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CHINA
Establbbed 1845
THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1961.
DRIVING TEST EXAM RACKET DID
'ROARING BUSINESS'
Witness tells court The driving tests racket was doing a "roar- ing" business, a prosecution witness suid under cross-examination ot Victoria District Court this morning. He appeared at the driving tests conspiracy trial, which continued today before Judge B. J. Jennings.
News from the Gazette
The witness. Yeung Man-no. who has been in the witness box for the last five days, was giving evidence against two pulier inspectors. 1 driving instructor and his wife who are on charges of conspiracy in driving relation to the written. festa.
Leo
Cross-examined by Mr D'Almada who is representing the accused Police Inspector Ts Hel, Yeung admitted that be tween two to 11 months, he had given out sets of answers to an "estimated 200 to 2,000 candi-
The following were confirmed
to the dermanent and Ben
catablishment: Dr sienable W. C. C. McCreery, Mr A. Widates. McG, Mr M. S. Bryan and Mix . E. Carlson.
The Queen Munctioned the tallow
and appointment the Most Venerable Order of the stophet of St John of Jerusalem
Yeung further admitted even on October 19 when accused was arrested,
that
the
business
was still going on that day.
Referring back to statements which Yeung hud made during day's while he cross-examination, was under
suggested that
Drip Kum-wah promoted to the Erade of Associate Commander; M: the previous Leo Ching-wa promoted บ ป
kade of Officer (Brother): Maher
D. H. Sinal admitted to the grade Mr D'Almada
of Serv.au Brother: Mr Chow Wing
admitted to the gradu
Associate Serving Brother:
Lucy Tang admitted to the gras at Serving Sister.
tu⚫ ACT
the witness might have made
The new dockyard road-China Mall photo.
New road to be
fully opened
tomorrow morning
few mistakes when he said Work on the southern half of the new Dockyard
that some
questions of the were not clear to him,
Yeung replied that he might
in been misinken
Mr M. S. Cumming temporarily as a meinter of the have
Pubilly Services Commulssion duris date: he had given but the absence of Mr Y. K. Kan.
the main-
The Financial Secretary, Meta'ned that he was not mistaken Kan Tang-po, H. B. M. Cleland R. . in other statements. 1. Oliphant and H. Heys to be mem- hers of the Banking Advisery Com mittee,
The Director at Public Works, the Deputy Director of Public Works Building und Lands). The Director of Urban Services, the Assistant Director of Pubile Works Develop ment, the Deputy Economie Secre- tars, the Commissioner for Housing, Mr 3. E. Faber, Mr.E. Curtine; Me Sze-to Wat and the Assistant Super- intendent of Crown Land (Planning) have been appointed members of the Town Pleaning Board.
Sats P. 4 Leong and P. W. Hal. Jands have been appointed 2/1leu- tenants in the Hongkong Regiment.
Major V. O. Roberts, Capts K. A.
Further hearing was act- journed to this afternoon,
Mr
D'Ainda and Mr Patrick
Mr John Swaine is astating Me Lawrence Leong represents the other two accused, Yun Put-hong
Lund Ling Chung-wing.
Mr Dennot Rea and Mr Howard Hobson are prosecuting.
February births
A total of 7,751 births were registered during the month of February. Deaths
registere
Munro, W. E. Barrett, G. E. Dicksun, numbered 1.730, according to D. A. F. Mathers and Lieut C. K.
rand have been posted to the statisties published in today's
Government Gazette,
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road is now well advanced, and the new road will be completely opened to traffic in both directions as from 8 o'clock morning.
MAUNDY
THURSDAY
SERVICES
Solemn church services an the institution of the gift. of Holy Communion and the washing of the dis- Jesus ciples' feet by before the Last Supper, will
held be
today throughout the Colony. Maundy Thursday services to day include special Holy Com- children munten at 5 pm for only at the Roman Cathelle Cathedral, when thousands of schoolchildren will attend the calebrated by the ceremony Rev Fr F. Tettamanzl.
This morning at 9 am the Rt Rev. Lawrence Bianchi, Roman Catholic Bishop of Hongkong
led the service to which he had
tomorrow
LETTER
THREAT APPEAL FAILS
The Full Court today dis-
missed an appeal by a 19- year-old youth, Wu Kui- chuen, against sentence of two years jail for utter- ing a letter demanding money with menaces.
Three trame lanes have been marked out on each of the two
The Chief Justice, Str carriageways. These catringe- Michael Hogan, with Mr Justice ways are separated by a narrow C.W, Reece, gave a 20-minule turfed central strip.
Judgment in dismissing the op- Mercury vapour lampa, suplication for leave to appeal,
a new type of pended from swan-neck standards set in the central verge, are a feature of the new, road.
