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JOHN CLARKE'S
CASEBOOK
TIRED TESSA
little while ago, she
A must have been quite
lovely to look at, and it may be that she will be again, one day. At the pre- sent time, however, Tessa, a teen-age recruit to the ranks of the Piccadilly Cir- eus pick-up girls, looks more like
an early-faded thun a girl just 19 years
woman
btk.
in her late 40's;
in e
It was about six werkɛ nga that Tessa came to London, Sho left a pleasant home suburbs where she had been loved and looked after by a couple who had adopted
her
when she was a baby; and she that flimsy, clusive article that
came to Lontion in search of
15 inleteadingly labelled "glamour."
WAT true glamour is, I W should not like lo Kay. Around Piccadilly Circus, the search for it seems to involve lean periods of hunger inter- kperved with fiery hangovers and always the humiliation of having to crawl and fawn ani datter to earn the means existence or other absolute necessities like an occasional pair of nylons.
of
Not that the girls, the edge- kids regard it as in any way humiliating, this having to ming for their supper, their dirge-ilke song. To them it seems roman- ile and exciting. like living at second-hand, the second-rate screen stories they feel their minds upon.
Tessa was arrested in Picca-
where she
was
CHINA MAIL
OUR AUSTRALIAN NEWSLETTER
Japanese Trade Threat Alarms
Government
From H. KING WOOD
Sydney, Feb. 27.
The Commonwealth Government is reported to be once again alarmed by the threat to Austra- lian trade of cheap Japanese goods,
High officials in Canberra say that renewed Japanese competition, particularly in textiles, could be highly dangerous, and it is felt that the Government will have to decide soon on making some trade agreement with Japan.
Established 1845
TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1953.
SIDE GLANCES
Japan is pressing strongly at the moment to be admitted as a member of the General Agree- ment on Trade and Tariffs Committee in Geneva and many Government members have the idea 12:25 that Japan is only waiting until being admitted before launching an all-out drive for trade in the Australian market.
Trade officials are watching why the few__tumble-down the position closely and It shacks, fences und houses of would be surprising If an agree-carlier days should not be re- ment is not flod up with Japan newed. in the near future.
Most Jarring note: Not one pioce of bunting of any descrip- Few people can have mortion fluttered from the many idea of the growing pains of a poles of the House. Indeed, nation than a foreman in charge nowhere in Canberra did we sed
of a new gang of West German a flag flying. migrants at Newcastle Steel- works.
He gives an order in Austra- Hon to an Italian who translates
to a Frenchman who trans- lates it to the Germans.
Wouldn't do for America- No, sirt
CRAZY BUSINESS
There's a man at Blayney-..
If they want to ask the fore-outback New South Wales town
man anything it naturally comes who is mighty mad about
via the same channel,
the
exactly nothing.
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1. M. J. U.S. POR, Ci 1993 by MĽA Berylon, 100
By Galbraith
D
"Don't worry about breaking the vaso-mother said it was 200 years old so it must have been worn out anyway!"
Ice Floe
Weather Station Drifting
Washington, Mar. 2.
British Flood Disaster Fund
Sheaffers TM SNORKEL
Court Upholds Claim Against Chinese Bank
Judgment, with costs, for She Pei-kuen, mer- chant, of Printing House, 18 Ice House Street, was entered by Mr Justice E. H. Williams in the Supreme Court this morning in an ex parte claim against the Wing Cheong Bank, of 2 Bonham Strand East for $54,943 being the equivalent of Piastres 195,600 (at the rate of P356 to HK$100), being the amount of Piastres deposited by plaintiff with the defendant firm.
Plaintiff was represented by | Mr Oswald V, Cheung, on the Instructions of Messrs Ford, Kwan and Company.
Mr Cheung told the Court that plaintiff deposited with the defendant firm the sum of Piastres 195,600 in notes which at that time (January, 1947) were legal tender in French Indo-China.
