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WHAT ONE

· RUSSIAN

THINKS OF

BRITAIN

London, Oct. 24.

Britain is country with a high standard of culture, a country of friend- ly and hospitable people who, like us, want peace in this world," Soviet play wright Aleksander Shtein told a Mos- cow meeting. Mos- cow Radio said last night.-China Mail Special.

$500 FINE

FOR DRIVING

DEFECTIVE CAR

A Chinese man was fined $500 by Mr I. T. Morris

of

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1960.

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Not guilty plea entered at Criminal Sessions Bloodshed threat in letter

Man accused of LETTERS FROM YOU TO THE EDITOR Soldier sending demands Why pick on jazz fans?

to his employer

crue!

A store foki was this morning alleged to have written letters to his employer

and "bloodshed threatening steps" if money was not paid. The foki, Tsui Yuk-hing, pleaded not guilty at the Criminal Sessions to three charges of uttering threatening letters, demanding money with menaces and one of larceny of $200 from his employer.

again demanding $350 "Fico mesi adding, demand, whatever the dition so that bloodshed may

and QUE col-

But

Mr DNE. Rea, Crown Coun- sel, told the jury that five let- Mr But, ters were involved. proprietor firewood store received a letter on May 23 pur- portedly signed by a Kwan Yee Association.

of a churcoul and

not occur." in Canion-rood,!

On the same

The letter demanded payment of $250

ihreatened that paid. and

occur if the bloodshed would request was not met.

The letter also instructed Mr But to give the money to a tokij

his Hop who often went to and stated In certain lenhouse

Central Court this that the Association would send morning when he plead-sonicone to get the money from

summons the foki. of driving a defective car

ed guilty to

on the road.

He was Law

Kwong-yee, of

Sharp-street East, ground

floor,

On July 27. Mr But TC- ceived another letter from the Kwan Yee Association,

Sub-Inspector A. F. Blair said Drove with

on September 13, Law was seèn

driving private car along Stubbs-road near the Hongkong Garage by police constable on malor cycle duty.

The constable saw that the wheels of the car appeared to be loose. The body of the car was a very had condition.

The constable stopped the car who and saw the defendant,

was

the driver, with tires į. 'school children sitting there ty

passengers,

Insp Blair said the constable ordered the three children out of the car and told Lau to take the ear to Central Police Sta- tion for examination.

An Inspector examined ear and feel there defective parts.

the

were

22

Woman driver failed

to stop

A woman driver was fined

$150 by Central Mugis- trate, Mr D. Cons today

for failing to stop after

hitting another car.

was Chun-yin, 43,

expired licence

F. D. R. Bottomley, of 27 Caven- dinh Helght. Jardine Lockout, pleaded guilty at Central Court this morning to a KESZTY- mons of driving with an ex- pired livenoe, and was fined $75 by Mr L. T, Morris. Sub-Inspector A. F. Blair suid that at 6.02 pm un September Bottomley was driving his ear lu Stubbs-road near the junction of Queen's-road East and had af cullislun with a bus.

When asked by a pollee con- stable to produce his teenee Bottomley produced his licencs which had expired almost Bys months ago.

day. Mr received a third letter, Mr Rea went on, This letter threatened Merue! steps" it money was not The letter added, "Even if money demanded could not be paid, some money should be paid." Mr

that after But testitled

the third letter, he receiving reported to the police. He gave the police the number of $200 which he worth of banknotes. leler gave to the accused ask- ing him to give it to the Kwan Yee Association.

Accused returned the mercy the following day saying he had not met "these people," Mr But went on,

Third time

On July 30, Mr But gave the $200 to accused who again re- turned it. On the following day, accrued was given the money the third und returned it for time, witness said.

On August 1. Mr But said Bocused gave him A letter saying that a stranger had ziven it to him in a public latrine. On the following day, Mr Bus received a fifth letter. On August 3, Mr But went on, he gave the money to accused. Accused returned about mid- night saying that the matter had

Accused been "settled."

also allegedly told him that he had given the money to the Kwan Yee Association in Lai- chikak.

Hearing before Mr Justice R. H. Mills-Owens continues.

UK slow-down

hits HK

car deliveries

I must protest at the prominence given in your Saturday edi- tion to the news of " fun" commiting murder.

