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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1957.
NEW! SHEAFFERS
STOLEN CAR PARTS MYSTERY RADIO
Why The Sudden Increase?
POLICE: 'SPECIAL
PRECAUTIONS'
The mystery of the missing car parts deepened today,
No one seems to know the reason why the thefts are suddenly on the increase,
be-
Mr K. A. Bidineud, Députy, valves are disappearing so fust Commissioner of Pollec saidt is just not funny." this morning that at least two Mr Smith sund that arresty for stealing car parts lieved that this was the work of had been mide last night,
He suka Police were special precautions and Deating The question seriously.
children who could use them for tuldingari stones or for catapulls.
were
very
However", Mr Bidmead add ed, "The Public must play the part 100 by not leavit any- thing in parked cars."
+
JUNK DEALERS
Mr it. E. Harper, Director and sales manger of Wallace Har- per and Go, Lld, said yesterday that a wind-serten wiper would fetch a price of about 50 cents
ur a dollar,
Mr W. Shea of Regent Moors | said: "This kind of thing was very common last year. must be very careful."
Une
Mr Shen said he had been in.) formed of at least four tyre- stealing
incidents
the West Point district,
A brand new Fiat parked near the Roman Catholic Church hod
en round with all the lyrca slashed nearly to the inner tubes making the totally useless and irreparable.
There are in losgkong a Ereat number of Junk dealers Mr Shea put forward one ex- und small back alley, fly-by- | planation for the slushed tyres. ; night gauges where the thlevis ean sell their loot,"
Mr Harper adtied that wind- screen wipers on large American cars, with the curved screens, usually fetched more than the usual price because they were of Alted with
pieces Incy machinery.
Another car part which seems to be very popular with thieves Is the tyre valve.
He said I could have been 3 disgruntled "fook-see boy" whol had not been paid.
CAN'T BE BOTHERED
ol
new
As for disappearing parts Mr Just muny people Shea suid rould not be bothtred' to make a report of this kind of. theft. He said a large number
bought people simply wirs instead of making claims to their insurance companies.
Hubcaps are easily disposed off nowadays, said Mr Shéa, us the car, its disappearance could | fewer people were putting the be very irritating. Said Mr R. | car number on the cap become Smith of Dodwell Motors, "The | they felt it disfigured the car.
NOT FUNNY
Though only a small part on
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TO-DAY AT
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FLYING ANTS INVADE HK
It's the wet season- and Hongkong's brown flying ants are back in swarms.
They have been flut- tering around dinner tables, dropping into soup bowls, crawling down open-neck shirts and blouses and making a general nuisance of themselves.
These wingsd insects, which are really the repro- ductive caste of termites, have come out of their colonies to find a mate and set up another colony some wooden building, treo or other concealed situation. But their venture to the
in
outside world is full of dangers, and many of them lose their life to the ele ments, birds, and predatory insects before they car. establish a colony.
THEY'RE EDIBLE
A Chinese way of get-
ting rid of the Insects 15
to put a big basin of water on the floor under a ceiling light.
The light attracts the In- seets, suins them and they Tall into the basin of water and drown.
Other than that there is
DDT or you can swat thea perspiring jou la this weather,
Their mating season only Jas's for a few weeks,
They are, by the way, edible in some parts of the world. One person who has tried them in Africa, where the natives eat them, said they had a "sharp insect fastc".
CBF WAVES GOODBYE
General Stratton and Lady Stratton say goodbye to friends at Queen's Pier this morning, China Mail Photo.
General Stratton Leaves Hongkong
Lieutenant-General Sir William Stratton, Commander British Forces Hongkong, sailed in the RMS Canton with Lady Stratton at noon today on the completion of his tour of duty here.
GUSTY WINDS
A
of
maximum gust wind of 47 knots was rem corded at the Royal Obser- vatory between 4 am and 5 am today.
The strong winds were caused by a deep depres- sion over South China,
The depression moved to the northernmost part of the East China sea and the winds cre expected to moderate as the depression moves further away,
The Royal Observatory recorded 0.02 inches of radi In the four-hour period between 8 am and 12 noon.
Sir William is returning to the United Kingdom where he as been appointed deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff.
Before hoarding the launch for the P & Other at Queen's Pler, General Stratton Inspected of honour formed by a guard two officers and 48 other ranks ON the 24 Field Engineer Regiment. The Guard Common- der was Lieutenant R. A. Moore, RE.
