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Forthcoming Attractions

in aid of

THE CHINA MAIL, FATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1947.

B.E.M. Winner Faced With

The Boys' & Girls' Clubs Association Perjury Charge

-TO-DAY

2ND ANNUAL FETE

at the

Murray Barracks Parade Ground

By kind perraission of the O,C., Royal Inniskilling Fusters)

50 various Side-shows and All the Fun of the Fair

To be opened at 2 P.M. by Mr. Aw Boon Haw 0.B.E.

Music supplied by THE ROYAL MARINES BAND (Hy kind permission of the C in C, British Pacific Fleet) Entrances open at 1.30 P.M. to 10.00 P.M.

TO-MORROW

SOFTBALL MATCH

Al Caroline Hill Football Ground

First Match 10.00 A.M,

ADMISSION $1.

TUESDAY, 9TH DECEMBER, 1947

Grand Evening of

BOXING

at the

China Fleet Club

(Full Details Later)

THE HONG KONG JOĆKEŸ CLUB

NOTICE TO MEMBERS

TWELFTH EXTRA RACE MEETING.

(The last Meeting of the 1947 Racing Season) SATURDAY, 6TH DECEMBER, 1947.

The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and the first roo will be run at 2.00 pm.

Turdugh numbers (7 races-614) may be obtained at the Office of the Treasurers. 1st Floor, Exchange Ballding also iickets for the Special Cash Sweep on the last race as well as thome for the “Hong Kong. Derby" to be run at the Annual Race Meeting in January 1948. The latter may also be pur- chased at the Club Branch Office. No. 382 Nathan Koad, Kowloon,

MEMBERS' BADGE · AND ENCLOSURE : :་ Members are reminded that they and their indies MUST wear their badges PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED throughout the Meeting.

NO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE:

Badges admitting non-meṛuber, to the fiembers' Enclosure -and. Club Rooms at $10 including (RX aro -obtainable Through the' Secretary on the written or personal introdastian of a member, such member to be responsible for:all chits etc, Badges admitting to Members' Enclosure will NOT be an sale at the LA

“COURSESSA pane

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The Treasurers Compradafe Office with close at 11 ans and the Secretary's Office at 11.45 pm. Both Offices. at 1st Floor, Exchange Building/) difer

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A limited number of lifting will be obtainable at the Club House, provided they are ordered in advance from the

No. 1 Boy (Tel. 27818),

**TA.

NO CHILDREN WILL BE - ADMÍTFED TO THE CLOB'S PREMISES DURING THE MEETINⱭ,

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.

The price of admission to the Pubile: Enclosure; is 53-in- cluding tax for all persons including ladles, and is payable at the Gate,

Bookmakers, Tic Two men, ele, will not be permitted to operate within the precincts of The Hong Kong Jockey Clab during the Race Meeting. KORA BORA dan Agend

Refreshments will be obtainable in the Restaurant in the Public Enclosure.

SELYANTS' PASSES

Passes for Servants will be listed to Private Box holders ONLY on application to the Secretary, 1st Floor, Exchange Building.

Any persons found Woltering whir Bérvants' passes in their possession will forfeit the same and will be removed from the enclosure.

BY ORDER

8. ASLEAP,

Actg. - Secretary.

SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL

71st "Al Fresco'

Fete

Under the distinguished Patronage

mhof, azid H.E. Sir Alexander Grantham, KCMG.. at

St. Mary's School-Chatham Rd, Kowloon

To be opened officially,

by

Lay Lady Grantham

on Sunday, 7th December, út 11.00 AM.

Lotteries, and Raffles.""

Lucky Dip Beer. Qualf, Dart Thywidge Fishing Pond, Shooting Gallery & etc.

Betty's Kitchen & Bar. Iced Acrated Waters”

Supplied by A.-S. Waison & Co. Lu.

