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THE WEATHER

Moderato · guity' south-west winds. Cloudy with Isolated showers and fair periods. Noon Temp:

·86 degrees. Noon Humid: 60 p.c.

LATE FINAL

CHINA MAIL

No. 87984

Getabilskod: 1845,

TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1959.

Price 20 Cents

"HOW

STUK. (WIDA | THUR:

DAH

SERVICE TOKYO'

OVER TO CENTRAL CHINA

TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES

MOVES OVER TO

Of The HK RETURNING TO NORMAL

Day

A CLEAN-UP

NEEDED

HURCH leaders

havo

called for stricter control

of obscene publications and pictures In Hongkong,

Damage Is Estimated Search For Landslide Yaumati

At Tens Of Millions

By CHINA MAIL REPORTERS

The four-day deluge which has drenched Hongkong with al-

most 30 inches of rain and claimed 40 lives may be over.

is a timely call. Never has the undraped female form been more blatantly fea- tured in newspapers, colour The magazines and cinema ad- vertisements and their dis-j play in Hongkong streets is

an affront to the public

which Ins gone unchecked

too long. Victorian in-

Royal Observatory reported today that al- though isolated light showers were likely this. afternoon, the trough of low pressure which caused the deluge has moved over central China.

hibitions about sex have Skies remained overcast but the Colony had short periods

given way today to a shame. less exploitation. The moral dangers should be clear to all, but whether Hongkong should follow the extreme measures taken in Singa -| poro is debatable."

of weak sunshine during the morning. There has been no rain since 9 p.m.

Landslides and house collapses are still occurring and the Fire Brigade and Police are standing by for new emergency calls.

A Thorough Survey

Damage is estimated at tens of millions of dollars but a

reliable estimate is unlikely for months until thorough survey has been carried out."

The danger of wholesale pro

hibitions in that they tend to create rackets. Addi- tionally they are difficult tof police and as deterrents they It are rarely effective. And there is no point having a luw on the statute booka unless the authorities in tend to make it work. But more could be made of the powera possessed under existing ordinances to die- courage a practice that is

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is now established that at least 60 people have died in.

the recent floods, landslides and house collapses. Another 20 aro missing and are presumed dead, while 66 people have been injured, according to the latest official casualty figures.

Nearly 9,300 people, many of them made. homeless by floods, landslides and house collapses in the past few days, have been registered for emergency feeding by the Social Welfare Department.

giving the Colony a bad It name and Government a reputation for tolerance.

ensy

OR offending newspapers,

Fo

was announced this morning that 8,262 residents in Kowloon and the New Territories and 1,007 residente on. se on Hongkong Island are receiving this assistance

Anes, imprisonments and The four-day period of rain is the second highest on ro

even suspensions for re-

peated breaches

tha

cord. In June, 1889 the Colony had 84.27 inches in aro pro- a four-day period, vided. There fre alan All provisions to permit Police to take action against hawkers who dis play offensive pictures and against einemus whose ad- vertisements are unnecca sarily lurid or suggestive. But again we would counsel caution against swooping

over the Colony workmen are busy today clearing up.

the debris left by the deluge.

measures. The clergy's in- dignation will be shared by many but what needs to be determined is the beat way to approach the prob lem.

Concern is properly expressed

for the Colony's young. The difcuity is that if they

Peak Tram In Service

Hongkong is slowly returning to normal. The Peak Tram, knocked out by a landslide on Saturday,

resumed services this morning.

Partial train services are running. The railway line near

At

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want to read dirty comic Mr books, no amount of publis libraries are going to keep them from it. Nor is it possible * stop from patronising comic atalis, put away those who encourage them to read titin trash, or effectively curtail importa from overseas. There is no simple Rolution

to this problem because as the clergy point out, most hawkers who make a living from peddling questionable literature allow for fines in Grol Ben-

their budgets. tences might deter to some extent, but there is a danger that in making this kind of recreation risky we may also be making it more appealing to its young sup porters.

