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Jurisdiction Question Forms Argument At Habeas Corpus Hearing

Arguments that a Full Court had no jurisdiction to hear a particular application for a writ of habeas corpus, be-- notice of motion had not been correctly prepared were heard this morning.

cause

the

Government

the

The Full Court comprisedi Mr Bernacchi submitted that the Chief Justice, Mr Justice the Full Court, therefore, had

to entertain M. J. Hogan, and the Senior jurisdiction application. Pulene Judge, Mr Justice T. J. Gould,

Mr Winter said that the pre- sent proceedings were brought under the Original Jurisdiction

Appointments The applicant, Cheang of the Supreme Court, and that

Gazetted

application.

Tai-kwan, was 起 former as a Full Court their Lordships tenant who had been im- had no jurisdiction to hear the prisoned because of his failure to pay mesne profits to his landlord, as ordered by a Tenancy Tribunal.

The Hon. D. R. Holmes has been appointed Chairmen of the Urban Council and}

Mr Brook Bernacchi, hustruct- Director of Urban Sered by Mr J. C. B. Slack of Hast vices, vice Mr E. Bings and Co., is representing Tocadale, it was notißed Cheung.

AMENDMENT

Court Mr Winter said the could dismiss the application, or sa amieniment ghould be made on the motion as it stood.

In reply to a question from Mr Justice Hogan, Mr Winter

in today's Government Mr Richard Winter, Instruct- agreed that the Chief Justlee

Gazetic.

in the Supreme Court had

ed by Mr M. E. Ives of Peter power to transfer an applica-

Mr A. P. Richardson has been Me and Co., is appearing on betien of that nature to a Full Chu Tak-bing, agent for Court, but his point was that appointed Assistant Secretary, half Colonial Secretariat, and Mr G. Chuk Tek Yau Tong, irndlord W. Stabb

Yun Hhg Street, Tap the present proceedings had Assistant Secretary of 57 (Exchange Control), Colonial Market, the house where Cheung been wrongly started.

The Full Court deelde, that Secretarful.

formerly stayed.

before ruling on this matter, Other appointments, transfers, |

W. S. Collier.

hear Mr Berwechi's promotions and

Crown it would postings nn-

is representing theppileation in full first.

Hearing is continuing.

nounced in the Cazette are:

Mr Counsel,

Mr B. 1. Barlow has been Deputy appolated a Deputy Clerk of

Court.

Registrar,

Supreme

brought Mr Winter

up the

Councils.

Mr R. Thompson to be an subject of jurisdiction as a pre- Assistant Secretary, Urbaniminary point. He said the ques- Council.

then was in what jurisdiction the

the

Mr C. Cairns, to be Assistant Court was sitting-under Director of Marine (Port Con-Supreme Court Ordinance, or the trol); Mr G. I. Pickett, to be Full Court Ordinance. Acting Commissioner of Prisons during the absence of Mr C. J. Normon; Mr

L.

Blumenthal,

to be Acting Assistant Commis- soner vice Mr Pickett.

Mr

Fairbairn R.

duty

HEADING INCORRECT

Mr Winter pointed out that resumed the heading in the notice of

as Chief Building Sur-motion filed in support of the

Kun Tong Land For Auction

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Inquest On Two Men Who Died After Explosion

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An inquest on two men who died following

boiler explosion at 393, Lockhart Road, ground floor, on August 10 was held before Mr G. R. Sneath, sitting as Coroner, and a jury of two women and one man at Central Court this morning.

The deceased were Chan Lam, 35, of 624, Shanghai

SHEAFFER'S

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"

LEOPARD CUB LIZ TAYLOR AND

KILLED BY

N.T. FARMER

By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER

A villager in Sheung Young Village, just off Clear- water Bay Road, killed what is believed to be a leopard cub last night. The young animal, it was estimated, weighed about eight or ninc pounds and measured about a foot from nose to hindquarters. The tail was about as long as the body.

FIVE MORE YEARS FOR

| A PRISONER

If this cub was about two or three weeks old, then just about the time when it was born farmers in Shatin, which is many miles away in a different compass diree- tion. must have Been its father or mother.

HUSBAND LEAVE

Elizabeth Taylor, the famous Hollywood actress, accompanied by her husband, Mike Todd, left for Tokyo by PAA this morning after a short visit here. -

They were seen off by film distributors and a Inrgo gathering of their friends.

Threw Acid At Wife After Tiff

Pleading guilty to throw- Ing corrosive acid with intent at his wife, Li Wai- lam, 44, of Aplichau, was sentenced to ne months' imprisonment

Mr by Justice A. D. Scholes, at the Criminal Sesalons this morning.

