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OBEYING THE LAW BRINGS HIM FOUL OF LAW

An hllegation that action was taken against his client because of his insistence on obeying the Taw was made by Mr. Hin-sing' Lo when he appeared 'before Mr. W. A. Blair-Kerr ou be- half of Lew Fun-yow (a ̧Chinese merchant returned from California) at Kowloon yes- terday.

Lew was summoned by his fof $220.50 during the past six tenant, Wong Po-shan (repre-months for 516 Shanghal Street, sented by Mr. C.A. Sutherton Grst floor. Russ), for overcharging a total Pleading guilty to a technical offence. Mr. Lo said that his ellent was a Chinese merchant from Callformin who left his bougi In the care of another man during his absence from Hong Kong,

Personalia

The wedding of Petty Officer Lloyd George Richards, R.N. [HM.S. "Flyventcher," Kat Tak, and Miss Pony Yee of 803 Can It n Rond, took place

The Supreme Court Registry yester- day in the presence

of Messrs. Chow Hok-itow and Lau Yiu- chtung.

Valenzuela Yang, Me. Amando tot 182 Des Voeux Rond Central, was married to Miss Violet King Louise, { Ick Bond, nt Supreme Court Registry yester. day in the presence of Messrs. 1. W. Hempel and M. A. Yang,

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The forthcoming wedding of Blair Taggert Gagnon, Artificer, Phyllis Miss Navy, to Notalla Castro 41 Kennedy Itond, has been am unred.

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Peninsula Hotel Arrivals Mr. and Mrs, R.E. Seca, Charles S. Miner and Mrs. R. Louis,

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Peninsula departures: R.W. 1 J. S. Wilson, and B. J. White.

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Passengers by P.P.A. Clip- pers include J. Campbell, Mrs. P. Harvey and 1. Ramchand

for Manila,

Readers' Letters VISITOR BRINGS

Curious Fact

عالم

In this mintter of the K:wloon

Sir,-11 18 well-k-wn that failway Station the confiscations when unmanifested cargo is ex. appear to ga on under the gulse [ported from this Colony without of expedienty, but it must be ob

the blessing of the 1. E. Dipl. vious that any extra staff em- it is subject

the 1. & E. fy this to seizure by the ployed by British revenue officers, and, point of departure would well Their pre- after due hearing before a pro justify its existence. perly constituted court which ful-ventive activities would undou ly considers alt ospects, itsbtedly bring in a nice proßt 1

Treasury altininle fate in decided. Yet it the

which curs fact that while this simply going La mointala allen; taly procedure holds good for de- netivities in our midst..

But worse than the steady th Tortues by kru and air, it d:es not apply to departures by rail! incial lows to the Colony Is the On the contrary at the Kawnct that under the British flag a loon Railway Station, officials of dictatorial regline is being allow of the Chinese Maritime Customs ed to operate the thin end of its sply confiscate anything which despotic wedge in an intolerabl they consider as an ilegal ex. | fas)

fashion: No British officing either growth the labour union move. port from 11.K. or an illegal im here or on British soll anywhere ment in Hong Kong, and spoke bortinto China, ns and how they for that matter wields the ar think it. Iteceipts Er the goods itrary pwers arrogated to hin confiscated are, ni course, issued

elf by the Commissioner of Chl n derian, but they are of halese Maritine Customs in Hon much use as no legal proceedings Kong-that of being able to seiz follow, and

asking for and confiscate the private pro clarificut in of the reasons foperty of citizens with:ut du confiscation remain unanswered, legal process.

Whatever may It seems strange that the myr-

NEW VIEWS

ON LABOUR COST

is now Labour costs in Hong Kong are "not high," and

from what I have seen, local industry seems to be "well able to afford it," said Mr. E. W. Barlthrop, Q.B.E., D.S.O., Adviser to the Sec- retary of State for the Colonies, at a Press conférence yesterday.

