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(Continued from Page 1) been wasting the Court's time. No mconvenience could be considered too great were it in the interests of justice.
He would raise nor oujection, Mr. | da Stiva said, to the improper guni- mons brought against his clients. He would objecz to the warding of the summons, and claim that it bore no relation to the section in the Building Ordinanca mentioned in the sumITIONS.
SOLUTION SOUGHT His cilerits had addressed a peti- tion to the Building Authority, Mr. da Silva sald, in wien taeynna explained their difficulties. aña they sought a solution whereby they could pay a paemium for building land, and Building A thority could then impose condi- tions as would be necessary to in-
sure conditions of sanitation.
Sir Atholl MacGregor
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On Scheme's Difficulties
THE VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB BUILDING IS TO BE RECONSTRUCTED AND RENEWED. A sum of no less than " $24,000, including $18,000, the legacy of the late Mr. Thomas Meek, has been set aside for its complete remodelling. Plans for the big scheme have been drawn up.
Sir Atholl MacGregor, chairman of the Committee, presided at the meeting.
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Sir Atholl said that the total, the Committee, opposed the com- Canton sum required for a complete re- plete reconstruction scheme and Manila. construction of the clubhouse said that a little caution should | Manila. would be $24,000.
be exercised when it came to Straits.
The chairman pointed out three actual expenditure of money.
difficulties against the scheme. During its 90 odd years of First, he said, the ground of the existence, the Club had had its clubhouse had been granted by share of lean years in which only the Government and was able to by dint of hard work and economy" though the Government might re-term had to be practised in order at short notice, in the most rigid sense of the
imburse the club accordingly;
be withdrawn
Secondly, the site of the club might be affected by the new re- clamation scheme of the Govern-
On behalf of his clients, Mr. da Silva said, he would plead guilty to having unlawfully permitted to be erected the two houses, and on behalf of the third defendant hement, which would be launched in
the near future: would return a plea of not guilty as the latter had not had such a house constructed.
some
Finally, the question of raising the extra sum of $8,000.
to make ends meet
"From a financial paint of view, I can hardly see any Justification for such a scheme. Why should we plonge our- selves into debt over unneces-· saries, with no assurance that the same could be wiped out in a fixed period or, in reality, that it would be wiped out at all," he said.
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THREE QUESTIONS He would plead in mitigation,
Str Atholl said that there re- Mr. da Silva said, the conditions
mained three questions to be under which the houses were built The defendants
The contention from the opi were not local answered, namely, whether the
members wished to spend the position would undoubtedly be men, and they were not aware of money on the new scheme; whe-that the scheme suggested would the conditions under which agg-ther they would authorize him to make the Club very much more cultural land was sold. There were negotiate with the Government to attractive with consequent m- 30 to 40 buildings erect- undertake to re-imburse the club crease in membership and re- ed in the agricultural land area, ir the site should be taken; and venue. In addition, they had to and were the authorities concerned to negotiate to raise the sum of consider the resignations, quite a to insist on these houses being de- $8,000 from bankers on the consistent feature of this Club, molished one by one a problem strength of that undertaking. during past years.
Japan, Shanghai and Formosa would arise whereby from 100, per-
Mr. G. J. Cooke, an old member' PREMIER. SWIMMING CLUB Japan taps even to a thousand people, of the club, opposed the scheme "This Club prides itself on its Japan and Shanghai, would be cast ΟΣΟ from their and remarked that to throw position' as the premier swimmingTientsin tomes. This would add, only to money away in such a manner Club in the Colony and probably Shanghai." the present refugee problema.
was absurd. He proposed that the oldest Club in the Far East. Shanghai. HAD SPENT MONEY
certain portion of the legacy This fact alone demands that any The Building Authority could should certainly be spent to im- money spent in connection with Impose their own conditions res-prove the building, but a definite improvements should be for im- pecting sanitation were they to sum should be kept in the bank provements in the direction of permit the buildings to remain, for "rainy days."
swimming" he added.
"If things can be remedied," Mr. Mr. D. Lyon was also in favour Mr. Lopes proposed that £500 da Silva suggested, "they must not of the proposal that only a por- be spent in improving the club- be destroyed." His clients had tion of the sum be spent on neces-house, while the other half be in spent a considerable sum of money sary improvements on the club
on the erection of the buildings, And they were given notice to pull down the buildings within seven days
The summonses were issued on July 1, and the notices served ex-
the bank for "rainy days.”
