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CORONERS INQUESTS

Body On Railway Line

Around the Courts

STEALING CLOTH

For stealing three yards of cloth a tailor named Tsang Yuk- cheong was sentenced to six

· Defendant when charged stated. that he did not know the meaning of "steal" as he had only brought the chairs hime for his children. who had told him there were no

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A coroner's inquiry was held by weeks imprisonment by Mr. E. I. | chairs at home, Mr. E. W. Hamilton yesterday at Wynne-Jones at the Central Ma-Defendant had a previous con- the Kowloon Magistracy into the gistracy yesterday.

viction, for lizeny. circumstances attending the death Sub-Inspector McEwen stated of Chan On, cook, whose body that defendant was given a roll of was found on the railway at the cloth to cut into a dress length; No. 7 Rallway Bridge near Prince but he kept three yards back, Edward Road on November 21. allegedly with the Intention of The jury empanelled were Messrs.} selling it. He was seen yesterday W. Nabr (foreman); E. P. Souza trying to pawn the cloth. and Yip Chung Kay.

"It is a serious offance, uttering counterfeit coing,” said Mr. E, W. Hamilton at the. Kowloon Magis- tracy yesterday, when he sen- tenced Yeung Yuen, aged 23, un- employed, to three months' hard labour. Defendant waa charged } with uttering a counterfelt ten- cent piece to Lai Pak-kee, an eating house keeper, on Tues- Hia. Worship: You had money day. Three counterfeit ten- already. There was no need for cent pieces were found in the de- you to steal:

fendant's possession when he Defendant: My pay was not was arrested. Detective-Sergeant enough for my needs.

Poyntz prosecuted.

When searched at the Police Station; defendant was found to have $7.20 in his possession. He had just received his pay.

Medical evidence "given" by Dr. Uttley officer in charge of Kow loon Mortuary tended to show that deceased met his death by elther having fallen off the train" or was knocked down but was not run over, as from the post mor- tem examination held on Novem- ber 22 deceased had an extensive cut in the right of his head, with compound fracture of the right| eye and right and left legs.

Internal examination revealed Sentence of six weeks hard las that two ribs were broken, the bour was meted out to a man em- stomach injured and the skull ployed at St. Paul's Church for was extensively fractured.

stealing two foldmg chairs from Death which was instantaneous was due to multiple injuries and bemorrhage.

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Sergeant J. F. Kennedy in evid- ence said that he made examina-

STEALING CHAIRS

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Appearing at the Kowloon Ma- gistracy yesterday on a charge of obtaining Afteen cattles of grass

paper by false pretences, from Ll Slu-wah, a fokl of the Cheung Kl paper shop, 26 Kilung Street, on December 23. Chak La, a shop the church by Mr. E. £. Wynne- ; foki,” was sentenced to three. Jones yesterday at the Central months' hard labour by Mr. E. W. Magistracy.

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but could find no blood stains. Shoes found near the locality: fitted the dead man.

A photograph of deceased taken at the mortuary was identified by Law Kit Ming as being her hus- bard.

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ATLANTIQUE ENQUIRY

New Surprise In Case

(Special Air Mail Service

London, Dec. 12.

names of Stavisky and of. four mysterious Englishmen were sud- denly mentioned..

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That the deceased had been dismissed four days, prior to his death for smuggling was related to the court by Fung Tak On, caterer to the Kowloon Canton Railway up or their firms forced out of The sedate atmosphere of the He was also told by a passenger business altogether. The result is First Appeal Court in Paris was on November 22 that the deceased that large numbers of masters and disturbed when, during the hearing was seen standing on the steps mates have had to seek a livell-of the Atlantique appeal case; the of a third class compartment and hood elsewhere. Some of these when it neared the Bridge de- officers are now to be found in all ceased was not seen again. After) sorts of queer and unusual occupa Mr. A. E. Perry Assistant Tractions, which indicate their resource According to Maltre Chrestell, Manager of the KCR, had given and adaptability to new conditions counsel for the insurers, detectives evidence, his Worship addressed

The secretary of the Imperial on the track of the missing Sta- the jury who returned a verdict Merchant Service Guild has recel-visky Jewels were the Arst bo of accidental death by falling off ved a letter from one of them, ser- stumble on evidence of the highest the train attaching no blame to ving as an instructor in a camp of importance to the insurers of the anybody,

unemployed men, under the con-Atlantique, which tended to show trol of a Government department that the electrical wiring of the He is satisfied, with the salary and | ship, had serious defects. treatment he receives, but is stil! anxious to return to sea.

Coolie Killed

Mr. Schofield was assisted by a jury comprised of:-MessTE F. M. Ozorio (foreman); G. A. Carvalho and Chau Fook Ng

Mr. G. K Hall-Bratton appear ed on behalf of Sub-Inspector Dredge, the driver of car No. 3684, which was involved in the ac- cident

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PORTER AEROPLANE

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Longer Range And Higher Loading

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A scheme which may revolu- tionize long distance flying has been taken up by a leading firm of British aircraft constructors and will shortly be put to prac- tical test.

rier aeroplane helps to lift the other to its operational height and then uncouples.

