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SABOTAGE BY PERSONS UNKNOWN WAS CAUSE OF SS. CHAKSANG DISASTER

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Sabotage by unidentified persons was the cause of the disastrous explosion aboard the ss. Chaksang on September 7 in Victoria Har- bour, resulting in the death of 13 personnel, the Marine Court of Inquiry announced in its finding released yesterday.

no evidence of any motive for this "There is

criminal act. The finding absolves the mas- ter and all officers from blame," it was fur- ther stated.

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY,- JANUARY 25, 1050,

CPA standing to Shanghai

by for flight

it was reported yesterday that Cathay Pacific Airways were standing by to fly * chartered mission to Bhanghal but that the operation Whe hampered by continual No- tionalist air raids on that city.

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uach for Nu confirmation of the repart however, was avaliable. flight is said to be temporarily postponed but not cancelled Altogether.

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Had the British steamer not been unexpectedly Fisherman

delayed by typhoon on that night, the explo- sion would have occurred at sea. With the highly combustible nature of some cargo, there is every likelihood she would have been lost with all hands.

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BEI SOTIS were Leonrupted with the Yuen Sung Chunk, a fhim which neelijased for

ret perjok parisilmer Connaught Bond West, fist loo Neither this firm not nby person wwmuseeted with ett be trace i There is no evidence of aty tave fur this criminal act

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All these articles undoubtedly belong to time delay delonating mechanisme and by thole pro sence complete s cumstantial evidence which would indicate a deliberate plan to cause an explosion on board the Chakwang.

Carefully timed

The huge in the withdrawn? darts of this caustic soda in the tofel on D back the Mate's Receipt No. 20 il rent a car. fully calculated pre-orangement of The thing of the delivery of this cargo on Imatrl the Chakan

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bord the accurate. hap by Ng Po Kwong is namele, about mon on Septembties

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1 the typhoon met inter- manc Society of the good vene and nexpectedly delayıd saubing. The ex- acrvicce done by mem- the Claksang s

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With the highly rumlus- of the ages ible nature of somar of appreciation of Expression the help t has received from there is every fielded that the certain persons and authorities Chip would have been let with alt hatis ant that the cause of In its investigation.

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the draster would have proved asks Gaverament may be pleased tmpossible to aseen tam. Phacoderptical Society of Honvite the attention of the re- The atuandoned vessel, while

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Because of the protracted GALERIE of these praeedings the Court, having heard all the vall- lake evidence, has decided to unstim That powerful explosent pits finding now rather than awalt Concured on the Chaksang at about the complete salvage of the vessel

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tween material evidence be found when YMCA Debating Society well decks of the Chaksung on the the salyage ta cumplated and the take place at 8.45 p.m. today instactuurd side forward, between huil examined, the present Curt The Wool Lounge when Mr. G. S. frames Now, 91 and 94, some six Kennesly Skoplon will give un to nine feet inboard From the arches he Mountain Resort ship's side and in way of the for-

wurd starboard ship's scler on Lantau Islamli

tween deck cargo door.

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FOOD AND

FUEL COST

The font and found toddlers for the wejk.

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$6400 14714

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3) That in this area there were

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such Members as main available) proposes be reassemble and record it

The Court places on record its! appreciation uf thu am-istance

10 100-. drums reputed to have given by several withwest, includ contained

potassium

ng Sub-Inspector W. Apps, De- chlorate of ective PC 6.1. Mr. P. Terry

sentenced

for robbery

Eight years' hard fabour an! 12 strokes of the cune were meted out In You Sap-ng, h fisherman.

the Criminal

Sessions yesterday when he was found guilty of robbery by vandenen. by ar all-men jury

Trio charged with piracy of rice junk

Throe alleged pirates accused of intercopting a Chinese Junk with a cargo of rice in Chinese waters plying between Chinoso territory and Castle Poak stood trial yesterday at tho Criminal Sessions.

Charged before Mr. Justice Gould, Puisne Judge,

and a jury of six men and a woman, of piracy! "jure gentim" and possession of arms, are Wong King, Ho Wo and Chan Ngan.

The three are alleged to have boarded the junk on November 19 lust, and to have faken away two bags of rice and $5 in the sampan when the craft reach British waters leaving the oes cupants below with the hotel fastened and held town with bags of rice.

