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THE-CHINA MAIL; WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1950.

Raid On 17 Men Appeal Against

Opium Divan

TEN CHINESE IN

COURT

A Police party led by and Sub-Insps. Anderson Gingles of the Emergency Unit, raided a large opium

Road, third floor,

B

Dangerous Goods Stored Illegally

Several men were Bum- moned before Mr Peter Sin and Mrs R. II. Chow at the Justices of the Peace Court this morning and fined for

Convictions

COURT

REJECTS

APPLICATIONS

Seven applications brought by 17 men for

divan al 69 Hollywood storing goods contrary to leave to appeal against their convictions or sen- the Dangerous Goods Regu-tences were heard by the Full Court, comprising the in vicinity of the Central lations.

| the Acting Chief Justice, Mr E. H.-Williams, and Sze To-kin, of Lai Heung Police Station, last night Distillery, 80-03 Main Street, the Acting Puisne Judge, Mr Justice Scholes, this when 10 persons including Stanley, was ined $200 foi the divan keeper and a keeping 2,244 gallons of diese morning, when all the applications were refused.

Leung Kit, 21, Chan Sing, 28, and Lee Yat-choi, 25, female smoker were rounded in the September 20. The asked for leave to appeal against their conviction for a

mises on September 20. oll was contained a $1 bar-robbery in the Bay View district on April 2. They were Before Mr Reynolds at Cen-rels of 44 gallons each.

Chun Kal, of 293 Lockhart respectively sentenced to 10 years and 12 strokes, 11 Rond, was fined $50 for storing years and 18 strokes and 7 years and 12 strokes by Mr 00 old rubber tyres on Septem- Justice Gould on July 26. ber 14 at that address.

up.

trul this morning Cheung Fuk. 30 unemployed, was charged with being the keeper of die divan while Law Siu-ngun, 20- year-old female refugee from Hunan and eight others were charged with smoking..

A fine of $125 was imposed on Wu Chi-kong, of the Ming Wa Metal Works, 471 King's Road, for keeping a quantity of Carboys ard nitric acid Sub-lip. Anderson, in ovi- September 4. 10.30 p.m. On dence, said, 1

For conducting a timber store Tuesday, he and Sub-Insp. Gin-without a licence at 149A King's gles and a party of Police car Road, Keung Kwok-wah, of the ried out a rald On 89 Hollywood Hing Cheung Lung Arm, wha Road. On entering the pre- fined $150. mise, he found that the pre- mises were being used as oplum divan in which there was crowd of people. On seeing the Police,

most of the inmates tried to run away, but four of them were arrested. premises were 22 burning and there bets.

All

he had

been

Warrant For

Arrest

A warrant for the brrest of Lai Man, 28, of 28*Ko Shing Street, Arst floor,

ordered WAJ

by Mr Steynalds at Central this morning when Lal hat his bail of $500 estreated after failing

to an- to appear swer charges of posstasion of an opium pipe, obstruct- ing the Police and breach of an expulsion order.

Lat was alleged to have

112. ve

In his possession one eplum pipe at No 28 Ko Shing Street, Bret floor, and · to wib aty ob tructed

Wiscaler Insp. execution of yesterday.

in the huls

Moon

duty

Festival Incident

the applicants denied beries but said taking part in the robbery. The forced by circumstances. After first man said he had been he had obtained over $3,000 In forced by the Police to make his Arst robbery, he said, he had un confession, the second that he the money taken from him by had been falsely accused, while the Communists when he cross- the third merely stated he didied the border, so he had to not rob.

commit another crime. Questioned by tlie Ful

His application was dismiss- Court, all applicants admitted el, the Full Court remarking that they had given evidence that seven years for two rob- $250 was the fine imposed on before the Jury who had heard beries was not at all severe.

