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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1937. Film Censor Gives Evidence CUT FLOWERS IN
In Summary Court
Claim Brought By Sound Recording Engineer
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film, and not with the quality of its sound recording or photography.
The case between Ceell Ng Wing Lee, sound recording enginee, and the Eastern Hollywood Film Com-
During the course of the evidence continued pany was
yesterday of another witness, Chan Man-yee, morning when it again came up" who told the Court that he was a for hearing before Mr. Justice J. J. wireless mechanic, the Company's Hayden, in the Summary Court counsel objected to him relating a Against the claim brought against conversation which took place be- them by the plaintiff for $1,000 tween him and one Tong Kim-tingi compensation and for the return of a cameraman, who was a witness at two Bell and Howell 400-feet film the previous hearing of the case. magazines and six reflex comer His Lordship overruled the objec- slides, which constituted $353 of his | tion. claim, the Company had fed a counter-claim for $284.90, com- prising $180.00 of film allegedly due by the plaintiff $30 paid him in advance for his work and 154 ex- penses payable by him. The plain- tiff had claimed that the detention
Tai Chu-Wong, manager of the Grand Theatre, Wanchal, stated
that the film' under review WILS screened in his cinema from May 1 to 5 last year. He attributed its failure to the sound which he con- of the articles belonging to him had sidered to be rather unsatisfactory. However, he admitted that he had prevented him from earning a
made no complaint regarding this iving. Mr G. 5. Hugh-Jones, of Alm, although he had not seen a Wilkinson and Grist,- appeared for
preview of it. Witness agreed that Ng. while Mr. D. McCallum repre-it was a common practice for local sented the Company.
theatres to accept films without a preview, these films being generally used as stop gups for the period be- tween the screening of better pic- tures.
Further evidence by witnesses were heard at yesterday's hearing Miss Helen Yu, Alm censor, de- posed that she had seen the screen- ing of the film over which the ar-
Joseph Stephen Sheh, the next guments of the case had crisen. She referred to a flm known as witness, stated that he was the "Sang. Lick Kwan." She stated manager of the Eastern Hollywood that she saw 1,500 feet of this film. Film Company, but he severed his four reels of which were unsatis-connection with that firm on July factory so far as the sound record-31, 1936. Regarding the film "Sang
Lick Kwan," he Ing was concerned. At the con-
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It is announced in connection with the appeal for assistance in the organisation in Hong Kong of an International Co-operative Centre for rescue work among women and children. that a meet- Ing of foreign dies interested in the proposal, will be held at the St. John Ambulance. Brigade head. quarters in Tai Hang on Friday at il a.m.
1936.
The hearing was further adjourn
ENGLISH ASSOCIATION
LECTURE
The Hong Kong Branch of the English, Association will hold the. firth meeting of the Session 1936-7 on Tuesday, March 2nd, at the Helena May Institute. His Exce!- lency Sir Andrew Caldecott will preside and the Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith will read a paper on the Heroines of George Meredith." Those who wish to have ten in the Hall before the meeting are asked to order, it in advance from The The Kelena May Institute. (Telephone 22180),
Mrs. R. A. Jaffray, formerly of the South China Conference, and Manageress, wife of the Rer. R. A. Jafray, of the Christian and Missionary Al- llance, who is the chief mover in the scheme, is organising the meeting with the assistance of Mrs, R. Langley, and it hoped that it will be possible to form a committee and to draw up a cam- paign of the work to be carried
on.
MURDER
APPEALS
DISMISSED
Counsel Coils Rope Round His Neck
IN SUICIDE PLEA FOR HOVE MAN
During the hearing of the appeal, at the Court of Criminal Appeal, Jof Arthur Jefferson Peale, aged 43, against the sentence of death passed at. Lewes Assizes for the murder of Arthur George Noyce, of Hove, |a secretary-chauffeur.
