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GODOWN FIRE SOURCE MAY HAVE BEEN FILM

A theory that the Wing On Godown fire on Septem- bor 22 was started either by a live wire în con- tact with scrap cinematograph film or by the spontaneous combustion of the film was ad- yanced yesterday.

In evidence before the Inquiry Commission at the Supreme Court yesterday morning Detective Sub-Inspector Show of the HK Police stated that, the police put forward this theory offer thorough investigation into. the fire. No evidence...whatsoever, of-j deliberate Incendiarism, could be found, he said:

In an investigation two days after the outbreak, Mr. Show anid he and another officer saw a small amount of caustic soda around the steel door leading |to the scavenging Intic, There were drums on the robilside and a'quantity of rubber and flm in the gutter" A"length- of electric wire was picked up "underneath one' of the Walls.

Among other witnesses WAS Mr. H. Tipludy, Divisional Fire |-OMeer, ‚who said that when he arrived at No. 2 Godown, he was Informed of the entrance of the tlames into that godown, Going up to invastgate; he saw intensive flames whooting from hero the egysnging lane into the godown, which was in flames.

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Five Cents Costs $200

Word Cult-chop Kee, 418 Prince Edward Road, was suinmoned before Mr. W: H.

Latimer at Kinyoon yesterday for overcharging five cents on a tin of Van Houten's cocoa.

Hwy Shell $175 lakt year for overcharging five cealston

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The time he was fined $200. Suminions

withdrawn Was against Mrs. Mary Tsang, Pioneer Family Store 7 Stafford Road, ny the sugar which she sold above

the controlled price was not under

ang Kee, 143 Kwells Street,

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Junk And Launch Collide GAOL SENTENCE

FOR SWINDLER

The Million Dollars Swindle"'Casö3 was 'concluded

beford Mr. J. Wicks at Kowloon yesterday a when, after an impassioned plea for clomancy 'by Mr. P. J. Griffiths, Wòng Chiu alias K. K. Wong, 50-year-old interpreter, was sentenced to four months' imprisonment, to date from his arrost on July 22,

His co-defendants, Cheung Yung, aged 34, and Cheng Yim-san, 46-year-old druggist, were acquitted on the charge of conspiring to steal $1,105,440 from the Hsin Hud Enterprise Co. of Ching Building.

On entering the, cóckloft with. Inspector. Shaw the following day they found a number of badly- scorched desks and a safe which

A head-on coilsion between *Police Laline No. 21 is one of as a little damaged.

The case, hearing of which boats-former Air speed the newly-converted Air Rescue three

decided on another ground_al_. Itemains of paper lay about the Craft, Police Launch No. · 21 Rescue Craft-recently commis-lasted eight days, aroused together, and that in the present place.

Some books which had (above), and a cargo junk or simed after reconversion here considerable interest Inas-

our there was no suggestion sonped the "fire were recovered cursed at midday yesterday in to for the nucleus of a commuch as R. S. Smith, former

that the polica hevo acted Im- by Inspector Shaw,

the Talm Sha Tsui' harbour area. | pletely revised fleat of

Fronally Assistant Crown Solicitor, Sight damage was sustained Water Police launches. Mr. Tiplady testified on the

In any view," bold the mingis- "the vital point, is that occurrence

played a leading role in extrate of the amalt, fire by both vessels, the Water Police,

Equipped with three Diesel which had broken two nights reported last night. No one was

engines radio telephone posing

that the action of, 'a police oflicery"} prior to the major outbreak, No Injured. further action 'was 'taken' dua

It was believed that the cargo palatus, the launch measures on the alleged, swindle there is no suggestion whatever br any other person': affords a feet long. She has a crew of 12 At the commencement of yes- defence to other participants." to the fact that Inspections were carried out according to priority, was untffected by with Sul-Inspector A. F. Rose in terday's scasion, the

the accident.

command. ty. Caustic soda was not con sidered an infiammable sub- stance at that time, but a car. rokive only.

Mr. Wilkle Lum had been duly instructed, to attend the Fire Drigade office the following day. as he could not be found at the time. "He did not show up the

though on officer next day

"In charge

Wong of an appliance, Wai-choi, was sent to Inform

nboard he junk, which was

Still

Yoshida Claims Innocence

him. He was sure, Wong did as he CS LUBRIK of Sergeanf Yoshida Bunzo in

was told, said Mr. Tiplady.

