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RENTS ORDINANCE.
TENANTS' PROTECTIVE AKSX. PETITION GOVERNOR.
ONE YEAR'S EXTENSION, ASKED.
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CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
SOLDIER IN TROUBLE.
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST GUNNER.
HONGKONG ĐALLY PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH, 1925
"The case against Canner James The Hongkong Tenants Protective Element, ga, who is charged with having Association, of Nà, 127. Wellington committed serious assault on a Chinese Street, Victoria, through Mr. Wong Kamgirl on January 7th, was opened yester Ying and Mr. Ho Tin Chi (Chairman lay before the Chief Justice (Sir Henry and Vice-Chairman), on February 19th Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg, Assistant Crown
Collan) at the Criminal Sessions. ment à petition to His Excellency the Solicitor, proseentest, and Mr. I. S. „Governor, asking that the Rents Ordin Fitzroy appeared for the defendant.
ance be extended for one year from "July
19th
GAMBLING RAID SEQUEL. ENQUIRY INTO DEATH OF A CHINESE,
CORRESPONDENCE.
ST. PAUL'S PRESERVATION
'FUND.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE
"HONGKONG
DAILY, PRESS."]' Su-The attached extract from more interesting as a comparison of the Straits paper, interesting in itself, is still difference between Singapore and Hong-
kong.
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During a gambling raid carried out by the police at No. 83, Aberdeen Street, on
February 19th, a Chinese aged about 39, fell froin the verandah outside the second floor of the house to the street below, receiving a fractured skull, as a result of which he dial the next day in the Government Cicit Hospital. quiry held by Mr. J. R. Wood and a His death was the subject of an e-
Apart from the highly commendable jury ut the Contral Magistracy action of the. A.D.C. in giving a special) The case, as outlined by Mr. Hazlerigg, yesterday afternoon.. The jury con porformance for the purpose of raising was that the alleged offence took place sisted of Messrs. D. D. Clark, O.B. funds, and one or two perfunctory refer In support of the petition, a schedule about 100 yards from Vistoria Road on a
Raven and E. M. H. Castro.
ences to the subject in the Press, as far is forwarded showing the difference "be a track. The girl, who was eleven Detective-Sergeant Chesterwood no one knows, or can judge. Hongkong swer rent for old and rebuilt premises,ars old was returning from school gave evidence to the effect that about takes not the slightest interest in whether zhifty-šia specify cxamples being cited.
accompanied by her younger brother in -15 p.m. on February 19th, he took a' St. Paul's stands or collapses. To those a ricksha. A Europena stopped the rick-party of four Chingue constables to No.who know the spirit that prevails in, and The body of the petition ready sha and dragged her up into the woods 53, Aberdeen Street. On going up to dominates, Hongkong, it will be do sur- That your petitioners are the Chair, where it was alleged that the offence was the second floor be saw 20-30 mien around prise to see, when the list of responses mer and Vice-Chairman of the Hongkong committed.
a table. The men did not notier the made to the appeal of the Dean and Tenants Protretive Association which be
presence of the police immediately, but Chapter is published, that Hongkong's 7,000 members who are representative of upwards of 100,000 residents of Hong
put in Chinese word meaning "raid."anong "The following small suns were nane appears at the bottom of the list kong
Witness "called out don't move." Aalso contributed." general stampede ensued, the men in Gould not the newspapers here start a
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At a subsequent identification parade two soldiers other than the accused were picked out, but afterwards another soldier made a stateuwit to the police, following which tonner Element was arrested.
after a minute or two sapienne, called
-Thut your petitioners have during the past years are in close touch with Evidence was given by Ganner Flack, the room ninking a dash for, the verandah | fural for, say, five dollar subscriptions the housing conditions in lungkong and in parucular the conditions of the Chinese shops keepers and the working
and coolir classes,
B-That, since the Itents Girdinance has been on the Statut Book, & number of houses has been palled down and re constructed: such reconstructed houses excap from the provisions of the Rents Ordinance.
