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JUVENILE CRIMES UP IN SHAMSHUIPO AREA

The Shamshuipo Police Divisional Superintendent, Mr P. T. Moor told a magistrate's court this morning about the great number of juvenile cases occurring in the Shamshuipo area recently,

Dane jailed

until

1 toid Mr T. C. Chan at North Kenwloon Juvenile Court that between Jan. I and May 8. 102 cases were reported with D5 arrests.

Mr Moor asked the Magistrale serious view of the to take a cases which ranged from rab- bery, saatebing, plckpocketing, store-breaking, ample larceny.

ship returns farceny in dweiling, farceny of

old Danish

Alfred O. Jensen, a 36-year- motorman at the m.v. Songkhla, who re- mained in the Colony after the departure of his ship,

sentenced to imprisonment by Mr R. Woodward at the Marine unfil Court today

Was

June 9, one day before the scheduled return of the Songkhla to Hong. kong.

Inspector G. H. Cux told the court that defendant went to the Eastern Pulice Station at about midnight on Monday saytun that his ship had saited willout him.

He said that the ship had sabled on Saturday after a 14- hour lay here. A notice had after the been posted arrival of the Songkhla that it was due to leave on Saturday 21 8 pm.

soon

The ship sailed at 8 pm with- out the defendant un board.

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biyele, larceny from vehicles, to larceny by servant.

prosecuting

Was

two

He

12-year-old, juvenile, charged with snatching and a 1 15-year-old charged with alding

and abetting the other,

Thoth youths pleaded guilty,

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The Superintendent said th - May 0, outside "H" Block, Tai Hang Tung Resettlement Area, The rst defendant

natched 50 cents from G-year-old boy and ran away,

The complainant's father, from the ceing the offence verandah, chared and artesial 1. defendant.

At the police station, the first) i defendan sald he was tirught to

commit the offence by the 15-i year-old.

Two jailed

for not

paying duty

Two men caught by Revenue Officers in a sampan off Tung Kwu Tan, ncar Castle Pook late on Sun- day night-woro jailed by a magistrate this morn. ing for having in their custody 800 lbs of Chinese prepared tobacco and seven bottles of Por- tuguese brandy without paying the duty of nearly $4,000.

Chan Tse, 38, and Chiu Lo, 34.

sentenced were

to four months each for the offence by

Derek Cons

Central at Mr Magistracy.

first defendant The ordered to he given four strokes in of the cane and bend over $100 for one year,

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was

A farmer was freed when the prosecution accepted his plea of hat guilty of the same charge.

Revenue

C. G. inspector Kerswill said that the defen- dants claimed they had paid $20 each to bring the goods from Shumchun River to Castle Peak Bny.

been

The second defendant romanded eight daya pending probation officer's report.

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CHARGED WITH WANTED AFTERNOON

GOLD BAR

ROBBERY

Li Kwok-kuen, 25-year-old fish stall foki, of 253 Wanchat-road, ground floor, appeared before Mr K. A. S. Phillips at Causeway Bay Court this morning charged with robbery.

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Li is alleged to have robbed of briefcase Hung On-yin

bars of gold containing 10

with Lockhart-road together another man, Tsang Cheuk-tun, on May Z.

No plen was taken.

Inspector Y. C. Lam, who is In charge of the case, asked Mr Phillips to remand the de- fendant for four days in police custody for further enquiries. This was granted.

Three Ceylonese aviation ex- ecutives returned home today by Swissair via Calcutta, after China week in spending o holding talks with the Civil of Aviation Administration China.

ac-

They were Mr L L De Silva, of Ceylon's ansistant director Civil Aviation Department, Mr F. B. W. Goonawardens, countant for Alr Ceylon L, P. Fernando, uncl Capt. S. J captain and chief pllot for the airline,

OFF-REPORTED HIS SON KILLED

An American Engineering Corporation clerk who told his employers that his son had been killed

in a traffic accident in order to get an after- noon off, was fined $300 by Mr E. Corbally at Central Magistracy this morning.

