1934-07-24 — Page 7

A TRAGIC WEEK TWENTY YEARS AGO

feeling of hatred towards Austria, merely one of contempt."

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS,

INDIAN GUARD

SENTENCED

Three Years For Shooting Colleague

17

JUDGE'S COMMENTS

TUESDAY, JULY 24. 1934.

CORONER DISAGREES

WITH JURY

ENQUIRY INTO DEATH

OF COOLIE

Sentence of three years hard "Driver Undoubtedly Guilty

labour was passed by His Honour

Chief Justice yesterday on Sar- wan Singh, who was found rufity last week or "wound with intent" an Indian guard named Sarwan Singh, on board the river steamer ("Fatshan”: In April last.

At St. Petersburg-On the mor- (German ambassador) has been ning of July 24th, President Poin-violent. The Russian minister de- care, (visiting. Russla) embarked |clared to the German ambassador for his return to France. Paleo-that Russia would support Servla Jogue (French Ambasador) re-to the end. In vain Pourtales ceives a telephone call, "Austria | friisted upon "the solidarity" of has sent an ultimatum to Servia the monarchies" and "the danger At 12.30 pm.. conference with Sa- of encouraging attempts upon sonov, (Minister, for Foreign sovereigna. Sazonov avoids an Affairs), at which Buchanan, (Brianswer, but to question of Four tish Ambassador) is present. Paleo- | táles, he finally shouts, "I have`no logue says. "I do not hesitate to Pronounce myself in favour of a firm polley." Buchanan refuses to commit Great Britain. I fear that our public option is yet too far from under- standing what national interest so I can affirm that. We have only obviously commands us to do."" decided secretly to call in the 80 Sazonov has ♫ meeting with million roubles which we have de- Janushkevich, Russian chief-of-posited in German benks." sta. At this interview: General Sazonov was not speaking strict-terday and asked his Lordship for Dobrorolski, director of mobilisa- ly the truth, because he made no tion declares that a partial mobili-mention of the decision made that sation is Impossible,' as such would | afternoon. concerning the completely disorganise a general deets and the four military dis-

mobilisation.

tricts. Klev. Odessa. Moscow, Kazan, as well as the two fleets. Baltic and Black Sea.

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Paleologue asks Sazonov one question, "May I notify my govern ment that you have not ordered any military measures?"

tricts.

"None.

two

After the jury had returned thet verdiet on Friday his Lord

to be put ship ordered the case over until yesterday as he found it a "very dimelt case."

Of Negligence"

"You have taken a merciful view,

Tang Wiu, 16, who was accom- of the case, I cannot say I agree panying the deceased, said that with your Verdiet entirely. If he did not see the accident a he had been a member of the jury I was in the lavatory... close-by at would have severely censured the the time. He was following the| driver of the car' said Mr. E. W. deceased all the way about 30 The father of the accused, Ger-Hamilton, the Coroner, at Central feet behind. When he came out gin Singh appeared in Court yes Magistracy yesterday to the jury he saw the deceased lying on the empanelled to enquire into the ground, being knocked down by death of a coolle named Tam Yiu,

the a car. « circumstances surrounding

aged 40, who was knocked down and fatally injured on the "mor÷ ning of June 16 opposite the Hongkong Cricket Club ground, by a car driven by Lam Yu"Ping, of the compradore department of Messrs. "Thoresen & Co.

his only son, and as he was young mercy on the prisoner, as he was

and a victim to opium,

Mr. Fraser, for the Crown, süld he would rather not ask any ques- tions, as he did not want to em- barrass the accused's father.

Prisoner "spid he had nothing further to say.

On the other

The

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A Shantung constable who was on duty at the signal atation... at the junction of Des Voeux Road and Jackson Road, at the time said that he did not actually see the accident but had seen the car passed by. The car was going

faster than the usual speed.

Mr. Hamilton added, that as t

Au Yeung Sur Wang, who was was, he would send the depositions with the driver of the car, said to the Attorney General, and that that the deceased suddenly step- the summonses which were at pre-

ped out of the roadway when the sent standing against the driver car was about

ten yards away. would be dealt with in due course.

When the car was about ten feet summonses against thefrom him, he started to retrace driver were that he falled to have his steps, and was knocked down.. his brakes in emclent and good The car was going between 13 and working order and that he allowed

15 miles per hour. The load car- his car, an Austin seven. No. 108. ried by the deceased appeared to to be on the road with ineficient be very heavy swinging about brakes.

when he tried to dodge the car.

