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"FATAL PLUNGE
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could have been stopped from going through it and into the sea,
BODIES FOUND Traffic-Sergeant G. Fryer sala that the body of Mr. Nechaeff was found lying ori the floor of the car under the "steering wheel, while that of Mr. Roberts was jammed In the off-side door, partly through the window.
Mr. W. H. E. Coates, Assistant Manager of the B. A. T.. said that the company held a reception mark. ing the opening of a new premises of the company.
"There was no question of Mr. Roberts being drunk at all or even under the influence of drink” s dl witness.
PERFECTLY SOBER
"Mr. E. Davis, who was also "at the reception, testified that Mr. Roberts was perfectly sober at the time he took the wheel,
and
Mr. G. Stafford-Smith, former manager
director of the B. A. T., who was one of the pas- sengers in the car, and had a miraculous escape, said that follow- ing the reception, the party was proceeding to the Hongkong Hotel to keep a lunch engagement, Mr. Roberts was at the wheel, winess next him, while
to
Mr. Nechaeff was at the extreme end in the front seat. In the rear were Mrs. Roberts, Mrs. Davis and Mr. Cathrew.
Mr. Roberts was perfectly sober at the time and had plenty of room to manoeuvre at the wheel,
was
NOTICED OBJECT
"When we got near Luard "Road" I noticed some object started zo run across the road towards the sea wall and, at the same time, Mr. Roberts suddenly swered to the right, Returning from that swerve, he swerved too much to the left. Then, coming back into the straight, he wen; into a very bad skid and went off to the right again. The last skid brought, the car straight into the water."
The speed of the car. witness continued, was between 25 and 30 m.p.h. When the car skidded, he realised the "gravity and watched Mr. Roberts' face. He saw Mr. Roberts was intent to clear the skid.
"As the vehicle went into the water he turned to open the rear right door. As the vehicle went over the edge I was thrown forward into the windscreen and received a slight bump in the forehead. The car nosedived into the water. CLIMBED OVER SEAT "Belpre being submerged, and after having been thrown forward. I immediately recovered myself. I turned round and climbed over the sea, into the rear of the car with the idea of opening the right-hand door for the back seat passengere to escape.
"Eventually I came to the sur- face of the water and I was pulled on to the sampan. I then saw Mrs. Roberts and Mrs. Davis appear and, Cathrew." sald after that, Mr. witness.
Mr. Necharff was also thrown against the windscreen and häd ́a bigger knock on the forehead,
"It was only a matter of seconds when the car sank to the bed of the harbour,”
Mrs. E. M. Davis, who was sit- ting in the rear of the car, sald she did not see anything running arcoss the road just prior to the skid. She was quite sure that Mr. Roberts was not travelling too fast
"The first thing I remember was trying to reach for the door, the next going through an opening and. the last, being pulled up."
EYE-WITNESS
An eye-witness of the accident, Li Ping-yau, boatman, who was standing outside the Nagasaki Beer Hall, said that when the car was in mid-air, "just before plunging into the water, he w an aren pushing open the right door. He Immediately called for help and his son, LA On, jumped into the water in an attempt to save the passengers.
Sergt. T. McLanes, Inspector of Vehicles, said he examined the car on the morning of Mar. 19. It was 器 Plymouth Saloon and - was
in good condition. He removed all the wheels and found that the brakes and brake-drums were in. good order. The steering gear ap- peared to be normal.
The two near-side door handles were missing and the doors on that side could only be opened from the inside.
One of the front tyres was good while the other was three-quarters worn. The two rear tyres were smooth.
UNCOMMON THING It was quite an uncommon thing in a car for one of the tyres to be bigger than the remaining three, he said, and if the car should skid, it would be difficult to keep the vehicle under control.
Under such conditions, he sala, the car could travel safely at a
Dr. C. T. Wang, an honorary president, is seen above speaking at the opening, by Lady Northcote, of the new headquarters of the Hongkong Red Swastika Society on Tuesday. Others in the ple- ture are Lady Northcote, Mr. Wang Hsiao-lan, former Chairman of the Shanghal Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Shih-has LL, Hon. Dr. W. W. Yen, former Chinese Ambassador in Washing- ton and Moscow, Mr. Tsol Chu-sam and the
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THREE BADMINTON TITLES FOR WONG
· „PARTNERED BY MISS W: CHEUNG, in the Mixed Doubles, and by C. Au, in the Men's Doubles, FATRICK H. WONG, who won the Senior Singles Championship on Monday night, completed his "triple" In the Colony Badminton Championships at the Kowloon Cricket Club last night by winning both the two remaining titles he had entered lor.
The Cheung-Weng combination, bruught applause from the house. had little difficulty in winning 15-7, the Wong-Au combination led 8-7.
·16-7 from K. L. Yong and Miss 9-7, and after another long rally, Ulfan Khoo, of the University. 10-7. Recovering service, Yong and The Chinese Y.M.C.A. pair show- Au managed to shorten their 'op- ed good understanding and were ponents lead to 11-9, but were then rarely tricked in a game that was led 13-9 and lost the game at 15-9. characterised by hard smashing
from both Wong and Yong.
THREE GAMES
PRIZE WINNERS
The prize winners were: Senior Singles, Patrick H. Wong: Runner-up, C. Au;
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The badminton prizes for the year were given away by Mrs. J. The Men's Doubles final extend-R. Higgs, wife "of the Rev. J. R. ed to three games, unsettled play Higgs, "President of the Hongkong by Au letting down the partnership Badminton Association. badly through the first two sets. K. L. Yong and H. F. Chew, of the University, opposing the Singles champion and runner-up, Patrick Wong and C. Au, advanced to a 5-1 lead encountering little opposition. Mixed Doubles, Patrick H. Wong ·
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Over 1,000 Delegates To Attend People's Congress At Chungking
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The jury returned a verdict of accidental death by drowning.
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