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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
DOMESTIC QUARREL
Woman's Jealousy Of
Possible Rival
bean assaulted Alleging she had because of "the allier woman," Fong action Cheung-ying brought an claiming $653 from Fong Hok-bor, a camphorwood trunk deals, before Mr. Justice R.E. Lindsell in the Summary Court yesterday. The elnim comprised $500 for damages for assault and $153 for medical expertes.
appeared D'Almuda was
Mr. C. Y. Kwan plaintiff and Mr. C. for defendant.
WORKMAN CRUSHED
Inquest On Tramway
Dopot Fitter
An accident in the Hongkong Tramway Company depol in Hussell Street, Wanchal, on October 20 last, when a fitter, who was engaged in underneath parts of a olling the tramcar parked over an inspection pit, we injured and fater died, was for the subject of an inquiry held by Mr. R. A. D. Forrest, eitling as Coroner, at the Central Magistracy yesterday. No jury was empanelled.
Traffe-Sergeant G. Your conducted the inquiry for the police, while Mr. A. Gillard, chile: frame assistant and Mr. J. K. Leghorn, workshop super- intendent, both of the Tramway Com- pany, were present.
of Queen Mary Hospital, who tend
January 4, 1939.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Donations to Charitable And Other Objects
The O.LC. Salvation Army Home for Women and Girls, acknowledges the following donations:
Mrs. Henson
Mr. and Mrs, Crozler Mr. J. Smith
Girls of St. Stephen's College Mr. Wood Mr. Silver Mr. Williams Friends, H. M. Mrs. Fant A. S.
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Would friends who have.any child- ren's or women's clothing to dispone of kindly remember it would be gratefully received at 2, Embankment Road, Kowloon Tong.
Mr. Kwon said the parties hand been living together for the past ten years as husband and wife, although they had not been married according to Chinese custom. The assault was committed on October 31 at 52 Lung Street, Wanchal, following cer- t-in
made by plaint. remarky
Dr. T. K. Led the injured i ber, 1939, by the Hongkong Society Defendant was alleged to have struckman, Wong Cheung, 41, said Wong for the Protection of Children, are as her with his Ast and kicked her.
Tang
Dr. Yip Tal-ching testified that on November 7, ho found two dark-reci bruises on plaintiff's legs, That was the only time he saw plaintiff, who did not say how she came by her [ injuries.
consequent
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN. Donations collected during Decem-
follow:
The Chinese Relief Associa- tion (per Mr. Ho Kom- tong) Anonymous
$750,00
"A.S."
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The Brits American To- bucco Co. (China) Ltd. Dr. and Mrs. C. T. Wang
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died on December He detailed his examinations at the post-mortem on the body, and sald that his con- clusions were that the immediate was heart failure cause of death
a fracture
the of THEY # pelvis and a ruptured blader.
Lee Ching-chuen, draughtsmali
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. H Mr. D'Aimada: What did you
employed by the Tramway Co., pro-
Philips charge her for the treatment?-$3.
Prof. W. Brown The medical expenses chinett induced coples of plans he had drawn of
the sheds, and said the inspection pilsisa K. M. Anderson
Mies this case amount to $153, so you have were 100 feet long, and th
ramcars
Mr. D. Drummond no knowledge of where the $130 20 feet long. Iron doors separating Mr. and Mrs. E. P. H. Lang went?-No.
the paint shop from the garage were r
L. E. N.
"N. Ryan In your opinion how much would four inches from the end of the pits,
1 Mr. G G. While Wu Wah,
and i Biter, said buth he
Mr. W decensed commenced work about 10 Chinese Indoor and Outdoor In answer to Mr. Kwan, Dr. Yippm. on October 26. About 11 p.m. Staff of Sworn Measurers aald he did not know the cost of deceased crossed over to No. 3 Pl,
kad Mr. James Ralston
Mr. Rutton where tramcar No. 87 was parked. Plafotill told the Court that when Witness continued with his work and she went to defendant's office on heard another tram coming into the October 31, she saw defendant's mo
then heard a pits were full. He ther and a young woman there. Sheshed to No. 3 pit, as both the other Asked defendant's mother who the
and heard the deceased calling tine Crash,
out "ve life." Witness left his pit. and
of these bruises cost, not
treatme even $207~~No.
Chinese treatment.
I woman was, and before mything ou crossing over to No. 3 saw an- other filter, Tse Pul, currying the deceased out.
mure could be said defendant came over to her and asked her to keep He also enught hold of her quiet. hair and struck her a blow on the chest with his fist. She attempted to run away but was dragged buck by the hair. Defendant again struck her and kicked her. As a result of the Injuries received, she had to pay $150 to a Chinese doctor for tréal- ment.
