1939-06-21 — Page 7

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

ROTARY CLUB:"

SPIRITED PLEA FOR TOWN PLANNING IN

HONGKONG:

REV. J. R. HİGGS ADDRESS

A spirited plea for Town Planning in Hongkong, "to make this a City Beautiful-the most beautiful city in every way in the Far East" was made by the Rev. J. R. Higgs, Vicar of St. Andrew's, In the course of a refreshing and knowledgeable talk to the Rotary Club at its weekly tiffin in the Roof Garden of the Hongkong Hotel yesterday.

Rev. Mr. Higgs put forward ten main pointë for the aesthetic improvement of the Colony, including tree-planting as opposed to tree-felling, a far closer supervision of the erection of advertising signs, the provision of parks and, open spaces, for the mass of the people, the building of a Kowloon Promenade and the improvement of street names.

Fire On Ship In Harbour

LITTLE DAMAGE

DONE

Crew's Prompt Work

Quells Flames

GENERAL

PIRATING OF TRADE JUNKS

SEVEN MEN SENT

TO PRISON

Seven then were sent to prison by the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, at the Criminal Sex- slons yesterday for pirating two trading

Junks

within Calony

waters.

The men were charged with having robbed Cheung Fo, master of junk No. 3316, of two coats, a blanket and two oars, and Cheaar Foon, master of junk No. 1261B, of his boat and a sum of $7 near Steep Island on May 1.

A fire on board the Norwegian freighter Utsire, lying in "the harbour at West Point yestar- day, which might easily have had serious results, was quelled with comparatively little dam- age done following a prompt and Courageous half-hour battle by the ship's crew, al The Utsire, of 4,441 tons, arrived from Calcutta on Sunday and be- The speaker also dealt at, "Pursue Beauty-like the Holy gan unloading a cargo of over 6,000) some length with the theme Gral" Is that, do we think, tons of coal for the Hongkong Gas who pleaded guilty when the case of Beauty, urging his listen-sound advice in the 20th century? Company. Discharging proceeded was first heard on Monday, were sentenced to four years' hard "follow Beauty "like Is the old Arab proverb right smoothly until yesterday morning.labour on each count, while Wong which says "If you have two when coal was being poured into shu-ki, Wong Tam-kwal, Leung the Holy Grail," to be greater loaves, sell one and buy a ly?"four junks alongside. than their environment and The creative artists would' de- to rise above the vortex of care that it is. They make it the civilisation, to preserve for business of their lives to pursue themselves and their fellows

ers to

Beauty

+

Sudden Outbreak

About 8.20 am, fire suddenly broke out in the cabin of Chief Steward E. Mollerhaul under the fore part of the bridge deck on the port side and smoke and fame immediately small alley outside.

swirled inte the Captain Carl Johnsen and his crew attacked the flames at once.

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a living soul, to see Beauty

BEAUTY ESSENTIAL "everywhere, to interpret pain

and

Beauty is essential to sanity. sorrow in terms of

And all this applies with tremen- beauty, and to see life as a deus force to Hongkong. We live whimsical and lovely thing.

(so we say in one of the most Major R. D. Walker. M.C. pre-beautiful cities in the East. But sided, and welcomed visiting the beauty is not of our making. Doors and ventilators' were shut Rotarian N. V. Halward of Canton Nature has made it so. If the to prevent a draught and the thick and the following guests:-Messrs," Colony's. natural beauty were portholes were smashed so that R. P. Sellman (San Francisco), J. taken from it would probably water could be poured into the Leach (Kwellthy, and S. Grove, C. be the ugllest place in the East blazing cabin. Moore, A. R. F. Raven. N. C. Chan. We live in a fool's paradise. What gushed through the broken port Yee Kam, S. M. Garrard, Rev. K. planning has there been in the holes, but the men stood their Mackenzie-Dow, and D. Zung past to make this a beautiful city? ground.

(Hongkong).

The Chairman congratulated Professor Digby. on his inclusion in the recent Birthday. Honours List.

TOWN PLANNING BOARD

Practically none. Land and the highest you can get for it seem to be the only things that count.

