1950-05-20 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1950.

COOLIE SENTENCED TO Water supply

DEATH FOR MURDER

RAF display arrangements

Alr Headquarters, Hong Kang, announced yesterday that, in the event'

of bid weather, it may be necessary to postponia today's Air Digi play at Kal Tak,

Should the conditions.be too bad for te demonstration. Radio

and Kong Hong Rediffusion will broadcast the news of the postponement at 12.40 p.m., 1 p.m. and 1.10 p.m.

Posters will be displayed at the Ferry Termini and also In the vicinity of Как так. The new date will be publish. ed In the Prees during next week. Tickets dated May 20 will be aligible for the later date.

However, if weather con- ditions are suitable the Dis- play will be carried out as planned, Spectators are re- minded that admission to the Airfield Enclosure is by the main RAF Entrance and in by floket only."

for

The RAF Public Relations Officer expressed his apologies to the many individuals who have written to nim tickets. Publio Enclosure wers taken up within six hours of the Press announcement and the PRO has found it Impossible to reply ip the hundreds of unlucky applicants who re- Borted to the mall.

All tickets for the

Reminders

Today

RAF Air Display, at Kai Tak,

3 p.m.

ACES Concert at European YMCA,

9 p.m.

Nine Dragons

Services

Club. Tombola, 8 p.m. Classical Pinno Concert, Roof Garden, HK Hotel, 8.30 pm. IK Yaumaty Ferry Co., Ltd., annual general meeting, 12

noon,

Lo So Primary School, official opening by Mr. Paul K. C. Taul, Lamma Island, 10.30 Royal R Yacht Club, Dance

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Sentenco of death was pronounced in a hushod courtroom yesterday by Mr. E. H. Williams, Acting Chief Justice, upon Pun Kom, earth coolje, for killing the man who stole his wife, Before sentence was passed, the condemned man stated in an even tone: "It was not I who He was the one who seduc- murdered him. ed my wife.....He should not have done. that. She was my wife.".

Shanghai men committed on menaces charge

Two Shanghal Chinese, Chan Chi-ming, aged 24, and Yau Tak-sum, aged 20, were com mitted for trial at the June Sessions by Mr. Hin-shing Lo at Central yesterday,

extension

An Additional hour will be added to the restricted daily wator supply perlad" from Monday. It was officially an mounged yesterday.

The haure will be from 0.30 am to 9:30 p.m. not 8.30 pm w at present.

Funeral

Bate Plantations annual meeting

Not profit made by the Bute Plantations (1913), Limited, in the year anded December 31 fast totalled HK$86,287.48-nearly double that of the previous year, it was reported at the annual general meeting of the company yes- torday.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. J. R. Bränd Mr. J. A. Ozorio suld that the year's working was very satisfactory and that The funeral of Mr. Jose good progress had been made The jury of six men and one Angelico Ozorlo, who died attowards recovery. woman, after receiving a suin- his residence, No. 3. Jordani ming-up of the case lasting anRond, on Thursday at the age hour and 10 minutes, return. of 77, took place at the Roman ed the unanimous verdict of Catholic Cemetery yesterday guilty at 5.10 p.m.-one hour afternoon. and 20 minutes later.

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The 36-year-old prisoner, MPs convicted of the murder of Wu Ting-lol, ailos Wu Boi Waterworks Department coolie, at the Shouton Hill Road codie quarters, Aberdeen, on the nigh of December 22, last year.

He addeil that since the annual report was issued. 111⁄2 tons of rubber a month have been sold for the January-June period next car at 54 Malayan cerits pound fob),

year

cost

Professor to

lecture to Army units

Professor J N. Wright, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, St. An- drew's University, will arrive

The Reverend Father H. de Angells officiated.

Increased crops and a lower Mr. Ozorilo was born

In Hong

cost of production being respiral- native of the Tong Ha district. Kong in 1873. In his younger ble for the improvement, he anda! ¡ here tomorrow on a short visit to army units stationed in the days he was on the staff of the The output for the year, though Colony. Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf short of the crop estimated, ex- and Godown Company, Limited coded that of 1948 In spite of During his tour here, Professor After working in this firm for the large area cut out for re-Wright will lecture to officers some years he resigned and went planting, but the average price and men of HQ Land Forces, to Swalow. There he joined the realised for the your'e sales wne units of 40 Inf. Division, as well Asiatic Petroleum Company over two cents a pound lower as speaking to men of the RAF. (South China) Limited.

than the average of the previous year,

Toward the latter part of inst

They were charged with

year, the accused's wife ran away allegedly demanding money with from him in the country to tha menaces from Chan Wal-lin alias deceased in Hong Kong. Pun Chan King-tat at the St. Francis subsequently come hore himself Hotel on January 1.

