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JOHN CLARKE'S CASEBOOK
After Office Hours
THE export manager's
The magistrate drew a deep "You can't expect to do
secretary would have aigh. smiled to see him working, this sort of thing and just walk out of here," he said. "It's
after office hours, on her hopeless. You inust Ko ta
typewriter.
Ho was a good man to work for, courteous, considerate,liad been
he wan
the
IL
A
prison for two months"
Marect rocked a little,
difficult for himself methodical, and, though he was) rand his family to keep up French by birth and upbringing, appearances In the past. Difficult to live up to the status explicit, precise and clear, when
diclating in
in English.
of export manager on £12 But at
typowriter... WOOL. Laboriously, Marcel, the export manager, ground out the words he wanted to write to his chief, the head of the firm.
At last he
Re was done. looked around the silent, empty office for an envelope, found addressed it. Then he
one,
went home.
TEXT
NE
£114 STOLEN
morning Marcel delivered his
letter.
Now, infinitely wore, he and his family would have not the present to live up to, but the past to live down.
4 APPEALS
DISMISSED
chief read, chewed over the
Four criminal appeals against inst line, whleh sald: "1 shail, of course,
ewalt
your in-Geniences were all dismissed by structions,"
then rent for lus Mr Justice A. D. Scholes, Agt- mg Puisne Judge, at the Appeal Court, this morning. The Judge suld that he could And no
of
export manageT
Marvet, a handsome man 32, pale and tense now, came in.
"SIL down," his employer said. "You realise, don't you.
rounds in these appeals,
The four appellants were Lam Wing-klag, who was sentenced that I shall have to cr the to two years for theft from a police."
12-year-old boy: Chiu Chi, sen- Marcel nodded. He had
tenced to six months for breach expected that, when he wrote of Ure letter confessing that he had stolen £110 of tht:
Bran's Lean money. At
10
e deportation order; On, sentencodi to 18 months for burglary and larceny: and Yu Hol, 61, sentenced
to Clerkenwell. Marcel 21 months for Hureeny from a pleaded guilty to stealing from child and unlawful possuasion. his Arm, and the story of his
Lam had one previous leiter won Loll
the vietna To
receiving for magtrale, Mr T. F. Davies.
Chin property,
had one for armed robbery, und Ylu three for larceny and smok- optum.
A
VERY LENIENT" POLICEMAN
weli
into
the witness-box.
"This tran served with tho Frea French forces during the war," ho said, "He married on Englishwoman, and they have four young children,"
"Tell mo," the magistrate said, "he's described na export manager, what
earning?"*
His
he
con-
stolen
Population Of
HK Talk
The Civic Association wishes the to remind was
members of Association and members of the public of the public meeting
will
the which
be held at British Council Library in Gloucester Building at 9.30 p.m. today,
wages were £12 ¤ week. sir." the policeman answered. "Out of that he has had to pay £2 18. reni,
"His employers have been very lenient, in that they would
will talk
on
15
CHINA MAIL
Established 1945
FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1955,
Sunshine Smiles For The Children
Accepts Magsaysay's Challenge
Manila, July 29.
Senator Claro M. Recto last night accepted President Ramon Magsaysay's challenge to run for the Presidency in 1957 and promised to hound the chief executive from Barrio (village) to Barrio and "take the issues to the people."
"I never run away from a fight and I do not care about the size and
of the enemy," the Batangas Solon said.
run
enemy
was
resources
No happier picture of the Rt Hon Alan Lennox- Boyd and Lady Patricia has been taken since their arrival in Hongkong this week than the one above. It shows the Secretary of State for the Colonles and his wife delighted with their reception from huge throng of children during their tour yester- day of squatter resettle- ment areas in Kowloon.→→ PRO photograph.
