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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1958.

GIRL'S COURAGEOUS Look At

RESISTANCE

TO ARMED ROBBER

The courageous action of a young girl în resisting a robber who allegedly threatened her with a knife was described in the Criminal Session this morning.

It is alleged by the Crown that the girl, Miss Kong Yuk-fong was returning home on evening last May when the accused, Wong Keung, 34, attacked her on the staircase and robbed her of a wristwatch.

The telul of Wong Keung for robbery with nggravation is be. fore the Senior Pulste Judge, Mr Justice C. W. Reece and a Jary of two

women.

Crown

Mayne uld

In

lived at an address In Mongkok Rond and on the evening of May 31 last she was returning home when she noticed that she the was being followed up staircase by the accused. Counsel Desmond When she reached the first that Miss Kong) floor landing of the premises

מיומן

and

five

Trafalgar Day

Wreath-Laying

true nava) tradition tho ceremony at the Cenotaph this morning commemorate allendly Trafalgar Day wan and swiftly completed. Members of the Hongkong Ruyaj

Noval Association fed by Commodore G.D.A. Gregory stood at the approach to the Cenotaph apposite to Hongkong Club entrance and bowed their heads as the Nev,

the

J.E. Sandbach prayed quietly. Then the Commodore carried up anchor of red popples to the foot of the Cenotaph and saluted us the rest of the party stood to altention.

LIC.P. Addis, Flog Lieutenant to

the Commodore who Wos escorted by the President of the HKINA, Commander R.S. Barry, and Mr L. McD. Green, Hon Sec.

At Government House...

A mval gaard was mounted af Government House early ihle magalog in commemoration bi Trafalgar Day, 1814, The ceremony during which men ot The East Lancashire Regiment were 'susenedod› by the naval, ovalingont was, re- peated in the presence of It's Excellency the Governor at 9.15 BÚÐ 2.

LA NA.8 Mills, Guard "Com-

mander Naval Mevensonia and......

G.P.O. Wyzil, Gunner LG- structor, M.S. Tamar, Ki- pervised the navalɛralings, 15 from HM.S. Tamar and 11 from XLMLB, Crane. The contingent of 20 men of -the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve was accompanied by -Lt E. · Quanico and Sub. EL

W.B. Collier, The above ploture of the guard}' mounting was taken by our photographer this morning,

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accused attacked her,

the Crown Counsel salt. The giri resisted and in the course of the struggle the securd said to you to death with a knife."

her: "Don't shout or I will stab

Mr Mayne told that despite this the girl continued to stru-

le and call for help.

Inmates of the premises came to her assistance and arrested the accused "red hand- ed." Crown Counsel said.

He said that in the course of the struggle a knite was used. The girl received some slight injuries to her wrist, and at one stage of the robbery the accused snatched away her wristwatch.

Identified

There was positive identil- cation of the accused by the girl and the other persons who assisted in the arrest.

Mr Mayne said that the watch was recovered and knife was also found by the police.

A stalement made by the de- rused Indiented that he was legally insane at the time of the act complained of.

Crown Counsel told the Jury that it

accused person rought to rely on a defence of insanity, it was for him to prove that he was insane. Until he did that he was presumed to be sane.

He need not have to prove Insanity to the same high degree as the Prosecution had to in proving its case.

Disease

Mr Mayne explained thai Insanity in law meant that at the Ume of the net complained of, $1 must be shown that an necused person Was suffering from disease of the mind that affected him to such an extent that he did not know what he was doing, or if he did know what he was doing he did not know that what he did WDS wrong.

Hearing continuing. Del Insp. E. P. M. Hunt, police officer in charge of the ense was present in Court.

Aga Khan Flies

To England

For A Date

The Peak!

above picture by our photographer shows The Peak at abuul 10.30 . Coneesslun fare are operating and a on buses and trains, continuous service will be in operation all day on the Peak Etam

major, The of the Today is one

Chinese festivals of the year the Chung Yeung Festival, celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth moon by the lunar calendar. Slace early this morning, and throughout the rest of the day, Chinese residents will be making trips to the graves of their ancestors, and will cllanb 10 high spots like The Peak, and hilltops In the New Territorica.

SHEAFFER'S

ADMIRAL SNORKEL PEN

TWO KILLED, TWO INJURED IN ROAD ACCIDENTS

Two persons were killed and two others injured in traffic oc- vidents in different parts of the Colony over the week-end,”

Those fatally injured were a 19-year-old girl, Wang Pul- ching, of No. 71, Non Chang' Street, ground floor, who

WHE

From the Files

25

years

AGO.

