Motor accidents are very frequent. An American driving his ear up the Sinseng Road knocked down a woman peddler and caused injury to her feot. He drove with her and a policeman to the neares Police station. The. policeman cused him of driving recklessly and Pressed the case, but the American denied this and the woman was anxious for some small compensamn, 80. the police officer allowed thy case to be settled amicably, was not a stopping place.
carried to a hospital but. was found to have died on the way. The driver and-conductor were arrested, ut as the youth had alighted whil2} the vehicle was in motion, they were! acquitted. No clue to the identity] of the dead. youth could be found and his body ies in a mortuary, Boy's Dispute A Ind named Tai, 16 years old, had a dispute wits another apprentice 14 years old named Yang] about some small matter. One! worked in the Hsiung Chia Hang and the other in the Tung Chia Hang and so after the usual battle of words they separated, But Yang! enlisted the aid of two other boys aged 13 and 12, and the younges: of the bunch equipped himself with a knife, They waylaid Tai in the evening and in an excess of zeal for his friend the 12 year old boy; stabbed Tai badly. All four were arrested, but finally parents and re-natives came to an agreement and the case was settled when the! parents had all furnished guarantees, Tu another case some boatmen met in the evening on a lighter to play cards. A dispute arose and in the ensuing knocked overboard. He was rescue: ed bythe river-police and with the others taken to the police-station, A Solomonic judgment was- given. The man:.who had had the ducking was deemed to have been eufficien: ly punished for: gambling and the other: three went to: prison for- five days,
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