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THURSDAY, OCTOBER
MEDICAL LECTURE.
FIRST OF THE SEASON AT
THE UNIVERSITY.
The first lecture of the Senton, An inquiry, was held yesterday, under the auspices of the Hong- with Mr. R. E. Lindsell sitting as kong University Medical Society, Coroner, Into the death of a coolie was given last evening in the employed by the Dairy Farm Com- Amphitheatre of the School of pany, who died from Injuries re Anatomy by Dr. R. A. de Castro ceived through being run down by Basto, M.B., B.S., M.R.C.S., LROP. D.O.M.S., (London), on the subject, An Aberdeen motor bus on the Pok, "Acute Inflammations of the An- fulum Road, at a spot about 200 terior Segment of the Eyeball," the yards to the West of the Univer-chair being occupied by Professe, sity.
K. H. Digby, F.R.C.B. (England).', A coolio of the Dairy Farm Comi. pany was the first witness called. This man deposed that on Septem- bar 26, he and the deccsed were walking on the Pokfulum Road from West to East. It was rain Ing vory heavily at the time, and the two men were walking side by side, under cover of an umbrolin held by the witnesa. They word near the side channel on the lefs": side of the road,part
Witness told the Coroner that he was a little deaf. He did not sed any car coming from the.op posite direction, nor did he see see the headlights of any car from Pokfulum, or hear any sound. Suddenly, he was knocked down, but he had no idea how it happen- ed. Witness later corrected this by saying that he was knocked down through deceased boing thrown against him. They were both taken to the hospital, but deconaot died on the way.
The Lecturer gave two roaBONG for the choleo of the subject: (1) because the diseases in ques- tion were of very common occur renco, and frequently met with in the course of routine medical prac tice; (2) also, because in the investigation of these disease, no elaborate examination requiring the expert use of instruments is
required.
Dr. do Castro Basto then went on to describe the various acute inflammations and their diagnoses. Stress was laid on the importance of differentiating acute glaucoma from acute iritis, the two diseaseS being very similar, and yet their treatment was shown to be abso- futely opposite.
Many Interesting points, in ophthalmological practice were dealt with, and the discussion which followed by many members of the Medical profession in Hong- kong, brought out some very im portant points in the practice of this special branch of Medicine,
Dr. A. Cannon, Government Medical Officer in charge of Vic- toria Mortuary, who conducted a post mortem examination, found NAVAL MANOEUVRES. that death was due primarily to lacerated liver and right lung and secondly to internal haemorrhage.
SECOND CHINESE SQUADRON IN ACTION,
Shanghai, Oct, 3.
The general physical condition of the deceased was good. There were abrasions on the back, in- dicating that the deceased had Reuter'a correspondent aboard been dragged about. The break the flagship Chu Yu off Nanking Ing of several ribs at a point sends a very intendsting account equidistant from the breastbone of the opening on, Monday of the and the back bone, indicated that eight day naval manoeuvres by the second squadron of the Chinese navy under the British trained Admiral Chen Shao-kwan, whore- in the fleet is undergoing a rigor ous inspection and also carrying out target practice in battle forma tion, landing and anti-aircraft and
there must have been a consider able amount of pressure on the body. The injuries were consis. tent with the deceased having been run over by a heavy vehicle.
anti-submarine defence,
The Driver's Evidence. The driver of the bus, giving evidence, stated that it was rain-
Aftor n salute to Sun Yat-sen's ing heavily on September 25 at 7.35 p.m. when he was nearing portrait and the reading of his the University on the Pokfulum will, the Admiral thoroughly in- Road. He saw a car approaching spected each ship, after which from the opposite direction and physical drill, fire drill and colli. immediately dimmed is lights,sion drill were carried out, follow- In this connexion he was closely ed by the chipa clearing for action
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ellelted from witness that he had including anti-aircraft tactics. been taught to dim his lights on sceing a car approach from a opposite direction. Taria was taught him when he learned to drive some five or six years ago. Witness could not say if there wore any regulations governing the dimming of lights.
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Admiral Chen Shan-kwan then delivered a speech pointing out the necessity of building up strong and efficient navy for China, adding that the Nationalist Government were planning to mako Siangshan, Nimrod Sound, China's biggest naval base and to establish a modern naval academy there.Router.
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Proceeding, witness said that as noon as he dimmed the lights he found that owing to the rain and mist it was too dark to see, there being no windscreen wiper on his
He switched on the lights again and as he did so he felt an impact on the left front mudguard. He had not seen anyone walking
OF THE A.D.C. on the road ahead. After the bump, he felt the left rear wheel
The Hongkong Amateur Drama- rise as if going over something and tic Club now busily engaged in he knew at once that all was not rehearsal of Jari Hay's three act woll. Jie was then going only racing farco, The Sport of eight or nine miles an hour and he Kings," which will be their first pulled up immediately. After stopping, he got out and found the Production this season.
It is understood that a strong deceased lying near the side chan-casto has been got together cond- nel with another man who was prising both old hands and new just getting up. He took the two talent and the performance pro- men in his bus to the No. 7 Police mises to be one of exceptional Station, and later to the Hospital, merit. It will be produced about
Witness claimed that without n the middle of November and an in-! windscreen wiper, he was not able teresting feature about it is that! to see and added that even if he the performance will probably be bad not dimmed his lights, his staged at the Star Theatre, Kows vision would not have been much loon, and 'dot at the Theatre Royal better.
as has invariably bean the case in the past.
The enquiry was adjourned for a week,
NANKING FRICTION
DENIED.
U. S. LEGATION HAS NO INFORMATION:
Peking, Oct. 1. With reference to the re-open- ing of the U. 8. Consulate at Nanking the U. S. Legation states that It has no knowledge of the Incident reported yesterday. Up to the present no date has been fixed for the opening, which largely depends on the progress mado in the repairs to the Con- Bulate.-Router.
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London, Oct. 3. ⠀ Trading in raw sugar futures ro-started at Mincing Land for the first time since the war.--| Reuter.
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