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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1960.
HONGKONG'S MILD WINTER
Professor says 'not 100,000 completely abnormal'
By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER
Sunshine twenty-four hours a day in the heart of Russia,
Impossible?
Far from it. As a matter of fact Soviet scientists have been working for the last few years on revolutionary methods of changing their climate. "They know how to do it and it may be in the very near future that Russia will have no winter," Professor S. G. Davis of the Hongkong Univer sity revealed yesterday.
whereby meteor fession
The China Mail Interviewed way Professor Daels to And out just har een hamessed to what was the enure of Hung-OW".
winter hog's extremely mild this year,
Many reports from selentists in Australl, where the country has bren hit by blasting hent- world is waves, state that the
La coming hotter place,
Australian pro- One leading festor predleted that summer perks would rise from Ave to ivn degrees.
Variability
However Professor Davis re-
more conservative mainal
his predletion
Hongkong's winter this year extremely definitely has been
melt
Lady Bastyan
visits army school
Thousands of small nuclear Assion pellets can be shot inta
and within no time the mow vast areas of smow have melted." But it is even possible to have Aun 24 hours a day funny given Iuration.
for that The Russians-and matter we no can send big
Lady Bustyan puld a visit to quantities of fine meteoric dust,
be portioned St George's Army School The dust ean
that the sun's Kowloon Tong this morning.
агу She was met on her arrival by Mr J. S. H. Smitherman, "In other words, if Russla de-Headmaster of the School. ided to have sun all the year
h such a way
reys are reflected
i kiven poin
en
"However I think must selentists are trending enrefully at there is nothing really on this score," he added.
mild," he said,
to deale
that the
completely, abnormal.
frend is:
Houghtong is one place in the
Д
World that undergoes tremendous woulher variability, the
Rain belt
Lady Bastyan was then taken
more homeless
a year
People are becoming home- less in Hongkong at the rate of about 100,000 a year, the Family Planning Association of Hongkong estimated today.
in an editorial in its latest quarterly bulletin the FPA said new buildings were being con- structed at the "fantastic rate" of 80 a month with domestic accommotution'for'da baltionol 60,000 people a year.
But, the editorial painted out. Hongkong's population increase by birth and immigration was estimated at 150,000 a year.
"On these figures the Colony has
additional 100,000 homeless people every year."
NO SCHOOLS
The editorial also polnied out that although a new school was opened every two weeks, there children. About 00,000 whose parents could not afford to send them to school.
were
į
MR BLUCK.
Pacific air fare
cut predicted
two
"The world could be under-plunged into turmull if wenther/ Deputy Assistant Quartermas- to outrun the world's capacity to the Pata conference in Christ- :
British naturalisation
granted
Guzotto
The Government
notified today, that the following have boon granted cortificatos of naturalisation:
Mr Yeh Pal-nan, known as Bernard Yeh, known as Bernard P. N. Yeh, minister of religion, of 15 Zion Terrace, Pok Oi Village.
articled clerk, of 23 Waterloo
Rood.
Mr Chu-shan,
known as Lue Shlu-sling.. agricultural supervisor, of Talpo Agricultural
unitia fashion wawasnavémur
NEW
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GKOPSHT Pountain PRN
UNITED HÅPER 00.LTER
Government appointments
gazetted
The Government Gazette notified this morning the following · appointments, promotions, transfors and postings:
Mr D. C. C. Trenchto
be Deputy Colonial Secretary
Mr Justice J. R. Gregg to act
From the Files
25
years AGO
February, 1935
Correspondent tried his
THE SCM Post's Radio
116 Chief Justice during the hand, at 26 Years from absence of Str Michael lloga Now" and came out with
Mr Justice U. W. Recon to ack
a Senior Puisne Judge: Judge these predictions: |W. A. Blair-Kerr to be a tem-
People were still speaking of
porary additional. Puisne Judge: tho Empire Christmas Day Mr P. K. Springuli to act, as
Into
a District Judge during the no-broadcast which had been the eence of Judre T H. Mis most ambitious ever attempted. Television had long since Owens,
reached perfection and the Mr G. M. McEwan, Mr G. W. owner of even the humblest re- Mr Wong Tal-chun, known Parry, Mr A. G. Brown 1o be ceiver had seen and heard the Wellington Wong, known as Inspectors of Schools; Miss J.broadcast, Wong Chung-ping, known as McEnancy to be a Sub-Inspector Wong Tin-wing, solicitor's of Schools.
