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Disturbances

black out

communications

in Hongkong

A disturbance in the ionos-

phore (uppermost layer of

atmosphere)

the

brought about a 14-hour fadeout in radio commu- nications between Hong- kong and the rest of the world from about

yesterday.

6 pm

News agencies in the Colony experienced crippling blackouts.

in radit reception from 2.30 am

to 1,30 am today.

-

The Blandard frequenty stations in Japan are trans- miting the warning that there is an ionospheric disturbance," suld Mr E. P. Eades, Wireless Engineer of Coble & Wireless this micrting.

in-

"Although there is no formation on sun spots at the moment it is most probable that sun spot activities have caused the lacuit."

In London

Mr Eades went on to say that reception frum "Ludum Wat estrebicly werk just night be tween pin and 11.30 pm.

"Again from 3.45 am 5 th:lu

Inng-distance morning, ratio examunicatives fader out between Bungkong and London,

Tangier und San Franciscu,

"And we lost Singapore from

4 pm to 8 am today.”

Mr Eniles said that there has t been no break in Cable &! Wireless communications be cause of oor submarine cables" Dy 1. E. M. Watts, Director

of the Royal Observatory, said! this morning that

been a report on

there has

sun

netivities, "but information inay Le expected this afternoon front Japan and other paris of the world."

"Our radio

CHINA

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1961.

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THE DOLD NEW PEN DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY FOR MEN

PICTORIAL POLICE CONSTABLE WAS SHOT

THREE TIMES, COURT TOLD

PARADE

The dream of four-year-old Philippo Luck, who is expected to live only another six months, came true the other day. Philippo in hospital at

Sydney Fair

enquiries total 347

communications The Hongkong delegation to

have been quite reasonable last. night," he added.

Orphans leave

Threa

for America

orphans adopted under the Foster Parents Plun through the Inter- national Social Service, left this morning for New Yerk by Qantas to join thate, foster homes in the United States,

The orphans are two girls, one oped 12 and the other used two years from the Faniing Babies 1 Horul a one-year-old boy from St Christopher's.

They were accompanied by Mag Althen Knickerbocker, a CB-worker of the ISS. New York branch.

M: Susan G. Twyelord, ad- ministrative othcer of the ISS in Hongkong, saw the group off.

i

the Sydney Trade Fair, held from August-1 to 12, recorded a total of 347 business enquiries which were subsequently for- warded by the Commerce and Industry Department to local trade and indus. } trial organisations.

Among items for which a Streube number of enquiries were received from Sydney were cotton, silk and rayon pinzagonds, wooden and rattan: plastle flowers. furniture,

and stainless steel cut- 11, car-cats, basketware and

type of novellies.

Govt notice

Mr C. B. Burgess, the Colonial Secretary, ceased to be Officer Administering the Government, upon resumption of duty by the Governor, Sir Robert Black. It is notied by the Government.

Mr E. B. Toviale quase to get as Colonial Secretary.

-Between Seasons Fashions-

Paquerette's

For those wonderful cotton knits— dresses-2 pc sets ond casual tops -slax-skirts. All in the exciting new colours and planned for you to mix or match,

Brentwood,

Essex, with leukaemia (u raro blood disease), was reported as having told her mother, Mrs Janet Luck, that the would like a rido on a horse. Whon Mr Henry Corko, a North London rag-and-bone deater, read this, he said: "Sha will rido Winkle.” And be at once made or- rangements with Phi- lippa's mother to take Winkle, his 34-inch high pony, to the hos pital. Said Mr Corke: "She can go for: rides whenever the likes." Philippa's mother, aged 28, and separated from her husband said at har council houso home in Brantwood: I'm 30 grateful. Wo couldn't afford to hire a pony, And I want to cram as much love and happi- into Philippa's

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life as I can." Mr Luck, who also has an eight-year-old daughter, Bridget, recently dis- charged herself from hospital, where she was waiting for a major operation, in order to look after Philippa when she is sent home. But doctors have told her that Philippa may have only six months to live.

NURSES TO MEET

The

TOMORROW

next meeting of the Hongkong Nurses Chris-

will ba tion Association hold at the Nursos Quarters, Nothersole Hos- pital, at 7.30 pm

morrow.

to-

A hu "Dust and Destiny," will be shown, and will be Icllowed by a short talk on the subject by Dr Donald Chau.

