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MAINTENANCE SUMMONS AGAINST DR. SUN FO

Agricultural rentals-in-NT

Petitive proof to subatan. tiate recent reports from the New Territories that certain owners of agricultural tand are demanding considerably Increared rentals is still lack- Ing. it was officially stated

yesterday.

A Government

spokesman

told the "China Mall" that Inquiries into the reports are, however, being continued.

Previous reports, officially unconfirmed, said that certai owners have more than doubled the annual rentals of land hired out to New Ter ritories farmers,

The farmers have no. re- draza as the rentals of agri- cultural land are not subject to the Landlord and Tenant Ordinanco.

Exhibition of Chinese paintings

An exhibition of Chinese painting will be held in St. John's Cathedral hall today and tomorrow.

The hearing of the summons brought against Dr.

Sun Fo by his first concubine, Nancy Ngi for the custody and maintenance of Sun Joan Sun, alios Lily Sun, aged 13, continued ba- -fore Mr. Hin-shing Lo at Central yesterday. Mr. M. A. da Silva represented the complainant while Sir Man-kam La was for the defendant who did not appear in Court.

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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1900.

Reminders

Today

Master testifies in Wing Hing inquiry.

Diocesan Girls School concert, at Mr. S. G. Haines, master of the wrecked British

School premises, 8.15 pun. Toc I meeting, 50, Macdonne}[

Rund, 8.30 pm. European YMCA Services Spot-

alght, p.m. to 10 p.m. European YMCA Debating So. ciety, debate on "That This House Favuur Abolition of the Death Penalty in Britain," 8.45 pm

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Sotiely, meeling, at Chină Fleet Club Theatre. 5.30 p.m. HK & Shanghai Hotels, Ltd., an

His

blockade runner, Wing Hing, told the Morina Court of Inquiry yesterday that in his opinion his ship was diverted from her normal course by 'd' very strong North Westerly sot. reasons for making the statement under cross

examination by the three-man Court were that for some time before and after 8 p.m. on February 11-five and three-quarter hours before the vessel struck bottom-the weather was quite clear, visibility was at least six to seven miles, and there was no sign of land. Sinn-British Orchestra rehearol, Witness, who was recalled info 15. Jul's Cathedral holl, the box at the resumption of yes- 6.15 pan.

terday's hearing Yor cross-ex- European YMCA, Women's Sec-amination by the Court, declared

tion, Whist Drive, 10 a.111. he considered the ship was In medical certificate for the Court's Lam Li, the complainant and history of Handwriting cahibl-fluenced by the set from the time tospection but added that he

after & pan. that night, would keep in touch with the istek, man md would inform the Churt when he would be able to nitend.

Before Mr. Silva began hister July and August will also be opening Mr. D. L. Strellett introduced on both the Old and apologised to the Court for the New Chinese Law say that re- non-appearance of To Yuct cognition is proved by support sang, one of the chief witnesses the letters prove support.

The letters were written in in in the case who had been sub-timate terms and, added Mr. Silva poenaed to appear, as he wax

if they were not his children, why seriously ill and was told by was Sun Fo contributing money his Doctor, C. H. Wat, to rest towards their support. for the thine being."

Mr. Strellett

produced

Later becalise Sun Fo became the Involved with another

Mr. Silva sald that, should it necessary to have To's become evidence befere he became better they could visit him and take down the evidence and bring it lo Court.

__Me_La_acceplex_Mr. Strellett's exploration of To's absence the case proceeded.

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bat quarrel bjit he continued to support lier although he reduced the monthly amount. However the balance was made up by To Yueti isang.

sum to

"Some time in 1937, To Yuet- sang gave her a lump make up the deficencles in pay- ments, as Lam Ll had brought matters to ahead and Sub Fo war visiting complainant less and less.

Shanghai action

ไร่ 1938, the complainant started action in the Shanghal Courts Against Sun Fo for the maintenance of her Baughters. However the action Was not corved although her legal ad. viser made repeated requests to the Court.

