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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, "SEPTEMBER 7, 1949.

:

HK, Electric Company's e

Diamond Jubilee

The Hong Kong Electric Company Limited, sup- plior of lighting and power on the island of Hong Kong, will be celebrating its diamond jubilee this year.

This announcement was made by Mr. F. F. Duck-

Like

worth, manager of the Company, at the Hong

Kang Rotary Club yesterday, He was giving

an address on the beginning of the electric

light supply industry (1845-1879).

similar undertakings

elsewhere, the Hong Kong

Electric Company, when

wag

born

it

to in 1889, had struggle with the are an in- candescent lamp, said Mr. Duckworth, who added that he

was proud of the achievement made by his Company ng it grow with the Colony.

11 sorted off with a promise from the tong Kang Government for the supply of 50 are immper for street #ghting andl & qump Lump water un to the Peak.

1

Bar Owner, Employees

Everybody was so pleend with the effect this misation on the streets that Government meja dered 11 meie lamp to be ready by October ).

In Court

Correspondence

-The Editor takes no respon #lolity for uleios erpressed in letters by correspondents, and be

no means necessarily agrees with

them.

Umbrella Tactics

Corporal Acquitted Of All Charges In Miramar Case

accept the explanation of defendant and his witnesses, and he is accordingly 'found not guilty on all charges and discharged.”

Sir-Dean Acheson ist This ruling was given by Mr. J. Wicks, magis-

viously inherited all the tiefeslist complex against totalitarianism fre Neville Chamberlain. The classic of Murich is now translat ed into Chinese policy by the United States Secretary of State. The Turles believed that the building-up of a strong Nazified The Germany was all necessary. protection against the Bolsheviks ChCToochunent of the West. So with an umbrella Chamberlain now to Munich and hunded over Czecha- flovakia with n first rate arsenal

30 and most up-to date divisions f nimed forces to Herr Hilfer, who used them to slaughter the allied nationals. The British Fin- pire and Commonwealth escaped Intal catastrophe by mirneie. Up to now recoveries have not been. achieved.

trote at Kowloon, when he delivered judgment in the case of Corporal Frank Laverick, aged 39, of the Army Catering Corps attached to the 23rd RA, who was charged with being found in a dwelling, escoping from legal cus-

tody and unlawful possession.

Convicted Of Abetting Larceny

According to the evidence for the prosecution, it was al- leged that Mrs. Beverley Cos- and fello, Mrs. Lena. Suller Miss Valentine Staff of the Miramar Hotel, Kawinon, lost twn leather wallets, containing pilot licences, photos and some money, one phir of reading glusses, one pair of sun glüskés,

A sentence of 30 months' and a quantity of Cambodian Washington's Sccretary of State nus iustified his position as te hard labour was imposed by costume jewellery from their the loss of Chiang Kai-shek's | Mr. A. D. Scholes,ai Central | rooms on July 27. Chinth by the publication of 年 yesterday on Kong Sul-ping, These articles were alleged to White Book, condemned by every-aged 40, on charges of alding have been found in Laverick's It was also allegeit and abetting in a larceny case possession, and with returning to the hot Laverick was seen in Room

after having

-309 of the Hotel on the night of been Colony

July 2 banished for life.

Defendant, who had four pre- vious conviction, was ordered to be rebanished.

arm3.

LOW

No Government Plans To Repair Raid Shelters

no

Dr. J. P. Fehlly, Chairman of the Urban Council; said

ho had yesterday that knowledge Df shy Govern- ment plan to have all air raid tunnels in the Colony In repair

September 10.

Grantham

Dr. Fehlly was replying to a story in a local Chinese newspaper yesterday that Government had ordered all the tunnels to be in good repair., and that they would be inspected by the Governor, Bir Alaxander Lieutenant General F., W. Festing and Mr. D. W. Mae. kintosh, .Commissioner of Police, on September 10.

The paper suo sald that engineers have been Inspect. Ing and adjusting the exhkust 'kýštam, and that hundrede at moh and women workers were employed in clanning out the tunnels.

Personalia

Evidence for the defence was given at Kowloon yester- day in the case in which the licencee, the manager and two i waitresses, of the Cocktail Bar. At the serend annual meeting in Nathan Road.. were sum Mr. W.. Wickham (who, was moned before Mr. J. Wicks.

