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New York, Aug. 28.

"Hongkong is a conspicuous example of what sound Colonial Government;

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combined with free enterprise, can accomplish," the monthly business Sten gun

magazine, Fortune, said today.

The September issue of the entire Fur East," Fortune said. rare magazin carried u speclul Ciling Hongkong " article litled "The Hongkong jumble of Oriental and Western Way." It muid that the 225 U.S. commerce." It said the pattern of Arms in the Crown Colony" are success there was clear. "pricipating in one of the more remarkable

Improbable and succeia stories of the post-war

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"Hongkong last few tariffs," the magazine explained. "Its "Perched on the rim of Com- currency is stable largely tree of munist China as precariously #exchange controls except with bird on the lip of a dragon, respect to Communist trade. Ita the tiny community of Hong-xes-corporate and personal--

are relatively low." kong has emerged as one of the most prosperous unding and manufacturing centres. of the

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in estinated $400 million $840 inillion in the last 30 years despite lack of natural resources, and that its per capita income of 32BU ranked with Japan's.

The biggest British tribu- Hon to the Colony has been in effective government that "does not try to run and manage the whole economy." Fortune sald.

ccunomic Hongkong's mala

is whether the worry, it said, United

ORIT States and

Teziprocate would

free-trade

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with adherence to principles,

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problem second

LISTENING POST

seized

An exchange of fire between pirates and crew members of a motor ship off Lantaa in May, 1957, was recall- od by a police inspector at Contral Court this morn. ing.

an application for the for- arises feiture, of a 0 mm Slen

gtin,

from its nearness la China, it Sub-Inspector Yip Tal-yau told Derek Central Magistrate Mr Cons, that shortly before 4 am on May 31, 1957, a motor ship named World No. 1 was board ed by pirates from a speed-bont near Tal 0, Lantao, on its way to Mueno.

"China has remained remark-

"One ably passive," it noted. reason undoubtedly Is that it earns large amounts of hard currency by shipping to Hong kong far more than it imports from the Colony, Another reas son is that Hongkong serves China as a listening post of the outside world.

There was an exchange of are between the crew of the motor ship and the pirates during which two pirates were shot and fell into the sea.

Inspector Yip sald other pirates later off the ship leav- ing behind the Sten gun, which the was later handed over to

How two 'cooks' reacted to

knock on door

A detective told the Victoria District Court this morning how he peeped through the door of a hut in Homantin village, and saw two men "cooking."

The polleeman, Corporal Ngai Yiu-ping, said there was a very strong smell of opium in

ibe "air.

Witness said when he tried in

push open the door, he saw one man take a pan from a stove, and catry it into another room. The other mon extinguished e kerosene lamp.

Raided hut

Lui Chi-yon, alias bởi Chim

36-your-old clork of Carlowits and Co, who admitted 12 charges of farceny and falsification

of

accounts involving

$198,000 was sentenced

tho

From the Filos

25

years AGO

August, 1935

R George C. Hanson,

four years by Judge MAmerican diplomat ex- W. F. Pickering in the traordinary in China, com- Victoria District Court this mitted suicide aboard the

President Polk Panama.

- morning.

Lul through his counsel, Mr Oswald Chong, told the court that he committed the offences as he was unable to carry on the business of his own from when tis partner, a South Korea swindled the firm. of '$118,000

In 1959. He had also lost much business dealings

in file owTA due to bad judgment

After a while, Chen opened

In mitigation, Lul also asked the door. He also threw sume- thing out as he opened it, Wit- the Court to take into considera

of tion 16 other charges of similar ness said he caught hold

Involving another Chan with one arm, and culled nature,

of goods from $237,000 worth for help from another police-

Carlowitz. In addition, he said man, who later found a tin box outside.

he and his associates had owod | Carlowitz and its principles a further $258,000, making the total loss suffered by Carlowitz to $604,000,

Mr W. S. W. Davidson, Crown second Counsel, said Lai was employed hnd been by the Carlowitz and Cb as

Clipped nails

Witness said he entered the hut, and found various utensils pots and pans, The

Leung,

near

He was formerly Consul- General in Harbin and later Moscow. He was a noted. State Department "trouble shooter" and his service which began in 1909 took hlm to Harbin, Chefco, Dairen, Newchwang, Tien- tsin, Chungking and Foo chow,

in

He was at one time known

"uncrowned king of Manchuria”,

Sald Time of Hanson: in "During his service China, he had learned to stay vast sober while gulping quantities of vodka, stay suave while sipping small The two man appeared be-accused, fore Judge F. R. Springali te arrested by another polleran.clerk in 1950, and in four years quantities of ten, tell Jokes

Insp. Machiahon told the he was much trusted and wos day, charged with assisting in

