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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1912.
DAY BY DAY.
Many people keep their cong- ciences in their trousers pockets,
Dead Body.
The police have found a dead body in a sampon at Tai Koka
ebui
Illegal Use.
Two chinese were fined $3 each at the Marine Court, to day for using their fishing boats for other purposes.
Too Close.
At the Marine Court, to-day, eight Chinese were fined $5 for approaching within 30 feet of the 8.8. Franz Ferdinand.
Unlawful Approach..
At the Marine Court, to-day, for approaching, within 30 feet two Chinese wore fined $5 each
of the ss. Tjitardeu.
COMMODORE EYRES AND MOTOR CARS.
HONGKONG'S ABSURD.
LAWS..
So you expected to meet cars, and you were on the look out for them?--Yos.
And none of of the three ponies shied seriously?--No.
I understand you to say there was a risk and a danger; as a matter of fact there was no danger. Neither you nor either of your companione was le dan-I ger?-Yos, I think I agree with
Motors need not Carry Horns.
A case was heard to-day against chauffeur charged with driving a oar at 0.15 p.m. on the 27th inst. to the common danger of life and you
And the complaint you made limb, by turning a
was that the driver did not sound Jubilee Road without sounding his horn before going round the his horn and almost running corner? Yes. down Commodore Eyres, his Mr. Bowley submitted_thore daughter and the Hon. Mr. was no caso to answer. It was
lementi.
clear from the Commodore's evid-
Coronation Garugo.
corner on
Commodore Eyres said that at that hour he was riding on Jubiloo Clementi, and the first sign of is Road with his daughter and. Mr. approach was the sight of the whool. No horn was blown. Ils
Mr. Bowloy: The only thing NOTES A new is the increase in licences which comes into force next month. There is no other new regulation.
Mr. Melbourne :-Defendant discharged. In this second caso you have similar evidence?
·LIVING OR DEAD ?
COMMENTS.
The Motor Nuisance, -
Judging from the following complaint from a correspondent, Kowloon's grievances are not yet The Commodore:—Yes. ·
"The writer Mr. Melbourno:-I am afraid quite, exhausted. must discharge him too.
says" You will be performing The Commodore-I withdraw a public service, Mr. Editor, if," the charge against the second through the medium of your, Notes and Comments' column, man.
Mr. Melbourne:-Unfortunato-you draw attention to what is bo- ly the regulations do not provide coming an unbearable unisance at Kowloon-namely, the rushing for it,
about of motor cars in the dead of night. Hitherto Hongkong has alone had cause to complain on these lines, but the habit, has Mr. Bowley appeared for the enca that no one was in danger.
The ease was continued this now spread to Kowloon. Those defendant who had charge of Ho said the horn was not sound- number eight car, owned by the ad on going round the corner. afternoon in which Mr. Lewis in charge of the cars have absolu- There was no regulation for the applied for the disolurge of on tely no regard for the comfort of only are the oars rushed up and sounding of a horn, going round imprisoned debtor on the ground peace-loving, residents, for not of any regulation. Ordinance
Mr. F. X. D'Almada o Castro down the main thoroughfares, but 145, section 3, sub section 7, anid opposed the application. the blowing of horns is constant. corner, and it was not a breach that ho had no money. that poraons should be liable ton At the provious hearing. Mr. On Wednesday night the racket was kept up wall into the early came very nearly upon them and penalty not exceeding $50 for Lewis, in support of the "P" hours of the morning. Surely Two Chinese boys who went was travolling on the wrong side ring furiously and in a mannor plication, produced evidence to
deal with this new und altogether for a swim near Kowloon City of the road. He called. out ondangering the life or limb of a show that the prisoner was the authorities can take steps to last night were drowned. They that he heard a motor car passenger in a public thorough- without effects.
lare. He submitted there was The case for the opposition was annoying development." Wo can were swimming in fresh water and the man pulled
no evidence that the driver had that the prisoner was entitled to quite synyathise with our cor- They woro ngod cleven and twelve,
on to his proper side. There was driven to the common dans share in the ostale of one Chai respondent's protest, and certain- considerable risk in the fashion
of passengers. ger
fact Lin, who prior to his death wasty agree that it is the duty of the in which the car came upon them neither of the horses Aboard Without Permission.
was a member of the Kwong Yik authorities to obeck the evil. At the Marino Court. to-day He hailed the car sind it was pull-
The car Firm, and hold a fourth shura in Motors are blessings when used in thro Chinese were each find Sed up. He could not recollect it frightened, properly.
