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DETAILS OF GRUESOME MURDER REVEALED AT TRIAL OF TINKER

Reminders

8.30 n.in.

Today

Britiko Drive, European YMCA; HIK Rotary Club, tale by Mr, Keantih Noble on Dominion DAY

Roof Garden, HI Hotel, 12.30 p.01. Recital by Carol Bateman's pupils

(in ald of Fanling Fables Home) at Helena May bi- slitule. 6.30" p.m. HK and Canton ice Manufactur.

Co., Ltd., manual general inceting, Windsor Home, 11

4.1.

Cheung Woon ord

The

Committal hearing of a murder caso' jovolying a tinker was hoard at Kowloon yesterday.

aged 28, was charged with mur- dering his colleague by chopping of the lotter's head with a kitchen chopper.

⚫ alleged reply was that the boy was buried prosecution that on the night of May 19, hill top

**The police porly was then lea fendant's house, an un-nuh-to the "Hu Wan Hill by deten- dant who also led the party to bered hut at Nam' Hang Vil- the swampy land where the head lage. Taipo, New Territories, was

buried defendant quarrelled with Cheung Piu, aged 26, and during the course of their quarrel chopped off Cheung Plu's' head.

after

1 dianer

at

de-

One prosecution witness. Chi Fling, a foki of the deceased, said the dee that to defendanta lapte Kowloon Union Church, women's the deceased

guth meeting, 10 a.m.

for dinner, on their way from HK. Light Orchestra rehearsal, Shatin, they stopped at the Taip

St. John's Cathedral hali, 0.45 market nad bought 8 tools of

b.m.

Coming Events

TOMORROW

HK Art Club monthly exhibition. SL Jolm's Cathedral Hall, 10 am, top.m.

Toc H Club, meeting at Talbot House, 50, Macdonnell Road, 3.30 p.m.

vils (n nich of Fanling Du- bies' Home), Helena May In- stitute 5.30 p.in.

.

Chineso wine.

At defendant's house, together with three olier persons includ- ing a boy who was also one of the prosecution's witness, they bara conner with defendant.

Both the head and the headless body were excavated that morn ing and defendunt was taken to the Tao pellee station.

Repert the post inarten ty Dr. B.E. Alvares the Kowloon Public Mortuary, revealed that deceased gled of decapitation, haemorrhage, and the s

repert further stated that the bead of the deceased was com- pletely severed from the betty by an apparently clean eut stroke of a sharp Instrument which passed between the second and the third Cervich Vertebrae, through the

base of the lyroid cartilage and

nokin of the neck was clean cut, but not in a continuous line. Other Incised wounds were on upper eyelid, right the right

soft tissues of the neck,

When the men was eaten, Chul was sent away by blu master to purchase some sugar in the Talpo

On his return he saw check, below the right eye, two tanrket. that the door of the hut was lock-long wounds running down the Recful by Carol Bateman's pund and in front of it sat the boy right side of the nose and across Taul Sun-Jewal, and defendant. the right side of the mouth and Defendant told "Chút that a linear abrasion one and a half e interal side of Choong Pia was killed during inches long on the the quartel. Ha'aldo Urged Chut the right forearm, about to act of watch, eutside the Inches below the right elbow

Dr. A. ዘ. 17. hut. While the 'boy and he want

Coombes of the Inth the Kodak.

Government Pathologists' Omec, pointed out to the court that foug out of 14 articles of clothing seized by the police during defendant's arrest, had blood stains.

THURSDAY

HK Art Club monthly exhibition, St. John's Cathedral hall, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

JIK Union Church, Ladies' Guild meeting. Helena May Institute 3 p.m. Kowloon Rotary Club, luncheon, at Feninsula Hotel, 12.30 p.m. Y's Men's Club of Hong Kong. luncheon at Roof Garden, HK Hotel, 12.45 p.m.

FRIDAY

Canuda Duy, Service at Saiwan

Military Cemetery, 9.56 Receptum at Hong Kong Club annexe, 7 to 8:30 pm. Canadian Club of Hong Kong

dinner dance, Roof Garden, HK Hotel, 745 p..

