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SEIZURES AT KCR STATION

Pleadianty to the charge

of possession of one and a half

The various systems of recording jobs undertaken

by the electrical department, and, of records" kopt of such work, stores drawn for such pur- poses, and the procedure of such work, was ox- plained by Public Works Department, of the Criminal Sessions yesterday

tacle of raw oplum at the Kow-Witness, who was testifying at the thirteenth hear-

loor-Canton” Roflway: statleri on January 20, Ho Ngoi-chun 22- year-old militer, was fined $150

or six weeks' Imprisonment by Mr. A. D. Scholes at Kewloon yesterday. Revenue Inspector D. 11. Knox

prosecuted.

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ing of the PWD prceny trial, was the 51st wit ness to give evidence.

The two accused in the dock | her, but not while he and Kwok are Kwok Kwong, foreman, and Kwong were together.

Austin Spary, Grade I'electrical Asked if there was anybody

A 30-year-old farmer, Yip Szo-Inspector, both of the Publie who saw him and Kwok Kwond had his two toels of gold, Works Department, who are in the Cecilia Beauty Saloon, wil-

valued

Jemöhlle servant,

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Star Ferry's Big Profits

The Directors of The Star Ferry Company, Limited, announco that, subject to audit, the profit for the year 1948 HK$1,600,000.

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The amount brought for ward from 1947 $49,780.

The total availabi for distribution is $1,649,780.

The Directors 'have commended that this be ap propriated as follows:

Dividend of

share fred) of tax $840,000; trang for to reconstruction reserve $780,000; taxation Pasorve $130,000; carry forward. next accoune 120,780,

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HAPPY VALLEY. CAR RACKET

RASC MAN'S EVIDENCE AT CORONER'S INQUEST

The traffic accident at Talpo Bridge on the morn-

ing of December 8 last, in which a 55-year-old- married woman was fatally injured after hav-.. ing been knocked down by a military ambul- ance, had another sequal at the Kowloon courts yesterday,

On December 24, Private Q. Gregory, RASC, driver of ambul=|_ unca A3204, was summoned for dangerous driving and

driving without due care and, attention. Due to the non-attendance of the prosecution's only witness defen- dant was discharged when his counsel, Mr. A.S.C. Comber, ob- Jected to an adjournment.

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then started to run up to her husband. On har doing", sơn,the_ went lightly further to tor right.

Witness said that he drove on and passed the man and woman, When he was abreast of the couple the lorry coming from the opposite direction was also abreast of his vehicle.

Hoard Scroam

In reply to the coroner, wit- at approximately 3000, charged with 12 counts of larceny ness said there were two Chinese

An inquest was conducted by by

objdining in the parber shop at the time,

ness later changed this state- MWA Blair Kerr vasterday entrandmidsthat he had-DPL.COM THE V P. Scholes |

by zuise" protejfers and witness agreed. Win - Comer

Into the denty of the wom lically passed the two persons Revenue

D. H. Knox conspiracy to defraud-the Gov- that he did say he could remem-

Chung Sze. The verdict will be when the other lorry was abreast sold that the gold was found on ernment.

ber distinclly that work

on' the

delivered this morning. Kowloon-Canton

of his. The other vehicle was acouse at the

Another electrician, Ip Pun-barber shop started on a Satur-

Dr. R. E. Alvares said that, at about 18 inches on the wrong Ballway Station about 2 p.m. on leung, testified as to the K.B.Q.C. day.

Yin Ho, an unemployed Chineat, the autopsy conducted on Decem-side of the middle of the road.) Thursday, as defendant' vas about job, affer which he was cross- Witness' Denial was charged before Mr. Hin-shing ber D, he found blood in the non- to board the train.

examined by Mr. Ferey Chen, Mr. D'Allon: I put it to you Lont Central yesterday with trils, mouth and right cor of the Defendant was cautioned and counsel for Kwok, during which that you are giving a nonsensical possession of a screw driver fit for dead women. There were a scalp discharged,

he stated that when he was in the reason just to show that you re- an unlawful purpose and for wound on the right side of the Lower Court he did say he could

back of the head, and bruises on

Gregory went on to say that not remember whether or not the member that work was begun on loitering with intent to steal.

