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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1937.
COLONY'S
TRAFFIC
Week's Three
ADMIRALTY
LOSES £11,000
Lowers Himself
Down By Rope
Fatalities
In the Colony of Hong Kong, in- cluding the Island, Kowloon and the New Territories during the week ending at 8 am on Satur- day, December 26, there were al- together 49 "traffic accidents, as the result of which three persons were killed and 22 persons were Injured.
Of the persons killed, a Euro- pean lady, passenger of a private motor car, died as the result of la- Juries received when the vehicle came into a collision with a motor lorry. A Chinese male child, aged 8 years, whilst running across the road, was knocked down and fatally injured by a motor bus. A Chi- nese boy, aged 11 years, when he ran out from the pavement on to the roadway, was knocked down and fatally injured by a motor
VED
and
что
Of the persons injured. 14 were pedestrians, who were either walk- ing or running across the road
"were
vehicles. struck by
and three bus passengers tramcar passengers were injured whilst alighting from moving mo- tor buses and tramears respective-
cyclist ly. One
WILS injured through falling from his vehicle whilst in motion. One bus pas- senger was injured when the vehicle started jerkily, causing him to fall backwards and collide with the window. One cyclist was injured as the result of a col- lision between two vehicles.
Of the 49 accidents, 21 were col- lisions between vehicles; 17 were collisions between vehicles and Ledestrians; and 11 accidents were due to other causes,
Type of Vehicles. Nos. of accidents. Frivate Motor Car Motor Lorry
Public Motor Car
Motor Bus
Motor Cycle
Tramcar
Tricycle Bicycle
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11
6
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Old Man Gaoled For Selling Obscene
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Pictures
AWARD ROBS, RUNS, CAUGHT,
Warships Aid To Ship On Fire
DECISION REVERSED
ON APPEAL
The Court of Appeal decided recently, by a majority, that the Admiralty was not entitled to re- mumeration for salvage services rendered by warships, which went to the aid of another ship on fire and towed her 900 miles safely to port...
Bench
Valverda
The court--consisting of Lords Justices Greer, Slesser, and Scott allowed an appeal by the owners of the motor vessel This was against the decision of Mr. Justice Branson in the King's Division" who upheld an arbitration award by Sir W. N. Raeburn, K.C.. at £11,000. with costs, to the Admiralty for salvage services rendered to the Valverda by HM. ships Frobisher, Guardian, Sandboy, Creale and Orangelear in January, 1935.
The Valverde was on a voyage from Curacao to England with a cargo of petroleum when a fire broke out in her engine-room and 808 signals were sent out.
the
The FYbblaber, and later, other ships, went to her assitance. The fire was extinguished, but the engines and steering-gear were put out of order, and the Valverda had to be towed to Bermuda, a distance of about 900 miles.
It was contended for the owners
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INCARCERATED
Appearing before Mr. W. Scho- deld at the Central Magistracy on remand yesterday morning, Li Ming, 25, unemployed, charged with the larceny of various articles of clothing and an alarm clock, valued at $30, the property of Poon Sing-kui, broker, of 73 Leigh- ton Hill Road, on December 26, was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour on each charge and a fine of $10.10 with the alternative of two weeks' imprisonment, making a total of twenty weeks. There was also another charge of similar Jarcény from Li Shek-yung, spins- ter. of 39 Leighton Hill Road, on the same day.
2:
Sergeant stall, prosecuting, stated that Hut Yu-kong, one of the witnesses, was walking past 39, Leighton Hill Road when he saw the first complainant chase after the defendant. He joined in the chase and defendant was ap- prehended atfer a long run. Most of the property was recovered from pawn shops later.
It was revealed that the delen- dant resided above the first com plainant's address and had lower- ed himself into the lower fat by means of a rope to carrying out the thefts.
