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PASSPORTS TO AMERICA. WHAT A CHINESE WAS PREPARED
TO PAY FOR ONE.
"The story of the efforts made by a Chinese named Wong Kim Po, of No. 24, Stanley Street, to obtain a passport to
America was related in the Summary Court yesterday morning, when as the plaintif in an action he sued Lai San &Co., and Chung Tat Chai, of No. 39. Queen's Road Central, for the sum of 3800, being the balance of the sum of $1.20 paid by plaintiff to defendant for
a consideration which had failed.
The plaintiff claimed that the defen, lants for a consideration of 82,400 under took to obtain for him a passport and a passage to America 81,200 was paid in advance and the other $1,900 was to be paid on the plaintiff's arrival at destination.
his
MES C. Brooks appearest for the plaintiff and Mr. N. 1. Brewer for the
defendant,
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, 1924
·TROUBLED HOUSEHOLD. COURT STORY OF TENANT WHO FOUND THE DOOR LOCKED.
Mak Ping and Mak Kwong Yu, two young Chinese, were charged on remand
TALE OF TWO TICKETS. DOUBLE CHARGE OF AIDING
STOWAWAYS.
So Sei Chi, a shopmaster, and Chung un, unemployed, appeared before hir. at the Central Magistracy yesterday after-E. W. Hamilton at the Kowloon Magis
remand noon, with inciting a third person, un-tracy yesterday, charged on
with aiding and abetting two men to known, to assault Li'Ping Heun, a shroff,
stowaway on the Bueton. Li Nam, his son, and Li Sze, his daughter.
Mr. C. H. Lyson prosecuted.
Mr. G. Haywood defended the first- named defendant.
The two stowaways were among four who were sentenced to one month's hard labour each at the same Court test Mon.
day.
A doctor gave evidence that on August 19th he examined all three complainants, The father bad bruises and scratches, and the son had three punctured wounds on the head, about 1 inch deep. The woman had a bruise on the right side of her Yeung Chi Ho, one of the stowaways, forehead, and a punctared wound in the in the witness-box, stated in answered to raiddle of the forehead, about inch ins Worship that on the 2nd inst. be diameter and 4 inch deep. She com- paid $900 in notes to So Sei Chi to plained of pains in the upper part of the pay for a passage. The money was hand abdomen, but witness could not find any outward traces of injury. The punctured wounds on the complainants looked a though they might, have been indicted with a sharp tubular instrument of some kind,
ed over at So Sei Chi's office, the Kum
| BRITISH & FOREIGN SAILORS:
SOCIETY.
AN APPEAL FOR £205,000. An appeal is being made by the above Society (founded in 1318) for a sum of £205,000 The purposes for which this money is required are set out na follows: (1) Repayment of Bank Overdraft
amount required, £30,000.
This deficit is largely due to the im mense share of necessary War work borna by the Society, including the help given to no, fewer than 42,000 survivors from mited and torpedoed ships. In comin with all Societies engaged in War Sex vice on great scale, the British and Foreign Sailors' Society anffered 'heavy financial losses from the sudden curtail- ment of donations after the Armistice, to War" conditions could be correspond- many months before the expenditure due ingly reduced...
(9) Endowment of the Prince of Wales
Sea Training Hostel, £93,000.
Sing Company, Californian merchants. For the training of British boy's for witzess paid it in the presence of the British ships. In the past three years cook of the Chung Hing Loong boarding06 Lovs have been trained for the British Merchant Service," many of them the house, who took him to the pince. Wit orphan sons of sailors who died on War The plaintif, in the witness box, said
ness said be stated clearly that the money Service. Full particulars of this import ant enterprise, in which the Prince of that a contract was drawn up and the payment of the 82,400 includes, in addi- Li Ping Heun, the eldest complainant, was for a passage to Holland. He pub Wales has always taken a keen personal tion to the staining of a passport, a first stated in evidence that at am. on the money into the hands of So Sei Chi interest, will be sent on application. class passage to Anetica. He
was to August 18th he was asleep in his cubicle The receipt was given to a Mr. Ma of bave sailed from Shanghai. At the exwhen he was aroused by the second de- the Chung Hing boarding-house. Witness
This hostel will provide the urgently piry of the term of one year the defen- fendant, who lived on the same Boor, was staying at the boarding house at the dant had failed to get the plaintiff the rapping on the door. Witness wife got time. He was taken on board the ship needed additional accommodation for necessary passport so he asked the defen up and opened it. The second defendant by the second defendant, Chung Kun, sailors in the East End of London on the daut for his 81,200 back: Defendant gave came in and said in a loud and ang Fendant, So Sei Chi. The latter told the (4) Relief of Distressed Sailors and their |
him $400 on account.
