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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1960.

'Fly now-pay later' comes to

NEW BRITISH BANK TO FINANCE SCHEME

A "Fly now-Pay later" plan is now available to residents of

Hongkong!

Two leading airlines, Boac and PAA, will put the plan into operation as

from next Monday.

This was officially announc- vd today by Mr A. D. Bennett. Bale's Far East Manager, and Mr T. M. Taylor, PAA's District Traffle and Sales Manager.

This will enable residents of ln Hongkong to fly anywhere the world by either of the air- lines with a minimum deposit of ten per cent and instalment payments of the balance over a maximum of 24 months.

All classes

The plan la applicable to all classes of travel and all inter- rational Journeys for which

carrier tickets would normally be issued.

There is a minimum service charge of HK$55 per transac- tion, in addition to the fare,

Though the maximum instal- months, menis period is 24

clients are encouraged to repay within 12 months,

All instalments are payable to # #cw British banking concern which started opera- tons Hongkong recently under Die name of Lombard Bank Ama Ltd. It finances tha the plan by paying for tiekels sold under the schémo and collecung the instalments from the clienis.

The Brst instalment wiil normally be payable not less thon 30 days after credit op- proval.

pay

If a client chooses to more in advance, the monthly "Instalments will be smaller.

The forms

A prospective client for such an air ticket may approach the airlines or their travel agents for a proposal form in which he will fill 1 personal data, occupation, details and purpose of journey.

On payment of the deposit, The client wil be issued with a recent

The proposal form will be forwarded to the bank which will give its decision withla keven days,

On acceptance of the pro- posal, the client will be re- quired to sign a promissory note and a banker's order form before the airline can issue him with the licket,

Elsewhere

According to Mr Terce

| MICROSCOPE INTEREST

Miss Kathryn Black, daughter of the Governor, Str Robert Black, at the Salyiorpun Polyclinio this morning.

Governor inspects

Saiyingpun Polyclinic

Cleaver, Bone's Pubile Relations The Governor, Sir Robert Black, this morning

Offer, the plan was introduced

Into Singapore 18 months ago; Borneo, list April; United Kingdom, four years ago; and USA live years ago.

'Interpreter owned race horses'

witness in the Low trial told Judge P. R. Springall today that a former interpreter in a law firm owned race horses.

He also said that interpreters received brokerarts from ! ellen's whom they introduced to the firm to borrow money.

the Witno, Mr Wong Chung-wing, a former cashier or Messrs Wilkinson and Grist, was being cross-examined in the Victoria District Court, at the trial of 31-year-old Robert Ell Low On charges of fraudulent conversion, corrup- tion and conspiracy.

Mr Wong who had testined yesterday, said Lam Chun-kit,

a former clerk with Wilkinson and Grist, received

A salary

any business he introduced to

the firm. Lom was also an in- terpreter for the firm.

Collected money

as charitable.

organisation

and 20 per cent commission on A Police inspector told a Magistrate at Central Court this morning some people had collected money from the public by falsely pretending they were doing so on behalf of a charitable organisation.

Mr W. P. Grieve, defence counsel; Interpreters with a firm

are acting

for as go-between

the Chinese population?

Mr Wong Yes,

Insp. W. R. J. Boxall was out- of case in

In fact a great deal of bust-Hning the facts ness

of the firm

came

through interprolers?—Yes,

Rich men

Application for registration was refused.

in which four men wore charged The object of the society, Insp. Boxall said, was to pro- mote the sale of articles made

of

And in particular, most the business with people who wanted to borrow money came to the interpreters. Yes.

And it is a fact that most of the interpreters became fairly rich mon? I dare not say.

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RETIRED

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From

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years -AGO

September 1935.

MISSING FOR the first time

A 62-your-old teacher, re- tired after 40 years of teaching, has been miss- ing since Monday after

noon.

Mr LA Kit-yim of 24 Ching Wah-street, first floor, North Point, was last seen leaving home at 8 pm the day before yesterday.

He spent his last ten years teaching and retired last July.

Before his disappearance, Li

had visited his three married daughters

The

At one of their homes, left a note and a key. note told the daughter to bring

the key to his home,

He has not returned home since. Another letter was left insido 1 sidence.

drawer in his re-

history

In, the . of football In Hongkong a Bix-- side soccer competition will be held at Sookunpoo over the weekend. All the import ant teams in the Hongkong Football League have en- tered the competition, which will also serve to open the now stadium erected by the military authorities at Sookunpoo.

Six-a-side soccer is a game not generally played and calle for a technique quite different from the ordinary eleven-a-side match. It is not even played in England. An import from Scotland, it was played recently at the White City during the jubi

lee celebrations.

☆

Hailed as the greatest black boxer in history, Joe Louis, His wife reported to the the sensational Detroit Negro,

by Rennies Mill Camp refugees, police who are stili inveniigat-battered Max Baer relentless-

ori.

with conspiring together be tween December 1 last year and September: 12 this year to ob- tak sums of money from the such as brooms, mops and so public by false pretences.

