WHITEHEAD & CO. LTD.
WOODWORKING MACHINERY.
ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT CO.. 11D, HK. & Shanghai Bank Bidg. Tel. 97789
OUR AUSTRALIAN NEWSLETTER
Newcastle Parson Took Live Snake Into Pulpit
By H. King Wood
Sydney, Sept. 10.
Biggest legal shock for a long time was the withdrawal of the Leader of the Federal Opposition, Dr Evatt, from the Petrov Royal Commission on spying.
The Royal Commissioners withdrew his leave to appear for two members of his staff on the ground that his public office conflicted with his work as a counsel before the Commission.
What happened is only what has been freely tipped in legal circles over the last few weeks, for there is not the slightest doubt that the Commission assumed quite a different character with the pearance of the "Doc" before it.
.ap.
Previously the Commis non hal No wonder air travel is on the proceeded Plong well defined | costly side..........A New Zealand the only
lines, but Dr Evatt taled 1-sus businessman which brought I will into the passenger polical splight.
The day before this leave was withdrawn the "Sydney Sun"
asked in
WHA
In 2 London-bound BOAC Constellation
38-scaler
which lett Sydney one this week.
editortol: "3* this The crew of the aircraft
night
In-
en inquiry by the Ragat Com- | eludes two rewards and a stew- missioners or by Dy Evalt?"
Political circles say more will
he heard of this yet.
SERPENT IN PULPIT
Best public relata man the week--Rev A. H. Betteridge,!
Newcastle Baptist Church.
This gentkoman
Rove it But very early Jest werk that on the following Sunday be “ preach 011 the only of
ដ
S
se pean into the Garden of Eden, and to illustrate his points, proposed talciniz a Ira snake int. the pulpit with hith.
Result-Mr
Biterige colums and columns of advance publicity nd a full church.
He kept his word about the sucks. At the punch line of his sermon he pulled a five-lo стро
enake out of a bag and issued an invita len f. anyone to handle it.
urdess, to he should be well looked after.
The plane could plek up more passengers at stops on the way, but was unlikely to further iousnire as its only olher Aur-
tralian st was Darwin.
The SIM nigist A Qanles plene is left for London and th 34 water carica only 12 ¡PRETARETS
DIVING FOR GOLD
A veteran gold prospectos and dve sperr fishermen
Wil soon start diving for alluvial geld int
NSW river.
They newly
Registered Underwater Alluvial Goldmining Company.
The men believe that large quantities of gold tre lying in deep holes of rivers tunning through NSW goldfelds.
are members of the
Mr R S. Charles, who is the prespector, said the men would use underwater breathing ap- paratus and
Prospect up to 100 feet. The
There were few takers. A carpet make, incidently,
at depths grows to practically any length
company in this country, Ilves on rals, has trased about five miles of mikro and various mall fold river on one of the richest gold- creatures, leska os topulsive as helds in the State-but it has most makes--but is quite harm- net been named. less as far as humans are con- cerned,
CHINA MAIL
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1954.
This One Is Full Of Air
Some 12,000 men 'and 4000 vehicles gretaking part in. Exercise. "London Pride" --- on Hallsbury Plain. The Exerchio - bring carried out by the 36th (London) Armoured Divi- ston (T.A)) is designed to give the divisjon practice in carrying out an approach march followed. by an opposed crossing of the river and a break-out from the bridgehead -- against an enemy known to be equipped with Atomic Bombs. The picture shows members of the Joint Concealment Cenira-carry a blown-up rubber Centurion, tank - during `the
Bao Dai May Be Asked To
nanoeuvres.
Intervene In Vietnam Row
Saigon, Sept. 14.
Premier Ngo Dinh Diem was reliably reported tonight to have call- ed on Emperor Bao Dai to intervene in a wrangle between the civil government and the Army, which threatens to throw the nation into a full political crisis.
between
The cleavage
the ready to say when the crisis Army and 1he Cabinet was would be finished. underlined In unmistakable Reliable source said Premier terms again today when Army Diem had asked the Vietnam Chief of Staff General Nguyen Chlet of State, Emperor
Van Hinh rejected a Govern-Dai, stul "resting on the
Plane torred
in a press can
Premier politics" and
ment demand to step down and French Riviera despite a month- leave Indo-China on the noon old statement that he was re- turning to his country shortly, General
to step in and resolve the fight.
