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SALESMAN WHO EMBEZZLED $2,037 GETS 12 MONTHS' GAOL
A 28-year-old salesman, Wai So, who embezzled $2,037.20 12 from his employer, was this morning sentenced to months' gaol by Mr A. L. Leathlean at Central Magistracy. Sub-Inspector R. Ma, prosecuting, stated that the defendant was employed as a sales. man by a man, Fok Kam, proprietor of the Kwong Hing Meat Shop, nt 16A Bourington Road, ground floor at a monthly salary of $80. His job was to collect unsettled accounts from all the debtors.
$80,000 SCHEME
K
At the end of June this yenu,; was arrested on September 1, Fok Kam discovered that
at 24 Shing On Villuge. accounts from Defendant asked for leniency, outstanding various shops, totaling $2,037,20, saying he had wife, two which were collected by the children, and an aged, mother
to support, defendunt, had not been deliver- ed to him.
After being questioned, defert. cant admitted he had used the
An $80,000 building scheme money at he asked 18 cm- was outlined by Mr 5. | player for a chance to pay it 5. L. Yu, Authorised back His employer agreed, Architect, in an exemp-
Defendant, however, abscond
ed from the shop the next day.
tion application brought Fok Kam reported the matter to before Tenancy Tribunal the Police on July 15. Defendust this morning.
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The Tribunal presided over
by Mr J. H. G. Way, with Mr
F. Grose and Mr A. W. Brown,
hearing an were
application
concerning 65 and 07 Second Street, Hongkong.
It is hoped 1 replace the existing house with two six- storeyed blocks Dí domestic apartments,
Boy Injured
In Collision
Two Admitted To Hospital
Two persons were admitted to Queen Mary Hospital yester. day following collision between à Government vehl- cle and a bus in telghion Road, near Percival Street, at about 7.20 am.
Shtag. The injured are: Ip aged 29, of No. 4. Third Lane, |----An~~ eleven-year-old boy, NA Tai Hang, ground floor, the
Tung-kai, of 19, Ivy Street, sus-driver
of the Government
tained injuries when the car in vehicle, and Chau Chi-shing, which he was a passenger cailid-aged 38. of 180, Java Street,
fotuklished 1805
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1958.
6.30 Wedding Ceremony
Mr and Mrs Enrique Ledesma seen during their wedding ceremony BC. Joseph's Church at 6.30 this morning. The bride is the former Miss Anna Lourdes Cuaycone, daughter of Mr and Mrs Emillo Cuayceng of Bacolod City, Philippines. The groom is the manager of his family's farma in the southern Philippines and son of Mr Lourdes Navas de Ledesma and the late Mr Cesar Ledenna alas of Bacolod City, Philippines. The Rev. Fr. L. Mencarini officiated at the ceremony which was attended by their familles and close friends. Mr and Mrs Ledesma will spend their honeymoon in longkong.
Colony Hotel Bookings Affected By Island War
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By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER
The joint-owners of the two fed with double decker bus in first floor, who was a passenger A number of Hongkong hotels are feeling the affects of houses are represented by MrCanton Road, near its junction on the bus.
P. D. Remedios of P. Re-with Arran Street, at about 12.27 The driver of the bus and two medios and Co. Mr Yee Chun-pm. yesterday,
other passengers also received
Ung, appeared on behalf of both The injured boy was admitted | slight injuries but were not de- applicants.
to Kowloon Hospitel.
tained in hospital for treatment.
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for fall....
Directoire look
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and are now showing
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Paquerette's
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16A DES VOEUX ROAD,
TEL. 21-157
the troubles in the Formosa Straits, according to local hoteliers. Worst hit are those which cater in tho main for American servicemen.
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One hotel munager, said this moming, that his hotel was only 50-00 per con! full, when
affecting tourist traffic, some more than others,
Major H.F. Stanley, of the Hongkong Tourist Association
SHEAFFER'S
Skrip
WOMAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED
THEFT,
DISCHARGED
A White Russian woman, Topuehko, alias Yu Ching-ho, 39, accused of attempted theft be- fore Mr B. M. J. Jennings was discharged at Central Court, this morning when she was given the benefit of doubt.
