HONG KONG DAILY PRESS
COUNSEL CRITICISES
JUDGMENT.
Newsprint Case Brought Before Appeal Court
ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED
IN A FEW MINUTES
The whole of yesterday afternoon's hearing of the appeal. brought by the new Kwok Man Chau Ha, the Tung Hing Company and Li Po-yuen, partner thereof, against the judgment delivered by the Chief Justice. Sir Atholl MacGregor, against them in the cas in which the Union Trading Company claimed $6,189.48 from them and the Kwok Man Chau Ka and Cħlu Chlu-iing, was occupied by the submissions of counsel for the appellants, Mr. H. Somerset Fitzroy.
GENERAL
| CORRESPONDENCE MR. M. F. KEY
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
[To the Editor, “The Hong Kong Dally Fress"}
FETED
Manufacturers Say Farewell
Mr. M. F. Key." Secretary of the Sir.- The International Rein-
Hong Kong General Chamber of tions Association was established Commerce was the guest of in Canton on February 15, under honour at a farewell party given the auspices of cultural circles. at the Hong Kong Hotel yesterday The work of the Association is to by the Chinese Manufacturers' convey to the world how humanity Union.
at
and democracy is suffering in
Mr. Ip Lan-chuen, President of China because of the aggression the Union, was in the chair and of Japanese militarists. The As- almost all the firm members of osclation consists of an Executive the Union were represented Committee under which there are
the gathering. four departments, namely General
CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH Affairs" Department, Esperanto De-
In bidding farewell to Mr. Key partment, English Department and Japanese Department. Two other the chairman said:--
Mr. Key and gentlemen:-We departments. French “and German The sum, it will be recalled, was The Pulsne Judge: I don't see Departments, are to be inauguratare gathered here today to say We farewell to a good friend-Mr. that bars Mr. Fitzroy fromed in the immediate future. claimed by the present respondents how
that foreign friends who Kay, the secretary of the Hong from the present appellants and appealing against the judgment feel
sympathize with China would be Kong General Chamber of Com- the Kwok Man Chau Ka and Chul that the transferees are Hable.
He is shortly proceeding Chui-ting as the price of old news- Mr. Fitzroy: I am entitled to very much interested in such an nierce.
organization.
on home leave. papers bargained for and sold. attack the judgment as a whole.
Gentlemen, we shall never for- Justice The last two named did not appeal.
Needless to Jay. China well-
After
consulting Mr.
The appeal was heard before the Fraser, the Pulsne Judge said they known to the world as a peace- Appeal Court comprising the were agreed Mr. Fitzroy was en-loving country has to resist not Fulme Judge. Mr. Justice R. E titled to say that whoever entered only for her own freedom and Lindsell and Mr. Justice J. A. into the contract it did not bind existence, but also for world peace Fraser, Mr. Fitzroy was instructed the transferor and
did and justice. For sixty years or
if it
get the great help that Mr. Key was to us about June last year over the "Textile Quotas Legisla. tlon" question. ".
The Colonial Office had given s to export old
by Mr. C. A. 6. Russ, while the not bring the transferee within the more, we Chinese have tolerated few days' grace Hon. Mr. Leo D'Almado. Jnr,, inoperation of the Fraudulent Trans-too much. Those kind-hearted, stocks and all the manufacturers structed by Mr. M. A da Silva, who fer Ordinance.
peace-loving and unselfish Jap- of plece goods were in "some dif- had represented the Union Trading Mr. DYAimada asked that his anese people are not to be blamed: ficulty. Mr. Key understood the Company at the original nearing. objection be noted.
It is only the clique of Japanese situation, and he persuaded was again present for them.
OPINION CRITICISED Here Mr Fitzroy criticised the
the
they are not propaganda at all. not only to help us but the in- We now cannot, but call your'nt-austries of Hong Kong generally. tention to all these and ask for On behalf of all of you, I thank endeavours. CAP- Your necessary help; we are sure him for his that to help China also means to plause). help the whole world.
In his review of the evidence militarists that destroys Chinese authorities to grant us a longer In asking for the Judgment of Mr. Fitzroy said there was not a culture, kills thousands upon thou-period to clear the old stocks of the Chief Justice to be reversed. tittle of evidence that Chut Kwok sands of Chinese Innocent people. non-British yarns. Mr. Key then Mr. Fitzroy strongly attacked, His had anything to do with the con-rapes Chinese women and raids helped us with the purchase of Lordship's decision, and the Ordi- tract. It was impossible to find cities and villages indiscriminately. British or Indian yarns and art!- nance under which the claim was that he accepted it or had any-Dear friend, all these are facts: ficial silk. Mr. Key's object was brought. He said he remembered thing to do with it. having been told by a then mem- ber of the Legislative Council (1923) that that particular Ordi- mance had been one of three pass-opinion expressed by Mr. Ho Wing. He believed compradore of the Hong Kong and
. No doubt when Mr. Key returns In spite of the fact that Japan from leave he will continue to that it had not been read. What Shanghai Bank, who, called to give astounded him was the fact that expert evidence at the hearing, had It had got past the authorities at said that the chup represented the with her superior military equip-help us, even more than ever.
