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"Tam began to cry but I told her it was no use crying. I had no money to give her as I had She scold- lost over $500 in pills and opium. ́ed me' and then left," said Pun Tai So, on opium divan keepor, in evidence against In- spector Potor Oliver Guild, Tam So, fomalo, and Chan Pui-sam, P.C.C. 99, charged with demanding money with menaces before Mr. Hin-shing Lo at Central Magistracy.

Vice-

Wedding

place A quiet wedding took yesterday afternoon in the Lady Chapel of St. John's Cathedral | when Miss Nathalie Desiree Boyd became the bride of Denis George McAvoy. 'The Rev. George She officiated.

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"no matter how magnificent's Covert. of

·Manners And Murië Ishould thereford have read:

gir,-As a member of the ment-sponsored corporation audience at the presentation of teachers, with d Government-cen- Music For Everyone, by the sored constitution, may bẻ 1.9. Hong Kong Light Orchestra, It simply cannot do anything for feel I must protest

economic well-being.” ** 7 พ

AH NAI CHAI

The concert held in the "West"} Lounge the MOA, was timed to commence at 9 p.m. It actually started minutes late through no fault of the Orches- tra. From the start of the cona cert and until 9.25 people op- tered in to take their places. Not content with thowing their dis- regard of the feelings of our

newly formed orchestra, they went as far to interrupt Mies. Turnville's first solo by holally scraping their chairs as they ant down.

our

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Historical Accuracy

Dear Sir-With due respect to Mr. H. G. W. Woodhead as 1 well-informed commentator Chinese affairs, may I offer in the interests of historical accurn- ey attle correction on his Chi- | ne's Contitutional Problems (Sunday Herat, April 2537

In this article Mr. Woodland sold:

The Government came under severe criticism for the alleged ineptitude of Rs military

rom-

By 9.30 the hall was filed and no more people trooped in lateinanders, one of whom General hut were the audience finished Ol deur nof

Whilst "Gold & Silver" by F. Lehoh was being played various people could be heard falking 'the orchestra. When stra played "September” orchest F. Godin one member of the audience tbok it upon himself to whistle an accompaniment, and "Fint" at that.

the

Surely music con be appre- ciated without imagining one has fo"act as though it were another "packtail Fonts.""

It is for these reasons that many famous artists give certain places, Hong Kong included mise.

Will Yehudi Menuhin be treat-

following Mr. that the Inspector did not want of Mrs, Violet E. Boyd and step; ed the same; if so, he has a per-

co

wine.

Konk

Yesterday's heuring com-amount. On the night of Jan.

Miss Boyd is the only daughter menced with Mr. J. M. Hall16 Tam, who was in a hurry, said (for Tam So)

the wine but wanted' the money. Strellett who had asked per-Witness 10 Tom that he could Le Roy Boyd of Jacksonville, fect right to say to

daughter of the late Coli Richard mission to withdraw from the

the world money as he Florida. She is well known in of music lovers that Hong Kong cuse because he could be of no tot give her any

could

not even afford. to buy. Hong Kong having resided here is a place devoid of an apprecia- use to his client as the case

prior

tu internment and returned tion of music, and that all artists was for committal. Permission She then abused him, using,as American Vice-Consul la of music should give it a miss. wus grunted. Chan is not foul language and left the flat April, 1946.

Come now surely Hong legally represented. Inspector On Jan. 20 he was in the Mei Miss Boyd was given away by can give a better display of inan- W. N. Darkin is in charge of Tik Tea House when someone Consul General George D. Hopper ners towards all concerts held in prosecution of the case. brought a message to him that and was attended by her brides- the future. It's always the small

wanted at his flat. He First witness to be called was he wis ti Nui, of 23 Wing Shing went to the flat and found Tomuld, Miss Helen Lyons of the points that are remembered by

American Consulate General, artists, "How did

To listen Guild together with about Shanghai, who wore e two plece my playing?" Applause means polleemen (in uniform). dress of shot pink and blue taffeta nothing it дл undercurrent of

the with floral accessories. Mr. could Numbers 440 remember

gossip can be heard, whilst two of O'Heu of Shell Oll Company acted of musle is being played 'and 90' os

a plece the constables.

The orchestra and Solosits de- P.C.C.

spoke to him and he

serve all the praise and applause witness) asked him to help him.

they received at the concert, but They all went into the street out-

they did not deserve the display side and discussed the matter.

of bad manners on the part of the audience.