Two Year Sentence For Larceny

An unemployed Chinese man was charged at Kowloon

with yesterday

committing larceny in a dwelling.

Young Tak-ming, aged 25, went

WILE

Carried Baskot "Later," Chul continued, while I was going to the Taipo market, I noticed that defendant walking behind mo with a basket behind his buck and behind him was the boy, Tsul Sau-kwal, whe

hoc carrying shoulder.

them

on

They followed me for a while I lost sight of them because they turned into another road.'

When he returned to the hatten he saw that there waje blond

teins the kitchen

When Haul Kwok-wu, the Loy's nrother.

Cheng ond his wife, ting-kiu, returned to the house. the fokl told them that his mas- ter was killed by defendant dur- ing a quarrel.

state- the toki's support

TRui San-kwal ment the boy. told the court that after the din- ner, while sitting outside the hut with his brother and sister-in- inw, he heard defendant engaging in an argument with deceased,

To

The quarral lasted for about a few minutes, the boy continued, then then all of a sudden, he heard, deceased shout "save life", in a one which he believed that the chouler must be in great pain.

After the shout ended, Toul San-kwal re-entered the

body of deceased)

iwd

The case which was prosecuted by Detective Sub-Inspector Roberts, was adjourned 24 hours.

Yangtze River Entry Light Extinguished

The Director of Marine reported yesterday that owing to the political situation the supply of fuel for navigational aids in Ching would be tenuous and therefore when affect- .ed they are unreliable.

The Yangtze River En- trance light has been ex- tinguished.

KAI

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1049.

Police Cocktail Party

The Governor. Sir Alexander Grantham, was among the

the given, by

Police 200-odd quants at the cocktail party Reserve yesterday evening at Police Headquarters in honour of the Pollop Commissioner, Mr. B. W. Mackintosh, and xlx other Pollan officers who were decorated in the King's Birth- day Honoura List. Bir Alexander and Lady Grantham aro shown being escorted Into Headquartor by Police officers-("China Mall" photo).

Reservo

HONG KONG-LONDON RADIO-TELEPHONE

ARMED ROBBERS SENTENCED

Two men, Chan Man alias

·Chan Ah-kau, and Cheung Chi minh miles, Cheung Ch yuk, were each given ninn vents hard labour and 12 strokes of the cane, by Mr. Justice Scholes, Acting Pulang Judge, at the Crimlaul. Ses sions yesterday.

The jury, comprising four men

three women, and

after deli- hecatlug for about five mbiutes. unanimously found; the men guilly nt armed rubbery. Firat accused was also convicted of possession dif a revolver and a dagger.

Neither man was legally repre- Crown sented. Mr. M. Heenan, Counsel, conducted the ease for the prosecution assisted by De- tective Inspector T. Cashman.

The two men took part in uUT

armed robbery on April 27 in the premises of the Wing Tak Firm and the Joint Dispensary, at 33 Brot Des Voeux Road Central, Пoor..

After tying up the occupante of the houses in a cubicie, the men got away with $2,500 worth Nond of money and Jewellery, af: the gapda was recovered.

The culprits were arrested on April 20, and identified by same of their victims at an identifica

lon parade, the next any.

The accused denied the allega-

Radio-telophonic communication botween Hong.

Kong and London will be thrown opon to the ions against them public next week, the "China Mail" was in- formed yesterday.

Engineers of Cable and Wireless Limited haye. been hard at work over the last few months. on establishing the service, and only the. finishing touches are now being put on the final tests.

The preliminary arrange tn. Shanghai, Mineco, Manila and ment is for the line to be open Taipeh

Canton operating dally from to the public for 90 minutes daily, from 3 p.m.

to 4.30 1.20 a.m. to 12 midnight; Macao Isom 9. a.m. topm; Shinnphmd p.m. It is felt by local offiom Dam. to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. cials of Cable and Wireless 7 a.m., Tach from 1 pm to that this time is insufficient, 13 p... Did Manita from 10 in. and the Postmaster-General to 1 p.m. and 3 b. to 7 pr. in London is being approach- Jure nearly always fully booked. ed for a longer period to be allotted.

It will be the seventh radio- phone service linking Hong Kong with outside the Colony.

