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Student Fined $150 For Selling Tickets

A 17-year-old student, Lee Man-kuen, of 258 Des Voeux Road Central, third floor, was con- victed on a charge of unauthorised sale of theatre tickets and was fined $150 or one month's im- prisonment by Mr Hin-shing Lo at Central Court this morning.

Hongkong May See

This Comet

The Comet discovered by the Czechoslovakian astro- nomer

Al about 9p.in. on Tuesday a le.ceive obferved three men pprouching different prople in the entrance hall of the New World Thcare,

At that me, the ticket oflee put up e plate of “sold out". One the three men who asked prople whether they wanted to buy tickes was airested by the [ au ceilve.

The other two men escaped, Defendant was, then, searched and found in possession of 11 teke.s.

When the detective was Mirko earlier this

corting the defendant to the month should be visible to Police Station be was tipped the naked eye after sunset on the str.ulder by a man when

S recognised tue of the today (7.55 pm for apparee inc at the Theatre 011- ximately an hour and a half,

iraner hall.

he

a spokesman for the Royal Offered Him $5

Observatory said today.

ut

The mun asked the detective not arrest the defendunt and he produced a $5 nole es 141 in- ductment,

The delective atrested the man.

Immediately

I should be seen altitude of about 15 degrees in the northwest, und will set in the WNW. The position in the stars can be relation to found by following the line of the tall of the Great Boar a point below Arcturus.

No reports had boen ceived at the Royal Observa- phared before Mr Hin-sing Lo toty that the comet has been on a charge of offering a bribe but the masters | to a police offver. He was fined Queen, Hupeh $150 or one month's imprison- and Faning reported sighting | ment.

seen locally.

of the Eastern

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This morning the man, Lec Sek-kel, 20, of 56 Eenhum

re-

Stand East, second floor.

ip-

the const on Tuesday night The eclective, Chol Shang. from various locations in the was commended by the Mara

Castern sea.

Co. d' cas had not been good' locally because of the persis tence of high clouds and inoon- light.

Tonigh the moon does not ric unil 1034 p.m. but it is Ykly that high clouds will then abscure the conet or permi occasional el mpses.

The come will appear a lile further to the lef etich right,

Mail Notices

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 15

Ay Al U.S.A. p. Binlaya, Indonesia Ceylon, 13.

by Aurface

Macau...

PRIDAY, AUGUST 14 By Alr

Korea, T

Thailand. Burma, India, am:

Cambodia, B.. Germany, 10 a 2.

Formosa, Japan, Okinawa, I am. Guam. Hawods, USA. p. Philippines. Australia, New Zea land. 2 p.m.

Thadand. India, Pakistan, Middle East. Africa. Great Britain. Europe, p.m.

Fortosa. p.m.

U.S.A., Canada, & nm.

Uy Surface

China, People's Republic 7 4.m.

Malaya, Indonesia, 11 592

1 ppines, 11 am.

Turn, Indin, 11 a.m.

Thailand, Noon.

Macau, I p.m

Iago, 7.m.

&

SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 Ty Air Peking. Shanghai, ankow, Kua

ming, Ruthow,.m.

Indo-Chinn. France, 10a.m.

Japan, 11 x.m,

Thalind, Maloys. North

Indona ta, Ceylon, 1 m

Philippines, 1 v.m.

Thailand. Indie, Middle

Horneo,

East,

Africa, Great Britain & Europe,

p.m.

Jawall, U,B.A., §. pm Formosa, Japan, Okinawa, 6 p.m. Indo-China. Malays, Indonesie, Aus ralle, New Zealand. 6 p...

By Gurface China. People's Repubtle, a.m Formera, i am. Indo-China, Il .m. Macso, I p.m.

North Borneo, 3 p.m. Malaya, Burnin, india, J. China, People's Republic, & p.m. Macao, D.m

BUNDAY, AUGUST 38 Ly Surface

Macao, 1 p.m.

Man On 21 Charges

A mun, Taut Wab, appeared before Mr Simon F. S. Li th's morning nt the Central Magistracy on 21 charge of possessing of books and selling of books to which faise trade marks were applica

.

The offences occurred bo- tween July 12, 1936 and February 28, 1957.

The CADO In continuing this ATLÉTTÖON.

rate.

CHINA MAIL

Katakilikod. 1843 ··

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1957.

