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CORRESPONDENCE
In closing i must just add my thanks to the many British people 1 bave met and "enjoyed social contact with.
Dont Judge all Servicemen by one A Senior N.CO who should know better.
NEARLY AN N.C.O.
Harbour
Sampan
Incident
A passenger crossing the harbour by sampan shortly after midnight on Thursday was kidnapped by six men, four of whom were said to be armed.
Applications are invited for the position of cemetery care-
Matter Of Regret taker for the Imperial War Graves Commission, at a salary Bir-in reference to corrés of $350 per month plus an pondence published in Juna last, accommodation allowance of so far to my reach, it is needless $76 p.m. unt quarters can be cry to for full occupation pay of provided, at Sai Wan. Travell-the HK. Police Reservial. Better compromine. Police Reservists ing allowance, leave etc. will be
who were Government Servants the Commission's usuni
have received their full occup- tion pay or at least 22 months
The Serviceman · Applicants should be active from their respective office they Lelong to. Police Roservists but not under 40 years of age (local Indians) enjoyed their for-
Sir-Regarding the recent cor Two youths employed at the oil re.pondence about Servicemon Installation, site at, Cha” Ku Ling, and some knowledge of hortiune, polisi eď slid washed, in
versus local Hong Kong residents, opposite Shaukiwän, were visited culture and of elementary Macao. The rest, cely, few In-
I think it is about line all this by a mum shortly after midnight building maintenance would be dians left in the Colony, draw rash de-cins.ing of the services on Thursday.
fortune of 3 regarded as additional quali- their big Derby
He told them that he wanted months and 18 days. Think over eased. Nine times out of ten, it fications for the past,
is only througli utter boregom to cross te Shaukiwan and would it.
"No doubt being a Blush sub- and lack of any other kind of pay them: HK$30 for the ferry For further particulars apply
that
the soldier trip. The youths borrowed a sam- to the Secretary, Urban Coun-ject and did obey Lefore, after
visits And during enemy eupation and elf to whom all applications,
who like the After rowing a few minutes, the Then why waging war for giving full particulars of ag full occupation pay.
nimosphere of these cafes, but sound of oars was heard behind and experience should be for-|
there are good and bad amongst them. A battered-looking sampan No doubt you are proud of be-all me, and many of the ser with six men on board caught up warded before 31st October, ;ing hober and Ndant, 1948.
No doubt your a claim for full vice boys come from decent, clean with them. Four of the men were
und friendly homes, and would nrmed. by no means is welcome the chance to spend a recupation pay Incorrect. The guvernment can-
quiet evening in the same sort of) nat ignore it.
Certainly it won't, but it is surroundings, most surprising, that it had been already. ignored and the thorities do not
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The two boys freed themselves and returned to their hut. A re-
His Escape Was Only Short-Lived
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"Elmo's been trying for so long to find out how soon he can insult the landlord that he's become an expert on real estate tronds!!!
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
By Shepard, Barclay
The youths wore ordered to There towards Lyemun. the six men order the two boys Burely your correspondent who
and their passenger sahore. «lutes thug it is more or less in- While one stood guard possible to entertain the services the passenger, the others tied up tho who gave long and regular in a private home, but who claims the youth and left with the pas services. Iknown by local papers to have been a service man him-senger in their custody. Nothing that those who served in any elt, must understand how soon was Apolin throughout the In-
affairs for 6ne.can become depressed spend- cident. government civil
ing evening after evening in o In order to ascertain the de- years get at least 22 months barrack room or canteen.
cupation pay, or more and those tree of support such made muy have, will those interested i who served few months or years far as saying that the hospitality (pori was later made to the police.
hefore the Jop occupation will cannot be reciprocated, surely It please
get a gratully for 3 months and friendly and polite to anyone, and and does not cost very much to be and addresses to
in days. The Police Reserve was Hong Kong & Shanghal Bank mobilised in 1939. Police reser-goud manners cost nothing, Bullding.
vists carried on their full duty I wholeheartedly agree with after the fall of Naniting and all "Senior N.C.O." who implied that classes of personnel were re the local residents can't even be cruited as from 1939. I myself called snobs, because snobbery re- torried on duties. In every part quires effort. Usually the people who are mobs, are so for the and street of the Colony. It is a
reason that they have something matter of great regret and un-
I Just of the part of officials, not to to be snobbish about, wherens
ive some slight attention to their
sloubt very much whether the majority of the local "anaba" have fellow Police Réservists,
After
about was gained by Lam Siu-chau, all Police Reservist anything to be snobbish
uged 20, a prisoner of Stanley, gratitude is still under considera-beyond-being in Hong Kong.
