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Around the Courts
· POLICE OFFICER'S LOSS
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A rain
CLAIM SUCCEED
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coat, the property "of
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Wai Shiu Tak, trading under the Sub-Dispector, McEwen, officer-in-name of the Yee Tin Tong Dispen- charge of the Gough Hill Folice sary won their claim for $516 from Station, gured in a charge which Rafeek & Co., for damages of was preferred against two Cain- | contract, when the Chief Justice. ese, Cheng Mut and Chol Piu, who BF Atboll MacGregor де the appeared before Mr. W. Schofield | Supreme Court yesterday gave at the Centra Magistracy yester-judgment for plainting with costs. day, charged with the larceny, by j
Mr. F. H. Leseby appeared, for finding, of the coat in question. the plaintiff, and Mr. D. McCal- An alternative-charge of rece ving lum, of Messrs. Dennys & Co., was was instigated against the defen- dants,
ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT
Round The Wordd
Fritz Bieler, former German war ace and now a naturalized Mexi- can citizen and Howard L Far- quahar, Secretary of the British Legation in Mexico City, are due' to arrive here this morning in a
■ round- luxurious aeroplane, on the-world pleasure Jaunt. They will be the first persons ever engage in a jaunt of such lengthy proportions.
to
They will probably, according to their schedule, remain in Hong Kong for four days, during which time their acroplane will be fitted with wheels for their overland flight to Europe, "as' they do not plan to cover, the orthordox route
for the defendant arm.
Wong Heung-po, manager of the The first accused pleaded guilty, plaintiff nem. said that he sign- to larceny, while second defendanted a contract with the defendants admitting receiving same. A fine on January this year, for delivery of $20, or, in default one months' of a quantity of jasmine and la- hard labour was imposed on each vender oil, the products of Mesara of the defendants.'
Stafford, Allen & Sons, Lid, Sub-Inspector McEwen sald that Londen. The defendants were the the raincoat was strapped behind | agents for this Arm. The Jasmine waterways between here and In- his motor cycle, and had fallen was delivered on June, but not 'dìà.
off Just as he turned the corner the lavender oil. A3 2 result of The two adventurers have com- into Bevern Road, on Saturday the failure on the part of the depleted the first and most hazar- moming. He did not "netier Thefendants to deliver the lavender dous portion of their jaunt by suc loss, but Miss Maylor saw the first oil, the plaintifs had to purchase cessfully dying to Shanghal from accused pick up the cont
it from Lockhart & Co., who were | Mexico City, via the United States. make off with it.,, Defendant took also ngents for Stafford, Allen Alaska, Anadir (Siberia), Manchu- the coat to the second accused Sons, at a price which was differ-kug and Peiping. and It was later that day recover- ed from Mosque Street.
WINDING UP ORDER
and
no
defnite
ent from that contracted with the
They have made defendants. This difference In price formed the subject of the plans for the future other than
that they will fly around Cross-examined by Mr. McCal-world.
claim.
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The Chief Justice, Sir Athollum, witness denied that the From Bangkok they will fly by MacGregor, at the Supreme Court he bought from Lockhart & easy stages to India, hunting. yesterday, ordered the Outdoor was of a finer quality than that shooting and fishing on the way. Sports Equipment Co., Ltd., to be contracted for with the defen- The itinerary calls for subsequen wound up following
dants. He did not receive any in- fights to Persia, Egyp: and Mnally 2 petition
from: timation made by the creditors of the firm,
defendants Europe. Who were represented
Mr. that Stafford. Allen & Sons re- by George She, instructed by the fused to accept the terms of the!
Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo.
Mr. She said the petition WIS under Section 165, sub-section 1 of the Companies, Ordinance of
1932. The Outdoor Sports Equip-
ment. Ltd. was indebted to the
of
contract.
the
A.E.M. Rafeek, of the defendant firm. stated that when the con- tract was first signed, be pointed out to the plaintiffs that it could
WAS
not be carried out until the terms petitioning creditors a sum
had been finally accepted by his $1,703,78. On August 14. 1932. principals in London. The price Messrs. Lo and Lo, solicitors for contracted
repudiated by the petitioners, served notice for Stafford. Allen & Sons and there- repayment of this sum upon the fore the contract had to be can- respondent company, and on Sep-celled. He was only acting on be- Allen & Sons, tember 5, 1932-two days after the half of Stafford. expiration
in weeks who had the last word the limited for repayment the peti- transaction. tion for the winding-up of the firm was feld.
three of the
No notice of opposition to the petition had been served, and, a!! the requirements of the Compan- les winding-up
rves" had been complied with.
