C. & J. WEIR LTD.
FEED PUMP8, CONDENDING PLANTS, EVAPORATORO, FEED WATER HEATERS, MARINE AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT,
ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD. 208 Chartered Bank Building. Tel. 27789
This funny world
"I had to use your phone, Ma. I'm expecting
an important call on mine!"
Merchant
Yuen
granted bail
Chung-wong, 48, merchant, was granted bait of $50,000 this morning by Mr T. L.: Yang. magistrate, al Central Court,
Holidays for 1961
The following General and School Holidays will be observed in Hongkong during 1961, it la an- nounced in today's Government Gazette:
CHINA MAIL
Rear-Admiral Grogory
New post for former HK Commodore
Established 1843
FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1960.
Sheaffer's PFM.
Too For Mon
THE BOLD NEW PEN DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY FOR MEN
Government OWNERS DENY dear sir
appointments HOUSES WERE
gazetted
The Government Gazette to-
day announced the
following
transfer, promotions and
postings:
MORTGAGED
appointments. The registered owners of houses mentioned in a case involving a former Hongkong solicitor on charges of fraud and corruption, today denied that they had ever mortgaged their houses. Robert Low, 31, is facing 12 charges of fraudulent conversion and 12. of corruptly accepting money.
Assistant Mr 8. A. Fowler, Registrar, Registrar General's Department, to be Senior As- sistant Registrar.
Mr A. G. Trickoth, Assistant Trade Officer, to be Trade Officer.
Mr A. E. Claassen, Senlor Structural Engineer, PWD, to bu Acting Chief Structural Engineer,
Mr A. W. B. Smith, Quantity Surveyor, to be Acting Chief Quantity Surveyor.
Mr
Kenneth R. R. Royce, to bo Building Surveyor,
The Crown is applying for Low's extradition from London and the hearing is continuing before Central Magistrate, Mr Derek Cons.
No visit
Wedding films to be flown here
Impartiality
You are to be complimented ¦ ¦ for your strict impartiality in publishing the several letters in your correspondence columns yesterday: some of which con demned yournètion in report- ing in ill the last moments of executed the condemned and
man
Cary! Cheisman thus living up to the high tradition of journalism that is the pride of the British Press You take the brickbats with the bouquets in the same spirit, and do not withhold criticisms. directed at yourself.
From the Files
25
'years
AGO
May, 1935
The foundation stone of new Central British School
I agree with your corres- will be laid by His Excellency pondents that the emphasis laid the Governor, Sir William on the Just agonising moments
of the executed man was most Peel on May 15. The cer
will be performed de undesirable, and I also support mony
6.90
will mark af another of your correspondent
p.m. and that too much undeserved important milestone in the school. The Bympathy has been shown to history of the the culprit who had esused so new school, work on the actual much unhappiness and suffer-school building of which was ings to his victims. His punish commenced early in March ment is a' just one, and to say this year, is being erected that we mourn his death is just from plans designed by Mr
hypocrisy. arrangements
are horrid
the death chamber. A. Cornell, thescaped being made to rush Chun-
others would be encouraged to television film of Princess follow his crimes and society Margaret's wedding Hongkong.
Two women, Yung Mul-20
Tong
house Ho, bod cwnicza, danied:
mortgaging their pro- Special perties to anybody; knowing
LAIR
Mr Ki lu-Woon, Chief Health - Inspector, to bo Acting Assis- Rear-tam Superintendent (New Ter-
ritories) Urban Serviets Dept.
London, May 6. Tho Admiralty today announced
that Admiral G. D. A. Gregory, Commodore-in-Chargo, Hongkong, for the last two years, has been appointed Admiral Superintendent at Hor Mojosty's Dockyard, Devonport.-Router.
Clothing for fire victims
The
Jaycees.
Yuen, who was imprisoned in The Arst week-day in January
Jaycees this morning Madrid 14 months azu. is Monday, January 2; Chinese handed over several largo bales
Year's
distribution charged with larceny by bailee New
Day-Wednesday, of old clothing for of precious stones valued at February 15; the day following a fire vlelims in the Mongkok New Year's over $100,000 belonging to Mad-Chinese
Day-district. The garments Wero Hong Thursday, February 14; Good collected
the husudan and Company,
by
Sentlish kong, and precious stones of Friday-Friday, March 31; the value of nearly $80,000, the pro-day following Good Friday perty of Lee Hong: of stones to Saturday, April 1: Easter Mon- the value of $84.441.50 belong-day-Monday. April 3: !!! Fug to Sheung Hai Yuu Jewellery Birthday of Her Majesty the Co.
