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BUSINESSMAN JAILED

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1948.

ACQUITTED Readers' Letters

FOR DRUNKEN ATTACK OF CAMERA DECENT BURIAL

Cotton Workers' Protest

The strikern resented what they enlied long hours of work,

assigned to troch

their work.

Attempts by labour mediatori yeter

renel

Found guilty of wounding Chan Yin-mei a woman-

fellow tenant on March 11, Mak Kong-wu, 66, Broker, was sentenced to three and a half years' imprisonmont by Mr. Justico E. H: Williams-

day,

The

and

Had 2-Inch

Mortar

"were

THEFT

Inspector

GIVEN JAPS?

buty, with the haugsmas "wire"

UNION WARY

„Eung Mán_tsun of the China_Sit: When I was_in_school_jgive unto us in the proper sen- What salth Confielus II. (Chief Justice) at the Supreme Court yostor-Optical Co., No. 80 Queen's youpa and years ago I was taught son,

Road, Central, was acquitted by to always respect the dead, even he didn't, somebody else did)? Mr. Blair-Kerr at Kowloon biggest rogues and murderers in who wait."

the deceased was ong of the "All good things come to those „Truth la etornal; | Mudistency ↑ vestéjuny On ~ fole lifetime. The lesson was and this is it. Ours is a benc This is a sad case and

charge of receiving ‘an allegedly fenrrled so far as to defy hat cent Government. Tenlly: for Labour trouble started at

everyone will have, the utmost

stolen movie camera, valued at when seeing a funeral procession. hadn't t siipped. a nico fat the nonth-old

Nanyang sympathy for this unfortunate

$5,000, brought against him by ivas, therefore, somewhat fai-are of ten grands oach to a Cotton Mill at Mataukok on woman, said Mr Sheldon in

Chuk Ching-yang, manager of shocked to read in your issue of peanut-vendor's widow and a hi-

Are the Nam Yuet, Studio, No. 3 even date' that the body of Lt.jacker's mater? Wednesday, when over 100 his closing anidress to the jury.

we no! Hysson Rond

Kowaida Suauma had been Cantonese workers, male and

re-botter cherished by our paternal Little sympathy, perhaps, will

Str. alareus da Silva represent-covered by the Pollee floating off Government than hawkers, and female, ceased work as a pro-be tek by you for the prisoner

flie the defendant, while Mr. island of Tweed Bay. Refer smugglers, O ye of little faith? In test against treatment and except that it In a melancholy

For possessing “a_dangerous Alfred Hon," on behalf of Mr. euce to my flest revented that L& having our Teseliers Association (reflection "or the end-of-40-yours

Susuma-was-one-of-the thraumen transformed into... working hours.

Trade Union in this Colony. Weapon in the hands of finorant fin-shine Lo, appeared firetor sentenced by the former No. 5 we shall have little to gain.

Det. this person," a 50-year-old unemploy-complainant. uf business life For lie determination of

War Crimes Court for ill-treating at all, and too much to lose. So a 42-year-old rubbish Askew was for the polier. by yourselves, tuppilyed and

advice to "Union- teniment "by their Shanghai con tiny malters are not disputed and Picker were each spálenced to

The camera was ordered to be POW's at the Satrioka Camp and my sincere

Hs branches at Yoboku hal Mat-Conscious' and other reckless re- three years hard labour and belwee

To Funk Kay-loun, there is no diferent

commended for deportationn

by returned

Guyana in Formosa,

enough Ita" support him faliké prevention and the defence. Fut Mr. Blair-Kerr at Bowls Mug deferian's father, the owner of

He was, necnrding to your re-PUNCH's to those about, to') the camera, Intracy yesterday was ussuilled by example it ahol kputed that

the-produ_ Į part, „hanged on April 7-und his marry-Don't.. the complainant

Lau Hung und Li Sna

ting

camera was stolen loop still, 0 1 his ntek.. found 1 the prisoner telthes-la-it-disputed Lan that during the assault this wochure with possessing i 2-inch from Chak on his "arrival here days later, flouting in the waters Job's Teachors

with mortar shell,

which Det.

from Shanghai by the s.s. Hang of Hong Kong. Tho.

