1950-04-20 — Page 4

Pago 43

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS

20 Words $2 for 1 insertion $1 for every additional insertion

10 cents every additional word per insertion

(Alternate Insertions 10% Extra).

DIRTHS, DEATHB, MARRIAGES, PERSONAL $5 per insertion of 25 words, 25 cents every additional word per insertion.

Classified Advertisements, accepted up to 5 p.m. for publication In the following day's paper.

Reption for the Following Box Nos, are awaiting collection.

Repiles will be forwarded to the Advertiser 1 requested, on the original form which should bear their names and addresses. A sultable announcement will be inserted Free of Charge if Advertisers' requirements are satisfactorily answered.

POSITIONS WANTED

FOR SALE

CHINESE Youth, Typing and RARE ancient Chinese paintings, Accounting,

part-time Buddhist pictures, Jade, Kwan-

Bocks

POLICE NOTICE

On Saturday, April 8, 1950, at 11.25 p.m. at Nathan Road near Pit Street, a Chinese male was knocked down by motor cycle No. 209 and re- ceived Fatal injuries.

Any persons witnessing the accident, or who can give in- formation regarding the sccl. dent are asked to communicate with Traffic Office, Kowloon. Telephone Numbers. 50735, 58829 and 89114, or with any other Police. Stations.

COMMISSIONER OF POLICE.

April 11, 1950.

POLICE NOTICE

On Friday, April 7, 1950, at position A.M. or evenings, kindly yin. Owner leaving. Fixed low 7 p.m. at Taun Wan Village, prices. Call 68921, Room 415 Castle Peak Road, a Chinese favour to P.O. Box 1813.

Star Hotel, baok Peninsula Hotel.

mate was knocked down by GOOD cook wash amah and baby

AND military

No. FILM

ambulance: amah. (Will take separate posi~| HONG KONG tlons). Highly recommended by THEATRE NEWS at $1.00 per 1204092, and received Fatal

Obtainable at Leading injuries. European couple leaving colony copy. 24th April. Telephona 60265.

Book Stores, Newspaper Ballers, Cinamas.and "Chini Mall” OMoa| Any persons witnessing the accident, or who can give in- CHINA MAIL, PICTORIAL (Reformation regarding the accl- vised edition) at $3.00 per copy dent are asked to communi- Obtainable at all Leading Book cate with Traffle Omce, Kow- Stores and "China Mall" Omoe.

loon, Telephone Numbers BCRIBBLING PADS-100 pages 50735, 58028 and 59114. at 50 cents each. On sale at with any other Police Stallons, "China Mail" Office,

COMMISSIONER OF House, Tel. 32312.

POLICE.

WANTED KNOWN RENOMMEE Dresses have Just received lovely Evening frocks in organdies. cottons, etc. Afternoon

morning frock dreises, Sult 604, Victory House, Wyndham 81. Hongkong. Tel. 38043.

DRESSES and Blouses (all kinds! of materials) at competitive prices from HK$23.00 up. antefaction Quaranteed. Inspection cordially invited at Long Kee Ladies Talior 310 Nathan Road Kowloon,

LADIES, we have at your servloe for specialized operations all Helene Curtice

wayta, cool machineless-oll perms, hairdyos & manicure-ROSE MARIE Beauty ParlourPhone 50384-43. Han kow Rd., Kowloon.

PEKING ART RUG CO., 221A) Nathan Rd., Kowloon, soll

-XD

clusively carpeta and ruga. Picasa

drop in and have look.

FOR SALE:

Windsor

One 30 feet lifeboat

with motor.

One 24 feet

lifeboat

with motor.

Three 24 feet lifeboats. Two sels Welln Davits for 24 feet boats,

One

25 feet motorboat with

diesel engine.

Indo-China Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.

April 12, 1950.

NOTICE

or

UNION WATERBOAT CO. LTD.

