JURY
FAIL TO AGREE
UNUSUAL DEVELOPMENT IN MURDER TRIAL.
NEW TRIAL LIKELY,
PUBLIC MONEY VOTES.
LONG LIST FOR FINANCE
COMMITTEE.
$100,000 FOR. WATER METERS.
When the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council meets on Thursday, membora will be asked to
approve of voter totalling 8135,007, “
There was an unusual develop- ment in the Yaumati murder trial at the Criminal Sessions yesterday, the fifth day of the ease, when the jury, after retiring for two and ℗ half hours, announced that they had
The principal items fall under the been unable to agree on their verhead of Public Works Recurrent, diet. It was 6.15 p.m. when they two votes of $50,000-being required made this announcement, and after for the fixing of new water metres. directions by the Chief Justice (Sir in Hong Kong and Kowloon, Joseph Kemp), they retired for two fartlier sessions, but they were still ugable to agree on either unanimous or majority verdict.
In answer to his Lordship, the foreman of the jury stated on their first appearance that they were not unanimous against the prisoner on the charge of murder, and they were also unable to agree by a
An additional sum of $10,000 is wanted in connection with the concus axpenses, the original catimato for which was 850,000. "
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1931.
Provision made in Estimates, HONG KONG STOCK CORRESPONDENCE.
supple-
It is requested. that mentary vété" för 3840 be approved
to pay rent: 8120 por month) for
one flat in East Point Terrace for the period June to December,
1031.
The flat is required to accommc- daté a married Sub-Inspector of Polion who has been seconded for Mui Tsai duties, and who was for merly, accommodated in police quarters.
Botanical and Forestry Depart. ment:-Library. Partcost of 3 vols. of "Pritzel'a leonum Botani carum Index," 8210.
8150.
1
MARKET.
[All letters intended for publica. tion must be accompanied by the
CROUCHER & CO.'S DAILY name and address of the writer
REPORT.
Our market continuer dull with comparatively little business doing
21,075 and 1,000 and $800, respec- Banks and Unions were done at
tively. Underwriters are wanted að
$5.50.
Steamboats changed hands at 996 and Douglas at $24.50.
at
of
not for publication, unless so denir. ed, but as evidence of good faith- ED.J
IN DEFENCE OF DOGS.
קין
{TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONG KONG
DAILY PRESS,'T
Sta,Will you allow me spaeo in which to reply to a lotter in the Wharves can be obtained
local Preassigned Anti-Canise. $166.50 and there are sellers Anticanine will be pleased to hear Provision made. ip Estimates, Providente do 85.90.
that the Dogs Home existe for Hotels romain steady with busi-the exact purposes ho namesto This publication was to be issuòdness passing at $17.50 and 617.55 collect and receive wandering dogs, at the rate of volumes a year; Hong Kong Lands are still on offer and to destroy painlessly those volumes. I and II were received in
found to be unwanted or hopeless. at $93 and Humphreys at 821.25. 1025, and volumes III, IV and V
There are buyers of Trams at
ly diseased. have arrived this year unexpected-891.60. and sellers at 9 The full list of votes which willy, costing £13.10.0 or 8205. Of Lights are inquired for at 820.28
China
In the matter of dogs kept either ns friends or for sporting pur- come up before, the Council is as this there is a sum of 885 romain-
poses, it would be vory difficuit follows:-
Cements, after changing hande attor Anticanine to prove his three Post Office and Wireless:-Coning on the library vote and the 820.10, nro slightly better with rash assertions-that they are
balance of 8210 is now required.
320.80 September. buyers offering $20.70 August that they are distasteful to per earriors of every sort of disease,
sond of cleanly habits, and that they are objectionable from every point of view. Objectionable from his point of view, clearly, yeB Dairy Farms continue on offer at but the very state of things that
tribution toward expenses of the Radiotelegraph Union, 8248.
The above is to be met from sav.
inga nnder sub-head 7 Forestry Re servo Taipo Kau.
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majority that the prisoner was not guilty. His Lordship directed that It was within the jury's power to
Hong Kong aveeded to the Inter- consider a verdict of manslaughter, but warned the jury that they would national Radiotelegraph Union on have to give very careful considera-August 15, 1930, The Colony's tion to this matter as it would share of the expenses of the Union mean accepting certain, portions of the evidence of witness while for the period August 15, 1930 to rojecting others. After a further December 31, 1930, amounted to retirement the foreman announced Swiss Francs 300-£12 at 11d-$2,300. that they had been unable to agree on this point also.
$945.
His Lordship discharged the jury and remanded the prisoner until Thursday next at 10 a.m., directing Mr. Fitzroy to state then what the Crown proposed to do.
