1949-05-17 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1947.

STORM WARNINGS Wounded Removed HMS BLACK SWAN

DISCUSSED

Storm warnings was the main feature of the dis-

cussions at the Far East Motcorological Con forence hold at Manila last week. Hong Kong was represented at the conference by Mr. G. 5. P. Haywood, Director of the Royal Observatory.

Mr. Heywood, who returned on Sunday, said yes- terday that the conference on storm warning procedures was attended by delegates from Japan, China, Hong Kong, Indo-Chino, Siam and the Philippines, and by representatives of the Royal Navy and the American Navy and Air Force.

NO ARMS SHORTAGE

** News, agunez reports that the Hong Kong Police Force suffers from a short- agd of arms, were ente- gorically denied by a Gov-, ernment spokesman yes=" terday.

The spokesman ndies that the police have sufff- cient arms and that in fact they have a réserve whilch is being built up.

He also denied a report that the police believe that

a Malayan terrorist

was

responsible for the murder

of three police officers on ' baard a faunch at Port Island recently.

The

It was the first time that meeting representing the whole of the Far East had been call- ed to discuss storm warnings a subject of vital importance in this area.

The arrangements for the meel- Line were made by Dr Fish Rosme

Director of the "Philippine Wer= the Bureau. Mr. G. S. P. ley- wood, Director of the Royal Ob- servatory, Hong Kong, was elect-

ed chairman,

HMS Black Sıvan arrived in Hong Kong from Shang- hat yesterday. Picture shows a wounded scanian belug removed from the ship. (“Chlua Mail" Photo).

Big Swindle-Case Trial Resumed

logical Officer of the British Fur Committal proceedings against five Chinese alleg

Commander E.F. Byng. Meteoro-

travelled co meeting.

Fast Fleet,

Munta to attend the Among the other delegates was Fater E. Cherzl Director of Zigmuir Observatory. Shanghai.

whose

was

long

experience of typhoons

of great value.

The bleet of the conference

was to oblain greater uniformity

ed to have been involved in the Colony's big- gest swindle cose continued at Control yos- terday, with Mr. M. A. da Silva cross-examin- ing Mrs. Yeung Sia Go-may, one of the al- leged victims.

in storm warning procedures, and Ng Yeuk-ping, Tang Woon-kai alias Tang Pak-ho,

closer co-ordination between the different storm-warning centers

In the area. It was nerd that bulletins sued

storm-warding spokesman added that the authorities con- cerned are aware that the raurderer is not a Malayan terrorist,

ARMED ROBBERY CASE HEARING

Hearing was resumed at Central yesterday of an arm- ed robbery case which was al- leged to have taken place at 458, Lockhart Road, 3rd floor, on January 20, 1949.

First defendant, Chic Chung- hau, aged 20. faces four charges of robbing Chiu Kan-tong, ullas Chiu Chi-yiu, of $2,000 armed with a

pistol, Do

for shipping and aviation should be in the intulard formi recom- de by the International Meteorological Organisation.

The non-local warnings broad- thod from Hong Kong for the bereft of shipping already con- form closely with International prnetlee, and will need little al teration.

The words

Shum Chi-wan alias Miss Lee and Yeung Su were charged with stealing $300,000 from Mrs. Ruby Ma on December 13, 1947, by means of a trick, conspiring to obtain money from Mrs. Ma between August 13, 1947 and February 18, 1949, and stealing $37,000 from Mrs. Yeung between August 13, 1947 and February 18, 1949.

The third defendant (was ad- used to describe |ditionally charged, as was tropical cyclones of differen, In-Cheung Shing, the fifth defen- tensities will, however, be more dant. with stealing $10,000 precisely defined.

from To Kai-lam.

Mr. A.S. C. Comber is repre- senting first and second defen- C. A. S. Russ repre- Mr.

Definitions"

RAISING FUNDS FOR CHAMBER'S NEW BUILDING

·

Plans for raising funds for the new

12-storey building which is to become the new home of the Chinese General were Chamber of Commerce announced at a meeting of the Chamber yesterday.

RETURNS TO HK

HMS Black Swan, the fourth. Royal. Navy craft tớ be fired on by Communist artillery in the Yangtse late last month, arrived here front Shanghai yesterday with most of her domago potched up.

The frigate, which was sent upriver with HMS London to help rescue the grounded sloop, Amethyst, Arst victim of Red gunfire, underwent two criser during the unprecedented gun dual-first when # splinter split a bullet in the magazine and again when a shell plorced an oll fuel tank. None ex- ploded, however.

HMS Black Swan was hit five times by 76 mi. aina 105 mm. guns and retaliated by firing bakk 300 rounds, scoring six hits.

Only Ave personnel word wounded. Two suffered slight m- Juries. There was no fatality. The five wounded had arrived here curlier by the Heapital-ship- Repose

Reminders.

Today

ridge Drive, European YMCA, |

8 p.m.

HK Light Orchestra Rehearsal, St. John's Cathedral hall, Gp.m.

HK Rotary Club luncheon, toof

Garden, HK Hotel, 12.30 pån. Annual Sports, Wah Yan College.

