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CASEBOOK
First Time Here
THE
HE train from the North crept into the long, carving platform at Euston and came to stop with a sigh of steam. It was late evening, and most passen- gers hurried out and away with a great air of knowing
they exactly what about.
were
and
ivor
One passenger, however, hesitated. He was a fair-haired young man, who carried a suit
a baffled ex-
|
ise pression.
He seemed as
reluctant to
leave the emptying platform as a child is to leave its mother's side for its first day at school.
WARY
THE young man's name
was
Robert, and he was on the threshold of a week's holiday-- well earned, long planned, bu, now that it had actually started. a little alarming.
This was
Robert's first visit to London. He felt very much a stranger and very much tris guard.
on
For he had read, and seen at
to tread carefully
the cinema and on TV. stories that made London, especially at night seem a place where you had
if you to get mixed up did not want
dope peddling, with murder, gang wars or mailbag robbery.
At last Robert picked up his courage and his brag, squared his
and marched shoulders, wards the station's exit to look for a room for the night.
ON THE BRINK
Page 10.
CHINA MAIL
Tchad 1945.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1955,
Man Gets 2 Years Footballer Of Year Weds
On · Wounding Charge
Pleading guilty to the alternative count of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm, Yeung Tat-ming, 27, was sentenced to two years hard labour by Mr Justice A. D. Scholes in the Criminal Sessions this morning.
Accused pleaded, not guilty to the substantive charge of wounding with intent to murder Yuen Yau on October 30, 1953.
QIL
the.
was 3
The plea of guilty to the Sentencing accused, his Lord-
this ship said that aternative count, which was a reversal of accused's plea on serious offence for which the im- sentence was was accepted by maximum arraignment, Crown Counsel, Mr D. N. E. prisonment for life.
said that the Crown' Rea" who was not offering any evidence against accused
first count.
Mr Rea raid that ageused bad a previous conviction for com- men assault for which he was sentenced to bae month hard 1953. 30. labour on January He produced a medical report that accused was unt for cor poral punishment.
נזס
Mr
In a strong plea of mitigation
behalf of the accused, Lawrence Leong (instructed by Mr K. Y. Yung of Messrs F Zimmern and Company), sald that this was a case Arst of all the of attempted murder and alternative charge
was subse- quently attempt to wound with Intent to malm.
a çar
It was lucky for the accused that he did not kill the com- when he hit him on plainan: the head with the instrument
His Lordship sentenced ac- cused to two years' hard laboure adding that he to into con- sideration the time he had been In custody.
Accused WES
formany dis- charged on the first count.
POLICE
HELP FOR BAILIFF
The evidence in the lower Court showed that accused had driven
At the request of the Bailif into a bicycle (ridden by Yuen Yau the com- of the Supreme Court, Police plainant). It accused had in-were called out this morning to а to wound him at that assist the Bailiff lo execute tended ter
the his car could writ for the possession of particular time, have run over the bicycle there Sun Ah Godown, Kowloon City and then, Counsel said. Again, Road, Ma Tau Kok, Kowloon. If it was accused's intention to maim
complainant
Counsel
The Baluf, who was accom
the panied by the solicitor for drew his Lordship's attention plaintiff, Mr Chan Sul-ki, was to the depositions in. which
refused admission to the pre- i among the tools listed in the mises when he called with the car was a spanner as well as a
writ about 10 this morning. Euston's Jack-the spanner might have
At about 10.30 he was, the ΠΟΤΕ convenient great arch and there he been
therefore, instructed by the "paused-like a bather at the weapon.
His Lordship said that accord-Registrar of the Supreme Court
to seek Police aid. edge of a cold sea, or a travel.
second thoughts ing to the depositions. accused ler who has about visiting a native quarter had a jack in his hand. after dark,
HR
as far as
For a moment or two Robert surveyed what he could see of London's native quarter-a bit the Euston of Euston Square, Road and the sinister darkness beyond that was Bloomsbury.
Then he picked up his bag and marched back into the station
He found à seat in the Great Hall and decided to sit out the rest of the night there.
Then he must have dozed ofL For the next thing he knew was that he was awaken by a touch on the shoulder,
4
HELP, HELP . '.
FOU travelling?”
demanded,
"You
3
voice
Robert looked Up, indi- expecting to see a masked figure, gun in hand. Instead, he saw a policeman.
"Have you got a ticket? the policeman asked. "I'd like to
see it,
"I'm showing
THE REASON
+
BARBED WIRE
4
Yesterday at St Teresa's Church, Mr Tong Sheung, recently voted by the public in the China Mail popularity poll Hongkong's Footballer of the Year, married Miss Norma Gonsalves. Picture above by staff photographer shows the couple leaving the church after the cere-, mony, preceded by their attendant flower girl and
page boy.