No footpath
No footpath will be provided
Wu was sentenced for send- Ing a letter to a Mrs Li Ping- cheung OR November 11, last year, demanding US$250 and sbying "I think the lives of your children are worth more than this."
Train travel
The letter was signed "Fly- on the north side of the reading Tiger Party." and the strip of land between Mr Brook Bemacchi, QC. with Mr the granite wall the dockyard Lawrence Leong, conducted the ap and the kerb of the northern pest on behalf of Wu.
Mr W. 8. Davickon appeared for carriageway is to be landscaped the Crown
ornamental shrubs in with April.
Ample provision for pedes- trians has been planned on the
In Nearly 680,000 passengers southern side of the road. the first stage, pedestrians will travelled on trains in the B- the Kowloon- use what will eventually form a Ush section of service
Ultimately, a Canton railway in February. road permanent pavement, 15 feat wide, will be provided for the use of pedestrians,
Arsenal-street will be barred
Invited all parish pricats. This to traffic from Gloucester-road was the Catholic Cathedral and the Dockyard road. Appro
traffic signs will be deremony of the consecration of priate
be
of
and
the Holy oils and Pontificat erected for the guidance
motorists High Mass.
In order to provide access to the
Club China Fleet
road and a traffic "island have been constructed at the junction of Gloucester-road and Arsenal- street as part of the scheme.
This evening the second Pontifical High Mass will combined with the ceremony of the washing of the feet of aged "parishioners Bishop Blanchi. the procession of the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
by
followed by
RETIRING AFTER
39 YEARS
Colonel Harry Owen Hughes is retiring from Harry Wicking and Co Ltd at the end of this month after 39 years' service with the company.
He arrived in Hongkong in March 1922 to join "the Family business. His
father died in Stanlay Camp and Col. Owon Hughes restarted the com- pany after the war. He is succeeded as Manag- ing Director by Mr S. R. Hawke.
Government
appointments gazetted
The
followfur appointments, Fromotions, transfers and postings were announced in today's Government Gazette:
Mr A. C. Milne to be Quantity Surveyor, PWD; Me Wang Ting-tal erased to get as Chief Architec!: Dir D. W. McDonald ceased to set ar Assistant Chlef Archillect.
Mr L. Leung Kon-sing to be Act- ing Deputy Chief Male Nurse.
Mr E. A. Hutchinson cessed to act as Treamirs Accotiniant,
Mr K. J. Attwell ceased to act na Deputy Director of Education; Mr Law Chung-kam cessed to act as As- alatant Director of Education; Me Chow Koxik ceased to wet as Senior Education Officer.
BIT C C ĐỀU DIODE là Ha Com- missioner of Resettlement.
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Census check
facilities for turning, a service A
Parking areas ---
At the New Hall of St John's Cathedral during the lunch
the Very Rev Right-hand turns in the time, meeting Barry Till, Dean, spoke of the Dockyard rond will eventually Cross of Jesus Christ in rein be prohibited as the road has tion to the world in revolution. been built to function as
The Maundy Thursday see-throughway between Con- vice of Holy Commumion will naught-rond
be observed in St John's Cathe-road.
and Gloucester-
next month
post-enumeration check of the population will be held early next month to test the accuracy of information obtained in the colony-wide land and marine censuses held, earlier this year.
The purposes of the pont- enumeration check are:
Flestly, to test by sample the completeness with which the population was counted in Ulese two censuses, and
coming from • Secondly, to test by and wishing rample the accurney with
dral et 5.45 pm with the com- Motorists memoration of the Last Suppe Gloucester-road
Afterwards there will be the
to enter the temporary car which the individual ages of azremony of stripping of the allar in readiness for the Good parks in the old Dockyard areas persons were recorded in these
will soon
be able to do so two censuses. Friday services Litany and Ante-Communion, through the old west gate of
Mattins, of
then the Watch of the Three Haura on the Croas.
NOTICE
HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY, LÍMITED
Dividend
of
available
Specially picked
the Dockyard in Murray-road..
1085 There will be no
The check will be held. on parking space under these new arrangements as an additional April 8 and 0. temporary area in the old Dock-
The post-enumeration check yard is being opened to com- pensate motorista for the loss WI conslet of a cheek of about
a half
of cent per
the of temporary space
enumerated population with a on the southern carriageways limited questionnaire. The during the past few months.
out by Warrants in There will bo a net gain of work will be carried
specially picoed chief enumera- tors of the census department.
The Cerisug Commissioner, | Mr K. M. A.Barnett, said this morning that the post-enumera- tiện chock was not an opera- tion to And fault with the Almost 105,000 people
nt census officers cr wlth. the various nationalitich entered public
The quantitative check to
respect of the dividend | 450 parking spaces,
doclared nt the Annual
| General Meeting held on
30th March, 1961, will be
forwarded direct to shure-j holders or their Bankers by rogistered post, and need not!
