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WU PE FU AND CANTON. FEARS OF AN INVASION, TROOPS RUSHED TO NORTHERN KWANGTUNG BORDER [FROM OUR CHINÉSZ CORRESPONDENT.) General Tang Seng Chi, the pro-Kuo- mintang militarist of Hunan, has with-

drawn his troops to Hengehow according to reports reaching. Canton.

BRITISH PRODUCTION AT THE

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

THE LOVE STORY OF ALIETTE BRUNTON.

A PRIVATE VIEW.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY,

"EUROPEAN LADY'S CLAIM. SEVERELY HANDICAPPED' AS RESULT OF ACCIDENT. TAI TACK MOTOR BUS CO. AS DEFENDANTS.

Before Mr. Justice Wood at the Sum mary Court yesterday, Mrs. H. A. Jones (wife of Mr. Jones, Manager of Messrs. Moutris & Co.) claimed, from the Tai Tack Motor Bus Company, Kowloon, #1,000, as damages consequent on "injuries received while travelling in one of the Company's buses on January 27th.

Mr. L. R. Andrews was for the plain tiff, and Mr. Strellett was for the defen.

dants.

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PLAINTIFF'S INJURIES,

A few days ago we referred to the fact that the Hongkong Amusements Company General Tang's agents in the Southern would shortly be screening an all British Capital have been making urgent requests production The Love Story of Alicite adapted from "Gilbert for re-inforcements against the "anti- Brunton," Reds" in Huaan but so far these have Frankau's well-known novel.

Yesterday morning we were given a passed more or less unheeded. "General Tang's troops ave cow facing hostile private view of the film and it is our forces not only from Hupeb but also from duty now to convey to our readers, „as Kiangsi. These forces have been infas as possible, the impression it made upon us. We do not wish to lead any structed first to prevent Hunan "from" adopting Bolshevism and then to restore

up the garden." If the picture bad Kwangtung to the mass of Cantonese.

sent us to sleep ar annoyed us by reason To guard against Marshal Wu Pei Fu's

of its crudities we would frankly confess attempt to bring Kwangtung within his sphere of influence, the Kuomintang it. As a matter of honest fact, however, rushing troops to the Kangtung northern it is "a winner" from the word go.but an x-ray examination had revealed border, but there will be to invasion of Those who imagine that a British Gim Hunan before May 13th when the Central bust be stodgy, or dry-as-dust, or very Executive Committee of the Kuomintang badly photographed, will be agreeably hold their semi-annual conference.

Nu regular trains have been running on the Canton-Hankow Railroad, Kwang Tang Section, sineey, May 1st, owing to the frequent commandeering of rolling stock for military transportation. The line tar- yes troops to the north as far as kwan, some M40 miles from Canton.

surprised.

it ist be understood, of course, that we are not commenting upon the plot ar the effect the delightfully happy ending may have upon moral standards. English producers would be extraordinarily foolish Shif they chrminated all the "sob-stuff

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BANKRUPTCY COURT SEQUEL. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST MANAGING PARTNER. FALSE STATEMENTS ALLEGED. -` The case in which the managing partner. of a local Chinese firm is alleged to have made false statements, to the Official Receiver, in relation to a petition in bankruptcy Bled against his firm in February, again came up for hearing at the Central Magistracy yesterday after- Siu Hip, noon. before Mr. R. E. Lindsell.

The defendant is Cha41 managing partner of the Wing Shing

There are five charges, in all, preferred Shung fra, of No. 3, Ko Shing Street.

"against him.

Dr. M. Nicholson said. Mrs Jones, on. Mr. E. S. C. Brooks appeared to pro- January 27th, was suffering Irond severe secute, and Mr. Wasson was for the bruising, and nervous shock. The most defence. severe injury was to her thigh, the muscles of which were severed by some accident, It was thought there might be a fracture that this was not the case. The last time

She had been confined to her bed for six he saw Mrs. Jones was on April 23th. weeks, and it was not until then that she "was able to walk about and even at that

time she could only walk with the aid of The weakness of the muscles erutches. would always remain, "and it was very improbable that the leg would ever be perfect.

The allegations are that he roll the business without the consent or knew. ledge of his two partners in Canton, whe only rarely visited Hongkong, that four important books relating to the Enanginl

stroyed, mutilated, or had disappeared; transactions of the firm had been de that the bankruptcy proceedings were entirely collusive between the petitioning creditor and the defendant, and that peti tioning creditor and the defendant, and that petitioner's debt and other debte shown in the books of the firm were

fctitious.

NOT PAID Replying to Me. Strellett, witness said

Yesterday afternoon the managing part that the injury was caused by a direct

The tissues had become devitalpers of two Chinese firms to who "defen blow.

dant claims that he paid debts oping to them denied that they had ever received ised. Mrs. Jones was still in a nervous

Another doctor, in evidence, stated that the money-88,000 and $1,500 respec- Their cash books showed no he was of opinion that "Mrs. Jones would tively. never be able to walk downstairs or down entries of such payments. The managing hill again with security.

