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US Denies Withdrawal
18, Helen of Troops Learns
To Live Again
Torquay, T
THE girl said: "Isn't it beautiful?" and ngreed. We stood outside a house high above Torquay; the view of Torbay, with the sun on the water, and of wooded hilis half lest in blue haze, WAN, indeed, lovely.
"Beautiful," the girt repeated. She meant the sun, the warmth in the nir, not the view; for though. with her bla brown eyes, she was staring neross the bay, she could see nothing. She was blind.
Her name was Helen, and she was 10 years old. She lost her
sight in a fairground accident. Now, at this Home of Recovery for the Newly Blinded, Helen is learning to live
near normal life without sighIL
Helen is a "otal" in a small; community of the blind 60 strong when was there where "partials" can see a little, and *"iptols" not at all," and
i
and cat their meals, If they're Our waitresses fell told people) what's on the plate, and the position of the ment and vegetables and so on. None of us are very pretty eaters, but we do all right.”
Belle
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Report
Washington, Jan. 5.
The State Department today denied reports that the United States was con- sidering the withdrawal of its troops from the free ter ritory of Trieste.
The State Department spokes- man, Mr Michael McDermott, issued the following statement to reporters at his regular noun briefing:
Asked might drawui
to add to
Shaving, on the other hand, been asked about press reports "The State Department has comes relatively easily for men, from Belgrade that the United und women and girls learn States and British authorities quickly to make themselves up are seriously considering the without a mirror.
of Allied troops withdrawal Conway smokexi #pipe, from the free territory of Trieste Warden cigarettes; each carried and turning over of Zone A to a “snuff-box-one is given
Italy and Zone B to Yugoslavia, ends blind anoker for use as an
"The United States is not ashtray, to süve embarrassed
considering such a solution and groping. Beih men agreed with continues to hope for a solution the cominonly heki notion
of the problem acceptable to some of the pleasure went from both Italy and Yugoslavia." tobacco when you could no long-
ANSWERS REFUSED
British whether the er see the smoke..
2.whether Moout that other widely held bellet, that the blind acquire a
be considering with- of their troops from "sixth sense," they were doubt- Trieste. Mr McDermott said he ful, though they agreed Bhat those senzes--already-possensed,
whatever As had nothing
the
statement. official' hearin especially tou:21
He also refused to answer become more acute, The blind questions on the objections to man's stick, for example, gives
such A
from the State solution radar-like "echoes" from Department's viewpoint and on aim men j objccts ilke walls, and even the difference between the with sight feet rather as those lemp-posts. One boy, born blind, Department's statement and the de who put on white tie and Fountry-bred, who came here,
reports from Belgrade, which. tails
could and his way to a deck- function where! for a
were attributed to American others are informally dressed chair set in the middle of an
and British officials there. empty lawn, by alapping hits
This suggested to some high and receiving such an
servers that there might be "echo."
difference of opinion on the proposal between topflight American officers there and the State Department, or that Britain and the United States do
• not agree on the proposal's ments.
Any plan to determine the future of the disputed territory After work was over,
or its administration will might Helen is learning braille, type theatres, for
до
cinemas to
have to await the inauguration writing, basketwork and stairuments industry
the town's enter- of President Eisenhower and
international Is generous tis Essembly Jobs. She hopes ulti-
advisers.- mately to work in a factory. She with free Celets for the blind; United Press.
a team of
men from tho
feel over-equipped.
•
TELEN Aas been at the home will bo
Haix weeks, and there, probably, about as long again.
PRISKLY, the Warden show- Bed earpentry, pottery, typing and were going handicraft asses
in the gymnasium, blind on: men were busy with a medicine-
me round the home-
Her days are rull. The blind are kept busy. This counteracts the period most have spent at home before coming here, when they sat around idle, depressed talk at their uselessness.
sumo
or
la learning to play, as well as or work, and since coming here has home night go down to one of taken up swimming and square two nearby inns and play the dancing. As important as any of locals at darts. these, she is learning mobilty"
-TO
où-
BOW
that
to walk without groping or On Saturdays men, are given the British and American gar-
The
grandstand seats for Tor- stumbling, to move about rooms quay's football matches. without knoelding things over. Hotary Club provide headphones She is shedding the baffled help-and a commentary on the gume lessness of the newly blinded.
for them. Onco .u week, dance- bands from the town come up FTER her accident, Helen was to the Maner House:
six weeks in hospital. Then into the drums sometimes," said she returned to her Leicester Canway, "but the hands say home, She was there a long time they like coming before coming to Torquay.
everyone seems to
asked her what she did with
their playing."
