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Taxi Driving
Str,-"Apologists
orgue that
For many children the streets
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their playground and
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is de to igoranee that they plck such lethal toys pusing cars remarks your
Comment Or The Day ZA Thursday's China Mail. But who will defend the long- Kong taxi drivers, second onty to their Tokyo colleagues
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the roud-hugmanship?
These phlegmatic tatimen" indeed have iL Very thorough knowledge of the Highway Code
able to to be brenka ony rules so fast. What unfortunate is that in addition to being a metus to other road
users, they cheerfully risk their fare's skin
On the other hunel never read in the news pajeres | about #axi driver found gubly
dangerAR ur recklas driving. Could it be that do nut rend the newspapers theauughly enough, or it it that tnxi mivers ere immune to no:ident?
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CHINA
Established · 1843, MONDAY, -- NOVEMBER 2, 1959.
SHEAFFER'S
ADMIRAL SNORKEL PEN
TRAFFIC POLICEMAN EXHIBITION OPENS AT
IS FINED $500
A Traffic Constable, who was found guilty of careless driving was fined $500 or two months' imprisonment by Mr I. T. Morris at Central Magistracy this morning.
Man Testifies How
Salary Was Picked
From His Pocket
He was Ching Mo-sum, o tached to Trame Omee, Hong-
kong
His cence was also ordered to be endorstal.
A senior Police Officer, ASP D. G. Lloyd testified last Fti- day that he wag forced to brake sharply and swing left when Ching driving a polles van, tried to overtakes him on Shek Road on the way to Tytam Gap on July 1.
Into Contempt
Before passing sentence, Mr Morris said:
"I regret to say that the jaw
In the Victoria District Court this morning
office clerk, Ma Shing-leung, told how pocket was picked just after he received pay.
an
his
of this Colony as it affects road
usage has been brought into
his
contempt by this police officer
and the circumstances
under which the offence was com-
Thy was testifying before Judge
J. Jennings
trial of Chau Wah.
the
Chier sp. C. Smith is pro- EB-seculing and Chay is being de- tls-tended by Mr A. S. C. Comber.
be
"TAKEN FOR A RIDE" Replies To correspondents: quirer: No senature, no (inction. But we would Interested to know who are
thir the lucky people with alleged full-day's water sup- ply.Ed.
FINED ON DRIVING CHARGE
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Mr Ma said it was just after 5 pm. on October 30 when was about 10 board a tran
Road 10 Des Voeux
go home fum work. He was on his guard. more than usual because he had $440 in the back pocket of like
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felt movement in his parket. He turned round immediately, feeling bus poket at the same time. He found at empty and saw the accuse withdrawing one hand full or banknotes. The accused covered this hand quickly with a news- Paper which be told in the other bank,
SNATCHED BACK
Jane Lee, a stenographer of da insurance company, was fined $100 by Mr IT. Morris at Central Court
Ma said he snatched back his this morning when the was found guilty of core-But the man warded him off mony and grabbed the accused. loss driving.
and escaped. He chased the Defendant pleaded not guilty reused through the meade of through Mr Edmund Cheung of "Pickpocket Near the water- Li l'o Caun Chambers, shouting Peter Mo and Company.
front exit
Evidence from an Inspector
of the arende Ne of the Talkoo Dockyard, Mr, caught the accused. A police- man came up to help him hold Tsui Kwok-chun,, was that on
The man and the accused asked August 27, he was thriving west
for a chance, along Queen's Road East, near the Union Juck Club, following a tram, when suddenly defen- dent's car overtook and cut in front his vehicle, causin collision,
Sub-Inspector M. I. Atkinson prosecuted.
Ma said the three of them went to the police station where he counted the money and found it intact, Cross-examined by Mr Com- ber, Ma said that a greater part
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of the money was half a month's milled calls for a severe punish- salary which he had that very afternoon, that he always buttoned the pocket when he had money
it,
Del. Poller cunstable Lee Kam seid that the accused begged him for elance saying he had re- turned all the money.
Further hearing will continue) this afternoon,
Expansion
Of King George V
School
King George V School will have a new block
" regard this as a serious case and while it is true that no one was hurt and there was no accident i accept the evidence for the prosecution suggesting that only by the intervention uf Providence Was
accident nvolded,
"This man's driving was, in my opinion, bad and careless and fell short of high standard necessary for safeguarding public safety.
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"His position is rendered very much more serious since he is also a police officer and was actually on patrol duty at the time when this offence WILS committed.
