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THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1932.

NO CASE TO ANSWER ANOTHER DEFEAT FOR RAILWAY'S

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LATENESS OF EVIDENCE. In rising to cross-examine, Mr. Jenkin remarked that he wanted to emphasise the lateness of the evidence of the witness.

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games to-day provided} taken from you by the police about ¦ few outstanding features. In the three weeks ago?—Yes.

National, the Phillies and the Pirates were shut out, while in that the American League, New York beat Chicago 3-1 with only three safe bits. Results:

You were then shown photograph? Yes.

Re-examined by Mr. Sheldon, witness auf that since the original statement three weeks ago, he had made another statement to the Chief Detective Inspector.

MORE WITNESSES.

Later in the morning, several other Crown witnesses Kave evidence upun which defending counsel offered no cross-examina- tion,

A carpenter at 1, Man Chu Fong spoke to a man coming into his shop and after passing to and from the rear part of the premises several times, dropped a white object in the shavings on the ground. Witness identified it ne a white glove produced in Court. He subsequently gave it to police.

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Sub-Inspectar Baker dave evi- dence Deat when he found pistol in Tsai's quarters at Bisney Villa, Pokfulam, the chauflettr fainted.

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Formul evidence of investiga tion and arrest was given Sergeant D.-Fitches and Chief Detective Jaspuctor Reynolds.

NO SHUTTER.

ECONOMY AXE

200 GIRLS GIVEN NOTICE

London, July 16. Nearly 200 girl clerks and typists with less . In three years' service in the Southern Railway adinis Artive offices received notions .minating their employment

Aug. 10.

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This is part of a drastic pro- eranine of economy cuts involving the dismissal of between 200 and

members

300 of the younger both sexes of the "outside staff" on the same date.

The majority of the girls work at Waterloo and London Bridge. A Tew are employed at Victoria. No replacements are planned, and their work will have to he shouldered by those who are left.

YOUNGEST FIRST.

The majority of the men who will find themselves faced with un- employment are about 20 years of age and have had a few years' ser. vice with the company.

"The same principle has been adopted with the women as with the man" a Southern official stated,

• *] [as ≥544" with the perience have had to go. only fair to give first consideration tu older workers and to men with family responsibilities."

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KOWLOON RICKSHA

INCIDENT

(Continued from Page 1).

picket in Tiankow Road. After that, defendant went quietly to the station.

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DEFENDANT'S STORY. Declining the offer to go into the box, defendant stated that he left the Palace Hotel at about 11

ricksha p.m. on Friday night and engaged

to take bim

to the Shamshuipo Camp. The coolic took him out to Nathan Road, but instead of turning to the left where the camp lay, he turned to the right in the direction of the Star Ferry.

course, Defendant, of objected ricksha. He then walked along Volga Hot Song (arr. Wood)

and got out of the

Nathan Road in the direction of the camp, but the coolie followed him. He tried to shake him off by striking the ricksha with his stick. but the coolie persisted in follow-

ing him.

At this moment. Sergeant Brown came along, caught him by the throat

frow-marched him and along Nathan Road. Be resistedi because he considered he had been put to an indignity in being! marched in that manner down the street,

When they got to Hankow Road, they met a friend. Private Brown, and defendant quietened down.

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FRIEND'S EVIDENCE. His Worship:--Why did you | Debt A Venețiat Härestolle - Serchade Chrz. quieten down

you met Private Brown?

Defendunt:--I knew that the policeman would not manhandle me like that with somebody around,

Private Brown said he had been to the Star Theatre that night and when he came out, he saw a

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Many of the men whose holidays | crowd of people, He got wear and have been postponed have hitel

20and a struggle between forfeit deposita paid on accommoda. į palies man and the defendant. He tion at hoilday resorts.

could see that defendant resisting arrest but at the time he did not know what he was being arrested for. Recognizing the Report). defendant. he advised leim go quietly, and defcedant did so.

His Worship to defendant) :----

These staff,cuts have been mish, necessary by the great decrease in receipts of the company.

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TRIBUNAL AND RATES. The Railway Hates Tribunal is. sued their dgn at yesterday

wir rent review of the stand and charges of the four big British rail-assaulting the ricksha conlic, but way companies.

From the evidence submitted the Tribunal came to the englision that "deficiencies" in revenue were disclosed, and that such deficiencies were not due to lack of efficiency or economy in management.

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His Worship added that he would take intu consideration that the defendant was, to a certain extent, under the inflitence of liquor. His Worship:-What police view of the case?

