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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, APRIL

8, 1930.

JUNK TO ATTEMPT ROUND-WORLD TRIP.

Marine Heroes Return with

New Loves-Tricks.

Just desperately in love— with each other's

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This photograph shows the junk "Maskee" in which Mr. L. J. Stevenson and companions - are soon to set out on an attempt to sail round the world. This will be the first such effort by a Chinese junk manned entirely by a British crew. Picture shows the "Maskee" hearing completion at Swatów.

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INCIDENT.

P.W.D. OVERSEER CHARGED AT MAGISTRACY.

EFFECTS.

TOO EARLY YET TO FORM JUDGMENT.

OWN HANDS.

WOMAN REPROVED BY THE KOWLOON MAGISTRATE.

SUMMONS DISMISSED. GOVERNMENT POLICY. Í AMAH'S BELONGINGS.

Mr. F. Baker, an overseer of the Public Works Department, was summoned, before Mr. Lindsell at the Central Police Court this morning, for negligent driving of

a motor car.

London, Apr. 7.

"You cannot take the law into In the House of Commons to your own hands like that; you are day, the Secretary for India was being far too clever," was the questioned regarding the effects sharp retort uttered by Mr. Whyte of the campaign conducted by Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy Gandhi in India.

this morning to Miss Natalia

was

In evidence, Traffic Sergeant ; George stated that the incident or-j

Mr. Wedgwood Benn replied: Fernandez of Parkes Street, who curred in the Western district at "As the House is aware, Gandhi's Was Summoned by a former amah

for assault. He was

march has caused a 11.05 a.m. on March 30th.

certain excitement

The servant informed his Wor- the in on cycle patrol duty, with Inspec- amount of tor Bloor in the sidecar, going districts actually traversed, and a ship that she had been engaged by down Western Street, when, half small proportion of village head-the defendant who had accused clock, She way down the incline, he saw car men have resigned temporarily at her of stealing a

denied the allegation and her No. 14, driven by defendant, swing any rate, Elsewhere, little gen- round the corner at a speed he cal-eral interest appears to have been mistress took hold of her to search her. The complainant culated to be between 15 and 18 aroused.

refused to be searched and miles an hour.

"The main project of Gandhi's pushed about by the defendant. campaign is to defeat the Govern- The defendant admitted that ment by breaking the salt lawa. she had accused the servant of It has only just been initiated.] stealing the clock as the amah and it is too early to form any was the only person in the house opinion as to the effects."

at the time. She denied, how- Asked whether any steps had ever, that she had assaulted ori been taken by the Government) even touched the complainant. of India to prevent. mass village She had merely refused to pay the disobedience, Mr. Wedgwood Bennamah until the clock was returned said the policy of His Majesty's and being frightened the Government was stated by the plainant had accused her of Viceroy of India in a speech on assault. 25th January, and this would be His Worship remarked that the; pursued, as circumstances might amah had a claim for wages Inspector Bloor, who gave evid-demand, by the Government of against the defendant as well: ence in support of Sergeant India-British Wireless.

He pointed out that there was no George, stated that there Wus negligent driving in that defen. In the speech referred to, the proof of the accusation. dant did not sound his horn, and Viceroy warned those desiring to that he drove in the centre of the road, after turning round the corner at a speed of 20 miles an

Witness contended that there was negligent driving in the fact that, going at that speed, in a congested street, defendant swung so far into the centre of the road: way in turning the corner that.hë had again to swerve to his left. After almost going into the gut ter, he again swerved to his right and proceeded for some distance up Western Street before he was pulled up. Side skid marks were left which were evident to the de- fendant.

hour.

com-

The defendant replied that achieve their arms by unlawful she was willing to pay the com- methods that the Government in-plainant her wages but intended tended fully to discharge the res- to retain her property which was ponsibility of maintaining the still at her house. In his statement to the Court, laws, upholding authority and defendant said:" actually took preserving law and order. the corner in the centre of the road, but there was woman standing about two feet

Chinesel

More Rigorous Diet.