question Sub-Insp. Sykes told the court

Sir,Your correspondent Ah Nai; Yang in February, 1940.

naturally arises in one's chat would like to seg at Chant which "an armed robbery.could be comThe camera was traced by mind,

did the body get School Teachers, as patient as Job. how mitted."

the complaint to the Oriental there? Surely, Sir, prisoners exe. Studio, which was operating Riculed at Stanley were, like those He tells us to shout louder and o hire from the China Cptical of every civilized country, buried longer, Will that not further re within the precincts of the gaol? duce our age apan? Several mem- Company

"540 Brigade" hava The defedee

cinimed

bebers of the that it. Could it be, Mr. Editor, that be

Praised their they had thought to be a hund

voices. Cui bono? bought by defenitant's cause Susuma WHA a Formosan, Would any reporter new dare first lefendant. "More Speculation"

grenade to the

the during

Japanese and a war prisoner. his body wan He had picked it up, near the okl

He did not suspect thrown to the fishes? And, if so, approuch that Government spokes. was' that the mode of burla man again? Counsel asked the jury to con-lee station at Tsun Wan while occupation.

early in Jan-it was stolen property,

"We do have someone on whose nupted by the.. "competent Some time in April. Lau ..............

we can weep, the der two questions, that of drink. picking rubbish

authorities" in respect of all the shoulders naked he whether. eness, and the existence of the

he knew THE

Labour Officer. But there again, ruzur which the woman and anybody who would want to buy

executed war criminais? husband but alleged Mak hand****

The British pride themselves on we belong only to a cultural body

that, in the true Christian Ca hand grenade,

spirit, used in the attack. He suggesturi

being chiyatrous, Is Sicrilege anat Lau, who

also charged

not what teachers caf that os for

Ahir Li

offshoot of such chivalry? I hold cares razor was 'con" with breach of deportation order.

If only cerned, the sviderice of the woman was sentenced to six weeks, the and her husband was vindictive in that respect. No instrument of terms to run concurrently, steady that description was found by the bul quiet yesterelas. The rate Police, and the suggestion by the cpened at $330,121, and closed at Crown that the razor hat been $336.31 tuoi. Fighest and disposer! qf was more speculation. Jowest rates all the day Verc ME

Lansdale said was no

strikers to return_dwork fuel

The mangement

of the mill When

interviewed; *sakt

mishi wa terribly injured more to a mis- trouble was Understanding heart anything else. wounded by him." The dissatisfied Workers were probably not amenable to training which they misst receive hpfore becoming efficient operatives, and

Healty

with their Janguage

might have

Shanghal rolleaupages nggravated matters.

"We bellove the

troulle will soon be settled grad the strikers will voluntarily return to work," said the management who added that nearly 104 Cantonese workers were still at work

Money Market

The old market was

.50.

"The real difference between the prosecution and the defence offence doce the Lo what

this than le guilty of?"

The shell had been exposed to elements and was unservice.

evidence lead you to believe); admitted that he gave what

the

opened at $11.271⁄2 and excuse for a person who had com- andtied on offence to ᎬᏁᎩ . that he

Editor Summoned

Luther

Prison Escapee

Mr.

ather

The urler for Susuma or any war nor how they clothe..

Our Association

were

who would object

this the reason that the

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criminals (although leraer properly registered Serving # term of

But four help recalling what John Hersey months' imprisonment for

are many reported Dr. Terufumi Sasaki l simple larceny, Leung Siu, 21, the Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital to be called members of a Trades

Is F. X. as having said in`

Unlun, the appeared before

regard to d'Almada al-Central yesterday use of the atomic bomb. I think Association has not contacted the charged with escaping from they ought to try the men, who Labour Office? Or has the Pre- decided to use the atomic bomb sident of the H.K.T.A. missed all legal custody, "

According to Inspector Flem-and they should hang them all the letters in your columns?

that if common

THE 540------- close at $11.30 a 100. The open-was drunk unless he could prove

ing, who prosecuted, defendant, but I do think ing quotation wie, the lowest rate he was hit such a condition as t Before Mr. F. X. d'Almada at wille on a work gang outside the murderers could be given a burial of me sort bodies of war crimin. in.Sentral yesterday Lam Of Ming. prison compound, escaped.

