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JOHN CLARKE'S CASEBOOK
Students At Sea
IN his study, the slim, fair. haired, young (31) prin- cipal of the college was put ting final touches to his annual report. On his desk lay notes about some of the college's 2,000 students, and remarka jotted down on their progress by some of their 1,000 unpaid tutors.
One student reported from
CHINA MAIL
WEST GERMANY HOPES TO RATIFY EDC IN MARCH
Berlin, Feb. 1.
The West German Chancellor, Dr Konrad
Adenauer, said here today he would tell Mr John Foster Dulles, American Secretary of State, that Germany hoped to ratify the European Defence Treaty (EDC) in early March.
He told a news conference here that he would discuss with Mr Dulles at Bonn on Thursday the ratification of the EDC Treaty and the Bonn Treaty between West Germany and the Western allies, replacing the Western Occupation Statute.
the Persian Gulf that he was Storm Havoc In France doing fine with his Spanish lessons; another,
from
mid-
Atlantic, wrote je ask for
book on nuclear
physics to help
him in hity studies; while from an Australian port, a third in- lessons quired whether organ
arranged for him in
his English home town, next
time he returned there.
rca-
The students were all faring men und boys Beck- band:
stokers, proases, stewards, roxswains, captains, rants and grades of the Merchant Navy, and they wero vero at members of the College of the Sea. And they all paid the
Frantic
Effort To
Repair Dykes
Paris, Feb. 2. Workmen repairing dyke breaches tom by storms along the French
coast
same fees: £1, that would last west of the Belgian border them for life, no matter how were last night racing Inny
subjects they chose to against the early morning study.
high tide.
*
of the Sco. HIE College THE
founded (as the Seafarers' Education Service, of which it still a part) by Albert Many- bridge in 1910, has had its headquarters since last year. In n solidly-buill, yellow-washed house
in Balham High Road.
In Dunkirk hundreds of fire- men, police and local workmen, supplied with materials by
a
1
"Even considering the pending report of the Constitutional Court. In West Germany, (on the Validity of the treaties); I am sure that the West German Parlia- ment is going to rality the treaties belween March 10 and 15," he sold,
Dr Adenauer sald he was con- vinced that the French Parlia- meal would also ratify the treaties "very soon”.
He said French fears as to the need of sending part of her army to Indo-China are under- standable, "but France must bear in mind that European defence must rank first of all problems.
FIRST
West Germany's ratification of these treaties had been delayed because of strong Social Democratie opposition, a pending muling by, the Constitu
anal Court, and differences of
Inside opinion
the coalition cabinet.
READING The treaties got their first reading last July by the Bun- fleet of requisitioned lorries, destog (lower house of the laboured under floodlights to Parliament). The Social De- patch the broken sen wält. mocrats lodged a formal objec- with the Constitutional Cross Court on January 23 to the Adenauer Government's request Ambulances evacuated 145 for a ruling that the treaties people from hutments 20 inches are constitutional and can be ratified in the lower house by a deep in water and took them to
and simple motority, and not by a bulling, and the college's Fanatoriums.
local hospitals shelter in
two-thirds majority as claimed cinal-co:ree Ulle is director- Dr. Ronald Hepc, looks more like
by the Social Democrats. an Oxford on, which he was until live years ago, than a sailor. which he was, in the Royal Naval Vahmice Rezerve, during the
A fedet red enega tes from a Bastar in the front in hut otherwise, there is nothing Tollerably pnutiezi about the
AVIT.
"Students erg charged the £1 fre if we put them in touch with a tutor," zold Dr Hope, who as an ezmemit, is himself tutor to two semnen students. 02D 0" "The enly etht: charge to them is the pelage on the bocks they ark u! to gêt for them arid lend the'n to help them in their studies
THE ng of those studies is Choo Many work for matrination, er take mere er dess standarà scurtes in English diteratu.. matharples, or a Joreign language (Finnish, Melkeana, Malay. Jepinete und Zulu wert among these demanded inge your).
