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Ship's Engineer Denies Captain Attacked

Of Crew

By Members

A SHIP'S third cngincer denied in the Supreme Court today that the

bosun and several crew members of the my Sonia had attacked the captain with axes, long choppers, and wooden sticks while the ship was in Bangkok.

Chan Wing-yuen also denied the crew forved the captain to sign a paper authorising them to rell brass Rrticles from the Sonia,

Chan was one of eigh! former crew members of the Sonla who claimed $32,000 unpakt wages plus cir fores from Bangkok to Hongkong against the ship and its owner, Henrique Leitao.

been a sale of metal stuff, by order of the ship's master,

Chun said that when he tried from to stop crow members dismantling engineroam acceg- aorles they attacked him.

"They were Shanghai people,” he said.

Chan salt he had been ashore when it was alleged that crew members had taken away num- Mr Leitao counterclaimed far bers of articles from the ship. $82,000 which he alleged he lost | "When retumed I saw M through not being able to char- piece of paper from the ship'a tr the ship while it was de-master to the second officer in- sained for two years at Bangkok | structing him to allow Crew Over the smuggling of illegal members tu Inmigrants to Thailand.

He claimed the crew was not

remove

the

artides," said Chan.

Mr Winter: "Do you know critked to the money because the captain was attacked by they were smuggling the im-

Die sun and several other migranta.

people?"

didn't Cuent

see any esult on the captain, but 1 saw hlm arguing from time to time.

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Arrested

court has been told tital the captain and chef

chle! officer and

engineer were arrested by Thai police in September 1958, Cross-examince by Mr Richard Winter, (for Leitao) Chun told the court today that when the Scavin docked in Bang- kok in September 1956 Custome

ccra ezine ubcard and stayed

for several wedies.

Thy left when they saw the ship was running out of foot.

Chend the Cult ms oflletes had sorohed the ship the first

dny.

Later, when questioned by botice, Chon said he had told them he had seen a number of people on board the ship before it entred Bangkok harbour.

He denied he had confessed

to police that he knew about

the legal smuggling of Imm!-

grants to Bangkok.

Letter To Purser

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VLTY:

Mr Winter: "Some armed with axes, long choppers,

and wooden sticks?”

Denial

Chan: "That took place in the engineroom when myself, two apprentice engineers and two offers were attacked by a number of people."

Chun denied the captain had been forced to sign the paper authorising the crew to sell the thip's articles.

The hearing is unfinished.

Mr S. V. Gitting is represent ing the plaintiste, Fung Haithood, Tse Man-den. Wong Chong, Chian wal, Wong Chus, Wu Bing-chon, Wing-yuen. MAR T. aid Chan

Exhibition At

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St John's combined collection of opened to the public the ship's purser, Fung Hart-in St John's Cathedral Hall this and, to Leitao dated June 18, morning.

Referring to a letter from paintings

Florian

TAI LOY

CHIEF BURIED

Mr

The funeral of the late John Maclean, 77, Chlef Officer of the Hongdong-Macao Ferry, Tal Loy, who died in his sleep Wednesday, on board ship on took place this morning at the Cemetery, Colonial

Happy Valley.

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The Rev. R. C. Symington, of the Union Church, officiated. Present were Captain T. J. Owen, Captain C. P. George of Mr J. the Cape St Mary, Themen,

of member

the China Cost Merchra! Nivy Officers' Guild. Mr

H. Williams, Mr P. Nati, Soere- tary of the Chira Const Merchant Navy Officers' Guild, Captain R. A. Young, and members of the Hongkong- Maeno ferries. Tel Loy and Fat Shan and many others.

Flowers were snt by Capt. T. J. Owen, members of the China crow of Tai Loy, the Coast Merchant Navy Officers' Guild, The Sailors Home and Mission to Sesmen, Hongkong, es Fat Shan, Yue On Shipping Co., Ltd and many others.

Columbus, Ohio, Oct, 7. Karl G. Williams of Perrys- bung, Chlo, has asked the State gis.ature to let him buy some property on the banks of the Maumee River, 300 feet down stream from some Islands he bought six years ago..

