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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1924,
CARS IN COLLISION.
MR. ODELL GAINS VERDICT IN COURT.
MAJOR ZANNI
MAY RESUME TRIP TO-MORROW.
DINOCSAEH HIS PROSPECTS.
Final evidence and judgment was given in the Summary Court
Had it not been for yesterday's this morning in the case in which Mr. H. Odell, sharebroker, claimed collision, Major Pedro L. Zami, $600, from the Connaught Garage the world aviator (who had a very Company, in respect of a collision lucky escape), would have uncon- on the Pokfulam Road on July 12.sciously followed the sample of The claim was made up of $240 one of the American airmen by for actual damages,-$260 for the leaving Hongkong unshaved.
lose of use of the car and $100 fori
the shock sustained by the occupants (himself, his wife and
an amak).
WAR IN CHINA
THE CHINA MAL
CHANG MAKES PLANS TO
BOMB PEKING.
A CHIHLI SET-BACK.
(Reuter'a Service.).
Mukden, September 24. Marshal Chang Tso-lin announces that in event of his airmen bomb- ing Paking, the Presidential Palace will be his objectivo. He has no intention of harming the Legation Quarters. It is proposed to send three aeroplanes to Peking for this purpose.
..Chihli Troops Defeated. A communique,. issued by the
FAMINE RELIEF.
MR. TODD INSPECTS.
HOC
CLUB COMMENCES. SEASON.
occasion.
Peking, September 16-Mr. O. J. Todd. engineering repre
[By "Sticks."] aentative of the China-Inter- national Famine Relief Commis- Yesterday afternoon, the Hong
kong Hockey Club commenced sion has just returned from an their season by playing a friendly investigation of the flooded areas game, forwards versus defence, "at around Nanchang in Klangai Pro- the Grenadiers Ground, Kowloon, Mr. Todd spent about a which was kindly lent for the vince:
The sides were defence week in this region and was accompanied throughout by mis-Whites" captained by Mr. Interviewed by Chinu Mait
vice. man yesterday afternoon, Major
sonaries thoroughly. familiar with Mitchell, the Club's captain, and the Provincial Committee of the Woodward, the Club's Zamni spoke us to his future plans,
the country and representatives of attack Colours captained by Me Commission.
captain. As the Major only speaks a little
The gume was slow, owing to its The solemn atmosphere of the Engish, the interview was made
The flooding in Kiangsi Pro- being the first of the season, with Court was a little reileved by the possible by the courtesy of Mr. appearance on the Solicitors and S. Bernstein, of the Mexican Co Mukden Second Army, claims that vince, Mr. Todd reports, was due the Colours doing most of the Tress-table of two diminutive toysulate, and Mr. E. Rouillon, the Chihli troops consisting of one of to breaks in and overtopping of attacking, while Whites defaneo cars which were used to illustrate Peruvian Consul, who kindly, octel General Liu's brigades of the 19th. the dykes, His trip extended was difficult to peneriute.
Jchol Division, the Jehol mixed along the Kan-Xiang 220 li south son ding-dog play in front of points arising out of the positions as interpreters.
Dressed in a blue kitsono with a brigade, a mountain patrolling of Nanchang, as far as the last Whites' goal, Colours scored, the of the
concerned in the collision.
pressing, Inspector P. Grant gave evi- dence and said that he passed them, the airman greeted the "Muil" amounting to between 8,000 and upkeep bureau în the province, the the net. Play continued with
reporter with a vigora huid-9.000 men-have been badly de- dykes had been neglected and in Colom
built along the topa.
Mills took the shot, sending out to scene of the accident shortly after shake. Fooking in pofect health, feated by the Fengtlen troops dur-pinces weakened by villages being McMaster fouled in, the goal area. Mr. Todd recommended repair Faers who ran up and passed to and saw the two-car Heels both soberant-and-coming the last few days.
The remnants, about 2,000 examined Mr. Odell's car and dent. found the axle bent, the near front After being congratulated on his strong, have retreated from Tai-ing the main-dyke breaks for a strong. The latter made sifine. wheel twisted, both mudguards lucky escape in the harbour yester-haoshan and Fonghuangshan to distance of 200 1 south of Nan-run down the field, scoring the first Later the Committee up. Half time arrived with the and the radiator damaged. The day morning, Major Zamti said that Tachuashan, where they assumed chang, at an estimated cost of goal for Whites and levelling things
may undertake widening and scores still oven. other car's near rear mudguards result of the unexpected irou- the defensive on the mountain $40,000: was damaged. Mr. Odell told him he of Shanghai he was unable to passes.
increasing the height of the dyke that the other car had been ahead lecido as to his plans for the future. and, without warning, had stop-As a matter of fact, he hid never
for several hundred li-this work two or three years. ped, causing him to run into the anticipated having to stay sa hoy
to be conducted on over a period of
days in Hongkong.
bank.
