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SUPREME COURT.
JUDGMENT IN POSSESSION CASE.
APPEAL DISMISSED.
GOVERNOR'S ORDER CVERNULED,
THE HONGKONG
PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO
ANIMALS.
LOCAL SOCIETY'S ACTIVITIES,
ANNUAL MEETING.
DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5TH, 1924
LOCAL SPORT.
· LAWN TENNIS,“
UNITED SERVICES 8.C, FINALS,
Slightly marred by an intermittent The work of the Hangkong Society for drizale, the Finals of the U.S.R.C, Lawn the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Tennis Handicap Tournament took place during the year was reviewed by Sir yesterday afternoon. The results, were as "Elenry Pollock, K.C., President, who took under:-
the chair at the annual meeting held last. evening in the Jardine-Matheson Build
In the Court of Apprat yesterday: | before the Chief Justice (Sir Henry Gellan) and the Puise Jadge (Mr. Justics Gompertz) judgment was given an the appeal. heard on November 17th, on behalf of the terant of No. 165, Shanghai Street, Yaumatif from a decisión of Mring Justice Dyer Ball who had given the landlord an order for possession.
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Sir Henry pointed out that there had been a considerable decrease in cruelty The appeat was under Section 4 (1) to animals owing the educational pro- (1) of the Rents Ordinaces. The Cover-pagands carried out by the Inspectors of the Society. As they were aware, their these patters, and not to object was educate the Chinese in
prosecute, except in very serious cases.
дог in Council on petition, nude un order exempting the house from the pro- visions of Section 4 (1) (f).
Mr. H S. Fitzroy represented the tersats and Mr. C G. Alabaster. K.C with Mr. Eldon Potter. K.C., appeared for the respondenta,
The Chief Justice said that on Juus rach, 1924, Mr. Justice Dyer Ball made an order onder Section 4 (1) (f) of the
Bents' Ordinaner No. 22 (1922) for the recovery of possession by the plaintiff of a certain tenement, the ground floor of No. 108, Shanghai Street, Yaumati, which defendants held as monthly tenants under the plaintiff.
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The other day he was told a very in- toresting fact which shows that the spirit which started this Society had taken root elsewhere, that there was actually start- Prevention of ing in Canton a local Society for the
(Hear, hear.)
Crucity to Animals.
MEN'S "SINOLs.The Rev. N. Evans Pay-Lt. Comdr. R. & Worthington, scratched.
** THE THIEF OF BAGDAD." CANDID IMPRESSIONS.
(Cuurimated)
So anch has been written about this film that there may perhaps bo some in- terest in the candid impressions of one neither an enthusiast nor a cynic. who is neither
fau
+4 nor.. anti,* The besetting, sin of the cinema is. I suppose, vulgarity. It we merely laugh at Pack'a pheasant which avoided the guns of the profiteers but stopped a cham- pagne cork at their luncheon, it is hard to repress a shudder when we are told; had Capt. West beat Capt. Oxspring and or given intiuate glimpses of life as MEN'S DOUBLES.-Col. Russel Brown the exact cost of the jewels wom in a Mr. Horses, 11-9; 62
it is interpreted at Hollywood. That there is a danger of this vulgarity in- fecting other arts is manifested by the recent Galli-Curei affair in London, where the owner of a fair-to-good voice by judicious advertisement obtained triumph almost as great as
Jackie Coogan's.
Peck
LADIES' SINGLES.-Miss Do A. beat Miss: P. Gracs, 6-7, 1-6, 14-12.
LADIES DOUBLES.-Mrs. Ross and Mrs. Wodehouse beat Miss P. Grace and Lady Stuart Taylor, 7-5, 6-4.
Mixed Doubles were not played.
CHICKET.
HONGKONG" C.C. “A” #. EAST SURREY REGT.
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For this reason it was, something of a dampener when the Thief of Bagdad opened with page after page of the names of the various hangers-on whe had done their hit. Amid the welter I caught the name of Knobloch sad had a fecting hope that the letter-press, or whatever it is called, would be grumgintical and In this match on the Club ground on possibly less fatuous than usual. Saturday at 2 p.m. the Club "A" XI do not think "Yourself bath said it is But I The lethal chamber had been estab-will consist of:-R E. A. Webster English; and I am quite positive that Lished, and was now in charge of Mr. Col. E. B. Matthews, C. II. Piercy, Rev. Apart from a multitude of similar pseudo
(capt.) C. Blaker, J., Humphreys, Believers, I tell thee.
