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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1948,

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Cuisine Peculiarities Police Raid Phase In Court Case Sellers

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Sweep Ticket The SINCERE C&Ltd.

change Building on sweep ticket HONGKONG'S

diction proceedings against Chinese cuisine and its peculiarities formed a phase Hsu Chi-chweng, alias Chu Kai-chong, former director-

of the hearing of a charge of injecting fluid into quails brought up at Central Magistracy general of the Chinese Gov- ernment-controlled Postal Re-

yesterday by Health Inspector A. W. Fowler Mr. F. X. d'Almada charged mittance and Savings Bank against a 22-year-old foki of a Central Market The recent raids by Health of Shanghai, who was alleged

poultry stall. If you are interratal in acumirio Department and Police om- to have defrauded the Chin- command of god English for bicials on flower vendors along ese Postal Bank of CN$2,850,- are invitesi to apply for m copy of Nathan Road and other parts 000,000. "Word Mastery." qued by the Regent of Tsimtsatsu!

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A police rald outside Ex-

sellers had a sequel at Central' Magistracy yesterday when a 20-year-old male and a 17- year-old girl appeared before

with the illegal selling of tickets. The Chinese have a peculiar The purpose of the bye-laws | manner

Fang, Wo, pleading not guilty, of preparing roast was to prevent the spread of dis was convicted and fined $50 or Lee days' imprisonment.." birds, Mr. A. S. C. Comber, re- ense, witness ainted,

Under cross-examination, he Kum, also pleading not guilty, presenting Ko Kwan, of No. 7

24 hours as the This informative booklet, describes the out in conformity with Gov-ral Magistracy before Mr. F. Xtrate,

At yesterday's hearing at Cen-Graham Street, told the Magis-admitted not seeing the defendant was remanded

in the act of injecting fluid into constable who arrested her was Total Casternment's polley to rid the d'Almodo, a prosecution witnesa,

the bird.

under medical treatment, Mr. Comber asserted

that

was allowed bail of $60. planned that ye wain noticeable improve streets of unlicenced hawk-Ho Ka-yu, under cross-examing-simple method was to inject

to 'separate view of the fact that witness did from reliable sources yester-ed by Mr. Mareux da Silva, tied ers, the "China Mall" learned on by defence counsel, Mr. Leo air into the bird

d'Almeda e Castro, K.C., Instruct the skin from the flesh.

not see his cilent injecting the Mr. Comber pleaded not guilty bird, there was no case to ana- day.

up both counsel and Court at one

on behalf of his client to the Wer. He would plead guilty to him a Job. Since the re-issuance of stage.

standing charge but guilty to one there, d'Almada, before de- which was to be uned for medi- licences, the competent authorit les have allocated

Airlivering judgment, said alten for six Bower-stalla at Middle Road, be hind the Far East Motors garage,

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Objection by Crown Counsel, Mr. Lonsdale, to certain questions added to the confusion.

with the view of creating д The matter was cleared up by

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the Magistrate, who suggested

to defence counsel that he tackle

the point from another angis,

To make the skin brittle,

Mr.

of injecting air.

in

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Pang. who denied possessing sweep tickets, said he was wall ing outside Exchange Building for a friend who had promised

He had some money on him that he cine for his mother,

of injecting air while et cution refused to accept. Was injected into the animai nccepted counsel's explanation. Lee said sho was sent by her

skin from the carcoss,

Ko Kwan, counsel explained, in poultry anci was a hawker game. He had sold four qualis for 90 cents each. Ile was then Witness, sub-manager these six sites, three have

of the instructed by his customer, who taken up and stalls erected. Postal Bank, at the last hearing, bought them for a birthday party, Another successful applicant had explained the procedure to kill the birds and prepare them dked at the iden of expending whereby foreign exchange could for a special dish, which required 1$130 or so on the erection of a be procured

during the latter

the special treatment of making |stall when informed by the alber half of 1945. He had also us

the skin brittle. three holders that only-very trated how Powell and Sons, negligible volume of business}Ltd., had obtained exchange from could be transacted daily, due, if the Central Bank through the was claimed, to the competition Postal Bank,

for a free copy of "WORD MASTERY" offered by the unlicenced vendors.

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Two of three of these unlicenc.

During

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CIONS-

ed sellers, it was further learn-exumination, the Hon. Mr. el, have been warned on numer d'Almada confined ouis occasions to cease busines, questioning

One of them, a young man in his

early twenties, was even warned by Um Magistrate to pack up" ar else to bring his aged mother

institution, The Preewus Blood Hospital.