Cross-examined, plaintif admitted she had had quarrels with defendant before over the woman, Chan Ying. She denied that when she saw this gist in defendant's office on October I she went up to her and started to pull her to the door.
Herbalist's Fre
Li Kiu-lam, herbalist, said plaintiff came to him for treatment and he asked $150 for it. He admitted this
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Wu sold that when he heard the tram coming in, it appeared from the sound to be travelling faster than usual, After the accident, tram No. 87 was nine inches from the iron door.
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II. Chandler Mr. J. Mrs. R. L. S. Welb Mr. T. M. Fung Mrs, K. M. Wood The Pul, who was working in car Mr. G. K, Oliver No. 87, said that the tram was three. Wong Ping-shun feet from the Iron door prior to the Mr. Bolton ....
Anonymous "A. and M.". accident. He saw the other tram. No. 20, coming in and it appeared to The Rotary Club (Collection be travelling faster than usual. When
at nieeting) witness saw the motorman applying it was half a car's length from No. 87, The Diocesan Girls' School
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was the biggest fee he ever made, Witness nisa saw deceased coming into No. 3 pit. After observing car having scen of assault was given by Cheung Yung-No. 26 half a car's length away, wit-
an employeo
nesa continued with his work, as he of defendant
before it expected the car to stop Witness denied he was plaintiff's
reached No. 87. He was pulling up brother.
n board to look at ear No. 87's motors Defendant told the Court that be been living with plaintiff for about ten years and had known Chan
had
when No. 26 crashed into the rear of No. 87, which was pushed up to the Iron door. Witness then heard the
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ving since last year: Plaintiff was deceased culling out, the on going to accepted by the fun. Treasurer, Mr. FRIDAY "BELOVED ENEMY MERLE OBERON
cealous and had had quarrels with him about Chan.
On October 31, plaintiff came to his office, and on seeing Chan she started
quarrelling with her and at-- tempted to pull her to the door, Chan resisted and blows and kicks were exchanged. He did not assualt plaintiff at any time.
CA, e/o Mackinnon
Build-
the end of No. 3 pit, saw the deceased A. McKellar,
him out, lying on the steps. Witness carried Mackenzie & Co., P. and O.
Replying to the Coroner, witness said that the usund practice in park- ing tramcars was to bring them close to each other so that they touched.
Lau Tong, driver of car No. 87, said that when he parked the tram are leaving,
Before adjourning the case to at 9.30 p.m. he left it three feet from January 18 at 10 a.m., his Lordship the iron door. Before suggested that a settlement be reach ed in the meantime on the basis of between $150 and $200. To his mind, the plaintiff's claim was grossly in- nated and, frankly, he did not be- Neve the story of the herbalist.
POUND DECLINES Retreat From Sterling Intensified
London, Jan. 3. The retreat from sterling which developed in intensity after the Christmas holidays conthued to be in evidence to-day. With continental centres again
open after the New Year
holiday, the pound met fresh selling which drove down
wave
ve of
the sterling-dollar rate to 4.0318 as compared with 4.0368 last night. Pressure, however, is described only as moderate and spusmodle inter- vention by the Exchange Fund sufficed to maintain orderly decline.
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Well-informed quarters are not surprised at the pound's declining tendency, pointing out it has been freely forecast that sterling will move downward in the New Year and it bear speculators had any doubts on this score they were soon dispelled by the disclosure of British gold losses during the half year ending September
30 together with the large increase in the budgetary de- felt shown in the Exchequer returns the first nine months of the year. In addition to the
pressure exercised upon sterling by the de mand for dollars, it was pointed out that steady repatriation of French capital is also playing a part as the Bank of France is daily acquiring large amounts of sterling which it converts to gold.--Reuter.
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A.R.P. PASSES
The St. John Ambulance Brigade, local branch, announce that the following have passed the ARP. Grade I examination:
Mrs. Dorothia Hole, Misa Delminda
Miss Allee Louise Mar, Mis Nasera Fatima Nazarin, Miss Lillan Gooey, Miss May Gooey.
