LUNATIC AND GARRISON.
EAST CANTON IN CONFUSION.
THREE SOLDIERS KILLED.
POLICE AND MILITARY TURN OUT.
CURIOUS INCIDENT OF A WILL.
MOTHER RENOUNCES SON'S PROPERTY,
RETURNS TO HER EVEN. TUALLY.
A Somewhat curious incident arising out of the will of the late Mr. Arthur Harcourt Abel was
[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT gleaned at the Supreme Court yes
terday afternoon from the Letter of Administration.
CANTON, July 12th.,
A tragedy occurred last night at 19 o'clock on the Pearl River off the East Bund when a lunatic soldier fire a volley of shots point blank at a group of fellow soldiers who were asleep in a river junk, instantly killing three and seriously wounding four.
The rest of the soldiers were panic stricken. They got out of their beds, rubbed their sleepy eyes and sought shelter, thinking they were being surprised by some enemy. Many of them seized their guns and
It appeared that the late Mr. Abel died on January 27th, 1824 leaving an estate in Hong Kong valued 8700 and a net value unad
estato outside the ministered
to his Colony of £800 7s. ed. mother, Mrs. Emily Abel, widow. She renounced the estate which re-
serted to deceased's only brother, Mr. Walter Watson Abel, in Au- gust 1025.
Mr. Walter Abel, however, died on October, 1925, and the unad- ministered estate eventually went
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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS; FRIDAY, JULY 13th, 1928.
LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL.
TWO ORDINANCES READ A FIRST TIME.
FOUR OTHERS PASSED.
NO TIME WASTED,
The Legislative Council transacted the business on its agenda in a very expeditions manner yesterday after. noon. The meeting was held in the Sanitary Board room,
Two new ordinances were read a first time and four others, which had been read a first time at the previous meeting, were read a second time, carried through the necessary committee stage and then read a third time and passed into
CHINESE HERBAL
MEDICINE.
INADEQUATE. FOR COM POUND FRACTURES.
CRAIGENGOWER CLUB BOY'S
DEATH,
JURY VERDICT "MISADVEN. TURE."
An inquest was held yesterday afternoon at the Central Magistracy into the circumstances of the death of the Chinese "boy" of the Craigengover Cricket Club who succumbed to injuries received in a motor car accident at the corner near the Police Club, Happy Valley, on June 25th
Mr. R E. Lindsell acted as
CORRESPONDENCE.
SEAPLANE FLYING CLUB
FOR HONG KONG.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE “HONG KONG DAILY PRESS,"1
Sin, I have the honour to' re- quest that you will be kind enough to publish this letter, reference the above subject.
It is not necessary for me to draw either your, or the public's attention to "the great popularity attained by "Light Acroplane and Seaplane Clube" in the British Isles, the Colonies, and in foreign countries.
The members of these clubs" now number many thousands, and it is more than satisfactory to be able to state that there have been only! one or two minor accidents, during
law, all within the space of a Coroner, sad was assisted by a the two or three years in which
quarter of an hour.
WAS even
jury.
club flying has been in progreRS,
Owing to the cature of the coun. try surrounding Hong Kong & most suitable, and the writer can "Light Seaplane Cub would be definitely state that from a flying
Island, and the New Territories are the numerous bays of Hong Kong idea! from a pleasure dying point of view, and for learning to fly
were about to fire back when the back to the mother, Mrs. Emily already appeared in the Daily could be attached to the learner point of view Kowloon Bay, and
lunatic threw away his gun, jumped on shore and made л dash for liberty in the midst of utter con- fusion, screnting and shouting.
Abel of Kilarney, The Avenue, Chingford City of Essex.
CO-EDUCATION.
DISAPPROVED OF IN
CANTON.
Meanwhile a detachment of the 5th Army stationed in the Pat Chi Guild House woke up and a con- tingent, was immediately sent out!
In support of the popular move- to guard the surrounding streeta and maloos. Soldiers from the ment that co-education be abolish- headquarters of the 15th and 4th ed, and that separate schools for Armies, which are also close to the boys and girls be kept, Mr. Wong scene of tragedy, were likewise Cheah, Commissioner of the De- ordered by their commanders to
partment of Education, is con- mount guard in the principal sidering the opening of a thoroughfares of the eastern section Girls Middle School,
The premises of. the Girls of Canton. By this time, the news had reached the Central Police Athletic School appear very suit- Station on Wai Sun Road, which able for the despatched a number of gendarmes negotiations are "to help the regular oldiers guard tween the Education Department and the controllers of this School for the acquirement of the build Several Police armoured cars were ardered to leave the Policeings for the new purpose.-Canton
the streets.