Notice is hereby given that Ordinary the forty-first General Meeting of the Company will

held at the Offices of Messrs Dodwell

be

WHY LIMP about with a painful 16 Pedder Street-Hong Kong & Co., Ltd., 3rd floor, Hong-

corn or Ingrowing toonall when a visit to Beten's expert chiropodist can put you right? Consult Boten's Beauty Salon, fat Floor, Exchange Buliding.

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS

MAY DE

AT BOOKED

THE

BWINDON BOOK BTORE, 25 NATHAN ROAD, TEL. 58327.

PUBLIC AUCTION

kong Bank Building, on Tues- day, the 9th May 1950, at 11 am. for the purpose of receiv- ing the Report and Statement of Accounts for the year end-

The Undersigned has received 31st December 1949. 3

ed instructions from the Head Bailiff, Supreme Court, to sell by Public Auction.

on MONDAY, the 1st May, 1950, at 3 o'clock p.m.,

at his Sales-Rooms, French Bank Building. Basement, THE LUXURIOUS MOTOR YACHT "MISTRESS”

(As she now lies at Messrs. Cheoy Lee's Shipyard, Ngau Chi Wan, Kowloon City, Kowloon)

-

ins.

104 ft. 9

19 ft. 24 Ins. 13 ft. 69.--

ins.

Rupe, Upholstery GARPETS, cleaned in your own home by modern, convenient DURACLEAN BERVICE DURACLEAN COM-Length overall PANY, DEERFIELD, ILL. U.B.A. Breadth Agent: George Lin & Co., 202 Depth Bank of East Axis Buliding, Tel: Gross Tonnage: 24408.

Draft:

5 ft. 3 Built in 1944. CARPETS

RUGS Genuine a Peking and Tientsin, lovely de- Powered by twin G.M. Diesel signs and colouringe, verious sizes 500 B.H.P, Engines each with some and inspect at The China two 30 Kilowatt (110 volts) Rug Co., Kayamally Buliding, 4th | G.M. Gonerators. Floor (Orpoalte Hong Kong Ample spares for main engines.

Speed. 14 Knots. Hotel) Queen's Road, Central.

DANCING LESSONS

BALLROOM DANCING — Made Easy" Advanced Variations taught. Rumba, Samba, "Specialities" Tango, Jitterbug (Jive). Enquiries (1-3 P.M.): -Tony Hudson, 612 China Buliding.

FOR SALE

For further particulars and Inspection Permits apply to the Undersigned.

Terms: 50% of purchase price

on fall of hammer and balance the following day,

A. E. B. de SOUSA,

The Auctioneer.

DISTILLATION Products Indus Hong Kong, April 19, 1950.

tries'

BULK VITAMINS. Ten. nasse Eastman's INDUSTRIAL. CHEMICALS. Contact T. F. Zoe, International Chemicals Ltd. 11 to 12. 600 B.E.A. Bldg. Phone

28565.

TAMARA MAY 503 Peninsula

TENDER

Tenders are invited for the Hotel Now Displaying Large purchase of the following:- Balaction Spring and

Summar

American Dresses, Blouses; 8kirtą, 1 No. 56'0" Harbour Launch Wedge Heel Shoes, Etc. Until 6 p.m.

Open

FOR SALE: Thoroughbred study, healthy, atsation puppies, 22 months old, Apply Beton'a Beauty Salons, Telephone House, Hong Kong, Tal. 83101. FOLLOW the Lead of the United States Armed Forces by using the finest 16 mm Sound Projso- tore yet available on the Inter. national market Victor En- & Liteweight Projectors for voy sals at the Aala Photo Supply &

House Studio, les

Street: Francis Wu Photographlo, Studio Gloucester Arcade, or internation al 'Chemicals Ltd., Bola Agenti, Phone 265508. ^

SHORTWAVE enthusiasts receive worldwide stations to their hearts" content with the amazing Pilot model #8348! - Handspreading Im-j portant wavebands.: s valves ins pluding M.#2 stage..:- Handsama walnut cabinets gold metal grills targe coloured diat.“. Demon tion withpat (chilamusalicGDAK Agancias, Ginaf Kids51 Fond. Phone®263105/

