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CASEBOOK
Gift Of
Tongues
WORKERS
|RESENTFUL ̈
ALLEGED
London, June 22.
Mr J. P. L. Thomas, First Lord of the Admiralty, told
TATURE bestowed on the House of Commons to- Charles a gift she is day he had no evidence of re- not so free with the gift sentment among employees of tongues. He picked up at the Naval base at foreign languages as easily Singapore because they did as most men pick up bad not come under the labour habits or colds in the head laws of the Colony.
By the time he reached man-
"Mr "Stan "Awbery (Labour)
He asked whether the labour laws could be applied equally to all workers irrespective of who the employer might be.
hood, Charles could speak ten had said that there was resent- foreign languagse as if each bad ment
gift been his own. With that and his pleasant appearance and manner (which both, as he grew older, gave him the look of a nior officer in a regiment that sels some store by intel!'gence), It must have seemed likely to those about him that he would go far
in his trade Trade.
Mr Thomas replied: "The whole of the locally entered employees derive greater bene- the far from
present Admiralty practice than they would under the Straits Ordinance of
1923 and the Workmen's Compen- cation Ordinance of 1933 which are at present in force, and I have no evidence of resentment ameng employees.
But Nature, as if laser repent ing for, its generostly, added two other endowments -- a sirong thir and a weak will.
CELEBRATING
HE result was that for each THE
step Charley's talents ad- vanced him, his failing get him back two. So that when he reached the age for retirement, no one bade him stay. Charles was retired to the institution.
EQUAL CONDITIONS "There have, however, been consultations with the Singapore government to ensure that the conditions of service of locally entered employees conform with those prescribed in the draft labour bill which is shortly to
· From the institution, Charles be tabled in the Legislative
set out the other day for a small | Assembly."
celebration. It could not be other
In reply to another question.
than small, for funds would not allow it to be, but the occasion was his 70th birthday, and that Boyd,
by Mr Awbary. Mr. Alan Lennox-
the Colonial
Secretary,
said: "There have been 12
CHINA MAIL
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THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1955.
· SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith
516
T. ht. Bag, the the PO Cap. 1968 by LA Bervba, ba
"Dad, were you that crazy about me when I was a cute
little feller?"
Another Protest By Lancashire
London, June 22.
SHEAFFER'S
ADMIRAL SNORKEL PER
Alleged Blackmail Defence Continues
O'NEILL WAS
"VERY WORRIED MAN" SAYS DOCTOR
"The accused was obviously a very worried man, and worried men tend to do foolish things," was the opinion of Dr Ian Reid who testified at the trial of Charles Joseph O'Neill, London schoolteacheTM, at the Criminal Sessions this morning,
The doctor was replying to a question by the Jury as to whether the mental condition of O'Neill would have driven him to actions he would not have committed under normal circumstances.
Women Fined For Opium Offences
A total of eleven taels of pre- pared opium, 10.8 taels of opium dross, 295
oplum ounces of water together with some utensils were ordered to be con- fiscated to the Narcotle Bureau- by Mr W. S, Collier at Kowloon this morning.
Mr Collier fined a 45-year-old married woman, Ng Wong-hing, $200 for possession of opium and
oplum pipe. Two other. women, Yu Wong 42. an amah
one
and Ng Ting, 27, a married
were each fined $75 for
of oplum
Accused of blackmail, O'Neill called Dr Reid to give evidence before My possession Justice A. D. Scholes, of his mental and physical condition last September and November..
..
