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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 1
DEATH SENTENCE FOR Mercantile MURDERER OF WOMAN
The death penalty was imposed on Chapng, Yin,?
25-year-old travelling trader, at the Crimirlat Sessions yesterday whon an. all-men jury unanimously found him guilty of murdering a woman into whose house he had sneaked one night.
The prisoner, who partly severed the deceased's head from her body with a chopper, claimed he did it after he had wrested the chopper from the woman whom he maintained, ot- tacked him first.
Correspondence
by
Cheong alleged among other things that he was'a förgier mem- ber of the Chinese Communist army, and during the Japanese occupation was nisigned to do somo underground work in Hong Kong.
The Editor takes no responsibi=|
Bir Leslie Gibson, Chief Justice, lity for pious expressed in Lettéra|
correspondents, and by ne pronounced the sentence of death means necessarily agreea pithy hanging when the Jury re- turned the verdiet after retiring them.
for about 20 minuter.
RESPONSE TO CALL
FORTM VOLUNTEERS Sir.At the University Con- gregation the Vice-Chancellor ex- pressed his disappointment at the inck of response to the call to
the Hong Kong Volunteers. Join
-As-reguida-us-local boys, the explanation can be found in the very able letter by "An English- woman" in your paper of March 1, and the other correspondence re the calling in of relief money to the refugees in Macao.
It is heartening to realize that there are at least a few British people in the Colony who take an interest in the well-being of the local born during the war.
Yours, LOCAL BOY.
Alleged to have beaten his father
A 30-year-old man was said to have beaten his father up because he was denied money to go to a show. The case came before Mr. James, Wicks
Mr. Y. H. Poon, instructed by Mr. B. N. Cooper, defended Choong. The prosecution was Mr. A. Lonsdalo, conducted by Crown Counsel, assisted by Do- tective inspector D. H., Taylor.
On the early morning of Nov ember 20 last, the secured eier- ed abouse in the Chau Tau Village, New Territories, where the deceased, Cheong Tong, and her daughter' Uved.
the
Instant dooth
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deceased At the time, the had arlson, and was entering "tong," when she struck on the back of the neck with chapper, held by the accused. The wound, which want deep Into the neck, wa said by medical evidence to have caused the instant death of the woman.
On hearing some screams, the daughter rushed into the "teng". but was also wounded by the accused. The accused them strack a match in the dark and by the light of it, the girl saw the face then rap of the accused,who
away.
police
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Bank dividend
**The Board of Directors of the Marcantile Bank of India. Limited, have recommended payment of a final dividend of 6 per cent less income tax making 12 per cent in- all for the year 1949,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Shaw, Mis D. M. Ching, Messrs. R. A. Silve W. A. Stewart, A. Kravshenko, A. Reid, D. Fupo, F. G. Bird, Lis Sing-chang. and Chang Wong- luan left Hong Kong for Sydney by Qantas Empire Airwaya yes- terday.
and Mias B. N. Bicheno, Mr. Mrs. J. Carr, Mesars. H. Kreuzer, E. Thompson, W. C. Cassola, A: 3. Dodd, K. Senoh, G. Hjernqviat and Rifleman T. Pennman left the Colony for the United Kingdom yesterday by BOAC.
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and D. Mesura. B. E. Jones Prasad left for Rangoon by BOAC yesterday.
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Departures by BOAC for Bang kok yesterday included Messrs. 1.
und McCausland, E. R. Russell Mrs. Carnell.
Departures from the Peninsula Hotel on Thursday included Miss R. B. Macanas, Mrs. G. Nolasco, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Armstrong, Mesars. R.C. Miller, J.L. Buxani,
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G.J. Manning and D.L. Mercado. Among the new arrivals at the Thursday Peninsula Hotel on were Mrs. V.B. Chuidian, Miss B. Mc- Fowler, Mr. and Mrs. E.D.
Donnell, Miss G. Paulley. Miss O. Wygent, Mr. and Mrs, J. R. Carr. Messrs. W.R. Brucker, C. Cretney. J. B. Polland, H. McDonald, 0. Romano, R.T. Brooks, A.D. Ben- nett, E. Thompson, and L.D. Murphy.
Mrs. I. L. Christansen, Messrs. M. R. Gamuelsen, A.M: Vansit- tant, H. C. Tang and Captain B. Bowes were among those who
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lott Hong Kong for Bangkoks yesterday.
by CPA. Departures by CPA yesterday for Singapore Included Mr. $. Cooley and a number of Service- men.
