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POLICEMEN CHARGED WITH FREEING DRUG RAID PRISONERS

Three polico-constables went on trial this morning charged with receiving money as a reward for releasing prisoners who had been held following a dangerous drugs raid.

Boys who

stole,

ordered to

be caned

}

Seven juveniles, whose ages ranged from 10 to 13 years, were each ordored to be given four strokes of the cane, by Mr D. Benton at the Causaway Bay Juvenile Court this morning.

In tharges of theft.

They appeared B. J. Jennings at Court.

before Judgo the District

Mr H. liulson, Crown Coun- tel.rosecuting, sald that the thre, policama, Man Kam-tu, Wong Sad-kam ti Ko Klm- chu had rage: a room in the Wong Tal Sin resettlement estate. They had found packets of heroin here and had arrested four men found on the premises,

They had taken them to Kow- loon City Police Stallon and Mr Holazon aid, had Indicated to them that they would be pre- pared to release them if they were paid "ten money,"

'PAWN WATCH'

PRO-REDS

SEIZE INITIATIVE IN LAOS

Vientiane, Jan. 15. Pro-Communist forces have One of the accused allegenly

seized the initiative in the Laotian civil war again.. uggested to one of those attest- the tenunt of the rnidosst room-that he should pawn kiɔ Government plans for a major watch and that a gold ring be-counter-offensive appear to be longing to another of thost crumbling. arrested should be sold to pre.

duce money for a reward.

Rumours are

The arrangement was agreed, fast again--but

sing thick and

so for without

to and theer pockets of herola substantiation that the Gov-

attacks

All defendants pleaded guilty were disposed of one of the, erminent forces plan to fall boek

arrested men, who was told by it the pro-Communist Wong that he would be charged turti into a major offensive, with possession of only the three

The Royal capitol of LUDNĄ packets which were left.

the north and Prabtong in administrative capital of Vien- tale in central Laos are agalu threatened.

Inspetor D. R. Fyfe who prosætuted said that sharily be- fore an yesterday two police officers were on bicycle pstrui duty along Mand-road in Aberdien avez,

HANDCART

the

When they came near No. 69 1stand-rend, they discovered the seven defendants putting trian guler iren bars into a wooden Bandart.

When opprincked by the Wied 171 police, they escape. Three were arrested on the pet and further enquiries resulted the

iti

wrest of the

other four.

Enquiries

revealed that one of them had stulen the earl.

The 31 triangular bars valued at $-105 were the property of the Tai On Machinery Factory.

Skirts

The tenant sold the ring but rould not pawn the watch for enough reg.

Eventually all three constables drove around the p: Wh shops nd when the annn of the Wong Tai Sin roon manged to pawn his watch for $200, he was fold to put $250 in the glove hex of the car driven by the second accused. Wong Sal-kam.

This he did. Wong had allegedly You only need to pay $250 you have paid $80.”

COMPLAINT

aid:

ns

ʼn complaint

The Enant laiel

on August 23, two days later.

at the above frets came to Brot, said Mr Hobson.

Mr H. H. 1. How a counsel

for the defence, instructed uy Mr Hindmar h of Stewart and Co.

Hearing continues,

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and Smooth Orlon Mixtures!

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NOT IMMEDIATE

The threat does not appear to be immediate.

But the mere fact that rebel units are advancing on two im- partan fronts is causing up- prehension in Lu, rg Prabang. battle-scarred Vientiane and the

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Fire victims waiting to be registered

A section of the victims of this morning's Hunghom squatter fire walling to be registered by the Department of Social Welfare at the Hunghom Kaifong Association, compound,—China Mail photo.

Victim of TWO YEARS JAIL Woman

nuclear

tests?

London, Jan. 16,

militarily important Government. A mother has written to the bases of Paksane and Tha Thom War Office socking an in- which guard the narrow walst

vestigation into the death of her soldier son who of Laos-AP.

spent 12 months Christmas Island, Bri- tain's Pacific nuclear test- ing ground.