Students' Execution of the day. The highest

was bemble of forming any

not be thrown into Officers foundals should tention: He submitted that the Manager, and Sam Chung Fu Two European $11.321. There were no transac

Chief Editor of the Sing Tao Po.defendant, ilons in the afternoon,

quarter of a mile the evkjencé út, the prosecution show-

Regrets that owing to essential mechanical-alterations—to Clunese

I am confident, Sir, that hund Currentyed that opened at 7.45 cents for futures the arcused knew what and Yong Pang-look, a Chinese oway in long grass.

hadreds of your readers are. like Defendit said that he br was

the time of his doctor, were summoned for hav- doing ut

April 25, has been confirmed its Unit, no Drycleaning will be accepted, at Agencies or ing published on echts

awalling Nov. 16 last been informed by a visitor that myself, mxiously spot (for asuult on the woman. There was

officially (China Mall, April 28). CN$10,000) and closed at 7.6 not the sightest doubt, he declar-year matter of an indecent na- his mother had died. it was for explanation from the responsible cents and 7.8 realk" respectively. ed, that some sort of sharp intre, Yong is additionally charged this reason that he attempted to authorities, and an assurance that is one of the most barbarous Works until further notice. Work on hand will however be

with having counselled and pro- esrope.

is not chockful of Generalissimo has Tweed Bay

acts reported at a time when the .Ticals WATO unchanged artstrument fad been used and he cured the Sing Tao Po to publish Mr. d'Almnda sentenced him to dead bodies. Will Goverment

been elected completed, $25.60 N 12,

suggested that it was disposed of

o further term of two years In order a dredging of the locality the President under a Constitu- by the accused or by some inter-,

Mr. P. J. Griffith informed his addition to his present sentence for the recovery

д Bill of of any bodies tion that guarantees lafat party

Worship that Mr Les Pálmada e of four months

which thight not have floated to Rights chun is not Included In Castro, K.C. will be appearing

the top?. for the defence and requested u date to be fixed.

Math 7.1

Nation

NEI Guilders dropped from —$44,60—3—100 in the morning

$43.20 the afternoon,

U.S. Totnes "wyre "quoted-nt"} $5.61 in the morning and $5.62 in the afternoon,

the matter.

Allowance Made

Passing sentence, his Lordship The case was remanded for '; Sterling again rase to $13.35, naid: "The plea you put forward one week at which time a date- but 'Australian pounds were un-in this case is n pica which is will be fixed.

changed it $1255.

not

uncommon in such offences, that is that you were drunk and

Jupatuse—war criminals did not-know-what-you-were-do-Learner Driver. hanged al

Stanley Prison were ing. I un satisfied that you had buried at sea on behalf of the this intention to cutise this serious Fined Milliary Authorities, the "China Injury to this woman, but make Mall" learned officially yesterday.allowance for the fact that you

Ordinary prisoners, after being had been drunk. hanged, ne buried in special sec-

tion of the prison grounds, sei aside for the purpose.

Reminders

p.m.

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Dangerous Driving

"I cannot in this case justify La finding of guilty of dangerous driving under Sec. 4 of Ordin

ance 17 of 1947, but I consider the defendant did drive with-

Charged with driving a car out due care and caution. If his without due- onre-und-attention-lights had been properly.on.. hê. Still, the responsibility Lee Che-fan, a learner driver, would undoubtedly have been

Way jlicenced driver by his side in

The

rond

Did Not Report Accident

AN.

EURASIAN.

Sir, The execution of four kids from Hongkong at 6humchun as irst reported In Sunday. Herald.

the War Area and even if Mar- All Japanese war oriminals tlal Law is declared, there is hanged at Stanley Prison wore deinitely no reason whatsoever burled at so on behalf of the to warrant such summary exc Military Authorities.

cution. The nationality of these.

al- four boys is moreover not together ascertained.

