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TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1957.

HK HOUSING SURVEY BEGINS

140 Students

Set Off

FROM Shaukiwan to Aberdeen, from

Sookunpoo to the Peak, from Homun- tin to Kowloon Tong these are three of the 16 different areas which will be visited by Hongkong University students for the Housing Survey which began this morning.

Vice Chief

Of The Air Staff In HK

The Vice Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Edmond Cuthbert Hudleston, CE, CBE, arrived here from Singapore on a RAF Valetta this morning in the course of a tour of the RAF units

In teams of two, 140 students collected their schedules at the Chemistry fal at 9 a.m.

They will visit in six areas on Hongkong side, and cight areas in Kowloon, plus two others where doniestic factories and non-residential structures are inhabited.

Mr E. F. Szczepanik, University Lecturer in Eco- namics, and organiser of the survey, said yesterday, that if

the students were un- fortunate to find no one to home, they would have return again, and if neces- sary, again, for it was vital that all the people selected should be interviewed.

No 'Brain' Yet

Otherwise there would be a blas-only responsible members

of the community having sche- dules completed.

Letters had already been re- ceived from members of the

Do You Recognise This Building?

So that's what it looks like! The new American Consulate was "new" about six weeks ago, but pedestrians and motorists in Garden Road have not been able to see it because the old Consulate building has hidden it. Now the old building has been almost levelled and the Colony has its first unobstructed view of the new Consulate for the Arst time from Garden Road. China Mail Photo,

POLICE

BEAT ME

MAN TELLS COURT

A

MAN on trial at the Criminal Sessions this morning alleged that he admitted to a charge public who wanted to be inter of assault with intent to rob because of beatings

viewed. Mr Szczepanik sald, but

their Invitations could not be he received at a Police Station, accepted. although they were

uppreciated, because the sample Tsul Man who faces an addi- survey was a form of random | tional charge of possession of selection based upon tibles loaded revolver claimed he was worked out scientifically.

stapped, beaten and struck with No spate clocrozie brain has an Iron tod unill "I could do yet been off.red, Mr Szczepanik nothing but to sign my rame on commented, but even con.ribu, the puper." ilms towards the cost of an Teut is alleged to have, to-

nothing but to sign his name on the paper.

Two

Do-It-Yourself Speechmaking Suggested

Kit

MR Tim Birch of Radio Hongkong today. sug- gested the establishment of "a sort of do-it- yourself kit of speechmaking".

He was speaking at the Hongkong Rotary Lunch.

Later at Shaukiwan station an

Mr Birch aid when he came interpreter asked him to sign to a Rotary lunch for the first another piece of paper, polic.men prexat said, "If you mott remained in my mind was Ume last week "The thing that admit, the most you will get is the organisation particularly two er three years. If you ad-

irom

which every

electric computer (about $4,000) | gether withi another man nil you would not have to suffer those little boxes at the poor would b welcomed, he said, to assaulted a gardener in his hutbeatings which would be to the draws his nameplate, membc help with the analysis calcula-In Headland Road, Repulse Bay, disadvantage of your hesith,"

tion.

Tsul alleged.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

at about 8 pm. on May 7, with intent to rob,

The trial is before Mr Justice

A. D. Scholes and a jury of four men and three women.

90 CENTS

In evidence this

NOT CORRECT

time or

"All of us at some oiler have to speak to an audience of solicitors or parcods ot housewives, or theatregoery or even, if we are lucky, beauty queens.

BOXES

Arts Student

On Charge

Of Speeding

SHEAFFER'S

ADMIRAL SNORKEL PEN

The China Mail Music Critic

Writes On Mr Clauson

BALLADS IN KOWLOON

The programme said "William Clauson, ballad singer and guitarist" and that was surely a grave understatement for Mr Clauson has a fine voice, is an excellent musician and above all possesses that indefinable "something" which marks the true artist and shows him to be the master of his craft.

All this made Inst night's recital at the Wah Yan College, Kowloon, a night which will remain long in our memories as an evening of pure entertainment as well as being of great value musically.

William Clauson has a very atolld Hongkong audience re- fine voice with a big reserve sponding readily and rapidly. of power and very good breath This good humour and ready control; he also has perfect response caused the only plight diction so that not o singlo hlatus during the evening. Mr syllable is lost. He could cer- Clauson in his encores chose, 19 tainly put up a very good per-sing the Chinose Buddhist Chant, formance in a classical operatic already mentioned, after a very role; in fact, onc almoet light-hearted

and humerous templed to say that his voice is song. He dispensed with wasted singing ballads; but this guitar and played a Chinese would be a grave error because | temple block.

we would then be deprived of

the great pleasure which bis act the block which was directly Unfortunately the "gape" of brings.

facing us, was too much like a Then he

ranks high as an laughing mouth and this com- instrumentalist, He plays his bined with the humour of the gullar with precision and previous song was too much for superb technique which enables many of us, and him to produce a very wide have been range of tones and effects; it provoked considerable mirth was almost as if we were hear- ing a group of instruments in- stead of just a solo ono, ·

A woman arts student of the Hongkong University, Li Cho- wah, aged 20. 64 Centre Street,

" first floor, denled charge of speeding, before Mr Thomas Tam at Central Court this morning. *

L, the prosteution alleged, drove a car al more than 30 inph

"Now supposing that we had a number of boxes each with

each time one of us heard an

unusual story he popped it in the box-then when you wanted material for a speech before say the Household Brigade or the from Causdway Road Lear Old Comrades Association you'd Queen's College to King's Road Accused alleged that "all this just go to the box marked MH-

near Tsing Fung Strert on May was made up by Iam Chuen.” tary Stories, select the ones you

In answer to another ques wanted and there was

said the people speech. tion, accused who saw him in a Chinese sult were mistaken, because it was dark at the time.

