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CASEBOOK
A London Evening
jt
THE young Dutch busi- nessun came over on the Hook of Holland- Harwich service, and his first sight of London was Liverpool Street station all Its morning glory.
The gossamer quality of the galety there is enough to per- suade most visitors that London is full of romance and improba- billy, and the young busincas- mniin.
whose nume was Freddy, caught the mood at once.
50
ahend,
In nan
CHINA MAIL
Trade Agreement Debate
(Continued from Page 1)
the Lancashire textile industry wis having great dimeulties.
was the "most effective specch In the debate.!!
Mr Thornycro aid the knew of Lancashire's celling that NO POWER OR RIGHT
Japoneze wegen were only 40 Turning to the colonies, Mr
per
cent of the British. Maudling" sax): "We have no **Bu
acty FTC
this only | power or right to say they must people in the world who hayo
not spend their own money Japanese but Lancashire goods fears about other people,"
Nor
Bild
On
he foft.
w-ene
and fear of
lie added: "I don't think any
The gap between Japanese and one would dispute that nothing | British.
WENS WES about the could have a worse effect on same as that between British and our relations with the Common-American wages. There wealth and the colonies If we tout protests at this, includiog were to insist on a proposition a cry of "You diy ass." of that kind."
Mr Thiemeyerofil went on to Mr Maudling suld it had dead with erkicism (never been the practies of any unfair practices
government to consult a whole Those allegations had scame - industry before coming to de-times been. Hetly made of the cisions.
The Labour Govern- Japanese, Mr Thoneycroft estd. ment in 1051 did not do so when But there were already treaty He dropped his bag Lit sit imposed the colonial quotas provisions dealing with it.
1. 101.
it seek as hotel, and somehow got through in
Id was coxpressly provided that The working day. Then
unfair the |surance ogzins
trading the Japanese should conform to enchanting evening lay
practices when i signed the internationally
fair accepted
dificult read thes whole
to seemed 1931 Japanese agreement. town
practices. was Mr Maudling gave But
an imagine anything
more epecific If instances
of than that. assurance that unfair trading practices were
The Japanese were signatories brought to the Government's of the Madrid Convention nollee it would take action. fáleg indications of origin Brid
Mr Maudling sald it was true another one
Do industrial pro- that Lancashi, e would have to perty rights
SITUATION MET bear a darge purst of the bunden. But that was because it was
The Conservativo amendment textiles. particularly cotton exactly met the situation, they textiles. that the colonies wanted said. It askeri that if the treaty
obligations to buy,
broken, Lancashire should not be at the mercy of Japan.
Clearly
there was
a limit to what the Government could do. But he could give the assurance that it would watch the situa- tion. If it found the treaty ebligations were broken it would take "adequate steps." No doubt the colonial Governments could consider taking comparable ac- tion.
As
often happens
the romances,
young presently met a girl.
DOUBLE MAGIC
ND 115
AN usually
happens brud. she
seemed possessed of twice the magle of the girls in Dordrecht or Ulrecht or Bergen-op-Zoum, because he had sole of her
her Janguage, and she had not a word of his
At a point in the evening bu said, with a thunb in the right page of his pocket dictionary, "We will have dinner, yes?"*
23
Suits ane," the girl said. "Dunner, eh?" Freddy repented. To make his meuning eteur, he went through the motions ealing.
"Sure, said the girl, "let's Hо."
The malin increase int the colonial Hicences would be in the In the other
entrepot colonies.
colentes which bought Japimese the in- gods for consumption, crease in Beensed imports would be £7,500,000 compared with £25,000,000, lus! year-fran
£17,500,000 to
The adul aimoun't sold in thoma corales would depoud upon
the degree to which Lanbashire was competitive and to which Japanese exports dis- But Best," Freddy said, "1 placed goods from other coun- must some money have from tries. any bag which in iny hotel is." Even If the Japanese avid £25,000,000 in the colonies, that VANISHING TRICK
would be substantially less than the 46%]/HATEVER you say suid
at which rate
the colonies the girl, who was begin were buying immediately after ning to be bored with Freddy, and thought she saw a way ΟΙ todging the evening ahead.
1051
A
agreement. situation had reached where
there
They reached Freddy's hotel.on
now
were no
were
on
The colonies were "masters of their own fate" in these matters.
They and not the British Gov- emment decided what were the appropriate quotas.
That was n
longer any balance of payments to the
the colonies of goods they need.
"You just wait here," he said to reasons for limiting imports into increase of £7,500,000 on goods
sup
the
ed from
Mr M
to
No one would suggest that if Japs was going to sell textiles to China che should not do it through Hongkong.
perfectly legiti- been male and proper trade.
