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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER' 22, 1048.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB PWD LARCENY CASE Chinese Customs Launch

NOTICE TO MEMBERS

Lighth Extra Race Meeting

Saturday, 23rd October, 1948.

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

MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE. Members and guests are reminded that they and their ladies. MUST wear their badges PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED Throughout the Meeting.

NO ONE WITHOUT A HADGE WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE.

Badges admitting non-members to the Members' Enclosure And Club Room AL $10 including tox arc obinin- able through the Secretary on the written or persona) Intro- duction of a Member, auch Member, to be responsible for all chilts etc.

Badges admitting to Members' Enclosure will NOT be on Hale at the RACE COURSE,

The Treasurers' Compradore Offler will close at 11 a.m. and the Secretary's Office ni 11.45

Offices at 1st Floor. Exchange Ballding.

Both A.KT.

A Jimited number of tiffins will be obtainable at the Club House provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 27818).

NO CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE CLUB'S PREMISES DURING THE MEETING.

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.

The price of admission to the Public Enclosure is $3 Including inx for all persons including Indies, and is payable at the Gate,

Bookitakers, Tic Tac men, ete, will not be permitted to operate within the precincts of The Hong Kang Jockey Club during the Race Meeting.

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

SERVANTS' PASSES,

Servants' passes will be issued to Private Box

holders ONLY, who ate requested to distribute them with discrimlux- tion and to endorse their names on the passes, Holders of such passes are not permitted in the Members' Enclosure except for passing through on their duties but must remain in their employers' stands.

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HEARING CONTINUES

That a Government-owned electric ceiling fun, issued from the Wanchai Electrical Workshop of the Public Works Department on May 13, was installed in the Kowloon Bowling Green Club was the gist of evidence given by fivo witnesses at the continued hearing of the PWD Larceny Case at Kowloon yostatday. Defendants, arraigned on 12 charges of conspiracy,

fraudulent conversion of Government material, and falsification of documents, are Kwok Kwong, foreman at the Hung Hom Work- shops; Austin Spary, Grade 1 Electrical en- gineer; and Arthur Frederick May, Grade 1 electrical engineer.

Mr. J. M. d'Almada Re- medios is defending the first accused; Mr. V. L. D'Alton, In- structed by Mr. P. J. Griffiths, Mr. J. C. the second; and [Stewart, May, Mr. A. Hnaton. Crown Counsel. ussisted by Chief Inspector J. Johnston, -is the prosecutor.

with .the

|ernnient offles quarters (July 1), control tower (July 2-10, 14-17, and 19-23), Castle Peak and Kam The Police Station (July 12), and Temporary vegatable market on) July 13.

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Wong Chuen, conlle 325 In the Hung Tiom Workshop, and that he was sent by Kwok Kwong in May this year to Wonchal bring back 10 duorescent lamps. He went with Wai Tat and, when they got back to Hung Hom, put the lamps on a khelf in the work- shop for Kwok to check,

Removed 10 Lamps

Gets Ready For Duty

The Chinese Maritime Customs will start operating in Hong Kong, 'under the China. Hong Kong Customs Pact, next wook. The Chinese Customs will gutablish statlari on the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company's wharf at West Point, at Yaumati and at Talpo. The station at Yaumati wil be on n Custome launch. It has already been fitted out to accom modate offices and quarters. it will be moored off Yaumati. Photo above shows the launch, (China Mail Photo.)

2 Women

In Beauty

Tramway Conspiracy

Parlor Fight Case At Central

Le Hang, electrician 119, testil

having been

Hu Cheung (n witness at

last bearing on October 12) for Ave wok at the Ki Tak Airfeld's telegraph_station, on the instruc- tons of Ngau Pul. He further A few days later, said witness, corroborated Ho's evidence The removed about 10 amps to Harding work done it the Cathay the. Cathay Pacific Airwily Phenic Airways offees at Kn Kai Tak, accompanied by Ngu Tak, and to having been issued Pul and Lo Hang. He could not with materials ironi the fun way whether those lamps Hem Workshop.

a fight be- the same as those he brought overmaterialised from Hong Kong, he did not tween two women was related remove them from the shelf but by Inspector J. Orem when the only put them on to the lorry. hair-dresser and her customer-

They were also working as the Kal Tak udministration buliding frou May to 10 29, and started on the Catliny joy on June 4. They were back at Kat Tak from June 2 to 30 working at

AL

were

into

The story of a hair-do that Arguments by both the prosecution and defence as 'to whether the defence should be furnished with the names of all co-conspirators was sub- mmitted by counsels before Mr. F. X. d'Almada at Central yesterday when the hearing of the Tramway conspiracy caso was continued.