The Press Thanked
The Band of the 7th Queen's Own Hussars, under Sgt Price, was in attendance.
After Inspecting the Guard, Sir William had n brief talk with inembers of the press in which he thanked them for the courteous way in which they had reported service functions,
said it was much appre-
HK Is Making...ciated by all ranks. "My wife
STERILISED
TOOTHPICKS
and I are sorry to leave for we have had a happy and interest- Ing tour, We hope to come I basic on a visit some day," he
added.
William
and Lady A Hongkong firm has re-Stratton were seen off by a
started
large number cently
of service making
per- Government sterilised toothpicks, accord-members of the Consular Corps
Bonnel,
officials, ing to the Department of and friends. Commerce and Industry's April Trade Bulletin.
Before leaving he inspects the Guard-China Mail
Photo.
HK Shipyard Getting Thickest -Rope In The World-
"The giant rope will operate
over electrically-driven win- chos al the head of the slip- way to haul large ships out of the water for Inspection and repair, and · has a breaking strength of 760. tons,” tha Bulieun said.
A Hongkong shipyard has or, The rope has been ordered from dered more than a quarter of a a firm in the United Kingdom. mile of the thickest rope in the world, This is reported in the Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment's April Trade Bulletin. The name of the shipyard was not disclosed.
rope, which is made of Galvanised flattened strend wire, will be 1,056 feet long and will have a circumference of 1314 Inches, This would give it a diameter of about four inches,
Among those present were:- Mr R. White, ADC to the The toothpicks were Imported Governor, the Chief Justice and from Japan and then softeried by Mrs M. J. P. Hugen, Commodore bolling for several hours, the G, D. A. Gregory, Commodore- Bulletin said.
In-Charge, Hongkong, Air Com- They were sterilised In modore A. D. Mersenger, Air The solution of hydrogen peroxide Officer Commanding,. Hongkong. for eight hours and finally Group Captain A, Emythe, passed through дп electrical Officer-in-Charge, Kai Tak, Mr drying process.
K. A. Bidmead, Deputy Com Monthly output was about missioner of Police, Brigadier 1,200 lbs.
LT, Ride, and many others.
The allpways could accommodate vezels ranging from launches and tugs to ships around 430 feet in length and with a dis- placement of 4,000 tons,
Feathertouch BALLPOINT
JOHN CLARKE'S
CASEBOOK
Hongkong Tale Of The
HJ.T.
0.30 pm. "Women Only." A week-
ly magazine introduced by Linda Roberts: 0, Time Signal,
Summary: "0.02, Lucky
hal, Program
Requests presinted by. Margherita; 7. Robert Taman and his Orchestra: 330, Time for Jazz with Nobin Day; 7,58, Weather Report; 8,
Tum
New Girl
ECILE is tall and dark,
21 years old and beauti-
Eignal. The Now 0.00 Commen ful in a proud, Mediterran- tary or Blog Free Item: 3.15. Opare enn kind of way. She is also and Ballet: 3.4, Wednesday Thaître, "Ministering Angels," series of exceedingly poor, so poor six programmes about women who that she had to borrow 6d.
have made a contribution to Man-
kind. Epecially written for brod for a bus-fare to her new caaling by Janet Toblin. No. 3
Eilzstein Fry, The Casts-Elizabeth job as a waitress in a West Fry (Philippa Coombes), Louisa End restaurant.
(Doboral Kuribatt), Racho! (Mar-
gary Townend), ichenda Tuda .She began her work and her Gil), Mr Gurney (George Ramage); mind was less occupied with its Joseph Fry (David Crease). Ama technicalities than with Ople Helen Strahan), Stephen
the
Greitat (Patrick Rhisti), 1st Worder finances—or the lack of them— (Michael Tyler), 2nd Warder (Mark wisich hamstrung her family. Potter), Governor of Newgate (Alon Huggins) Chapmissioner
She lived with her widowed (Michael Tyler), Sherlit
(Arinur | mother, a Frenchwoman who Button), Bamuel Hoare Dor hed married a Maltese, and Ward), Thomas Foweli Buxton (C$) Crown), Narrator (Honaid Decent), there were besides Ceelle, three Produced for the longkang Stage boys in the family. One worked Club by Pat Egan: 0.30, Victor brat pald his mother £2 10s, a Young's Musical Sketchbook. Vietor
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Young and his Orchestra; 10, This week, the other two, on nationai Week's Composer-Elgar: 10.30, "A service, could contribute Tribute to Dancers" Popular Con nothing. tinental Dreheiltas; 10.08, Weather
Radio BEG... BORROW Dignal. Report: 11. Tuma Newsreel: 11.30, Rating,
CECILE usually give her Derby Recorded Commentaries by mother all but a few shill- but now
Raymarki Glendenning and Feler O'Bullevan on the face at Epsom: 11.45, Close Down,
REDIFFUSION
Concer! -
3 P... Wednesday
Capriceto Italien -- Op.
