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Refuses Bail Sydney's Annual For 2 Men Rainfall Exceeded
A renewed application for bail in respect of two men, detained by the Police in connection with confidential deportation proceed- ings, was refused by Mr Hin- shing Lo at Central this morning. The two men, Chat Man-bun
LATT
and
Yat-too, were repre-
Tong
sented by Mr M. Y
Mesars Peter Mo and Co.
Appplying for bail for the two
Section
Anot
ren under
the Deportation of Aliens Ord
Ordinance. Mr Tong said that the Police had! 110 authority to object to bail. Ht said that
these two men had been detained for
over two and a half months and
the only ground the Police had was that the men were due for confidential deportation.
Mr Tong said that he under- stood that the Secretariat for
In First 5 Months
FROM H. KING WOOD
Sydney, June 8.
The cursed rain, which falls almost con- tinuously, has brought us to the stage where we hardly grumble any more.
In a little more than five months we have had more rain than normally falls in a year. Sydney's annual rainfall is 46.97 inches but from January 1 till 8 p.m. last Sunday night 46.9 inches had fallen
and it has rained some since then:
Some rain has fallen every second day this year. One carries a coat or umbrella without mentally de-
Chinese Affairs had no objection bating the possibility of whether it will be required
the
to the men being released on bail. He added that the refund of bail was contrary to the in- terest of justice.
Opposing
applications Insp. A. Soular, appearing for the Police, said that the two men had arrived in the Colony illegally. They had come with 1 permit from the Communist Government fer a one-month visit and they were arrested within four hours of landing
here.
Insp. Soutar agreed with Mr Tong that the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs had finished their enquiries in regard to the two men and they had no ob- jeçtion la ball being allowed.
Mr Lo refused the application and adjourned the case for 14 days.
Fined $100
For Having A Gun
A Asherman who allegedly told the Police that a German-
made semi-automatic Mauser belonged to him because he had "got it" from the sea, appeared before Mr T. Creedon
at Kowloon this morning.
Tang Ho, 42, of Tsun Wan, IS charged with unlawful possession of the weapon and cight rounds of ammunition and was fined $100 or one month and bound over in $500 for twe years.
Inspector Roberts prosecuting said a party of Police acting on information went to Tsun Wan on June 9 and questioned de- fendant about.. the whereabouts of the gun. the abo
After the Police had searched his sampan in vain defendant led the
Police to spot be- hind the Grand Theatre where the weapon was recovered from under the ground..
Police then arrested defendant when he failed to produce
licence for the gun.
LE MANS RACE BROADCAST
From 10.30 to 10.45 p.m. this evening Radio Hongkong will of the Le broadcast a report Mans 24-hour race by Raymond Baxter and Robin Richards. The report will include Inter- views with Mike Hawthorn and Ivor Bues (the winning team) and Tony Rolt.
or
The remainder of the even- ing's programine will be cordings by Eddie Bailey and his orchestra.
1.30 INCHES OF RAIN
The Hintall figures for the 24-hour period ending at 11 am. today were 33.2 millimetres. (1,30 inches). The heaviest fall w39 at û Q.TIL when 19.2 millimetres (0.75 inches), wêre recorded.
Chancellor's Important Visit
or not.
"The
·
•
So came the war, and sorne- Prime Minister," Mr how, in spite of near-blind eyes Menzies, might or might not that needed the strongest lens. find some political satisfaction he got into a commando unit. Ai in watching the Labour Party an exercise, one night, Captain being slowly torn to pieces by, Wentworth's company was given internal strife, and it was no the task of capturing Port doubt the experience of this plus | Kembla, one of our main steel memories of an incident that centros. happened back in 1941 that caused him to crack down hard and share at the first sign of revolt in his own party.
Bill didn't di
much with
ot
that job. He captured it. He got control of the police station; he herded every employee cut the power station. He put his trcops into every key point' andi key building.
