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JUDGE RULES IN ACTION: TO STAND MISS AW SILENT ON

'Three per cent poplin shrinkage not normal'

A shrinkage of three per cent after delivery in ordinary dyed mer- cerised poplin is not a normal or a natural shrinkage if the poplin is properly finished, Mr Justice A. D. Scholes in the Supreme Court ruled this morning.

Counter-claim

cessing or overstretching of the material supplied to Eastern Zone under the contract

The ruling was given in ung balance due for poplin material] the faulty manufacture or pro- action over the supply of poplin) supplied to the Eastern Zone.

material, in which the Cathay Textile Corporation, of Central ilding, earlier obtained Judg- ment for $21,331.55 against the Eastern Zone Industrial Co, Lid, of Content Buliding, an

Ind

11

In

counter-cialm, the Eastern Zone sued the Calhay Textiles for damages, count of damage resulting from

on ne-

Judge to decide

in theft case against Russians

Alexander Urchenko, the younger of the two Russian refugees facing four charges of simple larceny, said at Kowloon District Court this morning that he had not been to the places from which, the police said, they had allegedly stolen money.

Urchenko said that the only place he hadi been to Was

Jimmy's KRchen.

He had been there on several orensions, but he was not there

on July --the day pollee charge he and

$10 $200,

Alexander

Poroviov,

As for the other three places

Kaiser --the

Restaurant I Granville-road, the Central Farmi In the New Territories and the Win

Hing Tul groe.ry store

In Custom's Path-he såld, ne didn't even know where they

were.

The two accused who Ap- reared before Judge N. R. Wylie, ore Alexander Poroviov, 33 and Urchenko 28.

Prosecution

|

News from

the Gazette

Flying Omeer Daily Wong Wel, of te = Höngkong Women's Auxillary Air Force, has been promoted to the rack of Flight meer, the Govern ment Gazette nokled today.

capials M. A. . Young-lerries, formerly

of Hongkong Regiment has been pasted to the tayal Hong xung Defence Forec Reserve of

Onleers.

Squadron Leader (). J. Hell, ceased so net as Commanding Officer of the Jongkdog Auxiliary Air Force on resumption of duty by Wing Com

witnesses had suid In their evidence that on various dates in July anri Sep Uniber Puroviny entered the, mander P.Q. Senies. shops to make purchases and 1.ndered high denomination

antintes for

while Urchenko engaged the ulten- tion of the shop assistants by his undecided choice of goods.

change,

The thefts were discovered

after they had left the shops

tha proscention alleged.

wo aceted denied the charges.

Registration

in Hong-

The Eastern Zone also alleged that its customers in the United Kingdom had refused to accept the blauses which it had made frum the puplin materiais, as the blousek no longer were of the size ordered because of the shrinkage.

During the hearing of

the

| counter-cloin, it Was agreed that the Issue for the decision

TRIAL ON DRUG

CHARGE

Wong Hoi, allas Wong Ping-

hong, a 58-your-old un- employed man, accused of having a large quantity of dangorous drugs in his possession, was committed by Mr D. Cons at Central Magistracy this morning to stand trial at the next Criminal Sessions at the Supreme Court.

Wong, whose address Was

given as 33 Centre-street, third Acer. Salyingpun, was alleges to have had in his residence 13 pounds of barbitone and 31

of the Court was whether ounces of heroin on September |

three per cent shrinkage in the popila materials supplied to the Eastern Zone was a normal or natural shrinkage. Cathay Tex- tiles argued that the three per cent slirinkage was normal shrinkage while the Eastern Zone submitted that it was not.

A

Adjourned

After delivering decision оп the shrinkage Issue in favour of the Eastern Zone, Mr Justice

Scholes adjourned hearing of the counter-claim to January

14.

that at about 2.30 am on Sep;

Del In Ko Po-kwan testified tember 14, he led a party of detectives in a rald on the

cuised's house.

He sul he and Det Coi Chik Tsang entered the premises while the other detectives were outside the house.