there can be no earthly need for those vehicles to dash noisily up for unlawfully being on board the chaffour pulled up before he passed on the proper side, the some property in Queen's Rond their proper time and place, but
Ho submitted there was no dungor The applicant's 'solicitor urged the Monteagle without permis hailed him or after. He asked her side, which was the on-side. valued at $10,000.
and down main thoroughfares sion. One man went to gaol in him why he did not blow his and it was for the prosecution to that Chai Lan was alive and pro-long after midnight. It is through horn. He made no reply and pro-prove that there was danger and, duced a witness of that name to ceeded. He look the number of if not, the case had to fail. The give evidence at the last hearing such abuees as these that the motor-car is becoming detested the car. There were some Euro-
care had a right to drive on that It was contended by the op- roal at twenty miles an hour, position that the witness was not in Hongkong. And unless owners realise this fact pretty soon, they Mr. Bowley: low many care which was the apood limit. It Chai Lin but his oldest son. peane in the car.
was well-known to everyone, in This afternoon a woman claim-will find the prohibition agitation did you meet on Jubileo Road
itresia ible. that afternoon-Four. Three on the Colony that cars used that ing to be the widow of Chai Lin, Jubilee Road and one on Pok-road extensively and everyone called by Mr. d'Almada, gave What does ho Mean?
Boys Drowned.
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HONGKONO, FRIDAY, MAY BI, 1012.
THE STRIKERS' DESSERTS:
a
default.
Forged Bank Note.
At the Police Court this morn. ing, a Chinese was charged with utlering a forged bank-note valued $10 on the Chartered Bank, and with being in possession
He was committed to
the same. the Criminal Sessions for trial.
A Drunken Freak.
of
A private from the K.O.Y.II., named Herbert Dobson, was fined $10 at the Police Court this morning, for stealing five silk handkerchiefs from the shop of an Indian in Queen's Road Con- tal, yesterday. He said he was drunk at the time.
Mad-or Shamming? A woman had reported that a madman robbed her of her um- brella after endeavouring, to take a gold ring from her. Ho fell into the hands of the police but his conduct was so extraordinary that they had to take him to the hospital. It is believed that the but is shemming.
TIATI
is
not mad
is
fulum Road,
over
In
evidenca that her husband died Was this car first or last?-oxpected to meet cars there.
Might have been an Accident. six years ago. First.
Mr. Melbourne: Because the The ease was proceeding as we Were you riding, away from Hongkong on towards it?-Away ponies are used to care and don't went to press. from Hongkong From Tung shy, it does not mean that other ponies are accustomed to motor Wah towards Aberdeen.
Can you tell me on what part ears, and there might have been SOLICITORS, AND THEIR to death: We would give my of Jubiles Rond you met the ear an aocident, numbered Eight?-On the Tung
Mr. Bowley: There might be Wah side of the oross roads an accident any time a motor eir leading from the Dairy Farms moets a pony, but that is not the
fault of the driver of the car. round to Jubilee Road.
You were
the Jubilee on
cross
COSTS.
Assistant Crown Solicitor's Strictures.
The following appears in "T. P's" Wookly
Hongkong-Book wanted about modern Hongkong. Its social life, climate, inhabitants.-O.LO. The inat word tickles us almost.
thing to follow the workings of this man's mind, to read the mys toriona fancies which inhabit it. Doos he regard Hongkong people as anyages who wear skins or, per contra, don't give tailors any work worth mentioning? We Among the cases which came wonder. Anyhow, we trust that before Mr. Justice Compertz this whoover does furnish O.L.C, with morning at the Supreme Court particulars will mention the tiger was one mentioned by Mr. Hodg-which may (almost) be classed us Mr. Bowley:-Anyone who son, Assistant Crown Solicitor, au inhabitant. We have not seen who said he appeared for the de-it ourselves, but wo have a friend. drives a horse along.Jubileo Road, No;
knows he is likely to most motor fondant in the case of Yip Man v. who knows a man who mot a gen- cars. Knowing this, he usually Chan Hing, the claim involving teman who says he saw its spoor.
the sum of $500.
And that should be good enough Where did you meet the next Motor cars have a perfect right to Mr. Russ, appearing for the for C.L.O. car?A little further Eastward, drive along the road, and every plaintiff, asked for a day to be
at many minutes afterwards; say one else has a perfect right to ride fixed. six or seven minutes.
Road? Yes. There is a roads there.
It leads to a bungalow on the other side of the road?—Yes.
Between the Tung Wah Mor-
Wah? - tuary and the cross roads, nearer to the Tung nearer to the cross roads.
The Next Car.
yet by no means exhausted. That has boon pointedly demonstrated by the Rev. Fr. Grampa, assisted where does it come from?--I
by the Rov. Fra. Andrealetti and
in the present Port of London strike.