Of the rest £23,000,000 went
the non-entrepot colonies-
the worl, get the money.
-possibly including 50,000,000 of cloth. beamed, and bounded
00,000,000 yards said in practice Lancashire would not lose
m11 steps into the hotel lobby, like
this should not mean a sub- that, he
sald. Some of the loss o stag. When he
back,
of Lanca- stantial displacement
would be sustained by India and shire goods in the colonies.
other countries. NO SERIOUS INJURY He went into the street, and looked up and down. At Best, Without renewal of the
ሆነ There was no sigh of her. Then sterling
payments agreement he thought he saw her on the there might well be a bilateral taken here it would be taken by
countries other other side of the road. He raced Japan-Australia payments agree.
"Now. #cross,
now, now," he ment which might have forced there.
the case for said, in mock reprimand, "you more Japanese goods
"In my opinion into think you run away, eh?" 11 Australia
the agreement is overwhelming." Lancashire's
he concluded.-Reuter. was the wrong girl. This one expense. took one look at Freddy, and bolted.
the garl vid gone.
pu
tame
41
Mr Maudling said there was "no shadow of doubt" the agree- ment was in Britain's interests, SECOND ATTEMPT
It would do no serious injury to any British Industry, UZZLED, the young man re-
Mr Ralph Asheto,
a Con- turned across the roodway,
"Ah," he Fervative from Lancashire who looking about him. sold to himself, there she is moved the Conservative motion
total sald Me Maudling's speech had diseksed some additional thets
another
He swept up to stranger, and this young woman WAR so put about by Freddy's advance upon her, that she ran and attached herself to on away edcly lady who was passing, end
out begged to be escorted Friddy's range.
A
ing
of
policeman had been watch- Freddy: Now he came up.
tend
to
If the £3,000,000 grey Japanese cloth
worth of were not
and woven
Queen Tours NSW Coast
Sydney, Feb. 11,
} small crowd saw
Only of which he and his friends were not previously aware. He thought Queen Elizabeth and the Duke they would
allay of Edinburgh leave Government House here today for their tour Lancashire's fears,
of the south coast of New South Mr. M. Thorobin, a Con- Wales. servative, who recalled that for several years he was a prisoner
"I'm arresting you," he said, "for using Insulting behaviour whereby a breach of the peace might
been occasioned." | Japan have
The Royal couple travelled in
cpolice people.
Freddy reached for his pocket tralin a bigger wool cheque, it a
dictionary.
-
*BE CAREFUL ...
"WERE these
respectable
potteries.
line
mile car thenes suburbs of
In the
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1954.
SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith
11-5
"No, I know I don't need an expensive necklace, but we ought to look ahead-think of all the money we could borrow on it if we ever were hard up!"
Court Dismisses
Appeal Against Death Sentence
CLICKER BALLPOINT PEN writi
RUBY tip
SHEAFFER'S
No Contact With Advancing Rebels Yet Established
Vientiane, Laos, Feb. 10.
French Union forces, including both French and Laotian units, returned to the threatened royal capital of Laos, Luang Prabang, tonight to report that they had no news of the whereabouts of the Vietminh's 308th shock division advancing on the city,
Despite numerous attempts to contact the rebel divi- sion, all patrols returned empty-handed and French mili- tary circles expressed the opinion that the Vietminh advance had slowed down considerably.
not
The Laotian Crown Prince population of Luang Prabang Sivang Vatthana arrived here was excellent. He said he be- today from Lamang Prabang to llevod the situation was attend the opening session of ninrming. the Laos National Assembly,
He stated that the morale of the Laotian forces and of the
Convicted Man Quotes The Bible
ол
The Full Court
were
21
Tonight the main body of the rebels was still believed to be 30 to 40 miles away from the royal capital, on both banks of the Nambac River, waiting for orders to march on the city,
cut
French warplanes carried day-long bombing and strafing attacks on Vietminh troop concentrations and; bar- racks throughout the whole of the battle área.
