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Lan actress playing
loser role in
Home
15
old
hackneyed tragedy; a gaunti
and brooding sorrow
of 11
CHINA MAIL
Established 1845
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1955.
11AmbulanceBrigadeMembers Honoured At Stadium Parade
Sir Otto Lund's Address
Eleven members of the St John Ambulance
woman, whose entrances Brigade were awarded red-and-gold illuminated· and exits would underscore Certificates of Honour from London by the Com- disaster.
missioner-in-Chief, Sir Otto Lund, at held at the South China Stadium yesterday.
So grave and stately was her bearing that you hardly noticed the vivid sears that blemishes
her right cheek. The magistrate. Mr Frank Powell, glanced up
from his register.
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear," he said. "Are you back again?"
Lydia replied with n tight. small, Intourless smile. She was asked if she had been the night before.
"Well, I'd had
said.
# Parade
The awards were made in recognition of their "assisting at great personal risk in.rescue opera- tions during the Kowloon Tsai Fire on July 22, 1954."
The eleven men rescued six persons trapped in a fire lane, two of whom were serriously injured.
Sir Otto inspected the Parade at seeing them again and con- 700 tectors, officers, gratulated them on their smart- of about men and nurses and presented mess. aluminated scroll of greetings
drunk
a spot."
she und
war,"
ON THE PAVEMENT
ΤΑΤ
did not
The
Bde Was dolig wonderful work Hongkong In
much
in other energenc.es
him very
congratulations upon the sphndul record in peace and in free and
Gloucester Stand 1
from
the
I said
the the
John Ambulance Brigade with pleasure to be able to congratu- Like members in person, which the Hongkong Brigade slate ampital to
Sar Cuc. flated. plea of guilty. The magis
He sold!
he that wherever In his address to the Parade,
the British throughout trate called for the evidence and
his pleasure went, Bading Sir Otto expressed #policeman told of
Commonwealth, he noticed on the wintry Lydia colinpred
ever-increasing demand on pavement,
services
Brigade and frence there was a tendency for the Brigade Association to grow.
Sir Olto asked members the Hongkong Brigade to
"How did sile come by her in- juries?" the magistrate asked.
"She had them when I found her," the officer answered.
"What do you want to say!
Mr Powell asked Lydia.
"Well, I hadn't eaten anything.
I was a bit upse," she replied.
"What had you been
ingy
"Whisky."
"Yes, but how much?"
WHISKY AND
I've dvcided
for a living?"
little
drink-
STOUT
I
Roger Pennels Wins MSC
Treasure Hunt
bluel
the
best 10 their
the keep up high sundard for which St John Ambulance Brigade
Wh
re- nowned. I was necessary that the confidence of they, obtain
their of
fellow the public and citizens and
that these may if any emergency realise that arose, they might be quite con- fident that the Brigade would do
Hoger Fennels, abetied by an energette crew of three and an Austin A.50 Cum- bridge, won the Treasure Hunt
SKF
its job with efficiency, Periodical
SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith
T.
11-25 Galhart
My U. PUL OF
C. 1964 NEA BATIE. HE
"That new girl doesn't even take a coffee break-but she does her work as if she had lots of office experience!"
Draw For
The
Retreat
SHEAFFER'S
ADMIRAL
SNORKEL
PEN
OUR AUSTRALIAN NEWSLETTER
Shark Attacks
Boy In Sydney Harbour
FROM H. KING WOOD
Sydney, Jan. 19:
From Our Filen
100 Years Ago
To the Editor of the China Mail.
Hongkong, 24th January, 1055. Sir, Will you allow
me, the medium of your oqlumns, to call your attentions a a publle Government
and the at- tention of the
through
this Colony, to an instance
of
Sydney Harbour had its seventh shark attack gross neglect on, the part of the
Sherift. Having good
in about 30 years on Monday when a 13-year-old of officers-- lad was fatally mauled near one of our popular beaches Balmoral.
