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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1948.
FURTHER EVIDENCE Wing On Fire
IN LARCENY CASE
Further evidence in the PWD larceny case was heard before Mr. J. Wicks at Kowloon yesterday, when Kwok Kwong, 46 foreman, Austin Spary, 49, Grado I electrical inspector and Arthur Fredrick May, 41, electrical inspector are together facing charges of conspiracy, fraudulent conversion of government materials and falsification of documents.
Mr. A. Hooton, assisted by C.I. J. Johnston pro-
secuted,, Mr. J. M. d'Almada Remedios
ed for first accused, Mr. V. L. d'Alton instruct-Personalia
ed by Mr. P. J. Griffith for Spory and Mr. J. C. Stewart for May. Re-examined, Li Cho, electrician No. 106 of the PWD said when first accused Kwok Kwong left the workshop he had left no instructions. and when he returned he gave him (Li Cho) two fluorescent lamps.
with Instructed Ho was three others to take the lamps as well as other articles into a CUL
First accusnt also went
by a man surnamed bok.
iral
at
Mr. C. Y, Hsu, Chief of Cen News Agency's Bureau Sydney, let: Hong Kong for Aus- trall on Monday. He was accom. panied by his wife, Mr. Hsu form- erly representer! the Agency at Į Paris.
•
Inquiry ~
Government yesterday an hounged the constitution of the Commission appointed to enquire into the cause of the disastrous fire at the Wing On Company's godown at. Wast Point in which more than 160 Ilves were lost.
Mr. Justice J. Reynolds has bhan appointed Chairman of the Commission, The ather four members are, Mr. N. O.C. Marsh, Mr. Kwok Chan, Mr. Lo Min-nung and Mr. T. D. Borby (Secretary)..
The terms of reference are to "enquire into the cause and responsibility for the loss of life and damage occurring at and in the vicinity of 35) to 387 Des Voeux Road, West, and godowns 2, 3, and 4 on Connaught Road West September 22, and subsequent days, and to consider and recommend what should be taken to prevent similar
the future",
occurrenceS
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gave the names of, the nther co. Among the departures from the Peninsula Hotel on Monday were workers with him and was sure that the date was July 23.
Messry, P. V, Crench, A. T. Wong, Fron- Thaman, Henry acerlon he was F, R. Oh another present when first accused hand-kel. L. de Leon, K, Y. Chang, into the car which was driven fed Li Cho a quantity of paterials John U. Dexter and Harry Odell.] YOUR XMAS MAIL-
| with Instructions to take them to
The ss. Canton sailing about Governor's bungalow 22
30, will be the last Arrivals at the Peninsula Hotel | October Sheung Shul. The materials con- slated of several
of wire on Monday, Included Mrs. A. M.steamer leaving Hong Kong with colls
Amed, Mr. D. G. Old, Mrs. B. parcel mall arriving in the United nails and elips.
"First neetised nt-o
brought Hoops, Mr. and Mrs. Auewerber, Kingdom in time for Christmas. for this mail will be published two fluorescent inrap holders and Mrs. M. J. Bartlett, Messrs, J. Details of defialte closing times two tubes and tisked us to re-sane. H. H. Wang, T'S. Lee, G. pals aut reassemble them. This Wilson, J. F. Villers, J. G. later.
In order to avoid the usual we did and they were also put M, E. W. Edmunds, J. E. Sayee, Christmas rust, the public are
C. F. Poster, and W. Bell
Invited into the car," he said,
to post thelr parcels carly.
The car propended to the Star Ferry and add the articles were from In the whorl aut there to the foury for entireynnen to Hong Kont
New Ship Expected To Cut Down Run From UK To Far East
With the launching today in England of the Penin- 'suló and Oriental Stääm Nävigätiön Còm- pany, now vosal, Himalaya, thơ survice run between England and Bombay will be cut down from 20 tớ 15 days' and frðm England to Melbourne from 38 to 28 days. This was, announced yesterday by Mackinnon, Mackenzie, local agents for the P. and 0. Lirie.