On big return to the Colony mndons of

letters

осенг In the

Mr. Barithrop welcomed th:

Young Girl Shoplifter Sentenced

ANTS || Bighly of the sound cominon sense and Reneral Tistralni of Hong Kong writers

"I saw reprezentatives of some 30 trade unions grateday, sal Mr. Barthrop Janet 1. was n Dresneri by the moderation and comun, a schise of their questions

Prompt action by Kwok Muk. They wanted to know how low

kwang, of the Swatbw Lace Co.. wages could be Improved, how

Street, resulled Arrest of a 20-year-:id hours wild be reduerd, how der compensation e old be provide the for against acrident, how relierter, B 11o, of No. 74, Soi, Young-choi Street, who was was' could be giver to pregon convicted

three counts of woman workers during contine

Inveeny at Central Magistracy ment. education [ur

workers

|srsterday and sentenced to three Lehildren, housing, and other re

montly imprisonment, levant questions, all bearing on

She was charged with stealing the welfare and living conditions

loves from the Swatow Laer of the working man,"

from the Jam Company, serge Fair Company, 200 It

of

girl's trousers Pr.diets Company,

I foreign Power-polier state across the way wi in July 1946, defendant found itself almost a psychopathie ease can at least assure ourselves that the house badly damaged. He on the question of national sover.it can't happen here'!

TAELS WE LOSE.

carried nut repaira $5,000.

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ni

costingnty are allowed a free hand

here to exercise such powtra.

We have the anomaly arising In October: that year repairs that a passenger leaving Hong were completed, and defendant | Kong for Swatow

Same Grievance bý brat, oer

Sir, On October began to inquire into the rest Shanghai by plane, ts subject to

20, 1947. British search and due process of Lt. Chung-man. kinsman of houses in the neighbourhood, while the unfortunate leav-mine, was search:d at the ter

his former by rail.

while still standingphus station of the Canton-Kow He was told that charge of 45 was too low, and British sail may be arbitrarily loan Railway near the Star Ferry so decided to old $30, making lonted with ut retriss by the Eighty-five thels of gold

agents of a foreign Power whose were forcibly a total of $75.

taken by agent eldom is not notori us for of the Chinese Maritime Customs.

probity or Tuir dealing. They were Small wonder if ignorant passen same authorities.

conflruted by the

thi mleted by uniform:</ als hesitate to take any anty or sovereignty or internationa! at all though they have little law has

Agreed To

In April, 1917, continued Mr. Lc. "when the Chinese papers were full of the Landlord Tenant Ordinance which would

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ba!

Can you tell me by what tren-

branch of Chines

be coming into force," defendant | chance of redress anyway, And government to search, sehr a

mall wonder if they gain a fict! confiscate gold bars of a Hong thought that he was entitled to

that Britishingite who still remains In th further mercase of the rem by bobs impression

British territory? another 30 per cent. He devidevereignty in these parts in on

LI BAK-TUNG to increase it by unly $15, mak- ing a total of $90.

Both the increases, declared Mr. Lo, were agreed to by unm- plainant who took no action un

Dec. 8, or approximately seven months after the last in- crease.

The reason for the nction.

S. Dmitrovsky aaid defence counsel, was the and A.C. Lyn for San Frao-defendant persistently refused cisco), Miss K. Abbott, Miss to let Weng remain on the pre-

Abfalder

mises after receipt of the spennd Kowlton eviction order by the Ccart.

Terera

and A. V Olson (for Shanghai, and R. Resser for Honolulu),

JUROR FINED

Tel. 20038.

Sang Sheung-wong The Penk, was find $25 yesterday by Mr. Justice E. H. Willlars (Chief Justice), for being absent when his

was culled for jury service.

that he Sung claimed

had been delayed by the breakdown uf bis mulor car.

