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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1960.
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GOOD NEWS FOR HK SOLDIERS
War office bumps up
pay by
30 per cent
pay
of
Lt-Gen Sir Roderick W. McLeod, Commander British Forces,
Hongkong, this morning announced that all rates of Hongkong Other Ranks had been increased by 30 per cent, with effect from August 1, 1960. **
I is inner-need that proval had been given for death and disability awards with effect from July, 1060.
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presented Gen. McLeod also a the Hongkong Chinese Training i
at the trophies to the best recruits and Un't which took place
the champion platoon cam- Lyemun · Barracks.
parade On the
were (wo¡ntander, officers and 100 men, command-
"This provitles for allowinces nud penshens for those of you who may be unfortunate enough disabled due to service reasons, and for provision to be made, it heerssary, for your widows and children," he said.
to be
The best recruits were: Ngai : ed by Mujar J. A. Girdwood, -kong Lai Man-kee; Chan
cheng. East Anglian Regiment, Officer Young-sung; and Leung Pak- The shield for the Champion Cominunding the HKCTU.
The Band and Drums of the Platoon was
presented to Sgt TAL Battalion
Royal Lal Kwong, The
No,
Platoon Gen Melend was speaking at Northumberland Fusiliers, were Conimander. the 33rd Passing Out Parade of in attendance.
dear
Who is to
The clut of "Sattled's"
that
limately
ment seems to be pubile blame for their indifference
are
to the Aris, which is hard to .deny,
whole but not the truth. In assigning a palve rule to the press in the pro-
of culture, motion
he has done if less than justice.
not The responsible press does
fall in step with the pubile
sir
blame?
various Aris
(asid
2
Smartness
Addressing the parade, 'Gen ; McLeod said that he was im- pressed by their excellent turn- cut and by the smartness of all ranks un parade,
"It is clear to me that you have learn one of the first and most Important lessons for a soldier and that is to take a pride in yourself, in your und- form, and in your profesion," he continued.
"Whatever your unit, always remember that your primary task is to defend Hongkong, to defend your wives and children, your homes and families against attack.
High tradition
the Argu-1
IH surely "Trustration" the
than symptom 10 healthier
"satisfaction" in this respect, because 11 Indicates one's the cultural awarches$ poverly of one's soclely). A society that has lost contact with mosi contemporary cultural currents
"The British Army has a high breeds an Insular culture, tradition of service and Hung
respects the kong soldiers have been part of True in some contact is made, but not al- that tradition for about a hun- ways in the right direction.dred years. In particular, they We are sometimes regaled by have played their full part in entertaining skelches
of two world wars.
but acts as their avant-garde by insting into them
#
"positive enthesiasm about the Aris; but bot can this be lone if it does not show real enthusiasm itself?
14
A
to
understand a stage show is professional if it is acted by
troupe er
company which the theatre is a full- time vocation, and I would like to know how many acting. groups in Hongkong are pro- fessional in Liza setise.
That is not the real point, how- ever; the real point in the number of dramaile
Inevitably
W. H. Auden and Lawrence "We in the British Army are
Durrell, of
Artby Miller and John Osborne they are, though,
presented as celo- brilles, as personalities, not
very conscious of the hayal and cutalege unstinted
-that the Hongtong soldier has given to
an artists. Where are the us and we welcome you is an
serious writings about works?
thelr
integral part of the Army. Indood, I wish there were more
Are the public entirely to of you," he said.
blame? I must leave that for
your readers to judge.
N. T. CHOW. shows This correspondence is at an
our dramatic critles have fu Cover
small. is pathetically Naturally their papers can devole "more than a column" jo ANY performance, and it seems Idle to try to make aft exceptional virtue of IT. Then, if our aisle-sitlers
review practically every slage performance, why cannot the book same be Faked of our reviewers and radio and television commentators? The absence of postulation that
Can
qually results in absence of real criticisms is z poor ex. cuse.
Real excellence in any art form anywhere a rare, and I de
not see why the question of "quality" has to arise at all, Criticism in any field has to cover every work, be li rood or bad. A critic, faced with a quantitative exorbitaney, na turally has to be selective; is there any real reason for the Hongkong critics 10 be selective?
