NANCY
WATCHA GONNA
DO WITH DAT NICKEL YOU
FOUND, NANCY?
OH, I'M GOIN' TO PUT IT RIGHT INTO MY PIGGY BANK
Thursday,
HONGKONG TELE GRAPH
By
Ernie
December 21, 1939.
HEY!--- I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA SAVE DAT NICKEL
Bushmiller
CAN I HELP IT
JE I COULDN'T
GET IT IN
MY BANK?
ATTRACTIVE
RACTI
Nov- to
(ii) -ERNIZ DUSHMILLER,
New
"MUCH has been said of the danger of fire, the unpleasantness Japanese Refute Chinese Claims of having no flush system, the insecurity of wooden floors and stair- cases, but with these matters I am not concerned. There are no special circumstances which make these amenities necessary. They are for people who can afford them. Even the fire danger, if there be one, I must disregard. These conditions are common in Hongkong." Mr. Justice Fraser in the course of a judgment delivered in the Suprente Court to-day in connection with an eviction claim.
However,
Victories
TENANT'S HARDSHIPS: Are Reported
JUDGE GIVES
VIEWS,
Clarification of Hongkong Eviction Ordinance
SPECIAL TO THE
“TELEGRAPH"
Though he admitted having received no detailed re- ports from the Nanning sector, a Japanese spokesman in Shanghai yesterday categorically denied the recent Chinese claims of success on this front when interviewed by the "United Press."
This spokesman said that he had reason to believe that conditions in the Nanning sector were "exactly contrary to the
Chinese claims."
"Tiger Balm King" In THIS Hongkong
The same applied to the Nanchang and Kolfeng sectors, he declared,
lic explained that it was the Chin- ese babit during "the past two years to claim to have retaken places which had never been retaken. The Chin- ese claim to have retaken Canton was jan example, he pointed out.
He added that it was not the Jap: anese intention to deny the ridiculous claims one by one because the claims did not carry sufficient weight.
AN INTERESTING JUDGMENT CLARIFYING THE LAW RELA- TING TO THE PREVENTION OF EVICTION WAS DELIVERED BY MR. JUSTICE J. A. FRASER AT THE SUMMARY COURT MORNING, IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACTION BROUGHT BY THE LEE HYSAN ESTATE CO., LTD.. AGAINST CHAN SIU-CHUEN, SOLICITOR'S CLERK, CLAIMING POSSESSION OF 45 EWO HILLewspaper in Singapore, the multi-cd: "Another choice bit of Chinese STREET (COMMONLY KNOWN AS LEE GARDEN STREET), FLOOR.
•
Plaintiffs are the owners of over 500 Chinese flats,Į principally in Percival Street, Hysan. Avenue and Lee Garden Street. Those in the last-named street were re- conditioned in 1937 at a cost of over $100,000 after which they were let at a low rent of $20 to $28, according to floors, in order to attract tenants.
To investigate the possibilities of starting a Chinese-owned Engilsh
A Japanese Naval' spokesman add-
TOP illicire "Tiger Balm King." Mr. propaganda was the sinking of a Aw Boon-how, arrived in Hongkong Japanese warship in the Yangtse,
which is entirely untrue," by Dutch liner this morning.
Mr. Aw who was met by Mr. Ong He said that the Chinese fired on Kin-chong and a large party will a Japanese transport but did not hit therefore not surprising that there are visit his Fanling Orphanage. He told it." few English decisions to guide me in "Telegraph" representative that he construing that sertion.
may help Chinese war refugees still It was claimed that the recent air "The portion in England under the further,
ralds on Szechuen and Hupeh were Increase at Rent, el (Restrictions) The millionaire controls and owns "extremely successful." It is stated Act, 1820, chapter 17) is that in or two Chinese anilles in Singapore and that the Japanese raiders met two eeedings for josemion the Inndlerd must be prepared to satisfy the count, he also owns a daily newspaper in Chinese squadrons of 16 and 20 not only that one or more of the re- Canton. He is sold to have put more planes and that all the Japanese cognised rounds exists, but also that than $1,000,000 (Straits) into news machines returned safely. it in reasonable in all the circumstances paper enterprises.
of the case to make the order, applied It is understood that the proposed for. One of these grounds ik thut
Defendant entered into possession, includes mates, water, maintenaner and over two years ago when, at his own repairs, for more than two genin.
