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plans and ordered that the defec- tive portions of the wall be taken down. He communicated all these orders to Mr. Gibson personally, and had several' interviews with him in the office and on the site.
Notwithstanding Mr. Vornall's orders, work still continued. No proper plans were submitted and the walls were not taken down. Eventually it became necessary for. the Government to erect shorings to make the walls safe and secure.
That defondant had misrepre- sented the true condition of a building was one of the allegations
The material divergence was that made against Mr. J. S. Gibson, the local architect, when he was Mr. Gibson did not adhere to the Bummoned before Mr. Butters at plans. He erected a new portion of the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday the proposed reconstruction, which afternoon on two counte, (1) mis- he had not disclosed In his plans. representing the true conditions P.W.D. Officer's Evidence. of Nos, 279 and 281 Reclamation Street, which were under recon- struction, and (2)
causing material divergence from the plans submitted to and approved by the Building Authorities,
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The Aeroplanes leave Singapore at 5 am. on Thursdays each week and the Hongkong Singapore conexion will be made by the regular fort- Giving evidence, Mr. Vernall nightly sailing of P. & O. mall steamers and on alternate weeks by any steamer that can make the connexion at Singapore. The time of transit said he visited this building on the night of the fire last November. | Singapore to London is 7 days.
Letters and postcards should be marked “Bandoeng-Amsterdam Air He saw then that No. 281 was on fire. On January 10, he received Mall Service" and banded in at the General Post Office and Kowloon Post plans from Mr. Gibson together Omes. Mr L. R. Andrewes, Assistant with a stability certificate, schedule All Crown Solicitor, prosecuted, while "K," and a R.C.C. schedule. Mr. M. K. Lo appeared on behalf these were signed by Mr. Gibson with the exception of the schedule of the defendant.
"K," which was signed by the Outlining the case, Mr. Androwes owners of the building. Witness said the construction of these pre-dealt with the plans in the usual mises was rendored necessary by away by office routine, and found fire which occurred on November that they required one.or two minor 15, 1932, and during that fire No. amendments. He then asked Mr. 281 was completely gutted, leaving Gibson to call at the office, which only the wall standing. No. 279, ho did on February 1. Witness ex- the adjoining house, was also plained what was required, and Mr. damaged, and on January 10, 1988. Gibson then took away the plans. plans wore submitted for the re- They were submitted again construction of these premises the required amendments, and they and they were signed by Mr. were approved February 3,
1033. Gibson.
Various other papers were sub- mitted together with the plans in accordance with the Ordinance. The first of these was a stability certificate dated January 9 and signed by Mr. Gibson.
on
with
Witness then explained in detail what certain colouring on plans meant, stating that Mr. Gibson by colouring certain portions grey meant that he was using these por- tions in the construction of a new building. This also meant, witness The next relevant document was said, that when an architect re- a form signed by Mr. Gibson and constructs an old building and pro- which stated that the plans and poses to use old work to carry loads calculations submitted to the Build-he considers this old work to be ing Authorities were prepared capable of sustaining such londe. under his personal supervision, and that the said plans and calculations conformed in every respect with the reinforced concrete require ments. This document also stated that Mr. Gibson had been engaged con- to supervise throughout such struction. Philadelphia, P. Ei hant Ivory from the jungles
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the Building Authorities, they When the plans wore received by were dealt with in the usual way. After an examination of the plans, notice was sent to Mr. Gibson in- forming him that certain amend ments were required.
A plastic surgeon whose skill has transformed the faces of some of the ugliest prisoners in the Eastern Penitentiary told all about it in a paper before #1 Mr. Gibson attended the offices hospital staff of surgeons.
of the Building Authorities, took He traced the art of nose re-away the plans and finally made the building from the time such necessary amendments. metals as gold and silver, were
Relied on Statements, used up through the parafine and transplanted cartilege periods. The plans were later again sub- But he declared that ivory in the mitted to the Building Authorities, best of them ull. He said that the and they were approved on Febru- material can be shaped perfectly ary 8, 1933. It was found that the at the convenience of the operator amended plans conformed with the and if it isn't right the first Ordinance and that was why they lime, It can be reshaped.--Reuter, were
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On about March 16 or 17, Mr. Neville made a report to him about the building, and on March 21 he visited the premises and found that was sub- Mr. Neville's report stantially correct. He found that the walls wero cracked in various places. Some portions which were
brickwork and hollow walls. marked sound showed cracks, bad
Witness attributed the bad condi- tion of the premises to the fire. He said these defects must have been visible immediately after that con- flagration. These cracks could be found on the ground, first and second floors.
