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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 24rn, 1924
**DAMAGED GOODS.” TENANTS · CLAIM AGAINST LANDLORD.
RAIN
SPOILS CLOTHING, -
In the Summary Court yesterday morn- The Strike Committee hindefinitely
·rejected' à settlement which does not ing. before Mr. Justice Dyer Ball, two include reinstatement of the Chineseses were heard in which damages were
chimed by trhaots agaidat a landlord) police who joined in the strike,
named Hing Kit Hing, of No. 67, Jervois The Canton finsette states that great Street, for erecting scaffolding and taking indignation has been aroused by the off the roof of No 3, Wing Lok Street. Shane
The plainka in the best case were the authorities springing this mantorproposal ↑
upon the strike Chung Tai Bank, oerupying, the ground Hoot. The plaintiff in the second case. delegation at the fast conference on
was Ng Ho Yan, who carried on a knit. Monday afterinen.,
ting business on the first floor. Rach plaintiff claimed $1,000 damnges, e
Mr. E. C. S. Brooks appeareil for the plaintiffs and Mr. A. R. Hal for defendants.
the
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DEEP WATER BAY MOTOR TRAFFIC INSPECTOR
FATALITY...
CILAUFFEUR CHARGED WITIE MANSLAUGHTER.
CHARGED WITH ASSAULT.
INCIDENT ON A FERRY WHARF.
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Chinese trade inspector on the Yau- mati Ferry appeared before Ma."R. Ë. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy yester,
STORY OF A JOY-RIDE," Wong Man, bute chauffeur to Mr. M. A..!
·Chinese, employed as alay at the Razack. share broker, was charged before charges with assaulting another Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Central Magis- tracy, yesterday, with the manslaughter tiveramus Civil Hospital, on July 6th, of Size Tung Leung, by negligently driving a motorcar (No. 1056) on the Aberdeen
Repulse Bay Road on June 29th.- Mr, K. all Brutton defendeik Plans of the neighbourhood of the fatality were put in by Mr. John Angwin. of the P.W.D., and Sergt. Bishop put in four photographs of the spot, taken on the morning of July 1st.
-Mr. Moosa Abdul Razack, of 29, Leigh
The strikers, it says, are not only in censed at what they consider is a breath of good-faith andthe part of the Shameen authorities but the argument advanced by
Mr. Brooks. said the plaintiffs were the Shaneen representatives, at Monday's conference is regarded as sporicus and served with a notice to quit, which, ex pired on April 26th at the notier was designed to wreak Vengeaner on the
invalid. On May 18th the larallon caused strikers by punishing a section of them."scaffolding to be ecseter. On May 21st Due contemporary tearns that, at a the glass was removed frau four or five meeting no Taveday, afternoon at the windows and tiles taken from the roof. Foreign Oflice Consals, tiles band de la Ou May gird in injunction was granted Pratke discussed the question, of the prohibiting the defendant from procesi lakong's with Dr. Wa, and the latter, iting with the creation of the menffolding.defendant drove the witness to the Kung
is understood, sigursted a way out of the
Mr. D'Almada Remedius defended. The complainant, giving evidence, stated that he was waiting to board the ferry bunch at Hongkong at about 3.90 P
when defendant, who was "behind! him, struck him on the left side of the head with a walking stick which he car- ried. This was quickly followed by a second blow on the left shoulder, and a third on the mouth, both with the stick.
Alter the fest blow, said the witness, defendant spoke for the first time, saging that he (witness) should nút try to board the lunch before all the passengers had disembarked. After the thin blow, wit- ess blew a whistle and struck him back. A Baropena police inspector, in plain clothes sent both the contestants up to the Central Station. There the witness took it a summons against the defen- dant,'
ton Hill Rond, said that on June 29th Elis he was the owner of ear No. 1956. regular chauffeur was it driving for him at that time, being on sick leave, and a substitute (the defendant; and tempor. Witness had no arily taken his place, cause to complain of the defendant's ability as a driver. but on one or two occasions had to caution him for fast driving. On the evening of "June 29th,
Mr. Remedios: Do you know that there Wo Hotel at about 7 pm Witness told
is a Pegulation that passengers are not" him to wait near his club in Hill Road. At midnight, witness illatgyered that allowed to embark before all the incrim neither the defendant nor the car was ating passengers have disembarked --No,
When was the first time you noticed the place appointed.
the defendant at all !---Ou the whäri shenj he struck we..
1 suppose if witnesses said that the
the
defendant was standing on the steps bar- ring the way to the Aed vinss launch, and shouting to the people not
On the same day a writ was issued.
The plaintif in the first case (that of impasse. Dr. We recommended that the the Bank) stated in the witness-hox that lukongs be reinstated on the fresh and he estimated the damage to his property clear understanding in writing or other at $500. A quantity of clothing, he said,
Witness caused enquiries to be inade, Wine, that the lukengs hereafter were not blankets, etc., bul beer datinged.
