SILKAN COLTO
Carnet ST
UlricBlitz
THE WEATHER
Fresh gusty east' winds.” Cloudy with a few patches of light rain and short fair periods. Noon Temp: 76 degrees. Noon Humid: 71 p,c.
CHINA
No. 37501
Established 1845
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1959.
LATE FINAL
Price 20 Cents
SAVE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS · WITH PAN AM'S NEW *FAMILY FARE" PLAN TO THE USA.
For full particulars, phone 37031 BAN AMERICAN
Comment JUDGE CONDEMNS POLICE HK Electric Co. Of The ACTION IN TRAFFIC CASE Puts Its Case
Day
BREAKING A BOTTLENECK
THERE wifi probably be a
few heavy hearts in town today over the news that
another free parking aren in Hongkong is to be built upon, We refer, of course, tu the Murray Parade Ground development plan which envisages not only a building site, but a multi- storey garage. The loss of a free car park
however is
it Amull
CUR- sideration. Far outweigh- Ing it in importance is the proposal to improve the Garden Road-Queen's Road East bottleneck which rush hours must be one of the worst trafic junctions
if not the very worst- In the entire Colony,
ORTUNATELY it is well controlled and much thought has been given effecting
improvements. The realignment of Cheero Club corner gether with the widening of Garden Road
un
ເ
the
to-
the
Barracko side, not scheduled until another two years, will do much to the traffe flow in improve this area. And the
new dockyard road will con-
Woman Treated Like 'Common
Criminal'
3
Mr Justice R. H. Mills-Owens in the Appeals Court today strongly condemned European Police sub-inspec.or and a Chinese constable for arresting doctor's wife on a traffic violation. He also criticised the wide powers of arrest given
to the Hongkong police,
The two police officers in- volved are Sub-Inspector C. T. Scott, of Upper Level Poller and PC5411 Tong Station Cheung-yun.
Quashed
a
terms of the section of the law under which it was brought,
To resist must be a paynical resistance, not a mere failure to comply with a request.
It is abundantly elur that PC5411 threatened to arrest the
the
He quashed A conviction appellant for failure to produce
woman. against the
Victoria | her driving lleence, when Kam-yuet Ling, wite of Dr Llu law enables a person
produce Chu-ying. of 370 King's Road, for obstructing PC 5411, in the exocution of his duty.
Mr. T. Morris, in Central
it to a named police within 72 hours."
station
Exceeded Powers
Magistracy on July 21, convicl- Mr Justice Mills-Owens added ed Mrs Liu charges of ob- that
PC5411 "exceeded his
structing police, Megal park-powers and was guilty of an
without a and driving
กระ Hence,
The offences were committed on July 14 in Robins Hood.
Mr Percy Chen, representag the appellini, eld the Court that Mr: Lu had been Aned $25 faol on the or ance days in obstrætico charge.
He said when PC Tong asked
siderably ease the conges tion on that overworked her for her licence she said she section of Queen's Dad, did not have it, but would take west of Garden Rond it to the police station เว 24 which
one March hours,
nu
day two years ago carried The constable then told her no Jess than
34.753 he was going to arrest her und vehicles and 1,440 trams. take her to the police stution. This may mean that the y- Abominably Worded
To
1-
Mr Chen sald' Men Lau re fused to give her name and
dress and drove off.
unlawful threst in threatening to arrest Mrs Du...“
Airliner Kills
Crash 18
Athens, Oct. 29.
An Olymple Airways passenger plane, on its way from Athens to Salonica, crashed in the Kakossalessi region today, killing all 18 persons aboard.
Rakonnalesa police have found the burned bodles of the plane's three crew-members and 15 passengers. The cause of the crash was not immediately known.
The plane went down at a point some 25 miles north of Athena, in bad weather, which may have caused the crash. Eye-witnesses said, however, that they saw is falling in flames. One of the plane's wings was found, several hundred yards from the wreckage of the fuselage.—AFP.
Deportation Sequel: American Says
He Adopted
Chinese Couple
Washington, Oct. 29.