Death-Defying
"Before concluding the inveз- tigation I would like to make a few observationa of general nature,
"Every doy it is possible, indeed almost pesenpable, for incidents of the most appalling
driving to be so in the Colony and we are rapidly coming to a state, where in some places, it
Mrs Alice T. Chen points out a feature of painting to a guest after the opening
Today's exhibition.-- China Mail photo.
of
Paintings
Exhibited
By Teacher And Pupils
THE beauty of Chinese TH
painting And its! universal appeal is effective ly demonstrated by the
of 12 classrooms which is almost a death-defying ven work of Mrs Alice T. Chen
CATHEDRAL HALL
Popular Clergyman
Leaves After
4 Years In Colony
From the Files
25
years AGO
November, 1935 MR Anthony Babington, aftor
whom Hongkong's Babing- ton Path was named, died at his home Bucknell Maner Bicester. He first arrived in China in the Box and was for some time connected
In
with the National bank of Chine.
1092 ho Joined Shewan Tomes and Co in Hongkong and retired in 1910.
He was
a very kren polo player and was also popular in social circles, besides doing a great deal of entertaining him- self.
In Hongkong he made his residence at the "Castle" in Calne Road. Babington Path was close by his old home.
Half an hour before a party of the Colony's leading re- sidents paid a visit of inspre- tion to the Shing Mun Valley Dam yesterday, Mr S. Brown, foreman mason employed the construction work, fell seventy feet to his death.
He was aged 32.
on
a
Later Mr G. B. Gifford Hull, the resident engineer at
the Shing Mun dom, escorted number of local residents around the dam works.
(Like many other dams, Shing Mun was at one time looked un as the reservoir la end all reservoirs for Hong- kong. Since then Tai Làm fan been built, Shek Pik in build- ng, Plover Cove is being in- vestigated and nuclear power will still be nerded to meet deniand.-Ed.).
By A, CHINA MAIL REPORTER The Rev. Timothy Beaumont, former vicar of
Christ Church, Kowloon, and
have assistant HONGKONG will chaplain at St John's Cathedral, leaves the November 20. At 7p.m, Colony this afternoon after four years in that day a short test will be Hongkong.
During his clay in the Colony,
will enable the school ture to even cross the road and I and her pupils, in the ex- the hard-wording Mr Beaumont would put forward the sugges-hibition which opened this W popular figure, and his to provide a wider on that the
many friends are sorry to see does not morning remedy
at
John's him and his wife go. St variety of courses.
more and better Cathedral Hall. really in penalties against motorists. The real offence is conduct
This was announced today by Mr C. J. G. Lowe, the school's headmaster of the speech day.
The expansion, he said, would make comprehensive schooling posible, but he gave no further details of the plan.
On their arrival at the school, Mr and Mrs Burgess were wel- comed by Mr D. J. S. Crazier, Director of Education; Mr Lowe, Mr A. E. Barlon and Miss M. Carcary, senior staff members, and G. Mehta, head girl.
In his address Mr Lowe re- viewed the curricular and ex- tra-curricular activities of the school.
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motorist,"
The school as it stands now was comparable 16 a grammar Mr school in the United Kingdom, he said, but the staff and pupils had to work harder because of such interruptions as home leave am constant changes.
NEW FRENCH
CONSUL GENERAL
ARRIVES
G. Soulfe. new Frenca Consul-General in Hongkong, arrived in the my Laos from Marseilles thin morning to take up, his post.
A member of the diplomatic At present there were more corps for the past 20 years, Mr than 500 children attending the Soulle said this
was his first school.
visit to Hongkong and hơ was He spoke of the unprovement pleased to be assigned here. in GCE results at advanced His last post was in the
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very
However he feels that
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Outstanding is Mrs Chan's Hongkong was his first parish, landscape painted
in the he must gain some experience manner of Shih Ti, of the Ching of church work in England, Dynasty, using
CITY brush.
After finding a parish in the U.K., he said, he may return to The picture Is detalled yet Hongkong later if it is possible. striking.
Landscaper painted by her pupils are a feature of the ex- hibition, as well as bludes of birds and flowers,
Mrs Carrie Nemazee's work was outstanding as was that of Elvira Wevelaar, Mrs M. Kemball, Mry N. Beavan and Mrs Gin Lin-lieu,
CHARMING
A study of fishes was cately executed by Miss Chen Slu-San, and a charming spray of flowers by Yung Ling.
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A Move
Hongkong in October, 1955 as Mr Beaumont first came to
Assistant Chaplain at St John's Cathedral. After two years he Church moved over to Christ Kowloon, to take over from the Rev. R. Trueman who was then appointed chaplain to St John's College at the University of Hongkong.
