Stop Laughing, Judge Tells May During
During the PWD larceny trial yesterday, in the
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course of cross-examination” of a Crown wit- nass, Mr. Justice Williams, (Puieno Judge) told Arthur May, the second accused, to stop laughing in court, as they were dealing with a very serious matter.
May seemed to express mirth over something aris- ing from his counsel's questioning of a PWD clerk, Lee Po-shan, when the Judge inter- posed.
not by an accident that certain itcins were left out.
Accuset are Kwok Kwang, foreman, und Arthur Frederick May, electrical Inspector Grode
The defence, Mr. Clifford I both of the Public Works claimed, had asked at on ourly Department, who are being stage to see the documents, but tried as three counts of Jar-received at the time no answ
from the pullee.
ceny by public servant and Counsel further stated that it Des pt flattention of subst documents with intent to de-country for the police to return froud the Government,
any specifle docuinent. If they d At the opening out yesterday | nof_wout it.", zorning's chestnut, the jury was
to
The reason why he wanted the temporarily distoissed for the correspondence between the PWD court
Consider
whether and the Police Commissioner, Mr. certain correspondence. beCU ford continued, won because tween the Director of Pable the prosecution were particularly Works and the Commisolimer of evasive. It was not by accident, Police gine Tune after August 11, he submitted that certain of the 1948, was relevant un not,
documents did not appear on the liat.
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Mr. A. Hoton, Crown Cunsel, | told the court that the Crown had Mr. Justice Willloms then ruled been served two letters by the that the correspondence in ques.
Irfec
of tion, was not relevant to the ease. mcnction dovument.
including r
The first witness yesterday. Lee respondence la question which Po-shan, PWD clerk employed at passed between the said persons.
Hung Hom said that it was anong The correspondence was in regard his duties to make out a Progress to documents seized by the poller Chart at the workshop. This, he j pous time around August 11 fast mid, was complied from the daily tabor and distribution and jobs year.
gopart. When the Progress Chari
Nothing To Conceal A list, Mr. Hooton continued, hind the fart been forwarded to the defente porting to set out the elements the,ponsession of the Crown which had ve berni exhibed or returned, There was nothing, he added, that the Crown Janet to
conceal,
At to the correspondence.
Crown Counsel stated, he had two objections to put to bring catied to produce them in that manner. The Police mis. Commis. sloner, he said, felt that the conduct of public affaire could not be carried out 17 Buch correspondence were to be produced in court. Voking his Crown Counsel
ather
objection, went on to say that the lists made by the police of coruments which were in their possession was irrelevant,
Pekur
to the start of the case, he stated, the Crown had given the defence full necess to all documents. The detence however did not say what documents they were looking for, and by an error there were certain documents not shown because they Iad been overlooked.
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had been completed by him, it
the letter V against the job to in- was sent to May, who would mark
late "visitedt."
Careful And Meticulous
Crown Counsel then examinedi
witness on the subject of the various entries with regard to the Jobs at the Lai Chi Kok Hospital and the rest.
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1949.
New Look On
Trial
Turn-Around Of
Street Corner HK Letter Boxes
not
New letter boxes on street corners will in, future be in- stalled with the allt facing on coming pedestrian tramc, facing the road as is the position today. This ia Govern- ment's new policy. First, box to be placed in the now position has been installed at the corner of the Marine Department.
-"China MAI" Photo.
Cloverlock Reported
Communist Port
Speculation over the resumption of trade with Tientsin by local merchants grow yostorday when a Chinese press report stated that the ss. Cloverlock had arrived at Taku Bar on February 27.
Cross-examined by Mr. Clifford, witness, agreed that May won careful and meticulous person It said that the British steamer had reported her
and that he was pretty keen with
gard to
his system
office route being kept accordingly.
Witness was then further cross- examined for the rest of the day og the matter, in the course of which an one occasion, Mr. Jus tier Willians told. Már, Clifford to tell the second accused, May. to stop laughing in court as it was a serious matter they were on.
Herring will continue this mor- ning.
