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Maintenance Order For P.W.'s Wife

An application for maintenan- ce was granted by Mr. George She at the Central Magistracy yesterday to Mr. George Boyer Tann, nee Ma Yee-koo, who ap- plied through Mr. D. II. Blake.

Mr. Taun In evidence stated that she was married in Decem- ber 1941. During the Japanese occupation her husband was in- torned, and she had borrowed several hundred dollars to pur- chase goods for him while he was in camp.

Later, her husband was trans- ferred to Japan, and she re- ceived a letter from him every week. After the liberation 'she applied through the Red Cros Society and discovered that he was in England.

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1940.

Anti-Jap. Song Of Teashop Girl

MATRIC RESULTS

It is officially announced that information has been, re- ceived from Loudon stating it is not expected that the TC- suits of the Matriculation cxamination for the Hong Kong Universtiy held here in Junc

be available will

in Hong Kong until October

Next,

N.T. Robbers

Sentenced

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nk

The story of combined police and Commando ambush Before her husband was in-of five armed gangsters in a

Territorica terned, he gave her an identifi- New

village cation disc, which she still had midnight on June 21 last was An order was made for the related by Mr. F. H. Sainsbury hand to send a week to Assistant Crown Solicitor, be the complainant. All documents fore Mr. H.G. Sheldon K.C. at the and identification would he sent Criminal Sessions yesterday, to the Colonial Office in London, when two Chinese were charged with conspiracy to rob and with possession of housebreaking in-

Benefit Of The Doubt

The benefit of the doubt was granted a Chinese carpenter, Lum Mul, 27, at Kowloon Court yesterday, when he pleaded that he was chasing another accused in a anatching incident in Camer- on Rond about noon on Wed- nenday.

struments.

The pair pleaded not guilty to both charges,

Radio Sending Set Found In Kowloon

on

Evidence given in the course of yesterday's Lower

Court proceedings against Li Shu, an alleged An unlicensed telecom- collaborator, revealed that the licensee of the munication station was well-known Lin Heung Tea-shop and certain discovered by the Police of his fokls were arrested in consequence of an in a raid on Wednesday anti-Japanese song having been sung in the morning carried out tea-shop in November 1942 by a singing girl. Another witness testified that after she and other the first floor of 154, members of the family had been threatened Prince Edward Road.

It was learned by the "China by accused, she disclosed the whereabouts of Man" that the station is believed her husband, who was arrested as a British to have been maintained for the of commercial in- spy by accused and subsequently beheaded at transmission

formation.

Three arrests were made and the men aro

appear on re- mand before

Kowloon Court this morning.

Stanley.

The accused in charged on five counts under the Defence Regula- tions of doing acts likely to ansint the enemy.

The case is being heard before Mr. P. X, d'Almada, and Mr. I. 9. Smith in prosecuting on behalf of the Crown Accused is not repre- sented.

- BOARD MEETS ON

STRIKE

The first meeting of the Board of Arbitration set up by Government to adjudicate on held the ferry dispute was yesterday morning.

After deciding on the method

procedure of

the Board. adjourned afternoon.

this

was disclosed. Witness then told accused where her husband was.

After arresting her husband at No. 189 Sai Yee Street, the party returned to No. 3 Saigon Street. Witness saw her husband in cus-

to

GENERAL LO ON VISIT TO H.K.

The special plane of Gen. Lo Cho-ying, Governor of Kwangtung, who is on a return visit to His Excellency the Governor, was delayed for nearly an hour yesterday.

On his arrival at Kal Tak ho was met by the Acting Colonial Mir, R. R. Todd, the Acting Secretary for Chinese Allaira, the Hon. Mr. T. Megarry, Mr. T, W. Kwok, Chi- nese Special Commissioner for Chinese Affairs, the Hon. Mr. M.

Secretary, the Iton.

