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SHIPPING SLUMP HITS Two-Gun Cohen KOWLOON WHARF PROFIT Refuses To Retire
The slump in world ship-|
ping had caused a 15 MAN ACQUITTED TO 'SORT
per cent reduction in the tonnage figures of the Hongkong.' and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, the Chairman, Mr H. D. M. Barton said at the annual meeting today. He announced a dividend of $8-$1 less than last year. Mr. Barton said that although the number of
Vessels ocean hallod by the company Sear was
1,478, 30 more
last
than
carried for discharge or trans- shipment was much less.
OF
PICKPOCKET CHARGE
Judge B. J. Jennings in the Victoria District Court, this morning acquitted a man charged with larceny from person. Earlier the complainant had said: "1 am sure that the accused picked my pocket.”
last year, the amount of cargo The complainant, Wong Wing-shing, of 29 Pei, Ho Street, said that on January 20, he boarded a number one bus in Kowloon and during the trip, he noticed that $80 was missing from his pocket.
He said that as a direct con- sequence of the decrease in volume of operations, the com- Pony's working surplus $2,709,480, was $1,170,803 than last year.
of Jers
Sound Position He said: "The balance sheet thows a sound position and our net current assets, at £5,400,- 272, have increased by $440,000 over Inst year.”
Mr Barton said that be did? not see any
prospect of roat in affairs until improvement world trade storted picking Ep.
The meeting confirmed the election of Mr E. P. Mosell to the board of directors.
I also re-elected Mr G. M. Goldsuck and Mr H. Kadoorie,
He then noticed that a man i "Because as I was standing who was left the bus suddenly'.
sitting behind kini
"I ran after him and stopped near a podosirian crossing" he told the court,
"I then
old him that wanted to talk to him and that svil: I would like him to me to the police station.
.
Good Job
1
saw him pulling a cigarette the tween his index and middle finger and his hand was resting on the seat bar in front of me His left finger had an ink spot cn it."
The accused, Lam Tak, un-
pf no fixed nd- employed and
charge.
Mr Patrick Yu, instructed by Mr P. T. Yu appeared for him nd asked the complainant if the money had been recovered had just pleked $80 from my at the police station. pocket.
"I told
him
that
someone
"The accused then sald
10
Two On Charge have a good job, and
Of Smuggling
OUT HIS BROTHER'S
ROMANCE
Among the service
ENERAL Morris "Two gun"
GE
Cohen is reputed to be a man who does not like to talk to reporters very much and who generally adopts a rather reserved attitude towards" the press.
"I have been misquoted so many times that the less I say for publication, the better it is," he explained. However journalists nre always intrigued by person- people with mysterious legend, specially net arriving from the when one of these people comments upon United Kingdom in the arrival in the Colony by the first Comet a commercial fight is: "All I want is troopship Navara on tour of duty horo this pence.” morning was 22-your-old- Corporal David Brayshow of the Royal Engineers. But besides his posting here, Corporal Brayshaw has another purpose: to try to sort out her brother's Tomance with 1 Chinese girl.
With a nickname like "Two-gun”, this is something of a paradox and wondering whether the saying "If you want peace, prepare for war is true, I secured through Hongkong impresario Harry Odell a five-minute exclusive interview Is brother, SAC Michael with the man who let quite a few. people Brayshaw of RAF, was serving wonder: "What is he after this time?” in Hongkong when he Inet But when Priscilla, a tenchier.
he was transferred to Malaya, leaving his kong.
Col David
use of the lay here to see
matter.
him.
General Cohen's Immediate; "I
From the Files
25
years AGO-
Journalists in Hongkong probably more so than in other countries, often meet with a lack of sympathy and courtesy. Discourtesy abounds. in places where there is authority and frequently, when journalists pon the farewell platitudes of departing officials, they turite with their tongues in their cheeks.
*
Nothing but understanding and assistance has, however, been received by local news- paper reportera from Com- mander JE. Sissmore, toko has supplied most of the naval information that has appeared in Hongkong newspapera for the last two years. He leaves Hongkong soon to take up a new post.