Hearing is proceeding.

'He was given a further stale ment by año.her interpreter. He' told the interpreter that it was, morning, not a correci statement where-. the necused said that after fall-upon he was struck on the side ing to find A clansman in of the body. He then signed. a label like that and supposing Stanley he decided to retum to .In cross-examination, Mr his home in Kowloon Tsai, He Stewart Collier, Crown Counsel, found he had only 00 cents on asked: "According to you the him which would not be enough case against you was made up to pay for the bus fare and ferry by the Policey" Tsui answered fare. He decided therefore to "Yes." walk to Repulse Bay and there lako n to town.

He had reached the Junction accepting the of Island Road and South Bay Air Difle.r Commanding,

he saw a Chinese Hongkong, and Group Capizin Articles and reviews published Road when

in your newspaper are, I re-detective, Lam Chuen, leave a J. M. Sinyth, Oficer Command-

from news inn, Kai Tek. The Air Marshal ceived

agencies, car and approach him.

Accused said he was asked lo will stay Flagstaff House,

on face vniuo and not It was 27 years ago today subject to scrutiny by your raise his hands for a search. that the Air Marshat began proof readers 1 discovered alle told the teaching Alr Commodere few "blacks" in yesterday's copy was on his way to board a bus Messenger how to y at of "The Chinn Mall". Cranwell.

in the Far East.

Ho was met at the airport by

Air Commodore A. D. Messen. Her.

Air Marshni

tha, he

Traffic Lights

Str. Whilst

lakeu

detective that he

in Repulse Bay.

The detective then took him THO

Brollers Keramezay"Inside the car in which he found Hudlesion said,

concerns Russian village fo in Europeen and n Chuese Lu his first four was on

was handcuffed, inking over a new the 1970s, really new. The poor Woon) who prior to his

Stanley post from Sir Ronald Ivelaw-bear that Mr Brynner dences They were Lukon Chapman who L presint with only weighs 100 lbs. and Police Statku.

Tsui alleged that he was asle- Vice Chier of Air Stafl, toonds 6 ft. 2 inches. It must be

ed to put co a sult of Chinese inspect airfields, men and pilots. the skinnies: hear in captivity clothing is Court exhibit). He The tour would be com- But the prize must go to your declared that when he told the pleted in three weeks, From caption writer who wrote the Police the sult did not belong Hongkong, Air Marshal Hudles-option for the picture of the big to him he was alopped and ton, said, he would visit Austra-{ tram hold up in the city. The Ha and then return to the next set of traffic lights in the struck several blows by Detee-

way

tive Lam.

MOUTH BLED

CAR CLEANER

GAOLED AND FINED $200

Mr

A 28-year-old

clearnor who pleaded guilty to three trafo offenoes before Miss D. K. Searle at Central Court this morning was sentenced to thres months suoi on one charge and two other charges, fined $200 or two months on

United Kingdom by

direction the trams are heading of Africa.

is more than half way down Arked about Deince cuts, he Hennessy Road, enough space to sa as the world situation gat accommodate all Horgitong trams

He alleged after Lo Weau was fo: together, or could your photo- more stable, nations

grapher mistake one of Mrronoved to other room he les inclined to spend money on tcrrison's boys for a traffic light was slapped again, which caused ralltary fortes.

hl mouth to bleed. was pushed against a wall, Tulived on the roof-top cf 9 Suetter Defendant, So Kuen, 20, who further alleged..

Accusid said he denied he Street, was given the keys to a

also private car on Monday committed a robbery. He dented he was in possession of noon.

STOP PRESS

LEMNITZER

PROMOTED

Washington, July 22. General Lyman Lemnitzer, former United States and United Nations Commander- in-Chier. In the Far East. was sworn in today as Army Vion-Chief of Staff,

Rad--

General: Lomnitate cended General WIHiston Palmer who recently be Came Deputy UN Cons mander-in-Chief in Europe, -Reuter.

standard:

WOODSTOCK.

[No prize. Our photographer was a little late. By the time he got there the queue was | moving up. There are traffic

lights at Pedder Street.-Ed.)

A

Pedestrian Injured

Kun

His head

after-

Early this morning two Then another Chinese deice- polleemen on paltol saw the car tive appeared with a fat long being parked in an unusual plece of fren. The Brst Chinese manner, detective anid, 'Don't you admit?'

and struck

your

"Perhaps there'd have to be dateslamp and initials and o rule that you had to wait six months before using the story twice..

