1960-04-28 — Page 10

CHINA * MAIL

Squabble over water: Dogs join in and four are

Four men came to blows in a quarrel avor

watar. They and many others were queuing up to carry wator from a supply point on Diamond Hill yoster- day.

The argument developed into a fight with carrior polca and the meloo excited the dogs in the vicinity.

The animals joined in the scrap too. All four men sustained injurios, Three of them," Lau Kay, 32, Yim Yuk-

mong. 31, and Yim Mo-sal, 41, had their heads in bandages when they came before Mr P. F. X. Leonard of Kawloon Court,

hurt

They were charged with behaving in a disorderly manner by fighting. They admitted the charge and were each bound over at $500 for 12 months. The fourth man, Wong Mo, 40, who

sustained injuries of a more serious nature, was now confined in Kow- loon Hospital. He was suffering from cuts on the head and dog bites in his legs.

Later in the

morning, the Magistrate, together with a Court Inspector, Mr I. W. Ellas, went to the hospital and remanded Wong Mo for seven days. as he was lying in his hospital bed.

Boy denies arming himself with flick knife

A 13-year-old boy on trial for alleged murder denied at the Criminal Sessions this morning he had deliberately taken out a flick knife to arm himself for a fight after he had had a quarrel with two other boys.

He also denied that t Tersal fully intended to use the knife even though the two hoys had "no weojans uther than bare Asta."

The boy was cross-examined by Crown Counsel Simon Lion his movements and encounter with 16-year-old Ng Stu-chung whom he was alleged to have murdered with the flek knite in Hunghorn on February 1. He pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Accued Said he challenged Ng and Chong Wal-on to a fight

shop bc Duiside the bicycle cause he could then have ar opportunity of running away; from them when they were not! tuking any notier.

Ran away

He said when Ng went into the shop, he ran away.

When he was in the middle of the street, he turned round and saw Ng runing after him. tried to run away from him but he caught up with me."

Describing The encounter, accused demonstrated how Nz delivered a blow at him with an iron alc.

and

MACAO NEWS

dear

Everyone's wedding

(Chius

Your latest comment 'Everyone's Wedding' Mail: 26.4.60) was certainly very timely. It is about time people should realise

that

weddings are personal things, even though

the bride has the fortune for

misfortune?) to be a princess.

But I do not agree with your last paragraph regarding the so- called. Hongkong's Wedding Cift. Let us not confuse the issue. The recent public outcry Is against the amount of money, nor how the money is to be

no!

spent. After all $60.000 is but a drop in the ocean when compar ed with this year's budget of nearly $050 millions.

Established 1849

THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1960.

Asked for $90 change -then vanished

Sheaffer's

Newest

BALL POINT PEN

AVAILABLE AT ALL GOOD STORES.

Magistrate's Japanese

advice to

Chen Hon-kwong, 52-your-

old restaurant foki ap. In peared before Mr. P. F. X. Leonard at Kowloon Court this morning on

embezzlement counts of and one charge of obtain- ing money by false pro-

tonces.

He pleaded guilty.

two

Sub-Inspector I, W. Ellus said that defendant was employed by the Wu Ming Yuen Restaurant at Castic Peak, Kowloon, at $70 month plus food and lodging. He was employed on March On March 29, he was sent by his employer to take food to a ship-yard.

Ele delivered the food collected $5.80.

and

returned Ta the restaurant and told the em- ployer that be had not

collected the money,

д

A big note

On the next day, defendant similarly collected $3,90.

the third respect of charge, defendant fold his the employer that one ut customers handed him a $100 note and that he needed 390 us change.

|

prosecutors

a judgment given by Mr I. T. Morris at Central Court this morning in which an Army driver, Cheung Ken, was acquitted on a charge of careless driving, he commented that prosecu- tors who do not take elementary precautions when preparing their cases cannot complain if defendants take what was sometimes called "technical objections".

Evidence was given by.com- plainants. Leung To and Chow Wing, who said that on January 31, at Kennedy Road, they were knocked down by ότι πηγ lorry driven by Cheung.

They said that the lorry wus driven at a high speed and neither was warning'given_by hom nor were brakes applled to avert the accident.

Mr Morris ani in dismiss- ing the charge that there were certain discrepancies in the evidence and there WAR very little evidence to aug- gert, carelessness on the part of Cheung.

been

"Noither the driver nor the vehicle concerned have properly destined," he said,

Observations

He was given the $00 but "I cannot close this case with- absconded with the money. out making some observations

A report was made to police which may, 1 trust. be of ser- was arrested Lastvico to the police." he Con- Tuesday,

tinued.

and

ho

The Magistrate remanded the cfendant six days, pending a ort from the Social Welfare Officer,

JAILED FOR HAVING DRUGS

A 39-year-old broker, Li Shek-chi, of 0 Sal Street, third floor, was given three years im- prisorunent by Judge W. F. Pickering in the Victoria Dis- was voted upon by our law-trict Court this morning for makers. Let us not forget that i possession of dangerous drugs.

