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THE CHINA MAIL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1,
Hong Kong Realty's Annual Meeting
The Hong Kong Realty and Trust Company Limit- ed held their annual general meeting in Queen's Building yesterday under the chair manship of Mr. G. E. Morden, who in review- ing' the year's activities, said in patte
Long Service Medals Awarded HK Firemen
Twelve members of the Hong Kong Fire Brigade have been awarded the Coloniæt Fire Brigade Long Service Medal.
They are Acting Deputy Chief Officer, Roland Henry Johnstone,
Tae Kwok fal, Firemen Yik Yuk, Chan Yam, Pun Tau, Fok Hàn, Chứng Nga, being Shing: Pau Ching. Ng-Sang Lam Fu and He Mo.
Hearing Of Claim Case Adjourned
solicitor.
as an
Correspondence Alleged
The Editor takes no resJON
ibility for VieIns
ders by correspondents, trid by
Secret Society Men Charged With Murder
no means necessarily caress with The story of what was described as "a carefully
them
Local Justice
Sir.-There are two Police Courts, one" in Hong Kong and ose in Kowloon, I believe there' are four Magistrates who more
"As foreshadowed last year further investments have been made Company has acquired scme these
and in particular the they
(tr les permanediction.
administer side Jayega-
planned and ruthless armed attack" on three
ticket scolpers by alleged members of néral Personalia
bus and powerful secret society operating in Wanchai, was told at the "Criminal "Sessions yesterday.
95 per cent of the share capital tion as to injustin of A ticket scalper was killed and the two others
seriously injured. As a consequence, five meharraigned before Mr. Justice Gould, - Puisne Judge, dre standing trial jointly charg-
ed with murder.
*must* nebes of Oriental Mortgare & Finarily be taken to be made against
these specific any
Magis ance Co., Ltd. This concern
"one of which incidentally is a public trates, and in the pacente of suf- Scient identity -all- four fare un- company was formerly der suspicion as to the allegations trolled by our General Maria
contained in "Szuple Simon's gers who own the balance felter, a state of affairs which on the evening of May 7 this had been struck by one of the The attack, which took place might have been that the bow its share capital; it is being che reasonable person should de- year in front of the China are accused or by the others who operated parallel with our ploren Eheatre Wanchai, was carried were not in custody. There was sibsidiary
fid as each company were seans without doubt to be with Japanese-type swords, activities tend to be complet mentary to these of the other: All of our available funds are utilised by these activities and since the date to which
Harriman Really. If, as “Simple Simon” states, touto.bymahaat--13-men-amped i no evidence as to who did it.
the Law for the rich she on for long knives and choppers.
the poor one for the European ind one for the Chinese here
The accused in the dock ärs Chan Kam-chuen aline Ah Tsai
Lang
is an allegation".which directly Chan Kang-chuent alias Ngal
fetts the cardinal principle in Tiai.
law, of run a Hung Leung Khu, and Li Wink persons are equal alias
administration
Kwan Hung aligs
the Balance Sheet' is prepar- THE TEA an apparently "First second and fifth accused
before
the
the ease.
alier Thi Shan.
instructed by Mr. A. el
Sir Robert Ho Tong while visiting Oslo last Thursday, was granted an audierice by the King of Norway Sir Robert was pre- with the King's: auto-
Schotograpa: Sir Robert
WWE accompanied by his secretary Miss Cheung. Shau-wah Since he left London for the Coatia ant Sir Robert has visited Copenhagen and . He will go to Suck- holm "today.
Departures from the Feninsula Hotel on Thursday included Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Watson, Mrs. G. "Equally Guilty” var PrZRI. MESS J
R. Fertoa, G. E. Parmar, R. R. "The Crown's "čakēj however, is that a number of people, Gebo, P. Y. Sze, A. O, Mills, L
R W. Sears, L. R. combine purpose to cause grievous béity Jones, harm, and, the "rékult is that someone is killed by then
to effect a common and C G. Nig
Among the new arrivals at the Thursday were Messrs. Suzuki Shinichiro,
everyone concerned is equally Peninsula Hotel guilty. Mr. Heenan stated.
thas
CM
AL
H.
