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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 26, 1939.
JAPANESE PURCHASE LARGE OFFICE BUILDING ON THE PRAYA
JAPANESE INTERESTS ARE CONCERNED IN A LAND-DEAL INVOLVING A LARGE OFFICE BUILDING ON THE PRAYA, THE "CHINA MAIL" UNDERSTANDS.
The building concerned, which lies between the offices of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire and the pre- mises of Cable and Wireless Ltd., on Connaught Road, has been pur- the chased by Mr. Toshihiko Ito, NEWS Japanese publisher.
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vestment Agency, and the sale is reported to have been negotiated by Messrs. Carroll Brothers.
GASMASKS SOLD
TO 4TH ARMY: APPEAL CASE
ARGUMENTS AS TO WHE- THER A CONTRACT. BE- TWEEN HENRI KREBS OF NEW PUBLICATION
GLOUCESTER BUILDING AND THE FOURTH ROUTE ARMY, News of the purchase is believ- WAS OR WAS NOT A C.I.F. ed to be connected with the recent ARRANGEMENT, OCCUPIED report that Mr. Ito was to start THE ATTENTION OF A FULL anCOURT OF APPEAL COMPOS- English-language newspaper. ED OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE, MACGREGOR,
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The building concerned has had SIR ATHOLL for several years as its chief ten- AND MR. JUSTICE FRASER
and THIS MORNING. ants Reuter's News Agency the German Club.
Now, it is believed that Mr. Ito will open
editorial offices of his new journal in the building.
CHURCH AND STAGE READY: FOR WAR
sary.
Messrs. Leo d'Almada and H. C. Macnamara instructed by Mr. H. J. Armstrong were for Henri Krebs while. Mr. Eldon Potter instructed by S. Ng Quinn was for the Fourth Route Army.
The Appeal was by Henri Krebs- against the decision of Mr. Justice R.. E. Lindsell in chambers in striking. out. part. of his statement of defence lin connection with a claim brought. against him (Krebs) by the Fourth Route Army for $190,000 given to him for gas masks which were not in ac- cordance with the sample.
The part of the statement struck out_read:-"The Plaintiffs, before the action were and still are indebted to. the defendant for £42,000 or $677,647 being price of goods bargained for and The sold by defendant to Plaintiffs. defendant claims to set off against
the plaintiff's claim an equal amount of the said debt due, viz $190,000.
London, Yesterday. Wartime plans for the Church and the Stage are
The £42,000 represented the price of under discussion,
$8,000 high explosive shells.
After dealing at length with many- The Church Assembly, yester-authorities in support of his appeal, day approved a measure which Mr. D'Almada said that Mr. Potter is described as putting the main had argued in Chambers that the con- power of the clergy at the: abso-tract for the 8,000 shells was a C.I.F..
Contract and that the property did not lute disposal of the Episopate pass to his client (the buyer) and if as well as giving Bishops power any terms of the contract had not been to close churches er neces- carried out the seller could claim for breach of contract. In this case, the buyer was a Sovereign State against It is expected that some which no claim could be made unless it churches will have to be used waived the right.
Mr. D'Almada then dwelt on as mortuaries, while others may different clauses of the contract which be needed as dressing stations. called for 8,000 high explosive shells Delivery was from Five hundred actors and ac-at £5 6s. each. tresses have been enrolled in a stock at factory and shipment as soon scheme for the entertainment of as possible. Payment was to be made against shipment documents. The buy- troops, and the plan will be dis-er was to deposit in the Banque de cussed in detail by British L'Indo-Chine in Shameen or Hong Kong, £42,000. Payment was to be made in Equity at a meeting in London Europe and inspection of the goods British Wireless. made in Hong Kong and if buyers were not satisfied a refund was to be made. Mr. D'Almada contended that the goods had passed into possession of the buyer when they were appropriated and allocated to buyer after signing of contract. They were sent to Hamburg. With regards to the payment clause, Mr. D'Almada argued that this was
next week...
GUERILLAS IN
the
SHANGHAI AREA only to show the time when payment
Shanghai, To-day
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was to be made. The shipping of the goods and the lodging of the docu- ments was only the time for the pay-
A battle "lasting about three ment In this case the defendant did hours" was fought yesterday. - Thingpu, near Shanghai, when se veral hundred Chinese, irregulars attacked the Japanese garrison.
was a CLF one.
everything to fill the contract.
Mr. Potter sa that the contract no time did the the buyer and. ~made till the were bassed to no CLF do-
That Chinese irregulars are again active in the Shanghai-Nan-en king-Hangchow area is indicated by a report from Nanking, which states that a Japanese: Colonel was killed while directing air attack Chinese guerillas ne
the western shore Trans-Ocean.
gon
bis ever påSS: ment was to
goods must" revelant do-
he goods are medy is claim for
had arrived but were nd: appellant - hè $190,000
seeding.