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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1933,

FATAL BALCONY

COLLAPSE

FOREMEN IN THE

WITNESS BOX

ANOTHER GAOL OVERCROWDED

WHEN 200 NATIVES ARE SENTENCED

A foroman In charge of, the cement concrete work and' a 'fore- men employed by the owner, Mr.

Umziuto, Zululand. Kwok Wal-cam gave evidence at

As a sequel to a tribal fight in at the Central Police Court yester-the Umtwalum! Valley 298 natives day afternoon when the Inqucat were charged before the local into the deaths of Cheng Tai, an magistrate and all except 28 were amali and Jessie Honson (11), who convicted. Varying finos were im- were killed in a balcony collapso posed, ranging from £2. 10s. to Happy Valley on June 8, wan£17. 108. with the alternative of from two months to six months continued.

hard labour. Only a fow could pay their fines. The local gaols were thus suddenly over-crowded and most of the prisoners will have to be transferred elsewhore-Reuter.

It was stated that the men who poured the coment were not at the moment available to gave evidence. Those men worked in gangs and wore sometimes in Macao, sometimes in Canton and occasionally In Hongkong, ..

Mr. Schofield is sitting as panelled comprises Messrs. B. A Rodgers (foreman), Colbourne Little, and Ei Koon-chun.

Coroner, and the special jury em-

-

The cross-examination

on,

He had been engaged by "a sub- contractor, and he was in charge. of the work of laying the coment concrete

all floors and balconies. The rods were sup- Ho did ported on wooden chocks not know the height at which they were supported, but the wooden chocks wore three and sometimes four inches long. The rods were never supported on broken stones,

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TABAFIS ASPRI

ASPRO

REG, TRADE MADR DIRECTIONS

***** WITHIN ......**** SPEEDILY BELIEVES Headichas-colds, Rheumatism Inilvenza Seeple feraithnes

Temperative Malaria Dengue

Neuritis

Tattache

Neuralgia

EArathe

Sore Throat

Hay Fever

Sciatica

Asima

ALL HST DAY

PLANT.

ASPRO

THE 'SANITAPE' METHOD EXPLAINED.

HYGIENIC method of Packing

ASPRO

EXPLAINED

The plant consists of the most up- to-date and efficient mechanical ap- poratus, including a number of 'SANI. TAPE machines, which seal the tablets hygienically in specially pre- pared wax paper compartments.

This should

Mr. F. C. Jenkin, K. C. instruct- ed by Mr. F. E. Nash, of Messrs. Woo and Nash, appeared for the contractors, Messrs. Wang Tak and Co., Mr. H. J. Armstrong of

The Owner's Foremen Messrs. Deacons, for the architect,

He did not pay attention to the Mr. A. J. Lane, and Mr. M. K. Lo,

of the bars when the of Messrs. Lo and Lo, for the position

cement was poured in, and he did owner of the house.

of the not notice if any, of the bars were foremen architect, Mr. Tong Kwong-hing, bent. The owner's four

This system is known as the modern were present, and If they found was continued by Mr. M, K. Lo.

Mr. Lo: Do you agree with me

any of the bars protruding out of HYGIENIC 'SANITAPE method of that the contractor, before he laid the concrete they would pick up packing, and because of its thorough- down the concrete next day, would bamboo poles and ram it down and ly protective properties, ensures that thon instruct the 'ASPRO retains its original high and should

have seen that the they would

workmen

concrete standard of purity. to put moro wooden chocka had been removed?

over it. '—If he had found that the wooden

When they found Iron Tve to commend 'ASPRO' to all who chocks had been removed,

rods in positions which they con-appreciate the absolute necessity of he should have replaced them.

sidered were wrong, they would purity in medicine. · · _ And the fact that the wooden put them right and then give in- to be chocks had been removed should structions for the cement have been found out by him?It poured in. He could not remem ber what they actually did on the is possible he may not have found

balcony rods, and he could not re- that out.

Do you suggest that this fore-member who carried out the ce- man should have seen that the ment pouring. atcel had dropped from the right to the wrong position? The con tractor's foreman could not always be at one spot. He had to over see the work being done in the flat

too.

Concrete Pouring.

Mr. Schofield: You mean, then, that he could not always have seen the concrete being poured. In?

Witness: Yes,

Mr. Lo: According to the fore- man, the cement concrete was put in floor by floor, including the balconies?

Witness: Yes,

I understand from the foreman that the cement mixing board would be placed anywhere within the floor?Yes,

And the cement concrete is poured from the floor to the bal- The cement would cony 7-Yes. then gradually spread out, and the men had also gradually to move out to the verandah..

|

Interposing, Detective-Sergeant Fitches, who had charge of the investigations, mentioned that he had questioned the witness at length regarding the last point, but he could obtain no definite in- formation. The cement pourers worked in gangs and they would be in Hongkong, then in Canton and then in Macao.

Replying further, the witness said there were three boards for mixing coment on each floor.

