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HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL.
A FULL AGENDA.
There is an unusually heavy agenda for the meeting of the Legislative Council Bo-morrow alternoon.
Notice has been given of three ques one to be put to the Government-ons by the Hon. Mr. H. W. Bird and two by the Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., and the Hon. Me, H. E. Pollock has also Even notice of his intention to propose Miree resolutions which will be found printed below.
THE HONGKONG "DAILY PRESS, WADNESDAY, AUGUST 31#7, 1911.
AN AGGRIEVED LANDLORD. SOLICITOR DOES DETECTIVE WORK.
BEDS SPRING I'P LIKE MUSHROOMS. "This is case in which a dishonest to the detriment of the landlord," said tenant can profit by the Reats Ordinance
& Hastings) who appeared for the land. Mr. AB Crew (of Messrs. Hastings lord in n Beats Ordinance case, at the Summary Court.
the Puisne Judge (Mr. J. R. Wood), yesterday after-
noon.
before
RICH TENANTS OPPOSE
* EJECTMENT.»
TUNGWAH HOSPITAL'S CLAIM.
MOTOR PROSECUTIONS.
A HEAVY SUMMONS LIST.
Mr. R. ELindsell dealt with a heavy Au important action was heard under list of summonses against motor-mar the Rents' Ordinance before the Puiane drivers at the Magistracy, yesterday.
The driver of motor-car No. 379, owned Wan Hospital proceeded against the with having left the ets unattentled in Judge Mr. J. R. Wood, in the Sum-
Court
when, the Tupa by Mr. C. Montague Ede, was charged
Ve Road Central, for recovery of son's, from 3.15 to 3.33 p.m., on Monday: Kwong Sang Hong, Ltd., 215-59, Des Fedder Street, outside Jardine. Mathe possession of No. 248. Des Youx Road The defendant said that the coolie who was, in charge of the car while he was having tifin left it for a few minutes only 12 get some water to wash the car. ··Ã¤
fine of 8 was imposed.
Central and No. 40, Winglok" Steret.
Mr. C. G.. Alafaster, who appeared for the defendants on June 4th, stating that the plaintiffs, rad & letter received from the latter had long intended to surrender the premises byt "bad not been able to and time the driver of motorcar No. secure alternative accommodation.Row 493, owned by the Palace Garage was also ver, the letter continued, defendantsaned $5.
Mr. Crew's case was that premises were being used as a godown and not for liv. ing purposes. The Ordinance," he said, is not intended to protect godowns and business, promises, but to provide shelter over his head," that the ordinary man should have and recently seen a chance which they night seize and they begged to state that they would vacate the premises on July
the defendants, asked that the plaintiffs ME. C. Jenkin, who appeared for formally prove prejudice
There are ten new Bills to be intro duced and two bills are down for second reading, though it is intimated that one of them (an ordinance to amend further
The landlord's case was that, the preach Me Public Health and Buildings.Ordin-mises occupied by his firm having col- ance) will not be progeded with at this lapsed, he was in urgent need of accom meeting.
modation, for his fokis.. He had only been The new Bilts relate to the following at prohibitive cost, so, before the Repts able to get very limited accommodation, subjects :---
Ordinance came into force, he gave notice t-Supplementary appropriation of to quis to a tenant of his who occupied 81.437,787.74 to defray the charges two houses, standing back to back, and of the year1021.
connected by openings in the walls- Amendment of the General Loan Nos 4 Des Vaux Road West and and Inscribed Stick Ordinance. Connaught Road West,
1913:
Apće, 1916.
S.-Amendment of the Stamp
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11
anes, 1991. B-Amenduat" of the Estate Duty
Ordinance, 1915. 10.-Amendment of Legal Practitioners
Ordinance, 1871..
Mr. M. K. Lo (for the tenant)-That is why you want to get the houses back. am glad you mentioned that.
For a similar offence it the same place
JAPANESE DRIVER.
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The driver of motor-car No. 39, owned by the United Motor Car Company was aged with reckless driving in Caine Inspector Garrod said that the defens dant made the corner at the top of Mr. Alabaster said that the letter was Shingwote Street at fully miles au a definite agreement to vacate the pre-hour. He did not sound, his horn in spits mises only 4. In consequence of of the fact that there were several chairs that notice the directors of the hospital about When the witness signalled to decided three days Inter to advertise the him, the defendant pulled up in 25 yards. ber of waders were received and the on board, and was going out to bring premises for letting by tender. A au
The defendant had a breakdown gang
highest for each house accepted, The de- in a damaged car. fendanta, however, did not vacate the
When asked to plead, the defendant premises, and on August 1 the plain-aid that he was Japanese and under- tiffs received a solicitor's letter threaten stood very little English or Chinese. His Mr. Crew: We cannot house our jokining proceedings by one of the successful speedometer was broken and he could set some are living at the private houses of tenderers whose deposit of $500 as a say at what speed he was going. The the partners. in Robinson and Caine guarantee of good faith had been retained.