NOT THE END

5.

Defendant told the court that the witnces was a police, and that she was an educated mim- ber of society. "Therefore I don't think either of us is tell- ing a lie,

To this Mr Tam sald that he was not so sure.

He added that University "But I think perhaps you'll students were helping with the ngree with me that some system | housing problem, end they whereby those of us who have should also help with the to do this kind of thing can Colony's trame problem. help each other is long overdue Defendant sald her speed and the sooner this do-it-meter showed 28-29 mph at the yourself speech kit is launched time of the alleged offence and the happler we shall all be." that its accuracy hack been

Mr Birch said next to busi-checked several times. nessmen, barristers were often Mr Tam found her guilty and the best after dinner speakers, cautioned her. They did not mind jokes against themselves.

"Lord Ogmore used to enjoy great success with his favourite story about" Tawyers and this epitaph 'Here lies a lawyer and an honest man'.

"Passes by,' said Lord Opmore would constantly re- mark on the economy of bury- ing two men in a single grave,?" Finally Mr Birch told a story about Rodio cugleg which is perfectly true."

We had a woman conoencer who was brilliant when she was the bell but when she won't and it usually did. -well-anything could happen

"One day she was reading the news summary rad this is how When they questioned it went the fut fem was read, me with the iron fendant ha admitted that he had and then came the announce

Thief Can Keep His Loot

to

A thief was sent prison this morning for three months but” was allowed to keep his loot. Ko Ming, 26, of 466 'A' Block, fourth door, Kow- loon Chal Resettlement

rod on the handcuff, seralching no licence, that he was driving mat; "And that is the end of Aren, pleaded guilty to my wrist. The tip of my finger without third party insurance the news-Oh no it isn't here's was also bruised," Trui nileged. and that he had taken the car a little bli moro"t".

"As I could not bear the without the owner's consent,

woman pedestrian was beating any more I agreed," he He was sent to prison for three knocked down and injured by a ¦ said.

months for driving without third JUMPED OFF BUS lorry on the Tol Kak You He was taken to 1000 party insurance, and fined $103 waterfront near Chung Wing where the Inspector in charge of or ono month' on the other A Chinese woman, Lee Fonx, Street at about 2.25 pan, yester-the case (insp Chan Ki-charges. He was also disqualified and 30 Hving at But No, 101, ylek) wrets on a piece of papir, from holding a licence for one Sun Wat Village, was injured The woman. Wong Ho. aged 'He was asked to sign He said year.

joy.

24 of 150, Reclamation Street, that the contents were, not cor- An additional charge for 2nd floor, was taken to Kowloon reck A policeman who was by breach of bond wis-admitted by Hospital, where tho is now his side said. "Don't you take the defendant and the bond or detained for treatment,

my direction?" He could do 350 was ordered to stand..

when she jumped off a moving bus in Lat Chi Kok Beach Road at shout 0,35 pari, yesterday.

The woman was "admitted to. Kowloon Hospital for treatment.

stealing 150 pounds of metallic type, worth $400. He said he took the Lypo to a marine store and sold it for $37.85.

In sentencing him fo Searle said he could keep three months, Miss B. K..

what remained of his loot -$8.25.

The Programme

what should a serious number,

Perhaps a rearrangement of

the order of the programme would overcome this. I hops that Mr Clauson will not be deterred and will include this chant in his repertoire, it is well worth while.

I must confess that when I flest heard that Mr Clattson was

The rest of the programme coming to Hongkong, I expected

was enjoyed to the full, by us a programme of American cow all. The Musle Society is again boy and folk-songs, How wrong to be thanked and congratulated was. Mr Clauson's repertoire for bringing last night's artist consiste of folk-songs and hero for this recital and his per- ballads from countries all over formance on the "Showboat" the world. Last night's pro trip last Friday. May we say gramma contained songs from at

least twelve different countries, that we hope to hear more of including the now one in Chinese Mr Clauson in the futurot

R. A. BONES. which Professor Chiao Mel-pa has been teaching him.

Folk-music in of great im- portanco although we frequently tend to overlook it.

After all, our modern music has developed from it and many contemporary composers such as Vaughan Williams have found direct inspiration from it. It should therefore be of great value to the student to hear such

rarely collection, it is indeed that we

opportunity like this.

have on

The Final Polish

a

Exporting Gold Summons

The Chung Seng Hong arm, situated at No. 183, Connaught Road, was summonsed before Mr Hin-shing Lo this morning at the Central Magistracy doc A good voice, a good in-allegedly exporting gold without

a licence. strumentalist, and' good and in- teresting

Ko Yang-ping, representing programmine material do not alone make a first-class the firm, pleaded not guilty to performance, William Clauson the summons.

It was alleged that on May 10, has the knack of "projecting" himself into the audience go this year, the firm attempted to that we all feel as if we are export by the sa Tlluwah taking an active part in his 1,583.7 taels of gold without a performance. Ho cements

Director all Ucence from the This together with a facility and Commerce and Industry. slickness and a light touch of Hearing was fixed on Septem- humour which has even a fairly'ber 4.

SIDE GLANCES

By Galbraith

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summer bargainst of

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