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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 5th, 1928.
Tel. 3517.
[4.2.3.14]
Special Announcement
OF
THE HOTEL RIVIERA
MACAU
DANCING
ON
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, 7th & 8th April, 1928. From 9 p.m. to I am.
COMMENCING THIS MONTH
DANCING
EVERY WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY, 9 pm to 1 am.
TEA DANCE
DAILY
4.30 to 6.30 pm.
·MUSIC BY
THE HOTEL RIVIERA ORCHESTRA.
HONG KONG’S
BRICKS.
THEIR BAKING AND ORIGIN DESCRIBED.
BUILDING DISPUTE AT THE
SUPREME COURT.
The case was continued in the Supreme Court. yesterday, before the Chief Justice, Sir Henry Gollan, in which the Ng Hing Company are claiming 843,238,42 from the Hang Yip Company Ltd., for work done and materials supplied, while the | Hang Yip Company nrs counter- claiming for $24,000, stating that bricks of an inferior quality were uned.
Mr. E. G. Sheldon is for tlie plain- tiff and Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C.,
FROM THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT.
HARBOURING AND PROCURING CHARGE.
DEFENDANT'S VERSION OF THE STORY.
Au Shun, a Chiness woman who is charged with harbouring girls and procuring "business" tới thêm, was again before Mr. “ IL. F. Lindsell of the Central Magistracy yesterday.
It will be remembered that a man was charged jointly with this woman and on pleading guilty, he was sentenced to nine months' hard labour an Friday Inst. The woman defendant said in evidence yesterday that she was only helping the girls and that she had acted as go-between for one of them to get married to a fish-monger.
The marriage ceremony was performed and the girl was bride to the man for only one night when he discovered that she 'was
already pregnant. He sent her away the next morning and defen- " dant was called upon to defray all expenses which the man had incursed in connection with the marriage.
The Girl From Canton.. Defendant went into the witness
and Mr. F. C. Jenkin are for de-box yesterday to give evidence on fendant.
Eer own behalf. She said that the girl from Canton was brought to her house by a small-footed woman named Chow Yes Roo. The girl borrowed $60 from her, which she gave her in three instalments.
At the outset Mr. Sheldon ae cepted Mr. Potter's estimate of 2,300,000 as the number of bricks used. The bricks actually used were larger than the sample.
Mok Chi Nam, managing partner of the To Fong brick shop, 58, Queen's Road West, said that his firm were the biggest brick dealers in the Colony. He himself had bad 30 years experience in the brick trade.
Kwangiang Bricks.
for one night.
found that the girl had no mother in Canton and that no woman by that name had been hit by a stray bullet in the "Red", upheaval He further added that in" view of the fact that the girl could not sing well enough for her profession, the defendant had engaged an in- structor for her.
Witness added that at the Police Station, the girl accused him of making love to her and for that reason he had been detained for three rights by the Police.
Just Received.
A
Large Shipment
OF
FAVOURITE "VICTOR RED SEAL RECORDS
N..
S. Moutrie & Co., Ltd.
(Victor Distributors) CHATER ROAD.
ENGINEERS AND "SHIPBUILDERS.
INSTITUTION'S ANNUAL
MEETING.
ویر
"QUIET IF NOT BRILLIANT
PROGRESS."
"JUSTICE BEFORE GENERO. SITY."
.. The
The chairman quoted statistics showing the profit and sums paid to charity from the year 1915 O wards and mid that during the years they made substantial profits they contributed in a liberal man- ner to charities. That was rightly so but the time had now come ba submitted when they should call a halt and conserve their resources in order to face possible future leap years the aftermath of the recent ly political troubles through which the Colony had passed. It was not a pleasant duty to inform members. that donations to charity abould now cease, or at least that they should curtail them, but charity be gan at home and they needed the money.
Looking round the Institution it could not be denied that extensive improvements to furniture and fit-
The newcomer represented to defendant that she was an 'actrees ny profession and had seen play- ing for three nights at Tai Po Hing Theatre for which she received 81.20. The girl also said that she Witness sad that as regards the The 37th annual general meeting had been playing in a restaurant girl who was pregnant, the defen- of the Institution of Engineers and dant had arranged a marriage for The girl from Canton and Chow ner to a man. This man took her Shipbuilders of Hong Kong was tings, possible purchase of new la Hong Kong the bricks pri Yee, Hoo. etayed in defendant's as wife for only one night. He held yesterday with Mr. G J.furniture, improvements to the bil- eipally used were manufactured in Kwangtung. The Nam Kong were 19th, defendant asked the girl to and sent her away the next morn
bouse as paying guests. On March discovered that she was pregnant Harmon in the chair.
liard tables increase in library the best quality and other makes
funds internal renovation of pre- were Sha Wong, Tung Kong, and refund the money which she had ing. The defendant had to defray CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH. mixes and many other details which Honam. Those were made in dit borrowed, and Chow Yee Koo then iff expenses incurred by the man.