He said the Magistracy depo- A man claimed here yesterday that the Justice
Mrs
was
Department cannot deport an adult Chinese
Another
Collision
In N.Y. Harbour
New York, Oct. 291 The liner Israel collided with a freighter near the Statue of Liberty in clear weather tonight as passenger ship sailed for the Mediterranean,
Before Inquiry
Opposed To Control
Opening the case for the Hongkong Electric Co. Ltd., before the Commission of Inquiry this morning Mr W. Stoker, General Manager, stressed that his company was resolutely opposed to any further control than that already provided for in the Electricity Supply Ordinance.
Taking the Hongkong Tele phone Company as an example, Mr Sloker contended that that com- statutory control the pany had a distinctly restrictive effect on its ability to expand in order 10 meet the ever-
for tele increasing demand phones since the end of the war.
The Coast Guard said the Israel reported no injuries, but sald a number of passengers were shaken up. The number on board could not be Immediately.
Peak Load
capital of 30,000 shares of $10 each, some six years after the first electric power company was operating in Britain. Pro- spects wero BO unfavourable that in 1893 the whole company was offered to Government for $300,000.
"Needless to say, Government refused this offer," Mr Stoker remarked.
The Company carried on and
Mr Stoker went on to say that surmounted all diffecities so determined his Board was attempting to bud-successfully that "we can fairly
The Israel, the first ship to visit the United after Rs launching in
States
1055 at Haifa, suffered a gash in its hull on the port side from the water- line to the boat deck.
get about $90,000,000 for a peak claim to have met our obliga
tions ever since those far off by 1960 Ierload of 150 megawatts
days to provide an adequate 33 against the
85 present
supply of electric energy to the megawaits.
realdents on the Island at rea- Of the 500,000,000 capital out-sonable prices; we can further Lay necessary to meet the ex-claim and I hope subsequently pansion plan, $40,000,000 had al-prove, that we have a tradition of willing and efficient service ready been committed. The
There freighter, U.S. Lines'
might be the charge and sound direction over American Press, was taken in that the Company was
past 70 years,” he said. optimistic, Mr Stoker said, but tow by a lug and brought to a
from
of pier in the Hudson River,
an expansion point view, it would seem that the
TAKING WATER
couple because he and his wife have legally | Zim termel American Lines, adopted them.
Mr Stanley M. Davis ned in federal court in an
sitions showed that after Liu drove of a message circulated to all police stations and at pm. three police officers ; under Sub-Inspector' Scott, went to Mrs Liu's home, arrested her, and took her to Bayview Police station
His Lordship said he agreed attempt to stop the deportation with the magistrate's comments Chong Son Zec, 50, and Ng that "the fact that this lady was Gran Zee, his wife.
hos given the arrested, taken from her home, Department and ferved to go to Bayview als unill NeveEYS Police Station and kept there for leave the United States.
a long time seems to be out of
all proportion to the gravity of the malter in question."
Justice "Ont:
may
suit
• Than
1
to
SLIGHT RISK OF RAIN
100
Dependent
the
J
Colony was in a similar posi- Mr Stoker sald that his com tion to that of 1948, "when the pany was dependent entrely on robust faith in the future of the Onancial resources of the whilst these were Hongkong shown by the Board Colony and
of cf Directors of this Company not inconsiderable, the cost provided an electricity supply risk-bearing capital was con- higher in Hongkong to this island, when most other siderably countries in the world
then in Europe. The produc- | subject
tion of electricity here was restrictions and
more expensive than in the case territories with which compari- sons had been made,
ما
were
The Israel, operated by the
anchored off the Statue of Liberty to survey the damage.
The Coast Guard said the 9.831-in liner was inlcikg on a "negligible" amount of water,
The collision was the latest load-shedding." In a resh that has plagued busy" This faith, he went on, had New York Harbour and the boen the keystone of Industrial crowded shipping lanes just off development in this Colony. The Allgnile Coast this year.
