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LOCAL FLYING.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE
THE DRAGON FESTIVAL.
THE VIEWS OF THE C.S.P.
LOCAÍ, CELEBRATIONS,
In view of some recent correspondence Yesterday, the anniversary of the death. appearing in the loci Press regarding | sonie fifteen hundred years ago, of Wat Mr. "Harry Abbott's flying stunts" over Yuen, a Minister in the Ts'or kingdom, Hongkong, a reppsentative of the Huag- the annual Dragon Festival, which is to -king Bally. Pren, pesterday morning, the Chinese what Derby day is to Eòn
interviewed the Captain Superintendent doners, was celebrated with all the cus- La Palice (this Hon. Mr. E.-D. C.. Wolfe) towary rejoicing.
on the subject.
Our representative explained that sng gestions had been made to the effect that Mr. Abbott's machine was nosafe for Arieg and that as such as flying exhibit tinus over Hengkong were in the nature ot à public danger. Mr. Wolfe, whilst agreeing that there was always an ele ment of risk, did not think there was anything unduly risky in Mr. Abbott's fight, though he admitted that Mr. Abbott's nose-driving stuntin the lower altitudes over the city on the
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THE RENTS ORDINANCE
ITCARRIES ON?
Yesterday afternoon in the Saminary Court, Mr. Justice Dyer Ball delivered an important written judgment which has an important bearing our over 100 others casos pub judict. His Lordship decided that the 1984 Amendment to the Rents Ordinance was not meant to apply retras At Hongkong the festival was held offpectively. The eases was one in which the share at North Point opposite the two landlords, Tang Kitty Po and Wong Ming Ynen xardens, Anucher of hotur-Tsz Lam, sued Yam Kam, the tenant of tounettes, junks, and sauspans gather at the ground and first floor, on No. 44, this point at an early hour and offered Second Street, for possession. The seats at various prices for viewing the tenant brought a cross action against the events.
landlords for damages. for wrongful entry..
Idinerant vendors of foodstuffs was very much in evidence, shouting as lustily as ever a whelk-stall, keeper bellowed on the hill at Epsom.
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A doliency that appeared to find great
makers was a sört af pickled 5sh. It was
Mr. S. C. Brooks represented the landlord and Mr. C., A. S. Ross appear
ed for the tenant,
In delivering judgment, his Lordship
of the ground and "first Hour of No. 41, Second Street. At the time when notice was given the Rents Ordinance of 12 as amended in 1923, was in force and the notice was given in reliance on Section 4(1)F. as it then stood. The defendant contended
KOWLOON, RESIDENTS'
ASSOCIATION.
TRAMWAYS, SHELVED,
TE, 1924
At the monthly meeting of the Kowloon Residents' Association, held on Monday,
letter was received from the Govern- | ment stating that it was proposed to appoint a Commitee for the purpose al discussing fully the scation of con univations in Kowloon and to make re commentations thereon. The letter for ther invited the Association to pominate two of its members to serve on the Com mittee, and added that the Government does not propose to proceed with the establishment of
♫ trunway system at present. Mr. B. Wylfe (President of the Association) and Mr. J. M. “Alves were nominated as the Association's repre. sentatives,
MOTOR-MY'S STOPPING PLACES,
King's birthday would have been better faveur with the porer Chinese holiday. said this was an action for possession A very comprehensive report was fire. Jeft gut of his programme. tains gave me a bit of a fright, added bluish-grey colour, and seemed to he Mr, Wolfe, but apart from this I dory hard, and scarcely appetising to the not think he has dete anything to alarm European iden the public; all his accidents appear to have recurred whilst landing or whilst Laxi-ing along the ground
Asked under what regulations Mr. Abbott was flying in the Colony, Mr. yolfe very kindly went to the trouble of hunting up the law on the subject. After telephone consultation with the Hon. Attorney-General on the matter, Mr.