is not Lubatti As they would see from the T. B. Powell, Capt. R. F. Walker, F. N. archaisms, the written word is deplor anual report, the question of the Dogs Young, M. M. Maus, J. H. Crutch, and ably sloppy. The motif Home had been under considèration, and
Pleasure must L. P. Ralph.
be earned" is hardly worth the emphasis it receives, and will not bear close analy that it had become accessary during the A stay of excation for days was past year, owing to reclamation work at
9ja. Stealing is bad and work is good is comprehensible, and I suppose this is- granted to defendants on the ground North Point to close the Dogs" Home is
what is intended. The music, again, is that the pay was for the purpose of the neighbourhood of, Causeway Bay, The Club "B" team in the match a composer sets himself to depict every commonplace for the most part. Where awaiting the judgment of the Full Court They had, however, owing to the genero-Valley on Saturday at 9 p.m. will be com- hours he is bound to spend much of his against the Civil Service at Happy" phase of a film that lasts about three in a pending appeal. On June 20th, and sity of the Government, got a site for a posed off:-R. Hancock (capt.), A. C. I. therefore, within the period of the stay acw Dogs' Home at Kowloon The Gov. Bowker, H. J. Armstrong. G. B. Hett, music was greatly superior, being simplex time vimping The Robin Hood" of execution, the defendurts petitioned ernment had provided temporary quar D. MeNicol, G. E. More, W. Wand less pretentious. The Oriental the Governor in Council to exercise his ters as a Dogs' Home.
Mackenzie. D. E, G. Nicholson, H. Oven themes are almost as bad as These quarteri
Chu Chiu Hughes, EF. Stewart, and A. K. Mac- Chow, but, of course, even Debussy was baffled to some extent in attempting to harmonise a five-note scale.
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HONGKONG C.C. B SERVICE.
v. CIVIL
HONGKONG C.C. 2nd XI. v. POLICE.
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Valley on Saturday at 9 pm, the Heag. In this match to be played at Happy kong C.C. will be represented by:-R. Grin. H. Al. Howel, G. R. Vallack. Macalpine (npr.). M. M. Watson. H
powers under 3. 24 of the Rents Ordin- were by no means idea!, and he believed ance (1999) and make an arder that the the Sub-Committee, which had special provisions of B. (1) (f) of the Ordin-charge of the Dogs Home, would shortly ance, should be applied in the case of the he approaching the Government for cer, terenent in question in that appeal. This tain improvements, which would make the order was published in the Government Home mare-suited-for-the-purpose. Gaulle,
On account of the recent rabies scare Armed with this order the defendants the Police had been very active gathering. P. Bridger, H. J. Stevenson, CT. applied under the provisions of sin stray logs, and putting them in the Fowle. R K. Hepburn, H. Spicer, and sub-sectigne and 5 of the Reats Ordin Home, and he had just been informed-by JR. Way. aner to Mr. Justice Dyer Ball, in Cham "bers, to rescued or vary the order of
June 13 for recovery..
Jr. Frost that as a result of the cam paign of the Police at Kowloon, it bad
·
FOOTBALL.
"A."
Ross and A. Kirby. and H. Duncan. Reserves: F. W. T.
H.K.F.C. RES. . UNIVERSITY.
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THE FILM ITSELF.
seems to me to be the purely fairy-tale. As to the 6lm itself, much the best part At the rival princes had delightful ad- ventures and a word of especial praise is
due to the sampaas and the Asherman and the general mise-en-acre of the land of Wak. The hero's own escap- ades are also excellent, especially his realistic glide at the bottom of the sea. I was glad when he showed us his fine. teeth there and did not stick to the realism of a. submerged human being, Even the slow-motion amble of the winged cob, which raised such mirth in England, appealed to me. It would have een good to get a closer view of the ladies who failed to lure the hero-were they mermaids ar sirens That glance straight was of his at his betrothal-ring which kept him тегу characteristic and V.M.CA. I cannot help preferring the methods of Odyssena.
aginative Hollywood. A mosque is not a Bat Bagdad was absurd-pure unim- Baptist chapel (incidentally, ever a thief should take his shoes off there). Nor is there any equivalent in Islam of the Community Pastor whom we saw setting the erring thief on the right road. And I am sure there are no Tudor arches in Bagdad, though I have never been there.
been found necessary to destroy as many KOWLOON F.C. RES. . ST. JOSEPH'S In His Lordship's opinion, there were as 120 dogs in the ast ten days. either expressed words or a plain im ADDITIONAL HOME FOR DOGS, plication in a 24 of the Rents' Ordinance
Therefore, accommodation in the Dogs' The following have been selected to (1992) that the order in Council made Home had been greatly taxed, and na they in their 2nd division League match
play for the Kowloon P.C.. Reserves by the Governor, was to divest a person would see from the report, they thought St. Joseph's "A" on the Kowloon in whose favour an order for recovers the time had come when it would be ground of possession had been made under 3. 4 necessary to start
on Saturday (kick-off, 230 an additional Dogs' P.m.):-C. E. Stewart: W. H. Parratt (1) (1) of his rights under such ap order.