On the night of the Chinese To Shou-yan, of 19 Li Yuen their case and that the Trial

Ho Pak-yan and Wong Fuk, Moon Festival-on September Street, East, second floor, on aj Judge had fully explained similar summons. To had had case

the who brought separate applica-20-four youths called at $4, to the Jury in his sum-tions for leave to appeal against Cameren Road, and asked a girl two previous convictions.

ming-up.

their sentences of five years and there Refusing the applications, Mr

The girl's brother, Wong Sun, Gould on

19 September the Full Court was not prepared possession of arms and ammuni- a

17 years-old student, didn't! to upset the Jury's verdict on tion, also had their applications like the iden and told the four! the grounds they had brought dismissed.

youths so. He argued with forward.

To Ho Pak-yan, Mr Justice them for a while and then pro- struck Williams remarked that he was duced a penknife and

he had not been, lucky

given one of them, 18 years-old Li The second application was eight or nine years as he had Yu-pong, student, of 1, Peking

committed an offence

which Road, causing minor injuries to

his face.

The four youths and Wong

Inside the Chong and Company, 12 Stanley Justice Williams remarked that 12 strokes passed by Mr. Justice/ wat to go out with them for a

lamps sill were nine

The first defendant was one of the four persons arrested and on being questioned who was the divan keeper, ali pointed to the first defendant.

Sub-Iasp. Gingles said that during the raid he saw two of the men carrying parcels and when he dashed to one of them,

the dropped the parcel and ran away. The parcel was found to contain 10 oplum pipes.

K. N. Godfrey Yeh, of Hsin Street, was fined $150 for stor ing timber on Crown Land near the King's Road Rellef Camp,

Fire Brigade Station Officer Wong Wal-chiot prosecuted.

Attempt To Smuggle

Gold

X-ray yesterday afternoon to prove that they were attempting

to smuggle $8,118 worth of gold into the Colony.

Inspector Barrington told this story

at Kowloon

Court thiş

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

A Purely Civil. Problem

Sir,--We are all aware of the substantial exodus of Northern Chinese-in, the last few months, many of whom were the tem- porary occupants of dwellinga that had previously housed the long suffering

Hongkong per- manent residents,

Despite the noticeable decrease in the num- bers of these temporary visitors it is strange that no alleviation of the housing shortage has resulted

reason to be

There is good

Heve

been.

that another racket has added to the many we

have весп. The gentry of this category, who can afford to hold, have undoubtedly left be hind them their agents, who install the odd coollo and his family as caretakers in most of the residences now vacant, and who have instructions to hold out for a reserve price that is to say, a nice spot of key or ten nioney.

In tiriog

other words the re- tenants through their agents are bulling the market keeping essential lving

by

space Idie In order to maintain. and if possible increase the already finding With gested

astronomical cost

place to exist. overy respect it, is cug-

and

ernment wijl

hoped that the Gov- give serious at- tention to this sore spot in domestic economy by ensuring that the authorltles

concerned

our

make an immediate and rapid check

on all residences

occupants Cannot

which the

produce

come.

a rental receipt-in their own name

and compa- tible with their monthly In- This information after

purpose had been might well be passed on to Inland Revenue for fur- ther analysis.

lis original

served,

Where "Caretaker" are de- tected the Quartering Authort- ties should be empowered it- mediately to requisition at ren- tals based on their own assess ment.

If this suggestion is actod be less people would

A vivid account of a gun battle between a party of police and four alleged desperados in the New Territories upon, on September 17 was related by Inspector J. E. H. Hidden compelled to expend half their at Kowloon this morning when two of the captured men salary came before Mr James Wicks to face three counts arising out of the affair.

brought by five men, Lal Chau, 25, Lal Yat-hong, 30, Lai Fu,now carried a life sentence. 32, Lai Wal-po, 32,

Wong Fuk asked the Court if and Lal

45, Hin,

The arst, he could be told what had hap-Sun were at Kowloon Court this The Police had to take two third and fifth appealed againstpened to his junk on board morning.

