1960-03-15 — Page 10

CHINA MAIL

Established 1845

TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1960.

PICTORIAL PARADE

ABOVE: Seen at the Civil Aid Service's farewell party for Mr W. L. E. Miller at the Cafe de Chine last weck (L-r}: Mr Miller, Mr C. E. Terry and Mr T. J. Lindsay,

* * * RIGHT: Scon during the University of Hongkong Students' Union ball at Loke Yew Half recently are 1-3: Mrs L. T. Ride, Mr Au Ying-fan, Dr L. T. Ride, Miss Jane Lai and

U.S. aid programme For Asian chemists

New York, Mar. 14.,

The American Chemical Society announced today a new aid programme to promote scholarly and personal ties between Asian and Ameri-

can chemists.

Nation-

Chemists of Ceylon, alt Chinn, Hongkong, India, Vicinam, LUES, Combodiu Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, The Philipinet and Thailand will be elble to take part in the progr: n.me,

The Asia Foundation, in San Francisco has put US$2,500 to dinance he project. It will furnih information concerning The Amerlean Aslan chemists. Chemien Society will, adminis. sur the programme, and maky specifle grants.

RELATED FIELDS

It will enable distinguished or promising Asian chémisla or scientists in related fields, tera- putarily in the United States, atteri national or regional

eelings of the Society.

CEMENT CO.

DIVIDEND

Man

LEFT: Group picture of those who were presented medals during the annual review of tho Royal Hongkong Dafonce Forco at Hangkang Stadium on Sunday.

BELOW: 'Mr Chan Shu- woon receiving a bouquet during a party held by the Ching Sum School recently. Mr Chan addressed over 400 pupils of the school during the ovoning.

jailed for robbery

with violence

$200,000 gold haul

A crow mombor of a motor junk, Chan, Kau, 36, of 379 Shanghai Stroot, third Hoor, was sentenced, to two months' imprison- mont by Mr Derek Cons at Contral Court this morn- ing for importing 917 gold worth without ►

of

tuels $200,000 licence.

Chan Po, 48, coxswain, 似 173 Main Street, Shaukiwen, first floor, who pleaded not guilty, was discharged when the Prosccullon accepted bis plea. He said that he knew nothing about the importation of gold. adding that he only worked on the junk.

SECRET HOLD

Revenue Insp. K. K. Loung said at 11.40 in. on Sunday, acting on Information, a Re- venus party boarded the motor Bunk Cheung Hing off Quaran- tine Anchorage. The Revenue ufflcers discovered a secret com- partment containing the gold b.

Insp. Leung enid Chan claim- f ed he was the owner of the gold.

Chan said, in mitigation, he was carrying the gold for some

one for $100.

writlia frohina sewa

NEW

Lady Sheaffer

EXMPSERT, POUNTAIN PEN,

UNITED PAPER CO. LTD

Car executive on

Europe visit to

Mr William Shica and his son, Dennis.

Mr Donnis Shea, 23-year-old General Manager of Regent Motors; Hongkong, left this morning by Swiss- air for Geneva, to attend the International Motor Show and Trade Fair.

Five days later, Mr Shea will leave for Turin, Italy, to study production methods at the Fiat factory.

"I am making this trip on behalf of our com- pany, to learn as much as I can during the six-months I shall be away."

Mr Shea's survey of the Fiat production is being sponsored by that organisation.

Dennis Shea was seen off by his father, Me William Shea. Infpiar Photo.

Inquests into death of drug addicts

Verdicts of natural death were passed at Central today by a three-man jury investigating the deaths of two men serving prison sentences.

They also returned a suicide which was the cause of death, verdict on a woman who jump-! the doctor stated, ed from the third floor of Queen

A verdiet of natural death was Mary Hospital on January 19. recorded.

OPIUM TAKER

FOR 34 YEARS Mr. G. L. Night, chlof officer at Stanley Prison, said the first doccased, Kwan Young, 74, was sentencod to. one month's imprison- of ment for possession dangerous drugs.

Dr George Shing, a medical officer at the prieun hospital, said the deceased had been ad-

prived on February 3. An

8.

for 34 years, he wos very weak and hnd

On February 11 he was taken

bronchial pneumonia.

