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POLICEMAN JUMPS BAIL used drugs
Court orders warrant for his arrest
Mr A. J. Sanguinetti, Magistrate at South Kowloon Court, this morning ordered bail of $2,000 put up by Law Ki-chan, a traffic police corporal, be estreated, and a
warrant be issued for his im- mediate arrest when the defendant failed to appear in court for a plea to be taken on a conspiracy charge.
The 32-year-old police corporal of Room 1, E Block, first floor, Cheung Sha Wan police quarters, was represented by Mr Charles Ying of Hastings and Co.
Police station unsafe-
to be closed
The Waterfront Police Station, situated in a building above the Custo- dian Whart in Connaught- Food Central, is to be closed at midnight to
morrow.
The other two charged with him, Wu Hiu-chium 28, sales manager of 11 Fung Yeo-strezi, Afth floor; and Li Chung-wan, 34. sales iki of 5 Husphal-road, second oor; were both repre- sented by Mr Peter Weng of Peter Wong and Co.
Both are on bail of $1,400 and they appeared irt court thia
morning.
The three, who pleaded not guilty, were jointly charged that on June 22 at Lung To-stree Tokwawan, they conspired to- gether to demand with menaces $3,000 from Wu Chi-klu,
Mr Sungulnetti adjourned the case until Friday at 10 um.
Del Insp W. M Ross of the Anti-Corruption Branch, Is iry charge of the case,
The Waterfront Police Station has to be dosed because a re- cent Inspection of the whast has shown that the building is unsafe for continued occupation due to erosion of the steel sup- ports
of the
is sier, which effmarked for demolition 121 the furth ane na stage of the Centra! Rectumation pro- ject.
Members of the public served by this pullce station who wish!
Mrs E. Winkler looks on as a blind student trics
out one of the new sock-knitting machines presented
American by the
Women's Association.--China
Mail Photo.
BLIND GIRLS LEARN
TO USE NEW
Denies possessing KNITTING MACHINES dutiable liquor Blind girls at the St Francis Canossian Home for
A 40-year-old driver, Lam Yuen-tung. of 118 Queen's- Load West, second flour, pleaded not guilty to charge of possess- lag
dutiable Chinese prepared tobacco and European liquor before Mr T. C. Chan at North Kowloon court this morning.
10 make a report to the police It is alleged that at 10.55 pm should call Instead at the Con-un June 22 defendant had 200 lbs tral Police Station in Hollyof Chinese prepared tobacco, two 34522 gallons of brandy and two gal- lons of port, all of which were duttable, in a private car at Kau Wah Tang near the 6-mille stone Castle Peak-rond.
wood-road
or
and 335. or at
extensions 334 the Western Police Station situated at the corner of Des Vocux-roud West and Western- street (Tele. no. 34522, slon 354 and 355).
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Hearing was Axed to July 14. ball of Defendant was allowed $3,000 or seven days.
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the Blind in Wanchai are now being taught the use of new knitting machines as an expan. sion of their handiwork activities.
Two sock-knitting machines the globe with raised relief con- were presented to them this tours. nording 011 behalf of the In the knitting room blind American Women's Association women were making one baby by Mrg Raymond Hansen, Chair- clothes by hand in delicate pat- man of the AWA project for the pastel shades and dainty
work- terns. Operators were blind.
With Mrs E. Winkler, leader of ing the long knitting machines. the workshop group helpers and including a One Italian model
Mrs Hansen on Ma K. Gelbard, saw the installation of the two new machines the morning and work already demonstrated.
which dresses, stoles, sweaters and shawls have been nade for sale in the Welfare Handicrafts Shop near to the Star Ferry in Kowloon.
In addition
children's to twinects and other woollen and The Rev Mother Superior, angora garments, cotton goods Mother Nedda, thanked the werc being knitted in Ang Chairman and her helpers for their valuable assistance. Sho
BABY CLOTHES
stitches for summer wear.
The workshop group also saw showed thems the library of Mother Mary Agnes who super- books for the blind students and | vises the school for the blind new educational aids such
children.
dear
Miss Isabel toward describes
"Ben Hur***
splendid fallure", but to my mind ber review is an interesting fallure as serious criticism.
