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THE CHINA-MAIL, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1989.
Stiff sentence meted Unemployment out to union members
Reminders
Today
Organ Recital, St,
Cathedral, 1.15 pau.
Nine Dragons Services
Tombola, p.nt.
John's
Chub,
Two members of a local rattan worker's guild who altacked and wounded a non-union rattan worker by way of a warning to employers were oach given nine years and 18 strokes yostar- day.
At the Criminal Sessions, Mr. Justice Gould, Senior Puisne Judge, told the prisoners that he was not concerned with what action might have been taken by trade unions in other countries in similar circumstances.
you to
"It is my duty to enforce the 1K Stage Club presents "Cislaw in Hong Kong, and that
Hght at China Fleet Club law does not permit theatre, 7.30 pan. Crown Land Sale, District Omer, atlack anther person and take the law into your own hands,"
Taips, 11.30 am.
TRIED TO PASS
FORGED NOTES
Cheern Services Club, Amateur Me: Could declared. The law. FORGED
Night, 7 pm.
{he added," applies whether or BK Reform Club, annual meet-not a person la unfairly exer-
ing Peninsula Intel, Vomen's Sention, European
YMCA, Diess-making for beginners, 10 am.
Coming events
TOMORROW
HK Stage Club presents "Clas
Hight" at Chine Fleet Club theatre, p
Nine Dragons Service Club, Tom-{
balu, B p.m.
GUNDAY
Sentence of two years and one month of hard labour was
in Shanghai
Shanghal has 190,000 un- employed workers, sald the local independent varnacular "ding Tro Jih 'Fad" yéster. day.
The newspaper, in a mess. age from Peking, quoted an editorial in the Pekind "Workers' Rally."
The
éditorial, sold the newpapar, urged wonkara throughout, the country to emily
the support af the unemployed Shanghai workers who, including their dependenta, totalled 800,000..
it exhorted workers
to follow the example of the workers in the Tiantair Leather Goods Manufactory and the Tientsin China Match Factory who have de- aldod to work on Labour Day and donate the day's wages for the relief of the unemployed.
The Arab world today
ciring a tradę.
'The two prisoners plended imposed on Burma-born Chan guilty, to unlawfully and malici-Kal-chong, unemployed, by Mr. ously wounding ISI Tak-fong, u Janies Wicks at Kowloon yes- former Nationalist Army soldier, terday for the possession of 60 with intent to do him grievous forged, $1 Hong Kong bank- bodily harm. They were Li Mun, notes and for breach of aide-W
ageri 35, and Chau Kinng-po.portation order. A charge of ared 23,
Mr. B. A. Bernacchi, instructed uttering one of the forged notes by Mr. M. A. da Silva, appeared against defendant on behalf of the two men,
Mr. drawn.
A. Lonsdale, Crown Counsel, was for the prosecution.
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Inspector 5. II. Dowman said
to n cigurette hawker and at- the Ping Lok Rattan Workers tempted to use one of the notes Gille HK Art Club, aketeblog party 20 toad, Kowloon. The two attack-the note and reported to the Cheungshawan The hawker refused to accept Shatin, members to meet ated the complainant on January pul Kowloon Star Ferry, 19.30 18 with a spike and chopper at forged notes were found hiddel On being searched the police. Toe H classical concert, 50, Mac-flicting severe wounds to his head Defendant received two years on Halton Street, Shumshulpo, in- in defendant's socks and pockets, donnell Rond, 8.30 p.n.
and stomach. The man, however. the first count and one month Nine Dragons Services Clubs, stirvived the ordeal.
Tombala, 8. p.
on the second count, sentenees to ri consecutively.
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European YMCA Armchair Group meeting, talk on "Public Re- Intion" by Mr. Gordon Har- mon, 6.45 p.m.
Joyrider
in court
that
People in Hong Kong and was within the Arab countries have one thing. In common-a sense o! humour.
"As long as
we retain The aceted were mambera of} that on April 12 defendant went feeling in the coming 25 years, fear," Mr. C. A. F. Dundos, of fool we haven't very much to
Men's Club at its the British Council, told the Y's
Hotel,
weekly lun- cheon yesterday at Hong Kong
The Atal World of Today."
Mr. Dundas, was speaking on
Reculling his stay in the Arab countries for the past 25 years, the speaker sold that he had Lam Yuel, married woman, of
seen many changes, He told of 31 on his arrival in Hong Kong 81 Jafle Rond, third floor, was developments in the States dur- na u refugen obtained employ-sentenced to nine months' harding that period us he saw them. mont in the rattan buahsoas, but labour for the possession of eight The Arab countries ake new
plea of mitigation, Mr. forged $5 Hong Kong banknotes, nations. Mr.
