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LOCAL SOLICITOR SUSPENDED

(Continued from Rare 7)

Hang on the 5th November. The shipping company informed me that the ship was nearly booked up already, and that unless I' confirmed this at once. I should | be unable to get a passage until, their next ship sailing la Novem- ber.

I accordingly cabled to-day to you as follows:-

*Booked Potsdam remittance | urgently required to-morrow.”

Immediately on receipt of the remittance I will give In my Notice here, pay the passage money, und, confirm the booking, I assume that we shall be able to agree to terme on my arrival, somewhat on the lines of those set out in my letter to you of the 24th instant,

I have a lease of my present house for 3 years, and a lot of furniture, which I shall have to

dispose of somehow,

I do not know what has hap- pened out there. Whether Lose- by has died suddenly or what. but of course I shall hear in time.

PETTY LARCENIES FROM

DOCK

TWO CASES BEFORE COURT

This is an everyday occur ence" said Sub-Inspector P. Kel- lett in prosecuting Tam Fung 40. charged with larceny, of an iron shackle from the Kowloon Docks, ut the Kowlon, Magistracy yester day.

"A new method of concealmen: wus hnding favour with thieves, said the prosecuting officer. "They ald the stolen parts in their

by a trousers, suspended

Kirale around their body, between the legs. Searchers were tod apt only to pass their hands over the pocket and under the arm pits."

Accused who sdmitted several Previous convictions for various offences, was aned $10 or in de- fault, one month's fall.

Lam Kwan, 51, odd job coolte also charged before Mr. Himswort with the theft of brass parts valued at $1.00, from the Kowloon Docks, was

ned $5 or two weeks' ja.

Sub-Inspector Kellett said that Lam was stopped and searched by a detective in Wuhu Street. Ac- cused admitted stealing from the docks. The brass was hidden un-

Sergeant G Marriott of the Dock Police, appeared as complainant in both cases,

I hope the new arrangement will be most successful. I shall make a hobby of my office work when come out again. I have had 5 years wonderful experienceder a girdle. down here, and learnt how im- portant the office Is. Really I was awfully bad before. I might have been good in Court and had a reputation but for good solid work and hard thinking, I was thoroughly second rate.

Kind regards

to att-Yours sincerely.

(Signed) C. A. 8. Russ.

JOINT LENDERS

"

Mr. K. K. Wong to whom the letters are addressed, had been one of the three joint lenders of money

to the respondent under the agree- ment of August 1926. He was in

CAPITAL TO BE REDUCED

Approval Granted: By Court

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY 31,.1936.

SEIZED PROPERTY

CLAIM HEARD IN SUMMARY COURT

In the Summary Court, presided dver by the Chief Justice, Bir Atholl MacGregor, there was heard the beginning of an interpleading. between the Hol Lee Co., and the Shing Hing Fish Land Co., for the disputed possession of furniture.

The claimants, the Hot Lee Co., was represented by Mr. G. E R. Sanderson, and Mr. M. A da Sliva appeared for the judgment creat turs,

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Before the proceedings began Mr. Sanderson said that he had come prepared to accept the onus of the goods seized by the bail. His clients claimed all the furni- ture, excepting a safe, 2 scales, 4 mirrors, and a small desk.

ORGANISING FIRE BRIGADES ON WAR FOOTING

Proposed Grant Of £1,000,000 A Year

VERY GREAT - DANGER” OF AIR RAID CONFLAGRATIONS

Reserves Of Men And Eugines

London July 11... Special measures for putting the Are brigades of the country on a war footing to deal with fres caused by air

raids are

recom- mended by the Departmental Committee on Fire Brigade Services. whose report was issued last night. An Exchequer grant of £1,000,000 a year to the brigades is recom- mended.

Mr. Silva rose and said that as his Arst witness was Mr. Peter H. Riverdale was chairman, saw ex- The Committee, of which Lord

Sin, and that the witnesses did not periments with incendiary bombs, than necessary, he asked His Lord-pressed by the country's need for want to be detained any longer and says it has been deeply im- ship for permission to bring him organized protection against the to the witness bqx, and then have air menace. The present peace- his services dispensed with. Upon time organisation of the Are His Lordship's, approval, Mr. Sin brigades and strength in men and went to the witness box. and was appliances are. In the Committee's examined by Mr. Bilva,

opinion, quite Insumclent to meet the special war risks-in partien- lar, the risk of multiple fres caused by light bombs. the con- flagration risk.

and the risk of incendiary attack on places of national importance.

FORI OR PARTNER

Mr. Sin said that he had been originally instructed by the firm of Hc1 Lee, the claimants in the case, that the Hol Lee Co., was the principal tenant. The person he Interview was named, Chan Chung Wal, on behalf of the Hol Lee Co. who might have been a foki or a partner.