Democrite Ad- still alive) was able to report thai Fung Chung-ling, the licences

one except the by November engines and dynand Kam Kwong, the manage, ministration. That Chiang Kil- mus for purent lighting had had were originally

summoned on two

shek's regime is incompetent und several successful rims and that counts of selling liquor without corrupt is beyond doubt; it has the contruct with Government for Inishing a bone line meal; for in feet served as the Cominfothy's

Detective Sub-Inspecor J. Hid we lamps was commenced on De-keeping a bar within the premises ith columnist and best supplier

den constucted the case for the Ching is a cember

1, ako Buat Government of the Cooktail Bar which was of Aurrican

prosecution, while Mr. A. S. C. had given oftiers for 14 mor!icensed as a Chinese Restaurant, I hopeless case and does not deserve

Coniber appeared for the duferice. Imups which were duly lit on

and for allowing a drunken person any ald. She was gone Red, be-

In his judgment, Mr. Wielen May 1.

16 remain in the premises.

Came part of the Moscow

Tin 1tok-ning was sentenced to

"When this case chme be

Arrivals at the Peninsula Hotel At yesterday's hearing, the sum satellites and is proud of belay lx months for stealing five cisza-

Corn mirst, there

où September 5: Mr. and Mrs. monses against them for keeping so,

ratte holders, the property of serious charges. two of house. G. Jenkins, Mr., H. W. Rinden, Then why no1 make friends bar wihin the premises of the

Choung Sing, valued al $125, rwers, Acheson

are to bronkina, one larceny in & divell Mr. R. F. Reisl, Prof. C. Waleur, Cocktail Bar which was licensed with the new

Ing, and three

of receiving of Mr. T. D. Calhoun, Mr. A. D. us Chinese Restaurant and for thinks or his advisors and "ex.

years,

stolen property. After I had heard Calhoun, Dr. C. G. Loper, Mr. lowing a drunken person to re-perts" of Wilson and Aster calibre deported for 10

Detective inspector J. Howleti the evidence of the prosecution and Mrs. R. M. Canipas, Mr. W. main in the presnises, were with-say. We may malas yet another

told the court that on Sunday, a

witnesse

It was clear that there W, Everitt and Dr. B. L. Sewnidt, drawn by the prosecution.

To out of Mao Tse-tung. After

district watelitnan on patrol in was no evidence to

support any of

Departures from the Peninstin The waitremes, Linda Ng all Chiang Kai-shek wis consider- "And so from these small be-

How defendants these charges, though defendant Hotel on September & included. Queen's Road six nt soine 50

Mr. J. Alejandrino, Mr. and Mrs, ginringa Wanchal, where our power tauch on a different count of selling days before he began to

ain articles and

had M. C. I. Ms. G. M. Goddard, Witnesses

Miss K. M. Cook established their ownership.

and Mr. and tion was situated, we have pro-liquor without furnishing a bona mure Reds than any living states inth excepting Comrade Studin.

w thought it pr resend to Cur present station fide mest.

the first

It propét to amend Mrs. F. Matula. In this

Ng was alleged to have served Chiang Kai-shek was Jubilee

year to 72.500

the charges by substituting one K. W.. which with be the four bottles of beer at 12.45 den. "Tito" and Alao Tse-tung may be

whit

charge of unlawful poresezlon--| capacity

Chen to have the third one. Why not wall and of our North Point August 1 and

this was exercite of my juria. - the serve the same

amount five, offer hira some monien and cos Blation when all

meties?

dicatich of Baction 21 under the equipment now on order is in.mirates Inter.

Even if American fails to malto All four defendants who plead- i

Magistrate Ordinance. stalled, hope, by 1951," said

jri not guilty to all the summonses a Tito out of Mao Tse-tung, she Me. Duckworth.

Ingy

neutralise Chinu in the event were represented by Mr. P. J. This capacity would be furtherGrimths, Mr. A. Hooten, Crown of Russo-American war, ne-days. inestused to 92.500 K. W.

Counsel, instructed by Mr. It. S. cording to the wishful thinking ot Department. Having Mais-Brown, Assistant Superin- e State

Chang Käl-xlick Lo tendient of Police, appeared for asiste

slaughter and murder pro-Ameri- the prosecution.

can idealists and students of poli- ties and pubite law who learned It was alleged that the waltres-n few things about Anglo-A veri- customers with can democracy and jurisprudence ses had served

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K. W. and Feftle Chou were summonest ed fin "nothing but Red" order waltige frites various shops anfee found in poskńsklori of cer-

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saw them anterinke a watchman shop in Graham Street and while first defendant kept the stall hold- er in conversation, second defen-1 dant stole the cigarette holders. Defendants were then arrested.