Mr W. A. Binir-Kerr, «Sonlor and Clown Counsel, started that on

The villager who killed the cub la farmer Lau Kin. He Hives in Sheung Yeung Village, which is inside the closed mill- A 32-year-old prisonor,tary area in Clearwater Bay,

This Cheung Siu-kee, who is Kiu took the

morning farmer Lau of the carcass serving an 18-month term leopard cub and a portion of at Stanley Prison, was this the hindquarters of a suckling morning given an oddi- pig to town. He cald that he tional sentence of five was giving the cub away to a years plus six strokes of friend as food. He showed the

cub to the bus driver the cone by Mr Justice A. D. Scholas at the Criminal Sossions for rob bery with aggravation and receiving stolen property. Defendant pleaded guilty to robong a wUM-1), ying, of $132 and a quality of gold ornements at her house în the first floor of 18 Yin Cheong Sreet, Yaumalt, on the inoraing of September 1

Tho

passengers, telling them that the the evening of September Lo young copard had disturbed his accused had a quarrel with bla young suckling pigs last night wife over money matters.

next morning, while complain- when it was killed.

ant was still asleep, he threw The wife of n school leather

some hydrochloric acid at her. who saw the "exhiblis" display-Complaiant immediately got up ei by farmer Lau Kiu told the and put her head under the Kung China Mall that the leopard cub water tap to wash the aeld of

had fur of muddy colour, with block spots.

Outlining the case, M. W. A. Blair-Kerr, Sentor Crown Coun- sel, said defendant entered com- another plainant's house with man not in custody. Armed with

sharp instrument they put the woman in sear and, with a pair

of scissors, they pried opera drawer from where the valuables were stolen.

leave; Mr P. V. Shawe ceased that in ton was incorrect, in Two lots of Crown land in Street, first floor, and Wong Amendments burglary, or each of deportal-

veyor, P.W.D., on return from application

as Chief Building Sur-

Ings

coming under As

the

veyor, P.W.D., on resumption Originat Jurisdiction of the of duty by Mr Fairbairn; Mr Supreme Court, G. B. Thomson crosed to

011

act

ag Assistant Chief Building Surveyor

resumption of duty by Mr Shawe; Mr A. F. Evans promoted to Schlor Quantity Surveyor

ceased Inland

Mr Lim Tuck-itung .to act as Assessor,

Revenue Department, on re- sumption of duty by Mrs G. 1. Barlow.

Monsoon Signal

this heading was followed

submitted, Mr Winter

then jurisdiction should be In the Supreme Court ant nut the Full Court.

In reply, Mr Bernacchi main- tained that the Full Court, al- though the subject of another Ordinance, derived fr jurisdic- Uon from the Supreme Court and was part of 11.

Me Bernnechi said he had followed the English legal prac- The strong monsoon signal-ice. The only equivalent in the Black Ball-was hoisted at Hongkong of an English divi 10.15 am today. There will be sional court that could hear said, fresh and locally strong easterly such an application, he

Full Court sitting in winda, but the weather will be was

Original Jurisdiction. fine.

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Kun Tong will be sold by 10, 36, of 455, "N" Block, public auction on Mon. day, December 9, at 3 pm, at the Crown Lands and Surveys Once, Albert Road, the Govern ment Gazette notified to. day.

UBA by

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Kun Tong Inland Lut No. 87. about 25,000 square feet in area, is restricted to the erec- tion of a nottest factory for small manufacturers. The building covenant colls for expenditure of $750,000 in 30 months. The annual crown upset rent is $384 and the price $125,000.

Kun Tong Inland Lot No. 30, of about 4,870 square feet, is for residential purposes only.

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$233,000 in 18 months, and the annual rental $154. The upset price is $60,700.

FOUR SUSPECTS

· ARRESTED

The

four Police arrested Chinese yesterday suspected of | having committed vurious

thefts.

The first case involved. the theft of a fountain pen from a Chinese woman waiting at a bus stop outside the Ritz Theatre in Nathan Road. In the second was stolen case, some money

Canton

from

a pedestrian in Road.

Another Chinese was arrested when a man discovered that his wallet was stolen while he was

Li Cheng Uk Village.

Chan Lam died as a result of extensive scalds fracture of the skull, with intra-cranial haemorrhage and concussion, according to Dr Bernard Tai of Queen Mary Hospital.

the

The cause of death in case of Wong Ho was extensive scalds

AN EXPERIMENT

Mr Lo Tak-fuk, owner of the premises at which the explosion took place, sold in evidence Chan Lam in May approached him with a proposition to carry out experiment to extruct Aniseed oil at his premises.

