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POLICEMAN TESTIFIES

Merchant charged with offering bribe

A delective inspector, Lam Muk-sing, testified before Mr D. Cons at Central Magistracy this morning that he found $4,000 hidden in a folded newspaper which was offered to a Trade Officer by a mer- chant.

European testifies

on

own behalf

in traffic case

Inspector Lam was testifying against the merebant. Yeung Sze- man, 39, living at 23 Wing Wo-j atreet, second floor, Central Dis- trict, of the Tung Chun Có đi là Fuk Lo Tsun-rond, Kowloon City.

Yeung is facing a charge of; offering $4,000 To

Trade Officer in returs for not report- ing account book Irregularities.

Hearing of the "summons of careless driving against Mr L. Blumenthal, Superintendent of the Prisons Department, continued before Mr A. M. McMullin at North Kowloon Magis-The defendant was holding tracy this morning.

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Defendant. testifying on his behalf, said that at 2.30 pr on May 26, he was driving along Tong Mei-rund from north put. As he approached Ther junction of Priner Edward-ront, hu stopped before the line, and after looking towards his right, left and right again he put the ear in gear and proceeded in cross the junction.

while

After he had well passed the white line and was well in the road be heard a car approach- ing from the right, travelling at

a very high speed.

fle said he heard the sereceh

ní brakes, had things happened sickly that the next thing

he Gnew a car hou hit his car! on the right side, near his rear- dcor,

er was

At the time of impact, his posted towards the left for approximately € feet.; He said he was going very slowly, between 12 and 15 mph and was in second gear,

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He said he was trying to es- tablish the facts that he was not driving carelessly,

continued The case will be tanfurrow morning.

Mr R. E. Quine, Assistant Superintendent of Trate Police, is prosecuting.

Old man caught

with drugs

An 82-year-old man was sen- tenced to three months jail by Mr J. T. Williams at Central Magistracy this, morning when he admitted possessing packet of horain.

The runn, Chun Wal, of 255 Hollywood-road, fourth floor, Central District, also admitted

Witness said it was at his that he had five previous similar

request that the called.

police

were

Cross-examined Mr Blumen- thal sakl he was not prepared

the evident was to say that the fault of the other driver.

convictions.

Insp R. Lee said that the defendant was stopped by policeman in Queen's-road West

hann.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1961.

Woman 'critical'

The woman climber, Men Wong Shul-fong, who fell 200 feet into a ravine white

сл ber way town the 3,065-feet Lantao Peak last Sunday, WAR C "eriMcul condition" nfarming.

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37-year-old periant mother has been "kept under close observa- tion" in the neuro-surgical ward uf Queen Mary Hospital, sald a hospital spokesman,

Condition

of injured climbers

2 RUSSIAN REFUGEES

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CHARGED WITH

STEALING FROM SHOP

A shop assistant told the Kowloon District Court this morning of seeing Alexander Poroviov, a Russian refugee, putting his hands in the cash drawer while the manageress of the Wing Hing Tai grocery store was counting out money to change $100. The shop assistant, Yu Yuen- someone was taking her meney,

employer of

lle said he looked down from the grocery store at Customs Path the Indder and saw Porovlov's Kowloon, was giving evklence bands inside the eash, drawer, before Judge M. R. Wylie Porovlov then withdrew them against Provjov, 33. and Al-immediately, he said, exander Urchenko, 28, another Russian refugee.

Urchenko made further pur- chases, and sometime later the

three left.

Three minutes afterwards the manageress checked

the cash in the drawer and found that $400 were missing.

The two appeared Jointly on four charges of simple larceny, Yiu said Poroviov and Urchenko and a third man went into the shop on September 2 to make

Pornviny purchases. bought some cigarettes and gave a $100 note.

Yic said that Urchenko then

The case is continuing.

wanted to buy canned goods. Hay Ling Chau

as to

but seemed undecided

He added that whule his attention was directed to serving Urchenko, he heard the manageress calling out that

Inspector Lam said that as n res of information, he went Major John Barrett, RAMC, to the office of the Star Ferry and Pro John Docker, of Car Park at about 11 am on

the 1st Bn, Royal War what to buy. September 10. There he saw the defendant sitting on a bench.

wickshire Regimont, who were injured in a 50-foot foll on Taimoshan folded newspaper in

last STOOD UP

night, have both improved Inspector Lan said that the

this morning. defendant stood up about fiva minutes later and walked ull. Lam said the folded newspaper was then in the hand of Mr Paul Wong, an Assistant Trade Officer of the Commereg Industry Department.