· Pollee, Court Incident. ` Before the Court rose at 7p.m., the Chief Justice made further reference to the statement which prisoner, had said he desired to make at the Kowloon Police Court but had been advised by the Mingis: trate not to make a statement until his appearance in the Supreme Court,
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His Lordship said that he had no doubt that the Magistrate acted in good faith in the interests, as he believed, of the prisoner. His Lord ship adhered to the view that it was no part of the duty of a Magis trate to advise a prisoner. The Magistrate had to confine himself to what he is directed to do in the Ordinance, namely, to give the ne cused person the option of making a statement, if he wished to do so, and warn him that anything he might say might be used at his trial.
Earlier in the day Mr. Somerset Fitzroy, for the Crown, addressed the jury for one hour. Counsel asked the jury to accept the medical evidence given, which pointed to the cause of death as strangulation, and the testimony of the witnesses who had stated that they saw the prisoner putting something round deceased's neck,
Speech for the Defence. In his speech for the defence, which occupied nearly two hours, Mr. Jenkin dealt with the evidence of the witnesses and pointed out the inconsistencies in the statements of the women which were unacceptable as evidence. The small boy's evi dence, Counsel submitted, had to be rejected altogether.
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Education:-Grant ic Munsang College, 80,000.
The above sum is required for the purpose of a grant to the Mun" sang College, Kowloon City, with- out which assistance it will be no cessary for the school to close down and send some 250 boys adrift, there being no other provision for their education in that district.
80,000 has been calculated as the minimum amount necessary cover the expense of running the school in 1930. In the event of this assistance being available the grant will be reviewed annually in the light of the facilities provided for Anglo-Chinese education
in the locality and be conditional on the College being conducted (as to its aided sections) in accordance with the standards laid down by the Director of Education,
to
Public Works Extraordinary Electric fittings for hired Sanitary Department Quarters at K.LL 1901, 8827.
Considerable difficulty has been experienced in the past in securing a suitable residence and office for the District Sanitary Inspector at Kowloon City, who has been tom porarily accommodated at "Blin- denheim" pending its demolition.
Satisfactory accommodation has now been leased on the ground floor of a European style house. in. the district and occasion has been taken to lesso the top floor als to accommodate two other Inspec. tore hitherto in receipt of rent allowance.
Resumption of Building at Seaton. Public Works Extraordinary: Resumption of Mr. Tse Tean Tai's Building at Seeton, Tsun Wan, 65,500.
Ropes were sold at $21.35 August.
"Rat Poison, etc. Sanitary Department:-9, Rat $31.95. Poison, Rats, &c., $720.
Provision made in Estimates,
The provision made in Estimates - assumed that the sterling require. ments (which amount, under this sub-hoad, to some £130) could be purchased at $1—1/4..
The sum now asked for represents approximately the difference, be tween the estimated rate and the actual rate of exchange to-day, and should suffice for the full your.
The above is to be met from sa ings, under 2 Motor Cara and
Motor Vans..
Wireless Special Expenditure, Bicycles, 8500,
In order to enable the staff of messengers of the Radio Branch to ecpe with the increase of traffic which is now nearly double what it was a year ago and to effect speedy delivery of the messages, it is considered necessary that the messengers be provided will bleyo les. No provision was made in the Estimates for this expenditure: Radio receipts in 1830 amounted to $432,000. Up to April 30, 1931
288,000 had been collected.
Kowloon-Castón Railway: Per- sonal Emoluments, 87,739.
Provision made in Esti-
mates Provision inade by Sup-
plementary Voto
1.
4,
June ; p.m.""
HONG" KONG POLICE
RESERVE.
and
for
ORDERS ISSUED BY THE HON. ME. & D. C. WOLFZ, CO, INEFECTOR- GENERAL OF POLICE.]
General. Revolver "Practice-The regular weekly revolver practice will take place at the Bowen Road Revolver Ranga to-morrow, at 5 p.m. It will be open to all members of the Sharpshooters' Company, Hong Kong Police Reserve..
Training Course, The weekly classes for Police Reservists at the Chinese Com- pany's Headquarters.17 Queen's Road Central will be held as usual to-day at 5.30 p.m. All members of the Chinese Company and of the Flying Squad who have not passed Part II of Training Course should attend.
Flying Squad.
The weekly instructional patrol of the Hong Kong Bection will take place on Friday, July 3. Fall in at 362,770 Central Police Station at 5.15 p.m. sharp. Dress: Khaki uniform and 2,100 cap with khaki cover.
