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Ernie's Homecoming
RNIE'S STORY, if you
ters of It provided by the police, the probation officer, and himself, seemed to con- tain the elements of tragedy.
Hearing it, you Jooked with pity towards the man in the dock, who had been found guilty of loitering In the West End
with intent to attended cars.
steal from un-
Ernie, to be sure, did not look
AIR SAFETY TALKS
Berlin, Juno 8. Delegates of the West- ern powers and Russia'_at here decided to set up "a working group of experts", to consider technical ques- tions, a British spokesman said tonight,
An official communique issued after the meeting, the sixth of the series, sald the United State delegate, Brigadier General W, S. Stone, put forward new counter proposals to earlier sug-
made by tho Soviet
jegate
The Soviet delegate, Major particularly pitiable. He was
Was General F. S. Goodkov then bronzed as a Whitsun holiday-made new suggestions, maker, and a whimsical half- mile flickered from time to time across his face as the story was told. The holiday mood was echoed in his clothes, for under his jacket exploded such n violent selection of scarlots and blues, that you might have thought he had dressed in a hurry that morning, and put on his Corona-
tion decorations Instead of his
shirt.
'SOME LAST WEEK' ❝DY trade, sir," said the officer "Bin charge of the case to Mr Belram Recce, the magistrate, man is a window-cleaner, self-employed. He was earning £10 a week...."
"When did you last clean any windows?" Mr Reece asked, glancing at Erale's shirt, then quickly glancing away again, wondering, perhaps, whether any window-glass made could stand the impact of such violence.
"Done kom?
last week, ir. Bradford," Ernie put in.
"Why did you come Lu Landen?" "Bigger
shops, Jobs, sir, eicetera, and.... A sudden retleence seemed to seize Emle, and I became understandable when
But no concrete facts emerged from the meeting, which, was started at 5 GMT
p.m.,
in the United States deadquarters here, The two-day talks were the, Arst since the far-reaching re- shuffle among the Soviet Repre-
In sentatives
Germany and Austria.
The delegates agreed to meet ngain in the headquarters of the British military government in Berlin. The time and date were to be fixed later.
The communique, did not say what technical questions the
of group "working
experts" or when they would consider would meet-Reuter.
KORDA
MARRIED
SECRETLY
St Paul de Vence, France,
June 8... The British flm magnate, Sir Alexander Korda, and 26-year- old Alexandra Boycun, of Fort William, Ontario, were married hero secretly today.
for
the policeman took up the thread of his story again. The officer said that Emic had only been back a
a year from Army service
The Secretary of State in Malaya; he hinted that family trouble (Ernie is married and Information, Emile Hughes, who has children aged 10 and three)ia Mayor of the tiny beauty spot as well as the lure of large aud artists
married had brought him to
colony,
windows,
them. London.
Sir Alexander Korda 'had "I'd like to know more about earlier told reporters on board his home affairs." said the his yacht at Cannes that he magistrate, and he ordered Ernie expected to get married to Miss
-might-be-made.---
to be remanded so that inquiriesime." " "two or three months'
Looks of sympathy from the
DOLOROUS MOOD
The bride wore & white and
public gallery followed Ernie red print dress, mink stole over from the court. His sounded to a lace blouse and a small close be a story everyone had heard fitting white hat over her flaxen bofore of the soldier returning hair. from war to find his home in
Sir Alexander Korda was in a fragments.
dark-blue double-breasted sult, hotless, and a dark tle.
This is Sir Alexander Korda's In 1919 he marriage. WHEN next he appeared, Ernie thirt
himself seemed to
film have married
actress Maria caught the dolorous mood of Farkas. In 1939 he married fim those who had seen him depart; star Merle Oberon at Antibes. there were no smiles now, and His marriage to Merle Oberon even his shirt seemed to have was dissolved in 1945. quietened in tone.
Alexandra Boycun was born Mr Badger, the probation and raised in Fort William, officer went into the witness-Ontario, where her parents aro box:
wealthy farmers. She went to "I understand, sir,” he said, "that there is a warrant out London to study singing and in Bradford for this man for met Sir Alexander Korda at a Larceny
party there. "Hm." sald Mr Reece,
Sir Alexander said his the real reason for his coming to bride has never been in films
and never will be."--Reuter,
London is being revealed?"
