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5. Sale

STILL MANY BARGAINS TO BE SNAPPED UP DURING THESE

LAST 3 DAYS

JEWELLERY

ULYSSE NARDIN

WATCHES

Beautiful, bench-made, precision time-keepers at "rock-bottom"

From

clearance prices

$19500

FURNISHINGS

STILL A COLLECTION OF

FURNITURE GREATLY REDUCED !

ART SILK

each

CRETONNE AND

TAPESTRY REMNANTS

less

30%

INDIAN RUGS at Clearance Rates

MENS WEAR

MERIDIAN LONG PANTS —

further reduced to.

Beautiful, hand-knitted

SLIPOVERS

BEACH JACKETS in

White towelling...

$ 6.00

$25.00

Usual price $62.50

-THE "CHINA' MAIL THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1980

Personalia Seamen convicted of

Major-General Claire Chen- nault, President of Civil Air Transport, Incorporated, left for Talpah by the CAT. yesterday

The General said he is going

of about two-weeks:-

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Mr. Whiting Willauer, Vice- President of CAT returned here from Tokyo by Canadian Pacino Airways yesterday morning.

disorderly conduct

ló' Taipeh on a business, virit Falling to find sufficient evidence' to ;substantiata "a charge of assault proforred” against "two China Marchants Steam Navigation Company seamen, Sie Pau-sang and Wong Wah-yuk, stokers of the 'si. Hal Hang, Mr. F. X. d'Almada at Kowloon yesterday convicted the defendants of disorderly conduct. Defendants were alleged to have assaulted Ping Cue-loh and Chu Miao-fah, master and

Mr. Willauer was in Japan on business.

Dr. J. R. F. Aftea, former Portuguese Charge d'Affaires to Nationalist China in Nanking and later in Taipeh, left for Istanbul by Pan American World Airways

yesterday,

Dr. Affra, who is accompanied by Mrs. Aftra, is going to Istanbul on leave. The Affras have been in China for about nine years,

•

Mr. Paul Anderson of the American International Under- writers left for Manila by Philip pine Air Lines yesterday.

for

chief engineer, respectively, of the ss. Hal Hang, on board the vessel on August 5 after they lad

been advised of their transfer to Shanghal.

Businessmen leave for Chicago Fair

A group of 30 local business- men left for Chiengs by Philip- pine Air Lines yesterday.

Correspondence

The Editor takes no responsibi lity for-bierba expressed in Letters by correspondents, and by re means "masetsartigarria with

them.

THE MOTOR RALLY *

Bir-I am grateful to "Entrant" for his criticism since we were very conscious of our fallingo,

Government House servants pensions

Ten members of the household staff of Govern-

suspected a lot more and asked The

for criticism to be made as a gulda to future events,

However, we ought to get our. tacts right.

+

mant House, who were on the establishment before April 1, 1948, had pension buhofitg conferred on them with retrospective effect, by' resolution of the Legislative Council yos- terday.

necessity for application of the Pensions Re- "gulations with retrospective effect. In the case of the 10 members mentioned-was-explained by the Attorney General; Mr. J. B. Griffin, to Council.

Firstly, Mr. Eu had absolutely nothing to do with the judging of the Concours The four Judges Mr. Anderson, Mrs. Kwok

Before April 1, 1948, said ¦Į Chan, Mr. Ross Bohin and my Mr. Griffin, It was the prac self-chosen because wo have no connection with the trade whatever, and were four parsons giving our opinion on what we considered the best : enfront for the Concours. As it happened. 1 was called to the committee coon after the

com- Judging

tice to include in the annual estimates of- Revenue and Ex- penditure a provision for pay- ment of an allowance to the Governor for wages for pri vate servants

employed at

Gurkha wives arrive, in

Singapore

Led by Mr. George K. Juc, menced, to settlo: some points. Government that for a number Malaya's Gurkha garrison.

At yesterday's hearing the first defendant called a boniswain, Ha Tak-sing, to tertily on their be- half. Ha told the Court that he did not see the arrault on board the ship but that he did seo de- fendnuts assaulted by a lot of Chainman of the Chinese Cham- Mr. Thomas Fletcher of the people" at the CMSN offices re-ber of Commerce at San Fran Sun Miguel Brewery left cently. When asked by the cisco, the group of Chinese busi- Manila by Philippine Air Lines Magistrate the reason for the as-nessmen are going to Chicago 10

&nutt, yesterday.

witness sold he did not attend the International Trade Mr. Fletcher, who is the brew-know.

now

Fair there. The tair opened to the ery's sales representative, is going) to Manila on business. Ho is disorderly conduct and binding

Among the many expected to return here shortly. them over in $100 for 12 months local businessmen going with the Mr. d'Almadin said that the trou- ble apparently arese over the group is Mr. Loh Kok-ming of the Chinese General Chamber of transfer of the défendants to

Commerce here. Shanghai.

