1960-03-22 — Page 10

CHINA MAIL

Off to win big_race at Newmarket

Well-known racehorse owner, Mrs J. R. Mullion left Hongkong today with one ambition:

To win the One Thousand Guineas, at Newmarket this усах.

Mr and Mrs Mullion left the Colony by Swissair for Geneva,

..

Mr Mullion, a director of Williamson and Co Ltd and a director of Harley Mullion and Co Ltd, is on a buxiness trip.

From Geneva, Mr and Mrs Mullion will visit Le Rosay, where their sons, Roderick and Stuart, ore at school,

Mr and Mrs Mullion, pictured above, were seen off

Wong Ning-foon of 9 South at Kai Tak by many friends.—Intpiar photo,

Lane, was fined $150

with the alternative of 14 days' jail for careless

driving by Mr I. T. Mor-

ris at Central Court this

morning.

At

4 previous hearing, Ho Chok had testified that at 9.45: a.m. at January 11 he was In a ulung Parker

Yon

travelBog

Road. le was then sanding un the platform at the rear of goods vehicle, by the defendant, was

the vehicle.

A

driven followby Ho's van.

Ho's van stopped at the jume- lion with Stubbs Rond. Deton-i dant's car followed so clostir behind that although there was

cullision between the two vehicles, Ho's foot was injured. Corroborative evidence WILM given by PC Lee Hui-hing.

TOO CLOSE

Mr Morris sald defendant was following much too close to the

Singapore

kidnappers

demand

$1,000,000

Singapore, Mar. 21, The kidnappers of 74-year- old Singapore millionaire Tan Boom Khak have de- manded A ransom

WILL PREVENT

'PIRATING”

T-

Washington, Mar. 21, The United States has quested the Chinese Nationalist Government to take action to prevent Formosan publishing houses from "piring" Ameri. ben and selling enn books abroad by mail order, the State Department' spokesman said to day,

The spokesman, Mr Lincoln white, said he understood that as a result of the United States the Nationalist approach. of Government intended to intro

duce legislation which would

M$1 million, a member of provide for the registration of Tan's family, said today. American copyrights-Reuter.

The kidnappers are belleved

vehicle ahead and he filled to hiding tuke reasonable precautions

added.

he was about to emerge from a side road into a mujor road.

"It is clear that he

was not giving sufficient attention to the traffic abend and his carelessness was responsible for the injuries #ned by first witness," he added.

Mr Morris also ordered defen. dant's evnice to be endursed.

Sub-Inspector Chen Chu-his prosecuted.

Canvas stolen

A canvas

Tan in Singapore, he

Workers on the rubber estate į on which Tai was seized yes- terday said the gang truck Ton with a revoler butt and drogged him into their speedboat.

The Chinese estate manager opened fire on the men without hitting them.

Murderers hanged

were

Established 1845

TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1960.

unitio fashion newa

NEW

BAYEVREVE

Lady Sheaffer

AKRAT JOUNTAIN PEN

UNITED PAPER DO,ATIN

PICTORIAL PARADE

ABOVE: A scone at the inauguration coremony of the new Hindu Temple at Camarron Mansions, Kowloon, on Sunday. Offering prayors (1-r) ore Mixs $. Harilola, Mrs G. L. Melwani and Priest H. N. Sharma.

ABOVE: Miss Elleon Joyce, world famous planist, seen on her arrival at Kai Tak Airport on Saturday. Mooting her wore Mrs A. Dekker (loft) and Mist Maple Quan (right).

ABOVE: Soon at the Royal Engineers' dance held at the Kowloon Cricket Club on Sunday (1-e) Brig. G.B. Gifford Hull, Mrs B.D. Mackenzie, Mrs H: Evans and Mrs D. Walters. Standing is Lt-Col. B.D. Mackenzie.

ABOVE: Seen at the Hongkong and Kowloon Inhabi- tants' Association dinner at the Royal Restaurant last week (I-r) Mr Ma Mon-fai, Mr C.K. Lu and Mr Cheung

Wan.

dear

AN ELECTRIC

RAILWAY?

