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SHIP EXPLOSION AT SHANGHAI,

ENGINEER SCALDED

TO DEATH.

TERRIBLE AFFAIR ON BOARD "CARNARVONSHIRE."

ENGINE-ROOM MISHAP

"Shanghai, May 10. With a force of nearly 200 poands of steam behind It, one of

THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH,

THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1929.

COIN CONSPIRACY FREE FLIGHTS FOR TRIUMPHAL DRIVE THE SQUEEZE RING POWELLS

FRUSTRATED.

KOWLOON BUS CO. STAFF SENT TO PRISON.

COUNTERFEIT MONEY.

defendant,

who

CHILDREN.

TO WINDSOR,

SIR ALAN COBHAM'S TOUR OF BRITAIN.

POPULAR DEMONSTRATION FOR THE KING.

APPEAL TO YOUTH.

London, May 15.

SCANDAL

COOLIES REFERRED TO AS "GARBAGE KINGS.”

wan

ROSE PETAL SHOWERS.

COURT COMPLIMENTS..

A case which came up before London, May 15. A plan to defraud bus passen.

In a large, De Havilland zero- His Majesty the King, looking Mr. N. L. Smith, at the Central gers by two employees of the Kowloon Motor Bus Company, was plane, Sir Alan Cobham starts bronzed and well as the result of Magletracy this morning, alleged when the men appeared to-day on a three months' tour of his long sojourn on

the South noteworthy for an exchange of un- left Craigwell House, before Mr. T. S. Whyto Smith at Great Britain, with the object of Coast,

this arousing Municipal interest in fly-Bogner, for Windsor to-day, the complimentary remarks between the Kowloon Magistracy

sixty-mile journey 'being covered parties interested in the proceed. morning on charges of being in ing. in a hundred towns.

In addition to the flights which in two hours and twenty minutes.ings. Having been referred to as possession of 46 counterfelt five- cent pieces and nine ten-cent will be given to the local autnori-The Queen accompanied him.

"that pock-marked chap" by wit- ties, Sir Alan Cobham will be able,

At every town and village In-nesses, the defendant retaliated by pieces.

through the generosity of an + First

was anonymous donor, to give 100,000 habitants were waiting to greet calling them "dog kings," in allu- the boller valves in the engine described as a bus cleaner, stated free flights to school children, and Their Majesties.

sion to their employment as con. room of the sa. Carnarvonshire that he had found the coins in these will range from 50 to 300

uttached Lo hawkers' By the King's wish, the stables blew out yesterday morning ca short time before the vessel was one of the company's vehicles. per town, according to the basis chauffeurs went slowly through supervision duty. On other occa

sions,

scavenger-coolies were every village, and His Majesty to leave Shanghai, striking the The second defendant, a bus con- of the school population,

Sir Charles Wakefield yester-bowed and raised his hat to the brought in for scathing references fourth engineer, Mr. J. A. Skakit, ductor, said that he had changed

na "garbage- day christened Sir Alan Cobham's enthusiastic cheers of the vil to their vocations

kings." air liner "Youth of Britain," and, lagers.

The case was an off-shoot of the As the Royal car came up the recent "aqueeze-ring" affair, in Castle Hill ́at Windsor, rose which a number of constabics who petals were aliowered on the car received bribes from hawkers were from the windows of the houses exposed. In the present ease, tho and these rapidly covered its roof. | defendant, who claimed to have The King was obviously much belonged to the hawking fraterni- moved by the popular demonstraty, was charged with demanding tion of Interest in his welfare and and receiving “aqueczo” from four

in the face and Booding the engine some money with the first defen dant and was not aware that the coins he received were spurious.

'room with steam.

ti

The engineer was sealded to death and all attempts on the part of other engineers of the vessel to enter the engine room were pre- vented for nearly an hour owing to the terrific gushes of stenin

· issuing from the hollers,

Loud Explosion.

The

Inspector Stimson informed his Worship that the first defendant's. duties were to clean buses at the Kowloon Tong terminus. Inspector on duty at Kowloon City would, however, tell the Court that be boarded the second defendant's bus and found the two mon count-

The .s. Carunvonshire, one offiur money.

theen and Shire Line vessels, Remarks regarding the money was due to leave the No. 6 Busy being bad were passed by the two for Europe yesterday morning at men. After taking the money 8 o'clock. An hour before the

from the defendants the Inspector scheduled departure of the ship a loud explosion came from the did a silly thing and returned the engine room followed by a terrine coins to the first accused who rush of steam from below decks, later was taken to the Company's office and then to the Police Station.

An immediate rush to the engine room and stokehold was rande by other members of the deck and engineering staff but it was found impossible to enter the boiler room owing to the steam,

It was not until 50 minutes later that an entrance was effected when the body of the Fourth Engineer was discovered hanging head downwards on the port side of one of the boilers."

