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JOHN CLARKE'S CASEBOOK
THE INTRUDER
was five o'clock on a
Saturday afternoon, and
the office-block was, as quiet as a cathedral between ser- vices.
Only on the top floor t they building was there any sign of life. There the caretaker et the building and his family hud their home in a self-contained
Bat, as cosy as a country cot Lage, though with mos
amenities.
The caretaker was busy about his own affairs, when suddenly from below, in the offices that
should have been empty, he
heard noises.
999
of a
E, went to investigate," and Hang one corner
saw the talls of a corridor, dark-blue coat disappearing round the next. The caretaker slipped back to his flat, and diniled 999.
A few minutes later the neighbourhood's peace and calm was torn into shreds as a police. squad-car roared up to the block. The caretaker told his
A search began.
STATY
The intruder was soon found
Unde д
bench apparently asleep, a man lay, who wanted only a furled umbrella to be the prototype model for half the clerks of early middle-age who work in London.
WHERE AM I?
*
and
(6 HERE' you," policeman
1 said.
prodding the man, It presently whose name, emerged, was Albert.
Albert roused himself rose, smoothed down his ruf- fed hair, patted his neat dark and began to brush moustache the dust from his immaculate blue suit and his overcoat. Then, as if he had only just noticed he was not alone, he said "Er ....what the....where am 17" and his accent and tone were those of the most respectable suburb.
"What are you doing here?"
CHINA MAIL
THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1955.
Japanese, German and American figures up
BRITISH EXPORTS LAG BEHIND
But The Outlook
Is Better
Says The Treasury
London, Mar. 24.
A British Government publication today quoted figures to show that Japanese, West German and American exports are increasing while British exports remain steady.
"
The publication, the Treasury "Bulletin for Industry" published a comparison between the fourth quarter last year and the comparable period. in 1953, "
During that time the value of Japanese exports in- creased by 39 per cent, West German by 16 per cent and United States by 11 per cent,
Board Of
Trade Says 'No'
But British experts were no higher than a year ago, it said.
The Bulletin published these figures in an article explaining how the growth in imports has outstripped British exports.
The Bulletin said: "On other Occ29OT.S when import prices have risen
export prices have risen 100, and partly offset the effect.
**That
BILL GROWING.
possible was
Royalty Once Sailed In The "Fionia":
Now
She
Carries Cargo
By WILLIAM SMYLY
A ship that was once the luxury flagship of the Scandinavian "East Asiatic Co. Ltd", and the third diesel ship to sail the ocean, is due to leave Hongkong this afternoon as a simple cargo vessel.
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DETECTIVE TELLS COURT OF POLICE AMBUSH Alleged Robbery Of Sailing Junk
The story of a Police ambush and the subse- quent arrest of the first accused, Hui Chan-wah was related by Divisional Detective Inspector F. Indge-Buckingham when the trial of two men, charged with robbery with aggravation continued before the Puisne Judge, Mr Justice C. W. Reece in the Criminal Sessions this morning.
Witness stated that together with a detective sergeant and a detective constable, he waited in ambush in Chatham Road about 7.30 p.m. on December 30, 1954.
Witness said he interviewed the manager of a firm dealing
Shortly afterwards be saw in West Paint where following the constable struggling with a conversation with the store- first recused. He went to thekbeper a keg of dried seaweed constable's assistance, over-was produced. Twenty-five powered the first
accused and similar sacks were also produced, took him to the Hunghom Police gald `witress Station.
On trial are Hui Chan-wah Lam Shun, allas Chau Sum is alleged that the two accused others not in together with custody robbed' Lee Shek-kee ol 20 ba
bags of dried seaweed and 100 oil drums on board a sall- ing. junk in British waters on December 24, 1954,
Lam is additionally charged with possession of two automa the plates and 25 rounds of am-
munition en January 2.
A third man Châu Tu, alas Lam Shu-yu, was discharged when the Crown offered no evidence against him,
passengers by
Mr
in
drums, and was shown a drum similar to one in Court.
Hearing is continuing.
