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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1986.

GRESFORD COLLIERY MANAGER DEFENDED

ACTED AS A FOOL

BUT NOT A KNAVE

-COUNSEL

N allegation by counsel for the mineowners that Mr. A

Joc Hall, of the Miners' Federation, had been "Parading the Gresford district in a tin hat" was made at the resumed inquiry in London into the Gresford Colliery disaster.

Mr. Hartley Shawcross, K.C., for the owners, accused Mr. Hall of performing "mock heroies," and asserted that Mr. Hall had been parading in a tin hat offering to go down the pit, knowing that those in authority would not allow anyone to take such dangerous and foolhardy risks.

Mr. Hall was quickly upon his feet, retorting that "when he condemns us he condemns the Commissioner who said he thought our anxiety to go down was right and proper and that he could not understand the company's attitude in not allowing us to go into the district."

Mr. Shawcross replied that those who had seen photographs of Mr. Hall In his tin hal could draw their own conclusions.

Mr. Hall: I have never used tin hat. You might have seen Mr. Smith.

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Earlier in the day Mr. H. P. Jarrls, of the National, Association of Col- llery Managers, referred to the attack made previously by Mr. Hall on Mr. Bonsell, the munnger of the colliery.

He read a statement which showed that at a meeting of Gresford miners on June 21 a resolution was unani- mously carried in which I was stated that the men "resented

Mr. Hall's

attack on Mr. Bonsell und that Mr. Bonsell had behaved well to the men and had treated them properly.

The disaster, in which 205 Ilves were lost, occurred on September 22, 1034.

"FALSE FIGURES"

the

Alluding to the "aked figure episode," in which Mr. Cuffin, Assistant surveyor, had been involved, at a previous hearing, Mr. Shawcross remarked that the question of false figures in the ventilation system was undoubtedly a sensational matter, but he pulled out that it was one which might easily be exaggerated.

the

The Maharajub of Mysore, richest m in the world, is on a visit Britain. The Maharajah, whose private fortune is estimated to execed £80,000,000, is shown above with a companion ousskle his Lon- ! Dan hotel.

Recalling the evidence, Mr. Shaw- cross said that Mr. Cuilla shortly after the disaster, recollected that the statistics for July and August had not been entered. Mr. Bonsell then saith under the stress and strain of that moment-it was within literally few hours of the terrible entastrophie "Well, put them in (meaning the Agures), put anything in," and Cul did so.

was

"under-

Explaining how it standable" for Mr. Bonself to 12:50 words of this kind, Mr. Shawerbss

MORE LUXURY

said that they had to remember nis LINERS FOR

condition.

distraught

He wus distracted and

No one who had seen him at the i end of this inquiry—at the end of ; his career a broken man, could not but understand the strain he bad

BRITAIN

Liverpool, Aug. 10.

undergone. They might perhaps THE Cunard-White Star understand and excuse him.

Line Mr. Shawcross suld

Mr.

The Tragedy.

The

On the afternoon of August 3, 1934, a taxicab was passing St. James's Pa- lace. Its lone passenger was Major Charles William St. John Rowlandson. major thrust his head out the window, called to his taxi-driver:

"Just make a note of the exact time by the palace clock, will you?" The driver obeyed. It was three minutes to three. Then there was a shot. The major collapsed in the taxicab ---dead.

In three minutes' time policies insuring his life for £42,469 would have ex-

pired.

Shot Major's Niece Awarded

£45,769, She Will Take £75 Her Uncle's Life In Sultan's Palace MR. JUSTICE SWIFT, in the King's Bench Division recently deliver- ed a judgment which technically makes a woman the richer by £45,769-insurance money, plus interest, due to her on the death of her uncle, Major Charles William St. John Rowlandson. will receive not more than £75.

The niece was Mrs. Agnes Emily de la Poer Beres- ford. She was also administratrix of her uncle's estate. The award was made against, ed, and Invited the major to return

with him as his personal secretary. the Royal Insurance Company, Major Rowlandson agreed. The Ltd. For their defence they had salary was not large, but the roman- relied on the coroner's verdict de side of the fe appealed to him. that Major Rowlandson "felo- niously killed himself," and that Trusted. Confidant to pay out in this case would be against public policy.

In fact, sho

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Of The Sultan Popular Melodies by "Three

He had apartments in the Sultan's as intermediary It was Intimated that the coin-1 palace. He acted.

would appeal, and the case between the Sultan and his subjects. .piny

carried to the House of He was the ruler's trusted conddant.. may be

passed Lords on the ground that a serious and large sums of money question of law had been raised.

through His hands.

He Killed Himself

To Pay His Debts

Major Rowlandson shot himself a suicide's so that he could leave bequeat to his creditors, to whom he ower £68,000.

It was probably the lavishness of his life in Zanzibar that developest In Major Rowlandson a disregard of the value of money. He was a generous spender, and whlie the money lasted he lived on a grand scale.

He had a house at Babbacombe.