London, Dec. 12. on it another socket in which the fuselage of the upper machine is supported at about the mid-point

The locking mechanism may be arranged to be released only by the combined or consecutive operation of controls located in Mr. R. Mayo is the holder both. machines. Alternatively, it of the patent concerned which is may be arranged to release auto- for "Composite Aircraft," the ob-matically when a predetermined ject being to enable highly load-excess lift acts on the wings of ed, high speed aeroplanes to be the upper aeroplane. aeroplanes in mid-air. launched from special carrier

It be assumed, says the The car "Morning Post," that the upper aeroplane is a long-range aero- plane loaded up with "petrol to such an extent that it would be unable to take off within the confines of the ordinary aero- drome, the function of the lower machine will be to help it to take-off quickly and to lift it to its operational height of 5,000 feet or more. When once there it can

level maintain

fight without difficulty for a long period. With the composite aircrafts

Landing the ordinary take-on run for the No landing difficulty occurs be second machine is eliminated and cause, by the time it has reached this maching is artificially furnish- its destination and fa preparing to ed with a large margin of engine land, a sufficient weight of fuel power and of wing surface; The has been consumed to permit a

its operational height with a large ing speed. L. by any chance, a result is that it is able to reach reasonably alow gilding and land-

overload of fuel. It is carried up | forced landing is imminent before by the "porter" aeroplane.

much fuel has been consumed, Bombing aeroplanes would be the pilot would make use of some able to enjoy an increased radius fuel-jettisoning device. df action and commercial chines would be able to titgher wing loading and. fore, a higher top speed.

Hitherto the great difficulty has been to get heaylly loaded aero- planes to their operational height at the beginning of a long flight The take-off has been a matter of danger and difficulty and the climb for the first few hundred feet has entalled a big drain on engine power.

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"Berlous defects in the electrical wiring of the Atlantique first be- An inquiry into the death of a Masters and officers have taken came known in a curious way,” coolle, Pang Yeung who was up all kinds of jobs, from the high-said Maitre Chresteil. In March, alleged to have been run over by est to the lowest, as dignity does 1934, he explained, the Sûreté á motor car at about 1 am on not count when a family is in dis- Générale, tracking the missing December 16, at Pottinger Street cress: Bome of these men are work- Stavisky. Jewels in"London.. Paris, was conducted by W. Schofield at ing on poultry farms, a few are and Geneva, received information Central Magistracy yesterday. doing their best as shoemakers, which led them to investigate the and one is believed to be doing mysterious movements of four well as a chimmey sweep. House Englishmen, who cashed a large painting and widow cleaning are sum in a British bank in Geneva.

A parallel to the composite air- Occupying the time of some of The men had then slipped across these unfortunate:

a craft is to be found in the aux- men, whilst the French frontier to the small others have gone on the road as village of Champagnolias.

there- Mary locomotive zometimes emi- pedlars from village to village.

ployed in order to start a heavily Detective Inspector Charpentier,

Locking Devices

laden train from a station on an Certain navigating officers are who, it will be recalled, broke in The "porter aeroplane is at-up-grade. The auxiliary locomo- acting as chauffeuts, driving.milk- to find the dead body of Stavisky Dr. G. H. Thomas of the Govern-doats, and even as dog breeders, in Chamonix, questioned a certain

tached to the other machine by tive is only necessary for the up- ment Civil Hospital, said that on but surely the most uncommon Frenchman who lives in Champag- It is only when the upper machine uncoupled. Similarly the "porter" means of special locking devices. grade and can subsequently be December 16 at about 2.35 am. fob of all for a seaman is that of nolles. This man, said Maitre has sufficient lift to entare safe aeroplane is only necessary for deceased Was adrutted to the trimming graves Hospital, and died at about 6.05 head-stones in a churchyard.

and cleaning Chresteil, was the representative separations of the two components the initial climb and can subse-

in France of the British firm which and independent controlled flight quently be uncoupled. am, the same morning.

The foregoing only represent a suppiled the gyroscopie compass Witness made a post-mortem few of the pecullar positions All- and automatic pilot to the Atlantiseparation of the two

of the upper machine.. that examination on deceased anded by fully qualified captains and found the skull was injured on the deck officers during the grave

piace. right top of the head. There were shipping depression when there: abrasions on the chin, cheek, and has been simply no chance of tol right shoulder. Internally, one of lowing their profession on the high the ribs was fractured. The right seas. low liver was torn open about

three inches long.

