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SHIPPING DISPUTE
Sir Atholl Reserves Judgment
The claim and counter claim for damages brought by, the American Mail Line and the East Astatic Co., respectively as a result of a collission in the harbour on December 14, 1934 between the President Jefferson and the s.s. Afrika came to an end yesterday when His Lordship 'Sir Atholl who heard the claims with the Hon. Comdr. G. F. Hole who sat as Assessor reserved judgment,
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Mr. F. C. Jenkin, K.C., instructed by Mr. D. H. Blake, of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist, appeared for the plaintifs, and defendants were represented by Mr. Eldon, Potter, K.C., and Mr. H. C. Macnamara, who wer Instructed by Mfr. O. E. C Marton, of Messrs. Descons,
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The
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SOLDIER'S GOOD WORK
Inspector Portallion stated that at about 7,30 pin on Tuesday night the defendant was seen by the soldier with a bird which had a string tied to its feet and when- ever the bird dew up it was pulled down again
St. John's Cathedral was the scene of a yery pretty wedding yesterday when Miss Martha Ann Lang, daughter of Mrs James The Victoria League in London, Kay Liang, became the bride of among its other activities. renders Mr. Roy R. Pearson of the Stan-
Appearig as a witness in cases which came "before. Mr. E.. assistance to British subjects from dard-Vacuum Of Company. any part of the world who go to Rt. Rev. Bishop Hall officiated. I. Wynne-Jones at the Kowicon England, more especially for, pur-
Anat.ve of Farmville, Virginia, Magistracy yesterday, a soldier of poses of education. The League is the bride and her mother arrived the Bast Lancashire Regiment prepared to render assistance in in the Colony on July on the was commenedd by the
Magis- BA, Fresident Hoover while the matter of finding quarters,
thetrate for his good work. was until advising on educational matters bridegroom
recently In the first case a Ane of $10 as far as possible helping in regard been out "East for the last five labour was "passed on Mä Fuk stationed at Wuchow. He had cr in default three weeks hard to admission to the universitiles, giving facilities for visiting places years.
Sang when convicted of a charge of interest. and generally in
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gave the of cruelty to a bird. into bringing students
bride away and she presented a with English social life. The Very pretty picture, as she entered League has kindly consented to the Cathedral in a sheath-fitting render such assistance to British White satin wedding gown with (3-It was und spied that the subjects going to England from cowl neckline, long sleeves with President Jefferson blew three Hong Kong. A local committee Monastery cuffs, and train, Her blasts when she dropped her an-has been formed consisting of vell, short at the front and falling cher; that, in fact, she did not
Honourable Colonial Secretary, to the ground at the back, was of fine tulle. She carried a bouquet put her engines half astern, but, (Chairman). on the countrary, she went ahead
The Vice-Chancellor, Univer- of Elles or the valley and white for 80 feet and gave
sity of Hong Kong,
ginger lies. (Vice- signal по
"Attending the bride as flower girl Chairman). ter doing so.
Chinese was little Eleanor Sanger in a sky (4)-After passing Buoy 46 the Afrika was powerless to do aby- Mr. Potter replied by saying thing except what she had done, that his suggestion was based on oamely, that she proceeded ahead the ground that in normal condi- with her engines stopped and let tions and in good weather` it was
the President Jefferson do what usual to assume that the length | she said she would do as indicat- of chain cable which was three ed, by her signal. times the depth of water would hold the ship. Furthermore. according to the log book of the President Jefferson, the steamer veered thirty fathoms cf chain cable in the water. This was four times the depth "of the wa- ter, and the reason for doing so was to hold the ship.
Contending against Mr. Potter's submission that there had been no dragging of the anchor, after the Pres. Jefferson had dropped her anchor Mr. Jenkin cited the evidence given by the captain of the American boat which was to the effect that the steamer did drag her anchor and to the ex- tent of 600 feet.
Continuing with his argument, Mr. Petter contended that in a place of congested waters it was the duty of the captain of any steamer to obey the signals she herself had given. In this in- stance it was assumed that the Pres. Jefferson was going astern when she gave the three blasts. This was not "acted the Pres. Jefferson
AFRIKA'S PLACE'
short on by
(5) There would in fact be no collision if the President Jeffer- son had obeyed her signals. That her inability to do so was due to the fact that she dropped ber
anchor too near the dolphin.
(8)-In that conection it is not even suggested to the witnesses for the defence that they quite appreciated the proximity of the dolphin or to know at once that the President Jfferson could not go estern Buch would be fatastic.
a suggestion
"PRESIDENT" TO BLAME
In conclusion, Mr. Potter said: With these six reasons 1 submit, if your Lordship find that at the time the anchor was dropped the Afrika was abreast of Buoy A6, that the President Jefferson was solely to be blamed for the coll-
Dealing with the Afrika's post-slun. tion at the time tize Jefferson! Replying for the plaintiffs, Mr. dropped her anchor, Mr. Potter Jenkin said that if the Afrika had stated that witnesses for the kept to her course, there would plaintiff had stated that she was have been
collision, no south of Kowloon Point. His cwn Afrika had changed her witnesses had stated
that the and had made up her mind Afrika saw abreast of Buoy A6 at the time.
