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MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1959. .
RUTHLESS POLICE OFFICER Silver Jubilee Of
SCHEME TO
DECEIVE CREDITORS'
"In my long career hora
have notar como across such an unscrupulous and ruthless scheme to docciva the creditors," said Mr Justice C. W. Reece at the public
hearing of O bankrupt, Chan Koon-pak, at the Bankruptcy Court this morning.
Chan, of 183," Johnston Road, second Boor, who petitioned for a receiving order in September. .1058, Buld he is now owing
$270,000.
He said in 1854, he required $150,000 to pay off his debis but
he carried on his provisions business in the hope that some-
China Fleet Club
The China Fleet Club today--China Mall Photo.
me would join him in partner- The Governor, Sir Robert Black and Lady Black,
ship. In the meantime, he said, he borrowed mare mancy.
Questioned by Mr C. II. Slevens, appeuring for the Melai Receiver, Chan nyrerd that he had sold his properties and chares which he inherited from his father since 1954.
Family Scheme
Mr Justice Rrece remarked that if Chan had been declared bankrupt in 1034, he would be eble to pay back from all the property the debts in ful- to the creditors.
But he did not do so, ond stead he set about berrow.ng more noney.
Even then, instead of using thy of the property to pay off The debt, ho about raising
will attend a cocktail party commemorating
the Silver Jubilee of the China Fleet Club, this evening.
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The President of the Club, 1 junction of Henneery Road and Admiral Sir Gerald Gladstone, Arsenal Street, to the present Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet, who is leaving the Colony on Saturday, will meet the Governor On arrival at the Fleet Club.
Commodore G. D. A. Gregory, the Ficel Club Chairman will ulso be among the welcoming committee.
The China Ficet Club's diver anniversary actually falls on March 21, but because a num- ber of senior naval officers will not be in the Colony at that
a family scheme so as to dis-Ume, it was decided to put the. pose of the property ns to make etlebrations forward, Rappear that he had got
nothing left, Mr Justice Reece Bald.
Hearing is continuing.
No West Berlin Blockade
East
The
Its Growth
Flest Club has grown trem a small Royal Navy Can- len, which was situated at the
the on
SHEAFFERS
Skrip
SUED He's Travelled On
From the Files
Sequel To Man's 56 Different Ships 25
Death
In
Road Accident
The father of a man killed in a motor accident sued the car driver-a Police Sub-Inspector-for damages this morn-
ing.
The mishap occurred while the man was riding
rickshaw in Queen's Road East on Septem ber 1 last year.
a
The case is being heard by Judge B. J. Jennings in
the Victoria District Court,
tung, advertising manager, of 205 Des Voeux Road West, and administrator of the estate
The plaintif Is Mr Lo Slu-
hla ron, Mr Lo Kam-hon.
The defendant Is Sub- Inspector Lo Yiu-cheung, of the Immigration Omee, Police Headquarters,
of
spacious six-storey
The plaintiff's statement the Wanchai waterfront.
claims Bezes that Sub- The foundation stone of
Inspecter Lo, negligently drove present
sent building was laid
his car which struck the rick- January 11, 1933, by the then chow. Commander-in-Chief, China Mr Lo Kam-hon suffered in- Station, Admiral Sir Howard jules, as a result of which ho Kelly. The Fleet Club was fur-dod at Queen Mary Hospital matly opetted some 14 months the same day. *1 1ofer by Commodore March 21, 1934.
Among the other distinguish ed guests who will be present
the
this cocktail parly evening are Lt-Gea, Sir Edric Bustyan, Commander British
at
Comm. Frank Elliot,
on
Forces, Air Commodore P. D. Holder, AOC Hongkong, Mr A. C. Moxwell, the Commissioner of Pollee.
Letters To The Editor
Berlin, March 8. Germany will
not principle.
blockade West Berlin, the East German Premier, Herr Otto Gralewohl, said
Khrushchev tonight.
Herr Grotowohl sald the nationa were fed up with
the
Cold War.
CONFUSION OF STANDARDS
Utmost Care
claims
Plaintiff limited under the District Court
Camagra
jurisdiction to $3,000, and cats. The defence claim that the
police officer was driving with
Broke Pai Lau Flower Pots
Two sollers, who admitted smashing three clay flower pats under the pai lau on Nathan Road
erected for the Duke of Edinburgh's visit, were each find $100 or one month in gaol by Mr T Creedon at Kowloon Court this morning.