Mr. J. Royalite, Crown Couns zel, is prosecuting paisted by De- 4tective Sub-Inspeetca

Summers

The accused are not legally des fended!.

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prosecution

According to the the junk in question was boarded

bout 1.m

on the day concern Four of whom by five men, arried short firearms, by Any of cangan. The inmates of the Junk

Fe! were searched, red herr beins After reaching place in British territorial waters. the misters tonk the two bars of rier, left the inmates below, tok to their own

Yau on Berenifier 2 Just stenked anto a womann's uninumbered but dun New Tenturies vilinge at mid- night and best her of $30, iny. order to pay off his debts, most เฟ

Chich were incurred in inah- Je

MI distaver Comlet. P'ulse Judge, told the prisoner that al- Turgh the amount of money con edrned was small, the manner in shet e kat hald of it was very smar

The woman Chen Sau ching on the night In question was awakened by somebody jump Ing over a part on in the room on top of a cupboard. She tried to rise, but was pushed back and had

ПDopo tightened Braund har neck till sho jos

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consciousness.

The arrused

and started off. Eventual- Decupants managed to get mit, and pursue the robbers craft

On meeting a police launch, the Occupants

reported the roatter The pirates' sompro was inte found abandoned

Met suspect

Later in the day, the wireitos

Breach of Immigration Ordinance

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Two meinbers of the Police Force attached to the Aberdeen Police

Station became Sun- atcious ol number of men Carrying suitcases in Aberdeen at 10.55 p.m. on Monday. Wher They approached to investigate the nien

but scattered,

twi arrested were

and appeared Mr. Thomas Tam before Central yesterday charged with - breach of the Imndgration Control Ordinance.

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The men were Lai Chi-fel, and Lau Kam-wah, both aged 28.

Sub-Inspector C. Y. Chan said that The two

hnd defendants arrived by the motor-junk "Wah Luen" from Hothow. They were charged with leaving the vessel before Immigration Officers and examined the vessel und the passengers.

Lai who had HK$100 and three

Fings

In his possession aporator of the police faunch pleaded guilty and asked for the while on there Carti Peak met two men on a road fitted the description of two of the pirates. Before he could do anything however, the two had hoarded a bus and were off. That bus wh

whetion of a fine. He was fined $200 and bound over in a sum of $200 tur one year. He was also re- quired to find a responsible per- sun to stand surety for him dur- Ing his stay in the Colony

Lau was sentenced to three weeks and ordered to be expelled for five years.

Importer of medicines fined

eventually stopped by the polle in the course of the police search First and second treured were ar- Was eventually rested, and identified by the wire. arrested on the 15th.

less operator and the victims of Police inquiries disclosed

that he piracy.

The third man was arrested the the accused just before the time of the robbery had returned from

sme day, wearing three pairs o a fishing expedition, which though trousers, and three jackets, In successful, did not pay. The

addition to a pair of shorts. price of the fah sold had to be

The accused later took Inspec.dullable proprietary medicines deducted, as he owed the partitor Summe's to a bay where two without

with packets of ummunition were dia- | posscaston cular buyer some money.

pro covered on shore. Statements were prietary medicines on which duty had not been paid, Lai. Lik-choy. aged 48, was fined $500 by Mr. Hin-shing Lo al Central yesterday.

Yau then the his hand of

mahjone with warrowed money, but lost. The next day however he had money to pay his debts, in addition

to redoining a watch he had pawned or jaipo,

Mr.

made by them in answer to thr

•harges.

After corroborative

evidence 'rom witnesses yesterday, hearing was adjourned until this morning.

Rosefelt

arrives

with strange cargo

(By Our Harbour Reporter)

Guess who's in town? If you've heard unusual gibbering and hungry growls in the Taim Tsa Tsui environments, then it won't be difficult to find out.

American

can origin, imported into Mr. W. R. K. Collings, Mr. J. F. It is none other than "Bring 'Em Back Alive" Noel

the Colony by men atout the be-am int. Mr. F. A. Cheeseman and #ng of September, 1949.

