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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1959.

COLONY FISHERMEN The Fantastic

As

TO

GET NEW

WEATHER SERVICE

from

tomorrow

Colony's fisharmon

tho

will

get up-to-date information on the weather conditions in the

main fishing

grounds of the China Sea.

Announcing this today, Controller of Broadcasting,

the! M.

C.O. FOR ANOTHER

YEAR

D. E. Brooks, mid that shipping The appointment

vice.

yenT

the

of Major

have been tremend- ously important ones for

When the forecasts especially provided by Hongkong.

as Commanding the Reynt Observatory will be R. S. Capell embargo all but

con-broadcast four times a day by Officer, Hongkong Home Guard demned the city to death Radio Hongkong's Chinese Ser- has been extended for a further

ля from October

Government The need for this service, was according to by cutting off its main

the Gazelle today. source of livelihood, the Investigated recently by

The Gazette also notified that Agriculture, Fisheries and Fores- Colony began a long slow try Department, the Royal Ob- Sub-Lt 7. P. Inglis of the Hong fight for survival against alors and Rade Hongkong kong Royal Naval Reserve has After discussions with manly been appointed Lieutenant had terrific odds until itoshermen, it was decided at that Acting Lt-Cdr F. S. Well emerges today, a boom-forecasts should be provided for stead end Lt T. F. Lewis of the the following areas; local waters. | HKRNR have seen permitted to ing and prosperous in-waters earth of Flongkong, soul tesign their commissions.

of Swabu, south of St. John's dustrial centre.

1stand, the south-east coast, of Hainam island and the southern

But the struggle is far part of the Gulf of Tonkin, from over, and with the dawn of a new decade will lay

**The Печ weather reports stress on the positious

Morms, uf tropical

exported!

and surges, active

ele," Mr Brooks

Hongkong's public is cold fruits, asking: "What's going to roughs of low pressure, wide- happen in the 'Sixties?d for

said.

Three thousand wildly

writes fashion ne

NEW

SIND VERVE

Lady Sheaffer

SKRIPSENT YOŮJČrnut pais.

“UNITER PAPER, KO, AVIA

Shakespearianas

cheering Indians leapt GLOBETROTTING GROUP rate and ove

to their feet. They clapped, they whooped and screamed. The ap- plause was tremen- dous.

No, It wasn'i a political meeting... пот

religious

rally.

It was

a

SHAKE- 黯 simply SPEARIAN PLAY-performed in

the wilds of Hyderabad before a crowd of nerce looking tribes-

men,

FOUND BIGGEST AUDIENCES IN ASIA

By STEVE DUNLEAVY

were

6.0

hove

Kethil's HOUD formed all over Europe,

"Even 9,000 feet up on Hirgalayas," he put in,

EVERY NIGHT

DCT-

the

-the

on

"We have travelled bicycles, horres, camels, donkayi and even walked to get to places where we have been booked to perform.

"Often we have to play every

From the Files

25

years

AGO

Decembar, 1934

to retire three night of the work. ber.

RE good

"I've tried

A former Hongkong re- "From 1946 the company itself sident in the person offer, « audience

in times, old boy, but I just had to sa anywhere

told together with the Kendalls have London, and what's more si-keep on coming back,” he

couldn't

me as he stroked the beginning | travethod thousands of miles." A.. K. Henderson, for may though half of them

English of a beard, even -speck broke

Kendall and that the revdla- years in the service of the Among the group are two full tion that the famous Stratford, Hongkong Tramway Co þan they could understand every

blooded Indians, atsd one Ger- On-Avon Company had played been elected a Magistrat of thing that was going ok, "By the end of the play it was { rrants.

That, stengely enough was Kendall said. one de c #reatest iheatrical twills" he said.

before a record house coVOEDK

period of time, had moved him Fourock, where he has jeen

recorkt

"Oh the subject of records I would mer that the company" tas than a

Played. before moro million people," he said.

* * *

Colourful Englisliman, Geoffrey Kerfall, stunned at the response, the open "air bounded nerOSS

thank his audience.

a sincere, intelligent Budience "It would really take a book stage to

to go through our experiences," to make tally of his company's living since his retiremen 17. But he might not have bothered that choored uue to the echo.

.. none of them could speak English anyway.

"And the ridiculous part of the whole thing is that they understood every part of the play." Geoffrey Kendall told me at his hotel the other day.

"What's more they know twice as much about Shakespeare then the average Englishman,

Hard as it may be to belleve, Gooffrey Kendall, globetrotter and actor extraordinary, that he has proved time again thd to be correct.

Waterloo Rd To Be Reconstructed

The

says

anki

To play to those people is but just fantastic, nothing else

cathurine aastastic," he addest tically.

-'Fantastic' a word, that aptly at the spy theatrical from northern England.

