THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
TUESDAY,
JULY :13, 1987.
LUNATIC'S ATTACK ON WOMAN
Jury Award £3,500 Damages
DOCTOR'S COLLAPSE
The action ended at Liverpool of mental defectives, Dr. Robertson recently in which damages were had 12 years experience."
because
claimed for an alleged attempt It was alleged that the doctors hud by a lunatic to murder a marno right to let the inan out at all of his history, or without ried womaIL
ndequate supervuld have taken
und that they did, someone steps to see that there was adequate supervision.
Mrs. Bertha Holgate, Church Road, St. Annes-on-Sea, with her husband, William Rennic
Dealing with John Lawson's re- cord. Mr. Lynskey said there were Holgate, claimed damages for seven offences against him, and in personal injury against the respect of all but two. he was either Lancashire Mental Hospital bound over or put on probation, all Board, of Preston, Dr. Gill and taking place except the last before Guy Scott Robertson, Deputy- he was 18.
Lawson had shown no signs of Superintendent of the Calder-violent tendencies at Rampton In- stones Institution.
stitution, and was sufficiently stable She alleged that, on July 22 last to be released, and sent to Calder- year, she received personal Injuriestones. Both doctors said that, hay- from John Lawson, a mental defec-ing regard to the history, it was tive, who was an inmate of the proper to iet Lawson out for a short institution, when he attacked her at time to see how he behaved himself her home. She also alleged that the under proper supervision.
"Both doctora acted honestly, upon defendants committed breach of statutory duty and negligence in honest belief.", continued Mr. Lyn- flcensing Lawson to be absent from
the institution.
The defendants denied that they
were guilty of negligence or breach
of duty.
The Committee saw and talked to Lawson's brother, and had a report on the house, and they considered that the nccommodation and the supervision would be adequate.
The Jury found that the Lanea
Sir Patrick Hastings said that the shire Mental Hospitals Board of Preston and Dr. Gill and Guy Scott Jury were concerned with the act of Robertson, were guilty of negligence. man who was a moral delinquenti They awarded Mrs. Holgate £3,500 or defective, with strong criminal or immoral tendencies which would damages, and Mr. Holgate £700,
It was stated that £2,000 had been never disappear. pald into Court generally for Mr. and Mrs. Holgate, with the denial of lability.
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BUILDING COSTS IN HONGKONG: NEED
OF INVESTIGATION
E RADIO BROADCAST
Rotary Club Speech From The Hongkong Hotel SONGS FROM THE STUDIO
Radio Programme Brondenst by Z.B.W. on wavelengths of 355 metres metres (0.62 (845 k.c.'s.), 31,40 m.c's.).
H.K.T.
12.30 pm. The B. B. C. Symphony Orchestra,
Prelude "The Kingdom" (Elgar), Op. 51; Prelude "The Dream of Gerontius" (Elgar), Op. 38; Till Eu- (R. Lustiga Streiche lenspiegels
Strauss), Op. 20.
1 p.m. Time and Weather. 1.03 p.m. Cinema Organ Music,
and Jazz Plano.
Berceuse De Jocelyn (Godard); Melody in F (Rubinstein)....Edward O'Henry; Piano Medley No. R. 24.. Charlie Kunz; "Broadway Melody of 1930"
Selection. Section: "Curly Top" Dixon! Tho Regnald Queen was in the Parlour....Raje da Costa
1.25 p.m. Reuter and Rugby Press; Weather, Time and Announcements. 1.40 p.m. A Relay of the Rotary Club Timn Speech from the Roof- Garden of the Hongkong Hotel.
on Giles Hall, M.D., "The Dr.
Anti-Tuberculosis
in
Chinant
2.10 p.m.
4-7
p.m.
Close Down.
Chinese Programme.
7 p.m. Dance Music.
Fox-Trot-Jolly Wog; Fox-Trot- Birmingham breakdown:
Waliz
Three minutes of heaven; Fox-Trot- Ring dem bells; Fox-Trol-My first thrill; Fox-Trot-May ali your
"le jury may be shocked, and in your leading article of three daysinated by the system, the merchant's Toubles be little ones; Fox-Trot-
think that the case may have a beneficial result in regard to these homes-if others are run the same this one-and that matters may put right as soon as possible, continued Sir Patrick.
Mr. Justice Lewis ordered that this should be paid to Mrs. Holgate in part satisfaction, and he gave judge ment in accordance with the Jury's findings.
DOCTOR'S COLLAPSE
Dr. Gill, one of the defendants to the action, collapsed outside the Court, abd was the following day,
tion.
