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CHINA MAIL
Established 1845
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1961.
SHEAFFER'S
IMPERUND. HE
Sheaffer quality features at maderate prices
From the Files
China Mail survey of Colony shops shows CHEAPER CHRISTMAS 25
CHRISTMAS 2
$3,000 FINE ALSO, MORE
Japanese FOR LOCAL
settle 24-year-old claim
A long-standing claim of HK$52,000 by Shanghal Dockyards Ltd. against the Japanese Government for Losses sustained during the "China Incident" in 1927, has now been settled.
the com-
This was announced by the Chairman of Shangha! Dockyards. Ltd. Mr G. T. Take, at the annual meet- lag this morning. Mr Tagg said panies' properties in China were still under requkiliom the Chinese Govern- ment and the United States investments and bank balances
blocked remain under
by
order.
Gross
1 11.8. Treasury
the
I
income for year amounted to HK$116,- 793 and the greater part of this was blocked by the U.S. TreasITY.
Profit for the year ended September 30, 1961, Was $104.440. To this sum was of $592,217 added the
sum
the brought forward from previous year, which, with the $52,000 paid by the Government, Japanese
made a total credit balance of $748.657.
The directors proposed that this balance should be carried forward,
The report and accounts
were adopted.
Mr J. H. Liddell was re- elected a director.
Lowe,
Bingham and Matthews were re-appoint-
ed auditors.
Crown land to be sold by auction
Twe Tols in San Po Kong will be sold by public auction at the Crown Lands and Sur- vey Office, Central Government Ofees, on January 22.
The first lot measures 10,000 square feet and the upset price is $800,000 The second lot is about 5,275 square feet in area and the upset price is $284,000. Both lots are to be used for residential or commercial pur- poses
MANUFACTURER
who
A Chinese manufacturer
claimed Commonwealth pre- for 44,000 ference certificates
Joss towers when he had manufactured only 30.000 himself and bought 14.000 from Canton, was fined $3,000 with the alternative of three i months all today.
Sentence was imposed by Mr K. A. S. Phillips at Central Magistracy on Chung Ying-
chow
of 8 Boundary-sl. 1
TO CHOOSE
FROM
By DAVID LAN
Christmas will be cheaper for most Hongkong
people this year and there will be more to choose from in food and in goods suitable for gifts.
ground floor, Kowloon who was This was revealed by a China Mail survey of
sole proprietor of a factory known as Hing Tas Cheung.
The court was wold the
Christmas shopping conditions in the Colony. :
an
There ure. for example, most expensive game sel is the
collection, "compendium assembly of 10 different games in one-also seen for the first tine ever in Hongkong.
ericbrations.
{} admitted making false statements to the Department of Commerce and Industry to ob- 112.000 pounds of turkey (about tar Commonwealth Preference: 50 ions) in stock for the season's eerlineates.
And the price is cheaper than flowers were for Thailand last year -$3 per pound instead On another occasion. Chung of the average of $3.50 charged Spplied for CP certificates for last Christmas
00.000 joss flowers also for
of turkey-all from | Shipments Thailand which he claimed had America this year-arrived at als all been made in his own the end of October and sales factory. He made 70,000 and have been "fairly good this I bough
The big rush, however, Canton.
started from yesterday.
the remainder
from month
Rev Inspe CC Kerswill told the magistrate that this type of offence constantly bedevilled the Afforts of the DC & 1 to main- certificate system: which 1 tai @
indst remain acceptable to other | SODP countries.
Fruit
Better sales
Even cameras are expected to sell better this year, although Christmes business in this line depends much on tourists ar overseas buyers,
A
A BONUS
WATER
SUPPLY
The hours of water supply will be increased over the Christmas and New Year holidays.
The Water Authority announced this morning thot all districts will receive a continuous from supply of water
6 am until 12 midnight on Christmas Day.
A full supply will also be available in all dis-
from 4 pm tricts
on
Sunday, December 31, until 9 pm on Monday, January 1.
