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CHINA MAIL
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER · 13, 1954.
CHINESE MAN ON SIDE GLANCES
100 Years MURDER CHARGE
Ago
To the Editor of the "Chino
Mall."
with me that
under a more
Hongkong, 6th Sep., 1854. Sir, think you will agree elent system of Police, the Inhabitants of this Colony would
Allegedly Started Fire
:
In Taipo Road House
A 36-year-old factory worker, Chau Hing was charged with the murder of an elderly co-tenant Ng Chung-yim before Mr Justice J. R. Gregg at the Criminal Sessions this morning.
The Prosecution described it as "a clear; the straight-forward case of murder" in which it
vol be left so much at the mercy of the Chinese as they usually In England, where
liberty of the subject is jealously accepted with confidence the responsibility of guarded, all public cond most proving the guilt of the accused.
tortion,
under hire aro
severely lens,
11
in
plying stringent requistions,
and ex-
The Crown alleges that Chaully set fire to the premises for or Teglect,
Bet deliberately
fire to In
the the purposs of killing certain in- but here,
exorbitantly Ocond floor of the promises al mates. British colony taxed for the payment of officials, Tal Po Road on the night of May 23-24 and Ng died of burns the public are left to pro- Lect
the un-a day later. themselves from
The accused is being defended principled attempts at extortion
by Mr Percy Chen, instructed Mr G. Golby, while Crown on the part of the Chinese; who break the law with perfeci Im-Counsel, Mr D.FO. Moyna is
altempts to punity,
while
Det assisted by prosecuting punish them only lead to trouble and annoyance
the Police Inap. A. Solitar.
The
accused
pleaded nol Offices, and retaliation in the
the guilty to the charge but before shape of combinations and in the Crown case commenced he timidation on their
port towards
rda put up his hand and called the each other. The only thing that Judge.
His
If the Jury found that the death of Ng was caused inten- tionally by the accused then be Malice, was guilty of murder.
of the the ordinary sense Word not be proved at all. If word, premeditation and motive the accused set fire to this house with
the Intention of kliling some or all of the inmates, then he was guilty of murder and it did not matter why he did it.
PRIME OBJECT
Mr Mayne reminded the Jury has kept matters at all square is
Counsel told him to sit the prime object of the deceased that it might occur to them that the redundant population
of down, but Crown Counsel and China, and the belive competi- the Judge were of the opinion was to kill some person or per- tlon to: employment! At present that he was entitled to have his sons other than the deceased. It the place may be considered in say.
༣.
a state of siege, both within and without, supplies being inter- cepted outside by pirates, and attempts
ADJOURNED
were
to
might occur to them the prime object was to kill members of Proceeungs
his own family. adjourned
This was an inference the for ten minutes to enable De
could fence at extortion inside.
Counsel
properly draw upon his Jury take Since the disturbances have ap- Instructions. When Court re-
which he would evidence the
the fire adduce Mr proached this place, the minds sumed,
Ретсу
showing Chen Chen 01- of the Chinese have been nounced that the accused did centred about his wife's bed. evidently unsettled,
not wish
wish to say anything.
In that case, although there Addressing the Jury of three may not be so intention to kill the deceased because there was Mayne declared that the ac-
an intention to kill other pre-
WASHERMEN
women
and
four. ei
make them hesitate before they used. Thirty four people lived of law.
The accused and his The trial is proceeding.
give way to their demands, In family lived on the left side of
Ng, lived on the right side.
Evidence would be given that some time prior to the events in the case the accused and his family were on bud terms with their neighbours and from time to time the accused appeared to be on bad terms with his own family.
The first place, admiiting that the verandah and the deceased, charcoal is deurer, how much does it require to fron 100 pieces of clothes, or they are dried in the sun. The enhanced price would not amount to more than 10 or 12 cents, yet we are culled upon to pay half-a-dollar per hundred, not while the increased price of Wox! con- tinues, but in future or until д An attempt to further rise. raise the prices was made about a year ago, but failed in con- sequence of many people threatening to send
to Macao,
and they
foll back to their old prices,
In the instance they have resorted to intimidation: one instance has come my knowledge, where a washerman lately arrived from Canton, and anxious for employ ment, was threatened, and in- formed that he must pay a fre of $25 if he washed for person who disputed their terms.
FINED $50
was
Man Drove Car
Without Valid Licence
Aw It-haw, 24, merchant,
- 5, M. Rog. 4, E. Pan Ort,
Sheaffer's "SNORKEL
By Galbraith R.A.F. World War II JOHN CLARKE'S
"We want a gift for our mother, but we don't want her to think we're poor, so it has to be real nice!”