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Mt. L. Roza Pereira spoke in favour of the new scheme.
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LONDON, July 14 (Reater) -- 7 WICKETS Mr. Morgan said wat althougn The death has occurred of the be sympathized very sincerely with Rt. Rev. Herbert James Molony- Little progress was made in the LONDON, July 24 (Reuter}--- the defendants, it was necessary He was Bishop of Chekiang from second Test cricket match be- that the houses be removed. He 1908 to 1928, and had many friends tween England and the West In would agree in the case of the third throughout China.. He died at the dies at the defendant that the
Old Trafford, rain summons age of 74 years. against him be withdrawn.
Born in Dublin on June 2, 1865, morning rendering "the
yesterday and again early this P.W.D. would ask до penalty he was the son of the late F. B. soaked.
wicket
Shanghal against the defendants, other than Molony, of the Madras Civil Ber-
Haiphong. that the houses be demolished. vice.
Arter two inspections, the um- Fort Bayard Mr. da Silva then read to the He was educated at Pembroke pires announced that play would Fort Bayard Court the petition that had been College, Cambridge (where he got resume at 12.15 pm in the ab- sent by the defendants to the his D.D.). and Ridley Hall, Cam-sence of rain." Building Authority. The letter bridge, he had said in part:
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For
TUESDAY
came to Chekian? Beven thousand spectators were Diocese" in 1908, after many years present wheri Hutton and Fagg | Air Mail for “KLM. Airways Direct "We, the undersigned, are the work in India..
resumed England's first innings Service"--due Amsterdam, 6th registered owners of Survey Dis From 1929 to 1937, he was Rector the overnight total being 11 for 0. August. trict 1, Lot 1606 RP. We joined of Teston, Kent. He is survived by together and bought this property his wife.
on 2 6. 1939 in the following cir."|". cumstances,
(The letter went on to recount that Chan Chenk-kan was a refu
gee from Changsha with 20 of his
relatives, Wong Kung-lau a refugee
SOUTH CHINA "A.A. DEFEAT MALAYA AT FOOTBALL
from Shiu Kwan District with Playing on Sunday, the South
At 12,31. p.m., with the total at 19 for 0, a stoppage was caused by bad light and "slight raini,
On resumption at 1 pm, Fagg had the misfortune to play on to hiswicket off Hylton's bowling (21—1—7).
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about 25 of his relatives, and tip China AA, touring football team pair were together at lunch with Fort Bayard. Kuk-yee a refugee from Shanghai defeated Malaya by three goals to the score at 34 for 1 with some 20 odd refugee rela-one before a crowd of over 20,000
tives).
spectators. Chan Tak-fai, Lan -
"The three of us and our respec- Chung-sang and Lau Tau-man DA ENGLAND—15T! INNS.
scored the goals.
tive relatives were put to cons derable pains and trouble in seek-
To date, the South China team ing housing accommodation and up have played 18 matches, won 12, to 22, 5. 39 were unable to obtain drawn four and lost two. same and had to reside. In very cramped circumstances with var-on building material for his house. ious relatives and friends or at ""We received, with extraordinary expensive rates in boarding houses surprise the notice served on, us in the Colony
on June 28 that the nouses be CHARACTER CHANGED demolished by July 8. We "In seeking such accommodation sought advice on this matter from we learned of the big area of agri-lay sources, and were informed cultural land situated in Burvey that the building could be retain District 1, some one million square ed if the lot on which it was feet in area, and were informea stunted was converted, on payment by the owner of a house in the area of a premium, from an agricultural that some 30 or 40 sunner houses lot to a building lot,
Hutton, not out Fagg, b Hylton Paynter, not out
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LOCAL ESTATE
had already been built without the "If permission should be refused character of the land having been us to retain the souses, it would AZ petition 1 by: Faŭk. Mary changed from agricultural land to lead to considerable hardship and Hodgson, solicitor and lawful building lot land. Believing it was financial loss."
attorney, for grant of Lettera of the new policy of the Government After the Magistrate, Mr. QA Administration to the estate of to permit of such building to re- A. Macfadyen, had Instructed Mr. the late Laura Francisca Buch- Leve the housing shortage, we paid Morgan to have fresh/notices anan, who died, in Kobe, Japan, on $2,000 for the land, and spent $3 served on the two defendants in February 1, 1939 and left estate in 000 on building the houses. To respect of the houses, the case was the Colony valued at $21800, has Kuk-yee has spent well over $1,000 adjoumed sine die.
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