"The Best Important factual I'shatl present to the Court," sald Mr. Silva in hlaj opening,

that the com. plainant was a young, unspoiled girl of 19, just out of school and from

respectable Shanghai

In 1939, To Yuel-sang who had | family when she first met Sun

Comc

to Hong Kong wrote and Fo in 1932. from

Bun was then a practised, experienced politietsnaked the complainant to corne to plete arrangements with Surs Fu the Colony, where she could com

the education and maintenance

two daughters, she would receive HK$100,000 $1 She was told on arrival that

she would sign a statement say-

The enflection consists of wor than 200 pieces selected loen! collectors.

Many of the paintings, had been in the possession of Sung Ming and Ch'in Emperors. They re- present the cream of the private collections in the Colony,

and man of the world of over 40

years of "These factors," continued Mr. Silva, "when established in evi- dence, argue immediately for some form

of regularity in the subre-

for

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Coming Events

TOMORROW

Lecture on simplification of English

Asked by the Court whether he saw anything which enabled lum to judge the distance of visibility, Mr. Haines said that

Professor 1. A. Richards, per- tending nu- he estimated it by the horizon; aps the world's He added that it was possible thority in the principles of literary ↑ that he might love over estimat criticism, will give a publle fer- ture in Hong Konk on Friday Kowloon Rotary Club weekly ed the distance.

luncheon, Peninsula Hotel,

under the auspices of the British 12.30 p.m.

Witness, told the Court earlier Council. His subject will be The Y'a A Men's Club, annual general at the beginning of his cross-ex-Simplification of English." He has incetlig, Cosmo Club 30min-yesterday that it was written several important studies

not his knowledge whether, then this matter. IIK 'Women's Internationa) Chub, Ablp, was affected by wind, sea

informal dance for Service and swell.

men, 7.30 p.m. British Council weekly film show

HK

liclena May Institute, 5.30 p.m "University Chinese Society presenta "The Fatal Shents Enlangsen Gymnasium, 7.30, p.11.

FRIDAY

Organ Recital, St. John's Cathed-

ral, 1.15 pan.

the

Whilst a Cambridge, where hel Is a Fellow of Magdalene College, During

Passage

from Dr. Richards produced some out- Chapol Island to Chilang Point, standing works of literary crit!- where the ship was stranded, clam including his "Principles." the winds were light and vari. Fractical Criticism." **Selenco abio rarely, above Force 3, and Poetry" and "Foundations of Mr. Hafner jaid. They were not Acsihciles." In 1929, he became

Visiting concentrated on any particular |§.

Professor at Tsing Hua directions

University, Peking, and later became Director of the Ortholo- gical Institute (Basie English) of China. Since 1939, he has been Director of the Harvard Commis- ston on English Language studies. Dr. Richards' lecture will ba given in the British Counel! Library, Statue Square, at 5.30 p.. on Friday.

The sea was slight, with swells on the port quarter for the grea Ceremonial Parade by 40th Inter part of the trip. The swells fantry Division, at Shek were not sulleient enough to Kong, I am.

quent concubinage. It is not coming that her daughters had no St. Patrick's Society Annual Bot affect the steering, he added. It serves Dret to habillics, that a young, virginis known father. While she was 17 / European YMCA Services Dance,

The exhibition is important inceivable, on the balance of pro- several ways. illustrate the development of the gh, just out of school would sur-sided at the Sun Sun Hotel,

inal Hong Kong during 1939, she re- China in the last 1.000 render herself in free-living even art in

Kow- Four Paintings of the Town

verloon and was visited on reveral sters are

few, but this half in the glamour of the Sun's namir occasions by Sun Fo. dozen pieces to he exhibited, are the practised seduelive art of

She returned to Shanghai later good examples of the tre style, and roue without some form of to get the HK$100,000 but failed. powerful and omunitie

with regularity to the union.

She was told by Lam Li that Sun marked Influences from the Bud-

Fo had changed his mind. In dist moral att

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Taipo Road

"Should Sun Fo come into the 1915 she learned that Lam Li had chopper case

From his observations the steering, he did not notice any amount of appreciable turning of the wheel. He did not nolico whether there was a tendêney to one side or the other."

