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SHEAFFER'S
ADMIRAL SNORKELPEN
PARADE
Bid Fails:
Three Years' For Snatching
A thief who snatched a gold
necklace from o woman climbed a hill to shoka off pumuors then found H got too steep for him to climb higher.
Hot in pursuit of him was his victim whose doggedness earned
a recommendation from Judge A. A. Huggins C Kowlo
District Court this morning.
Chief Inspector T. W: Wheeler said that at one stage of the pursuit Cheung Slu-ting gue- ceeded in getting hold of one of the snatcher's feet,
His Plea
He then pleaded that ho would return her the necidace it she would free her hold,
She did.
But the thief 15 Fuk-na fot away,
crowd gathered al the foot of the hill on Taipo Road and was then realissi
He was at the bottom of a steep incline ad his amend coul Kit was barred.
The crowd told the wONICA to call the police and offered to keep watch an Ho who was then perched on a rale kvel awaiting his capture.
It came soon enough for the victim had by then returned with the police.
The necklace was recovered
from Ho's mouth.
The snatching took place on Sept. 17.
Ho, 25, had several previous conviction's for htching and robbery, was given three years by Judge Huggins and was placed under police supervision for 12 months at the expiration
of his prison sentence.
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The above picture taken by cue photographer, showE Mrs Cumming launching the new ship.
NEW VESSEL
LAUNCHED
AT TAIKOO
Another Order Reported
The 6,500-ton motor vessel Kwangsi was
launched by Mrs M. S. Cumming, wife of the commercial manager of Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Co., Ltd., at the Quarry Bay yards this morning.
It was announced at the launching that an order for a fourth "K", cless vessel had been received from China Navigation and this would provide more employment for the dockyard's ship- builders and engineers.
The Kwangsi is the third of a series of "K" Class vessels Built by the dockyard for the
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The Arst Chino Navigation Co two ships were the Kwangtung end the welehow, which are raw in operation under the China Navigation tag.
The Kwangs will operate on the West Australia joint service when she is completed next Spring. Designed for service in tropical waters, the vessel will carry dry and refrigerated cargo and vegetable olls or bulk inlex.
She will have a surface speed of 14 knots
About 1,000 people attended the launching ceremony. They Included company guests, workers and 300 students from Quarry Bay School, Taikoo Chinese School ond Royden House Junior School.
Very Grateful
In a speech to the gathering at a party in the hall of the dockyard premises following thelounching ceremony MT R. B. Bell, general manager, of the dockyard, congratulsfed Mrs Cumming on the capable manner in which she had carried out the launching.
He said "Had this gathering teken place three weeks ago I been bemoaning would have the fact that this was the last of the new ships being built for the China Navigation Company. I am very happy to say today, that a few days ago these old shipping friends of ours placed an order with us for another vessel similar to the Kwangsi,
"This order is of great im- perlance, as it means moré employment for our engineeTS and shipbuilders, something for which to be very grateful for in these depressed shipping times."
Full Court Will Pay Respects To Mr. Way
The Full Court wili mest at 10 a.m. tomorrow to pay: respects to this memory of Mr John H. G. WHY the : mag'a- trale, who died Inst, Baturday.
Members of both legal piro- fessions will attend
that.
also angouticed District Courts in Kowtoon to- morrow will open 11'' ‚ky'
invited of 10 manata
At the Kowloon District Court before propicedings-this;rebrning, Judge A. A. Hastar
xpressed
- his regret aster, ihre dorthood #blr, Way and tendered his sympathy
Tel. 27-157 to the bereaved wilow frem
Chief Inspector T.,W) Wheeler, said he wished to associate, him- self, with Sidge Hugging" + cari»;
ABOVE: WHAT ARE THEY? - Bookmakers" "blower" man at a racecourse? Newsmon at a royal ceremony? Not at all. They're idling city workers spending the lunchhour on one of London's newest gimmicks—an obser- vation platform on which passers by are invited to stand and watch workers on a new building site on Ludgate Hill, near St Paul's.. Over the telephones, watchers can listen to a two-minute tape-recorded commentary on the build- ing scheme before them. Says the site foreman: "I reckon these observation stands will pay off, because no man likos to think he's a slackor. I don't have to stand over any man here. Ho's already being watched."Express
Photo.
RIGHT: In their battle with the Ministries of Education and Transport (for lower tuition fees and reduced bus and tram foresì, the students of Athens University and many of the town's schools, already.... on strike, recently organised a protest march on the two Ministries. The march turned into a riot, with several students injured, when strong police forces surrounding the university moved in to break it up. 、
demonstrating Picture showa Police breaking up a crowd of students outside the university building.— Express Photo.
ABOVE: James Swinburn, 53, former business manager of the Arab News Agency Imprisoned by the Egyptians for espionage three years ago, recently came back to London, freed under a general amnesty for all prison- And ers with more than half their terms behind them. his first plea was for his fellow-prisoner James Zarb, sentenced at the same time, but for ten years instead of five, and therefore ineligible for the amnesty. Clutching the carnations he brought for her, Mrs, Swin- burn drives from London Airport with her husband. Express Photo.
RIGHT: Seemingly benefiting from a little advice from Mexican heiress Sylvia Casablancas, is French tennis star Jean-Noof Grindo, as they walked side-by-side 'ut a Paris tennis tournament recently. It is believed, affer a whirlwind romance, that the French tennis star's engagement to 22-year-old Sylvia, is imminent, -Express Photo.
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ship's officer of the Indo-China Stchm Navigation" Co,...... Kúmaạng, Mr J. Fant, reported seeing a volcanic eruption at gen off the coast of Japan when. a vast explosion on the sea bed, 2,600 feet below the surface, blew up a cloud of water and white and black smoke which seemed to reach into the sky for miles,
As the sen crupled, I sent :out 1remendous tidal waves, the active leading edge travel- ling in a westerly direction sta speed of three or four knots.
Three water spouls, each about 100 feet high, formed at the rear.
The eruption occurred be- tween two Islands - and the officer, added: "as 'an indication of its extent, we noticed pieces of pumice stono from the erup- tion for 12 hours after we Häd actually lost sight of it,"
In its second inunga in the interport cricket match, Shanghai knocked up 188 and Hongkong replied with 102 and
Shanghai thus tron by 207 ranc.
Fer Shangka, L. F. Stoker acored 50 after his fine cen- tury of 181 in the pret in- nings. F. Marshall scored 56 rk and D. W. Leach, 75.
Borching for Hongkong Rickets again claimed most wickets with four for 31, The Rev. Harry Baince topscored with 18 in Hongkong's serond innings.
DEMONSTRATIONS of a
threatening nature be- gan in Sarajevo, the cradle of the greatest war humanity has ever witness- od, on Thursday night.
The ancient capital of the Bosnian
province where on Thursday 20 years ago, another csassination led to the Great shouts War, resounded to the end yells of motis who sought the imagined enemics of their king
the
Walle rioters are demonstrat- in Sarajevo, a crisis threatens in
capital of Yugoslavia, with the impending risation of the Cabinet and the formation by the Regenty. of a now Government,
It is understood that the Duke of Kent and Princess Marina will spend the frat part of their honeymoon in England and will join the King and Queen at Sandring ham for Christuias.
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