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New Macao CAR DAMAGED IN
Observatory Director
Macao, July 5.
The w Director of the Macao Meteorological Service Prrived today. Dr Bento C. M. Rodrigues wig the Director of Santa Mutia Observatory in the Azores before he was hipointed
Nufario to sucered Dr A. P. who will be re-assigned after tar years of service obervatury.
Br Rodrigues panied by his wife,
at this
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ACCIDENT:
MAN WINS $400
A claim for $1,978.20 for damages to a car was settled for $400 in the Victoria District Court this morning.
The settlement was arrived at aftor the hearing had
started before Judge T. Creedon.
The plaintiff was Chan Chal, proprietor of an electroplating 24, shop, of A West Street, Brat Bir, Quarry Bay.
Chan lested that on March
the defendant, a barber, come to Ls shop and asked to Berrow his car so that he could
Chun sued a former neigh-❘ take his mother for a drive to
Tam-yung, Aberdeen. Villnge, Sul
hour of his. Yip now of Man Son
Wan 1 Street, ground floor,
Mr Ne Fat presents a gift to Mr MoDount at this morning's function at the Secretariat of Chinese Affairs.— China Mull Photo.
Presentations To
Mr McDouall
Mr J. C. McDouall, Secretary for Chinese Affairs, enter. tained 26 elders of villages in Kowloon at a lea re ception this morning at the Secretarial for Chinese Affairs.
1 shook hand- with the He wished Mr and Mrs Mc- representatives of 15 villages. Dauall a happy leave and a sufe
elderly mostly tall
Chinese return.
Mr Lo Mut of the Ham Tin gentlemen who harl Come tu wish him a happy leave. village Rave Mr McDouall
of the Ng Tsinal!
medallion Mr Ng Pat
fold Wai village presented him with special mark of appreciation a coffee set to commemorate the fram his villagers. occasion. This will be kept the Secretariat oflees.
·Splendid Help
Mr Ng expressed' appreciation on behalf of all the elders pro- sent for the co-operation and splendid help unfallingly given
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J. T. Wakenteid, Chief Assistant of the SCA, was pre- sent at the ceremony, also Mr Samuel Chen, who acted interpreter.
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Mr and Mrs McDouall go un leave tater this week. During
his absence, the Commissioner of Labour. Mr P. C. M. Sedg-
by Mr MeDoual) and hits staff. wick takes over his post.
MEZZANINE FLOOR
Maternity
Dress
DOTS Just What You Noed
For Summer Waiting!
A beautiful outlook for summer in a, white polka dotted.dress accented with a velvet Low and a, red red ruses Wastrable, no-irem rofton with Black, Red or Navy dots Sirey' -10
new shipment of Maternity Wear
showing as of to-day
at
Paquerettes
160 Des Voeux Road, C.
Tol. 27-157
had
Aller the defendant shown him his driving licence, plulauf said, he agreed to lend
him the ear,
Later, Chan went on, as a re- ult of what he was told, he went to South Bay, where he found his car in a damaged con- dition.
cast
Repairs to the vehicle him $1,978-be sum he 61720
for.
$5 An Hour
In his own defence, Yip said that the plaintiff charged
him
$5 an hour for borrowing the
tar.
It was agreed that he pay the money after returning from the
rive, Yip sak.
Going down n slope at South Bay, he found the brakes to be defective, and the car collided with the side of a bridge and stopped.
Consented
Following a mid-morning cd- Journment, the solteltors for both Fides announced that the defend- and had consented to judgment in the sum of $400, with no order for costs.
Mr E. Cheung, of Peler Mo & Co., represented the plaintif The defendant was represented by Mr A. Lui, of Lo & Lo..
Western
To Have 11-Storey Building
A building of eleven storeys, costing $345,000, is to be built on the site of 316, 318 and 320, Des Voeux Road West..
ht
revented This was
the Tenancy Tribunal this morning, where it was stated unofficially agreements had
th
been reached between the applicants, Tan Beng Chiat, represented by PH, Sin & Co., and the 18 op. ponents of the exemption, for compensation totalling approxl- mately $150,000.
the
Mr John H. Way presided at the Tribunal, with Mr Chau Joye and H. Spencer-Cooper as other members, Counsel the opponents -were D'Almada ond Muson Ford Kwan, Lau Chan & Ko, C. Y, Kwan, M. K. Lam.
for
This exemption application was the first to be made after new regulations by, the Tenuncy Tribunal came into force, under! which all Courtsel must secure a certificate for their fees be- fore they can be paid.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Monday Column
Str,-It may be
true that "what gels by is just not good enough here, but Mr Anthony Fuller aurely knows that "much of the world's best" are never released here. ·
An impudent suggestion this doubtless is; but instead of antertaining us with his "Film Briefs,"
shouldn't he put his column space to better use by in- forming the public of what is really the world's best and, des manding beller Alms for the public? As 50 many booked presumably On thu strength of their "commercial" appeal, failed to please, there is a strong indication that the publio wants something differ ent (and belter) and a change of policy is long overdue,
Akns,
NT. CHOW.
MONDAY, JULY · 6, · 1959,
SHEAFFER'S
Skrip
PICTORIAL PARADE
ABOVE: Eager to see their mother and father when they come home from the Royal tour of Canada will be Princo Charles and Princess Aune. They will be eager loa to sze what presents the Queen and Prince Philip have brought back for them. Well, those presents are pliing up already- and here at Cornwall the Queen is een receiving two Jacrosse sticks for Bio Prince from Michael Benedle who lives on an Indian Reserve. Diane Cakes (righi) presented mocassins for Princess Anne. No doubt the Prince would like that real Red Indian head-dress tool-Express Photo.
