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WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1959.

Bottles Contained History Conference At HK U

High Explosives Chemist Tells Shooting Inquiry

A Government chemist testified this morn- ing that the contents of two bottles the police gave him to analyse wore found to be a high explosive mixture. The witness, Dr E. G. N. Greaves, was giving evidence in committal proceedings against seven men and a woman facing 10 charges connected with an alleged attempted armed robbery at the house of Mr W. S. T. Louey in December last year.

The hearing Is before M: 1 Détretive Inspector T. E. J. 1. G. Way in the Supreme | Mondragon is conducting the Court building.

Detective

Sub aspectur

Cheng Hol-hing, police hand- Court wolting expert, fold the

t' on Juiruary 20 he reeelved from other detective a piece brown paper, a notebook and a fefter it Kowloon City Police Station.

These three documents, hv handwriting said, had Korne

un Lach of them.

Comparison

Later the same day he lik closed his identity to the first accused, Lee Cheuk, at

the

proceedings.

Hearing du proceeding.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Room At The Top

Sir,-Apart from a good per- totenance by Simene Staneret, ! Can't find much merit in "Room

station and obtained spechuen of his handwriting? with the latter's ciment offer first enu- At The Top," which strikes me tioning him.

In absurdly novelettish and de-

Witness sald he made a compressingly banal. parison of Lee's handwriting with that found in the three decenichts und found that all the writing had been done by the same person.

The

men SEVER

necused - al) unemployed are Cheuk. 45; Lee Tak-sum, 46; Lee Wing-you, 38; Lee Yu, 25; Lev Lok, 45; Shum Kong-iing, 92; and a Hoi-keung, 38.

is Chan Slu- The woman chun, 42, housewife.

The mer are alleged to have conspired to commit a robbery between December, 18 and 21

last year.

alleged to have The Bratis threatened to murder Mr Loney and to have subserpiently fired with intent fu at a detective resist arrest.

Arms Charge The woman is charged with pussession of arms and immuni 15021.

N. T. CHOW.

Heroin Case

Left to right, Mr Holmes, Professor Brian Harrison and conference, China Mai! Photo,

Conference Of History Teachers

At University

A one-day conference of all teachers interested in sixth form history work began this morning in the Department of History at Hongkong University.

Staff members representing | teaching at present accepitble

Withdrawn the leading colleges and schools and led to plata for general

an

in the Colony participating in discusalca,

room

Later in the day there will be of the

a public lecture by Pro-

A cuse in whleh a 30-year-old | the Conference mel first in the

wasta commor Kwuk Sien-kwon, man, charged with passession of University for pliminary disfessor D. C. E. Hall, Professor of Southeast Aslan history in heroin was withdrawn by Mrcursions.

Central Mogis-

the University of Hongkong. T... Yang

His subject will be "Looking this morning upon tracy

at East Asian History," application by the Pollee.

The Mental Hospital stated that Kwok was not fit to plead. The charge alleged that Kwok had had the drugs at 37 Jubilee Street on April 12.

le

Mr J L Cranmer-Byng, Lecturer in History at University, met the teachers on arrival. Professor Brian Harri- son had called the conference which began with two speakers in the morning session, an ex- hibition of suitable books on the history and speakers in

Jaywalkers Fined afternoon session on the matri-

Eight men and three women were each fined $10 by. Mr T.L. You Ist Central Magistracy this morning for Jaywalking. by They were arrested in streets in Contrul and Eastera dis- | irlets yesterday.

The fourth, fifth and righth accused

represented arc Victoria Woo, of P. L. Miso Lam and Cv.

culation history_syllabus,

Methods

During the morning Mr G, M. Holmes of King's College dealt which with genem problems" arise in history teaching and Mr J. L. Hinton of Queen Elizabeth School spoke on methods of

Splashes of gorgeous

colour

-convert an

ordinary shirtwaister

into a Classic!

a galaxy of important dresses

and gowns

bave just arrived and

Designed and hand detailed for PAQUERETTE

arc noW

on display

at

Paquerette

Jóa Des Voeux Road, C.

More Cars

Use Meters

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THOW

Parking motors áro

being patronised to greater extent by Hong- kong motorists.

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Mr Flinton at today's

NewDonation For Legless Ex-Soldier

RES

now

The China NIGH received another donation for Chang Fan-wu, legless former colonel in Chiang Kai-shek's army, living in Renule's MILI suffering from a serious Einem which has involved a succession of operations to remove parts of his igen.