Mr. A. E. Hall suggested to the Court and later received 'certain information. to participate in any strikes, since their
that the damage bal been over estimated. Defendant had no permission from hin employment by the Municipal Councils
He asked that the damaged goods could to take anybody anywhere in the car that Was regarded as being in ailifférent
be produced for inspection. He can say night. Witness had previously warned category_from, that of the employees of all his goods were dantiged, but we do the defendant that he must not take any
to go down until the passengers had dis- not know if that is so," said Mr. Hallone out without his permission.
Mr. Brooks said they could not prove Sergeant Alexander asked if the defen- embarked, they would be telling a lie.7--- very much actual dame, but he thought dant had ever driven Mr. Razack on the He was not doing that." the conduct of the landlord could be Aberdeen Repulse Bay Road. The wit-Theri can you explain why he should strike you He struck me without pro- described as outrageous. A soler institu- ness replied in the negative. tion like bank could not afford to have water going through the ceiling. The landlord, Mr. Brocks admitted, put the roof hack.
commercial Erms on the Shamec
Whether this reasonable-suggestion will be accepted by the Sheet authorities as a way goal of the our difficulty that blocks the strike settlement reamins to
Afr. Hall Brutton? Your asual time for
leaving the clul, was any time between midnight and 1.30 am, 7-Yes.
DEAD MAN'S INJURIES.
vocation.
I put it to you that the true story is that the defendant, was harring your way i with outstretched hand, that you "struck. his hand down, and descended two steps?
dens, that
be seen, says our contemporary..
In a leading article on the strike the Cantum Gastle says: His Majesty the
King's regulations and other abstruse! aths and formalities are all very well for London's sick and span policemen. But the Jukengs" who are employees of the before" piving his decision in the first Mortuary, said that im June 30th he made went down the two steps, the defendant
themselves as
the
Shamcey Municipal Councils from Hitle or nothing of the high-brow complexities that form part of the mental gymnastics and gyrations of the British policemar The Shameen laköngs are, in fact, hit little more than watchmen, Regarding no better or worse than cthern Stamped amployees the Jukongs joined the trike. And since the negotiations have been conditeted on the basis of an all-embracing reinstatement of the strikers, the strike jenders can see Do justification for the discrimination against the lukongs. The demand for their exclusion from the strike settlement is regarded as unwarranted and vindic tive."
"OFFICIAL ENCOURAGEMENT.
#ROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT, I
His Lordship said he would proceed with a similar case brought by the first floor tenant agaialt the same landlord,
ense.
Mr. Brooks said the plaintiff in the second case was the tenant of the first floor of the same premises. He carried on a knitting business and lived there with his family. The facts as to the erection of scaffolding, etc, were the seas in the last case. The windows were taken out and the roof taken off An injunction was granted on May sad. During the time the windows were out he employed two watchinen to look after the property. He suffered considerable damage to his various properties. As an instance of this. he said, two bales of cotton, yarn were damaged, resulting in a loss of $100.
After hearing the evidence in the second case his Lantiship adjourned the proceed ings pending the production in Cours of the damage goods. These were in due. 'course presented for inspection
Dr. Minett, Government Bacteriologist and Officer in charge of the Victoria
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- I put it to you further that when you a post-mortem cxamination of the dead took you by the arm and told you to body of a Chinese nikle who was identi wait-le did not take my fed as Sze Tung Leung, Deceased had struck me.
the outer I put it to you that you kicked the a deep triangular cut' over angle of the eye on the left side, two defendant, and a free fight ensued inches by one-and-a-half inches, down to "No I did not strike him until he struck the bone, and a fracture of the bone me three blows.
When you had the defendant lought beneath. There was a fracture neroas the use of the skull. The cause of death each other, you both fell to the ground, was shock following the injuries to the did you not?-No. Neither of us fell
Defendant, in the witness-hox, said that brain,
Wong Tong, Mi. Razack's regular chauf-be bud been employed by the present feur, said he had knows the defendant Yauraati Ferry Company since the first" some three or four months When wit moon this year. Before that he had been next was sick, and obtained leave,, he with the old company for three years. sent defendant as substitute, knew nothing of the accidens until Mr. Razick sent for him afterwards.
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Witness
Do the 6th inst, he was standing on the top of the steps leading to the lower deck of the ferry launch, with outstretch- Mr. Hall Brutton: When you say you ed arms, telling people to keep back had sick-leave, you were driving for Mr.until all the passengers were off the boat. Razack during the day? Yes.
