1950-03-23 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MARCH 1950,

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Supplementary appropriation ordinance has first reading

Reminders

Today

Kowloon Rotary Club, luncheon - at Peninsula Hotel, screening of ims "Aquapoise", Libera- tion of Itome", 12.30 p.in, Nine Dragons Services Club, Hong

Kong Band Call (1st Bn. Royal Leicesters), B p.m. HK Women's International Club, Whist Drive for Services, 7.30 p.m. European YMCA, Guest Night, Concort by Band of Southi Staffordshire Regiment, 7.30 p.m. British Council weekly film show. "Universities", speakor: Prot, J. E. Driver, Helena May Institute, 5.30 p.m.

Y'a Men's Luncheon, Roof Garden,

HK Hotel, 12.30 p.m. (closed) meeting).

IIK Singers rehearsal, St. John's Cathedral Hull, 5.45 p.m. Kowloon Union Church Women's Guild, whist drive, 8 p.m. Cheer

cero Services Club, informat

dinner, 7.30 p.m. Francis

Wu One-Man Photo graphite Exhibition, opening by Governor at 1.30 p.nl 217A, Prince's Building. Coming Events

TOMORROW Kowloon Reel Club, End of

The Ordinance to authprise the appropriation of' a supplementary sum of $30,135,964 to de- fray the charges for the financial year ended March 31, 1949, passed its first roading In Legislative Council, yesterday,

The Financial Secretary, Mr. C. G. S. Follows, told Council that the expenditure for, the year 1948/49 was estimated at $150,284,105 but the actual expenditure was $9,669,918 in excess of the estimate.

This over-expenditure was not interned, of an Increase in almost entirely the result of the cost of living allowance, the payment of occupation and of a number of outstand- period pay to members of the ing adjustments following the Government Service who were revision of salary scales.

Court Brevities

The appropriation of $30,135,004 | did not mean this sum was ac- tually spent but merely the total of excesses on the different heads, and if the savings were taken into account, the actual over-expendi- ture is only just more $9,500,000.

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Security measures Council also approved two sup- Chung Shan, Archibald Henry by the Financial Secretory,

The master of the ss. Talplementary appropriations moved Bathurst, was fined $100 for for the first quarter, and one for failing to produce a complete the second quarter, for the year list of passengers to the Im-ended March 31, 1930. migration Officer and failing The Financial Secretary CX- to produce the passengers for plained that all the larger items inspection and interrogation.

were connected with security Before the Justice of

Prace Court, Bathurst pleaded guilty and said that the ship arrived from Hoihow with a large num- ber of cattle and that the pan- Sea-sengers were cattle hinders King the ship arrived in the

According to the prosecution

Club,

Colony on February 5. Bathurst made a report that there only five paa- sengers on board. Later it was found than 10 more possengers minders. were on board serving as cattle

son Informal Dance, George V School. Nine Dragons Servicen

Tombola, 1 p.m. Organ Recital, St. John's Cathedral,

1.13 p.m. Women's Section European YMCA, .Beginner's Dress- making, 10 am.

Kowloon Gramophone Society, Miss Helen Hindmarsh re- Diocesan siding at Repulse Bay Hotel was summoned before the Jus-

SATURDAY

classical concert, Boys' School, 8.15 p.m.

measures.

Secretary for Chinese Affairs in Mr. J.C. McDounll, the Acting) place of Mr. B. C. K. Hawkins on leave, was sworn in as a member of Connell yesterday.

Revised Edition of the Laws Or- The Ordinance to amend the dinance

1040 passed its second and third reading in Legisintive Council yesterday.

Two amending' ordhances-the Ordinance to Amend the Air Armament Practice Ordinance 1949, and the Ordinance to Amend the Defence (Firing Areas) Or- dinance 1936, were read a first tirne.

Race meeting, Happy Valley, 2 tice of Peace Court for falling ARABIAN NIGHTS

..

Nine Dragons

Toc.

Servless

Tombola, 8 p.m.

SUNDAY

H classicn! concert,

to notify the authorities of a

Club, change of address.

50,

MacDonnell Road, R.30 p.m.

