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HISTORIC PAINTINGS ON SHOW

ΚΑΙ ΤΑΚ COMPANY SUED: MORE EVIDENCE

Further evidence was given

before Mr Justice A. D. Scholes in the Supreme Court this morning by o Chinese contractor, plain- tift in a suit against the

LETTERS TO THE

EDITOR

Sir, refer to the letter in

your Jantary 20 issue headed "O14 Hongkong".

We ourselves have few re- cards here na so much was lost

Motorcyclist Injures Three Women:

Fined $100

in the war, but we do know A man who ran his motor- cycle on to the pavement that the firm opened in Hong

knocking down three kom at the beginning of 1870,

women, was this morning fined $100 ni Central for careless driving.

Ice

The Brst temporary premises French dredging company, were on the then Praya, im- Socioto Francaise d'Enter-mediately to the eist of

In May, 1870, a prises de Dragages et de fouse Lane. Travaux Public.

lense was taken of two large houses with

the i godowns ut

Mr KC. A. S. Phillips also or- corner at Queen's Road and Icedered his licence to be endorsed. House Street. 1 1877 a mave The cyclist, Leung Slu-heung, was mudy to ground floor offices of a. Fife Street, ground floor, in Queen's Road, but we do not who pleaded guilty was allow- knew the excet lentien, nor who jed seven days to pay the fine, was the owner of the bullding.

Mr Wong testified whilst he was under sub-contract from the contractor Tang Yat to re- from the move everburden quarry he received a total of $14,788 in July and August, 1950 for his work. There was some dispute between Tang and him- relt us to the actual amount of

overburden removed, but even- tually be secepted the last sum of $0,000 ch August 0 in final settlement, walving whatever

more was due.

Direct Contract

The labati muinlained that

on September 7, 1956 he was

under oneet

contract to

the

Retendamis' quarry mister,

French company when he was paid $4,000 by Me Boele,

the On

September 29 he was pak an-

other $4,425 - and these rums,

The Orm moved to its present

ocea in 1897,

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.

'Big Cold' Not

So Cold

together with $880 to his credit According to the Chinese

for petrol und the sums he had received from Tang totalled $24,013, leaving a balance of $5.438 owing to him.

G

Wong said that Mr Boele was the person who paid him for work done after August 14, 1950. He gave Tang Ynt receipt for sums including the payments from Mr Boele be- couse Tong brought him the lost payment of $4,420 and asked him for a receipt. The receipt was prepared by Tang beforehand and he merely signed it.

Wong said that no one elre removed overburden from the French quarry between July 7 and September 4, 1956 except his workmen. Tang'a workmen did nothing while he (plaintiff) was working on the quarry,

represented by Mr Obwald Cheung Instructed by Mr B. S. McElncy.

The defendant company is represented by Mr Brook Ber- nacchi.

by MI instructed

Ile

R. F. G. Dennis.

To platati, Mr Wong Tic-tung, is clabaing 13.439 as balance of money owing for removing over- burden from the company's quarry

at Chin Kwok Ling between August 14 and September 4. 1050.

The case is proceeding.

calendar.

today the 13th day of the 12th moon' should be the coldest; day of the year. But to- day's minimum tempera- ture

was five |

Prosecuting.

Sub - Inspector S. W. Ng. told the court that Leung was riding a motörtƒcle

McDonnell Road along November 2, last year in a westerly direction.

on

Outside the St Paul's Co- Educational College, his motor- cycle mounted the pavement ant knocked down three

women.

The Women sustained slight injuries.

1

Clothing &

Food For

The Governar Sir Robert Black studies one of the paintings at the Exhibition at St John's Cathedral fell, On his left is General Ho Sal-Isi, con of the late Bir Robert He Tung, and Mrs Ho-Chixa Mail Photo.

warmer than yesterday. Destitutes GOVT. CLERK

The Chinese nanic for day

is "Dal Hon." or "Big Cold."

Hongkong's coldest winter Missionaries of the Hong-

day this Ecsson occured last week, and since then the temperature has ranged be- tween the 50's and 60'

This nerning at the Royal Observatory The minimum temperature was recorded be- tween six and seven an It

TELLS "WHY I LIED'

kong Branch of the West China Evangelistic Band distributed warm clothing and ricc to

some 760 66 persons at the European YMCA this morning.

