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CHINA
***Established; 1845
THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1960.
HEAVY RAIN FLOODS N.T.
Reservoirs gain
from
last
night's downpour
Flooding of farms in the New Territories and streets in Hongkong island occurred yesterday following heavy rain brought by Typhoon Olive.
SAILOR
JAILED
FOR WOUNDING
A
sailor from
Madras
was sent to prison for 234 years today when he was found guilty of wounding two Pakistanl shipmates during a fight at sea.
Rice paddies and vegetable felds came under foot-deep Yuen water, particularly in Long. Sheung Shul, Taipo and Salkung.
Damage to crops has not yet been fully assessed.
Buses and trams ploughed through kace-deep water turu. ing Queen's Road in front of the Naval Dockyard into a lake after the downpour between 9 and 11 last night,
Power failures
The stretch of King's Road in front of Comfort Terrace which was blocked by a landslide dur ing Typhoon Mary was again flooded by heavy rain yesterday. failures 10
A. Edward Gomez. 24, was jailed for 15 months for slabbing Essad All and a further 15
Intermittent power months for stabbing, Nesar Alk.held up lines of trans
Judge Derek Cons heard wit-street. nesses in Victoria District Court
say that Gomez slashed the men
The
Shaukiwan streets,, which are
during a brawl on May 21 on in low lying areas, were also
the deck of the ss Orna, bound
for Hongkong from Singapore.
Not proceeding
The Allorney General has
flooded. Pedestrians had to roll
up their trousers 10 wade through knee-high walers.
..
Floods in the city streets
filed a nolle prosequi in the receded shortly after midnight
case
in which a 41-year-old | last night.
Keren seaman, Lee Sung-kun,
was
charged with the mans. laughter of a fellow crew" member, Lee Jong-joon an board the mv Yosu on July 23.
May traffic
and industrial
accident toll
Big gains
Hongkong emerged from Typhoon Olive richer by 343 million gallons of water this morning.
At 8 am, the "Florage position was 9,026 million gallons as coun- pared with 8,683 million gallons 41 8 a.m. yesterday.
The Colony's reservoirs are now more than 85 per cent full. The total storage capacity is 10,500 million gallons
Three reservoirs. Jubilee, Sixteen persons were killed. and 708 injured, 196 seriously, Aberdeen and Pokfulam, are averflowing this morning, in 644 traffic accidents in May. There were 223 accidents in Jubilee is the Colony's second Hongkong, 324 in Kowloon and largest storage reservoir and 87 la the New Territories.
bokis 2,821 million gallons.
Eleven persons were killed Fresh yield from catchment and 649 injured in 654 indus-areas and mountain streams is trial and occupational accidents still pouring in. in May.
U.S. CONSUL
RETURNS
FROM JAPAN
Mr Julius C. Holmes, U.S. Consul General to Hongkong, returned this morning by PAA from Japan after spending two weeks' holiday there.
From Bam on Monday to 10 am today, Typhoon Olive has brought Hongkong 4.00 Inches fo rain.
Rainfall from midnight last night till 10 am today was 0.17 of an inch.
Total rainfall since January 1 was 40.65 inches, which is 1.54 inches in excess of average, 37.11 inches,
Signal down
the
Local stonn signal No. 3 He was accompanied by his which was raised at 5.30 am. wife and son, Richard, who
was lowered at 9.15 am. There is spending summer vacation are now no storm signals up. with the parents in Hongkong. The typhoon is now reported Meeting them at the airport to be 290 nautical miles west of were Me Sam Gilstrap, Deputy the Colony and is moving west Principal Officer of the US at 14 knots. Consulate-Ceneral, and Mrs A number of landslides occur- Gilstrap, Mr Roy Heineckered on Hongkong Island this Press Officer, and other mem- morning as a result of the heavy bers of the Consulate.
rains.
New irrigation
dam for Taipo
A new
dam will be built by the Government in the Taipo District of the New Territories in provide the farmers of Ku Tung Village and the sur- rounding areas with weler for Irrigation purposes.