Cross-examined by Mr. Jenkin, witness said the concrete first filled in from the verandah. Cement was poured from three or four different points at the same time.

was

Counsel: Is the cement made outside and brought up or is it mixed on the floor?

Witness: The mixing of con- crete is done on the floor.

Mr. Armstrong-Do you know who the owner is? Witness: Yes.

Replying to further questions,

OF"

The wonderful human-like 'SANI- TAPE' machines are one of the most ingenious and highly-developed gineering triumphs of modern times. The machines wrap the tablets with unerring regularity in waxed paper, divide the paper into separato com partments, crimp each compartment so that no air can find access to the tablet, fold the tape, and finally pasa them through sprays of paraffin wax, effectively sealing the SANITAPE, and rendering the tablets proof against damp, moisture and any form of contamination.

ELIMINATION of handlinG

The 'SANITAPE' method of pack- ing has a distinct advantage over the crude and obsolete system of hand packing. At no time during the pro- cess of manufacturing, compressing and packing, do 'ASPRO Tablets come in contact with the human hand, therefore, contamination from this entirely prevented the tablets reaching the consumer in the same perfect hygienic state as when they left the tableting machines.

source

ASPRO BRINGS SWEET SLEEP TO THE SLEEPLESS

It was practically not neces-witness said. the owner was pre- There are many thousands of people sary for any foreman to be on the sent nearly every day, and was who now have sweet peaceful sleep rods while the cement was being Interested in the building. He who hitherto hardly knew the mean- poured in?-He must necessarily spoke to witness about any part ing of a period of restfulness. irend on the rods. Sometimes the of the work that he found uin- ASPRO has brought about the workmen had occasion to tread satisfactory. The owner would transformation by its sweet soothing on the balcony to call someone or order him to fill the measure of influence on the nerves, and breaking to lower baskets, even when the cement. It was the duty of the up of local feverish conditions. Two concrete is not being laid.

wner and his foreman to see that tablets before rotiring is the usual

doso, the cement was worked in pro- perly under the bars.

I put it to you that no wooden chocks were used at all in any of the balconies, and the foreman will toll the Court that all he saw was cement concrete blocks about three or four inches long and half an inch thick being used on all floors, and the same blocks were used when the steel was laid?— No, that is not right.

Were you ever told to ram down the cement?-No.

Asked what was the result of the ramming, witness replied he did not know.

Replying to Mr. Lo, witness said he did not understand the dif- ference between making a cement I understood you to say at the concrets floor and a cement con- last hearing that according to the crete cantilever balcony. The ccn- plan, there were to be no cross tractors did not explain to him bars to hang the stirrups?—how high the bars should be. There should be two hanging bars.

Is it a fact that the balcony atcel should be put on top of the two bars 7-Yes,

Model Put In.

Then can you explain how the whole thing aank down?-If a man stands within an area of two feet by one from the edge of the bars, that part would slops under the weight. The weight might also

Mr. Lo-When' ramming Wan done did you think they were do- ing right or wrong? Witness: I did not think they were doing it right. -

A WONDERFUL

DIAMOND

"GREAT NASSAK”

PROCESS.

The production of. Acetyl-Salicylle Acid in its really purest form is a difficult and expensive process, re- quiring the services of highly skilled chemists. The cruder forms of this product contain free Salicylic Acid, which is expressly forbidden in the standards laid down by the British Pharmacopoeia, the guiding authority of the Medical Profession. The un skilled tablet maker may start with a pure drug, but by lack of the latest knowledge may turn out tableta con taining free Salicylic Acid, liberated during the processes necessary to prepare the powder for comprasion. We make the following positive claim ARE MADE FROM

BRITISH

MANU FACTURED AOCTYL SALICYLIC ACID, FREE FROM ANY TRACE OF FREE SALICYLIC ACID AND CONFORMING TO THE TESTS OF ALL KNOWN AUTHORITIES. THE TABLETS ARE MADE BY PRO CESSES WHICH ENSURE THAT THEY ARE OF THE SAME STAND- ARD OF PURITY AS THE ORIGINAL DRUG, AND CONTAIN NO TRACE OF FREE SALICYLIC ACID.

for

NO CHALK, TALO OR OTHER MINERAL IS USED AS AN EXCIPIENT, WHICH IN 'ASPRO TABLETS IS A HIGHLY REFINED FOOD PRODUCT.

HOW

TO TAKE

ASPRO

FOR COLDSFLU

'ASPRO' makes positive, definite an clear claims that it will rolleve a Influenza or Cold attack in one nigh and it proves it. You can preven Flu by taking 2 ASPRO Tabistan the first sign of a Cold, and 2 tablet every three hours afterwards until th symptoms disappear; a hot lemen o whisky drink to be taken with th last dese before going to bed. It advisable when taking ASPRO fo Influenza and Colds to keep the bod wammly clad in order to provón chill. The value of 'ASPRO for In fluenza was proved in Australia whe the Pneumonic Influenza Plagu ravaged the country, and the Federa Parliament proclaimed ASPRO Necessary Commodity in the publi interest,

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5's 20 CLs. 10's 40 Cts. 27's $1.0

What 'ASPRO Does:

1 It Steps Violent Head- aches in 5 to 10 minutes. 2 It Brings Sweet Sleep to

the Sleepless.