Russian and fifteen court he charged the two men eventually in charge of the the manufacture of opium, and

outplay on the afternoon of July 7 paper and textile deptriment at Chinese dialects, possession of 3 lbs and 12 ozs

Chinese generals at poker With the consent of the Barst

a monthly salary of $1,300. of prepared oplum and oplum

accused, he cut Chan's finger- Counsel Bald when nomenal and politica, pen dispatches

to nails, and sent the clippings

consignments of paper and which his State Department Government, chemist for

textiles Errived from oversens superiors found master- the analysis.

without pre arranged local cilppings The

director pieces of industry.. were later buyers, the managing found contain

to

iraves

3. Lindner, of of the Arm, Mr eplum, according to a chemist's endorsed the delivery order, and certificate,

passed it to the accused. It was the accused's duty them to book for prosp selive buyers and on invoice was duly made out. The purchases would then be enter- ed into the sales book or sun- dry debtors books,

dross,

They are 51-year-old Chan Sang, a medicine broker, of 103 E Bluck, second-floor, Kowloon Chai, and Leung Sheung, 40, a cook, of Hut 263, Section 14, Homantin Village.

Cpl Ngai said he was among a pariy of detectives under Detec Live Sub-Inspector J. P. Mac Mahon, which raided Hut 203 in the early morning of July

Cpl Ngul said that when the "Police Inquiries have since light was extinguished in the failed to trace the owner," he room, he pushed hard against the door and called to the two M: Cons granted the applica-men, saying he was a police

i man. tlon

added,

"Chinese businessmen, who have already travelled a rocky road, ure not dazed by Hong- | police. kong's precarious posklon. The Brkish malotain their tradi- teral calm and whatever may beful in the future, are rightly proud of their achievement.

"For they have demonstrated in Hongkong that colonial rule Is not always an instrument of 'Imperialist oppression, but can In fact foster individual free. dom and progress, And they have also shown that freedom of trade and exchange can be development

·HISTOR

road to

than overambitious five-year pions and economic nationa lism."--UPI.

Fight over vegetables.

ends up in court

4th floor, Kowloon,

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The inspector said that other utensils found in the hut con- tained traces of opium. A tolal of 2 lb 9 oz of prepared cplum was found in apan, and just over a pound of oplum dross was nearby. A further 15 oz of prepared opium was found in another container.

The hearing continues.

Can those gestures be

avoided, Mr Campoli?

AMPOLI'S programme in

By D. E. GRAY fast movement

it lui,

at is proper

This was a very fine piece of elean violin playing which

wrong

notes

cert on Friday evening was a very popular one. I will brought out the joyful exuber- not use the word "hackney-ance of the music. There were ed" in respect of anything struck by the piano towards the

some peculiar he played, for it was all good end of ine Andante and at the music. But some visiting beginning of the Finale which violinists do give us the rather upset the soloist. same well-known items over and over again, and Campoli does tend to repeat himself.

A fight developed when Kwok, composer's in choosing vegetables damaged

them.

were Andante,

the

Blaw in tonality, or rhythm on the part of the planist, he made some obvious gesture which appeared to emphasise to the audience "that was not my fault, but the pianist's,”

ACCUSATION

"In Harbin, Consul Han- son took no sides. He made · friends with everybody. He got U.S. oil promoters and fur dealers out of trouble over White Russian dancers. And he kept his eyes and ears wide open.

"On the crucial Chinese

In the meantime, Mr David-Eastern Railway he rode im- son said, the accused was also partially in the private cars connected with three other local of Chinese officials, Russian Arms: the Kwong Lung Hing officials, Japanese bankers. retail stationers, the sole pro-

"When Japan finally turn- prietor of which was accused's wife; the Standard and Co, of ed from scheming to shoot- which accused was one of its ing he was ready. Without director; and the Hylder Trad- waiting for instructions he ing Co.

swung through the trouble- Speaking of the charges,, Mr area, let Secretary Stimson Davidson said accused entered

in the sundry debtors' books that act on first-hand facts in- paper boxboard, motors and stead of garbled reports.". cloth which Carlowitz had

ordered from overseas had been

sold to certain companies, com- The CPR liner Empress of

panies which were elther non- existent or which did not deal Japan tohich leaves at noon

today for Shanghai, Japan-.. with those types of goods, cused took the goods

In fact, Mr Davidson said, ne- and America will take a large to the number of wellknown local Standard and Co who acted as residents, most of whom are agent for Kwong Lung Hing and going asked the firm to sell the goods Japan on vacation.

to North. China or on behalf of Kwong Lung Hing. Among those leaving are:

Mra J. H. Taggart, wife of

No payment was ever made

to Carlowitz. neither was Mr

If these gestures are a sort of reflex action, then there. 19 nothing he can do about it. If Lindner informed of the actual the Managing Director of the disposal. On two occasions, two Hongkong and Shanghai they are deliberate then T. de-

cheques were presented to Carlo- Hotels Ltd, who, accompanied commend that in Hongkong hewitz in relation to the goods by Mrs D. L. King and Mra ・・ refrains frem making them on drawn on Hylder Co's account, D. B. Fitzgerald, will proceed any future visit here. We know

but these were dishonoured very well there are no Gerald On Moores in the Colony - to pro- ofvide a perfect accompaniment. Such gesture do not enhance the performance and do not endear the visitor to the audience..