Counsel referred to the De: fence which was fled, admit- ting the deposit made.
on
0
Possession Of Arms
Prison And Cane
For Cabin Boy
A cabin boy of the s Nidar who pleaded guilty to
alx automatic pistols and 98 rounds of .45 ammuni- tion was sentenced to tho maximum
term of five
years and 12 strokes of the cane by Judge R. W. S. Winter at Kowloon District Court this morning.
The defendant, Chiang Hing- wah, 30, was the only person connection with
In
Living Language
Why we sny Chess.
This ancient gamo gives evidence of its country of origin in its name. The Hindustani chaturanga described the four angas, ог components of an army - horses, elephants, chariots, and infantry. The Persians rupted the word to chatrang and the Araba to shatrang. This in turn became
the
Com
French eschecs, which is the direct parent of our word "chess." The names of many of the pieces in chess also have a Hin- dustani origin..
Mail Notices
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·
- Plaintiff asked for the rolurn of the deposit on several occasions but without success. When a final charge of possession of
made by Messrs demand was Ford, Kwan and Company
defendante February 8, 1952, tendered notes which at one time had been legal tender in Indo- China but which in November, 1945, had been put out of cir- culation in that country by decree of the Government.
Ho Wal-chung, clerk in the Exchange Department of the de Lindo-Chine, Bald Banque that the offelul selling rate of Plastres on February 8, 1952,
sentenced was Piastres 350 to HK$100.
the Nidar case. Seven of the PLAINTIFF'S EVIDENCE Plaintiff in evidence said heen defendants were released on February 19, and the other two came to Hongkong from Kun-
defendants ming in 1940 intending to go on
who appeared in
Philippines, Guam, Hawaii, USA, to Salgon. He brought with Court this
had morning
Catinde, & p.m., PAL. "Nolle him this sum af 195,600 Plästres.
Prosequi" entered
Metaya, Ceylon, Slam, Burma, them by Ho later learned that he was
the
Crown. They Pakistan, Middle East, Great Britain, to take
• • • • • • • . . . . . HK$198,169.80 allowed
only 200 were Chiang Wai-man, allas Europe, 6 p.m., BOAC. By Surface nllas พย Mrs A. I. Cash
Plastres to Saigon and as a re- Chiang Stu-leung, 25.00
Macro, 120 pm; a pan, as Leo John P. Cog-
sult he gave certain instructions Kwun-lung, 20 unemployed, and Hong/Tak Shing. hill
to a friend who subsequently Fung Sze-hung, 31, unemployed. Anonymous
100.00 handed him defendant's receipt Anonymous..
depos't Sterling £2.2. Od. 195.000
acknowledging a following
Piastres made on TAC
The notes 27, 1947. donations hove been received in
he deposited were legal tender in Indo-China at the time. of memory
The Fund will close at NOON, March 14, 1953.
He 12 MR. Woolard farmer. who has received a An Arctic ice floe used cheque for nit from the NSW by the United States Air Sterling £330. 9. Od.
Previously acknowledged: Potato Marketing Board.
Force us a weather station Australian £5. This is the way the crazy business went: The Board pald was reported here today to US$40.
Woolard £28.0.1
and for 3% be slowly drifting towards and at an average speed of the northern coast of Green-Mr.
four kilometres n day.
Mr tons
Then
Australia's exports this inun- dilly Circus, and brought to ciul year could be expected to exceed £800 million-a gure Bow Street charged before Me Frank M-only beaten during the boom year ton, with using insulting words of 1950-51, according to and behaviour likely to cause National Bank of Australasia.
This would mean
of potatoes. a breach of the peace. She had
a trading charged him £12.7.1 for freight, been postering visiting service-
surplus of between £230-$300 £2.17.0 for cartage, £3.12 for men, thrusung
upon million if import restrictions are receiving into store, herself them and refusing to take no maintabled. for an answer when they told her to run away.
.
to
the
THE pleaded guilly SHE
charge, and the magistrato sold to her: "Do you prefer chasing these men to doing a proper job of work?"