HK GROUP LEAVE ON TRADE

TOUR

A delegation of 16 members from the Hongkong Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, led by Mr Tong Ting-fat, left for Singapore by CPA this morning on a Southeast Asia trade promotion tour.

Mr Tong, before benrding the purpose of the plane, said the

Inde missions to inspect conditions and to establish closer

relations trade

with leading factories and business houses of Southeast Asian countries.

From Singapore, the group will proceed to Djakaria, SourD- baya and Bandung Indonesi Following that, members will visit Kuala Lumpur and Penang in Malnya, and then they wil proceed to Thailand and Burma.

The leader of the mission sold that when opportunities present- ed themselves, they would sign bushess contracts on their visit and they expected to sell Chinese medicine, sundry machinery and metal goods.

The tour will last about two months.

goods,

Television Film

Tonight's Television Alm will nun for ene and n quarter hours and will be accompanied by a live commentary from Mr Willam Couriczay, mill- try and acronautical corres- pondent, who took the movie which he calls "Voyage. To Virginia". It will begin 9.30 pan.

At

It is the story of the British Naval Squadron's visit to USA in June to the International Naval Review held at Norfolk. Vergiala, ond of the visit of the Queen and Prince Phillip Into the Iome Ficet at the end of May prior to the Squadron's de- parture for America.

Divisional Detective aptelor R. Dudman prosecuted.

Back From Photo Exhibition

Tour

Of Europe

Mr Hung Man-yu, a member of the Hot:orary Pictorial Society, USA, is holding an ex- hibition of photographs at St John's Cathedral Hall, Garden Road, begiming this morning.

The exhibition will be open dily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. It

Dr Hidekozu Yanagita, a will continue until Saturday, member of the Japanese August 17. House of Representatives shown. and a Committee Member

of the Budget, arrived from Bangkok.

by PAA

this morning en route home after a tour of USA, and Europe, studying financial conditions in these trics.

coun-

His Impression Wes that the financial conditions In the United Kingdom were not 50 sound but, he added, they were bettor than conditions in France.

West Germany was in the best position anong European countries, he Suld

About Japanese foreign ex- change conditions, he said that the government would take

BC-

tion to improve the situation,

He will leave by air for home tomorrow".

STOP PRESS

DEATH SENTENCE

Algien, Aur, 14,

A French military tribunal tonight sentenced to death Bellamine Lounes, a leader of the callawed Algerian sationalist movement (MNA), Rensed of endan- gering the external atcurity' of the Blate and of form Ing terrorist commandos. --- Reuter,

UK N-STATION

London, Aug. 14

Britain's fourth-and thu the world's Largest nuclear power station will be built at Trawsfynydd, North Wales; it wendan FOGALOOL today, United Press,

FIVE KILLED Desach, Ont. Aug. 14. Five men were belleved killed this evening when 150 tons of clay caved in 'as they poured concrete for a coffer dam and water Intake for the city--United Press,

Eighty pictures

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Pearl Pagoda Coming To HK

İlongkong

ta koon to have the opportunity of seeing for the first time one of Japan's most famous art tresaures,

Mikimoto Wha Pearl Pagoda, which is ex- pected to arrive in the Colony tomorrow.

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The Pagoda is an authenlo reproduction in miniature the or the Pagoda Horyuji Temple in Nara erected about 1,350 years ago by Prinoo Sho.oku.

The base of the model

made of Imperia¡ lacquer, fastened with hand wrought silver mounting, and the five storeys of tbs Pazeða

are fashioned of platinum and solid silver.

The entire work of art is embellished with thousands

*

of fine quality pearls, with particularly beautiful pear-shaped specico en of exceptional quality adorn- ing the spire,

The Paroda has recently been on exhibition In San Francisco where It was viewed by thousands and in Hongkong it will be displayed in one of tho main entrance show with. dows of Lane, Crawford Itd. Special

SITIVEOM

security will be taken while the paroda is on public view and although the value cannot be estimated, In- Богалее of $200,000 has been effected with local underwriters to cover any eventuality.

Me T. Udagawa and Mr M. Okada, two senior officiata of H. Mikimoto, Inc., Japan, are visiting Hongkong to supervisé personally TITL- packing and transportation. Olas of Lane, Crawiord Lid Bay they hope to he able to arrange for ex- hibition to

SHEAFFERS

Skrip

Chinese

Opera

JOHN CLARKE'S CASEBOOK

In Hongkong On The Ebb-Tide “Degenerated”

AN

In

the first few years after

gratuitics still ran strong, London was full of young men like Maurice. They had money to spend, and they put off their gallantry gaily

N American export on Asian theatre

has described Chinese opera in Hong-probably makes them shud-

kong as "degenerated.”