Departures for Indo-China yes- terday by Air France included Mira. Truong Nhu, Niss Quan Hon-ahh, Mrs. M. Elmaloh, Mrs. Dang My, Messrs. W. McNaughton, W. M. Orr and Ro Quang

*

Mr. and Mrs. Y. Amki, Mrs. I. Tominaga and Mr. F. Vasnasong arrived in Hong Kong yesterday on their

from Kobe way Bangkok by the ss. Pakhoi.

to

Mr. and Mrs. J. Nimeno and Mias P. Nimmo arrived in the

and in the final issue" the other three Judges, and they only,"at rived at their decision.

It-was-made clear, weeks ago that the entrants need not drive, and I consider that Mrs. ELL perfectly demonstrating Madame than deserved the Trophy that she wen.

狸

It appeared.

of years before, that date the practice had been for the statt Government House to remain constant. In other words, it had become

for succeeding customary

private Governors to retain the

The wives and families of

fighting the terrorists in the Federation recently arrived in Singapore from Hong Kong to Join their husbands.

"This is the

In finding defendants gulity of bublic on Tuesday. tl known and her Town Carriage, inore "ervantă employed by their pre- / Gurklia wives' and fillies have

No evidenco

Mr. d'Almada continued in his Judgment: "The evidence of the captain amounted to this only: 'Both defendants, assaulted me, and nothing more. There is no

evidence of how he was assault- ed or where he was struck, or which of the defendants caused the Injuries he suffered. The chief

The group is expected to stay In the US. for about one month This is the second group of local businessmen left for the the first group left on August 5, by Pan American World Alr ways.

On the question of departing from procedure that we certain y did not do as there was no local precedent. We certainly did · not observe tha Rules as fair-known in Europe, where entrants

for the Concours are Rally run nera and the drivers are respon sible for the look of their car. Our reasons for doing this seemed good, in as much as we were given to understand that the local attitude to the "Beauty" show be regarded as a "log.show and that we would get no

tries from ladies of social standing Since this was the very antithesis

The first group carried with them sume local products to be exhibited in Chicago,

TM | During the trip Mr. Jue is

Colony from Japan yesterday by unsatisfactory evidence is most acting as an adviser to the Chi- Hollywoodish, i.a. that It would

the ss. Pathol.

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Mias M. B. Johnson, Mrs. M. C. Prior and Mr. R. V. H. Talbot left the Colony for Tientsin yes- terday by the sa, Poyang.

Saying that the evidence of another prosecution witness

cago International Trade Fair.

amounted to bearray, the Magis Bills passed

trate found that the defendants did couse a disturbance on board the veasch.

into law

decessors.

In this way the servants be- came in effect not the private servants of particular Governors but servants of the Government.

It was at this date, that ent domestic House were included in the body of non-penglonable establishment of the Government.

'staff at Government

Consequence

Arst time that gono to Singapore during the emergency,

Some will be reunited with the 2/0 Gurkha Rifles based on Kuang, Johore, Stafe, and others with the 2/10 Gurkha Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles in Joliere Bahru.

These Gurkha troops were transferred from Hong Kong to Malaya in April.

The Gurkha wives, with their high Mongolian features, did not appear alarmed at: their change of surroundings. Nearly all

*port- ed elaborate "gold" jezellery, nose lin

ilngs and brogue shoes.

A Gurkha officer said he ex- pected the Gurkhas intended to

the Singapore Augment

Docks area, would be drawn straight

The cousequence of the evolu- tion in the form of the employ ment of the household staff at Government House has been to raise the question whether such uch officers would be eligible for re- tiring benefits based, upon their whole period of service, In the same way as other officers ac Concoure, and since we wanted cupying. posts on the non-pen-from Nepal or perhaps from

rionable establishment.

