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TAXI COMPANY SUED.
SEQUEL TO DISMISSAL OF TWO
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DRIVERS
A claim under a contract was made against the Hongkong and Kowloon Taxi Cab Company, Ltd., by Tsung Wing before the Puisse Judge Mr. Justice Gompertz) in the Summary Court yester day morning. The claim was for #580.
Mr. C. A. S. Russ represented the plaintiff and Mr. M. M. Watson the Company.
Mr. Rass sail the of the claim there was $130 which was the deposit paid hy the'nin to the art, this being one bu dred dollars in cash, and no, the first month's wages, and 8000 was claimed for wrongful dismissal. If the plain screed ed there might be some discussion as to was based on the that amount, but it estimate of what would have been re- ceived as wages by Trung Wing had he been permitted to remain with the Con pany and finish his contract.
He was engaged on August ist as an apprentice, to be taught the trade of motor driver and PE ugreement was catered into for "three years, hat on November 21st a notice, was posted up in the Company's premises dismissing the plaintiff and another man without notice. In this notice it stated that the takings they had brought in on successive days were too small.
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-·** A CLEVER FRAUD.'
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16TH, 1925
APPLICATION FOR RE-HEARING
CASE REFUSED.
Mr. McCallum pointed out that the bangles hail been examined by an expert who said they were genvide gold, and that was the reason for the application. The woman asked the pawnbroker for $13.
His Worship pointed out that there was
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THE NEW YEAR SETTLEMENT. The case in which a Chinese woman.
Commenting on the financial conditions"
The following will represent the Hong. was convicted and sentenced to three months' imprisonment for attempting to in Canton, the vernacular Press there
League fixture with the Kowloon. Reser pawa a pair of gili bangles pretending | generally admit that the New Year settle-oag Club Reserves in their 2nd Division them to be gold, was recalled, when atment will be hard all round, because of ves to-morrow, the 17th inst, on Kow. the Kewloon Magistracy yesterday. 3r.the many disasters suffered in Ewang-loon ground at 2.30 p.m.-F. Angus D. McCallum made an application for the tung during 1924, including the floods in. O. Hill and D. Logan (capt): S. H. rehearing of the case.
Canton Delta in July and August," and Garral, A. Ferguson and G. Puncheon; political persecutions before and follow- Bell, E. Railton, J. Douglas, D.
Cameron, and J. Dixon. Reserve: Roberts. ing the Red massacre of Canton mer. chants on Cletober 15th. In the burning
The following have been selected to of the West City of Canton by the Bol play for the Kowloon Reserves:-C shevista, some 80 well-known native banks Stewart; W. H. Brown and B. Rasmus- were destroyed, and the Exchange and sea. A. W. Brown (Capt.j. C. Careille, the Clearing House did not operate for ned S. Randle: C. Morris, A. E. Latham, many weeks. In normal tires, Canton. Millard, A. Fitzgerald, and A. Spary. Reserves: A. Trambitzky and W. E. finance is practically controlled by the To firms dealing in gold leaf and bullion, the 11 modern banks doing both domes: cic and foreign exchange business, the 38 Canton-Shanghai exchange agencies.
The following will represent the C.R.C. the native banks the insurance
in the above match to-morrow, the 17th companies which have a great deal to
iast. at p.. This match will take do, with local investments, and the place on the C.R.C. ground and not on large, and 71 small pawn-shops who grant the 1.8.C. ground as printed in the, 5x- small loans on, pledges and accepting ture list:- San Kwong (capt), H. time deposits, also offer big loans on C. Hang. H. Ching, C. Choa. W. Hung, other securities. It is said that any firm Yung Hin Lua, Chau Kwan Lam, Ng which collects more than 40 per cent. of Seo Cheung, C. Wong Wong Po Sum its outstanding accounts will be forta- and Wan lu Shing. nate. The native banks now-a-days in Canton seldom grant loans for more than two months and at interest unheard of before. The present division of Kwang- tung Province into many political and military sections, each with an authority unfriendly to the other, has rendered travel and transportation exceedingly dif- ficult and remittance of money under such conditions has been most unsafe. The
evidence on the other side that the price she asked for the bangles was $90, and when she said she only asked #15 for them she was lying. His Worship, in refusing the application. said in his opinion this was na invention on the part of the woman's people. The whole thing was a elever, fraud and he must refuse the application.
1 was
agreed, however, that Mr. McCallum and his Worship should furibet discuss the matter in Chambers.
'CASE OF TWO WIFES.
