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TRIAD YOUTH INTIMIDATED SON OF DETECTIVE
A youthful Triad shoeshine boy who
a
demanded
from Chinese money detective's son,
was sent to gaol for three years when he pleaded guilty to
CHINA MAIL
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1959.
Bearing the mace is Mr Rei Oblitas. He leads the procession down the steps from the platform after this morning's Matriculation Ceremony. Behind him is the Vice-Chan
Behind him is Mr B. Mellor, Professor F. B. Drake and Mr R. II, cellor. Dr L. T. Ride. LearyChinx Malt pite.
two counts of demanding money with 380 Become Undergrads
menaces, two counts of larceny and being a member of a Triad society.
20 nment and is litt under Pollee supervision for being a member of a Triad society.
Kowloon tecina Wong Wing-hong, 19, to k8o1.
recutor, Det. Imp. J. E. Colts, sajú that young on Stember 11, wo
Sui-
At University Ceremony
with Ceremony
Mir R. H. Leary of Lugard Hall, the Rev. D. I.. Rogers of Morriton Hall and the Rev, E, Kyan, Master of St John's College.
reconi-
lucky being You Bre young, bretone the Pollee could have transferred this ease to u
Matriculation The He was sentenced on Septem- Higher court," said Mr J. V.
if this
the ir orning at avy 15, 1958. Athonder the magistrate
University of Hongkong, was Court, before sen-
described by the Vice Chan cellor, Dr. T, Elde ceremony of public llon that each newly-admitted undergraduate had qualified by examinailon and was ac-
of member
the cepted as University.
ad- About 80 students were
milied to the status of under- graduate by the Vico Chan- cellor after presentation by the masters and wardens of their respective halls,
schoolboys aged seven and right, went to Sai Yee Street to bity
Sume ice cream.
The younger Police
Loy was the son of detective.
Threat
On Nic way they were stupped i by the hoching boy, who took
Lo a them
nourby
Maircase where he rettened them and demanded that they join the Wo Shinx Yee Triml society,
The lock 10 cent from the elder boy.
The prosecutor added
that the following day the detec live's son stole $10 from his grandmother and gave it to the ahoushin boy. But the defen- dinnt Wi not satisfied. He Pastles the boy to bring him some wine and a Jade Buddha.
A week later on September 18,
Government Appointments
The Government Gazette announced today the following appointments, transfors and promotions: Mr A. P. Richardson to be for Assistant to the Secretary Chinese Affairs.
Mr. Canning to be Senior Education Officer.
Mes Catherine Man Wong Ka- fun to be Educutlun Officer.
Dr M. Keswell to act
Specialist (Medical). !eal Officer.
05
Dr . L. Thomas to be Medi-
Mr E. Blackburn to act Assistunt Superintendent Pollce.
ду
of
Mr E. G. Sourze to be Legat
the detective's son was question- | Assistant, Registrar General's
ed by his Father about the Department.
disappearance of the $10. The
boy then admitted he had stolen at and given it to a thoeshine! boy who had threatened him.
The detective then arrested The defendant. S. ). Collins add-, ed thy the defendant was sen- tenced to three months Impri-
Mr J. Alexander to be Chief Engineer, PWD.
Me N. A. Photiades to be Engineer.
Mr A. F. Meyers to be Plan- ning Officer.
Mr
George Young to Inspector of Works, Class I.
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With traditional ceremonial the Vica Chancellor's procession entered the Loke Yew Hall which..was filled with can- matriculation fa didates for their olive green academic drcks.
of Hornell
ffall;
First came the wardens, Mrs A. P. Rose, of the Duchess of Kent ໄດ່! with Mr 3, 1.Jewellyn Mrs M. Visick of Lady No Tung Hall with the Rev. Fr R. Harris of teci Hall: Mr J. W. Matthews of May Hall
The Dean of the Faculties of Science, Aria, Engineerink Architecture followed,
And
then came the Registrar, the Assistant Registrar, bearing the mace and the Vice Chan cellor.
Dr Ride sald at the close of the ceremony that he hoped it had been less of a nightmare than the past montht ot examinations and syllabuses they had been struggling with and the difficulties they had had to overcome. "It is a good thing look back and laugh at difficulties that are all over now and to learn to look back over your life with a smile," he wald.
le explained the derivative of the word matriculation that it came from a pedant's way of saying attle
An- other name for a fat is n register and we call the man who keeps the list the Regi- irar. He has other duties as
well, but one of his main functions is to maintain and keep the register.
› SHEAFFERS
Skrip
WITNESS DENIES
A
ACCOUNT KEPT
FOR JUGGLING'
From the Files
25
years AGO.