Mr. Norman Birkett. KC.. for Peake, produced the piece, pro- duced the place of rope with which Noyce was strangled and colled it. twice round his own neck to ustrate his argument that case was not necessarily one of murder.
the
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GARDEN
Man Causes Damage
To Gladioli
For the larceny of beautiful gladioli from the Tsa Ka Po Car- den at Wong Chuk Hang on Tuta day aftemoon. Tsui Ying. 37, un- employed, was ordered to pay $3 amends or serve seven days' hard labour with the addition of a fine of $50 or, in default, weeks' im- prisonment when he appeared be- forė Mr. W. Schofield at the Cen- tral Magistracy yesterday.
Sub-Inspector Dredge, prosecut- lag, stated that about 4.30 on Tuesday afternoon fokls of the Tsa Ka Po Garden saw defendant cutting the flowers. Datendant was chased and kept in" custody till a Chinese cetective arrived on
the scene,
S.-I. Dredge asked his Worship to take a serious view on the case and added that there had been quite a rumber of larcenles of this nature recently.
Thief Swallows Pills: But Trick Did Not Work
Chan Tal, 55, unemployed, was brought before Mr. K. Keen at the Central Magistracy yesterday for the theft of a woollen vut from
dence when he saw the defendant take the woollen vest which was hanging on a pole. He chased. after him und before he could seize the defendant, he took two 17 A Block. Kennedy Road. on pills and collapsed Mr. Clews Tuesday.
Sergeant Garrow, of the 1st Bat- tallon Seaforth Highlanders and Sergt.-Major Clews, of the Royal Engineers, were present in Court as witnesses.
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went to get help but when he re- turned defendant disappeared. He- then ran for some distance and: eventually caught the defendant.
Swallowing the pills was ap- parently a trick on defendant's
The case was adjourned to to-
Sub-Inspector Goddard stated | part. that Mr. Clews was on the veran- dah on the third floor of the real- i day.
FALSE PRETENCES
A fine of $40 or two months' Imprisonment was imposed on an unemployed, Chan Hing, 29, who appeared before Mr. K. Barnett at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday on four charges of obtaining goods with false pretences.
Sgt. Brooks said that defendant Insp. Houriham added that had been obtaining Dairy Farm there had been several complaints | paas books, from various holdera and produced them to order sup-. made.
The defendant caused damage plies at the Dairy Farm. He was to the extent of $25.
suspected and caught.
In Search Of Gold!
ACID USED ON SIGNBOARDS
Chufu, 22. unemployed, of no fixed abode, charged with larceny of gold from a signboard at 23. Strand West. ground Bonham floor, and of gold leaf from 43, and 15, Wing On Street, and 12, Tong Man Street, on Tuesday, was ordered to pay $50 amends, or serve a month's imprisonment. He was also fined $10 with the al- ternative of 14 days' hard labour. consecullvely. and three weeks' hard labour when he made his ap-
WELSH VICAR'S
ANNUITY
Claim Against The
Church
A test case of importance to in- cumbents of the Church in Wales, came before Mr. Justice Luxmoore, the "Chancery Division, when an action was brought by the Rev.! Thomas Fritchard Price, Vicar of Penmark. Glamorgan, against the
Body
the Representative
of Church in Wales, states "Morning Post."
the
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The meeting of the Victoria Diocesan Missionary Association. previously announced for 5 p.m. to-day in the Cathedral Hall, will be held in the Book Deport in- stead. (6 Queen's Road Central). The speaker will be Mr. Gurney that he was entitled to have paid Barclay, the Far Eastern Secretary to him by the defendants an of the Church Missionary Society. annuity of £528 13s. 6d. so long
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Latest Admiralty Announcements
Mr. Price claimed a declaration
as he held the office of Vicar of of Permark or any other ecclesian- In tical office of the Church Wales, and that, so long as he held office of Penmark, the Re- presentative Body could not de- duct from his stipend any sum payable to him as Vicar of Pen- mark under the will of the late Dr. George Neale.
pearance before Mr. W. Schoñeld at the Central Magistracy yester- day.
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OPIUM DIVAN RAID
Acting on information received, Det-Sgt. Hunter. accompanied by Chinese detectives raided No. 23, Bute. Street, first floor on Batur- day last and arrested Wong Chok. 35, who was charged before Mr. K. Barnett at the Kowloon Magis- tracy yesterday for the possession. " of five mace of prepared optum and keeping an oplum divan. De- fendant was fined $300 or three months' hard labour.