EVADED TAXI FARE

In the sum of $100 was forleded

Cuntlilar, by Benny | Spanish-Hawation seaman of ss. resident Monroe," when he Indled to appear before Mr. W.A.

Hair Kerr at Kowloon yesterday to answer the chorges of evading payment of 31 taxi fare and of

the assaulting

driver, Yiten Cheung, at Nathan Road on April |25.

to the

most of his relationship

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His client, counsel contented, neted under instruction from his customer, and there was no at- attempt to swindle the public. It was a technical offense.

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identity, defendant

As to his

Corporation Presses Its Claim

liis

On the evidence he would have

mistress to buy tickets. to accept the plen of injecting alr. PC 2604, told the Court that he into the bird.

was one of the party which raid- "The market bye-laws are also ed the rca. He heard Pang

Chinese," published

Mr. calling out $2.20 a plece," and d'Almada said, "and the defen-arrested him. He then told him dant if he had chosen to carry to stay put while he arrested two out the instruction of the buyer of other men. While he was engag the qualls, might have done mojed with the others, witness said, elsewhere than in the poultry he saw Pang throwing awity killing room."

"This is a case of violation of Pang denied he had any tickets. bye-laws, and I, therefore, tine He offered to be searched and defendant $100."

denied calling out,

tickets.

Readers' Letters

that

It

described took place before the delay (in implementing

Health Insp. Fowler in

Local Charities Sir,-"One of the 540" has con- between two exhibits an evidence in chief said that at 12.05 Cheats, Frauds, "Suckers" Sir-"Enquirer" deserves some pm, on March 31, he visited the Exhibit N referred to certain poultry killing

to Central support in his request room,

the firmed my concern for him, that i

80 im- accounts of Powell and Sons Ltd.arket, and found the defendant Powers-that-be that the gullible his judgment has been with the Postul Bank, while Ex-holding a rubber syringe, with public be protected from being paired by this sense of grievance laid the cause of it ot to the Urban Council to obtain a hibit P was the approval of the one and in

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tin of water. On made "suckers" of by the many licenced pitch, as he was too able application

the

and frauds the wrong door. But before budied for a licence to be issued through the Postal Bank to the seeing bin the defendant put the unscrupulous cheats to him. He not only ignored the Central Bank for the purchase of quails, tin and tube under a sink that seem to have always found proceed further, a bird tells me this Colony such un ident happy- that I must make my stand clear Police and Health Department US$189,851. The two documents and ran away.

Icst it be misunderstood and mis- Dgures entered in Questioned

master's hunting-ground, warnings but also the advice of had similor

had a friend once; un artist construed by the other 539 men- them.

refused to The Magistrate,

skill wlose

grently

of our Lean Brigade. admired, bers Flowers seized during rails Sitting on behalf of the Chi-divulge any information, witness and who, because of this, I help consists in: (1) Fighting for jus-

Kaid, The tube on examination have never been destroyed nor nese Government & Mr. Peter H.

red in many ways. Subsequently, tice for ourselves; (2) Prevent- was found to contain water.

being done to wasted but, with the consent of Sin, while Chief Inspector W.W.

I lost this man's goodwill when ing an injustice represented the reply to counsel, witness could i

Teachers Association; anch the Magistrate, confiscated to Williamson Charitable

wasteful lonkage not say whether the market nye declined to support an exhibl- the

(3) Stemming R such as police.

that he was putting Hearing was adjourned to to-laws covered any such act out-o

up, ostensibly In nid of some

very of fighting spirit in "One of the sitle. day.

worthy

The exhibition 540" and "Pentagrid", (and pos was held, without any assistance sibly others also),, and redirect- from me and it netted for the ing it along the right channel. artial, I believe, quite u decent Is It now clear? Then here be-

ginneth: profit. Lent I should be casting a

"One of the 540" persists in artist who reflection upon any has held en exhibition in tne arguing that the Teachers Asso- Colony in recent months, I ought station "has the right, nay, the behalf the to say that the incident I have duty, to ask on our

the proper Authorities the cause of Pacifle War.

and G/5 Then, there was that "clergy-Grant Code Para. 13

Circular No. 43 with referenco man" who went about Hong

Commission." The Salories which certain missionary work,

Tight? Maybe the much-vaunted occupation seemed quite remun erative for his reverence" for democratic right of man to say he did not particularly appear to what is cating him-within the bounds of law and constilu- be living in asceticism. But it

