1958-10-22 — Page 10

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PLANNED FOR

DES VOEUX ROAD

Helena May Reports Successful Year

Katakishad 1649

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1958.

DRUM OF ALCOHOL C. EXPLODES

C.

A new 16-storey building is planned for Des Voeux Road Central, it was revealed at the Tenancy Tribunal today. Plans for the new building were presented at a hearing of an application for exemption of Nos. 29-37 Des Voeux Road.

Mrs Lon une of The appli cants. testified that among her assets were 37,000 shares of the Hongkong and Shinnghal Hotels Ltd., and No. 230 Prince Edward Road which is worth about 41 million and is not inder mortgage.

The $3 millon re-develops i expenses would be porne by ment project, submitted by the the bank while his wife will United Chinese Bank Ltd., arul be responsible for 25 per cent Mrs Lee Chen-shi, owners of An extremely active and Nos 20-35 m No. 37 respec- Accessful year was retivels, will require 10 months to ported by the committee put up exemption is granted. of the Helena May in- stitute for Women *t their 36th Annual Gen- eral Meeting held on the premises this morning. Lady Black, was presentl the meeting for the first time siver she was elected Patron.

In her report for the year Mrs I. N. "TH The Cuirrell, 5 that 11 completion of the annexe in March was a mile stone In the History of Helena May.

the

50 Years Old Testifying before Mr J. H. G. Way, President, Mr A. K. ones and Mr Wong Man- krung, sitting as the Tribunal, the architeet, Mr D. S. Phelps of Herriman Really Co, LIB., snid the present buildings on the site were about 50 years old.

The new

skyscraper would hottse the busines, of the United Chinese Bank Ltd., and Lee Yu Kee, a plumbing contractor firm on the ground, mezzanine, and first doors in addition to some square foot of lettable 40,800

The report hd accounts for the 1958 were adopted and Messrs Lowe, Bingham and office space on the upper floors, Matthew re-elected auditors for the architect said.

the ensuing year.

She said there was nothing to affect her ability to Anance ber part of the scheme,

Appearing for the applicants is Mr Lee Wright, instructed by Mr W. C. R. Carr of John- son, Stokes and faster, repre- Chinese seating the United Bank Lid., and Mr Y. K. Kan Lo and Lo, representing Mrs Lee Chen-shi,

Hearing is continuing.

The total covered at in the Armed Robbery

new building would

be almost

four times the area of the exist

The following members were elected office bearers Mrs K. ing building-81,158 sq. feet as Hill, Chairman, Lady Kinloch, agains! 21,081 square feet. Vice-chairman, Mrs

C. P. Smith, Hon. Secretary, Mrs dil

Her Assets

N. Richards, Treasurer, and Mrs

D. Barten, Mrs M. Bertheux, Mr Lee Ylu-cheung, søle pro- Mrs R. Ching, Mes C. Couke,prietor of Lee Yiu Kee on the Mrs R. Coppen, Miss F. Dunn, ground floor of No. 37, husband MEX M. d'Eremeelt, Mra G. of Mrs Lee, sald that he had Kelsch, Mrs K. G. McDounli, negotiated un Mrs M. Morrison and Mta G. Faber, committee members.

Following the meeting magu- zines and periodicals were auctioned for a total of $711.

Two Hurt

Two Chinese women were injured last night in a fire which broke out following an explo- sion in a squatter hut in Kennedy Town, near Victoria Road, shortly after 11.30 p.m.

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'The Fire Brigade believe that

live- gallon drum of alcohol exploded in one of the hits, and the resulting fire destroyed between 13-15 huts nearby.

It is also believed the occupants of the huts

operating were illegal distillery.

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In

The two women were taken to Queen Mary Hospital in

Fire Ambulance, Brigade where they were tained.

Armed Robbery Bicycle

18

WTIS!

Three Chinese, one of them armed with a dagger, robbed &

of Chinese couple watch valued at $800 on a hill Mission Road, Kowloon,

last night.

Bicycle Stolen

agreement with Mr S. K. Lee of the United Chinese Bank Ltd., on behalf

A bicycle was stolen outside of his wife.

the Hoover Theatre in Pen- Witness also added that 75nington Street yesterday even-

of the constructioning.

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Collides

With Bus

A boy

was injured yesterday evening when the blercle he was riding collided with 11 Clear double decker bus in Water Bay Road, near the junction of

Tein Wai New Village. The boy, 10-year-old Tun Pak-lin of 26 Wang Cheong Street, Arst four, is receiving treatment in Kowloon Hospital.