Only a few days ago, every one here was saying the play- cald the Army would continue boy Emperor had lost all his in fight against Communist in influence. But today the same Oltration in the free southern persons were finding him as the
ference, Diem
for
"partisan
SAY setback.
Although
the
hia
Senior P.I. Officer Dismissed
Smuggling Alleged
LARGEST WRITING
MILEAGE: GUARANTELD
PIKS
MAN TELLS HOW HE WAS STABBED
Murder Charge Hearing.
Evidence that he was stabbed by the accused with a carpenter's file as he and his family were fleeing from a burning house was given by Leung Chi-ping, one of 34 occupants of No. 81 Talpo Road, second floor, when the hearing of the murder trial against Chau Hing, 36, factory worker, continued before Mr Justice Gregg in the Criminal Sessions this morning,
JOHN CLARKE'S
CASEBOOK
Safe World
TN hospital beds thousands
of men and women lié'- who long with all their hearts to do the simple so often take for granted things that we who are well
like walking in the summer's wind and rain.
Leung said he was stabbed in the back. He pulled the file out, turned round and saw accused
But there are a few in has- behind him. After chasing accused up the stair-pals who dread the coming of case to the upper floor, Leung said he went down- Because they have no homes, no the day of their discharge. stairs with his family. He was detained in friends or family for company, hospital for six or seven days.
and no longer the knock of working to corn their place among their fellows.
Such a misit Dan-was, who came out of a London hospital. the other day...
It is
-03
said that that
FARES, PLEASE ›
alleged by the Crown Mr Chen here informed the that the accused deliberately Court that he had instructions set fire to the premises by using to challenge further evidence petrol. The Crown case is that which he knew would come as he committed the murder of a result of Ng Chung-yim, an elderly
His Lordions tenant, who subsequently died being so he would ask the Jury of burns,
to retire. Upon the Jury retir. FOR a night and half a day, Mr D. F. O. Mayne, Sentoring, the Judge told the
when he was free, Dan Press joylessly wandered the streets Crown Counsel is prosecuting, that any arguments that may he had not scan for many and accused is defended by Mr proceed during the absence of months. A woebegone Percy
G. Golby, instructed by Mr the Jury must not be reported. lttle man of 30 crumpled
J.
.of
In answer to the Court, Leung said that at the time. the
incident the stabbing premises were already on fire. Cross-examined, witness sold he recognised accused as turned round. Although it was dark, light
from the
fire luminated the accused's face.
he
WITH GREAT FORCE He said the blow was delivered with great force but it did not make him fall forward.
Witness agreed with the evidence of the doctor who examined him that morning that the wound was half an inch in length and half an inch in depth
The occupants of the flat
Hearing is continuirig.
WIDOW
SENT TO GAOL
A
Carried Heroin: Without Licence
He spent
the little money.
ev. be had, and when the last of it was gone, found himself in the West End, and weary. He shuffled to a bus, and when a bus; drow up, climbed aboard.
The conductor came round for fares, and Dart fared up Into a sudden furry. "I haven't got any money, ho cried." INGO oway and leave me alone.")
"I'll have to have your, name and address," the doriductor | sald,
46 ONDON
"LON
INSULTS
was Dan's nothing moro
precise, "I'm not giving you no name and address," he said.
The conductor stopped the
84-year-old widow, were in great panic. Every Cheung Sam, was sentenced body appeared to be running to three months' imprison- bus and called a passing police- around, some ̧gathering' their belongings
ment by Judge A. D. Scholes man. and others, he was
rolled with accused. Asked if
"You'll have to leave l
told, trying to put out the fire at the Victorin District you haven't the fare," he said
to He did not bump into anybody Court this morning for pos-
Dau, as he led from the premises.
