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ADMIRAL SNORKEL PEN

Hunghom Murder: $5,000 Reward

Police Offer For Information Leading To Arrest

The Police are offering $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the murder of a worker in Hunghom on Sunday morn- ing.

*This Wan announceri bay The men wer questioned by Government this morning.

Be Police who were not satis- Chau Lam, 42, formerly end with the answers they re-

Hang loyed at the Tai

Tun veived. Government School, was stab- hed to death at 8.30 a.m. by an fratrusier in dartr hope at No, 1 Ngm Hong Street, seventh floor,

Escape

Chau und bis 32-year-old wife Lam Lai-ping were asleep when

the Intruder broke into their ruum. Mrs Lam west tre vestigate when she heard A hose tard was attacked

Desgate her injuries Nhe escaped to the street and called the Police who lider found her Bu and dying frren stab wound in the chest.

serious

A blood-stained triangular le was later found on the rear stalrease of the building.

Police venuations fole murder are continuing.

Two Arrests

were

Tuy

detained and smurched, The Police found a Jummy and two skeleton keys on jime of them. They were then taken for further questioning.

The tw men appeared be- fove Me T. . Yang at Kow-

con

'FIERY CROSS

IN THE SKY

objects

if

The "mysterious loon Court this morning picad- the night sky are here again,

guilty to charges of sporaes to commit t offence

This morning a 13-year-old punishable by law and posses= | boy phoned the China Man sion of an instrument -for an saying he had been watching the sky, when at about 10.30 unlawful purpose.

pan, he saw a "golden-coloured trail" headed by "something that appeared to be in the shape of a cross-which could have by the glass of been distorted the window I was looking though."

Gaol Terms

The Art defendant, Tse Sang, 49, was charged with conspiracy wild possession of an instrument het for an unlawful purpose. He pleaded gulity to both and was Bent to prison for 18 months on the

charge Ital

and Irec

He said the object, which he saw from Leighton Hill, Happy Wide the Police were making i mohu on the securi,

Volley, was only visible for engan three malarver, s The second defendant, 11three or four seconds before it behind angiber came

suspicious Yau, 12, pleaded guilty to the disappet.red the viny at conspiracy charge atel

was building. 11 WIS moving al 20 months' was revealed hentenced in

hard "quite à considerable rate, in a

westerly direction," he said.

INCLUSA fw

eimaraners

the r, 1 m-traint.

fubour.

Off to the International Boys' Comp at Junk Bay. Our photographer catches this group of smiling faces as their launch leaves the Kowloon Pier. China Mull Photo,

This has never

happened before.

Ship'n Shore Blouses:-

White Shirtwaists

from $

500

Coloured Blouses

from

$1000

everything else reduced on

at

par with the above examples

Paquerette Sale

165 Des Voeux Road.

of course!

No Telephone Enquiries please!

A/B Curit Hepburn (left) and P/O Archie MacGilchrist, toast cach other on the success of their adventure.-China Mait Photo,

4 Sailors Plan Overland Trip

From Singapore To London

by Andrew Slorn

China Mail Reporter

XPEDITION Jack" an 18,000-mile ove land expedition

"Ein a Land Rover planned by four Naval ratings of the

frigate, H.M.S. Mounts Bay based in Hongkong, is now entering the final stages.

When their ship pays off in Singapore in late November they will head nurth through the Malayan jungles on the first stage of their journey. for London.

The adventurous Naval quar- tion about roads, country and tei consists of A/B Cyril Hep-weather of Burma and India, burn, 20, better known

first hand. 25 'Sklris" because of his thriving

red beard, from Lancashire, "it is all very well reading Fay Officer Archle MacGilchrist, up from books, which we have 26, one of the last of the Mac-Liten dute band for few nonths, first-band informa- tion is a much greater help. We hope there is somebody here whe can get us out of this spol."

Gilchrist Clan, from Edinburgh, A/B Bob Salisbury, 23, from Salisbury, a regular with eight

with yours service

the Navy, and lost, A/B Bernard Bowens, 19, the youngest member from Lancashire, who has only been in the Navy some 18 months, Mounts Buy being his first ship. Cricket Tour

Six months ago the Mount, Day went on a cricket tour of Malaya, and during a stay in Kuala Lumpur in March, Mac- Gilchrist and Hepburn with

rome of their mates deelded to hire a car and drive to Penant, 185 away. This whelled their adventurous appetite for further travel.

