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BUS AND CAR COLLISION.
THE ACTION FOR DAMAGES. INSULTING THE INTELLIGENCE OF | »WAGES CLAIM FOR PERIOD
ECHO OF THE PIRACY OF CHEUNG CHAU LAUNCH.
THE COURT. “--,,
The action was continued in the Sum mary Court yesterday morning, in which the Chang Mei Garage Co, Ltd., sucd
OF CAPTIVITY.
SEQUEL TO AN ISLAND
TOUR..
THE DRUNKEN COOKNEYS"
CASE.
SHANGHAI HOTELS CO.
The piracy of the Cheung Chau: ferry | JUDGMENT FOR THE HONGKONG AND launch. Lee Fat, of a year ago, was re- called yesterday when a case was open.
in the Summary, Court, in which a
EXCITING EPISODE NEAR
STAR FERKT.
| EUROPEAN, INDIAN AND CHINESE IN THE HARBOUR.
the Chung Hing MotorBus Company for shop calie sard his employers. thesterday morning, Mr. Justice Dyge Ball. naught Road just after.. p,m, yesterday
$500 damages Ude as the result of a collision in the New Territories...
Mr. Cl. Lyson appeared for the plaintiff company and Mr. 6. S. Hugh Jours represented the defendant com-
Rauta
According to the plaintiff's story told to the Court on the previous day, whilst the plaintiff's car was groceding up a
dant's Bus in passing grazed the front
iate a projecting mock ut the side of the rand and thereby exusing it snsiderable
damage.
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Chrung Shung Wo Oil Company for seng ring wages du tar of the questions raised, in the case was 48 to what was the offer on the engagement contract of a man who haal béim eaptured by pirates. Mr. C. A. Russ was for plaintiff and Mr. J. T. Prior for the defendant.
Mr. Russ, outlining the case for the plaintiff, said his client's wages at the
The
DOUBLE ATTEMPT AT RESCUE.
Considerable excitement was occasion- Sitting in Summary Jurisdiction yes cl uearby the Douglas Pier on Con- delivered judgment in the case in which, when first an Indian guard and then a the Hang Lok Motor Garage Company European were seen to dive into the sued the Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Water. The Indian was seeking a Chi- nese coolic who, whilst carrying a bundle Co., Ltd. for $933 damages. The case is the one in which two cars collided the gangway of the ss. Hui Sing (which was just about to leave port), during a tour round the Island.
knocked his head against a spar and, plaintiff's car was occupied by three tumbled overboard. Whilst the Indian. European policemen off duty, whilst the was searching for the coolie, Mr. T. G. fand a well known Cathedra! Chorister),
Ferry observed him in the water. Mr. Patterson, thinking that the Tadian was. in difficulties, promptly dived after him. Both eventually hauled ibemselves ashore, but the coolie's body was not recovered.
In consequence of the accident, the
hill at Tai Lan Ting village, the defen crucial period were 11 a mouth, and be defendant's car was engaged by a party Patterson, of Messrs. Anderson and Ashe was entitled to a share of the perquisites. of American sightseers of the portion of the ear causing it to swerve in consequence of that right, the con.4merican party, a Miss Councilman, passing along the Praya 'towards the Star net was for a period of one year, and wrote a letter to the defendant Company it continued for another year unless ho describing the accident in which she was dismissed before the 2nd day of the stated that the plaintiff's car was
ineen. In October of last year, he Me. Hugh Jones, in his dress for the first time to get the ungehat occupied by "four drunken Cockness defruce, said that it was necessary 10 hand this was granted. On his way back Delivering judgment, his Lordship said exatune such points of evidence agreed to Hongkong the launch Lee Fal, was Epun, by both parties and such points captured by pisates and the whole of the it was clear that the defendant, Com-
ran obliquely into the rear delayed. passengers were taken to the pirates' den pany's car in the Beungshan district. About April right wheel of the plaintiff Company's of this your plaintif escaped and found
departure of the Hai sing was slightly
fault somewhere TSUN WAN ROBBERY ECHO.
