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VAN HEUTSZ PIRACY

ACCUSED SAYS

SAYS KNEW NOTHING BEFOREHAND

Correspondence

Paying Guests

Bir Much fuss has been made over the reduction In hotel and boarding house rater, but nothing hus been done. ehout rates for paying guests.

There are mary living in flats on houses at prewar rents and charging their so-called paying

A statement.mado by Ling Chouk-wah, the first of four accused charged in connection with the Van Houtsz piracy, in which he admitted having taken part in the piracy, wat road out at the Crimmal. Sessions yesterday.

n this statement, Ling claimed that he boarded the Van Heutsz at the request of a friend who had suggested that they go to Amoy to start business and that he knew of the intention to commit piracy only after the ship had cleared Hong Kong. Among the exhibits produced for the inspection of Sir Leslie Gibson (Chief Justice) and the Jury was a sum of HK$60.000 in HK$500 notes, as well as a quantity of jewellery worth tenants thousands of dollars, claimed to be part of the proceeds of the

gdesis high,utes for rooms which nre et is furnished rooms with food and which, in some cases, are Just box coms,

servant quarters and ary eld space with a bed odd bits ni furlture and let at anything from $400 to $500 n

month, and because they are let with food the principal

inio

are not under the control of the Tennney Tribuani, What about piracy. the Quartering Authority looking inio thrac? This latest rucket is making the Landived and Tenant Ordinance

fare R principal tenants are quite sote if they give their subtenants

bit of toast and they are

und

feu for breakfast and then "Paying Guests," and thus the racketeers are immune from any Ordlanner. Let us hope the next amendment to the Landlord and Tenant Ordinance will In-

clude a clause "ubletting in any form-with or without foot or furatur-to

com under

control of the Ordinance."

"NOT A LANDLORD”

"Dictatorship"

we like it or not and as

UNIQUE

On trial together with Ling Cheuk-woh are Keung King-chung allas Luis Pal, Ling Chan-kai alias Waig Cheung and Chun Chung- man alles Chan Chik, They are law of nations on board the Dutch charged with piracy against the motor vessel Van Heutsz while the ship was on the high seas off the China Coast on December 14. 1947.

THE - CHINA · MAIL, THURSDAY, AUGUST· 12, 1948,

Cemetery Squatters. Settlement

Legielation to convert the alte "of the · Końnedy Town Cemetery intɔ' an approved RQUETTAIN": Nettlement wàd, ind troduced In! Laálálativa ¦ɑóun í cit yesterday..

The Bill to give affect to - this step."

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· Health (Cantiaflen) -Amand- ment Ordinance 1948, was Introduced by the Acting At- I called for

torney General -lhöre

the

exhométier,

hotlow, of the braid and t、 maina In the dummetery.

The meades was prompted by the threat to pubilo health by the presènce 6f aquattere

In partially demolished. pra.

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mises or pots in the

The matled Was sesanded By the Coloatat Secretary, Mr. D. M. MacDougall, and carried unanfmovaly.

Personalia

Muncaster Castle Has Tough Trip

Nów undergoing funnet alterations In Kowldan (Dooks to improve här balfer combustion, the 8:067-ton Muncaster Gastle has successfully OVäŕčomé & Bärlds of setbacks in recent wasks. Since she left: New York in Jung to start the post

Wär round-the-world service of the Costle Line, the steamer, has undergone what the company described as "the teething troubles of a new ship settling down,” en route to Hong Kong.

The cargo re-,"

Two days before reaching achievements with regard to cargo Manila a refrigerator, failed healing, "cargocaire" and accom and a quantity of fish and notation will also be incorpora- olier foodstund had to be ted in the plans. Jettisoned

The firit phone of the post-war frigeration was not affected, programme called for the revival A number of the vessel'e Aziz of the round-the-world orvico, Me crow desped in New Yehead eight vessels will eventually where they had been taken from provide, bi-gignthly mallings. Singapore to await her departure of the Muncaster Castle The Muncaster Castle has also a converted C-s, Augment will be the Greystoke Castle, ail-British officer staff, 20 in numing the Castle Line feet are two ber, kita 67 Aalatic crew. master is Mr. A. Lacoy, who saw and specially designed ships ard ddditional American-built Ca war service in the North African now under construction in British

This hour after leaving bipyards,

At the Supreme Court, he entered the Panama Canal,

Mr. A. Lonsdale, Acting Solici-Miss Joan Owen Gage was tor General, aerted by Mr. L.married to Mr. Vsevolod Olofin

Whant, Assistant Superinten sky, Hotel Manager, Repulse Bay dent of Police, is conducting the Hotel, at the Supreme Court caso for the prosecution.

