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CHINA MAIL
MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1958,
Warrant For 'It's All A
All A Joke,
Arrest
Of Indian
Publisher
An Indian publisher, Atma Singh Bhandari, 17, charged with four counts
of forgery, had his bail
of $4,000 estreated by
Students Still
Camping In
Chinese School
Judge 11, H. 11. How at Two days and two nights have done little to affect
the Victoria District
appear for his trial this
Court when he failed to
。
Judge How also ordered
morning.
Bench warrant for Bhandari's DITESL
f
A
The charges against the oc- cused alleged that on May 15, the accused had forged a seal and 你 die purporting to be there used in the authority of the Indian Government, and that he had forged two Indian passports covers and the in- terior pages purporting to bel
those of
British-Indian The pussports,
NO ANSWER
The rul was to Just for three days,
When Bhandari's ante was called his morning there was 10. answer... the Court room. Julge How then directed that The accamenta maine be called
the uutside
courtroom. And there was still no response,
Ale Desmond Mayne, Crown Counsel, then applied for # Bench warrant for the accused's free! and for the ball to be extreated.
he
Mr W. Tumbull, of Messra Dearons, representing the ac- cused, told The Court that himself had no idea why the accused was not present in
had Court lie added that le expected the accused to call on his office a few days ago to give Eim Instructions but the accused had not appeared at his office.
Judge How then an de order,
SUPERINTENDENTS
the
RETURN ON CORFU
Mr M. O'Sullivan. Hongkong Police Superintendent returneri from home live in RMS Corfu this morning
with his wife whom he married in June In Juviand.
home Alsu returning from
·lenve in the sunye Biner was Police Superintendent R. Whitc.
Depression
The tropical depression was
the fervour of the pupils and teaching staff of the Chung Hwa Middle School, in their cam- paign to "protect their school."
Court Order of condemnation of the school building, situated in Robinson Road, Hong- kong, was made on August 20. A party of Police went to the school on Saturday morn- ing to carry out the order, but the pupils and staff protested. They refused to co-operate with the Police.
EUROPEAN MISSING
FROM SHIP
It WAL learned this morning, that when the Back Line ship, City of Poona, Arrived in the Colony yesterday & Euro. pean quartermaster of the ship was missing.
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The captain of the ship told he Police boarding party that a European by the name of Dougina was mlsalg, and that he had presumably jumped fallen overboard.
or
A Bank Line spokesman ald this morning that the City of Poona arrived hera from Europe yesterday morning. and that tho European had been missing since the night before last.
Fashion Show
Yesterday, a China Mail re- porter went to the school and found the gates locked, and the pupils preparing for n ton
werit.
In The school compound, pupils, and Driends who had come to sympathise with them, had formed groups. Some of them were making speeches, come chanting songs, and others sitting around in groups drink- Ing tea.
Fast Asleep
A number of them were lying in the cool shade of the trees, fast asleep.
A photographer and camera- man were with the reporter. and at first, the small group collected on the other side of the locked wrought-iron gule, laughing and joking,
When the mavle-camera stori- ed whirring, they turned their backs, refusing to turn around. The reporter talked to one of the older boys who cume to the
Rote.
He asked him, what they were doing at the school, and why they did not go home. The pupil replied "We are protect- ing our school."
Protecting
1
Questioned further, as to why The Kongkong Council of they were "profceting" the Women Fund Raising Comunit-school he replied, "It's all tee will be holding a Fashion Show on November 20 and 21, joke," grinning from ear to ear. From time to time, people gesturing ke latest winter fashion for all ages.
arrived at the gate, causing
among big commotion
the students. Onc small truck brought ins of biscuits, and later a group rought what
of three people, appeared to be
parcels. were received by the
This show will be held in order to raise funds for
per manent promises in which to carry out the alms and objectives of the Council and wellare work.
Necklace
a
food, in paper
They
pupils
with big smiles and grins.
As the movie-cameraman
Joke, Says
These two photographs, taken by a China Mail photographer this morning, shows a large group of students sitting listening to speeches (top photo), and the bottom photo shows the main gate of the school,— China Mail Photos,
JURY FIND MAN
UNFIT ΤΟ
STAND TRIAL
was taking shots of the gate A Jury of six men and a woman held at the
being unlocked, and the people
of the
admitted, one at being
braver papits ran outside, put his hand in front of the camera lens, and ran bacle Inside,
A gold necklace, valued centred some 290 miles SSE of $350, was snatched from Hongkong at 9 am, and was al- Chinese woman in Tuipo Road, most stationary, the Royal Ob-near Boundary Street, at about servatory reported this morning.|1 p.m. yesterday.
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ile returned to The other side of
TEN PEOPLE
INJURED
IN TRAFFIC
MISHAPS
Ten pedestrians, including children, young
three were hurt in traffic nccl- dents over the week-end.
On Saturday, a seven-year- old girl was umong the six per- The girl, Wene sons jured. Chol-kuen, of 55. Gloucester Roud, top floor, was admitted to Queen Mary Hospital, afur being knocked down by a motor cycle outside the Luk Kwok Hotel, Gloucester Road.
