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MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1960.
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Barrister withdraws remarks Two stores From the Fils
Storm holds Reprimanded by
up rescue judges in
of miners
Coalbrook, Jan. 24.
A severe storm tonight stop. ped rescue work at the Clydesdale mine for the second time as sand clog ged a high speed diamond drill rushed here from 300 rulles away to bore a hole down to the 110 miners
entombed by a rockfall.
The drill was driving a 134 inch hole down through the reck through which food, water und medical suppiles could be lowe:zd.
Underground TORTUG oper tions have already been suspended us too dangerous bo- euvre of more rockfälls, flood- ing and "bleek death" methane
All rescue workers trying
1 hack through the solid wall treck and crushed coal block- ing all underground roues have been withdrawn,
estape
The men have now been trap- ped for over 72 hours-with not the slightest sign of life to Fruch the pithead whore Euro- African women and pean and children, united in grief, are keeping on unbroken vigil.
On the surface, preparation an for kinking a shaft Rous alongside the borehole to reach the men. Reuter.
New tourist
appeal case
Two Full Court judges, Mr Justice J. R.
The
1
Gregg and Mr Justice C. W. Reece, this morning reprimanded a barrister for the romarks he made against the Crown in a murder appoal.
barrister, Mr A. H. Suffiad, who was instructed by Mr J. N. Smart, appeared on behalf of the third accused Wong Hon, 34, who with Lo Kan, 40, and Szeto Hin-chiu, 29, were last month found guilty of the murder of a heroin divan keeper in the Walled City on July 24 and sentenced to death by Mr Justice A. D. Scholes. Mr Sumad call that the instructing sollellor." (Mr Smart Court has no jurisdiction over was in the court). the Walled City and that a Full Court ruling on November 30 thai the Curts of Hongkong have jurisdiction over the Wall- ed Clily way bed In law.
(Mr Suffind had applied to the Full Court for a writ of habcan corpus on behalf of his client Wong Hon on the grounds that fa a Chinese national ho was able to question the validity of an Order-in-Council giving the Court's jurisdiction over the Kowloon Walled City).
Re summed up the grounds for the appeal and sat down but after a consultation with Mr Smart stood up again and asked that he be allowed to withdraw all grounds for the appeal apurt from submission that there was no common Intent.
Reece; "I con- Mr Justice gratulate you on this move Mr Sumad tccause if you had not withdrawn these grounds the statements you have made support of them in which you Balair, the official Swiss Alr-accused the Crown of Aub Charter Company, few into verting the
cause of lustles Hongkong yesterday for the would have needed some first time with 60 businessmen planation."
charter flight
and women un
a holiday tour
Very improper
vx-
in
of the Far East.
The 20-day holiday which Includes
even Far Eastern Mr Justice Gregg: "These vities with Hongkong as the acruzotions you have mode termine1 point,
class first
your statements are very im- hotel accommodation and excur- proper and are very serious in mons cost the individual just that you have made grave ac under HK$0,000.
cusations against the Crown of This opened grent possiblll-bverting justice and I feel ties for more people to see you ought to support them." Hongkong, a spokesman for the Mr Justice Reece: "If you come before the Court with ac- cusations as highly improper as these you could be mode to give evidence in support of them and you can tell that to your
airline said.
Mr Kurt Herzog, Managing Director, Balair Ltd., piloted the fight from Basle, Switzer- land,
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The three men were convict- ed on December 17, of having entered a heroin divan at 9 Lo Yan Streat in the early hours of July 24 and stabbed to death the divan keeper, Sin Kwal.
Mr A. Zimmern, for the first appellant, Kan, in an appeal against conviction said there
was no common intent by the three men to commit e robbery with violence which led to the death of Sin Kwai.
An onlooker
These grounds were also put forward on behalf of the second
appellant Szeto Hin-chiu, by Mr
Patrick Yu.
Mr Yu said that Stelo only went with the other two men "to take the money" and not to He was not commit a felony.
premises when the hide the divun keeper was killed.
"His job was to stand at The entrance and pick up the coins. He did not go there with any intent or knowledge that felony with violenes was to be committed."
Mr Justice Recce: "He was a complete onlooker?"
Mr Yu: "Yes. He went there for the coins."
Hearing continuing.
Mr D. E. Greenfield and Mr D. G. Willis, Crown Counsel, appeared for the prosecution.
2,500-year-old
inscription found
Tel Aviv, Jan. 24.