FLA

Why in li the press love to single

out Jaxx and Jaxx fans something to be ridiculed and the op- shown up whenever portunity arises?

It ever there was a case of mis- placed victimization I'm sure

of

indo is it one never seeme to see such front headlines as. "philatelist commits bigamy"! or "numismatist on dope charge": yel any now's trouble concerning Jaxx and the Press pick on it is a Bus- oulent tip-bl of front-page news.

Would that certain sections of the press would be equally of lavish in their devotion

items like to news space

at Louis Armstrong playing The famed La Scala Opera House in Milan (and breaking previous attendance records); 10 Count Basie's Band's *p* pearance at an English Royal Command Performance before Princess Margaret (the Count's

Band being the Princess' favourite); or

to blues singer Josh White's per- formance

Whlic at the House, Washington.

fairness, cerisin English newspapers like the Guar dian (Manchester, Guardian, of course)

very Are usually

their discerning with

Juxx news coverage and the Sun- day Observer even presents a zub. weekly column 'on tha Ject.

In

In conclusion I notice that a number of our local Jazamen are performing at a Festival of Aria jans concert, present- ed by the Hongkong Jasz Band in a couple of weeks time; let's hope none of the musicians are

unfortunate

enough to overstay in a park- Ing meter on the day of the concert or they too might make ile front page!

"JAZZ LOVER".

dear sir

Let's laugh

Now, who was the poet fellow who declaimed to the world that life was real and life was earnest, and that wealth and fame were not its goal, or Com such serious stuff! Whilst one is not too sure that life is real, na we all seem to be living in a sort of Utopian dreani, it definitely is earnest,

of the block, Not Tak Mansion. Hongkong is feeling the impact of short working Light

Jeth floor,

Mr Cone said he would not

endors her licence as stư had u clean record,

weeks at British motor plants.

On

The effect on dealers here, blast while others are on short varies withi the model whose working weeks, depending The prosecution Bold tha factory may or may not cut the models they make."

Mr Braga

dear

for all around us we see the We hard struggles going on lo eka cit an existence, with most living worse than animals, To the philosophical, wealth and fame may not be life's goal, but they do represent to mast people the acme of achleye- ment, the hallmark of success, and in theirhapursult some would go to ABY mensis to attain the objective.

ATC

sir

constipated,

and

sluggish, liverish and full of in our systems, and polson need a liberal dose of castor olt to purge un of all this

filth. Internal

Then: and only thou, Can we hope to shed

the

from scales

our eyes to enable us to see the brighter stile of life, to are

the crimson hue of the rising sun at dawn, instrad of the

at' eventide.

to

jailed

for theft

the

From the Files

25

years AGO.

October 1935

new Governor of THongkong is to be Sir

Andrew Caldecott.

He was Colonial Secre- tary of the Straits Settle. ments since 1933. He' WHA born in 1884, a son of the Rev. Andrew Caldecott.

educated

He

Was

at

Signalman N. J. R. Young Uppingham and went on to

of

252 Field Exeter College, Oxford. Squadron, Royal Signals, He entered the Malayan was this morning given Civil Service in 1907. six months and sentenced to be

son and

7

He married in 1918 and discharged with ignominy by a District they have a Court Martial for theft, daughter.

The Court, whose President Apart from literary and thick dark clouds that father was Major H. K. Leslie of the artistic ability for Sir

Seaforth Highlanders, was told that Young received a postal Andrew has written largely packet on behalf of his comrade on Malaya, and is also au

A. J. Harvey Signalman

amateur painter of no smat September 1.

merit-the future Governor of Hongkong is a lover of music and a musician of some skill himself.

to smile. must learn laugh and to be merry as we used to be when we were lite was then young, when inss serious, less earnest and lose real. What

we need is to play our childhood rame of "Let's life pretend," pretend that

In treating life as earnest, we would go to the extremes and take it too seriously with the We result that we are api to look at the waning moon instead of seeking the rising sun, we of midnight instead of think dawn, so that we develop a dark outlook on tile and be- come glooray and morose, with the result that we easily loce out temper and get ratiled al the slightest inconvenience,

We quickly take

.

umbrage where no offence is meant, and find fault with fiendishi relish, while completely blind 10 the worthy achievements of others. We Jack, a sense of

humour and forget how to laugh and be merry.

