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Private Hospitals Are Not Equipped To Deal With Poisoning Cases
FUNERAL OF CRASH VICTIM
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The funeral of "Mr. K. 8, MacDuff, Becond Officer of the Catalina
fiying.boat which crashed off Macao on July 10 last, will be held at 4 p.m. today at the Colonial Cemetery,
The pallbearers will in- clude eight Captains of the Cathay Pacific Airways font. The body of Mr. MacDuff, brought from Macao, WAS taken to the cemetary chapat yesterday.
An unconfirmed report last night said that the resulta of the official enquiry Into
the dieaster in which 20
passengera and Grew were killed will be ready for publication by the end of the wack.
The Hong Kong Macao air service, operated by the
Macao Alcirannuort Company, will be resunie. immediately after the publication of the results.
The "Chioa Mail" learned that more evidence pf the piracy attempt which alleged- ly caused the crash has been collected by the Macao police. No decision has yet been made whether to charge thu detained
suspect in a Portu- quent ог Britich Court af Justice.
The area where the flying. boat crashed la atit being dragged under the
Vision
super. of Macao's Harbour Master. But up to yesterday, na further bydles had been racovered.
DEATH ON CLEVELAND
New York, August 3. Supreme Court Justice Lloyd "hurch der today oboard the Nurse President Cleveland, nuid-
between Yakuhama and
by Ne ship's agents.
Justler Church,
Who
It is not the policy of the Hong Kong Sanatorium and the Tung Wah Hospital to receive and troat casualty or poisoning cases. If they are required to do this then their whole polity would have to be reorientated.
This statement was made by Dr. G, H. Thomas, the Director of Medical Services, in an inter- view with the "China Mail" yesterday, when he was asked to comment on the verdict at the inquest on the death of Fung Kwon, on 18-year-old married woman who died from lysol poisoning on June 18.
She was refused treatment ment will 'adequately subsidise, first at the Hong Kong Sann-equip and neckt us to secure doc- Lorium and later at the Tungtors so that we are able to give Wah Eastern Hospital.
"The public does not seem to realise that theas are not public hospitals. The Hong Kong Sanatorium in a private cop cern, and the Tung Wah is a charitable Institution. They are residential hospitals, and are not equipped to attend to police or poisoning cases. "The Queen Mary Hospital on
anti Island
the Kowloon Hospital on the mainland are the only two institutions Colony to deal with such cases, and the sooner the public is made aware of the fact, the better, so that there won't be similor mis- takes and Inisunderstandings
the
pgain.
24-Hour Service
In the
"For the private hospitals 10
continuous 21-hout service with at least one doctor in attendance, we are afraid there is no alterna- tive," concluded Dr. Li.
TOOK LYSOL
A quarrel with her husband over other woman led Chun Yok-chun, a young married woman of 19, reskling at No. 2 Canal
East, Road
to take a quantity of lysol,
Her net was discovered by her, husband who had her rushed to Queen Mary Hospital, where, an hour after admission she dicet.
Tried To Steal Purse
A sentence of, six months* be followed banishment was given by
storing when he sentenced
be able to take on casualty cases, imprisonment to they would have to have a 24-by hour service, with the requisite Mr. P. X. d'Almada at Central personnel and apparatus avaliable at all hours of the day and night realiness for them. be in emergency cases. Government a someone would have to foot the
11 this service.
to
for
"Again, loctora would have to
truined to go
go to Court to giv vidence, and do post mortems. "If it was a ense of bleeding or fractures, then these privat
hospitals can readily render firs
to patients, and then send them on to Queen Mary or th Kowloon Hospital for furthe
treatment or hospitallantion.
was $81 SE
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Virulent Poison
"But for lysol polsoning en shin at en reule, to Shanghal,rre in nu frst-aid midd necording to information received the road courte. A virule
polson of his nature demandi years old, was on a holiday trip. Mouth gag, antidotes, a doctor
instant action--a #lomach tub -United Press.
at least three attendunts. And when a hospital does not hav these available at a moment's call en what else con it do but fo tvise the patient to go as quick as possible to the Queen Mary A heavy dose of lysel is a D per cent mortality case. Just dir your fingers In lysol; you don't need to swallow it, and you wit get an idea what hope there is for he victim."