Darjeeling."—Reuter. good show we invited the Trade

Owing to the fact that Govern te-participate. In fact less than...... 25% of the entries were Trade ment House staff until April

were technically but not entries. Also the winner was an

enterte private servants of the þut was unable to reach the start | Gover

Governor, and not Government

of what we understand

as a

entrant in the, Rally-route 3- China Merchants

Mr. Percy Chen, instructed by Messrs. Ford Kwan and Com- Mr. Henri Maxime de Comar-

pany, held a walching brief on mond, 'n' fonner Pulsne Judge.

behalf of the Palestine, has been appointed Senior Pulsne Judge. Nigeria.

Steam Navigation Company, - In- He was born in 1889 at Cure-spector J. Orem prosecuted. pipe, Mauritius, and was educated at Royal College, Mauritius. He was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in 1922.

After being in private practice. nd holding various acting legal appointments in Mauritius, he was appointed District and Stipendiary Magistrate, Mauritius and Red- rigues in 1027.

CAT planes fly supplies to Korea

"This est

an result

1,

SHIP STRIKES MINE

"IN NORTH SEA

Germon

Hamburg, August 9,

shipping authorities American

The Law Revision (Penallics hard all day, missing both meals the case most you instruck a mine in the North Sea

1950,

early. this morning..

The ship had left yesterday.

Three Bills had their second and third readings in the Legislative Council yesterday and were passed into low.

in time.

servants, it is the case that their They were:

"I should, Mr. Editor, like to properly be taken into account sald today that the

services before that date carot The Defence Works Protection

take this opportunity to again Ordinance 1980 which replaces an thank most sincerely all those for pension purpose constitute freighter; American Planter had obsolete security law by up-to-who played a part ofcially in date legislation,

Sunday's event, They worked

an injustice,

who those and the fum, and I am

served must have

Hamburg for many years. Thus grateful for their willing help: it is that the machinery of see- I am anxious to complete a ation 3 (3) of the Pensions Ordin-

It was not immediately known picture record of the Day, and frice appears to be clearly ape how badly the 8,250 ton ship was would be most obliged if amateurpations can be made with re- Hamburg office of the United

damaged... to this problem so would lend me any photographers

Earlier a An Ordinance further to amend good negatives they may have. trospective effect to confer the Revised Edition of the Inws These will be returned promptly bened and remove disability State Lines bad reported the Ordinance 148, which brings the and will be carefully looked upon the persona named, sald North Sea Island of Heligoland. ship' was: “in trouble? near the Revised Edition up to date to after.Also we hope to stage a Mr. Grifin, reflect the position as at Septem-film show for members and their Selleitor General, Trinidad, and the Civil Air Transport, Incor- ber 1, 1950, instead of December friends. "If any Movies vere made approved by Counell,

was

He was unable to give further details Associated Press, will the takers of same pleasa communicate with me as soon as possible?

He was appointed second Ad- ditional Substitute Procureur and Advocate General in 1928, and in 1932 was promoted to be Sub- stitute Procureur and Advocate General. In he became

in 1845, was promoted to be a Pulsne Judge, Palestine.

Since December, 1048, he has been employed as a member of the Legal Advisory Staff of the Colonial Office.

Amendment) Ordinance which provides for an increase in penalties in about 85 ordinances, and for removal of provision for trial on

Indictment in certain

Although the Chinese Nation alist troops are not participating in the Korean war; aircraft-bear=| ing the Chinese Nationalist cases. comblem, are helping the United Nations' forces in Korea by air- lifting supplies

from Tokyo to L.S. bases in South Korea.

The three aircraft are owned by

porated.

.

According to a senior offizini of the CAT yesterday, the majority of the three aircraft's crew mem- bers are Chinese, with, the excep- tion of their pilota.

At present the CAT is main-

Mr. R. E. Foulger, Commis-taining inter-island flights, in sioner of Police, Singapore, has Taiwan. Only a few planes are

been appointed Deputy to the Inspector-General of Colonial Police, Mr. W. C. Johnson,

Mr. Foulger is expected to take up his new appointment at the end of the year.

He was born in 1009 at Strea-

NOW—$ 45.00 tham, and educated at Welling-

Famous, smart GANTNER

BATHING TRUNKS

$ 6.50

AND MANY MORE BARGAINS IN ALL DEPTS.

. DON'T MISS THIS CHANCE

Lane, Bodyford's

1950

ton and Pembroke College, Cam- bridge. He joined the Straita Settlements Police as a probe- troner in 1920 and was transferred to Nigeria in 1923

He was appointed Deputy Com- nussioner of Police, Gold Coast, in 1939, transferred to. Nigeria In 1942, and became Deputy In spector-General Police, inga pore, in 1945. He was promoted to his present post in 1946.