"now
"Yes, sir. As regards to his home life, sir, I gather that since he came out of the Service he has done a great deal to spoil his marriage — gambling, not attending to his work, being so erratic that his wife left him." What is the larceny!"
A policeman stepped forward: "Borrowing laddors and dis-
thens," of
he said: "I
understand there is more than
one case."
I
sec.
has
Israel-Jordan Agreement
Tel-Aviv, June 8. Israel and Jordan today signed an agreement in Jerusalem for effective measures to combat border infiltration, according to Well, the background an Israel army spokesman. to all that will have to be ex- plored and variated cise vides for effective measures to The six-point agreement pro- where," said the magistrate. He
to the border. sentenced Ernie to six weeks in
restore peace
It also provides for periodle meetings between local com- mandera on the border.
It says that all
gaol.
, IT WAS HARD-
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TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1953.
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Queen Presents Coronation Medals
APPEAL AGAINST
JUDGMENT
TENANCY UPHELD
Alleged Wounding With Intent
One of two men alleged to have inflicted fifteen stab-wounds on Wong Wing, a hut-maker, on August 30 last year, Mok Pan-chin alias Mok Yu- pan was arraigned. before Mr Justice Scholes and a jury of seven men at Supreme Court this morning on alternative charges of wounding with intent to murder and wounding with intent.
While
he knew, entered. One was Mok! Yu-pan and the other was called Lau Lan-isal.
Lau accused Wong of being D
Defendant was unrepresented, while Wong was waiting in the and Mr G. R. Sneath, prosecut hut two men, both of whom ing counsel, outlining the case to the jury, said that the alleged incident occurred when Wong Wing went to Hut 2, Lan Yu Lin, to look for someone. We police informer who had told he was waiting men, one of whom was the ac-the police about him, but Wong entered the hut. The denied this, Lau then sald to
to death" and took knife from
men at his top pocket, Both tacked Wong who said both had knives with which they stabbed him several times.
The
Queen. pins
蟲
i
Coronation Medal on Canadian naval officer at Buckingham Palace Inst (dnesday as she pre- sented Coronation Medals to 2,600 officers and men of Commonwealth contin- gents who attended the Coronation. The Queen was wearing a lupin blue fitted coat, with matching -hat-Reuterphoto.
Dutch New
Guinea
Incident
• man challenged Wong the accused "Stab him, stub him today elted "proof" that In-
and accused him of being a pollee-informer who had got him and his companion into trouble a week or so previously.
Wong
Man Wins Claim For Premises
An appeal against the judgment of Mr Justice Wicks who dismissed appellant's claim for possession of the top floor of 158 Queen's Road Cen- tral occupied by respondent, was allowed by the Full Court, comprising the Chief Justice, Sir Gerard Howe, and the Senior Puisne Judge, Mr Justice T. J. Gould, this morning.
A
Appellant was Teul Pot-chi, | Onding as to the duration of the merchant, sole proprietor of tenancy and there was totally the Ho Ting Kee Firm of 158 lacking any of those necessary Queen's Rood, Central, ground ingredients that made this floor, and he was represented tenancy agreement entitling the by Mr Brook A. Bernacchi, in respondent to occupation of the atructed by Mr A. S. C. Comber. premises, he submitted.
His client had done nothing Chan Chíu, Respondent was widow, of 158 Queen's Road in the matter other than on Cestmi, top floor, who appeared taking over the premises to in in person. She was not reform respondent that she must presented by Counsel.
leave. He submitted that the agreement could not stand and could not be heard to be raised in the Courts, in that it was not in writing.
In the claim heard before Mr Justice Wicks, appellant claimed he was, the tenant of the pre- mises in question. Defendant was the widow of one of the partners
sion tag
bo
NO "MEMORANDUM The position was that there of the Ho Ting Keo Firm and appellant claimed was no note or memorandum that she was allowed to occupy of this tenancy that was relied the the top floor premises free of upon as a right to stay on rent.
premises. In his submission the Aupellant further claimed that judgment could
not
stand the partnership was dissolved cause The Court had heard a by mutual consent in October. person who was found, as a re- 1952, whereby he became the suit of the judgment, to be a sole proprietor of the business. tenant without any obligation on December 1, 1852, he the face of it to pay rent be- terminated the licence for occause no one knew what the
and rent was. cupation of the premises requested respondient to vacate Respondent buí ske refused.
that she had the premises for the past 18 years and was prepared to pay rent. She had actually offered tho rent through
her then solicitors but it was refused.
