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Eighth Army Ry, Dec. 10.
UN foolsilliers slugged through snow and freezing front mul on the eastern
on Sunday in a search for North Korean Commmmist
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High Level Orders May
Be Needed To Break Pan Mun Jom Deadlock
Tokyo, Dec. 10.
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1951.
Full Court Refuses
Two Men Leave To Appeal
Sentenced to five years' hard labour by the Chief Justice, Sir Gerard Howe, at the Criminal Sessions on October 31 for possession of thirty automatic pistols and 1,955 rounds of ammunition, Ho Shing-hei, 51, fisherman. appealed against his sentence before the Full Court this morning.
The Court comprised Mr Justice Gould. Senior Puisne Judge, and Mr Justice Scholes, Acting Puisne Judge.
Police Officer's Trial
Continued from Page 1)
Wong Tai-lam, a clerk of the Cheung Shing Construction Co., she was sathing with the de- essed when he was shut. Wong
Ok the inside seat and de- ‛‛(,"t;』 The outer Two other men sal opposite them on the second booth and there Vege abunt ton ther customers in the te house
Wong said that the accused
headed
a police party which arved Ak the teahouse. He heard the Police tell them to
raise
hands their Everyone did so
ur less morn at the
There
was sale time. then the sound of a shot, and
2
the dereused leaned against him, said Wong.
accused
acrused
standing assisted
Ile was arrested on Septem- ber 10 last when the pistols and ammunition were discovered and around a hu piccupied
I
bi the appellant 772 Po Fo iMand. 10 British waters. The pistols comprised
German Mausers. name Astra, one Etat and
Royal, *
the Jast | 1 being of Spanish manufacture, ALL the
in good pistols were working order and covered with
heavy grease at the time they were found.
in his defence at his trial. Ho declared that a man who claim- ed to be a special agent of a
high Nationaust Army comman
in Formosa der
bad brought the arms and ammunition to the Island and had buried them in
hut without When kamw
edge
te
his
know-
ho did
come About them, the warntsi him not to gent 1-port to the Police and further told him that the arms were be used for a counter-attack on the Chinese mainland,
In his appeal this morning. ¦ appellant admitted the sentence was a fair one, but asked for La reduction
his age and that he had a family of on the grounds
dipendent upon him.
APPEARED A FOOL
In
The witness declared that as soon as he heard the shot he
Mr M. Morley-John, Crown Turned sideways and
the saw
Counsel, told the Court near. The the injured iswer to a query that in the
carlier proceedings the appel Mlent did appear to be a to in Ira Cross-examination Wright pulf to the witness that many ways. f his description of the crusea
173471.
Refusing leave to appeal. Mr where Justice Gould said:
"The Court www standing, the as seriously considered
ARMS RAISED
the
shirt, it he fired it. must have, atra uiously curves round the sentence because the sentence | passed is lighter than the stand- partition to hit the deceased.
art sentence imposed by these Courts. You were in possession Witness said that just before he heard the shot, be saw the of a great quantity of arms and dereased get up, but could not ammunition and the
you received a lighter sentence was is not to be taken as an indica- straight up or had his kneestion that sentences in respect of still bent in the process of rising th The deceased had his arms raised and was standing sideways.
SCE
clearly
whether he
deceased and the
fact that
were
Truce negotiators met to debate at Pan Mun Jom today, but both sides apparently needed high thick level orders to break the deadlock on how to super-he was at the booth with the entailed more through toolish-
vise the armistice. The Communist sub-delegation flatly rejected on Sunday five UN principles for supervising the armistice and once more refused to talk about the exchange of prisoners.
Shortly after 920 this mom- mall fire bruke 421 Among some painting material and miscellaneous gear on board the ss Prontes at Kowloon Dock.
The fire was
nat ball an put hour after the arrival of three fire engines. No jured.
one
was
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of his bluntest state- capitulation to all Communist demands which would jeopardise since the talks began on July 1. An Force Brigadier Gen., our military position and the Walam P Nuckols. UN spokes-
ail our forces man, saf!!
