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CHINA A MAIL
100
FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1957.
SHEAFFER'S
ADMIRAL SNORKEL PEN
SEVEN HOW LANTAO WILL SERVE HK
RIOTERS GAOLED
Seven men convicted of
IT'S DAFT,
BUT
rioting by a Special Jury GREAT FUN yesterday received prison
sentences from Mr Justice C. W. Recce at the Criminal Sessions this morning,
This is the last time we shall see the Garrison Players this
CASO, BO you had better get along and see as daft a bit of fun as you are likely to find In a month of Sundays, The real cause of the fun makes no and though his på tre appears on appearance on the stage #E- the cover of the programme; a
The accused Sham Yan-kit, WILN given five years' hard | rur labour and the other six men, în Tong Hini-cheung, Lau Yee-anj Mok Ming, Clipa Fut-kwan, Chan Wing-kwun and Leung Yat-mlug were each given four yours.
Seven others charged together with the convicted men with rioting outside the Pao Hsing Cotton Mills on October 11 last yeur, were acquitted by the Jury and discharged yesterday.
Mr Justice
Roee told the accused "Everyone knows that a very serious disturbance took place that
resulting day
in extreme damage to that factory and in loss of lives of people. I would be filing miserably any duly to the community If, after the Jury have convict- ed you on a super-abundance of evidence, i did not punish you In a manner to make you and the rest of the community realise that much uets are agis of folly in the extreme."
Government Appointments
stork
watching friends will tell you who taffs. (Your that means ho illes bearer to
Lie wind.)
If you take this play to pieces. you will find that "To Dorothy a
Son" is a mixture of all the atur
we've been laughing at for years. I don't know why i b, but you've
only to mention some of our Home County residential Area. and you find an English audience hooting with laughter. Surbston has un rock- mg in our seats while Durking, the situation of this play, hea UA in typbonne ut merriment.
Bomeone should try to analyse our English humour; why it la we laugh our heads off because we can't pay the landlord, 1 don't know; at why we go into hysterice becauso a mas has come to take the furniture. beate me. But there 1 alla in the play And Ruger Macdougall, the author of the play, gues one better by introducing a trans-Atlantic atmosphere into all this stuff. The result in very tuny,
HILARIOUS
and
Molle Zima handles the American Rides of the play und her cracks are as deadly an a rattlesnake Hit has fet ta ratlle: alongside sa Gary Crook who takes care of the Castiel English stuff, and the com-
irt
a
Out of sight but vocally evident is poor Dorothy. (Sandra Hugersi joyful expectation of a won and inuliony dollara. These three wall the play through its risky channel sisted by gists of laughter from the audience.
w
Jolus La Mare and Michaci Ward
The following appointments.bination hilario transfers, promotions and post-
announced Ings weso
in the Gazette this morn --
Mr Gerald Fort
Doggett to be Medical Defence Staff Officer, Auxiliary Medical Service; Mr Douglas Basil Mullins Board to be Education Offlect, on trans- fer
Malaya; Mr L. from
A. Stephene ceased to act as Senior Veterinary Officer (on leave prior to completion of agree ment); Mr J. M. Riddell-Swats to be Acting Veterinary Officer: Mr Chong Tung chạy to Administrative Officer (Deve- lopment Division), Commerce and Industry Department; Mre M. Allinson ceused
bo
CHINA PROVIDENT MEETING
Trans-Shipment Tonnage
Cargo
Up By 30 pc
The Chairman of China Provident Loan & Mortgage Co. Ltd, Major S. M. Churn, told share- holders at the annual meeting today that trans- shipment cargo tonnage increased by 30 per cent last year.
we
thecellent
"Unfortunately, at the rates prevailing during 1956 the increase did not reflect in operational profit," he said.
and conscientious BOT- vice given by the staff, ashore and afloat, not only to the Com- pany but also to its numerous clients.
Before
Commence business of this meeting, 1 am sure you would
wish me
to record our sincere
regret and sense of loss ocensioned by the death, at the ripe old
age of 93. of our former senior Director, the late
and
Accounts
have been in your hands for
over a week and, with your permission, I will take them as read.
THE ACCOUNTS Turning to the Appropriation
the
#3
balance
to
Urban Council Election
WITH WATER NOMINATIONS
Seven Miles Of Pipeline On Seabed
A senior Government waterworks official has revealed how Hongkong will be served with water from the proposed new Shek Pik reservoir in Lantao.
