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Experts take the stand in forged banknote case
Five Oxperts were colled to hive evidence before PMK Jambi Wicks at Kowloon. Yesterday in the second hearing of the committal pročeel- ings against three men charged with the pos- · ssion of U.S.$638,950 in forged United States Federal Reserve banknotes.
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The men, who share four charges among them, are- The Tam Kuen, blias Tam Sheung, 722 Nathan Road, first floor; Tom Choi-wo, who has no address in the Colony; and-Tam Chi-ping, 223 Joffe Road, second floor. The first and third defendants are brothers, while the second de- féndant is a cousin of the brothers.
All defendants are charged with possession of 105 forged
·U.3.3100 • notes, While the Brothers face) – two additional cfiatges of posscesion of 3,500 and 2,770 forged US$100 jmötes and 29 Forged U.S.$50 notes. First ülefendant 'is“ für: ther, charged with possession of three;brass plates Ethring | devices. pécullar, tʊ' - and qused In the banknotes of the Bank of England,entes, që thi Jer Enkiand
First defendant is represented by Mr. Pardy Chen while the rest ard represented by Mr. V. J. L. D'Alton Both counsels are in- stricted by Mr. J.C. Stewar.
the
Mr.
I.C. Terry, Government Chemist, who was giver) 21 cans pinks, albottle of collodion, a bolle of potassium dichromate at nostick or "elcher's b zoftéd by the, pollóé.
eltire of the interfelt hates, to analyses gave a laiguity account of the different breeds of printing tand analysis of the paper on which the forged banknotes and two genuine United States bank notes were printed.
TB claims 63 deaths
More thak ond Hath of all deaths in the Colony during the week ondeй February 18 were tubarëktoels – vičilma, according to.. the weekly Health Return Telassed yank terday:
There were 63. deaths from tuberculosis. Total deaths from all causes 326 ni agalhit '917 „birthe Dáàtha
tuberculosis from since the beginning yên",. TrÉtuding the perlod Junder review Totalled 387.
wall
of the
Rough seas
claim five of family
Rough Beas claimed five ut a family of seven recently when their fishing junk cap- sized off the Nine Pins Island, in British waters, during a fish- ing trip.
Fifty-year-old Shek Mun-ho, owner of the craft and' father local authorities yesterday thin of five children, reported to the tragedy which befell his family last week.
The fisherman told how he and bis eldest son had to watch help iessly while his wife, three teen- aged doughters and 10-year-old son floundered in the rough seat, The Incident occurred at 7 a.m. on Februnty 10 off the Nine Pins Island group when the fishing craft of the same name as the owner was under way with full Ball,
"We were
Nearing an islet in the group, the father and his 20-year-old son rowed from the mother craft to collect their lobster traps lafd offshore previously 30 yards of the fishing junk riding the swells when a sudden gust of wind overturned her "Shok stated. Ha wife, three daughters and youngest son were thrown intɓ - the water.
Shck Towed back to restuo them. The only survivors were his wife, the 10-year-old son and a 17-year-old daughter.
i
His eldest daughters could nat
· be found.
I left the survivors in the dinghy and went to copšixed
mother right the reported. He jumped into the sea with his eldest son or to the bobbing junk.
assistance.
Shek
Correspondence
The Editor takes no responsibility for views erpressed in Anh bu cánh Epondently and by no mean necessarily ACTRES
watch them.
of
Official statement
on drowning of Chinese woman
esa "woman" on January 11 'at Lo Wu wdra released yesterday By Me Public Ralotions Offico.
Previous reports from Canton that the woman was
REFUGEES IN MACAQ To those of us who have the
Sit-I have been keenly Li-welfare of the British Empire Official latts concerning the drowning of a Chin- terested in the outcome of the British sense of fair play, Gov- and who still in recent Legislative Council delikte on the question of repayment or raimont's stand in this matter
là · Jamèniable, Lotge im Joans made to refugees in Macdo, money dre expended and much After reading the Hon. Sir Man effort is being made by the Home kam Lo's very able speech and Government, at the expense of those of other unofficial members the British taxpayer, to foster of the Council, in which cogent cordial relations within the Col- reasons in favour of Sir Man-ontes, only to be set at nought Rem's-motion-were-put-forward, by the short-sighted policy of bell from the point of view of others serving in the Empire, polley and from the Individual nhgle, I was most surprised that the motion should have been withdrawn, more especially in view of the feeble opposition from the Government spokesman.
pushed over the bridge by a Hong Kong con- stable had been denied.
Yesterday's official statethen!
said: Yours faithfully, AN ENGLISHWOMAN. PRELUDE?
publication?