4. That many landfords have increas ed the rent of reconstruct houses by several hundred per cent, and that some examples of the differences between this atanlard rent of houses governed by the Rents Ordinance and the rent obtained in respect of adjacent houses that are "exempted from the Rents Orditunce ar shown in the Schedule of this Petition.
man who said he was with prisoner when the latter stopped the ricksha, but left him when he took the girl into the wood.. Element accompanied him to the Police Station and told him what story to tell to the Inspector. Element threatened to
sews him if he did not tell that! story, Later he told the police all be knew of the nutter.
windows. Witurss went out to the balcony to pull the Chinese back and anw the deceased edging his way along the Verandah. where witness found him and arranged The man climbed over the rail and then fell into the street. for his removal by ambulance to the place from where the deceased fell, be hospita!. When Witness examine the
found a loose tile had broken away. His lordship adjourned the case until, No violener was used by him or the this moming.
SERIES OF. AUMS" CASES.
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As a sequel to the discovery of a re volver and six cartridges eoncealed in
constables toward the men in the room,
and no revolvers were drawn. Thirteen arrests were made, and about fifteen min escaped.
A Chinese Constable, who formed one
from individuals, at the same time ap- pealing to the large Erms, who regularly put away their las of dollars to various reserve funds, etc.. every year, to come"
ances of the Government should certainly forward generously. In any case a few, thousand dollars from the hoarded bal he forthcoming-Yours faithfully,
Hongkong. February 23rd. [The paragraph which accompanies the letter reads as follows:
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J. C.
HE PAUL'S CATHEDAL FUND, Tip 10 yesterday the total amount received by Reuter's agent in Singapore for funds to preserve St. Paul's Cathe- dral amounted to $23,354:50. The Government of the Straits Settlements contributed $20,000.
Committee in Hongkong, similar to that that there should be a representative
which has been formed in Shanghai, to assist this appeal-ED.]
A GAMBLING RAID.
TWELVE PEOPLE CHARGED.
extended it may confidently be anticipat d that the owners of old houses will increase their renta to approximately the shine amount as the nwners of the picasions yesterdag, reconstructed houses and new houses and that tenants of the labouring class whose wages are low will be giver notice to quit and will be forced to attempt to seek other accommodation and that at the present time there is not sufficient alternative accommodation available.
6. Thus at the present time and for ranny years past coolies and others be longing to the same trades are residing! and have resided in particular arras which nee conveniently situated for their respective occupations; for example, con coolies and coal stevedores reside in Wanchai; and cargo coolies engaged at the West Point Godowns reside in. First, Second and Third Streets. That such enolies Cannot afford to pay rents in- erensed to the extent shown in the said schedule and that consequently they will be forced to attempt to and other accom- volver, and was sentenced to a term of a woman at the junction of Chatham Road Faded the premises on a warrant and
B.That if the Beats Ordinanes be no the buttons of a sket. Chan Lam Sau of the raiding party, nurraborating We have ourselves made the suggestion appeared before the Puisne Judge. (Mr.Detective Sergesat Chesterwood's eviden Justice Gompertz) ut the Criminal Cc, stated there were about 10 men in the room when the police entered, and Evidence was given by a Chinese Ret when the stamp took place about 30 venue offer, who stated that he saw men made a dash for the verandah prisoner leaving a junk passenger boat The jury found that death was dur carrying a basket in his head. He went to a fractured skull-an injury atten up to prisoner and searched the basket, dant on the raid.-and that the man's which he found bad, a false bottom, in death was accidental. There was no neg which the revolver and cartridges were ligence on the part of the police con. Concealel. Prisoner's defence was that cerned. he was given the basket to carry by his employer, who ran away when he saw hima Letug, searched.
modation or to increase the already larg wamber of homeless persons who sleep in
His Lordship sentenced prisoner to Eve, years imprisonment, with hard labour."