ANNUAL BALL
The Warrant Officers, Staft Ber- geants and Sergeants of the Royal Artillery will hold their an- nual ball in the Rose Room and Roof Garden of the Peninsula
of the Valverda by a provision in Hotel on Saturday (Jan. 2) at 8.30 the Merchant Bhipping Act, the pm. Admiralty was not entitled to re-
muneration for salvage services
rendered by the Frobisher and Guardian. although
ด salvage
agreement had been signed.
Lord Justice Blesser, giving Judgment, with which Lord Justice Scott agreed, said it had been argued that the salvage agree- ment must he read as applying only to the service of the com- mander or crew of the warships. In his view this contention failed. His "lordship agreed that the court had no jurisdiction to en- tertain a claim for services which had been mentioned as excluded by the Merchant Shipping Acts. Mr. Justice Branson, he said, was in error in applying the principles
"contracting out" to this case.
LAW THAT CANNOT BE WAIVED
SAID THEY WERE FOR or what was generally known
CHILDREN TO PLAY
Wu Won, 60-year-old unemploy- ed, was brought before Mr. W. Schoßeld at the Central Magistracy yesterday for exposing obscene pic- tures for sale at Cross Street on December 30.
Acting
Lord Justice Slesser considered that the prohibition in the Merchant Shipping Act of the right to claim for services was general in fis nature, and not enacted solely for the benefit of those persons who were to receive the services. It was legislation of the Kind which could not be waived.
Lord Justice Greer, in
2 dis-
Sub-Inspector Darkln stated that the defendant was holding the pictures over his shoulders, towards the light and showing them to the people stand- ing around. He added that the defendant only, showed them for few moments and then sold them senting judgment, said the Ad- for a cent each. There were sevmiralty had no legal obligation to eral young people around the de-perform salvage service, and could fendant at that time.
refuse to do so. But he thought Defendant: I only kept them it was entitled to make an agree- for the little children to play. I ment for salvage on terms similar wanted to return to the country to those which would operatë in but I had no money.
the case of a private salvor.
A sentence of six weeks hard labour, was imposed with the alternative of a fine of $50.
The claim in this case was not for salvage, but for money due under an agreement, and there wap nothing in the Merchant
an agreement invalid.-
European Summoned Shipping Act which rendered such
UNMUZZLED DOG OUT ON ROAD
TWO LARGE, ESTATES
James Jardine Bell-Irving, for- merly of Hong King, who died at Kelao, Roxburgh, Makerstoun
For allowing his black and white terrier in Prince Edward Road without a muzzle on December 13, W. Cole of 317, Prince Edward Scotland, on June 6, 1936, left Road, was summoned at the Kow- local estate sworn at $734,300. loon Magistracy yesterday. De- The executors appointed in the fendant was represented by his will are David Landale (who pre-
the servant with a letter which stated deceased that he bought the terrier from Mary Countess the dogs' home that morning, and (daughter) and hu, was away to buy a muzzle the Mercer Bernard, same afternoon. A nominal fine of $5 was imposed by Mr. E. Hima- worth, the Magistrate.
HEAVY FINE
Pon Pung-chong of 1, Bonham Road, was fined $250 yesterday morning when he appeared before Mr. K. Keen at the Central Ma- gistracy.
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deceased), Ethel
of. Lauderdale Dallas Gerald
An application by the Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson, managing director of Mesars Jardine,, Matheson and Co., Ltd, the lawful attorney, 'for sealing certified copy of confirma- tion (nominate) of the executors has been granted by the Supreme Court,
Arthur Poonoo Bamy, architect, who died in November at 88, Bon- ham Road, at the age of 61 years. Acting on information, Ber- left local estate sworn at $190,000. geant Cashman went early yester-An application by Arthur Samý day morning and found the de- and Felix Samy, mercantile assis fendant in possession of a revolver tants, and Eunice Samy, school- and 19 rounds of ammunition. The mistress, for grant of probate of defendant is a merchant."
the will, has been granted,
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