Andy Hildago, and His Orchestre

Will Be in almidande

Lucky, Admission Ticketä: $ ZE

Chung Tak-kwong, B.E.M., önce highly-commend- ed by Sir Cecil Harcourt and Sir Mark Young 'for services rendered to the British Govern- ment, appeared at the Central Magistracy yesterday before Mr. F. X. d'Almaḍa, on charges of giving false information and per- jury.

Miners Riot In Sicily

Hearing was adjourned to a futuro date.

Inspector H. N. Muren, assisted by Det. Inspector P. J. Waldron, prosecuted, while Mr. Marcus da Silva represented defendant,

Chung, la evidence, said that on August 5 at 11.46 am, he was queuing up to buy stamps in the General Port Omée.

He took out a ward or notes ($27) and replaced $22 into his packet.

Th

He then felt someone touching ROME, DEC. 4.

pocket, and,he, swerved sud- STRIKING ASPHALT MIN-denly round to grasp the "culprit:" ERS ATTEMPTED TO DES- Lani Llp employee of the TROY STOCKS of COAL JCJE, the alleged "culprit," evad. SHIPPED - INTO SICILY od his grasp, defendant continued, FROM THE UNITED STATES and ran towards the Star Ferry BUT WERE DRIVEN BACK whore he was caught by a Chinese BY POLICE GUNFIRE, THE INTERIOR MINISTRY SAID TODAY.

Cat

nt

man.

Met European

de-ploser, Mr. Shaftain. Senior

SALARIES COMMISSION REPORT DELAYED

The Salaries Commission Report is not scheduled to be released today for publication, the "China Mail""" was offl- elally iforinad yesterday.

Throughout the week, the vernacular Press has been specu lating on the release of the Koport.

Yesterday, several Chinese newspaper, carried an Identi. cal report that the Salaries Commission Report would be re- leased today.

It will be recalled that the Governpr. Sir Alexander Grantham, two months ago assured the Hong Kong, Chintac Civil Servants Association, that an announcement would be made before the end of the year on salaries ant allowance.

The Association had petitioned for an incress2 in salaries,

ACID THROWING CASE:

Löve

"Unrequited

Caused Him Much Suffering"

Japs Were Short Of Swordsmen For Kavieng Crime

Because his unit contained no skilled swordsmen and because rifle fire would attract attention, Lt. Commander Mori Kyoji decided to strangle 23 Australian internees, under his care and dump their cement-weighted bodles into deep waters off the coast of Kavieng, New Ireland.

The third of alx defendant

·former, · Imperial Japanese Navy megibers on trial before the ̈NG

Australian War Crimes Court in Kowloon City, Mori sald his unit was responsible for guarding the Internoen.

Kavlong then was under, heavy

Malayan G-G. Will Arrive

Ailled air and sen bombardment On Wednesday

and in the face of imminent Allled Invasion, he repeatedly asked his superiors to get the internees out of his hands as he was abort of men to safeguard them.

Final Request

Most of his men had been sent to defense positions, he added.

order did not specify the defendant said.

.Considering the case to be proceeded to detall his mon to kill urgent, however, ho immediately the Australians,

His final request was made on the morning of March 17, 1944. Several hours later, defendant who was ropresentor by Mr. Konishike fad. (with Lt. A. R. Unrequited love, "which caused him much mental Carter sitting na Advisory Officer), Bringing Lam to the GPQ, they

sald ho received from his senior

met

suffering," was the reason given by Lau Hot staff officer, Commander Yoshine a European, later identified The strikers

(34), bar-boy, employed at the Imperial Ball-Shozo, second defendant, the first as an employee of the JCJL, who Kugusa. city of 50,000 in the southern asked Chung how he knew Lam

room, Nathan Road, Kowloon, when he was defendant Rear Admiral Tamura's part of the island, contended was trying to pickpocket hini.

