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CHINA MAIL
DRIVING SUSPENSION
APPEAL
Time Reduced
From Year
To 3 Months
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Mr Justice J. R. Gregg, Senior Puisne Judge, at the Appeals Court this morning reduced the disqualification imposed on Chow Fu for careless driving from one year to three months, to commence from the date of con- viction in October.
M. bittetex!
driving Chow's
licence and anised the original fine of $160 for the offence to stand.
Ja-tier Gregg, however, traffic offences within a period
of of s month. 110 endorsement
lie said he reduced the period of disqualification, having rezad in the fact that the nature of the
TAN treat eens driving serista and the fact that
very the
tossa had conceded the magis tante wr whong Minking into presunt
C's ve
previous
muvictions for obstruction when impsing the pensity.
Mr C., Went, who apagarstum
d for Chow, submitted
1 magistrate was wr
th
take into event of Chow a
convictions und another Pxcess
five uf carrying Peters. He also submilled 11 the disqualification Was ely harsh as Chow earneri
living by driving a
Goods
Chony lud a wife and three
t, children
Wen akter.
to support. Mr
Justine Grest! observed
then Chow had had a total of vinus convictions for
Fi
MISS LISOLETTE PULVER
SWISS FILM
STAR GOES HOME
A lovely Swiss born Gim actress,
whe recrily attended German Fim Festival Tuky, left, Hongkong morning by Swissalt.
She tx
Lisolette
Pulver
Adventurers" which
the in
this
WAS
Chow hari parted out in be- Tween two ationary bures in Shanghai Steve and collided 11.201 ear which with another come froin behind. The incident occured in September,
Colony To Have Self-Rule?
New York, Dre, 14. Mr Iain Macleod, new British Colonial Secretary, plans to end egionlat rate "throughout the British Empire within no more than four years,” · Neww- work magazine reported today.
The magazine's periscope calumn said that this was The memare Macleod gave to political leaders during last week's tour to Malta and British terrilories in Africa,
"Some twenty coloniex regarded as too small or wrak to fall independence will become
governing' territories with. in the Cammonwealth," Newsweek said,
include These will Gibraltar, Mauritius, Dong- kong. Fuji. Brillsh Bonduran and British Gulantiri,
Msgr. Cabrio (centre) left for Taipei this morning, Pie- Lure shows him with Fr. Priestley (left) and Bishop Blanchil.
Catholic
Thanks
high ranking Roman Catholic bishop today paid tribute to the Hongkong Government for co-opera-^ tion given to missionaries. He is Msgr Caprio who left Hongkong today by Dir for Taipei.
Megr Caprio said on his de- parture that he realised th the vast work of the Catholic Chureti hase aty been made, pargibile by the understanding and help of the Hongkong Gov- crament,
AMAZED
He also officially thanked the Governor, Sir Robert Black, for the work that has been done for the refuges,
Mag Caprio, wit Is the who | Apostolic Internuncin to Nation starred in the film "Beautifutalist China, added that he was anmazed by the progress of the screened at the Film Festival, Catholic Church in Hongkong
"Everywhere I found new schools, refugee welfare centres movie-goers 1.kolette Pulver recently in and a true spirit of fulth," her first American film "A
sold. Time to Live and a Time la "I am very inspired to Dle."
such growth in the Church of Jirclette
longkong.
Ilongkong
52 w
who started her Brilliant career when only 18 kas made two Swiss, two French and 24 German films. When
making Simms, not Lisolette
stage appears *31 productions in Berlin, where she has just finished a two and a half month run In "Ondine".
Otherwise
Lioletle makes her home on the edge st Lake Geneva, Switzerland,
Necklace Stolen
ite
SCC
"Apparently ti is closely Fallowing the pattern of For- where there are now practising Catholics
Inosa
199,000
compared to only 5,000 a few
years ago," he added.
Bishop Colony
Christmas
Cards Stolen
An unemployed man who stole 20 Christmas cards valued at $50 Was sentenced to two month by Mr T. L. Yang at Central this morning.
