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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER

The Japanese

Occupation

8,

1938.

Of Hankow

SOME INDICATION of the terrille 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.

JAPANESE TROOPS entering the razed Japanese Concession in Hankow. The Concession was dynamited and fired by the Chinese before they evacunted the Wuhan city.—Copyright.

TENANT

STAYS ON

Increased Rent Is

Deemed Excessive

JUDGE'S RULING

The tenant of a dwelling

was the successful party in

house cloim

for possession brought before Mr.

Justice E. H. Williams at the Sum- mary Court yesterday.

Kwan Tai, married woman, of No. Treung Street, RITEUP

Happy

of the

from

also

Valley, claimed possession recond floor of that address Wong Yuk-yee, merchant, and mesne profis from August 30 until possesalon would be given up.

Brooks

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

Mr. McCallum paid his client was satisfied with the defendant as uj tenant but was not satisfied with the!

the rent he paid, and it was with object of increasing the rent frum $i per month to $1 that the action was brought.

Kwan Tul, in the witness-box, said she was the owner of the house and received $125 rent from the bottom floor. floor, and $55 from the first Defendant's floor could be divided into two cubicles and two sitting

She became the owner November last year when the rent was $35 for the second floor, and thin she had increased to $41.

rooms.

In

In cross-examination, witness was asked about the rents of simliar houses in the neighbourhood, and she replied she did not

what other people were doing as she was minding own business.

her

Defendant ured a lot of water, she alleged, and she had to cover herself for the Increased water rate.

When asked the original rent of the bottom floor, now a shop, wit

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she could not remember.

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Then she agreed that she collected the rent herself but added that she could

read. In reply to his Lordship, she finally agreed that this rent previously $98.

Market No Amenity

Was

Defendant, in the witness-box, sukd ise had occupied the premises for four years, and his family comprised a wife and baby. An exactly similar floor in the same street was charged a rent of $42.

Mr. McCallum objected to this as hearsay evidence, and his Lordship pointed out that while not accepting the figures, he was bound avull

mself

of defendant's assistance

sinee

the landlord had adopted the attitude that she did not know or care anything about neighbouring premises and could therefore profter no information.

Defendant added that the Government market had made

new the 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 city.-Copy right,

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

DUTIABLE LIQUOR

there were still about 36 hawker Removal Without Having

stalls near the market in the morn-i

there

ing. He did not agree that

were

exceptional number of

refugees there, however.

сл

Permission

Chan lang, 20, and Leung Hop,

Omcer Fowler was on duty at 1he FRAUD ALLEGATION

Star Ferry wharf and saw two

coolles carrying packages. After his

On Cheating Charge

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

A 41-year-old widow named Chong Was charged before Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon Magis

and

ALL THAT REMAINED of the Wuchang terminal of the Hongkong-Cantan-Hankow Rail- way when the Japanese entered the still burning city on the south bank of the Yangtse. Copyright.

Social Items

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Donations to Charitable And Other Objects

Latest donations to the Poppy Day

The wedding took place at the Registry yesterday before. Mr. T. J. Gould, Deputy Registrar of Marri- ages, between Kari Pope Fletcher, merchant, residing at the Gloucester Hotel, and Marjorie Crawford (nee Fund are as follow: Andros) of Hongkong. The witnesses Previously acknowledged.. $5,285.00 were Messrs. F. A. Sutton and V. B. | E. Glover.

Groff Smith, N.C.$10,

S. R Ambrose, N.C.$10,

G: Flynn, N.C.$10, M. Cuthbert N.C.35

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 Strat-R. R. de Layarde Liesching ton, of 33 British Concession, Sha-Li Ping meen, Canton; Lance. Cpl. Frederick A. Morris

Royal Corps

Agustus Henry Carter,

Corps G. C. Worrall

of Signals, Whitfield Barracks, Kew-W. E. Rickwood loon, and Miss Mabel Dorice Gardner, W. T. Stanton

of 4 Hillwood Road, Kowloon; Mr. C. Champkin and E. S. Au Kwok-leung,

clerk at the Colonial

Secretary's Office, and

Woon-hing, or

Miss

Chau

Abraham

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RESERVIST'S CHASE

Man With Ammunition Takes Fright

With a slight bruise on his right check to mark the spot where the parcel of ammunities had struck him. Police Reservist Chan Tak-tsun gave evidence before Mr. E. Ilmsworth at the Kowloon Magistracy yester- day, in an application for the can- 18.72 scation of 50 rounds of .38 ammuni-

tion. 100.00

5.00

10.00 25,00

20,00 In his testimony, Chan said that 10.00 he was on patrol duty in Nathan 25.00 Road on Friday night when he noticed 25.00 Chinese man carrying a parcel walking in front of him. Seeing that he was going to be stopped and searched, the man ran into a scaveng- ing lane and was chased by Chan. was running the man 25.00 While he 25.00 threatened Chan with his life, and 25.00 finally threw the parcel he was hold 25.00 Ing at Chan. The parcel struck 23.00 Chan on the face, and when he 23.00 reached the end of the land the man 25.00

had disappeared. Returning to the lane Chan found that the parcel con- $5,704.72 tained ammunition.

