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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

$1,000 CLAIM AGAINST CABARET PROPRIETOR: DEFENDANT TESTIFIES

lo the Summary Court yesterday, before" Mr. Jusike B. E Lindsell a claim for $1.082 was brought by Daniel Lee against R. Woodcraft, proprietor of the defunct Coconut Grove cabaret, West Point, and Tai Tunr-kee.

The money was due, plaintiff alleges, under a written under- taking made and given by the defendants dated May 9, 1939. Particulars of the claim are:

Passage to Singapore for plaintiff and wife, $370; cash for expenses

on board, $100; dally expenses at

PETITION BY

$ per day from May 30 to Octo- TAXI COMPANIES

ber 30, 1939, $612 Plaintif waives

the sum of $82 in order to bring: the action within the jurisdiction of the Summary Court.

Plaintiff was represented by Mr. J M. D'Almada Remedios, while Mr. M. A. da Silva appeared for the defence.

REFUSED

The Government has refused the recent petition of local taxi com- panies seeking permission to In- crease the present fares. it was reliably learned yesterday.

Defendant, in evidence, said that

Owing to the higher petrol he was at present pperating the Rex Cabaret. He first met plain- duties, the taxi operators recently tiff, who was partner with second decided to ask for official sanction defendant of the Kwong Chau ball- to raise fares from 40 cents per room, in March last, and a pro-mile to 50 cents, and proportionate position was made to him in con- increase for smaller taxis in Kow. nexion with the business.

FIFTY-FIFTY BASIS

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The official attitude, It is learn- First asked for a loan of $5,000 ed. is that the higher cost of fuel for the business, witness said he is not suficient to justify such

and second defendant etenutally arranged to carry on the business

on a fiffy-fifty basis, plaintiff to therefrom.

Witness said, he asked for a list of the debts of the business, which amounted to $4,500, He believed plaintiff when he said the debts were that figure.

Subsequent to that, the under- taking mentioned was entered into. Ope of the terms of the under- taking. said witness, was that

should attend to plaintiff

all

fare increases as desired by the companies, which may make fur- ther representations in the near I future

A Feat Of Chinese Engineering

claims and legal proceedings in THE MOTOR ROAD connection with the debts, as he was the only person who knew anything about them.

FROM BURMA

Mr. F. Burton Leach, late Chief If it had been disclosed to him secretary to the Government of at the time the agreement was Burma, lectured to the East India made that the debts were sub, Association and the Royal Central stantially more than $4.500, sald Asian Society on "Burma and her witness, he would not have enter Land Communications." Sir Hugh ed into the agrement.

Stephenson, late Governor of Bur- may was in the chair.

The hearing was then adjourned. A counter-claim has been filled.

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Mr. Leach devoted his attention mainly to the recent construction. The marriages took place yester of the motor road from the Yang- -day at the Registry, Supreme tze Valley to the Burma frontier.

Court, before Mr. T. J. Gould, De-¡ Last December, he said, the puty Registrar, of Mr. Han Ping American Ambassador to China hung, merchant, of No. 23, Welling- motored the whole distance from ton Street, and Miss Fung Wal- Chungking to Rangeon, about 2,000 fong, of No. 24, Stanley Street, and miles, in 13 days-an average of Mr. Ng Po-sum, clerk of the Medi- 150 miles a day-which was suffl- cal Department, and Miss To Fu- cient to prove that the road. was kul, of No. 53, Yu Chau Street. quite at for trame. The mest difficult part of the work of con- struction was the last 350 miles from Esiakwan to the Burmese frontler.

HITLER PREDICTED

OWN FALL

No one who knew anything of that tangled mass of precipitous mountains, cleft by gigantic tor-

waters rents and the upper

of 'mighty rivers, could fail to be The most effective indictment of amazed at the engineering feat: Hitler and his philosophy la ex-which had been accomplished, al~ · pressible in his own words.

most without mechanical applian-

In "Fifty Facts About Hitler," a ces, by human labour working vestpocket booklet issued by the against time, when the country War Facts Press, price 3d, telling was in the throes of a disastrous quotations are made from "Mein war.