Mr. Strellet represented Miss Ifindmarsh and pleaded guilty on her behalf, She was cautioned,

According to

WEDDING

Troops of the 42 Commando Royal Marines in slow tempo, marched past the Brigade H. Q. În Kowloon yesterday where the salute was taken by the GOC-In-C ́Bir Robert Mandergh. The in- spaction-parade took place at Chatham Road, attended by a large gathering. Bean, coming post- the saluting base in the plotura le "A" Troop of 42 Commandos ind by Lieutenant D. M. Trace, -(“China Mail" Photo).

GOC-in-C inspects Two sentenced

the 42 Commandos.

(Thousands thronged the stroots and windows of

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Kowloon yesterday as five platoons of the 42 Commando Royal Marines swung into Nathan Road after giving the salute to the GOC-in-C; Sir Robert Mansergh, in a. slow march past at Brigade HQ.

The occasion was the inspec- tion af 42 Commando Royal Marines by the GOC-in-L Hong Kong and the paradi took place at the Merchani Navy football ground, Chatham Read, before a large number of distinguished guests as well as the local public.

HMS

Congressman crabbed

crab meat

Over

in forged notes case

For having in possession 8,675 forged 10-cent notes. Yung Wong and Wong Sang were given five years and three yours hard labour, respectively, by Mr. Justice Gould, Senior Puisne Judge, at the Criminal Sestions yesterday.

Wong Sang, who had pleaded guilty, asked for leniency in view of his plea and the fact that he knew he had done wrong. Mr. Gould told him he was satiriled with information obtained that his part in the crime was only as a carrier for the forged notes.

A jury of five men and two women unanimously found Yung Wong guilty on two counts of the offence.

Mr. A. Lonsdale, Crown Coun- sel, assisted by Detective Sub-

IK Art Club, sketching party to Miss Hindmarsh, an American, --will bring back memories of ground under commanding om-80,000 cases, of canned' crab Inspector J. Martin, prosecuted,

Shek-O, members to meet at Queen's Fier, 10.30 a.m. European YMCA Armchair Group meeting, address on "Combat against Leprosy" (with fims) by Dr. Skinsney, 8.30 p.m.

Pigeons do an 8-hour day

By ALLAN J. RANDS Birds or at any rate racing-pigeons-work

an eight-hour day, or something like it.

gist,

Colony on Nov-

arrived in the ember 16 last year. On Decem- ber 13, she informed the Imml- gratlan Officer that she lived at the Peninsula Hotel.

the prosecution, A wedding-Moroccan style

last year's "wedding of the Riches. Lieutenant

cor. century" when at a cost of £300,000 the Caliph of Morocco married a Princess cousin of the Sultan,

Colonel

Dressed in Jungle green, the commundas assembled at Whit- Washington, March 22. field barracks. The green berets Representative Russell Mack, trooped down Austin Road, led by Washington Republican, asked the bands of 3 Commando Brigade two Government agencies to and

Kenya--attired Inday to find out what Great jungle green and white helmets Britain traded to Russia for and formed on the football

meat. I. H.

Mack said that the crab meat, A general salute was given by 44,000 cases of which were landed the men when the GOC-in-Cat Boston recently in shipment Breda Feu de joie to the delight by Russians and had been abiain- arrived, and, after the Inspection, from Great Britain, was canned of hundreds of school childrened by the British in a barter deal. Now this "Desert Song" coun- and spectators. try is preparing a spectacle which

made his requests la The parade then advanced in letters to the State Department will eclipse even the "Arabian review order and gave the gene and the Economic Co-operation her Nights" and perhaps even last eral salute. After this, the GOC-Administration, which he made Jun- year's wedding

for sheer fan-in-C proceeded by car to Brigade public. tasy. The occasion will be

the 11Q marriage of SI Ahmed El Glaout in Middle Road. son

The crowd followed as the parade marched down Chatham the Commandos broke into slow Road, Arriving at Brigade HQ time and in column of divisions marched past the saluting base at Brigade HQ where Sir Robert took the salute.

