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SHIP MASTER'S CLAIM

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The case in which Mr. Laurence | ly. I think he was lucky in being "Nelson Beer, of Marble Hall is claiming $1,355 from the Foo Hong

- Steamship Company was continued at Supreme Court yesterday be fore Mr. Justice MacGregor

Mr. H. C. Macnamara instructed by Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton is for the plaintiff und Mr. H. O. Sheldon Deacons is Instructed by Messrs. for the defence.

Thomas Albert Ellis, Preventive Officer, and former Chief Officer of the Kaitangata when she went aground at Cambodia Point under the captaincy at clabnant was the first witness called yesterday.

Mr. Sheldon:-You are here as a result of reading an account of this case in the newspapers)

Witness:-Yes.

The effect of Capt. Beer's evid- ence was that it was

your, fault and not his that the ship went aground? Yes.

What is your story of the in- cident?-Immediately prior to the stranding. Capt. Beer läld a course which I pointed put to him was wrong. I said that according to the Admiralty Chart vessels were advised to keep at least 12 miles east of the lighthouse because of the shoaling waters, The course Capt. Beer had set was not far!

He enough "from the lighthouse, tried to satisfy me by saying, that during the middle watch he would get up and alter the course. to a more southerly direction and would resume a course which would give a greater margin of safety. When I came on the bridge at 4 am. I assumed that this had been done and was satished to carry on this

course.

I kept a look-out for land "but did not see any, and the, ship grounded at 5.30 am. There was no bump-it just came to a stand- still in the mud.

He gave me Discharge.

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Principal's Evidence The principal of the defendant Brm. Mr. 6. T. Williamson, was next called.

offered, a Chlet Officer's job.

Witness identified photographs the rocks in of the Haining on January.

Mr. Sheldon:What was the speed of the Haining when she struckShe was doing 14 knots and with a tide of two knots.

And was her bottom torn out?- No, Only a few dents were made.

Mr. Macnamara strenguously ob- Jected to "this attempt to give expert evidence in a matter which should be left to the Nautical As- sessor."

Ma T. Ramsay, general manager of the Foo Hong Steamship Com- pany next gave evidence. He was subjected to 3 severe cross-ex- amination by Mr. Macnamara in" the afternoon.

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The case will be resumed this.

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UNMANIFESTED CARGO

Chinese Shippers Charged

The case against Lui Chiu Chiu,' manager, Pau Tong, third compra- dore and Chan Shu-pui, second com- pardore on charges of attempting cargo unmanifested c

expert aboard the steamer Sandviken and with conspiracy was continued before at Central Mr. S. F. Balfour Magistracy yesterday.

The cargo consisted of one bag of British des, 27 bundles of elastic, two bags of fish maws, four woollen blankets, two bags of shark fins and 14 bags of artificial silk yarn.

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Mr. Sheldon:-Do you know if The complainant was Mr. Steven- any complaint was made by Capt., of Messrs. Jardine, diathesca: Beer to Mr. Ramsay 23 to your and Co., Ltd. competency on this voyage --No. Mr. J. B. Prentis appeared for this Certificate of the prosecution, Mr. P. H. "Sin re presenting the first defendant, while the third defendant was represented radiologist at the Middlesex Hos- by Mr. Hin-shing Le, instructed by pital, has for some years been stud- Mr. J. M. Hall. The second defen-ying, this method and was so im- attained dant was not legally represented.. pressed by the

Mr. Charles Stanley Archer, an that he determined to try it him- Mr. Sheldon: Capt: Beer has officer of the Chinese Maritime Cus self in the early part of last sum- said he did not log officers betonis, told the, Court that when a mer.. cause you had said you would have ship entered Chinese waters she "Coutard has hit upon some- something to say about it in a must have on board complete thing quite new, and we find that threatening way? It would be a manifest of her cargoes. "When a his claims are entirely and com- ridiculous thing to say. I did not steamer arrived at her Chinese despletely justified," said Dr. Webster. say it.

tination,she was to hand over the "An immensely increased- hope manifest to the Chinese Maritime to put it no higher can be held out to the victims of cancer of the Customa,

larynx.

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It is also suggested that there was talk between you and Mr. Kirby about conspiracy, Will you Mr. Pruntis: Between here and tell us about that?-Capt. Beer Canton can you tell me the penalties and Mr. Kirby, did.. talk about a to which a ship is liable in the conspiracy themselves. I said there event of cargo, manifested? · had been a great deal of trouble Witness: If a ship enters Chinese and misunderstanding for some waters with the manifest.incomplete time and that Capt. Beer had forged, she is liable to a line of If when she enters Canton, never had proper control over is $50. officers as he should have done, for instance, the manifested cargo and was useless as far as discipline was found to be incomplete, the was concerned. I asked Mr. Ram-ship is liable to a fine of $1,500. say to go fully into the matter. In addition to this the cargo which was unmanifested will be seized and confiscated. In very serious cases where a considerable quantity of argo was found to he usmaniiested the ship will be seized together with

Unrecorded Rocks

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her cargo.