The quartermasters usually made a two-hour watch cach, ny and night. Each never had more thon a two-hour watch.

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On February 22 we published an interview with Mr. Waldemar Isbrandtsen, who came up here on Visit with his family. Mr. Is- The exhibition will also showbox and say in contradiction that jelened her riame to the agreement

in the there was no question main trends

of con-and had collected the morley.

brandtsen expressed his personal Committal proceedings against After the Japanese surrender

views en Cainese tradition. The religious, cubinage and that these children

the subject of the How often did you check your Nat the academle

Nationalist son blockade. At the iterati are no children of his, I will ask in 1945, after Sun Fo was visited Chan Chai-man, 32-year-old un- styles are all vely

The that the by

both in lequately him: 3s it

complainant's younger employed, charged with wounding course during the last passage? fortunately it conceivable

the headline illustrated,

then Chairman of the Legislative brother. Sun appointed Lam Li with intent to cause bodily harm, Frequently, but without fixed in-and in the lead paragraph these

James tervals. I checked Yuan,

intended were heard before Mr. holding the exalted anuas agent to effect ani

the steering views were identified with those reversed position that

compass. The compasses tlic de-settlement of the complainant's Wicks at Kowloon yesterday.

were of the Company by whom he is It was alleged that defendant compared on setting the course, would con-debts incurred during the occupu-

in employed the fendant

Philippines. This then held,

It

a hillside oll to 200 on January 31: had amounted

was due to scend to besmirch that dignity' tion.

Witness added that he checked the part of our reporter. Mr. Is- a misunderstanding on Taipo Road inflicted multiple by cousɔrting in shared favours? taels of.qld.plus interest.

She was offered only: 120 taels wounds with a chopper on his the course at the beginning of

brandtsen was in nowise "I was during a visit to Nan-

the watch.

thorised to speak for the Pacific king in January. 1933 that Sun and had to sign) two receipts. friend, Fung Siù-keung, follow-

When he turned over the watch For East Line, and was nierely Fo approached the complainant, One receipt, for 20 tacks of golit ing an allegation that complainant through Fu Ping-sheung, and pro-stated that the gold was given to hard had an affair with defendant's to his acting second officer, Mr. giving his own personal opinions posed concubinage. After obtain-her out of compassion as she and wife.

Hulnes declarco, he was must em-¡on the 'subject. Fung, formerly connected with phatic on keeping a good look- ing the direct consent of her her daughters bore the same sur. parents, the complainant agreed. name as Sun Fo and stated that the gendarmerie in Kukong, said out. He also instructed his aub "The two then moved into No. the father of the children was that he knew defendant's wife, ordinate to prevent the scanian

on they the look-out from 18, Ming Tak Lane in Shanghai Sun Yat-ming, a person that the Young Yau-kwon, when

Icaving his an. February 7, 1933 and set up

were children, and knew defen- post. The usual routine instruc- dant for seven or elght house-keeping. Sun Fo, who had

years.tions were further briefed to the no need to entertain, but was en-

Their paths met again in Canton hate regarding the course of the tertained and courted by others.

following the cyncun- ship, steering and to inform him: Inst October went to the expense and unusual..

tion of Kukeng by the Nationalists. Immediately, when anything was formality of giving a dinner, party

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Questions unasked Mr. Silva: added that he in. tended to ask many questions of the defendant regarding the various letters, receipt and notes but the questions may now be unasked...a thu_.defen dant, because of the ruling of the Court, may not appear.. When the Communists occupied. Shunghat in 1948, the complainant the defendant brought the comwent to miwan but later brought plainant out to all parties` and

LIDY to Hong Kong to see Sun Fo. functions which ha attended and She telephoned Sun Fo and it was then that Sun told her that "In December, 1933, she gave birth to the first child who was he will never be able to return daughter. The child carried Sun to China. As he had no wish to Fo's surname and he accorded the the only place he could stay. He to Taiwan, Hong Kong, was child recognition as his child and told her that he would send Lam continued to support the comL to see her and arrange main- plainant and child at the rate of

tenance for tho girls. $1,000 each month.

