1929-05-16 — Page 2

2

Without

ELECTRIC RECORDING

Columbia NRECORDS

PIANO SOLOS

Scratch

Played by Prize Winners in "DAILY EXPRESS" PIANO PLAYING CONTEST

(Sonata in F (Haydn)

...Jeun Inglis 5271 Jardins Sous La Plule (Debussy) Evelyn

5272

"Harmoworth (Fantasia in D Minor ‹Mozart)...Irene Crowther

Elude in F Minor (Debury) Cyril Smith

The ANDERSON MUSIC Co., Ltd.

Summer is Approaching.

With

Century

FANS Comfort is assured.

Buy one To-day

While Stocks Are Available.

Obtainable from all dealers

and

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

KAI TACK DEATHS.

THE CONDITION OF THE

AERODROME.

THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1929.

A SECRET VISIT.

CHARGE AGAINST DISTILLERY' EMPLOYEES.

The statement that certain The arc-foo, or skilled worker, parts of the Kal Tack Aerodrome and two other employees of the were unfit for landing, which Yuo Loong nutive distillery at Aberdeen, appeared. on remand, Flight Licut. Pearce made at the before Major C. Willson at the Coroner's Inquest into the circum- Central Magistracy yesterday stances of the deaths of the three afternoon, charged with having Chinese who were killed near the been concerned in a process of accret distillation, by which some aerodrome recently, was fully ex-40 gallons of molasses minsh were plained by the witness when the set to ferment, without the know- Inquiry was resumed by Mr. T. S. ledge of the Revenue authorities Whyte Smith, at the Kowloon or the amount being recorded in the book provided for the pur- Magistracy yesterday afternoon.

The deaths of the three unfor- tunate men are being investigated by the Coroner with the assis tance of a jury composed of Mensra, L. Yates (foreman), G. B3, Witchell and A., M. da. Silva,

At the outset the Coroner In- timated that he intended to recall Flight Lieut. Pearce to answer certain questions relative to land- ing. Mr. Whyte Smith also said that he thought Flight Lieut. Pearce might give some evidence with regard to the question as te whether the aerodrome was suit

pose.

The case arose from a secret visit paid by a Revenue officer to the Distillery on the early morn- ing of May 4, it being alleged that the defendants were surprised in the act of secretly distilling off some of the molasses.

His Worship remanded the case until Tuesday.

An application for a reduction of ball wnd made by Mr. Hin- shing Lo, who was instructed by Mr. J. M. Hall to appear for the defence.

Mr. H. A. Taylor who appeared for the prosecution, having raised able for landing or not. Some no objection, bail was reduced in ovidence had been given the pre-the case of the two fokis to $100 vious day, but the Caroner did not each. That for the aze-foo think the matter had been very allowed to stand at $500. exhaustively dealt with then,

When Flight Lieut. Pearce was recalled, the Coroner reminded him that he had made a state- ment to the effect that certain parts of the aerodrome were not fit for landing.

Witnesa replied that the parts he had referred to were portions

Was

but found he was "over-shooting" and attempted to get up again.

Addressing the jury at the con- clusion of Sergeant Kent's evi- dence the Coroner said that he did not propone to ask any more Air Force officers to give evi-

was present in Court, and if there were any questiona the jury wish- ed to put, the Squadron Leader would reply.

of the aerodrome which were be-dence. Squadron Leader. Keeble' ing reclaimed, and as at present were unfit for landing. Witness said that he wished to make his reply clearer by adding that the parts he described as being unfit were not actually a part of the aerodrome.

Pilot Recalled.

On the request of the jury, Lieut. Watson was recalled to in indicate on a map of the aerodrome,

The Coroner: Is the part that's suitable for landing, your opinion, adequate?

it

Witness: Yes. I should any Is not a good aerodrome, but it is adequate.

The Landing Speed, Answering a question na to what speed an aeroplane travelled in landing, witness said that with the type of plane that Lieut. Wat- son was piloting it would approach the landing stage at about 70 miles an hour, and just prior to touch ing ground the speed would be from 55 to 60 miles an hour.

To cover a distance of 600

which was produced by Squadron Leader Keeble, the course he had

taken.

When asked whether he had re- ceived Instructions to make a quick landing, account of the "late- ness of the hour, witness replied that he had received none.

Mr. F. E. Lawrence, of the Public Works Department, WAS then called. Tie anid that he was standing near the fence at the junction of Sai Kung Road and the path leading to the golf course. He saw the first plane land, and then noticed the second descend, Witness heard the en-

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO. urin, witness and that the plane sine accelerated just after the

Sole Agent.

GAY KEE, DAVID HOUSE, Hongkong.

Baaltary Marchant & Engineer.

For the Beat

LOCAL VIEWS

And.

PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHS

Go To MEE CHEUNG

Studio, Ice House St.

