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CHINA MAIL

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TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1960.

STOLE $8,500 OF RUBBER

A 24-year-old tallyman of the China Provident Co Ltd was sentenced to a total of two years': jail by Mr I. T. Morris at Central Court this morn

was Tsang

- ing when he admitted stealing 27 bales of

rubber from the godown."

Defendant Wing-ko, living in 122 Belcher Street, third floor. He had five previous convic- tions, three of which were for theft.

Sub-Inspector A. G. White- hend told the court that in November, 1958 the Fung Keung Rubber

Lid, deposited 180 bales of rubber on the premises of the China Provident Co Lid and from time to time they drew upon this stock in the course of business.

On July 1, this year, a check was made of the stock and 20 bales were found missing.

Sent to factory

had

An inmoviate and careful examination of the books and were made and it was stocks allcovered that on June 3, a delivery order had been made showing that live bales bera seal to the factory.

However, it was found that the fubject matter of the delivery order referred to 100 bags of rice and not rubber.

Defendant was then questioned and he admitted that he had misappropriated the five bales referred to.

Inspector Whitehead said the pulice were they called in to in- vestigate the matter and under caulich defendant admitted stealing five bales of rubber on June 3, 15 bales of rubber a few days later and seven more bales on May 20.

Not recovered

None of the property was re- covered. The total value of the Ecods sidlen was $8,500.

Defendant told the court he! had sent $7,000 of the proceeds from the sale of the goods to re- Jatives on the mainland and there was no prospect of re- stitution,

CONSUL

TO OPEN

NEW

CENTRE

American Consul General,

~Mr Julius C. Holmes, will open Hongkong's first Community Centre at Wong Tai Sin resettle- ment estate this afternoon.

It was built and equip- ped with a donation from the U.8. Government for World. Refugee Year. Staffing, and running costs of the centre will, how- ever, be paid by the Hong- kòng Government and four voluntary welfare organisa- tions,

This is the first of a number of sich dentres all planned to be built in resettlement extates to "en- courage people who live there mostly refugees-to feel they are citizens of Hongkong.

Wong Tai Sin was chosen as the first estate to have s community centre, because It is the second- Frgest in Hongkong, housine 1/1,000,

population will reach Ita 75,000 Inn (wo or three years'

All the social services available to the Inhabitants. of this area will be con Coentrated (under » the one. Frouf of the community. centre. It is also designed anmeeting place for re- creatión

beeThe, community centro in

the picture si- right, takes “by hur staff „photographer

morning,

this

AND SENT Cheque for

sightless

CASH TO CHINA children

Hid among vegetables: man flees

from China

Macao, July 12.

A lone former from the Chin Shan district across the Macao bor-

der, successfully eluded Communist officials, hid himself' in a forry, fully loaded with vege- tables for the Macao market, and found free- dom here yesterday.

As soon as the vehi. cle arrived in Macao the stowaway jumped off the truck and rom for safety, with the driver and his assistant hot on his heels.

He managed to elude his pursuers and soon disappeared among large crowd of onlook: /ers. AFP.

Decision

in policy

case

reserved

Mr. Justice C. W. Reece, Acting Senior Pulsne Judre, in the Supreme Court this morning reserved decision in an action brought by an insurance Company in respect of a car

insurance polley.

The plair Alffs,

the United

Insurance Company, Ltd., asked for a declaration that they were entitled to avoid an insurance policy Issued to B merchant, Chan Pack-sang, in respect of his Austin car,

They claimed that Chan, in до application form for in- surance, had replied in the negative to a question whether he or his driver had been con- victed of any traffic offence.

The plaintiffs claimed that the answer "no" to the question. was a non-disclosure of fact or a misrepresentation of material facts. The driver, they said, had been fined $40 for careless driving.

Chan claimed that the formI was presented to him for his signature by a broker, Wong Tam, aird that he did not know the content of the form.

Chan also cenfed that he knew the driver had been convicted of careless driving.