*
"I am not a propagandist," well, I have never been able to asked
BIRD's Eye: The rare sex, doubt the veracity of any state reaction was dress, plended not guilty to the he announced his engagement, } gold the General at the out Tent made by Chou Enlai and have applied for a visa to go the fair sex, the ley-sture sex, the Don't you dare, ses, the Hong-set. "The Interview I am I believe that the Dalai Lamu nowhere!" he exclaimed, Dancee in
going to give you will be has been taken into India against
man, beware sex, the nearly "I have got a lot of friends In the his will. Breythaw said short and straight to
hare sex, the Oh Yeah sex. this morning he would make point. I suppose you want is that on the Boac fight there Feking. If I were asked to go "Another reason for my belief Formosa and a lot of friends in visit them I would, of the and a representative of what he could do about the to know why I am here? was
Just to visit some friends Canadian Press who told me he course, be quite pleased to do He said he did not know her and renew some sequain- had an interview with President so."
Nehru of India and that Nehru
"understand you tances. I intend to stay in had told him that the Dalai Lama
from the ceiving a pension the Colony for some little had been taken prisoner by the Chinese Government," I said. time and after that, I don't Chiners and was on.his way to
Peking. know."
The next morning I read the pose you are going to asit my South China Morning Post End views on the Tibet situation?" learnt that the Dalai Lama had,
I nodded, trying to keep up arrived in India. Whom am
supposed to bellove?"
suppose you have applied for a visa to go to China?
address.
More Than One
Wong said no. Judge Jennings then directed the prosecution that the evidence induced from showed that
accused's the action 'were capable of more "We then proceeded to You-than one explanation
the com- As the Prosecuting officer mal police station," plainant
When we had went on. got near to the puller station, necused sald Pardon me the how much money have you lost? I will pay."
plenty of money why do you think I have picked your poc ket? if the money cannot be found at the police station you Wong Kun, 42, and Yeu Ng-will be tombled,' hn, 31, accused of legally an- porting Rold Into the Colony were remanded till tomorrow by Mr Denk Cons at Central Magis tracy this morning.
Wong is alleged to have had on board his boat 23 bars of
gold weighing 115 laels April 4.
on
Yeu is alleged to have had on board the same buat 30 bars of guld weighing 159 taels,
3-Day Remand
on
"When we got to the police station, he offered me a $100 bill and asked me to tell the pollee we had a quarrel board the bus.
"But I gave back."
Ink Spot
no further evidence to
However he would write
his brother and ask for it.
10
New Gurkha Battalion
Hongkong
ofer, Judge Jennings dismissed In
the
Tak.
case and acquitted · Lam
Hot Saturday
of
The highest temperature him the $100 the year was recorded on Satur- day afternoon, when a hot sun sent the mercury soaring to 80.2 degrees. As a welcome change from the wettest February ever recorded, the weather during
the sunniest March way
and least cloudy since 1947, the Royal Observatory reported this morning.
The First Battalion of the
Seventh Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gorkha. Kifles · arrived in the troopship Nevass this morning to Join 48 Gurkha Infantry Brigade Group in the New Territories.
The Battalion will replace the First Battalion, the Sixth Kwong Yin. 24, unemployed,
Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha accused of wounding Yip Kam-
March
Rifles which will leave in the chee on
25 at the Ad-
Examined by Chlef Court in6-
same troopship tomorrow for a mission Office of the Tung Wah
tour of duty with 17 Gurkha remanded three pector C. L. Smith, who was Hospital, WHE
Division days by
(Overseas Commun- Mr Derek
the complainant Cons at prosecuting
Land Central Magistracy this nor said he
that the ac-
wealth was sure
Forces) cused had picked his pocket.
Malaya. ing.
The battalion which, arrived this morning holds the rare distinction of having been, on petive cervico, almost without a break since they entered the second World War in Burma In 1941. It served throughout
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"Now," he went on, "I sup~
with the pace,
"The fact that I have been the scene of for away from operations, puis me in a very
necullar position but I win this: I read in London papers a statement by Premier Chou En-lal of the People's Republic
of China.
"The statement said that the Dalai Lama had been kidnapped and taken into India by force...
'So
..... by...
ANDREW SALWYN
Frightened I Would Have Signed Anything'
are re-
COLONIAL, writing In
Hongkong, a popular column in the SCM "That's not true. I have re- Post 25 years ago, said: fused a pension both from the "Back in 1884, Hongkong people of Formosa and the pro-was mighty pleased about a ple of Peking, I made it clear new industry that had been that I did not want to retire on established here. Nothing a pension; prefer to make a
commission to
I
1
Tow but. on a orders and still be active. don't feel
like staying writing my memoiry yet!"