2
Station and patrol the city until further orders, r
Within a short time the whole of the east section of Canton, includ ing the busy Wing Hon Maloo, the East and South Bunds, and all the principal adjacent roads were heavily guarded. Neither pedestrian nor vehicle was allowed to pass.
Suspicious characters," which in this case meant pretty well everyone, were stopped, searched, questioned and ordered to go back home. While all this was going on, no one really knew what had happened, neither the commanders themselves, nor the soldiers,
Meanwhile, the lunatic soldier
Gazette.
new
new school, and proceeding ber
BIAS BAY.
PERMANENT CHINESE
PATROL.
Under instructions from the Naval Department, the gunboat Chung Shan recently made a trip to Biss Bay to carry out certain observations. As a result of the report submitted, Admiral Chan Chak, Chief of the Naval Depart- ment, is now ordering the two gun boats Min Sung and Hu Shan to be stationed in Bins Bay until fur- ther orders The Min Sang is to police the outer section of the bay,
The Finance Committee, which At the outset of the inquiry, Mr.
ita meeting held
immediately Lindsell remarked to the jury that the chief object of the inquest was following the Council, more rapid. The votes totalling
of which details have to find whether or not any blame 209,250,
five minutes. It should, of course, he Fres, were approved in less than
mentioned that the passing of the votes was a formality only, all the details having been circulated to members of the Committee some days previously.
Companies Ordinance. The Attorney-General moved the first reading of an Ordinance to amend further the Companies Or dinance, 1911. He said: The object of this Ordinance is to reduce the Annual China Companies fee from 4 cents to I cent per hundred dollars of paid up capital in the case of private companies substantially all the shares in which are held by a parent company,
The Colonial Secretary seconded, and the Ordinance was read a first time.
Widows And Orphans' Pensions.
The Attorney-General moved the Erst reading of an Ordinance to amend the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Ordinazce, 1908. He said: As hen, members will see from the "Objects and Reasons" attach
ed
The actual expense per flying hour for members learning, or fly. ing solo, on the club machines. would not be very great; it is not possible to give actual figures until some knowledge has been obtained
as to the support that such a club
driver who was in the car at the time. The deceased was standing beside the tree on the near side of the triangle outside the Police Club at Happy Valley, when the motor car No. 337-driven by the learner driver suddenly swerved into him and he was pinned against the tree by the bumper of the car.would receive. However, when He was admitted to the Government considering the financial eide it Civil Hospital. with a very badly may be well to remind those in- terested that there are many sach crushed leg, and at his own wish clubs in existence without any was transferred to the Tung Wab official assistance whatsoever, and Hospital the next day where he that the majority of the members
are far from millionaires. wished to receive Chinese trent ment. He died on July 2nd follow ing the amputation of his leg.
Eastern And Western Medical Treatment,
Dr. T. W. Ware, of the G.C.H., said that the deceased was admit ted to the Hospital with a compound fracture of his right leg. The bone
I have investigated this matter in detail, and I should like to hear from any of your readers, who are interested, so that I can communi- cate further with them, and if 'suf- fcient interest is taken, organise a meeting to discuss the prospects.
the end of the Bill, the Bill from the knee to the ankle had been Hong Kong will find itself the only
has been introduced under, instruc tions received from the Right) crushed. There was considerable Honourable the Secretary of State laceration, and the, calf bones pro-, for the Colonies. The tables, con- tained in the Schedule to thejected from the skin. His wounds Widows and Orphans' Pension were treated and his condition-im- Ordinance, 1908, are all worked out proved. The patient was anxious on the 6 per cent. basis, on the as-
to receive Chinese treatment and Bumption that the contributions are
at his own wish was transferred to earning interest at the rate of 3 per cent. By this Bill new tables the Tung Wah Hospital. The wit- have been approved, which assume ness said that in all probability the per cent. and these deceased would have lived if he rate of new tables are substituted for bad continued the treatment given the present tables in schedule A at the Hospital, but the amputa- to the Widows' and Orphans' Pention of his leg would have been sion Ordinance, 1008, by section 3 necessary to avoid blood poison. and the schedule of this Ordinance. The patient was coaxed to stay but Section 2 of this Ordinance provides refused. that all future pensions shall be calculated on the basis of the new tables and that all existing pensions shall be recalculated on that basis. This will mean a certain increase in existing pensions and in the
When considering this subject let 12 remember that Singapore" al. ready has flying it, and il something is not done very soon,
