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VERY DANGEROUS MATTER Tampering With Light Fittings Coming Events Met Death While R.A.F.

Tapping Current Sergeants

"Electricity is a very, very dangerous matter to

deal with unless one knows all about it," sald Fined

· Mr. W. H. Latimer after returning a verdict of "accidental death" at an inquest on Wong Koon-sang, alias Wong Sang, who died at 1 a.m. on May 24 at the Kwong Wah Hospital. His Worship further said that "it was purely and

A make-shift shooting gallery set up around

June 20-Dairy, Farm, Ice & Cold Storage Co, Ltd, annual meet- ing, 11 am.

June 20-Sandakan Light & Power Co. (1922) Ltd, annual meeting, noon.

June 27--Indo-China S.N, Co. Ltd., annual general meeting

July 11-Penk Tramways annual

meeting, noon.

noon.

the fish pond in the front Housing

simply a theft of electric power by a man who garden of 355 Prince should have known better which resulted in Edward. Road was the his untimely death,' "It is a very dangerous mat- ; ter for a person who

knows

very little about it tu tamper

with electrical

on His Worship.

Attings,"

According to

went

DSI D.S.

Roberts (who appeared for the

Police), deceased had ten yearA experience

k...

Share Transfer

electrician As an and was the owner of a small electrical business at 297 Lai Chi Kok Rond which he pur- chased from Yum Wing on May |

G.

when he returned.

length of black wire in hunda.

Realising that the wire was "live" but insulated, Yam grab bed hold of it with one hand while he pulled at Wang with

the other.

Deeds

cause of Flight-Ser- geants William John Dobson and Derek Mc- Culloch losing $200 each yesterday.

The premises in question were used as a mess by a R.A.F.

Question

In Council

Questions about hous-

SQUABBLE BETWEEN

WIFE AND

HUSBAND

"I won't pay! You can send me to gaol but I still won't pay!" loudly proclaimed Lo Chuen-po, 19-year-old husband of 19-year-old Chau Yuk- lin, when he was ordered by Mr. W. A. Blair- Kerr to pay his spouse $50 per month for main- tenance.

According to the story the, baby-amall who (ahe alleged) wife told Mr. Blair-Kerr, the wna a tale-bearer and trouble----- husband was a bad-tempered maker.

wife-beater under the dominance Defendant also refused to táke of his parents. The marriage) his wife back. took place, sald Chau, on the Doesn't Want Her 16th day of the 3rd moon the year before last (April 27, 1945), and there was one child of the lesue. a boy of eight

·

"She ran away and I do not want her back. She was always making tranble. The son," he asserted, "naturally belongs to nie." Being dependent on hla com-father, went on defendant, ho plalanni, was working for his had no money to pay his wife

earthern for maintenance. Shanghai

months.

The husband, anld

father, who owns a ware store at 606 Street, ground floor. She also helped in the shop and received a salary (or allowance) of $6 a month.

"She is your wife and you turve to maintain her if she lives away from you," counselled His Worship.

for discharging a revolver from Crown Leases will be last moon of last year, he struck your Warning

Ia that

decided to

to use both harks before the allow them to be stumped with wire parted.

out penalty, provided they are Yarn Chan noticed a trans-submitted for stamping not later former on the flour to which than August 31, 1947.

and pedestrian traffic.

who

per.

retorted

de-

money,

can't

with

the Magistrate'a Clerk, the first

in respect of June's allowance. paymont be made on July 1,

custody of the child. The husband was to have the

"I don't care," How It Started

fendunt. "I have Trouble started sanje time When she was staying with me Unit, according to Mr. Charles ing, tax-free .donations

·1 Mottram, Divialanal Superin- to the, War Memorial last year when her boy-husband she had everything. tendent (K.C.Y.), when he Fund, and the subject of struck her on over ten occasions, pay her anything."

hai complainant. During the prosecuted the two Servicemen

"You will have to support wife," cornmenteil His the verandah of the first floor put to Government at her four times as the result of Worship.. of 356 Prines Edward Road at tomorrow afternoon's her going home to her mother. "I have no money. She ran Heard Cry

At the beginning of the cur- away from the house," replied It is believed that 5.25 p.m. on June 13.

