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Tenancy Case Appeal: Surprise Move
"It is only fair to the respondents to make it clear to the public that thoir attitude throughout
Misfits
has been desirous of assisting the appellants As Result
as far as they fairly could and consistent with their rights to develop this property.”
they
Of War
Ja
These remarks were made Japology to the Court on behalf of yesterday by Mr. Eldon Potter, Mr. Silva for not laying informed
Adolescent misfits,
direct K.C., when an appeal against the Court of the matter earlier.
children of war conditions, the judgment
Fair Offer of Mr. Justice
formed the subject of a talk T. J. Gould (Pulsne Judge), in Replying. Mr. Fotter said that by Major E. A. Ople, Army respect of Nus. 657, 659 and while he naturally did not op Education Officer, at Kowloon
Nathan Road, Kowloon, pose the dismissal of the appeal | 001
was abandoned before a Full with costs, he would like to com- Rotary Club yesterday.
which These unfortunates, victims of Court comprising Mr. Justicement on the implication
had been made by Mr. Løseby. lack of security during their 5. H. Willums (Chief Justice) which suggested harsh dealing or formative years, now suffer from and Mr. Justice 3. Reynolds impropriety on the part of the five salient weaknessers--lack of power of concentration and pur- (Appeal Judge).
respondents. The appellants, To Fong Studio,
The history of the case showed pose, lack of personal effort and I.uk Shun-wo and Kum Yan-mee. throughout that respondents were method, and pride in
personal were represented by Mr. Charles willing, or far as they could fairly
appeurance. Leseby, instructed by Mr. M.A.de no, to assist the appellants in the prublon Major Opte sald the Dwelling on various aspects of da Sliva.
every way. As far back as Jan. Mr. Eldon Potter, instructed by 1947, the respondents had made us was on society to treat these Mr. P.1. Zimmern of Messre. Fan offer,
with misfits
tolerance. as far as any which should not be given long
They Zimmern & Co., appeared for the could be made to the appellants, of work except by gradual stages, bours respondents, leury G. Leong Es-and
that was
would ge! late 1.1.1.
premises in
in the new building, and should be trained. Mr. Loreby gait that the sub-when
hodical approach to work given they would them.
given completed,
Only by of the appeal jort matter
sympathetic was go out at once. To this, appellants Substantially set out in the replied that they would get out approach to the subject by the Notice of Appeal. It was on ap- at once if a tenancy agreement at hope to
public could these unfortunates
find o
cure for peal from the judgment of Mr. the same rate of ront as prewar shortcomings.
their Justice Gould that he respondents were entered into.
The
The speaker was thanked by against the appellants. pondents recover,
not prepared to were
Rotarian Grimsdale. of 057, 059 and 661 this because they did not know possession
President F. C. Clema wel- Nathan Road, with messe profits. what rent could be fixed In
comed to the meeting Visiting The grounds of the appeal were respect of the new building, but Rotarians C.T. Wang, H.A. Lam- (1) that the judge had no juris-they were willing to let the sp-mert, F.Y. Ho and Hugh Braga, diction to make the order; (2)pellants have the premises if they and the following guests:— Capt. that the exemption order grant-chose to vacate at once. There A. Luff and Messrs, J, Burrow, ed by Governor-in-Council on
was no case which had come be- WJ. Moore W.E. Simpson, and Sept. 2, 1947, upon which
the fore the Court in which the land-Capt. Wood. was bad upon the lord had acted with more scrupu- judge relied, face of it, and (3) that the judge
lous fairness. was wrong in low in holding that at the date of the Raid order, the Governor-in-Council hod au-motion for leave to appeal to the Privy Council Was dismissed. Instead, the appellants were given further
time and this showed
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Respondents could have issued. execution any time after the
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Charged Too Much
Fish Bribery Case: Witness' Story
Newly-Wed advising him to warn the fish loans of forth Tried To
On several occasions he received telephone calls
coming raids by the Fishery' Department and to tell them to prepare to escape, Chan
Chung-hop, former secretary of the "Hop Yik Tong" told the Court in his testimony against, four Chinese Fishery Inspectors, who appeared at Central Magistracy yesterday charged with conspiring, together and with others to permit the unlawful sale of marine fish.