Timothy Wentworth Beau-
de-mont, was born 30 years ago in
London Не
was brought up In Buckinghamshire and Ox- fordshire, and his final years in college
were completed at Oxford and Cambridge.
Estella Hilloly's was one of the most pleasing of the land-
North of China and studied painting there. She is well known for her book on the technique of painting landscapes In the Chinese manner,, trans- lated by Mrs Ruth Gorman,
This exhibition will be open until November 4th.-M.P.
icvel. In 1057 there had been French Foreign Office in Paris. scapes. three successful candidates with Mr Soulle was accompanied Although Mrx Chen is Can- une passes. In 1958, ten were by his wife and two daughterstonese by birth, she lived in the successful with 23 passes, while Michele and Francoise. this year 18 candidates were They were greeted on arrival successful with 39 passes.
by Mr F. Toussaint, who had The cosmopolitan enrolment been Acting French Consul of the school with is many General since Mr G. Raoul nationalities mado a valuable Duval left for Parts for re- contribution to cultural under assignment lust month, Com- standing, he added, and put mandant, P. Bourgeois, mill- forward the suggestion that tary attache, and other members American parents may like to of the staff of the consulate. offer special scholarships for their children, in the same way as St George's Society provided awards for English children and St Andrew's for Scottish pupils. After Mrs Burgess had pre- sented the prizes and certifl- carles 10 successful students, the school choir sang "Nobis Domine" by Quilter and Strauss' Polka.
Executive On Visit
Mr G. T. Russell, Assistant Export Manager of Messrs Rowntree and Co. Ltd., York, England, ar- rived here this morning from Singapore in the course of a tour visiting overseas agents in the Far East.
Ho was met at the airport by Mr L D. Kilbee, Import Manager of Gilman and Co. Ltd. who are the local agents,
Above the new French Consul-Gepers), Mrs Boulle, said their daughters pose for our photographer on board the /) Low-Chine Maf photo,
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Originally he had hoped to fellow in his father's footsteps and become a politician. Beaumen's have held the sta
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of Aylesbury and sat in the House of Comunons for Ave generations. "But it is going to end there for I have no brothers or sisters to take over from my father," he said with
wry smile.
It
First Job
was not until after his Carly Oxford training that he decided to dedicate his life to the church. From there, he went to Westcott College, Cam- bridge for his theology training,
When this was completed ho was sent out to Hongkong on his first assignment.
Yesterday, Mr Beaumont commenting on his period of clergy work in Hongkong, said, "I've enjoyed parts of it, but there are always some difficul- ties.
"When I first come here I had just been married and then I was ordained here, and these changes were a litle difficult to get used to."
"But I learned an awful lot while serving under Dean Tem ple," he added.
The new Christ Church.vicać, Mr Beaumont's successor, will be arriving sometime in April next your. He is the Rev. Robin -Howned,
Cases Meriln will take over | the Christ Church parish until
Nr Hówerd arrives here,
Fire Hazard
Houses To
Be Replaced
faste of an air raid on
01h
carried out on the lines of a real ale raid to try the defences of the Colony,
Should aeroplanes be Dent up, milltary searchlights well hoso in warships in harbour will be used to locate them.
as
Sergeant T. Colline of the Hongkong Police Force, was married to Misa Elizabeth Maker at the Rosary Church Two three-storey timber houses
on Nov. 1. The bride waa at 80 to 82 First Street, Sal- given away by acting Sub- yingpun, which are between | Inspector Whelan while 60 to 70 years old and present best man was Sergeant Feely. a great fire hazard, were the subject of an application for held at the Hunghom Police A reception was aubarquently
the exemption at
Tenancy Tribunal this morning,
I is proposed to build on the site Ü six-storey tenement building with shops, on the
floor, It will ground
cost $85,000 and be anished in nine months' time,
station.
$2,900 HAUL
BY THIEVES
the
The applicant, Mr Ho Kwok Money, jewellery and other Chong, is represented by Mrjorlicies to the total value of Alfred Hon, of Hon and Com-more
than $2,000 have been party..
stolen from residences during the past two days.
There aro 50 opponents, represented Hy various counsel.
This included $2,300 missing from Flat No. 201, 7C, Bowen The Tenancy Tributal sists of Mr J. E. Dargan (Pre-am. yesterday. Articles stolen con-Road between 3 a.m, and 5.20 sident) Mr A. O, Barretto and included two wrist watches and a Mr James T. Choy.
cigarette lighter.
This Funny World
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"The fire's sitting next to me and It's burning about, being late for the hairdresser."
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