Wong Sun was fined $25 and men to Kowloon Hospital for their convictions, and the second which the arms he had admitted

and

their sen-he was in possession had been bound over for 12 months for fourth against

found. The Full Court told him unlawfully wounding Ll. tences,

The four others, Wong _Ping- Asked by the Court regarding enquiries would be made by the The first defendant told the

the facts against the first, third outhorities and he would be in-shui, 18, of 7a Winslow Street,

the gun fight, PC 344,) to him was the dead body of Court that formerly he had been

farm, Nga Chi Won, Robert Lau, Tong Kel, was killed. He was Young On. an opium divan koeper but was'

and fifth, Mr W. A. Blair-Kerr. formed in Prison what had been Tan Hlag-man, of 5. Tai Koon- In Crown Counsel, said the first done with his boat,

The last case called before 18, of 27. Lock Street, and Li wearing

a bullet proof vest GUNMAN'S TRICK not keeping at the time of

applicant was one of three fokis

Police called upon Chan the raid. He said that the pipes morning when Ma Chung, 18 of a goldsmith's shop who had the Full Court today was an were each fined $5 and bound and a steel helmet but unfor and lamps were left to him unemployed, and Fok San, 40,

drawn a sum of over $105,000 application for leave to appeal over also unemployed, pleaded guilty from a Chinese bank on May 11 who was sentenced to 11 years!

brought by Li Chi-sing, 24, orderly conduct. some time ago.

to smuggling

of in 40 tacs Found guilty, the first defen-

They were on their way back to and 12 strokes by Mr Justice gold. dant was sentenced to four

the goldsmith's when they were Gould on September 27. the two defendants hard labour,

: held up by a gang who had re- four of months

I committed suicide in Vic- ceived information from the first arrested including were asked at Yaumat if they the smokers

the three fokistoria Remand Prison yesterday the woman were each fined $100 had anything to declare, said applicant that

when he hung himself with two two smokers the Inspector, both of them said would be passing along a cer weeks. or four

towels, tain spot in Bonham Strand at with previous convictions were "No."

a certain time. The two fokls while three others

accompanying him were relieved of the sums they were carrying, but Lai Chau was not robbed,

When

each Aned $200 or six weeks, Mr d'Almada cautioned Ma."

dis- and Fok and ordered the gold

charged....

were

to be confiscated.

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Third applicant, sald Crown Counsel, threw away two revol- vers when the Police reached the premises where he was ataying while fifth applicant had pleaded guilty to receiving $39,- 800 In $500 banknotes.

The second and fourth appli-

on the grounds they had not committed any crime.

All the applications were dis. missed.

The Full Court formally dis- irsed his appeal.

May Influence

Relations

New Delhi, Oct. 31.

Tantalising Picture

Two

would

rentais.

or more on fantastic

"DIOGENESE”· ·

Czech-Soviet

Institute

The bullet was lodged in a July after position near his stomach.

The case is continuing. Lying

for 12 months for dis-tunately received a fatal shot Ning to surrender but he re- in his left eye which pege-piled with two shots. However,

Prague, Oct. 31. trated his brain,

he later Indicated he

The Czechoslovak - Soviet However, PC Tong Kel re- surrender.

Institute, founded here last plied with a burst of his Sten

the closing of the gun

before he fell

American Institute,

will be - of the gunmen were

formally opened here on No. killed-one shot outright, while

vember 7 as part of the series the other was badly wounded

on the field," he put of official ceremonies to mark and hig body was discovered two days later among the un-up his hands, but as Mr Mac- the 33rd anniversary of Rus-

sta's October

ber Revolution, the Inspectors Hidden dergrowth close to the scene of Pherson,

and MicKenzie approached to Czech Cabinet decided to-day. At ̃Art-Club Show the gun fight.

take him prisoner, Chan An offstal statement caldi The two captured were Chan quickly rolled aside and fired that the Institute

Would I've got a headache. I've Ning, aged 38, unemployed who at the police officers at a short

a short come a research centre for the

and range.