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Li Tak, aged 17, for attempted
arciny of a purse, the
pro- erty of a rickshaw coolic, in he early hours of yesterday n Des Voeux Road Central,
Inspector Ill who presecuted sald that defendant, whe with another not in custody, tried * was la take the pure of complainan
The coolic, who was n light sleeper, was awakened and Im-.
gave the alarm and WA arrested by A
who was asleep in his rickshaw.
medlately
•defendnat police constable.
Stole Watch
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1948.
Wage-Earner's Home
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LIVING
of
GROUND FLOOR plan of one
the houses in the scheme to aid salaried man to own their homes, announced in' the Chine Mall yesterday. Dining-hall, parlour and study will be on the ground floor, with fuur bedrooms on the up- per. Each floor will have a bathroom. In the event of joint ownership by two familles, the house will be divided into two self-contained flats, each with dining-hall and living room.
two bedrooms, bathroom,
"CLIENT TRICKED BY I & E DEPT"
The contention that his client was tricked by the notice issued by the Import and Export De- partment in March, 1947 into bringing the gold into the Colony was made by Mr. P. J. Griffiths before Mr. W. H. Latimer at Kow- loon yesterday.
Speedboat Owner Cautioned
In dismissing. Mr. Griffiths's Charged with the larceny of application for the confiscation lady's wrist watch, Cheng order made on Tuesday in Cam, aged 20, was given six respect of 19.75 ounces of gold months and recoinmonded for sheets. valued ut HK$4,888, enrhment when he pleaded brought in by Mrs. Cheng Nee guilty before Mr. F
X. Lin-ying d'Almada at Central yester- rescinded, Mr. Latimer recom- on July 31, to be day.
mended defence counsel to ap- "I was alleged by the prosecu- proacti Fr. T. W. Kwok (For-the area between the red mark- For having his speedboat in tion that defendant lived with his cign Affairs Special Commis- ng buoy and the foreshore of relatives at No. 56 Staunton
stoner) to bring the matter up Repulse Bay. Tsang Ming-lal, Street and had been there fur
hree days when he stole a wrist with the competent authority. of No. 22. Connaught Road In his application, Mr. Grimths Central, was cautioned by Mr. Defendant, In his
attempt to rid that under sub-section 2 of D. Cairns at the Marine Court Dr. Thomas deplored the lacl
pawn the article, met a Chinese Section 13 of the Import and Ex- of more facilities for treating defective, and as a resty of en-port Ordinance of 1915-the Court yesterday.
•hese casualty cases, but, he adquires it was di-closed that de magistrate is given the dis- The Magistrate said that as
cretionary d, as things we
power to order the this case was the flet of present, it the private hospitals are to be ro
girl, he would let defendant off confiscation of goods. There is no quired to take on this service as well, an entire reorientation of policy is required.
Dr. Li Shu-fans, Superintendent of the Hong Kong Sanatorium. Interviewed by the "Chios Mail," | explained the position of the Sanatorium én more or less simi- iar lines,
.
Far Too Common
watch.
fendant had stolen the watch.
Defendant in his statement said he required money and that was compulsion to do so, he said, as with a caution, but future cusor the reason he took the watch,
the words used are, "It shall be would be dealt with severely.
COULD NOT REMEMBER INCIDENT
lawful."
was
COMPLAINANT IS ONLY
"SHADOW" SO
SO COURT CAN AMEND CHARGES
There is no such person or body as the British Military Authorities in the Colony, and thoro ford the three chargos of stealing petrol from. military lorry A3686, proferrad against Lou Kwong, must be dismissed, submitted Mr. A. S. C. Combar at Kowloon yesterday. Mr. Marcus da Silva also criticised the wording of the charge against Chen Yim, driver of Naval bus 75751, declaring that "British Naval Authorities" savoured too much of extra-territoriality and gave the impression of there being a British and a Chinese naval command in the Colony,
a
Com-
He drew the Court's atten- War. to be substituted for the Bri tion to the Ordinance which tish Military Authorities as com vested full power of control plainant in the charges against the of, and ownership of property drivers of military lorries, on the belonging to, naval establish-round that the prosecution could ments in Hong Kong to the change the name of First Lord of the Admiralty
plainant.
