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COMPLAINTS MADE AGAINST IMMIGRATION OFFICE EMPLOYEES

Mr K

Of The ALLEGATIONS OF SQUEEZE' Leaves

Day

Police Officer

BANG ON! On Trial

NIX short years

t:vo

ago the

world's applause was for

men-Ilillary and! Tensing--who find planted their flag of victory on the summit of the highest mountain in the world.

For Corruption

Everest had defled conquest An executive officer.formerly in' charge of

for more than 60 years. Today the world salutes the nameless experts of Russia who have planted their! country's flag of conquest on the moon.

It is triumph which justly! deserves the acclamation It

has received. It is a far

The

the Immigration Office registry agreed in the Victoria District Court this morning that there had been allegations | of "squeeze" against clerks in the Office.

I

witness, Mr W. Seater, was testifying before Judge T. Creedon in the trial of Sub-Inspector John Evans, 28, charged with 29 counts of corruption.

greater achievement thius | the Soviet man-made plan Bred earlier this year. the averago man's mind bogglen at the idea of such fantastic accuracy needed to direct the rocket to ita target. Generously the Americans have joined British scientists in congratulating! February this year, in the Russians. They ruefully position as ofeer for

Evans is alleged to have Asked if there had been alle- about the honesty of received a total of $39,245 as a gations

any to some clerks and whether reward for issuing visus

the Colony "squeeze" had been mentioned, Chinese entering

between Mr Sealer said he had heard of

and these.

hin

from the Philippines

Just September

admit that they are not in registration.

the rame class. An analysis

of America's real deficiency |

must be left to the experts

but it would seem that the Mr

fuel

year

Chinese

Initials

Sealer hed yesterday

respect of

the

ntes L

used, the size of the identified the initials of Evans power unit which sent the on various missile on its lunar journey people to whom the accused is

to have granted and the guidance system it alleged possessed were all clearly superior to anything the Comber (of Hastings & Co.), Cross-examined by Mr AS.C. defending Evans, Mr Seater

Americans have.

VISAS.

Un

THE Russians have thus said he had actually seen

stablished a big lead, and one

Or two occafions the writing down Jug

people must ask: is it not accused time that America pooled initials.

Mr Comber: "And were there allegations to the effect that the i names of certain. European In- were being used by upectors clerks in connection with the allegations of 'squeeze'?"

Witness: "Not to my know- ledge."

Re-examined' by Mr D. N. E Ken, Crown Counsel, the witness

not said the clerks were powered to approve or disap- prove viss,

Chief Inspector 1, R. Jack, of Yaumati. Division, sukh in evidence that from March 1958 to January this year, he was Assistant Deputy Immigration Oficer.

Procedure

Chief Inspector Jackc ex" plained the procedure of deal. Ing with applications for visas from Chinese in the Philip pines.

her brain with Britain's He identified another sign- and the Commonwealth's as lure on a file as being that of the she did to beat Hitler to Sub-Inspector Willchoad,

whe tock over from the atom bomb.

Britain's offer

Evana when the lotter WJA achievements in rocketry fred

An the Chinese today may not be very strik-

ngstration section in February Ing but the old saying "two this year.

He said the practice was not heads are better than ou

Questioned further, Mr Seater

feit has been prevet over and who is now with the Urban to grant applications to people

Services over again.

Department agreed whose entry the police

of office might not be beneficial to the This is a matter for scientists that during his term

well 24

Normally it was the duty of politicians to in Immigration Office there had Colony. decide but for the time been complaints from inspectors being the politicians and about clerks in the registry from the officer in charge of Chinese registration to decide whether or not 10 approve such an the military have a more time to time.

application, witness cald 1. urgent problem. Today Mr

Chier Inspector Jack wat

to

Transferred

Khrushclv ntrives in! Mr Comber asked if it was Washington, He needs corrcel that as a result of those "tough talking" to convey complainte, son of the clerks

President Eisenhower were removed elsewhere.