Claim
Of
For Return Machinery
Hearing At Supreme Court
sented by Mr Fatrick Yu, In-time in May. He produced re
Bombing Policy Defended
London, Sept. 12. Blunt answers to criticisms of Britain's bombing policy in the last war are published today in the final volume of the officially commissioned Royal Air Force war history.
The joint authors, Mr Denis Richards and the late Mr H. St. G. Saunders, wrote: "Had Germany not been devastated with fire and high explosive and had not her industries in the process melted away she must have won the war. For she would inevitably have been able to build a bomber fleet and to have wrought far greater destruction than she in fact achieved."
The history says that the superior to those of Britain, the main charges against the majority of its men and bombing policy were and are machines were not."--Reuter," that it was a misuse of resources which should have gone to the -other ́services and that the re- sulta
were too Email for the amount of effort expended.
reply,
the In their
authora siale that the Bomber Command
was for a long time the only means Britain striking directly
possessed
at the enemy and for an equally long timu the main weight of attacke wax of necessity confined to night operations pgainst
Industrial
arcas.
This_third_volume is entitica It deals "The Fight Is Won".
with the period from late 1943 to the Allied invasion of Europe and the end of the war.
LEADERS NAMED
Rice
CASEBOOK
INNOCENT ABROAD
OB is one of those few R Londonors whose work takes them, instead of to office, shop or factory, to the good earth. Ho travels by tube train each morning to work on the land. He is a gårdener, fingers are part of his in heritance, for Rob's father, too, is one of London's gardeners.
whose *** green
Until recently, Rob was, con- tent enough with his life. Then, he married, after doing la National Service,
Rob's marriage was one of those, that started under the
grave handicap of there heing no home of their own for him. self; and his wife........
SHARED HOME
Distributed HIS proposal had to be hedged
To 600
People
L-around" with the sort of qualifying «cidusçu that 'modern diplomats employ,
"Will you marry mo, when we can find tomchword to live...?" Rob asked.
Oh must we walk?" the girl erled, "I'm sure grannie would let' us have a room.'
H:
the
the Social Welfare Office, Tung out working..
structed by Mr Francis Wong ofceipts which he said were algn- the Bomber Coses the Ger- | Wah Hospital, Salvation Army,
Defendants are Luen Wo Hearing is continuing.
Kwan and Company.
Cheng
Grinding Factory and Wo, ita managing director, Ap- pearing for them la Mr S. V. Gitting, instructed by Mr Y. H. Ction of Messrs Lau, Chan and Ko.
Plaintif alleges that defend- the plaintiff's goods, namely, onc set of Extractor machinery and
ed by the defendants.
Fined For Keeping
(flying bombs and rockets) clation and Street
against, the United Kingdom as Association
DOMINION'S CONTRIBUTION
It was disclosed 'in * this
21
ora...
"Cripples Day" was ob-
So they extemporised-arried served this morning at the and took quarters in the homb Hindu Temple, Happy of Rob's grandparents-in-law. It happy arrangement, Valley, with the distribution was not a
presently and
marriage of 1,800 catties of rice to
came to pieces. The authers name four RAF 600 people by Mr F. T.
THE WEST END leaders whose success they be Melwani, President of the HEN the end of the marri-
WHEN lieve has already won them Hindu Association and
age came, Rob's parenta A claim for the return of two machines used place in histor Charles Portal, Chairman of the Society for and his good home were still st With regard to this atterypt used and his family lived on sons and the deceased got killed.
They are
hand, and there When, wel- of the Washermen al extortion, the second floor of 81 Talpothen the intention to kill the for pressing cloth or their value and damages for now Viscount Portal of Hunger the Relief of the Disabled.
Dome waiting for him there. I think con place a few incts Rondi which was very
con-deceased was completed by rule
of Air Staff from The distribution of rice, which But he was too proud to admit before your readers which will
their alleged detention by the defendants was ford, Chler
October 1940 until the end of was donated by Mr' Melwani, defeat. *although ko was da brought before Mr Justice Reynolds in the the war. Mr Arthur Tedder, oly commemorated The Arstreated.
now! Lord Todder (Portal's anniversary of the establishment Supreme Court this morning.