·
O'Neill faces three counts of Dr Reid said that he gave Asked about the drug uttering threatening letters | the accused ten pills on Novem-"Oblivon" Dr Reid said that ¿wo to Mr G. T. Palmer, aber 30, one to be taken twice a normal doses did not make former employee of Shewan, day,
people confused, but excessive Tomes and Co., Ltd, and one The accused, calculating that doses might give confusion
Mr. R. V. Laderhofer, the pills would then last him Asked whether he had any managing director of that firmentil November 5, asked the direct evidence before him to last December. The letters doctor whether after that date support O'Neill's complaint of threatened to expose an alleged there would be a slow lessening near blackouts, and dizzy feelings, embezzlement of $11,000 from effect of the drug, or whether apart from what the patient told him Dr Reid said that he aid Shewan, Tomts" by Mr Palmer it had a lasting effect. unless
writer received Dr Red replied that it was not think that a
person would $1,000 from Mr Falmer and a relatively new drug and no tall a doctor out at night un- $2,500 from Mr Lederhof.
one could answer that with con- fidence. He had not heard that it was a long-acting drug.
the
Mr. D. N. E. Rea, Crown Counsel, is prosecuting assisted by Det. Insp. J. Howarth.
O'Neill is not represented by Counsel
!}
DOCTOR'S EVIDENCE
SOMEWHAT NEUROTO
Accused: Speaking generally would you say that I was in an extremely neurotic condition at that time?
Witness: You were certainly somewhat neurotic.
he were truly worried. These were subjective symptoms and one had practically no con- trol over subjective symptoms, He had no direct evidence.
CONSISTENT SYMPTOMS
In answer to the accused the doctor agreed that these symp- toms were consistent and helped to form a general picture.
ed
called for the best he could do strikes over industrial disputes and cotton dyeing and weaving firm of Burgess, often fallowed from excessive that I was suffering an unusual stances?"
He did his best to celebrate, and next morning from the dock at Clerkenwell he pleaded guilty to having been picked up drunk the right before,
"Can't deny it, sir, can't deny tall, lean, it," said Charles, a "bronzed man, with a flourishing moustache, to the magistrate, Mr Frank Powell.
"H
I CAN DO A JOB
E was bound over in the
since the beginning of March."
COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT
Mr Lennox-Boyd rejected a suggestion that systems of col- roolished in all British colonies lective punishment or protectorates.
should be
He sold: "Provision for colles- Live purishment only exists in
a few territories and is seldom used.
"It is based on the need to sum of £8 for drunken-penalise communities who have
offenders last August, said the sheltered gaoler, when the magistrate ask-refuged to oct
ress,
ed if anything were known about authorities. Charles.
OF
have
in aid of the
"
"The tew Colonial governments which retain this provision "What have you got to say consider that since there is no about that?" Mr Powel asked practicable and satisfactory al- ternative it would be unwise to "Well, if you send me to relinquish this power and I prison, 1 can act as an inter-accept their judgment." Reuter.
Charles.
preter-10 languages," Charles
said
"If you can do that, why haven't you a job?" asked the magistrate.
"I'm 70," Charles said, arid
as if then,
he realised that reason might not be thought sufficient, te added: "It'you let
me go back to the institution I
can do a job there, they're that
short of workmen.”
"But what about this £5 bind
OVET?"
DEUTSCH..DANSK....
FRANCAIS
ROYAL VISIT
Excitement
In Oslo
Oslo, June 22. Excitement mounted in
Mr Robert Brown, Chairman of the rayon
Ledward and Co. complained in a public statement today against competition of Far Eastern cloth in Britain.
Mr Brown said: "There is naturally considerable annoyance and concern in Lancashire at the amount of foreign cloth which is pouring into the country, not only for re-export but for sale in the home trade from India, Hongkong, Japan, Austria and Italy, at prices with which we cannot compete when equipped with the finest spin- ning, preparation and weaving machinery.
pounds tish exports as a result of ime *Many millions of have been spent in Lancashire port during the last ten years on quotas set up to protect local plant modernisation and the industries in importing countries. improvement of working cond-France-Presse. tions and we are surely entitled
in return to some form of pro- tection against the unfair com- petition we are experiencing from many countries whose production is, heavily subsidised.
