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From The Filos
100 Years Ago
On Sunday afternoon, a little Efter four o'clock a fire broke out in a shop fronting the Central police station, in Wel- Ington Street, From the strong casterly wind prevailing, great fears were, at one Ume tained for the houses but, tortunately, the
tion did not extend over a space
o sixty by eighty feet, and only five houses, and a great portion of their contents, were a prey to the devouring element But there was another element at work besides the fire; and to it the property of several indivi- duals became sacrifice; we Bude to the removal of the furniture from the neighbouring houses, which was very e-naider- ately taken charge of by any one who had a fancy thereto,
A
On nearing the scene of the catastrophe, we were inelined to toney ourselves approaching Fish Street Hill, in which the renowned Fire of London com- menced. There was a fine body Her (the protestant portion) of Majesty's
50th Regiment, coated! and belted in detall, all in church
વાવવામ going order; and standing still on from Pottinger the descent Street waiting for the word command. The scene was quite in appearance, but interesting not so in reality, for a guese tenant of one of the ad. Joining houses was raving furiously at the different man ner in which such a body men would be stationed if there was a fire in Macao,
of
a Portu-
of
CHINA
Established 1845
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1951.
Five-Storey Bust Of 'Mahatma Gandhi
Big Three Begin To
Lose
Patience
Paris, Mar. 18.
It was learned today that the three Western powers may call for a showdown with Russia be- fore starting on plans for the new Council of Foreign Ministers' meeting.
The patience of the United States, Britain and France
is beginning to wear thin after two weeks of futile efforts to agree with Russia on a list of subjects for the Foreign
Ministers to discuss.
they are
closer to the
The conference of the four that powers here is almost hopelessly original American attitude than deadlocked and for two days the they were two weeks ago, Soviet delegate, Mr Andrei) Mr Gromyko wants the West Gromyko, has been monopolising to:
There, excepting for so many as would be required to pull down the premises, or deluge them with water, the garrison would be distributed through every street and lane for a mille round, and the luckless wight ona with propaganda attacks who was found with a piece
furniture in his hand, his own or another's, all the same, would be handed over to the Careerciro
about
A
half,
It
was
مل
on the West.
The Western powers have announced that they made all The major concessions possible
1 Stop or slow down plans
to rearm Germany.
2. Stop or slow down Atlantic Pact rearmament plans.
He has ignored the Russians' own violations
of agreements
five seconds and on the agenda. Russia has in Eastern Germany and tried
if made only minor concessions through Jess, Oven supposed that he and still kuslsts that
had been pilfering: figuratively, of course.
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BURMA SOUVENIR LEADS TO Mail PRISON SENTENCE Gaol For Six
SHIP'S STEWARD HAS
"
UNLOADED REVOLVER
Pleading guilty on arraignment to unlawful possession of an unloaded revolver, Hui Sam, a naval steward employed on board an HM ship told the Senior Puisne Judge, Mr Justice Gould, in the Criminal Sessions this morning that he kept it as a souvenir, having found it buried in the mud whilst serving with the Allies in the Burma cam- .paign.
Hui's Chinese Divisional Officer informed his Lord- ship that accused bore a very good character and had served with the Navy since April, 1946. *
Banishees
Five life banishees, pleading guilty on arraign. ment to breach of a de- portation order, were son- tenced to four years by the Senior Pulsne Judge, Mr. Justice Gould, In the Criminal Bessiona this
morning yang
Aceased were La Fat-ki,
24, Chan Shing, 39, Chan Kam-tin, 30. Chan Ming, 24. and Ng Kee-lam, 32.
Chan
Wah, 20, another life banishce, was senten- ced to three years. The same sentence, was passed
on Cheung Hol. 20, polled for 10 years.
Passing sentence, his Lordship remarked that the normal sentence for such types of offence was seven years NEW A bust of India's great and corporal punishment but taking into consideration leader, Mahatma Gandhi,accused's good record, he sentenced Hul to five years.
as tall as a five-storey house, has been designed by Bombay sculptor, V. P. Karmarkar as a memorial to the man who helped create the nation. Pic tured here is a plaster model in miniature of the 114-feet high bust which it is proposed to build on a site overlooking New Delhi.
Costello
May Be
Deported
Washington, Mar. 18.
It was learned today the Senate Crime Committee had unanimous-
the entire blameda to place the that
for the
we speak Western olan to rearm Ger-crisis on the West.
