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CHINA
BURMA RAISES Five hurt
TARIFFS ON HK GOODS
in mishaps
yesterday
Five people were injured in four traffic accidents that occurred in the first 32 hours after the Christmas holidays in the Colony. Shortly after 9 am yesterday, a woman and a two-year-old girl she was carrying were in- and jured when they were knocked.
The Burmese Government has announced tariff increases over a wide range of commodities. The affected items that per cent ad valorem, states the
are! of interest
In- Disector to Hongkong
of Commerce. Industry, 'Mr H. A. 'Angus,"
show
2nd
17-
down
In his latest report on recent fred by a private car in Taipo-
clude cotton fabrics, clothing.
near Tai Wai, Shatin, flashlights, flour, paints
The woman suffered slight varnishes,
utensils, changes in tariffs, household
import res- toothpaste and furniture.
trictions and quotes introduced injuries but the two-year-old The new rates, effective since by Hongkong's trading part, girl, Lok Man-law, of 19 Pak was admitted to September 15, 1961,
Hospital for treat creases ranging from 15 to 100 Angus adds that tarim u Vilinge,
ment
AÏ about 5.30 pm yesterday, a 15-year-old boy was knocked down by a private car in Tong Arran-street, Met-road Kowloon.
THREE BOYS WHO KEPT BICYCLES DISCHARGED
Three school boys who kept on Boxing bicycles they hired Day, were given absolute dis- charges by Mr J. E. Dargan at North Kowloon Juvenile Court this morning
The youths aged 10, 12 and 13 had admitted charges · Of larceny by taller.
Police said that the boys went to a bicycle shop in the Kun Tong resettlement area and hired the bicycles for an hour at 40 cents each.
When they failed to return the bicycles six hours later, a
in
Austria, the
near
investigations on bandkerchiers are panding is Australia. The Colony's
y's exports of handker- chiefs to Australia last year were worth $500,249.
authorities Lave annouticed a list of items which may
be imported into the country without restrictions. terms of interest to Hongkong loon Hospital for treatment. are buits and fruit preparations,
A1 7.30 am yesterday, a three- cotton year- raw hides and skins,
was knocked down boy waste and small articles of by a private car outside 61 Lion wooden manufacture.
Rock-road.
The Cypriot Government has published a revised list of goods. for which specific import licences
are now required. Those of interest to Hongkong are cotton yarns, cotton fabrics, fabrics of synthetic fibres and plastic articles.
Cyprus
Changes in the import duties clothing and footwear, have also by a number of items, including been announced in Cyprus. The now rales represent an increase of twelve per cent ad valorem qui clothing and 18
per cent ad valorem on footwear.
Hongkong's exports of cloth-
report was made to the police. ing and footwear to Cyprus last
The same evening, police went, to the resettlement area
year were valued at $1.1 million and and $767,080 respectively.
found the bicycles painted black An additional specifte duty of instead of the original white colcar-and later arrested the three
in different addresses from what they had given the bicycle shop.
The Boys had clear records.
£2 has been imposed by the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyaraland call imports of ransistor radios, following the
Sui-kim of The boy, Leung Sulki Poriland-street, 305
ground Boor, was, admitted to Kow
The boy, Tang. Siu-ho of ́3 Lion Rock-road, was admitted to Kowloon Hospital.
At 1.30 am today, a 38-year- old man was injured when he was knocked down by a bus in Taipo-road near Shek Kip Mei-
street, Kowloon.
The injured man, Pan Way of 75 Taipo-road, eighth door, has been admitted to Kowloon Hos- pital.
He helped two
Chinese boys enter U.S.
An American of Polish
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1961.
Mr and Mrs Eddy Marr shown aboard the President, Wilson shortly after arrival here today,
VERSATILE STAGE,
SCREEN, TV
ACTOR, WIFE HERE
One of the most versatile stage, screen, radio and TV actors in the business, is now in the Colony for a five-day visit with his wife in the course of an Orient, tour
He is Mr Edward J. Eddy! Marr, who has followed shoy business from the early "Zleg- field Follies in the 1920s, through radio, motion ptures and television.
He has been seen by local television viewers 'in many of the series which have run over the past year from the "Bob Cummings Show, The Jack Benny Show," to "77"Sunset Strip."