Chan Chand forcibly took her away from ming was additionally charges Wu Lol with a warning, and re- with the possession of a dagger turned to the country.

Detective Sub-Inspector W. B. Scragg prosecuted.

statement.

Ler stili, the woman received Prior to being committed by

a letter from Wu, as a result of the Court, first accused Chan which she again returned to him Chi-ming. elected to make at the Colony.

According to the prosecution, He said that he and another

learned of her mun had conspired together to the accused

whereabouts, and came back here obtain the money from com-

On the night of plainant and that second accused to seek her.

December 22. he and a clansman was not involved in the erline;

Second accused, Yau Tak-sum, went to the deceased's quarters

He left also rtatod that he had come to and murdered him. Hong Kong in August tast year all note Lehind, which read: "You desire my wife as your to study commerce but had fall- ed to pass his exama. He denied Wife. I want your life to bulunce having anything to do with the the account." demunding of the money and ndled that the man who had conspired with first accused hnd St. to go to phone for him Francis Hotel on the day the Police arrested him.

Court Brevities

Many injuries

chief

Pinna, Bob

It has been necessary, he said, to draw further on the Govern-

Certain days must be tempered with caution, and by no means the least of our worries is the due to banditry and terrorist ac- security that still exists in Malaya tivities, he said.

His lecture rubjects will include "In Britain Today", "British Com- and monwealth and Empire",

ment”. "Democratic Bystem of deverne

He will leave Hong Kong on

Professor Wright has boen Pro- June 2 for Blagapore: fessor of Logic and Metaphysica, and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, St. Andrews University since 1930. He was appointed Chairman of the Regional Committee of Adult Education in 1938, and a member of the War Office Advisory Board: on Education in 1945.

He was decorated by the Polish and Norwegian Forces for educa- floral work during World War

II.

The Professor has been pre- aldent of the Scottish Amateur and was Swimming Association, u member of the committee for the British Empire Games.

PERSIAN NOTE TO RUSSIA

He retired after 25 years ser- vico and returned to Hong Kong where he has resided ever since,

ment Rehabilitation Loan to pro- except for a period of four years In Macao during the Pacife war.

vide funds 15 enable the year' While Swatow he had the oc- casion to perform the function Programme of work to be carried of Honorary Consul for Norway, out and the amount of this Loan and was also fosil representative new stands at Mal.$47,000.

By tbo yene and the planting of the then China Cous! Omcers

completed and there and Engineers Guild of China, had been with whose members he was must should be no necessity for any further replanting for some years popular.

Mr. Ozoria is survived by his to come. four sons Henry. Edmundo, Toto Considerable expenditure how and Jock;

daughters-in-laws cver, will still be necessary to

bring the -Cutle and Olive;

replantings to maturity four Deley, daughters; Stella da Motta, Letty and that, in the meantime, the Antunes, Petty McDougall and revenue cost is likely to be higher normal. The Estate now Ange Pritchard, and sons-in-law, than Messrs. A. M. da Motta, E. I comprises 48 per cont medium McDougall and A. E. Pritchard, rubber, 22 per cent young and 30 He has also several nephews, per cent immature, which, taking nicces, rand-nephews und grund-a long view, is a very satisfactory

As Dean of the university, he nieces and numerous grand-child-position, added Mr. Brand!

Providing nothing unforeseen has presented Field Marshals ren and great grant-children. Wu Wis later discovered The pall-bearers were some of

yound Montgomery and Wavell, Admiral accurs, output from the dead, with numerous injuries on the deceased's grand-children. areas, which are backward owing Cunningham, General O'Connor

Besides the the head. A pickaxe, a chop-

mourners, to neglect during the war years, and General Sikorsky for Honorary Andrew's per, sickle and a hammer were those present Included Them should gradually improve and the Degrees of the St. found lying at the scone of the and Russell, Gulum and Harold,

present

may prove to be the University." Cynthia, Seisa, Palsy, Nena. Full Company's most difficult period. crinic. After his arrest. Fun was al-Ray, Murial, Freda, Gina, Bob, However, optimism in these un- leged to have made a slatement Victor, Rennie, Spud, Charles, to the police to the effect that he Horrice; Messrs, C. Azcdo, M. F. was the une who killed Wu. Baptista, A. Soares, A. F. B. The defence, in making a plen Silve-Netto, L. V. Xavier, D. P. V. M.

