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THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1961.

Manslaughter verdict

JAILED 3 YEARS

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FOR KILLING WIFE

Wong Kan-sang, 41, charged with murdering his wife with a pair of scissors, was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury of five men and two women at the Criminal Sessions this morning.

Denise Wilson

improving,

mother says

He was sentenced to three years' jail by Mr Justice I. C. C. Rigby after the jury recom- mended mercy. Enrlier the jury had found him not gulity Di murder.

In his summing up of the case Mr Justice Rigby said that the jury could find defendaut guilly of murder, or manslaughter, or could sequit him.

If the jury did not belleve the accused committed the stub- bing in self-defence, but believed that he planned it, they should

20 MINUTES

Denise Wilson, the 16-year-ind him guilty of murder.

old Australian girl, li im- proving her pneumonio had gone and her com- plexion was botter after a blood transfusion yester day.

Though the blood trans- fusion took hours. It was very successful," Mrs Elhet Wilson, the mother, sald this morning.

"She has been playing with dolls, greeting cards atel Gowers sent her by well- wishers in Hongkong. And there were quite a number of visitura yesterday."

Mrs Wilson ulse revealed that Denke's father is arriving with ker sister, 21-year-old Jeantette. by air at 11 am on Saturday,

ALL PLEASED

"Dentre, the doctor and my-

self

are all pleased with her inprovencat," said the mother at the Canoss Hospital. "Tin very hopeful."

Denire arrived in Hongkong with her mother and brother, dobr, by the P. & 0. Liner, Oradea, last Sunday.

If the jury believed that the stabbing was

delibernie, but that it was the direct result of provocation, in this case by the wile's behaviour, they should return D verdiet of manslaughter, the Judge said,

If they believed that accused had stabbert her in sell-defence, they should return a verdict of

Justice acquittal, Mr

Rigby concluded.

The jury retired for 20 minutes before returning a unanimous verdiet of manslaughter.

Mr

Wong was represented by C Y. Shun instructed by Peter Mann.

Mr M. Morley-John, Crown | Counset, prosecuted.

Saw 'loveliest' sunset here

The wife of a Swissair flight captain and a regular visi- tor to the Colony said this morning, "This was the moet wonderful visit have had so far.”

here "When I arrived afternoon who is afflicted with an eight-Tuesday

I went Year-vid incurable Brain Suchtlog with a friend and the

days after she weather.

perfect. Then

Paeumonia

disease-two

struck Denise-

Was

on

SHEAFFER'S Imperial II

ballpoint

with "Reminder clip

KÕLA ABOUTEI

UNITED MAREN DEL ATR

Mr Norman F. Croga, (left) now Assistant Director of Social Welfare, shown being greeled on arrival this morning by De 5. H. Pang and Mr Kenneth Chung, of the Chinese YMCA. Shown behind is Mr D. W. B. Baren, Director of Social Welfare. — Photo.

MR. NORMAN CRAGG

China Mall

Expert comes to teach social welfare work

Mr Norman F. Cragg, new Assistant Director of Social Welfare, arrived

in the American liner President Hoover this morning to take up his post..

Mr Cragg last served in Ottawa

the

us executive accretory of public welfare division of the Canadian Welfare Council for five years, prior to which he had worked with the YMCA in dif- ferent places for 15 years.

In six years of studies in the he ob- University of Toronto, tained three degrees-Master of Social Work in public welfare administration, BA (sociology) Social Work and Bachelor of and group work.

He said his position here was newly created," and he would iled from Sydney on August last right there was that beauti-ndant his experiences Canada 10. Her conlition

ful sunset-the loveliest I have to the situation in Hongkong. rt ported to be "deteriorating ever seen," she added.

fast."

was

then

She is Mrs H. Meyner, wife of Capt. Hurst Meyner, a senior She was sent to hospital on Far East flight captain with rival in the Colony.

Swisselt based in Bangkok,

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His department would deal with professional training in social welfare work, and one of the tasks would be to help people in such a way "that they are able to get back on their feet as quickly as possible," he said.