With a family background practically set on stage the is the son of James Marr, one of the original 13 founders of the
famed Theatre ̈Guild and director for 14 years), Eday Marr is noted most for his
a
tariff amendments announced on ancestry told today how he had nazing versatilkynge, the
Septimber 28.
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managed to help, two young Chinese boys to emigrate to America cight years ago.
Mr S. Charles Nowak, lawyer from Detroit, Michigan, aboard the
a
Beginning at a
became a great dancer and was the dancing juvenile in Irene' with
Jeanette McDonald and Durne Irene
From the stage he moved
who arrived neon,' said he into radio in the late 20's where
sis. President had first met the two young Chinese brothers, Lee Man Pok and Lee Mah Se in the Colony through afi import-export agent,
Mr K. Y. Wong/
Charles Nowak
He learned that their father had been killed in Canton, and that. they were being looked after by their mother. When he returned to America he learned that their grandfather, Mr F. H
he stayed until the war broke cut and in between his many other jobs he entertained troops
all over the world. there was
WHE
After the plenty of scope for him in the new medium of televiskn anil he soon got into stride with it, With some 85 feature length flims behind him, it was no problem and work was long and hard.
In 1957 he was able to take his Brst full vacation and found that ocean travel agreed with him so much so that heen- couraged many of his friends to travel and in doing so became vice-president of a Los Angeles travel agency.
Harold Simpton
These two spheres of geti American comes
brought him into production of
& travel programme for NBC- TV and the programe won him an "Emmy" nomination las
year.
to look for
Oriental ideas
SHEAFFERS
Imperial Il
ballpoint with Reminder
To give written judgment
in fan tan case
25
years AGO
December 1936 – PRESUDENT Manuel Quezon
Judeo B. J. Jcanings will give a written Judgment in Victoria
District Court on January 13 on three men charged with of the Philippines Common- conspiring to sheat and defraud two elderly overseas Chinese
of more than 535,000 in a game of fan tan
The accused, who pleaded not guilty are Luk-fat, 54 allas Ll Par-hing: Kung Tui-wan, 31; alias Kung Hon-lrg, and Kung
29 Hon-thuen,
ase ended After the Crown case yesterday, Judge Jennings ruled that the three men had a case to answer. This morning, coun- sel for the accused sought their acquittal, claiming that there. was not sufficient evidence to
convict them.M
Defence pleas
Mr A. Zimmern (appearing
for L on the instructions of Mr Peter Mo) said there was Li which could possibly support
"nothing like evidence” against
the charge of conspiring to cheat and defraudaya
Mr Lawrence Leong (for the other two accused, on the instructions of Mr T. S. Tong), claimed the evidence, against Kung Tui-wan and Kung Hon«-
Mrs Krown
chuer was that of accomplices, Wants to help
and there was no evidence at all against Kung Hon-chuen,
Judge Jennings said he would reserve his judgment until January 13. The men werḤ remanded on bail
Mr. P. F. X. Leward, Crown Counsel, prosecuted.
Mrs Scott
makes her Christmas
cruise here
with work
for children
wealth arrived here yesterday from Mánila by the m.v. Victoria and was met by à large ather- ing at the Kowloon whart, In- cluding Capt. WJR "Cragg,
the Governor
A.D.C. (representing His Ex cellency
Bir Andrew **Caldecott) Mr Charles Hoover Coed States, Consul General
for the
Mrs Hoover, Mr T B. Wilson, and many
of the locat
Pilipino quezon
Interviewed
Washington President Roose-
said he was going to
with conter
velt in connection with trade relations between the United States and the Philippines. He would leave by the Empress of Canada which sails at noon to- day!
