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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1946,
1
Imposture Alleged In Magno Donial H. K. Electric's Share In
Appeal Court Two-Gun Man
|ALLEGATIONS THAT ONE OF THE TWO RESPON- DENTS IN THE CASE WAS AN IMPOSTER, AND COMMITTED PERJURY, WERE MADE BY MR. M. A. DA SILVA, COUNSEL FOR THE : APPELLANT IN AN APPEAL HEARING BEFORE MK DEU D'ALMADA AT TIL COURT OF APPEAL XESTER...... DAY. THE APPELLANTS, THE SHIU HING COMPANY, AP. PEALED AGAINST THE DECISION OF A TENANGY TRIININAL IN DECIDING IN FAVOUR OF CHAN KWAI, WONG KUI-MAN AND OTHERS IN IN AP- PLICATION FOR EFICTION IN RESPECT OF THE PREMISES AT NO. 189 DES VOEUX ROAD CEN- TRAL, THIRD FLOOR.
person.
|Maçao
Three year's imprisonment Iwith hard labour was imposed on a Chinese, Chan Ki, by Mr. W. H. Latimer at the Sum« ... mary Military Court, Kowloon, yesterday Defendant Was found guilty of cnvrying a Mau- ser platol and a Luger pistol, both loaded, without a permit from the Commissioner of Po- llec.
Centon, Jan 22.
A local Chinese press re- port quoting Consul A. S. Monteiro of Poringal us 'saying he favoured having
Macao revert · to
China brought from him an em- phatic denial that he had made any such statement.
Tha consul said ha-had-- not talked to any reportera. -Ha-said-a-Rubordinato-talk----
ed with Chinese 'newspaper- men but did not discuss Macao-Associated Press.
"Wo Sang" To Try Again
through
Rehabilitation
AN INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF THE PROGRESS
MADE SINCE THE RE-OCCUPATION TOWARD PROVIDING THE ISLAND WITH LIGHT AND POWER WAS GIVEN BY MR. F, F. DUCKWORTH, ACTING GENERAL-MANAGER OF THE HONG KONG ELECTRIC CO.. IN ADDRESSING THE. HONG KONG ROFARY CLUB AT THE GLOUCES TER HOTEL, YESTERDAY.
THE HONG KONG ELECTRIC CO.. MR. DUCKIVORTH SAID, HAS NUIF ONLY 17,000 H.P. OF ITS PLANT IN OPERATION WITH A FURTHER I1,000
HIP. THIS IS ALL THAT REMAINS OF A PRE-IVAR "PLANT OF 75.000 H.P. TH A FURTHER 11,000 CONSUMMERS AS AGAINST THE PRE-WAR TOTAL OF 52.000.
Wo
which cate of the licence with a photo- of the arrest the Chinese was having to clear her of some so foundland) and Mr. R. R. Pear-We have at the present moment
waiting
C. 1. I. Fraser who porsccut- ed, stated that accused was_ar- rested by a police patrol at 6.30 a.m. on Jan. 19. Besides the Mr. M A. da Silva was as this Court to give false evid-two loaded pistols. 17 rounds of jaisted by Mr. E. S. C. Brooks. Fence
apare ammunition were found
Tho President, Dr. Arthur: With regard to this task Woo was in the Chair and Vis-would place our main dificulties in The respondents appeared in Ho Ying Wai-kwok, of the on him. Accused said that he
and E. Department, testified was carrying the pistol for an The as. "Wo Sanx,” whoso de- [ing Rotarians presont were Mr. the order of (1) Damage to ser- hearing that he issued the licence in unknown Chinese who promis-parture for Swatow last Sunday G. D: Hopper (St. John's, New-vices by looters: (2) Lack of transport: (3) Lack of material. by question. He produced a dupli-ed to pay him $10. At the time as delayed four hours
walking behind him and proh-passengers who had boarded her (Chungking). Among the Wo
guests were Major R. Hardy, some 1,500 applications
for re-connection, which represent Kong yesterday afternoon.
1.without searching party.
Messra, Kan Po-chi, W. F. Sim catch up with our consumers' ro- having reached her destigation.
The trouble this time
mons, W. Stobec, Major-General, quirement for light. not Way
With with the passengers but with the S. K. Yec, Mesurs, P. C. Chen engines. The vessel developed en- and M. G. Serliji.
gine trouble on the way, and in vlow of the lack of dock facilities Triut Swatow, the Captain decided to
turn back to Hong Kong.
