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No. 37568

Established 1845

TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1960

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Comment Policeman tells court accused wanted detained men released

Of The ALLEGED $20,000 OFFER

Day

Bribery

100 YEARS charge

A SCHOOL

NE of the most wonder

ful gestures made to mark an important anni- verary was the decision of Girls the Diocesan Old Association

to bring to three their Hongkong former headmistresses for chcentenary

the

of their old For it was an ac the knowledgement that school's present greatness

ewes much to these like Miss Sawyer, Miss Hurrell and Miss Gibbins as well as to the present Head, Mrs pre- Symons, and their

decessors who have Kuided

is

Placa

against three

Two men and a woman had allegedly made an offer of $20,000 to a of officer police the Anti-Corruption Branch for the release of two men detained in the Chatham Road De- tention Camp, the Vic- toria

District Court was told this morning.

three The

Szc persons, Shing-chup, 46, Pao Chi-chung. 44, and Wong Ying, allas Lily not gulity Wong, 30, pleaded

Mlis- before Judge R. H. Owells to two counts of spiracy and bribing

offlecr

Con-

A police

the fortunes of this remark- j Able institution since its foundation 100 years ago.

It is known The DGS, a

throughout the Colony, not our oldest school. That honour belongs to St Paul's College, Stanley, founded In 1849, but through the years. it has kept its

In foremost the

They are alleged to have con- in among

ola spired to offer the money and Hongkong

ile students, in the positions Det. Sub-Inspector W. M. Ross

corruptly as a reward for attain

com securing the release of continue to dištih- | King-man and Ko Kang, from the very distinctive the Camp. They are also brand of education for leget to have given Insp. Ross which this school is a choque for $2,000 on October famous.

25, last, to secure the release of Llu King-man.

in the

I'

is appropriate

In this

centenary year that tho

school should be in

now buildings. Once

was like

ita

It

Introduced

to

ส Liu

#1.

Chief Insp. C. L. Smith, pre-

lver

rad a small English secuting, said Insp. Res private school yet never known the woman since 1954,

exclusive because having been introduced to Rocially places have always been in a bar. kept for orphans but as the numbers have steadily risen (till now they exceed 9001 the headmistress and her stuff have maintained both the quality of

of educa tlon and the strength of tradition. It was all this that

On January 21, fast year, Insp. Ross met the woman again in a

bar in Lockhart Road and the of suggested to him collection corrupt money.

Imp. Ross immediately re- ported to his superior officer and was given ceruiri instructions. He was also told to continue his the former head acquaintance with the woman. mistresses saw when they At subsequent meetings, be the returned to Hongkong from met my people through

curs of woman and received England. And it is thin con- tinuity of achievement that has brought such credit to

it.

Distinguished

visitors

arc

cal and quantities of provisions. such as liquor and food, Insp. Smith sold

At one of the meetings, Insp, Ross Introduced to the woman always nt pains to stress the superintendent of the Anti- R Corruption branch under an as-

that education

ik not school's only function, bril-sumed name.

'On Octatter 6, last year, Insp. fant as its record may be.

Ross and the superintendent Religious training, charuc met the woman at a restaurant

comradeship,

in Causeway Bay where the Eomo said she had woman friends who wished to see the loyati

ter

Portame

bility,

honour,

the essential equipment of police officers, Insp. Smith weat

itte in all those way,

on.

On

accused

DCS has excelled and the

met again, the woman bringing gracious compliments that along the second accused. A have been extended to it Ittle later, the Orst and its staff in the Inst who was allting at another table week aro every bit de- was introduced to the officers.

Name mentioned

Aervod.

THE school has another ch

vinble quality in the sup

Lady Black presents gift

Basis for Cyprus

compromise

said established

London, Jan. 18,

the following day, they The basis for a compromise that would permit the Republic of Cyprus to be proclaimed on March 19 has already boon established by the round table conference which ended here this evening, authoritative Greek sources said.

port it receives from former It was muggested to Insp. Ross students as well as from that certain people detained in parente

and benefactors, the Chatham Itoad Detention should be released. And the success of the cen- Camp

also mentioned tenary celebratlona owes a Second accused

the name of a certain police lot to their efforts and their

officer who had been charged generosity, This la un-

with corruption and who was

doubtedly because they have subsequently acquitted by the an old school to be proud District Court, Insp. Smith zuld. of, and the happiest days One of the accused also told

to look back upon. There insp. Ross that a large sums had a witness in the is moreover a very real link been paid to between past and present case and the officer had gone MOLIVER

in the school's head- free but friends of the fest pupils mistress who has, ne it accused were still detained In were, risen from the ranks the Camp, the Prosecuting off

For said. An offer of $20,000 through tho

and Junior

was then made to Insp. Ross for senior school to head gir

the release of the two men in and finally headmistress,

the Camp. is an old school yet with a fresh and modern outlook. Growth and development of new lines of education have And brought dificulties.