Inany if Germany is should dominate
NO APPARENT SYSTEM Despite the amended Fire Brigade orders, pubikhad in the "China
occasion ere, Mall" or a recent
Ministers' meeting.
willing
The Foreign
-RESPONSIBILITY
world
for
While the West is anxious
Mr press
Gromyko The four deputies begin their to
a showdown, It is not likely any third week of talks tomorrow
power will take the Was no very great degree of matem Monday) at the Rose Marble Western epparent in the way the Brigade Palace, I will be their thir-initiative in breaking up went to work on Sunday after teenth meeting. Whether there deputies' meetings. The French noon. True there were all the en-
to be another gines and linses, and buckets, upon
Big Four Foreign Minister, M. Schuman, of Foreign Ministers made that plain in a speech at the ground, at a space of exactly sixty five minutes after the re
should bc decided a political' meeling of his party began; but there was no water, or
within a few days. but title of it; and this in n City
today. He said: No one wants where it would
Two weeks of argument here, to take the responsibliity for a be the castert | thing imaginable to have reservoirs between Mr Gromyko on one rupturs." In every street,
It was, we believe, our immediate predecessor in the management of
is
Into
Shocked
Recovery
Tokyo, Mar, 18, Krobel Nakamura, a 23- year-old factory worker in Matsuyama, claimed yester. day that the police gave hlm back his power of speech after he had lost it. He lost the ability to talk a week ago when his clothing got caught in machine and almost tore off his arm. The police stopped him for question- ing when they found him almlessly walking the streets. When questions went unanswered he taken to prison.
Frightened by the situs- tion, Nakamura finally WIK able to yell "Help" ~and
voloc.-- reogvered Reuter,
ly agreed to seek the de- Barbers' Game
portation of Frank Cos- tello, reputed underworld overlord.
Of Poker
this
Mr M. Heenan, Crown Coun- sel, prosecuting, said that ac- cused was arrested on Queen's Road, East, on January 3 last. The gun war wrapped in a parcel which was tucked in his girdle.
PIER
TO COME
INTO
USE
The opening of the Sliver Mine Beach pier for the use Accused in a statement from of terries, and trading junks in the dock said that he came about three weeks' time was Into possession the
of
gun revealed by Sub-Inspector LG. whilst serving in the Burma Nippard at the Marine Court campaign. It
was a broken
this morning when prosecut- ene, he said, and he kept it as od Sin Yin-lal, 67,
A seaman of souvenir.
He intended that junk 254, before Mr T.B. Low his children should know that for failing to carry a certicated their father bad served with the master and a certificated en- Allies against the Japanese in gineer while underway, the last war.
Explaining a statement which outboard The
made to the Police,
to the carrying excess passengers and effect that he wanted to sell the
failing to stop when called upon gum, accused said that what ho were withdrawn as defendant meant to Gay was he was was not the licensee of the junk approached for its sale and he
was fined $10 on the had refused to sell it. He was substituted counts.
wand
Three charges of atting
ho
the
on
motor to junk,
taking the pistol to show zome Inspector Nippard stated that friends on shore. They had yesterday afternoon off Silver heard about the weapon and had Mine
Beach defendant expressed a desire to see what ferrying passengers from a ferry sort of a souvenir it was,
+. to
NOT TYPICAL CASE His Lordship remarked that It did not seem to be a typical case of arms possession.
The Prosecutor said that it was a case of acting on infor- mation. The only reprehensible feature scorned to be his state ment to the Police which had to the
now
been explained
Court. Eleven The Committee will ask
Shanghai barbers Shek Kwal-leung, 32, plead- the Federal authorities to retire headed by Det. Sub-Insp sion of two loaded
were rounded up by a party of ing gulity to unlawful posses- revolvers study the record of its hear- Gumey encly
of ammunition, morning and 14 rounds ing in New York last week while they were having a soon
was sentenced to eight years with a view to revoking of "Ruselon Poker" at room Costello's naturalisation and 463, the Great Eastern Hotel,
Connaught Road Central sending him back to his na-| tive Italy.