TAK TOPICS

An order for confiscation in respect of the revolver and the dagger wys also made

by the Court.

CHARGED WITH ASSAULT ON POLICEMAN

A

Shanghailander was charged ut Kowloon yesterday with assaulting a police officer and behaving in a disorderly

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has not affected the radio phans steward of the . Duecalion, wus service to that city, which is arrested by the police at Holl's operating до trual, though Wharf. on Saturday there was momentary break slapped PC 2009, the pullco al- whan the Communista took leged.

when he

By S & W

30 oz Tins $2:50

On that day defendant went to

By Palmdale

By Cosmos

over.

The last overseas connection set up was with San Francisco, which was opened to the public It started of early this month.

The "China Mail" was informed with a two-hour daily service, that no further connections with the wharf carrying two packages but now has been extended to abroad are likely to be establish of vermicelli in his hands. three hours, from 12 noon to 9 cd for another year or so. Lack

The whort watchman secing pm, to cope with traffic demand. of transmitters and equipment is

that defendant's hunds were oc- stoppage. The heaviest demand, however, the cause of the

slipped his fingers into do. is on the short lines linking Can- Furthermore, Cable and Wire-cupied,

less have been working at enn-fendant's pocket and picked out The pur Wi siderable

handicap.

due to the defendant's pass. absence of a.

a central office. Their returned to defendant but instead dinculties have been aggravated of replacing in defendant's poc- placed the by the enormously increased ket, the watchman traffic, both cable and wireless, pass in defendant's hand. to the home of an American en- and saw the wind covered with of the past threo days, set opera-lar Australia-Hong Kong fart- mainly to the China situation,

The break in the dull weather a flight inaugurating a new regu-during the Inst three months, duo

Wong dropped his two packages, "When we move into Electra raught the watchman in old grey blanket,

House early next year, wo shall left wrist and wanted the watch- Defendant told the boy that he ions at Kai Tak humming back nightly operation."

The passengers in the plane, be better off-and the public 100, to normal yesterday,

to place the pass Man had killed Tau! Plu and he also

The sun, screened the whole which came in from Labúar, in-

pocket, it was charged. wanted the boy to assist blm in

morning by thick clouds, managed cluded several Australian news we hope," said, our informant., burying the body.

to break through in the afternoon, men. On Wednesday, the Qantag "At first I did not want to go completing the drying of the field Skymaster will take off for Aus- During the course of their con-

ni Tsui San-kwol and runways defendant,"

which hud with but I was,

been train" versation, defendant wrote

so I harbouring rain in huge puddles newsboys who had been invlled Chinese wanting Mr. Ketola sald,

during the three-day non-stop to make the trip. teich his servant and act us their agreed to go with im

Defendant placed the headings, downpour. interpreter.

body In a sittita position 613

gineer, Mr. C. J. Kelola on Satur-

day.

He told Mr. Kelola that a Chinese Air Force Major sent him over to meet Mr. Ketoln who was formerly connected with the

CAF.

Mr. Ketola left the room and en his return he saw defendant take two wutches and place them in defendant's own puckets.

Defendant was then arrested. The articles that were stolen by defendant, were:

watches, two one leather wallet, a ring set with

a ruby and a Chinese letter. The total value won about · $304.

The enurt sentenced defendant 1o. two years' imprisonment with hard labour.

Case Against Sexton Is Adjourned

second

tying on the

room

with a a number of local Cable Thieves.

Sentenced

by the

in the L.

Alleged Slapping

At this point PC 2009, Yip Chet, went up to the two persons.

To celebrate the occasion of the

The policeman fold defendant Airlines offelals had but only fortnightly Hong Kong-Austrolla Lam Bin, aged 26, mud Lam to return to his ship. Instead of a bamboo basket and the pair little time to remark abrut, the fight, Qantas gavo a cocktols This, aged 20, were both char deing so the defendant, the police left the house wailing towards, wedlber.

