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From the Files

25

years -AGO-

DOUBLE accident occurred

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One of the largest and most impatrastve funeral proceJŠÍMS in the downtoran to be scra streria of Hongkong for some time passed along Queen's juad at on today. Practically ali trafi wu stopped for thirty vinates and thousands of people crowded the sidewalks to ale tar processton for the late Mr bluh Sin-arag. Two uniformed tntrals added colour to the ela- turate procession which is cut- tomary on such vecasions,

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DEOPLE vary in Their views of Mr Winston Churchill as problemen but nobody disputes i emmence as an after dinner spraker, Now witly he always somist When he spoke at the anna banquet of the Itoyal Suciety of the St George, he was at his best. lie spoke of the glory of England, even under Treza, rundt. and he illu- sifated nuderti cruditions" by

going what would happen to st George at his legend were "SI Fe-empted tozlay, He said Gratis no doubt, would orrive in Cuprindea, accompanied not by a forse but by a secretariat. He would be armed net with a Jane, but with sevesal flexible formules He would be wel corned by the local branch of the langue Nations Union.

He would propose a conference with the dragon- round-table conference, no doubt, that would for the Tonvenient be more dragon's tall. He would make a trade agreement with the dra- . He would lend the dragon a lot money of the Cappado- maiden's The een luxpayers.

release would be referred to Geneva, the dragon reserving El rights awhile, Finally photo- would be St George

Ja phool with the dragon. freel the maiden. It is a moving pie- fure and thoroughly up-to-date. But I doubt I we should think It worth while to engrave 1 on cur pois for 1.000 yens,"

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Chinese Sirty-four leading firms have written to the Chin- ese Chamber of Commerce pro- testing and asking for assistance against the "strike" affecting the Com- Butterfield and Swire

Fatahan, and pany's SteamC7, ine parketing of the company's godnies in Shameen, (Canton), which they state, are causing a hold-up of larue coulgaments by Hongkong frins.

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AW. Grimmite (Civil Service) entered the Fourth Round of the Colony Lawn Bowls Changjian- ahip yesterday when he elimin- ated F.C. Fincher (K 2.c.) by 21 shots to 17, after 23 ends on the Police ground.

NOVEL plan for substituting *Individual Disobedience" Bur muss Civil Disobedience is attributed to Mahatma Gandhi by reliable informant, states that the Mnhalma

who feels

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he is no lunger able to carry the country on a mass disobedience policy. The plan provides for a cholec of 100 st the most In tellectual and must religluus Congressmen to embark on campaign ualug, to their impri- sonment unus oblain world sympathy with India. The plan - has aroused opposition on the score that it is unlikely in any way to affect india's final, pro- press to pollident freedom.

"The increasing number of complaints during recent weeks regarding the noise emanating from the cabarets of the Colony, toas one of the principal factors leading to the oficial warning from the poller inued to cabares owners, last night, advising them to close at midnight," said the Inspector General of Police, the Hon, Mr END.C.. Wolfe.

He intimated that the new TC- qulations for control of the cabarets would come into foren action shortly, but that some

pending new legislations, had be come neotsaGTS).

JARDINE'S

MANAGER

CHINA MAIL

FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1958.

SHEAFFER'S

Skrip

VISIT TO ALLEGED SCENE OF CRIME PROPOSED AT TRIAL

LEAVES JURY TO GO TO LYEMUN PASS

Mr H. D. M. Barton, Manag-

ing Director of Jardino, Matheson and Company Limited, and Chairman of Hongkong Airways, left the Colony for London this morning by BOAC on homo leave.

He will be returning lu the Colony in mid-November.

As a result of his departure ; a vachney on the Legislative

Cornch occur.

Mr Barton's appointment as #h unofficial member of the Council from June 30, 1058 to June 30, 1900,

Gazetted today.

Was

Unofficial J's were asked this morning's Government Gazelle to submit nominations of one or more of their number to be considered for provisionai appointment.

Further Evidence In

Murder Hearing

The Jury trying a senior harbour pilot charged with the murder of another pilot will visit the scone of the allegad crime in the waters near Lyemun Pass on Monday morning. A Police launch will take the Jury of two men and five woinen to the approximate spot where Cheung Yue-wing, 52, is accused of attack- ing Chan Yuen, 34, with an axe on board a launch and leaving him in the sea to drown.

GAPING HOLES IN TJIBANTJET

The top photo shows the condition of the port side under-water hull of the Dutch freighter Tjibant. jet, which was cast up onto the rocks under Devil's Peak, near Lyemun Pass, during a typhoon nine months ago.

The ship is now lying in a dry-dock al Kowloon Docks, where it is being No decision inspected.

regarding repairs of the ship has been made by the owners, Royal Interocean Lines, yet.

The bottom photo shows the

extent of damage to the bow of the ship.-China Mail Photo.

Tho

Dissolved

Government Gazelle Today notified Mat the names of the following com- panies have been struck off the register and the companies dis- Solved: Emm. Yaunoulatos (Far Eat Lid. Hongkong Plastle Products, Lid., and The Four Seis Associated Traders, Lid.

The Government Gazelle today petlited that the following premises have been excluded from the further application of the Landlord ani Tenant Ordinance, subject to the stated conditions: Nus, 102 and 184, Nos. 4275 Nanchang Street.

431 Reclamation Street. Nos. 10 and 18, Tang Lung

and

Street.

This Funny World

"Wall' he gets it open.

That window's been stuck for five years."

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R. H. K. D. F.

Commandant

Lieutenant-Colonel M. T. N. Jeuninge'is to art as Commandant, Royal Hongkong De fence Force, during the absence of Brigadier L. T. Ride, it was noti fled in the Government Gazelle today.