Mr. Wicks Air. Combet, you or the Commissioners of the have just said that there is no First Lord.
such person or body as the Britis With nine other drivers of Gov-therefore, no change in the com Military Authorities. There i Military
plainant. Inspector Morrison wa and giving substance to a shadow
Mr. Comber: The British Midi- tary Authorities was a fictitious complainant."
and ernment, Naval, vehicles, Mcksry. Comber's Silva's clients were charged with larceny by servant of petrol from their respective lorries in June:
Li King-cheung, driver of mili tary lorry A3075, was defended
PWD
The Magistrat. “No, not ar. carding to your first submission
That it did not crist and wa
by Mr. C. P. Woo; Ko Human, which was that it was nothing.
lorry #272 Was repre- sented by Mr. C. A. Sutherton only a shadow. I am making the Russ as were Yu Bhik (PWD krty necessary amendment."
8027) and NE Sun (military jorry A3208). Mr. Silva was also brief. od for the defence of Thoi Wing (PWD lorry 8256) and Leung Kal (PWD lorry 8551).
Wong Kung, driver of Police cur 3098, LIL Kwai-kee (PWD lorry '8243), and Au Yuen (PWD lorry 3000) were not legally re presented.
Additional Counts
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Theft From Motor-Cars
Hungarian President
Budapest, August 3. The Hungarian Parliament today unanimously elected Dr. Arpad 8zakazite, former Deputy Premier and Chair man of the Workers Party, President of the Republic in. Buntosalon to Dr. Zoltan Thay, who, resigned Last
weak.
The new Prealdent la do years old and on artisan's zon. He has been a carpen- ter, a stonemason, a political journalist and trade union loader. Thanking Parliamort after his election, Dr.
Sza. Kanita emphasised that the honour glyen him belonged to the working, class and ita. polilital party-the Hungar lan, Workers Party-Reuter ·
Paid For IO Watchmen,
Had Only 8
Commissioned by the De partment of Supplies, Trade and Industries to employ 10 watchmen for 10 lighters 'con- taining sugar, Wong Shiu- ping, 27-year-old watchman, took eight men on and charg- ed the STI for the services of the full Three cura, parked outside the mado $192 extra
complement. Не Repulse Buy Hotel on July 25
out of the were robbed of articles, and as n
deal. result of reports to the police, Mr. W. H. Latimer at Kowloon When he was charged before Leung Kwong-fuk, aged 17 anx!
Fong Yuen-wal, Pged 17, were yesterday with obtaining the $192 hurged before Mr. F.X. d'Almatia by falsely pretending that Watch at Cenirel yesterday.
men P. 104 and E, 30 were doing As related by Inspector J. H,duty on board two lighters on the two defendants together with Inspector W. H.
March 0 last, Detective
Sub- nather not in culty, stole two plained that ship's watchmen are Summera ex- triving licenes a pair of sun Police approved and not Police glass and six tumlders.
On Defective Sub-Inspector V. M. Morrison of the Anti-Corrup tion Squad amending aune of the charges and preferring additional counts against some of the as- cused, defence solicitors applied for an adjournment to enable them lo prepare thele defence.
Mr. J. Wicka. fixed tomorrow for the opening of the case, at the end of which heur-Mr. d'Almada remanded the case ing will be adjourned to Septem- ber 17 and continued on Septem- ber 20 and 24.
Chen
As second defendant will be re- Crown presented by Mr. A. et Arcull, or hearing on August 7,
Yim, Wong Kung, Au
tion. Trol Wing, Yi; Shik, Lgung
Lit Kwai-kee "and Ko Hin man were first charged, together with 15 other drivers, eight un- Comployed, an amah and an ae- countant, before Mr. W, A, Blair Kerr on Juno 10.
by
were
by
tu Muk
They
arrested Special Branch detectives, led
Sergeant Major and directed by Chief Inspector J. Johnston, for allegedly participating in
what was known as the $20,000-a-month. petrol stealing racket. ------
to
Foki's Body Recovered
watchmen.
On February 23, the STI teak sugar on board the s. dolivery of a consignment
Mennon and put them into 10 lighters, and instructed defendant on- ploy a watchman for each lighter. Accused undertook to do 'vo. and presented the covering chits for the men.