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1959.
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Mr
ABOVE: Mr and Mrs Jack Hong Doa, a deaf and dumb couple, who were married last week. Hong Dea is from San Francisco. The bride is the former Miss Kam Kit-kwan of Hongkong.
RICHT: Miss Jung Wai- mui, of Tai Tung Middle School, seen during the inter-school story-telling contest sponsored by the Rotary Club, Hong- kong Island West, last week at the YWCA.
Mr Alan Whiting, outgoing managing director of Rediffusion, says goodbye to Mr H. Lee before leaving for the United Kingdom.
RIGHT: Miss I. Mullen kissing the band of the Roman Catholic Aposto- lic Internuncio, Msgr
Joseph Caprio, during - a reception in his honour at the Catholic Centrò last wook,
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★ ★
LEFT: Mr D. Bensor seen presenting a prizo during the Hongkong Jockey Club Government School's first speech day held recently.
Car Park And
*
LEFT: Mr M. W. Turner (in dark auit) taking the salute during Polico passing-out parade held at the Police Training School in Aberdeen.
Playground
In Garden Road
Work was
this started early month on the construction of,! a car park at the back of YWCA, Macdonnell Road. With access to Macdonnell and Garden Roads, the car park will have a capacity for more than 60 vehicles.
a filling
It was proposed that
station be built on the site.
DEATH OF FORMER HONGKONG RESIDENT
Liu Ngan, 30, of 20 Shanghai Northeast of the car park up to An old resident, Mr W. A. Zelland Lodge and Past District i
Street, Brst floor, admitted he had stolen the cards from
3
bookshop in Queen's Road Cen- ¡tra! last Friday.
Ho
Sub-Inspector ·T. Y. Yip. prosecuting, said Liu had hidden the cards inside his shirt. was caught by a salesman as he left the shop.
EVADED
FARE
Robert Alfred Wyrme, saman, 20, living at the Missions to Srumen, was cautioned by Mr
Young Girls KS. Philips at Central
Injured
An eight-year-old girl, Leung Kwok-kran cf 69 Pokfulam Road, second flacr, was knocked down and injured by a cur in Bonhom Road near Pokfulam Road at about 8 am. yesterday.
Another girl, Li Chi-kan, agod Street, 11, Gresson
A pearl necklace, valued at $80, was stolen from Flat B, Golden Court, sixth floor; Eles-11
trie Rodd yesterday afternoon, third floor, was knocked down A quantity of clothing to the by a private car in Honne sy total value of $50 was stolen Road near its junction with Fen- from an unnumbered hut at Hewick Street.
Both girls were admitted to Hoi Pa, Tsuen Wan between yesterday afternoon and this Queen Mary Hospital for treat
ment, hcoming,
Magistracy this morning for evading payment at $4.50 taxl fare on Saturday.
Kennedy Road
الد
will be children's playground equip.
with jxd
swings, slides, incrry-go-round and reaffold- ing structure on two plots of Krass.
The parking space and the play-
will cover ground
an area about 600 feet long by 150 feet wide, running from Mac- donnell Road to Kennedy
sload.
The foundation work includes
covering this .section
of Albany nullah mul raising the
round level. The construction
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company ex- jects to complete the job in :lue months the car park will be in use next August.
Milk Executive
Eustaco, who was in Hong-Grand Registrar Hongkong and
South Chino for same time. kong for a quarter of a Mr Eustace served in the century from 1902, died Hongkong Volunteer Detence at his home in West- Corps from 1902-1914, and be- minster
on December 11tween the First World War at the age of 83, it was longkong Police Reserve,
years was an inspector in the learned this morning.
He leaves two children, Mrs Mr Eustace came to Hongkong DR. H. Ferguson and
A. Eustace, 1002 to enter business. He Col. F. became menaging director of Alarines (Ret.) Lane Crawford and Wm. Powell and Macintosh. He also served
Va
the board of the Dairy Farm.