(Steam)

at present in service... ·

4

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1950,

Increase in violent commented

crimes

The

on at Sessions

number of violent crimes and cases of pox- session of firearms in the Colony have in- creased by leaps and bounds in the last six months, It was stated yesterday at the Criminal Sessions. Mr. A. Hooton, Crown Counsel, mentioned this while replying to a remark by defence coun- sel for a convicted mant in the course of a mitigation plea that the case could have been dealt with summarily by a magistrate. Mr. V. J. L. D'Alton for the police. As he was engaged for defence had further pointed many days, he did not have the out that all the circumstances opportunity of doing so, until the in the evidence ggainst Lau police arrived at hla place. An-you, convicted of posses Reply to plea by counsol sion of arms and ammunition, pointed to inadvertence on the prisoner's part.

The accused, a farmer, was un- animously found guilty by a jury of five men and two women, who retired for about 18 minutes, He was given three years' hard labour and eight strokes by Mr. Justice Scholes, Acting Puistie' Judge.

According to the prosecution the accused's house at Tung Mel war Village, New Territories, visited by a party of police officers on the evening of March 3.

While the police were searching the house for firearms, Lau handed them gun which he, took from: He was inside an earthen jar. thereupon taken to the police station, where he stated that he had found the gun while plough- ing in the fields.

When charged with the offence of possession, accused is alleged to: have stated that he did not dare tell anyone of the gun in his house because it was unlawful to have it. Lau from the witness stand told the Court that after he had the revolver, which was fully loaded, he had intended to take it to the

ASSOCIATED PROPERTIES, LTD.

INCORPORATED IN HONGKONG

Notice is also given that the NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS Transfer Books of the Com- pany will be closed from the 25th April to 9th May 1950, both days inclusive.

DODWELL & CO., LTD., General Managers.

Hong Kong, April 14, 1960:

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF 'CANTON, LIMITED

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDES

Notice is hereby given that the ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Society will be held at the Head Office of the Society, Union Building, Hongkong, on Thursday, 25th May, 1950 at 11.30 a.m., to re- ecive the Directors' Report and the Statement of Accounts, to declare a dividend and to transact the ordinary business of the Society,

The SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society will be CLOSED from 6th May to 25th May, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board,

L. B. STONE

General Manager. Hongkong, April 20, 1950.

THE HONG KONG

JOCKEY CLUB

Draft Programmes and En- try Forms for the 5th Race, Meeting to be held on Satur day 29th April, 1950, (weather Applications for Form of permitting) may be obtained Tender and permission to view at the Secretary's Office, Tele- are. to be addressed to:-

phane House; the Club House, The Superintending Civil Happy Valley; and the Stables,

Shan Kwong Road, Engineer,

Civil Engineer in

Chief's Department, H.M. Dockyard, Hong Kong

not later than Wednesday 20th April, 1950.

Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON on Thursday, 20th Apr. 1950.

By Order

S. A. SLEAP,'

Secretary

HARRIMAN REALTY CO., LTD.

King's Building (2nd Boer) B.Connaught Rd, Hong Kong.

Real Estate,+

When the verdict was returned, Mr. D'Alton in a plea of mitiga- tlon declared that the prisoner had He character. an unblemished pointed out that there were no aggravating circumstances in this case, adding that he would submit respectfully that this was a type of case that could be dealt with summarily by a magistrate.

All the circumstances. In the evidence against Lau pointed to inadvertence on his part, counsel contended. There was no sugges- tion that the accused formed part of a gang of criminals, He was not one with a bad character.

Crown Counsst, replying to the defence plex, declared that. In this Colony the discretion in the connection resta on the Commissioner of Police, and the magistrate has Juriedletlen to see whether or not cass can be dealt with summarity.

The number of violent erimos and cases of possession of firearma in the Colony had increased by leaps and bounds in the last six months, Mr. Hooton pointed out. He agreed there were no aggra- voting circumstances in this case In the sense that the gun had not been, kept for purposes of com- mitting robbery.