The watchman had kept defen dants under observation for two

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Served Peanuts

1953, after extensions, Jurt de ckled upon ta keep pace with the the Colony's growing expansion, were put in.

Earlier in her talk Mr. Duck- of the traced the birth worth

he.nid, puwer industry which, was foreshadowed by Faraday'stles of beer but failed to fur- Presor troup C. Jessup discovery in 1831 that electricity nisha bona ade meal as prescribin Columbia

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Dog-Cleaning Centre In Kowloon

RMS Canton Arriving On Sept. 26

RMS Canton, one of the P. and O's luxury liners is due to arrive in Hong Kong on September 28 with a distin- guished list of passengers who will disembark here.

The 10,033-ton liner will call at Port Said, Aden, Bumbay,

Colombo, Penang. Singapore and finally ends her Far Eastern trip in the Colony. }

regards this substituted charge, the owners of the pro- party had not given a satisfactory explanation to rest on defendant, and that is, no evidente of how defendant came in possession of the articles. Che thing reema to certain, and that is ho, war entertained by two of the owners of the property of. Miramar Hotel, Mental Blackout "Defendant gave evidence and by the licence conditions. They Acheson cd

and his partners will

putting for brought witnesste, rond de generated by mechanicnt

Hong Kong's canine popula-ward the defence that he was means, though many years were served two small shivers of pea- help and let Mao Tse-tung to tion--especially that in Kow- drunk and had a mental bidekou“ to clape before madhurry was of $1.20 worth to four per-murder more Chinese who return- available for its production on age, what one four bottles of ent from Sie Tarvard, Chicago 100-must have looked upon and did not know how he was in

Monday last as beer, and considered them to be a and Johns Hopkins

a sort of red possession of the articles. commercial scale.

on the evidence, If Hong Kong and Formosa of letter day. Te development of the denn. bona fide meal of at least 30 cents.

Giving evidence yesterday, Kam fer any refuse to American-train- On that day an up-to-date seems that at least one of the of the property-Mrs. form saarted in Kwong, the manager of the Cooked licologists, Acheson and his dog-cleaning centre, believed owners

16E the

clectro-instructions from Arst defendant the and fish with them.

afid

him mixed drink Machines were not, how- | **

the Colony, was opened by Mr. to supply at least 30 cents worth

Then and then, Washington's John Sequeira.

Whilsky gin. rum and brandy ever, mude completely self- of peanuts with intoxicating li-Armchair Statesmen sinile: Mit?

There is no evidence to sho“ exelling before 1000 when C. and

quor, to the customers if they did Tse-tung will burrow money and

Mr. Sequeira, who had had 14

what quantity of

of these liquors de- S.A. Varley, Dr. Siemens and Sitot want a meal or dinner.

fendant consumed. the Ch. Wheatstore discovered

muehineries from the Wall Street years of practical experience of Linda Ng, a waitress of thmnguates who will dictate terms.

handling do, recently acquired his Reence to start business at his principle of self-excitation.

that she did Mao Tse-tung then may become a Cooktail Bar, said

tion not serve four boilles of beer to pee-maker between Morcow and Road, where he stays

address at 204 Prince Edward

they know.. 1. think it' posibi four customers on the early mor- und Washington, if he cannot be

with his

that they themselves" were no widowed mother. ning of August 1.

made another Tito o or Chiang Kai-

in a position to know

What Vislfed by a "China_Mall"", re- | Afer furher evidence was given.

shek.

exactly did happen. sterday, Mr. Sequeira- "After

porter by the licensee, two waitresses,

all, did not Neville

"One thing was who,

of four years as a electrical machinery. The Society Daisy Tam and Femte Ng, and Dr.

If Jap

Japan

finished Chine, Tokyo nearly bind in one eye-stated should be financed by England to

the medicines all develon Chinn?

mes

1845 when

me to its prestone and Cooke tail Bar, said that he had receivert colleagues will let the Reds gel to be the first of its kind in Costello did entertain defin

f

France Led

To France must go the first at- temply for the exploitation of

becu

Lave

do not think the prosecu. `witnesses - bave · tolik: al

Among those who are aboard B. M. Scholes, E. A. Schless, A bound for Hong Kong are: Mrs.

