1949-01-12 — Page 3

DEFENDANT TESTIFIES

DURING PWD

A suggestion that he was supplying false bills to people and making falso entries in his ac- count book was denied by a Crown witness, Lam Yam, master of the Cheong Hing elec- trical shop, of 7 Mercer Straat, during the PWD larceny trial yesterday.

Witness admitted making out bills in his own name to Kwok Kwong and making such entries ac- cordingly in his book for the sake of helping out a friend. Lam was giving evidence at the trial

which In

Kwok Kwong, foremun, and Austin Spany, Grade I electrical in- spector, both of the Public

and witness could see Harris at the phone although be could not hear him.

Re-examined by Crown Coun pel, Julebin and that there u an interval during the telephone

Works Department, are charg-conversation in which he Baw ed with 12 counts of larceny

Harris put down the phone und by blle servant, obtaining go through some papers. money by false pretences, and conspiracy 10 defraud the Government.

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The first witness yesterday wha Juleban, who WHEN Cross- examined by Mr. D'Alton, counsel for Spary.

Resigned Position

Julchin. former clerk of the CPA Beld offer at Kai Tak, sald that he worked for the CPA for 20 months, after which he 1. signed, Replying to a query, he stated that there

there was no reason

for the CPA dhenesing him, but that he veshnert because of belter kulary elsewhere.

With regard to the telephone conversation which Harris, wit- nasa' former superior, bad with Spary, Mr. D'Albon asked witnear where this took place.

Witness replied that it took place at his offler and that he was present at the time.

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In reply to a question put fur- ward by the Jury, witness said he ld not remember seeing Kwok Kwong in any of the CPA jobs, but that he was quite sure of see ing him somewhere,

The next witness was

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your tire an accomplice?-He told me he was doing proper busin- noss. I am not an accomplice.

Asked whether the police made any rent to prosecute him, wit- new replied in the negative and added that he was merely sent for to make a statement.

Mr. Chen. Apart from fake cctrics in your book, hove you any bone Ade entries?

Witness: With the exception' of this one, all the entries are bona Acc.

Roaring Business.

I put it to you that you' do a roaring business supplying take Wils to people.-Na.

I put it to you that you get a commission for that--No,

I put it to you that you gove there bills for the Cathay Pacif Airways job to Au Pul, not to Kwok Kwong-No. That is not correct.

Witness further denied that the to Ko Ling and that the one for Later bill for the KUGC was banded

the Cecilla Beauty Salon job was given to Kam Wing.

Yam. of the Cheong Hing shops who, under cross-examination by Mr. Chen, counsel for Kwok Kwong, said he never was in the PWD before.

Witness stated Lat ke tablished his firin

23 years ago,

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Mr. Chen: You were lying when you said you gave all these bills to Kwok Kwang.

Witness: That to no lie.

Lam disclosed that at all the occasions Kwok Kwong phoned him up and asked him to have tea with him at the Sheung Shan tea house.

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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1948.

New Authority For Police

Tho Merchant Shipping Ordinance la to be amended

50,

provide among other things authority for police launches to 'fire at veracts which refuse to stop at sea when lawfully ordered to do

to M

Amend the Ordinance will be read for the first time today Legislative Council meeting.

The Dill clarifies the da- finition of "moter-bont" and

menda

tho definition of "ship' to distinguish between

Junka and marchant ships.

Опе amendment Anturas proper salvage of wrecks in

barbour, it

the

to guard

of

Ascurity abandonment operations aftor commenco - ment of such operations,

Law On Movements

CORRESPONDENCE

in

agrees

The Editor Laksa no respon albility for views expressed letters by correspondents, and by 20 means necessarily with them.

I don't think I have ever seen |a government more indifferent to the rising clamour of public op probrium than this one, is disantisfaction among goverT ment

There is dis- employees.