Mr Wong then walked

left and the defendant rickshaw,

and

off

in "

Inspector Lam sald that after conversation with Mr Wong, the Tradu Officer, he went and In the stopped the defendant.

the defendant presence of

and the Trade Omeer, he unfolded

which the! newspaper Trade Oficer, and found seven merchant had offered 10 the

the

Major Barrelt who received! multiple injuries and a broken leg and was rescued by a hell-i copter was "Improving slowly"" in Kewloon Hospital.

Pie Boeker, who had several stitches in his tealp, was feel- ing "fairly comfortable" in the British Military Hospital Mount Kellett this morning.

Clerk admits

at

$500 notes and ive $100 notes embezzlement

inside.

Lam Inspector

then took both back to the office of the Anti-Corruption Branch.

Hoaring is continuing. Mr Y. H. Chan is representing the defendant.

and fraud

A 14-year-old clerk of the Batterfield and Swire Chinese Detective Inspector A. Mue-Star Association, Arthur of the Anti-Corruption guilty before Mr T. L. Yang at pleaded Brunch is prosecuting,

Causeway Boy Court this morning 10 two

counts of Firnudufent conversion and one

the !count of

embezzlement

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on Tuesday, and packet of Anasirong-Jones: No name, no involving the sum of $2,302.00. heroin was found in

a news-; address, no signature; identify paper he was holding.

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Painter with long record sent to jail

A painter, Lou Kai-wa, 42,

with no fixed address but, a long criminal record, will have to serve two and a half years in jail for stealing a pair of trousers from a Wanchal house early on October 3. Lau pleaded guilty to break-

ing into the house of Ng Chik-

nam at 143. Johnston-road, and

to sterling the pair of trousers

and a plastic wallet containing a tram, concession pass.

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A Guest Day to Hay Ling Chau

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Judgment From the Files

with

costs.

Judgment with cost for posscasion of two shops in the Empire Apartments, North Point, was awarded by Mr Justico I. C. C. Rigby at the Supramo Court this morning to Madame Yang Man-ching and the Bank of Canton, Ltd, lessors of the two

25

years AGO

October 1936

London. CCORDING to the

shop premises in a claim A Federation of British

for recovery of the pre-Trade Industriou mises.

a con-

Mr Justice Rigby also award-tinuation of the present to the plaintiffs meine pro-boom is predicted with fur- fits at the rate of $450 a month ther improvement in em- from February to October.

The defendant, Chan Ching-ployment. The devaluation hwa, Deanna Co, of 2 Kal Yuen New likely to exercise

a woman trading as by the gold bloc countries is a dis- Terrace, third floor, North| Point, did not appear In Court, turbing effect on the new

TENANT

wave of expansion in export

Mr John Swaine, appearing trade, at least for the mo- for the plaintiffs, snld the

action was to recover from the ment.

i defendant cortain premises al

Shops and 5A, Empire Apart- The extent of this expan-

ments, ground floor,

The defendant was a tenantsion in the future depends

by the in turn upon the possibility

under

duration, executed

# lease of two-year upon rising prices, and this

plaintiffs as the lessors. Lepers Hongkong The lense expired on February of an inflationary movement 14 this year and the defendant under the leadership of the Ferries will leave the Hong- despite written requests falled kong Yaumatl Ferry Company's to deliver up the business pre-

USA. ler at 2.30 pm. These interest-mises. A wilt was then issued, cd are asked the communicate Mr Swalne sald, with the Hon Secretary, PO Box 380, Hongkong.

Mr Swaine was instructed by Mr Francis H. B. Wong.

Escaping coolie fought with

PC in cemetery

A 27-year-old coolic who admitted assaulting a

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The Chairman of the Hobart Fire Brigade (Mr. Frank Reynold), who returned to Sydney with his wife and daughter by the Nankin, after a tour of the East, said he had been greatly impressed by the efficiency and equipment of the fire brigades at Shanghai and Hongkong.

At Shanghai, the brigade

police officer and failing to report while under consisted of 000 Chinese who police supervision, was sentenced to six firemen from London. Their had been highly trained by months' jail by Mr J. T. Williams at Central equipment included two 100 Magistracy this morning.

ft. ladders.

the

In the Victoria District Court this morning, Judge B. J. Jen- nings sentenced him to two housebreaking charge, and to years and six months all on a

Two other chargea of posses- 14 days sick leave, Insp Gra- six months for the burglary-slon of dangerous drugs and

vener said, but both sentences are to be escaping from custody were Later, Police discovered that served concurrently.

withdrawn when the presecu- defendant was a police Chief Inspector W Apps told on offered no evidence against supervisee and should have ra- the Court that Lau had a mim-him.

ported to the Aberdeen Police Station on October 8. ber of previous convictions, in- cluding these for housebreaking ping, residing at Junk W/B 0. The defendant, Cheung Wah-

He was arrested on Tuesday and five for stettling.

in Yauhati. There was a lot of these types magistrate to give him a light Aberdeen harbour, asked the at the moment, he sentence of offences

because both his September 30 Wan dded.

parents were more than 70 years Irauddently converted $520.01 which he was entrusted to give to the Luen Yick Store, and $40.75 which he was entrusted to give to the Sin Chung Com- pany.