It was later found that during tho time that P.104 and 86
Lui Chi Kok beach on Tuesday, the lighters, they
One of a party swimming in Were supposed to be on duty nn were actually night Chow Yu-Non, aged 20, a on duly on board the ss. Halo shop foki, ventured a bit too for Kwong So beached at Tai O after and before help could reach him, the fire on board. went under.
In reply to
the Court, DOL Members of his everything to locate him in the only eight men employed by at-
party
Sunumors said that did
there wer vicinity where he was last seen, fessed to: having drow the wages cused, and that defendant can- but without success.
Its body was found floating in of the other two and keeping 1...... that beach about IC a.m. yester day and mertuary by the Wator Police.
was removed to the
for himself,
in
**That was
a' very serious sald Mr. thing",
Latimer passing sentence of 18 months' hord labour.
$18,857 Theft Alleged
The charge against the amah and one of the drivers was with- drawn by the prosecution on June The eight conspirators, and Health Inspector J. Reid said the charge wore
13 drivers, who pleaded guilty t
WASPC HOLDS sentenced that on June 26 defendant
MAHJONG DRIVE seen by the beach inspector in terms ranging from three to 18
in months' hard labour. the prohibited was cruising near the beach and comtant, and Mak Yuk, 31-year- dien held a
The Women's Auxiliary of the I area. His motorboat. making "S" turns.
Wong Sing-ul 23-year-old ac- Society for the Frotection of Chil
successful Bridge. It was very dangerous as there were a num
old foki, were remanded until and Mahjong Drive in the Helana. tomorrow on bail of $1,000 each May Institute on Thursday in ald ber of swimmers there.
Four charges of larceny Defen.
on the charge of receiving.
of the Society.
a servant of money totalling the
First prize was won by Mrs. $18,857 between April 26 and Buermin: Consolation prize by: May 31, were preferred against Mrs. Croinmelin; 1st (European) Robert George Stewart of the Mahjong Mrs. Stronbach; 1st Royal Naval Dockyard at Cen--- At yesterday's proceedings, Mr. (Chinese) Mahjongs Mrs. Y. H Comber, also objected to DSI Choy, and Consolation Mahjong
tral yesterday, Morrison'a application for the by Miss' Lai. Principal Secretory of State, for)
Defence counsel then referred to the notice issued by the Import and Export Department, and post- ed on all ships, wherein tobacco,
:quors, proprietury -Declaring that he could not action olls ar listed ·
tollet preparations and remember the incident and that liable to duty excepting "reason-dant had been warned by nothing he had done appeared able amounts for passengers' own each inspector not to go inside. to be dangerous driving Licu-se und declared to a Revenue
the агод. Deating with lysol poisoning tenant R. L. McClements plead-Dieur it required."
Defendant said that as he saw rases Dr. Lid unfortunatelyed not guilty at Central yes-
several other boats in that area such cases are far too common interday. the Colony. Death is not usually
area after he had been warna Immediate, and the policy of the
Mr. by the Beach Inspector.' Sanatorium has been to render drst-ald where possible, but the only satisfactory polution-has-beer to send the case without delay to the Queen Mary.
Defendant was summoned be- fore Mr. F. X. d'Almada for over- taking on a left-hand bend in Stubbs Road near the Ho Tung Cardens.
After evidence was given by Mr. F. P. Franklin and Mr. M equipment Tighe, the ease was adjourned until Saturday, when the court
"We have not the ond the staff to deal with emer- gency cases of this nature, and we will visit the scene of the alleged feel that until and unless Govern- incident.
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Misleading Absonco The followed them. He, loft the
The same Grimths, stated that Hong Kong
notice, suld is a free port, and that the only prohibited imports two arms-and- ammunition.
of
The absence of any mention is mort milaleading, con.
gold
Objection
'
Blocks
Stumbling In US Spy Story
tended Counsel, and tricked his m client into bringing the bullion Into the Colony. His client, ac- companied by her husband,
WAS
on her way to Feochow,, but decided to break the journay
Washington, August 4,
when the ss. General Gordon High Justico Department, officials said today that
docked here in order to make a trip to Amoy and Shanghel. When she made the decision, opproached the ship's parser and was told that. Hong Kong being a 'free port she need not declare anything with the exception of arms and ammunition,
bers.
