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THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1961.

CORONER'S INQUIRY INTO CHANGTE TRAGEDY

DEATH IN SHIP'S HOLD

Four members of crew found

unconscious

Four Chinese crew mòmbers of the ss Changte were discovered unconscious inside No. 2 hold where a charcoal fire had been burning during the night of August 11-12 last year.

Despite immediate rescue operations they died and a post-mortem examination revealed that cause of death was carbon monoxide poi- soning.

The tragedy was recalled at an inquest held at South Kuw- with loon Court this morning Mr A. J. Sanguinelti sitting as Coroner.

Captain Erie Bollen,

Master

been stored there during the last voyage and the cargo for this No 2 hold during the out- going voyage was cotton waste.

Captain Belten said coflen waste was regarded as "dan- serous cargo"" when damp and it was necessary to dry the hold for its storage. But, he added,

to try the

of the vessel, said he was elles by the watclaran at about 330 am on August 12 and when h: went to No, 2 bold, 32 Found the decision

hold

one man lying on the deck white jTtsted on the discretion of the the body of another was at the Second Omeer. tom of the hold,

As of pretke, when charcoal į

the hold. The Chiet Officer, Mr J. wires were it inside

were placed as Tason, was already inside the two stamen hold wearing a gas mask. Itealis-guards on deck both to serve as drug that Mr Tidson was in some re-guards and to stoks up the also prevent dinculty, he telephoned to the (Charcoal fire and hospital requesting medical aid any person frem descending into and oxygen masks and sun- the old. moned the ship's surgeon.

Rescue work

Upset

Captain Bolton said he arited Mr Tinson bout the accident following its occurrence, but on direovating thut the Chief Olear was quite upset about the affair, he only asked some general questions. Later the Chief Officer gave him a written report on the accident,

Not long afterwards he saw Police on board and he inquired to ensure that everything was being done in the rescue work,

Later Fire Brigade Meers arrived and basket and deriet were Preeted to lower rescuers down the hold, Later four men were brought up." Captain Bolian explained Captain Bellon sald from the how charcoat fumes were pre- time he first arrived at the hold, sunt inside the hold. He said to the time the unconscious' normally when charcoal fires men were taken to the hospital, were lit, the hatch covers were there was only a lapse of about removed and kept open. On half an hour to one hour, this night, rain started to fall Captain Bolton told the Court and the hutch covers were put that charcoal fires had been to. Inside No 2 hold on the night The practice of drying cargo f Aurust to dry out The holds with charcoal fires dated hold. This was necessary be back to 1014. Capi, Bolton said. cause refrigerated cargo bact Hearing is confinuing.

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HOLD

The car that carried

-the first

budget news

The China Malt van was plastered with news placards yesterday. The China Mall's fourth edition was rushed around. town soon after 5 pai 10 cutch home-going crowds and ging them the first news of Mr A. G. Clarke's budget which he introduced in the Legislative Council yesterday.China Mall photo.

U.S. PIANIST

IN COLONY

concert

The American planist, Mr Abbey Simons, arrived from Calcutta by Air India today to keep a one concert engagement Jiere.

Mr Simons was invited here by the Music Society of Hongkong,

Me Simons told the press that he played in Calcutta on the eve of his departure for Hongkong on Thursday. Mr Simons will play at Loke Yew Hall on Sunday, Miss Maple quon, Editor, Hongkong Musle Journal, met the concert planist at Kal Tak

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AUSTRALIAN SUEDE JACKETS

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Off-course betting shop raided

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Man and woman

in court on drugs charges

Two Chinese-a man and a woman-appeared in Victoria District Court today on three danger-

ous drugs charges.

Lau Yat, 41, and You Lan, 40. both of 5, Tang Kwal. Village, Ping Shan, New Terri- tories, pleaded not guilty

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charges of possessing heroin, acting in the management of a place where heroin was manu- factured and an occupiers allow- ing 4. place to be used for storing dangerous drugs.

W.

chiet Inspector

Wheeler, prosecuting, sald 2 police party had raided the pre- mises at 6 Tang Kwai village on

Jan.23.

