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Admiralty Claim Against Hotel Company.
SAY
WITNESSES "SMOOTH" TYRES CAUSED
ACCIDENT
That the accident was due to the two "smooth" tyres at the rear of the car was the opinion expressed by Inspector F. D. Tuckett and Mr. A. Mann, manager of Gilman's Motor Service, at the Supreme Court this morning, when hearing of the action brought by the Admiralty against the Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Ltd. was continued before the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor.
The Admiralty is claiming £1,208 4v. 7d. in respect of pen-
At
alon pinyable to Commissioned Exchange
A Glance
Engineer W. A. Jones, who was injured in the accident and had to be invalided Home. Thoy also claim his passage back to England, his pay and allowance and medical expenses.
The accident occurred on the road to Funding, opposite the 12 mile- stone, on July 24, 1938, and it is alleged by the Admiralty that it was due to defective tyres. The car was hired by the defendant company on a monthly basis to Lieut.-Comdr. A.
R. M. Baines, who was not present at the time of the accident.
The defence is a denial of negli-
gonce.
The Hori. Mr. Leo D'Almada, instructed by Hasilngs and Co. is for the Admiralty, and Mr. Eldon Potter, KC., instructed by Deacons, represents the Hongkong and Shang- hal Hotels,
Inspector's Evidence Inspector Tuckett testified 10 having examined the car shortly after, the accident, and found that the two rear tyres were smooth.
Mr. D'Almada: The
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PEAK TRAMWAYS
MEETING.
Small Tourist Traffic Affects Receipts
Red Cross To COLONY'S
Look After
Stowaway
Hongkong Americans Raising Funds
NEW OFFER TO GREAT BRITAIN
The Hongkong Government has decided to increase Its grant to the Imperial Government for the pro- secution of the war.
An o
The reduced tourist traffic in To send the pretty American the Colony, caused by unsettled torch singer, Paula Richards,
omciat communique, released conditions was advanced as a who entered the Colony as a reason for the drop in the Peak stowaway, back to Manila, mem- by the Colonial Secretary's Office this further assistance to His Majesty's Tramways Company's traffic re-bers of the American Club in aftemoon, states that the question of Mr. D. E. Clark, Hongkong, are collecting the Government in the prosecution of the ceipts by Chairman, speaking at the an- $132 necessary for her passage war was considered by a confidential some extra travelling meeting of the Finance Committee of nual meeting of the Company and
Legislative Council on Thursday last hek in the Hongkong Hotel this money. morning.
Paula bis been detained
at Lat werk,
The Committee 'declded unanimous. Thuse present were:-Sir Robert Chi Kok Female Prison since an ex- Ho Tung and Messrs. J. Scott Hars-pulsion order was made against her ly to recommend the offer of a grant additional to the sum already voted ton, L. Kadoorie, H. V. Wilkinson, on Tuesday. She is expected to be or that purpose. and D. L.
Newbigging (Directors) sent to Manilu soon and on arrival The offer has been communicated and Messrs. P. Potts, A. H. Potts. 5. there the U.S. Red Cross will look by telegram to the Secretary of State
F. Chubb, W. C. Lee (Shareholders) after her and arrange
and Mr. J. L. Quie (Secretory).
Chairman's Speech
Mr. Clark sald:
her passuge
back to
to Amerita oboard a U.S. Navy for the Colonies, whose reply is now
nwalted. transport.
Detalls will be announced as soon have assisted in sending back the wishes of His Majesty's Gov- about 30 American girls to the States ernment have been ascertained re-
In spite of a fall of just over from Manila. Most of them have garding the form which the Coley's $12,000 in traffic receipts, the profit been pretty young girls who marry latest contribution should take.
for the year at $35,057.02 is only Filipino College students in America $4,470.35 less than the previous year, efter being told they will live like I think under the circumstances this princesses in the Philippines," Mr. A. ton be considered satisfactory. M. Kirby, President of the American i
The drop in trame receipts is prac-Club told tically all confined to first class to-day. casual traffic, and is no doubt dus is
a "Telegraph”
reporter
the reduced tourist trame caused by Then They Want To Go Home unsettled conditions.
