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CENTRAL THEATRE SUBJECT OF CASE

Correspondence

The Editor takes no respon Bibliity for leis erpressed in letters by correspondents, and by no means necessarily agrees with Biera,

(Continued from Puye 2)

Reform Club

asked to Join 2.1 ringanisatio

The Control Theatre formed the subject of an action for possession before the senior Puiano' Judge, Mr. Justice Williams, at the Supreme Court yesterday.

The plaintiff, Ng Pak-to, merchant, of 119 Coine Rood, alleges that he is solely entitled to pos- session of the premises under an agreement between defendants and himself.

termination of the said partner- Defendants, notwithstanding the ipfused to give plaintif sole possession of the premises, it was stated.

Ng therefore clatins possession of the premises.

Defence Case -

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1940.

Big Game Hunters Leave

Two big game hunters, 'Mr. .. J. V. R. Rawson and Mr. Wyne M. Casteel. left the colony by PAL for Manila yesterday.

Mr. Rawson is in the motor- car business and is the agent of Ponting in New Jersy. He is also

member of General Motors Committee and a real estate man. M. Casisel is the owner of Casa Mona Hotel in Fort Landerdui

They were invited by the Ma- haraja of Indore 10 India for

Manikhagh, one of the Maharaja's hunting. For their five weeks stay In India,

nt they stayed

palaces. They had their hunting where they ench killed two tigers. headquarters In Bijwar Jungle,

Mr. Rawson killed both tigers with a single shot ench and Mr. Casteel with two shots each. They also killed panthers, rambu-an animol of the deer family-and spider deer.

Ng is represented by the Plaintiff further claims that the Hon. Len d'Almada, KC, in-ld partnership was at will and structed by Mr. C. Y. Kwan. was determined by himself on Mr. H. G. Sheldon,, KC, and January 31, 1948. From that date In January 1st-1- Mr. BA Burncelli. Instruct plaintiff was solely entitled wing itself the "Referin Cukappeuring for the defendants,

d by Mr. Peter H. Sin, are possession of the premises. Li Hong Kong" end in the beliefung Chuen-wah, otherwise that here was e beginning of denveracy in

known as Terry Leung, mana Hong Kung, wes glad to pay my $10 and the ader of the theatre in question; mitted to membership.

and Ip Wal-wah, detective of I have since attended severt the Secretariat for Chinese Public Meetings at which various Affairs. speakers declaimed volentiv Both defendants me othervisel against the

Unoferal known as the Wah Wai Company. present

The statement of defence stales Members and the system

that defendanta entered into part- The case for Be plain}ƒÏ neminution of these gentlemen total from February 1, 1916, untilnership under the name of Wah

January 31, 1948, the business of Wal Compassy, and

the of the theatre from the tenancy of the by Winducted

plaintiff. They then commenceu the theatre business, utter having redtted the place.

The defendants claim that as a

tiff, who endeavoured

to take Possession of the theatre pre- mises, defendants agreed to give him 50 per cent of the cinema profits.

the Legislative Council

"

pal

1 Trorship. consisting of

In due course the Retorn Cube Theatre was put forth a blue-print Toe what the Chairman of the Club, Matt and the defendants. C. E. Loseby, has so often and zo eloquently inferred to as in de Valised and reconstituted Legis-

the

The money paid to the plaintist for the purpose of the partner-

tnuk

Trout and cod-fsh were Ashed for at Srigar and Kastuntr.

They

were passing through Hong Kong on a round the world fight. They have been to London,

Mr. J.V.R. Rawson and Mr. Wyna M. Casteel snapped with alcopard thay bagged in India.

AMERICAN PRAISE FOR BRITISH FAR EAST RULE

Inture" but in so doing, revente lip of the use of the theatre was result of threats from the pinin- Paris, Nice, Rome, Karachi, Bom-High praise of British administrative ability in the

$7.500 monthly from Febrúary 1.