After a talk in the 101L office. charged at the Yaumati Police Station on Nov order to execule the internees that the importation of Ameri-they went to see Chung's ent- 13 with maliciously throwing sulphuric acid

coni prejudicect the

upon Wu Kam at 145 Temple Street on Sept. 3. date, place or method of execution. mands af Sicilian labour. The Superintendent of Special Branch.

Eh was arrested after a The eyelids were swollen and Ministry said there were no At the last hearing, Mrs. Edna casualties during the disorders Groves, wife of Inspector Apolice hunt extending over to red.

Mr. Szeto Fook testified to which began yesterday.

Greves, gave evidence, anying that Macan.

The alleged incident was taking statements from accused Chung assaulting Lam "Meanwhile, a new series of the PAW disorders broke out in various and pushing him down the steps of related to Mr. W.H. Latimer in reply to the two charges."

by Det. Sub-Inspector. J.M. parts of the nation which has the GPO

Forrest, and withcasos, when ben plagued for the past

committal proceedings were mouth by strikes susci de- monstrations as extreme Left-

taken against Jau yesterday on the charges of malicious throw- Ista exerted pressure on the

ing of corrosive acid and of middle-of-the-road Cabinet of

Lau Premier Aleide de Gasperi -

eriminal intimidation of

Associated Press,

Kwai-chun on Sept. 6.,

Wit Kam. "an odd job waitress," first met defendant "We would go to the pictures in April this year and became an walks every day friendly with him in. May, said DSI Forrest.

Docks Out Of Action

Mr. Silva: Mrs. Groves Bug gested that you pushed Lam down The steps.

Mr. Chung: That is not trus. f I could push him I might a* well catch him.

Chang said that he did not see any ladies in the Ladies Counter, which he estimated to be about 15 feet away from the scene. Special Agent

Mr.

13"

testified Shin flain

that Chang worked with him since 1940.

"Defendant was his special aggut during the first three years of the

and Japanese occupation, LIVERPOOL, DEC. 4.

responsible for taking confidential NUMBER OF LIVER-matters out of the colony inte A POOL DOCKS WERE Free China.

recommendation, On witness's PARALYSED TODAY FOL- LOWING A FRACTURE IN defendant was given the B.E.M.

"I have no reason to doubt his THE PIPELINE SUPPLYING PRESSURE FOR OPERAT honesty," Mr. Shattain said.

Mr. Silvo told the Court that ING THE LOCKGATES. IN

commended by Sle Chung was. THE SANDON DOCK AREA: Cecil Harcourt "in appreciation Among the large vessels held for the countless acts of courage,

and up were the Cunari liner Media, self-sacrifice

devotion alleged due to have loft for New York duty," and by Sir Dark Young carly this afternoon, and the in recognition of gallant service curgo vessel Clan Cumming, ipbringing food, money and other necessities to prisoners of war and laden with exports.

It is unlikely that the Media Interneca in Hong Kong during

the Japanese occupation." will sail before tomorrow morn-| ing even if the pipe is repaired! by that time.--Reuter.

SAIGON QUARANTINE BAN LIFTED

the

It i unnounced that quarantine restrictions imposed against arrivals from Saigon on account of Cholera have been removed.

SPUDS ONLY FOR THE SERVICES

BRAWL OUTSIDE THEATRE

to

A quarrel, over a pitch outside the Good World Theatre in Shamshuipo

To the count of acid throwing, pecused said: "She has used up all my money. She has not treated me fairly.

"At first she was a private prostitute. She used to come to the ballroom three or four imes a day and suggest that I marry her..

Killing by sword, hanging and rifle fire was discarded in favour of strangulation.

Mr. Malcolm Machanald, Governor-Generul of Malaya. will pay an informal visit to Hong Kong on Wednesday, Dec. 10.

Mr. MacDonald, who will .arrive on, the afternoon of Dec. 19, in Itoyot Air Force aircraft will be met at Kai Tak by the Alde-de- Camp to the Governor (Sir Alexander Grantham),

He will then cross the Har- bour to Queen's Pier, where he will, be received by the the Governor and heads of Services.

