Page-2.
Ex Gratia Pension Proposals
Two resolutions on pensions will be moved by the Attorney-General
at this afternoon's meet-]
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1947.
GOVERNMENT EXPERIMENT
IN N.T. PIG BREEDING
Chapei Fire Tragedy
Shanghal, Mar, 12. At least one child was kille
ing of the Legislative and 100 small wooden hos Council,
destroyed Jale yesterday in a spectacular three-hour fire whic
fle will also ask for the upwept a crowded shop in the re- Viderat aron of Claspe the proval of the Amendment by north of Shanghai. the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Feen Order, whereby the figure of $1 is substituted by $1 under the sub-heading "bailiff's expenses.”
The fire rat out of control quickly owing to the low water a scure, and the wind which Tanned the antes.
The fire was the second-serbus conflagration u two days. On Monday Are destroyed the
The resolutions or pensionsime Industilat yeing plan rend as follows:-
and 30 slum dwellings and severa
Unitul Prexa,
that gratieather baldings were damaged 1. Resolve additions to pensions should be granted in cases where such additions would have been per- Regain. missible-A) under
Pension tion 17 13 both of Regulations A and B munde under the Persions Ordinance, 1932, if the words "a person
Money Mart
(By Barbara Price)
A new Government.pig breeding station establish-
ed six months ago at Fanling is contributing N.T. Village
greatly towards bringing war-depleted pig stocks up to normal in the New Territories, a spokesman for the Agriculture Department- said yesterday.
The station is the first of its kind to be set up in Hong Kong. It was designed to improve the quality as well as the quantity of pigs in the territories.
With only a fifth of the pre war stock of pigs left after the Japanese accupation. Govern. munt took steps to increase the number soon after the colony was restored, ►
A census of livestock Was taken. The territories were found to contain a total of only nine bones. Most of those were of peor quality.
No Profit In
Experience?
WAK
Incident
Tsang
Tsang Fp Yan allas She Tau, who was charged with shooting with Intent to kill and assault with intent to rob, was unanimously found guilty on the second charge by a jury at the Criminal Sessions yesterday! and sentenced to fultr years' im- prisonment and ten strokes of the game.
Mr. A. J. Gifford, assisted by SI, Carruthers, appeared for Accused was nut the Crown.
legally representeil.
NANKING NOTE DECISION
A
Nanking for, 11 The Legislative Yuan, after a hot debate, passed a resolj tion to ask the Government not to iste CN$10,000 de- nomination banknotes "avoid stimulating/commodity zrices!!
to
What is equivalent to ศ CN$10,000 note, however, is atrendy in circulation in the form of 600 Customa Gold Units, one of which je equal to CN$20-United__Press,
Petrol Pump
Tragedy
The dunger of smoking when a motor petrol tank - being concretely demon- Shek Alled was
Chol Trol, farmer of Wo Tong Village, Pak Heung strated by the death of Wong Valley, New Forritarica, Raid Ying, 30, us the result of in- that at about 11 p.m. on Jan. Jurica sustained in a fire at the
Keo Cheong
Petrol Filling 28. 1946, he was sleeping in i bean curd but belonging to his Station, Un Long, at about 7 of re-nephew, Choi Yuk-tong,
p.m. on Jan. 20.
VENTRIS ROAD BURGLAR'S DEATH
An Inquest into the death on Dec. 16 of Li Kam- chuen, aged 26, who received a gun-shot wound on Oct. 16 when committing a bürglary at the residence of Chief Junk Inspector Francis Brett at No. 2, Ventris Road, was held at the Central Magistracy yesterday with Mị. F. X. d'Almada sitting as Coroner. After hearing evidence by Inspector Brett, Dr. Kwan Sin-yee and two Chinese constables, the jury returned a verdict that Li died of chronic nephritis and uraemia. Asked by Mr. d'Almada ou their opinion whether Inspector Brett's action was justified or not, the jury said that they would leave the matter in the Coroner's hands..
Inspector Owens appeared for
Moon Cake
the Police, and Mr. Ilugh-Jones Festival
for Mr. Brett.