Police refuforcements stood tlon by, and the local Red
ar alerted.
As the evening tide fell It was found that the sea water, bursi- Ing through wall, had
the undermine the Dunkirk forti- fications.
FAMILIES EVACUATED In the Celals area, where raging reas pouring through breaches dykes flooded hundreds of acre of farmland, several tamiller were evacuated.
were
One family of three rescued after spending Saturday night
Sunday morning and perched on the kitchen table their flooded home.
Roads
flected 'or were damaged by the flood waters along a 35-mile stretch of the ecast from the Belgian border 10 Boulogne.
At. Brulogne, temporary re- mnde to the sea pairs were
boulevard, front
which Was partly tern away by the seas,
In Rouen, winds of 84 miles an hour ture down trees and chimneys.
Others have more exotic Ideas about learning. A tanker's chief fficer asked for instruction In
Storm damages, in corting and running a football
the Paris pool, and you
hangars un - can pleture him area include two
roofed at Le Bourget airport, dreaming of a change of care-Reuter.
watchkeeping steaming, sticky Persian Gulf, A
donkeyman-gresser wanted
10
+
The government's case is to be considered by the court in a public hearing at Karlsruhe on February 20.
The Social Democrats will case in court the same day. argue their
In
a speech to a Farmers Union Fally carlier. Adenauer
Dr worned Western Europe that the United States
might lose its interest in Europe it it was not prepared to unite and defend itself.-Reuter.
Despicable Crime
A man who brought an appeal the Full Court this before morning en the sentence of three ears and 24 strokes of the cane him for robbery with passed violence was told that he had
pleaded guilty to a "most despic-
able type of crkne”.
The appellans, Làm Kum, had been sentence on January 19 by M: Jurtice Reece et the
study the banjo, an apprentice to Plates Glow On Criminal Sessions after he had
take up
genealogy: others engerly asked to be
iaught archllecture, sogi, the care of canaries, the finer points in eighteenth-century French paint- ing or Scandinavian embroidery.
Burnt-Out Ship
Liverpool, Feb. 2. Four fire engines were rush- ed to the barned out Canadian
FROM time to time students lince Empress of Canada here
neat their tutors, and in a room provided at the college thrash out some point in their studles that has troubled
em. Mostly, howev
and tutor only
rt.
last night, when firemen ported plates between her funnel shafts were glowing,
The 20,235-ton liner has been
she
admitted robbing, In company with others, a blind man.
Established 1845
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1953.
Sheaffer's TM SNORKEL
SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith HK Architect Sues
I gothas
11.19
Case. 115ky MEA Bnesian, but.
"I'm glad you seem to be maturing, Hubert! You'll be settling down and thinking about a wife and family while these other boys are still playing football after schoo!!"
SOLDIERS'
APPEAL ADJOURNED
Two British soldiers who were each given three years and eight months' hard labour on December 19 last year by Mr Justice Wil- lipmat, the Criminal Sessions for robbery
with violence, brought
appeal against severity of sentence before the Full Court of Appeal this morning
on
Ga: James Patrick Hollem Dowling. 19, and Pie Thomas Arthur William Richardson, 19, had both pleaded guilty to robbing a taxi driver of 970 and a car ignition key at Kadooric Avenue on October 14, last year. When their case was called this morning. the appellants told the Full Court that their Council had not ne yet turned up to speak on their behalf. This was confirmed by Mr M. Morley-John, Crown Counsel, wheroupon the case was ad- -journed-----until---0,30 ~a.m.-- on
Friday.