Mr. Melbourne:-The car came round the cornor without giving any intimation. The Commodore
said the first intimation they had of the car's approach was the noise of the wheels.
has his horses well in hand.
"
a
Fine Fight.
20 minutes run below the kampong
party of about 10 or 12 wild pige
were sighted crossing the river in
ing some distance ahead of the body, led by a large pig swimm- main force. The party were near~;
So far as the city of London is concerned, the strike habit has long since lost its novelty. Concerted "withdrawal of labour," as
* Open eyed. the Socialistic agitators blandly torm it, is now almost a weekly
In the course of the hearing of Occurrence among soule section or other of the industrial community motor car case this morning, a
Montion of the tiger which is of the Metropolis. But it is possible to become accustomed to police officer said that ho watched
along there on horse-back if they! Mr. Hodgson- want my id to have stolen a pig or two re- almost anything, "and as untoward developments in any field of both cars at the one time; he had
This man is charged with wish but, if the rider has not the friend to supply particulare of the calle rather an interesting story one eye on one and the other eye human activity, koop on recurring, new methods of adaptation to on the other (laughter)-Mr. driving furiously at 6.15 p.m. horas under control, it is not the $18 coste endorsed on the back which we read the other day, 'It disconcerting situations are constantly being discovered by those Bowley (who defended.) That Did you fix the time?-On a motor car driver's fault. It is one of the writ. I want to know howppears that as the s.8. Sarawak of those accidents which must they are made up, as I might want was on her way to the mouth of the rather good. He is a policeman different charge? most affected. It is only what might be expected, therefore, to find (renewed laughter).The hoar
No; there is only one charge happen if people ride restive to pay a small sum into court with Balingian river, (Sarawak) about, against this man, and that is that horses on public roads. No one costs. London to-day much less perturbed over an industrial upheaval and ing was adjourned,
car number eight was driven to could expect Jubilee Road to be Mr. Russ-Well, pay $500 Special Service. much batter prepared to. “face the musio" than was the case some
the common danger of the pas kept for trained traffic, like in months ago. It is true that the present strike is on a smaller scale morning at the Cathedral of them. Did you give the time to when the motor car passes on this ant was a revenue officer, and he
A special service was held this sengers on Jubiloo Road at 6.15 Happy Valley, and espacially Mr. Hodgson said the defend than either of those precipitated by the railwaymen or miners. Still, immaculate Conception in honour the inspector I gave in the sea side.
was appearing to defend him. of the Blessed Virgin Mary, to charge that the driver wont round The Commodore:-My evid Mr. Russ-We are bringingly in midstream when a large it is sufficiently extensive to possess serious potentialities whom the month of May is dedi- the corner without giving a signal once is contrary to that, I said he the onse to test the right of a re-orocodile appeared on the scene hence it is a matter for no little gratification that facts unmisted by all Catholics. A High of his approach.
was on the wrong side of the venue officer to arrest a man and seized "n good sized hog. Solemn Mass was celebrated ukably show that the resources of big employers of labour are as
How did you fix this time road.
under a separate ordinance. Re- The injured party showed fight, Mr. Melbourne :--Horo he venue officers are appointed ander and for a short time the two were. gave an approximate time.
somee round this corner without the opium ordinances, but this struggling, lashing the river into Loong. The Church was beauti-
May I ask you the way you blowing his horn.
man has arrested the plaintiff for foam. What is still more satisfactory to note is that the men whose fully decorated and the magnifi- returned from your ride?-By
Eventually the pig was drag cent collection of
palms Pokfulum Road, the Reservoir No Obligation to Carry a Horn. carrying Sampui lottery tickets Which Proved Victor?
We contend that a revenue officer, Mr. Bowley-But there is no enterprise-and-selivition-find-employment for the masses have at gave a picturesque appearance and Victoria Unp.
what obligation on him to blow it, or not being a constable, has no god under, but, just before the b seen fit to assert their independence. From the telegramaroughout the Cathedral. The
noteworthy fanture was
oven to carry it. You must dis power to make arrests, save under steamer reached the spot, was seen of the past few days it is apparent that the employers are in a very pretty status of the Immaculate cannot say about linlf past sevon, mise from your mind the rothe ordinance under which he is to shoot perpendicularly out of appointed. The plaintiff was the water and swim after the Conception which is to be carried I understand that the time gulations for motor car traffic in foed $250, and, among other main body which had already different mood to what they have recently been in dealing with the daring the procession this even-6-15 is not fixed from your looking England.
Hongkong has до
that fine.
Rafety. The pig was evidently. utterly unprincipled agitators who are at the bottom of all these ing. at 6 o'clock.
