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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1948.
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This was stated in Mr. J.1 Sécond defendant, in reply to Wicks' court at Kowloon vex- the charge, sald, "I did not re- I was sitting terday by Verónica Chan, a 22-ceive her money,
on bound the van." Chan rald 2 did not see such a thing on that day." Police constabla, Lui (Shu-tong stuted that he was one of the snen who had to attend the defaulters' parade on the day in question. The drill should have commenced at 5 p.m. but due to the Inte arrival of the first defendant, who! was the Instructor, it did stort until 10 minutes later.
of her evidence against police constables Denny. Yen, Wong Chit-song, and Chan Yat-fam charged with agreeing to accepi, attempting to obtain. and obtaining a bribe of $100 from her.
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All Three arcased were charged- with the first two offences, and the second and third third.
with the
Mr. J. P. Grimth represented the defendants, while Detective Sub-Inspector J. W. MacDonald fprosecuted. Mr. Alfred Y. Hon held watching brief for cam- plainant.
Veronien Chan was earlier in the day brought before Mr. W. A Blair Kern on the charge of offer ing a bribe of $100 the police constables at 17 Beltran Road Kowloon Tong, on July 25, but was discharged when the prosecu tion withdrew the
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Charges Changed At this stage of the proceedings Mr. Griffith asked for a clarifica- ngainst the on of the charge accused. The charge as it stood. he said, did not reven! which de- ✔ fendant was being charged with which offence. It would appear from the charge, on laid,, that all defendants were being charged
to accept, with agreeing
or
attempting to obtain, or counsel
and procuring, the bribe, The magistrale replied that the
Supplementary
Provision Approved
A supplementary provision of $9,200,172 for the quarter ended March 31, 1947, was approved by Legislative Couneli yesterday.
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The Acting Financlat Bocretary, Mr. A. G. Clarke, Informed Connell, that the itama in the schedule had been recommended for ap- proval by the Finance Com.. mittee.
He added the items ranged In sixo from one of more than $2,010,003 for storse, to two of $4, and in view of the fact that the estimates for. 1946/47 were filtle more than Inspired guessed, they had not done too badly.
The largest excess, that of unallocated storom, morely indicated that rehabilitation materiale esma In mora quickly than had been ex. pected.
Poor Children
A story of how a group of more than 20 girls' sacrificed part of their summer vacation to teach poor children three hours a day for five weeks was disclosed at an informal ceremony on Tuesday.
With the permission of the education authorities, the girls organised a Belillos, Free School for Poor Girls during the summer holidays and held the prize giving ceremony on Tuesday, The girls are members of the Belllios Girls Club.
The prizes were distributed by Miss Scott Moncrieff, of the Чопк Kong Social Welfar Council.
tte, general knowledge, hygiene, singing, reading and transcription.
During recess bisculls and ton were supplled out of funds con- tributed by some of the teachers. An examination was hold
the
The Free School for Poor Giris had a staff of 20 teachers, senior
[havo_been awarded ta_the__first members of the Club. The Joint nd of the course, and three prizes ml tresses were Miss Harriet Wu three girls of each class, and three und Miss Helen Chung.
special prizes for each grads for, The teachers wrote, printed on politeness, diligence and neatness.
with The ceremony endest duplicating machines, and bound 100 copies of a Chinese reading party at which the children were book and a general knowledge served with ice cream and con.
Penclis and fectionery. and hygiene book. gravers were supplied by the Education Department. The girl: of Belillos School contributed through their Welfare Fund a sun of $115 to buy exercise books, Chinese Ink and brushes, prizes and for a breaking up party.
of Belilios Public Teachers John Willis, aged
52, American
showed their Interest in Jordon
School Road.
the school by vilting one day charged restaurant keeper, was
and Miss You of the YWCA come Mr. F. X. d'Almada ni before
the of times. Two nevern! Central yesterday with entering
Illegal Entry Alleged
against whole thing hung on the use of subject of 19 Case "*"; the word "dr", und auggoted to
According to DSI MacDonald. prosecuting
officer
that
the
the three constables were one charges be re-framed into separwic}the colony without the permisulon I teachers have donated money to
word dod-shooting patrol between counts, with the offending p.m. il 7 p.m. on July 25, and deleted. at 4,30 p.m. saw a private car)
After an adjournment. of B0 minutes, the court resumed when approaching alung York Rond.
the new charges were preferred Given $100
against the accused.
Registration Foo
Wi
College.
Rector
Returns
of the Immigration Authorities. Provide scholar-hips for the two
the Sun Back from a world tour.yes- It was alleged that Willis,irls for one year at sometime between June 25 and Chung Evening School, Salying-ferday as. passenger on Hong Kong Airways was the Very July 8 at last year deserted his pun,
Rev. J. A. Cooney, S.J. ship, the s. Jonathon Harrigton,
Father Cooney was appointed and come to live in the colony,
Rector of Wah Yan College while on leave, in suc- he was away cession to Father Bourke, who piloted the college through the dimcult years of the Japanese occupation.
