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CHINA MAIL
Crown claim
Established 1845
MONDAY, MAY 1, 1961.
in Kowloon court case:
write for DRUGS FOUND IN MAILBAG
Hongkong
stone ON PLANE'
Two American home-buil-
ders have written to tho
Hongkong Tourist Aso- A quantity of morphine, "sufficient to
ciation, asking for stona from Hongkong to ba built into their gardens.
en
The two are Mr Albert E. Lance of Juliet, Illinois, Mrs William Rhodes of Hunting- fon ubiana.
Mr Lorene going to bulld
ʼn grotto with stores from many nctions.
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Mrs Rhodes is building "International Garden D[ Fren hip" where there will be aath of nations."
The tone the will obnin frums Mongkung will go into the path in the garden. So far 28 Comiss bave contributed
tore to the path," she wrote.
THE FIRST
اهما
Assistant
Mr Lorenzo Ditor of the Hongkong Tour- in Asroriation, said: "This is the drst request for Hongkong store we have ever received,
"Americans are sated collec-| tors and they are internation- ally-minded, We have requests for menu cards and the like alti the lake,
"But it the request for Hong-, kout stone is the new trend in the U.S. then the Association must quickly make up its innd whether to start a quatry de partment, or enthag to pilfer rucks from the roadside, ar peb- ; bles (rum in brach to be sent to Américam hene-builders."
satisfy the requirements of the world for several months as medicine,” was found on board a Cathay Pacific Airlinos plane which arrived from Laos on February 11.
Two women
hurt in
taxi collision
The morphine was in a bag labelled, tagged and sealed as "mailbag" and in it was also a quantity of row cplum,
As a result of this discovery y the Revenue sfeers Cathay Pacille Airways faced u Sum- muns at South Kowloolt Court this morning for importing un manifested cargo--31 lbs and 2 cs of morphine and 14 is of row eplum.
Mr D. E. Rac, Crown Counsel,
Two women were injured told Mr J. R. Oliver as the ease
whon the taxi in which they were travelling collided with another taxi
began this morning that the air- craft arrived at 7.40 pm on Feb 11 and was boorded venue Inspector J. E. Cook and
by Re-
at the junction of Shan his party, after the plane had tung-street and Sai Yee-taxted to the parking arca in street, at 1.20 am today, the airport. The injured women. Slu Shul-! stag, 41, and So Fong, 31, were admitted to Kowloon, Hospital.
after
A four-year-old boy sustained injuries when he was knocked down by a private var outside 100 Canton-read shortly
pm yesterday. The injured boy, Wong Chuk- yu, was admitted to Kowloon Hospital.
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RECORDED
In the starboard cargo com- partment just behind the pilot's cockpit were found five mail- for bags. Two of these were diplomatic mail and the remain- ing three were for civilian mail, The Inspector checked the cargo and mail manifests and -found only two bags were recorded.
was also The Afth bag which labelled and sealed with the cus- lomary lead seal, was then seized. When
it was opened later 15 packets of morphine weighing 31 tbs and 2 ozs and four packets of raw oplum. weighting 14 lbs, were found inside.
In evidence Mr A. W. McGill. Government chemist who ana- iysed the substance and deter- mined that they were drugs, said the quantity was sufficient for world use for several months as medicine.
Revenue Insp J. E. Cook testi- ned that while he and his party were going to meet the plane at the parking apa, he asked Mr Joseph Choy CPA Trame Officer fer a full set of the aircraft'. manifests and loud sheets. These were handed to him while he was on board the plane search- ing.
When he discovered Ove mall- bags he checked against the documents and discovered that one civilian mailbag wos not recorded.
NOT GUILTY
This bag was led with string and attached to it was a CPA label "mailbag," and a postal tog. The sling was sealed with the normal lead seal.
Then later, in the presence of a post office official and the air- line company staff he opened the unmanifested malibag and found the packets which the Government chemist analysed and found to be morphine and raw oplum.
The
defendant company pleaded not guilly to the sum mons. They were represented by Mr D. A. L. Wright, instruct- ed by H. K. Colne Stokes and Masters.
of Johnson,
The case is continuing.