Chairman in moving the must cause the various sub-commit- ferent kinds of kilns and each class was going there to raise the money went to Canton saying that she
Want Her To Marry Diamond." adoption of the report and fees much thought. To effect these of brick was sub-divided into three
balance sheet" said: Defendant was then re-called to
pre improvements they would have to classes and sold at different prices to repay witness. Before she left They were the hest, middle, and the instructed the girl to accuse. Eve her verzion of the story consenting the annual report your break into their cash reserves 25 cerning another girl. She said that Committee is pleased to be able to they would cost, if properly done, the cheapest kind, and their quality her (witness) of this crime.
Witness denied kidnapping the this girl came to her house to hire report a year of quiet, if not bril-some hundreds of dollars. was determined by the amount of girl and said that had she done so, a cubicle, saying that she had been liant progress in face of one of the 'It might be said, continued the burning they received in the kiln."
opportunities of running away
through which we have all passed charities as there was now at credit the girl would have had many
worst years in the modern history chairman that they could well of the Colony. The bad times afford to "continue" donations to she went to Taipo, once, to act
has reflected itself on our member in fixed deposits 820,000 as well as there and she was not accompanied
ship in the fact that a very large 810,000 invested in Public Works Loan. That was admitted, but on the other hand there were the im provements he had mentioned which had to be considered.
On February 26th he took 10 samples from the bricks being used for the houses in the dispute and two days later he took nine more.
After examining the samples in Court witness said they were all either from Honam or Tung Kong. None of them were from the Nam Rong kilns. The bricks also varied, all three classes being included. At the end of 1924, when the bricks were used for the building of the houses, the average price of those taken from the houses would be about 173 per 10,000. At the same time the price of superior Nam Kong bricks, small size, which were required under the contract for the houses, would be about 8240 per 10,000,
Mr. Sheldon said that 500,000 nperior Nam Kong bricks, small. size, were stated to have been sold to the contractor and he asked wit ness if he could say whether those bricks had been put into the
houses:
Witness agreed that he certainly could not say and that his samples might have missed the Nam, Kong bricks.
Potter: When Mr. Jenkin replies you may be sure he will say that it was an extraordinary coin cidence that none of the Nam Kong bricks should be found in the
by anyone.
A Good Son's Evidence. A Chinese waiter in Kam Ling Restaurant, who said that he was & god-son to the defendant, gave corroborative evidence. He said that on enquiries being made, hel
Witness
In
refused to harbour her, but the sent there by a triedd. girl would not lease. She threat ned to commit suicide if she were driven out of the house, Witness could do nothing but to let her number of men had had to be have a place to live in.
placed on the absent members list, Witness had advised the girl to These members are, for the time marry a feh-monger called Dia- being, non-contributory, mond."
In conclusion he pointed out that This has seriously reduced our until income and hence our spending his report had been supplied on his power and we have had to curtail request by the Hon. Treasurer as a criticism of the expenses to a paying for bare constructive Decessitics. However, in spite of it Institution's finance with relation all we have kept our head. above to the annual contributions to water and with the hope for would understand the position in charities. He trusted that members turn to normal conditions we shall
The case was adjourned Saturday morning.
BANKING AND POLITICAL DISTURBANCES.
SUFFERED.
NO BUSINESS AT HANKOW
BRANCH IN 1927.
still keep the old flag flying and which the Institution was placed. move ahead again with our old Ho submitted with the utmost re vigour.
gret that in, the circumstances it Our fiction library still justifies was clear that they must be just. its existence. Its circulation is still before they were, generous. growing and our technical library | PROPOSED' RENOVATION OF. is in course of reconstruction and will shortly be opened again for the use of members.
4
CLUB.