Local broadcasting had fallen TV disreputo because Dr Ho Wan-chuen to be a broadcasts from
Europe, Medical Officer; Miss Beatrice America and Australia to Hong- Chan ceased to act as Senior kong were perfect, Sister Tutor on resumption of
[chisor, New people, for this duty by Miss F. While; Miss Ivy Woo Mo-ching, Miss Mary Ho went to the cinemas although
attracted patron Chul-jun, and Miss Rose Chenthey, still Jing-hau to be Nursing Sisters; becatise of the Introduction Dt. Miss E. M. McGibbon, Matron wide-range screening and third which gove tho Class If, ceased to act as Matron dimension
the screen a life-liks Class 1, on resumption of duty image on by Miss J, Brown; Miss D. Pat appearmige,
The medical world, following tion. Senior Nursing Sister, ceused to set as Matron Class the research of the forties hit conquered disease, relying on II.
benbürdirmeni
other discpce
Station.
Mr Chan
Kung-lum, radio- tropher, of 409 Lockhart Road, # 3rd floor.
Mr Lee Ching-chang, known Austin Lee Ching-chang, secretary, of 40 Fort Street, 2nd- floor.
Mr M. C. Taylor to be Master electronic (Technical); Mr R. A. Watters cancer and
of fa
Air- faros across_the_Pacific]
Mr Kwan Tuen-yin, known will be cut by 15 par as James Kwan, company mana- cont within the naxt ger, of $7 Mody Road 4th
an year, airways floor. exacutivo forecast yester director, of 3 Henderson Road, Ing Surveyor during the absence Mr Chu Zoong-vun, company
to act as Assistant Chief Build-effect safe and lasting curra,
The slogan of Imperial Air- day.
Jardines Loolcoul.
of Mr P. V. Shawe.
ways was "Breakfast in Lorrion He is Mr D. R. Y. Bluck, Com- Mirs Madeleine Johnston mercial Manager
Mr. M. E. Purvis to be Deputy Dinner in Melbourne." of Cathay Wong, known 43
Powerful directional short- Madeleine Pacific Airways who left yester-Girard. knowa
Superintendent of Samiary Ser- 15 Madeleine vices; Mr A. W. Fowler and Mr wave beams had been succoru- day afternoon for Sydney.
Mr Bluck will spend one week Bell, of 23A, Granville Road,
Lau Ip-yuen to be Assistant fully shot at Mars.
Scientists had succeeded in in Australin before going onto top floor.
of Superintendents
Sanitary Mr Wu Yung-en, known as Services; Mr Li Wai-hon, and splitting the atom and, imply church, New Zealand.
Ernest Wu, teacher, of 9C Vic- Mr Leung Sik-hung to be Chief by adding electrons to atoms-of hydrogen, they made oxygen, Approximately 250 'delegates tory Avenue, 2nd floor.
Health Inspectors, from 16 nations will attend the Mr Lou Shui-lam, known as
Mr J. B. Lees, Senior Super-sliver lead and gold, ele. ninth anmal Pasifle Air Travel Vincent Lau, civil servant. of intendent of Police, ceased to Association conference,
Flot C, Oth floor, Lido Apart-act £25 Assistant Commis- ment, 800-878 King's Road,
sioner of Police. Hongkong Mr Leung Chung-yan, known faland, on proceeding on leave; I. H. Geare and G. T. May as Thomas Leung, school prin- Mr G. Leys to act as Assistant haled in one on the Old Course cipal, of 5 Hing Hon Rand, 5th Commissioner; Hongkong Island; at Fanling on Sunday. floor.
Bub-Inspector Lin Hsing-chib Miss Terese Au Perpetue, to be Assistant Superintendent Nathan of Police. school teacher, or 790 Road, 3rd floor,
Mr R. Trall to act as Mr Hu Yung-chai, seaman, of Senior Marine Officer
during Peninsula Apartment, 9th floor, the absence Mr W. D.
Leighton.