Company's Losses,

It was mentioned that over Was $1,000 in counterfeit coins received by the Kowloon Motor Bus Compusy Just year.

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Flutterug handkerchiefs and a certain constable. long bursts of cheering greeted The defendant, while admitting

His Majesty throughout the long journey, which almost seemed in the nature of a triumphal proces- sion.

Windsor's Welcome..

the facts concerned with the bribes, pleaded" Instructions from a constable, to whom he con- tinually referred as "Ah Ting."

"The Scapegoat." Literally, "Ah Ting means "the scapegoat," but defendant, in put- ting forward this personality, asserted that was the familiar name of the man for whom he was receiving the levies..

The cars stopped at the top of Castle Hill, Windsor, where the municipality had assembled, two thousand school-children lining the Castle wall waving Unions Jacks, while a thousand of the bays at Eton College were inside Evidence being called by the the Castle Gateway. They gave prosecution, a hawker came forward lusty cheers da Their Majesties to say he did not find it strange drove in.

to have been confronted, for the first time within his business ex- perience, with a direct demand for was a new "gulation," one of the "squeeze." lle even thought it multifarious ones printed on his licopee, and acquiesced in the re- quest

Describing the incident which, he anid, took place last Sunday at noon, witness sald that the first quetion the defendant put to him was:-Have you paid fnto the con- stables funds?

In giving evidence the bus)

that when he inspector said boarded the bus he heard the second defendant comment upon

The send-off at Bognor was the peculiarity of the colour of

equally enthusiastic and the King Terrible Injuries,

the money which he was holding. Ilia face and head" were baily Witness examined the coins and in doing so, anid that while the briefly replied to Civic Addresses smashed and his body had been found them bal. He then handed immediate object of the tour was in both towns.

to Investigate landing ground pos-

It was officially stated at Wind- literally boiled to a pulp by the them back.

sibilities and demonstrate flying sor Castle that the King had flow of scalding steam which

The second defendant then gave prospects to all the larger town borne the journey well and showed poured from the boilers,

the first defendant in Great Britain, the direct appeal no signs of fatigue, From subsequent." deductions and asked the latter for the G which would be made to hoys and The King and Queen will spend and a knowledge of the engine cents he had given him. The rat girls would, in the long run, do the next few weeks quietly at the room routine, it was stated that defendant handed the conductor even more to assist Imperial Castle. Usually when the court is

were bad. The aviation. the deceased had gone to the 60 cents, which engine room at.about 7 o'clock for second defendant then asked the

The day would come, auid Sir held at Windsor, there is much the purpose of linking up the cleaner why he had given him bad Charles, when flying as a meana visiting.. but during the King's boilers and opening up the main money when the original 60 cents of travel and as a sport would be present stay, visiting will be stop valves preparatory to the had been genuine colus.

an accepted commonplace of life: modified on the advice of His ship's departure. Two hoilers Ind been opened and the deceased was

The first defendant then extract. Youth would herald that day, and Majesty's doctors.

It is definitely stated that the apparently in the act of opening a number of ten-cent pieces this tour would help enormously

his pocket and with they arousing the keenness and King will not attend the Ascot the port forward boiler when the from

witness, the energy of youth upon ying-Race Meeting which is the chief

The same hawker was later met the valve exploded, striking the de- assistance of

social event of the season and British Windlean. censed in the face with a force of conductor selected six good coins.

takes place in the middle of June. by a constable, who, upon arrest early 200 hs. of steam behind it. A report was later made to the!

It is expected His Majesty willing him for hawking within market company and then to the Police

have removed to Sandringham limits, protested against the action, Station.

before then-British Wireless and saying he had only the previous day puid 80 centy n "dog-king" Reuter,

hrough "pock-marked Yau."

Believed Killed Instantly. The force of the explosion must, have hurled the deceased back carrying him off his feet and de- positing him head down, hanging

over fl

atanchion between the boiler and the side of the ship It is believed that the force of the valve head in striking the deceased must have rendered him Imme diately unconscious, if not killing him outright thus preventing the agony und torture which would otherwise have resulted from the scalding to death.

Evidence that the coins produced were counterfeit was given by a money changer.

Making a statement, the first) defendant said that he had found the coins the previous day on a bus, and was changing the five- cent pieces with the second de- fendant,

Experts on Coins,

The second defendant denied that he knew the coins were bad.

In reply to his Worship, Mr. A Chinese greaser had a very narrow escape being in the engine Louey, manager of the Kowloon room at the time of the explosion. Motor Bus Company said that the llo managed to make his way to conductors were each issued with safety before being overpowered $2 worth of five-rent pieces before

lle steam. by the

received they started their dulies every Nothing

severe morning. Be did not, therefore,

scalding.

than more

Driven Back

iL

Immediately following

think it was necessary for them

were

to get change outside. He sup- posed that the conductors The experts in detecting counterfeit

explosion, the third engineer, Mr.money.