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Postman Fined For

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Letters

Fong Tung, Postman 128, was fined $300 by Mr. W. II. Latimer at Kowloon yesterday for im- peding the prompt delivery of 75 postal nackets on Dec. 3.

to

[received them)

Growth :1 trade pilonism is ta long democratic ines, whers th the encouraged, provid.d It i

werkers have the say and th.

Metals are properly elected, snie Mr. Barlthrop.

No Worse Generally he had the impres ying that the

f the Hon Kong worker was no worse tha. that of his counterpart In Mala va, that as for ng he was awort there was no disentent anong wekers in general in Hong Kong.

d that on the whole they wer

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from the China

Polke salt ihut Kwok, suspect- twa Chhese females who en、 ered the shop at 12.30 p.m. on Dec. 31, Hollowed them out and w eng taking some gives from under het overenut and giving hem to defendant who was wait. Ing calls fr

Ho promptly - grubi- bed Ho, while the other two ran awDY.

revealed that ul girl's the basicet

cetiries Jak sans serpe

and pair In tror found.

a bunch of common sense. flows.

Mr. Barthrop was also of the which H was carrying when sha Lopasien that the large cimplyers was arrested word stolen from of labour in Hong Kong are not | the other shops, shortly before innezamumble and gentrally try in the theft At the Swatow Late

give their men uniform benefis |Company. and pay scales.

Mr. Barthrop, who és un t A Chinese girl, aged abnu 21, mission to the Coletes to study traveling from Ming Kok to Jabour conditions on the spot, a Hong Kong by ferry shortly after initted he was no expert on local 11 o'clock list night, fell over- labour problems. The newlortge are an th verrel was in mid- he would gain from his enquiries harbour, She was resound and would enable the Colonial Omes admitter fo the Queen Mary to understant hette the report Hospital. that they will recofre from tim to time from the colonies

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Hume.

of his journey

The Magistrate reconimended Ho Kwong, who retired from departmental action, the post of Kowloon Head Post- On Oct. 19 last, amplified "Me that

is a way of strengthening hould be taken against defen-man in 1946 after 41 years ser- the Inison belwein the Colmiri Lo, complainant, As principaldant on a charge of delaying vice, declared that he has Office and the labour officers in tenant. was convicted of nu the delivery of a postal packet transmitted all instructions

the various colonies, "he said. and an on Nov. 24.

postmen as he opium-divan offence

Mr. Barthrop will be quest of eviction order was melt aap-1 Mr. D. C. W. Fitches prose- from the Chief Clerk.

h notar at a tea party given by behalf of the Post- him. This crder was sent to the cited on

In reply to Mr. Comber, withis afternoon at the Hoog Kong the Chinese Engineers Instituté. defendant, as landlord, on Oct.master-General, and Mr. A.SC.

Comber appenred for the deness declared that there Was

Hotel Roof Garden, and will lenge.

ne time limit for a postman to leave an Alanday for Hornes, on 28.

Second Conviction Chief Inspector R. Cunning-return from 11ls morning Best stretch

testified that in 1930. rounds. If the man returned Another ofice of conviction ham against the complainant on Nov.when he was Inspector of Post early he would shally ask for men, the rules were that no leave to go for lunch. If he was 4 was sent on Nov. 11.

postman was permitted to take late, he would have to go with "My client, being a lawny correspondence home: that out a menl, as every maŭ usual- abiding citizen, wanted to carry all undelivered mails were to be ly went out on two beats a day,

the first at 9 a.m. and, the sec- out the order of the Court. He returned to the Post Office.

Furthermore a

p.m, postman was ond at asked the complainant to move not allowed to deviate from his. A complete dental any in-ock, on New Year's Day, fillua. out and refused to discuss the beat, nor was he permitted to tention to impede delivery wasing delivery of an ultimatum demand possibility of bluffing the Court go home for his meals while on entered by defendant. I using the reinstatement of one of the oficers," Anid defence counsel. duty.

his intention to deliver the let Caprains who had been dismissed the That appeared to anger the

These instructions, sald wit-ters in the afternoon.

