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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1933.

ECHOES OF 1859

66 The Misuse Of Public Funds

TRADE MARK SUMMONS

Japanese Soap Bears British Mark

The Kee Cheong Tal Company of 43, Jervois Street, were sum- moned before Mr. E. W. Hamilton yesterday for having on sale soap September 20th, 1859, | land such cargo as Rice or Coals | which bore a trade mark so nearly From the Gazette published or any loose merchandise, without resembling the trade mark of last Saturday, it appears that experiencing considerable losses Lever Brothers (China). Limited. the Police and lighting rate for by peculation. In fact if our pot as to be calculated to deceive.

Mr. J. B. Prentis, of Hastings last year, amounted to $57,000. It ice be" not absolutely defective a

and Company, appeared for the would therefore seem that the ann- some maintain, it can be made

Chung Kam ual rent roll of the Colony, on much more efficient as all admit. complainant, Mr.

cannot be Tong, of the China Soap Com-i which these rates are levied, must Very good then, it amount to about $670,000, which denied that the colonists do not pany, and Mr. Horace Lo appear- indeed is a prodigious sum, receive what they pay for. Anded for the defence.

Matter Settled It cannot be denied elthier that the safer life and property is. the more the Colony will advance and It follows that govern-

Mr. Lo said the matter had been settled between the parties, and the complainants: would ask for

The total sum expended during 1858 for Police and lighting was $48,000 (about), The difference being the pront. has been placed prosper. at the credit of the general rement in pocketing this surplus venues of the Colony. It certain are acting both in a dishonour any summons taken out on trade

able and impolitie masner.

Then the fees on shipping sea-

the summons to be withdrawn,

Mr. Hamilton: I will not allow

marks to be withdrawn.

Mr. Lo: The defendant is, going

plainants.

Mr. Harpilton; If he likes to plead guilty, and the defence then asks me to deal with the matter lightly, it is another matter, but I am not going to have it with- drawi

was a great dodge of old Bowring, to procure in the manner he did from HM, Ministers, for the pur- mea. This impose as levied forto give an undertaking to the com- pose of building my praya." un-the behoof of "Poor Jack" and der the pretence that it was spent! God, knows, he requires somebody upon an extra police qutlay, ren- to look after him The whole was dered necessary by the war, when pocketted bodily for some time, all the time the Police rates were and placed, to the credit of the giving a profit Really the money Colony. But the Reverend James should be returned. It was obtain. | Jones Anding that a number of ed under false pretences.

sailors were suffering the most This system of finance-acrite distress from disease and

destitution, applied to the How- ourable Mr, Forth, the Colonial Treasurer, who to his honour be it apoken, never turned a deaf ear to him-but still no system was established,

mean making a

proft upon a rate levied for a specific purpose is disreputable to say the least of it, and not only amounts to something approaching to positive misappropriation, but establishes a principle absolutely pernicious and bareful to the welfare of the Colony. We are not advocating re- trenchment, nor do suggest that the particular tax allude to should either be decreed or done

·we

and whilst sailors

have been miserably dying, sleep- ing in the streets, and forced from bitter want to piratical. habita, the Government of this Colony held large sums of money, being the proceeds of an impost especi- ally levied for the alleviation of these miseries.

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Mr. Lo: I am placed in a very diiicult position, because my clients have acted innocently, and How that their attention has been drawn to the infringement, they have appreciated it.

But they don't admit the summons.

Mr. Hamutan: Why not Mr. Lo In this case the de- fendants imported the infringed goods for the first time in October or November. It was the only shipment they received. Having not heard of or seen the marks of the complainants, they acted in- away with. We simply maintain

