CLAIM FOR MOTOR CAR HIRE.
MRS MATHESON SUED BY AN INDIAN CHAUFFEUR.
AN "UNHAPPY CAR."
Mrs. Matheson, Stubbs Road, was the defendant in a Sufomary Court nction which commenced before. Mr. Justice Jacks this Indian morning, in which an
chauffeur, named Mahomed 'Din, Aought to recovon $277 in respect of the hire of publle motor cara. The dispute arose in connexion
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
YELLOW RIVER BRIDGE.
WAR DAMAGE TO BE
REPAIRED.
1
PARTY OF INVESTIGATORS LEAVE, FOR SCENE.
$2,000,000 ESTIMATE.
FATHER FROEWIS,
ESCAPE.
FIGHTS GUARDS AND FLEES TO A FARM.
EVENTUAL RESCUE.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1928.
SINGAPORE BASE COSTS.
ANSWER TO COLONY'S PROTESTS.
OVER $1,500,000 MORE FOR DEFENCE.
TEXT OF DISPATCH.
REVENUE MEN SEIZE
50,000 FILLS.
ARRESTED JAPANESE DENIES HEROIN CONTENT."
SAYS ARE GUNPOWDER
A huge quantity of pills, said to be heroin, was seized by Revenue Officers when they raided a house occupied by a Japanese at Queen's Road East, on Friday. About 50,000 pills were found in the floor, and a bespectacled Japanese, who is alleged to have admitted that they belonged to him, was' taken into custody.
Hankow, Aug. 29. Further details of the cacape of Father Froewis from the hands of the bandits who captured him on August Groveal that he succeeded In making a holo through the wall of the hut in witich he was beingj held captive, but, while endeavour- ing to crawl through, he was dis-
Singapore, Aug. 27. The "secret" dispatch dealing covered by lits captors.
However, the Father, undaunted, with the question of the Colony's
Supplementing the already largo including two from Shanghai, has seized a loose board and attacked military contribution was laid on quantity of heroin pills which left for Telnanfu to examine the and routed the guards, four in the table at to-day's meeting of have come into the possession of It pro- the police as a result of other condition of the famous Yellow number, and fled to an adjacent the Legislative Council. River bridge, which was seriously farm, where he was given succour vides for such revision of the raids carried out during the wock, damaged during the recent hostil-by the occupants.
existing Ordinance as will involve the Magistrato (Mr. R. E. Lindsell) the Colony in n steadily increasing was lod to ask, if the present case itles,
The mission of the party is to The bandits set out in pursuit of liability. Calculations based on had any connexion with the others. ascertala the damage done to the Father. Froewis but were misdir the Intest figures available show Chlef Preventive Officer Clark Andrewett said that at a bridge with the idea of making re-eeted by a fariery Father Freewis that if the Colonial Office pro-replied in the negative, stating material times the plaintiff was
On the invitation of the Nation- with a motor car service between alist Government, a party of Mrs. Matheson's boarding houses foreign and Chinese engineers, and the city, the plaintif alleging that she had hired his cars when her own broke down, and had not ald, 1. Le Strellett was for the plaintiff, while the case for the defence was conducted by Mr. L. R.
-paid for their use.
the joint owner of two publie pairs so that direct railway com- was subsequently rescited by reposals are enforced the next pay that the case now before the motor cars, Nos. 391 and 412munication between Shanghai and presentatives of Mr. Yang Kwang- ment demanded will exceed the Court was a simple one, which had
which, necording to the plaintiff'a story, were let out on hire to the defendant on certain dates rates which were fixed according
at
Peking may be restored.
yu, chairman of the Sinyangchow amount paid in 1927 by more than nothing to do with the others. Chamber of Commerce.
ono and a half million dollara.
The accused was arrested at 218, Nearly Mile Long.
His captors at first demanded Mr. Amery sweeps aside all Queen's Road East. A remand The Yellow River bridge, on the $50,000, but finally, when threaten arguments advanced against his was required for an examination to an agreed contract, with the Tientsin-Pukow Railway, is the ed with military action, agreed to plan and cites the costs of the war by the Analyst of the ingredients uzception of cortala dates at the longest bridge. in China, being release him for a payment of $40 and the defence of the Colonies of the pills scized.
