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Information regarding INWARD CARGO and all matters relating to freight and passage will gladly be given by
Butterfield & Swire,
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MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE JUDGMENT FOR
FAILS AT SESSIONS
6 To 1 Verdict Exculpates
Russian Mine "Boss"
DEFENDANT
Possession Claim" Fails"
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Judgment for the defendant with costs was given by Mr. Jus- VICTOR SHAMRAEFF, 24-YEAR-OLD RUSSIAN MINE "BOSS" tice" R. E. Lindsell in the Sum-. was discharged by the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl McGregor, at the mary Court yesterday In the case conclusion of his trial on a charge of manslaughter at the Criminal in which the Woo On firm, of Sessions yesterday.
104, Des Voeux Road, East. ground After retiring for eight minutes, the jury returned a six-to-one door. Hongkong. claimed posses- verdict of Not Gulity.
sion, mesne proats and costs from
third floor of the same premises. Wang Shui Hing. widow, of the
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In his charge to the jury. His the defendant struck the deceased Lordship said. that if they (the and. as a result of the slap, the jury) believed the Story outlined man died, then it was enough to by the prosecution that, irritated by the laziness of the workmen.
BOOTBLACKS IN FATAL FIGHT
MANSLAUGHTER
CHARGE
A fight between two bootblacks resulted in Lo Tong being charged with the manslaughter of La Wing alias Kwong Tau Chan, when he appeared on remand before Mr. R.
and
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1939.
FOREIGN MAILS
HONGKONG, FRIDAY, 27th OCTOBER, 1839, 9:30 AM.
Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended,
ADDITION OF SENDER'S ADDRESS
Every
article sent through the Post should bear in the left-hand corner, or on the back, the name and address of the sender, so that the Post Office may be able in case of non-delivery. to return it unopened and without "delay. A large number of un-. delivered articles are destroyed every year at the Returned Letter Office because they contain no clue, outside or inside, of the where- abouts of the senders,
Owing to the uncertainty, of Sea transport the publie are requested to post Christmas Parcels early, preferablë "before the end of October.
The tenancy was determined by constitute a manslaughter charge. notice given "on July 25 to the de- If, on the other hand, the struggle tendant to quit by Aug. 23. was provoked by the deceased first |
Mr. D. McCallum was for the attacking the defendant, and the plaintiff and Mr. J. M. Hall for defendant had then
the defence, turned struck him, the defendant would The defendant said that she not be guilty of manslaughter, had lived in the premises con- The defendant's story was that cerned for the last eight years. he was annoyed by the shortage In 1937 she was asked by the of labour and, rightly or wrongly, landlord to be à tenant of the Manila, slapped one of the men. and that Woo On firm which occupied the Japan. none of them seemed to mind it. ground door, as the firm wanted Haiphong
more room.
To this she had Japan. agreed
STRUCK OUT Later, he suddenly felt handa he clutching at his neck, and struck out and hit his assailant in the "face:
lost The man
PART SUB-LET She herself had sub-let a part his of her floor for $13 per month.
Japan. Manila. Shanghai
From
U. S. A., Honolulu and Japan-
date, 30th September),
Edwards at the Central Court yes- / balance and fell. When the man and there were 14 persons living i Calcutta and Saigon
terday.
got up he noticed that the man with her. Last January she paid. S.A.. Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai (Jan
The $24 as rent, but now it was $30. Detective-Inspector L. R. Whant was bleeding from the nose.
Francisco date. 8th October), latter treated it lightly and there said that both the deceased and
The defendant had sent her aJapan and Shanghai, was no more said. When he went letter asking her to quit. I the defendant were street sleepers.
The Japan. Hving outside. the Silver Dragon Restaurant.
there was no corroboration of this story.
Manila,
up to the top he noticed that one rent was raised by $11 and she Straits. of the men had failed to come up. refused to pay. She later agreed He went down and found the de-ta compromise at About 10 p.m. on September 30. ceased in a bad condition.
a $8 increase But and has since been paying $30, defendant's young brother, Lo Sap-tsal, had a fight with another
Since the notice to quit she boy, Chiu Hung-taal. Lo picked
had been looking for other quar- Defendant's failure. when tell-ters but had failed to find a suit- up a broom and ran after Chin in ing his manager, Mr. Jones, of the able place. an attempt to hit him. It was incident, to refer to the man's at- alleged that the defendant inter-tack on him might appear un-kong
Tee Kan Yu, clerk of the Hong-
and Kowloon cepted Chiu and caught hold of usual, but it was for the jury to Association testified him to allow his (Lo's) brother to consider whether his explanation helped defendant to look for other catch up."
SNATCHED BROOM
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of this was satisfactory or not.
