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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER Or, 1924
LONDON,・ HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP Via Singapore.
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Colombo, Suez and Port Said.
"LONDON MARU"
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Tuesday,
4th Nor.
"MAN OVERBOARD."
SKIPPERS NOT OBLIGED TO ATTEMPT RESCUE
4.
Mr. John Byron" wrote recently an follows to the Liverpool Journal of V'one- Inerce-
BIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-via Saigon, Singapores question:
Colombo, Durban and Capetown.
*MEXICO MARU”
"CHICAGO MARU
'BOMBAY via "Singapore and Colombo.
"AMUR MARD *
*SHINNO MARU” (Calls so Penang)
Calcutta vis Singapore, Pennug & Rangoon.
Wednesday, 2nd Oct. Monday,
24th Nov.
Monday,
“ALPS MARU” (Calls at Fenape)
20th Oct, Thursday, 23rd Oct
4th Nor. Tuesday,
BANGKOK via SAISON.
"BUSHO MARU" ·
Saturday,
"HAQUE MARU”.
Sunday,
1st Nov.
28th Oct
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"VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER via Shanghai
Japan Ports.
"ALABAMA MARU”
Wednesday, 22nd Oct
Wednesday, 15th Oct.
Wednesday, 15th Oct. Slat Cet Tuesda Wednesday, 22nd Oct.
NEW YORK via Japan Ports, San Francisco and Pansma.
"ALASKA MARU (From Kobe).
JAPAN PORTS.
*CELEBES MARU
INDO MARU"
"ALABAMA MARU"
LFING Vi SWATOW & Amor,
'AMAKUSA MARO"
"KAIJO MARU"
TARAO Fia SWATOW & AMOT.
"KOTSU MARU
TAKAO & KEELUNG
and
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Sunday. 1th Oct, 11 am Sunday, 19th Oct 11 a
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BUSHO MARU"
Friday, 10th Oct, 10a.m.
Thursday, 16th Oct. OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA
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GET READY FOR YOUR BIGGEST THRILL!
YOU'LL SEE A WHOLE CITY CRUMBLE BEFORE YOUR EYES:
LON CHANEY never had a more spectacular and telling role than that of Wilse Dilling, lubitue of the old Bar- bury Coast, and special emissary of its notorious queen. lle was evil, cunning, dangerous, until he met
VIRGINIA VALLI as Gertrude Hadley, a wonderfak girl who live in a little town at the foot of the Sierras
beautiful being who staunchly believed in the efficacy of "right thought for right living." His love for this beautiful creature was cloudled by î
JACK MOWER as Jack Cooper, a weakling son of a wealthy father, who was her fiance. These three, with the warped soul of the crook slowly untwisting under the gentle teaching of the girl, are most concerned when
CHRISTINE MAYO as Anne Vincent, queen of the Barbary Coast underworld, launches an attack at the girl's father as a result of a former indiscretion, and which promises to land him behind the bars. This role
1 41 played by
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WILLIAM WELSH is the best of that sterling actor's career. The stupendous climax of this powerful story"
birt comes when the underworld attempts to
you
to sit and watch the
will have to see the story screen unfold to you one of the most awe inspiring spectacles of the decade.
DON'T MISS A SINGLE FOOT OF
"THE SHOCK
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Can you oblige me with information on * If a passenger": on a steamship is taken sick on a voyage, and during the illness jumps overboard. is the captain compelled by any law to stop the ship, to attempt a search or rescue i
If you know of any law or Roard of Trade ruling on this can you tell me where I am purchase copy of same!
About a year ago my brother and my self, were taking a trip from "Havana, Cuba, to England, and about half-way on the voyage my brother was taken ill ed over board. immediately forment with malaria, got light-headed and jump- the guptain, but he refused to make any attempt at rescue. On arriving at the el of the journey I ande a complaint the office of the steamship company, but was informed that there is no law to compel a captain or a steamship to stop. even if he is told there is a jussenger overboard. When I asked them about the law of "humanity," I was told that that was at the captain's option."
I am taking proceedings against the company.
REPLY.