In his reply to the charge, Ife con- end of the period, for which early one mile long and conting to the farmer mentioned, this being during the years 131-1-18 in justi- special contract was made. The Ts. 4,600,000 to construct. It regarded as "face money." This fication of his action. total amount of the bills came to took German engineers nearly farmer is also a bandit, but he becludes with a hope that members accused said they were "gun-
longa to a different gang.
of the Legislature will accord to powder pilla." In his next state- Though weak and haggard, Fat the proposals "their ready agreement, he said they were pills mado, $427 while the plaintiff admitted our years
of quinine. that on November 4, the sum of seriously damaged by the retroather Freewis is not hurt. He is re-ment."
C. P. O. Clark asked for a re- ing Northern troops, who placed maining at his post in Sinyang- In the course of his dispatch, $150 was paid on account.
a large charge of explosive underchow,
Mr. Amery says: The facts remand until Wednesday morning, garding the Military Contribution, as it would be a long job analysing the main spans on May I list.
and the increased cost of the the stuff.
His Worship observed that it consequent .on, the Garrison
analysis it was found that they would be rather awkward if on were not heroin pills at all,
Chauffeur to Defendant,
to build. It was
The engineers left Pukow last week for the north in order to
chuw.
and
appeared to be as follows:
Past Payments.
Continuing. Mr. Strellett said that in order to appreciate the manner in which the parties made examine the bridge, which is mid day a charge of $10 was made. the arrangements, it was neces- sary to understand their relation-way between Tsinanfu and Teh-The plaintiff alleged that his cars development of the Naval Bass
were used, one or the other, from at all
May 13 until June 24, with certaini ship. The plaintiff was
C. P. O. Clark replied that the three Intervals, and again for material times chauffeur to the
«Shanghai Mẹn in Party,
pills were similar to others which weeks, in August. 5.
(a). Under ap arrangement had been scized during the past defendant, whose employ be en-
The party includes Mr. C.
which has been in force virtually week. He knew they were heroin tered sometime in 1925., He left
$150 On Accouní. her employ at the end of February McGilvray, one Chinese engineer
without change for over 30 years, as he had sampled, one of the 1928. The defendant, said Mrjand 20 assistants from the Kiang-
Continuing, Mr. Strellett said the Government of the Straits pills, and the taste was unmistake strallett, was the proprietres of an Dock and Engineering Works that the plaintiff's duty, whon his Settlements pays manually the full able. Besides, the prices at which Live Well-known hoarding, esta at Shanghai, Mr. A. 1. J. Hear cars were used, was to check the cost of the Military Garrison up to
they were bargained for could blishments in Stubbs Head and Engineer-in-Chief of the Tientsin number of trips made and account a maximum of 20 per cent of the not have been those asked for in connexion with that businessPalow Railway, engineers of the every night to his co-partner, who revenue. Until 1913-14 the cost
quinine. the guests had certain facilities Peking-Hankow Railway
made an inimediate note of it. The of the Garrison was greater than
The case was remanded until for travelling to
re-officials of the Nationalist Ministry defendant also inne a note of the 20 per cent. of the revenue and Wednesday at 12:15 pm. town and
Mrs, of Communications. Lurning. For that purpose
trips, but those entries suddenly consequently the contribution was
"Accused, on being informed of. Yang Chen-shun,. the finished on June 7. However, up based on the latter, the balance of the adjournment, asked the Court travelled at regular intervals from Managing Director of the Tien-to that time, the two sets of entries the cost of the Garrison falling on if he could go back to his home. Matheson hepbd ear, No. 675, which Mr. Stubbs Rou to town and back | tsin-l'ukow Railway, recently made were identical, which vindient Army Fande. Since 1913-14 the His Worship:--Certainly not. again. In addition special short trip to Tsinanfu and arranged the plaintif p to the last cost of the Garrison has in an in- You go to gaol if you are found. trips were arranged by Mrs. with
in Journey Accounts for May and creasing degree fallen short of 20 the Japanese forces
guilty. The Inspector says he occupation of the territory and the June were rendered, $150 and $25 per cent. of the revenue. The Matheson.