Queen Friday, April 21; Whit Monday-Monday, May 22: the first week-day in July-Satur day, July 1: the Brst Monday in charge against | August-Monday, August 7; the at Kolewall 30th day of August-Wednesday.
Further charge
A
further
Yuen
is larceny
Mid-Autumn Festival
Rond on February 13, 1959, of August 30 the day following precious stones to the value of Chinese $213.329.40
belonging
Hing Jewellery Co.
10
25;
Sebtember Fo Day-Monday.
the third Monday in October- Monday, October 10: the day following Remembrance Sunday
Mr Dermot Rea. Crown Coun-
sel, is meting for the prosecution. Monday. November 33: Christ-
and Mr Oswald Cheung for the mes Day-Monday, December instructed by Mr25; and the 26th day of Decem- defendunt, George Stevenson of Stevenson ber-Turday, December 26, and Co.
Commonwealth Day. which Wednesday, May 24. 3 School
The case has been transferred falls to the Victoria District
for hearing this month.
At
on
Court will be observed
Holiday.
Paquerette's
Drip dry dresses
from $6500
Blouses and T-Shirts
from $2000
Baby-dolls and
Nighties from $3000
and
Slips
- Slaxs
· Shorts ·
ALL SIZES
16a Des Voeux Road, C.
Skirts
Tel: 21-157
OT!
Es
The bales were handed over by Mr Milen Sapata. President of Jaycee International who
visit here, to Mr Hung. ་ བ
Chairman of the Wing-man, Mongkolt Kalteng Wolfare Ad- vancement for distribution to the victims later this month.
Laichikok
fire station
A new modern fire station to serve the Cheung Sha Wan area of Kowloon, will shortly be con- structed at Lalchikok
Provision of this are, station will enable the Fire Brigade to bridge the gap in the fire de- fence of the area which les be- tween the Kowloon Fire Station, Tong Mel Rond and the Tsun Wan Fire Station,
The new four-storey build- ing, sited at the north-west
Mr Chak Shing-leik, Station Officer, Fire Brigade, to be Divisional Officer,
Mr D. E. Parker, Eduration Officer, to be Acting Organiser
of Music.
Mr T. H. Messenger, Assistant Controller of Posts, ceased to act as Controller of Posts.
Dr Wong Hok-uin, Medical Officer, to be Acting Principal Medical and Health Ofper.
Dr Lee Sklu-hung, to be Medical Officer.
Mr J. A. Fox. Land Batliff, to be Acting Sentor Land Ballify.
Mr A. J. Peaker, Deputy Con- troller of Stores, to be Acing Controller of Stores during the absence of Mr A, E, Perry,
Mr G. A. Lemay, Chet Stores Officer, to be Acting Deputy Controller of Stores.
Mr B. B. Worton, Stords Officer, to be
Chief Stores Officer".
Mr F. W. Perry, Stores Officer, to be Acting Senör Staros Omeor
•
kit, now serving a term in prison:
Had ho
to would be unprotected. The
only condemnation is that his doeth should have been delayed for so long. It would be un- thinkable for such a state of affair to exist in Britain whose legal system to the finest in the
CANDIDUS.
Zast for life
con-
ONCURRENTLY with the announcement that
has approached : Germany Great Britain for a proposed Anglo-German mayai ference, the Reich has in- timated that orders have been given for the construc- tion of 12 submarines.
of The Gemm ravaj 20
gramane, in addition, provides for the construction, of five 30,000-ton battleships and mx- teen 10,000 cruiserv.
ever visiting the offices of Wilkinson and Grist Chung Yuk-wah of 109 Hen- The film will be processed to- nessy Road, said that he had a night after the wedding is all power of attorney from his over. It will be put on a Boac father who was in the United Comet at 10 a.m. on Saturday States to deal with property in and will arrive in the Colony world,
Hennessy Road. He on Sunday. 107-109 said that he had never (nortgag- A spokesman for Rodiffusion ed the property to anybody and lold the Chins Mall this mor
referenco not know any-ning that it was hoped to show
Sir, With that he did
the film over the Colony's
your "Comment of the day" body called Lam Chun-kil
it should Chan Yung-sun of the Kwong television network between 8.15 dated May 4,
that al the time nated Sun Lee Co., testified that he and 8.43 p.m.
week a Later in the bara
Beac did not store any iron
Chessman's execution he had
nili behalt Comet will fly a special colour already served
life weighing 1,875 tons, on of a person eslied Yung Yim fim of the royal wedding to the sentence viz fifteen years with May-wah. He also said he did Colony, This is expected on
three years remission for good not sell the bars to Yung at Wednesday or Thursday..
conduct. any time.
