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JOHN HASTIE & CO., LTD. SHIPS, STEERING GEAR
ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD. ILK. & Shangkah Hank Bldg. Tel. 27789
CHINA MAIL Sheaff
had 1045
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1959.
NEW BALLPOINT · WITH, EXCLUSIVE
STERLING SILVER TIP
GOLD SEIZURE SEQUEL THEY LEFT HK
JANET
TO MARRY
By. DAVID T. K. WONG
Singapore. Hongkong-barn best-selling au
thurves Janet Lim (above) lins. announced her engage-
Crew Member Sues For Return Of $20,000
Guarantee Money
The finding of 210 gold bars on board the m.s. Bradeverett in September last year and the dismissal of her crew members had a sequel in a civil action before Mr Justice A. D. Scholes in the Supreme Court today.
Cheng Hsuch-kwong, former No. 1 motorman on the vessel, is suing the Everett Steamship Corporation, S.A., for the return of $20,000 which he had paid as cash guarantee when he was first employed.
The
paid on
Wag money January 27, 1958. On Septein- ber 12, 1957, he was dismissed. The company subsequently re- fused to pay him back the cash guarantee. which he is now clakning, with costs.
The defenes alates that there *OG a nine-day delay of the
ment to an Mustralian michip at Chittagong by customs
sionary doctor working -Alalaya-
He 39 35-year-old Dr E. J. Strang. tohom the authoress
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Authorities—from September 23
10 30 MIST Yöur-resulting Trom The gold seizure.
Ship's Loss
Demurrage of the vessel had cost US$2,500 per day, the de- lence claims further, and so the company. had suffered a loss from such a delay amounting to the equivalent of HK$100,000.
The defendants maintnia that under the torms of the guarantee document; they were chilled to
of the autobiography Solid for Silver met 18 months ago in Singapore. Although a wedding date has not yet been fixed, Janet sald she would be married some fime this year and then she wune apend her honeymoon 4 Hongkong, "io be close to the place of her birth," After that her plans are
ceriai. She has not yet de elded whether she would plaintif
Mr Oswald Cheung, represent- migrate to Australia wain Bere to continui hering the former motormun, said
St Andrew's was a question of interpre work at
tion of the guaranice that wes Hospital where she is Matron.
Involved,
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
un-set-off the money due to them apoint the $20,000 deposited by
OT TO
A SMALL PRICE TO PAY
Sir-Re Saturday's Comment of the Day: I am an Accountant,
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He said his client joined the "Etadeveralt early in 1958. In September 1957, the ship Was going from Singapore to Cal- cutta.
A Rangoon on
the
MAN ASKS
FOR NINE
MORE
MONTHS
IN GAOL
A convicted thiof, Loung Yiu-cho, who had been sentenced to 18 months for theft asked the Appeals Court this morning to give him an additional mina months in an appeal against the sentence.
He said he asked, for the in- creise of sentence in order 10 enable him to receive a year
able make use of it when he prison.
September and a half's training in sewing 12, Mr Cheung went on, a curso that he would be tom: cffeer walked into cabla of the quartermaster and found him with
The 10 gold bars. He arrested him,
Signed Off
The following evening the plaintiff and all members of his department were signed off, -
Cheng was down back to Hongkong, where he asked for
Appeals Judge,
to
left
Mr
Justice J. Gregg, bild he had heard many applications against sentences, but he had never heard anyone applying to have his sentence increased;
His Lordship. observed, that sentences were awarded for punishment for trimes com
Air Stewardess
MISS KWA Hey painting.
APPELLANT RELEASED
Chon Kam-lo, who appealed against a conviction on a charge of theft was discharged after he had his sentence of three months reduced to the time he had been
the return of its cash guarantee.mitted and not awarded. for In custody by Mr Justice J. R.
This request was refused.
Continued Counsel, "What happened subsequently on the ship my client did not know of its own knowledge.
