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ADMIRAL SNORKEL PEN

5 APPEALS FALSE PRETENCES CASE HONGKONG SENDING A-Radiation

DISMISSED

BY JUDGE

Six appeals against son

tence or conviction, with exception to ono, were dismissed by Mr. Justica A. D. Scholes, Acting Pulano Judge, in the Appeals Court this morn- ing.

A 18-year-old unemployed, LI Kim-wal, who was sentenc- cd to two years hard labour for larceny from the person, and another consecutive year on the second count, Isked that his sentences be run concurrently as he was previously told by the Magistrate.

Li niro asked for permission to be sent to Polleo Training Centre, on grounds that he had had no opportunities at all

old

REPORT

Another appellant,

coolie, Choi

to learn

Sum.

CONTINUES

Evidence On Presentation Of Cheques

Evidence of transactions between the accused and himself was given by Mr J. A. de V. Soares, exchange broker this morning, at the trial of Ip-Kam-hung, alias K. H. Ip, 32, insurance broker, charged with 11 counts of obtaining valuable securities and credits by falso pretences.

had

Witness suld he presented this cheque to Mr Mathieu, cashier of the Netherlands Trading So- clety, and was given a voucher office and waited for Bill Chan. in exchange. He returned to his

The cate is being heard Mr Soares Identifled a docu- before Mr Justice C. W. Reece,ment as the cheque, he Is Lordship adjourned the Pulsne Judge, and a special made out. It was drawn by case to November 19, for a jury 11 the Criminal Sessions. him on the Netherlands. Trad- report from the Commissioner Ip was accused of obtaining ing Society for the stipulated of Prison as to whether the from the Wing Lang Bank, sum, "in favour of bearer." appellant was suitable for the Hang Seng Bank and from Mir training centre.

Scares

credits and

cheques 32-year- totalling (bout US$74,000

,000 by who falsely pretending that a total arked for a reduction of a six- of 11 cheques drawn on the month sentence posted on him United Chinese Bank, Lid, pro- for stealing a fountain pen, was duced on April and 3 this awarded his sentence

to date year, were valid orders for from September 27, when he payment of about HK$450,000. was arrested, and not from the

Ip is represented by Mr R. W. duy of finding on October 2. S. Winice, Instructed by Peter Mo and Co. Mr D. E. Greenfield, Crown Counsel, is prosecuting assisted by Det. Sub-inspector R. E. Quinë.

to ustup sald Choi had committed Д very prevalent offence in the Colony and he could see no reason to Interfere with the sentence.

SEVERITY

Diamissing on appeal brought by 62-year-old unemployed, Lo Tok, against the severity of a 10-monih sentente passed on him for larceny and falling to Police report whlist under aupervision, His Lordship sald in vluw of the fact that Lo had!

for four previous convictions similar offences he could see no reason to reduce the sentence.

The Appeal Judge also dis- missed an appeal brought by Chùng Chung ngainst severity of # 10-month sentence passed on him for two counts of larceny,

Introduced

Mr Soares testified that corly in 1950 one Bill Chan intro- dured him to Ip. The accused asked if he could undertake to remit certain amounts

of

Before Chan come, Ip phoned him up and said he wanted to remit

amount of a certain American dollars--about US$0,- the American C00-payable to Trust Co. in San Francisco in the account of Stephen Ip. added that he would give him a cheque.

Ip

Mr Soares sakd he wrote a letter to the Netherlands Trading Society to pay the amount DS stated, and asked that bank to debit the sum to his account. He handed the letter to Mr Mathieu.

Mr Soares sald Ip also asked

him. He agreed, and made out another cheque,

payable to bearer, 01 the Netherlands Trading Soclety for over HK$20,000.

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SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith

10.24

T5 RAL, US, PAI, DH,

© 1997 by MA Service, Ine,

"My dad says I'm still too young to shoulder the rosponsibility of eight or ten kiḍa!"

India Not Ruling

Out

Hague Court Over Kashmir

United Nations, Nov. 11.

American dollars to his brother, if he would buy US$4,000 from Indian Defence Minister V. K. Krishna Stephen Ip, in San Francisco.