W. Scott, W. R. II. Scott, A. F. Scarles, B. L. H. Shepherd. Mr. and Mrs. A. Sim, K. B. Sinith, the Reverend Mother General M. F. Spring Reverend G. Strauch, Miss W. F. Balnave, Mrs. G. J. Banham and two children, Count Louis Bawucowski, J. E. Black, V. G. Bourne, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Boyce, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Brand, J. B. Fernandez, Mr. B. W. Free- bairn und child, Master J. Free-

and child, Miss H.. G. Grant, Misa-

dan made every main, defen. į balta, Mrs. B, D. Gordon-Ingram

effort tr

General d'Electricite of Paris, was Y. K, Ng, the case was adjourned / Chamberlain say that when and POW in Shumshuipo Camp. is restore the property to the datar. D. P. Hamblin, Mr. and Mrs. J.

founded in 1853 to develop ul to September 8 at 2.30 pin. muchbag for the purpose of got-1

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It is for

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but has

and

and that of the earliest possible Hancock, Reverend M. Haadon, Mrs. H. A. Hedges, Capiain J. F.

methods used by him in the dog time, there is no suggestion whatch, K. C. Hsu, Mr. and Mrs W Russia certainly cannot supplysiness were of the most modern over that defendant made an water.

China with the necessary capital

attempt to make use of the pro-C. Hung, L. H. Kc, Mian M. C. The

project was not successful,

Knight, Mrs. I. Kwan, Professor for development, thinks the Ache-

Among Mr. Sequeira's equip+perty for his own purposes.

A. C. Li (F.R.A.S.), Mrs. Li, C. A. but Professor Homes modified the

son school. And to Chinese Com-

Escope From Custody ment are two new small marble

Lin, K. T. Liu, Mias R. K. B. machine and used it in connection

Will munists

come to Borrow with experiments en electric light.

money and terms can be talked. operating tables, a porcelalh bath "As regards the charge of be- Lindsay, Miss Beatrice Ma, Mr. D. Duckworth then dealt with

Nearly 27 tons of relief ship-

So Acheson's arivisers advice for washing dors and many types ng found in a dwelling, there is and Mrs. E. Maxwell-Holroyd and various

Truman not to help of chemicals and powders in bolno skugle evidence against defen- children, Reverend J. McCarthy, atures

slevelopmentments have been transported free President of

Lies on shelves. The place itself dant. The prosecuting officer. DS! Moxoray-Jones,

Dr. (Miss) E. M. Mostyn, Mrs. A. from the start of elec-of charge to Ecuador by Pan the defence of Hong Kong and extending

Reverend used as a garage, Hidden, in answering to a que O'Neill, B. J. N. Ogden, D. Pike, T. lighting in about 1845 to the American World Airways through Formosk.

formerly a good business beginning of

Miami since the earthquake dians- of the power station to

prospect

American dollar

been furnished.

tion, at first told me that the room G. F. W. Reid, H. Robinson, Mrs. American diplomacy.

About HK0,000 was spent in private and public light-er struck the South

And re-fitting the question, is empty. So how is P. M. R. Scott and two children, Acheson never lettered the les furnishing

defendant !possible for

have Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Shroff. Dr. During there 31 years only the "PAA's Clipper cargo office has son of Munich. The American Are place, and in Installing water and been seen holding up and KH. Slu, Mrs. Su and child, N.

had calls from as far away as will be gone when are lamp was known: there was

Carade electricity.

searching the clothes.

Spence, Mrs. T. P. Styles, Dr. and aerial no means of using electricity for Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles, Stalin's submarino

Dope can be brought to the

"As regards the charge of es- C. T. Tang, Reverend D. W. nsking if PAA' would participate

place for such treatment sau caplug from legal custody, the Taylor T. H. Tien, Mr. and Mrs. Formosa to smash all Angio phur baths, pedicure, hair.

leurt I.say the better. It scoms ft. R. Todd and child, Miss R. TO, The next great change in elec-with domeste airlines in carrying squads bre ́using Hong Kong dita boses in Indiá and Americoh ghung came about with the emergency relief shipments at re- tric

keuring, de-bugging and de

that defendant, duced rates or free of charge. invention of the incandescent

Working. This has

In the charge child, G. R. B. Wilson, Mr. and been done whenever alle Oceans,

D.D.T. lump, as we know the electric space was available.

room of a police station, was Mrs. J. It. Wilson and three chil- lamp bulb today, only the famient

special treatment siid observation, allowed to walk out of the station dren, N. K. Wu, Miss L. Balicy the animal is looked after at without being stopped. was just carbon in a vacuma,

When and E. H. M. da Silva. special kennels at Kowloon City which gradually changes to the Pas-Alled Klobe with inetali

lafhent so well known today.

power.

