1960-02-25 — Page 10

Established: 1845

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1960.

PICTORIAL PARADE IT'S UNIQUE-THE

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ABOVE: Lady Bastyan, wife of the Commander, British Forces, seen black dress) during her visit to the Sekkong Primary School. With her is Miss J. Gillespie.

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RIGHT: Tho Colony Open Chess contest was officially opened by Mr B. C. Field. The current champion, Mr E. L. Krouk (centre) is scon making the opening move on the first board played by Mrs Inge Nichous against Mr K. Weiss.

Detective's evidence in murder trial

A detective told the Cri-

minal

Sessions this

New play centre in resettlement block

A new play centre for poor children is to be opened

by the YWCA in the 100th multi-storey re- settlement block built by Government.

Miss Ko Siu-wah

announce:]

this

morning he arrived at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital this at a pres enferance site less than an hour morning held to publiran the after a woman and child ¦ Y's Wadespread had

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welfore

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in conjunction The 40th uhuiversary celebrations.

organisat

been found un. conscious, and

took f the

possession two buttons,

of

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a pencil, writing pad and a plank of wood,

Sunsequently be had hal writing on ther sume Chinese pal translated into English.

Detective Sub-bispector W T La was giving evidence in the trial of Mok Mu, 32, whe pleads not guilty to a charge at intr- dering the woman, The Ping, an November 24. She subsequente ly died of her injuries.

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She said Dat can wing of .. block. Wong Tai Sin would ironinstered by staff members under the supervision of the YWCA Child Welfare Com- mitter in similar manner to the

centre at M-Block, Shek Kip *l And It was hoped that Government

would grant the other wing,

There was great need for re- rezumodation anʼl facilities for training children in the four

to eight nge group, loo old for and too young

St Lo said that later in the the nurseries

icok into custaly for the boys and girls' clubs, morning he various aricies of the woman's Miss Ko said. clothing, Including an under- vest with two buttons missing.

and some money.

MONEY FOUND

i

Mr

he look November 28 On porenssion of some clothes be- longing to the_scessed.

by Cross-examined Onwak! Cheung, defending Mok, wittens said $240 had been found on the injured woman.

The hearing continuer before Mr Justice W. A. Blair-Kerr.

dear sir

Two-fold payment

The raiding of petrol prices,

|should" "bear

illern) (axi»."

Case taking

far too long: judge

This case is already taking for too long and I cannot seo any need at present to prolong it further," Mr Justice K. R. Macfee this morning told Mr Charles Ching, Defenca Counsel In the "body in-the- stove" murder.

the

Mr Clung tinct askel Judge if he thought that he and the jury of reven Mould Ra to Use acene of the crime

LEFT: Mr Tong Youk- for cutting the ribbon to open the Tong Yeuk Fon library in the Ling Ying Public School, Shoung- shui, recently.

BELOW: The winner of the Colony Open Squash tournament, Capt. M. J. Perkins (left) seen with Mr D. G. Coffey, the runner-up, after their finals match this week.

MR KHARAS

Pakistan envoy in

Hongkong

Mr J. 6. Kharsa,

Paklitan's

urtles fashion newa" mari veera

NEW

Lady Sheaffer

SKRINDERT pountain VEN So ple

VNITED PAPER OO, LTD

GONG AND BELL SHOP

B

By a China Mail reporter

USINESSMEN

ran

from their shops to investigate, housewives and amahs craned their necks from apartment windows.

wus

The

A

What 20 earth deafening noise?

Bespectacled young American, Mark Brolies, relented much to my relief and affectionately stroked a huge four foot wide

Kung

"Not bad hub? W the prize passession in the new shop," he said.

Deafening noises” Four tool songs? New shopst

The maxe

That's right," Murk satd. takling how com and inding me through the maze of sites fa the reade

"I have become the only gong and bell retadler in the whole of Honghong," he afded.

We approached an oriental arched shopfront art Mark stopped proudly in front of it. There is feast your

eyes on what is going to become ત rcul tourist altraction in Hongkong the only ones of its kind here."

From all over

As the big glass door was

alid across for me to enter 1 of

was dazzled by the dozens gleaming bells, gongs, bowls, tenpols and trinkets.

Every spare square inch was erumined with an exciting 189 gadget or a huge majestic louk-

bell

epois,

rice bowls had beg pols of every description crowd- ed onto the shelves.

But the bells and the gongs were the real attruellons.

"They come from all over the Worl really exotic master- pieces and of course there

evvent locally made gongs," he suid.