The caller never identified himself, Chan, who is at pre- sent secretary of the Fresh Fish Dealers Association, said in his evidence in chief. But, he added, he recognised the
Í voice to be that of Chan Kun-
kau, first defendent.
are
Witness sold that he would pass round the information to all the loans and the following day would see raldia, sometimes cor- ried out by inspectors of Fishery Department, accompani- ed by the palice.
Personalia
Hide Gold
according to her own state- Lau Mai-lam (20) who, ment. in Court, was married only a few days ago, appear- ed before Mr. W. A. Blair- Kerr at Kowloon yesterday charged with attempting to export three ounces of gold. at Kai Tak Airport on April
8.
She told the Court
that sho
!
Sir Robert Ho Tng, who went was married only a few days, ago to Amerien last November
for and
was returning to Talwan car treatment and a vacation, is with her husband who was em scheduled to return today by Pan-played there. The gold was her, The inspectors' accused
American Clipper.
cavings. Chan Kunhau, 12, Kwok Mu
The gold, valued at $703 was hoi, 39, Lee Kai-wan, 24, and Passengers who left yesterday ordered to be confiscated, the Tea Wat-hin, 25. Chan is retor Bangkok by Pan American Magistrate stating that He had presented by Mr. Brook A. Clipper were: Messrs. Edward
no opilan but to enforce the law. |Bernacchi, while the
Altken Brodle, James A. Harvle, According to Revenue Officer other Shik Chukwok, Walter Reethof. D. three are defended by Mr. J. Slugfried Roy, Mrs. Alexa
H. Knox, defendant was Ruy about to embark on the CATC C. Stewart.
and Mr. Chlen Ting-tseng.
plane leaving for Taiwan when
was
Female asked by flying-boat
Arrivals by BOAC "Spoodbled" she
whether sho Searcher p5 from Southampton
had de- were Miss J. 3. M. Edwards, anything, including gold, to
clare. the Messrs A. D. Bennett, M. J. Hey
wood, F. G. Hayes, R. C. Hugill, Defendant repiled in the nega- 9. S.. Carnish. Meadaines
"Ftive and her handbag was rearch- Mr. F. F. W. Shaftain, Senior Flynn, B. M. Franklin and C. II. ed. When asko! what was inside
1in in #round Police Superintendent, prosecut- Manthofer. Aboard the
the handbag, aircraft were P. G. G. Salteld, eeused said, "Nothing." The gold ing, produced a hook in Chinese,
was found inside the tin, which witnest identißed as the. S. M. Nair, G. Gigante and
Renato Spera from Rangoon). accounts book, in which pay- under disguised names. ments of bribes were entered
Arrivals by BOAC nying-boat from Bangkok und Singapore Are said that his Mesars Redden, Lee Ching-fel, R. Witness, who duties with the "Hop Yik To North, Lee leng-thian, Kau documents, declared that he had Shaw, Meyer, W. A. Conrad and from Singapore, when he appear- included looking after books andng-ai, Pollock, Run, M. Bimposed on 32-year-old Li Tsang,
to collect money from the F, S. Coote, Laut the
Central Magistracy blackmarket Jish lanns to bribe Fins. Con Mesdames Chai Lati: yesterday before Mt. F. 3. d'Al- the Fishery Inspectors that the Pollock, and Miss Cho Kok-her eigin pairs of socks from Whit- mado on a charge of lameny of organisations could carry on.
WHO
ro.