Vickers-Armstrongs Lectures On
Flower Arranging
A series of lectures and de-
The sa. Himalaya is the sixth largest vessel to be built, by. Messrs. Ltd. for the P. & O. Company, The Himalaya in a twin screw. turbine-driven Mastüren
Intended Vessel primarily for the Company's ex- Press service between the United Kingdom, Bombay and Australia and will share with the Orient Line vessel, Orcodes, the distinc- tion of being the largest, arid fastest vessel In the Australianmonstrations on flower arrang- trade.
ing is to be held at the YWCA The vessel in being bullt under on Duddell Street, during Octo--| the latest rules and regulations ber, and November. of Lloyds and the Ministry of
The' frat meètlig will be an Transport in order to obtain the Tuesday, October 12 at 3 T., and which Mrs, Hobert Gordon will highest class of certificates
Hard Times with sino to conform to the rules lald speak, on ment.
- This will be followed on Oslo down under International agree- Flowers.
There arg eight
continuous ber 10 by a presentation by, Mrs. decks, seven of which are for Arthur Chase on "Arrangements passenger and crew accommodą- for Dining Tables" and Mrs. A. tion.
J. Staple on "Adrangements for For 1st Class Ibisure and re- Small Rooms." creation "A" Deck provides On,October 120 Mrs. R. P. Y'S MEN MEET
ample area, and includes a por- Newell, will talk on "Modifed All La Kl-ying will address
Arrangements," amil .021 Mr. Hubert Clarke, who re- the sides by glazed when the the Y's Men's Club tomorrow ni also with UN
Gourile will think on "This and to the Roor Garden, Hong Kong cently returned from a tour to form a aun trup. materials were (ransferred
Public Room accommodation That, Mostly about Flowers. Liong Kong by the ferry," he Hotel, at 12.45 p.m. Her subject Singapore and Sarawak, will re-
Tourist 1st Class ant will he "The Y's Men's Boys and late some of his experiences and for the
An emission fee of $1 will be #defed.
impressions at a meeting of Toe Passengers is ample and come taken at the door for anch meet- Fruin this stage witness' evid-Girls Clubs."
H to be held this evening. On Monday, a plenie will be
It is decorated in ing. After, expenses, the balance Toe I megle at Talbot „House,
mined,modern rännner, based of this money will be given to hell by the Club visiting the boys corroborrated with that of Che La Ron, lurry driver attached find girl clubs at Uniong. Men-50, Macdonnell Road, avery Wed-on the traditional work of this the YWCA hs a contribution to
their annual dnance campaign. to Bus Hunghom workshop said bers are to assemble at the Jor-nesday at 8.30 pm. All men in-country, 15
to Pokfulam on dan Road Ferry at 11 am. had driven two necasions, once saly July 23 und another on August 5,
When the articles were landed in Hong Kong, Best aveused went away last send he wonudil return shortly and so on the others to with him the two wait. 11 fuck fluorescent lohips when he left,
Kwok Twenty minutes later,
We
Vent To Star Ferry The car, instead of going to - returned without the bumps are
the New Territories, went to the us that large Lorry informent will be coming to take them and Star Ferry wharf, Kwok Kwong
the materials. The lorry came und
all the articles were loaded on besed."
The truck then proceeded t Pokfulam and to a house by the sen Theing the Queen Mary hus where the infieles transferred ate the hote,
were
After tenvangt hundrections to what to do with the articles,
Kwok 11.
The next day being Sunday, no Witness work was Parabeel me, agreed with the prosecution that he abt hus men wighted on the premises at the police raided the Hungbom yuckshop.
On the Art occasion he toolt Arst acrused and seven other workmen including Li, Cho, and all of them boarded his lorry out- side the Star Ferry whart in Hong Kong.
Fitso accused Instructed him to drive them and all the materials to Pakfuldin and, arriving there, ali got off and took the materials werewith them.
Witness mentioned two Euro- pean ladies, bring un the premises when the work was being curled nut and also remutubered that n Jurge number of switches handed to them by these Indies.
Work Reported
All work done on the premises why reported to Best accused at his house as was ordered by him, On July 30 he drew a further quantity of wires from the Hung-
quantity hom store as
sup plied was not left.