-designed to make the investa | own individual opinions est to an all-imle 3 the Court that the group on an inmate of an un÷ 1 Mr. Babulal; Mr. Chouchmal
whether - justice or otherwise was done in this particular ense
penet. Sim
carefully
suke në Here Rang Rotary Club-luncheon on Tues- day. October 4,584 at the "Bouf Garden Hong Kong Hotel, will Bar, F. Co Briarer. Eis Sub- factsfrill be" Colour fimTrävel
ed we have hvalled ourselves it. of advances from our General Simple Simon has a recent tasee Managers and have put these further funds to similar pre-in mind which he considers sup- are defcinded by Mr. V.J. L. Going back id the events in TW. Moi. H. P. Pieterse, B. A
crts his allegations,
for D'Alto fitable use
some unknown reasons ze: dbes Arcului.
"the armed men them with hadasă, C. M. Chen of Mr. A. ML drew and later as the evening Deekert; and E. M. Lind "Certain purchases of residen-not identify the case in question;/ instructi A.J. Clifford on the question, Crona Counsel said Perryman, H. F. Vincent, tial property have bech made but so that the public, in the absence Sedres is defending the other carried out another attack on a ir each case fenancy agreements of the
Among the passengers who left constituting facts
Mr. M. Heenan, Crown Counsel watchman in the same; districu
by CPA for Bangkok and Singa- have been entered with sub- together with the defence raised assisted by Detective Sub-Inspec- named L4 Fai Li sustained
some stantial parties for such periods and apparently accepted by the tor M.J. G. Saul, is prosecuting
wounds, but everinally managed yesterday were: Hr. H.O. Gutierrez, Mr. Chen Ching-fei. of Fears and at such rentals as Magistrate, cannot Moun their The case is being tried before to break free from his captors.
Still another attack was made by ya-san, Bir. Shau
Mr. Idem: Tiong-hoe, Mr. Chang are
Wie-kong. Further hearing of the ments sef-liquidating down to
fr. Heman told $900.000 claim was adjourned point approximating to the pre
the facts showed that the attack! numbered but Lai Wai, who ins until Monday after evidence war market value of the property.
As the administration of the wished and ruthlessly carried GTM Hoa Lim. Puma Fo
in question had been
cousin medio one of the dia,Mr. Hoa Keng-kee and for the defence was given on "From the Prost and
Lots the ninth day of hearing yes ¦ Account before you it' win British law applied· Im our local but it resulted in the killing of f
Acting Information, the tribunals is of vital interest to
HK-ROTARY CLUB terday by Mr. F. L. Lam, local observed that the total expenses all persons fresident within the Chan Roi and the severe wound police arrested arst and second
accused thie dafs aim the in of management remain low and
1.saggest
cident. The ather two were taken Hong Kong, I Mr. Lam who was also called it is anticipated that this state of boundaries comprising the Colony ing of Lai So and Tip Cher.
"Four Eyes" Fourie Simon should confine him- affairs will
as continue
info custody china days later. An expert on Chinese RW,
Ple
otheadstaltos y Samkivan agreed with Mr. Loo Hsiar-ran's General Managers are quite satis- self to facts so the general pub-
be fully
it is alleged that the informed of the
at Alethe mecised macie cautioned opinon that the exchange transae- fed that their real remuneration le may be
tablets in anewer to the al- tiens alleged to have been done should be contingent upon the basis on which such grave
tackers were members of a statements rathe betweeen plaintif and defendant Company's prosperity, On the legations are drawn, and may
powerful society and netorious! charge of murderaTOWNE 30 | in Europe.”
the Lociety
Court MR-Heeba dord the illegal, were
that operating under other side the property working also use their own intelligence to in Shanghal white, plaintiff, is account represents the commence-reach a conclusion as to whether name of Sun Chi Society in the the anklets welbans fount that
er not er Hot
ques the allegations can be Wanthal area under the leaders were nised in the attack-in maintained. If there is any sub-| thip of a man nicknamed “Fourį tion: weed two Japanese swords, stance in an allegation that the Eyes (8) Ngan Chat).
ás sa result of infarinatione train law differentistes between rich Mr. Heenan wen't on to say the fourth serused;rmation mak and poor, European and Chinese, that it was unfortunate that this All fix decused were identified the public must and will demand "Four Eyes," who, he said, led by lalous stalkers
Chor identified that such a state of affairs be the assault; was not in custody.
threb'sof Sher rectified.
