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KBGC REWIRING EVIDENCE IN LARCENY TRIAL

Evidence of events leading to the rewiring of the Kowloon Bowling Green Club was given when the P.W.D. Larceny Case was resumed before Mr Justice Reynolds at the Criminal Sessions this morning.

Accused are Austin. Spary, 50, electrical - in- spector, Grade I, and Kwok Kwong, 47, foreman, both of the Public Works Department. They are charged on twelve counts, involving 10 of larceny by public servant, one of obtaining money by false pre- tences from the steward of the Kowloon Bowling Green Club and one of conspiracy to defraud the Government of money.

Mr Percy Chen. Instructed by Mr C. A. S. Russ, is appearing for Kwok, and Spary is represented by Mr V. J. L. D'Alton, Instructed by Mr P. J. Griffiths. Appearing for the prosecution is Mr Hooton, Crown Counsel, assisted by Chief Insp. J. Johnston, of the Special Branch.

The Jury empanelled comprises four men and three

women.

Ernest Pope, Hon. Secretary of the Kowloon Bowling Green Club, said that some time in February or March of last year the Commit tee of the Club lind peension to be| alarmed at the high electric light charges, and they thought there might be some fault in the wiring. They approached Spary and asked him to examine the wiring, Spary zald he would look into it and later reported that the wiring was in very bad condition and suggested that the whole of 1 be renewed.

The suggestion was considered by the Committee, witness continued. and it was decided to get an estimate of the cost. Spary was oporotiched about the end of March regarding an estimate. Subsequently he sul mitted an estimate in writing, of about $500. The estimate was ne- cepted by the Fluance Committee and Spary was asked if he could nr- range for someone to do the work. He promised he would make necessary arrangements,

Witness told Mr D'Alton that the

why

the Committee

the

reason cided to approach Spary tu exuuhe the wiring was because Siary was. in the first place, a member of the Club and also he had the neosmary It was rust technicnt knowledge. because Spary was considered to be a private con'ractor.

THESWOT

him have the money. He did so and gave the money to the Club's steward to pay Spary. Regarding

for another cheque $200, which was for payment of two ceiling fans, witness sald Spary asked that the payment be made to him, He drew a cheque for that amount and handed it to the steward. He did not know what he did with 11.

Jolin McKelvie, President of the K.B.G.C., sak that some time last

the Club

dub required some celling At Committee meeting it was decided to

led to try to get some faris for the

He later verandah. approached Spary and asked if he rould he

hein

out. out

them

Spary said

could do. he would see what he

Committee he Later, he told the would get the Club two ceiling fans The Committee e- for $100 each. elded to get them and Spary was told of its decision.

year

D

Witnem tolt Mr D'Allon that they had probably been some dis- cursion with Seary on the question the rewiring at the Club. Il of w understood that the work was to be done by an outside contrac

It was never suggested that Soary bine!f would do the work. Ther war als alttely an secrecy bat the transaction. Members in Reneral knew about t

Corroborative evidence regarding the rewiring of the K.A.G.C. WILS Piven by an S-mu, steward of The Club, Slo zaid the work, was dore phat the end of March or herinning of April." Witness said he had seen Kwok Kwong (1st accused) In the Clubs when he come to in the

the place before the re- wiring was done. He thought Kwok was accompanied by some workmen,

The trial is provedding.

In consequence of a report sub- mitted 15y Spary it was decided to ask him to get someone to carry out the work of rewiring. witness sold to aunther question. The report put in was not an e-

receipt timic, but after its Committee decided to ask Spary he could get an estiamte of the ap proximate cost,

It

pret

Given Extension

Of Time

Witness said he could not recall whether the estimate, which was ou a plece of paper, was a bill head or merely a list of materials,

considered that Spary was not would carry out the work himself.

In answer to the foreman of the Jury, wi

witness zald 1 cutimate was a list of materials with prices attached. He could not say whether the cost of labour was included. 1. G. B. Wyatt, cashier fr Kowloon branch of the Hongkong and Shanghai Dank, said a cheque drawn on his bauk by the K.C.B.C. dated April 30, 1848 was a cash bearer cheque for $577,92.

verified copy of a memorantum cashed the following day. Another

charge dated July 19, 1948, cheque for $200 dated May 18 (pro-by the Bute Plantations (1913) Ltd duced), also drawn by the K.B.G.U., was paid back into the Club's ar-

count.

the

ash or

An application by the Bute Plan tations (1913) Lid for un extension of a verilul copy of a memorandum of charge was granted by the Chief; Justice (Sir Leslie Gibson) at the Supreme Co

Court this morning.

́ ́¡ THE “HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1949.

Concrete Mixer Turns Turtle US Drafting Military Aid Programme

What may have been a serious accident was narrowly averted this morning when this concrete mixer, which was being towed by a lorry up Zetland Street (near the site of the old Masonic Hall) broke loose and began to roll down the hill. Fortunately, however, it turned over after rolling only a few yards. (Photo: Ming Yuen).

