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POLICE OFFICER ON TRIAL
(Continued from Page 1) with Chan, the manager of the club.
Bu Le did not show up,
on August 5, Late ted raiding party
| Superintendent". They arranged
to meel Welsh the next day.
16 the At noon on August ve met in the Rosary Church, Kowloon. Lily Lec indicated Walsh and said to Chan, "This Walsh
is the man." to the
hoinks. Later, They shook
"We Mes Wales told Chan: have received the 20 pieces of red,"
club, searched the place, and took some old papers.
made no artchie,
They
The next day Walsh thet police party again ralded club and questioned Chow Cantonese
On August Corruption
the
11
In Future...
She also told Chan, "In future, 32 the Anti-
located and the money over to Mrs Lee Branch
Chow, who made
a statement, (hird accused)", according said Mr Li, Chow also identi-air Li
«{
to
On August 18 police raided
Walsh in a photographic Walsh's home of 2 Ventris Road. Bentiñession parade as the man
Kowloon, and found $1,670, pari
he had inet In Winner House
conducted who had
the
and raids.
"On August 13 the ball of in- ve-tigation started rolling with full force," said Mr Li.
Under Orders
orders from Chow, under Anti-Corruption, rang Laly Lee, and the telephone conversation was tape-recorded,
Mr 1 said Chow told Lee of the raids and arranged to meet Chan, the club with her
manager.
i
The following day Chow and Chuan, who had a Minifon wire |
of which was made up of 15 $100 bills.
But, said Mr Li, they were not the same bills Anll-Corruption had given Chan.
On a desk diary dated August
the
10 were the words "$2,000 pres.. $150 electric razor, $150 Irene."
admitted WINSH
writing words and was arrested.
Judge T. Creedon adjourned the hearing until Monday.
Mr Patrick Yu, Instructrd
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Shipping
Executive
In Colony
Mr Theodore L. Ellot, Asdstant Vice-President of the Pas- Division, senger
Navigation company,
Maison arrived
Ju the President Cleveland this morning on the course of a business tour to the East.
The
Established. 1845
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1959.
Government
Appointments Gazetted
following appointments, transfers and promotions have
announced been Government Gazette morning.
SHEAFFER'S
ADMIRAL SNORKEL PEN
Electricity Commission Of Inquiry
(Conuned, from Page 1)
He mold he had spent con- siderable time with VOTIONS bodies on the matter of our charge, and invariably he told them the same thing.
Prepared
to
His company was quite pre- pared if such bodies were
firm of qualified ac- send countants and go through the whole of the surcharge figures. He said they would then salisty thenuelves through these countants.
of the Chairman
in
this
Chinese Reform
RC-
on the matter when he address- | mul ed the Commbalon.
On Mr Wright's application, Mr Onslow, chief accountant of China Light also explained two other points,'
He
to the two
com-
be obviou ecrpankes.
Mr Stoker said that his pmy had merde a complete sur- vey ax years ago after which they decided that it would not be practicable.
A Form
From the Filon
25
years AGO
November, 1934
THE Pelping Municipal
Government is pre. pared to promulgate a new
"We have a form of promo- | set of regulations for the tional inrilt. You can buy units purpose of maintaining from our company at the basic decent Rocial customs,"
rate of 28 conta and I you use
A lot you can get 1 15.4the prohibition of a pair of cents," he said.
lovers walking arm in arm,
He said that his company gave and the
complete sup
a promotional tariff by way of pression of dancing in any. discounts on lighting and to n certain crine on
pastr
domestic public place.
He said that of all the com- pany's total bulk power, 28.72 per cent was supplied to Tsun Wan, ordinary power 4.00 per cent, and lighting 3.04 per cent, and it was only for lighting that the company charged extra. The total supply to Tsun Won of units sold was 14.69 per cent.