THE GOLDEN FLEEGE? At the Council meeting there was no real debate on the sub- under this caption kindly send Will the writer of the verses jert. My conclusion is that the in name and address, for au public has not been told every-thentication, not necessarily for thing and, somehow, regardless of the round arguments submitted by Sir Man-kam and others, an over-riding decision was made. That no adequate reply was forth- coming to the Hon. Mr. Follows
of this. convinces me
Please, therefore, allow nie to remark un Mr. Follows' speech,
The Hon. Financial Secretary Indientes that the major reason for demanding refund of the Macao advances is that this is only in fairness to certain groups of individuals. In this connection he referred to three groups. A little, Investigation, however, has convinced me that tween men Proups should not have been men- tloned.
The first group consists of Gov. prnment servants who escaped to Macao and later repaid the loans. salaries for the War period. But these Individuals received
The second group consists of Financial Secretary states that it those who were repatriated. The was later decided their passages should be citarged for. I have friends in this category who have not paid for their passages, nor were the passages paid for by their employers.
Welfare society election
Personalia
"At about 8.15 p.hi on Januar"Y" 11 a Chinese woman Trol Kan- tai, a 'Widow 'öged' 22,, fell through a hole in Lo Wu Bridge and wn: drowned. She was a farmer and Messra. E. Thakin. U Hock Lyc trade. She was accompanied by Singapore yesterday by CPA. croming. Inte Sheung Shul to and U.Mg Gui left Hong Kong for her brother-in-law Ng Tam- fung.
Messrs.. S. Scendsen, A. Wolker fun the accident occurred shortly and Lee Bah-sick left the Colony alter the arrival of the Canton for Bangkok by CTA yesterday. tenin útid, as daun), the bridge
was crowded. This bridge con- Departures from the Peninsula sists of two nets of railway tracks Hatel on Monday included Mrs. S. with three narrow board-walks Blackeman. Miss W.G. Riley, Jafil over the sleepers to accom- Mins V.M. Shepherd. Miss V.
modate pedestrians.
Vincent, Miss A. Jories, Messrs. "At the
time of
of the nécident the wo Kyatank, R.R. Reiss and
was unlit E.V. Fettis. centre of the bridge except for the light provided by hand torches of the Police and T.come travellers.
Lieutenant-Colonel F. Waller, of the Salvation Army organisation. in Hong Kong, was elected President of the Hong Kong Family Welfare at its first annual Society meeting yesterday.
The following werd elected to the Executive Committee: Mrs. M. Allison, Miss G. K. Burnie Mr. C.H. Cheng, Mrs. J. C. Crutt- Treung, and M. F. J. Wakefield well, Miss Helen Ho.. Mrs. F. I
In presenting the Society's nual report, Miss K. Langford, secretary, said that the Society As the child of the former. Hong Kong focial Welfare Couneli, and teak on an independent existence on January 1, 1949,
ad-
She gold the Society has two casework centres. One is located in Hong Kong, at Hosplint Head, and the other in Kowloon, at Observatory Rond. laid down in the
The aims of the Society, as
Constitution,
One group remains the local Volunteers from whose accumu- lated wartime pay was deducted the money advanced for support of their families in Macao. Their grievance, na expressed to me, is that, despite their loyalty and, on the whole, their exemplary conduct during internment, they are as follows: were shabbly treated after the promoting family and social wel- (1) To relieve distress by were discriminated war. They ngalist by Government and, in fare among the citizens of Hong
Kong Possibly the Government, dis- to the call for volunteers, is now turbod by the Inck of response of poverty, Beth Individual and
Acng the new arrivals at the Peninsula Hotel on Tuekly were "No witness could be found who Mies F. Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs. G. saw the woman fall in
Paterson, Mrs. G. Elilson, Messrs. heard by Lai Fu-kiu who looked Shalom, E. Mark, T. C. Shah K. "The sound of the splash was KH. Mahtapi, C.G. Souza. V. down
and saw the woman in the Belastein, S. Raphall, L.D. Mur- She ran back at once far phy, R.T. Down, H.D. Long and water. assistance but when she returned J.E. Forte. the woman had disappeared.
The splash was also heard by Departures for the United King- Sub-Inspector Abbott P. C. 013 dom yesterday by BOAC included Suet Chiswing and PC. 2084 Lau Dr. Lee Hah-leong, Mrs. R. Lee, there. All three and the woman 3. N. C. Tilley, and Mr. W. Reld. Yuk-benz who were on duty | Dr. Lłu Mel-chen, Mr. and Mrs. is the water and she appeared to
drifting away
•
Group Captain R. Bone, Mr. be
"P.c. 613 remained at his post R.T. Down and Mrs, P.K. Jeldy while S.I. Abbott and other cop-left for Bangkok by BCAC yes- stables went to her assistance. As terday. she was nearer the Chinese side of the bridge, S.I. Abbit at- tempted to get into the water from that end but was prevented from doing so by a barbed wire fence.