Ho was a keen mason and he
"
a Masonic Past Master of
Indonesian EnvoyTM
a son,
Royal
Controversial
Artist Dies
Buckinghamshire, Dec. 15.
From the Files
25
years -AGO.
December, 1934
"Old Colonia!" writing in the SCM Post in his column, "Old Hongkong," began his article with a short necount of hote the Hongiung Cricket Club came by their present pitch at Chater Road.
"The opening of o Nural Recreation ground at Cause- way Bay, formerly the Polo Club preserve, rrealls the first public recreation ground
chick
obtained the Colony from the authorities the arca now Red by the Hong- kong Cricket Club.
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"The land was first success- fully claimed by the civilian community just
years after the occupation of the island by Britain, and it is evidently no coincidence that the Hongkong Cricket Club was formed that same month and year June, 1851.
"It appears that for some years the arra had been a Handy waste.it stood originally on the waterfront and was turned by the mili. tary authorities into a parade ground.
"20 is evident, however, that the Present Murray Parade Ground had also been in ure from an early period.
"References to the matter, in old records, show that tho lower area, now the cricket
ground, was utilised in
the 1850's as a drilling place On occasion when there was an overflow from the upper parade ground and the right to such has been relain- ed until today.
"It is also evidenced that the seafront patch was used in the 40's and possibly, even earlier for general military purposes. in un vid man in The Land Office, a military shed is marked almost direct- ly in the middle of the ground.
"Again, if we trace the history of Murray Pier we find that it is descended from an old military landing pier, which formerly led directly out to the cricket ground.
"It should be borne in mind that the civilian public did not get immediate use of the ground in its entirety; but from the early 50's gradually extended their claim and be- came so firmly entrenched that no further routine parades were held; and as the years went by, the Hongkong Two fountain pens, valued at
Cricket Club gradually monO- 315, were stolen from a man at polised the
ground and the a bus stop in 'Castic Peak Road yesterday afternoon. A suspect general public became ex- was later arrested
Icluded."
Arrested
This Funny World
FRUIT PIGE
Sir Stanley Spencer, one of After a week's business visit Defendant, who pleaded
Britain's most controver- the Colony, Mr. H. P. The former Indonesian Am- Weidmann guilty, suld he only had two
and his wife lettbassador to Japon, Mr R, A sial artists, died last night dollars, at the time and he in-
this morning by Swissair for Asmaben, and his wife passed
in hospital in Taplow." loaded to pay the rest of the Zurich via Bangkok.
through the Colony this morn-
He was best known for his fare when he could borrow some
Mr
Weldmans, Exporting by Swissair on their way to money from his, shipping agent.
religious paintings - particu→ He added he would be leaving
Munager, Bernese Alps MIK Yugoslavia.
Mr Asmagen has been rear.larly his "Resurrections" --- in which he interpreted biblical Hongkong tomorrow in his chip. Co., Berne, is completing his
Inspector J. Dampeny pro
Far East tour having visited signed to Belgrade,
Accompanying them, were 29 Incidents lu terms of modern Singapore, Bangkok, and secuto.
conorles, which they acquired life as he knew of. Manila before Hongkong.
Spencer was
intuitive Mr Waldmann held discus- from various parts of the world.
These pampered birds are artist who set his vast dramatic A bicycle, valued at $100, was piens with the agents for Bear well-known air travellers and pictures of the New Testament
Keller and have stolen from outside 221 Sai Brand Milk, Ed.
specially Atted, plastic-and the Resurrection: in his', Printed and published by TERENCE GORDON NEWLANDS PEARCE Chat Street yesterday Co., Lul. Yeung
sales cushioned cages to ensure their native village of Cookham in for and on behalf of South China Morning Post Limited at 1-3 promotion.
comfort.
neighbouring Berkshire.--Router. Wyndham Street, City of Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong.
afternoon.
for 1900
"A French bread..
one German pumpernickel
some English muffins and a rum cake!"