SHIP MASTER FINED
Captain A. W. Hall. master of the s.5, Haldes, was Aned $40 by Mr. K. Barnett at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday on a charge of sailing his ship later than the advertised time, in contravention of the anti-piracy regulations of Hong Kong.
Det-Sgt. Brooks said that the Inspector M. Houriham stated police authorities were informed that on Tuesday aftemoon de- by the Wo Fat Sing shipping Co. fendant admitted he had been that the Haldes would sall at 10 wiplåg off gold from a signboard pm, on February 9. The routine at Bonham Strand. The defen- search was completed, about 8.40 dant used acid to extract the gold
p.m. but he was informed that the from the signboard. The damage ship would not sall on account of done to the board amounted to the compradore's absence. $20. The boards were fixed to the boat finally cleared the harbour wall of the houses.
after 10 p.m!''
The Colonial
The following promotions, trans- fers, and re-appointments in the Colonial Service have been nounced:
an-
Colonial Administrative Service
The
Service
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Nottingham, Captain E. C., M.C. (Commissioner of Police), AB- sistant Inspector-General of Police, Nigeria.
Other Branches
Longland, F. (Provincial Commis- Bustow, Miss A, D. M. (Gymnastic
sioner), Senior Provincial Com- missioner, Tanganyika. McMahon, C., OBE, MC. (Deputy Provincial Commissioner), Pro- vincial Commissioner, Tangan yika.
Macpherson, J. S. (Officer of Class III, Malayan Civil Service), Principal Assistant Secretary, Nigeria. Scupham. Major W. E. H,.M.C. (De- puty Provincial Commissioner). Provincial Commissioner, Tan- ganyika.
·Colonial Agricultural. Service Clay, G. F., O.B.E. (Deputy Direc- tor of Agriculture, Uganda), Assistant Director of Agricul- ture. Nigeria, - . Jepson, W.F. (Phytalus Investiga- tor), Entomologist, Agricul- tural Department, Mauritius.
and Games Mistress, Achimo- 'ta College. Gold Coast), Assis- tant Mistress, Education De- partment, Nigeria,
Bennetts. A. T. (Senior Inspector of Mines, Perak). Warden of Mines, Pahang. Creasey, H. W. (Assistant Inspec- tor), Inspector 'of Police, Uganda. Geen; Miss
D.
F. (Assistant Matron, Civil Hospital), Mat- ron, Kowloon Hospital, Hong Kong,
Freeman, W. L W. (Trafic "In- spector), Assistant Trac Superintendent, Tanganyika Railways.
Hudson. R. G. (Marine Officer). Marine Superintendent, Tan- ganyika Railways.
Grade Jamieson, W.
Bir 8afford Cripps, K.C., for Mr. The following appointments Price, mid there was no 1-feeling have been made by the Admiralty: the dispute. As Vicar of Pen- received Lt-Cars-C, M. Jacob. to Hal-mark Mr. Price cyon for course (Feb. 16), and to under the will of Dr. Neale £240 Maciuskie, H. (Agricultural Super Stationmaster), Assistant Traf- Deptford (Feb. 23); and J. G. Ha year. and the Representative
to Gurkha (March 4).
Lt. (F/Lt., R.AF.)-N. 8. Luard, to Victory for R.A.F. Station, Gos- port (Feb. 8).
Lt
(Retd). E. Pretyman.
replaced on the Retd. List (with original seny, of July 15, 1922),
Lt. (E)F. Waight, to Eagle
(Feb. 11).
Surgn. Lt-F. Bush, MRCD., -LR.C.P., to Victory for R.N.B.
(Feb. 4).
1).
Promotions
Sub-Lts.-K. R. 8. Leadlay and He asked the Court to say it R. H. Ballard, to rank of Lt. (zeny. might equally have been suicide. respectively Oct, 1, 1936, and Feb. and he referred to marks Noyce's. neck which, he säld, supported
Cd. Basa-W. H. Francis, to that theory. He also said the rank of Ltd iseny. Jan, 10). verdich was against the weight of |
Cd. Big Boans.-H. C. Shambrook evidence..
also
Body claimed to be entitled to deduct from the annuity of £528 a sum equivalent to the £240.