4) On the explosive properties Mr. W. R. Bailey.

of potassium chlorate in its com-

The Service authorities are also

Im

mercially pure stale, the Court included in the appreciation. notes that there is some conset Comments on the handling of

goods arising chemical opinion. Ex-dangerous expert periments, however, conducted on these proceedings were recordex. Stonecutters Island, Hong Kong, The Curt noted certain matters under the direction of the Aasis relating to dangerous goods in the tant Government Chemist and Colony some of which are of in- witnessed by certain members of terest to the recently appointed the Court, have demonstrated that Dangerous Goods Committee. the original substance contained

in these drums could not be de- ilberately exploded in normal con-

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sion sccurred from the detona. tion of the contents of one or more of those 10 109-15. drums with the probabilty that at least Avn of the drums were in- volved.

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Tea money charge dismissed

Rosefelt, well-known American wild-game hunter, who returned yesterday from the East Indies and Thailand with a priceless catch of rare tropical birds and savage and unusual denizens from the abundant fauna of the Indies.

Baby baboon

Found guilty

of importing

licence and of dutiable

Revenue Inspector L. Milling- ton said that at 11.45 a.m.. on Monday, Rovenyo detective saw a junk unload nine cases and three busketa

roadway on the near the Custodian Wharf. On investigating, he was told by Lau |that they rontained Chinese medicines which arrived from Singapore by the Sangola, but on examination they were found to be dutiable medicines. The duty duc from the mediclues amount- ro to HK$2,125.

On hearing that Lau was finet 5000, one of his friends rose in Court and asked the Magistrate to rescina the fine and order the defendant to pay the duty on the goods. He said that Lau had bor- which had been rowed $1,500 put up as bail. The request was refused

Two Chinesa women, Chan Chin, aged 13. and Fung Shul aged 47, were each fined $75 for seling toilet preparations In Pottinger Street on Monday with- out a licenco.

Expulsion order rescinded

Lam.

In his

First on the list of the roaming under cover of darkness," we were told. They resemble "strange creatures" which ar- rived by the ss. Mul Hing, as monkeys but with "baby" faces which look incongruous on their the eight - foot prehistoric

long trunks.

The expulsion order against anored on "Komodo Dragon"

Another strange specles are the James Chu, formerly of Shang- of Borneo, cubs of a Komodo Island,

mother leopard-one an hal, was rescinded by Mr. F. where remnants

of the rare ordinary

spotted frisky leopard. d'Almada at Kowloon yes- carnivores are still existing.

cub; the other a' pitch-black pan- This reptile, looking no different ther cub. Both were caught with terday when his sentence was from an ordinary shore lizard, is

the mother, which is one of five reviewed by the Magistrate on a killer. Its forked tongue and "beautiful cats" Included in the the application of Mr. P. L. Chan San, 39-year-old Sanitary coolio;

murderous-looking talons are awe- Department

consignment. was dis

Lam application Mr. inspiring. They have been known charged by Mr Hin-shing Lo at

to tear to shreds wild pigs, birds

said that defendant, who pleaded Peculiar history Central yesterday on the chargo

and other smaller animals.

Then the "cutest" of them all guilty to a charge of being a These drums after their of allegedly receiving one dollar un ten

The "Komodo Dragon" only is a blonde, week-old baby baboon, destitute on January 17, was nor release from the Kwong Wing in Hong Kong currency

woman

residing

two are known to

in the offspring of a couple of "red-face" in a sound mental state to enter Hing Godown on September 3, money from a

bom en route at sea. a plea, and that since his con- 1949, have a peculiar history at 44, Electric Road, Brst floor, United States at the Chicago Zoo. baboons,

where they have been un awe- Unlike his parents, who bear theviction he had returned to the They were purchased for export on November 11. 10 Tientsin, but were taken to Mr. A. el Arculli, who repre- Inspiring alght for more than 20 characteristic red patches on their mental hospital.

Defendant on January 16 drove faces, Baby is blonde all over. office and cubicle premises at 141 sented tho

accused

submitted years also lives on live ash.

Unwary humans have been vie The four "birds at paradise" are up to the Taimshatsul Poller Connaught Road West, first floor, that there was no case for his

Sintion and told the police there rented by a concern who used tho | client to answer, saying that the tims of this dreaded creature that the most spectacular species. 29 that he was a destitute and that /

prowls on land on Komodo Island, timated to cost sign the tri- he could, not pay his taxi fare. business ΠΑΙΤΙΟ of

"corpus delictus," in this case a Yuen Sang

dollar Chong. It is not obvious why Hong Kong one

believed to be the only known are resplendent with

Mr. Lam told the Court that coverings these 10 drums of potassium chlo- which six persons including

in the mental hós- claimed file still thrives.

round

bright his client was the neck rate were withdrawn from the Police offelal had

pital for more than three months godown four days before the dato bave seen, had not been produc A mole species, brought together sunset-orange feathers.