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32 year-old un- the Red Sox by 4-3 in a fourteen in- service recently and this fact ac-ward Williams, a
The complete scores were: counts mainly for reduced mainten- employed mechanic of Los Angeles ings game. ance costs. At the moment we have has been detaled at the Victoria four new ropes in stock besides the Remand Gaol: He gave himself up two in service, so that unless anything with her as a stowaway a few hours
for Hongkong. unforeseen occurs, these should be after the American liner left Manila suficient to last us for at least an-
Mrs. E. Greenburg, proprietress of other two years.
the Chardhaven Hotel, Kowloon, toki Cafe Schame Abandoned ja "Telegraph" reporter that she had Turning to the balance sheet you offered to give Paula a home and will note that amount owing to our job until such time as other arrange bankers is in round figures $17,000-ments could be made. Mrs. Green- less, but as all other figures under the burg said that as yet the girl had not different headings differ very little been allowed to avall herself of the New Order Issued By
the previous year I do not pro-uffer. from
"I feel very sorry for the girl. I Ministry Of Labour pose to comment on them
The lease of the workshop, to am sure she is a good girl and she -the driver. Taking into con- cration all these circumstances, LONDON, June 6 (Reuter).which reference was made from the can be of great assistance to me:1 was renewed by am not offering Williams a home," what do you think is the cause of the Mr. C. R. Attlee, the Lord Privy Government, but with the same res she said. "If the girl is allowed ic accident?
Seal, arínounced in the House of trictive clause.
not swerved violently one way or the other and had the driver not applied the brakes in rounding the curve, I should say the accident was caused by the "smooth” lyres,
on a wet road. In rounding the bend, the rear wheels of the car Akidded to the right. The driver attempted to correct that skk by swerving to the right, and whilst he was so doing, the car skidded to the left and struck the side of the hill. There is no suggestion of carelessness:
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chair last year,
Inspector Tuckett: Had the car Commons to-day that the Minis-offer to remove theovernment did come to me, I will send a cur over
workers in engineering and offer was declined and the cafe
Must Be Serviceable Witness went on to say that nothing was laid down by the Poilce in regard to tyres except that they should be serviceable. In his opinion, labour resources to be the two tyres in question, from the poluis where the Police point of view, were service-urgent, able. In other words they were not liable to burst, and that was all the
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Fortune In Silver "Free"
May Be Salvaged May Be
restriction and for her." try of Labour had made an order permit the erections of a small cafe regulating the engagement of above, but as their terms for this con- cession were considered too high, the building industries, and of male scheme has been abandoned.
The passing of the War Revenue workers in agriculture and coal'
Ordinance has made it necessary
SHANGHAI, June 6 (Reuter),~~~ mining.
SHANGHAI, June 6 (Reuter) Hope of salvaging $150,000,000 worth The object of the order is to enable that provision be made to meet this
embedded in the Iklang, directed to tax and this is reflected in the in-
The Chinese Seamen's Union in of silver most, creased amount it is proposed to Chungking has appealed to President near Chengtu, is rising higher as needs are
forward. carry
Roosevelt and Mr. Cordeli Hull, the progress is being made by the sal I now propose that the report and Secretary of State, to suspend sup-vage company there, says the Ta. Effectivo Noxt Weck
statement of LONDON, June 5. (Reuter)~The und that the counts be adoptediler of American fuel oil to Japan Wan Pro."
The silver is said to have been following allocation of driving and a good road, the tyres Labour under the Emergency Pow-0 per cent on 25,000 shares fully palding of defenceless towns and civilian buried in the river by Chang Hsien- order issued by the Ministry of profits be passed:--pay a dividend of in view of the indiscriminate bomb-
to the "Shun chung, the notorious Chinese bandit, Pao."
when he retreated to Szechuen with ets Regulation gives effect, as from up $15,000, pay a dividend of 6 per population, according
It was only these supplies from the his plunder. June 10, to the regulations mentioned cent on 50,000 shares $5.00 paid up by Mr. C. R. Attlee this afternoon $15,000, and carry forward $28,452.80. United States that made possible the
Salvage work, with the aid of up- Other Business
bombardment of educational institu- to-date apparatus, is now being car for controlling manpower in coal-
The adoption of the report and tions and the killing of women and tied on, and results are expected to the mere fact the tyre is smooth does ing and contracting.
mining, agriculture, civil engineer-
accounts was seconded by Mr. P children, the Union is said to have be obtained before long, the report not make it dangerous? Not dan-
carried
concludes. pointed out, The order makes it an offence for Potts and the motion wasR to gerous, but maybe more prone skidding.
an employer to engage a man other unanimously.
employment The re-election of the Directors, wise then through the exchange or through an approved Sir Robert Ho Tung and Mesers. 3. Trade Union arrangement, or to Scott Harston, L. Kadoorie, H. V. engage a man normally employed in Wilkinson and D. L. Nowbigging, was any of those trades for work in other proposed by the Chairman, Mr. D. Clark and seconded by Mr. A. H. Potts. The motion was carried un- animously.