Mr R. H. Woodman, Government Waterworks Engineer, disclosed that at one stage it will cross seven miles of open sea in submarine pipes.
Writing in the March issue of tunnels from Shek Pk to the the Department of Commerce | eastern seaboard of Lanteo ne and Industry Trade Bulletin, ho Silvermine Bay where it will be said: "It will gravitate through pumped to a high level fitration Plant and then conducted through two 30" diamet; sub- marine pipes direct to a service
Davis on Hongkong.
3-Tiered
Car Parks
"This inst stage will involve crossing about seven miles of open sta,**
Mr Woodman said the com pletion of the Tai Lam Chung scheme would not solve
the Colony's water problems anth preliminary work was
now under way on a project 10 top o further large source of water supply on Lantao,
He told the China Mail yester- day an investigation was still being made of the foundations of the proposed reservoir.
Primary School For Kowloon
A 24-classroom primary school is to be built by Government at Fux Wing Street in Kowtoun, it witt be known
the Gg
Fuk
Wing Street Primary School
Tenders are invited In today's Government Gazette for construction of the school which will be a Ave-storey building includ- ing a roof playing area.
will There
be a class- Toms on each of the four floors
well
three smaller rooms for special-
43
ised studies. Adjacent to the entrance on the ground floor there will be an at- sembly space as well as a covered playground.
Other
features of the building will be curetakera'
quarters, a basketball court and showers and lapatories for students of both sexes. Buliding work should begin early in June and will be
completed about next January.
Stamp Duty Office
G
it Was
INVITED
Nominations are invited to au the VRCRDOY ..for elected membership of the Urban Coun- cll caused by the recent resigna- tion of Mr B. A. Bernacoli),
In today's Government Gazette, a notice by the Ro- tuming Officer, Mr S. T. Kidd, states that nominations will. bo received in his office at Room 600, 6th floor, Coloniat · Beere- turtot, Lower
Albert
Road, Hongkong, on any day up to Thursday, May 16, except a general holiday or a Saturday, between the hours of 9 am, and I p.m., and between 2 p.m, and
p.m.
3
If more than one candidato in validly nominated for the vacant seat, the Extraordinary elcetion will be held on Wed- nesday, June 12, 7
The Procedure
Each candidate must be nominated on a separate nomina- tion paper in the form pre- scribed in the Urban Council Elections (Procedure) Regula- tions, 1955, Coples of the form ere obtainable from the Return- Ing Officer.
Each nomination paper musi be subscribed by ten electors and no elector may subscribe
than more
one nomination paper,
Each nomination paper pre- sented to the Returning Officer must be accompanied by q de- claration by the candidate that ho is qualified to stand as a candidate and by a paper giving his consent to the nomination (forms for which are obtainable from the Returning Odleer), as ` well as by a Treasury Receipt for a deposit of HK$1,000,
Qualifications
Sir Robert Account you will have noted Tenders Wanted revoir to be located at Mount Họ Tung. KBE. Sir Robert that, with the small adjustments first joined the Board in 1927 shown therein, Ind served 115 continuously brought forward from the last until he died. His sage coun-
was Account
$1,191,790, sel and advice will be greatly which has to be added the prot missed by all.
for 1856, $1,512,022, and pro- The Report
creds of the sale of scrap, $5,382, making the amount now avait- able for appropriation $2,639,000. After making the usual trans- fors to Reserves and writing off From the Chair
Last year I Bonus Issue
Expenses, reported that
your 1955
the Directors recommend a dividend Wis
Tenders are called for in second most profitable year in of $1 per share, the usual bonus today's Government Gazette our history. The
1958 to the staff, and to carry for- year only missed improving on 1955 ward to next Account $1,057,070, for the construction of the by $551.
Turning to the Balance Sheet, first of two three-tiered car
The Gazette this morning an- During 1956 our godowns the only material change in our parks on the Central Re- worked to near capacity
nounced that the branch of the both Fixed Assets is under Buildings clamation.
The qualifications for canċida. DIRECT TO HK where the increase is the cost
Stamp Duty Office at present ture aró fully set out in Stellón with storage and trans-shipment to the end of 1050 of the new for which tendens are now called, Puling for the public garage
situated in the Sub-Treasury, 7 of the Urban Council' cargo.
