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OBITUARY

LYA DEPUTTI FAMOUS ACTRESS

(NBUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

The Best Way. *Don't

you agres the -- correct course would have been to repre

New York, Nov. 27. sent the whole of your ense to the The Hongqiang film star, Lya Commander-in-Chief and not to Depatti, died of pneumonia follow. carry on blindly a course of actioning bloud poisoning after an opera which was in conflict with your tion for the removal of a chicken better judgment, which eventually bone which lodged in her throat brought the ship to disaster -Ï didn't carry on blindly, I could see for three miles,

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When Capt Godfrey re-pat the question omitting the word

blind, ' necused said:-If I had at ilrendy discussed the whole question with the Commander-in- Chief before I should, of course, have gorio down to see him, if he gave such an order, to carry on until three o'clock. But having dis cussed the whole question with him i exhaustively in the enloon" I ¿on- sidered it was a definite order.

Accepting the view that the order must be obeyed, would you say that

Lya Depatti was only twenty- soven and made a name in the film

Vaudeville."

DEATH OF SIR DAVID

BRUCE

(Tavan AEUTER'S MOENCY.]

LONDON, Nov. M...

Sir David Bruce died at his home

while the funeral service was pro- guessing in a neighbouring church

the Commander-in-Chief was res-for his wife who died on Nov. 21, ponsible for its execution, and your- self merely the agent 1-Yes. I de- finitely consider that the Common- der-in-Chief was responsible for any- thing that arose out of giving that order

If you regard him as responsible did you take steps to inform, him of the change of "visibility conditions. during the Middle Wateb, amount. ing at times to fog?-There was never a fog until after 02.00 hours and he knew and I know it was per fectly safe to go on until any con- ditions until 02.00. Therefore, fog before 02.00-never put the ship danger.

BRITISH PEOPLE

"THRIFTY

(BRITISH WINELESS SERVICE]

Brany, Nov. 24. The annual report of the National Savings Committee reveals the encouraging fact that the sales, of saving certificates last year were "the largest for ten years and con- Ou the question being put again,siderably exceeded those for the [accused mid:-1" did not give him any information during the day be cause there was no fog after 02.00 and until that time the ship must have been perfectly safe"

0.-in-C. and Orders.

Would be correct to say that you and renouneed your position as Captain and were under the Com- mander-in-Chief's orders as regnads navigation -No, I did not re- nounce my position as Captain, but, en the other hand, the Commander in-Chief clearly stated this after noon that if he gives an order he expects it to be obeyed.

Do you think he expects you to go on obeying his orders irrespec tive of conditions which arise in the mantina which differ materially from those prevailing when the orders were given -Yes, as long as those gonditions do not definitely berne unsettled from the point of

iew of vlxibility in this case,

Accused said that he was noxious about not seeing the light, but he had to place considerable reliance on the fact he thought that he would be able to see Tung Yung Island itself at a distance of half a mile. He placed still greater reliance on hearing the responding fog gun from the Island in answer to their own

signals.

year 1920-30.

Snail hirestors are shown to have maintained the habit of saving during difficult times. On March last, the total amount due to was £10,000,000.

The conversation between the Commander-in-Chief and the Navi. gating Oleer was in fact an ex- change of opiniens, and no order was intended or conveyed.

Secondly, daying received what he cpnsidered to be an order, he continued to carry it out when the conditions of visibility bad com- pletely changed, and the ship was known to be in dangerous proximity

to the rocks on which she struck shortly afterwards.

Mo

Even supposing be had so far forgotten his position as Captain

the ship as to assume himself under the direct orders of the Commander-in-Chief for the pur- to keep the Commander-in-Chief poses of navigation, he ommitted This aloend the hearing of the evi-informed of the changed conditions dence, and the Court djourned to to stranding which necessitated a of visibility in the two hours prior enable Cupt. Godfrey to prepare reduction of speed. This summing-up of the case for the

Prosecution.

The Summing-up.

On the resumption of the Cont Capt. Godfrey summed up the case for the prosecution in the following worda:-

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WHERE IS BERT HINKLER?

MYSTERIOUS ATLANTIC

FLIGHT

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY...

NATAL, Brazil, Nov. 27. Nowa is mixiously awaited of a daring trans-Atlantic attempt by the Australian airman, Mr. Bert Hinkler, who is ostensibly touring South America, but it has just transpired that lie left here late on the night of. Nov. 9, to fly to

Dakar. lle is unaccompanied and is flying a 120 HP. Puss Moth *plane.

THE STATUTE OF WESTMINSTER

LORDS PASS SECOND

..READING

(BRITISH WIRELESS, SERVICE)

·RUGBY, Nov. 28,

ro-

In moving the second reading of the Statue of Westminster Bill in the House of Lords to-night the ALord Chancellor, Lord Sankey, said

it was not so much a question of

dos of the harm which its the good which the Statute would

jection would most assuredly do. Criticisms of the bill voiced hy Lord Salisbury, and Lord Lloyd were answered by Lord Passfield on behalf of the Labour opposition and by Lord Hailsham for the Govern-

neat,

The second reading was agreed to,

MILL WORKERS' LONGER HOURS

(THROUGH REUTER'8 AGENCY. }'

LONDON, Nov. The Master Spinners' Federation of Manchester has decided to give a month's notics to mill operatives of an increase in working hours.