On another day in the same to-be were charged before Mr. month, he was told by Kwok to W. H. Latimer at Kowloon the go to the Kowloon Bowling Green

roplast tower, after a job at the Club to change the positions of yesterday with disorderly con- Fifteen inspectors and one conductor were charged

duct, He was also

Student Acquitted Of Charge

shop.

hinir.

and

with conspiring together with others to de- fraud the Tramway Company of passenger fares between September last year and May this year.

Insists On Datos

Beeching Addresses Rotary Club

Commander R: A/C. Benchi- Ing. · RD!! RNH, whót wàs re- cently decorated with" the American Legion of Merit (Degree of Legionnaire), 'B- dressed Kowloon Rotary 'yes- terday on the planning and assembly of ships for the Normandy landing in June. 1044.

The

speaker,

who ja now

of

Jurdine

Assistant Manager Matheson's Ocean Shipping (De- partment, was in charge. of copvay nasembly at the time of the Normandy Invasion.

The landing operation Involved the commission of 0,600 ships,"

battleships, two Including six menitore, 22 cruisers, 110 des troyers, 113 frigates and corvettes, 10 patrol croft, 360 motor launches and thousands of land. Ing and other craft.

the

America supplied the accatt going vereis and Britain consters: 250 Amerlenn Liberty. ships were sent, and Britain put forward 400 consters,

There ships had to be suitably fitted, and this job fell to the Assembly Section, sald Comman- der Beeching, in addition finding “anchotuges for a large number of convoys..

to

A vote of thanks for the speaker was proposed by Ratarlan BT.M. Jones.

Successful Boll

Mr. F. C, Clemo, President of the Kowloon 'Rotary Club, said the charity "boll "held bih 'Satur- (day last was an unqualified suc- Further contributions amounting to HK$360 had dince been received.

cess.

Greetings from Bangkok Rotary were brought by visiting Roturian

tu

Arlington Hotel on June 13 to 16. some eelling Tons.

Witness and that he was not sent to a house at Nathan Nond Tam Chun, 27-year-old assigned to work at the Rural near the Majestic Theatre with drcaser, was brought before the Training School, the temporary three lamp shades, He saw Mr. court with her outer jacket torn. vegetable marker. Government Spary and two European women Chang Kiu. 30-year-old marrie "Mee quarters, Kowloon Hospital, in the house.

woman, surrendered to her bond Arlington Hotel (June 19-22), When sent to the Wanchat and was in court with a black cyn. Kowloon-Canton Railways, Arl Workshop for materials he was Inspector Orem said that the Mr. A. J. Clifford instructed collect theif shares, and admitt. 1)

K. Boshi, who also donated fugien Hotel June 25-26), Gov-sometimes given a slip of paper, rocand accured went to the frat by Mr. P. A. L. Vine prosecut-

and rometimes given the

that he himself was one of the HK$40 to the charity ball store defendant at 9.45 am. oh October ed ori behalf of the Tramwayrecipients.

