THE CHÍNA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1947.
POLICE METHODS Out Of The Ashes
AT IDENTITY PARADE QUERIED
Allegations of irregularities during an identifica- tion parade were made yesterday by Wan Ko- chlu, Iu Wah, Wan Nam alias Chau Man, Yu Lam, Tsoi Yuen-shun and Ip Chau, before Mr. Justice T. J. Gould (Puisne Judge), al the Criminal Sessions on two counts of armed robbery at Jardine's Hill on Oct. 12.
ed
and with
gulti singer ring.
The accused alleged that hy The ebbero malen germpled to were placed on parade buretesider away fou Wong Podder a
Har dishevelled while th.se on parade with them were shoes
and bad their baby well combed. Accund also al leged that the st. rpreter inter- fored with watnesas B.
The accusatiozis were refutra by the prosecution witasse well as by Chief Inspector C McCaley, who was in charge, el
Inspector Metal g The paradt,
testified regarding the procedre adopted and sand that oil who took part were dressed mute ahe that there were no out: codin features いず elsaract el ties whic distinguished the mucuses) from The Dors.
The eng for the prosecutin was conducted by Mr. H. B Sainsbury, Crown Counsel, assk ed by Del. Insp, McPhers.
No Evidence
Lau Wai-th, when was origina!
ly charged together with the
The Best Herawat was arresten | in Wanetat inter in the day an ve found in pussension of Table kulf He subsequently took the Police £, different ad dresser, when the other geeneri
More Ineuter and mieste.
II:aring will be resused kutlay
Sabotage Theory Sinking
THE HAGUE, DEC. 299. TEN BODIES OP
ab ve aretsed, Wan y stria BMRS OF THE CHEW OF discharges by My, Lastike Gnub | THE NORWEGIAN ALTETT after Mr. Sabustury, Crow. İSKOGILAUG WHICH SANK Coumari, birl
AFTER AN EXPLOʻJON. ON Crown were evidence.
CHRISTMAS DAY WERE WASHED ASHFORE ON THE DUTCH COAST TONIGHT.
intima e tret th
off rang
On the first erint, the acclimate | were alleged to hav, held up an: rubbed Ka Wai bung f wrist watele and $30, Ku War-man of a) wrist watch, flo Yuet-king of an wrist watch and Ho Yi U ha of gold finger ring. It was also al leged that the accusd whe arm- ed with knives.
Some nonutes later, W no Wing, who was plenicking on the hildside Itarve Tà Find will l sister, Wong Podła, Kwok Ki fong and Lyn children, was p proached by six or seven men, armed with knives,
"Stabbed"
Tatentieriem of the lady was going on and the body of the woman wrched those you.
erday was below of the wit of the engineer.
to be that ship's chief
The only survivor of the 245 men on band; 24 ar-old Rant) Rokker f Trondheim.
washed up in a lifeboat with ni dead componen near Camper-j
L
Here is a tragle scene by a Chine Maf photographer. The Bollywood Road fire on Xmas night cremated 20 bedles.
Photo shew scaffoldings erected to support weakened structure of the M-fated tenement houses whose roofs were entirely larned down.
A Free Frenchman
Goes On Ahead
down 12 l ure after ship snuk. One of Hong Kong's most popular French resi-
An irav motipation
Wing Wing was robbed of a wrist watch, two Parker penes | cause of the disaster has been
310 and a gold den ring. When he offered resistir, he was al leged to have been starbed (wie by fist avettsvi The wound- were not serious, but Wong Win WAS
admitted tristinonl
hospital fo:
mam
started by the Butch authories. It was thought that the ship might have striuk a mine but sidetage, while con- sidered improbable, was un!
elmed.--Router.
EXPORT GOODS PILING
UP IN
BRITAIN
London, Dec. 29.
Huge stocks of manufactured goods are piling up in Britain's factory yards. Every crate is labelled "For Export Only." Yet they are not being exported. The manufacturers cannot sell them.
