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The first uction byn tenant nut in actual occupation, to coine before the Puisné Judge under the tents Ordinanen, was argued before His Ilonour Mr. A. Dyer Ball in the Summary Cour! yesterday afternoon, atul revealed some interesting silelights on rent profiteering. The case was brought by Mrs. Si Wai-leong, of 17 Hollywood Rond, defendant being Mr. J. H.-Beth, of the firm of Meusre. Berey Smith, Seth and Fleming, the reclver appointed hy the Court for the estate of Wei A Leung, decensed. The EUROPE-ASIA TRADING CO. plaintiff's Inn was to establish

China Building. her title as lessee to the firs("flour of 55, Hollywood Rond and to recover the rents thereof.

Mr. W. B. Ilind, who uppeured for the defendant, raised the question of jurisdiction, and around this point a long legal argument on-ued.

On the

WE have this day established A BRANCH OFFICE in Shamoen, Canton. Dairy Farm Building, First Floor..

March and agnia refused, and since then no further rent had been tendered, but the actim braight. The plaintiff was perfectly willing The facts were stu od by Mr: to pay her rent of 500 6 mouth ij Armstrong, af the firm of Messrs, the defendant would aveont to Deacons, who represented in her for the rents he bird revived plaintiff. The defendant, he said,

Tran the people who were the was appointed receiver of ![w:

Court plaintiff's sub tenants. The real premises by the

position was that plaintiff was a long ago as 1908,

tenant at 30 a month and she 31st Janusiy, 1921, the recriver reenived monthly rents from her gunted a lense of the premises to asub-tenants amounting to SE18. msn called So Yul, who, bout [wo years ago, sublet one tour of The premises to the plaintiff. The

Mr. Hind: But the rent of the pinintill washined in necupation of

whole house is only $150, What In portion of the premises until May [of 1923, when she was appointed goes on between various sub-tenants and and how much they squeeze out of school tencher in Kowloon went to live there. On vacating we do not know? the premises, she subelet a portion she was pecupying to a Ars, Wong and retained for her own use one Jank in a cubicle, where she kept some of her furnitury

Mr. Hind That pint is not Indait Lad by

An Eviction,

the

over to

Squeeze.

Mr. Ausstrong; The fact that Mr. Seth's rent is only $150 for the whole house is his misfortune.

case.

and has nothing to do with the Mr. Hind: Mr. Sethi letu the pince to tenunt, who sub-lets it to others. These people sub-let

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it again and then they in turn let

NOTICE is hereby given that Mr. Armstrong pontinuing, said out rubicles and bunk, What

the Statutory Meeting of the plaintif femained at Yaumati total amount of you is paid the Company will be held at 3.00 until January of this year. During rub tenants to whom the cubicles. at the Registered Office of the period

away are let lust, heaven only knows, WAN

the Company, 2nd Boor, China she censionally came

His Honours It Tools a very Building, Hongkong, on Friday, Hongkong and dept in the cubicle complicated fussities if we have to the 9th day of May 1924. in Hollywood Demel. When the go into it. plaintiff definitely returned forHind: I might say it has Hongkong she sent her ab to been before. Mr. Nihill, of the office Chino American Industrial Developing

Co., Ltil, sleep on the premises, expecting of the Secretary of Chinese Affairs, to obtain possession of the two

IL

Chinese

nnd-he gave it up as u bud job

nont rooms for theber, Mr. Armstrong Bist that was when,

agreement expired. The mual, was there until Mach. The sub-Jessees of the two front rooms having refused to Early in give up possession.

only in relation to taking criminal proceedingå for putting the fur- niture in the street. There was no question of a civil action.

Mr. 1nd: Mr. Seth feels

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March, the sub-tenant of the that it inost improper that bathroom suddenly took it into her these intermedinte indicada should G. E. WARREN & CO., LTD

hend to turn the amah into he

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squeezing the street, and she was uncere of the tenants when Im moniously @jorted from thelot the premises at a tensonuble premises, the plaintiff's bedding ont. The plaintiff is paying $00 a and furniture being taken from month and sub-letting for $118, her bunk and tasted into the The whole premises are only let Atreet na: well. Plaintiff was well for $150. If the two ather floors are aware, Mr. Artustrong said, that let at the same rate that rients. she could not recover the premises that the total rent charged » $854

tion, and what she claimed was by the intermediate fenants and the right to receive the rents. The the whole premises ats only let for lease of the chief lessee (Sa Yat) $150. Terminated on the 30th November,

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Mr. Armstrong remarked that and under the provisions of section that was a mattor for the Legisla 15 of the Rents Ordinance the ture and not for Mr. Seth to denl plaintiff became the tenant of the

wilb.

Mr. Hind Mr. Seth dues not JOHNSON & SON'S original lessor. She realised this,

and tendered her rent for the like this profiicering in rente going month of flecember. Mr. Selon in respect of lenuncies he is refused it on the ground that he controlling. understood the premises had hern

Further legal argument used wholly vacated. Early in January on the question of the Puisne plaintif

tendered the agam rent for December noll als for Judge's jurisdiction to deal with the case. Eventually the question January, but

the defendant of a settlement was branched and aguin refused it, giving as it was undistond the Holicitors reason that he was not satisfied would consult their clients with that it was the standard rent.

the view to seeing if some agree-

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General Repairs Promptly Attended to Specialists in Monumental Work-Cut in Italian Marble or Hongkong Graalte. Just Received a Shihment of Italian Marble Floor Tiles-Prices on Applica

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The defendant has long since made up his mind," Mr. Armstrong The Puise Judge remarked that A Large stock of Artificial Wreaths in proceeded,aving sub-let the

he would consider the point raised reinises to another person, that and in the event al no settlement

he was going to acknowledge, the being arrived at would give his plaintiff as tenant, farther.

decision later. mouth's rent was tendered in

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