"It is very difficult to sympathise with

you," said Judge W. F. Pickering in oplum addict the Victoria District Court this morning when he sentenced Hon Lin-cheung, 28, to three-and-a-half years on two counts of robbery with violence.

"These are cowardly attacks

Lin suffered from concussion

A dividend of $3 and a bonus of on women," Judge Pickering as a result of the attack, and was detained in Queen Mary $1 a share was declared at sald, "One of them resulted in

the victim detained in hospital Hospital for a week.

Chlet Inspector C. L. Smith for several days."

assisted by prosecuted,

the annual meeting of the Green Island Cement Co Ltd,

this morning.

Judge Pickering also highly Insp. M. Groome. A bonus lo staff was also recommended a police constable,

Commended by the directors.

Profi for the year to Decem- [ber 31, 1930, was $4,027,437,

Mr D. Benson, the Chalaman seki that valen had not been

quite as good as in the previous year, which was a record,

Business had improved since It wil finance memberships January, however, and was still In the Society for up to three brisic. years for Aslons and will give The report and accounts were

financial old · In cerişin | adopted. thein underinkings approved by the Society-UPI.

Macao summer

time

Meeno Mar. 16,

Mr D. Denson, Mr Li Fook Wo and Mr Kwok Lam Po were re-clocted directors,

Lowe, Bingham and Matthews were re-appointed auditors for the current year.

U.S. Consul

in Macao

Shuen Kam-hol, for his part in arresting the accused when he was off duty.

"It may well be that ir st were not for your action, this man would ecntinue to com- mit more rabberies,"

dear sit

OVERSTAYED

IN COLONY

2 YEARS

A husband

and wife word

From the Files

25

years

AGO-

March, 1935

John Johnstone,

M former taipan of Jar

dine, Matheson and Co, first President of the British Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, one-time member of the Hongkong Legisla tive Council and the greatest amatear jockey over to don silk in China died at Worées- ter today where he was stay. ing for the Cheltenham

races.

In racing eircles along the China coast, stories of the late. John Johnstone are still told with zest. Few leaders of com- merce in the East have enjoy- ed such popularity as was His.

Writing in his well-known column "Old Hongkong": Colonial reported on the old Alexandra Building whet was completed in 1904.

It

was nicknamed "the Jatiron" because of its shape. It was built by Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Co for Messrs A.S. Watson and Co and "so may well claim to be the new business centre of | Hongkong, since many mercial offices have space in the building."

com

taken

It was alas close to the new Pont office which was then being built, and to Blake Pier and the Forry Wharf.

The building, said Colonial, ま the triangular

fined $2,000 each by Mr "stood

Derek Cons at Central portion of

reclaimed land

between the converging Chater

Court this morning for and Des Voeur Roads."

overstaying in the Colony.

h www Wong Chung-pitz

Colonial reported that and Co had wc. Les Haa. 0 of 347 Des Menura Watson Vecux Road West, ground floor, "apared neither expense nor pleaded gulity.

trouble to make their portion one of the finest specimens of

Sub-Insp. K. P. Clark sald

the husband arrived here from shop fitting in the Far East.

LE

(Singapore en October 29, 1957. rad his wife on January 9 the

The building was surround- They were following

ed by open verandahs "design- permitted to stay here for six

ed in a restrained style of respectively and three months

Renaissance and the lower and failed to leave at the

has large Limited

Dorio period.

were storey They

arcluce." Insp. Clark asked Bir Cons to

The building had ample take a serious view of the case

accommodation for Chinese servants. These faced the back lane and were well shut off from the offices,

CANCER PATIENTested yesterday. IN SUICIDE LEAP

on the ground that they had

overstayed for two years.

Wong explained he was bom and he thought Giving evidence of the death in Singapore

of a wom Mrs Loung that Hongkong was a British Woon-yee, 38, who jump- Colony, he saw no reason why not stay here. He ed from a third floor ward he could

added that was why he com-

mitled the offence.