Ster the British Government The whole n after in to be brought up In Parliament, and
fixed its
exports targets-sim
of which, manufacturers claim., Sir Stafford will be asked to were out of touch with reality state which targets will be re- -most markets have completely duced, when they will be an changed.
whether nounced,
trades the Almost every country except wire consulted before the presen Amurica, South Africa and Swit targets were fed and whether zerland has introduced import they will he e sulted in future' restrictions which have hit our A representative of a ların or manufacturers hard.
port firm told
me: "The whole And the countries with no world is eating down Imports Import restrictions-the hard especially the countries inside currency areas to which Britain the Empire. Britain must ne is looking for dollars-are beeim-gotiate with foreign Ministers of ! ing "choosy",
Commerce and find out what ex netly can now be exported.
Already Governmen!
targets.
depart-
dents Mr. J. B. E. R. Egal, who organised the Free French Movement in Shanghai after France capitulated to Germany in 1940, died at the French Convent Hosnital yesterday morning. He had undergone an operation on a kidney.
M. Egal was 52 years old. He When Japan occupied Hong] haves a widow♦in France and ↑ Kong, he was interned and war tivo sutta, one in Hong Kong, te mprisoned of Shamabaigo until mourn his logs,
the end of the war.
Mass for the deceased wint
The funeral will take place n! hể Catholic Cemetery, Happy Valley, at 5.30 p.m.
After the Javanese surrender,
be said at St. Joseph's Church | M. Egal ritirnej do his home at 8.30 a.m. today.
1 France, thence to Britain.
Shortly after his return to dhe Eant he transferred his usiness from Shanghal to Hong Kong Sirtly after his arrival here. he was awarded the Legion et flour by the French Government for his ser. jees in organising the Free French Movement in the East.
M. Ega! fought in World War 1. He was responsible for organising the War Veteran Assertation in Shanghai where he also served for a period a: Hemaster of the French Mencipal School,
When France surrendered, te Germany in 1910, he immediate
ܕ:
Director
of
supported General de Gaulle JUROR FORGOT TO und organised the Free Frenel
ATTEND COURT Movement in the Chinese city.
lle Was detained by the
Mr. J. E. Ros, French and seat to Indo-Chin: Alex Rose & Co., (China} for trial.
th, who had been Through the intervention of » Third Power, he was retensed and came to long Kong,
BURMA STANDS ON EVE OF FULL FREEDOM
Rangoon, Dec. 29.
The Constitution which will govern more than 14,500,000 citizens of free Burma will go into effect at 5 a.m. Burma time on Jan. 4---Burm- ese Independence Day. This was officially amounced sembly will meet immédiately Delay.
after the Burmese flag replaces This and of pagodag, jewels the Union Jack over Govern and rice - terraces will, receive | ment House at daybrenk. Th
ell independence from the Bri- Assembly will be dissolved a ish, who are withdrawlng_all | 5.30 a.m., then meet five hour heir military forces save a fewater ns the legally constilate dicers who will rumuin to com- Parliament of a free Burma. lete, turning military tasks sver to the regular Burmese
*rmy.
Debate
Tedny'a announcement said At Its Brat session Parli the Burmese Constitue Ans- ment will debate the term
renty under which the Bri tish gain the right to main'n' military training misstona i Curma.
Theatre Manager Gets Off
OF
The treaty also provides for the transfer of 37 smalt na veria to Burma and the can. Blog of £15,000,000 in Bur
debta to Britain. Ti Burmese agreed to negotiate trade pact with Britain.
Axanelated Press.
NEW CANAL?
Managua, Dec. 29.
A group of Canaliternt A«.
