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SATURDAY,
YMCA. WORKER.
·NO NEGLIGENCE.
JURY'S VERDICT IN QUEEN'S NOAD MOTOR ACCIDENT,
DR. DAVID YUI EXPECTED TO-MORROW MORNING.
tral Police Court.
ior
TAI LEE SCARE.
SUSPECTS' PRESENCE
EXPLAINED,
The Coroner's inquiry into the
The Chinese Young Men's Chris- The presence on board tho .. circumstances of a fatal motor tian Association is making pro-Tal Loo of the twenty three sue- accidont on October 31, was reparations.
the visit. ofpected pirates brought down to sumed before Mr. R. E. Lindsell Dr. David Yui, from Shanghal. Hongkong yesterday by II.M.S. yesterday afternoon at the Con Dr. Yui is widely known as the Faulkoor is, to some extent ex. General Secretary of the National plained by the officers of the ship The caretaker of a public latrino Committee of the YMCA of The vessel arrived in port shortly situated below the path leading China. His last visit to the Colony after midnight this morning and up to the entrance of the Govern- was in February of this year when the officers were able to tell of the mont Civil Hospital from Queen's he passed through on his way to incidents which led up to the men Road West, said that in the carly Jerusalem. As Chairman of the being transferred to the armed
of launch. morning of the day in question, National Christian Council while selling toilet paper to in- China ho was leader of the China
It appears that the Tai Leo was coming clients, he board the toot delegation of twelve men and wo in the vicinity of Wang Mon about of a horn and the screeching of men to the Jerusalem Conference 8 o'clock on Thursday night whon | brakes. At that moment, a man on Christian work around the the hitherto unsuspected presence
emerged from the eastorn on-world.
of a number of mon. in the bunkers trance of the latrine, and as ho Instead of returning from that was discovered. The men had hesitated and stood still in the gathering through the Colony obviously boarded the ship at roadway, he was knocked down again, ho went via Europe and Hongkong and had remained in by n west-bound motor lorry. After the accident, the lorry skid-America. la London Dr. Yui was concealment until found by the given a luncheon by General Sir compradors. He reported his dis ded conalderably over the road- John Jordan, Sir Charles Addis, covery to the officers and the Chief way which was still wet from a and other friends of the Chinese Engineer Mr. Georgo White want recent shower.
down to investigato.
..
Traffic Sergeant George, who people in England. In America he examined the roadway for skid- was likewise welcomed in as many
Hiding in Bankers. marks after the accident, report- cities ne his brief atay permitted. ed that these started about 15 feet In New York, Chicago, and Seattle
Hiding near and in the bunkers to the eastern entrance of the dinners were given in his honour he found the twenty three men, be latrine and about four feet from and in Washington he had an in-
being accompanied on his investi- the retaining wall. Such marks terview with President Coolidge. gation by the second ongineer Mr showed that the lorry skidded Returning to his office in Shanghai W, Wilson. As there was nothing sideways into the wall, and then he was the leader in June of a to explain the presence of the men forward and parallel with it. conference of secretaries at the and as the compradore voiced sus- Anyone standing or walking near Buddhist Island of Pootoo, near picions that they might be pirates the wall must have been crushed Shanghal, a conference that was in hiding ready for an opportunity against the latrine. Following the attended by Mr. Y. H. Taao, M.Ato attack the vessel, it wan decided easy bend occurring in this sec- General Secretary of the Hongkong to lock the men up. Mr. Wilson tion of the road, It was possible Y.M.C.A. and by Mr. Y. S. Ko, the and Mr. While drew out their re- that the lorry would skid on a Physical Director,
volvers with the Intention of show-i surface already rendered greasy by the rain, and the brakes must then have been applied to make it pkid towards the left.
It was stated that the deceased, who was a Cheungchau Islander, met his death while on a visit to Hongkong.
No Negligence. After reviewing the evidence, his Worship aaid it seemed far more probable that what happen od was that the man appeared suddenly from the doorway of the latrine as the lorry was appro ching. The driver thought he would cross the road, and applied his brakes on a greasy road, and that was sufficient to bring the Jorry round to the left, with the result that the man, who did not try to cross the road, but hugged the wall, was caught between It and the lorry. Possibly an error | of judgment might have been committed by the driver, but in: any event, there was clearly no
1928.
