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EUROPEAN'S ACTION AGAINST A CHINESE.

A COLLISION.

CAR AND LORNY SMASH ON CASTLE PEAK-ROAD.

COURT SEQUEL..

CROSS SUMMONS DISMISSED.

Yesterday afternoon Major C.

Before Mr. W. Schofield, at the Willson, O.B.E. heard a summons at Kowloon Magletracy yesterday, there the Central Magistracy in which a

was a sequel to the motor car well-known local Spanish resident, accident on Castle Peak-road on the Mr. J. Gascon Gonzales de Bernedo, evening of August 26 last, when Dr. charged the Chinese driver of J. B. Dovey's car came into collision private motor car No. 12 with al-with a motor lorry. The driver of leged dangerous and negligent drive the lorry was summoned by the ing.

doctor for alleged negligent driving It was stated that lorry (No. 603) was drawn up against the north bank of the road round a bend, whilst the defendant's lorry (No. 341) was re-

Defendant, who denied the charge, cross-summoned Mr. de Bernedo for alleged assault, and was represented by Mr. C. A. S. Russ.

Mr. de Bernedo alleged that, as the result of the defondant's neglig- ence, he and a lady friend were en- dangered. The incident occurred at the junction of Ice House-street and Des Voeux-road Cantral shortly after 9.30 pm., on August 26 last.

Witness and his friend were pro- ceeding in the direction of the Star Ferry wharf. While they wore crossing the tram lines, motor car No. 12 was noticed proceeding, along the north side of the road, between Watson's and the King Edward Hotel. The speed of the car was "faster than. was prudent in that focality." Without sounding its horn or giving any signal, the car, without reducing its speed, swerved past a ricaha which was very nearly run into, and then shot straight at witness and his friend. Thoy nar- rowly escaped. being knocked down by a matter of inches.

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"Invited Him To Fight." When witness went up to the driver to point out the danger which had been averted, the driver "punched witness on the chest and invited him to fight."

Evidence was given by a Shantung constable on traffic duty. He said that he gave the signal to the defend- ant to turn round the post when the two pedestrians carac up from

Ice House-street. When the de- fendant saw the pedestrians, he im mediately pulled up the car to let them pass.

Defendant was then

gentleman) and then a sued.

Dr. Edward Francia, U. S. Public Health Service, who was. awarded the gold medal of the American Medical Association for his research work in de- termining the cause of "tual- raemia," or, as laymen know it, · · "rabbit fever."

OPEN-AIR WEDDING..

MR. PERCY-GRAINGER AND

SWEDISH POETESS.

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New York-A great concourse of 22,000 people witnessed the beauti- ful wedding of, the Australian pianist, Mr. Percy Grainger, to Miss Ella Viola Strom, the Swedish poetess and painter..

The ceremony took place beneath the stars at Hollywood, California, the scene being overhung by on fluminated cross which had been raised on the mountain penk rising above the Hollywood Bowl.

Mr. Grainger had composed for his bride a hymn, "To A Nordic Princess," which was played by, a Los Angeles orchestra conducted by himself.

The choir chanted while the Rev. J. Herman Olsson, of the Swedish Lutheran Church, read the marriage Bervice.

The romance began when the couple met in a steamer bound for Australia.

BISHOP'S ROMANCE.

KING EDWARD'S OBJECTION REMOVED BY BETROTHAL

The Bishop of Norwich, Di Bertram Pollock, referred to his engagement to Miss John Ryder, when he attended a Juncheon at Lowestoft.

The luncheon was given in con- nection with a visit by the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Charles Bathe, and Lady Bathe to open a fete in aid of hospitals.

Dr. Pollock said he stood unique among the bishops appointed in the twentieth century In that he was the only one appointed at the direct request of the sovereign,

King Edward had one objection to him, and when, the other day, he was allowed in person to receive, with Miss Ryder, their Majesties" congratulations -at Buckingham Palace, he was able to tell the King'

one defect his great father had seen in him. (Laughter and applause.)

struck by one of the pedestrians (aversing in order to go alongside No.1 that he was now making good the

row en-

Examined.by Inspector Alexander, witness said he only noticed one blow struck by Mr. Gonzales, who, with the lady, was then on the west side of the traffic post. The car was about to swerve round the post when it stopped to let the Europeans

pass.

503, when Dr. Dovey's car, which was travelling in the direction of Kowloon, rounded the corner. It was impossible to pull up the car when the lorries were noticed and the doctor's car ran into the rear of lorry No. 341.

In reply to the Magistrate, who { suggested that the case was morn one of obstruction than of negli gence, Inspector Marks said that the The defendant bore out the con

fact that defendant's Jorry (341) was stable's version of the affair. The only difference was that whereas the reversing round a bend constituted contable had said that he was stand-negligence, especially as no warning ing on the east side of the post, de fendant stated that the constable was standing underneath the lamp. This was pointed out to the Magis trate by Traffic Sub-Inspector Alexander;

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"A Dancing Bear." Mr. Russ, interposing, said the evidence was that the constable was standing by that post. Mr. Russ referred to the exigencies of

was given. Lorry No. 603, it was stated, had posted a man to warn traffic of its presence round the bend.

The Lord Mayor was largely in- fluenced in consenting to visit Lowestoft by the fact that the Lady Mayoress is a native of Lowestoft, and In hila speech he referred to his "courting days" in Lowestoft.

BRIDE'S VIGIL.

DEATH WHILE ON HIS HONEYMOON.

Belfast.-Mr. Charles Ruther- ford Crouch, an American busi ness man, has died at Belfast while on a honeymoon tour of Europe.

No Reply to Horn, Evidence was given by Dr. Dovey that he swung round. the corner at 27 miles per hour. He did not slow He was married at the end of! up because he did not hear any reply May. While sailing on a lake at to his horn. When he suddenly came Killarney he was caught in heavy upon the two lorries, he had the rain and contracted a slight cold choice of either colliding with ons of which he made light.

His illness took a more alarm- embankment as the road was com-fast he was taken to a nursing metoy blocked.

home with pneumonia, from which he died in a few days. His bride rarely left his bedside to the

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a duty which made a traffic points of the lorries or of going over the ing turn and after arrival'in Bel-

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more like a "dancing bear" than anything else.

The driver of lorry No. 503, Major Willson agreed with Mr. Ruas that the evidence of the Shan- gave evidence, of his lorry having tung constable, as an independent had a puncture, and said that the cargo was to have been transfer- witness, was conclusive, and there-red to the other lorry. forc found that he could not con- vict the defendant.

Mr. de Bernedo's summons dismissed, and his Worship decided not to proceed with the cross-sum mons brought by the driver for al- leged assault,

SELLAA

Mr. Harry Gordon Selfridge jun., of Berkeley-square, W., was fined 8 at Winchester for driving: a motor-car at 50 miles an hour, it being stated that there were four previous convictions for excessive speed.

The Commandment "Thou shalt not" is a direct incentive for one to have a shot at it.-Mr. P. B. Showan.

In reply to Br. Dovey, witness admitted that it was dangerous for the lorries to have been drawn up round a bend, Witness claimed, however, that there was sufficient room for a car to pass the lorries.

Asked why he had not taken his lorry further down the road so that traffic approaching in either direction could 800 it, witness replied that his load was a heavy one and It would have damaged the tyre to have gone further.

His Worship: I cannot help think- Ing that this is a case for the Civil Court. I might say the rights and wrongs of the case seem certainly evenly 'balanced and I think, there- fore, the case must be dimissed.

end.

Mrs. Crouch, in accordance with her husband's last wish, has arranged to have his body taken back to the United States.

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