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SHEAFFER'S

ADMIRAL SNORKELPE

ACCUSED ALLEGEDLY PROMISED Alleged Robbery Of First HK

MONEY TO CONFESS CRIMES

Police Sergeant Showed Me Four $100 Notes" ROBBERY TRIAL CONTINUES

One of five mon on trial for robbery and possession of arms alleged in Court this morning that he was induced to confess to the crimes with the promise of "a few hundred dollars." Tang Hung, 38, farmer, the first accused in the case went on to say that

the money was for the support of his family.

TRIAL BUS

RUN ON

-LANTAO-

the

China Mail Reporter There will soon be a bus ser

the vice catering for villagers living on five-mile new roud opened about two years ago on Lantao Island.

•

Two days ago, a barge took

The Crown alleges that a growery shop in Ping Shan, New Territories, was robbed and a sum of $130 taken from the owner, Au Ying-sum.

On trial with Tang are Lau Kum-cheun, 33, seantter, Leung Yee-bing, 35, hawker, Chan Yu-fu, 32, un- employed, and Lee Sun-kau, 22, farmer.

The drst and 4th accused are Ite said that outside the hu alleged to have committed an on a rooftop where second ac- urmed robbery Io Mong Chengcused lived, he found a basket Village, Ping Shan, New Terri- containing two dengers. tries, and to have robbed Au Ying-sum of $130 on February 15. They are also alleged to have

Their possession. revolver and 11 rounds of am

munition, on March 1f.

The first four accused are alleged to have in their posses- on another revolver without a licence on March 10 and the second reetset is alleged to have had two daggers,

The trial is before Mr Justice Mr W. A. Blair-Kerr, Sculor mine Bay, the popular sea- Crown Courel prosecuted, side resort which is a asisted by ASP Chan Cheong- terminal of the new road, chuen.

a small bus out to Silver-J. R. Gregg.

A trial run will be conducted

sometime today and if

favourable, a bus service

that is larger than Hong- kong.

Denied

He was

Wilness said he was present with ASP Chan when the Brat and third accused were arrest-

c

П

Found Gun

He said that Brst accused made staternent to him admitting posession of two guns. He said Tang (el necured) took him to his home and poluted to a bam- hoo matting in a cocktoit. When the matting was unrolled, witness said he found a gun Inside,

First accused In cross- examination of the witness dented he wrote the statement.

First accused: You induced me

to admit to the rubbery with the promise of a 1tw hundred dollars.

Witness: No such thing. You showed me tour $100 Then you naked

banknotes.

PRESIDENT HAYES LIMPS INTO PORT

UNDER OWN POWER

THE

HE President Hayes, aground on rocks off the Paracels for over a week, arrived here about noon

today.

The vessel made the 400-mile journey on her own steam, accompanied by tugs that had been dispatched to the scene to tow her off.

On arrival, the vessel anchored at Kowloon Bay, where the 12 round-the-world passengers were dis- charged. They were sent to the Astor Hotel in Kow- loon, where they will be accommodated until a survey of the Hayes has been minde or other arrangements are made for their homeward journey.

The ship's owners, the American President Lines, Ltd., are hopeful that the 9,277-ton vessel will be able to resume her voyage, already delayed for over a week, after necessary repairs have been completed.

The President Hayes went aground on Tuesday, May 13, and was refloated yesterday after repeated attempla.

IDENTIFICATION OF HANDWRITING

IN OPIUM TRIAL

Further evidence on handwriting identification was given this morning at the trial of Mohindra Verma, 30, and Pui Sai-hung, 35, charged with possession and conspiracy to deal in opium.

The case is before Judge H. H. B. How at the Vic-

toria District Court.

me to admit to all the crimes in Verma and Pui are alleged to have conspired to gether to deal in opium between October last

Tang in evidence suid that will soon be inaugurated when he was arrested by the on this undeveloped island Police he was accused of rob.