The Car

At à courell of ministers it At London-Grey in a cabinet decided that Russia will get into meeting reads the Austrian ulti- touch with the other powers in matum to Servia. The cabinet order to ask Austria to prolong! décides to keep the fleet concern- the time for the ultimatum, and † trated, The previous ere'ning to advise Servia not to resist but Churchill was

His Lordship:-Your case has dining with the to place herself in the hands of German Ballin, director of the given me a great deal of anxious the powers. In spite of the advice Hamburg America line. Bailin thought You are a very young of the technicians, the ministers seemed thoughtful" and declared man and you have got an excel- Both those points for War and Marine, are authoris that the situation was serious. "I lent record. ed to mobile four military dis remembered having heard old predispose me very strongly to deal

and Bismark say one day, that the with you leniently.

hand, I cannot lose sight of the great European. war would be caused by some affair in the Bal-fact that the jury found you guilty

offence indeed kans. All depends upon the Tsar. of a very serious What will he do if Austria defeats an offence for which the law pro- Servia?. Some years sooner. there vides a sentence of imprisonment and I cannot, after the would have been no danger, be- for fe

The jury which comprised of cause the Tsar was afraid for his jury's patient hearing at your trial,

(foreman throne. But now he felt safer."

pass a sentence that is not propor- Messrs. J. G. Rocha tionate with the gravity of the John Chang" Ah-loi and Chu Stu offence you have committed, One Met, returned a verdict of "Acci-dition of the car, was then given consolation I have is the assurance dental Death, after a retirement by Traffic Sergeant Thomas Mc- Innis, who stated that he tested that a term of imprisonment will of about a quarter of an hour.

Gloucester At yesterday's enquiry, the drive the vehicle at

Road. at least keep you away from opfum. Having regard to a cir-er was represented by Mr. TPK When driving at afteen miles an hour, the hand-brake" alone stop- cumstances, the least sentence Kemble.

ped the car as 151 feet. and the that I can pass on you is a term

footbrake at 87 feet. The two of imprisonment for three years.

ear Accused made threatening gas-

hrakes together stopped the tures at the complainant who was seated by the accused's father, and could be heard shouting as he was led down the steps of the dock,

That evening at the ministry for Foreign Affairs, the German am- bassador. "face congested and eyes flashing" comes out from an inter- vlew, Paleologué enters to Sazo- nov: The discussion with Pourtales

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LICENSING BOARD

MEETING

Applications

For Wanchai

Premises Rejected

An application by Mr. Aaron Landau for a restaurant keeper's adjunct license in respect of a new restaurant to be known 25 "Jimmy's Annex” had to be withdrawn at a meeting of the Licensing Board held yesterday. It was disclosed that the new re staurant is on premises formerly occupied by the Queen's Cafeteria and that a current licence is in existence relative to that address und' had been issued to a Mr. Yu Alin Cho, who has not applied to the Board for the transfer of his 1fcenge to any other party.

The Hon, Sir Thomas Soutborn presided over the Board, others present being the Hon. Mr. R. 2. Lindsell, the Hon. Mr. J. Owen Hughes, Mr. J. L. McPherson," Mr. H. B. L. Dowbiggin, Mr. J. M. Wong, and Mr. W. M.Thomson

(Secretary).

Applications ixi respect ol licenses for certain premises in Wanchai were turned down on the ground that there were sufficient facilities already in that locality,

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The Evidence

Tang Chup, a marine hawker. said that on the morning of June 16, the day of the accident, he en- gaged the deceased to carry scrap Iron to the Kung Tal shop in Wing Wo Street. The iron welgbed about 70 catties, and his son ac- companied the deceased.

Evidence in regard to the con-

at 66 teet.

Mr. D'Almada;-I do not think COLONY'S WATER ernment Civil Hospital testines only, and the handbrake the front

the law prevents the issue of an other licence, conditional on the earler licence being cancelled.

The Chairman: We went into this very carefully before, and on legal advice we found we could do nothing in the' mätter.

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Mr. Dowbiggin-If strikes me that if a publican or licensee is an longer in the Colony, his licence is not effective,

Hon. Mr. Lindsell:-It may be a cause for cancelling the licence He is rendering himself able to have his licence forfeited.

Mr. D'Almada agreed to with- draw the application and ascer- tain what steps could be taken in the matter.

Another Case

A similar point was raised in respect of an application by Lother Hammann' for the transfer of the adjunct licence of "Jimmy's Kit chen," Wanchat, to himself from a man named Hemphar, present holder of the licence.

Mr. Leo D'Almada e Castro, Jnr.,

It was pointed out that no AD plication had been received from Instructed by Mr. C. D'Almada e Castro, appeared on behalf of Mr. the present licensee who had gone

Landau.

The Chairman: I understand that this application is being made on behalf of Mr. Landau for the building now known as Queen's Cafeteria. I am advised that there is already a licence in the name or Yu Man Cho for this building.

the circums- am afraid, under tances, we can take no action un less and until the present licensée. applies for it to be transferred to some other name. We have no such application, so we are unable to proceed to-day!!

Mr. D'Almada: The position, as I understand it, is that the pre- sent licensee is no longer in the Colony. He is a judgment debtor with execution issued against his premises. I was wondering whe- ther, under the circumstances, the

to Manila,

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Wanchai Well Provided

The application of Mrs. Owari Kawakami for a restaurant keeper's adjunct licence th respect of the Kawahau Restaurant, 64, Glouces ter Road, was refused on the Eround that the area was already adequately supplied with licensed premises.

MI. T. H. King, Deputy 1Ģ.P., pointed out that the application was refused last year. He thought it would be rather a retrograde step to increase the number of area. licensed premises in the

There were at present four Ter- taurant keeper's adjunct licences in existence and in addition two Japanese hotel licences and one

Chinese hotel licence.