All nurses are invited to attend.

A police constable chasing after a suspect was hit on the head with a spanner and shot three times

with his own revolver, a court was told this morning.'

Before Mr Justice W. A. the incident occurred early on Blair-Kerr and 'a jury. of five the morning of June 12,

Lam

two women, men and

About 3 um on June 12, Mr China, 28, unemployed, pleaded | Hobson said, the accused broke et gully to alternative chargesnio a small flot att 302 with Intent to Shanghai-street. The fat was

wounding with used as a consulting room by

rievous bodily Chinese herbalist.

or hooting

murder, and intent to du harm.

Mr Harold Hobson, Crown Counsel, prosecuting, sold that

Case against

merchant transferred

Chose

While the accused was in the flat, an occupant of the house an a lower storey' notleed the beam ul a torch from the herbalist's eunrußing reum, and raised the !claim.

The accused then ran away, Clown Counsel sald, closely chased by the occupant, Mr Chow Man,

Chow chated after the uç- etsed along several streets in the Yuumali Distrlet, and bis shouts aroused three pullcemen un patrol in the vicinity, Mr

bion said.

went from

Two of the policemen towards Portland-street where the shouts had come, and the third policeman, PC1234, Li Chuk-kam, made for Humilion-struct and Nathan- rond.

The case against a merchant and proprietor of Nelson and Co, charged with conspiring to defraud the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation of $93,000, was transferred by Mr J. T. Williams at In Naftan-road, the PC Li Central Magistracy this saw the accused ruining 10- morning to the Victoria wards him with Chow Man in District Court for a plea stop but ran across

pursuit. Accused was, told to Nathan-

to be taken Thursday.road towards the Kwong, Wah The defendant,

Hwang Hospital.

Huang-se, of 4 Electric-street, Wanchai, ground Hour, appear

ed on bail of $45.000 half in cash ond half in surety,

Blows

IN ANY LANGUAGE

PATA to hold

writing contest

}

in 3 categories

From the Filoz

25

years

AGO

October 1936 WHEN the giant Pan

American Clipper ar- rives in Hongkong it will land at the most up-to-date airport in the Far East. Work on Kai Tack Airport. (Kai Tak), which is also un R.A.F. base, is almost com- pleted.

The 25-ton Clipper ships will be able to land in a deep portion of the harbour practically free of junks and

The third annual Pacific travel writing contestampan, and, once its pas- sengers and cargo are will have three categories this year, it has disembarked into a lighter, been announced by Mr F. Marvin Piake, be lifted up to new slipway executive director of the Pacific Area Travel and housed in the existing Association, sponsor of the competition.

aerodrome,

The buy facing Kai Tack bererapbooks, display mounted or Airport is over a mile long, awarded to the writer of the as loose slippings, and may be giving ample space to the

will

Engraved plaques

best newspaper travel story, or during storica, on the Pocille 1961: to the best Pacifte travel story In

general Interest magazine; and to the best un- published poem on the Pacife, of 30 lines or less.

ANNOUNCEMENT

"Entries their ability to stimulate inter- will be judged on

est in and travel to and within the Pacific area-Hawall and beyond," Mr Piske said.

Materials may be subraisted writery or publishers in

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19 Accused was then seen

son said.

As the constable ran into the entrance, he felt blows on the head. He grabbed the assallant but the accused delivered more blows. The constable

pussed

out on the ground.

It is alleged that during Demake for the entrance of the cember last and January this hospital and the police con- year, Hwang conspired together stable ran after him, Mr Hob- with Denis Mao to defraud the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank by inducing the bank to open a Letter of Credit to the value of $93,000 on the strength of false representations that 300 long lons of mixed steel scraps were to be delivered, by Nelson and Co to Lee Hing Company (HK) und by inducing the bank 10 honour a bill of exchange drawn under and in accordance with the terms of the Letter of Credit un the strength of false repre- Crown Counsel said the con- ventutions that the scraps were stable tried to grasp the revol- received by Lee Hing and Com-ver, whereupon he was shat pany.

