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American ALLEGED $50,000 LETTER

youth is warned

A 12-year-old American student was alleged Central Juvenile Court ihle morning to have obtained $10 from a Chinese womanE by falsely pretending that be was collecting donations for a charitable organist- tion.

سوال

He pleaded guilty and was captioned and charged by Mr D. "Benson, who remarked that “if you commit any offence of this nature again you will be seriously dealt with,"

The boy committed the offence in a house in Peak Rozd on June 18.

His mother told Mr Ben-" son this morning that she' had never had any trouble with her son before.

Feather duster enough

Allegations that two brokers had conspired, by forgery or corrupt means, to obtain a letter from the District Officer, Tsun Wan, in connec tion with conversion of land in the New Terri- tories were made in the Victoria District Court this morning when two brokers went on trial on a charge of conspiracy.

not the evidence on which two

Two men charged with

conspiracy, forgery

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The aprused are Abdul Aziz Rumjahn, 56, of 31. Lee Garden Road, third floor, caud Ho Hit-po of Room 24, 18-18-Condult-Road, third floor.

They denieri. that they had conspired between September 24 Mr Sheath said Ho had been A few days later, the con

Messrs Eric tract between Ho and T. O. and November 24 last year to employed obtain a letter issuing or pur-Cumine, architects, and was at Wong and Co. was put in writ- porting to issue from the Dis liberty, under the terms of em- ing taking the fam of two trict Officer, Tsun Wan, to the ployment, to be engaged in outletlers signed by Ho and by a effect that certain farm lands in work in commection with director of the firm. Thun Wan could be converted land transaction. to building lands,

persons together, could be pro-was awaiting a. report on the four sentences in the order of found a new typewriter of the perly charged with the more land and. In any event there, the numbers allocated to then, type similar to the one used to. substantial count either of for would be a delay of about two The effect of the re-writing type the forged letter. Also on gery or of corruption."

years..

would be to indicate that the the premises were a few sheets land was then bee from con- of letter paper with the letter version. The request was ahead of the New Territories Ad- companied by a corrupt sugges ministration.

When tion and Mr Miller rejected the

office of Messrs Eric Cumine, request,

Other charges

Ho

was charged with two additional counts of obtaining' a total of $50,000 from MessTS T. O. Wong and Co. by a forged letter purporting to issue from Mr H. D. Miller, the District Officer, Tsun Wan He also faced a charge of uttering the

letter.

Rumjah was additionally charged with corruptly offering money to Mr. Miller in connec- tion with the conversion of the land.

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by

Under the terms of the con-

In fact he was introduced by tract, Ho was to receive $100,- 000 for the service. The first the fim to Messrs T. O. Wong instalment of $50,000 was to be and Co. and was also employed by T.0.-Wong to secure conver-paid on or about October 15 on sion of certain agricultural land receipt of a letter purporting to be from the District Officer in Tsub Wan.

to the effect that conversion would take place.

Pursuant to the contract, with T. Wang and Co., Ho caused a letter to be written and ad- dressed to the District Officer, Tsun Wan, asking whether this conversion would take place, Mr

Sneath sald.

Rumjahn, Counsel said, was not known to T. O. Wong and Co. but delivered the letter on As Ho's behalf on September 3. early as in May, Rumjahn had enquired of the District Officer, about the possibility of con- version.

A 32-year-old mother who beat her daughter aged 11, with a

Mr wooden clog and a feather:

G. B. Sneath, Crown duster because the returned Counsel, tald Judge W. F. Picker- home a few hours late, was ing that the conspiracy: count placed under probation for was brought because the On September 23, the District one year by Mr P. F. X. evidence in relation to it was Leonard at Kowloon Court

this morning.

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Mr Leonard told the mother, Woo Wal-tok, that she should not have used the clogs on the girl because it was too Langerous.

The feather duster wus sufficient.

AUJ previous hearing Woo admited beating the gai but edded that her daughter had often played truant and W.S mixing with bad company.

She also said that she was upset by a recent illness.

ACCUSED OF WOUNDING

A 51-year-old sailor, Yim Hɩung-hitig of 208 Nathan Ropd, ground floor, accused of wow.ding a woman with intent to cause her grievous bodily harm, was further remandes for seven days by Mr E. S. Hayden at Kowloon Court this morning.