On February 24, the Immigra- tion authorities found that Miss Hindmarsh was not living at the Peninsula Hotel

It was found later that Hindmarsh bad changed address to Repulse Bay on uary 31,

Miss

of the famous Pasha of Mar

Slu-wah, alins Chong Ting-kwal, Cald--one of the most important- Two unemployed men, Chungrakesh, to a daughter of a Moorish and Au Shu-tong, aged 20, were men in the Moroccan administion committed to stand trial by Mr. and nobility. James Wicks at Kowloon yester- day for the possession of arms and ammunition,

the and the

Thousands watch

Bar-

Since both bride and bride- groom belong to the most famous of Moroccan familles, the order has gone out that no expense is to be Nathan Road, resumed the normal The parade then swung into spared, no juxury considered too tempo and marched along Nathan great, for the occasion. All the Rond back to Whitfield pashas and calds (Judges) Morocco, the nobility and of racks. gentry of the fabulous Shercenian Empiro,-the-princes--of-the- lan's blood are expected to attend, According to Moroccan tradition, Li Uk Village, Shamshulpo, on the chief guests as well as their

families and servants will all Pjoy the bridegroom's

for howover long the celebrations hospitality may last-and that, in Morocco, may mean anything up to six weeks.

This is one of the discoveries made by Dr. D. H. Wilkinson,

Chung was alleged to have had physicist, of the Cavendish Ln in his possession a Mauser pistol boratory, Cambridge, and Mr. G.

and five rounds of ammunition V. T. Matthews, University zoolo- at Nga Tsin Wai Village on Feb- working together on research ruary 12, while Au was alleged on bird navigation.

to have attempted to sell we One of the problems.

which-Smith and Wesson revolvers and scientists wished to solve was 20 rounds of ammunition to two the time spent by a homing bird Chinese detectives in disguise at in actua! Right on any journey,

Homing birds have been fol- February 19. lowed by acroplane, and the Detectives Sub-Inspector method has also been tried of Lowe and E. P. Grace conducted applying

piece

the cases for the prosecution. of comphor to a bird's

wing and

estimating the fighting-time by the amount of camphor evaporated.

the

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Caught smoking a cigarette in court while a session was on, Yau Ming, a spectator, was fined $5 by Mr. F. X. d'Almada at Kowloon yesterday.

Now Dr. Wilkinson has con- trived a very ingenious little box, which he fixed to the wings in

course of

of experiments with a couple of dozen racing-pigeons.

This miniature box which Dr.. Wilkinson describes in

Loday's

On a charge of housebreaking, Nature, consists of a source of Law So-chung, rickshaw puller, alpha-particica-in this case the was sentenced to three months, rualoactive element polonium imprisonment by Mr. d'Almada with

a specially prepared photo-at Kowloon yesterday. raphic plate opposite to it.

When the bird is at rest a steeling of February 18 broke into Defendant in the early morn- ball, falling into a slot, prevents the India Bazaar, 65 Nathan Road, the alpha-rays from reaching tho and stole clothing materials and pinte. But when the bird is in ornaments to the total value of flight the ball rolls away. The $800. recording on the plate shows the time the bird has been in flight. Shiu Yuk-chu, were fined $200 Two women, Lam Pik-fong and "Roughly," Dr. Wilkinson told and $50, respectively, for receiv me, we found that the homing-ing the stolen goods. Detective pigeons were in the air for about Sub-Inspector J. Howlett prose eight hours a day during August, cuted, when the sun Is up for 15 hours. Our experiments are not yet. concluded,"

FORTHCOMING WEDDING

The forthcoming wedding of

en-

Mack

The accused conducted his own defence.

INDIA-PEKING TALKS COMPLETED

·

He added that according to present indications, Sardar K. M. Panikkar, India's former Ambas Bador to the Kuomingtang, 1. expected to be accredited to the Peking Government.

New Delhi, March 22. Negotiations between India and Communist China regarding the exchange of diplomatic relations Mack wrote ECA admĺnlitra- are now

complete, a Foreign tor Paul G. Hoffman, "be-Ministry spokesrian said here Hleve Congress and the country, Wednesday. because of 'dür heavy American contributions to Britain through ECA programes, have a right to know what goods the British are supplying to Russle." In his letter State Dean Acheson, Mack said:

to Secretary of

"The people of the United States are now chgaged in a cold wer

the Russian leaders... with soems unthinkable we should per- mit Russlan goods, produced with slave labour, to enter the United States to compete with the pro- ducts of American labour. This, it seems to me, is particularly true of such an item us earned crab

Press reports quoted Panikkar as saying in Bombay that he expected to leave for Peking in *** two weeks-Associated Press.