а
STARTS INSTANTLY NEVER MISSES
SHEAKER
BUSY MORNING FOR S of S
(Continued from Page 1),
Before their tour at the War
MEDIUM & FINĘ › ***BALLPOINTS AVAILABLE
Karel Weiss Case
COUNSEL'S FINAL
SUBMISSION
Making
D.
stibmission, Mr
to the plight of 4,000 to 5,000 blind persons in the Colony.. As they left the room, Mr Lennox-Boyd asked how chorus of "bye-byes" went up many cases of eye trouble were from the girls, and the Serre-treated in one year, and was told tary of State waved his hand that there were 63,000. He said in acknowledgment.
that the Chairman of the British Mr M. A. da Silva mado After calling at the office of Empire Society for the Blind, his final submission before the Wanchal Kaifong District Lady Normanby, was his wife's Mr Poon Yan-hoi nt Central Association, where they met M
cousin, and that certainly, they Hung Hon-hin, Chairman of the would try to find ways and this morning in the case Executive Committee, the party means of helping here.
against Karel Weiss, sole proceeded to the Handicraft Dr the Hon. K K. C. Yoo, Direc Room, and were introduced to tor of Medion and. Health Ser- proprietor of Messrs Karel Miss S. C. Chan, the officer-in-vices, and Dr H. T. Wong, Weiss and Company, of 304, charge. Several boys were at Medical Officer in Charge of the Central House, summonsed work painting Chinese Christ- Violet Pool Clinic, met the for alleged default of busi- mas cards. Mr Lennox-Boyd Secretary of State upon his ar expressed his admiration at their rival, and Matron M. M. Crosby nesa profit tax, amounting to work, and wald he would like to
$4,801.29, for the year of was then presented. obtain some specimens. The
Patients, mostly mothers with assessment 1951-1952. visitors were amused "By the
children, were sitting on formIS antics of a puppet worked by in the entrance
MỸ N. E. Rae, Crown hall, and Mr Counsel is prosecuting and small boy and were entertained Lennox-Boyd indicated to
Mr the da Silva appeared on behalf of with a tune on a Chinese musical
Tress that probably by this time defendant. Instrument by a littic girl.
they
were roady to become
da Silva Memorial Centre ended, Lady patients for the moming Patricia was
The Matron explained the "I want presented with
to ask a rhetorical Symm
which by of embroidered piece
rhetoricul cross- patients pur-question in chased a $1 ticket from the examination of the Commissioner made by 13-year-old Miss Lecahruff, and were then entitled of Inland Revenue. Sung-nul,
to treatment
the doctor's, after
The question is, *Aro
you, Mir examination. Dependants of Commissioner, Fallsfled at this Government servants, family stage,
ge, that the accounts furnished weithre beneficiaries, and the by Karel Weiss, as audited by very poor
did not
not pay anything, Charles Mar Fan, were genuine Mr Lennox-Boyd was told, and
The answer must be [accounts?" he nodded approvingly.
I am so satisfied", because, Mr Lennox-Boyd went on to
Same 0,000 patients per week in all Mr Rae's objections and visit Queen's College at Chuse-
were said to pass through the in his cross-examination of way Bay. Here ho was met by Clinic, where they could get Welss, he never once questioned the Hon. D. J. S. Crozier, Direc-injections, dressings, inspection the
of the accounts. genuineness of Education, who intro by ear, nose and throat, and "If the accounts are genuine duced him to Mr Tse Chan-yau, chest specialists. Serious cases in actuality, no tax is due.
Principal, and Mr Beting
were sent to the Queen Mary or Why then is an attempt mill Second
and Master the Tung Wah Hospitals by made to collect a technical tax The
of State In- (ambulance when necessary. not actually due? spected a bust of the late Mr As he was leaving the Clinic,
MADE MISTAKES G. H. Bateson-Wright,
former Bir Lennox-Boyd was shown His headmaster
Worship has had master of the Government the shelter built eight weeksperience In many tax cases when Mr Tang the Inland Revenue Department discovered they had mide mis- takes and did not try to main-
Д
work
Lady Patricia then left the party to visit two Blind Homes for Girls at Pokfulum.
tor
QUEEN'S COLLEGE
the
Ng Secretar
Central School which afterwi
afterwards ago as a gift from College. became Queen's
This Shut-kin.
bust, mounted in the foyer Of tre College, was recovered from
the ruins of the olt Queen's Lady Patricia
College at Aberdeen Street in 1950.
2 POLICE OFFICERS PROMOTED photographs,
The challenge
hurled The charge is just silly if Mr not altogether funny"..." he night when earlier last
In a statement said, Magsaysay sald
Tsc- Recto could run us Moo
Recto Ón domestic policies, tung's candidate and he would
Com-claimed he had supported the of 3.9 murism
whole- and a friend of the President "wholly and
heartedly." He added that hisi United States.
