1959-12-29 — Page 8

CLARK CHAPMAN & CO., LTD.

STEAM & ELECTRIC MARINE WINCHED, PULVERIZED FUEL EQUIPMENT, HIGH PRESSURE STEAM BOILERS, ELECTRIC MOTORS AND GENERATORS.

ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.

Tel. 27789 208 Chartered Bank Building.

Man Charged.

CHINA MAIL

WIDOW

AND 7

CHILDREN

With Larceny And WAIT FOR

False Pretences

The trial of a former businessman, Chan Koon-pak, on 15 charges of larceny, false pretences and bankruptcy offences, commenced before Judge B. J. Jennings at the Victoria District Court this morning.

Represented

Gitling.

$1.600

By CHINA MAIL REPORTER Lai Lit King, a widow with seven children under 14 years old, whose husband was killed in a car crash last April, was awarded $1,600 compensation re- cently for the loss of her home.

DS

com-

The Tenancy

Tribunal, who

by Mr

Léo to receive the proceeds of sale of recommended exemption for 2 and 4. Sal Yeung Choi Strerl, Mr S. V.Tour houses which he owned. D'Almada, QC, and

Chan plended

It was the prosecution's case Mongkok, to make way for o 9-storey lenement block, noi

that at the time accuset made new the statement about ownership of ticated her case

was passionate, one,

Twit be the houses, the statement

Compensation will false except that he hot a half

paid to opponents of this ex- share in only one of the houses,

also alleged cnpilon order until Greenfield

has been gazelted. dls- that accused had failed to close his shares in the Wah Klu Ynt Pao and other bankruptcy

guilty to all the charges.

The charges against Chan were that he had stolen from a Mr Ng Siu-chum 300 ordinary Kowloon Motor shares of the Bus Co. Ltd, and 323 shares of the Ngai Sang Co. Ltd. He was also clleged to have obtained a total of $22,000 from a woman, Tang Po-kin, on the pretences that he was the owner of four housen

M

shores

the order

д

In the meantime, Mrs Lal is toying as best she can, with the rations received trustees. The ac- help of dry eused, he said, had made a very from the Department of Social suorantial overdraft from his Welfare, who also, since October bank account on September 18, kust, have made her a small

allowance from 1950, and on the following day, monetary Other charges alleged that hehe disposed of his shares in the yeal charitable fund.

Wah Kiu Yat Pno. had failed to disclose many of his. Assets 10 the bankrupicy trusters and had made nis- sial men's concerning his affaiss to the official receiver,

Affidavit

Prosecuting Mr D. E. Green- feld said the accused Aird an gmidavit for bankruptcy pro- ceedings on October 9, 1958. On the following day, a petition for t receiving order was made to was the Supreme Court and granted on October H.

Accused's liabilities then had amcunted to $273,000.

Mr

Chan's

Greenfeld sald father, the Inte Mr Chan Stu~ hing, diod in October 1048 and inter that month, letter of - administration were granted to

six administrators, of whom oc- cused was one,

had

Mr Chan lote The bequeathed all the property ex

in Johnston, cept three houses Hennessy and Thompson Itoada to the eccused.

Early in 1950, Counsel said. accused borrowed $22,000 on two ocessions from the woman Tang -the pretext that he expected

Hongkong Fascinating

Swissair

lett

this

the

The Chief Inspector of Scan- dinavian Airlines System Hongkong by morning "tascinated with Colony

He is Mr 1b Anderson who departed today with his wife and two children after a seven- day visit.

After a brief stay in Bangkok, they will return to Stokholm via Tokyo and the Polar Route.

The seven days that we have been here have been fascinating," Mr Anderson said before his de parture.

"Out of all the countries that we have visited Hongkong has been far the most Interesting," he added,

3 Children Die In Blaze

Armagh, Dec. 28.

Three children, aged Ave, three and two died in a fire to

day at their home at Bessbrook, County Armagh,

身

The mother and two childhas,

Other Charges

Mr Greenfield submitted that by releasing the shares after he was insolvent, the accused had comanitted forgery.

ef

Mr Greenfield also spoke the other charges of bankruptcy the offeners and referred to evidence accused had given at o public examination on March 9

this year.