When payments were made to the first defendant, he was instructed to record the calvar as one "Kau Lea or Kau Ki". -On Vacant Ground
So Wong-shum, foki of Lo Tai, residing at No. 5, Queen Victorin Street, second floor; said, that the
sh fish wne landed at Stone Pier and the Cheung Chau Vehicular Ferry Wharf. The fish was put down on □ vacant ground near the wharves and then would be carried away for sale in Central
Morket.
Witness said he had seen the defendants near the wharves. Fish arrived at Stone Pier some- times during the day and some- times during the night. On its arrival, the boatmen would tell
4
them to land the flab,
The inspectors sometimes took small quantity, sometimes half and very seldom very nearly, all. of the fish landed, he said. The fish was sometimes seized by two
suma
Paul merchant, 02
to
STOLE FROM WHITEAWAY'S
Six months hard labour was
WOB
The wedding of Mr. Waiter Calderara,
- Mr. E. de F. Stevenson, glving evidence.
soid defendant was MacDonnell Road,
Minpointed out to him by an Indian Patricia Beatrice Hopkins, took Watchman. Aerused was-behind place at the Supreme Court Re-the fittings and, when he #istry yesterday in the presence searched, the rocks were found of Messrs. W. M. Chalmers and stuffed inside his shirt. H. A. Keller,
On hearing the sentence, de fendant muttered "I am finished, Lieutenant-Colonel Suster. I will die." Czechoslovak Military Attacho at the Czechoslovak Embossy In Nanking, passed through Hong Kong yesterday en route to Eu- rope.
the war. Ltd Col
E.U. CONSTABLE IN COURT
Rahman (29),
Shelk Omar
During Suster served with the British. U. PC 3894, was acquitted by Kowloon Army. He was parachuted into Mr. W.H, Latiner at Czechoslovakia eight different yesterday on the charge of in- Occasions on various Intelligence decently assaulting Wong Sp,
603 Nathan . missions on behalf of the Affles, married woman, at He is also credited with
19 Cs-
Road, on April. 4. capes from
He was convicted on the alter. German detention
native charge of indecent CX- camps.
postire and fined $60.
Tai
CHEUNG CHAU RAID
TYPHOONS.
The Debating and Discussion
thority
or jurisdiction to make the exemption order relled upon. An Apology Mr. Laschy then proceeded to that the respondents were will- Summoned for overcharging in with the different steps and trying to help them in selling a 20-oz tin of Allen & whatever way they could. When Hanbury Pastilles, the Eurasian which had been taken in the the respondents
obtained the, Medicine Co., Des Voeux Road, maiter and said that on April. 1. Mr. Silva wrote to Mr. Zimmern exemption order from the Gov-Central, was fined $150 by Mr. Centrul ernor-in-Council which entitled W. N. Thomas Tam at asking if respondents would agree them to treat
the appellants as Magistracy yesterday, withhold enforcing execution
Mr. Marcus da Silva repre- trespassers, they could have put hearing of the Pending
appoal. in reply, Mr. Zimmern wrote on instead of doing that, they gave
sented defendant, while Mr. J. 11. goods in the streets, on their
but Pitman prosecuted.
of the defondants, and Bome- Inspector G. Fryer ralded. 50 Group of the European YMCA.
other
two. Defendant
times by the for Apr. 6. stating that unless all
was charged
Sun Street, ground floor, have an interesting talk planned mesne profis due and payable by remove.
by them
further a
five weeks to selling a tin at $1.00 when the
When the inspectors wanted to Cheung Chau Island, on April 8 for Wednesday, seize their fish, witness said he gazetted price is $1.25.
The subject is "Typhoons" and Mr. da Silva declared that his would ask that they leave balt and seized four oplum pipes, four
lamps
and ten small pots of is to be given by Mr. L, Starbuck, would have been dealt with if the client was a member of the behind for the dealers to sell..
oplum.
of the Royal Observatory, HK. appeal had not been abandoned. Medicine Dealers Guild, which
friend has got his costs and listributes
(master had many visitors, Seven men,
All are welcome including the
this talk, regularly Loireiðars including Bahermen and Chan alleged keeper Wong You (35); which will be at 0,30 ̈på.