Marriage

Heglsify yesterday in Mr. Charles

Instructed the

the presence of Mr. D. E. by Mr. C.AS, Russ, is represent-mareh and Mr. V.N. ing all four accused..

Detective Inspector A. A. Shaw, said that on April 22, he went Chan was married to Mr. Johm Registry yesterday, Miss Annle with a raiding party to 376 Queen's Edwin Hildegard. Friberg of li Rond West, 2nd floor. He enquir. Tung Cheong Building, Tax Hing A unique drug which seeks outed of the occupants in the front Street, Kowloon, in the presetice

DRUG TESTED AT STANLEY

on her maiden voyagonina trouble developed, and the ship hat foreturn to port. Further ad- fustments had to be made before

and again at Sási Francisco,

Ambitious Programme Built af Tacoma, Washington 1944, the furoaster Castle's trip touched off an ambitions pro

me of the Castle Line,

be high-speed combination freight The latter will pit throughout with cargocaire and and passenger ships, equipped refrigerated space.

DIED IN PRISON

the-and biocdstream parasites portion of the premises if HOSPITAL

it suits the manager's purpone.

Meanwhile in this supposedly British Colony wo ser rich Chine ese occupying single rooms and suites while

we are told that none are available.

I need scarcely add that everye

the

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Afries,

of a

The forthcoming wedding Miss Chang.Sau. to. Mr. Edward! Bentley, Master Mariner, 0. Ain Keen Terrace,' Temple Road, Causeway Bay, has · been th= nounced.

able modern tonnage and construé- ́tion" of'new' vessels of must mó- dern design. Latest töcknica

NEW BEACH GUARDS QUALIFY

At the inquest info the death of Lau Fal, aged 44, Held at Centrál yesterday a verdict of death by natural (causes was rétúrned.

The dead mad was à prisotìérő) Stanley Prison, serving a tört (of six weeks' hard labour -för keeping an opium divan. He was sumitted to Stanley Prison on July 9 and did on July 21 m the Felson Hospital.

"Medical evidence showed that the dead man was in opiùm ad- dict and had acile, tuberculosis, end had died from these causes.

Mr. F.X. d'Almada 'eat na coroner. adventure

A verdict of death by mis-

was returned at the quest into the death of Kwong Nem, aged 20, a wontan worker Mary Hospital.

died on Jure 18 at: Queen'

complete the full examination.

The woman was riding on a the distance fest later to naval truck which was Carrying -planks of wood As the truck Among thone present at the went round a bead in the North examination were Mr. Mok KonArm of the Royal Naval Dock- ang Mr. and Mrs: Everest, Rey yard a plank slipped and knock- Fr. Shak, Mrs. Bower, Mr. Both the woman to the ground well, Mw. 3. Leong and dr. and fractoring her skull. She died the Mrs. T. 8, Shak.

next day at Queen Mary Houpitni,

The clent successful lifeguards qualined for the Bronze Medalli of the Society. Fear others, who

with almost absolute selectivity knew a person auranmed Ling: U. Cheong. has been developed by the Those occupants pointed to a hod Lederle Laboratories Division of in the corridor. He went to the the American Cyanamid

Com-bed, where he raw first accused, Sir, I would like to congratu-

pany here at its huge pharmaceu- When asked his name, Art ac Inte Col. Brazier-Creagh on hincal research centre. The drug, aged replied "Ah efforts on behalf of us Hotel Re: [stream, has been tested on hit-

frue detective of the blood- Amount Of Baggage oldents.

Antt I would like to

Ultimately first accused, with a suggests and animals and found to considerable amount of buggage that he and his Committee do

non-toxic, their best to resince come hotel pounds known as piperazines and

Zound benenti: his bel, was inken Is one of a family of com- to the Police Station. Particulars Managers powers et Dictatorship contains no toxle metals or éle-Chan Wing.

