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ALLEGED
CHINA MAIL
MURDER
IN OPIUM DEN
An alleged hammer attack upon a customer in an opium divan by a watchman of the premises in the early hours of February 27 last was related during the course of a murder trial in the Criminal Session this morning.
he had taken the The accused was heard to re- said that The Crown allege that he
WIS unable to watch from the deceased's arm. secused man, Chan Hing. 40.mark that he
webl into the A hammer was later found by murdered the deceased. Or Kam-steep and then
of the premises, the Police in the divan. whing, frequent visitor to the rear portion
"cloth object" divan, as he lay in a bunk at an returning with address in Lang Chun Road, near in his left hand and another Kowloon City.
"object" in his right hand.
'No Doubt'
Subsequently the body of the decensed was examined by the forensic pathologist who would Mr Rea said that Lo then tay this he found no less than 1 is further alleged that the body of the deceased, with over raw accused go up to the bunk 27 wounds on the scalp, 21 out lying.the face and 12 on the upper 00 wounds on the bead, face and on which deceased arms, was found lying outside a place the "cloth object" over arms.
in Sai Tan the head of the deceased "und public lavatory
luge by Iwo sanitary conlive. proceeded to beat him over the
vigorously trumy The trial a before the Putaishem Jadet, Mr Justier A.D. Scholes with the object in his right and Jury of four
An alarm was raised and a Three women.
Chow Yu, who was man, sharing the same bunk with the deceased Jumped up and pushed aside his blanket..
IS
men and hand,"
Condaætlun the case for the Pention Mr D. Ren, Crown Counsel, assisted by DDI P. Iudge-Buckingham."
The accused is defended by: Me Terence Shurlock, instuct- by Mistra Lau, Chan and Ko.
Body Found
Mr la fold the Jury that on the morning of February 27 two Bankaly coulies came across the Body of the deceased lying out sue a publle lavatory in Sal Tou viktage. Crown Counsel slanged that the man was killed Laing !1 4 01 divit 121 Cuz ituad and then dragged to Base of the latrine.
Another Attack
ייכן
'The blanket was allegedly used by the accused who put it over deceased's head and begun 110 attack him again.
Several of the
customers nearby
the attack and they would say that the object! in secused's right hand was
which hanner similar to one Crown Counsel held before the Jury, with a blout and pobited edge,
One of the men who saw the attack asked decensed why he
satd, "N
Mr Hea toid the Jury that from that evidence the Jury could have no doubt at all that the areas 24 Intended to kill the dreeased; certainly he intended to cuuse lm grievous bodily la either case es death harm. resulted accused would be guilty of murder, he said.
Hearing is continuing.
The master of the divan, Tanglict it and accused Shui employed the recused as matter of yours, it is entirely. watelimab, and another
cr- mine."
Evangelist Once Wrote
For Film Stars
ployee, La Clark attended to the After the attack all the custo Leeds of the customers.
mers left, but lo remained be-Evangalist Harold Herman,
Crown Coumel said that Lo had. He would say that he That would say that the de-i sow neemed roll up deceased in ceased was a frequent visitor.
taken from bunk and
On the night of February 20, then 1es him up with a rope. about 11 pai. Lo Chak started. The accused then dragged the work at the divan. The ac-ly out of the room. rused was performing his duties
us watchman,
About midnight the deceased
Unable To Sleep
Clean-Up
About 10 minutes or so after-
was
gruck him 21004
one-time Hollywood news writer and a former US major on General Mac- Arthur's staff in Japan, arrived from Taipei this morning for a wook's stay in the Colony.
Mr Herman attended the con-
to
arrived, gave an order to Lo and wards accused returned to the vent to a lower bunk in the divan and proceeded to cleza vention of the Assembly of God
van, which was his normal up the bunk on which deceased in Tokyo before he went
cicar lying "to
away Taipei, practice.
This the third time, he is Accused finished work about! bloodstains."
arrested going around the world, he said, Accused was later this time and evidence would'
Mr Herman said he had been show that he himself ny down at his home in an unnumbered |
gospel for the on a bunk in the divan. The chut. in a statement allegedly reaching the
Before that be Folice accused last ten years. were a number of other eus male to the tomers present at that time. raud: fught with him and had been writing the a number an of well-known Hollywood movie to death with hammer. I personally stars, such as Rila Iyorh,
onl William Holden
Visited China He said after the war visited China, and there he saw the reality of God everywnere. In California, he decided to preach the gospel after a friend Aave him a bible to study, Mr Herman said,
tet him my and put him down Ginger Rogers witness Lo would say
The
that about
4.30 am. he saa accused leave his bunk and go to the verandah
on the side of the invatory."
Accused showed police a case)
wristwatch CL
Was! Cod The was alleged to have
where he re-na which mained for about half an hour.
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Printed and published by PETER PLUMBLY for and on behalf of South China Morning Post Limited at 1-3 Wyndham Birost, City of Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong.
He hopes to return to the Culony next year when he will hold religious meetings.