ense was remanded for a work. Roads. If ever there was a case in which The other tenderer had not sent a solici landlord was justified in getting a little tor's letter, but he had asked for his pre bit of his own property back, to live in, mises and this action was being taken this is one.
in order that both might get possession. Mr. Alabaster contended that under the section it was not necessary for him, to prove serious prejudice, but merely that the tenant had agreed in writing to quit and that in consequence of that notice domestic tenement. That was serious the plaintiffs. had contracted to let a prejudice.
SPEEDING "DISCOURAGED..
we charged with reckless" driving on Mr. M. A. Hancos. of Holte wharf, Bonham Road at 8.10 p.m., on August
d
Defendant said that he had not been
3.—Praya East reclamation. 4-Further amendment of the Bins of
Exchange Ordinance, 1885. 3-To restrict the inking of legal pro- ceedings in respect of certain Acts and matters done during the war and to provide in certain cases remedies in substitution therefor. 6.-Amendment of the Deportation
Ordinaner, 2017.
Mr. Crew described a visit to the 7-Amendment of the Tobacco Ordin-premises with his client on July 30th. One thing was obvious, that No. 72 was
warned that he would be charged for Ordin-used as a godown. The whole plaas was
spending, or he would have shown his stocked from floor to roof with goods,
speedometer to the procuting sergeant. with the exception of a very small por
dant passed. him on Caine Boad about "Inspector Garred said that the defen- tion of the second Hour, where there. were three bed-boards He advised his clients that the tenants could be turned ed Mr. Alabaster's statement, and crossed him, and he was going as fully 20. The Secretary of the Hospital confirm half a mile from where the sergeant stop-
out of the other. Later he came to the rent of the Lhes Voeux Road premises was feat uit of this house as it was not in use as examined by Afr. Jeakin, the witness miles an hour then. He would have sum- a. dwelling, but they could not be turned said that on November Oth last year the moned the defendant had not the sor- conclusion that a strict interpretation of increased from $180 to $240, and the rent and it was hard to estimate speed. Defendant said that it wag dark, Section 2 (b)(1) of the Ordinance of the Winglok Street premises from He night have driven brought No. 79 within its provisions, as $165 to 8200, both increases starting from 10 and 20 miles, but he did not think he at between three persons were living there. The December 10th. On January 15th a fur- THE MALK OF BUILDING SITES,
loen! Ordinance differed considerably ther notie was sent to the defendants was cansing ary danger to the public at from the Home law dealing with this increasing the pants to g5 and 8105, that particular time. He admitted two The Hon. Mr. H. W: Bus will ask:- subject. The decisions, at Home, looked respectively.
Previous convictions in connection with With reference to applications for to the dominant purpose for which the Mr. Jenkin: That letter stated that the same cycle. He was fined 825... building sites in non-urban districts, building was usedi but here, appar if these increases were not paid on that Street Garage was charged with reckless A drive employed by the Russell will the Government, in fairness to the ently, one had only to provide three bed-date plaintiffs' solicitors would be 10- applicant who has frequently, been put boards and keep three Jokit on the pre structed to let the premises by public driving in West Point at '0 p.m.. on to considerable trouble and expense in mises to bring a place within the pro- tender?
August 14, and with having taken out selecting his site, consider the advis-tection of the Ordinance. Consequently
Witness: Yea,
motor-car No. 344, owned by Mr. E. A. ability of disposing of such sites by the landlord, in "this case, proceeded
3. Williams, without permission. He private treaty instead of by public under the Ordinance.
was fined £20 of the first charge, and muction !
$10 on the other
that of the Ordinance to amend the The only second mading to be taken is Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance,
THE QUESTIONS.
1000,
"
SEA-WATER FOR FLUSHING. -
The Hon. Mr. POLLOCK, K.C. will
28k :-
Is not the Report of the Committee appointed to go into the question of the use of seawater for flushing pur poses now ready! If not, when will it be ready? When will such Report be ..published?
IMPROVEMENT OF THE BARBOUR.
The Hon. Mr.-Pottock will nak :--
What information can the Govern ment give to the Council with regard to Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice's Report on the Improvement of the Harbour. Cannot the Government take steps 10
As I auticipated," proceeded. Mr. Crew, when we inspected the premises, again, last Friday, there had been wholesale migration of Jukis from one house to the other, for sleeping purpoees. Bed-boards and Exed beds had sprang up all over the place like mushrooms But an inspection of No. 11 showed that there was ample accommodation on those premises for all the fokis. In No. 41, the entire top floor is not used at all. and the, Eed-boards had a fortnight's dust on them.