In the case heard at the Central Magis. tracy on Wednesday, morning, before Mr. J.
Up to that time there had been no auggestion of excessive running expenses, but he understood that defendants were relying on Sections of the agreement. as to there having been excessive running expenses.
Mr. A. H. Rowe, manager of the Com-have been withdrawi pany, gave evidence, and said that to make a profit a 30 per vent, fare mileage would save to be run, and the plaintif had been at 41-43 and even as low as '40
per cent.
Wood. and reported in the Daily Press yesterday, in which a Chinese and his Cierman wife were sammoned for assaulting the ane's Chinese wife, it is now stared that a settlement has been reached, and accordingly the charges
The charts which recorded the ruaning of other drivers employed by the arm showed a percentage of between 50 and 60, while the ruaning of plaintiff's ear showed a 21 per cent. loss,
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KONG NING
REFLOATED.
Now reached Hongkong yesterday that the Bay Ning, owned by Messrs. Banker and Company, which on July 23th was carried over the river bank just above Shiching by the foods, has been refloated.
It is understood the vessel was not! damaged as the result of going ashore, and it is expected that she will arrive
A similar claim against the Company was made by the man dismissed at the same time as the first complainant, Dasia Hongkong sontetime next week wbone name was given as Pang Shan
Chued.
His Lordship reserved judgment.
GOODS SOLD AND DELIVERED.
JAPANESE SUED BY FELLOW COUNTRYMAN,
..A PEAK ROBBERY.
pawn-shops have found themselves with more unredeemed articles than usual and they now have to dispose of them at leas than 80 per cent. of cost, and this may force many out of business altogether at the end of the year.
BANK SUSPENDS PAYMENT. Among the native bankers affected by the unsettled conditions in Canton is the savings department of the Chen Kwang Company, Ltd., Canton Branch. The well-known savings bank is temporarily suspending payment, and savings posits to the extent of $1,090,000 are in
de-
Mrs. Williamson, of No. 53, The Peak, volved. The Company, bowever, will
is the latest victim of thievCa
In reporting the robbery to the Police, Mrs. Williamson states that a silk hand- bag, which contained $110, was stolen from a wardrobe in her bedroom some In the Summary Court yesterday after-time between the 10th and 19th inst
before the Puisac Judge (Mr. Justice Gompertz), Tsunetaro Kimoto "sucd Matsumura and Co. (G. Matsumura) of. No. 5, Arsenal Street, curio dealers," for $364.13 being the balance due on goods sold and delivered."
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Plaintiff was represented by Mr. AL M. Watson and defendant by Mr. R.. H. Wadeson.
DOG ATTACKS EUROPEAN BOY, Early on Wednesday morning a dog helonging to Mrs. Parsons, of No. Broadway Road, suddenly attacked ber son David, and bit him in the hand. The boy, who is only three and a half years
arrange to resume payment as soon as possible and, at a special meeting of the Company recently held, it was decided increase the capital to $2,000,000 by issuing preferred stock. In the meantime,
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UNIVERSITY 1st XI. .
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HONGKONG
The following will represent the Uni- a friendly match versity 13 XI. in against the Hongkong CC tomorrow, on the latter's ground at 2 p.m. :-H. N. Balhatchet (capt.). Rev. E. K. Quick, Prof. F. A. Redmond, R. A. Ponsonby- Face, A. S. Hett, T. E. Yeoh, T., O. S. O Shahabudin, S. Hachiuma, Yeow, J. L. Youngaaye, and B. P. Ng.
SWEEPSTAKE PRIZE.
LITIGATION IN SUPREME COURT IN IPOH.
Before Mr. Justice Watson in the Ipon Supreme Court on the 8th inst. there. was a novel action between two European residents over the prize money from a sweepstake held last July at the races there. The plaintiff, Mr. A. Bidaell, a railway official, alleged that he bought four tickets in a pan-selling sweep from Mr. W. R. Ring, another railway official, who is a member of the Gymkhana Club, of which Mr. Bidnell is not a member. One of the tickets he drew won the second He gave the winning Prize of $6,520. ticket to Mr. Ring, who collected, but
paid him only $3,650.
