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U.S. FIRM MAY MAKE TOYS HERE IMPROMPTU JURY ACQUITS
Manufacturer's Statement At Dinner Party
by a China Mail Reporter MR Louis Marx, the American "King of the Toyland," is seriously thinking of extending his domain to Hongkong and joining forces with a local manufacturer to make toys.
Fined $1,500
For
Making False Declaration
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At a dimer party given in his honour lust night, Mr Marx said his plans to establish a factory in Hong- kong to make metal toys was "not mature yet, but is progressing very encourag- ingly."
He added: "And what we'l
offer in
of love to
the way luois, oyes, and machines, will be equal to any factory in any of the world, barring none."
HK--The Best
This was his second visit to the Colony within several weeks and he skid Hongkong was the Best of all plures under the Bri- fish flag.
shipping In rchant, Woo Su bob, 12. of 23 Shell Street, ground Boor, Macao, was hned $1,600 by Mr Him
He praised the hard-working shing Lo at Central Magis- tracy this morning when he quality and friendliness of the Chinese and sald that the admitted making
false
friendship of the Chinese wAS declaration on oath other more than skin-deep once it was Chan in Judicial proceeding. cultivated.
Mr. C. Ting. Managing Ordining the lucis, Mr D. 1.
Superinten-Director of the Kader Industrial Barr, Assistant dent, said that on August 10, Co., who was host at the party
Restaurant,
in
anheld at Tai Tung 1955, defendant Gwore ainduvit before Mr Kwan Holt-sald his company had been Jam, halary public, in which business
tor
with Mr Marx years and he welcomed
the Idea of Mr Marx starting
toy factory in the Colony.
he stated that he was born in wo Amoy, Fuklen Province, China. Defendant had innde use of the affidavit for the past two years, Mr Harris added.
On July 3 this year, he was issued with a passport by the Portuguese authorities in which
He offered to place his re- sources
at ly disposal and hoped that the venture would work out well.
Visit To Tung Wah Hospital
Sir Harry Wunderly is seen here passing through the Tuberculosis Ward of Tung
Wah hospital during his visit this morning.
Sir Harry Wunderly
Visits Tung Wah
"This hospital is serving Mr Ting gold the United a very useful and important
for outlet
he claimed his birth place was Stales was a large market and function in taking care
a
Hongkong
of
and in the toy making the advanced chronically
bener tuberculosis patients," said Sir Harry Wunderly, during
"we should
good tucso
Defendant produced the passos part to the immigration One Buses
have himself by your experience." on August
In his Legistered as an allen.
passport it was rated that de-
fendit was born in Macao, Mir;
Harris sald
Subsequent
revented that
Pollée enquiries
the accused was in fact born in Macao not in Amoy, Mr Harris continued.
Defendant, who was on $2,000 bail, was arrested on August 15 and charger. He had a clear record.
The
Struck Off
Fortune
Registration Cancelled
fol-
The registration of the lowing two trade Hons hud been: cancelled un Aurust 8 under the Trade Unions and 托 Tinde
Disputes Ordinance,
was announced in the Govern- ment Gazcile this morning.
The Inland River Steainship Vessels Seamen's Development and Motor
Lower Co.. Lid, has been struck off Asociation of No. 41,
Row, second floor; and the register of Companies and Lascar
Watch Clock and The company dissolved, I was Hongkong announced in the Government Trade Workers Unlon, of No. 8
Nanking Street, second floor. Gazette in morning.
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a visit at Tung With Hos- pital, Po Yan Street this morning.
Sir Harry Wunderly, Director of the Tuberculools Division of the Australian Department of Health, who arrived here on August 12 from Singapore, visit- ed Tung Wah Hospital,
No 3 Signal
Hoisted
The No. 3 typhoon signal was. holsted at 7.30 the this morning and Royal Observatory pre- diets that for the ro. mainder of the day there will be fresh or strong east winds, cloudy, with scattered, squally showers,
In a statement issued at 9 am the Observatory said the tropical de- pression over the Para- eels (about 340 miles south by west of Hong kong)
moving was WNW at about 10 knots.