All those seven attacks have taken place in December, January and February, proving the theory that sharks are more numerous close in- shore during those months because the water is
warmer.
Although sharks are one of our dreads of the surf, there have only been 30 fataj shark attacks in New South Wales since 1919, while in the same period around the Australian coastline there have been 80 attacks.
6
new
Nearly as dangerous as sharks game sponsored by near-city youngsters In Bome suburbs.
In turn they put beer cartons over their head then grope across one of Sydney's busiest streets through the hazard of trams, buses and cats.
Brakes acrean and people yell as the kids malce base,
Paitee, somewhat needless to say, are on the warpatila,
and cily and thousands of air- line, travel and shipping offices, About 1,500,000 tickets, 10,000 booles of seating plans, half a million ticket order forms and 100,000 programmes are being printed for distribution to the BCNICAS.
As much care is being taken with the printing of the tickets as with 25 nopeo.
Forgers will be combated by special watermarks; 15 hard-to- copy colours one for each day of the Games, and by a strict watch of sales.
Ceremony At Thibty-four-year old Al Foster, in
The counter to scalpers is the
for
of one
as I think, it was my intention
to mako application to the proper offloor of the Supreme
Court, to have my name strusk
TO URD
in
the Jury List for the present year, and I have made several Journeys
to the
Court-house door expecting to see the Jury Panol Posted thereork, directed by Ordinance No. 4.of rv. and but 1881, Socilone
List to no avail-there is no
Now, sir, if the Court were to use a proper discretion this matter, would it. not bring the Sheriff before it to answer for such neglect? The Jury List is ordered to be made on or before the First of January; but here is the 24th, and it is not posted yet It is really Shameful that people, who are so well paid by the Govern- ment, for doing very little, fall to do
even that—I am, &c.
PERHAPS A JUROR
EDITOR'S COMMENT According to Ordinance No. 4 of 1851, the Jury 1st for the year ought to have been posted on the 1st or 2nd of January; but is it certain that it is Sheriff's neglect has not been done? Hia duty, under Par 5, is to "make
and
fresh Jury transmit list" (Par 3) o the Registrar of the
Court, who shall Supreme thereupon cause a copy of such List to be
1 &0 posted," As our correspondent avers
the
I
SINATRA ARRIVES Those long queues that have been making around various blocks in the city this week have been made up of teen-agers numbering of tickels and not so teen booking for particular seat.
The tickets, which are being the Frank Sinatra shows.
bry
Victorian the Frankie ie the latest big-time printed name to join the ranks of the hit Government Building Office, oce and run artists was 10,000 yellers 8-in by 3%-in and have a basic welcomed him at the airport on design of a map of Australia, on the left and the Olymple flame Sunday evening.
tho centro with the live é salesman by occupation Olympic circles. and Director of the Australian
FAST
BUILDING courses and examinations were
Australia's building industry Sinatra Organisation by choice, also necessary to keep up that
added
and who has taken time cff work is now operating at its ever efficiency, he
RELIED ON GUIDANCE
to cet as Frankie's guardian, has highest peak of production Otto sadd Sir
he was de that tho to know
The long-term friendship applied to Sinatra fans not to Housos and fate are being
built nt the rato of com- lighted
swoon at the crooner's concerts,
of between The thirteen groups
a year. In petitors, who assembled at the Brigade had the services of so
"My job will be keeping the 15,000 and 80,000 which has existed between
throu months July- doctors Mobilgus Service Station
mony
In Hongkong and
the Village of Sai Kung and fans out of Frankie's hair and the Magazine Gap, were required, he thanked the medical pro-
New York, Jan. 25. fession for giving up time to
worth within a period of 21⁄2 hours, to
Lngs
£74,000,000 were "But we don't want any swoon- The draw for the European the Forces serving in the seeing they're happy," he said. September inst your new bulld tuition classes and objects conduct provide
further pering. That stuff's dead now and completed. answers
Yet the exmmínationa, He stressed that zone of the Davis Cup com- Colony against a listed 25 items.
housing situation is most de-petition was made here to petuated on Chinese New doesn't do what Kings as bad ps ever it was. Anyone mastered all the provisións of answers obtain correct
Brigade was to locate a shipyard In Shauki- doctors in order to keep up day in New York and re- Year's Day, when the. 16 ford Smith Airport is any guide, lucky crìough to got a house O competitors found it necessary
penden! on the guidance tradition of efficiency.