It is believed th chant the resuel that the trouble
may be in commission again in a few days,
At this stage Chan told the ably escaped when he saw the without tickets, returned to HongRE.. Major F. Wilson, R.D., about three weeks work for us to
in
AL the previous The love of picking teams is
judgment Wax River planned deep ic the human Mr.
d'Almnda in breast. It combines de physical, be found. against appel-graph of Chan. satisfaction of the jin-saw and the lant on the arguments pui fer-
more intellectual one of the cross-ward by Mr. Silva. The ceart, Court that he was really Chan wurd with the airing of opinions however, gave leave to Mr. Silva Kwal. His mother was remar
named Wong, and the pleasantly irrespumaible to call further evidence in res-ried, to a man
It is cer-pect to certain allegations which which surname he had adopted. exercise of patronage
KOWLOON TRIBUNAL Lam Ping-ko, rent collector of tain that the momen: the elections he (Mr. Suva) had made againak
jonn of the respondents, Chan (the Shiu Hing Company stated at people. Kwal. over thousand »
that he had collected rents from At the Kowloon Tenancy whether they were rumphant, or When hearing was resumed Chun Kwal. The man in Court bunas vesterday two couria wers In session. anch of the five conce. depressed over the result or reyesterday Mr. Silva said that was not Chan Kwai. In answer
four were settled. Before a Tr garded in with a toleraboy judicial]at the last hearing he had in- to respondent witness denied balconurisine Messrs. Horace impartiality, fell happy to the dicated that he would ask the that Chan Kwai he knew had Lo (chairman), Sin Ho Ming and work of picking 31. Attlee's Court whether he would be ala name similar in sound to res.
Lee Hon-kam, an adjourned ease Ministers for him. Whatever owed to adduce further evid-pondent,
M concerning No. answer to
450 Nathan Road, 15 delightfulence or only to deal with the Silva witness stated he recogniu second floor, was decided in fa is precise form it
There are always those point that Chan Kwai was an ed all members of the On Lak your of the applicant. Ha Tsui Lame.
apester and not in actual ve- Company but respondent was fong. The opponent and tenant among its exponents who have,cupation of the prunises, not one of them.
of the fat, Ne Kee, was ordered what is vulgarly valled "the in- In view of the fresh develop. The Court, interpreter, Mr to leave the premises immediately. wide dope." They kory, even as menta, said Mr. Silva, he did not Ng Chak-wing, was then called. they knew at Cheney Wold, that propose to waste the time of the He corroborated that at the first when # you had done with Caffy what Court but would adduce evidence hearing Chan hesitated you ought to have done when he attacking the credibility of the witness, asked him for his name, irst came into Parliament, you person who called himself has then gave the name of Wong would have strengthened your ad-Kwai. As he was introducing and immediately changed,
ef fresh that of Chan. ninistration by the official know these facts by way
The hearing was adjourned to evidence Mr. Silva gald he would ledge and business habits
'give his facta fully so that the this afternoon et 2 ̊p.m. 3luity, instead of being, as you alleged Chan Kwai be given the now are, dependent on the mere fullest possible warning of the vaptice of Puffy." In really attitude he had adopted in this voleum matters, too, they can tell Court, and before he stepped in- Mr. that some batsman demanded by to the witness box again.
al
Silva added that at the last hear- the popular voice would set anying the case was adjourned in touring eleven by the ears in order that these allegations be werk, or that an apparently ub-fully explained to Chan Kwai vious member of a crew is dis- so that he might, understand the Qualified because he cannot row full implication before the case on the bow side. But to the or- was proceeded with,
THE ALLEGATIONS dinary player such knowledge is
to
NEW DISTRICT OFFICE
The District Office, Now Terri- tories, has moved from Room No. 108 to Room No. 106, Peninsula New telephone numbers Hotel. aro as shown below:--
regard power for domes- the consumption it will be appre- Mr. Duckworth said:
clated that power for the rehabili After three and a half years of tation of the Colony must be given internment at Stanley, to those of priority and until such time as we us who were able to return on bine into commission we cannot can bring at krust one more tur- sa by the Jopatiese to the Power increase our londa hv Sept. 1 to view the wreckage caus-
anything but Station and the distribution as essential new apply and light- tems it was a heart-breaking sight.img for everybody which we The manager and myself first doing our utmost to expedite. came over to Hong Kong with n boatload of Jap soldiers and ever- tually arrived at tho North Point Power Station.
only to
aro
CHINESE SUPPORT We found the underground cable system had been tampered with and re-ranged to form a "pre- system 10 After much argument with the ferential treatment" gendanne on guard there we were that electric suonly could be atven permitted to see the Jau superin- only a number of Japanese 1 The second case involved No. Mr. J. Barrow and Capt. J. T. tendent engineer, he thon agreed naval, military and government
113 Parkes Street and the Tri-Wakefield. R.E., 59247;
to show us over the plant; the establishments without making it bunal granted an eviction order.
