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Court's Warning Colony Ha
On Evidence
"It is as well for the public to remember that in a casa of violent or unnatural death, not only are they not serving the ends of Justice and truth by destroying bottles and other vital bits of evidence but they may also be doing a definito disservice to themselves.“
That was what Mr. Blair-Kerr said in a rider to his findings after an inquiry into the death of a married woman, Leung Tal, who took a dose of corrosive acid and died from the effects five days later, Blair-Kerr was death by suicide.
Hotel Boy To Be Deported
11,000 Motor Vehicles
In 1948 there were -11,767 motor vénietės,of all kinds an the roads of the Colony,
The number in 1947 was 9,260.
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The vehicles -operated on 410-miles of thoroughfares-- roads and streets-öi Hong
Kong.
Traffic @coldenta in: 104 were 97 fatal, 474 serious, and 1,046 slight.
The verdict of Mr. CEREMONY
The rider was added to Mr. Blair-Kerr's finding after the evidence during the inquiry had shown that the bottle con- taining the neid had been des- troyed.
Leung Yee, the 15-year-old nephew of the dead wornan, said that he had thrown the bottle
away upon instruction from his uncle, Lau Tse-ming, the husband
of the women,
AT NEW CHURCH
Originally a small chapel orected in 1911 as a centre of worship for. destitute women, the new St. Mary's Church at Causeway Bay will be con- secreted Right Reverend Bishop I O. Hall, Bishop of
of Hong Kong and South China.
tomorrow...by
the
GENERAL MEETING
OF
HONG KONG HOTELS
"The Hong Kong Hotels, Limited, which operate four leading hotels in the Colony, ara still faced with considerable expenditure in order to fulfil their rehabilitation programme," said the Hon. Sie Mankam. La in his Chairman's address to the annual meeting of sharehold era, held in the Company's Registered Office Sir Lo added that it has been decided to air-condi- tion the first floor, and the Roof Gorden of the Hong Kong Hotel, and it is felt that these requirements should be met by a call of fur- ther capital rather than from surplus work- ing revenue and recourse to overdraft faci- lities.
relationship in the future be-
Driver. Gets His Gold Back
One hundred and fifty tacks of sold valued at approximate- ly 360,000 was ordered to be returned, to Lee Yam, a iraln driver, when Mr. Blair-Kerr ruled the submission by his counsel, Mr. Peter Sin, that The Chairman stated that the sentiments of the shareholders the there was no came to ans-
wet. the Hotels Ordinance. 1949. present when I state that the
Lee, was charged with cx- management is to be congratulat-porting the gold after he was makes clear certain am- biguities of the past and thered upon the result of hte year's arrested at Chatham
Road. should be a more harmonious trading and the appropriation of where the geld was found on
the balance at the credit of Pro-him. Bt and Loss account.
Polics evidence in court stated It is fortunate we are in a that Lee was in a laxi near the position to write of four War KCR workshop, when the vahele Losses account by slightly aportar stopped for routine search. elating Our tank values. The Lee was stated to have told the a very conservative basis and; and after some questioning, was doubtless, when values become token to the Hung Hom, Station more stabilised, this matter will where he was charged. again engage the attention of the Board.
"The air-conditioning of
the popular portions of the Hong Kong Hotel will commend itself to our patrons and, I feel com- Aldent, will attract them during the summer months.
The worshippers at the chinpelesius the nocting, the writing up has been done upon police that he had the gold on him
Raid:
tween Government, residents and hotel managements. Wong Wing, aged 22, a room
Lau in evidence stated that he
A pront of HK$8,040,049,52 was boy
of the Tai Ab Boarding had Instructed the boy to clear
reported
red for the year, 1948, House, was sentenced to three the cubicle. of odds and ends months hard labour, without after the death of Loung Tal, as
were the inmates of the Eyre As you will see the Balance of option of a fine, and deporta- the cubicle was being vented.
Leung Yen
gave Refugee Shelter. The church to- Working Account repeatedly
has increased immoral living ch Lion for
evidence contradictory to the day enters to the spiritual needs | by $481,890.32 compared with earnings.
also in The prosecution stated that on statement he made to the police of one of the largest parishes in the 1947 Agure, while
Hong Kong, and has a total mem- cluded on the credit side is the March 22. Sub-month back. the night of
bership of 600.
item of $234,000.- dividend
the received during year from Temple Street and Salgon Street.
qur subsidiary Company", the Be ne defendant walking with a
Grand Hotel des Wagons-Lits. fost tue fowards the Tai Ah
Limited, of which more here- Bowling House. When he saw
aftor. the impactor, defendant quickly ran away. When questioned, the girl admited that she was a pro stitute and itat defendant was to introduce her to in customer The hoarding house.
