Further Hearing On Swindle Case
Further hearing on the alleged swindle case in- volving HK$20,000 continued at Control yes. terday.
Personalia
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Walsh, Messrs. M. Jojez, Andre Jacques. Boutițile Rae Smith, und Mrs. len Hong Kong for Saigon yis- terday by Air France.
•
Mr. Geoffrey Sewell "US, MGNL
The defenduris, Yip Fuk-loon. Later a mou named Feng the passengers who disembarked choy, Lee Chung, Tong Man-Fu, together with his friend, up-from the Air France plane fin
proached him and said they want-Saigon on Sunday. ed to buy the houses.
kin and Yip Ying-bo were charged with conspiracy lo cheat and defraud HK$20,000 from Yau Cheng-hwn in fake Fan Tan game.
The first defendunt, Yip. timp- ed bail. Mr. Silva is representing the defendants.
Tentifying. Lee Hsin uld that he came to Hang Kent from the United States at the end of De- cember, 1946. Soon after his ar- rival here be engaged sc Hing and buying real estates,
In Fetary last year he bought two houses at Fai Hen Oi, Kow-
As Chamber's Representative On Legislature
до
Mr. Lee unked HK$70,000 for
sh
Departures from the Peninsula une house, However they sugutel on Sunday included Mrs. gested
should that be
M. Harris, Mrs. A. Jaynes, Mrs. K$150,000 for the two houses Paulson, Mrs. G. Smith, Mrs.
that
make N. Brodie, they woul
Mrs. D. Carpenter, $10,000 out of the HK$150,000. Mrs. J. Douglas, Dr. and Mrs. They said that they were buy. M. Burton, Mr. and Mrs. int the houses for a rich im Birns, and Mrs. S. N. 1st, Messrs. in Singapore whose son was in A. Kuehnert, S. Rueben, T. C. the Colony,
Han, H, G. Hielman, D. P. Gupta, and Ms D. Morris.
After the conversation Ler, Feng and his friend went to 142 Connaught Road Central, They were joined by the first defendant afterwards.
Lee had 41 Inik with Yip and to reduce the price to HK$ 149,000,
Next morning Lee went to the place again to ask them to pay some bargain money to Hastank
and Company.
Among the new arrivals at the
Peninsula Hotel on Sunday Mr.
and Mrs. J. Toropovsky, Messa A. W. Hamilton Brown, B. H. Hawks, C. It. Lee, E. Sigaul, G. Sadres, and T. W, Shone.
Commander M. E. Lashmore
M. Raymond E. Murry and Me,
hu Bing-hum left Hong Kong
Departures for Shanghai by the
4. Sheugking yesterday included
Sir Robert Calder Marshall, Mr. NG
During the meeting they sugo Manda yesterday by CPA. geated to Mr 1. that they should terra a syndicate to cla!! Mr. C. Blaker, vice-chairman
a man named Ali. Kwong, son of of the Flong Kung General
the rich in front Singhporn. Chamber of Commerce, was
Lee full them
That has never tunanimously elected yesterdaygunabled However, he was astort to reprewent the Chambre on by them to go the sorantelat la the Legislative Comme! In take an outh DƐ noentcy. place of Mr. P. S. Cassidy, who is absent from the Colony on leavi
The election was held at the Hong Kong Hole Howl Garten
Thor yesterday aftern Galy n
act Mr. nomination, Blaker was returned unopposed,
Me 1, E. Landale, who presidez, that the Informed Be
are ting Cuirmittee of the Chauber wiAN having under consideration n pro- pust to alter the sy-laws so that in the event of ther elections
to the Canuncil, if there was only
ti meridion. The tahdy of
an efection might be dispenzet W32
TILLEY
KEROSENE LAMPS
The heat st wa:.
Deaths From Tuberculosis
Forty-three deathn tcom tuberculosis during the week ended April 2 brought the total deatha from the disease
eince the beginning of the year to G54, according to alli
clat liguren.
