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GARDENER
SCRATCHED CAR
A gardener, who scratched and damaged his employ. er's car after he was dis- missed owing to his 123- satisfactory service, was bound over $100 for one year by Miss B. K. Searle nt Central Magistracy this morning.
Defendant, Chan Shen-hei, al 39-year-old man admitted that he was under the influence of drink at that time. He said he felt sorry for donc.
what he had
Inspector N. Reynolds sald that on December 5 at about 7 p.m., Lo Kiu-chung parked his employer's car at Broadwood Road. When Lo
cleaned the
ear the next morning, he found that the nearside front door was scratched. Lo informed the police.
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On December 10, defendant came to see his former employer, Mrs N. Charrington, of Broadwood Road and admitted that he had scratched her car with a plece of stone. He asked for her forgiveness.
Mrs Cherrington, this morning, speaking on behalf of the de- fendant, asked the Court to take a lenient view of the ease as the defendant surrendered to her. She further sald that was his Arst offence and he had a wife and children to support.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1957.
SHEAFFER'S
NEW TALL AN AT
MMURABI KF ALL REDO STONES
STERLING
SILVER TIP
CHURCHILL Father Charged With Murder HONGKONG
by
His Valet
Morning Me Game i
BANK RATE ACCUSED SUDDENLY WENT
INQUIRY
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depends on whether you are Hood at poker?
Lord Kindersley: I take avoiding action.
Referring to the rumours that hind spread, the Chairman asked if it was right that a Director of the Bank of England should be exposed in this way. Lord Kindersley, saying It was a dificult thing for hom to
the closest close up answer, added:
you ever read begins
CHINA MAIL MONDAY
ANIMAL MEETING
Manila, Dec. 12. The Cabinet on Wednesday authorised the holding of the 17-nation Far Easter Anima! Resources Conference in Mania from April 7 to 17, 1950.
The meeting is aimed at exchanging Information on present animal resources, animal husbandry and veterinary science, and planning for co- development operation in the and conservation of animal
from the resources,
Singapore, Dec. 11. Indonesian authorities have forbiddon elght Dutchmen to
to Singapore cross 1stand of Pulau Sambor, eight miles off the Colony's coast,
The Dutchmen work on oil Installations
Indonesian there is a Pulau Somboe, and ferry service between the Island and the elty.--Reuter,
on
It will be attended Ly úelegates from
Australia,
"It really boils down to this Is the contribution Lord Kin- dersley can make to the Bank of England worth while the risk of his leaking the Bank Rate or something like that?"
Asked why, when the rumours of a Bank Rate cak started, he had not told the Bank of England Governor of his companies glit-edged transac- tions, Lord Kindersley said: "1 had never entered my head that Was even looking com- promised."-Router.
Pearling Rights Dispute
The Hague, Dec. 11. No application for settlement
MAD SAYS PROSECUTION
A father was charged in the Criminal Sessions this morning with the murder of his five-year-old son by throwing him from the fourth floor of their tenement house in a resettlement area to the street below.
The child suffering from multiple head injuries, was re- move to Kowloon Hospital In a dying condition.
over the verandah to the street He would identify "the below, frolish man" as the accused and would further say that after the +tic thrown down,
Hospital
Accused is Fung Fuk-ylu, | child waS 30, unemployed, and he is foolish man" slood there and charged with the murder of looked down, until the Police Fung Lok-ling on September came and took him away. 15. In
the a talement to the Police ho was alleged to have sald, "I suddenly went mad,” And
did not know why he threw his ron down Info the strect
the
The recused also told Police in another statement that he was in the Mental Hospital
in 1940.
Prosecution
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Mr W. A. Blair-Kerr, Senior Crown Counsel, is prosecuting, assisted by Det. Insp, C. F. Harbert.
Accused is defended by Mr Victor Gittins, instructed by Mr D. B. Evans, of Messrs Johnson,
Stokes and Master.
The trial is before Mr Justice of an Australian-Japanese dis-A. D. Scholes und a Jury of Ave pate concerning Japanese rights men and two women. on pearling operations on the
the accused
rose,
after having had a restless night. His little boy and his wife were on the verandah.