FORMER accountant now serving sentence for
'conspiracy denied in the Victoria District COMMENTING on Court this morning that a bank account had been maintained in connection with the "juggling" of accounts of the Vaswani Trading Co.
The witness was T. K. Gan- shani, formerly of the Vaswani Trading Co., whose director and shareholder, Lucky Dayaran Vaswani, 20, is on trial, before Judge B. J. Jennings.
The charge against Vaswant is that he conspired with others between January 1, 1958, and January 31, 1959, to fraudulently obtain Imperial Preference Cer- Afticates from the Department of Commerce and Industry.
I
Ganshani, who is serving five-month sentence for conspir- acy, had been called us a defence wilness.
Contributions
Yesterday, Guashani testled that the accused had nothing to do with the accounts pertaining
International to the
Clothing "There is a play by Gilbert and Factory, which is owned by the
Sullivan called "The Mikado.'
Vaswani Trading Co. You will
of have a chance
Cross-examined today on One of the seeing it soon.
what had been described as eharacters runs around may-
mess account of the factory in ing 'I've got a littls list and the banks, Ganahani said there got him on my let'.ad been contributions to Tve You are now on the list and account by members of the com- you will feel strango at first, {pany every month. there are
this
many differences He managed this account since between' Unlverally and school his arrival in Hongkong in 1955, Fife, less teaching and more until the end of August 1957. In studies.
December 1937 he managed this "There is more than booklearn-account again.
ac-
ing in the University and 1 The contributions to the mess hope you will learn here to account were in round figures, become useful members of said the witness.
Shown a statement of accounts Rociety. There are discussion
athletio for 1958, made out in the name Froups, social and clubs, something for all of you of Lucky Vaswani, witness said and you will learn that the he melt managed that swore you but into your fe count.
Ganshani agreed that nong of bere, the
more you wilt got the items on a page in the state- out of it.
ment were in round Agures. But "Find out what it has to offer he said he used to put the money
and what you can offer, If into the bank in round you do this there will be no
every month. need to wish you well, you will do well,"
Commission Gets Warm Welcome For
Legal Adviser
Mr D. F. O. Mayne, Sealer Crown Counsel, has been appointed to be legal adviser the Electrielly Commission. the Gover- meni Gazelle notified Lo- day.
Review Board
Hospital Plan
By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER
Hongkong civic leaders today gave a warm
SUITS
Managed Account
Mr Simon Li, Crown Counsel, zupgested to witness that there were actually no such con- tributions to the so-called mess accoun!", and that it was in fact an account maintained by Vaswani with the object of enabling the factory people to "Juggle with the factory no- counts.
Denying us, Ganshani sak he himself was managing the accounts, not Vaswani.
Hearing is proceeding.
Mr Drock Bernacchi in defending Vaswani, inlructed by, Mr R. F. G. Donnis, af Bruton and Co. Revenue
In prosecution.
welcome to the expansion plan for peter Lee Gin-lak 11 araisting Queen Mary Hospital.
Queen Mary Hospital will ex-island next year should also bo HK Bank Chiefs Off pand its Bccommodation for taken into nrcount before one Mr Seaward Woo, J. P. has patients from 000 to 800 beds could say that accommodation
Butumn when
is adequate for the population: To US Conference been appointed to be a Member Eometune next of the panel of the Inland Re-their new wing comes into exist-
An official of the Tung Wah venue Board of Review, the Bee, it was reported.
Group of Hospitals snld this "The public welcomes the ex- morning that there was no im Chief
Mr G. O. W. Stewart, acting Government Gazelle notified to-
Mannger of the pansion of medical facilities on mediate plan in sight to expand Hongkong and Shanghal Bank, day.
Hongkong Island," said Mr Hil- their accommodation on Hong is leaving the Colony this after- The following Werc IC-
Lon Cheong-leen, Elected Mem-kong island next year although noch for Washington DC, by appointed Members of the Boater of the Urban Courel this the new Kwong Wah Hospital Mi R. C. Lee, Mesars II, R. M.
morning. Cleland,
Bonc, lo attend the Interna- construction work is still pro-lonal Bank D. B. Evans, W. T.
conference. The Grimsdale. 1. Kadoorie, W. A
ceeding apace, Prelude?
He also welcomed the expan-
conference opens on Monday, Stewart, U Tat-ches and W. A.
"We would assume that this is ston by the
The HK & Shanghat Bank Welch.
Government for
Chief
M. a prelude to
Manager, Mr
W. a much larger Queen Mary Hospital.
Turner, now on leave in the medical scheme, Nevertheless
U.K., will also dy to Washing- ton to attend the conference at the special guest of The delogates.
It still felt that the expansion
Dental Council programme is not fast enough
for the fast-growing population of the Colony."
