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CHINA MAIL
MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1959.
More Cold Weather
But It Should Be Over By Thursday, Say Observatory
By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER The present cold snap is expected to last for at least another day--possibly two days.
The Royal Dhservatory said this morning, the tempera-
ture would probably drop below 50 degrees,
At 6 a.m. today, the minimum temperature recorded at
the Observatory was 50.6 degrees.
However, a spokesman told the China Mail that every year the lowest temperatures in January were usually less than 50 degrees, and occasionally below 40 degrees. Last January, the temperature dropped to 45.1 degrees, The present cold spell is being caused by an anti-cyclone centred near Siberia, which has been building up for the last three or four days.
The Royal Observatory, sutil conditions should improve turing the afternoon, with overcast skies giving way to fair periods.
The further outlook, the spokesman said, is still coll weather, but added that tumorrow's temperature should be the lowest,
YOUTH, COBRA KILL
EACH OTHER
A youth
Voba killed
valluge
Jesselton, Jan 4
$
10-foot King
teach other its [2
KOWLOON MAN WINS CLAIM
A Kowloon financier who lent $7,000 to
two
to men
open an architectural office in Hongkong won his claim
of the against
in court today.
one
DEATH OF FORMER CANTON RESIDENT
men
He Was Mr Tung Chim, 27 Fuk Lo Tsun Road, Kowloon, wa viained $7,000 advanced to Van Kwok-hsing, allas Van H!- ching, and Arthur Robert Fen-
buth of ton Haven,
Room 631 Man Yee Building.
The case was beard before Mr
Justice C. W. Necce, Senior Puise Juda
Judge, in the Supreme Laurt this morning.
Judgraent WW awarded Van for the amount
against
claimed. The CASC against
who was
Raven
noi in the
Colony was adjourned 141-
definitely, with liberty
to re.
News has been received of the death of Dr James McLure Henry, who was associated with the Ling-store on notice being given to
The Court Clerk, nan University of Canton for many years.
He divi on December 18 ut Netcoms, Florida,
Dr Henry was 79.
by Henry came from a mis- onary fituly and was brought up in Canton,
Chemical Trucks | University untu 1927.
Blow Up
Atlanta, Jan $$
truck chemicals
The explosion tound
of Wichstrial
of
21
here fast night caused damage estimated 育 approximately
In the Kinaret district $200,000 and nunor
of Beadivo yesterday
The shake with
youll altacked Cre
a club, and during the ensuing battle kicked
irs
is puffed-up head.
burns to
Hone 12 Aven fighting Teuling blaze.
He Was President ol the Then e became Provost, a post he held Bill 1946.
Retiring in goed Uurta,
1946, Dr Henry
He came to Hongkong In 1950 and returned the following year tu Florida.
Suspect Arrested
д
The Blast, felt aver an aren
The Police have arrested live nuies, desü oyed of about five highway truck-trullers, two man following the snatching of 4 purse from a Chinese woman huhway tractors, from smaller
of equipment
in Wellington 2013-1
Sirect, cur ita junction with Aberdeen Street, on Saturday.
preces
The bra sunk its fungs intal reeked the truck depot. --
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Mr Brook Bernacchi and Mr Gerald de Bantu, both instructed by Mr W. Wong of M. K. Løn and Co. represented Mr Tang. Van appeared in person.
Mr Bernacchi said that Mr Cheung Wing-in of P. H. Sa and Co.. who had acted for Haven hud usked hùn to apply ter leave to withdraw as he had not received further instructions Trom his client.
CONSENTED
The applications was granted. Counsel sanket that Van hart consented to Judgment with custs. Raven was in England.
Mr Bernacchi submitted that the pleadings, โต the absence
on
of evidence on behalf of the de- fence, he was entitled to judg- pient.
Mr Bernacchi said Raven left Hongkong last August. He said It must be conerded that Raven was not notilled of the date of hearing.
Mr Justice Recce said he did not feel justified in proceeding
Raven's absence,
INSTRUMENT
TO REPLACE
VIOLIN, CELLO
AND BASS
Rome, Jan. 4.
A Milan rousician, Francisco Murisciano, has invented a new musical instrument which is cap- able of replacing the violin, violin cello, bass violin and doubic bass, it was claimed here today.
Murisciano has been working on his invention since 1955, The Instrument looks like a concert piano. It has 66 black and white keys which, when struck, cause strings to vibrate.