From the Files
25
years -AGO.
WEARY, ragged and worn.
by the anxiety of pro- Topuchiku (the only name The woman at that time wasing the true British spirit
longed captivity, but show- `
given in court), residing at Pie | going down the stairo,
North Poin! Refugee Camp, Minules Inter. wliness went of cheerfulness, the three pleaded not guilty to attempted into the Male Nurses Annexe. officers of the B & S ship stealing of $8 from Mr Peter Finding the door of the that Nanching Wong
have
Sanatorium, Wachai, on August Wong, open, she went up and safely at Yingkow.
13.
arrived
over trom
1 (d? Buttonjer room, which belonged to MA saw defendant standing in front
Since their vessel was pirated Following evidence adduced of a chost-of-drawers.
off Newchwang on March 20 by the Proseculion, the Magis-
they have been in the hands of trate found that the defendant The lop drawer was open, bandits heid för ransom with a had tot kone
far as to have witness added, and defendant threat of death hanging
was holding a made up her mind to remove
wallet in One their heads and moved the wallet from Mr Wong's band and was taking money out place Lo place, ashore ០៨. drawer,
of it.
Witness said that she next paw defendat put the money back in the wallct, the wallet back in the drawer and closed the drawer. hurried away,
Defendant then
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"I would give her the benefit of doubt, His Worship re- marked. "The defendant discharged."
Sister U, A. Geoy, Earlier, of the Ruttonjce Sanatorium, testified that at 11.10 am. on August 13, she made a check around the quarters.
Under cross-examination, wit ness maintained that defendant had held the wallet in her hanil. Defendant stated that the she reached the upper was on the verandah all the of the Nurses Homo time and had no wallet in her Annexe, she caught sight of hand. woman's head which
A
floor
afont,
Two assistants at a native bank at Bonham Strend East ursuld to be miasing from their pests, and investigations have. it is alleged, revealed the dis- appearance of funds amounting to almost $75,000. According to
won Inspector_H_C_Chiu-pro- to play this big am-into-a-
covered with a hundkerchief. secuted,
"Hopeless Case" Gets Eight Months' Gaol
A "hopeless case" of juvenile delinquency came be. fore the Court at Central this morning and the Magistrate, Mr Hin-shing Lo, sentenced the 17-year-old boy with a long police record to eight months' hard labour "to protect society from the likes of his kind."
report since made to the Police by the Bank the two men went out on Thursday afternoon
foreign bank, When their absence bucame unduly pro- longed, inquiries were made of the foreign bank when it was found that the money had not wen paid in, Both men are being sought by the Poller,
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T Si John's Cathedral the wedding was quietly solemnised between Dr Kenneth H. Utley and, Misa Helen M.
Mahy, two popular members of Medical Department. The bride entered the Cathedral on
the Hongkong Government
the
arm of Mr Basil H. Church by
whom she was given away. Mrs Beryl Church being Matron of
Honour.
E. C. H. The Rev. Tribbeck attended the bride- groom as best man.
As he was sending the boy to This boy has a rather in- gaol, Mr Hin-shing Lo remark- volved record," aspector Pope ed that the purpose of corrective added. punishment in a prison sentence succeeded in proving his claim He sold that Lee lost its meaning in this case.
Lord Grey, former Britial of Hongkong birth. The 17-year-old youth
Foreign Secretary who retired Addresting the boy, Mr Iin- from politics in 1924, died.
Involved
Wha
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usually around this time of the year it wee 70-80 per cent put forward this theory. booked.