The rub in freedom of would have been very illuminat tions."

speech is, therefore, that anyone, Ing if that "reverend gentlemar

bis(the President of the H.K.T.A., oxplained how he came by

Indulges in The final contracts were an-venerable title, or

he d'or instance,) who

this right, might casily tered into by one of the part. savings of

hin- get the self hauled up for "political ut belloved ners, and the contracta in dla-many zealots who

lerance", convicted for slander, pute were entered into by Li they were laying up treasures

excommunicated for herecy, Yuk-wan.

where moths. do not thieves break-through and steal. even gallowed for treason. The "that tho duly? No. I reaffirm The only

which manner in

I am prepared to disclose

Constitution of the Teachers As- Wong ever handled

money 011 the competent authorities, behalf of the plaintiffs was when serves any useful purpose NOW,

owsociation makes it very clear and Government intendod it) what it ment of the deposit. The three mentioned above,, although the partners had по

bts not: that is to say, its duty is knowledge former has already passed bu-T whatsoever of any arrangement and the pale of human justice. Lies whereby members may bo to provide means and opportuni- with the defendant firm regards for the "padre", do no ing alleged deductions in price.

know whether he is still enjoy. come erudite as individuals, more

auctabic Weng left the employment of ing the all-embracing hospitality proficient as teachers, and more as units of (theoretical- plaintifs very hurriedly in April of this British Colony; for he has

been very when it became apparent have not heard of him

of late; anyway, one common berd. Actually, quiet

for however, we have been arbitrari. that the contracts would be can- months. Very likely, he le obcy. cleft by Government, in con- of Its polley and Divido

formity with ing his Master's injunction

and Rule", into (to

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

NOTICE TO MEMBERS

FIFTH EXTRA RACE MEETING

Saturday, 1st May, 1948.

The First Bell will be rung at 1.39 p.m. and the first race will be run at 2.00 p.m.

Through numbers (10 Races-$20.) may be obtained at the Office of the Treasurers, Ist floor, Exchange Buliding, also tickets for the Special Cash Sweep on the "Lantao Handi- cap" to be run at the Whitsun Meeting in May, 1948. The hatter may also be purchased at the Club's Branch No. 382 Nathan Road, Kowloon,

Office,

MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE, Members and guests are reminded that they and their Indies MUST wear their badges PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED throughout the Meeting.

NO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE WILL DE ADMITTED TO THE MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE

Badges_admitting non-members to the Members' Enclosure and Club Rooms at $10 including tax are obtainable through the Secretary on the wrliten or personal Introduction of Member, such Member to be responsible for all chits etc.

The Treasurers' Compradore Office will close at 11 a.m. and the Secretary's Office at 11.45 a.m. Both Offices at lat floor, Exchange Buliding.

A limited number of tiffins will be obtainable at the Club Mouse, provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 27818).

NO CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE CLUB'S PREMISES DURING THE MEETING,

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE,

Enclosure is 63.

The price of admission to the Public including tax for all persons Including ladies, and is payable at the Gate.

Bookmakers, Tic Tac men, etc. will not be permitted to operate within the precincts of The Hong Kong Jockey Club during the. Race Meeting.

Kofreshments will be obtainable in the Restaurant in the Publis Enclosure.

SERVANTS' PASSES

Servants' passes will be issued to Privato Box holders ONLY who are requested to distribute them with discrimination and to endorse their names on the passes. Holders of unoh passes are not permitted in the Members' Enclosure except for pawing through on their duties but must remain in their em- › ployers' stands.

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Hearing of the claim by the Stateside Corporation of Princo's Building, against the Hing Cheong Hong of 88 Des Voeux Road West, for the return of $49,768.32, representing monies paid for a consideration which had failed, was resumed boforo Mr. Justice E. H. Williams (Chief Justice), at the Supreme Court yester- day.

of

Tho Stateside Corporation, plaintiffs, were represented by Mr. B. A. Bernacchi, instruct→ ed by Mr. J. C. Stewart Messrs. Tso &. Hodgson..... .... Mr. Percy Chen, Instructed by Mr. A.S.K. Lau of Messrs. A.S.K. Lau & Co... Cheong Hong, defendants.