OVER

ago

12 years struck by a bicycle in Lal. Chi (1921), Mr H. E. Gold- Kok Rood, near Nen Chong smith, who was then Execu- Siicet, and a 30-year-old man,

Yick Men-bor, of No. 13, Tak Live Engineer In charge of Kt Ling Road, ground. floor, roads in Hongkong, made who was knocked down by a definite proposals for the ALLK ntar the Kowloon City construction of a main high- ferry pier.

Canton.

A six-year-old girl, Lee Shuk-way between Hongkong and yee, of No. 99, Gloucester Road, roof-top, was knocked down und

Mr Goldsmith, at the time, injured by a private car in Jaffe visited Cantan to confer wlth Road, and a twelve-year-old the authorities on the subject, but for some reason or other,

boy. Lee Pui-lam, was ħli by private car in Peacock Road, near King's Road.

The injured children were ad- mited to Queen Mary Hospital for treatment,

SOLDIER FINED

the plan fell through are now

Steps other

being tako in Quarters to revive the scheme, ue benefit of which to both Hongkong and Canton Good hardly be stressed,

Ever since the days when motor cars become commercially efficient, periodic efforts have been made da Hongkong to obtain highway link with

Private Kenneth Block, 22, of Canton. Conta authorities have "A" Company, First Battalion, refused to co-operate.

itt

Under the plans mabitbed

to the Canton" authorities, the road was to have left British

Green Howards, Stanley, was fired $20 by Mr H. H. B. How Central Magistracy this admitter morning when he causing damage to two electric territory to the West Shak-Fu- hi, and run along the coust for ДЕП a friend, wall lamps and 14 ginss

ja total distance of 172 miles trays at a Kowloon bar.

from Kowloon Ferry, It is He was also ordered to pay obvious that such a road would Immensely improve the condi- tions of the focalities through which it would have passed.

upon a time" an old farmer tonkly up to the hills on file. advica ut and when be returned Jater that day, found that all hin fowls and livestock hud my steriously find.

As he and his family had been AWAY, they rscaped the

strange calamity. up to trains

to

Extra trains are running to the

New Territories and

ien extra noon today,

the trip had made Lowu. Tradition holds

up

ft that

"once

Bag Of Opium Allegedly Found In Sampan

A marine police inspector told Judge B. J. Jennings at the Victoria District Court this morning that he found a canvas bag containing ten sampan sailing packets of raw opium, in a towards the Connaught Road_waterfront, early in the morning of September 19.

G. J. Balts WDS Del, Insp. testifying at the trial of Chan Kor-ial, unemployed, accused of possessing 35.17 pounds of a lleence raw opłum without

board sampan A33V.

He is also charged with cor- ruptly offering the opium or a London, Oct. 20.

sura of money to Del, Sgl, Chan for The London Daily Express

inducemont Leung as an bald today that the Aga Khan forbearing to prosecute him, and 17-your-old Mexican Inap. Bulls said he saw Det. Chan take the bag out beauty Sylvia Casablancas met Sgt. secretly this weekend at the underneath a board at the stern Duke of Bedford's residence at et the sampan.

Woburn Abbey,

The Duchess the 21-year-old

aunt.

Dal. Sgt. Chan

then asked

of Bedford is Chan, who was a passenger, to

Aga Khan't whom the bag belonged.

"This is mine, accused re- piled, adding that the bag con- of absence from Harvard tained, "oplum.. University and flew into Lon

The Express said he got leave

that Witness Enid

the

to

don airport on Saturday morn- nampan was being towed ing. Miss Casablancus, Baithe Murhia Police Station, he the Express, gol a 48-hour pass heard accused say to the ser- from the Kensington Finishing geant, "Sir, it you will release School where she is a student.ie I will give it to you." She was met there by tho Aga Witness added that the accused | Khan who drove her Woburn. was brought back to the Marine

The Express said the Aga Police station where he Khan would be back at Harvard charged with possession of row today and Sylvia back in Ken- opium the following day. sington. They have becní romantically liked many times

In the past year-UP.I.

EXHIBITION

BY YOUNG

CHINESE

ARTIST

An exhibition of paintings by Mr David C. Lam, some of which were Inspired by his recent visit to the Philippines, Wie opened this morning by Mrs Fung Ping-fan at the United States Cultural Centro, Ice House Street.

Upon her arrival at the Exhi- bition, Mrs Fung was welcomed by Miss Edith Wang, Director of Public Affairs Officer USIS; Mr Nurman Barnes, Cultural Affairs was meer USIS; the artist Mr Lem and his mother, Mrs Myra Chanson Lam.

The hearing to proceeding, Chief Inspector C. L. Smith is appearing for the police,,.

Now The Flying

Furnace!

London, Oct. 21. The Bristol Aeroplane Company te building a plane to pene trate the heat barrier, the Dolly Mall's air correspondent reports today.