He denied it. bery. then brought to a police station where, he alleged, he was as suulted. There he was accused (connection with this case, pro- The Manager of the Kowloon of possession of a gun,

mising me I would get oft very Motor Bus (1933) Co., [ First accused declared he was lightly. As was illiterate and The following day he a country bumpkin I admitted. Ltd, Mr W. S. T. Louey, innocent.

his home where-No such thing. went to Lantao to watch was taken to

after a search a gun was found the trial run.

in a bamboo matting.

Underwriting Firm Head Leaves

The Hon. E. V. Rhys, Chairman of Willie, Faber and Dumas, one of

the

He was told not to be afraid of confessing. He told the Police he was illiterate and that hel would confess to anything.

Tang alleged he was induced to confess with the promise of & few hundred dollars for the support of his family.

'Framed'

He told the Court, in answer work's to His Lordship, that he did gun hap- best underwriting firma, left not know how the the Colony today by Hongkong paed to be wrapped up in the

matting. "I don't know Airways Viscount for Tokyu.

her I was frumed by soracone or not," he said.

He and Mrs Rhys spent five days in Hongkong

course of a world tour,

the

It was stated that Mr Rhys has been "mainly resting" in Hongkong.

Mr Rhys actived in Hens Kong Du May 15 from Singa- After his visit to Japan. pore. Mr and Mrs thys will ty to Canada.

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No Reluctance

year and February this year, and to have

possessed 1,076 pounds of opium on Feb- ruary 22,

Mr John McNeill, Q.C., and Mr V. L. J. D'Alton, instructed by P. L. Lam and Co., is dos fending Verma. Mr Richard

Pul, in Winter is defending

handwriting, although he did? not actually see him signing that particular document,

The lost witness for the Fro-

Chan sald he sometimes saw secution, Mr S. F. Lam, or in-

Verma make movements with terpreter attached to CID Pallee

his hand as it signing some- HQ. Kowloon, said on instruc-structed by Hastings and Co.

Mr D. B. Greenfeld and Mething. He sometimes despatca- | tons of ASP Chan he formally charged the Bve accused with D. G. Willis, Crown Counsel, ed letters that had been signed

thu crimes possession of arms.

robbery

and

He declared there was no re- luctance on the part of the oc- cused about signing the state- ments,

In their objections to the ad- whe-mission of the statements third

and fourth

His Lordship asked whether, being literate, there was any reason why he should confess to a serious crime.

Tang sald: "In fact I was

Earlier

are prosecuting, assisted by by Verma. At other times, he Delcruve Sub-Inspector G. J. saw the letters after Verma had Riddell, of the Narcotics Bureau, signed them.

Four Cables

Mr J. Ꮢ . Leonard, traffte

Were Signed

agent of Cable and Wireless

Witness sald that after Jet- Ltd, said in evidence that on April 23 he handed to Detective by Verma, the latter would put ters and documents were signed Sub-Inspector Chu Chan-an them either on a tray pending tor cables extructed from the their despatch by the mesenger, company's record,

Mr Leonard produced

or he would put the letters on the his (Chan's) desk. cables in Court. The cables:

accused suld they made them under duress,

Second accused alleged he was forced to make it, and fifth accused alleged the statement

On these ocrualons when the was suggested to film by ASP were received by the company's letters were

put on his desk, counter on November 13, loat Chan went on, he would look at Chan.

objec-2, and January 6, 9 and 19 them to see if they were signed

this year, and were despatched by Verma. on those same dates.

Ignorant, I knew nothing." First accused raised no

Detective Sergeant|tion. Nam Kwong testified to the Hearing is continuing, arrest of the first, second and third accused.

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Mr Chan Kwok-keung,

Witness could not tell how typist of the rm of Associated many times he had seen Verma's Enterprises, of which Verma signatures on letters.

was the proprietor, testified that

Bo

was according to his own pattern. He added that he did not remember actually typing that document.

The trial is continuing.

about 11 am, on February 22, Handed another document, someone caine to the office. Th Chon said it appeared to have man was tall and big and spoke been typed by himself, because with a Chiu Chow accent.

Before that time, Chan said, i he had seen this man at the

office twice or three times.

