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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1957.
GIANT BUILDINGS TO Asks Judge To
BE PUT UP IN K'LOON
19-Storey Structures On Old Garage Site
by a China Mail Reporter
Two huge blocks of buildings, interlinked on the ground and first floor levels, will occupy the former site of Far East Motors garages on the corner of Nathan Road and Middle Road in Kowloon.
Piling will begin within the next few days for the construction of these two 19-storey structures and the buildings will be ready for occupation by the end of next year.
The two blocks, including sidewalks, will occupy
an
areu of about 20,000 squaTe feet and the site is adjacent to the building now being
used as Roadquarters of the Royal Artillery.
JL JUDAS across the car park, Salisbury Road and the railway Lucas, 1 libit's whart,
Escalators
Thore will be an
Camera Towers · At The Race Course
Increase
His Sentence
European A request by an appellant for his sentence
arcade on
A
the ground floor which will be lined with shops. The first door is also a shopping centre and these two floors will be served
by a set of escalators.
The two blocks from the Becond to the top floors, will be
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served by 10 lifts, These two lovels will house about shopa.
The Hing Cheung Land Invest- ment Co., owners of the struc- tures, reveals that the block, bounded by Nathan and Middie Roads, will be built
49 a hotel managed, by the company.
The hotel will have 320 rooms
at various sizes.
The allier bluck will have 180 residential dals ranging from about 650 to 1,700 square feet. They are for sale and on a 24-month instalment plan.
Fined $300
On Charge Of Forgery
Hui
* You-long
32, shop keeper, at A, Granville Road, ground floor, was fined $300 by Mr Hin-shing Lo at Central this morning Lor uttering forged document.
at the
was
On September 2, Immigration Ofice, Police headquarters defendant caid to have uttered two re- miltonce sips of The Bank of Cónton,
Hui naid
was to substantiate the fact that that his intention
h's father is dependent on him to that an entry permit Into the Colony might be issued to his father.
A number of metal towers are being installed in Happy Valley on the edge of the race course to take automatically operated cameras which will flim race events. The eaMITTAN have not yet arrived and will not be in use until the end
of the year, but the towers are already being bull The photograph above shows the bamboo, scaffolding surround- ing the lower's structure, China Mall Photo..
FINED $750
For keeping a massag? estab- lishment without 1 lleence. Chun Kwai-chung, 33, was hard $130 or three months by Mr T. morning.
Yang et Kawloon Court this
The Prosecution said Police raided 377 Nathan Read, Hirst floor, yesterday and found It to be a message establish-
The two slips were actually for his father-in-law. But ment. defendrat admitted that be The Court was informed that changed the name of his father- the defendant had three pre- -law Wong Chi-hang, to Hui vous convictions, two of which Kam-chun, defendant's father, were for similar offences.
Paquerett
aquerette
Judge For Music Competition
п
Woman Injured
to be increased to enable him to learn a trade in prison was refused by the Senior Puisne Judge, Mr Justice T. J. Gould in the Appeals Court this morning.
A European woman, Mrs W. T. Knight,
Chu Man-nin, 50, made Hig Lordship told appellant living at 39 King's the plea after his appeal for th previous convictions Park first floor, was
did not induce the Court to a reduction of his sentence accept the
story that he had! seriously injured yes- of nine months for the theft been forced to join the society, terday evening when of a chicken had been re- The Judge said that in all the clrcumstances, the sentenco the private
car injected.
Chu has a record of nine to his mind, right and propor.
passed upon appellant was, which she was travel-
previous convictions, in- ling ran off Fei Ngocluding two for theft of Shan Road, Kowloon poultry. City. Mrs Knight is. receiving treatment in Kowloon Hospital,
MAN
KILLED
BY LORRY
Chu told the Court that he committed the crime in order to raise money to get a visa for Formosa. The "deadline", for the visa was October and "it you will not reduce my sentence I will lose the only chance of leaving the Colony lo start a new lic," he said.
Excessive?
In refusing the appeal, his Lordship said that his concern was whether the centence passed by the Magistrate was excessive or not. He said that in view of the fact that
nino appellant had
previous convictions the sentence imposed could by no means be consider. ei too severe.
kau, 10, with five previous con- Wong Yip-kau, alloa Tong Al-
victions tor simple larceny, asked for reduction of his sen- tence of nine months for lolier- ing with intent and for being a member of a triad society. Но based his appeal on the ground that his family required film to! support them.
Hla Lordship reminded the appellant of his record of five previous convictions and added that there was to substance in the appical.
