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SHEAFFER'S

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ADMIRAL SNORKEL PEL

Bee

DPW's WARNING ON RAIN DAMAGE Shelling Not

"Really Serious" Problems May

Yet Be Discovered

DRAINS SURVEY ORDERED

Government revealed today that much of the "really serious" damage caused by the May deluges may not yet have boon discovered.

This disclosure was made by Horgkong's newly appointed Director of Public Works, the Hon. A. Inglis,

He said some time was likely to elapse before the Public Works Department could arrive at a full and accurate estimate of the damage caused to the Colony's roads.

(Last week the China Mail published an estimate that the rain caused $4 mil- lion worth of damage to New Territories ronds),

yet possible to gél at the founda- loss of the bridge in order to and out exactly how badly they are damaged,

"Again, we know that serious done to the Mr ingll also disclosed damage has been

Beacon Hill catchwater where that he had ordered the phenomenal rainfall of 28 general inspection of the inches In 24 hours was recorded. Colony's drainage system to Over 20 slips occurred along cater for current and future alone in

catchwater an area where only development.›

minor slips have been recorded for the last 20 years,

But he said it would be virtually impossible and un- economic to devise a drain-

age system capable of cop ing with every eventuality.

Root Cause

Jour miles of this

Full Of Silt

of silt and badly broken parts, It will be several months before the whole length has been cleared and we are in a posl

"The catchwater is now fuli

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to a rug on the floor, of a dome- stle living room. Whep the rug gets holes in it or becomes badly

worn It looks unsightly and may even be dangerow. But it coo epally be repaired or even re- placed with a new one at not too much expense.

"All over the Colony at the present time PWD repair ganga are, so to speak, rolling up the old rugs and puiting down new ones,

the superficial Where damage is not so great on to warrant the immediate expense of laying a completely new sur- face the holes BTC being mended,

"And since we cannot tackle inoverything

any good householder, teciding once we are, Like

first of all those areas whero wear and tone has been heaviest the extra damage done by the fooda is likely to chuse most Inconvenience and danger.

tho

Much of the damage-partition to asser how much repair cularly to road formations and

work is neceIGETY. base courses--will not necessarily become apparent immediately, Mr Inglis sald

The really serious doinage done to the roads stems from damage done to drains, culverts, nullahs, wridges, embankments, catchwalers and so on..

"We fear that much of this has not yet come to light, Even when the effect is spectacularly visible in the

big shape of landslide or road subsidence, getting back to the root cause and assessing the extent of damage is frequently very dif- Acult,

For instance, half a bridge collapsed Iast month at Kam Tin In the New Territories when what is normally a little stream became a raging lurrent, Because the water-level still re- mains abnormally high it is not

way

"What the public sees in

of tom-up road surfaces and gaping pot-holes is largely superficial," Mr Inglis said,

"Although exasperating to the road-user and likely to take time does not cŁUSC US to put right any real worry. Nor will the bill for surface repairs be par- out-of-the-ordinary- ticularly although it is bound to be heavy because the damage is so wide- spread and there is so much to be done.

Our Worry

this

"We are geting on with work with all possible speed.

"What does worry us, however, is the possible extent of invisible dorange what hae happened underneath the surface.

The macedanised top surface of a modern road can be likened

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formidable bill a pretty for repaire

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English Boy Pleads Guilty To Having Carnal Knowledge Of Girl Aged Six

SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith

SIL

TM Rey, PA. BIT.

"I'll never be able to smooth this one over, Johnny-

I told the wife she was just wasting time and money running to beauty shops!"

Man Accused Of Early Morning Assault

"Nor is the extent of damage always quickly ascertainable. What at first may appear to be merely a spot of dry rot while ant borings in a ftw floor-bounds may

on prova thorough investigation to have affected the beams that cup- port the floor or even the very foundations. Getting to bottom of this kind of demage takes quite a bit of time.

"That is procisely our prob- lem. The worst damage done

Facing

a charge of common to the Colony's TORUS took

Wilfred Howes; Assault,

30. place in their foundations and was caused through the innblExport Department, Lane Craw

assistant Manager of Import and ilty of the drainage sysłema to ford Limited, Telephone House,

the vast amount water which resulted from the one day by Mr Derek Cons at was this morning remanded for abnormal and continuous rains. Kowloon Magistracy.