30, 1947, 1948 atli June

bril 58,850 from July 1, 1947, to Jan-

that there had been a split de- tween members of the Club upon severni important isaties

One would have imagined that way 31. 1948.

In a Club claiming to represent, tlemocratic idents, the first thing to be done would have been the convocation of all members, In order that the view of the ma- ority might prevail but this weng not done and resent the impli cail that the members of the Chith were comulted before the plan was pade publle.

Later yet mother plan was gubailtted to His Excellency the Governor in the form of a peti- tky and orre port sin general meeling of members WIN SI- mined to consider the plan which was to be enumitted in na ne.

An obvious procedure for the Reform Club wild has been to adhere to the principles of ele mocracy before attempting to re-

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Reminders

The plaint was supposed to put up a capital of $20,000, but he never did so, it is alleged.

by

A partnership at will between plaint and the defendants wos formed in February 3, 1946, solely for division of profits

the

made, the cinema business. Under the agreement, defen- dants allege, the plaintiff was not HK Football Club meeting, club permitted to interfere with the house, Happy Valley, p.m. | running of the theatre. The part- Bridge Drive, European YMCA,nership was terminated by plain-

1T on January 31, 1948.

Today

11K Rotary Club luncheon, Roof Garden, HK Hotel, 13.30 p.m.

Coming Events

TOMORROW

Defendants forher allege that they continued as tenants and are now running their own business in the premises.

The tenaney. they claim. İs neither in fact nor in law oftest-

form the Legistatus and to makerchon Union Church, women'sed by the business profits part-

griki meeting 10 m

Alterna- nership with plaintif tively, even if the tenancy was

sure of its own position, People Pa Ying Maldle School gran affected by the partnership with

gloss Houses cannot afford to throw stones.

1, 84, lonbam Roud, 19

IN

The present Chairman and Come UK Light Orchestra rehearsal, St. mittee of the Reformy Club are

John's Cathedral tall, 10 n.m. either self-elected or ru-opted. Toc EL Club

Talbot meeting. another form of the nomination

House, 50, Mucdonnell Road, which they affect to despise, and

8.30 pm. ordinary members have never had a chance to say whether or not

Whist Flag

Drive. European they wish these men to represent

·YMCA, (women's section), 10 4. them.

St. Stephen's College. Prize Giv-

ing Day, Stanley, 5.30 p.m.

THURSDAY

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The rules of the Club are care- fully drawn

permit the continuance in oftre of the Chair- man and Committee for one year after the date of the first general meeting. At a recent

ceremony

held at the Supreme Court. they Solicitor General. in what be Heve to be a direct entradiction of the practice of His Majesty's Judiciary in the United Kingdom.

of abstaining from politics, ex-, pressed the hope that Mr. C. B Loseby would soon, be seated in the Legislative Council.

The Chairman of the Club has repeatedly oficiated at public meetings at which the speakers, i

p.m.

Frerich National Day, reception

Club, talk

FRIDAY

become partnership | the plaintiff and the theatre, did property- which is denied-defendants are the sole tenants, and the plaintiff is not entitled to soje possession. Lot During Occupation

Defendants claim protection under the Landlord and Tenant Ordinance, 1947.

In forwarding his

case, Mr. Almada told the court that the position was that Ng, the Ng, the pislatiff, the owner of the

ever

business

speaking in the name of the Club. Swimming Gal and Dance. Eu-Per cent cachis

denounced nomination and de- manded that Councillors be seat-St.

by election' alone. I in view of the Solicitor General's

ropean YMCA, Kowloon.

bay. Cales

Calcutta and Singapore.

Yesterday they flew to Manila; hence they will fly to Honolulu. San Francisco, Los Angeles and Anally New York.

Of all the places they've been to, they claim to like Hong Kong most. The climate is beautiful

the

compared with the 115 degrees Mr. they had in India. They ke food here and say the service in the hotels is much better than in most places they have been to

Last year Mr. Rawson and Mr. Casteel went very near the North Pole hunting black bear and polar bear.

