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POLICE UNCOVER DRUG CACHE Man Sent

Man Who Had Now Only 150 Yards To Go At Hunghom

Heroin Pills Gets 5 Years

Judge W. T. Charles this morning sen- tenced Tang Kin, 51, unemployed, to five years' gaol when he pleaded guilty to possessing 20 lbs and 31⁄2 ounces of heroin pills.

This was the heaviest sentence that could have been imposed in the District Court.

Inspector T. W. Wheeler

told Judge W. T. Charles at the Koploon District Court

that about 11.80 p.m. on July 23, a Police

party

ralded a hut in Fu Mei Village, Lo Fu Ngani, Kow- loon City.

A paper bag and cloth bag were found containing the pills. Tong, the only occupant of the hut, admitted possession of the pills.

Machine Found

Under a bed, a pill-making machine was also found.

Tang hud seven previous con- victions, one of the same nature and six for smoking oplur.

In migation, Tang sakt he had an aged nother, a wife and two children to support,

In possint sentenes, Judge Charles stressed the seriousness of the offence and said he had to impose the maximum penalty.

Knocked Down

Snatcher Gets 5 Years Gaol

A 28-year-old odd job coolle, Ho Wo, was sentenced to five years' hard labour and six strokes of the cane) by Mr Justice A. D. Scholes at the Criminal Sessions this morning for simple robbery.

Ho, who had five previous convictions, was also ordered to be placed under Police supervi-

sion for two years.

was

originally

Accused charged with robbery with violence, but Mr Justice Scholes told the Jury in his summing- up that the Crown had indicated that would accept Ho's plea of guilty to simple robbery.

The Jury returned their ver- diet without retiring.

Ho admitted snatchlag a gold

Work on the new reclamation

off Hunghom is progreming satisfactorily.

An official of the Public Works Department told the China Mat this morning that the Ming work has gone on as far as possible and is now 180 yards short of the boundary illt.

RECLAMATION

PROFESSOR GOING TO INDONESIA

Dr James M. Edney, Pro- fessor of Parasitology, Kentucky Research Foundation, University of Kentucky, arrived this morn ing on the ss President Cleve- lend.

Ho is en route to Djakerta The alling work cannot contiace

until a retaining sea wall is where he will takowup/ his up- Work on this is ex-pointment na Scientific Con- ballt. pected to begin by the end of } sutant for the University of the year.

Indonesia.

wrist watch from Leung Kwal- The above picture taken by

y while she was walking in Percival Street on June 14.

the dock,

Mr Yeh Wan-chun. of the Routern news agency, W35 krocked down by a car in Con- naught Rood Central, car the In a statement from Star Ferry carly this morning. he denied using violence, say- Suffering from lacerations to ing he snatched the watch and the head

hands, he was that the woman fell down on taken to the Queen Mary Hos-her own accord. pital where he was later dis- Mr G. R Sneath, Crown charged after treatmcat.

Counsel, prosecuted.

DR YANG (CHINA MAIL PHOTO)

HARVARD PROFESSOR ON VISIT TO COLONY

By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER

Dr Lieu-sheng Yang, associate professor of Far Eastern Languages, Harvard, is now in Hong- kong on a vacation tour.

will do

own.

Ho has

In the Colony, Professor YangĮ many monographs and also many research work. of his articles for the Harvard Journal. His latest work—A Week in China-published in Talpel will visited most of the be released in Hongkong soon. local librarles here since his Professor Yang stayed more atrivas and has concluded that than a month in Japan before there are not enough, books-on coming here. There, he did re- stibjects like Chinese economic search work in Teyoburko on history or Chinese language-t history of Chinese culture and further his studies.

social and economic develop=_| Professor Yang wants to make ment. connections with other sinolo He also gave public lectures gists while in Hongkong. jon "Numbers and Units In Professor Yang who is the Chinese Economic History only social aclonist to have re-"Chinese Grammar," and "Peri- celved a Medal of Honour for odiation of Chinese History" In scholarship in Formosa is co-Japan.

compiler of "The Concise Dic- Dr Yang will be leaving the Honary of Spoken Chinese'' with Colony soon, and hopes to be Professor Yuen Jin Cheo, Cali-back in Harvard by the middle forala University. He has written of next month.

