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From Our Fili

100 Years Ago

AUSSIE XI?

We are requested to warn parenta against perin!iling their children to stay in the neigh- bourhood of the Cricket Ground, One chiki narrowly esenped being seriously injured by B hall this evening.

Lighthouse Wanted

We have much pleasure in in- forting the following

1+255- munication on the subject of a Lighthouse on Pratas Island, and hope it may induce one of the Chambers of Commerce. or the heads of some of our principal mercantile establishments, to take the matter, earnestly in hand. Experience has taught us the futility of looking to Govern- ment for the sdoption of any stops in such matters, unless it la compelled to do so by the urgent representations of the Press, or of men of such stand- ing m to command attention: and the efforts of such in- dividuals could ⚫scarely 19 bestowed on a botter cause than that to which our correspondent

is now anxious to direct public attention:

i

Floods

CHINA MAIL

MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1954,

Cover Shatin Rice

AT LOW TIDE

The Sea Rolls In

Through A

Breach In The Bund

Would you believe that in this dry, sunny

To the Editor of the weather there is extensive flooding in one part of

Mali."

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the Colony every day?

No? Then take a look at these pictures. They were taken by our staff photographer at Shatin yesterday a step from the motor road and a little way from the Market and the residential area.

green

1

Hongkong, 12th October, 1834. Sir,-A certain number of disasters at sen are expected to occur every year, but in these waters the mumber might be greatly reduced by the erection

The area flooded was once sight, If land could mourn, this of a Lighthouse on the Pratas

rlee-folds. The water land was mourning-the green Shool, or more properly speak which covers them rolls in from that had died. Silt from the sen the Island within the the sea at ligh tide every day, is beginning to settle and out of ing, on Protas Shoal. The general im-

And the water rolls in through it stick stubble that was once which the sturdy, green shoots. They will pression la, that the erection of a brench in a bund

to the Goverment describe as "very be drowned again at the next Ughthouses appertains

important" but which has not high tide." department, and in this special

repaired bet i

since waves

correspondent "Tardy" case H.M.'s ships having been stiri od tp by Typhoon Ida mode sufferers also, it has probably a hole in it in August. been concluded that sooner or Jaler H. M's Government would take the malter in hand, and has

The also complained that the sea wall adjoining the camid was inadequate and that the resl- Cents in the arm were threaten.

flooding every

time

The Government's description of the band is contained in its Quarterly Report on the Terried with torles pblished on October 13 there was a storm. no move

and which, in part says:

NO REPLY Typhoon Idn, colnelding with

for this reason been made amengst the public. But if now we And that the attention of Government

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preoccupied by more pressing exceptionally high tides at the

"Part of the 60s wall is of stone.

THE BREACH

Sheaffers "SNORKEL"

Fields JOHN CLARKE'S

THE SAME SCENE AT HIGH TIDE

Rickshaw Coolie Charged With

Intent To Murder

A rickshaw coolie who was alleged to have promised a fellow worker a place in the Pokfulum cemetery, stood trial before Mr Justice C. W. Reece at the Criminal Sessions this morning, charged with wounding, with intent to murder,

MAN ON TRIAL FOR ALLEGED CHOPPER ATTACK

Lau Kau, 34, bricklayer, was today charged with wounding his friend Kwan Lei-fan, 21, with intent to murder and alternatively with wounding

CASEBOOK

AMBITION

working 18 months as a'driver for the furnishing firm, when they offered him. promotion. They had been impressed by his willingness and his rellability, his man- ner, his keenness.

"How would you like to beż come asalesman-collector? they asked him,^^:

Why

Arthu

that. Ano,"

He felt inunmensely proud, that

at last he was on his way up

in the world. Ambition soared

within him the new

Ho. was taught the new

and took it

apsily,

Job Mostly, it

consisted of visiting customers, collecting Instalments on furni turo.

bought under hire pur- chase agreements, and making

sales sup. When oppor-

tunity

PERSUASION

ARTHUR had not been at it

ध

moro

long before he knocked on his manager's door with idea for doing the job efficiently. "If I was to have a car," he said, "I'd be able to got through twice as much work

DAY."

the manager sald

"Out

of the question." "I'm not asking you to bus me a car," Arthur said. "I just want you to advance me the money to pay the deposito one. I'll pay the instalments, and I'll pay you back what you advance me, out

ofersuasion

my wares.

