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Appeal Against Order Of Still No Let-Up GOVT RELEASES REPORT

Confiscation Dismissed

Ordinance Becomes Law

***** | An appcal against an order made by Mr. J. Wicks at Kowloon Magistracy on November 2, för confiscation of 196 bags of saft, was dismiss- 'ed by Sir Leštie Gibson (Chlóf Justico), at thò › Supreme Court yesterday,

The Educatian Amendment Ordinance. 1948, banning the teaching of political doctrines and all political activities in Hong Kong schools, possed into law yesterday when the passed its second and third reading in Legislative Council.

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The Bill, which came for fiest reading Jast wook, ampowere Governor-in-

the Council to close school or

move s teacher or

·dividual where the school or such

person is engaged phile activitids.

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The solt, valued at $1:500, was seized when Re- venue. Officers captured an armed speedboat in Aberdeen Harbour on the night of August 31.

The salding, parly found on board the speelboat a Japanese heavy machine Run with 1 rounds of ammunition, a Bren gun with 250 rounds, a Mauser revolver with 27 ammunition and bayonet.

Dismissing the appeal and up- holding the conviction, and com- reation order, Sir Leslie Gibson Sald that he found that there was evidence of an attempt to export. Sir Leslie alin held that Mr. rounds of wieks had acted in a judicial Japanse manner in this matter and Bund

order which he was, and under the Optimumce, entitled to

Fs neid lost to the umamition, a quantity of quer-make, jchandise, including the 196 bags ***C) of salt, was found,

Competition

For Best Print Of 1948

"Lesson in Glamour." by Mr Yeng Shing-tung, was the winner

the "Calon Mall" Cup for the kest wint of the year, in the 1948 and photographic competition sponsored by the Photographu Sariety of Hong Kong.

The reswain us the speedboni, Kwok Tun, was convicted by Mr. Wicks and Dried 5750,00,

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I charge of possession of arms and snanamition and six counts of at- tempting to extort unmblufested

The appeal brought yesterday was by Chun Shing allar Chun Cheung, who claimed ownership. of the 16 bags of salt. He was represented by Mr. A. 1. Clifford, instructed by "Mr. C. A. S. Rus.

Mr. A. Bonton, Crown Comsel,

CIL 20 represented the

the apgal

Me: Clifford and that in regard the attempt to export" the Ins svăn quite clear, namely, that any arts igetely preparatory were in- staffelent for "on attempt." Glanwar by Dr. Ernent Te There must be some zet prachtide W&1 Vine revond averet, und rame itself. "Latent Energy" alra by Dr. To, teak the third award in the sta erasperkataka

The competition was held by the Society at thele monthly meet- Big and dinner at the Cosmo Club yesterday evening.

Mr. Finncis Wo. Vice-President] of the Seiety, who presided, an- anged the results of the com partition.

Mere Possessión

He then quoted muthorities in

uttering.

In Mr. Clifford gaid that present case, an innoceut party

wLS

while the conswath had oly been fard $750,00 although he was the the guilty party.

Claim Against Garage

Is Resumed

In Births

A dally average of 158 births in the Colony were re.

platered during the weck December 18, it was officially etated yesterday.

Tola birth in the parled was 1,108. Deaths-numbered 222. More than 50 par cent of the births were on the Island.

In the same beriod; there were 43 death from tuber. culosis, five, from diphtherla *Incl two from enteric fever.

DDT Turns Out To Bé Heroin

what

ON HOTEL RATES

(Continued from Page 1).

·Bared dn facts and figures These percentages have been which have been made available arrived ut frein, the Committee's to the Committee and the Com- Knowledge that before the out-mittee's knowledge of the oper break of hostilities in Hong Kong, tion of these hotels we, recom the Peninsula and Repulse Tay mend that the accommodation Hotels were in the main more rates for resident guests should be residential than were the Tee $12 to $20 a day, for n double Kung and, Gloucester Hotels. room and $0 for 'n single room.

We appreciate that this ro commendation is contrary to the practice followed, in the United Kingdom and other parts of world and that it interferes with the normal bourse of the lots industry. We consider, however, that the present exceptional ir curmetances justify our récom mendations.