In reality the case was fought in the interests of the major's creditors. ; where he kept a gardener, under- He died hopelessly insolvent,

Some time before he killed himself] his niece had lent him £100. It was the second time she had advanced him money to stop him ending his Me.

gardener and staff of servants,

He took a deep and sympathetic interest in polliteal problems, especi ally any matters connected with the working classes. He often went to labour meetings, and if he found apeople sufficiently interesting, he Would invite them to his house to get thely rst-hand information about difficulties.

On the first occasion her uncle returned the loan, and added small bonus as an expression of his gratitude. He died before he could repay the second loan.

the

So the woman who became virtu- ally entitled, an the victor in lawsuit, to the full amount claimed £42,469, plus interest counting to another £3,300-will receive only the creditors dividend of 155. in the to be shared pound. The rest is

creditors. among the other

During the four days the lawsuit bul -been-fought Mrs. de In Beresford, middle-aged,

Poer cultured, had sat behind 'rounsel stening to the case,

M.P.s Protest

At Sentence

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Big Ben: England . All India: A FIDELITY RECEPTION & PUSH-PULL OUTPUT

7 p.m. A Relay from Daventry.

commentary on the third Test Match by Howard Marshall, from the Oval, London.

7.15 p.m. The R.B.C. Symphony Orchestra.

Overture "Fidello" (Beethoven): Prelude "The Dream of Gerontius" (Elgar); Overture "The Merry Wives of Windsor" (Nicolai).

p.m. Variety Items. Song-Light lovin' dat Man-

.Greta Keller; Songs-Can't help "Show Boat; Bill-Show Heat"..

Maric Burke (Soprane) und the Band-Theatro Mississippi

The Ga

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A p.m. Local: Time Signal, Wea- ther Report and announcements.

8.03 p.m. From the Studio. Popular numbers by "The Three lind Mice."

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Programme.

1. Is it true what they say about Dixie?" 2. Lita; 3. (a) Ain't Mis behavin'; (b) Between the devil and the deep-blue-sea;-(c) Dinah;4. Between two fires; 5. (a) I'm in a

Twelve members of Parlia-sentimental mood; (b) It's a sin to

When the judge pronounced in her ment and two members of the favour a fellow creditor shook her House of Lords have signed a T

hnad. Then she walked quickly sprung a big sur-way from the court declining letter calling attention to the Bonsell had acted as a fool, but it was prise on the shipping world comment on a case which she had plight of General Toivo Anti- stated beforehand was too painful kainen, who has been sentenced "to-nght by announcing its for her to discuss. Alluding to Sir Stafford Cripps's decision to build ejaculation, "Send the papers to the Director of Pubile Prosecutions!" Mr. luxury liners in addition to

very difficult to think of him as knave.

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Shaweross said, "If this inquiry had the sistership to the Queen been presided over by a judge, my

learned friend would not have dared Mary.

to attempt to influence the course to

be taken by the Tribuni.

11 is an

easy thing to kick a man when he is!

down. It is not always useful; it is i

not always necessary."

The inquiry was adjourned.

THIS AGE OF HORROR

METHODIST ON ROAR OF ARMS FACTORIES

Comparing the days when men were hanged for petty theft with the horrors of modern warfare, the

Rev. C. Ensor Walters, i presiding at the Pastoral Session of the Methodist Conference at Newcastle recently asked: "Is our age more enlightened?"

"We are faced by grim realities, with horrors undreamt of by a former generation. I have heard the crash of bombs in London streets and the shrieks of dying children, and have seen the flow of blood," hè con- tinued.

Though the actual number nas not yet been decided, it is understood that four such ships are expected to be ordered to be built in the next three years, casting nearly £1,500,000 each. They would be about 30,000 tons each and have a speed of 25 knats.

First Steps Soon

The company's decision was

About fifty creditors will share Ju the award. The smallest is a man who advanced a sum of £5 to largest re- the shot, major, the presents a loan of about £20,000. made to help the dead man in steel-hardening process which he claimed was going to revolutionise the steel industry. His Bitterest

his life.

Disappointment

tell a lle; (c) Robins and Roses; B. Melody in the Sky ("The Trail of the K Relay from Da- Lonesome Pine"); 7. Moon Rise.

8.25 p.m.

ventry,

England v. All-India: A com- to life imprisonment by a Fin-mentary on the third Test Match by Oval. Howard Marshall, from the London. nish court.

Antikainen defeated on army of White Finns who 14 years ago tried to conquer Soviet Carella and his vic- tory has always rankled among the

Finns.

8.35 p.m. The London Pallo- dium Orchestra.

Belis across the Meadow (Ketel- bey); The Phantom Meledy (Ketel- bey): I hear you calling me (arr. Haydn Wood); Bird of love Divine Already imprisoned in Finland for (Haydn Wood); March Review Med- eight years he has now been chargedley (arr. Wollschach). with a murder said to have been com- 0 p.m. News and Announcements mitted 14 years ago.

from London.

DOUBTS RAISED "The methods" say the M.P.s in their letter by which the conviction were such that they was secured could not fail to cause serious doubis in this country as to the impartiality und integrity of the Finnish police | and of Finnish justice."