Russia Ends Gold Sales To The West
The luxurious saloons aboard She was sold in Copenhagen second and thire engineers Kai
London, Mar. 23. Liaisen and Paul Ipsen, and the were built for the personal use recently and sailed East by a
Anderson
Russia has stopped gold Crew under Captain chief electrician, Anders Rye. The first accused is defended the Danish when Mr H. N
Among the royal
Terence founder of the company. His Gunar Jensen. Mast of the crew
Shurlock and platinum sales to finance (Continued from Page 1)
world markets were less co-private suite socerd, called the have been flove home aiready, who have voyaged on her were instructed by Mr M. K. Lam consumer goods purchases |petitive. Now rising 1952 1,600.000 yards-an in-
ex Royal Suite because of the rum-Three remain to help train the three Danish Princes visiting. Second is not legally represented. prices would only lese markets.
One of them at them ber of royal crease of 26 and 11 times res-
passengers
Senior Crown Counsel, Mr in the West and her silver who new Chinese crew. They are the the King of Siam 11 added: Britain's import bill w pectively.
have
* on occupied
was the then Crown. long
Prince W. A. Blair-Kerr, is prosecuting, offerings are down to s because growing "While the year began with
mere voyages, has six rooms that
Frederik, now King. The King assisted by Div. Det. Insp. F. trickle, officials reported to- material and foodstuffs reasonably
Slam returned
visit, were must once have been magni- good order books
Indge-Buckingham..
day. and full employment, it ended ing in to support high pro-ficently appointed.
Mr Ander and consumption duction with business at a low ebb and substantial
Meanwhile export prices were amounts of unem-held down by the need to secure plcyment in mest artis," -Mr Schofield said,
orders in increasingly competi- tive markets,
Pave
was
OPPORTUNITIES
son called the ship my ship." and in his journeys at sea would travel on no other.
Her name then was "Fionis". Now she has been bought by the that a six-man team of market- It was announced here today
The Bulletin said: "but higher Shun Kee Navigation Co. Ltd., ing experts representing the import, prices bring with them and renamed "Hoi Hung". But
buoyant .markets British cotton industry will leave
overseas the name that was given her by England by air for India, this Uberalisation, too, will cpch new throughout the Far East retains
Recent measures of trade sampan
motorboat men and week to a che possmarkets to our goods, bilities of
unchanged
Four bamboo and up exports of Lancashire-made goods to India.
| fu-bat The Liverpool Cotton Associa-
Instead of a funnel whichTM a policeraan asked him. "How tion today cabled Mr Zara Ber-
would have to be short, two "Altogether, 1955 should be a United you get in?"
Agriculture year of expanding export lang exhaust pipes buttress the Secretary, drawing attention to
foremast and reach almost to opportunities.'
The foremast the "disastrous marked reaction The Bulletin declared that the cross trees. due to the uncertainty regarding India, Malaya and Ceylon were can ailso be rigged with a the future United States Govern- carning more from exports and steering sail sail designed to ment cotton policy.
increase their keep the ship steering is the were likely to total imports
engines should fall The sail was rigged on one of the long unloading booms remounded on a special mounting at the base of the mast,"
did
"I haven't the faintest idea." Albert sald
"He doesn't work here, that's certain," the caretaker put in.
I REMEMBER.
LBERT WAS laken to the
A police station. On the way, he said: "I remember what I was doing there-looking for a friend."
"How did you get in, when the place was locked up?"
"I don't know,” Albert såld. Then, with a sigh, to himent almost, he said: “When I get a few drinks in
I do these me, 'sarewing jobs,"
son.
States
It added: "Fresh importing of American collon is virtually a standstill. Consumption of at a other
growths is being en ccuraged by price cutting in anticipation of a possible Ameri- can export subsidy.
at the
"We would urge the vital necessity of having a clear cut statement of policy earliest moment"-Reuter.
SEEING PM TODAY'
London, Mar. 23. The British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, will meet tomorrow representatives of the offices for an unlawful purpose. Lancashire cotton industry, who
A: Clerkenwell court, Albert was found guilty of being in the
He was remanded for a doctor's will put to him their case for report, for his manner was very | protection. strange.
