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$5,000 REWARD OFFER BY POLICE Sequel To Yesterday's Triple Murder

by a China Mail Reporter

A reward of $5,000, was offered by the Hongkong Police this morning for information loading to the arrest of the three armod robbers responsible for the triple murder at 10 Kai Chiu Road, Eastern District, yesterday afternoon.

Police investigations have но

fu proved fruitless.

A Government Public Rela hons Office spokesman told the China Mall this morning that a 70-year-old woman and a 47-1 year-old man, also injured dur- ing the rubbery, were ston the danger list.

STABBED TO DEATH

The two women and young

boy who were stabbed to death

in their bone were Tam Ha

47, Yu Wan 20, and

Cheung, 14 years.

Peler

[: appears, from Police re-

Four Injured In Traffic

Mishaps

Two boys, a girl and an ol

woman were injured in replante

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1958.

FORMER HK RESIDENT

DIES

Nown of the death in Sydney yesterday of Mr 5. A. Soth, a former Hongkong rest- dant, was received this morning,

The late Mr Selh, brother of Mrs T. M. Gregory and Mr J. 11. Seth, retired from the well-known Shanghai accoun- tancy firm of Seth, Mansell and Mclure in 1925. He resided in Sydney, where his wife lied In 1909.

Ha was in Hongkong when The Second World War broke out, and was interned by the J: panese in Stanley Camp.

The late Mr Seth, who woul!! have been 70 in a week's time, passed away after a short ers

GROCERY STORE

PROPRIETRESS'

$50,000 DEMAND

ports, that three men forced traffic accidents in Hongkong A proprietress of a grocery store asked for

their way into the apartment a Kowloon yesterday,

They

are all receiving mestment i.1

at about 2 p.m. yesterday. The victims apparently resisted hospital. the robbers und were viciously stabbed by the men who were armed with scissor blades."

The apartment was then ranicked. Property stolen-in cush, cheques and valuables- totalled over $8,000

NO ARRESTS

Shortly after a report was maste, squads of police cordoned ot the area. Searches were made throughout the district auh at points around the Colony. But no arrests have been made up to noon today,

The Police, in another phase of their investigations, this moming broadcast an appeal to the public through Radio Honglong and Rediffusion fur Anyone with any Information of the crime to contael the Divi- sional Defective Inspector, Eastern Police Station, Tel. 34522 Ext. 303, or any Polled ofleer.

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SHEAFFER'S

ADMIRAL SNORKEL PEN

Full Court Appeal Begins: Sale

Of Tsun Wan Land

From the Files

25

years AGO

An appeal which had been adjourned! by the Full Court yes-

terday for lack of a complete record of the previous with the Church Mission-

proceedings, started this morning after it was announced that all copies of the record were now before the Court. The Full Court decided to put off the additional question of requiring the appellant's solicitors to show cause why they should not meet the responsibility for the costs expended through their failure yesterday to supply the full record, until the end of the appeal proper.

The Hon. Leo d'Almoda, QC,, the balance of probability

The Court comprises the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Hogan, 200 and Mr Justice C. W, Reece and Mr Justice J. R. Gregg

D

The appeal was against hidgnient dated April 10 of the thon Acting Chief Justice. Mr Justice T. J. Gould, who div missed an action for specific per- formance of an agreement for the sale of piece of land in De- marcation District. No. 449, along Castle Peak Rocd. Teun Wan.

Ground Of Appeal

Hearing is continuing,

the

The

Mr Oswald Cheung, in- original provision was that the structed by Mr D. Q. Cheung, of venhor should undertake Zimmern and to,, are oppaar; | levelling of the land, ing for the first, third and fourth respondents. Mr Brook Benacelu represents the scrund respondent, on instructoFLI Ext Mr P. Chan, of Lau, Chaas and Ko

The uppent is based on the Į ground thu. Mr Justice God's decision was against the weigh of evidence and was wrong In Law.

