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New Macao CAR DAMAGED IN

Observatory Director

Macao, July 5.

The w Director of the Macao Meteorological Service Prrived today. Dr Bento C. M. Rodrigues wig the Director of Santa Mutia Observatory in the Azores before he was hipointed

Nufario to sucered Dr A. P. who will be re-assigned after tar years of service obervatury.

Br Rodrigues panied by his wife,

at this

Waz

Becom

Be Narafo, Mrs Natario and their on will leave tomorrite вел

Hengkeng

Lisbon-ÄFT.

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ACCIDENT:

MAN WINS $400

A claim for $1,978.20 for damages to a car was settled for $400 in the Victoria District Court this morning.

The settlement was arrived at aftor the hearing had

started before Judge T. Creedon.

The plaintiff was Chan Chal, proprietor of an electroplating 24, shop, of A West Street, Brat Bir, Quarry Bay.

Chan lested that on March

the defendant, a barber, come to Ls shop and asked to Berrow his car so that he could

Chun sued a former neigh-❘ take his mother for a drive to

Tam-yung, Aberdeen. Villnge, Sul

hour of his. Yip now of Man Son

Wan 1 Street, ground floor,

Mr Ne Fat presents a gift to Mr MoDount at this morning's function at the Secretariat of Chinese Affairs.— China Mull Photo.

Presentations To

Mr McDouall

Mr J. C. McDouall, Secretary for Chinese Affairs, enter. tained 26 elders of villages in Kowloon at a lea re ception this morning at the Secretarial for Chinese Affairs.

1 shook hand- with the He wished Mr and Mrs Mc- representatives of 15 villages. Dauall a happy leave and a sufe

elderly mostly tall

Chinese return.

Mr Lo Mut of the Ham Tin gentlemen who harl Come tu wish him a happy leave. village Rave Mr McDouall

of the Ng Tsinal!

medallion Mr Ng Pat

fold Wai village presented him with special mark of appreciation a coffee set to commemorate the fram his villagers. occasion. This will be kept the Secretariat oflees.

·Splendid Help

Mr Ng expressed' appreciation on behalf of all the elders pro- sent for the co-operation and splendid help unfallingly given

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J. T. Wakenteid, Chief Assistant of the SCA, was pre- sent at the ceremony, also Mr Samuel Chen, who acted interpreter.

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Mr and Mrs McDouall go un leave tater this week. During

his absence, the Commissioner of Labour. Mr P. C. M. Sedg-

by Mr MeDoual) and hits staff. wick takes over his post.

MEZZANINE FLOOR

Maternity

Dress

DOTS Just What You Noed

For Summer Waiting!

A beautiful outlook for summer in a, white polka dotted.dress accented with a velvet Low and a, red red ruses Wastrable, no-irem rofton with Black, Red or Navy dots Sirey' -10

new shipment of Maternity Wear

showing as of to-day

at

Paquerettes

160 Des Voeux Road, C.

Tol. 27-157

had

Aller the defendant shown him his driving licence, plulauf said, he agreed to lend

him the ear,

Later, Chan went on, as a re- ult of what he was told, he went to South Bay, where he found his car in a damaged con- dition.

cast

Repairs to the vehicle him $1,978-be sum he 61720

for.

$5 An Hour

In his own defence, Yip said that the plaintiff charged

him

$5 an hour for borrowing the

tar.

It was agreed that he pay the money after returning from the

rive, Yip sak.

Going down n slope at South Bay, he found the brakes to be defective, and the car collided with the side of a bridge and stopped.

Consented

Following a mid-morning cd- Journment, the solteltors for both Fides announced that the defend- and had consented to judgment in the sum of $400, with no order for costs.

Mr E. Cheung, of Peler Mo & Co., represented the plaintif The defendant was represented by Mr A. Lui, of Lo & Lo..