Can you tell me what is the duty of silk in Canton 1-About $1 a pound.

Under the old method the pat!- ent is given an intense dose on each side of the larynx for about ten case has it minutes, but in no proved permanent cure. The dis- ease has always returned.

32 Permanent Cures "During the last five or more years. Coutard has observed 77 cases, only eight of which were operable, and out of these 32 per- manent cures have been effected.

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less of the Nationalist Government. cat the fat and blood of a province, more populous than the whole ot the British Isles. There is civil war in Sinklang, Kansu is prostrate after war and famine, Shensi is in the same condition, plus a Com- munist, complication. shan in Shans, and Han Fu-chu, in Shängtung, are so Independent that Nanking would hardly ven- ture to interfere in their affairs. (NDL) 3.8. "DONAU...for &'hai,, Taku Bar, Daires, Chihl is headed by an appointee

Yen Hst(HAL) m.v.“ LEVERKUSEN"

Not long ago Mr. Wang Ching- wel, head of the Executive at Nan- king, said that" "tired of all the turmoil of the past two decades the Chinese people are at the pre- sent moment engaged in quietly and persistently building up a uni- That is exactly what fed State," the world would like to think is an accurate representation of what is happening in China. But is it? The Chinese people have no active share in the government of their country, and are without the power to build or rebuild, even f they had the requisite knowledge of bullding. Fower for the present resides in a political party, pend-peh both have Communist patches. † (NDL) 8.q," SAARBRUECKEN" ing the time when the people, after political tutelage, know enough of

affairs to govern themselves, con- stitutionally or otherwise. The Kuomintang is in the position of a Dictator, with absolute powers. It is clear that what the Govern- ment of China has been doing has been the work of the Kuomintang and not the work of the people. Revolution anywhere means that the revolutionaries take at least

for Shanghai, Tako, Dairen, Kobe Osaka, Yokohama, Nagoya

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of Nanking. who is surrounded by *(HAL) .v. "ERMLAND" for Shanghai, Taku, Tairen, northern commanders who owe no- thing to Nanking, Honan and Hu-

and Hunan borders Kwantung and Kwangsi, in which centres the op

position to Nanking,

Obviously there is no real na- tional unity, as proved by" the var- ‚ious civil struggles of the past few

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and the recalcitrancy of †(HAL) m.v. "SAUERLAND" some of the provinces. The fallure to effect unity arises from the mil- larism which has been the prime (HAL) m.v. " MUENSTERLAND" consequence of the revolution of 1911

Policies of unification and.

temporary control, and the Kuo-reconstruction have not prospered. (NDL).. ALSTER"

There are two principal reasons! mintang has acted in accordance

why the Kuomintang has not suc- with historic precedent in assum-

cecded, one because the party it- ing command. Whatever the sit-

Gene Raymond and Lilian Harvey in "I Am Suzanne."

"The patient is treated twice a day once in the morning and

in the evening. It ance that each patient takes up 28 much time and energy as was de- voted to 20 patients treated by uation in China to-day, good or other methods.

bad, the Kuomintang is responsible for it... Either the Kuomintang has been adequate in dealing with the conditions, or it has not been equal to task undertaken...

self is split into eliques almost en tirely, because of personal jealous- Jes and rivalries; the other because a country steeped in medieval tra- ditions is naturally to a regime theoretically democra- tic.

antagonistic

Cross-examined, "witness did not agree that the damage to the Kamo at Shanghai was more consistent with claimant's suggestion that a wreck was struck, than that the ship hit a rock near the Amherst group. He agreed that the rock showed 26 feet at low tide but said Cruss-examined by Mr. Sin, wit- there might be others in the oss said that a ship had only to vicinity which did not show and present a manifest upon entering were uncharted. Navigation sur-Chinese waters.

The accumulative effect, how vey was not all it should be in Mr. Sin: Would you regard this

ever, is tremendous. One of the China and though the Yangtaze cargo as considerable, thus render great advantages of the new met- estuary had

used for 100 ing the ship to be seized 7

hod is that no damages is done to years by European shipping it was Witness: I am not prepared to

the skin or connective tissues.