No plea was taken.

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This failure of the conspira- submitted, Sneath tors, Mr required them to find another way of producing a letter re- quired in the contract with Messrs T. 0. Wong.

On October 29, Ho produced a photostat of a forged tetter to Messrs T. 0. Wong and Co. The letter contained the four In the sentences as arranged Mr Sneath submitted that Ho order first suggested to Mr knew. full well of the two-year Miller. delay on September 24, on re-paid $40,000 that day and ceipt of the letter from the $10,000 the following day, Mr District Office dated the pre- Sneath said. vious day

As a result, Ho was

Police searched the

COMING AND -GOING

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From

the Files

25

HON

years AGO

June, 1935

"ONGKONG newspaper editorial: "Without be ing unduly cynical it is not unfair to say that Ger-

LEAVES HKmany's pledge to renounce

Mr Arthur Hooton, Solicitor-

unrestricted submarine at- tack on merchantmen is a

they found the original letter in General, sailed with his family tacit admission that such

the desk which He had used,

"I say, had been, because al that time, Ho had already left the employment of Messrs Eric Cumine?"

Together

Together with the original letter, was the forged one the photostat of which had been produced to T. O. Wong and Co., Mr Sneath said.

Hearing is continuing. Runjalu is represented by Mr Patrick Yu instructed by Mr D. Q

Cheung, of Messrs F. Zimmer and

in the Italian liner, Victoria, warfare is not likely in future armed conflicts to this morning on home leave.

On the same ship was Mr have decisive results. ..: G. M. Sayer. head of the Security Department. Hongkong

́panied by his wife and threa children, Mr Bayer is on home leave prior to re-appointment.

"If the larger cruising and Shanghal Bank. Accom- submarine disappears from the Navy lists of the world. we can take it that should another struggle be pre- cipitated, merchant, service Chartered Bank vessels will not be subject

officer arrives

M. G. B. Sneath, Crown Counsel from Indonesia On November 28, Rumjahn a peuting, assisted by Superin- On September 30, Mr Sneath

Mr again went to see Mr Miller

him

to re-write the asking original letter. Again there was an offer of money, Mr Sneath said.

went on, Rumjahn saw

and showed him a Miller photostat of the letter Mr Miller had written on September 23. Four sentences were: underlined and Rumjahn asked. Mr Miller to re-write the letter, using the

All

When Police searched Rum- jahn's house on January 13, they

they want is money, Tribunal told

harbour is the massive 60,000 "All they want is money," said the managing direc-

ton, aircraft carrier, U.8.8. Hanger, pictured lying off Green Island this morning where she can swing freely without block. ing the fairway for other ships. She dwarfs a freighter steaKI+ Ing past her. She is in the Colony on a recreational, visit with a crew of more than 3,000.

Standing on her 1,000 fool-

endent P. G. Jenkins.

Mr S V. Gittings is holding a watching bring on behalf, of Mayas Mills of the instructions of Messrs Lau, Chars and Ko

Mr Terrence Shurlock, is holding watching brief on behalf of other instructed by Mr P. G Nigel, of Messrs Johnoch, Stokes and Master.

land owners in Tsu Wan. He is

Mr C. Little, formerly sub- accountant of the Chartered Bank in Indonesia, arrived in the rms Corfu this morning 10 join the bank here.

He was accompanied by his wife and two children.

to deliberate and ruthless attack though isolated cases may occur of officers exceed-

ing orders."

From the Morning - Posť's 25 Years Ago columns (June 1910): "The Anglo-Japanese alliance will not be revived.

"These are, the words of Mr Carlyon, Bellairs, RN, MP and an increasing number of |Britons agree with him;

*

The principal objectors to the alliance are British, com mercial men in the Far East who rightly or wrongly blame it for the rapid loss of British trade.

and

"In agreement with number of politicians publia men in -England, “they Jee the Anglo-Japanese alliance as a stumbling blocks. to friendship with Okina which is so desirable, and a threat to British prestige Lin the East, and openly· szpress their determination to start, a trusade against its renewal. Mr. Bellaire has, opened his campaign."