Charity offer
years
-AGO
December 1936
Specialists of Kyoto Imperial. University Hospital are interest- ed in the case of
Masto Minamio,
25-year-old native
of Wakayama prefecture, who claims to be unable to get along without a diet of glass,
the
Minamio, who was a visitor to
Japan Chronicle office in Kobe last week, thinks nothing of a
a dozen (empty) bottles of beer a day. Properly on his feed he Anishes а bowl of rice by cating the bowl. A nice bit of hore
"
earthenware does for
dozen elec- d'oeuvre, and half |tric_bulba—preferably unused—
make an excellent supper.
am really like a bird tuside,” he said. "I have no appendix. but a sort of gizzard. The glass eventually pets into the blood- stream and is carried to all part of my body coming to the sur- face where I pick it ou
☆
50 YEARS AGO
Extract from BCM Post 25 years ago column:
TONGKONG
66
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diamond-shaped gold pendant watch for a lady, auto- Fabian, is This is because mass-produc- graphed by singer tion in various countries has waiting for anyone offering the Madge C. brought about keener competi- highest bid to Miss tion. wider distribution and Newcombe, Executive Secretary Council of the Hongkong of Social Service.
The
the proceeds will go to funds
Santa of Operation Claus.
The watch has been presented for this purpose by Miss Anita as the bank cash coupon which Kwok, of the Fabian Fan Club, Considering
and people can buy and present the bigger
to Hongkong. better selection and the cheaper anyone without worrying about
children should the choice of a gift.
Christmas be-
Large shipments of fruit have Talwan. China, in from Thailand, America and many This has kept other countries.
and there should prices down, be ample stocks to cope with the big demand over Yuletide festi-
He added that it look con- siderable time and money 10 investigate this case and that the "good name of the Colony In finding circles was jeopardis.d.vities
Government
appointments gazetted
prices of 10ys, have a happier
Brices
lower
said the manager of categories, one leading photographic store
Anywhere The price range? from $15 to $2,000.
certain
A popular gift item this year
cause parents will have a great- Christmas cards and decor - to choosetion articles enjoyed a brisk sale er selection of toys from-toys which have been in-early this season. There was an ported
Italy, the estimated 30 per cent increase in from Japan, U.S., the U.K., West Germany, sales during the last fortnight. France, Australia, Canada and Singapore.
"Many of the toys have never been seen in Hongkong before," seld one executive of a bág
The following appointments prostore,
postings URD
motions
transfers were announced in today's anent Gazelle
Govern-
M I. f. Jurdan to be Defence Secretary
and Princips: Asstsunt
ontal Secretary: Mr E. 1. Lee be Deputy Financial Secretary
Mr. P. Potter to act us Assistant Superintendent of Crown Lands. Mr H. A. Moore to act as Sentor Estate Surveyor.
Dr L. M Wertheim, Dr Chan Roi- Fun Dr Chan Chui Sal-hun, Dr Lee Ko Chi-len, Dr Li Shun-him and George Ou Ta-wai to be Senior Medical and Health Officers.
to be Medical Errel James Strang am Health Officer
Dr
Mr A. P. Richardson, Mr J. C. C. Walden, Mr D. M. Sellers, Mr J. Rowlands and Mr Li Fook-kow 10 be Senior Administrative Officers.
a Gordon Whitehead and Mr Richard Cole to be Air Traffic Con- trol Officers, Class 1
Miss May Fung to be Senior Radio- grapher.
Mr Robert Soo Yuan-chang
A third lot Red Hill, 62,600 square feet in area for residen-uct us Senior information Officer.
to
K. Lane to act as Senzor
Space age
TOYS
There are space age rockets, missiles, satellites, moon-landing gadgets and what have you. Those made in plastic are cheaper and often more
ttractive than those in metal.
There is trend towards
rother spring motivation
than electric propulsion these space-age toys for more realistic effects.
2
"A lttle boy can have a new mudel car at $2.20, a new model bus at $4. or 1080 model aeroplane or helicopter for $2,20, a tumbling plane for $1.30 or a wound-spring flying helicopter for only $7.50.
Soft
ani-
Loys-particularly mals whose range was greatly
tul or institutional purposes, is Divisional Officer, Fire Services De- to be sold at a public auction partment. Mr Wa Man-chlo, Mr enlarged this year, are still on January 23.
The upset price is $300,000.
REPLIES
H. T. 1. Hutchins and Mr Fred Jackson to act as Divisional Officers. Mr E. M. J. A. Bower to not us ¡Port Assistant Director of Marine Control); Mr R. C. Trail to act an Senior Marine Officer; Mr Wo Park-- jame to be Marine Officer.