Ordinary prisoners, after be Ing hanged, are buried in the "social" rečtion-of-the-prison{ grounds pet aside for the pur-

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I suggest that relations and friends of the executed youths formally appeal to the Generalla- simo and the Ministry of Justice. Scarlet And Blue

secured any approval from Sir-In reply to the query of such superiors should also be youre and it is your duty, It was fined $200 by Mr.' Lailmer j able to avold hitting this boy." Interested', the latest (1946) Bri-, prosecuted. Instigation and com- | you find you wern at times apt Kowloon Magistracy yester

Mr, W. H. Latimer stated this tonice-states inter-alia-

"The Life Guards wear scarlet punishable under China's Fenal mission” are both criminally, to become insensible, to give day Lee

driving with yesterday when Tong Man-kum, tunles, with blue collars and cuffs

Code. 30 of

Portland Street, up drinking.

No. 238,

and the Royal Horse Guards blue Had you been a younger man Castle Peak Road last Tuesday Arst floor, appeared at Kowls tunics with scarlet collars and

charged with dangerous | 2 afternoon when ho tried to Magistracy

cuffs. Both wear steel culrasses the sentence would have passed overtake a lorry,

driving resulting in the death of cur un you, would be in the region of

Ife pulled over and knocked a 10-year-old boy on the night of on state occasions and on guardi five, to six years, but taking into down a pedestrian.

12 at Cheungshawan Rond, duhe headdress is a steel kel-ple Simon asked for an explana March account that you are an old man

represented by Mr. A.S.C. was 10 feet vide Comber, met

with

drooping horsehair tien as to why action was taken and have been in business here and there was no rensori

of sweepstake due plume (white for Life Guards. against, hawkers Central British School, presenta for a considerable period and that the defendant to hit the pedes charge of driving without

against influen. tion of prizes by the Gover-you have no record, the sentence trinn, Insp. Roberts stated. care and caution as laid by the red for Horse Guards). In full tickets and not

ial purveyors of these tickets I pass on you is three and a hulf nor, 11 am,

Lee pleaded that he did not Magistrate. He was fined $400 dress white buckskin pantaloons bour".

Like permitting gambling in the and long knce-boots are worn." and had his licence endorsed. see the pedestrian." + Maryknoll School, annual prize-years' hard labour.

race course and suppression; of a V. KENDRICK. "Butter" by Calling-the-complaiannt before giving and anal play fr

by soma

-poor coolies. hini, Mr. "Justice Williams sald

the-explanation - might be found. What Saith Confucius Shanghai Pahang Rubber Estates, that, the Court, and he was sore

in what Anacharsis, a Scythian Et Sungei Durl-Rubber altcmbers of

and others

Sir-What is this talk of philosopher who lived in 400. Union-Conscious"- ubout

B.C.. meet present, were extremely sorry for

to Solon, wrote.

Written Estate, Lid, minuat

having ingskom 1,606, Marina what had happened to her, but

consulted the Labour laws are like spiders' webs, and HOURC 11.30 am, and 12 unfortunately there was nothing

Omeer, with the view to having will like them only entanglo more they could do.

our Teachers Association convert- and hold the poor, and weak, ed into a Trade Union? Has his while the rich and powerful wi | thinking-apparatus been EO

easily break through them." A hit and run driver, who "wasted a fair amount of

wrought upon by adversity that Don't be so simple, Simplo

Didn't the announce It has become temporarily or per. Simon police time and effort" and who would have got

manently wrecked?... Ours is a ment in Tuesday's "China. Mall” away lightly had he reported the "simple ac-

noble profession, man Aub explain everything clearly, Gov lime calling; and he would have ernment bad six stális to let st Sino-British Club Filth, Concert,A 58-year-old European master

cident," was fined $575 by Mr. Blair-Kerr at

degraded to the plebeian plane 1240 per annum. Four of them St. Stephen's Girls' School,

Kowloon Magistracy yesterday.

of a trade Where is his pride have been taken up (and, ap- mariner"-was brought up before

The defendant WRE Yip Chung, 34-year-old licenced

turn-of being maker of 'the futureparently paid f

for

Tha. Ucencecs. 0.10 p.m.

into Prince

Edward great ones of the earth, both in MUST be protected against un- Stage Club presents "Things that Mr Latimer at Kowloon Magis

that Go Bump in the Night", racy yesterday, charged with driver of No, 669, Reclamation ing

Street, was charged with driving Road when he collided with the and outside of the Civil Service? license competitors, even if it yagtancy. Missions to Scomen Theatro,

can a "union" ever meant that the latter, and mem-. William John MacPhedran, of, without due care and attention, cyclist. He stopped for about three And what

The offor us that we should cost away bera of their familles, have to 8.30 p.m.