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Urban Councillor
Three fresh private summonses were brought against Chan Shou-woon, elected Urban Councillor, by Kweng Mou-shum of 115 Argyle-street, before Mr 1. M. S. Donnell at South Kowloon Court this morning.
Anglo-American
dispute
in Lockhart-rd
Cornelius Sullivan, 21, a private
Mount
of 27th, Coy RAMC. Kellet, was fined $30 by Mr
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Abaya is another graph of the wreckage of the US Air Force DC-3" aircraft which crashed near the sum- mit of Mt Parker recently, taken yesterday by a mom- of the RAF Mountain Rescue Team who helping in the removal of the wreckage.
ber summonses alleged that Chian on three occastuna, January 15. December 15 and December 31, with intent to de- fraud, caused a total sum of $523 to be paid by the special man- ager of the Tak Ming Co Ltd to Cheung Foon, by falsely pr tending that Cheung was ein. ployed
clerk, and as untitled to receive the money as his salary for one and half months, whereas Cheung was not so employed.
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The summonses were issued xler Section 50(a) of the Lor-
Mr S. V. Gitlins, who repre- Į ceny Ordinance Cap. 218. sents the 'prosecution,
Was
instructed by Mr P. L Lam. T. L. Yong at Causeway Bay He said the summonses were Court this morning for connected with six others pre- behaving in a disorderly inan- ner by fighting.
The offence was said to have bee!! committed at 23 Lockhart-road, ground floor.
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viously issued against Chan...
Chan pleaded not guilty to all of them. Mr Donnell then fixed hearing for June 26.
Robbery
American sailor, who was alleged to have been Sullivan's Cash and Jewellery totalling opponent in the struggle, was 54,347
were reported stolen discharged following the from
Hill-road, 21, Caroline prosecution's failure 10 pro-third-floor, between 11 om and duce is only witness.
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May 1936 NUMMONSED before Mr the E. Himsworth at Kowloon Magistracy, K. C. Yeo of 217 Prince Edward- road was fined $17 for al lowing his black and white terrier bitch out on Prince Edward-road without 11 muzzle on April 20. Defen- dunt said he had only recent- ly received the dog from the Dogs' Home,
1 Chinese woman Aank down.
on the pavement in
Waterloo-road at 11.30 pm
on Tuesday and gave birth to 糕 boy baby. A policeman
discovered her, and
waited.
having made both his patients
as comfortabic as possible,
motor
It was not long before a stopped. Two Chincue gentlemen took in the situation and
the assisted mother into their car. The policeman helped them with
the baby.
Mother and child SELYE driven to
Kowloon Hospital where they were received an whither the mathey 1000 apparently bound when alic
icas overcome.
NLESS there are sub- during the next week or so, it is more than probablo that the 10-hour water supply at
UN stantial rains
'threat to present being given to the
building'
was issued
A closure order
on the application of tho Building Authority, Public Works Deportment, by Mr E. S. Haydon, at South Kowloon Court this mom- on the fourth, fifth ing and sixth floors of the Camel Paint building in Kun Tong.
The order was issued on the thai vibration from machines could. be
This shot, facing East, looks out boyond Big Wave Bay and Shok O into the grounds Tathong channel. A heli-operating copter can be seen hovering dangerous to the structure. on a lower ridge of Mt Parker. This is a contribut- ed photo which will receive a cash award from the Ching Mail.
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A suburban train rommed stallonary long-distance раз- senger train on Sunday Kartal, on the Asiatic coast of Turkey, and oficial. reports quoted by Istanbul radio said .DAS 11 persona
were killed and 30
injured.--AP.
The premiser concerned housed the machines of the
Goodyear Weaving Mil of 1-5 Hing Yip-street, Kun Tong.
Mr E. H. Rowley appeared for the Building Authority, and Mr Peter Chan, of Lau, Chan and Ko, represented the Good- year Weaving Mill,
Colony will be reduced. The water stored in the Colony's roservoirs is 27 million gal lons less than at the corres- ponding time last year ac- cording to a monthly water returns for April just, Issued.
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