DRUNK IN RAILWAY|"COLLISION CLAIM.
STATION.
UNEMPLOYED. MARINE ENGINEER FINED.
DECISION RESERVED BY CHIEF JUSTICE
COUNSEL'S ARGUMENTS.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1932.
CHINA EXHIBITION.
LIST OF CHARITABLE DONATIONS.
The following charitable donations have boon made from the money accruing from the successful China Exhibition held recently in the City
Hall:-
Victoria Diocesan and Mis.
sionary Association
At Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, Thomas Giblisun... described an an
Decision was reserved by the unemployed marine engineer, was Chief Justice (Sir Joseph Key charged with refusing to leave the after final argument yesterday, in Tsimshatsiti Railway Station at the Supreme Court action involv- telă pime on Thursday when re-ig a claim and counter claim aris..... quested to duzo by an offeint of ing our of the collision between St. Peter's Church the Railway. A further charge of being drunk on the premiars was preferred against him.
Evidoner was given to the feed that the defendant tried to enter! the station and when he was told] not to do m, he threatened to strike the watchman wilk a bottle. He then slept "outside the caterers' en- trance.
The defendant pleaded guilty to both charges and was Aned $10 or 14 days' hard labour on the second charge." Sentener was postponed until Monday as his Worship grant ed defendant's request for time to obtain money.
the
China Navigation steamer Nethersolo Hospital Kiangsu and the N.V.K. steiner Flood Relief Toyooka Mar The Hon. Comdr. Shameen Church -- Special
Repairs Fund... H. F. Hole, RN. (Retired) againat
Victoria Home Building st. a ÅsBORECT.
Fund Strapt Boys' Club V.D.M.A.Christmas
Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C., together with Mr. F. C. Jonkin, K.C. was, for the owners of the Kiangsu and Mr. E, G. Shaldon for the N.T.K.
In his address to the Court, Mr. Potter said that, the Toyooka Maru being an outwardbound ship, if the Master chose to disobey the atur- board side rule and go to the port side, the onus lay on him to prove not vaguely but distinctly the obstacles which prevented him from keeping to the turboard side, otherwise the ship would cre99 'en- tirely at her own risk. The Master would have to show that it was nos ATTEMPT TO REVIVE ENTHU-safe or practicable to keep to the
SIASM FOR SOCIALISM.
'LÁBOUR CAMPAIGN FOR RECRUITS.
starboard side. »
Crossing the Fairway.
a.m., and a look at the chart was sufficient to show that
Fund'
4017.52. 500.00
HONG KONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS.
O BY LICT. COLOME. L. G
BIRD, D.S.C., 0...].
Cours BAND-
Parades.
The Hand will parade as "detailed in last week's Corps Orders,
BATTERY:
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ELIOT HALL FAREWELL.
PROF. FAID'S NEW POST
IN VARSITY.
A farewell ten-party was given by the members of EHot Hai, Hong Kong University, yesterday after noon, in honour of Prof, and Mrs. W. Faid, who have been resident in Eliot Hall since 1023, and who 1. There will be a parade on are now leaving the hostel for 275.00 Tuesday, January 19 at HeadquarLugard Hail. The same occasion
tors. nt 5.30 p.m. Lecture on
Buffor and Recuperator.”
"Parade on Thursday, January 213.30 p.m. gun drill and signalling,
250.00
£80.00
200.00 .......... 200.00
Gifts
ENGINE COMPANY:
200,00).
150.00
100.00
To Kwan School Yen Chow Street Hospital... 100,00 Home for Aged Peor ...... Hong Kong Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Chinese Mission to Lepers... 100.00 New Territories Evangelika
tion Society ...... Salvation Army (in addition
<1
100,00
100.00
50,00
to Free Stall) .......... Blind Home (in addition to
Free Stall)
30.00 Harbour Mission of the 'Chi-
nese Church
LUXURIES.
$10.00
ON
IMPORT DUTIES & INCREASED INCOME TAX FOR REVENUE
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ÁRMOURED CAR COMPANY :—
1. Car Section: Machine Gunners will parade on Monday, 18th and Friday, January 22 at Headquar-
also served as a welcome party to Mr. R. Ashton Hill, the Warden of Eliot Hall.
new
Mr. Gan Kee Poon presided. He said that Prof. Faid had been a good friend nad sympathetic w
Monday, January 13, Miniature den. He was strict but very fair in his dealings with the residents Range Shoot.
of the hostel I Mrs. Faid, the hostel had lost a charming hostess and a source of inspiration for athletes at the Annual Sports of the Varsity. In conclusion he wished Prof. Faid every success in Drivers will parade for a lecture his new post, as guardian of their on Car Mechanism at the P.W.D.
sister hostel-Lagard (appianac), Gavage on Friday, January and heartily wtkomed Mr. Hill, who had beca their acting-wurden in 1029.
ters at 5.30 p.m.