We further recommend that 20 per cent of the accommodation in these hotels be reserved for re- sident guests.

Rose Hotel: We recommend that the netommoitation rates for v aldent guests in this hotel should be $10 a day for double and $5 for single rooms.

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We further recommend that 20 While we realise that overhead per cent of the accommodation in charges for balet dining rooms is hotel be reserved for resident vy.considerably, as do the termal guests.

ôf contruct, with catdrers, we re-i Waldorf Hotel: We recommend commend the prevailing rate of the acconimodation rates for re-

A packet containing Chan Lt. elained to be DDT58 a day for food for residentsident guests in this hotel should

guests be minimized.

be $14 to $22 a day for double power turned out to be heroin

Services norimally supplied by, rooms and $7 for shule rooms, power valued by the Govern-hotels during 1941 shoulit vom We further reconimend that 20 ment Analyst at £10. 17. 8d.tinue.

per cent of the accommodation in Residential Hotels in prenter this hotel be reserved for resident according to Revenue Inspector : D. H. Khox when Chau was days were regarded as Boardide guests.

We are of opinion that the called before Mr. W. H. Latioses for Europeans. The centr

modation offered is not of the Paramount and Cathay Hotels mer at Kowloon yesterday.

Esine soudard as the hotel to- should not be brought nåder can- 'Chan, rald RI Joox, was about ferred to in paragraph 10 (Hong frol as they are in the nature of The claim alleging trespass-to board the Canton train 65

Kink. Penland, fepulse Boy luxury hotels essentially catering ing matte by the Kwong Tai December 21 when he was tisked

nel Gloucester) and in our for wealthy Chinese. Company Limited of 20, West- to open a paper packet he was opinion the rales now cherged ár ern Street against the Kow-carrylog. He told the Chinese

hager than are warranted, Jon Garage of 020A Nathan Maritime ficer that the pucket Road, was resumed before Me. contained DDT powder which he

Reynolds (Acting for use in his restaurant. Justice Puisie Judge) at the Supreme Court yesterday.

Me. Pesey Chen

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from

At yesterday's hearing Mr.

to was bringing back

Totshan

heroin

CONFISCATION

Converted Bathrooms

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We recommend that the rate of $5.50 a day for food be the inANA- aum which resident guests should Ire charged.

The services normally supplied by hotels, of this type during 1941 should continue.

le come hotels, bathrooms and serynuts rooms have been con verted into bedrooms with th As the powder was of a differen! adequate furniture and bad light The plaintiffs are represented colour to that of DDT, the Cusing. As can he foviglued, these gu Chinose Hotels And by the Hon. Len d'Ainada, KC, toms officer got suspirias d 1:0:0 of the smalleg poes mre

Boarding Houses instruěted by Mr. C, Y. Kwan, bonded the matter over the Be- very eramped.

These establishments are those structed by venue Inspertor Lam who brought

some cases, #though a Mr. J. M. d'Aimada llemedios is used over to the Head Office in tubble Pod pravicfcil there which eater essentially for Chint-

Hong Kon where the powder | reems to he

es uests, Hotels and boarding consel for the defendants.

jastificat-in for wah sent

The

are licensed. Government eating such a boon as a double honses of this kind The plaintiffs elabm Dat

by the Secretary for Chinese had o won the bigmatupport of his submission and fendants erected a structure with Analyst for test.

It was found that this packet

Thin Arlington and Harlions Affairs and are classified as fol points for the President Cup for referred to thes case of Rex out their coissent, Plants also

vow Biels me well The contained 7-1/2 otinces

funished lows: Tsau Tim, Hok U, San ak the best photography of the year Heath, in which it was held that

underpants powder, valued at 45 shillings on conducted and we have no Chan, Hang Shun Kurt and amassed 760 points for the the mere possession counterfeit Coser to rentrala B

Fire Defendunt Wis brought ettiram to make of the manage- We recommend that Hang Shun Craftsmanship Cup considered coins was not proximute towards from building on this land.

over to the Tsimtsutsui Poller ment of these two establishments Kun sinuld be exempt from con- Mr. Alinada an outstanding achievement.

previousStation where

he was charged Accounts

If of some these trol as these are in the nature of He was, however, not allowed

nbass- the henring stated that he had

with possession of berotu pow-motele have fren gunfitted and a non-commercial institution and to keep the Cruftsmansion Cup,

doned the claim for damdges. fler. and released

sailors home. on but Of mling of the Society You labels

our comments thereon are shown operateri, os a belig heavily punished, The defendants had mimitted $2,000 cash.