The plaintiffs were represent- ed by Mr Richard Whiter, in- structed by Mr J. C. A. Slack.

Mr Lawrence Leong repre- sented Chan on the instruction of Mr Edmund Cheung.

This China Mall picture shows (left to right) Mra

H.

Miss E.

I. N. Lindemann, Dr Wi- heim_Thonnes, Mri Kohlscheen and Morgenstern at this morn-"". ing's presentation.

German

residents' gift

to blind

Sheaffers PEM

THE BOLD NEW PEN- DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY FOR MEN

CRIPPLED WOMAN'S

REQUEST TO

TRIBUNAL PRESIDENT

A crippled womon, Ho Chi-ying, asked Mr B. V. Rhodes, President of the Tenancy Tribunal this morning, to arrange to pay $1,000 compensation awarded her, to the Salvation Army to keep for her.

The worian occupies a bed- space at 151, Temple Street, Yauumat, which, with, 153, was recommended for exemption by, the Tribunal. this morning.

She has no financial resources and receives “relter from the Salvation Army, she has found- altemative accommodation she told the Tribunal.

A total suTTA of $81,400 was recommended by the Tribunal to be paid to the 23 opponenIS of the application for exemp tion.

To restaurant owner Or this, $40,000 will go to Ho Chi-keung, proprietor of a restaurant on the ground floor of 15!, established there ; sines 1946.

A tenement building of six storeys will replace the existing two storey houses, and will be completed in 12 months.

The applicant was: Mr Chan Woon, who was represented by Mr F. Zimmern, of F. Zimmern and Co, Mr Benjamin Liu, structed by Hastings and Co., appeared for the opponents.

With Mr Rhodes on the Tri- bunal were Mr Hsu How-yu and Mr Robert G. Adams.

Accused of snatching

On their

way to beauty pageant

Two national beauties ar-

25

years

AGO July, 1935 bert, Chief Mechanical En-

Mr Charles Douglas Lami

gineer of the British." section of the Kowloon Canton Rail- way is going on leave, prior to retirement. after 25 years of official life in the Colony. Mi Lambert who holds the rank of Major in the Regular· · Army Reservo, is a member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers,

ST

rived at Kal Tak Airport IR: Your correspondent this morning en route to “Adult Picture-Goer" is Long Beach, California, probably a newcomer to the to take · part_in_the" Miss|place or else someone who - International Beauty knows little of events of Contest on August 4. about 15 years ago. The film "The Painted Veil' is based

They are Miss Malaya und on a book which I eriginally Miles Singapore.

Mie Malaya, 21-year-old read in serial. form, when Zameriah Ahmad is a secretary Hongkong was specifically for a lawyer in Kuala Lumpur, mentioned.

Among 18 other contestants,

her reason for competing was to When it appeared in book set an example in encouraging form later the name Hong- young Malayan garis to overcome kong had been eliminated shyness,

and another substituted. Her main ambition is to be a There was a good reason: good housewife; she ha

interest, in acting,

the story mentioned certain

The other beauty, Miss Singa- Civil Service appointments pore, is 22-year-old Christal de which were taken to reflect

A. 23-year-old Malayan tailor Crux a Eurasian, who was on the holders of these assistant accused of snatching educated in Singapore and Aus- offices. To screen the film

a handbag from a woman at trails...

don

the Princess Theatre on Sunday She is a buyer for a fashion here. would merely stir up appeared before Mr. E. S. Hay-bouse in Singapore, Among 30 again those controversies,

at Kowloon Court this contestants, her ambition is to which are best forgotten. marning..

be a model.

In spite of the ban on the This is the second time she name of Hongkong in the has taken part in the combook, the film definitely in- petition. On the last occasion dicates this Colony--by &

He la Solayman Mohammid, also known as Soloman Ma of 37 Hankow Road, 3rd, Boor who was remanded three days in police custody for further in- quiries,

No ples was takeri,

she gained second place.

Following the contest she clever piece of faked photo- will tour the United States be-graphy, Greta Garbo, the fore returning to Singapore, heroine, is shown per

ambulating Pedder Street."