¡R.A.F. Scientists Talk To England

arc

the Magistrate at er inspecting the Guard of} able to held a consultation with

LARGEST. OPIUM

K. Lo C.B.E., the Hon, Mr. T. N. Acsen, Singapore, Aug. 22. Chau, the Hon. Dr. S. N. Chau

Each night, In Singapore, a art Miss Young.

Amal group of scientists Ronour provided by 150 Indian their

England colleagues in Infantry Brigade the party cross- ed the harbour in the Governor's

ail exchange information vital barge.

to their research work.

At Queen's Pier, General and Madame Lo were met by His Excellency. Sir Mark Young and

DIVAN IN COLONY Lady Young, and Members of the duties brevet on his shoulder

Described as one of the larg

to

This has been made possible by scientist Mr. A. S. Garfitt who wears the R.A.F. official

Legislative Council and Urban and had come to Malaya Council, Sir Robert Ho Tung and study scientific problema con

nected with the development of Here

every moment of his spare time to produce a radio communica- tion system which keeps the Singapore scientists in constant touch with their Headquarters at Malvern, England, 8,000 miles away, making expert advice from Britain's entire scientific A cocktail party was held in organization readily available. Problems which may have arlaon the evening at Government during the day's work can be of the die conveniently talked over in the House in honour

the tinguished visitors, at which small hours of morning many officials and

residenta when conditions for radio com- warned that in future were introduced.

munication are most suitable, After the cases he would not hesitate to

Mr. Garitt explains that his set General and Madame Lo pro- | is not remarkable in design, send oplum smokers to prison.

Inspector S. Smith stated ceeded to the Hong Kong Hotel although it incorporatea coveral explains that ho purpose of that 134 pots of prepared oplum Roof Garden where the Chinese new features, but

and $338.30 in cash, proceeds community held a large dinner he has made an intelligent use of for the opium, were seized. The party in their honour. Mr. Li existing aerial systems. No relay money was placed in the Poor Ta-chno, Director of the local system is used, and the radio con- Kuomintang, presided, and there are reached Mr. Garfitt from tact is a direct link. Reports Box.

were about 200 people present.

est opium divans in the Colony, other he inspected the Guard of sufer flying. He has given up

the first floor of No. 27, Burd Street was raided lute on Wed- Honour provided by No. 3 Com- nesday evening, and the keeper, mando Brigade. The band of the Kwong Chung, 32, was sentenc-Jaipur Guards was in attendance. ed to 18 months' hard Inbour

Gen. Lo then drove off with His Excellency to Government House, with the option of a fine by Mr.

A large crowd lined the rond George She at the Central Ma-

Club and near the Hong Kong gistracy yesterday.

cheered General Lo as he passed. Dinner Party

Ngan Lok Tin, manager and licensee of the Lin Heung Ten flour of Queen's Road Central, stated that he had a girl named L Shu Fong singing songs in his ten- house during the occupation. He remembered a party coming to his tea-house in November, 1942. The accused was one of the party. The day following this visit, a Japanese Gendarme Sergeant by the name of The jury were Messrs, Robert Kakee came to the ten-house to- gether with accused. They asked Taze- Choa (foreman), Shum chung, Kwok Alwin Yui, Lee for the singing girl. The Japanese did most of the talking and ques- Choi, Lee Kam-to, Yue Wingtipring. Accused also spoke and tody and when she asked accused kam and Jonathan Let.

wald that the song which the girl why her husband had been arrest- The police and Commands had been singing was not right. d, accuse replied that he was

Witness again saw ambushed five Chinese at 11.65 They were unable to locate the British spy.

Не San Wai Village, girl and witness was taken away her husband when he was brought p.m. near

back to No. Saigon Street for Ping Shan. Shots were

bath. All parts of his body by the police who found the two

were bruised and he could not sit.