LANTAU ISLAND
· MURDER.
Further evidence was heard hy
His Lordship' granted the pet! Mr. W. Schofield, at the Central
tion.
UNFAITHFUL WIFE
Remarking that the circumstan-
ces "of the case were as bad as they could possibly be, Mr. QA.A. Macfadyen at the Central Magis-. tracy imposed the maximum pen- alty o $500 with the alternative of 6 months' hard labour on Wong Wai Ching (24) married · woman. who appeared before him on 23 charge of committing adultery
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Magistracy yesterday afternoon. when the case against five men. charged with the murder of fellow countryman Au Wan Fai, at Chuk Ko Wan on Lantau Island ou September 2, of last year, was continued.
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The Ave defendants are. Puu Kam Chol, Ho Wah. Pun Tak, Fu. and Lau Cheung. Mr. W. J. Lockhart-Smith, Acting Crown Solicitor, is conducting the case.
OVERHEARD CONVERSATION
with Wong Chi Ping: alals Wong In giving eivdence. Poon. Shun, Kim Ping, a school teacher or a grass cutter said that he It- Calne Road. The complainant membered the death of Au Wan was Leung Shun, husband of de- tendant and a bus driver employ 3d by the Kowloon Motor Bus Company. -
Fal, and went on to say 'thrit about 10 days before the murder, he was having tea in a teashop in which were also Ho Wah, Tum Inspector, K. W. Andrew, of the Qual, Kom Choi, Ho Yu, Poon Secretariat for Chinese Aairs Tük. Lau Cheung, and some prosecuting. stated that compla'n- others. These men were deliberat- ant and the defendant were maring and witness overheard their. rled in 1928 and ved at 40 Bute conversation, which was about a Street, third floor. There were no fund to be collected for the mur- children. Complainant -treated der of the deceased, his wife fairly well, giving ner $40 per month. "There was no trouble 5f any kind.
The case was 'adjourned,
ALL DISCHARGED
On another occasion he saw the same group of men coming from the direction of Chuk Ko The rear window of their flat.. Wan, and Ho Wah, the second faced Wong Chi Pirg'a bouse defendant said to witness. "I used across the aley, and eventually a hammer, to kill Au Wan Fal. defendant became acqualled with and Tum Quai used a stone." The the young man. They walked out others went away up the hill and together, and the former at no did not say anything. time had any reason to believe that defendant was a married, as she did not tell him that she was. He even visited her premises on two occasions, défendant passing him off to complainant (who was present at both times) as a rela-. tive...
A decision regarding the case ).. were charged The complainant slept for most which three men of the month at the Un Long with intimidating Tang Chun. Garage, as he was on the Un Long married woman, at the Chiu Hoi route. On September B he re-tea-house, Wancha! Road, with a turned home and found his wife view to compelling her to join an to be missing. He reported to the police and also made enquiries on his own. He subsequently found his wife and Wong riving at 186 Lockhart Road, third floor.
legal society on September 3, was, given at the Central Magistracy yesterday by Mr. W. Schorley when all three defendants w discharged. The three men g On September 9, the couple cerned were: Li Lin, Lai Yun went through a form of marriage and Ma hut Tonk, who wea which was proved to be irregular. presented by Mr. Leo db and they lived as man and wife was not sufficient evidenants at the address in Lockhart Road (sor). In discharging degreed. until the woman's arrest. The re-, the magistrate said that there. gister at the Tai Ho Sin Hote dis- with Mr. D'Alamada closed that they stayed there tor was not sufficient evidory, to] four nights in June. Ave In July borating complainant hat the three in August and three this convict. He remark emanding month.
charge was notut of inti- Proceedings were brought at the money with mena omplainant, lustization of the defendant's bus-midating, and that. band.
alone gave evide
corru-
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With the installation of addi- tional gas tanks, the craft has a cruising range of 1.000 miles and. climbs at sea level at the rate of 1,600 feet per minute.
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Both these adventurers are ma:-
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ried men and live in Mexico City. Bieler, according to advance in formation, is tall and slender with a blonde moustache. propietor of a flying service Mexico City and commenced his ying career a year after the com- mencement of the World War.
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been, a pilot for one and a half Pleading guilty before Mr. QA years. He received his instrucA. Macfadyen in the Central Po- tlons from "His companion.
lce Court yesterday to keeping the The last leg of the'r round-the first floor of 170 Hb.lywood Road world flight depends upon theas lodging house for prostitutes, Britisher who may have to ter Yeung Sze-kwu, 740) widow,' was minate the fight in Europe to refined $50, or one month's hard, turn to his official duties.
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