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CENATOR Fulbright (left) is met by Mr J. H. Pilcher. U.S. Consul-General, at Kai Tak

this morning.

Fulbright Arrives, Hopes For Formosa Ceasefire

Senator J. William Fulbright, the man who founded the Fulbright Scholarship by which American students spend part of their studies abroad in exchange for overseas students, arrived here this morning by PAA from Bangkok.

Senator Fulbright was accum- panied by his wife and daughter, Elizabeth,

Commenting on the situation in the Furmosa Straits Sen. Fulbright sald U.S. policy is tu bring about a permanent cease- fre in the srca.

On the visit.of Mr John Foster Dulles, the U.S, Secretary o State, to Formosa for talks with

In unother accident, 1 man Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, was knocked down and injured Sen. Fulbright declined to give by a lorry inside the Tai Tung his opinion as he did not know

Drove Without

Licence, Court Told

20, of

Construction site on Kowloon the real meaning of the meet-Supper David Peplow, 20, of

The man, Mu Chaw, aged 27, of No. 10 Wan Chai Road, third floor, was taken to Kowloon Hospital for treatment.

Boy Arrested.

For Alleged

ing.

Sen. Fulbright

and

represented !!he U.S. Government at the recent meeting of the Internn-

Fund tional Monetary World Bank held in New Delhi, He will be going on to Japan after a short stay where he will meet some of the American students there, who are studying under the Fulbright Scholar- ship.

Money Theft Late Season

The

Pollee have arrested three suspects, Including

a

Chinese boy, following a number

Storm

of petty thefts in Hongkong and Near Manila

Kowloon yesterday.

The boy was detained In

connection with the theft of

late season tropical

storm

a sum of money from another was reported this morning near Chinese boy In Public Square the Philippines and was

Street

In the other cases, a sum of money was stolen from a pas- senger on board a tram in King's Read and a fountain pea was sautched from a pedestrian Ma Tau Wai Road,

In

A Chinese attempted to steal purse, containing a

last

located about 100 miles south- west of Mantla, heading west towards the coast of Indo-China. has been numed The storm Kathy" and at present le speed is reported to be 45 mph at the

centre.

Three inter-Island ships, carry-

the Royal Engineers, Tal

Lam Camp, New Terri- this tories, appeared morning before Mr A. L. Leathlean

Central nt Magistracy on charges of driving a car without a licence and driving with- out a third party insur ance policy.

No plea was taken.

Sub-Insp. H. Mo, prosecuting, told the Court that Peplow drove a vehicle outside the Chung Sing Swimming Pavilion en October 28 without a licence. He was not covered at the time by a third party Insurance policy.

Peplow was remanded for 24 hours in military custody pend- ing further charges.

Gold Stolen

SHEAFFERS

Skrip

Our Hotels

Filling Up

From the Filos

23

years

-ACO

QHELLEY Street, writes "Colonial" in "Old Hongkong" was named not after the poet, but after u former Auditor-General of Hongkong, Mr Adolphus E. Shelley, who was appointed Clerk of Councils in 1844. Previously he had been a Hindustani interpreter. Ho only served here for a few Auditor-General,

years 28

ter going to Mauritius to take up a similar post.

By ANDREW SLOAN The Hongkong tourist season is getting under way once more, despite the recent scare over the Quemoy hostilities, In the naming of yet another interesting and although tourist throughtare, it is

to find that a Commander-in- agencies are not exact- Chief of the Naval forces here

with ly working overtime, valued at 2000 guincas

was

presented

plate when

most are optimistic he left. This was Rear Admiral for the future.

All the big hotels are fully booked, and as one leading hotelier put it: "We're having a hard time keeping up with commitments."

Tourist

agoncy

sir Michael Seymour, K.C.B. (eller whom Seymour Road was named) who was on thu China Station from 1837 to 1850,

Formerly he had been second- In command of the Baltic Fleet, and had lost an eye through Kussian explosion of spokesmen the

ม

had varied replies on the in-Bomb during the Crimean War. it is on record that tho flux. One said: "I don't know

(actually à draft on London, with which a rush. We're working hard

10 purchase the

why, but suddenly everything's gift to the Admiral to keep up with our bookings." platea an effort by tho On the other hand, another European Community to throw morted: "Oh, we're holding up. It's not as gird as I expected, but it should develop all right e time, later on. The Formosa altuation, distiked Governor, has not helped at all, and we have Bowring. not seen as great an increase es we had expected."

into contrast their indifference to the departure, about tho The much- SIF Jolta

And what about Jervois Street and Bonham Strand? The naming of these roads was

One agency in Kowloon feels the result of a big live which

In 1851. that the influx is just beginning. | occurred

It was on After this month, they say, the December 28 of the your named peak season should be coming up. that during a gale à Are broke

Al present they are experiencing out in what was then known as "normal trame."

