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UNIQUE ACTION: LAWYERS FINED
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Pearl River
NEGOTIATIONS FOR the re-opening of the Pearl River to ordinary navigation are still be ing actively pursued, it is ad- on the one hand and the several permitted by the Colonial Secretar y, the Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith, and Bons who were, from time to time, as principal tenants of the floor, con- the Japanese Consul General, ·M r. A. Tajiri. victed of offences against sec. 12, on the other, the notice under sec. 13 should not have been served on do fendants, nor the present proceedings inken against them; it was further clicited in the evidence for the de tence that, in the case of one such nolice, they had returned it to the
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Mrs. Gregory
As 'Hoochie'
New York.
magistrate, who issued it with VRS. DOB GREGORY, wife of the
sons MR letter to the effect that the persons V wrestler and youngest daughter convicted, not having been tenants of of the Rajah of Sarawak, reported defendants, the notice was misdirect-at a Hollywood studio recently for ed; the letter also quoted the name her first movie role, and was told (Chue Cheung) of the person to that she had been cast as a "hoochie whom defendants had leased the pre-coochie" dancer in a circus sideshow. mises.
Inspecting the skimpy costume she Tu evaluate the force of this objce-will wear, Mrs. Gregory commented: are tion I hold that the scope and object "It's lucky father and mother of the Ordinance must be looked to, 4.000 miles away. If marrying Rob or, in the words of Sir Sitinner Turner angered them, I'd hate to see their J. In the case Nanyangt Brothers v. fars when they learn about this" Missions Etrangeres, 1923, "the mis- chief against which the Ordinance no evidence whatever, and I am left was directed and the remedies sought to inquire whether he had, in the words of sec. 15, reasonable means of to be provided."
knowing.
"I cannot escape the conclusion that a person in the position of either defendant and keenly interested in
"Again, sy in the case quoted, the history of the Ordinance must be looked to, and in this intter regard the omission, between 1807 and 1930, J[ the word "Immediate" before land-discovering what might be going on In these premises to which his siten- lord in sections 13 and 15 is, in my tion had been directed by the notice of October 15 last had several such opinion, cardinal,
reasonable methods of satisfying his curiosity within his reach.
It is impossible to say what final decision will be reached, but the Japanese are as anxious to run one or two merchant ships between this port and Canton as are the British.
It is on this basis that the Japanese have allowed the talks to continue.
When asked whether the success of he talks would enable all river boats here to resume their schedules, the Consul General replied: "Probably one or two a month."
He agreed that the Japanese were running a regular passenger service between Macao and Canton but said only one merchant ship was used, the rest being army transport. the ordinary traveller special permission oblained in Hong- kong or Canton.
This river servler was not open to except by
lie was doing his best to get the local Government's request granted, and he did not think that the new Government of Japan would ad- versely affect the Issue since the matter of re-opening navigation for focal a few ships was purely a concert.
The purpose of the Ordinance generally is that declared in its short titte
and thic particular protection
To one of these means-an Inter- which the sections of the Ordinance rogation of their immediate tenant- now under consideration aim to pre- I have already referred; but there Japanese Consul In Hongkong who vale is plainly protection
against are others..
deprived
CONSUL BACK FROM CANTON
In an interview with Mr. Ota,
has just returned from a four-day
ved themselves of right of entry the river. by a contract of lease which did not expressly reserve such a right; but the effect of this is nullified by what known of the nature of the use of the premises.
exploitation by brothel owners: the "It may be true that they, as land-stay in Canton, it was learned that settling of liability on the owners, lords of the premises, had already all was peaceful along the banks of Etc., in the case of repeated offences nces against sec. 12, appears to be design ed to secure the co-operation of such owners in Government's endeavour to stamp out the evil, and, at the same ime, as is shown when that section s' read in conjunction with sec, 14 immediately preceding, io break the connection between brothel keeper and premises, where the offence
the has been committed.