The ticket scalpers who were Astmortem at the Queen When Simple Simon" asks, the victims of the attack operated Mary Hospital disclosed that Chan Is one to assume that the real habitually in front of the Front Holed Triomshjuries to the effence of these prisoners (long) Stall ticket box of the Chinta blood vessels a the lungs as well as internal has inmorbage caused tetmy was not that they had come Theatre. These men were fecus. something wrong in the eyes of tomed to giving free tickets faj by a midgut seped the law, but that they were "Four Eyes" and two other mem- the hair of the back woLSE
by Dr. A P He has bers of the society borg Chinese
fear of the con. | ComyRense of death. not taken into consideration the It fact that the greater majority of sequences should they refuse the and by one of the ticket Scalpers long-term prisoners were found request of "Four Eyes that these coricerned hearing. seas:aditurn= guilty on faris ascertained by an ticket sealpers gave out free-tie-ed until 10 hang ou Monday, impartial jury of seven or 12 kets to him persons whose composition not depend on any reason of race, reed or financial standing, and believe I am correct in saying that all long term prisoners are given the opportunity of appealing after sentence, and invariably do so.
AY. claiming the said siz from Mr. F.C. Roberts, respect of alleged tansactions which are alleged to tave sker place in 1947 and 1948 in Shanghai in foreign exchange deals
Plaintiff claims be paid-lare... sums of moner, Roberts Chinese National Currency, the equivalent of which deafendant was supposed to pay to his ac
ecunt abroad.
ment of the receipt of rentals on our newly purchased residences whilst the dividends come almost entirely from our two subsidiaries.
Future Prospect
"You will expect me to say few words on future prospects and will be pleased to know that the results of the first five months Roberts denies that transactions working is satisfactory, the tempo of this kind ever occurred between set in the latter part of last year bim and White. If they did occer, when we recommenced, full sente operations having been maintain- they were illegal and not valid.
The ease is being Diet by the end results-commensurate with Senior Peisne
sne Judge, Mr. Justice the increased capital in use in the Williams, Mr. Leo d'Almada. KC business have been experiences. and Mr. D. A. L. Wright, instruct "The impact of the devaluation ed by Mr. M. A. da Silva, are of Sterling, as was to be expected representing White Robers is created
uncertainty but represented by Mr. H. G. Sheldon, there is no reason to suppose that KC, and Mr. A. J Clifford in will have such far-reaching structed by Sir M. K. Le.
effects as to disturb the Colony's financial and price structure.
Mr. Clifford was absent from! yesterday's proceedings as he had to be defence counsel at a murder trial.
Application For Bail
some
"Nor will the anticipated events in South China have much effect of themselves al- though the apprehension" which a nearer approach of the Com munist forces to the frontiers, of the Colony may be expected to engender could easily bring in its train manifestations of lack of confidence which wh- warranted and, fortunately short-lived as they may be. nevertheless would be likely tu cause unpleasant consequences. "You may be assured that your Board and your. General Managers Inspector Smith of the Depor will decline to be influenced by tation Department asked the Court
Mr. PAL. Vine made an appli- cation for bail before Mr. Hin- shing Lo at Central yesterday_on behalf of Fun Siu-hop, alias Pur Lars-chai, aged 45, who has been detained by the Hong Kong Police for confidential banishment.
cash.
Dividend
to fix bail of $5,000 in cash. He such manifestations, should they do all in their said that all proceedings concer- occur, and will bing the case had been submitted power to support the Authorities to the authorities, and that he and to show their confidence in was instructed to insist on bail in the security and prosperity of
the Colony." Mr. Vine submitted that his client could only put up $1,000 in cash and the rest in surety. -
However, bail was eventually fixed at $2,500 in cash and $2.500 in surely after Mr. Vine had con sulted with Mr. E.C. Luscombe, director of Criminal Investigation, Pun was remanded for a week.