Ma Man-wah, Lee Shu-pang, Leung Ma-lung, who are regis
denied tered owners of houses
mortgaging their property to anybody. They also denied knowing Lem Chun-kit and Robert Low. Acting
Mr E. W. J. Barber, Stores Officer, to be Acting Senior Stores Offeer,
Mr Lan Pak-tal, Executive Officer, Class I, to be Accoun- tant, Resettlement Department.
be an Mr James St. to Assistant Registrar,
Wal-anm, Me A
to be Deputy Registrar of Newspapers.
Did not sign
of
Lee Yuk-kwong, owner 118-120 Nam Cheong Street, testified that he went to see Lam Chun-kit at the office of Wilkin- son and Grist sometime in 1957 because he wanted to mortgage the property.
He
any
the
1 will be screened in two leading theatres soon after,
Kidnapped editor
released
COL. F. T. HARRINGTON.
Appeal
to
be
Britain is more perturbed than France at the latest, indication of German rearmament. Franco Sir,I have sent the follow-believes that the German sub- ing lotter to the Governor and murines would be a menace only would be obliged if you would to Great Britain, publish it;
"May I be permitted to draw your attention to the speech at
the Secretary of State for the Colonies as reported in Han- eard, 20/4/C0.
The King's subjects have
His derisive attempt to dis-gathered here in London in parage the honest efforts of Mr their hundreds of thousands
thanks to give
and pay Thornton, M.P. to expose
here,
is homage to their sovereign on practices corrupt
anniversary of his lamentable and definitely
un-the 25th
However, he does call on Mr worthy of a Cabinet Minister.
10 Thornton
"real produce
Nicosia, May 6. He said that since there was no offer, he took back the deeds Mr Antonis Pharmacides, editor of the anti- of the property in 1958.
Makarios Greek language evidence." added that he did not documenta concerning
has Mr Lau Pak-fal, to be Assia | mortgage of the houses, tant Secretary to the Urban Council.
Mesara R. E. Loureiro, Sham and Lad Fai, E. R. Maycook Yu-cheung, to be Deputy Re- gistrars of Marriages.
Mr D. J. F. Fraser, to be an Inspector of Schools.
Mr Yung Shau-wing, to be Food Officer, New Territories,
Consuls
Mr. Bodilly is appearing for the Crown.
Mc G. S. Stevenson of Stewart and Co., is representing Low.
Hearing continyer..
Remanded
London, May 5. Rebert Low, a solicitor, was renonded until May 12 on bail of £2,000 today on a charge of within fraudulent conversion
euccession.
From all parts of the world they have collected. From
newspaper Ethniki
in my opinion, one way that Canada, Australia, New Zea- been released by his this can be done is for you to lend, South Africa, India, Ma- kidnappers it was official permit me to appear publicly laya, from Scotland, Ireland, before our recently formed Wales from remote depen ly stated here early this Committee on Corruption. I am dencies and far-flung outposta
positive
submit
that I can morning.
will of the Empire; from our own The announcement followed arrefragablo evidence that
| industrial | Midlands and fromi statement by a spokesman for satisfy the Minister.
Should this suggestion merit the quiet countryside of Eng- police Ethniki who said: "The have told us that Mr Pharmaci- your esteemed approval, I shall land men of all kinds and de-
await your advices us to
the gree,
all races, creada and des has been found.“
date of a Public Hearing. As
spery colour, together with Lord Goddard so clearly
ex- their wives and families, in pounds,
BLOODSTAINS
Mr Pharmacides was kid- the jurisdiction of the Govern-napped on April 23. A blood- *Not only must Justice ment of Hongkong.
stained sheet was found at his done but it must be seen to Low, 31, appeared on a war- home and there was evidence of | done." rant under the Fugitive Often-
a struggle.
The kidnapping followed
Messrn Philip B. K. Poller,ders Act,
K
corner of We Laichikok Goy-Theodore T. Franzer and James The remind followed the number of mids on his news- M. Hall have been provisionally application of Mr Brian Leary papers offices. The raiders told recognised as Consuls for the for the Hongkong Government. the printers their aim was to United States of America at-Routes. Hongkong, according to the
ernment Firewood Yant opposile the Female Prison, will be equipped with three fre
glacs and one, ambulance there will be a dormitory
ཥ་
and
for
30 Arumen and quarters for three married officers,
Crown land
resun.ption
to-
The Government Gazelle day. gave notice of Govern- ment's interilon to resume with-
Government Gazette today.
