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ENQUIRIES INTO COLLAPSES OF BUILDINGS.
PRAYA EAST.
Yesterday afternoon, before Mr. F. A. Hozu- and and a comment jury, the official enquiry was resumed into the circumstances attend.ng the futal collapse of house No. 45, Prays East, on 2nd August last. Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, Crawn Soliciter. sppeared on behalf of the Government. Mr. H. W. Looker on behalf of the irekitect, Messrs. Leigb und Orange, and Mr. C. D. Wilkinson in behalf of the contractor, Man Wo, Mr. A. S Hooper watched the casa on behalf of the Land Javestment Company, of which he is orotary.
Leg Trog, who secopied a room ts the first floor at 45, Pinya East when the collapse | occurred, said he made an, ivspectiqu of the beuse first before the accident and found all tha windows slant. He was partly buried in the debris of the collapse, and was rescued by a European constable.
Esideno Michael Kavier, assistant ougineur in the Fublic Works Department, said he made
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several personal inspections of the hours be. tween Juan end Novermbor, 1900, but thought ho did not go into No. 45, Praya East. Ho kuey nothing about the houses, however, and us fur où bu conll-recollect had never examined into the condition, of the collapsed vide wall of No. 45.
Percy Homas Crisp, inspector of buildings, Publii Works, Ipactinent, raid he only arrived in the Colony on 9th November, 190, and knew no hing of the house that bad collaperd. He inspect them when completed in connection with the application for a certificate authoris ing their degupation, but mado no entry in bis dhary in pulation to that visit, the result. of the visit in queation wis that be recom mended the hoses to be used. When he made it be dul not take with him the plan deposited in the Publin-Works Depart iment. It was not the rule then to take plans out, und he had nover been told to do so, Io cut no holes in the walls to ascertain their condition that was a practice he followed only ufter the Cheframe Street collapse.
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SUPREME COURT.
Monday, 22nd December,
THE KONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2320, 1902
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION,
BEFORE HIS HONOCE SIR WILLIAM M. GOODMAN (CHIEF JUSTICE).
SECOND STREET COLLAJBE-CONTRAC TONS
FOUND NOT GUILTY.
Procealings were resumed in the cano in which Tam Kit and U Cheng, building con- tract ra, wore charged with causing the death of a boy named Wong hun in connection with the Secouli Streat collapse on 2nd Augent. They were defended by Mr. M W. Slade, barrister-at-law (instructed by Mr. P. W Goldring, solicitor); the prosecution was con- ducted by the Attorney-General, Hon. Sir Henry 8. Berkeley (iostrasted by Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, Crown Solicitor).
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The following was the jury-W. Domnich, H. Vorrelinnan, W. M. Deas, D. Currio, T. Galbraith. E. Gibson, and G, W. Baider, last and coaurel aldros-et the jury on Saturday. The evidenes bail been completed on Friday His Lordship in summing up reviewed the evidence at longth. In directing the jury on the point of law he said it is the duty of a por for humau balitation to use reasonable care son who contracts to build a house for another that the work is properly carried out. Whore, as in this Colony, certain statutory enactmenté are in force as to the proper bonding of the walls and the materials which are to be mard, it is the duty of the person undertaking to bail to see that those atutory requirezenta ore complied with. It is also his duty to carry out the terms of the contract. In this Colony, therefore, the person who contracts to build a house for nu- other has cast spon him certain statutory duties and certain duties arising out of his contract, If. by any grave failure to perform his duties, Z. by his criminal negligence in the perform ance at his duties, or in this omission to perform bis duties he caused the death of a human being, he had caused that death unlawfully und was guilty of manslaughter. It was a very important matter, he said in con- clusion, that when human life way lot there should be a very careful investigation not only to find out how it happened but to pravout it 1leary Brest Yorke Haggard, eesistunt happening again if possible. It was a serious engineer in the Pablie Works Department, texties the jury bad got to consider. They deposed that on rd August be made an inspec would be doing very wrong if they said, "There tien of the collapsed house in Praya East to have been a great many collapses; discover whether there was anything dangerous bring somebody to book, we will convict the to the public safety, and again on 27th first person who goes before us." He would August with the view of learning the geacsal usuli their intelligence by supposing for a condition of the walls and, the quailty of the raonent, however, that they would take materials. The bricks were all of fair quality up that view. What they bad do kore, of good quality, he might say, for this Colour and what they had taken an oath to do the mortar also was fair. Li some cases, how-was to return a verdict mecording to the over, the mortar joints in the portion of wall evidence. As to what evidence they were left standing were not properly filled up, and to accept, they must for their own opinion. the bonding was bad at the junction of the frout They would have to think whom the man were ant western walls; the boiling of the collapsed who undertook to build those houses. Were nido well tolf was fair. In his opinion the they competent? Should they have taken bis - inanedialwégusk of the collapse was the typhoon, job at all? If one of them was not competent, but the side wall might not have been sufcient then was the other competent. Each of the Is thick. Again, the wind might bar got in men seemed to say that he had not been at the book window on the top floor and blown responsible; ench "said that it was the the wall out, the window might have brien other who had to do with it. Was it a logitim. forced open by the storin. His-opinion was ate conclusion, theis, for the jury to draw that that the wall which collapsed was not strong the work was not properly supervised no person enough to withstand a typoon.