Tchoran, May 18. An automatic pistol and a spare of manslaughter, coutended that J. Lopes, R. Castro, Jose Luz, A. magazine, handed over to the Wu was killed in the course of Alvares, R. Gutierrez,

The Persian Government told Potice by Mr. V. Beanmont of an upremeditated scume in the Xavier, C. Cumha, F. Barros, S.

Russia tonight that it had ordereri Debit balance reduced HMS Hart on May 18, were order- dark between the defendant and Leonard, H. R

air photography near the Soviet- ed confiscated by Mr. Hin-shing his clansinan On one hand and Xavier, C. M. Xavier, D. Lopes,

Persian border to be abandoned C. A. Pinna, A. J. Bursley, L the deceased. Lo at Central yesterday.

It is regrettable added Mr. to remove the Soviet uneasiness. It maintained that the two had Silva, F. X. Siva, J. V. Pereira,

The Persian Government's note For threatening to beat

to Wu's place that night. D. up gone to

Osmund Ina Süva, P. V. Company do not yet permit of a handed to the Russian Embassy that nut give him a suit of European-threatening note, the object of Gosano, C. Rosario, A. F. For distribution to shareholders, but here, assured the Russians. Chan Wub-kit, aged 31 if he did with the intention of leaving the L. Borgues, D. Slive, J. Silva, Brand, that the finances of the style clothes and watch or which was merely to serve as a reira, F. X. Remedios, E. J.it is pleasing at any rate to be no air photographs had yet been had protested lost IIK Art Club sketching party, to HK$200, Lam Yun-yuet, aged 36, warning. ilowever, the two were Figueirado, Jr., H. R. Sequeira: able to point to a very consider- taken.

by the D. J. Rles, I. M. D'Aquino, Gable reduction in the debit bal- Russia was sentenced to nine months by suddenly attecked Arst

earried forwardi to: Tuesday against the alleged ac- Shatin, members to meet at Mr. J. Reynolds at Central yester-deceased, A fight developed in Baptista, G. A. V. Ribeiro, Joe ance to bo Jordan Road Vehicular Ferry,

the dark, and wu was killed. The Silva, D. A. Aloneo, M. Batros, next year's account. It is hoped.tivities of American technicians 10.30 a.m.

The prosecution said that de- defence further chimed the de-F. Eanos, H. Barros, L. Ozarlo, that the day is not far distant in Persis, and particularly their

Company will once aerial and land photography fundant resided at 2, Lower Albert fendant and his clansman suffered A. M. Ozorio, G. M. Ozorio, A.

Mathias, Reverend

Brother when the MacDonnell Road, 8.30 p.m.

floor, while com-injuries themselves. Road, Arst

In future, only land dividend, Cronan, C. Rocha, A. A. Guterres, again be in a position to pay its Northern Persia. Club, plainant Dragons Services

resided on the Подг Tombola, 8 p.m.

abuve. On May 15, defendant sp-

Accused's romarks

Since the close of the Onancial would be made, the Persian note V. Sausa, S. S. Sequeira; Mrs. shareholders a D'Yes, E. Brown. H. C. Brown, year, the Company's claim under

Har sald-Router. European YMCA Armchair Group proached complainant and nsited

meeting, talk on

"Amateur for the articles or the money as

When the jury had returned T. Hull, G. A. Souza, J. Xavier, the War Risks (Goods) Insurance

H. Ozorio, S. 14. Remedios,

M. Scheme of Mal$15,035.55 for the Dramalies" 8.45 p.m.

compensation for what com their verdict, Mr. Williams asked MONDAY

plainant had done in the country. the prisoner i he had anything Remedios, F. F. D'Almada Remo-loss of stocks has been paid, but Crown Land Auction Sale, PWD. Failure to comply with the de- to say. Pun declared: "It was dios, F. F. D'Almada Remedios,

mains, tɔ 3 p.m.

to be approved and settled. mands would result in his being not I who murdered him. He was A. Rocha, J. A. C. Ribeiro, M. the War Damage Claim still res

Ribeiro; Misso 1.

D. Lopes, Union Jack Club, Tombola, 7.30 beaten, defendant had said.

Legislation in regard to the lat- 15. The Police were informed and went-there-to-look for my wife Silva, G. A: Silva, H.-X

ter has already Been passed in p.m

[“ba" unwise Now Queen's College sile founda- defendant arrested.

but he cut at me. He should not A. Xavier, A. Silva, J. Luz, G. tion stone laying ceremony,

have done that.

She was my Luz, 32. Remedios, Melita Reto anticipate that more than P SOLDIER FINED FOR wife."