Portions Pulled Down. According to the plans submitted, certain walls were to have been left intact, but they were found to have been pulled down, while certain portions which were said to be sound, were found to be cracked.
Mr. Vernall spoke to Mr. Gibson approved. The Building. Authorities relied on statements about the discoveries he had made, signed by Mr. Gibson, that parts of and told him that further plans the old building would be utilised would be required. Witness sug- in the reconstruction of the build-gested that Mr. Gibson should make ing, and that he considered these an inspection. He also wrote portions to be sound enough. The letter to Mr. Gibson confirming that stability certificate also stated that conversation, and asking that work in Mr. Gibson's opinion, these por- be stopped. The work was
not tions would be structurally sound stopped, however. and capable of supporting the
On March 30, Mr. Neville report: weight of the new building to beed to witness that work was still Force will give a radio programme
The band of the Canton Air erected thereon.
in progress, and a few days later It was essential, went on Mr. witness himself went to the site Station C.M.B. on a wavelength 440 the building must in fact be sound, work had not stopped. from the Canton Broadcasting Andrewes, that these portions of and discovered for himself that
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but ther plans from Mr. Gibson they were not in order. He ac- Mr. F. C. Neville, a Government cordingly returned them to overseer, visited the site and ina- Gibson on April 3. Two days later. pected the building. Ho found that Mr. Gibson called at the office, and
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A. Margis ed away, and he was unable to was getting serious. Fox-trot, "Alrman, Airman1"
make a close examination of the Mr. Gibson stated, however, that Hargreaves building. He called again Selection, H.M.S. "Pinafore,'
on he had not seen any of the letters A. Sullivan March 16, and he found then that written to him by the Building Waltz, (n) "It Happened in
work had begun and he was able to | Authorities drawing his attention Monterey" M. Wayne make an inspection of the building to the defects of the premises. (b) "Springtime in the operations. He came to the con- Witness asked him how he could Rockies" .Robert Sauer clusion that the various portions of have sont in amended plans Fantasia. "Carman"
...Bizet the wall were in a very unsound March 29 if he had not seen the "Regimental March"
state. He reported this to Mr. R.letters, whereupon Mr. Gibson ex- from the talking picture J. Vernall, an architect in the plained that the plans were
not Maniin "Viennese Nights."
Sigmund Ramberg superior.
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by people outside. Therefore as "Straite and Calcutta the letters referred to work dono
Parcels, by people outside, they might have Halphong On March 21, Mr. Vernall visited Witness warned him that ho was
been forwarded to these people. Straits the site and inspected the building, the architect and would be held rea- Japan and Canada-due Victoria sccompanied by Mr. Neville. Ho found that the walls were defective, ponsible.
B.C., 7th August, they were cracked and were
On April 8, Mr. Gibson called at un-witness office and said work had bad stato also. He formed the him that shorings would have to be sound. The brick-work was in a been stopped. Witness then told opinion that these defects wero pot up. Mr. Gibson agreed and caused by the fire which occurred sald he would have that done. in November, 1932, and that they Witness saw Mr. Gibson again on were present in the walls as from April 12 and told him that the that day..
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shorings he had put up were not Letters for "Bandoeng--Amsterdam Rawalpindi These defects should have been sufficient. in the plans which wore submitted Witness had not received
Air Mail Service on January 10, and by ronson of now plans from Mr. Gibson, but their not being shown on those had told him that if proper plans plans, the prosecution submitted, were submitted within three weeks the defendant was guilty of miare-ho (witness) would be satisfied. If presenting the true condition of the at the expiration of that period, no buliding.
plans had been received, witness would take legal proceedings. The Mr. Andrewes pointed out that summons was taken out on June by making these misrepresenta- [0. MAN tions, defendant would endanger Mr. Lo reserved his cross the new building to possible examination of this witness. collapse.
Corroborative evidence was given
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the hearing was adjourned until to
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