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Of The
Day
THE BRIDGE
Y the end of next year By perhaps even before then
Hongkong will know whether it is to have {1 harbour bridge. Certainly the weekel announcements i by Government and Hong- kung Really suggest thart there is a good chiner it
will be approved, providing
the result of the survey sic not Curl up tou my unforeseen dieullies, {4“ suming the inevitable snaps
Aurel are surmountable finance can be arranged. These are three big ifs but
if
the condence with which
Firemen Killed OAG Visits Factory HK, KLOON
By Explosion
Twenty-five
New York, Aug. 23.
wero killed and persons scores injured in three separate fires which broke out today. Two of the blazes were in the United States and the other in South America.
One of the fires which occurred in the Toms! River county prison, New Jersey, was followed by an explosion which killed eight."
In Pampa, Texas, a fire swept through an! apartment killing live members of a family.
At least 12 firemen were crushed to death! in a cave-in following an explosion in an eight- storeyed building in Rio de Janeiro.
"overeto a ceil"
the Wheelock Murden group. The Toms River County gani have always discussed this pro swept the prisposal, coupled with the boarding in the wake of recent eight lakhs they are pred pleas for expansion of facilities. pared to spend on the preli Seven other prisoners, seven indiente tenen and a sailor who joined nina that they are in no doubt the reseva vitng's about it becoming a reality
Surveys
were ove
chaling three women umates, conte by molt. Nino perao,
NOVERNMENT'S state emale prisoner, the sallur n
meat shows 11t it i; Tour Bremen were hospitalise, now Bibbling at the idea one apparently in serious con-
There
was one other with interest where before dition.
Go
et the victims Wis General Paiersen. He had been et arged with being drunk and duidents.
Originator
it was cally aloof. It is a prisoner in the building.
She was not injured, Bow committed to repaying?
ret Hongkong Realty part the
of the #148
aurvey. conditionally of course. Also it now discusses the passi- bility that even Government buikl the might
bridge Shraiff Marty wherens its previous atti-, "everything!
was that the bridge; nempänt of a padded poll_25 itado
the originator if the are. "did not appene to warrant the expenditure of public man had been transferrect here resources on any large scalesterday after wrecking a cell either at the present time the Municipul
Dr in the forestraints ! future."
For Government
.
[1
Rav
sold
print"
nearby Lakewonů.
The
Gial 11
Hip aid the four rubber in the plded cell acted as fuel repeat for the are and turned a minor aranedy. He this statement on Saturday incident into
an earlier statement border's
centradiction stucted On
in the light of the condi-hat an explosion followed the
*** frv.
tional undertaking it has "I there hadn't been spon-
new mude
to the Realty ucos combustion, this thing have happened,” Company. The plain fact ist would never that Guvernment not be he said.
The blaze formet County - disinterested in a project of
transfry must the this kind. If I refuses to clal: fo spend a cent on the bridge Te amor 57 prisoners to other itself, it still must be vitally ele in the state,
nor offeners or only a few concerned in the Constays left to serve were released, quences for trafic, the
The Canty prosecutor's offer, the State Department of Instita-
vision of parking facilities,
Others with
the improvement sud widen- tions and Agjencies and the local | ing of access ronds and the
police are squad began imme-
main city highways. And diate, on-the-spot investigations besides it decision to build of the Bre
111
the
bridge will have decisive bearing entire future development of the Colony. COVERNMENT
الزاد
Te
Converted
put in Pampa, Texas, ktl
Globus the right to us bitten the
Sacrificed Their Children
New Delhi, Aug. 23. A village officer, wife and six chituren have been sentenced to death for marrifelor three child- ren before the Goddess of Wealth, reports from Vizagapattar said today.
ow'n
The reports sald the wife wanted to please the god- dess to ensure her
In 1- bright future, and laboration with the rest of the family killed the three children and later threw then into a well.-UPI.
DID THE
Mr Claude Burgess, Officer Administering the Government, watching a worker at the United Shirt Factory, Castle Penk Rond, during a tour Lories this morning. (Story on Page 10).-China Mail Photo.
of fac-
Attempted Mass
Prison Break
PANCHEN In Cyprus Fails
LAMA REBEL?
Nicosia, Aug. 23. Four prisoners were injured today in an attempted
mass prison break.
BURGLARIES -$10,000 STOLEN
By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER
Cash and valuables to the total value of $10,000 were stolon in Hongkong and Kowloon yesterday. Thieves broke into the Urd flour of No. 15 Kin Wah Street, North Point, and stole a sum of money and quantity of gold ornaments to a total of $5,000
With More Rain
Heavy downpour this morning produced almost an inch and a half of rain,
And the forecast is possibly another 24 hours of rain. The rain brough; lower temperatures to the Colony. Yesterday's high was 2 of a degree short of the 90 mark. Today at 10 am, it had dropped to 76.8.