of 23 Tai Po Road; Mr. A. D. Coppin Yue Yi-shek, buliding contractor, A. Rodgers

50 Lee R. H. Hancock and Miss Maggie Tang. of Le Sir E. Des Voeux

Street: Mr. Fong Siu-lum, Messrs. Roza Bros. Gardens vernacular school matter. Confucious. H. Mody Society, and Miss May Wong-pay of 32 Poplar Street, Kowloon; Mr. Wong Po-lam, Secretary of the South Chinu Bible

Society

MISS Fung Sheung-tsoh, teach of 59 Sal Yuen fully received by W. 3. Cole, Acting location order. Choi Street, Mongkok, Mr. Arthur Secretary, Earl Haig's Fund, Hong- of 2 Park Road, and Miza kong & Shanghai Bank Building. Corn Land, of 140 Kennedy Road: Cheques should be made payable to Gloria Lau.

merchant, and Thomson & Co., and crossed "Poppy

Further contributions will be grate-

Mr. Lou Thee-wal, teacher, of Day Fund."

Misa Tam

Johnston Rond; and Mr. Perunkolam Anala Krishna, merchant, and Miss Elizabeth Platonovna Kuptsova,

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE

The S. C. M. Post has received the

dressmaker, of 4 Cameron Road. following donation to the St. John Kowloon.

·

The Diocesan Girls' School are holding their onnual bazaar at the School, Jordan Road, Kowloon, on Saturday, November 20, commencing Smalley has at 3 p.m. Mrs. J. T. kindly consented to open the Bazaar.

AGED AND CRIPPLED

Court Discriminates In Charges of Begging A number of ralds by the Pollen' in the Wanchai District on Bunday resulted in 18 persons being charged

In reply to Mr. McCallum ho 20, both shop fokis, were charged necond defendant was instructed to Chau agreed that two doctors with high before Mr. R. Edwards at the Central call again the next morning. degrees and first class practice oc- Magistracy yesterday afternoon with cupled nearby houses. There was possession of dutiable iquor ut Then Revenue Officer Fowler went trney yesterday with having obtained no water meter on his floor, so he Queen's Road Central. Leung was to an address in Queen's Road Cen- money by false pretences. She in with begging before Mr. T. J. Hour. presumed that there was

ion at the Contral Magistracy yester a single further charged with having removed tral, where the first defendant was alleged to have obtained, on various meter for the whole house.

dutiable liquor from the Kowloon located. In this place,

further dates between September 1 and day.

of $229 His Lordship sald

4, the sum of November 4,

The ages of the defendante vanged that

the Railway Station to Connaught Road bottles were found and seized. The Sveingefore him us to

similar Central, without a permit from the contents of the bottles were analys- quantity of gold articles from Chan from 23 to 81, and fues of or 14 houses and there was little Superintendent of the Imported, and they contained liquor.

Chiu-Inu by pretending that the days imprisonment were imposed on some of them. Two men were dued except the information gathered by Export Department; and posseKALÓN On the first charge, a fine of $20 money and goods were required to defendant he was not satisfied that of dulinble liquor at Connaught Road was imposed on the first defendant, institute a claim action against some $20, or ana monili.

One of man was recommended for. there was any necessity for the in- Certia),

while a conviction was registered person, to reclaim money alleged to trease in rent. The possession order Mr. C. D'Almada represented the against the Becond

defendant. have been won by Chan in a lottery, the Old Men's Home, while another, would be annulled, the rent would two defendants, and plènded gullly, Second defendant was fined $10 on

On the application of Del.-Sergeant cripple, who appeared in the Court on a small trolley, was cautioned, to $43-6 month, and the parties Revenuo Officer J. L. Stephens the second charge, and 'a conviction J. Forrest, Mr. Hlimeworth remanded ) and is to be sent to Macao, where he would pay their own costs.

Fald that on October 11, Revenue was registered on the third charge, the defendant for 48 hours,

is believed to have some relatives,

Ambulance Association:

Mrs. H. W. Fraser, $3.

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Mr. Himsworth granted the con-

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