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CHINA MAIL
MONDAY MAY 30, 1960,
Pawned
Sheaffer's PEM
THE BOLD NEW PEN DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY FOR MEN
Lt-Gen. 8ir Hoderick and Lady McLeod, China Mail photo.
girl
friend's
ring
A 21-year-old girl who stole a diamond ring from her gir} friend and pawned it to buy various things for the Dragon Boat Festival was remanded for seven day today.
Central magistrate, Mr Derek Cons, ordered... the remand pending a probation' afiloer's report.
The girl, Yu Lal-chi, of 15 Lower Lane, Kal Yuen Ter
race, pleaded guilty.de
The band of the Hongkong Regiment, leading_the_Regi ment guard, turns into the gates of Government House this morning,China Mail photo.
HK Regiment
Split personality mount guard
Sub-Inspector Yip Tal-yau sal]{\e
Tu vislied her girl friend,
Lam Ka-blok's home al Chai
Wan Inal Friday,
Lam disoovered her diamond ring lasing after Yn had left and a report was made to the polloe.
Lupector Yip added that Yu
suggestion at assault trial
almitied Dawning the ring A suggestion that the jury return a verdict of
for $250 and had used 390-In Daying deble and buying things for the "Ten KI festival
To represent
New CBF arrives HK at fair
in Hongkong
Lieut-General Sir Roderick W. McLeod, Commander-designate of the Bri- tish Forces, Hongkong, arrived with Lady McLeod in the Canton this morning from England.
Lieut-
He is to succeed General Sir Edric M. Bastyan
who leaves by the same liner on reilrement on Friday.
Colony.
A3
1st
Later he took command of
·
in Stockholm
Mr R. P. Parcell, Managing Director of Swire and Maclaine Ltd, Hongkong left by the my Asia on Saturday to begin combined business-hoilday trip
in Europe.
--
Mr Parcell will be represent Ing Hongkong at the St Erik's international Trade Fair to be held in Stockholm-from August 31 to September 11,
Mr Parcell said that he was the 8th Armour Division in very optimistic about the pros- Germany for two years, after pects of increasing the flow of which he was appointed to the trade between Scandinavia Imperial Defence College, as
and Hongkong. Chief Army Instructor,
II ne. From 1951 to 1955 he was During World Wer served with airborne forces and Director of Military-Operations, after service in North Africa War Office.
Deputy Commander Parachute Brigade, he was ap: It is his first visit to the pointed to form and command the Special Air Service Brigade, In March 1940, he became Director of Military Operations in India, and in 1947 Was & Sir Roderick was promoted ↳ student at the Imperial De Lieutenant-General In Decem- ber 1957 when he was made fence College.
Deputy Chief of Defener Staff; Pre-wor Bervice
He held the post until he was included After two years as Assista!
at the Staff Col assigned to Hongkong. action in India during the Commandant
WAS of lege, Camberley, he
Ep- In June 1958, he was appoint- Khajuri Plain operations
Commander, Royaled Colonel Commandant, Royal 1930-31 Staff College gradua-pointed
Educated at Wellington Col- lege and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Sir Rode- ricit was commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery in7. 1925.
tion and Regimental and Staff Artillery, 7th Armoured Divi-, Artillery. appointments,
sion,
So c-o-o-1,
comfortable
and practical
Dainty Brunchcoats
and
Tailored Housecoats
in Drip-dry Colton and Dacron
from $4500
at
Paquerette
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SHOP LATE MONDÄYS
16a Des Voeux Road,
Among those who met the couple on arrival were Major
Japanese artists to visit China
M. A. Atherton, Military A party of 11 of Japan's Assistant to the CBF Capt. D.
leading painters will soon L.. Cooke, ADC-designate Sir Roderick.
.i
to
Algiers, May-29. One person was killed and ten injured when grenades were fung into two polling stations yesterday in the Constantine area of Eastern Algeris, accord-
go to Canton and Peking. to study ancient Chinese art.
guilty but insane was made at the trial this morning of a teahouse shop foki charged with
wounding a fellow worker with a chopper,
Mr Simon L, Crown Counsel, told Mr Justice W. A. Blair Kerr and a jury of five men and two women in the Criminal Session that the accused, Lin Tin-kal, 32, was, according to medical evidence, suffering from paranoid schizophrenia.
He sald that it was the doctor who opinion of the examined the accused in the Mental Hospital that at the time of the attack, Lin either did not know what he was doing, or if he knew what he was doing, he
did not know it was wrong. In law, such a person was legally Insane, Crown Counsel added.
Certified
Dr Chung Cho-man, medical officer of the Mental Hospital; said accused was admitted on April 28. 1858, and was certified six days later. Lin was suffering from persecution delusion.
Dr Chung said that Lin was admitted in an acute stage but improved after treatment. He was discharged on March 1 this year in a very normal state."
Witness was of the opinion that when Lin chopped the com- plainant he knew the nature of the act, but, labouring under a delusion, he did not know that what he did wag wrong,
MrId: In other words he knew what he was doing, but. aid not know that what he did was wrong,
Dr Chung: Yes,
Felt blow
feeling between him and the Docused. He did not know of any reason why accused should hit him.
Hearing is continuing.