According to Inspector Saul, the Saturday.

after he had passed the two, he right tip of the shoulder, wire was issued by Ko Lin from "Witness: Na, what I have sald defendant was seen on January 15 left elbow and both knees.“

hoard a woman's screams and im- the Hung Hom workshop. Ho

In Wong Net Chung Road near He also found a fracture at the mediately applied his brakes. His dented a suggestion that he had

Witness further told the court the Jockey Club,

back of the skull, and that the lorry stopped within 15 fost, He come to swear in the court, as in that he could remember it was a

Rajeck Salim Khan, An In base of the brain was badly torn got out and walked to where the the Lower Court, to things that he Saturday because the day follow-spector employed by the Hung on the right side. There was much man was knooling on the road did not remember,

supporting a woman in his arm. ing was

Kong Automobile Association, saw blood inside the cranial cavity, Sunday, Cross-examined by Mr. V. J. L

Mr. D'Alton: I put it to you defendant trying to, open the

The cause of death, in his He took the woman on to the am- D'Alton, counsel for Sphry, wit that this job was yours, and yours handles of motor cars left unat-opinion, was Inceration of the bulance and drove to the. Talpo ness revealed that before the alone, and that Kwok Kwang had tended near the Jockey Club and brain, Intracranial haemorrhage Dispensary Japanese occupation he had been nothing to do with it.

When Sub-Inspector R.B. Ross arrested him.

and shock resulting from frac- werking at a Kwok Kwong cleo-

Mr. Lo sentenced him to fourture of the skull.

who represented the police, trical sliop at 230 Reclamation

months.

LI Fat, husband of the dead Cormed the court that the road Street.

woman, sald that he was walking was 19 ft. 3 Ins. wide, the military with his wife along Talpo Bridge ambulance was 7 ft. 6 in., and when he saw a vehicle coming the other truck was 7 ft 4 ins. pointed out to Gregory from the opposite direction. His the coroner!

that that would have left him only wife, who was walking slightly we Inches between oncoming

the in front of him, and himself both vehicle and the couple

Reminders

Today

Christ Church members dance, 3.30 Kewloon Tong Club,

Motor

CH

oil paintings by Miss B. H. King, Roof Garden, IK Hotel,

9.30 am.

Coming Events

TOMORROW

Witriem: Kwale Kwong told me to do it

The

Soliciting Sentence

of the road.,

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had

p.m. to 1a.m. Annial Race Menting, Afth day,

Happy Valley. 12 noon..

Cross-examining, Mr. Chen ask- display.

Gilman's show next witness, Kam Wing, ed witness whether he would be said in evidence that he took part surprised or not to know that a rooms. Nathan Roar Cosmo Club members dance, 9 p.mkow Road, and that it was done that he had seen many workmen in the barber shop job at 1, Han- witness yesterday told the Court Exhibition of famous European

on the instruction of Kwok go into the store-room at Kwong. This took place in June workshop, whereas witness him- 1948, he said. The work consisted self had said he never saw anyone ring Street at 10 p.m. on Thurs-

Witness then stated that he While walking along Bow-moved further into the left side et installing power plugs, fuse go into it. Ip replied that he would

practicnity passed the boxes, and boards, and putting on be surprised.

couple and was swerving to his day, Lance Corporal Pyard was a main switch. There were three

Flung To Ground 00-

right others with him on the job. The

Cross-examined, witness den-approached by Tam Li,

The court pointed out that the led job took place on a Saturday

* suggestion that, if he had year-old unemployed, and ask- A military lorry, rushed past an slid mark on the photo produced afternoon and lasted till Monday,

Reed materials from the Hung cd whether he wanted a girl his right, and he was struck on by the police showed a curving he states.

Hom workshop on the barber The materials were

L/Cpl Byard, according to his the right shoulder and tung to towards the left, Witness explain- shop, he had used them taken from the Hung Hom worki

without

evidence given before Mr, A. D. the ground. His wife was also edit by saying that the skid mark shop.

the knowledge of Kwok Kwong. Scholes at

was made after the wonton had Kowloon yesterday, struck by the lorry, spun round was He also denied that he had said

aid nothing but followed Tam to and knocked to the ground.

