1959-08-26 — Page 10

GEORGE KENT & CO., LTD. WATER METERS, STEAM METERS,

OIL

CAS METERS,

METERS,

CONTROLLERS & RECORDERS.

ENGINEERINGUEQUIEMENTSCOTEUTOZ H.K. & Shanghat Bank Bldg. Tol. 27780

Peak Tram Clerk Bound Over For Embezzling

A clerk of the Peak Tramways Co. Ltd. who fraudulently embezzled $2,858.75 and later returned it to the company, was bound over in $2,000 for two years by Mr T. L. Yang at Central Magistracy this morning.

Li Shul-kai, 54, of 38 Hennessy Road, third floor, pleaded guilty and said he committed the

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CHINA MAIL

Boshdad 1005

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1959.

Fireman 1 E. Falasco of the U.S.8. Washburn is seen

at the British Red Cross centre this morning donating blood. Attending is Sister Kirkwood.—China Mail Photo,

offence because his wife and children were sick US. Naval

and he had borrowed money from.other people.

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The proscention's Can Monday. morning. 1. Unimed le work and collected the key of the company's safe Irun his

Air H. 4. Hart as usual.

ART

u hire in uban six years' time. Learned a nonthly salary of (5450,

My Hart added that the money. bual been returned to the com- uty and the company asked for

It, 1 kl Mr Hart that i lommeney on Ll's behalf.

bar wan not feeling well IEL

arked to see the company's doy-

tel.

Thy was attuned as 1.

Just the office.

Li ellel not

retum anes Ivi

Hart became worried about htt

safety

- He repeated 11is

the police.

Si llur

!

absence to

also clicked the

Police Parade At Aberdeen

Mr. The Yuchuen, Chairman Day Kartong of the Cansonway Welfare Advancement Associa- then, tuck the salute at a pars-

mary st the safe and found! ng-out parade of 100 neo's and 32.858.75 short.

Handed Back

La rettamed the the unice the next morning and handed basis The Tammes saying that he had ted $400, Le's wife later iv- Inled the $400 to the company. In court this morning, Mr Hart informed the Magistrate that 14 | had been a good and insul" rer- vant of the company for the last 13 Va

parade

was

police constables of the Auxi- liary Police Force, this morning. at Aberger Training School,

The officer at charge of the,

Mr. C. Alers, ot Superlatendent Police Auxiry). The senior Seperintendent (Auxillary) Mr A. J. Schouten, and the senior uleer Air 11. 0. Tso received Mr The Yu-chu.

A88.84301

Thay

Nr 1. A. D. Pairy arrived by

Australia Quotas from murning to take up his post as district sales manager of Qantas, Hongkong,

fhe said i would lose his job as well to a pension arounting | new to alme at $10,000 which was due

P.O

R.M.S. "CARTHAGE"

WILL NOW SAIL AT MIDNIGHT ON THURSDAY, 27th AUGUST.

Embarkation time and arrangements remain unchanged.

Men Give

Blood

Thirty-one men of the United! Slates attack cargo ship Wash- burn this morning donated blood at the British Red Cross Saciely Centre In Fuar House.

This was the first of about 120 of the ship's company who have volunteered to give blood.

The USS Washburn arrived

A group on Monday with

Okinawa on marines from week's recreational visit.

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LIN DAI ROBBERY: MAN REMANDED

40-yr-old man แดนเท - ployed, Wong Swe-hon, of no fixed abcde, accused of attempt. Ing armed reisbery and posses- son of arms and

ammunition,

was remanded for three days in police custody for further en- quiry by Mr P. F. X. Leonard nt Kowloon court this morning. is alleged that on August The shit is commanded by 20, at dat 5A. 54A Kadoorie:

Avenue. fth floor, armed with Captain F, E. Sellers Jar,

'Fashion Spy'

Cricket Fighting Revival In Macao

Macao, Aug. 25.

The ancient Chinese custom of cricket-fighting is being ravived hero.

The Incul gambling conces slonaire have re-established this form of betting and are spon- saring a cricket-#ghting cham- plonship.

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There are already uver entries for these organised cricket-fighting which will take place at the Ng Chow hotel from now until the eighth lunar month.

Two contestants are put to- gether in on earthenware basin and induced to fight.

Sometimes the night lasts an The laser will jump out

bour.

of the basin with the other in I hot pursuit.

ANOTHER

SHEAFFER'S ACHIEVEMENT

THE POPULARIT PRICED

Imperial

WITH

SHEAFFER'S

Cylindrical Gold Point and modern touch down filling.

AVAILABLE NOW AT ALL LOADING STORES

Lau Shik-moon receives his awards from Firigadier Chestnut at this morning's parade-China Mall Photo. PASSING-OUT PARADE

Chinese Recruits

SEA CHASE

SEQUEL: TWO MEN

For Army IN COURT

In the past cricket-fighting | Brigadier J. M. A. Chestnutt,

bring many people used to from neighbouring countries to And the bats were in Morao. the form of "ronsted plgs" and "thousands of Chinese cokca" as well as money.