These articles were sold

The

Siu from door to door and by tele- defendants were

described Wing-kwang, 45,

as phone orders from the office. Chinese the chairman of the Refugees Camp, of 137 Prince Edward-road,

second floor;

Cheung Tin-yuen,

A letter

23, office Each order was accompanied

Mr Grieve thon referred Mr boy, of 32 Shanghat-street, first by a printed letter giving the Wong two other interpreters floor; Tsui Ting-yutn, 27, sales prices of the goods and st whom he knew. Mr Wong agreed mm, of Block A, Tung Yat that a formor interpreter, Mr Buliding, seventh floor; And Chow King-fan, owned horses Leung Chung-kl, 21, salesman, but said he did. not know of 32 Shanghai-street, first whether he also owned hotels floor. and restaurants.

Mr Grieve: One of the ways interpreters become rich is that they are able to get a brokerage from clients whom they intro-

duced to borrow money?—Yes.

And it is common knowledge) that it is by means of brokerage that they become, as I have suggested 11, rich men?-Prob ably they are not enriched by brokerage alone.

Gifts

Different, pleas

gesting that the organisation was a charitable one, Money trim the sale of articles and from donations was then sup posed to have been given to various refugees.

Insp, Boxall said some the in December kist year, mom Cheung, Tsui and Leung bors of the society dispersed pleaded guilty while Slu plead-and Shi deelded to carry on the ed not guilty and Mr E, Corbal-work by himself. He employed

October 3 at 10 1y fixed Slu's hearing for Cheung as an accountant, Trui

there wore no more

They

ing

Heavy fine for employing children

ly in their non-title bout at New York and knocked out the former heavyweight champion of the world, in the | fourth round. In' the short time the fight was in proJTERS Bear was sent crashing to the boards three times.

THE

Vietoria, Canadian Govern- ment had learned

The Independant Metal through Its secret operatives Works Limited of 11/13 that the recent march of the Cheung Ning-street Kow-unemployed from Toronto loon was summoned be- to Ottawa, the Dominion's Fore Mr F. F. X. Leonard capital, was part of a plot to at Kowloon Court this seize the Prime Minister, am. He was and Leung as salesmon receiv

ing 35 per cent on their in- morning for employing Mr R., B. Bennett, as a allowed bail of $2,000,

nine children in an in hostage and to set up a Cheung, Taul and Leung were dividual sales. cach Bned $250 and bound over.

As

dustrial undertaking con- Soviet Government. nsp. Boxall told the court the handicrafts, they bought articles trary to regulations. defendants were members of the and rosold them using the same

This was the remarkable Chinese Refugees Handicraft

Dennis Chow of the Labour assertion of Mr Bennett him- sales methods as before. Slu was usually telephoned people, In- Department Bald on May 6 itself, speaking Mr Wong said he understood Mutual Aid Society.

before. B Chairman, Cheung, accountant, troduced themselves as

was found that two that interpreters would get

children meeting which inaugurated about two per cent

Taui and Leung salesmen,

employed Thebers of the society and then ask-aged 12 were brokerage

founded in 1956. ca for a donation.

sembly work and three children his coast-to-coast election from borrowers who obtained society was

Insp. Boxall

then gave an aged 13 were operating hand campaign. Mr Bennett de clared that Moscow-main- example of this method

used, pisses..

tained well-paid agents in He said on September 12, a Tho company WGS fined businesman in Des Voeux-rond į$1,000.

Canada, but that Canadians phoned by a man who

would never tolerate inter- claimed to be a minister and

Mr Francis Wong represented ference in their affairs by. asked for. "a" donation. The man

the company.

outside agencies, agreed. For a donation of $160, the received a few packets of

soap powder and towels.

loans against mortgage of pro- perties,

The brokerage rate would be higher if the loan was obtained on promissory notes and might be as much as eight per exat,

made a top-to-bottom inspection of the Sai-he said. yingpun Polyclinic, accompanied by his daughter Kathryn.

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The little shop which specializes in presenting to you the latest in Gowns and Accessories for all occasions, exquisitely to conform with -finished, perfectly eut

American size ranges and executed in the most glamorous of local brocades, Thai silks, French and Italian novelty fabrics and beautiful Swiss knits.

a full range of lovely gowns

in all sizes always available.

Sir Robert toured the eight clinics in the building, which he opened on July 8,

Telephonist

that on larceny

!

charge

was

Toid Police

mem-

PROPRIETOR FINED

The proprietor of the Salenti-

fic Sealing, Works of Fuk Tsun street

A particularly audacious appeared before Mr robbery 08 P. T. X. Leonard at Kowloon broad daylight at about 4 pmi carried out in

Mr Grieve suggested that it was the high brokerage had enabled interproters to be- come "very prosperous." Mc Wong replied, "Probably so."

