[ THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1049.
Contract Case
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE Comes To An End
Agents: CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
"SINKIANG"
TSINAN" #POYANG"
"TSINAN"
"HUNAN"
SAILINGS TO
Amoy, Swatow. S'pore. Palembang Sibu & Mici
Swntow
Takao. Shanghai,
Yokohama, & Kobe .. Swalow
duchon o PSD
"HEINRICH JESSEN" S'pore & Penang
"SHENGKING"
"TRODUCE"
Shanghai
..Bongkok
* Balls from Custodian Whart
UEN
"TOYANG"
"HUNAN"
"TSINAN"
"AHENGKING"
"FATSIAN"
"WUSUED"
ARRIVALS FROM
Bangkok
Inchion & Pusat
Swalow
Shanghai & Keelung
RIVER SERVICE.
5 pm. 15th Jun.
3 p.m. 18th Jan.
4 p.m. 17th Jası, 3 p.m. 20th Jan, 20th Jan.
4 p.m. 20th Jan. 4 p.m. 21st Jan, 21st Jan.
..
0 p.m. 15th Jan,
7 a.m. 16th Jan, a., 19th Jan, 20th Jan.
Arrives from Canton, 7 a.m. 17ih Jan,
Halls for Canton 11 pan. 18th Jan. Sait for Macao 3.30 p.m. 15th Jan. Arrives from Maeno 5.45 p.m. 15th Jan.
Agents: BLUE FUNNEL LINE
"CYCLOPS"
"ACHILLES" "MEDON"
U.K. SERVICE
Arrivals from
UK, vla Stradts
"ANCHISES“ "TANTALUN -
15th Jan, 21st Jan.
29th Jan,"
UK via Straits
10th Feb.
O.K. via traité & Manija
14th Feb.
Cirnoa, Marseilles & Liverpool
vla Aden & Port Said
Haver, Liverpool
24th Jan.
Gth Feb.
"AENEAS"
"ANCHISER"
"CYCLOPS"
"MEMNON"
Sailings to
via Aden. & Port Sald
Genon, Niarselilès, Liverpool
& Glasgow via Aden & Port Sald 23rd Feb.
NEW YORK SERVICE
Arrivals from
U.S.A. via Maila
18th Jan.
Carriers option to proceed via other Ports to load, & discharge cargo...
2
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4.
Agents: Australian-Oriental Lino, Ltd.
Sailings to
"CHANGTE" "SHANSI"
Japan
"CHANGTE" "SHANSI"
Sydney, Melbourne &
Brisbane Arrivals from
Sydney & Brisbane Australia
lat werk Feb.
2nd week Feb.
29th Jan. 1st week Feb.
All The Above Subject To Alteration Without -Noties.
General Agents for:
"Booking Agents for:
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL AIRWAYS, CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS, - SKYWAYS (FAR-EAST) LTD. B.O.A.C., Č.N.A.C., H.K. AIRWAYS, P.OA.S., PAA., PAL, and N.W.A ·
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THE DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.
S.S.
HAIYANG”
SAILING TO SWATÓW ONLY TUESDAY 18th JANUARY
FROM DOUGLAS WHARF
Subject to alteration without Notice.
For Particulars of Froight & Passage, Please apply taż-
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO.
General Managers.
- P. & O. Buliding, 8th floor. Tel. No. 81881
CHINESE SHIPPING DEPT.
20 Connaught Road, Central. Tol. No. 24639
Judgment, was reserved yesterday by Sir Leslie Gibson (Chiof Justicó) in the case in which a claim has been lodged for specific perform- anco of a contract entered into shortly before the occupation of the Colony by the Japan-
In the
by Mr. E.S.C. Couric of yesterday's | by, instructod hearing, Yong Loo-lin, a Director Brooks of Messrs. Hastings and of the Shim Tet Thong Co., Ltd, Company, represented the defen- sold that in November, 1941 ho dants, had considered the likelihood of Hong Kong being invaded by the Japanese in the event of war.
050.
He Brat considered that the Japanese were likely to lose the
war In 1944.
The contract in question relates In the sale of Nos, 7 and 10 Lee Yuen Street, Hong Kong, and was minde between Kwok Yu-chuen and Wong Chok-chiu, plaintiffs. and the Stim Tel Thong Co. Ltd. defendants.
"Not Approached.
Yong, in the course of his, tew- timony, nald that the conditions in Hong Kong between December 25, 1941 and January 0, 1942, were
Neither ho пог chaotic. member of his flam was approach- ed by anyone in regarding to the agreement for the sale of Nos, " and 10 Lee Yuen Street.
any
It was in 1944 that he first con- widened that thewapanese wa likely to lose the war.
