THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 19, 1941.
DISPUTE OVER ROOM BOOKING
was
A claim for rent heard by the Puisne Judge, Mr. Justice E. H. Williams, in the Supreme Court this morning.
Mes Bertha Pears, as plast:17. clined $135 from Miss Betty Cheng in respect of rent
It was alleged by Miss Pears That etendant went to see her on November 13 last at No. 4, Knight Street and rented twn rooms, two De- weeks' notice beng agreed fendant pard $20
deposit as a agant the rent, which was start from November 15
to
Defendant said that on Nov - ber 1 her mother left for Shang- hat ani onl November 16 or 17 she went to see Miss Pears and asked her to cancel one of the ad hern room which she raid
Plam intended for her mother tiff, however, said it could only be tine mrovided a payment of two weeks' rent b+ made, al- though, if during the two weeks thea was taken up through
in the news an advertisement
rent would be re- funded lass the advertisement
paper, the
changes. Defendant
decided to
keep the rooms but in the mean -
time stayed in a fat in Prince Edward Road until the termina-
Mr. V. V. Needa smiles happily on riding his fourth Hong Oolong, which ran magnificently yes. Kong Derby winner.
in the Maidens on Monday, is terday to confirm his form thown being led in after capturing the Blue Riband for Mr. T. K. LE
GERMANY EXPECTS MASSIVE RAIDS
Germany is being pre-
tion of her one month's notion, pared for "massive bom-
after which a friend of hers was bardments” in an expect-
supposed to take over the flat and
she was to remove to her new ed big-scale British air
quarters
The friend did not tuin
the dat in Prince Edward Roadi.
German armament industries are increasing orders to factories in occupied territories, notably Bafe from France, belleved R.A.F. attack. Orders for several hundred mil-
principally Hion marks are
tical instruments, armoured
1or
cars
up and therefore she continued in offensive in the Spring, high precision machine-tools, op-
the independent French and motor-cars-Reuter.
Plaintiff
saw defendant
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November 27 and asked her if news agency correspon- dent on the German fron-
she still wanted the rooms. fendant replied "No."
De-
On December 16, she received tier reports.
a bill from Miss Pears for $155
and want to see plaintiff asking
WAVES
OF MEETINGS
what it meant. Plaintif replied THROUGHOUT THE REICH ARE that, according to Hong Kong
to claun GETTING THE PEOPLE READY laws, she had a right
that
amount which represented FOR WHAT IS TO COME, THE rent from November 15, 1940, to EVACUATION OF THREATEN-
1911 for the ένα January 14,
IS PROCEEDING ED TOWNS room
APACE AND TRAINLOADS OF AR- GERMAN CITIZENS ARE RIVING DAILY IN AUSTRIA,
Defendant then offered to pay
for one TOOI onths rest
rent for the and halt a month's other, a total of $55, which was refused.
1
The Case was February 26.
adjourned
to
The inspection and overhauling of all shelters and the building of new ones has been ordered, even as far as Austria.
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