Mr Crags. who is accom- panied by his famity was greel- ed on arrival by Mr D. W. B, Baron, Director of Social Wel-

2 sailors fined

for taking car

A British sailor, Michael John Small, 23, of HMS

Tactician, was fined a total of $600 at Cause way Bay Magistracy this morning on charges of driving a car without the owner's consent, driving without a proper licence, and driving without third party insurance.

Mar T. L. Yang, the magistrate, also #ned another sallor of the same ship, Michael Loman, 22, a total of $450 for alding and | abetting Small on the three

charges,

fare, Mrs Baron, and Mr N. Oei, qualified from driving for one Both defenduntu were dis- Secretary of the Department,

dear sir.

Sensible silence

Yesterday you reported a United Kingdom lady doctor vowing

year.

Inspector Y. C. Lam, prosecuting, told the court that yesterday evening an employee of the Hang On Garage, Wan- chai, saw Small drive away a private car AB473 parked out- side No 107 Lockhart-road,

He recognized the car as be- longing to his employer, Chan Tong-sheung, of the garage.

to maintain Д Wednesday matter to the pullee.

Seeing the police on his trail,

and then

Small accelerated stopped the car at the junction of Chaung Hong-street and Fort-street. The defendants, left the car in an attempt to escape, but were arrested near the Metropole Theatre after chase.

Stolen holiday car found ablaze

From the Files

25

years -AGO-

August 1936

Boston. THE life of a sailor is not

prerogative

of the mere male, in the opinion of Miss Louise Kimball, 22- who year-old debutante, has signed on as purser of the steamer Westport.

Some of the seamen are not very pleased with the innovation. "I don't think women belong to a ship, they're supposed to be a jinx, you know," said Cap- tain Charles Lyons, chief steamship inspector at Bos- ton, Several skippers ex- pressed their annoyance in stronger language.

But the captain of the Westport declared he pick- ed the girl out of 200 appli- cants for the job "because she's rugged, brainy and trained in life-saving and

first aid". It looks to me

like a new career women", he added,

for

When Miss Kimball was attending high school ahe had her own sail boat and she says she hopes Bome day she will get a quarter- master's ticket.

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Played four matches, won two, "loat two. That is the record of the Shanghai Wan- derers, a team composed of Shanghai, Hongkong, and

Hankone cricketers, and others England this summer, recruited to fill in gaps, in

It is of note that the tourists improved the more they played. They lost the first two matches and won the next two, the last of all being

particularly brilliant victory, an innings defeat against a side which included several good players.

G With the annual Interport match against Hongkong now not many days ahead-it is to be

Played early in October

cricketera were particularly pleased to notice the form both with bat and ball of D.W, Leach, who hopes to be back in time for the Hongkong match.

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A car was found blazing miks away from where it was stolen in Oxford,

Holiday-makers Mr and Mrs

Leach not only performed very creditably in each match of the tour but albo in a

He immediately reported the Samuel Dobbs, who lost all their match between the M.C.C. and Later, a luggage with it, went home to Cyphera. He scored 40 runa silence til) her country formal-police car chased the defendant Nowark-on-Trent, Nottingham-al a orucial moment materially. 1 renounced nuclear weapons in the car along King's-road shire, by train.-London Express kelping to win the match for which is considered an admir- towards North Point.

able determination worthy of emulation members of her вех, However, why only allonce on a Wednesday and noi all the seven days of the week or perpetually till resul I achieved? Then we Cat hope and pray that the powers-that-he will be equally determined not to renounce nuclear weapons, and thus we poor hanpecked males will enjoy a blissful period of the muted female voice.

Then, let us extend its vow of silence further afield to in clude the dictatorial boss who might vow to Imiliate

the Trappist monk for a whlin tili trade has improved or the tax- extractor han loosened bis tight grip on the purse. Why, Bir, this idea of silence as a political weapon has great possibilities. We can boycoll the officials by keeping aloof and refusing to speak to them unill they have indeed become our 'obedient servants', or we can refuse to say A word if caught fa neme nefarious set. and hauled before the beake until 'we are ebirgsed and ket free, Think of (i) Bilenco se powerful

the Hydrogen bomb! By Jart remaining allent wo might, even make Comrade Kruh come round to Telpon and chuck all hlm suplent atmamenta into the ned Ben.

You, Hir, «llence is golden no long as it is not imitation gold bul the real stuff. Во Пете Kots this bloke who la

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