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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1958.

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ADMIRAL SNORKEL PEN

CMA PROBE ON FIRES CONTRACTOR

But Cause Not Yet Established

The Chinese Manufacturers Association have not yet established the cause of the three fires at the Exhibition, since it was opened on December 4,

A spokesman of the CMA said this morning that the Security Department of the Association were conducting an inquiry into the cause of the fires, but as yet, he had received no report of the results.

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Hanging At Stanley Gaol

Lee Lam, aged 40 years, who was convict- ed of the murder at Pang Ying Choi at the Supreme Court ал November 12, 1958, was hanged at Stanley Prison this morning.

Tram Knocks

Down Man

32-ver-41d

(FR Day

Mal

Nraturt

The Pre Brigade for Chana Ligh

Cu weid Power | 141, with cherken the viertzien

treats, would ruke any com- PE wharts asked. Si sig sl the res

Up To CMA

When asked to comment un reports that old or second- hond wiring had been in- stalled b

Borne of the dis- plays, Mr C. . Wood, General Manager of China Light said, "We always Inspect the wiring, Ju1 I Guliol Bay whether the wiring is good, bad or indifferens. It is nut

up lo and to say anything about It. I leave it to the Chinese Manufacturers sociation."

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MAN'S SUICIDE HK CAST TO BID RECOUNTED PLAY IN

FINED FOR DEFECTIVE

AT COMMITTAL SINGAPORE WORKMANSHIP

PROCEEDINGS

A man charged with the murder of a former Cantonese opera actross allegedly said in

a statement to the Police that he had twice tried to commit suicide after ! having stabbed the woman.

The man, Chan Wai Kung, 47, advertising agent of No. 1 Berwick Street, Third floor, appeared this morning before Miss B. K. Searle at the Supreme Court in committal proceedings.

He was charged with hay bing ArcTed Ako

Wun Sau October 22 Just at the

ndures.

wit

Je

in a statement to the olive tead by Mi Sun Kwok Cheung interpreter attached to the Chu, Kowloon, Chan Wai Kung was alleged to have subt that for two years Ho, a tenant in bus build- ing, had begged his fas

50 An presence

purposely to me feel write me and make angry,"

Laughed At Me

"On October 22, Ho saw #TAS! building walking past In the and she covered her mouth wind taughed at me," the statenat real,

"About 15 minutes later, asi 1 returned home, she again laugh- ed at me and 1 tell very angry. "I decided go to the vinema returned p.m.

Tip To Police

Was A 'Double'

Dallas, Dec. 13. Policemen A I. Edwards and Thomas Taylor gut a hot tip curly today that burglars were going to break lato a place call- et Rita's Lounge. The tip was 200 per cent securate.

ut 4.30 home but I was still angry, 1

Wher

and 1 un her cubicle.

Edwards and Taylor went to two men the place and caught I wamei tu told my wife that Chare her and die with her. I streaking out of the back door also took some spirit-tranquillis with $25 in change from vead-

M. W J German, Officer of the Fire Brigade, stand was the Fire

Brigade was conducting kancked down and angured by an investigation and bad taken

Voeux Rond Cin-

photographs of the fires, "but we als junctio wild

have not conclutied it yet." he Jubilee Street yesterday

added. The man You Sum of No. 7 Wing Lok Stren, gland floor. by receiving Treatisent la Quers Mary Hospital.

lie said that as was a pri- ung lublets, but I was still angrying machines on them.

vale concern,

nothing at this stuge.

could

SHY

AL The Extution. the Security

the Department f

Suspect Detained se Manufacturers Associa

The Pole have wriied Chinese following the shatching!

sum 4+2

1pon DROPS

Huropean Princess yesterday

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conducting then own investigation into the cattses of the tes

because, I think, i was always thinking of what

she had done La me and to my

wife in the past. When I opened my cubicle to go out I lost control of my - self and stabbed her.

Suicide Bids

outside

the plug. WARNIN Theatre, Nathan (toud.

promise her.

anything...

but give her

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*** then tried 10 commit sadd}; 1 attached a wire lo my fool and put the other end [ trembled all over for a few seconds but the wire came out of the plug and I put it back agam, trembled for a few more seconds but the wire carne out again,

"I then thought that it wus Heaven's will that I should not Idle.

"I then toki tay wife what nad happened and decided to go

Asslaton!

to the police and surrender."

Mr C. J. Chancy, Superintendent of Police is pro- secuting, assisted by Divisional Det. Insp. Chan Kim-wan.

Certified Dead,Lived

To 100

Dublin, Deo. 15.

at

A woman who as a girl of 17

certifled dead from Was Lyphold fover has died Kilmainham fast three months short of her 100th birthday. She was Sister Delphine do St Paul (Keush), of the Little Sisters of the Poor at St Patrick's House, Kilmainhamı.

the f

The pof:eemen Look

headquarters burglars te after seeing

ir.to them safely guol, drove their squad car by Ritu's again.

They caughi thave mor

la tine trying to burglars,

open a window.-U.P.1.

