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"PAGE · 8-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

LAMMERTS' AUCTIONS LAMMERTS' AUCTIONS

GENERAL

NEAR RIOT QUELLED IN KOWLOON TERRACE

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PUBLIC AUCTION. PUBLIC AUCTION. Chung Hwa Book Workers

HE Undersigned have received

THE

Instructions from the Liquida-

tors and others

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to sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION

on

Wednesday, the 8th November,

1939.

commencing at 2.30 p.m.

tors.

Undersigned have received Instructions from The Liquida-

to sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION

on

Thursday, the 9th November. 1939

commencing at 10 am.

Seek Advance Wages

Groups of Chung Hwa Book Company employees, natives of Shanghal, the majority bank-note printers and some former workers 'dismissed after the last strike, gathered at the terrace above Cox's Path yesterday morning, where the home of Mr. Tu Yue-sen, prominent Shanghai talpan and Vice-President of the Chinese National Red Cross Society, is situated, to await the de- cision of a conference going on in the house between representa- tives of the company and the employees in "regard to advance wages

Among the police officers early on the scene wère Det.-Insp. A. E. Carey, Det. Sub-Insp. R. Cunning- ham, and Sergia, Gunning, Michie,

Dewar, Pope and

These advance wages, a Hong- kong Daily Press representative learned in an interview with Mr. Tu Yue-sen yesterday morning. Were requested by the workmen as Mackenzie, the majority of them were at pre- Matches. jsent not in active employment Shortly before the arrival of and were being kept on reserve at Mr. W. P. Thompson, Assistant A LARGE QUANTITY OF OFFICE & retaining allowance pending the Superintendent of Police, Kowloon,

at the offices of The China Export, at their Sales Room. No. 35 Han- Import & Bank Co. (in liquidation). kow Road, Kowloon.

First Floor, Shell House, Queen's

A. QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITÜRE

Comprising:

Road, Central:

FURNITURE

Comprising:—

receiving of a large printing order by the Company.

a temporary settlement was reach- ed and the workmen were finally There were some 140 men in the prevalled upon to leave quietly. Chesterfield Suites, Sideboards,

crowd that gathered at the Ter They left in an orderly manner. Dining Tables, Chairs, Divans. Large Iron Safes. Calculating race, and there were several two abreast. in a procession that Bedsteads, Wardrobes, Chests of Machine. Typewriters. Copying speakers, who were harangued by stretched out to a Drawers,

quarter-of-a- Washstands, Stools, Press, Desks. Chairs, Typist Desks

representatives. 01 dissenting mile, following a route by Austin Dressing Tables, Hatatands, and Chairs, Glass Cabinets, Filing groups, who were evidently not Road, Salisbury Road, Taku Street, Desks, Cabinets, Tables, Carpets, Stands, Ceiling Fans, Celling

satisfied with the concessions Ma Tau Wer Road, to Ching Lung Rpgs, Pictures, E. P... Brass, Perce- Lights. Shelves. Clocks. Files.

being sought by the main body, Jain and Hass Ware. Rattan Fur-Pictures. Tables, Stools, etc., etc. niture, Filters, Clocks, Ornaments.

What would have developed into Cutlery, Books, Electric Table

a riot was quelled by the leaders of the workmen themselves before Lamps and Lamps, Gramophones; and Records. Cooking Utensils,

after-the first police officers arrived on etc., etc.

the scene..

alno

QUANTITY OF BLACKWOOD

FURNITURE

and

3 Rádio Sets

Electric Refrigerators

1 Electrie Refrigerator

**Frigidaire

Westinghouse" (almost new)

1. Piano

1 Electric Stove

1 Small four str. Flat Tourer

(in running order)

1 Singer 4 Str, Saloon, 1936

(in good running order)

'On View from Tuesday, the 7th November, 1939.

Terms: Cash on Delivery,

LAMMERT BROS.,

PUBLIC

AUCTIONEERS

AUCTION.