Mitigation plea
union men find their bread and buller being threatened in
this manner.
Dundas declared that there is no Arab Govern- Mr. Dowman sold that asament older than 50 years. result of the above cam police The Government of Egypt is went to the woman's address and the oldest, he added.
up.
was not a member of the guild.
Ом Bernaachi told the Court that the men's livelihood was three tened by itho" employment of non-union
nion, mon. He submitted found the notes under a pillow. The British Council, Mr. Dun- that this could happen any. Plending guilty to the charge, das sald, set up its arst extensive whare the woman asked for leniency organisation, in the Middle East On three charges of driving where In the world, a motorcycle without a licence.
saying that she had twin babies some 15 years ago. Since than driving without the permission
and two other small children to it has been sending special
visitors look after and that her husband scholars and
to the of the owner and careless driv-
Conseruently, the accused could had left her.
United Kingdom. ing. Lau Tong, 28-year-old
not be entirely blamed for what
Many Hbraries have been set shop fokl, was fined a total of
they did, counsel continued. He
The universities in the Mid- $550 or three months' impri-reiterated that similiar action
dle East have frequently asked sonment by Mr. James Wicks would have been taken by union
the British Council for professors in various subjects, almost all of at Kowloon yesterday.
men in any other part of the Inspector G. Harris, prosecul world in similar circumstances.
which are designed to deal with ing. sald that t 10.30 p.m. on
Crown Counsel here stated that
social
problems. economic April 14, defendant drove motor- the two prisoners were unem-
The Arabs оте genuinely cycle 202 along Gramplan Road ployed at the time of the assault. Pleading guilty through his endeavouring to develop pubile and collided with a Water Works 11 was clear the trade
union legal counsel,
Mr. A. S. C. health and social security. They Department workman, Ya Wah, agreed to warn the employers in Comber, to two summonses of are anxious to solicit assistance who was working in the centre question on the acceptance of operating an unlicenced school from any people prepared to of the road and had a red light | non-union labour.
and employing an unregister- help to the Arab countries is placed beside him. Yu Wah was
ed, teacher, the Reverend Ald Injured and was taken to the
Yeung Chik-nam, 41 Ngau Chi Wan Road, was cautioned by Mr. James Wicks at Kowloon
Kowloon Hospital for. treatment where he died on April 17.
Too frequent
Mr. Lonsdale went on to say that such attacks were all too frequent, especially among the
This warning took the shape Inspector Borris, asking the of an attack by the two accused Court to take a serious view of on the complainant. The latter the case, said that the Crown, would have died had he not re- Counsel was consulted whether reived inmediate medical ald. a manslaughter charge would be
• preferred against the defendant and that he was told to proceed with the present charges.
Inspector Harris charged that defendant knew nothing about driving a motorcycle and that he was driving it for a joyride at -the- expense of the owner-and-at- the expense of the man who had
died.
Mr. Wicks, in fining defendant $150 or ane month on the Brat count, $50 or two weeks an the second count, and $350 or two
months on the third count, first secutively, said that he did take a serious view of the case but
and third counts to run can-
that as the defendant was not charged with manslaughter, he felt that he could not inku into consideration the fact that a mon had died in the accident.
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HAD NO LICENCE
Pastor cautioned
yesterday.
Miss Cham Wal-chan, summon- ed for teaching without a licence, was also cautioned,
and
but
Council, Mr. Dundas cald, given not only by the British also by India, Pakistan, America,
France and other European coun- tries,
PARTY AT KITC
Mr. Comber said that defen- lowly workers bere, like coolies, dants were guilty of a technical who consider that their mem- offence and that first defendant grandson, Ramesh, Mr. and Mrs,
resulted in is pastor of the
par-Guspel Mission
To celebrate the birth of their
hership to a tile resu monopoly to them
Oriental Full Wadhumal Dalamal have invited and Orphanage their friends and the entire local ticular type of work...
The 27 pupils in the schal.wers Sikh community to a social and Puisne. Judge, told the
in patsing sentence, the Senior orphans and children of members sports gathering on April 30 at accused of the church. No fees had been the Kowloon Indian Tennis Club, he was not concerned with what taken. action might have been taken in
Mr. F. T.
T. Melwani will be in other countries by men in similar Education
Inspector J. Orem and that the charge of the aports and will act circumstances.
Department wos not as the Master of Ceremonies. Toys pressing the case and that there will be distributed to chlidren law in Hong Kong, and that law sary requirements of a school had refreshments will be served.