He said it could not be The Klant liner Queen Government's intention to pro- Elizabeth and the US. Lines, mulgate controls on the Com- A maximum gust of 30 knots fresher American Hunter col-pany which might have the was recorded at the Royal Ob-
important feature of its operations.
the mean average winds ever reperied from other Observo- tory stations in the Colony is 15-20 knots.
an July 20,-UPI,
3 Comets Bought
New York, Oct. 29. Mexkara Airlines anounced today that it was purchasing three De Havilland Cornet 4-C jet-liners for a total price of $14 million—UPI.
an
Mr Stoker also replied to various
complaints and criticism by various organisations.
the
was
"The cost of fuel is" ́ dispro- portionately high in Hongkong and Government fuel tax amounts to one sixth of our fuel oli costs at the present time,"
Inaccurate
Mr Stoker said that the terms of reference of the Commission
convey an inaccurate Impres
Mr Davie said that he legally overs from Garden Road to
adop'ed the couple In Colorado
July, and in
that they DEC Murray and Jackson Ronds will not be necessary but
What Purpose? therefors entitled to all citizen servatory this morning. How-lided in a fort off Coney Island effect of stifling is expandon Mr Stoker said, Mr Government is wise not
Mill-Owena chip rights derived from their Mr Chen pointed out the rule out the possibility. It charge was
very well adoptive parents. one of obstruction added:
which oneself what purpose was in to be hoped that the contrary to section 58,
He claimed that there were to be achieved by arresting her car park is a big one. We only mentioned assault or rusist-
the
winds are being and taking her to the policeo Federal laws covering
The Eusty ing arrest. photograph
adoption of alien adults. publish a
Admitting the charge was station."
Mr Davis said he low of what London is
and his caused by à minor Intensifica- "At that stage her name and wife Ruth met the couple on a
tion of the north-east monsoon, We also recall that "bominably worded," Mr D. E. doing.
artdress were known, There
spokesman said this morning. trip to the Orient and sponsor- Dr Charlesworth lamented Greendeld, Crown Counsel, sald
was no suggestion she was
ed their visit to the a person was given 72 hours to
US. In He added that there is a slight that the Star Ferry garage
woman in poverty-stricken eir- produce hts driving licence, but
October of 1958. He said the risk of patches of rain in did not
igger
cumstances who might evade couple had escaped to Hongkong Colony today. Bided police had the power to capacity. Government arrest anyone ruspected of any
arrest.
at the time the Communist would therefore be wise offence whatsoever.
sum- took over China. to consider a garage with a Mr Justice Mills-Owens: That few more storeys to take
ness that on parking in a no between 500 and 750 cars. parking area, one THE site facing
the mediately arrested. cricket ground will be Mr Greenfiel If that hap- suld hy
would probably go halled out. auction, and this pened you is almost certain to become to the Police Commissioner and
#
new
have
luxury hotel. Government's proposala for
the site of Murray Bar-
1.
"She could have been moned in the ordinary way. "But she was treated like common may be im-
criminal and sub |jected to the indignity of arrest for one hours until she was
say This officer in clot-dis- miss him,'
Extraordinary
wide
"The conclusion is that PC 5411 was smarting under what he considered the appellant's disdainful attitude towards him and was Instrumental in bring-
Lordship Of S. I. Scott, Fis said: "I am astonished at un officer of ls runk should have himself 10 such д
lent
and the Detention His Lordship: These are mosting about the arrest.
will be awaited extraordinarily
powers. "His conduct was thoroughly with interest.
The proper action is not to go indefensible." Beyond the certainty
that to the Commissioner but to the them. lower Garden Read will be legislature and amend
Wide powers are always abused. widened it will ha in-
Mr Greenfield submitted that teresting to hear what pro-"restat arrest" could also mean posals Government has for passive resistance. dealing with that overbur- Giving his judgment, His dened
stretch between the Lordship said it was an entirely lower Peak Tram station unsupportable conviction.
St
Joseph's Church. scope
and
This is outside the
of the development of the military lands, but it in closely related
to the
problems that are being tackled lower down. the hill.
