KOWLOON RESIDENTSTM
ASSOCIATION. ALORE POLICE FOR KOWLOON,
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5TH, 1922.
THE TALE OF A BICYCLE. FAILURE TO REPORT THEFT LEADS TO LOAN OF MACHINE
HANGED IN A POLICE CELL DETERMINE CASE OF SUICIDE.
"YESTERDAY'S DEATH INQUIRY.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR A
NUISANCE.--
LAND INVESTMENT COMPANY-
FINED.
Kowloon residents will be pleased to
If Genresso Cuiro, a Kowloon Youth,
An inquiry in the death of a petion. Hearn that, in sponse to a letter of pro-had reported the loss of his bicycle to the
The hearing, was concluded. yesters teur regarding the lack of adequate polle police at the time when he first missed prisoner who committed suicide in 'a' cell ́i at the Kowloon Water Police Station was
day, before Mr. Hamilton, at the Magis. proustion, the Kowloon Residents Asso. is, instead of nearly a month later, it is
ating is received a definite promise quite likely that it would have been rafternoon, by Mr. R. E. Lindell. Conver
gonducted at the Magistraes, pesterdag tracy, of a summons against the, Hong- kong Land Investment Company, as the from the Government that mon police covered and returned to him. will by stationed in Kowloon. The tidylut was able to identify the role as his Sherman, Yung Taz Ming and Omar.
As it was The jury was composed of Messrs. T. Flowers of Nigra, Che Ching, La for
failing to comply with a notice to abatej rurin letter, which, was read at the the Magistency, yesterday, when three
puisance by clearing a choked waste) Com-
Inspector Reid, of the Sanitary Depart mett, gave evidence of the service of the
lif „Ollicer in chargs of Kowloon and the Now 7. The Magistrate asked why the surunions.
Magistrate that the biggele was given toi
En, the witlussdes the youth told the Territories. said that on the afternoon of was served on the owners
the 19th uh, has went to the Water Podice laspector Reid said he visited the houses. (Station, in response to a telephone call, in the lane to determine who was him by his uncle, during the revent soa- men's strike. There was a mark "Botelh and found the deceged lying deuil de pensible, but found that the gratings in Bros. on the frame, but this had fren of the cells with a mark round, bis, the kitchen sinks on each of the three painted user. ment stating that although it could not from his home about three weeks ago that death was due to strangulat
The machine disappeared trek. A puskaugtein examination showed Hours were muchoked se, as one of the]
The devrased was found lead, hanging ordinary donthly meeting of the Chinese were charged with reiving the from the grating above the cell door. He pipe, mmittee held on Monday evening, furik eyele, knowing it to have been stolen had tied his trommers to one of the basi
aluted that “ the recent arrival of recruits from England makes it possible to trans fer more Europears to Kowloon vand the Aintic Patine will be brought fully up to rirength on the arrival of the men whe she coming from Weihaiwat,"
HE CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND.
Along the other interesting mintters deal: with was a letter from the Govern-
de its way clear to increase the covered-in ecomandation at the children's play- grond in hathain Resad, such as Committee had applied Jor, it had no objection to the enetion of qudditional: wing. The Public Works Desjarrment is now being ennsalted on the matter.
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property, but the police were unable to secure a conviction" and consequently the: bicycle remains the property of one the three defentiants.
did not report the matter is the polier...
The Magistrate (Mr. "Landsell) : Why didn't you make a report to the police
The gut I thought i was at best (soovewhere, so 1 did not worry,
and placed his neck in the loop.
Dr. Smalley, Governmen
Medical notice.
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tenants appeared to be responsible he In reply to the Coroner, the witnesseserved the sunmugs on the owners, Said it was possite for the man to the Mr. W. J. Wilkinadu, overseer of the the sof his trousers to a bar of th
Hongkong Land Investment Company, gracing is chubing on top of a tub who represented the Company in the case, the gelf and then put his neck into the food 'produced certain docupents relative to a so formed sat kick away the tub.
pervato agreement with the Sanitary! Department which fixed the responsibility
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in these cases,
documents, said there was a letter from The Magistrate, after perusing the
the Medical Offeer of Health stating that istuce notices should be served on the lessees of Chinese tenements owned by the
Continuing the wienes said he haut
Sgt. H. R. Langley, abe Water
· two bieyeles and cutisemently he did num
Police; snid he was on' chârge-room dnes other much about the one that was It was also ported that in all prob-i
on the 19th just. The deceased was alone ability Kowloon, will have its own bathingtoden. On Monday afternoon he was told.
in No. 1 cilt and there was another facilities text pear, although this matter
[[by a friend that he had seen the bicycle.
prisoner in No z velk Tweet, &.IN. is still in the wegethaďion stage.
in a shop at Taumeti. "He went there It is
apl 19 moh Witness visited the cell, -hoped that befoe nuother bathing seem then reported the matter to the pore,
and recognised the biggels as his. He
18ice and found everythings in order. In nie mal arrangements will be rum.