"The strain on the drainage,

handle

of

BIG DONATION

FOR

HK REFUGEES

Confirmed

There was no official con- firmation in Hongkong this morning on the shelling of the British freighter White Beo by Nationalists outside · Amoy on Wednesday night.

An ometal of the International Import and Export Co, Ltd., owner of the White Bee, said

English he had received no nows from

the master of the 1,288-ton ves-

sel, but added that she might

airexty.

A pale-faced, curly-haired boy of 15 pleaded guilty at the Criminal Sessions this morning to having carnal have entered and left Amoy knowledge of a European girl aged six in Kowloon on April 24.

He was remanded by Mr Justice A, D. Scholes for a week in the Juvenile Remand Home for

sentence.

Hugging a Chinese mah Ая for The accused, Mr and-baby doll, the faxco Morely-John sid that the haired child and her mother, Probation Officer could tell the witnesses for the prosecution, Court that, the boy should be were released, from further at given suitable training, tendance by the, Judge.

were durcuitjea There Crowns

In Counsel, Mr M. Morley-John intimated that the Honghong. girl and her family might sail

providing such training in

The

to the United Kingdom next communication

Crown was at present in with the State

for the

Tuesday as the mliliary su- thorities thought that the chile Secretary of should be removed from the Colonies and at the end of environment of the crime at the world hoped to be in a position darllest possible moment.

to address the Court more fully on this matter.

He asked the Court to release these two witnemes as the be- cused had admitted the charge.

RADIO Hongkong

5.30 pm, Time for Teon Ageza Pro- Bented by Deborah Iluribatt: 6, Time Signal. Programme SummaRES: 0.02, Popularity Folt presented by Tod

Peking Redlo reported last night that the White Boe was Ared on by Nationalist artillery

on Little Quemoy Talon and Wonds at 10.30 pm, cat

Wednesday,

The White Bee was fired, on several Umes in the same vicinity last month.

Pawned His Friend's Pen

Leung Toi, 20, who pawn- ed a fountain pen he had borrowed from a friend, was bound over In $200 for one year by Mr Derek Cons at Report Produced

Kowloon Magistracy this Mr

morning.. Morley-John called the Chief Probation Officer,

Lamang, of 31, Mr

Queen's Rood P. H. Hare

West, ground floor, pleaded to prove a report guilty to the change of unlawful he made on the acclined.

pawning.

Mr Hare produced this re- port together with a copy of a report sent to him from a Probation Ofeer from Winches- ter, England.

Sub-Inspector P. A. F. Alcock sald Loning was a friend of Mak Kwok-wkig, the complainant.

On March 13 this year, de The accused agreed that a

fondant borrowed from Mak a statement he made to the Polico

pen saying he would retur within three days' time, without

De- # caution www the truth.

fendant failed to do so.

On June 19 at 12.45 pm, at Mr Morley-John told the Court Hollywood Road near, the Elgin Thomas: 8.20, Asian Club 7. Paul that this statement and the Pro-Street, they met and Leung ad- Weeton and his Orchestra: 7.15, bation Qfficer's report Your Blacerely-With Vera Lann; highly relevant garding the as the Wing Bang Pawn Shop.

were nutted he had pawned the pen 7.45, Cloing to the Pictures. The critics discuss the pictures they have Been this week. Chairman: Timothy Birth: 7.04. Weather Report;. Time Signal. The Nows: E09, Com Morley-John's application mentary or stop Press Item: 815, adjournment and remanded the Music Lovers Hour Classical boy until 10 a.m. next Friday. quesis Presented by Aileen Dekker: 6.10, The Golden Butterly' by Walter Bent and James Rice,

The Coping Stone (Repast of last Sunday's broadcast): 6.43, Platter Parade Presented by Nick Kendall; 10.30, "Plecadiru: 105% Wen-

Un end his Orchestra;

At Government House today, HE. The Governor, Sir Altxan- | West Indies, Commentaries der Grantham accepted, on behalf of Hongkong refugees, 2 donation of antibiotics valued Inter- at HK$150,000 by an national chemical and pharma- coniical firm.