Dr
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He was accompanied by, A. S. Moodie, inedical practi-
and Goner
Tuberculosi Specialist.
On arrival, Sir Harry Wunderly was received by Mr Wilson T. S. Wang, Chairman of the Tung Wah Group of Hospital. He was then escort- ed to around the tuberculous ward, maternity ward, and children's ward.
Sir Harry is visiting Hong- kong on the Invitation of the Government to make a study of the tuberculosis problem.
Gaoled For Making False Entry
For making a false, entry
in an account, a cashier of the Wing Fat Cafe at No. 501, Queen's Road West, was sentenced to two months imprisonment by Miss B. K. Searle at the Central
this Magistracy morning.
The defendant, Li Fong, alias 'La Kiu-chi,- 21, pleaded gulity,
The prosecution told the Court that the defendant was employ- ed as a cashier in the cafe be- tween May 15, and July this year by the complainant, Wong Plu-Ling."
29,
statement issued an hour before that said the depression was ac- companied by fresh to strong ENE winds which were expected lo
που persist but
in-
crease.
(China Mail Photo).
MAN OF MANSLAUGHTER
Three members of the Press, three spectators and a member of the Court Canteen staff were picked as an impromptu Jury at the Criminal Sessions this morning to acquit a man against whom the Crown offered no ovidence, The accused Cheung Keang pleaded not guilty to a charge of manslaughter which alloged that he killed another man, Ng Siu, on May 4.
Mr G. R. Sneath, Crown Counsel, told Mr Justice A. D. Scholes that if the Court agreed, the Crown intended to offer no evidence against Cheung on that charge. The eye- witnesses were reluctant
witnesses. Only one of An English-speaking Jury them saw the strugglo and his evidence might suggest self-defence.
Mr Justice Scholes agreed
with Crown Counsel, say. ing that it appeared that tho
deceased used EL hammer and the accused picked up a file.
Mr Sneath suggested that
either the accused be re- manded for a Jury to be! summoned formally to acquit him or that a Jury be picked right away from people present in Court.
Defence Counsel, Mr Gerald
Basto said he had no objection to the latter course.
Young Snatcher Pulled Penknife On Policeman
A young snatcher, who whipped out a pen- knife after a detective had chased and caught up with him, blamed the absence of education during his childhood for his life of crime at the Criminal Sessions this morning.
Wong Ping-ching, 25, unemployed, pleaded
Burglar's guilty to two counts of theft.
Plea To Judge
four
Sentencing Wong to years' hard labour and six strokes of the cane, Mr Justice A. D. Scholes eald Wong had a bad record and that it was his duty to send him to prison for a long period for the protection of the public.
Wong was also ordered to be placed under Pollco supervi sion for two years,
"I've been in Hongkong for eight years and I have spent practically all of that time in gaol. Please be a burglar
R. Mr G. sympathetic,'
Sneath. Crown that the two pleaded before Mr Justice Counsel, sald A. D. Scholes at the Crimi- offences took place in Nethan Road. The first was on May 15, nal Sessions this morning.
when a woman, Ng. Sau-chan, He blamed the Polleo for his had her wrist watch snalehed. stay in prison, saying that they had refused to release him on a bond so that he could look for
work.
Mr Justice Scholes sentenced the accused, Chu Chor-kwong, to a total of five
hard усата labour and two years of Police "for the protection supervision of the public," on two charges of burglary and attempted house- breaking.
Thr.c
manner.
$18,911 AWARDED
TO TENANTS
of two women and five men were picked right away, and the accused raised no objection to the panel.
man
After the Jury had been sworn in, the Judge ex- plained that every was presumed to be inno- cent until he was proved guilty. As the Crown was not offering any evidence against the a.C- cused There WRE no evidence before the Jury.
Ho therefore directed them to return a verdict of Not Guilty of тап- elaughter.
The Jury returned a unani- mous verdict acquitting the accused.