"Is it not an aggravating clr- cumstance, however, that the new cused, knowing it was unlawful to relain a gun, retains it for seven or eight days?" Crown Counsel enquired.

Serious offance

"He went on to say that in the Notice is hereby given that present state of the Colony it is the Ordinary Yearly General always a serious offence to have | Meeting of the Company will a firearm in one's possession be- of the following conise- be held at the Office of Atlas | cause Really, Ltd., Room 604, Edin-quence: if trouble came and pes- burgh House, Queen's Road ple were allowed to carry firearms, Central, Hong Kong, on Wed-, the forces of law and order would be outnumbered by the people nesday, the 3rd day of May, who were not authorised to carry 1960, at 12,00 noon to transact the following business:--

(1) To receive and consider the Report of the Direc- tors and the Statement of ~~Accounts for the period from 22nd De- cember, 1948 to 31st December, 1949,

(2) To elect two Directors.

(3) To appoint Auditors.

them.

Defence Counsel at this point told the Court that they were not dealing with trials at large at the This, he said, was a moment. mitigation plea, and it was plain that his client had had no associa tion with bad contacts.

Instructing Mr. D'Alton for the defence was Mr. J.C. Stewart.

J. Hidden Detective-Inspector assisted Crown Counsel in pro- secuting.

At the trial's conclusion, Mr. Hooton referred the Acting Puisne

B man

(4) To transact such other Judge to his summing-up to the

business as may be pro-ject of when

Jury In emnection with the sub- can be perly transacted at an charged with possession of arms. Ordinary General Mect-

Referring to the Ordinance, ing of the Company.

Me Heoton submitted It

pro.

懦

DARK FRAMES ARE DRAMATIC

Available in all colors to suit every taste. Gold ornamentation at eyerims and sides distinctively set off #gainst the flattering colors.

Chinese Optical Co.

|67 Queen's Rd., C.

Tel. 231ba

CO-5

PANTEEN

THE CARS |

VITAMINIZED

HAIN TONIC

ROCHE

Danteer

STOPS LOSS of HAIR

KEEPS YOUR HAIR SOFT&LUSTROUS

*

*** ROCK! **** NOCHE

&

Below ·

the

1.

average

vided in effect that a persɔn a phrase so frequently

qulity of possession of, say, a

revolver even if he happened to appearing in the news-

be taking the gun to the police

And Notice is also heraby given that the Register of Members and the Transfer Books will be closed from the 20th day of April, 1950 to the

that, Inclusive.

station.

Mr.

to

popers drawing attention D'Alton here remarked one of Hongkong's this,was the case, aruming Srd day of May, 1950 both days he was staying in the countryside major problems

By order of the Board of Directors.

ATLAS REALTY, LTD. General Managers.

Hong Kong, April 20, 1950.

UNIVERSITY, OF HONG KONG FACULTY OF ARTS

Mr. Edmund Blunden will .. deliver a Lecture ori

FALSTAFFSC

on Friday, April 21, 1950, in the Eu Tong Sen Gymnasium,

at 5.30 pim

Members of the public are cordially invited to attend.

MELLOR Registrar

if that

and found a gun somewhere, he would have to go for miles and phone up the police. There was chance of the gun being picked up in the meantime by bad hands. fe could not see anything in the Section under which his client was charged to suggest anything like this, counsel added,

WATER

Mr. Hooton then left it up to There is another major

the Court whether or not for him

to apply for a case stated and problem which affects bring the question up before a Full Court,

CARNIVAL

By Dick Turnor

11-16

· 1949 BY KEA BERVICE, ING. IT M. REG U. 3. FAT: OFF,

"But, Waldo, I WOULD offer you a jelly bean, only I've got just 369 left!"

