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CHINA
on P. 3 and P. 5
Established 1845
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1961.
Sheaffer's PEM
Pen For Men
THE BOLD NEW PEN DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY FOR MEH
Doctor's view of bruises on woman's neck SAMPAN MURDER CASE
CASE ENDS
Man acquitted by jury in sessions
A jury in Criminal Sessions today was directed to acquit 43-
year-old Ip Wan-wah of a charge of murder.
Mr Ju te A. D. Scholes told caused accidentally by the jury that in his opinion the making. Crown had not established its no reasonable jury case, ind Cold Fonvict on the evidenes added by the Crown.
love-Intention to kill could only bo
eircumstances and proved by overt actions. After the
Mr Hin-shing Lo, for the
defence, then made a drumatic
bour-ict submission that case should not go to the jury.
ip was neeed of murdering
Won: Ho. He said the Crown had com- ww.stu, a campan
pletely failed to prove is case, |
shown that p and had not
murdered deliberately
In November,
Mr Justice Scholes recalled wvidenen given yesterday by Dr Frederick On a police forensle pathologist.
Slight force
Dr Cig had bruka
found
that the on the deadl consistent wont's neck were with ve-making. that the force the used was Eight and the accused and no scratches on han although the dead woman's nails were mersal.
The dieter had said that the woman's death could have been
Only person
two submissions, Mr Justice Scholes directed the Jury to bring in a "not gulty" verdict.
Mr H. Holcon, Crown Coun- el, zubmitted that it had been hown that I was the only person, apart from the dead. A woman, who had been on the sampan, and i was his hands that caused the bruises' on her neek,
led it was impossible to muin's Ini, na lost into a
$5 MILLION BIDDER STILL -A MYSTERY
The man who bought the Hongkong Club Annexe for $5,110,000 yesterday remains a figure of mystory today. There is a total blackout on all information of his identity and whereabouts.
ASKED FOR
TWO YEAR SENTENCE
News from Government move the Gazette
The Licensing Authority of the Colony has granted the Macao Air Transport Company (HK) Limited o licanco for three years with effect from January
23.
on market
land in Taipo
CARTHAGE
AND CORFU
MAY BE
SCRAPPED
From the Filos
H
25
years AGO-
January 1936 :
TIS Majesty the King passed away peacefully at 11.55 p.m. on Monday night in the presence of the Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, the Prin ccas Royal and the Duke and Duchess of Kent.
The King sank into a semi coma early in the evening
The licence is for two to six Government has re-entered the land grant-The P & O liners, Carthage and drifted into complete
dally figus between Hongkong
nd Macao on variable dates,
Th following endirmelors have been included in the con- tractors' register kept by the Accor- Buikling Authority in donen with the provisions of the Buildings Ordinance, 1955: of Tal Construction Company, of 1, Shui On-street, ground Market, New floor, 'Tal Po Territories; and Kong Lee Company of 100,
40-year-old mon who Construction natched a handbag from a Waterloo-road, Kowloon. woman on Tuesday asked Mr T. Creedon at Kowloon Court this mornlar to send him to prison for two years. request was granted,
His
Under provisions of the Com- panles Ordinance, the names of companies have the following been struck off the register and the companies are dissolved; He was Wong Wing living at The China Printing and Finish- rooftop 10 Reclamation- og Company
Limited; and Ying Kee Land Investment Com- His request for a jail termpany Limited, was based on the ground that he was suffering from TB.
street.
of
He and 17 previous convic- ticas 10 of which were similar.
Constables plead guilty
Macao, Jan, 27. Two former Macao police runstables, a Chinese and Indian, were sentenced to 70 and 50 days respectively for petty larceny.
The Arst one was caught steal- in a chicken from a police sta tion yard, and the second one told his own mother to report
The auctioneer, Mr K. A. Watson of Messrs Lammert him to the police for an alleged Brothers, said this morning he was under obligation to infringement, "keep it under his hat" because "the gentleman is still negotiating with certain parties and disclosure of his iden-mitted being done addicts. They tity may ruin the talks he is conducting."
MR CHAN?
A leading Chinese newspaper, however, reported this morning that a certain Mr Chan made the successful bid at the auction yesterday.
"He represented a financial group formed by overseas Chinese from Manila."
But another Chinese newspaper said today that "this Mr Chen made the bid on behalf of a financial group of Overseas Chinese from Malaya."
It was said the group planned to Juxury hotel on the site of the annexe.
Both pleaded guilty and ad-
sald, that was why they had committed the offences so they
Under provisions of the Trade Unions and Trade Disputez Ordinance,
registration of the the trade union known as the Hongkong and Kowloon Rubber Products Free Workers Union,
of 75 Tam Kung-road, seventh floor. Kowloċa, was canbelled on January 20.
ed to the Luen Wo Land Investment Company Ltd for the establishment of Luen Wo Market, in the Taipo district.
Notice of re-entry is given in a notification published in the Government Gazette today.
to
A Government spokesman re- called that the Luen Wo Land Investment Company was first founded in 1047 in order establish, with Government aps proval, a new market town h of the Fanling the vicinity cross-roads.
and Corfu, which oro unconsciousness.
boing withdrawn from the With the death of King Far East run soon, are George,
the Prince likely to be scrapped. Wales automatically
Our own
of
be-
correspondent in comes King as Edward VIII. Government's decision, the Dis-
Wales. trict Commissioner, New Terri London quotes a P & O spok:s- There is now no Prince of tortes, has written to Village
man as saying: "No decision h;a; Representatives of the villogos yet been taken on their future concerned and has also posted but it is probable that they will
letter In ench be sold for scrapping." coples of his locality describing the nelion which has been taken,"
COST
Carthage will be withdrawn.