Capt. K. W. Marshall, 58081-place was practically deserted, we available to the civilian popula- With Father Granolli In the 301;
were hurried to see the state of to. To do this they had stripped Capt. F. K. C. Taul, M.B.F., such members of our Chinese state, which are vital links in the cable, switch-gear. transformers, chair is the second Tribunal, the first case concerning No. 120 Nam | 08081—119; Cheung Street, second floor, was
"Round the Island ring main avica- adjourned. Two other
sytem which aims at continuity tions for eviction were formally
of supply. withdrawn by the applicants.
Readers' Letters
Happy Swooning
Sir.Miss Chan's lotter printed In yesterday'a China Mail protest- EX- against Discrimination, ploitation, Tho Undemocratic
singing does that to you, come up and see me some time, I'm told 1 ang something like him. myself.
ABBIE.
·
May Road
Sir,-Allow
F/Lt. A. E. Pelli, 58081~242; Clerks, 58081-120: Stonographers, 58081-119.
C.N.C. WEAKENS
After the phenomenal drop of the previous day gold opened yes- terday morning
who still remained and our first. care, as soon as we got control, Was to do our best to help them.
APPALLING MESS
the
We found the Power Station plant in an appalling condition due to neglect and misusage.
Wo wore now faced with proposition of getting some plant
work and in the
In conclusion. I should like to PRY & tribute to the loyalty of oRY Chinese staff who desulto their condition. due to starvation and
the
at $485 in working order from the wreck-nation, rolled un from town,
Chinese national currency open-
303
nut
to
drendful conditions under they suffered the enemy age; wo set per tael and kept more or less to
and worked this level the whole day, closing loads of rubbish, so that we could lie with those of the European
first three weeks removed 87 junk- village and country"
long and arduous hours side by quiet at $498.
tho machinery. Invaluable ed weak at HK$436 to CN$1,000, distance was rendered in the staff able of carrying on was rather erratic but could not work of rehabilitating the Station order to get the plant and system maintain strength, and closed at by H.M.S. Resourco which lay operation in the shortest possi-
ble time. Station $4.00, with futures offering at as alongside the Power
DIFFICULT POSITION low a $4.22.
In 1941 we had eight US dollars had buyers at $8.20.
turbines,
ira
as the elaborate conventions of "The allegations by the appel- the experts at bridge, which for ants," Mr Silva continued, "are Spirit and oven Rucial Prejudicem low me to use your of English pound Staging at $1860, totalling some 75,000 II.F., of this MILITARY CHOCOLATE
that there has been fraud en him spoil the game. He can play the part of Chan Kwai
a fine dashing band unhampered Wong Kui-ming.
R3 Ve 4s, and
no doubt many and others a vat laugh. We fall to Furthersee pay connection betwron The by any such dangerous learning, there is an allegation that if Undemocratic Spirit Racial Pre-
We think she
$12.80.
• 10102019 damared
those living in this area who are spare parts can be running order. session of 120 bars of MacRobert-
guided only by strong personal this fraud in proved conclusivej judico ele,, and Suld not accuse to walk from May Road to Co present state of affairs would be At present we are left with only on chces, without a pormit.
predilections and local patriotism. to the satisfaction of the Court He has but one definite rule; just Chao Kwal, in giving evidence as in another walk of life the cuss he had done, committed per tomer is always right, so for him jury, and lays himself open to
prosecution for perjury." the selectors are always wrong. It is well known that selectors' realised that these were not al Mr. Sliva Hald that appellants As a class suffer from certain legations that one would make swinish and besotted infirmities without some substantial fortu which render them unfit for their of evidence.
portant duties." They will al Relating the facts on which low themselves to be led away by evidence was
with
Mc
thankful for, that.
* *
*
The Irish
our billet has ended in a stalemata Sir-A friendly argument in owing to inck of knowledge on a certain point,
Could you kindly inform
to
the chocolate confiscated.