Mr. Wong sold it was the practice of certain interpretova

This man later told the police. Court this morning on four did not to give gifts, but he

Inap. Boxall told the court Jabour

summonses, the first yesterday, when Mr D. E. know if Lam had given gifts to Lee Suk-kuon, 23-year-old that Choung, Teul and Leung for employing five children; O'Kieffe and Mr and Mrs the second for employing 40. R. Cramer, of the National woman telephone opera-admitted they knew It was an

women; the third for employing City Bank, were held up in tor, of 48 Jatte-road, offence to collect money from people "dor 幽 charitable

three young persone of 10 years the Sheungshui district, nuair second floor, appeared be- organisation without permis. fore Mr E. Corbally at slon but they had been un of age; the fourth for employ- | Faning, by a gang of, fue

anyone,

He shook hands with most of the staff, queationed them on their work and inspected con- sulting rooms and dispensaries. İntrepreters, Mr Wong went -Sir Robert and Miss Black on, had full authority to inter- frst toured the out-patients view clients. They took instruc department on the ground floor tions and gave advice to their of the building, where about clients,

PETSONS

500 people were receiving treat- When interpreters introduced inent

to wishing

borrow They then went to the Hong. money, they would be regard kong Government Institute of Cd as the Interpreters' clients, Pathology on the seventh Door Mr Wong said.

Extra salary

Central Court this morn-employed. ing on a charge of theft.

ng three young persons under

10-all after 8 pm, on May 24, armed robbers, who took They further said that they On the first summons the Commoney and articles to the packels of soap)pany was fined $1,000, on the value of 800 from them and

other three, $50 each.

escaped...

the

Sub-Inspector Yip Tat-you, realised prosecuting, asked for three powder were not worth $160. days remand. in police custody for further enquiries.,

This was Magistrate,

*Os

granted by the

have alleged to

and worked their way down. through seven other clinics.

Acompanying them on their

Leo He sold when money lenders lour was the Acting Director of advanced money to borrowers, stolen two pairs of trousers, a Medical and Health Services, Dre money would first be paid suit of Chinese style clothing, a P. H. Temz, the Medical Super-into the solicitors' firm and open and a table clock from the Intendent of the Polyclinic, Dr

of quarters

the TE. Yeoh, the Acting Principal de course be paid out to the Nurses

Grantham Hospital in Woog Matron Miss M. Grant, and the When money was paid in, Chuk Hang on September-10. Sister-In-Charge ut the Poly-receipts would be issued, In elinie, Mrs H. Histon.

MAGISTRATE

GIVES BEGGAR

10 DOLLARS

borrowers.

No plea, was taken, aka

DISCHARGED

10 present case, it was Lom [who had given, all the details

to prepare the raceipts.

Earlier, Mr L. F." Rozario, an accountant of Wilkinson dod Grist, who also tertised yester

woman Wong Kin, 34, op- day, agreed with defence couD- acl, Mr H. H. B. How, that apart peared. before Mr. E., S. from the salary and commissione Haydon at Kowloon Court stated in a list, another $3,000.

on charges of cruelty, to had been paid to Low in

animals and ⠀⠀ operating February 1957 as "extra salary "|

Hearling in continuing.

an unlicensed bird shop Mr E. Corbally of Contral The Prosecution alleges that Low, Fat 150'Apliu-street. J

Court this morning, cau- while being servant in the employ

Sub-Inspector A. Curlowis tioned and gave $10 to an framckeatly converts is his own said that while on patrol in 83-year-old woman beggar 1000,000, between December, 1906 Le saw a store selling a number une and bertolli,, cheques, totaling | Apllu-street at 4 pm yesterday' from the poor box when and August, 196k Helle also alleged she admitted begging.

to have received sume of money of birds and a small cage on the from La Chim-kit, for, witnessing póvement with five puppies in Et. Chung Lin-ol, living at hut promtery hetes

of dlords of mortgage and He phoned the Hongkotig 207 Chai Wan reaotllement are:,)

ite plente not guilty to all changa S.P.C.A to send an Inspector section 3, pleaded gulity.

Mr Bodilly en Mr. 31, 7, 0% Hobe and together they arrested: de- -Sub-Inspector Yip Tal-yau | son; crown, coup appair storing fendering av TERESAMPL

prosecution. Mrgloy nd Mymar Hardon on the first changes sold the woman was arrested by a policaman outside house, 105 trioDE OF MEG. 2. §. plavin- ordered: the puppies to be given

Honza MEANT Zimmimage heidiae to the B.P.C.A, for. disposé Fanid Printed and published by Terence Gordon NewLANDE PEARCE Wangreichong-road Vestordag for and on behalf of South China Morning Post Limited at 1-3 where she was seen begging for wing brief orgbetis, or Meads the recond he sutioned and

Chiu-poorja: on i thelomerellona?pt Wyndham Street, City of Victoria in ike Colony of Hongkong | sims there.

Mr P21 Bin

May discharged the defendant: ON

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