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TUESDAY. MARCH 29"

1922

PRAYA ACCIDENT SEQUEL could not say if Mr. Ross's headlights

MOTOR DRIVER CHARGED WITH NEGLIGENCE.

SMASHED BICSKA STORY.

As a sequel to an accident on the Prava, the driver of motor car No, owned by the Dragon Garage, was summoned before Magistrate Lindsell

were dimmed when passing the other

CAT.

ODDS AND ENDS.

MAINLY SCISSORS LOOT.

The ricaba coolie corroborated Mr. Gelling's evidence about the vehicle being of the tram nes. He said that A Destroyer with Wings. he was thrown heavily into the gutter and injured in his side and head At No. 2, police station, the defendant he would not accept it. offered to $10 as compensation bat

THE

CHINA MAIL.

SHATIN SHOOTING.

GOVERNMENT COMPENSATION

AWARDED.

$1,000 FOR DEPENDANTS Q......

YES XILLED,

The Chino Moul is authorised by the Colonial Secretaris: to state that

the Government is making a COLED-

A "Destroyer with Wings" is the description applied to a sea and aircraft which ♣ British firm is now complating under the direction of the Mayis rate: Why not, did you er Air Ministry. The machine is full of this morning with speeding, negligent /pect more? I wanted to leave the the most ingenious secret devices for passionate grant of $1,000 to the driving and failing to sound his horn, matter to the Chart to decide. Iit-two-element navigation, on the sea of } dependants of the four men killed re-

Mr. S. B. C. Ross said that curred heavy expenses in doctor's fees. Oh! you engag d a specialist, did he was returning from Repulse Bay in a small Essex car No. 46, owned you?Langhier by the Dragon Garage, going west to east along Praya East about 12.30 a.m. on March 19. Soon after passing

the new fire station at Wanchai, he saw ahead, of him on the other side of the road

ricsbas with two

The ricshas

The witness added that besides he had been unable to work since the accident, and in the interval had to pay for the ricaba licence. All this cost

more than $10. ́.

At this juncture Mr. C. H. Lyson European fares proceeding westward Magistrate that he was watching the appeared in Court and informed the between the fire station and No explained that possibly there would were at 3 point case in the interest of Mr. Gelling. He police station when he sighted them.bes Summary Court action as he Behind the ricsbas was motor car understood the Magistrate could not 6, partly on the tram rails, its head- lights lighting up the back of the and that amount would not folly award more than $100 damages, ricsbas. The car appeared to be travelling at

compensate his client. an excessive rate. So impressed was he with the speed of the car that he called out to his wife, By "jove! There is bound to be a mash "

The ricebas appeared to him to be on

the extreme rail on his right, and from the position of the car behind them a

The Magistrate asked about damages for the ricsha proprietor."

Mr. Wilson said that he was not clear on that point. Some said that and others said that it had not. the ricsha had already been repaired Inspector Garrod said that what

in the air. Calculations have shown that a torpedoboat destroyer has power enough in her engine room, if applied in the right way, and if the were fitted with wings, to li't her from

538 to air.

Counciller's Torn Transara.--

meeting of Feltham (Middlesex) Dis- Bitter complaint was made at a

that his wife was always kept busy trict Council by one of the members

patching his trousers because when his nether garments were torn on nails ever he attended a council meeting

sticking up from his chair. The irate councillor suddenly seized a poker and began.az avault on the chair he was using, and business was suspended for

cently at Shatin. The making of a suitable grant to those who were dis- abled is under consideration.

HONGKONG'S HEALTH,

FOURTEEN CASES OF PLAGUE

LAST WEEK.

Chiatre were reported yesterday, Six cases of plague (three fatal) and one of amali-por (fatal)-all seven also one of relapsing fever, Indian

cases of plague (sine fatal, two of Last week there were reported 14 ) influenza (both fatal), one of cerebro spinal fever and one of enteric fever, (five fatal) were also reported, one all Chinese. Six cases of all por Indian and five Chinese; three of

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.

THE HON, MR, EH SHARP, K.C,

QRE, DECEASED...

