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NOTICE.
THE PATRIOTIC ASSURANOF- 00., LTD., to Meses. ROBERTSON JE WILSON.
JOHN D. HUTCHISON & CO. Hongkong, August 4th, 1091... [1389
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5TH 1991.
ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL CHOIR
FEMALE SOPRANO
INTIMATIONS
котіся.
MANUEL BAPTISTA and M
TE have transferred the AGENCY of MVOICES URGENTLY NEEDED for MFON MAN FORE are authorised MORNY
the CATHEDRAL Coin Will those willing to join kindly communicate with Mz. T. PM Sign for our Firm BEVAN of the ANTATIC PETROLEUM, Co., ar apply to him in person at the Cathedral any TUESDAY OF THURSDAY, between And 7 o'clock.
NOTICE.
Ehave to announce that we have taken.
Wover the Aroney of the NORWICH
· Offers will be gratefully received. Hongkong, August 3, 1921.
1185
UNION INS. SOCIETY, LTD., from Moners. HONGKONG 'HOTEL COMPANY, LTD. -DATIE BASSOON Co., Lev, as from the tat
August, 1991.
REISS & CO.
(Rams Bos, LTA)
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Hongkong, August 4th, 1991.
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TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENER L MEETING of the above Company will be held at the HONGKONG HOTEL, Pedder Street, Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong,
WEDNESDAY, the TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY OF JULY, 1921, at Neq, for the purpose of consilering, and, if Approving the draft of thought lib
of
BAPTISTA, YORK & CO., LTD., 6, Des Vaux Road Central, Hongkong, August Bed, 1991.
·NONIGE,
WE have This Day transferred the Agenc
of the QUEEN INSURANCE Co. to Masare, W. H.. Lozar & Co.
1. D. SASSOON & CO., LTD. Hongkong, August 1st, 1921, (1177
NOTICE.
We have This Day transferred the Agency INSURANCE SOCIETY, LTD, to Messrs. of the NORWICH UNION FIRE Rans & Co.
DAVID SARSOON & CO., LTD.
·Hongkong, August 1st, 1981.
1259
NOTICE.
E have This Day transferred the Agency to Masera. T. E. GRIFICE, LTD.
DAVID SASSOON & CO., LTD. Hongkong, August 1st, 1921.
Association of the Company which will submittal to the Meeting A print of anch draft new Memorandum of Association of the Company may be seen at the Company's Registered Office in the Hongkong Hotel, the letting by Public Auction Sale, to Fedder Street aforesaid, and a comparison of of the LANCASHIRE INSURANCE
the print of the existing Memorandum of Association with the print of the draft new CO, Memorandum of Association will show wherein the draft new Memorandum of Association differs from the existing Memorandum of such new Memorandum of Association with or Association. Should the Meeting approve of without modification, the subjoined Resolution will be proposed as an Extraordinary Resolution, namely:--
PUBLIC AUCTION. PARTI
DARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of be held on MUNDAY, the 8th day of Aveuss, 1921, at 3 P.M., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR of One Lot of CROWN LAND on New Road from Bowen Road to Wanchai Gap in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Bent to be fixed by the Surveyor of Bus MAJESTY THE KING, for one further term
PARTIQULARS OF THE LOT.
78
year.
Bagley Ho
Imbally.
A bova Lha Naw Bos
Boundary
Mmacranette.
7.
Contesta
Iwet feet.
seat foot
abouti
As per
la place.
kanaal Bental
Upant Price.
|21,500 170 | 2,961
B.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
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PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of
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THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STRAMBOAT COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
A DOLLAR per Shure for the six months N INTERIM DIVIDEND of ONE ending 30th June, 1991, will be Payable o TUESDAY, August 928, on which date Dividend Warranta may be obtained on applica tion at the Company's Office.
(1) That the provisions of the Company's Memorandum of Association with respect to its objects be altered so as to read mo shewn in the print signed for the purpose of identification by the Chairman of this Meeting and also for the follow
further purpos namely:
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company For the purpose of considering, and, u thought will be CLOSED from TUESDAY, Angust fit, approving the draft new Articles of the Com-nd to TUESDAY, August 9th, both days pany which will be submitted to the Meeting, inclusive, during which period no Transfer of A print of anch new Articles and s print of the Shares can be Registered. enating Articles may be seen at the Company's Registered Office in the Hongkong Hotel, Pedder Street aforesaid. In adah print the portions of the proposed new Articles which differ from the wisting Articles are indicated by underlining in black ink and by marginal notes. Should the Meeting approve of such new Articles with or HONGKONG TRAMWAY COMPANY, without modification, the rabjoined Resolution will be proposed as an Extraordinary Resolution, namely
(3) That the new Articles already approved
DAY the
the latting by Public Anotion Sala, to GIVEN that be held on MONDAY, the 8th day of AUGUE 1921, at 3 P., at the Ocon of the Fublic Works Department, by Order of HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR of One Lob of CROWN LAND st, Fo Pang, Kowloon In the Colony of Hongkong, for term of 75 with the option of renewal at Crown Bent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His HAJESTY the Kiwa for one further a 32
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Bagletry No.