Nor can 1 understand why we
have to measure the propor tion of book reviews by that of ical authors, Are WC
end, Ed.
dear sir
First aid
Broke bar door after hours
CLOTHES
FOR
Teddy-boy
fight:
RED CROSS three bound over
Mr R. Picciotto, President Three young men, Chan Tai-chung, Young Hok-sing and
of the Hongkong Rotary Club, presented clothing Canadian donated by the Rotary to Mrs J. R. Gregg, Deputy Director of British Red Cross, HK at the Bri- tish American Tobacco Go- down this morning. The above photograph shows (left to right) Mrs J. R. Helen Owen Gregg, Miss Hughes, Miss Robin Hurst, Miss B. Chance, Mr R. Picciotto and Mrs H. Mɛl- dram-Ching Mail photo.
Boy has
with spree money for stamps
A 19-year-old office boy spent part of the money bis em- ployer had given film to buy stamps on a cinema, dinner and a deposit for two new
pairs of trousers, -
Tsui Wing-kwal were each bound over in the sum being triad society of $500 for three years for members by Mr E. Corbally at Central Magistracy this morning.
4 lbs of opium in her girdle!
was found to be A woman
carrying 4 lbs 4 oz. of opium wrapped in" a girdle around her waist, a police officer sold in court today.
G Delective Inspector R. Laureltoid the Court, that on the night of August a police party was sent out following inquiries into a fight between two parties or 20 Teddy-boys u the Tal Pak-terrace Western District, -
area,
One person was injured and sent to hospital.
A Tried Squad personnel ar- rested the defendants on August 23,
The defendants admitted be- Ing members of the Wo Sing Tong Triad Society, but said that they were only spectatom at the night,
Shoe-shine boy
registers
to
19th conviction
From the Filos
25
years
AGO
August, 1935
Miss Leila Crool, sister of ' A 93-year-old shoe-shine boy, Yue Kwok-hing, pleaded guilty the well-known local surgeon, i
charges of possession of Dr J. Croot, who recently on- licrin ark! barbitone and nounced her engagement to molding heroin, and was sen-Mr Hans H.P. Melchers, Chief teneed to three years' jall by News Editor of the Trans- Mr Derek.Cona at Centrul Court Ocean this morning.
Detcellve
Newa Agency Shanghai,, returned to
13 the.
.a
o. Colony laat week after Inspector Becker, proseculing, defendant holiday in Japan.
was
arrested when a police
party riided 5 Square-street,
third floor, on August 29:
Insp. Becker added that de
A LEADING article in the
Post Morning
said:
fendani had 18 previous 'conylc= lons which included breach of deportation order. unlawful "The address given by Mr possession and possession of G. White, Principal of the hervin
Hongkong Technical Insti tute, to the Rotary Club on Tuesday, will have been read by all interested in
Hongkong.
Cigarettes Cigarettes the proper, development of from HK seized
Singapore, Aug. 24. Bingapore customs offi cer today seized 400,000 cigareties from the Swedish freighter Starlight on its Αιτίνα) from Hongkong, customs officials said.
The elgarettes were sald to have
been found in crates beneath layers of umbrellas.
1
Singapore customs seized about two million, olgarettes From another ship from Hongkong which put 10 Bere last week-Reuter,
Piano recital at Miramar Hail
By D. E. GRAY
"It has long been the com- plaint that workmanship in the Colony is poor. In part this is due to the low econo mic standards. Wretched wages, in most cases, mean work, because, wretched where pride. is lacking, there is no other encourage- ment,
"The artisan, also, unable to live in any comfort on his small pay, goes into busi- ness for himself at the first and without opportunity adequate qualifications, the the result being that, ex cept in certain trades wherein the Chinese traditionally skilful, such as darning, it is difficult to ob- tain satisfactory service.
are
"The European has en- couraged bad workmanship in several ways. He pitios
Last night, in the Miramar Hall, Kowloon, Miss Lin Ming-the struggling craftsman Joan presented a piano recital before a packed house. and pays him, though the
Lin
Coming from a musical family: 'Impromptu' and Ravel's Jeux work be bad, sometimes (she is the daughter of Shing Shih, who is well-known in Hongkong musical circles as a composer) she leaves soon to take up a scholarship to con- Unue her musical studies at the Boston Converatory of Music m The United States..