The Government, however, has decides to relax imports to the tume of £50 million-a relative drop in a bucket that is unlikely to make itself felt before the and of the financial year in June.
While the amount is only small, Industrial leaders feel that if i allows Increased importations of raw materials it will serve to stimulate local production.
*
"Yes, If you put it like that," Tessa said. She is a tall girl, whose pretty face is marreu by the lines put there by spending her last few nights
Sir William Dixson, who was sitting drowsily up until the one of the leading figures in the Australian tobacco market, left just on £300,000 when he died inst August. In his will, which was granted probate this week, he left £100,000 to the New South Wales Public Library.
dawn in all-night cafes. wore a scrap of emerald-colour
She
ed chiffon for a hat
sloppy-J sweater in
Kerine
shade, under
pled dark suit.
When the
and a a tan- her rum-
tald
police had
their story to the magistrate, mentioning that Tessa had been
in trouble
for running
wild
man
before she was 17, the who with his wife had adopt- ed her, went into the witness- box.
H2
was
a worried businessman, and began to speak, Tesa
ke
looking
bowed her head and cupped her face in her hands, and I thought she was crying quietly; remorse, perhaps.
DRAB CANBERRA
£7.4 for picking over and 8 ter a con- aliion certificate, making a total of
£20.0.1.
Then the Board posted him the cheque for nothing.
Which, lo ♫ layman not versed in Potato Board nance, seems to be the
best possible
way
salt into the
of rubbing wound.
Yel next year we der, when a shortage why formers potatoes.
aren't
Baptized "Fletcher's Floating Island", the 14-kilometre long and six-kilometre wide ice Doe was transformed, into a weather base at the beginning of last year when it was off the northern coast of Alaska.
to
Driven by the prevailing winds, the island appeared will-won-be moving at a constant speed occurs, along on are around the North growing Pole which should bring it off the Greenland const towards the end of this year.
HOSTILE MIGRANTS
A hostile mob of 830 Italian migrants booed and jeered when bourne) station in a special they left Spencer Street (Mel. train for Mildura thus week.
the train pulled Uut the (talians shouted. Waved their fints and threw rubbial at Australians standing on the platforms.
The Pentagon pointed out here today that since several months ago the island has no
under longer been
the com- Air mand of the
Commander
trans- of Alaska but had been ferred to the Northeast Con-
Included
bases recently set up
Time and man has done little thousands who wil plex fruit during
These migrante will join the linental Air Command, which to Improve UUT National the next month in the Mildura dis- in Greenland. capital, Canberra, which began trict. They have been guaranteed a
rate of ell!! A week with so much promise,
103
keep while harvesting the
plus
STAPH
In the years up to 1040 crop. Canberra was a mocea for The Australian Workers' Union is Australians.
special inspectors to the It was a place of sending
area to ensure that the migranta and | are union members and are paid fui neat homes, lovely subs
rolling green lawns, award rates. Special police will also buildings in the dintelet to see there is no omelal The
garital
just
right Way whleti blended into
rural sur- roundings...everything, in fact,
the
disorder.
LOT WITHDRAWN
"My wife's very upset about just in its right place in a Morrisby, has revealed that lots
In its journey
around the Pole the island is leaving the "alde" of the United States to shortly penetrata into the Soviet Union "side".
in
the late Mr J. T. Burdett:
a.m.
100,00
January
of
for
The other count of conspiracy to commit piracy against Chiang Hing-wah was also dropped,
Mr
Morley-Johns, Crown
TUESDAY, MARCH 3 by Air
Indo-China, France, French North. and West Africa, 4.50 p.m. Air Vietnam.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 By. Air
Formosa, Japan, 9 a.m., via CAT. Biam, Malaya, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, 4.30 pm, CPA,
Formosa, Okinawa, USA (New York), Canads, 6 p.m., FIKA/NWAL,
Japan, 6 pm.. BOAC.
By Burface Mueno, 1.30, pm; 6 pm. » Léo Lilong/Tek Shing.
