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THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1961.
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Seven ships passed them by before the Ruys came From the Files RESCUED FISHERMEN ARRIVE PICTORIAL PARADE | Adrift for 13 days
ABOVE: Mr Murray Ward, of Bel Air, Coll- fornia, and Mrs Jack Kuhrts, one of the many guests who helped Mr Ward celebrate his 60th birthday with C lovish on a fleet of porty held boats in the harbour.
RIGHT:
The University 'Women's Association of Hongkong Soon during their visit to the Fung Ping Shan Muscum at the University of Hongkong. Miss Mary Tregear, cura- tor of the
museum, Is
pictured describing points
af interest.
LEFT: A Naval contingent
goes through its patos during o rehearsal for the Queen's Birthday
Parado in Kowloon.
BELOW: Mr Lam Mon-
kit, now Chairman of the
Po Loung Kuk, presenting a souvenir to his prode- cessor, Mr Ma Kam-ming fright), during a dinner given by the Kuk at the Majestic Restaurant.
Is Britain losing
New York.
An American television network told viewers that
a hesitant Britain was "slipping behind in the
race of the modern nations."
In a one-hour documentary "Steady and strong, and full entitled "Britain-Blund, Sweat of paradox. Instinctively com-
her grip?
and Tears Plus 20 Yours," Eric manding or instinctively sub-track) to sirika high noon Boothy and Lord Sevureid, London correspondent missive. Intolerant of Individual
passionate underneath, Painfully obedient to accepted form and manner, yel tolerant of all things eccentric, admirable, Ilko- able-rarely lovable,"
Severeld described
Britain
in disabled trawler
Ton Formosa fishermen who were rescued by the Dutch liner Ruys after having been adrift for 13 days on board a dis- abled trawler, arrived in port early this morning.
The 32-ton trawler, Kum Chun Choi, left Formosa on March 27 for
fishing expedition west of Luzon.
Tenancy
case
exemption
Exemption was recommended by a Tenancy Tribunal this morning for No 21 Lee Gordon-road and Nos 70-76, Percival-street.
days After two
at sea the propeller shalt broke, and the ship began drifting.
The trawler carried suficient provisions and fresh water for more than 40 days.
Helpless
The Captain, Hul Man-wong, 44, sald this morning he and his crew could only sit help- lessly 'and walt for passing chips because the trawler wan not equipped with a radio,
During the period they were
adrift, reven or eight steamers passed in the vicinity but despite waving and shouting by the crew, none stopped.
About 10 am on Sunday, the Ruys came into sight.
The
of the CTXW
irawler This is to make way for the third stage of a modern build-waved and shouted and three of ing of nine-storeys on the site them jumped into the water in of LAU Garden-road and an effort to catch the attention Percival-streel. already ap proved.
This section or the now building will cost $730,000 and be completed in 15 months,
Compensation totalling more than $240,000 was recommended by the Tribunal to be paid to 141 opposing tenants.
The largest individual run In compensation went to pro- prietors of two businesses on the ground floors of 72 and 74 Per-
cival-street, Weng Lung-chu
and Tol Tung.
The applicants, the Luen Shing Estate Company. of Prince's Bullding." were repre- sented by Mr H. E. Moare, of Deacons.
of people on board the liner.
The Ruya hove to and sol -- about rescuing them.
The fishermen were brought aboard the liner. The captains of the trawler asked the master of the Dutch liner to take his trawler in tow.
Reduced speed
o!
Captain C. H. Gosselink the Ruys agreed to, and towed the trawler back to Hongkong at a reduced speed of eight knots.
Before entering harbour this morning, the Ruys left its low in Junk Bay where police launch No. 1 look over,
The trawler and its crew clearing Port Health after und Immigration, was towed to Yaumati typhoon shelter.
Arrangements for the repair of the vessel and M.
repatriation
On the Tribunal with Mr W. Aneurin Jones were Mr A. K.
and Major A.
Dimond
Braude.
at the crew are being made.
BRITAIN'S STAKE IN LOCAL WASHING MACHINE MARKET
Mr J. K. B. Davenport, UK Trado Commissioner sold other last night that despite competition from countries, the United Kingdom supplied almost ono quarter of the electric washing machines imported into the Colony last year.
