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SOLICITOR'S
SAID HE KNEW ANTI-TRIAD CHIEF
A 31-year-old office boy wha
claimed approach the chief of the Triad Squad and arrange for the release of a man
that he could
CHINA MAIL
CLERK
Nearly $2Million
Fraud & Larceny Charges
A FORMER solicitor's clerk was arraigned in the Victoria District Court today on 51 charges of fraud and larceny involving nearly $2,000,000.
He t* Lam Chun-kit, alfas was sentenced to two Stephen C. K. Lam, wit used to years' imprisonment and the a clerk at Wilkinson and fined $2,000 ΟΙ six Grist,
months by Mr T. L. Yang
at Central this morning for being a triad member.
1 Hung alias Li Chi-chlu, of 226 Queens Road East, Arst Door, was also placed under police supervision for two years.
Duelve Sub-Inspector R. G. Loul, prosecuting, said that a Chinese woman whose husband had been arrested in connection with triads, reported that man to'd her he could approach The chief of the Triad Sqund. (Imp. Laurel) and arrange for her husband's release on pay- The nent of $3,000 to $4,000. woman's report also sold the
elaimid to b
trind
man
member of repute, and showed her hrs Puber supervision book
lo punye his statement.
Defendant was arrested.
ADMISSION
He Litmusterd To being member of the Tang Lin She Trind Society. hoving joined In 1955, together
at in 1960. with
17 eller ryml. he went through the ritual of "burning the yellow paper" to form the select grup known as the "Rap Pat Law Hon" of the society.
In pictor Laurel said defen-
dal, leon arroke on
convicted for tekal membership. ir: October last year. He wa Anteneri to one month's im prise ment followed by two year police supervision.
On
This, however, did not deter him from trind activities. being releuse he stated the
1 enllogtan Inouy from vegetable
hawkers
Cros !!]
He was charged with:
21 counts of obtaining
money and valuable securi-
tie hy false pretences;
• 16 counts of larceny
hy servant and simple Jarceny:
•
* counts of obtaining money by forged documents;
• and 5 counts of posses- sion and uttering of forged documents.
Total macy Involved
$1,816,700,
የኖ
The period covered by the charges was from 1950 onwards
Crown Counsel J. Bodily told Juige K. RL Macfer the prost- cution would call about 100 witnessṛa
Judge Mactes fixed the hear- ing for March 9 next year to May 8.
No plea was taken. Mr Victor Gittin and Oswald Cheung
Larn
RARE BIRDS
IN TRANSIT
FOR NEHRU
· The first two "VIP's" of the Japanese Goodwill Mis- sion to visit India passed through. Hongkong today.
The
"VIP's"-two Tre fowls-are • being Japanese flow: by Air India to Prime Minister Nehru as a glit from the Japanese Government..
The Japanese Goodwill Mis- Mrsion which Is to tour india the birds as for shortly described appeared
their first representatives" to India.
World's
First Model
Village
News of the world's first model village was released in Hongkong today. This was announced by Mr
Chien-wing,
Vice-Presi
RARE SPECIES
The fowls the rarest of Jacanese species have already been taken under the wing" of the Air India erow.
Members of the crew take it in turns to feed the fowls every three hours with a special food that accompanied them from Japan.
Prime Minister Nehru, an ardent bird fancier, will prob- receive the birds to-
وانان
morrow.
PARTIES
Street area in Wanchai, Insper-nt of the Junior Chamir FOR POOR
tor Lure added
WANTED TO HELP
1ernational who pasest through Hongkong this morn- ing from Rio de Janeiro where (he attend the JCI world
Insporter Laurel aid defen-congress,
dant 1ated that he had only Mr Lee, a resident of Singa- wand to help the woman's pore said the Congress resolved hurtsad, Lari on the other hand, io treti the model village some- he unitted he did not know where in India. Inpictor
Lauret personally,. Details of whon Luding only having heard of his name. I would bo started and how much it worùl cost were not yet known).
Paintings To
Raise Funds
WORK TOGETHER
Mr Lee said that the congress attended by 37 countries proved at how en ly foreign nations can work together.
"I was cinized 10 see such 20-operation from
many different countries." he said.
CHILDREN
A total of 2,000 children, selected from the poorest families in the Colony, will be entertained at two Christmas Parties this year.
•:
The parties will be held by the
Committee Civic Affairs k the Hongkong
Junior Chamber of Commerce as one
their traditional of
annual charity events.