The dam will have a storage capacity of 14,000,000 gallons.
St John Ambulance
Dr F. L. Tscung has been ro- appointed Commissioner of the
The state of the Colony's roads
at 10 am. was as follows:
Lady Black seen at Talkoo Dockyard. Red Cross working party-China Mall-photo.
SIR SIKNIN
:
CHAU FEDERATION CHAIRMAN
Chau has been
Bir Bik-niu appointed Chairmen of the Federation
Hongkong Industries. Mr. J. D. Clarue be
..of
comës. Depaly. Chairman,
BALLPOINT PEN
AVAILABLE AT ALL GOOD: STORES.
From the Files
Government appointments 25
gazetted
The Government Gazette this morning announced - the " <following cappoint- ements, : transfers, promoɛ.
-tious and;postings:
́Mr H. A. de B. Botelho to act as Solicitor General, during the absence of Mr A. Hoolon: Mr J. W. D. Hobley to act as Prin-
cipal Crown Counsel.
Mr C. W..Waison
years
·AGO-
June, 1935
GREAT deal of excite
was caused .cin.
Ament
to act as the Electric Star ferry, yes- Senior Education Officer during terday when a woman pas. the absence of Mr C. J. G. Lawe: senger travelling steerage Mr. A. E. Barton, Education jumped overboard while the Officer, ceased to act as Senior Education Officer..
ferry was midway between The following have been
Mr Buang. Ping-wei to art as Hongkong and Kowloon. Appointed members of the Chief Labour Inspector.
She was rescued through General: Committee: Sir Sik-nin
Mr J, C. Hobbs, to act as A-the combined efforts of Ser- Chau, Mr J. D. Cisque, Mrsistant Director of Audit during G. M. Goldsack, Mr. D. 1
Bosanquet, Mr Chow Hon-kun.
Mr. Chung Sze-yuen, Mr M. S. Cummber, Mr Fung Hon-cha, Mr: L. E. Johnson, Mr Daniel Lam. Hin, Mr. Paul Lau, Mr Lee Chen-che, Mr Lee Mou, Mr Tang Wo, Mr Ting Halu-chao, Mr Haking Wong, Mr. Wong Sau-tung and Mr U Tai-thee.
the absence of Mr. P. T. Warr. geant Hutchinson of the Mr J. A. H. Tilley to be Legal Hongkong Police and two Assistant. Registrar General's seamen on the ferry. Department, and Deputy Regis- Sergeant Hutchinson was tror of Marriages.
la passenger and he im Mr. H. R. Tappenden, resumed
as Superintendent of mediately jumped into the duly Prisons on return from leave; water after her.
It will be recalled that Mr. L. W. Brace, Chief Officer, censed act as Superintendent this was the second rescue
of Prisons; Mr B. L. Zate, in which he has taken part
recently.
It is probable that one more appointment will be announced Assistant Chief Officer, consed
to act as Chief Officer, shortly.
Mr D. B. Evans to act Ba
"With Sergeant Fraser he Officer Instructor, BKRNR, rescued a fugitive from during the absence of Mr. E. B. justice who jumped into the Tancock
harbour from Blake Pier.
'Keep up this wonderful STUDENT
work, says Lady Black
"This is wonderful work you are doing, please keep it up," Lady Black this morning told two Red Cross working parties.
Two Government
Departments to
be re-organised
The Fisheries Division of the Agriculture, Flaberies & Forestry Department will be amalgamated with the Co- operative Development Department on July 1, when the Co-operative Development Department becomes known 28 the Co-operative Development & Fisheries Department.
The Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry Department will be renamed the Arriculture & Forestry Department.