"In general appearance the building, at present unmarred boards-so tonally fatal to by injudiciously placed sign- good street architecture--18 in casing and ry, and to the is a welcome

class of

in the

#crlously men were Jured in a scissor attack in Wanchal Road at 9.15 night.

of Quoon Mary Hospital on January 19, Dr C. M, Yeung, modical officer in the radiological depart Two ment, said he had been treating the deceased for cancer of the sinus sinco July 1959. She had been treated with deep ray

treatment and

to Queen Mary Hospital after radioactive seeds had been it- he had complained of acute abdominal pains. He died that

day and a post mortem revealed that death had been caused by a duodenal ulcer.

The jury returned a verdict of natural death.

Det.

Mr

The accused burst into tears "Jacoby on Bridge" in your when he asked for leniency, "I March 14 hue han clipped up have to support a family of four badly in the concluding part-

my grandmother, my mother, graph,

Eset's two Accu and Queen of my wife and a daughter," he pleaded. He anid he had been ill trumpe make three sur tricks,

some time and had owed his no more no lesz, whether tie de friend a ferge sum of money. eldes or not to ruff the fourth

He attacked and robbed a ¦ round of Diamonds. woman, Poon Po-chal, while the The technicality of avolding Intter was returning home in the ruff and walling for a play Warchal early on the morning of Spades from South might

wooden leg.

E.M.

TB IN BOTH

LUNGS

jected into the sinus, he said

Other witnesses said they had treated the woman's in- juries after she had been found unconscious In the courtyard of the hospital.

Mr Lai Fat, Ute deceased's husband, said he was called to 'the hospital on the after- noon of January 19, and had asked his wife why she had tried to commit suicide,

chiof F. Ainsworth,

He said she replied that the officer at Victoria Prison, pein was unbearable, and she said the second doceased, knew her illness was incurable. She died shortly afterwards trom Ngal Mok-shlu, aged 27 head injuries and internal hae- was sentenced 10 six morrhage. months' imprisonment for The Jury returned a verdict of possession of dangorous suicide, and were dismissed by the presiding magistrate, 'Mr druge, at Talpa Magla-T. L. Yang trates Court on February

27.

On arrival at the prkon, the admitied to the deccosed was hospital, Dr J. R. Lee Porn, a prison medical officer sald. He whs Buffering from pneumonia and was a heroin addict.

Dr

Tang, medical A. P.

a

Pools envelopes: work begins

Twenty

und

L

young men of February 2, PC Shuen heard prove superior in other situaoffeer at Queen Mary Hospital, women, recentlylaken on the Poon's crles and rushed up the tors, but in the example given staircase just in time to arrest it it about an efficient as the rald the deceased was admitted of Asian Focis, began the recused as he was running infra-red

to the hecoital on March 2 in work mequally addressing ta tantment oľ a an unconscious state. There was velopes today. downsizin

Felice enquirier

evidence of pneumonia anel Tovealed that the atoutsed had attacked

elate of shock, he said. Deccas Another, woman, Lin Fan, un-

od showed te response to Aimilar circumstancen.

trenfinent, and died Inter that aight days earlier,

day. Lin was knocked unconscious

A post mortem revealed that will come into Consul for the United States in

at-tha docassed had tubérculosis in effect in Hongkong at the same Maeno, residing in Hongkong-and the accused escaped with

hor handbag.

both lungs, And pneumonia, fline.APP.

AFT

Cminer fine in Macno will

come into effect as from 3.30

Magno, Mur, 15.

der Mr Harold W. Jacobson has then be put ene hour ahead. been provisionally recognised

Eext Sunday, Clocks will

Bugmer

time

The Officers Mess, RAF. Kai will hold their Annual Tak, Ball on Friday.

Sir Robert Black will

Lend.

of

Asian Fools are sending out one and a half million en- velones on the fivel Wook their six-work long educational campaign which begins at the start of June,

The first pools cotipdex will te iued a month later.

building

Kong Kam, 71, who recolvea | architects were defectural

The Palmer

multiple slab wounds and Chat and Turner and the electric Shu-shuen, 40, who sustained lifts, built by Otis Elevator Injuries in the back, are still in Co Ltd, were installed by the hospital this morning.

Hongkong Electric Co Ltd..

This funny world

"I'm not one for, writing gossipy fetiers. Alloc.- the telephone is much faster,”

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