TRAGIC END TO JOY-RIDE.
CAR CRASHES INTO
NULLAH.
TWO KILLED AND FIVE INJURED.
A motor car accident, in which
DIRECT CONFLICT
" OF EVIDENCE.
MAGISTRATE DEFERS HIS
DECISION.
WINE DISTILLERY SUMMONED,
At Central Magistracy yester two persons were killed and five day. Mr. R. E. Lindsell, after others injured, occurred during the hearing the evidence of both pro early hours of yesterday morning at secution and defence in a summons Deep Water Bay. The party, it taken out by the Revenue Depart appears, were going for a pleasurement against the licensee of a jaunt round the island on a Stude Chinese distillery at Aberdeen, baker seven-seater (public cur)" decided to adjourn the case for a which at the time was not driven by week in order that he might give the proper chauffeur, Wong Chuen, it his full consideration. but by another man named Ah Wong, who was killed on the spot, The list of casualties is as fol
lows:
Killed."
Ah Wong, car driver. Another Chinese, pame unknown.
Injured.
Sun Fung Sam, female. Wong Chuen, car driver. Chin Tai Yang, of 312, Lockhart
Road.
For the prosecution it was stated that the defendants had erred in three respects, namely, that they had (1) allowed thirty jaza of Chinese spirit to be removed by means of a motor lorry,, without
keeping a counterfoil record of the removal in the form approved by the Superintendent of Imports and Exports; (2) that they failed to make an entry in their licensed warehouse book of the said re-
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1930.
BANK COMPRADORE CORRESPONDENCE.
ABSCONDS.
MILLION DOLLARS,
INVOLVED.
AMERICAN BANK VICTIMISED.
A warrant for the arrest of Choa Man Ping, compradore of the Equit able Eastern Banking Corporation, Hong Kong, was issued yesterday. He is said to have absconded on August oud is reported to have been seen on the Canton night boat of that date, also in Canton later.
Shortages to date : amount to. approximately H.K. $1,000,000 ind
it is understood that the Bank carries large insurance cover and is contemplated offering a substantial. reward for any information which
may lead to the arrest of Choa.
The Equitable Eastern Banking
Corporation is affiliated with the Chase National Bank of the City of New York, whose resources are over G.$2,500,000,000...
We are asked to state that the losses will not in any way affect
Chan Kwan Chung, of 54, Woo-moval; and (3) allowing the spirit the standing of the Bank, which is,
"sung" Street,
Li Pai, 55, Woosung Street,
to leave the warehouse with intent of course, open for business us to defraud.
usual.
Distillery Watched, According to the prosecution, &
Finned Underneath Car.
The two men killed died almost instantly through being pinned Revenue Officer, together with Mr. under the car, while two of the five II. A. Taylor, Assistant Superin- injured are now lying in the Gov-tendent of Imports and Exports, on ernment Civil Hospital in a critical July 10 went to Aberdeen in a public car with the object of scrutinizing the movement of spirits
-condition.
The cause of the accident is now being investigated by the Traffic Department, but it is alleged that the mishap was caused by reckless driving.
from the distillery.
They saw a motor lorry approach the distillery, and it appeared to have on board a number of cmpty
GERMAN CONSTITUTION
DAY.
RECEPTION AT CONSULATË.
Mr. D. B. Hahn, Consul Germany, was "at home" at the
for
German Consulate yesterday on
the occasion of the anniversary of
the German Constitution Day.
A large number of the Colony's
BISHOP'S LEAVE.
(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONG KONG DAILY PRESS."]
SHAT TELEPHONE
SALE.
FRANCHISE AND SALE CONTRACT SIGNED,
The sale of the Shanghai Mutual: Telephone Co., Ltd, to the Inter- national Telephone & Telegraph Corporation was consummated - on August 5 by the signing of a 40-
Fear franchise and contract of gala.
SIR,-Although not a member of the congregation of St. John's Cathedral, I bave read with much interest the articles appearing re ceatly in your valuable journal in by representatives of the Interna regard to the Bishop of Victoria's tional Settlement, the French Con- leave in particular, and the ques-cision, and the parties concern- tion of the clergy's" furlough. in ed general.