WARDROBE

Insp Ko said that on entering

15 for submission on the ques- the rear cubicle, he saw the tons of damages and costs.

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defendant getting up from his bed Nexl to the bed was

his decision, Mr Justice locked wardrobe. Scholes referred to the evidence of the expert witnesses called

Cpl Tsang then searched the

and found by both sides on the issue.

two He Wardrobe sald he was impressed by the parcels wrapped in newspapers and another parcel wrapped in evidence of Mr E. B. Jones an expert witness from Manchester wax paper and in opening one called by Eastern Zone, and also smaller parcels in it. The Cor- Mr Yth Chih-piao, o Educa-poral opened one of the ampller

of the Technical

parcels and found that it contain- College, one of the expert wit- ed white crystal powder, Insp. nesses called by the Cathay Tex- Ko nid. tiles.

flon Offeer

was

of the parcels found

six other

Insp Ko said Col Tsang then Mr Justice Scholes said in his searched the wardrobe, und opinion. Mr Jones

the found $5.530 underheath a col- soindest expert on the shrink-

ton qulit Later more parcels age of material. "It appears to

In a false bottom were found me that he was clearly of the drawer. opinion that although conditions could be arranged to cause three per cent shrinkage of three per cent in

shrinkage,

ordinary dyed mercerleed poplin was not a Marmol or a natural shrinkage the poplin was properly finished."

Difficulty

2

at

"He

Insp. Ko said the defendan!!

longed to him. sald the parcels and money be-

Sheaffer's PEM

Pon For Mon

THE DOLD NEW PEN DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY FOR MEN

Government

From the Filos

PLANS FOR GARDENS appointments 25

Miss Aw Slan, daughter of the late Mr Aw Boon Haw, the Tiger Bolm King, and @ director of the Haw Par Brothers Laid Lid this morning "At the moment, I would not add to the state- ment I made yesterday in connection with Haw Par Mansion."

The China Mail had asked Miss Aw if she were contemplating any steps to prevent the sale of the Tiger Bolm Garden. In the statement she made inte yesterday, Miss Aw expressed

astonishment at the offer for sale of the family mansion and and that it was without; her consent or consultation. She said it was her late father's wish to retain the Haw Par Mensions 213 Д home for family members and a public pleasure resort. There are not

only memorials erected to the ointment iding's parents and brother but the ashes of the late Mr Aw him self had been Interred in a tomb, In the grounds of the mansion.

3 PIECES KUN

TONG

LAND TO BE SOLD

Three pieces of Crown land in Kun Tong will be

sold by public auction at the Crown Lands

and Survey Office in the Central Government Offices un November 20 and 21.

Soldier bound

over for street incident

measures

Two of the pieces are for private residenilai purposes Bach

aboul 15,000 square feet und the upset price for each lot is $450,000. There is a building coveront $750,000 to be fulfilled In 24: months.

gazetted

The following

appointments, promotions and transters were notified in the Government

Gazelle today:

years AGO

October 1936

Mie E. B. Teosdals to be Deputy Mr G. Colonel Secretary. Instead

Mr T. Beach, Senior Land Bur- eyer, Public Works Department, censed to act as Assistant Buperin- tendent of Surveys, on renumption et duty by Mr A. H. Giles; Mr J. 4. Cooper, Land Surveyor, ceased to act residents as Senior Land Surveyor.

Sfeer at Schoots,

NAT burglars are again busy on The Penk, and

warned to

Medical Time For Charkit to be see that means of access to Me Lau Pak-fat to be Senior Ex- their homes is not made ecutive cope and run easy. During the week- Pak-ling to be Agricultural Officers end, the residences of the Mr B. D. Wigham and Mr 3. Hon. Mr S. H. Dodwell and Towner to be administrative Onteora.

Wong

Kwok-churn and

Mir Pavi Lee, Mr Loong Chun Mr D. L. Newbigging were but nothing was stolen, as the intruders were in both instances disturbed in their operations,

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keung, Mir pir Wong Ming-hing to be inspectore! entered. for the purposes of the Publle Health (Ankaals and Dirder Ordinance,

Nine Colony

residents naturalised.

