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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26,
1933
FIGHT IN A SHOP
ODD-JOB COOLIE BOUND OVER
Mak Hong, an odd-job coolie em. ployed at the Kowloon Godown, was yesterday summoned before Mr. Butters at Kowloon Magis. tracy for having assaulted another Chinese a house in Canton Street, Kowloon. Complainant was repre sented by Mr. T. P. K. Kemble of Mesara. Wilkinson & Grist,
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KOWLOON INDIANS TENNIS CLUB
ANOTHER OF KINGS PARK'S YOUNGER INSTITUTIONS
(BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT)
one
In my last articles on the Clubs in Kowloon, I mentioned that the Complainant's wife in corrobo Filipino Club was of the rating her husband's evidence said. youngest" but I have since dis- that on 20th inst. she was in her
covered some still younger ones, shop with him, when
and one of these is the Kowloon whom she had known for some Indians Tennis Club. In a conver- time came in and spoke to her, sation with one of their members demanding $20 which, she said wiresterday, I was surprised to learn ness owed her. Witness refused to that this club bas only been in pay and on this the woman got up existence since 1927 and although it and defendant, who had followed is but six years of age, a short her into the shop assaulted bet review of its actrities during that husband. Wu Mun, striking him on period might prove interesting. the chest. He then ran out of the house into the street where he was chased and caught by a police officer, who had come along on hearing police-whistles being blown
Defendant said he knew nothing of any assault. He was passing the place at the time and WBB startled by the sound of whistlos. When he saw people running to wards him he ran away and was stopped by a policeman.
His Worship bound defendant over to a bond of $50, which the brother said he would obtain by
p.m.
Defendant was ordered to be kept in custody till the following morning when the money is to be handed over and a reliable guaran tee given.
CALCHAS & LEE SANG COLLISION
HEARING IN ADMIRALTY
COURT
In the Admiralty Division re- cently Mr. Justice Langton, sitting with a Trinity Master, heard a case, tried under the Short Cause Hules, in which the Ocean Steam ship Co., Ltd., of Liverpool, claimed in respect of damage sus tained by the steamer Calchas in a collision with the China Steam Navigation Company's steamer Leesang, which occurred in the River Whangpoo, near Shanghai, on August 23, 1932. Defendants ad mitted liability for the collision. but counter-claimed for damage” ta the Leesang.
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There were, by this time, quite a number of tennis players amongst the Indians in Kowloon and the fact that they now had a Club of their own lent an incentive to their keenness, so that is the same year tha Club were able to put a team.. in the "C" division of the tennis league. They have not exactly dis- tinguished themselves in this com petition, but the way they go about their matches, and the sporting spirit which they show whether in victory or defest have carned for the other clubs in the Colony. them the respect and admiration of
To go back to the days of long unknown game to the Indians ago, tennis was comparatively
The Club boasts four tennis lying in Kowloon and only a few courts and has a membership of 73, of them know bow to handle & and although it is essentially&. racket. There used to be a sand tennis club, hockey holda sway duc- court in the Military Hospital coming the winter months and I hear. pound in Whitefield Barracks and that badminton will be taken up by the members in the near future. So far as the social side is con cerned, there is not a great deal" done but 'members have their in formal concerts, and the Club dinners are always very pleasant affairs, both for the members and their guests.
remember very clearly how a few Indian members of the Civil Ser vice used to play here with the medical officers attached to the Indian Medical Service. There were, however, only a handful of tennis enthusiasts but so determin- ed were they to spread the game that slowly, but mirely, tennis be- gan to take a hold even on the older members of the community.
In many quarters, it is thought that the Kowloon Indian Tennis. Club are in opposition
One of the keenest players in ing India sporting institution in Indian Recreation Club, to the those far of days was Mr. G. H. the Colony. That is not correct. Dhool, who was then a master at A is a well-known fact, the Indian the Ellis Kadoorie Indian School, community in Kowloon is by n team over to play against what thought entirely correct and proper and he used to invite the school means a small one and it was was known then as the Kowloon
Indians. These games proved very
enjoyable affairs and they had the effect of spreading tennis in the peninsula, so far as the Indian community, both civil and military, were concerned,
In 1927, it was announced that the recreation grounds in King's Park were ready for allocation and three gentlemen, Messrs. Feroz Ali, M. A. Khan and Mahan Singh con- ceived the idea of applying for a plot in order that the Kowloon Indians might have a ground of their own. Their application was granted and the result is that very soon after, they had the place pro- perly fenced in and generally.
done up," and by the end of the following year, the pavilion (though not one on an elaborate scale) was ready.