The Magistrate: Had any change on the afternoon witness väitet? dhe vells at
right. There were two Chiese constable, ly, the Department could not fix the
responsibility on any of the tenants. Calvo, replied that the tyres. when dute in the charge-room.
My ti. R. Sayer. Head of the Sanitary saddle had been change. He identitetstructions were to visit the cells at mg The report of the Hes. Treasurer show the handle bars by a wooden grip which sular intervals, but there we constable ment, who coincted the secu ed that there had been a further increage had a peculiarity. One of the petals feul stually on well duty At Ba0 pm wit tim, said it was admitted that the drain in the Association's membership during been changed.
miss was pilieved by bergeant day. Alone was choked, and the Department had ser: the past month, whilst the "Bnancial fasi: In reply to do Magistrate, Calvo said that time he had instructed "a" Chinese - Ved antires in the defendants which were tion is aminghtly sabi-factory,
he first missil the bicycle on the bed art constable to count the prisoners in the not complied with. The only defence was Jth of September.
Scells in order to make up his prisoners that the Company had a private agrea. tercard before going off duty. A few ment with? the Department, that notices
ted whereby a swimming pool, with all made to it except that the frame lief 15 pins. and, again,, everything, was a defendant Company, In this case, appar-
the necessary dressing Accommodation, been painted over t will have been provided in Ilunghom Bay. INCREASED MEMBERSHIP.
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LEARNING TO DRIVE. DISPUTE OVER A COURSE OF LESSONS.
th-truction
An acting concerning a' for pail for
Motor car drvolg น! beard by the Paine Judge Jr. J. R. Merid),yesterday morning.
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Asked if he had any questions tour, the first defeģlant said he bought the second later the constable come running in respet of nuisances were to be served bisycle from the seeong defriplant "last
back`and made a 'report, in consequence on the sub-lessees. Whilst admitting the of which witness Visited No. ill and existence of such an agreement, Mr. Sayer year. The secondi defendant in turn said he purchased the machine from the thiril
Uery fand the deceased lunging from pointed out that the Company had tha the grating above the door. He had takoil remedy, if they had an objection to being defendant on November 20th, 1929.
off his trousers and serged the waistband summoned in the present case, to ask for" to the grating above the cell door.
review of the notice under the Ordin-i The foroger: How but he got up soapce. All they had to do, after receipt highs-Witress; J the left-hand corne of the notice, was to remind the Depart- of the cell there was a-bucket. He may ment of the agrement. there reached the grating and then swangi deal with the sub-leesses of the Company The Sanitary possibly have stood on this and from Department, on many occasions, had to
quite loose. Continuing, witress said that plained that the register in which the himself of the bucket. The noose was this matter of notices, and be com-
it down. It was still warm, but dead. Sergeant Joy held the body while he cus Company was required to fill in the nameš of the tenants bad not, until lately, been A Chinese constable deposed thất he had instructions to visit the cells ni kept up-to-date so as to keep the Depart intervals of half an hour. The deceased mental officers fully acquainted with the was taken out for police inquiries be particulars required. In many cases is
Chinese defective gaze evidence as to visiting the Ming sâm inyele" sleep, at No, Ha Nathan Bosal. na According to the story of the wouldbe)
Monday after driver to Indian), the proprietor of the Doon. The complainant there identified; Star Garage agreed on Wane Burt to teach the bigete as his. The firs: defendant him autor driving in consideration of the said he was the master of the shop and plaintiff paying him 200 down and an took him in Kowloon City where the other in when the plaintiff Seared his second and third defendants lived. The driver's. Broner. When he went to the second man said he purchased it from the garage for he first lesson the Chinese third man and the third man from an drivers refused to touch Him and when he elder brother. saw the propriitor (Me."Silvaj about ap Examined by the Magistrate, the first, the latter said that," it being sommer defendant said that he did not keep an time. they were too busy to trach him account books now and that his account tharmonth.
fendant.
