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""THE" HONGKONÉ DAILY" PRESS” FRIDAY, APRIL' 'TATE," 1933.
AGREEMENT. LEADS TO TROUBLE..
KENTS ORDINANCE DECISION BARBER'S EARLY ́ CLOSING COMPANY MEETING, HONGKONG TRAMWAY CO., LTD. HOUSING IN CHINESE BUSINESS
The ordinary general meeting of this Company was held at the offices of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., yesterday,
Paul
PREMISES.
In the Suramary Court, yesterday, the Puise Judge (Mr. Justice Gompertz)
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A MELEE IN A "BARBER'S SHOP.
The agreement made between the master.
KOWLOON RESIDENTS'
ASSOCIATION.
Several matters of interest were dealt with at a recent meeting of the Committee of the Kowloon Residents' Association,
THE HOSPITAL PROJECT
The Committee considered a letter from
af soon. Mr. D. G. M. Bernard presided gave judgment in the cuse, in which the barbers of the Colony and their employes the Government relative to the proposed: And hater, dir Robert Ho Tung, Mr. at 41, Des Voeux Road, and 12. Connaughting to the satisfaction of the employés and there were also present the Hon. Sir owner of houses "standing back to back after the recent general strike is not work Kowloon Hospital, stating that the delay La Cha Pak, and Mr. A. M. Bower Road West, sought to recover possession it lays down among other things that Faith (Directors); Mr. W. E. Roberts from the present tenant on the ground employs are to cease work each day at cretary and general manager: Mr. W. that the bulk of the premises were being up, but most of the master barbers rebel against this and a number of shops L. Shenton (olicitors); and the follow-used as a godown and were required, for
have been kept open after that hour. ing shareholders; Messrs. A. R. Love, W. the housing of his own joki L. Leask, A. K. Henderson, E. J. Chap man, Ho Leung, W. F. van Eps and M.
Manuk.
Mr. E. Davidson represented the land-What appears to be concerted getion of this kind bas annoyed the employes, and lord and Mr. M. K. Lo the tenant,
on the sth inst, forceful measure were used, in an attempt to enforce the early A party of some 14 em- closing clause. ployés raided the shop of a barber in Yaumati who was not complying with the new hours of business and, as the Depi Superintendent of Police described it at the Magistracy, "A good old welee took
The Paine Judge, in giving bis decision, The CHAIRMAN said:-Gentlemen,remarked that it was common ground in Traffic receipts show the very substantial the case that the premises were in fact increase of 3902,004 The number of pas a domestic tenement under the Ordinance, sengers carried, exclusive of monthly it is urgued for the plaintiff," continued ticket holders, amounted 17,194,997; the Puise Judge, that there is evidence iccrense
ofof actual cccupation only, by 20 persons- the previous year over 3,091,603, or 21.23 per cent. Working ex-and that even if there were as many as pens have increased by 8107,325. This:40 persons in occupation-it is unneces-place in the shop." There were a num- increasis is due, chiefly, to the additional ary to retain awo houses for their accom. nufber of ear miles run. During the nendation, as a much smaller space would year, six additional cars were constructed,
and improved services were provided The working profit shows an increase of $94,789, which is very satisfactory."
be
sufficient.
The defendant is not
entitled, says Mr. Davidson, to defeat the Ordinance by spreading his fokie over two houses. There is no doubt that these The accounts have bees (converted into premises are a building within Section terling at the TT. exchange rate of subsection (c) of the Ordinance and December 1st, viz. 9. d. This rate is again that they are used wholly or in 7d, per dollar less than that taken for the part for himman habitacion
ber of broken heads and a customer, who the raid, was compelled to leave when the was having his hair cut at the time of job bad been half- completed,
Arising out of this two of the raiders were arrested on the spot by the folks, and another man was arrested later by the Police. The three were brought bofom Mr. J. R. Wood, at the Magis
I am satis-tracy, yesterday morning, when they were charged under the Criminal Intimidation
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in proceeding with the work is principally due to the fact that it has been necessary partially to re-draw the plans in order to carry into effect the modifications recom
Committe appointed to buffed by the was decided to write the Government After discussions, it report on thent.
inquiring the date hy which it is expect ed that the plans will be completed and also when the Government expect to be in a position to cait for tenders.