Spearhead
of the rebels- although not their leader by any means was brilliant, eccentric economist Bill Wentworth, who had sometime previously em barrassed the Government by punches. He was going to show
i
He told them not to pull their
moving a Private Member's Bill them how a handful of
measure
men
They sent staff cars racing trom Sydney with high officers
on the question of atomic de- could take over one of Austra- tence,
The
had been lia's most vital centres. placed at the bottom of the business paper which, in effect. meant that it would never come up for discussion. But with the
uncapture the town. Bill assistar.co of the other rebels Wentworth was threatened with and the Opposition, Bill had court-martial which never hap threatened to have it debated, pered, of course; but
30041 he was c out of that commando unit fixed fortress unit, cracked down hard. At a Party that someone discovered that his meeting he read the riot set, talked
eyes weren't so good after all about loyally, party and Captain. Wentworth was la discipline and all the rest of it valided and, of course, the rebels came
And
RIOT ACT READ
the Prime
Minister
and
and
with a
wasn't so long after that
*
out
A great grandson of that great
10 heel all except. Wentworth, Australian Statesman, Sir Charles and Wentworth, not the type to Wentworth, and apparently not
be worried by threats, is likely short of a few bob; Bill Went
to be a nasty thern in the side worth always has fought and, we of the Government for some guess, always will. He is cer- time to come.
tainly the last
person to be silenced or unduly worried by threats from his Parlamentary leader if he doesn't agree with
We'll tell you more about this gentleman in a minute, but first the rebellion story has to be
tied up.
him.
1845
MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1955.
SHEAFFER'S
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SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith Begs On Her Knees
T. M, Bop. U. 8. Pat OP. ·
2008 by KĀ Korvin, Ing.
"String beans, carrots, beets, tomatoes- hope the weeds and bugs kill these before they ever get ripe!"
3 Americans Charged
With Attempted Smuggling
For Leniency Towards Husband
From Our Files"
100 Years Ago
SCENE IN JUDGE'S COURT It is but seldom of late (since
the
abolition of the 'ght to headmoney) that we have had
the opportunity of commending
discharge
of their duties; and we
A young woman, carrying a child on her back and another in her arms, with three other children Naval Officers for zealous around her, went down on her knees to District Judge Reynolds this morning, begging him to re
have therefore the more pleasure
in mentioning Captain Fellowes
RS
community for a display
of
duce the sentence he passed on her husband for meriting the thanks of the burglary.
energy, in marked contrast with the spineness of his superior,
Admiral' Stirling.
The Judge agreed that hers was a particularly hard case and recommended her children to the: Eschewing red-tapeism, and Social Welfare Office for assistance.
However he refused to vary his sentence of three and a half years on the husband, Chan Kau, a licensed hawker. He told the woman that in view of Chan's pre- vious conviction for similar offences he would not be do- ing his duty if he imposed a shorter term.
A co-accused, Lam Sang, 26,
received the same sentence from Judge Reynolds when he changed his plea to one of guilty, after the Prosecution's opening. He also had a pre- vious conviction for similar offences.
bail,
Lam, who was On arrived in Court half an hour late, saying that he had missed the ferry.
Mr K. Y. Yung represented both accused.
2
Adjournment
Application
Is Rejected
acting solely on his own dis- cretion, as soon as information or complaint has been laid be fore of pirates in this neigh- search of them, and in two in- bourhood, he has proceeded in
stances within the last fort night with the able assistance of M
Mr Caldwell. has succeeded In destroying formidable and troub lesome piratical fleets which may account for "the paucity in the list of cases re- ported at the Police Station. A third expedition has not proved quite so successful, and very
feet Drobably the pirate
of was
..
the steamer search may be found close at hand, ready to
waykay the northern junks on their passage An application for an ad-UP, the coast from this place
and Canton.