Cars
The Other Side. Inspector Grant said that the driver of the defendant company's car made a statement to him. He said that he had dropped a party at the Christian Cemetery and had gone on to this wide part of the road in order to turn. He was nearly at Sassoon Road when he
Awaiting News."
He would postpone decision pending receipt of advice from the Argentinian Consul in Bhanghai. anni fetched a bundle of papers When asked about a permit, Major from which he brought out a pile of documente in several banguages. After a search he found the one to was looking for permit from
Finally, after a decisive battle lasting seven hours, the enemy fed in a direction west of Chao-
yang.
Klangsu Attack Fails.
(Reuter's Service.)
Shanghai, September 25. Marshal La Yung-hsiang, of Chekiang, in a communique issued last evening, states that the
heard the horn from a motor in Wellington Koo, the Peking Kiangsu forces launched an attack Frogn Minister, to land anywhere in an attempt to break through at in China. Major Zanni also two points on the Liuho-Huangtu showed the Mail" man a letter front. from Mr. Chao Hanchu, Charge Apparently the enemy's object 'Affaires at London, to the Argen- was to cut Lu's lines of communi- tine Minister at the Court of St.ention. Both attacks were, re-
pulsel.
the rear. He slowed down, at the same time waved his right hand for the car at the rear to pass, and stopped. The next he felt was the impact between the curs.
Inspector Grant said that he had driven himself for some years. It was the duty of a driver, if he saw a car in front reversing, to stop until the car had turned or the driver gave him a signal to pass.
The Chaoyang Garrison.
Peking, September 24.
James.
On it being pointed but that the difficulty lay in General Lu Yong- haing, who was in power at Shanghui, being in as against. Zanni smiled as if to convey the impression that as far as he could see, there could be little danger to him or his mechanic if he landed in The Photographs. the Whangpu River at Shanghai
he ignored the Cross-examined by Mr. Brooks. He added that Inspector Grant said that the rumours of difficulties on account of photographs taken after the 'acci-war near Shanghai and could see no dent were taken with the cars in the position in which the driver of the defendant company's car said they were at the time of the collision.
If he took the chance of passing the Peking authorities. Major Chaoyang was held by a brigade without taking these precautions he did so at his own risk. Unless a car was facing the other way it should be passed on the right.
By His Honour: He considered that a driver would have to reverse to turn at the spot in question.
The driver of the defendant company's car was called. He said
trouble ahead, although he was quite aware of the fact that the local authorities (at Shanghai had refused permission for him to land
there.
Another Mandate.
A Mandate issued this morning formally cancels Chang's titles, orders and decorations, and attri butes the present disturbances solely to him. The Mandate pro-
......
Already the water in this region has run off. A fall crop of rice has been planted and will be harvested in due course.
After
tiil
THE SECOND HALF- The second half-was much the game as the first, with Colours. pressing hard though unable to score, and Whites making one or two brilliant dashes that proved fruitless, till after about twenty minutes of play Evans got home a The region to the north of Nan- beautiful shot, which beat Mills, chang, in the Kan delta and around and put Colours once more in the Po Yang Lake, was also inspected lead." Whites, however, were not and found still partly under water. beaten yet, and from a dash from In places a fall crop of rice is being bully, Armstrong again netted planted, but generally through the ball.. this region the yield promises to be small, as it was for the spring crop. A few vegetables will be grown during the winter.
The lust few minutes both sides tried to draw level but without result, the final score being, two
all.
Here there are many breaks in Rev. Noel Evans, a keen player"
done by
A wave washing.
The turn-out yesterday. speaks the dykes, and much damage was of the Club, referced. thorough investigation of the area well for a good season in store, and to the south and east of P'o Yang there should be little difficulty in Lake later in the year is recom-raising three teans. mended in order to estimate the
number of people who will then
be in need of assistance. A pro-
gramme of dyke reconstruction an area of approximately 4,000,000 of Commander Yi Chun's troops will probably be adopted to be mou, which is now cultivated at Smaller posts of the same com-carried out under the Kiangsi considerable hazard which might be brought under permanent cul- mand are distributed at various Committee, half the money to be centres in north-east Chibli,
raised by the landowners bene- tivation at a reasonable expendi- mainly as a protection against fitted, the rest, loaned by the Com-ture. It is largely rice land which bandits.
mission on the usual terms, the would have a value of $40 to $80 loan to be guaranteed by the local per mou if reclaimed Land here brings in an annual income as magistrates and prominent gentry great as its own value.. At an
It was proposed that the Nan-
values in excess of $200,000,000 chang Chamber of Commerce ask average of $50 per mou, land the rice merchants to guarantee a price of 4 cents per catty for rice could be created by an expenditure for the flood sufferers on recon-of a mere fraction of that sum. struction work, this rice to be dis- tributed by the heads of the work ing gangs. The proposal met with much favourable comment from Chinese and foreigners alike, and it is thought likely that the rice Council at Hankow. For some to this extent in aiding their time past the late Mr. Lebedef auffering fellow provincials. had been in health, arriving- down from Kuling suffering from stomach trouble. He was taken to it was found necessary to operate but Mr. Lebedeff did not survive, He leaves a wife and a grown-up faniily, part of whom are at Harbin,
7 was indispensable that hemises Chang's men enrolment in should go to Shanghai to pick up the Government army if they his spare-parts but he would ent declare their allegiance to Peking. out Peking as there was no landing place for a seaplane.