* successor),
Took a room in of Mr Hugh Dowding of the Hindu Temple at Happy these streets in Soho' where, for the -most part, men and women on business under the firm name paid $7,000 on placing the order Arthur Harris, now Sir Arthur blind and cripple people, and tion beyond doins as well for
Plaintif is Ching Tan carrying by his Council, adding that repw Lord Dowding, victor of rice was
Battle
of Britain, and Mr
distributed to live who have not much ambi- of Fu Chun Hong. He's repre- and the
some balance 95,500
Harris, from 1942, the Chief of those who received Uckets from themselves as they may with
The history
He was totally out of place man campaign of V weapons Hongkong Family Welfare Asso-there, and totally fascinated by Sleepers the idle get-rich-qulek set among whom he found himself. On the night of May 23 cer-
of no influence whatever on the Those attending the distri
POSSESSIONS" tain tenants held a party on the
course of the war, despite the bution were Mrs Violet Chen, premises to which the accused
casualties it coused,
Mr C. N. Li, Mrs Hilton Cheong-NE evening, the police called Our his family wore invited
Tien,
Mies Eshwari Mwyani and on Rab in his room. They but did not attend. However on
Mr L Pribau
bid with them a search warrant. the
ants detained sume night they themselven
To commemorate the Art They Inquired with interest volume that of the 340,000 men anniversary, Mr D. S. Mohan about the expensive gramophonic to be having a of Haw Par Mansion, Tai were observed meal in the nature of a feast.
who saw service as air-croW one Hang, was fined $50 by Mr
with
donated $16,000, to the Hindu record-player they found in the NOTHING WRONG
the Royal Air Force Association for the building of room, and the smart portable was nothing part- Hin-shing Lo at Central this
during the the Dominions A Hall at the Temple. typewriter, and
when
one or two other and other cularly wrong that night and the morning when he pleaded| March, 1951. plaintif ordered
parked
of the
Hindu philosophy and other
new
and expensivo articles tenants retired to
bed. In the guilty to a charge of driving the
monwealth two machines from the Yu Kwan, 32, unemployed, than
religicus books will be kept, 134,000.
They arrested Rob, and at early morning of May 24 the a car without a valid licence, defendants at the total price of
"A special service will be heid Bow Street he was charged. with cccupants were awakened by a
was fined a total of $600 or Of the force as a a whole, the Aw was cautioned on
$12,500, two crackling noise, smoke and heat.
ORDERED FOR RESALE
five months and an addi- history remarks: "It was above at the Temple at 8 pm, tonight having received these thinge
khowing them to other charges of driving a car
have
bren They awoke to find the without third Any
They were ordered for the tional two months when he all in the quality of its airmen to celebrate he first anniversary
stolen. Rob was remanded. and its aircraft that the in- party risk floor In flames. "Tho
Royal The consequence of yielding to
damaging another express purpose of resale
When next he appeared at In was convicted of keeping a Air Force excelled! Though in- Manila bit because
Bow Street, a detective said to the foundation of others, and we the defendant's premises. The driver of the damaged car, Lam the present demand will only fayllar region of the fire surance and
to be centred round the bed in private car. He was ordered to
of a bitch heroin divan, possession of dividual, pilote of the Luftwaffe
tho in obtaining Day
magizirate: $50 compensation
We Have an import licenco to the.
found that the typewriter: and to send them to the Philippines heroin and smoking heroin and certain of the aircraft they soon expect California flames spread rapidly, with such Kang. pricos to rule here. But
otcetera, were plaintiff did not take delivery. In a divan by Mr Poon-Yan- new were equal and In this urgency that you will have no
Passing the sentence, Mr Lo
He left the foods in the custody
owned by the defendant, Ha whether the work might not be about and fed by means of an that the defendant had been a
had them under hire-purchase advantageously given
agreements, inflammatory cosecution says, that there
which, in licensed driver before. He added deserving class, viz: the wives this
this case, the of our soldiers, who with proper betro
was no evidence al was petrol," said
Mayne. might assistance
profitably
reckless driving and that the car He sald various members of which Aw had been driving be- undertake a part of the work.
the household tried to put out longed to Aw's brother and had the fire.
They tried water, hul been insured. that was no good. Evidence would
Defendant sald that he had Another nufsanen is the want of be given that these persons who held a driving licence in Hong- regulations with regard to Boats tried to put out there were kong up to the time he left the plying for hire, who have it all attacked by the defendant. their own way, and are most inno-
Colony about three and a half stabbed. "He appeared lent and unaccommodating, in many Casus refusing to accept fares, al determined to prevent any ex-years ago. When he returned
} to polling the use of wharves built at tinguishing of the fire," sold the Hongkong he applied for the renewal of the dlconce but was refused as he had been away for more than two years,
Defendant, said he applied for
may
There
par-
set of Calendar machinery.