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the
Mr. J. A, Schmid left Colony for Haiphong yesterday by CPA.
Education week in Singapore
Nationalist P-51's enforcing the blockade in the Pearl 'River¦region strafad and bombed this 228-ton Chinese river motorchip-mv. Wan Hsing-at Pak Kİ, Konimech; da February 5. Inc About 40 cendiary bomba caused several fires which quited, the suppen'eucture completely. cannon shella stugged through her hull which caused the bows to submerge in 18 feet of water,
("China Mu?” Photo).
Bombed blockade runner towed into the harbour
Gutted by fire from incendiory bombs and holed
by 40 cannon shells, in her hull, the Chinese river motorship Won Hsing returned to Hong Kong yesterday from Kongmoon- via Macao. The 228-ton blockade runner was fowed into port
early at dawn by the salvage tug Frosty. Mol-i ler-disabled and bearing grim evidence of her ordeal under heavy strafing and bomb- ing by Nationalist P-51's on February 5 after- noon at Pok Ki, Kongmoon.
Shipping employees' demand
Rather than
· The nerve-wracking 20. period. That delayed the pro- with the company, Hong Kong
vessel' sca-
the
a
go to Canton employees of the semi-Kup- minute attack by the two raid-gress of the work," he said.
The Wen Hsing was towed mintang-controlled Kwangal ers and the subsequent salvage.
Company have of the motorship, were told to safely to Macao. There she un- Navigation
derwent partial repairs, the "China Mail: yesterday by "seven cement boxes were tasked to be retrenched and, do- personnel of the Wen Haing ted over the holes below the mand three months salary."
Six Canton officials, meanwhile, and Mr. F. W. Winyard, Con- waterline to make the sultant Engineer for the owl worthy for the deep water trip in Hong Kong conferring with ers, Overseas Navigation Com-to Hong Kong, She was towed principals of the company regard- ing the as Kwel Hal, which will pany, who supervised the Ave back here by the Frosty Moller,
"The Wen Haing will be re- be sent to Canton for re-regis-
tration to
to join her sister ship The Wen Hsing was the only conditioned and redesigned,"
ss. Kwel Shan, now undergoing concluded. day salvage work
Winyard large river vessel in port when
The Wen Hring left the
similar process there. the rela begun in broad daylight
The Kwel Hal ay converted un February 5. There were about the middle of
United States Navy landing 15 seaman aboard the yogsel when destination was given as Macao, the first aircraft swooped down but for the following few days 19 now in a local dockyard being after her departure: she was ro- and blazed away with its cannons ported to be missing Rumours doc
week. "We were all in the aft crew's
Reliable sources disclosed that quarters and sought refuge in the began to circulate among Hong
the attack Kong's waterfront community to evening to the "China Mail". that, lawer deck during
the effect that she had, holsted 10 employees of the company are None of us were Injured,"_eye 100
informed the "Chian the Five Star flag and was cu awaiting replies from the manage witnesses
betere they decide whether Mail."
route to Kongmoon. News of her met Canton and contin attack disclosed her whereabouts
working or remain in the which had been puzzling river
Mr Colony
January. Her
Singapore' will hold an Educa tlon, Week from May 9 to 13.
There will be a central exhibi-
shipping circles for some mo hotlon at the Victoria Memorial
The raiders dropped several bombs, some of which exploded en the fore part of the ship-caus- Fall and during the week, onch school will have its own exhibiting several outbreaks. tion for pupils and parents.
|niusual manner. Defendant was on, he went into the traveling vacation will be shown as
Fire spreads "The
Tante last year, the. Wen Holdg wool seni fa our request this
an informant said.. Asked would dɔ, he declared was commandeered by the Na-1 what he tionalist armed forces for mill | thay, chec would seok work in same
other local firm rather than tary purpose:""
22: to the Kwangtung capital.
The accused was arrested a few miles away in a boarding house. Some, articles of clothing in his possession were found to contain bloodstains, which were later at found to be of the same type of Kowloon yesterday where Ng blood group as that of the de-
censed. Hon-ming, the defendant, was The
also found sume charged with inflicting bodily artiales of clothing and a gold harm on his father, Ng Pak-ornament in the boarding house yin, who was in court with a belonging to the deceased.
Cheout in his own detener bondaged lead.