The fact that a European was charged with an offence against a Chinese should not be allowed to affect the issue concerned, and should not be considered in arriving at, a
verdict.
PRISONER GREETED
The deceased observed the incl- dent and snatched the broom away from Lo. It was alleged that the defendant quarrelled with the de- ceased for interference and a fight took place, during which the de- fendant was stated to have struck the deceased in the stomach.
Following the aght, the deceased dropped to the ground, spitting blood. He got up
gratulated by a large number of and staggered for a few
paces and again co-friends who had followed the lapsed. In the meantime the de- hearing with close interest. fendant and other shoeblacks had disappeared from the scene.
Sergeant J. E. Jessop, who was on duty, saw the deceased and had him conveyed to the Queen Mary Hospital where he died shortly
after-admission.
-On-leaving-the-dock-Shamraef-
and warmly
WAS greeted
Con-
premises.
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Le On, managing partner of the Woo On Firm said that he wanted extra premises for his staff as his business was expanding.
Shanghai and Amoy.
Straita. Japan.
Japan and Shanghai. Straits.
Australia and Manila.
In giving judgment with costs. Shanghai. His Lordship ruled that the de- Straits." fendant will have to pay a rental Japan. of $35 per month as from "Aug, 24.
CHARGE AGAINST
CONSTABLE.
The jury comprised the follow- Further evidence was heard at ng-Messrs E. R. Cuther (fore-the Central Court yesterday when -man), J, H. Xavier, J. D. Chin, E.¡Tson Teb-zuen, 24, a", Shangtung" Christensen, A. A. Silva, H. 8 constable, stationed at Central Advan and H, T, R. Liang.
Police Station, appeared on
re-
Mr. J. B. Prentis, Assistant mand before Mr. R. A., D. Forrest
AirMmU] by "Pan American Air-ways Direct Ser-
vice"-San Francisco date, 28th October, "......... Air-Mail—by--“Air-France-Direct-Servios”—Paris-
date, 25th October. Haiphong and Holbow.
Jaya and Manila, Manila. Japan..
Air Mal by "Imperia] Airways Eiraci Service”...
London date. 25th October, A..... Sandakan. Shangha!
Crown Solleitor, prosecuted and on a charge of alleged extortion. Shanghai.
Shamrae was defended by Hon. Mr. Leo d'Almada, Jnr.. instructed the by Mr. P. Wynter-Blyth
Mr. M. A. da Siva appeared for Australia and Manila..
defence.
Straits while Detective- Sergeant MacPherson was for the Straits prosecution.
Japan.
CAUSE OF DEATH Dr. P. F. 8. Court, of the Queen Mary Hospital who examined the
The case, as reported previous deceased, said LA Wing died during ty, was that defendant was alleg The defendant was alleged to Japan. examination. The post mortem re-ed to have struck a mining coolle, have attempted to extort a bribe vealed that the cause of the death named Ip Mau-wong, on the face of one cent from a hawker, Chan was due to rupture of the spleen. for not being at his post, causing Sang, at Queen's Road Central, ón
Following further evidence, the the man to fall and sustain a 'October 9. nearing was adjourned until this rupture of the spleen from which The hearing was further ad- afternoon.
he died later.
journed until 11.30 am to-day.
FED UP WITH GAOL LIFE! .
"Fed up with sitting in ga0)," was the reason Lam Muk-shing, a remand prisoner gave for his attempt to escape from the Re- mand Prison at Victoria Gaol on Wednesday morning.
Lam, in his attempt jumped down from a height of more than thirty feet from the prison com- pound and nearly succeeded in getting away when he tripped, and
FIRST FLIGHT
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COVERS FOR NEW ZEALAND MAIL FLIGHT
Upwards of 70,000 first fight covers are piled in orderly stacká at the Ferry Street Post Office in San Francisco awaiting the first mail flight by Pan American Airways to New Zealand, via Honolulu, Canton Island, and New Caledonis.
Allowing for covers which have been sent to the Postmaster at Honolulu to be held for this flight, it is estimated that the total number" of covers now deposited for the fight is approaching the 100,000 mark.
Of the 18 first night cover pos- |
OUTWARD MAILS
Registered and Parcel Mail are closed 15 minutes eaziler than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where malls are advertised to close at or before 9 a.m. registered and, "parcel malls are closed at 5 p.m. on the previous day,
mails are advertised to close after p.28... Registered Parcel nails are closed at 5 p...
For
FRIDAY
Tourane. Fort Bayard Formosa
SATURDAY
Saigon.
fell at Wyndiram Street and was sibilities for the night, two (Ban TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS Shanghal and parcels only for Tientsin re-arrested by Indian warders Francisco--New Caledonia and Ban
IN THE COLONY Amoy
in pursuit...