Shanghai. Within three weeks, more than 2,000 people in pestilence stricken Jukao, a district about 100 kilometres North

Shanghai, were cured and the Plague

in

that

arca

brought totally under control, according to Dr Koo Sung-ni, local.

a physician of the

a

of The following people have been

granted certificates of naturall. Nanyang Hospital whe return- sation the Government Gazetle, ed notified today..

The third piece

19 for in- dustrial or godown purpose It measures about 11,378 squero teet and the upset prlees is $341,000.

A Dullding covenant of $230,000 is to be fulfilled, in 18

Alan Pearco, 28, of 252 months.

Signals Sqdn, Victoria Barracks, was this morn- ing bound to be of good behaviour for three month.

over in $300 Boy stole

The order was made by Mr A. J. Sanguinetti at Causeway guilty to a charge of disorderly Bay Court where Pearce pleaded

conduct.

It was stated that on Thurs- H policeman W day night Pearce Hilting up a Chinese bay outside in the alr

the White Horse Bar at 42 Lockhart-road, ground floor, Wanchai. As a result he was taken to a police] etation.

money

from father

on Tuesday from the affected arca.

The pestilence, which had Mr David Dorfman, merchant, be prevailed in Jukao since the Embassy Court, Hotping-road, Caisse- way Bay.

beginning of autumn, claimed

Mr Li Vien-chlen, known as Larry more than 25,000 lives. Li, auctor, Flat 204, Grosvenor House, 114 Macdonnell-road,

The

chief cause of the plague, according to Dr Koo

Mr Gebris blu, koz WI * LIU 1938 mosquitoes, the biggest ghiso-lin, known as George Victor of which were "as, big da Liu, Journaital, Fiat 1D, Garden dollar coin",

Mansion, Aualin-road, Talmafiotrui.

Mr Lau Cho-ping, known as Lau for-ping, known as Liu, Choying, accouniani, United Mansion, Block A2. 11th floor. Jordan-road.

Mr Yu Look-Yau, known as Yee Look-ynu, merchant, 231-233, Princo Edward-rond, third floor, Flat C.

Miss Eva Rozanet, known as Bisler

Sisters of the Poor, Hame for the

Etienne, social worker at the

A 17-year-old boy, Sze Ping-ed. Aberdeen.

cheong, who stole from his Mr Koo Mel-wel. merchant. Empire Apartment, Fint 11. seventh floor, 200 father 32 Philippine pesos, Kings-road. North Point, (HK$42) was bound aver

Mr Tho Chan-tce, known na Eddie

So Uk Extate, Shamshulpo,

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50 YEARS AGO

Extract from SCM Post 25 years ago column: 66 AMONG the passengers

A on the Manchuria for Manila is Mr T. F.. Claxton, FRAS, late director of the Royal Afred Observatory, Mauritius, who has recently been appointed director of Me to Mang-bang, known as Hongkong Observatory. King-fan, known as Ho Kam-wing. known at Ho Yam-ying. known as Kenneth M. 11. Ho. interpreter, Apari- ment E., Empire Court, fourit, hoor, iiysan-avenue. Causeway Bay.

in $300 for three months Tas, tencher. Fint 107, Wulow House, by Mr A. J. Sanguinotti | of Causeway Bay court this morning. Sze of 12 Shell-street, ground floor pleaded guilty.

On October 18 Sze's father Sze

of money was missing

Another coldier who appeared before the same magistrate Juter on charge of disorderly He said the drugs were inter conduct while drunk, was Yee-wel discovered that a sum certified by Government Lourd over in the sum of $300 chemist to be barbitone and to be of good behaviour for

herolo,

SAIYINGPUN

ROAD WORK

Mr Justice Scholes saldi that it; appeared that Mr Yip was of the All people living kong. Kowloon and Tsun Wan pinion that a shrinkage was

possibilty but unlikely. The who hold identity cards bearing seemed to have difficulty in stat- numbers in the ing whether or not it would four registration

series 300,001 to 310,000 shrink three per cent. Mr Vic- without the suffix "A"--are now tar Te-chang Kao (another wit- the required re-register with the ness called by Cathay Textiles) streets in the Salyingpun area. Commissioner of Registration had the same difficulty," for the Issue of new-type identity cards,

The case against them con- cluded this morning, and Judge Wile reserved his judgment Land: Tuesday morning.

the

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Work will start shortly on reconstruction of three

three months.