The Editor replied: At common law it is clear that there is no cetigation upon any person to do any act, even the sIMP- fest, to save the life of another person. anthough is must be obvious both at the time
of the emergency and afterwards that the act of life-saving would not in volve the slightest risk to the possible We have unfortunately plenty of instances where such inhumanity has been
rescuer.
displayed. The law pa the subject is so well known that charges of neglect save life are never formulated before our criminal courts, it being well known that there is up legal obligation to de But in our coroner's the right thing. courts from time to time we read of such rases as those of a man secing'a child fall into a comparatively shallow pong, where he allows it to drown without taking any steps towards its rescue. The Coroner nn such ueensions raakes suitable and scathing remarks about the callousness of the man's conduct., But here the matter ends. because there is no general law under which it can be carried farther.
AS OMISSION MAY BE CRIMINAL,
WEATHER REPORT
October 8th at 19.24-Warnings to Hong- kong, Cost Forts, s-Typhoon of unknown intensity within 100 miles in Lat. 17 dry. M Long. 14 deg. E., moving N.W.
October 8th at 18.15-Presenre has decreased considerably at Nemuro, moderately at Tokio, and slightly over the Loochos Islands, Formosa and Luzon. It has increased considerably at Nagasaki and slightly from Chefon to Shang- hai
The northern typhoon is in the vicinity of Kochi moring NE
Another depression is shown NNE.. of Hakolato.
The mouthern typhoon at p.. this afternoon was in about Lat. 17 deg. 3. and Long, 194 deg E., moving NW.
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Shanghai warning 8th at 12.20.:-Typhoon of unknown intensity with 120 miles of Lat. 15 N. and Long. 197 deg. E., moving W.XW. Rec. Sd, 13, 06
Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 14 hours,
ars, Oct. 8th 0.00 isch. Total since January lat, 98.49 inches, against nu average. of 77.99 inches.
The forcast for the 24 hours oading at 18 follow- haurapet. 9th is
DISTRICT
FORECAST N.E, winds, strong, e Formoss Channel Hongkong to Gap Rock N.Ewind, fresh; fine.
South coast of China between
Hongkong and Lamocks
"Hongkong and Hainan South coast of China between
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BONGKONG METEOROLOGICAL
REGISTER.
Hongkong Observatory, October, thi
Previons On DateOn Date st
at Day
at 2p.. 6 m. 2 p.m.
Barometer
9074
09.91
Forca
Temperaturs
lumidity Wind Direction... Weather
SI
75
29.78
+3
7-4
08
East
NNE
ESH
3
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(100
2
75
Rain
Hightest open-air Temperature of 7ts Lowest open-air Temperature on th
HONGKONG TIDE TABLE.
From Oct. 9th to 15th, 1924
HIGH WATEK.
Days
Days of
Month.
Height
Atong.
Standard
Time.
b.
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Thur.
Fri
10 jm
Satur.
11m $
12m 8
Mon.
13 m
Toes.
Wed
Special laws, indeed, there are which make tribunal an omission to do a fer- un thing which is intended to usure the safety of bie and time. Anke, for San. example, the Statute and Vict Cap. 100, whien by Secion 25 makes it un offence in certain circumstances for a master or mistress to neglect to supply their servant, or apprentice, with ueces saries so that the he of the dependent is endangered or there ensues. risk ot' per- by Section 31 maneat injury to health.
of the Act neglect which endangers the safety of any person being conveyea, pr being in or upon a railway, is a mist demeanour, whilst the 34th section makes a similar offence of any peglect by person in charge of a carriage or their vehicle whereby bodily harm is done to body of Then there is now statute law which makes neglect of child ren an offence, sometimes a very serious
any, person.
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Again under the Coal Mines Acts, 1911 and 1814, persons employed in, or en gaged in the management of, auch mines as come within the scope of these Acts are punishable for neglects and or omis sions which are likely to prejudice the wafety of persons working in them. Then there is a considerable body of legislation in regard to the precautious to be taken for the safety of workpeople employed in factories and neglects and omissions bere also are punishable offences.
Then, turning to the sea, we have the obligation upen the master of every vessel which gets into collision with another vessel, under Section 422 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, to stand by and assist the vessel with which he has "collided. Until the year 1911 it was enacted that failure to stand by in such cases should place upon the defaulting vessel, in the absence of reasonable excuse for the master's conduct, a presumption of res- ponsibility for the consequences of the casualty. Though under the Maritime Conventions, At this presumption longer exists, the obligation to stand by still remains
NO OBLIGATION TO PROTECT.