They were James Evelt, 21 and Thomas Edgell, 21, drivers of 8 Company, FASC.
the utmost care and attention.
Sub-Inspector Lo's case is that the rickshaw had suddenly front of his coc pulled out in and thus made it impossible to avold hitting the rlekshaw.
Giving
evidence for the plaintiff, Sub-Inspector Kom In- of, motor vehicles Inspector of the Trafle Omice, said he Inspected the defendant's ear the damage..
fufter the cccident..
They were also ordered to pay $7.50 to the Kowloon Kal. fong Wellare Association, for
A Police constable who war
He found a number of de- on duty-in Nathan Road near fects in the vehicle. The steer the Princess Theatre at about
of
ing wheel was too loose, the1 a.m. today, heard, a nolse
men
pots,
MR LOFTS
China Mail Photo,
The Man Who Has
Made More Than
178 Sea Voyages
By THE CHINA MAIL SHIPPING REPORTER
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An 80-year-old Briton completed his 178th voyage in P & O ships when he arrived in the RMS Carthage from Singapore this morning. from A retired metal dealer from Worcestershire, Mr Arthur Charles Lofts has spent practically half his life travelling in 56 ocean going ships.
Sir,Recent letters about, lnter Greeks, Romans, Byzan (handbrake was not satisfactory|| bruaiding flower polă, musle eriticism at concertis give tine Empire and coch later and the offside front wheel was The constable saw the two rise to an important question of vanished civilisation, all show-tilted at en angle.
three standing beside ed an unawareness that-their The bonnet of the car was broken flower to be a notion standards There seems
were slipping and damaged. The front bumper Ye stopped them abroad that because thousands that their creations were coften- was bent, The radiator was breading any more and took cheer" 0 performance must ing and cheapening into dented, and the nearside front them therefore be good What about decadence.
headlamp vras broken, The Station. nearside front mudguard was In answer to the magistrate's dented.
question to whether they had any explanation for their ftons; they mald No.
Hitler and Mussolini of pre-war
at a Government recep- days? They were lustily cheered tion here for Mr Nikita y millions of noor deluded It would be a tragle thing if after such a short blaze of boobs, but, this did not make their polleles any more morally brilliance the American cul- tural scene should be obscured right.
If Ita by a similar confusion. Equally, just because an ou-
National Theatre and dience in a forgive me own
Academy cannot distinguish its artistle and Its between
entertainment, commercialised how can an untrained audienco be expected to make the dis- tinction?
If people in the West thought that they could replace the provincial town may be enthusi- Cold War by " war of diplo ustle over a mediocre perform matic manoeuvre then I mustance it does not thereby raise and that performance into a higher say--war will remain war
class,
a diplomatic one will serve to
By the same analogy some prepare an atomic wer as well,"
that critics of the erities seem to Herr Grotowohl said
Frealdent, Elsenhower-opthink that because the Ameri- Theatre and posed
separato peace on National treaty between Soviet Academy sponsored the Golden Union and East Germany "he Gate Quartet this entertaining group must therefore be above critlelam.
the
arouses
to
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Would it not be more honest more enlightening if and ANTA fours were arranged under two distinct heads, thus, "The artistic life and culture of should Arat
the American people" and in a renounce the
second series "he entertain- separate „asreement of the
ment of the American people Western powers with West
sending a copy of this Germany;, signed in Paris, "The Soviet proposal for a
The present policy of this letter to the A.N.TA, head-
quarters for their information. price Irenty with the two sponsorship,
mind,
Meanwhile, here in Hongkong, German atcies offers all pos-
disquiet. I maintain
Long Live the critics and may that the advance publicity or they continue sibilities for Elsenhower, too,"
to speak their he said.
this show was misleading. One
by popular mindy confused · expected Q serious concert of
clamour or by the august folk music and spirituals, In
D** | nature of musical sponsorship. ine with A.N.T.A.'s declarei Grolewoht said
of presenting to the some American Policy
AILEEN M. DEKKER best of
American generals were threatening, to world the
Woy through to culture. To class an admittedly skilful and attractive cabaret
is, high time that "What does this irresponsible show with the performances of
drastic
actica were Moschwitch talk crieen with regard to the 'She
and Piatigoraky some viet proposal to make West Ber- who ako appeared under ten, in granting a walking A.N.T.A. sponsorship must ticket to those ignorant, K.M.B. spread confusion and doubt as golemen. to what standarda America does
"Irresponsible" :
Неп seemed as
shoot their Berlin.