I do not knew.
You are
whom he met at the shop of the first de
voice, “Why do you sleep with the door witness that Chung Kun would look after- Bir Brooks: Do you know how the shut Witness replied that he was
him. "defcudant was to get the passport-Thit afraid of robbers, thereupon the other
retorted Why so insolent? only a slave of Mr. Lyson, the solicitor.”
The witness here explained that he was shroff at Mr. Lyson's office.
Mr. Lyson: He is my shroff, Your Wor- ship.
Witness went on to say that he did not dow who prepared the contract, but Chung Tat Chui, the defondant, signed it us guarantor.
air. Brewer, for the defence, said that his first point would be that the contract was illegal and therefore could not be upheld by the Court The facts of the case were that originally a meeting was beld in Canton at which his client was
The Magistrate (Mr. R. E. Lindsell): Not your slave (Laughter:)
Continuing his evidence, the witness said that the young man challenged him to go out into the street and fight, but
(3) Completion of the Empire Memorial
Hostel, £10,000.
highway from the docks,
Dependents, £30,000.
Additional to the normal work of our Sailors Homes and Rests throughout the World.
(5) Sailors' Homes and Regis, £185,000. The building, extension, and endow
Cross-examined by Mr. Haywood, the witness admitted that he paid the $200 to a man called So Ting Kwan (the second stowaway), who paid $400 to Soment of Sailors' Rests and Clubs in sea- Sei Chi; and obtained a receipt for that amount. He admitted that he did not pay the 200 personally to So Sei Chi.
A form of receipt in Chinese was handed up, signed by the first defendant for $100. As read out in English by the Court interpreter, it purported to state that 8940 was to be paid to Chung Kun, account of So Ting Kwac.
ports in all parts of the World where there is at present inadequate provision or none at all, particularly in Southamp- ton, Swansea, Cardiff, Newport, Tyne- side, the Clyde, Bristol, Dublin, Belfast, India and the Dominions, Overseas, Antwerp, Hamburg, Rotterdam, and other foreign ports where British sailors yo
not present. The contract was discussed he declined, saying that he was too old. and $160 to be placed to the credit of the extent in "direct response to the urgent! La Man Kai was, by virtue of his posi-The second defendant finally went to his
and it was arranged that a man named
tion, in the American Consulate, to obtain passports for the plaintiff and two other men. The passports were to be made out representing the plaintiff and the two others to be officials attached to a Consulate. The contract was completed
in Hongkong and it was signed by Lati Ban & Co., as having received the money with Mr. Chung Tat Chui as guarantor. As soon as the money was received it was taken straight round to the Bank of East Asia und sent to Mr. Lai Man Eai in Shnagbai. As to whether Mr. Lai re ceived the money or not he did not know, Bis client knew nothing. His client bad continually been asked for the money and he bad always disclaimed responsibility
for it.
Evidenco was called for the defence in which the defendant, Chung Tat Chiu, said that he lent 8400 to the plaintiffs on the conditions that the money would be "paid back directly the contract was com.
pleted or rescinded.
NO QUESTION OS LEGALITY.
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cubicle, and witness returned to bed. Ät
Mr. Haywood, interposing, explained about 7.30 p.m. on the same date, after that the $240 was for two deck passages the evening meal, a man and a small boy to Holland, and that the $160 would just up to the floor. Witness knew the balance So Ting Kwan's account with So small lay to be the son of the first.de-Sei Chi, which was overdrawn to that fendant. The muu said "One of your extent.