Mr
products.
CHARGED WITH
a
years AGO
April 1936
THE alarming experience
that befell Mrs Wini- fred Beatrice Penney at Happy Valley on the night of March 12 when she was robbed of a package of to-
matoes and had lime thrown into her face by a Chinese, was recalled at the Criminal Sessions yesterday after- noon when before Mr Jus- tice R. E. Lindsell, Chan Tung, 44-year-old unemploy- ed man, was charged with having committed the of- fence,
The accused, who was not legally represented, pleaded "not guilty" at the outset,
ROAD DEATH but after Mrs Penney had
Leung
of Kan-sui,
given evidence, altered his 78 plen and admitted the
Porcival-strect ground crime,
floor, appeared before Mr As a result of this His I. T. Morris at Causeway Lordship stopped the case Bay Court this morning and directed the jury to re- on a summons for turn a verdict of gullity. dangerous driving cousing
death.
In sentencing the accused,
It was alleged that on Decem-to two years' hard labour, ber 20, last year, Leung drove His Lordship remarked that His goods vehicle dangerously If it were not for his (pri-
outside the en Island-road,
soner's) condition, he would Lucky Rubber Manufacturing
ordered him to be Company, and thereby caused have the death of Wong Chef-har whipped as well as impri-
There were two alternative soned. charges against Leung alleging dangerous driving and coreless driving.
Leung pleaded guilty to care- less driving, but not guilty to the other two charges.
The case
will be heard to morrow morning before Mr Morris.
CAS TO RECRUIT
* ☆
Caine- A burglary at 84 road, second floor, the rc- idence. of Chief Detective Inspector J. Murphy, of the Hongkong Police Forco, and Mira Murphy, in the early hours of Sunday, was des- cribed before Mr Balfour at the Central Magistracy yer- terday when Loung Kam-shui, 23 years, unemployed, pleaded guilty to three charges, one
WARDENS of burglary and two of illegal
A colourful parade through
pauming.
Accused admitted the theft the streets of the market town of four lady's finger rings,
three
of Talpo on Sunday morning
tivo piecca of jade, a diamond will signal the start of an extensive campaign by the ring setting, a pair of ear- Civil Ald Services to reerult rings, two bracelets residents of the New Territories brooches, a pearl necklace, a into the warden servico,
crystal necklace, three medals, The warden service, with a religious medal, a brief case
cbout 4,000 members, is the containing two passports and largest unit of the Aid Sex-private papers, a fountain vlees, which is a civilian disaster pen and pencil with case and organisation set up to assist the a gold and jade pennant,
10 pubile in any large-scale emer the total value of $1,710.00 of gency or natural disaster, such which property as fires, floods and landslides,
valued at About 170 members of the $1,570.50 had been recovered warden service and the by the police.
Medical Service Facts Auxillary Davenport was speaking | British-made
The defendant had $14.05 in accompanied by the band of the his possession and he admitted at a Chinese banquet given by and figures provided clear proof. Yee On Hong on behalf of AEI Apart from the local dealers, police force, will march through to the police that he had
Talpo. Gala Lid, of England, for more and Mr and Mrs Davenport,
obtained this from the sale of The District Officer, Taipo, some of the jewellery. than 100 local dealers of electric others present at the function household appliances. At the included Mr P. M. Geary, Far Mr G. C. M. Lupton, will take
Sentence of one year's hard dinner the dealers were in- East Manager of Gala Lid, Mr the salute at the march past of
Labour was passed and the troduced to visiting Gala LD. W. J. Keyte, Sales Manager the two contingents, which will
the de- bo commanded British firm, Mr T. K
by Mr Cheuic Magistrate ordered officials and told about a new of the washing machine,
Tan, Managing-Director of Yee Ming-tat, zone commander offendant to pay 814.05 amenda Mr Davenport said that he On Hong and Mrs Tan.
the Wong Tai Sin warden zone. | to Mr Murphy. conaldered stiff competition in business necessary,
Tie said, "I personally, wei- cotne competition in business because I, at least, means that Gladwyn, products arc progressing in
quality."