Built from solid biflete of Glain-

iesa steel, it will cruise at more than 2,000 mpir

The correspondent says that t this speed its polished skin "will glow with the heat caused

by air friction".

Pilots, ho sdda, have already

christened the plane

*the

Flying Furnace". Its cockpit will be automatically cooled by refrigeration. According to the Dally Mall

Water colours of scenes in Manila and Baguio, of Filipino vendors and fighting cocks were shown, also fishing craft in olis [and down-town scenes in Hong-

Kong.

One seascape painted in Japan which received the third prize

in the Youth Aala Art Com-

Over the years, the tradition and for climbing bila grew developed into paying viilis to ancestral graves.

Airman And Two Chinese

Fined For Fighting

Peter James Coombe, 21, of Bat Royal Air Force, Little Wan, and two Chinese, Peng Chau-fan, 31 and Li Kam-fel, 24, both of No. 357, Xing' Road, third floor, were fined 350 едов by Mr A. In Leathlean at Central thin morning for disorderly con.

duct.

The

Prosecution said

that

Coomba went to see Li at her

abode, shortly after midnight on Sunday night.

appeared and

A fight started when

was told Coombs to go away.

Peng "Ly

As a result of the fight, Peng received a blow on his right eye which needed fivo stitches and Coombs was hit on his head by a bottle and needed one stitch.

The Arst two defendants were also bound over in $50 for one year while the third in $100 for one year.

Thefts From Parked Cars

Four cases of thefts from parked cars were reported to the Police during the week-end. In one case, three cameras, valued at approximately $870, were stolen from a car parked in Hankow Road,

Suspects Detained

Three suspects have been de-

patition, arrived just in time for ; talned for questioning following The Exhibition after being on "everal snatchings from pedes- tour throughout the Far East. triahs In different districts,

GLAMOUR SUBJECT

writer, the plane is expeted FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS

to fly next year", More than £5 million is being spent on design problems alone, he reporte,

Are you interested in glamour photography?

On the root terrace. „Francis Wu, Past President of

the Photographic Society

Mr

of

The Flying Furnace" wil be: I so, and you want to learn Hongkong, will conduet a Photo

used to pave the way for more about It, pay, a visit to grapher Hour, Britain's first alempia to de- | the Festival of the Arts Centre

"Modelling" "for the photo-

$20.60 compensation.

A further charge of comman assault to which he had pleaded not guilty was dismissed when Insp. N. Reynolds, prosecuting, offered no evidence against him.

A Shanghai Chincse received injurica when ko

Defendant damaged the lamps ond ach trays at the Old Toby Bor, 32 Lockhart Road, on Sep-minor tember 13 in dispute with his jumped from a ledge on the friends and on employee of the old Hongkong and Shanghat Bank yesterday to escape a

Bar,

ABSENT-MINDED PARENTS

Modena.

boy was taken from

heavy fall of masonary.

THE action by the Traffic

Department in institut-

A THREE-YEAR-OLD baby ing control over itinerant cur a cleaners will undoubtedly be Naples Milan express train here appreciated by the average after his parents told police

down the Hne that they had car owner in Hongkong. get off and forgotten him...

parents

The absent-minded

While the majority of these got off at' Bologna leaving car cleaners have assiduously three-year-old Vincenzo Campi performed their duties, others on the train. Bologna station have made themselves veritable abend to nuisances. Grave irregularities police, telephoned Modena where the child was have undoubtedly occurred, and native taken off and put on the next in many instances, the

cleaners have inalitated 7 train back.-U.P.I.

system that is Jittle short of petty blackmail.

British Troops Leave Jordan

London, Oct. 20. The two British bai- talions of paratroopers al present in Jordan are to

home after return "staging" period in Cyprus. the War Office announced tonight.

The battalions will start Itaving Jordan by ale on Saturday for Cyprus, 15 is not yet known when they will rol Reuter,

to Britain---

According lo # circular Lasued by the Hongkong Automobile Association, Euro- pean Supervisors have now been appointed in change, of the and patrols of the Amociation

car cleaning carried out privately by the native patrols is now being done officially by the Association.

bo

would not Perhaps it remiss at this stage to bring to the notice of the Traffic Depart- of ment the growing number

ranice porzone who invade car

order to throw handbills Into private care. Not only are dozens of handbills theow into cars, but a free, newspaper has even made its appearance to add to the Hitler.

This Funny World

"Til admit it's not very big, but it's 70 feet deep.

Printed and published, by PaTER PLUMBLT for

"Street, City of Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong.

sign a faster than sound air- on the Central Reclamation digraphers will be Miss Francis | behalf of South China Morning Post Limited at 1-3 Wy Bar-Reutor.

9:30p.m. tonight."

*Lo, of Redimiston T.V