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TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1959.
SHEAFFER'S
ADMIRAL SNORKELPEN
New Road Will Ease Congestion
Engineers Report On Taipo Rd Link With
Kai Tak
By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER
The two-mile-long
$3
million highway which will link Kai Tak with Taipo Road will great- ly relieve the con- gestion in the Shek Kip Mei district when It is finished in 1960. Not only will this 24-1001- wide highway be an up-to-date trunkwny. 11 will remain modern for many years to comic for the survey and planning is based on expansion.
When
uriges, Occusion added width can be built, mak- ing the highway a dual carriage highway, capable of carrying two lanes of up traffic and two down.
30mph Standard
nn
An engineer of Scott nud Wilson, Kirkpatrick and Part- ners. consulting engineer the Hongkong Government, told me that this bighway Is lanned on a 30 mph standard, In other words, at all times vehicle will be able to main- Taln
a speed of 30 miles per bour on this two-mile streich,
Another commendable feature of this ruud Is that good op- portunities are provided for a motorist to overtake ង slow travelling and heavily Juden lorry. The engineer *oys that ut least 80 per cent of this whole length of rond is suitable for overtaking; and that means overtaking with safety.
and was
During the survey planning, grealest care shown on the gradient of the road so as to minimise gear changing. The gradient constant throughout the road's entire length,
The importance of drainage 1:ay engaged the full attention of the starveyors. The new vad
This artist's impression shows the scction of the fly-over along the 2-milo long now rood. The con- struction of this new high- way will begin in two months' time and will take about a year to complete.
The bridge on the right of the picture is a foot bridge to enable pedes.. trians to cross from the Taipo Road to the new Kowloon Hills Rood.
Italian Car
Mr
Designer Leaves
Is planned with particular em-
Dallista Farina, world plasia on this point to cope not famous Italian car designer and only with existing drainage bu: President of Pinin Farina Com- with a view to future develop-pany; left by PAA for Tokyo ment of the whole area.
this morning after a four-day
MURDER TRIAL DRAMA
MAN ON MURDER
LETTERS TO Accused Breaks THE EDITOR Down Under Flashing Headlines Cross-Examination
CHARGE FOUND BOY ON GROUND Chung Kwong, a 33-year-old farmer and new
landowner on trial at the Criminal Sessions this morning, said that the small boy whom he was alleged to have murdered was on very friendly terms
with him.
The problem of getting on to visit. Taips Road is another impor Mr Farina, who is on a three- He said on the day of the in- | lant factor. In order to avoid † month pleasure trip around the|cident, he had gone to the delds the bottleneck at the junction world, was accompanied by Mr in the New Territories looking of Taipo Hand and the new road ¦ G. Canestrini, technical con- for the boy's mother. When he a fly-over will be built.
recovered his reasoning after {sce drawing)
Mr Farina will visit South, The new road will be 24 feel - Central and North America and wide and is "super elevated" Moscow at the bends.
sultant.
Romne.
before returning
Encouragement For Amateur Musicians
By ERNST GOTTSCHALK! it in generally agreed that with the advent of radio
to
Instruments was achievod The woodwind and brass are stil the weak spot of the orchestra, bul they too had Instances where
"I found I had chopped the wrong person. I held по grudge against the bay and I felt remorseful, which prompted ine to give myself up to the Police," he said.
on the ground and realised he bad'Injured the wrong person,
the
From the Files
25
years AGO
AN Indian was sued by
the Police for carrying silk bolts in a baby's praum. The Polico alleged he was. "driving an unlicensed truck."
Inspector Andrews declared it was a test case.
Mr Wynne Jonce said oven it defendant had bull shelves or something of that kind, it was still a pram.
Defendant was discharged,
"Overcrowding is going to. continue just as long as the industrial and commercial or ganisations of this part of the world rely on the use of a high proportion of snakilled and low paid labour," said Mr M. A. Cooper, an honorary director of the Society for the Protection of Children: in the course of an interesting talk to Rotary yesterday.
MR
☆ ☆ ☆
TR Alfred Morris who joined the Government service in 1905 and who has been Headmaster of King's College since 1927 is retiring on pension next month, Not only will his absence be felt in educa- tional efreles, but especially In connection with the St John Ambulance Brigade of which he is the popular commissioner,
A
VERY old and lovable personality
the Colony in the person of wife of Mra
ac-
Sir, I was surprised to se
report from with
UPA 19-year-old accused giving evidence in the Mrs Stone, caption "BID TO CAPTURE HONGKONG
Cape Collinson murder trial today F. E. F. Stone of the TRADE" appearing in
your
counting staff of the Hong- issue of
dramatically broke down when he was kong and Whampoa Dock 1st May, 1850. In Indonesia. Hongkong is being able sell relatively smaller.
shown a brick with which he allegedly Co Ltd has passed away to too in higher counts. quantities of yarn
struck a man.
profound regret of many residents of the
now, that Reports
the
are received to the effect that Choi To, who previously in his evidence had said Colony, yarn from Mainland Chibi
that his brain was "getting confused and that he did not know what he was talking about, suddenly began to cry and said:
41 for
must respect the Court, what I have said before. because I believe in God. I am brain is confused.