The first party will be held on Saturday, December 19, at She Wor Memorial Centre. inShern Pyground, Wanchal, and the recapd-will be held on Sunday, Dezeriaer 20, at Quera Elizabeth II Youth Centre, Marghersch Playground, Kow- loon.
An exhibition of
" was an experience I shall 80 Chinese
never forget. I am sure that paintings of flowers, birds, and water colour portraits by Miss such congresses will better in-
understanding ternational future."
Alice Lai Kin-man, a young local artist, opened at St John's Catheral Hall this morning.
The paintings have been do- nated to the Women's Welfare Club, West, to raise funds for
Car Tools Stolen
A set of car tools, valued at
wellite paar PG:45. Miss Lai is an $50, was stolen trom 1 **Y! honorary director of the Club. parked outside 8 Hong Lok
Street, Mong Kok yesterday.
The exhibition, which was de- About $40 was stolen from a clared open by Mrs Lee Man-men travelling in a team in
Both parties will be held be- tween 2 p.m. and 5.30 p.m.
So for 14 Aims have made cach donations for the pirtles in response to the appeal for funds. The children will be enterisin-
they leave the party.
kee, Chairman of the Club, will Hennessy Road, near Coral Roaded, fed and given a present cs be held for three days.
West at midday yesterday.
OPERATED ILLEGAL
· RADIO STATION
A man was sent to gaol for six months in Victoria Dis-
trict Court today for operating an illegal radio station.
He is Lan Yee, alias Ping, allas Ho Ping.
Lam
Lam pleaded guilty to three charges of:
Establishing the station on De- cember 1; Working the station
on December D and possession of
Mrs Jan Fisher
Dies In Sydney
rus apparatus without " The death (ccurred at 40 Heenge on December 9.
Anderson Avenue, Dudas, Lah told the court he was Sydney, on Tuesday of Mrs Jen radioing Bangkok for commer-Fisher, late of Vogue, Hong- cial purposes.
kong. She was the widow.of
Talk On Triads
Declective Sub Inspector W. P. Morgan, the officer-in- cherge of Triad Societies Bureau, will give a talk 001 Traid Societies and their activities" ai the Monthly Meeling of the Chairman and Committee Members of the 28 Kaifong Welfare Associations of: Hongkong and Kowloon at the Miramar Restaurant December *22 at 8.00 pm.
Judge K. R. Macfee, taking the late Capt J. Fisher, and Suspect Detained
1.to:
seecunt two previous at the time of her death was similar convictions, sentenced residing with her daughter; Mrs
Hume. Her him to six months in geot on Kathleen
other cach change, to run concurent-daughter, Allson, Is Hiving In
i. London.
Ay.
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A
Chincte man died of injuries last night shortly after he had been attacked and stabbed by a man, árnied with
a triangular file, at 3 Moldstone Lone, ground floor, Hunghom.
The Police have detained A
man for questioning.
· Extebilehed -1845-
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1959.
ARRAIGNED
General Inspects Signals
The annual administrative parade of the Hongkong Troop, 19th Signal Regiment (Air Formalion) took place this morning at Kai Tak,
Maj-Gen C. L. Richardson, Commander Singapore Base District, inspected the parade which was commanded by the Officer Commandtag the Hongkong Troop, Capi (TOT) E. J. Larber, Royal Signals,
The Hongkong Troop, which is a British Army unit attached to the RAF, consista of mixed elements of British and Malayan signallers. Their task is to maintain Colony-wide band-line communications for the RAF.
Lleut-Col K. M. Evans, Royal Sigs. Commanding Officer of the 19th Signal Regiment (Air Formation), and the Station Commander, RAF Kai Tak, Wing Commander, R. C. Rother- ham, accompanied Gen Richa-dran at the parade,
Picture shown; (L to R) Capt Larner, Lieut-Cel K. M. Evans, Wing Commander Ro- therham and Gen Richardson,
writes fashion news suis venue
NEW
Lady Sheaffer
GKDİEBERT FOUNTAIN PA Lula japante
VNITED PAPER DO, LITER
Maximum Sentence For Drug Possession
AL Central this morning. Mr K. A. S. Phillips im- posed the maximum sentence on a man, for possession of dangerous drugs.