Pleading guilty to a charge of taking part in gambling, Lo The action was taken at a Chat, 20, Lam Yuk-hung, 29 closed session in Washington and nine others were each fined you can find, twive for your thing quite clear-barring
only one
yesterday. The new move against $25 by Mr Latimer at Central zpecially preoccupied with the Costello was revealed as the this morning. Lo Chat, the paper, in so small a place.”
unexpected and unusual draw out of it-United Press. return to New York for
Crime Committee prepared to Best defendant, was discharged in the Soviet attitude,
more on a count of keeping a gam-. Foreign Ministers
hearings.
bling house. The Committee chairman:
that they were Senator Estes Kefauver, said the Lo pleaded former Mayor of New York, Mr fokia of a barber's shop which William O'Dwyer, now United was under renovation and they States Ambassador to Mexico,
to while away tho planned would volunteer some informa-leisure with a game of cardi,
this paper, to whom a lady once remarkod "I cennot think how
aberst stibleol
matter
side and Dr Philip Jessup of However, he added, "The the United States, M. Alexan-Russiang want it (the-Elg-Four dre Farad of France and Mr Foreign Ministers' meeting) to Ernest Davies of Britain on the take
but they place other, have made
prepaganda effect that they can
Oliver
my dear Madam-was" the reply-
very
a
this is the very best place in that change respect that ever & newspaper another writer sat himself down in. We meeting a virtually doomed in
have such number of Govern advance, like all its predeces Transfer
ment servants, who, In the agwe-
rate, are suglia eet of ignorandives, that, no matter how trivial,
Ur
sors, to failure.-
GAP TOO GREAT
slightest
sign of n chance of agreement on any subject. The gap between East and West is so urcat delegates have been mentioning it in their dally ** statements almost as though it were commonplace.
how great, is the occurrence, an sure me fatem performance M Their duty in connection with it, There has not been even-the j there will be something other wrong and et variance with com mon sense. Whatever is necessary to be donu, is left undone, and as viniousness is the invartble fol-
·lower of`kileness, whatever is done, is done in a way calculated, to do more harm than good so that there is always plenty to remark upon, if we are so disposed.
ex Editor WHE not very far wrong - What with Phecy and Gaol escape.--Fire ord
We think our readers
with us that the
water we have plenty of subjects
to write
"If so disposed": up oven in
matter
the
Teeth
Of
In Prospect
New York, Mar. 18.
of
bo
WIE
the shore as he had been doing for some years. A polico launch standing nearby inter- vened when it was observed that
an
outboard motor had been
fitted to the junk,
Inspector Nippard added that junk ferrying will be dispensed with when the pier now under construction will be completed in about three weeks.
DISORDERLY BEHAVIOUR
and 12 strokes by Mr Justee
Mitchell Norman, 19, of 15th Gould,
Observation Battery, Mr Heenan sald accused was Barracks, was
Stanley fined $5 by Mr arrested in the early hours of Latimer at Central this morn- the morning of January 22 lasting for behaving in a disorder- The arms and ammunition were. Ly manner while drunk. fucked in accused's girdle, The
According the prosecu- were capable of being tion, shortly before 11 p.in. on fired.
night, Saturday
defendant was Accused said he was, taking secn the guns and ammunition into a drunk outside the Golden City Restaurant and was sent the interior of China,
to Central Police Station by Sub-Insp. Brook who arrived Ibero
pairol duty with a
g
Obstructive Junks
on
party of Police. While in the For causing obstruction with charge room, defendant broke a plece of glass in a window at their junks at the Southern the rear of the detention cage. Fairway of the Yaumati Typhoon Shelter, Leung Sau-chan, mla-
tion "of value" on Monday. The Cast amounting to $39.35 tress of junk 8017, and Pang Indecency Charge
Committee.
expects to recall Costello before hearings concluded.
during the rald seized ordered to be confiscated,
arc
As a result of three appear- ances last week, Costello found himself facing:
1. Loss of his citizenship Thief Foiled 2. Possibility
of perjury
of
Accident
Was
Tong, master of junk 10
By
A Columbia University Selen- Before this meeting of the tine team disclosed tonight the and deportation. deputies, the United States was successful
transplantation less interested in the prospects teeth from one animal to another. charges. of another Big Four meeting The animals involved are cata 3. Contempt than the other Western powers, and there is
Congress
Tokyo, Mar. 18. assurance now | proceedings. but the British and French de- whether the technique can Those three legal steps could The driver of a truck which Sunday afternoon's event, simple putles often have faken a firmer tried on human beings.
result in fines, prison terms collided with an electric train an it was, there are numerous par- stand in their eplies to Mr: ticulars to be dwelt
and exle, which is regarded in Kawasaki City disappeared upon, But Gromyko. It is safe to say now Dr Harry Shapiro, assiant fotent
Indeed
ton!! eVINY 1
professor of anatomy at Colum- by underworld leaders as one without trace immediately after column of the paper. If particu-
of the worst sentences of all. the accident. Jarty troubled with the scoottien
bla's College of Physicians apd! scribendi.
dissect the subject, china plne-beside varnish To
bloed around Fresh ALIAS CONCEALED and Surgeons, said, "A great deal of what kind of houses were those
additional work dealing with the glue.