Mr Sealer Russin's missile superiorly.

replied, "They convince were transferred, but not he His Lunik must

everyone that in a nuclear cause of the complaints,

Witness agreed that the accused was one of those who had made the complaints.

rocket cuntest America to day would be a poor second, And if America is not thoroughly demoralised by this feat it will only be because of an incurably optimistic belief in its own greatness and resilience and! Ha ultimate triumph present adversities,

Bi

over

UT President Elsenhower begins his tulka with

dlandvantage decided nevertheless. Russia's Huccess emphasises per- hapa only 'ond side of ita technical ... ability which may not be 18 diverse as America's but there can be no misunder-

There had also been com- plaints regarding delays in the registry caused by the clerks.

shown a number of files in respect of persons whore visas were alleged to have boon; grant- ed by Evans.

had been handling those particular applications, he would have re- fused them, as the records chow- ed the applicants either had committed a breach of immigra- tion regulations, or for other reasons.

Witness sal that if he

Ilearing de continuing.

Russia's Three

Lunik Failures Before Success

London, Sept. 14.

standing of its meaning in British sources tonight confirmed a statement

terms of inter-continental ballistic missiles. This is

its most sinister |

tion

made by the U.S. Vice-President, Mr Nixon, that Russia had three moon rocket failures in the past two weeks before they fired a fourth shot.

IN A HURRY TO OPEN More

мой

In a hurry to open was the Causeway Bay branch of the. Nanyang Commercial Bank whose affice began businem yesterday despite the fact that the

-Hennessy Apartment building in which It is situated is still not com pleted and is almost totally covered to scaffolding. Theta pictures by a China Mall photographer show the new bank branch pointed out by an Tow, and below it, the, office with its doors open and scaffolding framing its extranoc.

Hospitals For Kowloon Urgently Needed

Recommendations By Special Committee

For The U.S.

Moscow, Sept. 15.

Mr Nikita Khrushchov left this morning by air for hla 13-day visit to the United States and talks with President Elsen-

hower. Ele flies direct to Washington.

to

Members of the diplomatto corps were at the airport sco Mr Khrushchev off.

Mr Khrushchev's party com- prised about 100 people. The Inclusion of his wife, - Nina Petrovna, two daughters, Mis son and son-in-law, and of Mikhail Sholokhov, author of "Quiet Flows the Don" and a man with an independent mind, are said to be gestures to Im press on the West the new spirit in the Kremlin,

SCIENTIFIC 'EYE'

A relentine "eye" will be used at New York to look into the luggages of those accompanying Mr Khrushchay around the U.S.

Government has been told by a special committee of private doctors that there are not nearly enough hospitals in Kowloon. They have urged that the number of hospital beds be in- The State Department sald the bags of both Soviet and Ameri- creased by four times their present number.

can official parties, as well as newamen and photographers, This should be done by, sleep for one night in the bed will be passed for

flueroscope Inspection periodically during building two new major hos- of the two."

was the 10-day tour. pitals in addition to the pro-i The committee said it

The State Department said posed Kowloon Hospital, or gratifying to know that the

present Kowloor Hospital was this will guard against the pas four smaller ones at the

TBsibility that outsiders might iry to be converted into

the new to plant bombs or other lethal carllest possible date.

hospital as 2000 DE Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kow-devices in their luggage.---All The committee, set up by the loon, is opened.

Agencies. Kowloon Residents Association,

(Soo also P, 3) sald Kowloon had at present

H

а

Nevertheless the report re-

large TB hospital under Govern- Police

ment control,

1,700 hospital beds and would commended the building of a have another 1,300 later in the new, Queen Elizabeth Hospital. It needed 10,000 for its timated population of a million and a half.

..

Surprising

The report also recommended the replacement of the Lalchikok hospitol which it described as "oki and primitive thing more the atmosphere of a prison than a hospital."