CAUGHT IN ACT
plant the Japaness had removed notes at 20.000 .P. from the alte and ir
Wong Fuk-hel and Wong Shing the authorities to the deplorable and Australian pound condition of the Western part of
were charged before MÊ C. Y. farther May Road which leads down to
such time at Baran at the Summary Military. Conduit Foad.
can be obtained to get Court yesterday with being in poo While before it was still possible thoroughly inconvenienced by the this plant back
inte
of a type Issued the American Pubile of being
past and over the Rckle and false simply
three turbines of some 28,000 H.P. to the because duit Road,
damage portion, some
Secand CONDUIT ROAD DWELLER. out of our original 75,000 II.P. We quilty saying that he was only
accused their views differ from hers.
pleaded not consider-
have 17,000 H.P. of this plant the foki of the first accused, and. tine are the P.W.D. authori Deca Franklo induce
able Broons?
present In operation, with only Or is it his Publicity Agent? ties have. presumably with a view
the prosecution accepted his pled. 11,000 H.P. standing by. sang ficw was it that when Sinatra o future repairs, dumped a re
of bix stones and
So you will see the difault bost-The charge was withdrawn, and he Harry James and quantity Tommy Dorsey no swoons were indestrians impossible to get past
ment: (the main 17,000. HP. ders which makes it oven for per
tion we are in at the prezent modischarged.
Inspector F. Nolan who pro uvidence? Yet us 500
he
As a civilian living in Conduit
turbine develops any fault) until cuted, said that Wong, who was started on
transport
such time as tro can bring other the foki of the first accused, was girls appeared as "Teen-Aged" irish, swooning Road and vive no
used to travel though pro
ut my disposal, produced by a
mo damaged plants into commission, arrested in Island toad on Mon- magic Peak Tram to May. Road
Mby
to whether an Irishman (Eire) is a which we hope will be in the first the chocolate. He told the Folles day with two baskets containing to be adduced ind. We venturo to suges rend my home but this has now British subject, and what is Eirde haiting to our distribution sys- first accused, who later crane for
of this year. the fact that they have constant- later, Mr. Silva said the Court and
that Sinatra owen his KUCCESS,
position within the British Com-
that the goods belonged to tho become impossible. ly seen the competitors for their will hear from various people such as it is, to a pleasant voice
who collected rents for the pre- and a smart Publicity Agent. ther progress in repairing May
As far a
no fur-monwealth of Nations.
tem, as most of you know, meters first accus invours with their own eyes. This mises that the man in Court was
We have
P. HAZZLEDINE. the songs men-Road has been made
are a most essential part of the ward and acruitted possession of heard adds a great piquaney to the game not in actual occupation of the tloned and readily admit that they last few weeks, obviously repairs man's Year Badke" as "a sovereiga, meter department we found abso
during the Eire is listed in the States equipment. On walking into the the chocolate.
Accused said he bought the cho- when one of the officially chosen premises that he was not Chan were handled smoothly and com fails, and makes an international Kwai but an imposter.
vetently by Sinatra but we think have been delayed for some reas indomandent state associated for lute chaos reigning: Stacks of old colate from sailors at the Naval inatch almost worth lusing. And Further, Mr. Silva asked the that to most prone they are just son or other. Could P.W.D. how certain purposes with the British metops wore plied up in mounds Dockyard for $1.20 n bar,
over in the meantime clear & Commonwealth of Nations." A anywhere there was a place
A fine of $10 was imposed and vei there & a great deal to be ecurt to take note of an incident other records that are sube, just page for pedestrians to go citizen of Eire is just.
as ably by Dick Haymes, The through vending the resumption
as much stack them. said for that other and freer in Court at the first hearing Eberle Brothers. Denny Dennis of reconstruction of this part of fect than an Australian or Cana- the usual rubbish and debris we and no more of a British Atib- After many days of removane When Chan was asked by the etc. game in which no proof is possinterpreter for his name, he he
Hongkong's rond system? All dian.-Ed.)
were ready to start work with an As far as Bing's Ble. It is unquestionably good fanitated, gave the name of Wong and grunting" are concerned, has "groaning"
assortment of tools loaned to us by HMS: Resourco. We found some
Another pickpocket who was to pick an England elever to play and then changed that of Chan she heard "Silent Night." "Swing-
14.000 meters from amongst the caught in the Act was sentenced against Australia to-day; but still On the evidence to be addueing on a Star": "Aceentunte the
"Don't Fence
stacks were repairable. We have to four months hard labour by inore entrancing' perhaps is the ed, which showed conclusively Positive",
| already reconditioned 4.000 of Mr. Latimer yesterday. world eleven to withstand invad-the fraud, I sincerely wondered In" and "I'll Be Socing You" to
these and reconnected on consumi The complainant, Poon Sing, ers' circuits together with 5,000 said that on Jan. 21, he was ing Martians, chosen from the that this man in Court would name just a few Notice the ver-
that could be used for the same witching a funeral procession in cricketers of different generations, have the temerity to step into
urpose without repair. who have been kept asunder by the witacas box and reiterate
|Shanghai Street when he felt the perjury he committed in the
LOOTING DAMAGE
someone touching the centuries.
hia back We found 16,000. Many who are
lower Court."