A fire in a fireworks shop in Staunton Street some 18 years age when 10 persons were killed, recalled by Chief Officer Brooks of the Fire Brigade before
when Mr. Sainsbury yesterday Wong Chau-kee, of No. 36. Staun- ton Street, was summoned fer possessions of illegal fireworks and for storing 730 pounds works.
He was awakened by the bark- Pointing out that it was a seri-ing of dogs and got up. On ous offener which might endanger the lives of his neighbours, Mr. Opening the door, he was met employed in the public service in at $10.77 per 100 after open- ! five farmers, for example, wore Sainsbury fined Wong 5200 and by two armed men.
He was tied up and taken to the superiority of white pigs should have a good reason to re- ; there were four other persons, and that the chuse of death was death was chronic nephritia and
Gold "eased off to $273 à fael) yesterday after opening at $278.25,
but the undertone was steady.
Piauires were also cuier, clos
in this Colony has been per ing at $10.85.
Chinese National Currency was manently injured without his
future! own default, by some injury or (quoted at 37, vents for
47 cenls for ill health attributable to the and
for spet conditions of his detrition in CN$1,000),
U.S. dollars
buyers at hasi the Far Eastern uren
While Fork is an important part of the Chinese diet and pig mamier primary rice fertilizer, Gotenment oficials and ·tation workers found the job or breaking down old pred- indirea not an easy one.
tráditorally
Conserva-
not Immediately convinced of
over their own black variety.
A campaign to persunde local the perind of the Japanese in $, Sterling at $14.37 and Aus. Di tayners to seek the services at the station voluntarily was therupuri Inumehed.
They were urged to visit the
doring
**
Vision and reupation: where" between the
tralian pounds at $12.53.
ordered confiscation,
OD
Mr.
defendant a point not fur distant, where Brookskaid
member the Ordinance because Accused was one of the party. there was a fire
the KANI
Choi Toi Raid nt he next heard, an explosion premises in 1931 when 10 perso avere killed as a result of explosion.
consciousness, When he came to, he found himself in the Kowloon Hospital.
an
words "Where" aut "a" in the WOULD-BE BRIBER station, in inspect the bone Attempt To Export
frat Bine of paragraph 1 of Re- Rulation 17 in both Pension Re- gulations A and H.
(B) under Regulations 21.
SENTENCED
For offering a bribe of $3 to PCC162 at the junction of Hillier Street and Benham Strand East on March 8, Lee Lun, 44, shop Toki.
sentenced to wix
Mare
Tisemselves, 10 observe the scientific feeding and sanitary ennditions:
Interest Arqused
A station steward was sent
in the,eguntryside 10 explalu.
Cotton Yarn
That there was a shortage of and
27 and 33 and of the regula} works hard labour without the the advantages of the pro- cotton yarn in the Colony
หยะ
Silva
at illegal export would jeopni
Shooting
Before His Lordship
Dr. Kwan Shy-yes of Queen Mary Hospital, said he attended I on Oct. 16, last, and found a bullet wound" which entered He had to his left buttock. perform an operation to remove At the inquest held by. Mr. the bullet. Li subsequently Mr. Justice Williams, at the Criminal Sessions Latimer yesterday. Dr. Onward dled on Dec. 16. Szeto testified that the injuries. Ae-a reault of a post-mortem
Wan yesterday,
Shu- sustained by the deceased examination, Dr. Kwan said he covered 68 per cent. of his body, was of opinion that the cause of fong who, together with
Wan
Ying-kucn and uracmin. L's kidneys were not Chan Wing, is charged normal, The bullet wound pos-with the murder of Wan aibly aggravated the nephritis, if I had not had nephritla he- fore, Dr. Kwan opined, Li woult
Ping, and last
TECHNICAL R.A.F.
TRAINING
Newly arrived in' Hong Kong, Air Marshal Sir Roderic M. HIN partment has now been set up in aid yesterday that a special de- London to sponsor the technical side of British aviation.