"If ever there was a dreadful ense, one would have thought this was one."
1
"CRIMINAL negligenCE"
A
Turn
your face to the sun; Fox-Trot Red salts in the sunset; Waltz When you're only seventeen; Tango Sorrento by the sea.
(Tenor).
8.30
the
and
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of
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Her
Sir. I was particularly interested impossibly low tenders being elim- ago on the cost of building in the fear of bad debts is reduced. This Colony, Your article suggests to me fear usually entails a risk allowance
7.30 that three aspects at least need in- added to the price.
p.m. Closing local Was A few years ago, there with other places, methods of con- vestigation, viz., costs as compared
Quotations and Hongkong Exchange tracting, and "rings" of contractors. powerful ring of Chinese contrac- Market Report.
tors in Singapore whose methods
7.36 p.m. Irish Music. Regarding comparative costs: The were quite ingenious. I can definitely
Orchestral--Savoy Irish Medley difference in costs between Great say that the introduction of the quen- (arr. Somers)... .N New Mayfair Or- Britain and Hongkong are very pro- tities system defeated them. The
Instrumental-Rakes chestra; nounced. It is quite impossible to "ring" consisted of brokers, ie, not "I would suggest that there has
com- Clonmell-Jig; Mason's Apron-Reel exact comparisons. give ex
certain competent builders, with a few
Frank Murphy (Accordion); reported to be in a serious condi- been absolute criminal negligence in class of building used for similar petent builders wholly in their power. Sont-She is far from
letting this Mon out," sald Sir purposes in the two countries costs The brokers were incapable of pric-
(Lambert) ...John McCormack Mr. G. Justin Lynskey, x.c., for Patrick Hastings. "I cannot find one about one shilling per cubic foot in ing the bill of quantities and, due to Tenor); Violin Solo-Londonderry the defendants, announced at the word of explanation. The facts are on, but it must be remember-it, and it was found that they con- Songs Swecily she steeps, my Alice England and about five pence in their ignorance, were frightened by Air (arr. Kreisler).... Fritz Kreisler; resumed hearing of the action admitted. that Dr. Gill collapsed outside the "If this was a Criminal Court, I ed that the cubical content of the fined their activities to contracts fair; Jeanie with the light brown 15 about one-third whem there were no bills of quan-half (Foster)....John McCormack Court after leaving the witness-box, should have thought their only duty building here
would be to plead guilty. I cannot
greater, owing to
verandans
und tities! Dind and was taken to hospital.
"His condition
A (hence the is serious," he Conceive such an appalling state of greater storey heights
very great deal can be saved by impossibility of added, "and it will be impossible for affairs.
careful choice of materials and exact comparison).
P. Big Ben. Variety: Music- artists compered by Cecil John- it is obvious, however, that in com- carefully prepared specification. It son and supported by Van Straten him to attend the Court for some "If there are more of these perparison with Great Britain costs here is undoubtedly a fact that where there and his Band. time."
devils, these permanent mental de- are about one-half. It would take are no quantities most of that care
"Victoria p.m. would venture to suggest Sir Patrick Hastings, x.c., for the feclives,
(Abraham), plaintiffs, expressed his regret, and to the Local Authorities of this too long in this letter to analyse the in wasted since tenders do not reflect Hussar Vocal Gems
reasons, beyond saying that It is the savings which have been made by the Light Opera Company, added: "I cannot ask for the case country that they should get some-accounted for by lower cost of Inbour in careful specifying, but the full
8.39 p.m. Military Band Music. to be adjourned. I will proceed one better to look after them. They (which constitutes from 10 per cent. value is sure to be obtained if the The Voice of the Bells (Ladigini, arr. with the evidence as it stands." were putting into the world this to 25 per cent. of the total cost of quantities system is used.
dangerous creature without renson-a building), lower cost of lecally
Miller); Tarantelle de Concer! (Grech- Dr. Gill, it was stated later, was
pro- The conservative retention of old wood, arr. Godfrey)....Dand of H. subsequently transferred from hos-
able, care"
duced materials, and lower overhead ideas and systems in the face of the M. Grenadier Guards; Marche Heroi- pital to his home.
