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Police Beat Me, Man Alleges In Shooting Case

A defendant in the Louey case alleged in the Criminal sessions this morning that he had been bashed by police and forced to write a statement in a policeman's notebook.

The defendant, the second accused, Lee Tak-sum, 48, said a Detective Ser- geant beat him and then held his hand while he wrote in the notebook.

The Sergeant said in evidente But he arrested the second ne- cused

Jonuary 15 and he maste a statement caution.

Mr D. N. E Ren, Crown peterevile at "Teok at the charac- fers Cheuk, Lok and Yn. Were FULL holding the wrist of the secured and gukling him when he wrate?"

His Names

The Desertive No. When I went to 13 Hunghot Street and arrested the accused he at Arst told me

Was

his name Chan Shud. Later under que:- tioning he armitted his name i

about the left upper half of his efsed which he checked by hay- ing an X-ray taken.

TB Shadows The dock said this X-ray

which mean: revealed Khandw the defendam Ind feberealusi..

In reply to a question

fre Me Hea he said this could cause The defendant to spit binud.

-1 asked him whither he had i been multed and he reylled. I love not."

The sreofil zeeused then sug- gested that the doctor said to ham: "Oh, how badly you have į been beatin

Doctor's Denial Ta darior tried

this and was Lee Tak-sum and he saad said: "I said have you bee Cheuk Lee Yule not you have been as

saulted."

He knew Len

and Lee tuh."

The Sergeant read from his notebook the statement made by the second necused after Mr Justice RH. Milis-Own ruled that it was rcmissible.

In the statement the second. acensed identified others in the attempted robbery

at William S. T. Lowry's sidence, at 81 Waterlon Teach

un December 22, 1958.

1

Ran Away

1-

The seven atri ed are Lee Libeuk. 45 Lee Take um. 18; Care Wing-yalt, 30: Lee Yu, 25: 1o1nk, 45: Shum { Kong-tuin. 52: and 1 1at-kung.

Gure nte charged with empiring Between December 19 und 22 to tol

Mr Lucy.

The second accused is also be Mrcused of shooting Mr Latrey with intent to do erlevates body haru, 41545

wdrs: alternatively with withe intent

Arth Hara, Sirth, Hot sixth acestea are surged with urthawful permessines nữ Les incl

inition.

The secondi,

The accused is additionally nected of sending a lotter to hir 22 Dereatening. Manfre, and witü shooting af detective with intent tu avahd

he ran away from the scene when he heard shotsy January fred.

Kave

A physician attached to Kaw-arrest. Jonn Hospital, Dr Chen, evidence that on January 16, he examined the second

Recused

who had been brought to the hospital by Det. Inspector T.E. Monnington,

The case being heard by Mr Justice Mills Owen and a Jiyati hair men and three women.

Hearing! is continuing.

Missing Hub Caps

Be found his condition to be

A man was arrested shortly Really god but there were after 5 dele: yesterday morn some old braises, two or three, ing in suspicion of having stolen tays old, on the right upper hub engs, valued at $40.

fram half of his chest.

Dires private Cars parked in He said the defendant com- | Vielory Avinue and Homantin plained

SOTHO tenderness Street, Kowloon

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NEW SCHEME

FOR COLONY

-BEGGARS

STARTS WELL

By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER

A now scheme to help Hong- kong beggars had got off to a promising start, the secrotory of the Hongkong Council of Social Service, Miss M. Newcombe said today.

Under the scheme interested members of the public may obtalu cards from the Council priated Chinese and English taling that if the beggar goes of the welfare the address Institution on the card the will have his needs investigated to see whether help can be given. The cards are printed in two rulours, pink for Hongkong and

blue for Kowloon.

les Newerbe announced that in addition to the Salva- Ilan Army and the Fumlly Welfare Soclety, the Lutheran World Service were interested and willing to help i the new scheme,

The experiment seems to be working and there has been que a bit of interest," she said.

THE FISHERMAN'

"For example, one man who Was fod begging last week was given a card, He turned out to be a fisherman whose engine had broken down and

who was begging to get enough for his family to live on.

"His case was investigated

And money was provided for The repair of his engine, and he is now off the streets and hack fishing again," said Miss Newcombe.

Anyone interested in taking part in this scheme should apply io Miss Newcombe, care of the Hongkong Council of Social Service, 47 David House, fourth floor,

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A Registry wedding with a difference this morning: in addition to rica, the bridal coupla, walked out under a step ladder and #lgnal flags.

Both wero officers-Lt 1.F. Bord (right) and Lr G. Smith (left). Their "guard of hanour" were men from the Royal Signals.-China Mail Photo,

LEFT: Enjoying

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RIGHT: Mr Robin Douglas- Home, nephew

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was married at

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Church,

Pic-

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Wanchai Building Centurion

Tank For

Has 14-Inch Lean Hongkong

Mr George Thompson, assistant chief building surveyor, told Mr

I. T. Morris at Contral Magistracy this morning that the wall

of a residential building in Johnston Road where 149 people lived was feaning out 14 inches from the vertical.

Mr Thompson was giving, maln

structure and is in fact evidence the applications for pulling away from it," he said. closure orders of 210 and 212)

"The

sulinces crigically Johnston Road, in respect of the given to the verandahs by the verandaha of the first, second main structure is thus no longer and third floors of the buildings. | operative."

Dilapidated

1 suggested that Gigt was the

He said he went to inspect the best. In my friend's opinion, buildings on June 25 and found The Old Man and The Sen was.

them in a dilapidated condition. Nelther of us trust the proof of

"The brick wall facing Bur- row Street is 14 Inches out of other. Luch

So I hereby scerely appeal to your in the vertical and leaning towards formation which we trust, alone, the street," he said, "and it is I should be grateful if you and ale bulging at the ground | fractured throughout its height could inform me which was the flour storey."

