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The National Assembly toniglit approved a sliding scale wage bill on whileli Premier Antoine Pinay had staked the life of his near- Ty three-months-old Gov- ernment.
He had threatened to resign if the bill was not passed
passed by or was too small a majority,
M. Pinay made it clear he wanted a vote which would strengthen the hands of the Government Am Jim present struggle with Communiain.
The
the
but links wwro rates with the cost of living--tenter,
Mt Everest Attempt Abandoned
Khatmandu, June 3. The Swiss attempt to con- Everest the quer Mt. world's highest peak has been abandoned because of bad weather, according to Ministry Nepalese Home sources here today.
The British expedition, led by Eric Shipton to the neighbouring Cho Oyú Peak, is also returning because of bad weather, these tources added.
Meteorologists said yesterday that a monsoon was expected to hit the mountain within 10 days, Swiss expedition-the The first non-British party to tempt to conquer the mountain ielt here at the end of March on the 180-mile trek to its base, They have been anxiously watching the weather, which was the main cause of the fai lure of all previous attempts.
monsoon brings storms. The and melling snews-touter,
Appointment
FOREIGN AID BUDGET
'Page 10
Congress Committee In Agreement
Washington, June 8. The House and Senate Conference Committeo reached a formal agreement tonight on the foreign ald bill providing $6,431,249,750 for military, economic and tochnical assistance to the free world for the fiscal year starting July 1.
The total was a compromiso between $8,700,000,000 possed by the Senate and $0,102,600,000. approved by the House,
The President had requested $7,000,000,000.
The Conference Committee agreed to the figure half way between the Senate and House authorisations for each item in the bill. The House had made a total eut in military and economic ald for Europe and economic and "Point Four" ald for the
Far East, while the Senate had proposed a reduc-
tion on all items,
The compromise is expected to come before the Senate late this
week, chairman Tom Connally of the Senate Foreign Committee, told now Relations porters.
The blu also included $16,- 181,000 for the International Children's Fund, making the grand total of $6,447,730,750,
REJECT AMENDMENT
The Conference Committee eliminated from the bill the so- called Kem amendment which would have banned foreign aid to any country shipping arms, war material or critical goods to
It Iron Curtain tained the Houses
amendment allowing the Defence Depart allo ment to transfer to the foreign aid programme up to $1,000,000,- 000 in arms from domestic sup piles provided that domestle
stocks are reimbursed.
re-
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1952.
POSTMEN'S WALKING RACE
Competitors from Aus-
tria, Holland, France, Sweden, Yugoslavia, Bel- glum and England, took part in an International walking race in Brussels recently, in connection with the Congress of the Universal Postmen's Union being held, thero.--- London Express.
5,000 IN PROTEST
MARCH
Bombay, June 3. The police today arrested a Socialist Member of the Bombay Legistature, Bha girath Zhu, and 10 other Party leaders when they headed a march by 5,000 persons protesting against the official food price in-
creases.
• It was
total
YOUR
BEST
· DEVERAGE "BARGAIN
WATSON'S
TRU-FRUIT CORDIALS'
TA KUNG PAO APPEAL ENDS
JUDGMENT RESERVED
The Full Court of Appeal this morning re- served judgment after counsel for the appellants had concluded their final submissions in the appeal brought by the publisher and editor of the Ta Kung Pao against their trial and conviction on 3 charges of sedition.
ALLEGED BREACH OF CONTRACT
An action for alleged breach of contract in respect of the purchase and sale of 30,000 catties of old gunny bags was brought before the Senior Puisno Judge, Mr Justice Williams in the Supreme Court this morning.
Plaintiffs allege that the bales supplied by the de- fendanta did not conform either with description in the contract or with samples. They are claiming damages amounting to $3,728 and return of $2,250 deposit paid to defendants.
Defendants pleaded that the | evidence, and added that the for re-sale in the contract was for old and rotten goods were
bag waste and gunny
that U.S.A. plaintiffs failed to take delivery. Hearing is continuing. They are counter-claiming $6,033 being the 'deficiency in price.