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We have set cut so much of the law be Cause we want our correspondent, and these other readers who are interested in the question; to appreciate that, as we have said, there is no obligation at com mon law upon say person to do anything for the protection of any other person. In all the cases which we have mentioned where &atutory obligation has been placed upon a person to avoid neglects or omissions, it will be seen that there is a cortaja relation
between the possible offen- der and the person whom the law secka to protect, and it is the existence of that relation which justifies the legisla ture in breaking in upon the old common law exemption. The people who can bo prosecuted under these Arts are parents and guardians, masters and mistrcases, managers and fellow workers. In each ease there is a bond of some kind which is capable of being proved as an answer
synicul defence:
to
brokeeper?" But we
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we think we the have established the fact that, in absence of statutory enactment, there is no obligation, even on one who stands in a sort of fiduciary relation to another, to protect him. That being admitted, we fear our correspondent has little hope of saccess in his proposed suit. There is no statutory obligation on a shipmaster fo take steps to pick up a man who goes overboard. One is almost inclined to ask whether such an enactment would ever be necessary. The whole history of the sex tells us that our seamen have ever beep ready to throw away their own liven og the rat chance of saving those of other pants
there were such an it be enforced 1
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CINEMA NOTES,
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THE WORLD TELATEL Universal City officials have declined to explair, how the San Francisco earth- quake and fire and the actual demolishing of an entire section of the city was obtained as the climax for pictures which is showing at the World Theatre to-day. The production is The Shock
and
those who have viewed it state that the San Francisco earthquake scenes are either geniune views of the great catas trophe or that a section of the city was rebuilt brick for brick and then wrecked. It is one of those dramatic motion pic tures that combine thrills and real acting ability, coupled with a real story. It shows the power of love upon a man who was a moral as well as a physical cripple. The leading male role is taken by that master actor, Lon Chaney, and the giri in the case is played by Virginia Valli, one of the most beautiful stars in pie tures. It is a picture that you will enjoy and marvel at.
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STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
TIENTAIN ... SHANGHAI via SWATOW
MANILA
KOBE V MOJI
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"MAUSANG
"WAISHING"
"FOOSHING" "MINGSANG
KOBE ria SHANGHAI & MOJI. "KUTSANG"
...Saturday,
11th Oct, No
...Sunday
Monday. Monday
19th Oct 10
Monday, ...Monday,
Tacadar
13th Och 11 13th Oat, No
18th Oct. 8p.. 13th Oct 5 put: Oct 1 p.
14th
Wednesday, 18th Oct., 10 male Friday,
17th Oct, 10 19th Oct 10 ...Tuesday, alat Oct, Nom.
Sunday,
CALCUTTA LINE-This Line now affords regular sailings to Calcutta, Penang på
SHANGHAI
MANILA
Singapore; returning from Calentia meamers proceed via Škrafta and Hongkong to Japan, occasionally calling at Shanghai. All steamers have arcallant passenger accommodation, sem Atted with Wireless and carry a fally-qualified Surgeon. LINE,Sailings approximately very three days between Canton and Shanghai, sometimes asiling at Swatow. Through tickets on be obtained and through Bill of Lading are issued to all Nordhmen and Yangtze Porta v Shanghai
LINE-A
wookly sorrice is maintained with Manila by vessels with good passenger accommodation, sailings from both ports every Saturday,
11 am. HAIPHONG LINE –Sailings approximately weekly for passengers and oargo, calling al BORNEO
Holbow both ways
LINE-Fortnightly sailings to and from Sandakan by two 5,000 m steamers, 3. “HINSANG” and a... "MAUSANG," both steamets
Cargo taken m excellent passenger accommodation, having through Bill of Lading for Kudat, Jesselton, Labuse, Tawno and
Lahad Data
TIENTSIN LINEA regular service is run from March to November between Hang
kong and Tientsin, occasionally calling at Weihaiwei and Chatoo, BANGKOK LINE-A weekly service is provided between Hongkong and Bangkok vie"
Swatow by five steamers Atted with up-to-date passenger sooGIE+ modation.
CALCUTTA LINE
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6.8 HOSANG" will be despatched on or about Monday, 13th Oct., 3. p.m., for SINGAPORE, 'PENANG ⠀
& CALCUTTA.” -
Through Bills of Lading issued to RANGOON, MADRAS, PORT SWETTENHAM and DUTCH EAST INDIES.
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