The aircraft were party at the Jacobean Room, Hangat Kowloon yesterday with at-alleged stapped the policeman. a hill about one mile East of touching down on schedule ngain. Kong Hotel, at which many air-templing to steal a length of clee- village. The hill was identified. Other officials were kept on the line executives attended. Hosts at tric cable, the property of the as Hau Wan-Hill,

hour-by-hour run about with the cocktail party were Mr. N. the China Light and Power Co. Body Buried

coming dow their

down at Gelkle, Qantas Far East Manager and causing nulicious damage aircraft

and Captain R.B. Tapp, Hong the cable. "It was about nine o'clock in short intervals of one another.

the night when we arrived at the Within 30 minutes in the after-Kong and Japan Line Service Both defendants were arrested hill top," the boy further said noon

woy

in the earth add bury the body. "I watched defendant dig a hole

After the buried," said, "defendant threw the basket away and we walked towards home."

Aj home, defendant again urged the boy to accompany him to burg the head which was all the und lying on the ground in front of earthen water container in the kitchen.

Macua-Hong

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Defendant's version of the case. was that at the Holf's wharf four. persons led his hands and fest together and ansaulted him on the He further sald that he ground was, entering ie wharf on that day and it was raiufg very heavily.

Police further alleged that while being taken under custody, de- fendant attempted to escape thrice.

The case was adjourned till to-

day.

Wireless Sets On Trawlers

No

bus

First defendant was sentenced We were

further progress told that Mr. and to nine months'

Imprisonment Mrs.. Brown are on a month visit with hard labour and ordered to been made in the scheme to with equip, fishing trawlers In the Colony and will be re-be deported for ten years. turning to the United States A sentence of 15 months hard wireless sets, so that they where the homd of the couple is labour and also to be deported could be warned of pending

for life, was imposed on second | typhoons, the "China Mall defendant.

The malicious damigo was was informed yesterday."

An unascertained number of estimated at about $50.

trawlers have had, wireless sols The Installed by their owners.

Girls'

$2.20

$2.00

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HONG KONG.

KOWLOON

White

Rose

PERSONAL

LOTION

SO REFRESHING

SO FRAGRANTLY ROMANTIC,

for instance, three Pan manager.

by a district watchman and planes-held us in

party of men on June 24, at Tal different Americon

parts because of the

The story like one in the fairy Wan Road near Bid Tau Wal weather-touched down with big tale of a princess returning to Road.

Defendants were with three leads of passengers.

her castle with her prince charm- Within 30 minutes aupin, the ing, was told at, Kpi Tak yester- other man who acted as watch- three planes, were loaded again day when Mr. and Mrs. Howarders while both defendants worked in Her Brown arrived in the Colony by were not caught by the watch- on the cable. The tiree other men and heading for points

ally routine fights. Altogether, PAA,

registered seven Pan American

Mrs. Brown' was formerly Mission and his party.

Mr. J.. Wicks said that their air movements yesterday which Phoebe Lo, sociallo daughter of action might deprive, half, of the was more than thele usual state. SirMan-kam Lo The Young Colony of its power supply, and CATC Camous for the Canton couple were met at the airport by was therefore considered a very The case against Clemento

the the La familly Including Sir Monterlous offence. Defendant and tile boy want to flights, had big loads an Maria Almario, seston of the swampy land as the Talpa operations. Willo CNAC and Ramut Catholic Cemetery,

hartiour and there the buried the Kong Airways were also les

busy on

Canton run. nhơ his wife, Margarete Tse, head. was further adjourned untir Another bamboo basket which,

CNAC's Catalino, which made this morning after Mr. A. el defendant used to carry Ule beha

delen throw away is defendant a survey flight to Macdo last week, Arculli, defence› counsel, clos-

returned yesterday, their officials ed the case for the defence after the head was buried.

the proclaiming the fight successful. of 'first defendant yesterday. According to the palice,

A group of Dideesan Mr. Arcul stated that he will head and the body were buried The CNAC will soon be In

augurating their

School students turned, up at the call no further, witness and will at points about, three fourths or

regular

airport for an object lesson. They not propose to call defen a mile apart,

STERN WARNING: Fisheries Department itself has were taken round the nichild by Later, in the hut defondant was! dant, y

It was a big day for Air France Mr. Wilfred Lawrence, alport Ahrarlo is alleged to have been seen by Chiu and boy Tru), wash-

yesterday with

thele

brand-new

TO DOG OWNER supervisor, who sawed the renkonsible for allowing non-ing his blood-stained clothes, Catholle persons to be buried in Defendant then warned the DC4 Skymuster arriving for the youngsters the workings of Kal

Tok

warning was issued others not to utter a word to trai time in the Colony.

