1935-11-19 — Page 9

ECHO OF MARSEILLES ASSASSINATION

UNPLEASANT INCIDENT MARKS OPENING OF TRIAL

COURT BUILDING LIKE

AN ARMED CAMP

-CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Paris, To-day.

The trial of three Croats named Mio Kralj, Ivan Raitsch and Zvenimir Pospishil, charged with complicity in the assassination of King Alex- ander of Yugoslavia and the French Foreign Minister, M. Barthou, opened yesterday in Aix- en-Provence It will be recalled that the actual murderer, Petrus Kelemen, who shot King Alex- ander and M. Barthou on October 9, 1934, died shortly afterwards as the result of injuries inflict- ed upon him by the infuriated crowd.

FLOOD HAVOC IN

ENGLAND

Medway Area In Kent Seriously Affected

CONTINUED RISE OF RIVER CAUSING ANXIETY

London, To-day- Following heavy rain through- out the country in the last few

Unusual precautions were taken to guard the little court-i

house at Aix-en-Provence, all the

approaches being blocked by wire fences patrolled by mounted police, merely a narrow passage of being left for the holders cards of admission. The interior of the court building resembled Jaa armed camp.

the

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The Italian army to East Africa has chemical squads ready to spray liquid fire at the unabod Ethiopian warriors. Recent maneres in Italy. where this photograph was made, proved them very efficient.

OBITUARY

FORMER DIRECTOR OF JARDINE'S

MR. C. E. ANTON

the

LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES

1935.

REVERSAL

OF JUDGMENT

UPON FACTS

Ples To Court By. Mr. Jenkin

SIX POINTS RAISED IN

COLLISION: CASE.

The hesring was continued-in the Supreme Court this morn- fing, before the Fall Court of Appeal of the case in which the American Mail Line and the East Asiatic Co., owners of the ss. President Jefferson and the mv Afrika, respectively, are appealing against the judgment ziven by His Honour the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor. in the case arising out of a col- lision between the two vessels in Hong Kong harbour last. !year.

The appeal and cross-appeal are being heard before His Hon- our the Chief Justice. Sir Atholl MacGregor. Mr. Justice A. G. Mossos, of His Britannic Majesty's Supreme Court in Shanghai, Mr. Justice RE Lindsell, Puisne Judge; with' Captain R. Benson, RN, and Cantain J. Smith.

Mr. F. C. Jenkin, KC and The Annual General Meeting of Mr. B. G. Sheldon. KC in

Hong Kong Girl Guides structed by Mr. D. H. Blake, of Association will be held at Sandi Messrs. Wilkinson & Grist, ad- lands Huts to-morrow at 10.30 apeared for the American Mail Line, while Mr. Eldon- Potter, The presiding judge opened the

Messrs. Jardine Matheson and

Two villagers living on Green EC., and Mr. H. C. MacnaKATA, proceedings by an admonition to

Co, Ltd. last one of the oldest of

admitted to the instructed by Mr. O. E. C. Mar all present to contribute to

their former Directors on Satur-Island were trial's being carried out in an orda last, when Mr. G. E. Anton, Government Civil Hospital yeston, of Messrs: Deacons. repre- Iderly manner.

who was well over 70 years of age. terday evening suffering from rented the East Asiatic Co.

Mr. Jenkin's 6 Parts UNPLEASANT INCIDENT

Their condition is. At this morning's hearing, rather passed away at Forfar, Forfar-burns received when their hut

caught fire. Despite this - request a

Mr. Jenkin made the following days, continued unsettled unpleasant incident occurred 10 shire

Serious minutes later, when one of the

The late Mr. Anton joined the not considered serious.

points. weather is expected

A Police report states that 1-The signal points. Neg- flooding is reported from many lawyers for the defence accused firm in 1884 and was authorised the Yugoslav interpreter furnish to sign per pro in 1904 Six years In Bath more than 100. houses ed by the court with being a se later he was appointed a Director, while lorry No. 1811 was being ect to take notice of the berth- driven along Pokfulam Road to-ling signals and manoeuvre ac- are flooded and thousands ofcret agent for the Yugoslav po- and eventually retired in 1919.

