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EUROPEAN GETS $700 Court Awards Damagos
In Accident Sequel A EUROPEAN who had to give up tennis and other forms of sports because his legs could no longer stand the strain was awarded $700 damages-$200 special damages and $500 gen- eral damages--by Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell this morning. Costs were also awarded.
Robert J. Oxenham, an employee of the Royal Naval Dockyard, resid ing at Marble Hall, Austin Road, woo the plaintiff. He claimed $1,000 from the Li Wing Cheung Company, lorry owners, of 82 Canton Road, for diamages
arising out of a traffic colll- lon In Canton Road, Kowloon, on January 31.
year.
three hundred ($1,300) a month;
LIMITED. · for the second year, and Dollars
Notice is hereby given that Ono thousand four hundred ($1,400) a month for the third Dividend Warrants for all clasnos The exchange value of the of shares of this Back are now Dollar is at presont fixed by the ready. Shareholders are request Government at 28 4d. Free first ed to apply for them at the Head class passage for the Officer Office No. 6 Des Voeux Road, appointed and if married for wife Contral, or through any of the and children up to six years of Branch Offices of the Bank, or, age. Agreement for three years Bank of Canton, San-Francisco. on the Board's usual terms, terminable at any time within that period at six months' notice en either alde, The Board has a Provident Fund to which the officer must subscribe. Free un- furnished house will be provided. The Board carry on, under the Ports Ordinance, an extensive! business 08 Wharfingern and Warehousemen, the nett registered tonnage of ships berthed at the Board's wharves for the year All citizens of the Republic of onded 30th June, 1938 was 9,756,- | Panama în China whose passports |
By order of the Board of Directors M. Y. TANG, Chief Manager.
Hongkong, April 22, 1939.
CONSULATE GENERAL OF PANAMA.
NOTICE
new
410 tons and the grand total have expired, are requested to tonnage of General Cargo, Coal present themselves to the Conau- and Fuel Oll inwards and out-Inte General for Panama In Hong warda for the same period was Kong, in order to have a 3,384,003 tons. In addition the passport. Panamanian passports Board operates five Graving Docks, are good only for two years and ranging from 306 feet to 896 feet must be renewed two years after In length, together with a ship the date of issue. Without pass- repairing business,
The work-port
the Consulate will shops attached to the Graving recognize the nationality. Docks are capable of executing the heaviest ship repairs. Candi- dates should be between 32 and 40 years of age, have first rate technical experience, have handled a large staff and labour force, and THE CANTON INSURANCE
have had considerable executive experience, and should possess pronounced business and organi- ning abilities. Applications aro to be addressed to the Chairman, by The Singapore Harbour Board.
Defendanta admitted abllily, the only sauc before the Court being the amount of damages sustained Oxenham.
Collision With Ricksha Mr. F. H. Loseby appeared for Oxenham, defendant company being represented by Mr. K. F. Wong,
Mr. Loseby sald that just before 7a.m. on January 31 thus year, Mr. Oxenham was on his way to work at the Royal Naval Dockyard in Kowloon. He was riding in a a rick- along Canton. Road, and was making for the Navy Street entrance. Coming to
rossed the rondet, the rickalini
Mr.
and at that moment, Oxenhum brakes from chi card a strick of behind and instinctive- ly put his hands in front of his face. There was a crush and the plaintiff
was thrown out of the ricksha to the fur side of Navy Street. He suffer ed fairly severe injuries. The force of the collision, said Mr. could be
Bruged from the fact that the lorry's skid mark measured no Jess than 07 feet,
Losoby,
The plaintiff was picked up and put into a motor ambulance and taken to the Kowloon Hospital. Af- fer Arst aid had oren administered
there, he went back to the Dockyard 13 his work, but was seen by Surg.- Cdr. Rutherford, who at once ordered ilm home. On reaching home, he collapsed.
Work With Explosives
Mr. Oxenham, continued Mr. Lose- by, was an engineer and was at present chargeman In charge of ar- naments in the Kowloon Naval Dockyard.
At
Exchange
A Glance
SELLING
T.T. London Demand
T.T. Shanghai T.T. Singapore CT. Japun
T.T. India T.T. U.S.A.
1s. 211 .15 211
.177
524%
.105
013
284
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57
T.T. Batavia
.53
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10.80
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TT. France TT Germany. T.T. Switzerland TT. Australia
BUYING
4 m/s L/C London
.127
1/0
.1/3
4 m/s D/p do.
/3.1/32
4 m/s L/c U.S.A.
.294
m/s France
11,22 83%
30 d/s Indla
U.S. Cross rate in Lon...4.08%
Girls To Tour Zululand
DURBAN, South Africa.