Scotland, the 'court was told, re-failing to report an neeldent and minutes but drove away.

Guaranteed pure grepe ported to the, polled at 1 a.m. failing to stop after an accident. cyclist suffered slight, Injuries to the heritage of dignity and pre-starve.

enthis. yesterday that he had no means Defendant, who was not repro- Fight. thigh.

stige that is ours not only to en would recommend Simple

brandy matured in wood It was only on diror of Judg- joy, but also to preserve and be Simon to consult Orst-class of living and declared himself a sented legally, pleaded guilty to

What

for 10' right have we optician as something appears to the first two counts, but pleaded ment, Sub-Insp. Howarth asserted. queath?

-years-

beforg vagrant,

He had a master's ticket for a not guilty to the last one, saying Had defendant reported the mat- any more than Esau to barter be wrong with his eyesight, The bottling..

a birthright for some Police are not permitted: to" III- Chinese vessel on the Shanghal-that he stopped and when heter immediately it would not have

minor bean so serious, as it was only a ephemeral physical relief? Tsingtao run, but due to the fact found out that it was a

treat anybody, whether · Juveniles And what has a "union" to for adults, simple accident.

and your

Correspon- that the Chinese Goverment matter, drove away. does not engage foreign officers, Sub-Inspector Howarth fold the It was entirely the defendant's give us that we cannot, in dus dent's allegations are completely Much course, obtain from Government? unfounded. What the detectives he came to Hong Kong or April Court that at about 10 am, lost fault, SI Howarth added. 21 to seck, employment After Wednesday a bicyclist in Lal Chi time and effort was wasted, be What would we have? Salaries did was: Just inviting the un- were more in keeping with 'the H.C.L? licensed hawkers rownpaper fruitless efforts, he went to see Kok Road was knocked down by catino all Kowloon posta

motor cycle No. 370 driven by alerted. The defendant was ar- Indiscriminative treatment and ven

vendors, and shoeshine boys, to the polite yesterday.

came from the rested four and a half hours after equal opportunities? Mr. Lather committed him to defendant, whe the House at Belention.

opposite direction,

the accident,

moon.

-Kowloon-Rotary Club Luncheon,

Talk on

Peninsula Hotel, 12.30 p.m.

"Hospital Services of Hong Kong by Dr. Fl. Teeung, Toe H Club, Talbot

House, 50, Macdonnell Road, 8.30 p.m.

Central British School Prize-

giving Day at school,

Closing Dance, European YMCA

0 p.m.

Coming Events TOMORROW

Stago Club prosents Things that

Go Bump in the Night"

final performance), at Mis elong-to-Scamon Theatre, 8.30 p.m.

'SUNDAY Classical Concert, Toe H Club, Talbot House, 50, Macdonnell ---Road, 8.30. p.m.....................

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AGAIN:

·BUT THE BABIES "WHAT'S

TO BECOME OF THEM?

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away

xb with them to the Police and much more, will Government Station, and, in the comparativo.

comforts of the Charge Noom, to weep out their sorrows on the broad, shoulders of the guarellóns of the Law.

BY ALEX RAYMOND GIVE THEM AWAY..I DON'T [CARE?" THIS INSTITUTION'S

CLOSING ITS ... WHAT'S THAT E

SOUNDS LIKE A MOTORCYCLE}}

If Simple Simon doubts my word, he is at liberty to ask any Folice officer or even the Acting Commissioner of Police bout the General "Order"

months ago, and... excerpts from which were published in your journal, which stated in no un- certain - terms that members of the Police force are fiot permit ted to usa force towards the pub- ile, and no more fores than is necessary to effect the arrest of

criminal (not a petty. offendar).. I wonder, Sir, if any of · qur law, and bye-lawn, «imakers -have ever read "Ouida's Wisdom, Wit and Pathos?). If they told they would understand the full signi Acance of your leadereito in the. | "Sunday" Herald" namely, that

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