áriver's seat indicated that the that were burnt? What were their
A tenant of one of the adjoining exact manner in contents? What should be done by
which these
Committee agreed to driver was injured. The palice the authorities, either to prevent a houses avers that he has repeat teeth become reestablished is base is request to the natural-belleva that the truck was
of the recurrence of such fires, or to put edly drawn the attention
authorities on a driven by
who had way in necessary before the technique isation
a thlet, them out quickly, when they have Police which once begun,
Are was used about the would be attempted with human possible misstatement in Costel- stolen it—Reuter. place, and palated out the impro- beings." Priety of having a timber yard in
TWO DIFFERENT MATTERS
to
the
cardless
the heart of the city. This party too, a respectable man, with a
The
Dr Shapiro, who is reporting
Lion papers. According to
on application for intraliga
own testimony, Costello did not
The houses, then, in the middle wife and family, was much annoyed Work
on cals in a research include in that application his of the city, were built of wood; their contents were wood and at being surrounded by such a class journn", said it "may or may not
alias of "Frank Severio,”, the Chinese prostitutes: what the au- of thorities should do, and what they have
10
people R1 those ww be possible to obtain these rename under which, he conced-
mentioned; contrasting
custom of hulls with humans," native City of Macao, where com- mon decency is at all events pro-
will do, are two diferent matters. pointedly, with the entirely.
also
the
MEN ROW OVER FILM STARS
ed, be was once convicted for
a revolver.
Two apprentice tailors who came possession of a
Senator Charles Tobey
to "blows. following an remarked during the
hearing argument over the ability of their favourite film stary ... ap- that Costello's admission that he was
Kowloon this morning. that he was in-
When the houses in question were vided for, If, as might naturally ful transplant, special precau He explained that for success builka householder in the city be expected it is not always en
sure reeing the Inflammahls material fured.
Lions
taken to insure must ko which they were being run un, and
that no injury occurs. to ex- As to putting out free with cars, the donger đạy be apprehended to his own property, made. It his but we would suggest occasional Tire tremely small tooth "buds." Hehe
hes to draw the Attention of the brigade prachang
days. All that, said the "buds" are developing was in bootlegging | Peared before - Me Winter at
a "conspiracy" to half dozen teeth. These are removed from volved in Superintendent of Foilce to them: le wanted me pointing out that, according to the engines with boses of hundred
law, which might each. On the Jaw bones and subsequently break the terms of all Crown Lesson, the recurrence of fire, he will pipanted", in the jaw of another make him liable to be deport erection of such premises wir a pose it to secur in the same place cat.
Shapiro said thated-United Press. Dr of covenant: "That"=mid again, three engines stationed out-
made of the Central market gates, teeth also have been transplant-
breach
the Superintendent—“l#
fat the cone crown the law with hoses reaching to the sea, ad from one jaw to the allir in
pe officers of the Crown. - I would_res would keep in constant supply the same animal.
commend you to apply to the Bur-three ether engines, stationed
veyor General." The party instead - where the fire may be raging;
"These recent studies show
of doing made it his business and the matter then may soon be that healthy developing toeth,
to end the Agent of the Insurance ended. Should the fire be further transplanted without
2. Omice with whom, he die paninoma; | un the hill, than two engines at
injury or
become established
Death Of Famous Composer's San
„Moscow, Max, 18,
The death was reported today.
but, by the time the application and the market. Esta (or any other infection, answers had gone, the regular place of access to two
ou were finished: further up, and two beyond Unt, Sho continue development, Dr in Leningrad of Mikhail Rimaky- mone-brick wall at each end-green | Thir plan, if acted on would Shapiro said,
pajatad: fronts--and verwtiena-fath / secure, the safety of the town, the most of: Espenauded that in P50TURKUT," son" of "the famous
Mikhail
ܕ܂
Leung Hit-yau who throw. a pair of scissors at Tong Kama» ming injuring him slightly" was fined $60 by the Magistrate and ordered to pay $20 compensa= tion.