The

just seen this month's prob- had been twice wounded,

Ho, aged 33, unem-

returned

be-

systématic study of Russia. fire social origin, te and culture Ning for and would encourage penetra

of Soviet tion

economic and cultural life.

sciente in al Czechoslovak

Radio Hongkong

HET.

"Hongkong Calling-Pro-

Cheung

officers lem painting. For nearly

and wounded-Chan ployed who surrendered. half an hour I peered at it

the recond time. They were charged with the

As the officers approached branches of from this angle; then that

murder of PC Tong Kei; poses again, Chan surrendered. Observers here believe that angle. It fascinated meslon of arms and ammunition;

and a hand grenade was lying. cants asked for leave to appeal the Tibetan affaly may have its But I still cannot make my shooting with intent to resist was still holding his revolver Reuter.

influence on India's future remind up on just what the arrest

close by his side. lations with China.

Chan Ning was alleged to They recall that India had re- artist was intending to put have one revolver, nine rounds Regarding Cheung Ho. (the presented to the Chinese over.

of ammunition and one hand second defendant) who was the Government that the Tibetan

grenade. He was alleged to have last of the four men to come SOUGHT REDUCTION

question should be peacefully In case you are beginning to shot at Detective Chan Fook out of the hut, Inspector Hid- graming Summary: 8.02;":"Melodien settled, having regard to Tibet's think this problem painting is who meant to arrest him.. den said that he was seen by from British Radio"-Georgs Crow Hui Stu-fan, Leung Cho

Detective Chan Fook coming and His Blue |_ Mariners |_ Dance Bang and Wong Choi appealed autonomous status, and that the a futuristic affair let me say

Barbara now it. Isn't. It is just a gloomy

Sumner Chinese Government had

Cheung Ho who accused of down the hill-side making for Orchestr

(BBCTS): 6.30, Jay Wilbur and His against their sentence for pos

(having in his possession one; the unders

String Ensemble:: 6.45,' Saxophone-- session of arms and ammani-sured India of its desire to reach mountain scape.

Rising from

The #peaceful

an undulating (revolver, six founds of immun-

challonged him Recital by Eitio Salongs-With tion and conspiracy passed by

instance foreground razor edged moun-tion and one hand grenade. He but Cheung

(studio): 7, "Fərid News and Stewa Mr Justice Gould at the Sap-

Tibetan deleration held italas point sombre spires sky- ! was also accused of shooting at shots at an applied: -with two Plano Accomp...by Vicente. Cristobal

yards range, p tember Criminal Sesalonia.

| Analysií (London Halay); 735. "801" preliminary talks with the Chi-wards, White lightning strips Mr. D.G. MacPherson (Divi Ho ran "across adried-up vices Quiz Conducted by Peter All three men fold the Fullnese Ambassador in Delhi and of clouds point west: ominous clonal Superintendent of New brook in an attempt to make sumon (Btudio): 735, Military Band Court they did not dispute

sten to be Territories), Inspector Roderick for the Castle Peak Road hadow of the Wins Written and their sentences, but asked for was on its way to the Chinese darkening clouds

rolling across the canvas from MacKenzie nad Inspector J. The detective aimed three by Jonathan Sly. (Studio); a reduction in the terms im-capital, for negotiations,

Meanwhile, the observera fur the west,

slots at him but missed him. 210, Lucky Dips-Variety Raquests.

Presented *by, Pauling posed.

ther pointed out, India had ex-

The Intriguing point is the

THE GUN BATTLE

"JUMPED INTO" POND (studio);

that

It was at

his use

No

Hidden.

