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Established 1845 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1959.
Gaoled For Embezzlement Apostolic
FORMER CLERKS
PLEAD
GUILTY
and a
an Iranian Frank Shirazce, 47,
former clerk of Henningsen and Co. Ltd., was sentenced to two and a half years by Judge K. R. Macfee at Victoria District Court this morning for four counts of embezzlement and seven of falsification of accounts.
U.S. Consul
Calls On
Macao Governor
Macao, Dec. 9.
A second accused, Cheng Jo- Wal. 47. ke, alias Cheng Shirazre's assistant, was sen- tenced to one and a half years Ing two counts of embezzlement,
According to the Prosecution. Shirazee had stolen $17,000
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The
the four counts of embezzlement and the money involred in two charges to which Cheng hart pleaded Kuulty
$15.03.
amounted
Large Knowledge
to
Pasing the sentence, Judge Macfer Sani y 11 charges which Shirazte
to
had pleaded guilty had spread over a period
Mr Julius C. Holmes, the of 18 months. Mr Stevenson
j-
who represented Shirazce, sald U.S. Consul-General for Shirazes had a long and faithful Hongkong and Macao paid | service with the company,
the ticularly during the Pacifle war. and had hitherto an acablernish- cd record.
a courtesy call to Governor of Macao, at the
Praia Grande Government Houso, yesterday.
At Ron the Consul-General and Mr Hoimes, accompanied by Mr and Mrs Edward Fried wee guests at a luncheon given by the recretary to the delegate o the Chinese Republic Foreign Affairs, Mr C. Y. Chai, at the Sun Yat Sen mansion.
cocktail parly Later given in honour of the visitors by the British Cans and Mrs Alexander W. R. Taylor, ni their residence.
was
The visitors were also enter- ·
tained at private party
Vila Verde fodny,
The rotatiur party will furn to Hongkong this HOONAFT,
Judge Macire said he did no feel he was in a position to ex- press any view as to wh'ch of the two men was the more i blameworthy in regard to the two charges to which they had pleaded guilly, although it could not be overlooked that Shiraz bad u venter position and a large knowledge of the operation of the necounts.
Boy Killed
at
Te-
A four-year-old hay, Tam
Afler
Chang
A wrist watch, valued al $30, Was suatched from a Chinese woman walking in Bute Street, Mongkok, at 18.30 p.m. yester. day.
Tin-chi, living in the Li
PORTRAIT OF SIR ALEXANDER
THE ALEXANDER CRANIOSA “DCHŮ (merem of ting kang
A portrait of former Governor Sir Alexander Grantham, on display at the Hongkong Tourist As sociation office. Peninsula Hotel. The portrait was painted by James Gunn, RA, and was exhibited at the Royal Academy, London, in August. It will later he hung in the City Hall.
Police Called To
Control Crowd At
Singer's Funeral
Uk Resettlement Area, was fatal Police were called out this morning to control
morning!
ly injured yesterday
when he was knocked down by a bus in Castle Peak Road new Tonkin Street, Slumshu.pu. The boy was sent to Kowloon Hos pital where he was found dead
on arrival,
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crowds of onlookers milling outside the Kow- loon Funeral Parlour, during the funeral cere- monies for Miss Angela Fong, a Colony night-
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Witness Refused To
Continue Evidence But Changed Mind
A Prosecution witness in the Kowloon Walled City murder trial, who is now in prison, this morn- ing declined to carry on with his testimony and alleged that he might be beaten to death if he said anything.
Monseigneur Joseph Caprio, the Roman Catholic Apos- tolie Internuncio to China, commenced round of the visits to many of
"I could tell you faithfully Colony's Catholic com-
and bonestly what I saw that munities and orders early light, but i am afraid that I this morning.
At 7.30 44.175.
attended
might be assnutted. I still have six ore months in the prisun . I might be beaten to death. There is no ad-
Mast at the Canosian Convent Caine Hood, Bun he went to the French Convent in Cause- | Vantage for me in doing so."
the was in- way Bay, where he trecuced to Sisters of St Paul de Chartres by car Rev. Molier Thare, Superior of the Con- vent,
Yan
witness, Lau Ping-kuen, said.
Ia subsequently However, continued his testimony and related what bad nilegedly The Rev. Mother Mary happened in his house in No. 4 Street Kowloon Stephen, new Superior of the Lo
the Sisters Missionary
City, carly of St Walled Columbani, welcomed the dis- morning of July 24. ireuished visitor from Home and told him of the work her cefirogues werg doing for the
itt the patients Sanatorium.
Raftonjer
Awakened
He said he was awakened by voices and saw Lo Kan, te of the three accused on trial, and wo others entering the house
was washing away blood. The oller counting coins. They then han- dled some heroin powder, Lau zaid.
Lo
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thing that be undandood."