The Kuomintang polley as re- possible there were still unrecord- say this. It is entirely in the hands

"The new process also opens aut gards internal affairs has centred of the Commissioner of the Customs. wide possibilities in the treatment mainly on unification and recon- ed rocks there.

Has it not been said that only But I would consider the duty of other forms of cancer."

struction, unification having the two ships have ever got off the thie cargo as, considerable. The i

"It may well be a specialist object of making the country solid Amherst Rocks Yes.

revenue en silk alone amounts. Lo said to a reporter, that this new for the purpose of reconstructing And you would now add the Ka-about $1,800.

method will pave the way for a the social and political life of the - mo?-Yes.

In atawer to Mr. Lo, withess said permanent cure of cancer in many country on modern and practical When did your opinion of the that he was not concerned with the forms."

lines. Given, unity of purpose re- Captain change and you ceased to completeness or incompleteness of a

construction is easy, but without believe him--Principally after abip's manifest when she left Hong

is almost unity the desired end the Ocksew Island incident, 1Kong.

unattainable. And it is partly be- cause the country has not been united that China has most un- happily falled to make any serious progress with reconstruction. The Kuomintang has managed to unite "The Kuomintang might have effectively only a very few pro- sought, first to justify its assump- vinces. Of those south of the | tión of power by evincing wisdom Yangtze Klangsi is ridden by the and moderation. In its conduct of Communists, Fukien has just pass- affairs, and, secondly, by diploma- ed through a rebellion. Kwang-tle and piacatory means to recon- tung and Kwangs! are virtually cile differences between the various Independent, far-away Yunnan conflicting interests. It has pre- ferred, however, to try to centralize power in itself by military force. Results have been, unsatisfactory because, while its armies generally have prevailed in the field, it has never been possible to disband the opposing forces and break up the

knew that all the officers could Mr. Lo: Supposing if you board not be wrong. We could not sa-n ship and found the manifest in tisfy him. They were all drunk- order you would naturally say "I ards or incompetent, according to um sorry" would you not-No, I him.

would say I am glad.

And some of them were (drunk)? -Yes. Some were and some were

nat.

Would you ask them when they. complete the manifest No. It would not interest us.

After, further evidence had been Did Capt. Been ask for a Court given the case was adjourned.

Court of Enquiry

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of Enquiry to be held over the Ocksew. Island affair?—It is true. If he had wanted a Court of Enquiry into it he could have had had one. He did "not have to ask me and as the master of a ship he should know that.

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MAN WHO INTRODUCED GAS WARFARE

The Soldiers' Incredulity

Proi Haber was Germany's war expert, and was responsible for introducing gus warfare. His ori- ginal idea was to use gus in shells, But although the military authori- ties seemed to have had no com- punction over the use of gas they

were incredulous of its efficacy,

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Their natural resistance to a novel weapon is said to have been reinforced by the fact that Haber was a Jew. He could not obtain

and Kwelchow manage their own affairs without reference to Nan- king.

TROUBLED PROVINCES Szechwan is the happy hunting

You decided to reduce him after | The European YMCA. Water- going into the matter with Mr. polo team secured the double yes die necessary facilities to produce ground for war lords who, regard- Ramsay Yes. He was inclined terday evening when they defeat-gas shell, and was driven back ou to accept it at first.

ed HMS. Adventure by 12 goals the inferior idea of projecting it! What was it for? He knew to nil in their first encounter, and from cylinders

as well as in assisting the German what he had done.

defeated the, Chung Sing Bene- In 1917 Haber produced the most offensives early in 1918. Was it for running on thevolent Society by 7 goals to nil in effective of all chemical weapons- It is noteworthy that in 1929 Pro rocks?—Yes.

mustard gas, against which masks fessor Haber had the honesty to And you mention in your letter Ʌ. Schreuder, Campbell

and were little protection; This played refute the German assertion that running on to the island Yes, Sutherland were the main goal a large part in paralysing the the British bad been the first to in He treated that matter very light scorers.

British offensive at Passchendaeletroduce poison gas.

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The underlinga.of the Kuomin- tang throughout the country have damaged the credit of the party by Vexations tyranny and the constant claim that the tangpu (branch office of the Kuomintang) has the right to supervise and interfere with local government. Not only has the Kuomintang had to overcome the chronic evil of rampant mil- itarism.. but its efforts have been rendered futile by internal dia- sensions and the arrogance of its own smaller fry,

provincial militarism. Chiang Kai- shek has been the active exponent of the centralizing policy designed to take away from the provincial militarists the power and the pro- table opportunities which they have made for themselves. Hence the almost universal opposition to him,

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