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In Gaol When Burglary Was
Committed: Man's
Successful Appeal
The Appeals Court today quashed the conviction of a man sentenced to gaol for burglary after the Crown admitted the man had been in Stanley Gaol at the time of the theft.
Laun Rung-tung, 35, had been sentenced on July 3 to a total
of six months in guol on two counts of burglary,
He had pleaded guilty to both charges. Be appeated against sentence on the second change, in which the theft was alleged to have taken place on Decem- ber 20 last year,
Disturbing
Mr D. N. E. Rea, Crown Counsel, told the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Hogan, that Lam was in gool on that dute.
Sir Michart said: "I and this very disturbing."
Lum full the Court his mind
was confused at the Bine, mari
| Japanese
Touring
SE Asia
Six members of the Japanese Diới passed through Hongkong this morning by JAL en mate to Bangkok on a study tour of the
economic conditions EDI Sutte-ra Asian countries.
They were Messrs K. Aikawa,
he did not realise he had en S. Watari. R. Nusta, K. Sato, tered a wrong plen uniit he was. 11, and Y. Kawaguchi in guol.
The Chief Justice quashed the conviction on the second charge, but allowed the six months on the Best charge to stand.
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July Price Index Up
3 Points
Its announced in Today's Government Gazette that the Retail Price Index for the month of July is 130- an increase of three points compared with that for the preceding _month,
The rise is attributed to higher prices record- ́ed for fresh and dry vegetables which more than offset lower prices for fresh fish,,
THREE REMANDED ON CHARGE
OF MURDER
Three men accused of mur- der wore remanded for seven days by Mr P. F. X. Leonard at Kowloon Magistracy this morning, Lo Kau, 10, of no fixed word.
Hin-chiu, 20, Sze-To umployed,
Klang of 4B Chik
Wong Street, ground flow and
at no lixed Hon, unemployed, abode, are the defendants.
Un-
it is alleged that on July 24, at No. 9 Lo Yan Street, ground flour, Kowloon City, they to- gether murdered Sin Kwal.
HK Textile
Circles Concerned
tallshod 1849
FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1959.
Planning Publicity
BuenT
tids
Mirs Violet Chan (back to camera) shows Mrs Norton Brown and Dr Brown a publicity poster during mornings visit to the clinic,China Mall photo.
U.S. Visitors See
Over Family Planning Clinic
SHEAFFERS
Skrip
CROWN COUNSEL SAYS:
Fatal Blow Must Have Been Deliberate
From the Files
25
years AGO
TOMMUNISM as a result
Mr G. R. Sneath, Crown Counsel, prosecuto of Police diligence, has ing in the trial of Chau Shui-wan, 25, been reduced to a state of charged with murder fold-the-jury this inactivity in Hongkong, ae- morning that the fatal blow to Yin Mei-cording to the annual report chu must have been a deliberato thrust.of the Inspector-General of The blow was struck during a struggle between
Chau and another person, Chan Woo-tik, at the Colony during the latter which Yin was present.
She was the estranged wife of Chou and worked at the Lee Tel Textile Faclory, where the fight took place on April 22.
Mr Sneath said Chau was trying to tell the Jury yesterday that while he was fighting for his life with this muin Chan, through come accident the woman got stabbed. I suggest he showed no regret when giving his evidence as to what happened to her,
"Indeed, when he was tell- ing you about the quarrel. the tancour which ho stili
held against her all showed through
Not Seen
"I suggest
leted by
the
Bombay
Education
Director
Returning
Police.
Following extensive ralds in
part of 1932, the local Commu- Parly was rendered ION
nist est.
However in the early part of the year, an effort was made to reorganise the party but this attempt was short lived beause of the arrest of certain members of the "Working Committee”.
Mr R. A. E. Watron of Reutera Lid, Tuka after several years service in long- kong, was transferred to Han- kow and later on to Tientsin, |where" he took the place of Mr C. R. Graham-Barrow, has been transferred to
IT
**
Prof. T. N. Tolant. Director of Shanghai. to you that
Technical Echication for the v,ound, which winl right State of Bombay, stopped over through the body of Yin Mel:
here this morning on his way chu, could not have been from Tokyo to Bombny by Air-
waving the arms india.
have could only,
The professor had been at- by a deliberata lending a UNESCO Seminar on thrust nl the woman."
Technical and Vocational Educa- cost. Mr T. Shurlock, Counsel før | tion.
The rebels
apparently have suffered fewer casualties Seminar
Dr Norton S. Brown, Director of the Planned about, but
Parenthood Federation of America and his been caused wife, professionally known as Miss Ilka Chase, were this morning shown plans for the new Family Planning Clinic to he erected on the Ma Tau Chung Road near Kowloon City.
During their visit to the Hongkong Family Planning Association. headquarters at Hennery Road, the Browava spoke highly of the splendid headquarters buliding and the work being done in The 21 clines here,
They were told of the new Clinle to be bullt in Kowloon with $200,000 given by the Jockey Club.
SUCCESSFUL WORK
Mrs Violet Chan, Vice Chair- man of the Association, met the visitors on arrival and presented
London, July 33. Textile manufacturers in Hongkong are concerned at the small quantities of cotton piecegoods ordered by the United Kingdom Professor Daphne Chun, Pre- for re-export since the dent; Mrs P. C. M. Seugwick. agreed ceiling came into Vico President; Mrs J. P.
Mrs A. T force in February, the Ascrapper Hongkong correspondent Secretary of the Centre and Mrs of the Financial Times said today.
Dora Choy, Clinde Supervisor.