"In the case of the Indian mills their spimers receive a subsidy of over tenpence per lb. La addition they have the ad- vantage of cheap labour; work- ing long hours.*
The British textile industrialist concluded by suggesting that a revision of the Ottawa agree- ments of 1932 might provide a solution to the crisis facing Bri-
Oslo today as preparations Radio Hongkong
were speeded up for the 46CEND) me to prison," Charles arrival here on Friday of ❝STEND
said. Then I'll be an Queen Elizabeth and the terpreter for themn."
"But they don't want inter-Duke of Edinburgh on a
said the three-day state visit. preters in prison,"
magistrate."1 expert the gover- nor speaks English...."
"There's all sorts there," said Charles.
"What speak?"
languages do you
seems
Nearly every citizen involved in the preparations, designed to give the Queen great and gay welcome.
3
Carpenters were busy on Osla quayside today raising a recep-- tion pavilion where 82-year-old Charles began to tell hir King Haaken, will Preet the German Arst, then Danish, Queer, who is his great niece. French, Italian.
when she and the Duke" step The magistrate held up his ashore from the royal yacht hand to stop the flow, He. Britannia, ed to the probation officer, "Look The police, faced with a vast bere," he said, "perhaps you crowd and the biggest traffic could Introduce this man to one jam in the city's history, have of those language institutes. barred the central area to cars, They might be very glad of trams and
THE TROUBLE
[R POWELL', returned
ME
Charles: "You have
this wonderful knowledge,”
said, "and yet..."
tarift
1;
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mental strain. He
the
.
Dr Reid MB. ChB, (Edin), of
The foreman of the Jury ask- the firm of Drs Anderson and
He agreed that according to Partners, said that when he saw
"Do you consider that the the the office records, the accused mental condition of the accused O'Neill last September
for would have driven him to accused complained of weakness had been under treatment
actions he would not have com- and symptoms which he would jaundice last August.
Accused: Would you agree)mitted under normal circum- call anxiety state which very
Dr Reid replied: "I feel that sent the amount of sickness in that period
best answer to that is accused to hospital in November of abx months from July, 1854 the
to December, 1954 for one that he was obviously a
Avery for treatment of colle in
worried man and worried men kidneys. O'Neill was in hosp! person?
tend Witness: 1
think you
to were Lend
do foolish
ibings. "I tal for about a fortnight and
unlucky to get two relatively would not go further than that." was discharged about November major illnesses following fairly
Foreman;
Would the mental rapidly on each other. I think condition of the accused explain "subsequent partial lapses of the time? memory relevant to events at Witness: I last saw the man on November 30, so later than that I cannot tell, but often one of the symptoms complained of by those people is poor memory.
The trial is proceeding.
8.
that often happens.
the"
Coalition Necessary
of
All defendants were repre stated by Mr F. Zimm EHF.,
A third charge of dealing in dangerous drugs to which the first defendant pleased not guilty was dismissed when the Prosecution offered no evidence.
POLICE RAID
The Prosecution said that on June 18 at about 1.15 pm. Police add 179 Fuk Wing Street, second floor, where first de fendant was found present .. From
various
oprum pipe, two pl
***
two
bowls of prepared opium, one horn of opium, tour small tigs of opium dross, one bucket of oplum water, four small oplum Ave of prepared showing tracts of
pats
tine
oplum dress and various other utensils con- .. nected with the use of opium were found. These articles were found in false comport ments in the bathroom and la the "bedroom First defendant admitted possession.
At that time second defendant was seen comming out of the staircase with a rattan basket. She was stopped and the basket
found to was
to contain four tins of coloured substance which was later
found to be a small quan- tity of opium dross
An hour later third defendant went to the premises with an- other, basket which was found to contain four tins and two small packets of opium dross.
.
