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'ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW'
GARY COOPER
Cannes, May 4.
Stars, and flim officials assembled here for the
annual Cannes Film
News from
Festival, Thursday the Gazette
turned their attention on an absent and ailing favourite; American film star Gary Cooper. Mindful that Cooper himself has frequently visited the Riviera, the festival organisers decided to bestow an award,, the Cross of Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters, on him.
The
in the The audience gave it a favour- award, made name of Andre Malraux, French |able reception, minister for cultural Klaira, Thursday night the festival will be formally
presented on hall showed fruture-length Friday ut 5 pm to American Polish tìm am a short Argen- rodeer Freti Zinnermian, tire Alm on fishing in Argen-
member
of the
festival Jury,
who to
Elve the medal in Cooper on Ils return to the 1 United States.
Cooper Is California, and this temporary film capital has been sadden- ed by the rumours that the American actor la D$ ex- pected to live,
seriously In
The festival proper got under- way on Thursday afternoon with the showing of a feature-length Frene documentary. "Le Ciel et La
and Boue," (Heaven Earth) Almed in New Guinen,
GARY COOPER
n.AP.
it
'GOD'S WILL'
Hollywood, May 4. Gary Capper, critically with cancer, said on Thursday: " know what Is happening is God's will. I am not afraid of the future,"
The Government Garette today
Taxation f Corts Committee to con
gazetted
Тве following appelaiments, promotion, transfers and postings were announced in today's Government Greette;
Mr J. H. Mill-Owens, District Judge, to be Acting Puting Judge.
tr P. Donohue to be Director of Education.
noted that appointment of The Deputy Clerk of Councils, sider the provision of Order It of
the Code of Civil Procedure with a view to recoting any changes The Taxation of
and to
Costu 10.5.) Rules and the Conta (Ineregne) Itules in eunjunction with the English Supreme Court Costs štules, 1959.
Members of the Committee are an follow:
Mr Justfre W. A. tale-Kerr, Chaiman, Mr P. t. pengali. M J. It. Oliver, Mr 3. C. Mellobert, Mr. de Basto, Mr F. D. Hammond and Mr Do Yu-ho,
Me D. II. Jordan ia tia Assistant Fecretary, Colonial Begretarist and
Mr W. Duncan, Mr Wat Kal-kay to be Acting Senior Co-operative Officers. They
Mr D. M. 1. Red Thomas o sist The Registrar of Co-operative Societies
MP 1. F. Balway to be Araistant 'Collector of Strip Revenue and a : Deputy Estate Duty Commissioner: Mr L. While to be a Deputy Estate Duty Commissioner,
hir W. D. Walker to be start Director of Publie Werks; Mr B. C. Allen to be Eimte Surveyor. PWD. Dr Tone P-hul. Deputy Director of Medical and Health
Services
resumed duty; r . H. Moore, An-
REVİZAMİ Director of Medical and Health Services (Urban Services) brand to act as Deputy Director of Medical and Health Services: Ur 0.1 Smart, Princips! Medical and Health Officer (Port Health, ceased 1 pct
Director cof Arsistent
The following were appointed Members of the Nursing Board for three years from May 7: Dr Chew Wel, Miss Frances White, BIJAT
hella Bu. Miss Rebrera Chan and Medical and Health Services Urban Services); Dr 14 Chuen sheng, Boris Porn Blu-ho.
Sertur Medical and Health Omeer, cested to act as Princast Medicai Puct Stealth: and Health Officer Fair A. J. Shephard to be Ansatz
Director of Urben Services; Mr Vin Senier Wing-keung to be Acting Medical Technologist,
Mr Lau Kwok-hung Labur Inspector,
Dr A. H. Moore ceared to be «
Beard Member of the Pharmbey and → Member of the Medical Council of Mongkong as from May 1 He added in a memo to the un resumption of duty by Dr P. 11, presa:
"Please make sura everyone knows how much their messages bave meant.
"Rocky (Mrs Cooper) reads many of them to me and they have added greatly to my peace lof mind."
The famed actor has received ¡messages of sympathy and cheer from all over the world since his grave illness was announced Bast month.
'NO CHANGE'
Teng as Deputy Director of Medical and Health Services.
Mr Peter Donahue has been ap- I pointed a Justice of the Pence, na notes in lodny's Covernment Cazette. The appolistment is te dale from August 12, 1960.
Mr. G. M. Hedgwick hoz been apoole
Official Member of the Counell
for three years ending April 30, 1903, according to the Government Gazette today.