Witness visited the Central Fo accused lying in mud and water supporting themselves by their! hands.

the second accused a loaded revolver torches were found, and two while not far from the first a pickaxe was dia-

About 10 yards from

Lam was caught himself by a Portuguese youth in a chase in volving several people after the first accused, Wang Hak-taai, 25, a coolic, hud anatched a watch from Miss Belarmina Marques

taide the Dairy Farm. Ricardo Luz, who had part-accused icipated in the chase, gave evid-] covered.

accused ap euce that second peared to be saying something to first accused as he was run-

fired to

Gendarmerie Headquarters, Supreme Court.

A

lice Station for the taking food to her husband. Later on, she was not allowed to bring food to her husband. She was formed by the Japanese that the privilege had been stopped. She received a letter from the Japan-

handed to her mother-in-law.

Both admitted that they in- Cheung. Witnesa di Young Tinese Authorities and this letter was

tended to commit a robbery in the village. They alleged that the revolver was not theirs; it

Thirteen smokers arrested on cautioned. the premises were Three who were absent had their bail of $50 each estreated. Mr. She remarked that the Government was determined to root out opium smoking,

SCARED R.A.M.C. ORDERLY

ning after him but he could not belonged to Cheung Keung, who, Young was taken out and beaten. ties and this had been passed on yesterday, on Mustafa Khan, 45,

make out what it was.

Wang was sentenced by Mr.

W. H. Latimer to six

months'

hard labour and seven strokes

of the cane.

Gaol To Get Fattened Up

voice as he was

WES

-Witness

Mr.

cocktail

party

So That's Why

enthusiasta eager amateur radio all over the world and the major- ity report

excellent reception. om California begged One letter from the scientists to dingloso how they obtained such excellent results. Washington, Aug. 22.

Mr. Garfitt who built this Bartley Crum, American mem-transmitter in the laboratories at ber of the Anglo-American Paya Lebar, Singapore, to

to estab- Palestine Commission, today lish a radio contact system unpre- told a group, including several cedented in the Far East, gavo up high Government officials, that teaching to assist. In the develop- Britain's fear of war with Rus- ment of radar equipment

leading part sin is directly responsible for the war. the British policy blocking then the production of the sets,

which immigration of 100,000 Europ-

did so much to defeat tho ean Jews into Palestine.

Gorman night raider, and la at present working full time on ex- safer flying in the Far East.

eriments in the development of

He

took

Girl's Picture At this stage. Mr. Smith pro- duced a photograph with words printed on the back. Witness iden- tified the photo as that of the singing girl Li Shu Fong and the

as those of her words

gong. While at the Gendarmerie Head- quarters witness say

not speak to

Cheung Yee, wife of Chan You,

A fine of $10 was imposed by him. Nothing happened to Young on the night that witness was first aid she had received a communi- detained. but the following day, cation from the Japanese Authori- Mr. Horace Lo at Kowloon Court an Indian watchman of the China they alleged, asked them to join Witness could recognize Yeung's to an officer in the Special Branch.

Saw Body belag beaten.

Light & Power Co., who was the robbery,

Smith Intimated to Mr. found guilty of having fright Without retiring. the jury Witness also saw Yan Pui, who is found first accused guilty of now dend. Yan was the owner d'Ainada that he would be makened an 8-4, 11. C. orderly

after Cheung Mo-sze, by pointing submission this Jk conspiracy to rob and second of the printing shop which printing

ed songs for witness' tea-house noon for the giving of secondary loaded revolver at him. accused guilty on both counts.

The song used by the singing girl evidence in relation to this com- Evidence had been given at First necused was sentenced

sung. munication. was printed by Yan. The to three years' hard labour and anti-Japanese in nature,

hearing that about an earller Continuing her evidence, wit-

2.45 p.m. on Aug. 14 the watch second accused to three years' "Glory is Invaluable",

nees said that she attended an

man had come upon Cheung and hard labour on each charge.

also heard Yan Pul being beaten. identification parade at Stanley on

Lung Kam, who was in charge Aug. 6, at which she identified ac- a woman named Lai, whom they of the distribution of songs at the cused as the man who arrested her both claimed as wife, outsido the Peninsula Hotel and had tea-house was also detained at son and beat her husband.