was awards Aberdeen" at 6.45 pm on cordingly. During 1917, when he

2-The Afrika navigated pounds' worth of damage has been lice. The judge tried to cleari done. The cricket ground 21

up the matter, but the lawyer be Director of the firm, he was also November 16 and rounding a bend Bath is under four feet of water.

came so agressive that the court member of the Chamber of (near the University Recreation throughout on an entirely faulty

Commerce, and was elected to the Ground it struck Chan Ya, who basis

walking in The Medway area in

the opposite 3-Neglect to seriously affected. At Maidstone When the proceedings were re-Legislative Council.

He married late in life and direction. The injured man wasporting and the rising water threatens the sumed it was ascertained that the maricipality's electricity seaerat interpreter whom counsel for the leaves a widow in Scotland. The taken to the Government Civil President Jefferson when she ing station. Elsewhere along its defence had in mind was not iden- deceased was for some time in the Hospital, but died on the way. stopped course thousands of acres are tical with either of the two inter-Shanghai office, but he spent most

preters chosen by the court. After of his time

districts.

under water.

Kent is had to be adjommed..

The Thames is rising and is the panel of jurors had been Colony. causing anxiety to the Conser-formed the proceedings began

in the East in the

vaney Board. The flow is 1,000,- with the examination of the three COLONY'S TRAFFIC

000 gallons per day higher than accused. the volume which the Board re-

as safe.

MAY LAST FORTNIGHT The trial is expected to last 13 INCHES IN 10 WEEKS

10 and 14 days, since The position is due to the re between cent rain, which over the last 10 one of the defendants are famil- weeks has reached nearly 13iar with the French language, so inches, a quite exceptional figure. that every word must be trans- Over four inches has alreadylated by the interpreters.

fallen during the present month. The present flow must be compar ed, however, with reached in

the volume 1933 which W25

Thames level unless the weather continues had for long.

At

ACCIDENTS

WEEKLY RETURN

ISSUED

AGED MAN KILLED

WIS

observe the manoeuvre of the

4-Negligently steered a course Among the passengers who ar-towards the waters which the Irived here yesterday from Manila President Jefferson might be ex-

by the President Pierce was Mr. pected to occupy.

Harold M. Bixby, official of Pan

5-Taking a course towards American Airways, who has just waters which might impair the completed successful negotiations efficiency of her helm.

6-Her neglect in deliberately with the Philippines "authorities! for permission for his Company's changing that course to one fur- giant clipper ships to land tither to the north before reaching Manila on the completion of their Buoy A-6. trans-Pacific flights.

In conclusion. Mr. Jenkin made the following submission: “I sub- At the Kowloon Magistracy this mit that the learned trial judge The real leader of the terrorist

morning, Las Choi, unemployed, was wrong to argue or to hold band which is believed to have In the Colony of Hong Kong,

was charged before Mr. Wynne- that the moment of manoeuvre organised the Marseilles murders; including the Island, Kowloon Jones with travelling on the ferry began at or about Buoy A6

Question Of Facts the one-time Croatian Deputy Fa- and the New Territories, during launch Man Ping from Hung Hom

Before opening his case, Mr. velitch, was arrested last year in the week ending at 8 am

Trans-Ocean.Service.

MOTOR-CYCLE ACCIDENT

On

mouth's hard labou

Was

3.500,000 gallons per day greater Italy and will be tried before the Saturday last, there were abo to Hong Kong without paying the

The Chairman of the Board, Italian courts, since the authorit-gether 44 traffic accidents, as the legal-fare of 5 cents. He pleadedPotter stated that he would like Lord Desborough, does not anti- cipate a dangerous rise in the les refused to extradite him result of which 1 person was kill that he did not have the money, to be clear on one point,

ed and 19 persons were injured. and was fined $25, in default one his learned friend Cfr. Jenkin

arguing for a reversal of the he One managed about 30 years,

judgment on facts? If so had not so far given any reason, meeting of Board yesterday he TWO SOLDIERS INJURED IN died as the result of a fractured skill, caused by being knocked

and it would be unusual, if the case down by a motor-bus whilst cross-

to-go to the Privy Council or to a higher court, to ing the road

15

facts that have not Largue on

been made in the present appeal.