Administration of the Fisheries Research Unit, at present under the University of Hongkong, will also be transferred one month later to the new Co-operative Development & Fisheries Department, which will become the sole authority responsible to Government for all fisheries work other than pond fisheries, control of which will be retained by the Agriculture & Forestry Department: basic research werk in connection with pond fisheries being carried out by the Co-operative Development & Fisheries Department,
The headquarters of the new department will for the lime being remain at the premises at present occupied by the Co-operative Development Department at Tune Kun Street, Yaumali. Kowloon.
The firul head of the new organisation will be Mr J. Cater, the present Commissioner for Co-operative Develop .ment.
FINED $300
Yap Kwee-lan 22, a student of Chung Chi, College was today fined 3300 by Mr T, L. Yang at Central Court for making a false statement in order to obtain a passport, On June 3 this year Yop President of the Hongkong applied for a
Certificate of Branch of the Red Cross Identity from the Immigration Society, Lady Black first visited Office and declared that he had the working porty Taikoo Dock-no former passport or travel yards,
crossing the document. harbour by barge to visit the When interviewed by Insp. other party at the Young Men's Richmond at the Passport Office Christian Association in Salis-jon June 29. he edmitted: that bury Road, Kowloon.
he had been in possession of a Exch perty, consisting of Malayan passport for the past about 20 women, was busy year. making gauze
swabs for The defendant pleaded guilty. hospitals.
before
At Trikoo Dockyards, Lády Black was met by the leader of the party. Mrs S. L. Melrose. She then made a jew swabs with
Y
Girl Guide
the women, before joining the Commissioner
at morning tea.
Lady Black was met at the YMCA, by Mrs M. Angus, WİLO has led the working party there for nine years,
900 an hour The working parties are held twice a week from 10a.m. 1o
nuon.
in those two hours, the women make about 1,800 swabs. Mrs Angus said that the ap proximate total for the year for: her working party was 80,000:
*
Miss Leung O-stung and Mr Lau Youk-pot to be
Sub- Inspectors of Schools.
The Gazette also notified the
There was a full congrega-
confirmation of the following tion of English and Chinese officers to the permentat and pensionable establishment:
Christians present, last night
Mr Wong Man-kam and Mirin St. John's Cathedral chen Wong Mang-ki, engineers; Mr a united thanksgiving service F. S. Blakey, Land Surveyor; was held in remembrance of Detroife, Building the thirteen hundredth cen- Mr.P. Surveyor Mr J. Lim, Mechani- tenary of the landing of St cal Engineer: Dr Lee Chi-na Aidan in the North of Eng- and Dr A. McGowan, Medical and and the coming of St Officers; and Mr. G. ·M. Holmes,
Alopen to Sianfu, then capital Education Officer.
of China.
;
In the course of an eloquent
in ZETTION
English and
CROWN LAND Chinese, the Rev. John Forster
FOR SALE
of Canton, spoke of the‹oon- trast between the brilliant court at Sianfu, and the bar- baric title city' in Northum- A piece of Crown land in berland in which in the Hang Hau, Clear Water Bay year 635 AD, Aidan preached Road, Hang Hau, measuring Christianity in the British 12,000 square feet, will be sold isles.
at a public auction at the District Office, South, Gascoigne Road, on July 21, at 10.20 am.
The land is restricted private residential USE Bod
the
THE discovery of:white
T
Mrs A. J. Staple has been there is a building covenant of ants in beams in one Colony $40,000 to be fulalled in 24 or two of the rooms has appointed to act as Commissioner of the Girl months. The upset price is caused repairs to be carried Guides Association, Hongkong $12,000.
out at Flagstaff House, the Branch, the Government A piece of land in Kun Tong, residence of His Extèllency Gazette notified today.
for residential and commercial the General Officer Com- Mra J. B. Hart has been appurposes, wil be Bold zt
manding, Major General poisted to acl as Deputy
public Auction At Colony Commissioner, vice Mrs Crown Land's and
Survey 0. C. Borrett. Staple.
