1959-04-29 — Page 10

f

•

CROSSLEY BROTHERS LTD. MARINE, STATIONARY & AUXILIARY MARINE DIESEL ENGINES

ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD. H.K. &'Shaugħal Bank Bldg. Tel. 27789

CHINA MAIL

Detective Tells Of HK Engineer

Visit

To Brunei

And North Borneo

A detective gave evidence of his investigations in Brunei and North Borneo in connection with

a case of conspiracy involving forged driving

Missed Last Tram By

7 Years

London, April 29. Tiny Choung King-yon, o mon with passion for trams, looked at a London bus yesterday and sighed, "I've arrived seven years too late."

Cheung puid his own fare from Hongkong, where he is n

licences in Hongkong at the Victoria District tramways engineer to lake

Court this morning.

MR ROBERT DER

New Post For Mr Robert Der

G.

Detective Sub-Inspector M. Oliphant was testifying before Judge B.-J. Jennings in the trial of four men and a

Mr Oliphant told the Court Baat ht April he went to the office of the Deputy Controller of Land Transport and Licene- ing at Brimel.

143 Names

him a list

of

He took with 143 names of people in Hong- kong purporting to have held Bramei driving licences who had been issued with Hongkong

Heences.

i

He found that 97 on that list were holders

genuine! of Braet licences, The remain- Inst Beences had

not been genuine.

six-month scholarship in Bri- Iain sturdying truns.

Yesterday he wies in London where the last tram, was taken off the streets In 1952. Sald 37-year-old Cheung, "A Breh pity, shall have to go up to Glasgow where they still have them,"

CAN'T UNDERSTAND Shaking his head, he said, " can understand why trams are ying out in th country. We fine them economical in Hongkong. Our customers cun ride

anywhere and We get plenty of them. Our trams are built to carry 80 people, but at peak hours we pile on as many

03 150."

30

Answering why he came far to a country in which trams

AFG

a dying industry he said, we buy our trams from Eng- land, so there is plenty. I can Witness safel he Inter took learns here."-London Express fron

a genuine Service. the office Hance. He also tock photo- graphs of documents and Im- pressions of rubber stamps.

ون

April 12, Mr Oliphant went on, he went to the Pollec Headquarters of North Borneo, giluated at Jesselton.

He brought with him a Ust of 21 names of people in Hong- hog who had obtained driving Jiences on the streng documents jairporting to have [been insued in North Borneo,

Only 11

Witness sald

[

he found that only 11 of these people were hollers of genuine North' Bor- men licences.

! Mr Oliphant soid he later

Man Who

Helped

Fire Victims

Earns Remission

Getablished 1645 7.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1959.

Caldbeck

Losses In

E. Africa

Mr J. F. Macgregor,

of Caldbrck,

Chairman

The Himalaya arriving in port Loday-China Mall Photo.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Macgregor and China Light Shares

Co Lid, antouneed a dividend of three ahilijnza = share and

bonus of two shillings A share, at the annual meeting this morning.

Mr J, K. R. Macgregor and Col. H. B. L Dowbiggin, retir ing directors, were re-elected. Lowe, Bingham and Matthews were re-appointed auditors,

At the meeting, Mr Macgregor antiounced that Caldbeck, Muc- gregor's two subsidiary cum panies in East Africa, for the eerond year, operated at a loss,

He said that both Jardin Ltd., and the Crystal Springs Aerated Waler Co., Ltd. ended their Buancial year with a total loss of 27,195,

A man who was slated to have been an inactive member of a triad society since 1947 and who had since that date ren- He said, the directors. "have dered valuable public work in given definite Instructions to the the relief of fire victims was directors in East Africa that released from prison by Mir this mineral water business Justice J. It. Gregg In the must either be sold as a going Appeals Court this morning. concern withla the next month Yiu Blog.

two 50. pork seller or

made unpressions of official pendent gully to being a mem-oluntarily." (above), rubber stamps and look photo-ber of an unlawful society and Mr Robert Der. well known Hongkong business prphs of documents. He was sentenced to 18 months on leader; in joining the American taled a genuine North Borneo Marcb 10. The judge vorled Foreign Insurance Association licence.

here as Chinese Manager from May 1.

An active promotor of Hong- kong's export trade, Mr. Der re-

• presented Hongkong at the Bri- tish Industries Fair in 1048 and the International Trade Fair in Toronto in 1945.

fle led the Hongkong Trade Mission to the Philippines in 1963 and the Goodwill Mision to Talweder in 1954, _

femring is continuing.

The sotmede Prod wun, alias Ta-sang, Wụng Sikkim, Mak Ku..

("ht Chun, alias

be

the sentence by reducing to the period Yim had already served in prison.

