1938-11-08 — Page 17

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER

Occupation

The

Japanese

JAPANESE TROOPS entering the razed Japanese Concession In Hunkow. The Concession was dynamited and fired by the Chinese before they evarunted the Wuhan elty.-Copyright.

TENANT

STAYS ON

Increased Rent Is Deemed Excessive

JUDGE'S RULING

The tenant of a dwelling was the successful party in n for possession brought before Justice E. 1. Willams at the mary Court yesterday.

house claim

Mr.

Sum-

Kwan Tai, married woman, of No. Streel, Happy

16, Tsap Tseung

Valley, claimed possession

second. Door of that

heldrets

of the

from

Wong Yult-yee, merchant, and mesne profits from August 30 possession would be given up.

also

until

8,

1938.

Of Hankow

SOME INDICATION of the terrific nature of the devastation caused in Hankow, firstly by Japanese air raids and subsequently by the dynamiting and firing of the city by the re- treating Chinese. Photograph shows Japanese "mopping up" in the ruins of the native city' of Hankow.-Copyright.

Mr. D. McCallum appeared for the Brooks plaintiff, and Mr. E S. C. represented the tenant,

the

Mr. McCallum said his client was tased with the defendant as a semont but was not satufied with the rent he paidand it was with object of nereoong the rent 341 per mouth to 21 that the action was brought.

from

Kwan Tit, in the wither-box, zaid she was the owner of the house and rentved $125 rent from the bottom hoor, and 500 from the first floor. Defendents door could be divided into two rubicles and 10 sitting in She Demume the owner November at aver when the rent was $35 for the berond floor, and this she had increased to $41.

rooth

In croexamination, witness was asked about the rents of similar nightourhood, and homen in the

what the replied the did not care

other people were doing as the was merely minding her own business. Defent used a lot of water, she allego,

erce, and she had to cover herself for the increased water rate.

riginal rent of When asked the original the bottom floor, new a shop, wit- mrs said she could not remember. Then she agreed that she collected the rent herself but added that she could not read. In reply to ፡፡ Lordship, the

she finally agreed that this

ent was

parkety 508.

No Amenity Defendant, in the witness-box, said he had occupied the premises for. four years, and his family comprized a wife and baby. An exactly similar Boor in the same street was charged

ront of $42.

Mr. McCallum objected to this as hearsay evidence, and his Lordship pointed out that while not accepting the figures, he was bound to avail lumself of defendant's asistance since the landlord had dupted the attitude that she did not know or care anything about neighbouring premises and could therefore proffer no information.

new

the

Defendant added that the Government market had inde neighbourhood less pleasant for

tenants,

In re-examination, defendant sald!

:

THIS PHOTOGRAPH shows the type of pontoon boats used by the Japanese in their drive up the Yangtse. Photograph shows Japanese coming ashore a few miles below Hankow. preparatory to the drive into the elly-Copy right,,

JAPANESE TROOPS did not enter the three Wulan cities entirely without resistance, as this photograph indientes. It shows Japanese soldiers behind make-shift shelters as they were suddenly barred by the Chinese. A Japanese photographer lost his life in taking a similar photograph.-Copyright.

DUTIABLE LIQUOR

there were still about 30 hawker Removal Without Having stalls near the market in the morni ing. He dht not

ngree that there] -

were an exceptional number of

refugees there, however,

Permission

Officer Fowler was on duty at the¦ FRAUD ALLEGATION Star Ferry whur! and saw two coolles carrying packages. After his

On Cheating Charge

examining the packages, the coolles Chinese Woman Remanded were brought to the Import and Ex- port Department. One of the coolies went out for a while and came back with

the second defendant. The

A 41-year-old widow named Cheng was charged before Mr. E.

Chan Hang, 20, and Leung Hop, Mr. McCallum he 28, both shop fokle, were charged second defendant was instructed to Chau In reply to agreed that two doctors with high before Mr. H. Edwards at the Central call again the next morning. degrees and first class practice oc- Magistracy yesterday afternoon with

ALL THAT REMAINED of the Wuchang terminal of the Hongkong-Canton-Hankow Rail- way when the Japanese entered the still burning elty on the south bank of the Yangtse.— Copyrights

Social Items

The wedding took place at the Registry yesterday before Mr. T. J. Gould, Deputy Registrar of Marri- ages, between Karl Pope Fletcher, merchant, residing at the Gloucester Hotel, and Marjorie Crawford (nec Androa) of longitong. The witnesses were Messrs. F. A. Sutton and V. B. Glover.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Donations to Charitable And Other Objects

Latest donations to the Poppy Day Fund are as follow: Previously acknowledged.. $5,285.00 E. Groff "Smith, N.C.$10,

S. R Ambrose, N.C.$10, G. Flynn, N.C.$10, M. Cuthbert N.C.$5

The following forthcoming wed- dings are announced: Mr. George Ronald Ross, merchant, of Messrs. Sir Robert Ho Tung Deacon & Co., Ltd., Shameen, Can-Royal Army Pay Corps ton, and Miss Grace Raeburn Stral- R. R. de Layarde Liësching ton, of 33 British Concession, Sha- Li Ping meen. Canton; Lance. Cpl. Frederick A, Morris Agustus Henry Carter, Royal Corps G. C. Worrall

