Colossal! Sums Mentioned in Luna Park's Action in Supreme Court START was made in H-M. Supreme Court, on Feb, 7, with the long-postponed action arising out of the closure of Luna Park by the Shanghai Municipal Council to dog-racing and the subsequent cessation of all suck operations within the Settlement, Mr. Holborow, leading for the defendants, in cross-examin: tion brought out some colossal figures as' to the amounts expended by the general public on dog-racing, including an admission of over $10,000,000 being invested in the parimutuel on the one course alone in a year.
The inventor of part of the machinery, drawing a percentage on pari-mutuel takings, received over $100,000 a year.
Counsel also extracted the information that 99 9/10 per cent. of the company's income case from the pari-mutuel, he suggesting that an average of eighty people each evening paid for admission.
For the plaintiffs it was argued that the Council had given full approval to the project and, in any case, had no right to take action themselves for a closure without Court authority.
The case was heard by the Chief Sudge, Sir Peter Grain, and a jury of five—Messrs. W. J.
Gilson, J. Macbeth, J. 8. Flood, Holiday. Tt was a claim for damages of $2,500,000 by the Greyhound Racing 'Association (China), Ltd, against Capt, R. INJ, Martin and' Brig.-Gen. E. B, Nachaghten, who, at the time of the incident out which the "action arose, were, respectively, [Acting Commissioner of Police, and Chairman. of the Munfeipal' Council, "Mf. M. Reader Harris, with Mr. R. F.C. Master, appeared for the plaintiffs; Mr. A:
Holborow, with Mr. J, E. Badeley, for the defendants; and Mr. Ranald G. MoDonald watched the ease on behalf of interested parties.
Mr. Harris occupied practically between the Council on the one hand and the plaintiffs on the other, and between "the club and the Counc! Being admitted as evidence against feather of the defendants.
Mr. Barrie Iread the Cobmcil reply, which he said the promoters setepied as a letter of approval and opinion of every peep in the worl our that would be "the Promoters mentioned the exact course they would take and aid hey wished to act in ce-operation Invevery way. They were reasonable' in' believing that the Council fphroved that coarse ang in that EMhee they proceeded with the me fon of. the" Greyhound Racing Association of China, Ltd, a British company incorporated in Hongkong "under" the Companies the whole of the morning ing Ordinances, with the reading of the" lengthy Sessa igh aubeequesty was 50,000, which subsequently was Statements. of claim engi defence increased to $500,000. They next and the voluminous correspondence formed the Greyhound Racing Club, connected with the euse, and. the eross-examination of the first wit-mich was controled by the com: any, and they entered into "num: ness for the plaintiffs had not been leases for considerable rents concluded when, the Court rose for fand covering. an area for the Dur hoaringe is. expected poses of the race track of about 56 to occupy several days. ses were duly Mr. Harris informed the jury years and. that it was an action for dar twas an option to renew them for for alleged wrongful obstruction and trespass by' Capt, Martin, pany wont to great expense in er Faves period, "After this th com Acting, under the direction of the ug buildings machinery, ety which Shanghai Municipal Council, of fast $627,003, also kennels. for the which Gon, Macnaghten at dogs and' a breeding establishment. material times was the Chairman. feasting over $100,000, All this was 'A great many of the facts were fu reliance on the approval of the mitted and it would not be for the
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