Mr Lok sald he consented to the proposal and Cove Chan Lam money to purchase and install a boiler and distiller at the rear of the premises. Later [S] Chan Lam also brought the premises "lo Wong Ho lo carry out the experiment,

On the afternoon of August 10 he went for a swim and re- turned to the premises about 7 p.m. Standing in the front part of the premises, he sudden- y heard an explosion from the kitchen,

Mr W. R. J. Boxnil, of C.ID. Eastern, said the distiller, which! was in the yard of the premises, was Ufted four storeys high bý the explosion and landed on the roof top of 400 Lockhart Road.

Hearing, is continuing.

Licensing Board To Meet

The Board of Licensing

waiting for a bus in Waterlog Justices for the New Territories Rord, near Prince Edward Road, will meet in

01

the Court Room, wrist District Offico, Yuen Long, In the fourth case, * watch was stolen from a man Wednesday, December 11, sleeping on the pavement in Unnoon to consider applications for liquor licences in the district, it Chau Street at about 19.20 p.m.

was notified in the Government Gazette today.

Housing Scheme Contracts

To HK Air Navigation Regulations

The

Accused, said Mr Blair-Kerr, and nine convictions for larceny,

tion order and matching, for which he served a number of years in prison. His last sen- ience for which he wis serving was for failure to re- port while under police supervision.

Dow

Mr Justice Scholes ordered that the sentence he passed be consecutive to the accused's

Government Gazette present sentence. today announced amend- ments to the Hongkong

Air Navigation. (General) Recognition

Regulations, 1955, to bring them into line with

similar regulations exist

Ing in the United King dem,

The purpose of the amend- ments is

(a) To remove from the “A Conditions" ́under which aircraft may fly within the Colony unregistered or without a certificate of air worthiness the condi- tion confining lights by such aircraft is a limited distance from the aero- droine of departure, (b) To impose revised

quirements specifying the food and water to bo carried in diagbies forma- of the safety Ing part *quipment of publie transport aeroplanes;

REQUIRED

rt.

(e) To - specify the types of flight upon which public transport aircraft are ro- quired to carry a flight navigator. as an additiorial member of the operating

orow:

A noted

Mr Blair-Kerr sald that he was glad to say that the in- the juries were slight and that tho

marka on her face had pietely cleared up. He added, however, that there was a ce-

naturalist told China Mail this morning that he was doubtful whether the dead animal, according to description, was a leopard cub. "It is more likely a leopard, eat," he said.

Talks Going On

At Dockyard

com-

the

in amount of premeditation ou becused's part, He bought the acid, and there was lapse of time between the quarrel and the act of throwing the acld.

Emphasising the seriousness of the offence when he passed sentence, Mr Justice Scholes told that it was fortunate that

slight and. the injuries were that aocused, had no polico

Appeal For

Negotiations for a settle- cord.

ment are still proceeding between workers and H.M. Dockyard authorities this morning following the short sit-down strike called by about 400 electricians yesterday to protest

dis- against missal of some of their colleagues.

A Navy spokesman said union ropresentatives from both left and right factions saw the Civil Secretary this morning for the second time since yesterday for dis- cussions

Of Consuls Commodore's

Toys

For Blind

An appeal by the Violet Peol Eye Clinic for old toyi has boon launched for their cnnual Christmas party for blind children

on December 14,

Organised by the Govern- He did not say if any settlement Ophthalmic Service, this ment had been reached, but annual party, which has been added: "Work is now proceed-held for the last three years will entertain nearly 900 blind

the age children up

of · 21

The Queen's Exequatur em- powering Mr A. R. Dornheim to act as Consul for the United States of America at Hongkong has received Her Majesty's ing normally." signature, li was announced is today's Government Gazette,

The Queen's Exequatur em.

powering Mr Arnaldo Augusto de Toll Of The

Oliveire Selca to act 照 Honorary Vice - Consul for Spain at Hongkong has also received Her Majesty's signa- A

Lure,

Road

SUTS Chinese pedestrian knocked down and fatally in Provisional recognition has fured by a private car in Austin been accorded to Senor Miguel Road, near Nathan Rood yester Carlos Maria Augusto De Mar Uni-is Consul for Argentina.

day

A SUCCESS

The children will be drawn from various Institutions, but over half of them will come from individual homes. To make the Violet the party a success Feel Eye Clinic in Wanchai. is Baking the publie to donate toys or gifts of cash.