Dan's answer was to let the session of six ounces of world in general know what he Witness said he never quar heroin without a licence.
meant to do to the conductor.. accused was a "decent sort of
The policeman cased him off the fellow" Leung said he seldom
later, drove away. bus which, a moment of two had dealings with him.
"Now
you go away, and don't be silly," the policeman advised Dan. But Dan was really angry, and shouted wildly, and waved his arms. The palice- man caught one flailing arm. have to arrest you for using sulting behaviour, he salā.
ANY REASON WHY? Mr Chen: Can you give the Court any reason then why he should want to stab you in the back is you say?
Witness: I cannot account for
sentence be dated from the day Hia Honour ordered that the
of arrest, July 4, He said he, was sattilled that the accused was not the principal in the possession of the heroin.
The evidence was that the widay was accosted by two detectives in Wing Lok Street
section of the divided country. only unifying Influence in this "Now the People's army has the divided country, and thus tho he added in o clear re-only man capable to resolve the
Manila, Sept. 15. ference to
Government szeming inextricable split.
Colonel Barbero Carmelo, General Hinb, 43-year-old son Superintendent of the Re of a former Premier and country's first native army com-
serve Officers Training Corps mandes, said his resolul refusal was yesterday relieved of despite three direct his duties by the Army
snieguarded the Chief
Lieut-that. Staff, army's unity for difficult days General Jesus Vargas, in At the time he was stabbed on the evening of July 4, and ahead and caved it from political connection with involvement, the fire was not fierce, and there emitted being in possession of Fuctuations. He denied he acted
in the alleged smuggling or was not much smoke," "witness Police Staton. A search by a began to lend his prisoner'
She was taken to the from any personal reasons...
told the Court.
some reports said the Premier already has agreed to rescind his exite crder under Mr Charles said: "We plan to resignation threats from har of explore all the deep parts of the
his Ministers, no authority wis which other prospectors STILL WORKS AT 90
Roughly speak- Working away 121 his Puuin we will pump out the gold- Street Regal office this week was bearing it when wa And it, but Mr Harold Morgan, une of the the process is not as easy as that. well
known solleitors of this
STA
Town. He planned to work on
as usual last Friday, but a flood
of telegrams,
-
phone calls and
Liver have inlysed.
SECRET EQUIPMENT "We've got a lot of secret equipment which has never been
callers somewhat upset his day used before."
Mr Mergan WA1 во,
couldn't see any excuse in
but There's also talk of riches way that outback in
Queenчind where
10 make him stop work.
His two young boys,-aged 51 ond 49 respectively-work in the ofle with him.
A fow hundred miles away up
for
a pinpoint called Rolleston waits
an oil strike, Drillers
at Reid's Dreme one week struck day last
gas al only 400 feet. but they must wait week or more yet to find if it is really oll gas.
EUROPEAN
DEFENCE TALKS
to leave
orders had
COURT MARTIAL THREAT
The Secretary National
(Continued from Page 1)
the
come
of
heroin:
THE STRUGGLE
goods from Japan last year. Не was definite it was ac-woman constable resulted in 12 across the street......... Half- Also to be relieved of dulles, cused who had stabbed him, small packets of heroin being way across the officer reeled of State for according to General Vargas, witness told Mr Chen,
found on the accused, Delence, Le
under a fered punch to the ear. Ngoc will be Commander Santingo Chan, is
Mr Chen suggested to the reported to have Nuval of the Philippine Navy, witness that the wound might this morning, she asked that she way, and pulled its owner to the Then Dan sent the constable's In a statement from the dock helmet flying across the rond- threatened him with court mor- who is chief of the Philippine have been inflicted as accused be given a chance. Sho tal if he does not obey the
ion in Tokyo, procurement mission Government's order.
stumbled against him
sold ground. in the she had some children and Five passers-by came to the Nuval has been ordered to dark Witness said he felt a mother-in-law to support. Usually reliable quarters said home immediately.