Inspector Dow Wan on duty al . Had To Be Reassured
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He had to be reassured by both Inspector Waldron, directing the Inquiry, as well as the magia- trate.
The original building was bullt in 1911 largely through the -gen- erosity of the Church Missionary Society which appropriated $4,000 from the Pan Anglicon Fund to- ward the cost of building.
With increased membership and general activities, the Church building was found too small and inadequate. It was pulled down
The lad told the court that ho had been beaten ofion by his dead aunt because he had been At disobedient. He also stated that
she took the acid because he was in 1830. giving her too much trouble. Largely through the generosity This was Inter corraborated by of Mr. Kan-Tat-chol, 1196 uncle Lau Tse-ming. who sent building was completed in said that his wife had told him 1931. Mi. Kui also has since uled that before she died in hospital,
The woman found lying on the donated $20,000 in 1930, toward
a total cost of $50,000. side walk by a young girl who knew her to be the wife of Lau.
The inspector then took the girl to the fording house where site pointed out the defendant.
The girl,, in vvidence, said that
Cason Wong hnd introduteed bur to the customern. She received 36 from the customer an each occa- slan, and had to give defendant $2 as comingston.
Abortion Case Withdrawn
Ho
She went to Lay and informed him of what she had seen. then went with the girl and took nis wife home. He summoned the doctor, but his wife, he stated, would not let him.
The next morning, continued Lau, his wife refused food and he began to notice stains around
Kiu, married woman, her mouth. aged 64. and fang Fo-tak,
She was eventually taken to
the pre-
Other Items in thla account, both by way of revenue and expenditure, do not call for any special comment except perhaps Depreciation, which shows comparative increase of $196. 730.40 and which I will refer to later.
Leo was also alleged to have told the police thot .he. when stapped, was on his way towards 272 Chatham Road, the home of a relative. Ho had come from
address at Woo Sung Street,
e was stufod
In his submission, Mr. Peter "Before formally seconding the Sin sold that the prosecution proposal made by you, Sir, I ex- must bring evidence to .show press the hope the Board will not that defendant when arrested proceed with the immediate issue had been at some wharf, station, of the new shares but will leave for air flet, or any other centre the matter'in abeyance until some jot dischabarkalian from the fature date. With these remarks Colony anit that evidence must bed to second the adoption of also show that he had attempted the Report und Accounts as pre-to export the gold with out valid The second part of this Ass senteil.
permission.. count includes the profit
Mr. D.C. Davis, proposed by The only evidence' produced on sale
Major C.W.L. Way and seconded by tho prosecution, continued $687,081.80 realised RBL No. 188, Repulse Bay. hty Mг. TILG. Brayfield was re- Mr. Sin, was that defendant had hitherto unproductive asset, less elected director to serve on the been searched and found in pus-
$GD,872.-reore Board for the ensuing year.
(ression of the gold while in n taxi at Chatham Road, and that even the police agreed the velife- le containing the defendant was proceeding to 272 Chatham Road, defendant said he was where going. Thus, suspleton does not Justify conviction.
deduction of
of of
The Church will be consecrated tomorrow. On Saturtay a tablet in memory of Mr. Kan Tat-choli
menting the book value of REL
On the proposal of Mr. E, Grant No. 77, the old Peak Hrici_site,¦ Smith, reconded by Mr.CC. Bloke, set up in the Parish Hall, will be unvelled by the Venerable
Leo which was surrendered to Gov Perey Smith and Company ware Knu-yan, Archdeacon of Hongorament in December Inst, the re-appointed auditors. Kong The unveiling ceremony
opinion of your Board being that! The following were present at dianer robuilding theroon would not he, the meating: will be followed by a
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un economie proposition.
Hon. Sir Man-kam Lo, Sir Ro- party.
Including therefore the sun bort Ho Tung. Mesars, Lawrence
Inspector Moso, OIC Hang of $2.236,487.86 brought down Kalsarie. (represented by Mi. Hom Station, told the court that and $228,748.77 brought forward Harrner Kadnone), D.C. Davis, H. the charges were brought ogulnst from the preceding your less on Cleland. F.C. Barry (managing defendant
ភព. alloged amount of $40.151,10 for Pro-director), A. Sommerfelt (Sec- cautioned statement by him of
"I do not know the law." perty Tax 1048/40, $2,003,098.42] arv). is available for appropriation.