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had moved from 18,

Later in September, 1040, sho was introduced to Poison Chan

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ten by the Communists both defendant

complainant -came-to-Hong Kong-whore-an- January 31 after a meeting at a tea house in Bhek Kip Mol Village defendant was alleged to have tur

jured

Fung to a hillside and there infilated 45 wounde on complainant.

Dr. B. S. Ng, Medical Officer of}} Kowloon Hospital, testified on complainant's wounds when he was admitted to the hospital.. March 29.

Hearing W03 adjourned to

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Ming Tek Lane at the suggestion who said that he was to act as of the defendant and lived at 15. the go-between with Sun Fo. He Ko Ney Yee Road.

told her that he would make the Hong Kong Fish Wholwale Market, arrangements for her to see. Sun Kennedy Town, yesterday Were- but inter said that Sun was will-

"In 1935, they agalo moved and

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A place of residence was dis-Glago Fish "They continued to live to-

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White Funfret (large) 1.25 defendant. In March, 1930, comultable house in Kowloon,

On January 18, Pakson, Chan Macao Bute fiercel plainant gave birth at the First

I told

that Sun had Golden Thread Hospital of the Red Cross Society complainant of Chli at 3ds Avenue Halg, instructed him to tell her that he Head Crunt ........ Shanthal, to

(Sun) was willing to support the Horse Head (mall) referred to

Conger like children and not her In the

Hair Tall Mr.. Silvh

inued that at the complainant's request he obtaincil a birth certificate for Lilly Sun and in the certifledte it was clearly stated, that she was the child' of

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Alleged assault

Next day, after hearing that, Bun Fo was leaving for Brazil, the complainant visited Sun Fe at Repulse Bay. She was an

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Mr. Hainca stator that. ho altered the course_at_1.1 a.me un February.11 because he had passad the most dangerous part of the journey. Witness verified his statement by saying that by dangerous' he meant attack by surface craft

Ile selected the course of 255 degrees trile, because he regarded it as safe distance of all points en route 10, Hong Kong.

The Wing Hung" was "clean" and: had been out of dock for three weeks Lefore her mishap.

What inituereed you to alter your course at 11.45 pm. that night?--I intended to put the ship further to sea, and took the 250; degrees standard compass course. He considered he would pass distance

of seven miles,

und probably as much as 10 miles.

Asized why the log was not kept in order, as from a certain dafe, witness replied that he had Just joined the allip and had no time to re-organise everything. He had intended to do so."

Chilang Point at the inhimuni

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He said that language difficulty in explaining inatters of this kind was one reason for the delay.

Mr. Haings stated that he found the chief officer changed course in the morning of February 11. This he declared, did not satisfy him, although there had been no standing-or- change should require Tds appro- ders among fils, officers that any val first. It Tho

edjourned do today

(Continued from C probable that the case would be long-drawn out one more dates

the complainant and the defensaulted by the servants of the for hearing should be fixed.

his dame, as Sun

dant, who gave certificate was

to the complainant, at 20 Route Père Robert and the addrets on the envelope was written by,

Sul, and had been proved with-

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Me Bilva then wild that he would challenge the defendent to appear in Court, and deny the story, deny the birth certi ficate as having been obtained by him almost 14 years'ágó in 18um Fo forth as evidence

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report to the Police. However was finally decided that the after Mr. Flatges hdd drawn his after the Police Inspector had following; additiofini daya bo fixed ; course, on; & chart for the Court's},

for the houring of the case: May 2, consideration visited the hous, he was in 5, 10, 11, 15, 10 and 10 conference with Madame Bun

The next hearing of the case

Mr. Marcus, da: Silva,, counsel for Mr. Haines, will begin his

examination of witness today.

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Fo for more than an hour and axed for March 21 then took the complainant to the hospital for medical examination, Aftörf the oxa! mination nothing more WHE dons, by the -Pollos Assautolle about the Mr. Silva also said that while the complainant 'was being assaulted by the servants - Sun -Fo was to the stairway standing by on

and these bills all refer to the watching and made no attempt to

young girl as Sun Mul. Mul,

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which Sun Fo

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Thus, concluded: Mr. Sp

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