Hope

ato

"In fact it is from these locally made gongs that i think i have brought a little hope into the life of Very

who anakes these gongs,

"This old man was cking out 1 miserable existence" from

as br

"Bell-hop Broiles they call me," ' Mark cracked "tested" one of his latest gorgs outside his new shop called the Temple Bell in Mirador Mansions.

Just as well he tarved it. If the hotse had been any louder il would have burst no car drums.

"Magnificent, isn't it just goes to show what the old boy who makes therx: gongs la like."

that

That's all very one, I thought but of all shops to plungo your monby into a bell shop.

"A new, unique and every- body wants to help me because there is no competition.

"Imagine if I had started allor's shop a restaurant, how would I get any businesa,"

But who's

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"It was while I was reeling a letevision programme in which big group of brass musicians waukt play ad lib while watch- in a big screen which was

changing colours..

From the Files

25

years -AGO-

February, 1935

1 to the King's Theatro 00 complimentary tickets

will be distributed from a Far Eastern Aviation Com pany aeroplane flying over the Colony today.

The distribution in Uxis unique fashlum is being made in con- nection with the Fox Fum?"Holl in the Heavens" which will be screened in the Colony as from tomorrow.

The Governor has appoint - ed Mr E. B. Nelson to act, as Superintendent of the Aero- drome during the absence of Mr A. J. R. Mora.

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Trued to Hongkong, to TWO Shanghai policemen

arrest a man on the liner President Coolidge who had escaped on the ship taking with him $26,000 which, he had embezzled. Accom- panying him were two sing-song girls.

The two Chinese policemen, discovering his Escape on the Preside Coolidge, flow from Shanghai to Canton by plane, and then took the trala to Hong- kong.

They were wading for the Coolidge as site carne alongside. A further. Sensation was DTO- vided, however, for as the man was being conveyed across the harbour In apolloe faunch, he momentorlly freed himself and lept overboard,

The fugitive was rescued by Sergeants Finger, and Hutchin- son after gront difculty.

He was clad in a heavy over- cost which made the rescue work differt,

The two sing-song girls ac=

"There were gongs and belis! in the band and I got on imme-¦ companying him, cried pitoously |diate Interest in them.

during the recuo attempt.

"I didn't think I would end "up owning a bell shop.

This is the first Unse in the history of the Shanghai Munici Mark then took me on a four pai Police that in noropkauno has of the shop testing the yarious been used to hunt down a man. tones of his instruments.

The man went back to Shang- Every kind of unkie and ringthat on another stommer and Inter filled the room.

he and four associates, ali-cm- *But this is the boy I like ployees of the National Agricul- lural and Commerce Bank, wern He picked up a drum hammer charged with embezzling $42,905 and with

walked to- purpone "Tourists-they'll love them.

of the Bank's monoy, "Tourists are sick of bringing wards a gong that would make the J. Arthur Rank instrument back the same old stuff year look like a bicycle bell. after your.

He started tapping and Et happened

over ngain.

making the odd brass ash tray, and gong57 ing to buy bells | practising on."

and things like that,

"When 1 came up with fin order for dozers of gongs and bells he thought I was an angel in disguise.

HONGKONG University

"And his gongs and belis are Something different Businema started running out met with atiff opposi-

us good if not better than some

of the Imported ones. Listen

to this...."

Just a tap

of shope, housewives and amah tion against the Hongkong craped their necks out of apert-Cricket Club in their cricket men windowe,

"Bells.

gonge, ricebouşla they are smothing different.

"The prices will be as low as What on earth is that deafen-match on Saturday, possible which will attrnet the ing noise? middle class tourist as well

He enthusiastically picked up the local population."

nmuer and started to tap lightly on nnather big gong.

"Note I don't hit the gone hard, I just top it."

Magistrate

suggests cigarettes

Mr P. F. X. Leonard, Kowloon magistrate, this morning teld n coolle that he should take up cigarette smoking to get rid of his oplum addiction.

The coolie, Lee Kwong, 40. was fined $20 when he admitted that he smoked opium in a divan at Bat Tau Village yester- day.

He told the magistrate that he smoked ophum to get rid of hile heroin habit,

The magistro replied, that ho should the up cigaretto

High Commisioner-designate, amoking to get rid of the plum

habit, to Australia, arrived in the

Defendant had one previous my Victoria this morning from Karsciti on his way to Canberra.

on Ping Chau Island in order ihat they should be familiar

Mr Khares eald this was his with the location of the various first assignment abroad.