He now claims
a committee composed of 18 depositors the balance. Mr. Ring opposed anying in Canton has been clected by "the eredithat he purebased the four tickets from tors to assist in the arrangements for an another member agreeing to go half early resumption of payment, and $1,000 shares with Mr. Bidnell in the proceeds will be daily deposited by the Company and costs. Mr. II. Huntsman appeared in Canton with the Bank of Canton, the for Mr. Bidnell, but at the outset Mr. preliminary objection that the claim was Bank of East Asia, and the Taiwan Bank Trevor Williams, for Mr. Ring, made a to guarantee the payment of principal barred as it was based on an agreement
of age, is under treatment, and the dog and roterest, which will be 6 per cent.,, in contracted by way of a wager, or gaming
Plaintiff, in the witness box, said that has been sent to Kennedy Town for he sold goods to the value of $1,500 to observation. defendant, and all the goods he sent were ordered. He sent bills at different times to defendant."
IMPERIAL MANCHU ESTATE.
the future. Despite the hard times, the which made it, void. The point was retail business in the merchandise de-argued at some length, the Judge re partment still amounts to an average of serving his decision. $4,000.daily, it is said. The difficulty of this Company has been the recent heavy investment in Canton lands, the value of some of which has fallen nearly 40 per
CINEMA NOTES,
QUEEN'A THEATTLE,
The famous Gloria Swanson is the star in "Beyond the Rocks, the Para- this week. The Manila Vaudeville Co. mount picture at the Queen's Theatre presented a fire show at the Queen's Theatre yesterday to an appreciative audience. The singers, and the dancing of Misses Miami, Dimple anl Millie were of the first order and their costumes- would have done credit to the classiest modiste in Paris.
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Mr. Wadeson said the case for the PROTEST AGAINST CONFISCATION. defence was that defendant was to sell
The Asiatic News Agency says: "For cent. In the coming change of govern goods for platiff on a commission basis. Both defend at and his wife had paid the purpose of getting some extra income, ment administrations in Canton many money to plaintiff day by day.. All the the Chief Executive has despatched four land titles will undoubtedly be reviewed, and this uncertainty in the minds of many delegates to the Eastern Tombs of the will have no little effect on future land Koods he bought were paid for.
Defendant, in the witness box, oor- defunct Manchu Court for the investiga-value in Canton. roborated what Mr. Wadeson had said,tion of the arable lands there. When the
CANTON SHIPPING HANDICAPS. adding that though he paid over money Tino Kan Government was in power, the Commenting on local shipping, the he did not get receipts.
His Lordship gave judgment for plain-Jato Tao Jui established an office at Canton vernacular Press presents a dark Tanglin and it is estimated that the land picture of it. During 1924, piracy, was tiff with costs.
tax brought in an annual revenue of frequent; and from Canton to Bamshui, a
YARN AND PIECE GOODS. about two million dollars. But the Maa short distance, more than 20 tributes had
Referring to yarn, the market was dulk thu Court is also interested in the tax to the paid to the pirates to avoid anter-
ference. In addition, military comin Canton during 1924, and unsafe river and Mr. Henry, Pu Yi, olios ex-Emperormandeering of transportation, service traffic preventing goods going inland re-
duced noininal business by a least one Huan Tang, has written to the Chief
without compensation, strikes Among third.
Reviewing the piece-goods. trade in The A.D.U. announce further perform- Executivo insisting that the lands belang seames for higher wages, suspension of
Canton, 1994, the Press opinion generally aaces of "Buipt Joan" in order to meet to the Imperial Mausoleum at Tanglin traffic on the part of thin-owners to pro- appears to be that business has been bad the demand for seats to view the roaster and that they were illegally seized by test against frequent increase of war because of over-supply of colours, and Do little of the pisse of the age, An extra matinée will Tsao Jui a couple of years ago for his assessments, and military operations pre-designs of goods unsuitable for country. be given on Wednesday, the 21st, at 4,30 personal enrichment. In the same way venting running on schedules, all have imported goods. The unscktled vondi- p.m., and z final evening performance on
and War
the like, are other profitable and risky during the year. the following evening, Thursday, the 22nds the handling of the valuables in the combined to make shipping business untions which include strikes, piracy, floods, factors.contributing to make the year a inst. at p.m., sharp. Booking for the imperial Palace by Li Shih Taeng, the Many Chinese-owned small steamers and bad one for this line of trade. In former former performance has already opened Tunglin land question will become a con launcher have gone under foreign flags years the season before the Chinese New Year would draw many women and giris for shopping, but the presence of Bol- mandeering by Baishevists.
sheviste is discouraging visits to the city.
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FURTHER PERFORMANCES.
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at Andersons. For the latter, it introversy botwcon the new administration in the hope of escaping unlawful comfrom the neighbouring towns to Canton
open on Saturday next. Onge tickets are and the defunct Manchu Court shortly on
account of its fat receipts." taken they cannot be changed,
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