Yet the Imposing exponae. now buildings are, as Mr J. B. Crozier said almont

D.

a year ago, not only a monu

Humidity

shoots up

Humidity in the Colony red- denly went up to 12 per cent this morning.

This, according to a spokes- On October 23, the accused man for the Royal Observatory, gave insp. Tom a cheque for is because of moist air coming $2,000, and on the following day in from the sữa, when they met again, detectives who, were standing by arrested the accuset, Insp. Smith said.

The manner to bring about the compromise would be to "turn' the delicate problem of the Hmits of zones of British sover- eignty by practically abolishing the "frontiers" between the two zones and the Cypriot republic, the sources ankl

This charming photo of Lady Black presenting's food porcel to an old lady, at the Hindu Templo this morning... WALA faken by China Mall, photo- grapher Chan -Kia.

Lady Black distributed parcels of rice and dress: nulertal provided by Mr F. T. Melwani,

- to: 200, needy people,

Poor families selected from the most destitute applicants by the Social Welfare Depart ment waited in ilus along the Temple staircase for their hand-out.

Big speed-up

in car

ferry service

HEAVY TRADING ON SHARE MARKET

Over $2 million of bustiers ·

Wa transacted at this morning's session of tho Stock Exchange when the market opened with heavy buying centred mostly on heavior priced utility and Industrial shares. Towards the close profit- taking sot in and pricos re- turned almost to yostor- day's levels. (Sce, P2).

CLAIM BY MR LAU CHAN-KWOK The

The Yaumati Vehicular Ferry Service is 50% faster since the commencement of the special tem- porary route last Friday.

Electricity inquiry report tomorrow

Tomorrow aftemoon the recommendations and report of the recent Electricity Commission of Inquiry will be tablod In the Legislative Coun- cil.

After the document has been tabled, the China Mail will publish a Late Final Extra or third edition-giving, # summary of the main Findings an

It is expected this will be sometime, after 3.15 p.m.

Chessman

faces execution

San Francisco, Jan. 18.

Mr Lau Chan Kwok, Manng- ing Director of the com- pany, claimed this today in a special interview with the Chinn Marli

He sidd that in a special test held lost Sunday, a car during peak period took only 35 minutes the harbour crossing to malo from a time the vehicle joined The the queue, in Kowloon, Ho added that last was regarded as the busiest traf- fle day of the year because of the Yuan, Long agricultural show.

Sundby

A China Mai? survey about a month ago showed that the erassing during the peak period on a Sunday took at least one hour and forty minutes.

FERRY QUEUE

Some veteran Vehicular Ferry travellers then claimed that they had to wait two and a half hours in a queue before driving anto a ferry,

"There is no doubt that the new-emergency services which started last Friday have greatly ented the traffic congestion,? Mr Liu sold.

"By the time we get new forries and organise further services we should be able to cut the crossing time to an absolute minimum.

"We hope to get two new ferries or at least one now ferry within six months."

"This will give the ferry service a fleet of at least seven ferries running very smoothly," he added,

Under the new arrangements, trucks being diverted to the new temporary service Icaving the entire floor space of Kar

Tragic mishap

Fackler, Jan. 18.

Convlet-author Caryl Chess-main servis to private cars. man, under death sentence since June, 1948, lost one more round escnpo today In his fight to

the San Quentin execution in

The gus chamber.

execution

A freight train crashed into a date now is set for February 19.

Federal Judge Lauls B. Good- | school bus at a-road__crossing When the distribution was man rejected Chessman's claim near here on Monday. Four chil

completed young Roop Mel-

led ani that a stay of execution granted.) dren were

the and wani, niece of the host, pro- on November 30, 1955, still was') children mented a sheaf of gladioli to | in effect--AP,

crilically injured.—AP. Lady Black, *.

Lady Black told the Melwanis

that giving to the poor - Was | wonderful work and me they did it so often it was” very commendable.

Woman

battered

to death

Poole, Jan, 18.

Thus, while thecretically and Palien pathologists and scien legally maintaining its sove- reignty on the territory of the two zones-whose nnat · · ares remains to be decided.....Britain would delegato sovereignty powers to agents of the Cyprus Government who would assume civil administration for them.

The

THORNY PROBLEM Also, this thorny problem would for the most part lose its importance; which is primarily symbolic and affective, manber of Cypelos inhabitants in Insp. Smith added, that Inap, for this time of the year, he the two sones has already been a mininture sald. Yesterday humidity also cut down to several hundred tons had carried

persona by exclusion from the zones of virtually all villages.

The high humidity,

though not unusual, was a litle early

( tape recorder with him when rose to 'pe but on Sunday 24

attending those meetings but it was 70 pc.

mont to the past but was not Crown's intention to.

far as a

In the

navigation for some Ume.

to the futuro. produce these recordings 28 Early morning tog hampered rough them will page evidence. now generations of girls He explained that there was a

It was expected that it will of statio ita equipped--

good great deal

be even more humid this oven school can equip them to recordings. In addition, it would

to piny back ing with tog developing parti play their part fully In the inke 12 hours

cularly in the harbour and the life of the community." there recordings.

weather will remain warm and Thua tho⋅ school sets

"The first two secund" are re- | hanila for most of the day, challenging example to Ita

presented by Mr Y, H. Chan, of pupile in upholding their motto-Dally Giving || Ber vice.

aight

driver

Queen returns for birth of baby

London, Jan. 18. golden Royal Standard fluttered

over Buckingham today and Palace again Queen Elizabeth was back in lm- London to await the minent birth of her third- child.