LOCAL FOOTBALL.

SHIELD COMPETITION

GAMES TO-DAY,

NAVY MEET ARGYLLS.

Owing to the Shield football. competition commencing to-day,

Thirdly, expecting as he did there are no League Axtures in any sight land only five qubles away. of the divisioris. he continued on a hazardous course There and eventually hit the rocks at 0243.

I need not keep the Courts very long as the task of the prosecution is fairly simple, consisting as it les in proving the statements made in paragraph 10 of the Circumatan-cidentally. very unfair to tial Letter.

Navigating Officer...

Firstly as regards soundings, ample evidence has been produced to how that soundings were not, fnet, taken during the First and Middle Watches

The last moment to which the taking of soundings might have ben, deferred was 0015, when the ship came within the orbit of Tung Yung Light.

The ship ran into heavy fog at 09920, an additional reason for keep- ing the sounding machine going

constantly.

Secondly, H.M.S. Petersfield was approaching a rocky island on a hearing where the island exposed a wide front, and on a course which took the ship very close to a position markod Discoloured water."

The fact that the ship was steer. ing straight, for the island was de pendent on a decision renched the previous evening. The ataumption that any advico or instructions the Commander-in-Chief gave at 6.30 p.. were intended to apply, to the whole night, or even part of the night, is untenable,

Changed or abnormal conditions, call for alteration in decisions made! at northal times. No orders are. irrevocable, and in this case no orders were given.

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That Message from 0.-in-0.

I consider that the accused was guilty of stranding and hazarding his ship, in that:

Firstly, ho was prepared to ac cept on hearsay evidence a message from the Commander-in-Chief, which wrongly renched him in the form of an order.

Although this alleged order was at variance with his better judg inent, he failed in his duty, is Captain of the ship in not repre- santing the matter to the Comman.. dor-in-Chief

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four mantelies decision in the Senior Shield and two in the Junior Shield. The re- maining six clubs who have enteroil. in the Junior Shield have drawn byes and all enter the second round. They are the Borderers, Kowloon, Navy, R.A.OC, 13th Heavy Bat-

Kindness in Heart.

Kindness of heart prompted him to delay having the Navigating Officer called, but I submit that kindness of heart at such a moment is misplaced, most unwise and, in-tory, and H.K.F.C.

the The most interesting game in the Souior Shield is the clash of the In view of the change in the Services. If the departure of the; Flotilla deprives the weather conditions sine the origin Destroyer

course was laid, the accused Navy of some of their players, it hazarded his ship by not altering will be a misfortune, for the Navy his plans, sounding and passing in Learn as they will have to meet. safe depths to the eastward of strong opposition from the Argylls. Tung Yung, observing that the The fattor would therefore appear Commander-in-Chief's approval of to be favourites. the course steered dirers for the island was given when visibility was very good.

The accused appears to have been sceptical of the advice which is con- tained in the Sailing Directions and of which the above is a brief summary. But the fact remains that had that advice been followed, H.M.S. Petersfield would probably still be afloat

Regarding the loss of the ship, it has been proved that it was im possible to get her" off the rocks feven if this bad been found feasible, which is exceedingly doubt- ful) without her sinking in deep wator..

Under these circumstances. the stranding of H.M.S. Petersfield, lod to her becoming a total fons, thus proving the "first charge.

Evading the Main issue.

Another important game will be that between the South Wales Borderern and Kowloon. With the

hoza advantage of playing on ground, Kowloon are likely to enter the semi-fmal.

The following is the programine:

Sanfor Shield.

(Kick-off at 4 p.m.);

S. W. Borderars. Kowloon, at

Kowloon.

Argylls. Navy, at Sookunpoo. Police v. St. Joseph's, cn Polico

ground.

Recreio HK.F.C., at King's

Park.

Junior Shield Police... Argylls, at Sookunpoo. Recreio RAF, at King's

Park

Probabie Teams.

The following are some of the The previous career of the accus-probuble teams in the Shield ed, which had well familiarised him matches with the relationships between Flag

EK.F.C. 1st XI.:-Rodger; Mac- Officers, their Captains and Staff | Farlane or Gerrard, S. Strange; Officers, makes the attitude he has Railton, Skinner Baldwin Alexan- taken up all the more inexplicable. der, Segalen, Howe, Bell and E.

The defence all the time has been Strange. evading the main issue, which is Kowloon F.C.:-Gurevitch; Mar. that Commander Lang had failed in tin, London; Hedley, McKelvie, his duty at Captain of the ship, a Bliss; Dominy, Duncan, Timber duty which makes him in every way lake, Bryant and Isason. responsible for the safety of the ship he commands

I submit that such a defence is no defence and carries no weight.

dourt Adjourns..

Police 1st XI.-Fraser; Perkins, Brittain Thorpe, Channing Shepherd; T. Pile, Hudson, Moss, Dowman and C., Pile

Police 2nd XI.: McHardy; Bakar, Wears; Harris, Minty, The Court then adjourned until Jessop; Pennell, M. Clark, Corn- "8.30 this morning.

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