Оп
Appellant claimed she was in wrongful occupation. His claim for possession was dismissed with coste February 13, | 1953.
on
Court below.
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TUESDAY, JUNE # Dy, Air Indo-China, France, French North & West Africs, 4.50 p.m., via. Air Vietnam.
Japan. 6 p.m., T.A.C.
"Pakistan, Middle Durms, India, Court East. told the
"Africa, Great Britato been living on Europe. I p.m., 3.0.A.C.
By BurfacO Macao, a.m.; 0 p.m.. Hong/Tak Shing.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE ‘10 By Air
Receive Their Medals
In a short and
impressive
C.P.A.
1 Lee
ANT
Japan, pm, 4.0.A.C. Malays, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand. Ceylon, India, Pakistan, Middle East. Great Britain and Europe, 0 pm. 3.0.4.C.
By Sarface. A Macao, ain, 6 pan, sa Leo Hong/ Tak Bhing.
China, People's Republic; Dio a.m., tram via Canton,
Formosa, am, as Wing Seng. Buta, 24.3. — Warta.
Ceylon, India, Pakistan," "Noon, "sa | Mathilda Mɔark.
„Japan & Canada, Noon, as China
Indonesia, Noon, as Kyoto Maru, Malaya, i p.m., Somali, Philippines 1 p.m., as Málskerk. Aden, Middle East, Italy, Franos,
Allowing tho appeal, the Philippines, Guam, Hawali, USA. - GROUNDS OF APPEAL
Court ordered a stay
of Conada am.. via P.Alug
Indo-China Malaya. Indonesia, The Aunratia,
New Zealand, 8 The grounds of appeal were execution for 28 days, (1) That there was no evidence, respondent was ordered to pay
Formosa, Japan, 1 pm, C.A.T... alternatively
and no sumcient evi- the cost of the appeal dence, to entitle the learned the cost of the hearing in the Judge to hold there was a binding agreement to permit the tenancy of respondent to have the premises; (2) That the terms of the agreement, as evidenced
the by respondent and her be witnesses are too vague to The Hague, June 8.
enforceable; and (3) That there The Dutch Foreign Ministry
was no note or memorandum of the agreement sufficient to satis- donesians who landed in Dutch
fy the Statute of Frauds, New Guinea on May 11 were Mr Bernacchi said that this ceremony at Kai Tak this morn-j planning infiltration and had not
was an appeal on fact and Inwing four Chinese civilian person- "merely
been accidentally arising out of a case before Mrnel of the Royal Air Force were Great Britain and Europe, i pas. carried off course."
Justice Wicks. The case really presented with Coronation za Awała Maru. denied this, but the
On May 10 an official states arose out of what happened when medals by Group Capt. Newman,
THURSDAY, JUNE 115 man shouted "Stab him, stab
He tore away and ran outside
an old partnership was dissolved, Station Commander. RAF, Kai
By Alr him to death" and together the the house. He jumped into the ment here said Dutch troops took
he wald. Respondent in the case Tak.
Formosa, p.m., via C.A.T par fell on Wong and stabbed nullah and ran along it, and strong action against armed
was a relative of a deceased The recipients were: Messrs Philippines, Guam, Elawall, USA" him with knives. Wong escaped the two men gave chase, caught Indonesian soldiers' who landed
westernmost partner and on the termination Yung Ah-lin, Chiang Kam-mul. (S4 anciano), 136 pm, F.A.A. from the hut and jumped into him, and stabbed him again. He part of the mainland of Dutch of the partnership there appear-Ha Cho-moon and Hong Ping-pince, North, Homeo, 6. Dmy
C.P.A. n nullah. He was followed by shouted save ife" unil he part of
ed to have been a meeting held kwong.
Elam, Malays, Indonçala, Australia, the who stabbed him again could not shout any more, and New Guines
men,
in tho Holland claimed to have cap-
offices of a Me T. A.
Zealand, India, Pakistan. Before the presentation Capt. Now before running away.
the two men ran away.