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week under
In the name roview there were three deaths from messica and 'one each from meningitia and en teric fover. Total deaths from all cavers amounted to 270.
Birtha during the week ended April 2, totailed B63, of which 102 were on the la. land, 345 In Kowloon and 66 in the New Territories.
FUNERAL OF MR. MACKENZIE
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20; 1949.
French Luxury Liner
Frozen Foods. Save Time, Taste Perfect!
The 12,020-ton French luxury liner Champolitan marie another of her rare appearances when she visited the Colony for a tow hours yesterday on route fram Brigon to Shanghai. magnificent contrast to the lay alongside The sleek black three-funnel steamer presented
transport Dunera, to disembark more than 120 Kowloon Whart bealde the white P. and O.
passengers. ("China Mal" photo)
Though Gay, Saigon
Is A Besieged City Reminders
(By Our Harbour Reporter)
Saigon, onco ́ jewel of the French For Eastern domain, is a besieged city today, despite its superficial glamour of "wine, women song."
and
Mc. I. Corns, Mrs. T.L. Allung Along the outskirts, a French soldier stakes his life for his motherland every second of the hour. There, dissident Annamite guerillas conduct a war of nerves, killing ruthlessly with increasing ferocity.
Beule, Mrs. F. Ginter and MSV Elmont.
Mr. H. Bahr, Mrs. Marie 1. M. Duss, Mr. 1 1 Hosh, and Mr. Leo H. Yung were among the passenjers who left for Shanghai by Hong Kong Airways on Mon-
day.
Ma and Min. V 1 Torunovsky, afes F. Bukett, Messrs. M.J.A.M. Cater left for the 1.- leg and Deuter Kayplom yesterday' by 10.30%
1.11.
Today
Canton Insurance Office, Limited, arantul Keneral meeting, Jardine's Bourd Room, 12
HOCH,
H Club meeting, Talboi House, 50, MacDonnell Road, 9.30 pm.
Llierary & Debating Group of European YMCA, talk by Mr. Robert Bruce, 8.45 p.m.
Public
hearing of arbitration be- tween H.K. Telephone Co. I... and H.K. Governinout, SCM Post board room,,10
Coming Events
That is the picture of the at any time. If you're there, weil your luck." i missionary fapital of Indo-China, as pre-it's
European sented by arrivals from that philosophised.
residents feel the Sino-British Club Orchestro re- eity aboard the French luxury
hearsal, Cosmo Club, & p.m. liner Champullion, which pull strain in more than one way, the
French Arrivals stated. The King's College Old Boys' Associu- dinner. ed in to port on Monday und "Surete" (CID) carries out fre tion anal reunion departed after a few hours for{quent round-ups of Autorites In dance, Roof Garden, H.K. Shanghai.
Hotel, 8 p.. an attempt to weed out the sub- versive elements.
It takes
quite an effort prove the bona tle of native en- ployees to the sutisfaction of the Surete," a visitor said.
CONTI- The Chinese, however, plained of being exight in two fires, "In their ardent search for Aunamite guerillas, the French's soldiers neglected to discriminate between
bronnghal 7 The Champollion contingent of trugs, eluding: a MM Arm, Miss E. lfeny-targe number of Foreign Legion- aires, from Marseilles to Saigon Burney, M1 N.
Messrs.
"Troops come and go regularly. Reuben, S M. S.
V.S. Reuben, Bank Mount-hay and Faiz Yin- and it looks like the whole thing
won't stop for
mure Saten kell for Bangkok yesterday months," old residents, including by BOAC
several missionaries, declared.
"We had a taste of it on the very day of our arrival there," a Paris businessman returning to Shanghai said. A big Bre won aging on the other bank of the Mekong River. known as "No Man's Land." Several houses were
Mr. V Perrier will address the Kowloon Rotary Club
horrow at the Peninsula Hotel. 11 subject will be "The Auto-
mobde Association Si Hong Корк."
The cause was not known, laut
to
the Chinese and the Annamites, who are very much alike in appearance," they assert- d.”
Many Chinese hard suffered rough treatment especially during sudden raids at night.