ZEN
He was also charged on two
Donors of prizes wer Mra counts of falsification of accounts Ritcale, Mrs. D'Almada, Mrs. Ma. With an alternative of four counts Miss Ho, Mr. Yee and Mrs. Leu of simplo Jaroery. Defendant was tion Long Messrs, A. S. Watson remanded for five days on bail and Co., Ltd. and the Queen's of $2,000, $1,000 in 'cash and Dispensary
$1,000 in securities.
Inspector R. H. Woodtead pro- secuted the case.
The total sum paid into the funds was HK$670.00.
DIVAN KEEPER SENTENCED
Charged with being the keeper
KNOCKED DOWN BY MOTOR CAR About 11.10 p.m. yesterday niy unidentified Chinese men, aged
the three-year US$500,000 investigation fail- od to tum up sufficient evidence to justify raged 30, was sentenced to a term the result of being hooked down
of un oplum divan at No. 210 about 30, was removed to Kow Queen's Road West, Tong, Walloon Hospital suffering from severe head injuries sustained as
prosecution of the Commünist Espionage case: now unfolding before, the Congressional com- mittoos.
That was why, said Mr. Gril-
They made the comments in to the man's government superior. Gths, she did not declared the sponse to the question of Why no action was taken is some gold when asked by a Revenue what the Justice Department thing these Jurilee Department Officer. The gold was given to her has been doing, about the anthorities, canast angwer. They by her sister-in-law, in Switzer-cusations voleed by former hinted though that it was possi- Innd.
Communists Elizabeth
that government.
amont policy during Not First Caso Bentley and Whittaker Chart the war had something to do
with Me. Latimer said that it wa
Both told the stories
Justice Departinct ditelak not, the test case before the Court to the FBI long before they rata theras, tin chance of and referred defeito counsel to a testiled at Congresstoral hear ustima indictments provided the previous case, more or less identi-ings MA
investigators can turn up evidence cal, where the spid was also con The Justice Department au- supporting Alan Bentley story fiscated. He had no option, he thorities said Ureyencountered Unllact Frees sald, but to confiscate the bullion, two stumbling blocks in their in and advised defence to petition vestigations. One was the ab the competent authority after rence of documente Miss Bentley consultation with Mr. T. W. cinone were luzced over to her Kwok
by rovernment Chiclats tas transe mission to Moscow. The other (Approached by the "China was the refusal of any as the Boar Mall Me Erie Himsworth, codify they were di guilty abo Superintendent of Imports, and break down and cond Exports, said that he had no The sources statombat to maki as the case auspicion of the gu may not yet be cored. He winted in the case of moving however, that the Bat of articles there-Word mentioned in the notice not garelas din pikece compleueralves and that it was
tho, duty to pummor Farz to and out partment roots die ky what mare presólida. Imporis, of the audio, petne Phipping companies, he said, are by Chambers as *often very "hofpruž)
CHIANG'S BOOK ON IVORY SEAL
of a
of six months without the option
fine. All anaking equipriorit were ordered to be confiscated with a atlee, to the landlord, to recover possession of the promises. ****
Eleven smokers were each fined 50 or 25 days' imprisonment.
MANAGER FINED
by car No. 3712 driven by Ms. Furley at Jordan Road neat Temple Street.
The car was pronceding to wards Nathan Road, followed ty cars driven by Mr. L.R. Whant (Director of Celminal Inte}}}="' genco), Bir. C. Motiram (ADCIRY and Sub-Inspector Nippard.
An L. R. Brown, manigor of years old, was reported to have
Chinese girl, about, alght. the China Construction Company been admitted to Queen Mary was stunned to: Central Court Hospital augering from serious esterday before MrFX d'Al-injuries as a restait of fall from
for falling to have out of the roof of her residence No. 13A hit, vehicles examined. avery East. Street, Quarry Bay, yester«, month by the Motor Vehicle Ini day. apostur
Defendant pleaded guilty and (was fined $249490)
Inspector Farrier gromcuted the case o
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