SUPPLY

Reservoirs Overflow On Island

For the first time since 1933 Tytam Tuk Reservoir on the Island has overflowed as a consequence of the torrential rains which have fallen since Saturday morning, and as a result of which no fewer than 294 million gallons of water bave been added to the reservoir con- tents on the island and on the mainland.

It *

Over fourteen inches of rain were recorded at the Royal Ob- servatory during the period be tween midnight on Friday and 10 a.m. yesterday,

The heaviest fan registered in any one hour was 1.93 Inches be-

10.30 and 11.30 tween Saturday, just after the really heavy showers began.

The following rainfall figures are supplied by the Royal Observa-

tory:

am. on

24 hrs, ending midnight

Saturday

3.97

24 hra. ending midnight

Bunday

2.38

Midnight to 10 am. Sim-

day

4.49

3.26

24 hrs, ending 10 am

Monday

......14.08

Total inches No prospect of a break in the present rainy weather is held out

at the moment.

CEMETERIES FUND

The Hon. Treasurer of the Old

at Macho Restoration Fund, ac knowledges the following dona

Already acknowledged

.....$363.50 Netherland Community "at

Amby

brake lining. There had been some attempt to make the two brakes work together but they were not in Working order when tested.

The car was not in good condi tion, both the front wheels were loose on the axle. the left one was particularly so on the hub as it affected the steering. The Toot- Dr. G. E. Thomas, of the Gov-brake worked on the rear wheels.

that deceased Was admitted to wheels There was grease on the the hospital on the morning in question. On admission, his gen- eral condition was good. There were superficial abrasions on the left temple, left cheek and front In reply to the Coroner, Sergeant of both knees, a simple fracture of Matnnis said that there was no the left upper arm bone, and the obligation on the part of the driv- spine appeared injured as the deer to have his car examined by ceased was unable to move both the police, but there was a regu- his lower limbs."

lation which did not allow any cár Coroner: Were his injuries, con- it be dir the road with inefficient sistent with him being knocked brakes. down from behind?".

Dr. Thomas: I don't think there was a direct knock.

Continuing, Dr. Thomas, said that the condition" of deceased gradually became worse and he died on July 10.

4)

Driver's Evidence The driver of the car, Lam Yu Ping said that when he sounded his horn, the deceased increased his pace to cross the road, but after passing the car the deceased, for some reason or other started On the following day, he made to run back. He tried to swerve a post-mortem examination and but was too late. He did not see found that the body was rather a bus coming in another direction poorly developed: The second lumb- The Teason why he did not stop er veterórne was fractured and the car before, was that the de- death was due to toxaemia result-ceased had already passed him. ing from cystites caused by paraly. He had not been driving the ear as from the fractured saine. The for the previous few days, and he injuries could be caused by direct did not know that condition of or indirect violence. If nocked the brakes: He did not test them down with a weight on his should as they were readjusted only about ers, the man might have twisted a month ago. his spine.

Eye-Witness's Story

Mr. Kemble then produced a bill to this effect."

After all the evidence had been Mr. O. C. Womack, surveyor of given, the Coroner read out the the Public Works Department, depositions of the deceased-taker told the Court that on, the day in while he was in hospital. The question he was in Queen's Road man stated that when he started Central, close to the temporary to cross the road, he looked about Hongkong and Shanghat Bank and found no trame. After taking Building, crossing from south to a tew steps, he saw a bus coming north. He saw a colle, the de- in the opposite direction, and ceased, carrying a pole and two started to retrace his steps" but baskets over his shoulders, start was then, struck by the car. He to walk across the road from south heard no sounding of the horn." to north He was going west. .!!! The Summing Up.

Witness then noticed an Austin

In the course of his summing

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front seat proceeding from east up the Coroner said that it was to west. He could not say if fortunate for the driver in that Protestant Church and Cemeteries porn was blown. The coolle start- he was seen by an eye-witness to HATS

ed to "dodge" and the car did the be driving at a reasonable speed, same, and they saw each otherHe was however, undoubtedly when they were more than ve guilty of negligence in that the but less than ten yards apart. The brakes were in bad condition, bat car was proceeding alowly at whether the negligence amounted about 12-15 miles per hour. After to criminal or not, it was up to the third "dodge." the car struck the jury to find out. the coolle directly in the middle of the radiator. The coolle was knocked down and the front and rean wheels passed over him.

Or similar grounds the applica cxisting leance could be washed tion of Yee Lal for an adjunctions out, or, alternatively, whether thiscence for the European Cafe, 27.

Johnson Road, who refused. Board could grant Mr. Landau his application conditional upon his making some attempt to get the present licensee to withdraw his Ucence or take the necessary steps...). for transfer.

No Power

The Chairman: We have no power in this matter at all. We are governed strictly by the Ordin- ance. We had to make a precisely similar order in a previous case The applicant can wait until the licence expires.

Applicant said he had had no previous experience of running licensed premises. A liquor licence would improve his business.

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In reply to the Coroner, Mr. Womack said that he expected the car to stop before the accident. Z that late he were sider the same chem-

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when the car struck him?

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