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OWNER ARCHITECT, OWNER AND CONTRACTOR OF FACTORY SUMMONED
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Hearing of a series of summonses under the Building Or- dinance against the architect, contractor and owner of a fac- tory at New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 1969, which has since been demolished, was commenced yesterday at Kowloon Court before Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen.
The defendants were WONG CHEUK-TONG, architect," of No. 14, Queen's Road Central; LOFEE PAHONG,. owner of In- land Lot 1989; the DOW KEE Building Contractors, and the INDUSTRIAL COMPANY, "owners of the proposed SAFETY factory.
Mr. J. P. Murphy, Assistant | January, witness said, but he was Crown Solicitor, prosecuted, while solely responsible for the altered the alternation. having the Hon. Mr. Leo D'Almada, r., plans,
made by himself with appeared for C. T. Wong and been pleaded not guilty. Mr. John Dob-technical advice from a friend in son was present for the Building Shanghai whom he knew to be a
returned student from America. Authority.
GUN BATTLE AT GUN BATTLE AT CASTLE PEAK
MAN WOUNDED, CAPTURED
A number of armed Chinese, be- Deved to be a gang of robbers, rave battle to a party of police officers on a hillside at Castle Peak about noon on Thursday,
GENERAL
ROUND THE POLICE COURTS
AT CENTRAL
GAOL AND CANE
Six months' imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane were, im- The armed men, one of whom posed on Li Kam, 27-year-old was wounded in the leg and cap-unemployed, when he was charged tired, are belleved to de members before Mr. R. Edwards yesterday of a gang responsible for several with larceny of a wrist watch highway robberies in Un Long and from Ling Buk-chan, spinster, at
Western Street on July 9, Castle Pent
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Mr.
It is believed that of the other
GAMBLING CHARGE robbers, all of whom escaped.
Falling to appear before several must have been wounded. The police have seized two sam- Edwards yesterday for keeping a common gaming house at 20 Bird pans belonging to the gang.
Starting out early in the morn Street, second floor, Fong Bang, Mr. S. S. Wood, manager of the He was not familiar with the ing, s. party of 10 European, Chi- 58, had his ball of $100 estreated. local office of the Safety Indus-local building regulations, being anese and Indian police officers pro-Fifteen others, on ball of $5 each, the Colony, He ceeded to Castle Peak. They came failed to appear and their ball trial Company was present for newcomer that Company and also for Lofee thought that as the building was in contact with the robbers while was also forfeited,
Fahong both summonses.
to
He pleaded guilty to his own, he could do with it as he ascending a hill some 790 feet high, wished. When he was informed and first attempted to encircle Wong by Mr. Dobson of the fact that them by spreading out in 'a wide The summons against WS that being an authorised the alternations had not been re-semi-circle." architect, at Ngau Chi Wan, be-ported to the Building Authority, tween March 31 and April 5. het was only then he realised that did condone material divergences, this was necessary.
deviations.
Or
on
the work as
THEFT ALLEGED
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Chu Kwok-leung, 94, of 96 Fa Yuen Street, appeared before Mr. Edwarda yesterday charged with stealing $7.10. from the Tal Mei Po partnership, of which he was
manager.
The robbers, apparently observ- ing this, started the fight by firing a single rifle shot. The police re- He immediately telephoned Mr. turned the fire and the subsequent
Hearing was adjourned to Mon- shown on plans prepared by him Wong and was advised to imme-gun battle lasted some 20 minutes. day and ball was fixed at $400. whatever had In the meantime a message was Mr. M. A. da Silva is appearing and approved by the Building diately demolish Authority.
been constructed. Mr. Wong dis-sent back for police reinforcements. for the prosecution. He was further summoned for approved of his action in altering but the robbers scattered before having allegedly neglected or the plans and asked why he was help arrived. Talled to detect, material diver-not informed of the alternations. gences from the work as shown in the plans prepared by him and approved by the Building Autho- rity.
Lofee Pahong was charged with causing to be made material di- vergences, or deviations, from the work as shown on the approved plans. Dow Kee, building con- tractors, were " summoned for carrying out these divergence from the approved, plan and the Safety Industrial Company were
Sun moned for causing to be made the material divergences from the ap- proved plan...
PLANS APPROVED .. Opening the case, Mr. Murphy said that plans for the building were received by the Buliding Au- thority on December 23. The work was for a proposed extension for a factory. The plans, which gave the general layout and reinforced concrete detalls, were approved on January 30.
He then ordered the demolition of the construction.
Hearing of the case will be con- tinued this morning.