King's Park, 9 á.m.

Coming Events TOMORROW "Kowloon Rotary Club, Ancheon at the Peninsula Hoter, 12:30 Men's Club, Ladies Night, p.m.

Chinese Bankers' Club, Bank of East Asia Building, 7.30

Under Dockyard Police escort, members of the local Presa bourdy ed. HMS Black Swan. They heard a brief sketch of the running Run duel, by Navigating Oulcer- Lieutenant F. R. Jerram.

At the time of the shelling HMS Black Swan had five Union Jacks, The Ensigns and a white flag. white flag was pulled down when the British craft returned fire.

No Explosion

A three-inch, 75 mm, shell want Into First Lleutenant Chapman's cablu on the quarterdeck and ex- ploded. No one was in then. Ex- cept for burnt clothing and broken furniture, it caused little damage. Shrapnet plerect through the

the deck into

Navigat- Officer's cubin below. A splinter split a bullet in the magazine of small arms. But it miraculously did not explode.

Ing

Another hit entered an oil fuct tonk but did not penetrate into the boiler.

"Had it exploded, the frigate would have listed seriously and presented an easy target for the Red

Kuns," an officer

Temarkell Throughout the thing there was no major outbreak of fire

aboard the frigate. There was a very small electrical cutbreak, but it was killed immediately.

Captain A. D. H. Joy DSO, Swan, arrived with his ship yes- terday.

|DSC. in command of HMS Bluck

HK'S IMPORTS

p.m.

FRIDAY Women's Home-nursing demonis-

tration,

Women's Section, European YMCA, 10.40 a.m. Gala and Dance, European YMCA,

6.30 p.m.

Warrant Officers & Sergeants of.

Hong Kong Garrison, Grand Queen's opening of Mess, Road, East, 8 p.

FIRM AWARDED HK$3,000

Judgment in the form of HK$3,000 and costs Was awarded to Leung Wan, trad- ing on the Kwong Wing Arm, of 1 Waterloo Road, first floor. by the Pulsne Judge, Mr. Jus- tice Williams, at the Supreme Court

the

after yesterday, plaintiff had proved his case. The Kwong Wing frin was the plaintiff against Foot Chuen hing, of 201 Wing Lok. Street, West, first floor, and was repre sented by Mr. A. J. Clifford In- atracted by Mr. A. Y. Hon.

was

dants. When the recommendations of RING the conference are brought insenting the third defendant and Mr. M A, da Silva representing force In the near future the fol-

fourth defendant, Fifth defendani

legally is not og definitions will be em-

represented.

satd ployed-

Trepica! depressions

Continuing. Mrs. Yeung ~with while

that they suspect tha we winds up to and including Benue that she did not possessing

were swindlers. She thought that an automatic pistol and 12 rounds or Force ; Tropical storms--

winds of Beaufort Force they were respectable persons. of communition without a licence, with

Fourth defendant asked her to 8-11: and Typhoons--with winds shooting at Chiu Kan-long

with

assist him to get back his $27,000 intent to cause grievous bodily of Beaufort Force 12 and over.

is reserved which he paid third defendant by harm, and possessing 14 rounds of

and des-joining in fan fan, during which .32 butomalle pistol ammunition.

had handed them a fingers were used as signals. Chiu Chou, the second defen-

He said that he was suffering dant, was charged with the first

from tuberculosis and his family twu offences,

were poor.

The word on s

for a really tructive tropical

"He did not appeal to my kind heart but forced me with words

The new building which is to be erected

on the site of the present al 85-87 Connaught Road, Central, is estimated to cost HKS- 800,000.

Present members of the Chan- ber are to be asked to subscribe to the bullding fund and honar- ary offices in the Chamber are according offered to subscribers to the amounts of their subscrip

The conference agreed that the International System of Visual It was alleged by the prosecu-Storm Warning Signals for worn

Ing ports and coastal shipping of tion, conducted by DSI Sylees that on the evening of January he approach of storms should be

brought into use not later than which were more serious than 20. 1949.

both defendants to- gether with another man not in January 1, 1950, by all countries swords," she said.

"He (indicating fourth defen- custody visited Chiu Kan-tong a signal code in use in Hong Kongdant) should be killed,"

man in the is the worst 459, Lockhart Road. First defen- diant asked Chiu for a loan of $100 intemational signals, and

already empinys

only In reply to a question she said but this was refused.

Defendant was alleged to have minor modifications or additions that she could not remember what annual and permanent, are to bel

later fired a pistol at Chiu, but did not hurt him and induced the complainant to part with $2,000, for which a promissory note was signed.

Witness denied that he lent the money on his own volition.

Complainant refuted the sug- gestion of Air. Percy Chen's the defending counsel that he owned the automatic pistol and that he usually kept a large amount of cush as well as the revolver in his house.

Hearing will continue today.

BRITISH SHIP

in the Far East. The focal storm

several of the work

will be necessary. The present fourth defendant said because she rode will remain unaltered until was influenced by a cup of tea the end of this year.

which contained drugs.