In Appendix B (not released for With the exception of the lang these members to win more than one

at that heering that the plaintstis When he failed to surrender to

Shun Kun the guests in {publication)./ cup amally. Dr. To won both

were the owners of the land, but nis bont yesterday, the court they sought to justify their actordered that his ball be forfeited, durtosed

Based on the facts and figure hotels and boarding houses are of the President Cup and Craftsman

by sh necounts as the transient and emigrant type. slap Cup last year.

It was also submitted by Mc. pation on the grounds that they and the heroin confiscated.

have been available and the Cr-As these hotels do not cuter::for! Clifford that many explanations were tenants,

inillee's Khowledge of the opren- residents in our opinion more. rrathi be given for the presence of

Is called for at tions of these residential hotels of commendation the couds un board the speectiɔeurt. It was possible that there was nn Percy Chen applied to amend the

verdurendy; accominoin- present.

Charges cover accommodation intention

tion rates for resident quest should to take such gokids statement of detence by adding a

and services; no meals are pro- sess the harbour, that the goods plea of estoppel. He claimed the On the application of Inspector bet

Woodhend, Mr. F. X.

vided except when restourant had just arrived or were remains (plaintiffs

Arlington Hotel: $12 a $18 a were prevented from

In this is attached to, the hutzl, unu a Inanifest denying they knew the use to d'Almada at Central yesterday day for double rooms

la latter cake meals are served arrived.

which the premises were being, onde an order for 1165 bottles of day for single rooms.

"$1" ink false labelled Furler Mc, Clifford finally submitted put by the defendants

These rates should also apply curte and charged for separately. 1 has been represented to us visited the premiseg that the goode were not on the they often

following hotels be confiscated,

to th It was hisclused by Inspector category: list at prohibitud exports and that between 10-42 and 1947.

Harbour View Hotel, that approximately 30 per cent of there vens zo evidence, of

The tiefence further claimed the Wanted that the last was sur M-burne Hotel, Ritz Hotel, the rooms in Chinese hotels and

orc boarding houses rendered to the police by Link Phillips House, Lyton House.

normally attempt to export.

plaintiffs were prevented from

Nam Sang, residing at 97 Tui that denying that the possession of the Street, Shanshuipo on December per cent 61 the accommodation in

We further recommend that go vacant. We have no cause to dise

believe this. 1r premises had referred to

Despite the bren

fact that these there lintels be reserved for re- No.agreement regarding the rent of

hotels serve transients and the premises between plaintiffs

silent Rucals.

As long as the Ritz Hotel con per cent of the accommodation In and defendants because rent was

emigrants, we recommend that 10 For returning fo received by the plaintiffs for the after having been banished, for the staff of the Royal Intericdan bo. made available, as a trial, for the Colony thues to operate as a hostel for the Bigger Chinese hotels should premises and specifie The circumstances in the pre-been demanded in respect of that tenced to nine

rent had fe, Cheng Kis-ining was set Lines the foregut recommendu- Chinese resident guests at the

months by Mr. 1100s will not apply to this hotel. for his deportation to Singapore.ent case were, said Mr. Hooler. land.

Ifin-shing Lo at Central yester-

Melbourne

prevalling rate of charges less 30 Apartments, Riz per cent. Mr. d'Almada made at order such that one entst draw the in-

Hearing will be resumed at 10 day, and was recommended to be for defendant to be detained in terence that the speedboat was

a.m. on February 14.

re-bunished. journey

Apartments. We recommend that the remand home until arrange about to start out on

the aeconimedation rates for re- ments can be made for his dispatel when the Itevenue Officers arrived.

rident

cucsts in these hotels to-Singapore, ---

Mr. Hraton said that in order

should be $10 to $12 a day for. that the appeal against enfisca Den could succeed, it must be shown that the Magistrale hart acted outside the law.

