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一興農 號七十月二十年三十二百九千一英
HONGKONG, MONDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1923.
日十初月一十演炎
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CALCUTTA, December 16.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
BERLIN, December 16,
The German representative has handed a Hote
In the course of a speech, the Viceroy alliding to the election of Swarajista to the Assembl and the Reparations Commission requesting a declaras --
tion in principle that priority, over reparations Councils trusted their close association with the | work of the administration would eventually result obligations would be granted for three years credit in increased sobriety of judgment and greater to $70,000,000 for the purchase of wheat and regard for more peaceful and surer methods of pro- fats, declaring foreign credits for the purchase gress. He hoped the differences between them and approximately of a million and a half tons of wheat the Government would be solved by mutual good-and a monthly supply of 10,000 tons of fat indis- pensable. Negotiations show they are obtainable | If priority is granted,
will,
NEWSPAPER OPINIONS.
CALCUTTA, December 16.
POINCARE'S POINTS.
AN ADAMANT,
PARIS, December 17.
A semi-official version of M. Poincare's reply to Herr Von Hoesch voices his readiness to discuss
The action of the Governor of Bengal, Lord'] Lytton, in calling on Mr. Das to form a Government has been severely criticised by The Statesman as a defiance of the constitution usage, common sense and fairness. It says Mr. Das is an avowed enemy of the British administration and the invitation may be the deathblow of the constitutional party..
The newspaper Amrita Bazar Patrika says Lord | my questions with German représentatives, but Lytton has taken the only constitutional course but reserves the right to act in concert with other allies seeking to transfer the responsibility for wrecking) wherever necessary, and also points out the useless- the constitution from his own to the Swarajistness of any discussion likely to derogate the power shoulders.
of the Reparations Commission, other allied organ= ». itations, or tend towards the revision of the Treaty.
The newspaper Bengalss says Lord Lytton has entirely changed the orientation of British rule in India and laid the foundation of England's Empire here on a very stable basis.
GOING THE PACE.
MOTOR ACCIDENT.
PARIS, December 17. M. Clemenceau's. car on the St. Germain Road, collided with another. All the windows of the ex-Premier's car were smashed. M. Clemenceau was injured by flying glass and is in hospital with wounds to tip the of his nose. His forehead has been stitched but his condition is not serious..
COLUMBIA EARTHQUAKES.
SHOCKS BECOMING MIL DER.
BOGOTA, December to.. The earthquakes are continuing though the shocks are milder. Only fragmentary information is available at present owing to the interruption of communication.--Reuter's American Service.
DR. SANDERS SUED.
| PATIENT CLAIMS DAMAGES.
UNSKILFUL TREATMENT
ALLEGED.
'AN UNPROFESSIONAL ATTACK
17
BRITISH WAR, DEBT PAYMENT.
NEW YORK PAPER'S TRIBUTE.
NEW YORK,'December 16. The deposit of nearly a hundred million dollars in Liberty boads covering the next British was debt Instalment is favourably commented on in a leader in the New York Herald which pays a tribute to British pride, honour and courage in paying the debt although staggering under huge taxation and struggling with an unemployment problem.
SINGAPORE BASE.
AUSTRALIA'S DEFENCE NEEDS.
SYDNEY, December 16.
In a speech, the Minister for Defence, Mr. Dowden said he hoped the British elections: would got interfere with the establishment of the Singapore base. Postponement of the work
work would probably mean the reconstruction of the whole naval scheme for the defence of Australia.
injured finger and/or the defend plaintiff's injuries, he said that i ant allowed or caused to allow the on December 13, the plaintiff fracture to set badly.
The plaintiff further states that his arm has become painful and deformed and claims damages,
The Defence
work on а was doing some wharf when he trod on a de fective plank which broke under his weight, causing him to fall In his statement of defence Dr. some twelve and a half feet to Sanders denies that he invited the ground. Doubtless, judging from plaintiff to submit himself for examination and/or treatment. He the injuries, he must have put out Damages for injury alleged to further denies that his treatment his right hand is an attempt to have been received through the
was ever unskilful; on the con- break his fall. He was rendered defendant's negligence as medical man were claimed against competent in both skill and care.
trary he contends the treatment was unconscious and when he recover
ed consciousness he found himself Dr. J. Sanders, in charge of the On admission the plaintiff, who was in a pool of blood and suffering Matilda Hospital, in an action then suffering from a serious unbearable pain in his right arm. heard at the Supreme Court to-day wound in the head.had his right There was no complaint, Mr. before the Chief Justice (Sir arm in a splint. By reason of the Alabaster made it clear, about the William Rees Davies K.C.) and a head wound and plaintiff's general treatment as to the head and leg special jury.