A

DRIVER WAS HALY ASLEEP."

before putting a film upon the market. THE COOLIE FIGHTS.

llow difficult it is to escape the Hollys The total casualties in the recent fightswood phraseology when writing about the

to remember the condition. between the Canton ricksha coolies are

movies). They have estimated at 30 killed and 200 wounded. tender-hearted yanig women who do not No oficial figures are available. The consider, that they have enjoyed them trouhte, as is known, started last Saturselves unless they have wept copiously, day night. There was another free, fight There are plenty of dramatic incidents on May 3rd and 4th. By May 5th all was and tense moments in Gilbert Frankau's

Mrs. Jones stated in evidence that oh calm again

story. But we are spared the "close-! QUICK WORK.

117 of the pretty, lady with the two big January 27th, accompanied by her aunt. Ferry No. 6 of the Chung Shun Motor blobs of glycerine reling emotionally she was travelling home from the Kowloon Ciolf Club, in a tus owned by the defen Boat Company was "pirated" at about down her checks,

on May 3rd, while journeying from

The picture will appeal to the womendant company. The huis was going very the North to the South side of Canton because it proves that they are not merely fast, and when opposite Bailey's Yard, in the property-the chattels of their hus-funghöm, the driver suddenly awerved to City-a run of less than five minutes.

They will

of the right, causing the bus to overturn, and argue that, The Police on duty in the harbour were bands. for a time greatly excited over the occur-course, Aliette Brunton was perfectly she was pinned underneath. She thought rence but they were not able to give any justified in her conduct. But we imagines that the driver was half sleep. Just as the bus turned over, she noticed one of practical assistance. All that remains to that the men will be attracted for an

the hack wheels coming off. be done now is for the relatives of the entirely different reason. "It was thirty passengers to find the required tremely pleasing to us to find the action taking place in a familiar environment. The story opens with a acet of the NEW RAILWAY ENTERPRISE. The party of engineers from the Can hounds in Oxfordshire and a gallop across ton-Samshui Railway Co. who set out English fields. Then we are transferred recently to make a survey for a railway to London and catch glimpses of the from. Fatshan to Pakhoi have so far en-huses running down the Strand, the traffe

ransom inoacy.

ex-

Cross-examined, she said that the hus was a very old one. She repeated that it was travelling fast, and stated that it was fairly. full at the time. She was certain that the road was quite dry.

Replying to further questions, witness said that she did not take much notice as

partner of one of the firms said that although the defendant's firm owed his frus same money, it did not amount to

as much a more than about 890. Defendant's firm had never owed his firm

1.300.

was

Another witness said that he formerly the accountant with the Wigg Shing Shung firm, but left at the begin ning of June 1923 for Canton. Previous

firm relating cash transactions. At one to that he had kept certain books of the period of his service the defenflant took charge of certain books.

Shown a book, witness said although this purported to be a Rough Cash Book! of the firm, it was not in fact the Rough fash Book he had kept for the first four

months of 1923.

Witness said that certain supposed pay. ments of $9,000, $1,000 and $500 to the two Chinese firms previously referred to

In

Shing Shung firm.

countered no great difficulty, and the of well-known streets, the Law Courts to how the accident, occurred. She bus bad never in fact been made. hy the Wing 1 Witness also said that deposits of suns public are now anxiously awaiting for a and the Houses of Parliament. The hero on to the ruils as the bus turned over:

to when this occupies a flat in Jermyn street and we otherwise she would have been killed. defaite announcement as

note the time of the different episodes her opinion the bus was travelling over of $10.000 and $4,000 had never been made | Enterprise will be put in hand.

The management of the Canton-Samshui from Big Ben. In the trini scenes at 20 miles an hour, and she attributed tahr other" firms with the defendant'a ärm, line is mapping an extension which will the Old Bailey we have an English judge accident to the negligence of the driver though entries to this effect appeared |

She was certain that the car did net skid. She had been used to travelling in carsi and was therefore well qualified to esti-

in a certain book he was shown.

Air Brooks commented that these were"

some of the sums mentioned by defendant

connect its Fatsban station with Kong-lip scarlet and ermine (we wish by the moon on the Sunning tine. In this way way, he did not use a munaci with an Canton will be directly connected with inch wide ribbon) the barristers in their Kongmoon. The proposed Fatehan-Kong- wigs and gowns and the correct or, rather, pate the speed of the bus. She thought to the Official Receiver as being owed by the more or less correct legal procedure. that the bus had turned over on its right We had grown a little tired of "the side; it fell to pieces, and the engine was law as it is usually administered in the studios of Los Angeles and the change is distinctly pleasing to the critic..

moon branch line will be about 240, long, will cost some $1,500,000 to bulld, and will take perhaps two years to com plete under normal conditions.

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The management expects to commence work within six months. This proposed line, when built will serve dozens of towns and villages and pass through three of the most productive districts around Canton. "Several silk cratres will be touched by

this line.