Wolfe read extracts from the Airships
When a. Holy Press representative arrived during the afternoon, one of the pdragne races had just been concluded, and the victorious boat was being paddled to its norings. The dragon boats are long slender craft, tapering to a point both fure and aft, with a figure head at the prow and the stern supposed to represent n drágon. These bonts are large enough Ordinace of 1912 which were to tor to contain forty or more men with pad effect that it constituted an offence for any aeronautical machine to make ascent dles, which they dip rhythmically into within the precincts of the Colony without the water to the sound of a drum beaten first having obtained' permission to da so from 1.E the Governor in writing. If by a man who sits in the hos facing them. the aerousut failed to obtain this and In some hoats he sits amidships. The flew he was liable to a fine of $500 with rossnin stands in the stern steering with the alternative of three months' imprison. ment. Another extract was to the effect a long, sweejā, that .E. the Governor had power to decide where an aeroplane should land
and alses to exclude any machine from entering the Colony by air which had not Arst obtained permission to do su,
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The legendary stury of the origin of the Dragon Festival is as follows:-
afufed by the sub-committee appointed to consider the stopping places of motor inser, several very interesting reen gendations being made. It was, divided to refer this question to the Committer appointed by the Government, the Asso that plaintiffs were not ciation's nominees being instructed as entitled to an order for possession be cordingly. The dangerous trafic tangle cause the notice was invalid in that at near the Star Ferry Wharf was also the time of its expiry the notice did not discussed, the matter eventually being comply with the provisions of the Sec-referred, with recommendations, to "the" tion as it then stood. The Rents Ordin-Government Committee.
ance of 1924 which came into' operation
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OTHER NEEDS, "
between the giving and the expiry of pointed to consider the needs of the on March 7th this your, had been passed The report of the sub-committee ap
the notice the Section 4F, was Peninsula, regarding public conveniences! amended by that Ordinance by the words and shelters for ricksha cholics, was pre "And that such intended reconstruction seated, the opinion being expressed that, with the recent and preposeil additions. is desirable. The plaintiffs contended Kowloon is being well provided with that they were entitled to rely on the public conveniences. Regarding shefters law as it stood at the time of giving it was felt that, apart fun the ferry, coolies do not congregate in numbers Bolice, and that the Ordinance of 1994 suciently large to warrant the building was not intended to apply retrospectively of shelters, and that to provide protec- to notices current at the time of expiry the grection of a large her of small tion for coolies awaiting hire would mean
shelters an impracticable idea. After some discussion, the report was approved and adopted.
This was the issue in the case.
His Lordship went on to comment on the cases and arguments presented by the solicitors. Later he said that speak-
BAND CONCERTS. -
It was reported that an indication had
The Minister, Wat Yuen, was a parti cularly upright anan, heloved of the Remarking on this. Mr. Wolfe said that people, and he attempted to persuade the Mr. Abbott had obtain permission to King to introduce vertain reforms which By on every occasion that he had ats tempted to do so. When Mr. Abbott he thought would benefit the nation. But came to see him he had stipulated that the King, doubting the Minister's str A machine should be thoroughly tested verily, refused to do this, and mortified ing generally he enuld say that after been given that the Band of the tat. Batt. before any exhibition flights were mads Of course, or any stunts undertaken, the test would have, to include a trial fight, and that was in the end success fully carried out. If Mr. Alles wished fly in future he would have to obtain permission to' do so.
beyond endurance, Wat Yusu druw.ed himself in a river. This rather drastic expedient ppear to have convinced the" monarch of his minister's good faith..
As some measure of atonement, the King provided oats laden with rice dunngilings, which latter were thrown into In reply to our representative the the river to act as a sort of counter-attrag Captain Superintendent snidethat theretion to the fish, so that the body of the was nothing in the existing Ordinances relating to flying over crowded areas, but Mr. Abbott woull be warned against it.
apless Minister might be left in peace, To this day, dumplings of rice and other
substances dear to the Chinese taste, aro regarded as essential concomitants of the Dingon Festival.
careful examination of the Section and an exhaustive review of the authorities he was prepared to hold that what had been described as current notices (given before the new Ordinane, was passed trid expiring after it) were had because they did not contain the desirability certi ficate of the Building Authority. He thought the intention of the Legislature, as shown in the amending Ordinance. was nat expressly, or my implication, The original dumpling-houts were fitted that the. Ordinance should be retrospec- with ligure-heads representing dragons.¦ tive. He thought the plaintiffs were to frighten away evil spirits from Watatitled to succeed and entered judgments Yuen's walery resting place, anal origin, ated the design of the dragon-boats of for them" with costs. toylaş.