Kong collecting donations to

for the recommendations of the

oat

that

nor

to

or

appeared for Hing he took a crossed cheque in pay-the identity of the two gentlemen'definite what its duty is, and (as

In their statement of claim, plaintifa alleged that they paid lo the defendants the sum of $18,032.00, $11,901.02 and $19,- 635.20.

under three contracts dated Dec. 16, 1948, Dec. 21, 1946

and 1047

and Jan. 30, 1947. The contracts all related to the purchaso sale of sulphur black.

Evidence in support of the de- fendant's case was given by Chan

called.

it

a heavy

Mr. Bernacchi added that doing good in secret. On the Government) two distinct herds, Chung-shing, proprietor of the had not been pleaded by other hand, he may be, like e namely: goats--we Grant-School defendant Arm, at the original defendants that Wong had any voracious python after hearing. At yesterday's hearing authority

meal, sleeping off his last gorge. Government-favourses. to receive money on

N. T. FRAUD

2 C, assistant manager] behalf. of plaintiffs, This was a defendant firm testified. The matter

of

for defendants to prove intend to call another and not the plaintiffs, witness, but as he was not avail- After testimony by Tso Hak- abla yesterday afternoon, it was on. hearing was adjourned until arranged that Mr. Bernacchi 10.30 a.m. today, should open for the plaintiffs.

Meroly A Contact Man

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As it is at present constituted, the Teachers Association is not culpable, directly or indirectly, for our present plight. It has Sir-I shall be extremely done meritoriously in that for grateful if you would allow me which it was founded. But its COLUMBIA space in your esteemed paper to shoulders, (to borrow "1/B40th's express my deep appreciation of metaphor), are certainly not the the halp extended me by two proper place for us to wipe our gentlemen out at Talpo Road on poses. If "One of the $40" thinks Sunday afternoon when I had the that "the voice of an individual

the misfortune of slight engine trous high pitch

correspondent cannot reach that relevant time, the partners in the 1370 Lo Ho-chuen, both 26 years family.

PC 1350 Yu Ping-wah and PC while motoring with

ble

Sone- (Government our only recourse is to plaintiff corporation consisted of

tum?), Also to their fair com- Tso Hak-on,

Ll Yulwan and of age, were found not guilty by fan

louder, and longer; but the patient waiting Yel here Association cannot be whose Chan Kam-hon.

at Kowloon panions. A man named Mr. W. Latimer

yesterday on the charge of de- in their own car could only be

expected to Wong Man-kal was employed by munding, with menaces, 330 from interpreted as full endorsement Moreover, as ordinary Individuale, "take up the cue." the plaintiffs as a saleman and it Wan Shun at Woosung Street on of the gentlemen's actions; help the officers of the Teachers As

was his duty to obtain orders for

for March 10

for Had

sociation belong either to the plaintiffs. This man was pro-

The Magistrate

am sure, in my complete ignor- recommended

case, they goat herd, in which vided with a list of goods which that both accused should be dealt nnce of the complications of mo- are being effectively tethered by plaintiffs were

prepared to buy with departmentally on the two for engines, that I would have the Constitution and are just as and the prices they were pru- counts of beating up and not ar- been put to a great deal of in-helpless ns any one of us; or pared to pay. He was not in resting ecmplainant,

convenience and anxiety. It they belong to the sheep flock, any way authorised to negotiate Det. Sub-Inspector V.M. Morri.not often that one has the good and in which case, they are the conditions of sale or to receive son appeared for the prosecution, fortune of meeting people so ready minions of Government, and as the purchase price. He was meru- Joni Me. Alfred Y. Hon for both to lend a hand. ly a contact man.

accused,

GRATEFUL

BY ALEX RAYMOND

THE COPS/

HIS NAME'S RAGS! DESCRIBE) GEE! LOOKIT) YEAH! LEADIN?

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So you see, Comrades "One of the 540" and "Pentagrid"," 11' heads the sheep win, and tails wo goats Iose; for no matter how magnificent a Government-spon-

corporation of teachers Automatic Borod constitution, may be in catering: for our spiritual, intellectual, Mechanism: and even social welfare, it simply cannot do anything for our economic well-being. If as is. our economie welfare, has been grossly neglected, we cannot blamo

present existing Teachers Association; and if wo would seek redress, that: certain ly is not the right direction. As conditions are, - wes.can only swelt, a resuscitation in Governa ment of the auditory, Vocal and motive powers, and especially, the power of discernment), and' in the meanwhile, pray God mercifully grant us the patience of Job and the longevity of Methuselah,

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