Locality.
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15
Boundary
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150
120
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Anzual Rental,
3,400
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BALE BY TENDER" OF HMS
ROSARIO."
Upset Price
2,210
TIENDERS are invited for the purchase of the above-named Ship with ENGINES and BOILERS and Various Auxiliary Machinery ou board, no she lies at the Navsi Anchorage, Kowloon.
Full particulars of the Ship, conditions of sale, and permits to view the ship may be obtained on application to the undersigned
th
Formas of Tender will be issued on application subject to payment of a deposit of $100 which will be returned if Tender is not accepted.
Tessel will be on view from the lat to 31st Angust
inclusive between the hours of 10 A.. and 4
F.. and Tenders must reach the Commodore's Office not later than 12 NOON on
1st September, 1921.
HURSDAY, 1st
204.ft.
Deck (Amidships):
Breadth, extreme Depth under Side of Keel to Upper
Perpendiculars
180 f
33'0"
170"
***
Nominal Displacement
980 tons
Propelling Machinery :-Triple expansion
(1400 H.P.) Diameter of Cylinders:18", 20" & 42′′
Stroke. 2'0" Boilers: Belleville Water Tube 3 No.
HL G. LOWE, Naval Store Officer.
HM. Naval Yard,
Honkong, July 29th, 1991.
11279
By Order of the Board of Directorsh
G. E. ELLAMS Acting Becretar Hongkong, July 18th,"
LIMITED."
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FACE POWDER
TOILET WATERS
PARFUMES
SOAPS
Privato advices from New York report -
principles of the Treaty. We presumo that the Colonial, Offles regards the that Dr. Schurman, new Amerissa sppointment of the Commission to which Minister to Chias, läft. San Franoises we have referred a part of the inter for the Far East on July #rd, Ho national movement. "Some little time ago expected to reach Shanghai about the ra gave a digest c☛the legislative action middle of August. contemplated in Japan. China,
not
baving signed the Treaty, has done The body of the tittle boy who, we nothing in the matter, and in view of drowned while returning from Ston
xisting conditions in China, it is cutter's-Harry Bolderson, the oven-year- impossible to expect that she will. old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bolderson, of So far as any action is taken by the ed from the harbour.
Nathan Road, Kowloon-baɛ been recovars British Crown Colonies in the East, the Government will doubtless be guided
The Bishop of Victoris, writing from largely by the character of the legislation Yunnanfu, mentions that when he was is adopted in India. In any case it is Pakhoi the place was considerably die DUSTING POWDERS interesting to see what is contemplated in turbed and, on
India
the day he left, the In the recent session of the Ewangel troops marched in.." There was bicameral Indian. Legislature resolutions no fighting, but 9,000 to 3,000 women and were passed generally approving the draft children took refuge in the Church convention and recommendations of the hospital compound. International Labour Conference 'in Washington
The police report a collision between a A Bill introduced by Sirmator-car and a motor bicycle in Kow. THOMAS HOLLAND, the Member of the loon. Mr. J. A. Saab, of Messrs. N. 6. Government of India for Industries, to Moss & Co., was the rider of the bicycle, amand drastically the Indian Factories and the car belonged to Mr. Kitting, of Act, 1911, ir to be discussed and finally Mesara. Kitting & Co., of Queen's Bond veted upon in the September session. Central. We have just received a ship. The Bill embodies the provisions of the from his machine, but, fortunately, not The motor cyclist was thrown draft conventions and recommendations badly hurt. The machine was wrecked. so far as it is possible to give effect to them in India, and also seeks to remedy defect in the Act that have been pointed out by the Industrial Commission and other bodies
The
upper age of "children" for the purposes of the Act is raised from 14 to 10. of The minimum age is raised, from nine
to 12 Bat, in order to avoid undue dis-city, managed by ʼn municipality similar, location of industry, transitional provi- to that in Canton. sions defer the introduction of the new limit to July 1st, 1922, and bar the exclusion of children who shall have been lawfully admitted when the Act comes into force The maximum hours of work for children are fixed at the limit at present in force for textile factories-viz., six hours.
ment of the above
MORNY
FRERES LTD.