has tasted it and he has Sometime previous to May, 1927, Chinese authorities, for the inspecs respectively, but they were no revenue assessable to contribution
experience of this type Mahomed Bin became the jointtion visit. As a result, the en-paid. Although the plaintiff was in 1925 (the latest year for which had owner of the two publje vehiclesgineers left Pakow on Monday and the servant of Mrs. Matheson he the revenue figures were available) of pill to be pretty certain that they ara heroin pills. When I Nas. 951 and 414. Before May 13,renched Kushan a station north of hablo kegu on asking her to settle was £3,040,000, of which 20 per get the Analyst's report I shall
The areout and eventually, under rent, would be £728,000; while the he intimated to Mrs. Alatheson Taianfu on Thursday, that he had become bart pro-
considerable pressure, she paid cost of the Garrison, and there know for certain. $150 on account at the beginning of fore the colonial contribution, for prietor of the cars and asked her to recommend him for any busi-
November, which was admitted.
that year was only £477,000, or ness that might
about 33 per cent. of the revenue, (b) Recently, owing to the coin- mencement of expenditure on de- fences for the New Naval Base,
alop either from herself or from her guests, Mr. Strellets painted out that, the defendant's ownership did not interfere with his duties as chauffeur to Mrs, Matheson,
$) a Trip.
Eight Months to Repair. At Rushan, the party waited for Japanese passes which they
Mr. Andrewes interjected that are believed to have revived an is ellent did not admit paying Friday. Insppetion of the bridge that sum on account, but in settle- will, therefore, start immediately. ment of the whole amount due.
Accused, in anaking a third plea, said he did not know there was heroin In the quinine,
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NINE FISHERMEN RESCUED.
BROUGHT HERE BY JAPANESE MOTOR BOAT.
It is roughly retimated that the Mr. Strellett, proceeding, salt the ratio of the cost of the Garri- damage done by the Northern that at the end of February he had son, as estimated by the War troops will cost at least $2,000,000 no alternative but to leave Mrs. Omice, to the revenue has again On May 1 last year, at about to repair, and the work will take Matheson's employ in order to re-begun to rise; thus the 1927 mid-day, the defendant's car (375) at least eight months to carry out over what was due to him. There estimate of the military expendi
The Japanese motor boat On Hol, broke down, a breakage occurring Definite information on the dam was no suggestion of inelliciency or ture is £558,000, or about 15 per " to the rosy axle and she retent-age, however, is waited from the anything else..
eent, of the (1925), revenue. This arriving from Takau yesterday, re ed the plaintiff to allow her, the engineers, who are expected to
Concluding, Mr. Strellett said tal includes £142,000, for capital ports that she picked up nine mem- uso of one of his cars, which submit,unir report in three weeks that Mrs. Matheson was taking expenditure on land, works anders of the crew of a sunken fish- request was acceded to. That tink
advantage--and he could put it at armaments for the military de-ing boat in the vicinity of Kaptsze (Chinese territory) during the plaintiff, without consulting his
no less than a very wrongful ad- fences of the new Base. (The parlaer, asked for $2 per trip
vantage of the fact that the plain-1928 Estimate is £712.000, of early morning of that day.
i was a chauffeur in her employ-which £262,000, is for such capital either way, but this Mrs, Matheson refused to pay. Eventually it was August, said Mr. Strellett, when itment, and that she Look the very expenditure).
she possibly agreed that 81 was to be paid for was not used for a period of three fullest credit that
could do with regard to the ac a trip from Chater Road to Stubbs weeks.
The plaintiff's story, sald Mr. counts. When the plaintift, gave Rond and a similar amount for the
Anticipated Increases,
(c) The details of the proposals
gathered from the sur- ! It is
they were vivors that
only one hour's sail from Kaptaze when their: boat overturned at 3 a.m. yesterday and they were clinging to wreck- age when picked up by the On- Hoi
of life.
return trip provided there was onerellett, was that immediately the her notice she made up her ining for the new military defences and at 5.30, a.m. There was no lose car broke down he was approach that he was not going to get an- the future Garrison were then or more passengers. If the Car returned empty, there was to be ad by Mrs. Matheson for the use other cent.
of his cars again. die asked his The ease is proceeding, charge.