Sir Radurich is carrying Par East und India, a accom- fanied by three senior HAF technical officers. His purpose in visiting the Colony in to discuss with 1.A.F. ofleers here proposed col-changes in the technical aspect of
the internal organisation of the
toxnemia und exhaustion,
Leung Kwong, lorry driver, said that he met deceased at the filling station. Wong's lorry had run out of petrol ut Castle not have died. Peak near Ping Shan. Wong Ying then pleked up a four- gallon can and began to fill it with petrol, while the foki of the filing station, Leung Muk Shun, was pumping the petrol outside the station.
Inspector Franels Brett and that at 4.30 a.m. on Oct, 16 he was awakened by a noise in his bedroom. He saw the shadow af a person near a chest of drawers and guessed there was a burglar in the root,
He took a seat about five feet
No Attention- away from deceased and hul his i
He raised the mosquito net to back to him. He heard Wong call out that petrol was spilling reach for his pistol underneath onto the road tile later the pillow and disturbed the
alleged that he had been assaulted by the Police and beaten with handcuffs.
ac-
Wan made his allegations from the witness-box after Mr. Nigel had ebulleged the right of the prosceation to introduce
statement made by this cused. After hearing accused, His Lordship said thuf he was satisfied that there truth in the allegations.
Mr.' A. Loundinle,, assisted by***
was no
tions made under the Police
1932, as if option by Mr. Sainsbury serter | jort en encourage farmers to diso the local textile industry was Force Ordinance, the words, "an officer has been clay
use its facilities, "Ploading guilty on behalf permanently injured without
Ms. 31. A. I Lov
But not until they had acen urged by Mr. E. Himsworth, of the i. E. Department, yester hin-own-default-by-some-injury
netcoberto Ton-the-healthy-song-litters-then-day-when-prosecuting Taui Pak Cust Kong and asked for leniency. nelves, avas interest actively.
Now with more avd 125 38, or Junk No.503, before out a tour of Air Command in the he heard i "pop" and, on turn-intruder. wiN ARIA Dost>kkm] Chi Mottram is prosecuting on ́
H. G. Sheldon, K.C., at Cen- According In the prosecution, 346 ised. Pri62 saw good on the pave more young pigs bred at the trat for attempting to export six ment chusing an obstruction, and station to be seen on the farma, coses of cotton yarn,
Mr. Hinworth toll accused that he would isste
naked an increasingly large percent-
serious view to be Laken and for confiscation the seized ton yarn, valued at $1,800 (black market about $10,000).
ill health attributable to the conditions of his detention' in the Far Eastern aren during the period of the Japanese vasion sinel Occupation; or the when" appencerd between words "When" und "an" in the first line of each of the pective regulations.
19-
er rutin
-
2. Resolved that pensions should be granted in cuses where the grant of such
a summuns
Accused pressed $3 into the constable's hand and said it was Le money.
Пипк
ake of the farmers is seeking
its services.
When a farmer
agrees to bend A sow, to the station, it ja picked up by a Government bailing truck mal returned in the same day. A less-than-cost
tion.
the
for
Mr. Sheldon imposed a fine of $1,000 and ordered confiscation.
On March 10, a Chinese Re-
RA.F. oversens, and its local ap- plication.
TWO-TON CHANG
Twelve months' Imprisonment EXECUTED
venue Officer saw the casex beln was imposed by Mr. H.G. Sheldon, Shanghai, Mar. 12.
fee is charged for the opera loaded on to a junk. Questioned, K.C. at Central yesterday on
defendant
produced an export Wah, 23-year-old dockyard work Yu-chlug, 23, who
The six large bonrs, which permit for six cases of cottoner, when he pleaded guilty to lor- the first
Japanese weigh from 300 to 350 h. aread the cases and found
cloth. The Revenue Omeer open-cons of ten milling, cutters from eatton H.M. Dockyard. ·Insp. Brownrigg assination corps in kept
in antiseptically clean yarn inside.
prosecuted. that murdered news; stalls and fed on a scientifically and bambed news tested diet. Special food for during 1928] them is grown on the station Far Eastern aren during the shortly after the Shanghai grounds. period of the Japanese invasion lattie, was executed by firing! and occupation dies before be squad today.
pensions would have been per- missable under Section 18 of the Pensions Ordinaner. 1939. headed and Regulation 14 made under spire the Police Force Ordinance, Shanghai 1932. if the words "or whe papermaen having been detained in
offices the paper
With the nine of "pigs already doubled in the first twelve months since the war, it
Chinese Detective Chan.. Kuon-sing said that before ar-..