Nu Ping-che, 50, of 9 Third-. street, admitted supplying false his Information which caused employer, Mr Wilfred Wong, to Commissioner of contact the Police Recident.

the alleged regarding

Be also admitted making a false statement to a police ser- gent about the mishap.

"A LORRY" Inspector J.H. Johnston told the court that on April 22 Ng arked his employers for an afternoon off, saying that his son had met with a fatal traffic nccident.

The next morning, when he the office, Ng sald returned to

son had been killed by lorry which did not stop.

The manager, Wong, reported the "aceldent" to the police who later found it to be false after making ex- tensive enquiries.

his

"

Staircase

robber

gets another six years

A 42-year-old man who was sent to prison for 32 yours

Sheaffer's PFM

THE DOLD NEW PEN DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY FOR MEH

The film that flopped

Mr Anthony Fuller appears to

take a good deal of pleasure

From the Files

25

years AGO-

May 1936

THOUGH heavy rain haa In reporting the failure of "I

fallen during the past Alm at the Stars," in Hong-

this to, four days, it has had little kong. He attributes and I quote from his report: effect on the water supply

of the Colony and A flm which; "Undoubtedly,

the

much shows the first success of the more rain will be required

the before the storage in rocket screaming from London sky and killing and Shing Mun reservoir system

siming In its first sequence and von Braun as a dedicated

can attain

Relentist in its second, is too allowed for. much,"

the quantity

Once the Jubilee Reser-

If Mr Fuller thinks, as he ob. voir is filled the Colony's

viously does, that this is the Water supply will be reason why Hongkong folks sured.

(comprising more

than 90%

So far has the work on Asians) have rejected the Jubilee Reservoir advanced

im, he is sadly deluded.

that several members of the

audience on April 26 for attacking and robbing

elderly Mr Wilfred

MURDER TRIAL ALLEGATION AGAINST POLICE DETECTIVE

his gun

He put his

to my head,

says student

A young student accused of murder claimed at the Criminal Sessions this morning that a detec- tive had placed a gun to his forehead and threatened to shoot unless he copied a pre- pared statement.

The man, Kong Ping-lan, 19, was giving evidence in his own defence. He was jointly charged with

a 22-year-old carpenter, Tsul Chong-kan, with shooting to death a grocery store toki on New Year's Eve, last year.

his

The student said that after

Q!

#rrest on the night December 31, he was taken to Shamshulpo Poller Station where he was handcuffed to an armchair,

He alleged that Police Detec- tive Lam Kong then placed a prepared statement before him and told him to copy it.

He said Lam placed a gun to his head and said, "Young- er brother, I

king of am the killers. When I tell you to copy, you had better copy. If you fall to do it, I'll shoot you, throw you out of the room and report you as having attempted to escape."

About the statement in answer to the murder charge, Коль wald he had made it voluntarily, but added that previously Lam had made threats if he had re- fused to do so. That was the reason why he told Mr Peter Moor. Police Divisional Superin- tendent, that he had no plaints to make when asked that question.

com-

He said he had no knowledge about the murder nor did he Hu know the murdered man, Yan-lam, 61-year-old toki of a Tocery store In Castle Peak-

road.

The trial, before Mr Justice Mills-Owens and a jury of nix men and a women, conilnues this afternoon.

Mr A. H. Sufind represents

Cheung-kan Topl

and Mr Charles Ching in for Kong.

Mr A. Hooten, QC. Solicitor General, appeared for the Crown, assisted by Defective Inspector Chan Bing-wing.

Fined $300 for driving offence

wan

Wong Choy, living at 18 Lck San-road, ground flooT, aned a total of $300 by Mr 1. T. Morris at Causeway Day Mngis- tracy this morning for driving vohlela with a defective hand- bralia and steering wheel.

These defects came to light when a Chinese man was knock- ed down and injured on Marvi 22 in Dos Yosux-road West,

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womon on stair- cases, was sentenced to further six years jail and six strokes of the cane for similar robberies, A. by Mr Justice W. Blair-Korr at the Criminal Sessions today.