After inspecting_a Com bined Services Guard of Honour, he will proceed to Government House where he will stay during his visit,

Reminders

Today

One of his subordinater had! Grand Fete (in aid of Boys & suggested that re fire would Girls Clubs Association). Murray attract the attention of natives

nearby and thus expose the secret. Barges Ready have barges ready at the execution Arrangements were made to

Д nearby uninhabited Acene, island, and the internres, including some elderly men, were strangled have by jujitsu "and dumped into the

During the cross oxamination of

After six months I apent a lot of money on her.sca. She has caused me much mental suffering. I did not know that the bottle contained corrosive neid."

Accused

Personalia

second defendant on Thursday, the Chief Japanes Interpreter col lapsed in court and did not appear yesterday.

It was also learned that first defendant Admiral Tamura suffering from T.8.

is

Parade Ground.

Happy Children's Home Third Anniversary, Baptist Church, Crino Bond, 2.10 p.m. Fing Day in aid of School for the

Deaf Building Fund.

Coming Events

:

TOMORROW Vocal Recital by Hein Jul-farig,

Chinese YMCA, 8. p.m. St. Vincent de Paul Bazaar, St.

Mary's. School, Chatham Rd.... Kowloon,

Softbull Match (in aid of Boys & Girls Clubs Association), Caroline Hi, 10.30 am. DECEMBER 8

His His condition, however, is nor Second International Salon ut

Find

..

Pictorial Photography, Open

ing by the Governor, St. John's Cathedral Hall.

DECEMBER 0*******

Annual Meeting. St. Hall, 5.30

p.m.

Ten days before the alleged attack, accused asked the con plainant to live with him. She refused as he was only earning a small income.

was committed to About 8 p.n. on Sept. 3. Watrial at the next Sessions. Kam visited some friends at 145 Temple Strect. Accused alvo turned up asked her to go to

would be cross. the pictures and then to a room which he land booked in a hotel.

by Pros:cutor Officer Peninsula Hotel arrivals:-Mrs. Major A, D. Mackay, Aratrallan "Burning Sensation" V. Bogic, Mrs. L. A. Hutchison, Div. SCAP, GHQ (Tokyo), on HKSPC

John's Cathedral Mrs. D. G. Puddle, Mrs. L. Crank, Monday morning at 9.80, when it When the woman refused,Mr. and Mrs. H. W. G. McLaren, is also expected fourth defendant, fendant took a bottle out of his E. Benson, A. D. Garson, M. to the witness stand.

the prosecution,

Boxing, de V. J. Maripdio. Mr. and Mrs. G. Lt. Mochizuk! Hichitaro, will go Inter-Services

Fleet Club 8 p.m.. pocket and poured it over the and Mrs. J. P. Ipakalan, T. W. complainant, who immediately Chandler and T. H. McConnell. "felt a burning sensation in

Peninsula Hotel departures:- various parts of her body."

N. Carlson, Mr. and Mrs. Earl A. Defendant then left, saying Stoup, D. Keswick, F. T. Douglas. that he would take his own L. F. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. D. life.

Mobre, T. E. Smith, Miss M. At Nathan Road the same Owen. F. J. Edwards and Miss evening, defendant met a M. Lardelli woman, Lau Kwat-chun, who and handed her $70 to give to

Leeson, Messrs. R. J. Lotze, J. A. Three days later, the woman Shiel, Lo Man-chin. Tan Seng, J. at received a letter from, H. Straight, P. A. G. Carvalho, was alleged, the defendant in Small. Hau Non-tang, A. D. Ben which he asked her to hand the nett, Miss Tan Pek-tjin, Mrs. G.

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The following arrived from

at about half past eight last night Also lived at 146 Temple Street singapore and Bangkok yesterday:

hawker, and La Ling, ugar cane

10 blows, hawker, coming

One of the men is alleged to have tucked the other with a knife and to have caused head injuries.

