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JOHN CLARKE'S
CASEBOOK?
Fall From Grace
TOM, and Dick, and Harry
TOM
have more in common than the fact that they all work for the same em- ployer. All three are much of an nge, all fought in the war. il are marrie men with homes in the Enst End.
The
CHINA MAIL
OUR AUSTRALIAN NEWSLETTER
SORRY BUSINESS
OF THE OLYMPIC MUDDLE
FROM H. KING WOOD
Sydney, Mar. 27.
Australians are becoming resigned to sudden bursts of fire from the Olympic front in Melbourne. and they take for granted, too, that each burst kills off a hope that that city will be the host for the 1956 Games.
Some months ago we made the dismal forecast that it was only a matter of time before Melbourne lost the Games, and all that has happened since has only helped to confirm it:
What is puzzling most people The pride of Sydney the In why some kindly oflclut does! Harbour Bridge came of age not take the necessary netlon to last weekend, with the end the faree here and now and collectors
Ketting alif so stop the simse once and threepence
i
and Ci for all.
passenger,
toll their each
Striking ciggers made it many happy returns by going back to work and there was a party in one of the pylons for the inen who worked on it 21 years upo when the two spans of the arch joined,
There something else they have in common. Each has ente been convicted of crime. Tom served six weeks in prison in 1040. for loitering about the West End trying to steal from cars; much longer ago, Dirk was bound over for stealing money from a gas-meter; and in 1949, several down for went Harry
Let's have a look at what's months for aneddling with the contents of other prople's letters,ppened since that day in Rome on April 30, 1949, when, by a while he was employed us
Melbourne was sinute vote. postman.
for the chosen as the vetitie Games in 1858.
First
over the big row was
Former Premier Jack Lang, site of the main stadium. AL Best it seemed and dried who opened the bridge, said he
eut that the Showground would be was looking forward to the day it, but some organisations pro when the toll was lifted. tested that not very much could Main Roads Board people sny
Showground the bridge won't be done with the
be paid for so the Melnsil 1085 and after the Games,
as Mr Lang bourne Cricket Ground W now 75--well, he will just have chosen. But the Cricket Ground to take good care of himself. trustees weren't interested, and after a few more stabs Carlton
orts ovel was selected.
All three men, since thew one have gone straight, have wiped out the blemish on their, characters, and earned excellent repulations for reliability. The other day, all three fell hom grace again.
пром
his
FOR TWO FIVERS POM was having a cup of tea one morning in a cafe near place of work, when a stranger came up to him, got into conversation, then said in a conspirator's whisper: "Like to do yourself a bit of gond?"
Tom said he would.
Fee seen those trailer-loads ut waste-paper in the yard where said the stranger. you work,"
"If you like to take one of those round the corner into So-and- So Street and ask questions, there'll be quite a lot of muney for you."
"Twa
Toin thought want it. of our chaps would have to help," he said, "the charge-hand, and one of the drivers. Couldn't do if on me own."
sports
Then followed an Australia wide competition for a stadium design, and preliminary work on the ground ha
actually begun when the new Labour Premier.
BUSY AIRPORT Kingsford Smith airport, of Sydney, now one of the world's busiest ale terminals, is truly international Here is the "bag" of passengers ant day this week.
Abyssinians: Three forestry
Established 1845
TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1953.
·SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith
Sheaffer's TM SNORKEL
Difficulty Of High Building Costs
STRESSED AT COMPANY MEETING
At the annual meeting of the Hongkong Engineering and Con- struction Co., Ltd., held this morning, it was revealed by the Chairman that the volume of construction work during the year decreased consider- ably.
It was felt advisable, he said, to continue the policy of developing the Company's Estate, though to do so economically had been most diffi- cult, owing to the prevailing high building costs. Addressing shareholders, Mr dealt with is follows:-Transfer Lawrence Kadoorie, who pre-to Land and Building Reserve sided, said:
$104.000; Paying a dividend of Turning to the accounts, you 10 per share on 500,000 fully- will notice from the Proilt and paid shares $50,000; and Se per Loss Appropriation Account share on
500,000 partly-paid that
the net profit for the past theres $25,000; leaving
balance year amounts to $232,185.00, as of $105,317.07 to be carried for. compared with $208,000.07 last ward to 1993.