The Arst accused was found walking in the corridor and the secend accused lying in a bed. APPARATUS

Hongkong will help build new

jet plane

An aviation executive who

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visliing the Far East to and industries which will 'produce parts for a new and revolu- tlanary aircraft ts leaving Hongkong for Bangkok today

vis Pan American,

He is Mr William P. Lear,

an

European centres,

From the Filos

25

years AGO

March 1936

THE London Daily Tele-

THE

graph's Stockholm cor- respondent reporta startling rumours are in circulation to the effect that M. Stalin, the Soviet Dictator, has been shot in the head..

The rumours are due to the fact that Professor Hert Olivecrona, an eminent brain specialist is hurrying to Moscow to perform a big brain operation.

Later the Swedish Lega- tion announce that "Dr Oli- veerona is here to operate on a prominent personality whose name is not known."

☆

50 years ago

One room in the house was found to be locked, and when the police kicked in the panel of the door they saw a larg quantity of

which owner apparatus,

and manager of the was produced In court..

Swiss-American Aviation Cor- Insp Wheeler said the Gov-poration of Geneva. ernment Chemist would give The plane, designed in Switzer- evidence

that be considered land. is

eight-passenger, heroin was being manufactured twin-jet. It is to be used by on the premises,

business executives and military From the Morning Post'a There was no suggestion that commanders, It is expected to

20 Ycure Agu column: the process of manufacture was fly at 500 mph and will cest

actually taking place at the approximately $250,000.

(March, 1911) "Feeling the time of the rald.

The cost of such a plane built Pinch of competition and Insp Wheeler said subsequent in the United States, M Lear the

hard times sprung police inquiries had been made belleves, would be $700,000. The upon the Far East after the and it was not suggested that saving will be brought about by war, the Dock Company lately the two accused were the prin- the lower cost of material and initiated a new policy and this cipals in the manufacturing labour in the Far East and some it appeara, has been most operation.

"It has been established that

Mr Lear spent ten days in successful. there are other persons more Tokyo negotiating with the deeply involved who are not be Mitsubishi Heavy

"Work altogether outside Industries fore the court," Insp Wheeler directors. He believes that the the sphere of a shipyard has said.

Interior fittings could be pro- been undertaken ashore with The ease, before Judge W. F. duced in Hongkong.

that same thoroughness and Pickering, is, continuing.

attention to detail which has always characterised the work of this company afloat. How widely spread the operatione of the company are may be gathered from the fact that, apart from building ships and docking and repairing | thêm, Kwan Sun, of 30 Kwong, at Bonham-strand yesterday Mr Keith Granville, Chairman

it has now on hand a pulp- Yuen-street West, pleaded morning and found the defen- of Bone Associated Companies,

making plant, the extention of the Ice Works, and the Three other men who pleadeddants betting on slips or paper will arrive in Hongkong to- which were recorded in Captain J. R. Johnson, Regional

morrow, accompanied by Mr Luis Chan-who has painted contract for the new Star gulity to playing in a common

In Hongkong for 30 years-Perry Wharf, while it has gambling house off-course Chinese the names

of various Representative of Boac

this morning presented a large built during the past racing were cach-fined' $150 ́or | ponies, ..

socluted Companies, and Mr collection of his work at one month's jall.

A. D. Bennett, Manager Far John's Cathedral, East Boac, Hongkong,

As Chairman, Mr

A 33-year-old teahouse toki who operated an off-course Boac executive

gambling houso on horse racing was fined $750' with

guilty,

Exhibition

the alternative of four months' jail by Mr Derek Cons due tomorrow of local

at Central Court this morning,

on

'on

money

used

has

Police seized for the gambling, totalling $50. together with a large porcelain vase containing 19 betting slips, sald Inap Ko.

CHINESE NAMES They were Yeung Sau-hung, 03, Siu Sun, 44, both of a Wing Shing-street, second floor, and Kam Chiu, 43, of 215 Queen's- road Central, ground floor.

The first defendant, Kwan, Detective Insp Ko Po-kwan, admitted he was the keeper of

said the prosecuting,

police the gambling house, added raided the Tak Wan Teahouse Insp Ko.