"HOW BEAUTIFUL" BUT... The visitor looks at Hongkong at night and says "How beautiful"

Choking smoke

Charred Masa

So Ming, Lam Sum and Tsui Tin.

Wan and Ng On were sentenced to 18 months' hard labour, all sen- tences to run concurrently..

..

Mr. John Whyatt, Crown Coun sel, prosecuted, assisted by Detec tive Sub-Inspector R. Cunningham. The Jury were:-Messrs. A. C, Tinson (foreman), Cheung Wal- man, D. W. Wagstane. J. E, de Sousa, Cheung U-put, A. R. RazACK and Lok Juh-kuin.

Obliged To Agres.

The fourth, fifth, sixth

and

seventh accused yesterday pleaded that they were fishermen by trade the other three men and later and that they had been robbed by forced by them to help them in

robbing others. Prisoners stated that at first they refused, but were ste-assaulted and were obliged to go

with the robber

Having reduced the Chief ward's cabin to a mass of charred wood and ruined metal, the fames next attacked a "passenger's cabin

forward.

The forward porthole of the pas.

His Lordship pointed out that they were armed, and if they did not wish to take part in robbery. they could, after being reinforced

those who were alleged to have boatmen, have turned against forced them into doing what they did not want to do.

Rev. Mr. Higgs said, in part:-but he little knows of the appall The recent decision of the Gov-ing ugliness of the slums of Wan- ernment to set up a Town Plan- chai or Yaumatt-of all the fith senger's cabin was smashed and Cheung Foon and the other ning Board must be welcomed by and pluful poverty of nine-tenths water was poured into the cabin; us all as an event of quite major of the population. Nature has but not before the ceiling was importance for this Colony. A given us here an example of her blackened and blistered and the prominent member of this Club, handiwork. though, remarked to me that the

decision is about 50 years too late (Laughter).

But to begin with I want, if I can, to lift your minds away from a mere consideration of Town. Planning, which to many people may sound prosale and uninterest- ing, and ask you to consider the

.

bunk, a settee, and other fittings had been set on fire,

Flames Spread

It was bad luck that their boat had been stolen, said His Lordship. But that did not entitle them, to

and rob others.

no

to benefit by the lesson she would It is strange that we have. fafled

so plainly teach is and deny to our fellows their meed of Beauty

The fire in the saloon was check which is their birthright.

ed only when a green curtain vell- verdict of guilty, Mr. Whyatt said After the Jufy had returned a Coming now then from the ideal ing the entrance to the Captain's

that, although there was. cabin was ablaze and by that time criminal record against the men, to the practical but claiming no heat. smoke, and

water expert knowledge of Town Plan-

had he was informed that since their ning, let me mention ten pointe damaged much of the Captain's arrest there had been no piracies. matter on a higher and more Idealistic level. The advice that achievement of our ideal I am

property. the

The fire fighters, to the number region."

previously quite frequent, in the Padre Monty gave to Rupert Rayfully aware that much of the of about 30, worked feverishly, but in that delightful book of Ernest problem is economic but it is not there was a moment when it seem- Raymond's, "Tell England," Was

entirely so.

"

BENCH HOLDS PROSECUTION MALICIOUS

Complainant To Pay Compensation

An

that would help towards

POINTS IN PLANNING These are the points:..

Tree planting. We hear much from time to time about tree fell-

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ed that the bridge deck must catch fre. ,',

This danger was anally over-

ARGUMENT

come, but not before there had OVER LOAN OF

been meny anxious moments.

It was eloquent tribute to the

NEWSPAPER

"An argument over the loan of a bave

ing, especially in Kowloon. It is efforts of the Captain, and crew tree-planting not tree felling that that an obviously dangerous Are should cccupy our attention. It was put out in little more than newspaper was alleged to is safe to say that a bold policy half an hour; had it extended to developed into a fight in which и of tree planting in all the main the hot, dry coal cargo it could not knife was stated to have been residential areas of the Colony have been checked. As It was, no used and two persons wounded. would change the face of Hong- great damage was done and re- kong, bringing beauty, health and pairs will probably not affect the unemployed youth," "Chu Yiu,' was As a result of the struggle, an protection from the sun. Especial- ly would this be true of Kowloon. sailing of the ship, which is ex charged with wounding before Mr.