ADOVE: film actress Janet fe Scott and TV star Jackle Rae leave Kensington Register Office after their weddior. They had a church ceremony at illesden, Bucks, in the
afternoon,--Central Press,
RIGHT: It wan
the night of the Bla Crush-
the night the Queen went to the ball planned
as the biggest in
tho history of Montreal. And,
by trying to bolster the atmosphere grandeur and
of
elegance! the women of Mon-
treal, In their
billowing
dresses, orcated chaos. They buf- feled one
30.
other to head the serum round the Queen
and
Prince Phillp. I
all seemed a bi
too much for
Prince Philip.
"You don't really Wani dance?" he ask-
to
ed the Queen.
But she did. But
her own dress-
In pale turquolso tulle with silver
rose embroidery
and pleated
bodice — tangled
with the crowd reluc- ... And,
lantly, she had to give up.
Picture shows: The Queen ar- rives for
ball.
Photo.
Express
*
RIGHT: Down
the plane steps
at London Air-
port comes 25-
year-old Teresa
Kwa of long-
kong. She is A. Boac air hostess
while
LEFT: Several and Nuclear Power
Britain sho stations are un- der consino- plans to stage a tion throughout опе - Woman Belisin, and ex-
of her
peoled
to
be show completed in traditional
1060-01 Is the
£30m. - 240m. Chinese
paint-
Berkeley power ings. Fashion atalion in Glou- note: She wears cestershire,
which will pro-a
yellow and
duce for feeding black check suit Into the National
Grid 300 mera in Burmese silk. walia, Central Express Photo. Press.
HK Hotel Shortage Will
Limit Tourist Influx
"By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER
The lack of first-class hotel accommodation will limit the number of tourists coming to Hongkong, the Director of the Tourist Association, Major H. F. Stanley indicated this morning.
Celal figures showed that 15,000 tourists were expectes in. Hongkong in October. Monthly nrrivals of tourists had been in- creasing, Major Stanley said. In April the figure was 14,044, which was almost 8,000 than in April last year.
Americans
more
If the present monthly nume But because of the lack of ber of tourists kept up the total accommodation here, many number visiting Hongkong this tourists do not come. For the year would be about 132,000 same reason, the Colony is pre- compared with just over 100,- vented from being a big con- 000 last year.
vention elty In the Far East.
But Mojor Stanley cald Hongkong would inevitably miss out in the next two years un- less something was done quickly about the shortage of first-class There
appreciabis hotel accommodation. WHO AR Increase in the number of tourist visiting the Colony In the first Ave months of "This Average of Year-with
He said ho had learned a big 11,000 month-compared new hotel was being built in with the corresponding period. Bangkok: last year.
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About 40 per cent of the total number of tourists viziting. Hongkong
Inst
Were Americana,!
Year
Bangkok Hotel
!,
•. "Il wouldˆbé a tragedy if we lost our tourist trade to Bangkok. We have much more to offer faurists · than Bangkok"
Businessmen would come here for about ten days. On their first weekend, mony of them, with their wives. would make the rounds of the shops, spend- Ing their money. Then for the next Ave days they would be convention, working at their leaving their wives to shop plane. Then they would have another free weekend before leaving
"Thres
020,"
years
Major Stanley said, "hotel accommoda- tion was a serious problem, now ti's 'n crisis.”
From the Files
25
The Acne da
years -AGO
Blue Funnel liner extensive suffered damaye when she came into collision with tha tanker, Belita, while passing through the Suez Canal. Ten cabins of the Aeneas were smashed by the impact and one pas. schier was injured.
The Aenean sailed from Hongkong 01 June 8 for the United Kingdom.
On board when she left Hongkong were Afr and Mrs
Mr
A. H. Angus, Captain A. H. Bathurst, Mies B. H. Egger, Mr R. Fern, Mr and Mrs M. B. Hewlett, Miss L. S. A. Harwood, Mr G. James, and Mira E. R. McDiarmid, Mrs Muzon, Master J. La Mason, Mina M. A. Mason, Mr L. D. Smith, Mise A. M. Sim, Mr W. Stead, Miss R. Rey- nolds, Mra J. C. Walker, Miss M. Wilson, Mr A. Yauch.
☆ ☆ ☆
"Hello, is that Wing On's?” "Yea."
"Well, wing off!" Which,
SU
a prdetical joke may be humorous to the per- petrator, but causes considerable annoyance to the victim,
It is only ane Instaner of many that have Hongkong lately. The telephone hoaxer
occurred
In
at large in the Colony numbers many important per- ronages amongst his clientele.
The Prison Department was also the victim of a recent hoax. A call was made through to the prison that an escaped prisoner was seen in the streets, and it was not until the emergency guards were called out and al check made on the prisonera that the hoax was 'discovered.
"Honxera are always to bo found wherever there is a tele- oficial phone system," sald an of the Telephone Company,
* * lending article in the
Aluding part commented
on the problem of "Chopped Dollars".
"Chinese merchants," it said, "are again complaining of the refusal of the banks to accept chopped. dollars, and the com- plaint is cae that should be token up.
"A dollar with the smallest mark upon it is discounted by the money changers by 15 per cent. What this means to the poorer classes can be imagined. Fifteen cents to a coolle earn- ing $10 a menth is nearly half a day's pay.
"To be sure, colles do not handle many diver dollars." The potentlailty of loss exists, however, and who can asy
how many of the poorer classes suffer?
"Tanny event,
no one mub. mits to such exploitation with equanamity.
"All defacoa coins should be Impounded by Government and Teminted. Alternatively, they can be used as a reserve against notice.
They would probably never be called for except in a 'run' when they would help
discourage panic."
This Funny World
DRIVING LICENSES
"As long as I'm here, I may as well pick up an accident form."
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