The plaintiff was Mr. Thorwald reason of the plaintiff's age, it was
condition in consequence and by injuries sustained.
First Aid Andersen, formerly employed by then considered, in the judgment Mr. Andersen was assisted to the Hongkong Wharf and Godown of the defendant, to be incompat- the Government Dispensary in Company.
ible with the exercise of competent Nathan Road, Kowloon, where Mr. C. G. Alabaster K.C., O.B.E.,
care and skill to remove the splint Dr. appeared to support the claim, The or to take any course with refer and he received first aid. His arm Smalley Was summoned defendant was represented by Mrence to the injuries to F. C. Jenkin (Instructed by Messrs. arm other than an examination by apparently a shortage of the neces
the was bandaged and as there was Johnson Stokes and Master).
X-rays with the splint still in The special purors were position. In the circumstances the put on. This was in the late after- sary equipment-a leg splint was Messrs. F. Smyth foreman) G. PX-ray examination did not reveal noon and he was told to return on Curry, L. G. Bird, G. M. Young any displacement of the bones, the following morning to get a J. Reid, W. C. Goggin and O. 1., but the defendant, nevertheless, letter to the Government Civil Ellis.
and on the basis of the fractures Hospital where a proper X-ray in fact having taken placo, then examination of the injuries would and thereafter competently treated take place. Next day he accord- the arm in such a manner and ingly returned to the dispensary with such care and skill as the
and as he expressed a preference general condition and
#ge of
for the Matilda Hospital a fracture to the index finger of the the plaintiff would permit.
Dr. Smalley telephoned to Dr. right hand and of the radius. On On December 21, Dr. Sanders Sandors and asked him if he or about December 14, at the invita-alleges; the plaintiff declared his would undertake the case. tion of the defendant, the plaintiff definite and unchangeable detar-Sanders consented and the plain- submitted himself to be examinedmination, notwithstanding that the tiff was sent up to the Peak with. and treated for his injuries by the defendant strongly advised himla chit from Dr. Smalley to the de- defendant as a medical practitioner to the contrary, to leave the hose | fegdant.
Serious Allegations.
The statement of claim set out that on or about December 13, 1921, the plaintiff, through an accident, sustained injuries which included
and was admitted as an in-patient pital on December 24. The plaintiff
At the Hospital.
Dr.
of the Matilda Hospital. The accordingly left and discharged plaintiff alleges that the treatment himself and thereafter ceased to be Mr. Addersen, counsel proceed. of his injuries by the defendant under the care or treatment of the Led, arrived at the hospital in a was unskilful and negligent for the defendant. The alleged painfulness very nervous state and in great following reasons:-
and deformity to the plaintiff's bodily plain, Dr. Sanders was and The defendant, notwithstanding arm and the alleged bad setting of attending to operations his examination of the plaintiff's the fractures was not in any way, the plaintiff was told he would be Intred hand and wrist by X-rays. It is is contended, attributable to attended to later. One of the boy on December 14, did not diagnose any want of care and/or skill on the attendants assisted him to undress properly or correctly and/or treat" part of the defendant.
and put on a dressing gown, and ed the injuries 18 muscular Plaintiff's Case Opened a sister took his name and address and his temperature. Dr. and/or falled to take proper X-ray photographs but delayed until address by urging the jury to and made a brief examination of Mr. Alabaster began his opening Sanders came back at 11.45 am. about December 28 when the deblind themselves to any knowledge the plaintiff's arm, from which the fendant took an X-ray photograph they might have of one or other of bandages were not, however, This photograph, it li alleged, was the parties in the case. Describing | emoved."“ Inadequate in that it excluded the the accident which caused the
(Continued on page 6.).
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