•
""ALL NONBENSE”
London, Jan. 5. Brush Foreign Olice today
described reports
risons might be withdrawn from Trieste shortly us "all non- verso"".
A spokesman said it was not true that the Foreign Secretary, Mr Anthony Eden, proposed
Established 1845
TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1953.
Father Of 14 Consecrated
The father of fourteen children, a widower, Patrick Norton of Bourque, Iowa, USA, seen, nearest camera during his recent consecration ceremony in Rome.
London Express.
Naval Man Fined $1,150
Or Six Months For
Four Offences
Denys Richard Vaughan, a alck berth actendant of HMS Tamar, was fined $1,150 or six months, by Mr R. W. S. Winter at Central this morning on charges of driving a motor vehicle without the owner's consent, dangerous driving, driving without a valid licence for that parti- cular type of motor car, and assaulting and resisting a Police Officer in the execution of his duty.
The Palice fold that os January 1, Vaughan hailed a passing car near 503 Stubbs Road
"He fail such a withdrawal during his and asked for a lift to the Naval PC &
here, as appreciate
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recent visit, to Belgrade.
"Obviously If there were bllateral agreement over Trieste Britain and America, could con- sider
withdrawal soki the herself in those deadly months. "I tried a bh; of housework," she
spokesman. But reports that One than 1,000 people have withdrawal
19 shortly sald." went to blind people's
being passed through the Homce considered...are all nonsense. socials, but they were really for
Не The
added, however, old people, I knitted a lot and of Recovery since 1941.
that fair
Britain would ...well, I just sat around." She present population is a
consider making listened to the radio endlessly, cross-Ecction of the community another approach to Italy and and days dragged by very slowly barrister from Liverpool; a Yugoslavia to try to settle the
"Just as well I didn't bring my girl who worked on an assem- dispute-United Press, knitting here," Helen said. bly plant, at Dagenham; a hair- "Wouldn't have time for it." She dresser from Forest Gute; said good-bye and went off with teacher from Fleet; an Insurance hor white stick for a kind of agent from Haywards Heath; a "solo-trip"-a walk down the writer whose poems are widely steep hill to the post office, that known, from Leeds. was part of her training in Those who can contribute to mobility.
The Warden of these homes their keep at the homes do so from on a sliding scale, according to their income, Conditions are the same for everyone, whatever Manila when he
they pay, and there is a waiting He met his wife, who
as his secre has sight and acts as
train from tary on north to Torquay He was coming to be Warden, she to join the staff. They
blitly married, and young man
man
is
an ener etic Liverpool, Ton Drake, who is
went blind and was 20.
41
The
the
Mat.
Sald John Conway, who, in his spare time, is studying law: "Except for rending, there is really nothing a blind man con- not do. But you have to work a from Beckenham, out a new approach for every John Conway, who is now the single activity, big and small."
best WOD
Warden's assistant.
man.
Tom
Drake said: "Yes, the
shock when
you're
know
you first blind is terrible,
thought all there was left in
life for me was to keep out of people's
way, and cost my
family as little as possible.
n two fountain gave away
pens, my evening sult, my plus
fours.
remembering, and
HUKS FLOWN TO MANILA
Manila, Jan. U Six top Huk leaders and eight others were secretly brought to last night from Lavao Province on investigation.
arc
Hospital.
Four
Others On
Sheaffers N SNORKEL
Claim For Mortgages
To
V
Be Declared
Null And Void
SUPREME COURT ACTION
A claim that a purported mortgage of 2 Humphreys Avenue and a purported mortgage of 7 Hart Avenue between plaintiff and first defend- ant were null and void was brought before Mr] Justice Williams in the Supreme Court this morning.
The plaintiff further asked for an order that the said mortgages be discharged from the Land Register and for declarations that the plaintiff is solely entitled in law and equity to the said properties, and for damages for fraud against the second and third defendants.