In his findings Mr. Blåfr-Korr Shareholders were represented
soid that all the evidence against such ty recommendations
Messrs. A Hilloly, T.I.G. regard being that $600,000 bo hravfeld, E.G. Smith, E. H. P. Les was that he had been stop- transferred to General Reservé, White, CC. Blake, A.R. Ellis, P.H. Ped and the gold found on him The st. Surprise, which ran $500,000, be placed to the Special Waller, J.M. Nolor da Silva, which he was carrying from one
point to the Kaksang Wu. TB Wilson. C. Colony. Defendant is acquitted another within the and Depreciation Reserve aground at Waglan Island on
remaining balance of $1.003808.42 Kong. S.C. T. S.K. Yen, and the gold is to be returned Tuesday morning in thick fog,
paying a Reberts, F., Zimmern. E.S. Abra-to Him." be disposed of by
M. Blair- "The other man who got away was slightly holed
dividend and bonus of $1.50 per ham and Major C.WL... Way,
Kert
coolie, aged 35, were discharg- hospital where she died five days ed by the Chief Justice on an after,
charge abortion
yesterday, when the Crown withdrew the
case.
Accused had been charged with using on instrument for procuring an abortion; and Ho Klu wos ditioinity charged with mans- laughter of a woman, Lee Kops-
Court Brevities
'Surprise' To Be Surveyed
in
her
kin, aged 44, at Talpo on Decem-sed my tools to cut the eable." No. 1 and 2 double-bottom ber I last year,
naid Wong Fel, a Talkoo Dork-holds, but the vessel is dry. vard worker, when he Wax The 8,000-ton freighter is charged at Central with stealing drydock at Taikoo Lockyard and 11 feet of armoured cable from And survey, will be made to- the Taikoo Dockyard.
day, before repairs are begun on her."
The Crown was represented by Mr. A. Hooton, Crown Counsel, and Ho Kiu by Mr. John McNeill,
Tang was not legally represent
ed.
Mullard
See the Syndicate
The Pekin Syndicate
Tb, Chater Road,
Telephone
Fole Agents for Mullard Electronics
England.
Fle admitted that he knew they wore being used for, the purpose, and was sentenced to two months' imprisonment.
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The local agents report that the master has not made his report yet, but he will possibly do ze today.
For possessing "Fa" lottery The American vessel was travel- Bickets for sale, a woman Kunging at dead slow speed when shu Ting, aged 48, was fnod $300. ron into Waglon Point, 700 yards;
of the normal course.
The cargo is reported to be safe and will remain aboard -until
Wah was playing Ng Chun cards at 379, Hennessy Road with
a group of fellow-workers, when the Surprise resumes her trip to another fuki, Tsang Cheng, asked San Francisco within two or three
days, the agents state. them to stop playing,
This angered Ng, who went into the kitchen, plcked up a chopper and hit Tong on the face.
Charged, with causing grievous bodily harm, Ng, oged 17, war sentenced to two months expelled.
and
ORPHAN FINDS A NEW HOME
A widow on a junk anchor-
the
in
short. involving $1.780,800.50. Jeaving $203.007.92 to be enrriett forward to the account for 1949.
Land Values
The writting up of the Land values referred to resulted in an accretion of $2,599,012.—of which sum the amount of $2,483,331.94 has, in conjunction with a trans- fer from Contingencies Reser of 388,445.01, no longer necessary for provision purposes, been oft in to the ullised to write
of "War Lcsses"
$2,489,777.55 | which thus make their last np-
in the pearance
Company's af Balance Sheets. The Schedule Fixed Assets previously referred to strows in some detail how such of the Company's Assels now und should stand in the Books be of informative value to Share- holders..
The year under review
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GOLD SEIZED
Fifty- Inels of gold nimount- ing to R15.800 were ordered to be: confiscated by Mr. A.D. Scholes : at Kowlorn yesterday.
after
concluded
WANT TO STAY IN HONG KONG
The gold belonged to Yip Mon need 23, and Fung Shiu-kin, aged
Five Korean Acumen wore 27, who were leaving the Colony charged with vagrancy before for Conten by train on Tuesday. Mr. FX d'Almala at Central Defendants hall their ball d yesterday. They are Song Dyung- $20 each estrenied when they in, King Yung-chung, Chol lu railed to answer the charge ofman, Lee exporting gold without a Ilcence.