British Colony without one. and publicity
Thanking you for granting space
to this matter.- Yours, etc.,
R. VAUGHAN, FOWLER. Royal Air Force Base, Kai Tak, Kowloon, July 12th, 1928..
'si
In the attempt to brake suddenly he said that he must have put his foot on the accelerator pedal in- stead of the brake with the result the speed of the car increased and seeing the man beside the tree he lost his head. He was travelling at 12 to 13 miles per hour at the It was then put to the witness time. by the jury as to whether he sug- Traffic Sergeant Roberts, #bo gested that the patient had died was in the back of the car at the as a result of the Chinese treat-time, said that the last, witness had showed himself a capable driver ment.
The witness replied that he could on their way to Happy Valley. He
qualified "Yes or No."
had been fired upon, by his fellow while the other boat will keep calculation of future pensions, but not answer the question by an un- told him to turn left as he was
soldiers from the junk. But owing to the darkness he was not hit. He ron westward along the Bund as fast as he could. Finally after eccing that all possible avenues of cscape were closed, he jumped over an iron bridge into the river and disappeared. The soldiers on shore .could have caught him, had they known that he was the man! But as many people were running in a panic-stricken condition, they could not discriminate between friends
foe
watch in the inner reaches.
It is also planned to send a troop of murines to Tao To, in that re- gion, to enable the adjacent ter ritory to be properly patrolled.
OFFICIAL SALARIES.
TO BE PAID IN AUGUST.
the increase will not be so great as might be imagined because a tem- porary increase of 25 per cent, has been made during recent years. That increase of twenty-five per cent. will cease when this present Bill becomes law.
The Colonial Secretary seconded, and the Ordinance was read a first time.
already over-due and wanted to return to the Police Station.
Dr. E. W. Kirk, Visiting Medical Officer of the Tung Wah Hospital,
Questioned by the Coroner, the said that the Hospital was divided witness and that there was ample into two divisions. The Eastern room for the car to turn, but it and the Western. The patient seemed that as he turned the speed selected his own treatment and of the car increased, He saw the in- should be ask for the Eastern structor apply the hand brake but method, the witness merely super without any effect. The latter was vised the treatment. He had no sitting beside the driver at the time Financial Position Of The Colony. control over the treatment employed of the accident. The deceased was
The Ordinance to amend the by the Chinese physicians.
pinned against the tree by the Distress for Rent Ordinance 1863;sider the treatment sufficient for freed him and got a towel from The Magistrate: "Did you con- bumper of the car and the witness the Ordinance
the Police Club. He then "tele. Dentistry Ordinance, 1914; the
phoned for the arıbulance. While the Northern Expedition Ordinance to amend the Registro- was in full swing much funds had tion of United Kingdon Patents to be found to furnish the sinews Ordinance, 1995; and the Ordinance of war, and in February lost all authorising the appropriation of Government payments, including 8387,309.33 to defray the suppleby witness until July 1st when he The patient was not seen again salaries of government servants,
mentary charges of the year 1027 were put on 80 per cent basis.
were, all read a second and third asked the witness to transfer him to the Western Ward for treatment. Now that the expedition has oo time and passed. · cupied Peiping, and attained its The Hon. Dr. B. H. Kotewall, He was very weak at the time and
The Central Government at Nan- king has authorised the payment of all salaries in full beginning with the month of August.
to
the
the case."
Witness: "In my opinion I did not think that it was sufficient and ged the relatives to revert to the
Western treatment."
witness decided that an operation for the amputation of his leg was
Was The Driver Disturbed. A Juryman: Did your sudden driver? order disturb the equilibrium of the
Witness: No, he took the other orders without any mishap..