Most of the hatch in Kowloon ure fully booked, and about 90%

Sheungwan Market,

efforts In spite of the herole mnde by the Royal Engineers,

of them are on the Peninsula. { some hundreds diť Chinesa

Dutiable

Liquor Charge

houses to the north of Queen's Road were destroyd and about thirty Jives Jast

Later, the whole district was rebuilt, with considerable im- provenents “and The most castern and mosi western streets were named respectively Jervols Street and Bonham Strand. This was in honour of Major General Jervols, who personally directed the TE's Bighting the fro and of Sir George Bonham, the Governor, who rave liberal ald in their homes in the conflagration. housing those who had lost

Chan Yui, 50, unemployed, living at an unnumbered

Aberdeen Street, like tho hut in Mar Shan, pleaded village of that name on the guilty before Mr A. L. south of the island-was named Leathlcan nt Central after the Earl of Aberden, who was Foreign Secretary in the Magistracy this morning forties.

to possession of dutiable goods and was fined $150 or six weeks' gaol.

In the lost and found column was a notice to the effect that Prosecutor, Sub-Insp. R. Ma on the 111⁄2 mile beach a net told the Court that on October of false teeth with plate had 10 Chan was seen by polleemen | been found. The owner was carrying a large Un ut Des asked to apply to the manager Yocux Rond West, near Sal of the SCMP. Yuen Street..

The ila was found to contain

☆

MBS Madeline

Gold and jewellery valued a three small ins Chinese TRS

Emily about $437 were stolen from 203 liquor. Under questioning, de-

Pym, described as of Des Voeux Road Central, befendant admitted he had

10 Oakwood Court, Kensington! midnight and ¿ tween

liquor, and pald duty on the

W, was yesterday.

was arresir

summoned before In another

The defendunt admitted seven Westminster Police Court

three of and previous conviellons,

10 fined £50 with

casc

1.371.

clothing

sum of ing a total of 4 people, are te- | valued $100 was stolen from No. money, from a Chinese woman ported la dimculties, according 10 Lan Fong Hoad, fourth Hoor. them being of a similar nature guineas costs for attempting on the first Hoor landing of No. to a United Press international 04 Woo Sung Street.

cable from Manila,

$4,800,000 Worth Of

Cotton Went Up In Smoke

Yesterday's fire at the Kowloon Wharf resulted in the destruction of practically all 6,000 bales of cotton stored in the Godown.

of frien

It was learned this morning, was not finally extinguished that at least 2,500 bales were until 11 p.m. In the course of

destroyed by completely

fire, the fre, a number and most all of the remainder hud to be taken to hospital by water. A single bale of cot having been affected by tho ton is valued at $800.

fumes from the burning cotton. No accurato estimate of the In addition to fire damage, damage. caused by the Aro, | other damage was caused to the which kept a large portion of Godown building, nunber 3BC, the Fire Brigade busy for near- when holes were knocked Ju ly 14 hours, until the firo: 30-| tho, roof, and windows knocked surance agents have made their out to allow Bremen to play assessment. This will probably their hares on the burning cot- take a few more days,

tan bales. They could not en- The fire was discovered in ter the building from below the morning at about 9.30 ond because of the dense ampke.

This Funny World

**There's nothing to be nervous about your father just wants

to have a man to man talk with you,"

to evade the payment of customa duties on silk dreases and underwear | which she had brought from

Shanghai.

Mr M. G. Whittume, prosecut- ing, said Mro Pym, when asked if she had anything to declare produced a number of small articles on which she paid duty amounting to twelve shillings.

A pearch among the rest of tho contents of the trunk revealed a quantity of apparently new underclothing. two slik dresses and cotton dress.

Mre Pym had stated: "I thought it was not necessary to dociüze things I was bringing homo for my personal use. I thought I had only to declare presents." Counsel for Mrs Py said sho was returning from China after an absence of 12 years.

Nearly 1,000. entries, hapo. been received for the Hong- kong University examination.

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