Next your they plan to Ko hunting in Africa. During the year they go to the goose camp, round Hudson Bay for geese hunt-

ing.

Education Centre For Army

For Eastern possessions, was expressed by Mr. William R. Mathews, publisher of the "Ari- zona Daily Star," of Tucson, Arizona, in an interview with the “Chína Mail" at Kai Tak yesterday.

Mathews was one of 15 American journal- ists invited by the Dutch Government to tour Indonesia.

He left the press' group at craft which later exploded, kIII- Singapore to continue on hising all its passengers and crew own survey ol, what "the while the plane was making Its White Man's role in the Far return flight to Eurupe. East is like in these days, of Mr. Mathewa will be a' week political and economie strife.' in Manila, and will then return Mr. Mathews arrived from the Colony. He will remain £angkok on ✡ PAA plane in here for a few days, with a short transit in Manila. He had pasi-visit to Canten, before proceed- er a week in Singapore anding to Jupap. Malaya where he made a thorough

study of life in the Strajts.

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"What I have seen of Malaya and Singapore convinced Uut the British have done superb jug there. Everything is in perfect order, They have licked the Communists and have re-

and established peace

Even brought renewed prosperity to the Settlements." Sucements..

have in the

KOREAN CONSUL ARRIVES

The new Consul for South Korea, Mr. Kim Yang-shik. arrived by PAA yesterday to take up his Hong Kong post

Educated in

Seoul and then

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later a graduate of the Central, University in Tokyo, Mr. Kim is a lawyer and was practicing his The Army officers have mado a special concession to the

profession until February year when he was called w take pre- Seventh-day Adventist church and they will be allowed to hold

in. diplomatic

post in Philippines. worship services

B

The Bible Auditorium at The Amerlear paid particular Mr. Malcolm Mac- Chatham and Mady Roads in tribute to Kowloon has been requisition- Donald, Commissioner-General for ed by the Army for an educa-South East Asia, whom he regards as one of the best admistrative tional centre.

Meers the British Far East. Kowloon Rotary Clubs luncheon,

Mr. Mathews told the "China Pensula Hotel, 12.30 p.m. mises, during the Japanese occu-

Mail" that the main purpose of Y's Men's Club Luncheon. Roof pation let the place to the pre- their regular

Garlen, HK liofel, 12.30 p.mises to

tour is to study the this world the defendants, who Union Church, ladies guild meet carried on partnership until about

each Saturday as usual,

In Manila, until his present political story of the Far East. The Cantonese Seventh-day Ad- "Coinciding with this venture of appointment, Mr. Kim was Coun- ing, Helena May Institute, 3 the end of 1945.

ventist church meets Saturday mine, came the Dutch invitation," ellor to the Special Represenm- Plaintiff then decided to take forenon and the English church at he said, adding that the tour of live of the Koreon Government

himself. Conse-5 p.m. Saturday.

Indonesia, from at The Cripps, HK Hotel.quently, negotiations commenced,

newspaper to the Philippines.

been In addition to this, the Bible man's point of view -- had

Interviewed by the "China 6.30 p Kowloon Rotary

as a result of which the partner- Auditorium lectures will continue very successful.

Mail," upon his arrival, when he onship was ended on the basis that three nights a week. Beginning "We wire #ecorded every

wus met by a delegation of the "Wing over Haiwali By Mr.the plaintiff receive 20 per cent on July 17, Bible lectures by F. facility in the three-week tour

Korean Consular Stär, Including. J. G. O'Donnell, Peninsula of the profits of the cinema bust

Consul, Mr. Chung. W. Detamore will be given on and anybody and any place we Kiu-sup, the Korean Consul said:

the weling Hotel, 12.30 p.m.

ness, and the two defendants 25

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. wanted to see, we saw," he said, nights every week.