Witness stated that (wliness) was arrested on the hight of Feburary 22 and taken to Western Pulice Station. Ho again saw the man who had come to the office while at the Station, on February 24.

The Goods

second

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feature of many shops Chan identified the which have Bet up accused *B the man business in the new Cen. mentioned. tral Building in Pedder February 22 in the Associated Referring to the events on Street.

Enterprises office, witness said The firm of Parisette has just he saw Pui tolking to Verma. completed its removal from the He did not hear much of what Hongkong Hotel Building,

was sald, but he heard Pul ask

?

Arrested

Two men are being detained by the Police following the theft of two hubcaps from a private car parked in Boat Street and the Inreeny of a jacket and a sum of money

frem

lorry parked in Po Hing Fong yester day.

Street Thefts

A wrist watch was matched

Five Woman: Men On Trial

A cautioned statement allegedly made by Tang Chan-siu, charged with four other men for robbery with aggravation, was read-out at the Criminal sessions this morning before Mr Justice A. D. Scholes and a Jury of three men and four women.

:

On trial with Tang are Siu Sze, 33, Luk Siu-on, 22, Lau Fun, 34, and Tang Kwok-ching, 31, all unemployed.

Siu, Luk and Lau are charged with robbing a woman, Hung Sau-lau, at 562A Nathan Road, first floor, of $1,000, US$30, three wrist watches, four gold chains, eight gold finger rings, two fountain pens, two gold pendants and four gold bracelets on February 9.

Tong Kwok-ching and Tangihe interviewed Tang Chan-siu on Chan-siu are charged with being February 11 at 7p.m. and ask- neccssories before the fuet, ed him to outline briefly his

own family background.

Mr Desmond Mayne, Crown Counsel, is prosretting.

Mr G. A. de Baston, instructed by Mr F. H. B. Wong, of C. Y. Kwan and Co., is representing Tang Chan-slu. The other accused Arc not legally représented.

Partnership taken by Detective Constable

The cautioned statement was

Fuk-lung, of the Yaumail Police Station. It stated, among other that Chan-sla was

living of his father's remit

from the U.S.A.

In 1935 Tang Chan-siu entered inlo #1 partnership with his brother-in-law in a business, trading as the Mee Mee Shop, and each put up $10,000 s capital, the statement said.

Yip added that Tang did not object to making his statement and was co-operative,

Hearing is proceeding.

No Damage

Games

Group In -Tokyo-

Tho

Tokyo, May 20.

first contingent of Hongkong's team to the Asian Gamos arrived høre last night by air and wore quickly settled into their respectiva Olymple vil- lages.

Mr A. de O. Sales, Chairman of the Hongkong Amateur Sporta Federation and Olympic Committee sald it was a relief to see hia team looking so fit.

Mr Sales sald he fancied Hong- kong's chances in the swim- ming and water polo events.

Nicely Balanced

On paper the tiny Island ap- pears to have A nienly balanced team-a fow tried and true veterans to provide

necessary

To Recovered the way backbone to the

Nose Cone Of

Tang ronted premises in Nathan Road in December, 1957, Thó rent of $00. They moved out in with his cousin at a monthly February 1956. Tang then stayed at his friend's residence.

The statement sald Toog

Chan-slu was with his friends in a hotel on February 9, the day of the alleged robbery.

Earlier, Det Constable Tip cross-examined by Mr Basto on the time when the Yip said

WAS

statement was taken.

Britain & U.S. To Intervene

In The Lebanon?

Jupiter-C

athletes.

of tonight's

Matt's serivale paid

Asian opponents, and then went to bed. Today

San Juan, May 19. recovered nose cone of a Jupiter rockot fired from

early Capo Canaveral, yostorday "apparently suf-M: fored no damage to its electronic sensing instru- ments" and will be ro- turned_to_the_ Army' Minile Contro at Hunts- ville, Alabama, tomorrow, announced here

was

it

today.

of

Lieutenant-Colonel John War-

FIU. den

Chief

the Electronic Branch of the Hunts- ville Missile Ballistie Cesire's Ofice, sald "Inter- Signal service co-operation” enabled the nose cone to be recovered only a few hours after it was fired very early

Sunday morning."