The delegation to No 10 When next he appeared, Downing Street, will be led by
The United States where "Industrial activity is rising again" might also import more this year than last.-Reuter.
GATT Talks
Criticised By
+
MILE DURING. WAR
was' years. The ship, which before its time in providing very luxurious accommodation in comparatively small ocean going vessel chiefly designed for cargo, carried 42 passengers and sailed" far 42 years
and Copenhagen
South Africa During the
war she
between Bangkok.
Arms Cache Found At Fanling
number A large
of grenades, detonsters, old guns and rounds of am- In munition
were found two wells of the Fanling Golf Club yesterday.
The wells were being cleaned out when the Ima were found.
It was stated that the Golf Club was used as the headquarters of one of the Japanese Army units during the occupation and that the arms were dumped into the wells at the end ol
hostilities.
Except for the detona tofa,
the grenades, guns and ammunition serviceable.
aro
SUSPENSIÓN
ON FILM
LIFTED
was idle STAR
and laid up in Copenhagen.
another magistrate, Mr Frank Sir Raymond Streat, President South African Economic Radio Hongkong
SAL,
THE SECRET PAST
year,
תידי
and
Capetown, Mar. 23. Dr. Albertus Van Rhijn,
Affairs Minister, said today no substantial progress had been made at the recent
FLK.T.
Robert
Acheson
to come back to work.
of
the
avelling back to Europe from
the
Siam on the Samarina of
same ship. And Russia also travelled aboard her with her Count
In those
"
Was
TAKEN TO HUT
The lessening of consumer After testing to the ambush goods purchased abroad since and the arrest of the first ac- Premier Georg Malenkov mused, Inspector Indge-Bucking-dismissed was given as the rea days the banquet ham weit on to say that the son for Moscow's halt in ex- rooms were famed for their first accused later took him to porting to the West he i
a hut in Cheung Sha Wan and dant bullion reserves. English Breakfast, Danish
then to the foreshore near the Lunch, and French Dinner hut where he pointed out a me was also an alternative tor junk about 50 yards from
cold bullet
the the shore.
There Danish dinner.
21
a
MF
London
This time last year plane-load of hammer and sickle gold reached
and other European capitals, apparently The first accused later took
bolster up Russia's designed to him to the Yaumati Typhoon foreign
reserves in Currency Shelter where a sailing junk Europe for projected large-scale. was pointed out to him, witness consumer goods orders. silch He arranged for the twe Between $140,000,000 vessels to be taken to the Gov$170,000,000 worth of gold was ernment Slipway,
and
1
the first dew
12 PASSENGERS But the ship's career as luxury passenger vessel may not be over. As a cargo vessel without a doctor aboard, she is. restricted to A
limit of 12 passengers.
On December 31, witness said scid by, Russia on international
markets within The new chief steward,
he read a charge of robbery mouths of last year. Now these has Chu Kwong-yee had ex-with aggravation to the first sales have stopped completely. perience with Scandiavian ship-
statement Even
been Even silver, sales have ping and has chefs who could accused who made
ir answer.
officials a trife reduced serve most of the traditional
Continuing, witness said he reported. English, Danish, and French fare if it is required
Britain, above all, feels the Kowloon City Police Station, pinch Russian gold helped. And the spacious saloons and The second accused also took considerably last year imposing staircase
him to the same hut pointed out strengthen her reserves. magnificent and luxuriously apto him by the first accused.
NEW POLICY
sensational - Russia's
are
still
SIDE GLANCES
saw the second accused at the
TWO PISTOLS
By Galbraith
to
to
fold
new
and
other
sian moves in London to bäck out of millions of dollars worth of consumer goods orders.
The Soviet Government was also orders expected to revise placed in ether Western coun iries. In a spending Spree she. placed crders last year for butter in New Zealand, Holland, Den- mark and Ireland, and for pel best in South
*Africa.
Moscow also stepped up wool buying in Australia and Ghowed intertat in cloth purchases in Britain, France and Italy.