Radio Hongkong
HKT.
Governor
Visits Hospital
The
Bonham
SHEAFFERS
Skrip
LIGHTERS COLLISION
Court Reserves
Judgment
At one time not so long ago the idea of a British recording star being a big hit in America was as far removed from sanity as the idea of 4 British boxer ever being the heavy weight champion of the world. ber of American stars their way across the Atlantle to and other places, but no trafic
There was always a tale num- making
appear at the London Palladium
the other way.
In recent months a lot of
Britain's top recording and
Further submissions by the Hon. Leo d'Almada, QC, in which he dealt with the question of alleged contributory negligence on the part of plaintiff's and alleged negligence on the part of the defend- ants, were heard before Mr Justice J. R. Gregg, acting Senior Puisne Judge, in the Supreme Court this morning, when the action for damages, brought by the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., against Wang Kee and Co., was continued. The Court reserved judgment (leaving them where they were when Counsel ended his sub- or as a matter of convenience
in continuing loading missions,
to the Mr d'Almada charged that ships berthed at the wharves
the weather it was when
conditions right from the start, clear that it was defendants" | abated. negligence in not towing away
the start it is their six lighters from Kowloon clear that it was defendants
Wharves that was "the sole negligence in
not towing away effective cause of the collisions". their six lighters that was the seem to me to have been la- Continuing from yesterday on sole effective cause of the col-spired by Winifred's Other
Plano and there are about issue of alleged contributory lisions, Counsel declared, negligence
the од
part of Dealing with the question of dozen
dozen planists who have turned d'Almada
said: defendants' negligence and the
out a Crazy Otto" plano disc. "In
the
The name comes from a German circumstances improper abandonment of their prevailing from 5 am, onwards lighters Dolley and Karley, Mr on September 2, 1953, when the
d'Almada submitted weather was distinctly worse. extra courage was called for on what is complained of is really
the part of the of judgment on our creft in remaining with their
the
sin "error
of negligence and therefore it cannot be said we were guilty of contributory negligence here is certainly no evidence There to satisfy your Lordship this."
"Right from
no
that!
crew of these
broadcasting artists have broken into the big money in the States, some by personal appearances and others through their discs.
Among them are such names
David Whitfield. Ag
Dovid Hughes, Joan Regan, Llta Roza and Winifred Atwell. The sud den popularity of *Crazy
Otto' in America would recordings
સ
entertainer who clowns as he plays and he too will be visiting the States soon, but as any English pop music, fan will tell you Winifred Atwell started playing her 'pub' plano about
(plaintiffs) part and not an act erring to a Royal Observe years ago. One of the best
vatory signal chart, Counsel said cent
selling records in Britain re- that when the black ball (stros cently has been her Let's Have wind) signal went up. It meant that
all safety
precautions should be put in hand at once. "We know from the evidence
on
Counsel then passed on to the question of the allegea fallure of the plaintifs to remove all that defendants had only these six lighters out that night, and their lighters to Yauat
defendants
knew these He agreed typhoon shelter,
lighters that Mr 3. Moodie (Deputy know also the defendants had were at plaintiffs' wharves. We
available, two
and
Manager of Kowloon Godowns) three tugs
admitted in reply to a ques-duty tion from the Court that the shelter. It is lighters should have been taken evide
evidence that were we have the question, office to
from defendants' Hongkong
a party!
"ANYTHING GOES
the talent To get back to crossing the Atlantic, it may some of you to learn surprise that George, Shearing is British and, like Art Tatum, is quite blind. It is nice to know that in this field as well as in others of the entertainment world Britain can produce some good one on stuff. Yaumati clear from the a telephone call After the item a week or so "
back about 'blue' lyrics, a friend their Kowloon office of mine in the record business so in the soon after No. 5. signal went up told me of some records he had have done
•not to circumstances at the time, was would have resulted in all three
from someone who three received that negligence or was it not? tugs arriving on the scene
wanted to find a market locally.. Your Lordship will recall the shortly after 3 am,
With six
I heard one or two of state of affairs that night and lighters to tow and three tugs
of them and I must confess that I wonder the fact
had available, could it be said to be that plaintiffs
what sort of a fellow would been moving
of other than negligent to do no ever expect to get them sold
send the Glorley 10
over the counters in Hongkong. They
were not, of course," an any of the big labels and after hearing I can imagine why.