"Thus wal! curries half the weight of all the floors and roof of the bullding, and if li collapses, the whole bullding would collapse,” he continued.

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New YWCA Fashion Show

An Auction

of

28 FLIGHT OF FASHION CREATIONS at

ST. JOHN H.Q. Gardon Road

on

Wednesday, 15th July at 3 p.m. Admission $2.00 including tea

Safeguard

Mr Morris, after hearing the evidence, granted the applicu- tions for the closure of the twe buildings.

Hearing Of

Driving

Charge Adjourned

Hearing of the case against J. Bubbs summoned for alleged "As a temporary safeguard, dangerous driving was ad- the wall fading Burrow Street Journed to July 23, at 10 ... has been shored up by means on an application by the Police of lying shores,' carried across before Mr C. Q. Ém at Cen- the width of the street,"

tral Magistracy this morning.

Mr Thompson sald that when be visited the building before the shores were ereal- ed, he experienced vibrations of the floors every time strani ear.pased.

He said that In October, 1038, the balconies extending over Burrow Street had collapsed but fortunately no one was ju- jured.

Rain & Flood Victims Get Relief

About 5,300 Shanshuipo residents who were victims of; the recent rain and flood were given relief at the Shamshuipo Kalfong Welfare Association this morning.

Each of them was given nine Iba of rice, a gift from" an American relief organisation, CARE; afty cents per head from residents of the district; a dol- lar per head and 350 for each member of the family who died from the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce; periton of bread donated by the Nom Hou Tong and a portion of noodles, weighing 10 ounces for families of six,

a gift from Jayeers.

A

On July 10 the food victims Insp. M. R. Atkinson said he

will be given quantities of_rice had instructions from

the donated by the Chinese Gov-

crnment. Superintention of Trame to ask for an adjournment as two of the police willnesses wero CV-

quired to testify at a District Court hearing both today and tomorrow.

Babbe pleaded not guilty to the summons of driving a car dangerously at the junction of Wongnelchong Rond and Leigh

Strike Ends

The three-day sk-down strike at the factory of the Non Tung Textiles Ltd., Teum Wen,

with the management agreeing In principle to a workers

When the Ben Line heavy If ship. Benarty arrives in

o

Hongkong from Britain about July 28, she will be using one of her own 125-ton derricks

to unload a 50-ton · Centurion tank. The same derrick wi

3143 used to

iho tank in Southampton last month. (800 ploture above).

Mr G. R. . Patterson, Aus- tralian Government Senior

Giving evidence on 210 John- slon Road, he said that the verandah floors were decayed ten Read at 2.40 nm. on May was reported over this morninTrade Commissioner, leaves: for j

end in a dilapidated condition,

"Tho end wall- of the

2.

de- Kuala Lumpur today to attend

12-hour-a-day shifts by Mr mand to change the present two a Trade Commissioners Con

to threeference and will return

Hongkong next Monday.").

He was represented verandahs extending the whole A. S. C. Comber of Hastings | height is not bounded to the and Co.

8-hour shift.

to

STERLING SILVER TIP

From the Files

25

years AGO

TITH the view to build.

W

ing his own home, Mr S. C. Feltham, of the Public Works Department bought a rural building tot on Mount Kellot at the sale of Crown land yesterday.

Mr Feltham the only bidder for the 9,900 square feet aito paid the upset price of $1,139, The annual rental is 5114. Mr Feltham confirmed that he was going to build a house on the site. He said he hat drown his own plans but these had yet to be passed by the PWD

The heat weave in England nes now lasted for nine days, intensified yesterday when a temperature of 38 degrees in the shade 10a recorded some places,

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HONGKONG is becoming

air minded and within 12 months, a remarkable ip is predicted to local aviation civil, commercial and defence — a fillip which will place Kal Tak on the map as one of the, most im- portant aerodromes in the Far East.

Laxt week lenders were called by the Government for the laying of the foundation for a new hangar which, when com- pleted, will double the existing facilities for "garage space".

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From the SCM Post's 25 years ago colum: "£59,006 a mile is what the 22 miles of railway from Kowloon to the frontier of the New Terri-

tories is, in the long run, to ¡coat the Colony of Hongkong.

"The enormous price, it is include stations, hoped, will rolling stock ridings and gen- eral equipment, Oil the authority of Mr Murray Stewart we have been assured we are not paying too dearly for the luxury of a toy line involving the deepest cutting in the world and a long and It |extremely difficult tunnel.

is really very hard to believe though that we are not being bled."

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The theft of five silver dol- lara from the Guard Room at Government House ended with Ngai Cheng, a former employée, being fired $20 or one month's hard labour.

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Outside Chino, Hongkong bas the highest infant mortalllý rate in the world with 454,89 per million. Next highest, thá Straits Settlements with 146 per million,

Admitted Knocking Child Down

A man charged with dan-

αστους driving -causing the death of a small boy had admitted knocking the child down an d pedestrian crossing, Vic- toria District Court was told today.

Fok Kan. 53, of 260 Wanchul Rond, second floor, pleaded not guilty.

Corporal Koo Chan-chow told Judge T. Creedon thui Fok told him he had just knocked some. one down.

The boy was Chan Sce-him, aged 8. The accident was in Queen's Road East on March 6,

Models To Be Auctioned

Model gowns from the recent YWCA Flight of Fashion Show will be auctioned on Wednes«. day, July 15, in St John Am- bulance headquarters at 8 pmn.

In addition to the 20 creations being sold a new supply of fallon styles will be modelled Tea will be included in the ad- mission price of $22