KOK a start the authorition

Fosfor the other dis

approval by taking action against a few of the most blatant offenders. It possible that an occasional scare may do more to cut down the display, of offen- alvo pictures, the publica- tion of obscene articles and the peddling of dirty comics than a battery of prohibi- tionary law.** The clergy could help by forming a Watch Com- mittee, such as exlat in many other countries, which 'could advise the authorities action whom to tako Against," The Rev. Cheung Wing-ngok's idea to include artists and school teacher's a good onez The co-

the KCR workshops at Hunghom is still blocked by . several boulders. Railway workers are clearing the tracks which will then be realigned and the Railway authorities hope to run a full schedule, service on Thursday morning.

present train services are operating between Yaumati

and Lown.

survey of agricultural lands suggests that damago

may not be so bad as was first feared.

W. J. Blackie, Director of Agriculture, said this morning that damage was considerable, but not us bad as the havoc caused by the 1967 torrential rains.

The Hongkong Telephone

Four Die In Company said this morn-

Mountain Torrent

ing that there are still Some 6,600 telephones still out of order after the recent heavy rains. However, ■ spokesman of the company said that they expect to have nearly 8,000 of these re- paired by about 8 pm.. today. swept a

Four people were killed when mountain torrent, roaring down the hillside,

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car 500 foot down the slope and flooded a village in Tele- graph -Bay, on the west coast

Phones Out

Victims Continues In Hunghom

They were still digging for bodies this morning at Vals

ley Road squatter area where a landslide destroyed 14 byte in Hungbain yesterday (top). The bottom photo shows A

of Hongkong Island at 2. The spokesman added that use boulder, which came craibing onto Chatham Road from -

p.m. yesterday,

Yip Construction Company,

was sitting in the back scat

of his private car parked at the Junction of Bassoon and Victoria Roads whilo his son He

cleaning mud on the hood of the cat, when the dorrent rushed down upon the

car muddenly.

Wie

The son escaped but the rather

was awept. 599-foot, down the sloop, slope in his one witch POTESS. PENGAħed to pinpes, '- CHA

died by drowning, The lorrent swaps on sad flood

ed out the villago in TulogtaDH | Bay, fling a slone housë, No. 79, with was sad mud, and killing three occipants, The shree were Wong Kit-ying. 45,” Iandlady of the house, Ma Lai-yeo, 3, and his Wing- chen, ..., Uỷ daughter" "and" "Hon rospoolívély of lay ecaman, Uring in the house.

the

rest of the lines should be repaired either by this evening, or early tomorrow morning.

Ban Tak Hill' yesterday near the Hungbout Police Station, Tradio bere has been divotied to Man Tan Wel: Houd China Mail Photos.

said the telephones Boac Steward

were situated mainly in Western District, Wan- chal and Tai Hang. Tho main difliculty, he ex- plained, was that many of the manholes are flooded, and it is im- possible to reach the faulta. The Fire Bri-

Fined For

Smuggling

Caloniis, Jane 15. gade aro assisting the British Overona. Airways' Cor Telephone Company

this

Entombed

In

Midilleboro, Man, June 16, CA"ghostage entombed for a

operation of all church de- BOMBER FOUND wask in the trunk of his carr

norination is of course

required: If the clergy are

and was found alive today awhile a -London. June 16 mall army de police starchod, a The wreckage of a Boviot Air swampy wood for his two cup-

anxious to make an ear Force bombor found in the for start on this problem, this mans are beyond the William Bedgowick, 4B, Phil is how they might take the Arctic Circle showed it had adelphia, & Wari sint to hospital initiatives And they can be taken part in an Prale, "Battle, fin good condition although he sure of a wide measure, of Moscow-Radio, reported, tomaht: fald, he never experientia: get public support..