crat
Vietminh spearheads, believed to be about 1,800-strong, were this at the approaches to the town, but a general assault was not morning dismissed two expected until the main Viet- appeals ---- one against con-minh forces bad reached viction, the other against striking distance of the capital. severity of sentence-France-Presse, brought by Tang Kwok- DECISION CRITICISED ching and Wong Chow, who
Washington, Feb. 10. were sentenced 10
Two American Senators today months by Judge W. A. added their voices to that of Blair-Kerr on November 1 Senator John C. Stenuis, Demo-
13 charges of con-
of Mississippi criticising the United States government's spiracy, making false state decision to send American avia An appeal against sentence of death for the ments on oath and bank-tion technicians to Indo-China. murder of a woman Wu Kwai-lan on July 10, 1953, ruptcy offences. The appellants
Democrat Senater found
Gorry was brought by Ho Chung-foon, 24, rubber factory guilty of having conspired to- Floyd Byrd of Virginia told the gether to defraud creditors of press that such a declsion In- worker, before the Full Court of Appeal, com-
the second appellant by present-volved risks. prising the two Puisne Judges, Mr Justice C. W.ing a false potition for bank- He stressed that Admiral ruptcy in the name of the first Arthur Radford, Chairman of Reece and Mr Justice J. R. Gregg this morning.
appellant.
the Joint Chiefs of Staff had Tang (first appellant) told only announced this move on The appeal was dismissed.
the Court comprising the two Friday to the Senate Armed Pulsne Judges, Mr Justice C. W. Services Committee of which he Recce and Mr Justice J. R. is a a member. Gregg, that he eused. At the time he petitioned now be expected to ask first for
the authorities aircraft for bankruptcy
Jnter for pilots and should have been nware that
forces and that he n, otherwise, he argued,
oppose any such request, would
Senator
Walter George would
of not have
said that should the States send fighting to Indo-China, Com- China could logically
follow
Mr T. Shurlock told the Court) that he was assigned té' appear for the appellant, on the instruc- tions of Mr Alfred Hon.
Counsel said that appellant was tried before Mr Justice Scholes and a Jury on a charge of murder and was found guilty and sentenced to death on December 1 inst.
Appellant had appealed on the ground that he was falsely ac- cused and wrongly convicted, Counsel said.
WITNESS
was falsely ac-
said that France could
he was a pariner of the firm in ground ATTACKS
ACCUSED
qu
his been
He sald seconic Taila
appellant was not pretending to
George Lee
Falls Township, Penn.,
Feb. 10.
Capp
was a
to
sult, and
be a bankrupt but in acutal fact forces bankrupt unable to satisfy munist
expect his debts.
Ho werd on to say thi when also send troops there, as they Korea-France- second appellant peptoned the had done "Registrar of Bankrupty he did Prosse. Mr Shurlock said he had studied the record with care and wounded Korean war not make clear the address of the had consulted some of his veteran charged with the first appellarut or argued that if colleagues and he was unable to slaying of 15-year-old they had conspired together the adziress would have been And any ground on which to
proper appeal argue the
the before
given. Court.
·
Marta Gibbons, was beaten by the victim's stepfather Sesond appellant who appealed during a dramatic arraign against severity of sentence raid ment here tonight, CII cong for the past 20 years
his
As
45,
he had becol a busineminen in
:.
In Fear Of
Earthquake
Guatemala City, Feb. 10. Fear gripped many Guatema
a destrusive carthquake would hit the coLITY= tay in the sake of the more than
Flash!
the
Available at
All Good Stores
Newsman?.
Flat Burgled
M. Pierre Doublel's fat at Lakeside Apartments, 23, Bouch Bay Road, WAR burgled early this morning, the thieves getting away with about $500 worth of articles, including s radio- M. Doublot, who is the deling
Малакет of the Bureau. .of Agence France - Presse lves in a ground floor flat
Hongkong
at Lakeside Apartments. Entry into the flat was made by way of the kitchen window.
In addition to the radio- Fram, the thieves stole four bottles of wine and all of the cookboy's clothing save one pair of trousers,
This is thp, "second bur-
which han klory
bern carried out at Lakeside Apariments during the past week.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2 By Air
Formosa, Okinawa, Japan, U.S.A. & Canada, 0 p.m.
Philippines, N. Borneo, 0 p.ni.
By Burface Molays. Burma, India, 1 p.m, Macao, p.m.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12 By Air Thailand, Burma, India, Cayton, Pakistan,
Africa, Middle East,
Great Britain & Europe, 0 am.
Indo-China, 10 5.m.
Formoso, Japan, Korea, I pan N. Borneo, Australia, New Zen- land, pm;
Malaya, Indonesia, 0 p.m. Japan, U.6.A. & Canada, & p.m. Indo-China, pan.
By Surface
China, People's Republic, 8.30 am, Macao, 0 a.m.
Formosa, 9 num.
Malaya, Burma, 7 p..
Macao. p.m.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13
By Air
Philippines, Gumo, Hawaii, USA.
& Canada, 8 a.m.
