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Dojima Maru Tragedy
COURTS
CLAIM FOR POSSESSION OF PREMISES
Judgment For Plaintiff
Judgment for the plaintiff, Mrs. evidence to show that 'defendant
| Mụi Hing-ling of 239 Prince Ed-had suffered hardship.
ward Road who on October. 15 in Giving judgment, his Lordship an action for the possession of the said that as regards the letter The following extract from the first floor of 90. Tung Lo Wan Road which purported to have been sent report of the Cpler Officer of the was given by the Acting Pulsne by the defendant agreeing to pay Hongkong Fire Brigade for the Judge. Mr. Justice E H. Williams the $2 increase in rent, he was not year 1937, tabled in Legislative at the Summary, Court yesterday. satisfied that such a letter had Council yesterday, recalls vividly to Mr. M. A. da Silva appeared for been sent, but he was satisfied that mind the sensational Dojima Maru the plaintiff and Mr. E. S. C. Brooks the notice to quit sent by the plain-| disaster of May 17, 1937,, in which appeared for the defendant.
tiff to the defendant was a valid 34 persons were killed.
Yesterday Mr. Brooks submitted one. Defendant also had not pro- "A survey of the scene at Queen's that plaintiff could not succeed induced any evidence of having gone Pier revealed an indescribable her claim for several reasons. In through any hardship after re- sight, the pier being strewn with a the first place, the letter which was ceiving the notice therefore he large number of mutilated bodies to serve as a notice was neveri.could not claim relief under the and, considerable wreckage from given to defendant.
Evictions Ordinance.
the launch.
The clair in this action was Judgment was then given for The force of the explosion was based on that letter and the evt-possession of the premises, posses- so great that two bodies were blowndence was that the defendant had sion to take place on January 1. into the roadway 200 ft. away, I never received the letter. The and for mesne profits at the rate : whilst a third body was found on receipt for the letter had not been of $26 per month from June 1. the 70 feet high roof of the Hong-signed by defendant.
Each party was to pay their own kong Club, some, 300 feet away,
costs.
NO HARDSHIP ».
"At a Court of Enquiry on the Mr. Silva submitted that the evi- Mr. Brooks, on the instructions disaster it was revealed that the dence proved that defendant had of his client, asked for a stay of boller of the launch,which was re-received the notice and at the time execution of seven days, pending a covered from the bottom of the they might have had at their dis- re-hearing. His Lordship granted harbour, was defective and had ex-posal innumerable flats ready for this, providing the one month's ploded."
their occupation if they were will-rent was paid into Court not later ing to move, out There was no than Tuesday.
MOST SERIOUS FIRES
The following were the most serious Ares in Hongkong during 1937, as tabled in the report of the Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade: January 8, at No. 37 Queen's | Road Central (a slik store); Febru- ary 23, on board the oil tanker Willy, lying at Kowloon Dock; May 22. at No. 23 Sha Po Road, Kowloon City (a grocery shop), and at the same time at No. 23. next door;
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and 28,317 tons.
British ocean-going showe a decrease of 204 in numbers with a decrease of 234.162 tons.
Foreign ocean-going shows Two planes of the Imperial Air-decrease of 1.162 in numbers with ways, the Della and the Delphinus, a correspondingly large decrease left Kal Tak for Bangkok early of 2,105.107 tons yesterday.
CHINA CLIPPER DELAYED
One plane will return to the Colony tomorrow afternoon, while the other is expected to be late by one day due to a delay on the main line from London.
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CLOSING OF CANTON RIVER The river-stdamer trade shows a Weather conditions prevented the decrease of 1,268 vessels and 938, arrival of the China Clipper from 046 tons, due to the cessation of Manila yesterday. If conditions Chinese sailings during the latter have cleared, the plane is expected part of the year, and the tem-. at noon at to-day. The return porary closing of the Canton River, trip will be made to-morrow morn- The typhoon of September 2 did considerable damage to ship- Bad weather also delayed the Airping in general. Twenty-eight going ships including the arrive at noon yesterday. As far Government rescue tug Kau Sing, as reports received indicate, the parted their cables and were blown plane w arrive to-day at the ashore. Native craft. suffered usual hour.
severely, 1.361 junks, cargo boats. etc. were reported "sunk, and 600 seriously damaged...............
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An Ordinance to amend the Rating Ordinance. 1901, was passed following third reading in Legis- lative Council yesterday.
Ordinances given first reading were an Ordinance to amend the Land Registration Ordinarice, 1938,
The loss of life in sea going ships was limited to one European master of a Chinese river stearner and four Chinese seamen.
The loss of life in native craft was at first estimated at about 11.000 but is now reported to be 2.585.
the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordi- STOLE FOUNTAÏN
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to amend the Police Force, Ordi-Central on Wednesday, Leung Kwai, nance, 1932, and the Peace. Pre-19. unemployed, who was charged before Mr. R. Edwards at the Cen- Other business carried out in- eluded the tabling of papers by the tral Court yesterday, was sen- Colonial Secretary and the adoptenced to six months' hard labour. Detective-Sergeant. H. B. Dewar, tion of the Report of the Finance Committee No. 9 dated October 20, who was in charge of the case, sald
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