FAMILY INCLUDED

An actor since the age of 19, Kendall

the globe

known as

trotting

started Company

restrict this! "Shakespeariana" in 1946,

the Kendall, his wife

"We are the most compact, mobile and completely nomadic theatrical group la the world.

"We just go where we think people will attend showings.

"We make craigh money to travel with and eat, but that's about all.

"Money is no objecę to us..... dr, what I mean is that we can't afford it to be an object become we have been completely dist broke on many occationé," he two added with a smile.

NOT ONLY INDIANS "But don't junt Shakespartian education.10

When the Kendalls and his daughters were in the group. Indians," he explained.

"Everybody in this Carully Shakespourtanon move they pack "The majority of my big

they can't up their theatre in 40 cubic audiences have been in Asia and does something

get away from it".

fect. Bʊneo. "Early warning will be given

.**That's all essential props and decking of the

**Just open

pushed Now his younger daughter recently We Το find one answer. of the onset of northerly winds

Waterkon Road, be-through swBOTICAS

and rivers in who is only 13 is the youngest outfits. The rest we beg, brow China Mail reporter David In the winter 90

or buy when we get on location,” thal Ashingmullah in

big in the troupe of 11.. tween Nathan Road and the Southern Borneo to reach a

bridge

The oldest is an elderly but he said. Pence series of vilinges. Lan spent months in Inter-vessels may return to port and railway

"And

you

could well "We finally got to them and very experienced "stage dog" completed has been views and research on a roil wind strengths will be given

William Wheatley, imagine how hard that and work will start soon 'on the played "Twelfth Night" before known a the solu in the Beaufort Scale." gion that holds

some of the places we get." A pamphlet on

aged 90. reconstruction of this section of them tions to mart of our vice being prepared by the Waterloo Road. The length of problems--the Naw Ter-Royal Observatory and will be roadway involved is 1,850 feet.

will The reconstructed road eltorias.

Issued to local sherinen soma

fave a dual earringoway, caca time during January.

37 feet wide, separated by a six- fool wide central strip which will be turfed.

The first of ton chapters appeara on Saturday, Fur- ther instalments will be published on Wednesdays and Saturdays,

the new ser-

Contractors Deregistered

Also in the giant week. end edition is the first chapter of the stariling story in condensed form of

2352 Government Cazetle the film with a grim Tues- sage for the 'SixtiesONotified today that the following

contractors have ceased to prac-

THE BEACH," now t as registered contractors showing in Hongkong. end their names have been re-

Our Aim critic, Anthony Fui- moved from the register: ler, after much digging into Hongkong cinemas box-office Bles, has completed a list of the ten top flms as acclaimed by YOU the public.

And that's only a few of the highlights we have in store for your weekend reading pleasure. Also:

Sammy the Bizzier.... five minutes with the American singer, clown and actor, Sammy Davis JT:

Radio Supplement. your whole week's radio, Rediffusion and television programmes in a special lift-out section. ... Plus all your favourite comics, cartoons," puzzies, three full pærer of дета pictures, articles for the housewife-and glamour girl, the best in sports reporting and comment and ail the latest news and views.

Take home a China Mail

on Saturday!

THREAT TO STAB GIRL'S FAMILY

At Central Magistracy this morning, a hawker who was found guilty and sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment for having carnol knowledge of á 13- your-old gid, threatened to stop the girl's family on his release from prison. The Magistrate, Mr A. J. Sanguinetu, told defendant, would be hanged if he committed

this act.

ho

Détendant was Ng Tin-chun, 47, realding at an unnumbered hut in village Road, Happy Valley..

Ng committed the offence at his hut on Decquiber 2.

Ng denied the offende and stated that he was the girl's swom father mid had takuzi her this hut in en effort," 10 find her copturment în afac tory,

Det Bub-Inspectie Log Mut-

Avenue,

near

Pavements, ten feet wide; will be provided on each side of the rord and adequate provision has been made for bus stops and parking places.

Long Service

With B. & S.

Government

Appointments Gazetted

and Chang

W.

Tenants Appeal Upheld

The tenants and sub-tenants of 230 to £38 Temple Street,

had Kowloon,

their appeal against qvistian unheld by the Bupreme Court this morning. They were also awarded oosta. Giving judgment, Mr Justice A. Bizir-Kerr, Acting Puline Judge, reversed a lower court decision that the second respondent; Mr Kwong Slu- land.ced of the Crown-leasted MUDCTLY concerned, could evict the tenants. because of a In-building certificate issued by the first respondent, the Directer of Public Works

Koom

The Government Gazette announced the following appointments, promotions, transfers and postings: In Johnson Chi Chin and Construction Amalgamated