Before Judge P. R. Springall In the Victoria District Court, the 55-year-old woman, Char Wang-ho, pleaded guilty to a charge of opium pussession and
d'Eau !!-a heavy to two years
programme upon the principle that the Was sentenced
and a demanding one, even devil one knows is better all.
for the best of them and this than Chief Inspector C. Smith,
the devil one doesn't was a young student of musle know; one may go farther proseculing said a police, party
ploping on a piano which is Jed by Detective Inspector J. P.
music and even fare worse. raided
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good enough for dance MacMahon
No. Kwon Chi-keung, of 100 John- Queen's Road East, first floor
(for which it is mostly used. I am told),,
"The foreigner's greatest but totally inade- stun-road. ground flour, Wan-on July 28, A British tailor who wanted chal, was charged with fraudu-
sin, however, is his refusal They stayed there for some It was a very ambitious pro- quale for serious music. a drink after hours brakelent conversion before Mr E. time, and then the accused ap-gramme, by any standard, and
It simply did not give the to soil his own hands. It considering
often that the glass door of a Kow- Corbally at Central Court this peared at the dat
A woman police constable Immaturity ol the Planist, Young planist a chance, and its has happened
wooden
unresponsivenes was skilled tradesmen come out, loon bar yesterday morn-morning. He pleaded guilty.
Kwan was employed by the searched her and found the coupled with the really dread- particularly evident la the ing. Aki Station,
Khanamall Company ot 23 opium on her, as his fout was cut by the
Today, William John Dicks Hollywood-road. At 11 am on The recused had two previous TORKS.
(27) of HMS Albion picaded August 23, he was given $300 convictions for opium possession, The life-saver told him to go sulity to a charge of malicious by his employer to buy stamps. Inspector Smith said
Seaview Hotel, the other damage and was bound over in
When he did not return, kia side of the beach. "You the sum of $250 for one year to
employer reported to the police. should have two," the be of good behaviour.
Kwon why prrested at abou forcier immediately
Kowloon magistrate Mr P. F. TC-
When marked, "It is too far away." X. Leonard also ordered Dicks 11 pm the same day, There is no escaping
to pay $200 compensation to the questioned, about the money, he the fact
cald he had spent $20 on einemą. bar-owner.
dinner and a deposit for tave pairs of trousers.
Last Sunday, while I was sit
ting on the Repulse Bay beach, near the Lido Hotel, I saw a foreigner coming out the sea to ask the life-saver where was the First
tu
that every Sunday, many 21- fortunate wounded swimmers walk from one side of the beach to the other side to get 'Arat ald. I would have called 'last aid'.
supposed to believe that C. May I suggest the authority
Anow, William Golding, Ezra Pound and Edith Bilwell are inaccessible to our book ·re- viewers, or, for that matter, the local readers? And, if we Itave to be content wilk re- publications, why, cannot we at least have more republica- ilona?
"Satisfied" says that "no amount of famentations in the press
will make any differenot," Well, certain olvlo problems 'owed their improvement to comments in the press, which - always can arouse publloTMal-' tention because 16 has a more authoritative volce than most. Why should we think differoni» ly of cultural problems? It in only simple torie that in- formation imparts knowledge; knowledre arouses interest; oreales demand; and demand for something, M Birong enough, ·will mako It materialise, But how can vie Dublic demand something they Bro practically unaware of (such
Those European Filmu)?
Knowledge, even second-kund knowledge) is important to us. For example, a playgose who cannot see Drecht performed. an the iso oan "sliti, read him in Wisform and, loarti something It is the respon- sibilty of the prem to keeb the public up-to-date about
concerned look into this maty ter. Another Arst aid bor in the middle of the beach an Suidate would solve problem.
MA SHU YING.
dear sir
Loan fund
the
I in about ilma Glovernment sorted put the misleading situation existing with regned In the Kadopria" Agricultural Ald Loan Fund,
by
Detective-Inspector Yip Chee- thiu told the court that at 2.03 Wednesday, Dicks and in on
sallors went to the wn other Fairyland Bar at 21 Hañol-road
They were told that there was and demanded drinits. no wine for sale at that time.