NY person having any knowledge of

the whereabouts of the Wal of the formerly of Hongkong is requested to late Mr B H. Sharp KC, ORE communicate immediately with

القمر

DEACON, LOUKER, DEACON &

HARSTON,

1, Des Voeux Road, Central,

Bopskong. Hongkong, March 27, 1922.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF

HONGKONG.

-PROBATE JURISDICTION

ACTION No. 2 of 1920. Between Lan Tx Tean, Lau

Tang Shi, Lau She Shi, Lau Tin Shi

and Lan Li Shi

and

Plaintifa

Defendant.

Lan Shin Chuta By order of the Supreme Court of Hongkong and

Under the direction of the Registrar,

Supreme Court.

carved instructions to sell by Public one Asction on Wednesday the 12th day of

Meser. Lanmert Brothers, have re-

angry comments and facetions re- Chinese; and one of paratyphoid a time. Other members indulged in diptheria, two. British and marks, according to each one's mood, fever, British

April 1922, t 3 o'clock pm

WITHOUT RESERVE.

collision was only to be expected. Heappened was that after the accident: and the incident ended when the only STEAMER'S ROUGH TRIP. abovensmed defendant Las Shiu Chuen}

to take

lady councillor gracefully invited the aggrieved member to take her chair. Electrocution Scene.

All the right title and interest of the alias Lan Wai Chou or (Chan) of and in Colony of Bongkong. the following properties situata in the

Nos. 402 and 404 Des Voeux Road

Fest and

it

being Inland Lot No. 1143

Nos. 3974 and $97B Queen's Road!

West, Victoria,

Marine Lot No 4.

No 27 Bonbam Strand, Fictoris,

did not see the actual emash because took the richa to their house and either the defendant or his friends his car was closed in at the sides. tried to patch it up but were not However be heard it as the cars were successful They subsequently took passing, and immediately stopped it to No. 2 pelice station where it

The C.P.8. "Mattawa" due to expecting to find two dead people. was still being kept. The ricsha the death chamber in the New Jersey noon

sive bore from Rongay on Saturday, A dramatic incident occurred in did not come in until yesterday after- He reticed that the riceha was badiy

owder refused amashed butte did not stop to ex vehicle in that condition. The wit ecation of George Gares, the convict was compelled to anchor at the the State prison at Trenton when the ex- the Hainan Straits on Saturday and She encountered a gale in amine it because he was more concern- ed with the coolie who was lying in these bad seen the resha himself anded murderer of a five-year old girl, Percadores where the spent the being Sub-section of Sction B of gutter-for the moment he thought

fully agreed with the proprietor. The was interrupted by an electric wire bight. She righted Green Island the coolie was dead. He remembered poses were looee and the damage had becoming detached from the man's on articing, however, that one of the Garrod also explained that the ricsha chair in an unconcerned manner, outside until a pilot went out for her not been properly repaired. Inspector1. Gares walked to the electric but owing to the mist had to remain tto Sunday afternoon, wheels of the richa was mixed Pcoolie refused the $10 compensation accompanied by his spiritual adviser, when the weather cleared yesterday. with the left frat wheel of the car on his in-tractions As he was attending to tte The coolie: That is so, but before coolie. a Europesa very excited came Le spoke to me I had already decided up and asked "Did you see the. accident? Tho was to blame?" The witness replied that he had! aeen the accident, and gave the European his name and address. The

not to take the money.

Lance Sergeant Stewart reached

that

when of the scene

accident the $25 Standing on the de

said

the

of

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS

and the current switched on, when a the electrodes were quickly applied flickering and spluttering beneath the chair attracted the attention of the officials. It was necessary to turn off the current and repair the defective car wire daring which operation the coolie was then taken to the police the road facing straight west. Heed. The doctors present insisted that

victim moved convulsively and gasp-į station in a ricɛba, Witness did not understood from Mr. Franklin that the interruption did not resalt in hear any horn sounded before the this was not the exact position, but suffering for the condemned man be- the side of the road some distance fall force, produced apoplexy and that the car had been moved to cause the first shock, though lacking east of the accident. The ricabs was rendered him unconscious until the named Company will be located at No. lying on the road some 15 feet from fall current was sent through his the kerb. Its right wheel was just body and ended bis life.