Plaintiffs are the United Trade Developments Ltd, importers and of No. 1, Duddell exporters, Street, and they are represented by Mr Brook A. Bernacchi, in- structed by Mr II. K. Woo
Mr VLJ. D'Allon, instructed by Messre Hastings, is appearing for the defendants, the Hip Shing Firm, merchants, of No, 10, Kwal Heung Street."
price. of
Ship's Cook Charged By Mistake
on
As opproved by the Con- ference Committee the bill
the third day of pas- would give Europe $345,014,750
Mr Bernacchi sald that there Mohamed Khan, 35, formerly sive agitation against prices. The in direct military afd and
1 contract in writing employed as a cook aboard the authorities raised food prices by was London, June 3. $1,282,433,000 in "defence sup-
which the
Chinese dated March 7, 1951 in troopship Dilwara, went to the one-third recently
Marino L.E.C.M. port" economic aid.
agreed to
Polico Station Major General
Central Government suspended which defendants Perowne, jule of the Royal The Near East and
sell to plaintiffs 30,000 cattles Tuesday night with the unten- Africa subsidies due to lack of funds, has been appointed would get $560,316,500 in mili- Engineers,
brought the or
of old broken gunny bags, at a tion of reporting a robbery. Today's arresis Commander, South Malaya Ditary ald and $50,822,750 in
per
Instead, he was charged with picul. The Bale $30 to among Socialists arrests and Major General, technical assistance plus 400,- Belgade of Gurkhas, the Lon- 983,250 for Palestine refugees mited continue demonstra- and it was expressly agreed ing in the Colony after the de- Party Headquarters pro was by sample and description wilfully or negligently remain- don Gazette announced tonight, and $70,228,000 for Isracil
tions until results were achieved. that the bags should be dry parture of his ship.... General Parowne, 59, served refugees.
The police had banned demon- and crisp. A sum of $2,250 was
This was revealed before Mr gestrations near the government paid on March 8 as deposit and T. B. Low at the Marine Court
food warehouses-United Press, in part payment.
this morning when Sub-Inspec- Counsel said that even if sale tor Kong Sai-lun applied for was not by sample he would withdrawal of the charge,
Kong explained that what was tenderett say that
the signed off came nowhere near the goods Khan that were described in the con- Dilware at 11. m; before a tract. It was in fact by sample sailed for the United Kingdom at As well
as by description, and noon yesterday, While on his he would in, passing refer the way to look for his boarding EMPLOYEES FINED Court to sections 15 and 17 of house agent Khan was robbed of
the Sale of Goods Ordinance, his suitcase.
in France, Burma and South- The Far East would
cast Asia in the last war, and has been Commander of the British
Mission .to.. Greece since 1051.
He is married daughter-Router,
$50,807,500 in military aid and $321,412,500 in economie uld,
The bill would allot $8,240,- 500 to relieve European man- surpluses through and has a power
emigration.-United Press
Prince Charles' Gift
Prince Charles and his sister Princess Anne are practically hidden by the masses of flowers which they took to their Great Grandmother for the Dowager Queen Mother's 80th birthday last week London Express.
Export Of Metal Plate
Insp. was
|
He said the
Mr Chen continued his Anal) because at one time a change. arguments and referred to the was made from "Information" table of the rules in the Crown to "indictment" in Hongkong it Office Rules which in addition to became necessary in certain Or- the form of practice applied be- dinances to revise a temporary fore 1916 niso applied to the state of affairs. procedure with regard to criminal Court could only deduce the Information, He referred to meaning of the phrase "inform- Palley's which contains the ation in the Court," and it was Crown Office miles in it.
his submission that if the Court Counsel said that rule 75 gave looked at the Magistrates Or the true meaning, where indinance they would see it was formation was pending, to the clear there was no question of rules of 1938 Act. The rules in the phrase meaning anything general did not do anything more than amend the former rules. It in Section 121 of the Criminai else than the meaning given to They did not impose a new set of
Procedure Ordinance. rules.
