ARMY OFFICER IN COURT
Sequel To Motor Collision
TOLL OF THE
ROAD
Weekly Accidents Return
In the Colony of Hong Kong in- cluding the Island, Kowloon and the New Territories during the week
17th instant, there were altogether · 42 traffic accidents, as the result of which 3 persons were killed and 17 persons were injured.
Lieut. D. M. C. Prichard of the Royal Weich Fusiliers, was sum- moned before Mr. E. Himsworth' at the Kowloon Magistracy yes-ending at 8 m. on Saturday, the terday for falling to exercise due care and caution while driving car No. 1944, falling to keep well to tehe left hand side of the road, and falling" to report, an accident to the police after coming into colli- motor bus No. 63 in sion with Castle Peak Road on March 12.
He was fined $20 on the first charge and cautioned on the last. The second charge was dismissed. Traffic Serget Scrim, in evidence, said that he was informed by tele- phone that there had been a colli- sion between the two vehicles in
question. When he arrived on the
scene he found that Car No. 1944
was heading towards Kowloon, and the bus, with its axle knocked back and the outside mudgard buckled, was near the car park about 30 yards from the private car. Its brakes were found to be in good condition, after a new spring had been atted. The private car re- ceived damage to the off-side run- ning board, rear mudgard, and the axle, which was also bnocked back.
Ng Ki Yik, Hcenced driver of the bus sald that he had no time to apply the brakes when he saw the other car suddenly appearing from the bend, i
DEATH OF LT. GEN. T.E. SCOTT
Distinguished Career
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Edwin Scott, who died at his home a London on April 7, at
states
Of the persona killed, a Chinese male, aged 45 years, was knocked. down and killed by a
private imotor car whilst walking across the road.
A Chinese boy was knocked down and fatally injured by a motor bus whilst runding across the road..
A Chinese girl, aged 17 years, was knocked down, and fatally injured walking across the road by an unknown vehicle whilst
Of the persons injured, 11 were pedestrians, who were either walk- ing or running across the road and
were struck by vehicles.
Three tramcar passengers and. 2 alighting from moving tramcara bus, passengers were injured while
and motor buses respectively..
A motor cycle driver was injured on the result of a colision be- tween two vehicles.
Of the 42 accidents, 16 were col. Histons between vehicles; 18 were collisions between vehicles and pedestrians; and 8,accidents were due to other causes. Type of Vehicles Involved. Private motor car..... Motor Larry
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, APRIL 23,
POWER OF THE PRESS
AND LOCAL CENSORSHIP
Editors And Publishers Of
Chinese Papers Fined
PLEA OF YOUTH AND INEXPERIENCE |
The power of the Press and local censorship were the sub- ject of comment in the Full Court yesterday when substantial fines were imposed on the editors and publishers of three Chinese vernacular newspapers for publishing matter concerning the pend- ing "Charcoal Murder Case," calculated to prejudice the trial of Chiu Yuk-fal, draughtsman of the Public Works Department, who is accused of the murder of a woman.
Fines of $50 each were imposed on Yeung Lau, editor, and Wong Fat-chit, publisher, of the Hong Kong Ching Fo. Ling Ching-kok, editor, and Tang Kwan-ngal, publisher, of the Shick Shan Po, were each fined $500, while Ling Fung and Tseng Tat- fong, joint editors, of the Han Wa Po, were each fined $250, and Yeung Sal-cheung, publisher of the same paper, was fined $500. All fines were optional to committal. In the case of the Hong Kong Ching Po, it was stated that they published a corrective notice when their attention was drawn to an article they had pub. lished.
The editors and publishers ap- peared yesterday before the Fall Court, with the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor,, sitting with the Pulsne Judge. Mr. Justice Lind- sell, as the result of applications made by the Attorney General (Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster, K.C., O.B.E) on Monday afternoon
The Attorney General, instructed by the Crown Solleitor (Mr. J. A. Fraser) appeared on behalf of the Crown, while the Han Wa Ro was represented by Mr. H. C. Macna- mara, instructed by Mr. O. E C. Marton of Messrs. Deacons. The editors and publishers of the Hong Kong Ching Po and the Shek Shan Po appeared.in person and were not represented.".
the Court. The writer obtained his facts from other. Chinese papers. His clients read two Chinese news- papers and never found any re- ference to the Magistrate win- ing. The article, was passed by 'the Censor and that; sald Counsel, on the face of it was some lustra- tion of the value or otherwise of the censorship.
The Chief Justice: Does it go any further than, that?