Leung "Put pleaded guilty to a charge of having in his possession a loaded re-
before Mr. J. R. Wood, eleren Chinese At the Central Magistracy yesterday,
inea and one Chinese woman were charged with participating io & gambl ing school at No. 328, Queen's Road West, where they were arrested in the course of a raid carried out by the l
WOMAN ATTACKED AND ROBBED).police under warrant. The woman, who
that on January 25th, three inen attacked' Mr. Holmes, outlining the ease, said
is the licensee of the premises, together Chan Lok and Li Mun were charged with oue of the men, was further charg- with robbery.
ed with keeping a gaming house,
Mr. M. E. Lo appeared for the de- fence.
A Chinese detective stated that ho
twelfth managing to get away. arrested ten persons, the eleventh and These two were also arrested when they came to claim
seven years imprisonment with hard and Middle Road, near Signal Hill, at labour.
noon, and robbed her of two angles" nad
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the streets.
That by driving "the" various cuties:
For being in possession of a revolver four rings. The, woman lived in a shed State their coats" later at the Police out of their present pinces of residence and three cartridges Chun. Oo, who near the railway. One man seized her asked for their discharge, as he claimed which are adjaceur to their respective pleaded guilty. was sentenced to seven by the neck and held her mouth, while that they had no part in the alleged In regard to these two men, Mr. Lo Occupations great inconvenienc» will be caused to the coolies themselves, to their years' imprisondent with hard labour. employers and in particular to the ship
the others robbed her. She managed to gambling. When To Fuk Po was charged with scream and two men came to her assist ging community for the reason thine is having a dagger in his possession, Mr.ance from the shed. Her assailants ran will not be so easy, to muster Fabiur T. K. Relmes, Urown Solicitor, who pro-into Nathan Road "promptly when required...
uff and were pursued by the two men A--Thus inconvenience of the character secuted said that when prisoner was A Mr. Comes was writing for a bus
indicated has already cecurred in the stopped, hy "the police he struggled, got case of Upper Ratter Street and Rutter free and ran away. One of the constables Street. the houses in which streets were tenanted almost entirely by night soil saw him about to draw something from lies. That the houses were demolish his clothing and immediately shot him in ed and rebuilt and the rents increaseil the thigh. A knife and sheath were found from about $10 per month per flat to in his possession. amit 370 per month, per dat; and, seeing that such now rents were more than such
of the premises at the time, and when. "They were on another floor they found that their conts had been removed by the police along with those of the arrested persons, they went to They were then arrested. the station to recover their property. in Nathan Road, and saw the first pri.. Mr. Gomes run after him, and caught him. ing the evidence, it was found that they soner bide, something behind a wall. Mr. Lo submitted that if, after tak He took prisoner back to the wall, and did not take part in the gambling be here the bangles were found. The other would take action against the police en certain lines, and he said he had already informed the sergeant in charge of the case to that effect.
man was arrested later..
His Lordship sentenced prisoner to coolies could pay, the Government has three years imprisonment with hard catched the bangles The second pri- provided a temporary matshed for them labour. to live in.
That owing to the unsettled state
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ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE.
Ho Chuen and Kwan, Chiu, two mem-
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Thursday, the men being allowed hail in The hearing was, adjourned until next 820 each, and the woman defendant i security of 3500.
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Evidence bearing this out was called, And first prisoner admitted that de held the woman while a man named Ip Koo soner, he said, had nothing whatever to do with the snatching. The police told bim that he must get Ip. Koo, and as he could not find him he took them to bi Mus, who had done him 'wrong.
POLICE COURT ITEMS. went out to do things which were unlaw for having returned froxi banishment
The second accused said he had known Chan Lok for a year, and knew he often Sentence of twelve months' hard labour ful, and he had advised him not to do without permission was passed them. Therefore, first prisoner did not Chinese coolie by Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at like him, and they were not on speaking the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday. Caan brought the police to his house. terms. Having got into troubla himself various policemen at the Station,, and young Chinese was charged with being At the Central Magistracy yesterday Here prisoner said he was beates by before Mr. S. B. B. McElderry, a
Prisoner persisted in this story, although Shing On. He was committed for trial it was denied by the police, and His Lord at the March Criminal Sessions. ship said he would be glad if the Crown would arrange for the officer on duty on the sight in question to attend the Court. He did not like to dispose of the case until this point was cleared up. morning.
