1958-10-09 — Page 10

NO MUTTON

From the Filos

THE BEESTON BOILER CO., LTD

HEATING EQUIPMENT, BOILERS, RADIATORS, ETC.

ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD. B.K. & Shanghai Bank Bldg. Tel. 27780

CHINA MAIL

Ship Aground

Off HK

In Heavy Seas

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1958.

ANOTHER

SHEAFFER'S ACHIEVEMENT

THE POPILARLY PICER

l

Imperial

WITH

SHEAFFER'S

Cylindrical Gold Point and modern touch down filling.

AVAILABLE NOW AT ALL LEADING STORES

Three attempts to refloat the Norwegian

vessel, Hoi

Wong,

aground on a reef south of the Colony have failed due to a heavy swell, it was learned this morning.

Triad Roundup

Since September 1, 1,460 mombors and suspected members of illegal Triad Sociation have been arrested by the C.I.D. This figure includes a number of Triad office-bearers.

Embezzler Jumps Bail,

Leaves Colony, Court Told

Wong Hwa-tsu, who had ad- mitted at σ previous hearing to having om- bezzled moro thon $10,000 from his ployer, failed to appear in Court for sentence this morning and had his bail of $2,000 estreated.

cm-

Mr Hin-shing lo at Central Magistracy also ordered a bench warrant for Wang's arrest to be issued.

Del, Insp. He Hel, prosecuting. said Wong had left the Colons, PERMISSION

Wong, thief clerk to a store! tereil accountant, Mr Peter Chan Po-fun, bail admitted 50 charges of embezzlement against kum. Sentence was deferred by Mr Ln last Monday in order to allow him time to make restitu- tion.

The Hoi Wong, a 3,205-ton ship, went aground on the Bombay Reef near the Paracel Islands, 450 miles South of Hongkong. Two Hong- kong tugs on the scene cannot get in close enough to the grounded freighter because of heavy seas.

The tugs, Golden Cape and Taikoo, went to the aid of the Hoi Wong on Monday, and reached her yesterday.

agents

Local

for the ship, her off the reef."

Co., sald Karsten/Lars301 and

In addition to the two tugs.)

the Hoi Wong was carrying 131 the Norwegian freighter Heinod

from Swalow is deck passengers

to Singapore.

These passengers will

have

as the

To be taken off as s

a spokus- son-swell dies down, man for the Company said.

The position is not serious,” the spokesman said, adding that we are trying our best to get

standing

by, The

U.S.

Seventh Ficet and the Ruyal Navy have been informed of the situation,

In Hongkong, the Marine De- partment have also been off- clally Informed.

The master of the Hoi Wong is Captain J. Bjerkenes,

Vigilance Of PCs

Results In Big

Revenue Seizure

Barrels of small fry being loaded on CAT, C-40 for the irly to Formosa.

The 'Fish-Lift' From HK To Formosa

By Andrew Sloan

Airlifting fish is not an easy job at the best of times. But after eight years' experience in this line, a local carrier has worked out an economical method to transport, thousands of small “fry.”

It is a difficult matter to keep the "babies" alive on a three to four hour flight, and many different methods have been put forward and tried

out.

The latest, iden is to ship them large polythene bags. But Civil Air Transport have retained their arrangement founded on experience,

Since 1950, the airline has Удел

from fying baby fish Hongkong to Formona. An average of 20 times a year they charter

of their one

C-0 aircraft to a local Ash breeder,

The fish, countless thousands of them, are flown to Formusa wire they are transferred to

The vigilance of two Police constables resulted in ponds to grow and spawn. the discovery two days ago by Revenue offiuring their early life in the

cers of a large quantity of dutiable tobacco and liquor the duty of which amounted to

more than $16,500.

And before Mir Hin-shing Lo, the party stopped a lorry with

Central Magistracy this

Issuing the bench warrant, Mr at Lo remarked that citizens must] morning, a 27-year-old man, Su if they] Chi-kin, wes fined $10,000 or 18 remember that, even were allowed ball for a month, months for possession of 4,021 they could not leave the Colony pounds of dutiable tobucco and without the Court's permission. 34 bottles of dutiable brandy,

He was represented by Mr Edmund Cheung of Messrs P. Mo and Co.