**21054
En route.
30 miles
or
runner-up
Dear
his
the
of
direc-
Ovation
loon and the New Territories.
Davis Cup
Versus
vergis
Sai Kung
was
the of
obo
good"
If what happened
alls and socks.
•
•
now
ibly
to have had the Ordinance be- fore him when he wrote, it is strange he should have over- looked the fact, that it is the is to have the List posted. Pos- Registrar, not the Sheriff, who it may not have been re- celved; and if so, in order to exonerate himself, the Registrar should offx noties to that effect where the Jury List ought to be. But the locum tenens of a locum tenens may not have
the Ordinance
a
much shocked at the neglect of Perhaps a Juror sorms very
duty in a well-paid servant of Government; but older residente to that are so much accustomed sort of thing, that they view it with more equanimity, hoping order of affairs may grow out of the very bad- ness of the present.
OFFLOADING BALLAST
More than £3,000,000 worth much Sydney, in fact, is be- Chinese. account, water: charter ·
*thrown for $11,500) having overboard Three Hundred Tons
LYDIA thought in alience for held last Sunday by the Motor some moment. "It was Sports Club of Hongkong. Pen- three small whiskies and two nels was also voted bottles of stout," she said.
In the contest for providing the The magistrate tuned to the
unusual object" collorted **Jurd remind me, will gauler.
What is her you," he askert. record?"
"There have been eight cul- victions in the last 12 months, for drunkenness, the gaoler suld. "In November, she Wis bound over to be of good be haviour for two months
"Listen," Lydia put
Battalion The King's Regi-keeping the fans out of Frankie's a flat pays for it right through shan't do it any more."
sulled as follows:
Beat hair is going to be quite a fob the noso...office space in the "You always say that," the wan, it monument, a cinema and
(Liverpool) ment First round: Finland verrul magistrate countered.
signboard.
that no doubt city is near-impossible, but if in a remotely situated
He mentioned that the Chair-
versus Turkey, Retreat in the presence of ao much so
strange drink doesn't The objects in be collected in man of the St John Council of Austria, Egypt
way
poky back to work.
Ocruly somewhere does become agree with me,"
cluded a live fish, an unused bus Gloucester one of the signatories Germany versus Ireland, South representative gathering of Director Al will be glad to get some
the Sai Kung community,
available the leket.
bottle of sea-water of the scroll was an old friend, Africa versus Norway. A
premium-a-nice I'VE BEEN EVERYTHING
The eight quarter finalists of
oftea HA Prince, the The morning cup of LA-Col. from Big Wave Bay, chestnut, Sir James Sleeman and
the
this 1054 com-
establish-gil word which means kry zor of the Association
Commonwealth zone
Commanding Officer, together cxempted from TELL me." said the mugin- duck's feather, a U.K. news-
former Commis- petition were
with his officers, received the
ment in the suburbs this week money or blackmall-is anything ) that 'a' better
from £1,000 on trate, "what do you do paper and a worm in a match- Hongkong's
of this year's guests on the football pitch at tasted very much like sweaty sioner of Pollee, Mr Mackintosh. the first round tnx.
Many big business firm, fed They are; Britain, 40 Infantry Division Battle and shoes bolled in sump. oil—--- Not
On behalf of the Order Sir competition. altogether surprisingly, "Oh, I've been everything."
the congestion in the gard France, India, Denmark,
and Fun- School, Sai Kung, cumpetitors Otto expressed his high regard of
elly und fustrated by the parking so an Investigating cumamitice up with none
the with a sigh, as Lydia sald
Association
Sweden, Belgium and goody, the
ceremonial *in Hong-
time-honoured
have moved over the nothing she had done had been achieved the full 25 points, but af
24 Roger kong
Italy.
in the urn and of obtained
Retreat was impressively carried investigated.