"An

Asian Conference

Attempt To Succeed Where UN Has Failed"

New York, Jan. 4.--Pandit Nehru's summoning of the Asian Conference on Indonesia will be regarded in the United States as an effort to succeed in something at which the United Nations has failed. Pro-Republicans hope that the conference will result in some concrete action against the Dutch. Dutch sympathisers expect it to produce considerable furore and nothing else.

Onc United Nations diplomat sympathetic with the Republie ex-

"The Western GERMAN INDUSTRY: present the opinion: nations have only about 10 days left If they fall to on this matter.

take strong action before the con UK, France

ference starts in India they will And the Asiaties ready for an outburst of anti-Western feeling such as you

are seldom seen before, Object To

way

US Proposals

programine

"It is the United Stales and Britain who will suffer most-the Dotch

taken have alrendy

their abuse and the Russians always manage to look as though they are

Washington, Jan. -Britain and on the side of Justice, even when

France have registered with the they are not".

United States detailed and specific The liberal American sentiment

objections to the Marshall Plan New York expressed by the

for curtailing the dis win Post columnist Samuel Grafton, whe mantling of German plants. It was observed. "After a wonderful sturl

Slearned authoritatively today. in pressing the case against Dutch, we have ended by acquies- eing in the Dutch refusal to eense ire before conquering all Java By so doing we have allowed the Soviet Union to buy for a penny the to speak as the conscience of right

This is one of the great bargains in history. Let our diplo

the

mats win a few more such victories for

The application was for an order er It was at

that the time for registration of us over. Communism and we are

In answer to Wir 'Alton, witness said it was quite a common prac tive for eneques drawn by ellents to be paid back into their own ae- counts with the bank.

Malayan in favour of the

issued

a was "necessary

police ne-

!!

Washington, Jan. 4.-It was closed tody that Laz American committee of three men is drafting ja broad programme of military 'stance to foreign countries to vo United States submitted to the Congress this session.

The programme will provide for aid to Western Europe and for other arena of the world where the Truman Administration may consider

necessary.

not expected to become law before May at least for the propose:l North Atlantic Pact, still being Founted, hus frat 1o be rolled by

Senate.

President Truman is expreted ta 40 th the pact and the

military nk programme In his Sale of the Unton" message tomg!row,

There lan considerable amount of work

ork to be done on the programme. The three Armed Services must

decide what amount and types of arms can be spared for overseas allies and the methods by which ose arms are to be procured and shipped.

those

It is possible that some of the arma will be made available through cash lows, others by cash grants, depending on the ability of the country concerned to repay.-Reuter.

Eisenhower Was

My Boss

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protocol which forbids commoners to leave until the King has departed. (St, 1 heard the General mention an one occasion that he though! staf section chiefs should remain at their offices until the "Old Man left) Another time, he returned from a | large social gathering with hands so wore from the endless reception Bre that he swore over to go out again. Staff advisers worked out a policy to which he adhered from then on: 20 social events unless directly connected with military dulles. Even Lady Astor failed to tempt him with Frare social balt-George. Bernard

Shaw,

n

This same lack of social preténte led him to evacuale his that London vesilence, luxurious Claridge's. was too rich for us military blood He moved into suite at the Dorchester, the Americanised hotel watch fronted on Park Lane and a restful view of Hyde perm/ltet Park. The Bat had one parlour. Until he asked Butch to move and take the other bedroom, Genera!

lonely man. Eisenhower was

With bis limited social activity, felt quite honoured when he asked ny mother and me up to dinner in his, dat. It was a wonderful, wholly nulurat evening. The entire

pleasant

50

was evening mutually

that he invited The plan, drawn up by a cam-

several times; they etter of industrialisis and approved Mother Lack in most essentials by Mr Paul C. shared a bright interest in history, Plan Ad-as well as other subjects. She was Hollman, the Marshall ministrator. has been shown to the most impressed by my Buss, "You'll

American Embassies laugh," she said, "but lie's every bit British and here, and is nisa being studied by us great a leader as Lincoln-you'ti the State Department before dual see. He'll grow taller and taller a

history as the years go by." action.

British oflleials declined to give

the

2. It would retain in

German

Germany

A representative of the Dutch information on their protests, buí French feinls said they were objecting because: government said last night that the Dutch had no alternative" but to

1. It would raise the Union intervene. In a television broadcast Government Tudas rial Rehabilita- from Baltimore, S. A. Almashawa industry above the level of industry Brut Finance Board may be extended agreed with

the Dutchi Mmfster.permitted under

productive 14 days from the date of the order. Osto Heuchlin, that fighting in In- agreement now in force,

Mr John McNell, instructed by B. Evans (Jobinson, Stokes Mr D and Master), appeared for the ap-

A member of the Indonesian Re-Plants of the type which Germany facts wor plicants and said the

sold the during the occupation... The French 5677.92

Exklence of signleg a excque for very clear and were set out in two publican delegation to the Unites took from France or destroyed there

In payment of a.bill for that

and say they should have these plants as allidavits fled by Ale Evans zid in Nations, Mr D. Soumitro,

Australia uttude of tadi. G.E.Father affidavi: by Mr A. Drake. New Zeal nd will zumatant WIS given by

temper British, reparations, not only for their own Thompson, Hor. Treasurer of the The

omission to register the

the charge

Indonesian dis- benet but for the benefit of Euro- K.B.G.C., who said that the bill,

bill, was negideal and due to

policy toward the to causes

pean recovery as a whole.-Reuter, which was on a bill head of the out of the contral of the company. pute.

