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GRACIE ALLEN WARREN WILLIAM
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Thursday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
August 24, 1939.·
NO EVICTION ORDER Won't Call Off Strike
Tenant Given Judgment
Summary Court.
LONDON, Aug. 23 (Reuter).-The executive of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Fire- decided not to defer the
Inle of the strike, he was suggested
After trying for a your and a half to obtain possession of
the Ministry of Labour meeting yesterday.
premises let to defendant, in order that his cousin's family might LATE NEWS
reside there, legal action to secure possession was instituted by Chow 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.jand as he had promised to move, he Justice Lindsell
In the Summary had given him me to look for a fiat, Court yesterday. Possession, mesne Chew Mald the second floor of profits and costs were claimed from Cehr Street was let to his aunt for Lee Ngol-tung, who claimed protec- $32 per month. The higher rental tion under the Prevention of, Evic- was because that flat was larger than tions Ordinance,
defendant's. If ho 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 oor was let for $45 per month. It was vacant at present.
Lee said he rented, the premises in July, 1037, at a monthly rental of $12, The rent was inter raised to $13 and in January, 1938, to 315. In
Not Its Fractice
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 rental. Defendant occupied the flat and family, and the other half by to be occupied by his cousin's wife with his wife and three children,
the defendant and his family. Chew owing and
to Increase of rent,
the had sub-let half the floor to relatives replied that it was not his practice
to sublet flats managed by him. In January for $12 per month.
Efforts bad been made to find al-
His Lordship remarked that he accommodation, but he had could not understand why, if Chew's ternative not been successful. Some of the cousin bad wanted the flat since addresses visited were too small or January, 1930, Chew had walted tog dirty, and one particular dat, until now to take out proceedings' which was on the ground floor, and Jagainst Lee,
was only a 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 unele 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 accommokšation.
Led added that he was employed
as a clerk in a Chinese association
and was earning $50 per month,
Received Two Leiters
Chew Ping-nam, employed by Chew to find alternative accommoda- tion for Lee, said that in his opinion, the accommodation he had found was sumclent for two adults and two or
Cross-examined by Mr. King. Lee three children. 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 asiding him previous occasion that the onus was to give up possession, the reason on the defendant to establish that he being that Chew required the flat for had made attempts to And ordinary
The first letter was his own use. received three months after defend-alternative accommodation compati- ble with that he was asked to give ant had moved in. After receiving
and for much the same rent. He up the second letter, defendant told
could not see that, in the present! Chew that he could not move as be ease. the defendant had not dis-! could not find accommodation, but charged that onus. offered him an increase in rent of $1. Lee denied having promised Chew he would move by July, 1038. He admitted he had received a sollef- tors' letter in March claiming two June 21. months arrears in rent but paid up
full amount
Imanndiately.
On July 10, after the writ had been Issued, defendant saw Chew and told him he had been unable to find al-. temative accommodation. He
$30
ther fold him he could not afford to pay more than
a month. Lee agreed with Mr. King that he had told Chew
Judgment was given for defendant with costs, and his monthly rental was raid to $22 per month from
Huge Sturgeon Landed
CALDWELL, Ida." William Haskins and Frank Coon 400-pound then that his monthly of Caldwell caught
that sturgeon in the Shake river after a
income was $65, but explained
it was now $50 as the extra $15/six-hour battle. which he had got through teaching in a school had, 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 Anding a house.
Flat Not Sullable
Some days later, two men employ- ed by Chew came to defendunt's flat and handed over two lists contain- ing addresses. Defendant had been to see the flais mentioned but had not found them suitable. Most of them were merely cubleles. In one par ticular fat a notice was posted on the staircase that children were not acceptable.
The plaintiff, George Chew, alias King-lim George Chew, sald 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 floor for his cousin's wife and four children, who were at present living in a cubicle in a that at a rental of $25 per month.
Cross-examined by Mr, Hon, Chew agreed that Cedar Street was n de- sirable location. Asked why he had
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