Li-Col M.H.F. Magoris, who A marine dealer facing charges of receiving stolen led the Battalion, was greeled on arrival by Brigadier D.D.M goods, this morning stated before Judge A. A. MacCready, Commander of 48 Huggins in Kowloon Court he was so frigh- Gurkha Infantry Brigade Group
tened he would have signed anything. and other officers,
HK Opera Company
-Opens In KL
By DAVID T.K, WONG
Singapore.
Charming stage and screen slar Miss Yu Shu-chow and her 10-member Feking Opera Troupe from Hongkong hos Just opened for a brief season. In the Malayan capital of Kuala Lumpur after ending a success- ful run here.
The Hongkong company has been here since the end of February as part of their three- month tour of Malaya.
Miss Yu, who is 20 years old, not only performs in opera but is also a veteran of 80 úíma 10 of them in Mandarin and 80. In Cantonese,
Woll-known
She is well-known In Hond- kong and Shanghai for her fery heroine roles rather than those of shy maldena.
Her fencing and handling of the long spear are a delight to watch.
British actor Orson Welles 'made a special point of attending ane of Miss Yu's performancek during his brief visit hero and later went backstago to convey his appreciations personally,
actor
Included in the troupe is -Milja Tu's father, the veteran Yu Chin-yuzDEL.
MISS YU
praine
Was
being
mon
I bestowed on the heme responsible and the fact that still
this
enterprise is
The five minutes were over flourishing today, on the and the Interview had to come same site that it first saw to an end but as I was leaving, General Cohen with a bono- | eruching hand-shaka added con- fidentially: "I have still got a lot of pep, you know!"
IGNORED SIGNAL, FINED $50
the light, is sufficient proof that the adulation was not misplaced or overdone.
"I refer to the Hongkong Rope Manufacturing Co. Ltd. ID the later part of 1883 the com- pany had been organised with Meisen Russell and Co as gen. mal managers. The site select- ed
neer Belcher Bay opposite Green Island.
GOM
Kam Chung-mGL, of & Hong Lok Street, ground floor, found Of particular interest to guilty of neglecting a police- motoriste in Hongkong is an man's elgral, was fined $30 by experiment being carried out Mr K. A. S. Philips at Central in Kowloon with the view to Magistracy this morning.
The prosecuting officer, Sub-producing better lighting at Inspector S. W. Ng told the night in the city's streets. court that on January 12, at Since March 21, motorista 5.30 p.m., the defendant drova must have noticed some bluish
private car from Lower lights in Nathan Road. Albert Road to Garden Road. The characteristio" of these "I feared that I did not)
The policeman was ready to lights which are called gaseous sign the statement in answer give the stanal, but defendant discharge lamps, is that their to the charge. 1. would - bo / drove out to Garden Road and colour is lacking in red ha
Д
jured.
_director
This causes a bluleh
This Funny World
besten until I confessed."
connor whit a pileate var The defendant, Chau Hon, coming up Garden Road,
Favourable comments have oltás Fu Thu-10, a marine dealer,
Alexander T. Dow
been heard since they were of Gibb www.of replying managing goods stolen from a Royal Navy Livingston and Co Lut, was the | melalted-m-Hongkong-but-ba Taunch, to a lotal value of $476. driver of the other car.
present nothing de get been The goode are classifed in the There was slight damage to decided as to whether they will
both cars and charge as Admiralty property
no one was in- be adopted for street lighting Defendant is represented by
in Hongkong. Mr P. L. Lam, of P. L. Lami and Company, and the prosecu- tion is being conducted by Insp by T. W. Wheeler, assisted Det. Sub. Insp. a. J. Batts.
Under cross-examination this that morning, defendant said zoon.after he had entered the delectives' rooms following his arrest, a "fat and sioul" delec- tive whom bo recognized Chan Leung, grabbed the front of his jacket and made a motion to strike him, saying at the same time, "Do you still deny 162"
Chau said he was afraid thẹn
as everyone in the room was threatening him. Some of them suid, "Give him tome blows," defendant told. the magistrate,
Chau added he was frightened and expected he would be sssaulted if he had refused toʻ admit
also the charges Ha sald that another delective, whom wo know as Ng Chal had actually amaulted him, hitting him several times OVET the head.
Feared Boating Questioned about his sign- turò attached to his answer to the charger,; he admitted it was hit. But Chay claimed he was Ptold by 'Ng Chal" to sign,>>Ho said he feared that if he did not ign the statement, ké would be beaten until: ke: còn="
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