FEW. WEAK FORCES' NOW So many people seem to forget serving a term of four months whether they will be paid or... that thousands of young buys, for turerny, before he was re-
IT IS SELDOM that you find who had never had a chance captured.
players of even pretty fair ability life, gave their lives, In order
making the old "forcing two bid" Brought before Mr. F.X. that their families could be looked
yesterday, which gua antees enough strength In the same, duplicate garie, down upon by people who don't d'Ainda nt Central
guilty to escaping for game unless they have a hand one West pinyer saw fit to open
really justifying If. In the early with 2-Diamonds, which East qu know any better. Maybe these Lam pleaded
from custody and was given a people never lost anyone very dear to them, and that is why they further sentence of nine months days of contract, many used to swered with the negative, 3-No can afford to forget so easily, but commence at the expiration of commit their side to a game con- Trumps, whereupon West went to
tract with such an opening present sentence.
game in No Trumps. The de- I doubt if they would forget who
they held 4 nice bunch of high fenders passed that and it was set Inspector H.. Moran who pro- secuted told the court that at 8.54 cards, such as what they called uni, on October 21, Prison Officer Ave and a half honour tricks. McGilloway was in charge of a Now they know a hand like that working party on the East side of does not belong in game opposite
a blank dummy unless it con Stanley
Frison when he saw de- fendant, who was one of the tains the requisite number of working party, leaving the party tolol playing tricks of all kinds.
If they must find their partner hurriedly.
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I must deplore his remarks regarding the Europeans.
If one had been, accepted into
Jarge social circle in
Hong
Kong all English and Scots here had many 'pleasant evenings at various home I know many
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Being in charge of the party, with enough to answer this officer was not able to pursue uld, or else no game is possible, him, so he took the remainder of then they bid only one to start intending to go in pursuit after his party back to the main gate, with
charge to look out of his quarters
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At 9.95 a.m. the same morning, **** 39 of 1932, as amended by 29 of Hong Kong, October 20, 1948. manners to blame for not being pectively were both arraigned
before Mr. Hin-shing Lo. at Prison Warder B. Khan, happened accepted into private homes,
The sooner he forgets to think Central yesterday on
and SA K 2 or refer to the civilian people of exposing for the purpose of Taw a Chinese men helping him- made Autumn dresses, suits, coats, SCRIBBLING
In PAD8100 pages
Hong Kong these sale pictures
of an indecent self to one of his singlets and 603 Victory House, 5. Wyndham at 50 cents
bed sheet, colonials the better for himself.. each. On sale at
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Both were sentenced to three months' hard labour but second cannot call them women.
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BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEES PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE
:
of tho'
VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY
· Bituale at
HOK UN IN THE COLONY OF HONG KONG
SUBSECTION 3 OF SECTION A.OF.. KOWLOON MARINE LOT NO. 33
to be sold
by
PUBLIC AUCTION
on
FRIDAY.
the 29th day of October, 1948. at:3′′ o'clock p.m.
at French Bank Building, Victoria, Hong Kong
by.
Mr. A. E. B. DE SOUSA1
AUCTIONEER
The Properties consist of:-
com-RET
All that plece or parcel of ground situate Jying and being at Hok Un in the Colony of Hong Kong and known and registered in the Land Office as Subsection 3 of Section A of Kowloon Marine Lot No. 63 known as No. 75. Ma Tau Wel-Road
This property is held from the Crown for the unexpired term of 76 years from the 20th day of September, 1099 with a right of renewal for a further, term of, 75 years created therein by an Indenture of Crown Lease-made between Her late Majesty Queen Victoria of the one part and the China Commercial Company Limited of the other" -part."
Annual Crown Rent 15.65,
Area 972:7/24 Square feet or thereabouts. For further Particulars apply to:
»Mousts." A¥8.`K. Lan &
Solicitors, for the Mortgagees,.
Wang Hing Building,Second floor,
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‚‚‚ E. H, De1 Sotisa,
The Auctiontor.
