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AGENCY POWERS.

QUESTION OF" "PARAMOUNT": IMPORTANCE.”“”

TO-DAY'S APPEAL CASE.

RENTS

MONDAY, MAY 17, 1926.

(Continued from page 1)

ORDINANCE past, there are periodical streams of refugees into Hongkong whose Influx Into this Colony randers continued rent restriction neces- sary in the interests of those who the Colonytel are wages earners or traders in

10 That Chinese shops are now (as a general rule) paying as high rents as their respective

8. That at the present time and for many years past coches and others belonging to the same A queation of paramount ÍTO- portance to land-owners in the trades are residing and have rebusiness warrant and that it Colony was how counsel termed the aided in particular areas which would be fatal to many of them principle involved in a Full Court are conveniently situated for and to their present business con- of appeal case at the Supreme their respective occupations; for nections if the landlords were Court this morning:

given power to increase rents and

It was agreed on the facts found example coal coolies and coal to eviet tenants. by the Pulsne Judge,, against whose stavedores reside in Wanchal; and 11. That if the Rents Ordin- decision the appeal was made said cargo coolics engaged at the West ance be not extended a general Mr. Bidon Potter, K.O.. for the Point Godowns reside in First, rise in the rents will occur which appellant, that acts done by a rent

will be followed by an immediate collector in regard to 376 Queen's Second and Third Streets,

increase in the prices of provisions Road West, wore illegal and con- such coolies cannot afford to pay and other necessaries and in the Therents increased to the extent cost of commodities sold in the

That

stituted wrongful distraint. point was, however, whether in the shown in the said Schedule and Chinese shops and generally will view of the absence of direct or that consequently they will be increase the cost of living to all implied authority to commit those forced to attempt to find other classes and races which Increase acts the landlord was fable for the accommodation or to increase the will bear especially hardly upon

already large number of homeless the working classes:

S. That inconvenience of the

acts of the rent collector.

Counsel submitted that the land-persons who sleep in the streets. 12. That this Petition has been lord was not and elted numerous

7. That by driving the various drawn at the express wish of the cases (

coolies out of their present places: members of the Hongkong Ton- Mr. Potter was instructed by Mr. of residence which are adjacent to ants Protective Association and their respective occupations great that anch members and others H. C. Macnamara, Deacons.

The rent collector had wrongfully inconvenience will be caused to the have signed or chopped a Peti tively simple to compare present seized and deprived the tenant of colles themselves to their sm-tion in Chinese which will be pre- furniture, goods, chattels, these lovers and in particular to the serted to the Secretary of Chinese market prices-not mere paper acts constituting trespass, What shipping community for the rea-Affairs at an early date. figures at which stall holders only the rent collector had done, sub-son that it will not be so easy to smile cynically-with what ought mitted counsel, was so absolutely muster labour promptly when re- to obtain according to visible sup-outside the class of act & rent col-quired plies of commodities! Such data lector would be expected to do in the ordinary sense of the word might even be obtainable ap-duty," that it was clearly a case proximately by the Sanitary De-in which there could be no implied partment itself. Still, as the body authority to do what he had done:

Assume, contended: Mr. Potter, responsible for allotting the ten- ders to the stall holders, the that I had instructed a solicitor to collect rent and the solicitor in the Sanitary Department ought to hope of saving me expense, went take the complementary step of down to the premises and instead ensuring that the prices charged to the public are fair and reason- able and not of such an excessive nature as to provoke allegations of profiteering.

character indicated has already occurred in the case of Upper Rutter Street and Rutter Street; the houses in which streets were tenanted almost entirely by night soil coolies. That these houses were demolished and rebuilt and the rents increased from about $10 per month per fat to about. of instituting an action had seized $40 per month per fiat; and, see certain good it is clear that ring that such new rants were more than such coolies could pay the of the word because what the solf Government has provided a tem- titor would have done is so abso-porary matshed for them to live lutely outside the scope of his em

9. That owing to the unsettled state of China for many years ployment.

should not be able in any sense:

During the war the prices of

The law, stated counsel never food commodities. were officially

implies authority on the part of regulated with eminently satis-

an agent. to commit acts which the factory results If, as Dr. Koch master himself has not legal power has apparently good!- 'reason for to commit and in this case the mas believing, the position to-dayter had no power to do what the rent collector had in fact done leaves very much to be desired as This was clear from our own Or regards the prices charged, stalldinances which contained a clause holders are merely inviving official specifically limiting the power of landlords and holding na a criminal act such breaches of it. notice to be taken of them.