We have received two com- three
of Hongkong itself much fun.
Second round: Monaco versus cut by the Band and Drums of Alistair Stewart and
they found the oleauer's over-sints that they did so with many mimications from Swatow, com- a bastion of as ruch "You'll have to go inside for Pennels,
of strength,
Switzerland he wished and
Argentina,
versus the Regiment, all members
misgivings hem
now but nothing, Peruvian ship.
plaining of the master of the a bit, to sober up." the magis- George Wallis, who lost out on
The Netherlands, Yugoslavia The guests included Mr Lee
: THE NEW INDUSTRY
Amelia (now This charge an oyster shell, champagne
get them backs trate said. "On
VCTMAS Chile, Portugal
Sui-yam
Village (Sai Kung.
whirl of central very happy new year.
Sydney.
Loading
there for Shanghai on you'll be fined 59. and pay 259. cork and the worm respective good luck, good fortune and a
France Czechoslovakia,
Elder), Mr Ku Ting-nam, MBE, Those on Parade included re- Monaco or Argentina, Sweden When doctors fco.
you leave ly.
of motor vehicles were stolen in For
(Sai Kung Village representa having
presentatives achieved
of 25
the divisions
Switzerland от you will be charged with break-
NSW Inst year. 3,230 motor cars coming a twin city. Land is versus men from Hongkong and Netherlands,
The tive); Mr Shek Tal, (Pck_Sa the bind-over."
scoce at the expense of a mere of
Hungary versus Wan Village Elder); Mr Lee and trucks and 1,080 motor nlready hard to get, values are (against 33 ind 40 Kowicon, representatives of 14 Yugoslavia or Chile, Lydia was taken away, and a
aising and will only be a few Belgium
Ping-lai and Mr Lee Tai-pang cycles went off. his
Roger divisions of nurses from Hong-versus challengers) brought back. She of
Police, did a mighty fine job more years before the business- later
Portugal or Czecho (Sal Kung Village representa- ploaded gulity to breaking the Pennels Was adjudged the kong and Kowloon and four an- slovakio, Britain versus Finland lives); Mr Ling Winryan, (Sa to recover 97 per cent of the man will have to go stil further
winner anci received his prize bulances from Hongkong, Kow- or Austria, Iraila versus Egypt Kele Mei Village Elder) Rev. care and trucke and 91 per cent afsid. terms of her bind-over.
well-deserved The guoler stepped forward. with
Gers Ascanlis or Turkey, Italy versUN
and Famiglietti, of the cycles.
The bushare season is with us "I ought to say sur," he said from the other competitors who The Brigade Band, under Band- many or Ireland, Denmark ver(Sal Kung Catholle Mission): Many cars were stripped of to the magistrate, "that since had assembled at Cafe Wise-master E. Bellamy, supplied the sus South Africa of Norway.
MTA radios, wheels, seats and other again and all this week fres Chief Inspector and this woman has man for tea after completion music.
20 APPLICANTS that blad-over
Roberts,
and readily saleable parts. Joy-riders have been raging along the Datective-Inspector In command of the men was
of others South Coast. ice): damaged hundreds In a supplementary draw, it been
been sent to tere แม
Mrs O'Brien, (Kowloon Police before abandoning them, Assistant drunk. She
Commissioner, Mr K. being
*One at present is burning in a was decided that the winner of Inspector R.G. Laurel prison for
Police say the majority of un- came out only yesterday morn-
the C. Wong, officer in charge of the Far East zone would play the specton-in-Charge, Sat Kung),
The Parade.
Miss Audrey Un-winner of the North American and Mrs Lauryl: Mrs Wong and recovered cars had been taken 100,000 acre Ferestry · Commission was, that the same plan of get-
area.