Iy

Additional Charge

Short Chase

Revenue insp. F. Smead, prosecuting, said that a party of

An additional charge of false- Revenue officers patrolling in pretending to be a public Queen's Hond in Landrover Sreant was preferred against early on October 7, were stopped 24-year-old unemployed man by Police constable, Fan Kien, Hui Chee-sten, before Mr 1-hear the Government Centre shing Lo at Central Magistracy Depot.

is norin

Hui was alleged to have false-

The constable told them he loaded with

ly pretended to be a Police had seen a lorry

leer in the Colony on Septem- sacks which had failed to stop ber 22. Another charge, stated when signalled, and was hending he had commitled

1. similar in the opposite direction.

offence on August 4 and 5.

He boarded the Landrover and

He was reinanded for seven after a short chase, which ter- days and was refused ball.

minated at Tung Lo Wan Road,

This Funny World

"Want to borrow my gasoline credit card?”

sacks on board.

The defendant, who was sil- ting next to the driver, merely shrugged hus, shoulders when he was questioned, but eventually admitted that he was responsible for the tobacco and wine.

By this time, another Con- sable, Ng Lo-sze, who had been on patrol with Fan, but who was left behind, also joined the party. The value of the goods seized amounted to nure than $20,000, Insp. Smeed said, In milgation, Mr Cheung told the Court that the defen- tunt was merely a stooge. He had been unemployed for some time and could not and a job, Recently he was promised a suitable consideration for carry- ing the tobacco and wine, Ha had three dependents and had been in the Colony any criminal record.

without

wise the fish just sink to the bottom of the lub and die.

Four main breeds of fish are exported from Hongkong. They are Silver Carp, Grass Cary, Mud Carp and Big Head.

The Chinese Ush dealers, always want to know just how much they are buying. have contrived a way of counting the thousands of fish in the drums.

Counting

First they section of the tubs into halvek and quarters, by ponds, armed guards are usually

means of bannis. The tubs are kept on watch to prevent blnds

further divided into eighth and and other animals from enjoy-sixteenths. All the fish are then ing a dinner of fresh Ash. taken out of one of the small see

AL Un Long in the Newtions, and counted. This number Territories, the "babies are multiplied by 10. gives, fished out of breeding ponds byhould give, the total number of nets, transferred tu large fish, circular tubs and transported to Kal Tak Airport by trucks. Each truck can only carry two of those large tubs.

Hard Work

or

The result is regarded by the suit any buyer. dealers as accurate enough to

of

grass,

Covent Garden

May Have To Close

London, Oct. 9. The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London's opera and

ballet opera house, may have to close down through lack of funds, it was stated here today.

Secretary-General

Sir William Emrys Williams, of the Na-

tional Arts Council, sold in his annual report, that the opera bouse deflelt "hus reuched alarming proportions and un- itas a substantial Increase in its resources can be found Im- mediately it may have to close:"

AN APPEAL

5ir William, making

Government appeal for the

OR BEEF THERE

CRE will be no

mutton nor beef

for sale at the local markets tomorrow.

The decision to stop slaughtering sheep and cattle was made by the irade unton workers today in order to enable them to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Confucius.

8 Injured

25

years

AGO

"COLONIAL" writing in "Old Hongkong" tells of the takeover by Jar- dino Matheson & Co, in 1878 of the local sugar ro- finery.

renamed

The company was China Sugar Refining Co. with a capital of 3000,000. I had previously seen bad times, but under the new managment # prospered exceedingly, until the sugar slump of a few years ago let to its closing down, the pre- nfisca being sold to the ICI. The none of the old company was known as Indo-Chinese Sugar including Company,

In Road Mishaps

Eight

Early in the Eighties what is now known A$ the Taikoo Sugar Hefnery (controlled by Messrs Butterfeld and Swire) was commenced.