Kun-kau, whom he said, under were arrested and, after being cross-examination of defence charged, were allowed out 00 counsel, had some money paid bail of $100 for Wong and $20 to him (Chan Kun-kau) by each for the smokers.
The fortchoming wedding of his master.
The ball was ordered by Mr. John. Richard Jones, Mastor That occurred in the "leng", he WH. Latimer at Kowloon yester Mariner, Standard Of Co, to sald, but he could not remember day to be estreated as none of Kinya Filmen. 6 Bowen Rozd, when it happened, saying that it the accused appeared in Court. has been announced.
2
Mr. Loseby said that all thin
the appellants, were paid by p.m. the following day, execution would be issued without further There was, sald Mr. notice Loseby, a clear implication in the
that all mesne pronts Mr. Loseby.
I hope he is satialled," concluded notifying price changes to mem- ruply
bers. were paid, execution would be withheld.
On Apr. 7, Mr. Silva sent to Mi. Zimmern a cheque for $3,645 covering the mesne profits. Later on the same day, Mr. Zimmern Acroto back, acknowledging re- copt of the chaque and adding that as appellant were sill in possession, he had been instruct ed to issue execution by 2 p.m. the following day.
The full effect of this letter was. explained to the appellants and
The Court then made the usual order dismissing the appeal with costs to the respondents.
On that occassion, Mr. da Silva stated, his cllent did not receive-
'a circular with the price change.
Playwright Wins His Case
they decided that under the air-Damages to the extent of $400 and costs, wore
cumstances there was nothing they could hope to achieve. They therafale instructed Mr. Silva to atanuon the appeal, In con- clusion, Mr. Losoby tendered an
Reminders
Today
awarded yesterday by Mr. Justice E. H. Williams (Chief Justice), to Fung Chi-fun. playwright and sang-writer, in respect of his claim against The World Theatre for infringe- ment of his copyright in the dramatic work "Chai Kiu Long Kang Kiu.”
Fung originally claimed $1,000 the rights in the said work for damages
alternatively, OT
an $500,
Hr. Justice Williams then en- account of profita, from the World Theatre for alleged intered judgment for Fung in the fringement of his copyright in sum of $400 and costs. two dramatic works "Ho Chu See Nung Ka" and "Chai - Klu Lang
FLAG DAYS
Hia
was not business.
1
"Not True"
Witness told. defence counsel that he had no other method of evading the authorities. The
fish was not hidden in the ferry when it arrived. Neither was it hidden below the ferry nor in the lavatory
It was his duty to land the fab and carry it to the Central Market. His master seldom went down to the wharves.
fer.
TO BE WED
EUROPEANS GET
GAOL TERMS
疲
Wah, Hospital, Po Yan St., 2.39 the judgment in favour of should be submitted to the Com-uity, which caused Mr. Shaf-by servant of 75 pounds of tin come on the scene," Kal Tak A.D.C. presorts "The Wilkinson & Grist, Tappeared for.1 1st August, 1948. No Turiber'sip..} ing their witness not school- und 1,378 pounds of copper from the Naval Dockyard," said
I am very sorry that persons like you have com- mitted so serious as offence as to stool from your employers, Your welfare officer, Mr. Witness said he saw the first
Webb, has given you both good characters defendant once in every four or
and asked for leniency on your behalf but .... five days, but he saw him when he went up stairs to see his mas-
this cannot be dealt with leniently. "You must both go to prison Inspector D. G. MacPherson, "Told by defence counsel that for nine months with hard prosecuting, said frat defendant his reluctance to refer to defen- labour,"
was chargoman at the foundry und said Mr. F. Kthe second defendant was in dant recelying money was be-
d'Almada at the Central Magischarge of naval transport. cause he had been told by some-
when two body not to mention the incident, tracy yesterday
On April 8 at about 12.15 p.m. denied it. naval witness emphatically
dockyard workers, first defandant loaded the metal "Arms and the Man" presented Kang Kiu." On
"No, it is not true, he affirmed. Frederick Henry Bullock, 47, on a lorry which was driven by Mar, 19, Mc. Applications from charitable by University Arts Associa-Justice Williams decided against organisations or institullens for of the witnesses there was much 48, of Portsmouth, bath ap. lory Street, Wanchal und were
| second- defendant: During yesterday's examination of Plymouth, and Henry Eneas. They took the lorry to B, Mal- tion, at Eu Tong Sen Gymna- Fung in regard to his claim in permission to hold as days or funbling over the language dif-peared on a charge of larceny unloading it when the police sjum, 330 pm.