In all, he said, he had drown from the store 100 yards of No. 17 wiring, an yards of No. 18, and 300 yards also No. 1 but single,
Witness produced a piece of paper on which was recorded all the articles drawn by him through him ers various dates,
He remembered another occs-
sion when the European women handed him a quality of fusesTM and he in turn honded them to first accused.
In answer to the prosecution he saic end not werked
but
of the other places ramed. had only worked at the house in Pokfulam.
He said that his pay for the two weeks from July 23 was paid to him on August 11, as he had been detnines for some time On the same rate he had also received seven days overtime pay. Overtime Pay
He said that overtime pay was only paid to work being done out- side the workshop and outside the Kowloon area, but did not know who recorded the overtime pay.
He could rat say whether the work he did at Pokfulam was offeint but said he did it because his toreman instructed him to do so.
Leung Ml, electriclan No. 52 in the employ of the PWD suid he identifled the picture shown to him as that of a bowling club,
Some time in April this year
He was instructed by Arst ar cured to walt and to drive au back la Hunghom workshop.
Everyday he entered his tripa on a sheet which was later trans- ferred to a book,
a
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The Committee in charge of thi programme includes: Mrs, Arthur Chase, Mrs. James B. Dorow, Mrs. Robert Gardon, Mrs. H. H. Find- -Gourlie, Mira, S. Giove, Mrs.
CORRESPONDENCE Captain D.Mt. Stukirt, Com-RP. Newell, and Mrs. Haisey M.
Splitting Hairs by various dealers well below the
nose, In chse you come across On this particular trip he had such a term, please don't put it
A NORTHERN CHINESE. entered a Trip to Aberdeen, but down as the big comb. next morning he found that the entry had been altered.
Witness said that he had driven
Air
woman or
meet
the
was
modore of the F&O. Fleet, who is well known to many thousands of prewar passenkers in, the United Kingdom, India, Ceylon, the Far East and Australia, has been appointed to the command of the Himalaya.
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Sir-Referring to the sixth control price in order to instalment of the Stilwell Pripers, competition, and yet in view of when a Chinese calls a foreigner the high cost of living and be
old cause certain responders to i mao tze", he means hairy one and never old hal". Daily Telegraph High Cost of Defrier think the chincopeans train Quiz have stated that on
hairier
tertainment is out of the question, By the way, Russians belong how are these local theatre owners Д separate category called. permitted to charge full price tbi pi tze, which means the big a child?
often wondered and I
annoyed to sometimes
see a.mon...come into a
During the 1014-18 War he was theatre and sit in front of me with was torpedoed in the Mediter two children who did not occupy Fach while serving as 2nd Officer Theatre Charges seats and I know now why these the Arabia, in 1916. After the First World War, afternoon I sent had stand up ways premises my Kid Tak unclo focal theatre to book seats for the whole of the perform during captin, Stuart wis corving that on ne vcension he took Au myself and for the son of a friend sit on their patent's knee. It is the Khyber which was engaged of mine, a child aged seven, and not that I begrudge the money in taking Belgiah, refugees, back Pul and three workmen there.
He had been to Kai Tak so asked for
adult have paid for the entertainment off their own country and for his ticket for an 2 often that he could not remember and a child expecting a
child this small boy, but I do resent past in this he received the Bel- the number of times.
would be charged only half price, theatre owners charging full price. Eidh decoration of the Order of
for a child under twelve when the Crown with Silver Palms. The men tint he took out werew was somewhat amazed when my
He was in command, of the PWD electrical workmen and on clerk brought me back the Uckets in other parts of the world it
Ranchi, as an; pried - merchant cach ocenaíon they had taken and stated there was
such not done. with them wiring and electrical sing as half price for hangers here's a job for you! Entertainment vessel, la. December 1943, in con- Come on, Mr. Price Controller, ulser, from March, 1943 to June |1044 and while he was. In this How do these theatre mena He remembered taking a quan get this way? In other parts for children at reasonable rates tity of duorescent lamps to Kathe
world
have been in, children equally important as the control voy North of Benghazi sho
ceived a bomb directly, down a of essential goods, under twelve are admitted to price
hatch The bomb, hit a steel wire, Tais from Wanchal.
who take their children the OF who,
side of, the, ship without explod-
out to the Cathay
tears,
ways taken to Hunghom first and from there transported
Tak.
ups he took from the Hunghun He could not say whether the workshop to Kal Tak were the samne as those brought from Wan- chai,
or
re-
all probability saved over 1,000 lives and the ship Herself.
