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Murder Trial In Closing Stages
Prosecuting and defending counsel in the Supreme Court today began their final addresses in a case in which a man is alleged to have stabbed a woman to death with a screwdriver.
Drug Possession AIRLINE... EMPLOYEES CHARGED
Maltri Atising, 26, a Thai
national and airline em
ployee, charged with deal ing in dangerous drug and possession of 13.5 ounces of morphine, told Judge H.H B. How in Kowloon District Court this morning he did not, know the
and nature composition of the "white blocks" found by a Fel- low-countryman.
Jointly charged Atling 15 with ThrayDon Supasara, 20, also a Thi yimployed by an air- line, and Cheng Yee, 28, a book-
stall assistanı!.
Alaing said he had not been told of the Bnding of the white blocks by Supasm. He had learned of it, he said, when Supusien was relating the in- rideal to Chrong, atid Cheng I sell them for him.
TO BOOKSTALL
Its then added, he did not know the nature of composi- Lon of the while blocks, Continuing, he said that March 31, the day of their arrest, he went to the bonk-
to tusl
Cheng ni nce Supatara's request, When they met, Cheng sag
The man, Ng Yim, 40, unem- played, has pleaded not guilty To murdering Yau Mon-wai, In
Po Mei New Village, Kowloon, on November 26 Inst year,
The prosecution alleges le labbed the woman 60 times.
Not Sufficient
Mr. Rea, Opewn
Counsel,
told the jury loday that they could male al provocation as a
the fence.
SORING in so provoked
Government
Appointments Gazetted
that they as their insan and The following appointments,
attack
the crime of
Benzer may b reduced to man laughter," he said.
"But words stone are not suf-, ficient provocation.
Me Iten sald unsther pulnt the
defence had raised was that N was einfused.
"For confusion to amount to a
defence, the recused has to be
insane," Me Tea sald,
"There is no suggestion that Ng is lusone,"
He said that There
was uni obligation on the Crown to prove a motive for murder.
Your Duty
The told the jury: "Your pro- per duty is to return a verdier
of murder against of guilly Nx."
Mr Oswald Cheung, for Ng, then began his closing address.
Me Cheung is instructed by Mr Williams Wong, of M. K. Lam and Cu
Mr D. G. Wils is assisting Mr Re
Ordinances
The Government Gazette noli- fed today that His Excellency the Governor had given his assent to the athwing Ordin- aber passed by the Legislative Council on Wednesday:
"An Ordinance to amend the Police Force Ordinance, Chapter PHB" "An Ordinance to amend Ordinance, the Fire Brigade 1954;" "An Ordinance to amend
promotions, transfers and postings were announced today's Government Gazette:
in
1
Senior Pulsne Judge,
Mr Justice J. B. Gress to be
Mr A. S. Walton, cadet officer,
class to be cadel officer staff grade.
Mr Wu Mung-liang, to be un Pagineer.
Mr P. R. Williams, to be act- ing Defence Secretary, vice Mr
A. Tudd,
Mr G. Bersley, to be surveyor of ships.
Mr Kl Fu-woon, chlef Health Inspector, ceased to uel as 25 sistant superintendent of Sal tury Services.
Mr Leung Sik-hung, senior Health Inspector, ceased to get Chlet Health Inspector on resumption of duty by Mr Kl. Mr C. Cairns, to be meting Director of Marine during the absence of Mr A. G. Parker.
Mr J. R. Vilver, magistrate, tu !be Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court. Vice Me r, R. Springhall, on leave.
Taikoo Meeting
gested they no lo a voffee shop the Dotisble Commodities Ordin- At the annual general „neet-- Auling there he was intro-ce, Chapter 109" and "An Or- duced, he said, to two women.dinance to make provisiem for he was the unidentkled police restricting pollution of the air witness, Mrg X, and the other and for matters connected there- the woman police sergeant 11
with. plain #lothes.
Aller Chen; Ye, said they should vn-i gage a room at the Carnarvon Hotel, so they all went there. A ¦
#
short
discussion i
The
Registrar
FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1959.
Headmaster's Brother To Be Magistrate
Mr James Dargan, a newly appointed magistrate, ar- rived here by Boac from London today to take up his appointment,
He is scen above with his
brother Father
UP
OF
Dargan,
GO
principal of Wah Yan College, who met him at the airport.