Miss Doris McLaren, of Vancouver, and her cousin Molly McLaren, of Salisbury, Rhodesla, have arrived in Durban on their way to Zululand to
not
THE CONSUL GENERAL FOR PANAMA. Hongkong, April 25th, 1939.
OFFICE LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
The Fifty-Eighth Ordinary Meeting of Shareholders, will be
held at the Offices of the under-
signed on Thursday, the 18th May, 1939, at Noon for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Agents, together with a statement of Accounts for the year ended the 31st December. 1938.
The Share Register and Trans- fer Books will be closed from the 4th May to the 18th May, 1939, both days inclusive.
JARDINE; MATHESON & CO., LTD.
General Agents,
Hongkong, 27th April, 1939.
THE INDO-CHINA-STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,
LIMITED.
The Fifty-eighth Ordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Offices of the General Managers, Messrs. Jar- dine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., Pedder Street, Hong Kong, on Thursday, 25th May, 1939, at noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors, passing the Accounts, and electing Directors and Auditora.
The Transfer Books of the
This work required great skill and care, us high explosives were in- volved, and it was therefore neces- sary that the mun in charge should be in first class condition.
The plaintiff's wages were $63 a week, and he also received $30.50 seo some wild animals. The two Company will be closed from the Colonial allowance and $29.50 house girls made the trip alone from 18th May to the 8th June, 1939
If he was away from Rhodesia in a battered work
however, he only received half they bought from an elephant hunter. Inclusive, ay, though the allowances were paid in full.
nilowance.
Plaintif played tennis, cricket, rugby and was also a boxer of no nean abulty. He had given up rugby come months ago, but hind taken up fencing,
Felt Very Tired The major injury plaintiff had uffered was a cut on his thigh, and though he was away from work for
a little over a fortnight, plaintif
In Salisbury for $100.
CET
which
Mr. Oxenham suld hla sports coat, which cost £3 10s, was ruined by the accident. He claimed $32 for it. His pair of grey flannel trousers were also ruined, and be claimed $10 for A chronometer wrist watch which cost
£5 w
was crushed by his fall, and plaintiff claimed $30 for it. Ils pair of shoes were also ruined and plain- liff claimed $8 for them. The accl- dentalso caused him to take a special
it.
now felt so tired after a day's work diet, which cost him $28.
that he could not play a game of tennis, because his legs could not
By Order of the Board,
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD. General Managers. Hongkong, 26th April, 1939.
Chinese Minister
To Cuba
According to well-informed Chin- ese circles, Dr. Li Ti-taun, Director Anti-Tetanus Injection stand the strain. Plaintiff had also
Plaintiff stated that his arm had of Intelligence and Publicity Deport- Intended to purchase a car this sum
become inflamed from anti-tetanus ment of the Ministry of Foreign ner, but owing to the accident, he injection, and caused him considerars will be shortly appointed by had to give up the idea, as his nerves
abic pain. He was still suffering the Chinese Government as Minister
to Cuba. did not allow him the strain of rent, caused through standing for
from some pain on the hips pre- It is understood that Mr. C. P. riving.
any length of time. Plaintiff also felt Kuo will succeed Dr. Ld as Director of Intelligence and Publicity 'Depart-
Oxenham gave evidence on the twinges of pain in his legs whenever ment. Mr. Kuo who was a professor. lines outlined by his solicitor and id he was at present temporarily
he stepped off a bus or down steps of the National Wahan University, is employed by the Admirnity, and his accident, he concluded.
He had not felt the same since the the Vice-Director of Publicity of the Employment on the permanent, staff spended a great deal on the satis-
Mr. Wong gald he was not calling San Min Chu I Youths Corps, factory nature of hle work and
any evidence, The“ whole" incident Jiealth. He described the Injuries he
had been unfortunate and his clients ad suffered to his hands, his right
deplored the accident as much as the de, hip and feet...
plaintiff. He asked his Lordship to weigh the question of damages carefully, and pointed out that no medical evidence had been given to
Could Not Take Bus During his 16 days absence from
work, he lost $70 in wages. The in- the effect that the plaints would not
Depopulation In Swatow
Swatow, May 2.
There are still some 100,000 people
Sections he had taken at the Kowicon-, be able to play games again in the in Swalow although they have been Hospital on the advice of a doctor future,
fold to leave the city for tlie country- Delivering Judgment, his Tordship side ca a precaution against emerg- said it was quite obwous on the ency, according to Mr. Fu Chi, Mayor
Jind cost him $8.28; and taxi fares to
10 hosultal amounted to $10. Plain-
tim explained that he could not take
as bus, ne le caused him considerable evidence that the plaintiff had suffer- of Swalow, who said that efforts will
મ
un to climb up the steps. Plaintiff ed not only considerable pecuniary be exerted further to depopulate the
damages but also considerable shock elty
also attended the Naval surgery
and pain in the accident. He award-
and $600 general damages and costs.