He is taking away with him his Arm; with it went the power atment has done "everything to des- attorney.
troy China, Chinese people are all speech about "Snakes and Lad-
more determined to After disagreeing with this view, the
resist. ders" and this should be of great Mr. Fitzroy said even if it gave the As our National Leader puts help to the other British posses- person holding it authority. It only China will fight to the last man.stons to understand our situation. did so, in this case, in so far as was probably thought by some Wherever he goes, he will take concerned buying food. This buy- foreigners that the Chinese were with him our goodwill and friend- Gentlemen, raise your ing of old newspapers was an out-not quite patriotic people, but now ship.
ed in four minutes.
Home.
In the course of critising the Chief Justice's Judgment Mr. Fritz- 10y enumerated many points where, he alleged. H Lordship had misdirected himself.
AN OBJECTION
side gamble and had nothing what-it is known to the world that the glasses and drink. to the long ever to do with the business of a Chinese people, have done their bit fe, good luck and prosperity of
Chinese Mr. Key. restaurant. Nobody could assume in the herole resistance.
Mr. Key replied briefly, thank- that Chul Kwok had given anyone" students. for a good instance, have
done everything to protect their ing his hosts for their kindness authority' to do that.
fatherland. There are many Chi-in giving him a farewell party. nese students who take part in the "Comfort Corps," the "War-time
When he touched upon the part of the trial judge's judgment as affected the Kwok Man Chäu Ka and Chul Kwok, sole proprietor thereof. Mr. D'Almada objected,
There was no question of Statu- saying that the judgment was not appealed against by either the tory Fraud in this case, therefore Kwok Man Chau Ka or Chut the Statutory Fraud Ordinance did Kwok and the only point that arose not enter into it. was regarding the transferees. He concluded with the eubmission that asked their Lordships whether they the judgment was hopelessly wrong held that the appellants were and asked, that. it be reversed. entitled to say that the judgment
against the Kwok Man Chau Ka and Chul Kwok was not a good
une.
EVIDENCE OF ARREST
Fraud Case At. Magistracy
Evidence D arrest
visionally, "
Mr. Fitzroy
1:
Dramatic Organizations" and other
propaganda work have to labour themselves day and night in spite
of the Japanese bombardment. What's more, whenever possible;
TRAFFIC COURT
Europeans Fined
J. Hart. of the Royal Army Ser-
At this stage hearing was ad- they usually go further into vill- journed till 11 a.a. on May 13, with ages to educate the people and do vice Corps, was aned $25 for driv- the same afternoon also fixed pro-social service work. To render the ing at an excessive speed of about
masses pl. our people to see clearly 30 miles per hour along Queen's | how Japan has committed her Road East, when he pleaded guilty ruthless. barbarous acts toward
to a summons before Mr. H. R China, the Chinese students think Butters at the Central Magistracy
yesterday.
Small-Pox Epidemic Subsides
it best to go into villages to do some work,
Mrs. V. E. Duclos, G. R. Com- The "Self-Defence Corps" or pertz and A. R. H. Esmall were ganized in Kwangtung which are each dined $5 by Mr. Butters yes- to meet the needs of the emer-terday when they pleaded guilty gency, however, have shown as the to the summonses for leaving their best effort and measure adopted by
care over the time limit in central Government. Chinese
Three from Victoria and two Chinese from the harbour were the only soldiers have done their utmost to car parks.
subsided.
was given cases of small-pox reported to the night Japan, and Chinese students Nuts, of No. 7, Ashley Road, by A fine of $25 was imposed on N. yesterday when the hearing of the authorities during the 24 hours have organized themselves and Mr. Butters when he pleaded guilty ease in which two men and a wo-ended midnight, Monday, indicat-done everything possible to help to summonses for failing to obey man were charged in connectioning that the epidemic which has the soldiers; but in order to in-a traffic signal at Arsenal Street, with alleged fraud, was continued caused so many deaths during the sure our final victory, Kwangtung falling to stop when requested to before Mr. R. Edwards at the Cen- past few months has definitely leaders have thought it very ne- do so by a police officer, and tral Magistracy.
cessary to organize all' peasants in The complainants were the For the week ending Saturday. China. The majority of the men5ounding his horn in a silent zone
after midnight, on April 2. Oversea Chinese Banking Corpora- 122 cases were recorded, with 75 of the "Self-Defence Corps are tlon, Queen's Road Central, on deaths.