Mr. Frank Owen, well known Eritish correspondent, arrived fran Singapore by a Royal Air Force aircraft "yesterday.

Mr. Owen who is now connect- ed with the "Daily Express", is teuring the Far East.

On Friday he is expected to travel by RAF to Japan from where he is expected to proceed to Korea.

of

He toid the members the Press yesterday that he la plan- ning to stay in Korea for about

servicing the islands.

Some 20 other CAT aircraft are at present grounded in Tol- won awaiting other assignments,

FRESH FISH PRICES

Fresh fish average prices realised at the Hong Kong Fish Wholesale Market Kennedy Town, yesterday were

First quality Arerar

prize Yellow Croaker

'calty a catty White Pomfret (large) 2,40 ..... $3.00

$1.33

Macao Sole (large) .. 2.20 Conger Pika White Berring Hair Tal

-230

1.40

1.22

1.18

101

RICE RATION

During the rationing period from August 11 to 15, Inclusive,

good Siam rice will be issued at a quantity of, 41⁄2 catules a per-

20 at 60 cents a catty.

Scaled fars containing samples of the Slam rice will be diz- played in each retail shop. If the | rice issued does not conform with

a fortnight" before proceeding to the sample displayed the public the Philippines, demos met is requested to communicate with During his visit here he is the Rice Controller's Office -staying at Flagstaff House. Telephono 30274.

F

SELECTED SUMMER FOOD SPECIALS

SPECIAL FOR A DOLLART:

WAFER?

CORN®® ¡PLAKES:

Latona" Canned Fruit "Letona" Peaches 30oz Tin "Letona" Peaches 16oz Tin "Letona" Apricots 30oz Tin "Letono Apricots 16oz Tin “Letona" Pears 30oz Tin.

Letong

"Peas 29oz Tin Letona

20 Peas 16oz Tin

THE

Vegetables $150 Tin.

185 Th 51:50 Tin 5 85 Thi 5:50 Tin

31:65 Tin

$1.00 Tim

DAIRY FARM.

31.

1049 Mr. J. F. Nicull, the Officer Administering the Government, presided in the absence of the Governor from the Colony on leave.

Council adjourned for a week.

WORKERS HURT IN FALL

Two workmen.fell from the sixth floor, of Jardine's Building in Fedder Street "shortly after ́p.m. 'last night? -

8

T The men were working oa' the sixth floor of the building (when the scaffolding-gave away. They plunged to the fourth floor and

to the ground door. thep

They were rushed to the hos pital, suffering from serious in3m

urles:

I am. Sir, Yours etc..

P. 6. Why a. demonstration run?

Paul E. Du Toit.

Because It is long accepted cus tom" to officially open #uch events, as it were to warm things up

Mr.

unanimously

The persons benefitting from the resolution

are Chu Woo Cheung, Kwan, Lul Kam. Cheuns Yee, Chung Ping-sam, Lee Shu- sum, Fung Kul, Wan Tai, Chan Tal. and Wong Ku.

a spokesman for the

EUROPEAN SEAMEN HELD

Adrian Openner, aged 22, gally- boy., Dutch subject, and Rolf Stewer Wenneck, aged 19, Ordin- ary Seaman,, were charged with

tó. Falling depart when their ship left the Colony, and with absent from the ship.

with being "The defendants were ordered to

Givon gratuity Maste Tsang" Lin, a former, mem- ber of the household staff of Government House, was Ir. Furley possessed the necessary granted a gratully of $845. knowledge and a model of what and an annual allowance of Is the Worlds fastest produc-3250 ns from April-31948, be sont to the House of Deten

car. He was unable to

by resolution of the Legisá- tion by Mr, J. Reynolds at Cen- take part in the Rally: buttive Council yesterday,tral yesterday until the return of was perfectly willing to risk

ship to the Colony ..hla neck giving us lemonstra- The Attorney General, Mr. Both defendants were members ion of how it could be dode. B. Griffin, who made the request for the crew of the ms Knut It may interest readers to know sald Tsang Lin served on the Bakke Chi August 7 when the that on the previous day he Government House household

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badly damaged the car and staff from 1925 thtil he was in thip was about to leave the. Co- defendants were not I on paid for repairs to be hurriedly valided from service on April bo

board. A report was made to the enrried out so that he would 3.1949.