To call a film about which here to little to find fault with "artistically" A "failure" seems a contradiction in terms, and makes one wonder what Miss Howard means by "ar- listie". Would it not be more appropriate to say "technical- ly in place of "artistically"? Says Miss Howard: "The point of the story... fails to show through, because the conver- sion of Ben Har is narrowly conceived. Given the lumita- ilons of the film as a medium, however, thi is almost in- evitable," I am alcald that Miss Howard's nótion of “the fim as a medium" is also nar- rowly conceived. For the Ilmliations who speaks of aro specifically the limitations af the commerolat film, and no- where in her review does sho show any consideration of what an uncommerelat ap- proach to such a theme could achievo. Tista filmmaker's approach to
falle to transcend the Commercial terms in which it is cossoclved to understandable enough, but the same kind of failure is
sir
OPINION
Fomewhat stariling in a film crillo whoso businens is to treat the cinema, ulilmately and always, na an art. Miss Howard also says that "the.
significance of such mysteries cannot be DXpressed in Technicolour Be
canned
of
mulg," which may be a fair comment on the shortcomings of the film, but they in no way Indicato the limitations of "ibe · Bim sa E medium":❘ "colour" and "music", If used with true artistlo understand- ing, can be the means expressing "the significance of such mysterles", and, for that matter, they are not the males, or Indispensable, Ingredients of a really serious film. One wanders why so many pro- fessional critics often boiray (unwittingly, of ogurzo) their snobbish prejudice against the ofnema as an art in what they belleve to "objective" eri- tietan, and one wonder whether they realise thas to Judge the film sa a niediem" by the standards of the com- mercial al in lo negato nobler potentialitics,
N. T. CHOW.
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Accused reported boy's disappearance, murder trial told
A Police corporal, Yiu Sui-lam gave evidence this morning that Ko Tak-ming, 19, charged with the murder of his 10-year-old cousin, went into the Police Station voluntarily to report the dead boy's disappearance.
Yi was testifying before Mr Justice W. A. Blair-Kerr and
went to the Station.
a jury of four men and three
to cure TB
From the Filos
25
years AGO
June 1936
yesterday THE Colony of Hongkong
honoured
(June 23) the forty-second
A man with a long record of herein and oplum posses- sion told the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Hogun, in the Appeals Court this morning that ho had used the drugs to birthday of His Majesty curo himself of tuber- culosis.
Appealing against a sentence or three years imprisonment and an additional fine of $1.000
or another two months, the man, Leung Sui-shi, 44, plead- ed that when he was arrested Hunghom Poilce during a police raid in a Kow- loon not, the drugs were not found on his person. 'ANGRY'
King Edward VIII by a dis- play of military splendour and public loyalty almost unequalled in its history of ninety-five years.
It was the particular wish of His Excellency the Governor, Sir Andrew Caldecott, that the ob- servances should be of a women at the Criminal Sessions, Detective Corporal Chol Sang | Rejecting the appeal, Sir nature befitting the first
Ko was alleged to have mur.
said in evidence that on April F.; Michael said having regard to birthday celebration of the dered the small son of his aunthe Interviewed the accused in the quantity of drugs (nine Monarch since he succeeded on April 1 in Tsun Won.
connection with the boy's dis-grammes of heroin and one and appearance.
half ounces of barbitone) and During the course of the ques-appellant's long previous record, tioning accused became "angry he did not "think the penalty and abusive," the Corporal said. imposed was excessive.
When asked why he was SO agitated, accused replied that It was caused by "family affairs", the corporal added
The decomposed body of the boy was recovered on April 5, under a pile of rocks in a stream in Soi Diy Tam, Tsun Wan.
Corporal Yiu said that at about 11 pm on April 5, necused went to the Yaumati Police Station by himself and sald that he knew the whereabout of the missing boy,
Hearing is continuing. M; Denis Remedios,
Y said that he then tele-Counsel, Is prosecuting. phoned the mother to come to
Crown
Mr John Swaine is appearing
the station and together they all for the defence.
"In those years ahead which
you are going to spend in pri-
opper-
son, you will have an tunity of curing yourself of this addiction and it you take the advantage of it, you may be able to live a life of a healthy citizen," Sir Michael added.