CLEAR RECORD
Diets broke the door with his art. Police Look Dicks to Yaural Police Station.
Insp Yip told Mr Leonard that the door was valued at 3250. He also said that Dicks
had a clear recond.
Dicks told Mr Louard that he did not break the door with bis st but It broke when he shook it,
Tobacco seizure
dutiablo tobacco,
on
The captial was originally tub.
scribed as, to $250,000 by the Revenge. Omeère, acting Kadoorles and $250,000
information, intercepted a taxi Government::$500,000.
Shanghai-street yesterday Governmen has increased Os morning and seized about 79 contribution from Lime to pountis of Chinese-prepared, time to $1,500,000 making total explial of $1,750,000,
A passenger who admitted while I am sure nobody would ownership of the tobacco
with to belliitle the generosity arrested. of the Kadoorles, perhaps the
Lei Chi-houng, 30 of 132 Tam proper approach would be for Kung-road, ground floor, ap Gavernment to pay off their peared on $1,300 ball before Me $250,000
and F. F. X, Leonard at Kowloon contribution change the name of the fund Court this morning and wo that it wonia mora truly fined $1,000,
redbot the composition of the capital subsribed.
W. 5. EDWARDS.
Ho pleaded guilly,
WAS
W*8
Lai had five previous convie- „tions for similar: offences, ....
CAPTAIN'S FUNERAL
The funeral of Captain WII- He returned the rest of the liam John Munro, 5, who died noney to the police.
et Kowloon Hospital on Tues today, was held at the Colonial
Cemetery this morning.
Hearing was adjourned September 1.
23 injured
Indiana Harbour, Aug. 24. An 11-car New York central passenger train speeding at 801. miles an hour with 130 pe gers abcard was derailed today and at least 23 people were injured.
Captain Munro had been in the service of the Shun Cheong Steam Navigation Co Ltd for about a year.
At the time of his death he was in command of the motor ship, Elsbeth,
He is survived by his widow. The Rev. Owen Eva, vicar of St Andrew's Church, omciated at the service in the chapel as well as at the graveside.
Pumped rice down chicken's throat
A man who held a chicken down on the ground while another man pumped rice through a tube down its throat, was fined $75 today.
A man and a woman who admitted aiding and abet- ting him, wore fined a similar amount by Kowloon Magis- trate, Me P. F, X. Leonard, for cruelty to the chicken.
Sub-Inspector P. A. F. Alcock told the Magistrate, that Chow Wai-man, 28, of 13 Hop Yuk-street) :- Yujan
Lang, took the bird from Kwok Ying, 29-year-old woman outside, the Sun Sung poultry shop at 12 Waterloo-road, Kowloon,
Chow Wai-man then shipped on both wings of the chicken and grabbed its head with his left hand and with the other, forced a plastle tube down the chicken's mouth. Chow Ling, 22, pumped rice down the bird's thrjat,
the
youth and
ful piano on which she
of the quickly assume the taipan's Schumann, most playing, it was more than a bit too much for this young student, Beethoven, the Chopin Scherzo ways, leaving the work to
and the Ravel.
for underlings, charging Before the interval the group
Whon Misa Lin Ming takes "European supervision" but consisted of 'A Fantasy and Fugue by Bach, Beethoven's up her cholorship in the US. not providing it.
to 'walk Moonlight Sonata' and Schuhs, will be learning mann's 'Eludes Symphoniques, before the runs and presum
After the interval was heard ably the will at all times have are always ready to buy the
reasonable Instrument
wish
a Chopin group (the F Major a Ballade, the Cradle Song, Two which to play. We all
and Etudes
"Their Chinese employees
business-and the business
the B Minor her good fortune in her future is sold to them, name and studies in the Newall, whereafter it, steadily Scherzo) followed by Debussy's musical
declines." Submerged Cathedral', a Faure World,
POP
Leo
By Gog
I SEE. YOUR WIFE'S' PEOPLE ARE
STILL STAYING WITH YOU!
WHATEVER THE SITUATION..
Carlsberg
KEEPS YOU SMILING
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