Mr Chen submitted that the
Where it was mandatory that 1939 Act
were amendments, one should go to a judge for a modifications.and clarification of warrant and that not being done the old practice plus the Crown the defendants wero never before the Court, declared. It was hu submission that despite the Solicitor-General's argument
Office Rules plus rules made under the Indictment Act 1915- 1910.
DI
the
NOT EXCLUSIVE In was the Defence submis- there
w no question but that sion that the 1938 Act was not in the present case the warrant
in rules exclusive
which was bad, and the warrant having Pró- criminal information ex-office been bad, the committal should be brought on indict ceedings were equally bad, the ment for trial. There was defendants were never properly nothing to prevent an accused before the Court and the convic- from presenting himself volun- tions should therefore be quash- tarily by entering into a re-ed." ognisance to appear to defend.
the Regarding
suppression The latest rules did not provide
against the Ta for all the contingencies, and order made the
present procedure, he con- Kung Pao, Mr d'Almanda said of that the order had been stayed tended, might be a denini
and he asked that it should until such time Chen said that it would remain stayed
as the defendants were given that the Attorney- appear General could
file an indietan opportunity to argue
said that The Calot Justice ment at 9.65
ກ Dm obtain
necessary after judgment had certificate five minutes later been given in the present up- and at 10.10 have the accused peal the order for a stay bould Arrested on
a warrant and probe extended unl furlacz duced before the Court that notice. The Full Court reserved same afternoon,
fis decision.
Mr Justice Gould: A speed certainly unknown in Hong- kong, (Laughter),
Mr Chea: There is not a hope..
to put.
Into.
much practice Radio Hongkong
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(Concert Hall) Forces Bandstand The Band of the Argyll and Buther-
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fot such wheels in motion, Replying to the Chief Justice, Mr Chen agreed that rule 70 of the Supreme Court Rules did not render an action to be treated as vold where there was an irregularity but gave Judge power to set it down for retrial.
Mr.
But
"RIGHTS NOT LOST.
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Living Language
Why we say Sleuth. Nowadays d..
a detective
is called a "sleuth":" Orl ginally the "slote” of a deer were the marks mado by her feet which the huntsman could fol low, and associated with this word was "sleuth", meaning the track of u man or beast as known by his scent. Thus a "slouth-hound”
A
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Lucky DipVariety Requests pre- senied by Margherita (Studio) 7.69, Weather Report: 8, Time Bignal. World News and Nows Talk (London Chen contended that their 8.15. Mude from Holland (RUTS) The Merry Young Hikers case was not based on that rule. | conducted by Johan Jong:
the
Via C.P.A.L Irregularities which Orchestra of the Week-Minneapoli had occurred
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After referring the Court to
Save The Queen; 11.30, Close Down, At Kowloon Court this chapter 26.
forma which tho Prosecution morning Mr K. Y. Yung fine
should have followed but did Lee Shak, cargo-escorter, and
not follow under the Crown Yeung Chuen, Junk coxswain,
Mr Bernacchi said that dewas booked for missing his ship. Office Rules, Mr Chen conclud- $500, each for attempting 10
fendants tendered to the plain-This was the result of a mis-ed, "That is as far as I am
able, export metal plate do Bacao...
I think, to help the Court." The Magistrate ordered the tiffs 80 bales said to be 30,000 understanding, there being no
Ec-Indian interpreter present at the Mr d'Almada, In his reply, junk, valued at $4,000, and the entiles of gunny bags in metal plate, valued at $800, to be cordance with
arguments on confiscated.