Should the gallant journment by Counsel for Captain continue his exertionis, Chief Insp. K. Bodie said that the defendants, which was we may confidently hope for a at 6,30 am, on April 14 two uniformed "constables
claim on patrol opposed, in a
for speedy reduction in the price.of.
provisions in passed by the staircase of 161 $11,740.30 before Mr Justice
Hongkong. TAKES ACTION Hennessy Road and saw the ac-A. D. Scholes in the It appears that Captain cused, Chas, on the landing Supreme Court, was refused Fellowes having received in- The man darted into the first
telligence on Monday
last that Colonial Jorcha No. 28, with" 70 chests of oplum on board, had been captured by a of pirates at St John's on We weigh, and
got the Ratller General unde
went off in
floor
as soon as he saw
the by his Lordship this morn- Police. The {wo constables ing. went into the flat and found Hearing of the case was set Chan hiding behind the coor down for 2.30 p.m. today. Costs with a gold wrist watch in his were, awarded plaintiffs.
Plaintiffs hand. When he was unable to
"* MAN HIDING
Three American crew members of a Pan explain himself, they arrested American Airways aircraft, who were arrested at him, Kai Tak on Saturday, appeared before Mr. T. Creedon at Kowloon this morning charged with attempting to export from Hongkong a total ofed whether 400 taels of gold and 900 watches.
All defendants pleaded not guilty to charges and were allowed bail totalling $8,000.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
the
que, shouted that a man
Articrafts, contractors, of 264
were
the
examined.
On Tuesday morning early, two armed boats were sent into Sha-ty bay at St. John's to gate inforum. tion. and, there found a small pirate bost deserted, which was destroyed. The Ashing-people in the bay, wit the pirate fest had walled to the Butward three days, before
*Several junks under azit further
of them. The 53me King's Road who were reafternoon, about 5 pm., a num presented by Mr Brook A. ber of suspicious-looking craft Bernacchi, instructed by Mr were observed near one of the
Mesurs Wing-in of
islands of the. Sam-moon The two constables then ask-Cheung
group, but as no information: there was anyone Wilkinson and Grist,
had been given against them, The Peking Restaurant, of else in the house and the com-
-1
were Great George plainant, a woman, Chau Yuk- No
Street, they
unfortunately not had ground floor, were the defen just
run out of her cubicle dants and appearing for them continued Insp. Bodle. One of was Mr Lawrence Leong, the constables ran down the instructed by Mr G. H, H,
found the Goliby of way and
Messrs The first defendant, Wilson passage
Johnson, Van Alst, 38, co-pilot, of New accused, Lam, hiding behind a Stokes and Master. Jersey, was charged with at-
keys chest with two keys at Mr Leong in applying for an tempting to export 200 watches.
his feet. Both the watch and adjournment, owing to circum- westward were then overhauled. the He was allowed bail of $2,000.
keys, valued at $82 be stances beyond his control said but roved to be fishing-boats. The longed to the woman and were he would be unable to conduct steamer searched along the coast as Second
defendant,
far as Nam-pang, and Curt kept in her chest of drawers.
not seeing the case this afternoon and to- 26, a steward, of Arnold-Brann,
anything calculated to excita The rebels - some dozen of
returned towards Hong- California, faced two charges of
Insp. Boxte said that the two marrow afternoon He under-uspicion
kong. Next morning she looked into then aren't very much con- Trans-Australia Airlines have
burglars had gained entrance by stood the case, would not be Cowsock, and then steered for the cerned about Mr Wentworth's already booked 710 passengers
Le Mans Tragedy
attempting to export 200 taels of gold and 700 watches,
wrenching a wooden peephole finished by tomorrow and would Ladrones, near which He was atomic defence, but they are on the Sydney-Melbourne
Si-The Directors of Messrs allowed ball of $4,000.
from the door and undoing the have to be adjourned in any looking craft were observed making frustrated and feel that they for the Olympic Games. The
Daimler-Benz AG have asked
for the shore. The news, about 10, from the side. The event. Third defendant Forest
landed and tools to the hills, and are getting nowhere. They interesting part of that figure me to express publicly on their Eugene Scott, 31, second officer,
detached peephole was found, on Counsel said he was in his the junka being found heavily' som- joined the Liberal Party im-
of the bookings behalf and on behalf of the of New York, who was allowed
the floor.
as Lordship's hand is that 600
to with- ed, and evidently pirates, Wera mediately after
The the war when have been
destroyxong. Nothing made for
Mercedes
Chan had a previous conviction drawing so that his instructing dest people
racing team their grief the Party
solicitor culd was calling for new coming from overseas,
at the very previous accidental of $2,000, was charged with for attempted burglary
obtain new of the torcha talent for the service of the
which berell so many spectators of goid.