I have always deled winding up companies or quidating as sociations, probably they curved some useful pur- "1 appears that the whole
the
appear
however
unborn 23
because
in com-
in
a
"This locker was in a com- partment of which my client had never at any Ume any con-
trol,"
Turned About Mr Cheung said the vessel duly arrived at Chittagong on the evening of September 20. The following day it left but after some time it turned about
enabling people to learn a trade. The appellant's application tor an increase of sentence was to enable him to
get extra training which might be, in sense, good, but which was
Theft From Car
Gregg at the Appeals Court this morning.
His Lordship dismissed the oppeal against conviction.
He held that there was evide he did not think that the op ence to justify conviction but, pellant deserved a three months sentence, having regard to the fact that he bad na previous conviction.
Chan had
been in custody
since January-14.
A quantity of tissue paper was He was represented by Mr R. stolen from a private car park- W. S. Winter, instructed by Mr ed in Great George Street, M. E. Ives, of Peter Ma ond Causeway Bay, this morning. A] Co. Mr D. G. Wills, Crown suspect haS been detained by Counsel, appeared for the Police.
pore, even if the form of theirhiatre crew were replaced by entirely outside the scope of death was voluntary by the Filipinos at Rangoon. The ship the Court, Mr Justice Gregg members. I should take great then proceeded to Chittagong.. sold. pleasure
On the morning of September The appeal was dismissed BUY Muidating The or he dilp's chicers Family Planning Association," "Thou shalt not kill" applies to found 200 bars of gold in
paint locker, those Chai your paper accused of the murder of an individual. I consider on your own ad- mission that the Family Plan- ning Association and yourself should be charged with the
murder of 0,702 innocents 1958. The nightmare problem of overpopulation, as you suggest, instead of being brought into Pharp focus would then have an alternative solution namely and returned, the elimination of yourself and all membera of the. Family Planning Asscelation Instead of those innocents.
A. P. FAITY MUSIC: CRITICISM ordered the ship not to leave without permission. Between Sir-Sunday's recital at Loke, September 23 and October 3 the Yew Hall was reviewed by your ship was scorched. critic D. E. Gray. He or the The Bradevéreit. finally left (from the tone of the article Chittagong on
suspect the feminine gender). la entitled his or her opinion, "Thero, was
This was on the instructions
of the shipping company. The master reported the discovery of the 200 gold barg to the Chittagong customs.
The collector of customs there
Calculta.
Good Conduct
Crown.
Governor Attends
Battle Axe
Company Parade
the
To Exhibit Paintings
By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER
A Boac air stewardess
with a flair for paint-| ing has entered three
TODAY
TO STUDY LANGUAGES
of her canvasses in an Mls Evelyn Chan (centre), elder daughter of Mrs Jasmine Chan (right), Managing Director of Gande. Price & Co Ltd., and the late Mr Kenneth Chan, left by Swizzair this morning for Europe. Miss Chan, who studied Chinese, English and French at the
important Australian art exhibition. Miss Theresa Kwa of Hong- kong, hopes later to hold her own exhibi- tion "down under.” Farly next month, Mies 'Kwo will leave the Colony for Australia where she will see
her engineer brother, Sho his not seen him for four years.
Although she has not yel decided
paintings to
which
enler in the Getiong Arts Society exhibition Miss Kwa has reserved, ihrto places...
OWN DISPLAY
Misu Kwa who has only taken up pointing seriously in the inst three years; points in the Chinese style. A number of her paintings appeared in the re- cent Arts Festival, and she also held her own exhibition at St John's Cathedral last year,
She said she will be leaving here on holiday soon for Aus- tralia and hopes later to take her 70 a large rumber of paintings to London where the plans to open another exhibition. She has rold some of her palning. Recently she was able to sell soven paintings In London, Zurich and India. "They fotched qalto a good price," she said yesterday,
Miss Kwa, who has been with Bone for the last three years, is now serving on the India- Singapore roule,
POLICE OFFICER
INJURED
Police Sub Inspector Kong Yiu-wing was 10- volved In A traße 20- cident in the early hours of this morning."