The report was The sum of $172.151.21 Was Mr A. M. Brago. brought forward from last year's accounts, making a
year.
$404,317.07 1/-28
"I never thought you'd be an aeroplane hostess-you used to get dizzy every time you helped me pick
cherries!"
Contractor's $1,215
Claim Court
Br John Cain, called a sudden oficials arrived to do a year's able for construction work and material supplied
A claim for $1,215 being money due and pay
ult.
CHANGE ATTITUDE Earlier in-pricks, the tong delay in making any sort of a start and this big blow started Melbourne's Games hopes crashing.
study at the Queensland Forestry School. They will start
a
to the Kwongtung Opera School, 580-C Nathan Road, was brought by Kong Chak-kee, contractor, before Mr Justice T. J. Gould in the Summary Court this morning..
Plaintiff was
represented by
He bluntly asked the organisers where they were going to get the money to pay Forestry Department in Ethiopia for the stadium.
when they return home.
Koreans First South Korean Consul-General in Australia, and the Consul came in from
They praised Hongkong. Australia's part in the Korean Mr
B. N. Cooper. Defendent us war:
and their country hoped to
was Ng Yim-ming, proprietor of Prime Minister Menzies at buy from Australia grain and the Opera School, and he was
Wool.
not represented by Counsel. tended a subsequent conference nt which the Carlton proposal F was abandoned and the Mel- and his wife bourne Cricket Ground again. became the venue, the trustees,
follow meanwhile, changing their at-
was Dick, The charge-hund the driver Harry, Tom cautiously approached them; they agreed to team up with him in the enter prise. "Fine" sald the stranger when Tom reported back to him, "Here's £10 to be going on with. There'll be more to come when the job's done." He passed Toitude. two 25 notes.
the
THE 200 IÐAÐ
ת!
Fijians: Ratu Sir J. L. Sukann
came
from their way They are on the Coronation and will then
the cricket tour. British: Corporal Jimmy Shaw, Royal Engineers, flew on from But then followed hitches over Singapore on his way to New sites for cycling and swimming Zealand to see his people. He events, to be topped off with a was still limping from injuries
by caused complication
the
received
when bandits ambushed Federal Government refusing to his party in Malaya.. allow overseas competitors to
Americans: lato
The Consul- bring their own horses
General
Mr Donald Smith, and Australia for the equestrian
wile his
returned after events.
Then came the full broadside holiday.
UNDER-PRODUCTION the building of an Olymple: Village. Strangely enough, this In 1950-51 Australia had pro- had been rather overlooked in duced 70.000 tons less meat than the stress of all other svars, but the British Isles la 1950, chief many now see it as the final straw of
"black-room" Australia's on the scales.
boys, Dr Ion Clunies Ross, told The Village Muddle began gatherleg of Sydney Univer-
sity. when Premier Caln rejected a
Govern "No Australiae can afford to culprits request that his State
ment should finance the building bo complacent about that," he of a village, the idea being (and said,
THE plan was neatly carried THE
out-Under the eyes of Dick, the charge-hand, Herry towed the trailer full of paper from to the rendezvous with yard
The load stranger's lorry. was transferrect. The stranger drove off:
mert you to- night with
he called as he went. money,"
the
a
"I'L
the rest of your
But Tom, and Dick, and Harry never saw him again. Instead of visit from him it was the police who called on them for the loss of the load was quickly discovered, and The casily traced,
Next morning the three men slood in the duck at the Thames court, and pleaded guilty to stealing four tons, live hundred- weight and one quarter of waste- paper, valued at £50.