Talk that Edward may abdicate in favour of his brother, the Duke of York, is scouted.
In Hongkong the reac
negotia Opium for his April 1. The P & O spoksanen King were those of shock
After considerable tens an agreement embodying the terms upon which the grant of land was made was signed by the company and Government on July 12, 1954, after a certain amount of development had al- ready occurred.
No alternative
The Government's decision to re-enter the land. the spokes- man said, had been taken after the fullest and most sympathetic consideration of the company's nudition, but it was felt that. In the public Interest,
there was The Government Gazette to-
no alternative course of action day announced that the open to the Government, since following wore confirmed the company had filled, despite to tho permanent and repeated reminders both written and verbal, to fulf in Many pensionable establishment: respects the termus of the 1054 Mests R. J. Phillips, agreement." 1 Government L. R. Keel:n. G. C. Seaward and spokesman said today.
"The directors Des J. Lumble and Philip Sun Hi-pul.
11
The Gazette notified that Mr. G. O. W. Stewart ceased to be Mensber of the Executive Council with effect from Jan-
o Mr M. W. Turner, CBE. uary 21, following the return afe J. Bodilly has been ap-
with
to
of the
сот-
stomach
on February 13 and Corfu on tions to the death of the
said it was not known whether and sorrow as profound as their captains will take over the passing of a near rela- command
ships, tive.
of
the new
Chitral and Cathay.
The sad news broadcast A 34-year-old man charged with possession of dangerous
to an anxious and walting These new ships, fenerly the world had been received by drugs fold Causeway Bay Belgian liners, Jadotvill and Magistrate Mr T. Yang this Baudouinville, both
of the morning that the opium found 13,000 tons,
on
more than some residents are believed to Colony before they left him was used merely to have cost P&O £1 million home for work, but to the alleviate his stomach-acht,
Wong Chund, of Hut 248 Tin
each.
Hau Temple Hill, was sentenced They are capable of 17 knots and wil carry 240 at-cites passengers only in air-condi tioned luxury accommodation.
to two months in jail for pos- cering cae mace of opium on January 25.
Closer ties
between
Bangkok, HK urged
The Director of the Thai Government tourist organisation today stressed the need for closer ties between Hongkong and Bangkok in rogord to tourist 'promo- tion.
Ile
great majority the sombre newspaper placards the first intimation.
☆
were
Hongkong um the ladies Interport Hockey match in Shanghai today by the only geal scored. This was scored by the Colonoy centre-forward, Phyllis Gittine after a bril- liant solo run down the wing by Marie Smith, the Central British Assocation player who was the outstanding player.
District Pany were this morning caled
the office of the Officer, Talpa, where they were given a letter signed by the D.- trict Commissioner, New Terri- torics, setting cut the detalls of the action which the Govern
was Col. Chalawnchal | practienily Impossible as we do ment had taken and indicating Chattavuste, who left here to not have enough ready cash. could be arrested and sent tointed al Adviser to the erriain conditions upon which day by Thai Internation!I on Carrying out this part of the the re-habitation centre.-AFP. - Caunell of Hongkong the Government is prepared to his return to Bangkok after a plan would be difficult but not DEEP gloom was cast
effect from January 27, approve the regruit of certain brief visit. He had recently at Impossible," he added,
A vis Mr G. R.. Sneath, Million visitors
undeveloped building land in the tended the Pacific Area Travel
Association's His Excellency the Governor fot.
Conference
The Tourist Organisation of Saturday when it was an- been innounced that Inspector J. "The letter also explained the Werkship in Hawail. A total of 1,254,636 people of has accorded formal recognition
existenes since 1959 and opera-Brennan, one of the most nationalities
Pigeonncau to M enri
terms upon which certain exist- at France
Speaking of clerer ties with tive since March, 1960. This is ing properties including build- Hongkong by air, sea and Jand Vice-Consui
must the first year that Thailand has popular officers in the Force. during the whole of 1900. Fanpitong.
ings, in Luen Wo Market would engkong, he said. "we be granted to
build a bridge between the two been accepted to full member- had passed away at the
Victoria Hospital." Land Intes. Already formalities are ship of PATA. Departures in the same period
being cased. Now closer totalled more than 1,281,000, account direct transit passengers
various
entered
These totals do not take into
ercet a modern and
Ferces.
Do as our wise
Just arrived from outer-space, but don't want
fellow citizens do on earth
anyone to know it?
members to the Armed
for
Triad 'fighter'
sent to jail
as
A Triad "ghter" who re- cruited 30 new members into 1 14K Society In the last few years, was jailed for 18 months by Mr Derek Cons at Central Court this morning.
He was Au Hung, 42, unem- ployed, living in an vanum- bered hut in Main-street, Ling Nam New Village, Lyemun,
the persons whom the Luen Wo
lo
and
Co
had pre- vestment Company viously purported to arsign them operatlen between travel agents in contravention of the terms of to premote group travel is the grant, without the permission next step."
Commissioner, the District New Territories.
of
Local interest "Shares in the Luen Wo Land Investment Company Lu are held in many New Territories villages, chiefly in the Taipo DistricL
"Another proposal is that we should in our tourist promo- tional advertising abroad. I have already spoken with Maj. Stanley of the HK Tourist Asso- clation and we have agreed in principle," he said.
"The idea is that we should It is follow the tame target.
zell Hongkong and
caster Lo
"In view, therefore, of the Bangkok than just to sell.one of wide
interest local
in the the cities.
But at this time it is
Thailand has
now
Get 3
new
outfits
for the price of
ONE!
at
Paquerette's Sale
Starting Monday, 30th January
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily
d0d
BY COC
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Go Early and
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