AUCTION OF CROWN LAND
"CIVILIAN"
did
(Editor's note: The case, in question was specifically identified in yesterday's editorial)
Teaching Of Chinese In
- HK Schools
The Education Department yes terday denied that the ortier is
sued to the Anglo-Chinese)
syllabus for the teaching of Chir
standard taught
It was through
On the evening in question, Crown Counsel continued, Chan Hei, the deceased, and the two others received three demands for tree tickets in the name of four members of the society. Each of these demands was refused b them, as they did not believe the requests originated from Eyes."
Given Warning
Four
r
Exhibition Of Paintings
Mr. K. K. Lim will hold an exhibition of his paintings at Hotel Cecil for four days, be- ginning today. He has held exhibitions in the Colony pre- viousý
Mr. Lim is a former student Some time later the same even of St. Stephen's College. He took ing, however, they were 2p- proached by 12 men led by Four his degree at Cambridge. While a law student at Cambridge, he Eyes himself. "Your Eyes in attended the Cambridge County terrogated the scalpers as to why Art School and joined the Cam they had refused the previous bridge Art Club as a very suve! fequests for free tickets to his member.
émissaries. He then gave an order
During
the
long- Cambridge
to the gang to beat tip the three summer vacations, he stuosvenor
bizt apparently changed his
the Heatherley, the Grosvenor
the group away and isded a warding instead, and and the St. John's Wood's Schools
Later still, the same gang once
of Art and passed a summer
rese was in effect lowering the kalves and choppers were put on to the eluted in Geacra.
unarmed ticket scalpers.
schools to adhere to more approached the thrin ticket with Mr. Stanhop Forbes Rat
talpers in the
same place. This Newlyn time, Japanese words, long
He joined Academic Julien in Paris for a short time and went duced from under the attackers When he
to his home On the contrary, it was point clothes and within newspapers in Amoy, he was asked to After the report and accounts were adopted; shareholders ap-ed out, the introduction proved of the payment of a 2e new syllabus, with few except this gang then set upon the three over the shed to preside
excep
Arts. Unfortunately the war came free dividend of 10 cents a share, tions, was bringing the standard Yip Chor and Lat So eventually and Amoy fell to the Japanese. transfer of HK$650,000 to General back to, the pre-war levels
Imanaged to escaped after recely. Mr. Lim came to the Colony Reserve,
$19,000 to
Property order s
The scie purpose of the new ing several serious wounds. They and gave his first exhibition Amortisation Reserve, and to
standardise the as well as Chan Hoi were found under the distinguished patronage carry forward $530,288, out of the teaching of Chinese in Angloying at various localities in the of: Lady Northcote, Bishop Hall total of $1,396,280 in the Profit
Chinese Government and grant- vinny by the police. The de and Mr. Hist" Shih-Fing and Loss
in-aid Appropriation Account.
ceased received three wounds, oni Mr. M. W. Turner was appoint-
There has been a lack of unl or which was a stab in the s MUSLIM FESTIVAL Four lots of Crown fand suited to the Board in place of Bir. formity since the end of the war, of the back and which was the
able for use as farmland were
ing
re-elected:
to
schools.
consider the matter,
The new
The Muslim festival of faud
sold to four Chinese yesterday D. e. Davis, résigned; and Mr. and with a view to remedying cause of death. In spite of Doha Will be obsérvéd of Mor
Ellis Hayin, this lab committee was winds he had run at the Kowloon Magistracy Build the twe retiring, Directors, were appointed in March this year to some distance before be collapsed
At this point, Mr. Heenan told clusion of pilgrimage rites at Mears. Feat, Marwick, Mitchel Lot number 343, at Luk Wu,
syllabus has been the Court that there was nobody Mecca, where Mohamedans-from
all over the world gåther! on Lantao Island, 46 of an acre in a Company were re-appointed issued on the recommendation of who could say who actually stab all ove
Auditors.
bed the deceased in the back. I occasion, size, was sold to Chow Kau-pang
Sacrifice for charity will for $51.
the order of the day, whēri: tra- ditionally every Mohamedan Es enjoined to give all he can for those in heed
Present at the meeting were Located at Keung Shan, Lantao: Al G. E. Marden (chairman)
Mr. C. Blaker, and Mr. MW (Directors) and share-
Island were lots numbered 10 and 723. Lot number 15, 51 of Turner, an-acre, was sold to Sau Fuk
Folders for $56 whereas the other lot, shares.