The conference also considered Asked why she did not report means for the more rapid ex- to the police in June last year change of warnings and weather when she discovered that she had reports between

"different storm been swindled, she said, "I was warning centres. Research On told that the police had been typhoons was discussed, particu-bribed.""

tarly

a recently developed method Hearing was adjourned until locating storm centres by today. means of microseismic waves,

Admirable arrangements were made for the meeting by the diaff of the Philippine Weather Bureau, and after the sessions the delc- gates were taken to see the manu forecasting office at Nichols Field,

seismological observatory at

ENCOUNTERS MINE and a new weather station and

The British steamer Changte | Quezon City. arriving from Robe yesterday reported encountering a mine at the given position: Latitude 20.10 N. and Longitude 1274 E.

She brought 73 Europeans and two Asiatic passengers, together with 22 mall bags and 90 tons of general cargo, besides the 1.000 tons in transit.

THREE MONTHS FOR THEFT

Judgment On Claim Reserved

After counsel had concluded their cane, Mr. Justice Scholes, Acting Pulsne Judge, reserved his judgment at the Summary Court yesterday on a $700 claim.

tions.

In addition, new members, both

invited to join with the object or boosting the Building Fund,

Canvassers Ing subscriptions and new members were invited to a dinner party at the Chamber last night by the Chairman Mr. Ko Cheuk-hung.

Naval Aid Fund

the bank

cheque drawn by the defendant The plaintiff is the holder of a

on 'May 14, 1348, for $3,000, which was the subject matter of the dispute.

Plaintiff's care

utat the FOR APRIL sun had been in respect of goods Imports of merchandise into the Wing firm to one

sold and delivered by the Kwong Pul Kee for Colony during the month of April Fool Chuch-hing. and that inf

amounted to 1. declared 1949

payment for this, the defendant value of $100,448,839 as compared

cheque for Upon producing this with $188,888,702 in the month of April.

$3,000. 1048. Agures include cheque at

The

concerned, Government sponsored cargoes, Loung Wan was told that the Exports of merchandise totalled cheque he produced was one that a declared value of $114,020,005 as had been reported lost, and was compared with $138,312,608 in therefore useless.

Leung then later attempted to April, 1948.

Imports during the first four return the cheque to defendant months of 1949 amounted to and demand cash instead, which declared value of $703,121,000 as was refused. compared with $030,449,373 in the first four months of 1943.

Exports totalled $599,165,084 as compared with $458,901,591, -

BUTTER RATION

GARDS

New ratión cards for butter may be registered at Lane, Craw- ford, Limited, as well

as the Dairy Farm Ice and Cold Storage Company, Limited.

Present card holders should

thotr change

cards .for

now

green-coloured ones at the Prle Control Offee between 9.30 am. and 1 pm and 2 p.m. and 5 pni. Further contributions to the daily on Saturdays between 9.30 Hong Kong Naval Aid Fundaan, and 1 pa have increased the total to Only the new green cards will HK$383,174, 'It was officially be recognised for the Juno But- announced yesterday.

Latest ter ration. donations follow: Previously acknow- HKS The sum is claimed by the Mo

301,544.73 ledged Shbug Iron Works, of 187 Tong

Messrs. Steel Bros. Meo Road, Taikaktaul, against the

& Co. Lul

300.00 Kowloon Cloth Calendaring Far-Messrs. Liddell Bros tory, of 69 South Wall Rond,

300 60 Kowloon City.

& Co. Ltd. Mr. & Mrs. CH.

Howell.

plaintif in represented by Mr. B. N. Cooper. Mr. C. Y. Kwan is representing the defendant.

For stealing four HK$100 notes and a gold finger ring from her co-tenant at No. 261 Laichikok Koat, first floor, 1 or Sunday, Tho Wong Ping-Ring, aged 32, a mar- INDECENT ASSAULT ried women, WTA sentenced to A 19-year-old boy, Te Sang- three months by Mr. Blair Kerr

at Kowloon yesterday. pang,. pleaded guilty before Mr. Blair, Kerr pt Kowloon yesterday that complainant left her locket Sub-Inspector J, H. Evans said to a charge of indecent assault of hanging on the wall in her cubicle 3.14-year-old girl and was given and later found the money miss- the option of a fine of $50 or ing. three weeks,

A repost was Complainant was walking along | police station and detectives were Hau Heung, Road on Sunday, sent to tlle house. A searth was Defendant who, was with some made and the money and gold relenda went up to her and in- | ring found hidden in a thoe under decently assaulted hor.

defendant's bed.

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Mr. Charles Loseby, who was in Court to represent the defen- dant on the instructions of Mr. C. A. Sutherton Buss, announced at the start of hearing that he had not received further instructióng from his client, who was absent. and asked permisston to with- draw from the case, which was granted.

TWO YOUTHS SENTENCED

Two youths, Mok Chung-kau aged 18, and Ip Yin-chal, aged 19, pleaded

Mr. guilty before Blair-Kerr at Kowloon yesterday to a charge of being members of the Wo On Lok Society, ari illegal organisation, and were sentenced to six months and recommentled

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