The main opposition is against the manner in which this sum

our legislators are but the legal eustodian of public funds. Theirs is the duty to see to it that (our) Macro, Apr, 28.

the used public funds are The former British consuț in

best advantage of the communiiy Macae Mr Alexander W. L.

as a whole. The question I want Taylor and Mrs Taylor left to ask is, is it within their legal yesterday afternoon for Hong, authority to vote for a sum of koug on their way to the UK

money (the amount is Irre- Mr Taylor who is due for event) to be used as a gift (the | retirement, is succeeded by Mr receiver is again irrelevent)?

Richard Harold Fawcett Smith,

Furthermore, since Mr and Mrs Smith arrived in

legislators are only appointed, the colony last Saturday.

how can the gift be considered as coming from the people of Besides Hongkong'? Regarding the gift Coliteelf, coming as it does from

Mr and Mrs Taylor had very warm send off.

the staff of the British

and many

*

B

نے والی مر

our

guinte, the A.D.C. Captain Hongkong's public funds, mul Anjos De Carvalho, represent-fected upon by the few mem- lug the Omeer Administering berg of the Legislative Council the Government, Mr Carlos which

cannot be said to be Cordeiro,

of the truly representative of the pro- British Consul's friends were ple of Hongkong, would it not seen at the pier,

bring embarrassTACUL to the receiver in the sense that maybe "I was two paces away," he

she was only remembered by said.

"[

backrȧ

Major J. Serzedelo Coelho, the the officialdom of Hongkong. dodged. Then he stepped for- Chief of Staß, is leaving for but neglected by its population? word and struck me. I lifted Fixbón tomorrow, for

Surely, If Hongkong wishes my left arm and warded off the assignment,

to really present a worthwhile blow. At the same time I used Major and Mrs Serzedelo wedding gift to the universally my knife in my right hand Corte were entertained

popular Frincess Margaret, the und stabbed him."

farcieli dinner party by the best way la to raise funds by That

Officer Administering the Gov- popular subscription, And from action

can guther from rament and Mrs C. Cordeiro, at what I

the residence Santa Sancha

last

trend of letters in the loenl papers, the amount raised may even be more than the $50,000 voted for by the Legislative Council.

was his only movement towards Ng with the knife, accused maintained,

He denied he had deliberately night. stayed behind after he chef- lenged Ng and Chting to a night.

Don't agree Mr Li; "I put it to you that when you challenged them to fight, you meant to have a fight and not to scure them,"

Accused: "I do not agree," Hearing before Mr Justice

K. H. Micfee is continuing.

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On an unofficial visit to this city is Rev. Arostine Cacelavil lan, a diplomatic representative of the Valican, who arrived here last night.

An official of the Parcel Pust | Department of the Post Office revealed today that it had de

The accused la represented by Arcided to accept parcels contul A. Zimmern. Instructed by Meersing foodstuffs and niher goods Hastings and Co.

Ship held for car damages

Toronto. Apr. 27. The Swedish freighter Rigoletto WAR arrested minutes after docked in Toronto harbour on

a warrant taken out by Volks-;

This is a glaring example of how much our law-makers are out of touch with the ordinary people.

PETER C. Y. LEE.

Wedding gift

There is a

kift

wedding

suggestion for the for Princess which can deteriorate, and ad- Margaret. Instead $50,000

of dressed to China mafiland, only when it comes in tin containers. ment should take $100,000 and

from public funds the govern This decision came because present it to the Aght against mang parcels were returned here tuberculosis in the пате of Princess Margaret and her Isband. Filly

people die tuberculosis

from China, three months after

the date they were sent from the

i local Post Office.

week from

During this rather long period every maru edibles had deteriorated in the colony and the fact that and could have damaged other her contribution might help to malla and parcela.

Have even one life would pro- hably be the best gift she re- ceives from anywhere.

At least 40 per cent of the parcele have been returned from China recently.

The District Administration la wagen Canada Limited clalm- taking a counting of all the Ing $5,210 damages to carn Chinese refugees who. brought to Canada on thres 1049, have taken residence in, previous shipments.

Macao or art provisionally

A warrant was nalled to the domiciled in Maoso.

since

Goor of Captain Uir Herman- This counting will serTO AS A son, the ship's skipper.

pilot census for the ofici

MARVIN FARKAS,

Day off for Monty's boys

Hamilton, Ont, Apr. 27.