Chinese patriotic peasants. They Other diseases reported on Mon- are both brave soldiers and peace- whose behall Mr. G. 8. Hugh Jones appeared, assisted by Acting Det.-day, were three cases of enteric loving people; now they cannot Inspector L R. Whant, who is in fever, three cases of measles. two but ght when
world peace cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis and national existence is endan charge of the case.
and one wase of dysentery.
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"The three defendants were Ho Ming-sang, formerly an office boy
of the Bank, charged with theft
LOCAL AQUARISTS TO MEET
The next meeting of the Hong Kong Aquarium Society will be Now we believe that no foreign held at 8.30 tonight at the South The returns for the past week friends of good will could have China Nursery, East Point Hill. An
WEEKLY RETURNS
gered.
of a blank cheque; forgery of a show the following reported cases. failed to understand our cause. interesting collection of tropical cheque for $14,000; conspiracy to besides small-pox:-diphtheria, 6 Bat in order to keep you always fishes will be on exhibition and 'defraud; Leung Fo. charged with with 4 deaths; enteric fever, 10 informed of the current events in an opportunity will be given to in-
uttering a forged document; ob- with 1 death; measles. 23 with 9 China, especially in South China,spect tanks used for breeding. taining property on a forged docu deaths; chicken-pox 5; cerebro-during our resistance we consider ment; receiving and conspiracy: spinal meningitis, 38 and Young Sau trun woman.deaths: dysentery, 19 charged with receiving stolen prodeaths; 101 deaths from perty,
culosis. It was the allegation of the pro- secution that first defendant. Ho
with 12 it advisable to keep up correspon- ' with 6dence with you. In return we tuber- should like to request you to do us a great favour concerning the following things:
FINE REDUCED Ming-sang. stole a blank cheque Leung Wai-ki, 18, student, had
from the Bank office and forged
R.A.M.C. CONCERT
[To the Editor, "The Hong Kong
Daily Fress"T:
Bir-I have to refer to the
Write to us as frequently, as hisposable what you and your com- article regarding the RAMO. Players Concert at the Cheero munity are feeling about us;./ the signature of Mr. Ping T-ching fine of $100 reduced to $50, in de-
Help your familles, relatives and Club on 21st and 22nd, inst, pub
to understand who had a current account in the fault, two months hard labour, friends
China lished under "Musical Revue of [the Week" in the Hong Kong. Bank. When second defendant when he appeared again before better:
Give us the addresses of persons Daily Press on April 25, and Leung Po, presented the cheque for Mr. E. M. & Barnett, charged with
collection of or organizations that may be to inform you that the re- payment of $14.000. Ho, it was the larceny of a
marks regarding the imposition alleged, again forged the initials stamps. worth about $500, from helpful to us; of four officials of the Bank.
Mr. Oscar F. Ribeiro, stamp dealer.
Boycott Japanese goods:
of "powder and paint” at this Inspector Whant deposed yester
Refuse to transport munitions time of the year were particularly and war materials to Japan; relevant, and that the Players in- Take part in enlarging the tend holding an Open-air Charity International Anti-Aggresion Cam-Show" as soon as the necessary
facilities become available;
day he arrested Ho Ming-sang and house on March 29, and agreed to third defendant, Young Bau-taun, pay rental of $8 per month. Leung on board a sampan in Aberdeen on moved in the following day. March 31. A sum of $9,550 was Mr. H. W. Heath, Assistant (paign: found on the latter's person. « Superintendent of Police, who con- An render any other assistance I would add that the Concert
It was alleged by the prosecution ducted the identification parade, to China you think necessary. that Leung Po, after having ob- testised that Leung Po was identi- tained the money, went to Po Yan fed by only one of the tellers of Street and rented a cubicle. The the bankier gem
principal" tenant, Ching Hing-yiu. The hearing was then adjourned stated that Leung Fo went to his to this morning.
Party, as a whole, greatly appre- A C Lang
clate, the 'critical interest evtriced (Head of English Department) by your paper. international Relation's Assn. |- 144 Wen Min Road
Danton, China.
JAH, HARVET- Hon. Secretary, RAMO. Players Hong Kong, Aprti 26,"
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