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Spance

Match"-A Play by Rogér” Woddis (BBCTS)1979.40Vheal: Selections true bartering Berin

(London who later eday);(1030,7 Weather Report: on an embankment 10.16 Orchestra of the Wack

of New York; 10.45, United Nations Pherson, Inspectors MacKenzie Police Constables Chan Album; 11. Latin American Musto

Mr Justice Williams refused pressed her concern at the armed their applications, telling them intervention in Tibet. The technique of ́painting. The Relating the facts of the gun Inspector J. Warrell Joined in they had wasted the time of Chinese reply is not considered artist has been uncompromising battle, mspector Hidden told the the pursuit and exchanged fire the Court in bringing an apto have mitigated this concettle mound of hillside moun- formation, a party of heavily climbed

of colours,

Cheung Ho court that on receipt of In- with plicatiber for leave to appeal

-Router. against severity of sentences

or cloud is allowed to armed police under Mr Mac-and jumped into a fish pond. Philharmonic. Symphony: [Orchestra and then saying the sentences were not severe.

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another colour

CHECK „YOUR. KNOWEEQUE/ Answer":

A

Goniometer. 3 Frans Hals

blend into Its neighbour: L [Just stops with the paint and

emerges from and Hidden went to Chuk Yeung Kan and Cheung Ming-wall Voda Bruno Palles2/114, Good- A similar application wns Junk Mistress

the side or background

Village, San Ruf, in the New who were posted at strategie night argile": 11,9 Weather Report;

God Save the King; 1134, Coo brought by three other men,

Territories.

positions BAW Cheung Datener car. Fined $100 You, Chau Wish and Chan

HERE'S THE PROBLEM ***

dumped his revolver *** -Ying,who had been sentenced

The police party advanced in- into the pond before, jumping by Mr Justice Gould in Sep-

Pleading guilty to carrying Now here is my problem, to a clearing where a chicken Into It tember for robbery with ng- 41 drums of patrol without Just how soon after this picture farm on a hillside was situated. The PCs fired at Cheing but

lon in the New Tarri- licence, gravation

Châu Ho, 62, Junk was painted did it begin to ruin, As the party approached, they missed and Cheung then forlest and a Kowloon during mistress, was fined $160. Or for I gathered a ston was Im-mot by several shots of gunfire rendered. When searched, a 3, A fabric made to appear like July

three

weeks by Mr. d'Almada pending; or was there? I don't from three men who were seen hand grenade was found in his feather Whist popular until These men also agreed their in Kowloon this morning

** 40 know

running from the spar door of a trousers' pocket.

early in the twentieth century, sentences were not severe, but Lai Hung, .compradore,

hut

Returning to the sous of a soft, porous type of podwy asked the Court for a reduc- East Street, was fined $200 or You go and see the thing for

days later, the police tery: G. Fate, tion. The first had been sen six works when he pleaded yourselves and tell me. It is Police Constable Tong Kel battle two tenced to 9 years and 12 guilty to attempting to export hanging amongst this month's, was then shot in the ore recovered the body of another exhibits of the Hongkong Art The three men who were man, L Taat in an undergrowth. strokes, and the other two to the petrol

Li had boon fatally wounded years -and 12, atrokes,

Revenus Insp. Muington, Club on how today and to armed with revolvers, ran into his feat

to leave utocampt Applications were all prosecuting

morrow. Just in case you

centre of clearing, fring dlamiary, ind Mare Full Court has cut Police, acting on urrowing capa nung the arthur, went the often the approach of the pallon turned the are, killing madman Proctor Hidden added that ́result of it their sentences now, Bay. Yesterday and there saw]} or this inoniti's set subject of] Yeung: Oh, and' wounding -anno of the PCs had a∙lucky

formation, proceeded to Youmati artist signs himself "F.R."

who was later identified as Inspector dated from : to-day. They had, the defendants, loading the gained nothing by bringing petrol from the first defendant's a drawing of a Club member I other-the A first defendant, of the fight, he discovered that thair applications, before the ilunk to that of the second, do liked David Loung's Charcoal) Chan, Ning Men Chartres ond bullet had, stopped in the

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Count.

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in

hul

Intelligence test solution

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