HK girls
to receive
degrees
in America
Two Hongkong students, Miss Julia Chang, and-Mim Elaine Talen, will receiva· degrees‹ of Bachelor of Arts at Wellesley College, Wellesley, M**- sachusetts on June 6,
Miss Chang is the daughter. of Mr and Mrs Charles Chang, 122 Watering Road, Kowloon, She attended Methodist Ladies' College in Sydney, Australia, before coming to Wellesley to stily physics.
Miss Tsien's parents are Mr and Mrs Cho-Bang Tsien, 62 Cameron Road, Howloon.
at Governor's
residence
"B" Company of Hongkong Regiment mounted guard at Government House, this marning to mark the 11th -anniversary of the " Regi-
ment's foundation,
A
25
years
LAGO
May, 1935
SETTLEMENT has been arrived at by the Council of the League of Nations in the Italian and Abyssinian dispute.
Captain Anthony Eden and M. Laval played the principal parts In these negotiations.
The Italian delegata, Baron Aloisi, finally accepted the 'im- portant points of the League resolution, and it is considered that risk of war has been grest- ly reduced because firstly the League is now officially áá- sociated
with thedispute; secondly the frontier commia» sion can start work immediately; and thirdly Italy reaffirms het solemn obligation not to have re course to war while arbitration is proceeding.
In the meantime Signor Muse solini has issued: a warning that Italy will "walk direct" when present she bas decided. -This is taken They replaced, the
guard of the 1st Battalion, in some circles to mean that the Royal Northumberland Italy will disregard the League Fusiliers,
concerning Abyssinia.
The Fusiliers will resume the
guard tomorrow.
The taking-over ceremony, was
*
watched by the Governor, Sir From the SCM Post's "25 Robert Black, who later in Years Ago column (Mar spected the guard, and mem-1910): "Once more the dis bers of the band.
creditable spectacle of a Great
The Governor was accompanied British Colony writhing in by his ADO Captain B. G. the throes of a severe water Dedman, and LÊ J. B. Wu famine is presented to the orderly officer of the day. world....
The guard commander was Sgt.
iHo Koon me
"It is manifest that we are suffering today and thé Other members of the ard chances are we shall suffer still were Cpl, A. G. Ismall, non- further unless the rains come comelasioned officer in charge in the very near future--from of relief, Fie. Lee Ngal-foo, a grievous lack of foresight, Pie. Kwok Ping-fal and Pie, absence of intelligent anticipa. Trong thf im
Stole coffee
and chocolate
tion, lamentable look of wies discretion in the expenditure of the public funds as well as the rapacity of the War Department which turna a deaf ear to all our pleadings for kindly consideration, re- specting our enforced","con |tribution" of upwards of a million a year to the Imperial Exchequer.
Of rain we often get morg,
from barracks for more than the need, oulf
Gam
reservoirs are filled to over flowing: millions of tone of Club Hill Barracks, beautiful fresh water, runa to Yang Pro-shan, who stole a waste, annually down the hill- tin, of instant coffee and 30 sides. And yet we actually packtis of chocolate, was consider ourselves lucky if we bound over in $500 for three get through a single dry years by Mr. E. S. Haydon af Kowloon this morning.
A chemistry student, Miss Tsica was educated at the Diocesan Giris' School in Kow loon. She has received Welles- ley's highest honours for scholar- ship; has been secretary of the Cosmopolitan Club for Wellesley Kee * Tsang-kin," "the"; _com" studenta from outside the United The party who arrived by plainant, in evidence said that States; and for two years has Air India from Japan yesterday, as he was washing his face in been student chairman of the are led by one of Japan's most the kitchen on the morning of Mayling Soon! Committee,
season without a severe 'water famous painters Seeson Maeda, April 23 last year he suddenly named in honour of Madarte
famine lasting for montha and The party will leave Hong-felt a blow on his back. He Chiang Kai-shek, a Wellesley
He pleaded guilty.
causing great distress, much ing to reports reaching here to-kong within the next few days felt great pain and saw blood graduate.
-Miss Talen is an alternate re-
Sub-Inspector 1. W. Ellas said sickness and no little incons after making an intensive tour streaming down. Looking up he The reports said that one per- of the Colony's art centres, ---
saw accused with a chopper in cipient of a Wellesley College that defendant had been work-venience." son was killed and four injured
his hand
Trustee Scholarship for graduate Ing there for the last three In answer to the court, wit- studs at a university of her years. He earned $170 per
month. nest' said that there was no i choice.
day.
at Lluna and six persons injured It is not known how long the at Chevreul-Reuter.
i party will stay in China.
In mitigation Yang said he
had
a wife and four children
Opening at the "Queen's
Memorial Day service at Sai Wan SMA
Military Cemetery
American residents in Hongkong this morning attended a Memorial Day service at the Bal Wan Mhitary Cemetery Memb
The ceremony, honouring America's why dead, opened with the invocation by the Rev. Fr. M. J. Viitengl
Mr Bajm. Glistrap Deputy Principal Officer, American Consulate General," delivered za short address, in which he read the pro-
lon by Preldent Elsenhower.
and a sick mother to support Theatre was Victor Herbert's and that he needed the money "Naughty Marietta" starring for medical expenses. for the Jeanette MacDonald Band mother.
| Nelson Eddy.
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