OFF TO U.S. TOMORROW
New life for orphan after waiting two discouraging years
The search for a new life for young Po Chiu has been a long and discouraging task, but at last this unfortunate orphan is to see the happy ending to his early problems. Tomorrow morning the young boy who was found
deserted in 1956, leaves by CPAL for Cali-Found inside fornia where a Chinese American family waits to give him a warm and loving welcome.
At the age of four years. Po | months gid, who has been foster- Chiu was found wandering in jed by Mr and Mrs Jones at
streets, the
suffering from Shamshulpo; and Cheung Klu- malnutrition, eczema and nui, who is only five months old
No one sarely-inflamed eyes.
and has been cared for by Mr seemed to know the child and
and Mrs David Ford. in the absenco of any informa- From the Fanling Babics' tion the staff of the, Po Leung Home, Koca Tain Ma-lei, 15 Kuk named him and estimated months old,
to an American his possible birth date,
family in Illinois and the last ifttle
First of
emigrant is Fuk Lan
(Fragrant Orchid) who has been
Having been made a ward of court, the International Social Service was naked to And home for him in 1958.
in the Po Leung Kuk since she was abandoned at the age of four all the boy needed medical weeks. 155 have found her a caro and
and surgery
in home with an American Chinese October that year, family family In California. became interested in the child. Finally they decided that yourger child would be PC ¡erablo and thought that his physical standard would cause anxiety,
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Another family was proposed through the New York ofec of ISS in 1950, but by this time It was found necessary for Po Chiu Lo go into hospital for further surgery, so the offer was closed.
ANOTHER BREAKDOWN
Details were sent to Hongkong of another family thought to be the right one for Po Chlo, then break- the child had another down in health and it was de- elded to wait until Iis health improved sufficiently for him to be suggested again to would- be adopters, Arrangementą were made for Po Chlu to have lessons while in hospital,
In May last year the adop- tion plan was resumed and de- tails of a new family were sent but they did not materialise.
Then last December tho right family was found at LASL.
hoard Having
tho child's full history, the family estled in their doctor to pre- pare for any medical care that might be neoensary after Po Chlä had joined them. Relatives of the now parenta mot the boy in Hongkong and told him of the home where his family is anxiously awaiting his
safe arrival.
In preparation for Western- style living Po Chtu has been looked after for some time by Mr and Mrs Irod of Hongkong. Two children from St Christopher's Home in the New Territories are going on the samo plane. They are Lan Hing, 18 |
ladies toilet
man was
|
six months
the
and
gave
ago, and large holiday crowds and members of military voluntary services their whole-hearted support. Ships in harbour dressed overall and banners flutter- ed from all buildings. In Lhe morning, Hia Excellency the Governor received the Consular body and drank the health of His Majesty with them.
Special permission had been granted to hold a reception in the evening and
2,000 guests thronged Government House be received by His Excellency and Lady Caldecott, who braved a slight indisposition to take her share in the celebra- tions.
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SALUTE of 21 guns
was fired by the Moun-
tain Battery H.K.S.RA, at
noon yesterday (June 23) signalling the birthday of the King.
Elaborate arrangements had been made by the milit- ary authorities to ensure the precision and smoothness characteristic
that
of British ceremonial should
be strictly adhered to on the occasion of the Re- A young
found
view. His Excellency the inside a ladies toilet on
Governor had intimated the third floor of the
some weeks before that he Contral Building last Fri- desired the Colony to extend day and was oventually itself on this first birthday caught yesterday.
of the King Emperor in his As a result, the 20-year-old royal role.
Chiu Chun-bon, of 503 Shaukiwan-rond. ground floor,
at
A happy omen in the eyes of the Chinese was the appeared before Mr Derek Cons morning on a charge of "conduct with their own Dragon Boat Central Magistracy this coincidence of the birthday ely to provoke a breach of the Festival, a day for festivity pence".
Chiu pleaded not guilty add and rejoicing which perhaps ing that "no such thing, hop- kept many of them from pened."
Mr Cons fixed hearing for ficiently compensated
viewing the parade but suf- tomorrow.
for now Chiu
Tomorrow
P. E. van Collile, administrative officer of the ISS Hongkong delegation, will wave good-bye to five Illtle charges setting out for ife in the New World.
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