of any skill or intelligenes supervised it; a cartoon man was employed to procure labour but 10 min to secure brains to see that the labour wes properly done? The man who undertook contract to haild a house yel did not choose to take any responsibility for the supervision pat himself in aperilous position. Things might turn ont luckily for kin and the house be well built. Lu might get off all right and make his money, but the law enforced that a man who put him- self out as a building contractor was bound to use reasonable skill and jutafligenes. He should. learn his business as an apprentice. The jury would have to coux.der whether these men were competent. If the jury took thestatemoutofthe men themselves that they did not go down to zes the bailding operations in connection with these | houses then it was ovideat that there was no proper supervision of the work at ell. What was the result? Was the wall
properly built, and, if it was not properly built, where were the faults? No one suggested that the bonding was good. The bonding was bad it has beep stated so by Mr. Haggard and Mr. Hewet.. The law required the bonding to be good. En section of the Act referring to this said, "Every wall
By Mr. Loriso-The wall was of the thickness presgribed by the Building Ordinance.
Willian Übathum, Diretor of Public Works, was next called. No stated that when the permit for the homes in Praga East was issued The practice with regard to walls exceeding 3 fest in length wue to deal with them us ordinary walls. In his opinion, however, that was not proper practice, oud ho also thought that the dimensions prescribed by the Building Ordinance for walls 1 exceeding feet in length were not sufficient. for" a "wall 49 fot "1
inches in length; the dimensions in the latter case which wore those of the side wall at 5. Praya East, ought to be increas d. It was quite possible, at the same time, that if the plan showing there finiensions<h-d been specially brought to his attention at the time, bo would have pured it. The deviation from the original plan was a serious one, undoubtedly. Since the collapse be bad examined the remains of the house and formed the opinion that the bonding was somewhat defectiva. Had the houding been good it might have tended to prevent the collapse.
alterations in the plan in no way infringed the provisions of the Building Ordnanes, The granting of the certificate must be Jakl, he Chought, to be an approval of the deviation by the Pallic Works Department.
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jury whether or not the degree of failure of Į duty is erin inal."
After an absenco of about half-an-hour the jury elarned into Coart. When asked for the verdict.
The I orvin id-Unanimously not gully of manslaughter.
His Lordship Let the prisoners be die- obarged.
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VENEZUELA
London, 10th December.
There is a reported rearudescenca of the revolution under General Matos, who ecm-
The Foreman-Your Lordship, moy the jarymanded the insurgents in the former outbreak. add a rider.
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Bia Lordship-You are here to try these men sad you have found them not guilty. That is all we have to do with it. However, let me hear your rider and I will consider it.
The Foreman-Pho jury desire to add this rider to their verchet “The jury oro of the opinion that the anthorities should adopt more sirlagent measures to prevent houses, being
we have given our verdiet, where incompeten
built in such a manner as in this case over whioli
men are left entirely to themselves without any ampervision whatever to erect houses in such a manner as to reader them most dangerous for human habitation and the public at large,"
than make a law. If juries choose to acquit The Attorney-General-We cannot do more people who disregard the law the responsibility is upon the goullomon of the jury; the authori. deue. The responsibility for the endangering ties can do no more than they have already of life is entirely apou the jury for the verdict they have given. We can do nothing more thau make the law which they disregard.
Hia Lardship-It is for you (the jury) to find tlus.rerdict. The respout. Bilty is após you. As regards the other part of the verdict, we are not legislators in this Courf. That is a mattor for the administration. What we wanted to know was whether this house was properly built nod if any blauw was attached to the prisoners. You hure acquitted them, and there is on and of the case.
The Attorney-General---There has been no white person killed yet by a collapas, Whon some white mau is killed the jury may take a somewhat more serious view.