An anciont inscription somo 2,500 years old has been discovered during excava- tions of a fortress in south faraat, the Government Department of Antiquities announced.
The 14-lino
inscription. written in ink on a postbead found at the fortress gale, proved to be a letier, raninis- cent of the famous Lachish letters written just before the
Sir Robert Black and Mr J. Jenkins of the British Council, are shown a model crane at the: exhibition this morning,China Mail photo.
Compensation
and exemption
Compensation totalling about $90,000 was award; cd by the Tenancy Tri- bunal this morning to 25 opponents of an applica- tion for exemption for Nos 3 and -5 Stract, Hongkong. Exomp- tion was recommended by the Tribunal.
Wilmor
A new biock to cost $100,000 will replace the existing pre- mises.
Youthful
snatcher
gets two years' jail
Governor
opens exhibition
at Hunghom
The
The Governor, Sir Robert Black: this morning opened the British Technologica! Achievement Exhibition, A. 19-year-old youth, who ad-
mitted snatching a handbog at the Hongkong Techni. from a woman and steal-
cal College, Hunghom, ` ing » blovele from В shop was this morning' given
exhibition, consisting two years fall by Judze A. mainly of photographs and A. Hurzins, at Kowloon Dis-models of recent British techno- logical progress has been spen- "You cannot say that you rored by the British Council. have not been givan" a chance, said Judge Huggins, after he had been told that the accused, Wong Keung, had four previous convictions for theft since 1953 when he was a juvenile..
trict Court.
In addition, Wong was placed under police supervision for two years.
Applicants were the Long Kea Investment Co., Ltd, who were represented by Mr Francle Weng, of C. Y, Kwan and Co.
Opponents were represented by Mr Gerald de Basto, in-
Chief Inspector J. Hidden structed by Philip Remedios Dod Co.; Mr M. Wong, of sold Wong snatched the hand- Dentons; Mr J. M. d'Almada bag from a woman in Shantung
Street.cn January 1, Remedios, of d'Almada RO
medios pnd Co. and Mr A. §. He was arrested by detec- C. Comber, of Hastings and Cotives after a short chase...
The Tribunal consisted of Mr
W. H. Pickering (President), While under detention" ac- Mr Andrew The and Me J. D. eused admitted having `stolen a Whincrzy.
bleycle from a shop in Boundary
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GELIGNITE IN
LAVATORY: $200 FINE
..
A man who kid a bag of
fined for 25
unlicensed
penicillin
A police party raided two Colony dispensaries and seized a total of 290 ∙million units of unlicensed
penicillin.
Q
years
AGO
January, 1935
UEER circumstances are connected with the loss by Mr Lionel Dabelstein, Hongkong agent of the Crown Chine Company (In- Folics revealed this to Mr.I. M.surance) Ltd, Gloucester S. Donnell, the Kowloon Mogis- | Building, of his 32-foot
irate, this morning.
The raid was made at the re- quest of the Director of Medical and Health Services.
yacht Caprice, recently.
Circumstances point to theft, but there are hints of a cen aational story of opium-running, ending in disaster when the small craft was caught in a
The party of police carrying out the raid was led by Superin-storm and sank.
·tendent, Mr J. W. Browett,
In addition to the penicillin a large quantity of Type I potson was seized.
Appearing in court was the manageress of the. Mei Wah Medical Store, Cheung Suk-man,
28,
Police are looking for the caretaker and coxswain of the yacht in connection with its dis- appearance.
pleaded to 12 NHE
consecration
charges of posstseing Type. 11 Archbishop Mok,
poison and 11 charges of possess.
int
of
the
ing penicilin substance without Assistant Bishop of
Diocese,
Hongkong a permit.
She was fined $1,000 on the Cathedral this evening is a penicillin charge and 1500 on matter of great significance the Type I polson change.
The rest of the charges were for the Christian Church In taken into consideration.
South China, writes the The drugs were ordered to be Bishop of Hongkong, the Rt. confiscated.
Rev. R. O. Hall in a letter In another ose Chan Chengto the editor. mo, 41, of the Chai Yan medical store, who pleaded, gully to It is 1,800 years since the first various changes of possessing Christian missionary came to penicillin and Type I polson China (the Nestorian Bishop The wra fine a, total`al: $730:
Alopen,
Aram Bagdad!). same year the Irish missionaries reached the shores of Northern England.