28-year-old
His Lordship said he could Chinose, not concern himself with the Ching Sun-ying,
falling was vague possibility that appellant knocked down and fatally might go to Formosa. injured by a lorry in Lai-
Three, other appeats against chikok Road, near Paiho the Court,
sentenes were also dismissed by Street, yesterday.
Confused
In the last case, Ho To, 95, who was sentenced to a total of eleven months for theft and conditions of police supervision for two charges of breach of
under which he was placed. said he was confused when he pleaded guilty to the charge of
to
report change of addraw.
He said he remained at his all the time. He old addres thought the two charges for Ma Kam-chuen, 24, with four breach of conditions related to previous convictions, who was
(The other the same offence. A teamcar struck down and sentenced to one year and charge was failing to report seriously injured a seven-year-ordered to be
placed under whilst under police supervi in police supervision for two years elon). King's Road yesterday evening. for being a member of a trad
In dismissing the appeal, his The girl was admitted to Queen society, said he was forced to Lordship gold that appellant had Mary Hospital for treatment,
ground
od girl, Yip Kwan-fong.
A cyclist, Chan Lol-fat, aged 21, was injured when he fell
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proper jain the society whilst "I was n 20 lawful citizen, a street hawker appeal, and that the Court did not accept the story he was con- in Shumshulpo."
He had never used his, "mem- | fused off his bicycle at the junction bership to bully others into for breach of conditions,
egarding the two charges of Robinson Road and Castle Road yesterday.
Appeliant admitted two pre- Joining the society and never
vious convictions, taken to Queen Mary Hospital, used it for legal purposes."
Chon
was
New School Chapel
PEAK
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Men
Charged
With
Making
Coins
Feathertouch
BALLPOINT
From the Files
25
years AGO
URING the past month
DURI
an
by effort was being made some former members of the Chinese Recreation club cricket team to resuscitate the game but there seems little prospect of the Causeway Bay again taking up cricket, Dar- ticularly as the present com- mittee are not in the least bit Interested in this pastime. Whon the club withdrew from tho league
stasons Bg9,
several
some
of the younger mem bers sought matches with other clubs, while the older players automatically retired from the game and now, although there are some members willing to form a team, the support does not seem to justify any serious made to revive allegedly efforts being
coins the game among the members appeared bofore Mr Hin- of the Chinese RC, which is
a great pity, shing Lo at Central Court this morning.
Two mon who
made counterfeit
After 48 hours' of 'continuat
They were also charged skygazing and counting of stara,
with boing in possession Mr William LaFay,
known as "Smoky Party CE instrument counterfeiting coins.
of
for
dek- cended from his perch on the top of an 84-foot pole at Luna Park, Shanghai, last week. He
and
to coma
Thoy are Leung Man-hol, came down amidst the cheers of
48, unemployed, of 8A, hundreds of park fans Wong Pa Stroot, first friends who on more than one floor, and Kan Sing-occasion took the risk of going cheung, 39, partner of a basket of chat with him
"Smoky was asked Hop Shing Quarry Com down by Mr James J. James, pany, 59, Connaught manager of the park, when it Road Control, first floor, was feared that the typhoon In the vicinity of Shanghal, might Yesterday at Kowloon the hit the park. The record held defondants wore by "Smoky" for staying aloft arrested by police aftor is 77 days and four hours. they allegedly falsely mado
* * one Hongkong fifty cent A "GROST" story from Ran- place and five 20 cent
goon states that on Sunday coins of Malaya and Bri-er of the Sun, a Burmese dally, morning a Burman proof-read died after a painful week's liness. But the night previous,
.two
tish Borneo currency, They word also silogad to not apprehending his approach-
two moulds ing end; the patient
TRAM TRAM CASE
numbered 120,000 tickets, 30,000 tickets and sometimes 240.000 Mr Arnold agreed with Mr tickets. All these letters quoted Leong that the Peak Tramways the number of the last ticket de- Company had to carry stocks livered. of tickets, "but we cannot ex- pect anyone else to carry stocks
After a short service to be conducted by the Rt. Rev. R. O. Hall, Bishop of Hongkong and unless we tell them to do so,” Chairman of the Heep Yunn he raid.
SHORT NOTICE
such
Counsel put it to the witness school council,
that if there were no KITANGO, Mrs W. K He added that his company Cheung, the Headmistress, will was carrying its
own stock atent with the Graphic Press to lay the foundation stone of the present in their dealings with carry stock, these letters would be meaningless and the printers new chapel on Friday, Septem-the printers in England.
would not be able to deliver berat 12.30 pm.