This refinery is still operating "Talkoo" sugar is on

item

on local

parions, two children, sustained injurios in traffic acci- dents in the Colony, The children are Ng Wo-ming, an eleven-year-old girl, living at No. 100, Fu Tau Wat Village, and Shau Kei Wan, who was koek- essential ed down by a team-car in Shou tables. Ket Won Road, and a boy of It might be recalled eight, Lau Pul-icwan, who was Java Chinese millionaire had a struck by a private car in Con-project some eight years ago naught Road West shortly for erecting a refinery at North after midday yesterday.

Point, but it never materibilsed,

HILL CRASH

Four persons, two men and two women, who were travel- ling in a private car in Castle Peak Road yesterday after- noon werO

tea-

that a

Requested by a conductor to move a from the entrance of & crowded tram, Pano Kiu-hun a young student from Cantos, injured when the] resented it and punched him in

car went out of control and the eve. At Central Police Court, suuck tho hiliafde near Mr Balfour ordered the youth ta Cheung Shan Terrace. The men puy $5 amends to the conductor are Yan Wal-man, aged 34, of whose right eye was blackened. No. 84, Bulkeley Street, first floor, and Tseu Shul-shun, aged 24, of No. 132, Castle Peak Road, first floor, and the women Ng Shuc-wah, aged 24, of No. 132 Castle Peak Road, drst floor, und Ng Shuo, aged 29, of the same udtiresa.

R. C. T. P. Ulm, the Aus- trallan who is attemping break the England-Austalia record left Calcutta, for Akyıb. He la silll alightly sbend of Kingsford Smith's schedule but A 80-year-old man, Kwong is about six hours behind

hia Sal-cheung, of No, 80, Third own. Between Karachi and Street, third floor, was knocked Calcutta he encountered down by a taxi In Queen's Rond winds and rains, necessitating a West. Another man, Kam Tailanding on the way.

cung Choi Street, was struck chlu, aged 30, of No. 2, Sal

by a lorry in Shanghai Street, Gear Dundas Street,

All the injured people were sent to hospital for treatment.

Court Adjourns Action, Defendant Ill

on In the Supreme Court this morning, Mr Justice J. R. Gregg adjourned sine dio

ND-

Once the Ash have been trans- ferred to Formosa, they are fed on a type of mountain and they do not remain babies very long. In four to six months, support for the arts, said also Arrival at the airport begins they grow to a marketable and that several permanent

two-hour business of edible size the

orchestras two to three tlonal

symphony

hand to were living "from lifting the fish from the trucks, pounds.

mouth," to four other large tubs in the.

The rank and file of aircraft. The tubs, or drums,

actors, dancers and musicians are firmly lashed to the deck

well-known underpaid, of the C-40, and are then

repertory ecipantes had in- Olled with about 30 inches of

Butleient capital for adequate production. water,

La Soricusly, bucket by bucket, the fish are poured into the tubs. During the light four "care- takers" watch

fish over the They constantly stir the water to keep the fish moving, other

Director, Managers

Of Firm Appear In Court

Duke Flies Comet

· London, Oct. 8.

were

He suggested that ari la Britain could be saved by a cut

in laxatlon, 2 Government grant of £3 million and more help from inunicipal author

The Duke of Edinburgh will ties and Industry-China Mail

By to Ottawa, in the new Comet Special.

IV

jet

alrilner on Oct. 28, it

was announced today.

British Överycas Airways Corporation, whose first two Comet IVe started Trans-Atlantic Jet service last Saturday, said that the Duke. would y lo Canada for the English-Speak- Ing Union World Bronch Conference. He will return in the same plane on Oct. Shr U.P.I.

The director, manager and export manager of a

commercial firm appeared before Mr Hin China Issues shing Lo at Central Magistracy this morning

on a charge of conspiracy to effect a public 25th Warning

mischief.

Saturday.

American-Born British MP Dies At 61

London, Oct. 8.

Sir Henry Channon, United States-born Conservative Member of "Parliament, died in hospital today oged 61.