Must Appear
In Court
The decision was handed down by Mr Poon Yon-hoi at Central this morning that Kwik Slang-go, stereoned for default in payment of salaries and annuities tax amounting to $19,000 for the yone 1048-1952, must appear in Court himself, and that being represented by Counsel was not rufhalent.
to
his
Mr Persy Chen, appearing for Kwik, undertook to convey the Magistrate's decision ellent, and requested time in which to prepare his case and
1 il witnesses,
In dimissing Lam's appeal, Mr Justice Williams, who with Chief Jus- Sir Gerard Howe, tice, comprised the Full Court, the circum- recalled to him stances of his crime,
"You seized a blind man by the neck and pulled him to the ground. It was A most
ment. wes despicable type of crime, M after
Williams declared, add- Justice fire Gladstone Dock last Sunday,
ing that there were too much
kind
of Last
cooled the of -
robberies night jets OVCT
The appellant had claimed that he had turned to crime be And a job, no matter how hard
student Staging ince
The tutors are mainly school- mesites and university done, some of the best brains In the country co their subjects, who take immense palm over the work of the scattered pupils they
nover see.
Like any other place of learn- ing, the College, which is non- profit-niaking," largely financed by the shipping companies, but partly reflani
valuntary money rits. has is xtor old boys, There Is the able-bodied scaman whose children's stories
03
a
heating, while firemen lateese
cut away the cork insulation which has been smouldering.
The heat was soon under con- trol-Beuter.
Radio Hongkong
H.K.T.
Children's
Summary: 0.33, Half 11cur prés.al by Baity Arn Nursery Bing Blog-witli Doris Gam. have been broadcast; 'the radio bell and Nancy, Harris (BBCTB); 3. Portuguese Half Haur (Btudio); Time Signal, World News and News Talk (Lendan Relay: 7.55.1 "Zyewitness '121 An. Account of the United Nakeni Activities of· 1902; Douglas: 7,65,
officer who
published a travel.
book, the deck officer wito pro- qudd n volume of poems, and the steward, who wrote: o`play
put er at one of London's little Narrated by ManWanda Landow
Theatres last year,
Artist of the
cause he had been unable to
he tried,
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Challenge To Mandrake
Sk-fen't bear it. tka 17iernalchard): 7.50, Weather Report: Journey Into Melody today's (Saturday's) strip, from actual Mary Martin (Vocal); #30, "jike
whini ilke presented by Margaret | #ppears that that tiresome woman Austin (studio); D. The Court of BL; Narda is about to Initiate andther were circulated from Balham | James 1700 A Feature Programms six weeks of petulant misunder-
apart.
Qteaching,
240,934 books
last year 45. 1670 silip'a Kubravice. Thiriy thousand new books were bought, 12,400 given to the library by to public.
What aro sailors reading. now? I glareed at. a library "order" from d'ahip on the New Zealand run. Among 47 tilles naked for word: Plato's
Frem
<t
The Inland Revenue Depart- was represented by Mr ment W. E. Mansen of that depart
The case was fixed for, hear- Ing on February, 20, 24, and 25%
Snow Disrupts Communications
Tok50, Feb. 2. Roads, railways and telegraphic communtentions were disrupted today after mowfalls of up to three feet alone the normaliy temperate east coast of central Japan. +
Living Language
Why we say Lloyds Underwriter.
man
men
ar
Why should a or syndicate of
various who insures risks be termed "underwriter"? The. word' takes its mean- Ing from the old Lloyds practice, stili in use, of an insurer ex- pressing his willing- ness to accept a risk- by writing his name (or
more commonly his initials) under the description of the risk. Many names or initials may be "written un- der" the risk, which begins-the-moment they are appended, although the formal be policy may not issued fill long after.