SIX CHINESE CHARGED AT
which spoke for themselves. it was agreed that this car reçoived'injuries on the day in question and that such in
his way to Hongkong where he was again car. There had been n canployed by his old fr." He did not for there was room for three cars to Both juries were caused by ang impact with a wish to say anything against pirates, but stand in that part of the road. rock at the side of the road. It was their standard of hospitality to their further agreed that the right rear mud guests was rather loy, and when he re-drivers had stated that they were on their guard of the car had been slightly bent plaintiff was poor in health. I side of the road, but that was obviously Wie given ten days' trave and he work.
wrong or the necident would not have and also that there were garis slighted, after Iris return, until the 7th day of
the 6th . when he was dismissed, taken place. scratches in the rear part of the lus
and the only reason could be. found in The gestion to be decided was: How the fact that he askud if was entitled did the car come into contact with the for wages for the time he was away. rock The plaintiff's east was that the
The question, said Mr. Buss, defendant's hus pushed the car into the Was whether the plaintiff's detention by pirates was sußßeient to terininate his Pock. The defendant's evidence showed contract.
CLAIM FOR WAGES.
KOWLOON.
An echo of a recens armed robbery in the New Territories which was widely reported in the local Press at the time, was heard at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday afternoon.
with the affaiz.
W
Charge A, brought against all the de- fendants, was that on August 20th at Sham Tseng village, Tsun Wan district, being armed with certain offensive wea poas, to wit a revolver and an iron bar, they made an assault upon Fu Fat, Fu Sang, Fug. and Fu Kam Sang, and stole 50, three tias of cigarettes; and some packets of cigarettes in one jacket, the property of Fu Fat.
His Lordship gave it as his opinion that both cars were too much in the
Six Chinese, Wai Tsaa, Lo Tam, Pun centre of the road and therefore both were Man, Ngai Chan, Li Sno, and Chan Fat, to blame. Both drivers tried to avoid aappeared before Mr. W. Hamilton, collision but the superior speed of the charged on various counts in connection that the plaintiff's car was being driven į The Assistant Managing Director of defendant's car carried it into the other, carelessly, and that there were three the defendant firm, giving evidence, said He considered that there had been con the plaintiff had been with the firm for people sitting, in the front seat where wors and nine months when he tributary negligence. He would give there should only have been two. Two obtained permission to go to his home judgment for the defendants, and reserve of the people in the front seat had, their in the entry for a short time. Nothing the question of costs. hands on the steering wheel. The bus mure was beard of him until he returned as it came up behind sounded its born in April of this year. Witness paid him and the plaintiff's earlmoved further over his wages up to the tenth moon and com- to the left hand side of the road, thus tuussion ag to the ninth moon, an extra striking the rock which projected slightly, month's anges being paid him as a special The car stopped dead and at the same Lin the rear portion of the car swing
ut into the middle of the road. The Procrning, bus at that time wa yards behind the ear. It stopped and then moved and again and the driver of the defendant bus admitted, actual physical contact with the ear which was due to him omit ting to make a big enough sweep in pass ing the car. The hus slightly grazed the body of the car but it was so light that the driver did not feel the impact. In Mr. Justive Dyer Ball delivered conclusion Mr. Hugh Jones pointed out that the maximum damages had beendent yesterday in the Suaniary asked for and asked that judgment bei Loure in the action brought by Messrs. given for the defence with costs.
JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFK
vent
The case was later adjourned to this
LIBEL ACTION. JAMES A. RABITT « SAMUEL H. WC.
PLAINTIFY AWARDED DAMAGES,
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Davis & Co., Ltd., and James A. Rabbit Against Samal II. Wu for $1,000 damages for life. When the ease was heard on September 18th, the defendant was not present in Court, weither was he repre- seated. The plaintiffs was represented by Mr. Ir. 1. Binke.
His Lordship, in delivering judgment. said: This is a case in which most of the vidence was take de bene ease. At the hearing the defendant did not appear and does not dispute the claim. claim is for $100, in order to bring it within the jurisdiction of the Summary
Air son, for the plaintiffs, submitted. that he was entitled to the innages asked for as his case had been amply borne out by evidence. if he might im allowed to express an opinion he considered that the dignity of the Court had been affront ed and its intelligence insulted by the in which the principal witness for the defence had given his evidence. lis Lahhip had been told that the plain tiff's car had been zig-zagging about the road for five minutes-which
was the Court. equivalent of a couple of miles- before the accident. If this was so why did But the bus stop instead of attempting to pass a car that was zig-zagging. By attempting to pass, the driver of the hus was endangering the lives of his passen gers, the bus being fully loaded. The Court had also been told that the wheel of the plaintiff's car was handled by foor bands. That was another instance of how the intelligence of the Court had been insulted. A driver might teach a beginner in his spare time but he would not do so when there were seven or eight passengers in his car. In shipport of the plaintiff's story Sergt. MeWalters had said that there were marks on the road where the car had been pushed into the side of the road.
