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H.M.S. CORNWALL.

LAST OF NEW. CRUISERS ARRIVES HERE.

H.M.S. Cornwall, the last of the new County cruisers destined for the Chinn Station, arrived in Hongkong about ten o'clock yes terday morning and went to a buoy in the Naval anchorage.

which came to China via Suez, the

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1928.

BUILDING CONTRACT. AFTER LEGAL HOURS.

JUDGMENT RESERVED.

JAPANESE RESTAURANT, PROPRIETRESS FINED.

The case in which Tsang Shing.

Kato Suya, Japanese woman pros trading as Tsang Shing Kee, 14

prietor of the Wanchai Restaurant, Fook Snu Lane, is suing the Wing 56 and 67, Praya East, was aum- On Lung, No. 29, D'Aguilar Street, moned before Mr. R. E. Lindsell for $861.30 balance due In connex-at the Central Police Court yester ion with the erection of six houses day afternoon for committing on Inland Lot No. 694, was again breaches of her adjunct restaurant before Mr. Justice Jacks in the Summary Court yesterday.

The case for the plaintiff is be: ing conducted by Mfr. A. el Arculi while Mr. M.K., Lo is defending.

liquors without meals und outside icence, by selling intoxicating the hours stipulated in the licence."

Defendant was represented by Mr. F. E.. Losoby, a plea of not guilty being returned.

Evidence was given by two

All three bottles of liquor were consumed on the premises and without any meals.

The witnesses also stated that shortly before nine o'clock an American sailor entered the shop and was simfiarly served with drinks.

Cross-examination by Mr. Laseby brought out some disparity bo tween the times given by the two Addressing P."_C.}

Unlike the other new cruisers Cornwall made a long tour by way of South America. She left De- vonpast in May and after calling

It is alleged by plaintiff that he at Las Palmas, Bahía and, Rio ar rived at Monte Video on June 10. contracted to do the masonry for "She is the most powerful post-war $3,400. This was completed with cruiser ever seen in South Ameri- the exception of work worth $7, and can waters and continaed her trip that he was provented from finish European policemen, .P.C.a Pock- to the Far East by, way of Bahining because he was obstructed.. Deson and Mackay, who went into the Blanca, Port Stanley. Punta fendant states that plaintiff ceased place on the evening of the 26th of work without good reason and that inst month, at 8.30. They called Arenas, Talcahuano, Valparaiso, his men intimidated other workmen for two bottles of beer and were Callao and Honolulu.

brought in to finish the job with the served by a Japanese waitress. A An interesting stage was reach-result that police guards had to be few minutes past nine o'clock, they ed in the voyage to China when obtained. He further alleges that ordered a third bottle." she arrived at Port Stanley, it cost $330 to finish the work, ex- in the Falkland Islands, from clusive of the coat of materials, which the Squadron of Ad- miral Sturdeo went out on December 8, 1914, to destroy the German Asiatle Squadron under Admiral von Spec. In the British force that day was the last cruiser Cornwall, which was scrapped af- tor the Armistice and sold out of Four years the Navy in 1920. later the name was revived for one of the cruisers of the replacement programme.

a Bin. The old Cornwall, was gun, coal-burning cruiser, and the now vessel, carrying the new type of 8in. guns, has geared tur-

Cross-examined by Mr. Areulli, bines, using oil fuel only, and has witness said a good deal of work an aircraft catapult. It is inter- remained to be done when the men esting to note that of the officers stopped work. The kitchen and of the Cornwall, who fought at the back inne were unfinished, while Falklands, the Captain is now there remained plastering and Vice-Admiral W. M. Ellerton, C.B.,

East roofing to be done as well. Inte Commander-in-Chief, Indies; the Commander relired in Although work had stopped the April of this year on promotion to men remained on the premises, flag, rank-tear-Admiral H. Aliving there, Witness depied the The Japanese waitress who Buchanan-Wollaston, C.M.G.; and suggestion that the men continued served the two police officers, the First Lieutenant, now Captain at work, saying that they did not pleaded that she did not understand J. Wolle-Murray, D.S.O., CONI- even do odd jobs. The other sub-sufficient English to put a question mands a sister ship of the new contractors carried on with the to the witnesses as regards the Cornwall, ILM.S. Kent.

painting and carpentry. If the desirability of having meals along plaintiff had said that his men with the drinks. While she waited, kept at work until April 17 that honing that they would make the was untrue.

order of their own initiative, lime passed quickly, and when the third bottle of beer was brought along, i it was a few minutes to nine.