French Film Of Chinese Reservoir

The

The incident was said to have aken place on March 7 this year,

The visit was suggested by Mr D, F, 0. Mayne, Crown Counsel, at the outsel of this morning's hearing of the trial before Mr Justice A. D. Scholes at the Criminal Sestiona.

No Objection

The foreman of the Jury said, In answer to a question by Is Lordship, that they had no ob- Jection to going along.

Mr Mayne Enid the Polle lunch would be at the disposal of the Court for the purpose of the visit,

Mr Leslie Wright and Mr Oswald Cheung are defending

the pilot, Instructed by F. Zim- mem and Co.

Ip Ping coxswain of the Jaunch in which the inelden! took place, was cross-examined this morning. Ip had teallfed yesterday that as the launch was approaching a liner near Cheung Lyumun Pass, he saw

sirlie Chan three times with

an axe.

lp cald also that, he heard Cheung accuse Chan of leaving him without notice after he had "spent several thousand dollars on Chan's apprentice- ship.

In The 'Sea Replying to questions by Mr Wright, Ip said that shortly

the alter he saw

attack, he climbed up onle the awning roof of the Launch.

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Thereafter he could not properly what was

going on below. The only lights on board then were the navigation light on the mast, the red and white pilot's light just below the mosi, ond the red and green lights on

ther side of the launch,

There wes na light in the wheelhouse or on the deck, witness suld.

Ip said that, shortly after, he looked down from the awning and saw sumebody in the sea. He had not heard the sound of anyone falling overboard before then.

He saw Cheung standing at the stern of the launch holding a long pole, used for berthing the launch. Part of the pole was pointed over the side of the boat. The person in the sea was about 20 feet away.

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Chasing

Ip agreed that he might have been up on the awning for about Ove minutes before he looked over and saw the person in the

sca

While sitting up there, he

This is a photograph of the Marble Boat near the Summer Palace in Peking from which the design for the new floating restaurant has been taken. The boat was built by the Empress Dowager of the Ching Dynasty. This was where the Empress Dowager retired with her court during the summer months.

Replica Of Peking's Famous

Marble Boat Will Feed

Tourists In Aberdeen

By Andrew

Sloan

The finishing touches are now being made to a modern new

floating restaurant at Aberdeen..

The exterior design has been taken from the famous Marble

Boat in the Summer Palace in Peking.

The kitchen is fitted with modern equipment, but the designers decided to

retain the old Chinese method of cooking with coals.

It will be known as the "Sea Palace" and. will bring up the mumber of floating restauran's in Aberdeen to three. The others are the Yu Laf Tal, which is about six years old, and the Tul Pak, wich has been in Aberdeen for four years.

The Sea Palace which was recently, complete and towed over to Aberdeen by two tugs is much larger than the other two, and was designed to cater mainly for the tourists. Aber- deen has long been a high spot trip's around the in tourist Colony.

Thriving Business

sald, he had heard the sound of For number of years now, } somcane chasing somebody else the two present floating restaur-j below on deck." He agreed this ants have been doing a thriving sound lusted only for a short business during the tourist

ume.

senson.

fle was up on the awning But complaints have beco when he heard Chan Yuen call made about hygiente conditions out to him to steer the launch on these boats. Lo shore and sound the whistle for help.

Hearing is proceeding.

Shek Pik Reservoir

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must be bulli-is such as to make of a conventional construction

pe dem either extremely costly

perhaps even impossible.

Ars! Inedium length documentary fils dealing with the giant Ming reservoir project near Futting, now nearing cam- pletion to Lo shot by Western cameramen, has Just

bren that firm, elbed and will be shown in

Louis Malle tol

day,

Int

It was with this thought up-i permost that the designer cet about producing a clean, com- fortable floating restaurant but retaining the attractions for which the restaurants are famous.

The idea was conceived nearly'

Но Вил- a year ago by a Me cheung, who used to work on one of the original floating re- staurants which were got up in. Aberdeen shortly after the war.

Shareholders

The financial outlay necessary

n Htt It is because of these factors for this venture was

engineers of a British beyond one man and his idea, (Soli Mechanics Ltd.) so he approached Mr Au Lum

far the Gloucester association with caterer Paris next October, French working cameramen Pierre Gueguen and the French firm of Soletanche Hotel, a man with over 40 years"

have been carrying out experl-experience of hotels. Arence

After persuading enough France-Presse in Hongkong 10-ments at Shek Pik on a recent-

ly developed method, of con- shareholders to back the pro- who struction to provide a water-Ject Mr Ho raised $750,000 and Mialle. Gueguen ard

dam went ahead will the plans, have just relarned from a stight cut-off on which a

Can be bui

The restaurant is an all-steet week visit to China, have been The method (known technically construction and was built in working under the direction of veteran French journalist and grouting) consists et pump- Hongkong. Mr Au Lum has the organising lecturer Madame Loulee Weiss. ing under hydraulle pressure a completed al

at the mixture of cement, liquid clay arrangements En regards staff. They spent 12 days

inla the genorul disposition of. the Reservoir, ming the activities and sodium alliente of the 100,000" workETS now cracks and Bures of the soll. Klichen and tables, and all the

other It is upon the successful con. working on the giant reservoir which Is iceated close to the struction of a test length of needed rounding off.

* There are two Boore with a annmour Ming Tombs about 30 grout curtail that the Conquit.

from Feklag-France-Ing Engineers preliminary row total of 30 tables on the 100 x

(Continued on Page 8, Col. 3) port is based, Presse.

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

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