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THE CHINA MÄIL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1950,

Scene of bank robbery

THE

BANK

Police guarding the entrance to the Chase Bank in Marina House after yesterday aftor- noan's robbery No one wat allowed in or out of the Bank until detectives from Central Station had completed their on-the-spot Investigations. ("China Mail" photo).

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Criminal Sessions

The case of Andrew Milne, 23-year-old RASC Driver, indicted on a charge of rapo, came up before the Senior Puisno Judge, Mr. Jus- tice Williams, at the Criminal Sessions ycs- terday.

and Milne, who is being defended by Mr. A. J Clifford, I H K ↓ We spess

instructed by the Hong Kong Bar Council, is alleged to have roped the 30-year-old wife of Chinese earth coolie on September last in the New Territories

DAIRY FARM WORKERS WITHHOLD ULTIMATUM

An open rupture between the Dairy Farm Com

pany and their workers was averted yesterday when the men withhold presentation of their 24-hour ultimatum on the management.

At a meeting of the workers on Sunday night it was resolved that they would not wait any longer and would dembit acceptance of their demand for a HK$3-a-day allowance within 24 hours.

. D. Thomson, Mantiger of the Dalty Farm Company, merely handed him a copy

Chatiging their mind yes-[bf, tlidir,Cost of living figüres terday: the workers' repre- which they had compiled. sentatives who called on Mr. | Later they called on Major

Chauvin, F..

the

Labour empy to these ngures and told him Oficer, and handed him another of the dispute they were having

the management.

Major Chauvin told the iner that ho Yould ronthaler the Agures suba math with the ometal statistics,

rad

ise to meet the workers aguih tedy over the two rel of firgré

Daring robbery of Chase Bank

Through the mediation n; Majór

Chauvia, loint meeting of the workers' representatives and Mr. Digang will be held tomorráű at the Labour Department to dis

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Police saul

they need to the scene as soon as the alagny was given bat owing to one-way traffic bad to malte theit why to the Planis vin Upper Albert Hong, which gave the robines Game la get away.

No development Fo three hours after that the tramway frat vesterilay.

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edent the bank was closed, with

no one permitted in or out,

Mr. Joliston, the Aristanl Director of Criminal Investigation (ook

charg of proceedings and begärt a close quest tinning of a POBOACI Fingerprints photographs were taken.

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He wa

assisted by Inspector Fortsal

Mr. Haward and the bark fully Insured against toblery. The

DUSE BICADAS uf arriving at an

amileable settlement of the s ple.

was reported;

No word from workers

Rationing of rice

During, the, rationing, perlod from January 11 to 10, Inclu «ive,, Rangoon riep will ne issued al 48 cente A coatty, but da a pódial arrangement high-grade Glam rice wii ko available, at the same by an Alternatly at, 85 conto a obtty. .: Card-hatuong. have di th choice of drawing other ration, the quantity in, hanti base being 4% betting par.

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Scaled jars contalking sam ples of the Siam, riae vill be dloplayed in onch, retail shop. If the plot Jeued conform with the sampla dla played the public is request. ed to communicate with the Rico Controller's Office Tol. 30274) and forward samples.

Person

Week-end departures from the Peninsula Hotel meluded Mex, J. Crighton, Mr. and Mrs. C.G. Moore, Met MIR. 5. Foard. The management told The Mr. D.G. Cu, Messrs. Hans R. "Chine Mall" they had hot Gitem, WD Shand, J.. Muc heard from the workers abou'd ray, M.Y. Kont and E, Fen

proposal for conditional jes, arbitration. Recruitment of new

labour was going on. bot

they could not say when the

thu trau service would be resumed The Comm

Among the tow arrivals at the Peninsula Hotel during the wassle- end were Me Bad Mey K. En,

| daring hold-up átténeled 'n prent tilki terd has been an approach | Mr. anti kirs. Marcel

crowd of curious onlookers, who made to koh by the

Messrs Gamway

M3), Dayao, K Pextile, Yeu fm-gong. bioclted trame on Queen's foul workers

D. Barwell, J. Ceritral for several birs,

Turner, A Neville, W. fossbard, danilgan, Forte, E. Burt, 1. Taytur and HP Helme,

Descriptions of men

pierbten and provodies, en, hierdie

emer of genre and under, stel an od propłe « Treedsliood, jester

Central district firms with t ny lion of deren zate polder, te

polls in the Chase Bank footed Saree hes arounpts in of the Pan-

of the robbery when there m moran Toge crmyshim, he has been

The

in con- Defective

Sub Inspector | sénger boys falled in report back every ducted by Mr. A. Honton. Serangg

for duty. Many were caught with case is being every Crown Counsel, assisted by trend by a jury of five menthe premises until investigation

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la be sure, howry much Chi- tesse male might supuse, it woult De no ghettide for independence

The In Wo momg to kave over-

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Appeal against death penalty is dismissed

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A get in vernacular papi that employees he a body have agated to a HK$1-a-stay all strand mezease or the cost of heng ol- lowance, by way of compromise.

face of the general labour des man, emuld not be confirmed.