Take up your daily paper and turn to the corresponderse columns, And ihe

t strikes your pseudonym thai eye is 'Disgusted', then comes 'Annoyed', followed by Fed Up' and so on, hardly, if ever, a word of praiso, an exprey- zicu

of appreciation, but complaint, complaint all the way.

is wonderful, that everyone is good and that there is no Zevi in the world. Then, and only then, can sre TeTM rain

light- childhood our heartedness when our laugh- ter was genuine, our smile unfeigned

the

Don't let us take life too ser- iously for it ages us before our time. Let feel round emused by merry laughter and your face

We condemn rude conductors.

Il-mannered drivers, devilkah Extemen,

forgetting ad. lib. that we ourselves are often In the cause of all these obice- ilonable occurrences,

Do we over onder and stop to think that if we treat others with civility they will, return the same courtesy to us, ana If we are boorish, we will re- ceive the same treatment from others,

an

exaggerated

We have

sense of our self-importance, and demand absolute servilly from those whom we believe to be lower than ourselves, and yet we do not show any better

respects 10 superiors or elders. In short, we are just selfish, demand- ing, exacting, and expecting while doing nothing to shiw that we are any better than those whom we condemn.

pur

Light Brigade charge recalled at Sek Kong

crow's be

Сусв your

the creases

on

caused by emites,

from

LAUGHING BUDDHA.

dear sir

Inference

Police

on

He opened and took the three postal orders totalling £6.which Harvey's mother sent her son for his 21st birthday.

Young Signalman

pleaded guilty to the charge of larceny and said he was very sorry for what he had done.

He is also an all-roundi sportsman, his chief re- However, the Court was told creations being tennis arui also that Young had three pre- golf. vious convielions for theft,

Both the Court's Anding and the sentence are subject to con- Armation.

Rush-hour

traffic

is 'crazy'

ed

The Morning Post point. out that its previous Governor, Sir William Peel, had also come from Malaya. **That the Southern Colony

the should be ultimate training ground for Hongkong's Governors is an Arrangement pro mising this. Colony the best possible service," said the Past in an editorial.

"In the Straits, life f

An American travel agent fuller and freer than here. who spent Ave days in the The public mind is more- Colony, said this morning that awakened, public opiniou In spite of his short stay he had more vigorous and public become "a great admirer of

rights better preserved.

"In short there is a dis He was Mr Victor Baertschi, head of Travel Centre Inc., ofcipline of which Hongkong Los Angeles.

your leader of Friday you Hongkong," inferred that

неча- certain papera receive information Headquarters by paying a constable there.

owe it to the Surely you now

Pollec, no less than

the public, to supply

Anti- Corruption Branch with the facts that led you this inferenco,

to

the

The city is wonderful, the reaps some benefit. Tho rush-hour traffte crazy, and the great need of this Colony is

betterment of com people are great. I bave had a the marvellous time in Hongkong munal livelihood, comfort

back again and contentment.. and hope to come

to make soon," he added"

As a shaper of public opinion. It is to be hoped that you are Indeed in possession of facia and have not stooped to spreading rumour,

JAMES MARTIN.

Funds for HK

insufficient

United Nations, Oct. 24, Dr Auguste Lindt, High Com-

"Not blind to our imperial position and responsibilities, we nevertheless insist that Hongkong's flat duty is to itself. The Colony will fare better under a Governor accustomed to thinking in

The correspondent is extitled,missioner for Refugees reported terans of community happi- to draw whatever inferences today that although the Hong-ness rather than under on he likes but not to saddic uskong Government had received obsessed by the necessity with them. We said it was not large sums of money as the re- for commanding, governing, otr practice or desire to pausult of the World Refugee Year, serving distant masters. constables to give us Infortita the sums were "substantially tion we are entitled to. The less than was needed."

"The Colony has been Police can take this statement The

Commissioner's called short-sighted, but an зот what it is a pledge-and comments were contained a re-intelligent myopia in our if they see anything sinis port on the meeting earlier this Governor will stand us in ter in it, that is their own busi-month in Geneva of the Execu- better stead than hyper- ness. We have nothing to add, i live -Ed.].

said the general The 17/21 Lancon held a Guidon Parade of Sek Kong|POP.