Australian continental shelf has Mr Dialr-Kerr told the Jury ever been submitted to the that at about 7 a.m. on Sep- court, an authoritative spokes-tember 15, man of the International Court of Justice said here today.
He commented on a Canberra report which anid that Australia and Japan might withdraw an application.
"As there has never been an
the application,"
spokesman said, "It is obvious It cannot be withdrawn."-Reuter.
Mr Blair-Kerr sald that the dying boy was taken to Kow- loon Hospital where post- mortem was performed.
a
When the accused was charged with murder, he said, "I sud- denly went mad. I don't know what is the reason. I picked him up and threw him down into the street," Crown Counsel spid.
Later the same day, the ac- cused made a further statement to the Pollce in which he said
Was that he
in the Mental Hospital in 1940, that his lead was aching and that "both sides of my temples were confused, and my head felt it was spinning round."
Presumption
Mr Blair-Kerr told the Jury that it was no pert of the Crown's duty to enter into the question of sanity or insanity when a person was charged be-
criminal fore a
POLICE PARADE REHEARSAL
Oyer 1,000 officers of the Hongkong Police Force and Auxillaries took part this morning in the dress rehearsal of their annual Review and March Past at the Government
METAL IND. Stadium, Sookunpoo.
PAY 10c DIVIDEND
His Excellency the Governor, Sir Alexander Grantham, will take the salute at the parade on Sunday.
At the rehearsal this mòming, the Governor's ADC, Assistant Superintendent J. H. Grieve, took the solute and Inspected the pornde.
On arrival at the Stadium, Assistant Superintendent Grieve
was escorted to the saluting
A satisfactory year was re-base by the Commissioner of
ported in the statement of Palice, Mr A. C. Maxwell,
Mr G. E. Marden, Chair-
man
of the
The Police Mitary Band and Board of the Pipe Band, under the baton Director of the Motal of Mr W. B. Foster, Director Industrion Corporation Ltd, of Music, were in attendance. at the company's annual general meeting in the board room of Whoolock, Marden and Co., Lfd, this morning.
Mr J. I Marden presented the Chairman's statement,
Net profit for the year ended March 31, 1937, was $207,771A and a dividend of 10 cents per shure was approved.
The
Chairman's statement was as follows;
Jer
our the
The year under review was a Crown Counsel said that a
court. The very satisfactory one for Cambodia, Burma,
young boy, Chan Kar-wo, seven presumption always Ceylon,
Was that rolling mill associates and Indiu, Japia, Laos, Idonesia,
years of age would be called to he was sane until the contrary results are reflected in an i
of $100,000 suy that he was standing on a was proved. That would be a creuse
the Malaya, Tlawan, New Zealand, South
from that Pakistan, South Korea,
verandah and saw what hap-matter-for the Defence, he add- dividend received
fail the
pened. He would say that "the| ed.
company. There has been a Vietnam, Thailand and Philippines.-France-Presse,
foolish man", threw the boy
Hearing is continuing.
Setup values during recent months, which will have an effect upon the figures for the current year, although demand for 'scrap metal continues at D satisfactory level.
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PROSPECTING
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Witness Attempted Bribery
SHIP ATTACKED
A freighter, the 42.tam motor veszel World No. 1. waa attacked by two unidentified ships at 2.80| a.m. today whilst on route - from the Portuguese port
of Macao to Hongkong.
fired The freighter was
upon by itu `attaokaen, which apprekched from the direction of the 'Lap.' Sap Mol group of. Islanda outside Hongkong waters. The freighter returned the fire and succeeded in ovading captura, reach- ing the safety of Hong. kong harbour at about 6.m. when the nigster reported the Incident to the Police.
There were no casualtiou among the crew of the World No. 1.
