FLOOD'S AFTERMATH. | looking as if they need just
CLEARING THE CITY'S STREETS.
touch to send them crashing dowo.
• THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1923.
FIVE YEARS FOR MANSLAUGHTER.
TO C. S. P.
A channel has been torn by the flood right across the asphalt path crossing the middle of the JURY'S RECOMMENDATION
alley. The grounds of the Police Club and Craigengewer, now that
The Indian guard before the the water has drained off, show Chief Justice at the Criminal signs of damage, but the Civil Sessions, the last few days, on a Service Club ground is covered charge of murder, was this mora- with several inches of sitt.
The pathway leading up from and sentenced to 5 years hard wongneichoug to Tytam, which labour.
ing found guilty of manslaughter
was only recently repaired.is now
Worse
Although specially organised gangs of coolies were engaged for the greater part of yesterday in clearing away the debris washed on to the Colony's streets by Tuesday night's storm, the work was not nearly completed when last night came to put a stop to the operationa
Caine Road has been opened to traffic as have also several other main roads on the lower and middle levels, but there were still great quantities of sand and mud banked up in Pedder Street. Queen's Road and Des Voeux, Road. This morning army of ecolies were engaged in clearing the heaps away. Motor TO-MORROW NIGHT'S BALL lorries of the Public Work Depart ment were being loaded up as fast as they arrived, but the quantity of sand to be removed was so great that the work pri ceeded all the muting.
small
The Court rose yesterday, it s chain of potholes and blocks of will be remembered, to consider stone, in this respect being no what in law was
the jury's than dozens of other finding of fact. paths all over the island.
Addressing the jury this morn- ing,
his Lordship said they! had asked him what verdict they should give in the face of their following finding as fact: We think that the pri-|
NAVY LEAGUE,
soner, having quarrelled for some The Navy League ball. which slight cause with Wong Chuen. take place at the City Hall to was jostled by a crowd, and, being, morrow evening at 9.30, the pre-a stranger, imagined himself at- ceeds of which are to go to the tacked by them. He lost his dependents of those in the Navy,head, loaded his rifle to intimidate) Mercantile Marine and Auxillery them, and when they separated, It will be several days before Forces who died in the War, bidshe, without justification, fired at the streets of the City wear their fair to be a great success. It is one of those he thought to be his wonted clean appearance.
expected that, about 500 will be attackers to disable him only The authorities have been present, and as both St. George'sļas ta catch him." His Lordship obliged to close the Pokfulum and St. Andrew's Halis will be took it that when the jury said Boad between the 'niversity available for dancing, and the lhe tired at one of them they meant - and the Dairy Farm. A brewch floors of both these toom- have the deceased.
in the road was caused by the been relaid since last winter The reman replied in the floods which followed the big season dancers should spend aaffirmative, upon which his Lore- typhoon іл August and the very enjoyable evening to the ship gave his interpretation of breach has now become much strain of the programme of their finding as to how it stood in
be closed
:w. of the King's Orchestral Band. could properly return a verdict of three days, but Repulse Bay |
The following are the Membersmanslaughter. can be reached by the Shaukiwa the Ball Committee: The
By a majority of six tone. The road between Tsin Hon. Mr. H. E. Polbek K.C. the jury returned Wan and Castle Peak will also be Chairman; Mr. I. M. Whyte, manslaughter. The dissenting
a sarlier v closed for a few days, whilst it is Hon. Sec. and Treasurer: Dance juror, it was stated held that it
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ing from Morrison Hill Road to the Peak. pened sametime
to-morrow.
Cobb, J. H. Danithorne and
The jury added the follow-) M. Whyte. Dee ration Cing rider
their verdict: nittee: Messry, P. M. Izawi ed. "We recommend te the Regarding the water supply. George Duncan and 6. H. M.C.SP. that hot-re Indian we learn that it is expected to Banneruan: Carl-rom Con- watchmen who are strangers to get one of the broken lunes mitter: Mr. D. L. Ralph: Bar the language an! conditions in repaired during to-night, so that and Ligh: Reiteshments: Mr. R. Hongkong he sent on duty a supply to the City by the 13. Wilton Cloak Room and armed, that they be properly rider mains will be safeguard. | Ladies Dressing Room L-instructed and exercised in the Both flumes were curried away,mittee: Mr. W. U. Shiner and Dr. use of their weapons, be caution- and it will probably be quite a Methown
ed as regand their behavinur o werk het re the larger fume i The thanks of the Ball (om the natives, and satisfy repaired and full water supplymittee are due to the following :sponsible police chelat that they again turned on. The damage To a large number of ladies and thoroughly understand their at the Eliot filter beds has alsh genetlemen, who have kindly duties." been attended to and three out assisted in the sale of tickets; the His Lordship informed them the four beds arc now in City Hall Committer. for allow that the rider would be forward- commission.
ing the use of the City Hall freeled to the proper quarter. of charge the Hongkong Elec-
HOW HAPPY VALLEY
LOOKS.
