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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1936.

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A verdict of accidental death was returned by a jury at the conclusion of the Coroner's inquiry conducted by Mr. K. Keen, at the Central Magis tracy yesterday afternoon, into the death of Yip King, 38, a builder's labouter, who died from Atlas A poisoning at the Royal Naval Dock- yard on October 12. The fluid was taken in mistake for tea...

The jury also added the following rider: "We find that the contractor was responsible for the accidental death of the coolie, because of the negligent keeping of the poison, and we, therefore, suggest, that the con- tractor should compensate the widow of the deceased. In future all polsons should be kept in a closed receptacle, and distinctly marked 'polson." Foremen should also be instructed as to the danger of polsons."

The Jury comprised Messrs. R. B. Brown (foreman), M. Hess and L. F. Shub.

Yesterday's hearing was held up for nearly, three-quarters of an hour uwing to the absence of Mr. M. Hess, and the Coroner had adjourned the hearing when Mr. Hess arrived, and apologised for the delay, saying that he had an important business meet- Ing.

Mr. Keen remarked that he should have been notifed beforehand, as it was extremely Inconvenient,

Foreman's Evidence

Cheung Yick, foreman of the Sang Lee building contractors, said that the Atlas A was obtained from the sture at the Naval Yard, and, was kept in JU fire bucket. One gallon nd been Jasued ເດ him

that day. It'

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in painting door frames, being diluted in the ratio of four parts of water to one part of Atlas A. After it was issued to them, it was kept in the slad where everybody had access to it. Nothing special was written on the bucket containing it to Indiente it was Allos A.

Mr. D. McClure Fisher, of the civil engineer's department at the Naval Yard, said that Atlas A was purchased in five mallon drum", marked poison in three places. These drums were kept in a padlocked, en- closure, to which the storehouseman only had access. It was issued only an production of an issue nole, and was not issued in the drums, except when

five gallons were wanted. The persons who wanted 11, brought their Own receptacles. Once the (0- tractor had collected it.

respon- sibility for keeping it rested on him, although

department stifi exercised supervision over the Atlas A to see that it was used in the work.

tha

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'Palier evidence was then given by Sub-Inspector R. W. Hudson, of the Royal Naval Yard· Police, and De- tective Inspector A. E. Carey, attach- ed to the Wanchai Station, after which Ho So, wife of the deceased, sald that deceased had no domestic or monetary troubles, und when he left for work that morning, said he would return after 5 p.m.

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During the past few weeks further. changes have been taking place at Kai Tak Airport, and its further development as the most up-to-date airport in the Far East has been progressing steadily. The latest work is the extension of the aerodrome for another 100 yards in a worth-easterly direction.

This makes the available landing ground 800 yards wide from the sea wall to the Salkung road, and well over 1,200 yards long from the civil hangar to the military hongar

The widening of the aerodrome has entailed the work of diverling the Saikung road, which runs along the side of the landing field, and making it take a wide sweep to the north before it reaches the bottom of the pass and military barracks,

During this week, too, work has been in progress in connection with the new night landing light which is being Installed on top of the hangar. This light, which consists of three reflectors one above the other, is about nine feet high und has a vir cumference of about three feet. 1s base rests on a swivel and it can readily be turned to luminate any part of the field.

Landing Arrangements

In the centre of the light is a beani of shadow, and as a plane lands this beam of shadow is directed onto R. Thus the pilot is not duzzled by thres lgbt, white before and behind o the ground is brightly illuminated,

The Bight bas ntready been used a number of times, and has proved highly successful, and its position on top of the hangar la expected to make It much more efficient,

So far no arrangement has beri made at the aerodrome for the land- ing of passengers' from seaplanes and fying boats. At present passengers who arrive in such planes are taken from where the flying boat is moured to a buoy, about 100 yards from the shore, to the ramp in a sampan, which rocks perilously throughout the short trip. The passengers have then to scramble from the sampan onto the ramp, which is not designed for boals to come alongside.

A temporary landing stage is being erected by the side the ramp at which the sampan will be able in disembark its passengers,, but it 17 ¦ kaperative that some permanent ar- ¦ rangement must be made.

The Government is understood in be unwilling to provide either laumel or landing stage, claiming that the people who will prófk from it should provide it. The companies involved. namely the Pan-American Airways, Imperial Airways and CNA.C., are expected to confer during the nex! few months and jointly provide a landing stage which with be used by (ch.

Various Designs

Such landing stage

would probably consist of a short male run- ning from the sea wall a short dis- tance into the harbour, and at the end | of this a pontoon moored to the mole by means of a wooden ramp which would be hinged and vary in gradient necording to the tide.

Cheung Yiel: was then recalled by request of Mr. Hess, and said that it was by his order that the Atlas A was put inside the shed, and he was responsible for it. He did not have any instructions from the contractor where to keep the Atlas-A--because--This arrangement ---would--entail it was not known to them that it was polson.

Mr. Keen, summing up, said that it seemed very haphazard the way the Atlas A was dealt out. Apparently the contractor look any old receptacle to draw it. It would appear that when it was' Issued, there should certainly be some sort of receptacle marked 'polson. It was, however, for them, the jury, to decide whether any blame was attached to anyone, or whether the widow should be comm- pensated.

The jury then retired, and after ten minutes brought in their verdict,

Inunches going alongside the planes to disembark passengers, although in very calm weather the planes them selves would later be brought along, side for fuelling.

It might be possible, alsą, to build a platform which could be moored in the harbour. It would be shaped in the form. of a horse-shoe and would always face into the wind. Scaplanes and flying boals could then taxt up and into the platform, pas- sengers could land onto the platform and then transfer to the launch, which could not bump into the fragilé fabrie of the planes.

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