AN con alternative accommodation is available Chinese English daily will be a reply expense lie put in the electric wiring No reference committees"
cost of templated by the Ordinance-have-on-when-is reasonably-italicothe the Japanese-owned English daily and cubicle partitions at
Dretablished for dealing with questleast means of the tenant and to the needs the Singapore Herniet" which was $200. The reat for first was $20 of rent and this action is in conse of the tenant and his family as regards started in the face of great opposition month, but i was raised
$25 in November, 1938. in June, 19a quence fareed upon the landlord by the extent, character and proximity to his about a year ago.
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place of werk," with reasonable security)
fair de of tenure. I take that as a finition of alternative Recommedation for the purpose of this case.
NDL LINER MAY BE SEIZED
MIAMI, Dec. 20 (Reuter)—The
Fresh Victorics
Nevertheless, Chinese sources con- tinue to make claims of victorica-A "United Press" message from Chung- king states that it is offelally report- ed that Chinese troops remptured Wuthang (Fifth Dyke) about 10 miles nort-east of Nonring yesterday.
The report said that some 500 Jap- anese troops surrendered at Patong and were taken prisoner.
The Japanese air force, it is stated,
tenant. Neither can obtain a decision, plaintiffs informed defendant that as to the rent to be charged for the the his rent would be increased to $32. premises except in an action by Defendant counter-offered 27 nc Bandlord for possession. The landlord
No Such Duty Here has in view another tenant who is will! thereupon plaintiffs on August Ing to pay the rent now abjected to by
"In Hongkong there is no such duty offered him alternative accommoda- the defendant and, but for the Ordin- tion at that flure at 20 Percival, ance, the new tenant would already to on the landlord to show that alterna- Live accommodation la available. But Street and later at 7 Hysan Avenue, in RNCARION.
the mere fact that the Ordinance, which Walle, therefore, I cannot And that, in emergency and temporary legiala-. One of the offers was subsequently
implies that Imperial Sugar Company of Galves resumed activity in the Nanning zone withdrawn while the other was de- the tenant allestes, thene proceedings tion, remains in force
aro harsh or oppressive, I cannot atach, there is a shortage of accommodation, ton, has filed sult for attachment for the first time this week when clined by defendant as unsuitable, much weight to the landlord's sugge which it is for the landlord to dis against the German freighter, Arauca, many machines bombed Kunlunkwan,
The
Jandlord required the accomtion, nor does it mutter, that
prove, having regard to the particular which put into Port Everglader, Chiutang, Fatang and Wutan, muxiation at No. 15 Ewo Hill Street tennne's conduct as shown by corres, kind of accommodation required in each Floridin, yesterday, after being pr
Well-informed circles report that for an employer of another company pondence before the action was obstruc- cane.
six squadrons of Japaneso "bombers, The inndlord has here nought to sued by an English warship. in which he had a pecuniary interest. tive. If he wanted his rent antlled by
The
Company claims that it had nine in each squadron, ralded north- The employee was living at 73 Ewo the court he took the only possible show that in addition to the Pereiral)
course, Thereby, however, he now runs Street permises other suitable accomme many tons of sugar aboard three west China cttles yesterday, including Fill Street, also the landlord's pru- the risk of being dispossessed. I have dation is available. In cross-examina-Hamburg-Amerika Line freighters Stan, Lanchow, Pingilang and Tien- perty, as a sub-tenant of a cackloft to decide whether he would suffer tion, a list of promis advertised for which put into neutral ports at the shui. for which is paid $40, though the cuptional hardship by an adverse des letting at the beginning of September beginning of the war without deliver-
was put to the defendant, who acted in cargoes. total real for the premises was only! sinn in this cure $3B,
Hardship Construcd
to know, not the premises referred to,
The sult involves a sum of $28,500. The judgment
"It has been suggested by Mr. Runs, but n gund dent about the Juentities in
lfin evid
Arauca Not Armed After expressing the hope that hon behalf of the tenant that I should which they were situated. judgment would "help
to clarify the on the word "hardship" the con- ence was that some of the premis
struction ment favourable to the were furnished, that others wäre sul-
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAP}" tenant. Hardstip, he says, should in- able for offices, and sthern again were
to be let at rents of from $69. to $70. FORT LAUDERDALE, elude the town of good premises at a "The powers of the court in relation low rent or if I muy put it so, the pay- It is difficult to see what benefits either 20 (UP)--It is revealed that the to the present care are governed by ment of a higher rent for thon. pre- party derived from that crons-examina German steamer Arauca is not ammed
sub-section (2) of section 3 of the minen than the tenant ran utford.
and may remain at Port Everglades, Prevention of Eviction Ordinaner, No.