"The proposal is to construct 057 Nathan Road, would be Ordinance, No. 14 of 1955, and Godown No. 03, ** Storage cargo showed a 2%
has been going decrease, while
The market value of shares of time in the area on which it is which is located at the south-
on for some a dam in the Sheic Pik valley, permanently closed as from May disqualideations in Section 6 of trans-shipment carga tonixIYO increased 30%, our subsidiaries,
the same Ordinance, to which compared
All documents Unfortunately, at the males
with that at the end of 1955, to be bullt, Immediately in front western corner of Lantao and to
requiring reference should be made before pro
cf the New vailing during 1958 the increase
Star Ferry Con- bring water showed
direct to Hongkong stamping,
notinas, any person is nominated. If not depreciation of course.
Leland," he wald in his article. should; as from that date, be disqualified, under Section 0 of in trans-chipment tonnage did not $535,000, which has been made The car park will be construct- THA reservoir would
presented be very
at the Stamp Duty the Urban Council Ordinanco Offlec, fifth floor, Fung House, any person of either sex is quali rate, widch
was fixed
in 1947, Serve, Deducting the remaining be 328 feet long, 102 feet wide hos,
(copacity 4,500 million from
January 1, this balance
The Stamp Duty Reserve, and 22 feet high. It will ac-gallons), but Mr Woodman said Entertainments
Office and (a) entitled to be and is regis Which, while lower than normal value of the shares, gives year, been increased to a figure $2,181,705 from the market commodate 408 motor care in-
in- would have the advantage of present
Tax Office attered as an situated net side and
elector, sant (b) in Printing 18 under the ramps being aliuated in what KWELS tariff rates, will, we hope, show book value of $3.03 for Sanda- outside.
the super probably the wettest part of House, 6 Duddell Street, will be ligh language to enable hinfèto sufficiently versed in the Eng- Work от a profit commensurate with the kan Light shares and $4.548 for structure should begin early
removed to in Colony
the Fung House
take an active part in the pro- work Involved.
North Point Wharves
office as from April 29. "On the shares, June and it is hoped that the
other hand, the
ceedings
ings of the Council. the During
year under re- both well below market values, car park will be ready for use view we redeveloped
gathering grounds which will No. 53 The provisions for possible | simultaneously with the plers drain directly into it are very Godown site with a modem re- losses from typhoons,
covered pedestrian marine and
way small indeed and amount to inforced concrete structure of accidents,
in around the Concourse before the little more than 20 per cent of depreciation of Ave floors. This building
vestments, aggregate $3,415,000. end of the year. handed over by the contractor
SECOND PROJECT MADE IN FULL in the middle of January, 1937,
Appropriations and will produce roventie
Earlier this month, the Sinking Funds have been made in full,
ment announced plans to year,
All taxation for the year of ahead with the building of a been accond three-tiered car park or 1950/57 has paid. The provision for 1857/88 pubile garage on the southeast
corner of the City adequate.
Hall slie the Butterfeld & Swire Staff Provident Funds
This car park has been 205
il
who has done so much to improve reflect in operational profit. This good from the Fluctuation Reed of reinforced concrete and will, smaller than Tai Lam 18-20 Connaught Road" Central fied for nomination if bo`ls
are taxt drivers who are more than ready to meet the stork halfway, and Ron Colbourne doubles the parts of Lallord and Doclur Wendy Bulbourne as the nurse says nothing. but by manner suggeste how entire- ly redundant a prospective father
Roger Needell produced the play avilated by a large staff of backroom boys and girls including Johna Rogers the lighting and effects of the Gar- rison Payers productions,
An this in the last performance Uus season of this gallant little com- woman Labour Officer (on leave much they have improved, and how Daly, bould like to my bow
hxdebled to them are all who love the live theatre. And at the same June, to may turewell to the Rogers Immily who have contributed s much to this success, but wiži, alas, be missing when the curtain rings up next reason,-JORN LUFF,
prior to relirement).
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be
YOUTH FACES
GRAVE CHARGE
a
A 15-year-and. British youth was charged with egetal know- Jedge of a girl under 13 years of age before Mr 1. Morris at the Kowloon Juvenile Court
this morning.