In the case in which the defendant (the Among yesterday's aquatic events was tenant) in the above case claimed dam a dragon nice in which crews from Shau kisan. Yanati, and Wanchai, took part.
ages for wrongful entry by the landlord Each locality provided two boats. Aber on to the premises, in putting up scaffold Mr. H. Macnamara, who defended, deen should have competed, but did acting and removing part of the roof, his Lordship gave a short verbal judgment. admitted the offence. He said that put in an appearance.. chlorate of potash, which was the sub- The Shackiwan first boat won the inn ject matter of the charge was used in race by three quarters of a leugth from defendant's daily business of cracker- the Wanchai Brat crew, and were ad- aking, and he did not know that he had judged the winners, having scored funt he considered the plaintiffs would sins and reached second place in the third race. non-inflammable. Defendant had been a Mr. Lá Ah Mau officiated as judge and
of
A DANGER TO THE PUBLIC. CRACKER-MAKER SMARTLY FINED.
Chan Lan-song,
315, Keelanization Street, Yuumati, was ebarged it, the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday with stor in dangerous goods in his godown Argyle Street without having a permit from the Captain Superintendent, of Polier.
to obtain a licence to store it. It was not dangerous by itself but only when
manufacturer of crackers for twenty years and this was the first time he bail bern summoned.
Fur the prosecution it was stated that the chlorute of potash was stored amongst ather dangerous goods in a dan godown which was open and liable to he made even more damp by the rain.
This Magistrate commented on the pos- sible danger from explosions and imposed A fine of $100. «
A FAMILY FEU»,
CUT DOWN TREE THAT LED TO A FIGHT.
"According to evidence give in Court yesterday à foud of long-standing between two Chipcse families of So Uk village flared up into renewed activity, when a member of one family cut down a tregi Arious of the other line, resenting this, want and threw stones at the wood nuit's house,
This is said to have led to a pitched. battle choppers and billhooks, mal in con- sequence the contestants appeared. with Bandaged heads and chastened expres. sions, before Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday."
His Worship remanded then on hail für a week in the hope that Mr. Fraser, Assistant District Officer, South; New
time-keeper,
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- INHUMAN YOUTII.
THROWS LIVE DUCKS INTO
BOILING WATER, -
; Police Inspectors and Sergeants speat part of yesterday morning at the Kowloon Magistracy in holding up crates of -vari- yus sizes for the inspection of the Magis- trate (3Ir. E. W. Hamilton).
This exhibition of physical jerks was occasioned by a series of charges against Chinese of cruelty to poultry. In one ease, a aun who had confined 125 ducks in six small wicker crates was fined $10 with 14 days in default, and it another $15 or three weeks was the penulty of a man who had put 47 full grown chickens intu uno erate.
For having thrown two live ducks into boiling water, a youth of 21 was fined $25, with the alternative of three weeks hard fabour..
LOCAL SPORT.
TEMKIS.
East Surrey Regiment is willing to give public hand concerts the Colony pro- vided a suitable verur can be suggested. and the Hon. Secretary was instructed to write Lieut. Col. F. A. Montague-Bates suggesting that Kowloon residents would be happy to welcome the Band for after- dinner concerts at the Children's Play-
round; Chatham Road,
SHIPS GUARD'S ALLEGATION.
SHORTAGE OF WATER ON THE
8.5. CRUEN CHOW."..
4.
The case in which two Indian Guards of the sx Churn Chow were charged by the master of the vessel (Captain F, W. Jones) with continued disobedience of the Master's orders came up for hearing at the Marine Magistracy, yesterday after- Conway noon, before Lieut.Comdr. Hake. F.N.R.). The defendants were Fir Bux (the No. 1 guard) and Shera Khan.
Ho said he did not think it was a cake
Capt. Jones said that shortly after for exemplary damages. True, the land. lord should have re-instated the roof, arriving Hongkong on June 3rd the two defendants came to his room and ad- ire fully compensated for damage suffer dressed him in an insolent manner. He ed if the landlord paid him, the actual told them to go away but they continued amount of their losses. It was difficult to stay end to shout at him. The No. I to estimate what he had actually suffered. guard held the door so that it could not The tenant said he made a prost of abe closed. Sailing from Hongkong the $1,000 a year which entitled him approx same afternoon he made a tour of the mately to $45. He had to pay for meyards on duty and found the second de- ing his stock out and his Lordship added fendant sitting and smoking. He told $25 for this. Then there was rent form to go to his station. The defendant storage of his goods which he placed at refused to do so, whilst the others kept $195. He awarded him $100 for that. continuously shouting at him. That was a total of $170 and his Lordship added $50 for damage to stock and trade, making a total of $990.