Another visiting Rotarian was book, sald Wai" Tht, coolle 318, 20 to have her hair combul. As Company and defendants were

The second meeting was held at President D. 8. Hill from Hong attached to the Hung Hom Work- Tom was busy at the time, she

Guests

were Major H. F. Witness then went on to was told to wait a few minutes. represented by Mr. Marcus da the Yuen ing Kee restaurant. Kong Gu

Instead corroborate the evidence of the

of doing O,

He said that only a few Inspectors Foster, Captain J. D. Varley and Silva and Mr. P. C. Woo. Chung

attended and that the disclosed Messra, N. P. Smith, R. Corbett previous witness regarding the 10 went over to the next stall and The hearing yeterday started that all the money would be col- and C. A. Cunha. fluorescent lamps, and to testify was berated by the first woman with Mr. Silva making a lengthy ineted by Conductor No. 483. President Clemo told Rotarians to having been instructed to #3 body. A quarrel started, both that the prosecution furnish the rupted and said that throughout and the last Thursday of

for giving her custom to come- submission in which he insisted to Wanchai for

At this stage Mr. Silva inter- that next. Thursday's 'meeting, 1wo electrical ceiling fans,

lost their tempers and a battle defence with the names of each the day's hearing there was not subsequent month, would bo After Yiu

Cheung, another royal resulted.

every co-conspirator.

*meelings' confined ane instance in which a date had closed Tom, in a statement from the coolle at Hung Hom, had testified

In support of his Bubmissions mentioned. Remanded from October 18,

Rotarians only. to having gone to fetch the fans, dockt, sold that when she went the quoted from Archibold's Camp- 12-year-old student of the Ng Kon, foreman of the electrical ask Chung why she did not wait, bell's, Roscoe's and the Times Chiu Yin School of 2 Kwongwerkshop at Warichal, took the she was worn at by the second Law Report and in each of these; The charges, he said, had man- Wah Street, was yesterday at stand.

secured, who used the most filthy) he зnid The prosecution was Boned; thui at such and such a quitted by Mr. W. H. Latimer pWD Ince 1930, and in his pre- Tom, then tore her Jacket and her

He said that he had been in the language to her, Chung, alleged | obliged to do so.

[date and at such and such a place, Jon the charge of indecent as-

Mr. Clifford niso quoted his and he would insist on the pro- The Care against Chan Chung. soult

sunt position since March, 1947. outer trousers, and bit her on two authority wherein he said he was tecution to name the dates. yun, 48-year-old shopkeeper, ut s Witness also claiment to be an fingers,

not cbliged to furnish the names. It was alleged by

Mr. Clifford said he would cer- Shepherd Street, greund door, Detective |Sub-Inspector G. E. Rolter that

In the subsequent struggle, said but in order expert in making fans.

not to delay the tainly give the dates and would charged with raping his fb-year Ceiling Fu Identified

Held servant the boy Interfered with a

Tom, she pushed Chung who fell proceedings he would be only too in due course furnish them.

girl, είχε

was resumed year-old girl on two occasions ch

He was one day taken by the against something and bruised her gind to do so if the magistrate Continuing witness said he before Mr. Justice Gould (Pulane October 11. He was arrested in police to the Kowloon Bowling

right cye,

orders 11,

could not remember the dates Judge) yesterday, the school five days Inter, after Giren where, among a number of during the whole of the proceed- Chung, who had been talking

when the various payments were Additional corroborative evid- report had been made

Gives Evidence by the ceiling fans, he identified one of

made.

ence was brought up by several girl's mother.

one of the two issued by him t ings, was told by the court to

He pointed out to the court how witnesses for the prosecution, May 13. Не Dr. Khoo Boo-shay, of the Kow-Hong Kong on

keep quiet. Both women were

sum of $100 Cheung

Resuming his evidence in chief,, cach defendant was paid, some after which hearing was adjourn loon Hospital, testified yesterday recognised the fan, said witnes, bound over in the

others ed until 10 am, today. through him direct and mentioned the that no signs of injury were found because of the duro painting cone cach to be of good behaviour for various meetings he had with through one of the chose who assisted by Detective. Inspector G. inspectors. He Mr. A. Herrian, Crown Counsel, on the girl's body. Part of her on it in his workshop,

other Inspectors and said the first body was infected and Infame: The ton returned by Hung Hom

niceting took place at the San

were paid through other inspec-E. Willerton, 'prosecuted. but such inflammation could have was replaced in stock and an

Man Yuen Restaurant.

tors, received their share or not. been caused by on infected ma-entry made to that effect by his

Eetween the first and second oesistant. Chul Wing-shumi, "Ak

was a ed. by Mr. Hooton whether the wo fons in court were those issued by his workshop, witness

terial.