Saw Shwe Thaik, provisionn SHANGHAI, DEC. 29. President of the Burmere, R A THEATRICAL MANAGER mublic, will read the formal pr MR. CHANG CHUN-PAN. Felamation to the Assembly m WAS ACQUITTED AT THF in the Constitution operativ DISTRICT COURT YESTER- DAY MORNING "HARGES OF FAILING TO "ARE PROPER STEPS TO REVENT THE SUICIDE OF Ins COMMON LAW WIFE, SHIAO TAN-KWEI, WHO, RIOR TO HER DEATH, WAS INE OF THE MOST POPU sembly deputies agreed last LAR SHAO SHING OPERA | night to introduce a bill, t
STARS.
fer the United States Govern Following pronouncement of ment Nicaraguan support for be indyment, the judge stated any proi;et to construct a canal hal. in accordance with the across this country. law, Chan was not guilty of
he charges.
The Procurator hate contend- that Chang had known he. forehand thal his wife waa oing to take her own life and had failed to stop ber.
The trial arousal considerable Interest among teen) Chinear opera İnyers who fought for ad- mission into cruet during the previous hearings and caused neh a commotion that the sex-
ons had to be postponed.
!cuter.
FORGOTTEN MEN APPEAL
Rangen, Dec. 28.
A delegat.un u1 the for. gotten" Iluyally of Burina callea st night on M. Thakin Nu, the Burmese Premier, to ask for n.
crust in their pensions.
It was understood that
th
Premier premizid sympatheti consideration of their petition. The end of the Royal House o Thibaw is the 70-yr-old Priar
[of Pyinmana, a nephew < Klu
Thibaw, last of the rulers Manduty, who died in exile in India, Reuter
OLD CHINA. HAND KILLED
pear as jutor at the Suprente oure at to any sterday, ba, wh failed to answer to his name when
Fort Worth, Texas, Doc. 20. it was called in the Secol Court, Injuries received in a traffic Volunteer
was fine $30 by Mfr. Justice T. J.nccident on Christmas Eve prover When Japan attacked Hong Gould (Peixoe Judge)
| fatal to Major Charles A, Cashin, When Mr. Ross appeared befor43, who had spent a number of KE, M. Egal join the Hon Mr. Jadire Gould, after being con Kong Volunteer Defence Corpsetes by the Bead Bailiff, be ex
vtars in the Orient, and was granted a commission plained that he had the ex
forgotten to as Captain.
mints have begun to revise their that raw materials must only
"The Government attitude is
to Arms contributing 1 being report drive. But It 14 their
Cripps
ponsibility to find the marke! for us. H.A.Marquand. Bri What is the good of makin-
Special targets are Vised by Sir Stafford himself.
And Mr.
will try t
fore>
market open
the footwear We canu1 Own Correspon
tain's No 1 traveling salesmon more than double
the overseas produced in 1938 with п visit to sell it?"-Quầ
dent.
South America,
Wonderful! Wonderful!! WONDERFUL!!
EONA FERBER'S
GARY INGRID SARATOGA COOPER BERGMAN TRUNK
"With FLORA ROBSON -
attend.
Tientsin Seamen Go On Protest Strike
Tientsin. Dec, 29.
Shipping in Tlentain was tied up for the third day today by a strike of seamen and pilots staged in protest of the action of Youth Army soldiers who machine-gunned China Mer- chants vessel after a junk carrying soldiers was turned over by the ship's wake.
Eleven ships were led up by loused them with cold
Cashon was Public Information Offleer of the Eighth Ale Force and veteran of 37 bombing mils- kins over Japan. He formerly wes employed by the China Pris in Shanghai, He was editor of the Bangkok Daily Mail in Shum at obe une.-Associated Press.
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the Seamen's Union which de-as a taste of what the soldiers 12.15 p.m.-Studio Religious Talk manded that tho soldiers be thentselves had experienced. punished, claiming they "etus-
The scamps demanded 'com-1230 pm-alty Programme Bemmary. bornly" refused to change the sensation for the crew member 12.32 p.m.Jack Bimpson (Xylophone) junk's course after the ship. wounded' and a guarantee for 8. Chao Jen, blow an alarm blast. 4
WARNERS'
OPENS NEW YEAR'S DAY ·
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PATIENTS
HAVE ANY
OR "THE
DON'T THINK SO
ESCAPED PROM. HERA
LATELY
WHY
The mayor
the dispute.
is mediating in
The Union sald, after opening
fire with rifles
future safety-United Press.
