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THE CHINA MAIL AUGUST 1937
Insurance Co LOCAL SHARE
Sued: Echo
Of Tank Mishap
The Hop Fat Firm. claimed a sum of $9,600 from the Canton Insur- at the Limited, ance Office, Supreme Court this morning, the case being heard by the Chief Jus-, tice, Sir Atholl MacGregor.
The claim was based on an in- surance policy against a cargo lost! when junk, which was conveying the cargo from Hong Kong to
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PUBLIC UTILITIES- Peak Trams (Old)`$5 b. Peak Trams (New) $234 h.
STORES, &C= Wm. Powell, Ltd. 40 cts. b.
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Stock
Macau on January 3, 1936, found-Antamoks
Atoks ered..
Baguio Gold
The Hon Mr. Leo D'Almada, Benguet Consol Junior, appeared for plaintiff, Benguet Explor while Mr. H, C. Macnamara repre- sented defendants.
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Big Wedge Coco Grove Consolidated Mines. Mr. D'Almada stated that an in-Demonstrations. surance policy was taken out by E Mindanao plaintiffs in respect of 150 bags of Gumaus G'field
Ipo Gold cement and 750 sacks of ammonium IX L sulphate shipped on a junk which Itogons foundered
Masbate Consol. Min Resources Northern Mining
The plaintiff firm consisted of two partners, Ho Sin-nam and Paracale Gumaus Leung Chu Ho was a sleeping Salacot Mining partner, the management being San Mauricio Sayoc Consol left in the hands of Leung and a United Paracales. man, named Lai. Shortly after the accident, Ho had certain trouble with these two men, with the result that they were now not available to give evidence.
Plaintiffs were merchants. and dealt frequently with the Lin Fat firm of Macau. Towards the 'end of December, 1935, an order was received from Lin Fat for the goods mentioned, and $5,000 was paid on account, the balance was
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GNEISENAU SAILS FOR H.K.
Shanghai, To-day. Evacuating from Shanghai, yes-
to be paid on delivery. On January terday on the NDL liner Gneise- 3, the cargo was put on board the nau were 620 passengers, including junk, which was towed by a launch 450 Germans.
out of Hong Kong at 5 pm that The passengers were taken down day. At Capsuimun Pass the res-river in tenders, and the liner later sels, which were alongside each sailed for Hong Kong -Trans- other were separated, the junk Ocean.
being about 100 feet behind, towed
by a rope from the launch.
All went well with the voyage until somewhere near Sau Chau Island, when rough weather was encountered. Both the launch and the junk shipped water, and being unable to cope with the inrush of water, the master of the junk signalled to the launch to turki, his object being to seek shelter in an inlet east of Sau. Chau Island. Victoria The junk, however, foundered Arrive about two miles south of the
Island.
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Canada Sept. 3
Sept. 8 Sept. 10 Sept. 17 - Sept. 22 Mr. D'Almada continued that in Russia Sept. 17 Sept. 19 Sept. 21 Sept. 23 Sept. 25
Oct. 4 connection with the plea of the de- Japan Oct. 1 Oct.
Oct. 6. Oct. 8 Oct. 14 Oct. 19 fence that the junk was scuttled, it was interesting to note that on board the junk were the master's wife and his nine-year-old son, and a crew of eight. The master had
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CLIPPER SURVEY OF SOUTHERN ATLANTIC ROUTE
London, To-day. Pan-American Airways Clipper
I left Lisbon for the Azores yes- terday in a survey flight across the Atlantic by the southern route.
The machine is flying via the Bay of Biscay?
Survey of the Mediterranean route had to be abandoned because of the
situation.---Reuter. Spanish war
suffered personal loss, and the junk Singapore Raw Rubber
was not insured.
The junk was about 10 years old
Messrs. H. B. Joseph and Co., have and her cargo capacity about 200 received the following quotations tons. She was purchased in 1933 from Singapore în Straits Cur-
for $7,000, and since then had been rency for Raw Rubber: in constant service. In April, 1934,
a sum of $600 was spent in reft-
ting her. After having been beached and cleared of barnacles
Spot 30% Up % b Jan/March 31-4 Up % b. Oct/Dec 31. Up. b.
Market. Hesitant.
in December, 1935 she remained in the Yaumati Typhoon Shelter until later, the company sent out a diver, the Toyage on which she foundered, who spent two hours locating the
Defendants had put in an alter-wreck
plea that the junk was not Counsel added that it seemed seaworthy. Plaintiffs' case. was fair to assume that nothing sus- that she was a seaworthy junk, picious was found because, if there and that her sinking was due to fad been an earlier attempt to one of the perils of the sea.
On the day the junk foundered, the master returned to Hong Kong fendant company. Three days and a claim was laid with the
salvage the junk would have been made. The junk was not salvaged until 44 days after foundered.
The case is proceeding.
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