That what I am protesting against in this case," added Mr. Crew. not a hona fide defence, but an attempt It is to keep a cheap godown away from a landlord who desperately needs housing |accommodation".
Mr. Crew mentioned that the tenant's
The defendants did pay Yes... The next step you took was to serve them on April 5th with this notice to quit 7-Yea
You knew at the time that the defeu Des Voeux Road premises to the Yee Hing danta had sub-let the ground floor of the Bank 7-Yes.
were owners of No. 42 and is Winglok You knew, alan that the defendants Street 1--I did not know.
ter in the expectation that we were going You knew that when we wrote our lat to get other premises 1-Yes.
Our deter of July End informed yon that premises and asked that we might b
we had been unable to get other
Yes. allowed to remain in your premises
Des Voeux Road premises -8450,
What was the highest tender for the And the Winglok Street premises $287,50.
each case. The period of tenancy?-Three years
:
For driving on the wrong side of the road and failing to stop, the driver of: naught Garage, war fined 810. motor car. No. 479. owned by the Cou-
The driver of motor-car Nom, charged 10.45 pm, on the 21st, was fined 816. with reckless driving in West Point" at
The driver of motor-car No. 18, owned with reckless driving in Queen's Rond by the Connaught Garng, was charged West, and fined $10.
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A Dragon Garage, river, who charged with the reckless driving of car No. 3 in Bechers Street, on the night of the 21st, was fined $15.
The driver of motor-car No. 145 owned by the Mercury Garage was charged with having driven the car on Shaukiwan Mar- ket Road without permission. Sergt. Mair anid that he was the passenger on expedite the obtaining of such Report rent had only been put up by 820-$240
the CAT. He left the car at the bridge to $200 in 8 years-for some of the most
and walked into Shaukiwan village...
The valuable property in Hongkong. This Why, having increased. on December defendant was told to wait for bio be was not a case in which the landlord had 10th, did you write us notice to quit on yond the bridge. The defendant said been a shark; he had been most lenient April 5th-That was the directors' den that he thought because his car was and had never
sion. squeezed" his tenants.
engaged by a police officer, he was on- Wituess further stated that no other tied to drive into the village He
RESOLUTIONS.
THE REMOVAL OF THE MILITARY
#ESTABLISHMENTS,
The Hon. Mr. PULLOCK.will submit the This was a case of a tenant trying to tenants had been treated in the same way stopped 18 soon, as the Indian Sergeant
culated notices stating that the Hospital tion, aཐ. the defendants. The defendants cir-spoke to hun. Discharged with a cau-
following resolution :-
That, in view of the shortage of Eure pean, office and business accommodation in this Colony and in view of the short-a age of sites for Chinese business pre- Evidence was then called; and the case mises in this Colony, it is imperative for the landlord had not concluded when that the Military Establishments along the Court adjourned. the Quéca's Rönd should be transferred from their present site in the centre of the City to some other site or sites at the earliest possible date,
tako every dishonest advantage of an Ordinance that was never intended to apply to business premises, The sign outside the place actually described it as
godown."?
had not treated them fairly.
NOT ENOUGH LIGHTS,
The managing director of the Kwong For having insufficient head lights and Sang Hong. Ltd., a manufacturing drug no rear light, while driving in Queen's and toilet requisite firm, said apart from Road West, at 9.15 p.m., on the 18th. the the ground floor, which was sub-let in driver of ear No. 81 owned by the Breezy November last to the Yee Hing Bank, Garage was fined 85. No. 248, Des Voeux Road was used for The driver, of motor-car No. 7 owned as a store, and the rest for domestic pur-by the Dragon Garage, who was remand- of the Winglok Street premises was used ed last week, on a charge of having BANK OF EAST ASIA.
as a store, and the rest for domestic pur-driven the car with no lights from Chin TO ENCOURAGE NEW CONSTRUCTION,
NEW PREMISES COMPLETED...
poses, also the greater part of No. 42 wan to the Garage, was the last man and 44. After receiving notice to quit de called. Inspector Garrod said that he The Hon. Mr. Pollock will propose:
That, with a view to encourage the
The Bank of East Asia moves to its bundants gave notice to their sub-tenants, had got into communication with Sergt.
asked for new offices, No, 10, Des Voeux Road could not get new premises.
further time as they Brennan, and the latter said that the construction of new houses in this Central, ou Monday.
defendant The term "new Cross-examined by Mr. Alabaster, the ing gear had gone out of order, and as
reported Colony, it is desirable for the Govern offices" seems permissible, in the circum managing director admitted that his firm it was a bright moonlight night, be ad- to him that his light. ment to pay un Ordinance exempting, stances, for, although the shell of the old had a large number of other premises vised the mas to drive carefully back for 3 years after completion, from building remains, the place has under which could be used for domestic pur to liability to pay rates, any new build-
the garage. a complete transformatin,
Discharged with" a ings, the plans for which may be sent under the direction of Messrs. Little rent had been sanctioned by the Secretary
He was aware that the increased cantion. in for the first time after the com- Adams & Wood. architects. that recent for Chinese Affairs. mencement of such Ordinance,"
arrivals in the Colony might very reason. ably suppose the building to be an entirely new one.