W. E. Rickwood Signals, Whitfield Barracks, leon, and Miss Mabel Darice Gardner, W. F. Stanton of 4 Hillwood

ood Road, Kowloon: Mr. Au Kwok-leung, clerk at the Colonfal Secretary's Office,

Chau of 25 Tal Po Rond; Mr.

woon of lng contractor

and Miss Muggle

C. Champlin and E. S.

Abraham

R. A. Rodgers A. D. Coppin

R. H. Hancock Sir E. Des Voeux Messrs. Roza Bros. Gardens Street; Mr. of 50 Lec vernacular school master. Confucious F. II. Mody Society, and Miss May Wong-poy of

Kowloon:

Mr. Wong

Fong Slu-lum.

32 Poplar Street. the South China

Po-lam, Secretary of

Bible

Society,

and Miss and

Funs!

RESERVIST'S CHASE

Man With Ammunition Takes Fright

With a slight bruise on his right check to mark the spot where the parcel of ammunition had struck him, Police Reservist Chan Tak-taun gavė evidence before Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon Magistracy yester- day, in un application for the con- Ascation of 50 rounds of .38 ammami- 10.72 100.00 ton..

20.00 In his testimony, Chan suld that 10.00 he was on patrol duty In Nuthen 25.04 Road on Friday night when he noticed

5.00

25.00 16,00

a Chinese man carrying a parec! walking in front of him. Seeing that he was going to be stopped and 25.00 searched, the man ran into a scaveng- ing lane and was chased by Chan. 25.00 While he was running the 25.00 threatened Chan with his life, and 25.00 nnlly threw the parcel he was hold- struck 25.00 Ing at Chan. The parcel 25.00 Chon on the face, and when he 25.00 reached the end of the lane the man 25.00 had disappeared. Returning to the Inne Chan found that the parcel con- $5,704.72 tained ammunition.

Further contributions will be grate-

Mr. Himsworth granted the con-

THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY.

Sheung-tsoh, teacher, of 69 Sal Yuen fully received by W. J. Cole, Acting fiscation order. Chal Street, Mongkok; Mr. Arthur Secretary, Earl Halg's Fund, Hong- Choy, of 2 Park Road, and Mist kong & Shanghai Bank Building. Gloria Lau, of 140 Kennedy Road: Cheques should be nude payable to Mr. Lou Tim-cheun, merchant, and Thomson & Co., and crossed "Poppy Miss Tam Chee-wal, teacher, of 44 Day Fund." Johnston Road; and Mr. Perunkolom Annta Krishna, merchant, and Miss Elizabeth Platonovna Kupisova, dressmaker, of 4 Cameron Road.

Kowloon.

The Diocesan Girls' School are holding their annual bazaer al the School, Jordan Road, Kowloon, on Saturday, November 20, commencing at 3 pm. Mr. J. T. Smalley has kindly consented to open the Bazaar.

AGED AND CRIPPLED Court Discriminates In Charges of Begging

A number of raids by the Police Himsworth at the Kowloon Magis in the Wanchai District on Sunday

cupled nearby houses. There was possession of dutiable liquor It Then Revenue Officer Fowler went tracy yesterday with having obtained resulted in 18 persons being charged no water meter on him floor, no bo Queen's Road Central, Leung was to an address in Queen's Itond Cen-money to have obtained, on various on at the Central Magistracy yester- ;

presumed that there was

on

further

by false pratences. She is with begging before Mr. T. J. Hous- a single further charged with having removed Iral, where the Brat defendant was

1 and day dates between September meter for the

whole house..

In this place, dutiable liquor from the Kowloon located.

November 4, the sum of $220 and a The ages of the defendants ranged 2110 His Lordship sald that

the Hallway Station to Connaught Raud bottles were found and seized. The quantity of gold articles from Chan from 23 to 81, and fines of 30 of 24 evidence before him as to similar

without a permit from the contents of the bottles were analys-hlu-inu by pretending that the days Imprisonment were imposed of dwelling houses and there was litlle Superintendent of the Import and ed, and they contained liquor

Department; and possession except the information gathered by

On the first charge, a fine of $20 money find goods were required to some of them. Two men were fined! defendant he

he was not satisfied that of dutiable liquor at Connaught Itoud was imposed on the first defendant institute a claim action against some $23, or one morili.

One old man was recommended for person, to reclaim money alleged to there was any necessity for the In-Cential.

while a conviction was registered have been won by Chan in a lottery, the Old Men's Home, while another, crease in rent. The possession order Mr. C. D'Almada represented the against the second defendant.

a cripple, who appeared in the Court would be annulled, the reat would two defendants, and pleaded guilty. Second defendant was fined $10 dn On the application of Det.-Sergeant on a small trulley, was cautioned, $43.a month, and the parties Revenue Officer J. L. Stephens the second charge, and a conviction J. Forrest, Mr. Ilmsworth remanded and is to be sent to Macao, wliere he would pay their own contr.

the defendant for 48 hours, sald that on October 11, Revenúè (was: registered on the third charge.

is belloved to have some relatives.

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following donation to the St. John

Ambulance Association:

Mrs. H. W. Fraser, $3.

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