The death occurred yesterday Soares, widow of a former
at Kowloon, of Mrs A. F. J.
Portuguese realden). Mr Soares was property broker and My owner, and one of the stonvers of the development of Kowloon,
Upon application made by Counsel Benjamin Liu, appear- Justice Ing for Chol To, Mr A. D. Scholes adjourned this | hearing until Monday to enable Choi to be mentally examined.
have largely taken the bulk of the Indonesian yam markcet. In answer to the Court, Pakistan's effort to sell Yarn Indonesia, therefore, can Chung sald rumours such as
hover amount to displacing those about him and his sister-
Hongkong yarn because, attacking the woman with a in-law would be a mortal blow chopper he found the boy on the to those conecmed. It would one thing, the quality of yarn
a Catholic. I feel very painful is different and, secondly, the ground.
Jas of reputation, he count is higher In the case of ben
In the head now. Mr So Shul- Mr Mayne: I am putting it added.
Hongkong yarn. There
fs, bor never scolded us. My be-to you that you are only a mur- Cross-examined, Chung agreed therefore, no basic competition havlour has been bad."
derer and a fraud. that he had been brooding over between yarn exports of Hong- the rumours before he decided kong and those of Pakistan.
Senior Crown Counsel Mr to look for the woman.
Throughout the Common
Desmond Mayne prosecuting: Hearing is continuing. The trial is before Mr Justice 3. times. Commodity prices have
wealth we are having dimeut Do you feet painful because
of what you did to Mr So? Greek and a Jury of six men and one woman.
dropped. Since the Common Yos Chrine was routerenied by Mwealth constimes the bigger! K. & GT-instructed by My C. P:Lal Truding aveœ ̈k0 ̃ ̃ ̄`Yar ̃aš or Peter Mo and Co. Mr D. N. 22, Rea. Crown Counsel, prosecuted modity trade is concerned, we bo- having a bad time
Did you hit him on the head cause of low Foreign Exchange with bricks?-I
carnings, Tendencies are knock him unconscious. visible in the horizon whereby Did you or did you certain trading countries archit him on the
inlo. grouping
· protectionist with bricks? At the Breas.
I am hero referring to I struck him, he did not turn the European common market, out to be unconscious and kept Developmenty like these 17- on #ggling. This happened in troduce further restriction in hut number 17. I wanted to the markets even within the knock him unconscious. I am free world. You will ap- dealing with everything, it has preciate, in a world situation nothing Like that, the Commonwealth (pointing out the other Partners cannot afford lo accused). quarrel with each other,
Died Later Chung-wan alleged to hard murdered The boy. Yuen Cheung-ming, seed 10, Ngau Tam Mel village, near and the highly perfected they played well and with a
Lok Ma Chau, in January, gramophone, music appre- | tally scure intonation,
The boy died three days after ciation has become much Prof, Lin had selected a the attack on January 8,
suitable for The Prosecution alleged that widor. On the other hand, programme more
had an orchestra of this character Chung
also seriously the wounded the boy's mother, You
loss people tend to make and faculties. Therefore music themselves. This is overture to "La Dame Blanchet Wan-tai, while she was working deplorable, for real oppra- by Dolcidleu came off quite in the field.
well and so did the "Inter- Testifying en his own behalf, ciation of music can only mezza" by Mascagnt as well as Chung said he said a plece of be attained by those who most of the other items on the land to You Wan-tal in 1957 and play an instrument. There-programme. fore every enterprisu which
SOPRANO
Beautiful
soprano
helped her to build a hut in the ylage. He had also lent her money on litreė occasions. Re-
assisted by Det. Inspector E.. H. aro Mose.
CBF Held Up In
Calcutta
com-
at Lola tations between them were so Lieut-Gan. Sir Edric Bastyan, kast not in commercial matters.
Commander British Forces, Pakistan
feelings towards
gives amateurs an oppor- tunity to exercise their Young, one of the soloists of good that at one time the woman facultion should be on the evening, sang with her was contemplating adopling
picosant voice and clean techni-him, he said.. couraged.
most
Such enterprise is The South, which deserved greater ap-onship ended in 1958 when the que to Chinese songs by Prof. However, this friendly relo- China Pallharmonic Orchestra,
of its members being preciation from the audience, amateurs who are mixed with the other soloist of
Violinist Wan Jim-mie was professionals
evening. professionals. Last night at the He deemed necessary to play spacious hall of the Pui Ching with the help of a microphono Middle School, Kowloon, it gave which makes it rather difficult
few
and semi-
woman began spreading rumours about him and his sister-in-law, the accused said. These rumours were all fabricated. he added.
On January 7, this year, tho accused said, his mother was
in Hongkong. Returning to the
of
Giggling
Yau Kewah, 20, Ng Tak-wal, 21 and Chin Siu-stal, 20.
They are all charged with having on the night of Novem- header 18 and 17 last year, mus
dered So Shu-bor at the Cape Collison Training Centre.