The report indeed that the Com Customer of Labour would em- vey the proposed compromise in the train workers.

Me Jumer Putine. free-laneg porrespondent. Left Ito Kong for Hugo by An Fautre søster-

that

the

JONSOLE Hers Air Frined

Arrivals from Saigon 23 Air Frbtice INI

Sunday Inchide Memura, E.S. Heartamer, D.C. Sy mans, Howell Dong with!

1 Nga.

Among the other were

Rubber factory disputd

whỏ bon ded Itron told the jury that

Severpleted

messenger bứye of the Workers of

Continental plate To Saigon yesterday were Mr. and Mr WII. Ferguson. M. took place at a <1-

Chinese native bank, The Wing Rubber Manufactury, Hunghoa. in the old Cathe Peak Lung Bank, who went to pay will resume work this morning,

Holtman nut örs, Le Moult. polles stalem, New Territories, at # deposit of HK$100,000. in following Intervention by Major mmates k squatters the afternoon were locked up with H. F.G Chauvin, Labour Omer.

customers al mese mar many other cus

m their dispute with the manege- particular cil. the

Süngers und police inventions ment. | skurkan punes road, Troy Yang, ani were completed.

The workers, who number mode her hotel, and stayed. On the event-

Descriptions of aome of the tum 500, mostly wochen, Were} Wong Yui, earth enulie, who

ing of the day in question, the men taking part in the robbery, lacked-out by the management on was given the death penally at two, after boving their meal, hy

were sont out to Radio cars. Saturday, after they refused t the Criminal Sessions on Be-down on the mats on the four fo

One was cember & last for the murderer

was about 30 years of age, work on Friday when the manage. or medium height and dark coin-ment rejected their demand for & plexion, wearing blue foreign-pay increase. piret think Vience would in Myle lag, black foreign shnes

clothing.

itepresentatives of both sirica and Atmerican basiesent.

met il Major Chauvin's office yea- A second

malagement yeurs

height and proniled to give the workers a bulld black Chinese

inervare lothing,

or 100 16 per cent, as 1 black shoes and American hair against their demand of 19 to 20 cut.

carried a revolver.

per cent. A third was about 27 years of

It was decided that work should American hair-cul,

resumed green-p

while negotiations Chinese

clothing.

went on over the difference.

of a barber's wife at Pokfulam.

Coriand bor an Xhas Grettags had his appeal against convic

and New Your warmings. For anu-

tun dismissed yesterday at the

sam had to auf Blent on the day || Full Appeal Court,

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appointment to the post od ma wan Governõu,

Crown Cortased remarked at this

given to show that the wornda with El woman of good charurter, and jone tut having a loose jalure or a The Appeal Court, composer | prostitute.

Justice Wigs de d

Continuing, Mr. Hooton nak Judge, and M., Juacion

M

The grounds of the appeal barl been that the trial de mis- reeted the jury as to the ques- son of common intention and in directing them that if was suff)-

"Big Man"

namely, Bevcm= | | gsnAO ber 10th, actus was taken Many Goald. Putne Judge, held Event the door of the celi, though at Dr. Wu's Toge benetuinen were decision of the Chief Justice, Shut, was not locked or bolted ut going by bus to Lake Candids Ledie Gilson the trial judge. the time

Lake Sun and Mums to celeb- rate their shiveres in the recent office-hunting expertition, when the bus way sudili nły stopped by a dozen Formosan ferves un the highway Tha told to line up Chinese in unt side, Formosalia

the The Furinosane toll the Chinese what they thought of them, toldi them to leave their booty behind, and then removed their shoes and sent them off barefooted.

On

wry

Biker.

-lent No coute mwder 'hern was a common Intention to rob

Another ground conecrned was that the only evidence to cor- meet the accused with the murder was his own confessions, and this The trial judge should have with- On Kinas Eye last, a grand ball drawn from the jury or, alterna took place in Park Hotel, near by tively, warned thens of the day- the west sato Talpeh cityger of conviction on uncorrobor- Every Kursi Wha charged Touch as forty Talwant yen-about

ان

ale! evidence.