Girl wins Crozier Scholarship

The Crozier Scholarship for this year's Joint Primary.

The next thing of which the PC was coherently aware was that the revolver which he wore was dragged out of his holster. And the next thing he knew was that he was being shot." Mr Hobson sold.

twice again. In all he received three shots: one of the bullets went into the thigh and two in the stomach.

The accused then ran away. The constable recovered his revolver and fred two shots at the accused. "But it is fairly understandable that he missed," Mr Hobson said.

The constable Was later taken to Kowloon Hospital and has since recovered,

Revolver

6 Examination has boon Acting

en Information, Mr awarded

Condidato Hobson went on, the poltee went No. 9988, Yuon On. Lai, to le 'Kwong Wah-street, about

to

Old offender

jailed for

picking pocket

An odd job painter, Yip Tak- loung, 31, was jailed for 12 months by Mr J. T. Williams at Contra! Magistracy this morning for picking a pocket. Detective Inspector T. F. Don- nelly' said that shortly after 1 pin on Saturday, 3 European man was walking in Connaught- road Central near Fung House when he felt a bump. The man then found that his Parker 51

$30 fountain pen, worth

Was missing from his pocket.

As he turned around, he saw Yip walking away and caught hold of him and recovered the pen.

Donnelly

insp

sald Yip of Holy Angels Canossion three hours after the incident. managed to break

away and There they found the accused. School, the Grant Schools In a dustbin, they found a torn low and Co. Ltd. With the ostit run into the Whiteaway, Lald- Council disclosed.

Pyjama Jacket and pair of pyjama trousers.

She has been allocated to St Mary's Canastan College where her scholarship will be enable the Alve-year Secondary

1

course

Crown Counsel contended that the accused had intended to destroy the pyjamas as he had been seen in them by the police.

Mr Hobson also

tance of an Indian watchman, however, the European got hold of Yip and handed him over la the police.

RECORD

The Crozier Scholarship will be awarded Each year on the results of the Secondary School Entrance Examination, The fund was established by the the policeman who was then noticed there was a chance for

Insp Dennelly said Yip stated contended that he had been looking for a that when the accused pulled job at Talkon Dockyard carlier the revolver from the holster of but without success. When he

Grant Schools in honour of Dr DJ. S. Crozier on bis retire-

Jhent.

lying on the ground, he was not at that stage concerned with avolding arrest. "He could casily The scholarship is given to have run away, but his action the student who is first in order was in fact to kill the PC and of merit in the examination

his reason might have been that Ind who has not gained. A the PC had by then identified i Grantham ог Government, him." Scholarship.

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SHOP LATE MONDAYS

Open Till 6 p.m.

LUNCH GUESTS

More than 100 members of thy National Cahi" Register, Com- pany sales staff were" guðstà of Pan American Airwayn· at Va champagne lunchton on Satur- tiny,

The meal. ýam served at Kri Tak Airport aboard a Pan Am Jel Clipper. The party Wan held to celebrate the opening of the new NCH sales campaign in the Far East,

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him to make some money, he succumbed to the temptation.

Insp Donnelly informed the court that Yip, who had only when $1.30 in his possession arrested, had 10 previous COD- victions including, one for al tempted larceny and four for picking pockels.

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In any language. Entries must

the

be received a1 PATA headquar biggest seaplane in ters, 153 Kearny-street, San world to alight and take

Francisco, by

November 30, ofl'.

and will not be returned. Winners will be announced nt the eleventh annual Pacile Travel Conference January 22 26 in Hongkong.

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The ease against Weihaiwei Lanca-Sorgeant in Force the Hongkong Police was concluded at the Central Top awards in the 1980 con Magistracy, yesterday then test went to Leavitt F. Morris, the defondant was sentenced travel editor of the Christain to a fine of $50, or one month's Science Monitor, in the news hard labour, on each of the paper division; Richard Jorepii, travel editor of Esquire, in the 50 cents from a

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of having received a magazine category; and Louise ricksha puller and misconduct Hajek of Chicago, in poetry,

as a Police officer by accepting

Holiday magazine received n the bribe. special award for Ils October

issues or and November

the South Pacific.

Sole Agents:

If the fines are not paid, tho terms of imprisonment are to run consecutively.

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