Father Cooney was well known before, the war, and during the occupation he was on the staff of the College of St. Luiz in Macao, where students from Hong Kong were enabled to continue their education.
Miss report, read by The A request by Willis to obtain Harriet Wu said that the Belillos granted by the Summer Free School, in existence legal aid was
remanded the before the war,
re-started magistrale, who
this year, case until this morning.
Each girl paid a registration Amendments to by-laws fee of 50 cents to be returned on governing the sale of milk and completing the course. The num. containers holding milk, passed by ber of girls increased to 07 at one the Urban Council on August 3.time. Today It is 80.
approved went were
Legislative four cineses with the same sub jects-Chinese literature, arithme- Council resterday.
The car was stopped by them In the course of her 75 minutes and, after a conversation with the evidence. Veronica Chan sald that Decupants, the constables and the she lives at 38 Queen's Road Cen- eur parstugers went to 17 Bel-tral, third floor, and that she went frun Rund, As the result of cer with her brother, Paul Chan, and taln conversations with thehis girl friend to the Lee Po woman driver the constables were Garage, at Nathan Road, about given $100.
2.10 p.m. to hire a cor. A report was inter made to the
She drove the car to 17 Belfran Kowloon City Police Station and, Rond, Kowloon Tong, to pick un after making Inquiries, DSI Macher step-mother, and then Donald detained the three accused on to Taun Wan where they stay. July 31. They were charged ed for about two hours to worship on the following day, the first at the Goddess of Mercy, Shamshuipe, the sond at Mong Kok, and the third at Yaumati police stations.
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interprete: Cht-kwong attached to the Kowloon City police station, testified that when charged. Are accused replied, did not receive her money. I wa not there at that thre. I was having defaulters' drill from p.in. to 6 pm."
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On the return trip to Kowloon Tong, she drove along Prince Edward Road to Waterloo Road. Just as she got to York Road she
aw a police van parked in York | Rund,
by
it. Hong Kong There are
CORRESPONDENCE
Govt. Indifference Sir-The complete indifference As she passed the police van displayed by Government In re rhe heard a voice calling out in gard to the housing problem calls English, 'Etop." She did so, and for the strongest condemnation the first accused approached the and the need for some form of concerted action by bona fide car, followed by the second and itizens of Hong Kong to awaken third accused, and asked her, in the powers-that-be to their res Chinese, whether she had " ¡ponsibilities.
licence.
In
After the liberation of Hong Kong, Father Conney returned with the other Josult Fathers to assist in the work of rehabilita tion.
Returning to Europe for a rest to study educa- he set himself tonal methods, school buildings and equipment both in Europe and North America, Ce
In this petition, the inefficiency of Government in dealing with the housing, as well as educational should be jand other problems,
fully set forth and emphasised.
An Invitation should also be
Ho visited most of the famops extended to Mr. Creech Jones to pay a visit to this far flung colleges of Britain and Ireland outpost of the British Empire, and Interviewed louding educa where he should live for a few tionalists in these countries, and months with the common people. then went to the United States While thousands of bona fideHe would perhaps then be in aand Canada, When asked to produce the Hong Kong citizens are living in better position to judge for him- As Rector of Wah Yan College licence, she told him that she did hovels not at to house animals, self the true state of affairs, and
he will have the fullest op- not bring it. The first defendant Government is not only busily realise that if the policy of the portunity of applying his know- asked her, "Have you really and
engaged in pampering to The Hong Kong Government is pur-ledge and experience in the new truly got a licence?"
buildings which the "I told him, no," sald witne's, gaged in a lavish building pro- the downfall of Hong Kong,
vested interests, but is itself on-sited, it will eventually result in college
Jesults hope to erept in the adding that she was then askel gramme for its own benefit. All
addition to a petition to where she lived. I told him in damaged Government buildings Mr. Creech Jones, steps should Colony in the next few years.
the Hong Kong, at 38 Queen's Road have been entirely renovated or also be taken to apprise Central, third floor. I also gave are in the course renova British people nt Home of condi- hin the telephone number." tion, while in different parts of tons in Hong Kong, so that they Ng then asked her who the the Colony. luxurious mansions may know that while Bri- owner of the car was, sald wit- are being erected to accommo-tain and other democracies ness, and she claimed owner hip date European civil servants-all doing their best to fight the Redi On being asked a second time, at the cost of millions of dollars menace, the Hong Kong Govern- she told him that the car belong-from public funds. As rement, by its discriminatory me- ed to her brother, Chan King-ported
exclusively in your thods, is providing fertile soll cheong, who lives at 17 Beltran columns
almost
year age, for the spreading of Communistic Rond,
Government has spent approxi- propaganda. Too Nervous
mately $250,000 of the public's "I was, then asked to drive to money for the purpose of cons
"driva leading the place. But I was so nervous tructing a molor
car.P to the palatial skyscrapers at that 1. could not start the The defendant then took Leighton Hill, over the wheel and, followed by
17 Belfran Rand."
happen.