(the third accugd) he questioned resting Wan Shu-foug
him and was told that on the
ing round, saw that the petrol through the door to downstairs. behalf of the Crown, while all on the ground was on fire. The He shouted in Chinese to the accused are represented by Mr... fire apread to Wang'a trousers utruder to stop. But the top F., Nigel.
which were also soaked with paid no attention, after which he fred a warning abot and petrol when it split over).
Winess drove his lorry out. fullawed him downstairs to a When he returned he found the small room and again warned whole place alight. While Wong him to stop.
"As I entered the room," In- was Bling his can, said Witness,
val, a meeting was held at the, he was smoking a cigarette. Inspector Brett continuel "height of the Moon Cake Feat!
through the
Village. his opinion, the fire was caused WAX disappearing through the lighted cigarette. window and I fired a second
Third neeused maid that ha A verdict of "Death by mis-shot. The intruder either fel was enlied to the meeting by adventure" was returned by the or jumped out of the window to Tag Ching and also informed the compound. I fired one regarding others who would be Coroner.
more shot and the Intruder) present.
Readers' Letters
ing passed fit for service in a Chang, whe started Colony and before being retired ¦ labour organiser on Shanghai's is hoped that an average of Sir-The main objections to at enormous expense. If Income Sir,-At last, the Millenium of
produced" in Territories will reach
100,000.
on pension when death was waterfront,
nicknamed] those "kept and Waa directly attributable, or aggra- | Two-Ton Chang due to his the New vated by the circumstances of obesity.-United Prosi, such detention and without his own default." appeared be- tween the word and expher "dütive," and the words
Shanghai, Mur. 12.
issues.
80
shortly after collapsed,
"I then ran out to the front
of the houne for the police.
station.
Three Shots
+
pension" in the sixth line of Cameister-in-Chief of the Nu-third readings of n Bill to in- toestion of principle; the ther, are by no means satisfied long and unprotestingly brane by truder in my car to the polled to bury Wan Plug. Wan Ying-
Or-
tion 18 of the Pensions dinance and paragraph (1) of Regulation 14 urte under the Police Force Ordinance, 1932.
payment
Consunied in public dunce-hatia"
..
The following day, the Police. arrested Chun Wing and Wan Ying-kuen at the Goddess of Heaven Temple.
At this stage, the question WAB to whether a statement
Returning to the house, wo Chan said that he was found him gong. The neigh-❘ told by Wan Shu-fong that Income Tax
wages and the price of materials, I
A Grouch
bours told us he had climbed after the meeting, three shots over the wall and gone Into the were fired with a rifle at Wan
Ping, the deceased. Third, ac the imposition of an income tax
tax is to be imposed, ought not in this Colety (under the guise some relief to be conceded to the all longkongites has been reach hillside.
"I assisted the police in the cused salt that he and Cheung of "An Ordinanco to imposó victims of devastations and loot- ed. Let us applaud those valiant,
trustworthy and dogged citizens search and he was found and Yuk sing were then ordered by Tax on Earnings and Profts) are Ingt
who by their unselfish devotion to brought down. I took the in- Wan Ying-kuen, first accused; The Attorney-General, at this I think based upon two
Most Hong Kong residents, fur- duty have cased the burden The Central News Agency to afternoon's Legislative Councii
kuen also told the ethers not tơ First, a
and far that all other possible methods of the poor riel taipans. To all those day quotes General Tu Yu-ming, Meeting, will move the second and
of a new fiscal measure by
the raising additional revenues have who count their gains (lil-gotten "At the police station later,.say anything about it. tionalist troops in Manchuria, ps
ser Home Government, without local been pose a tax in respect of
T mentioned som been explored.
