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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1937.

SEQUEL TO

ACCIDENT

Naval Officers On Driving Charges

"COMPENSATION TO

MRS. ALFRED HICKS

accident at The unfortunate Shek-O. last month when Mrs. Hicks, widow of Mr. Alfred Hicks Editor of the "Hong Kong Tele- graph", was seriously injured, had à sequel at the Central Magistracy yesterday

when Pay.-Lt. J. O Britton, of H. M. S. Tamar, a penrea before Mr. R. A. D. Forrest to answer charges of driving motor cycle without a licence and driving in a dangerous manner ut Shek O Road on October 16 With him appeared Lt.-Crd. R. C. Ho- venden, owner of the cycle, who was charged with allowing an un- licensed driver to drive it.

LAST STAND AT PAN CHIA-TAI

Graphic Report By Lone Survivor

With blood flowing from a shat-hour of his instructions. As the tered left leg and forming red f first Japanese column advanced, pools on the floor of the head- the Chinese waited grimly for the quarters of his Brigade Commar- order to Are. When the enemy were der, a Chinese private attached to within a distance of a few hun- the company detalled to defend dred yards, Commander Pan rave Pan Chla-Tai at all costs, just had the order. and the machine- time to make his report of the gunners did their deadly work. wiping out of the entire regiment before the fainted.

Outnumbered as they were, they succeeded in repulsing the first The following dramatic story is advance, but the Japanese kept on the report he gave.

For many weeks," prior to the company's last desperate stand. the Japanese warships kept up a heavy barrage of their position. killing many and completely des- troying the dug-outs.

On the morning of September 11, the ranks had been reduced to Atty men, including the company Commander Pan. The latter knew the end was near. His communi- cations were cut off so there was no means of getting in touch with headquarters for reinforcements.

The Fateful Day

Traffic Inspector 8. C. Saunders. prosecuting. said Lt. Britton had been most refreshingly frank. He

So strong was the premonition himself had admmitted that hehe felt of the fate which would be was going at 50 miles an hour just theirs that day, that he elected to prior to the accident, and at the

speak to his regiment of arty. time of the actual mishap could instilling courage into them, urging not have been doing much less co-operation and promising that Nevertheless. He had to press the be would remain with them till the charge and he asked that a very hitter, end. Moreover, he ordered substantial fine be imposed.

that no ammunition be wasted until the Japanese approached.

They did not have long to walt, The first attack came within an

WHAT IF I

LOST CONTROL Describing the accident Inspec tor Saunders said defendant was driving from Big Wave Bay Road to Windy Gap. with Lt.-Cdr. Hi- venden riding pillion, He came to the first straight portion of the road, and when negotiating a bend a little further up, lost control. Mrs. Hicks was at the time walk-and how about $5." asked Tiang ing on the road, going in the same direction, on the left side, and she was struck down by something-it could not be ascertained whether by the cycle or the riders. She

was still in hospital and could not say anything about the accident. She could not even remember whe. ther she had gone for a walk that afternoon or not.

I-

DON'T PAY?"

"What if I don't pay the

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coming, knowing full well that the Chinese had only a handful of men. But it was not until their ese from seventh attempt to rout the Chin- Japanese succeeded..

their position that the

Only One Gun

machine guns save one had been By that time all the Chinese

put out of commission, and forty- four of the fifty men were dead. Commander Pan was one of the survivors though, he was badly wounded.

In a last desperate stand before the end, Commander Pan planted himself firmly behind the only available machine gun and blazed away at the enemy as" they ad- vanced. Bullets from the other!! side fell like rain, and Commander Pan was hit in several places, but he kept on fighting. Finally, when his supply of ammunition was exhausted, he drew out his pistol, and fired all six bullets chamber, before he tell.

in the

[LATE MR. C.C, HANCOX

Funeral Yesterday

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ner

The funeral of Mr. C. C. Hancox,

late caretaker of the Asiatic Petro- leum Co., Ltd., who died on Thurs day. took place at the Protestant Cemetery yesterday, when the Rev.

graveside. H. W. Balnes ofcated at the

Hung. described as a professional beggar; of Mr. R. A. D. Forrest yesterday when he was fined $10 for mendicancy. "You will pay the fine." His

and if I hear another word from Worship ordered.

Amongst those present were Mr. you I will make it heavier."

Inspector Mair said defendant | W.' A. "Butterfield, Mr. A. Brown, was arrested outside No. 9 Eastern Miss C. Brown, Mr. E. Laidlaw, Mr. Street. When searched at No. 7. Watson, Mr. A. L. Wood, and Police Station he had 320.08. on a few others.

Reading a doctor's report garding Mrs. Hicks' injuries, spector Saunders said she suffered him, but refused to go on ball of a fractured skull, concussion and

$10, offering only $5 instead. an Injury to her back, possibly a

There Was nothing whatever minor fracture of the spine. She wrong with the man and he was was likely to remain in hospita!

not even excessively elderly. for some weeks yet, and there was also likelihood of permanent in- jury to her head.

CIVIL CLAIM

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to recover, and lost control. He had said he held a driving licence His Worship remarked that he in England, and there was no rea- thought it was more of a case call-son to disbelieve him. The cycle, ing for compensation for Mrs. belonging to L-Cdr. Hovenden, Hicks, but Inspector Saunders said was badly damaged. that was a question for a civil claim.

ner.

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DANGEROUS, SPEED

Wreaths were sent by Messrs. 'W. A. Butterfield, G.-J. O'Neill, E. von Kobza-Nagy, E. Laidlaw and Yee

Kin, The Asiatic Petroleum Co Ltd., the British Legion Hong Kong and China Branch, European Re- venue Officers, Messra. Harper and Matthews, The Stenographers, A. P. C.; Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Loseby, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Grimmitt, Mr. and Mrs. Jamieson, and Mrs. Leong and family,

MUITSAI CASE ADJOURNED

The Inspector asked that a serl- His Worship pointed out thatous view be taken of the case, and there was no evidence beyond Lt. that a substantial fine be imposed. Britton's admission that he had Ever. 17 Lt. Britton had been tra-

A charge against Chau Hi- been driving in a dangerous man-velling at 40 miles per hour, and chung, school-teacher residing at found he could not get around the No. & Chung Fung Street, of keep- corner safely at that speed. hising an unregistered mui-tsal" was driving was dangerous.

adjourned for 24 hours by Mr. R.. A. D. Forrest at the Central Magis- tracy yesterday for consideration- Mr. H. W. Fraser, Mui-Tsai Inspec- tor, prosecuted.

Inspector Baunders agreed that Lt. Britton had been very frank about the whale incident. He had Lt. Britton submitted a written made a statement in which he said statement of the accident. and that when he was at the bottom of added that he had settled with Mr. the hill, his speed was about 50 S. J.-Hicks, brother-in-law of Mrs, miles per hour, and his ̈spect at Hicks, as regards compensation." the time of the accident could not He was paying for Mrs. Hicks' hos- have been much less. It appeared pital expenses. that defendant tried to take the corner at a high speed. found he was too far on the left of the road

Defendant was fine 850 on the charge of dangerous driving, and 25 for driving without a licence.

Lt.Cdr. Horenden was fined $5 for allowing an unlicensed driver to drive his cycle.

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