blue is not the word! I
only hope that programme planners at the radio stations
don't, ever let опе slip into the library. There would
a number
lighters from different parts of more than the harbour to Yaumati shelter, the scene, as Mak Ke, the and that when No. 5 typhoon clerk from defendants office,
2.30 am says he did
signal went up (at
still
on September 2) there wert Counsel submitted that at least a number of lighters in four of the lighters, if not more, different places in the harbour could have been towed away requiring attention. There were before the wind and seas rose to lighters at Lalchikok, where such an extent as to there was no lee from the wind, towing impossible, there were lighters in mid-
pot, similarly without lee. Can it be said that in the exercise of their judgment, when plain- tits decided
that all outlying lighters should first be moved, wrong? Bcause it is impossible that in so doing they were
to divorce one from the other,
make
our
be more valves blown during a
broadcast of one of the songs tban ever before. And please
SEA-SNAKE don't write and ask me where
SEEN IN
HARBOUR
the records can be obtained be¬
·'don't know where they cause I went to after all.
WHERE THEY ARE.... DORIS DAY has made and had released what jocks like a big hit. "Two Hearts, TWO Kistes." Other artists who hays put this number on dise include Frank Sinatra' and libe Crew Cutawa
His Excellency, the Governor, Sir Alexander and Lady Grant- ham made a tour of the new maternity and gynaecology wing A party of Police, some 50 in
of the Alice Ho Mi Ling number, cordoned off the streets
Nethersole
Hospital surrounding the godown-Kow-
Road this morning. loon City Road Mok Cheung Mr Leong said that he was
His Excellency and
Lady Grantham instructed to say that the reason Street, Ma Tau Kok Road and
6. Time Signal and Programme
were met on arrival why accused had the jack in Pau Chung Street while a his hand at the lime of the other detachment drove up in Summary: 0.02, Lucky Dip Variety at the entrance of the Hospital Requests presented by Jean by the Hon. Dr K. C. Yeo, Direc- offence was lorries from which they scaled Studio); 2. "Then and Now No tor of Medical and Health Ser- commission of the that he intended 10 use it to the main. wall of the godown Talk by Bertrand Russen OM.
Experiences of a Pacifist in the vices; Mr D. L. Prophet, Chair-stream and also at the ICI de- raise the front bumper of the yard.
First World War (BECTS): 7.11, man of the Executive Committee car in order to release the
Wilson Wan at the Piano (Concert of the Hospital; the Hon. Ngan bicycle which was pinned under- The Police had to cut barbed Hall; 740. A Life of Art Shing-kwan, Deputy Chairman, neath the wheel
ten Harrison. Produced of the car. wire on top of the wall in order by Godfrey bar an crus and Dr F. R. Ashion, Medical Court ex- Counsel produced a
to get inside.
Weather Report: 8 Time Signal and Superintendent of the Hospital. Entrance......... was effected in the News London Relry): 800, hibit showing one of the wheels
party was taken on a tour (London Relay) or of Inspection of the five-storeyed of the bicycle was tangled with
about two minutes and the doar Commentary the front bumper of the car.
was ther
ben opened to the Ball Special Announcements: 8.15, Corn-of insy
poser of the Week- Schumann; 8.45, building by Dr Ashton, accom- There was also some evidence
The occupants of the godown "Gypay Nights" Esteban depanied by Dr Yeo. in the lower Court which had have been told that they must sanlucar (Guitar): 9. Time Signal On the ground floor the party on that aspect you have the not been cross-examined on to leave but they are being given Concert by Arrigo Fox (violin). saw a number of ethers with evidence of Capt Wood!" the cffect that the accused had
S.M. Bard (2nd violin), My Alves reasonable time to collect their (viola) (Concert Hall: 9.30, Wed-
TUG ALREADY BUSY their babies registering with the personal possessions. run away and hid himself from
nesday Theatre. An Ideal Husreception
After citing the evidence the Colony for about 10 months The issue of the writ was band A Comedy, by..Oscar Wilde proceeded
the receiving Counsel the outcome of 2 after the accident.
Supreme Adapted for Broadcasting by Gilbert wards where 30 to 40 padem given by Cast. Wood in this long was sighted swimming
Me d'Almada comment regard, submitted
was cer- Ceart judgment. that that
Travers Thomas (BBCTS); 10.59, given tainly an act of a coward and March 12 in favour of Mr Chan Weather. Report; 11. Time Signal, were waiting for their treatment.ed on the charge by defendants" mile west of Green Island on | FACE BEHIND THE VOICE
Radio News Reel (London Relay): From there the party went that plaintiffs had
the Sui-ki for possession of the pro- | 11.15, Goodnight Music God Save down to the basement where a Kowloon doing nothing that a coward was not usually
The Queen; 11.30. Close Down, who had perty.
big and modern laundry is Kowloon the type of person
Wharves. He Said The solicitors for the plaintiff
There His Excellency at the time when the any intent to kill or wound.