Mr Cheong-leen thought that
Pensionable Establishment
The Government Gazette noth- fied today that the following the Queen Mary Hospital ex- The Government Gazelle buve been appointed to be panalon Members of the Dental Council curlier but it's better late than ten of the following officers to
of Hongkong.
should have
come notified today, that the confirma-
the permanent and pensionable establishment has been approved! Mr J. W. Hayes, Cadet Omicer,
Mr Stewart will return to the Colony on October 6.
The Celebrities She Met
Big Service Reservoir For HK
A site of about eleven acres on
civil
aviation in Hong- kong, the SCM Post sald în
a leader:
"He"gkong, of course, traditionally lags behind the rest of the world in most things. We have walted nearly 20 years with periodic co- Curagement to hope, and our commercial air services
dre an unconscionable lime coming. "Unquestionably extension of the London-Singapore service to Hongkong, or the operation of a feeder service between Hongkong and Singapore would bo an appreciable convenience.
"It would probably pay, for,
China mall ..and
Mount Davis is to be cleared in addition to Hongkong and for the construction of Hong-South kong's largest service re-assengers, it would be the only servoir, which will form part alr
lo Europe COD-
service
of the Shek Fik water supply veniently serving Shanghal and
Japan."
sofieme.
of
Development of the ke, situated just above Mount Davis Road and Sandy Bay, will begin
The petition to Hin Excel- towards the end of next month lency the Govenor, for the and take about
15 months to commutation of the death sentence passed on a Chinese complete.
.at The work, tenders for which found guilty the last are called for in today's Govern- Criminal Sensions of murder- ment Gazette, Involves the
ing a woman in Shamshuipo, excavation about 250,000 has now been drawn up and cubic yards of rock and earth, which will be deposited tem circulated to places where it
can be signed, porarily in an adjacent valley.
When finished, the new sex- The plea is on behalf of a vice reservoir, with a capacity man who was tried, found of 30 million gallons, will re- guilty and sentenced to death ceive waler from Lanton Island for the murder of a woman through the submarine pipeline who had lived with him for that is to be laid from Shek Pikome years as his wife, and to the western shore of Hong who had left him for another kong Island.
From the new service re rervolr, water will be re- distributed to various districts on the Island and to Kowloon through
malos.
the
mian.
A copy of the petition. available for signature, har been placed on the counter of the S.C.M. cross-harbour
Post business department.
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"The Government should Dr Lam Chi-wig, Dr George
Up the plan for tho Cho Wing-sim, Dr Chaun speed Kwok-wring, Mr A. J. Staple, Drospilal to be established on the Class II: Mr Lee Hak-kim.
eastern end of the island
When Miss Frances Slivo, they have hinted. Such a hos Shau-kwong, Auditor; Dr Ch Mr Rea Silva, visited
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Dr J, Allison Bell, Eiceled Member of the Urban Council, glad to fram of the expension Wright, P
plan, said that although 200 Remedies ɛew beds would not
SEL of money and number of fountain pens and wrist watches to a total value of $720 were stolen from the YWCA, Macdonnell Road yes- terday,
ties.
In Rediffusion "Spotlight," A T. Armstrong- tonight at ten o'clock, Miss Licul D. E. d'Almada Silva will discuss her visit with.
and Lieut Sun Hon Charles Harvey. The pro-
a very have been promoted to the gramme will include excerpis big number for the growing rank of captain in the Hongkong from some of the latest record- the Government ings made during her visita to popuintion, the extra new beds Regiment, to be added elsewhere on the Gazette holifted. today.
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PRISON CAMP AUTHOR PASSES THROUGH COLONY
London-born Lewis Bush, Journ- alist and expert on things Japanese, passes through the Colony today on his way from Tokyo by Hose Comet to Lon-. don where he is to make an extensive manth-long lecture four.
Aoday-formed the basis of His latest book, "Land of the
Cir- his book, "Clutch of cumstance."
When war came, he left Japan'
with his Japanese wife and came to Hongkong to join the Royal Naval Volunteer Re-After the war he went back to nerve and was captured while serving in a motor torpedo boat squadron. He spent the rest of the war in a prison camp here.
Before World War II he was a lecturer in English languaga and iterature al government His high schools and universities in Japan.
experience in camp shared with 'many others who áre still Uving in thẹ Colmmy!
Japan and ho is new a papular broadcaster in the domestic and oversens services of NHK. During the postwar years he wrote "Bath House Nights,” an anecdotal view of life fri Japan, and “Japanalia,” a handy, com- prehensive guide to Japanese Ways
Dragonity," which has just reached Hongkong, sympathetic study of the rise and fall of the Japanese Em- pire and its translation Into ni modern democratię zlato.
Though he is only passing through Hongkong today, hë will be making a longer stay on his way Jack to his home ,in Tokyo early next.month.
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