Martial lud has been declared In Chab Cheng village, Sharist, not because of a serious political or military situation but because. a leopard has suddenly made its appearance in Ute, district
The animal has already eaten one candy looket, two pigs and a dog, while a gendarme on guard at the city gate very nearly suffired the same fate. Things have come to such a pass, in fact, that a curfew hour 4s being observed, according to one Chinese TEDOTE KRYSTA
CHUNESE .con
Mis Oulda Krown of Los A Shanghai is sufferio
Angeles arrived in the Colony | -1-
bunds
felt at Yates-road,
today aboard the $.5. President bullet wound in the Wilson from San Francisco with while a robber has two her 11-year-old daughter Dlanc une in the thigh and
Mrs Krown, who has helped in the leg, as the result en organisation devoted to the shooting of mentally retarded child recently care ren, said she hoped to carry out Th similar work in the Colony the gun of the constable. bullets struck the rubber, afler
settled down him down but a third bit
hereas
Mrs
The only thots fred came fro
Miss wall and ricocheted in la direct
Rita Ross, is the daughter of Line, toward the Mr and Mrs Martin Ross. Mr struck him in the chee Ross is an importer, and ex- Both the constable and the n porter of textile goods and has robber were taken to the polle mills in Hongkong, Taiwan hospital where it was found tha and Los Angeles: Chad their wounds were not serious
children.
also worked
Myth Scot
Mrs Krown a seasoned traveller from San Diego, Call with an organisation called the fornia, is now in her ninth "Foresighters which was de Christmas cruise to the Orient voted to work with blind
Mrs Scott has travelled throughout the Orient since the days of the Dollar Line when she and her husband were close friends with Captain Robert Dollar,
The Scotts came to love the Orient and.. Mr. Scott sets up Sugar Centrals in Cebu. This was the accond such operation, Mr Scott having already built a refinery in Hawall
When Mr Scott died in 1939, Mrs Scott returned to San Diego and since then has made regular pilgrimages to the Orient and the Philippines.
Literary contest Winners to
receive prizes
Japanese leaving Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo,
Changing land
causing Japanese mi
policles are
with the
about
1-400
Open air concert on Wednesday, January agriculture interior seat
The band of the First Roya
Professor Edmund Blunden leave the Dominican will present prizes to winners The Japanese Embassy o of the 1981 Sino-British Club timated at least 50 out of 300 Literary Competitions THER
families came here fo 1958 Corkhill for the China Mail under and Cup short story, and Elleen former restranske Wilson for the Hongkong Tiger returned to Japan. A Japmese Standard Cup poem in: Engish colony numbering
3. persons is dedicated mostly
to
An American businessman
function will take place
embassy spokesman said tas arrived in Hongkong to
decide to Hongkong, at 5.30 many familes. taurants in the United States
19.30 many familles may He is Mr Harold T. Simpton, Botanic Gardens on Sunday Other judges of the com- The Balaguer Government has Phoenix from 3pm to 5 pm, provided the petitions will also be present, started giving peasant familles courtesy of your readers Simpton Company letters column to state that Francisco, and he is making a seats will be provided.
would welcome from your business-pleasure cruise. readers any used costage He is particularly interested stamps that they might care in the architectural, side of new to donate to our charitable buildings in
dear sir
Club
obtain Oriental ideas for res- Northumberland, Fusiliers will House Lusitano-210 Ice #CO NEHTESTots known how.
eive an open air concert at the
ong was a chef in the Polish Would you please allow us the resident of the San weather is favourable, Free Members of the public are wel- lands formerly part of a vast
Century Club in Michigan, so he
decided to do what he could to. get the boys to America."
Mr Nowak talked with his Congressman, and together they were able to mother
Amering the grand-
that
to
stre
and arranged
could
her two grand These gestamps are
association, kompan and Hong- proceeds go towards a Mr Simpton's firm are general
→ contractors, and he hoper a mortgage on a pick up some Orient ideas for to deposit for
hou
children that they
This went off
emigrate of successfully and the boys now aged 16 and 14 are hard at work in an Ameri can school. The grandfather how a "father" by law has his wa Chinese restaurant in De troit now Mr Nowak will he here for three weeks
Says she met famous people through writing
Mr and Mrs Louis Br. Minter,
Ignely Imited hide In As a sma memory
of Beverly Hills, California arrived here abosraw the usa, President Wilson today the FR course of an Orient Plan for
Charles
and
ascomodate: KENAPA DE future work. He will, gather
ftizans 01 and who re intcrmation for use in a num- ber of restaurants in California
the
Gilbert
which are to be re-modelled along a Oriental theme
POP
comer
Trujillo complex AP.
Carlsberg
Soldier faces
damage,
theft charges
ANY TIME
ANY PLACE
Carlsberg
Holiday brandy