and B. Rasmussen: A. W. Brown (capt). Home on the Hongkong side, and bec. Caville and S. Randle; D. Morris, A. It is further to be coteil that Section might mention that he had beep in com. Latham, W. H. Brown, N. Trambitzky of the Interpretation Ordinace, 1911 munication with the Colonial Secretary, preserves rights which arise under af Sir Claud Severn, or the subject of a Repealed Ordinance, unless a contrary site, and though nothing had been £xed intention appears in the Repealing Or up at the present, they were in hope that dinance.
a site would eventually be found in the The following will represent the Hong-Had the scenery been less pretentious.we In his opinion, therefore, the order in neighbourhood of East Point.
kong Club Heserves in the Bad Division could have imagined more but the mani- Council of July 3rd, 1924. could not be hald to affect the rights conferred on the!
While he was on the subject of widi- the South China ground at 2.45.p.m. on This destruction of the imagination seems League fixture with the University on feat cardboard everywhere prevented this. respondents under Mr. Justice Dyer tional Dogs Homes, which the Committee Saturday-F. Angus; D. Lyon (capt.) the worst feature of the cinema. When Bail's order of Jups 13th, 1924, and this thought necessary, he would mention that and H. Oswick; S. O. Hill, R. Bell and you say This chair is appeal would be dismissed with costs.
a boat you at a new Dogs' Hone would involve the Puncheon; B. Bell, A. Ferguson, R. once rise to the level of the Shakes-
serves: R. G. Robertson and C. Conway. sery. Railton, J. Douglas and I. Dixon. Re-pearean stage and of children in a nur If this is impossible on the films it is at least desirable to aim at creating Ад atmosphere" rather than at blud:
thoroughly U.S.A., and I only hope no geoning the senses with realism.
The treatment of the women folk was
heroine's veil was a mere ornament. And Moslems have been shocked at it. The the very inadequately clad "Mongol" servant was a Mack Sennett bather in all but environment. A strong dese of Mere- dith's "Shaving of Sbagpat" should have been administered to all the actors and bangers-in
Mr. Alabaster asked His Lordship to engagement of a fourth Inspector, and in ertily for two Counsels, Mr. Petter and that connection he would draw their at- himself.
Hu Lordship: H your clients luxuriat. tention to the general accounts attached ed in the employment of two such eminent to the report. He pointed this out with Counsel, I am afraid they must pay for a view to informing those interested in one of them.
dogs and their welfare, and there were Very many in the Colony, that if they started an additional Home, they would in the future need more support from the general public.
RESTAURANT POSSESSION CASE. APPEAL AGAINST MR DYER BALL'S DECISION: Yesterday before the Puli Court, con-
He appealed to the public to support sisting of the Chief Justice (Sir Henry them in their work during the next year Gollao) and the Puisne Judge (Mr. and join the Society, and to give a special Justice Gompertz) an interesting case was donation as well as the subscription for beard to decide whether a notice was good or bad in which it was stated that a laud- the purpose of carrying on the work. lord was going to pull down and rebuild The report was ample evidence of the the house, whereas he was gong to leave good work that was being done. They the party walls standing.
were doing e An appeal was made from Mr. Dyer
great educational work Ball's decision, by Mr. Eldon Potter, amongst the Chinese, and were worthy of K.C. (instructed by Messrs. Deacons) ap the support the public could give. The pearing for the landlord. Mr. G. Dogs' Home at Kowloon had been taken Alabaster, K. C., and Mr. F. C. Jenkin (instructed by Messrs. Hnatings and over by the Society, and if they got Hastings, Derays and Bowley), appear another Home on this side of the Har
bad 1 life and 407 ordinary members, With reference to membership they now
ordinary members paid their subscrip During the past year, however, only 279 tions, but he hoped that those who had not paid would forward last year's suh scription with the one due for next year,
to the treasurer.
In concluding, Sir Henry paid a tribute to Mr. B. L. Frost for his work as Seere tary during the year.
report, and Mr. F. H. Dillon seconded, Sir Henry-moved the adoption of the and the report was carried unanimously.