Mr Onslow also explained the company's costing system.
month, ance said that cach
the company
A Peiping report sald these September, 1947, compiled G monthly account Further questioned, Mr Stoker new steps were being taken in
complete details
of all said that there was no agree-recordance with the wishes · of items and from these Items pro- ment between China Light and | Maushal Chiang Kai Shek.
lo tarif, but per castings could be prepared, his company as
At the commencement of the they had had discussions. Commission's questioning of These discussions more often W. Stoker, Manager of than nol take place between the Hongkong Electric Co Lid., the two managers and not at a direc-
John Mould, tor level. Chairman, Mr
why Mr rellerated that the Commission's Kadoorie said he did not know adviser, Mr Desmond whether we had any discus- legal Mayne, asked questions on the slons," Mr Stoker explained. instruction of the Commission alone and each of his questions had been carefully considered by the whole of the Commis-
In answer to Mr Mayne, Stoker sald that the long-term oil contracts in relation to the surcharge was made on May 24, 1940 and before entering into it he invited tenders.
Mr
these Mr Mayne: Without deinils, the consumers would not know.
Mr Stoker: Without these de-giving Lalls he could not check it (sur- large), which is very deanite, but I must say that li does not apply to bulk supply consumers. Earlier Mr Percy Chen, ong the Hongkong Association, atced the Hongkong Electric by Mr G. lang, of M. K.
Mr Ellol, accompanied by his Lam appeared for Walsh and wife, were grected en arrival by Rees to be Assistant Commis-Co., Ltd., and China Light and
was not Mr T. C. Lamb,
Inland Revenue, Mr Power Co., Ltd to disclose how his wife, Lily Lee
Manager of sioners
they justified their last increase Steamship R. B. Wood and Mr R. Haxile to represented,
Hongkong Everett
be chief assessors. Mr & Whiten the surcharge
Government. and Mr. A. Scott to be
Mr D. A. L. Wright, Counsel assessors,
for the two electric companies said that apparently both mana- gers, Mr Stoker and Mr Wood,
A
Mr Simon Ll was assisted Corporation, Mr M. da Rosa, by Aselatant Superintendent, Sub-Manager, and Mrs Dorethy of Police F. G. Jenkins.
|Hart-Baker, Manager of the Everett Spur
department of
recorder conceated on bim, metį Lily Lee.
they talked of U.S.
Mr Li said paying Walsh $8,000 and Chan www asked to hand the money to Lily Lee, who would pay it lo Wwish.
Vice
ConsulTravel Service.
The Elicts will leave by alr
On Second Tour for Saigon, Bangkok and Singa
rare n Monday, before they re- turn to San Francisco vin Aus- Mr and Mrs Gorl P. Drume frulia and New Zealand, Walsh then would not search
and family returned for their the club premises again.
tour of Hongkong Lee Lily
Chan sccend suggested
Cleveland this should meet the person she was the President giving the money to after she morning after completag ther hur menths leave in the rited had been paid.
States.
He had to pay $200 a day, or
$2 000 in 10 days.
A Threat
If he did
not pay. Li, the person would
said Mr rald the
club again.
Trip To Japan
Do you
10-
in
is
envy
Miss Ann Law, who was cently awarded second prize the Miss Hongkong Centes! travelling in Tokyo cu Sunday. Miss Law is travelling CIT Hight. Airways Chan was also asked to pay Cathay Pacific
is part
of her second the 1 which for
Re- is an Airline Ann Law
$2,000 compensation
mouth Walsh had been in Baye
Vw and had not received any ceptionist in tongkang tancy, alleged Mr Li.
On August 13, pollee gave Chan $2,000 in $100 bills in an envelope with
the numbers marked, and he went
Dissolved
Gazette Government to see Thie
announced that the name Kam ('ompany, through Wah Manufacturing
Lee, who accepted the money, after Sorte hesitation
her innah.
Lid, has been struck off the register and the Company dis-
Lee said, according to Mr Li, 1 will hand this money to the solved.
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Mr A. D. Duffy and Mr W.
Mr F. D. Angus ceased to net as Assistant Commisioner of Inland Revenue.
In 1957
to
Mr A. A. C. Allcock to be Airid pay a visit to Mr Hethering
ton of Government at the time. Traffic Control Officer, Class 11.
Mr Wood had "absolutely Mr B. E. Willmott to be senior but
recollection of what radiographer,
Dr Ilo Cheng Fion-wah to be wainan medical officer.