Grade II,--Mrs. Violet Splok, Miss Renee Chu
An Alt‚P. examination: in English will be held on Friday, January. 6, at
pm at St. John Ambulance.
he took way the driving key. The brake was not left on. He knew of no regulation requiring the brakes to be left on, but after the accident, such instructions were issued. He had been
motorman for Ove and years, and during that time never known a collision to occur in the sheds. Trams were parked close to each other.
a half had
Leung Ming, another fitter, said the space between cars Nos. 07 and 20 after the accident was so narrow that n man could not pass through.
ink.
ST. JOHN AMBULANCE The S. C. M. Post has received the following donations to the St. John Ambulance Association:
Mrs. H. W. Fraser, $3; Mrs. Whittaker, $3,
STREET SLEEPERS The S. C. M. Post has received the following donations to the Street Sleepers Shelier Society:
G.H.B., $2; C.V., $i; K.C.C., $2; Mrs. Boyd, $10.
DONATIONS WAITING Donations are lying at the Business Office of the South China Morning Post for the following:
Chinese Soldiers' War Rollet; Emergency Refugee Council; Tung Wah Hospital; B.F.R.D.C."; Street The inquiry was adjourned to 11.30 Sleepers Society: St. John Ambul- u.m. to-morrow.
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BAYIR U
RAID ON PINE TREES
Wholesale Cutting On Tytam Hillside
In connection with the fire which
Nino men were charged before Mr. and which re- R. A. D. Forrest at the Central Magis- Saturday morning, days were experienced, the month on sulted in a fireman being sentenced tracy yesterday with the possession of the whole wns more cloudy than
Inspector W. A. Russell said that on usual. During the first three weeks to three months hard labour by Mr. pine tres wood at Tytam on Monday.
Houston at the Central Magis- of the month temperatures rature tracy the same day, for theft of information recolved, some Indian shove normal; a inli temperaturë
In
took place on the 28th., and from then watch, another fireman, Chan Kim- policemen were despatched to the mo, 23, was sentenced on Monday hillside above Tytom, where they until the 31st. the weather was cold.
to three months' hard labour for observed about 40 persons culting and The mean
temperature for the theft of a silver cup, a jade ring, a sawing trees. The wood thieves scat- month was 64.7. deg. F. against pearl broach and a bunch of keys, tered on the arrival of the police, who normal of 82.0 deg. A maximum of the property of Wong Pan, taller of only managed to arrest the nine de- 78.2 deg. was recorded on the 8th. 45. Wellington Street, nd that dur-wood, valued at $51, was seized. Nine
and a minimum of 51.1 deg. on the 30th The mean relative humidity was 70 per cent.,, which is 7 per cent. above normal.
Sergeant D. Taylor
first floor.
fendants. More than 800 cattles of
ing the fire he went up the stairway choppers were abandoned.,
Two of the defendants, who denied
of No. 45, Wellingon Street, and heard possession, were released, as inspector a dog barking on the first floor. He tussell said he could not prove that Sunshine amounted to 124 hours, knocked on the door, which was they were actually in possession of which is 60 hours less than normal, locked from the inside. When it was wood. The others were each fined $0 The total rainfall was only 0.01 inch., not opened to him, he peeped through or three weeks' hard Inbour
crack and noticed the shadow of agalust a normal of 1.15 inches. The defcency of rainfall which was ex- man moving inside one of the cubicles. perienced throughout almost the He broke the door open, and saw whole of 1033 continued until the defendant emptying some articles end, and this year was the driest from his pocket. recorded since 1835.
The maximum wind velocity in u gust recorded in December was 42 m.p.h. at midnight on the 11th-12th.
CHEERO CLUB Cheers Club forthcoming events
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Wednesday, Jan. 4, dance at 8.30 Thursday, bridge, evening. Friday, bridge and mahjong. Monday, Jan. 9, dance at 0.30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, whist.... drive at 8.40 p.m.get
HISTORY AND POETRY
Mr. D. J. S. Crozier addressed the On entering a rear cubicle of the Premises, Sergeant Taylor found that Hongkong branch of the Engilah As- the contents of three drawers had soclation at the Helena May Institute yesterday on "History in English been emptied on to a bed.
Defendent denied the charge, say- Poetry." Mr. G. P. de Martin pre- ing that some inflammable articles sided, and the Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith had caught fire and he had tried to was among those present. extinguish the fumox, when Sergeant The speaker traced political poetry Taylor arrested him and accused him from the time of the Reformation, of stealing the articles.
and quoted many ballads and satirical In sentencing defendant, Mr. Hous-verses showing how the power at ton commended Sergeant Taylor; thyme was brought to bear on all who had also arrested. the fireman matters affecting the welfare of the
¡ people and on publiq peroDRESS. previously convicted.
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