Dispute

He said the

Opening the case for the ap- pellants, Mr D'Alton dealt with The contents of the Judgment. Trial Judge had dealt with the evidence very fully, and it was only on ques- lion of interpretation of The evidence that there dispute.

The appellants (the former plaintiffs) are Chan U, Tang Cheung, Chao Kwak-leung, Chau Tunc and To Kam-hung, merchanin. They are repre- sented by Mr V. L. J. D'Alton Instructed by Mr D. L. Holland Roberts, of Hastings and Co.

In the Tower Count hearing Mr John McNeil, QC, and Mr D. A. L. Wright had represent

were solicitom instructing Wilkinson- and Grist,

The respondents (formerly the defendants) are Wong Hing, L Kwal-ming (Wong Hing's wife), Li Wong Che-luen and Li Pak-kat.

$50,000 compensation before a Tenancy Tribunal this morning at the continued hearing of an application for exemptioned the plaintiffs, and the then of 11 houses in the Causeway Bay area where a 20-storeyed skyscraper is pro- posed to be erected.

One of the Inds, four-year-oltl Wong Yee-ming of No. 191 Was Hollywood Road, 1st floor, knucices donen by a motoreye in Hollywood fload, near 1 Junctiori of Posession Street.

The other boy, Tang Wing-

Whore address is The house in question are an, teed 6,

knocked Nos, 488-500 Hennessy Road, 50 not yet known, was down by a private car in Robin and 52 Perolval Street and 3 son Road, near th Junetton with | Lee Garden Road, facing New Mosque Street.

York Theatre,

Mr Lesle Wright Instructed

Mesars Luen represented

An alternative accommodation she had seen in Percival Street required $35,000 key money and $800 rent. She asked for | $50,000 in expensation.

The proprietor of a studio,

the applicants, Road,

Shing Estales

Best Boor, demanded $15,000 in compensation in the event of exemption,

The girl, eight-year-old Lamby Mr R. E. Moore of Deacons Fan Chi-on, at 400 Hennessy Lag of No. 120 Kau Man Village, a floor, was knocked down by a private car in Shay Kel Win Road, near Shau Kel Wan Theatre.

Ltd.

Prosporous

Mc

The old woman, 64-year«CİXİ The Tribunal, composed of Mr Chow Fan-hing of, No. 36 Shek, J. I. G. Way, President, Kip Me Street, and tour, was G. E. Maxden, and Mr Cheng Kenteked down by bleyele in Tin-seng.

rulings announced:

Pet Ho Street, acar s jimetion wheresy compensation will be with Berwick Street, Kowloon,made in cause of examption,

HONGKONG PIANIST TO

STUDY IN BRUSSELS

Last Night's Farewell Concert

By D. E. GRAY

Mr Way said the compensa- tion rate was $14 per square foot but as the area was prosperous, the rate in this case was 62% 23 $15 per square foot.

A room will count for $500, a window, $100, and a bed space $400. Sympathetic considera- tion would be given usual hardship, but chlidren amount, would not affect the Mr Way added. He also ad- vised teranis to accept the offers of the applicants who were willing to pay at $10 per

night in the auditorium of Queen's College, to the square foot.

Hearing is continuing.

Shell's Area

Manager On Visit To HK

Swallowed

Coin

A. 10.30 this morning four-year-old Yan Hock-

chee swallowed a ten-cent pleve she had been sucking,

The child who lives No. 55, Caine Road, third floor, was taken to Queen Mary Hospiłat.

Mr Philip K. M. Patien, Shell STOP PRESS

Company's Area manager in London for that part of the Far Eastern area which includes Ilongkong, for un-

Japan and the Philippines, arrived at Kai Tak Airport by Pan American airliner fram Tokyo this morning, Mr Potter, who is on a week's routing visit to the Colony, was formerly with the Asiatic

and

LAST might in tnt of touring college, clanging belle and Mak Kim-tun, daughter of Petroleum Company parts of

As the sole pro-

China,

shouting children, Mabel Chão, a student-pianist, gavey, Lestined her farewell recital. She leaves within a week to enter the Brussels Royal Conservatory of Music, on the strength of a scholarship awarded by the Belgian Government.