Another breath-taking sight see and that he was put under arrest can be. They are often caused by ex-of sailing, when they could haveed before the Court. Thus, thore with the female, died en route. It

beon readily shipped ex-godown, had been no admissible evidence

blue coloured crown only four days after, his discharge dess acidity the acid content of your

from the hospital. The Pig-Cat

tropien birds pt He further told the Court that stomach is above normil and you get the procedure followed for the against his client and "justion measured 12 feet long.

manifest" four drums of caustle soda, detall- should be

concluded

Now ‚Guinea.. Much bigger than

defendant's father was a well- Next is a droopy pink-snout ordinary pleons, they strut known banker in China and was ed animal which has the head majestically in their largo cages, manager of the Shanghai Central of a ply/and, protruding claws of a "piq-qat it's been magnificent with their fan-like Bank of China and managing

crowns of soft light blue.

director of the Choklang Indus- dubbed..

Yes, I know how troublesome these attacke

an uncomfortable full feeling after meals and Indigestion pains. "I recons mand BISMAG * (short for 'Bleursted' Magneila) known all over the world a

■rollabla antacid and restorer of

potassium

note,

to

ed on the same shipping order. Mr. Arculll, In additiori to the

In discharging the accused, Mr chlorato, 100 1b of resin in two Lo said that though the accused consignments was delivered to 141 had openly admitted that he had Connaught Road Wort first floor, received a Hong Kong on the morning of September 3 dollar note, the confession was

ambiguous, equivocal and September 3.

one

place in the world where this rep-colourushroom",`udi

the

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normal digestion.** BISMAG' bringe", arid 50 lb. on the afternoon of rroborative, so he had no al “Komodo Dragon," "ph the keys, 20, red-faco gibbons: 52/ton ́of financial support," he said.

quick relief and halpayouto digestwith. eut pain and discomfort. Try it today.

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evidence ternative but to discharge pcientifle that the drums were accused.

mugged with at 141 Connaught

Road West. Rest floor, and that|

NEED BISMAG mechanically mixed with resin.

Hold by all, Chamilia

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the only

bat of its kind in tile 1,000-ploce animal from Burma: '

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Lopt our

This creature feeds on cooked animal load consists of 600 trial, Bank. There was no ques- not food and rice. As with

long python, five savage and that his uncle was here to

Icopard-cats, a atuko care of him.

In rescinding his expulsion `or- Several lots of load. He halls tropical and

Rochfelt will leave to do Mr. d'Almada diked counsel to impresa: upon defendant's uncle It paille and sucks its food like California on Friday by the as to take charge of him in the fu an ordinary hog. The long biri President Tyler. The animals will ture two-inch claws curve towards the be distributed to American zoor Defendant, mixture Total enrolments to date in the end. They look, less formidable This will be my Inst. hunding Previous convictions, war also who had several Essential, Services Corpa is 836, than the Komodo talons.

R the "China Mail", was authorita pige-cut" is as big nota, going maturi for the time being. I am ardered to her deported after with light brown bristles, busy od something else—this time serving his sentence should the Nearby in a covered cage, kwh it's going to take mo, months. of police rofuse to accept his Houz small brown-coloured creatures hard work not in torrid jungles Kong birth cisim "Should des huddled together in adornos us but allting behind desks and fondant be able to prove his Hong it,cowering in fright.

dabbling with contracts, "Bring Kong birth, he was to be put They are the lowest form of Em Back Alive Roletelt de- under police probalion for two animalmaloopligt by day, and olared."

KOZMA TOREK urter he tame out of prison.

only, bo treated, as caly Informed yesterday, my

the potassium chlorate was

whereby an explosive HAGHESIA WAS produced. In itself this could

conclusive, but, for the on these

same 3)Two one remises of.

empty 3th Containers in The figure 1,742 reported

Monday's insize of the "China now condition for "Firing Do Mall represents the total nun Terk Ballding chalen Rd, take her 24 molition Device Mark 3" on which ber of applications received for deliberate attempts had been enrolment, not completed enrol- made to obliterate this marking; monis, p

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