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EVICTED MAN FIGHTS HIS CASE HK male

Opposed by QC, junior and solicitor

No counsel but he

appeals in

court

A lone middle-aged Chinese man appeared before the Full Court today to argue an appeal against the combined legal brains of a Queen's Counsel, his junior and a solicitor.

He had no legal help, but the court ruled partly is his favour, and a round of appeal be. had not even mentioned.

an

Qi the main ground, how- ever,

against bis, appeal eviction from 170 Boundary-' street, Kawloon, he foil.

In addition, he was ordered

three-quarters of the. to pay ends of the appeal.

told

Withdrawn

The man. Lee Blug-keung, the court that he was

liimself because representing the solicitor "assigned" to him as a pauper had withdrawn from the caar because he con- sidered that he did uni bave good grounds for action.

He asked for an eight-week adjournment to enable him to have the original proceedings; Franslated.

"am caly za ordinary per-j 508 who knews nothing about law.

It is very difficult for me to adduce evidence in support of my case at the moment,” Lee said.

know why he had appealed and

what grounds.

Le replied that he did

Sir Michael then asked him whether there was any reason why he should not explain thuse reusurae denmediately.

Lee replied. "I have not gone through the record of the action," "Look at the size of the document." he said, waving the transcript of the original pro- ceedlings in the air.

Sir Michael said that the fact Lee had not read the record did not affect the reasons for which he lodged the appeal.

He said he saw no reason to Grant an adjournment.

No right

Lee then argued that the landlord, Wong Hu-kan, had no right to evlet him, He added,

t Iata at the ecurt should order that I should proceed now without reading the record, 1 am not a

sister and....

The Chief Justice interrupted, 'Do you wish to ray any mure in support of your appeal?"

Let replied that he might after reneing the record.

an ad- "I therefore ask for journment to enable me to study The triundation. After that I may be able to raise any points which may be useful in my case. 2

"It is said that justice is up-¦ and right.

My interests

Your

" therefore pray Lordships to allow my applica- tion so us to protect my la terests in justice," Lee said. The Chief Justice (Sir Michael Hogan) asked him whether he

5. Sichael told him that is lodged the appeal hauself

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However, Sir Michael said that he considered the orter made against Lee for $800 a month profits should not be allowed to stand

Mar

B. A. Bernacchi, agreed to walve this.

QC.

Uitle

"In any case, we had hope of recovering the money," AL Bernacch kold,

The court then ruled that this should be set aside but the order for possession granted to the landlord should stand.

the

Three-quarters of the costs of awarded appeal were

against Lee.

Leo pleaded that he was not of financial means to pay costs.

Your ability

Sir Michael replied. "You should have considered your ability to pay before you Aled the appeal."

The court consisted of the Chief Justice and Mr Justice A. D, Scholes,

Mr Bernocchi was assisted by Mr Benjamin Lui, instructed by Mr S. Sham of Brutton & Co.

Thief caught after

High feed costs forced mink_farmer to quit _U.S.

A young American mink farmer arrived yesterday in the course of a two- month vacation from Honolulu after establishing the biggest mink farm in Japan.

He is 22-year-old, Mr Karl Gittelman, who in October list .exported 5,000 Ank year,

father's fair In from his Pennsylvani

Hokkaido, ta Japan's northernmost island.

Mr Gittelman arrived here on board the s.8. President Hoover for a ten-day visit with his bride of six months.

part of their farm elsewhere the long 16-hour tight wêTO because of rising cunts in very lucky to lose only a few America. They finally close a hundred." small fishing village called Taurul in Hokkaido. "It's very cold there and the temperature all round is perfeet for the mink," he said.

Frostbite

"We had to charter three Ile sald that he and his epertai nireraft to transport the father had decided to move minka from America, and on

MR. AND MRS GITTELMAN

a mile chase Rare "freaks" to

Two men, Poon Shing and Yip Kwal, were com. mended this morning by Mr 1. M. S. Donnoit ot North Kowloon Court for their courage and alore- ness in bringing a thief to justice.

The thief, a 28-year-old rih. ber factory worker, Kwok Wai, was sentenced to a year's im- prisonment for house-breaking and wounding.

He pleaded guilty.

com-

Sub-Inspector G. M. Dorman sald that yesterday the plainant, Poon Tal, left his hut at No 1A Sai Lau Kok Village, Tsun Wan, to go to a film show.

When Poon returned at about 10 pm, he saw

the defendant

in his hut ebaul to leave with

a bundle of clothing.

Poon shouted "thlet", the de- fendant pushed him to the floor. injuring his head.

go on sale

KICHY CENTE

These two rare "freaks" ́ are among collection of Hong- Long and Treaty Port stamps which will be auctioned at the rooms of Robson Lowe Ltd, London on Jan. 25.

The defendant then escaped One is an 1880 five cents on Sc. into the street and was chased

by the two mea

and Yip Kwal.

Poon Shing

The chase which lasted more than 15 minutes covered more than a mile, the inspector added. defendant was finally The cornered at Tsuka Won market. The defendant had 18 previous convictions, most of which were of a similar nature.

with inverted surcharge, of which there are only 14 known coples. It is valued at £180. The other is oven rarer, It is an inverted 10 cents on 16 cente which the auctioneers found recently in a collection sent from Mexico for sale. Only two

are ciber examples known- one in the Queen's

1e

collection and the other in the Stockholm Postal Museum. It Is valued at £150 These errors are among

rarest stampa in the world, Although it is not explained

why the len on 16-ċent siamp; described as "of the greatest rarity" Is cheaper than the five on eight-cept, com- ments in the catalogue for the auction show that the Ove pa eight is on of the finest known copies, whereas the ten on sixteen In defective. The collection was formed by

Mir George E. Burghard

New York.

