TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1927.
AFTER TWO YEARS.
CHINESE CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER.
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Arising from the death of a street coolie in a motor accident in Queen's Road West on June 1, 1925, a Chinese named Pun Pui- sang, alleged to have been the driver of the motor car concerned in the accident is now faced with a charge of manslaughter.
CORRESPONDENCE.
THESE CRITICS.
May I, however, have a little space in which to reply to "Pro peller's" letter in your paper? to-night.
THE CHINA MAIL.
UNITED ́ ́ABESTOS.
METAL SPRAYING PLANT 'DIFFICULTY.
A BLIND BEND?
ARGUMENT IN TRAFFIC COURT.
EUROPEAN SUMMONED.
(To the Editor of the "China Mell") "The complete absence of acci-
Sir, I had an idea when I dent in good, bad, and indifferent! penned that little reprimand to weather is not a bad witness" for . TO-DAY'S MEETING REVIEW. "Propeller" that someone would his contention that the Ferry
A loss on the year's working was rise to my line baited with the coxswains are not incompetent.
If "Propeller" travels four reported at the annual meeting to-
Mr. C. W. Somers was summon- remark concerning the relative intelligence of Hong Kong "news- times a day on the Ferry, I am day of the United Asbestos Oriental ed by Sergeant Baker at the Cen- paper men." The hook seems all the more surprised at his Agency, Ltd. The advancing of a tral Magistracy this morning for to have stuck deeply in my attitude. I do not travel four loan to the Company by the General dangerous driving, and pleaded
times a day, thank heavens, but onagers (Dodwell and Co., Ltd.), "not guilty." "catch's" gizzard,
the resignation of the Superintend- Still, I am glad the reprimand the few times I do travel are ent and the carrying out of experi-standing outside the Wangnei- The Sergeant said that he was has drawn forth a reply which, quite sufficient to give me ocular menta with new plant in connection chong Gap Police Station with his He had been arrested at the in the main, is a sensible one. proof of the disgraceful way in with a process of apraying metals, motor cycle combination, when he
"Long Suffering Reader" says which these ferries are handled. were the subject of reference by the time of the accident, but jumped much about local newspaper pro- Apart from personal experience, Chairman:
saw a small Fiat car driving up a bail of $5,000 and was not seen duction which is absolutely true. has "Propeller" never read in the General Managers) presided over hour followed some 20 yards be Mr. C. A. Péel (acting for the the road at about 15 miles per again in the Colony until last month when he was re-arrested Editors certainly have many dif- papers accounts of the variouB the meeting, other shareholders pre- hind by a lorry which was travell- He is now on bail of $3,000 cngah/ficulties to contend with (I trust occasions in, which ferries have sent being Messrs. A, Murdoch, Ing at about 10 miles an hour. my critic will not mind that smashed into wharves and walls? A. J. Silva, D. Harvey and G. R. and a security of $8,000, 1 "with" where it is). Many of Did he not read of that occasion, Edwards (Secretary).
At the resumed preliminary the young men who come out for not so very long ago, when a ferry hearing before Mr. R. E. Lindsell newspapers in Hong Kong and got mixed up with Blake Pier and
No Dividend.
The defendant's car (No. 2291) suddenly came up from behind the lorry and shot between it and the Fiat car at a speed of 25 miles per
at the time.
at the Central Magistracy yester other parts of the East-do not eventually landed at its own The Chairman said:- day afternoon, Mr. M. K. Lo, for know shorthand sufficiently to wharf wrong end foremost? Gentlemen, as the report and ac-hour. The defendant pulled up the defence cross-examined police take down a speech, however "Constant absence of accident" counts, together with the auditors' after passing the lorry, and left a witnesses as to their recollection moderately slow the delivery; a indeed!! What does "Propeller" report, have been in your hands for 27 feet skid mark on the road, and of the weather condition at the lot write as they speak, which is expect? Does he want a ferry to with your consent to dispense with dant was going up a slight incline the prescribed perlod, I propose this in spite of the fact that defen- time of the accident when the not according to grammatical climb up into Ice House Street reading them. accused's car which was being rules; and, in cases, driven down Pokfulum Road, at sense and the logical faculty, as dent?