Overnight conmemption of water however resulted in re- servoir levels generally being lower than yesterday.
Yesterday's storage figure was 10,391 mtlon rallens. At 8 am, today it was 17 million gallon Jess at 10.374 million.
Tai Lam Chung reservoir is reported to be the only one below full capacity.
Rain In Hongkong was not directly caused by typhoon Iris, but by a trough of low pressure along the south coast of China,
Landlord Takes Action
Against District
Chamber Of Commerce
between 11 am, and 9.30 pm. A landlord in Victoria District Court today started
yesterday.
The owners who were away
on a day's outing found the loco
on their return,
Found missing was $2,000 in Hongkong
US$450. notes, brooch worth $50, a gold neck
gold tace valued at $100, x rings worth $230, a golden cross, and other small itens.
French Couple
was
1
In another case, US$502 stolen from the 13th door of 23 Chatham Road between 10 am. and 6 m. yesterday,
The scre was the home of a French couple who had gone to the Philippines on vacation.
The man and her husband left the premises at 10 am.
On their return at 6 pm, they found the amah's drawer had been forces open and a package. containing US$502 was missing.
Police In Clash With Africans
TWO SHOT
proceedings to evict the Shaukiwan Chamber
of Commerce from its premises.
Chan Tin-chua, of 18 Kam Wah Street, first floor, claimed that the building at 6 Kun Wah Street was
the excmpt from Landlord and Tenint Ordinner, The Shauklwan Chamber of Commerce's offices art on the second floor of the building.
Mr Patrick Yu, for Chai, safet the bullding should be exempt because:
It was an entirely new building; and
•
The building permit was issued on April 30, 1946.
He said the case was the first of actions which of a werles would come before the District Court;
REBUILDING
Mr Yu said plans for I- bullding the house were sub- mitted in 1947, and the new building
1048.
WOS completed in
"Part of the old foundations were used, but otherwise every..... thing was new," said Mr Yu.
He submitted that it did not matter how much of the old building was incorporated Into the new one.
The owner, Chan Tin-clu, told the court he had bought the sites
GAOL FOR BOGUS LAND SALE
MAN
A 31-year-old man who obtained $7,800 worth of goods and cash by soll his protending to
to "grandfather's land" another man, Was coa- tenced to 11 month gool by Mr P. F. X. Leonard
Kowloon at Magistracy this morning. Tang Yuk-on, of hul 42, Sai - Lan Kek Village, Tour Wan also pleaded guilty to three
at 2-18 15m Wah Street in counts of uttering forged October 1947.
Some of the buildings had documents and three counts of
forgery. beer bombed,
He was sentenced to six When he first inspected them months on each charge, but the
he
stones from the wall.
Sw people taking away sentences are to be served con- Cross-examined by Mr Brock currently.
Bernacchi, for the Chamber of
Capetown, Aug. 23. Two African policemen were shot today when police patrol car was at
Detective Inspector W. H. incked by an angry
Commerce. Cham said he be Groome, prosecuting, said Tang Mussoorie, Aug. 23.
crowd of Africans
leyed the people
were looting told Tool Lum-sang, a building The Dalai Lama said here The four were injured as they off-duty prison staff Members Nyanga West, near Cape-the promises.
contractor, that he was taking from a 15-foot | returning to the neene.
lie
with today in a special inter Jumped down
town.
Mr civil action to get his grand- disagreed
that father's land. suggestion view that there
Other prisoners armed them- was wall in Nicosia's Central Prison.
The policemen were taken to Bernacchi's They www captured. Two selves with pieces of smashed
and leghere was no looting in Hong- hospital with arr every possibility the Pan-, hired prisoners in all fook furniture, broke into prison wound..
No English The reason for the king after October or Novem- offers, chen Lama had been ar- part in the unsuccessful break.
cul telephone Tizes,
ber, 1945. utluck
nol immediately
little KT/CWS very Chan denied that the walls of Chinese and no rested by Chinese
The attempted break began smashed windows and set fire
known.
English," In- when the prisoners set fire to o dining room furniture. thorities in Tibet.
cloned No. 1 were still intact when he spector Groome said, The patrol car was their furallure and then staged
that all
"So when Tang handed him and stopped and three African inspected them, and an all-out riot,
were taking was European the people
various policemen, led. by
documents purporting word. The crowd constable, got out.
to come from the District. Office Mr Bernacchi is assisted band bearing the office chops, le Frew in size and gunshots were
Mr A. H. Sumad.