Seated at the controls of a bulldozer driving over rough ground in
pocket. He turned round and old enough to know better have, Mr. Silva said that after the
to the system in connected a cloud of dust, the Commander-in-Chief, Rear Admiral C. H.
place of the 63,000 who were on found accused's hand in hla spent a happy rainy afternoon in hearing a foki of the appellants
J. Harcourt, yesterday took a practical interest in the work of
nur books at the latter end of 1941. pocket. The sum of $8.00 was sending W. G. and Hutton in followed the alleged Chin Kwal
Chinese constructional mechanics when he visited an RAF mated to increase consumers
By the end of this voir we had lost and found on accused. first, with Silver Billy At first to No. 21, Queen's Road West,
Inspecter Anderson prosecut training school at Kai Tak. Forty pupils have spent the last
connected to 20,000,
ed. vicket, or opened the bowling ground floor, occupied by the with Spofforth at one end and Ying King Tailor Shop.
six weeks learning to operate modern constructional equipment. David Harris, pushing his fast bacconist's business was also that the British, and Chinese Fu-
Accompanied by Group-Cap- knowledge, concisely answering. underhands from "nearly as high carried on in the same premises; blica wish to foln hands with the tain J. Horner, officer command-questions on the intricacies of This business was carried out Americans in being "Fickle and ing, and Group Captair. A. J. clutches, chains, cables aud as his "armpit," at the other.
under a licence issued to a man False," Hanpy_swooning.
brakea. The sending of those imaginary named Wong Hing in Decemver, TWO SANE SERVICEMEN, Dow, Commander of Afrðeld One hundred and twenty now telegrams of summons to the 1945, and on the licence was the P.S. Is Mind Chan, kidding). Service in the Far East. His pupils will start the course at Elysian Fields is in itself one of photograph of the man in Court
Excellency saw the Chinese the end of this month, and will THE NEW ASIA WHITE ANT DESTROYING CO. the intensest joys of pretending, who claimed to be Chan Kwai,
trainees at work with bulldozers, then be used for airfold work CONSPIRACY CLAIMED | ↑ Sir,-In Punswer to Mins B. trench diggers, Or if something a little more fri
excavators, The Chinese director of the Mr. Silva claimed that there Chan's letter in todays edition of traders and scrapera. After a school. Cheong Kak. said of his volous is preferred, there is the Choosing An all-time coalition was a conspiracy between Wong your outer, please allow me to air rough passage on a bulldozer frst batch of pupils, "They
Hing, apparently a relativa or my views on the bloot: Government in which Mitt dansman of Wong Kul-ming, are very much grieved about the mented. A bit dusty, but great learn very quickly.
My friends and I., Miss Chan and a grader the Governor com- have worked very well, and thoy. and Mr. Gladstone struggle for with a view to foster an im dare you are in over Bing and fun. He expressad surprise The work of the schoot was their portfolios with Mr Morris posture, firstly at the Tenancy Frankla, but we are very sorry that a 10-year-old Chinesa with explained to His Excellency by son and Mr. Bevin. The list of Tribunal and agafa In this to say that Bing to the acclaimed no knowledge of Eilglish had Flight Lleut. G-RW Kirk of
favourite" "players who must needs be left court."
Ad: farthorter- „far-mastered the complicated ma- Gairloch - Scofland," whole-in- ont is as delightfully impressive as "I will not only ask this Court your Frank WENG
the short period of charge, and. Sergeant John that of those ultimately put in, but also the authorities to take think that Bing
Davies of Swansea, Wales, the very serious view of this case You seem
not easy senior. MODNESS M
saving the site the Poummed up the value
vation alby rentark
satility.
We decided to have pall amongst Serviceman and civilians, men and women young and old.
The results were de follows:-.
Favourite Crooner or Vocalist: 1- Bing Crosby 25 votea; 2. Frank Sinatra 2 votes,
Second Favourite, Sinatra 7: Haymes 7: Denny Dennis, 8; A to- others 10.
Wo think the results indicate
and since the team "cannot take because obviously an example the field and are only awarded us must be made of this mano it were hooptary capi, iliere can that persons will no longer have pa
be no tiresome persons to say "I the temerity to come forward' "told you so.
aid before the Tanaticy Tribunalanä
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as wachinary.
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