They went back to the ship with the decision firmly planted In thair minds We WILL travel from Singapore overland to London,

There followed months of de- tailed planning, and a few set- backs. The first of these was the breaking up of the team, Origin

ally they had planned for three, Including an officer:

Unfortunately the officer was posted just when the plans were getting into full swing. He was

C-in-C's Letter

-

petrol, oil and servicing. £00 for food, and the remainder on miscellaneous Rems.

American Students On Goodwill

Visit To HK

From the Files

25

years

AGO.

UNDREDS ut prominent

H eitizens from Hongkong

und

Kowloon attended the opening of lu Colony's new Brewery al Shum Treng Bay, Cautie Peak Road, yesterday. Mrs Borrett, wife of the

Five High School junior General Onlcer Commanding students from America, on | Major-General Q.C. Borrell, a world tour to promote formally opened the doors of goodwill and friendship the building with a silver key

PAA arrived by

from speech, toasted the success of Bongkok for a five-day the new venture, stay.

The students are, Stanley Schwartz, Lois Zamělsky, Susan Yankowitz, Barbara Washington

| and Joyce Langford,

and her husband in a witty

A fleet of 190 cars enabled Journey to the brewery in mid- the guests to make the 12-mile

afternoon and bore them back to town when the inspection the!

of the plant and the sampling the i

of the brew had been well and the

arly made,

They were the winners of an essay contest sponsored by New York Chapter American Association for United Nations

of

The four escort is Mr Herbert Tale.

their stay In the course of here they will mect loyal The students for conferences. impressions of the places they so far, according to Stanley Schwartz, was that youths all over the world have the same way of life,

have visited

The essay competition con- sisted of writing a letter stating the United Nations contribution to world peace.

Girl Knocked

Down

A six-year-old girl was in Jured early yesterday evening When she was knocked down by

a lorry outside Tennschy otel, Wanebat.

The girl, Tang Mei-yung of No. 5 Tonnochy Road, rooftop, was taken to Quten Mary Ilus- pital for treatment.

Ar Stanley H.

Dodwell, Chairman and Mr J. EL. Rutonjee, Managing Director, addressed the company in the huge matshed decorated with bunting and hung with Aags, and the former in recolling the old song "Come Where the Booze Is Cheaper" pointed out that the price of their beer wus Just over halt the price of the imported product.

The

estate of the late Mr John Swire of Messrs John Swiregand Sons Ltd, Far East- ern Merchants, has been proved at 201,520 prots ( £248,345 net personally.)

Quick Answers At article on the founding of

Loke Yew Hall

The world farol S

[WOMMENTING a leading

the Hongkong Brewery, a SCM Post leader sys; "We have argued before that the Colony Indian will

be economically more mental arithmetic expert, Miss secure if it develops its back- Shakuntala Devi, will give yard. That means that, while demonstration of her lightning the harbour is of primary im calculations at the Loke Yew portance, to create, a Hall, University of Hongkong, community of interest with next Tuesday at 9 p.m.

Al journey's end, Hepburn is planning to write a book on the trip called "Expedition Jack". Prolographs will be taken by Snatchers Active frontler, MarGilchrist en route,

Yesterday I asket them what led them to undertake this trip,

"Skirts" replied that he had been savaiturous and always | held a taste for the unknown.

On the other hand, the "we Scotsman" MacGilchrist, suid, When the Captain of the "I've always looked cu some- Mounts Bay, Commander J. W. thing like this as any adventure, Powell, DS.C; RN., saw how and I'm always one for adven- seriously they were going about } ture. Once we had started ca

planning he went this thing we made up the job of out of his way to help them. minds lo nhead with it as Acting us spokesmen for the far as was humanly possible." expedition. Hepburn and Mac- We will set out to prove too, Gilchrist said, "Commander that a sailor is capable of de- Powell hus helped us in the parting from the sea."

formull- "One thing is certain," they detailed planning and tes. He has guided us through agreed. We will get there it the miany service channels we have to make our own roads and has been very and push the Rover over a speedily,

mountain."*

considerate all the way.