nocently, and did not know they that the money raised should be

had committed any offence. honestly spent on the purpose for

Mr. Hamilton: I gravely doubt which it is levied. Take for in- Then the Brothel fees. These whether the defence of ignorance are excluded from: the Revenue is an adequate defence at all in stances three of these rates. ewe believe, and are entrusted into the case of trade mark summons tablished for specific purposes, the hands of Mr. Caldwell, who Not only are the goods to be pro- which a considerable profit is de pays them into the bank as he tected, but the public also, should rived: The Police and Lighting receives them. There was a con- be protected against buying some- rate; the fees for shipping seasiderable surplus the last time we thing they are not getting. men and the licenses of brothels. inquired. We can say little about Mr. Prentis: Under the parti- Hong Kong has flourished of late this matter but the laudable ob-cular section under which they by reason of the anarchy and jects which alone justified the or- | are charged, it will be seen that confusion into which the Province dinance and sanctioned the im- the defendants have taken all pre- of Kwangtung has fallen. That post of a tax to maintain it. cautions and have supplied all in- is to say the safety and security are utterly frustrated. The sur formation. They have acted In- of life and property, has caused geon's situation has been made a nocently. They have also given the Colony to be resorted to by sinecure, and the lock hospital "a an undertaking that they will not Chinese as well as Euroopeans for farce. Were the money levied import this particular soap or any the protection thus afforded. But properly spent, the food which other soap infringing on the trade robberies and murder do occur in would accrue to suffering human-marks of Lever Brothers; that fact it is an utter impossibility to ity, would be immense.

they will advertise that undertak-

ROUND the

MAGISTRATE ADMONISHES GIRL

"You are" a rotten little Har" said Mr. Wynne Jones to a Chinese girl who appeared as complainant in a case in which a woman was charged with kidnapping the girl. The ease was dismissed,

The girl, Kwok Yau-ho, aged 14, stated that she met defendant some months ago, vhen she was working as a waitress in a tea house, After working in several fea-houses in Yaumati, she went so defendant's house on December and, she alleged, defendant teok her to Cheungmuktau, which is in Chinese, territory. She stated that she did not want to go, but defen dant pursuaded her.

her

COURTS

a water tank on the premises last year, but, in view of the water shortage, had the tank ordered and meant to use it temporarily to tide over the dry months. They, did that, and through inadvertence did not apply for another permit.

Mr. W. E. Hollands, of the P.W.D. said that in June last the defendant applied for permission to erect this tank, and had been refused on the ground that they had no permit They did not apply for permit.

CLAIM FOR TWO"

MILLIONS!

Breach Of Promise Case Filed

Questioned by his Worship, she

A claim for $2,000,000, has been save some unsatisfactory anBWorK and his Worship came to the con- Hong Kong by a local Chinese filed in the Supreme Court of clusion that he could not accept girl. through her solicitors for

statement. She had been warned to tell the truth, but kept breach of promise to marry,

against a Singapore Chinese, on giving a rambling, account.

The girl's parents were then called into Court, and his Worship told them to look after their

in daughter properly

fatare. "She needs looking after toe,"his Worship added.

S.C.A.AFINED

No Permit For Water Tank

The girl is Miss Lenng Kin Victoris, and the defendant is Mr. ying, of 53, Lee Yuen Street,

Loke Yang-lok: described as "gentleman" of Singapore, at pre sent residing in Hongkong.

His address feligiben as "Oja MESTA. Lo & Lo, who are acting for him,

Messrs. d'Almada, Remedios, and Silva, are plaintiff's solicitors. The claim is a general we for For erecting a water storage breach of promise to marry; and tank without a permit at the for breach of an agreement” by North Point bathing shed, the which Mr. Loke promised to pay Secretary of the South China A.A. } plaintiff $2,000,000. was fined $25.

For unlawfully dredging in the

Mr. Horice Lo, appearing for Naval Anchorage on last Tuesday, the defendant, said he had been three Chinese boatmen were each instructed to plead guilty. The fined #3 by Commander Novill at Association had a licence to erect the Marine Court yesterday.

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Mr. Lo agreed to abide by these terms.

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should have taken precautions.

Where does this.

Mr. Hamilton:

stuff come from?

Mr. Prentis: From Japan.`` Mr. Hamilton: Have any re- presentations been made to the Japanese Consul about it?~-

Mr. Prentis: We only got to know about it-two days ago: Soap Goes to the Poor.

Mr. Hamilton: It view of the Mr. Hamilton: I think I can terms, I will withdraw the sum- reasonably assume that this is mons. proved, and that the prosecution An order was made that the are satisfed that the infringement soap be given to the Little Sisters" was not intentional

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