This now Skymaster of Alt anyone. The warning scared

The students visited the various from the Bench in the JP's court He was charged with forging a burial certificate for a

everyone in the hut including the France will be on a twice-a-week departmente of the airfield in- at Central yesterday to Mrs. Kan Chinese women on February 1, with pos-bay's brother, Trui Kwok-kwat, Hong Kong Salgon fight Equip cluding the control tower. They Yip Pak liung that no option of a session of the forged document who had at first decided to notifs ped with the latest in airline com- later boarded a BOAC flying boat and would be given her should The dificulty scoms to have MODERN AND WELL APPOINTED DINING ROOM

tort, the Skymaster h

comfort-end learned ; all Gyout it before the offence be repeated. and obtaining $200 by 'falso pre- the price.

Mrs. Kan was charged with That night they all want to ablo, luxurious 48-passenger car-returning to class. tences.

keeping dug to the nuisance..of His wife wag charged with aleep but during the middle of

The seats are laid with air-

Her neighbours, Inspector When their loop, at about two o'clock niding and abetting in all three

distinguished ler, prosecuting, told the souple alleged offences

In the morning, a party of foam cushion and Ute deck of the police led by Detective Bub-plane is similarly padded, covered parentera on planes touching that the dogs had bitten pouple

Newlih linoleum.

down at Kal Tak yesterday was on at least five ocensions.. Inspector & Howlett, faldad the

On the Skymaster yesterday, Mr. Harold Blaby, Vice President Defendant was fined $100, and hut, acting on: Information), The

$10 each on two other charges of pollos party arrived at the for Salgon, was Madams Nodues et Pan Amerlein.

Mr. Hory Taylor, the globe keeping two dogs without licencos, vicinity of the hut and was The lady is the widow or the

inn, formerly a director fjolting American nawa 'com- kurpelded by riffe-shetrad Frenchman. by vlage Bar Mandip in of Ale Trance, who flew the first mentator and journalist, took all For Estern route, for the company by PAA for Bangitak to continue In 1929, when the line was las telling his story to the world of Defendant Arrested. augurales.

American, free enterprise. Torpector Howlett launediately Mime. Nogues, har often flown

The line of learners' licensTA led Bis" faery lifter the hours and / on this roule, since, the handl

Susie,

Hi, Kal Tak cat inzed ulto drive, anglor veliicien willbe from underneatis a'bed in the rear work of her Jajo husband. The sing in han e-zashier-counter bou-supplied wild, father, polve cubicle of the hu% defendersi Amar lady is now recurring to Paris, dot, she bakfourth hazesti a naw Front - Wednesday! arrestmi

cut: an obl cake, box which sleg Berawals of existing licences Ocfendant was Įs

Lasked se to the Qantas Empire Airline's Skyscoms to prefer to a tile warm inny wlly bg, deuil, with, lewus

Policially stated. whereabouts of deccapod and the master arrived from Australia on blanzas provided to Mms die

the Catholic Cemetery.

The craeis boing heard hy Mr. in-abing at Central. D§r M. F. G. Saut prosecuted.

UNEMPLOYED

YOUTH SENTENCED

An employed youth, at 10, was ordered by Me. Thomas Tam

at Central qatorday, to move two your,in thin, moformator

The youth was convicted on carga policiiing, for an^-10- givrat purpurvi

front of defendant's het.

rier.

Among

Lho

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LEARNERS' LICENCES

rot supplied boat-owners with Any wireless equipments, though it has informed owners that they could obtain loans from the Do- partment to: “tho” purchase of

been the charging of batterier for servicing the windless seir.

Mr. Strangeway, acting Director of the artes Department, in

the Culna Me that Department was very anxious to help trawler-owners to Instal

their

boals, ar wireless sets on without suc

such pola they are afraid to venture out

In that tyDOSADE SCOLTA LA

Ho aald that a few days ago representatives of boat ownert who called on the Department, were referred to Mr. "Heywood

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