respect of "Ho Cha See Nubg Ko" dower days during the your 1940 Graduation of nurses at Tung and
World Theatre with costs.
Mr. Wobb, Welfare.Offer missioner of Police or the Score in to remark: "That is a cre- Mr. P. J. Griffiths, of Mesma. Lary for Chinese Altairs before
dit for the police, for
from the Naval Dockyard on they were both trusted and held Case of the Frightened Fung, while the World Theatre pilcations in respect of the year
One witness told the Court April 8 and aiding and abot very responsible positions Bul- Lady," Station Theatre, & was represented by Mr. F. K. 1048 can be entertained.
that he could not understandting the larceny by servant, lock had a wife and son at home p.m.
Losoby.
Not more than one fing day or the trend of the proceedings. respectively,
In England and Eneas had a wife Metal Industries of China Ltd., When hearing was resumed flower day le to bir parmitted in Another foki working with the Both defendants
and two children. Fannual moating, Electra | yesterday, Mr. Loseby asked leave each month.
last whiness said he worked for "Guilty."
Bothing defendants had bo House, Connaught Band, to call the platter to contin
your gftending to dish for sale
thing to say. Cantral, 11.45am. Dedication Ceremony of Bilad & certain instructions which he had
at Central Market. He usually saw the defendants
at tho Deaf School building, Dia-iven his solletitore. If plaintif did, this, then the only question.
whaxves. Court was The Memorial Service for late Harman
the amount of Liu, Cafe de Chine, China awarded in respect of "Chai Riu uma of Inniskillings and Tam ket, and four to the Government
Long Kanz Klu”?
Chung-tal, of Kitchen, who were market. Fung, who then entered the sent off the field of play dast wanted to seize all, they would į Highland Dancing Club, Europana witnes box," said that he was wack, were goverły: Kautioned.
p.m.
CAUTIONED
At a meeting of the Emergency Committee of the Hong Kong
If there were 10 tuba six
mond Hill, Kowloon, 2.30 for decision by hindres to be Football Association" last" night, would be taken to Central Mar...!||
p.m. -
Building, p.m.
YMCA, B p. 25
Re-opening Dance of Harcourt the author of the dramatic work
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Chai Klu Long Kang Kiu”, The original work was written by him. The xitle. Was also his own work. He knew 18ft 1sókain, koj who the "Kad jodid' the dramatich rights). Fung said that 'helater) Classical Recorded Musical Con-
heard that a film, bearing, the cert, Toe H Club, Talbot same title was being House, 50, MacDganell david nothing from sit on
the defendant Theatre 8.50 pan.
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When the inspectors
ask the inspectors to Jervo somi behind for them to sell" in the|| blackmatkat
Lead he saw Chno-Kun-kau and the second defendant eight) to 10' timber a month, " During his]|| period with the shop he experi ended only about three sofrires. The amount sized' at ifie Vähi- BUINE WHANE-WH same as that
Hoskid he had seen his ma-| Bas paring money to first, defen-
dany titledded be did not know!
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