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GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS
GAZETTED-
The Government Gazette today notified the following appointments, promo- tions, transfers and postings:
Mr G. P. Norton. Assistant Dr Wylle, Medical OMeer, to be Acting Senior Medical ÖM- Diretor of Public Works, ro
from return
G. C. Franklin. same duty
cer. Vice Dr Jeavy,
CH
Mr R. Fairbairn, Chief B- -in: Surveyor, ceased to act a
Assistara Director, PWD, pettumption of duty by Mr Nor-
ton.
Assistant
Tr P. V. Shawn, ("of Building Surveyer, evanid to net as Chief Building Sur vey or on resumptica of Zuty by M: Fabbalım.
Mr. A. Watters, Building As- Surveyor ceased le net as Kistant Chief Bulding SurSMONANZ out a sumption et duly by Mr Shawe,
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Mr Hugh McAtrer i Build.r! Surveyor, PW].
jeys to be Harold Ir
con Acestinlarl General and currently Custodian of Property on transfer frem Nyasaland,
Mr R. Wardle, Deputy Accountant General, ceased tu sed as Accountant General eoncurrently Custodian of Pris- perty on assumption of duty by Mr Heys.
and
Mr J. A. C. Hurlball, Senior Executive Omeer, Class eraves! to pet a Deputy Ac- General and resumed courtant
Accountant
duty as Principal (14 pections) on restienption of duty by Mr Wardle.
Mr I.. Wiliams, Frenany
in pretor. cestred Tor
Principal Accountant (in-pre- tien) on resumption of duty by Me Heribatt.
Dr H. S. Rassim, Specialist Radiological), ceased to act as Senior Specialist on resumption of duty by Dr II. C. 110.
Dr Alan Chen, Melical On- eer, ceased to act as Specialist Cak logicult on resumption of i duty by Dr Rassion,
Doctors Nip Chi-kwong. Tan Ker-liang, A. J. Colin, Miss Liang Sul-fong, Mrs Kao Chang Yun-ing and Chang Wal-kwan. Aastant Midical Officers, be Medical Officers.
to
Chief Me Lal Kee-leux, Health Insector, to be Acting
Superintendent of Assistant Sanitary Services, vice Mr Laws Ip-yuen.
Mr
Ho-yan Senior Fang Health Inspector, to be Acting Chief Health Inspector, vice Mř Lat.
Mr Leung Sik-hunt, Senior Health Inspector, to be Aeling Chief Health Inspector, vice Mr
uk Shiu-kau,
Mr Henry Montague Bullard. to be Senior Trade Offers, Const- merce and Industry Department.
Health Official |
Leaves HK
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Dr P. H. Teng, Acting Deputy Mr G. A. R. Wright-Nooth, Director of Medical and Health Assistant Commissioner of Services left the Colony this Palier to be Arsistant Com- morning for Beirut by Pan
American Airways to atiend misioner of Police, BQ.
G. Rolph, Senior meating of the International Sep. Antendent of Police, to be quarantine Committee of the Acting Assistant Commissioner World Health Organisation. of Polier. vice My Wright-Noeth. Following the week-long com-
Mr W. S. Collier, Crownference, Dr Teng will fly Con el, resumed duty on re- London for a short holiday be- it in from Rave.
fore, returning to Hongkong.
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The above picture shows Mra Chestnut presenthuip Mrs Preece with the first prize. China Mail Photo.
Army Wives
Club Competition
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1959.
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Miniature gardens in saucers were an attractive feature of a coffee parly arranged by the Wiven Club, 32 Medium Regiment,
Artillery Royal held in the Church Room, Whitfield Barracks this morning.
Mrs J, M. A. Chestnut, wife of the Garrison Commander Kowloon, was asked to Judge the saucer competition by Mrs H. A. Hardy, Club President And wile of the Commanding Officer of the Regiment. Lady Bastyan who had intended to make her first visit to the Club was un bir to attend because of n Fadden indis- position
Mrs J. Preece was awarded the first prize, a cakrstand, for her entry of a saucer garden with a little bridge and water scote
fringed with serd grasses. Fragile blossoms were tastefully arranged on the soll borders.
The second prize of a set of porcelain ashtrays was won by Mrs A. Watret.
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Arrives
Six United States Navy ships arrived in port this morning. including the 38,000-ion sircraft carrier, USS Hancock, The Han
by rock is commanded IL L. Miller.
Chipt.
The ships will remain in port until October 30, for a test and recreational visit.
The destroyers Cogswell
Braine Ingersoll,
and Ammet and the tanker Kawishiwi, com- prise the rest of the group.
Chater Trustee
Mr P. A. L. Vie has been appointed 2 Trustee of the An- Chater (Cathedral and St drew's) Endowment Fund, vice Mr H. J. Armstrong.
The Governintal Guzelic Rotilled today, that satisfactory of the appointment Vidence had been furnished to the Officer Administering the Government.