common- before he admits a slight acci- The result of working for the
The defendant argued that the financial year ending May 31, 192 skid mark could not be his as he an alleged high speed, mounted my critic terms it, are indeed As I said before, a seaman shows a loss of $15,910.32. After the pavement on the harbour side absent. I grant all that and, looks on difficulties of erratic tidal deducting the balance brought for had since experimented with his of Queen's Road West and ran with "Long Suffering Reader," currents as something to be ward of $4,169.90 there remains a car and had pulled up within 15 coolies who, wère sleeping on the Still, as he justly remarks, anot make them an excuse for his proposed to carry forward to the there was no skid on the road.. pavement at the time. One of journalist's job here is often a blunders. the injured men was run over the chest and legs and had to spend a month in the Government Civil Hospital.
car.
contended that there was no dan-
new account.
His back wheels, he contended, did It is to be regretted that results not lock, and consequently the car trying one. Our work is always
Why not have V-shape ferries do not permit of any dividend. I could not have skidded. He ad- on view to be "shot at" by any running N.E: and S.W-and to trust that in the hope of improved mitted that he went at 20 miles fool who comes along. However, suit the present crowd of land- trading conditions you will endorse per hour in passing the lorry, but we, too, are long-suffering, and lubbers in charge, have powerful the proposal to carry forward the deficit rather than encroach' upon In his cross-examination, Mr. have been bearing the burden for stop buffers at the ends? There our reserves. You will observe that ger in that as he had plenty of Lo suggested that it was rather more than ten years.
is no need to have new wharves the cash position is somewhat acute, room to pull up behind the Fiat windy on the night, of the acci- Now I will attempt to deal with parallel to the Praya; in fact, and your General Managers have without endangering either it or dent, and asked the witnesses if the four points raised by my there would be no advantage in made the Company loan of the lorry. it were not possible that dust or critic.
it. The whole point is to have a $12,000. sand from a heap on the side of
Your property and launch have
Unable to See. (1) Is it less "decent" of sort of wide-mouthed trap into the rond, a little beyond No. 7 "Propeller" to reply under a which even these coxswains can and the values placed upon stocks been maintained in good condition
Sergeant Baker contended that Police Station, had been blown "nom-de-plume" than for the somehow blunder without doing are on a conservative basis. As the the danger was that the defen- into the accused's eyes and thus original article to be unsigned; it much harm or cause him to lose control of the was also an attack..... "Pro- time.
wasting much properties have been well written dant was unable to see what was
down in value in former years it is coming round the bend in the op peller's" letter was an attack on The fact of a thwartship cur- not considered necessary to allow posite direction, and had the wit- No Wind.
an individual (or one of a rent simply could not make anything further for depreciation neas been driving his motor cycle The witnesses' contention was specific group of individuals). matters worse than it is at pre-in last year's Accounts. that there was no wind at theism of a supposedly
In March this year your superin-at the time nothing could have public sent. time, but Sergeant Sword, one of ism of a supposedly public utility Whether "Propeller" admits it his resignation and as the present
tendent, Mr. W. C. Shiner, tendered prevented, a collision.
Replying to the defendant, the the police officers examined, company, presumably written by or not, I can state it as a positive volume of business can be handled Sergeant said that visibility from agreed that it was possible that a member of the newspaper's fact that the time between land- by the remainder of the staff, it is where he was standing was not sand might have been blown into editorial stuff, upon whom an- ing and discharging at each end not intended to replace him until more than 20 yards of the road the accused's eyes as the car was onymity is enforced by editorial used to be eight to nine minutes. conditions warrant. In the mean- ahead. turning the corner of Pokfulum custom, as a perusal of the Anybody can check what the time time this reduction in staff will ap Road into Queen's Road West.editorial columns of any British is now.
preciably decrease trading expenses Conflicting evidence was given newspaper will prove.
