FRESH FOOD SALE.
SANITARY BOARD MODIFIES
PREVIOUS DECISION
At a meeting of the Sanitars Board yesterday afternoon, the Chairman (Mr. B. A. D. Forrest), to notice, moved the
pursuant following:
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CASE TO ANSWER
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MAGISTRATE'S COMMENT IN/ SGT. PRATT TRIAL
After commenting upon various aspects of the enso Willlum Pratt, of the Hongkong) which Sergeant Francis Bernard Singapore Brigade, Royal Artil lery, is charged with delaying the delivery of letters to his Brigade, Mr. Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, stated thai the defendait had a case to an swer.
Mr. J. A. Fraser, Assistant At-
1934.
their discretion grant conces tend to prevent such unfair com for the sale of these articles in petition.
Mr. M. K. Lo, in seconding the premises of a superior type and itted with an approved mudorn adoption of the motion, said that even if the result meant a greater chilled storage apparatus.' Tho Chairman said that, al-departure from existing practice, though appearing drastle, netually he felt sure the members of the there was little change, the mollon Board would welcome it. It was desirable that the merely laying down the grounds eminently on which the Committee in ques- Board should have authority to tion might consider cases to be ex-grant ilcences in the cases
tempinted. ceptional.
The motion was carried. There were several things to
Present were the
President "That the Board modify its guard against in the matter of decisions of August, 12 1924 grunting food licences. The Arat (Mr. R. A. D. Forrest); the Hon. (to refuse all applications for was the question of pure food. Mr. N. L. Smith, the Ilon. Mr. R. M. licences to sell meat in Health This had been adequately provid-Henderson. (Vice-President), Dr. District Nos. 3 to 9 inclusive)ed for in the motion before the J. M. Gray (Medical Officer of and of April 20, 1920 (that no Baard. Another was the question Health), Mr. Wong Kwong-tin, Ilcences be issued to sell meat of the preservation of reasonable Mr. M. K. Lo, Mr. F. C. Hall, and fish on the Peninsula, with rights of licensed stall holders. Mr. L., C. F. Bellamy, Dr. Li Shu-torney General, prosecuted while certain exceptions), by the ad-who should be protected against fan, Dr. R. A. de Castro Basto, Mr. D. Strelictt appeared for At yesterday's hearing, the do- dition of the words. provided unfair competition. It would be Mr. C. J. Roe, Secretary, and Mr. the defence.
There are several ways of dealing that the Select Committee for noted that the motion provided for Im inutseung, Assistant Secre-
fendant entered the witness box to with lustrums in a child, several Speelal Food Licences may in refrigerators, etc, which would tary.
open the case for the defence.
wrong ways but only ono right way. than useless to try It is worau He said that he had joined the Hongkong and Singapore Brigade repressive measures, for the condition In more than anything a nervous one, office as an Artillery clerk on February 15, 1939. He had re-untainment, or even alertness, will ceived special trafning as a clerk. only serve to Intensify the
nervous tension. When he joined in 1030, he was the caly European clerk and had Indian nasatant. About the riddle of 1931, Sergeant lrris. was really a gunner WILA wher transferred to the Artillery clerk section.
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upon me as his Chief clerk, Indigestion, calic and constipation, check all my experience, I have found no diarrhoea, expel worms, allay fever, colds, and croup, During teething exception to this."
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When Sergeant Pratt joined in 1930, every letter, whether regis- tered or otherwise, was delivered personally to him at Brigade Oflee Registered letters addressed to Persons by name were delivered to defendant.
Signed Receipts.
Ordinary letters addressed to! the men in the Batteries were sort- ed out by the Indian assistant and registered letters addressed to the men were delivered to defendant, who signed the receipts and en- tered them up in Army Book 46. The assistant Informed the men by telephone that letters were waiting for them in Brigade Office and, ut noon, the men called for their correspondence. If the men were on duty, the letters were sent to the Battery,
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market WOR fed, Otherwise the rather irregular."
Chinese Bonds,
Apr. 9. Apr. 10.
£100%
E VIN
£ 744
£ 90
$ 88 ;
£60 £ 69%
In 1931, registered, letters ad- dressed to the Commanding Of- ficer or Adjutant by name were 4 Bands 1898
(Eng. JR.) £100% considered private. They were, however, entered in Army Book 46.4% Loan 1908. £ 9411 56 Lean 1912. £ 74% Letters addressed to the Comman Reorg. Loan ding Officer or Adjutant by rank 1918 (Lan. Iss.) £ 90% were opened by Sergeant Pratt. 5. Bands 1925-47 £ 87% These letters were not entered in 5% S'hai-Nanking
Ely, Army Book 46.
In October 1931, Colonel Thoms 5 Tient-Puky
Rly.
... 38-41 £ 38-41 wrote a letter to the General Post
0% Tient-Pultow
Railway Oce and Sergeant Pratt saw it
(Supl. Loan. £ 27-30 £ 27-40 was dispatched. at the time it
19:35, Sergeant 5 S'hai-ll'chow- Up to October
F OS Pratt could not remember any fur ther reference to this letter. However, the system of delivery
was changed towards the end of 1981.
* 32
Ningpo Rly.... £ D8
Honan Kly,.. £32
5
Hukung Rly.
of letters addressed to the men
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Lung Taing U.
Rai Riy. 1913 £ 18%
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