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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 29, 1940..
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PEDDER STREET Imposed SHOP LITIGATION Accepted
BEFORE MR. E. H. Williams, this morning, Lucy Tong, trading as Tong's China Delight store, No. 61, Des Voeux Road Central, sued Mr. K. Weiss, manufacturers' representative, for the sum of $800 being balance of purchase. of fixtures and fittings and rent for No. 8. Pedder Street.
Mr. M. A. da Silva was for the plaintiff while the defendant was represented by Mr. D. MacCulluni.
Mr. Silva said that his rented No. 8, Pedder Street from
client
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Mr. G. H. Cuthill, of No.
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Chinese Estates at a monthly ten-Austin Avenue, has reported that ancy of $800. She spent nearly between Tuesday and
Saturday $2,000 in decorating and fixing up last clothing valued at $192 was the premises.
At the end of July, 1939, when stolen from his residence. business was rather bad and his client found that she was losing moncy Mr. Weiss came along and WEYGAND AT DAKAR tried to persuade her manager to sublet the premises Messrs Rolny.
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Weyand arrived Dakar, Africa, yesterday, says Arrangements were made with Lyons radio quoted by Reuter,
the plaintiff's manager in August whereby defendant was to pay $800 for the fixtures and fittings' and plaintiff was to transfer the tenancy to him. At that time, she had a deposit with the landlord. When consulted, Chinese Estates said that if the tenancy was trans- ferred to Mr. Weiss they would require three months' deposit in- stead of two but if the
tenancy
was still in the name of plaintiff, he would only require two months' deposit.
It was agreed that defendant would sublet to plaintiff, part of the shop for $50.
New Arrangement
Mr. Weiss was short of cash and a new arrangement was come to whereby the tenancy was to re- main in plaintiff's name, defendant was to pay the two months' de- posit, and when Welss was able he would pay the third and the tenancy would be transferred,
He paid $1,400 on account' and gave a series of post-dated cheques for the balance, the_last_cheque falling due at the end of Septem- ber.
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The cheques, when presented, were dishonoured and plaintiff, finding that he could not pay, gave defendant notice to quit at! the end of October.
The defence was that plaintif had failed to arrange the tenancy and that certain fittings had been removed by plaintiff.
The case is continuing.
THREE-YEAR PLANS FOR SZECHUEN
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL”).
THE SZECHUEN PRODUC- TION COMMITTEE HAS DRAFTED A THREE-YEAR ECONOMIC PLAN OBJECT. OF WHICH IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROVINCE'S FOREIGN TRADE AND TO SPEED UP THE PRODUCTION OF ARMS · AND MUNITIONS, AS WELL AS CATERING TO THE NEEDS OF THE POPULATION.
The plan is divided into four Eections..
First, hydraulic electric power, Second, agriculture and forestry, Third, industry and mines, and fourth, communications.
The Committee estimates that completion of the plan would cost approximately a milliard dollars. Well-informed circle stated in Chungking yesterday that the plan will be enforced in January-after- General Chiang Kai-shek granted approval. Havas.
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TWELVE DAYS FOR HANOI LETTER
An indication of the difficulties air mail services are having to surmount in these days of wars and "incidents" is provided by n letter received this morning.
Posted in Hanoi on October 17, it arrived to-daya total of 12 days for an alf-trip which usually takes three hours! It: used to take B-10 days for a letter from Hong Kong to London,"
Fascist reformation of France has merely been outlined, without any "consenting echo" from the people of France, who cling hopefully to British resistance and admire the rebel General de Gaulle.
This statement by the "Popolo d'Italia," the Rome newspaper, was quoted in a cable from the New York "Herald-Tribune" cor- respondent in the Italian capital yesterday.
that The correspondent adds General de Gaulle has achieved
considerable popularity and that
the desire of Frenchmen for re- venge and hatred for Italy, makes her long for the failure of the Italian campaign.-Reuter.
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