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HONGKONG · TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, AUGUST 1ks 1931.
K.C. RAILWAY AND TENDERS.
FURTHER EVIDENCE IN
COAL CASE.
Witnesses from the Rallway De- partment yesterday spoke of the procedure attendant on the receipt, acceptance and checking of ten- ders and coal supplied against such tendera when giving dence before Mr. Schofield yestor- day on the resumption of the caso` against the Li Hing Company, two of whose officials are charged with ultering forged Analyst's certi- fcales,
Mr. 3. B. Trevor, Acting Traffic Manager and Chief Storekeeper of the Kowloon-Canton Railway since March 28 of this year, describing his duties, said he received
ten- ders for contracta from the Manag er of the Railway for the purpose of making a comparison with pre vious tenders. From the Li Hing
firm this year, he received three of De-
separate tenders in respect being
partmental contracts
fixed for one year, were reckoned to commence on June 1 of one your and to end on May 3 of the next. The
analysis produced related to
coal which was reput
ed to be a first-class Indian coal
Mr. Somerset Fitzroy: That analysis was originally given for the supply of coals submitted and marked "Malayan-Burnen" rual Do you know anything about Borneo cual?
Witness: Barnco coal as far as
I know, is very unsuitable, beenuse |
it is a very fast-burning. Borneo
cunl is spark-emitting--# Auref
EX-CROWN PRINCE.
The former Crown Prince Wilhelm, eldest son of the ox- Kaiser, photographed in Berlin recently, a gentleman of leisure.
of great discomfort to passengers, with the Tenders Board ?—Yes.
4 take it then that Borneo roal Do you know if the tenders, with
is coal whieli would not be con- the certificates attached, come br-
don'fore Mr. Lambert and also
the
sidered he the Raitore Manager and also the Tenders;
think it would be moment.
Board-Generally speaking, they
The 1929-1936 contract was held do. by the Li Hng Company. They Win you take the 1920 contract. supplied at that time, if you will Just look at Clause 6. That clansC remember. Akaki No. | Lamp?-requires that the coal shall be equal t to the sample submitted, and also to the analysi attached to the tender 7-Yes.
In the
1930-1931 contract I think again the Li Hing supplied the coal. Do you know what coal they were then supplying?-They obtained the contract on Akaki No. 1 Lump
What is done with the sample submitted?--it is kept in the Rail- way store.
In it ever looked at? In the That coal was originally submit-case of the 1920 or 1930 contracts ted to the Analyst and was call-were they referred to?--I cannot ed Mying? don't know anything say
about it. I know nothing of As far as you know they were | Akaki beyond what I had for the not? cannot say. Perhaps the railway. I was informed that it Chier Storekeeper might have was Japanese by the contractor.
The 1930 Supply.
done
Is it your duty to check the ទ coul?
so without my knowledge.
Continuing, witness said that Witness replied that he acted the first lot of coal that was sub-only after having had his alten- mitted in the 1930 contract was tion drawn by a complaint fron returned because it was unsuit- the Chief Mechanical Engineer. able. It
The 1930 contract ran for 12 months. Will you tell me If dur- ing that 12 months you had any occasion to make any examination under the circumstances you have set out, of the ceat supplied?—1
as on leave.
very was discovered early on, and the amount could not have been more than 125 tons. The defendants dien supplied an other coal.
Upon whom did at duty then fall? Upon Mr. Walker. He Is neting, or was acting Manager at the lime.
In June this year he took a sani ple of the eul, on instructions from the Police, some 10 lbs, in weight, and sent it to the Govern- ment Analyst. At the same time he took a similar quantity, also on the instructions of the Pollee. Witness said upon his return with the view to giving it to the from leave, in October of that defendants should they require it. year, he had no occasion to make- Subsequently, he received a certi- ficate of analysis signed by aff. En examination of the coal.
Witness spoke of a further re- R. Dovey.
Jection under the 1930 contract of Mr. Jenkin (cross-examining): 400 tons. He also alluded to Do I understand, Mr. Trevor, that safeguarding clauses, including a you are the official deputed by the security of $5,000 for fulfilment. Bailway to look after these ten-inserted in the contract. Clause dersMy action ceases after 19 also provided for cancellation have made out the comparative but upon a month's notice bein statement. Mr. Lambert is the given. official who is responsible for ac- cepting or recommending the ac ceptance of the coal tenilers, fle Is the Chief Mechanical Engineer. Does the final acceptance lie
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Question of Samples. When Mr. V. C. Branson, Assist-
Witness stated that he had not out of 230 tons7-If the ant Government Analyst, Into the witness box to produce a
heard of the British Engineering varies, Yes, certificate of the results of an Standards Association's method There was
Witness agreed that he had a replied that it depended on how take ten pounds, either in one or
in two lots each of Ave pounds cortain amount to do with recom- the ten pounds had been taken.
coal mending coal and for the 1930-
1931 contract witucas recommend Do you know that the coal doesed the coal supplied by the Li vary?--I don't know about some Hing Company. That was a coal coal but I have got variations in with which they had had seven the analysis of con).
months' experience. Referring to (Continued on Page 13.)
analysis of a sample of coal, he of analysis by nume. was cross-examined by Mr. Jenkina standard methed in the Govern
ment laboratory. as to the methods of analysis.
Answering questions, Mr. Bran- Mr. Jenkin: If the British As-
A Candid Witness. Bon said that he could not tell Hociation, to which I just referred
Mr. C. D. Lambert, Chief Me- whether there was any difference you. lays it down that out of in samples of coal taken from the very 20 tons, to get a fair analysis chanical Engineer of the Kowloon same consignment. He under-you ought to take ten separate Canton Railway, was next called.
Mr. Fitzroy: It is part of your stood that conl taken from the lote of two pounds, do you agree High Class Second-hand Furniture same scam of a mine varied. le- that that's a fair way?-It is a duty to look after, coal and Bay
whether it is up to standard? and Sundry Household Requisitos alferring to simple, taken from fair way,
Witness: It is my duty to burn lowest prices.
the consignment supplied by the
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LET'S GO IN, SAM, AND HEAR
WHAT, THIS FELLA'S GOT To
SAY ABOUT TREES!..
(TOWN)
•HALL
PROFESSOR
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LECTURES TO- NITE ON
CONSERVATION OF OUR TREES "
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the
So that for a bunker of 230
Li Hin Co. during the 1930 con- tons the fair way would be to take conl, not look after it.
Continuing witness said that he tract, witness was asked if he sug- 100 lots, at least, of two pounds?—
did not know the various conls by: gested that the analysis of ten Yes. pounds was any indleation at all Then it follows, does it not, that their names but he could tell fron of the quality of the coal supplied it would be ridiculous, in order to 27 years' experience a bad coal
to from a good conl. ether than the ten pounds, end he 'get a fair analysis, merely
OAK WITH ME!
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IN THIS SPECIAL PLEA FOR OUR FORESTS, I DOUBT IF THERE IS A SINGLE PERSON HERE WHO HAS EVER DONE, ANYTHING TO SAVE TIMBER !
I HAVE,
SIR!!
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COMING! KING'S
By Small
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