Wong Wah-ting to be Medic=) Maintenance and Engineering

^

messenger of Butterfield Officers of Schools. Co., Ltd, 220, Man Yee Build-

Drs Lee Liao Kwok-yung, ing: Kin Sun Construction Co and Swire, Mr Chung Yue-MENI, 178 Tung Lo Wan food, ground was presented by Mr W. C. G. Wang Wing-lee, Yae Kwong floor; Lee Chung Trading and Knowics, manager of the com- King-chla

C. 72 China pany, with Construction

watch on theming to be assistant Medical Lurn On Building occasion of Mr Chung's retire-Offeers of Schools. Buliding: Contractor, 04 Soy Street, ment after 37 years of service,

Mr Lam Tai-man, Mr Shum Cheng Mr and Mr Knowles thanked ground floor; Mon On Con-

Mr Chung-tzu struction Co., 22 Hong Fook Chung for his loyal service to Kwok-Yam to be Health Street, ground floor; Yundar the company.

spector at Schools; Construction Co., 3, Queen's

Tao Chung-kil Mr Chung, 72, joined D. & G. Dr Katherine In 1922.

be a Medical Officer Road East, ground floor.

censed to ef Schools as trom June 30.

Bir Tang Shui-kan erased Lo be a Health Inspector of Schools as from March 1.

ABOVE: When a turkey farmor in Rast Anglia was „looking for a place to expand his business he found a famous country seat empty and for sple-Great Witchingham Hall, • 16th century manor hours in Norfolk. Soon the turkeys were being hatched in a monorial setting with huge paintings of a former equire a children still on the wall. Some of the turkayı Kre shown being coaxed down the 16th century staẩr-

r

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Used Cards

tractive an

are Bre

NE of the oldest. ind-

"For the greater part of the ONE of the the Bro-

pastoraces I have participated! mowelt, so that kicks up my re- penn cord."

section of Quea's Road will disappear erly And with all this behind him in the New Year. The what's Geoffrey Kendall's ambis tion. In fet tardom?

་ ་

Come allotment which has an fres of 200,000 square feet was recently purchased at giblic

“No, I-Jost want to keep on

fuck

kpacking around the world auction by the Hongong with the group," he said.Land Investment Compry.

“Would like to get down to, Australis, and try our

It includes the whole, the wild came of the sberiginais Queen's Road frontage beween

they tell me that I might | the St Francis and Horton have a bit of a job before må hotels. Demollahers' will com -- but it would be worth trying." | menor house-breaking

pera- What then?

tions on it on Jamiary 1,

He shrugged his shodders and with, a drwriate flourish of who In hande ?To be or not to be, that

1 is the question"

salood

$58,000

Most of the present thants, noice to have received quit before December Bi have

site ocoupled the

for many years.

The

central portion if the building was for many years known as the "Marine House.** The property was hid by

Awarded In Messrs Linstead and Days who

Compensation

sald to have received a high price. It is understood that plans have been prepared by the Hongkong Land Invest ment Company for the erection Compensation tolailing Over of a modern skyscraper, the 355,000. Wax *warded by the ground floor of which will be Tenancy Tribunal ihla neorn-jused for banking purpõies and ing la 69 opponenia of an 32- the remaining · floors for offices plication for exemption for or apartments,

22 16.45, Parland Sleeni, How- Joon.

Exemption was recommended by the Tribunal,

The

existier

Sir-We, have been, whether there is a use for old Christmas cards. The answer is yes, provided they are at

four-storey

A Christmas Ball was given mainly have ple- thirty-year-old houses will be by His Excellency the Gov- flowers upon them. The replaced by two eight-storty

ernor, Sir William Peel and buildings costing $170,000, with res

Lady Feel, at Government shops on the ground. Epoor and not really weful. Those

House last night when about very plain, just worded ones

tenement flats above. Uled by Bettlements and Clubs for various reasons. They The building will be com- 500 pucsia were present in- can remake them into tags or

pleted in eight-and-a-half | cluding the following His oneraž and scrap books

Excellency Major cars, make other-things-

The -- applicants, - the - Chương 0, G. Borrett" and sur Bot-

Lon and Investment Anyone wishing to give these Sing

rett. His Excellency Admirdi Ltd, the Settlements

InvestmenĖ. Co..

Sir Frederic Dreyer; His Mr. 1. direct to

organisations can obtain | regresented by

Callum,

Wikichnson and Honour, Mr Justice. A. D. A. other

MacGregor and Mrs Mac- the addresses from us by tele-

Frank Commodore the phoning 21706 or it ender bring. Grist,

About half of the opponents| Gregor, them to our Office at 47, David

were represented by Mr H., C. Elliott and Mrs Elliott;, Mr / House, 4th floor,

M. J. Quist;} Mr and MTB Ho, of Peter Me and Co.

The Tribunal consisted of Mr

Between the time of applice- Bon for the rebuilding certi- ficate in June 1956 and the time It was granted in October 1957, the relevent section of Landlord and Terming Ordinance Mlas Helen Wong_Sheet-plar | had been repealed. and Miss Maureen Patricia UD to be Nursing Sisters,

on

Cautioned

For Breeding Mosquitoes

The manager of a construc-

tion company, found guilty of allowing mosquitoes to. broed a building site lo Condult dis- Road,, was cautioned, and charged by Mr I. T. Morris at Central Magistracy this morn- Ing.