otherwise, taxed or untaxed) I identified a watch and a knife both Sub-section (1) of Sec-toting that all waterworks und for the servlees of dancing part, approval, at the very time when in a letter that you published in thousands of dollars I say as my property which were
other installations in Dairen, have electricity plants, factories
Government is making much some weeks ago; a Government "Take heart and be of ners and a tax on food sold and capital out of the extension of a lottery: sales taxes; an import courage. That patient and unpro and
great found on the intruder. On two Occasioun the house *** I previous recently been destroyed by the and of a Bill amending the Jo-larger measure of autonomy
Servicemen to tariff and a poll tax. Two or testing animal-the Communists. Reuter.
was visited by burglare. I had Hong Kong. Secondly, the ques more of these methods might go venile Offenders Ordinance, 1932,
has again come to case your bur- tion of practicability: whether it for towards meeting the ad- dena, Remember how he earne to a license to possess and carry made by Wan Shu-fong should in roully possible to impose In-ministrative deffelt. Moreover, help you in 1945 and was received | platol."
be admitted in evidence was. come tax in Hong Kong In such pol: tax. plus the compulsory with open arms? Remember how to make room for
The First Shot
ruised by Mr. Nigel. on the a manner that it does not become Issay of Identlication cards, he 'doubled up' to
Replying to Mr. Hugh-Jones, ground that the statement was discriminatory. Am I correct in would pave the way for control Hongkongites who came back into esuming that the yield of the of Immigration, which sooner or Hong Kong in many cases with Mr. Brett sald he had consider-made under a charge of con- lonsor pre-war Frosts Tax was appro-lator must be attempted unless out homes to go to and without able experience in the handling spiracy, which was a ximately seventy per cent from Hong Kong is to be compelled to means to live? Remember how beef arma in the Police Reserve charge than the present one of foreigners and thirty per cent support, house, feed and general has to pay through the
and the Volunteers. He had no murder. from Chinese, although the sedly rare
Mr. Niuel said he could not for a population vastly that Hongkongdom may revel and intention of hitting the intruder cumulation of
among the exceeding its capacity, and
relax in its pre-1941 grandeur? when he fired the first warning find any authority, and in fact
again. mioreover, a large And now remember ance proportion of which contributes that he is to pay again through shot. If he had not fired the doubted whether there was any
related the hole in his nothing to the revenue.
pocket, because last shot, he would not have such authority which If it is intended, regardless of Hongkongites do not like to see been able to arrest the intruder. to a case in which a statement local considerations.
fo Yau-ning, PCC714, testi- on a lesser charge was admis to impose an him having his drinks and smokes Htto cheaper. income tax it would be advisable
sa evidence in a case fied that he heard reports of Bible
was preferred. truder in the side.
Mr. Justice that if he was satisfied that the statement was made volun- admissible. tarily, he would role that it was
HR
HAVE AN H.B. AND THEN TRY"
13
The Hongkong Brewery.
1. Ristillery Ltd.
latter could not
such an apportent justify population,
It is impossible to how hard
to say Hong Kong will be by
hit
the standard rate of taxation is settled. Ob viously, for facility in calcula
now impost until the
10 proceed upon the principle of Now perhaps everyone, except
rate should be a mul- "goftly, Kortly, catches monkoy!" | Tommy at al will be happy be-gun fire and arrested the in- where a more serious charge
ling, that
tiple of four: 10, 20 or 24 per cent. Obviously, also, the factors
for determining what rate should
start with a low standard cause the Services have to help say, 16 per cent. After a pay for Hong Kong's shortcom-
trial it would be possible ings (and I mean fat salaries for Ho
Bald
Replying to Mr. Hugh-Jones, Inspector Broit's
very
Williams
Assault Charge
здій
be adopted are lacking. The Gov to raise this rate if the receipts European officials and other sins Cantonese 'dialect was ernment can estimate the amount proved inadequate. There are al-at omission and commission), clear. He had no difficulty of its doncit for the next finanso some other factors which Perhaps, you Hongkongites, your understanding him. The In-
r cial your; but I would defy any should be reconsidered. Allowan- disdain to say "our") devoted enc to estimate within several ces are made in respect of a wife guardians and watchdogs will on-trudor also spoke the Canioncat
dialect. million dollars
the actual yield and up to four children. But auro that Tommy pays Hong Yeung You, PCC020, gave from an Earnings. and Profts
none are provided for other de Kong Income Tax, just to ensure A
The third accused, Wan Shu- Tax, and therefore to be able to pendeats. In England malt de- that nothing in missed from the corrboratial evidence.
