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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
“PECULIAR CASE” HEARD AT THE SUPREME COURT
August 29, 1940.
CONTEMPT OF COURT
COURT APPLICATION
IS DISMISSED
What was described as a most peculiar case came up before the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, at the Supreme Court this morning. It was to have been an action for contempt of Court against a man who could not be found, but it developert into an argument as to whether or not the motion was proper.
Plaintiffs were Wong Chung-ol offence was grave the only appro- and Wang Pak-hee, and defendant priate punishment should be per- way Wong Slu-kan. The proceedings sumal. On the other hand, since Mr. wore the outcome of an interim in- Potter had intimated he had certain re- preliminary points with regard to the Junction granted to plaintiffs, straining defendant, who was then motion itself, he would like to bear one of two managers of the estato of them now, It
possible, the Wong Wal Chalt
Cheung at Tong
to return the
accounts
Mr. Poller said his paints were Chau, from collecting the rentals and that the nolles of motion was bad! ordering him to books and chops. It was alleged that and irregular. The interim injunc after the injunction was made, de- tion wan two-fold-prohibitory and fendant continued to collect the rentals, hence the motion for con tempt
"af cohon, Instructed by Mr. Mr. Percy M. A. da Silva appeared for plain tiffs, and defendant was represented by Mr. Eldon Potter, KC, instructed
Mr. Pett II. Sin,
by
directory,
in the sense that his client was stopped from collecting the rentals and ordered to return the accounts bools and chops,
In an injunction of such a nature. he argued, three provisions had to be complied with, and these were done
by plaintiffs. Firstly, memorandum had been endorsed on
not
no
At the outset, Mr. Potter applied the notice, informing defendant of for an adjournment, but at the same the consequence should he fail to time Intimated that if His Lordship) | comply with the order. Secondly, should decide to proceed, he would there
in the no allegation WIA kais certain objections with regard|amdavit filed in support of the mo- to the motion itself.
thon for contempt that such a morandum had been endorsed, and thirdly no time for compliance of the de-order was stated.
Man Disappeark
His Lordship: I understand fendant walked out one morning in his slippers und has vanished,
Mr. Potter: That is so. As Mr., Sin wald in his affidavit, the Police have been informed and every a tempt has been made to find film.
Counsel then went on to say that All the the case was most peculiar books and drops had been returned
Counsel's Reply
me-
Mr. Chen submillled that the whole
of restraining
0s was
burden of the injunction naked for defendant from collecting the rentals, was for the purpose Admittedly, the books and chops had been returned but,
well- known to the Court, these could be abrighted. Therefore, the prohibi- order-preventing defendant from collecting the rentais
was the only real one
In compliance with the order, id tory part of objection had been raised by plain tiffa in respect of these. Defendant WHT Meen in a ten house with two men on Sunday morning, but on the following day he could not be found, At the time he was seen there was no state of panle in his mind to clear out; indeed he had told Mr. Sin he to place himself quite prepared to
WOR
the
Continuing, Mr. Chen pointed out էր ad- that in his appliention for journment, Mr. Potter had refrained on referring to the contempl of Court committed by his client in collecting the rentals after he had er- erived
rutice of the injunction
within the juriwliction of the Court
ourt Defendant committed Blac contemp!
Under these circumstances, Counsel on three orvosions and if there had zobmitted, it was only fuir to
the prohibitory bo been no breach journ the rose for the man to be part of the order there could not found. It might be that he had have been any contemp!
of Court. merely run off to Cheung Chnu, but His Lordship observed that the pre- if he was still in Hongkong he (Mr.sent proceedings were nut conremed Potter) had sufficient confidence in with the question of contempt of the Police to find him.
court, but with whether or not the
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provisions for the motion had been NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (Domei).—Greece's position His Lordship remarked that his compiled with under the Code
found there to-day is as precarious as the Dutch and Belgian last view was that it would be very - Civil Procedure. He advized to proceed on the question of had been no such compliance, and ac-winter when Germany caused intermittent alarm before contempt of Court in the absence of cordingly dismissed the motion with
invasion, the New York Times reports from Belgrade. the mons Involved, because it the costs.
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The paper said some think Italy will make a grab upon the Balkans this year assuming that Germany is headed for a quick victory.
Others opine that the Axis may invade Greece as part of the Eastern war because such an attack may divert the forces of the British fleet. Country's Internal Troubles
HITLER ABANDONS “BLITZ” AGAINST BRITAIN
By MADAME TABOUIS THE 'FAMOUS 'FRENCH POLITICAL COMMENTATOR, WHO IS NOW WRITING IN ENGLAND
LONDON, Aug. 28 (UP). I have just been informed from very reliable. sources that Hitler has decided to {play his war
game in the Mediterranean,
Within a few days he is going to transfer a substan- tial force to the Mediterra- nean in order to reinforce the Italians.
He will try to conquer the British forces in the East by simultaneous attacks from the sea on Alexandria and by land invasion of Egypt from Libya and Abyssinia.
Hiller has been forced to chasgo his plans because of the tremendous dufculties he has encountered in the Battle of Britain.
Shortage of Petroleum
He is becoming acutely short of petroleum, and in order to rectify ils the Axle must obtain supremacy in the Mediterranean.
Ho fools that if he can obtain this supremacy England will be deprived of the petroleum which she obtains from Iraq and Iran.
now
This would also end any possibility of the Balkan countries, Turkey or the Soviet Union turning against the Axis it the situation becomes un- favourable to Germany.
Well informed circles here view the situation as follows;
If England succeeds in holding her own in the Mediterranean and North Sea, she will face the coming winter under the best possible conditions.
As long as Britain continues to rule the Mediterranean Germany must obtain her petroleum through Rumanta, mostly Via the Donube, which freezes over in winter.
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Meanwhile, though the Greek Gov- ernment bus the support of the population, there 19 obviously a latent discord between the followers of General John Metaxas and the Wireless)-A reduction in the late Republican leader, M. Eleutherlos time of training of aircraft
Vonizelos.
General Metaxas hus tried to pilots and crews under the Em- placate the Axis as long as possible. pire Scheme as the result of in- However Germany favours M. Con- creased facilities was announced slantic Gotzias, Governor of Albens.
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