Oficial sanction for the trip came from none other than Ad- miral Sir Gerald Gladstone, Commander in Chief Far East Station. In a letter to the team he said they were to be highly commended for their efforts to go ahead with this trip. He also said that he awaited with keen interest the outcome.

Sir Gerald granted them in Cefinite leave for the Grip saying

a good man, and had plenty of that they should report to base valuable contacts, and so we do- as soon as they arrive in Eng- cided we would have to replace (land.

him with two men," said "Mac- Gilchrist,

The decision was made, and Bowena and Sainsbury made up the foursome.

Novelist

In 41 Days?

Dodging Iraq

our

The tute which had been very carefully prepares, was changed the last minute due

to the Middle East troublu.

The original route took them through Iraq, and Syria Into Turkey from Persia. But now this has been changed so they will enter Persia from West Pakistan, head North-West and cross the Turko-Persian border. The only trouble with this is that there is a stretch of their route through Persia now, in which there is no road marked

They ore undertaking the on the map. adventure" in their oficial

Between Mianch and Tabriz Navy leave of 41 days. If the they are taking a chance on the Journey lasts any longer they Rover-and their Cyril Hepburn, a novelist in will be on unpaid leave, and bined muscular efforis-getting Clvvy Street, will take care of this will have to be made up them across,

com-

all the necessary correspondence during the rest of their time in Yugoslavia is posing another)

and visu formalities.

In other problem a diplomatie cno. He contacted the Automobile the Royal Navy. Association and the Royal Auto-words they have sacrificed a big This will only be solved when Teach Calcutta, where mobile Club and they provided slice of their leave in the coming they

there is,a Yugoslavian Embassy. an Unerary from Calcutta

to years, London

entry, it The cost of the whole trip It they are refused detailed mop with

has been worked out at £800, means going through Greece, and routes all the way. A further

between the four men, and it is across to Italy by boat. series of maps is on the way out from Britain now

all being paid out their own for the

Signposts carlier stages of the proposed money. In addition they have

a "float" of £300 for emer-

Journey through Thailand. gency. Half of this immediately Then Western Europe unfolds

Burma and Assam.

maps

years

old

and

before them, and they expect Hittle cliculty there.

Burma is posinga problem. 80s for payment for the Land There are few detatied route Rover, a 1034, long-wheelbase

In fact, after passing through available. The only hardtop model.

and Germany, and through road available is 14 A holding deposit has already Austria

haye practically been made on the vehicle which touching Belgium, they

made A detailed route unused!!

will take them over 18,000 miles not Hepburn and Macollchrist of roads and tracks through through France with tongues- ask: Is there anybody in

It is ut in-cheek they say "We will Asia and Europe. Hongkong who can help them. | prevent garages in Singapore.

follow the signposts to Calals," Can anyone give them informa- £200 has been alloited for

(COPYRIGHT),

XXX

closer

China we should establish in- dustrial "celts" along the that these сап multiply into China, promote the Three men have been arrested growth of other cells and even- by the Police following the unity make South China and snatching of fountain pens from Hongkong eccnonically

dig two Chinese and a European tinguishable, as well as attrael- in Queen's Road Fast, Con- ing China's industries, whose naught Road Central and Des products, would and to the traffic Voeux Roud Central yesterday. of the port."

STOP PRESS

London, Aug, 12. Robin Douglas-Home, the Jazzulaye planist whinae romance with Princess Margaretha of Sweden end. ed last month has told the Hotel Negresco at Nice that be cannat play the piano for them because of health

reasons—AFT.

Realdents in outlying districts will welcome the announce- ment appearing clacwhere in this isnie, that Messrs Lane, | Crawford, Ltd, have instituted a special express service for the purpose of making carly morn- Ang deliveries. The districts served are Shek-O, Stanicy, Re-. pulse Bay, Shouson Hill Road, Derpwater Bay and Pokfulam,

This Funny World

고

JJETÓRY ASHROPS

"Henson, what's this I hear about you working

for the firm next door during our coffee break?"

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