MITIGATING PLEA
In mitigation Mr Zimmern'
defendant's said, that third husband had resorted to smok- ing. opium because he cancer of the throat.
had
Dr Reid said that about three
As he ended his examination days later O'Neill called at his office again, complaining of pal- pitations, near blackouts and in-chies of his witness, the dizziness. He was also suffering accused asked the Court to tell from lack of appetite. On the Crown Counsel to bear in mind night of November 29 he was while cross-examining Dr Reid
At the time of the raid the called to
O'Neill's lodgings, that he had not brought the continued the doctor, saying "He
witness to Court for any other
busband. Was attending the hospital and only first defendant had had one of these attacks of purpose than to answer for
was present, and therefore must Dear fainting. He had a lot of certain statements he made in palpitations and a feeling ลง evidence. yesterday
afternoon.
be held responsible for what though he were going to die. He was not pleading insanity,"
was found
Second. there, He was very worried about O'Neill reminded the Court.
defendant was a servant, and altogether. He also complained
third defendant was merely a that he was afraid or found it
carrier, probably earring difficult to go outside amongst
small fee for carrying the crowds; as far as I could make
oplum. She had two chidren out for two, reasons: he was
to
support. afraid that whilst out one of
Karachi, June 23.
Mr Zimmern said Arst de- these fainting attacks might
The final results of elections fendant
unfortunate was The accused had raised & for Pakistan's new Constituent standing before the Court when a feeling of being hedged in, which I be special and unique defence that Assembly tonight indicated that her husband ought to be in her come on; and he had lieved he described to me at a result of mental disorders. Premier Mohammed' Ali's
Second defendant place. that time as being as though legally termed "disease of the Muslim League Party will have unfortunate in that she happened
mind.". and
the time he wrote the to seek coalition with one of to fad employment with a per- buildings
letters he was unable to form crowding on him."
the the
opposition son who was an opium smoker. specific intent which one of the elements of the crime paties from East Pakistan to He also asked the Court to take into consideration the circum- with which he was charged. The achieve a working majority,
Last returns to the elections, in
stances in regard to third de- the accused to which provincial was on
assemblies fendant.
Crowde
were
Before he began his Cross examination of Dr Reid, Mr Rea applied to call Dr Yap in rebuttal,
UNIQUE DEFENCE
Was
two Muslim
NERVOUS DISORDERS Witness agreed that he told onus the accused that these feelings prove this and the Crown could
formed electoral colleges, showed arose out of nervous disorders call evidence in rebuttal. and in time would disappear it Mr Rea explained that he the Muslim League will com- mand only one-thint of the seats he gave it time,
was making the application at
in the new Assembly, which Accused: Had I been able to this
point because if it was afford the luxury of a holiday granted his cross-examination of mests at the hill report of in a different clime, then one Dr Reld would be shortened, Murres, Punjab, on July 7 to can take it for granted that
Mr Justice Scholes held that frame
little more quickly with rest rebuttal evidence. and non-concentration?
Questioned by Crown Counsel Witnes:: I don't think you can take it for granted. They Dr Reid said he was qualified in normally pass off, but I don't 1950 and other than taking the know has much to do with it.
that
the difference in normal course in mental diseases had no other qualifications for
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Charles had it in me to By 77 votes to four, the make a long speech of thanks Senate today rejected a resolu- but they showed him out before tion sponsored by Senator Joseph he was half through it, and he McCarthy of Wisconsin, re went away borne co his loqua- quiring the coming four power city, a in to many conference to discuss the umurs, who could not sug. No. of the stellte sations of the
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East and West Pakistan. 32 were voted for yesterday in West Pakistan because the re- maining eight members repre senting the princely states and bal areas will be co-opted when the Assembly meets.
Two young Ivory workers, who were alleged to have been a series of highway robberies in the mid- level district this year, - were remanded for 48 hours in Polles custody by Mr Hin-shing Lo st Central this morning.
The defendants were Leung Ng-wo, alias So Tsai, 19 of 3 Au Kuen, allas Ng Teal, 23, of 984 Canton Road, third floor.
Ruth
I still have these feelings in
He said that O'Neill. had a modified form when I am walking in the town? Once a very definite physical illness; has experienced these kidney stones, his diagnosis of
The Muslim League swept the Mssue attacks they liable recur Bakistan. yester. Terrace Arzt
stress and I believe you ports. His diagnosis of O'Neill's day, claiming 28 of 32 seats. The have been under a little stress mental state was based on what League, however, gat only one since then so I am not surprised O'Neill told him and on nega of 40 seats for Fast Pakistan Both defendants were alleged
That of Mr. Ah. The remaining to have robbed Mrs that they have not left you tive physical findings. entirely.