Y part of the year round, itjun a tour of the school during which she niet and spoke to
The solution must be to check would be possible.
cachers and students.
visit population growth as well as to Present during her were Llout-Col T. Hation, Com-build more and more houses, manding Officer, RAOC, Hong-chools and hasplink said the
editorial. kong, Lleut-Col H. Beckwith,
Research had established that Royal Army Educational Corp, human beings were multiplying
F. B. Wordsworth, MAL.
so quickly that the rate threatens
ter General, Hongkong and produce more foed.
Muj. Kowlcon Garrison, and
Food production and
therefore production must L, H. C. Webber, RAOC.
dealt with together.
The editorial said famly planning did not do away with "This would cause a grestor
Miss Beatrice Chan ecased in children but made sure that cuvse the don't wind uctivity and
bun Member of the Nursing each child was a wanted child-air travel would soon follow the world to be thrashed with con-
Board consequent upon the re-and not one ot those babies the polni that aual typhoons.
"The Sahara desert could sud-turn of Miss F. White, the Gov-abandoned at the rate of 20 Professor Davis stressed was that if the weather trend is notdenly change into an equatorial ernment Gazette notified today. month. changing naturally it certainly rain belt, can be changed by man.
wing
2
did
Professor Davis warned that whole world could be weather experiments got out of hand. complete a
"For instance If Russla be just eltage or it could
make their weather Warmer eyele," he added.
there would be an immɛdivie What about the hydrogen and
build up of pressure. atom bomb explosions?
"They conid have hod effect, but personally I
hik sa,' However.
Can work
some
The Russians have been working on their bad weather f some years now," Professor Davis said.
"They re not just mere theories: because their ideas can definitely work.
drastic *However
slangerou the world than all the nucleor weapons Invented," he added.
eruld be more
chuines to
"Imagine the tremendous con- fusion and readjustment that countries would have to under- go during drastic changes.
"Races of people that have to coul weather all been used their lives would suddenly find Isapical taemselves dying in temeratures
"The whole thing must be in- vestigated more thoroughly to ensure that munking docs no: suffer,
"In the messtime al Mother Nature Isn't doing such a bad
The Russians have devised a1 job."
Nursing Board
human
06
TWO PLAYS BY
NOEL COWARD
Mr Bluck said at a press con- ference yesterday that Pacific
trend of Atlantic air travel,
"This coming conference will discuss in part the fare culs and valuable information will surely result on air travel," he added.
Prince Peter
on TV
Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark will be seen on Tele-
Prince Poler, who is visiting
LAST night at 8.30, the Garrison Players took us vision at 7.30 tonight.
back to the cosy, intimate surroundings of the Colony in the course of an King George's Hall, and performed for our pleasure extensive tour, will be inter- and amusement, two pieces from Noel Coward's viewed by Jock Sloan. "Tonight At 8.30.”
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room set of "Suli Life," the profound trifle which has won imiversal acclaim as the Akn, "Brief Encounter."
Now Noel Pierce Coward has spent the best part of his fe trying to
world convince the that he is C wilty, brittle, sophisticated trifler, clast breaking all the
Tram dividend
A very fine audience was as again in the hum-drum suburbs.: The directors of Hongkong sembled as the curtain rose on Now this scene was thrown Tramways, Ltd announced to-
forthcoming i waiting away, and apart from Patricia day that at the
McTavish who just had to talk annual meeting of shareholders right on, insensitive to the fact
to be held on Tuesday, March she has stolen the lovers' part-
29, 1000, they will recommend ing minutes, this tender moment
the payment of o Anal dividend was merely a charade.
(of $1.45 a share for the year to Mary Murray gave a nice per-December 31, 1959. manageress with her phoney cents on last year's Anal. "retained" manner, and she was icono-supported in this character by
her assistant, Glül Davidson. Idols of middle class conven- Michael Tyler was adequate in the role of the ticket collector But comparatively few realise Romeo, but I em afraid to say. that Coward holds same things that in the malo, the Noel
tion.
F1
sacred
formance as the station buffet
in esteem, and none so much Coward highlights were dimmed:
as those which touch the lives by the players.
of ordinary decent people.
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How different when the cur-
Here then, in "Stin Life."tain rose on "Ways & Means," Coward is taking the suburban that subtie eynical parody of cliche, "Nice married people the idle set on the spree at the don't fall in love," and showing Cote D'Azur.
The pace was fast, the lines quite sincerely that hearts can
London cracked out like a machine-gun break on the 8:50 to
· audience were Bridge, and silent tears can fall burst, and the
-
on the book borrowed from howling with merriment in the Boot's subscription library, be first two miraties. cause of an impossible love affair.