Also at the airport to meet the
new
maritate
WAS
Mr
P. F. X. Leonard, Kowloon magistrate.
Mr Dargan will be attached to
the Central Magistracy,
PRICES
DOG MEAT
Effie Tjoa A Beautiful
A
·Singer-
Another
TWO
Sheaffers
The popularly priced
Imperial with SHEAFFER'S
EVEMENT
Dold Foint and modems touch down Thilling
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IN COURT
ON ARMS
CHARGES
The pollco have arrested two
From the Files
25
years AGO
mon and charged them
ATO
interest itt
with possession of 10- Amateur photographe volvors.
showing much
By ERNST GOTTSCHALK
LARGE audience guve Indonesian soprano Effic Tjon last night at the King's Theatre a very friendly re-
The men, both unemployed, the proposal for the creation ception.
Photo- Deservedly, for Ya Kam-hang alins Yu Luk, 41, of an International Miss Tjon is a singer whose of no fixed address; and Cheng graphic Society in Hong. personal beauty and charm Fong, 46, of 21 Tai Kok Tsung. A meeting to consider Rond, second floor, were brought endoura hor to her public, before Mr B. V. Rhodes at Kaw the project is to be held at and whose voice has an ex-leon Magistracy this morning Lane Crawford's restaurant.
The objcat in to form quisite bloom, sensual and on charges of possession of armis
and ammunition.
active Society, whose mem feminine.
It is alleged that Yu possessed bera will be interested in a.38 Smith and Wesson revolver di peloping and printing their and six rounds of revolver own photographs, in
which ammunition.
connection, it is hoped that made will be .38 Smith arrangements
dark ave for the provision of a ammuni-room, equipment, etc.
A
-Mins Tea's voice is not inrke one, but her top noles g out bright and clear, and the middle and lower ranges. acquire occasionally an appeal- ing mezzosoprano-like timbre.
Her voice is well-placed and ane would sny that she has an excellent technique, were it not for a bublt to let the voice suddenly and ever so often drop lo a mere whisper. It was not quite clear if Miss Tjoa uses This device — actually a man- nerism for interpretative rea-. Eons, or if she uses 1 in order
to save strength.
If she has aquired the man- nerism because of interpretative Yeasons, she should rid herself
of it quickly, because she has enough personality that she could casily do without
and ehorm
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Cheng is also alleged 10 have possessed and Wesson revolver, rounds of revolver tion and CORE
A spent cartridge
Yu and Cheng were both re- C
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CREAM lace was chosen. for her wedding gown by Miss Marjorie Isabel Elizabeth Bird when she
manded until Tuesday in police custody for further enquiries,
No pleas were taken. Delective Inspectur Chan
the Criminal In-married Mr George Alexan- Kim-wan of vestigation Department, Mang der Angus at St Andrew's kok, is in charge of the case.
Church" (June 4).
The Rev. J. I. Higgs officiated. The bride, who was given looked ini her cream churming
carried
Modern Restaurant Forway by her father,
Lowu Railway Station
During the first part of the built at the recital, where she sang Italian and a Handelfan aria and Ger- man lleder, Miss Tjoa used a more sustained tone level, while her mannerism became more pronounced during the second Jart which Was devoted to Indonesian, Chinese and Dutch folksongs, some Negro spirituais, and two modern Indonesian ari songs.
As a matter of fact, during the second. part. Miss Tjon show- vil definite stays of strain and
gown,
white gardenias.
12
jace
bouquet of
Misses The bridesmaids, the A modern restaurant is to be Rith Cole and Alettha Hirst, blue Lowu Rallway ware frocks of pink and Station. A single-storey rein- novelty volle. forced
the concrete building,
The best man was Mr F. C. restaurant will provide light Oppen and the duties of usher refreshments and snacks for were undertaken by Mr McKay,
There will walting passengers.
✩ ✩ * also be a bor.
Construction work on the
In one of the most amazing will bullding
alari
16 pantomimes stayed in the hias month's time and take about tory of the prae ring, Max three months
complete. Tenders for the work are called Baer thrashed Primo Carnera at the Madison Square Gar for in today's Government
dens and toon the World's Gazette.
cham- Heavyweight boxing pionship by a technical knock-
to
though she tried hard to sing Labour Inspectors out in the eleventh round of
her
By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER The price of dog meat on the unofficial market has risen from $5 a catty to $9 a calty. As the beginning of summer (by the Chinese calen- dar) approaches, dogs are being hidden and fattened in preparation for. Har Tse, the ro Chinese festival of the beginning of summer,
them back
to willing
parting encore,
an
greater volume of tone, she could
showr
Carissimi's
Indonesian farewell song, with a not regain the power she hated today that the following
officers had been Vittore with which the and
with
promisingly started her
evening,
Labour
to
The Government Gozetle natla 15-round contest.