Has "Propeller" never seen the during the current year. by an Indian sergeant and a
Is not the construction of the 10-minutes' service disorganised? Chinese constable. The latter last sentence of para 1 shaky? I have, and just for that very At our last Meeting; reference This the Sergeant could not said that the car mounted the No. The use of the word reason, that it is impossible to was made to the purchase of patent agree with, and eventually the pavement because it was unable "much" admittedly lessens its discharge the passengers in 10 rights and the necessary plant for Magistrate remanded the case to make the bend at the speed in strict grammatical purity, but minutes. Therefore, it is oba process of spraying metals which until next week. which it travelled down Pokfulum there is no mistaking its mean-viously impossible to run the has met with much success in Great Road. In spite of other evidence ing. "Long Suffering Reader service punctually. As for the was expressed that good results to the contrary, this witness said appears to have understood five-minutes' service, a ferry just from this process would appear in that, the car mounted the pave- it
comes in, discharges and loads, the accounts being presented to you ment with auch force that it crashed
Is it logical to deduce from and goes off. There is no check to-day. I regret, however, to in- into the wall
overcoming Sailors' Home. :
of the his criticism. of the Press that on the time taken, but when it is form you that after
"Propeller" is a shareholder in a 10 or 15 minutes it is very easy many unforeseen obstacles in get-
to check. More
It might interesting the plant erected, we are now faced with. unexpected. difficulties in operating it. Numerous experi-
This led Mr. Lo to draw the ferry company? Magistrate's attention
to his logical than "Long Suffering "Propeller" to do so.
"test of the sergeant's powers of Reader's" deduction that "Journ-
observation."
I 08
and it
have
Was
Metal Spraying.
Britain and elsewhere. The hope
Defendant argued that. from the position he was in he had a visibility of 90 yards, and denied that the bend was a blind one.
FAMOUS PIANIST.
MOISEIWITSCH'S FINAL CONCERT.
EXPOSITION OF CHOPIN.
I have not taken a turn at ments have been carried out in co- alist" is a newcomer to the handling a ferry myself, but operation with the Government The Chinese constable said that Colony! Apart from the personal during the strike several of my Analyst and the Hong Kong and he was on post duty at the junc- note, it is difficult to say that sea-faring friends did, and the China Gas Co., some of which have tion, and in his opinion the car "Propeller's" remarks could he general
concensus of opinion proved failures whilst others have
been partially successful. Thin The second and final appearance) was driven in a normal way be taken as coming from a dis- among them was that "they were variation in results is peculiar and of Benno. Moiseiwitsch at the fore it skidded to the side of the interested person.
They con-b....8 to handle." Admitted road and mounted the pavement. stituted,
Al-Theatre Royal last night attracted is engaging our attention..
The famous said, that, which nobody would dispute, though we cannot be certain it may a fair attendance. No Licence.
apologia, un
my point is that before the strike be due to the excessive humidity of pianist held his audience entranced
Our throughout a programme which, al-} Pun Lok-chi, the accused's
reasonable to believe (or logical they were handled competently, the atmosphere this year. younger brother, said the car the to deduce) that "Propeller" had and even if all the old coxswains engineers are naturally reluctant though of considerable length, never accused drove at the time of the entered the fray with an ulterior left, that event is sufficiently a to accept contracts of any magni- for a moment palled on his hearers. accident was the witness's car. motive. Perhaps he did, despite part of ancient history to have tude or even to attempt a demon- The opening rendering of six pre- The witness admitted that his his assurance that he has nothing enabled new men to have learnt, assured of reliable results being ably inspiring.
tration of the process until they are Judea from Chopin was particular- brother had no driver's licence, to do with the running of the or to have been taught, the job. tained. The Hong Kong and China It was originally intended to give but previous to the accident, the company. People, I have found, If "Propeller" thinks two years Gas Co. are rendering us assistance an entire Chopin recital but, in res- car had been driven several times write to the papers from a variety not sufficient, then in heaven's and we fully expect present difficul- ponse to many requests for the ren- 10 dering of Chasin's "Flirtation in a name, how much longer must we ties will shortly be overcome. wait?
the meantime, this undertaking la Chinese Garden" and "Rush Hour locking up a considerable amount of in Hong Kong." M. Moiseiwitsch capital and so far has brought in varied the programme to include the practically nothing.
round the island without incident, of motives
Yours, etc.,
SUFFERER.
Hong Kong, August 9.-
SUNDAY CLOSING.