Holding up the newspaper photo-changes (absence of unemployment evolution that has taken place in que: The Soloist's delight (God- de Szaundy (Massenet, arr. graph of Mrs. Holgate, Sir Patrick insurance, workmen's compensation, Great Britain is detrimental to the BROTHER'S ASSURANCE... said: "If this photograph gives her lower renta, etc.). The difference in Colony. Some people here appear to frey)....Band of H. M. Coldstream Mr. Thomas Burke, a meraber of any pleasure, then she ought to be inbour cost is very big ofset by the know better than the leaders of the (Amers);
To some ex-be under the impression that they Guards; Wee MacGregor Patrol the Lancashire Mental Hospitals in a mental home herself. No money tent these savings are
Policeman's Holiday Board, said that when the respon- that you can give can compensate higher cost of imported materials, industry and the learned Institutions (Ewing)....Bond of sible Committee agreed to allow this woman for what she has gone but, strangely this is not as much as of the professions allled to it. It is stream Guards. John Lawson out on ilcence, his through, and I ask you to give very might be thought, due to special sell- a big mistake. brother, who made the application, heavy damages indeed, and without ing arrangements and price agree It is also a mistake to undercsiim- Assured them that he would have the slightest sense of reserve or ments. (This point arose in Malaya ate the intelligence of the competent Ma John under his personal supervision. regret."
over_Government purchases through (Chinese contractors, who should be SongsWhy wasn't I told?; Bye the Crown Agents).
led on to the better methods rather bye Blackbird; Piano Solos-Swing In Singapore, it used to be gener-than "played down" to. In Great high, swing low; My Kingdom for B io Calderstones from a State Institu- | Mr. Justice Lewis, summing up, ally accepted that S.S.$12,000 (exclu-Britain, building is regarded as an kiss: Supposin Songs Music in tion, which itself indicated an im-said that the jury might think it sive of cust ut land) was the min-unportent industry, while in the Far May: A thousand dreams of you. proved condition, he thought it would was a terrible business, but it was imum required to build a 2 bedroom, East it seems to be regarded as
(Continued on Page 5.) be safe to allow Lawson out for the so easy to be wise after the event, 2 bathroom, 3 reception room, ser- necessary but unfortunate nuisance.
vants The jury must not judge the con-
quarters and garage type of I grant that it will always be a nuis-
scientifically Part of the anatomy, and that the duct of the doctors by what hap-house for European occupation. The ance
affliction which the unfortunate pened, nor must they find them employment of a building economist operated.
e. a chartered quantity surveyor) Until the present, the evolution of
woman suffered was a disease of the guilty of negligence merely in an
sinus. makes a big difference. Last year a the quantities method has been ham- error of Judgment.
Arm with which I am acquainted was pered by lack of trained quantity: If Mrs. Holgate had a brain In-entrusted with
Fellow sufferers who read the re- small legacy where surveyors. At present
there are port will doubtless agree with me Miss Mary Latchford Kingsmill jury, then it might develop later. with to build a house of the above about a dozen (exclusive of their that the young woman in "Devils Jones, a member of the Committee Nobody suggested that
some orcommodation, and only $8,360, in- clerks) in the P.WD, and Fighting Fight Me" unhappily took the wrong for 12 years, in
malingering. Sir shamming naswer 10
sanitation modern
and Services. Hongkong at present there- turning. Patrick Hastings, said that she did years ago, people used to talk architects fees was expended, and the fore is well enough served by the not know Lawson had been convicted scoffingly about people with nerves, result is generally admired. I have quantity surveying profession of a series of savage and criminal but nerves was a very real lness, definite proof that costs in Hongkong bring its methods up-to-date,
just as bad as other illnesses.
Dr. Robertson told the Committee
that as Lawson had been transferred
month.
Replying to Mr. Justice Lewis, Mr. Burke said there was nothing to prevent an inmate of the Calder stones Institution walking out of the grounds.
offences.
Lawson's dossier was
not before them when his llcence was reviewed. The Committee, however, would have had the dossier before them when granting the first leave u
absence.
Dr. Bryan M'Farland, orthopaedic surgeon, said that he did not think Mrs. Holgate's brain had been in- jured by the attack, though he was not sure. He could not and objec- tive evidence for most of her com→
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9 p.m. From the Studio. Crista Womack (Vocal) und Porcen
RICHARD C. B. HOLTON.
to
X. Y. Z.
Se-me-tri or
Se-me-te-ri?
are lower than Singapore by at least One year of Mrs. Holgate's life 20 per cent.
and the Jury might wonder how many more years of her ille would be wiped out. Opinions varied as to when it ever, she would recover.
was said to have been wiped out, Regarding methods of contracting, An Explanation Of
Cattle Disease
Attack Man
the For East has always lugged be- bind Great Britain, a point not com~ mon to all Colenles, Kenyn being a noted exception. In Hongkong, the P.W.D. has given a fairly good lend
Sinus
Sir. Your "Is Your English Cor- rect" published in Saturday's Picture Supplement Is
very interesting.