Nowercel; 11.15, Cricket. England v. ther Report: 11, Time Bignal, Radio

on the

2nd Teak at Lonts, by Rick Astun, John Arlalt and Kenneth Ablack; 11.45, Clow Down.

Mr John E. McKeen, Chair-

man of Pfizer Company, came from Japan to make the presenta

system was accentuated by the He was alleged to have, at 6 | tion. amount of silt, boulders and Ning Po Street, ground floor, other refuse carried down by Kowloon, assaulted a 30-year the flood waters. Unprecedent- old woman

Wong Li- carly

et sail erosion contributed to this morning. The amount of solid material No plea was taken. brought down.

Much Worse

"Erosion of hillsides is,

of

Capt. Rylands Leaving HK

Course, en old problem is long- kong and common to almost every part of the Colony,

"The

days it is, however, much worse than it has ever been-particularly on the fringes

REDIFFUSION

and

question of sentence.

A Mr Justice Scholes guested Mr police officer an

quarrel occurred

duty in the for vicinity brought them back to

the Police Station.

PETITION TO GOVERNOR

A total of 109' groups repre- seating civic, industrial and commercial bodies, recently sent a paution to H.E. the Governor, requesting Sir Alexander Gran- tham's assisters to have the in- creased surcharge on electricity removed

US Cruiser In Port

Cafe Licences Expiring

Counelt announced in the Gazette The Secretary of the Urban this morning that all restaurants, marine restaurant, cafe and food canteen Heences will expire on June 30 and that licences for the period from July 1, 1957, in June 30, 1959, should be collected from and Kowloon Sub-Treasury. the Treasury Revenue Branch

Watches Snatched

It was learned that a reply to the petition was expected and a Muncal Matines; pokesman said he would not like Up The band, to make any comment until fur- The Governor received the JOB FOT TWO: 4.00

Muse ther development. consignment in the form of two 8, Children's Comer Children ABC Songs beginning with Letter token parcels,

In Ave Singing Coir of Bancroft's Boys'

cases: of snatching The antibiotics will be ad-

School and Loughton gh School

reported to the police yesterday, ministered to refugees under the Presented by Betty: 820, Birthday

For Giris: 0.30. Friday Requests

the victims were all Chintre direction of the Government Mailbag: 430, Showtime Berenade

women. All cases took place in Medical Department.

Blow Tunes Played by the Sidney

Kowloon and in cach case the Following his. visit to Gov-Torch Birings: 1. Personality Parade

Yornby 7-15 Concert Commander

Vice Admiral WM. Beakley, women had their wrist watches cinment House, Mr McKeen 130, Eddie rider with

at the United stolen. expressed admiration for all Axel Bardahl's Orchestra: 7.48. The States Seventh Fleet, arrived in In another case, a that had been achieved by the Mystery of Nurso Larimer: 2 Time Hongkong this morning aboard woman had had her pocket cut local authorities in their efforts Report, Announcements and Inter- his flag ship, the cruiser Helena, and cash stolen whilst she was

Signal and Tho News; 1,09, Weather conditions lude: 815 The Teps in Popular on a routine recreational visit. to improve refugee in the Colony.

"The Hongkong refugee prob- The retiring Commander of term has now reached. a pitch the Royal Navy Dockyard, where it merita serious interna Hongkong, Captain HIG, tional concern, Mr McKeen

of the urban arcaa-because of the amount of building that has been going on

"Squatter communities, Rylands "DSC will; leave the sold, quarries, unfinished site forma Colony next Tuesday on. the tions, all play their part in dis-Nevasa for Singapore, en routa

the to the United Kingdoin. turbing the surface of ground and the soil thus loosened is easily eroded and warhed away by heavy rains.