(Office, Central -Government, The repairs are expected Offices, on July 19, at 3.30 p.m. to be completed within two The land measures 6,770 or three months, This re- square feet and the upset price sidence was formerly known is $87,700.
as Headquarter House, and was originally built for the Lieutenant Governor of
Promotions
Captain MP. Keyes of Hong-
Regiment has kong
been
Besides making swabs, the working parties make clothes for the children of the Sandy Bay Children's Convalescent Home, and novelties for bazaars.
Lady Black was escorted on promoted to the rank of major, her visits by Mrs J. R. Gregg. the Government Gazette poliñed Deputy Director of the Hong- kong Branch of the Red Cross. and Miss Robin Hurst, Hong kong Branch Officer.
Government takes action against
HK's clandestine factories
Clandestine factories are operating in Horgkong to avoid complying" with strict
Government industrial regulations.
Tai Hang Road near the French Hospital, is partially They operate on the under-jas a result 259 unregistrable blocked and is open to single-standing that even though fines factories were closed down. lane traffic.
will be imposed it they are During the first quarter of Single-lane traffic is also caught for not being registered this year, 08 such factories have operating in Island Road Tytam, they can still come out even or been fined a total of $8,488 after
prosecution, he added. to the east of its junction, with profitable." Shek O Road.
Borrelt Road, which runs from Kennedy Road to the Military Hospital in Bowen Road, closed to all traffic because of the danger of a landslide.
Some of these underground factories are said to be branches of registered factories.
For fear of staining the good name of their parent
concerns,
All roads in Kowloon and the these clandestine factories often New Territories are clear.
Macao escapes
A Macao AFP report said that Hongkong District, St John Am-typhoon Olive which passed by
have different names.
Editor returns
Better anchorage facilities
To provide better, anchorage |facilities in the Yaumati typhoon
Editor of the South
Mr W. V. Pennell, Associate shelter work will start in August on the dredging of the seabed off China Morning
Post Ltd, returned the Talkokiui waterfront. from Japan this morning by
An Brea
400,000
Some of them dispense with VAL after a two-week tour of square feet, which has become
or about nomes altogether.
the country at the invitation of gilled and formed by dumping the Japanese Government.
wete
A number have already bulance Brigade Overseas, the during the night, caused little applied for licences but Government Gazette natified to damage on land or sea, but rufused because they did not
brought guaty, winds and heavy tulill requirements, day.
Traffic committee
showers...
Examiners
Messrs Fong Yik-fai, J. J. E.
over the past few years, is to be dredged to the proper depth.
Re-registration
The local labour Buthorities The Hongkong ferries, Tak have taken action against these Shing and Tal Lot resumed factories. their run this morning taking
All hoidery of Identity cards A spokesman for the Labour Morria L. Grieve Wong Track" ATRICOL Mr AJ. Stonyer has been visitors and the Falshun will this afternoon that the depart Wal-mon; Chan Cheng-cheur, Londen, are to rester app for
Hongkong Department told the China Mail Wing-in, Seeso (Cheyan, Chan living on Pipe Changirfand appointed a Member of the Traffic Advisory Committee dur- leave this afternoon
All three yemes had taken
Ing the absence of Mr C. F. Wood, the Goverment Gazette shelter notified today.
during the approaching typhoon.
ment takes selion whenever P. Bishop and K Armstrong the ue of new type identity. these factories come to light." were appointed aterobore of the cards at the offer of the Ping. In the last financial your, the Bosed of Examiners the Glove Chau Rural Comunitne bekarni department had taken action and eroment Gazette notified today. Bikuly 4 26 27
today.
Births and deaths Hongkong, Major General
D'Aguilar.
Births registered in May to- It is one of the oldest Plot Officer R. J. Cheong- talled 7,627, including 7,535 structures in the Colony Leen, of the Hongkong Auxi- Chinese and 92 non-Chinese dating from 1848 when its liary Air Force has been Deaths totalled 1,474, including
construction WAS com- promoted to the rank of flying 1,459 Chinese and 15 поп- officer.
Chinese.
Imenced.
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