A "Youth's Frolic"
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To function at the
PENINSULA HOTEL
"ROSE" ROOM & ROOF GARDEN
Dinner Dance
Bod
Fancy Dress
Carnival
30th
Jan., 1932.
pm.
2am.
UN & FROLIC
antastic and jovial
raught with endless amusement
enturing prize rivalry
or costume and competition
OR OLD FOLK & YOUNG FOLK ALIKE
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1932.
LBEYOND VICTORY
with
BIL BOYD,
YAUMATI FIRE INQUIRY.
OPIUM ON SHIP.
Compancics To-MOYEUW mɛ the
QUEEN'S
SCOUTMASTER'S BRAVERY
MASTER OF DUTCH VESSEL ACQUITTED,
COMMENDED,
Maltu, Jan. 24.
Tribute to the bravery
On the ground that raw opium is | of al senutmaster was paid at the in- not included in the schedule of pro- quiry yesterday into the tragle fire hibited drugs, the master of the at No. 188 Shanghai Street, Yau- Dutch steamer Hormes has been mat, on the evening of January 9 acquitted in sult arising from a when four lives were lost. The in bondred kilogrammes of opium |quiry was held at the Kowluen being found aboard.-Renter,
Magistracy yesterday afternoon,
with
were
Mr. Fraser, Hitting ቢዚ
Coroner. The victims of the blaze opinion, death was caused by auf-
a_woman_Kwong Ting-abu focution (R), Kwony Tin (20). Kwon Ngau-chau (4), and `n female In- fant aged ten days.
man.
Tribute to Scoutmaster,
At this point, the Coroner suld The jury empanelled consisted of he did not think further evidence Messrs. S. Briggen Bate (fore-war recenSATZ'. He would like. man), V. Ribeiro and Fang Chik- however, to mention the gallant conduct of Mr. Lau Hung-choi, Station-Omer Smith gave evt whose work in the fire had been dence of receiving a call to a fire fully reported to him. Mr. Lau, at 188 Shanghal Street at about whom he understood was a local 8.30 p.m. on Saturday, January 9. Scoutmaster, was very early at the On the arrival of the Brigade, the scene of the fire, and had gone up fire had already obtained a firm to the burning building where he hold on the premises. The stair removed all the combustible ensen of the burning building were material he could find and was in- made of wood and they had enuight | strumental in saving the lives of alight, thun cutting off the only several people. Mr. Lau tried to means of escape. With improvised get to the four dead people, but Indders and Trom adjoining houses, eventually found that he could not the Brigade was able to reue, prah them, and had to leave to he many people who were trapped in Fire Hefrate to extriente the dead the premises,
Mr.
Undies.
Addressing
Laut, Th
t
Accidental Death.
Accident With Cizarette. Lại Mini, vin on the ground- Coroner said, "Mr. Lat, I do Đàng of No. 188, which was a gutton ¦ propose to call your evidence, but I quilt shop. sinted that he was should the to mention your conduct working on the cotton that evening. In connexion with this fire. You fighting a cigarette. she ac. have done a great dai nut only in eldentally set fire to the cotton, preventing the fire from spreading which burned up so quickly that hat also in saving the lives of before she and the other fumitea several people. I take great pla- of the shop could put it out. The save in commiteding you,” stair had vaught fre. The out- trenk spreaded
very quickly and in his summing-up, the Coroner very song the whole house was in aid there was no doubt as to th volved.
origin of the fire. The WORST BLI Evidence of identification of the tivlar in the ground flour had been Jaxdies was given by Kwong Chuen,, smoking and had thrown a match the island and father of the fute the notion which was locked. tour dead people, who said he was in the slap. She should not have l at home at the time of the fire, been smoking at the time, but she He stated he was taken to the Kow. could not held responsible for toon Mortuary where he saw the the deaths of the four people. Ladies of his wife and three chil- There was no doubt that death, in ail cases, was due to suffvention as
ren.
At the conclusion of his evidener, a result the fire. The verdict. the Coroner said. "I want to tell al mandaughter, he continued, you how marry we all are for you could not water into the inquiry In this tragic affair."
irenuse there was no direct contre
Dr. Uttley testified that at about between the woman who caused the
JAMES GLEASON, LEW CODY. 10 am on January 10. the bodies fire and the deaths of the peuple,
JAMES DUNN
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were
of the four dend persona
The jury, after consideration thentified by the previous witness returned a verlief of "Accidental | as his wife and three children res-Leath,'
All the four had been pectively
The Corum ancurred with the vory bully burned and in his verdiet.
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