Immigration Officer and defen- Is just, and desirable, that dants were rested. not let us down.

P.

E. Du T.

Mr. Tsang should enjoy retiring a benefits, but as the law stands, .he cannot depofas bo to nons Beste Falt was the Schedule to buford V the Fenlons Ordinance No, 30 1948 PM cannot receive

Postmaster General

issues annual

report

Despite the prevailing situation in China and the inovitable" gradual suspension of parcel post service as the fighting intensified, "terminät- ing in complate čessation to the whole of the mainland by November, an increase of 5,396 parcels (or 15 per cent more than in 1948-49) was recorded in 1949-50 said the annual reports of the Postmaster General.

It added that registration statistics show a total increase of 259,108 items, or 16 per cent more than in the corresponding period, 1948/49

-

et

in other articles is to some ex- tent attributable to the diversion to Hong Kong of former direct air mails from the U.S. and

Chirie

other; countries: to

ratio "timid” ·

(30% of

89. CHAMPOLLION

Those who were at Kowthon Wheezingpresterday: to zoo their

benefits,, under Pension; Regula... Big *d-bye to tha" veteran.

tion

Into: force, At the friends and i relatives travelling Champollion of also

has been on French, her which C of the Pensions, Ordinance 1932, since nt the date of retire-w17for three years and it leav

The France-Hon Kong Manila ment Trang was hot subfoot to Ing:Hong Kong for good... wel Reculation C

"The solution of this situation place, the ship on deck for ro

Mensageries Maritimes are to would ordinarily be sought | by

conversion Into.

liner special jepciation. Howlyer. hin

luxury case is the only one of its kind, renovated Champollion will be after she arrives in France. The hence it is proposed, that au- thority for the grant to Tons of Her place in MM Far

assigned to Mediterrancan 'cruises. East A retiring benefit, michi ba kau

Kought by way of an exaratla award by Felix Roussel, it was learned.

service will be taken by the "resolution" of. Legislative Council instead of, ipecial legislation.**P

"One".-hundred and sixty-odo" The resolution was seconded by the Champollion for Manila, and passengers embarked yesterday on the Acting Coloniat "Secretary, Mr. Rit Todd, and carried uns France Defense, but, kunte van onimously,

ENGINEER

INJURED

·

DCP NOTICE

The Department of Commerce and Industry--how-received an inquiry-from-la-manufacturer. In

The most outstanding fea

Ho Yung Engineer of the motor Kuala Lumpur who's wifies to ture was the Increase of 59,590

Junk Wing Beng, was hit and in-appeinteng Kong #gent for Items in domestic mall, or 41

the engine room while the vessel and crimped wire nesh. jured on the ebat by a lever in the sale of its chain link fencing per cent over 1948/40 figures

was on its way here from Macho Bamples and further

ridecalls yesterday. increase in volume

Ho was bleeding badly may be secur at the office of bir. mails received, particularly from A large percentage of such ambulance as soon as the ship Department 2nd

and was taken to hospitals by or Farris, Secretary to the Floor, Fire the U.S.of some 300 per cent, malls contained remittances from docked here.

Brigade" Buliding is attributable to the diversion of overacsa Chinese, which," us In According to the. Xuen On farmer direct Air Mails to China-steat war days werd Hung, agents for the vessel Ho from:ather Administrations to transmitted to China through the tried to push forward the lever.

:FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS licensed "postal hangs which with his shoutier, but the lover Thms are varian warn of arranging Hong Kong.

hayo Increased in number ac-alid away from his perspiring body wary as sway Keral Conditions in Chine were recordingly,"

and hit his, chest. A report tha? «To Wasted" you in bringing-put iha, sart

•ponsible for: n/ décreasé ́of "anty' boldl

the Wing Beng: had been fred on. În zour Sarwar' KIERKAYAKE 4109 items, or 6 per cent, of that The number of wireless re-hy Communists and that He was mere the meeting of the unders normally received from that ceiving licences increased from wounded by a budels rwhite tile mentioned shampi epuntry,ge style' Phady, watej 83-150 on April 1, 1942 to 12.308 ship was about to ember Honda Thorndikepen

Son March 31, 1980. The cost of Kongwatora tvar natly denied Lis

insured Items showed an in- Wireless licences remained at $29. the company,

01: 20 per cent. The introduction

-the-volume of "josil;, handloa

ditrudon" Barvi

the Re

WE TO BE WED

"The forthcoming-wedding has bém announeed ol-Koriat

16.