Lengthy soorch
Vita than procurðu a ̈16pò and lowered it thto the water but by then the woman had disap- peared.
"In the meantime PC. 2084 had gone down to the water's on
Among the departures for Singapore yesterday by BOAC were Messrs. R.C. Grant, JH, Horowitz, E. W.D. Rodwell and G. Anderton.
Those who left for Japan by BOAC yesterday Included Messrs. C.C. de Young, L Deder, K.11. Mahtani, Chow Tseng-chu, Dhun J. Ruttonjee, Lucas Yh, F.H. Hal-
many cases, by their employers. To investigate problems the opposite (British) side but by per. A.D. Benhell, J. Linstead,
the Government is subjecting others of the "local" community
general;
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then she had gone under. Being Ada Souza, It M. M. Samuel, unable to swim he called for as- Golding, C. Wichaldist, W.D. M.S. endeavouring to placate them so 1) To co-operate with other zielance and a coolie, Yip Cheual Mercan, J.C. Dely alid 4 lo wo> them back to the organisations and institutions also came forward and entered th: Hong Kong Volunteer ranks. In engaged in any form of family water. This man dived for some
welfare: a feoble and ill-considered at-
minutes Gut could tempt to justify its action in the
And the not (4). To receive, and acolhis- oves of the "local" volunteers supplies as are entrusted to pa
ter or distribute such funds or
Police then procured (3). To provide a Family sampan and scaretied the vicinity to the same shabby, treatment. Casework Service at the disposal dothing was found floating about
and
sack containing some And what will
of other organizations or persons Government The wife rowed away to seek schlove by this? Let us look at requiring help with particular 15-yards from the bridge. This Was later Identified as the she was only about 50 yards one ainanust the local volun- tenance of an adequate standard
the matter realistically. Maybe cases,
(0) To assist in the main Wemal's property by the relativesi "Police then procurétt nåother Analysing a genuine United away when I saw the dinghy ride
wave and founder," the asher-teers will derive a certain amount of training for Social Workers, sampan and searched the drea States banknote Mr. Terry said matt recalled:
of dog-in-the-manger satisfaction
Miss Langford paid, a tribute with the aid of two Aldis lamps. that the small red and bluc
"Both my son and I were too from seeing otters meted out to the caseworkers, and gald that | threads consisted of small colour-exhausted and cold to swim to was meted out to them.
With the me
"The seatelt was abandoned At much of the success of the Society 10.15 p.m. But Into paper their We
do nothing
will-they-Bye Givernment She said they have dealt with inoming When the tide was oF THE EVERGREEN
9.15 am-lho- roflowing own resentment will still re-month.
Their an average of 850 persons per the body was rech under th main, since the cause for their resentment will not have been attended, and among the people Yesterday's meeting was well removed. Government will not Weht one Injustice by perpetrating in the hall was the Right Re- another, I use the word "in- of Hong Kong. Hall, the Bishop
The time of manufacture, in the die Que watch deparingly, he
Case of the forged banknotes, said. Which he wds also given to The dinghy drifted away. sanlyse, he said that the threads
Shek and his son eventually were not made of abres but wore righted the Junk. drawn or painted on the surface of the paper.
Different papers
The papers for both kinds of{ notes,, he said, were (@quikë) different. In the forgery thà papir was of a good quality, rádi paper, microscopically india dinct, he said.
He Seturned to port on Monday to make his report to the local
authorities yesterday.
Court Brevities
in the genuine the paper was
On a charge of evading pay- made of linen and cotton besides ment of entertainment. tak, rag and contified a chemical rang Hung, of 124 Temple pulp. Microscopically, the paper street, second floor; way he
'Almida was quite different," he said.