The luceused was found guilty

!

Sonretime nfled and wife hud lain down, a bie the husbaticl

minn pushed fus way into the cell. He went up to the woman ahti pushed her down only the mat. push him away. She made feeble attempt fo but could not prevent blin from taking off her Jacket.

The husband tried to inter- fore, but was pushed out of the

rachi. He then made a report to the police. The soldier, it was alleged, then undressed himself and raped the woman,

Mr. Hooton went on to say that

U.S.SI, A Migh KMT oficial was of having on purt in a night the biggest shareholder of the go- caki t barber's shop at Puke the soldier then took the woman tablishinent. Hundreds of foreig-fulam ou August 4 lust during: to an old house nearby where he ners were present. Unexpectedly which the woman there was shot was bilietted and where another a fire broke out that lasted more and killed by one of the marau-soldier

Further Mastueping. sexual than two hours and razed the ders.

intercourse took place Búllding and its neighbors.

Mr. B. A. Bernacchi represent there, in the presence of the other ed the appellant instructed by steeping soller. Mr. A. S. Ross. Mr. A. Hootan was for the Crown.

All the fire brigades were mo- bilaed. When the Chinese garri- son of Hsinchuang ordered able bodied Formēšans to get fire- chgines ready, the latter imme- lauriched a "go-slow"

diately strike. Earoged thereby, the Chi- nese used violence, only to be disarmed by the Formosans, after a shooting scramble, with casua ties on both sides.

Dr. Wu cannot ensure that no

Indonesian plane gets overhaul

By that time, the police hatl arrived in the vicinity, and Milnų, it was alleged, then took the woman onto the roof, but eventul ally când down again when the police came near the house. The woman was found sittlly outside the premises,

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age,

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was

age, medhot dai tertny, when the

roloured Medium height and build.

A fourth was about 34 years of

tall, dark complexion, stripe Chinese clothing and Chinese

ge.

shoes.

A fifth was also about 30 year's of age, medium height and build. round face, Chinese clothing, and carrying a canvas bag.

False alarm

Funds received The Tramway Workers Uolon its daily news release yuster- di culfil that more than $23,- old hid been received by the Unioli since the tramway workers skuds 17 days ago

The money which was claimed to have

Buca donated by the publy, at present being partly rpent in purchasing rice for the tinintyny

wy

The union has also celded to give to stigli tramvay other's family a sum of $1 as

fund

Father Ryan to lecture on English music

The Reverend Pr. Byon will bring his account of English music up to the Twentieth Century when he lectures 10- morrow in the Hong Kong Frotel.

English male of the early care Particular interest attaches to of this century, it was then that the musical world became aware of an English renaissance.

1 Elgar and thon become a com- scr.of world fame There, were equalled in quality that of any a dozen composers whose output

other country.

The Hong Kong Pollec Emer rency Unit and detectives from

pellus and Holax the main sub-

Outstanding among them wern` the Central Police Station rusher

fects, for Illustration today. la force Marina House at 11.52 coinfoftiik,

to

Dellus was one of the most a.m. yesterday in answer to wh List right students at the Man original of composers, poet alarm which went off In the Cenn dies of the Light and Forsmong musicians, who cared little trai charge room.

ver workers Union "comforted" for form or convention and wres the tramway workers by slaging music of such clusive beauty that the Yangko dance and stugirit would probably have passed songs

unnoticed but for the ardent way In which it wits championed by Engind's, grottest conductor, Sir Thomas Boocha.

On arrival at Marinh

House,

they found that it was only false alarm. A wire th the alarch of the Overseas Bank had been short-circuited, thus causing it 16 ring

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Four fined on arms charge

Naval Aid Fund final meeting

The nal modting of the

Holst was also a great indivi dualist, whose original lower of prchestrations are best illiistrated in his sulte The Plandio, prab

Hong Kong Naval Ald Fund ably the best-known. orchestral

for Wounded' and dependents

work by any English composer of the, present century,;..

The Itcture will start at dan shelling, was held last Wed p.m. tomorrow in the Jacobeant nesday in the board room of Room of the Hong Kong Hotel. the Hong Kong and Shanghai Sir Arthur Morde, Mrs. A.C.G Bank.

