HAPPY VALLEY "ROW."
"BOY" SUES EUROPEAN FOR ASSAULT.
SEQUEL TO SINGING.
The rattle of moving furniture,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1926.
MORE CAPITAL.
FURTHER $1,000,000 AUTHORISED,
TO-DAY'S COMPANY MEETING.
DANISH POLITICS.
CHANGES CAUSED BY ELECTIONS.
Copenhagen, Dec. 14. The elections for the Folkething has résulted in the Liberals and Conservatives combined obtaining a majority of five over all other parties, and a majority of eight against the United Sociallats and Radicais,
A capital increase of $1,000,000 the premature call of representa--was authorised by shareholders of tives of a certain class of coolies the Hongkong and Territorial whose work, la done in the hours Estates, Limited, it an extraordi of the night, and, lastly, the loud voice of a young Chinese Lid Tala-ary general meeting held at St.the Folkothing is now similar to ed in song, were submitted as George's Building this morning. "legitimate" causes for complaint In an assault case heard by Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Central Police
Court this morning.
The shares will not be issued to shareholders generally, but will be allotted in such manner and for Buch purposes as the Consultirig Committee shall decide.
The poaltion of the parties in
that in the Landsthing, results.
The
Laborals 47, Conservatives 30 Bl
were: Socialists 53, Radienis 16, Germans 1, and Righteous State Party 2. In consequence of the defeat the Mr. R. G. Shewan occupied the Stauning has resigned, and the Socialist Premier, Th. A. M. chair, and there were also present Socialists, have refused to partici Mr. E. M. Raymond (consultingpate in the formation of a coall- committee) Mr. M. H. Turner (solicitor), Mr, A. Braun (secre-
Shek-ha, 13, a "boy" employed at the recently-opened "The Kid" Cafe at Happy Valley, summoned Mr. B. King, a director of the Dragon Motor Car Company, Ltd., for assault. Mr. W. L. Gor don Lease appeared for the com-tary) and the following share plainant, while Mr. F. C. Vaux holders: Messrs. A. A. Botelho, D
W. Munton, A. Keith, A. L Shields, represented the defendant.
J. Toppin. H. Dreyer, and W Shewän.
At the outset, Mr. Vaux asked for permission for his client to take a seat beside him.
Mr. Jindsells he sick? Mr. Vaux replied in the nega- tive. It was for the purpose of receiving instructions.
THE ASSAULT.~*~
Mr. Leask, in opening his case, suid that the complainant was em ployed at "The Kid," a cafe which ud been opened for about three months at No. 9, Koon Ma Terrace, Happy Valley. This was in pr miaes adjacent to those tenanted by Mr. King, at No. 6. Between the two houses there was a yard common to both and of which common use was made by both tenants.
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The Secretary read the notice convening the meeting.
The Chairman Bald: Gentle
The object of the men, resolutions in the notice just read is to raise further working capital by creating and issuing further preference shares in addition to those already created all of which have been allotted, and most of the alotment monies utilised in meeting various obligations of the Company.
We have now further heavy pay-. ments to meet, and we therefore propose to create such further preference shares to rank pari pass in all respects with the existing preference shares.
tion ministry.
M. Mygdal, a well-known agricul- turist member of the Folkething, has formed a Liberal Ministry, with himself as Premier and Minis- ter, of Agriculture; M. Molteser, Finance; M. Rytter, Justice; M. Foreign Affairs; M. Neergaard.
Interior; M. Brorgen, Defence; M. Slebsager, Commerce; M. Kragh,
ship; M, Bystkov, Education; M. Bruun Rasmussen, Public Wor Rubow, Public Health; and M. Stensballe, Public Works--Reuter.
MEXICAN OIL LEASES.
PRODUCERS' ASSOCIATION
COMPLAINS.
New York, Dec. 14. The Association of Producer's of Oil in Mexico, on behalf of sixteen leading Anglo-American Companies, has telegraphed to the Mexican Secretary of Commerc compaining that many months have elapsed since it applied for confirmation of its rights in respect, of leases acquired before May, 1917, and it is still without ouran answer: ·
We are not offering these shares On the evening in question. said Mr. Leask, at about 8 o'clock. to shareholders generally, as we on the 3rd December, without any do not think that in the present Atate of the money market any ap cause or provocation whatever, Mr. King came out of his house,preciable number of them would went into the premises of "The he taken up. There is, however, Kid," seized the boy by the neck, one and slapped as well
as kicked creditor who, him. There was some complaint willing made about noise, but in any event the boy could not understand. Certainly he gave no provocation
watever.
shareholder #
we believe, to come
to
large is
help, and we are therefore asking. you to allow your Managers and Consulting Committee to make the best arrangements possible under the circumstances in respect of the allotment thereof.