Two motor junk licensees, and Lady crantham xe by owloon might have been used Counsel said his instructions appiled for the writ of execution
for possession last week. Under Cheung Chu, 34, and Chow Wan, latest washing and
he lighters were that there was
drying for towing away extreme
the 25, were fined $50 each by Mrjmachines in full swing.
from the wharves, she was busy and that accused the writ, the Banif of provocation,
Court was instructed to require A. G. Parker at the Marine
removing lighters from Laichl the occupants of the property Court this morning for being
SPACIOUS KITCHEN
kok to Yaumati typhoon shelter, up possession to, give
to the underway without a certificated
Counsel Before going up to the first
submitted that un- plaintiff.
master on board.
floor the party was shown the less the Court found that plain- snake with 21⁄2-inch black bands spacious kitchen where a mesi tiffs were wrong in so employ- around a greyish body.
was a vicious, beastly, ing the Kowloon, was being prepared,
plaintiffs On the first Boor was the could not be said to be negli horrid-looking thing enoug gynaecology ward, where. Dr gent in not using the Kowloon to put anyone off swimming for
H. Lau who de in charge of earlier in towing lighters away tive wand was introduced, to from the wharves
ad Even the Governor and Lady Gruz Kowloon started on her job at then. Dr Lani there showed the Lalchikok
B00D after the
you nothing." had restrained himself to re- Robert cried. And, jumping.up taliate when the complainant, he before he was wounded, was
as if he suspected a plot,
raced to a telephone-box and lying on the ground, shut himself inside.
With one hand he tried.
to
It was not until complainant started to run. away saying,
hold the door shut, and with the Courset was instructed, that be
other to dial 909.
fley Scotland Yard,"
he was going to fetch
a chopper
cried into the receiver, "I'm that the accused used the jack having trouble with the Gesta- which was still in his hands, pó. help, help...
to strike him.
Perhaps in his excitement he MOTHER TO SUPPORT had dialled only two nines, for no one answered,
Before he had the chance to try again, the policeman on the spot had summoned reinforce ments, and Robert was pulled from the box,
NEWS FOR THE NORTH
T. Clerkenwell-court, Robert
AT
pleaded not guilty to being
drunk and disorderly,
The police told their story and Robert told his
Accused was 27 years of age and had lived in the Colony for 25 years. He has a mother to support and although he had been convicted of common as gault some two years back his employers a taxicab company in Kowloon-had retained bis Counsel sald It services, would be extreme hardship on
the part of accused's mother and
to
accused's QWB
setback career if he were
When he was done, the magi- | long arate, Mr E G Robey asked pleaded. him: "What had - you... had to dririk?"
"Nothing" said Robert, "'cept. a pint with my dinner at 1.30 in the afternoon. before I left
horpe,'
"Nothing on the train?" "Nothing except one of those what-d'you-call-'em
things- sandwiches."
But the weight of evidence was against him and the case was found proved,
to serve * Leong
sentence, Me
Counsel said that accused was "manly" enough to come before the Court to plead guilty to the alternative count and he was throwing himself on his Lord- ship's mercy.
Accused had been in custody for four months and 21 days. ・・ Counse; added that the in- cident arose out of a family de- pute which resulted in a civil action in the Supreme Court He was fined 10s and he went some time back Any heavy thoughtfully away, looking as if sentence on the accused Mr might anbit he were siready in his mind Leong submitted,
the tale he would ter him or embitter this family composing Well, when he got home of his estrangement further and adventures in the world's most probably would do more harm exciting" cily,
Then good.
Printed and published by WILLIAM ALICE GHENHAM for and on behalf of South China Morning Post Limited at 1-3- Wyndham Street, City of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong.
010
SIDE GLANCES
By Galbraith
"Oh, I know I'm going to pass this year, Mommy teacher said yesterday she couldn't take another year of me!”:
det.