All available Forestry ing.
altered engine officials are fighting the fire to competition for the production thank, District Officer (Nursing) zone, the European zona winner Mr Andrew Wong, (Kowloon). by gangs who
nurses'
numbers, registration and num of the most unusual
in charge of the object was
having a bye.
TRADITIONAL FORM From a
selection of
contingent which received special unusual
There were 20 applicants for
Fire warnings have been issued The Retreat, orginating from ber plates, then resprayed the try to keep it in the area
vehicles and cold them.
for il parts of the State follow the European zone. The British objects ranging from a Japanese applause in the March Past Windbell to a
to a grasshopper and
and Hon.
Sir Otte, accompanied by the Lawn Tennis Association, which body when
player and a Drummer
Some long-term prisoners at the weeks of hot weather, and ADC, Mr Anderson, was handled the entries on behalf of the rounds of camp, policeman's handcuffs, the
at Sun-Parramatta Gaol are Braille meels caly the drop of a match assembly voted wholeheartedly grected on arrival with a general the United States Lawn Tennis down, took the traditional form writers, they transcribe, books so set miles of beautiful country in favour of the gigantic litter solute and the hoisting of the Association, re
received
21 of marching and counter for the Blind Society's library bin forward
put
Miss Erika Brigade flug. by Miss
from challenges
marching, halow and quick and text books for blind univer- Accompanied by the Hongkong nations and five from overseas. Sandt, whose stalwart crew-
time. The ceremonial consisted sity students, p als Commissioner, Mr Fung Ping- staggered man
down the stairs
The rules governing the of nine items: Band and Drums In a rather strange ceremony an fan, and Mr K. C. Wong, he met Telephone House In
allow for a
this: weer Mrs H. G. Ringland, ---Aldershot; Drums Resistance the surgeons, doctors and staff European zone advanced
anced stage of exhaustion. Roger Pennels was runner-up officers and proceeded to inspect maximum entry of 20 European Band-imperial Echoes; Band provider of the Brafile Writers
nations and four overseas nations. and Drums Slow, and
Association handed each of the shall discharge you ab: in this contest with his copy
Quick the Parado,
The challenges of Luxembourg Marches:
a Braille Writer's solutely on the breach charge," of
the first newspaper to, be
Cortadicale, Standard said Mr Powell. "On the charge published in the Colony at
aftor
Slow 791)
aligned The certicates were of being drunk I shall bind you
the Liberation.
Certificates of Honour to the over for 12 months."
Band Time undoubtedly played an following: Cpl Lau Pak-kee,
from "Aida" (Verdi);
Blind Society of NSW. Mr Jus and Drums, Lydia bowed and, with the
Simet Retreat; part in the contest, L/Cpl Lek Ho-man, Fie Ko Tin-MAN RESCUED
fice Maxwell, who no doubt was Important same dignity as she had entered about half the entry arriving kuen, Pie Chan Chouk-sang, Pto
Band-Evening Hymn, The responsible for many of the the courtroom, she, lett, a state- beyond the time limit. The first Kwan Yan-chung, Ple
Day Thou Gavest Us; The Na- men bein in Parramatta, Woo
Kan FROM HARBOUR ly figure burdened with a New arrival had no more than 10 wah, Pie Yiu Hol-wing and Pte Year resolution that had come minutes in hand and the remain | Chown Chun-koog, all of the
The Botanical Cherdens norw A man who jumped off : a ittle late in the day--and der had only a matter of seconds Kowloon YMCA Division; Pie Yaumeti ferry boat last night was monial to be carried out by the Last year it earned £1,600,000. The one to seaman Brill use yesterday when the inco
This was the last official orzos | dúrzy is getting in the money. Hausso, "Twenty Questions from literally Humping with thathm was enforceable by law.
to spare.