From Hongkong he will, visit Singapore, Djakarta and Berlin, before returning home.
Ho Tung Paintings
Being Renovated
Retablished 1949
WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1958.
A SUPER WATCH DOG BECOMES A FATHER
Mrs Harrington takes Dager, her lou-year-old Tibetan Mastif, for an afternoon walk at Fanling.
by William Smyly
SHEAFFERS
Skrip
GODOWNS GUTTED BY FIRE
From the Files
25
years -AGO.
A fire that swept through three storeys of an old Chinese building behind the Central Theatre today gutted two warehouses
DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT‹ has and destroyed belongings
requested Congress to of dozens of familias. authorise the expenditure of
Д About a hundred people fled $3,300,000,000 for gigantic Li from
programme the bullding when the public works ire began shortly before 11 provide the machinery for
great
movement Co-operative Most residents of the building among all industries in order to wire out at the time. Polles obtain a wide increase of em- believe that if the fre had ployment, to shorten the work- broken out at night many would jing week, to pay a decent waga loz the shorter week and have died.
Police were told that the out-prevent unfair competition and break began on the Bret oor of disastrous over production. President Elsenhower the building, 2 Teul On Lane, (1958, where employees of a kerosene did likewise two months ago). stove storehouse were cooking a I meat.
ก.ท.
Blaze Spreads
The blaze spread to the base inent godown of pottery works and to the second floor which WHS mainly quarters.
Living
Adjacent buildings were scorched by the flames but the fre did not spread to a printing warks next door.
The works contul tons of paper and inflammable ink,
The building is on the corner of Tsui On Lane atid Circular Path.
6 Fire Engines
Capetown--South Africa tuday (May 17) voted for 72 membera of the new Legislative Atten bly... Women took an activ part in the election when they voted for the first time in the history of South Africa politics.
GREAT reception wag glven the visiting Alm comedians, Wheeler and Wool- sey, at the Central Theatre last night (May 18). The im "Huld 'Em Joil" In which these famous Hollywood fun-makers appear was screened and the couple were the guests of the When emoke first began to Central Theatre management at A 9.30 p.m. performance. pour from the building several the
the eighbours rushed into
crowd of at least 3,000 people third
of Accord
and
the floor and
was packed in front out maltracse, theatre and when Gragged
the Wo blankots and other personal comedians appeared, they were possessions which belonged to mobbed.. It was interesting to friends who were away at the see the Chinese, usually unde- time.
monstrative. exhibiting
Six Are engines from Centrat greatest enthusiasm. and. Eastern Staldors, two
cars, raced to the fire.
Traffic was Queen's Road Central along Javois Street into Des Veous Rood.
DIGGER has become the father of pups. Whether that will make any ambulances and several pollen
difference to Hongkong depends on the pups. But the fact that they exist at all makes it worth taking a look at Digger.
Digger is a Tibetan mastif, a killer "guard dog" imported from Afghanistan where he was born and where his parents belonged to a nomadic tribe of herdamen who wandered with no regard for borders over pastures of Tibet, Kashmir, "Afghanis tan, Pakistan's "North West Frontier", und North Persin,
workers
diverted from
trace
flew the
the
onc
Seven nationalities wETC-TE": presented by antips which "euter- ed the port during the 24 houra ended 9 am, upesterday (May 18). Altogether 20 ships called Firmen had the flames under within this period, nine of which
The control in 20 minutes.
British flag, Police al first feared that Japanese totalled four, Nor- may have beca wegian three, Chinesc 100, one but the Chempcake Bay retriever repped in the burning building Dutch, French and Danish This dog has a head the size Hates of Hell, and ne
has webbed feet and is related but Bremen who later searched
each. The tonnage, if it does not of u lion and teeth reckoned to their own tribe may enter.
of constitute a record, comes close be as effective. The ruft 'round i Such dogs are said to leave to the Yellow Labradore whose the ruins found no
vletims.
to being one. Of the 71,834 tone his neck grows as thick as the children alone but to take sistheestor is the Newfoundland
And the Tibetan No one has so far been re for the vessels entered, 21,516 wool of a sheep and when un-j weeks and more before they will Mastif
the of Mastif is
ancestor of the ported missing.
is claimed by the British vessel a new member elipped makes tun virtually recognise
Lho choice
Empress of Canada which impregnable to attack from their own establishment. They Newfoundland. So
the largest ship to arrive. other dogs. The breed is said are not dogs to go up and pai. of a mate was fortunate." to hunt llons 11 Russia, and Yet to his master and mistress,
Fat Body
take the place of Digger who will
With a attuck
leopard or Colonel and Mrs F. T. Harring
is now 10 years old, ton, (and especially to Mrs But by
The temperament
short haired mother there mus
USTRALIAN as uniiko horben chance that he will suffer Digger was Harrington for be is her dog) yellow bitch is months
husband as less in the tropical summer of run over by an emply Ave-ton Digger is as docile as a stuffed wild ancestral
and sometimes he possible. We had hardly met Hongkong. But it is likely that lorry, yet he survived. For a toy bear,
up to lick my while he was paralysed, but looks rather like one.
her whole fat will be
the father's guard-dog instinet later recovered and shows (W
strong in ali his force of a tail
children. accustomed to the anyone no!
would be
panther.