'Jalalpur, Apr. 7. from the pavement at the corner. Gandhi has prescribed a more I sounded my horn several times rigorous diet for his volunteers in

to attract her attention, and she order to prevent dysentery among eventually turned round. saw me them.-Reuter.

and just stood still. Sounding

my horn, I had to slow down.

"estimated my speed around

the corner was 12 miles an hour.

At Work at Aat.

Dandi, Apr. 7. Two of Gandhi's volunteers were I was driving a brand-new Car slightly hurt, and one was arrested, which I had just unpacked, and in a scuffle with police on the could hardly have been negligent beach at Aat, when volunteers re- with that The gradient of fused to hand over salt. Western Street, is about 1 in G

Magistrate's Reproof,

His Worship pointed out to the defendant that she could not take the law into her own hands and

that she was being far too clever. As she had no proof against the servant of stealing the clock she would have to return all her property.

The complainant intimated that she would be satisfied to with- draw the summons if she were

paid her wages and had her property returned to her.

At the complainant's request his Worship instructed a constable to take the parties to the house and see that the complainant's effects were returned.

PRESENTATION.

starting at the bottom. I don't A written speech by Gandhi, think that an hp. car could take who is observing his usual the gradient coming round a right- Monday silence. has been read angle corner at 30 miles an hour out saying he is going to Aat to- And then the point raised by the morrow to collect salt, and exhort BOWLING GREEN CLUB prosecution is that I swerved to ing the villagers to do likewise, the left. I don't know whether clad in loincloths, as they are they intended me to go into the unable to afford to have their middle of the road. Actually, clothes torn. He urges them not swerved to the left because saw the police break their hands.

to surrender the anlt, even though the motor-cycle coming down."

Mr. Lindsell:--I don't find negli- A Surat message says Manila, gence sufficiently serious. Sum-another of Gandhi's sons, has taken

Mr. Robert Duncan, Senior mous dismissed.

over charge of the volunteers led Inspector of the Sanitary Depart- by his brother, Ram Das Gandhi, ment, who is shortly going Home

VESSEL NEW TO THE PORT.

NEW ZEALAND STEAMER ARRIVES HERE.

MR. R. DUNCAN RECIPIENT OF CLOCK.

I who

was arrested yesterday.on retirement, was last night the: Neuter.

recipient, at the Kowloon Bowling Green Club, of A clock with chimes, the gift of members of the Club.

"Red" Speaker Gäoled.

Bombay, Apr. 7.

The presentation was made by Khandalakar, the President of Mr. H. Nish, President of_the the Red Flag Union, has been Club, who referred to Mr. Dun- sentenced to three months' rigor- can's long association with the ous imprisonment. He was ar-Club and wished him and Mrs.

A vessel new to the waters of rested for making a speach in de- Duncan many years of happiness the Colony figured in this morn-hance of police orders-Reuter. ing's Harbour Office reports, this

and good health in the Old Coun- try.

In reply, Mr. Duncan expressed

being the s.s. Kaitangata, which is under the command of Capt. Wil- Osbourne, Graham & Co., of his deep appreciation of the gift. king with a crew of six British Sunderland as the Ladywood but He remarked that during all the and 16 Asiatic seamen.

The Kaitangata left Welling-when she passed into the hands of the year round and had enjoyed was later named the Kaitangata Years he had been a member of the Club, he had played bowls ali ton on February 12 and sailed the Union S.S. Co. of New Zealand, every minute of that time. Unfor from Somarinda for Hongkong on Ltd., her present owners.

tunately, in Scotland, where he March 29. She brought 2.477 tons Registered at Dunedin, she has intended to settle down, they only of general cargo for this port, a length of 279.6 feet; a beam of played bowls a few months every Built in 1907, the Kaitangata is 10.2 feet and a depth of 18.1 feet. year. That was why he wished, in a steel screw steamer of 2,005 Her engines were installed at taking away the handsome clock Kross tounage and 1,136 nett Sunderland and are capable of with him, he could take away the tonnage. She was constructed by developing 198 N.H.P.

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