Ip mentioned that the romit. tances were in connection with his brother's shipping business, witness sald

Mr Soares said it was agreed that the payments would bo made by telegraphie transfer, It was further agreed that Ip would phone him the amounts An appeal by Chiu Pui, aliàs as required and that sub-

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Fa Lau-pul, for reduction of scquently in would forward sentence for larceny from the him cheque In Hongkong person, was

dismissed. dollars, also Chlu was sentenced to

Winess said Ip told him that months.

ho Waz in the insurance business.

These transfers

A CAMERA

of

money

took place from about March 1950 until April 3 this year, Mr Soares said.

Voucher

cheque to the bank cashler and Witness sald he, presented this

DELEGATES TO

CONFERENCE

UN

Tokyo, Nov. 12.

More than 100 delegates from 21 Asian countries including Hongkong, will tackle problems of juvenile delin- quency and prostitution at a United Nations conference to be held in Tokyo from November 25 to Decem- ber 7.

The two Hongkong represcala- tives altending the conference

are the Commissioner for Pri- Jordan Wants

sons, Mr C. J. Norman and Mr Assistrat Social

P. H. Hare,

Welfare Officer (Probation).

Britain and Switzerland will send specialists to Icat dis cussions which will be Jaired by observers from various non. government organisations.

UK Duty Reduced

Amman, Nov. 11. Jordan asked Brilala today to lower its import duty barrier against Jor- danian handicraft goods. ·

British import duly im

The conference is called the Secord United Nations Seminar on the Prevention of Crimes and the Treatment of Offenders for

155 Asia and the Far East. Seminars are being held every third year. The first was hold in Hangoog in 1954. World conferences of the same kind, to be hold every five years, were started at Geneva in 1985.

21 Countries

The 21 participating cour tries in the Tokyo Seminar_wil be Afghanistan, Durma, Com badla, Ceylon, Formosa, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Laos,. Nepal, Paldsten, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaya, Singapore, Hongkong. Bornico. Sarawak, North Borneo, and Japon.

cussed at the

Seminar is

the

per cent on what Jordan

calls "Holyland products", which effeclivo- ly prohibfis sale of these goods in Britain,

Informed Bources Bald Jordan was asking Brie tain to review its policy in view of the popularity the goods experienced 'al International exbibit handworks in London September,

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of

Articles displayed then

included olive Wood,

mother-of-peart, procelain, fur, embroidery. Bliver and golden jewellery, bam- boo and leather: — United Press.

Victory For Japan

United Nations, Nov. 11.

Japan's independent line in the UN paid, a dividend today with the unanimous adoption of a resolution on Catomic the hazards of

| radiation.......

The General Assembly's

political committee voted 7D to and widen the functions of the UN Selentile Committee an Radiation. The idea of giving the scientifle body a more im portant role was contributed Jast Friday by Japanese delegate Toru Hagiwara,

0 for a resolution to strengthen

It was a' welcome dovelop- ment for the Japaneso delega tion which has tried to build Its UN policy along independent lines not too closely Iderkled with either the Communists or the Western Powers,

SAME TIME:

At Uze same time, Japan apparently has been seeking to avold identity with the eokerlled. neutralist countries, of which India is the chief symbol. In fnet, lodia and Japan got no- where in recent efforts to find a joint approach to the disarma- ment problem. They found their views rather far apart.

Japanese diplomats long have pictured their UN delegation as a bridge between the peoples of Asia cod those of the rest of the world. They feel that they | know their · neighbours better than do the Americans, the Russians, the British the French-United Press..

ين

RITA TO WED

implementation of a recommen

Another subject to be dis-French Secretaries A FIFTH TIME?

dation adopted at the Geneve conference on prison labour, Reuter.

Menon, who had to cut short his speech because of illness, hinted to the Security Council today that India might be willing to submit the Kashmir case to the International Court of Bevan Plan

Justice.

He addressed the Council for

cheque drawn by Ip on. the last Tuesday. But he became

to

was given another voucher. Dill Chon come to see him at the bank, and he gave Chan the two one hour and 13 minutes in con- vouchers, Chan gave him a tinuation of a speech he began United Crese Bank for a re- no weak that he had to give up.

mittance of US$8,000 to San Another Council meeting was Francisco, and also certain other set for Tuesday afternoon cheques for American dollars Blve him a chance to finish. drawn by the Hang Seng Bank. The Council meeting stortes Witness stated that Ip start-

The total value of the Ameri- 43 minutes late because Krishna 10 weeks for unlawful posses-ed with remittances of about

can dollars was credited with Menon was resting in an adjoin- sion a camera. His Lordship US$4,000.