45 (Tehni the
Con-
ings of her earnings, she had switched Jobs and there was a time-lag between pay- packets. Her mother, who as a Tule, also went out to work was forced by illness to be idle,
The family was going through a bad time, and Ceelle, serving in the expensive restaurant, must have had odd feelings she presented bills for sums of
kowuky played by certgebouw Orchestra of Amater- money that would have kept dan, conducted by Paul Kempen. Sympathielique", played
Van her family going for many days.
In
She wondered whether sha
her
B Minor-the
No. G
by the Chicago Symphony Orche dare borrow from
new
stra, conducted by Rafael Kubelik; workmates, decided she could 4 The story of Bottle Castle: 4.15, Tea for Two 4.30. Strictly Instru
not or so slight acquaintance— mantal; 6, Children's Comer-Pre-
and stole from them, instead. sented by Auntie Ray; 6.30, Wed-
COSTLY nesday Requests -- Presented by Betty: 6.28, Birthday Malibag: 9.30 of another waitress' on that CHE stole 4s from the handbar
with
Dick Jurgans Show: 7, Personally Parado-Noel Coward;, 1.15, Concert first day, 74, on the next, and Miniature; 7.30, Eddie Fisier
23. two days later. She was Axel Stordahl's Orchestra: 145. The Mystery of Nume Lorimer; 0, Time caught and at Clerkenwell Signal and the News: 8.00, Weather pleaded guilty to a string Report, Announcements and Inter charges.
The Tops in Popular
Music:
Jude 6, Diamond Music Show:
"What do you want to
ahe
TO
ray
the
D, Musle for You-George Melsch about this disgraceful thing?" rino and the International Theatre asked Mr F. G. Robey, Orchestro: 9.30, “In Charcery" By
John Galmworthy, Episode 7: ið | magistrale, when he had heard Melodies and Memories Featuring the story.
James
with
Orchestra Turner and his
Frederick
Harvey, Doris Cecile culped: "It was dread-
"In
Gambell, John Mitchison, and the ful things to do," she said. B.B.C. Chorus: 10.30, One Night future I will ask for money, not
Stand: 11, Jeny's Jumble and Junk
This terrible mistake
Presented by Jerry Lewis: 1 take it. Racing "The Derby," Recorded will never happen again." commentaries by Raymond Glen- "Well, this is going to be very denning and Peter O'Bullevan on costly for you,"
the the face at Epsom; 11.45, Prelude to Midnight; 13 Midnight, God Save and Ceclio a total of £7,
magistrale. the Queen". Close "Down.
TELEVISION
p.m., Children's Programme (Cartoona): 5.13, Puppet Slagu; 4.30, **Kit Carson": 6, Closs Down: 7:32, Recital of Chinese Mule By H, S Sheng: 745, Newateel; 8, "Life of ley 8.30, "Paming the Buck": B. "Science Fiction Theatre" "Time Is Just a Place"; 93, "Bloodstock": 0.48. Feature Flim: "Secret Evid- ance": 10,45, Weather Report, Head- lines, Close Downl
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SIDE GLANCES
Faid
with a month's prison as the altermalive, and the tall, beautiful waitress went away to work out how the money could ever be found, how the family's frall finances could be adjustedi to meet the new commitment.
Mr Henry Ching Leaves
Mr Henry
Ching, Editor-in- chief of the South China Morning Post Ltd., sailed in the RMS Canton at noon today on lave prior to retirement after 44 years with the news- poper. Mr Ching, who was `ar- companied by his wife and daughter, Beatrice, will returning to the Colony at thờ end of the year.
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Galbraith
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