The champion cricket will be

with decorated

a solid gold madal. AFP.

Acting

Following yesterday's

From the Filos

25

years -AGO

leading

Hongkong

A business woman who

left last July gave the fol- lowing interview when she was in Brisbane.

She made rome interesting observations regarding the

| women of China,

She sold she had made friends in all circles, but she never mot a facr mon thon Chinese village alderman. He was 74, had alne wives nid 62 children, yel they all lived happily under one

roof.

In China, she said, the head wife had the selection at the next wife.

The modern Chinese women, said Mrs Thompson, drove cars, worked in shops and offices and early were starting out in business in

at Costle many directions. chase General Officer morning cea

Mr T

10-

unemployed,

Commanding Land Forces, Peak, two men appeared before L. Yang at Central took the salute at the Magistracy this morning charged passing-out parade of 21 with importing 3,000 is of recruits of the 30th Intake dutiable Chinese-prepared of the Hongkong Chinese bacco without a licence.

The men, both Training Unit at Lyomun Led Woon, 28, of 75 Battery Barracks this morning. Street, first floor, and lu Cheung- The parade commuvier wash, 32, of 14 Pitt Street, recoid Major R. R. Greaves, Northamp-floor, were remanded unit to Prescot, Aug. 25.

Regimen, Command-morrow. Lonshire Elizabeth Wilcox, 30

No plean were taken. of the 11.K.C.T.U.. the same day, defendant had in yours old and tour feet seven ing Officer This possession a 33 Smith-and- | Inches tall, was put on proba- and Captain E. Morgan, Train- Commander, led Company Wesson revalver with

Ing live tion yesterday for striking a

six-foot, rounds of ammunition without a

170-pound policeman the marching. with his own helmet.-UPI. The band of the 1st Battalion

The Lancashire

Reg. (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) was in attendance.

a revolver, he attempted to rob | Miss Lin Dat.

I is further alleged that on

Miss

Demoted From

Paris, Aug. 25. Allractive 37-year-old Maria licence.

Kastner Sruber, an Aus- trian journalist, is in the Roquette prison Petite here awaiting interroga. of tion on a charge fraudulently imitating Paris fashions it was; learned today.

She was nerested in a luxury hotel in the Champs-Elysees here on July 31 by the French police.

The police said that Miss Stuber was for seven years the spy of "pirate" fashion shop companies in the United States. Under the guise of covering fushion shows for a Viennese

weekly paper, she made light ning sketches as the models

paraded before her, iL was alleged.

She thus sketched now | signs

by Gres, Revilion, Christian Dior, Nina Ricel. She had them sent to New York via Vienna. In New York they | were photo-copied and distri- buted to a number of Arms making ready-made gowns,

End of Season Clearance

at

Paquerette's

Everything at give away

Dresses

Skirts,

Slacks

Separates

Lingerio

prices!!!

Rain-coats and

Maternity-Wear

. ` . . . ...

DOOR-BUSTERS

120 Dresses @ $95.00 and under

60 pairs Drip-dry Slacks @ $25.00 20 Hats

@ $10.00

10 Summer Belts

@ $ 5.00

All at

Paquerette's SALE

- doors open till 6 p.m. daily

Superintendent To Constable

By PERCY HOSKINS

London, Aug. 25.

After an inspection of company,

the

Brigadier Chestnutt

Lo Re presented two plaques

Lee ertit Lau Shik-moon, of Cheng Uk Village, Shamshulpo, out as Champion

who passed

Recruit and Champlon Shot,

Principles

In addressing the

Brigadler

recruits,

Chestnut said he wanted them to remember cer- tain principles.

A SCOTLAND YARD detective super- the Queen

intendent, formerly

mand of the CID

second-in-com- quarter

over a

of

London, has been reduced to the rank of constable.

The first was loyalty"loyalty A

and the country which you serve and loyalty to yourselves."

turn

Secondly, they should out martly on or aff duty,

Brigadier Chestnuli saki most

of the recruits would be posted to 56 Company RASC for driver-

He is 51-year-old Superintendent Leslie Davies, training and would soon be driv-

a former member of the Murder Squad, who played an important part in the 1955 Ruth Ellis case.

The principal allegations against him are that he

ACCEPTED a gift of a pair of cult-Unka,

COMMITTED

na offence over à "reference" for a woman contrary to the Bankruptcy Act, and

CARRIED pn unauthorised persin in a police car.

act

effect that a complaint to this was "covered up" by the police. At the Scotland Yard inquiry Detective-Superintendent Joseph Kennedy was appointed to Ds "prisoner's friend"

Superintendent Davies gave evidence completely denying the

wit~! allegations, and several Resses were also called to refute ! them.

very Leslie Davies was popular man with the force, and was looked upon as "one of the kindest of chicks,"

ing vehicks in the Colony.

He urged them to drive safely and courteously.