His Lordship--They say in their rider, tånt measures should be taken to prevent houses being built in such a way as was dono in this case, and they return a verdict of not guilty,
The Attorney-General-By the rider they stultify themselves
His Lordship-If the jury wil not cousiet a man we cannot stop him from doing it; you cau make law, and yot you cannot hold that man responsibiu who baíds contrary to law.
The Attorney-General-They unanimously found that these incompetent persons are not guilty and think the authorities should take some strong measures--to do what I do not know. The rider is absolutely inconsistent with the verdict, and the verdict with the rider, taken together they stultify the jury. I would commend the jury in thefuture to adhere to their verdict and leave riders alone. It is often sufor to give a judgment without giving reusoch.
The jury were disuborg.d.
ARMED LODBĚRY,
Lo Wing and Sung Li ploaded not guilty to a charge of having committed armed robbery at Kukpy, Mira Bay, on 25th November.
The following jury was empanelled:-Messrs. H. E. Morris, J. Y. de la Bruehollerie, . G Barrett, G. AY-vanovich, R. II D. Mitchell, 18. Levy, and E. L. Lopes.
The asidence showed that during the night three robbers dropped through the roof of
farm-house at Kukpo, terrorised the inmates with a revolver ud a knife and got off with a quantity of clothing and a pair of silver imagies. The two prisoners were captured next day with some of the stolen articles in their possession,
The jury found both prisoners guilty. yours imprisoninent with hard labour and to His Lordship sentenced them each to five
recsivo 20 strokes with the birch during the first week, or their action in capturing the prisoners bis Lordship commended L. S. Wilson, P. S. 54 cmith and I. P. C. 555.
ANOTHER ARMED ROBBERY. panelled on a charge of having committed ---Wong--Ping-and-Ekrem Fong were cu armed robbery at Shok on 25th November.
They pleaded not guilty.
The following jury was chosen-Messrs. Mitchell, E. G. Barrett. 6. A. Yvanovich, S. F. de Jesus, P. P. da Cruz Pratta, B. H. B. J. Lopes, and A. G. G. Gordov.
After houring the evilence, which went to show that four mea, of whom the prisoners were two. entered a dwelling-bouse at night time armed with a revolver and a koife, threatened the iurates and stoio a larg amount of clothing and valuable, the jury
The United States have despatched sovon warships, under Admiral Devoy, to Venezuelau waters to watch the course of events. The United States will prevent any cession of territory.
London, 17th December. The German man-of-war Panther has gone to Maracaibo, to capture the remainder of the V-n-aulan fleet.
na to England. The Italian Minister is still at
Venezuela has replied to the Italian mole, which is not nu ultimafam, in the same terms.
Caraens-N-G. Daily News,
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Seoul, 11th December, Mr. E. Stein, Russian Chargé d'Affaires, Russia had no intention of areiling of Ye when cabing on Minister Hayashi, declared that Youg-ik's fight to the Russian Legation to obtain special advantages, and that Russia and never negotiated for a los to Cores.
THE PROGRESS OF MR. ORAMBERLAIN,
London, 17th December." Mr. Chamberlain bas visited Nair Ubi, And witnessed a war dance of the wussi.~~‚Ñ‚-C). Daily News,
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THE SHARE AND NORTHERN SIAM.
Kangtung, Tat December. A party of 25 rifles, with a Native Officer, under the command of Lieutenans Stacey, left on the 15th November to proceed with the Political Officer to the Siamese bordar nar Hawnglek, All is quiet on the Kenging side of the border, but as the Siamese troops advance to within a few days' march of Hawnglok, Shau fugitives with their families and belongings are French territory. entering Kengtung as well a The object of the Politicst Officer's tour is to help the Kengtung Shans in watching the ber der to prevent any dacoits or other undesirablo. characters from entering, also to co-operate and settle border matters with the Siamese anthorities and to reacve Siamese wild d exaggerated alarms of the reported contemplated invasion of North Siam by Kengtung Shuns.
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been accustomed to its use the quantity of Macke emitted is less than it was.
Mr. D. A. Thomas zakod the Secretary to the Admiralty whether his attention has been drawn to memorandum recently issned to senior officers on the Chin Station in reference to the friable naturo of Westport esl and this large proportion of small deal it coutained, and
which might be made by officers unacquainted desiring that ite value should be made known generally in order anticipate complaints wit the road; and would be say if it was the Practice of the Admiralty to anticipate com- plaints of atores applied to the Navy,
Mr. Pretyman: It was recently pointed ont to the Commander-in-Chief on the Chjua. various reasons, likely to comprise a larger Station that cargoes of Westport corl were for proportion of smal coal than is the ease with Wolah coal though the steaming qualities of the former had been found from experience sot directed to inform commanding officers of His to be affected seriously thereby, and be was Majesty' ships to this effect. It is probably to in Chef iu parsuance of these directions that the some memorandum issned by the Commander hos, member refors. The reply to the sercat part of the question is in the cogative.