Rev. Fr. at your watch but from general regulation for motor oara to damages, we are trying to recover reasked the opposite bank in His Lordship-As the con- very badly hurt as the water was discoloured for some distance as disturbances. They have given a lair trial to conciliation and have Gabardi will be the preacher and improssions 7-No, from looking carry horns, and no regulation to the band of the Philarmonios at my watoll! I am not sure of say that all bicycles should dee been prepared to give as well as to take, but they have found the will attend during the procession. my watch to thirey or four minutes, bells. It is my impression that sequence of an unlawful act?
Mr. suppose 80,
he swam toward the shore. He other side incapable of reasonableness and even, falso to their pro-| Too old to Jump.
and I'am not sure of having look as long as the regulations are left Mr. Hodgson.There may be as sean to reach the fringe of mises. We had an instance of this when the mirers, afier agree-
At the Majistrnoy this raorainged at the time for two or three in the present condition they
(the Authorities) cannot blame a technical breach of the law in nipa, but doubtless the crocodile ing to the rate of wages being fixed by the various District Boards, coolie in the employ of the
You said the car pulled up chauffeurs for not using a horn regard to assault, and we are will was in close attendance and, in all, fore he could get up the bank, went back on their word on the announcement of the very first "South China Morning Post" sword. And their blindness to reason is also shown from the was charged with creating dia. either before or after you hailed at any time, and particularly when ing to pay a nominal sim into probability caught him again. be- Mr. Russ-If my friend pays But we hope ros; he seems to have
'rare plucked 'un.". declaration of Nry Gosling that the strikers in tied to persist in their turbance in Des Vaux Road, It it, and that your ponies passed they are being complained about Court
was stated in evidence that the thecur. When the car was stopped, for making unnecessary noise.
Mr. Melbourne:-I don't think & small amount into court he will been a refusal to work with non-Unionists, despite Sir Edward Clarke's
Here are two matrimonial ad- man was jumping on and off the and it passed you?—Yes. ruling that they were not entitled so to act-this, too, after Siriamcare, and annoying people, car to pass you?Plenty of room. since April 1911.
And there was room for the there has been any alteration only pay a proportional amount For Bachelors.
of the costs.
His Lordship-I don't see vertisements from the "Benga- Defendant, who is an old man of
lee":--- And it passed you on the Mr. Bowley-There is no re- 83, denied that he was jumping
Wanted a Kulin Dakhinrarhi lars of costs if they are asked for. With these faots before them, and with the additional circum-on the cars, and said that a dozen proper side; on the outside?-gulation about horns and bolla, why you should not give partion-
Kayastha bridegroom of education and nothing about sounding a
Mr. Russ-I don't mind. stance that the men-and not the master-have broken the of small boys were responsible for
Thechauffeur passed and pa'led warning; there is no regulation
Mr. Hodgson I don't think and means fora girl of rare beauty Dockers' Agreement of last August by now going on strike, the the trouble. The constable said he
Wanted a Kayastha bridegroom Colony for a vehicle to keep to the they should put on more costs and respectable pareninge. shipowners are only acting in strict fairness in refusing to be had no particular complaints re up on bis own side of the road ? your worship, nor any law in the
left aide of the road until the than they are entitled to. They of good education and family for garding the defendant. In arrest "party to any compromise between the strikersand the Government; ing him he did not think he used Ponies-Used to Carsi.
dr ver meets or passes something and it ought to be stopped.
are dealing with Chinese clients
Kalia girl of Be tomily Parl and the decision of the Shipowners' Federation and others con- ny annecessary violence, The Did your ponies ely? Well, else. In their case, when the car
His Lordship: You think they yaya 26 age 18 years good-look- cerned not to attend to-day's Home Office conference is quite under man fell down on the steps of the not badly slightly. They are met the horses, the driver went
ing with fair education, daughter standabled fast. It is high time the workers learned that there "Morning Post offios, and he very accustomed to motor cars on to his right side of the road, are?
Mr. Hodgson I do my Lord,of an England returned gentl
Edward had found for the men on five out of seven points,
You did not know
the time you reached the Gap?
minutes.
Yes.
Yea.
"
is a limit to patience and consideration, and a few further illustras picked him up. "I am too old to Iride nearly every day on Jubilee and passed without danger.
Jump on cars", pleaded the defen Road, or at least three or four Mr. Melbourne-No, there is Where they are serving a Chi man living in Hindu Style:
tions of Independence by the employers will very probably bring done, and he was discharged with times a week, and I invariably nothing in the Ordin noi on monese ollent, who does not know. Don't al speak at once.
the dissontents to their senses again.
caution.
ment two or three cars.
tor cara and horns.
the soule, it in host unfair.