Burma, India, Ceylon,
a.. Thailand, Mataya, Pakistan, Middle East, Africa, Great Britale & Europe, → .m.
HawaH, p.m.
Formom. Okinawa, Japan, USA. & Canada, & p.m.
"Wanted" Man
Arrested
Washington, Feb. 10. Apee Hamp Chapman, want- cd for murder in Cleveland and one of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's 10 most wanted fugitives, was seized today in ncorby Silver Springs, Mary- land.
FBI
Chapman was placed on the Boven fugitive llet only days ago. FBI agents arrested him on a tip from a Washington grocer who recognised his pic- ture in the local edition of the Afro-American.
Chapman, who shaved off moustache to escape detection,. is wanted for the fatal shooting, of his wife and another, women and the wounding of two other. persons et a Cleveland party in February 1953.United Press.
Radio Hongkong
Counsel referred the Court to a caso id the Criminal Appeal Reports of 1948 (the care of Rex
Capps, who confessed to v. Frederick Reynolds) in which
and that was his first offence, the girl beating and shooting
He had a wife and seven the Land Chief Justice said that the Court always read the tran- after she had threatened to tell children (who he said were in
wife of their Court) and they were all de-lars today that pregnant script of the case and when it was perfectly clear there was no sexual relations, was held with-pendent on him for support.
QUOTES NEW TESTAMENT out ball for the Grand Jury on ground for uppeol there was n
His family could well be† 200 minor tremors felt in the part general murder charge. | duty, ces Counsel other than -fo
bell" the CoLLES
Ho than
be repre-
sat calmly during the described as "sheep without a 48 hours.
Thousands spent "the right in according Tho of war of the Japanese, declared a closed car and seemed in good
10 the Justice of shepherd" sented the appellant. If the hearing before
the open, siceping on improvised that the case for the agreement spirits as they swept through the
city strects. past small groups of Court had discovered anything the Peace, John Melvin, until New Testament, he said. was overwhelming.
in the case on which it wished the victim's stepfather
William
"I come before your Lord- beds in patios and backyards.
Widespread rumours that the one result was to make
estimate that despite
for lonlency completed his ships to appeal solvent and give Aus- the threat of more rain, halt
do hear is, Counsel would then imony about identifying the and mercy. I ask you to have feared quake could stike at j do his best to sift the Court
Mr Shurlock asked whether body of the girl lonely Curtis creatures of mine million people
after she had will
mercy on all these dependent on resulted as the cloeing eit all schools and colleges A might well be to the advantage Prince's highway for
their Lordships the 80-
would perhaps been found near
so that statement by the director of the At Bow Street, next morning. [of Lancashire,
to Wollongong,
Intimate to him whether there Lake last January 26.
may have a reduced sentence Nallemal Meteorological Observa- Freddy, dark-eyed as if through Mr John Edwards, in a wind-
was any point on which they from the stand, he passed the out and look after them,"
Gourley stepped down
and an early chance to come. tony that the ramctips were lack of sleep, but not unhand-ing up speech, for the Oppost- Kogarah and d Sutherland, 53,000
wished to hear him. As far as
be baseless, as it was scientifically some, pleaded not guilty to the tion, disputed Mr Maudling's school children were lining the
he could BC吧 there were no chair where Capps was seated pleaded!
impossible to predict Karih- two Court-appointed
to reassure charge, and the story was told contention that the agreement roads, and at places farther grounds on which to argue the between
Mr Justice Reece told Arst quakes, falled defence te Sir Laurence Dunne, the Chief was a continuation of the 1951 south.
counsel. Gourley workomen were busily appeal.
Yappellant that the Court was, of populace,-Uelled Press, Magistrate.
agreement. It had entirely new filling in potholes and cleaning
Mr Justice Reece sold that suddenly swung a hard right, the opinion that he (first, ap- features which were causing up the roadside.
the Court was in entire agree
which landed just above Capps'
Was properly com pellant) concern, for instance, in the As the Queen left Government ment with Mr Shurlock. Their left eye.
victed by the District Judge. House, light rain had begun Lordships had read the record policemen struggled for several The defence, counsel and two
The Court had considered the The now features
and they women he spoke to?" the token quotas
were falling in Wollongong-Reuter.
ware of the opinion minutes before they were able ground for saying
record and could not see any for Japanese
that there was nothing which
that the Sir Laurence asked the officer
Imports into Britain which had
Counsel could usefully advance to drag Courleg away from the In charge of the case.