DEPORTATION ORDER

fugitive

from

Ng Say-pub, allas Hui Shing, a

Singapore

and wind by the Authorities there for Forgery, who again brought Thetore Mr. F. X. d'Almada at

Central yesterday.

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Replying, Mr. Hotom said The debaition of "attempt Section 2 (a) of Ordinance Under the Fugitive Offensiers 92 of 1915 was considerably wider Ordinance, Chief Inspector J. M. than the Common law acceptaice Forrest, who made the arrest on the terin as reported in the instructions of the Stugapore decided gaans in Eigland. Authorities, applied for an order

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Light Sentence For Trainee Of HKCTU

walk about in the night with a pair of händ- cuffs is quite a serious thing. But in view of what his officer said about his being a very keon recruit I am going to give him the option of the Fine."

With the above comments, ago: and was a very keen recruit Mr. W. H. Lalimer at Kowloon Flis record was good.

In reply to the bench, accured yesterday imposed a fine of

constable 893, attached to the

to lic

utub ph

In this

double rooms and $5 for single,

rooms,

We also recommend that 70 per} cent the accommodation in i hese hotels be reserved for re- sident ausis.

Binco preparing the comments in the two paragraphs above, the nocommodation situation has mitered due-to-a-further-influx-

of persons into the Colony. Nevertheless we place our com-. ments on record in cast the

■ituation should revert to that exlating as at the beginning of November.

Lucky Apartments and Tuk Lin We strongly recommend that the Apartment. We recommend that 10 per cent surcharge which pre- U accommodation rates for re-valis in some Chinese hotels an a sident glesia should, be on the service charge be entirely erndi- basis of $8 for a double room and cated as we understand that the $1 for a single room a day.. boys receive only a small perecut-

We further recommend that 100 age of the total.

per

cent of the accommodation be

reserved for resident guests.

Establishments

such as the YWCA, the YMCA, Sallors. and Rates for Food: We recommend Soldiers' Home, the Helena, May that the rate of $5.60 a day for Institute etc., should be exempt

be lie maximum, which re- from control.

be

$80, or six weeks' imprison-handcuffs to ment, on Chan Kuen-tak, 24-andcuffs and insignid to Polleosident guests should be charged. card showing distinctly the year-old trainee of the Hong Mong Kok Station, and that m

The services normally supplied accommodation .rate and the Kong Chinese Training Unit, the way to the station he tucked by hotels of this type during 1941 charges for service should

should continue...

displayed in each room. T on the charges of possession of the handcuffs under his belt as he

In this report the percentagea a pair of handcuffs and a found them too heavy

recommended to be set aside, for Crown badge, and of imper-arried in the pocket

the accommodation of resident or sonating a police officer.

other guests should not become operative › unifl guests normally vacate their. accommodation.

The report was signed by Mesars, T. N. Chau, P.S. Cassidy, F.G.. Maunder, 3.M.Wong, Chung King-pul and Y. Morris- Comfort..

Cecil, Good, View, Kimberley, Kowloon Metropole, Union, Slur, and Tavern Hotels. These cr Detective Sub-Inspector W, J. tablishments include a number of The court warned the defen:) Wall, prosecuting, said that he had | old hotels. They cater for, bpth dant to be "very careful in the interviewed PC 893 and that the Chinese and non-Chinese queals, future" as the present light sen-constable, had his handcuffs with. We were not impressed by some tence would not be repented in him. The defendant, said DSI of the rooms we saw, although future cases,

Wall, was walking in the direction these hotels appear to be as well Lleutenant James, defendant's of Telmisalsul äid not Mank KeR | handged as 'the can expect in 'old officer, told the court that Chan when he was stopped; searched; { buildings, Joined the Unit about 14 weeks and arrested.

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