"I prefer the view that these facts
indefinitely.
Authorities are Investigating whe-
taw relating to the proverion of evic tion, Lordship anti:
6 of 1938, ha antended by No. 5 of 1939.1 should be considered rather in relation The part of the auction which I have to alternative accommodatlan than 10 particularly to consider rende an fol, hardship, Otherwise a leadford, having lows: If proceedings are taken against, got a tenant, would have to strange à the person who at the commencement) rent sullable to the tenant's meene. of this Ordinance is a tenant
"We know that is not 10, for the dwelling-house (hereinafter referred to mattern to which the court is directed un "the sitting teannt') for the recovery in hare regard by vection # (5) of the
گردی
tion.
Tenant's Case The tenant, on the other hund, hast
Witness, that he tried tv suitable
"Dome!", reports state that the ma- chines which carried out these ralds were naval planes. During their at tack on the southern border of Sze- chuen, they bombed and set aftre seven grounded bombers while the Fla. Dec.estabilishments at other air-fields were
severely bombed and damaged.
Ꮧ
Field Fighting Reports
Chinese claims of successes in other ven evidence, supported by a credible ther or not the British cruiser Orion fronts are carried in "Central News"
Audut entered United States waters and alto, messages received this morning. within necummadallon means and failed. He "made inquiries whether or not an airplane from the South Honnn, it is reported, n num- about places in Honey Houd. Leck Orion flew over the Arauca while she ber of strategic points around Sinyang have been recaptured. Contact be- hart Bond and that district, but net was in United States waters. of possession of the dwelling-house or Ordinance in determining what increase ties." All that that amounts to is that in
tween Sinyang and the ouinide has about places in more expensive locati
Exchange Greetings
been severed as the Sinyang-Ying- for the alectntent of the tenant there, of rest is fale and reasonable are the opinion there was no suitable al LONDON, Dec. 21 (Reuter)
and the Sinyang- from, should it appear to the court that character and condition of the dwelling-ternative accommodation. And the H.M.S. Orion and
German ching highway the
Hwayuin section the Pelping- Hankow Ballway have been damaged. The Chinese are continuing their
north of Sinyang. They broke into the town list Sunday night, but with- drew the following morning upon the arrival of Japanese reinforcements. ber of warships in the Yangtze River Janded at Kuochłakow, south-east of Hukow at the mouth of the Poyang
the preecedings are harsh er oppressive house and the rents of similar dwelling only way in which I can test that steamer Arauca, which eluded her or that exceptional hardship would be houses in the locality. If "means" had opinion is by having regard to the feet and took refuge at Port Everglades, enured to the sitting tenant by the been telended and would expect KORI that he found the Percival Strant at exchanged Christmas greetings yes-attack on Changtalkwan, 14 miles making or giving of an order or judg- mention of the word in that section.
commodation omultable. In other terday, ment for possession or vjectment, the "The powera of fixing Tents conferred words, he could get nothing so good enurt may
*exercino certain by this Ordinanco aro restricted 要好 powers,
cases in which it is unreasonabilo to
an he now has for the same rent.
Books and magazines were. sent "By sub-section (4) of the samo secovict a tenant or in which landlord and Percival Street premises
"I am driven back, therefore, to the from the Arauca to the Orion and the
KA the only Orian reciprocated. tion, the court shall not exercise any tenant base agreed to submit a dispute alternative accommodation. In of its power it in Matisfied that relating to rent to the decision of n
what The Orion is ill watching outside greater hardably would be
way do they differ from the premises at the harbour. flats have wooden floors, no fire encase. Ewo Hill Street? The Percival Street
the landlord by the exercise power than would be caused
caused to roforence rommittee. There is
of the general restriction of "renta by this or
other Ordinance,
Japanese blue-jackets from a nura-
et noore and modern conveniences pays him $10 a month. which brings his Lake, in North Kiangst yesterday
to the any cand, against the express inten. and no flunk ayatem, agninat the con!
tion of the legislature, constrse section
tennnt by the refusal to exerclio it.