The solution to iransport problems,

Weng Hon, aged 34 years, preasing in the Kowloon urban Szelo Hin, Chin, aged 29 years, area, will not be found in the and Lo Kan, aged 40 years, legalisation of the Illegal taxis who

convicted nt the nor, I venture to suggest by Court on Supreme

December the creation of a new bus com 10, 1959, of the murder of pany for the N. T. so that the Sin Kwal and whose tppeals to K.M.B. con devote its energlea to Kowloon as you advocated the Full Court were dismissed

on February 10, 1960,

editorially on Friday. were hanged at Stanley Prison this Tan's brother, mulu-mil- moming.

The speedboat was later re- from the covered by pollee mouth of the river at Singapore Island.

AP.

year.

WRX

the

sir

road, in London, Paris, New

York, and. other large cities. Certainly the capital costs would

CLLS-

ABOVE: The famous American film actor, Frederic March, soon with his wifo on arrival at Kal Tak Airport on Saturday.

To study Hongkong fishing

Jailed for stealing

A 37-year-old seaman

་

From the Filos

25

years AGO

March, 1935 FROM the Morning Post

of March 19, 1910: "Hongkong, though still in the front rank of tho world's leading ports, ap- pears to be falling back In the world's supremacy.

Ant-

Ten years ago London afood first, New York second, werp third and Hongkong fourth. Some Ave or six years ago, Hongkong displaced her rivals and was proclaimed at the

top-most rung of the

Jadder.

This proud position she has evidently not maintained for, according to Agures

recently compiled by Secretary Pratt of the New York Chamber of Commerce, Hongkong now stands nih in the list

New York has out-distanced all other ports and today leads the world in the volume of shipping tonnage handled. AI- werp comes second in the list, London third, Hamburg fourth, and Hongkong a good fifth.

Figures, however, ocn Dome- times be misleading and while we are not prepared with any data with which to contradict Mr Pratt's statement, It should be noted that the figures he quoles for New York are those of 1008, those of Antwerp, Lon- don and Hamburg are for the year 1907, which may or may not be to their disadvantage, and those of Hongkong are for the year 1900."

A report from Los Angeles aaya that the famous British playwright Noel Coward will visit the Colony and will later join Mr Douglas Fairbanks who is coming here in hla yacht. Ho will be the guest of Hongkong friends and will probably depart on Fairbank's jacht.

Though only two matches toore played in the Open Tennie Tournaments yester day, the games were quite interesting. In the singles Lice

Wal-tong was much too good for "Kenneth Schute, winning 6-3, 6-0, 10hilo in

the doubles M. I. and M. W. Lo eliminated Luke Ding-choung and Tennio Kwok, 0-3, 2-0, 8-1.

This funny world

TO-

The month of February corded one necidant less than the total shown in Juáuiry. 'No who fewer than 117 accidents were pleaded guilly to stealing reported to the Trade Depart. $8,040 worth of electrolytic ment from Hongkong during the copper from a ship was sen- month and 35 from Kowloon. tenced to three months' jail by Whereas in January there were Mr A. J. Sanguinetti at Central only five fatalities, all in Hong- be very high, but apart from the Three Indian fishing experts Magistracy this morning.

kong, seven occurred. in Feb- present dense population there

G, Inspector

J. Batts vary, three on the Island and arrived by Air India this additional potential the public are

morning to study deep sea prosecuting said the copper was four on the mainland, now so tomers being born here at the

rate of about 100,000 a year, and fishing methods in Hong-eported mlading on the Myrtle bank on her way to Japan from great deal of

A victim of cancer, Mr kong. there would be a

Leung Kwong-hin, business- When the ship returned here, man of Hongkong and Singa parcels and postal truffle just for

They are Mr J. Krishnachand, Hongkong en February 3. the asking. Land is scarce and

of the Indion

oo of the seamen, Wong Pau,

pore, died at the French hoai- Agriculture; Mr was found missing. expensive, but much of the rail-Joint Secretary

of

Chidam- way system could be put under- Ministry

Kaylani and Mr K.

Wong was later arrested in pital on Monday. He was ground.

bonam.