#Tim during the places mentionca

last post was in the Ministry of [rial.

|Foreign Affairs and Common- the ecund

Lam Man-hung, 31, who has pleaded Wealth Relations as Joint Secre-

Įtary. not gullly to murderin his

Accompanied by his wife and intr-in-law, Wong Tamu, two children, he was greeted on carly on November 8 last year, arrival by Mr Abdur Hab, Paki-

Before

conviction for heroin,

Ho Hoi, 33, a Marine Depart-

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Where did Mark Brolles film director, ex-public relations officer, ex-viritter, get the iden from?

Solicitor General

for Australia visits Colony

Indecently assaulted his mother

Leung Bang,

Street,

20, of 20 unemployed,

guilty to indecently

ligh

- pleaded arsaulting his mother on Tuesday and was this morning sentenced to jail for six months by Mr Derek

Sir Kannoth Bailey, Solici-Cons at Central Court.

C. K. Hill Wood hit the un- dergradifates bowling freely for his 06 and 1. Melnnes #coret 41 to give the team a total of 170 for six wickets.

University could only row)" with 80.. É.. L. Gosuno, a big -run-getter in recent matches, was bowied for a duck. D. Hunt scored Beven and L. T. Ride who opened with him scored 14: B. E..Ng scored 14.

Broadcasts

in Lent

Protestant

Inspector D. G. McNeil, pro- for Goheral for^Australlo,

aceuting, said the offence oc- accompanied by Lady Curred at their residence while

clergyment or to Bailey, arrived here this the mother was asleep.

Defendant hunch morning by CPA from

one similar hold a series of radio wiks conviction for indecent assault during Lent, it was announced Manile, for 2 two-day in 1957 and another for public today. stay before proceeding to mischief. Vientianne.

Sir Kenneth said that he was en rate to Geneva to attend a United Nationa conference on "Law of the Sea" as leader of the Australian delegation,

School fined $1,500

,

They can be heard over Radio Wednesday at Hongkong each

0.45 p.m.

The subjects and speakerS Are;

March 2; The calf of Jesus, Rev. D. L. Rogers.

Before attending this con- ference he in visiting Southeast

col- Two Education Department Asian countries to contact

March 9, The Cross and the, leagues and hold Informal dis-Inspectors found the Lutheran cussions in connection with the Primary School in operation at fimilly, Rev. H. W. Spillett.

34 Boy Sirect last month after talka,

March 10, The Cross and the LAW FACULTY DEAN. the school monasteriont had man in the street, Rev. F. The conference will start been warned that registration

On

Eyleon. of the school'had been refused. March 17,

The Manageress of the school, Bir Kenneth has been Boliel-

moned as a result before Mr E. Miss Ng Shi-fung," was sumelples, Rev. N. Fehl,

March 23, Te Cross and the

3 months jail ment engineer, was sent to jail tor General for Australia since for three monitis by Me T. £. | 1946. Yang at Central Magistracy this

Prior to this he was the Dean Corbally for operating an un- March 30, The : Cross and

aikl morning. Kor

fined man values, · Hev] HLH. possession of of the Faculty of Law at the gistered school cigarettes containing heroin.

|$1,000 at Kowloon court this Martinson, University of Melbourne,

morning. Mr N. Parkinaoik | External

Two teachers, Miss Lee Mari- Apell 0, The Crow and the Affairs representative of the suk and Ko Chlu-chung, were Kingdom, Rev. 1. C. fymington. April +13, · The Crom, the Rt. er's Office, met the visitors at while not - being registered | Nev.. R. O, Hall, Blahop Cof Mr P. Lowe, Deputy Immigm the airport, tion Officer, returned

During his two daya stopover with his wife and daughter in the myn Hongkong, Bir Kenneth will Victoria this morning from home be the bound steel' of De and leave, yia Europe.

| Mra L, 'T. Jude,

*** the Financial Secretary,

mal heavily, Crown alleges he killed tan Trade Commissioner here. Back from leave Australian Trade Comment each fined $200 for teaching

her with a chopper, and then Mrs Hub, and Mr J, N. Lewis, Bo we not only pay for n】gústed her under « move in his Murine, Officer who welcomed police foren but muri now pay |fook food shọp at 14 Wing On Mr Kharns on behalf of the

Director of Marine, have obviously nat been Aßte. Adf|

Mr Kharns are his fandly will Me‚D. D'Ainda redios, leave for Australia via Manila Crown Counsel, in prosecuting, Tby sir on Monday,

Mr D. N. . Ìon and Me W. #. W. | extra because of a job the pollot Hearing continuing.

Davison, Chow Constel, are Ltd meli, and Mr Chung ja 14- mecanted by Mr M. Wing of Mers Deacons.

do.

NUTS!

Jencheta.

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