convletion was wrong. The apli not been admitted
New York, Feb. 10. to get the verdict set aside. tempt to defend himself except defondant, who made no at- here since
peal was adamissed,
The world's biggest, belghtest was wrong
The Court felt that it was cledne light will be snapped on because
to keep his manacled hands the
little bit late in the day for
105 [publieky :for the first tane to- small
Mr. Simon Li, Crown Counsel, over his face.--United Press,
second appellant to think about morrow with að binding flash the reduced circumstances in oquai to 2,874 00-wat boke which his
family was pinced, hold buibs ali buming, at once. Mr Justice Reece told Wong,
76,000-watt 60-pound Becond appellant should have bulbs will shine lite a miniature
ita thought about that at the time
honour of Thomas Tokyo, Feb. 11.
the offence. comuakling
Eson's 107th birthday, and the The 7,100-col Panama- charge you conditionally the not sure whether the Opposition has it that Japan's first Emperor On Ferry Boat
perdereal motionship Cathering could find nothing in the the incandescent lamp A coro His Lordship said the Court mirersary of his invention of Freddy nodded, as
was today arported in a critical grounds which second appellant mony will be
heid in Rocke- || its/ from where it with doy GE channe words meant nothing much to was in favour of the agreement immu acceded.
donation, with all holds flooded urged to justify reduction of After the war the Occupation
Leder
Dick Bentley; and, Tigrany) Edwards · Centr him until he could consult his or against it. The big question
Sporta banned the celebration of Foun-
| anal slysi.ge, doubutul aften going sentence. What the Court could
(ABCT) Time Signal. dictionary.
Ho bowed deeply, was whether it was a good or
Review by Beig Young, (Beulajo)] 1,13,
· An application for the con- mengaanet“ dalys eight off Nolima
the previous 50,000- do for him, however, was that big bulb; half sisin aë
At the Opera Petrellas sins), froide and wont sadly away into the bad agreement. If it was bad dation Day.
Covent then no amount of consultation hito, however, continued quietly plying between. Tal O and W taken of the crew at the ro-
Japan's 124th Emperor Hiro-fiscation of a dagger and sheath Sac cone cartem crizance instead of making the sentence watt record-holder, will cast its (Wagner)))) hot 12 - 1(Adesson-3)and(2), deceptive gsloty of
With Principale, and, run is from today, to let it light on the ice-skating Rink Royal Duc Hour Covers Can Garden.
found abandoned on a ferry to Tokyo Bayan with: Lancashire would have turned it into a good one,
A United States naval dug tao start from the day of his arrest The bulb was developed by the (Chorus Masters DOU visiting sanctuaries and today, Some Labour members called within the "l'h walled, en- | battle and granted by Me: Hire Chubab of the vessel's, masters released
Street was made by the
order that you - máy be Gérièral Electric Company, ak; a land the's Phuisartsones i Degë
alfide cariler and feature of its diamond. Jublice | bryWildwin? zuriwang out "It is a bad one.
park on alga Rayadir. Mr Thorneporaft Then the Hirohita visited three sanctuaries shing Lo. at Ces
resunto your duty as shepherd celemtion of on
Edison'■'" most Me low moon is against the to pay, traditions thomage tapethew.xipower told the United State Neveld Court would also divert 20 Incher in diameter
London / Bela SOME carrying grillin your flock t
famous inventich Outside the Palace main re
The bulby:42 “flch
and Mr Justice kovce mid that the agreement." Their interruption tigious Farranged to meric the Court that the weapon: Ead
Foundation Day again, but he found on the Hougan
Lilogy that morne - "benett | blown at the didį mot;Atv hla^agi | Company #t Co
tion :) of | which" produced
suggest that quantities were
"Oh, quite respectable, sir." before the war. I "It was just the wrong ladies, 10 50 they was frighted," said Freddy,
"You've got to be careful, in this country," Sir Laurence sald
would have British economy.
no effect
Argument Over
the Foundation Day
on the
He was afraid that If Japanese
Tokyo, Feb. 11. Outside the Imperial Palace
to him. "You'd better have experts to the colonies were to
go up by £7,500,000 it would be in Tokyo today there was public
better system of recognition, if
you're going to meet young Indies. This time I shall dis-
'What's His Line?? Solation INVENTOR
London) Exprata Kerzion-
F
at the expense of Lancashire.
GOOD OR BADT
argument about celebrating Japan's Foundation Day on Mr Thornycroft and he was Feb, 11 in 680 B. C. tradition
closures of the Imperial Palace,
The Court
therefore did not wish further, to hear Counsel.
and he had nothing to engin
The appeal was accordingly
dismissed.
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