5.20 p.m.
2. Motor Cycle Section: Spedal parades will be held at Headquar- try on Monday, 13th and Wednes day. 30th instant at 5.30 p.m. for
Machine Gun þastruction
Members are requested to make a special note of these dates, SCOTTISH COMPANY: --
1. Monday, January 18, No.7 Platoon will parade at Headquar: ters at 250 p.m. under 2/Lt. A. W. Brown for M.C. instruction. Sec. tion Commandera will do their ut- most to ensure a full turn cut,
Prof. Faid thanking the members of Eliot suitably replied, Hall for their ten-party.
Hère- marked that he and his wife had
had a pleasant stay among them. He advised everyone to live up to the name of Eliot." (Applause.) As a token of his stay, he had pro- mised to donate a up, which was to be completed for by members of the hostel at the 'Varsity Annual Sports each year.
Mrs. Faid spoke a few words wishing the students best of luck in the coming sports.
Stockholm, Jam 11.--In addition to the tremendously increased in-
2 Thursday, January 21, No. 6 come tax budget which will be pre-/Lt. T. P. Saundersou; No. 7 Platoon at Kowloon Dock under sented to the Riding on January Platoon at
Mr. Hill in a brief and witty Readquarters under speech, said that he would try his
19, there will also be another pro-9/Lt. A W.. Brown for M.G. in-best to be a worthy successor of position for raising additional re.
London, January 11.—The Labour Mr. Potter abmiljed that the SWEDEN TO PUT TAX Party has begun a recruiting com- | Japanese Captain was entirely un- paign on a big senle with the imjustified in crossing the fairway, medinto object of wenting an ad- because he eculd have anchored disional million members. Heavy with complete safety to the south numerical losses have been record of the point where he was at 7.43. ed by the Labour Party in recent¦ years. Trade depression, with ne companying unemployinant and
Further, if the Toyooka Maru lack of funds for political and was not actually in the ice when trade union subscriptions are un- she started to cross, it should have doubtedly partly responsible, but as been obvious to those in charge that the same time the obliteration of she would not hope to get across the Labour Party at the General without going through densa fog. Election although it polled nearly He submitted that the Court Boven million vote was caused to could not any that the crossing some extent by the fact that many was justified, as the Japanese Cap
·Socialiste must have voted for tain had admitted that he hoard National candidates and against the fog signal of the Kiangsu and, at any rate after the second blast, members of the former Labour ad he knew it was the signal of an ministration.
in-coming ship, and that if the Toyooka Maru continued be cross it would have lo chces the bows' of that in-coming ship. Under the eircumstances, there was, he said, i nothing to justify the manoeuvre.
When the Executive Committee of the Labour Party meets next month it will consider a list of prospec tive Labour parliamentary "candi. dates in all divisions and study methods of reviving enthusiasm in the Socialist progruume.,,
TRAIN-WRECKERS THWARTED.
BOMBS FOR COLOGNE TO BERLIN EXPRESS.
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It is learned to-day that a bill will be sahmitted to the Swedish Partiment providing for an in creased Customs duty on heizine, alcohol, motor cars, and all articles considered as luxuries.
BEGGAR DIES IN PRISON.
INQUEST HELD YESTERDAY.
Running Into Danger.
Counsel said that instead of the negligence of the Toyocks Mari
It was a foregone conclusion having censet when the vessel from the deplorable condition of reached an anchorage ground, as the man," said "Dr. J., V. Ar maintained by the other side, the negligence became more and more Grifiths at an inquest conducted acute. The Captain of that vessel yesterday by Mr. W. Schofield into persisted in putting himself across the death of a prisoner 63 years of the way of an incoming ship. He!
did this with his eyes open, know- ago.
struction.
3. Machine Gun Competition: All tanks are reminded that this competition, takes place on Sunday, 21th instant.
4. Corps Sports: Intending com- petitors who have not yet entered are requested to notify 2/Lt. T. P. Saunderson or L/Cpl. T. Cranston before Saturday, 10th instani. PORTUGUESE COMPANY:-
1. It is most essential, for the efficiency of the Company and in- dividuals, that all members do their utmost ip attend as many parades as possible for the remainder of the Training Season,
tad to the Company po Sunday, 2. The Peak Range will be allot-
January 11 and not Sunday, Janu ary 21 as stated in last week's Corps Orders. A.A...A. COMPANY:-
1. The A. P.C. Section will purade 5.30 pm. as North Point on Thursday, 21st instant.
ing well that he was running into The docensed was sentenced to dangor.