The
A CHAUFFEUR'S ACTION.
A case was heard before his Lordship, the Acting Chief Justice sitting in Summary Jurisdiction, yesterday morn ing, in which an Indian chauffeur (Gulam Mahomed) sued his employer, Kartar Singh for 380 being wages in arrears Mr. T. G Bennett, for the paintiff, said the defendant was proprie
or of a garage and he employed the plaintif as one of his chauffeurs at the ginaing of May, at $50 a month. The plaintiff stayed in his employ until July th during which time he only received
on account. The defendant, who was not represented, said he had not received notice to quit from plaintiff and he had deducted 820 from the arrears, owing to the plaintiff, because of this. He also deducted another $20 because the plain tiff had smashed a car. The agreement was that the plaintiff should be paid 10 a month and not $30. His Lordship
He would therefore said he was inclined to believe the fendant's story. enter judgment on that basis, for $17.
NEW FIRE - ALARMS.
His Lordship considered that the plain- tiff had discharged the onus placed upon hing, and gave judgement for him with costs, assessing damages at $500.
According to the writ the libelius SIX MORE ERECTED IN KOWLOON. statement appeared in a letter published by W The libellous portion of the FURTHER ADDITIONS FOR VICTORIA letter was as follows:-
against
4F:-
Road.
CITY,
Of what James A. Rabbitt has said. certain portion of ineir cargoes were
Six new fire alarms have now been Their positions delivered to our (leverument against the erected in Kowloon. late General Chao Wing-sca's receipt was These car-
Nathan Road. corner of Haiphong only a feiad (?) statement. goes that had been delivered to the late
Nathan Road, corner of Austin Road. General Chan Wing-sen were additional payments and there cargoes
Nathan Road, corner of Gascoigne
Road. were something else, such as ready-made gunpowder, Thompson machine guns, rifles and cartridges, etc., which cuire His Lordship gave judgment for the from the very same steamer Woudrichem plaintiff for $215.38 and coses and in and were landed up to Whampoa."
(Mr. Blake contended that the word doing so congratulated Mr. Hugh Junes
en the way he had conducted the caserial implied falsehood).
for the defence, although it was new to
hi The evidence given by the defence, however, did not hear the stamp of truth,
THE CHINA STATION.
RECENT APPOINTMENTS.
Shanghai Street, corner of Jordan
Road.
Charge B., also against all defendants, was that on the same date-on the Taun Wan-Castle, reak Road, they had in their possession che seven-chambered revolver and seven rounds of ammunition without a licence from the C.SP.
Charge C. affected the fifth and sixth defendants only, and was to the effect that they had in their possession at 16 Yat Tak Road, Kowloon City, 57 rounds of ammunition without a licence. this charge, the two men were remanded" until next Friday afternoon.
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Charge D. was brought against the fifth defendant only, and alleged that on the Tsan Wan Castle Peak load on August 20th, he had unlawfully in his possession 12 percussion caps.
BIX ARMED MEN.
An early witness was Mr. R: Earashaw, who stated that on August 99th at about a pan., he left Kowloon driving a seven. seater car with some friends in it, to go to Castic l'eak.
When close to Tsun
Wan, witness saw two Ford ears drawn up in the road, pointing towards Tsim pha Tsui. He recognized the cara a
the Chung Lai Garage, Sham Shui Po. He also recognized one belonging to of the drivers, and slowed up, asking the The man if everything was all right. driver answered All right. Can do." Witness could only swear to there being two mea with the cars. He could not Bay if there were any others. the weat on his way for some distance, and then turned. At about this time he stopeed for about five or ten minutes, so that his This party could smoke a cigarette. would be about 9.30 ur 9.45.
