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MARINE COURT.

A REFRACTORY SHIP'S CREW

PUNISHED

SATURDAY, MAY 15TH,

Mr. Webster, eromexamined, stated that all the defendants were drunk on the day in question. He recognised their faces, although he could not remember their The hearing was continued yesterday of names. There were others who appeared the case in which sen members of the Bri-to be nuder the influence of liquor but tish crew of the 3.3. Huntrend were were by no means drunk as they were able charged with having wilfully broken into to do their work. He ordered the bum the baggage room of the ship at Singapore boats to leave the ship at 8 a.m. There on May 6th, and having unlawfully were, about thirty bum-boats at the time. failed to perform an act requisite to be He did not see any of the defendants buying drinks from those boats. "He was done.

On Thursday, Capt. Stewart said that on deck all the while, excepting for an the defendants were hopelessly drunk on hour. The men could have obtained the morning of May 6th, at Singapore liquor from the bum-bosti, but he did not Harbour. On that morning, the Chief know whether the men had any money. Officer and occasion to go into the baggage He thought at the time that the drinks room, and found it had been broken open. had come from the bun-boats, but, lator

Some ou, he found that that was not so s Numerous articles were missing. were found in the greasers' quarters. All member of the crew brought up some necks of bottles relating to a particular brand the defendants were hopelessly drunk.

The case as adjourned from Thursday of wine which, he thought the bum-bonts afternoon because the defendants wanted could not have sold. He admitted that the to engage a solicitor. Yesterday morning, men could not get drunk on two bottles of

bottles which were not discovered, the solicitor had not appeared, and the with, but there must have been other case was adjourned for an hour.

The telephone was used, and Mr. T. Rowan was engaged for the defendants. Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, for the prosecution, asked leave to add a further charge against the defendants-that of being abacat without leave from their duty on May 6th

A. Bolts, cook, said that the caterer, on the day in question, came for the fire men's dinner. Alter it was taken away Bryant came back and asked for more meat and when it was refused he used language not fit for a pig to hear. The man produced a knife and threatened to stab him.

Mr. Rowan objected to the statement, saying that he intended to plead drunken-

ness

1920.

COTTON AND YARN MÅRKET. Mears, Polishwalla and Kotwall, cot- ton and yarn brokers of Hongkong, in their report dated May 14th, state-

Since our last report on the 15th ulti by ir. Diluar, our yarn market has bon adversely affected and it has re- maized very doll during the whole of

the interval.

One of the main factors which has brought about this depression is the recent financial crisis' in Japan which has made a heavy decline in the price of yarn there, and locally Japanese firms are seen press ing sales of 128 and 208 yarn of Shang hai and also of Japanese Mills at greatly reduced rates;

The Chinese dealers, viewing this ab normal chango with grave apprehension are trying hard to get rid of their hold ings at enormous reductions, and not a day passes without hearing fresh fall in rates There is nothing fresh to report of first hand business, but what transpiros is effected by semis Japanese Houses. merely the turnover of the forced sales

Due to the condition of China market Bombay report a very weak and quiet market there.

At the close the market continues droop Sales, 1,000 bales; unsold stock, 5,300 ing and is devoid of an interest bales; bargains, 19,000 bale.

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Arrivals from Bombay 7,000 hales, Shanghai reports a quiet and dull mar Lieut. H. E. Bateman of the 2nd Batta (ket with no business passing. lion of the 55th Coke's rifles, said he was Japanese Yurn--Despite a heavy fall, military quartermaster on the funtend. litle os no business has passed during He went to the baggage-room of the ship the interval and following are on May 6th and found a large quantity lates quotations of the baggage missing., He reported the

Nagasaki, No 20 at $250: 3 Horss, matter to the O.C. troops and to the chief officer of the ship. The chief engineer No. 16, at $960; 3 Horses, No 90s at afterwards showed him two necks of bottles 1270; 200 balas Yellow Jost, No. 20 at which were aftervarda identified by the 273/275; Setsa. No, '10 at $995; Sets, Mess Secretary as belonging to the mess No. 208 at 2990; Blue Fish No. 20 st Afterwards two liquor cases were found$990. In a spare bunker and these, too, were Raw Cotton--No stock. Quotations identified as belonging to the meas The Bengal. #42/50 per picul; Chinese $42/54 boxes of three officers had been broken Witnesa's tin uniform case had open been also broken open and pair of field boots, a gold watch and a silver wrist watch and compass were missing. Only the boots were recovered,