London and Paris,
from
(Lacorporated in the United Kingdom)A. S. WATSON & NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an SHILLING
INTERIM DIVIDEND
of ONE
1927 has been declared.
per Share on account of the year
and
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by this Meeting and for the purpose of identification subscribed by the Chair man thereof, be and the same are hereby adopted as the Articles of the Company The DIVIDEND will be payable on to the exclusion of and in substitution after WEDNESDAY, the 24th day of August, for all the existing Articles thereof. 1931, to Shareholders on the Register on AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO TUESDAY, the 9th day of August, 1991, and BECOND EXTRA-ill be paid to Shareholders on the Colonial ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the (Hongkong) Register at the exchange rate of Company will be held at the HONGKONG 3/7 per Dollar.
By Order of the Board, HOTEL, Pedder Street aforesaid, on SATUR- THIRTEENTH DAY OF
W. E ROBERTS, AUGUST, 1921, at Nocx, for the purpose
Secretary. of receiving a report of the proceedings at the Hongkong, 25th July, 1921, above mentioned Meeting and of ocnfirming, if thought fit a Reial Band
DOT antioned Resolutions (Non, 1 and 2). Should the first of the "above Resolutions (No. 1) be confirmed as a Special Resolution by the requisite majority, the alterations in the Company's Memorandum of Association con
quently involved will be submitted to the HE Lame of 400,000 Fully-paid Bonna Supreme Court of Hongkong for confirmation.THE
Shares (which was authonzed at the AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO Extraordinary General Meeting of Bhareholders GIVEN that the said SECOND EXTRA held on the 4th January, last) at the rate of two ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING to be fully paid new Shares in respect of every Ave. beld as aforesaid will be continued for the pur Bhares held, has now been allotted. pose of considering, and, if thought it, pazzing the following further Resolutions as Ertrs ordinary Resolutions, namely:-
(3) That each of the existing 90,000 fally paid up shares of 850 each constituting the Company's present Capital of $1,000,000 be divided into 5 fully paid up shares of $10 each so as to make such Capital $1,000,000 consisting of 100,000 fully paid up sharms of $10 each.
(4) That after the division aforesaid, the Capital of the Company be increased from $1,000,000 consisting as aforesaid, to $2,500,000 divided into 250,000 shares of $10 each by the creation of 150,000 new shares of $10 each such new shares fsubject as hereinafter mentioned) to be issued at anch time or times and on anch terms and conditions in erary respect as the Company's Board of Directors may think fit
THE CHINESE ENGINEERING AND MINING COMPANY, LIMITED. 1880 or 400,000 TULLY-PAID BONUS SHARM.
Applications from Holders of Share Warrants to Bearer will be received at the Tientsin Cfice of the Kailan Mining Administration, Applica tions must be made in person or through Banker or other duly authorized Agent and must be accompanied by the Warrants to Bearer, in respect of which the Application is made, with Coupon No. 18 to 20 intact There Coupons must not be detached.
Applications through the Post cannot be dealt with.
PREPAID
W. B. NATHAN, "A Agent & General Manager. . (1262
1
WANTED"
"
CO., LTD.,
HONGKONG DISPENSARY
Telephone 18.
DEATH.
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BRAND-At Kuliang, on Sunday, July 31st, 1991, from pneumonia, MILDRED, the beloved wife of H. 6. Brand, of -Foochow
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HONGKONG OTICE: 10 DES VOI ED., C. LONDON Orrit: 181, FLEET STREET, E.C.
The Daily Press.
HANGKONG, AUGUST ETH, 1991.
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from America, has been asked by Dr. Mr. En Tsai Tai, a retarned student
Governor of Kwangsi, to accept the MI Chun-wu. the newly appointed
the importance of Wuchow, which is tho office of Mayor of Wuchow. Realising
Governor Ma expects to make it a model entrance to Kwangsi on the West River,
Students and friends of the Inter- national Correspondence School will be interested to know that MA. J. E. Ollerton, who held students' work at the Old Post Office in an exhibition of Pedder Street about 1815, arrived a few "For adult labour the 10-hours day is days ago on the Silver State from introduced by the provision that no Shanghai and will act here in the capa person shall be employed in a factory, for city of Hongkong agent. Mr Ollerton more than 60 hours in any one week. No served" in France and elsewhere during person is to be employed in any factory the war as lieutenant in the British for more than 12 hours in any one day. Army.--ÅDVT, Sunday labour is prohibited, though ia certain circumstances the inspector may
Strictly Confidential "is a good horse, notify for particular factories the sub- but he has not won all the events for stitution of some other day for the weekly which he entered. When the Governon of holiday. The present legal minimum of Hongkong sent home a potition in faveur half an hour for refreshment and rest of constitutional reform, he refused to has been found inadequate. The Bill give any information as w" Strictly makes an interval of one hour compulsory Confidential's" form (says the Singapore for adults, and provides an interval of Free Press "Topicist"}, The Secretary, half an hour for all children working more than five hours. But it may be arranged that the employes have their intervala at different times.
