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The King talking with people in a bombed area of Bristol.
DEFENCE WINS ACTION ARISING OUT OF SALE OF VESSEL
AT THE SUPREME Court this morning before the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C., successfully defended Lo Chun-man in an action brought by Yim Kwan-yuen concerning ownership of the “Dory."
Mr. Potter pointed out that defendant had ob- tained possession, by purchase, of the "Dory," pro- perly, and that there had been no allegations of fraud against the vendor by plaintiff.
UT
the
Mr. Eldon Potter was instruct-Hop Company hand over ed by Mr. M. A. da Silva while lighter and thus fulfil the objects plaintiff was represented by Mr. of the company and that if the George She, instructed by Mr. C. necessity arose when Wong Tsui A. Sutherton Russ
Hop had to sell dispose of In the
of statement
claim, "Man On" to pay debis, etc., the plaintiff alleged that by agree-partners of the Wong Tai Com- ment made on August 18, 1936, pany were to receive all money he. his brother, Yim Ng-shang, paid into the partnership less loss, and Chul Chak-pui entered into the partnership of the Wong Tai Company.
The partnership was made for the purpose of purchasing The carrying on and of running the ship to
"Man On" business
various ports.
The "Man On" was at the time of purchase and at all material times a Chinese vessel registered Canton and was brought to Hong Kong after purchase.
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and that the Wong Tai Co. were to offer no obstruction and were not to share in the proceeds realised in the sale of "Man On."
Defendant
"Man denied that
vessel and On" was a Chinese says that at all material times it flew the Portuguese flag and was registered in Macao in the name and Chui of Wong Tsui-hop
as the only share- Chap-pui holders.
The defendant did not admit that Chui Chap-pui committed, any breaches of partnership.
BRUCE'S SWORD LOST IN MANSION FIRE
Priceless historical relics, including paint- ings and O sword
which belonged to Ro- bert the Bruce, were lost when Dunstaff-
nage
House,
near
Oban, was burned to the ground.
was a
The house mile from the pictur- seque ruins of Dun- staffnage Castle, for- merly the residence and crowning place of Scottish kings. From the castle the famous "Stone of Destiny" was removed to Scone, near Perth, and is now under the throne at Westminster Abbey.
The Allegations Chu Chak-pui, it was alleged,
Defendant denied that the "Man committed breaches of the part- On" had been converted into a nership and an action was com- menced against him by Plaintiff lighter with or without the con- and Vim Ng-shang for dissolution set of plaintiff and says that the "Man On" was purchased from of the partnership and the taking
the true and registered owners, ed it from Chui Chap-pui. of partnership accounts. Before
the Defendant contended that plain- hearing of the action, Yim Ng- Wong Tsui-hop, and with
of the tiff was thang died, and the judgment de- plaintiff and his brother, although that he was entitled, as a partner
creed the automatic dissolution of the partnership.
Plaintiff then discovered that the "Man On" hud, in 1938, been converted into a lighter by Chui without the consent pr his brother and had been regis- tered as a lighter at the Harbour department in the name of Chui Chung-tong.
Plaintiff also discovered that the lighter was subsequently sold by Chui to the present defendant, Lo Chung-man, in March, 1930, and that the lighter's name had been changed to "Dory" at pre- sent registered in the name of defendant and in Hong Kong.
Plaintiff claimed a declaration that he is entitled as a partner in the partnership known as the Wong Tai Company to the owner. ship, contral and possession of the lighter "Dory" and that the said lighter "Dory" was at all material times the property of the partnership.
and knowledge consent
such consent was not necessary. The Bill of Sale on September, 1938, was an absolute Bill of Sale,
Bill Of Sale
estopped from
saying
in the company, to the ownership and control of the ship, because plaintiff, by agreement and con- duct, allowed Wong Tsui-hop to be held as the true owners of the "Dory." Plaintiff allowed or per- Defendant denied that plaintiff mitted the ship to be put up for was at all was entitled to possession of the sale and plaintiff "Man On" or that the "Dory" was material times, before the sale to the property of the Wong Tai Co. defendant aware that the said ship
Defendant admits purchasing had been sold. He had "Dory" from Chui Chung-tong made or registered any claim to who in March 1939, had purchas-ownership of the vessel;
GOEBBELS SAYS GUR
never
RAIDS ARE STERN TEST
GOEBBELS TOLD WORKERS of the Blohm and Voss shipyards at Hamburg (says the official German news agency) that British night raids had proved a stern test of discipline.
The Defence The defence was that the true intent and purpose of the part "There is no turning back for workers for "retaining unshakable. nership was that the "Man On the Reich now," he said. "From discipline in their work dospite. which was the property of the the two hitler decades after the many night raid alarms.”
"The worker who is forging Wong Toul Hop Company be World War everyone can work handed over to the partnership out for himself what destruction the armour of Germany's sea pow- husiness know as the Wong Tai and, annibilation of the people er," he concluded, is in the best testify that British Co, to carry on business on a would be wrought on Germany by position to 40-00 basis. This was only for her enemies should they succeed night bombers have failed in tan- trading purposes,,
maiin breaking the Reich "ht gibly, disturbing Hamburg's war It was agreed that Wong Tit Goebbels expressed gratitude to production: Reuters
.