Nanyang Says: No Personal Differences

Singapore, Dec. 15.

The

-FILM

By DAVID T. K. WONG

Singapore. Merdeka Bridge, Singa- pure's M$8,000,000 landmark, will provide the beltground for a tragic-romantic in in Cantonese aimed at the Hong- kong market.

The

11

la

about

Alm, entitled Love on Merdeka Bridge, young love and in the popular Chinese movies tradition of will be a real tear-jerker.

will star Cantonese actress Lim Fung who will be coming here with a cast of about 20 from Hongkong in February for shooting.

Mr Chau See-luk, the director of the Bim, is already here looking over the location. He said: Thus aim will be an experiment as i will be the helm- Jest Cantonese film

d on Malayan location with a Malayan plot. We expect 11

to be a great success both in Malaya and Hongkong."

is expected to The tim

Shaw Brothers about M$55.- 900 to produce.

FOOTNOTE;

Merdeka Bridge

is 2,000 feet long and is sold to be the longest main mad pre-stressed

bridge concrete outside the United States,

16-Year-Old

Held On

Charge Of

Killing Five

New York, Dec. 15. Sixteen-year-old Cart Eder, Lought for three days for the brutal slayings of a mother and her four childron, was captured by an off-duty patrolman to night, polico reported,

Eder confessed almost im- mediately to part of the crimes of which he is accused, police sald

The El

New

The Nanyang University to- doy denied that "personal

Chief, Cajon Police differences" had led to a Joseph O'Connors, said that an former tutor Professor Fon off-duty policeman given a tip Kio being forced to leave by an unidentified woman cap- the Colony by immigration York, opt Mission Beach, Call-

türed Eder, formerly of

fornia, near San Diego.

Professor Fan who received a

who O'Connors,

subjected "leave or risk detention" order Eder to rigorous questioning tol from the Immigration depart lowing his return here, said the

authorities.

ment last week said on arrival

woman had seeb the ianicy

ut Hongkong "the immigration suspect lottering in the neigh- wuthorities are not responsibic | Lourhood. for this unhappy incident.

the

Eder fled after the slaying of "It is personal differences be- five members of the Tom Pen- tween me and

University dergast family here last Friday. authorities that have forced me to leave,"

Pendergast, Aimon frantic with grief after discovery of the The Executive Council of the bodies on Friday, was confined

unti

his release

Nanyang University today in a to a hospital psychophatic word atatement denied the Professor's for two days allegations. The statement says today--U.P.I. the Chairman of the University, Which 17, Sister Delphine Tan Lark-syc had personally was certified dead from lyphold written to the Singapore Im- fever and her cooln was migration

authorities for visa closed.

extensions for Professor Fon

At the request of her slates, and other tutorial staff.-U.N.).

it was re-opened so that she might take a last farewell. It was then that Sister Delphine's eyes

opened,

From that day she decided to devote her life to the service of God through the aged poor. Many years ago she lost her eight, but a pelest predicted that she would regain it, and the die

Sister

Delphine was the oldest member of her order. China Mail Special.

Majority For Menzies

Sydney, Dec. 15. Mr R. G. Menzies Liberal Country Party coalition Federal Government in Australia was given its first Senato (Upper House) working majority since 1985 today, when the Commen- wealth Electoral OMes confirm-

'Flu Deaths ed that a Country Party canill

date had won the last of the New South Wales seats to be Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 10.

counted after the recent cleç- Hospital attendants are being tion. rushed from here to Trenganni

Wrong Direction

New York, Dec. 15. Lester D. Strom, 25, a barglar

under a seven-year

term, made a rope out of towels, lassoed a pick axe and pulled It through the window of his zaol cell in Greenville, Texas. He went to work on the con crete wall of his cell and by labouring all Saturday night eight inch hoie managed to dig out a six-by- before he was Interrupted yesterday.

The man who Interrupted Strum was gooler Howard War- ren, who told him he had dug another cell- his way into U.P.I.

Theft From Flat

The corillion now hun-31 woate produk dan State, North Malnya, where 23 Jis the 60-rest, chamber, wiifch Cánh and three watches to a persons aro reported to live was previously Beadlocked at flotni value of $240 were stolen diled from influenza Bince 30-80 in party line voting run. No. 35 Becond Street, iat October-touter.

foos yesterdaar.

Reuter:

From the Filos

25

years AGO-

Tai has reported to

driving a car from West Point to the Great Ching

the vehiclo skidded when passing the Tang Shan Hotel, along the Praya and fell into the

PUN

the police that while

A building contractor pleaded guilty to a Hotel in the early hours of

summons for defective workmanship in Saturday, the construction of reinforced concrete beams for a school building and was fined $500 by Mr H. H. B. How at Cen- tral Magistracy this morning.

Mr

How gave

defendant at some month to pay the line.

The contractor, Pong Cha was the proprietor of the Tak Cheong Construction Company. ut Sun Street, ground floor, Wanchal.