There

Divided Wo Fail! Str. While there may or may not be a case for the taxidrivers clemanis in the present strike situation one fact omerges clear- by fram

the whole sorry bual- ness, and that is that the right satisfaction among the rest of the to strike" in Hong Kong, unless population. Dally the government the is attackoil on this, that or exercised by a very powerful

other union whose activities are con-

question-and precisely ** nothing is done! And yet they nected with on absolute publle essential or contribute to the inof this colony to join n Defence make an appeal to the population come of powerful vested group, Force when the shocking injus- is a mere mockery..

Gees of the past.. (and the pre- The reason for this in plain. sently are still as thriving as China

Dust the

thal

way provides requiree

an inexhaustible

reservoir of al-ever.

1

think

Colonel Ride. most against

most any category of Inbour, whom I had the pleasure of meet.. salvage

eyer ready and eager to

seek employment locally, and manage-right Idens about justler is the ing the other evening, has the ments whose methods have led future. But how, in spito of his to 4 strike <nn always save themselves

good intentions, can ha expect a and starve the

large dow of recruits when mosi strikers into ignominious surres of the Hong Kong population (the der by making use of the out-resident population-not the ten- siders and Incal unemployed minute residents from up North) readily aval

available.

are completely and utterly fed up In the face of this The only

to the teeth with the inchi situn- weapon which

might avail the tion and the nexcusable inacti- strikers to ensure thot their Vily of the Government? Give grievances, If actual, were ren dressed-le, getting other unious us some action and we'll be will-

thing to to strike in sympathy until the Colonel Ride, public were compelled to take present, anyway-is not worth notice and forco Government to fighting and, perhaps, dying for. du something-has been forbid-

But it could be! den by some obsolete Ordinance, railronded through a long time

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(b) n vaild Entry Permit, Cer- ificate of Residence or Frogiler Pass issued under this Ordinance: Provided that the Immigration officer may walys the require- ments this section in respect of child under the age of 18 years or a person or class of person.

The possession of valid travel documents shall not be deemed to imply that the holder will be permitted to enter ex pf right nor. If ha perimitted to enter, that he will be permitted to re main; nor shall it serve as an excuse for disobedience of any order of removal, departation, made

for the

до

my.

action Into

under Hong Kong—at

RALPH SHAW,

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or

two

four years after he arrived in the Colony from a farm in China. Immediately after his arrival, he

Whlic there is a lot to be said continued, he secured a position as

for on "anti-sympathy-strike" apprentice at an electrical con-

Two Birds With One ordinance in country where tructor's Aria, He established his Witoras went on to say that it

compulsory arbitration can be

Stone own busines after he received

was about 6 p.m. when he went

forced on both employers and Str,-Having had one capital in the form of subterip,

employees. the tea house and found

Auch an ordinance to fre

the Imagination. tions from some of his native Kwok alone awaiting him. Wit-

becomes a monstrosity of injus-thought occurs 10 mo tint We villagers.

ness, it is alleged, was given a

tice when no such recourse is might well kill two birds with Countel then asked witness

askeri to draft

paper and was

obtainable by wronged workers. one stone by combining the re whether his firm had always been make out a bill.

expulsion or banishment

They are left completely under quirements of under

public at the same address, to which wil-

security Witness said he told Kwok he

any enactment

the managements thumbs, what with those of pubile sanity. Sorry, ness replied that they had changed could not do that, whereupon

time being in forch.

ever highsounding discussions I mean sanitation! several times and that the present Kwok is alleged to have told w-

The holder of vaild travel docu- arg held with them. Further

Belo naturally bestlant to one was at 7 Mercer Street.

the ness to merely make an entry into ments, which bear a transit vis

compulsory Asked if he would

rush into print, I have nursed my understand the book. Witness said he

remain In shall

not

the arbitration being

jeed, brainchild awhile, but I now fed introduced. English, Lam said he could nutnally persunded to do

this Colony, the that what with Municipal Coun- When a a job was to be done at a

Cross-examined by Mr.