It was the third large sente

was 56.7 dez. or five degrees distribution of clothing which

Warmer than yesterday's minimum.

was collected and sent by the Mennonite Central Committee of . This Way caused by lastU.S.A. and the Oxford Com- night's cloudy sky. But the mittee for Famine Relief. The same clouds are expected to keep toe was donated by the Church today's max mum temperature World Service.

Mrs V. H. Dennithorne, whose

down.

The cutlook for tomorrow is husband is the Director of the practically the same as today, Band, cald there will be a fur- the Observatory said this morn-ther distribution of clothing and ing.

food to nerdy people next week.

The minimum temperature The distribution was made to should be about 37 degrees and destitutes from squatters huts. the maximum Dround 31-de-street sleepers and those living

on stairways.

grees.

"Dog-gone it! Why

didn't somebody tell me?"

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Worthy Memorial To Late Sir Robert Ho Tung

From the Files

25

years

AGO.

GREAT interest has been

Garoused by press mon

The Ho Tung Collection of 84 paintings was enges from South Africa described by His Excellency the Governor, stating, that a pure white Sir Robert Black, as

diamond weighing "a very fitting and flawless worthy memorial" for the late Sir Robert 726 carats was found by a Sir Ho Tung when he opened an exhibition of the digger near Pretoria.

Ernest Oppenheimer, Dia- Collection at St John's Cathedral Hall this mond Corporation Chair- morning.

have man is reported to paid £70,000 for it. Largest "The appearance of Hongkong diamond Expressing the Colony's grati~

ever found tude

One kit, the has changed with the passage of Governor said that the Collec- Ume. It is still changing, and so the Cullinan Diamond, tion "constitutes a most valuable rapidly that it must be dimeult weight 3,025, in 1905. acquisition and one which, I am for many of you even to recall certain, w give constant plea-clearly the shape of Hongkong E sure to the general publie, just it was ten years ago.

für

the

as i will be of value to our historians,"

Transient Life

A

Was

✩ group of Benedictine monks living on the shores of "Luckily, photography en put | Loch Ness told reporters "0f the old landmarks en record be-

course, we have seen it." "It" being the famous monsters which the local Abbat opeculated "is probably the aole survivor of a species com- mon hundreds, even millions of years ago".. *

He said that Sir Rober. Ho Tung had made many benefac- tons in Hongkong during his long Hetime and his name and were the name of his family perpetuated in many Ane build- Ings and inst.ulicas.

crice "My Fredecessor scribed Sir Robert as a 'true and cerned, loyal citizen of Hongkong whose "In those days It was the pen name will endure ever, hoor bruch of a chance artist which raid, "I believe that we should was the only means of preserving the the transient life of the Chine exhibition in retard this light of that tribute, and that coast scene. we should see in this exhibition, which has been arranged accordance

fore they crumble beneath the hummers of the demolition sqund; but this was not true of the Colony's first yours or the still earlier period with which de- much of this exhibition is con-

|

THIS in the time the Chinese like to eat

071

"Many of these early paint-cats," said the Police at the

Magistracy inings and drawing: have. for a Kowloon with Sir Robert's leng tins, beca

scattered over Saturday when a man was own wishes, a deeper signi- the face of the globe, but we charged before Mr Wynne-

are Fradually re-assembling in Jones with larceny of kill Acance than just that it is a showing of paintings and draw- Ings."

Colonial Secretary The Colonial Secretory, the Hon. Claude Burgess, before asking His Excellency to open the Exhibition, said:

This Collection of pictures is now, through the generosity of the late Sir Robert He Tun the property of the Hongkong Government. It falls to the

to net Colonial Secretary curator of these and our other pletures until the City Hall is Built and established.

am quite sure, Sir. that

gives as

the

J

the Government collections an adequate pictorial history of ing a cat belonging to

period. That reason alone neighbour. would justly me in giving He said the cat got into his public expression to Hongkong's flat and was stealing a piece of gratitude and thanks for the meat when he hit it on the head gift of the Ho Tung Collection.