Plaintiff in the two ácflors—| therefore of any possibility of consolidated into one action--is upsetting the mortgage which Chan Yue, alles Chan Yu-hing, plaintiff had entered into with of 2 Humphreys the first defendant. merchant, Avenue, ground floor. He is the Hon. Leo represented by d'Alnade, QC, and Mr Brook A Bernacchi, Instructed by Mr Peter H. Sin,
Plaintiff's case therefore was that, as clear as it was that the third defendunt was the legal owner unill this mortgage was executed; as clear was it that where the property was pur- The defendants are Henry
chased with the money of one G. Leong Estates, Ltd., of Cas
and that property Stock Hongkong
Exchange Person
In registered
the name of Building, Ice House Street; Ng
other, that other who Chee-lick, merchant; and Woo the
the deed да Chi-chuan, merchant: both of was down in 2 Humphreys Avenue, Arst the purchaser was the trustee of the person who provided the
floor,
DA
and there was a re-
sented by Mr D. A. L. Wright who provided The first defendant is repre-ing trust and Mr S.V.. Gitlins, and Mr
were
munist forces he was an officer in the Chinese Army and was now again an officer in that Army in Taiwan.
and the person
the
Living Language
Why we say Ultra- marine....
The bright blue pig- ment in an artist's colour-box, takes its name from the Latin words meaning "beyond the sen❞—that is, the colour is so intense that It is even bluer than the blue of the sea.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 2- By Alf Indo-Chins, France, French North All and West Alien, 130 p.m. Vietnam.
Philippines, Gumm, Hewall, USA, Canada 5 pm PAL
Afalaya. Ceylon, Biam, Burma, purchase Pakistan, Middle East, Great Britain, Europe, 8 pm., B.CA.C By Surfete Macro. 0 a., 0 pm. sa Lee Hong? Tak Shing.
Slem, p.m., as Soochow,
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7
Formees.
Slem.
C.A.T.
tralia New Zealand,
via
- By Ale Japan, D R.IT.. Malaya, Indonesia, Auss 4.30 p.m..
Okinawa, U.S.A... Formosa, (New York) Canada, 8 p.m. 1.K.A./N.WAL
C.F.A.
De Let
1.30
Charles E. Loseby, QC, In- price was the beneßeinl owner structed by Stewart and Com- of the property concerned.
his de First defendant in pany, appears for the second
maintained that the pro- fence and third defondants.
by third Opening for the plaintiff, Mr periy was purchased d'Almada said that the plaintif defendant using the name Chan was described in the claim as Yue. Second defendant plead-
led a merchant, and his Instructions that the plaintiff was not en
to titled to the name Chan Yuo or that until he came Hongkong about the time of the Chan Yu-hing and denied that fall of Shanghai to the Com- this purchase money was paid to him as pleaded in the state-
Japan, 0 p.m.. 8.0.A.C.
By Burface ment of claim.
further Third defendant
Macao, Dim. 6 p.m.. Hoang/Tik Sung pleaded
China, that, plaintift was not
Peopisa Republic, a.m. train via Canton, entitled to either name. He did NO IMPUTATION
not
admit
Formosa; 9 am, as Whig Sang. the payments
Afolaya
Burmis. 11 The first defendant in cocli
to have been made to Warra alleged to case was the mortgagee of the the second defendant and be Indoneeja, 5 p.m. Tybod
THURSDAY, JANUAJIY 8- premises concerned, said Coun- (third defendant) further stated
By Air sel and he would like to make that, the premises were bought
Formom, D ́aut via C.A.T. it clear from the outset that no to his own name of Chan Yue.
Phippince, Guam, Hawait. USA. POINT OF INTEREST
(San Francisco), Noon, P‚‚A. ---- Imputation or allegation what-
Pakistan, Burma, India, Counsel said that there
· Mkidia- Hart, Africa, Great Britain, over was made against him try
one point of some Interest and
Europe. Nuon. B.G.A.C. Second defendant
Philppines, N. Borneo, 1.30 p.m. was the according to this instructions not
was that C.P.A father-in-law of the plaintif a little curious. It
By Burlace was almost invariant adopt a nun- Hone/Take t
if not
not always
focao, 2,351.; 0.123.. Loe the Chinese might the ber of aliases but always re-
China, People's Republic, 0.30 am.. tram via Canton.
N. Borneo, 9 am...as Hang Sang, Malaya, Ceylon, India, Pakistani, 12 a.m., & Orma
plaintiff.
was
'curit
B...
21
USA. Central & South America, Philippines, Noon, as“Meitrkowk. - Japan, 1 p.m., a Nankai Maru.
also the 7-Ching, dant's case was-that-the-had-on Noon, 36 Pres.. Toft.
of aling C Chan.
ní
1
and the third defendant the plaintiff's brother.
