Hostilities Declared Reason for Profiteering by Danenberg Gives Evidence Tenants; Hardship Among War-Refugees As Larceny Case Nears End; One More Witness IHE exploitation of the shortage of housing accommodation, due to the hostilities, by tenants who sub-let at exorbitant rentals Visits by the "Cream of Society" to the photographie studio in which with resultant hardship on the refugee population, had been a he lived during the time he was in source of worry to the Shanghai Property Owners' Association, Hongkong, were quoted by Carlos stated Mr, W. Mellor, chairman, when giving his report at the Orlando Danenberg as reasons why he had not sent to the dry-cleaners annual general meeting of the body which was held at the offices for an overcoat, which he is accused of the Shanghai Land Investment Ca., Jinkee Road, yesterday. of stealing, and hung it up in the These tenants, Mr. Mellor stated, withheld their own rents studio. Earlier, Danenberg had mentioned that he slept on a camp-bed deliberately.for as long as possible, and no action against them in the studio, and when questioned by through the Chinese courts appeared possible to prevent the abuses.
Mr. C. H. Haines, Registrar, as to what the "Cream of Society" thought In his speech the chairman said: Council and members of your com-about the camp-bed, he replied that At the close of the year, December mittee subsequently met various offi-the bed folded up and could be put 31, 1937, there was a credit balance cials of the Council, and I am very away. with the Hongkong and Shanghai glad to say that in a very little time Danenberg is now accused of the Banking Corporation of $615719 as theze-was a noricable speeding up of larceny of a camel-hair overcoat and compared with a balance of $7,364.90 routine work in connection with rent a scarf belonging to Dr. C. A. for the previous year. There has cases.
Coolidge (also known as Dr. C. A-been an increase in expenditure due During November of last year the Soondora) a Siamese physician, who to legal expenses in preparing the Chinese Land Office ceased to func-received his medical training in petition for the Natonal Government tion and members of the committee London and Ireland. Mr. P. Watkin of China, to which your chairman kindly undertook to discuss with offi-Williams prosecuted and Mr. R. L. referred in his speech last year. At cials of the British Consulate ways Stuart, who is giving his services the time he explained that the cost and means of arranging for the trans-voluntarily, represented Danenberg. would be taken into the 1937 acfor of title deeds. Sympathetic Giving evidence Danenberg stated that he did not intend to leave counts, consideration was given by consular Shanghai when he boarded the Em-The Printing and Stationery acofficials to the suggestion made by press of Japan on March 23. His sole count is more than double but the your representatives and satisfactory reason for going on board was to system of circularizing voting mem-arrangements were made to over-say goodbye to a Miss M. Sung, whom bers with reports of all committee come the difficulties complained of. he could not find on the vessel. As meetings, which was instituted last However, the issue of new title he was searching for her he found year, has been largely responsible for deeds is out of the question for the that the ship was in midstream and this increase. I feel you will agree time being, but I have no doubt a he had to sail to Hongkong, borrowing that the information supplied to the solution of this. problem will be ihe passage money from passengers Property Owners in this manner has reached later. on the vessel. been useful and the committee pro-I referred earlier to the fact that When he arrived in Hongkong he pose to continue circularizing these the committee, had decided to cir-wrote to Mr. Ilagan and Dr. Coolidge reports. "Unfortunately the small cularize voting members with restating that he had sent the overcoat Subscription paid by the ordinary gular reports outlining work at-to the dry cleaners and that the scarf members does not permit us to send tempted and I hope you will agree was still in Shanghai. He asked for them circulars. that association is doing a great permission at this stage to produce deal of good, and therefore, before the scarf and this was granted.
Membership Disappointing I close I wish once more to make Slept on Camp Bed Subscriptions for 1937 are lower an appeal for more new members than for 1936 by nearly $500 despite and it is hoped that during the past Cross-examined by Mr. Watkin the appeal made for new members year a large number of our ordinary Williams, Danenberg said that he by your chairman when he addressed members will become voting mem-had made two efforts to get back to you last year. This is most disap-bers.
Shanghai but he had no money. The pointing, and I should like to see an
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