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When he called again Me, boks for the last year had been destroytween 9 am, and 19.30 p.m. During the had been the experience of the Depart- Silva told him that there was no timed. He had a bit proving that he pur afternoon witniss visited the cell 5 or 6 meat, it serving notices of nuisances com- to teach him, and advised him, as he chased the machine from the second de-Lines, the last occasion being at 350 p.m. mitted, that the tenants would say that would not be able to understand instruc tions given by Chinese, to go to an Indian driver to learn. Later on Mr. Silva re paid $10 and proraised than the balance
The Magistrate said he did not think that any ense had been made out. The bicycle seemed to have been entirely alter, Fed though it was shown quit openly in
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hould be foltheeming in the following the shop, and that was not very far from 18th for secaling a pair of steps from the Company must be summoned.
to count the prisoners, and he then found of the tenements, Someone must be held At 3.30 p.m. Sergt. Langley sent him back they had nothing to do with the upkeep the deceased hanging by his neck."
responsible and. failing to fix the res Sub-Inspector Shantion said the deceasponsibility arpon any of the tenants, tho fed was arrested on the morning of the Kowloon Theatre. He was charged be.
Mr. Wilkinson, replying to what Mr.
make an order for the return of the custody pending further enquiries re
Inspector Willie:
fore the Magistracy, the same morning. Sayer had said, informed the Magistrate Will your Worship pleaded guilty, and was remanded in
that it was his practice to visit houses on
The Magistrate, I cannot do oner to Yaumati and there frcovered a biegele:
garding the theft of a number of chairs receipt.of a sanitary notice. In this case, At about 9.30 am, witness took the pris the notice was 48 hour one and this There is no ésuviction and unless is the property cannot revert,
month. He also undertook to give Hark where it was stolen, the 1.0.0, which the plaintiff had given in respeed of the $100 to be paid when he got his rent? The plaintiff claimed the return of the balance of $70 and of the 1.0.0. and costs of the action.
that
there
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The defence was that after the plaintiff. had been given two lessons he came so i Mr. Hilva and asked him for $50 with Arey willing to return the bicycle which to procure à passage to Singapore, to the complainant?" asked the Magis Mr. Silva gavo hiru 80 and said that if rate of the first defendant," he returned to Hongkong he would be The man replied that he could not
I had paid for the machine. permitted, on giving back the gon, toj continge the lessons."
The three defendants were then charged.
number of chairs and buckets. Prisoner gave him no chance of seeing that the was returned to the cell at 12.30 gram,work was done. He added that he had He was then cheerful and gave the police been with the Company for thirteen years all the information required.
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In reply to the Coroner, Inspector and this was the first summons he had geen Angus, in charge of the Water Police served on the owners Station, said that the constables on.
charge-room duty were izstructed to dis-visit the cells at regular intervals of
half-an-hour.
did not ask for a review of the notice, Asked by Mr. Hamilton as to why he
Mr. Wilkinson replied that the present Ascertaining that the plaintiff was now Addressing the complainant, the Magis The Coroner, in summing up, said was an isolated case and they had never desirous of continuing with the lessons, trate said: You lost your bicycle and there seemed to be no doubt as to the the Judge suggested that the case should you took no steps to recover it until your cause of death. The only point was expected the "work would have to be dozą badjourned and that in the meantime friend told you where it was, and that whether or not the Jury was satisfied by them, the plaintiff should repay the $30 and was some time afterwards. As it is, the with the police precautions. If they con-
dourse...
The Judge: I think the offer of $30 was a mean offer.
SERIOUS
AGAINST
A DOCTOR.
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The Magistrate, in imposing a fine of
the parties should proceed with the first defendant bought the bicycle in allsidered that this casualty could not have $25, said the agreement did not affect of good faith and therefore you must lose been prevented they would return a plain Mr. M. W. Lo (for the defence) gaid your machine:
verdict of spicide." If they desired to add concern him at all. He was there to that he would press for coêts as big client
any comment to their verdict they were administer the Ordinance and was not wie willing, all along, to give the
at liberty to do so.
bound by any agreement made outside the lessona,
After a brief absence the Jury returned CHARGE
a verdict of suicide, to which they added Court. It was quite clear that the notice the following rider-
which had been served on the owners had The date for bearing the case, in which door way and also where the cross-bare was not concerned save one point, that the That the bars of the cells' abave the to be complied with. With the rest be intersees the vertical bars should be pro Company had neglected to take advantage ected on the inside by and mesh netting of considerable strength to prevent oc of the remedy available to them.
pants of the cells so future taking a similar course to that outlined in the present case,"
Mr. Lo: Not from a business point of view perhap
Finally it was agreed that the plaintiff Dr. W. T. Cheung is charged with making should pay $10 towards the defendante a false statement to the Registrar of costs and that the case should be adjourn. Births and Deaths in respect of the death ed sine die in order that the course sug of a Chinese, has been fixed for Friday gosind by the Court might be adopted. afternoon, the 13th inst. The case will be
Mr. H. O. Loo represented the plain heard before Mr. Hamilton."
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