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Injunction To Restrain Landlord Sought

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 6, 1989

Mr. M. A. da Silva appeared at the Supreme Court before Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell this morn- ing on behalf of Shun Ting-tong, Yung Kwong Chuen and Chow Tat-hing, plaintiffs in a case against a landlord, Lee Cho chuen, Mercliant, of No. 165. Des Voeux Road Central.

The case is proceeding. Plaintiffs sought an injunction to restrain the landlord from con- tinuing reconstruction work on their premises, and damages.

Mr. Silva' said that his clients and the same many other tenants in district were effected by a notice the requiring them to quit, ground that the landlord intended to re-construct wooden structures as cement and concrete ones:

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Some time later a deputation of tenants called on the 'rent collector and asked him to inform the land- lord that they were unable to ob- tain other accommodation and drew his attention to the fact that the buildings were already constructed of concrete and cement.

No notice was paid, and the land- lord proceeded to have scaffolding erected and commenced demolition of parts of the buildings.

WOMAN'S EVIDENCE

Shun Tin-tong, a woman tenant, stated that she had lived at No. 326 Lai-Chi-kok road for the past seven

She was or eight years.

paying $20 rent but had paid only $18 | previously.. She did not know when the rent was increased. After she had received notice to quit and

RAID FOR HEROIN ON HOTEL ROOM

Chan Kam was charged before Mr. R. A. D. Forrest this morning, with unlawful, possession of 30,000 heroin pills, in room No. 213 of the Tai Koon Hotel, Des Vouex Road Central,

Mr. A. W. Grimmitt, Acting Chief Preventive Officer, told the Court that he raided the Tai Koon Hotel; at about 1.30 p.m. on June 27, and found defendant and a small boy in room No. 213. Defendant said he was waiting for a friend, who oc cupied the room. Revenue Officers

found two. searching the room newspaper parcels, containing red pills. Another packet of pills was found in the bed covered with a blanket. There was nothing else in the room, no clothing or other belongings.

Defendant, denying the charge, said he went to visit a friend at the Hotel, and did not know there were pills on the premises. The case was adjourned.

GROSS CRUELTY ALLEGED

Before Mr. Q. A. A Macfadyen to-day, Inspector Fraser prosecuted Lam Tat-sam, 39, master of Lam Tai-shing Boot Shop, Temple Street, for ill-treating a boy, Hau Wai-man, aged 16.

He was alleged to have tied up the boy with wire and burnt him with a blazing stick between two legs.

He pleaded not guilty and was released on $250 ball. The hear ing was fixed for next Monday.

FOUND IN HOTEL

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ly for other premises but had not been successful. She had inform- ed the landlord of this, through her solicitors. On May 25 some workmen came to her premises and erected scaffolding. They proceed- ed to take the window frames out and make alterations to the kitchen. As the result of this works, she could only use the kitchen when it was not raining and the same was true of the rear cubicle. When the workmen arrived at her house they treated her belongings roughly. They broke a quantity of bowls and plates and a brass boiler valu- ed at $15 and a blackwood chair with marble top. The premises now were not habitable when it rained.

SUB:LETTING

Mc Cross-examined by Mr.

D. Callum for the landlord, witness agreed that the rent receipt was in a "Tong" name and not in hers. The Tong name was that of her ancestors.

She said that the front room was sub-let for $16 which included furniture and lights and not for $18 as suggested by Mr. McCallum.“ She denied that the cockloft was rented for $15 a month or that she had further let the rear |and the backyard.

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The manager of the Harbour View Hotel, Mr. J. Semmler, heard a noise at 7.45 p.m. yesterday, 18, and when passing Room No. investigating, found a man standing behind a trunk.

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As a result, Taui Pin-cheung, 31, was charged before Mr. Himsworth and this morning with loitering, sentenced to three months' hard labour.

EIGHT CHOLERA CASES

Eight cholera cases were report- ed to the local Health Authorities yesterday. Five were in Victoria, two in the New Territories and one In Kowloon.

Other cases notified were tuberculosis, six typhoid, four meas les, three dysentery, and one each of diptheria, meningitig and puer- Peral fever.

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