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Local Women Asked To Take Interest
In Legal Matters
The women of Hong Kong should coata to regard the field of law. as man's exclusive property, according to Sir Leslie Gibson, Chief Justico of the Colony.
In a speech to the members of the Hong Kong Council of Women at the Duddell Street YWCA on Thursday evening, Sir Leslie urged local women to take a more active part in
·legal matters in the Colony. Sie Lestic warned, that two humau“;* fe added, "I would sonewhat delicate questions answer that while emotion ns should
answered first such cannot help to solve any These are whether women Intellectual problem, human
and live or can acquire the legal understanding
sympathy approach, and whether women play very big part In
เพ Working of the tow." really respect the layer she went on to say tinit
dle pointed out that the pre-
the women
of Hong Kong re- quite of the legal approach Kadiselplined' mind-mind Present a powerful body of public weighs bath aldes of opinion which should be brought which
to hear on proposals for new queation and considers galy the uctust tucts relevant to the detegislation and on the working of
iou.
"To those who think that the
Jegal apponch, is dry and In-
Personalia
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the Judicial machinery.
"Constructive and considered criticism is always valuable
THE 'CHINA' MAIL, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1948.
Dairy Farm Dispute Settled Burma Will
was averted, after a settlement, was reached between the man and the
The management. Company agreed to reinstate the three men who had been convicted of Intimidation, and also the man who was discharged by the Ceyrt. Bonds for the three men in pailds custody is, to be put up by the Dairy Farm Chinos Workers' Association. The foreman involved In the dispute is to be transferred.
said Sir Lestic, "and I think that TB Claims
women should abandon the tradi-
tlon, in so far as they have not done so already, that laws and legal documents are outside their comprehension and are pecular- ly the business and concern of mer
IT
Sir Leslie said he thought the
results were obtained it legat inatters the opinions of men und women were combined.
Departures from the Penin- sula Hotel an Wednesday includ-best et Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Slattery, Meras, K.E. Albright, W. Gif- turd, V. Madarus, Itoyal Leonardi, Yu Yu-penn, PA. Ricker, E Shrew hiry, 1..R. Ulrich, À. A. Juyer, E. Hall, D. McLean, K.W. Swanie, E.F. Jenkins, and S.5. Cirillin.
Anur: the new arrivals at the Penneula Hotel on Wednesday were Mr and Mrs. C.A. Burk- zbire, Mr. B. Dar, Mr. and
Mrs.
MEN. Pinte
W. E. P. Weman, Cs. Great.
G... Platow, 11. Martin, J.F.E. Murton Chawford. S.G. Hill and 1. S. Price,
A.1.
Meers. Ha Chung, M. Su Pas qofer, Toals Baron, M. Gousic, Chau Haoi, and. Mes. Puisque ar rel in the Colony yesterday Trom Saigon by Air France,
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. E. Luff left Hong Kong for Shunghal by the a Hupeli yesterday, Mr. Luff has been appointed Bursor to the Shonghul British
School. In Hong Kung he was Secretary of the Sino-British Club and master at the Royden House school.
Mr. S.I. Lindt was among the other; passengers who, boardeel ss. Hupeh yesterday for Shanghai.
The
Messrs. J.P. Moyles and J.K. Blackwell left for Swnlow yes- terday by the ss. Tsinan,
W.J.
Mr.
Anderson, newly appointed on: Kong Govern- ment agent in Japan, will leave for Tokyo tomorrow to take over from. Mr...D.N.. Kendrick.
Mr. Des Roj, Senior Managing Partner of the Isharsingh Kirpal-
and singh
Company. Caleufta, arrived by PAA yesterday after-
noon.
On his way, he has visited dit- ferent ofces und factories in Siam (Bangkok, Trang and Tung-
mg),
Penang and Slugupore.
He will be leaving for Manila to- morrow on a general world tour by air, calling at San Francisco on March 9, and arriving at New York on March 11. He will then visit the United Kingdom raid other European countries.
The forthcoming weddings have been announced of the follow- ing:-
Mr. Charles Fedrick Andrews staff, of Dairy Farm, Hong Kong. Ind Mrs, Mario Valenzuela Nielsen, of 175 Sai Yee Street, first floor.
"Why it is in Hong Kong that so few women take up the study nt Jaw?" asked the Chief Justice.
He pointed out that elsewhère
in the world today women have not only entered the profession but urc Occupying some portant positions in It.
Im-
"The study of the aw in worthi while even for those who do nut intent to practles", he said,
Sir Lealle expressed the hope that the number of women on the Jury lists in Hong Kong would continue to grow from the pre-
sent 2,500.