GRANTS MADE
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BY B.F.R.D.C.
of
The Board of Administ the B.FR.D.C. have approved of a arant of $2,300 for drugs and $1,- 200 for maintenance, amounting to
FOUR MONTES
For `attempted larceny of petrol | from car No. 6511, Lo Ol-tors,
AUXILIARY 40, unemployed, was sentenced to
NURSING *SERVICE
A at present temporarily ex- empted from evacuation who have not already obtained certificates in Home Nursing and First Aid must attend lectures now taking place at the following centres and take the subsequent examinations.
HONGKONG
four months' imprisonment when he appeared before Mr. Edwards yesterday.
Det.-Sgt. J. Sykes prosecuted and the complainant, was Chul Tak-chot.
STOLE $162
A fine of $100, or "six weeks' hard labour, was imposed on Ng Kam- wal when he appeared before Mr. Edwards yesterday on a 'count of
|larceny...
Det.-Set A. N. Cochrane, prose- cuting stated that on July 10 de-
licensee of the Cheung Loong Hung Hop Poultry Stall, Central Market, It was further stated that defen- dant was a partner of the business.
the total of $3,500, o the Foreign Auxiliary to the National Red Cross Home nursing: Queen Mary Hos-fendant stole $162 from Ho Huen, Society of China, for Luchew Hospital, 5.30 p.m. Monday, July 15.
First Aid Royal Naval Hospital, pital, formerly part of the South China Baptist Mission, but now 5.30 p.m. Tuesday, July 16. handed over to the Foreign Auxi- liary, who have ac-cepted the res ponsibility, & cheque for $3,500 has been forwarded accordingly,
The Board has also agreed, to continue grant of $1.000 a month On March 19, amended plans to the Rev. H. A. Wittenbach "for were submitted, and these were another six months (ie. from July approved on March 29. The name to December, 1940), in respect of of the authorised architect was rellet agencies under his direction given as Mr. C. T. Wang.
KOWLOON
Home nursing: Kowloon Hos- pital (Outpatients) 5.30 p.m. Wed- nesday, July 17.
First Aid: Diocesan Girls' School, 5.30 p.m. Thursday, July 18.
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AT KOWLOON
POSSESSION OF CODES.
A charge of unlawful possession
of three code books a cyphers
Shui Kal-yan, of No. 334Queen's was preferred yesterday against Road Central, reported to the police Lam Chung-yuen, described as a In the Chungshan area. "A cheque that his car. No. 2243, was stolen teacher, of No. 33 Fuk Wing.
In accordance with general for $1,000 for the month of July from the car park in Connaught Street practice, a number of routine has been forwarded.
visits to the works were made by
Mr. Dobson, Inspector of Works On April 30 Mr. Dobson found that the. contractor had com- menced work of pouring concrete -on to the second floor level,
Inspecting the steel reinforce- ment bars, which had not yet been covered with concrete, he found in them a deficiency in both size and quantity as set out in the plan approved. He suggested to the contractor that further work be discontinued, and this was complied with.
the
Road Central on Thursday."
$19,000 JORDAN ROAD FIRE: INQUEST BEGUN
Evidence Of Outbreak By
Shop Master's Wife
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114 Traffic Accidents In A Week
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In the Colony of Hongkong in- Defendant said the codes had never been used in Hongkong. cluding the Island, Kowloon and They
were brought down from New Territories during the week ending at 8 am, on Saturday, Canton in March last year. He was responsible for them to the July 6, there were altogether 114 Kwangs Government and if he traffic accidents as the result of were to return to Kwangs he which 3 persons were killed and
45 persons were injured." would have to account for the codes to the Fifth Ronte Army.
Of persons killed, a Chinese female, age 23, was knocked down
Explaining to the defendant and killed by a tramcar whilst
him.
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why he was arrested, Mr Mac-
crossing the carriageway and fadyen told him he had no per Chinese female, age 45, 2nd 3 mission from the Hongkong. Gov-Chinese male, age 68. died from ernment to keep such codes about injuries received whikt alighting
from moving buses. Det.-Sgt. MacPherson, who pro- Of secuted, said that other documents pedestrians who were struck by
persons injured, 38 had been seized in the course vehicles while crossing the car- of the raid during which defendant riageway. was taken in custody and were
A lorry passenger was injured
were
An inquiry was commenced at Kowloon Court yesterday, before Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen, sitting as Coroner, and a jury comprising In the "opinion of the Building Authority, the floor would not Messts, 1. 8. Hardoon. (foreman), Ip Kam-wing and Chan Hung- have been able
cho, into the death of Sit Hung, 20, shirtmaker, one of the victims to carry normal stress and weight with
of the fire at No, 34, Jordan Road, on the evening of "June" 12. such reinforcement bars, Mr. Ho Kit, master of the shop Evidence of the outbreak of fire now in course of translation. The on falling of a moving lorry. Murphy said. Had Mr. Dobson known as the Ho Kin Kee Shirt and was given by Tu Yuk-chan and police, he said, were opposed to
A private car driver, a bicycle not noticed the divergence in Topes Makers, gave evidence that Ho Mel-ying like and daughter of granting of ball and requested a rider and a ricksha puller were time, it would have been hidden | his shop had been on the pre- Ho Kit, who claimed to have been remang of three days for further injured as the result of collisions by the concrete poured over the mises for the past six years. in the shop at the time..