P & O-Orient

buy two ships

London, Jan. 10. p & 0-Orient Lines Lounzed today that they have bought 1ww passenger/cargo

yesssels for their Far ELATUL service.

The vessels are the stiamers Jadotville, 13,700 Ins, and Baudoulaville, 13,022 100s, which have been operating be- tween Europe and the Belgian Conra for the Cle Marine Belg

(Lloyd Royal) SA.

Antwerp.

The Jadotville was completed

I 1930 and the Baudouinvite in 1957. The

оп

She is convineed he died of a

form of blood

cancer, beca

of radiation he picked up during his service on the island.

Curly-haired Brian Morks, Fapper in the Royal Engineers, i weighed 13 stone and was a! strong healthy young man when he sailed to Christmas Island in [1958.

He still looked healthy, ac- cording to his family, when he has demobiilsed and returned to his Walworth, London, home.

But after he had been home a meath he had two bouts Eners within a few weeks,

SWELLINGS

From the Filos

25

years AGO

January 1936

Miss E. M. Grey (HK Ladies) Las been

elected

Captain of the Ladies Interport Hockey team white Λείπει Μ. Brunon (CBA Ladies) has been cleated více-captain.

A

BRILLIANT and

happy occasion was the 27th Congregation of the University of Hongkong for the conferring of degrees, held in the Great Hall yes- terday and attended by al- most a thousand eminent citizens and students.

The honorary degrees were conferred on the Hon Sir Thomas Southorn, the Colonial Secretary, and on Dr Herbert Gastineau Earle, irst Professor of Physiology ut the University, following eulogistic description thelf services to the munity by the Vice-Chan- collor Sir William Hornell.

of

con-

His Excellency the Gov- ernor Sir Andrew Caldecott, Chancellor of the Univer- síty, conferred the degrees and struck a note of keen appreciation of the work of

FOR ATTACK jailed for the University staff."

WITH IRON BAR

man

A 33-year-old unemployed man who wounded a

ha accused of being a police informer was jailed for two years by Mr Derek Cons of Central Court this morning.

Lightning

strikes

glider

The man, Lam Tao-kwok, cf G Tang

Main- Tou Vilage. street, picaded gully to un- lawfully wounding. Lam Muk- chum together with two fer- sons not in custody, on January

1.

N.

Detective Inspector J Roberts told the court at 4.30 in the accused went up 10 Lam's cockiofi, woke him up and told him that someone was waiting for him downstairs.

As Lam went downstairs, he Eccused and was met by the Mrs Ann Burns was knock-two other men,

Johannesburg, Jan, 15.

drugs possession

He made anympathetic reference to the financial difficulties. The Vice-Chun- cellor in his speech made special reference to the fact that both Sir Robert Ho Tung and his daughter Dr Eva IIo Tung were sitting on the platform with the

A 40-year-old unemployed distinguished gathering.

woman, carrying a baby "The doctor is one of our in her arms,

was today most distinguished medical sentenced to three years' graduates. After

seven

jail with an additional fine years spent in special study of $50,000 or six months in Europe she has come back for possession of danger to work for the University aus drugs.

for her poor fellow

and

She was Leung Sum, alias country

kong." Leung Wei-ying, residing at 86 Johnston-road, second Roar, flat

She had eight rimilar convictions.

previous

Women in Hong-

The Vice-Chancellor also 'made reference to a gift of

$30,000 by Mr Eu Tong-. san for n gymnasium. Plans were drawn up sald Sir Wil- ed unconscious when In an ensuing argument, the

Sub-Inspector Y. C. Lam, liam Hornell, "but our Trea- lightning struck her glider accused called Lam a police in-

prosecuting, told Mr T. L. Yang surer was not satisfied that at 30,000 feet during her mer.

at Causeway Bay Court that at such a gymnasium could Later in Heung, Hing-lane, 120 pen on Friday, a police said be built for the sum donat-. record flight at Kimber- the accused attacked Lam with ley, the Johannesburg an iron bar and struck him on was carried cut at the above, ed. He asked Mr Eu Tong- Sunday Times reported the head. The other two men premises, headed by Detective Han for another $7,000, Then, he re-joined the Royal today.

