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Mrs DAISY WU DOES IT AGAIN LETTERS

MRS DAISY WU

One of her prize-winning photus →→→→

AN OLD SCHOLAR

TRAINING CENTRE Plea To Be Considered

Another Prize And A

Trip To America

By FRANCIS: BOEY

A mother of five who, carly in hor married life 25 years ago began assisting her photographer husband in black and white negative retouching and photo-oil colouring in her spare time, has just been awarded the First Grand Prize for the best oil colouring picture in an inter-` national contest.

The contest was sponsored by the John G. Marshall Company. Her winning picture was "Geisha Girl." And the winner was Mrs Daisy Wu.

Her prize was in the form Her success is largely due to of a ticket for two to visit the her infinite patience and her United States. Winning inter-great sense of observation. Most national words in the photo of her prize winning pictures graphic fold is hot uncommon that won her world-wide fame for this Colony housewife. Sunce originated around her children. she took up photography a de- She told that she studied her cade ago she has been on the

children's moods and used prize winners Lais in competi- psychology in taking their pic-, tions hold throughout the world, tures.

Hor Rankings

In her early fottles, this photographer goes on record as the only Chinese woman in the world who submits prints to international salons.

She was

ranked fourth In 1954, third in 1955 and again fourth Inst year in the "Who's Who in Pictorial Photograph" by the Photographic Society of Americe.

When asked how she started photography, Mrs Wu said that she used to be so much photo- graphed by her husband as ទ model when she was a

girl that she decided to take pictures for a change.

THE ADMIRAL THANKS THE MESSENGER

Bixty-one-year-old

Mr Kuan Chouk, who has been the No. 1 messenger in the Royal Navy Dockyard for the past 27 years Was awarded a eltation for his loyalty and devotion to duly It was a decision which has by Admiral Sir Alan K, Scott- changed her life.

Moncrieff, Now she spends most of her time taking pictures or developing in dark room.

the

"Takce, my advice, don't go too deep into this shutter-bug hobby or else you'd be a slave to the camera," she told me.

Besides getting a free trip to America, she has been invited And these are the reasons for by the Photographle Society of her phenomenal success An 18-year-old convicted thief America to attend the 1057 Her husband encouraged her was remanded for a fortnight Photographie Convention to be to go deeper into the study of by Mr Justice TJ. Gould at, held in St Louls, America from photography. They undertook the Appeals Court this motu October 2-3 08 3 featured research into colour photography fig ponding a report from the

speaker.

and how to improve their own Commissioner of Prisons on She will talk on pictorial colour work through expert- the prisoner's suitabiilly for a photography in black and white monte. training centre.

und colour photography, Aller the convention, Mr George Munz, assistant chairman of the National Lecture Programme Committee has arranged an ex- tensive lecture tour for her from October 7 ull late Decem- ber.

unem

Chung Shing-tsing, ployed, had been given two and a half years hard labour by a Magistrate for theft, falling to report to the Police as a super- visce and failing to report a change of address.

70 years of age.

Her Imagination

She has a keen eye for ob- serving things in her daily life and she records them in pic- tures.

Mrs Wa's power of imagina- Mrs Daisy Wu is the wife of Appealing for a reduction of sentence, Chung said he had to known

Francis Wu. Internationally-Lion has often made her print professional photo successful. She bullds her ideas support a father who was over grapher. Mrs Wu specialises in with a common subject matter Another appellant, Hul So, taking pictures of children, pets and inter improves on it until and still life aludies. All her reaches the unusual presenta- 30, unemployed, appealed for i reluction of the one-year pictures tell a story and show tion. ECTI-nce passed on theft.

father to support. Gould said' he

had a

him for simplicity, woven with beauly From her imagination she has She is also adept in taking developed a now method of Hui sold his sole ground of lively pictures in sequences. A changing mood-from an anneal was that he had aged case in poial is a set of pictures ordinary scene to e. dramatic took re-sunset and then to a cold moon- which sho Mr Justice of birds

long recently and which will be one light night. of previous convictions, of the sets

Jokingly, she told me that in of pictures and and he saw no reason to inter-slides that she will use in her the course of her experiments fere with the septence.

Jectures in America.

on how to improve her work, be it black and white or colour pictures, she has added perspira- tion to her photographic solution.

rel

LATEST IN

FALL FASHIONS

TO MEET

EVERY OCCASION

CAN NOW

BE SEEN

AT

PAQUERETTE'S

The House of Fashion

Printed and published by Parka Plummy for and on betult of south. Ching Morning Post Lingled at 1-3-Wyndham

Tract, City of Victoria, in the Coloby, of Hongkong.

Her Lectures

•

Commander - In

Chief, Far East Station, on board the HMS Alert" this morning.

Mr.Kuan was employed, by the

RECORD

Exemption OFFERS

Offers of $18-$20. per

square foot as compensa» tion to tenants of Nos. 185-187, Yeo, Kuk Street, during exemption proceed-. ings this morning, were said to bo among the highest over haard of, by Mr J. H. G. Way, Tenancy Tribunal President,

The President. said it was nconceivable that the people concerned did not jump ni such } offers. Ho warned

opposing tenants that if the premises were found on inspeetion to be ordinary

Chines tenement dwellings, that the Tribunal would not be able to give them De much as the offers made by the generous landlord.