Continuing, the witness stated that he bad started to return to Kowloon, when a Chinese rushed into the road shouting something in Chinese. One of witness' friends told him that the man was saying that aix armed, men wore robbing a vil
The Chinese! lage over the billside. jumped on to the running board, and the witness ran his hands over him, as he plant at first. Ho thought it was a Shanghai, Street, corner of Wing Sing then remembered that there was a Gov-
Lane..
erument telephone in a matshed close Shanghai Street, corner of Pitt Street. Each alarm leads to the Kowloon Firn by. He used this, had warned the police Station, where an instantaneous cal! is at the nearest station and also at Tain
Sha Tsui, received. In view of this the public are
A Chinese motor cur driver, in the on August 29th, requested to use alarms in proference to telephones and pulice whistles in the witness-box, said that event of a fire. Much delay is caused the rat defendant engaged a car from through the use of whistles and, the tele- his garage at about 35 p.m. Witness was engaged to drive the car to Tai Nam STANDARD KENT.
Captain B. G. Washington, C.M.G..phone, which delay may result in the loss D.S.C., who was inst employed afloat in of lives and much property. More street Chung, village. Defendunt said that he JUDGMENT FOR THE TENANK
command of the light craiser Durban go fire alarms will be added in. 1925 and in wanted a seven-seater car for a party who were going to a feast. Witäess had the Colony
not a large car of the kind required, so The Puisge Judge gave his decision the China. Station, has just assumed the the following years
the defendant engaged two smaller ones. yesterday morning on one of the import duties of Assistant Director on the staff develops.
Eleven Gre alarms are already in ser the Admiral Commanding Reserves. ant points brought forward in n rents
On transfer -ol· case heard last week in the Summary
A. F.
following. At Ma Lung Kung they stop- Court. In addition to ciniming dinary Station, Paymaster Commander China vice in Victoria. To these will be added The two tars started off, the defendant ped, and three other men joined the to Vice Admiral Sir A. from the landlord for teesspass, the plain Roy will assume the duties of Secretaryet another 13 daring 1995, and further being in the leading one, and the witness
F. Everett, the
party. Witness went on to describe how new, Commander-in-Chief of the China
at different points the number of passen gers in the two cars was increased to six. The hearing was adjourned until Dext Friday afternoon.
tiff claimed 8280 as rent paid in exceSB
of
ол the
of the standard rent. At the time of Station. Paymaster Lieutenant Comman hearing the case his Lordship awarded der F. R. Porter will be the assistant $25 damages for irespass and made an secretary to the Chief of Staff on the order for possession, but reserved his decision as to the standard reat. Yester day his Lordship made a further order for the refunding of the whole of the $20 which had been paid in excess.
During the enurse of the hearing of the ease, Mr. E. S. O. Brooks, for the plain- tiff, said his client took possession of the ground floor of No. 30, Woo Sung Street, Yaumati, in 1921, at a monthly rental of $25. In April of the following year the rent was raised to $35, which was $10 a month in excess of the standard rent.
Mr. Russ, admitted for the defence, that $8.50 per month excess, rent had Leon received by the landlord.
China Station-that is the Plaz Captain Harkins, and Captain of the flagship from the date of joining.
Lieutenant II. C. Stock has been post- el to the river gunboat, Waterhen, with effect from the 18th September.
ав
additions are contemplated.
INTERESTING TRAM FARE
AN
1:
CASE. UNSUCCESSFUL
PROSECUTION.
Charged with "failing to pay his
Captain W. J. O. Lake will assume the tard" on the Hongkong Tramway, ser- duties of Chief of Staff to Vice Admiral vice, a Chinese man was discharged at
mand of the Angship Hawkins,
CONSTABLE WOUNDED
AT CHEUNG CHAU.
At 12.30 am. yesterday morning, when Sir Allan Everett, Commander-in-Chief the Central Magistracy yesterday, be Indian Police Constable No. 319 was on elect of the China Station, early in Octo-enuse he was travelling on borrowed patrol at Cheung Chau Island be noticed ber and at the same time will relive season ticket. The man admitted that three men walking from the beach in Captain Argentine F., Alingtanenhis master bad gone into the country and the direction of the village. He challeng- The Fifth Light Craiser Squadron, had given him the ticket. It was pointed ed them, and went up to make a search. out to the Magistrate that the words One of the men immediately drew a re China Station, will in future be known as
not transferable were printed on the volver and the Indian closed, with him. the Fifth Creiser Squadron.
In the struggle the revolver went off, Lieutenant T. A. Smythe, Roval Mar. ticket. His Worship, however, held that
and the constable, was shot in the foot. His Lordship's decision. was that the ines, has been annointed. to the light the charge "failing to pay his fare whole of
The men made their escape and have not been seen or heard of since.
was
in oxeems of the standard rent of $25.
"
join next montli
a ticket even though it was not his own.
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