As-

paintings

St

six months a new stand for the The exhibilion for Mr Chan's Jockey Club, prepared ma- Granville Silver Jubilee

for Baveral local was opened by terial general responsibility fur Mr and Mrs Fung Ping-tin. buildings and made and erect the relationships between Bose Oil paintings of local sozmery, ed, the woodwork of all the and its many associated com- at which Mr Chan excels form cars running on both sections panies throughout the world. In the greater part of the exhibits of the Kowloon-Canton rail- the Far East these associated though

companies include Bomeo Alt-colours some elegant wator

GTC shown,

ways, Cathay Paclite Airways gouaches and ink drawings. and Mulayan Airways.

HE RETURNS TO HK WITH HIS

LIFE'S AMBITION FULFILLED

The man who always wanted to be a missionary, David Taylor, has finally achieved bis ambition. He is now on his way from a lecture tour of England, Holland and the United States, to his missionary project at Rennie's Mill. And he is bringing back a wife, also a missionary.

David Taylor pald his own: Money started to ecma in and, at Rennie's Mifl. In this he will passage out to Hongkong about help was given by Dr and Mrs have the able and devoted Ave years ago. He wanted to J. R. Saunders of Pan-Pacific Esistance of his wife. help refugees but found he Centres in Son Fr: nelsco; Inter- could not do very much for Church Ald and the Hongkong others without funds, so he ac- Council of Social Service, A cepted a post as assistant to Mr hostel capable of houring 40 Ken Thornton, General Secret- boys was built and soon filled. ery of Hongkong YMCA, and During h's activities #t worked there for three and Rermic's Mill, Mr Taylor often kalf years.

world. with Miss Dagny Noding, a Norwegian missionary who ran a maternity clinic and gave, instruction to a handi- crafts' claas.

Every сусп-

ing when work was finished, be went out to Rennie's Mill

to

carry on a different kind

of work among

destitute re- fugees and one night he miss-

ed the ferry back to Kowloon.

Two poor, Chinese boys in- vited him to spend the night with them. He accepted but was horrified to experience the con- ditions under which they slept In

a derelict hut with rals scampering, around," /

HORRIFIED

A

Saving every dollar he could, David bullt a' búngalow so ho| could stay'at Rennie's Miil on his days off and continue the work he always wanted to do, teaching young folk and helping the underprivileged.

LECTURE TOUR

A lecture tour of the United Kingdom, Holland and the United States was arranged for David so that he could talk about the work at Rennie's Mill and the refugee problem in Hongkong. (The Rev James Muir voluntarily took over Roanto's Mill hostel meanwhite).}

the

Miss Noding went on leave to Norway, so the way of true love having become smoothed out, the two missionaries were able to ket in England. They were married in Birmingham OIL December 14,

Then came a parting. David, Taylor continued on his journey to the United States and he is due to arrive in the Colony by air on Saturday. Mrs Taylor, became sailing by the P&O Iner too full: bulging with boys. Mr Cortu will probably be here by Taylor constantly wroto to Morch 4,

The bungalow roon

friends in England and Aus- Before the lecture tour. Me radio and received contributions Taylor resigned from the YMCA to add to his savings for more and is new to devote his full accommodation.

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Mr Chan always shows a "ไม this last connection number of experiments in ab- hopes were at one time enter- stract painting at his exhibi- tained that the Government 1lons, and for this, the twenty-would be induced to abandon fifth, he has produced a numita àcheme of erecting its own ber of interesting and effective repair shope for the railway. designs. Some are very suc- cessful indeed and show his versatility and power-M.P.

Alpinist here

The

German alpinist

"

Mr

"To most people the need for such an extravagant out- lay for a railway which is 21 milca long was not ap- parent, the more Do as the capital outlay upon the ling precluded all prospect of a profit for many years to come. Mr Tichy, who was met at Kal Tak by Mr F. Cordt, Vice

"The hope 2008 that the Consul, the German Consulate work could be done as effl- in Hongkong, and Mrs Cordt, iciently by the Dock company staying with the Cordis.

and at less cost.".

H. Tichy, arrived from India by Air-India today for a briet boliday in Hongkong.

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