Shé stab and accused was of the quarrel was an
behind cause
old of the needed General Vargas said that their him as he turned round.
money badly, and a
policeman, who' attempt by the Premier to stifle being relieved was merely. "the
friend had paid her five dollars struggled up and put an end to JURY RETIRES the growing anti-Government feel beginning of a series of actions" He gave no details of
Police Sub-Inspector W. S. Kowloon across the harbour.
to take heroin for him from the affair with his truncheon. Brussels pact method.
ings among He An-
Army
Next morning, at Bow Street, officers who he would take in the case. nounced, however, that if West
Lee, attached to Shamshulpo stronger
action
among General:
Dan pleaded guilty to using Communist
Vargas's Germany were adapted
statement Police Station said that about The
heroin packets propaganda, into
insulting behaviour, not guilty Quarters close to the Getserat was taken to mean that three 4.25 0.m. on May 24, accused ordered to be confiscated. to assaulting the officer," who did nct
ranking. officers came into the charge room and Inspector T. Kavanagh pro- told the story of the affair. In conceal power to bring about an inte
high to more opposition community no regular grated
for
secuted. the present Government as being might be relieved as the pro- gave his name.
tones in which there was'no European armies,
neither strong nor popular.
of the KICSS
reprodch or anger, Then MEET DULLES SOON
It was reported that four veals their participation in the.
was Dan's turn, allegedly
importing to Dr. Adenauer, zald he would ministers said they would resign of goods,
meet the American Secretary off the dispute was not ended luxury items, said to
sisting State, Mr. John Foster Dulle said to be very reserved" in Ing Army officers who made it
Boon.
A number of others marked for several high rank- bo, car-
théle atitude-United Press.
the North Coast--Mra Ida Olive!xt lesion made up of two | NATO, she would do all in her
out of ledulla on hotel, u enfe cod a post
There 13
Fitch walked post office and closed the door passenger service into or out of the place. Springeure, 40 miles
on 52 years as postmistress.
She began ot 17, Anished at away, Is the nearest thing
en 10 a week and civilisation.
09: started
ended at £12.
21 FINE COST £120
"soon."
Aus'rplasian Oil Exploration Lld finencing the off search at Reid's Diome and a polyglot grew of about 00 is doing the where the meeting
The
But, he did, not. say when or
would tak
A barrister cald in the Sydney drilling. It includes 11 Ameri- place, Traffic Court this week that a cans,
some Englishmen, Aus-
£1 fine would cost his client tralians, Germens, a Pole and a £120 in expenses. The barrister, French Canadian. Mr D. Milne, said the bearing
action
had
AOE's shares
at present are
find lasted 12 months and that strong on the market. wiinesses in the wasted more than 80 working Tours walling for the case t finish
He said the case had been be dore the court only, five hours In the 12 months.
"If my client had pleaded guilty when the case started in
only
the
cost would
premium for pleading mot gulity.
照
district.
As a matter of fact, practically The US Arm is
EDEN IN PARIS
Paris, Sept. 15.
Mr Eden arrives bere today from Rome
.in. a bid to get
Eden alence.
want
his
Radio Hongkong
H.K.T.
8-5.m..
Time
Variety Request
presented by
investigation re
appear that the importation was destined for the Army Past Exchange in order to evade payment of duties.