He denied that under the old such large quantities at The school will also hold a system it was the Graphic Press short notice, bazaar on October 4, to raise which
The witness carried the stock and
did not agree. money for Bishop Hall's Silver under the present system with He said the notice given was Jubiler Fund and Heep Yunn the English printers it was the School Charity Funds.
Tramways company who carried stock.
The 20th anniversary of the The uric Society announced founding of CMS Heep Yunn
Mr Arnold' sald that the copy that Professor Geoffrey School was celebrated in May Tankard has agreed to adjud! this year. As part of the cole reason why his firm changed cate in the Society's two. Festinations, the school decided to livery with Graphic Press, He printers was trouble with de- val competitions, one for
build a chapel adjacent to the maintained Festival fanfare and ce for a main school buildings.
that he could get four-part song.
The purpose of this building
mupplies more efficiently fruen Is to enable all students und
England. Professor Tankerd is now in tenchers Individually or in a The Colony as Music Examiner group to use it as a place for for the Associated Board. There meditation and worship and to be no one in Hongkong draw inspiration. for, everyday beiter qualined to adjudicate, work in school and for daily Music Society spokesman saith fiving and spiritual upliftment
Ran
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TWO DAYS BEFORE
Mr Leont said that a letter dated February 3, 1956, asked for a supply of 60,000 *ticketa
from the Graphle Press to be |delivered a week later and in fact this quantity, as delivered two days before that date.
When Witness pointed out that the order letter was dated 1855 and the delivery note 1950, Counsel withdrew his question saying there had been some mis. take about these letters,+
SIDE GLANCES
the tickets.
had told
he must attend office on Monday
of.
of
have had adapted and intended for the members of his family that the counterfeiting of coins. an he had left some work m No plea was taken and the Anished. He repeated the wish
case was romanded three during the night.
Early next morning he breathed his last. days.
On Sunday evening when the editor-in-charge was working alone in the office, mysterious footsteps were beard and shufting of papers on the table where the man used to work. ample for the printers to print Next night the same soucis
were heard by the members the editorial staff. The mareging Mr Leong contended this was editor, who came to lenow "a moment's noties" compared the proof-reader's death, ad- with the six months
delivers dressing
the vacant chair from England.
of. the
man, bold himma Arnold still maintained to go Mr
he had that ample time was given 10"discharged" him. The myster the printers.
Lous footsteps, it is stated, slow- Mr Leongly disappeared, He agreed with
na if somepEL® that a letter he wrote in reply were walking off. The next to the Graphic Press, daled day the burial took place in the
1957 May 18,
was the Art Burmese cemetery itt was el time he informed the Graphic tended by his colleagues, when Fress that he had changed the "discharge order was rend printers.
out. No mysterious sounds have The case is proceeding.
since been heard in the office, says the report.
By Galbraith
He asked another question; When you decided to switch printers on October 30, did i ever occur to you that it would be a decent thing to inform the Graphic Press and find out whether or not, there wia, an agreement with them, so thất they could tree their machines and solicit other busintaa?
-Witness: I had no knowledge of any agreement. It never occurred to me becauso 1 hnd to knowledge that the Graphic Press was carrying any tickels.
Mr Leong referred to a num- ber of orders contained in lettors over a period. He maintaked that each of these letters, anised | for delivery on the average of seven days' notice, some fostr
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Ohl You do know them? Well, goodby!”
away,
An extract from the St John Ambulance Brigade report re- called that in April, 1931 there occurred
Kisaator on the Kowloon-Canton Bailway, when members of the Brigade render- ed meritorious first-aid dealst ance to the victims of an cident calend through derailment of a train by ६ reason of floods.
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the
MB J, Whitehead and Miss Gogo of Shanghai,
Joan
of
according to the reports excursionists, had a narrow
the
escape from drowning in outer harbour recently,
When
their rowboat capsized well out in the bay and they remained in the water for more than 28 hours.
Tsingtao was all abustle on the morning after their dis- appearance on the naval forces and the Chinese seaplanes were being prevalled upon to maka 12 Eearch; whon & Chinese sampan man brought them to the Strand Beach and deposited them in the of their relatives and friends.
·After clinging to the heet of thele upturned boat all night Miss Gage swem to share with the incoming tide. Mr Waltohead was too tired to swim and clang) to the keel in the hope of som ouring help, à passing sampan manpleko tilt tip dod rowed him to a Chinese village sobern ho found his companion atting bn a Chineeo chair, garboɖim Chinese female dress munch. ing villago dellenslow. Their inutual Hy or finding each other. alive goes without sayint » Ile. Whitehead smokedita. Chinwe pipa, before he and time. Cingu were rowed to Strand beach.