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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1935.

Around the Courts

BELCHER'S „STREET FIRE

Coroner's Inquiry Enda

The Coroner's enquiry into the the circumstances surrounding death of Chan Kui, à woman, 76 years of age, who was one of the victims of the fire which occurred in Belcher's Street on February 25 last. was concluded, at Central Magistracy yesterday.

Mr. W. Schofield, sitting BS Coroner, was assisted by a jury Hilller comprising Messrs. W. S (foreman), A. F. Paul and F. X. Remedios.

At the outset of yesterday's hearing, Sergeant Kinnear gave evidence regarding his arrival at the scene. He said, that when he reached Belcher's Street, he was cold that an old woman was lying. desd Beach Street. Finding that the woman was dead, witness sent for a dead box and had the body removed to No. 7 Police Station and later to the Public Mortuary. Later in the morning, witness was present at the Mortu- ary when deceased was identified by her daughter and a tenant of the house she was living in."

CORRESPONDENCE H.K. VOLUNTEER THE RESOLUTE

Läp letters intended for puanica- tion must be accompanied by the " name and address of the writer, not

DEFENCE CORPS

ARRIVES

for publication, unless so desired. (Orders by Lieutenant-ColBMore Tourists Here but as evidence of good faith.-ED.)

CATHEDRAL PRESENTATIONS

would have been of little ase, be- ing excessable only from the roof; and we copaider no permanent ob struction should be placed on a continuas verandah which would make it impossible to escape along (To the Editor of the "Hong Kong the verandah in case of einergency, we are also of definite opinion that tea drying should not be allowed in tenemented houses unless by consent of the Fire Brigade,

ECHO TO NULLAH MURDER CASE

Daily Press ")

Sir--The Colony will shortly be losing two well-known figures in the Very Reverend Dean Swann

Dowbierto,

·Hong Kong V.D.C) \/

OBITUARY

The ss. Resolute, the luxurious Hamburg-Amerika liner, arrived The Commandant regrets to an-here yesterday morning on her nounce the death of No. 184214th annual round-the-world tour, Private . Normington, A.ALA Co.. and berthed at Kowloon Wharf which occurred on Feb, 16, 1935

GENERAL Lecture

There are over 300 passengers 'aboard, and of these 194 are

A talk on the recent Operations Americans and 87 Germans, the and Mr. Frederick Mason. The will be given by Colonel H. C. Har. / remainder comprising French, Bri- rison, D.S.O., 0.8.01 Chia Com-tish, Italian, Swiss, Spanish, Ar

gentinian, Rumanian, Uruguayan, ruand at Volunteer Headquarters as

Portuguese, Czecho-Slovakian and 6 p.m. on Monday, April 1,

Hungarian citizens.

Cathedral Counefl. is organizing presentation funds and has circu- larized members of the Cathedral congregation. As however, the Ng Lot Yuen, alias Ng Yick Lam, Dean and Mr. Mason have many. allas' Ng Yick Sang. the 29-year- friends not connected with the old Chinese who was found guilty Cathedral we shall be glad of the on the charge of murder in the hospitality of your columns to an- Nullah Murder Case last year, paldnounce that subscriptions to the the supreme penalty at Victoria presentation funds (limited to $5 Gaol on Thursday at dawn when

in each case) will be gladly recely he was hanged.

ed by any of the undersigned or may be paid in direct to the Chair- tered Bank of India. The pre- sentations will be made at a re- ception to be held in the Cathed- ral Hall on Monday, 8th April, at 5.30 p.m., tea being served riom 4.45 pm. Yours etc.

It will be recalled that after he was found guilty by the special Jury empanelled to try the case, Mr. R. C. H. Lim, counsel for the defence, applied to the Privy Council for leave to appeal but this was not granted, word to that effect having been received in the Colony early

in the week.

At Central Magistracy yesterday, an enquiry was held into the cir- cumstances surrounding the death of the deceased. Mr. W. Schofield sat as Coroner and was assisted by Messrs. E. R. Price (foreman), Tong Bik Ming and Ling Man I.