TIC
transpired."
tion.
Mr
Mr Mayne: Were you satiated that you were getting the best It might be that Mr Stoker's possible terms? Mlas L
recollection was clearer.
Surkely ecased to act as Matron (Psychiatic) and Miss E. A. Dixon ceart to set as Depily Matres (1gchiatric).
Mie A. V. Curcle resumed duty as Aslant Commissioner of Rating and Valuation,
Mr Stoker sald that he could recall practically the whole of the meeting.
Not Lowest
Mr Stoker: I must make it clear Brst of all that we did not accept the lowest tender. 11 that of was some $4.50 below Mr Hetherington asked them the tender we accepted. The
explain the
reason why surcharge and he (Mr Stoker) cepted was that Assistant Commissioner of gathered that Mr Hetherington get a guarantee of continuity of Rating and Valuation.
Mir N. Cooke ceared to act as
Mr S. G. Dark has been arpontr. to be an Assistant Secretary to the Urban Council and Senior Accountant, Uran Servien Department. vice Mr D. T. Smil,
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ADVISER -RETURNS-
Mr J. R. Jones (above) Legal Adviser to the long- kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation returned in the < President Cleveland this morning frum Ľ four-month business-cum-pleasure tour to Europe, England and the United States.
GRANTED AWARDS
have
to
additional
had received several letters supply.
WEIT
this WEI nct no-
not we could
from various bodies in the We went to the extent of en- Colony, two of which he could deavouring to get from Loydn recall
the
Hongkong of London an Insurance polley Chinese
General Chamber of allowing us, if the contract was Commerce and the Hongkong not fulfilled, to go to the open Manufacturers' Union.
market to buy fuel ct the open the in- market price and ask "Mr lietherington asked for surance company to provide the an explanation, which was difference between the contract Kiven, and
dis-price and the market price. custing 11 t some length.
They said they would do it. told him that both but the premium was so great Mr Wood and I had seen most that it would have brought it
1 also
After
of these bodies personally our selves. He then said he would write to us and the whole of the correspondence is in the hands of the Commission," Mr Stoker said,
Relevant?
He added that the full ex- planation as given in conversa- tion to Mr Hetherington embodied in the reply to letter,
was
well over that contract price.
Mr Mayne said that the Com mission appreciated there were many other factors to be sidered in accepting a apart from the price.
con- lender
That is
A fine of $100 was imposed un Lothar Hammann, licenace of Jimmy's Kitchen, 42-16 Lockhart Road, by Mr W. Schofield at the Central Magistracy yesterday morn- ing for selling liquor during prohibited hours. Av
7.
THREE HELD Murphy ASP prosecuted, and
ON FORGED
BANKNOTES
CHARGE
Three people were today charged with conspiracy to utter forged banknotes valued
American
at US$9,800 (HK$156,800). They were also charged with possession of the forged noles.
and one woman The two men
were remanded four days' by Mr T. L. Yang
at Central Magistracy.
Nu plea was taken. The defendants, Chan Shu-tung,
allas Chan Shu, 45, of 13. Ngau Tau Kok Resettlement Area, Lau Lap-sam, alias Lau Ting-yat, 35, of 400 A, King's Road, ground floor, and a 42- year-old woman, Tong Suk- kwan, of 42, Ngau Tau Kok Resettlement Area.
Cruelty To Monkeys
Central Magistrate, Mr I. T. Cho-
Mr Stoker said that the next agreement was in March, 1957 and his company did not invite Morris today found Yip Lenders before entering into II.
yiu, the licensee of the Kwong that his co-Ming Pet Shop, 29, Li Yuen He explaineri
together pany worked
with Street, East,
qulity of China Light in the oil contracts. treating his
103 monkeys by He made enquiries from other confining them 2 wire cages, all companies but none of them which were not large enough.
Sentence Is could supply the full amount of
reserved until reply. He quotpe the Honge required by both companies next Monday, kong Electric letterWe do and so it was thought that it WAS undesirable to acquire a not think quoting the profits is
Bir Chen wanted an explana- tion of the explanation in this
relevant to the issue. In any spli contract."