REMEMBANCE DAY.
LOCAL OBSERVANCES FOR TO-MORROW.
THE NEAREST WAY TO
A MAN'S HEART.
Is through his stomach, so wisd wives tell us. But unless the digestive tract is in proper work- Armistico Day; celebrations in Hongkong to-morrow will follow in order the efforts of the good established practice, the principal Indy in this direction are liable events being the ceremony at the to miscarry. Therefore keep Cenotaph at 11 a.m. and the service Pinkettes handy in the house, as at St. John's Cathedral. The prompt corrective of intestinal after service will commence at or liver torpor, to aid digestion, 9.46 a.m. and the sormon will be and 0 safeguard against preached by the Dean, Spacial bilious attacks, sick headaches, reference to the day will be made and those little rifts in domostic. in all the churches, details of the harmony so llable to arise there service being given in Church Noticon.
from. .Sold by chomiat every- where. The special servico at Union Church, Kennedy Road, will start at 45 am, so that those present will be in time for the Cenotaph ceremony. The singing will bo led by the band of the King's Own Scottish Borderere under the leadership of Mr. W. H. Fitz-Earle, A.R.C.M. During the service the band will play Sir Edward Elgar's "Immortal Legion," specially com- posed for Armistico commemora- tion. The first part of the servico will be conducted by the Rev. F. P. W. Alexander and the Rev. F. C. Young will preach on the subject of "Remembrance." The offertory fund.
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kong Club auctions will aleo tako The usual. K. C. C. and Hong- place to-morrow, while another 4820 event will be the unveiling of the Portuguese memorial at the Club do Recrolo
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Without You Bweetheart
4827
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SEAFRONT SPACE.
A Room With A View
4825
WORKERS,
A protest hina boon lodged with the Chineeo Chamber of Commerce by
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Dr. Yul will arrive to-morrowing the men that resistance, even morning in time to attend the exer if they had contemplated it, would cises at the Cenotaph. While hore be useless and apparently the men he will speak at the ceremony of quietly submitted to being detain- PUBLIC CARS HAMPER CARGO 0240 breaking the ground for the Kow-ed. There was at no time an at loon Branch of the Y.M.C.A. which tempt at resistance but varied wild is to be built at once on Waterloo rumours spread among the Chin Rond. These exercisós are to take cao passengers and wild stories place on Monday afternoon. He were circulated,
the Piecegoods Guild, who complain | 0249 will also speak at the University, Signala were made to te that motor can obstruct the work at a luncheon of the Iteturned Faulkner and a report made to the of shipping and landing cargo on 1831 Students Union, and at a meeting Captain who took them off and the water front between the Canton of members of the Y.M.C.A. On landed them in Hongkong au re-and the Wing Lok wharves, Wednesday night he will leave for ported below. ' Canton, and a week later will re- turn to Shanghai,
Association
A meeting of the Hongkong University Christian will be held at St. John's Hall, Bonham Road, on Sunday, at 4.45 p.m., whon Dr. Yui, will give a lecture,
SOCIAL EVENING.
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Ol' Man Rivox
(Danés of the Blue Danubá
Love Lies Rain
{I Tell Head-Over Hedla (Ol' Man River
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The objection is against Whe Passage Not Pald. practice of public chauffeurs employ- As far as can be ascertained nog the whole of the space referred 0210
to as a parking placa Figures were arms were found on the men and quoted by the Piecegoods Guild to this discounts the story that they show the extent of their trade and were pirates. It seems far more it was pointed out that caTRO stowaways workers find the motor cara n 'dis- likely that they were attempting to get a free passage, tinct hindrancs to their work. The As far as could be gathered in Piovegoods Guild request that the the early hours of this morning the Chamber obtain the removal oľ twenty-three men had not paid public cars from the space alluded their passage money to the com- to pradore in the usual way, but it in suggested that there might have The Chamber, in their meating 8, Des Vœux Road, Central.
evidence here of such negligence ST. ANDREW'S BROTHERHOOD been collusion between them and yesterday, decided that the request
ny to justify the jury in any way
to sum up a verdict of man- slaughter.