CAUTIONED
A seaman King, Cheung Mo-chol, was yes- from the 88, Sing terday cautioned by Mr. F. X. d'Alinada at Central for tres- passing at the Central Police
Mr. AJ. Chifford, counsel for Station on Saturday. May, here submitted that the rea- Defendant was found outside son why he wanted the list of No. 9 Cell at the Central Police documents sized wos that it was Station talking to a prisoner,
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Flying Schools Have Plenty Of Students
Hong Kong's air-minded post-war generation is imposing considerable strain upon the flying training facilities at Kai Tak,
This is the consensus of opinion of the men who know what is what in Hong Kong's kinder- gartens for pilots.
arrival to the Tientsin Customs authorities and had requested permission to discharge her cargo of medical supplies and chemicals.. Yick Yuen Company, char- tion for I passangers in four terers of the steamer, refuted double rabins and four single the repart, saying "we have cabins with private bath and not received any information tollet rooms attached.
The pus from the master, and in fact sengers have a spacious dining we do not know where the room and smoking lounge. Vessel is now."
The British steamer Soochow from Australion arrived
ports yesterday with more than 10 European passengers and 47 sterrage fores,
Government hins Rnally
realised that letter boxes fuc- ing the roads constitute a dang ger to members of the public who putronise them.
Newly installed and newly re-sited letter 'boxes will from now on be set up to face on- coming pedestrian trable-.. facing neither inwards, nor outwards but up the street.
This is now the policy of the General Post Offee, the "China Mall" was authorita- tively told yesterday.
How- ever, because of the cost in- volved-about HK$1,000 for ench box-old boxes will no! be turned around solely for the purpose of re-orientation.
• The letter boxes will be reind- Justed when tiny are othe m mare pressing reasons for moving them, said a Government spokes-
Reminders
New
Today
man.
The first pillar box to be seen In the city with its slit facing_up the street in at the Marine De- partment, at the corner for Con- naught Road, Central.
It was offeally stated yester- day other letter boxes will be moved to face on-corning trame when they tire rešitéd. All new boxes will be automatically faced up the street.
More than six month ago, the Kowloon
Association Residents agitated for re-orientation of let- ters boxes at street corders. The Assrelation contended that the position of the boxes ondangered the lives of pedestrians who have to stand on the rond to post lit-
Asiatic Chemical works ters into the onxes, Ltd., annual meeting, China Their suggestion to have the Building, top floor, 5.30 p.m.boxes facing inwards was turned HK Rotary Club luncheon, talk down by Government. Goveri- by Dr. Rose on "A Surgeonment has how adepted a new Looks To South China", Roof policy. Garden, HK Hotel, 12.30 p.m. At present there are 10 pillar. Whist
European YMCA, boxes (38 on the Island ärkt 28 Drive, 8.30 p.m.
on the mainland), and 40 wall Talk on
on "The British Colonies" boxes (20 on the Island and 14 on the Malaland) In the Colohy. The figures exclude private Jet- ter boxes at the post offices ind the Ku Tak nirfield wall box In stalled during the war by the Japanese.
When Hong Kong was liberated oil letter, boxes were closed. They were re-opened for use by the public after repairs and in- spections by the authorities,
by Mr. Brook Bernacchi,
Lustiano, 5.30 p.m. Humphrey's Estate and Finance
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annual meeting, HK Hotel, 12 noon,
HK Football Association Council
moeting, 5.15 p.m.
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Coming Events
TOMORROW
H Club meeting, Talbot House, 50, MacDonnell Road, 8.30 p.m. Exhibition
of woodcuts and lithography by Mr. Hwang Yung-yu, Fung Ping Shan Library, 9 a.m.
THURSDAY
The Cloverlock left the Colony for North Korea on February 14. Meanwhile, the steamer Grond,
the Chinese formerly
steamer Dah Chung, is awaiting cargo to be shipped to
Tientsin.
More than 1,000 tons of general cargo, Depurtinent returning after fur Y's Men's Club of Hong Kong, I including industrial equipment, are already in readiness,
Among the arrivals was A.G. Martin of the Publle Works laugh,
The passengers inrinded Mrs.
and medical supplies allocated to Cook, Miss M.J. Doyle Mr. D.W.