These

sent to the Southorn Play- Clinic at the ground, Wanchal, or the Arran Street Eye Clinic in Shamshut- bo po, or arrangements

be can

afternoon. The vletim, Sam Ho, aged 23, died in the Kowloon Hospital at about 10 o'clock lust night,

A four-year-old boy, NR he was struck by a private car up by either clinic.

can

Free Meals For Kwok-ming was injured when made to have the gifts picked

Fire Victims

•

In Chatham Road at about 4.45

p.m. yesterday. The boy was admitted to

the

Kowloon Police

As a result of the fire which Hospital in a serious condition..

A privato.car knocked down broke out last night at Un Chau and seriously injured 60-year-

Reserve Resignations

The Government Gazette toi

(d) To impose revised visual,

colour perception, and Street, Cheungshawan, a total hearing standards to be of 1,087 persons have registered old Lal Sek in Castle Peak Road,

day announced that the follow applied to applicants for as homeless, the Social Welfare near Hing Wah Street, shortly

ing have resigned their appoint the grant or renewal of Office announced this morning. after 8 o'clock Inst night, aircrew licences; and

Free meals were this inorning

The injured man was admitted ments in the Hongkong Polico

for Reserve:

To: Tsun-on, Assistant Commissioner; William Eu Keng-yuet, Patrick Yu Shuk-si and Mr Yung Kwok-yne. Assistant

(e) To take account of the distributed, and CARE blankets to the Kowloon Hospital оп

provisions of the Alr will be distributed by the treatment,

Welfare Navigation (Fifth Amend-| Shamshuipo Social ment) Order, 1857, (re- Centre this afternoon, Taiing to flying hours) by The victims, will also re- deleting (see regulation 5) | ceive used clothing donated by the requirement for * the British Red Cross Society, further medical examina- tomorrow morning, ∙tion if a total of 125 hester

New Pharmacist

The name of Mr Fan Mong- choung. 90 Kennedy Road, first floor, has been added to the list pharmacists, the Gazelto noflied

The Government Gazette to- day announced the following of registered

Government particulars of contracts awarded

A today. by the Housing Authority rospect of the housing achemo

announced May Be Struck Off

The

Government

Gazette

Registrars Of Societies The Government Garcite appointments in connection to

announced today the following"

the Societies Ordinance;

'has been exceeded. The Gazette also amendments to the Hongkong Air Navigation (Radio) Regnounced today that the name lations, 1956. The purpose is to

of Delman's of Hongkong Lid incorporate therein the amond-

will be struck off the register ments made in the UK by recent

and the

bo company will regulations, The opportunity has

three months dissolved

from been taken to correct two ininor today unions cause 1s shown to

at Cadogan Street, Kennedy Thefts From Cars typographical errore.

Town:

plumbing

TRAINING CTTE

Louvres sub-contract, to A Chinese Won arrested John D. Hutchison and Co., following the theft of windscreen $01,107.90;

sub-wipers from a lorry and a Mr. A. Storrar ban been ap-

private contract, to Lee Yu Koe, $330,-

car parked in Opolated' a member of the Stand- 336; doors sub-contract, to Shun Street yesterday afternoon Ing Committed on Technical Loo Co.. $88,839.35; metal win- Some clothing was stolen and Vocational Training, from from an unlocked private car November 13, 1057 to June 30. dows and doors sub-contract, to

And Ca, Lid, parked near the Bookumpos 1950, It was notified in the Dodwell $174,475.30.

Sports Ground yesterday.

Government Gazette today,

the contrary.

Govt Tenders

Tenders for construction of a store-and shelter at Bowen Road Pool Recreation Ground were called for in today's Government Gazette.

To be Registrar of Societies

Mr

Superintendenta,

Mr

Mr

Change Of Road Name Proposed

The Urban Council proposes The Commissioner of Police, to change the name of that part of Garden Road between the To be Assistant Registrars of societies The

roundabout and Albany · Road Director and Assistant Directors, Special 10, Rollason Road, and the name Branch, Hongkong Police Fored; of that part of Bowen! Bood bo tween thie toundabout and the and the Director and Assistant Commodore's house to Mukazine Director of Criminal Investigap Road, the Government tion, Hanging Police Force,

Gazette notined today ag

HOME GUARD

·

••• Mr Alati Westubyl Jaynes (has The Government Gazette on- beon: zyppointed.. Etainlégation nounced today, that, 2/eut W-Representative t D. White has been promoted :· Government. Lieutenant in the Home Matiti Way: Thời Royal Hongkong. Dotenca, Force. Government Gazette: