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FALSE EVIDENCE

MR. HAMILTON 155UES A GENERAL WARNING.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER

20,

1934.

CHINESE CHAMBER

OBITUARY

TO BECOME A LIMITED .LJABILITY COMPANY,

At a special meeting of members

AUTHORITY ON CHINESE LANGUAGE

A general warning as regards falsa

London. Supt. 19, testimony on cath in motor car sum of the Chinese General Chamber of Professor Joseph Percy Bruce, monses was given by Mr. E. W. Commerce yesterday afternoon, M.A., D. LITT., well-known authority Hamilton, the First Magistraté At sub-Committee of five members was on the Chinese language, died here the Central Police Court yesterday appointed to work out the memoran- afternoon, before the hearing of the dum and Articles of Association for to-day. Professor Bruce was born against P. C. Morgan, the Chamber, which will be organised at Hendon in 1861 and after gra

duating at the London University, driver of private car No. 1417, who as a Limilled Company. was charged with disobeying a traille The Committee elected consist of want to Chint as a missionary of Aignal.

Messrs. J. M. Wong, Kwok Yun-ting, the Baptist Mission Society In In a lot of motor car summonses Yung Koon-man, Chia Chao.fan and 1887. recently there has been a good deal Li Ping-sum.

For a time he was principal of of hard swearing, and it is perfectly The Articles of Association will be the Gotch-Robinson College in obvious that one side or the other submitted to the Chamber's legal like been awearing falsely," said Mr. adviser, Mr. M. K. Lo, for considera Shantung and later Principal of Hamilton. "Swearing falsely in a tion, before they are finally adopted the Shantung Christian University

at Tainanfu, at another general meeting. motor car summons is just as bad as in any criminal case, and I wish to make it quite clear in future that if

I am able to allocate any "false swear he was given the signal to stop by ing, I shall take as norious steps as the constable at the top while an Ile In my power. People seem to other car came up. He then received think that because it is a mere mat- the signal to pass, and turned the ter of a motor car aimons they can corner down the slope. He was about be casual about details.

Conflict in Evidence. The summons against Morgan was dismissed after evidence, Mr. Hamil-I ton remarking there was a conflict in the testimony. Both sides could not be speaking the truth. There were two solutions; one that Morgan and his witness were lying, and the other that the Chinese constable was not telling the truth,

The commons was taken out against, Morgan, following an incident at the bottom of the slope leading to the Central Police Station on September 6, when Morgan is alleged to have disobeyed a signal, and nearly col- Ided with a motor cycle ridden by Traffle Sergeant Melnnis, who was coming down the slope.

In 1922, Prof. Bruce was award- ed the degree of D. Litt. In ro- cognition of his researches in Chinese philosophy. Ho trans- latered aoveral Chinese claseles into English-Reuter.

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London, Sept. 19. Mr. A. W. Hibberdine, goneral manager of Imperial and Interna- tional Communications Ltd., died yesterday.

forty yards from the constable at the bottom of the slope, and had the signal in his favour. The constablo was facing east. When about twon- ty-five yards from the constable. Le saw that something had gone wrong. He saw the constable Ruddenly go forward as if trying to push some- thing hack with his right hand. 11ợ stopped his cycle inside the gate, and vice of cable and wireless com- at the same time saw the constable panies.-Router. run from his post towards u car, which was coming, at a speed much in excess of what it should have done, up the slope. The number of the car was 3417.

From the time he turned down the slope he never saw a car pass from went to cast. Defendant had gone about eight yards up the slope when he stopped.

A Chinese constable, D 107, who was on duty at the bottom of the In the witness box, Morgan atated slope, stated that about 11.15 am. that he was taking Mr. Leyden, af on September 6, he BAW Sergeant the P. W. D., to the Central Polico McInnis coming down the slope, and Station. At the junction of Wynd gave kini the lgnal. He had pre-ham Street and Arbuthnot Rond he viously seen the constable at the top slowed down, to allow a blue saloon

Ho of the slope give the signal. Ser-car to go a Arbuthnot Road. gennt McInnis put his right hand then continued about ten yards, and aut. He (witness) was facing cast the constable gave him the signal to when he gave the signal, stopping proceed up. The constable was fac- traffic coming towards him. He then ing east, and had his right hand up, kaw a car coming along Wyndham with palm facing the hill, while his Street from the cast, aloost at the left hand, with the baton in it, was

The baton was anime time sa Sergeant Meinols gave hanging down. his signal. The car was about ten raised. He was about twenty yards away from him then, but the thirty yards away when he got driver ignored the signal," came on, signal. ankl

turned to the left up the atope. Sergeant Melunis stopped his cycle near the gates, and the cur also stoppel, otherwise there would have been a collision. Both vehicles stop ped at right angles to each other.

Replying to Morgan, witness said he did not ser any car pass from weat to east before he saw defend.

ant's car.

Noticed Something Wrong. Sergeant Mclunis said that he was leaving the station compound, when

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