He was Wan Cheng-shun of 381, Hennessy-road, 2nd floor Wanghai.

The first two charges stated

that co

The third charge stated that | between July 37 and September 26 his year he combezzled $1,741.10 belonging to the As- sociation.

Insp Y. C. Lam sald defen- dant's duty was to collect funds

members of the from various Association and return them to the treasurer once a month. He said the cases, came to light on October 12 when the treasurer made a routine check of the ac- counts.

Defendant said he had spent all the money but would try to make restituilon.

Defendant was remanded four days to enable him to raise the

money.

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of age.

Insp B. Cravener

Chinese Permanent FOR BOAC

OFFICIAL

said that

defendant had 10 previous con- Insp. Gravener added that the victions for drug offences and membership of a triad society.

Liquor licences

At Hongkong, the Chinese

under brigade

European officers was equally efficient; it consisted of 200 men 100 ft. in length. possessed two ladders, each

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and

London,

WORLD speed record for a 400 miles run

was 'broken today when a

on October 4 at about 6 pm a party of pollee went to the Five applications for liquor London, Midland and Scat-

Cemetery, Heences have been received by tish train did the Aberdeen, where

401.6 they saw the board of licensing justices miles between Euston and several men who appeared to for Hongkong. Kowloon and be sucking dangerous drugs, new Kowloon.

Glasgow in five hours 92 When they saw the police the tions will be contained in the

Full details of these applica- minutes.

and

PC Lo

be seen

Delayed

men scattered. Mr W. O. Olson, Assistant to PC Lu Yat-ping chased the Government Gazette tomorrow There was intense excite- the Manager, Far East, BOAC, deferdani

eventually which may

Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, and train crew

at the ment among the passengers who has been in Hongkong for caught him. the past three and a half years.

Fire Brigade Bullding.

and the During the struggle, has been appointed to the new managed to silp a handcuff on

many spectators who lined. Representative for the defendant's right hand but Post BOAC

the route and waved and The Philippines.

was unable to

handcuf the

cheered at every station. His successor in Hongkong as

other. As they fought they roll- Miss Elizabeth Palmer, World The train touched over 95 Assistant to Manager, Far East,ed down a slope and the defen- YWCA is Mr

Headquarters General John Bruce, formerly dant broke loose and ran away. Secretary, who was due to ar- miles per hour and fre- Station Officer for BOAC at Kál PC Lo than drew his revolver rive in Hongkong yesterday, has quently exceeded. 90 miles Tak.

and red two shots, but the de- been delayed, Mr Bruce, who read Geo-fentlant escaped.

per hour. It never travelled YWCA officials at the Hong-below 56 miles per hour. It graphy at Clore College, Cam- Following the struggle the kong Headquarters bridge, reowed in the Boat Race policeman was taken to Queen will arrive in time for the re-

hope she ascended the steep Penrith for the University in 1954 and Mary Hospital for treatment ofccption in her honour timed for gradient at 03 miles later that year toured the Far injuries where he was granted 4 pm today. East with the winning crew.

U.S. SAILOR THREW POP

BOTTLE AT POLICE

James M. Johnson, 18, serving on board a U.S.!

Coast Guard cutter (WAK169), was fined a total of $160 by Mr T. L. Yang at Causeway Bay Magistracy this morning for behaving in a disorderly manner and resisting police arrest.

Johnson was also ordered to son went Into the Eastern pay $2.00 to a taxi driver.

Pulice Station's report 100m When Johnson was called to with a taxi driver who accused A plea, he remained him of falling to pay taxi fore of $2.90. Mr Yong told Johnson, "If you can't answer, siny

In the report room Johnson at the

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bock." Defendant did not move waved a bottle and spoke in

and, Mr Yangt then told him thai

he

it he didn't do as ordered, Would

nise be charged with contempt of court.

This time be complied.

This cano was then keard half an hour inter,

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on abusive manner. Johnson WDB obviotaly in state of Intoxication" he said.

Johnson later hurled thn bottle at a pollco Inspector, missing klim narrowly,

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Johnson was subdued after a 1oor

Jaap Y. C. Lam toll Mr Yang That early this morning, Joan struggle,

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