"The British Mr Samitten said: Cheong Hing Electrical Shop, was Gran ing the application, the Chief

support given to him by Spary at the Club. Justice directed that the order shalt tendency present is to Witness guld that when the bill wasbe without prejudice to the rights but fadia's threat to withdraw from the Netherlands against Indonesin. presented to him. Spary asked of the parties acquired prior to the

coupled with the time that the verbed copy of the the Commonwealth, hememorandum of charge shall be Australla's and New Zealand's very active fear of war to the north has letaetudly registered.

to kiven a "pause

the British-

in order to pay

for cash contractor.

11. tokl Spary

would draw

a cheque anri

SIDE GLANCES

Gillamettim

10.19

By Galbraith United Press,

COR. LA BY REA SERVCE, IND, F, M. BEO, IL IL PAT. DIF.

"Since you made the debating team, I can't even enjoy a moda? Why don't you try your arguments on someone else?'.

Bills To Reform US- Immigration Laws

Washington. Jun. 4.-Bills to lhninute relal discrimination In the United States' immigration law and to provide quolus for all Aslan cl Pacific poples were introduced luced of the new the opening day

new

Letters To

The Editor

Traffic Accident Picture

Sir-I feel I must reply to your correspondent "A.M.D." regarding The picture in your issue of January 3 of a mother bending over her child killed in a traffle acclient, it served a useful purpose and a re- minder that death stalks the roads daily where children are concerned, Congress by Democratic Represen I returned from England not so long ago, and there. I saw large every man, woman posters which and child could not fall to see from a bus or tram, depicting the, face of an anguished, mother who hoti suffered just such a loss in a traffic accident with

the caption "Death Stallts The Honds"

G. L. Y

011 trtives George Miller of California, Francis Walter of Pennsylvania. 1 Enamel Celler of New York, und Republica Representative Waller Judd of Minnesota..

Mr Celler also Introduced bills specifying that the proplés of Indonesia and Korea' should lug al- mited uniler quota to the United States United Press.

*

B & S Ship Held express my appreciation to "R.M.D."

Up In Saigon

the French

what to do with 1,700 Chinese refugees on board.

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'Quake Forecast Worries Italians

Nome, Jan. 4-Forecasts of a severe Italian earthquake 12x1 Thursday, attributed to a London meteorologist, have caused near panic in some parts of the country, where people are preparing to spend the day in the open.

Weather stations are being inundated with telephone calls and letters usking for Information. The central meteorological office ni Florence issued an official state-

that ment saying

an earthquake has never been accurately, forecast and think such happenings "are in the hands of God."

Recent tremors in the Rone rea and on the Adriatic Const as far as Frugla have increased the fears of the Romans, many of whom have arranged to enmp in the delifs tc-

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the prediction is credited is Willer. whose, letter appeared in this after Wholer, 88, who claims successtu noon's edition of your newspaper. predictions of earthquakes and be not for his opinion of the Moss phenomena over the past 40 years. October that Italy Salgon, Jan, 4-Tho Anhui, a argument but for his comments on Herald last

the intensely tragle photograph would inve on carthquakt .. China Navigation Company ship which appeared in the previous January for the day before or flying the British merchant enten edition. This type of "news shot" the day after."-Reuter. was quarantined by authorities today while they decided can not be of interest except to the mast sordid mind. This is not the

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Washington, Jan. 4.The Opern- It was slated

Copenhagen, agree that they do nothing but harm

Jan. 1. The Great Well Informed circles said that in an otherwise good and extremely Northern Telegraph Company nn lors of the dining-rooms at Washing yesterday from a Civil Air Trans- the expected influx of refugees from ¦ entertaining bewspaper.

nounced that the cable connection ton National Airport today decided port C-40 plane at the Tientsin Race Course emergency airfield niid to comply with he Government China may lead to the whole ques- I, for one, would be obliged if you between Copenhagen and Tokyo has

shells from Communist light artil- tion of Chinese Immigration baing would "consor this type of picture been re-established. The 8,000 miles order banning melal segrogallon. tery.-Reuter.

cablo batween Helsinki,

Officials of Ale Terminal Services | and I am positive that any of your long reviewet.

operates 1 Incorporated, which The Chinese population of Indo-readers who have possibly suffered Finingd, and Nagasaki, Japan.

Brai airport dining-rooms, said restau numbers about one million" from a_tragedy 'almilar to those functioning normally for the

time since it was Interrupted during rants would be opened today hd some 7,000 Chitiese arrive in portrayed would be very grateful, G, D.5, Salgon monthly.-Reuter.

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The action followed A Federal to Court decision upholding the

Government order-Unilad Press,

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