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when he was brought to the station, i and certainly should have known better than to create the distur bance that he did.

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IN SCOTLAND

near future we find that deficien-charge is more serious, but the Pies, at necessarily identical in most serious one is that of causing London, Aug. 20,

amount, but substantial in charac-a disturbance in the Palice Station.8.15 am. Diniert Prozrain Pamponge Another full programme of mintchester, may be expected." it is stated. in both divisions was played in the

The Tribunal declined to Scottish League to-day,

Motherwell, last year's champions rates. in the First Division, was held to an- Under cross-examination by Mr.ather draw by Alrdeen, each side Jenkin witness said he had been seeing ance. Kilmarnock, who shared to the Kwong Hoi Kee shops and thrashed Third Lanark to the tune of the points with them last week, examined the door. He saw to, six gouds to mil. indications of the shutter which St. Mirren, who last week crented was mentioned by Zimmern in his some surprise by beating Glasgow evidence.

Rangers, continued to Show good AL the conclusion of the form. beating Palkirk by the li evidence of Chier Detective in goal in five. spector Reynolds, it was stated; that Mr. T Murphy Assistant Superintendent of Police might team St. Johnstone, however, justified be called to depose to two dates its promotion by having the better of on which Mr. Brutton and the Partick. prisoner called at Police head- In the Second Division, Leith and quartern.

Dundee United, both playing at home, made up for their inpse last week by defeating Dumbarton and Stea'muir The animal, which was guarding at the expense of Breekin, while Fletcher broke rover. respectively. Raith Rovers won again its young, was startled when Mr.

On the first charge, defendant Arbroath scored four times against the elephant's rush but the beast

was bound over, and was fined $25 He evaded on the second and $50 on the third. Queen O'South without zaply,

His Worship-Will this be en- The full scores as cabled by Reuter urned and repeatedly

to tered in defendant's record against and Our Own Correspondent are gore him. Eventually it innded a him?

vicious blow with one of its tusks The Military Officer said he was at the tisk struck and smashed not sure, but he thought it would, the camera and was deflected.

His Worship-I don't think it The elephant then eaught Mr.should, you know. What defendant Fletcher and tossed him. He fell did might happen to any man; it into a true and, clinging to its just happened that he was in the branches, remained there until the Army. animal moved off.

Subject to the calling of Mr. Murphy, Mr. Sheldon said that that closed the case for the Crown His Lordship asked whether the defence was calling evidence.

East Stirling was defeated again. this time by Ciyle, who won by four goals to three. The other promoted

"NO CASE TO ANSWER" Mr. Potter said he was going to given below; submit there was 110 case to f anawer in law, with reference, of Aberdeen course, to the facts of the case.

Clyde Falkirk

Kilmarnock

It was decided to argue the Hamilton point this afternoon, and the jury Hearts were informed that they need not attend until to-morrow and would Marton be notified if their attendance was not then required.

The trial is proceeding,

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LOW VOLUME OF COTTON GOODS BUSINESS

First Division

Motherwell

Queen's Park Rangers

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1

4 East Stirling

2 St. Mirren

Celtic

Airdrie

4

Third Lanark

2 Dunder

2 Partick

2 Cowdenbeath

4 Ayr

Second Division,

St. Johnstone

Albion Arbroath.

Bo'ness

Brechin Dundee U. Dunfermline Enst Fife Edinburgh

The following reports by importers King's Park have been supplied to the Hongkong Leith

General Chamber of Commerce:

Cotton piece goods and funcy cotton goods The following reports have been received:

Hibernian

4 Queen Sth.

M

13

Alloa

Raith Rovers

Sten'muir

Forfar

4 St. Bernards

2 Montrose

1 Armadale

3 Dunbarton

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SAVED BY POCKET CAMERA

Dar-es-Salaam, July 14.

GOOD CHARACTER. Regarding defendant's charac

in his pocket, saved atr. W. 1.

A camera, which he was carry-ter, a military officer, who was in Fletcher, a Kengn stock inspector, from serious injury when he was charged by an angry elephant near here recently,

tried

A doctor from Natrobi dushed

by aeroplane to the emp but found Mr. Fletcher uninjured.

CHILD AND LIVE RAIL

NARROWLY ESCAPES

ELECTROCUTION

London, July 16.

A LOCKSMITH'S TRICK the Southern Railway

A SPANISH JEKYLL AND

JUDGE AND LAW'S DEFECTS

Ofice

Court, deposed to his good record, port, has announced that, in con- Mr. Pybus Minister of Trans- stating that defendant had never sultation with the Home been in trouble before.