YOUTHS
ATTACK WOMAN
IN LIFT
Two youths, Wong Wai-man, 19, and Lau Hok-yu, 20, admitted at the Criminal Sessions this morning that they had robbed and attacked a woman in a lift.
In view of their age, Mr Justice A. D. Scholes re- manded them for a week to await a
the report from Commissioner of Prisons as to their suitability for * training centre.
Crown
Counsel,
Sheath said that
woman
Mr C. R. the victim, a named Lee Chung
entered a litt on May 5 and the
At the same.
and
boys entered after her. Total
of compensation
As the lift
lift was going up the awarded to first accused suddenly told her another $18,911' was days later, woman, Kwong Chau-king, hod domestic tenants of Nos. "Don't move or 1 will kill you!" her watch stolen in the same 60/62, Jardine's Bazaar by
une time
the the second Tenancy Tribunal today at accused took out a knife the close of exemption pro-pointed it at the woman.
The woman became frighten- ceedings.
ed. She took off her wrist watch and gavo it to the accused, Then she reached
out, pressed the Alarm button and screamed,
Snatched Watch
The first the
On each octa-lon, the accused and cune up from behind snatched the watch. Mr G R Sneath, Crown fume,-Wangescoped and Counsel, said that soon after 3
watch was not recovered. am on May 8 a woman living at
On 11A Cameron Road got up and
room.
the second occasion, plainclodiesman chased Wong.
Mr W. F. Pickering, Presi. dent of the Tribuna; comprising Mr W. M. Chaumors. and Mr E. J. Figueredo, announced that the application for exemption of
hese
would bo petamises recommended.
Forced To Floor
Immediately the two accused attacked her, She was forced
In regard to compensation, to the floor of the lift and was noticed a figure in the silling When the detective was about President said that the offers sut. She found after the strug- She cried out to wuke ber/1o catch him, Wong stopped by the lanesord were fair and Bic that her handbag containing
and turned, whipping out a small penknife, with which he reasonable, bu
tenants had been threatened his pursuer.
exploit the silua.jon.
busband and then tackled the Intruder who was the sccused. He broke free from her and was just getting out of the front door when her husband seized
Gusts of wind reached 44
knots at both the Royal Observatory and Wag-him,
ian.
statement
In the same
the Observatory said that typhoon Agnes was centred about 570 miles NNW of Yap and was moving North at about 6 knots,
INCREASED
A cable from France- Presse this morning reported that typhoon Agnes, with 100 miles an hour winds at its centre, increased in In- tensity the night be. fore.
It was centred 750 miles east of Luzon. But the weather bureau, pre- dicted that the typhoon would not Philippines.
hit the
The Manila cable added that Agnes was moving NW at 10 miles per hour towards Okinawa last night.
Up The Stairs
officer
who
A Poller
had heard the commotion came up the stairs at that time and took him in custody.
pomo
HK$100 and US$11" and saină of the
keys and documents, had been seeking to taken away from her.
Mr Lui Sick-hung, owner of Bazuar, Nos. 00/02, Jardines applied for exemption of the property, which he desires demolish in order to erect on the site à modern structure costing $110,000,
to
When the lift doors opened
"It did not avali hin at all,"
at one of the floors, the two Mr Sneath said, "for the de-
accused got ouh But before tective drew his revolver, and that was the end of the matter."
they left they reached into the lift and pressed a button, sond- Wang admitted a number of
ing the woman up to another floor. previous convictions. A deporta-
Subsequently when the wo tion order made against him had
man was examined in hospital, subsequently been rescinded and
He has entered into an ace she was found to he had been placed under Police
love live tment. with the Goverment wounds on her back, stomach, A satchel belonging to the supervision for two years.
whereby the new building will In mitigation, Wong saki, hej bo act back 14 feet from the thigh and armL
Mr Sneath said that both from his bedroom to the sitting-had received no schooling at nu prescut site. This will be fur-acous admitted nofobing the
when he was younger. HIS
Tændered to the Government in woman. The first agreed that About four weeks later th? parents could not afford to pay recorduned with ibe road-ho stabbed her, while the Accused escaped from Police for it Accured said he therefore widening scheme which is plast-second held her down. custody nn on June 28 at 4.45 spent most of the time in bad ned tor the
area, and in ex- The watch was recovered, 2.1. Π watchman. siw him company, and zo became bad change, an additional 14 fect at he added. climbing up the drain-pipe of a himicif. Ho asked for a light the rear of the present property house at 2 Yami Ping Road He sentence.
woman's son had been taken
room.
was just about, to go through a
window.