** Sub-Inspector Kont, who lives at No. 4 Hol Pink Road, first floor, suffered Injuries when the private carin which he WAS travelling crashed into wall in Blue Pooli Road, near its junction with Twoi Tak Street, shortly after 2
SENTENCE REDUCED
Li Wah, who had been zelí tenced to four months for theft. to had his sentence reduced three months by Mr Justice J. R. Gregg at the Appeals { Court this morning.
Mr Justice Gregg dismissed
Li's appeal against
conviction
but reduced the sentence be- cause of the value of the article stolen, a 52 water pipe.
Appealing against the con- viction, maintained
that
The Governor. Sir Robert Black and Lady Black there was a grudge between him and the complainant and accompanied by. Miss Barbara Black today that the charge of theft was a attended a ceremonial parade in Kowloon frame-up." which commemorated the 150th anniversary of the capture of Martinique,
Sweep Ticket Still Missing
The
:tt
Pearce
October for
no suggestion critle is liable also to that my client wrs connected in but ns be target for those of differ-
any way with the gold tound," Ing views,
Your critic is of the genre Mr Cheung went on.
The 74th, "Baltic Axo Com-, The Battle Axe parado 7 lo that, must find fault no matter
pany," Medium Battery, 32 held on February 24, each year what, and I feel that this in
in Cheng's discharge book, Medium Regiment, Royal to commemorate the capture of highly insulting to the audience
said Counsel, the master had Artillery, held the parade at Martinique, in", 1800. Tra- which evidently appreciated the
certified ht general conduct Gun Club Hill Barracks.
ditionally the company parades | talents of the artists immensely.
· second, priza ond ability ny "very good." The speedy conclusion of the for the Baljery Commander. In The artists in question "ATP bol professionals, na is the Ever since 1940, the mister of campaign agalust the French in token of the signal services per- Memorial Sweep ticket which a
West Indies In tho formed by Capt. St. Clair, the junk master and was
stolen abanpor, but it appears to be every vessel. In which he had the the Vogue, in Hongkong to inud served had made the same entry. Napoleonic Wars, which ended commander on that occasion. from him on Sunday, hes not
Mr Cheung also produced a with the battle of Martinkue, The cattle axe is now, the been found. the amateur and disparage thr professional unless sponsored testimonial from the Brado was largely because of the standard of the company, and A police spokesman and this an integral part of the paraco murning that inquiries Into the by one of the amateur groups, vereis chief engineer to the efforts of a battalion of the
Royal Irish Artilleryforbears in trooping before the gunners, ffoga, of the ticket; No. 1108570 It is the story of Sir Thomas are effect.
of 74 Medium Battery,
Representatives of the Army, jy klued at $276,492," ware, con- Beetham and Novile Cards Hearing is continuing.
Mr. Victor Gitlins: is repres | As a mark of this estcents of Navy and Air Tares attended this sealed Now we I suggest tak po employ a rending Evartt Steamship Cor their allantry in action the the parade this morning After The fure master reported his qualined profsalonal crile tooration, instructed by Mr. ST Commander of the British fores, the parade Sir Robert Lady logs yesterday and said that the pronounor fin Nrofessional per Prior, of Wilkinson & Grist. Me Sir George Provost, presented Black und Mia Barbara ate çket had been removed from his JA, Y. Hon. Instructing ite the company with a French tended lunchton mr the trousers Bodiest bistake as hotel
Cheung for the plaintift.E pioneer's Exe.
all over ogulti, OH
NOBIL
At
From the Files
25
years AGO:
on
THE possibility of the Hongkong University Graduates Association bc- ing represented
tho Court of the University in the near future was men- tioned at the annual ment- ing of the Association held at Lane Crawford's Restau- rant last evening under the chairmanship of Mr R. C. H. Lim (President).