Mr. Campbell Prosser defend-
zie for the free wiring anding counsell, pesking in mitiga. the free use of current: the Hong- tion of pani-hment. pleaded that, The scene in Happy Valley kong Engineering & Castruc-it had been stated in evidence that calculated to make me despair of tion for the use of their acensed had been employed a 3 the drainage system there are Sanford Trunk in eonveying the ward only ten days. If counsel being adequate to carry off food plant- from: the Botanical might say so, his grossest erime waters before con-iderable dam-Garden- the City Hall: the was being overzealous in hist age is done. The Racecourse has Botanical & Forestry department duty! The fact that the jury had suffered severely, and wow the for the free use of their plants rejected the story of the Crown) water has receded we can obtain The thanks of the Committee witnesses was in favour of the a better idea of what lies before are also due to the members of prisoner. It was true that they, the authorities if the track is the Committee of the Chinese had also rejected the story of the be rendered : for racing before Chamber of Commerce who are decused, except in ae important, the next gymkhana The lower kindly arhanging to collent particular Accused had never)
ib
beginning: he had been" quite
end of the course looks like pecuniary'entrifugion in aid of denied shooting right from the
muddy tidal flat, and the the above charitable objects. main entrance to the grand- Tickets for the bull 185 earhij honest about it and thought he stand is a foot deep in Jushy can he bought RI Mourrie-was justified. If a clas, which swept n to the Anderson's, the Mongkong Hotel, placed with lack of training in course across the lawn in front the Institution of Engineer and at [the position in which arised) of the stand. This clay came the door of the City Hall.
through the Protestant cemetery
and across the rad. where it
KIPLING AT ST. ANDREW'S
ก.เก wak
was, armed with a weapon cap- able of shouting a distance of a thousand yards, he was, in coun-
lies in heapseveral feet high. Kipling is een installed
London, Get. 16, Mr. Rudyard fees "Submission, a victim of cir
ersterets and roun-el hopet
a space for traffic having been Lord Rector ofSt. Andrew's Theis Laiship, in passing sentence. cleared by P. W. D. lies. The iversity.
and Bar Hug
torrent coming through the Chancellor.
Me. Baldwin. Cemetery has thrown down the wall by the modsite for a conferred. participatei
whom the Degres of LLD, was Some thirty yank
the picture-pus de retrony.
distance of
DT 50.
of
In the cemetery itself in- siderable
puantities of earth have been scoured off the lope-. so that quite L number KEDVES have bera damaged Higher on the hillside are huge oulders barely balancing, and
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This Competition is run in accordance with, the conditions published in our issues for the week ended September 29th. Entries close at noon on Saturday, November 3rd.
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would take these points into none) sideration.
In passing sentence of 5 peare' hard labour, as stated above, his Lond-hip told accused that he dereased. without justification, intending to disable) him and arrest him. The jury thought that he lost his head. His conduct was inexcusable and eriminal and resulted in the death! of an unfortunate man, who his Lordship did not believe was ever near him. Accused should never have been placed in a position of responsibility and trusted with the control or fire armis.
His Lordship sincerely thank ed the jury for the care and; attention they had, bestowed on the difficult case before theft and exempted them from jury service for a period of five years.
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OWING TO THE SODDEN CONDITION
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WEATHER REPORT.
Nov, 1. 11h. 55m.-Pressure
It is reported from Canton that has increased considerably over Dr. Sun Yat-sen has declared W. China, moderately at Hong-
FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT SUON TO-MORROW.
District.
to certain military commanders China and from Vladivostock to
kong and slightly over Indo- 1 Formosa Channel
that the cruisers of the Northern Chefoo. It has decreased lightly 2 South coast of Squadron which recently left
Canton are useless craft and that over Formosa.
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Skippers
$1.20
Pinnace Navy Cut
51.20
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B.D.V. Mixture
$1.30
Cordangan
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Boardmans, Chairman, Recorder,
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Pleasure, Punch Bowl, Army Mix-
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Superfines
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Hongkong rainfall for the 24|
Chak's 1st, 106.02 inches, against an
average of 80.56 inches.
T. F. CLAXTON Director.
H.K. Observatory, Nov. 1, 1923.
THE HONGKONG CIGAR STORE, LTD.
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Goals,
Goals.
their departure would save the
V. CLUB
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v. KOWLOON
Rock.
The Conlon Daily Neurs speaks lone is forming over central 3 H kong to Gap fresh: fair. of these cruisers as having gone China. out on patrol duty,"
The monsoon will set in again The vernacular papers in Can-along the coast of China and over ton have been officially instruct-the N. China Sea.
ed to state that the cruisers have either been stopped by the guns hours ending at 10 a.m. to-day,
of Bocca Tigris fort or captured 10.00 inch. Total since January by Commander Chan
gunboats,
4 South coast of China between H.K. & Hainan