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Chinese Products Exhibit Declared Big Success

Sales amounting to some HK$2,500,000 were made at the 19-day Hong Kong Chinose Products Exhibition, sponsored by the Chin- ose Manufacturors' Union, the "China Mail" was officially informed yestörday.

It is estimated that more than 500,000 people visited the Exhibition which closed on Sun- day. These included 395,922 who paid for admission. The remainder was made up of school children in parties and members of the different commercial and industrial asso- ciations in the Colony.

Ju ndition, many, offeinis and | result of the contnels and vislie to retumanity fenciers were invlled the Exhibition, many factories

to the exhibition by the Union,

An official of the Manufacturers Tinoon said yesterday that many overseas buyers have made direct contact with toeni inctories. As a

Government Not To Take New Hotel

The requisitioning of a five- storey newly-built hotel on the Mainland was planned by the Quartering Authority, the "China Mail" learned yester- clay.

A. a result of negotiations ba tween Coverioment and the hotel mauage 214. เป we understood yesterday that the requisitioning;

will not take place now.

The hotel in question is the Model Marumar, la Kimbertry Rond, Kowloon, it is owned by the tumwa Procuration.

Hunknars circulated during the joel-end sold that the hotel hurt benar kerjansitioned for Governunght servatis and that the tenants had been informes they would have ju and alternative premises.

jar, Chalon M, Agon, Managing Partier of Hotel Miraruar, said yesterday Government's plan to o Pion the bag was drop- pet when it was found out that the place was being operated as a Publi hotel.

Construction of the building at the most of HK$3,000,000 began 10 months ago. The building han jer vented by a group of bust Lessinen mal is being operated as A hotel. It has air conditioning and heating equipment.

have received orders.

The Exhibition was described as the biggest sucrers of its kind in the history of the Manufacturer Union. Not a single complaint was received and not a single ense of pickpocketing was reported dur- ing the 19 days.

Order was maintained through- out the period though the co operative efforts of the police and Boy Scouts.

The Chinese Manufacturers' Union has decided that surplus receipts he used for the establish- technical institution for ment of the benefit of local factories.

In his speech on the closing might of the Exhibition, Mr. Shum Choy-wah. Chairman of the Manufacturers Union. mild that the success was due to the corts and participation in the Exhibition of the local factories,

He said that the Union is pré- paring to take part in the British Industries Fair in May. He added that the opportunity should not be overlooked.

Judgment in Tenancy

Appeal Reserved

On Holiday In Hong Kong

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Mr. Hsu Sbi Ying, former Chinese Ambassador to Japan and recently chairman of the Tibetan-Mongolian Commission, is on holiday in Hong Kong. Mr. Hisu is seen bere, second from right, with other former Chinese Government officials on his arrival here by the General Melgs yesterday, "China Mail" Photo,

Harbour Traffic Offenders Fined

A total fine of $1,635 was imposed on several harbour traffic offenders by Mr. D. G. Cairns at the Marine Court yesterday.

ed master

a certificated and engineer. was fined $600 on all counts.

tow,

blew out the lights.

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Driver Of Robber Car Fined On Two Counts At Kowloon Magistrate

"You have not only actually assisted the throa armed robbers to oscape but you have also, ...for three hours, refused to furnish the polico

with the information they desired." With the above, Mr. W. A. Blair-Kerr at Kowloon yesterday sentenced Chu Wing-hong alias Chu Leung, 40-year-old cargo supervisor liv. ing at 96 Fo Yuen Street, second floor, to fines totalling $1,150 on the counts of caus- ing public mischief and of using a private car for public hire.

Defendant, defended by Mr.

E.F. Hammond of Messrs. John-

cur

Defendant tried to run off but wns grabbed by the man In the

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£ten, Sickes ond Mester. was front seat who asked him, stated by Detective Suo-Inspector | you want to die?" He was then A. Lesile, to be the driver of the left back to the car and fuld to

In which Three of the armed trive off to Taino Itond, men made a get-away after the rival at Fuk Wah Street, the three men got off and told him that if armed robbery at the Kwong Sang Goldsmith shep at Shanghai ho reported the matter he would Street and which resulted in be killed. Police Constable 1157 Tang Kwan being fatally shot in the ensuing Am duel

At 0.45 p.m. on November 9, 1948, unid DSI Leslie, there was robbery at the gold- An armed smith shop. While the rabbers were getting away, PC 1157 stop ped them. Shots were exchanged by the men and the constable. with the police officer being killed in the duel..

Shortly alter midnight on November 10. DSI Lestic received information from detectives that .cnr 3570 was seen leaving Pori- land Street at the time of the with

shooting, or shortly after, two or three men in it.