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The additional work is to a'very large requests put forward by local and Gor- ernment bodies, by social workers, and by other responsible authorities. The sion of its activities in cases where a real Society has only consented to the expan- and urgent need has been proved to exist. During 1923 threre were 1/103,008 attend ances of sailors and 148,129 beds occupied at our various Rests.
There are porta" where, there are no Sailors Rests, but in which the Society's chaplains, pert missionaries and honorary agents give sailors assistance or informa-
tion.
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occupants has been assäuiting this boy." The hearing was adjourned until next The first defendant, who lived on the Thursday afternoon. The Magistrate. second floor, came down, and said to the recalling the stowaway Young Chi Ho, man. That's the old devil. Do him in said that he might review his sentence on The second defendant came out of his that occasion.
· At the same Court yesterday Mr. tubiele and also urged the man to attack witness. The man proceeded to do so, Hamilton sentenced
three knocking the witness down. Witness. got! months hard labour each for stowing our chaplains and missionaries work and up, whereupon the assailant drew a picco
time he remanded two other men, of iron, about a inches long, from his way on the 8.8. Tjilak.
similarly charged, for enquirice, they girdle, and struck him on the head and
having stated that they paid money for Yuen boarding house. passages to certain men at the Fook Li
chest with it.
Witness' son came to his assistance, and his wife blew a police whistle. The wit ness son and daugter were also wound- ed in the head, and the latter was kicked in the stomach. The oknown man then bolted. By this time hath defendants. had disappeared. When an Indian ser geant came, witness and his son and daughter went with bim to the police station and made a report
At this point, the defendants, who had instructed the late Mr. B. S. Corke for
เ
two men
(8) Chaplains and Missionaries, £10,000. To improve the conditions under which At the same provide for, their old age.
(7) Ocean"
Libraries, £3,000. Over 000 libraries already in use on board ships at sea
"BAD IMPRESSION." MAGISTRATE'S COMMENT ON CHINESE DETECTIVE'S
EVIDENCE.
Mr. Brewer claimed that such a eoo this morning, and asked for an opportudagistracy yesterday with the theft of
tract was contrary to public policy and as such was illegal; for an official of a Government to subvert his powers to "obtain from his Government à passport.
their defence, pleaded that they had not. When two Chinese were charged before heard of the death of Mr. Corke until Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Kowloon Chinese detective stated in nity to instruct another solicitor. His clothing, Worship said that he would bear evidence evidence that at 3 am on the same day, in chief then, and cross-examination could be saw the first defendant carrying the articles in Kee Lung Lane. He question- be reserved until later.
Li Naw complainant's son, and Li Szeed the man, and the latter then accused for sach a purpose was illegal. He also his daughter, corroborated their father's the second defendant, who was with him, of stealing the clothing. Both were taken Inaintained that the question of the pass-evidence, as did his wife and a young to the station.
The first defendant protested that he port could not be separated from the Chinese girl who was staying with the
was arrested in an opium divan, but the passage money and that there was no family at the time of the alleged attack.
The hearing was adjourned until noon witness denied that, stating that he took possibility of apportioning one part of next Thursday, his Worship remarking the promise contained in the contract that that would give the defendants the man to the divan after examination and not the other; therefore the whole plenty of time to instruet another solicit the police station, because he said he
of the contract was null and void.
With regard to the counter-claim the defendast bad, given evidence that he lent these sums of money simply as an advance to be re-paid when the contract was either completed or reacinded.
Mr. Brooks said that he had no proof that the contract was illegal. The only evidence brought forward was that for
tor,
DAMAGING A MOTOR-CAR. CHINESE PAYS $10 FOR FOUR SCRATCHES.
Before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Central
lived there.
His Worship remarked that the evi dence of the detective had made a bad impression on his mind, as the officer had mado no referenca, to the opium divan until the defendant spoke about it.
Inspector W. Blackman gave evidence unt the detective brought the two men into the station at about 7 a.m.