While admitting having a very meagre knowledge of the Anglican Church and its administration, it occurs to me that the following facts in regard to another and far larger body of the Christian Church might be of interest to your readers I refer to the Roman Catholic Church. While the points stated
below may be incorrect in some of the details, they are true in all
essentials.
In the сдве
Catholic Bishop, the Rt. Rev. H
of the present
Valtorta, as far as my knowledge
serves me, he has had no leave for many year, probably not since he first arrived in the Colohy. No specific leave is ever laid down for the Catholic Clergy when they leave home for ever.
It is true that a few, on account of ill-health, are forced to return to their native lands, but generally speaking Catholic priests here and in the Far East generally live and die in the land of their vocation.
The former Bishop Pozzoni, who
The franchise was signed by Mr. the Shanghai Municipal Council; 5. Fessenden. Director-General of Mr. E. Koechlin, French Consul General, and Mr. F. Gill, Vice- President of the International Telephone & Telegraph Corpora tion. The signatories to the con tract of sale were Mr. P. Le. Bris and Mr. A. D. Bell, on behalf of Co., Ltd., and Mr. Gill for the -the Shanghai Mutual Telephone
I. T. & T.
The signing of the documents. was witnessed by, Brig. General E. B Macnaghten, Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council; Mr. | H. Lipson Ward, legal adviser to the Shanghai Mutual Telephone Company; Mr. W. S.. Fleming,
legal adviser to the 1. T. & T., M
Daniel Waters, of the New York office of the I. T. & T.; Mr. C. Manager of the Shanghai Mutual V. Porter, director and General
Telephone" Co., Ltd., Mr. R, C. Phillippe, director of the same company, Mr. C. D. Longbarst, AICA and Mr. J. Jammer of the L. T. & T. No Chinese attended...
43,000 Lines in 24 Months.
The party left West Point after jars. Later the two men saw what prominent residents were among others of the Cathedral clergy in offer of Tis... 75 a share, as against
retail shop.
and the early arrivals included the those present to pay their respects, Hon. Mr. E. E. Hallifax, C.M.C., and the General Officer Command
Sandilands, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.
Mr. Hahn, toasted Mis Majesty the King, while the G.O.C. called the health of the President of the German Republic.
the restaurants had closed down. appeared to be jars of wine leaving Seated in the back were four men the distillery. Still later they fol. and the woman Sun Fung Sam,lowed the lorry to Queen's Street while the front seats were occupied where the jars were delivered to.ang, H.E. Major-General J. W. by Wong Chuen, the licensed driver of the car and Ah Wong,
Lorry Driver's Evidence. who, it is understood, is also & licensed driver in private employ.
The defence, on the other hand, On the tour around the island, claimed that no wine left the dis- the car headed for Shaukiwan and tillery on July 10. They called the was returning by the Repulse Bay | driver of the lorry in question, and way. After passing Repulse Bay the Court was told that the lorry had Hotel, the car was going along the straight stretch near the Golf Club at Deep Water Bay when the
mishap happened.
Crashes Into Bridge. The car is stated to have been going at a very fast speed, and when taking the bend, it swerved and crashed into the bridge, and fell through it into the nullah. The vehicle shot right into the air be fore crashing down, wheels in the air. Ah Wong was pinned under the car and killed, and another
man who was in the back seat met with the same fate. It is stated that when the car fell over, he was thrown out but not clear of the vehicle, so that be too, was pinned under..
..
were
The other passengers seriously injured, but Wong Chuen, the licensed driver of the car, escaped with a few bruises while the woman also had a marvellous escape from serious injury.
Tragic Discovery.
The Brat report was made by the driver of another "car which had Seca following the ill-fated one. He called at the Aberdeen Police Station and told the officer in charge that a car which had been proceeding a short distance ahead of him had disappeared and a police search party half an hour later found the ear lying on the bed At the nullah. Too bodies Tere found underneath the vehicle while iving near it were the five injured
persons.
Wong Chuen was not detained at the hospital but he is now police custody awaiting interroga- tion
ELUSIVE FOKI.
SLIPS OFF WITH $1,600.