AL the time time the UN sub-delegation
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Education Of Trade Unionists
HK UNIVERSITY COURSE OPENS
A Trade Union Univer- sity Course with Govern- ment help and under the direction of Professor S.
at Kirby, started
the Economics Department, Hongkong University, this morning.
The Hon. B. C. K. Hawkins. OBE, who inaugurated the the 20 students course told
English speaking from ver.buS Unions that the purpose of this rourse 18 not lo train Union leaders bul to promote the education of trade unionists and the development of trade.
Students were drawn mainly from the Teachers Association, Civi Servants
Association, trade Lintons witht
English but speaking members. there were also a few students from the Welfare Department of the Talkoo Dockyard
Pic..
Engineering Co.. and the British Cigarette Co.
of
Trade Bargaining
The syllabus contained amongst others, lectures on the
aml Functions
Administration Unions, Collective and Negotiation, Trade Union Finance and Law.
Mr
had Dinsley, who hos wine experience of trade union Gnance in England and is H lecturer of the Evening Institute, will give tour lectures on Trade Union Finance.
UNION TRADE
LAW Mr K. Baker will give a len- Dr ture on Trade Union Law A S. Chang, MA, lecturer in at the Public Administration Hongkong University, will give four lectures un the Functions and
Trade Administration of Unions. Dr J. W. K. Liao, BA, Ph.D., lecturer in Sociology at Lee the Hongkong University, will Collec- give three lectures on
Formosa. Japan, 11 am.. CAT Stam. Burine Indie. Pakistan. Middle East, Africa. Great Britain. Europe. 11.30 am, B.O.A.C.
Malay Indonesia, Australio, New Zealand, Ceylon, Pakistan, Middle Fast, Africa, Great Britain, Europe, 2 pm BOA
I'httppines. N Borneo 5 p.in СРА
By Surface Macao. 8 am 6 p... 85 Hang/Tai Shing
China, People's Republie. 8.30 am... tron via Canton.
Ceylon, Madagascar. India, Pakis- ¦ lan, 1 pm. as Orna
Malaya, Mauritius Fast and South Artea, pm.. 6 Tegelberg.
Japan, Canada, 2 p.m., sa Lexa Moersk
Used Shells
As Anvils
tive Bargaining and Negotiation.
All lectures which will last approximately one hour will be followed by questions and dis- cussions, with a short break be- tween the lecture and the dis- cussion.
ence
It is hoped-with the experi- nce derived from this course that
hat further plans for trade union educational courses in the vernacular muy be put into
in the near future, order 10 include trade union members drawn from a wider
effert
type of offence are being reduces.
"In the present case the Crown An earth coolie, Chan Wah.
accepts that your actions
For possession of half a dozen feid. others
sadness than through criminality
Six-inch Naval gun shells with- @hat he WBS facing the door,
gutu cence, two blacksmiths, sitting opposite
that probably induced the Wong Mui, 39, and Wong Ping. witness the Wong and deceaser with another Chief Justice to pass this light 26, were each filed $40 by Mr
sentence upon you. after 5
In all the RW.S. Winter at Kowloon this circumstances the Court deems
morning. Jeave the sentence as it is and dismiss your application it just to
for leave to appeal."
man next to him. Soun
they got to the teahouse. Police party arrived headed by
the accused.
Chan said that when he first
SECOND APPLICATION saw Shave. he had come in by
Before a Full Court compris the main entrance with his re
Ing the Chief Justice, Sir Gerard volved in his hand moving it
Mr Justice Gould, from side to side. Shave said in Howe, and refused stal!
Cantourse
against 'Stand to give a yes or no answer to
to be: Luk Kit, 25, appealed up We Communist
searched. Don't move! Everyone is conviction for robbery with proposal that
He raised their hands and gut up.
aggravation.