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Catapulting has afro been pro- take posed for the same purpose of getting heavily loaded aircraft has into the air: but a catapult does

"I Know A Becret"

The lower aeroplane

Charpentier's report, quoted by

According to Detective Inspector mounted on the upper surface of not have the same effect as the Maitre Chresteil, the Frenchman

ita wings, sockets in which the Mayo scheme, because it does not axles of the under-carriage of the assist the aeroplane in gaining its said: "I know a secret concerning upper aeroplane rest. Further aft operational height, it only elimin- the French mercantile marine." the lower aeroplane has mounted' atës the take-off run.

why mysterious Englishmen came to see him he said that before the [Special to the "Hong Kong Daison board to test his firm's appara- Atlantique's last voyage he went Press" (Copyright).1

-Berlin, Dec. 28.

COLLISION IN HARBOUR

As the Italian-cruiser "Quarto” was leaving Harbour on Wednes

Junk which was overturned as a day night she ran into a big cargo result of the impact.

FLOATING IGE.

FACTORY

Traffic Inspector C F Alexan- GERMAN RAW MATERIAL Replying to Charpentier's question dey said that at about 8 am on December 18, Sub-Inspector Saum- ders told him that a motor a cident had occurred at Pottinger Street. At 9.15 a.m. witness visit-

tus. He found it in perfect order,

(Special Air Mail Servies) ed the scene with Sub-Inspector The Institute for Market Re-installation on which it depended but ted that the electrical Saunders.

London, Dec. 12. On arriving at the search in its end of the year re was defective. He immediately place, Sub-Inspector

A most remarkable ship was to Baunders view says the scarcity of raw made a report to his London head showed him two parts of a water materials is being felt in some office in order to protect his firm avoid a launch which was towing A well-known scientist, Professor be seen at Cardi recently. She is The cruiser in an attempt to pipe, a short and long one. At industries. Substitute textiles have if the.

the Tunisie, a floating ice factory. 10.15 am witness went to Dod-not as yet made great advance disaster resulting from a break the unfortunate cargo junk.

Atlantique experienced a junk, swerved, only to run into Georges Claude, has equipped her well's Garage at Rassell Street largely because of existing stocks down of the gyroscopic compass and there he found a damaged and outstanding delivery con- or automatic pilot.

with elaborate plant with which The crew and a cargo of rice he hopes to produce ice in large car, No. 3664. The right, front tracts, but by 1935 it is likely to

were thrown into the water, but gentities in tropical seas When the Atlantique disaster all were rescued except one small

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wheel was punctured and the see a great development in the occurred the Frenchman decided:glil, who is believed to have been utilising the differences In tem front mudguard was”: damaged. |'artificial silk fudustry and a rum-as à patriotle citizen, to say noth-drowned The Quarto made a reperature found at the surface and The man at Dodwell Garage in ber of new factories will begin ng In December, 1933, he receiv port of the incident to the police formed witness that the car was operations. At present imports and ed visit from an Englishman who before proceeding to Baigun. hired by Sub-Inspector Dredge of home production cover three wanted him to go to London to the previous day and had returai quarters of Germany's current give evidence regarding the Atlan ed it on that morning at about textile requirements 2.a.m.

On the same morning witanes | discussed the accident with Sub-

#que. He refused

The Frenchman said in his statem that the Englishman who came to see him seemed per fect

with all he said

Inspector Saunders. Sub-Inspec- that any one had been' Inju for Dredge was also in the room. He explained that but was not talking with them, parked on the left side Witness said that he knew that tinger Street and when he

The insurers of the liner Atlan- the car was driven by a Kuropean to the right, so as to avoid sirik- tique, which was burned out, are whereupon Sub-Inspector Dredge ing the car, his car ran on to the appealing against the verdict of said that he was the one who pavement and struck the wall the previous that the vessel drove the car. Witness, then, wak- Witness added that he had been, la, a total low, and that even if od Inspector Dredge why did he informed that the passengers, In not report – the matter to the the cår eidmined the place around Police, Bab-Inspector Dredge re- but found nobody hurt. pilled that he thonigh! It was a The inquiry was then adjourned very amall affair and had no idea until to-day.

could be repaired the cost would amount to over 100,000,000 franics (about 21,800.0 British companies would to Hab) for most

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The Tunisie had so much of in the depths of equatorial reas.

this apparatus pipes, tanks," "and" cylinders on deck that the masts and funnel were practical- ly's hidden. She will also be ac- companied by a cafio ship carry ing 110 sections of thick piping, each 20 feet long.

John Reginald Hinton mercan tile assistant, who died at the Canossa Hospital on March 5, 1932, left local estate vained at $10,700 A point about 12 miles from Mr. G. G. N. Tinaon has been Rio de Janeiro the pipe wIT 66 granted leave to seal certified copy lowered into the sea, and cold water of probate, of the will,

will be paarped up thröngti (B Chan Wing-chi, of 62, Wuhu charas Vibe within it for conver Street. Han died on Decem- sion into Idé, If the experiment be 2, 1933, leaving $88,100, probites successful 11 big of the will being granted to Chan Wah,

Bhe Leung, chuen, of 44, Jervois probate. -Strest, died July 6. leaving 442,650. | lef and the FIR