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croting of the floor, would you

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true,

If I qualify, by saying the greater part of the time, will you agree to that? I disagree.

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concreting?- A sugestion that Mr. Kwok Wii- there the whole day.

You made it your special busi-Authorised Capital gam, owner of the building, had ness in fact to be there at the abscribed and Pald-up

Reserve Fund always. ac- concreting?-No. been taking a particular and tive interest in the construction Sometimes I had to go to Can- work, even in the concreting of ton, therefore I could not have 47-125, Leadenhall Street, London, EC. Reserve Liability of Fropriatam,000,000 the floors, was made by Mr, F. C. been there.

ol courBu Jenkin, K.C., in the

I put it to you that you had cross-examination of the witness four overseers?-Only

two. I at the resumed enquiry yesterday have only one foki, called Kwok Into the fatal balcony collapse Loy, and whenever he is alck, I at 16, Yuk Sau Street.

send a foki of my own firm to is eltting ns take his place. Mr. Schofield

Wo have heard from the learn- Coroner, and the special-jury empanelled compriaca Messrs. R.ed Coroner that you informed the A. Rodgers (foreman), Colbourne Police you had four overseers. I Little, and Li. Koon-chun.

suppose it in a mere coincidence Mr. F C. Jonkin, K.C. (instruct- that our Instructions here are also ed by Mr. F. E. Nash, of Messrs. that you had four overacers?-I Woo and Nash, appeared for the may have said three or four.

Did you sign your statement Wang Tak! contractors, Mesara. and Co., Mr. H. J. Armstrong of to the Police?—Yes. Messrs, Deacons, for the architect, Mr. A. J. Lano, and Mr. M. K. Lo, of Messrs. Lo and Lo, for the owner of the house.

Mr. Kwok Wal-sam was again called to give evidence.

to

I put it to you, Mr. Kwok, that' you know a great deal more about buildings than you profess know, and that you practically took charge of the construction of this building?--No, I don't

Mr. Jenkin: The overseers you agree. selected without any reference at. I put it to you that you inter. all to the architects?-That is so. fered and gave orders and direc- Who put you up to that?-Ontions on almost every conceivable

occasion 7-If I found out any

my own.

Without any previous knowledge you say, of buildings?--Yes.

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thing wrong I told my workmen No. 10 Des Voeux Road, Central, to have it put right.

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And that in particular, when Authorleed Caplial the concrete was being Inid, you Paid-up Caplial were present and directed opera- Reserve and Undivided Profita ..

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In reply to a question witness Blogpor And all those things which I have mentioned were done with-denied that the pressing or ram-Surabaya

Tientsin arming up of the concrete was done Talbok Tokyo out consultation with your

by his overseers.

done by Vancouver chitects? That is 80.

Mr. Jenkin: It was your foremon with fir poles which Yokohama were left lying about the pre-Kowloon mises?—I don't say that."

And the only instructions you gave your overseers were by you? -Yes.

You were particularly interested in the concrete, were you not?- Not particularly

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And that they did that because Every description of Banking and Exchange of your apprehension or fear ocular trazuacted. Losos granted on ap

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In what cine other than the con-casioned by the collapse in the crete were you interested?-In-other building?-No. specting wood work and brick work.

The collapse of the adjacent balcony to which you referred yes terday was before your balcony waa completed?-I cannot remem- bor. It was so long ago.

Point of Question.

You see the drift, I take it, of don't you? If my question. You see the point of my question, you don't I shall explain it to you. The point of the question is this, to be quite fair to you. If the

I put it to you that the collapse ramming of that concrete was did in fact occur before your bal-carelessly done, the frame work cony was completed?-I cannot re- of the bars and these stirrups member.

would be put out of position?- And that resulted in a vory I never instructed my men to do special interest on your part in the ramming. your own balcony?-Not so parti- cularly interested. I merely ask ed Mr. Lane. to make the balcony sounder, in order to prevent similar occurrence.

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any

Question of Presence. Will the concreting of single floor of any of your houses take place in one day? I don't know, as I have no knowledge of buildings. The workmen times carry out work during the night as well.

Home-

I am suggesting that in this the overseers are largely responsible. The drop of these bars from the right to the wrong position, that

In from the top to the bottom would be a matter approximately of three inches only 7-I have not gone into that.

You made numerous payments out of your own pocket apart from the architect during the course of these works ?-Yes.

Did you keep a record of theso payments? Yes.

Witness replying to questions, said these

further payments

I am including night work as well. I put it to you, on the owere shown in the account books casion of concreting that you of his firm.

made it.your business to be pre- Counsel: And they will show

payments to your

is not. so, I had sent? That other work to look after, and could only make an occasional inspec- tion of the bulldings.

If all your witnesses say you were there during the whole con-

Yes.

overseers?-

Mr. Lo "Astounded." Mr. Jenkin having completed

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