Ε. The first shipment of dry milk Doyle. Miss Carroll, Mr. A.J. W. Ayiware und son, Mrs. M.
Chinese Communist areas by the Hume, Mr. C. W. Mawson, Mrs. United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund ar- Townsend.
J.E. Quiell und Mr. A.J. rived here by the
motorship Fornileid from Shonghai.
The Soochow had 1,700 tons of general cargo. authorities haði decided to store the "He-saving foodstuffs and medicines for
The UNICEF
The
Kowloon Rotary Club luncheon,
Peninsula Hotel, 12.30 p.m.
Wolfram Ore
Ordered Returned
luncheon at Chinese Bankers The end to the magisterial Club, Bank of East Asia hearing on the wolfram dre Building, 12.45 pm.
case come yesterday when Mr... Exhilition of woodcuts
and Blair-Kerr ordered the ore in. Yung-yu, Fung Ping Shan dispute to be returned to the lithography by Mr. Hwang Kwong Wai Loong Wolfram Library, 9 a.m.
Ore Company within seven days.
COLLISION ON SOUTH BAY ROAD
TRY A LITTLE
TENDERNESS
AT ONE OF THE
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The ore was put into police Hong Kong's Leading Chinese Department Stores. custody pending the declaton 'on ownership after a previous hebr Ing have convicted one of the On Saturday Wong Kam-tuk. three defendants brought up on a charge of stealing the ore from aged 19, was driving his car along the godown at 250 Holton Street. has abroad 234 soldiers of the Lido. Another car was approach Mr. A.S.C. Comber of Hasting
thd Mr. J. McNeill, instructed hy
steamer Chinese 112 arrived here on military ser
Chung needy children wild expectant vice en route to Canton. rothers in the Colony, pending distribution Shanghal.
arrangements nt
The shipment consists of 742 cases of dry, milk and 33 cases of medical supplies,
In the meantime, negotiations will be carried out between the Shanghai Headquarters, and the UNICEL
eargo.
On re-
Coming from Shanghai,
Nailonal Government.
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South Bay Road towards
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ing from the opposite direction. The Swedish steamer Bengal Wong's car was going so fast and Company, who successfully arrived here with 1,880 tons of
that, when negotiating a turn, defended Lam Ping-kwan and general cargo, 120 tons of adfety
into -the car coming Lam L in the case, submitted cartidges. 264 tons of dangerous from the opposite direction. Ex- their claim to the ore on the chemicals.
tensive
damage was caused to grounds on prima facie possession. They all say they could use ing School Limited and the Hong areas, Dr. E. Eloesser.
representative in Red
the other car.
Said Mr. McNeill: "We were in more planes, more space and | Kong Flying Club,
She had 32 malt bags
Charged with careless driving,possession and are therefore the more
flying tinic. Their
ceiving advice of the necessary HMT Lancashire left th Wong was fined $400 by Mr. F.prima facie owners and unless a opinion of the.
present Hong meet the needs of their growing will have to be made here to ship and families of the three services day
Both are planning to expand to requirements, further negotiations Celeny yesterday with personnel X. d'Almado at Central yester- better claim can be put forward, Kong airfield, where commet-enrollments Hoth are independ-the
the one must be returned to bur clal planes dully land and take cut, private organisations. They
The Hong Kong Honorary Re-
returning for new appointments| "People like you make the possession," off at quarter-hour intervals, receive no Goverment aid.
ronds dangerous, the roads are Counsel further added that on presentative is Mr. Clins E. Terry. as a place for training fillers
dangerous Mr. W.
and there are the evidence the court had, in F. Dudmon,
Among the departures were the not director General
Manager of the Hang Regional Band of the Royal Aur other people using the roads" re-respect of trial of the three men, is summarised In the two and prinsipal of the Far East Fly-Kong and Kowloon words
Wharf and Force, Commander RM. Smerten marked Mr. d'Almada when im- there was no evidence that the "overcrowded" and ing Training School, said that his Godown Company Limited. "old-fashioned".