Notices
The latest times of posting shown below are those for un relaterad. correspondence posted * 0.7.0,,, Hongkong. The intest posting tries chewhere, which, in general, are earlfer then the G.P.0, times, can be ascertained *by enquiry at the local amice. The latest posting Umes for registered articles are generally one hour earlier than the times shown below. Particulars regard- ing parcel malls can be ascer tained by enquiry at any post omre,
Merchant For Professional Fees
From The Filon
100 Years Ago
The letter from Sir Charles
An action claiming a total of $115,400, repre- senting, architect's feca for professional services Trevelyan to General Jervals, rendered in connection with plans for Inland Lot which appeared in our columns a fortnight ago, we leam, › dios No. 1743 in Des Voeux Road, West, and Inland Lot mom ise to seme unjuje, sur No. 1408 in Yee Wo Street, East Point, was mises, in consequence of a line about Dr Bowring's collection for brought by Antonio Henrique Basto, authorised the Highland rigration Fund
Wo architect, surveyor and engineer, of Prince's having been omitted.
not gratify gossiping and ill- Building, before the Senior Puisne Judge, Mr natured people by explaining Justice Williams, in the Supreme Court this morning.
Defendant was Liu Po-san, merchant, of 128 Wing. Lok Street,
1
The claim was on estimated costs for abandoned, work on the two lots,
Plaintiff was represented - by Mr. D. A. L. Wright, instructed by Mr M. E. Ives of Wilkin zon and Grist, and Mr Brook A Bernacchi, on the Instructions of Mr P. H. Sin, appeared for defendani.
An application to amend the statement of defence by sub- stituting the last paragraph was allowed. Another for the ad- dition of a further paragraph
was rejected.
Appeals By Seven Men Dismissed
The Full Court of Appeal comprising the Chief Jus Gerard Howe,
tice Sir
the
Senlor Putsre
how the mistake occurred, far-
ther than to say, that it is not tributable to General Jervois, who placed the letter in our hands without any crasute, and received it back before the proof was revised,
•
We are requested by Captain Welsh to state, that the protend- ed report of his visit to Loo choo, copied into our journal of the 0th January, is almost entirely a fabrication of the
correspondent of the Now Orleans Delto, who should bo answerable for confounding Loochoo with Japan, and who, from Captain Welsh's account to us, would seem to have been tight only in the last paragraph of his communication, where he rays, "I cannot pretend to give all the facts.
Mr Wright said that his client was an architect of 30 years and experience in Hongkong and Judge, Mr Justice E. this was the first time that he H. Williams, this morning on that a correspondent had
had been forced into court in
Last week we forgot to men-
an endeavour to claim fees dismissed appeals against called out attention to the which he claimed were rightly severity of
sentences quality of the blocks of granite
due to him. The claim arose brought by seven convicted used for building the new out of building works in respect
of which plaintiff was instruct-men.
Guoler's House,
and which, he hays, is so much decayed, as ed to prepare plans in 1948.
10 pieces break to Most of the appellants claim- frequently to
by The plans related to valuable ed they had families to support the simple pressure
of the
i.c. Inland Lot No. Inland Lot No. 1408.
lots of land in the Colony, sald and asked for a reduction in ingeri. The Surveyor General Is
Counsel,
1743ght said that plaintiLeung Tong
Me was claiming the
TROUBLE AT GOUGH ST.
the person to whom he should sentence on this ground.
Chun Kwai-yce send the Information. and Wong Wong, who were the stipulated fees at two per cent of the total cost ven six years' hard labour for robbery at the Criminal of the
works in relation to Sessions on December 31
ani alternative the Full Lot 1749, with
that
to admit that claim based on quantum meruit had been "involved in trouble compelled
existent among the (as much as he or she deserved) by others. Wong Wong had Chinese a desire to upset powers and with regard to Lot 1408 been given a concurrent three and principalities. This conclu-
ΟΙ
Court
Coming events. cost their told shadows before and at last we
there Is
plaintif was claiming on quan- years for possession of arms. tum meruit alone.
SCALE OF CHARGES
After reading the statements of clalm and defence Mr Wright referred to Hudson on building contracts with
the respect to
law.
alon is, forced, upon us by nee Another unsuccessful
ap counts which have reached us of pellant WDS Chan Yiu, who a rising in this colony, which at was sent to prison for three one me bore a most formidable years for possession france. As a termination automatic pistol without a the week's festivities, the licence. He pleaded he had good folk's of Gough Breet were aged parents to support.
startled on Saturday by female outeries, obricks, and lamenta
the neighbours
half-a-score of Chinero,
NO MERIT.
