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ROAD FATALITY

CAR DRIVEN BY TRAFFIC

NEW FRENCH PLAN.

AIR LINE FROM ANNAM TO CANTON

Nanking, April 4,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH - THURSDAY, APRIL

SOVIET DEFENCE

DOUBLE TRACKING SIBERIAN LINE

London, Apr. 4. Referring to rumours that The work of double-tracking French avlation intereste are the trans-Siberian Railway is now]

2 small contemplating the conclusion of complete, except for

POLICE SERGEANT

Contributory negligence by the deconsed, and negligence on the part of Sergeant Hawel, of the Police Traffic Deplirtment, in not satisfying himself that the brakes of his car were in good order, was an agreement with Kwangtung amount of construction work to bo found by the jury at a Coroner's for opening an alr line between carried out on a few bridges and Inquiry yesterday into the death Canton and Hue, the capital of of Chan Choung,

Aunam, a spokesman of the Nan- A verdict of accidental death king Ministry of Communications was returned by the Jury, which puld to-day that the creation of comprised Mosara, F. 9. Eillot, air lines between China and M. N. Rekusen and R. Johannes- foreign countries rests with the son. The Inquiry was conducted Central Government. by. Mr. Hamilton, at the Central

Magistracy.

.Should the rumour prove to be true, he added, the agreement

validity.- would Itoutor,

роявяв

1103

tunnols.

The double-tracking of 1,800 miles of the Amur and Vanuri railway lines to Vladivostok, as foreshadowed by M. Molotoff at the Council of Commissars held; on March 6, is being actively pro-

ALLOWANCE CUT

REDUCTIONS FOR :

LOCAL TROOPS

Drastle' cuts; in the allow. inces paid to all ranks in the Colonies, including Hongkong, will be made on May 1, accord- ing to Information received yesterday. All officers and men, It is stated, will be affected.

Two of the most atriking fea- tures of the revised rate are that officers lost as much a £800 year, and a private will receive exactly the same pay as if he were serving at Aldershot.

The news is contained in a Wor fee, cable, which was received at Fort Canning, Singapore.

The cable reads:

Chan Choung, the deceased, was

necuted. Moscow's policy of the an employee of. Gilman's Service

past two years, has been special- Station, Wanchal, and was knocked

ty directed towards making the down and killed by a car driven by

Soviet's Far Eastorn army, com-rate Colonial allowances

"The following rovised daily Traffic Sergeant . E. Howel, in

18 ap- Hennessey Road, on March 7.

mon to go on and to pass him on manded by General Bluecher proved as from May 1, 1934:-- Traffic Sergeant McInnes gave the loft. But as the man hesitated (allas Galons) self-supporting. married offloors, $3; singls of- evidence when the Inquiry was con- so much, he did not swerve the car

ficers, $1.46; married warrant of- tinued yesterday afternoon. He but carried straight on. The man

In conformity with this plan. Acers (Class 1). 55 cents; mur- went to the scene of the accident was hit on the rear part of his intensive colonisation of the Farried warrant officere (Class 2), with Sergeant Howel. There two right shoulder, and he thought his Eastern territories has begun. staff sergeants and school mis. skid marks west of the entrance head struck the bonnet. He pulled Residents in these torritories tresses, 40 cents; married ser- to Wallace Harper's service station, up, and after attending to the man, have, since January this year geants, 36 cents; married: rank The skid mark nearest the south took him to the Government Clyll been granted numerous privileges, and file, 30 cents." side of the road was 61 feet long Hospital, where he died, a few which include exemption from cor- and the other 69 feet long. The minutes after admittance, Ho had tain taxes and higher prices for car did not make ang swerve. He the brakes of the car ndjusted on Government purchases of their

mined the brakes of the car and February 24 and it was

then over-products. they were not. In order. The hauled, after having done 1,000 rear wheel brakes were gripping milles. He did not see the decensed A new coal-fold, snid to be of before the front wheel brakes. until he started braking. He had an extraordinary rich nature, has The brake on the left front wheel the impression that the deceased just been opened in the Baikal did not release itself after the came out from the left hand side region and this will add to the peddle was depressed. The result of the road and not back from the general prosperity of the color was that the right front wheel would be turning when the peddle was depressed. He tried the car In Gloucester Road, and at 26 miles an hour with the application of the foot brake only, the car stopped in fi5 feet. He then ad- justed the brake and tried again. and at the same speed the car stopped in 33 feet.

Driver's Version.

middle of the road. He was doing | lets. between 25 and 30 miles an hour. There was no other car in front of him.

All reports agros that the For Eastern torritories are cheerful and prosperous. The army ata- In reply to the foreman of the tioned, there has had its pay con Jury, witness said that sincoatderably increased. February 24 he had not had occa sion to use the brakes in making an emergency stop.

The forces serving in Hong- kong and other Colonies are also said to be affected.

ter, Mr. Hirota and M. Youreneff, Soviet Ambassador, over the sale. of the Chinese Eastern Railway. -Our Own Correspondent,

Bole of C.E.R.

Tokyo, Apr. 4. The Soviet Ambassador to Japan; M. Youreneff, has invited Japanese and Manchakup oficiris to particip The Soviet army in the Farate in a round-table conference at Eastern territorica is believed to Tokyo on April 18 to discuss the number 160,000 troops and to be sale of the Chinese Eastern Bull- Mr. Hamilton, In his charge to liberally supplied with guns, tanke way to Manchukuo. the Jury, said they had various and gas factories at Chita, fta Traffic Sergeant Howel said that alternatives to consider. They main base. It is believed that about 4.65 p.m. on March 7 he was could find that it was a pure ac- there are 250 military plines sta- driving bla private car No. 1591, eldent. They could find that ittioned at Blagovestchensk. along Hennessey Road from East was an accident contributed to by to West. When near Gilman's negligence on the part of the de

Moscow insists that all of these service station & Chinese male an ceased, or negligence on the part military preparations in the East peared on the left front of the car of Sergeant Howel. or by are defensive measures, but con- as if he had come out from the left negligence on the part of both of tinues to publish acare reports re- side of the road. He sounded his them. But they could only bring garding Japan's intentions to at- horn. The man half turned round in a verdict of manslaughter iftack her territories. and looked back, and hesitated.they found that Sergeant Howel

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On the other hand, those

in

He applied the foot brake but this had driven the car in a manner so best informed circles in London did not seem to pull the car up, so reckless that It amounted to he applied the hand brake as well.

criminal recklessness. The man altered his mind and went slightly into the middle of the road. The Jury then retired for half He could not then avoid him, and an hour, and gave their verdict as hit him. He had expected the stated above.

It is understood that the con- ference will attempt to

divorce other most problems, such as the Soviet-Manchukuo-Japanese border question, from the actual C.E.R. negotiations.-United Press.

Moscow-Vindivostok

Vladivostok, Apr. 4. The Soviet Government an- nounces the completion of a 9,500 connecting Moscow with Vladivos- kilometre telegraph iine, directly

tok.

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bollove that Russo-Japanese rola-' tions have recently much improv ed, na indicated by the amicable Military significance is attached conversations held in Tokyo be- to this new line of communica- tween the Japanese Foreign Minis- tion.United Press.

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