Hongkong, Monday, May 17, 1926

the the

all

that

The cost of living in Hongkong

The case would have been diffe- Edin-compares unfavourably with that rent, continued Mr. Potter, if the obtaining in certain other ports in collector had done in an unlawful mode acts which in themselves he for Orient, and

had authority to do, for if that in- to tendency is.. place stance the master would be Hable. the blame on the strike 1. for example, the rent collector's and boycott. It is the line illegal acts had been directly in- FAIR MARKET PRICES..

eidental to other duties for which of least resistance for retail he had authority, then the landlord At to-morrow's meeting of the dealers and stall holders in the would be diable. But in this case If remedial the collector had no authority to public markets, Sanitary Board a ticklish pro-

seize the goods. blem is to be propounded by Dr. I measures can be found to elimin- W. V. M. Koch, with the senti-nate any suspicion of profiteering the Sanitary Board will earn the ment and aim of which the public appreciation of a grateful public. will be in full agreement..

CORRESPONDENCE.

J

13

"Using Force."

Mr. Potter was amplifying his

argument as to what acts on the part of his agent a principal 'was not liable for when His Lardship (with a smile) asked what would

in..

District in Hongkong

Enstern

Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray that his Excel- lency the Governor, and the several members of the Legis lative Council will be pleased to pass a resolution extending the duration of the Rents Ordin- ance 1922. (No. 14 of 1922) for the term of one year in pur- Buance of the powers in the Legislative Council rested by Section 10 of the said. Ordin

ance::

And your Petitioners will ever

pray, etc., Dated the 10th day of February,

1925.

(Sd) WONG KAN YING,

Chairman (Sd} Họ TIN CHỈ

Vice-Chairman.

THE SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO

Submitted on February 19, 1925;. House

Number of Rant. per

" Storeys

- Month

Cen tak

86 Des Vaux Road.

૧.

$ 200.00

89 Des Voeux Road. “ 212: Des Voeux Road!

$ 850.00

$180.00

216 Des Voeux Road

$1,100.00

64 Wanchal Road!

4

$79.00

107 Wanchal Road

$ 803.00

25 Stone Nullah Lane

3

$ 86,00

26 Stone Nullah Lane

3:

$ 180.00

11' Tai Yuen Street..

$ 62:00:

7.Ta Yuen Street

16 Spring Garden Lane 4 20 Spring Garden Lane

$ 228,00

$90,00

Western

be the position if, in order to get Yaumath

rent, a collector knocked the tenant down.

Mr. Potter replied that there was even a case on record in which this had in fact' occurred' and the em

alble.

Mongkoktsui

This is a question as to prices charged in the public markets, in- corporating both a suggestion and: an allegation. The doctor desires information as to whether it isSANITARY BOARD ELECTION. possible, when stalk in the public markets are put up for tender, to To the Editor of the China Mail)ployer was held to be not reapon-Shumuhulpo make some arrangement whereby

Sir,-Week after week and there. His Lordship drew a parallel be- a the head of the Sanitary Depart- ment can exercise effective con- is no intimation from the Govern- tween such a case and a case in trol on the prices of commodities, ment as to when the re-election of which an agent, empowered to ar a Sanitäry Board member is to rest, knocked the perɛon in question so as to keep them within reason- take place. Keeping the public down in order to ensure that he got able limits and prevent the 'pro- in the dark on any important the corpus vile.. fiteering which he alleges now matter is not good policy on the

The Mr. H. G. Sheldon (instructed by goes on

apparently without part of the Government.

compilation of a list of all those d'Almada and Mason for the re hindrance.

entitled to vote, is no hard pro-spondent) submitted that the case blem and as an eligible voter, I was also of paramount importance demand the right to know the to tenants who were equally in need cause of this unnecessary delay.

of the Court's pretection. When Yours; etc.,

wrongful acts were done for the M. T. S.

purposes of obtaining rent the un- fortunate tenant, if the previous de-. Hongkong, May 17.

cision were reversed, would have remedy only against the servants: of the landlord, men with limited We

It is easy to allege profiteering, in the markets. The stall keepers themselves often are: them selves responsible for creating a grave suspicion that their prices are, to say the least, suspect, by the occurrence of transactions at different prices.to different people. No one likes to feel that he is being wilfully done down, whether it be in the public markets or an ordinary store. The dealers are never without an "explanation" for their high prices, but it is obvious so often that they speak with their tongues in their cheeks that, many of their customers must often have prayed for a uniform standard rate to be made obligetory. Dealers and stall holders must live as well as their patrons, but they cannot be toler- ated to go on from day to day un- checked in any system of pro- fiteering. In the absence of an official maximum price laid down by the head of the Sanitary De- partment, it is, unfortunately, difficult, if not impossible, to establish a definite case of, pro- Ateering. Suspicion there may be but suspicion alone is not sufficient.

AN APPRECIATION,

(To the Editor of the Chine Mail).

Sir-Now that the film, "The Love Story of Aliette Brunton," has been shown publicly, it may interest you to know that the two days' screening was quite success ful in spite of the adverse weather conditions on the first night.

means.

