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MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1959.
SHEAFFER'S
"NEW BAGI PEIRI
POPARABLE AT ALL
Tour Of Local TOWN FOR PICTORIAL PARADE
Industries By
200,000
AT WONG
Mr C.B. Burgess TAI SIN
The Officer Administering the Govern-
ment, Mr Claude Burgess, visited three well-known factorios in Kowloon this morning and saw the manufac- ture of vacuum flasks, torchlights and shirts.
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By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER
Wong Tai Sin is taking
shopa 200,000,
al fawn
of
The Government has Car- marted $40 million for 80 Eiceks of seven-storey buildings at the brand of Hongkong new resettlement area. Is made by about 300
workers,
Mr Burgess was accompanied Castle Peak Rond, where by Mr. D. C. Barty, Acting Dirve- ¦ popular tor of Commerce and itch try. ! shirt
T. Arst factory visited was The Wei VIL Vazutti Flank Manufactory at Camel Home, The capacity of this factory is Palm Street, In Tai Kok Tsui. But 7,000 Jozen shiris a
On arrival, the official party month.
Seawor
bas met by Mr W. E. Mansur, These who met the official
o Com-party un arrival included Trade Officer
Mr more and Industry Depart- Chan Shun. Proprieter, and Mr Junt: Mr 1. Hambidge, Acting T. R. Ma. Assistant Manager. Chat Inspector of the Labour Department, and Mr
Loung
Tron-hing, General Manager and Mr P. 5. Kau, Manger of the Factory
Shirt Factory
The visht lasted about half an hutter
Me Burgess toured the glass making, steering, vacuum pro- cessing machine. and painting shops.
The next factory visited wor this Sunbeam Manufccturing i I of 220-240 Castle Peak Raul.
COMPENSATION
ORDER
an
The Tonancy Tribunal today
recommended that exomption order bo grant- ed on an application by the Lap Shing Land Invest- ment Co. to replace 42 and 42A Hollywood Road with modern oight-
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storey building..
The party was met by Mr Yu Kan-hing Managing Director:¦ Mr Yu Chu-wan. Director Trainer: Mr Yu Luen-wal, | Director and Works Manager: | and Mr. T. Chou, Export | mended Manager.
There Mr Burgess V the making of torches, bicycle lights and battery buzzers,
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Of the 24 blocks in the first batch, 10 have been completed. The remaining Ove are to Lej ready for occupation by the rod of this year,
Covering 400,000 square feet, the biggest resettlement area in the Colony will have figt own modern"market, police station,! schools, public" health clinic, nurseries, children's ground, and even a cinema,
There will be also bus services along the four trunk roads on the borders of the area.
Ship Here On Maiden
Voyage
The new Moinijison Maru of
the Mitsui Line arrived in Hong-
The tribunal also recom-kong this afternoon.
that compensation i
telling $115,950 be paid 10 The Japanese freighter on a tenants the bleged single malden voyage is not carrying
noun: being $42,500
to the any cargo.
Kwa Yuu Tea hutise on the
The last fnctury visited was ground noor of the 40-year-old | She will leave for New York the United Shirt Factory of 84.1 building to be derpolished. tomorrow afternuon,
Sundresses
Bathing Suits -
Capri Sets-
they are all going for
practically nothing
at
Paquerette's SALE
open till 6 p.m. daily
RIGHT: Paying one of hor now infrequent visits to her homeland is film star Ingrid Bergman, here in Stockholm with husband and fellow-Swede, direc- tor Lars Schmidt. On their short stay they will be sacing the new opera Anlara, and the Swedish version of "My Fair Lady", which Schmidt produced. - Express Photo.
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ABOVE: London's glorious summer broke with thunder- ous downpours just in time to stop work on shooting the opening scenes of the film "Too Hot To Handle." Which is why Jayne Mansfield, star of the film, had to spend the morning hang- ing around Lambeth Pier --and taking a short trip in a motorboat-with an umbrella. And a pet Pekineso called Powder Puff.-Express Photo.
RIGHT: These ladies are busy pricing goods for the United Kingdom stall in the forthcoming SPC bazaar, Assisting them ot Air House, Ropulse Bay Road, this morning are the holiday- ing sons of Air Commo- - dore P.D. Holder, Jeremy (third from left) and Nicholas (second from Ching Mall right). Photo.
RIGHT: A completo ra- fugee "squatter sotto- ment" of miniatura shocks, as lived in by Chinoso
in refugees `Hongkong, has been con- structed in St Martins-in- the Fields forecourt as a World Refugee Your ex- hibit. Picture shows a re- production of a Hong- kong stract included In the exhibition. - The Times Photo.
RABBIT OF RABBITS
Le Puy, Aug, 24.
A tame rabbit gave birth
to 29 baby radblis"in a,form at Benuzze near here, It
was reported today.
All 23 baby rabbila Are Living AFP,
ABOVE: Off to join the Queen and the rest of the Royal family on their Scottish holiday at Balmoral is Princess Margaret, soon walking with har dogs to the overnight train from King's Cross.--Exprose Photo.
STERLING SILVER TIP
STATO
From the Files
25
years -AGO-
**TEARING a smart gown
printed
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crepe brown and white, trimmed with cire satin, Miss Ann Hobbs was married yesterday after- noon at St John's Cathedral to Mr Douglas James Smyth Crozier.
mousacline in
Duties of best mon were undertaken by Mr J. C. M. Grenhum. The bridegroom is a teacher at King's Col- lege.
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Mountain Lodge last ita serenity
then on Saturday for an afternoon the Scouts and Gin Guides, Cubs and Brummies, from all parts of the Colony over-ran the lawns the special invitation of the Gorerior, Chief Scout of the Colony, cad Lady Peel
on
to
The day was the annual visit
the Governor'a residence
and was given an added signi- ficance by the farewell cere- mony to the Colony' Com- missioner, the Rev. G. T
who leaves Waldegrave Tuesday on retirement.
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More than 20 people in a Cheung Chau restaurant were taken ill when the cook prepared meals with wood oil used for painting instead of peanut oil. Al quickly recovered.
ROM the SCM Post's 25
FRO
Years Ago column: "A field for Hongkong in- dustrial enterprise suggests itself in the fact that great quantities of fire bricks from Liverpool have been discharged at Bangkok by the 98 Dagmar.
**Enquiries as to why bricks should be carried all the way from England to Bangkok were met by one of the officers re- marking: 'Well I cannot say, but a great portion of our cargo is for the King, he is forever. constructing and beautifying. The bricks may be for him."
The type of briek, we are in- formed, is good and worth carrying a long way but why they should be imported the way from Europe we fail to understand, when a very good quality of brick is made in Hongkong. and Amoy brick especially La famous.
"We are sure that the red bricks with which public build- ings of Hongkong are being constructed would be hard to beat for quality and durability. The Green Island Cement Company's agents in Bangkok most prominent firm In the place, Windsor and Company, and we hope to hear of some of the big orders from Bangkok in the brick and cement lines coming Hongkong."
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This Funny World
Nat
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"You just spoiled a perfectly good drive!"
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