organisation would boast a new
goods did not belong to his clients. and Mrs. Smeeton. The former posing the fine. Mr 13.H.. Fraser, Chief Ship- commander of HMB Alert, Com- If you want to learn to y, club house in about month. ping Officer of UNICEF, left the mander Smeeton has been re- however, you will just have to Plans have been approved and Colony yesterday for make the best of the situation work will commence soon. where he will
Montia placed by Commander A.A.F. confer with the Talbot. along with your flying teachers.
representative of the Maullo Two Clubs
Headquarters for the Far East! other than China, to establish o feeding centre In Hong Kong.
In Hong Kong today there are two organisations which teach
nying the Far East Flying Train
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Across the field, the Hong Kong According to Mr. G.E. Costa, Flying Club has a similar idea.
At the Marine Court, a partner with Mr. C.C. Chambers, year-old widow was fined $150
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a clubhouse for the Hong Kong, for conveying prostitutes to the Flying Club will be bullt some as Daviken in Yaumati time in the next nine months.
Altogether
about 40 student
or on Zurlough.
Another three steamora mada their first appearance
in local waters. They ore the, American efoamer Great Republic, the Bri-J. Norwegian freighter Kronviken. tish ship Harpalycuts and the
ALLEGED ASSAULT- ON YOUNG GIRL Kam Song, aged 35, of 180 Main Street was charged with Indecent assault on an eight-year-old girl, at Central yesterday.
Inspector Brownrigg pro-i secuted. The incident occured Three now motorskips of then March 2, in a cubicle of 17
Main Street,
The mistress of a passenger eat, pleading gullty, had a pre- fliera went solo in 1948 at Kal
ious conviction. She was given Tuk. The indications are, how the alternative of serving six ever, that the figure may be at weeks' hard labour least doubled in 1949 between the payment, two companies.
"We're
on
non-
Mr. D. G. Cairns cat as magis- looking for a private trate. field out in the New Territories,"
said Mr. A. S. Hall, Chlot Flying
Instructor with FEFTS. "It would Fern Line are expected to reach
Before Mr. Hin-shing.Xo, ide-
mean more flying time, for our le Colony on their maiden trips fendant pleaded not guilty, and students."
샀다.
Those students range from 17 very shortly, the first on March the case was fixed for hearing years of age (the lower include
They are the Ferndale (March on April 8.
oge limit set by the civil heron- 203, Fernside (May 20)
Butical authorities) to 54 yours, Fernbay (June 7).
and include two young women.
andi
The Ferndale was delivered to
One of the girls is Miss Dorothy the owners on December 21, lost Chey, an air. hostess with Philip year.
pine Air Lines. The other is n
She is a sistership of the Fera-
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Alm actress Miss Y.C: Lee. Ateld which arrived here yester- present they are the only girls in day, on her second visit. The Fern the Colony taking flying lessons vessels were designed specially
Both companies hope to have for service la Lise Barber Cequires NO ELECTRICITY, new planes, in the air very shortly and Barber-Fern Line. She en NO HOT WATER, but only Mr. Costa sald. he expaciod the Flying Club would be getting Manila from where she will be to produce heat,
route from New Orleans to two tablespoons of cold water another Piper Club plane moon expected to arrive here' and Mr. Hall is just waiting to locate that now. field before he
LIGHTNINGPAK gives quiék- The Ferndalo
a single herow starting, long-lasting heat for uncratas 48 Af-8 and 14 Cerna en eheltor decker, with a perlods up to ten hours. Keep now in the hangar,
deadweight of 5.911 ms. She extra refills on hand for added It would rellevo some of the measures 148 foot long with life and usefulness. congestion he commented." "We 04 fost beam. The main engine have a waiting list now "
I of the FIAT Type with (an output of 7.5000 1.1 and a
Yes, a lot of people in Hong Obtainable at all Dispensaries | Cong would like to learn to my.
How to get tom all into the air at Kai Talc is a real problem.
vice speed of 10 and allt kroto fully loadod.
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