Tenants Protection.

",

Mr. Sheldon held that once hay- ing gone to collect rent under, the Instructions of his master, the con- sequences of the acts of the ser want were upon the employer.

His Lordship: Do you hold that this rent collector acted within the authority he held to obtain money

177. Queen's Road East- 198. Queen's Road East 52 First Street. 45 First Street.

72 Second Street

74 Second Street. 40 Third Street

$:388.00: $76.00

$ 365.00-

Remarks.

Old Rebuilt Old Rabult Old Rebuilt Old Rebuilt Old Rebuilt.. Oldi Rebuilt

Old Rebuilt. Cd . Rebuilt Old Rebuilt.

$ 80.00

$ 355.00

$ 63.50

$285.00

$.48.00

$..245.00

Old Rebuilt.

208 Des Voeux Road West &

13 156.20.

$: 370:00

Old Rebuilt

8

$ 150.00

Old

·$ 680.00

42 Third Street

210 Deg Voux Road West 4

279 Queen's Road West

281 Queen's Road West

285 Shanghai Street

187 Shanghai Street 137 Reclamation Street 188 Reclamation Street

285 Shanghal Street.

281 Shanghai Street'·

71 Kl Lung Street

$ 80.00

$ $40:00 $87.50 $ 270.00 $60.00 *$* 258,00.- 9 49.00

# 200:00. $21.00 $ 120.00

Rebuilt

Old Rebuilt.

Old Rebuilt

Old Rebuilt Old Rebuilt

Old

51 Ki Lung Street 80 Nanchong Street:

204 Nanchong Street

75 Lai Chi Kok Road.

$ -43.00

84 Lai Chi Kok Road::

$ 130.00

Old Now

THE SECOND SEHEDULE

New

Submitted on May 13, 1926 being schdule of Chinese tenement houses: arranged in district, approximately according to size.

District in the:

Colony Central

I due to him in committing these: Eastern The results are gratifying to us series of unlawful acts? and we feel that a vast amount of Mr. Sheldon He was authorised the success was due to the publi- to collect rent and the law holds city which you gave the film that an employer is liable for the through the medium of your consequences of his servant's im- newspaper, and for which we wish proper modes of collecting. again to thank you very much as well as for your courtesy and much appreciated assistance.

Yours, etc.,

C. S. ROSSELET

Secretary, Hongkong Amusements, Ltd. Hongkong May 16

The list of notifüble dissages for

Kis Lordship. But these acts

were unlawful. Would you hold

if an employer'a driver committed

felony by deliberately running Shainshuipo pver a person that the employer would be liable?

Mr Sheldon: If the driver did it deliberately, of his own malice, thee, employer would not be liable but I submit that such a case difers materially from a case such as this

:48 hours ended yesterday comprises | where the acts) committed were all-pox, with the object of benentting the Chinese, master and not the agre

one

case pach

diphtheris and rab

from the city:

Judgement was reserved;

House

113 Des Voeux Road: Central

88. Dea, Voeux Road Central- 256 Des Voeux Road Central, 284 Des Voeux Road Central 208 Des Voeux Road West: "212" Des Voeux Road West-

50 First Street

45 First Street

58. Second Street 46: Second Street. 40 Third Street 42 Third Street

280. Queen's Noad West

283 Queen's Road West

121 Wanchai, Road 197 Wanchal Road 7 Cross Street

2. Cross Street

11 Tai Yoon Street 19 Tai Yuen Street": 68 Stone Nulia Lane 78 Stone Nullah Lane 177 Queen's Road East 200 Queen's Road East.

71 Laichikok Road

78 Lalchikok Road

71 Keelung Street

61 Keelung Street

80 Nam Cheong Street

104 Nam Cheong Street

tongkoktauf 484 Shanghai Street

Rent per

month exclu- Whether msive of protected

Storeys rates & taxes or not;

$270.00 * Yes.

$700,00 No.

$195.00 Yes.

No: $988.00 $180.00 Yes.

$300.00 $86.00

No.

Yes,

:$140.00

No

$ 98.10.

·Yes.

$229.00

No.

$75.00

Yes.

$134.00 No. $115.00 Yes.

( $220,00 Not

$35.00 Yes $160.00 No

$148.50% Yöszt $270.00 No $73.00

Yes. *$185.00. No. »$, 43.00 - Yes..

$130.00 Now

$ 98,00 Yes

250.00 "No. $57:00)

$19.00

42.00

$180.00

Yes:

86.70 Yes.

50.00 No

$60.00

489 Shanghai Street 187 Reclamation, Street

$175:00

00.00

188 Reclamation Street,

$812.00

285 Shanghai Street:

$120.00

284 Shanghai Street":

$200.00