It is customary in many parts of India of tender age into factories. It is held for working women to take their children,
to be undesirable to rule out this custom until adequats provision has been made for the safe custody of the children while their mothers are at work, but it is provided that inspectors may prohibit the admission of infants to places where there is obvious danger to health or to life and IN limb.
At present the Act applies to factories which use mechanical power and employ not fewer than 50 persone, though local governments can notify the inclusion of factories employing not, fewer than 20 persons.
of State had no hesitation in telling the Commons that the trainer of the horsa thought there was no demand for him. If there is to be any appeal at all from the Crown Colonies to the Secretary of excluded from the Court? State, surely one-side ought not to be
of the Imperial Chinese Maritime Custom S
His many friends in the Straits and in Hongkong will regret to hear of the death of Mr. G. N. Olsson (says the Pinand which took place in the General Hospital,
planting in Perlis for some years, entered Gazette). The deceased, who had been FACTORY LEGISLATION
the hospital a few days ago suffering from an acute attack of fever, and his sudden ASIATIC COUNTRIES.
circle of friends. Mr. G. N. Olason was. and will come as a surprise to his larga 44 years of age, a native of Sweden, and BABLY in the year B.E. THE GOVERNOR
had travelled much in his time.
Befora appointed a Commission to inquire into
coming to the Straits he was in the service the conditions of industrial employment
for about seventeen years; most of that of children in Hongkong and the desir
The Bill applies the law to all time being spent at Kowloon. ability and feasibility of legislation for factories using mechanical power and the regulation of such employment. We employing 20 persons or more, and gives understand that the Commissioners-wh local governments authority to extend the DOCKYARD DISCIPLINE. consisted of the Hon. Mr. S. B. C. Rosa operation of the Act to factories employ- (Chairman), Mr. CHOW SHOU-SON, Mr.ing 10 persons, and also to factories where
WORKERS RESIST WATCHMEN. Li Pisa, Dr. C. W. MOKENNY, Misano mechanical power is used, Parrs, and the Rev. H. B. WELLS-com-
The case was concluded, yesterday, in The present law provides for a varied which two coppersmiths at the Hongkong WAN Married Couple require pleted their investigation some time ago, range of exemptions from the Act. The Kowloon and Whampoa Dock were sum Apartments, Mid-level or Peak. Willing to but no report has been issued yep to the general principles that should governmen.
moned for assaulting two, dock watch- share small honsa, Apply Box MI, c/o Daily public. A few weeks prior to the appoint exemption are laid down in a new chapter, Press Office.
The evidence for the complainants, who ment of this Commission certain questione and the application of these is left to were represented, on the instructions of Asked in the House of Cotemons on the to the control of the Central Government. to the roundhouse for sleeping beneath local governments, subject in most cases referred to, and that a bonus be declared▼ANTED. — YOUNG BRITISKEEúbject of child labour in. Hongkong had Where any factory is exempted for special, a ship instead of working inside it; they the Company, by Mr. Turner, was that the defendants, were to have, becu taken
ADVERTISEMENTS
Letters are lying at this Office fur
Boxes QX, XX, LM, LN, LB, LU,
LW, MA, ME, MN, A, 50,
FURNISHED
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or
(6) That it is desirable to capitalise the sum of $1,000,000 being part of the undivided profits of the Company standing to the credit of the General Reserve, and accordingly that for the purpose of effect ing such capitalisation such sum of $1,000,000 be distributed as bonus the shareholders of the Company in p portion to the shares in the Company's pro- present Capital of $1,000,000 held by them respectively on the date hereinafter *countingly. And further the
Public Bahoo! education, and wAT Board of Directors be and they Accounts, Office routine, speaks French, Malay, Under Secretary of State for the Colonies hours' provision, every person employed coppersmiths at the Dock, Savelend
that the Com
Com service, er Rubber Planter, some knowledge
elicited the information from. are hereby authorised to satisfy mich Tasil, socks employment any capacity, Hong that the Governor had been naked beyond that period must be paid in culars as to the work which the de seasonal, or exigent reasons from the 60 restated and assaulted the watchmen. bonus as far as possible by the distribu-kong or Const Forts-good references. Replies for a report on the subject.