The Foreman: We find that
ENTERTAIN FRIENDS.
A social entertainment, which death was due to misadventure has become a regular monthly and we don't wish to add any function with the various organi- expression of opinion as to the nations affiliated to the St. An- driver's conduct, but wo should drew's Church, Kowloon, was like to add a rider calling the given by the Brotherhood in the attention of the Government to all last night, when a large the danger of the blind exit to the number of members of the Church latrine at that point."
body and their friends spent a most enjoyable ovening,
The Coroner in recording the verdict, said he would forward the jury's recommendation to the proper authorities.
On behalf of the driver, Mr. C. A. S. Russ expressed sympathy with the relativen of the deceased.
members of the ship's crew. It is appeared to ba quito just and will even suggested that some small negotiate with this authorities for passage money was paid and that some arcangement which will be someone arranged for their conquitable to both sides. cealment in the bunkers. They had na money in their possession.
Their detention and removal to the Faulknor were merely necessary preventive measures. There Wha never apparently any danger of an attack on the ship.
As regards the occupations, It any, of the suspects, it is thought likely that they are coolics making their way to West River porta in connexion with new road under- takings.
CHINA'S RAILWAYS.
ANITA'S VISIT EXPLAINED.
Shanghai, Nov. 9.
Dancing was indulged in during
The Sin Wan Pao atates that Mr. the greater part of the evening. A
Arita's vialt to Nanking is for the short charade, representing a cer
purpose of sounding the Nation- tain word, was presented after the
alist officials on the subject of interval, prizes being offered to They all spoke the Hoklo dialect the recognition of the privileges the lady and gentleman who sub-and this is in conjunction with the granted to Japan by Chang T80- mitted the correct word. The fact that certain members of the lin for the construction of five ladlas' prize went to Miss Woolley crew claimed they recognised them railways and the right to lensé THE CHEER 'O Y.M.C.A.|while no fewer than six men
as associates of bad characters, land in Manchuria, in considera- guessed the right word.
lent point to the suggestion that tion of the Japanese making con- Light refreshments, were served their intentions were not as com- cession in connexion with treaty during the evening.
monplace as mere stowing away.
revislon and the Tainan incident, ----Bruter.
ENJOYABLE DANCE FOR SERVICE MEN,
At the Cheer
Y.M.C.A. the '0 danco for service men was very well attended by representatives of all Servicos.
The music Included a Chinese Jazz Band from the II.K. University, under the loadership of Mr. H. Loong, who very kindly volunteered their services for this occasion.
In
TAX ABOLITION.
PEKING MERCHANTS TO ASK GOVERNMENT - ACT,
Peking, Nov. 9.
THE LATE DR, SUN.
Further Details.
ap-
Shanghai, Nov. 9. The fivo rallways mentioned in the Sin Wan Pao report are parently from Hallin, on the Chi- nese Eastern Railway, "south to Liutaokow in Chontao on the Korean border from Kirin, and to
from Liutaokow
Changchun,
DECISION REGARDING HIS
STATE BURIAL A
Nanking, Nov. 9. The struggle between the Mer-
The Standing Committee of the the competitions, the fox-trot chante' Union and the Chamber of Central Executive Council yester competition was won by Miss B. Commerce is likely to end in the day passed a resolution regarding north-westerly to Tailaihslen from Laing and Gnr. Carr, RA, and the victory of the former, for the the State burial of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Taonunfu, north-westerly to Solun waltz competition, by Miss N, Morayn Chamber has decided to call that all party organs at home and in Inner Mongolia from Kirin, and A. C. Forrester, R.A.)
The prizes were afterwards pre-ass meeting which it is expect- abroad be notified, three months and north-easterly to Wuchang- sented by Mrs. Baskett
fed that they will propose to pre- in advance of the date of the in-hsien. Маду thanks are due to the ladies sent petitions to the Government terment, and that WL Te-chen The railways presumably will; for generous support of this event. demanding that all extraordinary head a delegation to proceed to be built under Sino-Japanese It is hoped to hold similar functions | taxes in force be abolished forth. Peiping and convey the casket to supervision with Japanoge financ- monthly.
with.-Reuter.
Nanking-Retuer.
Ing.-Reuter.
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