Counsel saki that in course of the evidence the Court tained his surname. In this case
tal the hear mentioned would
Counsel said that the surnames name of Ng Wai-hing, who was of the second and third defend
duten- the plaintiff's wife who died on ants was Ng and third December 27, 1944, She was
defendant and sccond
Regarding 2 Humphreya Ave- nue, Counsel mld that in 1937 sister of the third defendant,
As regards ?
7 Hart Avenue, the plaintiff's wife came to Hongkong have been made by Chan Yu- case for the plaintiff was that he freen Hankow for medical treat- hing in favour of second and Instructed his
4 father-in-lawment and had then lived of third defendants. He also handed (second defendant) to buy for Lock Road, Kowloon. Plaintiff to the Court the assignment him after he had been informed had given her $10,000 wherewith signed by plaintiff's wife and a by second defendant that the to buy the premises (2 Humphreys | photostat of the memorial A Police Constable at- promlies were for sale and that | Avenue) and the bought them for submitted that the signatures on Police Inquiries on the follow-
tached to the Kowloon the price was about $55,000, Mr him and signed his name in the
the powers of attorney, and those ing day revealed that Vaughan
d'Almada sald. This conversa assignment. had driven car No. 7081 away Police Station was among to look place in Hongkong
an the assignment and memorial Counsel here handed up two
were entirely different, from outside house No. 19the five persons who came when
plaintiff Was passing powers of attorney purported to Itearing is proceeding. without the owner's consent and before Mr D. F. O'Reilly through some time about thi that he travelled down Stubbs Mayne at Kowloon this of it, while plaintiff was in Can- middle of 1947, and in pursuancr Road in a manner dangerous
Sub-Insp. J. Cairn, who was driving in the vicinity, had been Informed that Vaughan was in- volved in a traffle Äseldent,
Attempting to arrest Vaughan, Calin was assaulted, but faily succeeded in subduing defendant and bringing him to the Peak Police Statlen.
Arms Charge
one 45
SIDE GLANCES
in
the public. He overlook two morning accused of illegal ton, he sent down to Hongkong cars, while driving at o high possession of arms and am- to the second defendant speed, smashed into a wall and munition.
October the sum of $40,000 skidded on the rebound to
through a person named Chan fcot down
Ful-tong. Plaintiff further sent Tho an em
weapons and cartridges another $20,000 also through Chan plunge 80 bankment where the was listed in the charge were 17 .38 who was a kind of protege und luckily stopped by a tree. revolvers.
automatic employee of his and had been In mitigation defendant said pistel, 751 rounds of .38 special, on army plane for
that he was sorry for what he six rounds of 38 short and 93 to for a large number of years,
RECORDED PAYMENTS had done. Although he had no rounds of 43 calibre The 12 captured rebels
ummuni- Chan, who would be called as possibly among the most impor-licen he had been driving tion.
a witness, would since he was 15 years old. tant of the Huks so far taken
The five persons before
You say that at the the time that he made these two Vaughan's Commanding Officer Court were. Lam Kar-bun, allas payments he had recorded them prisoners by the Government forces, and their capture was
aald that defendant joined the Lam Kwan, allas Ling Kai and that possibly "one of the most serious Navy in 1947 and had a very peen, elias Ling Quan, 36,
subsequently he re un- freshed his mind is to the dites blows" dealt to the
dissident good record.
employed, realding at 60 Hau when the money.
was dianded movement.
Wong Road, acconst floor: Ngal over to the second defendant Ho-un, allas Yuen San-lau, 23, in the presence of second de a dancing hostess and wife of fendant's wife, who was plain- the first defendant;
Chang tiff's mother-in-law, at 2 Kum- Keung, 25, Police Constable phreys Avenue.
The biggest entel was Barto- lome Cubida, alias Tony
Trial Alupay the regional comman
Tokyo
Postponed
Tokyo, Jan, 0.
der of the entire Mindanao area. He was one of six captured on January 1 in Davao Province in
a Gurprise raid.-France-Presse.
