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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1960.

Takes off his jacket in court room Farmer shows jury his wounds

Tells of

Letters from you to the editor

chopper WHOSE FRUSTRATION?

attack

A young farmer facing

dear sir

a murder charge took one more word, and 'Victorian'

can have the Albert Hall

off his Chinese-style himself. jacket and pullover invio disagreed the Supreme Court

today and showed the

jury, long scars on his right

head,

shoulder

neck,

and

arm, He

which he said were chopper wounds.

The farmer, 24-year-old Lau į Sung of Lok Ma Chau, New Territories, claimed that it was the deceased, Wong Shing, who altacked him first width LE chopper as he was stepping into his house with a heavy load on his shoulder.

He said he pulled a wooden pole from the load and Wong run away. He chased Wong in order to arrest him.

Near a dich, he said, Wong stopped, turned and held up the chopper ready to attack again.

Lau said he tried to strike the chopper cut of Wong's hand but could not recollect where the blow landed, Wong im- mediately fell into the ditch, he ratd, and he did not remember If he had struck Wong again with the pole.

A doze

"I was in such a daze that I; was staggering around-with the pole in my hand. I could hardly stand. I did not know anything else until I found my self in hospital," Lou said.

The Prosecution's case was fractured that Wong had u skull and died before arrival at the hospital. The incident oc- curred on the evening of July

13.

Giving evidence in his own Jury defence, Lau told that he had had dispute and fight with Wong on July 1 and both went to the police station. There they were told to behave themselves left

and

Lau sald the matter was later settled and he undertook to pay for Wong's medient expenses, Held he had given Wong about $200 and on the eve of the Incident, Wongs again demanded $5 saying that he was suffering from pain as a result of the fight.

About 7.30 pm on July 13. Lau sald, he was returning home with his wife. As he was stepping into the house he was attacked. He turned rount and saw Weng with the chopper riming blows at hinı,

Sharpened

He claimed that he had seen

LO

with my point

Like triads

DVR, of view and Facated that After reading Patrick Knox's I begin to .reply! to opposition

30 Legislative.

understand why THE Council was "merely a

Christians "pray and prey.".

sign

of frustration," whose frustra- mention, on be omitted to possibly he meant ours.

also raid: "Government of over. would never dream riding the Unofficials on any As they major Issue today. (berefore control Govern- ment, any criticlam would be and rather self-criticism pointless."

Arst potni-Govern- With his

ment not over-riding the Up- officials-it is agreed. One docan't 'over-ride' soqules- cence, and where there is an among absolute unanimity Officials and

passage smooth

always

Unomcials,

or

It is so much like the tultation Society in ritual of a Triad Hongkong: Some lead good sonte lead bad Aves, and lives, but the initiation ritual has imprinted on all of them a character which can never

be effuced.

The indelible ritual also makes of the Spirks oile a member of Gwan Cung. a "self-less" general who lived two hun- dred odd years after Christ,

dear

A NATURALIST.

A Christian

assured. Whether

In Diafor Issuta. miner

I'd be up. thinkable for our honourable friends' to raise a dissenting volce unless, as in the case of the football pools, the public insista on having a say, and It then reluctantly, luctantly, some 'divergensa possibly be expressed. Usually, it's nodding doing."

regards "Ylo's" second polni; "As they therefore Let me name four difculties in. the way of the position he

As

mosi It- respectial

of views' might

I

is with same trepidation that I take up pen again, to cross swords this time, (please excuse the mixture) with such

antagonist wa doughty

Mr Кобх.

control Government, any takes:- criticism would be zelf- criticism and rather point- leas." (the italics Wonder of wondert So Unofficials 'control' Govern-

have menti My: Where been all these years that I never knew this before? Comie, come, 'Victorian, let's put it to the vote. Those who support the view that Unofficials control the Government pat up. both Do their feetthey'd have

(1) It is not so stated in the

Scripture. are mine).

Salvation at the Christ's Ihat resta slone on death for me and my accept- ance thereof. Or, as saith the 18th Arilele: "For Holy

cei aut Scripture doth

anto as only the name of Jesus Christ whereby men must be saved".

our

legs to stand on! This is the best joke of the century, and "Vic' stuld be awarded the perfect palm for being fle comedian.

Having missed his point, as his

Jetter's heading admonished, I'm now beating round the bush.

TINY TIM.

(2) Would Mr Knox allow that

a man can persist in adultery. hypocricy and murder, and simply because he is baptised, heaven at last? Kill go to What is stated of the attitude final де the of The Judge Great Assize does not allow this though.

(3) There are men, not by any

means

have C- few, who

and pudiated their baptism Hive Dielt lives in accord with

Would Mr

that repudiation. Knox

drat #111

them to heaven in splle of themselves and their Judge?

(4) There is surely a sequence in becoming a Christian, not Just one single poi Does it not Involve, Repentance. Aceptance of Christ Jexux. Bapitum. And the bringing forth of works meet for Repentance.