The Captain, recalled, said that the steamer left Singapore Harbour, at'noon on May sth. The chief engineer reported hour later that his to him half an stokers were in such a hopeless, condi- tion that he did not think he could keep up enough steam, the men beingact ft to work: He promised to do his best with the engineers. Consequently, the ship was in considerable danger. There was a havy tide running and the ship was taken off ber course. The ship had, to navigate past all the shipping in the harbour, and then past all the reefs and shoals outside, so that a mishap might well have occurred

Cross-examined by Mr. Rowan, witness if had not been possible for the chief said that on May 6th be did not see any

of the defendants near the baggage-room. engineer to keep up enough steam

Licut. W. Elis, of the same regiment, Cross-examined, Capt. Stewart said he

said he was Mess Secretary on the Hunt suspected the first defendant of having send. On the day in question two necks broken into the baggage room because of bottles were shown him and witness then some of the property was found in hia.went to the baggage-room and found that possession. He suspected the seventh de some of the boxes had been broken' fendant because he a rogue, and a One of his own boxes had been opened and thoroughly bad lo" He had talked too

a quantity of things taken from it. much to the chief engineer, and had far

Cross-examined by Mr Rowan witness Ha could too much to say for himself. mention innumerable instances against the and that all the things had not been re covered. He found some of the things in seventh defendunt; the man had once the helmet-room, which was the same room threatened to kill the cook with a knife. As a ruic, a ship went full speed in the as the broken boxes were in

Mr. Rowan, in opening the case for the approaches to Singapore Harbour, after defence, said that he was going to plead being turned,e

guilty only to the charges of drunkenness, and not to the other charges.

Captain Taylour observed that the faster a ship goes, the better she steara

Mr. Balpu Tavier, fourth officer of the Huntsend, and he was told eff to assist On the in the military baggage room. morning of May Gth, when he opened the baggage room, he found the helmet box ransacked, several cases of liquor opened and ransacked, and some military kit had Later the chief officer diisappeared accompanied witness to the hold and saw bow an entry had been effected into the baggage room. The hatch, which had been broken on the morning of May 6thy was in good order on the previous evening

Mr. Basil Ray, the chief officer, said be inspected the baggage room on the morn- ing of May 6th. Immediately below the braken batch, witness found a quantity of strax, also two necks of broken bottles and two broken cases

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Bentley, one of the defendants, gave evidence to show that he could not have been concerned in the charges.

Cross-examined, by Mr. Bowley, witness said that he was on duty on the oth from 8 pm to 12-midnight, He missed daty the following morning

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"This final step toward preventing fort after any mes!, and the increase in enging failure in the air should do much your vigour, when Mother Seigel's Syrup to popularise commercial aviation, since cabling you to digest the food you eat it reduces the possibility of cugino failare easily, naturally and thoroughly. to a negligible factor, says Col. Vincent. Speed with safety and dependability is the keynote of aviation, whether for War or pence. However, with all the precan tions taken to make aviation dependable, there remained one cause of engine failure and accidents that seemed incurable the failure.of

cold engine to respond to the throttle. That type of engine trouble has been responsible for a great many sexi dente in landing, and at all times it has been a menace to even the most skillful pilots.

The fuelizer does away with the pro blem of the cold engine. Its duty is to Mr. Rowan, addressing Capt. Taylour, supply the exact amount of beat required said that as regards the 7th defendant to vaporize the fuel under all conditions, there was no evidence whatever that the and it accomplishes this automatically man had stolen the goods. The Captain without involving the use of moving parts. simply said He was a rogue and I know The tests have been made on the Packard him as a rogue. In regard to the evi 1850 aviation engine, the specifications of dence against the first and second be which are indentical with the Liberty, and really could not see why those two, in the results were intensely gratifying" particular, had been chosen when there were others, living in the same room who were not chargel.

The fuelizer, according to Col. Vincent, It was trae that the was developed in the experimental labora tories of the Packard Motor Car Company. collars were found in Davison's room but It is a small devios attached to the car he was drunk at the time and knew buretor, and works on the principal of On one of the two broken casce was the nothing about how they came there. It name of the 55th Rifles Mesa hit earch was the easiest thing possible for one man miniature gasoline torch for the purpose ed the greasers' quarters, and in Davison's to rob the things and place it in another's of heating the charge entering the engine room. Davison had committed any drawer he found six collars belonging to Lieut. Elis. Witness searched each man's offence at all he was not responsible as he

was under the influence of drink To com- Captain Taylour said that he could not drawer parately, in the presence of the owner. In a spare bunk in the greasers fict the men it was necessary to prove see how these three men were suy morg quarters, witness found a canvas beg con- that they had actually stolen the property, to blame than the others. He was al

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opinion that all were equally guilty. He taining a large quantity of tuitary kit. but there was no such evidence. The greasers, questioned, replied that they were over 1,000 persons on board and there thought there was no doubt whatever that could not account for the articles being was no reason why the defendants should the damage was done by some of the be saddled with the blame It the first engineering staff, as the only possible found in their quarters. The goods handed to the Commanding Oficer and and second defendants were guilty of approach to the baggage room was through the greasers were told that if anything possession of the collare, then the others the engine room and the empty bottles belonged to them, they could lay their in the same cabin were equally guilty were found in the coal bunker. It was a Nobody bad seen them taking the goods peculiar coincidence that the people be claim to the Commanding Officer. None therefore there was no direct evidence of longing to the engine-room were the only of them did so..