Several members spoke on the urgent need of the renovation of the club premices, and suppericu the suggestion of the Unarmat. that, money allocated in former.
to charity should be re-
A Lost Sample. ... Further cross-examined by Mr. Sheldon, witness said that neither the architect nor any of the defend- ants had appointed anyone to in- spect the bricks when landed from HOW THE BANK OF CANTON Witness said that in Nam Kong the junks Witness further ad- there were 20 or 30 kilns and thermitted that at the arbitration pro- all turned out the same size small seedings, the architect gave the Nam Kong brick.
plaintif different sample of brick than the one originally given to him. It appeared that the architect, Me.
Interesting Papers. Basto, had lost the original sample,
Three most interesting papers were so I told him that if the Chinese
read by members who are specialists version of the contract was not The seventeenth Ordinary General in the subjects treated and it is a years carried out. I would pay the con- Meeting of the Bank of Canton, matter of regret that more interest served during the current year for tractor. My contract called for Nam Kong bricks and I was sure Ltd., was held yesterday in the was not shown by larger atten- this purpose."
dances and thus in some measure It was pointed out in the course that the plaintiff had not used the Bank's Board Room, Mr. Li Yak re-imburse the gentlemen for theil of discussion that the Club had kind of bricks I spécified.
When asked by Mfr. Sheldon whe. Tong, the Chairman of the Board, time and trouble preparing them. the past contributed as much as
We shall endeavor to arrange fo ther or not Nam Kong bricks were presided and he was supported by more papers next season and two charity and that it was the on.y 40 per cent of its earnings to. better, witness said he could not the following directore:-Mesta are already promised. The social club in the Colony which gave to definitely determine, but in his opinion, he was sure that the sample L Sing Kui, Choy Chong, Li Yuk side of our activities has not been charity out of earnings on this he had given to Mr. Basto was of Mui, Lan Sin Wan, Tam Woon flourished so greatly as in former their share and in the interests of
Billiards have neglected.
not manner. They had done more thüm better quality then the pues used Tong, Li Po Kwai, Chori Fu years but we have completed five the Club a halt must be called. on the building.
Cheung and Li TEZ
With regard to the library it (Manager),
was thought that the dignity andi interests of the Club would be best Shareholders present were Messrs.
served by, the expenditure of money Kwan Shu John, Lam Kui Leung, Cheng Yuct Po, S. M Churn, NE
enclosed theives and the place be on much needed improvements. The books shoud be kept clean by Chook Chuen, J. H. Law, Tam Tez Tang, Lu Shin Ching. Yau Sam
made more attractive for the wives. and daughters of the members." Sing, Yuen Seng Kam, Li Sha
Turning to the accounts you will The circusation was estimated at Fong, Choy Tin Yat, Leung Yuke that we have made a profit, about 60 volumes a day and it was
very small I admit, but after the suggested that should the neces San, and Li Ping Chín.- .ú loss sustained in the previous year. eary improvements be made the adoption of the Report and Ac return to normal working.
The Chairman in moving the feel optimistic enough to hope circulation would be very consider.
that it is the commencement of the ably increased.
Our The decision to cease contribut counts said:1 might mention that property has, been carefully and ing to charity during the present review is much less than that of ments are of the soundest descrip Bailey was passed. our, net profit for the year under fully written' down in view of the year proposed by Mr. C. O. Man- necessity for renewals. Our invest-nere and seconded by Mr. WS the preceding year mainly due to tion and I would here pay a tribute caused the suspension of all busi- committee has derived from the the political disturbances which to the very great assistance your ness in Hankow for practically the valuable advice of your Hou.
samples.
Cross-examination,
Witness produced books relating
Different Earth." to the sale of bricks and after, re-
Questioned as to the earth, de ferring him to a number of entries posited on his site, witness said Mr. Sheldon auggested in cross-that he felt sure that the earth examination that there was nothing and debris were from his own site, whatever in the book to show that although the plaintiff had stated small size Nam Kong superior that they were dumped there by bricks were at an average price of another contractor engaged on a $240 per 10,000. Witness agreed building opposite to mine, that the specific naine of the bricka was not mentioned. He dedacted from the prices what classes of bricks were referred to
Afr. Sheldon suggested that at the end of 1924 the price of the required bricks was between $180 and $900 per 10,000.
Witness: Bricks of that quality were never sold at that price.
Defendant's Evidence,
Ho Kwai Hoi, one of the defend
ants, was then called."
thing you did about it ?-I request Mr, Sheldon: What was the first ed my solicitor to write to the con- tractor engaged on a building op- posite to mine and requested him to
remove them.
Mr. Sheldon: So at that time you presumed that the earth was left there by the other contractor and not by the plaintiff Yes, until I received proof of the contrary.