The Gazelle also notined that upon his resignation, Mr 1. J. 5. Crofter, tie retire Bitector of Fangation, ceased to be an Officini Member of the Executive Council.
at Nom
He is contined to his home, under sedation for cancer A Chinese boy aged about 18 which has spread throughoutanoniks, sustained fatal injuries
ils body.
when he was knocked down by His physlelan, Dr Rexford a bus
Cheung-street, Kennamer, said there has been junction of Cheungahawan-road, คน significant change In his at about 8.10 am yesterday. condition during the past week. The boy. Leung Chi-keung of
Cooper's statement
150, Nam Cheong-street, 2nd was lakyn to Kowloon leased by his press representa- Boor, tive-AP.
Hospital where he later died.
Was TV-
Letters from you to the editor
MY EXPERIENCE WITH
dear
Your comment of the day in lo- day's issue. "Hongkong's Bad Manners," prompted me to say my piece which has been on my mind for the last Jew days.
Last Saturday I went le a large lanch well-known hotel for
because LE conmand good scenery and the weather was fine. I believe I and the lady with me were the only non- tourists in the restaurant of the hotel. The table next to ours was occupied by a party of 30-apparent
Americans speaking Buent Spanish. The place was not even full, but two walters, eliher because they were worked too hard by the management or simply be- cause they did not sleep well the night before, were in a bad mood. They
RUDE WAITERS
dear sit
Headline intelligence
over
DC-
Having read somewhere that is oneself bragging about customarily motivated by the feeling of inferiority, I note with seme Interest the tone of self-congratulatoriness casionally adepled by certain popular Journalists. Robert Pitman, in his review ory Arthur Christiansen's "Head- nes All My Life," tells us that the Burgess and Maclean episode "marks conclusively the superiority established in recent decades by the intel- popular ligent, campaignlng the were using
three
newspaper
the grey Cantonese curac-words that under other
minority Press," circumstances would have landed them in This was how the great editor received his Information: a magistrate court, as so often
"How certain?....Not certain reported in the local press.
at all...they could well be They knew perfectly well that
wrong" After some "shrewd I and my friend understand
checks," in the accuracy of Cantonese, because we spoke
which his fear of "humilia- to them in Cantonese, but they
tion" and "professional ruin" didn't Elve damu, Our
scarcely Indicated much con- embarrassinent needed no
Adence, he pushed this "brief, description.
vakue report" on the front Tage, suitably reinforced with an authoritative note of cer- tainty: "Scotland Yard officers and French detectives hunting for wo British Go- vernment employees....*
course, followed by was, of the more cautious "according to a friend" and "one report Suys".
But the worst was to come. The Spanish-speaking tourists ask- ed for
mangues which were apparently not on the menu. They were 50 served Biler nome delay, but
the one waiters spoke to the other serving the tables near us in unprintable Cantonese lang which utso means "noak them." We left in a hurry and vowed never to go there again.
Ho your comment "eriticism of our hotels Is perhaps not 140 Justified" and "Ignorance not deliberate
not rudeness" do apply to all hotels, most of which do have polite. well. mannered personnel. My ex- perience may be the exreplios and not the rule, but it's ex. ceptions such as these that are picked on and earn us a bad Game. Perhaps the hotels should police their own setup by hiring persons unknown to their staff to "disguise" as tourists ала patron, as they did in the United States. Perhaps the Tourist Association should do something. But Bomething must needa be done and dono NUTI. Another
ITA
complaint not Elven much publicity in that tourists are often pestered by high- pressure sales men who either call in ретаоп от telephons. An old American couple their seventies, disgusted by such faciles and given Ilitic rest in their own hotel room, cul short their stay and re. turned home. What will they tell their friends?
DICK.
arc
Now there is no reason why a not should newspaperinan make bold (or even reckless) speculations
hia or supply reuders with speculative in- formation, but the vital point Is he should make clear to hin readers that what they rend is no more than specula- tion or speculative informa- tion.
Doubtless what gives popular Journalen "warmth and meanlig" is this sort of head- Iine intelligence (L.e. the Intelligence of pretending to know more than one setially docs) — it you can blithely
10 be
Caught after
six-month police hunt
Police searched six months before catching up with a young money collector who embezzled nearly $6,000 from the Yee On Hong Ca. Ltd, 0 magistrato heard this morning.
Twenty-seven years old Choy Ki, allas Chan Ki-fat, cf 30 Ful Wah-street, second floor. admitted the offence before Mr E. Corbally at Central Moys- tracy and wha sent to jail for 10 months.
Police told the court thal Choy Joined the company In 1957 an office boy at a salary of 3140 vnd rose to the position of money collector. He embezzled the $5,995 he collected from customers of the company e tween October 1959 and No-
forget the fact that this nort of "inspired guers" sometimes can, shall we say, misfire. Incidentally, I believe a self-vember last year.
assured Englishman does not have to assure others, or be assured by others, that the English are the greatest race on earth, because he will be content with the knowledge that they are no less great
other than any
great race on earth.
N. T. CHOW
The company did not know of the embezzlement until Choy disappeared one day
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