He is Mr Faubion Bowers, described in the flyleaf of his latest book "Theatre in the East"," as a "teacher, soldier, traveller and writer who has spent the greatest part of the last 15 years in the Far East.'

Mr Dowers was last in Hong- kong in 1955.

He says In a chapter on Hongkong: The Colony has a considerable number of churns in its well-ordered. sensible way of life. "Unfortunately theatre is not chich among them,

Far Removed

"Hongkong, with its strong In- Пuence of the West, is a clear Illustration of the degeneration Chinese opera undergoes when it is so far removed from its home and apex of perfection.

China

"In essence the form is the same... but

Д number of novellies have permeated the art and removed. It considerably from its original characteris- fically Chinese atmosphere. These changes have extendco from Hongkong back to itself, ut can ús far as Canton." Mr Bawers said: " you ask a Chinese the difference between the two forms of opera, he will hesitation that it say without

les chiefly in the musle and sqcnery.

"Music for Cantonese opera, and especially as It is seen in Hongkong, is called Yellow Music meaning that it is mock classical and bears the same re- lationship to the art that the "yellow press' has to respectable journalism.

Jaded Tastes

"It does pay a meature of homage to the classics, but injects a note of sentimentality

MAN FOUND

WITH TRIAD BOOK GETS GAOL TERM

for

dan-

with an extravagance that

der now, when they are nearer to middle-age.

The tide ebbes, The young men from the Spitfires and the submarines settled down. Ox Some, like Maurice, most did, an air-gunner at 19, could not settle.

Maurico went into the motor- trade the seedy fringe of it in which business premises are kersties, and afternoon drink- int clubs, not showrooms or

onces,

WIDENED ACOPE

E married, but the marriage

Maurico.. did not prosper, fell more at home in the clubs than by his own hearth In the clubs he made himself more Ho began to than at home, Jitter them with Worthiëza

Vieques.

In 1053 he was discharged pre- conditionally on n false

(ences charge. He widened the While searching

scope of his dishonesty and in gerous drug last Tuesday, the 1955 he was fined for embezzie- Police found a pamphlet per-ment. taining to Trind societies un-

The other day Maurico, u

derneath the bed of a torchlight good-looking man of 32 now. and Impressively prosperous- bulb maker at 102 Fa Yuen looking in his grew Cannel suki, y Strect, ground floor.

pleaded guilty at Bow Street to alne more charges of fraud and false pretences,

NIGGLING DEBTS,

LE stened calmly while the told 10 Sr

WIS

This morning, Li King, OC- cupant of the bedspace, cX- plained to Mr T. L. Yang at Kowloon Court that the bookletstory was left by his friend and he Laurace Dunne, and then said: to have the had no knowledge of it being should like

of being pleasure

under the there.

guidance of Eume...er...oXcer. who could help me sort out my domestic and financial situation.

"I don't see how shall pay which is very precarioun. my rent if I don't and a situa- tion forthwith,

overal niggling debts. But I'm sure that with guidance I shall come out on top-I'm asking for help,"

your.

"You would know friend had left a hundred dollars behind, wouldn't you?" Mr Yang commented.

of the

LI King was sentences in four months for possessio booklet and was placed under Folice supervision for two years at the expiration of the prison

sentence.

and softness into each aria, and ROPE FOR HK

often the tunes are even dance- able in a Westernisca ballroom way. continue until the end of September that as many people as possible can see it,

Captain Morrison was laid to rest as the Colonial Cemetery this morning. The picture above shows bla friends around the graveside as a Roman Catholic priest performs the last rites. (Chiria Mai Photo).

Captain Morrison

Laid To Rest

Captain Thomas James Morrison of the ss Takahing who passed away suddenly on Tuesday following a long illness was laid to rest this morning at the Colonial Cemetery, Happy Valley. He was 73,

Capt. Morrison

J. W. Doyle, Miss Loto spent / Mr most of his life in China and Chan, Miss Chan Slu-ling, Mr Patrick Knox, Capt. T. J. Owen, served for many years on Mr P. Nattle, Mr S. O. Bux. Ho was Cant. C. P. George, Mr G.F. W. tho China coast. Captain of the Takshing for Hudson and Mr L. Rowe. four and a half years.