VESSELS ENTERING PORT TODAY

The B. California Boar (United) Stator Line) is dite to arrive early this morning and will be moored io Buay A 4 for discharge and loading of ser cargo.

The vessel is expected to sail for San Francisco via Japan to- marrow":

evening

Due to entor port at daylight to in the Inbrandtsen Lines' Fly-

day in

ing Independent coming from New York via Cebu.

She will moor at Buoy A 2 at 10 pin. for discharge and loading of hor dargo.

The Flying Independent will leave port for America vis I'anama on September 10 at 5 1.1....

Her local, agents are A P. Pat tison and Company.

ROAD CLOSED

FOOD AND

FUEL COSTS

The food and fuct costa for the week

September 8, Itaped by the Labour

Omer, were follows

Ried and Mour, 72 sattles Vegetables, 1.9 cttion Gall Cabbage, 0,2 eatly Oil, 0.7 exity Ten, 0% rally Ball fakt, 13 catty Fish. 0.4 calty

l'ork, 0.1' calty Firewood, 10' rallies Bench Curd, 14 pieces

Totai

OBITUARY

MR. F. M, ELLIS

The death occurred sudden- ly yesterday of Mr. Felix Maurice Ellis, the well-known Stock Exchange, in Hong Kong 1.4880 broker, at the age of 54.

.. #4.700h 1.9570

0400 Mr. Els died a few minutes 1.020 after arriving of his office in the 1-1120 Stack Exchange Building_yekler-

$100 day morning.

Mr.

1.0170

had been n Ellis, who member of the Exchange since #14.2370 1923, was a partner, of. Mr. A:J. Edgar in the firm of Ellis and Edgar before the war. As he Liberation in 1045 he went into business on his own account.

fir. Ellis, who before the war a member of the Hong Kong

DONATIONS: ACKNOWLEDGED

was

Volunteer Defence Corps.

WAS

In the case of a dog needing two military police between] Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Watson and

Top 83 u thoy, under the 'card and was found, he was in a con- Kowloon Wharf.

499] dition which the

Police described" dazed”.

cers

The Canton berths alongside Mr. G. 9. Stable la in command, supervision of Mr. Sequeira.

Other animals such as cats or accept the explanation of with Mr. T. A. Sergeant as chief tionses can also receive treatment defendant and his witnesses, and purses and. Dr. R. G. Tufton as officer Mr. E. W. It. Pinches as fron tho Centre.

He is accordingly found not gulity surgeon. Mr. Soqueira, a bachelor, has an all charges and discharged. couple of üble assistants.

RECOVERY CLAIM

ADJOURNED

The articles (exhibits) which contain, two leather wallets, two pairs of visses, and a quantity

of Cambodiah costume-jewellery,

are to be returned to the wit nesses Wiio blairt Them, namely Mr. and Mrs. Costello, Miss

Saller

A claim for recovery of Valentine Start and Mrs. Licha bodsession of 35C Waterloo

Road By Tam Cheong, land- FINED FOR

THEFT

lord, of 353 Waterloo Rodd, was yesterday adjourned at the Supreme Court pntil this

For stooling four pounds of morning following a judgment ten and four tiffs of cheese, by Mr. Justice Gould, Pidario. Mo Siding, aged 27, of uh uh- Judge, on a preliminary point numbered hut at Kowloon raised during the proceedings: Teng Villege, was

'fined: $50; by Plaintiff la représented By, Mr.

Blait-Ke

at: Kowloon Lami

of Hast yesterda Mr. A. 8. C. Combor, of

It Was stated by and Combany, is repre

tion that defendatt "defendants," Leing

@will-collector two Nam), trading': both mator

The Bose Kong' Anti-Taberendónia "Ka- sociation's Flax Day Committee gratefully made prisoner-of-war in 1941 and

was interfið in Shams other PADA 'urkrowladnen. The following donations

He is survived by four Previousincknowledged '.........$11,583.00

France,

ince, Sred, in Lor 100.00 Arthur,

Dr.: Gordon : King Parentin Wong Tat Wina

Hul Tik Sing -

Ewok Chia Cheling

"Total"

20.00 Albert, in Hong

and

20.00 milers, Grace, ande

50.00 Angeles, Charlie Mo

10.04

5.04 of whom are in Sin

leiniso survived, bg, ori-pratle,

May, Miss M, Ellic who is in Ganada

11:!He: father; sinute % of the Mini

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