Mrs. V. M. small portion of the claim wil Governor,

Bay,

be paid. Causeway

After pronouncing sentence, Mr. medlos; Mr. and

P. Nunes Roza-Persira. Castilho, S.. CARELESS DRIVING Williams, in thanking the jury, Xavier,

It is 10.30 am.

is hoped that further in- G. Whist Drive, Europeon YMCA, 8

Private Alan Wilson of the said that in his own mind, they 1. Remedios, C. M. Xavier, A. formation on this subject will be next meeting, p...

had brought the right verdlet. TUESDAY

Mr. D. A. L. Wright, instructed Osrnund, P. Villa-Carlos J. L. Mu available by the

Present at the mealing were Mr. HK Rotary Club, screening of King's Own Scottish Borderers

colour film, Roof Garden, HR was yesterday fined $25 by by Mr. F. Zimmern, defended the J. M. O. Sequeira, and many concluded the Chairman.

Mr. F. X. d'Almada at Central prisoner. The prosecutor was Mr. others.

Flowers from relatives were J. K. Brand (Chairman) MeRSTE. Hotel, 12.30 p.m. Bridge Drive, European YMCA, yesterday when he was found A. Lonsdale, Crown Counsel, who sent by Dodd, Ange and Pritty, H. Kadoorie, and W. Mellor (Di- gulity on a charge of careless was assisted by Detectivo-Inspec= {Letty, Gulom and Harold, Thelma rectors) Mr. C. J. Smith: Crepre 8 pm

tor D. H. Taylor of the Homicide and Russel, Renny, Muriel, June senting the General Managers) Union Jack Club, dancing class, | driving.

8.30 pm.

Last week Wilson was found Sund, Police Headquarters.

and Nine, Vic, Kay and Danny, and a number of shareholders. Nine Dragons, Services Club, not guilty on the charge of dan-

Dancing Class, 6 p.m.; frigorous driving.

brought The show, 8. p.h,

charges were

RICE RATION following a traffic accident which occurred on the night of April 2

During the rationing period when a Military lorry, of which Pelvate Wilson was the driver, from May 21 to 25, Inclusive, good rice will be issued at a was alleged to have collided with Sium setofionary vehicle in a car park quantity of 4% cafties a person in the centre of Nathen Road, at 60 cents a catty, near Shantung Surtet. Four other

Toc

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Coming events

TOMORROW

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H Classient

Concert, 50,

to bo presided over by the

'RE CORPS DINNER

A dinner will be held in the Hong Kong Club on June 21 by the Corps of Royal Egineers.

Past and present officers of the Corps are expected to attend.

day.

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Dance

the one who seduced my wile. Lopes, L. Osmund. H. Aavier, Maloya but it would-

P. A

Bob and Joy, Lola, Cynthia and Spud, Henry, Del, Charlie, Wyn and Jose Phyllis, Plerry, Sylyle and Gigo, Edmund, Gulle and Freids, Oilve, Toto and family, Bee, Eddy and family and Tony

Among the many wreaths sent by friends were from Mr. and Mrs. Ted Castro and folly, staff of O. Kees and Company, Mr. A. Seated Jars containing samples T. Chanduloy. Dr. and Mrs. F. private care were involved in the of the Slam rice will be displayed. Molthen, Mr. J. Havelaar, Irene mishap and damage done to them in each retail shop and if the ride and George Souza, Ed and Marie

Issued does was estimated; at $4,000,

not conform with the Bok, Mrs: F. 5. Ko, Mr. and Mrs. Inspector Harris of the Kow-sample displayed the public in re H. O. Kees, Birs, C. Leonard and toon Traffic Branch prosecuted quested to communicate with the family, Mr. Tik Hoy, Ah Law, Controller's Offcé - (Tel. Miss Jo Prudenį Candida Platos should contact Major D. Ri Sten-and Major Hicks held a watching Rice

and others, 80274) and forward samples. House, Chief Engineers Branch. brief for the defendant. KH Land Forces. Telephone 94121

All ox-officers of the Corps, who have hot airdatly done ab,

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SOPRANO LEAVING SE FOR JAPAN

The well-konwn. Chinage. Soprano, Miss Dora Chi, will leave for Japan where she will appear in numerous Vocal.kocitals some time in July.

Clia Chi, whose lovely suprans volcě has been "head" by many muste. lovers in the Colony, mdy also visit Canada after her Japan trip

On Friday, May 26, Mish Chi will appear in vocal recitalat the Hong Kong Hotel at 9 pani

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"CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA“

The final permormance of Mas- cogni's opera" "Cavalleria Rus

canet was given by Maestro Gualdi's choral group at Lee's Theatre last night.

The cast was vigorously- ap- plauded at the curtain-drop for

a brilliant and enterprising rendi-

lon

A full review of the opera wil appear in the "Sunday Herald" tomorrow.

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