Newman said in a short address Middle East, Africa, Great Brizm Certain tured the boat, a mortar, bren Martin, an accountant. for help Wong shouted
rifles and hand grenades, things happened at thia
that
it was a great pleasure for and Europe, 8 pm.. CF.A/8.0AC
Formosa, Okinawa, o pun.. ILSON/ › meeting managed to climb out of the
him to present the medals to N.W.AL
By Surface nullah before collapsing on the until the found a piece of wire
believed the evidence of res-
Macno, G aš, 6 pan, as Lee Hong? grass where he was eventually and pulled himself out. Then he
China, People's Republic, 9.30 dia. Lound and taken to hospital. He walked along a path until he felt
and that
collapsed on the Indonesian troops been Counsel said. In fact Mr Justice Royal Air Force.
relatives of Besides the
thetram via Canton. afternoon. dizzy on operated
on to News
Wicks found that Mr Martin in
those present were In view of the words spoken ground. Shortly afterwards, an driven off course
the Indonesians were announcing certain decisions that recipients and the fact that the asallanis cebulance arrived and tooût him Guinea,
Wong away?
admitting what they first denied had been taken also announced Station Adjutant Fit/Lt." W. A.
Wing had given. chase when
—that any Indonesian
Commander troops that although the promises would Jeffrey, rocom-
Offlcer Want said he had known the
be taken over by à perSON wore involved,
stated Hearle,
Commanding ran away, Mr Sneath
and S/Lars mended to the jury that they accused for seven years..they
to be the successful bidder at an Technical Wing should bring in a verdlet on hack first met in Canton.
auction (that person ultimately Collis and Connelly. the first count.
Cross-examining Wong, teased
turned out to be the appellant, alleged that witness led when he
Counsel said) that in fact appel- Lat would permit relatives of said they knew one another. He mundication with them.
that deceased partners to stay on the said he did not know Wong at all troops who were exhausted as premises at a reasonable rental.
The case is proceeding."
Unfortunately neither side
IDENTIFIES ACCUSED
but
Evidence would be given by a women, who had been nearby and who had heard the fight and the man running away-but the who could not recognise accused, Mr Sneath said. Wong Mok Identified himself had during an identification parade, and In addition to this Mok had a motive as he had been arrest- fed by police in the same hut on August 17 on information he believed to have been given by added, how- Wong. Counsel
ever, that Mok had been re- leased and must not be thought of as a man of bad character.
Dr Wong Ylu
tin, Officer Hospital,
who
was
Wong ren along the mullah The Foreign Ministry cited | and the learned Judge found the recipients for, their long
those arguments
1. By contending that the pondent and her witnesses, and meritorious service with the Tak Shing
Dangerous Storage: Man Fined
"Just
had
2. The Ministry asked how Djakarta could know that the troops had been driven off course if they had not been in com
3. It was "unusual"
Indonesia claimed should open
fire on a police boat with mortars. seemed to have called the one The Minister further denied man about whose words there the Indonesian chergo that Hol=was a dispute, timely, Mir Martio ffard · Wad exaggerating the himself, Counsel said.
incident-Rouler.
Radio Hongkong
H.K.T.
Forces
(BBCTS),
NO TENANCY
Apart
from that Mr Bernacchi submitted that in fact there was nothing in the evidence on which a tenancy could be found, both because there was not a sufficient cer- tainty, as to the tenancy to in law and creato a tenancy because there was no note OF memorandum of such Xa fact,
tenancy ever made.
went
Counset
on, as the learned the only Judge pointed out, memorandum that was ever produced in the case was memorandum which made no. mention of this tenancy.
invited
Ho
the
Court to study
findings of the learned Judge ho would have to refer to the
TOW, when Ernie left, you did | the demarcation Une have been caused by a' fall or a dangerous goods Koenco and Written and produced by Eileen; the evidence and in view of the 1
Bhould be
not sense he had the public's banded back for punishment at
meeting.