He also declared that "middle Honestly, I think the seconi

Kam pointed a revolver at him. He Gendarmerie Headquarters and

Ngan Chan Man of the weeks in acensed needs two

beaten. Witness himself was

disarmed by a not Kong Restaurant of Wellington was

level" State Department officials Khol to build himself up," stated

Chinese National Currency con- beuten. He was released after Street, said that in 1913 he went constable.

had consistently frustrated the A sentence of seven years' hard being detained Mr. W. H. Magistrate,

for about three to the

Stanley because

announced United States policy tinued weak yesterday and there *...Latimer,

Kowloon at

Court labour was imposed by Mr. H. G.

Sentence of one month's hard on Palestine since 1920.-ABSO-was a further slight decline in Message From Stanley connection with the singing case, labour was passed by the maciated Press.

who was arrested on on in

rates. Futures after yesterday in sententing Wong Sheldon K.C. at the Criminal

opening at $1.32 to CN$1,000 fell to $1.29; Po, 27, unemployed, who pleaded Sessions yesterday on Au Fuk for

The day following his release, had died. Witness identified the gistrate, Mr. W. H. Latimer, at armed robbers.

the ten-house body. The body was taken away Kowloon Court yesterday on

and spot dropped from $151 to guilty to receiving ten spades.

Prading not guilty, Au denied accused came to

JAPAN EXPORTSTM been

the by again and took witness to

the undertakers and brought

$1.49. knowing them to have

of his presence in the flat.

to Hollywood Road. Witness notl- Chui Lam, a coolic, charged with stolen.

The

Crown alleged that accused. Supreme Court, where he was de- half who looked

wife of deceased and selling 60 tims of condensed milk FIRST TEA with

five others, some of tained for a few hours and then fied the together starved, pleaded that he had them armed with revolvers, enter-released, Witness was released be- handed over the body to her.

member

Hearing was then adjourned till been influenced by the other aced the first floor of No. 121, Jer- cause he was a

2.30 p.m. today. cused to carry the spades for vois Street, at 3.30 5.m. on June Tea-House Association and

other members of the Association him. Sub-Insp. Askew, prosecu-29 last and robbed the inmates of

stood guarantee for him. ting, said that the other accused, $4,990, three gold finger-rings, a

Tin Cheung was detained about a younger man, seemed to have watch and clothing.

month and then released. Witness bad not acen Yan Pui wielded undue infhience

OF or Lung Kam since, ANNOUNCEMENT

but had second accused.

WEDDINGS

the girl on several occasions. Wit- ness remembered receiving a tele- phone message from Stanley, in

Wong.

Dyer

First accused was sentenced to one month's hard labour.

SHEK O REBUILDING STARTED

ARMED ROBBER

SENTENCED

on route

days.

of the the

for

seen

conscquence of which he sent his younger brother, Ngan Chun Man

there.

Kam

Chinese

at a price $85.80 in excess of the controlled price for the com- modity.

Readers' Letters

Indignation At The Valley

Sir, The news that

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the

He said members of the Bri- tish Foreign Office had been "quite frank" in citing fear.

that

MONEY MART

WETE:--

Gold, per oz. US. dollars HK. dollars

to

Press,

Buying Selling

CNS CNS .213,000 217,000 3,390 3,400 740 700 -Associated Press,

Gold took a further plunge yes- terday. After opening at $800 tuel, it tell to $352 at noon time. Yokohama, Aug. 22. The first postwar shipment of It next dropped to $343 but to- tea from Japan-16,000 cases is wards the, close it recovered on its way to the United States $348.

Jackson U.S. dollars cased off to $4.44- the steamer aboard

$4.64; whilst Sterling and Austro- Victory.

The tea was loaded at Shimizu lan pounds remained unchanged stand a president is for in Shizuoka prefecture, where 86 at $15.52 and $12.53 respectively.