At six
breed anyway) no signs of his experience.
His mistress
Ferocious
when she come konda, and wag hody with the like a paddle. It hard to imagine
n more fai. affectionate
Reliable
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residents of Hongkong last night (May 18) decided to form an associa- To be called e ton here. Australian Association of Hong- kong and South China, this body will have for its objects the books Dox
describe this animal as the nearest of living
promoilon of Australian ideals and the fostering of a spirit of the precable, soppy, that his types to the ancestor Jys
comradeship among Rio hind quarters are poorly deve many mastif breeds including bitch.
With expert handlers like the Australlana here. The following loped. and that he might have the St Bernard and the New- Of the pups, Pancho is the dog roen of the Royal Air Force, Committee was elected by last grown even larger and stronger foundland; ferociously disposed biggest, strongest, and most the Tibetan mastif or a strain night's Ihan he is today.
meeting Dr HD. outside ke his father. He and never popular
was of Tibetan mastif in a cross Matthews-President; Mr T. A. Tibet, though occasional repre- when born and 2% lbs by the
ould probably be ideal. But Mildren-Vice President: Mr sentatives have visited
Britain end of the first week. At it will be interesting to see if J. M. Kelleher-Treasurer: My America where they three weeks his head is still so
enough of the mother's gentler M. Stockton Secretary; Messrs and
big and heavy he can hardly nature is mixed in with the J. Hunter, A. W. Ingram, J. aroused interest as curiosilice.
This is Digger. What of the pick it off the boards.
cross to produce a reliable watch Way, II. Ching and Dr Trail- The Harringtong plan to keep dog for the ordinary wealthy Committee Members. him so that one day he may family in Hongkong.
Roar
Most fearful thing about this animal is the grinding roar he makes in his throat as he draws his breath between barks, He pups?
"The pups seem to be divided is the colour of a lion, almost the size of a lion, and the roar almost equally in characteris is the same kind of sound.
(les between their mother and One of them is twlee With Digger on guard, his father, home in Fanling is the safest the size of any of the others, and place in the Colony, But if will be the imago of his father. Oil paintings of old Hong invited guest comes to The others are smaller.
kong and China, which len Digger must first be lodged Their mother is a sausage- belonged to the late Sir in a dungeon before the visitor shaped yellow Labradore Robert Ha Tung. are is safe Inside the gate.
re-
triever, with webbed feel. Again, Ih farfod villoges In according to the dog book and now being renovated by Afghanistan two dogs like this to Mr Alfonso Baretto who has experts in the
of the pups and chalued at the gates, as hooked one kre Kingdom.
Cerberus was chuined at the looked up the ancestry
United
Sir Robert willed the paint- ngs to the Government shortly before his death,
The collection, known as the Ho Tung Collection, comprises
84 oil paintings illustrating China and Hongkong scenes In the 18th and 19th centuries.
The collection includes a num- attributed to ber of paintings Chinery and Castiglione.
It is hoped that the collection
will be available for exhibition
in Hongkong soon.
Hongkong In 1816
The Legislative Council meet- |ing today is voting for a sum of $17070 for the cast of the re- novation.
The Connell is also voting for $840, A further provision required to the approved additional provision of $17,970, for the purchase of seven plctures on Hongkong.
The pictures, three of which are coloured drawings and four 11thographs, ilustrate also old Hongkong scenes is early as 1810.
Pancho.. this fump with his eyes utili slowed could become even bigger and sirunger than his father,
SIDE GLANCES
Quier
TANG, VA, TAL DI
I 1998 by HER B. Ma
QUIET
SCIBKER
By Galbraith
PHILO
"We're wasting time in the library! With all theso "quiet" signu, I'd rathor try the drugstore for a dafel"
Hongkong honoured its I773- perial duty and residents flocked In thousanda La our Second British Empire Fair opened by 1. E, the Governor, Sir. Williarit Peci, at the Peninsula Hotel yesterday (May 24) a Atting display for Empire Day. Frons the farthest-flung Dominions of the greatest Empire the world has ever known, that cholest produces, the Anest of manu- factures, cama in profusion joc a wonderful public to sec, ad-
· mire and "buy",..
THE local Chinese YMCA Day! School will be celebrating lis 25th anniversary today (May) 23) with a full day programme.
In the morning at 0 o'clock,; there
will be nag
raising exercises before. the entire student body, facully and friends
of
of the school, At 2 p.m. there will bo an exhibition students' work and in the oven- fog, an entertainment will bu held In the auditorium.
Macao-The new clectric sup ply madiinery installed by thes Macao Electric Lighting Come pany has been erected and texts are being carried out daily with the installation, The were ket has bona, entirely up, to vàmbi pectations and another struiker; set has been ordered to complete the equipment required for the present stage of the company's operations,