From the Filet
A
25
years
AGO
December, 1934
STORY which made headlines in the
Lon- don press was the almost Ravago attack on a new bill
I have said should At this stage, Mr A. Zimmern, who represented La Kan ob- Jected. He claimed that th by the Lord Chief Justice witness, Was bargaining. He of England in the House of also alleged that the offer to Lords. Lou that he be kept in Victorin was an inducement.
were two
At St Joseph's College on Kennedy Rd, the students pave Magr Carlo a rousing re- ception, as the boys orchestra played the Papal March, Brother Brendan, Principal of the Col- lege, made the address of wel
Lou was testifying at the trial come, after which Gerald Chro
souvenir, onof Lo Kan, Szeto in-chia and presented a small behalf of the students. The short Wong Hun, who are alleged to
hava murdered the keeper of ai ecrimony ended with the sing-
Lo Yan ing of "Long live our Pope" and heroin divan at No.
Strect on July 24.
the School Song.
ST LOUIS SCHOOL The Salesian Fathers from all over the Colony gathered at the welcome St Louis School to Mar Caprio and to give him
uncheon reception commencing 1 maan today.
n
of
Earlier when Lau refused to give evidence Mr D. E. Green- field, Crown Counsel who pro- Breuled, told him that he could into the Court, if anyone had
threatened him.
To ask me to say this is equal to putting another knife in me," The Vice-Provincial, the Rev. Lau replied. "I mean the Super- intendent (of Prisons) is a good Fr Haselsteiner, Rector
man, The masters are good men. Aberdeen, and the reelory of Those people in the police Fix Salesian houses, with the station are all good fellows, but Rov. P. P. Porali, Father the prisoners may assault me,"
were waiting the added. Trematori Teve the Papal Nuneto
arrival
the He Thorl buys at Their varioim activities before going to to the i Juncheon.
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Failed To Furnish
club singer who died in a car crash on Sunday Tax Return
evening,
Separated
if
Agreed
Mr Justice Scholes observed the that it was Important in interest of justice that any wil ness should give evidence with out fear or favour.
Mr Zimmern: "I agree en- tirely, but 10 this extent: wit-
эго- shuuld have been miser no more but the pro- tertion.
ness
Mr Greenfeld then continued and Lau be- to examine Lau
what he had allegedly gan seen in bis house.
Hearing is continuing.
FUNERAL
OF
SOLDIER
Lord Chief Justice Hewart at- tacked the Lord Chanceller on the Supreme Court Judicature Amendment Bit which provides for an additional two judges for the King's Bench Division and for the appointment of a Vice- President of the Court of AD- peal from the existing Lords Justices without regard to their seniority
After Lord Sankry had moved the second readlog, Lord Chief Justice lewart complained that not shown the draft he was Bill, nor had he been consulted beforehand on the terms of re- ference or the personnel of the Roya!
Commission, appointed behind his back, to investigate the King's
lie congestion in
Bench Division.
Regarding the
of the
clouse of the
Bill apointing a Vice President the Court of Appert, Lord Chief Justice suggested this
affront WAS ATL
to Lord Justice Slesser (former Labour Solicitor General) on scrount of his political views.
The Lord Chief Justice con-
cluded that the Bill was a dis graceful measure, unfair to Bench, Bar and public.
"If its odious features are not
The funeral of the late Upl Joseph Peter Claxton, who was killed in a traffic accident in Fanling enrly removed I shall adjourn my on Sunday, took place at Court every day during the the Roman Catholic committee stage of the B1, in attend the House of Cemetery, Happy Valley, order 10
obnoxious Lords and fight the this morning.
features, not clause by clause, line and word by The late Cpi Claxton, 22, cfi but line by 1st Battalion, Royal Northm-| word," declared the Lord Chief
is survived Justice.
were
At this stage, the Chief Officer borinnd Fusillers. of the Victoria Remand Prison by his mother, Mrs Helen Clax- (where Lau is now detained)ton, Canning Street, Newcastle- was called and told the trial|pon-Tyne.
Cpl T. O'Brien played the Judge, Mr Justice A.D. Scholes, that every prisoner was locked "Last Post," followed by "Re-" fired a A iring porty up in separate cells, and there veille." salute. W63 no opportunity of any
The late
Corporal's Regi- threat by other prisoners. Lau he scid, might come into contact mental badge and buckle with ether prisoners if he were placed on the coffin before the
wreaths were laid. in the Tal Lam Chung Prison.
SERVICE Mr Creenfeld then asked Lnu could spend the remainder The Rev. Fr C. J. Moloney, Chaplain of the Forces
graveside ser officiated the
Among those present at the funeral were Major R. G. Style, representing Co RFB. Hensman. ORE Major J. Payne-Johnson, KSM J. Jack- son, Set M. J, Hayden, officers and men of both the 1st Tank Regiment and the 1st Battalion
When Lau was told that he Central might choose to remain in Vic- when toria, he retorted: "To be con- Aned in the small room is equivalent to a death punish- ament. I have already spent months there. I feel several very weak at present and I am nut nble to walk."