Criticising the lack of a special tuberculosis hospital in The commutee. criticised the Kowloon, the "committee's re- || kitchan in the present Kowloon port, which has airondly, been hospital which it , described submitted to the Director of "dingy, small, antiquated, using Health and Medical Services, old-fashioned Chinese stovest Dr D. J. M. Mackenzie, said it and devoid of any modern was surprising that the initia- electrical, appliances. Live and planning for the care of these cases was not in the hands of Government.

"Even the new Grantham Hospital was not built by "Government but a number of beds were taken over when it became evident that the original plan was ill-conceived," the report said.

It la

Officer

Hurt By

Explosion

furthermore unhygienic. We A British Police officer was

have seen no signs of any wash- ing apparatus for deallug with

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modern hospitals.

The kitchen should be replaced by an up-to-date do- partment, as son as possible." out-patient facilities.

It also urged expansion of

In Proportion

The treatment of TR by lime bulatory methods was carried

The KRA report urged that tuo far in Hongkong particularly Government control should be in when it was such an over-proportion to its financial contri- ureyded city,

bution towards the building and

The report cited one example up-keop of the old and the of how short of TB beds the planned Kwong Wah Hospital. Colony was:

At Kwong Wah Hospital committeo found two open cases in one bed.

the TB

The members were told that somo bods were, occupied not by two but by three cases,

"One man of the three sleeps in the garden and for the pay: ment of $1 to the matos, acquires

two bed- the right to

COMMISSION'S FIRST VISIT TO

KOWLOON POWER STATION

It pointed out that Govern-

men's contribution of $20 million would be far in excess of contributions coming from the Tung Wah Hospital group,

Of the present Kwong Wah Hospital in Kowloon it said this hospital was grossly over- crowded and understaffed,

Of St Teresa's Hospital it said "this is the only one where u

middle-class patient can be sent by his general practitioner and therefore Alls an important gap."

Ineffective

Finullsing their views, tho commitice, consisting of Dr D. Engel, Chairman, Lt. Col, W. J. Craig (Army specialist formerly in Hongkong) and

Members of the Electricity Supply Commission of Inquiry this morning Dr O. de Souza, zaid:

visited for the first time some of China. Light and Power Company's establishments in Kowloon.

The

The

hurt early this morning when in the course of an anti-narcotics raid two loud explosions rocked the fourth floor of a build- ing in Hungham. Tho police officer was Sub- Inspector G. W. Goulden, station officar at Hung- hom Polico Station.

An

unnamed Chinese ro- sident of the building -- 10 Chun Tin Street — was also injured by the explo- sions.

The first explosion occurred

at 3.15 a.m. A fire broke out and five fire engines raced to the scene. The second explosion took

place or about 4 a.m. A number of calm oro believed to have been seized from the promises. Police investigations are pro-

ceeding.

European Gir! Fatally Injured

to

A three-year-old . European giri, Julie Chambroy, of No. 200, Wal King Mansion, second "From

our study made floor, who was injured in a several months ago). we came to traffe sccident in the Tal Hedg the conclusion that Kowloon district yesterday afternoon, has commission spent more; Mr G. H. V. Ribeiro, the Meter Legislative Connell Chamber hospitals show no signs of any died in Queen Mary Hospital.

The girl was knocked down than three hours on their tour Superintendent

hearing is to begin on planned system. They, grow up The rockets are believed to The Russians have so much this morning, which included Later in the morning they September 28-and-all members haphazard out of sheer noces by a private car in Wan Fung

neither, the

entrance Terrace near Ge They hivo site confidence in their hardware and visits 1

to the hood office, the visited the company's Hunghem of the public, whether private aity.

Individuois, asociations, guidance methods that they are meter section and the power power station..

Conchardeleristics of the old Eng-Grand View Mansion at about ungoncorned about the date for station in Hunghom,

from now the parties or groups of individuais, lish voluntary system,, aor those 3.80 p.m. Two weeks

State Medical the man shot.

bo holding tre oligible to be represented of the present commission will They will be visiting to their first pubile hearing in the before the comunission.