THE Understoned have received instructions from the Liquida-

törs

to sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION

on

Friday, the 10th November, 1939

commencing at 16.30 am,

at Caerlon." Pokfulam Road.

A QUANTITI OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE

Comprising:

On View from Wednesday noon, the 8th November, 1939.

EMERGENCY UNIT

Street and Kaj Pu Shek Road. Kowloon City, where a good num- ber returned to the Chung Hwa Printing Works and dispersed.

the

others

CONSTABLES POSTED They were followed all the way The men on the Terrace were by an Emergency Unit van, and prevailed upon to sit down," and police constables were posted about the possibility of further trouble the Ching Lung Street-Kal Pu was dispelled with the "arrival of Shek Road district where they re- LAMMERT BROS., the Emergency Unit, Kowloon, led malned for several hours.

by Sergt. Matthews.

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

AUCTIONEERS.

European Sued By Chinese

Negotiations at the residence of Mr. Tu Yue-sum were continued late into the afternoon, the parti- |cipating parties being four repre- sentatives of the workers and two of the Company, with Mr. Tu

Girl For Breach Of Promise sitting as mediator.

A EUROPEAN FIGURED AS DEFENDANT in an aelion, claim- ' ng $1,000 damages for breach of promise, brought by a Chinese girl before Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell at the Supreme Court yesterday."

The plaintiff was Molly Cheung, who the defendant; it was al leged, had verbally promised to marry on three occasions, between May 1937 and February 1933,

The Hongkong Daily Press learn- ed later to the afternoon that a temporary settlement had been reached whereby the Chung Hwa Book Company offered to pay im- mediately to each employee a re- taining allowance of $72. in lieu of

Mr. M. A. Silva appeared for the plaintiff said that she had given six months' wages. plaintiff, while Mr. F. E. Nash was birth to two children. The first. On payment of this allowance for the defence.

child died shortly after birth. The the workmen would agree to be Plainuif, in the witness-box.father was not the defendant, but under obligation to return should said that she came to know the another European, who had left the Company receive a large defendant when she was ini a Hongkong several years ago. She printing · contract within BLX dance hall. Two or three weeks denied that she obtained money months of payment of this money. after the meeting the defendant from the defendant the first night. At the expiration of six months, proposed marriage. She alleged she met him. She also denied that should there not be any work for that the defendant first asked her the defendant visited her several them at the Printing Works, the to live together with him and she nights a week for few weeks and workmen would be free to bind refused. He then suggested that pald her on each occasion.

themselves by contract to other he would marry her, and following

employers. that, about a month later, she be gan to live with him.

After Hving for two months

with the defendant, she became

The hearing was adjourned un- til December 14 at 230 p.m.

334 INVOLVED

나

An estimate from a reliable au- thority places the number of work-

men involved at 334. More" than 300 took part in the procession back to the works.

74 DEATHS FROM pregnant, She informed the de-

TUBERCULOSIS. fendant and he suggested that he would rent another house and There were 74 deaths from move away from her sister. The tuberculosis, out of a total of 113

There were, however, not more question of marriage was raised. cases, 10 deaths from dysentery, than 140-170 men on the terrace and the defendant was stated to out of a total of 42 cases, 5 deaths above Cox's Path the main body have promised matrimony after from enteric fever, out of a total being scattered about the adjoin - the birth of the child.

of cases, 4 deaths from cholera, ing streets. About July 1937, plaintiff and out of a total of 10 cases, and It is probable that negotiations defendant moved to Grampian one death from puerperal fever, will be continued, as the majorf- Road and while staying there the in the Colony for the week ending ty of the workmen are for holding question of marriage was again Nov. 4. according to returns out for a guarantee of permanent

furnished by the Health Depart-employment.

raised.

BABY BORN

In January 1938 the baby was born, and the hospital bili Was

ment.