dent attempting to export 200 tarls possession of housebreaking in- Counsel. One other matter he THE DUTY QUESTION men who served their country
at the Le Mans 24-hour andur-
while Lam was wished to bring to the Court's In another part of our paper will Alst and Scot were represented so well,
ance Race, and
convicted especially at by Mr M. A. da Silva. Mr Chan
for burglary and notice was that efforts had been be found a few more specimens of Now, after 10
It has been a 'standing years of Parliamentary
the
passing
Governor Sir George Bonnant, on life, they see with tourists that our hotel: ac-
French driver, Pierre Levegh.
of that very great Yin-hung appeared for Amold receiving solen property, the made and were still being made the pratory of our late lamentable for settlement and an adjourn whom the Tories (more shame to the same old has-beens incommodation is
Lamong the
ment am Sure that all motor
I might be of assistance in them) and the Shanghai repudiators. Cabinet, the same old blunders worst in the world and a re-
All defendants were remanded
this connection.
(who are beyond thame) combined being committed,
their influence in vain.. Such sup- the
COUNSEL'S same cent survey made by the Chier racing enthusiasts will want to for 24 hours,
port and Sir George's self-exposure Jack of Bre in Government Secretary, Mr CA
Kelly, in
could hardly tall to enlighten the policy and so they decided that dicates that they have any sort of a rebellion would something to grumble about.. be better than none.
EX-SERVICEMEN
HOTEL FACILITIES
run
cry
had
associate themselves with this xpression of sympathy as I do ext myself.
At the same time I want to The survey revealed that
salute the courage of all those only 40 per cent of the 600 The Prime Minister may rap hotels in Sydney provided alities who take part in motor gallant gentlemen of all nation- them over the knuckles, but he reasonable standard of accor- racing so that the everyday won't make them lle down for modation for tourists,
The driver shail have a sater long. Most of them are
380 hotels provided better car in five years me. servicemen who know-as much almost DO amenities except
W. M. SULKE. About loyalty and discipline as drinking facilities,
ex-
other
the next man and who entered | He said the 3,000 beds pro Parliament to fight for certain vided by these hotels could not principles. It is possibly only be regarded as even reasonable this sense
that standard of suitable accommoda. of discipline keeps them toeing the line and tion for visitors to the city, the PM mighin't be doing such He said Sydney could provida a bad thing if he gave them only about 7,400 hotel beds for some attention.
tourists and many of the hotels Now about his man Went-concerned were on the outskirts worth. Somehow or other he is of the metropolitan area, always years before his time, Mr Kelly added that he was He poured money into a daily gravely
concerned about the newspaper venture at the indus-position. "It gives a rather trial town of Wollongong back startling. picture
what
The
1 1938, the writer being one of Sydney's hotel and guest house his more or less top men.
accommodation. is likely to be in was run on metropolitan the near future," he said.. paper lines and, of course, had to fold up-but today. Wollongong sup SCARCITY OF RABBITS ports two dailies.
There is no pleasing, all the
At dinner at his home one people all the time. night Bill Wentworth told of his
Rabbit wholesalers now intend
fears of Communism-long be
.
of
and
Radio Hongkong
Brann,
Fined $250
For Begging
A woman beggar, Chiu Kit- san, who was found to be carry (ing): $550 was fined $250 for begging by Mr T. Creedon at Kowloon this morning.
She told the Court she had begging for the-last ten
H.K.T. 0 Time Signal and Programme Summary: 603, Children's Half Hour Deen presented by Selly Ann (Study: months. 6.30. |_ Australian Trade Catalogue. Defendant was arrested yes, The Turtalhtly Review of Austra terday together with six others
Industry: Sika. Accent on Rhythm; 1.15, Bar 200 Bert Gillett at Kowloon City Bus terminus. at the Organ (08); 1,30. Musical The other city were cautioned Memories: 750. Weather Report; and discharged. Time Signal and the Nawe (London Relay); 8.07, Commentary (London Herby or Special Announcements 816, Short Recka by Nathan Miletin support.