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Frank Browne, Goveromrut Analyst, gare the results of his analysis of the mortar used in the building of the houses. One example, com- sidering its age and hardness, was good; the other was powdery, and there are bad."
The exomiuntion of Frederick Thomas Baines Hewitt, building surveyor attached to the Royal Engineers here, who attributed the collapse the weakness of the back wall, concluded the evidence, and the hearing was adjourned till today at 2.15 p.
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His Lordship said that this armed robbery was getting a very serions matter. It would have to be put a stop to. Every Sessions OW they had five or six of these cases of ruffians dropping through the roofs of houses and robbing poor villagers. The people stolen property were as bad as the robbers associated with these gangs and received the
themselves. He sentenced each of the prisoners to five years hard labour and to reeniva 20 strokes with the birch during the first work,
The Court rose shortly after four o'clock.
together." his wall was not properly bonded. It was for the jury to consider whether that ented to the fall of the wall. As regard the mortor there was seitlict of evidence Mr. To her said it seemed to be of fair quality. Mr. Hewett said it was not gol but on the good side of indifferent, sal that there was a straight joint for nearly the whole length of the building between the party wall and the front wall, and that was decidedly bad workmanship; the bouding was bad especialy at the corners, where it ought to be especially good; the corbelling courses. had mostly given and they were slanted instead of bring flat. Therefore the jury had got to this point, if they were ask what were the INOCULATION MISHAP IN INDIA. fault-nadieputed bait corvelling and bad Landing, No one bad-given any evi oncetosho The Indian Civil and Military Gazette writes: that they were good. If these things couhteed-It is evident that he good object can be to help to make a Wall falls this wall. fell stiained by keeping silence any longer ubout under a wind which was not of typhoon force, the unfortunate inoculation mishap at Mal was it not orgligence on the part of the man knowal. The subject for smo time now has who put it up? His Lordship builted that been public property in the Province, and while the jury had to consider now whether these. anen were guilty of a grave dereliction of their Government to get at the bottom of the case by we can sympathise with the desire of the dnty: a grave failure to comply with the
requira ments of the Act. If they wea, and that Act contributed to the fall of the wall, should the Jary think that the wall fell on the roof and killed the bay they were bound to fad the pri- Bo. ora guilty. If they bad any reasonable doubt about the matter, if they thought that the wind was of typhon force and that As. 12 fell in first and so brought the wall of No. 10 down, then it would not be the fault of these men He thought he had laid down the law and had given the facts to the jury. He would give them the rotura of the velocities of the wind on the day in question and ask them to retire and onsider their verdict and say whether there had been great failure of duty on the part of these men. The questious he would leave to them were: Was the death of the boy Wong Chun caused by the cullors of No. 12, Second Street Was that collapse caused by the full of the wall
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The Siberian route is clearly becoming popu- there was quite a rush of work at the French lar in Tientsin for mails. On Tuesday night
The officials are embodied courtesy in making post office on the Bund between 4 and 5 pm.
matters plain; and there is one soldier, who, though self-langht, speaks capital English. Mr. Labouchere asked the Under Secretary
Viceroy Chaug has censured Sheng Tai-tai
Government had given any pledges or entered a story surrent that Sheng declined a requested into any reciprocal agreements with any foreign loan to Chang when he was leaving Hupeb, and Power in regard to China or Japan of which that this has made an enemy of the Viceroy. this House has not boon made cognisant; whe ther it has given any such pledges or enterad into any such reciprocal agreements in regard to the Mediterranean orte any pantry abutting on it with any foreign Power of which this House has not been made cognisant,
Viscount Cranborne: I venire to hope that the honourable gentleman will forgive me if I am only able to reply that I have no statement to maks upon the onquiry which he has address- Prince Ching will most probably visit Japan say, would be contrary to the puldio interest. ad to me. Any other reply, he will allow me to for the Exhibition next year. He is too old to
Mr. G. Banles asked what protection would be affored by a vessel to British subjenta in the interior,
No answer was given,
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The repairing of the North Gate of Peking, KING EDWARD VII which was destroyed by the Allies, tas now been completed and trafic has been resumed through it.
