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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 3, 1939.
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CASE AGAIN IN COURT
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GARY COOPER & MERLE OBERON
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ROBERT YOUNG
JAMES STEWART
Lionel BARRYMORE
Willah Powell Luise Rainer
H.K. PRICES RISE SHARPLY
Following the occupation of the most important ports on Hainan Wong Nga-lun, 35, Leung Kau, Island by the Japanese, prices 50, shipping agent and Chu. Po pork and chicken have been rising hang, 35, again appeared before rapidly in Hong Kong. Mr. T. J. Houston this morning, jalani
charged with assisting in the It was stated this morning that management of an, unlawful so-the price of pork has increased ciety at No. 19, Jubilee Street.
from $24 to $32 per picul and of chicken from 80 cents to $2.25 per
Mr. M. A. da Silva pleaded not catty! guilty on behalf of defendants, and A large proportion of the Colony's Mr. E. H. Williams, the Crown supplies of chicken, cattle, and Counsel, was for prosecution. Chief pork depend on imports Detective Inspector M. Murphy is Hainan Island. in charge of the case.
i Wong, giving evidence, said he was a member of the Kuomintang for 14 years in Chungking. Later he was on the committee of the Chinese Seamen's Union. Founder
Dealers in these are endeavouring sources of supplies.
from
commodities find new
of the Union was General Yeung SERIOUS CHARGE
Hu, of the Central Government of China, and an old member of the Kuomintang.
Yeung Hu was instructed by the Chinese Government to form the Union, and the headquarters were in Chungking, with branches over China.
MAIN OBJECT
AGAINST EUROPEAN DRIVER
Shortly after his admission as 2 solicitor, Mr. Alfred Y. Hon appear- ed before Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at the Central Magistracy on behalf of Hoo Kam-tai, principal witness in a traffic case in which Mr. A. G. The main object of the Union Hargreave, of Imperial • Chemical
all was to maintain contact with
Industries, has been summoned for seamen in China and to co-operate driving car No. 3543
in
Bonham with shipping firms. The Union Road on February 22 a at 1.15 p.m. had avoided any strike of seamen. while under the Influence of drink Since 1982, no strike had occurred.
Before 1932, there was a Chinese Seamen's Industrial. Association ~ în Hong Kong. The old Union was abolished by the Chinese Govern ment some years ago.
He himself came to the Colony-in October last with a view to opening a branch office in Hong Kong, The office was only an information office, a place enabling them to communi- cate with crews, and it was not ex- actly a Union or association.
S.CA. ADVICE
SCA
Mr. F. G. Nigel, of Messrs. Wilkin- son and Grist,, who appeared for de- fondant, pleaded not guilty and the case was adjourned till March 17.
STOLE BRICKS FOR PILLOW
That he stole bricks to use as a pillow was the excuse given by Li Sam, 50, to Mr. Q. A. A. Macfayden this morning when charged with stealing five bricks.
He went to the Secretary of the Chinese Affairs to make enquiries, Accused was seen in front of No. but was told that such a union was 440, Shanghai Street putting the not allowed in the Colony. He was bricks Into two sacks. The bricks told that he could carry on this un-were piled there by a building con- ion in Shumchun, which is not contractor for repairs to the house. trolled 1 by the Hong Kong Govern-Accused was placed on ment. He went to Shumchup and bond.
rented No. 8 Yeung Sun Street, for
an office, on January 18.
The only reason the Hong Kong office had not removed to Shumchun was that he had had no instructions from the main office in Chungking. The place in Jubilee Street was his private address, and was not for the Union.
TRAFFIC CASES
At the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, Mr. E. G. Lavrov, of Granville Road," was fined $5 The caso was then adjourned to by Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen for March 10 at 2.30 p.m.
DUTCH FORBID RIGHT
leaving his car unattended on the wrong side of Gascoigne Road between 8.10 p.m. and 9.16 p.m. on February 12.
A same fine was imposed on Mr.
KA Goh, of Vik Kwan Avenue,
Causeway Bay, for a similar offence.
OF WAY FOR TROOPS He
left his car unattended on the
wrong side of Saigon Street:
For driving at 26 m.p.h. through Holland will not allow free passage the Nathan Bood__controlled-a
of troops through her territory Mr. A. 8. K. Lu, of A, 8. K. Lan
against an aggressor, states
and Co., Wing Hing Building, was
Patijn, Dutch Foreign Minister, fined 86..
written statement to the Netherlands Parliament.
of strict
ferent policy were followed, folland might become one battlefields. She will to her old policy
În "EMPEROR'S CANDLESTICKS" name time segkin
all her neighbour
the
Kam Wah-ring, of No. 10, Wong- ung Road, has reported that between 8.30 and 4 ar this morn- some person entered, his and stole money and to the value of $016.