accident,

Replying to the Magistrate, the witness said that when he got out of his car, car No. 6 was on the right rail of the pater track. The centre of the car was practically over the tram ka:s

Inspector Garrod suggested that it might be possible that the lights of Mr. Ross's car confused the driver of

617 Nɔ. 6.

"

about on the extreme left rail.

to the Magistrate he said that when

Mr. Gelling was recalled. In reply Transplanting Glands.

he was thrown out, he fell into the

An interesting experiment in

gutter. An example of the force of surgery has just been completed in the impact could be got from the Sing Sing Frison, New York State, in

chute, and 2

criminal epileptic. An examination by the prison officials of George

"Mr. Ress admitted that he did not fact that after falling into the gutter transferring healthy glands from an notice whether or not his driver had he was shot bodily along it a lit executed criminal to the body of a diaimed his head lights when passing distance, as if in the other car. He added that he his head just missed thought the speed of car No. 6 was He thought his

a pillar. Hauser, the epileptic in question, very reckless. That was why he gave grazed it. When he got to his feet, body were abnormal and defective to hair actually disclosed that certain glands in his is name and address. The defendant the ricsha was not on the tram lines

to

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4. Des Veear Road Central, Hong. kong, 4th floor, (next door to the Horg Long and Stanghai Bank).

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JOHN ARNOLD,

Secretary. Hongkong, March 28, 1922,

BILLIARDS.

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J. H. OXBERRY,

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did not give the ricsba coolie a chance but about two yards from the drain an extent which the doctors believed to get clear. He was merely gambling Replying on the Lff chance of the ricsaa Inspector Garrod said that the width tion which bad characterised him tended to perpetuate and incresse the Magistrate, the general physical defective candi- scrambling out of the way if it could. of the road was roughly 55 feet. The since birth. It was decided to con- Mr. F. P. Franklin said that he width of the tram tracks from the duct the experiment as FOOD 43 was in the ricsbe behind the one two extreme rails was about 15 feet, healthy glands could be obtained. Fewe) to masted. He was auddenly aware of so that there were fully 20 feet on Edward Persons, * being in the glare of a motor car either side of the tram tracks for healthy specimen, condemned to be light. His ricsha was entirely out of other vehicles.

particularly the tram rails at the time. He looked round and saw motor car No. & sp-Garage, told the Magistrate that he taken from his body immediately Mr. Lauritsen, of the Dragon to apply the glands, which were electrocuted for murder, was selected proaching frein behind, coming at an did not want to pay any damages at following his death and preserved angle as if about to pull into the all if he could possibly avoid it, but until ready to be transplanted into FOR SALE One Second hand inno side of the road. It seemed to him suggested that Mr. Wilson knew more the body of Hauser. The surgeons is good order, condition, tone and that a collision was inevitable, and about the matter than be."

made by "GERBUDER KNATE”

• his first feelings were that the car was going to hit his r.csha. It passed enquiries since the accident, and of improvement, and they bave every

Mr. Wilson said that he had made who undertook the operation report quality. Apply Box No. M him however, by a matter of inches his suggestion was that Mr. Gelling's hope that the norms! glands will

that Haseer is already showing signs "Chiña Mail.” bat crashed into the ricsha in front richa

the rails, and

on

That ricsha was also off the rails and refused to get out of the way of the produce normal conditions in the about six feet from the kerb at the car. Otherwise he did not see how titre of the impact. The witness did

epileptic. mot hear any horn sounded as the car approached his ricsha,

the

the car could have missed Mr. The Poet of Humanity. Franklin's ricabs and run into the

The Lyceum Club held "Burns The Magistrate: You suggest that If that richa was not on the tram Dunfermline responded, to the toast other maless it had been chasing Nicht" dinner and Lord Shaw of that the car swerved after passing lines, then this is the firet case I have of the "House of Lords." He had you! Yes, it was going at an angle heard in which a zic:ha coolie has often been asked, he said; to propose all the time.