The Prime Minister, Mr Harold Macmillan and opposition Mr Davenport told dealers leader Mr Hugh Gaitskell, were
that it was not necessary for heard in extracts from spreches him
10 stress the quality of they have made.
at the outset of the programmo as a dripping wet island in the North Atlantia,”
Some of his other comments Malcolm Bradbury, author weret
of the book "Phogeyor How History has transformed to Have Class In a Classlens that Great Britain; no great empirn Society," told Sevaroid
to quickly. or so "The British belleve in clasi over folded
the way that the painlessly, or with such grace: just in
The British
car, Americans belleve in sex.
anti-
crazy.
Bro
kids
A dislikci
Only 30 left
With the departure of a group of 60 White Russian refugees of the Old Bellovers", secl today, only 30 remain in the Colony and they too will be leaving before the end of this month.
This morning a specially. chartered Swissair aircraft left „Kal Tak for Rome. The
fugees will then join a ship in Genoa which will take them lo Santos, Brazil. The group cons sisted of 11 families ranging from babes-in-arms to grand- parents.
re-
of the Columbin Broadcasting unfairness, accustomed in social some two minutes. System, mala that while Britain InJuslice. Cool on the surface, "tested the wind" before setting her course, Europe and America walled and watched, but "time does not wait."
"The world's most experienced traders are losing their share The wide-ranging programme, of the world's trade," Sevareid heavily veined with humour, nald at the end of a cinematic emphasised the "new" Britain close-up of modern Britain and of the "telly." loud commercials, the British
gadgets Imported from America The home of the Industrial and the dissatisfied intellectuals. gambling and candy (sweets)
British
bove Diso It revolution increases production
dealt with moro slowly than almost any Americanisin the growing stronger muscles than Amer!- ather Industrial nation," he said, neutraifsm) and criticism At cun kids, bus their teeth are
When Bovareld asked: "Don't "The land of Newton
the English really disilke fore- and American bases in Britain and being ruined Darwin and Inventora of rodar tho trade conflict between Corn-
The plain truth is that faners?" Bradbury replied "No, and jets, possesses no large monwealth tles and a possible anll-Americanism Ja wide- I don't think they dislike them. scale system for sclentine ad-link with the European Common spread in Britain. A minority. It's just that they know God is
Market.
but Azizeable minority, has English and wor other way is a Britain did not "teol the Many leading personalities. | come 10
equate Americans deviation from the norm. American urge to chart the as well as scures of unidentified with Russians · at a threat to Weiler Dennis. Potter sald
people Interviewed on, the job the world's peace.
that inside Britain was "dead or in their homes, contributed
Britain is our major ally; ; ideologically spiritually, if to the programme, which yet in no other allled country you like."
Calcutta, Apr. 12. Pro- But there was one big rozzon ranged from Holy Loch to the the push for neutralima so And Dennis Brogen,
Maharaja, Sir Padma Shum- in feel that Britain would hold white cliffs of Dover, froin the strong.
fessor of Political Odenco al Most Britons remain com-Cambridge University, declared, former
ahore Jung Bahadur Nana, the
Prime her world position "the charmoke stacks of the Midiande.
Minister fortably ure acter of the Indefinablo, extra to British pubs.
that the world | "A lot of the complaints ‘you | Nepal, died of a heart attack In a spectacular film will make plenly of ordinary British race.”
reont have In-America of the just right ni his cosidenca noar Sevareld, a leading American sequence, « Hawker Hunter jet for Britain If only because it empliners of the mödörn way| hese. He wow TRAY MA
always hind, television commentator of long folter settis a cumpra in the
of life are perfectly valid Ja He was Supreme Commander alanding and Columbia Broad-noid crossed the channel from Dritons appearing on the pro-Dritaina, long, winter of in Chier in Nepal uni 1845 casting' London, correspondent France, to Dover about 25 feet Brammo Inchidet playwrights content and emulgheas and when he become: Prime Minis- for the past 18 months, summed above the sea in the time it Arnold Wesker, Alen Billitoe evasion hasn't ended, yel, ju ter until April, 1948, Chinx up the British like this:
Svok Big Ben (on the sound ; and Blislagh | Delaney, Lort | China, Mail Apecial
vance."
future,"
Paradox
of
POP by Co
WHY BRING HIM HERE? HE HASN'T A TOOTH IN HIS HEAD
BECAUSE HE'S SIVALLOWED
THEM!
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