It is. here that the significance of the omission of the word "im-
mediate" is to be appreciated; the
Mr. Ota said the Japanese garrison were still in possession of Bocca Tigris Forts but he did not know the milltary position in the vicinity of Canton. He stayed at the Consulate MALE PERSONS UNKNOWN"
Department in the old Educalion
Wa "A brothel keeper can hardly which was formerly General card unfavourably the resort to her Teh-chen's headquarters and during premises of male persons unknown to his stay, went all over the city by car. her. nor refuse such persons admis-
about were sion,
He was told there and it seems plafs that had
in Canton. defendants either visited the pre-400,000 Chinese now misen personally or employed seme They were gradually resuming busi-
ount to
omission extends the range, so to speak, of
the
by powers conferred hese sections, by removing the hindrance to their application by the Existence of intermediate tenancies.
From this it follows that the service referred to in sec. 15 was properly made on the defendants, and it remains to be considered whether they had reasonable means of know-us a brothel, but failed to make use tween Canton and Formosa
of that means, just as they failed functioning regularly, except for the
to do co
and to report to them ness and some 600 Japanese mer- the results of visits, made at the chants from Formosa were now doing
good trode,
catering, chiefly in appropriate hours, then they might lave had information 03 to what was restaurants etc.
He going on in that floor.
"Defendants had, therefore, I must foreigners, hold, a reasonable means of knowing curios in the city.
The army aeroplane service be- that the premises were being kept
Cered
some twenty Americans, buying
was
ing that the premises were used in the way forbidden by sec. 12. to make use of the opportunity at- past few days when bad weather had FOUR CONVICTIONS LAST YEAR forded by sec. 14 to rid themselves prevented flying.
In this connection it is material that convictions under sec. 12 were re- corted in respect of these premises no fewer than four times in the course of the year 1930.
of an apparently undesirable tenunt The head of "Provisional Govern- who could not or would not assist ment" was Feng Tung-yunn, former in prevention of misuse of the pre- Counsellor in the old Nanking Gov mises.
ernment and his second in command was Lu Chung-yung, former East River Commander. The "Provisional Government" had their own police
NEGATIVE OFFENCE
force.
"In connection with one of these, a "I am satisfied that the offence of notice was served on defendants in defendants was of a negative rather the month of April; the receipt of a than a positive nature. further notice of the same tenour in "They, in fact, failed to take suf- the month of October should, I think,, ficiently seriously the obligation laid have raised in their minds the ques-upon them by sections 13 to 15 of the tion whether their immediate tenant present Ordinance in eo-operate in Chite Cheung, referred to in their measures to prevent the misuse of testimony was in this respect a de- the premises, despite the protests of sirable tenant, and should have sug-willingness to co-operate with the Kuested to them the degrability of an authorities of which I heard much Interview with this person for the from the witnesses for the defence, purpose of interrogating him reguard- "For this remissness I think that The bonts were usually full ing his management of his tenancy. the appropriate penalty, in addition Japanese
Lleut.-Gen. Ando was in command of the South China forces and Major General Goto, who headed the Shum clun advance, was operating against guerillas in the vicinity.
Mr. Ota said he went to Conton from Macro by an Army transport- ship, returning by the same menne.
with
and Chinese employed
Of such an interrogation there is no to the publicity which this case has under the Provisional Government. mention in their evidence, and 1 am attracted, will be a nominal one of
led to the conclusion that it never $25 on each defendant happened..
"In Axing the amount of this Of betual knowledge on the part of penalty I have made full wilowance either defendant of the use made of for the fact that defendants did in the premises as a brothel on Decem-good faith misconstrue the Ordinance ber 1 this year there is, of course, and its applicability to their case.
The Tragedy of An Old
Man's
Broken Leg
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5. AMBULANCE SIRENS shricked. Police whistles shrilled.
A large and sympathetic crowd gathered around,
There was no doubt that the somewhat inebriated old gentleman lying in the gutter-he apparently had been cole- brating the New Year overlong-had broken his leg.
Tenderly they lifted him into the ambulanco, and con- voyed him to hospital;
Doctors confirmed the diagnosis. Undoubtedly, the man had a broken leg.
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Copenhagen, Jan. 1.
It is rumoured in political circles
p.m. 10-day with malls, mostly from that the Danish Nazi Party in ilkely the United Kingdom. Another plane to be prohibited by the Government is due on Sunday with Australian on the grounds of "unpatriolle se and more UK. malla.
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