Hearing is continuing
au-
He said the Panchen Lama was, after all, u lama, and that his feelings about his religion, race.
Police used tear gas to dis- pers the rioters and called In
When the police arrived ther used tear gas when the pri sonors refused to surrender.
Two prison warders were hurt
Was
and entry could be British Military police to help by stones thrown by the rioting red from it.
quell the prison break attempt.
An official statement said that the break appeared to have been organised,
strong. The Dalai Lana sald Tent used the Panchen Lama as long as they the Chiness
wanted him and might now consider him unsuitable for ther plans to change Tibet, The mars creape attempt took religiously and economically. place while prison oflicers were He raid it was characteristic of talking to a delegation of pri- to be grateful to soniere representatives about their complaints against prison Loud, anyone for any good act.
In the fire that swek s
other Il' y live, seventeen sidents escaped from the burn- been a bridge even if it is treated from a buspital into
an nyartment seven years ago. nically feasible. We orgel The fire victims were Mr and om thing: a prompt deci- M Louis Stone and three of Three other children. sion. Government is going their ahead with a second vehieu Stone children escaped-wo by Ins ferry scheme which will jumping tom a top-storey win- not of course be affected by dow and the third by any bridge announcement, rap. Two are in the hospital
with minor injuries. since it is planted to cure! The live victims died because into operation by the begin they apparently tried to put on
1961. But the their
clothes alter being ning of thought of entpetition of awakened by the landlady. Fire this kind must fill tenderers men found the bodies in various for a second ferry with stages of dress.
some reluctance. A promise
of compensation should the
bridge transpire is there
Chemical-Fed
a fire
In Rio de Janeiro, a duzen
fore needed, It is bad firemen batiling a chemical-fed enough having to wait until fire here today were killed in
which caused heavy 1961 for second vehicular cave-in
casualties.
Fifty persons, including 20
service without having the
tenderers develop cold feet. firenen, were injured by the, The China Mall was, it will loze. Many of the injured were
be recalled; the frat to in serious condition.
revive this idea of erosi
The fire started in an ink and
spread
barbour communications plastics warehouse and quiet. publicly in a "Comment, of y
to two adjathing
well as several
the day" almost five years bulidings, as ago. We discussed at some residentit apartments.
length
bridge and al 籍
Twelve Brenen rushed into
tunnel scheme.
Mr
ไม
novell
them not
The Dalal Lama added that the Panchen Lama's father was
feelings nation The
be
prisoners.
The attempt followed recent suggestions by local newspapers that #11 prizeuers-including nun-political ones-should released in view of the change of government when Cyprus becomes
independent republic next February-UPI.
an
Grivas Supporter
SCALED WALLS strong-willed http whose The prisoners built a platform
Nicosia, Aug. 23. for the of chairs and tables in an at- patriotte
A Greek Cypriot Lishop, sup- were well-tempt to scale the walls, which Tibetan
of Cyprus นาย 11.
Chinese had were covered at the top by porter of the idea
union with Greece, expressed subjected him to broken glass. evidently
former torture and humiliation, which Only four of them made It, at the hope today that night in turn have caused the the expense of sprained ankles underground leader Gen George become prine they were Im Gilvas would Panchen Lana to rebel, the and cuts, but Dalai Lama said.-AFF. mediately taken into custody by minister of Greece soon.-UPI.
600.000 Year-Old
Fossils Found
Human Fossils
Since then eight-storey building next Dr Louis Leakey, one Watson Ken
brought to light a
10 the warehouse and were Aghting the blaze when a re- mendous explosion buckled the project for linking teland walls and sent the roof crashing and mainland with a cause down on them. way along the line of the
uld harbour, defence boom,
Our attitude today is
the
Pre-Dawn The fire started in pre-dawn aame ne it was then: it is darkness and every ́available) Immaterial what we got no Are unit had to ba ummoned long as it is the best. to the scene to cope with the Ahead of us is the year of roaring flames. I took seven decision. If the bridge hours to bring the fire under) proves best and there are ΠΟ insuperablo problems either technically or final
get clally then let's with it quickly.
kuman found the his wife fossils among animal remains
Gorge Olid wal In the Tanganyika on July 17.
found Crude tools were also
spme form) which suggested
of kuntan culture, he said. 'A reconstruction of the bones
Leopoldville, Aug. 23.
of the anthro- leading world's pologiais, claims his wife had found human fossils about
old 600,000 усала Tanganyika which rany the earliest
known trace man.
world's La bo Reputed
Errätest living expert on East Dr Africau anthropology,
for Ins Leakey
searched lo provo many years 'bellef that man originated la
Africa
In bo at
the
WHE Loo
or
(By comparison, the Peking Man, one of the most famous of preblitoris
relics,
WAS
estimated to have
lived
control.