The programme was a weil-Dobusy and Ibert, The Girl with Balanced one, if perhaps some-the Flixen Hair and the Goll- what over-ambitious considering wogg's Cake-Walk were given The youth and immaturity of just the proper measure of light family of eight and four folds the performer. The four groups news, and were eminently suited all depended on the business. ut piano solus were interspersed to the gently touch of the soloist.

He is scheduled to fly to

pretress of the Tak Yau Lung Grocery Store at 488 Hennessy Manila next week.

She in- Road, ground floor. herited the business from her father.

secmed

to

Wel,

11

the

Two singers, Angela Wong. by a group of songs by Angela

Winnic Wei. Wong, contraffo, and a second contralto,.

by. Winnie Broup sun

soprano, added variety to the progunume with their groups of soprano.

Three short numbers by songs. Angela Wong's rother Domenico Scarlalti provided the uncontrolled vibrato and faulty Intonation lended to spoil te opening group of piano solos — these were played delicately and lovely 'Dream in the Twilight'

Richard Sumus, prettily, and

of the be of within the scope of the young cong sung by Winnie Wel, the

enjoyable was student-planisl. The Beethoven most 'Sonata Pallielique Op. 13 was Warbler, a Chinese folk saig. the text of the piano works, The audience demonstrated its enthusiasm and approval of this ending the Arst half of the pro- gramme. This was

cong ka no uncertaky manner, 1 very

in undertaking for

an effort to produce umbitious

Evidently it hath been youngster of 15, requiring more

interpretation than could decided that there would be to reasonably be expected at this extra numbers a good idea, in age, .However, there were my opinion, since encores moments in the adagio canta- usually anti-climactic. bile' when sho demonstrated her musical potentiality for the future.

P

'cricote'.

☆

on

A strong protest I would like to register (apart from my complaint of the noisy hali,

In the second half, the Roman-wilch make it quite useless for the performance of anything tle comporers come into play

thunderous thom when Schumann's Romance F

сспости sharp, Schubert's Imprempla No. symphonic concert)

grapher

with

or

She said the store had been there for 25 years and the

Earring Snatchers

Two pair of earrings were snatched from Chinese women pedestrians in Poriland Street yesterday.

MAN CHARGED WITH TRIPLE MURDER

Committal Proceedings Begin

Three blows with a sharp chopping Instrument werd alleged to have caused the death of three young men whose bodies wore found in Causeway Bay early ono Júly morning.

This was revealed before Mrj Dr Pang testifled that on the B. J. Jennings at Central Magie- carly afternoon of July 23 at tracy this morning when Dr the Victora Public Mortuary, he Pang Teng-cheung Senior performed post mortems or Forensle Pathologist, testified at three men.

the committal proceedings Dr Pang said in all

three ́against: a 40-year-old carpenter, cuscs, ho found no other Léo Lam, on tinos charges of external injurice on the bodies murder.

other than the single wounds оп the neck, which, he said. Dr Pong told Mr Jennings showed no signs of a struggle. that each of the three deceased The wounds were caused by 'o and Rechruaninoff's Prelude the annoying practice of photo had a "clean cut wound" sever chopping Instrument such ยส

fhoh bulbs, Ing the internal structure of the Op. 32 No. 12 were attempted, of

a axe, he said. which the Schubert was by far popping up and down, neck. He said death would re-

sult within minutes und that diate medical treatment would Insp. Boxall asked le imme- the best, both in execution and respective of performere

the cause of death in all three be able to save the lives of the Interpretation. An interpretation audience. How y mueledar

duo to shock and and understanding of Schumant's expected to maintain a degree cases was lyrical romanticism comes only of equanimity or to enter into haemorrhage from a cut wound three men. Dr Pang sald only