building operations be so general in December. Never since the port has been opened have
at top speed, and incipient frost is apparently a The bricklayers and plasterers are all working forgotten quantity. A score of houses are well beyond the stage that the contractors ever
copper cent pieces will be started very shortly,
According to L'Impartial, the China Mer- chauts S. N. Co. bus not made such profits BA was expected, and there is Home talk of introducing foreign capital. The proposal is bas yet been arrived at. now before the Government, but no decision
THE CREW OF THE "TEREIHLE." Admiralty whether, in view of the fact that the Mr. Harmsworth asked the Secretary to the
before just the beginning of the Christmas leave, leave of the men of the Terrible would expire a close investigation of the whole facts sun the Lords of the Admiralty could see their way circumstances bearing on the unfortunate to allow the man to combine the two periods, so result, delay in issuing a clear statement, whichas to return after Christmes. we may take it for granted is intended, must give occasion for erroneous, if not wilfully the ports has to be arranged in connection with instituto has led to the Government giving in-
Mr. Arnold Forster: The Chrismas leave thought they would reach this year.
The great success of the Peking Industrial perverted reports and incorrect conclusions, The bare facts, us we have gathered them, are to personnel as a whole. The Admiralty de in connection with all primary schools.
the general duties of each port, and with regard A ructions for similar institutes to be established briefly as follow: After a series of inoculations not consider it desirable to instruct, the Comoro machinery has arrived for the Tientsin conducted by a European doctor in the unlander-in-Chief to except from the conditious Mint, and it is expected that the coinage of village of Majkowal, near Gujrat, where the the men of any individual ship. people come forward- freely, headed by their local officials, severni cures of illness occurred bad these rapidly become grave. Suspiciu was quickly directed to one particular phial of inoculation serum, and believe snb. sequent analysis has proved it must have been contaminated when issued. Martime the whole of the inoculated from that phial bad become dangerously ill, and nine tvert in all have tied from the effects of the contaminated of No. 10? Was the fall of the wall of No 10 serum. The Provincial Government, in view ovedssioned by the neglect of the defendants or of the risk that other phials might sise be either of them (and which) to use reasonable affected, ordered incenation to be stopped care and skill in the construction of No. 197 throughout the l'rovince, pending an investiga If so, was each neglect so gross as to amount to tion and elimination of serum that might be crixciual negligence? As to criminal neglig found open to suspicion. The source of con- euse his Lordship adopted the words of Justice tamination, we hear, has been traced to Bombay, Blackburn in Reg. v. Eyre, Finidunn's Report, but the canse is not yet made known. Moan. p. 57: Criminal negligence is a phrase con- while (be temper of the people has been beyond stantly used in criminal cases, but the amount all praise. They bare frankly recognised the of negligence that would make a man accidental character of the mishap, and profera responsible cannot be defined. It is not a little themselves ready to go ou-with-inoculation when, Failure in duty that would make him criminally and if, the authorities allow a fresh start to be DURING THE PAST 36 YEABB 500,000 tons of responsible, a great failure of duty undoubtedly medo. The ease of those dependent on theco have been burnt in manufacturing Lemone would. The line between the two is hard to unfortunate sufferers will, we are sure, meet to fill the little earthenware pots, known very define and must be left to a great extent in each with such practical sympathy and redress is is where. Temco is the genuine Liebig Com individul caso to the common sense of the possible at the bands of Government,
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The P. & O. sloamor Pekin left Singapore
Leith and London left Singapore yesterday for Line steamer Benlawers from this port
The P.M. steamer China suils from Yoko has for this port to-day.
The C.N. steamer Chingtu-kift Kobe for this port on 20th inst, and is expected to arrive here at daylight on the 25th inst.
Francisco on the 19th inst
The PM steamer Peru arrived at Sam
Gen. Chiang's troops in Peking, which buve been charged with the special duty of the suppressing of robbery and brigandage, have. tade but little progress on these lines. This is soy of the robberies are committed by mon hardly strange, perhaps, when we hear that
in nuiform,
Peking from Kalgan, where he hice liver fun, An Indian deserter has been sent back to some months indulging in a little high life, which has resulted in an accumulation of various ecstly garments, triskate and povies.
The China Timer regrets to hear of the death of M. André Pierre Rieurd, student-interpreter-t at the French Consulate, which took place at Tientsin en 7th inst, at the French Hospital General M. Ricard was 23 years of age, and had only been in China a few months. He was a pleasant and very promising young French-
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FOE
CHINA, JAPAN, COREA, INDO-CHINA, SIAM, STRAITS, SETTLEMENTS, MALAY STATES, NETHER... LANDS INDIA, PHILIP. PINES, BORNEO, &c.,
WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED
THIN CHINA DIRECTORY
THE
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HONGKONG DIRECTORY AND HONG LIST FOR THE FAR EAST FOR
1902. THE FORTIRth Annual Issue,