MISS

TISS Butterfly Wu, the

famous Chinese film actress, arrived in the Colony early this morning by the Conte Rosso having, completed a long vacation in

Kowloon to have Europe

new fire

engine

A new turntable ladder fire appliance bought in London by the Crown Agents for the local Fire Brigade. will arrive on July 5 and be stationed in Kowloon. The appliance, 31 feet long, fore she left London, on May

¿

The Chinese, press were critical of the way her managers, would not allow their reporters to have a full interview...

Miss Wu went to Russia early this year for an exhi- bition of Chinese motion pictures and then travelled westward to Berlin, Lon- don, Paris and Rome.

tor of a land investment company this morn-eight feet wide and 11 feet 29.

high, is fitted with a 100-foot There have been several ing, when it was suggested that his company fully hydraulic turntable lad-turntable ladder appliances in offer alternative accommodation to the tenants der, 600 of a building which is up for exemption before searchlights and accommodation said that this kind of appliance popular film "Two Sisters" the Tenancy Tribunal.

Mr Li Ki Cheong, Managing It will cost $540,000 and will

gallons-a-minute use in Hongkong. pumps, 120-fool fire hose, two

for a crew of six.

An officer of the Fire Brigade

Miss Wu is the first Movie Queen of China, her most

is required in fire fighing behaving been shown in It was loaded on board the cause the ladders can be Shanghai för 60 days, the..

that a Chinese film has ever had.

Director of the Shung Yuen take approximately 10 months Ben Line cargo-passenger Hiner mechanically propelled up to longest showing

Benvrackie (11,840 tons) be- 100 feet in a rush.

long flight deck are some of Land Investment Co., Ltd. told to etmplete.

the 90 to 100 planes she is the President of the Tribunal," Mr A. Comber of Hastings designed to carry.

Mr B. V. Rhodes, that his com- and Co., is representing the This huge carrier is capable pany had had experience in applicants.

of launching and retrieving offering alternative accommoda-The opposing tenants aircraft simultaneously.

tion, and the tenants were only being represented by She has angled docks which interested in getting compensa give her AD ungainly aption. pearance - from the air.

There are 2 tenants opposing The cost of this carrier built the investment company's ap- at Newport News Shipbuilding plication. Company between August 1954

In Tai Nan Street. Shanshui

and August 1957, was $182 po. Kowloon, the building com

million.

In

prises six houses-266, 267, 269, Hongkong - dollars this 271, 273 and 275.

ате Mr

Lawrence Leong, Mr Richard Winter and Mr John Swaine,

Mr Leong is instructed, by Messrs P. C. Wong, Edmund Cheung and Co., Ford Kwan' and Co., and Almada and Mason.

Mr Winter is instructed by Hon and Co., and Wong and

amounts to almost $1,090 mil- The investment company plans. Co.

Hon. Hongkong's estimated ex to erect a nine-storeyed building Mr Swaine is instructed by penditure in the 1980-81" finan-on the site, next to a nine-CY. Kwan and Co.

cial year is only $935.6 million. storeyed building they have The hearing will continue

already re-developed.

-Chins Mail photo.

this afternoon.

Wives get a free trip to HK

“If you can't go, send your,

wife,” was" the invitation ex- tended to Indian frayef'agonis for the Swisssir," inaugural fight" between: Hongkong and Bombay by Mr. Willys - Salz- born,

-- Manager in Bestbay,

So six of the agents, deciding they had done enough fravels ling on inaugural flights, ac2.

- cepted and save their wives return tickets to Hongjong,

for and on behalf of South China. Morning Post Ländled at 4-3 The six wiyed arrived" bere, on Wyndham Street, City of Victoria to, the Colony of Hongtong. ! - the new fight yesterday with

six travel agents including

three who decided to take advantage of the flight 'by buying a ticket for themselves/ and giving the wives the **unice***

Mr Salzbarn who arrived with

The

idea was received enthusiastically by the wives, and some of the husbands decided to buy their own tlakets and come along on this trip,

"I got the iden from some of the agent wives I had talked

the group yesterday said "toy and the novelty seems to mode the offer after consider have caught their imagina ing that travel agents get sicklion.”

And tired of continual offers, Mr Salzbom will be returning

of inagural flights; and tatto Bombay on Tuesday with

thek wives are alck and tired

of sitting at home while their husbands are off on a trip.”

tired members of the group:

The others will remain - hers dos a few more days,

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