War Correspondent Returns Home
1
Mr Selkirks Panton, correspon- experimental casDI CODICE
Nicolal Rimsky-dent of "dio" "Dally * Expres and plaster partition Zhen the west end of which, on Sunday, developing permanent forth have Korsakov.
overnight Make (London), was...an of becoming been removed _/_contenta-wood-ertin, from, they stood a fair -channe
from the lower
known to on
· Inga to'plank,-from teak wood to huge heaps of ashes,
Jaws of young cate. He aid scientist was President or are his way back the United the teeth having been trang Leningrua Entomological Society Kingdom by BOAC plane after bri:Printed, and published by. Taroznice Percy. FRANKLIN for planted continued to grow and and held the Ulla", "Hanoured spending several months. In and on behalf of South China, Moraling Post Limited "1-2" reanbod to the full size United | Salentiat of the : Russian Re-apen and Korea. He continued
Fridleman • Etrwal, City of Victoria, -in- the Colony of Hongkong.
| public."--Associated Pre
in's Journey thila mornin
were each fined $20 by Mr
Bdr. A. Taylor of the 25 R.A. Low at the Marine Court this Fick Regt. and Cheung Shu- morning. The 350 bail put up man, 18, were each remanded in by Chu Tal-yau, master of junk custody for three days at Kow- 60V, was ordered to be extreated loon this morning when they when he failed to answer a came before Mr Winter charged almilar charge.-
with indecency.
SIDE GLANCES
'i
By Galbraith
شا
Notices
Registered articles and parcel mill close one hour, earlier than the ordinary malis, Where mails close on Sundayı or before 10 a.m. on any other days, regla- tered and päreet malls close at d. p.m. on the previous day, Malls are closed at Kowloon Post Ofer one hour earlier than the G.P.D. Cong times.
MONDAY, MARCH 1 By Air *1.3:A., Canada, 3 p.m.. P‚‚Ă. Malaya, Indonesia, Australia, Now Zealand, Carion, India, Pakistan. Middle kast, Africa and Europe, & p.m., B.O.A.C.
Slam, 5 p.m., C.P.A.
By Surface Indo-Chine, 3 p.m.,
Olympos TURSDAY, MARCH 20
- By Air
·Formosa, 10 a.m., C.A.T. Philippines, Gu, Hawaii, USA, Canada, 5 p.m., P.A.L.
Japan, Korea, 5. p.m.. B.O.A.C. Slam, & p.m., P.C.A.6. Formosa; & p.m., N.W.A.L.
By Surface Macso. 8 a.m.; 450 p.m., * Yu Men and Hongkong,
China,
8.35 People's Republic, a.m.; 430 p.m., train via Canton
Maloys, 1 p.m., m Toklees. Blum, à p.m., in Kwetang. Japan, p.m., ■ Anking Indonesia, p.m.. sa Van Heuter. Philippions, East & Bouth Afries 3 p.m.. Tirpanas.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 By All Malaya, Indonceta, Australia, New Zealand, 9.30 4.m.. C.P.A.
Force, 10 ... C.A.T. Ökowe. 2 pm. PA.Ae, Валь
Indica Burina,
Pakistan. |Middle East, Adrien & Burope, &
p.m... B.O.A.C.
Canada, U.S.A.. I p.m., C.PAL. Indo-China, p.m., Air FreCIOS. Formasi, 8 p.m.. HK. Airways››
By Burface Macao, Bw.in.: 9.30 p.m., m Yo Men aid as Hongkong.
8.30
Chine, People's Republic, a.m.: 4.30 p.m., traka vie Canton. Formosa, pim.. as Shrugklog.
BOWEN ROAD
BURGLARY
A burglar broke into the
| residence of Mr W. A. Grinham al flat 1, No 6 Bowen Road, early this morning, emplied à wallet containing about $70 and also stole a wristlet watch, a cigarette 1hter and 4 tain-
cost.
Either the samo person or another intruder attempted to break into the top floor flat at Bowen Road, the residence of Mr and Mrs S. A. Gray, about 5.30, but as he was climbing into the bathroom, he was dis- turbed by Mr Gray's dog and fed.
Later, Police found Mr Grin- han's raincoat which the thief had dropped near the flat.
Subsequently the Police held a man for interrogation,
Strayed From His Rooftop
L Soon, 20, who
gave his address! as the rooftop of 86 Sal Yeung Choi Street, was sentenced to four months Im- prisonment by Mr Winter at Kowloon this
morning for
bls. loltering and having in possession instrument for an unlawful purpose.
It was said by the prosecu-
that` TA
WAR seen by Police Officer at 4 a.m. ou Sunday morning, walking awg from a stationary car. When stopped and searched he was. found to have ten keys, a screwdriver, two knives, a hook and a pair of gloves in possession.
tion
2013
He had two previous convic- tions for similar offences.
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