Honeycombed

Mr G. R Sneath, Crown Counsel, told the Court that an

the building inspection of Inland Last No 1. Aberdeen, was carried out by members of the PWD on September 3,

The reinforced concrete beams were found to է: "honey- combed",

mould. which The wooden had been badly put together had not fulfilled their function and allowed some of the wet cement to run away.

The concrete mix itself had been much too wet, said Mr Saeath.

Because of this discovery, Mr

PWD Sneath said, the

had ordered the total demolition of the beams.

WEJ

Lo

Danger

Exhibition By Famous Chinese

Photographer

States

harbour.

The driver and the pasSCH Kers, three

in number escaped with nothing more serious than an unpleasant ducking,

constable is ro- A Chinese

in the ported to have jumped water and assisted in the rescue work. The car was salvaged later in the day.

Mr Harria Levin, a Jewish minister who left £5,170 directed that his daughter, Miss Rebecca Levin, of Mon- chester should love £300 which he bequeathed to her if she did not marry a Jew before she reached forty years of age.

CHARGE of cutting Phry- pium leaves at Bowen Road

admitted

did

The

Dr Chien Mu, President of New Asia College, this morning opened an exhibi- tion by the world-famous was brought against a coulle, Li Chinese photographer, Mr | Fong, before Mr Balfour in the Chin-San Long, at the Central Police Court yesterday. United

breaking Cultural Defendant Contro, Duddell Street. the foliage, but staled he

not use a knife.

Brennan: Inspector damage is $1.00. The leaves are sold al five cents a bundle.

Mr J. R. Carr, of the Forestry Department, said yesterday was Winter Solstice and De- At first, he took up journal-fendant had

the gathered lam for a profession,” In 1020 leaves for wrapping up rice for the Shanghai Times enlarged its the festival. A fine of 925 or

Mr Long three weeks was imposed. pletorial section and

Mr Virtuoso Chin-San Long. famed as the most outstanding Chinese artistle cameraman, has been devoted to the study of photography since his boyhood,

He drew the Court's alten- tion to the fact that the building

house school. If the defective workmanship had built up a reputation as China's not been discovered there would certainly br

the danger to children,

Asked by the Court, the de-abroad,

foremost news-cameraman.

His pictures have been frequently exhibited

the

in salons Sir This

morning's

fendant said he had been in On display at the exhibition papers carry the report of a

the business for

years

the last und und received complaint about his work,

fie asked the

be Court to lenient,

HE GOT HIS

CHRISTMAS

WISH

Chicago, Dec. 15. Judge Joseph Hormes played Santa Claus to- day and gave helper Hugo

Kosmel (48) charged with vagrancy, his Christmas wish-a holiday gool sentonce for the third straight your.

"I like the Christmas dinnor they serve at Bridewall gaol,” Kosmel said. "Besides, I get a chance to take a bath." ---U.P.I.

or

32 this morning were about 50 coolle arrested for cutting no photographs. The exhibition is Phrynium leaves in Bowen open to the public from 10 am Road, the value of which is to 7 pm until Friday.

given as $1.60. A fine of 325 im- three weeks was posed. Further comment would be superfluous but it is sincerely to be hoped that all concerned

this smart and humane bit of

Compromise

In Supreme

with

Court Action work enjoy their Christmas

A compromise the arbitration

settlement in Award dispute

dinners.--X

wns announced when hearingΜTHE "Codex Sinaiticus" THE "Codex Senate not resumed betore Mr Justice J. R. Gregg in the Court this morning.

Supreme

the oldest Bible manuscripts Mr Brook Bernacchi (in-in the world, which has structed by Mr P. L. Lom) for been bought at a cost of the applicant suld the proceed £100,000 for the British ings had been settled.

Museum from the Soviet Two motions arising from an Government, Ís being arbitration award in favour of Fchoco Ltd against Mr Ho Kar- brought from Russia by lau, its former compradore were special courier and is before the Court.

pected to reach London" on Christmas Eve.

Ho

In the first moon Mr sought to set aside the award of $49,950 made by the Arbilrutor, Mr R. V. Lederhofer on March 22, 1958,

In the second molion Fehnco Ltd. asked for ar order enforce the award.

This Funny World

“You're sure this is intended for my nga group?"

to

Ex-

The new Testament contains two books additional to those of the present authorised version namely the Epistle of Barnabas and the Shepherd of Kernca

puce

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Fresh trouble has broken out in the Nazi Christmas Church readting in Bishop Hoassn= felder and his extreme collca. tho Tesigning from ecclesiastie ministry of Reich- bishop Mueller. Bishop Hosnetk felder is an ardent Názi Chris- tian and has long been at loggerheada with the leaders of the moderate grekps, Bodela- wingko and Niemoeller,

WHEN Sir John Ellerman died Win July it was. ealimato in City circles that his fortuna would prove to be in the neigh- bourhood of £30 million. It is now learned that the tolat Eller- man estate will be found to ¢x- ceed £40 million. This will necessitate the payment of more than £20 million to the Stato.

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