Pleasing art exhibition
at St John's
The Christian Church of both countries has gone through many vicissitudes In the last 1,300
In the early days of Hong- kong the first Colonial Chaptzin De Stanton, opened a school for Chinese boys at St Paul's College : with a view to establishing a Chinese Christian ministry.
later A fow years The work of a talented and Bishoprie of Hongkong
the wne
car
versatile Hongkong artist, established for the conversion of Mr Wong Man-chouk, is China and Japan The
secration of a Chinese Christian on view for three days at Bishop marked a new stage in St John's Cathedral Hall. this process and symbolised the fact that the Chinese Church The exhibition was opened had come of age, addled the this morning by Professor Bishop-
In a short speech before the nounlag the Governor said that there were few aspects or cur daily lives in Hongkong which technical advances of one kind or another did not affect.
F. 9. Drake, Director of the He pointed out that Britain's Institute of Oriental Studies at discoveries and developments the University.
science and engineering not as remote from the. were people of Hongkong as they may
in
scon.
"Many of them in fact have greater significance for us here," the Governor said..
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Street the previous day. Ho -¿"We depend on our food sup- later took the Police to where plies on the control of insects ho had abandoned the machine. and weeds.
Suzie Wong company leave
A Chartered Boar Britannia destruction of Jerusalem in 560 gelianite in the lavatory of als left here this morning, for Lon- don carrying 42 members of the BC by the commander of Junk was fined $800 today. -
Fortress in Judea to his com- He was Le Sum 42-year-old Suzie Wong 0lm production.
manding officer at Lachish. It begins, "May the
"We could not have built the ever taller buildings which are springing up in the urban areas
and of Hongkong
Kowloon without the advances made in the use of new materials.
"I am therefore glad to hear that structural engineering is well represented in this exhibi- tan," he added.
In umcially opening the exhibition which will be held
the
wish that
junk coxswain. Central MARIE- The passengers were technicum February 2, the Govern Lord | trate, Mr T. L. Yang lined him tons, wardrobe people and expressed his Prince hear the words of his for possessing unlicensed dan cameramen. Leader of the group exhibition would serve ile pur- servant......" and complete gerous goods and falling to re-is production manager, Mr pose and many people would decipherment of it wil
undertaken as soon as excava→ flon of Le site has been finished. -China Mail Special,
Shopkeepers
angry...
Eccuton, Notts, Jan. 24.
The sale of coloured late, stoles to factory girls working at an electronte factory here has angered local shopkeepers.
The girls have been
quouing
up in the factory, to buy tho sules at cost-price-BA total of 1,600 stoles were sold lock thele employees by a trolling- ham, lace firm as surplus to unif
export order."//
Now shopkeepers are clalining that this 19 linfair competition.
A Chamber of. Trudo, ropta- sentative mid they would con- nider daking › aflopkooperto boycolt manufacturers who tell to factories, China Mai). Special,
new his junk loence.
R. L. M. Davidson.
aktend.
MAGISTRATE RETURNS
Mr Darek Cons, Central Court Magit rate, and Mrs Cons, returned this morning abbard the my Asla after nine months home legye,
d
They were met by Mr T. Creedon, District Judge (left), Mr P. F. Leonard, Mügis- trate (second from right) and Mr La A. Allire, Chief Balliif (right),|| Mr and Mrs Cons are at second and third from left: Ching Mall Photo.
some years,
Prof. Drake said he was very ROM the SCM Post's 25 Years Ago column: An pleased to open this show by Mr Wong, whom he had known for
and to sec the American writes: "Canton variety of work he had achieved. 1s the hell-pot of the earth
Mr Wong, who is the authora cesspool Into which hua. of Essays in Painung," has drained the carrion of three painted some interesting land- scapes and Interpretations of old Chinese masters. His studies of horses are particularly pleasing
AUSTRALIA DAY
thousand years, its pyretic miasma rising to defile the heavens and to make the sunlight lurid.
"Rudyard Kipling, years ago, Speaking of the place, remarked Do you know those sponges full of worms that 'grow in the warm. The Senior Australian_Trade seas? You break off a piece of
the Colony, it and the worth breaks too? Commissioner in Mr G. R. B. Patterson, will hold Canton is that sponge.. Today Hongkong the lo 'n falling entschresis, -for a reception of the Club tomorrow to commemorate the place has become a summe filled with deleterious alimeTM” Australia Day.
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