Mr. Sheldon: What was the proof-The other contractor show- ed me the earth dug out from his
Chung competitions and the prizes are here
for presentation this evening,
Two dances were held and were much enjoyed by those present which goes to show that in spite of more domestic gatherings are ap- dinner dances everywhere these preciated.
Mr. Potter: It has been suggest site which was entirely "different whole year of 1997. Under such cir- Treasurer.
ed by plaintiff that you and the from the earth excavated from my plaintiff and Mr. Anderson went to site. Earth from my site was more two brick shops and that you chose moist and darker in colour." the bricks for the job.. Did that Mr. Sheldon: Did you give the happen -No.
Defendant said that he had con earth was not left there by bin
plaintiff a chance to prove that the tinually complained about the bricks Yes, when I received the proof, I used but he had, on one occasion, invited him to come along with me inferior bricks as the latter declar fused.
cumstances our branch there could not do any business during that year while the same conditions also
Accounts.
Distribution Of Prizes,
Prices won by members during the past year were then distribut ed by the President,
allowed the plaintiff to use 100,000 to the other contractor, but he make a fair profit. However I am for 1927 after providing for deed!
required..
CHARITABLE GRANTS
"g" Election" Of Omcers." Referring to the Institution's The retiring President thanked prevailed in Canton throughout the charitable grants the chairman said the Committee and members for
the help they had given him during, latter half of the same year. 1 he thought it advisable to subrïit o
Our branches in these two cities brief comment on the accounts for his term of office and proposed have had a very trying time during 1927 before he left the matter in that Mr. W. J. Stokes be elected the disturbed period but all our the members' hands for decision in his place for the ensuing year. other branches have been able to Briefly they had made a net profit The following officers were elect- ed that he could not get the bricks: Me: Sheldon: The mere fact that glad that general conditions appear preciation in furniture, billiard President: Mr. W. J. Stokes..
the plaintiff did not come. with you to look a little brighter at present,ables and library of only 8200.74 Vice-Presidents Mr. L. CE Various Expenses.
made you think that he had dumped and we hope to aco better results as against, a bet loss for 1928 of Bellamy and Mr. L J. Blackburn, The plaintiff left a quantity of the earth there I formed no in the workings of the present year. 81,185.84. During last year Hong Hon. Secretary: Ma A. Lands earth on the site and refused to opinion until I saw the proof, With these remarks. I beg to pro-King Government War Loan bert
Hon. Tresaurer Mr. A. J.J. remave it so defendant paid $900 to
Witness was questioned at some pose the adoption of the Report and amounting to 84,000 was redeemed another contractor to take it away He said that when he discovered
length regarding the foundation. Accounts...
and 85,000 was withdrawn from fix Martin. He had also paint on being that the foundation was being built Accounts Wra ecconded by Mr. Choy Hong Kong Government (0 por Stoke
The adoption of the Report and ed deposit and 810,000 invested in on Librarian Mr. W. Government for water rent, being water used by the plaintiff in crect with different materials which he Cheong and carried unanimously cards the withdrawal from fixed ham Matthews were re-elected
cent. Fublic Works Long As re- Auditors Mecer. Lowe, Bing- He ing the houses. Explaining another had specially contracted for.
Other Business. of his claims, 240 for completing instructed his architect to employ
deposit this was needed in large auditors at the usual fee. Mesara, Percy Smith, Seth & measure to pay the donations to The following members were elect- drainings works; defendant said the European overseer to take charge plaintiff had joined the drains to an of the work The man taken on Fleming were re-elected auditors. charities of £200 and $500 sanctioned to serve on the committed: open nullahs. This was not allowed was a Russian who proved to be The election of 4 Directors was ed by the members at the 1997 an- Hetas. G. J Harmon, W. J. Hill, and he had had to pay for joining of no use to him as he could not adjourned to the 24th instant nual meeting: 81,000 went to J. Ormiston, G. T. Taylor, P. T. the drains to a Government sower understand what the man was talk The Chairman announced that wards their investment in the Farrell, W. Russell, L. O. F. Bel as the plaintiff would not do that ing about, kepada
dividend warrants would be ready Public Works Loan while the lamy, A H. McBride, J. Brook, work.
The case was then adjourned until on the 12th instant for delivery on balance was absorbed in the normal T. F. Bradford, R. Hunter, and
duplication
course of 1927 business.** (Continued on next Column), 10.30 this morning.
E. W Blackmor