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CHINA MAIL

MAGPIE'S FLIGHT

COST HER

Judge's Ruling On Statements By Directors

Victoria District Judge B. J. Jonnings this morning admitted as evidence state ments made to the Police by three executives of a Chinese import and export company who are charged with conspiracy to effect a public mischief.

$240

|Tho_flight of a .magpie was

the cause of a 40-your- old woman being fined $240 at Central Magi- stracy this morning.

The woman, Law Yuk, living

at 22 Peel Street, first floor, was given the option of five

works' geol by the Magistrate, Mr Derek Cons.

• Low was charged with theft plended and corruption. She Quilty.

Last Wednesday aflcimoon, the owner of the maple. Ng Sze-aking, let the bird out of its enge in his home at di Staunton Street, ground Boor.

SCARED

of

A oup

Children who

were playing nearby, scared the bird and it flew away.

Ny followed ord saw it

and on Law's verandah. So he went to get the magple, her house.

but Law said The bird wis not in

• Ng then

the reported to to 5 Police The accused are Lee Po-an, j His Honour went on

and Pelice constable diretor of the Pan Asia Supply that he saw no reason for the Chiu King-chow, went with Ng Co., Ling Hon-wal, alias Henry Police to have held out any in- Lin. manager, and To Tt-n, deement for the accused to export manager.

make a statement,

uf

to Law's home.

First the dented she had the bird but later produced it and

He caid he could find no in- asendes between the evide offered Chiu $3 for "ten"

The three are accused of con- spiring to obtain comprehensive certificates

origin

by fraudulent means for exportingenes of Mr Rich and Detective prawns and shrimps to the Inspector . G. Publison (of the Anti-Corruption Branch) La ly United States,

whel went 1993.

Ling is also charged with car- ruptly giving Government eler, Chan Hok-hen, a total of $1.200 as a reward for falsifying rrenrds kept by the Departnicnt of Commerce and Industry,

INFORMATION

Giving his decision on the tatements, Judge Jennings sold le found that before these were recorded the Police had received certain information about irre- the zularities copnected with export of shrimps.and prawns to the U.S.

There were certain matters which required an explanation, he said, nd the Police very Froperly decided to Investigate

them.

ex them. The

Judge Jennings sald the de- fence entended that the second and third cccused were given to understand that they would not be charged, and that they were only being questioned in connec- tion with bribes received by cer- tain Revenue officers.

Saying he was satisfied that the Police had not given this undertaking,

Jennings Judge stated that he therefore found that the statements were made voluntarily and were admissible as evidence.

READ OUT

'He refused.

he did not arrest her.

Detestive Sub-Inspcoter R. L Russell prosecuted.

Shangri-La Committee

Mrs J. C. McDouall, wife of the

Chinese Secretary for Affairs, presided at a meeting of the Shangri-la Ball Commlilce held in the Hongkong Chinese Women's Club this morning.

It was decided that the Boll in nid of the Boys and Girls The statements of all the Clubs Association will be held accused were then read out by in the Repulse Bay Hotel on Mr Desmond Mayne, Crown April 10 Mrs McDouall on- Counsel. They purported to nounced that His Excellency

Governor will ottend with Mive Barbara Block. Lady Black will be away from the Colony on that date.

The Police Invited the accus- ed persons to come to the Anti-give some detalls of the pro- the Corruption Office and question- cedure in storing shrimps and

third accused

prawns and the paper work had already been interviewed involved in exporting them, by Revenue Inspector G, A, D. Itch and had had a fair idea of what was happening.

He could have declined to go to the Office, or having Kone there he could have declined to Inake a statement.

Parls of the statements were in question and answer form.

Heating is continuing. The Hon. Leo. d'Almada, QC, and Mr Patrick Yu are defending all

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From the Files

What A Wonderful Toy! 25

A Hongkong firm is plan ning to turn out electric trains using plastic materials for the coaches and the locomotives. So far, the electrical equip

ment and the locomotive have been imported and only plastic coaches have!

Governor

Inspects

been made in Hongkong, but the China Mail was told that the firm, which | makes a wide range of plastic toys, hopes to turn out a complete electric] train sét with rails, This morning His Excellency the Governor visited the

factory, Kader Industrial Co., Ltd.

Here is seen with Mr H. C.

Ting, the managing direc tor of the company. On the Governor's right is Mr Manson of the D. C. |

Mull and I. - China Photographer,

Car Returned

Factories To Hongkong

His Excellency the Gover-

nor, Sir Robert Black,

visited two factories on

the island this morning,

He was accompanied by

of Department of Com- merce und Industry, and

Bank Corp.

Mr H. A. Angus, Director The decision of a Kowloon Magistrate in making an order for the forfeiture of a motorcar was reversed by the Senior Puisne Judge, Mr. Justice C. W. Reece in the Appeals Court this morning.

Mr W.. E. Manson, Trade Oficer.

The Governor's first visit wab the Yue Ying Can Manufactur- ing Co., of No, 10, Whitfield Road.

I

liis Lordship also ordered

that the car in question be re-

J

years

AGO

[[[UGE-demonstrations are bo-

ing sloped in Manchester morrow in protest against foreign Cumping

Great Britain and The Colonter. Resentatives of Ali

scc-

tlons of the guttons tradu Bad The Mayors of the most im-

•portant Lancashire towns will jead the procession. The organisers intend to concentrate on Japanese competition.

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The many lends in long- kong of Capt. James Bundred, partner- In the old-estabilehed Th of Messra Goddard, Douglas, will be surprised to hear that when he returns by the E&A Iner Tanda on Feb. 4, he will be accompanied by an Australian bride, for- merly Miss Gladys Goddon. He met Miss Godden while watch-

the ing

Australien racing classic, the Melbourne Cup.