Mitson, allempted to enter the After hearing the evidence his engine room but was driven back Worship.convicted both defendants by the out-rush of scalding steam and said that the whole of the There was nothing for the other evidence lended to show that officers to do but wait until the there was a fraud being planned engine room cleared of the dense

between the twa defendants. The

steam clouds. Fortunately therearst defendant was sentenced to were no others in the reon at the six months hard labour and the

me, the ship being an oil burner second to four months.

and not requiring the usual below

deck stuff of firemes usually

enrried by a coal burner.

The deceased was only 24 years

old and was a native of London. This was his third voyage on the

Carnarvonshire,

8.9.

he only

EXCHANGE RATES.

recently being promoted to fourth Paris engineer.

.4.85 1/16

.34.845

26.185

12.00%

WARSHIPS IN PORT..

The following warships were in port this morning:

Basin.-B.M.S. Tamar. South Wall Basin.-H.M. ships Cornwall, Scamew and 1.15.

A Chinese case of cerebro-spinal fever was notified yesterday.

North Arm-11.M.S. Sepoy.

The variety entertainment at West Wall Dock,M.S.

the Wesleyan Soldiers' and Sailors Hermes.

In

Dock.-11.M. ships Bruce, Home on Saturday last yielded the

satisfactory sum of $300. Somme and Sirdar,

No. G Buoy.-Submarine L.20.

Amongst the passengers who left No. 11 Buoy.-II.M.S. Marazion. Foreign Warships-Chinese by the Empress of Asia yesterday cruisers Yang Swei (No. 2 Buoy) were Mrs. A. H. Ferguson and and Hai Yung (No. 3 Buoy), children, Mr. and Mrs. J. Fleming,

Mrs. Tong Shao-yi. French gunboat Argus, and the Mr. A. 1. Shields, and Mr. and U.S.S. Tulsa.

London, May 15,

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OCCASIONAL IAIN.

New York. Brussols Geneva Amsterdam 3. Berlin Stockholm

.92.65

.20.40

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The Royal Observatory etates Copenhagen. thint the anticyclone remains stationary to the East of Japan

.18.205

Oslo

.18.20

Vienna

.34.45

and has increased in intensity. 11hingfors The rough now extends from

Lisbon South China across Formosa and

Athens North Luzon to the Pacific.

The forest till noon to-morrow Bucharest is:-South ог variable winds, Rio moderate; cloudy, occasional rain, Buenos Airest

Bombay

Prague

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REG. U. B. PAY, OFT LE

The rainfall for the 24 hours Shanghai ended at 10 a.m. to-day was 0.3G-IIongkong inch. making the year's total 9.55 Yokohama inches against an average of 16.56 Silver (spot)

Silver (forward) Inches.

.1/11/% 1/10.3/32 .25.5/10 .2574

-British Wirelena.

"I want the letterhead to make it quite obvious that It's

a million dollar concern without actually stating that."

collecting.

Witness replied: No, no-one is.

Defendant -Well, I am collect Ing. It is eighty cunts.

Witness said he paid up then without further fuse.

to

Constable Accused.

While giving" evidence

upon

was

in

the Court

this point,

by constable

confronted

the defendant with the was the very man for whom the suggestion that he (the constable) "squeeze" was being collected.

Questioned by Mr., Smith, the constable denied having entered into such an arrangement with the defendant.

Other witnesses were called, one of whom sald he considered it "awfully expensive" to have to pay a bribe of B0 cents a week when times were so bad. He had feared a polico assault, but said he could always escape such a threat by picking up his load and making a bolt for it.

A Chinese constable giving evi- dence of arrest said that upon sec. ing defendant perched on the shafts of a rubbish cart, engaged in con- "garbage versation with two kings," he had called the defendant away, saying, "the police want to see you."

Four Passwords,

At the close of the evidence, the defendant declared that he had received his instructions from one Ah Ting, a constable In the Hawkers' Department, who had talked the matter over with him at a tea-house and gave him four different papu-words to be com- municated to the hawkers who were being squeezed, these pash- words being "nine," "en" "eleven" and "twelve."

Mr. Smith observed, that the case for the prosecution appeared to him to be very shaky. There was a doubt as to where the money went: He felt he must discharge the defendant.

The defendant, on being released from the dock, was grabbed by a constable, upon seeing which Mr. Smith asked why the man had heen rearrested.

A European Sergeant in charge of the case said the man was not They were being rearrested. leading the man away with the view to returning to him certain property taken from him at the time of his arrest.

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