Ordinance Explained
for the l'arcival Sirest fat is, it is true, The alternative accommodation_hus the
overai dollars higher than in paid for, same floor sten as the flat in Ewo ill Chinese sources clnim that Chinese neighbouring fints of the same klad but Street and is within a
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SHIRTS SCARVES PULLOVERS BRUSH SETS SHOES
ETC., ETC.
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The Soclety BERU for
$35,000
in 1940 to meet the Mercasing needs of
· Bick and destituto chlidren in Hong Kong. A copy of the Annual Report for 1039 may be obtained from:
Not Hanh Proceedings "Those proceedings are
not in my 3 (2) fat way which would limit the Hill Street. The rent demanded Income to between $60 and 586 month. morning. view harsh or oppresalvo. Even if the reni to what the tenant can bey rather only purpose for which they are brought than what the landlord can gel for the be to secure a higher ront-not nece) premises. In other words, 1 cannot sarily from the defendant-it is net any that it is hardship for a man to its admittedly within the defendantal of it. It is available now. It is not troops arrived and drove the invaders | THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE
10 food as the Bat in Ewo Hit Strest, back to their ships, essentially harsh to require the same Day rent which la reasonable for
"Much has been wald of the danger' but I cannot any that it in hot good; In South Shansi, the fighilne now rent for similar premises in the same; premises but which may be totally un- of fire, the unpleasantness of having so enough for the defendant.
centres around Yichena. A Japanese block of fini. This rent32—ls $8} #ulded to kis pocket.
flush system. The insecurity of wooden
(column pushing eastward from the lower than, lint which, in the opinion.
floors and sfafresses, but” with them | Judgment For Plaintiffs Itown has been defeated at Tungwal- of the secretary to the company, can "And, there being no general rent| matter in this case I am not con "It is not necesary for me to decide'ing, according to a "Central Nows" reasonably bo obtained from any restriction and no standard routs, the cerard. Thers, ary-no special circum- any question of hardship to the Innd message from Loyang. This Japan- tenant for the same secammondation, contention that if = ront fa fred thr] stances which make these ameniiler ford in this mano. My duty in to con-
"Nor are the streamstances in this increase must be based on a percentage, necessATY, ease from which harshness can be the of the rent formerly paid must fail, can afford them, Bren the are danger, in which thould refuse to make in allies it is claimed.
They are for people who sider whether there no circumstances se column sustained over 600 casu- ferred except, it may be, that loma of Khora may pean he's flecreate, for if there be one, I must disregard, order or exertine the other powers con... Another column advancing south- prisesalon Involves the foam · by the example, uador the powers conferted. These conditions are common in Ilong. ferred on me by section of the ward in battling with the Chinese at tenant of his plentele wiring. He paidj by section 4.
Ordinance. If no Ruch elreum, Taising and Chwangllenghang. $200 for wiring and cubicle partẞions "The provisions of the Prevention of "What I must look to in whether the stances irere,
On the Southern Front, it is stated but how much of that sum is attribut-; Eviction Ordinance aen, darivad, prin- accommodation is suliable to the needs Judgment as entered for plaintifa, that a Chinese unit recaptured Sam- abia to wiring we do not know. We cipally from two auctions of the English of this particular tenant. He is a clork with costs and with the consent of both kong and Kunyui, about 15 miles are not told whither it is the customs Rent and fortgage Interest Restrictiohn, int, a lawyer's office, un a salary of 340 paztis, possession is to be giron up and In that neighbourhood far, the tenant, Act, 1923, -(chapter-88)....: Bestion....19,1 month with oemmulon which amounis February, th, wan
north-west of Canton... yesterday.. ,to provide eletrie wiring. -On, the whisk råorjesponds" 28 ́seétion' 1 of the sometimes' to $10. He has a wife and Mr. J. T. Prior appeared for pfalz- while another unlt smashed into
other hand, the tenant has enjoyed tho. Ordinance, la, ta roma: Inte force in three, chlidren, and with him live his tiffe," and "defendant was, represented, Tango, 18 ure of the Eal at a low rent, wblcki England when other control ends. - Is in mister-in-law and her four children. Bts by: hia, employer, Mr. C. A. §. Ruis,
Canton.
kong.
miles north-west
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Mr. A. McKELLAN, GA.
c/o Mackinnon Mackenzie & Co.,
P. & O. 'Building
Mr. KWOK CHAN,
...
of
c/o The Banque de L'Indo-Chin Along Yone
Hon. Treasurers,
The Rice? Read what they're writing to whot
Dean General
and what a wote
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