· Firamon. Collapse Mr. C.W. Brand, Acting Chief Onteer of the time of the disaster sold that len fremen collapsed from exhaustion during the fire

fighting, and were sent to the Queen Mary Hospital for treat-

merked

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the Bridge House trial at Lyömun Barracks concluded yesterday, and the Court adjourned spending the result of efforts being made - to

call-defence witnesses ¿from Japan: Yoshida, who was formerly/attached to the foreign

magistrate "The position & that Smith re- inlormed Mr. Grifiths, that the court ruled agamist his sub-ported to the police a scheme that mission, made on November wits embryo. It was afted that that Smith took the Brat positive that his three clients had no step. It was Smith who pressed case to answer,

for M. Fung in come to his house: Mr. Grimths said that, in the and it was Smith who asked the

of the details, important details, of the scheme.

cuso of the second defenfant questions and originated many. (Wung) he would rely on his previous submission, that, when weighing the case on the sub- itions made by him, the court should find that defendant not Builly

No English

Law Cloar

"The law. appears to me to be clear, the fact that a person at.. leminting to assist the police ex

Giving evidence; Cheung Yung ceed his normal role and takes said that he could neither speak an active part in the conspiracy, or understand. English, and that egy not excuse the other parti

cipants. during the two meetings between with the reservations I have Poon Ping-nam alas Poon Sinade in respect of 'Smith's yu (wie jumped his $12,500 ball

Chiu,vidence. I accept the prosecution on August 231, Wong Cheng, himself and Mr. Smith, vidrace pod And the second at the cafe and in Mr. Smith guilty,

no evidence that house, he did not hear anything the third and fourth accused which led him to suspect that knew what was going, on, the anything dishonest was contemn-

donspiracy involving only plated.

know was what Chinese. All that he

was translated to him by. Wong, suld witness, and, in reply to De- (who prosecuted in the absence what is no evidence tective Sub-Inspector J. Moore

section of the Shanghai Kempeifai, yesterday persisted in his denial that he had anything to do with the alleged assault on William Hutton:2

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whether he was aware of the fact that cinematograph alm stored in drums was inside the godown. Mr. Brand kald'that evon if he had known he was noj em- Hutton, Watson and Rechi-that ho had seen some powered by Ordinance to remove lin, whom he was alleged to being taken to the lavatory who it from the godown. He had How-

was dush system, but the persons ever, warned

know** ** from it.

have

con-

ill-treated,

were

there

cerned us to the dangers arising known to him, said Yoshida.hat happened there he did not He contended that the evi- As there До were no keys avall-dence of Watson was false.

Electric Gear able to, No. 2 Godown, the door had to be forced open

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was anld by the second ac-

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of Mr. WA Blair-Kerr, As used to the third and furth sc- sistant Crown Solictior), added eyed was that he had known Wong for less second accused or that the second than a month befora, their arrest, accused tran-toted to them what was enll. The third, and fourth Accused agreed. with hip

HK THANKED FOR

FOOD PARCELS" Acknowledgement of the food parcels sent to Britain has been received by the Ladies Comittee of the local Food Parcels to Britain Fund...

*he category of controlled sugar.

For similar offences, des rang- ing from $25 to $100 were im-

Pressed by Major Clague, the posed on Kwong Yick, 280 Shang-

Vashid'said he had, jeen King After Prosecutor, to tell the Court all he hui: Street, Pó Wo Tong! 30 Hai-

much difficulty. The windowa phong Road, Yue Hing Loong 32 were blocked with marchandise, but Button. Yoshida rdi-shita at the Western Gendar-counsel, ihre ékamination, that accused are found tilty."

terated that he had told nii hemerid on several occasions during he was prepared to deal in any Cumberland Road, Kowloon Din-

and those that: were a

not wired up.

Wer know. His knowledge Was con his tours of inspection, but he business that, might. come hi pensary Limited, 80-Nathan Road, Cheung

fined to what he' lind överbend could not say whether Kinoshita Replying to a querry from Mr.

Cheng Yim-dan sold that le from the cell guards about Huiton had seen the electric apparatus. Hop Cheung, 43 Uni Chau Street, Brand that he did not think the basing gene insane and having tir said as far as he could re- had been a very poor man since Tung Tze Chinese Drugstore, 4B Fire Brigade was inadequately had to be tied up with ropes. He collect he had

not.

the war, and that he, also, could Argyle Street, Kee Cheong, 117cquipped the equipment and per-strenuously denied that it was he But did you see Kinoshita en- reither spealt nor understand Argyle Street, Yut Lee, 414 Shang-

sonnel

nnel were comparable to any whe took a rifle from a guard and hai Street, Man Sang Loong, 51d the world in his opinion.

̈hly Hutton with the “kaiti. Wansung Street, Wong Ka Yuen, Inspector MacKay, who 154 Woosung Street, Man Thi stationed at Western Police Sta-

Interrogations Leong, 11 Peking Road, and Hungtion at the time of the fire, said Fung Cheong Provisions Store, that he had never before seen men work so hard under such try- 452 Woosung Street.

ing conditions. He saw, several of them collapse from exhaustion, The hearing was adjourned til) 9.30 am, and 2.30 p.m. nu Tues- day, November 18. *

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Regarding interrogation of per- Yoshida said Instructions

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ter the room where the apparatus English. He further said that ho war kept?" Witness repiled in the did not gain any impression, du-

Mrmative.1

ing the two meutinks that any Flug criminal was being hatched.'

Sale Of Tin.

