18, before Mr. A. J. Martin, sitting as Coroner, an inquest was held on the body of Jame Grant, a 17 years old Soutch boy, who was drowned on August 17 at 2 p.m, Tati he coe, Me Mone tal hn te cise forthe Covert the porsaen of thes Tenme a 1A Nein Roa, Sar ride on Soon pon Soon ner ana a Degg Wf ort mon hee a lease for two years which expired Gorda thea, Amar oe Shore th the tent wat Te" sea of Rea, 8 foreiotoe, "he defendant refed thetedvo given nce tga Tit nice ced om dah Teton wee So holang ent 2 feguit ors futher demand wes Rnletn inst ete the prames which pled tot The Site shad to the. indi delivery of the premises, for pay-Sten oth me of sevpain 3 ete of a poe moth WusF Bh, Montel stated that a atin wes poet Me Arab about the proposed increased rental, thd eter Me ten pay the igor sat, he Wat yeh one month's notice, Mr. Abraham said that he refused to pay the exorbitant increase of "fou'pte tent Drman was ut a ist "acne, and, Wan cited through the spite of one of the plaintiff's employees who was angry wilh thie ae nat want octo the plac; he, ea peepred io'uy nsooonble rene ten to fifteen per cent. as the other tenants had been asked to do, and sis bctoe ba peat." ace Hey" on prone aster toate" He dd ae cold comet some ares ith i lanillords, but it was sele premises: ware not Sari Tis, '100, Van umithewatonered to pye by the Cour Anyway, eae Davie for Mu Wire sau nett ith' aes Hele we go aatyy and The Judge said that a good many things in this world were Inconveni-cent, but we had to put up with them. The landlords were entitled During the evidences it transpired that the deceased together with several other men was painting the side of the str. King John, lying alongside the Robert Dollar Wharf, He was standing on the staging to do the work, and he stretched out his arm and pushed it slightly away from the ship. His fellow workes shouted to him, but their warning was too late, he lost his balance and fell into the water.
The U.S. gunboat General Alava was anchored about 60 fect away from the King John and Grant made for that boat; he was seen to be swimming easily as the tide was in his favour. When he approached the moorings of the General Alava, the deceased made for them, ' but miscalculated his distance and missed, going under the water, and not coming to the surface again.
Searches were made for the boy but it was not until about two hours after that his body was discovered in the water. Although the tide was in his favour when he started for the General Alava, that course proved to be a fatal one, because when he got near the ship the strong unday current sucked im under, and it is quite probable that the struck his head against the bottom of the ship and lost con-
Chief Officer Metealf, who was in charge of the ship at' the time of the accident, identified the body at the Public Mortuary.
Superintendent Wéodfield watched the proceedings on behalf of the River Police, and Mr. H. J. Bryan, seaman on the King John, gave the best account of the unfortunate accident. A cousin of the deceased, The Kenneth, Frazer, and: John Clarke, ott: gave corroborative evidence.
Dr. Wall said that ho, had examin. Gd the body. at the Public Mortuary, Fearon Road, on August 18, and could find no marks of violence externally, but an internal examination was compatible with death by Coroner Martin returned the following verdict: I find that James Grant was accidently drowned in the Whangpoo on Friday, the 17th of August, at about 2 pam, to their premises and defendant must give them up. He would have to vacate, amd, as he had stuck on, he would have 10 pay the ineveased yentai for this month, also tthe costs of the action, Mr. M, Reader Harris, appearing for G, Doss, filed a motion for pleadings the British Supreme Court, on Aus. before Assistant Sudge G. 1. in the case of G. Doss ¢. Ungar Bros., represented by Mr. J. MeNeill." The motion was granted.
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