The Course
to
Hon. Secretary for Affairs.
The Director of Education,. Hon. Mr. S. W. Tso, C.B.E..
LL.D.
Honourable Mr. T. N. Chau. Miss Alice Kwok,
Inspector of English Schools (Education Office); Joint Honor- ary Secretary, (Hong Kong).
Mr. Ts'o Tsun On, Joint Honorary Secretary. such persons as may wish to avail themselves of the assistance at the League should apply to one of the Honorary Secretaries with a view to obtaining a letter to the Secretary of the League in Lon-, dor
CHINESE CHOW
Interesting New Publication
An interesting booklet which will be of inestimable value to tourists and those who have occasion to visit Chinese restaurants has just appeared under the title of "Chin- ese Chow. How To Order And Ap- preciate."
blue Kate Greenaway gown.
The bride's mother, Mrs. James Fay Laing, as Matron of Honour, wore a pink chinon crepe gown, set off with a violet toned hat trimmed with pink velvet ribbon. Her bouquet was of pink roses and vio-
lets.
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The bind was ordered to be re- teased.
In the second case for assault-
Yan was. fined $25 with the alter- ing Yueng Ng, a widow Chiu King native of one month's hard läb-
our
at
tallion that whilst the soldier was It was stated by Inspector Por-
walking along Arran Street about 7.30 p.m. on Tuesday he saw the defendant assaulting the com- plainant and stopped him. Mr. T. B. Williams, also of the
Complainant stated that he had been living with a man "at a Standard-Vaccum Oll Comparat of which defendant's mother undertook the duties of best man. was the principal tenant. During the ceremony. Mrs. R. Sanger sang "Because."
man with whori" complainant had been Hving ceased to send her money and as a result she got into the debt of defendant's fendat wanted her to pay the mother. On Tuesday night de-
debt, but she could not and she was struck.
After the ceremony, a reception was held at Mr. Williams' residence at S. Bowen Road.
Mrs. Pearson's "going away" dress was a navy blue suit with pink net and lace waist: With th's she wore a Paris model beret of navy blue trimmed with a short eye-vell and pink flowers.
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And Mr. Lloyd George
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The
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An order was made against Lau Chuen Shek an unemployed to make amends to the amount of $10 failing which to serve three weeks hard labour for damaging a elec- tric fitting at 76 Jaffe Road, Wan- chai.*
Detective Sergt. D. Fitches stated that the complainant was a sly prostitute. Deter dant claimed himself to be the adopted son of a woman who runs a number of brothels
and prostitutes. Com- plainant was under treatment at a cinic and could not carry on with her business. Defendant had been there several times to quarrel. make her do business. The night before last, the defendant went to the house and cut the wires and smashed the glass of the meter.
* we are wrong," continued | son had sounded her three blasts. the amount of explanation that it As I said before, the sub-commit being sent by his step-mother to
witnesses
On going through the book proceed away from her Original (there are over forty pages of use line, before the President Jeffer-ful hints), I was surprised to find 's possible to give to the intricacies delicious Chinese dishes and the Tell-The-World Publish ing Company, and the author who bides under the rom-de-plume of
ONUS ON DEFENCE
of the
Mr. Potter, "then cur must have deliberately committed perjury. But if the gther side is wrong, they might have done so for other reasons, namely, that they were not in see where the Afrika was at the time the President Jefferson dropped her anchor. The people on the Afrika were in a better position to see where the vessel was, and therefore if they were wrong, they must have dellber- was to anchor. ately committed perjury. "I shall submit, however, that the evid. ence given by the witnesses for
wholly the plaintift was
unre- lable and that the position they
Mr. Jenkin then reviewed the evidence given by the Chief om- ter of the Afrika, and the sequence prior to the collision, and accord- "Chopsticks" are to be posliton to
ing to the evidence, there was no stopping of the engines.
At the time when the two
lasts were sounded the Jefferson had not moved up and the post- tion as to where the Jefferson was conclusive
tulated on their effort.
congra
There are many of us who, quite often to a Chinese dinner, especially when we have friends from abroad who like 10, sample the choice Chinese dishes, and the book in question would be an ad- from the evidence given by Star-mirable guide in that it explains lett and the master of the Afrika, every detail of a Chinese dinner The place where the Jefferson from the time one sits down at the table tur the very last dish is dropped her anchor
cleared away. same as that testified by
One Is even taught how to cross examination it was
was
the the
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London, June. 20. The report of the sub-commit tee which has been examining Mr. Llody George's plans comes before the full Cabinet at its mecting on Wednesday, writes a corespondent tee has decided against Mr. Lloyd George's scheme, and the full Ca- ibnet will unquestionably confirm that decis on On Thursday or Friday, therefore, we may expect the publication of Mr. Lloyd George's memorandum and the Government's reply upon it. Mr. Lloyd George will publish his me but it is possible that the Govern- morandum on his own account, ment's answer will take a form of a White Paper.
