Masbate Survivors Want Higher Compensation
(By Our Harbour Reporter)
Survivors and dependents of these missing from the sunken Portuguese freighter Masbate re-
fuse to accept compansatipη as governed by
Portuguese shipping articles.
They are demanding seven months and 18 months".
salaries, respectively, as against the stipulat- ed payment of one month for a survivor and three months for a casualty.
Negotiations on Tuesday and yesterday between representa- tives of the survivors and the local agents, Jebshun Shipping Company, with an official of the Chinese Seamen Associa tion, Hong-Kong Office as ár- Intrafer, produced "np' results.
believed they must have been drowned or killed by the p- plosion of the Masbate's boller when she tank, five minutes after the collision in thick fog.
Representatives of the sur-
prs declared that mort of illem, redrawing salaries between 118380 19 TIK$100. "The proposed Dependants of the missing compensation is evidently In-
CV. sufficient, they sale
said." Before Portuguese master, Mr. Gomez, however,
have aegrated leaving port here, they suld they the stipulated amount, an ometal were advised to get warm cloth- of the company stated yesterday.ing as they were going to a very Many purchased Mr. C. Wong, second offer cold place.
and the only one among his co-woollens and warm clothing, in- lengues to survive the January curring heavy personal expenses. 31 morning colision b tween the they claimed.
Masbate and the Chinese steamer
Hslang Halng near Swalow en
Kont. hins also received his share.
route to the North from Honk
Hoavy Lossos
We were then informed not to
Compensation to deperiffenfe of stay ashore as the ship would be
leaving at any time. This pre-
the missing British chief officer,
Edward Bentley, will he vented many from giving their! vald through the China Coast monby to their dependiente here. Officers and Engineers Child, he Consequently, wo-lost heavily in, sake,
cash and belongings when the Twenty-two men survived and | Masbate sank arrived here by Hal Yang on The curuiry 3 from Swainw.
"We have lost also our creden-
chief cook died shortly after he tials. It's extremely difficult to was picked up from the sea. Ret employment now under our Twenty-five persons, Including present circunstoneca," they de- Uje master and five oficers, nie clored. Kull reported missing.
An ometal of the company remarked yesterday that
Maximum Term For Burglar
The maximum sentence of three years hard labour was The representatives said that imposed on Chan Chor, allog
alias it is the men signed on in the Colony Chan Yuen,
Personalia
Departures from the Peninsula Hotel on Tuesday included Mrs. A.B. Russell, Mr. and Mrs. V. Sin gian, Messrs. E. Dalno, T. Sam BOR. EA. Robertson, S.S. Tor G.C. Romain, W.A. Johnson, W.E. Clark und J. Thompson.
Among the new arrivals at the Peninsula Hotel on Tuesday were Miss M.S. Annand, MS S.E.
Weeks, Miss M. Asimann, Messrs. J.E. Batthelor, W.S.C. Milne, J. Kopper, F. Schmidt, M. Bajaj and C. Huitfeldt.
Tai Tau
THE CHINA MAIL," THURSDAY, FEEBUARY 17,
Crowds Wait For Who Wants New 10-Cent Coins
More than HK$200,000 of Hong Kong's new motallic 10. cent pieces were leaued to the public yesterday. The fails was made over the counters of local exchange panie. Grovette be sieged the counters long before 10 am. Most of them wanted the new coins out of curiosity' more than anything else.” Manx who arrived after 5 p.mywers told to come again today. ~Picture above shows crowd milling around the counter at the Hong Kong & „Bhanghai Danking Oprablation—” China Mall" Photo.
Judgment Given In
to fola the Masbate, which was Trai, found guilty of four Theatre Fire Case
theri an the Hong. Kond-
| Haiphong run for about two counts of burglary and lar- years. "We want this matter to ceny and one of possession of
be settled by Hong Kong ship-implementa, by Mr. A. D. Final hearing and judgment were given yesterday ping regulations," they said. Scholes at Kowloon yesterday..
bere os
Each survivor was given HK$30 on his arrival emergency fund. famille's
authorities concerned have be made according to Portuguese agreed that compensation should
articles, he stated.
at Central to the fire incident which gecur; red in the Pei Ho Theptre in Kowloon on the night of September 23, 1948.
Facing charges were Sui Wai-ying, gllas Bartho- lomew Vee Ing Show, licencee of the theatre, and Wang Sou-po, film-developer.