From the SCM Poet's 26 Years Ago column: "Through the further munificence of
Interpreters School of Genova University and graduated last | Sir Paul Chater, who gifted year, will farther her studies at the London Palantype St Andrew's Church,, a hand- Organisation. She is taking the Lahguage Secretarial Course some parsonage has been built and furnished with electrio period of two years. Kal Tak Miss Chan was seen off by her mother and her light standards erected to younger sister. Veronica, (above left).
over
HONGKONG FAMILY LEAVE
Me J. R. Mukion, a Director of Williamsoni & Co. Lid. and a
illuminate the
approaches. The building apart from the furniture, etc. coat $15,000 and Messrs Leigh and Grangg were the architects,"
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THE death occurred in
London
the of eminent British com- · poser, Sir Edward Elgar.
King Leopold III of Belgium took the oath of loyalty to the constitution in Brussels yeater- day amid scenes of great enthusiasm and refolcing. As, with Princess Astrid, he drove from the Palace to Parliament, vast crowds cheered him. Ho succeeds to the throne follow-
Director of Harley Mullian & Co. (UK) Ltd., left by Swimairing the death of King Albert. this morning for Zurich, on a combined business trip and vacation.
He was accompzaled by Mrs Mallian, their sons | N official welcome to Roderick and Stuart, and Mrs D. Merrifield (Governem),
Mr Mullion said they planned to spend three wocks in Switzerland)
Rev. H. W. Baines took
and would then visit Co. Kildare where they have a house, the form of an "At Home" From Eire they would travel to England, before returning to held at the Cathedral Hall Hongkong. They expect to be away for several months,
when Bishop
The Mullions were seen off at Kal Tak by friends and business
associates of Mr Mullion.
yesterday
R. O. Hall and other clergy and many prominent
The above photo shows (left to right) The Director of Civil
Aviation, Mr. M. J. Musprait-Williams, Mrs Mullion, Roderick church-goers were present... Muillon, Mira Merrißeld. Stuart Mallion, Mr Mullion- Intplar Photo.
MISS CHANG
Paintings Sell In Singapore
By DAVID T. K・ WONG
Singapore.
An exhibition of Chinese paint- Inge by Hongkong"- poet-" painter Miss Chang, Jen-ze. has opened here at the Singapore Chinco Chamber. of Commerce;
Miss Chang, who la 47, is n let- turer at the University of Hongkong
The subject of all her paintings fs the peony, a nativo Bower of Chins which is sombolle of
·wjanjih, a Milse. Chùng muidṣthe Dhotir Has Iứèp the sole source of innovation for her, arkad More than 60 of hérő pálillogs), were lock in the dies day he Aperte front pa
Chang (also kapwn for her. podijin. She has writion soine
2,000 porma which are how- collected in brez volunOE.
ACCENT ON POTASH
JE. Richardson knocked up. 108 not out and G.R.* Sayer; 63 for the Civil Service in their match against Univer.. sity, whom they beat easily by seven wickets. For HKU, A.M. Rodrigues scored 38 and B.K, Ng, 20.
Japan is the world's greatest importer of polach and because Playing for the KCC in of this, a well-known German their drown match with 1m has been exporting potash Craigengower, E.F. Fincher
to that country since 1923.
scored 75 and C.I. Stapleton, This morning the arm's re- $4. For Craigenpower, R. Lee prezentative, The Rolf Fotoacored 89 and lb. Younghay Kopf, had a brief stopover in 52. Hongkong during his journey by Swissair from Tokyo to Zurich,
The firm the Dar Nippon Gragenpower had an easy daly cent of over KCC when Abbas dis- Kall, handles 40 per the potash business in Japan. missed seven of the Kowieen
In the
second divisjon,
Dr Kopf is making a business team for 13 runs and the trip to Europe, before returning Earlier CCC had knocked up entire team was out for 88. 175 for three, E. Souza scoring 42 and W. Sparrote, 85.
to Tokyo, via Hongkong. hope to visit your fine elly, on my return," he said.
Brts
This Funny World
Which one do you want?"
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