The

defendant, Kwàn, Mui, Manager of the Sang Hop Construction Co., committed. the offence on August 18, at 27

·Conduli Road,“

For those reasons he had to uphold the appeal and award costs in the Supreme and lower courts.

or

kry very |

months.

of

WHIT Mac-

HK PICTURES

G. L. Hoover, Sir, Thomas and

C. G. Alabaster, the Hon Lady Southern, the Hon Mr Sir Shouson Ghow, the Hon Mr C. G. S. and Mra Mackie, the Hon Mr R. H. and Mrs Kotswall, the Hon Mr. T. H. King, Sir William Hornell, Squadron Leader T, R. Keary, Capt Erol Manners, HMS Navy, and Mr Justice Howa of Singapore.

SHOWN BY Stk. Captain Opan, U.3.

We have also beex sack, Mr Justice Blair-Kerr sald that the circumstances of the since Rediffusion are giving out

the W. r. Pickering (President); case might have been different the details for us, about

certificate if the

been Investigation Cards to give to Mr Huo Pao Teal and Me E C. had granted before the repeal of street beggar or door enquiries Van Helden.·.· the law, but as it stood the-eerste of handing them tasty, tifcate had been famed after. The recipient can if he wishes use the opportunity of. fuil wards.

need. involgation into his There is no need for the street beggars to beg in the streets as has been said repeatedly.

Most of sympathetic and easily moved but if more peope would try using the Investigation Cards which aro easily obtainable from? 47 David House, or by telephoning 21700 it might be possible to sort, the ones who

London, Dec. 31 need from those who do not, Oxford University students exhibition Further Information will gladly have organised an be given

which is being shown; through- out the United Kingdom C MADGE NEWCOMBE behalf of the WorldTM Refuges Executive Secretary, HK Coupe.

of Social Servien

RESETTLEMENT

HOMES ··

FOR 48,000

Work will start In'about two on the months' time second stage of the re- settlement housing scheme at Kun Tong, Kavicon. Tenders for the construction Prosecution witnesses.sisted of 18 H-blocks and the I-block, defendant had been served with as well as hawker stalls

for

u notice, on August 23, to take the new resettlement area, are stops to prevent the recurrence called for in-today's--Govern- of breeding mosquitoes on the alle. Defendant-falled to-do -so

within the specified time of 48

hours,

Mr H. F. G. Hobson, Crown Counsel prosecutod. Mr Franc Wong of 6. 1. Ewan and. Ch appeared' for the defence,

Pearl Areas

Notified

STUDENTS

Air Corps To Launch

Junk

of Various sections

the exhibition are given to photo graphs depleting [different The 30 71 juni Odin, belong- experts of refuge problema, in ing to 20 Independant Récon Hongkong, Europe, Korea and kisance

-AN Flight, Army alnewliers.*....

15) | Corps, which is to be timed - ky The idea was conceived and the latt-for- mcreational trips. enacted by young men and and exercises, will be lauzicject wonder at the University ...whp | at Stanley Villaise tomorrów, voluntarily gave of their time The certiñony will be carried The Government Gazelle to- | and energy to the cause. The out by. Mrs D. Bourne, wife of blocks, each saves day declarak the following exhibition was dret on show at WOL BosTER, ERME, who is in storeys high, will provide a place areas within which | Oxford and other, provincial | chargjo at. the Shatix Afestrip

for about 48,000 five pearl oysters may be cul- cities before being brought to Workshop, zna commodation

London, where it has been ex-v people. They will be erected on tivaled;

alte to the north-east of the Bam Mo Balc

Bek (Jones Cove hibited at the headquarters of The Rev. P. Mallett Chap *NOTLIVOUKE); Jozice Cove tha Royal Commonwealth 1. About 50 classrooms will be (South); and Too Fong Wal Society--IPS.

The ústolte also nailed that

ment Gazette.

The

Kwun Tong reclamation.

provided on the ground floors

',

of apeljocks, while there witopilenión to oprsté la muy of

will -blows

lain to the Forces, the vessel.

On Bunday the unit cru #611. “Odin"m" "god"

NT_Magistrate ⠀⠀ Walstre centre on the docem men should be made to Returning Officer mythology from on

[pointed, a Special Faccordinir: to today

Small DOPAR

Chaubey

Mound Boor, of another block.!

| the Dinactor of 3 Agriculture 15h han, ken made., für Tabocity and › Formerly, Kom

Will have about 500 oon.

Nom