P

Branch 7, Beaconsfold Arcade

Below par"

If you are yun dow

tar from Wal---

— SCOTT'S

Emulsica

It builds up the body

nea's tixe lungs and

sons up the system.

And for

SCOTT'S

Emulsion

The protector of life

wheels touched the ground, and he realised that the pilot was at- tempting to rise again. The ma chine ran towards the boundary fence. Crashing through it flew across the road into the matshed.

would occupy about ten seconds.

A plane would travel about 300 or 400 yards before atopping if there was a complete absence of wind. The pilot, continued wit- ness, would have to make up his mind in about two seconds if he Witners assisted in the removal wanted to change his plan. of two Chinese who were knocked Sergeant Kent, who was a pas-down. Both men were standing Benger in Lieut. Watson's machine near the fence and did not seem gave corroborative evidence of the to realise the danger. Witness, dianster. He added that when the together with Mr. A. J. Braley and wheels of the plane touched the Mr. W. M. Groves, ran at right: ground the machine was about angles to the line which the plane 200 yards from the fence. The was taking. landing was very fast, the plane travelling at about 40 to 45 miles an hour owing to the absence of any wind.

No sooner had the machine touched the ground than the pilot opened up the throttle and was about to take off again when the vlane hit the top of the fence and then the matshed. It was only a few seconds from the time the plane touched ground to the time it struck the fence, and a matter of a fraction of a second later be fore it hit the shed.

The Caroner; You say you got out of the way because you realis ed the pilot was accelerating to attempt to riso again? Did the fact that he intended to rise again!

alarm you?

Witness: I realised that the distance was a bit close for rising

In time.

Mr. A. J. Braley, corroborated Mr. Lawrence, after which evi- dence of Identification of the bodies of the three victims was given by relatives and Inspector Phillips.

Before rising, the Coroner' in- timated to the jury that they. should consider if they wished to

he

Replying to the jury witness said that it was after the plane had struck the ground that its ask Squadron Lender Keeble any speed was about 40 to 45 miles an questions and if necessary hour. Witness did not consider would be called this afternoon. the speed too fast to

t He also informed the jury that proper landing.

they should tell him if they desir- Asked what his theory of the ed any other witness called,, accident was, witness replied that

The Inquiry was then adjourned the pilot had attempted to land until this afternoon.

ŞALESMAN ŞAM

effect

MY GOLLY, HAVen't Ya)Nope, I GUESS NOT! LEFT WITH TOUR FLOCK / BUT I'LL BE FLYIN' OF ORDERS YET? AWAY 500N'S I GET THE) ANCHOR, TÜCKED ABOARD | SAFE AN' SOUND-j

BUG

WHY SO PERSNICKETY ABOUT THE OLD

ANCHOR?

There's a right and wrong way of doing everything and the right way to cook is by

May we send

you B free

estimate for

fixing

A MODERN

GAS COOKER,

HOT PLATE,

GRILLER,

- OR TOASTER?

GAS.

See the wonderful models from · Tutest shipment at onr

Showroom

in ICE HOUSE STREET

When ordering the Cooker arrage for our MAINTENANUL MAN to call

Hong Kong & China Gas Co., Ltd.

Heave Ho!

·JUST PLAYIN' SAFE! EVERYTIME I LET IT DRAG IT HODKS FENCES, OR, KETCHES ONTA TREES-

West Point & Jordan Road, Kowloon

Telephone Central 47.

Winged Death!

Fues, with their foul-tainted bodies, drag the germs of typhoid, infantile paralysis, cholera, dysentery over your food, your clothing, over your very person! Destroy these winged poi- soners before they destroy you, Kill flies with Flit.

Flit clears the house in a few minutes of disease-bearing flies, mosquitoes, bedbugs, roaches, ants, and fleas.. It searches out the cracks where insects hide and breed, destroying their eggs. Fatal to insects, harmless to you. Will not stalo.

Do not confuse Flit with ordinary insecticides. Greater kill- ing power insures satisfaction with Flit. Made by the largest manufacturers of insecticides in the world. Buy Flir and a Flit Sprayer today.

·Distributors for China: MUSTARD & Co., Ltd.

INCORPORATED UNDER THE COMPANIES ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG

ELIT

F Hormo Holbe

FLIT

TAARI HARK REGISTERED

For your protection ELIT is sold only in sealed sins

The Yellow Can. with the Flach EW92

***

'SHUCKS! ALL YA GOTTA 100 IS FLY HIGH ENOUGH-{

"THEN THERE WON'T BE ANY FENCES OR TREES

"TA CATCH (3) -----

"THATS TRUE- BUT JUST "TH' SAMEI AIN'T TAKIN' ANY CHANCES!

By Small

KITTY JUST WARNED METR LOOK

OUT OR I'D GET CAUGHT IN

A SNOW STORM !

DISK, BY WEA SERVICE, INGI