intil he got to Shanghai lie
The death is announced of Mr. could formulate no plans because M. G. Lebedelf, for many years
At the time of Mr. Todd's visit. the Tuchun of the province was away, but he and the members of the Kiangal Committee of the Commission were entertained by the latter's secretary, Mr. Id, who who assured them of the Tuchun's approval in principle of any such scheme. The majority of the merabers of the Committee also- approved of undertaking such a tions are satisfactory, Mr. Todd will make another trip later to work out further details of the if undertaken, will extend over scheme. It is expected the work, four or five years.
that he dropped two passengers his advance agent had sent all the secretary of the Russian Municipal merchants will agree to co-operate has been acting as Civil Governor, near the Cemetery, and then a friend asked him if he would take information there. him back to town. He allowed Before his land maching crashed at Thai. it had been his intention him to get in and then went on
logo from Shanghai by way of to a broader part of the road to weihuiwei, Taku ax Hiroshima
He noticed the car behind. but lie now did not know what his the International Hospital, where Po Yang Lake region, a compres project. If preliminary negotia-
Lurn.
stopped and waved his hand for route would be. the car to pass. As it was passing In it struck the side. Shortly after,
May Start Tomorrow,
to mourn his loss.
Reclamation Plans.
On the basis of a survey of the hensive reclamation scheme could great deal for the province per manently as well as keep the flood sufferers from starvation now. Mr. Todd estimated that there is
CHEKIANG-KIANGSU WAR ZONE.
conclusion Major Zunhi immediately. This was performed, he worked out that would do a expressed the hope that he might another car hear again from Shanghai and be arrived and the chauffeur of this able to leave for Ponchow this acted as an interpreter between morning. him and Mr. Odell. Through this interpreter he (defendant) told Mr. Odell that he would be com- This morning an enquiry was pensated for the damage done and made at the residence of the that the car could be towed to the Mexican Consul, No: 34, Hum- Connaught Garage for repair. phrays Building, Kowloon, where Cross-examined by Mr. Brooks: Major Zanni is staying with Mr. 6. He did not tell the interpreter that Bernstein-in the absence of the if Mr. Odell, did not report the Mexican Consul at Shanghai-as a -matter to the police he would get guest. It was gathered that Major the car taken to the garage and Zauni had postponed his departure repaired. It was quite wrong that and would not leave until favour- ably advised by the Argentining Consul in Shanghai. From this it was taken to mean that Major Zanni will have to stay here miti
he had ever turned his car at all, He wat merely waiting prepara tory to turning and he could give no reason why the other car should
have crashed on the left hand side. the Chinese local authorities at
His Lordship: But the man
How- Shanghai give permission. ever, the aviator was hoping that
must have been mad to do such a he would be able to make a start
thing. That's all I can say.
• to-morrow. The "Proper Version."
Call at H.O. Mr. Nash, addressing the Court
Mechanic F. Beltrame, accom- claimed that the accident wasenied by Mr. E. Rouillot and Mr." inevitable and entirely due to Mr.3. Barnstein, is believed to have Odell's driving. If his story as to called at the Harbour Office this the backing of the other car was morning in connection with yester right he would have had a clear day's collision. It is not known if view of it for about 45 yards and an inquiry will be held into the was bound to see the process of
matter. reversing. But in his (Mr. Nash's) opinion the proper version of the story was that Mr. Odell cut the
corner on the right, thus restrict not understand why Mr. Odell ing his view, that he was going at should have cut in to the left, in a speed of about thirty miles an the place in which there was hour, that he lost his presence of obviously no room. The road was mind and turned to the left instead forty feet in width at that spot. of to the right,
He. thought that Mr. Odell was
His Honour in giving judgment perfectly justified in what he did said that he did not believe the and the defendant had acted story told by the driver of the wrongly in backing into bis defendant's car as to his having original position after he had stopped and he did believe that he begum to turn.a had turned or was turning With His Honour then gave judgment regard to the speed, if that of the for the plaintiff for the amount of plaintiff's car was as great as Mr. damage claimed ($240),He Nash alleged there would have thought that the claim for loss of been considerably more damage the use of the car was rather un- done and people would have been reasonable, and he would award. thrown out. But even if he went $100, He thought that the plain- round the corner at, say; 25 miles tiffe, wore entitled to 350 each for an hone ke Cia Honour), could shock
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