The Instrument has pedals and a device to accelerate vibrations. It operates by electricity. The instrument will cost about 1,000,000 res.—France-Presse.
Man, Woman
Hurt In
Road Mishaps
A 30-year-old map was in- jured when he fell from a trac- for inside Kai Tak Airport, yesterday.
The man, Lee Hop of No. 39 Shanghal Street, 2nd Boor, is receiving treatment In Kowloon Hospital,
Jured
tion
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The Deputy Colonial Secretary, Mr E. 13. Teesdale (left) chatting with Mr W. I. J. Wallace, Assistant Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, after his arrival this morning on a week's visit.
Photo.
China Mail
COLONIAL OFFICE
OFFICIAL HERE
FOR WEEK'S VISIT
Mr W. I. J. Wallace. Assistant Under-Secretary of State for the Colvajes, arrived in Hongkong this morning from London via Bangkok by Boac.
elf first
Mr Wallace, who is head of the Far East Department of the
Colonial Office, is visiting Hongkong to aequalni hand with the Colony and its problems. During his week-long visit, he will be the quest of His Excellency
and Lady Black at Government House.
30-Year-Old House
May Come Down To Make Way For
Bigger One-
Plans for a new six-storey building were revealed this morning by an architect before a Tenancy Tribunal hearing an application for exemption of Nos. 71-73 Fa Yuen Street, Kowloon,
The Tribunal consisted of Mr John Way. President, Mr Chow
and Hau-loung,
Mr tionald Ross.
Mr Wong, the third applicant, had a joint account with the with Blank George Heng "San
Iki.. $130,000 carmarked for the scheme.
The architect, Mr A. H. Basto, testified that the existing three-storeyed buildings were
30 years old.
The new building, which will double the covered arca, svill accommodate shops on tho five flats on ground floor and the upper floors.
The cost of demolition and. construction was estimated at $120,000 and the time, about eight months.
SHARES
A taxi knocked down and in-
02-year-old woman in Appearing for the applicants, Waterloo Road, near its func- Mr Leung Wing-kut, Mr Tang with Pitt Street, yesterday, Chung-lee, and Mr Wong Yu- The woman, Lau Lau-of of kwong, No. 11A, Soares Avenue, 2nd floor, was taken to Kowloon Hospillat for treatment.
Thefts From Flats
businesmen,
Mr
Francis Wong of C. Y. Kwan and Co.
Mr Leung, co-owner with Mr Tang of No. 73 Fa Yuen. Street, Buld he bought the house in 1948 and had entered into an agree-
with
the neighbouring house owner to. Join Hands in a recievelopment scheme,
Mr Leung had $147,200 in the
Mr Tang also spoke on behalf of Mr Wong and affirmed that if necessary, he could also finance the scheme by himself
Hearing to continuing.
Boy Fatally Injured
A ten-year-old boy sustained futat injuries when he was knocked down by a commercial
lorry in Shanghal Street, four ita function with Waterloo Road on Saturday,
The lad. Leung Chi-man of No, Portland Street, 1st floor, tiled shortly after admission to Kowloon Hospital,
Hongkong and Stanghal BankAnnual Meeting
Thieves broke inid No. 1 aid he also held many shares
speciacally for the scheme, Yuet Yuen Street, ard floor, in public utilities valued at Jesterday" and stole clothing valued at $130, '
and
On Saturday cash jewellery to A total value or 4413 were alolen from No. an Ilaven Street, 2nd floor.
Cash and Jewellery valued at $470 wern stolen, from a sighe
more than $640,000.
1
The annual general mealing of the Allianco “ Francaise will MriLoung also said he had be held in room 40, French
to Ilabilillen that might affect Flank Building, at 6.30 p.m. text
scheme and if necessary, Westneniny.
At Loke
Yew Hall
LAST night In the Loket
Oriell
Yow Hall Mr Harry
presented
Philippa
Schuyler, a talented young
American pianist, in ปาง
A
From the Files
25
years -AGO-
first of the 1969 concerts "OLONIAL" writing in
by distinguished visiting
artistes.
The programme
was
"Old Hongkong re-
calls that a "grand old man”
a long of the Colony who won much
and ambitious one. Miss renown in the days of Sir
boundless Paul Schuyler showed
Chater
Str
fergy; but i think that a pro- Hormusjee Mody, who died
Was
gramme which starts fairly
promptly at 9p.m, should not in 1911 at the age of 74. goon after 11 p.m. especially
He came to Hongkong from ns people from North Point and Bombay at the age of 21 and Kowloon have a long way 10
arter working for a fan of go home,
Indina merchants, set himself up as an auctioneer of opium.
thought.