Uganda troop Man tells of assault

movements

Kampala, July 11.

The Governor of Uganda, Sir

Frederick Crawford, today dis

in Kowloon

street

cussed with top officials here A paint scraper described before Judge W. F. Pickering at the Victoria District Court this morning how he was attacked and robbed by a group of people in Shumshuipo.

whether the King's African Rifles should be sent to West

| Nile, a Uganda_district_border-, ing the former. Belgian Congo, a spokesman ald

Other possible troop move- ments also were discussed.

Refugees continued to flood into Uganda today and the. Buthorities were doing their best to shuttle them on to Kenya so there would be room for new- officials were working together on the problem-Reuter.

The German Consul In Hong-comers. Uganda and Kenya

kong, Dr Wilhelm A. Thonnes, this morning presented a cheque for $945 to Miss Eva Morgenstern, Supermtendent of the Ebenezer Home and

School for the Blind at Pok- Poison attacks kids

fulam.

D

He was accompanied by two members of Hongkong's Ger- mar Community; Mry d; Lindemam and Mrs Kohlscheen, at the presenta tion.

H.

Dr Thonnes said that the money

had been

..collected from

among the 300-strong com

munity.

Miss Morgenstern cold that she had no immediate place for the use of the money, "but it will certainly be useful."

NEW YORK Very young children account

for about one-fourth of the 1400 deaths each year from poisoning by solids and liquids, statisti-.

LADY IN

BLACK

LEAVES A

MINK

London, July 11. young woman, attractive and smartly dressed, in 】 black, drove a black

On trial are Lal Chiu, 25, and ly grabbed his peck, pushed him Wong Kerig, 28, bath unem to the ground, blepped on hith ployed, who denied that they had and kicked him. Several other robbed Fung Tak-cheng of a persona were also around, and wrist watch and a purse and had hit him with a bamboo pole, assaulted him on June 2,

›

Fung testified that about 11 pm on June 2, he was walking In Shumsbulpo, intending to visit a

friend there.

In Hot Tan Street, the first accused approached him and asked if he wanted any danger ous drugs. He replied in the negative and went away..

As be turned into Yen Chow: Street, he said, someone sudden

clans of the Metropolitan Life-Jaguar up Brompton Road POP

Insurance Co. report.

quent killer are aspirin kero Under age ave, the most fre

bene and other petroleum pro ducts, lead and a compounds, and household pesticides con talning arsenic compounds of other lethal Ingredients---UFI,

and into... Montpelier Street, - Kensington, the other day." She stopped at → No. 1--ɑ fur, shop,.

Gardens, looked out of his win

Mr Jan Coomer,, of Beaufort

dow when he heard the crash of

A

He said later. "I saw the woman step forward and take an armful of fure from the window.

"She put them in the Jenkar and retired for another arm-

ful

SHE HESITATES.

way back to the

You with

ASSURE YOU, MADAM); THIS IS THE, GENUINE ::. ROMANTIC ITALIAN CUT AND WOULD LOOK IDENTICARI

ON ANY PAT TAMAN

He said he tainted and when he recovered, he found that his watch and a parse containing $40 were missing.

He then hailed ́s / passing police van and was taken to bespital where he was detained for several days....

Before people like your correspondent so eagerly rush into print, they should. know that there may be other implications besides those of safeguarding morality to be considered.

The censor, quite rightly,

is 'disinclined to pander ta any special clique of cinema- goers. COMMONSENSE.

Doria Duke, the world's richest heiress, arrived with her husband, Mr J, H. R. Cromwell in Hongkong yes. -- terday, s

Top of class

Stoddard, NHR Charles CA Eaton,. Jr., 13, wa the valedictorian of Stoddard Grapunar

Schools He couldn't

miss.

The hearing is continuing.

He was the only pupil in the Chief Inspector T. W: Wheeler class graduating from the one

is prosecuting.

By Gog

room school

Those

with

good

judge.

meht

drink

Carlsberg