They
then
A grey and black striped snake measuring seven feet
PATTI PAGE has recently signed tip to make a series of, 15-mkuta
organisation General Motors,
aims for TV Sponsored by no less and you can bet that fall rides i in the sea, a quarter of a an Oldsmobile because that's the car
Sunday morning,
A British resident in the Colony who saw it while out en a launch cruise told the China Mail: today: "at first, I thought it was a piece of wood sticking
of the water.. out
"When the launch got closer I saw it
was, a poisonous
the rest of the season.
it."
dived after we disturbed
Later this morning, an official party around the general wards typhoon signal went up, instead of the Fisheries Research Unit said: It sounds like the bigger which
were fully
* at 3.20 am, she would still variety of the two kinds of sea occupied. From there the
pro- party
not have been able to return to snake we ceeded to the matemity ward the
get In Hongkong vicinity at Kowloon waters, the Hydrophis cyano- where
Dr R. M. Alderton is Wharves until 5.45 am at the cinens which is very poisonous. the Medical Officer in charge earliest when the weather was "But it is yellow with black Co this floor Sir Alexander already too bod." and Lady Grantham were shown the semi-private wards, the operating room, and the
bables rooms.
defendants
tugs. Gorley
con
stripes.
been
to be plugged on the programme.
Johnnie Ray
Dre of 21% could play
At the nursery, rhymes cia, the piano, Sang professiounity for the fist time uz 15. Arst night, club job was 'an si pianist. Tears the songs to pieces and is currently engaged to an English girl. Latest Release: Pana Loves 'Mambo"
A RECORD REVIEW
Page LP WAS Lar!" week's ··Patti- done an injustice," "It is indeed a "K-11'.repord and was not, as I and I thought it was, compiled from recordings.. I heard iC again on a "HIP!" speaker and St
Mr d'Almada said there
IF PROVOKED Authorities on reptiles in could have been serious sequences to property and Me Hongkong, like Mr J. D. Romer, .... if the lighters left in exposed have said that, they "have In one of the babies' rooms
Grantham saw
positions were not taken to never been known to attack Lady
a pair
shelter,
bathers
while other experts of twin boys only two days old,
the Counsel also reminded.
say they have not often The elder in an incubator
tugs theseen very close in shore, twin weighs three pounds. 12 Court that plaintiffs
But Ayo Chol Cheuk and Curlew, both
they will bite it pro and the ounces,
the other of lower power than either of voked. For example, when one pounds two ounces
or researcher tried to force a nea The party concluded the tour by visiting the nurses and Pauley succeeded in towing make's head down on a table fuld marier
away from the wharves with a ruler to examine it more doctors quarters on the two after the signal had gone up closely, it snapped angrily upper floors...
This, said Counsel, was the best. the ruler, de evidence
bite is fotal And its bite ability of tags of the to tow lighters away t from the The snakes, caught in fishing bays up to 4.30 am." or 5 am. nets at sea, have bitten and kill- on September 2 Contrasting ed local fishermen who tried to that with the evidence given by take hold of them. And once a the coxswains of Glorley and chicken died from the bite of
the this evil-looking specimen Tauley, and by Mr. Lau, the
lot of long experience, Coun eigh
eight minutes, C
US Cruiser And Sub Arrive
at
his all the syríptoms.
LES ELGART This vary, slick, præhæstes, de formad by a chosin tur a very, good, vention.. efir Sandman's backed with a
vesty
number, """Kladsgadein" The latter.reters, to a kitter: getting in the door. Figure that out and If you have children 1 assure you they'll like tha song,—Philips B 21479. H78rpm.
recreational visitsvallig vi ser reject e-Fighters --were: on | to manage-anything more “sub-tremely pleasant to, lakes.to and, the
TRÍO LOS PARAGUAYOS This is a Philip. 10′′- LP and is, à departure idrom, the (^umat –– South American record. The trio are times Parasvryan-municians and surgery whơn, piky, two- rultans and,, oddiy enfugija" hasɔthen-muide ("is ex-
Dalyvio nere/in..Spanishs-and-ClÍNZBÁR, the native --language-ot, Veraguay, ¿The recording quality iar crisp, and clear and the dial one, to have if you collect surual-diams of records les munte, or, is "course, :1; 200.me/ food of the name of Bonus Azperan
Pulling P10401 EL
Two American warships, the 13,600-ton cruiser Los Angeles and the submarine Volador, en sel said the contrast was so Their main diet, however, is tered port this morning on a glaring that the Court should fish of the smaller varieties:
It is unworthy of credit
heads are not big enough Their The Los Angeles (Capt. J. W- Waterhouse) flew the flag of their own property and, ac stanum and there
mey. B Warder, cording to the Rear Admiral
And the best advice the ex- Camroander of United States were in reasonably safe perts can give to swimmers or Cruiser Division 3. The Volador position. There was no quer launch picnickers is hardly is under the command of Lieut- tion of reckless darsgard on worth the bother of stressing
The pistnuns in "Don't try to handle. (bem? Commander A. L. Bettion the part
י.