Mr Stoker sald that in this cuse no equation has been made
case be was also satisfied that with the intrinsic worth of the company," and
Light's got the best possible terms. Chira
As to his company's tariffs he ietter "Tu quote profits alone
they were on a costing without
reference
10 other said
basis. material considerations such as return in relation to the whole undertaking is misleading.”
Mr Stoker saki that as far as he could recall in a letter from a committee set up in oppos!- tion to the surcharge, compris- ing representatives of industrial and other organisations, there was a statement that the electric stood company had said they
to lose several million dollars If the company accepted the dif ference in the cost of fuel to re- lation to the surcharge.
out to He
Mir pointed Hetherington quite plainly that this loss was not on the overall working of the company and bat they were keeping the fuel completely Furcharge account separate from other accounts of the company. was
"And wo
are still doing it to-day," Mr Stoker said, adding bat even in the pretent hearing people had been confused about this several times,
Promotional
When Mr Stoker was asked whether his ordinary tariff was a promotional one the ChairmaZI defined promotional tarif.
to
Mr Mould said: "A promo- tinal tariff for a domestie con-
which seeks sumer is one give the consumer electricity at cheaper rate as his consump- It seeks to make tion increases. GR assessment of what hlx maximum demand is likely to be und it seeks lo recover the cost
him of giving
that maximum demand and there- after to
additional give him units at a rate approximating the cost of production. In other words there is a primary block at relatively high cost and thereafter. at low cost." Mr Mould Fald advantage of such a system was
that the
The following persons' have been granted awards, it Cancer Be Pre- announced in the Government vented?...
the last in Gazette.
tliat all units were taken from the series on the battle Florence Ma, Principal Ward-
one meter and an all-in tariff ogainat this disease, writ-
Tess: Nancy Yee, Aistani Ma-
covered light and power. The ten by an expert on the tron: Khan Bahader, Assistant
great advantage was in encour- subject;
Principal Warder and
Mr Wood explained that the aging consumption Xuen
which the SUEZ... the second Wai-hing, Nursing Sister, all reason why he could not recall
companies had indicated was chapter of a two-part
been awarded the First much of the meetings was that their desire. acrica which begins on Clasp to Colonial Prison Ser- Mr Stoker was the spokesman.
Mr Stoker replied that this was. page six today.
vice Medul
It was an accouriling problem what he called a domestic two Dut these are only some of the The Colonial Prison Service and Mr Stoker was doing a lot part tarift. He said that his highlights in A 20-page issue Service Medal has been awards of accounts while he himself company had had a trial of specially designed for your e le B. C. Fitzterald, Principal was an engineer, "zo I was quite this system six years ago but weekend reading pleasure,
Officer; Mohamed Khan, War-happy to let him do the talking." they found it could not work There are also all your der,
in Hongkong, with its 1one- favourite comics, cartoons, Warder,
ments. He felt, however that
· Mỹ |- Chen **submitted the might be possible in the Thieves stole seven portable answer given was, "ontirely off future to have both kinds of and film reviews, thres full and transistor radios valued the point, but he would not tarif available to the-Colony,
| ni $1,400, after breaking into question them further and Mr Mould and that the Corn-
the showroom of Yee On Hong, would accept the Commission's
puzzles, aborts news aud com- went, pages for women, book
pages of local and overseas Die- turen....in addition to sil. the latest news and views.
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and Khan Mohamed, Two Other Points
mission.
recognised that in
Mr A. el Arculli appeared on behalf of the defendant.
✩ * A THE divorce action which
THE
came before the local court last week and was the irst of its kind to be brought in the Colony had sequel In the Central Magistracy yesterday when Mr F. P. Franklin, publisher of the Hongkong Telegraph, was fined $20 for an
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infringement of the Divorce Ordinance.
Defendant who appeared in person, was represented by Mr B. A. Wadeson of Morn
Deacons.
The Assistant Crown Solicitor, Mr w, J. Leckhart Smith, speaking of reporting divored cases sald, "The only report ponmilled is a concise report of the charges or counter charges on which evidence has been given, and nothing else."
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