3 It Relieves Rheumatism.

in one night.

Relieves Growing Pains.

4 It

9. A hat lemon-drink with 2 or 3 ASPRO' Tablets will smash up a Cold or "Flu attack in one night.

10 It Reduces Temperature.

in 5 minutes..

Children's

11

.5 I Saves many a Sound,

Tooth by Removing Toothache.

6. It Brings Relic without

12

causing sickness, indi-

13

gestion or a craving.

14.

7

I Stops Pain withou) - harm-

ing the Heart,

15

8

It soothes away Irritability.

TOO CAREFUL WITH HIS MONEY

It can be taken at any time, in Tram, Train, at Home, at Business anywhere -- everywhere.

It gives the greatest relief ever. known ib-gamen ́at their times of periodical 'depres-; sion.

Stops the Ill After-Effects

of Alcohol

it relieves Dengue and Hal

arla by reducing the fever. As a Gargle, 'ASI HO is wan- derful for Sore Throats, Tonsilitis, etc.

the money was found. Inside and seized, and the manufacturer was arrested:

The chauffeur has received si Jarge reward for "Information leading to the discovery AND SO HE LOST attempted amuggling of:

rencles."--Reuter.

IT

Prague. A wealthy. Czechoslovak manufacturer has lost £75,000 because he was careful with his money, according to a press re port..

The manufacturer's chauffeur) asked for a "rise." It was re-

fused.

Shortly afterwards the chauffeur

Ger-

The spare-tyre was examined,

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[RELEASED ET UNITED ARTISTS -

AT THE KING'S THEATRE

ON VIEW AT WORLD FAIR

Chicago, Illinois. The great Nassak Diamond-first Did you think it was a danger seen by white man as the gleaming to the building?If the rods were eye of an Indian God-ie dazzling rammed down from the position the eyes of visitors at the 1993 which theye were in, it would Chicago World's Fair. endanger the building.

"It is announced by Fair officials told customs officials that while Were the steel bars rammed that the Half million dollar gem, down in the balcony.? They must looted from the temple of Siva at crossing the frontior into bear down the whole hanging bar. have been,, because the rods Nosank, India, in the 18th century many that he had scer his master WATCH FOR OPENING DATE

Mr. Jenkin, at this stage, put showed above the concrete and and later taken to London, is the changing tyres and putting a before witness another model, the foreman then rammed the bent-chief exhibit in the Jewellery dis-packet into the spare tyre.. which, he said, really represented up rods down, before further play. the true position..

Cross-examining on this model, I put it to you that the owner's The 78 5/8 carat stone is guard- Mr. Lo asked whether, when it was workmen did not do any work but ed elaborately. It rests in a oponed up, he would find thig part merely carried out inspection? cabinet of burglarproof glass inside to be bent down?

They will certainly deny it, if 1 of which is a drill-proof safe. The Witness: Yes the whole lengthsay they worked. ⠀

top of the safe folds back and of it would be bent down.

If you thought the ramming allows the cushion on which the The foreman will tell the Court was wrong, did you report to the diamond will rest to arise on dis- that you examined the steel bura contractor? No, my duty in only play above the safe, on top of the garage on the first confined to the pouring in of Armed guards in gas masks floor, but you did not examine cement.

atand nearby. The safe also has othor bars, but left that work to Li Chouk, the owner foreman, the protection of tear gas and the Chan Yin ? No. I oxamined all the was the next witness called. Ho "olectro eye" the photo eletric .bars.

stated he was a bricklayar in the bell which sounds tho alarm when On the balcony, as you have country. The last witness was his anyone crosses its invisible beam, designed it, the railings should helper. On one occasion witness The glass case is so arranged that also be carried?—Yes.

had to report to the owner about any blow to it automatically, causo8

cement was poured in.

on

I put it to you, that this balcony the presence of earth in the sand the gem to sink into the safe and a as designed was just sumclent to that was being used for the flood of tear gas is lot loose. carry the balcony plus the railings cement. Ho allo reported

The Jewellery: pavillion also in- only on the assumption that the overal occasions to the owner re- oludes exhibitions showing a dia- steel barn wore on top of the garding the Interior decorations, mond mine in operation, a native concrete? The bar is 41⁄2 Inches Witness did not remember any kaffir kraal where workers live, and

thing about the arrangement of diamond cutters at work. Do you agree with me that every the iron work. Nothing happened Fifteen tons of blue ground" half inch put, means more stress while coment was being poured In containing an estimated 3,000. on the balcony ?--Yos, AE, on the balcony, (He was paid for carats in diamonds were shipped to Lel-Chuan) acement concreto his trouble, as was last witness. Chicago from Kimberley, Bouth foreman, said that he was at work The bearing was adjourned to at No 10 Yuk Đầu Brood in 1981, thi t

'rom the balcony,

Africa, to provide a realistio setting for the diamond inines --Reuters.

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