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INSTRUCTIVE LECTURE BY THE BEV. J. KIRK MACONACHIE.

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A vary interesting and instructive lee "ture, illustrated by lantern slides, on "Our nearest neighbour in space," was delivered by the Rev. J. Nick Magonachie, at the Belena May Iostitute, yesterday evening. Amongst those present were Lady Recs Davies, the Hon. Mr., H. E. Pollock, Commodore Gurner and Miss Guruez, Captain Basil Taylour and Mrs. Taylour, Mr. A. H. Crook, and Professor A. G. Warren, the Inst-named operating the

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ORIMINAL SESSIONS

(BEFORE HIS HONOUR THE PUIENE JUDGE, (MR. H. R. 7. OOMPERIZ.)] MURDER OF AN INDIAN SOLDIER PRISONER FOUND NOT QUILTY" The hearing was concluded, yeater day, of the case in which Bahadur

the gunner in

Hong Singh, kong-Singapors. Battalion, Royal Garri son Artillery, was indicted for the murder of. Gunner Sucha Singh, of the same Corps, at Whitfield Barracks, Kowloon in the early hours of Septem- ber sth.

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The Hon Mr. H. E. Pollock, 'K.C., prosecuted. Mr.. F. C. Jenkin, C.B.E. instructed by Mr. J. H. Gardiner, de- fended,

The lecturer said that all of us were interested in the things cear at hand. If that were so, the most interesting of the

The following jury was empanelled :- heavenly bodies was the moon, which was our nearest neighbour in space. She was.Messrs. Wong Kwong-tin, F. Austin 240,000 miles away, and travelling at a P. J. Taylor, B. Greenbeld, L. A. Bilva, speed of 60 miles an hour, it would take A, H. da Silva, and U. M. Omar, a person 3 months to reach it. The ques- tion of paying for a ticket for the journey at the present high rate of the dollar was a question anyone wishing to undertake" it would have to take into serious con- sideration. (Laughter By the time the earth circulated once round the sun, the moon circulated thirteen times round the earth. That was how primitive man was able to count the time

HONGKONG DAILY PRENS

FULL COURT, APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO

APPEAL GRANTED..

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER SBD, 1919.

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At a session of the Full Court yester

The Ghief Petty Officers and the Petty day. Mr. Eldon Potter, instructed by Mr. Blake, made an application before Officer of H.M.S. Carlisle entertained the Chief Justice, Sir William Rent the Chief Petty Officers and Petty Davies, and Mr. Justice Gompertz far Beers of B.M.S. Haskine, Flagship leave to appeal from a decision given by of the China Squadron, to dinner on Mr. Justice Melbourne. The motion arose Monday night at Wiseman's Cafe. from a case in which the Hop Lee firm excellent dinner was sued the Kwong Tuk Cheong, engineers thoroughly enjoyed. After honouring and shipbuilders. for 8774 for coal sup- the toast of The King," the chairman, plied. Defendants raised a legal defence in a very able speech, gave the toast of upon which His Lordship decided The Chief Petty Officers and Petty

plaintiffs.

that the object of the gathering was to against them and gave judgment for the Officers of BM.S. Hawkint” and saki promote social intercourse and comrade ship among the ships officers stationed in Eastern waters. A lengthy musical which programme then followed in representatives of both the ships gave proof of having abundant vocal and At the conclusion instrumental talent.

In making the application, Mr. Potter said that Mr. Blake, who represented de- fendants in the Summary Court, con- tended that he was entitled to rely on an alleged breach of warranty by way of diminution or extinction of the damages During the cross-examination of Capt. Evenden, Mr. Jenkin lecited from thee Judge held that the defence could not rely on that point and they would witness the opinion that it would have have to file a counter-claim. That was been physically impossible for the pri- the sole point the Court, would have to

decide. soner to have thrown the iron bar where it was found, from the place where Gur- dit Singh and Dewa Singh said in Court the prisoner was standing. Mr. Jenkin suggested that the blow might have been through the window. struck by someone Witness said that it was possible for somecze to have struck the deceased with the piping from outside the room.

Mr. Jenkin informed His Honour that be had decided not to put the prisoner in the box, but that he would rely on the Crown evidence for his speech for the defence.