Carnera was down no few- appointed ar than ten times while Buer Labour Inspectors of factories una strutting round the ring Rnd Industrial, undertakin2 ||
bowing a turkey cock Messrs William W. Y. Law. and scraping
to the crowd F. C. Kong, C. L. Chan, K, T.
and taunting the giant,. with Luke and T. K. Chan -
and Miss Au Men-kam had been women pitying Carnera One outstanding characteris-
screaming at the referee Woman appointed of the singer, however, Inspector.
alop the fight. owners so that they found a should not pass unnoticed. That good home, "but I cannot go Is her clear enunciation and around buying up all the puppies her linguistic gifts. Her pro- In the Colony to prevent them nunciation of
and the Italian being caten."
He said that because of the German words was remarkably too for the Dutch and Chinese arthrity of the Society over the correct and I believe that goes
toxla, last few weeks, the price of dog nicat had risen $1 to $9 per catty. It could reach the price of diamonds he said, but the nutuma rich man will
on still insist
dog lurvig the delicacy of
ing of Taikoo Dockyard
The sale and consumption of He said he had managed to and Engineering Company dog mest is illegal but the sell of Hongkong, Ltd, this practice is still carried on, and morning, a dividend of the Chinese have a traditional $2.80 per share was ap- perstition that keeping a black dog in the house, or to kill it proved,
for its blood, will keep the The 17th day of the fiftit
the Har Tsé festival.
The company made a zet pro-devils away. Guzellent of £382,500 for the year end- Government short while later, he left the offled today that Mr Lee ed December 31, 1958, and the moon, June 22 this year, is the
11 hotel room
with Supasar,
The se in eontinuing.
recommended
El returned. Chung-yiu had been appointed directors
of Births transter of £150,000 Butlet Registrar tin Deaths,
Hon. ADC
Urban Council
reserve.
It is a known fact that dog 10 stock meat is eaten by the Southern Chinese between Inte and Inte spring, but each year a the 17th day of the th moon, dog meat is eaten as a spectal dish.
The directors report and re- commendations and the audited statement of accounts were ap- proved and adopted. The Government Gazelle Mests 'W.B. Rae Smith and notined today Bat Mr Lon Pul-J, K. Swire were elected direc- appointed anak had been appointed an tors, and Messrs Lowe, Bingham Honorary ADC, the Government | Avi ant Segtutury to the Urban and Matthews were re-appointed Gazette notified Today.
Connell.
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Not Northerners
The Northern Chinese do not like the meat, but Southern
nient.
interpretations
were
Her abbys tasteful and correct in respect to style. Those groups on her programme where Writ sentiments were expressed, were The caling of dog meat in conveyed by her with telling China has been going
charm and especially the con- fidential sweetness of "Vorge- 2,000 years as long as the Eng-bliches Stacndchen" by Brahms fish have been eating beef.
sulled the personality singer.
on for
Chinese, mainly the Cantonese Crown Rents
elain the ment is teader, deli- cinus and nourishing.. und thut it keeps the body warm...Black- baired. Chinese-bred Chow puppies felch a good price, the
Payable
| best_meat-revenag the aplicat The Government Gazette price tagged paganotineda today that Crown-z91
of the
Miss Tjoa wns accompanied at the. pleno by her younger ister Jenny-To: She adjusted. herself to every whim and -in- tention of the singer with great sympathy-Indeed the sympathy was not only die umur DN
In conversation, to avoid this for the half year ending on between sisters, but one of two use of the word dog. is ro June 24, 105, were payable at
A feature ferred to as "Heung Yook," or the Treasury on or before which contributed much to the "Fragrant Meal." It is also July 14.
congenial artists,
known a "sam lok," which The Gazette further notified happy result of the evening.
The recital, was sponsored by the Music Society.
stands for the Chinese, numerals that unless payment was made of three and six, which when by July 14, legal action for added together become nine. The recovery or re-entry may be Chinese phonetic for nine is instituted without further waru. "Gao" which also means dog in | Ing. Chinese.
Kept Hidden
As tho festival approaches, the dogs are fattened in pre- paration for the big meal. They are also leppt hidden, as the practice is legal. ·
Six years ago dogs belonging 10 a number OE prominent residents were found hidden in nullahs and drains near Aber-
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On March 24, defendant park- for a 10-year-old Eurasian boy deen. and Kowloon City, ed her car outalde No. 72-A to be placed under their care district well-known for this Queen's Road Central and left it and protection. practice,
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bad. nosociationa and beyond control.
The Hongkong Office of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelly to Animals loudly pro- tested against the practice for many years before it was de- clared illegal,
Their main claim against the practice at that time was the method
of killing the dag. First it was stretched out and strangled. Then is throat was
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