He said I could have begun Another agreed that the with the American recession, sentenced to two months, with shing Lo said: "You are the Quemoy trouble was affecting The lesser well-off tourists who the alternative of a $500 fine for worst chee of youth delinquency then quite badly." He said had planned trips to the Far breach of a bond and six I have ever the hole usually had a lot of East, may be using the troubles months, in addition, for being a thinit you are a hopeless else."
come DeruSS, American serviccmen, froin all as an excuse to call trips off member of a triad society. Ho Mr Le remarked that since he W WITH divil strite scarcely over Pacific arena, but when the and cancel bookings. Thus the pleaded guilty to these two could not send the youth to the
in Szecheun, comes alarmity trouble began, many had their cheaper hotels are feeling the counts.
news that Tibetan raiders are fenve concetted, and the holet | pinch.
Training Centre or bind him over again invading Sikang. Ap- for good was now beginning to feel the
behavioursince aparently taking advantage of the But on the other hand, the Inspector pinch.
C. Popo said the these had been levied before. absence of the Chinese foreca more expensive hotels were little boy had rather an affected, because the richer tour-record" which started
the boy's record compelled the Involved sts were not so cetly put off, was about 13 years of age. Since to send the youth to gaol.
while he Court to do somthing which ItWest Szechuan to participate in which have been withdrawn to was not keen to do and that was and continued to come in epile then, he had been
Internecine war, the Tibetans of the trouble.
imprisoned
are pressing hard on Chang-Tu, a city to the west of the Kin- "You've got a bad record not-shaklang River, where the small your age," Mr Chinese garrison cannot be ex- Hin-ching Lo sald to the boy, pected to hold out very long The boy, according to Inspec" will not send you to gnot in against overwhelming odds. tor Pope, was arrested on May order to correct you, because 28 at No. Water Street, peccnd you can't be corrected," he said. floor His arrest, together with "But I will send you to gaol to 13 other youths,
followed protect the society from the Old Hongkong, quoting from nunwrous complainte from likes of your klu theatres in Westeru district for ticket scalping.
And to the boy's mother, Mr Lo said: "I
am sorry you have Whilst in detentien he ad- brought into this world such a mitted that he joined the Wo disgraceful con." Shing Tong trind society about
"At present the hotel is only 50 per cent full while at the samo time last year and the year before 85 per cent of our rooms wore taken."
A THEORY
And the Peninsula and the Gloucester hotels in fact report Most of the hotels were In that there have been few cancel- agreement that the bombarding|iations, at least not more than of Quemby was adversely i usual,
THE FACTS ABOUT HK's
TEXTILE INDUSTRY
A manufacture of
NUMBER of British quality of restraint that I have
for picking pockets, snatching, ampte larceny, being a member
Disgraceful
of iriad society, and twice for withstanding escaping from legal detention,
four years ago as he was. Ilving
in Homuntin Village,
He had paid the $30.00 Initia-
never risen
associations will shortly re-question of working hours:
"Hongkong has been accused ceive a pamphlet from Hong- of employing sweated labour. tion fees and $10 "lucky money" kong presenting the facts At least three quarters of ali to his protector. Though he had about the textile industry
to the cloth shipped
United been an active member in this Hongkong Kingdom from
society, he had 1s relative to the current dis- spun and woven in the 19 above the status of 49-cont pute with Lancashire.
(principal) mills... Nine of only known as lowest in the
"ather ranks." This is part of a campaign these work three eight-hour
He admitted that ticket scalp- General shifter and the rest two twelve-ing had not been so profilaole the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce to hour shifts, including over and had changed his "profes-
tmbat attacks made by various time. Conditions in the re- Lancashire spokesmen on the mainder of the industry are odmittedly Jesy satisfactory
by
local industry.
reed
whole
sion' to a pickpocket.
