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Killed crocodile

with crowbar

Darwin, Aur. 10.

A Darwin man used a crow- bar 10 ki a crocodile under his house early today.

The man. Ian Morrison, szid he was woken up by the furious barking of his dog in the early hours of the. morning,

He went downstairs from

his bedroom to find a three ft six ing long crocodile

with its mouth wide open

between the front wheels of his car.

The dog "Sad Sank" with his tall raight out and one leg raised, was pointing the reptile. Morrison said he ran back Into the house and got a crowbar with which he disposed of the crocodile. He added he had often heard

crocodiles bellowing and barking in a swamp down the bil from his house- China Mall Special.

WOMAN PLEADS

South Africa will make the change-over next year, while in New Zealand a government. sponsored committee has ren|A mended the change to decimal currency.-China Mail Spedal.

Butler

Cronin

offered

job

London, Aug, 10. Thomas Cronin, the former butler of Princess Mar- garet and Mr Anthony Amstrong-Jones, is con- sidering a post with a Chicago hotel.

The job is at a metel on luxurious Lake Shore Drive in the Mid-Western city.

"Money is not everything."

GUILTY TO CORRUPTION

52-year-old woman, Chan Ngan-sui of Fung Kut Village, New Territories, pleaded guilty to two counts of corruption before Mr K. A. S. Phillips at Central Court this morning.

DSI Chan Sul-shun of the Anti-Corruption branch told the court that Chan was the wife of a Fung Kat village elder who owned some land en which an unregistered rubber factory was

found February.

Notice was served to the land- owner

for the removal of the factory, but the warning was ignored.

On August 4, defendant went to see the Land Bailiff in, Yuen Long to ask if there were any means of being allowed to con tinue running the factory,

She was told to come back some other day because the fles were with the Balliff's assistant who was not then present.

PASSED ON

the

Defendant

came again following day, met the assistant, the silver-haired 44-year-old Chau Wing-kong and told him Thomas Cronin said yesterday, that she had paid $200 to a "But yes, I would like to get Government servant and that away from all the controversy "she had also paid someone $300

Cronia moved out of Keasing-to be passed on to him. ton Palace, where he had been engaged as butler to the famous newlywds after only a few weeks' service. He hinted that Mr Armstrong-Jones hat not allowed the butler's traditional free hand in running the house-. hold staff.

The cable offering the Chica- go job was sent, by motel chief Maurice Bomberg-China Mail Special.

RN FLEET

CHAPLAIN

This was announced tonight LEAVES HK

by the National Association of

Port Employers.

A claim for the rise, an un-

council in June.

Archdeacon J Armstrong,

specified amount, was first Chaplain of the Fleet, left for presented at a meeting of the Singapore this morning to con- tinue his tour of Naval institu- on to- tions, in the. Far East,

He be recommended by,

The offer decided

day is to

said he was impressed the unicns for a national docks with what he had seen of the delegate conference, 10 be Naval institutions here, convened as soon as possible.

The dockers last rise of Is 4d a week in 1958 brought their base wage for a five and half day week to 28 9s 7d-

China Mail Special.

ed

He was even more impressed with the wonderful work being done for children at St James Settlement,

He had been on a visit to Hongkong

two-day

Trawler catches sea mine

Folkestone, Aug. 10. Crowds of holidaymakers watch- the fishing boat Falc Chance anchor in Folkestone barbour with a 1.000-pound sea mine lashed to its deck. The boat was trawling off Folke- stone when the mine became It took entangled in its net,

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the crew over half an hour to haul the mine over the side. They decided to bring it back to Folkestone so that it would not be a hazard.

"The mine is very rusly and has obviously been in the sen for many years,” said Skipper Bert Reid of Folkestore. "The horns are almost rusted' sway and there is a large ferred hole in the casing." Chine Mail Special,

James

Chau denied receiving any money from her. She said that in future she would put the money in a cigarette tin and per- Sonally hard it to him.

against

Chau warned her trying to corrupt Government cfficers.

On Tuesday, she was arrested by DSI Chan after she had tried to bribe Chau again.

Stole pen:

jailed for two years

оп

Li Yin, who was caught in|

the act of taking a pen from a man's pocket at the Central Reclamation in Connaught. Road July 24, was sentenced to jail for two years. Judge P. R. Springall im-

the posed the sentence at Victoria District Court this

morning.

Mr W. S. Davidson, Crown Counsel, said Li had a long list of preylous convictions, with the last offence in 1957 when

he was sentenced to three years. Li, who pleaded guilty, was also put under police supervision for two years.

Logic plus

Landon, Aug. 10,

A Haileybury College official sald today that one student, asked during a written lest to specify where elephants are The case was adjourned un-found, answered, "owing to their this afternoon for a proba-enormaus size, elephants are tion officer's report.

rarely lost."-UPI.

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