The whole parads was watch. ed by thousands. Road blocks were put up by the police as the parade took up tho full breadth of the roads, marching In column of divisions, Guests included the three ser-

Mack asked Acheron to find out i vice chiefs, Commodore Brown- from the British whether they feld, and AOC A. D. Davis, and trade to the Russians "anything the three branches. Present also strength or war potential of the many high ranking officers of that would add to the economic wore a number of Royal Marine Communists." Associated Pres

whose dress uniform singled them out for favourable parade. Among them also were a comment by many watching the few United States Marines off- core who turned up in their own dress uniform.

Tangier, gifts are pouring into Already, writes Allan Roy from Marrakesh from all over Morocco and composers and poets are officers of the marringe. writing music and verse in honour All of which indicates that in such thing as austerity! Morocco at any rate, there is no

Colour television

Movie bull-fight Mental health attraction on

On two charges of conveying close-ups of the battle betweds suggests that every Public Health/denly been faced with the success |

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Spanish film industry at any tion is better than cure" is com-

The film industry, the

latest attraction is causing rate, has been turning its ing into its own again this time

embarrassmerit for the experts The age-old saying "proven-in America.

controversial "sport"-bullion. cameras on the world's most in the World Health Organisa Murray, is shown on the faces of The embarrassment, writes Kay

dent Willam Stuttard tells how exports is almost as important dificulties and immense cost of fighting

Nor is the

some of the country's top-tank- Organisation con- Writing from Madrid, correspon-Mental health, claim the W.HO. past year or so these scientists cerned only with physical health. television scientists. For the have been busy pouring out the a camera team has just been For this reason the Health Or- visiting the famous dréna

atganisation's executive Board at colour television reception round Aranjuez to get some real-life the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

the fireside. Now they have sud- dangerous goods and operating a Bull and Man. The ahots" taken Department in every Junk without a licence, Tamwere to be used Inf

of a New Jersey electrician in Kau-sing, 20-year-old Junk mas-

country te was fined $100 by Mr. r.

on the life of "Pedro Romero, "boo

Atting up colour television in a Mental Health matter of hours for as little as Prison Officer Frederick Ignatius

d'Almada at Kowloon yesterday.

30% Wandres, of Flat A. Arbuthof Sub-Inspector Nippard at

Defendant was arrested by and 1779, killed over 5,000 bulls.

Section should guard D Road and Miss Theresa Marle 10-mile Castle Peak beach on successful, however, the camera- is kept agalbat typhoid and other perfectly on his home-made

against mental instability in a Where Fedro Remero the..

The colour television, broad- Resario, of 187 Prince Edward Monday, loading 40 tins of petrol mission, were not, Bulls apparent under conditions which tend to mate by the scientists in New

was town in the same way as a guard

caste the electrician received Rond, top floor, has

men on their own nounced.

on to his junk,

particular epidemics. If a factory Is runot werd "test" broadcasts: being ly, dislike the camera almost as depress workers and make them much as the quick-thrust sword. Irritable then, the town's Mental

York In A Otto Marlin. Jenan, aged 25, cameras darted turning, no fewer mend for factory management to trician being an expert itt stich

master

of minutes, as the Health Section should recom- Nor was it a case of the clee-. Protect your lovely Fur Coats, ordered by Mr. J.Reynolds at ing one of "Brain's best-known their workshop this success in a letter to our cor (Danish subject) was than seven bull-fighters includ-re-organise and brighten up" matters as television, Explaining Guite, and Bweaters with aur Central yesterday to be detainedt Matadors had been caught - on naw garment:haga: Quilt Zipped long/short

In the House of Detention until the bull's horns.

In the same way, Mental respondent, he points out that Gathe

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19. Colony in the early part of April. matadors, the glm directors were home a happier Stéce for children beautiful pictures."

"star" home conditions. By making a television attachment and got Jensen was charged with enter left will the uncomfortably real-to-live-in explain the WH.O, ex ing the Colony without a permit ilfe problem of how, to kill the perts, many of the shore serious or these who feel inclined to from the Immigration Offlour and alreddy wounded bill, As no-one crime waves and even many the electrician explain that with being a member of the crow volunteered to tackle the danger asylum Cases could be prevent if he did a way to take some free span coloured cellophand and an old Jensen pleaded guilty to both directors finally Handed over the inciso anyone should table and the cellophane into a direld of 1- absented himself, front the ship, in trus tauronschten style, the

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