Mr. Jenkin agreed that he did ask the court to reverse the judg ment upon facts.

stated that the beneficial effects

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scheme

the improvement carried out in recent years in the Wong Kit, driver of lorry Na Of the persons injured, reaches over Teddington could be 1192, reports that while driving were pedestrians, who were cross- clearly seen in the behaviour of along Tai Eo Road yesterday ating the road without keeping a the river in the present circum-13.30 pm, near the four-and-a-half

proper lookout for trafic. stances.-British

was injured

vice-

Wireless Ser-mile post, and when rounding va One passenger

bend, motor cycle No. 179, ridden while attempting to alight from *

a moving motor-bus.

FLOOD SITUATION IN PEIHSIEN

CONDITIONS STILL SERIOUS

NOTED FRENCH MUSICIAN. HERE

Maurice Marechal Bound For Singapore

Among the passengers pass-

were

by Private Fernhead with Private moving tramcar and another from ing through the Colony on the "Dealing with the point raised by

Cherry on the pillion, collided with

136.

as Chenonceaux, which arrived Mr. Jenkin concerning the utter the lorry. Both the soldiers were

A boy was injured in falling off here this morning from worth disregard shown by the Afrika to Ibadly injured and were taken to

a bicycle while learning to ride is M. Maurice Marechal, the the signal of the Godown Com- the Military Hospital by car No. the vehicle

noted French exponent of the Pany, Mr. Potter said that it One car passenger was injured violincello, who has just com- was proof of the little importance as the result of a collision be pleted a successful tour of the Godown Company attached to these signals by the fact that ters of the Tsaimi River in the tween-vehiclei.

Japan. Fares into the" sea. 4

Of the 44 accidents, 19 were M. Marechal will not give they had sent out a special launch In an order issued to various collisions between two vehicles, any performances in Hong to the President Jefferson to in- districts in the Haichow area, the 16 persons were struck by vehi Kong, but he is now on his way form them that a berth was not Special Administrator's Office has cles-1 was killed and 15 were to Singapore for a short season.javafiable. issued instructions that, in view injured and 9 accidents were He will then tour the Nether of the completion of nearly all ane to other canses, food situation at Peihsien, the gap-closing work along the along the west bank of the Wei-river embankments there, they shan Lake in North Kianga, should spare no effort to relieve

CITY WALLS IN DANGEROUS CONDITION

Hsuchow, To-day.

lands Indies.

which has been engulfed with the flood refugees in the region East Lancs. Privates

flood waters from the lake from their sufferings Central remains very serious, as the city News Agency.

walls are still surrounded by floods to a depth of about 15 me

"The case for the "Jefferson, Mr. Potter Fontioned, “was that when she anchored in any place your Lordships choose to take, we were south of Kowloon point, and quite out of the picture. “Our case was that we were not out of

Co-Operate With Police the picture, but at Buoy A.6, 1.200

VILLAGES ISOLATED

Yeung Kai-ming, alias Jimony him in a robbery in which they London: The first really wet season in Britain. for three years Yeo, aged 25, unemployed, was could supply the arms.” On Fxi-| Close surveillance is still be has converted areas aggregating this morning sentenced to air day the defendant took them to ing given to the city walls by scores of square miles into shallow months hard labour by Mr. S. T. look the place the inhabitants, as subterranean lakes. The inundations are Balter at the Central Magistracy, reported waters are spouting out in eer general, extending to the Channel-

txin places, endangering the so-Numerous roads cuzity of the city walls. The work and farms and

of pumping out the food waters, isolated,

Inches

within the walls is being contin- Thi

by the people. ⠀

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rete plans have bom -by-the "Spect

are

villages

he pleaded guilty to inciting and a tra;

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Jackson and Lovegrove

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feet away"

The case is proceeding.

REPROACHED BY MAGISTRATE

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