M: Yu told the Court that in Heroin Divan
до
less
the
would be a good time to see doubt that the fire was brought sald It had not been disputed of the defendants who promised/hol at Contral this morning. ¡early stages at least sometimes
BOATMEN
10
P
though „bloëking up and mono-
Mr
to be
Crown Counsel. the expense of the public. I think
However the Harbour Master might with
the Jury were nåt Advantage direct his attention to concerned with a possible charze this matter, at the, wharf
called after his predecessor's name is the of wounding of these persons,
colony. I said
Mr Mayne. It
was
A
a new driving test and the date was subsequently fixed, How-
worst regulated by the agree with you in thinking that a matter of surrounding circum-ever, ho did not take the test authorised Scale of Fares is much stances which gave an over-all as he had to leave for Singapor? required. am, • vir," your - most obedient servant.
picture of the events of that on businta,
A SUFFERING' COLONIST,
To the Editor of the “China Mall.”
The facts and the deta
I leave to their fate,
relate
night.
a
Another unemployed, Wong to store them free of charge King. 30, was fined $100 or one until the permit wis received,
month for smoking heroin. Counsel sald,
Evidence was given that the Plainti did' 'mot obtain the
two defendants were among permit untly June of last year. When a foki was sent to take group of people found by delivery of the goods,
Police party smoking heroin in he was informed by second defendant an unnumbered hut behind Tai
Shek Street, that the machines had been sold,
The Mr. Yu went on.
Two tried
tried to escape but ..
were
the hut. Plaintiff in
caught outalde evidence cogro- borated the outlins of the case The Police seized seven small packets of heroin: powder, several paper,pipes for smoking heroin, and a lamp.
Dr Adenauer Confers
The other people involved Have since been dealt with:
Both defendants had nothing to try in their own defence.
With Eden Radio Hongkong
and
HK.T.
Aw said he returned to Hong- PUT OUT FIRE
kong a few days ago. He did Continuing with his outline, not apply for a test this time as Mr. Mayne, said that eventually, he had to leave for Singapore
Mr with considerable difficulty, the shortly. Yesterday, he said, he foreign Antoldly sert that I'd rather tenants succeeded in pulling out took a chance and drove with- Konrad Adenbuer, the Welt aacion Marlowe (vocally 345, "Box fire. Evidence would be out a licence and met the German chancellor, began given by the Brigade as to accident.
fire the state of the premises. The accused surrendered to
The lyingest" "myth of a wa-snake | the
and merman.
Than, hoax all my fricida with
pipeless_young German,
Ermengarde, a legend.
the
Dear Bir You will have obrerved Police and there would also be
lately, that there has been a meet- evidence of what he said, ing of two "extraordinary fan" in
the neighbourhood of Lantao-one 4s to the deceased, Mr Mayne
however, that the latter, subsequent-
Decree Nisi Granted
the Divorce.
Bonn, Sept. 42.
@pan, Time Signal and Programme Anthony Eden, British summary: 603, Chidren's Hair Hour
secretary,
Dr presented by Sally Ann (Studio); 5.30, “Bomancey cani, Packchen med
34|1002 Bert Grillest at the Orgmı (08); series of talks today on the 7. The Muse of Irving Berlinmlitari-
KingawAY. German rearmament problemy Black and
Promenade. Orchestra; 7,50, sew- and other international
"Magazine · pro- Ilona
quee-point Weakly
Cena | Framme devoted to Literature (and An official spokesman
saldorongok med by afterwards
Timothy Birol---Bookal Reviewed by that the discussion, Edmund Blundet, som Hardy" being of the great sea-maka species, said he was taken out of the A decree nisl, to be made would be resumed, on Monday Tot ready extracts from his were very cordial and that they A Biography Thy Douglas, Brown, the other bona fide merman, You building during the fire and absolute In
Journey by Junk" by Willard Price: three months, was or your readers may not be aware, was suffering
morning. from extensive
|own - "Four, Quartets": 1.89, Wy Mr Eden was assisted in the port: Time Simad met Bout of the fore-chains of the burns and certain stab wounds. Stand by the cling Chief
Inds. Justice, Mr Justice. T.. Gould, conversations Bir Charles Forbes, and clambered The latter - did not.