Branding Recto 1
endeavors had always been Communist, Mr Magsaysay said: words constructive opposition. "I cannot be on the same side as Senator Reclo because to agree with
the Ая
be to follow
Party line."
un-
The speaker will be Mr E F. not like to see lúm in serious Szczepanik, Com. Sc. Warsaw; difficulties. But they do not M. Sc (Econ) London, who feel they can still employ him." COST OF LIVING THE magistrate considered for the qualined jeniency of Marcel's employers. Then he said: "Has he told you why he did this?"
a
moment
economic
"What population of Hongkong?" this is a subject which is closely related to social welfare,
and employment planning, it is hoped that many veluntury organisations send their representatives to the meeting. A general discussion will take place after the talk.
on
his thinking would
me
to
"I co-operate when I can and I must," Recto declared.
means
WJ head
of
Yes,
M
Attain these mistakes on technical
Homes For Blind
Ebenezer
polnis and was prepared to correct them in court, said Mr da
Sv
on
Home, Lady Malice brought out in the
the CASC 10
After visiting the College's
"Now that I have shown so offices, where he saw a number
clearly that a mistake has been of trophies
and on display
Waying miniature Union madio and no notual tax is duo, several inspected
historical Jacks the children of
the why is the IRD acting contrary Mr Lennox-Boyd Honeyville Home for Blind to their usual fair rule?. toured the building and then Girls welcomed Lady Patricia the answer is
19 that there met the school prefects, who Lennox-Boyd when she visited resentment
at Weiss' guts in Two Superintendents of
wero Uned up on the lawn their home this morning.
acting this fighting
Summons Police, Mr G. Leys and Mr adjoining the Science Block. pro-
Lady
Patricia was visiting two principle then the whole of the T. E. Clunie, have been pro- He was greeted by Tong Tak-blind homes The Honeyville factors brought out
In the homes, emoted to the rank of Senior duced to the rest of the pre- for the Blind.
prefect, and intro-Home and the Ebenezer Home evidence 19 bathed in a
Site was BECOM- added: "Those who are bent on Superintendents of Police, fects. They had returned to the panied by Lady Grantham.
malicious light, and emphasises the the Communist eliminating by direct or indirect it was announced in the school, which has already broken
and entitles me to sub- At the h this even
form of
for suizmer holidays, Patricia was met by the Social mit that there was malice in especially for the occasion. opposition are dealing a death Government Gazette today.
C. G. M. the individual concerned." Welfare blow to our democracy."---Unit-
Following the taing Other appointments gazetted
Morrison, Miss Daphne Ho, Mr Poon roserved judgment ed Press.
were: Mr. John W. Chambers to group photograph, Mr Lennox-Assistant Welfare Officer. Miss and adjourned
Boyd and the rest of his party Anne Laukoetter, the Superin- August 2 at 10.30 am. ke Cadet Officer, Class II (on
adjourned to the
Recreation endent, showed Lady Patricia Probation); Mr S. G. Pool to
the Secretary of their be Chief Health Inspector, Mr Room, where
} State
enjoyed a cool drink. to be Education
Leaving Queen's College, Mr Mr
Edwin Offcar (Technical);
Lennox-Boyd went on to visit to be Clerk of Works. Spencer to Class 1: Miss K. Marley to be
the Technical College at Wood Acting Matron Class 1, vice Miss Road, Wanchal. Fisher; Miss D. Stratton to Four hundred
Class II. vice Acting wrist
Matron Miss Marley: Miss E. W. Rose watches, which were found concealed behind the flag to be Acting Senior Nursing locker on the bridge of the
Sister, vice M. E. Purvis to be Acting As- ss Foochow on Thursday, were ordered to be con- sistant Superintendent of Sanit- ary. Services, vice Mr Ponsford; fiscated by Mr Bin-shing Lo at Central this morn Mr E. A. Chater to be Acting Chief Health Inspector, vice Mr Ing on application of the
Commerce Purvis, Mr E. N. Ponsford to be Department of
Deputy Superintendent Acting and Industry
Mr Recto, however, brushed aside the pro-Communist charge and said Mr Magsaysay was try- willing to pult "the same stunt and other pulled
Nacionalista leaders by former Quirino President
and his Justice and Defence Secretary Oscar Castelo,"
The Rev. Bro, Cassian, Chair- Association, man of the Civic will preside at the meeting,
"He says that all the money
used for the | 219 he took was purpose of living," the police man answered. "To his credit, str." he went on, "I should add that this man doesn't gamble, or drink heavily."