"My mission in the Crown Colony The first and

is to first, promote and maintain that by reason of

third Saturday

Grim Outlook Paul's College, Speech Day,ners, there was a surrender of the ducte

the agreement between the part-

night of each month will be a

busy trade between my country musical entertainment

Asked what was the general and Hong Kong, and secondly, to 33. Macdonnell Road, 5 p.m.

so that from that date and his associates. tenancy,

conducted by Mr. Henry Meissner opinion

of promote friendship pressmen formed onwards, there was no longer a

two peoples." this tour, the American Jour. All meetings this week have Halist sald that further blood-adviser of the Bank of Korm and Mr. Kim was formerly legal VRCCY

shed in the Dutch East Indies was performing two defendants." Ke Pak-to,

the same work "Frankenstein tight's address: · Ng to, plaintiff, then gave and World War III"will be given

la at to come.

for the National Red Cross. evidence In the

Cross-

at 8.30 p.m. at the Bible Audi- the lkerary. Stand.

Ho was appalled, he said, with expmined by Mr. Sheldon, witness

of the torium in Kowloon and at 7 pm. which they estimated to be about natives, disclosed that during the period at the Memorial church, Happy 3 per cent. GAMBLING DEN between February 1946 and Valley. A 40-year-old Chinese widow, and January 1948, he sometimes Club are justified in accepting all Yuen Chat, was fined $250 by Mr. went over to the Central Theatre book, "Our Amazing Times" is to flight out from the United States

the 100-page

Mathews A free copy of their preylous ranting as so much Hin-shing Lo at Centrni yester- to give advice to the defendants be Aiven to each person present as very exciting, with long hours bypocrisy designed to publiekse day for operaling a gambling es- on;filŋp themselves and to place them in tablishment.

on, the Interior on Sunday night, July 17: From non-stóp winging neross 3,400 favourable position it, and when, Eight other

theatre.

then on the meetings will be con- miles of the Indian Ocean from defendants, Aix Witness denied a and tive women

suggestion ducted each Sunday, Friday and Mauritius to Batavia, men, found from I recommand that all members abling at the establishment, at levant period he had nothing to

counsel that during the re- Saturday nights. the time of the police raid, were de whatsoever with the to the Committee that they will each fined $50.

theatre not recognise the nomination of Vice seized by the polled were in a while "for any minner of that Committee ordered to be confiscated, and showings".

a free seat at to the Legislative Council as a $22.50, seized at the establishment, representative of the Reform Club was ordered to be placed in the tloning, hearing

After further intensive ques- unices a general meeting is con- Poor Box.

unul 2.30 today,

presume

remarks, and his own silence upon the subject in his reply, that Mr. Luscby is prepared to make a

. statement that he would sit only

it elected?

Iho, and the other members

of the Committee are not willing

to make such a public announce-

ment, then other members of the

- zeconstitution does take place.

of the Reform Club make it plain

vened to accept or reject such

offer of naimination.

M.M.

HAD NO TICKETS

Four men and a women were Bned by Mr. Hin-shing Lo ot Central yesterday for ovading entertainment taxes at local - thentrés..

Chun Chee, aged 19, was flued $25 for evading enterininment taxes at the Tai Ping Theatre on Sunday.**

Ho Lin, a wanan, aged 83, was fined $10, and Tam Ming, aged 26, Chung Hing. Red 40, and Chung Wing, aged 17, were fined 325 each for similar offences at the Wisk Theatre on Sunday.

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SATURDAY

VRC-Chinese YMCA, inter-club tenancy in the Wah Wal Company been cancelled but next Sunday-

swimaning gain, at swimming pool, 8.30 p.m.

or in the two

of the dedorationera

btusiness except come down onse

was.

adjourned

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Mr.

described

between flite

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He came out on the KLM air-

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The seizure was made during grorch of passengers from Macho.. One man was arrested.

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