In reply to DSI Leslie, accuse! said that he entered Nathan Roadl by Flle Street. He admified that on the opposite side of the rond was the Mong Kok Police Station. Defendant further stated that he returned to Salgon Street vin Bute Street, Fa Yuen Street and Argyle Street through to Nathan Road.

less

He chose this longer route be- cause he wanted to go home first, and En Yuen. Street was

Defendant crowded with traffic. denied that he Intended to delay the course of justice or to help the robbera te escape.

Full Court Hears Appeal

Seas Private Car DSI Leslie contacted the Hong A 27-year-old boat master. Junk at night from Kennedy Town Kong Trame Office and from the charged with operating an un-heading for the Yaumati Shelter records obtained the name and surveyed motor junk. being Pang Kam-woon was fined $28. address of the licences. At 2.45 p.m.

SI Nippard declared that Po-ho went underway without a certificatlice launch nearly collided with Saigon Street

with a police party to

where he

saw the private

He questioned Defendant plended that the wind several people who claimed to be In the office which car, and one of took

to the police Fa Yuen Street, second floor, where defendant was found. apie dir not know who was

Defendant told DSI Leslie that premises al 10 Wing Street, second floor, was heard before driver of car 3570 at the time a Full Court composed of Sir in question and said that he had to look up the office files. At Selgon Street, he persisted in

SI Nippard, prosecuting officer, told the Court that the vessel was lleensed, as an ordinary Ashlag junk, but she had two enghes Judgment was reserved by installed ntud has not been survey-. Mr. Justice Reynolds yesterdayed see their installation,

Defendant, pleading guilty, and when the tenancy appeal case

that be was testing the engines in respect of Nos, 2 & 4 Pau when are broke down, foreingj Cheung Street, Hunghom, con- him to anchor within British cluded.

waters.

► The appellant, T.T. Kang, oc- Charged without having quaii- cupant of the premises, appealed tied personnel aboard and operat against the decision of the Ten- ing an unlicensed vessel, two bent ancy Tribunal which ordered him masters were ench fined $300, give up possession of the pre- Wong Cheung pleaded that he was mises to Ding Gow, the owney, trying to save time by going | who claimed that Kong was through British waters. Hr Ber- trespasser.

mally plied between Chinese ports in Chinese waters.

46-year-old boat mistress was cautioned for failing to pro- them duce a licenes when asked by a police officer.

Defendant said that her com- pany bud the Beence when plying for clearance,

Reminders

Today

K. Rotary Club tuncheon, talk

by Dr. (Mrs.) Dobson

on

driver.

the

An appeal against the jutig- ment of Mr. Justice Reynolds given on October 25 uphold- 90 ing the decision of a Tenancy Tribunal, in connection with

the

saying that he did not know the "I then made it clear to him. through DSI Fung She-lung, that en the previous evening it 0.45 pan. an armed' robbery had oe- curred at the Kwong Song Gold- smith shop, and, in the course of that a constable had been killed.

Leslie Gibson (Chief Justice), and Mr. Justice Wicks (Act- Additional Judge) yester-

day.

The appellant in the case, Lal Me-kan, was represented by Mr. C. Loseby instructed by Mr. C.A.S. Russ. Counsel for respondent Hul Shi, a landindy, was Mr. D. A. L. Wright instructed by Mr. A. el Arculli.

The grounds of appeal were

"Archaeology", Roof Garden. I also told him that I had in- that the judge was wrong in law

the landlord and the tribunal had distance fees than 100 yards fren Urban no jurisdiction to evict, whatever the Prayn wall near the Jordan

sidents on the upper floors is be- parisdletien there might be being / Road Ferry Pier, Choy Saj, bout!

4.15

p.m.

GPO

Formation that prients car 3579

and and

The building contains 60 rooma divided into i suites. On the ground four is a restaurant. The rooms are furnished with fittings sprinliy ordered from America Bathroom have square bath tubs, A lift for the convenience of res.

ing imtalled.

vested in the Supreme Court; mistress, was fined $10, In front of the hotel building, that there was no evidence of the

Foiling to display the necessary which is away from the road, is a fer-ulnation large garden. Most of the jresi- relationship between the partles, dents are foreigners. Several that the tenancy tribunal order suites have been taken up by was based on the wrong assump- staffs of one British aviation com- tion that the appellant was seek- pany, an American aviation coihing statutory protection; that in any and an American shipping any event the expenditure f rompany.

The ground of appeal stated that

Lam Kai-wang said his 'engines the Tenancy tribunal's order was

H.K. Hotel, 12.30 p.m. wrong in that I had ne jurisdic- fioke down en route and he had

1) That the evidence in the as on the finding of fact to make to anchor in British waters for PAL, ten party for local travel had left from Portland Street with pellant's title was derived from the order, in as much as the ap-repairs.

agents. Jacobean Room, H.K. some of the robbers. He still re-case before by the Tenancy Tri- For mooring her vessel ut a

plled that he did not know who bural showed that greater hard- Hotel, 4 p.m

the driver was said DSI Leslie. ship would be caused by refusing Council meeting

A1 the Mong Kok Police Sta- to grant the order than by grant- Ride Blog..

tion, the car was searched and an Dramatle Club Committee meet-empty cartridge was found under

ing it.