Bound Over
a Hongkong Times editorial of 1874, says: "Doubtless owing to the peculiar formation of the city that there are more sedan chairs in Hongkong than may be found in any other port, but we think the attempt to replace the chátra by Hu-rick- chas may not be crowned with success. The introduction thoukh be undertaken by a company. a Chinese one would be the best GLX λιανίτια 4 thorough knowledge of the chair spatem and its bearers--and tee Are sanguine that the returns would speedily recoup any outlay that Mey Jave been gone into." Comments "Colonial”, author of TR Wilber M. Brucker, the "Old Hongkong" column: As Secretary of the U.S. we know, The new vehicle
U.S. Army Secretary Leaves
MR
introduced..
kong Philharmonie Society havo decided
The to stage Pirates of Penzance" in the apring as their 1934 production.
It is less than eight pages and it is hoped that they con Continuing, Inspector Pope Army, left Hongkong this "caught on", so that restriction oná the arguments used are be improved. familiar to most readers but them is such that it will be farrested In August, 1956, in con-aircraft for Saigon after a
The nature of said the defendant was first morning by U.S. Military in numbers had eventually to be this pamphlet will certainly be from easy to devise appropriate nection with his illegal acti- two-day visit. Mr Brucker
with great interest by legislation which will be practi- vitics. He was then bound over many in Britain who have cally enforceable but as shown in $500 for three years and is at present in the course probably been following The above their output represcate placed under Police supervision of a Far Eastern tour, IT is announced that the Hong- battle in the newspaper a relatively small proportion of for 24 months, columns without having an the
visiting American troops and docs
Then in October the same not opportunity to rend
<!- materially
and Installations. affect the
year he was found guilty in a present prehensively and yet succinctly Issue.
Juvenile Court of theft, flo He was accompanied, by hla the case for Hongkong.
"The Chinese worker is a cocaped from the Juvenile Re- wife, and a party of five Defence dustrious and thrifty. He hopes mand Home. About two monthe Department officers, Among the officers travelling with tho What
like about this to become independent to get later, on December 10 that same
WETE Mr Robert publication is the restraint and into business for himself. He is year, be was arrested and again Secretary
General dignity with which the facts that ever anxious to earn more, and remanded in the Home, Ho Dechert
Council, of Defence, and have been presentet. Many in prefers to work overtimo rather capod for the second time two. Department
Mir Derbert, Col. BF. Taylor, Hongkong will feel the Chamihan to have more time off for days afterwards,
When ho was ber should have beer, a little ranreation. He would object to
eventually Executive Officer to the Bocro more aggressive but дя the limitation that might deprive are ametime later he was fary. Lt-Col. John E. Ency and pamphlet is fixtended for eit him of opportunity to add to his including two for the ureaper, Assistants, and Capt. John before the Imperial Family was
charged with Ave, counts, Li-Col. G.M. Selginous, Miltary
culation in Britain, it would be pay." wrong to assume at the outset
that these who will read it care
A report rodelved in figa from Moscow says that the diary of the murdered Tear Nicholsä 11, has been found at Sverdlovsk. former Ekaterinburg. The last entries in the diary were evi- dently made only. few hours
killed
Printesi
and pas for causing bodily Davies, A.D.C.. harm. He was thon sentenced The U.S. Consul-General, fo #LONG for a remote Brilish One criticism: It is a pity to the Juvenile Training Centrs Hongkong, Mr James D. Pilcher, not for
and Mrs Pilcher were at Kal years. However, colony in the coast of China that this pamphlet was
prison - mondence produced six months ago when his
was Tak to-so the Secretary, off,
and published by than for a home indusay.
to six montim "In with Mes James Smoo, wife of PETER PLUMBLY for and on "Hongkong and it Textile the Press controversy was at commutat
- the U.5. Army Lalson Officer | behalf of South China Morning Industry", as it is entitled, does its height, produced.. that is, gaol.
Since then, added Inspector in Hongkong, and Major, B. Post Limited at 1-3. Wyndham not conceal our weak spots. and circulated It would have Here is what it says and this been read with even greater Pepe, he had commit let older Cashman, Acting U.S. Army Street, City of Victoria in the
Colony of Hongkong, illustratos m effectively the interest then---RH;·
offen.com.
Liaison Officer.