Was found "neutral
na-
The accused then walked down guilty by a Jury on October 25 condurl behind-
and serienced about a
by Mr Justice the shop till he was. inspection after the
Scholes to their
nine table pace from
years "He looked back, raised his head a labour.
on independent
i Bon" team
the-lines
armistice is signed.
This question
of entrusting
the security of military forces
Li
field to neutrals is in the matter that must be weighed and re-weighed," Gen. Nuckols said.
a
Observery speculated that this key issue may require decision on the highest level and perhaps prompted President Trunan's sudden
decision to confer with his top military end State Department advisers Washington.
bit and then I heard a report,
hard
Luk was arraigned in com-
The deceased cried out and Pany with another man on D
fell sideways," said the witness, charge of committing an armed
He added that he presumed
that the shot had come from
the revolver of the accused.
bbery at No. 39 Queen's Road West, second floor, on October 15 last year. The other man Witness sald the deceased was was found not guilty by standing up with his hands held majority verdict
charged. over his head when the revolver
shot went off.
and was dis-
bim
Appellant told the Full Court Cross-examined by Mr Wright, that his conviction was a mis- witness said 111
he sat facing the ke as he had not taken part entrance and saw the Inspector Court to consider the possibility in the crime. He asked the as soon as he came into the i room with his gun in his hand that the evidence against
nad been "trumped up. his He never took eyes off the Mr Justice Gould said that inspector, who held the gun at
besides being identi- waist level all the time. fed by a witness,
appellant,
had made never saw him hold the
three statements or exfessions over his head at any time.
in his own handwriting and since The trial is continuing.
appellant had been found guilty
NO PROGRESS Gen. Nuckols, however, bad "no comment" to make on the report that the President was cutting short his Key
West vacation to attend matters con- cerning the stalemated truce talks.
He gun
Radio
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Feature
by a Jury the Court could not have a re-trial. Leave to up- peal was refused.
Radio Hongkong
the Declaration H.K.T
6. Programina Summary:
0.02,
As the
Lalks entered their sixth month yesterday, UN sub- delegate Major Gen. Howard Turner announced after a two- hour morning session on Sun- day, "I cannot report anything in the nature of progress."
The
To commemorate the third 12-minute afternoon Bession anniversary of served to point up the Com- of Human Rights, Radio Hong-Children's Half Hour presented munist sub-delegation's Inability to act without ordem,
kong tonight is broadcasting Aby zabeth Ann (Studio): 8.36, special feature The UN again asked for an
on this histotle Portuguese Half Hour (Studio): charter
"Document called
7. World News and News Analys answer to their proposal that & sub-delegation be set up to dils- 4/777." It will be heard of London Holey); 7.ID. "Binnie Halc bingh: 7:30. Dolf Van Der Linden and Ells Metropole Orchestra; 7.40, cuss the exchange of war pri-
pri- 9.30.
The programme was written "Artist of The Week"-Eljeen Joyen again we got and produced for United No-Plann): 7.50 Weather Report: & the same answer," Gen. Nuckols ilons Radlo by Norman Corwin, Relay); 10, Jay Whitur, and His "From The Editorial" (Recorded and the cast includes auch Biring Rosemble; 0.30, "I Like What eminent stars of stage en Graham-Olathe (Studio): 0, "Calung Like" presented by Ronald screen es Sir Laurence Olivier, All Forces with Ted Ray, Petula Emlyn Williams, Joan Craw Clark and Geraldo and Ile Concart ford, Churies Boyer and
Mehestr (BBCTS); 1.30, KELLONA) Charles
HIKI Day Declaration of Human Laughton,
| Rights, willten, directed and pro- speed by Norman Corwin; 19.30, Op 37, Viautempo) ....
Bonera. "Once
said. He said the Red delegates reported having transmitted the proposal to their senior delegate and that he had it undet con- sideration, United Press,
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Even Editors require relaxa- tion occasionally, and, preparing our last issue a day or two before its appearance, we were just thinking of a return from a short excursion (in which business and plensure united) when we caught sight of the "Register" of Thursday last, containing the letter signed 'A Member'.