On the day in question there meeting of the Legisla-rent Chinese month. continued young Lo. Wong returned to the pre- there is a considerable was bit of n party" going on tive Council.

complainant, defendant ngain mises at about 11.30 p.m. and

"Won't Pay" was admitted by Wonk Fun, a number of share transfer and several of the men were

The Honourable Mr. Lo Mon-struck her when a bamboo pole "It does not matter. You have oki. Yam Wing, who slept on deeds in the hands of not quite sober, he said. At the kam, C.B.E.. will ask the fol- accidently fell on, and broke, to support her," inglsted His the premises, was half awake the public which have get around the fish pond

end of the party, bottles were lowing questions:-

two-earthern-ware pots. Defen- Worship, to which the boy- "Since the announcement, na dant and his parents, alleged husband again retorted ค been executed by the shooting targets. Wing.

published in the press on June Chan, told her 'to Shortly after, Yam

Leuve the "I don't care, I won't pay her Lau Ki and Wong Fon heard transferor, but have not Inquiries made by 5/1 Mac- 16th, 1946, of Government's po-} house and refused to let her rennything.""

the premises. So she "That is too bad," oald Hin deceased cry out "Abyal Al-ya!" yet been stamped in ac- Donald as the result of reporta licy in regard to the renewal enter

Crown Leases, "went back to mother's". · Jumping out of bed. Yam anw

received revealed that the pond of 75-years

Worship, "You will have to find Wong in a crouching position, cordance with the provi- was situated below the wall but which do not contain any right In reply to His Worship, com- the money as she has got to stumbling backwards, with a sions of the Stamp Or- that the shooting was so bad of renewal-(a) How many up- plainant stated that the boy was live."

his dinance, 1921.

that a bullet actually struck the plications have been received by with the defendant,

WOS Mr. Blair.Kerr ordered that Government for the renewal of living with his parenta, and that the complainant As it seems likely that the top of the wall,

need not Ilve Mr. Mottram, in asking for such Crown Lenses? and (b) she had not received A reason for this endasion, in many

single with the defendant and that so instances,

to be taken, How many of such applications cent from hum very serious view

since she was long na they lived apart the do- Stamp the

ordered out of the house, mice was not functioning fully polated out that the locality is a have been granted?

She fendant was to pay the com. "In regard to the Housing had no objection to the father plainant $50 a month through when the deeds were signed, the very busy one with heavy motor He had, however. 1 Government. as

Problem and with reference to keeping the gun. on behalf of the accused, said that ourable the Colonial Secretary Chas declared that she was

Flight-Lieut. Perry, speaking the statement which the Hon-Refused To Return there had been no charge of any made to this Council on Novem summunalng the man for kind against either of them, and bar 21st, 1946, has Government sistent crycity, and, in reply to that the conduct and discipline of any further statement to make, both was very satisfactory. They for the information of this is Worship, preferred to leave Council and of the public, by the question of maintenance to Is Worship's discretion? She way of supplementing and

wan staying with her mother. Two decrees nisi were made statement of bringing the

Asked whether she would like absolute by the Chief Justice. November

up to: 21st, 1946,

to return to her husband, Chau Sir Henry Blackall at the dute?"

The Honourable Mr. R. D. emphatically refused na (she Supreme Court yesterday. They Gilleople will ask the following the S.C.A. for a divorce, She Isobel Erica Vander Needa v. Ruld) he had always petitioned were granted in the сався об question:-

"Would Government agree to would not go back to him, unless Victor Vander Needa and Annie

he curbed his temper, stopped Katherine Welch V. allow donations Memorial Fund to be deducted benting her, and discharged the Arthur Welch. from sdiaries or profits before! arriving at the net chargeable The vested Interests in this income, or profit, assessable to Colony have since the Liberation tax under the Inland Revenue manifested to us that collabora- Ordinance? It is felt that if ors, not enemies of the Mikado, this could be done it would con- have in a great many cases been siderably encourage donations What is the idea of a Chinese

their favourite sons. Those who to this very deserving cause." to start

fortunes and i newspaper

chirpinganarsed nothing definite is voiced by the prominently,

still are

спр. Government itself?

tolns of society and Industry.. I tell you,

Are they to represent us can't stand it any longer. I have totally abandoned Japan? my hope towards this 'boiling coffee and now up pops the bird ence more after hiding itself com. tertally for some time.

wan attached the length of wire It is emphasised, however, that which decensed was holding.no further extension will be Another length of wire left the granted and therefore the public pleaded guilly to the charge. other side of the transformer are urged to make sure that any

and was attacked to an illegal | unstamped transfer deeds are Ground floor, la Des Voeux Road, fitting on the

before meter outside presented for stamping at the Central, the building.

| Stamp Office, Prince's Building,| August.

Slipped Up

the елф

of

Examination of the premises Readers' Letters

revented that the switch board was exposed in a dangerous con- dition with three switches Lay-

Mocking Bird

to private trade and is about to Sir, I a am Government Ser- receive representatives of foreign wan vant, with my back pay for the firms. Who will represent Hong-

atill occupation period

intnet kong? with the Government, so beg, finish off this mocking bird once and for all, and I hope it is not going to disturb us Government Servants any more.

ing no top protection. As in- quiries proceedel, apparent that deceased had fit ted up the illegal Connection and was stealing electricity.

