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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1947.
CITY TRAFFIC SCHEMES
Full Details Disclosed: Queen's Road Plan CENTRAL & ALHAMBR
A WARNING
Lisbon, Apr. 22. Reliable "negrers said today that the Portuguese puthuri- tien huve given Gül Rabten and Sure, etoural cu{vinova, Rodriguça, tip of
Don Fight days to more from the Lisbon greu to "unu plaer else in Portugal" bermuse of their prominent roles ix unti Franco
plotting. - United Preza.
April Sessions
The April Criminal Sessions wilt open at the Supreme Court
New Arrangements
For Car
Car Parks
(By Margaret Bradbury)
The major outlines of the proposed new traffic schemes which may be introduced in the Col- ony soon were issued yesterday by the Police Traffic Branch. In an interview witli Mr. G.D. Binstead, Officer-in-Charge, I was told that if the plans now under discussion are approved, Queen's Road will become a one way street for westbound traffic from Murray Road to West- ern Strect.
feeder estreets for truffle make ព silent one in the arca wavelling north only will be Ice bounded by Murray Rd. to the Huuse St., Pettinger. St., Jubilee Enst, Queen's Rd. to the South St.. Bonhari Strand West and (and Central Market to the West Marrison 51. Feeder streets for and Connaught Rd. to the Norih. traffic travelling south only will be Wing Lok St., between Bonham Strand and Вся Vocux Acad.
Speed Limit
GRASSHOPPER ISLAND
Batavia, Apr. 23
A lonely inland inhabited only by milliona of pint grasshoppers clinta in the Surida Straits between Java and Sumatra,
A Dutch naval party
which recently cruised cur the
said the noise made ahore by the grasshopjiers tonM preat # drowned ont The sound of their motors.
*O
The inland is one of the fragmenta torn loone from the famous volcano Karkatoa when it exploded in 1889.--- Associated rano
Kowloon Fire Sequel
As the result of
篩
at 10 am. today, before its Cleverly St., between Des Voeux A 15 m.p.h. speed limit bus Lordship, Sir Henry. Blackall, | Road
otca in the and Connaught Road, been asked for Chief Justice, when pleas in 18 and Queen Victoria St.
bounded on the west by Cadogan cases will be taken.
Two-way streets where trafle St., Belcher St., Queen's Rd. West Among the 18 cases on the will be allowed to travel north and Pokfulam Rd., at the junc. small fire at the China at is that of Cheak Chat. and south will be Western St., tion of Bonhum Rd. This will he Faint Manufacturing Co. | Cheung, Kee Cheung; Liu Mun Centre St.. Eastern St., Queen's bounded on the south by Bon
Rond. Caine Road, and at 1 Arran Street on Li Yau, Muk Kau alins Mat St. Bonham Strand, Wing Lek St..
Cleverly St. between Des Voeux Upper Albert Rd. from the June-
The following is a list of
Carry:
the
Trol Sze and Fung Woot,
robbery by two or more.
Ki Ah Wong.. Tam
haar
the
ice House St. The car park at cluding the whole of Connaughtyard of the premises.
Pedder St. is. to be used for owner-driven small согу only,
than two hours between 8 a.m. Yuen, and p.m. After 0 p.m. tire
Yeung Yu, Young Pik Wing, Cheung Wo King and Cheung Chong Yik, armed robbery and revelving stelen property.
Kam Slug and Chan Yut SauRoad and Queen's Road, Hilliertion of Pokfulam Rd. to Garden April 3. Divisional Offi- ! nins Ho Lan Chung, who were St., Mercer St., Jervois St., and Rd to the East the area bounded Cer R.11.J. Brooks of the fe and guilty of murder
and Pedder St
by, but excluding. Garden Rd. Kowloon Fire Brigade sentenced to death at the March,
Parking will be allowed nose and Murray Rd. to the water discovered the presence Sessions and who will. in thefto tail" on the south side of front: to the North, the area from Aprd Sessions. face a charge of Queen's
waterfront bounded by Mur- of 10,650 gallons of in- Road from a point 15
oil ray Road and Cadegan Street, in-flammable
in the attempted murder.
yards west of Garden Road to
Rd. and Kennedy Town Prays,
The sequel was the appearance also Queen's Rund East between
of George May, an official of the parking for a period of net mure the lunction of Kennedy Rd.
the junction of Hennessey Rd. and
company, before Mr. W. A. Blair- Kerr yesterday to answer a sum- All these schemes," said Mr. mens aguinat him for having un- Binstead yesterday "have been der his control the 10,050 gui- two-hour regulution will be re-put forward because of the heavy Ions of inflammable all without Jaxed.
Blew ог traffic on the Colony's in Ilcence from the Commissioner
today. This is now be- tween three and four times above Mr. Brooks emphasised In Tang Chi, Mak Shui Klug-and
A further scheme to tie in with that before the wür. In ឆ
Court yesterday that storage of Ho Più alias To Do possession this is the proposal for a "rof. schemes of this kind cooperation such oil in a yard was imosi dan. of arms and ammunition, keep-e elreus" round the Hong Kong from both pedestrian traffle and gerous un, should it become ignit-
Club Cricket with
in ing explosives
clockwise' vehicular trame is necessary. ed, it would be difficult for the directlun. Explaining this, Mr. endanger life and property at Binstead said that traffic coming the part of the Colony's drivers trol. It was fortunate that the "If mere courtesy is shown on Fire Brigade to get it under cop- two charges of possession of
down fromI Garden Road and today and a little more under-re on the premises was a very explosive substances.
wishing to proceed cast will turn standing is shown on the part of small one for if it had aprend to west to Jackson Road, David George Mason, armed Jackson Rd., along Chater Rd., minds up to cross the road in a been a very heavy loss of life and down the pedestrians in making their the oil nearby there would have robbery,
up Murray Rd. and to the east, direct route, the present situation property.