She been struck. conspired with Ho Bung or Wooring Street where he was fell on her backi somebody else, and not with asked to walt.

Witness said that he suffered Kwok, as regards the job,

After an absence of about five only very slight Injuries and was minutes, Tom returned with is not even trusted at the Taipo kirt and was arrested by L/Cpl. Dispensary Hid Wife was, how

After. 61 loss had given evi- yard and brought to the police over, very seriously injured. The station

coldier-driver got off the lorry dence of the width of the road, Charged by Inspector . Orem and helped his wife on to the the vehicles, and the distance of with soliciting for an immoral vehicle

the skid mark from the bridge purpose, Tam was sentenced to

Gregory sald that when he railing, the coroner adjourned the one month's hard labour. His first saw the couple they were inquiry to this, morning,....

walking in single fils, with the plea that he was approached by

man walking in front: The woman turnad her. head and

Classical Concert, Toe H Club, Talbot House, 50, MacDonnell Rond, 8.30 p.m. Exhibition of famous European oil paintings, by Miss E. H. King, Rost Garden, HK Hotel, 0.30 n.m.

MONDAY

Crown Land Auction, PWD office,

3 p.m.

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Dinner in honour of Mr. E. G. A. Grimwood, by Chinese Manu- facturers Union, 8 p.m. Whist Drive, European YMCA,

8 p.m.

Official opening of Chun Hing Bakery and Confectionery Factory. by Sir Shouson Chow, Mong Lung Street Shaukiwan, 12 noon.

TUESDAY

HK Rotary Club luncheon, talk

by Capi. L. D. Gammans,, Root

Garden, HK Hotel, 12.30 p.m. Bridge Drive, European YMCA,

6 p.m. Burn's Supper, Roof Garden, IIK

Kotel.

No Estimate

ip further said that Kwok Kwang told him to work on a Baturday afternoon because there would be very few people · In the shop at that time.

Ip testified that he gave the bill to" the mistress of for the work the shop on the instructions of Kwok,

As to wages, witness went on, he received his pay the usual way

"For

Nathan Road Job

Mr. Chen: I put it to you that, you went into the Cecilia Beauty Saloon yourself and that Kwok Kwong, was never there.

Witness: That is not so. Witness further dented having not the bills for the Cheong Hing firm either through He Sung or Lung Chung.

Witness was cross-examined by Mr. D'Alion, after which Ng Shiu, another electriclan, gavo further evidence,

the next pay day.

Mr. D'Alton then asked witness if, when he went to make an es- timate

the job, he saw the foreign lady in charge of the shop. Witness replied saying he did not

Lam Hung, electrician, testified | make any estimate. He said that the first time he saw the foreign shades at 228 Nathan Road second as to having put up two lamp Jody was when he brought the materials to the shop on Saturn on the Instructions of Kwok

day afternoon.

Counsel asked witness if he saw the Indy while he was with Kwok Kwong at any time, to which Ip answered that he did see

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"LE BAL DES VOLEURS”

JANUARY 27, 1949

Tickets at Sennet

reros

floor

Kwong, the materials for which

the complainant was not believed

the court.

were obtained from Hung Hom! A Witness said that Spary cama into the house a few minutes after he arrived with the shades. Two .coolies came along with witress,

·witness (said.

After the two coolles, Pang

Hong Kong's Worst Year For Fires

nelle

record number of 483 calls was recoived by the Hong Kong Fire Brigade during the 1947-48 official year, it was officially announced in the "annual report of the Fire Brigade Department yesterday.

Chuen, and Wal Tat; had given The

cross-

evidence, and had been examined, James C. Brown, 'elcc- trical mechanical Inspector, went into the witness stand."

Witness then gave evidence on the various systems of recording jobs undertaken by the electrical department.

Hearing will continue on Mon- day at 10a.m.

fires resulted in damage estimated at more than HK$1,700,000, 44 deaths and injury to 46 people. In addition, 33 people were killed and 62 injured in house collopses.