Damage was estimated in the Now curator of the Croydon millions. All that was left of Museum of Naturst, Ristory the warehouse and the two nd- in Nairobi, Kenya, he told the on joining buildings was.
Pan-African Congress of pre- chorred
that history here yesterday rubble-UPI.
shared
estimated
saknil which
to late from
second half of the pleistocene
600,000 yenes são
500,000 years ago,),
Dr Loskey and his wife have boan searching in the Olduwsl Gorgo on and off for MANY years" and "bavo 'already found ·
Two Africans were arrested. --UPI,
ROCKEFELLER HONEYMOON
DELAYED
BULL STAMPED
ON HIS FOOT
Madrid, Aug. 24. Antonio Ordonez, 27-year-old brother-in-law and rival of Spain's top matador, Luts Copenhagen, Aug. 24.
Miguel Dominguin, joined the Steven Rockefeller and his ranks of the country's con- prelty Norwegian bride, valescing matadors yesterday- Anne Marie, had their when a bull stamped on his foot. Doctor's at San Sebastian honeymoon trip to the ordered him to stay out of the United States delayed for ring far six to 10 days after diagnosing sprained ankle. three hours, from here. The big Scandinavian airliner The accident occurred at Dax,
France-Reiner, -in which they are travelling from Europe to New York, after nying here from Norway last night, was held back for repairs when smoke was smelt in the cabin as the aircraft was on the runway.
NEW FUEL?
Berlin, Aug. 23. Steven and Anne Marie, to-
East
German university gether with Governor and Mrs
students were told the real Nelson Rockefeller, just sat it
renson the Soviet's moonik out behind drawri curtains la the fossil remains of the rear seats of
the aircraft, penetrated farther into space extinct glamt pigs, sheep and while mechanics repaired a fuse than American moun rockets.
"The philosophy of the work-
thero
AS were oxen, The sheep
African large as ibe modern Buffaloes and the pigs as big as hinoceroses.
Gave
is explorations in East Afrion added considerably to the world's knowledge at the of the human species. origin Ills most important discovery, which created an international sensation, was in 1948
when
in the electroïlles zystam.
The
airliner took minutes later-Reuter.
or 30ing class, dialectie materialism, formed an important part of the the
fuel
moon
of the Sputniics of
rocket," mathematician
Mail For Israel Dr Klaus Swelling wrote in a
Seized
Fort Sald, Aug. 23. Customs authorities today confiscated eight mall parcels He and his wife, who also from Australla destined for an archacologiat, found the faracl
Communist weekly newspaper, -UPI.
EXPOSED
*Trai
did not know they were forged." Two contraels were drawn up and Tang received certain sums of money and goods to the value of $7,800 from Tsol.
Time passed and nothing hap pened to Tsoi went to the D- trict Omeo and produced the
documents. There he was told
they were forgeries.
Falso Trails
In the atatement he made, Tang sald he got the forgeries from a man called George Lo who works .In the District
"There was
Omice.
George Lo in Groome the oflee" Inspector said, "but he was not concerned in Tang's offairs."
"Then Tung offered to point cut the person from whom he had got the forged documents,” he continued, "and took us to Shunshulpo where in a cafe he pointed out 'n man called Lo «Yung-fal"
The man wa arrested but later released when he WAS found to know nothing of the
case.
Pleasure Boat Missing
Holyhen, Aug. 24.
A small pleasuró. boat with about twelve people on board s reported missing in the Irish Sea after setting out from Holy- head on an "hour cruise,"
The boat was hired by a grotip of tourista en Sunday afternoon and
The then · disappeared. when he Holyhead Lifeboat put to red to
Milan, Italy..
for
A begrar posing de a deaf
skull of Pro-Consul climited The Norwegian vessel Tarn to be 25 to 30 mliliɑa years untended the parcels
here
old. This ape creature had reshipment when it changed its mule was arrested ansComicst
more course from Genoa to Marseilles. became involved in a dispute nearch for the missing craft and
with a streetcar conductor Living The parcels weighed sppro-
started yelling. ximately 130 lbs-UFI,
features
heuran than in My
spo-Hentor.
and | all chips in the area have been
I asked to keep, a look-out-AFP,,