Kamp!" and from the German It could only have been accom- Chancellor's "speeches.

plished by the people who built the Great Wall of China.

A curiously prophetic example Trom "Mein Kampf" is: The fact of forming an alliance with Russia would be the signal for a new

LINKING UP BY RAIL

Mr. W. C. Chen, Counsellor of war. And the result of that would the Chinese Embassy, said that the Chinese Government had deemed be the end of Germany."

The writer of the booklet points it of vital importance to construct out that even this grim foreboding the road as soon as possible, and was a little wide of the mark. "It also to build a light railway along is the end of Hitler'sm, not of Ger- the route, so that it could be used many, that is at hand."

BURIED DOLL IN PLACE OF BABY

in all seasons of the year. Ur- gency arose from the pressing.need for munitions and other supplies,

on

The lecturer had pointed out that the Burma Railway to Lashio was some 80 miles distant from

rallhead the proposed

the Chinese side of the frontier. If the Burma Government was not inclined to complete the link China A doctor's action in putting into would like to be allowed to do so. a coin a doll instead of the

From the tourist point of view, child's body was described by the the through railway would open up coroner as "absolutely irregular” country Hke Switzerland for at the inquest on a two-weeks-old, beauty.—The Times, child at Narborough, Leicester-

shire.

The body was discovered, at

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Byston, Leicestrshire, three weeks AIR VICE - MARSHAL ago, and Scotland Yard omcers were called u

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Gir Bernard Spilsbury, the pathologist, told the coroner, Mr. G. E. Bouskel, that some of the re- mains were preserved,

GIVES UP RANK

GENERAL"

Lieut.-Commander J. Mowlan, RN., of HMS, Thanet, with

his bride, formerly Miss G. F. E."Rlcq, after their wedding at St. John's Cathedral yesterday afternoon" (King's Studio),

VOLUNTEER ORDERS

ORDERS BY LT.-COL, H. B. ROSE, M.C., COMMANDANT, HONGKONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS

OBITUARY

The Commandant regrets to an- nounce the following deaths:-Pte. E. Tucker. Stanley Platoon, on 23/ 11/39; Pte. Pang Chak Sang, No, Company, on 10/12/39.

HOLIDAYS

Corps Headquarters will be clos-

learners. Dec. 18 HQ 5:30 p.m. N.C.O's parade. Dec, 19 HQ 5.30 P.m. Company parade.

All members are req red to at-

tend, for fitting Box respirators, greatcoat issue, etc. Dress optional.

Field Ambulance

ed during the Christmas Holidays! Dec, 20 Murray parade ground, from I p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 235.30 pm. Dress-Uniform as for to 9 am, on Wednesday, Dec, 27. last Wednesday.

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PARADES

1st Battery

Dec. 19 (1) Those detalled.

Bel- DRF. Dress-

chers, 5.30 p.m. (1) Remain-

Overalls and caps.

Arms drill. der. H.Q. 5.30 pm. Dress-Overalls, caps, belts and frogs.

5th Battery Dec. 18 HQ. 5.15 p.m. All Omicers and N.C.O.'s, Dress-Mufti

Field Company Engineers Dec, 18 K.C.R. 6.30 p.m. Muske- try and drill Last day for Camp

pay.

Corps Signals

Dec, 18 HQ, 5.15 pm. All de- tachments. Signal training.

Mobile Column

Armoured Car Platoon: Dec, 18 H.Q, 5.30 p.m. All Classes, MG.

instruction.

Pay Section

Those detailed.

S. N. Thursby, Captain, Adjutant, E.K.V.D. Corps.

NOTICE

Officers' Lending Library

The Officers Lending Library closed at the Educational Training Centre, Wellington Barracks, at 12 noon on Dec. 8, 1939, and re-open- ed at Scandal Point Hall at 9 a.m. on Dec. 9, 1939. Scandal Point Hall is opposite the entrance to China Command HQ.

AFFILIATED UNIT Nursing Detachment, H.K.V.D.C.

1. Lecture: The next lecture in First Aid will be held on Friday, Dec, 22, in the St. Johns Cathe- dral Hall at 5.30 p.m.