Mr. G. Duncan, superintendent of the tion in manner aforesaid of
100,000 Box MO, c/o Daily Press Officom. shares of $10 each credited as fully
paid up among the persons who are registered as the holders of the shares constitating the Company's
present Capital $1,000,000 on such date as the Company Board of Directora shall decide-such last mentioned shares to rank pari passu with the shares constituting the Com
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FO
MOB SALE. STEWART TERRACE, Buildings.
Peak.-Apply to H. E. POLLOCK, Princes
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earned since the 31st December, 1920, and Prest Office.
auch distribution to be in satisfaction of the aforementioned bonus
AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that a THIRD EXTRAORDINARY
arrived, latest
the
reenll, too, that Mr. F. B. L. BOWLEY had shall be at least 1 time the normal rate. Line the defenes would take, Captain
We may respect of the overtime at
a rate that ants should have been engaged upon. just previously delivered a public lecture
A olue having been obtained of the on the subject of "Sweated Labour in law regulating the employment of was called to say that the tug was tho- La Hongkong there is practically no Groundwald, of the tug Henry Keswick, Hongkong" in which he, emphasised, the need for legislative action for the protec Mr. BOWLEY pointed out, factories and
on which women and children. At present, a dock on the alternoon pany's sent Capital of $1,000,000 in FYCLE, just lust Motion of women and child workers, and he workshops are unregistered, unlicensed is a dyname on the Henry Keswick
trouble occured. erspect of all profits of the Company Speed Gear, £75. Apply Boz ML, c/o belly adumbrated a number of proposals for and uncontrolled, except for Sanitary that afternoon; the tug bay fell asleep- The defendants said they were told to
91 reform In this lecture Mr. BowLEY
made & passing reference to the fact that Purpose and in the case of offensive and while waiting for it they fell asleep. the Treaty of Peace made after the War Board, and are subject to no limitations both resented it.
One of them was awakened by a watch, trades which are licensed by the Sanitary man striking him with a stick and they includes, not only the Convention of the with regard to hours or ages of labour,ed the Magistrate not to be influenced League of Nations, but the International
Mr. Loc d'Amada, who defended, ask- Labour Convention, and that the High cleaning hair and feathers, where the pressed the case. He submitted that to except in the case of rag-picking and by the fact that the Dock Company Contracting Partica agreed to endeavour to secure and maintain fair and humans employment of children under 10 is pro bind them over to keep the peace would defendants had provocation and that to. conditions of labour for men, women and hibited. In view of the terms of the be an adequate penalty. children, both in their own countries and Treaty of Peace and particularly of the Mr. Turner asked for a sovers sentence. in all countries to which their commercial Provisions of the League Convenant and laying stress on the difficulties dock and industrial relations extend. Every
Labour Convention, which are integral companies would experience if cases of Community involved has since been parts of the Treaty, Hongkong, sooner or engaged in overhauling its labour con- later, will have to come into line in this ditions with a view to conforming to the matter with the-rent of the world.
SEAMEN'S INSTITUTE GENERAL MEETING of the Compasy wil
21, PRAYA FAST, HONGKONG.
OE the use of all Mon & the Mercantile
Marine and If.M. Navy,
Reading and Writing Rooms, Billiard Room, Officers Room, CPO's Brom Bestaurant, Cancer Hall, Charch
Private Culing sud beds in Dormitorios Motor Launch "Dayspring."
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be held at the HONGKONG HOTEL, Fedder Street, aforesaid on WEDNESDAY, the THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF AUGUST, 1331, AT NOON, for the purpose of receiving a roport of the proceedings at the above mautioned
ned Meeting in so far as regards Resolu tions. Nos. 3, 4 and 6 above and of confirming, it thought fit, such last mentioned Resolations
Special Resolutions.
Dated this Fourteenth day of July, 1921.
By Order of the Board,
J. H. TAGGART,
Manseer.
TO LET..
AKCE GODOWN at Wan-chai (known as
Mody Godown). Apply to
LEE HYSAN & CO.
¡20%, Queen's Road (.
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TO LET.
GODOWN at Yaumati
2
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this kind wors treated as trivial.
The Magistrate (Mr. Lindsell) said he could not regard the case 45 a very serious one; it would be met by fining the defendanta $20.
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.