No Work After March 8. A foreman of the defendant company said he was in charge of the building of the new houses in Western Street. He did not live on the site but went to it overy witnessca day. The plaintiff's workmen Mackay, Mr. Loseby asked: You and had three "bottles of beer between stopped work on March. 8 never recommenced, although they you two? had not finished the work.

The two junior lleutenants are now commandera on the active liat, John S. Hanmill, of the Warspite, and Robin E. Jeffreys, late of the The Department.

Breach of Contract. Intelligence two engineer lieutenants are now

Mr. Lo submitted that the claim both engineer commanders, G. 'D). Campbell, D.S.O., and C. J. Meggs; must fail as on the evidence Ilis and the captain of Marines is now Lordship must come to the con- Major 11. R. Brewer, Fleet R.M. clusion that there had been a Ofleer on the Africa Station. The breach of contract by the plain Chaplain of the ship was the Rev. Uff. Once it was admitted that Robert, McKow, now Archdeacon there had been a brench of the und Chaplain of the Fleet. contract it was Important to inquire whether the plaintiff had proved his case.

The new Cornwall is under the command of Capt. the Hon. W. S. Levonon-Gower, D.S.O.

AIR TRAGEDY.

BRITISH M.P.S BODY RECOVERED.

Vancouver, Sept. 6. The constguards have recovered the body of Mr. MacCallum Scott, -Renter's American Service.

Witness: Yes.

Mr. Loseby: Was the beer very strong?-Same as every bear is.

Mr. Loseby: I asked that ques- tion because the beer mus have something to do with the times.

'Later, Mr. Loseby put it to witness that the third bottle of beer was served before nine.

Witness: "No, at five minutes past ninc.

His Worship: In spite of their having no food, you still, according to your own statement, sold beer to. them half-an-hour after they had come in?

Witness amin said she could not speak Huglish and was still, waiting for them to make the order.

His Worship recorded a convic

tion 1221 both summanses, and It had to be proved that the imposeil. two fines of $50, making

total of $100 in all.

| defendants did not make reason-la

able and proper payment. If it was found that work stoppied after March 8 he submitted that was the end of the case. If the plaintiffs had stopped thien, they had no business to stop, and he suggested that His Lordship must! come to the conclusion that work: had stopped about that time and not anything like April 17.

Mr. Lo said it was no pleasure [A message, dated August 30, for the defendant to have trouble stated: A woman's body, presum and expense by consulting colici ably that of Mrs. MacCallum tors and having an armed guard Scott, has been found by Amark to finish a piece of work. can coastguards in Discovery Bay,

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KOREAN FLOODS.

HUNDREDS OF BODIES RECOVERED.

Tokyo, Sept. 5. Latest despatches from Scoul state that 182 bodies have been recovered and that over 300 are still missing as the result of the floods which have been ravaging The wreckage of the aeroplane! He submitted that once Mr. the four northern provinces of was washed ashore at Port Town-Arculli admitted that it was he Korea. 1,500 houses are reported send, Washington, also a brief who made a breach of the contract to have been washed away and case belonging to Mr. MacCallum for no reason at all then his claim 1,200 others collapsed. The des had gone and he was not entitled truction of bridges and communi- Scott containing a diary.]

MORE GUNBOATS.

EXTENSION OF NATIONALIST

NAVY,

Shanghai, Sept. 5.

tract.

to claim anything under the con- cations generally is hampering re-

The only question then lief work-Reuter. was the plaintiff's right on the counter-claim.

Armed Guard a Luxury.

work was done, and the chief point was whether the plaintiff was Mr. Justice Jacks said that on entitled to recover. He submitted the question of the armed guard, if that he was entitled to recover

the work done before

the trouble was anticipated the proper for course was for the people likely stoppage. The plaintiff had not The programme for the exten- to cause the trouble to be bound been paid the amount to which he sion of the Navy formulated by over. The armed guard seemed to was entitled and therefore, he stopped work. Both legally and morally he was entitled to be paid Yang Shu-chwang, Commander-in Mr. Lo said that an application for what he had done. Chief of the Nationalist Navy, pro-i vides, inter alia, for the construc- to a Magistrate might be absolute- ly useless as a breach of the porce tion of more gunboats in the im- might not be caused by the people had lasted for two or three days and he had taken many notes mediate future and the opening the Magistrate would bind over.

which he would like to read of the Naval Academy at Hsiang- shan, Eastern Chekiang, within Mr. Arculli said that it was not through. He therefore three months-Reuter.

disputed that a large part of the his judgment..

Chiang Kai-shek and Admiral him to be a luxury.

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