BARCLAY ON BRIDGE

By Shepard Barclay

Authority on "Authorities

-OPENING SUIT BIDS OF TWO

two are:

With a

good five-card suit,

a

good six-card suit,

ONE OF THE functions of the 4-3-2-1 count valuation recome about 25. mended by Charles H. Goren

With With a good seven-card suit,

D He would expect corresponding- ly more total count if the suit be not too good.

Either of these holdings, how- ever, would soundly quality for

bid: such

Its new application to big hands about 23. considered for opening the auction

with a sult bid of two to proclaim about 21. enough strength in hand for

It would, beyond game contract.

a vastly improves question be guide for those players who still think it is wise to bid two of a Bult whenever they hold 5% to high card tricks..

There are still plenty who would consider making such hands: bid with either of these

SAK75

•H 03

"DAK2

CAKE2

B

S AQ841

!

НАКЕ

DAKS

C 42

*

$

AKJ72

НА

D-AKS

D

S AKQJ74.

HAK3

DAT

C KQ 104 C92

Hand C contains (20

couot

made up of 24 for the counted 2 for possessing a honours plus 2 singleton, and hand D contains. 23 Hand A contains six honour from 21 for honour cards and I' tricks, yet can't even make a cach for two doubletons. Wouldn't contract of one in either black you rather be in a game contract sujt apposite a trickless partner with one of those hands than with with no suit-ft, and would be A or B above, if your partner ↑ The two a weak hand? hopeless in game contract un- held

Arat less the partner had enough for are so much better than

to I-Club, two that failure to open them a minimum response to

with a game-demarid call would missing a sure game in the result in

of all, cases, 1-Spade a large percentage

Hand B would

also

unleas

be hopeles

to

the

a game contract partner could respond

By Mr. Goren's new method even when the partner was far. such a hand would be measured too weak to answer a bid of one. for a Buil bid by rating an ace But opening with a suit bid of at 4,

queer

2 and jack

Proclaiming enough strength lowing any doubleton, for a rame would forbid puumer nuction dié below the the suctio 2 for any singleton and 3 for. Pto void. By that, hand A would game level except if the opponents contain only 32 count and B only stuck their necks out with a bid 21, nowhere near enough for which could be doubled for more game-demand opening.

points than the value of a game. The minimums recommended

to let

TOMORROW — Responses. to

by blm for opening suit bide of lopening'sult bids of two,

which suggestion the community-but one 22 Mr. Scholes sald he thought it

which can be remedied if unnecessary.

Robber suspect

to stand trial

A robbery in September 1947- had a sequel at Central yester day when Chung Ting, allas Chung Hing, was committed to stand trial at the Sessions.

Defendant was charged with the armed robbery of Yu Ping- hang of a

of a wrist

watch on Beptem ber 4, 1947

the Central

Sub-Inspector

everybody helps

you

know the grim answer

TUBERCULOSIS

Won't you give that they legge may live

Watson said that a man armed with what appeared to be a pistol

MIGUEL BREWERY counted and demanded his

DARTS LEAGUE,

valuables. All the robber got

was a metal wrist watch

u put up a strunde in the course of which the robber drop- resentation of prizes ped two identity cards w

place" "at-thu- 5gtu] { Police' ;, constable – Laung

rkshops|heard the blowing of mol police hulpo

histle and obased, the robber but

icipating

A BRITISH CROSSWORD PUZZLE

1 Records.

Across

* Prem chlaf.

8 Idle talk,

10 Scold.

12 Summary

Kitchen

ond give sideboard.

11

12

23

28

kbroidery.

20 Saves pon- uriously. 22

Equal

Down

Tense. Thread

15: Nation

16 Frightened.

3.Errors

18 Tup

6. Plate

Burred

21 Recov

29. Ent away,

23 Faster 27 Kernel,

17. Measure. 30, Dominion

out

81 Attest

plant. Jacket.

GUL

11 Sticker.

82 Negotiate, 13 Obliter

Yesterday's Crossword

Stäriled, 8 ́Aver, 3] Repaired 13 Dený.

Galactor :19, Silming

Code 420 Hola, mu