Witness said that he also ex- mined the young boy and found to signs of injury or infection on kim.

The mother of the girl testifica having been told by her daughter of the alleged incidents and to having reported to the

police at Yaumati,

a. year.-

Shopkeepers

San

meeting, he said there Fined For

replied in the affirmative. Over Charging

On tring referred to his roughi

record book, where the numbers.

273410 und 276485 witness salt summoned before Mr. J. Wicks of the two fand were given six) Filicon shopkeepers were

that the last number was a mirat Kowloon yesterday for sell- this big company" was that all

His clerk has very bad

take.

impse of about three weeks.

The hearing at this stage was dtourned to 2.30 p.m. on Octo-

ber. 29.

Drop In US Shipping In Colony

HEARING IN RAPE CASE RESUMED

Reminders

Today

Services Dance, European YMCA,

8.p.m.

At this meeting, he said, sixX ether Inspectors attended besides him see and he gave their names, At that meeting it was decided to change the manner of making collections and a suggestion pro- posed by one of the inspectors that a "big company" be formed. This was agreed by all present

The object of the formation of The boy, denying the charge, e-sight, and witness, and raising, above controlled prices.

mondy collected from the con- said that his mother and the girl's took the " for "5"

Yeung Cho, the proprietor of ductors be pooled and mother had quarrelled since his arrest. He and the girl have at that he was definite that the two the K.C.P. Provision and Book divided amongst the inspectors.

Store at the Kowloon-Canton Asked as to how conductors ways played together, he said, fans were Government property. and he would not dream of as- Witness went on to say he was Railway Station, was fined $225 made their money to pay the in- As a result of the water-Charity Dinner Dance by Business saulting her when she was only given a new electric clock and for selling a one-pound tin of vectors. he replied that conduc- front strike along the Pacifie

a paper sketch by Spary In June, Ovaltine "for HK$3.50, 30 cents

would five years old, foreign reckoning and was told, to make a bigger more than the controlled price passengers the old tickets and re- American ships at Hong Kong from coast of America. arrivals of: tace (dia!) for the clock. The and for not attaching a price tog sell them to new passengers. have size stated was two feet square, to the commodity on display.

While the "big company" last-

dropped considerably NEGLIGENCE The lab being completed, ho For selling a one-pound tin ofed, all the inspectors went to the since the beginning of the Race

Fant the clock over to the Hung Nestle's Maited Milk to Cents residence of Ng Ping-kuen WITH SHOT GUN Hom Workshop, and the next above the controlled price

and

Ng said

wns

For negligently discharging a

time he saw it was at the Kow for having 10 price tag, Chan

Cricket hotgun while on duty at 14 Bei-loon

Club. Workumen Fat, proprietor of Shing Fat Coffee cher's 'Street, Ko Sec.

aged 26, were putting it up when he went Shop, La Loong Hong, WBS findd $25 by Mr. F. Xo the KCC wih Spary, and the fined $225.

clock was #1511 thero today Fincs ranging from $76 $175 (October 21).

Almada at Central, yesterday.

Car

tors

collect back

cqually

MRS..BARRETT TO SPEAK AT YMCA

H.K. Light Orchestra Rehearsal, 278, Robinson Rd. 6 p.. Hong Kong Chamber Music Club, Concert at Government House, 9.30 p.m.

YWCA, The

"Girls' Club of

Gripps, H. Hofol, 8 p.m.

Coming Events --

22 TOMORROW

Meeting, Happy Valley,

2 p.m. to month.

American tonnage has dropped League Foolball. Matches. by more than 60 per cent com- League Cricket, CCC, BUNDAY pared with the total tonnage for September. Arrivals of ships has Classical Concert, Toc H Club, decreased by more than 50 per

Talbot House, 30, Macdontiell Red, 8.45 cent when compared with previous month's figures.

the

the

Since the beginning of month only 14 arrivals of Ameri-

can vessels, aggregating sorc

are

Talk on "Broadcasting in North America" by Mr. P. Barrett,

YMCA, 8.30 pm.