RECREATION FACILITIES." Considerable correspondence was dealt with respecting recreation facilities for Kowloon, particularly a commuuicntion from the Kowoon Football Club asking uite influence to the Association to secure a suitable playing pitch. It decided to us the current to wh pathetically consider the Kowloon Club's application," and also to draw the Govern ment attention to the general lack of recreation facilities in Kowloon.. A small sub-committee WILS also appointed` to nvestigate and report.
THE RENT QUESTION,
With regard to the rents question, the Hon. Seeretary was instructed to write the Government expressing satisfaction at the decision to continue in operation the Rent Restriction Dedinand, and re- questing the Goverment is favour the Association with the nature of any pro- posed amenchaerits,
PROFITEERING BY COMPRADORES,
It was reported to the Committee that
several compradores in Kowloon who had
previous year, and a credit balance in fed that they are used in part for the archange arenant of £11.53 44, sd. habitation of a substantial number of Ordinance with threatening the barber raised their prices duirng the strike, on
shown as a consequence,. This amount bases, that is to say, well over 20 per-
with injury.
Mr. T. H. King, Deputy Superinten
bren placed to a reserve account in orderous, who are necessary for the carrying dent of Police, Kowloon, who prosecuted, that it might be possible for the Secretary
£23,400 represents the balance of the cost
to provide a reserve to meet future fluctuan of the business of the defendants,"
intimated that, arising out of this ense, his usual, of course, for Chinese several minor charges would probably he tions in exchange.
Capital expenditure was incurred to the merchant firms to provide housing ac preferred. The defendants were members amount of £36,115 10%. 10d., and of this comicodation for their essential staff, and of the Barbers' Guild. Prior to the ro if the plaintiff's contention is given effect cent general strike there were two Barbers
would mean that a large number
Guilds.
Since the strike the two guilds of such arms would be dispossessed. In had been consolidated. Among the con- opinion the "defendants' occupation isditions, laid down was a stipulation that precisely what the Ordinance was intend- Barbers should case work at 6 pm. On ed to protect."
Sunday, the th inst. nt 8.45 p.m. the com- plainant, was cutting a customer's hair, He was the only one working his fair were in the shop, but they were not work.
o relaying the track betwren Whitty Street and Causeway Bay, and of relaying the track on the major portion of the Whitty Street in Kennedy Town section,
:
"Whatever the proper construction of retion 15 may be, the section does not, I think, apply here. This lessee is in fact
Last September an agreement was enter ed into with the Hongkong "Electric Co., Ltd., for a supply of electrical energy for the working of the tramway, and this supply will be available in about two in occupation by himself and his servantsg. At this hour four men entered. The months' timer The price to be paid per of the whole domnestie tenement although complainant knew the firss man. One of urt, is subject to revising every three it is not wholly used for human habitation, Jears, and for the first period it offers an There must be judgment for the defendant advantage over our own costs of produc with cost" tion. The change will also be of benefit; to the Company in other ways. It is pro- poral to dispose of the plant and
machinery now installed in the power bouse, and particulars have been circulat ed amongst firms likely to be interested.
A TRAMWAY IN KOWLOON.
Your Chairman has on several occasions referred to the subject of a tramway in
Kowloon, and you are aware that this Company has on many occasions applied to the Government for the concession, and were, in fact, prepared to construct a tramway sight years ago. Last year the Government considered the question of publie motor service instead, and adver tised, for tenders. Your Directors sub- mitted a tender asking for a substantial subsidy, which they considered necesary to make a motor service on the conditions laid down remunerative. No tender, bow ever, was accepted, and the scheme was abandoned. Since that time, a tramway concesion has been again under conside "ration, and. I believe tenders will be in-
vited in due course.
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LABOUR" DEMANDS... Certain demands were received from the Guild of Motormen and Conductors three "weeks ago. Some of these demands ca
crouched upon the management of the Company, and, of course, could not be agreed to, but the demande for additional pay were met in a liberal spirit and a
settlement was effected which was satis factory to both partiis.