The powers Arthur had been cultivating as 4 salesman, paid off. The firm advanced him £50, to be re- paid at 22 a week

ACTION Arous deal it proved to with intent to do grievous bodily harm when hisbe, He had run it only a short trial opened before Mr Justice J. Reynolds at the Criminal Sessions. this morning.

car.

RTHUR got his [send

time, when he had to put out £18 for new types: then for putting the clutch to rights: smaller and week by week suma toeveloped e

cure the

One

ha

that,

his

he

The incident was' alleged to Acoused then allegedly struck liave taken place at the Men Szo complainant a blow on the left

Argyle Teahouse, 81

Street,

side of the face and hit himments that

Arthur despaired of over being again in the middle of the able to keep up with the car Mongkok on May 11.

back. The complainant raleed

bega part with Instead, Accused pleaded not guilty to his arms to protect himself and yet for some rendes peld, not to steal from the money the both counts and a Jury of four was struck again by accused on

the loft elbow.

collected and put what ho men; and three, women, was empanelled

Following upon this, accused towards the car's dropped

the chopper and ran the double set Mr J. W. D. Hobley, Crown out of the tenhouse but wan was paying on Counsel, prosecuting, said. the pursued and cought by a police.

9 book neclised and complainant hadman on duty in the actio

thefts must soon be That day, he pocketed known each other for five years. When taken back to confrent and in recent months had worked the complainant, accused Di

Hall the he took some £n

money together,

Tegedly made certain remarks, then, care up this tem,... and the purport of which, Crown said he was ill and would not About two

or three days Counsel declared, was, that

REACTION**** before the incident, accused intended to kill complainant.be back at work until Monday, mentioned to complainant that

toa, grey- there was 's man who was going

Au Sau-man modical, oficer LTE took the £17 to Dr. H. K. Li, of Queen Mary to beat him up or was attempting of Kowloon, Hospital, treated hound track, meaning to tum to do so. Accused further alleged the complainant who was suffer- Into the 200-odd he had

Bater Hospital, testined that Lam that complement etter dinering from three incised wounds, stolim. He lost the lok

the wounds, he unld,

A few dayi

police his face, arm and body. How-thing about this but was doin three and a half inches long and caught up with Arbanashe over

thero Was no profuse nothing about stopping it.

a quarter of an inch deep. It drifted around the East En bleeding and his condition was

and fear. He was HAD A CHOPPER

bad severed an artery and the with misery and perfectly good two days later. The Crown case, according The

complainant was bleeding pro-brought to the Themes court, wounde hed completely

Complainant was and there pleaded guilty to three Mr D.N.E. Rea, Crown healed

May 11, ac-fusely. About dis- Was

7 p.m. on

complainant went allowed to go home after treat-charges of embezzlement, and Counsel, was that both the ac charged, on August 16. Hocused and his vietim, Lam

taken into consideration, Dr Ll agreed that the wounds together to a tenhouse in Argyle ment and when he returned the asked that 82. other cases

The police told the magistrate, Chor, lived in the same dormi- could have been caused by the Street. While having tea, a fellowing day for an X-ray it tory of coolie quarters at 18 scissors and knife.