It
In a domillared fres elly with free communications in all directions and guaranteed by
he recognise. powers?"
pll Interested
asked.
Bus Gatemen
Sir,-It
To begin with, le, during ope i afternoon, at a certain bus stop
It is as if one stood in front scolion, I was about to put my
Could Not Say
Sub-Inspector Kam told the Court he could not say whether any of the damage was old or new at the time he examined them.
Cross-examined, witness sald
a handbrake was not used for
pulling up a car suddenly. The footbrake was normally for this purpose, he said.
Hearing is continuing
Inspector is defended by NW
used
Bir P. Chan, of Lau, Chan de Ko, Le for the painilt. The Bub-
Johnston, Stokes R. Carr, of Mastor.
COOLER WEATHER
MAY CONTINUE
to
Tamshatsut Police
MAN HELD
years
AGO
THE SCM Post had this to say on the question of the Nathan Road Banyan Trées,
"The decision to remove. the fine banyan trees that 'made' an avenue of Kow- loon's principal thorough. fare appears to have been"" reached quietly and put into execution with a swiftness almost furtive and suggest- ing fear of opposition.
"That Kowloon residents should protest is not surpris.. ing: they complained loudly, when a similar proposal was n:ooted some eight years ago. The trees already lined Nathon Road and other of the Penin- sula's ways when all but the very oldest residents came: anil undoubtedly they have added to
and attractiveness
In- habitableness of Kowloon, mak- restful ing it at one time a suburb, then helping the rural. atmosphere to resist the PET-. vading hardness of rapidly, ne- quired urbanitý.
the
They were evergreen, ther were shady, they harboured birds: They weathered with those who dwelt in their shel- ter, the typhoons and endured the droughts. Young Kow loon grew up with them: and when one foll bereavement
Wie a public Kawicon It- self is surprised, even pained, its own though proud Srowth
development-ai the swift arrival of need for readjustment of ideas.
and
It is no longer a suburb," but a city in its own right: and it must have its strand, ita Broadway."
An old and highly-respaoted resident of the Colony passed away on Friday night in the at the age of 74 years, Ho person of Mr J. H. Raptis, joined Hongkong and Whampoa Dack Có "Ltd in 1887 as an enginser and, thres ◄ years later entered Govern. ment service as a turnkey in Victoria Gool.
THE
THE Rov. J. R. Higgs, the newly apppointed: randchildren in England. He Vicar of St Andrew's
Mr Lofts began his travels on | other in Hongkong Mr Lofta ac-board the Britannia in Decem- went on travelling, but entirely
ber 1000, Since then the has for pleasure this time. travelled continuously to vari- Mr Lofts has one son' and four ous parts of the East, including Aden,
Port Sald, Colombo, Penang, Bombay, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe and Yokohama.
FOR TRAFFIC
OFFENCES
Between 1918 and 1920, Mr Lofts made a number of trans- Atlantic voyages which are not included in his 178 trips.
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did not join his son, who Church, Kowloon, and Mrs
Government cattle inspector, in
England on retirement because Higgs left England aboard he feels it is too cold" there. the Blue Funnel steamer
:: The Ships
Hector on February 24. This voyage is also their honey.
The ships on which he had moon. travelled included the Macedo- nin Mooltan, Mongolia, Ran pura, Rawalpindi, Ranchi, Rij putana, Carthage, Corfu, Stra De Havilland's have just thaird, Chitral, Canton, Chuson turned out a new four-engine and Stratheden..
airliner for Qantas ··Empíra Though his hand trombleday Airways, Hy 200ʻng"enginesum when he wrote, he said this arranged on each side of the
would make body which will accomriodale - morning that ho more pleasure trips " I am ten passengers, will give the
plana a top speed of 170 mph.
His travelling was, however, interrupted during the second World War and he stayed in Michael Peter, 20, was re- Ceylon.
In 1949, Mr Lofts began manded in custody for
travelling again. He retired three days--pending a Tram, business and closed probationary officer's re-metal firm in England in 1953. port, when he pleaded But retirement did not mean
the end of travelling. 1railc guilty to three
With two homes in the Far At?"" offences.