Brief Summing-up, After the last witness had given evidence, His Worship addressed the jury. He remarked that they had visited the scene of the fire and so knew the condition of the place. As to the actual cause of

At the enquiry, Dr. L. Shaw and the death

of deceased, pedical Chief Warder Barrett were the only evidence pointed out that she re-

witnesses called and after they had ceived injuries and all the ribs

given evidence the jury returned a were broken, and this bears, out verdict of "death by judicial hang

that she had fallen from a certain height.

Els Worship said that it was difficult from the evidence to find what was the actual cause of the Are. As was stated in the evi- dence, tea had never been left to

ing."

LADY DRIVER SUMMONED

Mrs. Roffey of the Hong Kong University was yesterday summon-

A. PREARLEY, F.. T. Boswell, Lt-Com. RN. P. S. CASSIDY.

POLICE RESERVE CONCERT "

To the Editor," Hong Kong Daily Press"]

Sir, I shall be much obliged if you will kindly allow me a space in your paper to acknowledge my hearty thanks to the ladies and gentlemen who have given their voluntary services to the Dramatic

·Entertainment, given by the Chin-

ese Company of the Hong Kong Police Reserve at the King's Thea- tre on the night of the 28th March, which has proved to be a

dry the whole night through and ed before Mr. W. Schofield at the that the baskets, on which tea was dried were kept aside from the stoves when work was over. It was diso stated that rice pans were put on the stoves to prevent fire.

Central Magistracy for driving car.great success.

Only Guess-Work

As to who was to blame for the Are, the jury were to consider the master of the tea house was to be, blamed for having his workmen's lor hours of work thus causing them to go careless and leave some drying basket near the stove, thus causing the Are.

Our thanks are particularly due

No. 1849 without due care and can-

March 7 at 1240 p.m. tion in Upper Albert Road on to Mr. Ma Sze Trang, Misses Tam Lan Hing and Wal Shiu Fong and Messrs. Fung Bing Tsang, Pun Yat On, Fung Harp Wan and Lo Man

The summons was taken out at

the, instance of Private R, Weavy,

of the Lincolnshire Regiment. Mrs. Roffey pleaded, not guilty to the summons which was adjourned till Monday morning.

DESTITUTE CHARGED

Louis Maxime, a British subject His Worship was yesterday charged before Mr. then remarked that was only. A. Macfadyen at the Central guess-work, as there was no evi- | Magistraty with vagrancy, dence which pointed that any basket or anything burning mater-

It was stated that defendant came here in 1933, but later went

Woon, and all the other artists

who took part in the performance, friends and well wishers who so I also wish to thank all those enthusiastically supported the en-

tertainment which made it finan- cially a great success. Yours etc.

T. O. T'so, Chairman of the Committee. Hong Kong, March 28,

ial was near the stoves on that to the country. He returned here LOOKING TO THE

particular night.

Then come the question of the action of the Fire Brigade and the Police Department for the jury to

sometime ago and was under the care of St. John's Cathedral and the Benevolent Society.

He was committed to the House

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ORIENT

commend. The Kennedy Town of Detention, pending being sent For Feminine Modes Fire Station had only one fire back to Mauritius appliance and only one ladder, 25 feet long, which seemed to point that the necessity in this station was not enough, but His Worship remarked that long ladders were not quite necessary as that build- ing had an iron fire escape at the back of the house,

This fire escape. seemed to be useless in any case of emergency such as the fire, and from evidence, nobody had made their escape through this way, His Worship then mentioned about" concrete staircase being made, and remind ed the jury whether they would add a rider to this effect.

The Six Points

At the very first hearing of this enquiry, the jury was asked by His Worship to answer the follow

ng six questions, with which it would help them to and the Verdict:

The cause of death; The cause of the fire;

Whether anyone was to blame for the Are w

For the possession of 121 po piu tickets at Stanley Street near Pot- tinger, Street, Yu Lok, 19-year-old girl was fined $40 or three weeks' hard labour. by Mг, Q. A. A. Mac- fadyen at Central Magistracy yes- terday.