Adilicssed to the Honorary Asked by the *Prosecutor

Becretary of the Ladies Committee. whether the electric apparatus

In reply to DSI Moore, deten, a.telegram was received yesterday formed part- of, the standard

dant said that "when he visited by, the Fund from Mr. Lewis, equipment of the Gendarmario. Poon at 48 Village Road, Poon Director of the Commonwealth. Yoshida replied he did not palced him to try and sell 140 Gift Centre know.

tons of tin for him at $470 The telegram, a reply to a letter Whin ed

by the Pro...

picul. His commission was to be informing the Overacās. Gilla Al- He persisted in denying that he sccutor that he had told the

location Centre thất Hồng Kong Court he had never conducted anytering the waler torture to anyone dress, Mr. Crimths said that the by the s Canton, follows:

had ever taken part in adminis-ve per cent,

In his course of his final ad-} has æènt 40 tons of food vameis interrogution. Yoshida replied He had seen the apparatus, and presence of Smith at the meet- "Grateful thanks for letter and that these instructions were given had heard that some Chinese had frigs-lent an air of respectability Bill of Lading for the further OF SAFETY GLASS gendarmes allke nad not been subjected to the treatment, to the whole transaction.

arly to himself.

but he had never heard of any He agreed with the Prosecutor foreigners having been so sub-

to strike a helpless perspected. was farture.

FINED FOR LACK

The manager of the United De- livery Company was fined, $25 by Mr. T N Chow at Central yes- terday for falling to have safety class led in Hla lorry.

Inspector. A.S. Fleming pro- secuting rail that defendant's lorry was involved in a collision and the windscreen was broken, The class was then found to be ordinary glass.

Defendant suld it was oversight on his. pirt as the lorry was ond of a fleel and all the other vehicles were itted with, safety glass.

Yoshida cald he know wentric shock and water treat-

Asked by the President whether In reply to the President, deprivation of food and water to prisoners formed part of the ment at Bridge House, but he punishment recognised by the Gendarmerie, Yoshida replied in had never seen alther of them the negative.

རྣ༨×' carried out, and did not know hew they worked.. Ho agreed *hat both forms of treatment were Inhuman, Further questioned by the Court on how he came to know of the water torture, he replied

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Own Defonce

Yoshida, who declined the legal assislilnce of a Japanese lawyer

own defence. assigned to him conducted his

General Kinoshita, his fellow accused, who concluded his de- fence on Tuesday, was defended. 'by 'Mr, Kükehl Masno, a Jepunere barrister from Tokyo:

The Court comprised Lieutenant Colonel, L.A. Massle, M.A., LL.B., Royal Scots Fusiliers, solicitor (President), and Major B.H. Craig, The Buffs, and Captain HM McLeod Martin Middlesex Regiment (themberą).

Major, D. Clague, R. A., Ofco of the Deputy Director of Legal Services GHQ FARELF. conduct- ed the prosecution,

magnificent gift which we will of In the course of a long juda: course get 'distributed before månt, Mr. Wleks vaid' that the Christmas covering the organisa- casa, of, Brannan versus Peck, Hons you mention. Sincere grati- quoted by Mr. Griftho," "wasi tude and greelings.”.

Dancing Academy Not

A Public Dance Hall

Ruling that defendant's promises were not a danc Nanging hall, as described by the Ordinance, Mr.

W. H. Latimer at Kowloon, yesterday dismiss- ød the summonses against: Tong Tung-sang for conducting a public dance hall without a ulicence. 14

The court requested Mr. Sydney Ng Quinn, for the defendant, to warn his client: “to be extreme- ly careful in the future and not to admit any -but bona fide persons desirous of learning how

to dance!

Inspector J. Orem said that Fanother reading, "No one except- the dance hall was operating ing pupils nimitted." He denied. 180A Nathan Rood, fifat having been askel toy sign.

"What To Do?" Boor, he the Kings Dancing the book hetore jasong the 33.or

Academy... At 9 pm on Octothat he wan, told that the $3. each

Asks Magistrate ber 29. Sub-Inspector Wong Person was for registration fee.

Mahe pan asagie 03 Kom-chi and a constable visite woman who went out to ched the premises and, found mit Jilm, said witness, was the same wemail who took, ing $0 When Lai On, aged 61, was that they could enter, by gay from him and who later, asked brought before Mr. J. Wicks Jng $3 each.

him to "Come out and dance,” at Kowloon yesterday on tin: After entering the hail, said She did not ask him whether he charge of returning from life Inspector Orem, they were, wiked wanted to learn-dancing,-- said banishment, the magistrate to sign al book containing an op witures. asked

e sign

Sub-Inspector J. Eplication in Chinese reading. The court duled that if Evans, "What am I to do with his person applies to earn stating that none but pupils are a man like this?**** zu

dancing. To abide by the ruler admitted proved that anyone en-

and will Tile reason for the court's ques-und tegulailens and

Hot learning to,conce; The general the public was not, or should not

tion was defendant's Insistence on Hud AASEPOuing the gırómiseni was desirous

they returning to the Colony He was expelled on November 20, 1947, bock and seated themselves at one admitted From the evidence.

of the tabics, the woman who ad given. The court could not see that i for unlawful possession, within a month he was back in i-gourt mitted them asked if they wanted any offence has been cominitted charged with loitering by night. dance.She was accompanied against the Joyride my and sentenced to two months by another woman. St Wang le hard labour. He was banished pic life r

Fixlend, for life on February 4 this year.

On the 28th of the samo manth wailag there for Inspector 7

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