(violin), with plano accompendiment
by Carlo Bussoth: 85. Ao Experi
Defendant said she had to beg because she had two children to
ment in Living, Falk by Woman Phones
Bestenfelt (Recorded); 9, Signal "Off the Boston Tracie" presented by Timothy Birch, (Studio); 9.30. Ekza- bethan Thestye. Written by H.A.L Craig and 8.0. Soth, No. 5: "The
The 10
Cabaret,” presented by
Police Station
bolt
plementa
Inspector said.
MITIGATING PLEA
and
DUTY
In mitigation, Mr Yung maid
Making
a formal objection to that since his last in 1948, Lam had reformed ment, Mr Bernacchi said he
conviction the application for an adjour himself and had been living in understood his learned friend's
a
half. Instructions
two
steamer then made
Was seen
egregiously misled by the Baronet Government and the honest portion
of the merchants who have been so
and his parasites about "the duty
mare
that
*were to savour of a diplomatie agent charged
his farm in Tai-0. On April 17 | difficulty, but he had a duty to question and it may be something he crossed over to Hongkong to his clients.
then a coincidence He said that visit
10 | immediately after the Liverpool a friend in
mahjong other. Courisel would be able to election. the Examiner, a great ex. school and played till 5 the
come in until the afternoon ponent of Whle polley, should have He intended following morning.
expressed itself as follow arhich would leave them with "Paradoxical as it may sound, to go home when he succumbed
there is a strong presumption la to temptation and became in- volved in the burglary.
For what motive, cas, such an epilcor
of the Minister upon whose good-
in a adjournment then advancement, to support, Mr Yung that should be on
word, terms with fortunes. In his career? The ten- costs of, incidental "to and deney: therefore, usualty is to x most As for Chan, said Mr Ying, thrown away by the adjourns to carrying them beyond the servile execution of instructions, or he could not earn enough as a ment, including Counsel's re: letter in the direction of the in licensed hawker to support a fresher for the day to be taxed
tention. When we hear of a case the very opposite to this practice wife and five children, aged from and the year to ton. The book part counsel said his clients were
of the the burglary in order to raise very embarrassed, in the matter money for medical expenses for as they themselves were two of his children who were mitted to a firm who had agreed i at that time.
to await the outcome of the case
His and a formally oppose the application with disobedience of orders, Lam had a pregnant wife, a but if his Lordship found under have for incurring the displeasure, two-year-old child, a mother, all the circumstances that there will depend his employment and his younger brother and a mother should be an
in-law added
com-
Since his release last time upon the understanding that it to the time he committed the
would come
to Court for trial -present, offence, Chan had tried today. very hard to get a better job, but had failed, Mr. Yung said.
Taipo Road
Accident
Smashed Glass Window
stance a man whose ability in beyond all question we must pre sume that he has been awayed by of policy, paramount to an selim, a regard to interests or principles
than presumptions to trust to in the considerations. But we have mora case of Sir John Bowring) in China, and are quite. estisiled that · may' error in subordination he may have committed has been motived by a," scrupulous regard to that national faith which is both a supreme duty Golden Rowed" (ABCIS);" 19, “Inter- The Repulse Bay mystery of
and the safest and soundest polley.
↑ "MUST PROTEST” Denise Brabant Studio: 10.30. Re- the European bather was partly
"That this will be made manifest part on Le Mans olhar race by cleared up this morning when Raymond Baxter and Robin Richards, the Aberdeen Folice Station re-
when the papers are produced, we Interviews with Mike Hawthom mad
ara conâdent; and in the meantime Ivor Bles. (live priming team and ceived a call from a woman tell-
Able Seaman K. Moates, of in the name of justice and fair-play Tony Rott: 10.46 Pole Talleymding them that his orchestra; 10.30 Weather Report down to collect her things., would she
be
HMS Tamar, was fined $25 and to an absent man, we must proles: bound over in $100 for one year ations which Mr Borstall has been
against the Ussue of misrepresent The Signal, Redio News Reel (London Relay): 14.18, Goodnight The mystery started on Satur
by Mr Him-shing Lo at Central moved to deliver in the House of Mudo: God Save The Queer 11.30, day night, when a report was
this morning for maliciously Commons There is not a single made to the Aberdeen Police
damaging glass window of the statement in his speech coresponde
* Station that an unknown. Euro-head and five other people were Road.