SHEAFFERS
Skrip
Trial In Final Stages
Religious
Murder
Society
Changed
To
Triad
Mr. Justice R. H. Mills-Owen, will this afternoon sum up for the Criminal Sessions jury, evidence against a 38- year-old man who is alleged to have murdered an old woman by throwing her from a third floor verandah into the street below.
been floor
A religious organisation was graduatly changed into a Triad society, Detective Insp, Chartas Lee told Mr T. L. Yang at Control Magistracy this morning.
Before the court is Chan Chi- The liung Ping Society, was organised by Cheng Kwai-kam charged with the murder shuong, 47, and others in 1943, of 65-year-old Chun Kiu at 6,
Wo On Lane, on May 8, 1956. but in 1947, it became the Luen
Summing up for the detecwce, Hung Ping triad velety with
Mr Henry H. L. Hu, sold that rank of Cheng having the
it the dead woman had "Fighter" and then chairman,
the third Cheng this morning pleaded thrown from
verandth her body would have guilty to being a triad member
been found on the far side of and was sentenced to two years' imprisonment
plus a fire of Wo On Lane, and not on the
nent side. $2,000 or a further six months,
Not Proved He was also put under police supervision for two years.
He said the Crown had not that in 1948, proved beyond
reasonable Insp. Lee said Cheng handed over the chair-doubt that the prisoner com- manship to a "protegie", Ng mitted murder, but added that Sang. Cheng had no triad record there was little doubt that Chan but was known to be the man was ingane at the time of the
in triad ele alleged offence. behind the scene ments.
Cholera Certificates
The Director of Medical and Bealth Services, Dr D. J. M. Mackenzie states that persons arriving from Docca will have to produce a valid inoculation ceriificate against cholera, be- cause of an outbreak of the dis- Government there, the Gazette announced this morning.
case
Last Night's First Night
'RING ROUND THE MOON' GOT OFF
TO A SLOW START
By JOHN LUFF
"Therefore 1 put to you for your consideration, members of the jury, his obvious insanity
TAI HANG VILLAGE SCHEME DROPPED
it is un guill has not
even though feel necessary as his been proved beyond a reason
able doubt," Mr Hu said,
Mr M. Morley-John, (or the Crown, said that even if Chan had not thrown the old woman to the street any person who cicates a feat in another which leads to that person being in- jured or killed the person creal- ing the fear is responsible.
Fantastic
"You might also consider the fact that the Crown has tu prove)
'fantastic
guilt beyond a reasonable doubt end ct beyond doubt," the sam..
"According to the
evidence
the accused was teen dragging the woman towards the verandah despite her protests and this was followed by the noise of some- thing falling into the street.
From the Files
25
years
AGO
fares here". Little "PLEASE put uncollect- red boxes with this plain- written above tive plea them in English and Chi- nese, made their appearance on all tramcars in Hong- kong this week.
The Hongkong Tramway' Com- pany is conducting a arent ex- How honest Ja the periment. Hongkong public?
Nothing but a clear conscience can prevent passengers seeing
boxes the little red
as they leave the trams for they uro placed in the most prominent position,
A
HANDSOME donation
of more than $10,000
has been given in the name
"The accused was shouting and on behalf of H.E, Benito the towards that he would kill people, and Mussolini one witness even heard him my | Building Fund of 8t that he was going to kill the Teresa's Church, Kowloon. doccasɔient then heard the de
wan
to do this to me. "The accused was heard to sty he was going to throw a person into the street, a thud was later heard and the old woman was found lying in the
The Governor-in-Council has
decided not to proceed alley. with the long-term re- development of Tai Hang
ceased reply I have not done The first intimation which anything wrong. why do you most parishioners had of the gift was when they saw the name of "Il Duce" en- graved on the marble slab which records the names of the benefactors Founder.
This generous donation
୧୦୯ a long way to lighter the heavy burden of the debt contracted In building this most necessary Church.
Adds the Roman Catholle "All newspaper, The Rock: realise that statesmen have suula to save as well as others... the | prayers of Hongkong Catholics will therefore be raised to Heaven, as a mark of gratitude, that such graces and
guidance be not wanting to the new Bonefactor Founder of SI Teresa's Church,"
Bit Off Nose Village, Causeway Bay, as "Evidence was given that he recommended by the Town was a
violent man who only Planning Board, in view of three days previously had bitten womin's nose and had the many other develop-off a ment and housing schemar! thrown a kole at his mother
which Government has in women.
bath these attacks were on
hand or is financing at the prevent time.
This Wid announced by a Government spokesman today.
The Grail layout plan for the long-term re-development of first Tai Hang Vilinge was published by the Board for general infomation on July 18,
1958 in order to give land- owners in the village the oppor-
THIS being Arts Festival time in Hongkong, the Hongkong Stage Club, no doubt after casting about a bit, decided that Anouilh's play, L'Invitation au Chateau, translated by Christopher Fry, and tunity of ro-developing their retitled "Ring Round The Moon," was the most properties on modern lines, and suitable Festival Entry.
to avoid repetition of the seriou which floods art silting occurred in the area in 1957.