Pang Hung-chol might with maturity, and it was only to the mood of the componer under of the nock.

been saved. be expected that the pardonmarce the impact of blinding flashes of this Romance' would, fall is beyond me. short when comparest with, for This student-reelial by: Mabel | two brothers, Pang Hung-choi Dr Pong suld, it was phosible example, the Scarlatti played at Choo

mong pleasant and Pang Ying-chol, and an- that Leung had got up from a lying potition immediately moments about it, and we look other man, Leung Chung -

after a blow but he would soon forward to hearing of her un doubted programmu in her years of Det. Insp. P. Boccali pro-have collapsed.

secuted.

Heuring is continuing. study which No ahead.

the beginning. It was an up- wise choloc.

Mabel Choo ended her, recital

kopremnicialet with

Cyroposons,

had

The three men who died wers.

have

In the case of Leung Chung,

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Quemoy Being Slowly Strangled

Talpel, Sept. 16. The Communist blockade was slowly strangling the Nationalist outposts of Quo- moy Island, Lionel Trai, said Reuters correspondent today.

Taxi, who flew In • casualty evacuation aircraft from the beleaguered islands today to Talpel, WS.B The anly news agency

corres- pondent on the shell-torn island group.

Teal sald, however, there was no sign of any im- mediate Communist attempt to storm the island.

Taki said "the Communist blockade is taking effest. Farmers BO longer were able to till the fields and lah has disappeared from market places.

"Bet army morale appears to be high.

"Nationalist runfire 逗 sinckening And does not compare in volume with the Communist drumfire.

"There were no statistics available to show what sup- piles were landing, but the small amounts landed by Bên and air to date could not make great deal of difference."

T

mid about 1,000 offloors and men of the Nationalist forces were kill- ed or wounded by the Com- munist barrages which again today were pounding the landing field and beaches on Quémay.

He mid C-46 transporta often managed to make the altstrip but then were forced to fake-off straigħlaway without offloading their vital papplies,

The Communists appeared Jo be tracking aircraft ou tadar, then Artug blind

and laying down a blanket. of fire on the daily emer- gency, strsity.--Beuler:

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

"I Protest"

He

Chinese history of

Gecina very

Among those who have left or will leave for South China in' the next few months to take up

Society are Mr and Mrs E. G. Stewart.

UR London correspon- "an

Ont Bend 43

amusing story by Sir John Tilley, in his book, The Foreign Office, which has just been published."

(the former Ll Hung-chang Famous Chinese statesman)

dressed in yellow jacket and

feathers,

peacock Cartled

Secretary

Was being his chair to the of State's room. the middle of the second night the te procession stopped, and much to the wonderment of the bystanders, the chair was put down. Then one of the sulle solemnly stepped forward and wipo LA Hung-chang's nose, He returned to his position and the procession continued on its way.

to semi-

.

Aro

More than 17,000 persons, in

of cluding a large number

were massacred young students

bands who Str: As ti traveller and by Communist

recently ralded north-west any dweller as the interier of China Fukten, Was

according for the past nearly forty years, official despatcher frein Foo- A feature of the case WHA may be allowed to protesi an alteration in a rider to the against A. J. Taylor's article

chow. document of agreement for the yesterday, male of land by which the word ignorant of "purchasers" was changed to the thirties,

of the new THE authoress His criticisms of Chlang Kal- book "Few things "vendor" (the vendor being the first defendant)

13 Gertrude shek, are altogether too common | Noodful"

Me- The passage with the altera- and facile, Let me stand up for Pherson, the wife of the popular tion was in connection with the Chlang rad contradict Mr Toy- General Secretary of the YUCA · responsibility for levelling the lor as follows:

In Hongkong. Mrs McPherso5, slie in question as a condi-Ion (1) Chiang did unify China, prior to going Home Alvo years considerable for the sale and purchase. Anyone who was in Lonchow of 980, spent some

The issue was whether the Slan during the Slan incident time in the Colony and gained a first defendant (respondent) which involved Yang Hu-cheng reputation as an artist of note, consented to the afteration.