Counsel said, that there was a scale of professional charges laid down by the Royal Institute of Wong Cheuk-hung, British Architects (UBA). The
Two others, Yu Wong and tons; and on
who were ing to the rescue, moro and nine Wal
remuneration was to be six perto eight strokes of the
In
sene provided that architects month, three years
months for robbery in addition young ladies were discovered
state of mutiny, an open cane, sent of the total cost of works were told by the Chief Justice altomping by force of voler to recover that liberty of which where
stage in the a certain
that their appeal had no merit
they considered themselves to plane-had-been--reached, and "and they knew it.
by have been deprived, and, Counsel submitted that that stage Yug Wong said he had a wife what could be gathered from had Been resched in his
children, and
whlic Wong wives to support.
**** ference. of clothing to in- Mr. Wright eaid that they had Cheuk-hung claimed he had two them, deokring decided pre- reached a stage where working plans had been submitted and and given 12 strokes for, robbery we trust that no slaughter, of Sent to prison for four years truction, and New Year's hol- day to the scrubbing-brush. approved and this stage wRS
with bggravation, Chan Tong thờ Innocents ensued on the re- sumelent to enable tenders to be obtained from the contractors, began by telling the Court that turn of their motherly guardian: and the RIBA teale stipulated he had lost his identity card and we must
express a wish that in regard to the partial ocm-but was cut short and reminded that, if ladies will keep Chinese piction of architectural work, en that he was appealing, agalast female academies, the "school"
mistress," architect was entitled to two sentence and not conviction.
He suid thirds of alx per cent.
would leave that this male was applicable to
home," to architects in the United Kingdom but did not apply to architects here, and, evidence would be called to show that architects herp usually charged in the region of seven per cent of the total cost of construction.
CRUELTY TO
CHICKEN
Threo cases
| scholars, V
"abroad,"
ono
the
When
look after
AFFAIR DESCRIBED,
This no doubt is the affair'te- ferred to in the following com-
of cruelty to (munication AS A BASIS
animals were heard 'beforo Mr Counsel sald that he did not R. W. S. Winter at Central this
To the Editor of the "China Mall" ask Court to follow the RIBA morning, in which Yuen Hung- Dear Str,As doubtless any senio
of professional charges kwun, 23, unemployed. of 129 news about Chinese "rebellions" but he submitted that this was Second Street, first floor, was will prove interesting to your
which the Court fined $20, and Ho Ying, a a basis.
00- upen would decide what was reason-year-old Chinese woman, of 8 readers, I send you the latest" ablo remuneration.
High Street, ground floor and from this district of Victoria It refers to a serious Mr Wright said that at various Llu Kit, a 38-year-old- man, ot MONDAY, FEDNUARY 1
stages sketch plans were pro-/ 31 Third Street, basement were | Pribreak on the part # Philippines, N. Barned, 4.30 p.m..duced to the defendant. It was coch fined: $30 or seven days,
uruni for
The first to k owner of
was the neigh defendant Indo-China. (Terkin only), 4.30 have an idea of what he was to alleged to have been carrying
by some irregularity on | p.m. C.P.A....
part of the Commissariat in (Seattle Formon, U.9.A..
develop on the land by the erec-eight: fowls in a rattan basket, Western Bistes) Canada. 6 p.m.. tion of buildings. The owner so constricted that there were the X.K.A./N,WAL
might want to erect a godowa or four birds on top and four pine bore a neat alarming aspect,.
By Air
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Japan, d'p.m., 1.0.A.C.
By Surface Macao, 9 a.m. p... Hong/Tak thing.
Indo-China, 'p.m., es_Clabeth. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2. By Air Moya, Indoneala, Australia, New Zetard, $m, vi C.P.A.