A new nullah constructed in Wun Sha Street has removed the threat of major flooding of the villago but some of the lower
I tim not quarrelling with companion, was played by Joy their envies; looking over the Moore. skimmed milk and skilly that Messerschmann, a melancholy the British playwrights armonaire, and Romainville, a throwing at the public, it is crafty lepidopterist, were port- sections are still liable to flood. little wonder that the Hongkong | rayed by Mario Ferns and ing to a depth of two to three Stage Club and the Garrison Denis Duncanson respectively. fect during periods of heavy Players Dre balh turning to The other plum, the Claire rains. Continental playwrights for Bloom role, was given to The decision of the Governor- Festival pieces.
Frances Baker, who played in-Council, which is notified in Isabelle, a ballet dancer who got today's Government Gazette. the worst of both worlds.
means that Owners of proper- Which, in the Hongkong per- ties in Tai Hang Village are formance, left one other role, now in a position to re-submit Isabelle's mother, played by plans for the re-development of Margaret Higgins.
their properties, a Government spokesman explained today.
However, in spile of the fact thai Anouilh gives hio Ughter pieces airy names, what I hould like to point out is, thal in playing Anouilh, you playing with dynamic.
And in the Arst pet of last night's performance at the Loke Yew Hall, the Hongkong Stage Club almost blew themselves up by using a slow fuse.
think that is all I need say, the rest is self evident, surely, after reading the cast and the characters they represent,
Was it a good evening? Was
what you would call
Poor Standard Many of the houses in Tal Hang Village are small and of a poor standard of construction and canitation and the acta itself might be considered some- thing of an anachronism
In a
with such a play, with a plot of tangled Guille clarity, you have to keep moving. Fry for- fit tunately being, a dramatic poet succeSS? himself, captures the mood and Yes and No. As I have sale, modern cily such as Hongkong, sentiment of the original.
the first act nearly dropped cald a Government epokesmann The most pudacious slate-dead because it started off at today, ments have to come over with the pore of the dead march. It
such
I
de
The draft plan for Tal Hang
com-
dis-
a breezy nonchalance; you take ran fifteen minutes longer than Village. was drawIi up, the nothing seriously because this it should, Stephen Alexander pokceman sold, to enable the play is terribly serious in parts; and that old reliable Noel Daea to bé re-developed on -parts which represent Guingand did their best to modern lines by the property Anoulih's comments on people row the mood pf the play owners themselves. and things.
across the footlights, but if waa "It now appears that hard going.
prehensive development of the only Assume that urea will only be possible if low- The best way to explain the during the interval, while we cost housing on a considerabl play is to tell you something of were getting a drink, Ronald scale is provided nearby at rents the cast;
the people Bloom, produEET, went behind acceptable to
the scheme and Joshua a crumbling old the scenes and spoke long and placed by butler, u role handed to Noel carnestly. At any rate we come Government resumes the vacant Such action has proporticu. de Guingand; Hugo is a young back to a different play.
con- man about town, played by From then on the play was never at any time been Stephen Alexander, who does Champagne, not the flat stuff we
templated," he added. an Alex Guinness by doubling had been given in the first act.
The spokesman said that al-
Hang Village Frederick, Hugo's brother; Fre- Some performances were dut- though Tai
modem derick is in love with Diana siending right through Stephen urder-developed by Mesecrechmann, played by
Alexander and de Guingand, and standards, it is not considered Eunice LewiĽNICO,
the character study given by that the condition of the build- Diara:is engaged to Frederick, Bernadotte O'Donovan,
ings is much as to justify special but is secretly in love with
Frances Baker, in the Claire priority in the diversion of the Hugo. Then there is Lady Bloom role, gave a performance housing efforts towards ciert India, Mcasyrachmann's mis that depended very much upon ance and rehousing in the par-
Etcretly in trees,
lovo with who was opposite her at the tlcular area, Patrice Bombelles, Messersch- time. A strong lead "and
dis- men's secretive scuretary responded; a fiat load, and she tricts in the Colony with rouch These roles were given over to repiled in: kind Helen MacCallum,
The plum character part, the Margaret Rutherford role went Bernadette· O'Donovan, to
sho There are many other
more dilapidated buildings than Stralian and Ian However, KDY who were Tal Hong Village, and it is not there will agree that the laughs considered desirable to single are applause, given stintingly out the Tal Hang area" for the in the first act, rolled out în' | special treatment that would be the second, and came near. required to Implement the pro- poirls of the Town Planning mild triumph in the third...
Board," he added. And that's about it.
scrt of tyrant queen of the Castle. Capulet, her faded
"I think you should and that the accused was guilty but if you feel he was insane you then must return a verdict of guilty, but insane," Mr Morley-John concluded,
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