Victoria Library and Reading Rooms) A Impudent libel it has never been our lot to peruse and those who know that it is will have expected
its earliest refutation. We explain why we could not do so before. The 'expulsion' spoken of and several times rellerated, is, we can assure those who have read »' the letter, the
purest fetion imaginable, We know no more to what the writer alludes than a person who never heard that
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work
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dirty again, we shall use similar weapons (barring their foulness) to retaliate, and when certain CORTESpondence in
progress brought to a conclusion, it shall be pubished simply as measure of justice to ourselves in the meantime. the promised report of the last meeting (and the Apology!) stand over until there is a probability that much of a a good thing will not nauseate.
'ad may interim' obtain the aid of an- other correspondent it he do not forget the pleases. We old adage "Give a dog plenty of line and he'll hang himself"
aud shall be much mistaken if, when the whole truth is fully known, the bulk of the "Register" supporters thick and thin in- cludert do not feel fully satisfed that an Editor who would take such means has taken
The "Register"
and the "Register" to injure a contem- porary is, bo use a phrase in general use ân China, ‘A perfect wretch and unworthy of any patronage.
SHOWING OFF
Marine Officer Monday, and, during
Charged
Francis Ellsworth Brook, 21, 43 Austin told the Bench that defendants Marine Officer, of were respectable mon carrying Road, first floor, was charged or business at 13 Bedford Street, before Mr R. W. S. Winter at on Kowloon this morning with de- ground floor. About December 6, a Policeman passing manding $2,000 with menaces,
Jointly charged with Ellsworth by the shop saw a six-inch shell
as an anvil. He were Leung Kau-cheung, 25, being used
found Marine Department stoker, and searched the shop, and
20, five more shells, all of which Ng Kam-hung,
seaman. were perfectly harmless.
Defendants were alleged to have Defendunts told the Police demanded $2,000 from Tsang Wo shells from a on board Marine Department they bought the marine store dealer, and that Launch No. 28 yesterday. They they had been using them were remanded for wo days for as anvils for several years. further enquiries.
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Speci
By
Galbraith
ROYS
• COPA, 1991 UT NEA SIENVIDI, MO'S, JE MEG, M, N, PAT, OFF,
“You are overlooking an opportunity. Think how popular you would become if you started a prios war?”
or had
It blew quite a capfull from the North East on the night of The breeze, the American Clipper 'Game Cock". (at daylight she had two anchors ahead) drove from her berth, nearer to the Kowloon shore than to Victoria, right down on the 'Rajah', si anchor within
of a & quarter mile of the Naval Stores; carrying away the 'Rajah's sprit sail yard and doing other Had the breeze cori- damage. tinued,
the 'Rajan's' single anchor and forty Üye fathoms of cable been in- sufficient for the pair of them, she would
have certainly stranded on the point where the Americans Brig Charles Wingman' was wrecked in the Typhoon at 1848. What business Sky sall poles and Royal yards had aloft in such
a night, off in the excepting to show day, we do not know. As to show
off there is not the
necessity
for.
she
it
in a British port, for one and all we are perfectly willing to admit that Brother Jonathan has whipped us so far as ship build- ing is concerned. English Ships, however, although slow, arc sure. We do not hear of British vessels drifting on to Gaspar Island,
with valuable Tea cargoes on board, for want of proper ground tackle.
Underwriters should make a note of this, and think twice when taking risks on Yankee hoolers. Were we deterested in Insurance business, we should say, give us a risk on a vessel like the "Gateshead, (with anchors and cables
of proper -weight, suffi- ciently manned at sea, and in harbour, and no particular character for speed at stake,) as advertised
dл the CANTON COMMERCIAL LIST to load Tes for London, at £2 per Ton, to any Clipper ship going, if want- ing in the essentials named.
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