EDEVELOPMENT
REDEVELOPMENTnd the
Cricket Ground will alter the entire character of the area in the next few years. The China Bank will be foined by a scraper on the site of
32-storey
sky. the pid Police headquarters on one side, a luxury hotel on the other, and almost cer- tainly other high buildings opposite, or on the Mur- ray Barracks site, But there is no reason
for
cricketers playing on their outsized roundabout to feel Inhibited by these develop ments any more than Nel- son standing in his huge Square overlooking the changing scone in London since 1849.
Like the
great admiral. they can turn n blind eye to it all, and go back to their cover drives and leg brbuka, rasured that their ground, emerald in a concrete set- ting, is also contributing to Bane flow of city traffic.
an
"It is perfectly clear charge fails to conform to
the the
manoeuvre.
"His conduct was unworthy of the Hongkong Police Force und is strongly condemned."
His Lordship refunded Mrs
Liu's fire,
Park For Parade Ground?
This eight-storey car park is being built at Southwark Bridge, London, and will-house 500 sark. In this park the cars are taken up in iifts.
Another feature is that it is entirely push-button and once the cars' drive ́15, anyatem of conveyor bella stacks Them' into 'positionisk luxury · Hongkong may be unable to afford because, parking chargen, áre"80 chata na hor, Wed there..are contracts for $48; a work, This model báo had. the aides removed to show how the cars are stacked.. London Express Photo,
He asked the court to stop the dncrtation al the couple to China or to their home in Hongkong. where they would Chinese "Join 1,000,000 other refugees in squatter surround- Ings and deprivation,”--UPI.
the
BOAC'S COMPLAINT
TAKEN UP
Moss Accused BY AIR MINISTRY
Of Dangerous Driving
last night.
London, Oct. 20.
driver Suriing
0071-
He said
the surcharge only
reasonable method of lon that the Electricity adjusting the rates to variationspanies operated wholly trea from any statutory control. In in the price of fuel,
The Hongkong Electric paid fact since 1911 they had operat- the terms of the ex under interest at the rate of two per Electricity
Ordinance Supply cent рет annum on deposita which provided that the larger than $100 held for more Governor In Council could make regulations among other things connection charges, he said, for securing a regular and suf were reasonable, and in some nelent supply of electricity and Iespects, the Company was generally for controlling and re- generous to consumers in com-gulating such supply. The parison with the United King-Governor in Council had made dom.
thars six months Service
Charge Denied
regulations which that Ordin- ance empowered him and those regulations were in full force up to the present day.
Mr Bloker here stressed that
Mr Stoker denied absolutely the charge that the Hongkong his company was resolutely o Electric had adopted a “Tëke it or leave It" attitude
to con- SLAMOTE.
London, Oct. 29. The British Ministry of Aviation said today that
it had under consideration the British Over-partments,
seas Airways Corporation's complaint against the cut-rate fight from Hongkong to London arranged for some passengers by Edgle Avia- tion.
DECISION
posed to any further control than that already provided for In the Ordinance,
The Company had a contract
Saying that he intended to with every bulk consumers and vindicate the past record of his this included Government de- company to the Commission and to the publie, Mr Stoker went on in to deal with the companies sub-
Nearly all Interruptions urban areas were caused by mitted to the Commission. damage to high tension cables resulting from
tiuns.
Equipment
building opera-
British racing
The allegation of the Cam-
As to allegations of excessive Moss is to be prosecuted for
pany's using obsolete plant was profits, he stressed that the only dangerous driving. Jim
A spokesman of the Ministry decision about this application In | quite unjustified, he said."
prudent financial policy 10 from the the near future, but the upokes- With regard manager, Mr K. Gregory, zald said however that
the company's
pursue was that the company legal point of view the action man could not indicate whether rates, Mr Stoker sald, the com-
must be in a position to make axed He was speaking a few hours of Eagle Aviation die not con- the scheduled service was to be pany did not place a
sufficient margins to enable it to minimum cargo or after Moss had left for Newtravene the Air Transport Cor-limited only to
on supply to retain charge
in the business York with wife Katie.
porations Act in the sense that passengers and whether it would spart from the meter rent. Con-
certain suns over and above the Mr Gregory said "we are the flight was not a "scheduled cover intervening stops such as versely, for larger supplies, dis-
normal depreciation charges in applying for an adjournment of flight."