It was a mean type of act, and take a serious view of the case. the Bergeant asked his Worship to
Defendant pleaded guilty to the charge and said that he had been quarrelled with the complainant, told to do so by a person who had Chan Kam a single woman.
way
PEACE AND RECONSTRUCTION- Meantime the preparations for two months' hard
A fine of $500, or, in default,
labour, the "Peace and Reconstruction" imposed upon a 60-year-old wi- Convention at the Central Hall dow, Pip Lok, when she pleaded next Monday and Tuesday are be- guilty before Mr. Wyane-Jones at present 2,000 people have intimat-
put the Afrika at the time when Captain of the Afrika and in the handle a pair of chopsticks and ing pressed forward. Up to the the Kowloon. Magistracy yester-
the President Jefferson dropped her anchor was quite impossible,
"sald Mr. Potter.
stated
to be about 150 feet apart. There was no departure from the point where the anchor was to be drop- Continuing, ⠀ "MI. Potter sald
ped and the Captain of the that the pilot of the President Afrika at one stage had made it Jefferson had stated that he clear that the position was cor- was the first to see where "the rect.
Afrika was when the former vas~ sel dropped her anchor. He sub- wuitted that the attention of the Captain of the President Jeffer- sca was not on the Afrika at that time but on the dolphin near the dredging cperations. At one time, said counsel, the Afrika Was 50 close" to the President
Mr. Jenkin then said that it was not possible for him to make references to all the evidence but declared that the Afrika bad knowledge of the movements of the Jefferson -intl the place of anchor.
while this may not appear to be it is quite an art in itself. too difficult a task at first glance,
The book which is a real sade and is intended to be the fore- mecum to anyone is sold at $1 each
runner of several publications of a similar nature which, it is hoped, will make a special appeal to tour ists visiting Hong Kong. "Sharks Fins."
DONATIONS
CASE MUST FAIL Jefferson that the 'Captain Both sides had pleaded as to The Hon. Treasurer of the Bo- thought it was necessary to blow their respective positions and if clety of St. Vincent de Paul for them. He not only blew two that was true it was the duty of acnowledges with grateful spore blasts but two minutes after the Afriks to keep her right clation and thanks the receipt of wards he had to blow a secold course, and she had got to do the following donations to two blasts.
that even it the Jefferson had Society's Funds
POINTS AT ÍSSUE
the
Counsel submitted that case for the plaintiff was based ou a faulty estimate while his own case must be a perjured one or true
Counsel then went on to sum up his case with
the following points:
done something wrong. It was In Memory of Mr. Eugenio possible for her to pass through
a chanriel when she dropped her anchor at 143 feet apart and still at the point of impact. It was the intention of the Afrika to.
Portuguese Staff of the
Hong Kong Bank
dos' Remedios Various Friends per Mr.
B. 8.. Vieira
$6.00
10.00
Remedios
pass the Jefferson and the Dol-In-Bemory of Ms. E. M. Y. phin and this cleared the defence as an excuse of gettig out of the way.w
Portuguese Blag of the
Hong Kong Bank -
- There was no evidence at ball t s
Crestejo Amigos de Telegrafo
(1) It was quite impossible showing it was impossible for In Memory of Mr. Adelaide that the Afrila was south of them to have safely left the an- Kowloon Foint when the Frexid- | chbragé and that was what they eht Jefferson dropped ber an-bed felled on. As there was to evidence to this effect the case
(2) 12 was clearly proved that mast fall by their inability to the Alfika was abreast of Buoy do so, concluded Mr. Jenkins Að at the time the anchor
Lordship reserved fidg dropped
ment:
In Memory of Insp. Koylance
Mr. 6. Pinne
ed that they will attend the Conday to the possession of 1,000 vention, including 6 members of heroin pills at Parkes Street near Parilament 13 Conservatives, 29 Saigon Street on July 2. Inspec- whom Mr. George Lansbury is one prosecution. Liberals, and nine Labour, of tor Shannon appeared for the
Lord Cecil will not take the chair at the peace session, as had been Pleading expected, but he will speak on the Wynne-Joues at
guilty before. Mr. peace motion. Mr. Angus Watson Magistracy yesterday to receiving the Kowloom will preside over the sesston on a stolen radiator cap on Monday. public works, and Mr. Lloyd Ip Wah, 33. unemployed, was George himself will be in the chair sentenced to three months hard for the anal session, which is to labour. Inspector Portallion discuss the setting up of the Coun stated that the radiator cap was cil of Action. It is now confirmed stolen from private, car No. that the Archbishop of Canterbury 4142 at Prince Edward Road near has discouraged Anglicans from Portland Street. It was alleged taking part in the Convention, by defendant that the stolen ar and this explains not only the cle had been given to him to withdrawal of the Bishop of Ro- carry by a friend Mr. Y. Abbas, of No. 21 Kal Tak Bund, was the complainant.
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