1 Hongkong on the orders of Surg- Cdr. Rutherford,; and these journeys cost him $20.
He revealed that some 30,000 people
ed the plaintiff $200 special damages have been shifted to placca of
COM
parative mately during the last few weeks-Central Netas,
19 DEAD IN JAPAN EARTHQUAKE
Northern Prefectures Rocked By Shock
TOKYO, May 2. NINETEEN PERSONS are
May 2, 1939.
CHILD'S TELL-TALE........
TONGUE
Your child's tongue will tell you plainly when the thy bowels need the help of laxative. A coated tongue means a sour stomach and constipation. But you have to be most careful what medicine you give. Strong purgatives weaken and leave the bowels more bound than over, and nothing stops a child's growth like constipation.
Doctors
nurses everywhere
so far known to have been killed, advise California Syrup very where five injured and many, miss because it is a pure frult laxative, Ing as the result of the severe can measure the dose to a nicety to therefore safe, and, being a liquid you earthquake which rocked the sult your child's system, Kiddies northwestern part of Japan, love its pleasant taste and thrive all Including Akita and Aomori the better for it.. Prefectures and Hakodate, yes terday afternoon.
Official reports reaching the Home Office say that 518 houses have col- lapsed completely and 490 others have collapsed partially in the city of Funagawa, in Akita Prefecture, which wos the most severely hit.
from all chemists, druggists and Get a bottle to-day, Obtainable leading stores. Be sure you Bel California Syrup of Figs brand.
All Set For Big Victory Parade
-
Twelve houses were destroyed in Are which broke out following the carthquake in the port city in Akila
Burgos, May 1. Prefecture.
Preparations for the big parade in The Government authorities im-Franco's entry into the Spanish capital Madrid on Occasion of General mediately dispatched 30 police and have now advanced far enough to three physicians to the stricken dis- make it possible to announce thin trict to co-operate in rescue works. this parodo will take place on May The railway lines which were tem- 15th. porarily blocked following the earth- quake have been reopened to trafic gest in Spanish history, will be at... The parade, which will be the big- later in the evening-Domel.
tended by numerous guests of hon-
A
our,
Death Toll Mounts AKITA, May 2-Scores of houses
Another Victory Parade will be were washed away in
before slide
land-held
General Franco In al Kitaura-machl, a small Valencia on May 17-Trans-Ocean. village on the shore, while the heavi- est damage has been done to Ojika Peninsula in the western Akita Prefecture.
part of
The earthquake is attributed to a submarine disturbance about 20 miles off the mouth of the Noshiro River in the Japan Sea. Experts point out thut this kind of shock is rare even in Japan--Domel.
Terrible Havoc
TOKYO, May 2. Terrible havoc. was wrought by yesterday's carthquake in northern- most Japan, as is shown by fuller Information now available restoration of communications.
upon
Coal Breaker Is Still
Pottsville, Pa Government agents who raided whisky still here said it was cam- fouflaged as a coal breaker-which attracted little nitention in this an- thracite section of Pennsylvania,
In Theft
Colony Future Notoriety Fleeting Obscure, Says Annual Report
Brockton, Mass.
Brockton
Anthony A. Porcis of Icaped into the limelight briefly when he admitted
stealing "THE FUTURE is obscure ing a window at the Barbour Welling "woman's leg." He admitted break- and there is no immediate pros- company and taking the leg from a pect of a cessation of hostilities. display model. He was placed on
"Hongkong, like the other foreign probation for a year. trading communities within the ambit,
of China, watches with deep concerz
a state of affairs which tends to grow relleved gloom. Manufacturing de worse, and can only hope that peace velopment under Imperial Preference may seen be restored and the policy has helped to keep the population preserved. employed; the major industries of the the population
of the 'Open Door' be business Colony have been well occupied; the
"In the meantime, community in this Colony has to do great increase in the best it can in a difficult situation caused by the arrival of refugees and await the outcome of events." Including many well-to-do Chinese- These are passages from the 1938 is given an impetus to local trade Annual Report of the Hongkong and increased the revenues of the General Chamber of Commerce, Government and of public utility copies of which are now available in companies. There has been some transfer of industry to the Colony from China, and of businesses such as the tea and silk trades.
book form,
Not All Gloomy
The report adds: "The situation in this Colony is not-as some writers fence has stimulated local trade and "Increased expenditure upon de- overseas seem to think one of un-the circulation of money."
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