He would adjourn the case until this
of China for many years past, there are periodical strars of refugees into Hong- kong. whose influx into this Colony bers of a gang who terrorised the inmates Tenders continued rent restriction neers Bury in the interests of those who are of a house at Yaumati, locked them into wage cârners or traders in the Colony.
a cubicle and stole a quantity of jewel 10-That Chinese Whors are now (nslery were charged with robbery with a general rule paying as high rents a violence. One of the prisoners was re- their respective businesses warrent and that it would be fatal to many of the cognised by one of the inmates of the and to their present business connections house while, walking in the strect, and forced to say he had matched the bangles, in possession of arms on board the s.8. if the landlords were given power to Chinese detective, who was near at the increase rents aud to eriet tenants.
11.-That if the Rents Ordinance he time, effected his arrest. This led to the not extended a general rise in renta will arrest of a second man, but no other necum which will be followed by an in-members of the gang were traced. mediate increase in the price of "pro- visions and other necessaries and in the His Lordship sentenced both defen. rost of commolilies sold in the Chinese dante, who pleaded guilty, to seven years shops, and generally will increase the imprisonment with hard, labour, and said cost of living to all classes, and races, which
he would have ordered the "cat had increase will bear' especially, hardly upon the working classes.
it not been for the fact that prisoners had
12. That this petition has been drawn endeavoured to assist the police in the
at the express wish of the members of search for e other members of the gan with intent to rob her.
the Hongkong Tenants Protective, Asso-
ciation and that such members and others have signed or chopped a petition
date,
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SEWING MACHINES STOLEN.
Before Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, a Chinese Sanitary motor driver was charged with Kowloon City Road on Saturday. The baving driven a motor lorry recklessly in,
prosecution asserted that so fast was defendant's driving that, after overtaking three buses, he lost control of the steering wheel and crashed into a verandab pillar. Two"coolics were injured, one of whom was riding on the lorry. Defendant was remanded until Thursday.
CHARGE OF ASSAULT, Tsui Pui was charged with assaulting a girl at Shauki wan on January 28th, Mr. Holmes said that on the evening of January 28th, the girl in question left. in Chinese which will be presented to the
At the Central Magistracy yesterday, Li Lam was charged with stealing seven home to go to a shop. She was return before Mr. S. B. B. McElderry, a Chinese Socrotary for Chinese Affairs at an early sewing machines from the Wing On ing home when prisoner seized her and boy was charged at the instance of Mr. Factory at Causeway Bay on January attempted to steal her bangles. She John Arnold, with playing football, ind Your Petitioners therefore humbly 10th.
resisted and he produced a knife and thereby causing, obstruction, in Pokfulum pray that His Excellency the Gover- Mr. H. K. Holmes said the case was threatened to stab her. The girl iramedi Road on Saturday. Mr. Arnold said he nor and the several Members of the simplified somewhat because prisoner had ately cried out, and her father came on was driving along this road in a car, Legislative Council will be pleased given evidence at the Magistracy, and the scene, and prisoner ran away. Her during the afternoon, to Hongkong, Op- to pass a resolution extending the had said that while he did not actually father gave chase, and found the man posite the University there were boys duration of the Rents Ordinance, steal, the machines, he was prescut and 1929 (No. 14 of 1922) for the term received the stalen goods. The price of of one year in pursuance of the each machine was G.$100. powers in the Legislative Council vested by Bection 10 of the said Ordinance.
His Lordship imposed a sentence of three years' hard labour.
(Continued on next Folumin).
crouching behind a junk in a boat-maker's playing football and obstracting the road- yard; and had hin arreated.
Prisoner denied the charge.
way. The chased one boy and caught him. The defendant was fined $2; and caution- returned to find prisoner guilty, and His have been killed himself, and might have The Jury retired at 4.55, and at 5.15 ed by His Worship, who said he might| Lordship passed sentence of two years' caused the death or injury of other imprisonment with hard labour?
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