Wong made a "U turn from a down on working hours. side aireet without paying atten-

Mr Waller Sulke, Managing, opinion was that the falling of.

tion to the traffic on the main Partner of Zung Fu Lid, said, in cur galus is due to the credit road (ee Woo-street),

In doing this she damaged the "We are just beginning to feel squeezo in Britain.

The Standard She the effect now.

mudguard of Brother car.

also failed to stop.

HK passengers

on jet flight

His company handles the and Triumph factories are Morris Minor "which is in Working en a two-and-a-half- full swing." Other British mo- day wock,

des the company handles are

them but all the time we don't Itiley. have enough cars."

airstrip this morning to mark the occasion of the 106th anniversary of the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava' in 1854..

"We have a big order with MG, Austin, Wolseley, and Hull, Commander-in-Chiet, Far

Pick-up?

Mr Sulke thought that the Three local residents left the slackening production was due Colony for Europe today by to a decline in the sales in the short working time. Swist to join the airline's UK and US markets, Caravelle jet inaugural Night be- tween Zurich and Vienna. The

"Short weeks will be

uvos

light will take place on October if the two markets pick up in

27.

three mmths' time."

"We are not affected," he added.

Gotting worse

WOX

Umbrellas stolen from cars

The reviewing officer at the Parade was General Sir Richard East Land Forces, whu Kreeted

with a general salute Mr J. W. Tindal), Assistant on arrival at the parade ground. Manager of Gillman's motor de- partment, said the Rooles Group Among the distinguished factories such as Humber, H-guests were Lady Hull and man and Sunbeam, are not on Misses Mary and Julio Hull, Li- Gen Sir Roderick W, McLeod, Commander of Britishi the Forces and Lady McLeod, vesilór A men who stolo fotir from porini car's representatives of the three Ser- umbrellas vices, and Government and sineu April this year, was sen- Police officials and their wives. tenced to nine months jail by Mr E. Corbally at Central Court Murs residents were

Mr R. E, Harper, Chairman

The parade was under the this morning, when he pleaded Annemarie Ferdes, director of Director of Dodwell Motors, and President of Wallace Harper command of the Commanding guilty to four counts of inrcony. Frederick Pordes Company, Mrents for the Numeld exports and Co, agente for British Ford, Omeer, Li-Col R G. Sation- Chan Tung chong (24), Rene O. Girard, salce represon of British Moters Corporation said that since April this year ihwalte.

said, "Up to this day we have delivery has been a few weeks. tative of Mandarin Toxilles Lil

late and is golling, worse now, Gen Hull was accompanied and Mr Leo Gadd, mumager of not be affected."

"It's either because they by: Li-Col Satterthwaite in his The Peninsula Hotel,

"However," he mld, “we have have too many orders on hand review of the parade, a been advised by the factories 10 or ibour problems," he said. | anticipate, a disappointment in "But I heard they are building "Thle - why" "the" Bist thing the

Detective, Sub-Inspector J. A., delivery as a result of the short a multimillion-pound new face Guidon, which he a regimen. Nechioles, said: `p car, cleaner, working hours and, rearrange-tory at Mersey, England, which tay standard, was on parade in Lau, Kwab, took defendant lo [ment of production schedules, should be ready next year.". Hongkong and clao, the Central Police Station, and May "There pre ปี number of Brilla Ford makes the time it was trooped ince it was |-. The defendant was, also res¬ tholosies operating under BMC, Angila, Prefuel, Consul, Zephyr, presented last year by told ponsible for two, similar offences

Some of them are going full and Zodize.

Morsial Sir Gerald Templer in April, ible your,

The

Mrs Pordes Is the wife of Mr Frederick Pordes, Hon. Austrian Trade Representative in Hung kongs

its la, now, in Europe, where Mes Pardes will join him, and they are both due tu ro turn towards the end of Novem-

Mr Paul Braga, Managing

unemployed, of 217 Des Voeux read Wret, was seen removlug two umbrellas from a private car in Jackson-rond on October

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TOYS

ligh

Committee

---Reuter.

for Refugees.

metropic abstration,"

BY GOC

O.K. BUT I'M NOT BUYING YOU SOMETHING YOUR FATHER CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ABOUT

THE HOME WITH

WHATEVER

THE SITUATION.

Carlsberg

KEEPS YOU SMILING

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