LAND AUCTION
Crown land
comprising abon and machine-50,000 square feet situated at: Sun guns, the soldiers hauled
the Wong Toi Rond, Ma Tau Kok. ship's captain and officers into Khwloon, was sold by public auction. the barracks, atripped them and at the Fublic Works Office yesterday. After extensive bidding by three individuals from the unset price of $125,000, the lot was finally krineked lown to Mr. J. M. Noronha fu: -$200,000.
Silly idea!
SOMEONE...
RUN OKE WITH MY WIFE!
|_ Mr. J. M. Noronha was represent- Ứng the Credit Foncier who' are the agents for A. S. Watson Co., Ltd.
Te is the intention to build on, the purchased site a mineral factory with Facilities for the housing of the staff.
The: aqnual (rental $1,836 Conditions of sale are that the purchaser will have to erect on the fite within 24 calendar monthe, from the day of
of sale and to
to expetid thereon
of "not, les that, $700.000...in.
Fateable Improvements and, will have to
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Announcements,
1.10 p.m.--Ocekestqui. Interlude.
2.18 pum.-Erlo Content The Thres Men
Bulte. Jght Symphony Orchestra, 1.80 p.m.-From the Show "Rerum", 2,00 p.m.-Clono Down
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4.00 0.00ātudio: Anniversary Kalf
Hour presented by Monita Jacks, 4.30 p.m. Variety.
0.50 p.m.-Studio: "Hae Tor'" on Epark 7.00 p.m.-London
Relays World - and
Home Nows. 7.10 p.m.-Studio! But Faller at the
J'ana 7.85 p.m.--Stadler Gitage and Bareen Favourites presented by Allean
Wooda.
8.05 p.m/Mosart: Concerto No. à in O
Minjor. Yehudi Menubin (Villa) and Symphony Orchweten. 8,80 p...P.Ö. · Transcription: Serviest
"The Loudon Itadio Orchestra”,
2.00 p.m/London Relay: Nows. ......
9.10 .m-Weather Iteport.
0.11 p.m.-Studios. A. Flip-"The Ugly
Duckling by A.A. Mline. "A Hons
Kong Blage Club Production, Tro-
duced by....Philip. Hurn,
9.45 v.m-3,1.0. Transription Service:
...‚''Berenade,to the Bars".
to malpisto the buildings, crected in 0.00 Muris of Isla
10.15 DDCabaniland Davve Music junoniables, repair, and sendiga | Fans (Raporda
LUCA
The bill would grant the U.S. The sight to use any terrilary considered to be of strategic importance, Sponsors of th bill said that the legislation want being drafted in support of the polley of President Roman-- Associated Press.
Port of Cpain, Dec. 29. Sabotage was believed res ponsible for a large oil well ire at Pint Fortin, on the of Trinidad quthwest coast
hich was still burning today fter starting on Christmas Night-Reuter,
HOURS OF BUSINESS
DURING
NEW YEAR'S DAY, IST JANUARY, 1948,
www
BUTCHERY DEPARTMENT
All Branches-9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Note:-Windsor House sales from Annex only
DAIRY DEPARTMENT
Lower Albert Road, Kowloon & East Point Branches
Windsor House (Annex only)
Peak Branch
ICE DEPARTMENT
Lower Albert Road, Kowloon Branches and Pottinger Street Depot
Peak Branch
7.30 a.m. to 12 noon
7.30 atm. to 12 noon
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
8.30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
9 a.m. to ii a.m.
Bulk deliveries of Ice from East Point Works as usual on New Year's Day.
The Dairy Farm, Ice & Cold Storage Co., Ltd.
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