pected

to leave Hongkong on T. J. Houston, at the Central Court yesterday, and was found guilty of Wallem aná Company are the the charge. sign should be allowed to be erect Hongkong agents for the Utsire, Leung Ning was the owner of

A far closer supervision of the Friday. erection of advertising signs. No

cure

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CHINA WAR

IN PICTURES

Two Exhibitions In Hongkong

from various sources at consider-

application for leave to appeal to the Full Court, or al ternately, to re-open the ease be- fore the same magistrate, was ed that blatantly disregards the which is owned by the Norwegian the newspaper and he was read- rejected by Mr. R. A. D. Forrest principle of beauty. If signs have Trygve

About 300 war pictures, showing at the Central Court-yesterday.

to be erected. as indeed I suppose Haugesund. She is under Norwe-him and wanted to borrow it. struction work in China, were Eriksen" Company, of ing it when defendant approached war-time conditions and recon The application was made by they mast, then they should be glan insurance cover, Mr. D. McCallum at the previous beautiful. Especially perhaps does;

Leung refused and annoyed with shown at an "exhibition at the hearing, on" behalf of Abdul this apply to night Dlumination. not yet been definitely ascertained, a paper fan... According to him, Queen's Road Central yester- The cause of the outbreak has Chu's persistency, he hit Chu with Hongkong Chinese Women's Club, Gaffoor, Royal Naval Dockyard To my mind, for example, it is a police officer, following the finding thousand pities that a great firm

Chu was alleged to have drawn day. These pictures were secured of Mr. Forrest that the prosecu- that sells medicine to.

knife and wounded him on the able cost and with great difficulty. tion brought by Gafoor against headaches, etc., should deem i FALSE PRETENCES head and under his arm "Zafter Khan for alleged assault, | necessary to put up an illuminated

The Lazhibition_wil last-until-8- Mr. Houston--found defendant "was a malicious one.

sign on the harbour that can well!

b.m. to-day, and the pictures will guilty and remarked that there nigh be seen from Shanghai! ( Further evidence was heard at was not sumelent provocation to America for exhibition purposes..

be forwarded to England - and When asked why complainant (Laughter).

the Central Court yesterday when Justify defendant's action. should not pay compensation to Parks and open spaces. The E. D. Sykes, broker, appeared be

At Chinese YMCA, the defendant for malicious pro most serious" indictment against fore Mr. R. Edwards on remand morning during which time his Over 200 photographs of the war secution, Mr. McCallum called wit-previous administrations in this charged with obtaining sums of father will be given the opportunity in China were also exhibited at the nesses to prove that his client had Colony is the almost criminal $1,250 and $1,000 from the Re- to discuss the question of com Chinese YMCA. Bridges Street, been assaulted and consequently neglect in failing to reserve llance Motors on March 7 and 14, pensation with the two injured yesterday. Many of the pictures confined to hospital for medical enough ground for parks and open respectively, by false pretences. treatment.

persons. The term of imprison-vividly tell the story of China's spaces for the mass of the people. Mr. O. E. C. Marton appeared ment, Mr. Houston said, would heroic struggle for national free- Following the evidence beard In recent years some attempt has for the prosecution while Mr. F. depend on the sumelency of the dom yesterday, Mr.)

Forrest re-affirmed been made to set aside play H. Loseby was for the defence. compensation. his finding that the prosecution grounds for Chinese children but Mr. 1. 4. Duff. teneral manager was a malicious one and ordered not nearly large enough scale of the Rellance Motors, was again the complainant to pay compensa.

to meet the requirements.

cross-examified by Mr. Loseby. tion of $50 to the defendant,

The hearing was adjourned.

(Continued on Page 11)

POP WELL, IT,S A GAME FULL OF FISH STORIES

LET'S SCE

WHO WAS THE PATRON SAINT FISHERMEN

Chu was remanded until this

On June 28, these pictures will be exhibited at their Kowloon Branch, YMCA, Waterloo Road,

The U. 8. 8. Chaumont arrived after which they will be forwarded In harbour yesterday.

abroad.

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