The argument that the Tyooka į one month's hard labour on Decem- Berlin, January 8-What would Marn was at anchor when the colber 28 last on being convicted on in all possibility have been a tellision took place was not stand a charge of begging. Two days whistle like later ho was sent the Gaol Hos- that of a ship on the way, andpital where the doctor diagnosed
olunlly she was under way at the chronic opium poisoning, degenera-tern on Friday, 22nd instant.
rible railway disaster involving great loss of life has been averted by the discovery to-day of 35 bombs
near Brackwede,
The engines of destruction were evidently intended for the Berlin- Cologne express. The bombs were removed to a place of "safety and, after they had been examined by an explosive expert, were rendered harmless.
The police believe that they know where to find the culprits.
C.-IN-C.'S WIFE ROBBED.
LADY KELLY VICTIM OF
"BAG SNATCHER.
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There was evidence that 870 was Bebually lewing a
time.
After the close of the argument, his Lordship rewrved his decision.
DRIVER'S GOOD RECORD SPOILT.
FINED 820 FOR SPEEDING
IN ABERDEEN.
With a clean driving record ex- tending oven a period of three years, a Chiness motor driver was fined $20 for spoding in Aberdeen on January 2. The Magistrate, in imposing a fine, observed that it was a pity that the defendant should have spoiled his rocar du
Sergeant Dall said, that defen- dant overtook a lorry as a Bend!
tion of the heart and pulmonary tuberculosis.
The prisoner died yesterday and & "post mortem showed that one of his lungs were
so stricken with tuberculosis that "it was useless to the man.
2. The Portuguese Section will parade at 3.30 p.m. ut. Headquar
The Officers Commanding the un- dermentioned Laits will issue their Orders sparately to their Com- mands:-
1. Corps Signals. II. Machine Gun Troop. III. Machine Gun Company.
Transfer."
The jury returned a verdict of Company, is transferred to Army No. 658 Pre, A. J. Allison, Reserve
death by natural causes
Service Corps Cadre with effect from January 1, 1932.
ROBBED A CHINESE TEMPLE.
FOUR PERSONS SENTENCED.
Sentenced of nine months' hard
on the wrong side of the read at labour was imposed on each of four
on Tin Wan Village. The lorry, in man who were charged before Mr.
order to avoid a collision, swerved. S. Maclaren; at the District, to the loft and ran into a trep, while the. overtaking motor Office, South, yesterday, with bur- car, observing, another lorry coming glary at a Chinese temple at Tun from the opposito direction, swerv ed to the right and ran into an mbankment. The lorry was rather heavily damaged, as result of the incident.
bag-snatching incident Thursday afternoon in which Lady Kelly was the victim, had its nequel at Kowloon Magistracy yesterday when the culprit was brought be. foro Mr. 3. A. Frador.
Detective-Sergeant Johnson told the Court that Lady Kelly was walking along Kimberley, Rund
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Lorry and a Funerai,
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about p when the man come up A lorry driver pleaded guilty "from behind and snatched her bag, carrying 20 people in exc
which, together with its contents, the number allowed by the lorry's was valued at 833. Mr. L. A. Silva, license and was fined $15... who was in the vicinity, gave chase and caught the mono.
The snatcher was sentenced to six months' hard labour with 19 strokes of the birch.
Wan.
Decotive Inspector Elston, who prosecuted, stated that the defend-| ants wore disturbed in their work
buck of the temple. The nuns, who of prising open a window at the
were roused from their sleep, beat
No. 130 Pte. R. A. Bates, No. 3 Platoon, is transforred to Armour- ed Car Company. Motor Cycle Section with effect from January 10. 1032.
Leava.
2/L D L Strellett, No. 3 Platoon, returned from leave on December 31, 1931.
No, 1088 8gb. E. L. Groome, Armoured Car Company. Motor Cycle Section, sick leave, oxtended 1932. from January 10to February 10,
No. 999 L/Cpl. J. K. Bousfield,
MC.. Army Service Corps Cadre, granted 4 months leave from January 1 to Jule 30, 1132"
No. Tess Gap C. F. Read, Bat: tery, granted mouths leave from January 1 to June 30, 1932.
Appointments.
His Excellency the Governor has ben pleased to make the following appointments in the Army. Service
The defendant.explained that he songs and the intruders, becoming Corps Cadre of the Hong Kong
had been carrying mourners, to the funeral at his materia wife
alarmed, bolted.
A very heavy penalty was asked for by the police in view of the inst
His Worship: If you take that number of persons there will b more funerals than one Fined that another temple in that vicinity $15.
had been enterod. by armed robbers.
Volunteer Defence Corps, with effect from Derembor 22. 1931-
Mr. Charles Mariners Manners,
OBE., to be. Major,
Prof. Faid.
Other speakers were Mesars. Ng Kam Soo Yeon Chuan, Eng, Lec Hua Ngak, P. L. Tan, Yeap Choong Yow, and N. K. Law..
Farewell gifs and a houquet were presented to Mrs. Faid.
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HEALTH IN EASTERN PORTS.
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On Sunday next members of the Machine Gun Company Teams will take out their own haversack ratione
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