EL
This is an increase of Ave
B Flat, Mody Road.
13-year-old boy on murder charge
Date for hearing of the committal proceedings against a 13-year-old boy Accused of murder SVILE fixed for March 2 by Mr Derek Cona In chambers Central Court this morning.
The boy
is alleged to
Kowloon
OIL
have turdered a 10-year- old boy in February 1.
Dragged from
game and robbed
A
says boy
16-year-old schoolboy told the Victoria District Court this morning how he was dragged away from a game of basketball and robbed of his watch.
Patricia Haynes and Tony Wood were a perfect two-cardá
The boy, Chan Kwok-leung. Chan aid he did as he was So, I am very sorry to say trick as the society couple down
said that on December 30 be told, but when he had got some that the Garrison Players were to their last frank,
recreation distance he looked behind him The exits and entrances of war playing on a
ground at the quite unconvincing in their pro-
Shek Kip Mel and saw two people' running He ran after one of I gain Tony Marron, Joyce Hels, Bar- duetion of "Still Life."
He and'a ed the impression that either bara Lawrence, Vic Ladd, and Resettlement Area when he away,
Was approached by about four them, but lost him. they did not understand it, or if Margaret Howlett, were good.
But the surprise of the even- youths, two of whom grabbed friend then looked further, and they did, they didn't belleve in
the ing was the entrance of Douglas his shoulders and dragged him inter reported the incident to the Shek Kip Mei Police Pont. Robert Roe, cast It. doctor who foils in love just Scriven as Stevens, the valet to a hillside.
There, he said, one youth held He was unable to identify the
accused. could not get his teeth into the chauffeur cum romantic, turned
thief to recover tha lost him while another matched dia Police witnesses described port.
teahjong The lines are fliere, plus the fortunes of a love affair turned watch.
how they visited Before
court was
Yan school in the resettlement area. fade-out scone as he leaves for crook.
He was great; us urbane as Ying-kuan, who pleaded net and as a result of questioning ever as the garrulous Dolly Messiter
Mayfair, with all the courtesy guilty to a charge of robbery by a man there, recovered the boy's (Patricia McTavish)
for the young couple in distress, two or more personLN,
wrist watch. blathers on.
The boy said that he was very On January 1 they went to a Barbara Lawrence, driven to ed a bank manager suggesting
an overdraft. (and he played | frightened at the time as one of fourth floor room in Shanghai distraction at this point, leaves the waiting room as the express right through without his eye-the youths had, said to him: Street, where they found the Walk forward, and keep silent, necsteed. After questioning he thunders throught. The audience glans. should be aghast. Has he, in Well, this play brought down | We will kill you if you my any- was arrested and later charged
It thing." He added that after his with the offence.. misery, thrown herself the house, and rightly 0. under the train7
ripped, it scared, sparkled watch had been taken, another Chief Inspector T. W. Whee No. Quiet understatement. It was the vintage Champagne youth had fold him "Walker is prosecuting, and the hear
of forward. Don't look back. Ifing before Judge D. J. Jennings
continues. She returns to her talkative to this two course fure
you do we will kill you! neighbour, and takes up life "Tonight As 9:30.”
hor
the
N elevated rullway, the dream of Mr Sidney J. Powell, prominent Shanghai Mr J. R. Oliver to act as engineer, to relieve the Deputy Registrar.
pressure of traffic in the Mr F. M Watson to act as city, is nearing actuality
Divisional Officer, Fire Brigade
on after ten years of dis
vice Mr Wang Wal-ta01
leave prior to retirement,
a
Mr R. V. Talbot-Jones to bo
cussion.
Coincident with the fact that
Coverment Wireless En-authorities of the Settlement, Concession and Shanghai citý gineer and Radio Surveyor.
Mr L. E. A. Holi-Kentwell to Government are in
conference
be Principal Probation Officer.regarding traffic conditions in general and an elevated railway
Architect
in particular, is the fact that a group international bankers
are considering Mr Powell's proposed system.
The name of Mr Chan Hung- The bankers have Indicated yip has been added to the list they would be willing to ingest of authorised architects, the US$3 million in the project Government Gazette notified to- provided. proper co-operation day.
could be obtained.
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