The [Wo short so-called Sonalas, one by. Scarlatti in A ad- and one by his pupil and nurer Soler in G minor, can be regarded unty as useful "warmers." They аге Just intle exercises and contain particular musical The
two sample nocturnes Uy Field (the originator of the name "nocturne"} were de- Bentely played. This also plied to the Chopin Nocturne which
very appropriately followed the Field Nocturnes later in the programme.
In the old days of the oplum trade, the first indication of the arrival of an optum ship from India was the appearance of her topsails or her smoke-stack aa the case might be. Thereupon there was an immediate rush of brokers and dealers to get first on board
Many of them owned fast gigs so as to make the best of much chances and many exciting races were run in order to be first aboard for it need hardly be said that the broker who could find out first from the skipper The main works of the first what was the state of the oplum balf weru the Beethover
मै
market in India was able, he Appassionata Sonala, and two of Chopin's longer
was smart, to get ashore quickly works, the
and make use of his exclusive Faulaisie in F Minor and his information to some purpose in 3rd Scherzo. I have no berita-
the Hongkong. Canton and tion in saying that the Chopin Macao markets and perhaps group
enjoyed by
the paralyse the trade in these ports. audience very much better than
was
the Beethoven. Miss Schuyler On the Stock Exchange in the
great technical This was even
nas
*bility.
more apparent when
she played an encore which was a reduction of the last movement of Liszt's E Dat Plano
Concerto. Some
may
disagree with "arrangers" who
Trent concertos for
in this way, hut no one
the
guinsuy
Schuyler well,
late Eightiva and early Nineties, bir Hormusice came into much prominence, where bis Aguro soon turned him the credit of being the Napoleon of the
Rialto.
But even in later days, he had Orchestra his ups and downs, being at one Cantimu, in his own words, reduced fact that Miss
to a condition of having "no played it extremely more than the value of bis
luncheon in his pocket." in the above, she was "at home." In the Beethoven, she Later he began a most am- Wis not 50, As опе astute bitious commercial venture with commentator put, there was Sir Paul Chater exploiting the much loo much appassionata mineral resources of Tonkin. und too
little Beethoven, The Charbunagca Mines, with Technical skill is only a means their inexhaustible resources
an end. Only after years
revehue and their lite can any artiste feel some enterprise was met with good thing of what Beethoven prob- spirit
by the French who ably felt in creating this great eventually awarded Sir Hormus sonata.
Jee the Legion of Honour.
Rot
The 2nd hult uf the pro-
of the
Ravel,
brought
gramme was devoted 10 Com
Sir Hormusjce was also an posers
present century ardent supporter
of racing
In Copland and the Colony and many a "Buxey" a short piece winner was led in by him past by the soloist and two the Grand Stand,
Chinese songs
incin, with
arranged by Kelly. Again Miss Other forms of sports too did Schuyler seemed to be very not fall of his liberal patronage. much at home in the playing of Most of all will his memory be the Ravet works which called perpetuated in Hongkong by his for u good deal of technique and munißcent donation of threa delicacy of touch.
lakhs for the erection of
the
We look forward to hearing | Univeralty which unfortunately Miss Schuyler again,
he did not Live to co Inaugurated.
Theft From Car Amongst many other contri-
$10,000 to the Benevolent
A wrist watch and a fountain bullons werd pen valued at $116 were stolen Ladios
Society, o car parked outside the eight valuable scholarships to from Hockey Club, Caroline Hill Road, schools in Hongkong and Sookunpon, yesterday.
$35,000 for the Seamen's Home, The Police have arrested two Slr Hormusjeo was a liberat men following
ita the theft of a supporter of the KCC in quantity of cotton waste valued carllest years and was grate- at $5 from a lorry parked In | fully remembered for his
financial aid to that club, Navy Street on Saturday,
This Funny World
“Why mat You tell them we'll have to take it book ta šią
he
could Anahee it by himself. After a report by, Mr. B.
JOINT ACCOUNTING Bernard, Chairmati
of
the
Mr Tang, the other owner of | Society for the last 7euria fut, No. 14A, Island Radd, Jost | No. 71) said the house was not | new. Committee” for 1908, whil night,
encumbered. He said he and | De slected.
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