An offelal of Jebzhun Shipping The four burglaries were njleg- Mr. Hodgman left the Colony Company sald" the company aped to have been committed within yesterday for Shanghai by the us.preciated the difficulties of the one week in December in the Achilles.
survivors and the dependents of Ydumati district. The value of those missing. He said they have property involved in estimated to explained that the trip was the ad about HK$6,000. Arst venture of the new owners
The prosecution, conducted by of the Macuate and that they had lost heavily by the accident. Detective Sub-Inspector C. Pope,
stated that accused was oppre
Shaw, defended by Mr. There was an open exit in the hended at Reclamation 'Street ion
night of February 7 by Datec Peter Sin stood on three courts cellar ensuring a free supply of Those without cant 206 Wong Milk-lin, of committing an act of public air, so that the factor of rising. here are loriged in boarding houses, ani are main-
into his
girdle were a nuisance" by permitting films temperature in causing an ex- tained at about $6 per head. ***bar and a lever, which, when as to be stored in a manner dan-plosion would be minimised. The only thing wrong was that the ained Masbate flow the Parts stenbled together with two iron gerous to public safely, fail- storage place, was located under guese flag, and the Portuguese hinges in his pocket, formed ing to take the necessary fire the stage of the theatre.
precautions and. coinmitting 4 mitted that he was responsible
Under questioning, accused ad-breach of theatre-regulations. for the four burglaries. Two Wong faced one charged of "There will be no court of. in affier men, still at large, he said, committing a public nuisance and a summons of storing 550 reals quiry in Hong Kong; it will be operated with him.
The time and inethod of gain-of celluloid flims without a per- held most probably at Shanghai," the informant said. The Masbateing access to the premises were in mit. He was 'defended by Mr. would not be salvaged as she is
each case substantially the same. Ber
me. Bernacchi. four burglaries were "com- in "deep water
The case for the hittled between 2 am and 3 a.m. In three Instances, the door to the was conducted by Superintendent house was opened by forcing the C. Mottram. Iren lever of the jack in between in the course of his evidence, the two
panels and lifting the Mr. R.C Terry, nasistant Gov bolt. Inner
Remarking that, *sold" that
he was not ernment chemist,
--he Part of the property was re-visited the scene after the are imposing the maximum sentences
on these by the police.
charges, Mr. Hin and inspected the basement wis came to the Colony in 1946. In light of stairs from the street $1,500 on the three charges and June of that year he was co-He picked up some charred nims the second defendant $1.00 on victed of larceny and sentenced which were later discovered to the two counts. to three months hard labour be celluloid of nitrate filmis." : Shortly after he perpetrated the
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Mr. and Mrs. T.S. Marshall, Mrs. M. O'Nell, Mrs. D.I. Smith, Miss M.W. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J. Wilson, Miss S.A. Wilson, Miss J. Wilson and Miss 3.3. Wilson ar- rived in the "Colony yesterday from Shanghal by the ss. Yechow.
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Among the passengers who ̈ar- rived from Bangkok yesterday by CPA were Mys, T.C. Loquet,
DONATION
An anonymous donor has sent $100" "for welfare workh'16 Mr.
Officer.
prosecution
Mr. Sin, on behalf of Shaw, also requested third lenient view be taken or the fist defendant. Shaw, he said, belonged to the well known firm of Shaw Brothers which operate circuses and theatres all over Malay.
To Hunt A Polar Bear?
Hunters who want a while. polar bear rug in front of their fireplaces are {güåranteed' 'a
· «kin dor' UB.$1,000 in a hurt Onder the midnight aux "of Alaska through an arcango- mentTM withTM Pañ-American "Alt- ways.
"PAA files the-hunter to Nome and arranges for connections to zebue, 200 miles North on the
*Std.' here,
dn ox perienced hunt mangan-Arous Mr. Joiner of
granices
Always, polar bear
Hunters
an all-Inclusivo
tổ
S$1,000, under leadership of a licensed gulde. This fee is
la ex- clusive of air fare to Nome. *****Hunta_gu"on" until the inkkist. of April (d-the territory, between Katwebup old. Siberia. There is ay closed senson and no limit q polar bear.
It is now open season in Alaska fur hear, the black, brown, and grizzly..It is also open for wolves. piermigon king salmon and
Hoe'salmon.
Half Fares For School Children
,
Fifty per cent discounts on round-trip tickets over many of Pan-American World Airways router are now qualiphle to school children between the ages of 12 and 10, secording to Mr. John District Traffic
Kong.
for the airline at Hong
new low fores
"These planned
them
are
for school
ren travelling on holiday," Mr. O'Donnel sold," "to "enable to spend the major part of their vacations with their families,
rie them with American's
and to operations
Orient and Europe."
Pant In
the
Routes avaliable for the re- duced fares extend from Hong
Kong to other points in the Orient and to Europe via
the Biddle East
Applications
s for the reduced
fares must be accompanied by certificates from school ' autho- rities Rates do not apply 'on flights to the United States and Howall
CPR Changes
The Canadian Pacific Steam- ships Limited announced on Tuesday the following oppolijt- menis, as part of a general ES-Organisation to the future Trans-Pacific operations over 12,824 miles of routes to Aus icella-New Zealand and the Orient, with existing domestic services covering 9.770 route miles.