A Chinese was injured in the Golden City?
Theatre, Gloucester ing with the facts, and so egro- giously and ridiculously has be bean pean woman was missing at shaken when a car overturned
duped.. as to have told the House He was also ordered to pay $6 of Commons that the Americka Repulse Bay.
The woman was reported to Road on Sunday evening.
near the 5% milestone on Tapo
compensation.
Minister had made. Shanghai, tres ? Insp. J.D. Two Shangling men, Cheung have hired a locker from a res We had another whisky and had been holding onto their Kam chee, and Chan Ye-san, turant in Pepulse Bay and Taipo Road carrying two men, a Biur, watchman of Golden City March 31, 1845
Carty wald that port, as well might it be mid that consultation, the political imity
The car was travelling along early
early yesterday morning, Law
some one had made. Mr Horstell of North Atlantic Powers, said goodnight, convinced that staff expecting to get plenty of who ran a monkey show to the left the place leaving behind
goore of a donkey."Examiner, inchaling
Germany. Should be Bill was getting madder every rabbits, mut each month had anoyance of pedestrians at her clothes. She had not return car, when one of its tyres burst another man passing by the tera Liverpool, and made trentious women and three girls in the Theatre, saw the defendant with Mr. Horstail is one of the members preserved.
day.
seen a bigger and bigger decline Pratt Avenue, Tsimshatsui, yene ed by late even when a re That the military strength
and the vehicle swerved off the theatre and smashing the glass exertions to have Bir George Bore "of the Westest collective secur--|-was-fust the people like us that staff-would-have-to-go.
ham ### colleague, noTMdoubt fees. Creedon at Kowloon Ity system, including the military he talked to, who wouldn't Australia has been fighting the
had seen a European women in
O'Brien Street where he in facts of which the Examiner speaks momon not be reduced our unpreparedness. He couldn't like 100 years and we can't 800 the Police to the Mataukok pevate car and leave. They one of the passengers, was in Printed and published by WILLIAM ALICE GRINHAM for strength proposed, for West Ger- listen to him drumming about rabbit menace for something the monkey taken away by swimming costume get into a turned, but only. Cheung Sal-he,
The car bounced and over formed a policeman.
so disrespectfully, 4 Lexcept as part of a workable and"] have been very mad, anyway; at the Govtrument, being very Kemet for a day was ordered could not say whether it was jured. reliable system of East-West 21 he was economic adviser to much upset about the vanishing by the Court to be returned to the woman who left the restau disarmarne
the NSW Government,
of the rabbit-ój
the defendants.:
Frant etriler, K
The accident also caused a 2nd on behalf of South China Morning Port Limited at 1-3 minor landslide,
Wyndham Street, City of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong
fore the days when Communism to ask the Federal Government was to become part of our lives; to stop the use of myxomatosis. (Continued from Page 1)
disease haя he told of his fears about Asia They claim the 2. That the meeting should at a time when any troubles knocked them right out
business. not attempt a "rush solution" about Asia could be conveniently of the issues involved by laying wiped away with a fling.
About 150 Sydney firms, with of the down the groundwork for the hand; he said that out of a war thousands of pounds tied up in construction of new Soviet that was coming in less than freezer plants, have had their German relations on a safe and two years would be weapons worst year on record, because of satisfactory basis.
that would
live on to make the scarcity of rabbits,
3. That in a spirit of mutual mankind shudder. PART Head of one firm, said they
Close down).
Monkey Show Nuisance
evening
Jade
Bill wasn't mad, of course: it and now it looked as though the fterday-were cauitoned-by Mrsken fanagers reported the-and-crashed into the hill. He then followed them to ing indebted to him for the sort of
morn-