Viscount Montgomery toured the Viscount Montgomery Public School to-

The captain commented: "f¦ statistles of the people living in Flokd Marshell wasn't captali last year when ¦ Maos(), which will be taken the damage is nuld to hayo oc- i later ibla year, curred. I don't know anything | Macao Population connus day and endeared himself to the about it. I've never heard of a isken every ten years by the 700 pupils by gelting them the ship being arrested before." statistical huresu. The last one afternoon off.

The ship will be held until 1is iakon in 1950 shows that li had agent pula up a hond covering; • population of about 209,000, the dainego.—AP.

AFP.

He snnounced the afternoon holiday after checking withi school oficials,—AP.

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He pleaded guilty.

A party of police went to his cubicle on April 5, and found three pounds 11 ounces of bar- bitone and 13 grammes of heroin valued at $250, Chlef salt, Inspector C. L Sinith said.

Death of Chinese

artist

to join HK in textile

venture

A now woollon toxtile mill,

a Hongkong-Japon joint

enterprise, will come into

From the Filos

25

years AGO

April, 1935

operation later this yeaFportion of the

an industrialist today.

"NOLLOWING the first trail

blazed by Kingsford-Smith on his epic flight in May,

Designed primarily for pro duction or woollen vests und 1928, the giant Pan Ameri- Sikorsky *Oriental

carliguns, the new plant will can be put up by Japanese and Clipper" safely crossed the Hongkong merchants each 2,416-miles between San providing half the capital.

experimentally

perimental stage is successful.

Quota

Franelaco,

Francisco

Technically, it will be under bridging the first gap on the Japanese management

proposed route from Call- To start with, the factoryfornia and China will be equipped with 35 looms Whof the machine left San with the possibility of im-

it was loaded with mediate expansion if the ex-3,000 gallons of gasoline, 10,000 lbs of air-mall, two Cons of equipment and a crew of Ave. The four 300 horse Power engines carried the air liner The Japanese party, it was stendly towards her destination learned, is a trading company. Huwali — guided by radio woman artist and ono-exporting Japanese woollen pro- beacons in less than 17 hours. When work on the air bases timo film actress died on ducts to America.

art Wake Islanda at Midway her way to hospital after

it was thought that this WAS

by LS completed

workmen fainting at hor home in an outcome of the limited quota Kal Yuen Torrace, North on Japanese export of woollen already there, the machine will further experimentai Point, yesterday aftor- goods to Americu.

Righty that will

bring her to

noon.

$0

Ho

Chi-kuen, 27, had acclaim

a Chinese painter of birds, flowers, landscapes.

#14ko

The new plant will not only China. won facilitate export of woollen pro- brush ducts to America but also take

The speaker at tomorrow'a and advantage of the imperial pre-

ference system for exports to meeting of the Hongkong Ro- tary Club will be the Hon. JP. Braga who will take as his subject "The New Ter- ritories, their history and de velopment".

She had held an exhibition at the St John's Cathedral hall towards the end of last year.

Mrs Ho came from

MacDo where she studied at St Rosa School.

"If prosecutors do not take clementury precautions when preparing their eases they can- hot complain If defendants inke what

sometimes called

She married about eight years "technical objections пот can

ago but her husband later died they

it complain

the Cours In Hongkong. They had a sen. orders them in certain cafes

Mrs Ho had appeared In even to pay the costs of the

Cantonese Alms. defendant whose case has been dismissed," he said.

Furthermore, 11

pollee

officces are to discharge their New peak road on

Cheung Chau Island

The District

Commisslorar,

degree of efficiency which the degree of effiency which the public have the right expect of them they musi acquire some knowledge of The rules of evidence and procedure," he added,

was represented by Walton, opened the new access Mr Holland-Roberts of Hastings road to Cheung Chau Peak and and Co. Inspector Tang Wei-the Sai Wan pier on Cheung

Chau Island this morning. poon prosecuted.

Cheung

Now Territories, Mr A. SI, Gi

17-YEAR-OLD GIRL

STOLE 3 WATCHES

Three little girls, their ages ranging from 10 to 12, had thair watches taken from them by a 17-year-old girl, Lee Yuk- chan, who told them that it was unsafe for little girls to wear watches, Mr K. A. S. Phillips at Central Court was told this morning.

Three

marbles

and a piece of wood

three

For stealing marbles and a plece of wood, a 23-year-old cook- ed foodstall fok! was sen- tenced to two and a half years' imprisonment to- day.