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Replying to further questions, witness said that he had been driving since February last year. At the time of the accident he was doing 22 miles an hour,

Personalia

Mr. E.G. A. Grimwood, London agent for the Hong Kong Govern- ment, was entertained at dinner party last night at the Tal Tung Restaurant. The hosts were Hong Kong Preserved Ginger Distribu- tors, Lumited.

Among the guests at the dinner were Messrs. E. Himsworth, J. Cowperthwaite, J. Kite, W.R. Montgomery, H.H. Rankine, X.F. Noble, D.R. Arnott, E.E.- Hogger, T.H. Hutchinson, JW. Ferris, Shum Choy-wah, Lo Heung-hol, The Yee-chuen, Wang. Hon-Ching. Herbert Kong and CJ. Hsu.

Mr. and Mrs. Conred Melli and Mr. W: John Brierley arrived in the Colony yesterday trum Já-

Fire Brigade personnel resprays on May 5, 1947. The 58. Sulidings and 29 from build-way to Hong Kong on Novemi- cued 73 people from collapsed Alpherat caught fire while on the pan by the s. Acness. ings on fire. Casualties suffer! (ber 13, 1947.

were not serious.

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The marriage between Miss Shella Joan Irwin and Mr. Fritz ROAD. CLOSED

ed by Fire Brigade- personnci Serious Ship Fire

Meyer is due to take place today Four tenement Onts in Holly at St. Joseph's Church, at 4 pm. Tool Tak Street btween Shing

wood Road were gutted by fird Wo Road and Bluepool Road, has Six of the fires which occurred on December 25, 1947, Five

Arrivals from Canton by the been closed to vehicular traffic in 1947-48 were serious out persons were killed and four in-as, Wusuch yesterday included place 8 a.m, yesterday. It will be breaks. A cargo junk loaded tured.

Tha

HK. Kwangtung Messrs. N.G. Baale. A. McAlpine, reopened when work on a retain with 880 bags of sodium nitrate caught fire at the Yuen On¡ H.C. Margrett, J.E. Sandbach

exploded off the Kennedy Town Wharf on January 31 last year and R. Shreffler.

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Thirty Ilves were lost.

Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Kilbourne, On February 6 last year the Mr. and Mrs. E.W. Kilbourne, Es. Hein Kong So, lying off Lan and Mr. Kim Ik-whan left for tnu Point was gutted by fire Korea yesterday by the Bs. and beached. Damage was

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The annual report said that 10 Colonel and Mrs. A.D) Cross, the false alarms. received Messrs. M. Goyst, Sir Edward were malletour.

Leonard Paton, NB Moyers, Ninety calls were received in GO Peake, JD, Hicks, N.R. connection with grass and Romsey, and Well Blakeley. shrubbery Bres, 23 for fires on chips,.

41 for chimney Ares and Among the new arrivals at the 252 for property fires,

Poninsula Hotel on Thursday In the year under review, the wore Mr. and Mrs. T.A. Clark, Fire Brigade Inspected and re- Mr. and Mrs, B.B. Hamer, Mrs. ported on 8,011 premises. The Chevallier, Mrs. B. des Tozlers, storage of dangerous goods re- | Messrs. G. Boot, D.C. Young: D.W. seived particular atteritiori.

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Wilde and to, the volue of HK$55,810.30 Briggs were confiscated on magistrates'

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Inspector. J. Andrews, who has

Orders

In the same, perio-1, the Fire, beet in; charge of the Bay View Brigade received 3,324 ambul- Police Station for „nèvóral ance calls and transported 3,373 months, and Sub-Inspector T. patients to hospitats

McCarthy of the Water Polico, left with their familles Yes

Yester day on Home leave" by the RMS Cantonme

The post of Ofeer-In-charge of Bay View has been allod by Inspector C. Blackbourn, OC Ping Shan, and formerly with Inspector Andrew Mong Kok.

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Sub-Inspector. W Watson has been transferred from Ca to Ping Shan, as Office charge.

Torpector:J

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