"Justice service is a
will
not, at least at first,
Seven Daily
A daily average of savan prople died from tuberculosis during the
week ended February 19, according to official statistics released yes terday. Total deaths from the disease In the period. under review was 50.
The week's figure brought the total for the first 78 days of the year to 350 deaths-- more than four a day. Total Tuberculosis caeca registered
the period was 851-127' In the week ended February
In
19.
In the week under review, 22 cases of measles with two deaths were also recorded.
Births in the same week numbered 983 as against 208 deaths from all causCE.
of
all Roman
Catholic
CORRESPONDENCE
The Editor takes no responsibility for plows expressed in letters by correspondents, and by no means necessarily with them.
agrees
Caravan Members enemy property, our kind Gov- Sir, I should be glad if you crnment just restores the pro- would publish the following:
perty to the pre-war owners for Maybe you who read this are mere token, no doubt believing yourself a member of the Caro-
the pitiful story they put up van, better known as the Cara- that they were forced tu pell. Van of East and West, Inc. but ceived payment-why then this Even it they had been, they re- for many others, they will ask
What is the Caravan?"
generosity?
The Caravana a movenient for world friendship and, it f clear
that friendship does not come about without acquaintance: this society has constituted itself as a means of introduction sinong
East and West
On the other hand, those who had overdrafts with the banks
Not Rejoin C'Wealth
Rangoon March 3. Burma does not contemplate rejoining the British Commòn- wealth, a Burmese Govern- ment spokesman said todgy,
Commenting on the statement ut New Delhi by Dr. Herbert Evatt, Australian External" Af- fairs Minister," that he "balloved Burma would rejoin the Com- monwealth," the spokesman, said that Burma's conditions would not be 'Improved by entering the Commonwealth.
Justralien uf Malaya was un this, he said, but Burma would co-operate with the Comition- wealth in matters of mutual 'In- terest.
He reiterated the Burma Gov. _ernment's earnest dentro_15_main=. tain cordial reilous with Bijame "The British Labour Party's mog- nanimous attitude towards Bur- mais rapitily converting many enti-British elements In Burma to a belief that Britain 1s. Burma's best friend," he said-Reuter.
Mr. Harmon Speaker At Rotary Tiffin
Speaker at the Kowloon Ro- tery tiffin at the Peninsula Hotel yesterday was Mr. Gor- extensive travels through North don Harmon. He spoke on his
Ching.
la a
Mr. Harmon kept his listeners and who were pressed to redeem amused with his inuny enccludes their overdratts by the liquida-describing his experiences of the
to primitive fors, had no alternative but
manner by which he sell their property,
The trans-made the journey.
be re- the time, There was nctions were made in Military the grown-ups and the youth of on the official currency of the called, when he quite unknow. bandit ingly.
host played write Occupying Power and these peo- All
Caravan members letters to one another, exchang-ple are now presented with their chieftain who wholly consumed ing views and news. and thus pre-war overdrafts for pay his stock of tinued fond stir.
repay-18 become informed about the hap- ment, plus full interest, in Hong slept on his camp
Kong
Dollars beyond their borders: instate their original security. penings
o asked to re- The Caravan is international, and
In this At the same time
connection it is in- educational. Though not yet well known interesting to note that in Manila, from other bandits while on his the Far East, it has established overdrafts and debts discharged way. They soon came across a itself in 40 countries,
of the caravan. But the armed guarantor before both proved useless even Occupying Power during the
.
in they
the official currency
and left the next morning le
15 behind an armoured guuara.ar.
This man was to see him safe
valuable PERFORMANCE SET contribution which you sun make in this colony in the field of law,"
FOR SAINT'S DAY he told the audience.
A performance in honour of "There is room for more St. Thomas Aquinas, Patron women Justices of the Peree, Saint
In Shanghai there is only one, Occupation Period, were ruled by found out that the caravan was both to sit in the ordinary courts schools, will be held at the chapter, so in Burma, but each and In the juvenile courts. In Seminary on Rosary Hill at 3.30 of them may lead to a 100, a the High Court there to be valid. headed by some Catholic priest should and included Somerest Maugham. the juvenile courta particularly, p.m. on Sunday.
1,000 afterwards. We feel as- Why the Government
Why
Rotarian J. Macfarlane brought their services would be most The programme includes and-sured that the result will be favour one section of the com-
attention to the seful.
verture by the Students' or- fruitful in the cause of world munity to the extent it has and the members "Women who sit as-lay Justices chestra, two stage scenes, a talk friendship. If you have Interest penalise the other section to the newly formed Kowloon Trachomy and on "St. Thomas through, the eyes enough to seek friendship through point of hardship, la beyond Clinic, sponsored by the Kowloon
Rotary Club. themselves trying the more com of G.. Chesterton" by the Re-pen, why not be an active comprehension.