Western

To Have 11-Storey Building

A building of eleven storeys, costing $345,000, is to be built on the site of 316, 318 and 320, Des Voeux Road West..

ht

revented This was

the Tenancy Tribunal this morning, where it was stated unofficially agreements had

th

been reached between the applicants, Tan Beng Chiat, represented by PH, Sin & Co., and the 18 op. ponents of the exemption, for compensation totalling approxl- mately $150,000.

the

Mr John H. Way presided at the Tribunal, with Mr Chau Joye and H. Spencer-Cooper as other members, Counsel the opponents -were D'Almada ond Muson Ford Kwan, Lau Chan & Ko, C. Y, Kwan, M. K. Lam.

for

This exemption application was the first to be made after new regulations by, the Tenuncy Tribunal came into force, under! which all Courtsel must secure a certificate for their fees be- fore they can be paid.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Monday Column

Str,-It may be

true that "what gels by is just not good enough here, but Mr Anthony Fuller aurely knows that "much of the world's best" are never released here. ·

An impudent suggestion this doubtless is; but instead of antertaining us with his "Film Briefs,"

shouldn't he put his column space to better use by in- forming the public of what is really the world's best and, des manding beller Alms for the public? As 50 many booked presumably On thu strength of their "commercial" appeal, failed to please, there is a strong indication that the publio wants something differ ent (and belter) and a change of policy is long overdue,

Akns,

NT. CHOW.

MONDAY, JULY · 6, · 1959,

SHEAFFER'S

Skrip

PICTORIAL PARADE

ABOVE: Eager to see their mother and father when they come home from the Royal tour of Canada will be Princo Charles and Princess Aune. They will be eager loa to sze what presents the Queen and Prince Philip have brought back for them. Well, those presents are pliing up already- and here at Cornwall the Queen is een receiving two Jacrosse sticks for Bio Prince from Michael Benedle who lives on an Indian Reserve. Diane Cakes (righi) presented mocassins for Princess Anne. No doubt the Prince would like that real Red Indian head-dress tool-Express Photo.

ADOVE: film actress Janet fe Scott and TV star Jackle Rae leave Kensington Register Office after their weddior. They had a church ceremony at illesden, Bucks, in the

afternoon,--Central Press,

RIGHT: It wan

the night of the Bla Crush-

the night the Queen went to the ball planned

as the biggest in

tho history of Montreal. And,

by trying to bolster the atmosphere grandeur and

of

elegance! the women of Mon-

treal, In their

billowing

dresses, orcated chaos. They buf- feled one

30.

other to head the serum round the Queen

and

Prince Phillp. I

all seemed a bi

too much for

Prince Philip.

"You don't really Wani dance?" he ask-

to

ed the Queen.

But she did. But

her own dress-

In pale turquolso tulle with silver

rose embroidery

and pleated

bodice — tangled

with the crowd reluc- ... And,

lantly, she had to give up.

Picture shows: The Queen ar- rives for

ball.

Photo.

Express

*

RIGHT: Down

the plane steps

at London Air-

port comes 25-

year-old Teresa

Kwa of long-

kong. She is A. Boac air hostess

while

LEFT: Several and Nuclear Power

Britain sho stations are un- der consino- plans to stage a tion throughout опе - Woman Belisin, and ex-

of her

peoled

to

be show completed in traditional

1060-01 Is the

£30m. - 240m. Chinese

paint-

Berkeley power ings. Fashion atalion in Glou- note: She wears cestershire,

which will pro-a

yellow and

duce for feeding black check suit Into the National

Grid 300 mera in Burmese silk. walia, Central Express Photo. Press.

HK Hotel Shortage Will

Limit Tourist Influx

"By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER

The lack of first-class hotel accommodation will limit the number of tourists coming to Hongkong, the Director of the Tourist Association, Major H. F. Stanley indicated this morning.