2) In falling to give sufflelent Native Dances in ald of reat. When aucuned still persisted the soilcitors H.K. &

Kowloon Workers in his tenisl,, n Miss Wong, who parties before the Tribunal that representing the Children Schools,

Chinese worked in the same office as de- the question of alternative Ассоль- YMCA, 7 pm.

fendant, was sent for frem Wan-modation, for opponent was the chat and, un her Information, ae only issue between the cused was aga'n questioned.

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SIGNALMAN FINED $20 Signalman H. Bragg, oged 25, money in repairs would be equi-tof 10 Dry Dock. was fined $20 valent to pecuniary rent; and that for driving car No. 1894 by Mr. the finding was against the weight F. X. d'Almada at Central yes- of evidence.

terday.

Offle! Dinner to Korean-Soccer Tinyers, H.K. Hotel Cafeteria, 7:30 p.m.

3) In failing to give sufficient Dridge Drive, European YMCA,

Admits Being Driver weight to the finding of the # p.m.

He then admitted that he was magistrate that there was no re- Combined Non-Chinese vs. the drive of the car, and that he liable evidence in which accom-

Kolcans, Caroluse fill, 3.30 had been hired by two men to modation at the Connaught Road. The respondent brought a coun-

take them to Castle Peak, and address was in fact available. p.m. Defendant was summoned after

the way they 4) In Yailing to give suflelent ter appeal on the grounds that he was involved in an accident Universal Week of Prayer: Itev. that while on the tenancy tribunal finding that at the intersection

Mr. J. E. Sandbach on "Crisis changed their mind and told him wight to the fact that the Magis- in China", St. the appatient was a tenant of the Rond and Lower Albert Road.

Jolin's to take them to Portland Street. trate misdirected himself in law Cathedral, 5.30 p.m.

He further claimed that, after a on the issue between the parties premises and not a trespasser, should be varied and set aside; broker was co-defendant, being

Wong Wing-sang, aged 30,

short wall, they forced him at the and misdirected himself in hold- point of the gun to drive them ing that the onus was upon the that the finding of the tribunal

lenant to away.

t to satisfy him upon reason- was against the weight of evid-charged with allowing Bragg to

drive

able doubt. the car, which belongs to ence and was wrong in law.

of Garden

Yesterday's proceedings hong said that the first defen-

were

conflued to legal arguments be- tween Mr. M.A. da Silva, for the dant had claimed to be in per- appellant, and Mr. Leo d'Almada, session of a licence, but did not it had expired last Instructed by Mr. P.L. Lam, for state that

June, Wong was then discharged. respondent.

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DS! Leslie added that, in fafe- ness to the necused, he had check- ed on the story and found it true. Taking the witness stand, de- fendant said that he had been hired by two strangers

to take them to Castle Peak for $15. One the men wat beside him, and

Lecture on "The Social Condition of Hong Kong" by Fr. T. F. Ryan, at PRO lectura room, 5.30 p.m. Younger Set Meeting, discussion future programme, at European YMCA, 5.30 p.m.

Discussion Group the other at the back. meeting, talk on "The Im-: Near the Majestle Theatre the migration Problem", European hirers changed their mind, and YMCA, B.43 p.n

told hitu drive THURSDAY

Street where the one sitting at the Kowloon Rotary Club luncheon, bue's alighted. After waiting for talk on "Dots & Dashes" by five or six minutes, he left the Capt: R. D. Barrett, Peninsula car and walked to the rear with Hotel, 12.30 p.m.

to Portland:

the other man following him.

5) In falling to reverse the or

aforesaid.

Mr. Loseby, submitted that the agreement as to the question of greater hardship between the two colteltors was of great importance. n fact that Mr. Justice Reynolds had overlooked.

Air. Wright held that the ap plicant, which was the opponent, Hved for rilno months at a house Connaught Rond Central and had siration card in connection to the premises.

opponent had never lived at Wing 1. Wright further alleged that

After further legal arguments.

1. K. Stage Club presents “Trea- In the ensuing conversation, he Hing Street at all, and submitted sure Island", nt China Ficot was told by the stranger that thb that the decision of the Tenancy Club Theatre, 9 p.ta Y's Men's Club Meeting, Roofing in plives. A few minutes Inter.

man was a travelling trader deal judge be upheld. Garden, II.K. Hotel, 12.45 p.m. he heard shots and saw peaply the Chief Justice reserved bis RAF Association luncheon, Jacó- running. He saw two men running decision until 10 a.m; today,

bean Room, H.K. Hotel, 12.45 towards the car. The one in the

lead had a gun in his hand.

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