Str. In your issue of last Satur- cepecially the comments under the by being reasonably up-to-date (more day you included an item headed sub-heading "rabies", which observe so than Singapore) but that lead is "Devils Fight Me", which purported that the word does not rhyme with War Department, save for I not followed by private interests. The to describe how a woman committed į “bables", and that it should be
pro- a few suicide because she was suffering nounced as a three-syllable word, lapses, are also using fairly up-to-from the disease known as Sinus.
Would you be good enough to in- date methods.
1 I should like to explain that drend- pinints.
In my humble opinion, there is stilled affliction. The correct word is form your readers about the word
"cemetery"? Strictly room for improvement all round. Sinusiters. In our heads we have believe, the firni syllable should He did not suggest Mrs. Holgute
speaking. I was malingering, but her present Two Months' · Illness The lump sum contract. Based on number of bone cavities known elther condition, he thought, was due
drawings and specification only, hans Sinuses or Antrums. The two rhyme with "very". It should be pro- severe shock following the injuries. Twenty-two-year-old William for a good many years been almost most susceptible are in the frontal nounced as a four-syllable word as I think, is indicated by the English reply to .Slr
Hastings. Charles Rich, auctioneer's 4s-over £500 in value, whereas the con-top of the nose. In general they have Patrick
obsolete in Great Britain for work bone just above the eyes and at the Oxford Dictionary: am I correct? the doctor said that he would not aistant of Chippenham, Wilt-tract based on a bill of quantities has two or inore uses: either as ventila-the public will be interested, I am I shall appreciate this courtesy and agree that
Mrs. Holgate's life had shire, has had cattle disease been in almost universal use; but tors to cool the blood stream in the certain.
He had seen her shattered. standing quite normally to have her (foot-and-mouth) and got over here the former is still used in the head or (and both)
na semi-ex-
J. W. MAYHEW. photograph taken outside the Court. it.
vast majority of contracts. The for- cretionary channels. One can easily Sir Patrick Hastings holding up a
mer in unscientific and denies analysis; | understand that if the blood is giv- Editor's Note:-Reader Mayhew is newspaper This photograph is up. Eight weeks ago he became fil,,
it is
Is usually inequitable to the con- ing up a large number of dead correct. In addition to the O. E. parently of the platati and her later was taken to Tetbury (Glou- tractor and indefinite in the obliga-molecules and other foreign bodies Dictionary, the 20th Century volume husband, she walking with a stick cestershire) Hospital. He and blis- tions it imposes, with the result that that the sinus or antrum is going to of the Standard Dictionary points out out of the Court. Can you tell me
ters on hands, feet and tongue, and undermined because of lack of a uni-pressure and consequent inflammation | tery" ja pronounced
tenders are higher, competition is become Alled up, thereby causing that in its pure pronunciation "ceme- ac-me-te-ri, how you con prevent a Press photo-lost his voice. The tongue swelled grapher taking your photograph to several times its normal size. form basis, and general control is of the bone. If this state is neglected though colloquinily it has come to be
virtually impossible. The "quanti it will necessitate. an operation: propounced as se-mi-tri. It should" When you are walking out of Court
Agriculture Ministry expert and a tles" contract approaches very close sometimes it entails three or four also be noted that strictly pronounced London speciallat were called in; it to the ideal and remedies all the operations and often permanent all of the "E's' have the same value Dr. E. Noble Chamberlain said mouth discase, and he was treated results. In this I am not making a
was decided that he had foot-and-above defects, giving much cheaper health.
and are pronounced that he agreed in general with Dr. accordingly.
The disease can be cured effec-Thus se-mee-te-ri is incorrect.] M'Farland as to Mrs. Holgate's con-
sintement which I am unable to prove tively and often permanently provid- with facts and figures. dition. He thought her condition Rich's work brought him in touch
Ing the patient continues a steady Merchants will charge the highest life. One should always consult a might be improved with the services with cattle,
price they can get for the materials doctor at the slightest sign of head He has now recovered and is back they sell, and only competition will pains near the eyes. at work.
keep prices at reasonable levels. The Primary object, of this letter, how- control made possible by the quanti-ever, was to point out that your re- Mr. Lynskey, addressing the jury, Human beings usually Im-ties contract tends to stimulate com-port left the impression that sinuta said that Dr. Gill had spent a mune from cattle discuse, but Isolated petition, if full advantage is taken of was a disease. The foregoing should Hellme in the care and treatment instances have occurred,
the possibilities, and, further, the satisfy that sinus itself is a normal
Dr. M'Farland-No.
of a psycho-therapist.
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