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AMUSEMENT FOR THE MASSES, Meanwhile at another place there was
being shown a really good film" the Golden Snare." Firstly, it is written ELECTION OF OFFICERS. round a first-rate book of adventure; The election of officers then took place North is remarkably maintained; and, secondly, the atmosphere of the frozen as follows: President, Mr B. L. Frost thirdly, there is a fine bit of character Vice-President, Mr. A Stevenson; Hon study the exiled, half-mad murderer with Secretary, Mr. Frost; Assistant Secre his passion for a woman's hair and for Mr. C. Skinner; and the following, Con tary, Miss C. O. Frost; Hos. Treasurer, nothing else.
Doug himself is excellent--tha: “ Krus- mittee: Lady Clara Ho Tung, Lady. Polchen feeling" personified. Faced with Dyer, Mrs. Quarles Van, Ufford, Mra. P. three last steps of a flight or vaulting lock, Mrs. Baker, Mrs. De Martin, Mr. the alternatives of descending the bour they would have to work that- P. J. Wodehouse, Mrs. Remington, Mrs. the balustrade, there is never a moment's The landoird serred a cotice to quit on He hoped that shortly the new Cruelty B. K. Lo, Mrs. Hyland, Hon. Mr. Chow doubt which he will choose; and his loose the defendants, the Kung Wo Restaurant to Animals' Bill would be ready for pre- Shou-son, Messrs. J. P. Braga, F trousered glide is inimitable. Company, in respect of the premises sentation to the Legislative Council and Dillon, H. B. L. Dowbiggin, Ip Lan- occupied by them at West Point-six in connection with this Bill ho would like chuen, Capt. Oxspring, RAF.O., Messrs. houses at Nos. 401 to 460A, Queen's Road to express his great indebtedness for the A. F. B. Silva Netto, A. Stevenson, and West. The zotice stated that the land- help he had received from the Attorney. Dr. Williama. Ford was going to pull down and re- General, the Hon. Mr. J. H. Kemp, and build," but the defendants discovered the Assistant Attorney-General, Mr. that the landlord intended to leave the Dyer Ball two outer walls standing. Or this ground the defendants declined to quit DONATIONS TO. THE SOCIETY.
ed for the tenant company.
and an action for possession was heard
fendants.
The following names were added: The Hon Mr. R. II. Kotewall, Dr. MacGowan, Sir Henry Pollock, EC., Mr. Lei Wing Kwong and Mr. P. Talati
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You will see his counterparts any day Hollywood Road; which is only to say at the Chinese Recreation Ground along
that ho lives the part. Nor was there any bad acting by any of the other principals. Some man-power was wasted in the final act, but if America solves its unemploy ment problem by subsequently collecting sum of $10,000 had been presented
Mr. Silva Netto said he wished to say-82 from each of us I suppose we can't in the Summary Court when Mr. Justice to the Society by Lady Clara Ho Tung a few words in appreciation of the se1- grumble. Dyer Ball decided in favour of the de- and had now been placed on mortgage pollock, past President. He did not think marks is a somewhat ecstatic leading
vices rendered to the Society by Sir Henry
The only excuse for these rambling re- to constitute an endowment fund, and Addressing the Court, Mr. Fatter said the Fund was called the. Biz: Robert Ho they could leave the room without thank article on the subject in a contemporary, the facts were not disputed. As a matter Tung Endowment Fund. The Hongkong ing Sir Henry for the great interest he containing, by the way, a definition of of fact the landlord could not pull down Jockey Club this year bad again repeated had taken in matters concerning the does not quite tally with the last lines beauty which deserves framing though it the party walls because of certain provi- their generous gift of $1,000 to the So-Society. sions in the Public Health and Building ciety-which continued to receive a sum
of the Odo to a Grecian Uun" Per- Ordinance. There was no intention to of $300 from Mr. M. J. Patell, and their the kind way. he had spoken of his ser candidate for the O.B.I. in Saturday's Sir Henry thanked Mr. Silva Netto for haps its writer may be considered as a depaive in the notice to quit served. The best thanks were due for the donations, vices for the Society. He could see ahead honours list; his only rival (unless it he tenants understood that the old houses The Government had promised two certain work which had made him come were coming down and new ones going dollars for every one collected by them to the conclusion that he should relie the same paper who suggested the other tae same person) is the leader writer in up in their place.
in donations, up to a sum of $5,000 per quith the post of President. As he had day that the remark of one of our Judges: Mr Potter argued on the words "exact sanum. The Society appreciated this gift been appointed on naturs" required by the Ordinance, and on the part of the Government. This was would attend those meetings on every it droppeth like the gentle daw from the Committee, he "The quality of mercy is not strained; contended that to pull down and re-in addition to the gift of a site at Kow-ocation he could, and he felt they would Heaven" was an original one. Who says. build" was in conformity with that re-loon.
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