Asked what degree of anxiety 39 were shared by the oppoel Victoria Withers Green of a
this order
wrist watch on June 19 at a The doctor said that O'Neill he diagnosed of O'Neill, Dr Held in parties
United Front, led by Fazlul catchment west of Kotewall complained also of tensions and said that "anxiety state” was not
Huq 160 the last time he saw him entirely synonymous with a stake
Asami League, bended by
Rood defendant medically was on November 30. or anxiety. One
cea twa also First
facca should judge Hussain Shaheed Sufrawardy charges of robbery with offen- He gave him some pills called:
might help.
L
Novel Telephone Oblivan which he thought the severity of the state, gards present Law Minister 12.
Service
Vienna, June 22.
CHEMICAL NAME
the accused Asked by
on the symptoms addizzed and Hindus 9, and Independent 2, sive weapons. He is alleged to
on the duration of the Reuter, things causing
pertly
the
Symptoms.
If what O'Neill said was true
to that he had still got the symə-
Vienda's versatile telephone describe the chemical name of toms, then one must presume that system was offering subscribers the drug and whether
Operated Ferry Charge
Have robbed Trang Lany a 28- of her year-old Chinese woman, of wrist watch and gold finger
a path belout Now at a on May 31 30 Fo Shan Road. He is also alleged to have robbed Chiu Kam-ling, 18 years, of a wrist watch on May 27-st May Road Dear the Peak Tramway Station. on both occasions. It is alleged,
fourteenth for dinner, a team's on goes it is a relatively new. possible that it was not quite sincer· Keung Tal-choy, 36, he was armed with a pen-knife.
oliter.
It it was quite a severe case." a new cervice todayan escort affected the brain, Dr Reid
COUNSEL'S. QUESTION "Its name is methy said burzau that will provide a per--
Crown Counsel: Would it be son with fourth for bridge, a hentymol. As far as its ac
A certificated, coxswain and drug and the precise mode of severe case, a mild
case perhaps, vartoer, a chauffeur or a baby scilon had not yet been found, but the fact that he still has was charged before Mr J, E I feel is properties would be these attacks is due to the stress During at Central this morning In fact, the bureau said, it
shown by telling y could provide fummae excarts of the UK it has gained a reputa-ance before the Courts, once at between Ngau Tau Kok and
you that in he has undergone in his appear with illegally operating a ferry MURDER CHARGE either sex for any respetable lion amongst non-medical peo the Magistraty and
Hsing Hing-hwa the 349-year- Defendant arrested old Ningbo alive? A Syrian army post opened pastime. Employees of the anidriv which gives one went that not. Le now here. Kro Ling N fure against Israeli fishing bouts bureau will not greept romantle confidence, it apparently has no Witness: 1 would certainly Jime 22: by a Marine Departo Foca quartermaster of the on the Sea of Galilee today, in proposals of any End, it added. narcotic effects, it is not tend to keep it going, but there ment oficer who intercepted the have murders Shing Lay cha army spokesman stated here 10- It already mapplies weather drug that tends to depress the are many worried people who ferry which allegedly carried on board the ship in the night Kraeli forces die pot and stock market reports, fairy intellers. 16 is not a drug which don't have any symptoms at all. 17 passengers negat
sens on June 20% was remanded answer the fire and no czsuke tales for children, recipes and down. It is supposed to allow When you saw him, would you Hearing was tixed for August for 48 hours in Police cust tins were reported the spokes-tape-recorded music. United one to view one's fear with say he know what fan was do- 22, 24 and 25, Defendant tras by Mr Hin-sking Lo st man said, France-Presse.
allowed ball OL, $50%
this morning.
Tel-Aviv, June 27.