with a hammer. Ho admitted he "It ranges widely over was going to eat the animal. century of change and pro-Fine: $50, gress; it consututes Д most valuable acquisition and

Harry Owon-Hughes wae which, I am certain, will give constant pleasure to the general run out after scoring 95 in the

of HKCC match public, just as it will be

against. the Army. The match ended in a value to our historians,

"The years which have pass.. draw. Playing for University against Craigengewer, “A. N. Rodrigues scored 85 while E. Zimmern scored 87 for Cral- 22 not gengower, A. T. Lee out and A. B. Hamson 32, Playing for the Civil Service,

ed since Sir Robert offered this gift have, of course, brought us the time when WO can give the pictures their per menont home. We are now

City Hall on

Your Excellency's presence nearer to Mr Chan Hok-luen, a former clerk of the D.C. & I., here this morning

who testified yesterday at the trial of three much pleasure to the members

docs to the temporary curator; struction of the businessmen on a charge of conspiracy, said of Sir Robert's family as it about to embark on the con this morning he had given the Police a dif- and i will now ask Your Ex- the Central Reclamation and IJ. Barnes got a hat-trick when pletion towards the end of 1901. men, G. Wynne, B. Thorpe and ferent version of the story when he was first cency to declare the Exhibl-hope that we shall see its com- he dismissed three Police bats- T. H. King. Playing for Rc- interviewed last April "because I did not want

creio, H. A. Alves, and E. Mr Lee (an accused at the trial) to be in-years since Sir Robert Ho Tung

Spares scored 47 each apainet HKCC Second XI, while II. J. volved."

Armstrong knocked up 40 for the Club.

The three accused, Lee Po- on, director of Pan Asia Supply Company, Ling Hon-wal, allas

of Henry Ling, manager the company, and To Tat-ng, ex- port manager of the company, ore alleged to have conspired together to get comprehensive certificates of origin to export prawns and shrimps to the United States by fraudulent means.

Ling. the second accused, is also accused of corruptly giving

.

which

tion open.'

Governor said: In reply the

Permanent Home "It is now more than three

"The Ho Tung Collection, as 1 offered to present to the people have indicated, will then find of Hongkong the collection of its permanent home. In the pletures which we see displayed meantime, we have this op this morning.

portunity of seeing these valu- The delay in putting theable pictures and acknowledg- collection on exhibition has ing the generosity of the been unavoidable, being due to donor." the necessary cleaning and re- pairing which had to be under- taken after a long period of storage of the pictures in Lon- dun.

*

PU-YI

designate

the Emperor

of Manchu- His Excellency then declared the exhibition open.

kuo (the Japanese puppet The opening was attended by state, formerly Manchuria) members of the Ho Tung has announced that he is family and many prominent propared to ascend tho

Citizena.

The exhibition is open to the throne. public until the end of the

"It is a very sad circumstance for us all, however, that, during this interval of time, Hongkong has suffered a grievous loss by month, with the exception of

The death occurred in San the death of Sir Robert him-Sunday, January 25. Admission

is free and the hours of view-Francisco of Mr O; P. F. of the We are now exhibiting these cg are: on January 21-from 1

pictures against the background p.m. to 5 p.m., on January 23, James, freight agent of the of these sod circumstances. Sir 23, 24, 20, 27, 29 and 30-fromellar Steamship company in Robert Ho Tung made many 10 am. to B p.m., and on Jan Hongkong and former secrt- benefactions in

Hongkong anry 28 and 31 from 10 am to tary of the Hongkong Lawm

liis

Tennis Association.

NO `MORE BLACKOUTS, BUT SEARCH GOES ON Hongkong Elestele engineers a Government clerk, Chan Hok-ve still not established the luen, a total of $1,200 as a re-actual cause of the blackouts zeil.

affected parts word for assisting their com Clony yesterday and Monday, pany by falsifying records kept According to an official of the uy the DC. & I