I now propose the adoption of the report and accounts as presented and after this has been seconded I shall be glad to answer to the best of my ability any question whichi shareholders may care to ask,
As they rounded the bend from Is not "Journalist's" critical Pokfulum Road Into Queen's Road faculty at fault when he describes West on the night in question, "Propeller's" letter as written "in there was a sudden gust of wind, a doddering fashion"? and the car for some reason which Perhaps no more than that of the witness could not understand "Long Suffering Reader's," who swerved on to the pavement. Ac- considers the letter was written cused did not say anything to the with vigorous directness and ad- witness after the accident. The mirable point. It depends upon witness was so concerned about one's viewpoint and the develop (To the Editor of the "Chine Mall."] the accident that he jumped out ment of-granting its presence- Sir, Through the medium of tion of the report and accounts and, of the car before it stopped and that "critical faculty." "Long your most valuable paper I on there being no question, the reso- ran back to the scene of the acci-Suffering Reader," judging from behalf of all employees of Indian lation was put to the meeting and dent.
Evidence by Sergeant Tuckett his letter, seems to have develop silk stores, thank the Indian carried unanimously.
On the proposition of Mr. Mur- was to the effect that he tested ed it mightily to his satisfaction. Merchants' Association for their
In other respects, I think my kindly passing a resolution that doch, seconded by Mr. Silva, Messrs.
No Evidence.
Otker Business,
Mr. Murdoch seconded the adop
tion of $300,
two.
The full programme of yesterday evening's recital was as follows:-
Part One.
Six prejudes:-C. Major, C. Minor, A. Major, F. sharp Minor, F. Major, B. flat Minor.
Impromptu F. sharp Major, Impromptu A. Flat Major, Scherzo B. Minor Op. 20.
Part Two.
C.
A. Fantasie Impromptu. B. Berceuse..
Three
Etudes :-I. G. Flat
D. Valse.
E. Ballade G. Minor. Part Three
By popular request:-Flirtation
in a Chinese Garden
Rush Hour in Hong Kong,
Chasins.
the car. after the accident and critic's letter is harmless enough. all the Indian silk stores will re-Linstead and Davis were re-elected found the brakes to be in good II. F. Miner, III. F. Major. working order. He did not find any mark of skidding on the road, ironic laughter from a thousand whole day instead of half a day. but these might have been obliter. throats have greeted my simply The employees have compliment- ated by pedestrians, as the road written truism regarding aed Mr. Lal-Chand, the President was still crowded at the time journalist's place in the local of the Association, and Mr. proceedings of the Coventry City (10.80 p.m.)
scheme of things. After read-Gagendas, of the Pioneer Silk Council, as follows;— ing that I am more than ever Store, who forwarded · the pro- convinced that my contention is posal, which was unanimously Mr. Lo then addressed the right. Finally, I would ask my carried out. Court and told the Magistrate critic not to feel too hurt when that there was no evidence to go these idiots of "newspaper men"| before a jury, as nothing had spell his name wrongly. Even been brought to light by the prominent and really likeable. prosecution to prove gross negli-local men have to put up with it gence on the part of the accused. at times!. The car was being driven in a normal way before the accident,
and it got out of control when
duat entered the accused's eyes
and temporarily blinded him.
Yours, etc.,
"JOURNALIST,”
THAT FERRY. ·.
Yours, etc.,
AN EMPLOYEE.
Hong Kong, August 8.
“THIS JOURNALISM.”
(To the Editor of the “Chlia Mail")
Sir-The carping, critic who wrote in yesterday's "China
point that the accused was caught To the Editor of the "Chins Mall"] Mail" under the name of "Long}
A Woman Councillor: It is a lie to say that I said it..
́Alderman Wyles (holding up a newspaper). It is in the paper..
The Woman Councillor: Oh, damn the paper..
The woman councillor and "Long Suffering Reader" appear to have something in common, `/
Yours, etc.,
"READER
L/Cpl. M. Coll, 1st. Northants
drop).
Part Four.
Prelude D. Flat Major (Rain-
Waltz E.. Minor Nocturne D. flat Major. Valse D. flat Major. Valse D. Hat Mafor. Mazurka A, Minor. Polonaise A. flat Major,
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