Total......... 3384,876
Ballway Manager's Balary,
Colonies has approved of the salary The Secretary of State for the of the post of Manager and Chief
Sharpshooters Company. Inspection of Rifles.-All rifles not already turned in to the Police so turned in at once. Armourer for inspection should be
Strength-Constabue RAST L
inspired his protest proves that his point of view is by no means universal. In the interests of science, it would be helpful if Anti- canine would give us a few au- thenticated examples of cases of infection of normal human beings with every sort of disease ly normal dogs. I look about me and see shooting mon, huntsmen, vata, dog-coolies, travelling ladies of leisure, dog-breeders, sporting fappers, subalterns, civil servants, olderly widowa .with. amplo laps long vacated by grand- children' and ncw reserved for Pekingese-all of whom spend most of their lives in canine society me peculiarly and yet som to free of parasites, and should be healthy. A dog, can easily be kept so kept for its own comfort and its owner's self-respect-but even if advertently be imported into the a dog-fea or a dog-tick should in-
home by a dog, experiments will show that these parasites have no interest in human beings; they are peculiar to animals and haughtily turn up their proboscos at human blodd. In this respect, Anticanine, if he is a person of such extremely cleanly habits, has more to fear from his own kind than from the canine kind; ho would be wine to eachow all human gatherings, or to spray. his friends with Tit or ask them to gargle with a solution of per- manganate of potash before he ap- proaches them; any one of his neighbours is more likely to hand on to him a germ of disease, or even a stray flea, than is a dog. I myself have more than once caught
cold in the head from an aunt, but I should hesitate to advocate the abolition of all aunts for this reason.
re-
Engineer, Kowloon Canton Rail Mackay has been taken on the others with their children: Bo
way being increased from £1,500- per annum to the rate of $1,400 strength of the Sharpshooters' Com- £50-£1,000 per annum, and also any as from June 19. that the present holder, Mr. Htice will be carried out on the Revolver Practice.-Revolver prae- Baker, bo permitted to draw salary at the rate of £1,550 per
Bowen Road Revolver Range to annum from July 7, 1831.
morrow, at 5.15 p.m. Members will assemble on the Range at that time with their belts, holsters and re- volvera. Uniform optional.
Provision in the current esti mates was made at the cld rate, viz. £1,800 at exchange 1/4. While on leave from March 28, 1931, Mr. Baker will draw his salary from the Crown Agents, the sterling paymont being shown in the Crown Agents account at the current rate of exchange approximately 11,
With regard to Dr. Uttleys.cvi- dence, Mr. Jenkin said that it was As it is considered desirable to known at the time of the post-cancel the temporary permit at mortem examination that proceed. present issued to Mr. Tao Tan Tai ings would follow for murder, and for an area of land together with there were obvious reasons for the buildings orected by him thereon most scrupulous care in the ex- at Scoton; Tsun Wan, New Tor amination and making of full notes ritories, and as, under a special The doctor did not make a single condition of his pormit, he is to note and only relied on his recol- ba compensated for the buildinge lections. This was the most dan- upon cancellation of the permit, gerous thing to do, and on that such buildings have been valued account the medien evidence was and the amount of compensation worth nothing.
dus to Mr. Teo Toan Tai is assoas- od at A5,500 and this amount is now asked for,
Fire Brigade-I Motor. Float,quired.
A Curious Case."-
·
(Sgd.) D. L. KING,
D. 8. P. (R)
A large dog in the water off a crowded beach is admittedly alarm- ing to a poor swimmer I have noticed this myself. Dog owners are sometimes thoughtless in straining their dogs. So are somo
are some, motorists with their cars. No are some gramophoniass with their gramophones. Bo are some their pens. A little thoughtfulness newspaper correspondents with and imagination all round would be a great help.
It is curious, às Anticañine im- plics, how some people can find friends in living creatures of a different race yet of extraordinary emotional kinship to humanity but then I would remind Anticanine that people are curiotis. It is curious to то that pocple A supplementary vote of 850,000 | can find inore, pleasure in also from July 7 1621 the salary is requested which will allow for the pursuit of a little dead white will be at the increased rate of the provision of approximately 400 ball along the same course every 1,560 per annum. A supplement. new meters and general mainten day, than in being followed on a ary vote of $7,732 is therefore ance..
roal walk into now coun- In summing up, the Chief Justica
1 Kowloon Water Meters,
try, by a living, Loving, said that it was a curious case with 82140.