Hearing is continuing.

Mrs Lai has not been com- pensated in any way for the loss of her husband, as she has not been able so far to produce witnesses of the seeldent.

She cannot leave her seven children to go out to work, the baby being under a year old.

it

Her name has been put down on the waiting list for resettic

if she gets ment but even her struggle to keep her father- less family together, to pay the rent and to exist, will be hard.

Expelled Student

From China In Bid

To Return To Penang

A Malayan-Chinese student who went to China to study but was later expelled from a university and made to do labouring work appeared before Cen- tral Magistrate Mr K. A. S. Phillips this morning.

Ho Chom-bin, 25, pleaded guilty before Mr Phillips to

0

| Singapore-bound ship. He was

one bound over in $1,000 fur

TWO KILLED being a flowaway on board

IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

WONEN,

MCHT.

the

Established "1845

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1959.

SHEAFFERS

Skrip

PICTORIAL

PARADE

ABOVE: A crowd of happy children greeting Santa Claus during the Christmas party held at the Juvenile Care Centre last Wednesday.

ABOVE: Mr Edwin J. Mejia (second from left), Vice President and Chief Sales Management Officer of Aluminium Ltd., and his wife seen on arrival from Tokyo recently. Also shown are Mr J. Bootschl, President of Alcan Asia, Ltd., and his wife.

ABOVE: Mr and Mrs Norbert S. C. Chan seen after their wedding recently at Rosary Church, Kowloon. The bride is the former Miss Kan Yee-wah.

Inspector R. F. Bell, ut NOW BARGAIN

Immigration Office, said the Tai

Po Loy beft Hongkong a

On December 1 for Singapore. the following day defendant was found on board.

Chan A 17-year-old

Yuk, of 4, Bal Yuen Lane, first floor, sustained fatal in jurica when she was knocked down by a tram in Des Voeux Road

Centre West, near Street, shortly before 5 p.m. yesterday.

Another Chinese woman, whose Identity has not yet been established, died of injuries received when she was bit by Clear Army vehicle in Water Bay Road yesterday morning.

Two teenage boys and a woman Injured in road were also mishaps yesterday. They are receiving treatment in hospi tal.

The captain took him ashore and handed him to the Singa- pore muthorities, but they re- fused to take him. He was sent back to Hongkong.

Entered illegally

ago and

Inspector Bell said the de- fendant went to China from Malaya a few years aludied in a university in Can- ton. Later he was expelled

mode

and

work.

Eventually

HUNTERS GET BUSY

London, Dec. 20.

Much of Britain spread the Christmas holiday to fourth day today.

bui

ᄆ

Monty Hit For Apartheid Statement

Johannesburg, Dec. 28.

Field Marshal Lord Montgomery is again under fire this lime for supporting South Africa's apartheid criticised

much

policy.

who

Mail today The Rand Dally quoted Air Vice-Marshal Hugh Champion De Crespigny, was civil governor of Schleswig- Hold'ein after the war and now formas in Natal, as saying:

"The Field Marshal's own

the Last war convinced him of

ABOVE: Lieutenant E. J. Thomson seen presenting to Miss Madge Newcombe, Secretary of the Hong- kong World Refugee Year Committee, bundles of Hong- warm clothing collected from units of the kong and Kowloon Garrison for distribution to the Colony's poor.

Biggest

Soccer Hoax In History

Moscow, Dec. 28.

Funeral Of

Lord Halifax

York, Doc. 28.

the

From the Files

25

years -AGO- December, 1934

HRISTMAS 1934 WAS

notably featured by

use of radio by the rulers of the nations of the world to reach their n3- tionals overseas and at home.

•

The largest international relny. ever alterapted was arranged by the BBC and a record madiónco

of many millions, which in-

eluded the King's family home and his fourth, son, at sea in the Pacific, listened to His Majesty's Christenas mesENKO,

Heavy and drizzling rala throughout the United Kingdom made Christmas Day one of the most unscaponiablo expriencetă People in Uho In many years Homeland for the most part re- mained indoors, the majority to slaying by their firesides listen to the Empire Exchange and His Majesty's message,

A

Hongkong celebrated Yuletide characteristic stylo sard with tho denied Kulely

that existence of a depression. Func-

in the Colony tons held Christmas Day anxi yerber Amy drew record crowds.

or

TASHED ashore by

W mountainous seas nt

Pratas Reef on October 8, the ill-fated City of Cam- bridge has met her doom at the hands of sea raarau.. dera, probably Chinese and Japanese fishermen, who set fire to the vessel after looting her.