EUR MONDAY 1

It was alleged by the prosecu--

| were imposed for similar offences Mrs. Paulino M. Barrett, M.A. Chul Wing-shum.. chargeman on Shun Loong Hardware Shop. In the Speaker at next Sunday's tion that defendant had one tridge in his gun more than the 13th Wanchal Workshop, 350 Shanghal Street, Lee On Ho, Armchair Group of the European

admitted having usual number of three. In un-

entered the 209 Shanghai Street, Kin Shing YMCA. louding his

rough Block book and stator that Grocery and Provisions, 28 Bow gun he omitted to the number 276455 was entered ring Street, Rak Chun Store, 347 fascinating story of her Radin here.

Mrs. Barrett has most 5,143 tons, have been recorded Crown Land, Sales, PWD Omee, take out the extra one and pulled in error, for 2271423, At the time Nathan Road, Bo Fing On. 995 work experiences the trigger

In North The 14 vessels

the Society of St. George Extraodinary he looked for the number, sold Canton Road, Chung Kong, 700 Amerten and Canada, where she . B.Y.M.S. 2784, Swarthmore

"General meeting“ & annust Inspector Moran said that it witness, it was painted over and Tel Nam Street, Kwong Yan worked for several years. was fortunate nobody was in the it was most difficult for his bad Tong, 30 Jonian Road, Chung's

Victory, Steel Chemist, Indle general meeting Jockey Club

Boart room, b.abp.m vicinity at the time, the gun was eyes

Mount Her talk, at 8.30 p.m., is entitled Mall, Kenneth McKay, distinguish to

It. He Store, 85 Austin Road, Wing Broadcasting, in North America." Mansfield, President Grant, Pre- Bred, otherwise accused would recognised the fan because he had Shing Electric Shop. 177 Woosung Capt. R. D. Barrett, her hussident Harding, Sir John Franklin, pas

Drive, European face a more serious charge.

YMCA cleaned 'the motor.

Street, Chun Wal, 208 Laichikok band, was originally to Further evidence in three com Road, Hon Kong Electric Shop, 24 As he will not be in the Colony Marine Filer, and Bleet Belontist, speak Pioneer Cove, Pioneer Bea, Kyska,

H.K.. Light Orchestra Rehearsal, mittal proceedings will be taken Pilkem Street, and Man Sang his wife has graciously consented

276 Robinson Rd., p.m. today, commencing at 8 am, Long, 208 Ma Tau Wul Road, ↑ to speak in 'his' steal/

Bridrze & Drive, European Y

TUESDAY

YMCA

Personalia

Departures from the Peninsula Hotel on Wednesday Included Mrs. A. Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Smith, MT, O., E. Frebrn. Mrs. E, Schelhas, Mr. and Mrs, M. A. Deutsch, Mr. and Mrs, C. 8. Turner, Mrg, C. Sanforth. Mrs. V. Osborne, Mirs.. W. A. Sippel; Mr. and Mrs. E. Av Plezza."Mrs. C. P. Laird, Mesra, T., Barton, L. J. Bittner, H. Holmaty"! Al Mincey) Má Noel, L. de 'Leon; T. M, Harrer, H. S. Poulson, and F. Rosenber

New arrivals at the Peninsula Hotel on Wednesday, includzzi Mr. and Moc J. G.Denman, Mre and ME A, C, Chambers, Met P/ Long, Mr. HoGunderæby, Monsra; } 8 Chang 3. 1. Malshews," A. I. Bower, AJ. V. Bellors, J. Breudmge, Shlyer Lee; 11:Wrig» querajalliæ. Elschman, is anal ja.

DESERTED KOWLOON

The total tonnage' öf- American ships which arrived at Hong Kong during September was 163,097,

WHARFS

karin-yemra ; cumplately?

Whist

Hat Rotary Club luncheon, too! Garden, HA, Hotel, 12:30 pm. Urban Countík Medtik.4.15.p.. WEDNESDAY Discussion on "Music in Hong Kong" by Dr. Bard, European YMCA, 6,80 p.m. bek Too II Club mesting, Talbot House, 50, Macdonnel Road, 8.30 p.m.

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