The Gazette also notified that EXAMINER
the Queen's Exequatur cm- powering Mr M. R Perez, to act as Consul General, and Mr O. do N. B. Filho as Consul for Brazil, at Hongkong, received Her Majesty's signature,
Naturalised
Dr Yap Po-man, known as in one month certain Crown Raymond Yap Pow-man of "C" land for pubile use and that Po Yick Street, 2nd floor, Talpo Compensation Board will be Market, and Mr Se Shing-hui, appointed to consider compen-of 10, Tung Lo Wan Road, third sation payable to the lessees. floor, have been granted Certi- The lots which are situated in 1 ficates of Naturalisation under the New Territories, are:-Lot | the Bellish Nationality. Act, Nos: 107 .P. (Portion), 181 1948, the Government Gazette (Portion), 182 (Partion), 183 notified today. (Portion), 187 R. P., (Partion) and 231 RP. (Portion).
Warning
Trade unions
Captain L King has been Member appointed
of the Board of Examiners for Pilots' Licences during the absence of Captain C. R. Torrible, according to the Government Gazelle to- day.
Resignations
prevent the appearance of an article from former Boka leader General George Grivas.
The newspaper orased publica. tion later after more threats had been received. Reuter,
Alexandra to visit regiment
Captain W. Darkin of Force Princess HQ, and Sub-Lieut H. F. G. Dennis of HKRNR of the Royal Hongkong Defence Force have their been permitted to resign commissions.
Resettlement area roads
running
rounds, Two main Today's Government Gazelle notified that the Chinese-Style parallel with Choi Hung Road, Textay's Government Gazette Catering Trade Workers Union will be constructed in the Tung notified that unless cause
of No. 74, Portland Street, 2nd Tau Resettlement Estate, Kow- shown to the contrary, the
floor, was registered, with the loon City, as part of the first names of the following com-
Registrar of Trade Unions on stage of the redevelopment plan pantes will be struck off the register and the companies die Aprit 28, and that the Hong- for the estate,
The road will be about 100 nolved wludn ture months kong Naval Dockyard EngineeK-
Ing Workorn Union (Kwok feet long. They will have 24- wido carriagownys and Ilang Yue Cheong Provision Kwan) has changed its name to fool
Trade footpaths will be provided, • Co., Ltd., Orientours Ltd, Wm Hongkong Engineering
Workers Union (Kwok-Kwan). Warren Trading Corporatio LK,
from May 6:
POLICE POST
The appointment of Mr T. W. Car to be Assistant Super Intendent of Polizo. (Auxillary) hna been approved, today's Government anxiouneed.
New banks
Bonn, May 5, Alexandra will
visit West Germany in July to attend the 100th anniversary of the oldest
· regular Canadian infantry unit, of which she la
·Colonel-in-Chief,
A Canadian Army spokesman saud here the Princess would visit the 2nd Battalion of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada in Soest, on July 7. It will be her first vist to the unli
There will be a ceremonia! parade on July 8 followed by a centennial ball in the evening. 4th Infantry Brigade group the next day. China Mall Special.
New Haven, May 5. A jury bere has awarded woman $109,000; for injuries sho John
She will visit the Canadian
Liquor Licensing suffered, in car accident.
A
The Board of Licensing Juá- Krudacri Jr. was ordered to pay ces for the Now Territorien tha eum to Mes Virginia Good- (W)1) "moet of June 29, at 2.30 man, 40, a widow.
Khudoen was, the driver of a The Lombard Bank Asin Ltd jpm. at the Hoodquarters of two and the National Bank of New Territories Adminderation, car that crossed the centre Paktatan have been graniect Shows Buliding, Nathan Road,strip on a hlerway and mushed ilcence, to carry on bualness Inte cunnider applications for Into a car carrying Mas Good Hongkong, today's Government liquor Bernices in the Tal Poman. The accident occurred in
Gazette Botined.
1900—AR. District of the New Territorier.
C. N. S. BURNS.
be many cases — they have come be Home. It is the eve of the Silver Jubilee of King Georgs V.
Next Sunday,
Sunday, May 8th
is
MOTHER'S DAY
a
Surprise Mom with a gift from Mode Elite practical gift of thought- fulness will speak for you "I love you, Mom" on her day.
FOR THIS OCCASION, WE OFFER YOU A 20% DISCOUNT FOR EVERY GIFT YOU GET FOR "MOTHER"
ONLY ON FRIDAY & SATURDAY, 6th-7th MAY
Mode Elite, Liv.
Kayamally Bldg.
22 Queen's Rd. C. Tel. 24052
HONG KONG
"Ocean View Court. 27 Chatham Road. Tel. 67489 KOWLOON
Printed and pubilshed by TERENCE GondoN NEWLANDS PEACH for and on behalf of South China Morning Post Limited at 1-3 Wyndham Street, City of Victoris in the Colony of Hongkong.