D'Alton,

enable him to Iran-

only impartial arbitrator possi-

coming up. European person's place.

and civic respon- witnessLam stated that he had, 30 e-

ells rom to find other mran by ble, would be a Supreme Court siblity being on the upsurge, as stated, he would bring dong hployees in his shop as permanent which to proceed to his destina-judge who might be flanked by it were, there is no point in clerk to do the interpreting.

electricians. He had some extra fan; and it

if the vish is for direct a nominee of each group, mak- Mr. Chen asked witness whether hands to do some jobs, he added. - trans

he shall proceed

the ing by The knew any of the PWD men al Mr. D'Alton: When you have most direct and speedy means: Hung Hom. Lam replied that with to undertake a job without the Provided that the Immigration the exception of Kwok Kwong, materials in stock, what do you Omeer may, for any reason wiilch Tong Chen and Lung Chuen, he do?

he shall deem sufficient, grant an did not know any one there.

extension. Mr. Chen: You do not think it healthy to know.

Witness: No that is not FO, 11 am telling you the fret,

No

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Witness: I have to buy the materials from other shops in the same line.

CASC

Calm 100ger than is reasonably especially in

necessary ship or

Discretion

Do you agree that you pay tax

The Immigration Offeer shall, with the results of your books? at all times, have discretion to | Yes,

limit the stay at any immigrant entering the Colony.

Do you know that the FWD lind 400 electricians?-No.

And you expect the Court to And that these were recruited believe that you are going to pay. Any person who contravenes or from outside electrical shops?-tax for business that you never fails to comply with any provision did?-Kwok Kwong promised to in the Ordinance shall be guilty repay me the tax expenses.

of an offence. Any person guilty I put it to you that it would of an offerice for which no penalty be quite suficient if you merely is expressly provided shall be untered up these bills without liable on summary convletion be- putting "paid."If this was found fore a magistrate to a fine not ex- by the Inland Revenue, the book ceeding HK$2,000 and to impri- would not be found to be ecrrect, sonment for a period not exceed-

After

bad cross-examination

put it to you that you not only know Kwok Kweng, Tons Chuen and Lung Cheun but you make it your business to know these people in the PWD like Au Put, Ko Lin and the others-That is not correct.

and

I put it to you that you were friendly with many of the PWD been completed, Mr. Justice Rey-x months.

The Governor in Council may men mentioned and that you nolds suggests that since the PWD make regulations not inconsistent know them perfectly well.-No, trial would continue for

some with the provisions of this Ordin- further disclosed that time, the Court should have one ance for Witness there was a gulid for electricians Infternoon off this week and two (a) defining the powers and in Hong Kong and that he was next week to give the members duties of Deputy Immigration a member. He stated he did not of the jury a chance to manage Officers and Immigration Control know

there their own business. Crown Coun- Officers; were any PWD electricians be-sel and the defence agreed upon

low however.

(b) providing immigrants, leav-. longing to the gulld not, the this. after which Leung Pun-ing the Colony with travel docu- reason being that he had never ching, clerk of the Cheong Hingments and providing immigrants been to the guild himself aetore. firm, went into the witness-box entering the Colony with Entry Mr. Chen: Do you know what to be cross-examined by the de Permits, Certificates of Residence sort of reputation you have among fence.

or Frontier Passes; your competitors?"

Lung Chuen,

whether

Witness: No, I do not know.

After

another

the caso.

hid-

ing my light under a bushel any tribunal of three to try further-especially as I intend to Join those two other gentlemen If Government is not

siiffi- who intend 10

lo gallop around the efently farsighted to introduce

bins in search of a Mayor's nest. such a compulsory

п

arbitration

So here goes. court to hear these disputes, the

Why workers still

have д remedy. might' well discard

31 unions and

(This is not exactly The Ordinance of 1927 peated last year.-Ed.)