Later they met Dr E. Ander- ton fu charge of the Sub- "Some manufacturers belleve
Fertility Clinle and heard of they have been let down by the successiul work in this direc- United Kingdom Cotton Board, tien, as well as the birth which had guaranteed the control activities, tinued import from Hongkong
PRESSURE
benr
A
Brought In 6 Immigrants
Before Arrest
had
ses that the book of the Nazi revolt in Austria has been broken, but at a heavy
or
18an
the defence, reminded the jury At this three-week that Chau's evidence as to the Prof. Tolani submitted a paper the Government troops who sup- attack by Chan Woo-lik, had on the history of Indin, dating Pressed them for they were been corroborated by two wit back to its early days.
entrenched
behind bar- nesses, although nobody
The last week of the UNESCO Heades. actually scen the fatal blow meeting was spent on a tour of Sumclent Italian troops and given to Yin.
the Kansal area of Japan, visit-war planes to meet any emer- ing manufacturing CONCETTI, Henry in Austrin have been hydroelectric power stations and moved up to the Brenner Pass technical institutes.
He also recalled that Chau, just after the woman had fallen, had said "I have killed come- body; tell the Police. I wil wall for thein."
Reluctant
The most important point reemed to be the fact that Chan Woo-tik who died of wounds received, was very reluctunt to say who had been his assailant. He had merely atd. "I was woman, who
illegally taroless and received an injury." It was only at the last that he brought into the Colony was prevailed upon to give the from Macao a nine-your-name of the man with whom he old girl posing as her struggled.
To me," said Mr daughter, war sentenced
Shurlock, "did Chan state who had killed Yin Mei-chu. Why?"
to one day's gaol by Mr A. J. Sanguinetti at Cen. tral Magistracy
morning.
this
A
Alleged Impersonation
In the Cornic Alps and Corin- thin.
The situation in Europe fol- lowing the callous murder of Dr Dollfuss is still extremely tense and is being watched with The greatest Interest by the Great Powers.
man charged with three cents of impersonating a Pub- He Works ofcer, three counts of demanding money with minases,
Great Britain icon both resistir umrest and assaulting a singles matches in the Davis police offler was remanded for Cup Lawn Tennis competition four days in police custody by Kowloon Magistrate Mr P. . . at Wimbledon where she is Leonard this moralag.
meeting America in the Chai- He was Chau Kom-ming, 40, lenge Round. Austin beat unemployed,
Minden. Shields and Perry beat Mr Justice
Wood. A. D. Scholes Avenue, first floor, Kowloon, started to sum
up
the cate Anish to-
Lee Suk-wall, 37, of no fixed which is expected nude in the Colony, was also day. It is being heard by a jury and three mer zoled for one day for forging of four wome and possession of a Hongkong in the Supreme Court,
Mr Sheath was ussisted by re-entry permit. Sentences are con-
to run concurrently.
Mr D. G. Willis, Crown Counsel, Mr Sanguinetti, passing sen- and Mr E. R. Moss, Acting 1 of plevegoods destined fur re- Mis Ascrappa
showed the tence, remarked that he took Superintendent of Police, export estimated at some 15 per architect's plans for the new into consideration that the de- Mr T. Shurlock is insimicted cent of total Imports from the four-storey clinic to be built fendant was a "simple person" by Mr D. Q Cheung, of F. Colcay," the correspondent com-
small garden where and that she had been in Zimmern & Co. mented.
the Prophecy Stone from Kat custody since July 19. Tak area has been erected,
He also ordered that the de- fendant he sent back to Múcao. Defendant admitted that she bad brought six children into the Colony since June and that she was paid $5 or $10 a time.
Mr Sanguinetii told the de- The names of the following tendani. that the maximumE two companies have been struck penalty for the crime was a off the Company Register, ne-ne of $3,000 or one year's gool. cording to the Governinment "You have done pretty well Gazelle today: Hongkong in braging Into this Colony six Woven Textiles Ltd. and Tung illegal Immigrants before you Chai Ferry Co., Lt
were arrested," he said,
rc-
1 is said in one quarters in the Lancashire Hongkong that industry may have persuaded U.K. importers to include export goods in the ceiling and not take advantage of the special procedure for exemption on proof of ultimate destination,
"There is pressure for the måtter to be taken up with the Cotton Board.”—Reuter.
Authorised Architects
The Government Gazetle to-
day notified that
the names of the following have been added to the register of persons quali- fted to perform the dulles of an Authorised Archites! under the 'Building Ordinance.
Archfieets-Messrs Eddie Chiu Tse-yin, I. A. Curreem, Danaid Liao Poon-husi and She Kwong- wing,
Helo Kung-
mo.
Engineers-Mr
On Permanent
Establishment
The Government Gazette te- day notified the confirmation of the following officers to the permanent and pensionsble establishment:
Doctors G. A. de Pinna, F. Ling Cho-feng, Daniel Chun Pul-sek and Betty In Shut-ing na Medical Officers.
Mr S. A Webb-Johnson and
Mr B. V. Willama ao Cadet
Wyndham Streol, City of Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong Oficers, Class II
Struck Off
[SECRET
This Funny World
"Well, we don't agree with you!
We say it's your night to erase the blackboard!”
British Nationality Granted
The Government Gazette 10- day notified that the following persons, have been granted Certificates of Naturali- isation under the British Natlon-
ality Act, 1948:
Mrs Tephan K, Pan nee Kung, known as Kung Teplan, lau- Iguage teacher, of 8, Sunning
Road, first floor.
Mr Leung Hoi-wel, known a Victor Hoi-wel Loung, known as Victor Leung, shipping assistent, of 2, Tai Tom Village, Stanley.
Dr Betty Ea-yang Shuin-mel, Medical Officer, of 60, Tai Hang Rond, Tai Hang.
Miss Lee Man-kwoon, known
of 21
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