Intended to
not
time
to do with:
Confused
ta
GERMAN TV
them three
FILM ON
FAR EAST
by
turning this morning Swimair to Frankfurt, were three
200 TV
Cameramen,
$
With no abode of its own since the day of its founda lion, and thus obliged for two scoro years and more to ́88- tablish its headquarters, tip
Tillerent-parts of the citys imme
'old Cay" "Hau, Heacons- Acid Arcade, Alexandra Building, the old Bank of | Canton, les House Street and lastly in the basement of the Exchange building, the Hong- kong Stock Exchange is about to take possession of and to. move into its own permanent home, No. 10, Ice House Street.
The Stack Exchange today
is 43 years old.
NORMING a connecting T- Hnk with the work of
whose photo equipment, with the Tao Fong Shan (Christ special "zoom" and telephoto ian Mission to Buddhists) lenses.
worth
several at Shatin, the Chapel in the thousand. US dollars.
basement of the 'Blahop'a'
・
the three Didn't you and has the best of other accused plan to escapa who was due to return to economic prosperity of Hong-
continued that night?--I don't know, the Colony this morning, kong;
Mr Mayne repeated the ques its Government and tion, has been delayed for 24¦ prople share that sentiment Chol To: There was a plan
no doubt, to escape, hours. The Boac Comet in effectively, I have which he is travelling and large, it is true for
Hongkong also. In view from London, is delayed this I would appeal to you to In Calcutta.
avoid flashing headlines of the
Mr Mayno; Between you and They bró (toft to right) Mr House, Hongkong, was con- Gen. Bastyan left here on type I am referring to in this April 5, for discussions at the letter, namely, 'BID TO CAP. the three other accused?—I || E. Kiockhoefel, Mr K. H. secrated by the Bishop of War Office, after which he look TURE HONGKONG TRADE" don't know. My brain is con- Bohnacker, and Mr L. Wenzel, Victoria. (the Right Rev. R. a short holiday.
Such captiung
om afraid any homeward bound, assignment Owen Hall) in the presence. botused, may only On board the same aligraft is ured with reference to trade something which is not right. I completed. China Mail Sports writer, I. M. activities of nations Inimical don't remember what MacTavish (Mr J. Sloan, Con- of the free world and thould said before, if I say of which his "I felt indignant, so I took a troller of Rediffusion's TV Pro- never hav been used In thing which is not right what I am happy to state that the often faulty Intonation is the knife and looked for You Wan- grammes), who is returning to relation to trade activities of are you going to do about 127 orchester, dince I heard it last, most outstanding. He has ap- tai. It was after midday. I the Colony after watching the partners in the Commonwealth. Mr Mayne: Same question has Improved considerably. Iparently not n'great sense of was so inflamed with anger that FA Cup Final between Noite would became evident that its gifted | rhy thin and therefore gaye my sight was obscured. Then Forest and Luton Town. He exomino
a
this
tho aspect of
Chol To: I was standing conductor, Professor Lin sheng- rather leaden-footed perfor I chopped.
will be bringing back a first-matter and advise your there for the purpose of escap- shi, hnd rehearsed it carefully, mence of Saint-Saens' technical- "My reasoning was not func-hand account of the match for collaborators -- Lo UBO more ing. I am not used to this so that the strings were more able | 13 difficult "Bondo Capriccioso,”tioning at the time and the China Mall readers, in addition | circumspection in the manner cloty. If I am required to die, to follow their talented leader, while the Slavonic · sentimen- anger inside no had confused to a film version of the Cup of news
service to a sawitive I am prepared to die: Mr. Chang Chik-pul, and that a tality of a "Ballado" by Poem- my mind," he said,
Final:
population, much better co-ordination, bo- bescu adleg · kis temperament 20-le kuld, when he recovered The Comet is now expected
A. RAB. Mr Mayne: „Jyden "the “Various - groups) of | better. ·
'his senses, he found the ber here tomorrow morning.
Pakistan Trade-Commissioner, Chal: To:
a concert, which was attended to assess the real qualities of and he took her to his sister by a large and friendly audience, his playing. In fact, the loud- consisting mostly of young speakers did not only magnify village the following morning people who obviously enjoyed his tune volume out of proper- he heard more rumours, the mule as much as thetion and gave his violin a 'collo-
Recovered orchestra enjoyed playing it
IMPROVED
ke sound, but it exaggerated his weaknesses,
Inqui
you
to
I have
SCOTIC
mor
of a full congregation yes- Spokesman Bobnicker said. terday afternoon..?
It (fe plateindod -that-- the they had been shooting TV.. sequences in Japan and Tor- | Chapat should not only) agryp
and during their three|ar a 'centre for the work: days in Hongkong had "plared | Dr K. L. Halchelt,
Superla much on record to fascinate our tendant and Rector of the Tap. German TV viewers and, we Fong' Shan but also wa w church hope, encourage them to visit for the "Beamibarisn't com- your wonderful oly."
Imunity in the Colony,
Printed and published by Trampen, Gordon DfrysanDR PRAREN Sume question. for and on bolnil of South China Morning Post Lambwa log§ã•a) 1 don't remember ¦ Wyndbach Street, City of Victoria in the : Colony, of Hongko
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