He

team

the Hongkong managers have booked one of the many stadiums scattered around Tokyo to put their track and field team through ila pacca.

Last Moment

Sales sold the Hongkong team had been kept at home until the last possible mo-

ment.

By doing co- Mr Salon sald, the team would be spared all the excitement and stroas caused by an ar trip to o strange country. He said the Hongkong team will follow rigorous tralaing schedule and should take the feld in tip top condition-- Router.

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Knocked Down

A man was knocked down by fram outside 09 Des Voeux tuld a press conference Road West at about

4.30 p.m. here that the cone plunged into rusterday. The pedestrian, Chan the Atlantic Ocean "a few Mok-shing of 17 Sal Yuen Lane, hundred miles north of San ground floor, was admitted to Juan."

Queen Mary Hospital for treat- ment,

The

to

Man Detained

London, May 19. Answers given by Mr Solwyn

successful recovery of Lloyd, Foreign Secretary, the cone means that "we now In the House of Commons have tested a full-sized Jupiter

missilo and today arouse speculation ballistic

have available the necessary engineer- among diplomatic obser- vars whether Britain and added..

ing data for its fabrication," F

A man was

arrested by the the United States were

Police early this morning Noting that this was the first following the theft of a sewing planning military inter-Jupiter launched this year, Fill machine head and a bed sheet vontion in the Lebanon. Bald "very effective communica- from 186 " Block Shek Kip Mr Lloyd was asked by Lions"

Π Labour member to make

enabled Army missile Mel Resettlement Area between It men

the know

rocket's 10m, and 3. a.m, today: The quite clear that the Western trajectory at all times.-United stolen articles are valued

had no intention Press. governments

about $130, of Intervening militarily,

Mr Lloyd, it

noted, refused to do so. Instead he replied that the situation was uncertain and obscure, adding "but no action will be taken contrary to the oltarter the United Nations)

or the established rule

of Inter- national law," Probing by Labour members elicited the Information

WES

SIDE GLANCES

(of

from

Mr Lloyd that he was under the "impression" that British naval units in the Eastern Mediter- ranean were acting indepen dently of Nato.

PARATROOPS

Judging from the tone of Mr Lloyd's remortis, the British government appeared to be- lleve that the Lebanese goy- emment was enough in control of the situation for intervention to be unnecessary at present.

Observers noted, nevertheless, reports of other military pro- cautions being taken, in ad- dition to the presence of British ships in the Eastern Mediter

rancan.

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Mrr Helly Wood, proprietress, Verma whether "the goods had has chosen an all-white decor, arrived." First accused handed including white Abre-glass cură

Australian sailor in Put some samples which looked an

Lockhart Itoad at about 1.50 tains, and ntings jewel-tone like fountain pens,

A parachute battalion today. Another wrist contrasts.

Pul left the office after tell

alated to have been placed in There is the clover idea ofing Verma that he would be watch and a pair of spectacles readiness in Britain, with four stolen from a European battalions of troops standing trays, shelf Insels and boxes back a little past 12 noon. But werO covered in velvet in shades of he returned at about 3 p.m., and lad near Duchan Court, Kow-by in Cyprus. Am airfield. is ruby red, topaz, sapphire blue, apoke to the office boy in Chiu ovn Tong yesterday, amethyst, chartreuse, emerald, Chow dialect. At the timo agate, jet and ivory.

In the right-hand

wore

there

some Revenue

window officers present.

Gold Theft

reported to be being prepared for use in Cyprus,

Observarsmid that, if the United States and Britain took ection, they would do so in the face of a Bovlet warning issued

Western Intervention

By Galbraith

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OFF.

and furthermore you're illegally parkadi”

a very elegant two-piece in Shown some documents, Chon leopard spotted helanca nylon said he typed them on Verma's on'a reclining model attracted Instructions. Z

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