Closing people, by the people and of the per cent of Japan's tea is grown.

quotations on the people. The term of the presi- The Jackson Victory, which left Shanghai market yesterday, as re-

by Associated The forthcoming marriages are

Australian ponies have arrived dent's office is limited to four Hong Kong recently for the Unit-ported announced: - Andrew Falenor

in Hong Kong has caused quite years in the United States of ed States. was diverted to pick up America, and to three years in the tea and some looted Malayan Tesiding at

silk from accountant, Braid.

a sensation in the stables at France. The president is to be tin from Kobe and Bishop Hall's residence, in Shatin,

The resident elected by the majority of votes Yokohama.-Reuter. Ng Chừng declared that he Happy Valley. and Leatrice Yin Ngeo Wong,

knew a Japanese Gendarme Ser- ponies here are indignant and by the people, and not by a University lecturer;

Maxwell Clifford Elliot, assist-krant named Kakee. Accused was feel that all their good services handful of mon confined to a Work has just begun on the

in the past have been forgotten single party. When the presi- from England to here, at dozens rebuilding of Shek O. The Club-ant manager, residing at the policeman and assisted Kakeo

Witness could not recognize the and that these animals, having dent was elected he would have of British-occupied places, aud houses and surrounding ameni- Peninsula Hotel, and Noelle Eva

to Hong girl whose photograph was pro- existed comfortably throughout to take the oath of office before I feel embarrassed when I hear tics of the area, including water Mabel Rees,

anced to him in Court. Ho had now Keng aboard the "President Polk.' mains and housing, are

ard of a singing giri name: Lithe years of the war, will now

un Englishman referring to the Arrivals And constitute a serious menace the committee of a single party under reconstruction.

regards accommodation

wherever they may be stationed. Departures feeding. A protest meeting was remember having cast any vote the "China Mai!" yeatorday: Pleading guilty to having

held yesterday in No. 1 Losse for president in China, Colony (as in all other places) Husband Beheaded semi-demolished out-

Box and it was proposed by did I any constitutio. regularly sell ("flog") Service Wednesday were R. 8. Daleno, Evant, "It is hoped to have part of the kept a

Cheng Chi Yuen testified that Mayfair and seconded by Nigger drawn up by any congressmen property, from clothing and of 34 during the Japanese Clubhouse usablo within alx house on the grounds

occupation, that the Colony's limited supply in cur mighty state the great technical equipment to food. Jackson, D. Japy, 8, G. Lim. Capt. a brothel,

W. D. Tucker, Capt. R. E. Farkson, weeks and Shek O generally Granville Rond, as

her late husband Chan Wai Chiu of rock salt and fodder should Chinese Republic-but what I The Continent, as a widely N. 4. Santos. 3.9. Strostor, Jalin widow, -ready for occupation in three Chan Mui, 49,

WAS alias Chan Kai left Hong Kong

that our known, is a veritable hotbed of grelp. Capt. Geo, M. Martindale, Cat. muntha time,"

fined $200, in default aix weeks about June 9, 1943 and returned not be placed at the disposal can remember way The Shak O Development Com-imprisonment, at Kowloon Court in August of the same year. Wit of these Intruders. It was also mighty state, the Chinese Ro- such practises.

A similar state of affaira A. P. teel-Pereira, pany has decided to rehabilitate yesterday. The prosecuting of neas had not seen him since he was suggested by Boxer that a little public has been headed by a

Departures were Capt. Da Holat, A, all the houses and recondition ficer described the premises as arrested on Nov, 7, 1943, Witness bumping and boring on the far Generalissimo for 25 years and exists in Civvy Street, but that

yet without any change in is irrelevant at present,

Brooksbank. 8, 8. Church, 8. Y. Chang, husband was heheaded in 1944 side of the course would severely

Where the illégal solling of T. L. Chang. Miss J. Wong, Capt. Witness was not present at the shake these types from "down office. Can any of our veteran beheading, but she thought it took under" who, he imagined, would political friends enlighten me Service property inflicts los Bundby, Capt. Greenwood, Y. 110, Spee, place at Stanicy.

be pretty soft after their easy as to our form of "democracy"?on the "firm" only, this corrup- Foter Chinn, E. N. Fansford, Cast, W Her late husoand was arrested lives.