POP

YES,

A fight over vegetables had a sequel in court today. Sub-inspector 1. W. Elas sold

The last group consisted of that Kwok Chung-man, 30, of 14

His opening number was the the Tartini-Krelsier Variations, ob Block, Shek Kip Mel Re-

splendid arrangement Battlement Area, wen top veget. well-known Semata in A Major the

Minuat able stall in Kowloon City mar-No. 1 by Hunde, I liked parti Paderewski's

cularly the graceful way in Kreisier, and played better by ket to buy vegetables.

The stall was owned by Chan which he took the last move Campoll, than anyone I know; would say he the Elgar Coppletouse, not so Luen, 32 of 3 Mej King-street,ncut. Some

wall played on Friday as I should not lumper with the

markings by intro- have heard Campoll play it on

Having said this let me add Ravel we do in Hongkong appreciate ducing these delightful littie previous occasions; the

the first and 'Habanera

Granados Campoli's playing very much relleujandos in

and Espagnol'

the and we hope he will return to moverments, but I don't 'Danse Chan hit Kwok with a veget- lust

this instance, it Sarasate. Zapateado. These are

us again. oble peeler, causing him slight think, In injuries

picces, the music in. the all very well-known spoiled

wel played by the, soloint, and Kwak retallated by hitting slightest.

with good accompaniment. Chan on the right eye.

Eric Smith, his accompanist, The two men charged with tended to "drag" slightly in the finish on a harsh note, on this Alliough I do not ko to disorderly conduct

This feature of occasion I must cautioned and discharged by Mr his playing was also particularly room for Improvement In the Gay there is E. S. Haydon at Kowloon Court noticeable later in the Bach platform manner of both these this morning.

"Arisso" by this mean the artistis Chan was ordered to pay $25 slowing up at the end of phrases compensation to Kwok,

Eric Smith has recently begun instead of maintaining an even accompanying at big publie smooth Armi rhythen.

concerts' in Hongkong. He is avory welcome addition to the all too

of limited; number

hero By for Ue most enjoyable accompanists we have

Ho "Hins obviously improved work of the overing won Beethoven's "Spring" Sonan, 1 Vory considerably and I feel don't know how long Campoll that he will ocnlimue this im and Eric Smith had to practise provement with more export. Topv in playing with logether, but in this work the

ranking, artista; Ho deserves Iwo players achieve 1 re- A group of Japanese clothing marina'y high standard of every encouragement,

But he appears to be oVK- wholesalers arrived in the partnership, and this item was Colony last idght to open a delight to listen to from shy by nature and lacks con- It he could develop sample fair.

beginning to end. Erle Smith's dence. The group, members of the tempos was,belber here, al-

greater conflderice and be more Federation

assured in his platform manner Haberdashery though he was a little percus- would contribute towards his of Wholesalers Association, arrived sivo ht times.

concert sUCTEER. from Tokyo by Thai Interna- Campoli always extracts tho tional.

Last ounce of inusie from' fils. A spokesman said that "he notes; I have never heard the "recent casing of foreign cur duplo played to Beautifully.

raney controls by the Japanese During file 1983 visit, I. arn

JAPANESE CLOTHES FAIR

ance

To Campoli I would say this; heti a violinist of world rank.

Government will make trading to be played the whole of He travels without his own no- easier and we hope to extend | Mindelssohn's Vlocin Concerto, companist and expects to not n our market to Hongkong," On Friday, he played only the competent decompanist at every The group will hotd folựu lil | last two movements. He plays | port-of-calk, Dr. Felday, oven- Talpel and Okinawa after leay its work very well and unliking, on every single occasion aque-violinista, he 1: takes thei when there was the slightest

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to Shanghai and Peking. another occasion, Car- lowitz wrote to one of the com- Mr Phillips, Consul General panies to which goods had pur- at Canton, accompanied by ported to have been sold and his daughter who will proceed asked for, payment, However, to Europe. the company replied that they

Mrs. L. Dunbar, accom- had never purchased the goods panied by Mrs D. M. Bigger, from Carlowitz.

The offences were later dis wife of the Manager of the covered, and accused in a letter Chase Bank, and MTB F., D. to Mr Lindner admitted he had Tracy, wife of the assistant defrauded the company. Pollco Manager of the Standard were then informed,

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