The master of the Kwong Lee vegetable stall, of 103 Central -Market, has made a report to the police in which it is alleged that
never been near the distillery. The lorry driver, it appears, had told the same story when questioned by the Import and Export Department at an carlier stage of the case.
The defendant, giving evidence from the witness-box, denied the allegation that a lorry bad called at the distillery on July 10. He told the Court that no spirits were removed on that day."
"Two other persons, attached to the distillery, also testified that no lorry left their distillery on that day, as alleged.
The Magistrate at the close of the case, decided to leave his decision over for a week. The case was accordingly adjourned.
KOWLOON STREET
FIGHTS.
BAMBOO POLES AND BROKEN
BOTTLES USED.
Members of the Consular Body also attended the reception together with the official and unofficial members of the Legislative Council.
$50,000 DISPUTE.
COUNSEL ON CURIOUS
PROCEDURE.
The I. T. & T was the successful tenderer for the purchase of the Company in competition with the Ericsson Telephone Company and died in Hong Kong & few years the Cable Telephone dea ago, had spent most of his life in Trust Co., Ltd. The Advisory Com China and iatterly as Bishop in mittee, consisting of Messra. . Hong Kong.. Like the present Speelman, A. S. Henchman, and Bishop, he had his residence with A. W. Burkill, considered that its
correct in saying that he occupied Tls. So by the Cable, Telephone & the Mission House. I think I ar Tis. 100 offered by Ericssons and an ordinary bed-sitting room in the General Trust, and its guarantee
I trust,, sir, that your readers building.
to improve the service by installing will acquit me of any desire to the circumstances recommendations
additional equipment ware raise invidicus distinctions in a have little knowledge, but I think. T. & T. has contracted to have matter upon which admittedly I which could not be ignored. The the above will be of interest to the 117,000 lines equipped for automa- tic service within eleven months, serious reader of whatever creed or belief.-Yours, etc.,
22,000 within 12 months, 24,000.with- in 14 months 30,000 within 18 months, and 43,000 within 24 months.
CATHOLICUS.
Hong Kong, August 11.
SCAFFOLDING WORKMEN ON STRIKE.
SEQUEL TO DISMISSALS
A strike has been declared by matshed and scaffolding workers in cular Press. the Colony, according to the verna
r
in
The decision of the Advisory Committee wa, based on the find- ings of Mr. B. O. "Anson, telephone expart sent by the British Post Office to report on the service in Shanghai. On November 20, 1929, Mr. Anson reported that in his opinion heavy re-financing of the Shanghai Mutual Telephone Co., Ltd., was essential and the com plete conversion of the system to the automatic working imperative if efficiency was desired,
parties engaged on one side of The extraordinary procedure of the case providing translations of They recently requested an in- documents belonging to the other crease in wages because of the rise side was. commented on at the of the cost of living, which, how- continued hearing yesterday of ever, was refused owing to business the action which has been going on being dull. in the Supreme Court for some Moreover, the employers dismiss Jays.
Plaintifs, who are members of down expenses."
ed a number of workmen " to cut The dismissed the Un family and executors of the workmen refused to leave their estate of the Un Hoi U, claim that employers shops and the latter reng methods within a short space a loan of $50,000, which they reported the matter to the Secretarist of time.
ceived on security of property, has been repaid, and they are asking for the release of the property, The defendants, who are members of the Lau family (one of whom only is present in Court) deny the allegation and ask for proof of re- payment.
There are over thirty matshed firms in the Colony, the workers of which held a meeting to discuss the matter on Saturday last when they decided to strike.
Improvement Expected Soon.
Company then invited tenders from The Shanghai Mutual Telephone the firms mentioned. The IT. & T. is now owner of Shanghai tele- phone system and is confident of being able to show its efficient work-
of Chinese Affairs, which sent men, Considerable agitation "has been to advise the workmen to leave, going on in Chinese circles for some time in connection with the which they did.
sale. It was contended that dis- posal of the property to foreign interests would be an affront to "China's sovereign rights" and that the property should first have been offered to the Chinese Gov- ernment However, the almost un- animous decision of the sharehold ors, at an extraordinary meeting held on June 27, to approve the sale to the I. T. & T. left the Council and the authorities of the French Concession no alternative but to grant the franchise and en dorse the sale, - ::
Mr. H. G. Sheldon (instructed The employers again reported the by Messra. Wilkinson & Grist) is matter to the S.CA, which inform for the plaintiffs and Mr. Eldon ed the police and a number of Potter, K.C., together with Mr. F.police detectives were sent to keep Aroulli) for the defendant.
order,
In the course of the day's proceed The workers had not returned to ings, Mr. Jenkin cross-examined a work yesterday. showed that there had been trans- witness on balance sheets, which actions running into millions of
THIRD ACCIDENT AT GLOUCESTER-BLDG.
