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DISEASE DIAGNOSED

By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER

The mystery epidemic responsible for the death of more than 100,000 chickens in the New Territories has been officially diagnosed as laryngotracheitis.

A poultry breeder told the China Mail this morning that Mr D. M. Corbett, Senior Veterinary Officer disclosed the finding at a meeting with the members of the N.T, Poultry Breeders Association at 4 p.m. yesterday.

Big haul of heroin from HK

U.S.

San Francisco,

May 4,

customs agents

said an arrested sea- man led them today

where to

ho had

concealed heroin, with a retail value of $45,000 aboard

the docked Pacific

Far East Line's Golden Bear. The high quality heroin, believed to havo boon obtained in Hongkong. was in

hollowed

5

out

section at the bot- tom of a door in the ship's rope locker. The San Francisco Custom Office, said the seaman, Harand Ray Kuhn, 32, was convicted in 1952 narcotics

on

a

charge. He is scho- duled to appear on May 11 before the Federal Grand Jury. -AP,

Government officers perived at

the diagnosis after extensive | faborilogy tests in Hongkong as well the FAO headquarters į in Bangkok where the curcuss of an infected Hongkong chicken | was examineel.

Mr Corbett was said to have j adviced the poultry breeders to j vaccinate thefe chicken necord- ingly.

The

Thousands

epildetnic struck the chickens In Karn T, Yuen Long and Ping Shan areas and the fowls dropped dead by the thousand cially for the Just three months.

The

symptoms are watery Cyrs which close up later, a cough and loss of appetite.

Mortality rate is about 30 per rent among the infected chic- kens, and is particularly high among the niall and medium- sized ones.

The disease usually occurs in winter bulgeldora in spring.

However, this year the long- drawn-out dry spill over winter and spring has aggravated the epicitense which is still ruging today.

Vaccine

Me Corbett told the breeders

to vaccinate their chickens.

Recitals

by famous

violinist

Ruggiero Ricel, world famous violinist, who gave three con- curts in Hongkong three years ago, is turning for two recllals on May 21 and May 22 at the Loke Yew Hall.

His partner in these recitals will be Annarosa Taddel, well- known Italian concert planist who has made her home in Hongkong. Ruggiero Ricci has ulso invited Miss Taddel to in Taiwan, prior to his Hong- Decompany him in his recitals i kong appearances,

dear

Caryl Chessman

Contemporary art show

This morning Dr S. N. Chou opened the Chinese Contemporary Artists Guild exhibition ut. St John's Cathedral Hall, in the above picturo ho la seon inspecting the hibin with Ar Lub Chan, Chairman of the Guild.

China Moil photo.

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Jail terms for

crew members who brought heroin to HK

Two crew members of a freighter from Bangkok found carrying morphine were sentenced to jail today.

tis chief objects are (a) "to campaigh for, promote, support and further the legalisation of The article which appeared in football pools in the Colony of the late final edition of last Hongkong or elsewhere; (b) in that the effective prevention is night's paper entitled "Chess-

man's Last Minutes Of Life is the event of football pools being legalised in the said Colony, to one of the most disgusting and carry on the business at back- 45, who was given four years for They were Cheung Tak-wah, sickening pieces of journalism makers of foolball events, pro possession and importation of morphine and Lau Chik-him, 35, who wun given three Our company is a private jail for possession of morphine

The two men were crew mem- lion and I think the majority limited company. It is not true

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One commercial im is rush ing the vaccine to Hongkong.