Mahomed Din took the axle of had rendered bills to Mrs. Mathe- partner about it and he said they ear No. 575 to the Hongkong Hotel son and although she had promised Garage on May 13 and at their re- payment she had paid nothing, quest he also took the car there. Unless she paid the previous The car came out of the garage accounts, she could not liave the on May 24, after which it was in fear unless Mahomed Din cared to use for two days. Mrs. Matheson make himself responsible. then complained that as a result The plaintiff was bound to de- of the repairs, the rear of the curliver that message and, although was too high and she instructed he was in her employ, she had to the plaintiff to take it back to the go to a total stranger and borrow garage and ask them to lower it. £ ear for three weeks ut rutes
Whose Liability?
which were in excess of those 'pak! previously.
An "Unhappy Car."
Thia the plaintiff did on May 20 and from that time for nearly two weeks nothing was done, as the question of whether the garage Commenting that the defen- was responsible for the Increased ant's vehicle was "an unhappy height was raised and they re-car," Mr. Strellett proceeded that fused to do the work unless Mrs, later slight trouble developed in Matheson would pay for it. She the radiator which could have, would not do so and eventually she been put right in a few days. The wont to the Hongkong Hotel defendant had not paid the plain- Garage, with the plaintiff, and or- tiff, nother had she paid the per dered him to take the car to the son whose car aho borrowed in Dragon Motor Garage,
August. Plaintiff would say that
Mr. Strellett went on to say that, Mrs. Matheson "earnestly request- so far, with the, exception of two ed" the loan of a car if only for days, Mrs. Matheson did not have two or three days, promising to the use of her car from May 13 pay the amount due in full at the until June 10. The plaintiff end of the month. The plaintiff would say that the defendant gave again consulted his partner, who orders for the back of the car to agreed to let Mrs. Matheson have be lowered at the Dragon Garage a car for payment of $18 per day, where there was some further Irrespective of the number of 'difficulty with the axle which had trips and conditional upon the full not been properly assembled, ac amount due being paid at the end cording to the Dragon people. of the month.
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The car remained at the Dragon The plaintiff would say that| Garage until June 19, but after Mrs. Matheson agreed to that pro- it had been in use for a few days, posal and accordingly one of the further trouble developed in the former's cars was used for the back axle and the car was taken whole of August 26, 27, and part back on the 23rd. It came out of of the 28th, when her own car the garage on the 25th, or 26th, came back. In respect of that part
(Continued on Next Column.) The car broke down again In
(Continued on Page 9.)
FRINGE. PAT, OFFS)
C1955, MY NEA SERVICE, INC.
"Don't bother to look any further; I'll take that first
pair you showed me.”
After being delained overnight at the Water Police Station, the ship- wrecked crew were turned over to the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs where it was learned that the agents of the rescuing motor boat tho were prepared to return. fishermen to Kapisze by the motor bout Tai Tung, sailing this after-
The survivors were quite i ready to adopt this method of re- turn to their native place and ex- pressed pleasure at the readiness of the company to serve them in this manner.
noon.
Had this measure not been adopt- cd, the repatriation of the ship- wrecked crew would in all pro- bability have devolved upon the Tung Wah Hospital.
MURDER RECALLED. CHINESE MERCHANT LEAVES $56,400,
The murder of a local Chineso merchant is recalled by his will which has been dealt with at the Supreme Court.
The victim, Chan Ka-ming, alian Chan Ah-kimi, formerly of No. 2, Jubilee Street, made frequent trips to the Philippine Islands after March, 1921, in order to inspect a business bequeathed to him and his brother by their father. He made a trip in November, last year, when he was murdered, dying in the Philippines General Hospital, Taft Avenue, Manila, on November 14. He left Hongkong estate to the value of $56,400, probate for which has been granted to the widow, Yoo Sing-ying, 82, Leighton Hi
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