3 Killed In Traffic Accidents
Three people, including a
alx-year-old
boy, were killed and two others' in- jured in separate, traffic accidenta in the Colony during the past 24 hours. Shortly after this morning, two men, Chan Fu, 30 and Iwo es-Ping-lal, 24, who lived at No.
an
potential witness in unlicensed MASSAGO tablishment case was sent 123, G. Block and No. 307, L. Block, Shek Kip Mei Reseille for three ment Area respectively, were prison months at Kowloon Court | fatally injured when a single- this morning for trying to bribe the Police to let him go.
He was Lom 40-year-old tailor.
decker bus mounted the pave- ment In Nathan Road, near the Junction of Talpo Road and Shek Kip Mol Street and crush Sheung-hel, fed them against a will' which
collapsed.
The Magistrate, Mr D. Cons, The two men died shortly was told that a Poller Party after admitiance to the Kowloon under Detective-Inspector Chu Hospital. Only the driver and a Chun-man, calded the establish-conductor were on board the ment at 377 Nathan Road, Arat bus. Neither of them were in- Boor, on December 10. A man Jured but the front part of the WOS urrested for allegedly vehicle was badly damaged, operating it.
Six-year-old Chung Kwong ming was run over and killed Lam was one of those found by a bus in Queen's Road East, In the premises. Ho said he near Tai Wong Street East, at went there to have a massage, about 5.95 pm yesterday. The Hc wns unable to produce boy, who lived at No. 12, Kwong any identify cord,
Ming Street, gramd floor, died instantly,
Inspector Chu told Lam that he might be required as a wit- nesa, and could not let him go without first trying to get his name and address.
OFFERED NOTES
The End Of HMS Concord
London, Dec. 12. HMS Concord, the destroyer that took part in the Amethyst dash to freedom on Yangtse River ended her active Royal Navy days last Thursday,
The ship will go into reserve and
her crew will be disbanded.
On the
out, Lam put way three $10 notes in the inspector'z, hand and said, "Let me go, give me a chance." He was taken to Yaumati Station and charged with corruption.
Inspector
asked Magistrate, to take a serious. Το commemorate view. He pointed out the pre-
casion, Chong Ming valence of corruption.
Chy
the
the
oc
the
"Certain of the local pro- #pecting operation in which we participated are not now can- sidered to offer sufficient values to warrant further develop ment, whilst one prospecting associate has experienced pro- in his own defence, Lam Chinese coek from Hongkong, tracted Hcensing difficulties claimed he thought the inspec-baked with the Government. It hus tor was going to search film, so accordingly been felt prudent he produced the money and gave to provide fully against all ad- it to him. He denied trying to vances mindo in connection bribe the Police.
with prospecting. For this
purpose the general reserve of $100,000 has been, written back to the appropriation account and a transfer made from that account of an amount sufficient to increase the provision for contingencies to $400,000,
kmount
which the Directors consider to be ample.
"The balance of the expenses incurred in connection with our Increase of capital in 1955 has now been written off and after providing the $100,000 required to pay the recommended dividend of 10 cents per share, there remains some $80,000 to be carried forward, compared
with $42,000 fast year."
Mr J. L. Marden's proposal for the adoption of the scinual report and accounts was second- ed by Mr E. G. Smith-Wright and carried.
AUDITORS
Mr V. J. Song seconded Mr Marden's proposal regarding the dividend.
Mr J, L. Marden and Mr E. G. Smith-Wright' were re- elected to the Board of Direc tors, on the proposat of Mr Ellis Hayim, seconded by Mr C, W. Grange.
Messrs Lowe, Bingham and Malthown were · re-appolated -auditors. "'This was, proposed by Mr W....J. Lees and seconded bý Mr P. O. Scales.
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Preacht at the meeting were Mr. J. I. Marden," Mr E, G. Smith Wright, Mr V. 3. Bong (Directors); and · shareholders representing (631,949 staires,
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dragon-shaped" luesc
loaf which ha presented to rein-
tives of the lending cook as a token of friendship between them--London Express Servicei.
By Galbraith
"Oh, well; it won't be much longer he always quits
after a couple of blizza
Printed." and--publahad (by Pi behalf of South Chinh" Marakni Strict, City of Victoria di the