The policy
the new Kremlin leaders has put an end is extravagance Exenty
·20
Experts
of
painted Each cabin has pri- vate bathroom and writing desk
Witness said that second offerings last year came in the -three for every passenger.
And the round trip through the accused took him to a heap of wake of the Kremlin's Malay straits to Colombo and rubbish on one side of the but. policy of more trade with the he discovered a West and improving the lot of back, stopp
possibly at Bang-Underneath
containing two pistols Soviet citizen by an increase of kok,
Borneo,parcel works opt at about HK$1,000 and 25 rounds of ammunition consumer goods through home for a month's journey.
Paul Ipsen said that his wrapped in a heavily greased production and imporis.
Moscow seemed anxious enz- tarpaulin Hollywood, Mnt, 23.
gines would run well for another Witness said he read out a build up sterling Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer an- 50 years if they were properly charge of robbery and aggrava foreign currency reserves in the finance these intended nounced today & had lifted its handled. He reckons the 42-year tion and another of possession West suspension against Grace Kelly, ald ship, which will never again of arms to the second accused orders. The reversal of this Indicating the actress had agreed travel west of Suez, should be who made statements in answer policy has already led to Rus Powell, was on the bench. of the Cotton Board, and all
on the sea and giving useful to the charges. Mr Powell read the doctor's branches of the industry as well
A stidio spokesman said Miss and economical service for an- On January 10, first accused report, which said there was as the trade unions will be
took him (witnessy to a godown put back on the other 25 years at least.. Summary: Kelly was nothing
with represented. much Wrong,
12.30 p.m.---Programme Albert, then he turned to study The very future of Lancashire GATT conference in Geneva 12, Nothing But Muste: 1. Time payroll because she had agreed
Signal: 1.15, News, Weather Report
to return to Hollywood and the man in the deck, whose air will then be discussed. As a towards easing the attain Special Announcements
with differences of utter respectability made him result of the fantastic competi- ment of non-discriminatory am and his Concert
Masters of Melody-Charles wil discuss her
Orchestra, MGM officials, seem so totally out of place tion
*rom low-priced cotton
The music of Montague Philips The studio suspended recently there.
goods from India, Lancashire ex- multilateral trade.
(BBCTS): 2, Close Down; : 8. „Tima ports dropped one-third last He told the House of As-Sigrid and Programine Summary: when she refused to report for
Western &
film, the situation hassembly it had been the main 50 Jazz Hait Hour presented by work on
(Studio); 5.30. Jeremy
Rodock," opposite worsened further since the be-cbject of the conference to Porturuese Half Hour (Studie); -7, 415 anything known against hirn?" he asked. "Yes,
review the General Agreement Alred Newman and his Orchestra: Spencer Tracy, because she did ginning of this year,
Several times, the textile in on Tariffs and Trade but in0, Songs from the shows Drury not like the part. When the 12 previous convictions dustry leaders have approached fact better loopholes had beer Lane with Pat Kirkwood, Barry suspension was imposed, Miss. since 1945," a policeman an-
Jimmy Young, Webb, Buy Ternent and his Con- Kelly was quoted as saying she swered, and began to read 'de the government, but each time created,
failed to achieve anything:--
did Examples of these loopholes, com Orch. Presented By Joha Watt
favour playing a Western they tadly simple larceny,
at-
(BBCTS); 159 Weather Report: role. that is why they have asked, to
cited to Mr Van Rhijn, included: Time Signal. World News (London tempted burglary, and two at-
see Sir Winston in person.--
The studio spokesman said 1. making it possible under Relay): 8.09. Election Talk by CA tempts by Albert to take his France-Presse.
certain circumstances to
dinis for the Urban Council Miss Kelly, now in New York, use 2. c. Woo (Recorded); 8.13, Modern own life.
