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Monday, January 5, 1931. Eleventh Moon, 17th Day.

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HONG KONG, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1931.

FLIGHT TO PARIS.

"TRADE WIND" FORCED TO ALTER HER COURSE.

ACCIDENT TO SEXTANT.

Early News.

RIGHTS ON THE COTTON DEADLOCK.

HIGHWAY.

(Continued from Page 1.)

There must be evidence from which a jury might reasonably and

PROPOSAL TO INCREASE NUMBER OF LOOMS.

NEGOTIATIONS FAIL,

New York, Yesterday. An accident to the sextant and properly conclude that there was

Rugby, Yesterday. Prolonged negotiations in the change of wind caused the negligence. Lord Justice Blacburn complicated dispute between em- "Trade Wind" fliers to make for has dealt very fully with this point ployers and operatives in the sec Hampton Roads after 15 hours' in the well known case of Rylands tion of the cotton industry were fying. They are resuming their v. Fletcher,

renewed yesterday, after reaching flight to-morrow, Reuter's In the case before me both a deadlock on Friday, but no American Service.

parties had an equal right to the agreement was found possible. use of the highway; both were

The dispute concerns the pro- Mrs. Beryl Hart and Lieuten-exercising that right.

posul for an increase in the num- ant Maclaren started this morn- Negligence Not Proved. ber of looms in charge of each ing on a fight to Paris via The onus

of proof is on the operative and the effect on wages Bermuda and the Azores in the plaintiff. He has not proved and conditions. A stoppage in Monoplane "Trade Wind," fitted negligence, and had no intention of some mills on Monday is inevita with pontoons..

proving it, so that in "ruling out" [ble, but great efforts will be made Mrs, Beryl Hart, who is the alleged admission on the part to prevent its spreading. Points widow, is the holder of a pilot's of the defendant the plaintiff's case still at issue are regarded as of licence and Owng the "Trade had not been prejudiced further. Wind." This is the first attempt The plaintiff's elaim at a trans-Atlantic flight carrying damage

rests entirely goods.-Reuter's American Ser-

evidence and म very convincing certificate given by મ્ય

vice.

New York, Yesterday. A message from Bermuda ex- presses anxiety on the non-arrival of the monoplane "Trade Wind." Visibility yesterday was very poor. -Reuter's American Service.

Norfolk, Va. Yesterday. The monoplane "Trade Wind" landed at the naval base in Hamp ton Roads, at 9.25 p.m.-Renter's American Service.

BELGIUM PREPARES

LARGE ORDER FOR BRITISH FIGHTING 'PLANES.

TO COST £300,000.

Rugby, Yesterday.

OWN

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for

secondary importance and the intervention of the Government his may be sought.-British Wire- not less Service.

COMPANY.

doctor who stated that GARDENER'S LAPSE. the plaintiff "showed signs and symptoms of injuries to the soft; tissues at the back of the neck." STEALS TOOLS OF TELEPHONE This does not appear serious and the doctor did not appear to think no either, for he only saw thoi

A Chinese, employed as a gar- plaintiff once. called to stato the nature of the in-Kowloon Tong, was to-day charg- The doctor was not derier, at 25, Cumberland Road, juries, how they might have beened at the Kowloon Magistracy caused and what remedy he recom- with stealing a steel vice and a mended. I am not satisfied that wrench, the property of the Hong

of massage. Kong Telephone Co.

he ordered a course

neither am I satisfied, on the evi- A foreman of the Telpahone Co. dence, that the plaintiff was in was fixing-some wiring and, after capacitated for work.

completing the job, dropped the There is nothing in the plaintiff's two tools in the garden. On go- evidence to connect his injuries ing to collect them an hour later with the mishap in Queen's Road he found them missing. The beyond the fact that he saw a value of the vice was $50. doctor on the day It occurred. In Defendant admitted taking the The Belgian Government has fact, if I am to believe the evi-tools from the garden, and Mr. confirmed a large order for Bri-dence of the defendant, and I sea Butters imposed a sentence of one tish two-seater fighter aeroplanes no reason why I should not, the month's imprisonment. intended for the re-equipment of plaintiff suffered no injury at all. the Belgian Army air regiments.

Nat Convincing. The contract, which was obtained, It la possible that the plaintiff's in competition with foreign air-story is true, that he did suffer in craft, provides for delivery by the jury which necessitated a visit to Fairey Aviation Company of a the doctor, that the doctor recom- number of high sped "Fox" bi-mended a course of massage, and planes and follows rapidly upon that the plaintiff was incapacitated the order placed by Belgium with for 17 days and lost business as the the same Company for 45 Firefly result of it, but the evidence he has paid into Court. single-seater craft. The total gave does not convince me. It is value of the two orders consider all very well for him to come here plaintiff, whilst the defendant was Mr. F. C. E. Rendall was for the ably exceeds £300,000-British and tell me his story, but I want represented by Mr. F. X. d'Almada. Wireless Service.

more than this. I want proof be- jun.

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So that quite apart from the question of negligence I and that the plaintiff has not proved that he has suffered any damage.

I give judgment for the defen- dant with coats, and order payment out to him of the $12.60 which he

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