Mr Phillips told the de- fendant, Lai Ming, 31, who had itve similar convletions and who pleaded noi Kulity lo the effence, that it was one of the mes "elent eat" cases he had | SOME ALTOIN,
From the Filos
25
years -AGO.
December, 1934
A
IRLINE advertisement 1
in the SCM Post:
"Speed home in comfort and scculty, Hongkong to London via Singapore 13 DAYS."
"Express pesperger service to iniles, the Europe 9,000
Fly World's longest air route. Royal Dutch Airlines,"
"Old Colonial" seriting in
La was convicted on Iwo counts of possession, Aned i $10,000 and 12 months; In default of payment a father six months une six snonths. The sentences are a consecutive.! Duteclive Sub-Insp M.! Gricme, testified thi at 246 Air daily column, Old Hong- kong" in the SCM Post said: 11.11. on December 15, together with a police party, he execut. "In several previous articles edo dangerous drugs warrant in this historical series, re- at 11 McGregor street, third | ferences
floor.
In
made and
have been fondling homes The defendant was searched, orphanages organised by mis- 4 116 paciela
aionary bodies-the ! weighing 10 grammes. WCTC
berd.
heroin.
Germana the French Roman
the bar Catholics being among
carliest to carry out this good work."
found in a suck, in his waist-and
One Packm of Lilone, weighing 14 grammes, was found in a jacket pocket
Sub-Impeolor C. 1. Cheung prostrated,
"There Wa no organised Church of England Orphanage. until the close of the 1860's
to
its
in
POK OI APPEAL when the Diocesan Orphanage was founded. Little of its The Pok Di Hospital in the history appears to have sur- New Territories is appealing for vived today, except for a brief funds to aid the poor and sick | reference
existence of the conimunily.
1807 {{newly-founded) The hospital will hold their when the Diocesan School and annual Aug day on Saturday,
ah- Orphanage temporarily sorbed St Paul's College, which had fållen on evil days awing to the loss of its funda in Dent and Co's craal
1867."
PICTORIAL PARADE
ABOVE: The 20 most popular Hongkong film stars, clected by the readers of the Wah Kiu Man Po, received prizes at a dinner recently. Here, Grace Chung (left), is presented with hers by Mrs S. N. Chau.
ABOVE: Pretty Morilyn Palmer, winner of Redif- fusion's Talent Time contest, soon with runner-up Tony Myatt (left) and Chico Roza Pereira, who come third.
ABOVE: Some of the brethren seen entering St`John's Cathedral on Sunday for the annual Masonic Servico
of the English Constitution.
ABOVE;
Mrs Tap Chun-yqu presenting the winner's trophy to Kwok Ki-chu of Queen's College during the prize-giving of the inter-school play competition.
ABOVE: Seen at the Interport cricket dinner held at the Hongkong Club this week (1+r): Mr N.Sathaniyam (Malayan Coptäln) and Mr. Guy Pritchard (Hongkong Captain),
It
"While it is shown in the recorda that the Diocesan School of ald had included thin orphanage, the period of its existence was not definite- ly known; but it was prob- ably functioning up to the time the school split into theae two sections,"
"It will be recalled that in 1890 the Diocesan School for both girla and boys was separated into two institu- tions for the different sexes." "A brief note might be made of the fact that the Victoria Home and Orphanage festablished on such in 1897) has in its records a memo that a destitute English child was received in 1889, but was Bent daily to the Diocesan
Home for Boys--which ratlier suggests that the Diocesan a distinct in- Orphanage, 23 stitution, had come to an end about that period.”
"Nevertheless its functions have remained, as part of the activities of the boarding de parimenta of the Diocesan in Boys and Girls Schools fact the latter still retains the
in name "Orphanage"
its designation,”
Woman And
Chun,
Children Injured
A 50-year-old woman, LI living in hut 48, Sze Hang, Aberdeen, was knocked down, and Injured by a bleyele in Island Road, near the Aberdeen Government School of about 8 p.m. yesterday.
A girl of 12, Chan Sin-fong, of 57 6th Section, Homantin Resettlement Area, was hit by a lorry in Nalın' Road, near Homartin Market yesterday Efternoon.
In an accident in the New Territories yesterday, a16- year-old boy, Cheng Kam-yun, of 393. Kam Shon Village - Tal- po, zustained injuries when the ven in which he was travelling skidded and crochéd ágpinet, n hillzida in Tsigo Road," der the then-milestone.
-The injured people were add- mitted to hocpital for treat-
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