Mr Winter asked Chan about This is the second joint ex- The Chiu hibition of work by Tsang Chi- the statemLZUEL:

lau,

Chow and 11, K. Williams explained that the Chau. I will be open daily properly he wants actually is

moved from 10 p.m. to 7. until his old property,

floods.-UPI.

Chat sailors wanted to take the bruns articles to sell.” Chan

is Chiu Chau, who

sald this was wrong. There had Saturday.

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HK Man's Conviction For Murder

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FUNERAL OF OLD HK RESIDENT

relatives

Many friends and pitcuded the funeral of the ine Mrs Ada Chan, 75, a gelired businesswoman, at the Roman Catholle Cemetery. Valley, this morning.

Happy

ABOVE:

During yester- day's visit to the USS Lexington by Mr Julius C. Holmes, U.S. Consul General, (1-7) Rear Ad- miral William E. Gent- Jr., Mr Holmes, ner Copt. S.E. Ruchlow, Mrs Holmes, Capt. Wilson M./Colemon.

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LEFT: At the Joycee- UNA joint luncheon Idunching Children's Day „Drive” held at the Para- mount Restaurant (i-r).

D. Messrs

Szoto, J. Mackenzie, J. B. Trovor, Mo Man-fal, Alex Wu and Noble Smith.

LEFT: Soon at the 29th meeting of the executiva committee of the 17. nation Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council (1-1) Messrs W. J. Blackic, K.W.J. Toplay, D.T.E.A. Fonsoka, M. K. Soon and A. Tubb.

OAG Sees Life-Saving

Demonstration

From the Filos

25

years -AGO

WHILE in the precincts

of the Marine Court. Captain R.E. Teague, Mas- ter of the ill-fated British. steamer City of Cambridge, was handed back his Mas- ter's certificate yesterday morning without a stain on his character. another dran of the treacherous China acted.

Sen was being en-

Cheated by the resources of the British Navy of its prey aboard the wrecked City of Cambridge, the elements, by д particular irony of fate, now threaten the small Hong- kong

Taikoo, tug

which, twice defeated, at last succeed's ed in reaching Pratas Shoals and the seCho of last week's marine disaster.

At a labo hour last night, fears were being ontertained for the safety of the Talkoo.

Of the several vessels which went to the assistance of the salvage vessel, the Tinegara forced to abandon her rearch by the increasing proxi- mity of the typhoon.

Apprehension

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19 caused by the fact that the Talkoo's wire- less apparatus has beery silent for some hours before midnighü

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THE Australian Press ounces that Sir Churles Kingsford-

the famous Smith,

Aus- aviator, plans to hop off from. Brisbane to California on Saturday,

tralian

Chenled by an untimely accident to his Lockheed Altair monoplane, from participating in the Centenary Air Race from Muidenhall to Melbourne, Kingsford-Smith who in June, 1928, plioked the only machine to

ever span the Pacific from east

Intends 10 to west, attempt the even more hazardous west to east crossing.

On his previous Bight, the A demonstration of life-saving greatest yet made, Kingsford- by beach guards of the Urban Smith made only two inter- Services Department was watch-mediate landings, one at Father L. Dolls of St Mar-ed by the Officer Administering Honolulu and the other at Suva. garet's Church, officiated.

the Government, Mr C. B. Bur-

He will use both islands, on Among those who attended gess, when he visited the Swim his fight this week. were Mr R. M. Omar, Mr W. ming Pool at Victoria

Captain P. G. Taylor, who M. Cheung, Mr Lok Chi-lung, Causeway Bay this morning. has Dr Liu Wai, Mr and Mrs Ho

accompanied Kingsford- Mr Burgess was accompanied Smith on several world flights Pui-chun, Mr Lau Thi-man, Mr

Director of Urban Ser-in the "Southern Croes", the teng, Miss Ruby lio, Mrs Kitty Mr D. R. W. Alexander, Assis encircled the globe, will act as Chu Yuch-pul, Mr Fook Lai by the

vices, Mr C. G. M. Morrison, and only machine which has really Au, Mrs A, Lok, Mrs T. Y.

tant Director of Urban Services.. co-pilot. Chi, Kirk Woo, BI J. Wen Bar T. Wong, Mr Benny Tong, Mr He was met on arrival at Vic- L. P. Chew, Mr C. S. Tsong, Mr tória Park by the Superinten. committee that there was "clean H. Ching, Mr H. Hau. Mr Chandent of Gardens, Mr R. E. Dean.