BORRY.....
over
THEY seem," said Wie uffleer In charge of the case, after telling the story to Colonel W. E. Batt, the magistrate, to have
He said: "If the village is to been quite satisfied with the
be erected, the Federal Govern- receiver's promise to return and ment must provide the £2- pay then their money.
million needed."
"As it is, they go unly the £10, and we have recovered that, so none of them has proẞted financially in any way."
The three men blushed sheep- ishly, and when they were asked what they wanted to say, each mumbled the same single word: "Sorry."
one per cent
a yeur,
Com
Mr Cooper said towards the end of October, 1952, defendant wanted some work done at his Opera School and he instructed plaintiff accordingly. Plaintiff's Case, sald Counsel, was that he did the work but had not been paid.
Prison Request By
Deportee
A returned deportee with
a record of larcen and
10
seconded by
Had Mauser Pistol And Ammunition
Im-
at tho
Proponed by Me Chan Wai. total
of chung
and seconded by Mr J. at credit of
Sentence of six months' the Grant, Sir Robert Ho Tung and Loss Appropriation Mr W. A. Welch were re-elected prisonment was imposed by
to the Board of Directors. Messrs | Judge AD. Scholes Lowe, Bingham and Matthews, Victoria District Court this were re-appointed auditors, on morning on a 23-year-old un- the proposition of Mr Tong Sih-employed,. Leung Tai, ming seconded by the Hon. 3. pleaded w. Lo.
Proft and Account.
From this sum, it is proposed transfer to Land and Building Reserve $164,000, bringing this reserve lo $500,000, and fo de clare the same dividend as last year, absorbing $75,000.
Land & Buildings shows an Increase of $205,900.00, which is the cost of the eight modern shops erected by us at Waterloo Road.
Cinema Competition Growing
who
Mauser Bully to possession of a pistol and 20 rounds of ammunition without a licence.
The pistol and ammunitiork were found by the Police on a junk which arrived in tho Colony from Macap on February 28.
The junk master, Ng Tin-tul,' who was jointly charged with Leung, pleaded not guilty, Ilo was discharged when the Pro- secution announced they were
not offering any evidence
Mr Simon
that
す
Reserve for Future Corpora- don Profits Tax stands at $35,-- 000. "As in previous years, the sum of $14,000 has been trans- ferred Lo Stuff Retirement Fund, bringing this up to a total of $84,000.
SAVINGS EFFECTED
Competition in the movie against him. The volume of construction business had become in- who prosecuted, told the Court imon Li, Crown Counsel, work during the year decreased creasingly stronger it wan
the accused was one of considerably and it is only due disclosed by, Sir Shouson those who were searched on to savings effected by internal re-organisation that we are able Chow ivben he presided at board the junk by the Police. to place these resulta before the annual meeting this Thirteen rounds were found on morning of the China Enter-im, and he showed the Police the pistol, loaded with Two more houses are under tainment and Land Invest-seven rounds, was
ddon in construction on the Company's
the junk. Estate on sites which were plied ment Co., Ltd.
mitigation, Leung sald foundatious several years
someone in Macho had paid him ags. We have felt it advisable pictures were insufficient to 80 to bring the gun
to Hongkong, of round the many theatres which and claimed he did not know the continue
Our policy
sprung up in the Colony, laws here. Estate, though developing the
The gun and ammunition were owing to
you.
for
10
to do so
He added that good
had
mation
modicomically has been but they intended to try
most
the maintain
the lead
where
Iz
prevalling high building costs, theatres both in Hongkong and ordered to be connsented. There is no doubt that a demand Kowloon.
Addressing the meeting, the still exists for residential ac-
Chairman said: commodation.
Business has not been as good.
of the preceding year
I am happy to say that all our Franki Piling machinos
due
that
al
No defence had been filed but
to the deterioration Counsel said that the case had
have been kept busy, though general business conditions.in come before Mr Wicks some brenches of deportation rates have become more com
Hongkong. However, we have
time ago and plaintiff had given a amount of evidence. Defendant had then, cald that he disputed two flems but did not say exactly what the com- plaint was abou!. Defendant had stated that he would call a witness to explain to the Court, but did not give any particulars.