The discovery of the charted bulk was made by the Argational, which was sent by the Shanghai Tug and Lighter Co. Ltd to make a preliminary survey of the ship before commencing salvage operations, but arrived to find nothing but a burned- jout shell.

It is understood that the remains of the City of Cam- bridge, have been handed over

the salvage company that the value of the

and OLTRO comprising mostly tobacco, motor cars and radio sets will be claimed from the Insurance coanpany.

There were

also American

Funeral services took place newspapers and letter mall on today for Lord Halifax, former board, it was stated.

Foreign Secretary and wartime Ambassador to the United States.

It will be recalled that the

He died on December 23 at 'the City of Cambridge, a Bank

Line steamer of...7,000 tons

age of 78.

The funeral service was held commanded by Capt Tengue,

out a call for assistance. at the Kirby Underdale Church

abswered by HMS in the parish in which the Hall-which was

crew being fax home, Garrowby Hail, Suffolk, the entire situated.

Halifax Lord

was rescued with great difficulty in

heavy seas A team of footballers pur-buried in the churchyard—AP.

porting to be the cham- plon "Moscow Dynamos" have

the perpetrated biggest sports swindle the! Soviet Union has ever known, the newspaper “Komsomolskaya Pravda” reported today.

Bargain-hunters were up at at big dawn to head queues shops for the opening of winter coles

back-to-work

halt Londoners travelled In empty tras and along streets to do inbouring deserted of traffic.

"It is just like motoring 20 experience in the Chinese years ago," a road organisation must have

Central car parks the terrible. dangers inherent him a permit reported.

the In

of doctrine

rucial had reci to spart.

The trick warked like this: to go to Macao and from there

in he entered Hongkong illegally.

the booming industrial nationalism."

Local It was disheartening for those

clubs who north some firms are extending

accepted were the whole in South Atried who

fixtures from the self-styled the holiday over

fighting against apartheid to "Dynamos" would receive a week to cover New Year's Day

There was full holiday hear that the policy met with telegram from the "manager" sports, programme this after Lord Montgomery's general ap-ading for 35,000 roubles plus

would air fares." The match noon.--China Mall Special. proval.--China Mall Special,

lake place, and the "Dynamics”

clways lost. '

Theft From Scooter authorliles gave

A handbag containing $340 was stolen from a motor scooter

Inspector Bell said he wanted parked inside the South China to return to Penang where his

agdd four years, and Reven Athletic Association grounds in paremis‘and relatives were Hy- months, were saved.

Mail Special.

China Caroline Hill at about 5 pm'ing. The Immigration Office is

yesterday.

THE GAMBOLS

COWLINGS OUT

FOR A COFESS

trying to fulfil its wish.

by Barry Appleby

<SAVE'S PUT ME ON AN

DIET

AFTER CRISTMAS,

HUNGRY

FAMISHED

YES, ANDA

SANDWICH

MIN-INDIA

ARIS—dream of a world for which

no cliché is good enough"

As a special inducement to the local-clube, the "manager" invariably promised that goal- kasper LV. Yechin, darling of Soviet soccer fails, would play. But one day the fans- at Lubsis, the In the Ukraine, saw that man in greni bora only the faintest resemblance to their. idol. Then the "Dynamos" allp pad up by staging, another match in the Ukraine at a time when thele real counterparts were playing in Moscow-and the match was being broad- cast,

And that WEB

Anal

whistle for the dummy

Dynamoe, and their enterpris |ing "manager"——and Alexces

This Funny World

abinit, using the seventh inning.

to do a little work?”

Printed and published by TERENCE GORDOW: NawLambú

Marozov, a Moscow metal worke' for and on behalf of, South China Morning Posá

foreman AFP.

of Aictoria, la de Col