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Pestered
Corporals
Chase With Chopper
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In studea, two in hoarts, two-in- diamonds and ane in clubs, n total of six, so that he was lowit two in even his part-score..
four tricks after the heart-10 lead, West scoring no trloks ex- cept two each with the noe kings and one with the club A.
It was not so many years ago that a lot of players used to bid 2-Diamonds without hesllation when holding a hand like that, with six high card tricks. That and even contains 24 count by the old Work method of for A, 3 for K, 2 for and 1 for J, the amount which used to bể, coil- sidered enough for an opening 3- No. Trumps if the strength/wan properly distributed Now not one fine player would be any- thing but 1-Diamond on it...
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Went was burned up when his partner passed that 3-Diamone call. That is, he was until be saw the dummy and figured out how hopalces was his situation. His big cards had shrunk to fu- A young man of 20. named Yuen Pul-tal was sent to gaol into the dummy to lead toward North and South after East, opens tility when ho couldn't even get
for 10 days for disorderly con- duci by Mr. W. H. Latifner at Kowloon yesterday.
He was sald to be a Habitual
about
scen
drunkard, and when under 'the Three months' imprisonment influence of liquor made himself was the punishment meted
public menace by chasing people: out to Pang Tan, aged 23, un- through the streets with a chop. employed, who pleaded guiltyper. This happened.. on
three before Mr. Hin-shing Lo at occasions in the past two weeks.
On Thursday morning Central yesterday to a charge of soliciting for on immoral nine o'clock he was again
brandishing his customary chop purpose at Thomson Road In the early hours of October 22. per and going after passers-by at
the junction
tion of Nam Chang Street Inspector Brownrigg informed and Cheung Sha Wan Road. the court that defendant made ap His father, who was in Court, proaches to two military corporals recommended a prison
sentence,
trol his son.
in civilian clothing and enquired as he found it impossible to con- if they were looking for girls.
Taking no notice of accused, the corporals went away, but defen- dant followed them and postered them.
Núť being able to got rid of de- fendant, the corporals decided, to arrest him, which they did, and brought him to No. 2 Police Blation where he was charged.
Girl Killed By Truck
A five-year-old girl was killed in one of several' tramé on the Island Last
aceldents night.
Other casualiles were an 11- year-old girl went to the Queen
TRAM DAMAGED
The driver's cabin of a itrameor
them, let alone take any tricks
(Dealer: West. North-South
North vulnerable.)
What should be the bidding by
this deal with a
in the dummy. He, last Irick Diamond psychic?
was badly damaged last night when a truck crossed in front of 20 la moving `tram at the junction of Queen's Road, East and Hennessey Road near Arsenal Street,
The rear of the truck collided with the tram driver's compart mentariashing, the woodwork, The driver was not injured.
NOTICE
Mery Hospital with serious head Re: 1949 ISSUE OF THE Injuries and a 36-year-old man i
a critical condition...
The younger girl was knocked
DOLLAR DIRECTORÝ
down by a long at the junction WILL ALL SECHETARIES OF
third-hand 1-
A BRITISH CROSSWORD PUZZLE,
13
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16
Clues Across
1. Ousta 20. Feeble 5. Racecourse, Night..
22 Recera.
9. Chaperon. 23. Allude,
of Queen's Houd: East and Spring THE CLUBS IN HONG KONG 10. Saure Garden Lane. The other girl fell & KOWLOON, KINDLY BE 11. Oppor to the bottom of a junk in the VISE THEIR ENTRY LISTS Atunity, Calleway Bay Typhoon Shelter. OF THEIR CLUBS WITHOUT 12. Chain of
knocked down on FURTHER DELAY AND RE-13. Attack
Rocks.cz Johnstone Road at the Junction of TURN, TO
Eman was
THE
Heard Street He was taken to the; Quceri Mary Hospital "auffor÷ Ing from a ruptured spleen and
other injuries samlede d
Restriction
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to mankind. 20. Attraction. Guide.
game 28. Board
20. Spice
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Mockery. 15. Mebaté,s 3. Optical) 10: Mauris,⠀
ginke, DNA. Plans. 4. Ease of 10, Wore. 5. Fatty, 21 Roglator.
A. Unrultled.
7. Weight.
ketemusemen 24. Uncommon.
Eking 25 Rolate:20 Abot Tulip: 28 Telliers to
DOWN-1) Dabe: 2,, Borts
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