Wreaths were sent by: Mr and Mrs E. W. Lawton and Fr F. M. Ricciardi ofl-family, Lau Shet Ying and Ah ciated at the graveside this Ng, Bomy. Mestas brd family, morning.

Two Hurt In Accidents

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BE EXHIBITED

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for

I havo

Sir Laurence sighed: "It seems as if even now you haven't ap- preciated your position," he said. You must go to prison for six months,"

Maurice lett, and going, he furned and glowered at tho bench-looking back in some- thing very like anger.

Three Snatchings Reported

"Every month or so, brand new music is composed to meet the jaded Lastes of the modernized Chinese of Hong- kong and Conton. This... 1o...

London, Aug. 14. about as rying and relentless

A portion of a huge flatloned for song writers there as it is

la rope 13 inches

cir- A Chinese snatched a handbag for composers in Hollywood.

cumference and believed to be from 4 woman in Un Chau "As for scenery and pro- the largest ever mado, will be Street outside house No. 00 perties the whole concep: 19

one of the exhibits at the En- yesterday. allen to classical Chinese opera gineering, Marine Welding and

"In Hongkong, backdrops fly Nuclear

Another woman. reported to Enerty Exhibition the Police last night" that her

up and down-often in the which opens in Londen at the wrio watch was snatched in mididie of secne-showing end of this month.

You Castle Peak Road near everything from cas le walls, to

Chau Street. temples, to palaces. Poited

This plant rope was made by The third caso involved the pian's all the stage as it is British Ropes, Ltd, Doncaster, matching from

Chfresc a gorden.

for use on the dockyard slip woman of a wallet containing ways of the Talkoo Dockyard money crud a fountain

"If an actor is worthy of his career he need only point for you to see a mountain or a lake, a spirit or a disaslır.

the classiciat, scenery and literat properles throw the actor's minsing off balance and stultify the fast-moving pac which imagined changes of setne gåve.

Spittoons Galore

a

"To add to this modernity, most singers stay near a micro- phone and electric fans whirl over the performers on stage us much

do over thic as they audience in the hall proper.

"Tho spectators intent of cracking pumpkin seeds with Their teeth, and sipping to as they do in Peking ond Haskow, chew gum throughout the per-

there formances, and

ig spittoon at the end of each row of seats along the aisles." A private car knocked down Mr Bowers said the leading and injured Yuen Yun-heung, a Hongkong star was Fong Ying six-year-old Chinese girl, In Fun who saved theatre from Causeway Road near the Vic-"complete vulgarly" - "sho is toria Park last night. The child, of course extremely attractive who lives at No. 13. Lin Fa physically, in that groomed end way of Hongkong Kung Street, East, first floor, manicured was admitted to Queen Mary which appeals to Chinese and Hospital for treatment.

foreigners," namod

·A Chinese man

Au tram Yuk, 44, was hit by a yesterday outside house No. 163, He Des Voeux Road Central. was nimitted to Queen Mary Hospital.

Wrist Watch Stolen

Vulgar

Ho

"Cantonese conchxles: opera at best has serious defects for anyone expecting more than the most superficial of coter- tainments. Part of the recson is the already familiar slory of Westernisation and the colonial: effect on art.

"Part is simply the taste of Takshing, Pilot department, Polico that fils, wrist watch | Southern Chinese for the vulgar Among those present were Me Tashing, Engine department, was stolth while he was asleep in theatre." Benny Meslas, Mrs Thomas, Mr Takahing, Parser. department, on the 'roof of No. 20, Ham

by

• Fublished

Thomas Fund Street, carty yesterday Noland Sons Ltd, London and .morning."

New York, 421-.

Thomas, Lole Choo, Wong Chun, Mari Fook, Deck department,

William Rae, Mr Y. S. Cheung, Takahing and Management Mr Y, M. So, Mr W. Y. Mak,' the Tai Yip Company Ltd.

of

man reported to the

in and Engineering Co. Ltd., Hong-Des Voeux Road Centrul near kong.

Cleverly Stree. yesterday.

pen

By Galbraith

SIDE GLANCES

105 by MEA DITIONE, MA.

7-10

"Cortainly I'll punish Junior for running away today--- t'll keep him in the yard all ovening playing

horseshoea with mo!!!

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