The youth was remanded for three days for further enquiries, He was alleged to have com- mitted the offence with a Bri- lish girl aged six and a half in the basement of a new building in Cameron Road on April 24.
STRONG PATENTED
PROMOTED
The promotion of Pilot Officers G. Long.
Ramon Kan Yuet- wing. C. J. Moray-Sutor and Wall Mohamed to the rank of Flying Ofcers in the Hong- mg Auxiliary Air Force were Gazette this published in the morning.
It was also notified that Lieut.
08
SUBSIDIARIES
was
this
Our subsidiarles
again operated profitably. Due to cash
assessment
ور
of
this
now
requirements for capital expen- | stand at $787,253; these Funds to accommodate
are vested in Trustees.
I
During the year under review motor cars. went on a trip to Europe and
New Urban Council Member
in
As the premises used for the Hongkang polling station the ordinary elections in March
no longer aro no
available, tho ofcer Registration
today tha
temporary Statue Square huts as the Hong- Joon polling station remainssa kang polling station. The Kow- the Yaumati
Government School--Public Square Street.
Given Recognition
the total area required
The balance will, therefore, Govern- have to be drained indirectly by
Mr Konneth Albert Watson go catchwaters and
catchwater has been appointed a Member tunnels.*
of the Urban Council, with effect Mr Woodman pointed out from April 25, during the ab- that in the case of Tal Lam
sence on leave of Mr J. I D. Chung, the area which drained directly into
Clague, the this reservoir this morning.
Gazette announced amounted to only 4,000 acres,
Appointments to other boards diture the Sandakan subsidiary
which, he said, was an unusual-and committees were as follows:- was unable to make any distri
ly sm
small area even by Hong- Mr B. C. Field and Mr L
Senhor Oswaldo Tavares and The Government decision to Rowarder our Account has H. Newman of the Hong-bullon; thus
standards.
Fook-shu kong Regiment had been permit-
to be members of the Senhor Manuel Maria Fernandez been depleted by some $50,000.
Mr E. J. M. Churn wae oppoint- embark on a multi-storey park-
to obtain the full Hongkong Housing Authority, Alcazar have been provisionally ted to res his commission.
During the year under
ed to a seat on the Board of ing polley has been accelerated benefit from the reservoir, it is with effect from May 24: Miss recognised as Consul-General view we acquired, in exchange signed from the Board
Directors. On my return he re-by the fact that when work necessary to drain another 8,000 Mok Sau-ha to be a Member of and Consul respectively this
and I starts on the City Hall, a lot of acres Indirectly into the reser- the British Universities Selce Brazil, the Gazette notified this further
company's shares, 4 North
resumed my seat. Polm! Wharves shares, bringing our
The Directors report and accounts which is
space on the Central Reclamation var. To do this, about 28 to tion Committee, with effect from morning.
at present being 50 miles of catchwater changels April 20, until Jume holding up
30, to 08.05% of the The retiring directors Messrs. H. temporarily used for car have to be provided and many this year, vice Mrs M. subsidiary's issued capital,
dented to of them are now in the course Allinson; Lieut Cmdr War- The year
1056 was
nearly claim-free; soverai unavoidable amall accidents cost in aggre- gate $1,082.
B.
CARRY HANDLE CONVERTS TO
AN OVER-THE-SHOULDER STRAP IN A JIFFY
PORTABLE FOOD BAR
. For frozen food shopping, ind
Outing Long trips
• Visiting:
Will also hold Dad's beer or soda and Baby's food on a plenic.
Portablo Ice Bucket..
̈C-O-L-D and F-R-E-S-H ALL DAY
Exclusively at
MODE ELITE
Kayamally Bldg., 22 Queen's Road, C. Tel, 24052
Printed and published by RomIN GEORGE Hutchlow for and ori behalf of South China Morning. Port Limited at 1-3 Wyndham Btreet, City of Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong
20]
were adopted. Retersen and Li Fook-wo were re- parking, will elected.
motorists. Peat. Marwick, Mitchell & Co. wha re-elected Auditors.
Directors present at the men Church Trustees
were Major 8. M. Chum (chair man), Messrs L1 Fook-wu, N. V, A. Croucher, A. Kheman R. A Wickerson.
