At the Mixed Court on Wednesday morning Messrs. Kuan and Allman listened for more than two hours to the claims of two landlords for higher. rents.
It_was worthy of note that Mr. N. E. Lurton appeared as counsel for the plaintiffs in one case and for the defendants in another.
In the first case, the landlords are alleged to have demanded of their tenants an increase in rent of about 33} per cent. over the old rates. Mr, A. Ting, who was for the tenants, submitted that the new rates could not be paid as they were too high. The landlords, he said, were profiteering contrary to the proclamation. issued by the Court. Mr. -Lurton, for the Landlords, argued that the rates were quite reasonable and there was nothing to show that there was profiteering on the part of his clients. The Court "held that who increase was too much and accordingly dismissed plaintiffs, petition.
The landlords in the second case, represented by Mr. M. L. Been, asked for an increase of $1 in the
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