мето thanked Members
for plicates auses", he added,
I was tinder but verend Fr. T. Sheridan, sermon, member of the Caravan?
the impression they will be gaining valuable in-and two performances by the
For those who wish to join, that the passing of the Debtor their contributions to the clinic.
Ordinance and Creditor sight into the law and the pro- Choir.
was They Included Mr. J. Moodle please ceduce of the courts and they The function will conclude with
really aimed at persons or firms who arranged for a chair, desk will have
both
feeling of res-P talk: ол "St Thomas and
who amassed large fortunes dur- and table, Mr. 8. Shield, denial
chair and ing the Occupation by
sheeting, Dr. rubber ponsibilty and a growing in-Beauty-Culture" by the Reverend
Hua, cabinet and stationery. terest in their work."
Fr. F. Gutierrez.
means or foul". Also, against the
Mr.
Wood, clinic sign and conclusion, In
C.F. Sir Leslie told
stores who by profiteering at expense of the public, made huge spot light, Mr. WT. Grimsdale, J. profits and then wiped off their stationery and towels. and Mr. overdrafts in Yen, and that It Blocfarlane, wooden benches.
Guests Sir,-As a layman and know-was because of this kind that all
the at ing nothing about law, and who pre-war bank overdrafts Hqui Messrs. J.P. Inglis, A.R. Bucipley, is open to correction, I gather dated "In Yen have to be paid Shormeroft B. Murray, G. from the case 'recently. judged again in Hong Kong Dollats. May, AH. Murirae, J.G. Jones that the seller takes the full What the difference is between and A.J. Luff. brunt
The buyer paying an overdraft 10 0 Bank has the property which was paid and buying a house from a per for in Yen, but he gets away with son who has paid an overdraft the property
and the Yen while or mortgage to release the house. the seller has lost his house. Not is beyond my poor brain-en- so bad if it stops there, but what lighten me, somebody! happens if the Mortgagees claim Dollars, which they are entitled for repayment in Hong Kong to do under the new Ordinancer
his women listeners; "You not only can but ought to take as equar an interest in things legal as men do, and not look upon them as a male headache."
A Jumble Sale, organised by the Ladies Recreation Club, will be held on March 30 at St. John's Cathedral Hall between 2 and 5.20 p.m.
Hearing Of Fan Tan Swindle Case Resumed
Hearing of the Fan Tan Swindle case, in which Chu Yuk-chi, whose dead body was found in a trunk in Canton on November 18 last year, was alleged to have played a part, was re- sumed yesterday at Central before Mr. Hin- shing Lo.
write to: Teddy Chu c/o Shanghai Commercial Savings Bank,
&
6, Queen's Road, Central, Hang Trong
Occupation Deals
of the deal.
Is it possible that the seller has to pay this, it demanded, while the buyer sits pretty?
Neither
could foresee the passing of the Debtor and creditor Ordinance; why
then
party
"DUMB-BELL".
SOME HOPE:!
were
"You mean on the boats at Aberdeen?" bezmed "on 11-year- old boy when Mr. Bintr-Kerr told him that he would be taken to
GARDEN TERRACE a place where he will be yen
BURGLARY
Valuables, including 80 watches, gold teeth and diamonds, estimat
to be worth $82.000 ware stolen by burglars between 10 p.m. on
of an
merchant, Mr.
Indian
second floor.
food to cat
The child was brought into the Juvenile Court, on a charge of Legging.
At a meeting yesterday the
S. S. Manufacturing Company Limited
In the dock was Mok Man, who with others not
yet in custody is facing three charges of steal- should the seller be made the morning from the hour tray Directors of the Hong Kong Rope 6010 sufferer can any legat morning ing by means of a trick $3,000 and one piece brain enlighten me-ibe in- of gold, and an amended charge of conspir-justice of this seems to me to be Chewaram, 19, Gortion Terrace, decided to recommend payment at the forthecining annual geni- It was reported that the burg- Ieral meeting, subject to audit, of ing to acquire fraudulently such sums of entirely contrary to British law, and I cannot believe that the
lara broke into the house through a dividend of $1 a share and a money as he could induce from one Wong Debtor and Creditor Ordinance a window.
bonus of $ a share, both free fitended 'this,
fax No one has been arrested yet. Pąk-lo.