Pakistan and India,
counts were given on basic order to re-equip and expond. the case and wd will fight it
These points, he added, would lighting rate, and for power
From 1945 to 1958 the com- all the way."
supplies a discount of ave per
pany and spent $41 million on 'cent for supplies in excess of
additions and replacements to 1.000, kilowalt-hour per month.
Axed assets. This had been The rates -at present were 28
financed by Retention from Pro- cents per unit for lighting ands ($37 million), Depreciation 12 cents for power.
(152 million), Issue of Capital He claimed that with
fuel
($20 million) and Short-Term costs four times that of prowar, Finance ($26 million).
eight time and
Giving the capital glant in a similar ratio, calculations, Mr Btoiter sub- Agures for 'his labour costs
Hongkong Electric overall mitted that in spite of fuel costs charges today, were less than double, "I can think of no of pre-war,
being, more than four times that Iabour costs being this Colony eight times with a similar ratio," he added plant in z similar ratio, his and capital
company's overall charges were Offered To Govt. less than double, Mr Stoker also asserted that
The spokesman added that the be taken up when a decision is The summons follows a col- Ministry hat, on the other hand, taken on Eagle Aviation's ap- lision & month ago involving
under consideration an applica-plication. an Austin Seven which Мова
It was stated earlier that the wad testing and Q van at on from Eagle Aviation for a
a scheduled Ecac complaint against Eagle Serpent Corner near Newport, permit to operate
Aviation related to fares service to Hongkong. Shropshire,
Both Moss and his wife' were: Injured and spent a night in the
hospital-Reuter,
He said that the new Mints- ¡ charged by the latter at the rate ter for Aviation, Mr Duncan of £186 which is 200 less than Sandys, would probably mito a the normal tourist rate-AFP
INQUIRY INTO FLYNN'S PROTEGE
of the girl's relationship with the notor.:
teenage blonde could be declared a ward of tho' ceuri County if the
Juvenile authorities found there was Bulelent grounds, the Distriot”, Attorney indicated,
Los Angeles, Oct. 28. District Attorney William H
McKesson ordered an investi-The Eution today to determine if "there' was- any Dante' for 'charges, of contributing to the delinquency of a minor in the oss of Beverly Andland, the the late Errol Flynn's 17-year- old protege.”
Mr McKomean sald his “wilco rooslynd numerous Istlets and other complain?” Trock the general puikio about, reports
by
Mrs Florence Andiepa, Beverly's mother, will be questioned tomorrow at her home Police. Beverly, was an akuost sonatánt companion of the swashbuck -
i
other charge in
Un seier for two years prior
Nor was it true that shame to his death of a beart attack | shareholders in other utility com- | holders in his company 'ware al Vancouver, Belilah Colora- | panics, had fared better than getting more than those in other bia, two weeks ago.' A will those in his company, for both utility companies. He estimated filed in New York this-wook the appreciation of Hongkorn | that since November 1947 shares leaves her one-third" of his | Electric, shares and dismesse of in the Telephone Company had erlate.
Income from them had not been appreciated 72 per cani, Marts as phenomenal as thors of other in the Hongkong Tramways had The girl said she was very companies d
| appreciated 87 per cent, while sorry" she was not expoeling | Mr. Stoker maid that lils com- | Hongkong Electric shares had ......a child by the setor. ⠀ Blyan pany was one of the oldest appreciated only 14 per cent, WAR NIE: married to Pairies | estétillábát, power companies in with a correspondingly smaller Wymore sly the time;, of his the-world: 11 was incorporated ratio of increase in dividende. death... UPL
Hearing is continuing.
on“ January: 26, –– 1889, with