Yin was also ordered to Chan

bound over in the sum of $2,000 | to be of good behaviour to keep į the pesce for 12 months.

mig

have con- are alleged to spired Mugether between March 1 Man, and January, 18, 1950, to help anercbers of the publie obini driving heners fraudulenie by proteinie dreuments purporting to be Heeners essel Da Sinengauze, Harta Avenes

Brunel

Cher charges involve unsressJOTI at forged dies and documenta

Cotton Knit

Shorts

Tops

Mr Brook Bernacchi, instruct- ed by Mr J. C. B. Slack, of Hastlogs appeared for Yim. The crown was represented by Mr George Willia Crown Counsel.

or be

wound-up

Sir,-1 cannot

morc agree

with your correspondent "Kow-

SHEAFFERS

Skrip

HIMALAYA ARRIVES

IN COLONY

FROM VANCOUVER

Mr J. Saunders, “accompanied by Mrs Saunders, arrived this morning to take over as the new United Kingdom Trade Commissioner in Hongkong.

loon Lunsumer," that it is high They were among the 163 passengers who dis-

time Government had some control of China Light & Power embarked from the P&O ship, Himalaya. Co Ltd.

Why

Sounder's was formerly Regiment, under the direction Mr Old the Company nal publish the explanation together the United Kingden Trade of Colour/Sgt M. Reyes. with the announcement of Commissioner in Vancouver. The vessel will be sailing for bonus shares and Increase of Also disenbarking was Mr London tomorrow ai 11 p.m. vla capital? Why did it wait two

D. E. J. Denault, who is here Singapore, Colombo, Bombay, days in a weekend whic mare

to take over as the Superinten- | Aden, Port Sold and Gibraltar, than 70,000 shates changed dent of Immigration for the i hand? Who unloaded that one Canadian Government, Mir block of 21,000 shares is report. Denault, who is a Montreal law- en in your Friday's paper?

yer, has been with the Immigra- on Department in Ottawa for the last two years.

I suppose the Company will say they did not know that the first announcement would have rated such futler and that as soon as they could they got out an explanation-ng called for in your editorial on Satur- day. But is that good enough? J for on regret that your editorial did not appear curller Jon in the week-l course it

couldn't because the announce- ; ment was not made public Friday. Eager buyers would her have been warned by your

how the shareholder gains out of this, nor does the dividend appear to be affected." unfortunate for them that your wise words did not appear fill Saturday when the Market is closed.

New Post For caution: "It is dificult to ser

Macao CJ

Macao, April 29, Macao Chief Justice, De L. S. Brites-Ribas and Mrs Brites-to Ribas left Macno this morning for Hongkong on their way back to Lisbon.

The couple will embark on the ss Himalaya leaving for London tomorrow. From there they will take a plane for the Portuguese capital.

Justice Britis-Ribas has been appointed to a new post In Mozambique, Portuguese East Afries which he will assume

after his home leave.

flow

Share

Lest you think I have, an axe gind. I did not buy any of those shares. But I have been for some tore and I sli·am

A HONGKONG SHAREHOLDER.

Disengagement

Paris, Apr. 20. Brigitte Bardot has broken of her cngagment to guitarist and singer Sacha Distel, it was learned leday-France-Presse.

Separates... JUNK PEOPLE'S

Blouses

Tapered Pants

Skirts

so very essential for perfect comfort and ease,

EXCLUSIVE COLLECTION

now showing at

Paquerettes

16a Gloucester Building,

FESTIVAL TO

BE CELEBRATED

Hundreds of junk people in Hongkong are preparing to celebrate the birthday tomorrow of the Goddess of Heaven, the guardian goddess of fisherfolk.

Many have dressed their Junks and prepared offerings

including roast pigs-and are ready to sail at dawn to the Tin Hau Temple at Joas ficuse Bay, outside Lyamun.

The Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Company will put four to six feriles tomorrow On A

Joss special service to

House Bay whore the main celebration is held.

A company spokesman sold more than 4,000 poopla went there by ferry last year. Celebrations will also be held .nt the Tin Hau Temples in Causeway Bay, Hunghoni, Aber- een and other places. Special Chinese opera will be staged for the cession.

Good Luck Symbols

People taking part in the ? ceronenies will bring back toy roosters and paper wheels, which are regarded ås symbols ↑ of good luck.

The occasion is one

of the i two important celobrallons in Buddhist religion. Tho other is the birthday of the Goddess of Mercy, Koón Yan.

Tel, 21-157

the

A jerk "dremel overall” JOT (0% BIGSTOW'S festival-China

Photo,

Composer

Miss Dorothy Guyver Brilton, a composer of Japanese miste, was unother pussinker who arrived this morning. She wil be staying In Hongkong for about a week.