Elam, Burma, India, Pakistan. Africa, Grost“ Britain, Europe, 11
m. 1.0.A.C Indo-Chine, Franer, French North
Temperature in Tokyo dropped night. degrees below 20:0— nami, Reuter,
a' cinema'
an
and he
Iand
the working " drawings which Unlicensed
were to be submitted to the
to the winter's lowest, six to & West Africa, 420 p... Air Vit Building Authority for approval. Establishment
INTELLIGENCE TEST
FUN SOLUTION:
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Show Shoes: Snow-whites
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written, and narrated by Colin Will standing because she has dis Produced By Roger Carey (EDCTS)
30mcerlo, Concerto No.2 in covered poor Mandrake with a Flat Major, Op. 19 (Beethoven)..... beautiful blondon in his artt. Artur Schnabel (Piano) and liv Rosily, for an otherwise sensible Landon Pilharmonic Orch, cond. by women the veriainly is a thumb Bie Malcolm Bargent: 10, Chanson Francare-Yves Momiend and Dany cluck. Dauberson; 19ÌA The Malachring
the answer s And, in any care, why the Orchest 10.33, Dil Tohnson in alckens docant Mandrake d with Philip Green, and his OrchestrR; 10.43 Dancing Thing" WIL Joe Low some of his hypnotic gesturing public; A Town "Lako Alice; and Quehowtra; 19.09, Wother In furtherance of his own pers Report 11. Radio News Necktie- corded London Helay): 11.10, Good-sonal relations Instead of putting book called The Truth About night tusic, dod save the Queen; up with tier constrimin? English Prisons.
MOTHER OF (TEN, 11:30, Clos Down.
The Acneld of Virgil-end
RC-
J
da
household
quartered in
neighbouchechused,
is cald,
Issue of clothing But whatever the cause, affaire el'one
on
the
84ve instructions to would the bottom "of 'the "basket.
the architect The second and third accused the screeching in which the rebela indulged being (90- to prepare the proposed plan. wero' alleged to have · besn'
companied by the waving of This was done in the present 'carrying seven.. and eight
banners (or handkerchiefs) so case, sald Counsel The sketch chickens in rattan baskets-re that consternation seized plans were produced to defen-
spectively,
female portion of 2 thos dant and he duly approved
munity, and was only them. His cllent then prepared
tally alleyed by the appr
the spot of tba Attorney General. How firefractory Chinese Union"was Philippines, duam, Hawald, USA Counsel submitted, that in each
dissolved: whether by the Cepada 4 p.m. P.A.L.
For eqning an unlicensed strong arm of the lawn tho Ceylon, Blam. Busms, of the plots they were dealinz Pastator, Middle East Great Brl-with, the stage of submitting massage etablishment on the reading of the Riot Act. For tat, uroge_0 p.m. :3.0.A.C. plans to the Buliding Authority, second floor, of 203 Des Voeux concession," of what ; meza be Mono Len which were signed by the defen- Road Central, Luk Fu-wing, considered natural and SOT
dant, had been reached.
of. 203 Des able demanda--I have not; 28- 32, unemployed, Hearing is continuing."
Voeux Road Central third floor certained; but at all events the was fined $300 or three months laterumed us und by Mr R.W.S. Winter at has again' Central this morning. He was quiet Bhould any forming given three days
the follow upon the Court Marti to pay which must-Inevitably be Police raided the premises at upon the delinquents, I will
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38 FISHERMEN
KILLED
A total of 38 fishermen were killed off the port of Asenated 7.10 p.m. on February aid fell to dend you word, last night when their vessel found elght Chinese females while I am, your collided with a cargo ship, it and four Chinese men pretust, f.NET ON wes Lamened fiere, today. EST
The collision was due to poor Fyrinted, and published by WilkAna) Alica visibility and rough, stained, on, behalf of South China Morning Post
Wyndham Street, City or
In the
of Hun konk