Mr. Macnamara replied that with young editots it created a false sense of security because the ar- ticle was passed by a Government department (the S.C.A.).
PUBLISHER'S ORDERS With, regard to the publisher his Before the proceedings com- position was a little different. He menced, the Chief Justice, address- left the Colony for Canton on ing the Press, said that he felt April 13, and before he left, he there was no need to remind them of the importance of not reporting to be passed by the Censor. Of gave orders that all articles had
the articles complained of when the joint editors, one was the they were read out by the Attomey actual writer of the article com- of argu-plained of but, of course, the other
General In the course
1902. CORONATION Major Scott was on duty with the age of 70, was in the Indian the Imperial Japanese representa Army and, as a junior officer, saw
tives at the Coronation of King service on the North-West Fron- Edward VII in 1902, and later in tler, in East Africa, and in China, the year was temporarily appoint
the "Times,"
He held ed Deputy Adjutant and Quarter-ments. The passages complained man had to accept responsibility many stuff appointments and master-General (Intelligence) at rendered important service in Simia. From November, 1904, to
of could, of course, be published India during the War. his active May, 1000. he was D.A.AG.
after the murder trial which "will military career terminating at Northern Command headquarters.
begin on Tuesday morning. Aden, where he spent several and then returned to Smia in the years 25 General Officer Com- 'same capacity until November, manding and Political Resident. 1908. "He bad obtained his He entered the Army through regimental majority "in February, the Militia. He was with the Miranzai expedition of 1891. transferred ta the 3rd Skhs (Punjab Frontier Force) in January, 1892, and served with the Waziristan Field Force in 180495.
CHINA SERVICE The operations against the Mazarini rebels brought him mention in dispatches and the D.S.O. He enthroned the Sultan. of Zanzibar on the conclusion of the expedition and received the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar and the
1905.
WAR SERVICE Except for a few months in 1917. when he was sent on special ser- vice to "East Africa. be Was at Simla and Delhi throughout the War. During these years, when Indian resources in
man-power
and material were 50 heavily drawn upon to support the cam- pains in Mesopotarnia. East Africa, and Palestine, and the North-West Frontier continual source of anxiety, his work and experience were of much
value.
When
was
A
chair in which the Sultan had sat during the ceremony.. He com- General Scott was appointed manded an Indian detachment Colonel of the 4th Battalion, 13th during the suppression of the Frontier Force Rifles (the old Uganda mutiny, receiving the 57th Wr'de's Rifles) in January, thanks of Parlament He joined 1919, and Colonel of the Royal the China Expeditionary Force in Irish Fusiliers in November, 1923. 1903, attached to the 1st Sikhs. He re'inquished the latter ap and was present at the actions of pointment last month on attain- Peltaang and Yangtsun and at the ing the the age limit, He was a relief of Peiping. In the latter Group Administrator of the Can- engagement Major Scott gained bridge University. Officers Train access to the hesleged Legations ing Corps, and was in the Civil through the water-gate with four Constabulary Reserve during the men of the 1st: Sikhs and was in general strike. In 1901 he married the proud position of being the Renira Josephine Anna, youngest first of the relieving force to enter daughter of the Rev. E. Morland the city. He was made a C.I.E. Chaplin, rector of Chilton, Berk- in recognition of this action. shire. He leaves one son.
TAIPO RURAL HOME AND ORPHANAGE
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even though he had not written it. Press, it is essential that the Court
Counsel, concluded that at his clients were perfectly willing to publish any apology but at the had time to instruct solicitors and present moment they had barely
counsel to appear on their behalf.
ous thought to the question of I had for some time given seri-
whether, in view of the extreme Yeung Lau, editor of the Hong seriousness of the contempt in all Kong Ching Po. when asked if he of the cases, dealing with com- bad anything to say, replied that mittal 25 the only punish- he apologised to the Court. Hement. I have had the advantage been an editor in Canton before of disqussing the matter with my and had been “In the Colony for brother Lindsell and the con- only two months. He did not cluston to which we have come is know much about the laws of tehát not because neither of us regards the offence apart as other that not because neither of us plea of youth and inexperience, out solely because fortunately cases of this kind are very rare in the Colony, that we have decided to give the option of a fine.