They had failed and refused to He said that the
cantile Marine Office, Lold the Section 73 of the Magistrates other mods defendants sender were the employees of the owners bales contained rotted gunny Court that arrangements would Ordinance as a whole but this
be made to repatriate Khan` on and therefore the knowledge of bags, dirty, parily damp, to the mu Sirahana which is due to
admixture ΟΙ the employee was the knowledge gether with an of the employer
felt, old carpet and other for sail tomorrow. Sub-Insp Chan
said that
eign materials,
bales,
he the junk was intercepted by said, did not conform either]} the Poliec just within. British with description in the contract
BOTTED BAGS
Insp. Kong continued that Khan then went to the Marine Police Station to report the incident but
the contract time. w. R. Hillyer, of the Mer- Mr. Hooton! would deal with
The
waters on May 31.
or with the samples. Plaintiffs Lee and Yeung said that rejected the bales and had nut- they had been instructed to takofered damages amgunting to the cargo to Macao. They also $3,726.
admitted that also in Maca
his
Owners" WERD
Counsel said that defendants
were
"
Bechuanaland Unrest
(Continued from_Pago 1)
Bald
the
Mr J, C Stewart, who re in the statement pleaded the sioner, in consultation with presented both defendante, nd the contract was for old and
· elders of the tribe; milted
tho, charge.
rotten gunny bag waste and that sponsible According to Mr Stewart Lee plaintiff's failed to take delivery, prohibited meetings at
|Defendants...”.
without his previous worked in a firm in Macao' and·
counter ground
permission..
The aft that had been given claiming for $0,033,
in by the
Referring to the expression defiance of his orders, a mumber Young was normally engaged "general or bulk sample", Coun- at people assembled at the in bringing fish to Hongkong for sel said that it apparently ground on Saturday afternoon sale, but as business was bad originated as the Naam Pak and again on Sunday. he accepted, the job for 150 Hong, an association of Chinein On, both occasions, they were of without the knowledge of the merchants in Bonham Strand. ordered to disperse. On Sunday Junk owner,
After explaining the meaning afternoon, crowd of
In
the
did not suggest that any part of the arguments were not worthy of particular treatment.
Counsel sadd that by adopting tho procedure the Crown did there was. I departure
from atatutory requirements and thood was a short cut which by passed a number of Crown Office rules which were existence regarding information ex-officio.
At the time when Attorney-General chose to go to a Magistrate for a warrant there were Judges in the Colony and it was to a Judgo that he should have gone for the purpose of those warrants. This was a mandatory provision.
Dealing with ___the_term formation in the Court,” Mr. d'Aimada · said that the words
necessity
boro
different only in the Or- Dome dinance but also in two sections of the expression, Mir Bernacchi hundreds of men and women, of the same Ordinance. In ace 'said, that the only thing that|assembled' and ''attacked the tion 44 of the Criminal Proce could be said in this particular Police guarding the ground with dure Ordinance it clearly meant case to correspond to the bulk stones and sticks. Three mem-information ex-officio but fo sample was the survey, which bors of the Folles Force were section 121 it meant something Was done by Messrs Anderson killed and 12' wore injured. A RAF agiter plane crashed and Asher on the instructions The situation was now under At Wong Tai Sin village, Kal of the plainting, and on the control, ho added Router Tak, at about 11 am today bars of that survey report his while coming into land.
cllants rejected the goods, The pilot received sight in Counsell said that there was an Jurles
to one los fand was taken additional report attached to the survey, which stated that in to the Military Hospital.
The plane caught fire and the opinion of the surveyors burnt out the goods were lot it to be ex
Two Hongkong Time Brigade ported to the USA, BEDA and two Airport are engines Mak Chan-ming, Silas Charles and on ambulance went to the Mak, managing director of the Sangria plinug, drm gavo corroborative
PLANE CRASH AT KAI TAK
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SIDE GLANCES
By Galbraith
"Don't tell me you had to buy all that stuff to wear off that the Court" was to be given the spring feeling! Couldn't you go out and pick dandelions meaning which the Attorney. General: had given to it by sp-
plying Section 78 of the Magia. Printed and published by Stewart Arthur: Gray for irates Ordinance, the Court, and on behalf of Souni, Calas Morning Post Limited at 143 would be ignoring the fact that Wyndham Street, City of Vioterie, in the Colony of Hongkong