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is

as have seen fer mony years.

moters of football

Your paper readily admits football accounts." that most of the world W05 shocked by news of the execu-

pools and

of Hongkong's population shored Shares were taken up by friends

To say that We sold shares. bers of the ship, Produce,

Substantial

ears

In the Victoria Diarket Court this morning, Judge W. F. Pickering sold. i

this view, this shock was not

of the directors and not sold. lessened in any way by the

We have nol collected, Os reading of a detaliud report on

sums of money

Officers of the Preventive the last minutes of agony under- alleged, large

As a matter Service seized about 11 lbs of gune by Chessman Bet out in from sub-agents.

of fact, such vulgar fashion,

applications for the morphine on board. appointment of sub-agents have Such lines as "Chessman's been received but these applica face suddenly contorted; his tions are still under considera- head jerked back and his eyes tion of the company. stared dully at the rivets in the celling", "One reporter turned away from the scene and leaned sickly against a wall" and 'The long, lean body twitched and became rigid are reminiscent of the cheaper paper backed detective novels, and one gets

E. GOTTSCHALK Secretary-Director Aslan Football Povis, Ltd.

Amazed

Possing sentence, Judga Piclazing remarked, "You are taking part in drug trafficking on 'n scale which is try no means

reubstantial."

He said the accused, as im- porters, were suppliers of drugs

I was amazed to read in your to the drug racketeers, in

the opinion that it was from Late Final Extra yesterday, that

of

Hongkong.

Policemen

on corruption charge

From the Files

accident 25

victim matched

years AGO:

May, 1935

Mc-

[NSPECTOR John

Lellan, a popular officer

in the Hongkong Police

Fragments of windscreen Force, is going to England

glass found at the on retirement on Saturday after almost 22 years ser- scene of an accident vice.

✩ ✩ ✩

in Queen's Road Cen- tral, and in the coat of Inspector Si Wal-ming Extract from the SCM were the same us Post's 25 Years Ago column: windscreen glass given "From Lyemun Barracks there to him by the police, spy which took place late yes- comes the story of a Japanesa the Government Chem-erday afternoon. ist testified in the The details Criminal Sessions this meagre, owing to the reticence morning.

observed by the authorities,

to hand arc

been

Mr Edward Collins sald they but as far as we have had the same thickness to with- able to ascertain the man ar In 1/10,000th of an inch, the rested on the hillside in the same density, and were all of vicinity of Lyeman forts by the same chemical composition. Maater Gunner Brown.

Witness was giving evidence

in the fourth day of the trial of

The stranger's movements 39-year-old business executive created Marcel Noel Andre Fleming, of 23 Shouson Hill Road, Hong- kong.

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suspicions, which justified by develop- ments. When the man Baw

had

been

Fleming is charged with the that the game was up, he at- manslaughter of Inspector Si in tempted to tear up certain Queen's Road Central near documents which, on inspec Daddell Street in the early hours tion, were found to be sket- of February 4 lost,

ches of the fortifications. They COMPARED Mr Collins said he had also damaged ere the process of

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slightly examined glass fragments of further destruction was check- headlight and mirror Kinas

ed by Master Gunner Brown. and having compared them with mampies given

When pieced to him

together the sketches showed views of the forlifications from both the land and sea sides.

by the police, had also come to the conclusion Hat they were the same,

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gune

In cross-examination, Mr Collins agreed with Mr Brook

"It is not clear that the Bernacch

defending positions,

the Fleming, that the windscreen were shown, but each of the glass had all come from the skelehea bore private marke, town area, while the mirror and unintelligible to anyone except headlamp gloss had come from the artist. Pulam Road,

Public

Mr Leslie Walter Winter, a "The man and his sketches mechanical inspector with the are now in the hands of the

Works Department at authorities." Caroline Hill, gald he had examined a Morris Minor car, XX 4240, a taxi and a bus.

From dents on the three vehicles, it was bils opinion the Morris Minor had come into contact with both the bus and the taxi.

Mr

VR Lindsay Lafford, the

Mnewly appointed Or

ganist of

St John's

The Solicitor General, Cathedral, is due to arrive Arthur Hooton, QC, and Mr in the Colony tomorrow W. S. W. Davidson, Crown aboard the P and liner Counsel, are prosecuting, assist. Ranpura.

ed by Inspector C. Pape.

Mr Bernacchi and Mr D. A. Не is the successor to Mir L. Wright, Instructed by Mr Frederick Mascu who left for Harold Caine, of Mesges John- Australia recently alles seven Two polico constables wore son, Stokes and Master, are ap-years' service at the Cathedral

alleged to have received pearing for Fleming.