35 traffic accidents yesterday

SHEAFFER'S

IMPERIAL HE

Sheaffer quality features at moderate pricts

LOCAL

From the Filas.

ARTISTS 25 EXHIBIT

Oil paintings by seven woll- known local artists are on show at Cr exhibition which opened this morn- ing at the Chinese Cham- ber of Commerce Building. All the artists are seasoned painters, the oldest and most experienced heing Mr Feng Kan-po, a versatile painter who studiod in New York and has been working for 50 yeaTS.

Yu Peng is a consummate artist I particularly liked Canton river scene in the style of Whistler... Mr, Yu also shows scenes of Canton and his treat ment of light on water produces exquisite effects.

self-taught painter is always

years

AGO

October 1935

TER Royal Highness the

H

Duchess of Kent was safely delivered of a son at 2.05 am on October 9. The condition of Her Royal Highness and the infant is. satisfactory. This is the official bulletin. which an- nounced early yesterday the birth of a son to the Duke and Duchess of Kent.

Luts Chan (Chen Fu-san)—a

I liked ready to experiment,

His Excellency the Officer Govern- best his very definitely treated Administering the rural scene of cottuges and ment has appointed Mr B.C.K. trees, against a background of Hawkins to be Chief Assistant blue hills, with light pouring to the Secretary-for Chinese through a single young sapling

Afairs. in the foreground.***

total of 35 traffic accidents, 18 in Kow- loon, 16 in Hongkong and one in the New Territories, occurred yesterday. DVR. P. S. I do not think Mr Knox

These left in their wake four when he was caught in the rear will instance the case of the

in Tat Hang 22 bumper of a bus thief on the cross, for surely people seriously injured, God has made Itis salvation slightly injured and 15 corsi Tung Resettlement Aren. In Kwai Chung, near every damaged.

The biggest accident was the Wan, a 08-year-old woman, Ma and a six-year-old head-on collision between two Lal-wah, textile mill private

Yuk-forg. transports ghi... Poon

tor wide enough

Man can position in which find himself.

dear sir

'Silly Willy'

That title to your 'Comment' of

Tsun

were

for workers in Ngau Tau Kok-knocked down by a car when

walking They were rood at 10.50 pm. -

Fourteen men

were

injured,

from

suffering cussion.

До

of them

and women street,

serious

con-

Fell from lorry

The vehicles, owned by the Nanyang Cotton Mill Ltd and

in

.the

Ran over

WESTERN INFLUENCE He has also appointed Mr Le Man-kam to be an Un- Huang Cho-kuen (C. Fofficial Member of the Legisla Wong) has an individual style tive Council. in Bower painting; he has studied in America and Jans Mr Lo has also been up- obviously been influenced by pointed with Mr G. S. Arch- Western painting in his "Red butt, the Deputy Inspector Japonica meas of bloom with General of Police and the the his

rough, dark branches accentuating the glowing petals, Head of the Sanitary Depart ment, to form a committes to The portrait of an old woman advise the Government in

In Hongkong, a lorry ran över

a 13-year-old boy, Slu

fracturing Loung-chung, right leg while he was crossing Des Voeux-road West near the

yesterday was most apposite: the East Sun Textile Co. Ltd, Lu Chong Hing Bank at 5.15by. Ng Po-wan (Wu Pu-yan) Ismatters concerning the inter-

Idiots": buf "Luconscious aren't all idiots unconsciously 20, for who would deliberate ly or consciously be an idiot? But then those followers of our (7) Cousins were in their na- tural elements, for only, idiats, Unconscious or wide-

permit them selves to be led by the nose like cattle to be slaughtered,

awake, would

OUT

And while condemning

Cousins (remotely removed, Let's hope) for its inexpli cable behaviour, we might also have an admonishing word for that dreamer- philosopher Bertrand Russell who, at the ripe old age of 88, should case of his mental agility a bit and stop trying to emulate our lamented and revered Mahatma Gandhi whose doctrine in his time and in his country fit in admirably with the occasion, but time has since changed, and civil disobedience for the British simply isn't water to a duck.

gray matters Our noble lord would do well something more constructive and less derisive, for it's most unbecoming of an otherwise respectable gentleman trying to make an unconscious idiot' of himself, to be the laughing- stock of his fellow men.

to use his

C. LE S.

Professor's complaint -about film prices-

A-Swiss professor of scientific photography left. Hong Kong 'to- day complaining of the lack of controls on prices of colour transparencies.

Wong sharpening the chopper He was Professor John Eg- the gert, Doctor of Engineering at a technical high school In Zurich,

from time to time before day of the incident.

Hearing before Mr Justice who left by Swissair for Bang- R. H. Mills-Owens, continues. kok with Dr Ernst Zund a selan- Lau is defended by. Mr. A. Uße photography lechnician In Zimmer, instructed by Mr Burgdorf, Switzerland,

A. K. W. Lui.

Mr Simon Ll, Crown Coun-

sel, is prosecuting.

Swiss MPs

in Colony

Prof. Eggert sald that during

his stay here he was annoyed to And the lack of contrel on the sale of colour transparencies, or slides.