PIRATE LEADERS SHUT.
Jones said the No. 1 guard had been in In reply to the Magistrate, Capt
the ship for over four month, and the second defendant had been on board two weeks..
The second defendant told the Magis trate he had been six years in the Cavalry and one and a half years on the
“TAI LEES" CLAIM ESTABLISHED... 4. He had not disobeyed the
Captain's orders and would not think of When the sx. Tại Lee wawattacked by | doing so. The crux of the whole matter pirates on ship and on shore last April was that they went to the Captain and in an attempt to beach her on asked for water in a respectful manner. the banks of the Canton, river, it They had only one bucket of water to was claimed, at the time that when last them. for, the whole day. The Cape the pirates jumped over the side of the tain said that if they did not get enough VE to swim ashore that a number of they were go to the Chinese down below, then were shot by the police guards as and they refused to give them water they they were swimming away. Confirmation were to fight them. He told the Captaid of this claip is now to banil. Yesterday they were there to guard the ship and a representative of this paper was in-if he would nat support them who formed by the Hon. Mr. E. 1). C. Wolfe, [would? The Captain told them he had Captain Suferintendent of Polier, that got a man fined sa in. Macao and ho it has been ascertained that two of tho would do the same with them if they. ringleaders. "wers shot in this manner. f'did not go away. He denied that he These two pirates were brothers or close was sucking and sitting when the Cap relatives and Luc C.SP. had very good † tain - visited thein He was on duty al THE DEWAR CUP ENRTIES, renaur to believe that they were both the drill and had no chair to sit on
killed in attempted to swim athore. The No. 1 guard said that after the Twenty three entries have been, receiv- Territories, might bring about an adjusted for the Dewar Cup tournament, which of the inrge gang who planned and closed and locked, so be went to the It is also interesting to record that vessel left Mueno, the water tanks. werde ment of their grievances.
is open to members of the K.C.C., thesisted in this attempted piracy a large Captain and said: “We have no water KB0C. and the USEC. Thus the number of them have been dispersed. with which to cook our food." The winner of the competition will without They originally numbered about 40 to Captain, replied You have one bucket doubt be able to style himself Tennis 50. Of this roler only 15 are believed and you will have to make to do whether Champion of Kowloon. Too Cup is pre- to be still alive. Two lost their liver in you like it or not. You should report THIRTY-SIX CHINESE SUMMONED.sented for competition by Messrs. A. Slives in the Tai er encounter: several it to the Commanding Officer, the Head
Watson & Co., Ltd., on behalf of Mesare, others" were killed in other encounters; of the Polien In a case at the "Central Magistracy | John Dewar & Son, Prizes are to be a few. had died natural deaths and two During the translation of evidence the yesterday thirty-six. Chinese were charged awarded to the runner-up and third others were shot by the leader of the interpreter ascertained that the incident with playing fanta at a club in Des place.
gang as traitors.
regarding the shortage of water happen. Vieux Road Central Only six put in an The entries are as follows:-Wothing- The C.S.P. Raid that the district edir a date previous to
to the 3rd of appearance. The bail, in #10 each, of the top. Allfree, Henalowe, Gould, Smith, around Kougmoon was still infested with June thlity absentees, vos estreated, Mr. Cobbold, Bennett, Col. Butterworth, pirates, mod despite the assistance that The Magistrated intimated that he 3. R. Corke,,, solicitor for the defence, Beasley, S. E. Green, D. E. Green, is being given by the Canton Authorities would amend the charge from continued naked for a remand which bis Worship Raminy Pinguet, Lay, Fincher, Wheeler, some time would elapse before it would disobedience to wilful disobedience (Bir. Lindsell) granted until Thursday Krebs, Trambitsky. L. Jack, J. M. Jack, he possible to pronounce the district Ho sentenced each of the defendants to next
Pilgrim, Jones and Fletcher.
free from piratṣa.
14 days' imprisonment with hard inbeyr. |
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