cused again raised the matter of was found here were no benes

Mr Leo Gradwell, that once be broken; attack; the threatened

They Lusen Fat Street, Wanchal,

fore, 13 years ago, Arthur had Lam Chor, cross-examined by am Chor went

stolen from the place where-ber The trial is proceeding. that he prepared to leave the teahouse accused, denied

worked. He had been bouti over the

"Can I speak?! VOL

REFRIGERATOR AFLOAT t

Or this our reporter writes: The section closer to the bund, end of August, cused serious however, Is 'n low sand-bank

koding of paddy lands exponed

There is a hot. Through this to the cast wind. The worst the sea comes in when storm The accused, Lam Hop, alias

where winds hit area was

make angry. When Lam Sang-fau, 27, denied the flooded this happens, streets are Booded charge as well as in alienative only requires a sufficiently in- following the breaching of an and residents, flee with their one of wounding with intent

matters, in my opinion the erec- tion of a Lighthouse on the Pratas Island may well be taken in hand by the public, and it many

астся

Shatin,

were

children because the threat is to do grievous bodily harm. He Auential man, or body of men, | important bund." to take the lead, to insure a

The day after the publication there.

pleaded self-defence, successful result.

"A restaurant owner, near the of this a correspondent signing On the benefit of a Light-himself "Tardy" asked the au moin street well away from the houso on the Pratas Island, Ithorities whether they knew the bund, told me: One year, the to need not dwell. It will prevent bund was still breached and that food was so bad that even our disasters, by shewing the marine extensive flooding still occurred refrigerator floated about',

swears. this is no exaggeration." that he has drifted close to the at high tide daily. roefs, when in most instances

he will be enabled to come to a comparatively safe anchorage

"It will allow near the shoal,

To this query there was no Government reply.

Our reporter went to Shatin to him to get correct bearings, investigate. This is what he re-

ports:

when otherwise misty foggy weather would retard his pro- gress for weeks, while the light of neither sun nar, stars was visible,

Tho cost add expenso AN matters of great importance, in order to camble us to ascertain the means required); //

A

building, with aubatanija) lanterns 60 feet above the level of the Island, dwellings for an overweer and twelve man with their families, including the expense of transport- ing the granite and other material, the labour, the cost of two..whole- boats, and a amali craft to keep up communication with Hongkong-1 am amured by a practical man may

be had at a cost of $50,000; while the yearly expense in

alre-

KNEE-HIGH

"Rice-fields? I never saw any

It

at first. I. saw only water. was knee-high. I know because I took of my shoes, rolled up my pants and stepped in. And I am protty tall. The only dry thing

shay, was an airstrip.

'Go Native

Order To

RAF Officers

Bonn, Oct. 25

the

when ho

cused and

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On August 5 Lany but was struck the, accused that day about 9.20 p.m. and while' com

p.m. by

I to sleep at 11 amitin. He while he was on the way to the PiBinant was at the counter ·

awakened at

found the accused stabbling him. kitchen. He declared that the The accused was In both accused said. "If I do not kill hands, d

and a

pone

knife, in the his

Lam Chor got up bunk and

tried to

to escape, The accused pursued him, stabbing him in the back.

There

is a place for you in Pokfulum," the recused told Lom "I waited until the water wehta rquadron leader, are tonight Eight® RAF. officers, led by

LARGE CEMETERY, Crown Counsel explained. that back into the sea. Then I saw

under strict crders to "go native there was a largo the rice-fields. It was a sorry

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The eight have just been des tached from their units to work for ene year at Bonn University and become interpreters.

Ho continued that the attack was witnessed by several other rickshaw.coolies living there. Lam Cher eventually, collapsed.

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paying the bill he suddenly noticed the accused standing behind him, with a chopper in his: hand.

SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith

of

was

French Plans For Ratification

Of Agreements

Paria, Cut: 24.

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SUGGESTION IT'S only was de "IT'S

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The French Premier M. Pierre, Mendes-France in a time

nation-wide broadcast today,

announced he would submit the prison for thres monit

agreements on West Germany to Arthur, drew i

the French National Assembly and closed his co

showed him put to the for ratificatiori soori

Informed

[jald:

'night, following the signing of

the agreements

and re

to wat December 10% opening of the ratification bate

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Mail Notices

History:

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receive

pay plus ali ez-

gotting

their