Time was allowed for further consideration and negotiation

In all, Mm Wu has been between councel and tenants, booked to give 50 lectures at Zinumen and Company appear. Mr K. Y. Yung of Messrs F. US$75 each.

ed on behalf of the four co- She will be bringing along applicants, Moors Lam Xiu, with her tape recordera to help Chou Chuen-cut,, Lau Kwok- her in

her lectures especially when

of the Colony

she Use the pictorial Poon and Li Chi-hung. slides

жепсту. Mr J, L. Lynn of Messia For wedding pictures sho P. L. Lam appeared on behalf synchronised musle as a back of the Tal Hing firm, which had ground.

accepted terms of settlement.

She will also show of her successful print in slide form as well as colour transparences to make it more interesting.

Mr W. C. R. Carr, of Mesara Johnson, Stokes and Madier, up- peared on behalf of the Hong- Mrs Wu will not trayel alone kong Rattan Company, occupy- on September 22. She will be ing as a godown the ground accompanied by 'at least one of

her two

pretty daughters — Gwynne and Linda,

They are to bo put to work

during the tour.

They

will take turna in

floor of No 185, Yea Kuk Street.

Opposed

·Ho said that he was instructed: operating the side machine to oppose exemption, as

during the lectures

110

They will financial compensation coul1- also help carry the camera and replace the loss of storage facill- its paraphernalia when I take

⚫ pictures," said Mr Wu.

A

Her Children

ties to his client.

Mr. Way" "remarked" that no tribunal could cccalder as desirable, the riorngs of large quantities of such inflammable While Linda is a certainty to material as rattan in a buliding accompany her mother, Gwynne where there ate domsette pré- may not be able to get the neces-mises above, sary 'leave' from for employer.

Linda is making a one way, trip Mr: Carr ́ ́ asked the Tribunal to the Staton, Bho win" absor to inspect the premises and t there to further hoe studies was decided that an Inspection Linda, who is a regular contri- should be inade.".

butor to the Bunday Post Other members of the Tel- Herald's children's pago, Intende bunal with Mr Way wero M to study arts and then take adna D. He and Mir Douglas course In Journalism

This forthcoming trip

Hang, to

The architect, of the America which is her Arst-scheme whereby the applicat gives her the opportunity to wish to replace the existing visit her marríod daughter building with a modern, öighte Sylvia who lives In San Joa, storey structure, costing $150,000, California:

In Mr Stoven Yue, sangat

Royal Navy in 1912, and has sean 44 years service in the Dockyard. He retired on March 31, this year.

Presenting the citation to Mr Kuen, Admiral'Ocott-Moncrloff said: "I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your good, work both before and, after the Occupation in this famous Dockyard. We are

TO THE EDITOR

Sir-Your fin critic, M Anthony Fulier, opined in bla review on "The Prince And The Show Girl: She

From the Files

25

years AGO

(Miss NE of the outstanding Marilyn Monroe)" gives a

sporting events of the spirited, and vivacious perform-Colony will take place thin ange which has eslled for high afternoon when 180 swimuntza · notices. Especially from those will dive in for 'the annual crities who are inspired by Barvices' Harbour Race. The patriotle rather than histrionic entry is n record one and. 'R values". then uttered this great race is expected.

Private

.

Campbell, the

curious mark:" "1" "think ... when you want real acting you have to go the British stage for sensational Borderers distance it." I am willing to concede swimmer is on almost certain that Dame Sybil Thorndike a winner, even though he is just great actress; 'only' her Queen recovered from an illness. Dowager part hardly serves : ne A later issue of tho Chinn the evidence of, her greatness. Mall reported that Corporal Both she and Sir Laurenco Coleman, another fancied con- Olivier appear to me hampered testant was fatally Injured by thankless material, part-that night as the result of an cularly the Latter, who is accidental blow in a water saddled with a dullish role-a polo match at the YMCA baths. humourless, charmless andle was 20. While in Palestine basically unsympathelle

char-a

years ago, ho Was acter that was considered by severely injured whilst crossing some London drama critics as a railway a lorry. Death unworthy of his talent when he was due to a fractured 'skull crented it in the stage vemlon.

Any critic, except, the incur- nbly patriotic ones, will agree} {

low

Woman

real acting can be found in any

Sha Klu, a Chincze medium and any nationality. was fined $25 by Mr Schofield Of course a movie critic is per- this morning when found guilty fectly free lo express his own of keeping an unregistered personal views; but,

please mul-Leaf

"Açcused #tated that

very grateful for the work you keep patriotism out of Blm op he had purchased the' girl for

have done un” The brief carepiony was wil- neased by many of Me Kuen's relatives and his former col. lengues.

Atso present, at the ceremony were Comshodare a... A.