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中
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STERLING SILVER TIP
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From the Files
25
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years
AGO
THE rainfall figures for August are the lowest Robert Black, this morn-on record according to ing visited some of the statement Issued by the Urban Department asta: Director of the Royal Ob- blishments in Kowloon.
The GoverDOT was accom- panied on his Lour by Mr of C.G.M. Morrison, Chairman the Urban Council_nad Director
servatory this morring.
The recorded fall was 1/3 inches which fell on eight days with a total estimated duration of 12 hours. At present there has been no rainfall for the past af the Urban Services, Mr 14 days, which is a record in 10- D. H. W. Alexander and Mr B.self. The driest period previous Wilson, Ariston Directors of to thie WOS In 1000 when Urbar Services, Dr K. H. the rainfall recorded was 3.97 Block, Health Officer, Ad-Inches which tell on 10 days. An ministrative and Mr A. W. T. Interval of ten days was experl- White, Superintendent ut the enced Sanitary Services,
ANCIENT TOMB
His Excellency first visited the Branch Ontee of the Do- pariment in Farm Road and later inspected the ancient tomb 01 Li Cheng Uk where ho showed great interent in the archaeological specimens and the tomb itself.
Four Britishori and a Scan- dinavian met with a terrible death on board the British
steamer Athelqueen as a result of an explosion which occurred when the vessel was a few hours out of Yokohama,
Immediately after the tragedy, the ship rushed at full speed but the five men were dead on The party then went to Trun arrival, The Athelqueen le # Wan-where-the-Governor-in-steel-twin-screw-steamer --of spected the reclamation at cia Drinker's Bay and was explain- ed the process of the rectanin- tion through the use of city refuse.
On his retum trip to town, Sir Robert inspected the new market at Kun Chung, Yaumati, The party then went to the Hunghe Cemetery Depot, their last visi
Search For
Missing Men
8,782 tons
pross
with & net tonnage of 5,145 tone. She lo fitted with oil engines, She was constructed in 1928 by the Furness Shipbuliding Company. at Haverton-on-Tyne,
CHANGHAI, today: The
are
dumping of foreign foodstuffs in China is caus- ing anxiety among Chin- esc merchants, who generally of the opinion that the agricultural economy of the interior of China will be severely hit i
Men dumping of foreign food-
Continues
stuffs continues.
The National Chamber cf Commerce has petitioned the Nanking Government urging the imposition of a special duty on imported rice without delay.
has organisation
The same
the Canton authorities not to
The others injured on Satur-The search for the four members of the missing day are: Leung Kung, aged 55, of No. 4, Sal Yuen Lane, second; 16-foot Ajax Constructional wired to Canton to advise floor, who was hit by a tram in!
Company launch, which raise further objection to this Des Voeux Road West; Lut Wa, aged 24, of 45, Pau Cheung
was carrying three Euro-suggestion, especially in view of Street, third floor, was knocked- peans and a Chinese from the fact that Kwanglung Pro- vince ammually Imports large down by taxi in Ma Tou Wei Hongkong to Taipo, con- quantilies of the commodity. Road; Wong Yum-yla, aged 40,
tinued at 7 a.m. this. It is pointed out that rice im of 35, Shanghai Street, ground
of floor, whose bicycle was involved
morning. At the time of ported during the first half
at no iesa This year is valued going in a collision with a motor cycle
to
the ргеба,
than $75,000,000; and the figures In Canton Rond; Ho Fuk, aged searchers had met with for the next six months will 40, of 130, Peiho Street, ground
no success8.
probably be higher. floor, who was knocked down by
Tho van whilst pushing a hand-
Ipunch, A converted cart in Tung. Chow Street; and life-boat, powered by an out- board motor, left the Yaumati Block, Shep Kip Mei Re- typhoon anchorage on Friday settlement Estate, whose bleyele morning at 11 a.m., and nothing was involved in a collision with has been heard of them since: u private car in Gescoigne Rood, TREATMENT
Criminal Sessions this morning that a 34-year-Yeung Lau-yip, aged 40, of G11, old unemployed, Yiu Yuk-wo, was insane and unfit to stand trial.
Mr Justice
the gate to be congratulated by ordered Yiu to be detained in he is not it to stand trial Ho A. D. Scholes | He added: "In my opinion, his friends, with pats on the the Mental Hospital or at Stanley would not be able to do so for back.
Prison าก! Her Majesty's at least six months He needs pleasure Is known,
No Comment Later, a man came to the gate, abd told the pupils to move away. He then asked the porter and comeramen what
The Jury reached their verdict
after hearing evidence from Dry Chung Cho-man, of the Mental
further treatment."
Forgetful
A search by the Marine Police and units of the Hong- kong Auxiliary Air Force atid the Royal Air Force was In- stituted when a colleague of one of the Europeans, informed the Pollo on Saturday that nothing had been heard of
1 Hospital, and from the uerased box, Viu told she Jury thuit bis and injured by a van in Island them.
himself.
Wounding Charge
My Dear Watron, Burglars trusted a music-hall comedian up in his own home
today.