70 of an acre, was bought by Ln
The last lot
But for $135 sold yesterday was Ict number 703. Located at Wang Lung Tsal, the 1.75-acre lot was sold to Chung Yan fór $382,
FISH PRICES
representing / * 1,682,875
REMOVAL OFA
CEMETERIES
this committee.
Shops Fined For Overcharging
A further step will be taken Fines totalling $3,750 were imposed on three
next year In Government's plan
to rid the Urban areas of the Co löny of as many cemeteries 20 possible
-The Chairman of the Urban yesterday gave six
Nathan Road shops by Mr. James Wicks of Kowloon yesterday for overcharging and self- ing goods without price tags.
the
be
As usual, the Khutbah congre gational prayers will be conduct- ed at the mam Shelly-Street and Kowloon Mosques at 10 am, on Monday.
ما
Principals of firms, offices and schools have been requested grant a holiday to Mohamedan employees and students |occasión,
t
on the
Fresh fish average prices real-| Council
AUGUST BIRTHS Leung Wan-sang of the porated milk, Lipton's tea and. ized at the Hong Kong Fish months' notice of his intention to Kowloon Store, 62 Nathan Cow and Gate milk food. Total births in Anguist broke all Wholesale MarketKennedy order the removal of bodies or Road. was fined $300 for sell Mr. H. Pitman, who prosecuted, previous monthly records, accor Town, yesterday follow-
the remains of bodies from graves inga one-pound bottle of said that defendant had several During the month under review
ding to ometal statistics. or urns af 11 Cemeteries, me
Applications for private exhu Wagstaffe's Strawberry jam previous convictions.
there was a total of 5,033, births. mations should be made to the on. September 23 for $2.20 ve Loze yan, of the Cheong or more than 162 a day. The total Secretary, Urban Council, before The controlled price was $2.15 Hink Store. 72: Nathan Boat, was was 803 more than the total for April 1
1 next year.
He was also fined $1,400 for fined a total of $200 for selling July 11 cemeteries concerned selfing Lipton's tea, self-raising a packages of Kingsford com The broathly average of births (East); Kai Lung Wan
The
are the Kat Lune Wattery flour, and sweetened contensed starch without a price tag and for in 1947 was 3,539; in: 1948 H**25}
First quality Average Fem
pries
catly
Yellow Croaker $1-80 Mud Grouper $2.40: White Pomfret
(Large) $1.02 Macao Sole (Large) (Small)
$176
$2.20
$183
$1.40 $1.02.
Golden Thread $1.14 Horse Head
(Small) $1-10. Conger Pike
$1.00
Read Sea Beam
Large); $1.23 Hair Tall
$0.90
Wan
AIR CONDITIŐRE
COMING ATTRACT
Anna NEAGLE Michael WILDING
AYTIME MAYFAIR
COCHES OT TECHMIT
WATCH FOR THE UPENING DATE
From Grandpa down
to schoolboy John Wright's is right-
they can't go wrong? After work or after play
Best for health in
every way!
COAL
this year
WRIGHTS IS RIGHT
Wwwk was 2,82907 14 4 for EVERYONE!
(West); Kal Lung Wan (West) mix without carrying price tags selling a tin of "My Bey eva- 3.956. The monthly average during $0.80
Vong Foo of the Majestic porated milk for 85 cents, over the the six months of Extension Cemetery,
Lune
Candy Store, 339 Nathan Road, charging $1.08 Wan (East) Cemetery, Mount was fined a total of $1.750 Imposing
se births The Bhes the firstNon-Chinese four summonses for selling goods two defendafils, Mr. Wicks said totaled 77 as compared with 42
*that the offences were committed in July D FOR TOHLET without price tags.
August totalled named in the sum som ofter the devaluation of Deaths during The goods monses included Eagle Brand sterling There was no excuse 100% compared will 100 in) condensed milk, Carnation eva- for the goods not being marked. July,
Dayis $1.01 Cemetery, New Kowloon (No. 7) $0.80
Kowloon Tong Ceme Cemetery, tery: Sai Yu (Old) Cemetery. Sal shi8 Ya (Umy Cemetery and the New $0.38 Kowloon (No. 8) Cemetery.
NURSERY