Printed and published by Payen Plumbly for and on behalf of South China Morning Post Limited at 1-3 Wyndham Street, City of Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong.

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China Mall photographer slows newly reclaimed land at Hungbom.. At right is the now Techniloal College which is nearing completion.

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RETURN

TO COLONY

Travelling with Dr Edney wag Mrs Edney, who will join of the International the staff Co-operative Administration in

TECHNICALS COLLEGE

Court Ordered Him To Pay

Indonesia as technical secretary The Balance- 10 the Kentucky Contact Tean.

Dr and Mrs Edney said they expected to stay in Indonesia for two years.

Now Edith's Funnel Is Showing

The 55-foot Kowloon Docks tug, Edith, which capsized during a towing operation off the Docks last week, has been partially refloated and is now buoyed up with her funnel showing above water.

Edith has been towed to shallower water, about 1,000 feet west of the spot where she sank. It is expected that she will be refloated

Returning from leave in the United States this morn ing were Mr A. A. Chase, Manager of the American President Lines" local office, tomorrow. his wife and their three children, Judith, Cynthia and Pamela.

They travelled by the s President Cleveland

During Mr Chase's absence, ALM Everolt P. Marsell, who came here from San Francisco to releve Mr Chase, was the local manager.

Mr Morsell and his family will return to the United States in the President Cleve Jand tomonWW,

Returning from, a short holl- day in Japan was Mr George Crow, the Jocal APL'S Passenger Traffic Manager.

Mr. Crow wan accompanied by his wife and son, Dennis,

SIDE GLANCES

TAL Kg. 18, Ph

By Galbraith

17.12

**I admire that Jones boy, Alice-vomoday 'ho's going to be an Olympio star!".

TROPICAL STORM OVER

HAINAN

And $75

Pie Raymond Cyril Stair- mand, of "A" Coy, The Green Howards, balled a taxi in Bek Kong last night and asked to be faken to Telmahalauf.

When he got there, he gave the taxi driver $10 add- ing that he had no more money!

on The

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The fare shown

meter was $17.20.

Before Mr T. L. Yang, að Kowloon this morning, Stairmand #dmitted charge of evading pay- ment of taxi · fare. He was fined $75 and was order to pay the taxt driver another $7.20, the balance of the fare.

Threatening Letters To His Wife

JOHN LUFF presents

Telecrit

Judge W. T. Charles TELEVISION Talent bound over a Chinese in $200

T

Time is all set. The

for three years at the first Telecast will begin on, Kowloon District Court this Tuesday, September 8 at morning when he admitted 7-7.30 pm. This will intro- sending letters to his wife duce the English language threatening to kill her. competitors. The Chinese Kwong Fuk, 47, unemployed; section will follow on Thurs- left his wife about two years day, September 5, at "the ago after a quarrel,

same time.

Kwong, the

procecution revealed, had maintained that their cook should be discharged. His wife disagreed,

The compere for the English programme will be John Grant. Elizabeth Chwang Who has After the accused left home, Introduced many Rediffusion they met periodically in market amateur programmes will bo places. In April this year, ut- || bringing Chinese competitors cused again asked his wife to

to the screen, discharge the cook and again his wife refused.

On August 14 and 25, the accused, through his daughter, sent two threatening letters to his wife. Appearing in

morning,

Court

Cheung So-lam, the accuted's wife, in reply to the Court, said she loved only her husband.

Television Talent Time will ba televised direct from the reconstructed

th stage at Mlesions to Seamen In Gloucester Road. Tickets will thisbe issued to all competitors for distribution antong their triends.

The public are also invited and information on how to obtain their tickets will appear in this column later.

Regarding future programme highlights. An particular local interest will be shown on Wednesday evening fifteen-year-old girl, Miss Ki Rasmussen will be presented in a short series South Indian dances,

She also asked the Judge to deal with her husband leuently because he is a good husband

10 Hurt In Weekend Accidents

Ten people were admitted to the Colony's hospitals as a result of traffic accidents over the weekend. .....

Six of the injured were sent to the Queen Mary Hospital and the other four to the Kowloon Hospital.

The accidents on the Island involved rickshaw puller, three Chinese boys and two Chinese men. The Kowloon casualties were two Chinese boys and two women.