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their

at strategic Tot erect

luxurious Intersections street Invatories which may be a Credit

was re*******

to

They

small helpless combine into one large Trans-

ng to the Colony and a lighthouse port and General Workers' the whole Orient, at the same time making sure they are built Union, with different subsections, of 9" reinforced concrete ilke This body would be much

Hill stranger

financially and better that used for the Leighton able to cope.

battlements? I proper firesteps are provided, and the ventilation H.K.T.U.C.

slots are so constructed as correct.

afford a

a good Beld of fire, who knows what these might mean to cur Volunteers of the future. when recruited and trained to Give Us Action

use them in their military as- Sir-Now that Father

Ryun, pect I mean, whom I had the pleasure of meet- The local boys called upon to ing in Chungking, and Brigadier man these stupendous projects. Waller, who is an old felent of even if silli at that for future mine from Shanghai, have added time "voteless volunteers" would their voices to those of other per- at least feel that they did, have that privilege is. Indeed, en-light sons, including myself, who feel something of their very own to

for, something

last nt sconced in this colony, perhaps erected by Government with our "deaf and dumb" friends in teen boys for "local boys gubernatorial circles will become even it for a start-it-were only as articulate as their critles and a long-awaited public latrine! Not all civil servants start, not talking-but acting!

HOWZAT?

electrical workman, had Anished tien and providing for their regu-

(c) appointing places of deten-n Do you know that they do not giving evidence, hearing was ad-lation and management; like your methods of business-journed until this morning.

(d) prescribing on immigration examination signal;

I do not know.

III Repute

Do you know that you bring ill repute to the guild by your busi- ness methods?-I do not know,

Do you know that you sell you goods at uneconomical prices My business is mainly for doing electrical jobs, and I seldom sell materials.

Witness further stated that he he was a member of the Electrical Merchants Guild, and that later on he was also persuaded to join the Workers' Guild.

Mr. Chen: You are an honest man?

Witness: Yes.

SENTENCED FOR KEEPING BROTHEL

(e) providing for the furnishing of particulars, returns and photo-

graphs for the purposes of this Ordinance to the Registrar 01 Three women came before Allens and to the Commissioner of Mr. F. X. d'Almada at Central Police yesterday on separate charges of keeping a brothel.

Fung Chun, pleading guilty to being a brothel keoper at an un- numbered hut on the roof of a building in Thompson Road, was sentenced to three months' im- prisonment.

(f) exempting any person or class of person either

uncon ditionally or subject to auch conditiona

as may be specified from complying with all or any of the provisions of this Ordin ance;

(g) prescribing forms and fees; (h) generally to carry out the Wong Lin, aged 33, received three brothel at an unnumbered hut in

months for Iceeping a provisions of this Ordinance.

The now Ordinance shall come Amoy Street.

Into forse by proclamation by the

are

311

years behind the times" and there Is hope for us wage-earners progressive eleme Hong

some of our progressive elements in the Gov- ernment are given their chance. Anyway, Father Ryan's anil Hri- gadier Waller's words should have caused some furious think ing up there on the hill. And, If we cross our fingers, we might sce something. Or is that too much to hope for?

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Right Toam, Wrong Name

Sir-Reference "Aloydes" article in today's China Mail, my inter- pretation of the attached para- graph is that he refers to Sheffold Wednesday as the "Trotters." As native of Shefeld and a fervant supporter of the Wednesday may I beg to point out that this is not For instance, we might see soine badly-needed legislation to

true.

I have in fact never heard this "Sphinx" suggesis in the Ching

therm Mail, make illegal all forms of name in connection with

They did, "key" money and the various at any time before, housing scandala now flourishing in 1925-28 have a player by the Jimmy Troiter (now, I openly in this "bastion of Western Danocracy in the East." Or will belleve, trainer to Charlton) who "private enterprise" be offended in that season was the leading and refuse to build any more

of the 2nd division- goal scorer houses or apartment buildings? maybe your error has a basis in If they do, then the Government that. However, the Wednesday's has the answer-start housing correct designation should be the

"Owls derivation from

namo of

the

Do you think that a false en-1 A simiar sentence was imposed Governor in the Cathe names or schemes themselvest

on Chan Sze, aged 52, for operat-migration Control of Ordinance of Row second floor. Notice in this song Ordinance of 1930 and any because you case was served to the landlord. Ordinance amending them are

repealed, Inspector Moran prosecuted.

try in your books is honest or ling a brothel at 41 Lower Lascar 1940 and the Registration of Per-Wouldn't mind seeing, some locality of their ground at Owlor-

dishonest? I am honest.