With their faces covered with sticking-plaster and with blood on their jackets, several ex-combatanta in various fights in Kowloon ap peared before Mr. Whyte-Smith at dollars between the two families. Kowloon Magistracy yesterday. that the balance sheets should be Mr. Sheldon expressed surprise" In prosecuting nine Chinese for | used as evidence, and commented behaving in a disorderly manner in on the irregularity of translations WORKMAN SERIOUSLY HURT. Shanghai Street, Detective Sergeant being made by one side of docu- Titchen. said that the defendants ments belonging to the other side were masters and fokie of two rival and also as regards the correctness. shops who had been engaged in of the translations. At Counsel's the third of a series of fights dur request, an early adjournment was ing the week-end. A tenth man made until this morning for the was also involved, and he was at translations to be put on a proper present in hospital."
footing.
Bamboo poles, and broken butties. were produced in Court, which were. said to have been used in the fight. Bail for each was fixed at $100, This sum, it was stated, was raised in order to prevent further fight ingrevent
Bamboo poich were also stated to. have been used in another case
CANTON'S CURRENCY..
MERCHANTS REFUSE TO ACCEPT NEW COINS
Following two "serious accidents it is now disclosed that a further at the site of Gloucester Building, mishap occurred on Saturday, when a workman was seriously injured through a fall from a height of 20 feet
WINE SEIZURES.
PROSECUTION ASKS FOR
HEAVY FINË.
Two cases of wine seizure were
mentioned at the Central Magis tracy yesterday when Mr. H. A. Taylor, assistant superintendent of Imports and Exports Office, charg ed two Chinese with possession of dutiable liquor.
In the first case, Mr. Taylor said that the consignment seized has yet to be checked, but be reckoned the quantity was about 200 gallons, Mr. Horace Lo, who defended, asked for bait
Mr. Taylor, however, neked, for. $2,000 bail and told his Worship that the penalty would be ten times the value of the wine.
At about 4 o'clock a number of men were placing a girder into position, when, through some cause at present unexplained, one Kwan Lee lost his foothold and fell to the ground. When help arrived he was found to be unconscious, hav- ing received serious injuries to the The new 20-cent silver pieces, head. He was immediately taken one of his folis has absconded with where three men were charged with while enjoying a wide circulation to the Government Civil Hospital. $1,800,0
fighting, also in Shanghai Street. in Canton are not accepted by. It will be recalled that in the first He states that at, about 7 p.m. | The Magistrate remanded defend merchants at Shiukwan and other accident, which was caused through The Boby TWO NEW Wine RA tote on ban of $20 eatitis in order tangtung
deliver the proto to the compredolere reming was recently found that was won fast thor fros and two others the constat to $1,000 MI of the Lungshan. One of the men Shanghai painters were charged terfeit coins are very plentiful in were seriously injured. The second intimating that his client could not returned later to say that the other with fighting, only one was able to the market and are so well made case accurred last Wednesday, when find the $2,000 bailey jente had given him the slips put in an appearance.
: The second case in which Mr. One man that merchants, can hardly dis- a fitter lost his footing through the The police are making close in was still in hospital and, it was tinguish them from the genuine snapping of a girder binder. Ha T. G. Bennett was stated to an vestigations into the ease and an stated, the other two, who were de- new coins, For this reason they fell off from the seventh floor and pear for the defendant, was, like arreat may soon be expected, as fended by Mr. d'Almada, would have refused to accept the new landed on the fourth, and was the previous one, adjourned for a A similar amount it is not likely that the elusive for appear when the case is heard on coins whether they are, genuine or moved to hospital in a serious con- wack, with boil has left the Colony:
August 16.
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