MONDAY'S RETURNS

On Monday, Nov, 6, 26 cases of

made out in the names of plain-tuberculosis: 7 cases of dysentery. i tiff and defendant.

3 cases of enteric fever, 2 cases of'

FIRING PRACTICE

Firing practice will be

carried

On February 4 plaintiff's sister diphtheria and 3 cases of cerebro-jout between the hours of ⋅ 10.a.m.

were notified to the land 2. p.m. to-day." Leather Covered came to visit her. In the presence spinal fever

Tected. Couches and Armchairs, Chester- of her sister and a fellow lodger, authorities.

Velvet and

feld Couch and Armchairs, Teak Nancy Wong, the defendant was Cabinets, Book Cases, Bronze and

stated to have made the promise

Brass - Ware, Oll Paintings, again. Etchings, Pictures, Ornaments, Clocks, Curtains, Cushions, Car- pets, Rugs, etc., etc.

A few months after the birth of the baby. the defendant one day gave plaintiff a letter and asked Teak Extension Dining Tables, Church to be baptised. On arrival her to take the child to a Catholic Chairs, Glass Cabinets, Cutlery, she was told by the priest to leave Nice Glass Ware, Crockery, Table Fans and Lamps Ceiling Lamps, the child behind and to sign a

Firing Area Or will be affected.

NEWSETTES

It is learned that the Central Representatives of 400,000 tribes-

Electric Heaters. Patent Filter, Paper, She refused and took the Bank of China will open a branch men in Western Hunan presented a

child, back. On the same night, office at Kangting, in Sizong... etc., etc.

Teak Bedsteads. Divan, Chairs, Teak Wardrobes, Cheat of Draw era, Folding Card Tables, Rattan Furniture, etc., etc. .

also

Fine Blackwood Ware One Frigidaire (almost new)

and

she quarrelled with the defendant

banner to Chairman Zin Sen in an impressive ceremony, at Chungking for cheating her and gave him pen

Mr, S. W. Jones, British Real-on Monday, Chairman Lin person- and paper to make out a written dent of Selangor, FMB, has been ally received the banner, and in a promise.

selected for appointment az short address praised the tribesmen The next day she took the letter Colonial Secretary of the Straits for their loyalty to the Government. to a friend to read, and she was Settlements on the forthcoming

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informed that the letter was writ-retirement of Bir Alexander Emall. The Secretary of State for India.. ten by a mad man.

| Lord · Zetland, entertained Bit From that day onward, frequent The King has approved the Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, repre- quarrels occurred, and defendant appointment of Bir George sentative of the Government of left the house for two months Ogilvie Forbes, Counsellor at India in London for Empire co- during September and October, the British Legation at Oslo, ordination discussions, at luncheon and plaitin was faced with the to be His Majesty's Envoy on Monday. Among the others A Fine Selection of Cut Glasses problem of house rent, She then Extraordinary and Minister Plen!-present were Lord Chatfeld, Sir

went to see her solicitor.

potentiary at Havana, succeeding Samuel Hoare and Lord Snell DID NOT KNOW

Mr. H. A. Grant Watson. Bir Plaintiff further stated that she George Ogilvie Forbes, who was Undet instructions. of... the did not know that the defendant British Charge d'Anaires in Mexico Supreme National Defence Council, was married in England until she City in 1928, 1939 and 1930, was the Chinese Ministry of Education was informed by her lawyer. The Counsellor of the Embassy at will shortly establish, a achoot for. writ was issued late because her Madrid in 1935 and 1936. He went the training of competent men in solicitor had advised her to com-later to Berlin where he was navigation to develop inland river, promise and induced the defen- Charge d'Affaires in Bir Nevile communication. The school wil dant to provide maintenance, Henderson's absence in 1937, 1938 offer courses in naval engineering

Cross-examined by Mr. Nash, and 1959,

and shipbuilding..

On View from Wednesday, the 8th November, 1930

TERMS:-Cash on DeliveRY,

LAMMERT BROS.

AUCTIONEERS

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