly sinter to toe fenuloe "article "The figure. of the toman mounted on a wheel with Tings tse wonderful reproduction, 8 rear tothe copying abies of some the natives of this land. "However, hey are human ike everyone cise, iet'a few litle dews sip into the finished. work. The water-mare Jon the forehead of Britannia ery bad (raneter and ig quite indi: Unc, while the. paper ust is too {hlek, Anyone who makes sure of his Bote by feeling it wil et once detect, the forgery.
Then again on the reverse side of the note the Agures "90" and the word "Dollars" which appear on the Fight. fre almost identical, so that. anyone who was not an expert would ake them for the genuine thing Public Warned Faulty printing was responsible for the other bad slip of the counterteltfers. The printing of the serial num. bers on the top and bottom edges of the reverse side of the note is obviously bad and several of the figures are out of alignment.
Both the police and the bank are of the opinion that the note is a clever forgery, and the general public, including' tourists, are warned to be Jon the look-out for these notes which fare making their appearance for the frst time in the Colony.
Heretofore the counterfeiters have Jconfined their efforts to the production Jof forged $5 and $10 notes and have to a certain extent been successful. Now they apparently wish to cater toa luxury trade, for $50 notes are not daily in the hands of the great numbers, ina town where it is still possible to do a good part of one's purchasing by the time-honoured chit system, Peak Tramway to Queen's Road?
Visitors to Hongkong who have had to toll up Battery Path, beautiful but fatiguing in this weather, in order to reach the Peak Tram Station," will be interested. to know that there is sti some agitation concerning extend Ing the line to Queen's Road.
'Of course, it may not amount to much more' than agitation, and records show that the same has been going on intermittently since 1888, But it is being pointed out again and again that too many visitors to the Colony miss the trip on the cable car, Just Because they do not happen to Jind the terminus. Or knowing where fis, lack the energy to make the necessary ascent. 5 At the annual general meeting of the Peak Tramways Ca., Ltd, it was brought out that the prodt "on the year's working shows a falling off of '$18,750, which is accounted for by a corresponding drop in traffic receipts.
'The chairman, Mr. D. E. Clark, said in the connection, "Increased traffic facilities for motor cars to the Peak' and around the Peak have no doubt affected our receipts. We are handicapped by the fact that our lower terminus is situated at an inconveni fent distance from the town and I am of the opinion that if permission to extend the line to Queen's Road at Jsome future date can be obtained and the necessary Jand acquired, the extension should be carried out."
Firm's Birthday Messrs. Mackintosh and Ca, Ltd. came of age on Wednesday. for, years not only Hongkong men but travellers have known where to 60 for men's wear, so well established has the firm became. In June, 1913, [Mr. Mackintosh had a staff composed of one—and that one a coolie! To-day six Europeans and over 40 local em-lovees are engaged in helping the well-dressed man maintain his re-
Tu connection with the British Empire Cancer Research Campaign itis announced that the total sum collected in Hongkong amounts to $5,902.98, which was attained means of donations, a concert and a' Empire Cancer Campaige
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