ind Chong Hoch-leng and During her stay here, Mr Me- Mr D'Alton said both parldes | Chiang | himself, knows the Pherson held we painting ex- had been well aware at the out-essential truth of this statement, hibitions both of which set that it was intended that there was a building

(2) It was the Japanese who tecasioned considerable favour- scheme by their general attack in 1936 able comment afoot relating to the piece of overset Chlang's hardly land, and that the vendor him-unity.

| sell" had originally intended to

carry out this scheme,

Stipulation

Won

(3) It was Chlang alone of THE all the

Chinese leaders who Legislative Council heard the Colonial kept what unity Chine had, in

the Hon. Mr If there was any obligation in spite of all that Japan could Secretary,

William Tratman, the title deeds of the vendor to

do. It was he alone who kept David carry out any levelling, sull Mr China fighting.

deliver the Budget speech D'Alton, it would seem to ful- low that it would be a tolally part of Generals useless provision La put a Wehdemeyer and Marshall, pre- stipulation in the agreement of vented Chiang from Ilquidaung which were caution and re sale that 12e purchasers should the Communists in 1945-40, 8traint. carry out the levelling at their when he could have done so, Ii in clear, measured tones, the own expense within a certain was this intervention by the Colonial Secretary told a story period,

above Generals which is the of falling revenue and related exchange The evidence of the vendor, root of the present trouble, that but for kinder Wong Hing, should be closely Nemesis has surely descended on and two windfails, 1933 would scrutinised on tidis score, U.S.A

have finished with a heavy deficit. Counsel added,

(4) Political innocence on the for 1934. It was a sombre

Chennauit, budget,

the keynotes of

Correction

Rever

(5) As for the parrot cry of Sharp declines were notleblo of almost all Mr D'Alten submitted that on corruption in Chiang's govern in the relans

the ment, has Mr Taylor

Government departments, heard of the efficiency of Com- Kowloon-Canton Railway being

about the only bright spot, munist' methods? The latter by

Tho

for eskimated revenue 1948 had while-anted (if I may

1934 was put down at $31,731,- use the term) the whole of sys-

023

at and the expenditure tem that Chiang had espoused.

May I sign myscif,

$33,442,602, leaving a deficit of $1,711,070. While there le no taxation no new

case en-

In yesterday's China. Mall, in the report of a court titled "Competition is a. Lottery: Crown Claim Against Soft Drink Company," Crown Counse), Mi D. E. Greenfield was quoted as saying

D.V.E.

PS. Allow me to add that relief from

"In Hongkong, the law now agree with the US policy taxation in threatened. The im- armouncement was was wilder than the law of Eng- in thus belatedly attempting to tent

that afer negotiations We regret that a right the abysmal wrong she did made lond proofreader tailed to delete the to Chiang just over ten years with the Imperial Government have been further exemptions superduous "1",

accured which will have tho effect of reducing the military contribution.

ago.

This Funny World

ERKAY AWOLDS

"It's pretty cold in Boston. How is it out there in Seattle?*

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

*

The Budget'revealed phat the scheme for a Royal Naval Volunteer Reservc, réfacted in 1929, had been revived and it was hoped to introduce the necessary legislation soon.

☆ ★ THE Colonial Secretary of

THE

course

said in the his budget speech: "I need hardly remind the Counell that complaints from the public of the inadequacy of the present Kowloon Post Office, have not been few.

"As the same time complaints from various Government partments that

their

office

accomodations:

is quite adequate for their expanded and expanding activities have boun equally-inalstent.

"Government therefore pro- poses as soon as 'funds

will permit to erect probably on/the lot of Crown Land of which the present Kowloon Pot Ofis occupies one corner, a block of office buildings revea cr. eight storeys high which will hold not only en enlarged Post Office und Fire Station but a mattrendury, a branch of the Motionl Departa | ment and several other sub-

stepartments, "