"What's he been doing since
quantitative Import restrictions Moods, Peter Mummings at the Plane was expected to return for protective purposes in (Concert Hall); 30, Guilty Party Hollywood "about next week."-- he came out of prison in Octo-
specially defined "hard core" panel of experts solve a problem United Press.
set by Edward J. Mason Part B cases
"Shot in the Dark" (BBCTS); 0, He can't tell me, sir," the
(2) allowing the United States Time Skemal Sports Review (Studio); Israelf Gesture officer said. "He's quite in-
to apply such restrictions to give 9.15. At The Cera "Dalibor Act telligent, but he puts on this
The bustling enterprise' and effect to certain provisions, of orchestra of the Frague National
United Nations, Mar, 23, (Smetana, Principals, Chorus and rambling talk that stems to be expansion of the Colony were the US Agriculturál Adjustment Theatre. Cond Jaroslav Kromobhole;
Israd delegate Abba Eban to
the United part of his act..
emphasised at the annual shart-
Act;
15.05, Romantic Sketches Orchestra night informed "What do you want to say?" holders meeting of the Hong the magistrate asked Albert.
Co, Ltd. at "Me?"
ephone. Seconding the adoption of the (*glliky'ng. 2 report and accounts, Mr T. 7 though they were not in balance! London Relay): 11:35. Goodnight oid armistice with Egypt into a
Mok said that in 30 years of
never seen the Colony such."
enterprising than it was today, -"Thank you, sir,” Albert said. Meekly, he went away, bead and the expansion of alightly bowed, as a clerk might Utilities was the surest indica
tion of it. a patrchal interview with
and whose The speech of the Chairman, the management, courage was all spent by the main exchanges, those at forecasting the building of three ordeal.
He went, and left us all won-Leighton.
Telephone dering what his life had been Heuse, Kawicon; and the Dow unia, aged-40, he took to crime Western Exchange, was circa- and wondering what tragedy tea and a report of it published had brought him down to this: in the Chima Mall of March 12.
Albert said, "I've to say
And you
said the 나보다.
will go.to Lon-
incorrigible rogue
'HK Never More Enterprising
"Telese today.
magistrat. to be dealt with es / Practice in the Colony, he had
don
House,
more
Public
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Chortin
to
(3) facilitating the application cond. by Georges Tapine; 1035 Nations Security Council that his
Baxter, of such restrictions by "under Orchestra: 10.50,- Weather Report: government would support any developed" count-les even Time Signal Ratio News Reel effort to transform the six-year- MUSIC. God Save The (zuten; 113001 Close Down.
state of peace-France-Presse,
of payment difficulties-Reuter.
East-West Talks. Plan Welcomed
London, Mar. 23. British officials welcomed as a "constructive suggestion? Pre- "sidem Elsenhower's call Moday for exploratory east-west taiks, at technical or political level They fully agreed with the Pre-
sident's insistence at his press conference / that before any such talks the Paris agree, ments, rearming West Ger meny, must come into force. But with the French Senter
already beginning fis, radidion-
of
tion debate on the agreements It was hoped here that the way would be open shortly for negotiations with Russia. Sir Anthony Eden told the House of Commons on Marth 14 that after radißcation the Paris treat Britain would
be not only ready but excious to promote such
There would deal with the future of Germany, the Aus Štefan -state-treaty. question: 17
A
and the gemstrity system. Europe.
Diplomatic quarters here noted that President Elséshower re- fused to identify exploratory talks with a conference foreign ministers level. This was taken here as supporting and even developing an Fearless French suggestion for diplocistic preparation, before a meeting of foreign
Szsiniz.
This
insist that Russia
of gold. Russian gold reserves are held to be the largest atter America's. Her current Pro- duction is estimated to exceed considerably more than 2,000,- 000 ources
year. Some American estimates even put it орея,
at 9.000.00 Rússian gold and
A
silver sales was originally anticipated in London at the beriming of the year: int experts believe there will be no repetition of gold, sales. this year United Press.
NINE KCLUB
UB DANCE
DRAGONS'
The March dence of the Nine Dragons Services Club will be held at 8 pm, this evening, All Servicemen and their wives will be welcomed Refresh ments will be served and there will be spot prizes and in ade dition 10 complimentary tickets for the Alhambra Theatre, Dancing will be to the Band of the Easer Regiment, by kind
bo
rves us right for going to that family reunion permission of their Command-
last summer!!!
ing Officer. Tickets will available at the Chib,