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The companies submit that they
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are justly entitled to umple oppor tunity to consider the final terms of any confirmatory concessior' In giving evidence, the boy said
which the Government expects. them to accept as a valid recogni- that he was busy cleaning up the
I therefore propose as an ordin-tion of their rights. furniture in the yard," when two coolic-women, whose businessary resolution, "That the capital of
The telegram reiterates that the: should have been carried out at a the Company he increased by the law, does not provide adequate much later hour, called, and he was creation of one hundred thousand preservation or valid recognition. commencing to remonstrate with new shares of $10 ench to be called of their pre-constitutional rights. them when water was thrown at preference shares which shall carry-Reuter's American Service, him from the next house. He was the same special rights and pri drenched from head to foot, but, vileges as are attached to the exist beyond a few words uttered in re-ing preference shares and shall in racnstration, he took no further all respects rank pari passt there notice. Laler, as he was taking
Mr. M. Raymond seconded, in the furniture, the defendant rushed in after him, and while with and thresolution was unanimous- one hand seizing him by the neck, ly passed. he slapped witness with the other, 'twice."
Mr. Leask described it as a "wind- mill blow," and, in further examina- tion, witness said that he was also struck with the clenched fist and kicked.
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SANG AT WORK. Witness, replying to the Magis- trate, said he could not think of any provocation being given for the assault, although he admitted that he sang whilst he worked.
with."
something to that effect. were fairly amart slaps.
They After
the chastisement, he returned to his house and resumed his dinner. Mr. Leask:-You heard this crash of crockery. Why did you The Chairman proposed "That slap the complainant?-Because my the said new one hundred thou-cook-boy had told me that he broke sand preference shares shall be the crockery. allotted at such time or times and Why did you pick him out? in such manner and for such pur-Have you had occasion to have poses in every respect as the Com-trouble with him before?—I have pany's General Managers with the not. My cook-boy told me who the sanction of the Consulting Com-offender wus. mittee may decide,"
He did not come out to point ais. H. Dreyer seconded, and out the complainant?—Yes; he did the resolution was carried ananim-point him out.
At the same time that he was ously.
This was all the business of the strack why did you not pick on the meeting.
witness next to him?-As a mat ter of fact I was going to start on this man, when the cook-bov told me it was not him."
So you were ready to pick of anybody that night?--Anybod Mr. Leask put in the doctor'a that night, irrespective of whether certificate, and his Worship said he was big or small.
Mr. Vaux said that the story given by the boy was wholly differ- ent to what he had expected it to Have you had any complaints bc. His own case was that the boy about the use of the yard from was creating a'disturbance by sing-the defendant?Complaints? No.. ing, and, when spoken to by Mr. King's cook, he threw pamelo skin through the window grating and smashed some crockery. window was placed high above the ground, and the boy had to climb and hold on to the bars to effect his
purpose.
The
face.
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it only mentioned marks on the It was possible that the cook
boy might have broken that Mr. Leask:-Your Worship will crockery himself? Well, it was notice that it was at 9.30 when the possible. It was possible also boy was examined, an hour after that I might do it myself. the incident. At least, it will be
slapped, severely.
Mr. Vaux-It is admitted that
In cross-examination, the com-evillence that the boy had been plainant denied that he threw any missile into the kitchen. Objection was taken to his singing, though.
Mr. Ngan Sai-leung, the
"The Kid" 'of proprietor
de
posed that on the night of the 3rd December, at about 8.30, on hearing, a big noise fasuing from the yard, he went out to invest gate, and found the "boy" crying, Witness then understood that some complaint had been made against the noise made in the washing, but had never received any per- sonal complaint from Mr. King himself. He took the "boy" to the doctor, from whom a certi ficate was received,
WOULD SPOIL BUSINESS.
But you would know if it was. you who broke it.
Mr. Lensk then put what he termed as "a "nasty qucation."
the defendant slapped the boy He put it to witness that there twice on the face. The matter is one was legitimate cause for complaint. dealt with under Section No. 39 of from the proprietor of a Cafe to the Ordinance, and I ask that it have these coolie-women going be dismissed. I have already told about their business at an hour your Worship the reason of this when he still had customers technical assault and of what had which coolies were working for happened. The boy had been ob- Mr. King. viously noisy and had previously Mr. King denied that these been spoken to by the defendant's coolles were employed by him.
gervants.
*ONLY TRIVIAL
Mr. M. King, called to the box,
At the close of the evidence" said that he was away all day, and complained that he had been given by the cook-boy, who caused disturbed at his meal By a "rattle some amusement in Court by and crash" lasuing from the yard. naively admitting that he did not His éook came in to make a com- go for the boy himself because the plaint, and he went into the kitchen, dish did not belong to him, Mr. Examined by Mr. Lenak, Mr.where a broken dish was shown to Vaux submitted that the incide it Ngan aaid they had customers in him and also a pumelo skin which was a trivial one, although it did the front part of the. Cafe at the had been thrown in through the justify the assault. He asked that the summons be dismissed on time, and it would spoil his busi-window and caused the damage.
these grounds. nosa, newly opened as it was, to
Mr. Lindsoll held that there
have incidents such as theso.
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Mr. Vaux (cross-exaruining):
I suppose you will agree that half
of the yard belongs to your side
and the other half belongs to the other side? Qults; I do.
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