Upon cross-examination by Mr. Sanderson, Mr. Sic said that the

signature at the bottom of the let- ter was signed by his chief clerk,

THE PROPOSALS

War-time measures

are:

MUNITIONS CHIEF FOR BRITAIN

ENGINEER VICE- ADMIRAL SIR HAROLD BROWN

House of Commons, July 14. Mr. Dua Cooper, Becretary for War, announced in the House of

Commons this afternoon that he bad decided to appoint an addi- tional member of the Army Coun- all with the title of Director- General of Munitions Production. to be responsible to him for co- ordinating and expediting the pro- duction of munitions in accord- ance with the programme appro- ved by the Government

With the assent of the First Lord of the Admiralty (Sir Samuel Hoare), Mr. Duff Cooper said that he had offered the appointment to Engineer Vice-Admiral Sir Har- old Brown, Engineer-in-Chief of the Fleet, and he was happy to say that he had accepted the in- vitation.

to

questions, sald Sir Harold Brown Mr Du Cooper, replying to

would assist the Master-General

work of the Ordnance in some of his

FOR THE THREE SERVICES Asked 1 this co-ordination would extend the Navy. Mr. there was certain stores produced Duff Cooper said that, of course, by the Army which were required by the Navy and the would extend to them.

co-ordination

Sir Harold Brown Joined the Navy in 1894. On the outbreak of the Great War he joined the cruiser Penelope as engineer-off- cer, being transferred later to the battleship Barham,

In 1920

and the

Air Force, proposed

to

the

Admiralty as Engineer Inspecting

he returned

Officer.

In 1927 he became Assistant Ex-

proposed An organisation of "air raid formation and to help in dealing wardens" to give immediate in- with fires caused by lacendiary gineer-in-Chief. In 1928 he was promoted to Fleet. Engineer Officer on the staff of the Commander-

bombs.

1935 under articles to Mr. Loseby Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, KC. who had taken. instructions Arst, are brigade schemes of group!nk | in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet.

In a hearing before the Chief the Hong Kong Shanghai Hotel Ltd., made" a petition to reduce their capital

of the firm of Russ and Co., and is an unqualified person.

The respondent's case is that on receipt of the first cablegram he assumed that Mr. Wong had been admitted as a solicitor, or would be so admitted before he, the res- pondent, could arrive in Hong Kong, and that the offer was that the respondent should practice as a solicitor in Hong Kong in part-duction of the company. nership with Mr. Randall and Mr. Wong, both duly qualified. The respondent adds that he had been informed and believed that Mr. Loseby, who took over from him the arm of Russ and Co., was dead, a belter which is happily prema- ture, and that in that belief he considered bis prospects in Hong" Kong with congenial partners suf ficiently bright to justify his giving up his employment in England.

The respondent does not appear to have made any proper enquiries, in fact he does not allege that he did so. He himself pa it no high- er than that on receipt of the first

Mr. Leo D'Almada e Castro, Jr., appearing on behalf of the Hong Kong, Shanghai Hotel Lid, said that all the statutory requirements, as well as the requirements practice, had been complied with, and he merely conarmed the re-

of

In asking His Lordship to ap- Prove the petition for the reduc- tion of the capital, Mr. D'Almada said that the petitions need not be published in Shanghai, but only in two of the newspapers in the Colony.

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His Lordship replied that the "North China Daily News" might be added to the advertisements in petitioning, and concluded with saying." you may make the order for a drear in the terms of the petition with the additional altera-

tion made therein."

£10,710 FOR A DRAWING

London, July 14.:

Preparation of supplementary and then brought in the client to for use in future Defence of the the office.

Realm Regulations,

He

as

the i

State recognition of fire service

an essential factor in scheme of national' defence,

An Exchequer grant of £1,000,- 000 a year to the brigades, chiefly for development purposes,

Chung Chi Lau, in the witness box, deposed that he lived at 25, Ching Yuen Street, Canton, was in the Hol Lee Co., as a part- ner, with head offices at Canton, There was a branch,office at Hong Kong, at 17, Jubilee Street, second floor, which was started on Febru-Government as ary, 1536.

A dean te statement from the to the extent of Exchequer contributions to local Ip Yui Lam was in charge of the authorites against the fre

Tiska branch office, in the capacity of associated with air raids, manager, but was not a partner.

Inspection of first brigade ap- A part of the premises was rented pliances, equipment, and person- from the Shing Hing Fish Land nel to accompany the introduction Co., and Ip had negotiated the of an Exchequer grant to ensure lease. The receipts were for six the maintenance of proper stan- months, at $20.00 a month. claimed all the furniture as be-

He dards of efficiency.

The Committee longing to

proposez the the fi excepting constitution or area organisations those that were already mentioned.

during peace-time. but it wishes The furniture had been bought in Canton, and sent down to Hong war-time purposes, each region” for a "regional" organisation for Kong by steamer, for which trou- comprising a number of ble. the shipping were presented They should be delimited by the with some "tea" money. There Home Office, who would also ap was no record of shipping the point regional mobilising officers furniture from the office to the

io be in charge. branch.

areas.