The wrist The watchman raised the was ordered alarm
and the accused was its owner. caught when he jumped into the courtyard below,
Mr Sneath said the accused had a very long record with convictions for entering a dwell- ing house, theft, housebreaking, and burglary,
Onco In 1050 he broke his log and suffered other injuries when he ดง involved in burg-
lary.
will
watch recovered to be returned to
project,
be covered by the now
Many Amenities
Mr Leslie Wright, Instructed
Four Thefts by Mr A S. K. Lal of Mesors
Reported
Indian Charged sing stolen while she
No Sampan
Licences
Six men and
a woman QD- Mr D. L. P. Marine Court
Lo and Lo, appeared for the applicant. Opposing tenants wwe represented by Mr I. R. Ac peared before MacCallum of Messrs Wilkinson Edwards at the and Grist; Mr Yu Ping-chung | this morning, for falling to
renew their sampan "Heenots, A Chinese woman reported to of Mcswz F. Zimmern and
The defendants are 'Leung the Police that her pocket was Company and Mr J. L. Lyna cut and cash and a gold finger of Mesas P. L Lam and Com- Tal, Kwok Mul alias Kwok
WAB Dany.
Al-ng, who was represented by la Castle travelling on a bus
her husband. Loung Tat-fat, Building plans were drawn Lam Cheung, Peak Brad near Lalchikok Road
Ip Yau-chal Hearing of the case against a
up by "Mr Wong Cho-tong, Wong Woohing and Loo Ah- 31-year-old Indinu,
yesterday. George
archilock
yuk. Moore, changed with indecent A European complained that
The first, second and third exposure, was fixed for Septem-cash was stolen from him at a
his closing address, Mr
the tenants defendants were' Binod $20 each, wond fined $10 Kowloon this morning.
turday morning.
who had so long enjoyed this The others
GIỮA. A handbag was stolen from a Moore is alleged to have in- A Chinese sold that his foun- reasonable accommodation la an arta where there were so many
At about 7 pm private_ear parked in. Lower decently exposed himself, with- tain pen and some cash were
yesterday, Albert Rond yesterday,
out lawful Authority or excuse, stolen from him early yesterday amenities, did not rate 100 per Assistant Marine Onear F. E of police Thieves stolo a mot of tools at Champagne Arcide on August morning while he was sleeping cent indemnity Domponention. Brooks and a party
He told that there was little) were engaged, in Checking)'the On August 14, defendant was from the rear luggage compart-10.
Defendant, who is on bait of Shaukiwan ment of a private car parice in
doubt that the building scheme loopers of sampon owners in located by the complainant at Ho. 336, Des Voeux ftond West, Cox's Road, Kowloon, at about $250, was represented by Mr' A. A man snatched a wrist watch who in the public interest and Chrung Chau Harbour, The on ground floor, and he was handed | 1100n
Monday and S. C. Comber, of Hastings and from a Chinese woman yeater that the accumulative effect of defendants were all found to Wodnesday, The car door wie Co, Det. Sub-Inspoelor R. B. day outaido No, 800, Quoen's Į there schemes was for the bene-' have no current Ulcanoe for over to the police, the prosecu- ilon wald.
Bayless was for the Prosecution. Road Conizui.
7 ft of the public. -- locked.
their crafia,
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On July 30 the complainant checked the cuto's recount and discovered that a false entry had been made on one of the bills. making it $10,40, when in fact was $0.40. By this time the defendant had left the cafe, the prosecution added..
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