Mr B.A. Bernacchi. Instructed
Shortly after the Japanese_took by Mr. Y., Chan of Mosaru, Tro
over the administration of the And Hodgson represented
the Colony they introduced the Mini- laintiffs, while Mr. Charles Luse-tory Yen and fixed the rate at which Hong Kong Dollars were to be converted into that-eurse It was later declared to be a ci minal offence to carry out trans- actions in Hong Kong Dollars,
"Yong agreed that it would have heen to his advantage to pay back
English Richest Language
"From a humble and almost unknown origin, English "has developed into the richyst language until today it covers the whole world.
the deposit of $6,000 at that time.
He knew the title deeds had been handed to Messrs. Tso and Hodgson, but he took no steps during the Occupation to ascertain whether, the office of Messra. Tuo and Hodgson was open,
Donials
Yong dented that during fe It seems time of the Japanese Occupation,
he regarded the agreement fo
likely that English will become the sale diplomatic and com- mercial medium."-
that
Scorched Earth By Sumatra Guerillas
Bingapore, January 14.
The Indonesian Republican office here said the Sumatra emergency government has broadcast detalls of extensive scorched earth "tactica aguinat the Dutah. .
Dr. Mohammbs ten," Civil Governor of Bouth Bumatra, radioed that Dutch soldiers arrived to find rali cara in ravines). bridges blasted or blocked by fallen trees and more than 1,000 warehouïts ‘aflame.
to
"He said: "What remains of territory for the Dutch exploit. is chaired goods and show," the broadcast sald.
Dr. (as was c
saying the Tabapingin Red Palm i'quoted Estate, capable of producing 200 tona of palm of monthly. between, Was set fire. He added that scatteredcliffelde Palembang and 'blambi are ablaze with bulldings finaries destroyed".
and
Bulidings In Lampoing were set on fire and the-gantral power station at Lubuklinggau deatroyed.
Ha declared many „vourers had joined the guerilla forces. —Associated" "Press.
Dutch Premier's Meeting With Javanese Leader
Batavia, January 13. The Dutch Premior, Willem Dress, and the Indo-
Mosian leader, Professor Supoma, conferred for
an hour yesterday.
It is the first contact between the Dutch and the Republicans since the Netherlands attack on December 19.
a reconnaissance The meeting took place at discussion as the palace of the Dutch High and indicates that there may still subsisting. He considered Commissioner, Louis Bbel, A be further contacts. that the agreement had lapsed jou | Dutch spokesman describes the January 8, 1942.
He denied that it was only after the price of land had gone up, the war, when he discovered that that he considered the possibility of avoiding the contract.
Yong agreed that he had in No. vember 1941 considered the like- thood of war with Japan, as the Japanese forces were already
Prohibited Fireworks
Indonesian sources say it w completely Informal in character and Professor Supome would not meet Drees again.
It is believed that he turned down an offer to join the Dutch- sponsored interim government,
The meeting in understood to have been on the Dutch initlá-
"Had any of the occupants. {tive. lost their lives in the fire, de-
Thus spoke Mr. Robert Bruce, Hong Kong representative of the British Counell, in lecture to the English
Discussion Club of the Chinese Y.M.CA. lust night The lecture was Illustrated with the screening of a film entitled The History of the English language
Bruce pointed out Mr.
the border. He also considered while Chinese is spokim by more
would the likelihood of Hong Kong befendant
have been people than English, its distribu-
charged under "another section lon is limited, whereas Englishing lavaded in the event of war.
After Mr. E.S.C. Brooka had of the Ordinance, and a prison spans the entire world.
been would have also testifield, counsel delivered sentence
asked for without the option their closing addresser.
of a fino" remarked R., A.. J. Officer, Brooks, Divisional Fire Brigade, when he pro- secuted Mak Po-kwong Et Central yesterday.
The flm traced the develop nient of the original Celtic branch 61 the Indo-Europena family of languages. Imiled to the British Isles, Into the English known all over the world today. It explain- words were ' intro- ed how, new
duced into the Celtic tongue, over the centuries, by the Scanda vian; Erench, Teutonic.. and Roman Invaders.
Mr. Bruce suggested to his listeners the habit of borrowing words from English and other languages to enrich the Chinese language and to help express themselves better. In the course af Hy liefure, Mr. Bruce put his suggestion into practice by bur rowing words from the Cantonese dialect.
HE WALKED ON
GOLD BARS
Stx gold bars, three tied under cach foot, were found on Leung Ming when he was searched al the Kowloon Canton Railway Station on Thursday afternoon.
Imperial Ballroom Burglary
stairway
As a result of the fire that took place at No. 90 Ko Shing Street, around floor, on Wednesday night when one of the fokla was injured Two detectives. on patrol defendant appeared before Mr. saw a man acting in a'fur-Hin-thing Lo on charges of pos tive manner in the back lane behind the Imperial Ballroom at 4 a.m. on Thursday.
