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HONGKONG.TELEGRAPH
August 24, 1939.
NO EVICTION ORDER Won't Call Off Strike
Tenant Given Judgment In
Summary Court
After trying for a year and a half to obtain possession of
LONDON, Aug. 23 (Reuter).-The executive of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Fire- men to-day decided not to defer the date of the strike, as was suggested at the Ministry of Labour meeting yesterday.
premises let to defendunt, in order that his cousin's family might LATE news
reside there, legal action to secure possession was instituted by Chew Lee-sam, of Cedar Street, Shamshuipo, in March, but up to June 20, the expiring date of the notice to quit, defendant was still! in possession.
The action was heard before Mr. and as he had promised to move, be Justice Lindsell In the Summary had given him fime to look for a flat. Court yesterday, Possession, mesna Chew old the second floor of profits and costs were claimed from Cedar Street was let to his aunt for Lee Ngod-fung. who claimed protec- $32 per month. The higher rental tion under the Prevention of Evic was because that fat was larger than tions Ordinance.
defendant's. It he was able to!
Mr. R. M. M. King represented obtain possession, he intended let- plaintiff, and Mr. A. Y. Honing it out to his cousin's wife for defendant.
the same rental, $20. The ground floor was let for $45 per month. It was vacant at present..
. Not His Practice
Lee said he rented the premises in July, 1937, ut a monthly renin of $12. The rent was later raised to $13 and to January, 1938, to $15. In January this year, the rent was in not arrange for half the ground floor! Mr. Hon asked why Chew could creased to $20, which was the present to be secupied by his cousin's wife rental. Defendant occupied the Ant
and family, and the other half by with
his wife and three children, and owing to the increase of rent, replied that it was not his practice the defendant and his family. Chew had sub-let half the floor to relatives |to sublet flats managed by him. In January for 312 per month.
Efforts hud been made to and nl- His Lordship remarked that hei ternative accommodation, but he had could not understand why. If Chew's not bren
successful. Some of the cousin had wanted the Ant since addresses visited were too small or January, 1930, Chew had waited tog dirty, and one particular flat, until now to take out proceedings which was on the ground floor, and against Lee. was only # cubicle at the rear of a Brewood
shop, defendant thought Chew explained that he had been was dangerous for his children, who advised by his uncle not to force the might attempt to climb the stacks tenant out, since the latter had pro- of wood and pull it down on them-mised to move as soon as he could; selves.
obtain alternative accomunądation.
Lee added that he was employed as a clerk in a Chinese association and was earning $50 per month,
Chew
by
Chew to find alternative accommoda-
Ping-num, employed
tign for Lee, safd that in his opinion. the accommodation he had found was sufcient for two adults and two or three children.
Received Two Letters Cross-examined by Mr. King, Lee agreed that prior to receiving the
Delivering Judgment, his Lordship notice to quit, he had received two remarked that he had held on a letters from George Chew asking him to give
the reason previous occasion that the onus was up possession,
the defendant to establish that he being that Chew required the flat for had made attempts to find ordinary his own use. The first letter was
was alternative accommodation compati- received three months after defend- ble with that he was asked to give ant had moved in. After receiving up and for much the same rent.
letter
defendant told
the second
on
Ite
Chew that he could not move as he could not see that, in the present mense. the defendant had not dis. Fould not And
affered
him a
olation, butfeharget that onus.
int rent of $1.
June 21.
Judgment was given for defendant Lee denied having promised Chow with costs. and his monthly rental he would
move by July, 1938. He was ralsd to $22 per month from admitted he had received a a sollet- Jors Jetter in March claiming two months arrears In rent but paid up the full
Immediately, full amount On July 16, after the writ had been issued, defendant sow Chew and told him he had been unable to find al- ternative accommodation. He
fur- ther told him he could not
afford pay more than $30 a month. Lee agreed with Mr. Kink that he had;
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tok Chew then that his monthly of Caldwell eaught 21 income was $85, but explained that sturgeon in the Saake ver after a it was now $50 The extra
An the
$15 six-hour battle.
Which he had Kot through teaching
in a school hod, since the beginning, of this month, been withdrawn as he. was no longer connected with the school.
The conversation they had was very friendly and Chew offered to assist him in finding a house.
Flats Not Suitable
Some days later, 'two men employ-j ed by Chew came to defendant's fat and handed over two lists contain- ing addresses. Defendant had been) to see the fat mentioned but had not! foundl them suitable. Most of them were merely cubicles. Ia one par ticular fat n notice was posted on the stafresise that children were not acceptable.
plaintiff, George Chew, allas King-lin George Chew, said he lived on the first floor of 17, Cedar Street. He was the son of the actual plaintiff, but together with his uncle, held a power of attorney to manage his father's affairs.
Chew corroborated Lee's evidence brought
out in cross-examination and said he required possession of the for his cousin's wife and four children, who were at present living in a cubicle in a dai, at a rental of $25 per month.
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