The Police theory is that, they just wanted to try one of lite own gags, on him,
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All the injured were admil- fed to hospital for treatment,
Hughie Nish, Open Singler A nine-year-old boy. Lees
Lawn Bowls finalist last year, 07, Section 5, Eleeting to enter the witness Chat Wan, was knocked down
Ching-leang, of
has won the Premier League's skips title with ten come out of 14 matches, and 28 shots, RF. memory was at fault and he they were doing. He refused to
frequently forgot what he had yesterday evening. He was ad Road, near Chal Wan Reservoir,
Luz, the 1029 Champwa, and comment on the situation and
esid.
The four persons
were, Mr finalist this year, is the runner". snid that if they wanted to take
Replying to questions by Mrinted to Queen Mary Hospital. Robert Brown, Superintendent of up as he has a better shots re- any pholographs, they would Yiu had been indicted on a D. E. Greenfield, Crown Cown-
the Ajax Engineering and Con- cord than B.W. Bradbury, On the same day, a five-struction Co., Mr A. Jones, an have to do it from the outside. charge of wounding Lee Sau- set, Yiu could tell what his own | year-old boy, Yau Sun-cho, of
Last Saturday, WV. Fields' because they would not be sheung on Mureh 21 with intent ma
cent record crashed was and what the room Tseng, Lau Shu Village, was bit
engineer of the company, Mr 100 por Paflower-Inside,-
Norman McQueen, a Chlet En- badly but he still in the lead to cause grievous-bodily-harni) was (the courtroom).——- Tids morning, the pupils and alternatively with the lesser
oy a privato-car in Clear Water mineer of the Indo China Steam in the Junior League with. Yiu identified Mr, Justice Bay Road. The injured lad Navigation Company, Lid, and lead of two games in hand over some of the stag were still con-offence of unlawful wounding. Scholes as "The Judge', in reply
was nomitled to Kowloon Mr Choy Yu-kin, a atter. gregating in the school com-
W.S. Drake, The Jury had been empanel to further questions, and sald Hospital, pound, listening to speeches, led specifically to try the pre- the present proceedings were Liminary Issue as to whether for the purpose of ascertaining Yu was fit to stand trial or nut whether he could stand trial.
Dr Chung testified that Yu In answer to a further query, was admitted into the Mentai, Yiu said he did not know what Hospital to Jens 13 and had he had been charged with. been under his care since then, The Jury returned their vèr-
Yiu had showed symptons of dict after retiring for schizophrenia, and this ecu- minutes. dition fluctated from me to
POLICE DETAIN THREE
time.
of bet
Dr Chung raid the DCCLDed was sometimes In state stupor, and appaired to
able to answer questions. heedless of his surroundings and
Lose Track
The Police in Kovico have detained three men for ques tioning into a wumber of match- ing and pickpocketing offcuces. One suspeEL is being held following the theft of a wrist lose track of what he has been watch from a nun walking in talking about shortly before
At other times, Yiu. would
some
Didn't Pay
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| Other pedestrians injured yesterday nie: Sul Po, aged 15, who was knocked down by a commerelat von
Road East;
Queen's
in and Ho Nam-tim, aged 21, of 14, Ngan Mok Street, ground floor, who was hit by a private car outside the Police Recreation Club, Morri- son Hill Road.
All the Injured Were ad- mitted to hospital, for treat-
Bus Farenent.
A shop foki, Ma Chuen- tony, 24. who evaded payment of bus fare by saying he was
a staff-member of the Kowloon
Assaulted
Motor Bus, when in fact he A man, walking in Prines was not, was this morning fined Edward Road near Junction Road
Tin Kwong Road, while another His memory varied from Ume $100 or four wedics hard labour shortly after midnight last night.
Is suspected of having stolen a to time.
sum of money from a
WESTION) "Sometimes
he could
by Mr. F. L. Ying at Kowloon was, approached by another man give Court:
who tried to steal his wrist
at the Pelho Street Market, near reasons for what he had been It was plated the defendant watch. During the struggle, the Apliu Street. The third man doing, and at other times ho bearded the bus at Prince fictim was assaulted. The Polies Road, near Kilgt have detained a man following was in the Mental Hospital," Street on August 23. When be enquiries into the case, the doctor went on.
Is being held following the cas of money by a man hi Fuk Lo Chuen Road, ucar the National Theatre.
the
could not even realise that ho Edward
was asked for, the fare by the In reply to questions from conductor, ho replied he His Lordship, Dr Chung salda member of the Kowloon Motor
wat
Toy Pistols
A young boy la being held by that in his opinion Yu had Bus, Ho was asked to identify.
Kowloon Police Torques- not the sustained attention to himself, but could not, ikning regarding the theft of a understand proceedings id a In court this, monaing 'ho ad- Two Portuguess, boys playing wallet from a European side trial, and would not have militest he was not a member of in Porth Street had their toy the vestibule of the Princess sufficient intellect to prepare a KMB, but that a friend of his pistola stolen from them by a Theatre, Nathan Road,
proper defence..
mass at about 7, am? yesterday,
WAL.
This Funny World
ELDON.
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