NEW COMPANY TO BE INCORPORATED. Your Directors decided some
time ago
to assign the whole of the tramway under- taking to a new Company to be incor- Iporated under the Hongkong "Companies Ordinance in exchange for shares of that new Company, "As it was intended that the assignment should be made by the Board of Directors under the power con- tained in the Articles of Association, it was thought advisable to inform the Shareholders of the intention before carry- ing it into effect,
A circular was, therefore, issued to all shareholders on the 17th January last, asking for any comments to be made be- fore 31st March Only three shareholders have made any comments on the proposal, The Directors have carefully considerad these, but as they do not affect the siton- tion, they have decided to proceed with the assignment, immediately, and your Dircetors are convinced that the stop being (Continued at foot of next column)
AN UNSTAMPED DOCUMENT SUMMARY COURT ACTION FALLS.
Ar action for damages for breach of agreement fell through in the Summary Court, yesterday, because the document and not been stamped. Tsang Tsun, sued Leung Kwai Cheung, of the Moon Garage, West Point, for $1,000 in respect of a lease of four motor cars.
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When the case first came before the Puisne Judge (Mr. Justice Gompertz), Mr. H. L. Dennye, who appeared for the defence, objected to the admission of the agreement on the ground that it had not been stamped. Mr. E. Davidson, for the plaintiff, argued that the agreement might be proved by oral evidence and His Honour reserved judgment on the point.
Yesterday, the Puisne Judge quoted a number of decisions which had guided him in deciding that the plaintiff could not prove the document by oral evidence and must be non suited with costs.
taken is in the best interests of the share holders. The Capital of the new Company: will be 325,000 shares of the nominal value of $5, which will be treated as fully paid up, and which will all be issued to and hold by this Company. The new
Company will become the working Com. pany, and will at the end of the year pay over such of its profits as are required to pay a dividend to the shareholders of this Company."
Why are you working the men said:
They then ordered the after e μm.?" harber to stop cutting the customer's hair The complaisant said he would cene work directly he had finished cutting the customer's hair. They ordered bim to leave the hair half cut-(laughter). One of the men struck him, and another snatched the clippers. Immediately after wards nine or ten men rushed in and a good old melee took place in the shop. In the clée one of the raiders picked up the stool and shied it at one of the shop fokis who ducked and the stool his the first defendant. When the Chicese detective arrived the irst defendant was lying on the Hoor. He was too dazed to rise.
The Magistrate: Was there any threat of violence!
Mr. King: Yes-by acts. They told him to stop working. The third defendant come from the very next barber's shop at No. 89, Reclamation Street." The other Us the following day two representatives
come two "defendants
from Hongkong. of the Guild called and asked me to settle the ease, refused as it was not in the
public interests to do so.
the excuse that there was a lack of ship charges, and the opinion was expressed ping, were still maintaining these high
for Chinese Affairs, to convey w coud not be countenanced. Chinese shopkeepers that Profiteering
hint to
After lengthy discussion the Committes decided that it could take no action aa of supply and demand and that the peo it was felt that the matter was largely one ple affected had the remedy in their own hands by patronising establishments t which fair and reasonable charges are maile.
OTHER MATTERS,
Among other matters dealt with were the Kowloon Cemetery site, the need for a tramway service on the Peninsula, and on the the Association's representaton Education Board.
THE BEAUMONT CASE.
APPLICATION FOR REDUCTION OF BAIL
arising out of the Police Court pro- celings of the previous day, when Mr. Ellis Ackroyd Beaumont was formally bail of 83,000," remanded for one week
is connection with a charge preferred against him by the Official Receiver, of having quitted the Colony with intent to defeat bankruptcy proceedings, Mr. C. S. Russ made formal application to Mr. Wood at the Magistracy yesterday morn ing for a reduction of bail.
Mr. Russ said that it was his present wish to fix a date when such an applica
that Mr. Beaumont would experience tion could be considered. He pointed out
great difficulty in raising hail of $5,000.
The Magistrate said he did not think such an application was likely to succeed. Mr. Russ pointed out that the bail in Shanghai had been fixed at $500.