ORCHESTRA
There lamps, he said, were alltheatres and picture shows at half parents Want ilke to take their was defecled and went out of the
Arst and price, yet here in Hosted to children to shows could take up ing. This remarkable her
local theatres are permite che this complaint. It does not affect local Price Controller busies himine normally as this is the first charge full price for a child. The
taken A child to self controlling prices of goods, of time which there are a glut on the picture show since 1040 when my market and which are being sold young daughter Was evacuated and usually this question would not interest me, but I do thirikk
The next two rehearsals for something should be done about thio, Hong Kong Light Orchestra it to enable parents to take their will take place, on Friday, and children to shows at reasonable Monday at 278, Robinson Road, rates instead of being charged full at 0.P [price as is being dono at the [nioment.
Further hearing was adjourned to 8.30 am, this morning.
Hồng Kông Rotary Club Induction
Mr. Teo Chak-chuen, mana-
Reminders
Today
Boy
Annual general meeting
Scouts Association, Sunder- land Hut, 7.30 p
Chinese cooking lessons, YWCA, Duddell Street, 2.30 p.ui. European YMCA Debating & Dݧ-
he had carried out some electrical ger of Paramount Films at cussion Group meeting, West
work at that club. Working with Hong Kong, was inducted into Lounge, 8.30
8.30 p.,
Jeung and Lom Kwan-hop.
He said he had received in- Club's structions from Ko in to take terday. charge of the work which was to re-wire the whole of the club house.
*
Ltd., him at this club were ip Pun-Hong Kong Rotary at the
Padang Rubber Company,
Wattio-Burkhill board room, weekly luncheon yes-
Marina House, MUAL 001-000.
Talbot House, 50, Among those witnessing the Tonerd meeting: 12 Joon.
meeting, ceremony were President F.Calacdonnell Rd., 8.30 m Clemo and Abtarian P.Y. Wong Inauguration of Alr. Parcel Post from Kawloon, and Rotarian to US by PAL pline, Kal Horace Kadourle troft Shangen... Tak, 11.30 p.m.
All materials for this job were supplied by the Hunghom work shop, but he was not certain as to who issued the materials. He knew, however, that first accused held the key to the workshop. after attending the District As-Football League: Second Division
About 850 yards, representing sembly, which was a great suc-maichisa tai six and a half colls of wiring was coss. required to complete the job.ut The speaker yesterday was
Rotarian W.LE. Miller, who gave ledas de TOMORROW A Une one occasion while at some interesting reminiscences of Kowloon Rotary Club Luncheon, work he did see Spary at the fo on'u cable ship. He was
President D.8. Hill of Hong Sino-Filth Orchestra rehëarent, Kong Informed Rotarians that He St. John's Cathedral Hall returned from Canton on Sunday
U p.m.
clubhouse.
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club drinking at the bar. That speaking of his own experiences Men's Club meeting, Roof
was the only time he saw him.
Cannot Remember
Ng Shiu, electrician No. 118 of the XWD spilt that he had been employed at the Hunghom work- shop. for about 20 months:
When shown photograph he Identned it as a barber shop and admitted having worked there for one day; but could not remember the exact date, sm
Dg a junior-engineer in the cable ship. Faraday during the, loving of a deep sea cable between Balboa and Ecuador in 1920
The persontiel of 'á cable ship were different from those on an ordinary merchant ship, sald Mr. Miler, ds in addition to the usual crew they had a large staff of cable angineers and clectiblar
There were perhaps mot more
The work he carried out pt this than 20 cable ships in the world, barbershop. was to put up wit-They were owned either by, esbliz
in which was issued id him by companies or cable.manufacturing
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