Sub-Inspector J. H. Evans, con- testified that when he was work- ducting the case, told the courting against the Japanese in 1044, that defendant was refused the he was sent with some others been by ble superiors to Hong Kong as he had mangy asked give some recently by his father for an assignment. The deceased, whereupon defendant assaulted however, informed the Japanese about them, with the result that Ng.
father, continued Tho
Mr. most of them were killed He
thers escaped, Evans, had observed to the polled and two after the alleged incident that h maintained.
After the war, acaused want zon had been behaving in am
firm developed and trader business. He was then ap Prouched by his former wartime
spread to all parts of the ship whereabouts of the deceased and superior; who inquired as to the
It burned. for, about two, and'a By coincidence, the Singapore half hours before we managed the At this point. Mr. Wicks inter- who dispatched him to Bring her
Teachers Union will Hold a Music
to extinguish the names rupled and asked how it was, to him
and Drama Festivel at the some
Informanta said, Cheong said he had entered the
Aalore fire-fighting... squad time, and the Junior Bymphony posible for a decision to be reached as to defendant's state deceased's house at night with of mind after the chort examina: this intention. However, when he Orchestra will also give a con- helped the ship's personnel to the woman holding thy A. W. Frisby, Singapore's led the superstructure complete conflagration which gut- light the tlon (Ng was not detained in saw
his pre hospital). Mr. Wicks then cited chopper after sensing
recently, sence in the dark he had grap Director of Education,"
.ly. the case where a man was pro
Colony's general The outbreaks státled 10 min- nounced to be sine by a medical pled with her. In the course of the reviewed the
He said that utes after the bombing bogan; officer in Kowloon Hospital but scuffie, ho managed to get the education policy...
ate now 225,000 children of The crow bad to remain in their of the British blockade runner" Woman, later found to be
hit her with the back of the Shop is and in 10 years time f
deck refuge de Jeep Hee, was charged in at
smarcos stated that the Cany Balanced When he mentally un chopper from
there will be 300,000: At present, pert for by examined by an even days in
ton officials, some of whom have The husband of the deccased here are 120,000 children attend raider left the scene Their senila at the Marine Cou
were saved, which is ong quarters A remand hospital custody was ordered for is at present in the Unlading schools of alt kitids. The Ten of the few parts of the vessel yesterday for failing to holst the familiar characteristics of a
the "Blue Pater—a signal flog | militar yazman an
**"arrived in Hong Ny Hon-ming. The magistrate States, having gone there before-Year-Plan will bring in a further untouched by the
and the supplementary
Numerous smallet river.. craft before selling out of port Kong late last week, There have further ordered defendant to be the Japanese Invasione de
Hean?! dev aad 10,000 hore in Ave
around the Won Hsing which February 21. given a check-up by an expert in
were cluttering in the narrow Mr. D. G. Calrus, Marine Magis- their rival herdad
Kwangel: Navigation Com- the Montal Hospital.
were sunk, pecording to the in- was reprocented by an official of formants. The place was covered the agents Jobshun Shipping the with
floating wreckago, they Company.
Pak K...
tent to the Kowloon Hospital but the medical officer there had said that he found no evidence of insanity.
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coinmon purpose of the Singapore community, Integrating its peo- ples and languages.
Master on unusual charge
The sourqut also revealed that, -most perfonnel of the Kwiat Hal hava deserted the vetsalThere are only the master the chiar chlor engineer and two
* or three soumán"abbard "now,"
in informant declarou.
uo Belloved the vessel would be teht: to Canton with a skeleton crew which would probably be
sent
Mr. P.J. Hawksworth, mastered locally. He did not think
would be sent from
Canton tormented was He
than 80,000 of the 120,000 harbour of the West River part trato, cautioned doseddant,' when has operater two ships on
at, schoot now, pre receiving free Lor mapildised, education, and those who have entered Government | schools, in 1949 win all receive six
fec.
Kong-Kongmoon run years river
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Mrs. Amelia Pauline Landau: years primary education without wrincipal vilinge of at R the Hong Kong Pish- Whakaalo Markuį, widow of the late Mrch. Landau, i On the language questloo... My Kongmoon, did, not seem to suffer: Chiny, another trip to Heat:
rices realised at
Kennedy Town, yesterday "ward to
give efficient vernacular instruc
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The informarite Sub-Inspector Mackenzie,
attacks, dn several occasions:
The Kwa Hal Pearl River
was miring in
canaldry sho
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