his Lam with plects of wood Inspector Chan Ho-yiu. Engineers, but swellings began, But when she recovered she knocking im unconscious, to appear on his body. He was lock it up another 5,000 feet, Aller recovering conscious! Laken to hospital but died 19: to st up again-of-height news, he reported the attack to days ago at the age of 22. from-relese recard of 30,500 the police and was sent to

His mother, 52-year-old Mrs feel. Rachel Marks, said yesterday: Mrs Burns, who made hert. "When he was in the island fight yesterday, told the Sun The accused who had nine there was a series of H-bomb day Times: I don't really previous convictions, was ar- know what happened. The rected by a detective in Yuen "He was in a 'ro-eziled safety arst thing 1 remember after Choy-stred on Saturday.

was

and A-bomb explosion;,

a

purchase price zone some miles away, but for cach snip approximately I un ton generator parked nearby

£1,500,000,

was blown upside down and three inch tent poles were Enapped in two,"

These are fast (17 knot), modern vessels with high class passinger accorinedation and refrigerated cargo space.

British aid to Congo 'inadequate

| Congo

Crimsby, Jan. 15.

i-

Her 53-year-old husband | Sidney, who has four other sors, said: "The hospital would not tell us anything?"-Reuter.

Britain, UAR

accord

nearer

Lundos, Jan, 13.

Britain and the United Arab today exchanged tumes of ambassadors, accord-

10 reliable

Gources.

coming to was that groping for my oxygen

mask to find out whether it was still on my face,

Then I saw holes in a winz end realised it had been caused by lightning."

When she landed near Kim- bericy she had to sit under the giler's wings and hold il down es the storm from which she nd escaped lashed the fleld, she mid-Reuter,

Yacht in distress

Mr Hugh Galiskoll, leader ef the opposition, said today that Repubile the Government's offer of n £5,000 grant for relief tu

the ing WDS "pitifully | adequate."

The Government should take urgent action to combat the ap palling tragedy developing there, he told party meeting. Mr Gaitzicell said he had been told that 200 people were dying every day in the Congo

rough. Ftarvation, that 300,000 presentative of the UAR Foreign trouble, were living t an appalling Ministry. Applications were The Coast Guard raid the cul-; starvation level and that a 150- made for an "agreement" inter Rockaway from Bermuda

ad hospital contained 1,000, cuch case, the sources said,

and two tankers were heading

New York, Jan, 13. The Yacht Cryn with 12 diplomatic people aboard was reported in distress today 330 miles north- The exchange meant the first west of Bermuda in the Atlantic.

scale resumption full

of The US. Coast Guard here Suez invasion of October 1950. Eland, New Yerk, had requested diplomalle relations since

the sald

the ship, out of Block

The sources said the exchange the removal of a woman and a of names was made between My child and needed ald to go into Colin Crowe,' Drilish Charge port, The yacht's oils were d'Affaires in Cairo, and re- blown out and she had engine

Tel. 21-157

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patients and was being run by An official announcement of for the vessel. The cutter in dựu

zingla Congolese

exchange was medical the

expected to arrivo abou pin on Mon- studori --Ching Mall Special. within a few days-UP).

day,AP.

Queen Mary Hospital for treat-

POP by Coc

NICE BIG PLACE YOU'VE GOT - ENOUGH ROOM FOR TWO FAMILIES

Back came a cheque for, that amount by return of The defendant was seen. throwing away small packets of post. You will, I hope, soon suspected daugerous drugs on see the Eu Tong-sen gymna-. to the stairense when the police sium. It will not be the only approached,

building which Mr Eu has

The 83 packets were later in the last few years con- found to contain 3.2 grams of structed in the Colony." heroin and 3 grams of barbitone. (Applause).

Carlsberg

FOR A GOOD LIE AT THE

"19TH "

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