Many thanks.

tion is merely deplorable: but A. Laureang, Mis, & Miss Xatler, A. There were two ассивер.

It was regretted that Nos-

CHINESE NATIONAL when milk, sugar, tea and many Atherton, G. B. Enicht, Mr. & Chinese with accused when he talkin, the proposed Chairman,

other aach commodities are Mrs R REAL METH ̈ D. come to No. 3 Saigon Street, but was unable to be present

Flogging

"flogged," thus causing a de Clarkson, R. D. Peck mad O. D. Hobbs, witness did not know their names, but

telephone

of the message

Sir-"Curious" must be very terioration in quality Accused asked for Chan Wai Chiu.

received from him

already Insipid | WATERLOO ROAD nees informed him. that her from he address at Wanchal innocent. He has brought up Serviceman's

ACCIDENT SEQUEL husband has gone ont. Accused

A representative of the arm the work told

now engaged on

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Shu Fong. During the occupation. Kaker and accused went to the ten-house to arrest the girl.

Witness

il

and

the congressmen, and not before If I am not wrong, I do it

ECO

dishonesty of the natives of

Dozens of Servicemen in this

said that they had come to in which caused a certain amount the subject of H. M. atores and and unpalatable diet, then the It intimated equipment being sold openly on practise is utterly despicable,

the streets of Hong Kong, I and the penalty should be cor vestigate rice tickets; he demand of indignation.- ed to know the whereabouts of that, although Nostalgin was Chan Wat Chiu.

opposed on principle to the en-fear he has barely touched the respondingly prohibitive." When he could not get the in- try of new horses, there might fringe of a vast und practically A sad reflection on all this is

ubiquitous problem.

that many Servicemen have the something interesting formation he required, accused be- be

I can assure him that this Impudence to decry aв, rogueS gan striking witness' father-in-amongst the fillies. Ile parti

Chines

acale,

which cularly wanted to make the type of corruption is practised Hong Kong and Howloon mor- by the majority of people, from chants because they ask exor- was broken as a result. Her acquaintance of the filly who, the poorest (who are often ap-bitant prices for some of their father-in-law was struck for about he was informed, spent two or prehcnded and punished) to the goods. I have noticed that half an hour, Accused did the three hours a day having her richest (who are rarely appre- Service "floggers" mean tho

Inw with s

striking. The beating ceased only tall brushed. after her father-in-law had faint-

ed.

Threat To Family.

KUNIGAL OATS.

·

Democracy

Arrivals

at the Peninsula

Hotel oo

11,8, Dell, Robert Harris, Capt. A.P.8.

Bern, Capt. Boroleand and Mr. & Mrs.

•

H. Walters, N. M. Zoša. Caparas, Nada,

A member of the United States armed forces, Pfa. James D. Ryder, is to stand his trial bo fore a Military Court Martial in Shanghat on two charges of man- of a Chinese man and woman in slaughter arising out of the death a traille accident in Waterloo Road, Kowloon, on Aug. 4.

Hamilton, Aug. 22. President Truman's yacht an- hended and more rarely punish- loudest-pots and kettlest

I would remind these mon of chored today at the United ellam & "regular" During the words of an Incorruptible States naval base at Bermuda for his second visit on foreign soll since entering the White House Associated Press.

more than 11 years in the Sor-"Let him that is without alu Accused then threatened to be-

these Sir,-According to a Demo- vice I have 8000

dls- among you cast the first stone."

CHARLOTTE. head the whole family unless the whereabouts of witness husband cratle Government, we under- honourable practises going on