Service. They are an ineffective American cientists

have Hongkong Electric Сопропу

| compromise of the two. worked on the principal that 4 | the Colony's other source of shot is feasible only on five days power supply, on Friday, in each month when the sun is behind the MOONI.

from

TRACKED

Unless Dr Werner von

Braun, Hitler's former V2) rocket expert now heading] America's miantle research, have been fred

Bome near the northern shore of the manages to produce thing very unexpected from Caspian Sea. his rocket araenn] in time radar sets operating from Tur

This observable by Nato for Mr Eisenhower's return key, visit to Russla, the ail- vantage will remain with

Rockets which fried rose high Mr Khrushchev,

enough to be picked up by radar

This morning, Mr J. Mould, Chairman of the Commission, There is talk of a plan to men. Then the missiles feil bes

four orbit camera-carrying cause later stages of the

When the am is, in any other Mr C. J. M. Bennett, the Hon. Dhun Ruttonjes and David American Tocket

around deck construction did not work

position is pull on the rocket

S. Whitelegge, secretary of the tho moon. But the thirst Properly.

complicates tic flight path

Commission. began their tour. of the averago American is

calculations.

at the head office in Argylə something much more sure was put on Russian scien

pres.

This has not worried the Street.

They

shown the spectacular judged by our usts to achieve a succesul nood tusslans. Thoir successful fir- was the result own Brick Bradford. Unleas landing before Mr Khrushchov. Ing on Sunday

various odministration dow the dark side of the moon arrives in Washington tomorrow, of a launching made at the partments by Mr Lawrence

Vides some sensational

Rockot

Kadoorie, Chairman of the aring facilities most difficult time,

The next step for the Board of China Light, Mr C. F. if America available to Resins ero even It looks na

sut up a robot! Wood, manager, 'and MrʼA, A. M. will have to go on being steater than have been imagined, Ruckans is to

Hugo concentration of laboratory on the moon to send Onslow, chief accountant. lafled with comic strip effort

Following this they were is needed to make one back information overa Jurgo adventures whose heroos moon rocket ready. Firing four period. This will requiro a taken to the meter, solion at provide some small outlet fortnight implies existence of "aplanding-to avoid damage the sub-slation on Waterloo. for the pant-up frustrations several highly specialipod teams is instruments London Express Road-Boundary Street, whers

working at iba `name, timme.

they were shown around · by· of the nation.

for

These disclosures mean;

Tremendous political

Service

wero

Mr O. F. Wood points est a tonture of the China Light and Power meter, section is Air J. Mould, Opatripaaŭ of 4be. Einatricily-Ownedanion of. Inquiry; Beside (hlin is Mir G. J. M. Bennett, fir D. Whilelegge and Mr Dhân Hutą, tonjeo-Chins: Malt+photo,"

"""The "dellefonalas brought out In this report are chielly the re- mut of lack of planning for which the subsidling of Imp- ing institutions is no substitute, "If our, charity organisation did not fil the patent gaps, our medical service would be in pitiable state. But our present aczvices are not only inadequate but uneconomical."

Crosby's First Daughter

T

Los Angeles, Sept. 14. Crooner· Bing" Crafty” became" the father of a daughter for the first time tonight when his wife, Kathy Grant gave birth to a giri,

The 6 lb..16 oz, dirt was born The report added that “in to the pretty 24-year-old - Mas presenting this report we did |Creaby at the Queen of : Angels not take into acomint the full Hospital, FileMaUF fisencial aspect of the overall Mother and daughter: ware problem, but its hoped that reported in "excellent condi- Government will find ways and tion"). Crosby's brother, La357, means of implementing our the spoken for the family, | geocentioridolions without bur, said the girl would be named

dening, unduly the taxpayer.” Mary-Francón.