The man went into clothing emerged with some The two detectives, 1201 Chau Yuk and 1046 Wong Chun, immediately arrested him. When questioned., the man ad- mitted having removed pane of glass from the inside staircase doo of the Imperial Ballroom ervants quarters and then fish nd out the clothing, front boside servant's bod in the cockloft. A screwdriver was found in hia possession.
Upon the application, of Revenue
Making a voluntary confession, Inspector D, H. Knox, the gold, the man said that at 3 am on 30 Lools In weight, was ordered December 24, 1948, he used the to be confiscated when Leung same technique of removing a came before Mr. W. H. Latimer pane of glass from a window and at Kowloon yesterday to answer stole some clothing worth about to charge of exporting gold,
WRECK OFFERED
**FOR SALE
HK$120 from 103 Wusung Street, ground floor. The clothes, he sald; had been sold to hawkers in Cheung Sha Wan.
Before Mr. W. H. Latimer at Kowloon yesterday, Li Loi, aged Singapore, January 14,17 pleaded guilty to two counts The US. Maritime Commission of burglary, possession of an In yesterday offered for sale the strament fit for unlawful purpose cargo ship Amelia Earhart The and breach of expulsion order. ship went aground lost November In July, 1947, said Inspector J. on a coral reef in the Nateona Orem, defendant was convicted of Islands, 300 miles from Singapore, larceny and given 12 strokes of It récently dumped 8,000 tons of the cane and expelled, Previous its bauxite cargo into the South to that, he was given eight strokes China Sea:
for possession of a housebreaking | Implement in February, 1947.
A term of 12 months and ban- ishment was imposed,
The vessel coat the U.S. Tren- Kury US$1,000,000, - Associated Press.
KOREA STEAMSHIP COMPANY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPUBLIC OF KOREA
session of 4,935. 168; of fire works Fireworks Ordinance of 1001 and contrary to the Gunpowder and
possession of próhibited fireworks. Mr. Brooks sald that some time in April last year, defendant was issued with a penit to store 400 lbs of fireworks,, the maximum amount permitted, at the same time being given letter with the conditions of storage.
On Thursday night, the Fire Brigade received a call to the pre mises and it was only the spien
did
work of the firemen that avolded another pozaible disaster. in the premises were found 8,000 lbs of fireworks.
Defendant was fined $200 and
Withdrawal Not
Practical
The heade of the Indonesian
· Federal States, manting in pri- vate, have recommended that representatives of the former Républican territories be asso- clated with the setting up of Federal Govern- an Interim
ment, Meanwhile, the early release of the Indonesian Republican lea- ders, captured by the Dutch in their recent "police action," is being strongly urged by leading Republicans in Batavia itself.
Mr. Darmosilawan, confidant of the Prime Minister, Dr. Hatia, and chief advicer to the Re- publican delegation, told Reuter that in view of the Dutch troop and the dispersal of penetrations the Republican forces, an im- mediate withdrawal ol
Dutch troops will not be. a practical. siep for either side.
on
Representatives of the United Nations Good Offices Committee will fly to Bangka Island Saturday to interview Republican leaders, the spokesman nounced today,
To See Hatta
Ile-sald the American, Belgian and Australlon members will
the goods ordered to be confiscat-travel aboard Dutch aircraft to
ed.
GODOWN FIRE
IN KARACHI
Karachi, January 13, Godowns containing cotton)
establish contact with 'the Re- publican Premier, Mohammed Hatta, and the chairman of the Republican delegation, Mohammed 'Rum.
Dr.
News correspondents will not ba, allowed to accompany the the United Nations mission. The Good. Ofces Committee bales and cotton seeds were will return to Batavia the same ablaze for three hours today in day. In
order that their report one of the biggest area in Kara- may be tabmitted to he Security chi's history....
Council
of the earliest possible The city's entire." fire 'fighting │moment, forces mobilled. They were as- Republicar sources. continue sisted by police, volunteers and to report widespread guerilla sallors. from the nearby naval activity. Some preliminary re barracks,
ports of the
Eight godowns were destroyed, First reports put the damage at
£750,000-Reuter.
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ÜZLA
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Arerats cargo for Bombay, Karachi and Persian Gulf÷Fena Yla.... Columbe.
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vin Straits,
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"BURA?" tle with CARGOCAIRE and "BOMALI" with DANKOLI, systemu dl ventilation, and both shipa bava apare for zefrigerated cargo and off in bulk,
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walls 20th Jan. for Blogsport, Feranz
Rangoon & Calcutta,
due 23rd Jan, from Calcutta via Rangoon
traite. xile 26th Jan, for Amoy and Japan, dus 9th Feb. from Jupen à Amey, sells 18th Feb. for Stralia, Rangoon, a
Calestia
due 14th Feb. from Calcotia via Sienite malis 17th Feb, for Amey and Japan.
All these ships have Refrigerated Carga
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23rd January for-
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