By Mr. Wilson (of the Dragonspector Garrod aid that he had although he had filled high offices of

kept off them," he added.

the immortal memory of Burns, but Garage): The other ricaha was about a material witness in the person cf the State and sat in both Houses of ten yards in front of witness's ziczba.

passenger in car No. 6. He was the Parliament and things like that" He absolutely surG

was chief officer on a Chinese ship which (laughter) he had always refused that neither of was at present out of port. Accord He had been refusing for forty years the ricchus were on the tram lines atingly be would suggest any time.

6 remand until his return.

at least the cause of his refusal had Mr. J. H. Gelling, the victim of

been the enormous sacredness of the the acident, was next called Ho

The case was adjourned sine die,

subject. "I feel," he said, that: said that the accident occurred bet-

Barns is insufficiently appreciated by ween 1:0 to 200 yards from the No.

an affected age. It is well that we, 2 police station. His ricsha was never

particularly from Scotland, should hit unaffected side of life. What did over and over again the sincere and Barne say about the House of Lords! Sometimes he was very severe, and sometimes he was very sweet. H] glare of light behind him, and he Messrs. Descon, Looker, Descan the rank but to the quality of the was severe or sweet not according to heard the rose of an approaching cat and Hamton request any person who man I seem to see ficating over He thought that the car must be has any knowledge of the where the great stream of history Lord leavalling" yuy "fast, and looked abouts of the will of the late Mr. E. Shaw of Dunfermline concluded, the back. The car was coming at Sharp, 1.0, 0.2, to communicate bridge of humanity: On the bridge an angle and he felt sure that with them.

A group of enterprising Chinese

on the tram lines but well into the merchants of Canton and Hongkong side of the road, about one yard has organized a company to raise from the gutter. He saw Mr. Ross's hogs in large numbers in the vicinity our pass in the opposite direction well of Canton City,

an its left side, and then there was s

FOR SALE.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

and charges. sold subject to all existing mortgages The above first named property is

Farticales and conditions of sale can be obtained from

Mesara, DENNYS & BOWLEY, No. 6, Des Voeux Road Central, HCDRIODE,

Solicitors &

or from

Messrs. LAMMERT BROTHERS,

The Anctioneers.

Hongkong, 28th March, 1992.

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINE,

Motorbip

"MUNSTERLAND"

having arrived, consignees of cargo by her are hereby notified that all. goods are being landed at their zisk into the hazardous and or extra hazardous godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., whence and or from the wharves delivery can be obtained.

No claims will be admitted after) the goods have left the godowns, and the 3rd April 1922 will be subject to all goods remaining undelivered after

cent

All broken, abafed, and damaged packages are to be left in the go own where they will be surveyed by Mesars. Goddard and Douglas at 2.30 p. on Friday 31st March 1922.

All claims must reach us by the 10th April 1922 or they will not b recognized.

Bills of Lading wii be consterngn- ed by:

ARNHOLD BROTHERS &

CO., LTD.

Agents.

Hongkong, March 97, 1999,

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB. PACK MEETING in honour of 1 ERE The Prince of Wales to THE Undangoed have received in-be held at the Race Course, Happy

stractions to sell by Public Valley on Apr 7th... Auction.

MONDAY, April 8, 1993, -

commencing at 245 p,0.

at "Glen Iri" No. 174, The Peak (Magazine Grp)

Valable Household Farmitere A Quantity of

(Bedroom and Dining Room furniture

by Wm. Powell, Ltd.) On view, from Sanday the 2nd April. Catalogart on spplication. Tax-Cash on delivery,

LAMMERT BROS.,

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Tickets are now on sale at Kelly & Walsh.

• Boldiers and Sailors in uniform $1 each

Programme $1 each. Ladies free. Members will receive their badges in a day or two.

The proceeds will be donated to the proposed New Nursing Home

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car missed the ricsha behind him

Among the

by a matter of one foot and bumped

into the back of his vehicle, throwing fymba

by the

becausa

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