The Magistrate, in reply. said that be did not like to talk over the case without the presence of the Official Receiver,
The Rusa said that he understood that oppose the application. He pointed out the Official Receiver would probably. that the defendant had lost heavily, as his Worship was aware, when the ex- change banks were suddenly closed down The Magistrate 1 am only concerned on him in 1920. Mr. Beaumont went to with these men. What the other men did Shanghai and started business there in the next day does not interest me.
the hope of making good. After Barry- said he had been a member of the Guild arrested and brought down to Hongkong- Lai Kwok Luk, the complainant, who ing on for two years he was suddenly for five years gave evidence which corr He had no time to do anything. berated the statement of Mr. King. He was no possibility of his getting out of mentioned in the course of his evidens Canton and Macse The defendant could
the" Colony
without a permit except to that neither, he nor his seven fohis Approved the rule requizing buisness to not very well go into his accounts if he he stopped at 6 o'clock.
was kept in gaol. It would be very hard luck if he wa
The Magistrate (to Mr. King): You
The Magistrate again pointed out thaf have to establish a threat of injury.
Mr. King: There is an act of injury. it was not much good making the applica The act was the result of the threat! tion, but if Mr. Russ could associate him- The Magistrate: I agree that there self with the Oficial Receiver he would think there was a
as a threat of violence, but I don't then hear any suggestion he cared to
threat of injury. The make. man who hit the complainant with a pieco Mr. Buss said that if his client had of iron is not one of the defendants, boca arrested here he would have had purpose of making this man close his shop, more active interest in his ease. He add Mr. King: They went there for the many friends who would have taken a Continuing, the complainant said thated that the proceedings had been initiated most of the master barbers did not agree by the Official Receiver and not by Mr. the new ales drawn up by the em Beaumont's creditors. In fact, some of ployés, He, himself, had not signed the the creditors considered that Mr. Beau- agreement and only a few of the masters mont's actions were quite satisfactory,
signed it
Mr. Wood intimated that nothing could be done until the Official Repriver
Mr. Russ then left the Court.
KRYPTOK LENSES
to
And
I now beg to propose
That the Report of the Directors and statement of accounts for the year ended said that he was going to try to prove bad been consulted by Mr. Russ.
December 31st, 1921, be and the same are hereby adopted.
The Hon. Sir PAUL CHATER: I beg to second the resolution just proposed.
The proposition was carried.
The CHAIRMAR proposed:
In reply to the Magistrate, Mr. King
the masters into closing their shops at that employes were trying to intimidate
'D.m.
On the suggestion of the Magistrato the
charge was amended to that of "threaten- are conceded to be one of the very best ing to do, an illegal act," in place of forms of bifocal lenses. The bifocal seg
threatening, led by Mr. Vauz, op plain-ment is ground and faised into the distant,
to commit an injury
lens making the product practically, one nomineen of the employés. He denied the piece of glass. The segments, are totally allegation that three of the fohir employed invisible and the lens bus by him were his relatives. They merely
ant said that the four master barbers who bad signed the agreement were
beautiful
That the final dividend for the year ended December 31st, 1921, at the rate of one shilling and severpence per share (making a total of twa shillings and gevenpence per share for the year) re came from the same district. They bad appearance. Kryptok lenses of any pres commended by the Directors be and is
no interest in the business financially. cription in either regular, or Toric form hereby sanctioned, and that the samo
A foki of the shop, in giving corrobora-.
are manufactured by the Hongkong be paid to the shareholdern on the tive evidence said that his wagce werd Colonial, (Hongkong) Register at the ex-811 to $12 per month. He said in answer change rate of two shillings and seven punce per Hongkong dollar C
The Hon. Sir PAUL CHATER seconded and the resolution vins, carried.
Optical Co., successors to Clark & Co.,
to Mr. Vaux that he was quite prepared Manufacturing and Refracting Opticians,
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After evidence of arrest had been giving establishment in South
China
by a Chinese detective and a Chinese con laented in 53, Queen's Road Central-'
Mr. Ho LeCNG proposed and Mr. W. L. table, the case was adjourned to Tursday Fitting glances and teating the sight in
LEAST Beconded,
Afternoon next, when Mr. Yaux will put forward his defence.
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