Francisco-New Zealand) are being
Due London, 5th November.
Straits and Calcutta.
Service"
He was charged before Mr. R. accepted from philatelists by including the Island, Kowloon and
In the Colony of Hongkong. Manila. Edwards at the Central Court Postmaster at San Francisco; two New Territories, during the week- Air Mall for "Imperial Airways Direct yesterday with escaping from others (Honolulu-New Caledonia prison and was sentenced to six and Honolulu-New Zealand) in ending at 8 am, on Saturday, Oct. months' hard labour. Inspector A. "me cases are being held by the 21. there were altogether 86 tramc Kirby prosecuted,
Postmaster at Honolulu, and in accidents as the result of which 31 others are being deposited with persons were killed and 28 per- Pan American Airways in Ban sons were injured. Francisco:
Of persons killed, a Chinese male, age 80, was knocked down: and killed by a trámear and a Swałow Cover for fourteen other route Chinese girl, age 8, by a motor Shanghal and Parcels only for Tientsin, Hong-sectors are being accepted by the bus. They were both crossing the Fort Bayard, Hofhow and Pathol...
Philatelic Section Fan American road, the former running and the
MONDAY. Always Company, San Francisco, latter walking.
AIRPORT NEWS
Imperial Airways:
SOUTHBOUND Sunday. Bangkok, Hanol,
kong. Delphinus-7 2,1,
· NORTHBOUND
Sunday: Hanoi, Bangkok,
Dardanus-4. p.m.
Air France:
**- NORTHBOUND
Wednesday: France. Hongkong."
Service- p.m.
SOUTHBOUND
Thursday: Hanol, France. Bervice am:
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When
and
Date and Time
P2L. 17th
8.30 AM
10.30 AM
7.00 PM
Sat, 28th
10.30 AM
13.30 PM
3.30 PM
1.00 PM
O.P.O.&K.P.O.
$,00 P
5.30 PM
Reg. Ord Parcels 5.00 PM - Owl,
Australia and New Zealand via Thursday Isand | Heg.
due Thursday Island, 11th November,
Japan.
Japan.
SUNDAY
TURSDAY
Ord.
30 G.P.O.4K.P.O. 6.00 PM 6.80-
39,00
9:00 AM 9:00 AM
Mon
8.30 4
Nood
2.00 M
7,00 23
Tao, Slat
Calif., to be held for the first flight A Chinese male, age 28. reported Parcels only for Calcutta and carried outside the mails for to have fallen from a tramcar at Parcels only for Haiphong......... deposit in the appropriate Post Des Voeux Rd. C., was admitted
Haiphong Offices. Under these arrangements to Queen Mary Hospital on Oct. covers may be sent between any 18, and died on the following |two points on the new route where | day. Hanoi, a first fight cover possibility exists. Of persons injured," 21 were Manila, Macassar and Bourabaya .....
pedestrians, who were either walk-Straits, Ceylon, India, East Africa, Aden, Egypt & OP.Q&EPO. Although the Post Office origining or running across the road. aly advised Philatelists to dispatch and were struck by vehicles,
Europe via Marseilles-due Marseilles, 1st Decem- Par 30th 5.00 PM: ber, and London Parcels--idue. London, 9th their covers to reach the San Fran.
De- Reg 3lat 8.45 m Of 88 accidenta, 30 were colli- cember.
Ord. 31st 9,20 AM cisco postmaster or Pan American stons between vehicles; 32 were Shanghai, Japan. Honolulu, Canada, U, B. A. Cen-n,P.O &KP.0, Airways by September 30, the date collisions between vehicles and tral and South America Via Vancouver BC. Far. 20th 5.00 PM for the fight has not yet been set pedestrians; 17 accidents were due
(Parcels for Canada only)-due Vancouver B. C. Reg. 31st 8:15 AM and covers received up to the day to other causes,
18th November, Manila, prior to the fight' will be handled,
Ordatas10:00 AM Type of Vehicles Involved:~ | Datren,
BL30 AM The Civil Aeronautics Authority Private motor car 49: Motor lorry Parcels only for Straiła. ........
-1:00 PM has scheduled a hearing on Pan 22 Motor bus 17; Motor ambu- American Airways application for lance 1: Pablle motor car 8 Mo authority to operate the route, the tor cycle 3; Tramcar 10; Tricycle fearing to begin October 4 3; Bicycle 8: Ricksha 3. AN
Pan American Airways;
EASTBOUND Wednesday: .... U, 8. A
Hongkong. RAN Honolulu Clipper-2 p.m
WESTBOUND Thursday: Manila, USA... Honolulu Clipper-8.30 am.
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