China, People's Republic, 8.30 am. North Borneo, 9 am, as inaang. Indo-China, 10 nm, e Hellkon. Formos, am. Shangháng. Japan, USA. Central and Sout
In June. 1947, he asked Counsel, said that the ss Nidar, defendants for the return of the Panamanian registered vessel, on December 6 money
but as he did not have left Hongkong the receipt with him, defendants last year for Japan. As the refused to return it The vessel
passing
through train via Canisa, was at that time in Lycmun, a meniber of the crew,
was
25.00
25.00
receipt Kunming.
Sometime in March, 1951, he
Chan Fung-Yick, ----
Mr A. I. Cash Mr & Mrs K. S.
Kinghorn Total at 11 Remitted to London
today
****** HK$190.444.80 March 2nd
£12,000
194,481.43
HK$ 3,903.37
Sterling £332. 2. Od. Australian 25. US$40.
VYSHINSKY'S.
SPEECH
(Continued from Page 1) question. It was the only way in to
end against the Korean people.
the barbarous war
Mr Vyshinsky had spoken for 90 minutes.
Tho floating island is habited by eight United States meteorological experts who now receive their ́ supplies from Thule in West Greenland when weather permlis, The
SOM —-- OỤM ---- *
Д
washing the deck, discovered presented the receipt to defend parcel lying on the upper deck. Americs, Noon, as Philippines Trans ants and asked for the return of He opened It and found that it port.
contained two revolvers. Not the deposit but defendants made knowing that they were loaded, 12 pm. Olenaziney. various excuses.
а
Canada, 2 pin... as Elsbeth Bakke. `Malaya, Ceylon, Aden, Middle East,
Philippines, am, as Mapledell.
THURSDAY, MARCH· 5 By Air
Formoss, tam.. via CAT), Philippines, Guam, Itawall, USA San Francisco), Noon, PAA.
India, Slam, Burma,
Peklatan Middle East, Afries, Great Britain. Europe. Noon, BOAC.
Ho Instructed bis solicitors he fired a round. He tamedi- on February
weapons and 1932, to make a alely took the uary further demand and as a result gave them to the captain, who defendants tendered notes in promptly signalled
Police denomination of Piastres 500. Iaunch cruising nearby. These notes had been banned
Police boarded the vessel and from circulation in November, 1945,
questioned accused, who admitted He that he owned the firearms, then led the Police to his cabin, CPA. and produced another parcel con-
___Macao, 130p.m.; 4 p.m., as Ire talning two more fully-loaded Hong/Tak Bhing. automatic pistols, A search on China, People's Republic, 8.30 AM..
Compensation Claims
Phillvalnes, N. Borneo, 4,30 pm..
By Barface
India, Pakistan, noon, Exillo
the deck revealed another two train via Canton. parcels which were hidden under Mark. somo life-saving equipment. Japan, USA, Central and South Altogether, six automatic pistols America, Noon. Benares,
Melaya, Cevlon, Aden, Middle East, were found, together with several Franes, Great Britain, Europe, I p.m.. London, March 2.
spare magazines containing 93 Peleus. Britain has made two claims rounds, including those in the; Philippines, 1 p.m., ss Oregon Xtall. for compensation for
damage pistols. to or interference with British
told the Replying briefly, Mr Lodge shipping by Chinese Nationalist
ordered to island's radio is also in con- said Russia had admitted help-ster of State, mid here to smuggle the
Mr forces,
Selwyn Lloyd, Court that he was
arms to Japan, stant contact with Washington. Ing the Chinese Communist P
where he was to attempt to sell -France-Presse.
forces whom the United Nations had
already branded
One arose out of a machine them. For each pistol he would gun attack on the motor vessel got $50 commission. Glencarn in July, 1030, in Vyshinsky had lalked which the first officer was in-
matter. without fured and the ship damaged,
A Canberra auctioneer, Mr Rex selting.
of goods
the #rized during the war from the residence of the Japanese When, during the war years. Ambassador, were suddenly with-
began to
onc shrugged.
show 4 few drawn from a Govemment auction
from one
It
The sale. of Parliament itself "The goods were suddenly whisked away five days before the date of turned a dirty grey in place of the sale, he said.