Plaintiff in evidence said that some time in October, 1952, be was introduced by Mr Ho Fong to defendant who wanted some at the decoration work done Opera School. After some dis
In
Kau,
The
Chan accused, claimed
that the last time he was deported, the Chinese au- thorities had refused him entry from British territory.
Chan hard labour.
$300,000.
od, Ltd.
hold
art
necessary.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 1 By Air Indo-China, France, Fronch North West Africa, 4.30 pm., Air Vist- mx ises Chillypars Guam HRI),
Bumpa, Malaya, Ceylon, Biam,
Great Bri Pakision, Middle East, tain & Europe, a p.m.. B...C.
By surface Maces 0 0.in. d. pim.. 5 Leo
orders asked Judge A. Dit considerably reduced succeeded this years in getting Scholes at the Victoria Dist
In the Current Assets of
ssets of the selected products from
mount, Columbla and United trict Court this morning 'to
Balance Trade Investment known
you will notice Artists well as from wall- send him back to Stanley Д
new item
British studios. With Gaol instead of deportingMajor Contractors, Ltd." This these in hand we are confident
Company,
which has ari att-
this year's turnover will be thorised him again.
Capital of $3,000,000 divided into 30,000
Shares of better than the year under $100 each, was primarily formed
revlow, We to undertake Public Works
hope.to show the Intest full feature length three dimen- an extensive nature.
The
very 000/iodal pictures up capital consists of
soon and shares of $100 sach, fotalling we have already placed order
for the or this
paid-upquipments for the purpose.
add72, The Hongkong
Competition in the movie busi mocring & Construction Co.,
hesome one-third, Messness Choong Hing ono-third, and Mesars. Lam Woo
up hold one-
other third. Much thought and hard under construction. Good motion work went into the formation of pictures are Insufcient to go Major Contractors, Ltd, and it round these theatres but we is with pleasure that I am able hope and try to maintain the to report that the Contract for lead among the theatres both in the construction of the dam at fongkong and Kowloon. Tal Lam Chung has
We have not hesitated, to take been awarded to them, and that note of the latest innovation in work is now in hand.
the
world and cinema
every am sure you will join me in thing possible is being done to giving thanks to all the mem- make this year a more profitable bers of the staff, both clerical one than last year. and technical, for
YEAR'S PROFIT. the hard work they have done during the The profit for the year under past year.
review, after providing for de- I will now propose "that the prolation, amounts to $105,- IK.T. Directors Report and Statement 713.96 to which has to be added
was given iB months'
Mr Simon Ll, Crown, Counsel, so sensible it would seem on the Dr Clunies Ross, chairman of surface) that after the Games i the Commonwealth Scientis cussion, defendant gave him an told the Court that the accused this village
become and Research Organisation, bo order for work to be done, costing was found in the Colony would
Later defendant lleves, ordinary homes and flats.
March 8, after having been de however, that science, $1,400.
structed
plaintiff to cancel two ported for 10 years on October and not plus Government unfortunately, Rather
11. this items, at the same time giving 1949. His record showed even his best friends accuse Mr munity aid would enable
since July 1949, he had Cain of being wildly enthusiastle country to double her primary him a further order. The total that
amount of the two orders was committed a series of larcenies about Melbourne holding the production in 20 to 30 years Games, and he smartly passed
Ho Bald: "Salence is going 31,235.
and housebreakings, for which PUT OFF the village buck onto the Coma- to provide the but it can't
koy,
he had been given prison terms monwealth
flo more than that.