Subsequent investigation reveal ed that the lunatic was Wong Fook Teo, a soldier, of the first battalion of the 73rd Regiment of the 25th
The Driver's Instructor, Shih or Division. These soldiers object, there is no longer any speaking on the Supplementary
The driver's instructor, who is a had just arrived in Canton from necessity to find so much money. Appropriation Bill said: Sir,- the only possible means of saving was one of the best he had taught. licenced driver, said that the driver hence the order putting all salaries behalf of the unofficial members his life. His foot was black with In his opinion when the order was
beg to tender the Government our
blood poisoning. The deceased given there was hardly room for the financial position of the Colony at be expected but was still very weak. congratulations on the satisfactory
stood the operation as well as could driver to turn at the speed he was the end of 1927. The fact that they He grew gradually weaker and died going. It would be almost neces sary to stop the car before it could be turned around.
on full basis.
the East River districta. They came
Presumably all other payments in 6 junks which were anchored
from the Government funds will off the East Bund side by side!
Among the three persons shot also be effected in full.
and killed, one was a boatman. Åл this happened at midnight, most of the people in Canton did not know anything about it. The injured were all taken to the hospital.
EDUCATIONAL CONFER- ENCE FOR KWANGTUNG..
(Wah Tes Yai Pao.)
The Commissioner of Education for Canton, Mr. Wang Chi, is call ing a conference during the summer vacation, to be attended by all edu- entionalists in the inland districts. The programme will include dis cussions on the development of facilities for both higher and gen eral education in Kwangtung.
$30,000 FOR RICE..
HELP FOR DEVASTATED AREAS.
have been able to turn an estimated deficit of $1,300,000 into an actual surplus of nearly half a million dollars is evidence of the care and skill exercised by them in the ad ministration of the Colony's finance. Since the various items in the Appropriation Account have receive. The Canton Gazette reported lasted the approval of the Finance week that the Wah Yan Charity Committee and have been adopted Association of Shanghai had sent a by this Council, we have no ecm. large sum of money to the Canton ment to offer on the Bill Chamber of Commerce to be used for relief purposes in devastated districts, and that 830,000, had been cat aside for the purchase of rice and other necessities of life.
the next day.
The Doctor's Opinion...
In treatment of simple fractures the Chinese herbal treatment was beyond reproach, but witness did not think that the Chinese physician was capable of handling a com. pound fracture case like that of the deceased.
In his opinion it was not a case of the Chinese herbal medicine causing blood poisoning, but the lack of anti-septic quality made the Chinese herbal treatment dangerous in such a case.
Coroner's Summing-apr. da The Coroner, in his summing-up said that it was for the jury to decided whether there was sufficient room for the driver to turn when he was given the signal. There was no doubt that he got flustered and lost his head, with the result that - he put his foot on the accelerator instead of on the brake.
Council adjourned siné die.
Personally he did not think that Those present at the Council
this was sufficient to justify a meeting were:-HE. the Oficer
manslaughter charge against the Administering the Government, the
defendant, but it was for the jury Hon the Officer Commanding the
The Driver's Evidence.
to decide that, and if they thought Agents were sent to Hong Kong Troops (Col. R. B. Skinner), the
the man was negligent and careless. to negotiate for the purchase of
Leung So, the driver of the car, Colonial Secretary, the Attorney. food supplies at the cheapest pos General, the Colonial Treasurer, said that he had been learning for then they could bring in a verdict
against him. sible rates. Thele purchases have the Captain Superintendent of about six weeks before he tried to
Misadventure, now been effected, and the Chamber Police, the Secretary for Chinese pass his test. Arriving at the sccae of Commerce is now appointing Affairs, the Director of Public of the incident he was about to The jury retired and upon return men to be sent to Hoi Fung, Luk Works, Hon. Dr. B. H. Kotewall, turn to the right so as to proceeding gave a verdict of death by mis Fung, Wailoy and Po Ning disHop. Mr. A. C. Hynes, Hon. Mr. along to the Craigéngower Club adventure owing to an error of tricts to superintend distribution C. G. S. Mackie, Han, Mr. B. D. F. when he was suddenly ordered by judgment by the learner driver, of the foodstuffs that will shortly Beith, and Mr. H. R. Butters, the Trafie Sergeant to turn." left." The Coroner expressed his agre [be sent there.
Dopaty Clerk of Councils,
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