Mis Ma Pok-phia, Messrs. G.N. were taken down by Pellce Officer Dadlani, Moses Wel, M. Pooma- in dealing with us

Apart from the miserable dig. monts such

wala, and Chang Wui-nndy-Were i as characterise other comfort of sharing a few cuble anti-parasitle drays. Lederle re- then told Chinese Detective In- yesterday

Inspector Shaw old that among the arrivals by CPA | Eight Chinese qualified ds feet with two other women, many

from Stugapore and lifeguards in an examination search workers rereened more specter Hul Hung-cheung, of us are

who Bangkok ordered suddenly to

000

organie, non-metallic was present, to explain to Ling

held at Lalchikok Amusement pack up und inove to another compounds before they decided Cheuk-wall he had been arrested, "Concentration Comp"--whether the

that diethylcarbamazine was the This was done and before the

Park last evening. Among the passengers who.. Thad her been instructed as often afest and most effective.

The usual caution had been drug can be used with

given, arrived in Hong Kong from by Mr. W. Rothwell. equal accused began to speak. Inspector Manila by CPA yesterday Were Bowers, local representative und

The ot safety on humans and

suninar way Inspector... Vock" animals.

Shaw said that he was stopped Hilmer J. Kund, Norman Chan, chief examiner of the Royal Life Diethylcarbamazine Is speciile for Alariasis.

eelile and Chinese Detective Lul Lak L. Tong, Chan Koc, Virginia Wons Baving Bociety. a tropical disease

and Antonio Chan. affecting some we hundred mile instructed to give the caution. lion people in such countries as

After the caution had been given, first accused made a state- Mr. Lee Chal-fa, manager of China, India, Central trying ceaselessly to get out--but The Virgin Islands, Cuba, Puerto Defective Inspector Hui to read V. Soeng, Governor of Kwang statement, it was handed over to been appointed adviser to Dr. T. cannot and accommodation else-tico, Brazil and North

fortn Africa, back to him. where.

Ling Cheuk-wah tung, on reconst betion projects. The disease is

prevalent in Yours truly,

continental United States.

the statement was agreed that

A native of Chekiang Province, HOTEL RESIDENT.

In the tropical countries Alaria- and signed it by making Mr. Lee has been living in Hong

a cross. sis does its worst, often leading

Kong for the last 15 years. He is Indian Appeal

Inspector Shaw said that from a friend of Adiniral Bir Andrew to elephantiasis, a painful disease his own knowledge of the Punti Chan Chak, and during and be Str,-Through the ever hospit-

which is marked by great swell-dialect, he was able to say that fore the Japanese 6ftack on Hong able columns of your esteemed extremities.

Ing of the arms, legs, and other what Detectivo Inspector Hui raad Kong in December 1941, helped paper. I would like to draw the

back was substantially what the the Admiral in keeping undesir learned attention of the President Organisation of the United Na-

Reports by the World Healthman had previously sald. of the Indian Community here, tons demonstrate that filarinals is

able elements in check. To Commit Piracy regarding celebrations of In- dian

Ilan Independence Day.

endemic throughout the whole sald that he had, on December 11,

In this statement, first accused Departures from the Peninsula Is it not Just a day to capitulate what has

Shantung Peninsula south, being to go on board the Van Heitsz for J. Bona, Mrs. C Onstrotí, Mes. B.

China from been asked by one Wong Chun Hotel on Tuesday included bir happened in Indla in the wake of her Inst severe in Cheklang

Pro- the purpose of going to Amoy to Messrs. R. Sotraklan, E.C. He

Saldanh, dependence?

Misc M. Anderson, The avalanche of

start business. After Rreatest

cainstrophe descended Tests at Stapley prisen indi- had cicared Hong Kong, he was wan, B. Smith, upon millions of propio in India. cated that 3% of the population approached by Wong Chun and W.H. Brock, G.A. Barrows, 'anti®]

ship

C. Jellison They are fond-les, clothes-less, with filariasis, while a majority Chun explained that he had not of Hong Kong ay be affected asked to commit piracy, Wong and roof-less. Many a woman is widowed and

muny a child or of the population may suffer in- mentioned the matter while in phaned. Fanities and familles are for which HETRAZAN is effec- that he, first accused, might tell or festation of other types of worms Hong Kong because he was afraid up-rooted and n-arooned. are unwelcome strangers in their They very land.