Sentence of three months' hard labour was passed by Mr. Mac- fadyen in the Central Police Court yesterday on Chan Ng, 23, unem played, for the theft of two woollen and one cloth jacket from No. 1 Tung Shing Lane Det-Sergt. P. Guild stated that there was a fire at the place on Thursday and tenant in adjoining houses had to remove their belongings. Defen- dant was arrested later in Morri son Street with the stolen proper- The accused admitted a pre- vious conviction for stealing.

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Sally Dickason, Fifth Avenue'a foremost authority on Travel Fashions, is among the 337 passen- gers aboard the Hamburg-Ameri- can liner, "Resolute," that arrived here to-day on her annual World Cruise:

All ranks of active Units, Cadres and Reserves are invited to attend. PARADE

Among the notable passengers are Duke Ludwig, of Bavaria, að- Corps. 1st Battery

companied by the Duchess: Prince. The Battery will parade at Head-Adolf von Schaumburg-Lippe," of the Princess; quarters on Thursday, April 4 at Bueckeburg and 5.30 pm. Camp Pay will be drawn Baron Bel Friedrich Schilling von on this date.

Cannstatt, of Berlin; Baron Oscar Corps Engineers

von der Lancken-Wagnita, of Ber- Parade at Miniature Range onlin; Prince Rudolf Hohenlohe- Monday, April 1, 1935 at 5.30 pm

Langenburg, and the Princess All ranks are notified that the Anna; Baron Joachim van Finck.. Annual Supper and Prize Distribu-of Noethnitz, near Dresden; Baron tion will take place on Saturday, Friedrich von Diergardt, of Lever- April 6, 1935. Separate notice has kusen; and Count von Ptell, of been sent to each member (re-Adelsdorf, and the Countess, peated).

Corpe Slynats en ban Parade at Corps Headquarters at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2

Machine Gun Battalion

NO. 1 COMPANY · Musketry. Part III. will be red at Stonecutters Rauge on Sunday, March 31, 1935.

Launch will leave Queen's Pier at 8.30 am. calling at Kowloon Follen Pier at 8.40a.m.

Range Oficer to be detalled. by O.C. Company (repeated).

NO. 2 COMPANY...... An informal talk on Night Operx-

tions by Colonel HC. Harrisou, D.8.0. G3.01, China Command will be given at Headquarters on Monday, April 1 at 6 p.m. A

Tanks should attend.

Thursday, April 1-Company will parade at Headquarters at 5.30 pm in Lecture Room for discussion re- garding recent Night Operations.

EIGNAL UNITS

A signal course will be com-

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menced on Wednesday, April 3 with standard necessary for qualinca a view to bringing ranks up to the tion. It is essential that regularity in attendance be maintained if full advantage of intruction is to be

received.

ARMOURED CAR-SECTION Parade on Tuesday, April 2 at Headquarters at 5.30 p.m.

Corps Infantry Parade at Headquarters on Tues-

day, April 2 at 5.30 p.m. Drill ul-

der Regular N.CO's

All ranks of the Company, are requested to attend this parade in view of the need for practice be- fore the King's Jubilee parades.

Dress: Belts, Frogs, Bayoneta and Rifles

GOOD PRESS DAY

Celebrations For To-morrow

All the local Catholic chur are holding special celebrations on Sunday in connection with "Good Press Day" which is being observed on that day. The pur pose of Good Press Day is to direct the attention of all to the need of good reading and to the promotion of it..