"The

Billing-up of nullahs, culverts and storm-water drains through erosion caused them to fail to function normally. This In fum caused; scour and, in

He will be accompanied by his daughter, Mies Tessa Rylands,

Captain family have been in the Colony Rylands and his almost

three years. Mrs Rylands and their 11-year-old daughter Elizabeth left some cases, the water-logging Colony about two months ago,

of base courses and road founda- Lons.

Miss

To Be Married

Tomorrow

Miss Isabel Gomersall, third daughter of Mr and Mrs W. C the Gomersall of Hongkong, will be married tomorrow to. Mr Joseph Clarendon Ferguson in England. at Oxshott Church, Surrey and The wedding will take place the reception will be held at Mr Comercall's Surrey home, Malincourt, Oxshott,

Tessa Rylands is M

kong's younger sch

Aggravated prominent member of Hong

During

"Whilet it would be well-nigh her stay here she was employed ng a reporter by the China Impossible and quite uneconomic

Mail. Later she took up teach- later still secured a

WO

9.30, Music For Two- resentation, in which Visitors Select thele musical ana ikely Circumstances; 9. Cafe Con- wer to certain unumuat" and "une

tinental-A Programme of: French 940, Omeist Dolective Episode Music Presented by Jesonetto Piry;

Starring Crais MacDonald as Detec- Interview with Mr John E.

19.30, Andre Kostelanetz and his Orchestra; 11, Date with Dreamland: 1143, Cricket -England v. West Indies Commen. faries on the 2nd Test at Landa, by Rex Alston. John Ariott and Ken neth Ablack; 11.45, Prelude To Mid- night;, že Midnight, "God Save The Queen"; Close Down.

tive. l. Dan Britt; 10, Spekeen..

19.15, Plano Echoes;

TELEVISION

8.14, At The Puppet Theatre; 5.50, 6 pm, Children's Hour-Casteong;

"Choo Kid" 6. Sows Down

7.30, "Cromix with Jon Clark to devise a drainage system Ing and

and Wong Kam-dong: 743, Woric Miss label Gomersall Is and Local Newarcel; 8, Favourite capable of coping with every

Menjou student at Edinburgh Univer- Story — Adoph

pros and freak storm Post with the Foreign Office 1ity: Mr Ferguson, who was in short Film: weich the World" eventuality

"The Moving

0.00, periods such as that experienced

Hongkong.

the Colony last December, is 4 Low Wal-long Introducer: 1 "Dragnet": 0.30% Evening Tenture Film; -10.30). Weal Ho thee Reports Headlines, and A

..ouncements, Close Down...

in May, I am putting in hand On her arrival in London, studying the design of stained a general Inspection of the Miss Rylands will continue to glass windows in England, Colony's drainage system with a work for the Foreign Office. Is from the United States, view to catering for the develop ment that is now taking place and is likely to occur. In the future,

"Meanwhile our immediate in- vestigations and repair works are not belig eased by the fact that

| we are in any case'in' the middle

Jack Webb in

New Stained Glass Windows For St. John's

of the normal rainy season. St John's Cathedral is to have by a China Mail Reporter.

Storme such as were experienced

na Monday of this week eggra- vato the engineers" - troubles..

"To sum up," Mr Inglis con cluded, "our current roade policy must be one of doing first things first. Wo, will' continue to do immediate repairs to Jardalidez and road surfaces as they occur

two

now stalnod glass windows-ne la the northern The coat of the two windows and the other is the southern will not be known until the transepts.

designs have been decided upon

The Dean, the Very Rev. FB.

Temple who is at present on Rough drawings have been al leave in England, decuracy went to Hongkong for ing the design with a stained commideration by the donors, ginas wlodov›#pecialist - ban

the Calfredral clergy and the

and will put in hand the morim, Mutigens, who han design- | allhosh, ba B. Bev, Ro. Hal.

Wynd

jobs as soon as porrible there

og Hongkong.

after.

ed windows for a number of | The donors of one window day a churches in England.

group of formate member of

the Congregation of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghal, The donor of the other window apreminent resident of Hongkong who has ancock the * Cathedral not, to disclose hân

name, and

The Rev. J.Ch Froud, chaplain of St John's Cathedral, told the

the

| China: Máll this moming that it was hoped to: Install new windows sometime – next year

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