Bound By, Rules
The question of fact WES
British intendent,
Gulana), Agricultural Omcer, Bierra,
Colonial Legal Service Hlacks. M T. (Registrar, High Court, Zanzibar), Chief Regis- trar, Gold Coast.
Coast), Crown Counsel, Straits Settlements.
whether Mr. Price, in accepting Howe, G. L. (Crown Counsel, Gold the living, had made any agree- ment with the defendants that they should deduct the value of the Neale bequest
his stipend.
from
Langley, C. G. (Attorney-General, Leeward Islands), Puisne Judge, British Gofana,
Colonial Medical Service
J. · (First
fic Superintendent, Tanganyika Railways.. Kershaw, A. E, M.C. (Warden of Mines, Pahang), Warden of Mines, Selangor.
(Warden of Macdonald A. `·G.
Mines, Selangor), Warden of Minca, Perak.
Sutto-
F. (Senior Nursing Bister), Matron, Civil Hospital Hong Kong. Waterfield, O. (late Superinten- dent of Education), Superin- tendent of Education, Nigeria.
It was said that Mr. Price was bound by the rules and regula- tions of the Representative Body Blackaby, E. J., MR.CA. L.R.C.P, White, L. B. (Chief Clerk, Fublic
He the
DTM and H. (Medical Of cer, Nyasaland), Medical Off- cer, Zanzibar. Davidson, W.
by virtue or a declaration" signed by him upon his induction: challenged the validity of rules and regulations, and said the defendants had no power, Lo
C. MB., Ch.B.
and L, C. Hopkins, to rank to Big. make them except for the regula. Medical Oficer), Pathologist,
Lt. (seny, respectively Jan. 8 and
Lord Hewart, Mr. Justice Swift, and Mr. Justice Goddard heard the 29). appeal.
Royal Naval Reserve: Mr, Birkett also coraplained of L-Cdr. R. Davies, placed on nondirection and raladirection by
the Retd. List, at own request Mr. Justice MacKinnon at the (Jan. 29). Assizes.
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tion of their own procedure.
Mr. Gavin Simmonds, K.G., for the Representative Body. " said that the Welsh Church Act. 1914. provided that a person in Mr Price's position was entitled TAP Lts-L. R. Sharp and A. T. C. retain the emoluments of his Without calling on Mr. J. .D. | Cooper, promoted to Lt.-Cars. office so long as he held.. that Cassels, K.C., for the Crown, the tseny. respectively Jan. 8 and 22). office or any other ecclesiastical appeal WAS dismissed Lord
Sub-Lts. W, P. King; to office in. the Church, but the Act Hewart sald: 'In our opinion the Dolphin (Feb. 28); and J. D. Min- also provided that he was to hand evidence was abundantly clear and to (act.). promoted to Bub-Lt them over to the Representative overwhelming." He described the tseny, Jan. 17). "
Body if he was moved to another summing-up as perfectly fair and Proby. Act. Bub-Lt.-J. H. Merri- | office, adequate.
man, to Iron-ke (Feb. 6):
The hearing was adjourned.
Nigeria Kinneard, G., M.D., M.G.P. and S.
(Medical Omics and Bacterio logist, Bahama"), Senior Medi- cal Omeer, Falkland Islands. Macgregor, V. J. G., M.B., ChB (late Medical Cmcer). Medicat Omcer, Gold Const Williams, Miss C. D., MB., Ch.B, (Lady Medical Omrer, Gold Coast), Medical Officer. Mala yan Medicul Bervice.
Colonial Police Service Mathias, C. A (Inspector of Fo
licet. Assistant Superintendent of Police, Uganda.
Works Department, Falkland Islands), Storekeeper.. Public Work Department. Sierra Leone.
ROYAL BROTHERS TO MEET
London, Feb. 23. The visit of the Duke of Kent to his brother the Duke of Wind- ser, which has already been the cause of many press comments, will take place on Wednesday, and the Duke of Kent will remain in Austria for two days, The Duchess of Kent will remain in Munich with her sister.