CORRESPONDENCE." THE RENTS ORDINANCE. (TO THE EDITOR OF THE " HONGIỐNG DALLY PRESS."1

SIA, 1 am surprised to read that the Hongkong Tenaata Protective Associa tion is still wanting to petition the Government for the continuation of the Rent' Ordinance.

Then we have Isabel Elsom in the title role. Her parties are conducted as Eng- lish parties usually are conducted. Wo see her meeting her lover in Rotten Eow and in the trial scenes, as she is an actress of distinction, she does not overdo the part."

smashed.

it

His Lordship said he though: prob. able that the bus would turn over on its left side, and pointed out to Mr. Andrewra that he also had said that.

An lodian constable, who was on duty in the vicinity, said the bus was travel ling very fast, and that before the ace dent occurred he had taken the number of the bas, with a view to reporting the driver for exceeding the speed limit.

As far as the story is concerned we are

**ENGINE NOT SHASHED." inclined to think that the actors "rush

Sergeant Smith who went to the scene their fences a little. "It is something of

shock for instance to see a woman of of the accident, and later saw the bus Aliette's character meeting the good in the Company's yard, said one of the looking young barrister for the first time back wheels, was missing. He though in one episode and going to visit him that the bus had been travelling at a fast

in his rooms, the next. But that is we speed; otherwise the accident would not a film, where have occurred, suppose unavoidable in

be shown. The great Replying to His Lordship, he said that action only can thing is that the story is well represented the buses could travel at 35 miles an hour, There are thousands who do not agree and hangs together. The film satisfied but the scheduled speed was 35.

In reply to Mr. Strellett, he said that with the Association's proposal and many the author for it was produced under bis thousands more who are even ignorant of personal supervision, and we think it will the road was dry. He did not agree that the bus might have skidded when the road the existence of such an Association in satisfy all who see it.

was in such a good condition. The eagine this Colony.

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It will be shown to the public on Tues-

Now is the proper time for the Govern-day next. ment to allow such an Ordinance to lapse,

as there are thousands of cheap 'reat

houses (at any rate cheaper than those in the central district) for those who de not wish to allow themselves to be "squeezed." Then, why worry,

MOSCOW STATE BALLET: SUCCESSFUL APPEARANCE AT"?|

THESTAR.”..

The Moscow State Ballet opened their season at the "Star" Theatre, Kowloon;

As for those business houses which have been making profit out of the "Renta Ordinance during these years, they abould now pay the same rent as others. If they last night.

The programme consisted of "Les do not wish to do this they might go to Kowloon or somewhere where they can Silrydes," and it will be repented to find a rent suited to them. This would be better for the Government for it would at. extend business premises in a wider field. -Yours truly,

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→ YEUNG PAK KL 37, Elgin Street (1st floor),

Hongkong, May 9th, 1998.

Tomorrow evening the company will A holiday in a Russian village." present There will be a special matinee perform ance on Sunday.

of the bus was not smashed.

Mr. Strellett asked witness whether the bus might have idded if a water cart had just passed over the soad, and Sergt. Smith replied again that he did not think a skid was possible.

poon.

THE DEFENCE. The hearing was continued in the after

the witnesses Mr. Strellett before calling for the defence briefly addressed the Court. He said he would prove that the road, where the decident had occurred, had been watered by a watering cart, and Mr. F. C. Mow Fang, secretary of the that as a consequence the bus akidded. defendant company, said the bus was at He thought present being overhauled. Sergeant Smith must have been mistaken with regard to the bus. It had no glass (Continued on next Oolumn).

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The Chinese driver of the bus said he was travelling at between 9 and 10 miles A portion of the road was per hour on his return from Henghom on wet. Near Messrs. Hailey's Yard he heard January 27th, the conductor's whistle and he pulled up The wheels skidded for immediately. about ten feet, and the bus spun across the road, and turned over. As soon as he found the bus was kidding he partly turned off the gasoline and put the bus into first gear,

Heplying to Mr. Andrewes, he said that ke had been a motor driver for six months prior to the accident, and he had been tie tyres, and they had been put on a driving ever since. The bus had pneuma month before the accident. He would not agree that he was flustered at the time and said he knew exactly what had hap pened. The bus company had no regular stopping places along that partienlar

route.

Dr. S. W. Tao, a passenger in the bus, also gave evidence. He said he was sit- ting in the front seat where there were also two ladies, one of whom was Mrs. Jones. The bus was travelling at the ordinary speed. He noticed that the road near Messrs. Baliey's Yard had been watered. He had never known that part of the road to have heen watered before. He had noticed it both, prior to and after the accident. There was absolutely no doubt in his mind that the road was wet and slippery. In fact, be later caught another bus, and owing to the slippery

rate of the road that bus also skidding.

Andrewes concluded his cross examination of Dr. Teo with the remark that it was extraordinary, what notice witness took of that road that day.

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Mr. H. C. Getz, motor-engineer al Alex Ross & Co., said that be had bad considerable experience of motors, and particularly of Fords. He thought a car could akid even if it were travelling at 10 to 12 miles an hour.

After further evidence had been given by other passengers, His Lordship re served judgment.

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