His Worship recalled the detective, and asked him what he was doing between and 7 am, when he took them into the
the defendant to the effect that the man Magistracy yesterday, a Chinese was La Man Kui, told him he was going to ebarged to the motor-car of Mr. IL 5.a.m., when he arrested the defendants, get the passports. There was, in fact, Birkett.
no evidence that the contract was illegal. Evidence was given that the car was Here they had a contract by which his standing in Wong Nei Chong Road, when station. Remarking that he did not like client paid $1,200 to the defendant for defendant deliberately scratched one of certain aspects of the case, he adjourned a certain consideration, which his client the mud-guards with four singer. Four it until today.
said had failed. For the other side it deep scores were left on the chamel, and
was claimed that the passports had actu ally been obtained. Even supposing that the contract was illegal, the law was that if the contract had not been performed they were entitled to have their moley
'back.
JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF," His Lordship said the question of legality did not come into the case and Fave judgment for the plaintiff.
The question was then raised a to whether his Lordship's decision covered the other two cases ponding which were
on similar lines.
an expert had stated that a new mnd- guard would be required, as to repair the old one would alter its appearance,
A fine of 800, or fourteen days im- prisonment, was imposed, and the defen dant was also ordered to pay $20.com- pensation, with the alternative of a further fourteen days.
NO OBSTRUCTIONS. MAGISTRATE PERPLEXED OVER ABNORMAL GOODNESS.
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Mr. Brewer said that he preferred to have a ruling on the matter as to the
"Have we effected a reformation, or legality of the contract before consenting to judgment on these two cases. have the police got tired?" was the "His Lordship again pointed out that remarked of Mr. E. W. Hamilton, amid the question of legality or illegality did laughter, on being informed at the Kow. mot arise, cad instructed Mr. Brewer to Toon Magistracy yesterday that there inform him later if he desired the two were no obstruction summons for him
to deal with that morning. remaining cases to be heard.
WRONG HOUR FOR CHISELS.
EX-CONVICT GOES TO GAOL Before Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, & Chiness was charged with being in possession of an offensive weapon, to wit a chisel, for an unlawful purpose.
In all new work, it is proposed that a due proportion of the sum allocated shall be used to form an Endowment Fund, in Accordance with the requirements of sound finance, so that the Society may not in future be faced with recurring deficits and the need for big appeals.
The apper is issued over the signature of Lord Beatty, Admiral of the Fleet, and the work of the Society is commend ed by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.
RIFLE SHOOTING. HONGKONG CHALLENGED BY
SHANGHAI.
Hongkong's position as shooting cham- pions of the Far East for two years. succession has been challenged by Shanghai, and a match between the two ports will be arranged to take place next month, under conditions laid down by the challengers. This match is in addition to the Annual Interport and in no way affects the Shield now at Government
House.
Hongkong representatives all use Bri tish Rifles: Shanghai will be using amongst others the Springfield Rifle. This will be a very good test of the guns as used by different nationalities.
The conditions are:-
Team: 12 from each port, 10 best scores to count.
Targets King's 1st Stage 1924. Distances 200 yards, 500 yards, 600 yards.
Scoring: One sighter and seven to count at each distance. -
Register: "Butt and firing point. Ribes: Any Government viewed mili tary service rifle, the use of aperture sights, wiod gauges and slings optional.
The above provisions regarding rifles are considered necessary by Shangbal on account of the very cosmopolitan member ship of the Shanghai Rifle Association in which various nationals are accustomed to compete against each other on even A Chinese detective, giving evidence, terus with the military rifles sanctioned told how he and another officer had their by their respective governmentu. 'If suspicious aroused by the defendant at limited to the use of the British Lee a inte hour of the night. They searched Enfield only, the Shanghai team would him, and found the chisel (produced) not be represented by their best shots. tucked into his girdle, to t
oviden
It was stated the the defendant told the police that be worked for a ship building Company, but this had been dis covered to be untrue.
Any gentlemen in Hongkong who wish to be included in the team, are invited to communicate with Mr. F. C. Good. man Hon, Secretary of the Hongkong Rifle League, Kowloon Docks, and ar The man, against whom a previous rangements will be made for practice and conviction was recorded, was sent to final selection of the best 12 available prison with hard labour for three months. men to represent Hougtong
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