"I not know who took them,
the glistening white, but after do mne seem to know what all, there was a war
tur," Tessa'a foster-father, said. "It's only quite recently that It we brought her back Cambridge, when she ran away there. We've told her that she's willing to give us some kind of undertaking that she'll to load a normal sort of try life, she can come back home again. Sho's had a lot of help, you know, the probation off- cers have been very kind to her, done overything they could...
"Thank you," said the magis trate, and he turned to Tessa, and asked if she had anything to say. She shook her head to soy siro had not, and still cup- ped her hand about her eyes,
*
"WELL, there's a great deal I could say, but I'm not going to," said the magistrate, "I'm going to remand you, and let the doctors 500 you. In
the time that you're remanded,
you might try to reflect on the unhappiness you're bringing to the people who' have given you such a good home."
They showed Tessa
R.
oggressors.
Mr
Detention Of round
Ship Ordered
London, Mar. 2.
has become of them. An official in 1953 we looked
for of the Department of Supply, whe different-not the was arranging the sole sold me tie word matted,
would embarrass the grass
choked Auction
Australian and Japanese Govern. shrubberies and gardens, not ments because at that time the new the collection of second-rate Japanese diplomatic houses that have been built on
wis on his way to Australia the outskirts and which, sure as
HORSE LEAPS CAR Down in the little town of taxes, are going to develop into Sidmouth, Tazmanto, Mr K.
no1- Barnen will be able to recall with new-type slums in the distant
"We pride in the years to come that once future. Certainly
** | he owned a "fair sort of a horns", did not expect to see those
The horse hasn't won any reper breken
aircraft towers in the Thames. down old wire fences gold cups. stud fees or hunis, but that are a legacy from the days Mr Barnes wouldn't sell him now.
You see, it goes like this.... back in 1927 somewhere when
One day this week Bir Bamos WHE the area was private property. astride his horse. The morning was
Truc, Parliament House was white once more, and some and wanted to run.
the
day
GS
Chiang Hing-wah
touching on the heart of it-the Mr Lloyd, who was replying to Prison
United Nations Commission's a question in the House of Com
which report
clearly found mons, said the Nationalist Gov- aggression had been committed ernment had admitted responsi- by North Korea.
The proposals
which The British Authorities today Soviet Union made had been ordered the detention of the set up the Commission in such Norwegian ship Baalbek which a way that the Soviet Union lam
two night struck
anti-would have a veto.-Reuter. The four occupants of the towers ane believed to have drowned.
will be required to remain zn- While under detention the ship
chored where it is at present until there has been an official In- vestigation.
fresh and cool, the horse was "toey
A car went racing down the road effort had been made to keep and keen for gallop. Mr Bames
Bore its immediate surroundings Invent the
racing after it, obscured in a cloud of red dust some sort of order, but all I which cut vidon to a few yards. Dil, Canberra re-visited WAN A Then, suddenly, there was a screech An Admiralty representative, big disappointment:
of tyres and the car pulled to a noting on instructions from the There is little ex
Treasury Judiciary excuse for all deed stop.
authorities, The prospects were a headlong who were acting at the request of w. One of the this now.
most smash to the back of the CAT OF
the War Office, went aboard the out, lovely spots in all Australia an impossible leap
Me Barnes took the chance, set the ship today to inform the captain hand had been selected for the capital: hores and now she took her from her eyes, She had not the plan that had been drawn The Horse took off at the 7. of the detention order.;
was ambitious, extremely high jump, Ruczec remorse seamed up been crying)
The Baalbek, of 2,100 tons, was and dummed the hood. 201 leg and long-range, but there WOS A
chest touched the roof, but as he seriously damaged in the colli not to have overwhelmed her. yel, She had just been trying place for every building, every came davon he just touched the to catch up on her sleep, and home, every shrub, every street radiator, landed on his feet and went alon. She anchored near the now she went drowsily off to It began in virgin territory and on at full gallop. Mr Bares til 50 where it occurred and was walling for the fog to clear so that The horse had a minor eus but that she could be towed to reason why her cell, to dream there, per- there is no haps, of the glamorous life plan should not have
when he pulled the mighty jumper that was so cluzive.
