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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 6, 1989.
CLOSE QUESTIONING IN INSURANCE CLAIM
AGAINST LOCAL COMPANY
MR. WONG YUN-TONG, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE CHEONG SHING HONG WHICH HAS INSTITUTED A CLAIM FOR $30,906.23" ·AGAINST THE CHINA UNDERWRITERS, LIMITED, FOR LOSS AND DAMAGE TO GOODS BY FIRE, WAS WARNED THIS MORNING BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR ATHOLL MacGREGOR, NOT TO LOOK AROUND AT OTHERS IN COURT BEFORE REPLYING TO QUESTIONS, BUT TO GIVE HIS ATTENTION TO THE CROSS-EXAMIN- ING COUNSEL, THE HON. MR. LEO‘D'ALMADA, JUNIOR.
Wong Leo
Claim
In the witness, box, Mr. (cross-examined by Mr. D'Almada) stated that the was made up by his fokis. Wit- ness did not personally work it out.
Witness said that he looked at 46 every item in the claim before it was sent to the China Underwriters. He ascertained from his fokis that the prices claimed were the market rates.
em-
Referring to the firm's books, witness replied that some of the books were not kept by one ployee. Several fokis were entitled to enter items in certain books. En- tries in the Weight and Price Book were made by four fokis, Wan Lin- and foo, Wong Ming, Wong Cho Cheung Hon.
ENTRIES ADJUSTED
in
MEIN
U.S. FIRMS'
KAMPF DISPUTE
Hitler And Refugees To Share Profits
THE
DECISION OF THE AMERICAN PUBLISHING FIRM, STACKPOLE AND SONS, TO DE- FY HERR HITLER BY PUB- LISHING A TRANSLATION OF THE FULL, UNEXPURGATED KAMPF" VERSION OF "MEIN
FURTHER COM- HAS BEEN PLICATED.
Advance riotes were entered the Rough Book and entries were' adjusted, when necessary, on arrival
The American firm Reynal and of invoices. Witness said that
Hitchcock announced that they will two or three days prior to the fire bring out a complete edition of Herr he had occasion to look at the Hitler's book next month. They books which were then posted to
have come to this arrangement with date.
Houghton, Mifflin, owners of the Witness pointed out that the mis-American rights and publishers of takes in the books were either
a condensed version now on sale in clerical errors, or adjustments made England and the United States. after receiving the invoices. With
a few exceptions, the invoices con- firm advance notes.
3
inter- Mr. Eugene Reynal, in an view sharply criticised the plans of Witness suggested that the Stackpole and Sons to publish errors could have been made when full unauthorised edition on the as- copying and not through calcula- tion. The Rough Book contained sumption that the work is not pro-
tected by copyright in the many errors while there were only
States. a few in the Fair Book.
TAM'S TRAVELS
United
member
Mr. Ferris Greenslet, a of Houghton, Mifflin, said: "In the opinion of legal experts, the copy-
IF HITLER OBJECTS
"I am no supporter of Hitler, but I should not like to see the whole copyright system disrupted by such flagrant disregard of legal rights."
Regarding the advance notes and invoices from Kobe, witness admit-right is perfectly valid, and we are ted that they were written by Tam prepared to protect our interest to
the full extent of the law. Sang-han who travelled between Hong Kong and Kobe for the firm. After being shown that ship- ments dated September 10, 19 and 25, and a letter from Kobe dated September 7 were all in the same hand-writing witness replied that, as far as he knew, Tam travelled to and fro and was never long in
According to Mr. Reynal, the con- one place. From the invoices, he
tract of Houghton, Mifflin gives admitted, it seemed that Tam was never long in one place. From the them every right to publish an un- invoices, he admitted, it seemed expurgated translation, although he that Tam was in Kobe on Septem-admitted that Herr Hitler might ber 10, in Hong Kong on Septem-conceivably question this. ber 14 and back in Kobe again on does, Houghton, Mifflin will defend
themselves in court. September 19:
Royalties will be paid to
If he
the
Witness suggested that Tam might have written the invoices before September 10, and post-Fuehrer, but a substantial portion dated them, otherwise he could not of the profits will be given to a
fund for refugees. have been in Hong Kong. The case is proceeding.
DANCING IN 6 HOURS!
Mr. Reynal baid that his firm would proceed with its plang" whe ther Stackpoles published their slation or not;
"If they do," he said, we apply for an injunction."
hal
that
The claim of Stackpoles Rapid easy lessons. Be- ginners - A speciality. "Mein Kampf" is not protected by Advanced · ` courses. Mo-copyright is based on the contention dern Ballroom Tango, that Herr Hitler was neither an Tep. Expert Tuition,
TONY'S DANCE STUDIO | Austrian nor a German citizen when 6th China Bldg., 12-A he applied for American copyright, but what he himself described as a
“Statelona German.”
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