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HOTEL CASE.
EXPERT WITNESS CLOSELY QUESTIONED.
insula Hotel,
PEASANTS MURDERED COMPANY MEETING.
AT TUNGKOON.
EXTRADITION OF FUGITIVE
APPLIED FOR HERE.
REPORT OF UNION ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY LIMITED,
The report of the Directors of the Union Assurance Society Ltd, submitted to the which was ordinary general meeting held on April 25, 1930, was as follows:
Fire Department.
1. The Net Premiums for 1929 amounted to £1,144,008 1s. Bd., the Claims paid and outstanding am-
ounted to £587,214 1s, 2d.
From the profits of the Depart- ment the sum of £67,303 59. 1d. has been carried to Profit and Loss, leaving the Fire Insurance Fund ut £1,375,235 17s. 6d.
Accident Department.
2. The Net Premiums for 1929
The principles of refrigeration nad the importance of the tem-
The murder of two peasants by perature of water were dealt with in creas-examination by Mr. Eldon robbers intent on stealing their Potter,, K.C.. yesterday afternoon bullocks said to have occurred on in the Supreme Court, when the April 25th at the village of Yust Hotel case was continued before Tong, the seat of the Tang clan in the Chief Justice (Sir Joseph subject of extradition proceedings, the Tungkoon district, was the Kemp).
Messrs. Andersen, Meyer and resumed before Mr. Lindsell yes Company, are suing the Hongkong terday afternoon, for the surrender and Shanghai Hotels Limited, for of Tang Ying, a suspect.
The case for the Crown is that $25,388.20 in respect of the in-the fugitive, who is also known by stallation of a refrigerating plant the pseudonym of Hak Kwat Im, and ice cream plant at the Penic. "Black-boned Im," was one of
while defendants are counterclaiming for $140,000. participated in a
a gang of seven or eight men who double murder, Mr. H. G. Sheldon is for plain-accompanied by robbery, which tiffs and Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C., took place at Yuet Tong Village, together with Mr. F. C. Jenkin is
A peasant who was working on amounted to £696,793 1s. 11d.; the defending.
the fields had previously seen two Claims paid and outstanding Principles of Refrigeration. fellow-villagers, Tang Sik-kwan amounted to £382,124 3s. 11d. In his cross-examination of Mr. and Tae Shiu-on pass by, each load- From the profits of this Depart- Hacker, Mr. Potter dealt first of ing a bullock. A few minutesment the sum of £25,000 has been all with the principles of res later he heard considerable shout carried to Profit and Loss, leaving frigeration. Witness agreed thating, and then saw two men pursu-the Accident Insurance Fund if water was sprayed into a heat-ing two others who were running £120,947 138. 7d. ed chamber which was hotter than away with the animals. 212 degrees, the water would Sik-kwan and Shlu-on, while still the bullocks, were vaporise and would continue to running after
3. The Directors recommend absorb heat and vaporise until atopped by four other men, armed payment of a dividend the temperature
with short fire-arms. The fugitive £100,000, of which sum £20.000 brought was one was down to 212 degrees.
of these four men. He has already been paid as an Interim Witness further agreed that was seen, so a witness alleged, to Dividend, together with a bonus of £25,000. The balance of the Profit fire at Sik-kivan, who fell, ammonia would vaporise at n much lower temperature. In fact
for the foregoing, £84.247 03. 8d., and Loss Account, after providing it would, roughly, continue to vaporise until the
has been transferred to General temperature was reduced to zero.
Reserve Fund.. hence its use in refrigerators.
Mr. Potter went on to deal with the two
main ammonia systems of refrigeration. the
system
ammonia
was
disappeared from the village, being After the murder, the fugitive
not seen again until his arrest in
longkong.
The case
was adjourned, Mr. Rendall appearing for the defence.
י
Profit and Loss,
at
ان
4. The following Directors, Lord Stanmore, Mr. Robert Armit- Strachan C. Clarke, age, Mr. Mr. Sidney Mortimer, Mr. E. Roger Direct Expansion System and the animonia to a pressure of 180 Owen, Mr. E. V. Reid and Mr. Allen Brine Cooling System. Witness lbs, then bring it into contact Woodroffe retire from office, and, agreed that with the former with a substance which will cool being eligible, offer themselves for
re-election. F'. it passed it below 94 degrees
will
5. The Auditors, Messrs Sat- through pipes installed in the condense? Yes.
fery, Sons and Company, Charter- Mr. Hacker further agreed thated Accountants, Mr. A. Dodds compressors in a plant were for Fairbairn, C. A, and Mr. Chas. E the purpose of compressing the Fletcher, F.C.A., retire and, being ammonia gas to 180 lbs and then eligible, offer themselves for re- cooling it with water colder than election. 04 degrees F. after which it con- densed and fell back into. 2 receptacle in liquid form for further use.
ronin
to be
and
cooled
the ammonia, in passing through the pipes, absorbed the heat in the room, and in doing so became vaporised.
The Brine System.
The drawback to that system was the possibility of leaks and that difficulty was got over by using the Brine Cooling System. In that system the ammonia was gas and thereby increase its tem- and they would prove it. Mr. first passed round pipes through perature to such a height as will Brearley first arrived in Hong which brine was being continu-enable it to be liquified by means kong in February, 1928, ously. pumped. consequently absorbing heat from the brine which, in its cold state,
Mr. Hacker added it was not passed through coils situated in the cold room, thereby absorbing to. 180 lbs. if very cold water was necessary to compress the gas heat from that room. In that available, and Mr. Potter agreed, way room was refrigerated without the ammonia entering the
Mr. Brearley, who was not the Mr. Potter: The object of a would be that Mr. Brearley could refrigerator expert. The defence compressor, is to compress the
never have made that statement
room.
Was
of the water available on the plant? Yes.
Gas Liquified.
Mr. Hacker stated he thought formation from his predecessor. Mr. Brearley obtained his in-
High Water Temperature. Mr. Potter pointed out that on one occasion the temperature of Witness further agreed that a the water was 85 degrees, and Proceeding, witness agreed that pump pumped water to the con-asked if the plant could possibly the difficulty then was to deal denser where it cooled the com-do the work it was designed to with the ammonia F5 which pressed gas and liquified it. He do with such a temperature. resulted through the ammonia said the temperature of the Mr. Hacker replied that it absorbing the heat. If a release water was valve was provided that would and would be one
of vital importance, could not do the work with that
of the first temperature. be an end of the matter but such things he would investigate. In Asked if he could give any a course would be far too costly his contract he made a provision reason why Mr. Brearley thould and the next difficulty to be over- that the water should not be hot-have told him (witness) those come was to condense the gaster than 70 degrees with summer facts which were not true, wit- into liquid ammonia again for heat at 90 degrees in the shade, ness suggested that Mr. Brearley further use.
that 120 gallons of water per might have made a mistake, but Condensation.
minute should be suppiled and Mr. Potter commented he did not Mr. Hacker agreed that at a that it should be of adequate think a man could make such a mis. pressure of 180 lbs. per square] purity. Witness said be was take. when the whole of the inch liquid ammonia would assured of those conditions by plant depended upon the tem- vaporise at 91 degrees F.
Mr. Brearley.
perature of the water. Counsel, said that. Mr. Haekeri The case was adjourned until was trying to put the blame or next Tuesday morning.
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