He was manager of the Pei Ho
Mr. R. Ryan, general mana- theatre until the incident, after which he was dismissed. Defenser at Winnipeg for the post two years become Executive nadlatant dant, he added, was a Young 28 Mr. G.W.G
m
Messrs. Bhal Khan, Chang Wui- J.C. McDouall,' the Social Welfare COM Found" that 'nëcused first which was "Yeached by a short ding' Lo" fined'the Arst defendant
nam, Cher Hah, Sanga Sethin, Chan Sec-wal, Low Kung-hoh and Low Poh-yok.
The money has been handed to the recently formed Matauchung Horticultural Co-operative which Passengers who arrived by CPA made a successful frit showing it from Singapore yesterday includ-Its Chinese New Year Fair stall, ed Messrs. James Armstrong, R.C. and which is training orphans in Atherton, R.P. Collins, II. Glaume, gardening
sident, et Montecopichle, Pre Mr. WC Townley of Vancon ver, has been appointed general manager of operations in Winni tera to Vanconver when Trans- Paclic [operations begin "and" will
Lions as well
peg. He will move his headquar
be responsible for domestic opera-
four burglaried; the "Was 'arfested. Un cross-examination, by the HMS London Shumphulpo market, Larn Wing, Dr. Jenkins George Johnston, tablish themselves is salf-reliant discharge from gaps two days quickly. Asked whether ho could Stoker Fined
Rat Pathala, Madan Lala, tins to help the orphans es-
Henry Swenson, Charles Morgan and Independent cititors when and DJ. Pressman.
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for disorderly conduct and sen prosecution, he "ngreed that tenced to Bix weeks, He was nitrate films but "fercely und before his arrest on February
give any theory of the origin of was recopunended for the fire, he said he could not give Fortation
a definite answer, except that the can, aloo
Are originated in a quantity of Kan,
a sequel to this case, L1
film stored in drums. brought before Court оп the charge of receiving stolen pro perly.
The sentence of two years hard Labour was passed on accused with a recommendation for de portation
Funeral Of Mr. Ablong
lal
Mr. Arthur John Ablong died at the "Queen Mary Hospital on Tuesday
MAblong was formerly with the Hong Kong Efectele Company Limited.
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Leading Stoker Beginald Roy Slack of HMS London :-'was fined"$50 'and bound over [in the sum of $509 - for' bhé Ho could not advance ny theory, a to how the like in the year, when he pleaded guilty drums started. Wines agreed to a charge of having in his that it was possible for the Alms possession two bil infectors to become self-ighfled, due to the suspected of having been stolen internal chemical re-action of the chemicals in the Alm, but in that care the end lids of the drums would be blown out. neque
He
erged that
number of arums containing scrape of iliale, piros Wns' extremely" djn- gerolis, and that The cellarecid not comply with regulations for the storage of cellulota nimis, !!
of unlatefully obtained.
D91 Saul, prosecuting said that while he was on duty at Glouces ter Road with Sergeant. Huntley of Deckenri Police DE GUM Cho accused talking to a Chinese male holding spending. To al Mand.
He went up to bin and saw that it was an all injector. AMERI It be had any, mors, he p To Mr. Bernecihi'a quest lons, enolher austrum antler bis lamp Me: Tetry repiled that flm was er, lood: sold they were: from u usually stored in metal, ron- friend whom he had met at the tainer, and agreed that con- Barp list Sufinday. : pals friend Aged 65. Mr. Ablong is survived Dustion would won by an ex- has asked him to dispose of theed. by son, deorst daughters' Laura fonal case. In the majority of
bad at Not satisfied with; his "explana and Lucy, and sisters Maude and pass paining would happen.
tion, the Tepecior, placed He could not agree with goun-
*under Färrest. F*** day at the Ramon Catolic Cemfe-eet that the force of explosion tery-and-was officiated by Eather was not net, as a gas explosion Laiks Fung, nor was known to have a considera-vard atores.
The chief monurners were the vte three. son, daughters and sisters-ant!
Nancy
The funeral took place yester-
Others pre Breim (on-in-law
present were
Ablong, H., Xavier, JHL Xexit D: Ribeiro G.N.News, S.H. 18. mall, Mas 1. fahl, Miss. B. Kadel and Mies Costa. ???
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The injectors werk ordered be returned to the Navel Beck
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Two Africana cho da Arnic People shut to throw the waste were appointed loan to the alms away. He admitted that jo Bescribing storage blace as dan gland Legislative Couveller Erram, be feadh thut it was im that alte mediately, below the stage of the roy Colby, announced t
history. The Governor Mr. Geot-
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had been appointed -
yours from Fobrutryd
serve the balance, the zilujul members of the Council wens ading, coun- raked in number.
Charged with gambling “hung luk" (red and greda) 'inside the
aged: 23, and Ling Muk-Ihn, nged 32, were each fined $26 by Mt. W.A. Blip-Kerr at Kowloon year terday.
A workman, Wong, Ming, aged 36, id elve on alaim to gamblers on the approach of the police, was'al6'alica $25.
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