Extensive clinical testing has Hence the graveness of the been performed for the past year situation demantir not Dinners or

in Mexico, Caribean Area, North Timas but sobriety

China, of mind. Africa, India and "Diwali celebrations of our In dependence should be

postponed

I know at fals hotel has been Malaya, Tahiti. British Guianement. When he had inished his the Ritz Amusement Garden, hap partly quailled yéstéfday, whi

re-

coastal plain of

vince.

live.

the treatment of Intestinal worms The drug is more promising to some right fullie niement. We with the advantages of extremely in the products so far used, should rather meet in prayer at low toxicity, lack of accompany a sacred place and have soming starvation and purgation, a sort of token celebration on this single day's therapy and cost day. The President should ap- point a committee for this ocen..

within the means of

(ccm

sion to pool large subscriptions poorest eltizeris.

for amongst India "Taipans" and this amount, when remitted to India, will symbolize the right spirit, shown to their countrymen In distress and in mourning, by the Indian Community overseas.

M. NARAINDAS.

"Refugee Fund"

1

Maritimo Board

Sir The letter that appearei!

in the correspondence column of your esteemed

newspaper

on

August 5, under the caption of "Might be a boomerang" calls for some criticism.

others,

Ho

·

W.Y.-Wong

-

Miss H.K. Black, Miss Eva Fel- Peninsula Hotel on Tuesday were Among the arrivals at the

Fire accused further wald, chee, J.S. Matufano, J. Cabailaro, ham, Messrs, CHWoo, P. Bari- his stalement, that he agreed to B.L. Anderson, and K.S. Yu. assist in the piracy and was given an automatic plitol by Wong Chun.

received $250 from Wong Chun Mr. JAH. Warno, són "of 'Mr:

which he did, after the pirates had landed and L.H. Warno was told to return to Hong Kong. Docks, arrived Hong Kong of the Kowloon

for the prosecution was given by

Evidence in support of the case from Australia.

yesterday by the ss. Chimgin

He

During the war, "Mr. "Wiener

a number of other witnesses, after son was a pilot in the Royal China's which hearing was adjourned un-Australian Air Force.

til 10 am today.

CAUGHT ON

ON WAY TO ROBBERY

On their way to commit an armed robbery ot Cheungshawan on the night of July 20, Wong Nam, aged 22, and Wong Yip, 26 years old, walked into a police ambush, in ' charge of Detective Sub-Inspector J. R. Sykes. every

one is aware, the Searched by the detectives, their way to commit an armed proposed setting-up of the Mari-Wong Nam was found to have robbery at Cheungshawon. Seconti time Board aims at the elimina a revolver, loaded with five defendant told the police that 'he tion of the oppressive and tortionate crew contractor system away in his girdle. On the The men brought the police to ex rounds of ammunition, tucked was asked by the first man to in Hong Kong, For more than person of Wong Yip was found Castle Peak Road at Cheungshu

help in the robbery. years we seamen have a common fish knife, and' a

Aa

twenty and are still suffering piece of cloth of the Alzo sun wan where they pointed out the

under this brutal form of exploitaly used as a gag by robbert, but they intended to rob, wild a job on board an ocean-linor or Bald DSI Sykes. Sykes.

Hon. We have to pay, heavily for

When charged before Mr. W

constal vessel, Over fifty per-

Wong Yip was convicted in 1947 sent of our first month's pay goes Latimer at Kowloon yesterday, the police then alleged he was Lux "possession of 'n digger which to the crea contractors. and We Wong Nam pleaded guilty to going to itse in a fight between must forfeit 5 to 10 per cent of possessida of-arms and ammanl every month's. wages as omtion and conspiring to commit an

mission to

Conster may well say that be

cause the local men have not

them, Mr. China urined robbury

Wong Yip, pleaded not guilty 10 the first coumf and gulity, to

two triadsbeleties.

WATTIE ESTATE

K CROPS

been educated anywhere near the the second. His, plaas wore ac- Crops harvested during July by standard in England or the United cepted by the prosecution, States, thayohould cloco their First, accused was sentenced to the rubber estates, "In Malaya of

July

Po to this deplorable state of three years hard labour had. Wattle and Company, Limit- affalis and let the crew con- second to two years' fractors continue, But Mr. China vitude. Both were recommended

ted; follow: penki ser Coaster forfew one thing wo for banishment

retuman boys and not "Frank After the respective Woons netcins as he wishes who are were found on them, both

ceptible to all human suffer cured (nd (hat"

Behind his word of warnifhz DXERRICK

For whatever he may call its one attention of Its

can taxiy detect the brand of an the cloak of MOS! Intrigue. It la obvious to all that hopes to gain his letter was written with no to the cy other inte

then to throw inako a lo

In Hong Kong he will take up a position in the Air Control, weć- tion of the Kal Tak Airport.

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