During her visit hern, Miss Britton will make a study of Chinese musie and gather material for a composition of Chinese music with Chluese Instruments.

The 27,095-ton Himalaya, the first vessel, on the new Orient and Pacine Lines service. across st 8 in.

the Pacifle arrived with a fotal of 557 passengers.

At the wharf to greet her was the band of the Hongkong

No New Licence

Governor Sees Plans For New Blind Home

From the Files

25

years AGO

WHEN its premises in the old City Hall were taken back by the Government, the Cheero Club was granted a piece of land at the Queen's Road corner of the Murray Parade Ground. A drive for funds was im- mediately organised and enough was collected 10 enable the Club to erect a new and per- manent premises on the ground allotted by the Government. This will be opened soon.

IR, A report in the Finan- Selection of your

paper stated that Hongkong And, China Gas showed a net revenue of £22,042 (against £20,961 In 1932). It further directors recommend divi- dend on capital of £157,500 at the rate of 8 per cent per October's interim dividend. annum leas tax, lesa

Shareholders received scrip bonus of 100 per cent in 1933. Dividend for 1932 was 10 per cent tax free.

stated inter alia that the

I am under the impression that the price of this commodity was raised to Hongkong con- sumers in 1933, and it my aur- nise is correct, I do suggest that after having received such a colossal, bohus in 1933, and such consistently good dividends,

is time that the London shareholders in this Hongkong munopoly should receive a litųë losa In order that the customers in this Colony should be able to buy gas at a lower charge.

I need hardly point out that the effect of the 100 per cent bonus

the scrip

doubles The scheme and pictures of a dividends when reckoned on the

would new building which

par value of the shares, take about 164 boarders and

CONSUMER 38 day pupils of the Ebonczor Home for the Dind at Yokfalum Road was shown to

the Governor, Sir Robert Black, when he visited three

GAS

ANNDURCE

Mr Norman Ellia, engineer blind welfare centres on the of the China Light and Power

Cu Island this morning.

Κοπίεση and Miss

Alnock A local committee consisting Elizabeth

of the Lutheran Their forthcoming marriage. of members

other persons In- Mission and terested in blind welfare is now about to call for tenders for the WO new building with a grant of $900,000 from

Jockey Club.

the

Danes, the property at Hongkong Mr Ellis Hayim of Shang-

The three centres the Gov-hui (now of Hongkong), ernor visited this morning were were poisoned on Thursday the Blind Welfare Centre of the morning last week and died

Tsan old

Yuk Hospital in within 20 minutes. It was (Continued from Taze 1) Western Street, Canossa Home assumed that some Chinese

bul I understand for the Blind in Mt. Davis Road

and Ebenezer Home for

who hates

tossed the

dogs real sence

polson meat over the fence only prospecting."

"I do not see that a case has Bind in Pokfulam Road,

The Governor WOS accom- at 771 Welhaiwel Road, Mr been made out for challenging the decision of the Hongkong Walton, Director of Social Wel animals from England.

penled by Mr A. St. George Hayim had imported the Govenment or for asking to fare Department, and bis ADC

an Inquiry.

"Mr Burns has implied that Mr P. A. English, on the tour.

disclosure of corruption

the real reason for the refusal

of

renew. Brence.

mised thorea-na

truth in this charge,

"There was a serious allega- quancoruption when brought he

It to Thail and it was a pusing spirited public action".

On the other hand the licence which he acquired, although an illegal licence in the real sense, did in fact run its full term and the company enjoyed it for the perlod for which they tracted.

con-

Mr Burns had argued that the grant of a new licence would only be fair because of the loss to him as a result of his public spirited action.

"I don't think that would be Justlied in over-ruling the objections of the villagers," he sald-Reuter.

Murder Trial

An inmate of the Cape Collin- Бать Boys' Training Centre tentlßed this morning at the murder trial of four of his colleagues that he did not report to any offer of the Camp immediately after tho alleged beating of # Camp leader in his but.

other

He said none of the Inmates in the hut made any report as they all remained in the room that night.

The witness. Leung Yuen- chouny, was replying tɔ-Me Law- rence Léong, Counsel for one of the accused, in cross-examina- tion. Hearing is continuing.

On trial before – Mr Justice "A.D. Belioles at the Criminal Senslotta sce four young mon, Yay Kin-wah, 20. Me: Tak-wal, 21, Chile Blu-kai, 20, and Choi 29, 19.**

They are accused of murdering Soul-bar on the got of mov ber 16-17 last year,

is

The Governor watches three blind children playing at the Ebenezer home this morning-Ching Mall Photo,

Printed and published by TixiNCE GORDON NEWLANDE PEARCE for and on behalf of South China Morning Post Limited of 1-# waist to have been committed during Wyndham Birest, City of Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong.

ati attempt to scape.