Chang's plight was re- ported to the China Mat eight days ago. Last week readers seni in a total of 561.

Today came $30 from an anonymous reader who signs herself "An English- woman."

This means the China Mall has now received a total of $91 which will be parred on to Chang.

Three Years

-

Gaol

More For Chicken

were used this morning than yesterday.

All free-parking space is still eagerly

sought by

tral Reclamation

motorists.

was

man

Thief

who broke into a farmer's hut and stole cloth-

The two Govemment car parks were well-lled, and the Cen

ugain A

Ing artd property including ling wisabeth parking meter --Ihree live chicken in a prate

packed with ears.

Car chauffeurs are now get-

'stustion." They cruise

around

three years given the meters until they see an open

hard labour at the Kowloon District Court this morning. meter without car, and park FrendanudzetYeding comes tuning 47 pleaded.. up. Then they cruise around guilty to the charge of burglary again until they find another. and larceny before Judge H. H.

Along Connaught Road 01 B. How.

noon this morning, just short of Inspector T. W. Wheeler sald half of the parking meters were the farmer, Cheung Ton, had

in use. Only seven were in usc at that time yesterday. How-

left his fut in the early hours

ever the other waterfront-side of March 4 to gather vegetables, when he heard a commotion in

street melers, and those in Chater Road were nearly all in

use,

Improvement Likely

In Weather

The weather

60 for this month has been normal, a Royal Observatory spokesmina rold

the direction of his hui,

Going up to it, he saw a man running away. He found that

shut had been burgled.

The man was caught with the aid of other farmers.

The defendant had three pre- vious convictions for thell,

Bus Ride Cost Him $25

this morning, "We CX- perienced the usual fair spells fare, Chung Ka, 23, was inel For evading payment of bus between May 6 and May 10, $25 by Mr T. L. Yang at Central and for the next few days nn Magistracy this morning. - improvement is expected," with

NEW BALLPOINT WITH EXCLUSIVE

STERLING SILVER TIP

Hotel Manager Denies Heavy Investment By Filipinos

By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER

From the Filos

25

years

AGO

TE sympathy of a wide THE

circle of friends will go

out to Mr and Mrs A. W. Ingram in the sad loss they

The managing director of a local Chinese construc-

tion firm which is building a HK$9 million have sustained in the death of their young daughter, hotel with Filipino management in Kowloon, Helen Faith Peares Ingram, denied this morning that the managerial staff who died at the Kowloon

he had engaged had invested heavily in the Hospital yesterday,

She was within a month of

⚫ hotel.

celebrating her 12th birthday

father was secretary of the

Mr. Chapman Ho, managing director of the Mann when she caught meningitis. Her

Yip Development Company said this morning European YMCA that the six Filipinos his company had engaged to run the HK$9,000,000 Imperial Hotel, which

The Governor has appointed

is now under construction, had paid a "token! Mr R. A. C. North to be investment" in the company.

CRIME DOWN

BY 50 PC AFTER GRAHAM CRUSADES

Sydney, May 19. The recent Billy Graham Crusade has cut crime in parte, of Sydney by an estimated 50 per cent.

Other dramatic effects reported include:

crusade

• A gunman handed his revolver to a counsellor.

A burglar surrendered his kit of tools.

An ex-convict became converted on his way to com-

malt a crime.

A man contemplating suicide changed his mind. Impact of the Crusade is re- vealed in a survey by a Sunday newspaper.

Principal Assistant Colonial Secretary ant Clerk of Filpino Government Investi-Councils in addition to his Gators allege that alx Filipino other duties during the ab businesmen and an Amerlean sence on leave of Mr D. W. pilot have invested heavlly in Tratman. the construction of.a mulil- million dollar hotel in the Colony.

have The investigators

waki this is unlawful since it tavolved

the illegal fight of Philippines currency to Hongkong. They have not revealed what action they would take.)

What They Paid

He explained that the six men had paid US$6,500 Into the Central Bank, mediators for the two parties, as a sign of good faith and as part of a token Investiment of US$12.000.

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☆ ☆ ☆

NOVEL iden has been conceived by the St bazaar Andrew's Church committee which has de cided to make this year's bazaar an "Allee in Wonder- Hand" fete.

It will be opened not by a lady but by a girl dressed as "Allee and she will not speak modern girl would, but jut es "Alice" would have done.

*

Cream Jaca was chosen for Mr Ho zald, "There must be

ker wedding fun y Misa misunderstanding

Caly Bird, some- Marjorie Isabel where.