Reuter

But out of thers: Alive," MUTIA

poration: steward David-Fur longer today plekded,quility to charges of bringing golá from abroad without the pere minam-et the Bank of India, thus violating tumori and _ex«. part contról under the Far elan Exchango Reptilation Aok

MESSAGE FROM

LADY BLACK

The Governor has re- ocived a cable from Lady Black In London extending her, sincerest sympathy to all re- sidents of the Colony affected by the torren "tial rains and the disastrous landslides of the past few daysi

Ship Boarded

HK-Manila

Smuggling Syndicate Exposed

Manila, June 16. ranking Philippine cus- toms official has exposed the operation of ambig: Internationál "Zamuggling syndicate between Manila and Hongkong day

* Députy customs collector at Manila iterationst mirport

Olmedo

Turns Down Offer

Los Angeles, June 15. United States Davis Cup star Alax Olmedo hos `turned down a fifty to ons-hun- dred-thousand-dollar-öffer to tum professional this

· November, -- Jack Kramer, the professional tennis circus" leader, announced hero today,

Kramer said he made this offer to Olmedo just beforu, Lie young Peruvian bom: ace left for Europe..

Olmado is at present sharpen ing up his game in the Londo Lawn Tensis Championships at Queen's Club before he en- ters as top, favourite for the Wimbledon Championship next week.

Collapse:

439 Homeless

By CHINA MAIL REPORTER

One man was injured and 439, were made temporarily homeless when the back por tion of a house in Pitt Street, Yaчmati, Kowloon, collapsed

this morning.

Shortly after 5 a.m. the back wall of. No. 1 Pitt Brent, camo down' with a bang... h

An occupant on the first floor, Leung Sum, 39, was: Injured wter he leapt onto the street below. He was sent to hospital. All other occupants of the house escaped la Uin

At 7 a... the kitchens at the back of the house collapsed; th whole.

orca

Cordoned Off

Folice have.cordoned "vff the and ordered residents of Nos.1, 3, and 5 to evacuate to Favold further accidents.--~They

iola) 400-strong. A „An

Some of the evacuees have gone la, the homes of their re- iatives or friends while majority. of them are Kult in the street.

Nos. 3-and-'have bein shered up with wooden beams. The houses, all four-storey-high; are 'old' wooden structures:

On the ground floor are three shop, a grocery, # furniture store: and a metalworkshop, On the other Spors are domestic residences,

FLOOD WATER

SUBSIDES

Water, Con Smithfield Road, flooded out due to a bust- ad underground nullah and the downrush of mountain water, at the height of the thunderstorm In the past two dayɛ, has subsided, zaido PWD spokesman this morning, 1. Work is in progress to re- -move the dit which has choked up an undetermined stretch of the drainage system; -

"We'll have to open up, the covert to And out just how. long a stretch has been chok- ed up," mid the spokesman.

NEW COVERT

We may have to bulls an entirely new covert to replace the old one, Tid existing one is a pre-war structure Hather old and can't function properly under extraordinary circum Kramer indicated that froRIDO- SLATION." one" had convinced Olmedo be

The covert had burst and

| could get $150,000 if he opened up the road surface two

into

the professional ranks, nlong with

days ago, causing.. extenNIVE

Pancho Gonzales, flooding of'several streets nearby Few Hoad, Ken Rosewall, and including Belcher's and North

Streets. Company.

Kremer, instated he had made

The Police have sandbagged

his maximum offer, adding that the area

and closed jlt tom-

Olmiedo might change his mind porarily to the traffic for safety. and pay him a visit in the not too distant fukare -ATP.

Fire Razes

A Town

LANDSLIPS

A number of minor land- Rutalides occurred this morn-

A smell landslide was report- ed from the Bay View district -hoar?Wan Bha: Istrent "just bo», Lanark, Juno 18. fore: 10 am 7: There were no Artémio Agonelllo said the, large, "A" "quick-spreading väre - đen casualties, Home, big overhang- scale" muggling has bóng medéstroyed almost half of this: tog, cocks, have been espordi possible, through the alleged. | Fanterns „Galeria towa, today, LA andalide, near: - Richmond Crow Causing damage estimated For on outo TWEE VICH the igo par more. Than two million dollara „Twuen Wan area, has sålesked And leaving some 160 pornois franchinare has the boat a cacy landslide in the New Chol Hang WallpThe fire roared out of control area Sf. BE CAUSEWAY BAY {din- A Borje for more than four main despite there was a water main

about the efforts of fan department,

sonnel, od

Af onay Mike dragora - Mid the|| bahtất, ND, 27, Lyttalion.

Gal, every | Repaira, Maza-i bain

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