Deceased had been Unre- footed and was apparently in the act of baring one end of the wire pliers which were not in- aulated: A simple mistake had been made, or a slip of some kind, And decensed was "caught," concluded Roberts.

Bribe Charge

DSI

The case for the prosecution in the summary proceedings against Kwok Ho.ming, 31, an employee of the Sanitary Department, on two counts of demanding sumis of

menaces

bribe with money as concluded before Mr. Sainsbury at Central yesterday.

The defence, in the hands of Mr. M.A. da. Silva, will open on' noxt Monday.

Kwok is alleged, on Feb. 1, last,

to have demanded with menaces

a sum of money as a bribe from

huge

-figure

to the War

"ugalm "on"our" back "pay when bought-houses---still POLICE SWOOP

J do not care whether

in

ON HAWKERS

the

the

We appeal to S.T.I. and I. & E. A record number of hawicers

to consult departments

appeared before the Magistrates Special Branch, the Prosecutors at Central Police Court yesterday' offices and War Crimes Inves- charged with hawking without, the tigators

before representatives license or causing an obstruction.

The police olire Department or the Public are decided, Let us send a few

swooped on the Japanese persecuted hawkers in various districts on Relations Office like it or not. 1 whom

tortured as enemies of the the Island on Monday and round. would like this bird shot right and away though I almost shed tears Co-prosperity philosophy. Let used up 210 offenders. over "BAMBI”. ap. the Queen's remind the Japanese that we

Fines raging from $20 to $30 won the War and mean to stand were imposed while the Theatre.

goods by our loyalists and faithful al-seized by the police were con.

鼽

MOCKING BIRD.

Trade With Japan

Sir, The American occupation

authorities' leniency towards the Japanese has not only alartled

lles,

M. K. LENN

•

•

Macao Censor

outsiders. Even the Americans Str, Will you kindly allow me

fiscated.

U

CRIMES -TRIAL ÁDJOURNED

Hearing of the War Crimes trial

Lau Miu-hin at 65 Connaught themselves are criticising now to correct a report from the of Sgt. Ozawa Tomukichl, who is Road, Central, and another sum severely that their former United Press that the news con. charged with the treatment of on May 3. Kwok is alternatively enemies who disregarded every cerning the statement by Col. prisoners in custody at Mongkok charged with accepting a bribe of decent rule of International Law Duarte, Portuguese Minister for Kempeltal Station between May $50 from Lau on Feb. 7, and an- and Usage should be tolerated at the Colonies, was deleted in all 14, 1943 and June 20, 1843, caus other 850 on May 10,

the expenses of their allies, vernacular papers arriving in ing physical sufferings to Marcus DS! V. Morrison appeared far Mr. J.W. Fowell of "China Macao. Fublicity on such now! A, da Silva and George Van the police. Kwok was remanded] Weekly Review" whose

was originally late appeared in the Hong Kong dailies Bergen, which until next Monday on $10,000 father, like many Americans, Kung Shoung, Kwok Man, Wah, dixed for yesterday, was postponed was tortured by the Kempeital, Kiu and Sing Tao and were sold owing to the absence from the blames "General Douglas Mee in Mucno.

Colony of Major Lal, Prosecuting Arthur and his small cotòric Ideritical news was also publish. Omper. composed mainly of mediocre old, ed in the Portuguese dally," A¦ friends dating back to the Philip- Voz de Macau, of the 12th Inst.

In fairness to the censor staff 1

bail.

FALSE PRETENCES

CHARGE

SHOT IN BACK

A travelling trader, Chu Wing-pine Army post-war days." ylu, and a dentist, Hui Kwan-chi, Any country ruled by miti: would add that since the Portu- 80 Kwok-kui was shot in the were remanded for one week by tariam may lead to ruin, Japan guese daily had given publicity of back when he resisted three rob- Mr. d'Almade at Central yester and Germany of yesterday and a piece of news they were not so bere, one of whom was armed day when charged with obtaining China of today have been the stupid as to climinate it from the with a revolver, when they on $3,000 by false pretences from best examples. Is that, the rea- vernacalar papers. If the locul fered his house at No. 177 Les Lau Min at 27 Haven Street, Arst son that MacArthur is so soft Chinese papers did not publish the Yuen Village, Castle Peak Road, floor, between May 30 and June with the enemy of his nation and news, it was their own doing as at 1.30 a.m. on June 10, So 4. Both were released in ball of his 'people?"

I understand that no restrictions was subsequently admitted to $1,000 each. Mr. H.K. Won will What concerns

Another Inmate was us Hongkong. were made by the censor since it hospital. appear for the prosecution, while Ites most now is the report that was an official statement from the struck with the revolver" "butt, but not seriously. Two rattan Mr. H. Loschy and Mr. Alfred Y. | Japan' under the American oc. Lisbon Goverment. Hon will represent the defendants. cupation forces is about, to open

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