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As it is obvious that amount of complaining locally
SIMPLE SIMON.
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Personalia
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Departures from the Peninda Hotel on Tuesday included Mr. and Mrs, C. Gates, Major and Mrs. A.E. Freathy, Mestre, D. Marquin, E. Creed, P. L Hosford, W.K. MacKenzie, G. W. Lucas, and J. E. Marcuse.
Bir-Wo have reason to thank the Tramway Company for the half-fare tickets
Arrivals Among the
at the resumption of
the Peninsula Hotel on Tuesday were the police van, we went along to will have any effect on the men for school-children between
Is it pre-Mr, and Mrs. H. W. P. Scott, Dr. "When I asked what would at the helm, who are determined ages of three and 12.
Lo Ignore the sufferings of the mature of us to thank them also and Mrs. F. A. B. da Slivo, Mom. Laid Veronica Chan, locals who are,
without fall, for a further concession by con- Y. T. Hu, V.C., Chow, . B. "second defendant said that the forced by Government to serve sidering the re-issue of Student Blackie, J. Turner, E. Shivers, ball for this type of offence would as cannon fodder in an emer Tickets in the form of a book M. J. Sakole, J. P. Fernandez and be at least $1,000, and the hegency, it is suggested that a peti. as was issued to bona fide students Y. Tsou, not less than $500. He also added tion be drawn up and submitted of whatever age before the war, that the day being Sunday there to the Rt. Hon. Mr. Creech Jones, would be nobody in the police who assured us, when he took station and that I would have to up office, that all within the Em be detained for the night." pire, Irrespective of race, colour Witness went on to say that on or creed, would be treated alike. arrival at 17 Beltran Road, she found that her brother Chan King-cheong was not home, after the whole party of seven' (three constables and the four occupants of the car) had gone up to the first floor balcony.
Witness will continue with her ovidence this afternoon,
Concession For Trade Commissioners
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Students Monthly pany' Is Us Ticket. There is nothing unrea sonable about this," surely,
A STUDENT,
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EX-DISH WASHER AS TUC PRESIDENT
London, August 24.
A woman of 55, who as an orphan at the age of 12` earned 8/3d a week ang cafe dish-washer, has become the labour boss at all England;'>
Cassidy The Hon. Mr. P.S. was sworn in as a member of the Legislative Counell yesterday.
Mr. Cassidy takes the place of Mr. C.C. Roberts, who is absent on leave, as member represent -- ing the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce.
Mrs. McClellan, Messrs. *F. Forcell, Chua Guan, 81 Suan, Eliminada Co and Law Kao were Antong the passengers who left for Manila by CPA yesterday, Arrivals from Manila by CPA-11- cluded Tan Son, Tan Boon=25. Ko Chuan-seng und Id .Cheng- chio.
FOOD AND FUEL COSTS
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She is Miss Florence Han-support her two little brothers L cock, who takes over the Pro-and little sister as well as her- sidency of the all powerful self. She had just had her 12th The Trade Commissioner British Trades Union Congress birthday, Privileges Ordinance 1948 which opens shortly at Mar-*... Union Organiser which provides for the remis-gate. The TUC Is Britain's
Food and foil conta foritha, work, ended From the kitchen of the cafe sion of taxes, duties and foes to shadow Cabinet since it con-
on August 21 followi the child Florence' want to awork | Blow and, Flose. *** "fil cattl which trade commissioners and trols the Socialist Government a condensed milk factory. Vegetables "Law.. assistant trade commissioners to a large extent. Thus Misr There she began to awake, to Ball Cabbers may be subjected when pay- Hancock becomes the "shadow thescendal of, the suffering, Qil ment of such moneys is incon-Premier."
pakkastarvation and exploitation of The sistent with the privileges of Representing 8,000,000 British the English poor. She became Th that office, passed its first-read-iworkers in mines, factories, ship-
Firewood ing in Legislative Council' yos-yards, in transportation and rat terday.
colton milis, shoe factories
years ago she fell Bean Card, 14 Dieome allled clothing, the Trades,
factory for good to take up rest Attorney General, Mr. gress will meet under the direc a regular trade union job. Sho G.E. Strickland, sald Gover-ton of the newly created woman later became one of the top ran- The averažw of the food and fast-fgeron ment
had been approached on labour chiet af debate.
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