Yong-gop.
According to the prosecution the defendants. missed their ship on Tuesday. They were on their way to Northern Korea, ***
Reminders
Today
Yong-hal and Choi
Speaking on behalf of the other defendants, King Yung-chung said they would rather die in Hong Kong than be sent back to Koren, {
Mr. d'Almada ordered they "be
not without its differlities and Y's Men's Club of Hong Kong dolained in the House of Daten-
although our revenue from bed- zooms was of course well main- tained, restaurant revenue auf- Asked what she was doing ated in Yaumati, having no
serious kattery Patch, Lea Mel Set, the new mother of a boy, aged
fered a comparatively children of her own, is now
decline in me summer months widow aged 25, said she was on
the succeeding her way back to Wanchai from 12, whose parents were killed which, however,
months remedied mainly because Western District:
during the Japanese occupa-
of the influx of persons from China during, that period and the Intter portion of our revenue is being well maintained at the moment.
"Why didn't you take the waytion. by the Peak?" asked Inspector Mackay, prosecuting.-
Lee pleaded not guilty to the charge of loltering for an Immoral purpose.
The boy found his new home through the Juvenile Court before Mr. Pair-Kory yesterday when he was charged with begging.
There he pitiable circumstance
There appears to be nothing further calling for useful com-
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luncheon at Roof Garden. FIK Hotal, 12.45 p.m. Kowloon Rotary Club luncheon,
Peninsula Hotel, 13.30 p.m. British Council, weakly
how; "Scenes of Britain,”. speak- er: Mr. J. R. Jones, 8.30 pm., Helena May Institute: Wornen's International Club.
HK
annual meeting, Gloucester Building, 3.15 p.m.
·tion' until such time as · arkange- hent could be made to send themt hack,
PASSENGERS BY DUNERA
Club, 101st, annual meeting. A number of passengers Clubhouse, 5.30 p.m.
have embarked by the 165, Reform Club pubile meeting, Dunera from the Unitted King-
Lounge, & p.m
yince
you want to reform w investigated by Mr. Chungent on my part and I therefore European YMCA, West dom for. Hong Kong. In ad- yourself, I tako a' lenient view," Wah-kal, __ representativo of the wald Mr. Hin-ahing Lo, “and :fine, Juvenile Care Centre, who is res
you $200 or two months and give pensible for the boys' new hopes you a warning of banishment.” for a ascuro fature.
bag to, propose the adoption of
the Report and Accounts as 'pra-
dition to 46 civilian passen.
sented, that a Dividend of $1-Inter-school sports, Caroline Hill, gera there are 31 Service
be paid
per share, free of tax,
on 1,193,867 shares, the payment
of a bonus of 50 cents on the similar number of shares from the St.
USATF profits not labis to Hong Kong
107
Limited Amount of BELLMAN, ELEPHANT DOUBLE LION BRANDS
COTTON YARNS
available for export
Various Counts --
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71', 82%, 40's, -42′), ·50's.
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2 p.m.
Coming Events
fabiilies and, two-Chinêso who will diserbark 'hete:
The pansers are:-Me. N. itinian, Mary's Church consecrationis, Keion, at ICA, Cavid, 262 68, DIMERWE Rather, Mr. K.X. 5Kilda, Mr. .Service, 7.30pm.
TOMORROW.
Tax bid from the then remaining' Members Guest Night, Dinner, KYLAD, Corestan; NCP, 5, (Meůnikér, Mr. balance of the year's pront of and Show, European YMCA,] 7. Duterton, Mr. J.C. Taridson, „Mr. R.D. $1,203,097.92 the sum of $500,000,
7,90 p.m.
Work Women's
A WAMY, Jud, Farendeng --301, 3.W.
be transferred to General Re-Demonstration of Dék-al Art, Limon, Mr. W/A. Williams, My, P.P. servo, $500,000.-be placed to a
Section, Har, M. ... Brokenshire. Mr. F.A. European YMCA, 10a.m.haven, Mrs. M.M. Akinner, Wr. N. Woud; Me. “DIA, Badilly,,, XG AN
(RIDESMAI3, Diggét, Mid, 11., Jones,
Special Depreciation Reserve and
the sum of $283,097.02 carried,
forward to the 1948 Account, Hong Kong-Lingnan Universities. CA Padad, thin, Tail, Kan
„Beconding, the adoption of the report, and the statement of ne- counts, Mr. R. Hildly mid:
"I feel confident I am voicing.
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