In addition to the religious

celebrations, there will also be held a Dramatle Performance and Lecture in the Club de Recreio on the night before, that is, on Saturday, at 9 o'clock. The play promises to be a particularly interesting one, for it is being Performed by the same: capable artistes who drew such remarkable. crowds to the recent performances

which they gave of "Cacetila." It ts entitled "Dearies" and is a laughable comedy in three acts. the evening In the course of there will be a Lecture on the Good Press movement, by the RevT. F. Ryan, S.J. Editor of

The Rock.">$

On Sunday there will be a special supply of periodicals and pamphlets on sale outside the church doors, and facilities will also be provided for the reception of names from those who wish to become members of the newly- established- Hong Kong Catholic Truth Society"

Musketry: Stonecutters, April 7. Those men who have not fred Part 11, and the Interport team should attend at Stonecutters to fire with the casuals of the Corps.

Range Officer: Lieut. F P.nesday, April 3, 1935 in the Minia Sequeira.

ture Range at Volunteer Head- Details as issued by the Corps for quarters at 5.30 pm. Well-known throughout the Far Casuals

Lecturer: Lieut. I T. Ride, MA, East in consequence of her tre- It should be noted that MB, R.Ch, MRCA LR.CP. quent visits here in company with Officer, N.CO. or man who has al- her author-lecturer-cinema pro-ready fred Part III with the ex- ducer husband, Deane H. Dicka- ception of the Interport team son, she is now on her ninth trip | should attend on this date. around the world since 1920.

WEAPON TRAINING:

All remaining Casuals Rifle Part I will fire at Stonecutters on Bunday, April 7. Lhunch leaves Queen's Pier at 8.30 a.m., calling Kowloon Fier at 840 am.

Range Omcer: Lt. F. P. Sequeira. Note: Only those who have not ared will attend.

· LECTURE · ROOM-“ALLOTMENT-

The Lecture Room is allotted to No. 2 Company on April 4 at 5:30

D.M.

LEAVE

"Sally," as she is known to everyone everywhere, recently wrote a brochure for Bonwit Teller of New York City, whom she is travel fashion adviser, entitled, Your Cruise Wardrobe: What to Wear and When to Wear It," that won instant acclaim from the New York press for its timeliness and completeness. It proved a much- On a charge of being found on needed boon to the prospective enclosed premises on the second feminine traveler, outlining in de- floor of No. 7 Wellington Street at tail her every need in whatever 0.10 sm on Thursday, for an un- quarter of the globe she might be lawful purpose Chan Wing. 30. tn-cruising employed, appeared before Mr. Macfadyen in the Central Magie USEFUL BOOKLET

Bally also has compiled a "Shop- If the owners of the house had tracy yesterday and was fined $25 pets Round-the-World Guide granted 10 months leave from provided any means of escape in or three week's imprisonment. De popularly known as "Eally's Little 13.3.35 to 12.1.36. the event of a fire breaking oEL **** fective-Sergeant R. J. Clarke stated Green Book," listing all the mer- IF Wright Reserve Com Jury's Verdict that the premises were rented by from Madeira to Stoney pany, granted 7 months leave from The jury retired for about 20 the Hong Kong Hotel as residence who are known to her as establish- 23.35 to 23.10.35 minutes after which they returned for the "bors On Thursdayed trustworthy and generally re

morning one of the occupants dis- - liable the following verdict:

covered defendant - trying to

Little twist the lick on a rattan basket. Detend was a formerien- ployee, at the Hotel.

If there was any criticism of the work of the Fire Brigade;

If there was any way of escape; and m

The cause of death accidental death whilst trying to escape from the fire: The cause of the Evidence riven, we mine, but are of the the long bourn, wh men had to work a tendenc

to through Ing work take

Lleut EP Fletcher, 4.8.C.C. granted 10 months leave from 0.3.35 to 8.1.36,

Lt, J. R. Way, No. 3 Company,

No 1401 Pté. J. N. Bweeney, Re- this serve Company A Section, grant- haped leave from 23.335 to 31.12.85.” has No: 1561. Bdr C. W L Cole, Impli-Battery inted months leave Every

P. White, No. Platoon, granted: 10 months leare: York from 1.438 to 134

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