A Chinese defective, who arrived on the scene is reported to

have taken one man into custody.

ART DISPLAY -

d relative.

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China

ARREST OF CHINESE NURSES HAS SEQUEL

--An-assurance that steps have been taken to prevent re....... currence of the ineldent in which thres Cirinese nurses werO wrongly arrested as streel-walkers outside, the Hong Kong. Notal at 8.30 on Sunday, Nov 16 fontained in a letter dated Dec. 1, addressed by The Acting Commissioner of Police Mr. W. :in B. Sparrow, to Lady Chian Chak ofthe Hong Kong and the Macao Women's Movement Association.

"Please refer to your letter

various

other

dated 21st Nov. 1947, in which and representatives of School's Nurse's and Women's Associations informed me of the incident which occurred on the 10th Nov, when Misses Tam Mel, Tong Pelin and Shum Sul ching were arrested by Police in Peilder Street.

CHINA LIGHT AND POWER MEETING

thoney to his relative otherwise L Lawrence, Mrs. Small and Mrs. she would be treated in the Garnett Len. Hame way as Wo Kam.

Passengers by C.P.A planes in Inquiries were made by the cluded G. L. Scott (to Singapore), Police, and Det, Wang Chun- and J. De La Rama and W. E.

The 25th Ordinary Yearly mok traced the defendant to Otto (to Manila).

Meeting of Shareholders of The. An Exhibition of ell paintings Various addresses in Hong

China Light & Power Co., Ltd., will be held in the Company's by Mr. Na. Po Wan will be held Kong. Finally, it was learned

The under the auspices of the Hong that accused had gone over to

"I would like to make it clear forthcoming weddings

Hong Kong Office, 2nd floor, London, Dec. 4.

Kong

have been announced:

that when this matter was brought St. George's Working Artists' Guild, at Macdo........

Building, at 12 Speaking at a press conference St. Francis Hotel from Tuesday: Accused tonight. Sir Stafford Cripps Chan

1998 arrested in Peter Anthony Huddock, of to his notice. Mr. Macintosh. Com- cellor of the Exchequer, said that Dec. 9 to Saturday, Dec. 13. Macao on Oct. 10 at an address the Hong Kong and Shanghai missioner of Pulice, had enquiries noon on Wed. Dec. 17, to receive

There will be forty entries of export

potatoes-new

interviewed Dr. Woo and Misses report of Directors, to elect two rationed in Britain-is being re-ranging from figure, landscape at Fak Lo Sun Street and ex-Ranking Corportion, to Evelyn made in the case and personally 4-statement of Account and the and Tong on the 20th Nov. Directors, to appoint. Auditors and duced to the minimum.

plotion, of the necessary birds

pro- foute to Hong Kong

in x their remuneration, to from when they gave him the facts. Potatoes will only, be sent to and seescape to still e, Rower radiled to Hong Kong on com- Gladys Mason neo

"At this interview, the parties confirm the Interim Dividend England British forces overseas and

Mr. Ng graduated In the Philip ceerlings.

and to Dr. Pang of the Kowloon John Russell Filmen Bennett, expressed the wish that the matter of 35 cents per share Malta and Gibraltar. None will pine University of Fine Arts,

Hospital testified, to having Murray Barracks, to Henriette be left wholly in the hands of the sanction the recommendation of go to Gormamy,

Mani, P.I., 1927.

Anderson, found

Bishop's Commissioner of Police for such the Directors as to the payment Appealing to

complainant suffering Eltanor to farmers, allotment

detion

to him proper seemed 1.d holders: and.

The as. Mariña. Adder, origin from severe buina in the face, House, Shatin, gardeners to increase.