The Attorney General said that he was not auggesting that any one 'defendant was responsible for more than the other. The case of the Hong Kong Ching Po he re- garded rightly as less serious than the Shek Shan Po and the Han Wa Por as they did when their at- tention had been drawn to the article
and after their Editor, Yeung Lau, had seen Mr, E. Hims- worth, Kowloon Magistrate, in Hong Kong, chambers, published, a retraction. The Shek Shan Po article pur- ported to give to its readers a ghost story. The article was pub lished the day before Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen, Senior Kowloon Ma: gistrate, issued a solemn warning to the Press about the article. Notwithstanding that warning, the. Shek Shan Po published another article on April 14, in which the writer proceeded to discuss aspects of the case after having sat up overnight studying the laws of Hong Kong.
The Attorney General, conclud- ed by saying that he regarded the articles in the Shek Shan Po and the Han Wa Fo as much more serious than the Hong Kong Ching Po.
COULD NOT READ· ENGLISH Wong Fat-chit, publisher of the Hong Kong Ching Po, said that he could not read Figlish so he knew nothing about the warning issued by the magistrate.
Mr. Justice Lindsell: Though the warning was given in English and Chinese.
Wong Fat-chit: I know nothing about it because we had no re- presentative in Court...
Ling Ching-kok, editor of the Shek" Shan Po, stated that the draft report of the articles was sent to them by an outalde report- er. He asked the Court to excuse him because it was the first mis- take ne bad made of this nature.
Tang Kwan-ngal, publisher, said he had nothing else to add.
THE PENALTIES
His Lordship then announced that in the case of the Hong Kong Ching Po, who had published a corrective notice after the article complained of had been brought publisher would each be fried $50. to their attention, the editor and
PUBLISHERS WARNED
Dealing with the Shek Shan Po and the Han Wa Pol his Lordship gave, a word of warning to pub- lishers.
$500 FINE
His Lordship said that the reg SMALL CIRCULATION
ponsibilities” of a publaker were The Attorney General remarked just as great as that of an editor Mr. Macnamara, on behalf of the that he could not subscribe to the because after the editor has com joint editors and published of the submission of Mr. Macnamara thap pleted his duties, the publisher has Han Wa Po, informed the Court censors were there to relieve an opportunity for possibly cor-. that the paper had a circulation editors and publishers or respon-recting a slip on the editor's part of 2,000 copies which, he was in-siblity for libel or structed, was small for a Chinese Court
contempt of and on the publisher alöns; rested the final responsibility of what TAIPO RURAL HOME
ucwspaper. The joint editors were The Chief Justice: 1. also, De- goes out to the public. both young and inexperienced men The site is on the Tai Po Road
and the paper had had an on and by the 13 mile stone. It comprises off existence and it had only been three hills and valleys, about. 184 | appearing consecutively in the last English acres. There are alreadying in the issue of April 15 was three months. The article appear- afteen boys living and working on indefensible and counsel took this after chickens, pigs, and goats all of the editors and publisher, the site, where they are looking earlfest opportunity to say, on be- Twenty-eight girls are moving in that they deeply regretted that next week, and two babies will also they had fallen into an error as be received almost immediately.
far as they concerned, and it was DE HOUSES FOR GIRIS
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Three houses for the girls are being ballt, each to have ten girls and a "mother." will teach housekeeping, washing. The "mother" sewing, care of infants, etc. All the girls will learn gardening and the care of chickens and other tarm work, att
Houses for the boys are not yet in a matahed. bant, and at present they are living.
grinship of The school is registered with the Government and is classed Mixed Vernacular Boarding School"
certain amount of stress, said warning, rightly issued by Mr. Mac- Counsel, had been laid on the
bls clients that they never heard fadyen but he was instructed by of the warning at all.
Mr. Justice Lindsell: They had no representative in Court that
Mr. Macnamara: No, my clords.
WRITER NOT IN COURT Mr. Macnamara added that the article was a matter of comment and the writer had never been to
gin to doubt whether the censor could be stated to exist to educate the literary tastes of the readers,
His Lordship then ordered the editor and publisher of the shek Delivering the judgment of the while a ane of $250 each, was i
JUDGMENT
Shan Fo to pay a fine of $500 each, Court, the Chief Justice said: posed on the joint editors of the perusal of reported cases have the publisher on mis d Never in my own experience or in Han Wa Po and a fine of $500 on come across "more serious con- tempts. Never did I imagine that Court were ordered to remain in All the editors and publishers in
any, Court, would be called upon the custody of the Court until the to listen to argument and excitipa-fines were paid unless satisfactory Lions which, resolved themselves sureties were forthcoming. very young, ignorant and inexpert- into no more than this Tram All fines Imposed were in default
do I chose to control and make enced and, having nothing else to
of committal
myself responsible for A news- paper, which circulates among the public.
an argumenti which I Fran
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