He had But the period the amounts mentioned in the room.

been ill vouchers. this year,

Shown one of the during the morning and

was treated by 4 physician Nevertheless, he, received it on April 2, there exhaustion, was one endorsement on it by decided to speak,

His Lordship also rejected on appeal against conviction brought by Lau Yat-chol, who was given

said that as the appellant's story just before April 2, was not believed by the Magis- the amounts would sometimes cheques, witness said that when trate, he had no reascu to be-be up to US$15,000. lieve It either.

Lou had earlier told the Court:

that the camera belonged to

Average

him, but he lost his receipt. The average figure, however, However he could not explain) would be US$8,000,

why he could not take photos During all this time, Mr although he had bought the Soare, went on. Bill Chun con- camera one and a half years ago. Unued doing business with him

NO FIRE

FIGHTING

(wilema).

Turning to the events on April 2 ils yeur, Mr Soares aid that Bill Chan rang him up that day. As a result of their conversation, witness made out a cheque for 1XK$357,082.78.

APPARATUS More Effort

Lam Kau, alias Lam Yiu-kau, 25,

manager of In China's

the Ngai Lan Handbag Shop, 337 Des Voeux Road West, was fined $750 - or alternatively four weeks in prison this morning by Mlas B. K. Searle at Cen- tral Magistracy for failing

Agriculture

Is Needed

Ip.

Hearing is continuing.

Russian Skip Bomber Tested?

Brief Recess

for

he

Eight Held In

Arms Case

Five men and three women are being held for questioning by the Police following the discovery of large quantities of arms during the week- end.

The Police said late this morning that no one had been charged but in- vestigations were con⭑

tinuing. of

When he finally admitted that he could not go on, Connell President Hashim Jawad Irng ordered a brief recess to give Menon time to rest. At the end of the 38 minutes, Menon still could not continue.

A spokesman for the Indlun delegation said that Menon. had not collapsed, but had been taken back to his hotel to rest. Washington, Nov. 11.

Although he had to be sup The

publication Missile ported by on alde, he did not Wook sald in it's issuo require a doctor during the dated November 17 and Council meeting.

The controversial Indian released yesterday that Cabinet member and UN dele- "the Russians may already gate has been ailing Intermit- be flight testing their tently for two years. He had T-4 boost-glido, skip bom-severe attack of appendicitis in ber, a space-flying rocket- January, 1050, but did not

undergo surgery.. accelerated vehiclo with a Ho

clutched his side while

The first seizure of 16 Remington automatic: pis- tols of 45 calibre was made near the Jordan Road ferry wharf, Kow- loon, on Saturday night.

Acting on information, the Police raided an ad- dreus in Reclamation Street, Kowloon, on Sun- day where eight Thomp- submachine-guna of .45 calibre and magazines were seized,

Яon

For Mideast

Oil Revenue

Now York, Nov. 11, British Labour Party for elgn policy spokesman Aneurin Bovan proposed today that a "very sub- stantial" portion of Mid- eastern oll revenues be

set aside for general de- velopment of the area,

Ha made clear at a press con- ference that non-oll producing countries such as Egypt should share in the programme,

"I believe that the non-oil states should havo access to some of the all revenues," he sold.

Bevon sild that he did not advocate that oll countries zurrender a portion of their revenues for the benefit of the less fortunato nations but that oll firms operating in the M17- cast should make "very sub- stantial sums available for development of the area.”

Such a

PEACE

programme would

minimum of 10,000 miles leaving UN headquarters today LECTURES ONcontribute heavily toward petee

no though suffering from ab- dominal pains.

The Court was told that on that greater efforts would be Russians October 31, at about 10.45 pm, made to farther develop the recently dre, broke out at the rear por country's

POWER PLANT

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Main Point

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LATEST

RAF TACTICS

Paris, Nov. 12.

of range over the earth's surface." China's Vice-Premier, Mar- to provide fire extinguish-shal Peng Teh-hua, has told Missile Week said there was ing apparatus,

peasants In Shantung. Province some reason in believe that the have affixed the Blinounced 820,000-

His main point on

the agriculture while pound thrust rocket engine to a Kashmir issue tion of 337 Des Voeux Road priority would still be given to T4 fuselage

was made in reference to an earlier sugges-

Singapore, Nov. 11. West, ground floor, (the Ngal the development of heavy In-

tion by dustry. Lam Handing shop).

