A . CHINESE PUZZLE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15265, 1 April 1913, Page 8

A . CHINESE PUZZLE.

I NAfcSE WITHOUT AN QWNB&I i PORTRAITS OF SHOPKEEPERS, [nt TKtSOJUPH.—OWN COHAJSarOXDJiST.] Wkkuwotok, Monday,. i Twem Chinese partners registered the title . ! " Sing on Tie'* as the name of the occupier iof tha shop in wbichrthey conduct their • ! business. On© of them is Young Hon, ah- ? other Toiing Fat, but the name, of the third is not "Sing. On Tie" So it was proved in the Magistrate's Court oh Safe, urday; «thd Mr. S.M., stated that: •''.'•; he thought that such- a state of affairs constituted an evasion of the Act. ■ ,- The discussion of Chines© nomenclature arose through " Sing On Tie" being prosecuted for employing an assistant after 9 p.m.: It transpired, the magistrate " said, that only on© person could register the shop, and that (person could be on the premises after nine o'clock. "Defendant is /■$ one of three persona," he continued. "The „;-| object of thejAefe is particularly clear; it is to obtain ; One particular individual as % the occupier. If a number of Chinese go into partnership and register their shop under a sitae which does not belong to _'-: any ona of them that is, in my opinion* ,*.* anevasioja of the Act. If Chinamen are ■;■:: so similar that you are unable to recog- J nise them, then a photograph of the per- | son who registers the shop must he at* ;| tachedi I '-:-- / ;| Mr. Biddell's reference to the difficulty ;± New/ ? Zeslandera may experience in distinguishing on© Chinaman from another rj was inspired by the fact that Mr. D. Car- £ medy,; the Labour Department officer, who '■;■ appeared in the case, was unable to swear >.*& positively that the Chinamen present id ■ M Court "were those ho had seen at- the shop- .': I The Chinese, through . their solicitor, - ■Mr; P. 'TV. Jackson, stated that the one '_...', who was said to have been worked after ..'{ nine o'clock had not been on duty, but {}/ had.filled in time watching th© shop in . case there were any shoplifters about. lb . was alleged that the man bad actually , '■• served a customer, but respecting..the.ex- '.'■ cub© that he had merely amused himself by keeping a casual watch, Mr. EiddHo aald that the man's'mere presence in the shop was assistance, because he relieved ' - his partner of the duty qf watching for thieves. If the "occupier" were engaged. £■; in watching the. place ho would not, be »0> free to carry on his. sales/ Sing On T& : was fined £2, with costs 7si -. ;- ~..- j\y. '../■ .. '"■'■ ': : : r-'Wi •;?■■■■-. .'■■''•■'-'. ■•■■:.■, -■■/■ ',;■> ,/,, iS-v.-W-alB