Lo Wing-wah of the Kwong Wah For such close results full
Babla Hor The Pie Wong Kit-kam of saved by the quick action of Mr 1st:
'Klogg's - Regi- The Department of Commerce Hon Master: Patrick waar we chestra of the Special Comable
Team With: Butler, Dorniby SeaPes, marks go to the organisers —
stations had. corded) Wan Divi- into the water and brought him Hongkong for the United King-| five : Australians
Record Reviewsäure beforn a harte crowd Tun of
dom at the end of the monen A Me (Castro' jumped- After reading the greetings | roscue, from a nearby private de p from Gloucester and addravedni |
launch the assembly, Bir Oilo took the
A LITTLE LATE
"OH," said
the magistrate. Then to Lydia: "I didn't realise you had just dero a
month. I don't want to send you straight back to prison But one thing this shows is that Ume to a month is too short
from drink." giving it
up, sir, it docen't agree with me," Lydia
again.
you
Fire
of the Hunt,
MOST UNUSUAL Concurrently
with Treasure Hunt was also rus
д
་་
RECIPIENTS
European
n
Fife Event
Marc Royal Roners
ablaze.
BUSHFIRE SEASON
Radio Hongkong
HET
18.23, Programme "Summary: 18.32, Bassato from the liằng: 1. Time Bigna); 1.10., News, Weather Reportand Special Announcements; 130, After« Boon Concert: %, Close: Down.'
Sir Otta then presented the (European) and Pakistan (over-·| Artist George, Grand Maria by the President of the Royal | 27, Zune. Bignal and Programming
sca) were not accepted-flouter, ["62"
Summary: 605) Laicky pip, Variety Beguntad presented by Markherita tulos: 505 Weather Report) Time Bigpal and World News (ton- dor Relay): 7.00, Commantary: (Lon- Ralayor, special" Annormoe Thomleysate the Plano (Concert
tional Anthem; March off to
of the Australian whofing inmont, Fleet maven or
Regimental March,
of Granite in 4% to 5 dathoms water, in the fairway, where the schooner's anchor," and which. our correspondent add, is "el- most certain to produce, a shoal, to the endangerment of other vessels coming there to load.' Both the master of the vessel and the agent were, it appears, #poken to on the subject, but the only, reply vouchsafed by them
ting rid of ballast was followed at Amoy, and they would do so at Swatow, Swatow (or as the Chinees pronounce it, Santow) though an extensive. mart for the export of Coolles and Sugar, is not an open port, and it is therefore beyond the intenter- ence of the foreign Consular authorities, but not 'of" the animadversions of the press, which can ectroely: be’too severe in consuring an act likely at somo future day to lead to the loss of property, if not of life.
Innovation At
The Gardens
David Walters and Miss Diana Young WabiVigion; and Pio Bobby: Castro, who plunged mint (Liverpool), who leave has" announced that each; of the John Little, Paddy. Sheebantia Bery won public
ire Destroys Huts Be Their forty a fronted a softer reading
fully planned-and-próvkled
Two wooden huts were thoroughly enjoyable afternoon's destroyed by fire early Tuesday entertainment it may be con- morning at West Main Street, aldered orie of the best of such eslute at the final March Past Shaukiwan. One of the struc events held do the Colony, and a In the afternoon Bir” Ottó tires was used as an ironmon-worthy addition to the many attended a d-party of the Bt A live a manter bombs was ree, whop, while the other was achievements of the Motor John Ambulance Aruciation found in a fald i's storage for coal,
Sports Club of Hongkong.
published-DOMA
banals, of: Bouth' China Morning
street behind
given by DrAridur Woo is the the Majostle Theatrey Penthouse) Electra House" and in Hoad, bir Ekmday, he LANE FOR, the evening The Pakruost of Police Ballistica On
dinner party given out/in/say/Police Stigunch
COCKLOFT FIRE the cockloft
Road Crist
caught full quots of whales Heeled
spinha.catch was, 39. more9% 20,7
In 1958 but oil production. ***** 100,000
1 barrels was" ) slightly
Bookin for the 1988 Olymp
Dizo