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of

"Another

the farmer with same idea fost more than half his shipment of 2.700 ink on a similar trip. So we consider ourselves added

quite fortunate," he

Although the weather is perfect for the mink, it WAS net quilo so good for the Gittelmans, Karl's

youn

wife Diana made the mistake of going out in the sub-zero weather with the wrong foot- wear,

She subsequently wits frost- bitten and it

was only un13) they saw an American doctor In one of the Southern towns that they realised how borloug it was.

So they had to leave to enoble Dlana to recuperato, They spent a month in Hawail before continuing on

+

trung-Pacific cruise on a leisurely return to Japan They plan to get back to the form late this month,

20,000 hope

Karl explained that no hed taken 4,000 fanale and 1,000 male minks to Japan. He ex- pects them to start breeding in March and the Arst litters should appear around May.

Averaging four to a litter. he expects to have about 20,000 mink on his farm at the end or the first breeding

nurses

wanted in Britain

A hospital in Britain is looking for Chiness men to train for positions 28 paychiatric nurses.

An advertisement aent In by the Oakwood Hospital, Maidstone, Kent, is pub fished In the China Mail today.

The reason seems to be that

young women who have left Hongkong for training in British hospİ- tals have done so well, and at times headed the final examination lista. Oakwood Hospital, unable to recruit suitable trainees In the UK has turned to Hongkong to see whether the men are able to match the women in Intelligence, industry, and precifeability. The advertisement, од Page 4 today, offers residential accommodation, sporting facilities, four weeks annual leave on full pay, a 44-hour week, and a training allowance which

21-year-old would for a

work ont at about 3570 a month.

A

good standard of English is required.

From the Filos

25

years

ACO January 1936 EULO

ULOGISTIC references

to the work of Profes- sor J. L. Shellshear in con-- noction with the University of Hongkong and expres- sions of regret at his im- pending departure from the Colony were made yesterday morning when the Medical Faculty gave a farwell party in his honour at the Union Assembly Room.

Professor Shellshear and Mrs Shellshear will leave the Colony on January 10 and will settle down in Aus- tralia.

Professor Shellshear will continue his research work in that country.

¡Professor W. 1. Gerrard presided at the function. Others present being Dr M. O. Pfister, Dr G. A. C. Professor W. Herklots, Nixon and a number of past and present students.

The Swedish losaca, during the bombing raid on the Red Gross station on Delo, Ethiopie

than

University group by faltan bombers on Decem-

leave Colony

| ber 31'was Ices serious

at first feared, the leader of the unit, Dr flyland and an- of Commonwealth |other_Swede boing seriously university professors and vice-10ounded, but по ото chancellors left for Singapore Swedish nationality was killed. by CPA this morning for a six-

A group

It appears that 40 Ethio- day visit and a courtesy call to pian patients, orderlies and to the University of Melaya. season.

male nurses were killed,

Birl the fufl benefits G the breeding will probably not be seen until around 1964 år '85, he said.

In Philadelphlo, Karl's father, Mr Morton Gittelman operates a farm and a wholesale furrier business.

The rising cont of feed for the mlaks (they live on specialised diet of whalemeat, and liver) necessitated move and Karl is very pleased with the initial re- sults.

the

They will teave here on board the President Cleveland

61 January 21, 1901.

Letters from you

to the editor

dear sir

Disgraceful

I haro

been many

places and seen many things in my life- ume but never have I scen anything, as disgraceful as the conduct of an Army sergeant Involved in a traffic accident recently.

There was no question that the millory Jeep ran into a lorry. Instead of the soldier quietly starlig Inside the

inilltary convoyance he brazenly la sulted the Chinese who were watching the proceedings. The most appalling sight was the Chinese policeman who ignored

him either breaust he had no authority to arrest him or was as frightened as the bystander. I would be very interested to know if this type of conduct by the dangerous driving of these wollers is overlooked by the authorities.

D. J. WERTHEIM,

dear sir

Dictators

After reading Col. Harring- tong's letter, "Confused," LE La interesting to note that practically all modern world dictators, stand for capital punishment, but how their de- terrent doctrine backfired! Benito. Musolini Suge lic himtal hanged; Adolf, fiftler, had to ad- minister it himself by taking his on -Ufaj: Joséph`Stalin "died in mystery” and later condemned by his' own Heùm tenents.

T. SCHENG

The group has been here seven days ritending the Houphing University Jubilee celebrations.

Annual parade

Brigadier W. P. N. Lawson this morniny inspected annual administration parads of the Royal Army Pay Corps per sonnel of Cominand Pay Omer, at Lyemun Barracks.

B

The incident has caused furious outburst of indigna- tion in Sweden arid also, it is reported, among the Inter- national Red ¦ Gross units serving with the Ethiopian forces.

Rome after pleading official ignorance, justified the bom- bardment on the ground that two Italian aviators who were brought, dorm at Daggar Bur, icere decapitated,

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