"In this connection, I would of a final dividend of $1 par thair planting next spring. Sially expected in Hong Kong tomor: both sidee of the cheeks and

refer you to a statement made by share in respect of fully paid Stafford stated that every 20,000 row (Sunday) morning has been heck, upper part of the chest

and a proportionate the Hon. J B. Griffin, Attorney shares Mr. Somoong Bunnag, the additional seres planted would delayed and she Is

Thurs and back, the inner aspects of Siamese Government's Trade Se in China Morning Post of the paid shares, less tax deducti- General, which appeared in the amount in respect of partly provide about

one additional expected to arrive untir week's supply of potatoes for day. December 11-

Commissioner, entertained the gist Nov.

I blo. homo consumption.-Reuter.

the

GAS ATTACK

فا

Chinese workman of the Hong. Kong & China Gas Co., Lid, who, was working on one of the Company A. underground mains in Hollywood Road near Ladder Street, at abous 10.30′ last night, was overcome by **caping gat fumer le

The win. Weis non revived through artificial, respirailon applied by a European employee, of the Company who was on the spot.

WHEN?

Tõll, haộ thất p: Walk_do, the reel.

On

not

now

both arms.

Shaw Plumps For Capital Punishment

London, Dec 5

Dean, en

Siamese community here to`s With regard to the last park. buffet-dinner yesterday at his graph of your letter, I would add private residence to celebrate that steps have been taken which the birthday of His Majesty it is hoped will provent the posal. the King of Siam,

bility at any recurrence of the Incident complained of...

Passergor by P-A.A. Clippers : Shaw, 91-year-old world famous drainFrancis W. Koldall, Gorye, Bernard

Willtari tist, today afrongly advocated the continuance of capitar pun- ishment in Britain-about" which controversy has grown in re- Pritchard and Comte du Riviu cent wheks because of the proposed new ortminsi legislation (for Shanghai), and Mrs. Es

ter H.N.Y. Mari Ama better to the Times.

lulu).

"The public right and power: "To simply ostracise liquidation of civilised states to kin, the, un-bg something that is not done' preßuble or incorrigibly, mis is got hamada when the alter: chidylous. In self-defence can native is long deterrent punish- hever be abrogated," declared.

REQUIEM MASS FOR LECLERG On the occasion of the Nailonal funeral for General. Philippe Leclerc (for Hono-de Hauteclaque, Liberator of Paris, Maw in bli míeihor? eti Monday, will he said by Reverend Father Missions

FOOD PARCELS. FUND

Mr. & Mr. Eldon Potter $50, Mr. George Lewbei 15, Mrs. T.L. Knight, "#100, Miss; 'Natalia Rox- delő,, 350, Mr., T. H. Wilson $80, |Antoft S10, Mr. Driscolf $1. Min- gee $60, Mrs. Keswick 910. Total donations received $21,001.75. WAR MEMORIAL FUND

Road; de after Party of the 4th Church, Garden St Joseph's

Hong Kong & Kowloon Pawn. Mr. Shawment involving the waste of man Battery, H.H.V.P.C will be held. His Excellency the Governor will

be represented.

A hop. Asociation $100, Mr. F, C.. and women, power by staffs of at the Peninsula Hotel, Kon

The offices of the French Consulaty Woo $100: Mr. and Mrs. A. A.. tormentors and the maintenance loon at 7.80 m, tomorrow in will open at 10.30 am, on Monday, Bremner #100-Total 33,128,305.86. "Wera, it abolished verbally it of prisons."

commemoration of the Ath would be restored by evaded by Mr. Shaw, added: What is Anniversary of the Mobilization

martial law in the next emer greatly needed an institution of the Battery,

to deal with people who und" Why not call the subject Judi- tutelage, discipline and support clat homicide or to avoid ples like soldiers, and "good" prison purpice of the Commanding kant associations, judicial liqui- pray are well behaved and use Officer of the 4th Battery, Maj. { Batión?'1⁄2:Heu; aškou Pig Roaldited their own resources, are present. Those wishing to,

ful citizens but when left to KIMA. Barnett More!

The Party will, bə, t

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