by Sir affect
Frank Landon Relay}}} 19% News the up to the cross-trees, where an
yale | Tadić- (London Halazi oz Special”) Ana Court this Rob::14, deputy under-recre'sy hourowns: dib, Betale of Bylisin attempt was made to secure it; but present case. As a result of the morning to Charles
weight was so enormous, that burr and shock because of the Jentory transport engineer, of 7 state at the Foreign Office, Appeals by Wine Comerander the men, for fear of accident, were fire, the man died on May 25.
while Dr Adenauer's aides were of the AF Benevolent Fund and Barthropp:1YCHAJAN" on behalf Suffolk Road, Kowloon Tong Professer Waller compelled to cast it adrift, and
Crown Counsel explained that who petitioned for the dissolu
Hallstein, the Al Association) 8.30, Favour literally in the words of the song it was a. rule of law that an in-'}. tion of his marringe ito. Mary | Sporpiary...... ot, stale - for foreign |ite_Mulodias - played - by · Mantovani 11 indenly left us to the turch. dictment for murder was ar- Jeffery, of 313 Tung Choi Street, Blankerhorn, head of the pqili- quentra Daske bryn Ennect@levating
affairs
Herr Herbert and has Orobertes - #king, Bangl By diving down below
Fine First Man in the Moon-A ranged to 'nt the date of death
Wong Wood-chlu was denied once (co-respondent;'
A Before the
contioues kons
structed by Mr J. C. Stewart of Rome on Monday after
Mr Brook A. Bernacchi, in Western European tour, stewart and Co., represented, the Eden petitive, Pin
Fres Respondent did not contest ion the, mult," muid did not appear DETTORI HOT Was the legull
and,
and when int aven way buay Jolie and not the day on which 45891 the Frounds of adultery; | cal· department of the Fareigu from the novel by Il, di, Welik: Part
ing the main brace: that is, as understand it. repairing the rope 11:
alleged act occurred, s
broke in its descant certainly
He submitted thai' after heara ing all the evidence the Jury very considerată proceeding on its would have no doubt, whatson FRIEND fear that the mocused deliberate”
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Malsys.... New Zealand, -6. pim."
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Indonesia.
TULIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 By Air India. Middle East, Africa,
sim.
Philippines, a.m.
Burma. Pakistan, Great Britain
& Europe, 10 a.m,
of the Temple,
"Typhoon King Kong Advances On Japan
Tokyo, Sept. 13.
record-player,
"HOV
· HOME AGAIN..
46 ■OWEVER," the detectiva went on, "there is a camera worth £80 Rob pleaded guilty to
to receiving the
camerame"
"A man come and sold it wo
me for £2 10s, when I wan
ho
said, and cast w towards hile couti
One of the worst typhoons helplessTon in Japan's history-dubbed an "Typhoon King Kong" by This pap
pan has been seriousty the Japanese press after the dolle," sald counsel, returning ok But he was hir client's murderous giant gorilla of an innocent abroad, in an are
into trouble, He was
Icok,
an old Hollywood film where innocents are likely to raged towards Kyushu, but there is no criminality in
Japan's southernmost faland, this morning with gales up to 125 miles an hour;
him."
The magistrate, M. KJ, P.
FAITHU hearing Robe
Torrential rains, floods and view gales
and g
took the Barns
how
glad he would bứ
were already, seeping father say through Japan abead of the to have him home, he said: "I'm typhoon and the coastline was prepared to accept this as tease Are you battered by huge tidal waves of iclated
to your
People
in southern Kyushu. According prepared to
father's to early reports four
Rob left Bow Street with his were killed and two missing father. Their pdce was hurried
The typhoon itself was ex-
and they talked hard. A sesta Krushu later to- of hot sunshine had at ly Japen, Hewall, USA & Canada,pected to hit 1 p.m. ge
Indo-Chins, 8 p.m.
*** |.day. As tilt the town and there Ftw
The
Formos Japan, Okinawa,& Onco in Tokyo wa
U.S.AM.6 p.m. RANI
North Borneo, Australia, Zesland, #gman
By surface Macro, 9' #ITALIA
was unable to plenty to be done in London's Naway what course the typhoon gardens,
would take but I feared it Mod
Zorthwards {might,^voer.
Corre swoop up through and mainland the Jepancie
Chines People's Republic, 9:30 am Philippines Ceylon, Acen, Middle Japan, Canada, :19p.ms/') Maqso, I p.m.
Churchill's Family Party At Chequers
But whatever, toured it takes, ber (9)
It would cause havoc from Saigon
245 more than 4800.
men across and as the predent
raid of advance it cour
pot. Even on the fri typhoon there were.
diguten days to pass