A crowd of several hundred cheered as ska arrived by raft from Sandringham, the Nor- Royal folk estate where the Fainly spent the Christmas holidaya,··

The Queen slepped from the Irain unalded and walked 20 Pyards lo her car. She wa

ciling and looked in peak -conžuljon,"

With her was 11-year-old Prince Charles who is due back at his boarding school at Cheam to begin the new term. The Queen's daughter, Princes Arne, is staying at Bandring=" ham for the next few days with her father, Prince Philip. Other members of the Royal Family there include Princess Margaret,

Lunchtime crowds in the city -London's financial squiaro mile waved as the Royal car cruised from Liverpool Street station to the Palace..

Palaco another Outside the

crowd walied to cheer as thei car, consled through-the gates and the Royal Blandard broke from rooftop The Standard 18 Down wherever the Queen la in residence,

15

TREE

The new baby officially

expected "early 'this year. The only firm prognostication so far came from Mr Willana Tucker, a celebrated. British astrofoger, but forecast

the day. January 17; and passed without IncidentAF.

TROOPS MOVE INTO BORDER AREA

Portuguese fear trouble from a freed

Dr Banda

Salisbury, Jan. 18.

Authorities in Portuguese East Africa are bullding up troop and police con- centrations along their border with Nyasaland, the South African Press Association reported. tonight, quoting an unimpeachable source. -

up:

According to the. souree, the to, 10 battalions of infantry Siste today Investigated Hilling of Mrs Lifan 'Tharme. moved into the area, followingt- of the possibility of whose battered nude corps fears was found yesterday, beside a further troubles in Nyasaland stolen car.

once the African National Con

DT Hosting's A trail of women's under-; #ress lender, garments along a mile of the Barlo, and his principal. Heu- muth const highway had led tenants orq ruloased from de them to

the scene in a quiet tention. lanc,

Mrs Tharma, aged 44, mother

NEW POSTS

of four, came from Parkzime, "A large number of new polico Dorset. The angli treen car posts have been moon along the was taken from the nearby holl-barder, and helicopters wiách lort day centre of Bdumemouth patrolled the ares during China Mail:Special,

year's disturbances con also stil be seen in the arua,

Dr Banda and other African Congress officials were aireatod

Missing tourists in Nyasaland last March

Kampala, Jan. 16. -Uganda, police today, 'sent" a

news of a bug lòng · of British radio appeat to the Siklan for tourists who should tinvaar rived in Uganda three days ago, The bus is the first to attempt

If, in addition, the British: Chvernment werb to'allow itself

when the Governor, Bir Nefert as generous on the financial and

Armitage, declared asiate of emergency following widespread economic level, the Cypriota. (and Greeks mojizcem maid Cypriot

(Dr Banda was removed for Grcoke and Turky were undred)

disturbances in the protectorate, would mare,cly accept

molution which

dolention to a federal' prison in compromise would give them almost total

Boulh Rhodeald The Nyasaland Government in Zomba today šatisfaction and which at the More La Chan and 150, and A fog may develop in the same time work respect the arduous oveland route odcially denied reporia that De the woman is represented by Brevenit Observatory FBritain's military necetes from Britain to the Cape for Bande was so he releand in

[ATP.

Hearing is continuing.

| Ap°01' Aradit, Sr.

pokemian, alded.

Ule, next few days) entender, d

White welcome for

Mac in Rhodesia

Salisbury, Jan. 18.`

About Bob whites and s hándful of Africans were at Balisbury airport tonight to see the Prime Minister, Mr -Harold Macmillan, arrive in the Central Africas Foderation

at the halfway mark of his tour of Afrien

The whites cheered Me Macmillan and cried "good old MSA."

The Africans remained silent and unmoving among the hand-waving whites on tire airport balodzy, but 's group of... about four or five held up a while banner proclaiming "Dominion status menne, domination sistum.” N

This was a reference for the Federation whiles' ambition for fully independent' status within the British :: Ceminon- wealth The Africans are seáinsi illa béɑsum of their fear", itat white, rate will: càntions without any hope of bein: From the Bellists: Government, which at provené has a big say in Afriona-adfsien willkin the Federation,

When he ended bis eight-day / vists to Nirola, Bir Haemilian maid he weld entry away menseries of "'s generous hearted people' and an unshakableitsich in Nigeria's-futuro."

· In a carewell momake, he built ke' wus - impremed by Nigerian developmenia and the viewer, kad nesermination of Nigerian londors to devalor the country --APāris CJ Bea