2. Practical Bandaging Classes: Practical Bandaging Classes will will be held on Monday, Dec, 18, Motor Machine Gun Platoon at 10.30 am, at Vol, EQ. and 5.30 Dec. 18 HQ, 5.30 p.m. MG., in-pm, at No. 13 Leighton Hill struction. A Class, instruments, B Transport for the evening class Class, TOEGD,

will leave HQ. at 5.15 p.m. C Class. Strip- ping

and assembling. N.C.O. Cadre under Sgt. Cash.

No. 1 Company Nos, 1 and 2 Platoon:

3. Leave: Miss V, M. Witchell, 15/12/39-1/1/40?

4. Strength-Decrease: Mrs S. Potts and Miss I. Woolley, 14/12/ Dec. 19 39.

HQ. 5,90 p.m. As company pro- gramme.

No. 4 (Troop) Platoon: Dec. 19 and 22 H.Q. 5.30 p.m. M.G. train- ing.

No, 2 Company Dec, 20 HQ. 5.30 pm. B. Class M.G. training. Stoppages. ·

No. 3 Company Dec. 17 Peak Range. Musketry. Those detailed parade at HQ, at 8.30 am, Dress Optional,

Dec.

No. 4 Company

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(8gd.) MRS. L M. 8. BRAUDE, Assistant Comdt, Nursing Detachment, H.K.V.D.C.

MEN WHO WILL NOT BE CALLED UP ·

The following amended list of re- Stonecutters Rifle served occupations in which "the Table B. Launch leaves Queen's age of reservation is now 18 was Pier at 8.15.a.m, calling at Kow-Issued receribly : loon Police Pier at 8.30 am. Dress Constructional fitter and erecto: Optional, but equipment must be general hand): ship's plater (gen taken, Range Officer-2/LA. D. E.

eral hand); riveter (hand), ship: Davis. Dec. 18 and 20 HQ. 5. 30 veter (machine), ship; rigger D.m. Those detailed.

{"shipyard); seaplane float bader: boller atter i mounter: boller Dec, 19 H.Q. 5.30 p.m. Class A. pipe or tube Atter or expander; "Part 1 AM.G.C. Class B, Fire or aluminium (general hand), ders including Indication and re-moalder, non-ferrous metals other cognition of targets. Class C Ethan brass and aluminium (general

hand);

G.D.

No, 5 Company

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Dec.

No. 8 Company 19 HQ 5.30 p.

Sheet metal worker (vehicle and tool fittex, Arms|aircraft): machine

erector: tool-maker (not press; tool), jog and guage maker; tar No. 7 Company

biner; tool-room turner, tool and Dec. 18 HQ. 5.45 pm, L.G? train-

guage turner; machine tool turner; ing, No. 1 Platoon. ifle training, assembler, aircraft (wood); wood- No. 2 Platoon. As per Company work erector (aircraft); inspector,

tester (aircraft body work).

An air vice-marshal and three air commodores on the R. A. F. re tired list who knew how to ✡y before the last war. have, at their The child's father said Dr. Albert own request, relinquished their Lovell told him that he would sec to ranks "while re-employed with the drill, the burial

Air Force," and have been granted Evidence was given by Dr. Theo the rank of group captam. Zebulun Lovell, of Leicester, brother! Their names, announced in the of Dr. Albert Lovell, He said he in- London Gazette, are: Air Vice-Mar- tended to make a post mortem, but shal Reginald Percy Mills, M.C., atress of work prevented It. Ec put AFC: Air Commodore Thomas the doll in the coffin for senti- Charles Reginald Higgins; mental reasons. His daughter died Commodore Andrew George Board, in similar circumstances a year D8.0. sud Air Commodore Francis

Knex Haskins, DS.C. before.

Air

schedule.

Army Service Corps Company- The exect of these, deeptions is Dec 17 RAS.C. Camber, 9.30 that no man from the occupations a.m. Transport Section-those de mentioned will be called up for talled, Driving InstructionTM-service with the Forces,

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1939. -PAGE.

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