Traffic along Des Voeux Rd. would be considerably, cased, wishing to go either to Wanchai the roundabout, or up Garden Rd. will circulate down Jackson
intent to
Lam Fei alina Cheung Kwan, Yim Ka Son and Ho Sak Leung, three charges of robbery by two or more and two charges possession of imitation
farm.
of
Traffic Circus
0
roads
2
..
be prosecuted.
of Police.
A few days ago, continued the prosecuting officer, there were |kl|l_90_dřunis" of oil on the premises. Some of them had been removed on Apr. 8 but, despite the warning given and the summons Issued, there wore atili 20 druins left yesterday.
warning and
Crossings "Pedestrian crossings have been Rd. along Chater Rd. up Murray set out in various parts of the Are Rd. and turn left to Wanchal or centre of the town which pedes
across into Garden Rd. This
trians should use. Vehicular 1 Chu. Chan Plu alias Liwise direction to all frame ex-
roundabout operater in a clock-traffic must understand that when
Mr. Brooks applied for the Fook Kwong.
they see pedestrians wishing to possession of feept trumcars so that when cars
zones they maximum fire and a fine of $IDO ammunition, keeping explosives come from Murray Rd. and wish cross in the safety with intent to endanger life to go to Gorden Rd. there will be must give way. It not, they will per day for every day after the the issue of the and property; possession oljno stream of traffic approaching "Signa will be erected as soon summons, the owners further to explosive substances and two them from the West, except Los material becomes available. Ibe warned to have the balance! charges of ennspiracy to utter tramcars.
am sure that the general public removed Immediately. letters demanding money with To relleve further the conges-and motor drivers in Hong Kong Defendant was fined $250 on tion of traffic in the central area, con and will cooperate with the the summons, and $1,000 it is proposed open Chater Rd. traffic authorities."
(equivalent to $100 a day for 10 Trui Shu. Châu Kim Hungar a one-way street going East It is understood that a com- days) for non-compliance with alias Chau Chak Man, Young from Des Voeux Rd. to Wardley mittee has been asked to draft the warning.
(Statue Square). Fu, Tsui Ho Chuen, Kwan Shy St.
From up-to-date regulations on the new Square to Jackson Rd. and Wong To, two charges of Statue
traffte ordinance which was re- armed robbery and one charge Chater Rd. will be open to two-cently published in the Gazette. way traffic. then from Jackson
menaces.
of possession of 23.7718 and Rd. to Murray Rd. the Northern
ammunition.
leg of the rounusbout will be one Jap. Pleads
Ko Man, armed robbery. way cast. Cheung Muk Wing and Chan
Wai Shing, three charges of
Chung Kau, Chung Man and Liu Chol, armed robbery and possession of arms and arn- munition.
Nose to Tall
Killings Were Ordered
demanding money with menaccя. The car park in the centre of Lok Tal, Wu Yiu Hung and [Chator Rd. will be removed to
side Ip Yuk. three charges of armed the
and "nose to tail"
Yokohama, Apr. 23. robbery,
parking facing East will be
bc. Former Lt. Junsaburo Toshino, allowed on alternate days tween Des Voeux Rd. and Statue Japanese guard in charge of Squate, Wardley St.
American prisonors aboard 'one The car park in Chater Rd.of the "hell ships," Oryoko between Jackson Rd. and Mar- Mard, who is on trial before' a Poroy Rd. will be removed and military commisston, again parking 'will be allowed "nose to testifled that he was forced to Wah, tall in an easterly direction: on participate In the decapitation
af sick war prisoners.
Wong Ying and Wong armed robbery.
La Leung and Lam armed robbery.
Tso Kok and Mo Koon Kłu, armed robbery,
the South side.
"Nose to tail" parking will be allowed in a westward direction Ching Man allas Chlng Hung,the north side of 'Queen's Rd, bo- two charges of armed robbery tween Murray Rd. and the junc. and two charges of receiving tien of Des Voeux Rd. and Jack stolen property.
son Rd.
He sold the order came from the main camp commandant! and after the cemetery at the Suilt optrance to the San Fernando area had been chosen as the site, the executions were carried out in strict secrecy.
Toshino received orders to inform alck POWs chosen for the death march that they were being taken to a Manila hos
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Cheuk Chan, Cheunk Kee This opening of Chater Rd Cheung, Liu Mun, Li Yau, Mak which is 80 feet wide should Kau alias Mak Kam Sing, Chan allow light traffic which comes to the Des Voeux Rd Chater Yui Shu allee Ho Lan Chung, Rd. Junction to prected directly attempted murder (adjourned from last Sessions). East on to the northern leg of the roundabout, so giving a red Chan Wing Hang.demanding circulatory movement to
tho Ho added: told Lt. Urabe money with 'menaces (adjourned traie cutting down trame stop that such lying I would not be from last: Senglons). S lights and points, which, by able to explain later and that Yu Ting Wah alias Yu Hok checking the flow of traffic, calfe by fooling the guards and Chul and Wong Chup Om, two a high factor of Inertia and make POWs my position would become OPENING SATURDAY charges of larceny, one charge considerable delay in traffic, Low very agaaleing. However of accessory after the fact: to ing "freely. ----- larceny and two charges of With the introduction of pedes Uraba stated the order would obtaining money by false pre- in controlled roads, it is hoped toga,
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