Hongkong Electric Company the Three Times supply of power on the alter-

during his long lifetime, native basls has proved satis- Cross-examined this morning factory up till now, having namo and the name of his Chan Hok-luen sold ke had stood the strain throughout last family are perpetuated in many been interviewed by Insp. night, and yesterday afternoon. ne buildings and institution. Iublison on three occasions in

des- "My predecessor once He said that engineers are now April and May last year,

true Chan said what he told Insp. following the overland cable to celbed Sir Robert as 'a

attempts to and loyal citizen of Hongkong Ibbitson on

this occasion was Aberdeen in their

whose name will enduro for not the true story, though he and the fault.

ever. I believe that we should regard this exhibition in the light of that tribute, that we should see in this exhibition, which has been arranged in Mrs accordance with Sir Robert's on wishes, a deeper algril- ficance than just that it is a showing of paintings and drawings,

had vouched for the truth of that statement.

Yesterday it was suspected that a section of cable had been

Ha agreed that at the second stolen from this feeder line.

interviaw, he made no attempt

to suggest that that statement

was in any way untrue.

He also agreed that at the

third interview, he vouched for

a "completely different story."

Mr D'Almada for the accused: I suggest you are a person who his no real tegard for the truth.

Witness: No.

I auggest further this evidence you gave in Court yesterday is completely untrue. I disagree."

Roughly

Re-examined by Mr Mayne, Mr Chan wald he did not want to give the trun vemion of the story in his first statement "be- cause I did not want My Leo to' be involved."

Ho said the veralon in his third statement to the Police roughly corresponded to the evidence, he had van yosterday.

Elearing in continuing.

+

CHARGED

WITH THEFTS

FROM 3

HK HOUSES

to

Look Back

"I believe that as we, and the rest of Hongkong, look at these pictures, we can, in this moment of lime, pause to look back with a very special affec-

D.II.

T

PRESENTATION TO

MRS L.B. STONE

L. B. Stone, former Jade handle and Mrs Stone Chairman of the Com-thanked the members of the

Club for the gill mittee of the Hongkong

A large gathering attended International Women's the function and among them Club, was, presented with were Lady Hogan (Chairman), a memento on the eve of ching. Mrs G. Kwok, Mrs He Mrs Loo D'Almada, Mrs II. her departure the Odell, Mrs. A. Wicker- United Kingdom by mem- son and Mrs Arthur Woo. bers of tho Club this morning.

to

U.S. OFFICIAL

LEAVES

U.S.

Lady Black, wife of H.E. the An unemployed man charged tion on one of Hongkong's out-

with stealing a total of $14,120 standing citizens and, is doing of the Club made the presente- Goverücz, who is the President from three European real co, we can express our own dences in various parts of the personal thanks for this latent on end in doing so extended

land, appeared at Central gift which, as it were, sets the

best wishes to the past Chair- Mr Perkins McGuire.

Assistant Secretary Magistracy this morning.

for De- seat on the many other gifta man for a happy retirement.

Mrs Stone, who The offences are alleged

will be fence. which Bir Robert made TO

accompatited by Mrs Icaving with place between Hongkong over the years.

ter husband. McGuire and -lila 'party, left by. have taken

former General Manager "These pletures, as you will

of a U.S. Service plane this mo:n= September 20 and last Monday.

the Union. Insurance Society Ing for Maula after spending Ang Heck-sang, allas Kung shortly have a chance to sec,

of Canton, Lie next Tuesday, four days in Hongkong. Fük-sang, 44, of 67 Connaught constitute in themselves a very Road West, fest floor, woa 50- | fitting and worthy memorial for The case te before Judge B. 1.manded for three days in polico Sir Robert, because they depict Jangan at the Victoria Duties custody for further enquiries: n. bygone way of life in those The memanta was in the foern | arrived here from Telpel, last Court.

The Bồn, Leo D'Atpads, QC, and on request of Divisional Detec communities, the later growth-mingnifying glass with a week, Me Palik Ya rare ropestine for five Inspector R.A. Dudman, and prosperity of which were

klyn Apeaded, in the Instruction of who 'told the Court the 'come so closely associated with,' I Mir. Pover Mor

Crown would be heard in committel might almost any, epitomised in Comandate prosegalios, men sheds by proceedings Styl

the career of· Bir·Robers Ho No pies was taken.

Tung himssile i

has been with the Club since Mr McGuire la on, a private |1947.

tour of the Far East, Fe

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