Stides of the moon travelling round the earth were displayed; also of the surface of the moon as seen through a telescope. The lecturer then explained that the ur- face of the moon was exceedingly diver sified. Some parts were brilliant, others ere dull. The moon shone entirely by the. flected light of the sun and was a burde out cinder. People said that the darkened

The Hon. Mr. B. E. Pollock, in a portions of the inoon were seas because they assumed that the surface of the moonlong address to the jury, said that the was similar to that of the earth. There case depended on one of two things was, however, no water on the surface of the moon, which was smaller than the earth. The diameter was 2,160 miles, the earth's 6,000 miles; the bulk of the moon was 1-13th. of the earth and the weight 1-50th.

either that the prisoner committed the dec'd, or else, as he alleged in his belated statement to the Police in attempting to incriminate another, "that Dews Singh did it. The prisoner had two previous opportunities of making such an accusa Illustrations of different phases of the moor" were next: shown and explainedtion, one at the time of the occurrence, and

The lecturer pointed out that there were mountains and craters in the mood. The shadows on her were, intense, and the sun light very bright. There was no mitigh tion of atmosphere. It was either hot or cold, and for that reason the light was very bright or very dark. Astronomers had carefully and accurately measured the mountains and craters of the moon by length of the shadows and by s process of triangulation. The mountains, on the moon were bigher than on the earth. The moon, like the earth, was at one time in a molten condition, but being, smaller the cooling surface contracted and the matter inside expanding, produced a maes of cracks and mountains. The moon was perpetually changing and affected the weather in a very slight degree. The shape of the moon was like an egg with the end turned towards the carth. People bad never seen the dark

part

The Court granted the application..

was a draw:-

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of the evening, the president of the impromptu concert, on behalf of the Chief Petty Officers of the Hawkinı, thanked their brother officers of the Carlisle for their invitation and the excellent entertainment and said thatche fully appreciated the chairman's. rè mark. The war had shown them that greater comradeship was beneficial to them all, not only from a social point of view, but in many other respects, and he hoped that the gathering would be the forerunner of many other similar Lune-

The following match "Was played. Fanling on November 30th: betwch to Navy and the Army. Owing to the wearer ther, singles only were played. The resulfone among all the ships' officers attach- ed to the China Squadron. He felt that be could not allow such an enjoyable surgeon Commdr... Major L. Smith... 1. evening to pass without thinking the Much of manager of Wiseman's Cafe. the evening's enjoyment was due to the latter's efforts. He called for three: hearty, obeer

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the other when Kavildar Kishen Singh was called in, when prisoner simply said I did not do it." It was curious that prisoner, if he were an innocent man, should have made an accusation against- another man, the principal witness in a pr the case, ac such a ists stage, in the pro- Mr. Pollock read out the credings evidence of the three important witnesses in the case, commenting on it, and re-

wing the minute details of the murder. in conclusion, he told the jury that, in bis oplaton, the Crown had made up & strong case against prisoner, for it would have been madace for any man to have charged another with committing a mar der if it were not correct.

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HOCKEY. HONGKONG H.C. v. HONGKONG

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The manager of the Cafe was called upon to speak and said that, as Englishman, it was a real privilege and pleasure to do "his little bit for. those who had done so much for him and other members of the. Hongkong community. Ep. assured them that all Hongkong realised and appreciated the sacrifices and hardship that the Navy had under 77 gone during the last four or five years Tundube was quite certain every one,would do their utmost to make them welcome and happy:

ANOTHER BIG HAUL OF OPIUM DISCOVERY IN ENGINE ROOMS OF SHIPS.

Following upon the discovery of a quantity of opium in the possession of a man who had recovered the drug from the sea, after it was thrown from the Sui da, comes details of the finding of 2,100 tacks, valued at £28,000, on board and two vessels which' arrived in the harbour

on Saturday,

Sergeant. Fallon' and a party of Chinese- detectives, acting on informa on received, first boarded the Soshu

The following will represent the CB.O pary. The officers of the ship rendered 2nd, XL, to play against the Royal Navy all the assistance they possibly could at Happy Valley at 2.15 p.m., on Batur to the police. No arrests were made thi day, December 8th.Wan Tu Shingai

The following will represent the Hong- kong Hockey Club at the U.S.R.C. against the Hongkong-Singapore B.G.. at 130 p.m. to-day--CsHodgson, M. L Mr. Jenkin, for the defence, stated that Railton, U. Rickling, E. J. R. Mit he relied upon the weakness of the evidchell, kov. Mr. Martin, J. Blacking ence of the Crown witnesses for his de R A. Brand, A. E. Wood, W. H fence. The jury must treat the prisoner Edmonds, B. D. Evans (capt). AK in the same way that they would treat a Mackenzie. serious offence, and must examine the evidence and decide whether they could inde man guilty on it. They must obliterate from their minds the personali ty of the man in the dock Be agreed of the moon with Mr. Follock that the only evidence The following will Tepresent the C.R.C and would never see it. There were no they had was that of Dewa Singh, Gur in their League match against the Royal changes in the surface of the moon, edit Singh and Chagar Singh. He would Navy on Saturday at 2 pm on the Home there was no atmosphere, no frost and prove to moon, that a matter of very ground-Ng Sze Kwong (capt), war, when an exhaustive and care- serious import in the case, they were Man Tann, Geo Lee H. Ching, Un-He

wae made, but nothing. snow to break up the rocks. The craters, undoubted liars. The first point to con- Fan, Shin Man Ping, Chos Man Pipg, ful search mountains and plains discovered on the sider was, had anybody seen this man James Wong, Yew Man Hon, Wong Kwok was discovered The engine-room was then searched and epium weighing. 1,092) moon were named after ancient borces and commit the murder? The answer was Kwong, Thomas Les