The crowd, estimated at about also played a small part in the
F. G. Huygen, Director of thear his term in Victoria and the 200, gathered there hoping to film "Ferry to Hongkong." G. E. Huygen and Co. (1K) Chief Officer replied that there catch a glimpse of other well- Among these Litending the Ltd, Recm 335, 10 Queen's Road would be no objection. known nightclub artists and funeral were many well-known Central, was fined $500 by Mr singers who were attending the night-club singers and artists, as K. A. S. Phillips at funeral.
well ne friends of the decenka, Magi tracy this morning Including Mists Mona Fung he plented muilty to a summons Linda Cheung, Kong Ling, Alles for falling to furnish a return
for corporntion profits tax. Lie, Loo Tan, Yu Lee, Yiu Man,
He was allowed seven days to Ma Pei-ling, Wong Siu-z Chung Lo, Tan Lai, and Mears pay the fine, Berry Yaneza, Fernando Carpio Jr., Joseph Koo, Freddy Chui, Herman Fil, Anthony Au, Gordun Wilson, and Terz Guzman.
Eventually the police, led by 1. D. G. Greene, were able to cordon off the crowd and quieten them down.
The walls and front of the funeral parlour
covered were with wreaths and flowers,
Into Tree
Miss Fong died on Sunday evening when the ear in which Into she was traveling crashed
a tree near the 16 milestone an The Castle Peak Road. Up to the fime of her death she was slag- ing in the Sun Ya night-club. She recently returned here from a visit to Singapore.
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Miss Fong
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
Rubber Trust
Sir, We roter to the letter written 10 you by "BCC" und published in your paper of December 8, 1959 and have to inform you that
1. The Agreement ter the sale of Alma Estate was signed at 7 p.m. in Penang on June 24, 1959. This information was received by us on the 25th, and appeared in the morning papers in Hong- kong on June 26, 1959.
2. The decision to pay an | interim dividend of 10 cents, und the notice that the books of the Company would be closed for transfers between October 30 arid November 12, 1959 was published in the morning papers October 20, In Hongkong on
1959.
J. A. WATTIE & CO,, IAD,
Mr Greenfield then suggested to Lau that it was not any of
vice..
Post's 25
"A that
From the SCM Years Ago colum7L; Chinese dispatch says President Tang Shou Chien, newly appointed Commis- sioner of Education in Kiangri. has submitted a throne in memorial to the which he advocated a change of the Chinese costume in favour of the foreign style of dress, with the queue discard- ed. The memorial was referred to the Government Council for consideration."
of the Floyal Northumberland IT
Fusillers.
is understood that the Representing the defendant Mr
remaining few Chinese Victor Lam, of Messrs Stewart and Co. sold his client's Arm
Wreaths were sent by the registered prostitutes in has been losing money during the three accused who had Commander British Forces and the Colony have been given the past few years and that the threatened him. Lau replied,all ranks of the Headquarters firm's accounts were being kept | "it is not easy to tell every» jof Land Forces, Brigadier six months notice by the Funcral ecremosies were held by a chartered accountant. His thing about that, but every-D.D.M. McCready and all ranks Secretariat in Kowloon this morning. but client had also been away from the burial will take place at the the Colony for a period, Mr Lam Wing Pit Ting, Pokfulam.
added.
FRENCH COMPOSER ARRIVES
M. Andre Jolivet, well-known French composer, arrived with his wife by PAA from Tokyo for a two-day slay in the Colony this morulag.
Radio Hongkong will broadcast a special programme devoted to M. Jolivet's male tomorrow at 5.30 p.m.
M. Jolivet has been in Tokyo as guest conductor of several · lending orchestras.
Subsidiary
Heroin Peddler
Wing Yueng, 45, described by the police as a sub. sidiary heroin peddler, was sentenced to 20 months' imprisonment by Mr. T. L. Yang at Central Court this morning for possession of heroin.
Defendent, of Hut 99, Tin Hau Temple Hill, pleaded guilty.
The prosecution. said 03 December 7, a police party aciti on the information of a Chinese man, Sung Yuk-leung, and went to Temple Hill, near defendant's hut.
Sung gave defendant 話 marked $10 bill. Defendant then dug 02 something froit under the ground and gave it to Sung. Analysis proved it to be five grammes of heroin.
The marked $10 bill was found in defendant's, possession. The magistrate was told that defendant was a subsidiary ped- dier who obtained the drug from distri- "wholesalers" and then buted them to individual imok-
ere.
for Chinese that they must cease their trade by June 1, 1935.
of the Hendquarters of 40 Affairs
the Ghurkha Infantry Group, Commanding Officers of the Northumberland Fusiliers, "X Company, the Sergeants' Mess. the Officers' Mess, and the Cor porals'
Mers
Fifth of the Fusiliers.
OR
SANDING"
The practice of registering prostitutes ceased three ago, and none of the has been renewed.
years
licences
why did I have to get a crush on him just as I was trying to
lose weight."**
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