The defendant, 22-year-old John Robert Gash, L/Cpl of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, Stanley Fort pleaded guilty.

The court was told Gash was scen chasing after a Chinese out- side

the Windsor Bar at 35 Lockhart-road,

ground floor, Wanchal, with intent to commli assault last night.

Lad twice stole shoeshine box

A 300-foot section Concluding, Mr Justice Scholes atreel, belween

of High- Eastern-mirect said: "I am satisfied on the ba-, and the upper level police ata- lance of probabilities that В tion, will be widened from its shrinkage of three per cent after delivery, in ordinary, dyed mer-

present width to 38 feet and will be reconstructed in reln- A cerised popila is not a normal or a natural shrinkage if the poplin

forced concrete. is properly inished and I accord- ingly decide that issue in favour

of the defendant."

and

boy WHA

14-year-old cautioned and put on probation

from a

drawer. He made aceport to YWCA

Y. C. Lam prosecuted.

H.E. the Governor of the neighbouring British Colony, desired that before enter- ing on his duties, the new director make the personal

charge of the other meteoro- logical..centres in the For

Secretary acquaintance of the men in

the police the following morning. A delective made a search on defendant and found him in possession of the money. Insp oral Secretary of the World

Miss Elizabeth Palmer, Gen-East.

Mr Claxton is here on a YWCA, reached Hongkong lan visit to the weather bureau, night after y delays and false starts in her journey here after having seen Sikawei from Bangkok.

and Tokyo observatories. He This morning, Miss Palmer is a man of experience in vialted Miss Wong Yuk-mui, matters meteorological, Hongkong YWCA General magnetic, and astronomical, Secretary, and saw the Bonham and his writings have won roud YWCA hostel.

Together for him they will make a four of the

a distinguished different YWCA centres in the place among scientists. Colony.

Manila Times".

Dance held to raise funds for new school

About 200 people attended the St Paul's College Alumni Ball held at the Paramount Restaurant At the same time. Eastern for two years by Mr J. E. Dar-

last night to raise funds for their new school street between Bonhamn-rond gan at North Kowloon Juventie

building in Bonn-road. High-street,

be Court on two counts of theft. will The Cathay Textiles Corpora- reconstructed. This project will He pleaded guilty.

The $1,000,000 structure, the tion was represented by Mr cover a distance of 300 feet, The court was told that on ing, will accommolats

seven-storeyed Stewart Bulld- 36 new Gerald de Basto, on the Instruc- This width of Hospital-rond, October A defendant stolo a

lon of Mr Y, H. Chan of Messrs

classrooms as well as a hall, between Eastern-street and the shoeshine box from the side clinic, bary and gymnastum. Lau, Chan and Ko.

eastern end of Tean Yuk Hos- door of 710 Nathan-road aut The Eastern Zone was repre- pital, will be widened to 30 feet. Į committed the same offence on

When completed early next sented by Mr A. Zimmern, on

It will boost the The road works are expected { October 4,

Enrolment capacity to 2,109.

the Instruction of Mr A, K. W. to take three months to com- He was arrested on October Lul, of Messrs Lo and Lo,

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This section of the road, about 700 feet long, will be rebuilt in eight-inch reinforced concrete. There will be a 19- foot carriageway and a ten-fool --In-addition, a 300-foot long retaining wall be constructed along Gun Club Barracks.

The work is expected to take about six months to complete.

Huts to make way for staff quarters

Now staff quarters for mem- bera of the Urban Services Do- periment and Agriculture and Forestry Department are to ba

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A number

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