Are you honest supplied these goods as in the bili?I did

those not supply goods.

But the bills Indicate that you supplied them.I was only mak- ing out these bills on behalf of Kwok Kwong.

No.

You were committing a fraud.-

Do you know it is a fraud to

Teen Age Boswell

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make a false entry into a book!"Around the World mooting. toon agers" is the

I did not know that by doing m

It is a fraud.

If what is alleged about Kwok

is true, then do you realise tha

JOINT PAINS

that's where the pain USED to be

this

You too will be able to say if you get to the root

of the trouble the kidneys “ ¡why not try a bottle today?

DE WITT'S PILLS

For Kidney and Blødder, troubles

A

(more widely known' វា Hillsboro),

As a point of interest, the name

Expensive Oranges

housing estates here similar to ton those built by the various munt

In Britain elpalltids

Compared with Leighton Hill fints, the cast by which they were known many would not be excessive and they years ago belongs now to their

Shefeld would certainly take care of the rivals

Tinited the The United at that: need for accommodation of many Blader" moga pèrsons than those now time being called the "Cutlery!!

OWLITE ansconced in that conereje bas- tion just completed. Just give us the old type of council hous which you may see in practically every town in Britain-two gr tires bedrooms, a bathroom, drawing room and a living room, a kitchen and wh'll be entlofied. Or, if the cost is too At 1.20 p.m. yesterday after- exeemive, then build small gev-noon, three men presented them- emment dats in blocks. Bellave solves at 53. Shantung Street, me, even a one-roomed fat (if it's, first floor, and by pretending to your own) is preferable to a hotel be deliverers of oranges, gained.

admittance to 40 premises. room.

And here may, I say that I Once inside, the three men pach sympathise with a large number produced a revolver and horded of Government Servants, who all the inmates of the floor ints have served the Colony for many the kitchen, where they were years and who, os v reward for bound and then gogged with their service, are now living in oranges.

and

programme for Betty Bots, the Epawolf of the Bobby Soxers, who is flying around the world vią Pan American Airways Clippar:

There was a farewell, party at Miss Betz will arrive in the Colony on January 19 and the pipport in San Francisco for will be met at the Kal Tak Mika Betz whore many of hen West poret fans met for a oko party Airport by a representative before she took off for bor first group of Teen Agers.

Her tinerary A small ice cream and soft/stor Honolulu,

include, Tokyo, Hong Kong, drinks party will be provided upon. Bangkok: Calcutta, Delhi, Istanbar, her arrival, and interviews will be Romo, Paris, “Austria, Germany, exchanged between the local Bobby Ireland and Englan

hotels. They are not allowed to Leaving one man to guard the write to the press-not under door. the other two proceeded to poctail that

partic

their own maids,

‚talked | left after 20 minutes with money: Hong Kong.

and clothing donated by her to them! The fact that they be and jewellery to the total value will depart for Maulis American teen agt readers and long to this Government, which I of approximately HK$400: via Pan American Airways Clip distribute them to children is the criticise, doesn't ma

matter. per on January

war-torn countries of Holland, does matter is that ifiny ard 征 With three previous convictions, * In addition to her paints, type-Germany, Austria and France.

out- thy, savin boat ** most of us Kang Hing, 98ed 22, was charge welton and 'drawing Inked; the Лy- Through her syndicated colump, dide the Government and that; ad before Mar. 19. A. Blair Kerr ing author-columnat, Is. Taking Defly "Betz hope to acquaint, when I rith and demand some yesterday, with loitering: at the slong párty, klly to "egóh 'country American teen agers with those ind | mation | to alleviate the shocking KCR Station. Defendant who as a gift from the Camp Fire Girls | foreign lands and to establish's I housing altuation here, I include pleaded guilty, was dnod $100 or or America,

world friendship programme, them, ton, in my petition..

Kaur. weeks, -

Soxers and Miss Bets. When Betty reaches Paris, she

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