Capt R. A. Correr-Brigg
censed
to act as Senior Veterinary Officer or resumption of duty by Me . K. Riddle-swan.
Mr El Naggar: We cannot open Gur columns to protracted legal arguments. You had your say and the French Consul-General As far as we are
Mr Andrew Balinen to act as Chief has replied
Officer, Prisons Department; Mr concerned, that is the end of it. Smeh to act as Chlet On- --ED.
cer Hospital). Prisons Department.
POP by Goc
THIS SHOULD INTEREST YOU. IT SAYS, 'SEND
NO MONEY!
favourites for girls and younger tots. Son
Some
soft toys, imported from America, range from $15 to $80. There are koala bears, elephants, golliwogs, rabbits, dogs etc
One big department store has on sale for the first time racing motor cars at $500 each.
Game sets ranging from $15 to $495 are also available.
Carlsberg
/ON YOUR WAY
HOME
TO
KEEP YOU SMILING
5A16.
The
AEI executive coming to HK
Mr & Mrs W. A. Hardman are expected to arrive in Hong- kong tomorrow morning from By far the best-seller is the Singapore, in the course of a Christmas tree. One leading Far Eastern tour stationery shop sold 360 Mr Hardman's Manager of plastic and aluminium Christ- the Eastern Area of Associated mas trees in two weeks.
Electrical Industries Export
Limited.
to
A six-foo pastic tree, either They plan
stay In green or white. can be had for Hongkong until January 2, and from $25 to $45 and the same will then leave for Manila, free can be used year after year.
selling any-
Fresh trees are where between $5 and $60 each,
For those who favour wines there is this year a greater of Australian variety
wines which are cheaper than most others but are of exceptionally good quality.
You can have Australian claret or sauterne at $7 a botile or Australian sheeries at $7.50
■ bottle.
10
While most wines from Italy, West. Germany Portugal Spain are selling at steady prices, French wines have gone up by 30 per cent because of production cutbacks.
Many stores are selling gift; packages of two bottles each-
brandy whisky and sherry or and port, or whisky and gin, two whiskys or two brandles. Their prices range from $32.50 to $46 a package.
Power-pack
Avaliable also are packages But by of three, four or five. far the most power-packed gift is a case of 12 including famous brands of brandy, whisky, champagne, gin, vodka, port, sherry, claret and Bordeaux wine at $275 a case.
There are quite a number of new records for Christmas this year at leading music stores,
For examples: The beautiful **Messiah" by Handel, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham, the new Harry Belafonte LP. "Christmas Carol," "Christmas Album," the West
Perry Como's minster Choir's "Christmas Carols"
and the late Mario Lanza's "Christmas ABum."
For those who want some- thing different from the all- to-familiar tunes there is the "London Four-Phase Stereo Record! Series" which Was specially recorded so as to give the dimension of depth to sound.
One leading jewellery shop in Gloucestor. Arcade which sold many diamond solitaires, bruce- lets and brooches in November, is experiencing a rush for peri neciclaces, gold, bracelets, men's watches, itle-Mice and wallets towards® Christzn.
It has on *o a rare clock- rum on photo-electric energy- which can lick on in the dark for a year without winding or battery," and is "marked
83,300 for the season.
$1
"H
has
every
reason to be proud of
the the part it has played in sphere of tropical medicine. It was here that the plague bacilli was discovered, and it was also In this Colony that initial steps were taken towards the exter- of the malarial mos- mination of
quilo,
been transform itself has
evil
from a place reputation
into one with an of the healthiest localities the
in East. And in this
connection may be said no one will in the
the
Dr least Atkinson his unconcealed
grudge
pride
in having been instrumental in obtaining the appointment of the first staff of trained nurges to a British Colony. How In- valuable have been the services of those nurses is well known.”
Indicative of the growing menace of handbag snatchers, who are becoming more igenious in their methods, two cases were dealt with by Mr E. Himsworth at the Kowloon Magistracy on Saturday. In both cases bicy- cles were used, and only prompt action prevented these attempts from being wholly successfully.
-No difficulty with the fit-
Cuddle Skirts
New and so right
for
Christmas
from
Paquerette's
OPEN TILL 6.30 P.M.
AND ALL DAY TO-MORROW