Plaintiff said he completed the and expelled severat umes. "Our population is increasing work on November 5, 1952. Mr L added that Chan is at but He saw defendant for payment, | prosent serving a sentence of by 3 por cent primary production by less than but was always put off, each time four months passed on March
defendant promising to pay in a 27 for larceny, few days. Defendant did not at any time zay he was dissatisfied with the work, plaintiff said,
In cross-examination, defend-
were not carried out according to hear the Minister for Immigration, Mr Holt, come off
were denied by plaintif. the huskings and tell leaders of
Ho a group of British migrants to
Fong, contractor, said that and he called on defend- spend more time fending
for plaintif
Defendant themselves and less in "grum ant for payment.
promised to pay in a week's time, bling and complaining.
fle did not make any mention of the work that was carried out by
lift,
Witness told defendant that it Seventy gold bars to the was agreed that the work should value of $000,000 were seized All sections generally agree which was the day of the in- p.m. last Sunday when the mv be completed by November 1, by Revenue Officers at 12.45 "that all Governments
Said the Prime Minister (who sees the Games us
"It we don't do something purely Vic-about it, we just won't be able torian baby, and who apparently to feed ourselves." sces wrapped up in it big-time polities): "Any notion that we
It was
REFRESHING
Replying to a_question from His Honour, Crown Counsel said that, in regard to Chan's deportation, he had been taken
are going to add to the Victorian week to refreshing this ant alleged that certain Iterns to Chinese territory by junk.
housing provision is out, and always has been",
Migrants as a whole are doing a grand job; 00 per cent of them have fitted in well, but there is still a small section which just isn't prepared to
play.
have done
the orders, but there allegations!
T
been buur
ald
Arc
Hong/Tak Shing
WEDNESDAY APRIL 1 By Air Formosa, Va.m., via C.A.T. Slam, Malaya, Indenceis, Austra a New Zealand, 4.30 p.m., C.PA Formosa, Okinawa, J.B.A. (New York), Canada, 8 p.m. ILK.A. NW.A.L
Japan. 0 p.m., D.O.A.C.
Radio Hongkong
8.30, Memorial Servico for Her Lalo Majesty Queen Mary from
of Accounts for the year 1952 the sum of $29,588.08 brought. John's Catedral, Hong Kong. 70 Gold Bars be adopted as presented and forward from last year and conducted by the very itev. 2.
Seized
that the balance at the credit
together
with the transfer from Temple.
required of
Dean of Hongkong (b): of the Profit & Loss Appropria- Repairs and Renewals no longer 15, Programme Summary: 917, The,
Robert Shaw Chorale; 0,30, Medita- $105,000, and ative Musle: 6.50, Funeral Service for tlon Account of $404,317.07 be transfer from General Reserve Her Late Majesty Queen Mary from
Merchant
And that's where the sorry a grand job with migration and auguration of the Opera School. Tegelberg arrived in the Colony Fined $300
of $10,000, and provision for St George's Chapel, Windzor (London Relay): 745, Songs by Isobel Batilia corporation profits tax no longer (Doprano): 7.80. Weather Report: a total) à La Demi-Heure Francaisa'(Studio); required 86,105.70 making a
from America by of $550,888.04 for distribution. 30, Letter Your directors recommend to Alistair Cooke (London Relay); d
Btudio Recital; Frank Harrington deal with this as outlined in the Baritone With Plano Accompani Appropriation Accounts
Provision
taxation Pro
Zor
ment by Moya Rea; D. World News and Home News from Britain'
in London olay): 935, Sonals No. 20
Colonel Bati frowned.
"You
OFF-STAGE NOISE three
men," he said, "have all And, as a sickening noise off been in
stage, said the chairman of the trouble; made fresh starts, and got good jobs. Then International Olymple Committee, you fall for a story like this;
Mr Avery Bundage, in New York: and what have you got out of it? "Unless Australia can provide an A third of £10, so far, and of Olympic Village it looks as if it course you wouldn't have got any
will definitely lose the Gomes.. An more. £3 6. 8d. And for that, Olymple Village is just as im- you throw away your good jobs, portant as an Olymple stadium," and have your old convictions
business rests. Somewhat natur- have done everything possible He agreed that on November 1 from Manila. raked up again in front of every-
the work had not been com- This morning three Chines to smooth: out the one. If only I could convince ally, hard-working characters in
An Indian, merchant was fined respect of 1933/34 assessment in a Flat Major, Op. GLA "Les path of our and Canberra Melbourne
are ew settlers.