Cross-examined: When witness found theft. The culy evidence against all the persons drink, and it was reasonable to the collars in Davison's drawer, Davison defendants was that of drunkenness and suppose that whoever took the clothes out was suffering from the effects of liquor neglect of duty which they admitted. The of the store-room took the wine. These He was not drunk. All this was in the chief engineer had admitted that there were given to others who thereby because evening of May 6th, when they were outre a number of bum-boats from which accessories, whether or do they took it the men could get liquor and there was themselves. He convicte all defendanta at cam Webster, chief engineer of no evidence that the men broke the store and ordered that a sum, equivalent to room for the liquor. Because they hap£113 178 be paid to the master out of the Huntaend said that at 5 am. on May 8th, Fitzpatrick, one of the defen- pelcd to be drunk they were identified the wages of the men (which amounted to dants came into witaces cabin, hopelessly with the missing liquor. It was on to the 2164 19 6d), the contribution of each to prosecution to prove that the defendants be according to the amount of salary he drank Witness asked him, where he got were the persons who stole the liquor but revived Defendants were sentenced to the liquor from, and the man replied

Never you mind. I am not drunk there was no direct evidence offered on six woods hard labour sach, the expenses Witness ordered the man out of his cabin, that point. He asked the Magistrate to in gol to be paid out of their wages. The and, as he seemed to have a grievance told eliminate those charges from his mind ship was responsible for the repatriation him to coms back when he was sober. The The charge of drunkenness and neglect of the men

wers proved and be pleaded for leniency.

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defendant used the most obecebe language Mr. Bosley said that he agreed that wo

THEFT OF ARMY STORES.

and threatened him before he went a7ay there was no direct evidence, but the Half an hour later, Fitzpatrick was found circumstantial evidence was strong- The insensible with drink on deck. Nothing men were found drank, the liquor bad die The matter of the untrend supplied. could be made of him, and he had to be carried away. Fitzpatrick did not turn appeared and the broken bottles and our reporter with further statements made whisky cases were found in the stokeboid.to him in writing by the Commanding to at noon that day being still under the of the one thousand or board, only eleven Offoor and other officers of the 2/5 5th influence of drink. He then found several man were found drunk. There was an Coke's Rißen. of the other men lying on deck under the irresistible inference that the wine must statement by Liont. W. Ellis gave. influence of liquor, and he complained to have disappeared down the throats of the the followig het of wees stores that had the Commander, thinking that the bum defendant Berious results might have been stolen bosta had been responsible The bara ensued as the ship was leaving Singapore 32, pinta cidy, 2 bottles bitters, 15 bottles boots were thereupon ordered off Later and had to pass through dangerous shoals gin, 2 bottles milk punch, 1 bottle lime on in the morning, one of the boiler The total value of damagist cargo amount aice, 2 bottles Chartreuse 22 bottles makers found the necks of broken bottles £113. 178. He submitted, with regard Vermouth 22 bottles Chablis, 13 bottlen in the stokehold and seeing that those to the degree of guilt, that Davison, gingerine, 13 bottles Marsala, 2 bottles brands of wine were not usually sold by Hamlyn and Bryant were more to blame Grand Marnier, 1 bottle Benedictine 3 bun-boatman, aquiries were made, and than the rest. He hoped the Magistrale botiles Creme de menthe, bottle Kummel, the theft was discovered. The stoler trimmers, etc., were not able to buy liquor would order payment for the damaged bottles liqueur brandy, 10 bottles cham on board. Agius of rim, is terved goods out of the men's wages. He hoped pagne, 10 bottlen sherry, 4 Bottles red that the thres men mentioned would be wine, 14 bottles claret, 1 cherry brandy, them in

the tropics once a day, at the dealt with severely and at regards the 3 bottles brandy, a bottles Madeira, SA skipper's option All the defendants were others, the captain did not wish to press bottles whisky, 6 bottles Fort 0 boxes incapable of duty that morning. All the charge and would take them back on RA, cigarettes, 10 boxes Gold Flaka, e ten dafendanta ware on watch that morn the shi

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E-11388 annisa. ing Another man who should be a defen hospital on board suyu,

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