Radio Hongkong
H
PC Is Highly Commended
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Police Constable 4000 WES
on Friday
$3
who
marino hawker of
74 Canton Counsel, e assignment, said
No. 1420 of Kowloon Police Plaintiff was some time Inter Station; Trul Tsong-yui, alias informed by third defendant that Robert Hru, 25, a clerk residing the latter had bought the pro- highly commanded bv Mr at No. 53 Granville Road, first perty and had signed plaints R. W. S. Winter at Central floor and Yim Hung-po, 43, a name to this morning for refusing bribe from Chan Man-huen, a Road, third floor,
The name used by third de- 21-year-old unemployed,
They were charged with the fendant in this
case was Chan for possession of the arms and am- Yue, which Mr d'Almada sald, was arrested
munition at 59 Hau Wong Road was one of the names of plaintif between January 2 and 4.
whoso other alias was Chan Yu- On the application
by the Pollee, the five defendants were set down in the plead-
ings. formally ramanded for three days Chan in his evidence would In Police custody for further say
that plaintiff had three other names, Le. Chan Pul, Chan To-how and Yu Hing-tong.
Plaintiff's evidence would be, sald Counsel, that he had used the names Chan Yue and Chan Yu-hing since childhood.
The trial of British Sapper D. Hepples bétore a British military court here was post- lot of people, when poned this morning when
8 Programme Summary: 4.02. are first blind, are very Hepples objected to Lieutenant Melody with the stars: 6.30, A Light riding bicycle up a one-way "mbarrassed and self-conscious John Binzer us & member of the Orchestra; 7, Tumeorion Ro-
Concert with Mantvani and his street.
World They
hido: themselves when court.
Defendant was fined $10 on: News and News Talk friends call, they won't go out, It was expected to begin this : 7.15 "Box 200 Dert Gillett st the traffic charge and sentenced
the Console (Studio); 230, Forces because they feel
afternoon with a new member Favourites (London Relay): 7.59. conspicuous"
to one month for attempting to Relations and friends, them- | in Lieutenant Binzer's place.
bribe
Police Officer. Weather Report; 8, La Demi-Heure Hepples is charged along with
Francaise (Studio); 8.30, Letter from
Оп selves upset by the affliction of
the way from Jackson enquiries. the blind one, tend to be cruel two Australians, Privates J, J, Amarica by Allsair Cooke tLondon, Street, where he was arrested,
Rolar): BAJ, Studio Recital by Diana through their kindness, empha- Patton and L. A. Sinclair, with Courtenay (Boprano)
defendant placed $3 in the with Plan C ising his loss of independence robbing a Japaneso taxi-driver Accompaniment by Moys, Tea: D. constable's pocket.
Apolatinent, with
930. Music: fum and well-meant melly-on November 21, by
Music Notebook presented by the coddling.
Their alleged robbery caused Rev. Fathes T. 7. Ryan, BJ (Studio): an international dispute between 10. Excerpts from "Itsewatha' ❝TTERE," said Mr Drake; "we Britain and Japan on the rights Wedding Tea" (Coleridge-Tylor):
10.13, At the Balletes Cinderell Orch, Covent Garden cond by Time with, Jimmy Dorsey and his 10.80, Wasther. Report;, Orchestres the courtroom 11, Radio News Ribel (Recorded Lon
dan Malay); 11.16, Goodnight Music. God save the Queen;, 11530, Cloen Down.
"H start social
rehabilitation of Commonwealth troops hero, (Prokofiev)........Royal Opera House
In the dining-room. Some people A Japanese Foreign Office who come have literally been official and two members of the 1 Warwick Dratwallel 16,4% Darking
poon-fed at home. Here after Japanese Procurator's Offico sut the first day ne so, we forget' quietly in
to help people with their food, throughout the proceedings this They and it quite easy to cut up/morning-Beuter,
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Hongkong Junk Fearod Piratod
Machó, Jan, 0. A large Chinese cargo junk, with approximately HK$200,000. worth of goods on board, was today reported missing while salling from Hongkong to Macao, She is feared to have been pirated Reuter.
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By Galbraith
Ho
"He won an election bet, but I'd think he would onjoy: taking the ride in something mera modern'than 'a wheel- barrow!"
Mir d'Almada cald that on the facts with regard to 7 Hart Avenue the position before the mortgage was that third defen- the owner of the purchasing legal estate upon
Printed and published by: WILLIAM: AKICE (CAINHASA ''for these premises, and Counsel, being satiated that that was the and on behalf of South China Morning Post Limited at 1-3 position, there was no question Wyndham Street, City of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong.
dant becama