Commodore-in- Gregory,

Charge, Hongkong, Command- - or air Peter Anderson Bert, and Capt. J. Perke.

Round The World In 39 Days-

Mr Brockdorff and Mr Kwok at Kai Tak this morning (China Mail Photo).

praisals.

N. T. CHOW.

10-YEAR-OLD

GOES TO REMAND HOME

9215 some! time last year and

|það · brought her to Hongkong to, find a husband for bien. Not finding the right man; she had sent the piri to work and took her $3 a month earnings,

"I

BELIEVE that China and

Japan will seitle their differences and that peace will come in the North-cust

A 10-year-old boy was sent to Provinces," said Dr Wellington the 'Juvenile Remand Home Keo, China's chief delegate to

for six month by Mr T the League of Nations next Crredon

Kowloon this meeting, at, Geneva. Dr Koo left morning for exposing for sale Hongkong last night. aboard the as Gonge for Europe... Ho The boy was arrested in accompanied Lord Lytton and Temple Street last Friday.

books of an obscene' natur®,

other members of the League's Sino-Japanese, commission, "But The Juvenile Probationary if there cannot be peace, and Offcor, Mr S. M. Li, informed if there is any further, invasion, the Court that the boy got into China will resist to the best of bad company following the ber ability and there will be death of his mother and the re-war in -marrying of his father.

tho north." Lord The bay went out and rended Lytton, asked what he thought.

makes af Hongkong, said "It for himmelt doing odd job andme

burst with pride. It is shining shoes,

wonderful achievement, wonderful in more senses than опо and, the Colony is a glorious tribute to the men who watch her destinies and to the nations who people ber. The growth In such a short space of time, is nothing short of miraculous."

HOW WE GREW

Mr

*

In a comprehensive analysis on World Migration in the 10 years from 1940 to 1988, the Popula- tion Bulletin, published, by the group of nine American include Europe, would be an Ine, USA, found that the num

Population Reference Bureau, attraction for the American travel agents who are flying

ber of Chinese tourista

Immigrants in

T. II. G. Grayfield ́ of to Madrid the long way

last their Ho

Hongkong

yeur formed Talpo; was involved in an un- said that travel agents more than half that of the local runt motor accident yesterday, round, arrived · with

Mr. tour director,

John

for now must be prepared

car which was being time of the when a Brockdorf, by PAA from methods of travel and that population at the

towed by his car, fell over a Tokyo this morning.

the trip they were making Japanese attack. They

bridge into the Shing Mun arrived bero

the would enable them to become

"The tiny colony of Hong-REVOT The vehicle landed In- American Society for Tourists acquainted with the mechanics kong has been virtually overrun the river bed upside down, tion Association's flying carpet of world tour.

by refugees from Comununist Chinese fitters tour, which is a round-the- They were met at the airport China, the publication cald underneath. Mr. Brockdorff pointed out that

by Mr Charles Y. T. Kwok, The Colony's net immigration were works trip in 30 days.

Manager of the Society of for the period 1945-66 was any serious injury, Interiatlonni Tourista As about one millen in 1041, 1200 sociation, Hongkong, and Air Hongkong was considered over drowning. IL O. Too, Managing Director crowded with 1.8 million people.- of the Oriental Express.

It had 25 million by 1058.

travel" of the future was in the round-the-world field and that i would not be long before b world, tour, which would

NOT ON THE AIR

"China · Mail" Reporter (

At Press Conference given by the Minister for Détence upon his arrival In Mongkong yesterday, Mr Duncan Bandys declined to ́have hĩa remarkce recorded by the Radio. Hongkong ‹ representative.

A spokesman fge- tha Government Pabllo Rela- 'tians'-OMen explained: to the China-Mkit this morning that this was "probably (because the Defence Minis

ter regarded the meating : as a Prem Conference and not a porded' redio Interi

A spokesman, for. Radio, Hongkong sald the Defanos "Minister, did not give any Traitsón for bíla rotusef.

In hot nachosary for him to "give one," the spokesman

ce. Snatched

· ErosTA”) di Woman 7 dri Edward Road, near: YueD met; yesterday morning,

SIDE GLANCES

By Galbraith

"renched. afraid of what the fashion:expi

being pinned However, they #oon extricated without Both men a fortunate" escape from

FOLLOWING and - Japanese

demonstrations in Mongkok yesterday afternoon, police took extraordinary precautions to forestall any further dis- orders during the evening, placing Chinese and Indian constable pickets throughout the areas where there was any suspicion of impending danger and calling out reserves. Today, however, the special plaketa bad been withdrawn. Any serious Kear of terrorlit activities to enforce tho Japanese boycott has beer dissipated by investigation.

· A supply of new silver five cent pieces has been, rECO'DEL In the Colony, They are being fenced of the Tredetry in bags of $175 each.

Miss ME, Mr. M. Ells, Mra E. Barton, Mr Era - Abraham

Zimmern will all return to tho! Colony food, a' Holiday visit to Australia, on Tuesday noch The Work of renovating

Sto