Arrivals and departures
be collected from either the Hongkong by air, son Andar calculate the percentage of mar
or Hegistrars during the month of February
Company's Offices.
Tol. 24052
Departures in the same period up or down, while the qualita- totalled more than 175,000 pheck of age is to calculate. S. GROVE, These totals do not take into the percentage of people whose Socratery, account direct transit passengers ages were understated or over- and members of the armed stated and by how much," Mr .forceą
Ernvit pointed out.
POP by Cos
1338
SHEAFFERS
INDERIAL/EL
Sheaffer quality features
at maderate pricts'
From the Filos
120,000 DRIVERS 25
IN HK
A total of 50,291 vehicles of all types were regis- torod with the Traffic Branch of the Hongkong Police at the end of last month.
The number of ilcensed drivers of motor vehicles stood
total at the end of January,
years AGO
March 1936
THE Hongkong Police ni 120,091-927 more than the Force has lost ù capable According to statistics and zealous officer by the published in today's Govern- leath which occurred from ment Gazette, the total in-typhoid at the Government vludes 32,486 private cars, Civil Hospital on Saturday, 3,534 motor cycles, 501 motor
buses, 853 public rickshaws, 15 of Acting Sub Inspector
William Edward Meadows. trellers and four sedan chairs,
There were 143 tram cars and 1,000 taxis in service,
A total of
1,332 provisional drivers were licensed and 2,100 driving tests authorised at end of February.
2,731 TB cases so far
in 1961
the
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He has passed away at the untimely age of 35.
The deceased who was unmarried came to Hong- kong from Northampton in 1923, and had for the greater part of his service Cri- been attached to the minal Investigation De- partment.
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An important event in the History of the Anglican
| Church in Kowloon Tong took place yesterday when His Ex- cellency the Governor Sir An- drow Caldecott laid tho foundation stone of the new Christ Church, Waterloo Road in the presence of a large and representative gathering,
Fifty-nine deaths from In
fectious diseases occurred
Among thoac present to during the week ending on witness the stonelaying were March 18 according to His
health
today.
Excellency the GOC, figures released Major General A. W. Bartho
lomew and Mra Bartholomew, Of the total, 50 deaths were Hon Sir Henry Pollock, Hon tuberculosis, ave from Mr T. H. King and Mrs King, measles, two from diphtheria Mr R. O. Hall, Mr and Mra and one each from chickenpox F. W. Stapleton, Rev. E. C. H. and typhold.
from
In the same period, 305 fresh Tribbeck, Rev. H. R. Wella, cases of tuberculosis were noti-Mr and Mrs S. Jez, Mr and fled, bringing 2,731 the total | Mre F. C. Clema, Mr and Mra number of tuberculosis casca A. Urquhart, Mrs L. L. Noah, reported since the beginning of Mr and Mrs Thomas Lay, Mr the year.
fled in the week biasis-four cases: (bacillary) nine
Other Infectious diseases nott- and Mrs P. E. Baskett, Miss were: Amoc- Ruby Mow Fung, Mrs F. E. E. dysentery Booker, Mrs A. E. P. Guest, cases; en-Miss E. Rogers, Miss N..... W. toric fever (typhold)-10 cases; Bascombe, Mrs Woolley M
iwo pollomyelitis
cases; and Mre J. P. Robinson, Mr chickenpox-38 cases; diphtheria. Dormer, Mr H. Gittina, Mr -33 cases;
measles-17 cases;0. B. Raven, and some of the ophthalmis neonatorum five
cerebrospinal
casc.
cases; malaria-five cases; and following clergy, Mr George meningitis-one She and Mr J. C. L. Wong
Dr (lay readers),
K. L Reichelt, Rev. E. W. L. Mar- tin, Frank Short, H. W. Baines, J. R. Higgs, Les Kau- yan, Chung Yan Laap, Pant T80.
519 traffic
accidents
*
Rpressed at the annual
There were 510 traffic acci- DESENTMENT was ex-. dents in February --- 184 on Hongkong island, 272 in Kew- loon and 63 in the New Terri- lories.
These accidents caused injury, 21 of them fatal, to 572 people, pocording to statistics published la today's Government Gazette.
New building
of the general meeting Hongkong Automobile As- sociation yesterday that motorists who were not members of the Association
got full benefit of its car parking activities.
A suggestion was made Cost of new building work that the Government shoukl in the Colony during February charge all motorists for was $15,850,436. Another $657,-
830 was spent on site formation parking and give a donation work according to statistics to the Association, published in the Government In any case, it was main- Gazette today. New buildings tained,
the Government of all types erected totalled 40, should meet the expenses in- including ten factories and
godowns, and 91 houses and curred by the AA in the flats,
supervision of car parks.
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