A Jury took caly 15 minutes to find Chan King guilty of four charges of rchhing women, Another nun, 27-year-old lo

Ho Chiu, allos

Pul-chlu, charged end found guilty of two of the offences, was jailed for total of six years with six strokes.

Mr Justice Blair-Kerr told Chan "You have been pursuing a must despicable course of con- duct.

"You struck defenceless wo- men, some of them old ladies,

senseless knocking them then robbing them."

But then they

I don't profeen to have the European staff have been answer except that the local given notice that their ser

(comprising more vices will be dispensed with (han 90% Aslang) think it at the end of May, thus dull picture. have also rejected pictures ending their work after which Mr Fuller had often three years instead of the wondered aloud in print oh five years referred to in the why have they permitted this contracts. only a two-day run

It is understood that re

The British film publle might; presentations were made to

have good reason to be pre- Government as to the desir

of acknowledging judiced against the von Braun ability This is understand- story,

the efforts which have res able; the V-2%

had given

sulted in the great saving of them a harrowing time.

time and money, and which But the local audiences. I am have at the same time re-

Faller, remind Mr SOTTY LO

sulted in the staff losing ittle more skeptical are a

much shout the complaints of war their appointments

against war carlier than expected."

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crimes, criminals.

and

We felt for the noble London Mr V. M. Grayburn was the population during their try most successful owner of the ing hours at that place of the lant meeting at Happy Valley war. But we observe also,

Unt the West have not been with two wins. Mr P. P. indignant about the Botelho rode two winners for very and

atomic bombings of Nagasaki his stable and both Ribble and and Illroshima.

von Ythan fully deserved their Braun

д Irreprievable successes after their recent

who disappointments.

Mr Justice Blair-Kerr order- ed that the total of six years jait should

run consecutive with the 31 years Imposed at an earlier Sessions.

Both men have previous co- vletions.

Mr W. S. W. Davidson, Crown Counsel.

appeared for the

Crown

Girls' fete nets

hvar criminal" then Isn't?

No: I'm afraid that whereas Mr

Fuller may have reason to panį the film, he does not neces- sarily have our support for the reasons he advances.

MOVIE FAN,

$173

for children's charity

Six enterprising school girls (left to right, front row Consuelo Capello, Margaret Amates, Karen Kelly,' back row, Mary Claro Kelly, Mindy Burrie, and Elizabeth Moore) staged their own little charity fele last Saturday in the grounds of Estoril Court, Garden-road.

with

They organised games

prizes for the winners, told fortunes, sold soft drinks and Dopcorn and the afternoon yielded a handsome $173.25. Two other girls who helped were Helen Wilks and Angela Leit.

Yesterday the girls handed over the money to the Society for the Prolection of Children. Their ages

ranged from 8 12-China Mall photo.

Stanley fight

to

woll the

With the exception of a fight at in tho Stanley, discipline Colony's prisons Was maintained throughout Arst quarter, states the Corn- missioner of Prisons. The number of prisonera in- disturbance At volved in the Stanley Prison was not large and prompt action on the part of the prison staff provented any serious consequences. The disturbance was not directed against the prison administration,

POP

I MIGHT GIVE IT A SECOND COAT NEXT WEEK

Mr Li Lan-san, the Chinese banker, remains the leading owner. Second is Mr Eu Temp-aen, while Mr V. M. Grayburn lica tenth with J. F. Macgregor twelfth and Tester and Abraham 10th,

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VERY happy ceremony

A took place at the

deen Industrial School yes- terday afternoon, when the distribution of prizes to ap- prentices and students was performed by His Excel- lency, the Governor, Sir Andrew Caldecott, in the presence of a large attend- ance of distinguished guests. The opportunity was taken to unveil a bust of Sir Robert Ho Tung.

Founded

Betatu

in

1875,

and

orc of the best knowm educational centrea not only in the Colony but throughout the Far East, St Joseph's College celebrated its diamond jubilee with an en- joyable concert and an old boya dinner. Sports had been held on Friday and the finai celebrations are marked by a special service yesterday the Catholic Cathedral,

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