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given by Mr. J., Smith, putting on two big features in one for the week end. Ong programme acting chief mechanical

epivture is entitled "The Last gineer of the Kowloon-Can'on' Dear," a fino detective story Railway, before Mr. E. W. Hamil: fenturing Eugene O'Brien, and the ton at the Kowlson Magistracy other is n Metro Classig entitled yesterday afternoon when

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1 Tack Motor Bus Company, were as a medern young Ipin Who charged with manslaughter, aris-, breaks away from her own wedding 2. ing out of the necident, on the 'veremony, leaving aanillion dollar Kowloon City Road on the 30th bridegroom that and speechless. November, when an old man of: Sho 1 " chased by Mama.1 70 years od was killed when the friends, ushers, clergyman, and

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but outside the. church 14h0 Ingels 14 hundred dollar CASE No. 2 The first defendant, the driver, Jazz King and orchestra lenter

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her tu estrape froth fwood and the inspector was repre-

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'rusted in the pince of Mr. N. 1. unwilling people dance to his tone. Even the little runaway brils can W. S. BAILEY Brewer and that he was not fully not blaf him, although he has his †

instructed and, morever, herause, troubles with her. Sergeant Hallam was in Hospital The escape is only the beginning.[1 he would take certain of for the couplications complierde 1 the evidency and then adjourn so oni Tile Mis Clytie's adventures that the defence would not be seen without end ur untanglement. | 1 hampered in any way,

The two are un sooner out of one Mr. Metallum replied that his trouble than they are in another, lient had not found hail and be the only things they mis being; did not wish to delay, the case possibly mumps and the taxes,' Honger than was necessary if the They life their pursuers by land. man had no case to answer, Iwater, strategy, and the good.

His Worship said that he had fortune which follows such claris read all the statement and ing nd venturers. It is a speedy unless something happened, story', 'full of thrills, the case would be committed, but if

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Mr. McCallum had any hopes of; having his man discharged before]

him, he would hurry on with the not due to any brake down in the

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istearing gear?

Witness; I am prepared to swenr that the accident was not caused by any mechscal failure of the steering!

Quarrel on Dashboard. Mr. McCullum: You have heardi

Mr. McCallum: I have every hope. It appeared in the press, unfortunately, that this accident Sear is the outcome of two people fighting on the dashboard of the, bue. This has been impressed en the public mind and when the case that this accident, or whatever you goes to the Sessions the jury will, like to call it, was the outcome of be picked from the public who with a quarrel on the dashboard between Υοτι go into Court, and 1 submit, pre- the driver and the inapeetor. judiced at the moment. When one have either heard it or read it in! gels an idea into one's mind it is, the press.

difficult to remove it. That is whyį Withers: I heard that since 1 I am anxious ta gel on.

Imade my mechanical examination, Mr. Smith in his evidence suid I did not hear of it before that that he arrived on the scene of)

Now I want you to try to entirely

the accident at about 7.20 a.m. ondisning from your mind tlini you! the 30.h November, in

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conse- kuew anything about this. telephone. it is difficult but } want

of receiving a

He had had 25 years'

to try and do that experience with vehicles and had been familiar with Food cars since You could see by examining the 1996. On arrival at the scene he marks of the bus on the road that had a general lock at the bus and it was going towards Hunghem ?—| realizing that it might possibly be a Yes. question

whether the steering Now I want you to take your gear was out of order and caused mind back to that rond very care- the accident, he carefully examined fully. It was probably 10 feet wide, į it, and found that the steering gear just about 20 feet, before coming to was then workable and that there the bridge on the Kowloon was no mechanical fault with its side? Yes

A look at the rear wheels showed

City)

And it marrows immediately you eone to the bridge-Yes.

that they were coveted with grease, The reason for examining the reur, wheels was 1 see whether there 11 nrows very soldenly and is

about 20 feet on the bridge? Yes. was any attempt to put on the hand brakes which, automatically] After asking further questions re- rem ves the power from the garding the measurements engine of the rear wheels. there rol. Mr. McCallen id: being no clutch on the Ford car,'umgo.of the buses is very henvy - The fact that there was grease on Yes.

of the The

the wheels showed that the Takes And the steering gear is frequently weald not be operative. They found to have, a possibly, dangerous would slip when applied. Witness amount of phay Yes. A Chinese! could say for certain that the hand

¡ will make the steering gene of any | Brakes WATC Bot # when he examined the eur, but he could

ear very slack. not swear hat they had not been applied before the accident, as it was quite possible that the fall caure them to fail buck.! After the inspection witness found that the steering year was in order.

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Cause of Accident. Mr. McCallum then told the witness, that the story for the den fener was that the driver had found) the ins had a tremendous amount of play and had compinined to the He andered filters to remove the inspector about it. He was demons- front axle and wheels. There was trating to the inspector how slowly a posibility that the aste ! the bus responded and had turned might have found the throat of to the left but did not realize tlmt the axle, A close examination the bus was in danger till it was

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OLD N. Y. K. SKIPPER. Kumando-paru, Omi-maru, Ten-1

bla-maru, Hakata-nuru, Kumano- maru, Bingo-maru, Kamo-mara, and Mishima-maru. He retired

· NEW VICE-MINISTER. From the service on August 23rd, Tokyo, Dea. 18.-Baron Debuchi 1917, but lived in Yokohama unthu Leon appointed to suceded 1922, when he left for Europe. Count Matsudaira as Vice-Minister Captain Sommer held the Muri- for Foreign Affairs. Reuter turious Service medal of the N. Y. K., and the Fourth Class order of the Sacred Treasure.

DEATH OF CAPTAIN F. I.. SOMMER. The death, at the age of 72, is announced of Captain Frederick Ludwig Sommer, in his native town of Ranne, Denmark.

on the mat or the throat of the to inte and then the vehicle failed we to how that the nut had to respond sufficiently, with the worked loose,

result that it ran over the side of The rondway was examineil And the road.

That comes very witness found that the bus lnd. His Worship: travelled on the right hand side of nearly to a plea of guilty.

Withens answered that it was quite the road; the marks

were stil! visible. There was no possibility possible that the accident bad c of these marks being those of an eurred that way.

From this examination after the other bans they were traced leading over the side of road necident it will be impossible for you The trucks formed a perfect curve to say how much play was on the The Inte Captala Sommer was with a circumference of about 70 to steering gear I-I can definitely say born on June 2nd, 1851. He join 80 feet in length.

that there was about the usual) ed the Nippon Yusen Kalsha in In April last he had a paralytic PHILIPPINES SHAKEN UP,

Manila, Duo 18.An earth His Worship: Presuming you had amount of play on the stearing gear, 1886 as Chief Ofeer, was given stroke and was thereafter confined

command of a ship two years Inter, to his bed and was unable to quake affecting Hickdook Island, a car proceeding along that rond ne regarda buses out hore from Kowloon City to Hunghom and Mr. McCallum was still cross and was successively in command take much nourishment. He died Burigao and Mindaugo on 16th inst you found the tracks that you found examining the witness when the of the Hiroshima-maru, Hyogo-peacefully in his sleep on October killed twenty-four people and on the ground, would you havo onid case was adjourned till next Tuos maru, Satsuma-maru. Miike-maru, 22nd, in the home of his nephew, djured forty-seven-enter tas

Takasugo-maru, Nagato-maru,|with whom he' wan staying,

that the cause of the accident was day.

EARTHQUAKE.