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THE ELECTRIC COMPANY AND

"THE PUBLIC.

[To the Editor of the Hongkong Telegraph.]

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Sir-Re Messrs. Hoo Sing The Hongkong Electric Company, Limited,

In view of the publicity given to the above praecedings, we are lustructed by the Plaintiffs to report by a supplement your atatement as to their position, und as to the reasons which led them, to commence proceedings.

and

for

The meter was suddenly, without notice, removed from the premises. on the 26th February, 1926, and it was not until the 2nd March, at an interview between the Plaintiffs Manager and a representative of the Company, that-the Company's reasons

were the removal

vouchsated. The Company alleged that the meter had been tampered with, with the result that they had been de frauded, whilst the Plaintiffs Consistently denied any tampering. The Plaintiffs realised that, as the accused, they could hardly be

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1927.

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of the Company's accusation. At the same time, the Plaintiffs also felt, and felt strongly, that, the accusers, the Company should 15. Towards the sky.

to themselves the 18 Dog. not arrogate functions of a judge to pass judg-1 Parify. ment an the Plaintiff alleged Gra

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ed throughout that the merits away. shonld be adjudicated upon by an 30 Mean. tribunal, Te. the Bong, Supreme Court.

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The Plaintifs from the beginning that, difficul ties. practically insuperable, existed in their way of forging an investigation into the merits by the Court against the will of the Company: There was in fact no between The express contract parties and to induce the Court to contract from the eir- cumstances, and to imply as one Hand and Electricf the terms of such contract the

MRS. MOTONO

MASSAGE

No. 31B, Top Floor Wyndham Si

HONGKONG."

condition that reasonable notice had to be given (so as to compe the Company to justify their sud- den termination of the contract without notice, and thus to "let in" the merits), was practically impossible to succeed on the question of libel, the Plaintiffs express

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malice as soon as the Court held that the letter, the subject of the libel, was a privileged communica. tion, and, in the absence of such evidence, the merits, again, could not be gone into by the Court.

In July 1926 the Company, through their Soliciters, wrote to the Plaintifs demanding the sum of $209.92, "being the price for from current consumed by you March 1925, to February 1926, after allowing for the payments already made by you. We are instructed to inform you that un- less this amount is paid to our clients, or to us on their behalf, within the course of this week, legal proceedings will be taken against you for the recovery there- of without further netice."

The Plaintiffs gave a cordial ant pressing invitation to the Company to commence their threatened proceedings, hoping thereby that the matter would be thrashed out in Court," "but nothing more tame of this threat. On August 7th we wrote to the Company's Solicitors as follows:

With reference to our letter to you of the 23rd ult., and to our subsequent conversations with you on the telephone, when on the first occasion you in- formed us that you would take your clients' instructions as to Commencing proceedings, and on

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mencing proceedings. Your contract to the contrary), they clients are public. utility had absolutely unfettered powers Company. They make a grave as to cutting off the supply of any

without allegation against our clients, customer

notice. This and our clients repudiate the acis entirely contrary to the rights cusation, and are only ton an- of consumers in England, who, by xious that the matter should be Statute, are entitled to a supply thrashed out in Court. If your from a monopolistic concern of clients do not intend to proceed electricity on complying with rea- in the face of their letter of the sonable conditions. It is for the 20th ult, although, invited and Hongkong Legislature to say whe- preased by our clients to de so ther the people living in the in order to enable our clients to Colony should be at the mercy of clear themselves, we, are at the "pleasure" or "caprice" of the loss bo understand why your Company.—Yours, etc., letter was written at all, unless it was written in the nature of i bluff. We repeat therefore our clients' invitation to you to commence proceedings."

No answer was given to this Jetter!

LO AND LO. Hongkong, January 25, 1927.

Washington, Jan. 25;

The U. S. Shipping Board has re- jected all bids for the Leviathan and other ships of the United

In these circumstances the States Line and, the freighters of Plaintiffs felt that they had no the American Merchant Line alternative but to commence pro-Reutera American Service,

remote might ceedings, however

be their chance of success.

From a demonstration given in Court it was shown how easy it would be to tumper with the meter, but in view of the course which

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case took which was of course not unanticipated by the Plaintifs-there was no necessity for the Company to give evidence at all that the meter was in fact tampered with. The merits there- not before the Chief Justice and there was no adjudica- tion on them by His Lordship. Had it been necessary to go into the merits, the Plaintiffs felt that in spite of the case for tampering which the Company could put up. is a symptom of slaggish liver. they could advance, what in their To correct liverishness there is view are cogent reasons for show nothing so good as Pinkettes, the the decond occasion you informing that there was in fact no dainty little laxative regulators. ed us that you had no instruc- tampering by them or with their As gently as nature Pinkettes tions to proceed, we are in knowledge or privity, structed to express our clients' The interesting point, from the dispel constipation, banish bil- ouaness and sick headaches, clear keen regret and disappointment view of the general public, which the skin, purify the breath, relieve

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