Celal figures showed that 15,000 tourists were expectes in. Hongkong in October. Monthly nrrivals of tourists had been in- creasing, Major Stanley said. In April the figure was 14,044, which was almost 8,000 than in April last year.

Americans

more

If the present monthly nume But because of the lack of ber of tourists kept up the total accommodation here, many number visiting Hongkong this tourists do not come. For the year would be about 132,000 same reason, the Colony is pre- compared with just over 100,- vented from being a big con- 000 last year.

vention elty In the Far East.

But Mojor Stanley cald Hongkong would inevitably miss out in the next two years un- less something was done quickly about the shortage of first-class There

appreciabis hotel accommodation. WHO AR Increase in the number of tourist visiting the Colony In the first Ave months of "This Average of Year-with

He said ho had learned a big 11,000 month-compared new hotel was being built in with the corresponding period. Bangkok: last year.

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About 40 per cent of the total number of tourists viziting. Hongkong

Inst

Were Americana,!

Year

Bangkok Hotel

!,

•. "Il wouldˆbé a tragedy if we lost our tourist trade to Bangkok. We have much more to offer faurists · than Bangkok"

Businessmen would come here for about ten days. On their first weekend, mony of them, with their wives. would make the rounds of the shops, spend- Ing their money. Then for the next Ave days they would be convention, working at their leaving their wives to shop plane. Then they would have another free weekend before leaving

"Thres

020,"

years

Major Stanley said, "hotel accommoda- tion was a serious problem, now ti's 'n crisis.”

From the Files

25

The Acne da

years -AGO

Blue Funnel liner extensive suffered damaye when she came into collision with tha tanker, Belita, while passing through the Suez Canal. Ten cabins of the Aeneas were smashed by the impact and one pas. schier was injured.

The Aenean sailed from Hongkong 01 June 8 for the United Kingdom.

On board when she left Hongkong were Afr and Mrs

Mr

A. H. Angus, Captain A. H. Bathurst, Mies B. H. Egger, Mr R. Fern, Mr and Mrs M. B. Hewlett, Miss L. S. A. Harwood, Mr G. James, and Mira E. R. McDiarmid, Mrs Muzon, Master J. La Mason, Mina M. A. Mason, Mr L. D. Smith, Mise A. M. Sim, Mr W. Stead, Miss R. Rey- nolds, Mra J. C. Walker, Miss M. Wilson, Mr A. Yauch.

☆ ☆ ☆

"Hello, is that Wing On's?” "Yea."

"Well, wing off!" Which,

SU

a prdetical joke may be humorous to the per- petrator, but causes considerable annoyance to the victim,

It is only ane Instaner of many that have Hongkong lately. The telephone hoaxer

occurred

In

at large in the Colony numbers many important per- ronages amongst his clientele.

The Prison Department was also the victim of a recent hoax. A call was made through to the prison that an escaped prisoner was seen in the streets, and it was not until the emergency guards were called out and al check made on the prisonera that the hoax was 'discovered.

"Honxera are always to bo found wherever there is a tele- oficial phone system," sald an of the Telephone Company,

* * lending article in the

Aluding part commented

on the problem of "Chopped Dollars".

"Chinese merchants," it said, "are again complaining of the refusal of the banks to accept chopped. dollars, and the com- plaint is cae that should be token up.

"A dollar with the smallest mark upon it is discounted by the money changers by 15 per cent. What this means to the poorer classes can be imagined. Fifteen cents to a coolle earn- ing $10 a menth is nearly half a day's pay.

"To be sure, colles do not handle many diver dollars." The potentlailty of loss exists, however, and who can asy

how many of the poorer classes suffer?

"Tanny event,

no one mub. mits to such exploitation with equanamity.

"All defacoa coins should be Impounded by Government and Teminted. Alternatively, they can be used as a reserve against notice.

They would probably never be called for except in a 'run' when they would help

discourage panic."

This Funny World

DRIVING LICENSES

"As long as I'm here, I may as well pick up an accident form."

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