"It is my duty to enforce the webe no objection if all naces and during the afternoon light is not permit you to attack bary
Compelltions planned for the another person and take the law operated on a charitable basis, he day include a singing compell
into your nwn hands,"
"And that law applies whether said.
or not you consider that person in unfairly exercising your trade. You are, In fact, fortunate that you are not in this Court on charge of murder," Mr. Gould added.
The weapons concerned were ordered to be confiscated.
ST. GEORGE'S DAY
Оп a tharge of importing stiver into the Colony without a licence, two shops fokls, Woog Wun-chuen and Li Cho wore fined $50 each by Mr. James Wicks at Kowloon yesterday. Representatives of the Society Defendants, who came from of St. George will place a wreath Lap Sap Hei
by junk,
were at the Cenotaph at 10.30 am. on coming ashore at Tal O Creek, Sunday - St. George's Day. one carrying 147 Chinese Special services will be held the aliver dollars, and the other same day at St. John's Cathedral 313 dolters. They explained and St. Andrew's Church, Kow- that they brought the silver hero
for their employers who have branch stores in Lap' Sap Mel.
SELLOTAPE
for: euery Office
for every Home
SELLOTAPE
loon.
The Hov, Mr. W. Haig-Brown
mel. The
school was
tion, races, and musical chairs.
Cross-examination
in Soko isle.case
Cross-examined by Inspector W. H. Summers at yesterday's continued hearing of the Soko Ísland case, in which 10 fishermen are charg. ed on 11 counts of criminal intimidation: and unlawful possession of arms, Chan Hop-kuen, second defendant, said that he did not own the territorial waters surrounding · the Soko Islands.
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Musical recital at Chinese "Y"
A very solisfactory rendition of some Chopin pro- luder and nocturnes, composed for the piano but re-arranged for the violin, lifted Mr. Victof Orloff's violin recital on Wednesday night from the doldnims and made it enjoy- able and successful.
He appeared on a joint programme with Miss Wong Kuk-ying. A full house of the Chinese YMCA, Kowloon, vigorously applauded the two artistes for their capable performance Mr. Orloff for the training and control which he exhibited after the intermission, and Miss Wong. for the forceful style of her playing.
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Both began nervously, and 1 gradually warmed up to an ex- quisite Anale. There were som? unhappy moments when Mr. Orloff's fine Italian violin failed to respond 9 the tricks of his touches, and on one occasion the rapidity of his movements left the audience bewildered. But that was in the beginning.
RM COLONEL ARRIVES TODAY
Colonel W. 1. Nonweller will arrive in the Colony today on # short visit to the · Royal
When he reached the encore... | Marines in Hong Kong. for which he played Tonelli's "Serenade"-ho had
He will stay with Brigadier C -controlled himself stolently to reader R. Hardy DSO, OBE, Commander 3 Commando. Brigade. He will beautifully, with power and un-
allend the Royal Marine Asso- derstanding.
rtation annual dinner at the China Mr. Orloff. began bla
Fleet Club tomorrow, gromme with "Legende," Wieniawski.
pro- by
Colonel Nonweiler is No stranger to 3 Commando Brigals, Next was a superb Interpreta-as he commanded the Brigade tion of a mazurka (the second), when it was in India in 1944. - He by the same composer. He show later returned to the United ed remarkable skill in some very Kingdom to command 117 Brigade brilliant half-tones, and captured RM which was formed in the of the war · for the gay mood of the piece by latter stages lively improvisation. One or two operations in North West Europe. of his softer moments rang true and pure, and lie imparted ex- Nonweller has been GSO I at Since that appointment, Colonel quisite beauty to the fragment of Royal Marine Group Headquar andante which occurs in the mid-ters Portsmouth, dle of the mazurka.
and Colonel General Staff at the Royal Marine Omce, London,
He will leave the Colony on Buayed up by the success of April 20 to take up his new ap- this rendition, Mr. Orloft atpointment with the rank of tempted one of the most difficult Major-General. picecs ever written for the violin, "The Canary Song." It was not
asserted the prerogative of vir- tuoso by puiting it in..
•Difficult piccos
in the programme, but Mr. Orloff
His rendition of three well- known compositions by Fritz Kieleler followed.
Stage Club presentation
The Hong Kong Stage Club presented its play "Gaslight” After the interval, however, Mr. at the China Orloff came into his own. He Theatre last night.
Flect
Club mantered his mood, jand hia
performance was- fine, truc There was a good attendance io form, rich in texture, and and the cost was applauded at utterly compensated for the une the conclusion of the perfor- evenness of the first half of the mance, programme.
Loading violinist
It confirmed his; position as ons of the leading violinists in Hong
Kong. His skill in capturing beautiful old and keeping it ch- Cased within the scale for a few acconds while he veered into new theme was demonstrably shown in the Nocturne Opus 84 No. 1.