And the Scottish Office, he pro- His Worship:-It is a very reposes to arrange for a special in- grettable affair.

vestigation of the causes of all fatal road accidents over a period sufficiently long to give reliable results."

SIKH OBJECTION TO COMMUNAL AWARD.

| TWO ROUND TABLE MEMBERS

RESIGNING

Information is generally avail- able in the form of police reports or of evidence at inquests which, if properly collected, will enable the cause to be established with some degree of certainty.

In the new inquiry he proposes National Safety First Association, to act in co-operation with the

which has done valuable work in this field in the past. Strewn with Dead,

Mr. Justice Goddard, charging the Grand Jury at Lewes Assizes recently said:

The roads are strewn with in- jured and dead people, and unless the law is firmly and rigorously administered this state of affairs is likely to continue.

Simla, Aug. 20. Sikh dissatisfaction with the "The calendar," he continued, Communal award is illustrated by contains three cases of alleged the fact that the Sikh members of manslaughter by motorists, while the Round Table Conference and there are several actions connect- the Consultative Committee, Ujjaled with motoring accidents in the The driver of an electric trainent a letter to the Viceroy, Lord

Singh and Sampuran Singh, have civil list,

"Juries are very reluctant to Isleworth last evening was startled

Rear Willingdon, resigning their mem-find a verdict of manslaughter in to see ahead of him a child lying

bership.

such cases, I am in no way criti- face downwards beside the live to join any body formed for the thinking that they would be will- They declare they are unable cising them, but I cannot help

con- ing, when they do not consider The child was frat noticed by purpose of drawing up the a signalman, who was unable to stitution in view of the fact that a verdict of manslaughter is justi- signal at danger to draw leave his cabin, but he get the the communal award, by giving fied, to return a verdict of guilty

the Moslems attention of the train driver to the ligious majority in the Punjab, in

nn unniterable re for a lesser offence,

"There is no provision in the child.

effect foreshadows the new con-Road Act or any other statute that stitution-Router.

in charge of manslaughter it find a should be open to a jury vordlet for driving in a manner dangeroun to the public. The Difficulty.

rail.

tho

Further business has been settled in standard Spring Fancies but the volume of orders in decidedly below last season. Perhaps a third of last

HYDE. year's turnover has been done to date. Manchester prices are firm and

MADRID, July 13. negotiations for new business are now complicated by the threatened Lan- ing near the entrance to the local

By the simple method of stand cashiro Mill strike. Clearances have theatre and noting those who been somewhat better and deliveries of Staples have improved siner, the entered, a locksmith of Cheste tightening of the anti-Japanese boy (Valencia), well known and re-

The driver brought s train cott in China. The advance in expected in the town, was able to change has helped business but is carry out for several years a series the "emergency hook" (a

to a standstill, and, armed with offset to a great extent by the rise of robberies without detection, stick with a hook attached)

toak in price of raw materials.

His successful career has ended dragged the boy clear of The latest Cotton prices to hand are because it occurred to a spectator lines. those of the 19th inst.:-Mid. Ameri-to return home during the inter-

"Under one section of the Road can "Spot" 5.78d. Egyptian Sakel. val for some object he had for allvo, but he was badly burned Happily the little boy was still

Act it is provided that people F.G.F. "Spot" 8,001,

shall not be convicted of reckless Woollens. There is nothing to gotten, only to find "his friend the about the face and arma, and his

or careless driving unless certain record regarding new business. Goods locksmith" burgling his safe. clothes were smouldering.

There were 17 entries for the formalities have been gono are arriving for the coming Winter The locksmith's dexterity and season and clearances have

The child was Frederick Heays- Bogey Pool Competition played through. When the police come com the fact that he never took more man, of Hartham-rond, Talaworth, during the week-end, the monced. Deliveries of Wool Yarns than a part of the money

winner to the conclusion that are reported to be fairly steady.

Or who had strayed on to the track belog W. Mulcahy (8), who slaughter charge may be preferr jewels he found, usually gave rise which runa at the foot of the finished all square, Matala-Clearances have fallen off to the suspicion that a servant or garden of bis parents' house.

ed they might also give notice at Stocks are becoming heavy since some member of the family. was

Other acoros were D. B. Robb the same time that it is intended Nerival of fairly large shipments.

He la now in hospital in a (8) 1 down; L. G. S. Dodwell (5) to prefer a charge of dangorous. responsible

pesen agus critical condition, su, mejiyi scold, down; A. T. Lay (8) 5 down. driving."

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