TOMORROW Kowloon Rotary Club luncheon, falk on Automoblie Associu- Hon of Hong Kong by, Me. V. E. Ferrier, Peninsula Hotel, 12.30 p.m.
Men's Ladies Social Night, at
Chinese Bankers: Clal, top floor. Bank of East Asia Bldg., 7.30 pan.
Work On Bathing Pavilion Delayed
The
The Champollion brought 123 Colonel B 1. Anderson, Gen-suited.
passengers from France und Sal- eral Traffic Manager for Philip- pine Airlines, arrived here yes-it might have been sabotage by gon, where she remained for four
South China Athletic guerillas, who probably thought days. terday from Manila.
She will return here enroute to | Association have a French military
found the area was Colate! Anderson will leave for concentration," he added.
Marseilles.
necessary to delay the Tokyo tolay for
consultations
militia is duing: On her arrival The French
mencement of work on their with air elals there.
work in excellent
fog maintaining delayed by peace and order in the heart of the city.
of
Mr. Charles Blondi, formerly The funeral of Mr. Alistair with the International Air Trans- MacKenzie, who died at
Association in Singn- the portalion
the staff Queen Mary Hospital after a pore, has Joined motor car accident in Wanchai | Philippine Airlines and will he on Sunday, took place at their Manager of the company's
alec in Caleutta. Colonial Cemetery yesterday,
Ir. Biondi,
The service, was conducted by Hong Kong Đ
Reverend C. Stevenson,
of the Union Church.
who arrived in Monday from
The hotels, shops and theatres are operating with the proverbial gaiety of "wine, women and song." The normal life of the city is theat of serenity and prosperity.
But with the coming of dusk, Salgon begins to feel the pinch
M-A Singapore, will be leaving for of the prolonged civil strife.
Calcutta in about a fortnight.
acted us
Motors. D. Bickford. C. Bork- clay. R. Barker, B. Callon, I. Ur- quhard and F. Wellar, Pall Bearers.
Among those who nttended
Miss B.
Solomon,
Miss M. Williams, G.P. Murphy, Mrs, M, Comfort, P.V. Shawe, R. Fair- baine, M. MeAlpine, J.1. Bal-
C. .C. undry
Wong, P.Y. Ma,
were.
Chan
Messrs, J. W. Kay, A. W. Hamilton Brown, R. E. Murray, and C. P. de Rome arrived in the Colony on
Monday from Singa- pore by CPA.
A.
Ausian-Hofer, Messrs. C. Kemp, K. Bryan, R. Byrne and ony for Sydney. They travelled T. Cheunghy CPA.
of
Staccato bursts gun fire shattered the cold silence of the night.
It is suicidal to drive around the city at night, though it is within the perimeter of French
control.
here she was outside local
an
.it
εοπι-
waters. "But generally, the whole proposed HK$200,000 bathing pavilion at Ah Kung Ngam. journey was plain sailing,"
Shaukiwan, pending the result meer declared.
of a fresh petition to Govern- meni,
According to Mr. Chan Wing- Ruling On
pak of the South China Athletic Association, his Club has receiv- Construction
ed permission from Government matshed to croct temporary Government has the right to structure for use as
a bathing forbid erection in any part of pavilion. the Colony of buildings of a Mr. Chan said that his Associn- different character from those tion has deckled to ask Govern- existing the meat for permission to erect a structure which previously same site, it was officially an- semi-concrete
would obviate the possibility of nounced, yesterday.
any such dangers as fire, typhicon and collapse.
on
The statement said that it has been noticed that when owner ship of land has changed hands
occasionally has
been
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Residents employ guards when they can afford them. They lock their doors in the evenings the of saboteurs-the Chinese, in ter-dication For of both French soldiers and given by the seller or his agent guerillas
that
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Vehicles It was added that tho Build- danger spot at night. operated by airlines rush passen- ing Authority has power to re- which differs design The funeral of Mr. Chon Pogers at breakneck speed to the fuse his approval of plans of un
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