The re-election of the
Police were concerned. With careful
could still go a few 100 miles.
Questioned by Mr. Potter, Inspector Tucker agreed that the tyres complied ,with Police regulations.
Mr. Potter: It follows then that
The real danger you have to avoid with regard to a "smooth tyre" is puncture? Yes.
Will you agree with me that you gat a skid-even with perfectly good tyres?—Yes.
Even when driving normally and properly? In that case there should
oll.
trades.
Fullest Support Promised,
Mr. Ernest Bevin, the Minister of
and
auditors,
POLICE SERGEANT'S WIFE ACCUSED
That one of the keepers of an alleged common gaming by some explanation, such as sand or Labour, announced that he has re-Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and Mat- house was the wife of a European police-sergeant was the re
Inspector Tucker went on to say calved the support of both Unions thewa
Messrs. Instead and velation made by Mr. F. W. Shaftain, Assistant Director of that he always wed special caution and employers in Issuing the new Davis at a fee of $350 each was pro- Criminal Intelligence (Crime), this morning, when he prosecuted when coming down the hill in ques-order. tlon. It generally gave him the im- lie hopes in a few days to an- posed by Mr. S. F. Chubb and bression that the surface was rather rounce the creation of an industrial seconded by Mr. W. C. Lee. The in a case before Mr. H. G. Sheldon at the Central Magistracy. more slippery than other parts of board to advise him upon problems molion was carried unanimously.
the road.
Export's Opinion
Mr. Mann expressed the opinion
that the tyre produced in Court was
arising from the big transfer of population which may be involved.
not serviceable because, firstly of of 20-30 m.p.h.?--You would be lucky
The danger of skidding owing to the
you don't akid at that speed. Defenco Opons
Opening the defence, Mr. Potter
JAPAN TRAINS PARACHUTISTS
Wanchal Road. They were arrested mainder each forfelted ball of $10. who were charged
Russ and Co, appeared on behalf of
OL the Yuet-be, 33,
twenty gamblers, the Two women, Chan and Leung Sing, 40, were charged majority of whom were women, only with keeping a common gaming house four appeared to answer the charge. on the ground floor of a house in They were fined $5 each. The re- In company with 20 other people, Hearing of the case against Mrs. with gambling, Jessop and Leung was fixed for Juno during fald carried-out-by-Police 14 at 12.15 p.m. smooth surface, and, secondly, of the
SHANGHAI, June 8 (Reuler) yesterday evening.
Mr, B. C. Hobbs, of Messrs. C, A. S. danger of a blow-out owing to canvas appearing in two places,
aald the case was of considerable in The Japanese are training parachute
Chan and Leung and pleaded not In his opinion, the accident was terest and importance, not only to the troops, secording to reports received
are on bail of $100 caused by two "smooth" tyres at the defendant company but to owners of here from Chinese sources. rear of the car.
Name Amended On Charge In answer to Mr. Potter, Mr. Menning back the Court records for the Japanese soldiers are being drilled agreed it was the common practice to last 25 years, he had been unable to as "parachutists" in Honkow, Nan-
Mr. Shaftain vaid: "I appear for have a tyre re-treaded when the find a single case in which negligence chang, Singtze, Hotel and Nanking.
this 'core. The the, ure of General Chang Fah-kwei, famous the prosecution in
on the "breaker strip" showed, and when it was alleged through
Chinese "Ironsides" Brst defendant is shown leader of the had reached that stage, the tyre had empath" tyres. been smooth for weeks or months, His defence, went on Counsel, was now in Kwangtung, is aid to have charge sheet as Chan Yuet-ho. Sho I put it to you that assuming a complete dental of negligence and received orders, to prepare counter is in fact the wife of Police-Sergeant there had been heavy fall of rain duty owed to Mr. Jones. The car mensures against parachutists,
at the time of the accident and that there had been a fim of water across taken the road, a skid might have place with four perfectly new tyres? -I don't think so at the speed men *floned.
And you can delve with four #smooth" tyres to Fanling at a speed
motor-cars in general because, look- It is stated that several thousand Kulity. Both
was hired to Lieut.-Comdr. Balies,
who had complete control over it from
the moment it was handed to his in ransonably At condition, and the
each.
A166 Jessop. In case it should be thought the Police are endeavouring to hide or conceal that fact, I ask LONDON, June 5 (UP)--The death that the Arst defendant should be: Mrs. Jessop, allas Chan shown as defendant company could not be held sentence was to-day passed on Udhamut-ho. lable for anything that happened Singh after a fury had found him
Mr. Sheldon said he would amend Kulity of murdering. Sir Michael
the name steerdingly. during that period.
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