The Archive · 1926

Motor Bus Driver Charged

Evidence us to Training Given in Mixed Court The case in which a chauffeur, the China Gener Omnibug Ca. is charged with negligently driving his vehicle at! '7.45 a.m. on September 26 and cause ing the death of a fellow.C was again mentioned in the Court on Tuesday morning, be Messrs. Hamilton and Za.

Sub-Inspr. Walker informed the Bench that the accused had been detained as a result of the inquest and that time he had formally been charged. At the time of the inquest, the Court asked that a representative the Traffic Department of the Police should come to Court to ex-Blain why there was no examination of drivers of the General Omnibus superintendent Kinipple said tha in 1924, "arrangements had made with the Geneval Omnibus by the Council whereby the former trained and tested their own en ployees just as the Tramway C tested its drivers. This arrangement] was considered satisfactory up tol the time of the present acoldest, superintendent Kinipple, and the Police had hag no complaint until this: particular one.. The man who tested the. drivers was a trained fagineer and was well qualified. The drivers were trained for a mouth snd then were given two weeks, on the road, attee which this man to: them out himself? ang tested their wiilitier.: The accused had sativtied absconded and had cleared out all of the property from the rooms formerly occupied by the paper. His clients were now desirous of renting the place out and he wished to apply to the Court for an order for the removal of the seals which were now attached to the rooms. The paper owed $40 rent but there was nothing left which could be auctioned.

Inspr. Ring asked the Court to order, the landlords to give an undertaking that they would not let the premises to the "New Shanghai Life" again.

Counsel said that, if his clients found that the place was used for unlawful purposes, they would at once go and report to the police.

The Court then ordered that the seals should be removed,

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