Going into the inks with which by Mr. X
Kowloon Vesterday! * the forged notes were printed. Inspector John, Orem told the Mr. Terry said that he found three Court that on Monday evening, inks ured: black, dull green and
defendant who was duffelig troupe
bright green
ménsure
any for
that
the past was them,
WEDDING
bridge at the Chinese
of
th:
the body was then
by St. 1137 Chan San.
by Det. Col. 120 Ip Chi the
the Kowloon
Public
to
fisted" advfzádly. Apart from other considérations, surely it is unjust that the victims should by when the aggressors, de får * Hong Kong is concerned, have Tut off scot frée). ::
Another point. Government's plan to set up a committee to Investigate the private affairs of versons involved, and its inten- llon to enforce such payments ob the committee -décides, wit
Mr. and Mrs. H. Welsi, Mr. P. crashed today in Moravin and not only bring down upon itself halb, Mr. 3.5. Silvester, and Mr. confleting reports sald between further bilter, resentment, but it
following morning and was iden- lined as Tsol Kan-tal by her brother-in-law Ng Tam-tung In pressence of Dr. Alvares and Ronald Gubert Thomas, of Det.. Cbl. Ip. Chi HMS Alberily, and Mia Felicia it would appear that the Maria Gomes, of 28 Wing Hing woman missed her footing and. Street, Causeway Bay, have drell into the water." Founced their forthcoming wed- člug.
Progue, February 27,
A, Czechoslovak Airlines plano
will also losier natt-British feel.C. Davies left Hong Kong for Ave and 27 were killed.--United fhe in what has always been a Calro yesterday by BDAC.
loyal section of the community secretary states that in many And finally, the Hon. Financial of 11 cases recipients of the Macao Chow
would #alaries Food I judged by What standarda? In all cases I know of personally. the salaries are so "good" that not only the husbands but also
The dall, green he found to be at the Grothe, Jor loans are how éárialng' godd
a mixtuto 2
of Prussian
blae and don Road, and was selling lickets
each to hla chromo yellow, while the bright at 30 cents
show green he found to be a lake of Inspector J. Mugford, who arrest
alation fat
green, Prussian blue ted defendant, seized 15 at the and paranitraniling red: Caledoni scend which was ordered to do Jade green, he said, is a very rare
into the poor-box; colour and could only be duplicat-
the same manufacturers. ed by
Wings sald that the bright green found in the forged notes Identified with the bright
:
ask,
Press.
Infringement of copyright
the wives are working as other- wise they could not possibly The
maintain a decent standard of living for themselves and their fine of $2.000 or three familles.lt is on people fust moths was imposed on Ngai such as these that the burden of Ming unemployed, by, MY F, repayment will fall heavily-not d'Almada at Kowloon yesterday gh this needy, hot on the extreme-
in one of the lips given to for the lareny of two lathe at minority of the gulle als Regarding the machines from 214 Fuk Wing wealthy (who, urether with t for the forgod! dull
He
oxacily nlike in png, of:
of the ins
Strect on February plement Defendan Wis
Sbf] Chung Wah Electrical
who received salaries for the -to the theodofw should by all
Manager of the Sun Tài Lay Bookshop was fined $250 or six weeks hard labour by Mr. Hạn không Lo of Contrai với alday on
of infringement of copyright.
charge
Defendant, Chan Lõi, aged 35, pleaded guilty to
the chargen Detective-Inspector Stu sald
Complainant made a report to
Poltro pecation Samlibd that he means repay, but fift that very that on February 27, The Sur the police: The police went to le hid gold the ratichines to the group of Delso:is who by dint Tal Loy Bookshop at 240 premises with a warriht and Factory of hard work and using their Queen's Road West, ground following search of the "prev brains, are endeavouring to riie floor, of which defendant was thics, 65 copier of the novel wete out of the pit into which the the manager had 65 infringing ing In Bookcase The books war cast theth-the very group
were tof khi tran
the chemist sald, as oxoculed for $450. the forged, notes was
Inka exhibed.
perts who gave ov|-
dence were Sub-Insppelor George
of persons who; given the chance, copies of the Chinese novel
radier parned
Pleading guilty to a charge of Chigus kodiny fentice carry bout a heroes from the would fijn he have bangla de
"Black Heaven", of which
Ore, complainant, ie the duthor
pieles money teller of the lock Urban Tourell In huntingdation accepted a penny of relief funds, and publisher.
Kong and Shanghal-)
Bank government ing Corporation, engraver by
Food
Hill, was ned.$100 Ey (Mk.Instdad: off allenato,ja: AM 293
manager of the Chung our Almada at Kowloon yet
Company, who are engaged in the
printing, ofi Ko-Man-ma
of the Chting PANY
Book Com
Inipelor su gold that the of miley Deang Ling of 13 DI Frnment should seek to promote novel "Black Heaven"
for from al
popular with Heilusion falarial advantage to be valued 15. festivo, apart, from, the paltry, and bäs been broadclist from a parilal refund of the touris Complainant, by
[thy puthor and,
Mr ABC Comber entered aplefor frilly un-kahátt og lớn
dafontant
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