Д

From $18 to $2 "In our hotel, there was packet of 20 transparencies sell- ing at HK$18. As I am - terested in photography, I took

a closer took, but reframed from buying straight away."

"Later we went to the Peak

A group of 12 members of the where I was offered the same

WBAN

·

Prof. John Eggert, left, with Dr Ernst Zund, the two Swiss professors, at the airport shortly before departure.---- Intplar photo.

on

were both damaged.

3.1.

13

In Canal-road East near the the best of his work shown at communications of the At 2.10 pm, a man, Chark

this exhibition; he studied in the Fire Brigade station, a lorry Philippines, and here again, a Colour (road traffic). «

tu Rvold nocking foreign influence pervades Kung, fell from a lorry when it turned from Kwong Shing-street swerving Into Castle Peak-rond

67-year-old woman, work. Chark down

Choung Kam, was struck from Mr was suffering from serious con

Chu Tung-pak cussion when he was admitted behind by another lorry at 2.50 some interesting village scenes. to hospital.

The record number of

At 10 pm, a three-year-old

pm.

boy, Leung Chung-hing. Buffer-accidents in a day is 30 in ed injuries to the head and legs Kowloon and 35 in Hongkong.

U.S...commercial art exhibit at Cathedral

Chicago

Capital

his

shows

The exhibition will continue A

PITCHED battle is

for, three days from 10 am to 7 raging for the posses- pm and is well worth a visit.sion of Adowa, MP.

Mr Robert E. Tims of the USIS shows Mies Edith Wong the cover of the Russian -language magazine, America, at the Exhibition of American commercial art John's Cathedral Hell this morning.-China Mail photo.

POP by Go

*

About 217 photographs aud advertising designs for televi- alon.

and newspapers magazines were shown in commercial art exhibition at St John's Cathedral Hsl to- day.

0:

These are some of the exhibits of the regional commercial art competition sponsored by the Art Directors' Club Washington last year. The exhibition in Hongkong was arranged by the US. Informa- tion Service.

Tae uxhibition is open to the public now and will close at 6 pan on Saturday,

Mr Robert Time the cultural officer of the USIS wald, the exhibition would later be held in Formoes and Korea.

Assaulted

Swiss Parliament arrived to- pocket of slides for HKID.

This is the professors' Arst day by Swissair from Tokyo The coin who was selling themhouses, and down below in the aflor · attending the Inter- to fine bargained and eventually town children are. playing or visit to the For East; and fron Parliamentary Union ean brought his price down to lying in the streets. It appears Hongkong they will go on to a four-day visit ference,

HEGA SUL I did not buy. that Hongkong is a city of big Dangkok for

balero returning to Switzerland. Then when we visited the social contrasts," he said. included *ITE

Dr.

@goldsmith group

Dr Erost Zund, the technielan, Tho, owner of Gabriel. Despland, President of Tiger Balm Gardons I

to And,un identici the Swits Senate, and Dr: Emil amazed

The two professora had been commented on the quality of shop was brosind over in $200 Duft, vice-president of the Swiss packet of 20 slides for only invited to Japan for a three Japances cameras saying, First for a year by Mr E. Corbally well-known at Central Conset this morninst National Courell and leader of HK$2. This, is not right," howook lecture tour at the inviia they copled the

1lon of the Society of Belentide brands of camorar, and there for wounding, his coprentice the Swiss delegation to the con-led.

whom he suspected of{dia- "As for Hongkong Itself, I Photography of Japan, of which were not of good quality, ference.

an honorary "But now they have added honesty They will be in the Colony And the Colony interesting and Prof Eggert is

first floor, plouded until tomorrow evening before full of contrate," Prof. Eggert member. They lectured at both their own inventors and pro-Tang Cheng of 45 Lyndhurst

Tokyo and Kyoto Universities cesses and are manufacturhig Terrace, going on to vielis to Bangkok: ssid.

India

before returning Up on the Peak there are on the subject to photography some of the best cameras in the guilty to a charge of RsMINI,

world," I added."

chwing bodily harm the wonderful mansions and during their lecture tour,

and home.

THAT'S RIGHT, LISTEN TO HIS SIDE OF THE' STORY FIRST A

at

St.

OPERATION

The latest news is that the Ethiopian Commander, Ras Seyum, has sent a mes Bage to

Government

the

saying that he cannot hold out much longer,

There has also been fight- ing in Ogaden where it is said that 2,000 Ethiopians have been killed.

An Italian official.com- munique describes the first day's advance of 12 miles into Ethiopia, and the driving back of an opposing force.

The bombing, of Adowa and Adigrat are admitted.

On all fronts the air armi has played & prominent part.

The League Council meets this morning. It is report- ed that France and Eng- land have agreed to apply financial and economic sanc- tions if the Council finds that an act of aggression has been committed.

Italy is to be represented and it is said that Baron Aloisi has been instructed to fight the suggestion that › Italy has been the aggres

Hor.

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