General Vargas also
closed that
dis- Colonel Diosdado Rodriguez, the Army Inspector-
Mail Notices
Signal and Pro-General, who is investigating French support for a new gramme Summary: 6.031-Lucky. thu the case will fly to Tokyo today RICE GROWING
scheme to bring Germany Margherita (studio) Flamencor tomorrow-France-Presse, American loterests have told
into European
Yolk songs who rutile: 7.18. 'Orches the Australian Goverment that
Mr
has the of the Week-Boston Bymphony subject to curtain
backing of five West European Orch: 7.50, Varisly avourites: 3.5 conditions, nations for a seven-nation do- World News (London Retr);
Weather Report; B. Time Signs and they are prepared to establish a fence
system with 5 million rice industry in the playing an
Commonwealth Parliamentary Britain The equal part along. Asociation, A Talk by it: W. Prim- Northern Territory,
rose Recorded): 8.16, Sonals for The latest times of positng - side the continental powers. The Americans June last ye gmail," Mr Mulia? to put 2 million acres of land Western Germany,
Violin and Piano (Devil's Tril) are planning
by (Tartinij;- Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
· shown below are, those for uns have been
The plan approved
'ruglaterød, entrespondence parted and Artur Balsam (Piano) 5.34, Bud. "As it is, he has pald under rice in the Adelaide River Belgium, the Netherlands and oprano) with plato accompaniment Italy Recital by Rene Keown: (Mezzo-
at 0.1.0. Hongkong. The latext posting" times elsewhero which, En genitrat, are earlier than the Luxembourg is to extend the by Moya, Hea
Time Bignal. Wednesday: zhestra,
G.P.0 times can be ascertained seeking 1948 Brussels every solicitor arcund town ad-assurances on land tenure, but many and Italy. This would be by R. Sherif Dramallied ar treaty to der The Hopkins Manuscript" (parti
by anquiry at, the local offes.......... vise motorists up
The latest posting times..for on minor the Australian Government is
Germany's
registered articles are generaly zion by E.J. · King: Hull. Produced stage, towards employment Inclusion
by Pai ylton and Donald Brooks
Poner hour astley than, the times in NATO under for the Hongkong Blage Club, Cat: shower below. Particulára regard.
Oblita Pat
· ing parral⋅ nails can be usedŕžain. drawn up and signes.
strength covering all European Parker-Rugu Bulivan, Gradley 13
Parker Margaret Phiki. Robinwa by, enquiry at xây post office, undertaking could provide member, like a radio serful stething employment for hundreds more
Sheridan,ge Prime Ministar-Kichard But that Just goes on and on-and people in
in the Tefritary, the
the crucial
test will rewire Major Blackmore Donald come the
fa, his talks
Pengelly, Mrs. Buler--Audrey. Kotr. longer it goes on the dearer growth of new
with M.
Driver Ron - Westscott, Aviator - towns, the Plere become the costs, because police provision of route, dams, irriga
Mendes-France, the John Wallace. Motor - Cyclut-Desinis; witnesses are transferred, civilian tion canals and possibly alre he meets this evening:
French Prime Minister, whom obstant wallo
Wailios?” witnesses leave their jobs; move Reids
Many French opponents of Monaning anday his & Con
14, 10. London Studjo Melodli EDC welcomed: the Eden plan but pro-EDC Socialists amid the zature of ^-Ecussels à:treaty would not provide sumcientide
charges to plead guilty to get asking for cortain
matter out of the way.
hay tell would-be clients tharnices before a contract, is | pom of limitations of armed / Edgar Hopkins-Ra
defended cass is very much
4
and in some cases diéty The Initic capital Investment In short, far the cheapest way will be £6 million but it is be- out of it is to plead guilty to loved that substantialy greater
a wrong-doing, even 1:1 you sints will be sunk in the industry
cel you
uro
once it is fully established. morallo control
ALICK CURENTALE for Port Limited, mt2»2
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER IS Thailand. Malaya, Indonesia, .p.m. Jopan, 0 pm. India, Ceylan, Pakistan, Middle Airjel5) Great : Britain
„Austrailj. New: Záh
SIDE GLANCES
were
By Galbraith
"
BACK AGAIN
FROM the dock, ho said: “I was only going up", the
that's columns
all--mzaning NelsonWhen I said I hadn't got no money, this conductor. stops the bus and all."
What about the assault?"
***Well, the polliceman pushed
bilm 20, so I strucke
me
The case was found. proved, and the magistrato was told
there were 11 previous convic tions against
wark?" he an AMORA TEZs
"and
I believe, he's alway
always been nervous said the officer, d' we can't trace much shout him. The day before this hap pened, he came out of a hospital where he had been, for nind
you,
for
a“ medical, and mental, report,'! enid, the magistrate 10 Dan, who answered with a tremendous yawn. They led ; him. away, back to the world he had como to know Heet, the safe world of the hospital ward.
Troopship Sails
"ROSTE