They play, by Patrick Hamil- ton, deals with a domestic episode in Victorian tries. It has been made into a film starring Ingrid Bergman,
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A further performance will be Even today, and another tomorrow. The show commenEPS |tonight el 7,30, and tomorrow at
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Dim
A null reused of the produc- tion will appear in tomorrow's issue of the China Mall."
A ferry will dive the Police pler, Kowloon, iminutes bo- Again, in the Prelude Opus 28fore, and return Immediately No. 2, he achieved fine mastery after each performance. over a passage which seaaphot plonists often regard as trying. successful, desplie a feeble be- On the whole, the rendition was
ginning. Violinists, who
play from the heart, often fail to score when the mood cludes them. Un like planists, the slightest devia- tion from routine, or the awk- wardness of the unexpected, has the capacity to rob them of ex- collonce at critical moments. But they remain artistes nevertheless.
Miss Wong Kuk-ying was also a little nervous during her per- formance of the Grieg Sonata No. 7. But she cathe through with flying colours. The pitiless de- its force and
manda of this composition to
OSTINONIA.
sweetness of the usual Grieg were met with h high tonal qualify, a dne regard for the depth of the
Piano, and mature training.
Mr. Orloff and Miss Wong de- surve to be complimented for their studious efforts. They deserved the applauso and bouquets they received.AD.C.
WATERLOO ROAD REPAIRS
will preach the sermon at the The other nine defendants only a small part of the islands, loo Road, between Nathan Road "Owing to zoad; repalts, Water- Cathedral and the Rev. Mr. John charged are Wong Hin-pak, do you to greater- pari:9 and Tung Fore Street has been Ogilvie, will preach at Kowloon. Chol Hop-yee, Leung Kau, Lal Chan
Eastbound The President and Committee Wing-fku, Chol Ting-kal, Tung the agreement (partnership agrea tratie only. Vehicles wishing to
Inspector Summers: "In view of temporary closed to hope that as many thambers of Kwong, Chung Hong-cheungment) you were attempting to the Society and other Englishmen Young Kan-hei and Suen Pak. monopolise the fish in that area, Pitt,ar Argyle streets.
pressed = to... Homuntin will make an effort to attend.
Kowloon Tong, areas should use The men were alleged to have threatened sovoral.fishermen with firearms in the Soko Islandia,
GUN IN GIRDLE
A sentence of three years hard South West of Cheung Chau Is- labour was imposed on Lamland, just inside Hong Kong to Ching, aged 32 unemployed, titorial waters, last sumuner to charged
beforg
Mr. Ji
to one of the defendants and at The police told the court that the price set by him. upon Information, ~Lam ♬ was
at Central yesterday.
were you not?”
Chan: "No.".
Forbade dynamite
GRAVE CHARGE
Inspector Summers: "I put In granted by Mr. Wicks at Kow- så, remand of two days was
||loon: yesterday ;"in the case like you at all?
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eynolds compel them to call their catch to you, the people thero aging Yat-kwah, á weaver of the
stopped by the pulise at 200, 'Des The case is being, heard by Mr. Voeux Road, West and scorched. F. X. d'Almada at the Kowloon A 38 royalver (at that, lime,Magistracy. (empty) was found tucked under
Char: I have been in busines |ther's dfor basical tens of years."
Inspector Bummers: "I put It
Wyler Textile Company qu charge of
The Pista Northern Chi-E
to you they don't like you be newe was alleged to have had VG
|| cơhial knowledge of ■ mihorion cause you tried to
fat produce, thermopolise the 17 Schröpän?f??: thế! Yaumati|
his-girdle
Referring to the partnership Chan: "No, Because I did not Typhoon Shelter on April 4 The pollos pressed the Court to agreement of the Cheung Khing allow dynamite to be used take a serious view of the case as Fat firm in whitch Chan Hop-kuen Bahermen.
was referred to as "being the Asker who gave him, authority }]); (2
was intended for unlawful pur
[poses,"
DEATH IN SHIP.
it was suspected that the sun landlord in the fishing Islands, to tell the fisherman not to use Captain FA Galbraith, skip- shall assign, all the surrounding Hyramite, Chati Bald that in 1948, |per of the naval store ship Max- dahing districts and all necessary when the polleg Fylled the Is-well Brander, v reported on this 2 places on the falands... # Tuapoc. lands, he was warned not to use antival: from Bingapore - Tester.. aged 10, for Suminors suzgested in "Chan dynamiteiten
day) the) ono of the crew, national, that he did not own; fishing rights Pacifike, the third defi
sly jóver, the fatritorial? wafers/sur-i HON-YBG” murs tounding tio, falunda,SASTER hearin
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