I wonder if Sir Leslie Gibson ********* Sho did not think that this can possibly envisage the state coin could have fallen by Itself. of fear and chaos which existed During the game she said Chon in Hong Kong during the Occu
and whether he has and Chue were standing behind nation, her, and Chan had assisted her asked himself how it was possi- In counting the coins..
ble luring the Occupation, Mr. Alvaro Marla Guterres, She related how after her first Witness continued
of hov after make enough money to allow
houses etc. etc. clerk of works, of 101 Pratas | moeting with three men, Ng, the game, candles and Joss-sticks the purchase Street, first foor and Miss Yeung and Chut, at the Paro-
were
burned and an eath of Surely that should have a bear- Saphira Ma:Selleh, warden of mount Ballroom on October 12.brothers and sisters taken, and a ing on a case. Lai Chi Kok Prison Staff Quar- 1048, when she was
I was in Hong Kong during engaged as promise made that the matter tors,
the whole of the Jap Occupation divulged.
and
om cartain that no loyal
Mr. Mark Carrington Stockdale Revenue Inspector, of 50 Mac. Donnell Road, and Miss Dorn Elsie Marchbank, teacher, of 42. Kennedy Road.
Yesterday's hearing was en- tirely devoted to the evidence given by Miss Wong Pak-lo, dance-hostess of the Paramount Ballroom.
a hostess, she became involved would not be dis
Mr. Anthony Raptis, merchant, In a sequence of events, which She continued to relate. how of & Hennessy Road, first noor, led to a Fan Tan game being or she gave another $1,000 to Chan person to the Allied Cause had and Miss Lo Meg-yuen, of 20 janged.
to pay Cheung her share of the any money to spare-there wax Easter Street, third floor.
The purpose of the gamble was gambling debt still due him, and no legitimate trading, no salaries, Flight, Lieutenant George, Mit- chell, of Officers Mess, RAF, Kalto teach the nephew of a man later how she handed a piece of no law and it was all one could called Chap a lesson, as Chan gold to Lau for the purpose of do to exist with prices as they Tok, and Miss Shrimpton, of Treetops, Kenll-great deal of money in gam-
Par ela said this nephew of his had lost raising money for another gam-were, Prices of all goods were fantastic as there was no control ble.
It was later when she learnt of any kind. I existed by selling England.
Large sums of money during bler, Lau was called upon, and that she realised she had been
the Occupation could only have he taught them how the game cheated. should ba
After played. She contri-
cross-examination by been made by collaborating with buted $1,500 and
Mr. C. A. 9. Russ, the case was the Jap in selling looted goods, diamond ring &
belonging in most cases to British as her share of the capital.
adjourned to this afternoon.
firms or by selling stocks of Cheung, the nephow; was ask-
goods at fabulous
English,*profefccupation "the Modern Heat Fad”.
played by her Cheung," Ny and
even, during Mok. After losing $27,000 in the
anybody who displayed wealth requires NÓ ÉLECTRICITY, @rst five games and $70,000 In NO HOT WATER, but only the sixth game, Cheung staked two tablespoons of cold water $20,000 on the seventh hand, on
the number 1. to produce heat.
worth.. Close Banstead, Surrey service of an expert gam- that they had all gone to Canton, everything I had.
LIGHTNINGPAK
LIGHTNINGPÅK gives quick- starting, long-lasting heat for
ed to come and the game was
Cheung Wins
SWINDLING CASE
IS REMANDED
or in
A swindling case involving Yip and was able to buy houses, was Fuk-chor, alias Yip Plk-san, Loe, Immediately frowned upon, 21 Chung, Tang Man-kin, and Yip an ethical way of making large Ying-ho, all of Luen Fat Lung, sums of money just did not No. 142 Connaught Road Central, exist. was continued before Mr. X d'Almada at Central yesterday.
Another thing, which has aroused my fury in cases where The number should, she said, It was alleged that defendants some sold their houses to periods up to ton haura. Koop have been two, pot after count- illegally obtained $20,000, from cad during the Occupation at Japan- extra reilils on hand for added. It was found that Cheung Yau Cheng-hwa.
́f colossal prices in Milliary Mao, life and, usefulness.
won it, potting::$210,000...
xes which they immediately convert- The Dogi, three hairds of the presenting defendants, asked the ed Into Hong Kong Dollars. When 19 hands origindily fixed were court for a reduction of the ball the Brits Labs pack the prp= gong-through with small stakes. Defendants are allowed a bail: perty, "collíso, was Wapañéra
of $10,000, half, in cash and half and instead of putting the hourm
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