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Also that a Committee of three Members of this Council be appointed for the purpose of considering what measures can be taken;
(1.) To facilitate the prompt acquisi. tion by applicants of sites which they require:
(4.) To facilitate the prompt passing
of building plans.
SPORT.
WATER POLO..
gone such
poses.
make &
de
In answer to Mr. Jenkin, the witness action of the hospital in raising their said that his firm was prepared, to pay rent was not likely to comment itself to any reasonable rent and pay, compensa What happened was that, after the ceptable, if it could retain the premises. the directors of the hospital they were tion to anyone to whom it might bq ac- public approval locally. In my opinion, when this matter came to the notice of Bank acquired No. 10, Des Vaux Roud Central, the whole of the interior was arose, how they were to be protected or resentment by giving notice as they did The question of the third parties then entitled to resent it and to express their gutted, and the place was given a Dew inside. Walls, roof and facade are the favour of the defendante,
compensated, if a an order were made into the defendants to quit the premises in the last few days, looks new, it is true, considerable enficial statement on the footing, no further mention being made same; the facade, revealed to public view
Mr. Jenkin addressed the Judge, at After the notice to quit begotiations are. but this, is because the granite has been to.
anking his Honour for some tine apparently on a friendly ceeded between the parties and continued punched. Unlike Carpentier, it looks paragraph in the Ordinance. greatly improved..onder this treatment, e
word- The roof has been extensively re-laid; quit." which he asserted caused hardship fendants on June 4tb which coutained
shall have agreed in writing to hospital in the letter, written by
of the neged. arbitrary action of the walls have been strengthened and new to the tenant who had acted decently by their agreement, to quit on which the stanchions have been put in, so that the acknowledging notice to quit, but pro- plaintiffs have based their claim. building, if not new, in the full sense of tected the sub-tenant who made no such allegation has been renewed in this Court The the word, is as good as new. Great interest was taken in the match
acknowledgment. between the two andefeated teams, the concrete floors. The ground floor is that no case had been established for scrutiny of the defendants claim for the The building has, now, tenk-covered Mr. Alabaster, in his address submitted and the fact that it has been made here will naturally lead to a more exact V.B.C. and the Olub Lusitano, at the arranged as banking premises for the action under the Ordnance V.B.C., yesterday evening, the former Bank of East Asia, with treasury, book The plaintiffs have clearly brought them to the question of hardship in led to winning by 11 goals to 1.
indulgence in respect of hardship. Giving judgment, his Honour anid: ind
As Busschaert,sade, and safe deposit vault of reinforced selves within the proviso of sub-section domestic Also, in considering the posi well fed by Witchell, scored 7 goals for concrete construction and provided with
Buspect that it is more, commercial than the winners, mostly by hack-hand throws, Chubb's trenaury doors. The brass coun-entitled to their
D.. of section which had the Club's goalie guessing ter work is locally made.
section 1, and they are tion of the defendants. I have in con everytime Logan, 2. Kaos and John-The-woodwork, is of teak, and Orger for ihren month hard he fetada is clear from the evidence, th their control
baw naked the Court to suspend the whom the hospital is under contract.
The defendants sider the position of the third parties to offices. All the one that of hardship to In the game between the Navy teams, mosaic tiling in the public space was selves and the other an allegation of a large number of premises which they H.M.S. Tamar beat H.M.8. Foxglove by supplied by Messrs. Malkin, of London. arbitrary conduct brought against the can adapt in an emergency for the ac
dants themselves have under 7. goals to 3.
Modern sanitary arrangements are in-plaintiffs, the Tung Wah Hospital. It commodation of their employés at Games for Thursday:
stalled throughout the building. appears that in January last the defensent accommodated in the Tung Wah Altogether, No. 10 is as great en orna-drats, issued printed circular to their Hospital's premises. I propose to make ment to Des Voeux Road as it ever was shareholders who, number several hun the order but to suspend it for seven in its early days and, internally, it is adred in which they complained that the days Judgment, for plaintiffs with great deal better.
(Continued at foot of next column.)
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