The Royal Air Force's latest Swedish Ambassactor Gunnar Jarring that The fire

Reporting this today, Peking

"certain { fighter techniques will be lcc- was put out after

The weapon would have no aspects" of the Kashmir case tured by tenlor officers from burning dercely for some time. Radio_said that Peng stressed

agriculture must sustainer power pinnt, Missile be referred to the world court the Central Fighter Establish A foki of the Ngai Lam that China's

ment. In Britain to various Handbag Shop was Injured, be highly developed in order to Week sald, but woukl glide in at the Hague for arbitration.

"My Government does not stations in the Far East Alr The fire was caused by a tin develop industry, and to enabled out of the fringes of upper

the Force... of rubber solution overturning the people,

or throw out the window Including: the air, launching ita bombs and coming into contact with peasants themselves to lead a rockets at targets and continuing Jurisdiction of the International kerosene inip.

better life.

Court of Justice," the Todi lau on along ifs 10,000-mile course, Three gallons of petrol were Mprahul Pca su that tho The publication pointed out delegate told the Council, is a team from the found on the premises by por hectare yield should be

that such a "hypersonic" güder, but we would like to know police.

raised and that Samples were sent to the measures towards this would be Soviet Union, güde across Government Chemists who said the construction of water con-North American continent, laun- that the liquid was a solution of] trol and Irrigation projects, ching its rockets and bombs and rubber in potrol which was an adequate use of fertilisers, bet land in the South Paclic to exempted liquid within the ter farming methods and meaning of Category 4 of the afforestation. dangerous goods regulations.

Arriving here for the lectures

her. Establishment

Central

lod by

in Mideast, he added.

Asked if he thought Egyptians President Gamal Abdel Nasser would favour auch plan, Bevan replied, "I should think so because Egypt would bene- At,"

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The programme could be ad- ministered by an agency of the United Nations, he said.

Bevan reiterated that the So viet Union must be consulted in any general programme for the Middle East if it is to bo súc, cessful-United Press.

Paris, Nov. 12. The French Prime Minister. M. Felix Gaillard, early today completed his Government with the nnouncement of the names

of 13 Secretaries of State.

He has thus managed to keep his Government to the 30 mm- bern which he originally pro- posed. His 19 Cabinet Ministers have already been announced Reuter,

Hollywood, Nov. 11. Film director James Hill tola and the press today that he actress Rita Hayworth would bo married at a time which had not yet been axes,

It will be Miss Hayworth's fth marriage and Hill's fret.

film Hill is director of the Separate Tables" starring Miss Huyworth.-France-Presse.

TAYLOR AND TODD DODGE PRESS

Actress Elizabeth Taylor (above), and husband, Mr Michael Todd, arrived here by BOAC today for a short visit.

The couple boarded a private car, and drove straight out without stopping to speak to the Press, or the fans,

important could be launched from the what that curtains legal aspects Commodoro Sile L. Colbeck Turkish Revenge port to see the couple, it wasted that led to holes The

Marshal Feng called for agri The promises had no, fro ex- cultural development of China's tinguishing apparatus, the Court mountainous areas. --- Frecce- was told.

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· rendezvouz, with a submarine.

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Press.

EARTHQUAKE

the Commandant -- General,

Welch.

A group of 50 or 60 teenagers went to the six.:

largest crowd” ever assembled at the airport to welcome a star..

age The teenagers gave the actress wölf whistles and

shouted when the actress came in sight,

Bealdes lecturing to units of

: Nicosia, Nov: 11, the Far East Air Force the team "Volkan", the Turkish unter- Will also provide instructional | ground movement in Cyprus, lectures for members of the Loday issued leaflets saying that It asserted the US has no de- Ancona, Cenimal Italy, Nov. 11. Buripeso Air Force at Rangoon, in the future, avery Turk klil-|: fence against such a weapon and. An earthquake Testing seven the Lidlan Afr Force at Newed by the Eoku (Union with not "beyond feasibility studfer records, was recorded here to-Delhi and the Pakistan Air Greece) movement would: he of similar projects."---United | right!" "No damage was reported. Foree") at Karachi, ** Unlied | avenged by the death - of dyshehalf of Suits China: Morning, Rosi, Limi

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