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ried out,
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that they should have a Club of
their own, otherwise it would mean
them to have to go all the way to a great deal of inconvenience for Sookumpoo for a game of tennis or to get the amenities of a Club. In fact, the Clubs.aro on very friendly term, and as far as my information goes, most members of the K.LT.C. are also members of the Indian Recreation Club.
The office bearers of the K.I.T.C for the current season, are:
Patron-Mr. Abbas Khan. President-Mr. Mahan Singh, Vice-President.-Mr. M. A. Khan. Hon Secretary.-Mr. Ferox Ali. Hou. Treasury.—Mr. B. 8. Dhali- wal
Committee: Messrs. Firdos Khan, H. Mahan Singh, S. R. Salleh, Mit Singh and Amrik Singh.
A SKILTISH CHINESE. NUN
Mr. T. R. Little, marine engine- er, giving evidence for the plain- tifs, said that on the whole the damage to both ships indicated that haviour of syclist who was Being attracted by the odd be the propeller was probably going" stunting" and doing tricks to the ahead at the time of the collision, but not with much energy.
danger of the public on a machine at Salwan, Canton, recently, a
whom he took to be a well-firensed policeman arrested the delinquent, youth. On closer examination how- ever the policeman discovered that,
Counsel for the defendant com- pany, explaining the case to the Court, said that the Calchas, 10.305 tons gross, was swinging in the river as the Leesang, 1,685 tons, came down and collided with her. For that collision the Leesang ad mitted liability, but alleged that, owing to the negligence of the Chl. Mr. Justice Langton, chas, her port propeller was kept judgment, said it was now agreed giving going at the time of the impact, that, the port propeller was mov- with the result that severe damageing, and the first gestion was whe was done to the Lessang in the ther there was any negligence in although the person was attired in neighbourhood of No. 1. hold. The keeping it moving at the moment vessel was holed and had to be of the collision. The Calchas was men's clothing," he " was in beached...
placed in a most difficult position, reality i Chinese Buddhist nun. The Calchas's propeller was bad- and as those in charge of her The nun was arrested eventually ly damaged, and the question for thought it best in the circumstances fined two dollars for unseemly con- the Court was whether she was to order the engines ahead, he duct. liable for all the underwater dam could not say that it was negli. age because bf not stopping the gent even though it did not succeed port propeller when the collision, în avoiding the collision. became inevitable.
As to whether more damage would be done by a revolving than a stationary propeller, he hoped seamen would stick to the old- fashioned theory, that it would be
A young Chinese who travelled on the Yanmati ferry on his brother's wicket was fined 13 by Mr. Wynne-Jones yesterday.
Officers' Evidence.
Mr. S. G. Gordon, marine engine SALLEH RADIO SERVICE giving evidence for the defence. better to have their propeller sta Mr. Singer of No. 5 Dorset
said that the damage to the Lee- tionary at the time of a collision. sang and the propeller and shaft Therefore, there would be judgButters at the Kowloon Magistracy Cresent was fined $10 by Mr of the Calchas indicated that there ment for the plaintiffs, but as they yesterday for allowing a dog and must have been very considerable had been wrong in some of their bitch to be out in the street with force in the propeller at the mo-contentions they must not have ut iuzzles at abent á a.m. on wment of the impact. The steam more than half their costa l
must have been on at the time.
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A statement by Captain" Power, master of the Calchas, read by Mr. Bucknil, stated that he had to keep Mrs. Hested, of No. 17 Cornwall.The marriage will shortly take his engines going astern to main Avenue was fined $6 for allowing place of Mr. Leslie James tain his position in the river her dog out without a muzzle on son, of 109 Ta Yuen Street; Half-minute before the collision July 8. She stated that the dog kok, who is employed by
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he ordered the port engine to be an out of the house but as soon China, Steam Navigation Company, stopped; and that order was caras this was discovered a servant and Miss Joan Marian Continued on next column was sent out to bring it back ist also of Pa Tuen Street,
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