Back From Muscat Coast

Gun-running Patrols

A Royal Navy frigate, HMS Modeste arrived in Hong- kong this afternoon after taking part in gun-running patrols along the coast of Muscat and Oman,

The tropical storm which had been almost stationary for at times in the past two days was entering Hainanust put down a rising by fol- were being smuggled into the

of Oman Sultanato flowers of the Imam Island this morning.

In the Sultan's territory along Arab terrorica.

const of

The Sultan of Muscat, with of Muscat and starch them for which, it was bellcyed, the help of British Forces, has guns

from

neighbouring

when a

* ★

A very happy feature

be

children's

of

of

soon

to the introduced

programmca NILOPPY Birthday". Children

be able will

to

exchange Greetings through the medium of Television Service.

сп Tues-

very good documentary

be televised WILL day evening at 9.30 p.m.

the This called Holland, country and the people, and reveals many of the beautios of the delightful Netherlands community,

Looking back over the past week's programmes, I am still opinion that Television of the scores best when the surprise Hem comes up. For instance, in Calling Cand last Monday William Courtenay came To tell us of his meeting with Sir Winston Churchill. Then be- fore he left, consented to show one of his fims over TV and one d give

commentary himself, That puts life into TV.

I

features,

Among the regt

regular fea

think that Douglas Fairbanks Presents', is the best from an acting point of view. What a treat it was to see Sybil Thorndike in the cast.

And what proof that a good actress can take any medium in bea stride.

Another 'clanger: Last week on Dragnet.

The Cantonese synopsis had nothing to do with the Atm that was shown. As far as I was concerned he would have got away with it, but many Chincso

lends

pounced

on this immediately

and were qulek to point it out,

I think it is about time the

puppets had a rest. The per- formance, from

point of view is improved, but the

technical

really stories aro

beginning to get a bit thin.

Playhouse 15 is another pro- grammo like. It is fifteen minutes devoted to an actors' skill Last week's theme, a girl who thought sho

Was being followed In the Under- ground, was particularly good,

An outstanding local Television personalliy is Leo Wal Tong. I should advise our local aspirants to watch his style. He is perfectly at ease before the camera, and in- all the caso and grace one could roducts his visitors with expect in a drawing room.

I have been concentrating on At 3 am. It was centred with-the south-eastern

side this fort Before her gun-running patrols the production in 60 miles of 18.5 degrees N. Arabla.

There is an immense along the Muscat, const, Modesto night and 110.4 degrees E. (about 300

I spent Friday British troops, Royal Alr was on duty in the Red Sea and improvement, miles southwest of Hongkong), Forco jetfighters,

and units of

the Indian Ocean. She was guard evening with the Button and moving west or westeouthwest Royal Navy tool part in the ship at the dam British Army Switch boys. George Shen was at about six knots.

The forecast for this afternoon operation at the request of the evacuation from Aqaba, Jordan at the control panel, and Sam Chan was in charge of soundi. John Bow, one of the senior is moderate, gusty, castnortheast Sultan who has a treaty of de la July.

Modesto has been away from producers explained winds, cloudy with occasional fence with the United Kingdom, equally showers.

Part of Modeste's duty was to the Colony for the last three tectonique la pe. They

approaching The rainfall for the 13 hours stop Arab dhows off the coast months.

perfect co- cading at noon has been 0.05

ordination so that we obtained split second changeovers; that is cutting out one, camera and bringing in another. I am glad to report this becausö Television Talent Time is going to be real test of their skill,

Loch.

WARNING

Storm warning wero ismuod throughout Kyushu this moRTIS ing as the fringe winds, 320

miles from the Bloem centre [Recording -to Reuter, of Typhoon Arnos "began sweeping the south of the island.

- The high-winds were necoMTI", panied by tidal waves up to [35 foot hljh.

The typhoon was expected to [hit Okinawa - about, noos tedaj,

Jopatieso wenttiermen, said.

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What about Television linking up with the Hongkong Stage {Club, ·and" Televis'ng "a' BOČNO from the forthcoming - outsido production of A Midsummer. Night's Dream? This would be of immense local, interest, I ̈pass the idea on.

"Thal's mit · for now.

i while, good viewing,

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