Co- vent Garden would never tolerate the manners displayed and why should Hong Kong?***

MICHAEL WHEELER.

keeper.

and 'Street, an opium divan

seven She said that on the nighi of Jan. Brst and second

accused He came to her that. Her customers were frightened when they saw the Inspector and run away. Tam So spoke to Guild and then told the customers that they need not run away as the Inspector only wished

n the collect money from keeper.

Tam then asked her for $100 and said that if she did not pay the money the Inspector would smash up the place. The money was given to Tam who put it into Gulld's pocket

"Monthly Payment"

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B.

as bust mah, The mother of the bride wore a full gathered gown of invender lace.

Graceful Ensambla

The bride looked charming in a Tom spoke to Guild in English and then Tam asked him for $500, wedding dresa of Peking brocade

Sir Thomas Beecham and that there was $350 for cut on Empire lines. Draped from soring

for the the floral coronet to train with the inspector and $150

Because he had no Spanish effect, she wore the 300 constables.

veil in money, witness went to the Mel year oid Limerick lace

House to look for a which so many members of her Tik Ten

family had been both christened and married. Matching brocade gauntlets and Limerick lace with

friend.

The party went back up to the divan and there he was told that

11000 heroin pills, three taels of raw opium, a packet of opium -dress-and-two-tops-from- optuži pipes were missing. He assumed that the police must have taken

Victorian bouquet completed the graceful ensemble.

American

In the evening the Club was the brilliant scene of a cocktail-dance of which 280 people

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The case was adjourned until They received sident rehabilitation work could

be

Soine-time later Tamcome.

Sir-It may be of interest to. again, this time alone and sald

the Public to know that the for the

in Wanchai" was closed on the Shelter at the Viglet Poel Centre that she wanted money Inspector. Chan told the court them.

wished the bride and groom all

28th. "March. Owing to our not that she thought the affair was Tam asked him again for the happiness. The Philippine orches to be a monthly payment. The

money but he told her that if tra conducted by Mr. Sof Failer being able to find suitable ac first time the money was paid, they would return the goods he played since Miss Boyd Had been commodation carlier, we were

¡undbla their Vice Consul in 1948. her foki, Chan Kwok, was pre-

to open until the 1st. pay her. Tam began to The bride departed wearing a would

February, and It sent but there was no one present wer

weep put was told it was useless The bride' der

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only through the kind offices of the on the second occasion.

to ery as he could not given herree piece suit of blue and black Medical Department, Mr. J. Corroborative evidence

was money until the goods were re- Liberty's tweed with blue snake-McDoumil and Mit Lf that

accessories. turned.

THE given by her fokl

After quarrelling with

couple wlinesa Tam left and he did not leave for America at the end of we were able to use the Violet Peel Centre until such time as see her again.

the week aboard a

Liner. hundreds of beauti ful gifts and wishes from mem Due no doubt to the fact that

started April 20.

Fbers of the Colony, the staffs of

the American Consulate General the coldest part of this winter und Shell-Olt-Company-His-Ex-Was over when we started, and cellency and Lady Grantham, also to the fact that this street Adiniral Sir Denis Boyd: anti: Lady pavements in Wanchal are wide Boyd, General and Mrs, Erskine, and comfortable, the

numbers Admiral and Mrs Oliver and many that registered wit prominent Chinese families.small. The average number was 42 each night: The total re- gistrations for February were 1,010, and for March 1,375, mak ing a total of 2,385 of this tothi 27% were

males,

44% females and 20% children under

Pun Tal. So, oplum divan keeper, said that on Jan. 11 Tam So (who he knew as Fal For Sp) asked him for $100 to give the 'Chief Inspector' oni general patrol duty. He was told that all opium divan keepers had to pay. He naked Tam to get the amount ré- duced as business was bad. Second, accused told him to buy the Inspector 30me wine then maybe he would reduce the

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Cherig Chien (Chlef of Staff) who was in command of the

forces responsible for the Non- king outrage In April, 1927, was bitterly denounced for falling to provide the local population with arms, and for disbanding the local militias. Delegates from Manchuria went so far as to de- mand his summary execution."

Very definitely Mr. Woodhead- confused the name Cheng Chien, Commander of the Sixth Any Nan- Corp's responsible for the king episode in 1927 and until, yesterday one of the three mie- cessful candidates for Vice-Pre- sidency for China, with the name Chen Cheng, until recently Chief-of-Staff to the Ministry of National Defense and contur- rently Commander-in-Chief at the Kuomintang forces in Man- churia.

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