London, Oct. 7.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council to day refused a petition from Lam Kwong-choi of Hongkong for leave to appeal to the Privy Council against his conviction in Hongkong for the murder of his foster-father.

'HOLIDAY ON

ICE COMPANY ARRIVES IN HK

Sixty-one members of the show, "Holiday on Ice," which will be staged in longkong be- ginning Sunday, arrived Kal Tak this morning by Alr

India from Tokyo.

The

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compatty Includes young Kortan girl who was dis- covered during the company's

recent tour of Korea,

She is 17-year-old Cho "Chun Paik Yo, who taught herself skating during the Korean win ters.

TV Election Coverage

Bediffusion will televise the resulta the British General Election tomorrow from 8 am. p.m. and during the until .2 evening programine intermis-

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The results will be shown on blackboard as they come through direct from London by teleprinter.

They will also be broadcast on the wire service throughout the cast.

Counsel for Lam told the

evidence ment".

of mental derange- He sold that Lam killed his faster lather, immediately after-

wards killed his foster-mother

dad on an envoy from

the angel of hell.

Counsel sald the appeal court in Hongkong had held that the trial judge falled properly to atreet the jury upon. the standard ct

requir proof ના to establish the BC- cused's defence of insanity. But

no

the court considered that subpential iscuringe of justice had actually occurred and dis- meed Lam's appeal.

Counsel added that at this stage of the law dealing with capital offences no court should be allowed in a murder case was misdirection where there on the law of insanity, to ap- ply the proviso enabling the court to dismiss the arcsecTS appeal it it coraldered no sub- stantial miscarriage of justice had. actually occurred.

| Non-cheon Mr Ng Kow-tiny anti

Miss M. G. Clark,

Many wreaths were sent by friends and relatives of the late Mrs Chan.

Park,

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Dr Li Shu-fan, who waa official delegate from South The party then inspected the China to the Congress of the park and the swimming pool.

Earlier, Mr Burgess had visit-For Eastern Association ed the various offices of the Tropical Medicine, has Urbani Services Department turned to Hongkong. situated on the top floor of the Central Goverrunent Offices,

YOUTH ON West Wing. He met many of

DRIVING CHARGE

A 10-year-old garage alter dent who drove a private CAT and crashed into * bumboo scaffolding was andet for soven days by Mr A, Garcia at this Kowloon Juvenile Court morning for a check to be made of his age.

The youth was charged with driving without a valid licence, thruit a third party insurance, without the owner p consent, damaging private property, and failing to report to the polico after the accident.

The presiding Judge, Lord Goddard, said that their lordships were not a court of criminal

He was alleged to have driven appeal and there was no evidenco

a private car of others in Laichi- that Lam was suffering from akok Beach Road on October 3 at. disease of the mind.

2.15 am. and remmed into "It seems to me to be essen-bamboo scaffolding for drying

The damage tially a matter for the court in clothes. Hongkong whether the proviso estimated by the owner of the should be spoiled," Lord God-driving outfit at $700. *** dard added.--Reyter.

SPOTTED LAUNDRY

London, Oct. 7. Mrs Doris Gott, housewife.

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London, Oct. 7.

The Queen is to lend six im- portant drawings from the Royal Ibrary at Windsor Castle for an exitbition drawings in New York from October 18 to Novem- bár 7.

The exhibition, entitled "Mas- ter Drawings of Seven Cen-

Dangerous Surf wants Parlament to investigate turies, will benefit the scholar-

The

rod flag was rated at Shok and Big Wave Bay beaches this morning at 10.18 because of dangerous surf.

the big, black, greasy spots on her laundry. Mrs Gott elame her laundry was unspotted un- ul Boeing 707 jets began flying in suburban her bomo Wembley-UPI,

over

ship fund of the Department of Fine Arts and Archaeology Columbia University. The fund will be used for sending students at the University to travel and study abroad.

Te-

Father G. Byrne, has lift the interior of China

ho where

will spend two

cers and inspected a display of "Miss Ping On" posters and publicity material used in the for Urban Council's health tion campaign

educa-

weeks.

This Funny World

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