East-one in Singapore and the
The defendant admitted to Mr A. L Leathbean at Kowloon Court this morning that he had driven a car without a valid licence, without third party lo- surano?
and
without owner's consant,
the
The prosecution is being con- A cold front passed through the ducted by Sub.-Insp. J. P. Wii- Colony yesterday, cansing a son, who said on March 7, the drop in temperatures over. | defendant, while reversing out Tight.
of Austin Road into Parks
at 8 am, today the minimam Street, hit a faxt, and then
"temperature recorded at the drove away at high'spead ̧
degrees, nearly seven dogress Royal Observatory WAK 62 2. Followed Car
lower than yesterday,
yesterday
temperat
the
bo
la
A 76.8 degrees, and an Observatory pokes man, sald' be expected maximum today would about 11, degresa. lower, The outlook for tomorrow
practically the same, he said, but It should be slightly cold. er, and cloudy with patcher of drizzle and light rain.
He said his poverament of an arresting and skilfully fect on the bus platform, one of had never had_the_Intention} painted (cinema poster adver- those
uncultured gatemen. The of blockading West Berlin, tising a forthcoming film, and violently slammed closed the The handing over of Soviet were solemnly Informed" that bus railing gate. Had it not been control to East German authori- | this was (Art with a copital A. my strong healthy legs, that There is a place indeed for dropped off from the said. bus. ties would "not be misused and will not endanger peace." shows like the Golden Gate I should have by now, landed Here Grotewohl seid talks Quartet in adding galety to our with broken ribs, and a severe were being hold with Mr dally lives, but if such a group fracture skull. Khrushchev during his Berlin is to be sent out by A.N.T.A. In visit on all questions cancern- the same category si, say, the hardly recogulse those bus gate- Ang a peace treaty and the Lor Angeles ·Philharmonte, men numbers attached to their turning of West Berlin Into a Marlan Anderson or Vilo and upper pockets. There are also free city-Reuter.
Lara, then some deplorable | several of these galemen-whom confusion as to standards must-have' cunningly and threwdly exist in the · minds of these stripped off their numbers which administering the President's | are piss attached to their empl
Der Reeves.
Couple Robbed Fune
With such speed, one
could
Boy Injured
A; sty¢n«y@ir-old boy wari Ja»)| This Argues poorly for the Finally, I believe the police jured yesterday afternoon when making known of genuine authorities' should at all: Umes, he was knocked down by a pri-
A Chinese couple was hold-up by two men and fobbed, of å American culture throughout keep an eye on those bus gale- vate car to Chun, Tin: Street
GREATEST
REVOLUTION
OF OUR AGE
Tel-Aviv, Mar. 8.- The taxi driver followed the Mr David Ben Gurion, Isruell car, which, he found stopped · In Prime Minister, tonight
The driver
described the awakening of Chatham Road
the African and then took the defendant along
Asian to Hunghom Police Station.
nations as the "raatest re- The man's mother came
volution in the history of the court this morning and told the first half of 20th century." magistrate her BON had
Mr Ben Gurion told the harvous and excitable disposi National Convention of the Progressive Party here that
2
She had taken him.
to
a doolox, whose report she the East-West struggle for the handed over to, the registrava, "soula of the Afro-Aslars She said that neither the normalen" was probably the her son would be able to pay a most brgosant export of the Leavy, Anc.
Cold War today, The magistrate then decided
He referred to the "paradox" to remaid the boy until he had of the hostility of Israel's hoard frem the probationary | closest, zel, toours compared. "officer,
with the friendship shown her akby the “retnole Countries of
Asia and Africa.
wales watch and a ball-pen to the world. A constant sign of men, at certain crowded request near-fia junction with Thefts From Car Ben Gurion said these
Weg: with."Atro-Aslan" dallons camera, valued at $400, right "consitutapiky the
the total value ca 100 eat a decadence in any civilisation stop: sections, ~ - Ing doing head, (treet, Hung Hơm Banda aldo lane off Cox's Road, Kow- | has always been the loss of the those KM.B.mployees: may The injured boy, Bul Lol-kok Worstolen from a private est; murowa”, towardrąs loon, abortly after ten o'clock self-critical faculty in the turn over a now leef for their of No. 42, Chun Te Blerk parked outside at Andreea of establishin's peton) last night. One of the robbers | artistic fold by á race with pro- own benent, arONGAN
Sportwecond door was admitted ko. Church, Naixa Bold Kolesa opraline Pella heret "will"ained" with a dagger, viously high-standarda, .- THO MAN IN THE STREET. – Kowloon Hospital for treatment, restrYGAS ATROTSALAKET
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