Frese.
on hu back.
under his feet
INTELLIGENCE TEST SOLUTION
SUPPOSE Mary wins the second game by p points at m ahillings polat.
Then she wins the first game by (p+2) points at (m-10) (shullinga * poing?" and the wine the third Kemo by ipa) points at {m+3) shillings point.
+ mo
140 (p-1) (+)-103 Whetics Dp 50. Now PA111, do we have "at least 2, and Fry must be as
threa, possible solutions:
(opp)m la 30. – The thres games yield por, 608, 20%, respec- Bivaly.
is 15; the three ""games yield
Hy m je 12; the thre games jak the third game
But Mary finds the the most prontable; hence":{}}"15
: the only solution conforming to the “kly won 148. on the Brot game. "London"Exprdan Herules.
data been Me Farner dislocated Flashouder Gravesend for repairs-France- followed; certainly no reason out of his gallops,
For
bility, and last September agreed Four Thieves
Radio Hongkong
H.K.T.
WALL
0. Programme Summary: 0.02, Melody with the Store-Fred Astalro and Judy Garland; 130, found Track with the Artistes and Orchestra of MOM Studios; 7, Time Signal, World News" and "News Talk (London Re- lay): 7.15, Calypas 2. The West Indies come to London: 7.30, Forces : J'a vourites (London Helay); 159, Wes- ther Report: 8, La Demf-Houre Fran- calze (Bludio) "Musique · De-Teta.” Bizet. Chabrier. Debussy, Charpen- Her; 8,50, Letter from America by claim of '211,000 in full, to pay
Aliatale Cooke (London Belay); 0,45, though payment had not yet been
|| Recital by Molly Birka (Contralta). received.
Pleading guilty to two charges with Plano Accompaniment by Maya
(Concert The other ship was the Rosita, of simple larceny
Hall); V, 335 for
32-year-old Rea
Hearing. presented by Donald The caplain of this carpenter, Tang Kit, alias Wong Brooks (Studio) 9.50, Municat ship was killed when she was Lo-icit, a former employds of Notebook - presented " by ; the cler altacked off Foochow in Decem- | the Talkoo Dockyard was Taller T.7. Ryan, 61, (Studio): 10. bor.--Reuter.
The Joint le Jumping" with Fate sentenced to eight months by Waller; 10.15, At the Ballet - "Pe- Mr Hin-shing Lo at Central trouchka (Igor Stravinsky). Krzest this morning.
Ansermet confucting L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande; 1059, Weather Three others, Ho Wing Chung Report 11. Radio News Reel Ute- Chun-tong and Cheung Tik-corded London Relay): 11.15, Good- wing, were also sentenced to alxnight Music, God Save. The, Queen:
|-11:30; Close Devranging TAY months hard labour each for the same offence, and B. Bojan Airl
According to the prosecution month with quenquam
-Has Slight Chillic sometime between the evening 10 and 4h0
London, Mar. 2. “Princess Margaret has a slight
POW CLUBBED
TO DEATH
Pusan, Mor. 3. A North Korean war prisoner was clubbed to death by a
November
fellow prisoner on Koje Island morning of November 17 lasi on Saturday, the Prisoner-of-year the four defendants broke War Command announced today, into the Talkoo Dockyard and chill. She was unable to sc
stole 300 finger-type contacts, company the:: Queen and tha conicased and is being held in 621 half-ring type contdels and Duke of Edinburgh to a private "maximum security," the anal $8,054.
14 ring-150 contacts, valued | vlow of the Ideal Home Exhibi- tion in London födays.Kenter. nouncement said,
The murderer' was arrested,
"An investigation indicated no political connection as a molive for the crime,!", it said,—United From,!
11.
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