inquiries. Though the trade of topee making Yu Yuk-chan said she suddenly EVIDENCE CALLED
required him to store petroleum heard a loud explosion and Evidence of his visits to the and certain chemicals such as sheet of flame enveloped her. works was given by Mr. John Dob-cellulose nitrate on the premises, She was standing by the door son, and other witnesses heard there was never a fire before and rushed through 1t, falling
His tokis, of whom there were down in the street just outside. yesterday were Mr. Chang Ting-
Asked to describe the sound of pa, clerk of the Land Office, and 15, the deceased among them,
bars.
This was granted,
a
between vehicles.
A tram passenger was injured when bis head struck an electric standard while he was leaning
AIRPORT NEWS out of the tram window.
Mr. Ho Siu-lal, B.Sc. assistant were under strict orders not to the explosion, as to whether it Philippine Clipper
-engineer attached to the P.W.D.
smoke when the chemicals were was a crackle or a sudden "bans,"
Due Tomorrow
A bus passenger and a. tram passenger were
while injured alighting from a moving bus and
COLONY HEALTH
RETURNS
a moving tram respectively.
Of 114 accidents, 15 were colli- stons between vehicles; 47 were Ho Sla-la stated that, whereas being used. The petrol was used, witness could not say much more! the approved plans allowed the a solvent for crepe rubber, the than that it was "a noise" or, in Three Clippers are today dying collisions between vehicles and severe pedestrians; 22 accidents were due floor a live lead capacity of 112 mixture being put to use in stick- her dialect, a "hep." She did not towards Hongkong, the lhs per square foot, the altered ing together cloth and cork for remember anything more after the typhoon east of Manila having to other causes.
explosion, and woke up in hos abated... The China Clipper arrived plans allowed a live lead capacity topees.
The other chemicals were · for pital,
in Manila yesterday but will not - of only 60 to 70 pounds. The al-
tered plans would not have given various purposes, such as clean- Ho Met-ying gave evidence also continue on to Hongkong as it is the floor suficient strength irre-ing of leather and felt hats. He that the fire broke out very necessary for her to immediately
It seemed to have return to San Francisco in prepara- The following is return of spective of the installation of had a large stock of shirts, topees, suddenly.
and various other goods such as started in the front of the shop. ton for future schedules. Mall, notifiable diseases that occurred machinery.
chamois leather on the premises she said. Some of the tokis, she passengers, and air express aboard in the Colony during the 24 hours The final witness called yester and he lost about $19,000 worth remembered, smoked occasionally the Chins Clipper will strive in ended midnight on July 11- day was Mr. 38. Wood. He said of these goods in the fire. but she could not recollect any Hongkong on Sunday on the Phillip Tuberculosis 40 cases; dysentery that the factory proposed to build.
He was away when the fire one of them smoking on that pine Clipper.eight; enteric fever three, and one an extension for the manufacture started about 6.10a.m. on June particular day.
All airmail which had accumulat-eacht of messieg and small-por, of rubber shoes. It was originally 12, having left the shop for a Further hearing was adjourned ed in Hongkong since the "depar- ture of the last Clipper was for- warded to Manila on the President close behind arriving Hongkong Taft where it will connect with the July 16 and departing July 17, MR. B. Landis, of No. 283 China Clipper, which leaves Manila Prince Edward Road, was the vic-on July 12 and arrives in San Fran- re-tim of a snatcher on Thursday. In cisco on July 10
planned that machinery be in- stalled in the new premises, but walk on the waterfront. He was later it was decided that labour-attracted back by the sound of Sra would be quartered there who police whisles and found the pre
were engaged in the work of sew- ing shoe covers and they would require no more than light new ing machines.
AUTERED PLANS
Be engaged Wong to prepare the plans which he received in
mises on freka
SAA LARGE ORDERS Inspector As Wright, who
until Monday.
presented the police at the in-a report to the Police he stated The next Clipper departing
IMPERIAL AIRWAYS Imperial Airways outward mail service will leave Kai Tak tomorrow morning for Durban and thence by sea to the United Kingdom.
The next inward service is due to
quiry, said that the shop carried that while he was walking, along Hongkong for Manila and San a large stock in trade, and was Chater Road his fountain, pen was Francisco will be the Philippine fulalling large scale orders for matched from his pocket by a Clipper, leaving here on July 15 arrive in Hongkong on Monday
Chinese who made good his escape. the Sincere Company
The Honolulu Clipper wil be afternoon.
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