The magistrale was doing a
relating sum,
the amoun Marcel had alalen to the period
which during stealing. He
Bad he looked up
been from
his calculations.
Extension For Filing Return
An extension of 14 days from today in which to le a return "If he says the money has of allotment of shares been spent on living," said Mr granted the
The policeman nodded agree-
Significantly, another Naeion- Party stalwart-Senator
the magn
Jose P. Laurel-served notice that he was on the side of Mr Recto in the latter's fight with Laurel Bald he for would
exclusively Mr Recto in the November elections in answer to Mr Mog- saysay's pledge on Monday to Mr Recto's nomination the Nacionalisth scnatorial
Magsaysay Is not the Nacionalista Party and he can- not tell us what to do." Mr Laurel said,
was
en
block Hongkong United Dayles, "It means that he's been Silk Textile Industrial Cor-
ticket. overspending by roughly £5 aporation Lid by Mr Justice J.
"Mr R. Gregg in the Supreme Court. week.
Counsel for the applicant Mr Oswald Cheung company, (instructed by Mr M. A. dã Silva), pleaded inadvertence.
busy and was extremely
ment.
IT'S HOPELESS
HE magistrate asked Marcel He said that the firm's manager
what he had to say!
"Only...." Marcel gesticulat-forgotten to
ed with his hands gropingly, as formalities
alr the right words to
had refer the legal
to the company's
If he wanted to pluck from the solicitor. The company were not say aware of the omission until they note from the Registrar of Companies.
"Only, I wish to pay what I received
have taken," he said.
AN
UNUSUAL DIAMOND
The picture above shows the unusual diamond which has just been received by Sennet Freres, It has a special colour of white-blue,pink, is very bright, flawless, square in shape with cut corners. It is, says the "manager of Sonnet Freres, a very 'rare diamond and of 'h quality never before seen in Hong- kong.--Staff Photographer.
"AMERICAN PUPPET*
It will be recalled it was Senator Laurel who nominated and backed to the hilt Mr Magsaysay's candidacy for the Presidency under the Naclons- Ista Party banner.
Earlier in the afternoon, Mr Recto reasserted
ascent charge that the President was "an American puppet.”
Addressing 3 convocation beld at the University of the Philippines theatre, Mr Recto told three thousand state
students that University President bad voluntarily "surrendered his mind and will to do the bidding of American advisers,”
the
Declaring that the President had declared war on him, the Senator said "I have no course except to acknowledge the existence of a state of, war between us."
OPPOSITIONIST ¦
In his speech, Reclo admitted
to being an oppositionist As
my
I have always been in politiani life," but denied having been of the "self- righteous or systematlo type,"
Posted: To Reserve Of Officers
The following, officers have been posted to the Royal Hont- kong Defence Force Reserva, of Officers by the Commandant: of [the] RIKOF, with the approval of HE the Governor, "It","wid announced in the Government Gazette today: Lieuterant B.C.A. Gales (Force HQ) and Pilot umoori Chang Hom”-chun (HKA
400 Watches Found
On Ship
The watches, which wera of Wyler and Enicar make,- wero valued at $24,000 to $25,000.
SIDE
GLANCES
Dupe, 1960 kg PIKĀ Barvine,
Watt Hoi-kee
Miss
ht
Stratton; Mr
TECHNICAL COLLEGE
+
different
of
of methods
typing In bralite English were shown, and two ten-year-olds read a short passage from their reading booka. Lady Patricia was parti- cularly interested in two of the blind teachers who played, Upon arrival at the Hongkong "Poor old Joe," for her on a saw Technical College in Wood with plans and flute
paniment, Road, the Secretary of State was met by Mr. P. Donohue, for the Blind Lady Patricia con- Acting Assistant
Director of
After the Ebenezer
As
accom→
Home
Fined For False Trade Descriptions
The 89-year-old proprietor
Education; Mr S. J. C. Burt; tinued her tour and visited the of the Wai Sun Printing Principal of the College, and Mr Honeyville Home, H. K. Watt,
Assistant Principal.