At the Victoria District Court, Judge W. F, Picker.

wentenced the

Ing

KORI

this morning, for stealing A purse containing Kleed articles from a six-year- old girl. Chiu P»-fong,

Accused, Li Kam-ber, of Stall 28, First Bircet, Hongkong, pleaded guilty to the offenco-kis fourth similar conviction,

Passing sentence, Judge Pickering said the valuo of the property stolha wAA Lelvini," "But you ata not know what 700 Fotog

to find," he wont 00, " WIE aloo mown of you to take it from a six-year-old girt,”

Iro pleaded guilty to three counts of larceny by trick and was remanded for seven days for a Probation Officer's report.

Inspector T. V. Ip, prosecut- it, anid the, offences were dis- covered when Lee was arrested for stealing a woolien cardigan from 40-year-old woman, Wong Won-woh, an April 4.

Wong had befriended Lee A when they were queueing up for tickets at the National Theatre in Wanchai. The following day, Lee went to Wong's house and took the cardigen, valued at $30, which she pawned for $10.

Cardigan stolen

She was asked to return the cardigan by Wong when they met again, and in the quarrel that followed, Lee was arrested. At the police station, the other offences came to light.

met

Inspector Ip paid that Lee the Kiris at the Globe Theatre on April 15 and told them that it was unsate for them to wear the watches us the had her necklace matched.

Lee Look

BASHED

MAN WITH

BROKEN

BOTTLE

17-year-old trylat, Leung Kwok-yin, of 7 Multory Street. second

Boor. who pleaded guilty to wounding a man with a broken wine bottle, was bound over in the sum of $500 for one year by Mr K. A. 8. Phillies at Central Court this morning,

Sub-Inspector Yip Tal-yau, sald Tam occupled the upper bunk while defendant occupied

the lower bunk,

On April 24, at about 11 p.m. the defendant was lying on hie bed. Tom, who was climbing up to his bunk, stopped on Loung's belongings and a fight ensued.

The defendant picked up a broken wine bolile and struck Tom an the head and on his hand.

Java terrorists

the wniches,

Djakarta, Apr. 27, Wrapped them In a handker- Uniformed terrorists In a chiot and funded It to the stepped up campaign in the Kirls. When the sirks returned mountains of West Java, near Tromme, they found the watches Bandung, attacked at least six were not in the undkerchief, villages during the past week- Les told the police that she | end killing three persons and had pawned the watches.

burning 83 houses.

The damage was estimated at The watches were returned to one million rupiahs (US$22,000). the respective owners.

A total of 140 houses were loot- od, Five rebels were killed by Lee also pleaded guilty to two army and village guarda. almilar charges which wers Icast six of the villagers were taken into consideration,

wounded in the battles-UTI,

At

U.K.

The Japanese have invested in Hongkong cotton mills, steel works, radio assembling factory

and department store business.

This is the first me the Japanese merchants have branched into woollen texilles in Hongkong.

Gate-crashed De Gaulle's

dinner party

New York, Apr. 27.

A 31-year-old man who gate

☆ ☆ * TERRIBLE earthquake early yesterday morning has spread death and des truction through south-west Formosa.

The centre of the devastated area is less than 500 miles tren Hongkong and is the inost thickly populated part of Formosa.

Communication has been en- tirely cut off and only late last night was it restored by short wave emergency radio apparatus. According to preliminary re- ports slowly altering through from the area stricken by the earthquake, the Japanese police officially record a death roll of crashed the dinner party 2,350. In addition 5,402 have for French President De been injured and almost 10,000 Gaulle at the Waldorf.homes wrecked. Astoria hotel here last night, was ordered held for trial on $500 ball to day.

Extract from the SCM Poat's 25 Years Ago coloumn: "At the hatigation of in- fluential citizens of Hong- The prisoner. who identified kong, the following letter to umecit as Alvin Eliot Klein, the Colonial Secretary is now New Yorker, was spotted in the being largely signed: 'Sir, heavily-guarded ballroom of

We, the undersigned residents, the hotel by two detectives who having considered the reasons were attracted by his rumpled sult.

All invited guests were put forward in the Legislative Council in favour of the pro-

in formal attire.

Klein was booked at a police posal to sell the plot of land station on charges of possession situated on the Bed front to of burglar tools when, hustled the north of the new Laro out of the dinner and searched, Courts, respectfully urge upon he was found to be carrying an Government that it should be old special policeman's badge, a devoted instead to public pur beer can opener and a broken poses. Copies of the fare-

knife-blade.

Police records showed he had going may be signed at Kelly a history of previous arrests for and Walsh Ltd, the South vagrancy and petty larceny. China Morning Post Ltd, and

elsewhere."

AP.

This funny world

"I'm not too happy with that new man."

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