"No"" although the room" was occupied famosh astronomers. The craters were by so many men. Upon what evidence.

taels was found in some unused machi fifty or sixty miles in diameter. How therefore, could they consider that pri- was it that in the moon, which was allersoner might have committed it1 There was only one man in the room who saw than the earth, there was a higher degree prisoner standing by the bed of the of volcanic activity? It was because deceased. That man was Dewa Singh, en, Le Man Fan, Lee Ying Chit, Yung no person came forward to claim, the everything weighed more on the earth than principal liar, s man who had come up principal witness and probably the there to give false testimony against comrade What other evidice was there? There was evidence of vital im- pbrtance that prisoner was seen în pós- session of an iron bar with which the ST. PAUL'S COLLEGE, NEW engine-rom. In this instance, too, so murder might have been committed; also that he threw the bar through the win- dow. The use rested on the iron bar and if the jury believed that the pri

to throw it away, then they would and him guilty. But could they believe it Mr. Jenkin went on to point out the dispari by in the evidence given by the principal witnesses as to the position in which the bar was found and how it was thrown away. Counsel frew attention to the fact that the Government Anilyst bad stated that there was not evca in micros pie atom of blood on the bar. That was antagonistic to the evidence given by Dr. Moateith who said that from the nature of the blows or the deceased, it was high

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Kin, Chan Bia Leer Tam Ha Bie, Chan

in Lan, Cheung Willg Kai, Ho Wing drug, which will be confiscated. Tin Sung, and Wong Po Beung

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The earliest records of clipers of the moon were contained in Chinese history When an eclipse occurred, the Chinese turned out with instruments of torture and music-although it was impossible to distinguish one from the other to drive away what they called the dragon. y su soner was in possession of it and tried the Governor base consented to

At the conclusion of the lecture, the Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock proposed a vote of thanks to the lecturer and to Professor

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formally open the new Hostel building of St. Petri College 330 p.m. on Mdaday next.

A visit by the detectives to the Sun ning was also fruitful, for opium weigh ing 180 tools was discovered in the

body claimed the drug.

3 POLICE SENSATION.

"ACCOUNTANT ABSCONDS WITH

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further extensions are on the JupiConsternation prevailed, in local Polies The-crowded condition of the school and circles on Monday afternoon when it was the large number of applications for ad mission having again led to the need for known that Chan Pui, the police at the Central the extension of the school premise the accountant employed. Bishop of Victoria has express bis Rtation, bad disappeared and that a willingness to vacate his private fenid ence in the College and to a large sum of money was missing ly probable that there might have been proval of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Chan Pui has been the police secret blood on the bar. One of the witnesses the trustee for the property to allow bad at brit stated that the bar was the whole premises to be used for atacant for over, 31 years, and, se nanal for 8 weeks found on an upper terrace behind the tional purposes provided that suit certain sum of money was drawp from room, and new stated that the bar was able episcopal residence is provided else the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank to on the window ledge. Mr. Jenkin som where. This means that a large piece of mented strongly, on the absence of any ground will be available for school por pay the salaries. On Monday alterngon, motive for the deed stating that up to poses. The whole property mester hon, the Police went to receive their the time of roll-call-10 p.m. everyone 88,770 square feet and has been leased by pay, the accountant was not to be found had seen brisoner and the deceased on the Government for educational purposes The amount missing is estimated at for a period of 500 years at a rental of FALACE HOTEL BILLIARD TOURNA the friendliest of terms. It was there per annum Recently $100,000 as about $13,000. It may be mote, 91 jess,

fore reasonless, motiveless There was only one possible verdict and offered for the site of the Hostel alone, as it is difficult, at the present moment,

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After a lengthy summing un by His total value of the property cannot be lea to obzan, the actual, ugures Honour

the jury retired for a few than a quarter of a million dollars. The search of the books is being made by the minate Od resumption of court, a un Bishop's offer depends on the response to Government Auditor and his report will, animous verdict of Not Guilty was the appeal for the necessary forda te returned and prisoner was discharged. carry out this extension:

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