Bar Leftoni was formerly $20 from a police super-ed by Messia P. H. Sin and Co. Cathedral and comes with very Mr Gerald de Basto, instruct-seristant organist of Hereford visce as a reward showing is holding a watching brief for high favour in the matter of the estate of the deceased and Cathedral and musical authorl- recording a change of ad- fcr Mrs Sl.

dress at Central Court

this morning.

Tire constables were Young Fung, 34, of "E Block, L

Cheng Uk Resettlement area

such a publication that the the O.A.G. had been informed Whilst 1 am sorry for your and 10 Ho, 31, of 130 Tam Kung reporter obtained his inspiration, by the Unofficial Members

both the Legislative and Excel family, you should have thought Road, first floor, picaded read tive Councils that there was of that before

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J'ou committed

If the public wish to material of this available in large quantiles on football pools.

quanties "large body of opinion against the offences," said Judge Picket guilty to a charge of corru

our bookstalis but please let us

not be subjected to Anding starlag af us from the front

page of our daily papers.

HUMANITARIAN.

Slush

I'm disappointed in you.

He

was

I

Ing.

I suggest that the Unofficials

had better be well armed with

fuels and figures when they

who has consulted them?

·

Scotch tape

not

before Mr A. J. San guinotti.

Tang Kau, a polico super- visco testifled that he lived at 125 Laichikok Roads ground 13 employed in a

On March 7 he went to the Shamshulpo Police Station tu change his address. .

present their case, for I sincere- Chief Inspector C. L., Smith

believe that such opposition told the court that the Producefloor, and is negligible.

arrived from Bangkok on April glass shop.

He told that he was a police Who, any,

has persuaded 15. On the following morning the Unofficials to adopt this as Lau was leaving the ship he supervisee..

no?

was stopped by officers of the did not think that you Would

Who have they consulted or Preventive Services. A search echo all this sentimental slush

revented that several blocks of plastered oni

Witness snid the Station, he over the fate of Cary! Chess- If the Unofficials go into the morphine were

reported to Yeung and was told man. It was his own fault he Council Chamber in four weeks Lau's body with Scotch tape.. was sentenced to death and his time and clalta that they speak

Chief Inspector Smith said to wait for a van to take him own fault that ho kept pursuing on behalf of the people, then that as a result of what Lau to the Yaumati Police Stallon these endless appeals over alt comunit me to the asylum. had told the officers, Cheung's and to his shop. these years.

Tsang sald he was afraid that smart If any should claim to speak cabin WKS aloo searched, enough, if you like, to take ad- on behalf of the Protestant Blocks of morphine were found if policemen went to the shop, vantage of every procedural | churches (the Roman Catholic va Cheung a bunk and in a he might lose his job, and told loophole to prolong his life for Church is not opposed to the basket which he used for shop Yeung that he had change his mind Yeung then told" Tsang scored and nothing more incerity. Let him prove what ho Cheung- told the officers that that he was wasting his time due to him.

is talking about and above all he had been told by someone in and told Teang to bring some You have for him the unrep- please, don't let us have sorti Bangkok to bring the drug to

money to his office on March soning sympathy that too many monious platitudes.

14, the Colony. people have for the trapped I am also wondering if there Lou's family, a mother, a wife ployer who advised him to ace Tax said he told his em- criminal, but I'm surprised that is more to this than meets the and four chlidren buret Into you let it cloud your usually eye. I can think of a couple of tears after Judge Pickering had Rev. Au to help the police a Mr Yeung, employed by a sound judgment.

good reasons," "bu I had better passed the sentence, The thought of a man being keep them to myself.

supervisees. On deliberately done to death

Inspector Smith told the court saw Mr Young Ha The Attorney-General must he horrible, but

would refer them to BO many crimes have had his tongue in his check Social Welfare Deportiment,..

be were informed. which, people commit arc far when he said it was supected

12 years. To that extent he has poolis), bet him do so with gas- | ping,

more horrible,

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Unofficials, cut out the rub-birthday-end, its growth from "Dear Sir" column yesterday.

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