CAR RUNS INTO "HILLSIDER

A fine of $1,000 each or sis of victims of the "Yangtso vely frigh

months' imprisonment was im posed on two Women and two men by Mr: F. X. d'Almada at Kowloon***

yesterday charge of possession of arms

ph hnd ammunition

Inspector Scragg, making in quiries, told Milne that the woman had accused him of raping her, Which Mun was alleydd to have

by the woman that sh sampan in Cheung Cháu Har Brownfield, the trustees,reviou certion, betiereply to an est

on board Madden and Colnmodoro IN

Belloved to be the first Tulone similar incidents will recus and fan aircraft to have linded at 1ge he and the KMT should pučić' up Hnd "ault" before being compelled sombre al Tot all, a Caffe mino to ight an till they ara de Rei coldurs of the r she was hot di wlling party to the bour, on December 16 when à 01: the whole disburzdiment of thej, Two, Chinese, occupants of a to do it. The Formbeans are deler "umbered R-007, w the

livered from bondageit

A FORMOSAN CORRESPON. DENT.

YMGA DEBATING SOCIETY

půd

Clown's suggestion

itional emblem, in how' ready to have sub-machine gut, & Mauser fund to sale. The total sum of private car were seriously injured

further: "That was

was right,cnough." Colony after undergoing leave the

Milac Vrandlad kild to have pistol, two revolvers and 140 money at least fund when the car, stuntbes: $10,ran Alrerhit alamice (

eneral

at the fording made some derogatory remarks rounds of ammunition were sum has been listed on King's Road near the Ritz

Hi, amounted to HK$627,050.

lato the, hillside, and overturned- Company at about his captain to the inspector seized. the airport.i

The aircraft was flown here were then taken to the doctor for 13-year-old circung Lal-wall, from the servico, and 10 t100 ward from Shaukiwon when un-

at the time. He and the woman ** The defendants were Chan Md among the dependants of those Ballroom at about 0:15 p.m. ye

who were killed, those neverely terday, tmistress of a sampar. wounded find belhg hvalided. from Butinh on December 3. triệt examination.

The car was travelling West Lam KEWO, yeur. Sho wah and us thứ 10-ate- [199 craft of tho, Indonesian Airways

Cheung Clius, woman wild were slightly wounded all other car approached from the The last three defendante werb are tidergoing long perlots of opposite direction. Which operate between" Indonesia The hext day, when formally alleged to have been given the romedial treatment The driver of the damaged car The next meeting of the YMCA and Burmál

clinrged wit the offende, Milne arms to be dumped overboard by Socity will take place

a senior officials, further sold to have stated: nine Nationalist soldiers on boardtrusices bare in mind the posal the second car turned his car According to

While making these drants the in order to avoid colliding with Debating, So the West Lounge at of the JAMCO, the bircraft was did It White under the intence of a Debint link when they escuped bie netu for help as a leter: tate towards elle, left side, of the rubd 8.95 p.m. when Mr. P. Guillart bought by her present

ownerd drink, or that I. gld." | from Chinese territory Tollowing and to1⁄4, safeguarų? Agðlast this and crashed into the hillside, an of the Chifiesd Industrial Co- trom the. Phillippine Air Lines a -operatives will give an address Hittle over a year ago.

of the prosecu+kaistianis, dūkiped' only a; part fund has beer #ent to the Royal nodlately, rushed to the Quicen tion, hecording to Crown Counsel

possibility, the balance of the. The injured persons were im After she joined the new all that Milne chiller in the och of the arts and transforrest the Naval Benevolent Trust, with the Mary's Hospital. fibat," who was operating be tween tidsnědla' and 'Burnlig, voncerned hatedrutis enough | rest to, lib. -£úmjibu: ät Chounk request that it. He trust

to ana."stöörding to the omoisil utente, his normal control of Chan' where they were seized by

19 passions had been the police, who acted on informal any possible future. hectar

for a period of 10 years to meet it wat in Burma that the air Yoused to such in Oklent tint he tion riven them. drate had constantly suffered

ou "Tribes and Mountain! In West China." Altendßrich is fred and all interested persons arẻ còr Hally Invited,

"SOUL OF CHINA,” The "Child Mall lids Been

sorry for

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numarau minor damage,us Have way to his animal pasti GOLD FOUND' IN:

tits result of attacke, staged. By 10, Unidentified (Burotens bandilar "When

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reminded that the Chinéto film Decommon arrived here or of this lime was the brat Yung "ehs was inke pretty poor shapo Ilwn super-production. It was Although she como lete under not as our nim raviswor miser dull power er en me

However, soon the mechanics takenly said, a Great Wall förbe duction. Mr. Ralph SHAW shy of the JAMCO stripped her and Diat “Boil of China" is destined new arterih je über a zádrth's for tid European1 and" Amúelean | work, 186 afféraft. Fégémbler nny. markets, following its súdoes. In | How aircraft just ölf the the Far-ENTE

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