tong, who was then called to arrive at a reasonable décision on ductions are allowed for aged, in skeleton of his meagre pay. Tom- At the end of the evidence testify, ant that his statement the standard rate necessary flem or entirely dependent rela- my would be no pained if he Mr. Hugh-Jones submitted that was not made voluntailly, Ogo produce the required revenue. Uves. In the draft ordinahco no, wasn't' able to help some poor the man was commiting a of the prosecution -- withkoses, Residents of Hong Kong mung distinction is made between earn- Hong Kong beggar along the felony, that Mr. Brett had the Au Ngail, who wis kiición na up to the fact that much ed and unearned Income. The road to comparative Anancial right to arrest him and was "King of the Cow Devil, skeil ghor taxation, in some form or residential qualifiest forts, which freedart, another, is necessary if the could be simply enough onforced We can understand now why unable to effect his arrest with him to bolp and the men who Colony is to pay its way. We can against non-Chinese, would prove Mr. and Mrs. Hongkongita are no out firing. Therefore, Mr Wan, Tlog and sell that if he
Mr. acfused to th "In ́dealing; glad and so pathetically grateful Hugh-Jones ·· submited. got reasonably expect the long quite impracticablo
he would bo to suffering people
"China
be back in Hong Kong's shol- llrett's action was Justified. Kingdom, who had paying on whatsoever is kept
-- "From the medical evidence," "An Ngau and the dotectives standard rate of about fifty per immigration and migration. ́vicemen a wicked in not having cont, plus)'ehonnous suportaxes, it scoms probable that as regards to pay through the now for the jury sald, "We agree LA assaulted him before taking to be willing to make up Hang the Chinese population vory wide everything. Perhaps objection is died of chronic nephritis and him to the Police Station. Wan Kong a deficit indefinitely. Income use would have to be made of the made to paying b
Income uraemia."
of the United with Chinone, since no recorring arms where only the Ser.
In considered the most gruit Commissioner's power to assess Tax at Homer Or is it that they Are d'Almada: What is your ablp: form of direct
Saxation the United Kingdom, and prom, regardless of returns sphy can't send Tommy having opinion on Mr. Brett's action
many little concessions which Jury: We would like leave sumably the Home Government Finally, so it seems to me make salaries comparable to one it to Your Worship.. has therefore decided that it must come scheme should be worked another? Most of the Tommies
be the most equitable form of out for dealing with high cost and Jacks pay enough Income taxation in Hong Kong, without of lying allowances." Many Tax at Home which would taking into: consideration the salaried workeriorsign and the present proposed Hong Kong many local factors which
must
Chinese simply "could not make raton alok uptą "denih." I pay operaja sealjut, a fair deal for both ends moet on their basis, chaugh Income tax on my prince-
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
salaries. It would be reductio ly 11. wagn to keen some Home C. Liahler, G., Bool
clfles wad absurdam here "high set of kongite. Infome madloum of com-and-trwa pe
Kort för six weska Logmpulaprykinaur Hvlage Hallowances brought hit sa chumq;, Nog licherellage'in salaried employee into hit her in-Upto Celhur det us render what-rah Van
valiable in Hong where come bracket to take away. In faydaje
twitra vodítka wroperty taxatlözı money paid to Mudavár | Tandoriwini" là Hồng •
hara 15 maka rebalta and re- biere subsistence home
- plargments at, thall own that, and
a result of the kkyrocketing at
FIAT JUSTITIA
said that he was warned by the Chinç Dütective Chinn!
moallon Koon. Shing not to anything to the European In #pettors about the askanli Wan 'said that he was also: boston- with handcuffa, before the state- |ment way modo, sa Billa Lordalin having, stated that he was halfsfied the allègue ticas were mar: true, the-fury thích loài bướm aked to rush from, the Court before- nra. "TuankVincthis point took SBER $returned. After birthör endan Fail: boete ison kynthiT