Kowloon-Canton Railway:
tailwagging friend. Bome, peo certain unusual and mysterious fea-
Provision made Estimates, Conveyance allowance to Railway,
Kowloon Water'. Account (Moters ple find rapture in cellecting tures which called for caroful con- $63,100,
8188.
etc.). Provision and fixing of me-stamps, others in seeing how long sideration by the jury. They would
It was estimated that a zum of Provision mado in Estimates, ters, 850,000.
they can continue to dance the fox- have to bear in mind that the $100,000 would be expended from $435kqu
Provision made in Estimates, trot without fainting from ox- Owing to an oversight, no pro. 840,000. prisoner was presumed to be in the vote during 1930, whereas only
**haustion. "Wo: are all 'curicus to nocent until he was proved to to $97,800 was actually spent. The vision was inado for the conveyance Numerous, applications for new one another; Anticanino himself guilty, and the onus was on the sum of 82,140 therefore lapsed. Allowances payable to the Manager metered services are being receiv-might seem to some of us a bit prosecution to prove beyond rea supplementary vote for this lapsed and Chief Engineer of the Railed on account of the rapid deve-of a curiosity. Even more curious sonable doubt that the prisoner was balance 82,140, is now requested. way during the absence on Jenvelopment on the Peninsula.
it te realise that somewhere, guilty of the crime of murder or Harbour Department-Special the lesser charge of manslaughter. Expenditure. Tachometer for
His Lordship, after referring to 0.31.S. Department, 8105. the evidence of the small boy, Beid that it must be rejected nitogether. With regard to the medical ori- dence, his Lordship said that thero were inconsistencies, which made the evidence unreliable, and there was an absence of notes on import- At present when tests are to be ant points such as the symptoms carried out the Assistant Govern generally present in a case of ment Marine Surveyor Yaumati atrangulations mu
|has to borrow-a, tachometer for the Accused in the case was Wong purpose. Cheung, alia, Wong Bik Cheung, Original estimate £16 at who was charged with the murder exch, 1/4 of Kau Suk, at Yaumati, on April Revised cost including 1. this year. He was defended by freight, etc. £16.10d. at Mr. FC Jenkin, instructed by
orch. 17- Mr. H. C. Macnamara, "of, Messra, Deaconsegui
Jurora empanelled for the trial were Messie. B. C. Field (foreman), C. Whitehead, A. M. Xavier, N. Wong, F. X. dos Remedios. C. do Vieira. Ribeiro and Chan Ping Sab.
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of Mr. Baker who holds both posts. The vote is revenue producing actually or potentially, there is a At the same time a rovised scale and further expenditure up to a dog silly enough to find a soul. of allowances has been introduced total of 8135,000 for all servicesmate in each one of us-a friend Provision made in Estimates, as from April 1, 1031, involving a has already be approved by the who will find no fault with us, 85.
total incraasa, of 884' per annum Finance Committed and by the 'freaks, and curicsities though we This instrument is urgently re-over the approved scale. The sum Secretary of State.
momento das von may be a friend who will never, quired by the Assistant Govern actually provided in respect of
A supplementary vote of 850,000 until death, cease to love us, what rent Marine Surveyor, Yaumati, of these allowances is 8241 and a is requested which will allow forever we do. for testing launches...
farther sum of $188 is required to the provision of approximately 400 Perhaps when Anticanine is make up the deficiency.
new moters oud - general mainten- | 'making his promised subscription:
to the S.P.C.A., he would care to call at the Dogs Homo, and, olearing his mind for a moment of prejudico, lock one of the dogs there honestly, in the cyoa, He might find in those eyes, instead of an abrasions mentice, a most
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Hong Kong Water Account nne. (Meters) -Provision and fixing of meters, $50,000,-ftd
Cantus Exponere, 810,000 - * Provision ́made in "Estimates, 880,000.
The original estimate of 850,000 was of an arbitrary nature. Num- box of staff required and duration
Provision made in Estimates, $35,000,
Numorous applications for, now metered services are being received on account of rapid development of work were indefinite at time of touching offer of wholehearted faith
8103 especially on Praya East Reclama - tion. daný 105 fallenvoter is revenue.
The above is to be met from envjög under Training Exponges of GM.8. in England. Sky
Rent of Polica Married Quarters,
1 8840.
estimating and the vote has proved the beaming faith of a friend inadequate., pad ik wametite cready to believe that evon Anti- chage free ftris, hoped to complete; the tabuzanine himself is a person" of "good" and further expenditure up to alation of statistics from the Consus sense, generosity, and reasonable total of 8135,000 for all services enumeration by, the end of Septem- judgment. Que of the chief charms has already been approved by the ber but it may taken little longer, of logs is their boundless cptimism. Finance Committed and by the and it in considered necessary to Secretary of State,
apply for a further sum of $10,000. (Continued on next Coluna.) · to complete the work,
-I am, sir,→→Yours ete
··· STELLA BENSON:" Hong Kong, June 29.
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