✩ ✩

Mr T. W. Hornby, former Hongkong Stock broker of the firm of Messrs Wright and Hornby, diet at his home in Ripon.

A squatter fire in the Sheb Kip Mei village destroyed 20 to 30 matshed dwellings.

THE Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China will issue a $50 note of new design in the near future. It will be alightly

now in circulation and will be coloured brown and green

Teacher Gave larger than the $10 notes

False Information

A Chinese employee of the Chartered Bank has been arrested in connexion with the An unregistered teacher this forgery of cheques_for_$180,- morning pleaded guilty 000 drawn on the British before Mr. T. Morris at American Tobacco Company, Central Magistracy to says a Shanghai report.

☆ furnishing falso informa- tion about his educationa! A Babes in the Wood, was PLEASING pantomime,

qualifications . în

application to be

registered teacher..

produced at the YMCA,

written by Mr S. A. Sweet

Lou Chit-kit, 35, of 18 Percival and produced by Mr W. Street; second door, was aned Robertson,

$500 or two months' imprison-

ment.

Among the cast were Meesra

A charge of uttåring a forged R. Dormer, Rupert Baldwin, diploma of the Great China | Waller

Simpson, Sharpe, W. Univeraity In China was dis-J. J. Ferguson, J. C. Grenham, missed when the Police accepted Miss Audrey Steele and Miss Q'Hagan, Mr Ronnie the defendant's plea of not Evelyn

Truu (plant) Mies Peddy Detretive Sub-Inspector A. T. Pasco, Irene Rog, Miss W.

guilty.

Shelly, of the Passport Fraud Henderson, Helen and Winnis

Omice, told the Court that on Ingram, Mr Charlie Wright, Me

defendent November 27 the

John Luke. made no application, to the Misa Margery Rice and Mr Counsel sald that the parties Education Department to be Rupert Baldwin were at the involved were the hirer of the employed

a permitted plano. Blage and props were by

Ho was met by Mr Kwan | turned to the appellants, the

car, the person who had the teacher. The defendant stated Messer J. H. Hunt, J. Young Yue-chung, General Manager, Hongkong and Shanghat Bank-car under a hire-purchase agree, he was a graduate of the Great S. M. West, D. Wilson, W. J. Mr Kwan Yue-pang. Assistant ing Corporation.

ment, and the Hongkong and China University and produced Brown and Mrs Lanchester. Shanglii Banking Corporation, a document purpurling to be a the appcllants.

diploma.

General Manager and Mr Kwan

Kal-yip, Asistant Manager.

Sir Robert was conducted on tour of the factory and watched the manufacturing pro- cesses.

The Bank had appealed by

way of a case stated against M

I. M. S. Donnell's decision.

- Counsel orked the Court to On July 7, 1958, Mr Donnell make an additional crder; and granted an application by the that was that the car be returned Director of Commerce and Into the appellants, Plastic Toys dustry for the forfeiture of a

private

CORRUPTION

CHARGES

ADJOURNED

The Governor's next visit Ford

motorcar No. was to the Kader Industrial Co., (HK7819, seized outside a house Ltd of King's Road, one of the in Liberty Avenue on May 12, largest plastic toys, and, goods on the ground that the vehicle manufacturers in the Colony, was being used in the commis- Here His Excellency was net sion of an offence against tho by Mr H. C. Ting, Managing Dutiable Commodities Ordinance Director, Mr Y. 1. Hsi, manager, and geode to which the Mr S. C. Chow, Director and Ordinance dpplied and which cther managerial staff.

were found without any During his tour of the works, apparent owner and unclaimed. The case against a policeman 5fr Robert saw the latest The goods referred to com- on charges of corription wis machines turning cut plastic prised 153 pounds of Chinese adjourned by Judge B. 3. Jen toys and goods for overseas and tobacco, dutiable commodity on nings at the Victoria District local markets,

which duly had not been pold. Court this morning to Wednes- Mr D. A. L. Wright, instruct- day afternoon för á new date ed by Mr 11. Caine of Johnson, to be fixed as the trial judge,

the Bank.

Cameras Stolen From Cars

A camera valued at $280 was

Stokes and Master appeared for Judge K. R. Maclee,

today:

Mr Peter C. Wong, of Messra Peter C. Wong and. Co., said the defendend had in fact been studying in the Great Chinn University before coming to Hongkong in 1948.

The many friends of Col T. A. Robertson, Secretary of the Hongkong Club, will be leased to hear he has com- pietely recovered from his re-

cent illness.

This Funny World

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MURDER IN THE MANSION

was;

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TELL WHO

IT

Burden Of Proof

The accused in the case is Wong - Yuk-lun, 20. He

was -Mr. George Willis, Crown alleged to hinve corruptly stolen from a private car park Counsel, appearing for the solicited from Tang” Chiu-hung ed outside the United Services respondents (the Crown), fn-i bottios of brandy”... - usˆ ``ti Recreation Club, Yabat yes-formed His Lordship that he reward for forbeading to tak terday.

Another camera and a sum of pose the appeal.

had been instructed not to op-action against Tong because of ||his alleged taliuro to comply. mandy, wore taken, from, a pri- Mr Wright observed that nt) with a Trané fegulation. vale car parked outside Victoris the last hearing His Lordship Ho was also alleged to have Park, Causeway Bay, yesterday had pointed out that it was:ape corruptly receivid a total afternoon......

parent from the proceeding $100 on two occasions..ou' the that no evidence had been led same day.

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summons to show cause why Wong also faced alternative the car should be confiscatadean thuchemy of demanding money Hic added, that at least some with menaces aid "imple theft evident quies have bom led" He was

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