of
The deepest and most serious the wounds, he said, was 31⁄2"
2"
sympathy. He evidently, not hils carm to the agreement in death and reached the lung element of tragedy, had 'gone. L'ortomy or armed civilians Other wounds were about
wife, had broken up his home. And yet I wondered if the "no
D. Time Signal and Programina Summary: 0.03, Melody with the Harmony: 7, one lighted cigaretto Stars; 0,30, Twilight Medical from the flats above might have First Hearing presented by Donald Brooks (Studio): 7.30. Ia Demi- at the Kwong Wah caused a disaster" said Divi Heure Francaise (Studio): 759, Wen- Houre sional Omoer R.IIJ. Brooks of ther Report; B. Time Signal, World Surgeon at Kowloon Hospital the Fire Brigade, when Lam Nows and News Talk (Landon Re on August 30 last year, gave Cheung, 48, sub-manager of the lay 615 "Plane Playtime"-K
(London Relay); evidence to the effect that on Sun Po Chuen Kerosens Store, neth- Dingley (Concert Hall): 8.30 that day he treated Wong who 818 Lockhart Rond, pleaded Musool Notebook presented by
Father Flyan, BJ bad 15 stab-wounds on various guilty before. Mr Hin-shing Lo the Rev.
The story of the work parte of his body in addition to this morning to two charges of (Studio): 0.39, Journey from
of Being done for the deal a Britain. an area of scratch which could
the conditions violating
struggle.
passion of dangerous goods lots: 10.30, At the BalleL
scope (Constant Lambert) Ltvey=" without a licence,
Philharmonic Orch. cond. by
Яult evidence on the respondent's Constant Lambert. "Facade"
Orch. side rather than on the 'ap- The defendant was fined $500 (Walion)-The Philharmonia
cond. by Constant Lambert; 1959, pellant's side, because the bulk or three months' hard Inbour.
News Mr. Brooks Long, but none of the others
told the Court Weather Reports 11: Itadio that on June 8 the defendant's Reel London Reay): 11.15, Good- of his arguments were based on night Music, God Save The Queen: the fact that the respondent's ovidence itself did not produce Men found it hard to settle down any aggressive actions across the couched a vital organ
Wong, he added, was An Apremises were visited. and 504 110, Codes Down
that certainty; that was neces- who came back with the mass of lines against people and lillary exdical condition: his life was in gallons of kerosena were found,
establish tenancy men from war; they must find it forces of the other party." harder who, 10ke Emie, return The agreement is valid for An operation was per- some of which were just stored WOMAN CHARGED to
agreement. formed that aftemoon, and on in an open bath-tub in the yard,
WITH MURDER After reading the evidenco from other wars alone. ·
September 21, after a pdriod of
Continuing. Mr Brooks sald
given by appellant, respondent convalescence of Lat Chi Kok
A 24-year-old -married | and her witnesses and the judg hospital, Wong was discharged, that the defendant had a lleenco 100 allowing him, to store.
woman, Imu Slu-lin, afment Mr Bernacchi referred VICTIMTS EVIDENCE gallons of kerosene, which was 124 Queen's Road East, ap the Court to Hill and Redman's maximum allowed for sared before Mr Hin Law on Landlord and Tenant. In the witness box Wong saldo Algiers, June 8.
storage in a tenement house. ahing Lo at Central this morn-In his submission it was totally Snow fell in the Kabylle dis that on August 30 last year he Tho, defendant has more than ing charged with the murder of macking that the degree of cer
Algoria today for the visited Kowloon Taal village to 400 gallons in excess.
Yeung Yun-pul on May 17 attainty could enable the agros- ment to be a tetuincy agreement. At 11 am United Nations first time in living memory at look for his elder Brother who
lived at No. 4 Lan Yu Lin, In mitigation the accused: said Queen's Road East,, Wanchal
The focused was remanded It only referred to rent and the ant Communist delegates took this time of the year. Boats at the conference table The temperaturo, dreppet to Subsequently he went to 2A Lan that it was his first offence, and
the rent should here for the sixth secret session 41 degrees Fahrenheit in the Yu Lin to look for a man called asked the Court for leniency, for roven days in Felice custodylearned Judge hair found as a
Algieri Reus Ah Kam. This was at about 11 The kerosene was ordered to after the charge had been read fact was
and explained to her,..
no reasonable. There was no and the 25th session of the re-mountains near
a.m. Ah Kem was not in and be confiscated. opened armistice talks-Reuter, ter.
TALKS RESUMED
Panmunjom, June 9, The Korean truco talk were
resumed here this morning.
party shall undertake
three months-Router.
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