The men are under our daughter of My unit Mra WIE management, and this has been liam Bird, when she married ontelally passed by the Filipino Mr G. A. Angus yesterday

St Andrew's Church. Government,"

The mon have made a token US$0,500,

added.

at

investiment of some and I don't think you could call TF the present rate of pro- that a heavy Investment," egreas in connection with the construction of the Shing Mun Dam is main- tained water shortage fears The foundation stone of the and restrictions in the Imperial Hotel was laid jointly Colony will be things of the by Mr Peter Cheung, Chairman

Stone Laid

of the Board of Directors of past within three years, Mann Yip Development and never, It is hoped, to be re Mr Candido P. Sorlento, Presurrected.

silent and Chairman of the By the end of 1897 there will Board of the Imperial Hotel be accommodated in the Shing Co., Ltd., on April 30,

Mun Gorge something like three thousand million gallons of water-more than the pre- sent total capacity of existing reservoirs in Hongkong ani Kowloon.

the

The hotel will be situated on Redfern Court cones show a | Nathan Rond near 50 per cent cat in the last Peninsula Hotel annex. few weeks.

1

Magistrate Mr A, E. Deltenham said the reduc- tion was in the type of case in which

becil had person affected by liquor.

They Included Indecent language, offensive behaviour, indecent behovlour and assault.

Drink As Cause

Mr Debenham, member of the International

for Commission Prevention of Alcoholism, has for the past 18 months kept a tlac record of charges before court.

Death Of

Former HK

Resident

(The South China Morning Posi which published they re- part could not have foreseen the fantastle increase in popula- tion which occurred 18 years later. The capacity of the Culony's reservoirs La now 10,500 inlion. One more being built in Laniae, This will hold 6,350 million gallons. And the matter does not end there. Fresh water lakes may be deve-

Bourre

ol

water

News has been received of loged in Tolo Harbour as Ri

additional the death at Sidford, Devan-supply). This shows that the number shire, of Mrs Jean Macindoc, defendants affected by deffe wife of Mr. Andrew Miceindo

Mrs Macindac died on Barbara

.

Violet Tangliter is between BO and 95 per cent Wdnesday, May 13.

|of Mra A. C. Franklin and of the total.

was with the the late Mr A. C. Franklin of Talkoo Dockyard from 1924 48 Cheung Chan has announced-- 1954 when he retired, holding h

"Personally,"

Mr

Debeliai, matinned that

this Crusade has created tremendous impact on the liver of the people."

1.

Mr MacIndoe

the position of Assistant Ship- Her engagement. To Captafii yards Manager.

Geoffrey Moan, R.F. Barbara The MacIndoes have one to one of the Colony's pro He said he had been told of married daughter in Glasgow, minent hockey players. burglar surrendering his im- plements and making n "deci. sion for Christ.”.

Mr Alan Nichols, Patrick St, Hurstville, who is training for the Church of England ministry, told of amazing effect the Crusade had on a number DX people.

Mr Nichols was a counsellor at the Crusade.

Be suid the KURMAN who mude u decision carried # revolver in a shoulder, holster. He had handed the weapon to a counsellor at the Show- ground and arked: "Can my sins really be forgiven?" Mr Nichols said that another counsellor, 'a- friend of his,, was in the decision • middle-aged safebreaker made. involved

The cracksman had been out at Long Bay gool and had call- ed in to the Showground while

fair periods, although there will He was averted on a bus in on his way to meet four men be showers mainly during the Central district' yesterday, morning."

Negro Charged

He said that the rainfall this month has been 2.70 inches, compared with a normal of 11.20 inches for the whole month of May. Tho usual rainy period during May, he

Raleigh, N.C., May 10 said, falls between May 21 and A Negro convict who was LTD. May 25.

hustled away from an angry The outlook for the after-mob near Burlington on Mon- noon, and tomorrow, remains day after being captured Was the same, with cloudy weather charged today with raping p. 13- Tel. 21-157 | and occasional showers or light year-old white grandmother-

UPI. yaln

who had a robbery planned,

The safebreaker mado his decision, did not keep his ap- pointment, and promised to give up crime.

Suicide

A 50-year- old man, un- employed and with a broken family life.. was contemplating sulcido when he was asked to go to the Showground.

+

ile made a decision, got a

Jumbo

STURL

TRY

ONE

This Funny World

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GIANT SPLIT!

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1.0.0.0,

"Nothing, thank you. I'm just reminiscing.”

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