Frenchman

Fined $350

Both Her Husbands

Killed Themselves

Chesterfield, Aug 25.

woman

of

27

whose

the movie Ruan Colombo, examining a man in a friend's. star and radio ernoner, while

accidentally shot house, was

in the left eye. He died after a air hour fight to save his life. One of his best known

of compositions is "Prisoner Luve."

Although Hongkong hos two Police

13 Courts, Kowloon

With the served by only one. growth of the peninsula, more and more work has been thrust on the Kowloon Magistrate, who has had to accomplish alone what two magistrates have to do in Hongkong,

of

Government is erceling a new Magistracy for Kowloon in Gascoigne Rood, and work clearing the hit for the pur- already commenced, but it will nearly two years before the new Magistracy will their be able

lo discharge its func- fleas.

two husbands have both compose has mitied suicide-the

second only a fortnight after marriage was "too upset" lo attend court, a coroner sald here.

Dor:

Mrs Mavia Reeves, of Lea, Derbyshire, lost, her insti husband eight months ago. It was decided then that he had gassed himself,

St. Voln's Cathedral Ro- The coroner, Mr Michael view for September is out. Swarwick, recorded a verdict Among other interesting mat- that her second husband Royter, Mr L. Forster, writes on Reeves, 33 had also committed the gambling at Shum Chun.

suicide by gesing.

He commented "this is a very tragle case and the second tragedy for Mrs Reeves." -- China Mail Special.

On Driving Award Winner

The decision of the dis- ciplinary board of three sentor oflcers. presided over by Assistant Commissioner Douglas Webb, come as a severe shock to the majority of London's He can still qualify for his

10,000

of poller, although a superintendent's pension toughening-up policy on over £1,000 a year-by serving A

dlo-

at least three months in the ciplinary matters was enticipat-

rank to which he has been reduced.-Express Service.

cd.

Family man

Superintendent Davies has 'n right of appeal against the sentence to the Commissioner, Sir Joseph Simpson, within the next 14 days, and further to the Home Secretary.

years ago.

Superintendent

married

with Man

Taiwan's $200M

Flood Damage

cord

Taipel, Aug. 25.

If both appeals foll, he will resume duties in the ranic in Nationalist China was be- which he started on the beat 30 lieved today to have suffered much greater damage than Davies, A originally estimated in the re-

a family

flood which hit central ilving ut Hendon, was a key Formosa August 7. executive of the No. District A joint survey made by the of the Metropolitan Police, with Sino-American Commission headquarters ut Paddington.

rural reconstruction and the This district

Agriculture extends from Provincial

and Marylebone north to Elstree Forestry Department disclosed and west to Greenford, embrac- that damage in the rural areas ing Wood Green, Golders Green, alone amounted to inore than

Wembley, HK$192,000,000,-UPI.

Sloke

Newington, Ruislip, and Harrow.

The superintendent was 613- pended from duty on May 22 and placed on half-pay pending un inquiry.

It then became known that the Commissioner had instruct- ed Chief Superintendent Her- bert Kannam-who has sinca retired to investigate allega- tions contained In a letter from a man in gaol.

'Kind chief'

Already Exploded

London, Aug. 25.

on

Counts

At the Supreme Court yca- terday the Chief Justice Mr A. D. A. MacGregor admitted Magsaysay Award winner for Mr C. E. R. Sandersin, of Journalism Mr Low Yong. Russ and Company to prac Editor

of the National in life as a solicitor. Mr F. H. Rangoon, arrived here this morning on his way to Manila Leseby of Rugs and Co. and Mr D. L. Strollett, of Geo, K. be made on Hall Bratton and Co. were

preeent.

to receive the prize. Jacques Frenchman,

The award will Arnoux, 28, Managing Saturday. Director of Inter-Con- tinental Company, at 26 Mody Road, Kowloon, second floor, ploaded guilty to driving without a licenco and third party Insurance.

He was fined a total of $350 and disqualified from driving ony vehicle in the Colony for 12 months by Mr Hin-shing Lo at Kowloon Court this morning.

Defendant was stopped at Pak Won by polles corporal 3611, Lee Wing-lin, on August 23 because there was no lleones on the windscreen.

Questioned, defendant

She

WOM

unable to produce a licence. He was brought to Std Kung polica station, where he admitted he had no licence.

Brown Milk

Bottles

Copenhagen, Aug 25.

New brown milk bottles-

trap vllumina C-

Bomb disposut experts here designed to today completed a 17 feet shaft have started rattling off the factory behind the Tate Gallery, home production belt at a

to replace conventional of many British art treasures, bere and found that a muspected un- clear milk bottles. This man alleged that aj exploded bomb they were neck- Scientists here have decided woman living in North London | Ing had already exploded. that sunlight on ordinary glass hed committed an offence by The aquad are now searching rubs milk of 79 per cent of obtaining credit without dis for a second bomb whose provitamin C, while the loss with closing she was an undischarged wolice was reported by a former brown glass is only 1.3 per cent, bankrupt. The letter alleged 'gardvner-Chino Mail Special. Chian Mall Special

This Funny World

*No trouble at all, Harold. Call any timo!”

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