As to Nov. 24, he had a very ations between the management an

previous day, was settled after neg complainant, who, when negotin-ness, were given to all postmen

periodically at the Post Office. heavy morning and did not in officials, tions broke off, instituted the present proceedings.

KOWLOON "BOYS"| ON STRIKE

A twn-liner sulke staged by "nye" of the Arlingan aort Harbour View

Mr. J. R. Woodler affirmed finish the morning round until that Instructions on their duties after 2 p.m. He went back to His client, concluded Mr. were given to all postmen. The the Post Office with a few units hospital at the time of the walk- men were also told what to do delivered letters and left the in

letters were undeliver- office shortly before 4 when

with the afternoon mall.

was quite, prepared to refund the $220.50 to complainant, and seek the offices of the Tenancy Tribunal to have Wong evicted now that the Court order had been rescinded.

If complainant, or his solici- tor, was prepared to give un undertaking that he would not commit another offence, Lew was prepared to let Wong stay

on.

The Magistrate made an or der for $220.50 to be returned i to complainant,

Reminders

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Coming Events

TOMORROW

St. Andrew's Group of VDMA

ineeting, talk by Rev. Swuin RAF Chaplain, on "China" : at the Vicarage, 7.15 p.m. Magic Circle meeting, Cosmo

Club. 8.30 p.m.

Men of Rochdale

pravicw,

Oriental Theatro, Wanchal. 10.30 am.

MONDAY

St. Andrew's Women's

Guild

meeting, folk by Mrs. Frank Short, at Vicarage, 3 p.m. Annud) ·Rise Day in aid of St. Vincent de Paul Fund for thePoor.

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Discarded Boy

Friend Gets 8 Years

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MARRIAGE AND OTHER SETTLEMENTS

Mrs. Gardner, under whose pan- AKO ( the two batek apu pin, a

The advantages derived therefrom" **** | merit investigation by all who would pannut, but shesined permission to leave, afeguard the future for themselves

After neguiations, the management agreed to i-instate the Captain who

ent and their dependants. hat been dismissed, give the "hey" one day holiday a week, 18 days holiday a year and working day t ant more than nine hours.

Lam Hoi, who pleaded guilty to throwing corro- sive fluid on a former girl friend, Wu Kam, 25-year-old waitress, was yesterday sentenced by Mr. Justice E. H. Williams (Chief Justice), to eight years' hard labour. Lam was also found guilty or suggested that they go to # criminal intimation of Lau hoarding house after the per- Kwal-chun

sentenced to formance. When Wu refused, nine months' hard labour on Lam poured corrosive fluid over this charge, the sentence to her face, chest and arms.

sentence of eight years,

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FALSE

PRETENCES

Op three charges of obtaining money by false pretences from Leung Kai-fun, Fan Yiu-con (27), descri ed as an accountant, resiling at 40 Reclamation Street, secanif Anor, and kis ball of $1,000 estreated when he failed to appear

before Mr. W. A. Blair-Kere yesterday.

Det. Sub-Inspector J. R. Sykes a tefendant pretended he was in a Position to obtain the renewal of a pre-war driving licence for Leung

commence on the expiry of the | Soon after a woman friend By this claim Fan obtained from of Wa, Lau Kwal-chun, met Leung $40 at Lockhart Road on Jan. him, in Nathan Road. He seem-10, 1947, $80 at the Lam Fung Cafe ed excited and handed her $70, an Jan. 12, 1947, and $35 or Argyle which he sold was to be given Street a days later. to his sister-in-law.

Mr. E. H. Sainsbury said that at about 8 p.m. on Sept. 3, Lam Invited Wu to the theatre; and

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Enquiries by the police re- vealed that aceased had gone to Macao. Extradition pro- credings were taken and he was brought back to Hong Kong.

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