Canton Road. The copper pieces related to Mr Eu Tong-sen, I visualise an electric railway The party have spent several were Inter recovered inside a the well-known millionaire bu service from Ping Shôn and Yuen | weeks 12 Japan where they secret compartment in the star his marriage with the latter's It must be remembered that Long via Fenling to the present made an intensive study of ses of the ship.

sister. illegal taxis receive

K.C.R. line to town and from 1fe and fishing lionaire Tan Lark Sye, told

patronage they do because of the Tsuen Wan via Kowloon Tong Mr Krishnachand said on his Sin Kwai newsmen he feared as brother

that he has followed stabbed low fares they are able to offer to Kawun Tong, across Lyemun arrival of in the course of a robbery and not merely

A further with deep interest because they gap to the land.

the fishing at would not stand the strain rover, valued

larry being kept prkoner, because of at an oplum divan in the Kow- fulfil a public need. Once their line would be incorporated in the industry fn Hongkong. How- $70, was stolen from

state of health, loon Walled Caly in July 1st overhoads go up, as they must proposed bridge or tunnel scheme ever, this is first time he has parked in Hoi An Street early his age and

da with increased Licenco

link, the Island with the ever had a chance to study it yesterday morning.

charges, on enforced higher K.C.R. terminal in its new posi- personally, standard of maintenance, de- tion on the Hunghem Reclamo- manded for public vehicles, and tion. There would seem to be the probabilon of overlapping no Insurmountable problems in passenger journeys this will no the electrifleation of the K.C.R. longer be the case. Further, line as far as Fanling, and it they are legalised they will their thundering diesel locoma- presumably be metered and re- sives are still required for the quired to charge exactly the China traffle they could easily same rates as the present legal use the same trackr. taxis. In these circumstances I

An extensive rollway syslem fall to see how they will con-

on these lines would give im- tinue to be so well patronised.

petus to the development of the The possibility of having even satellite SOWELL NOW so des- the streets of pornbly needed in the Colony, more buses, on Kowloon doesn't bear thinking and perhaps avoid the necessity prize about.

bowl of orchids, The principal tromle for as many people to both work ment for his

In thera

willow. concrete DUSEY routes are already at caturation and live

Krapes and with berries

Ming dynasty celadon plate as background.

Elfrida and Sylvia Meclebose won first and second prizes for their bocks of pressed Bowers, commended for the retention of colour and spread of leaves

In the non-competitive, elate there was praise for the clover The Government will · com« } "after-the-concert" supper inblo and white porcelain

New job for

Mits Nina Smirnoff, 20, former secretary to the World Council of

left Hongkong,

this Churches in morning by Swissair for Zurich to take up a new appointment with the airling based at Zurich,

Nina spoaks Chinese and Russian fluantly and is woll qualified for her new caroor in which she will be deal- ing with the transport of refugees.

Commenting on her new post with Swissair, Nina sold: "A rare oppor- tunity has come my way: my new job offors scope and varioty."

Nina, who was soon off at Kai Tak by her mother, her sister, and sovoral frlands, sold she will be staying in Switzerland "Indefinitely." but will revisit Hongkong occasionally. Intpiar photo.

Nina

and are

DECENTRALISE.

point during the peak periods jungles of Kewicon and Vic

Just not capable of terla. being widened от properly planned without considerable clatrance of property which is present-day. Impracticable in Hongkong,

I suggest to you that it is no solution at all to push the over-

increasing loads of passengers on

to

the already overcrowded

FLOWER SHOW

Lady Black Lads preview of the Easter Flower Show and heard the judges praise the Cx- high standard of floral hibits shown this morning. Mr C. Cribbs won the first

for massed arrange-

Cheung Chau pier rund the flowers,

•

atroots of Kowloun. Has nobcbyplets construction on a modern in black ever thought of the pourbillos Kerry, per at Cheung Chau next with yellow roses entered by

Sincere's. of an electric imin service for month. the urbon

The Easter Show at Clovern- arcast Il, # well The pier which will be about known how such systems carry 140 feet long will be used by ment House is open to the pub- ENKTMOUR BATÉNET of people, the Hongkong at Yaumatiile from 2 p.m. and Lady Black more quickly and safer than by Ferry Co Ltd.

I will present prizes at 6 pm.

WEATHER CHARI

WEATHER BUREAU

"My meteorology lan ätile weak, bui my arthritis is very offcolive?””

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