FALSE ALARM
of construction. It is froped they fington-Strong, RN, to be Turn to page 8 for
will be completed by 1960,***
EMERGENCY SCHEMES
R
The Gazette notined this morning that'
Mr Woodman also described satisfactory evidence had been furnished to the work involved in two little His Excellency the Governor of
publicised emergency schemes
Storage rates were well main- tained
during the year and the turnover was good. Cold Storage did not improve and the results from this section of our
the reappointment of Mr Tam inaugurated in the winter of business leave room for im A false alarm at the Yau Yue Sik-ling and the appointment 1035-36 to relieve one of the provement. Our truck section Commercial Bank, Ltd, of 18 of Miss Young Kwal-lau (vice worst water shortages In the ineed its revenue and was Queen's Rond Central, sent a
Mr Chan Kwok-kda) 09 nor prodiable,
Police van racing down to the Trustees of the Church of "One of these schemes, which jain have pleasure in com- bank shortly after 10.30 a.m.
Christ in China, Wanchal niending to shareholders the ex- today.
Church.
I
DAIRY FARM ALLOCATIONS APPROVED
Allocation of $4,487,021.81—34,- 049,950.09 being the net pront for the year ended December
usefully
add to supplement the information given in that Statement.
31, 1950, and $487,071.32 the "1, therefore, formally proposa
balance brought forward from 1955 was approved at this morning's 87th annual general meeting of shareholders The Dairy Farm, Ice and Cald Storage Co., Lic
of
Colony's history.
of
provided for the lifting about 4 million gallons of water daily from near sea lovel at Talpo (the scheme involved pupping water from river in- Fakes into existing reservoins). 1,300 ft high pass inlo Jubilee Reservoir, was com- pleted in less than 10 weeks,"
over
factorily explained and the he said. general financial position
ever. "It involved not only the lay-x: appears as, sind as The bots reserved to the Inx, largely
untracked staff
of about scems amply justined mountainous country, from tha
Chairman's re three miles of large diameter {erences" and I submit that pipe but also the tunepo
the fullest confidence both in and erection at intervals. the staff and the Board is due this line of five large pumping not only from the share-
one of which had to be
the adoption as presented of the Directors Report, the Profit and Loss Account, the Balance Sheet and the Direc Hors' recommendations as to the allocation of profits avail- able for appropriation included Seconding the motion Mr D.L. Anal dividend of $1.10 per Strellett.
sald: share, in addition to the in- " rise with pleasure to second The motion was terim dividend of 82 cents the motion, In doing so I per share total of $2,978,- 901.25.
The pllocation
It
Dr the Hon. S: N. Chau, Chair- man of the Board of Directors presided over the meeting.. Addressing shareholder ho said: "Since
my statement to share. holders
was printed
and circulated there have been no additional developments of particular interest to report
Lunity
will
holders but from the public
who depend on the Company's to a point almost 000
servicom
above sea level," he said. Mr Woodman told the China Mall yesterday this scheme unanimously approved by the shareholders, was begun on December 21. that shareholdery, Dr the Hon 8. N. Chou,, Mr, G. Another similar. scheme to
E. Marden and the Hon. D. C. Pamp water
ater ́ih'a Kowloon Re-
have had ample oppor
'study the report,
appreciate the various problems with which the Board had to deal during the your under review and how mont
of them
have been resolved. AS
regoria those wwaiting
solution wỡ may well hope for equally
to you at this meeting. There. The nooot
is therefore nothing I
сап
ularly the
Golden
were unanimously servoir from the Shing Mun re-elected to the Board, the
was launched
motion being proposed by Mr on 1. T. Janagan and, seconded | by Mr E. F.Dixon.
at
in
Bald schemes. had proved to. be of Mr Hudson Chen Wood proposed enormous value and during the
and Mr. Lam King-tak second year in which they were
fà motion to reappoint operation added almost 1,400 Messrs Poat Marwick, Mlt million gallons to the Colony's chell and Conspärry" dompany's auditors for the as bad been collected and stored de the supply, or about as much watert current year. This way car in the new Tail Lam Chung re- riad,
survoly by Be opening · date.
Member of the Board Examiners for Pilots' Licences, with effect from April 12, vice Lieut-Cmdr J. D. Locks, RN.
SIDE GLANCES
other local news
By Galbraith
Perkins: twins" are the only abnormal children in 'mykoises, sirithey have good manners!
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