"VERY GREAT DANGERS" When Mr. Sliva cross-examined

Lord Riverdale, chairman of the him, he admitted that he did not Committee, said yesterday, know Chan Chung Wa, nor by his This question of protection alias of Chung Wal Tong, or was against fire caused by air raids is he a relative of his. Chan was not a much more serious matter than any capacity. He had instructed dangers are very great. connected with the Hol Lee Co., in the Russ and Co., himself, and Ip had not made these recommendations public understands. The

instructed Peter H. Bin, and Co.

We have

without taking every precaution

. cablegram he assumed that Wong was or shortly would be qualled, and that he was being offered a partnership.. The new arrange- ments were clearly not to be in any way like the old ones: there is nothing to suggest the relations of debtor and creditor. In the plalaest terms the letters indicate bearing the portrait of Teodoro A little piece of cream paper the respondent's readiness to join Lelli by Jean Foucquet, the French Wong either as a partner or as an mid-fifteenth century master, was employee who in addition to his bought yesterday by Lord Duveen salary is to receive a share in the for 10,200 guineas at the sale at profits. They constitute, in the Christie's of the Oppenheimer art Lee Co's, premises.

He admitted that a placard had to investigate the matter for our- words

been placed in front of the Holselves and to see "at tests that third charge, an collection. This was the third day

these bombs really do the damage r by the said Charles Andrew of the sale, which will continue for Butherton Russ to enter into an another twelve days, and so far

we had been told, they do Te. have association

been experimenta with to carry on the £91.958 has been realised. practice of a solicitor with a per- son not duly qualified to act as an attomey or solleltor.

of the

TO PAY OWN COST

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NOT A FRAUDULENT CLAIM

His partner. Ip Tze Hing, was in bombs and it is a danger, that The Lell portrait-described as Canton, and he disclaimed that must be absolutely guarded the highest-priced gem in the their claim to get the furniture | against

away from judgment creditor was.

collection-set up the biggest figure of the sale and was an suc-

a fraudulent one. He was only tion record, for a drawing. There claiming their own property, as was no lull in the bidding for this he himself bought the furniture in

Canton

Ip Yul Lam, next in the witness

HOME OFFICE AND PERFECT GAS MASK'

Has there been, throughout the argument on this case, anything; purtrait (acquired by Oppenheimer disclosed which would justify the for about £4,000), and right and respondent in believing that, Mr. K. K. Wong was a qualified man

left the nods were taken as 100- box, said that he was the manager and that the offer which he was

guinea challenges. There was of the Ho Lee Co., for which pre making was one to which no taint called and Lord Duveen went to They shared the floor with the laughter when 8,000 guineas, was mises. they paid $20.00 a month. of professional misconduct might the easel to see if his challenge Bhing Hing Fish Land Co." A car near attach? I have been unable to dis-

cover any matter of excuse.

Од the contrary, the respondent's con-

were warranted.

Leili was Papal legate with the Bishop of Ostia on a mission to

duct in writing these letters dis-Louis XI. of France.

plays such a lack of prudence and

is inspired by such a determina-

tion to close with the offer at once

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, July 14. The perfect gas-mask-or as perfect as is possible-has

Provision for such gas-masks för. He received the furniture from the civil population is included in the head office. He had Instructed

the Supplementary Mr. Sin's clerk, and told him that

issued to-day. the Company "was the sub-tenant on the floor, but discovered the

penter, Lau Kee, made the sign-been found. board for them.

and to resume practice in Hong been proved against the respon-mistake quite a while after.

Kong regardless of the status of 'Wong, that I am forced to the con- clusion that the respondent had no good grounds for his assump- tion that Wong had qualified as a Bolicitor and cared not whether he was qualified or not,

Such a reckless disregard of the ethics of the profession to which he belongs constitutes, in my opin ion, disgraceful and dishonourable conduct as a Solicitor, and I there- fore and that the third charge has ́

dent.

The order of the Court in that

Upon cross-examination by Mr. Mr. Charles Andrew Sutherton Silva, he said that all the dates on Ross be suspended from the receipts, etc., were wrong. He was practice of his profession 24 a

not the cashier, nor was he em- Solicitor for the period of 12. ployed by the Shing Hing Fish months from to-day.,

Land Co. He did not know who The respondent has succeeded Chan Chung Wal was. If Mr. Bin on two of the three issues betw. Chan he did not know who fore the Court, and in my view that could have been, but he cer- justice will be met by an order tainly did not see Mr. Bin, that each party" pay his owi corts,

Hearing at this stage was ad Journed to Tuesday morning,

Estimates

When the decision was taken to

provide the civil popolation with gas-masks the necessity was fully

tive type of protection realsed of finding & really effec-

Experts have long been work- ing on designs, and It is declared that the requisite effectiveness of protection against gis han been achieved in the design finally approved,

estimate the Home Omice is taking more money to proceed at once to the production and distribution of the masks for everyone!

The result is that in the

He returned to the Admiralty in April, 1930, as Deputy Engineer- in-Chief In 1933, became Engineer in-Chief of the Fleet in succession to Vice-Admiral Bir Reginald Skelton.

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