Hongkong, Jan, 5.
The appeal against the winding up of the Ching Kee Steamship Company was dimissed by the Supreme Court today. The appeal was made by shareholders, most of whom are Japanese.
The appeal was dismissed on the. grounds that Chinese courts retain their jurisdiction despite the occupation of territory by the Japanese.
If the application met with success, it would mean that the six vessels of the company tied up at Hongkong for the past two years would.be allowed to proceed to sea under a Chinese flag but with Japan-nese crews which "is illegal under Chinese law and was not contemplated by the original Chinese corporation," the court said in dismissing the appeal—United Press,
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