He had been in hospital since September 13 after a series of heart attacks.

most and

cheerful

London, Oct. 8. Оп the application of Det. year and August 3 the year, Communist China today Insp. R. G. Íbbilson, of Anti-¡ by fraudulent means and dis- issued its 25th "serious warn-

Author, wit, and man. of Corruption Branch, they were linnest devices, to obtain from ing" alleging that two US

wealth, known to his friends as remanded in Police cusody until the Department of Commerce warships intruded into China's was regarded as one of the best "chipe", Channon, Sir Hebry ant Industry certain Compre- They were Lee Po-on, 37, a hensive Certificates of Origin territorial waters in the Matsu dressed director of Pan Asle Supply in respect of cortain prawns and Pingtan arcas of Fukien Members of Parliament. Co: living at 2 Wood Rood, and, elmps which were of provinco today.

Sir Henry Wig born second floor; Ling Hong-wall a category in respect of which alias Henry Ling, 39, manager auch

Chicago. As reported by of the company, of 3 Homuntin issued by the Department Chita News Agency, the Foreign He lived in England from an Street, first floor; and To Tat- under the Administrative Rulos Ministry spokesman said that Carly

and became agu ng, 58, export manager of the then in forco relating

naturalised Englishman shortly tothis demonstrated that the US. before his marriage to Lady company, of 48 Haven Street, prawns and shrimps.

wa continuing to carry

Honor Guinness in 1033. second four,

They were alleged to have-

They

were represented to out "military provocations, was knighted in 1987, China conspired between June 23 last Mr Peter Mo.

"Reuter,

Mail Special,

certificates

were not

the New

#

Ho

hend

West Political The South

this Council held a meeting morning, saya a Canion report, which My Eugene Спеть attended. The results of the But meeting were kept secret.

Mr the significance ie that Eugene Chen who had been in Hongkong for a long time and went specifically to Canton to attend the Council meeting, returned to Hongkong again this afternoon.

WRITES the motoring correa-

in Nathan

Whilst motorists pondent: on action by Ganda Prico are not altogether in favour of the islands" that have made and Co., Ltd, of St their appearance George's Building, for Road, they have, from the point possession of promises at of view of the pedestrian, ful- 348 Honnessy Road, be-filled a long-felt want. A aug- islunds 'gested sile for further cause of the illness of one would be in one or two parts of of the 12 dofondante, Hennessy Road, where pedes- trians are a positive menace to The Hon. Leo d'Almada, notorists. Q.C., and Mr Victor Gittins, re- presented the plaintiffs on instructions of Mr G. S. Ford, of Ford, Kwan and Co.

tho

Today, Hongkong can boast The defendants were Kwok that i motor highways are to those in Yat-sing, Wu Joy-tak, Cheng equal in standard Shu, Wong Tal-kwan, Ng Mul- any other part of the world, sang, Po Wo-kan, Cheng Pul-writes

motoring corres- wab, Kam Shiu-chuen, Kwong pondent who reports that the Cham-bung, Chan Kwan-ho, Colony nowo possesses a total of Chung Kin end Tien Chung-hoi, 310 miles of roadways and paths, all merchants, of 348 Hennessy 160 miles on the inland, 70 in Road,

Kowloon and 80 In the Territories.

CERTIFICATE

***

·

Mr Patrick Yu represented the first defendant, instructed

Afr Choo Mel-pa, has just by Mr Y. H. Chan, of Lau, Chan been crowned as Laureat, du and Ko. My Oswald Cheung Conservatoire. Royal de appeared for the remaining de Bruxelles. This to the first time in Europe that G Chinese fendants, on instructions of Mr P. Mo, of Peter Mo and Co. musician has received ruch an

Applying for the adjournment honour in one of the dis sine die, Mr Yu produced a tingutahed musical institution# medical certificate Indicating in Europe, (Mr Chao formerly that his client was ill with of Shanghai is now in Hongkong. pneumonia. There was no, ob- He still takes a prominent part Jection to the application from in local music). the other parties.

In granting the adjournment, Mr Justice Grogg made an order frat defendant. for costs of the day against the

2

Sir William Peel, the Governor, lald the foundation stone of the neur Tung Wah, medical, confre at Po Yan Street, which is

Purse Snatched mated to cost $300,000....

purso, containing gold

Printed and published by ornaments and other properly Peter Flumbly for and on bei to a total value of $010, was of South China Morting Fork santched from a woman pedost- | Limited at 1-3 Wyndham Street, rian in Bridges Street rester City of Victoria in the Colony day.