It is pointed out that the evidence for the prosecution was hearsay, that e prisoner was not allowed to call zitnesses he desired, and the one wit- ness for the defence was intimidated into giving evidence which he after-

The failure of that project, out of which Major Rowlandson confidently believed he would make a fortune, was the bitterest disappointment of his He spoke of this scheme to friends, among whom was the late French Premier, M. Briand. He paid an-constant visits to M. Briand in Paris, nounced in the following statement: when he realised that the project had

The directors of the Cunard- failed, that he was a ruined man. White Star Ltd., at a meeting in It was the chance discovery at a Liverpool yesterday, decided to counterfoil of an old cheque book

into negotiations with that enabled the detalls of the wards repudiatexi. various ship-builders for the con- major's colourful career to be pleced struction of tonnage to meet the together. requirements of the company's Months after he had killed him- Intermediate services based on self, Mr. Henry Harris, managing Liverpool and London.

clerk to frm of soilcitors, was look- "These Inquiries will be dising through the dead man's papers patched as soon as the necessory in his Hampstead hume. He had date has been prepared."

rearched through enough documents to fill an average-sized ruburijan

enter

Not even the Lest-informed people

in shipping circles, either in Great drawing-room. Britain or abroad, had suspected that the Cunard-White Star Intended to build more ships.

After midnight he was glancing through the pages of a dust-laden book. The counterfoil of a chequa-

hook fell on the carpet. The en- tries gave a clue to the riddle of the abot man's life.

Big Drop In Victims of Consumption

9.20 p.m.

Beatrice Harrison (Cello) and Peter Dawson (Basa- Baritone).

1.

'Cello Sotos Caprice (Dellus), Elegie (Delius); 2. Song-Prologue A ("Paglinect") (Leoncavallo), (a) Word, allow mel (b) A Song of tender Mem'ries; 3. Cello Solos Serenade ("Hassan") (Dellus). Melody (Dawes); 4. „Song-Love, could I unly tell thee (Capel).

9.45 p.m. From the Studio. Interpretations at the Plano by Helen O'Brien.

Programme.

1. Licbestraum; 2. Smoke gets In your eyes; 3. 1 Love you truly; Just a wearin' for you; 4. Moon Country,

10 p.m. Big Ben from London. Daventry: England v. All-India: A commentary on the third Test Match

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10.15 p.m. Dance Music.

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For the first time on record the deaths in England and Wales La from all forms of tuberculosis follow fell last year below 30,000, said Cheques had been drawn in favour Sir Kingsley Wood (Minister of

"After all, is our age more en- But now it is understood that the lightened? Cannot you hear the Company intends first to get the main of armies and the roar of Southampton-New York express ser- tramp armament factories? Do we realise vice running with the Queen Mary that, while we are hero assembled in and her sister ship, and then to build

name of the Prince of Peace, men as many new luxury ships as are of four doctors who had attended Health), opening the annual con- are manufacturing poison gas.” necessary to speed up the

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bombshelters, “Wo shudder at the brutalities of former ages. What of the slaughter on the roads to-day? There is a strangely quiet acceptance of the ap palling lists of the numbers of deaths and casualties on the road. Voices of protest aro very indistinct.

services.

lowing up these slender clues with The speed of 25 knots contem- the thoroughness of a detective, the tion for the Prevention of Tuber- plated, which only the finest and tolleitor's clerk found that the major culosis recently at Westminster. most expensive liners could reach had once before attempted to end his The standardised death rate from

been He, a few years ago, has now

tuberculosis per. million had fallen,

veronal when he went to bed about | 40 years.

morning in a coma.

made economically possible for He had taken an overdone of he said, from 1,916 to 687 in less than. Emphasising the importance also of

what might be called "the omni- buses of the ocean" by the develop. ment of the Queen Mary and the Normandie.

Garman Folk Bang-

1.10 p.m. Light music,

1 p.m. Nawe in German

1.15 p.m. Light wuxic.

2.35 . Greetings `te war Listeners. Now and Economic Review. *.

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midnight. He was fouad the Heung tuberculõsta cattle, Sir 19.65 metres (15,140 ko.) 1.80-8 pika. Ogncert, For three years Major Rowlandson Kingsley said that bovine tuberculosis news at 8-p.m.

35. German Folk Song. lf, as is possible, four chips are filled the. picturesque role of private was responsible in Great Britain for "I admit the helpfulness of Belisha ordered, it is likely that one each secretary to the Sultan of Zanzibar. probably more than 2,500 deaths per beacons, but sterner magistrates, may go to the Clyde, Tyne, Belfast, It was a position for which his love annum, and for a stlli larger amount severer punishment for cruel and and the Mersey.

of luxury and fondness for a life of of serious illness. Much remained to romance suited him.

selfish motor drivers, especially of In regard to finance, it is surmised thoso partially druggeil by alcohol, that some Government help may be would be moro helpful," -

sought.

The Sultan met him when ho visit

led England in 1920. He was impress

be done before we could be sailsfied that the whole of our milk. supply was safe.

7 pm.

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1 p.m. Big Ben. England v. All-Iwèla,

7.15 p.m. The 1.31.C. Empire Orchestra.

·028 d.m. Bagland:r. All-India.

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