Home Press Company, Ho Pak- in the Ebenezer al these girls learn to read Mr Lennox-Boyd, who was
and kong, was fined a total of of Sanitary Services; Mr W. D.
write, kalt and do rattan work. $500 by Mr Hin-shing Lo accompanied by the Hon. D. Orchard to be Fisheries Officer;8. Crozier, Director of Educa
also, however, learn to Mr J. W. Chambers to be As
baskels of plastic.
at Central this morning on sistant Secretary of the Coloniai Secretariat.
By Galbraith
"This is one of the nicest rooms in town except today
the bakery next door burned the doughnuts
The
diter
tion, was told that more than 4,000 students attended the Lady Patriela was then shown two counts of possessing
Day and Evening
the chapel of which they are goods to which a false trade He first Inspected the Very proud. This la beautifully description of origin had om set up in one of the rooms and been applied. forge and engine-testing room,
[the children make many of the where the Principal explained
Dot. technical
Sub-Insp Hu Hung- details
look of a large altar cloths and help to
choung said that on Thursday a dynamo. To the right of this was a miniature power station
Before leaving. Lady Patricia Revenue Omcer went to defen- by which all electric power in shook hands with a little four-dant's place at 41 Bough Street, result of year-old who was sitting just ground noor, and as the building could be supplied, inside the door pinying a music what he found he called in the If necessary.
box. Some of the older children Police, In the brick-laying room, then said goodbye, playing her
found 734 writing pads two-storey house was erected out on their mouth organs to with the false trade description every year by the students. To the tune of "God Be With You of origin. "Manufcctured in the delight of press photo Till We Meet Again”,-
graphers, Mr Lennox-Boyd
in the building loft, and by
mounted a small-scale staircase
contrast the staircase socmed quito Lilliputian.
A number of workshops and
NEW: DISTRICT OFFICER
Great Britain" and 325 writ ing pads, with the false mark of "Made in England" on them,"
Later the Police, visited tha defendant's factory at Leung Yu Fong Strees, and found six printing blocks used for the Iaboratories were inspected, by In exercise of powers, con- printing of the covers of the
Dads. the official party are the ferrod on him by the, Now Neg Secretary of State was very rilerisa. "Ordinance,
Inspector. Hu asked His Wor- H.E the. interested in the Tele-communi- Governor has appointed Mir ship to take a serious view of cations Department, where the Cheng Tung-choy, Cadot Offere case as the goods were being gazed into the radar screens. Class It, to be: District: Omeer sold locally and many people
had boen dofrauded. the Architectural Design (South), vico ty Mr. A.F.H. Room, young draughtsmen who Coatga it was announced. All the exhibits wore ordered. had finished their.
It was also notified that three-year
Mr were
over Mr busy at their Cheng will take boards Того
of these are going Code appointment as an As to England to Student Apsistont Collector of Stamp No prenticeships with engineering Stamp
venue for the purposed of the Ordinance Mr
Cheng bem appointed) in
It
firms there,
Displays
had tiden,” arranged hay also
to be concated.
SURPLUS FOR APRIL
Asirplus UX, $14,939 24019 was recorded in the financial: statement for the month of
showing the present and bro-Special Mipselstrate, fected scope of technical educa-HE. the Governor has appoint- Apri; published in the won to the Caliny; and general
od Mr Chin Siudyalo be a ment Carette today. adurational development of Member of the Rural Develop Revenue
Mr Burt toht the,
Stabe that
of
she third wings of the proposed project, modellet before them
during
the
month
mant Committon. Now Ferrotaled $80,088,400.30, while tror, during the absence from mependiture, umounted to 324,- the Colony of Mr. NT Wright, 043,014. The moral revenue
pe Uments, could be ooped rounced in the Govern- balance as all Apr 30 stood at
dn The one out of bulldog letally. During Thie Visit to the Violet
$11
Peal Clinic, the attention of the
Secretary
by DY GỖ CA Dansky Drowning
79 $309,781108,28/1179017