new
pleted.
men appeared before Mr Hin- £300 for attempting to export $33,000; a dividend of 50 cents Adieux (Beethoven) Albert Fore making last-minute efforts to
Curiously enough, majority of
Hearing is continuing. shing Lo at Central charged fountain pens without a licence per share on the paid-up capital ver (Piano): 940, Musical Notebook savo the situation, and it could be
with importing gold without n
Ryan,
(Studio) 10, BBC by Mr. Hin-shing Le at Central less tax totalling $87,375.75; Presented by the Rev. Father, T that the whole thing will be those who are complaining the
Commerce and Industry. Hleence from the Director of this
bonus, of $2 per share. on the Convert fan pindysliping, team- morning.
shares Tahliram Narain, 28, pleaded ordinary
(less tax) Traits: Sony Crea allowed to muddle along. Regret loudest are hardly migrants any
pondente à aur she Multika, Sement Melbourne has already lost more some have been
The defendants, Kok To-kan guilty to attempting to export amounting to 3349,409,75; and in 18 in Wentner pa United Nations, Mar. 31, years. ething that is vitally neċes-over thres
38, of 6 Chun Yuen Street, ground 48 dozens The African-Asian group of floor, Tong Kow, 38, of 229 Des through the General Post-Office Bonuses to Founders less tax. Close w
accordance with Articlo 100 of 15. India How. De Alone I of fountain pos
the Articles of Association, fonto tel: 1.15, Goldhethe The hard luck story of the nations yesterday
Horie; Go-Save Ten Quin: 1130, decided
Scout! complaint against the Chinese numbered but in Shek Kip Mel
people that crima doesn't pay."
TE
A FRESH CHANCE
He sighed at the magnitude of suel a task, and said: "11 give each of you a fresh chance. Pay £20 each, or go to prison for three months There will be no time to pay."
The 'three-alpped out, going | Australian people, like boys. dom. -head's
ELICACER: Of sary to make a Olympics the goodwill, moral. support
horo
City next month to have a look he was taken to hospital with
Burma's. Complaint
of the
to Voeux Road West, second floot on March 30 dox pro Directors and Staff in the amounts and backing of the week: Two hours before Gee support the inclusion of Burma's and lam Sau-took, 42, of an un-
long's "Coronation Sen
that
and Fain of $20,762.40; $15,292,80; Narain study The-- Internatiorial Olymple was to all for Britain In 'The | Nationalist, government on the | Village, pleaded not guilty to the sowin
present General charge through their defending brought a parcel addressed to $30,583.00 respectively leaving
balance of $14,202,34 to be carried Davao City, Philippines and the next secount "atjer`a. pafrifü) interview. They Committee is to meet in Mexico, aircraft-carrier HMAS Sydneyembly:
counsel, Mr J. C. Stewart. The Assembly's Bleering Com- The exact amount of gold was declaring that the parcel con beet. There is 29 much untidy Dan Charlesworth, is still in mittee meets today to consider 1,120 faels, made up of 14, Jargo tained furnishing cloth when in red on it that in one is going hospital, but if he recovers will whether the Burmese item bara and 38 amall bars. It was fact it contained fountain pens,
to join should be placed on the agenda, seized during a searcir," of "the
Me Lordared the confiscation to be surprised when we are be flown to Perth pushed out of the picture.
-Reuter,
ship's engine-room.
of the fusiblain pena.
would have to begin the laborious. schuilding of their characters ofrosh.:; Zhala - Limg might prove harder than the fast and for a start they nedod 200 to Boat the
at Australia's Cafes baloned suspected pneumonia.
Bydney there.
The lad
What's His Line } Selution NURSERYNAN.!
·loxen" zxorERA (LATRICH
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