When did you first get this leave
According to the committee in charge of In the ease of the Bank his Lordship About twenty days before the accident!
allowed $100, durages and awarded $25'
the strike against Shanece, it has plentyanage in the ease of the tenant with
And you chose this man because you
Cumplainant knocked witness' arm down and forced his way past. When he had gone down 'two steps, witness seized the sleeve of his jacket, telling him to wait, Complainant said that anyone who had You know Mr. Razack's habits pretty paid his fare could go aboard at any time. Witness stopped him from going well ?--Yes.
ut funds to assist. those how out of wyth the knitting business and ordered the knew him to be a careful drivėr.?—Yes,
Mrs. Ma Chiu Chan, formerly Mish, Shen
Wai Liu, is chairman of a sub-committee defendant to pay as wages for the
in charge of raising funds to support the watehoren employed by the first Beer
strikers. Sume 450 strikers only require Jire. Ma is any donetary assistance. wife of 3. Mn Chih Chun. director general of Kwangtung Arsenal and formerly a labour leader. 31r. Mais chief representative of a group of Chi-j nese mediating between the Sbamčen Municipal officials and the strikers.
tenant.
CORRESPONDENCE.
"THE TYPHOID SCARE!” (TO THE EDITOR OF THE “HONGKONG
DAILY VERS."]
He used to leave the club between mid-any further, and the complainant came Witness back and kicked the witness. n.. 1-Yes. night and
blew his whistle and struck complainant hack with his fist. They both struggled and fell. At the Central Police Station the witness was offered a forin and asked
And his instructions to the chauffeur were to wait for him until he should come, whenever that night be--Yes.
THE CRASH BRSCHIEED.
a summons.
In answer to the Magistrate, the de plainant got a cat op his head when they fendant said that he thought the com fell down.
Anuther witness corroborated the defea dant's story of the wharf incident,
His Worship said that the evidence showed that the complaint was the aggressor, and the summons would be
bee Kwong, a licensed motor-car driver, if he would like to summons the complain stated that at about 10 p.m. on June 20thant, but he replied that it was a small St.-Muddy water even though it is he was waiting for his master at West matter and that be would not take out Poidt He saw the defendsat who asked Cauton officials are leading encourage of "excellent quality is very KD- ment to the strike by giving the strikers palatable, but it won't give people if he would like a ride. Witness agreed, typhoid. On the other hand part of the a free hand and the Civil Governor, se- Pokfulam entenent area, bolor the ner and went in front with the defendant, plying to a recent request of the French motor rod, has for many months been who was driving. There were four men Consulate General is Shameen, has in liable to surface contamination owing to
Three wen and the woman sat on the timated that the Chinese tiverament is the large number of work people engaged dine woman in the back of the var.
upon this work. powerless to interfere with a matter out- aide its jurisdiction, but, upon being asked to do so, will be willing to des putch police to the concession to preserve peace and order, although Shamcen is outside Canton police control. The com mittee, in charge of the strike" is acting as it if were a government orgań, going, as far as arresting perecus for entering
dismissed.
الوله
It would be reassuring if the Director rear seat, and one man on one of the of Public Works was able to state that precautions had been taken in this re-collapsible seats in the centre. Witness spect, by providing properly constructed did not know any of his companious ex- fitrine nccommodation for these people; cept the defendant. He had occasion, tu with drainage coupected to the sewer remonstrate with the defendant, who was BUS RIVALRY AT KOWLOON, and not to a dump. Perhapa we may hear this at the next meeting of the Sanitary driving very fast. He spoke to him about
it four or five times. Board.-1 am, yours Inithfully.
PLUNKETT'S GẤP,
Just before they reached the bottom
of the hill at Deep Water Bay, witness
MAGISTRATE'S SHARP REMARK FROM THE BENCH. "The trouble is that if you people see
bent down to pick up a packet of a bus belonging to another company in,
THE LATE HON. "MR. A. cigarettes He then heard his name front of you, you try to pase it straight |
LOWE'S ESTATE.
or departing from Shumeen. The com "mittee chained up a coolie on July 21st
called in a very frightened voice by the of, and I won't have it, remarked. Alr. for having given service to i Shamcen firm by carrying provisions to the can NO OFFERS FOR KELLETT LODGE defendant, and looking up, saw that the W. Hamilton at the Kowloon Magis car was falling. It crushed through the tray yesterday, when fining a motor-bus
Curonation Road. pession.
The property known as Kellett Lodge, railings to the left of the bridge, and driver $5 for dangerous driving in No. 180, The Peak, included in the estate fell into the stream below, in which it of the late don. Mr. A. R. Lowe, was turned turtle. Witness was imprisoned Put up for sale yesterday afternoon by beneath it, but was not much hurt. Ife public auction at Messrs. Lammert Bros. was released by the defendant. Coolies There was a very small extricated the others, some of whom raised cries. Later, he was taken by auction rooms. nutendatco. some, to getting passes at all. "The com Mr. Lammert opened the auction by motor ambulance to the Government Civil mittee is willing to allow the photograph asking for advances on $50,000, but no Hospital. provision to stand as desired by the Shabids were forthcoming, and the property The hearing was adjourned until next
Tuesday. meon authorities,
Reports are current that the committee is not meeting the expectation of the strikers who, it is stated, are still opposed to offering photographs for passes and
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