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CHINA MAIL
FISHING FLEET WAR
IS ON
Govt Migration Programme
To Be Carried
Carried Out
FROM H. KING WOOD
Sydney, Oct. 11.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1955.
Quiet and pretty little Eden, capital of our South Coast fishing in- dustry, could quite easily become the headquarters of a nice little private naval action.
A deep seated feud between the Australian and Italian fishing fleets has resulted in each vessel carrying so many arms that they resemble miniature gunboats.
have fired The Australians, who are claimed to
the first shot in the "war", had an unwritten agreement with the Italians that both fleets would stick to a particular fishing area. The Australians
say that
the Italians have broken this agreement and are now fishing in their area.
week
Shola from
sank
:01
marker
battle Ange
mauthend.
tranier thistling itself up
De
more
A match-
Traffic across the Bridge will maker itali
looking for un- at least double in the uext 15 Siner then the married women partiruinely years and has increased per
n the have been
Cleitni.
that The Australians allege the Italian shermen are on the job from dawn to dark, giving
no chance The grounds
to rest well as catching thousands of as undersized fish, 1
The *Italians Spokestin
They Sam Pugilai-satel
have got to live and will follow he fish. If they were to be had In the
they other arch follow them.
rent in the ingt six mende This is bew use, miv Germany The Committee
three migrants
to the bullding of attempting return home to Bod themselves bridges higher up the Harbour and (1 a wife The situation is serious in the next five years enough to have caused a fairly staggering of working houre in long debate in
the city of Hopresentatives.
would
Police are keping an active eye on the fishing leets and it
could well be that a small RAN
ship will show the far down
that way shortly.
MORE TROUBLE
Our former political prisoner, Haulage contactor Raymond E. Fitzpatrick, must b thinking
the House
In the year ended last June 124.180
new settlers arrived in the unity--8,000 in excess of the ingrition target.
Last month
we also passed our millionth migrant since the
which
that AMUNION
w war have successfully carried aut
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of the
greatest moves
of
population in history and still we have hundreds of jebe nov
11.
COSTLY OLYMPICS Costs of preparing for the that the dee is fairly heavily | Olymple Games in Melbourne loaded against him these days, so für are £1,420,000—made up and that this great land of sun- |ot £074.725 for housing ne chine isn't so sunny atter allt
Fitzpatrick, with journalist
Franke Browne, has not been long out of Goulburn Gaol where he spent three months for contempt of Parliament.
commodation at Olymple Village £318,044 for capital works and £120,081 for organization and promotion.
too neute.
An
congestion becomes
average of 54,000 vehicles Cross the bridge ench day, but Bach week sees an Increase the number.
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Staggered working houity for Sydney as a moans of relieving congestion on all transport and the Bridge has been suggested time after time and
even given a half-baked
trial
by SKJITH+? Government departments, but people don't like being thrown out of their working habits and the trials have never been sue- cessful.
Incidentally, 21 years after we on the are still poylig bridge. It showed
a profit £389,282,
03 something like £6-million is still
owed, its likely that we will paying for sanctime yet.
of
go on
Estimated cost of preparing
Getting Away From It All: for the Games is £2-million, Australian troops who left for
FINAL RESULT
Now the annual report at the | but as there is still 13 months | Maloyn last week married ut the Taxation Commissioner list to go, the estimate is likely to
cate of six a day for more than Fitzpatrick among NSW cases of be exceeded.
n fortnight. fraud. stispected
An Olymple Torch trial rua N having understated by £18,096 hir i was staged over the weekend- come between 1939-40 and 1943- 130 varmers each carrying the
intle, 44 mnd in 1945-46.
torch
satrting up in The
ient has imposed; the Maitland district and Baish- Departmen a penalty of £8,464.15.11. The ing at Sydney Town Hall.
Only athlete, able to run 11 report says that the tax evated,
which Pizpatrick has had to pay | mile in less than seven minutes
addition
to the penalty, was
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£15,304,2.11 — a total of £23,850.18.10-which in quite
nice sum, even in the eyes of the Taxation Department
MORE SETTLERS
ok mirt in the trial.
|
It would seem, if we have » 0-
st flee
the winging cessfully chair from the
winning wheat that Melbourne journalist Laurie Whitefiend has won the Redex Round-Australia Trial.
the
SIDE GLANCES
VERNIVA
1845
By Galbraith
T. MUA PANCHE
CH. 14 NEA Berries, Inc.
"Now, Mrs. Perkins, you started to tell me how nervous and high-strung you aro-and you fell fast asloop!"
PC Shot And Wounded
On Patrol Duty
A Chinese police constable was shot and seriously wounded in the head while on patrol duty in Tai Hang Road near the Tiger Balm gardens about 8 o'clock this morning.
The policeman. Ng Shing-kwong, was rushed to the Queen Mary Hospital where his condition is re- ported to be critical.
Later a Chinese male was arrested in connection with the shooting.
According to one report. PC Ng saw a man acting suspiciously and challenged him. The man then fired two shots at the constable.
£10
To
Fine Changed Imprisonment
Nairobi, Oct. 17.
The National Control Coune!! of the Confederation of
The Supreme Court here today set aside a fine SATURATION POINT
Australan
of £10 sterling Sport Muter
a-
on a young South African who ad- two other Sydney Harbour Bridge, with nounced
winners mitted causing bodily harm to an African prisoner raising Fite Four sets of rails, foolpaths before
lightly
and instead sentenced Whitehead and
him to six months' imprison- trafle lines, cannot | bewildered six
nim of a beror any
The MIDIZ peak hour
squabble Among the ment. ante. Decorting to a special various motor sport organisa- Local Government investigating tions goes on merrily and as far Committee.
as is known at present, prize the fridge, money has not been pald over. out its migration programme Jared 21 vars ago, that was to for
bring on-jeater be the traffle needs of our the year and other 120,000 new settlers into retine. the country.
The Committee reported that IN mainly the Bridge is now carrying 5,200 men for
the vehicles an hour at a speed of industries, but is also about 22 mph.
In spite of the fact that the Federal Government has decided to restrict the use of overseas funds, it still Intends to entry
The Government secking heavy
skilled
3
top
And This
Scores --- for the Sports
(1) Culottes skirt
the
WIN
divine,
Monrging Director of the sponsors had cabled to London about the various protests and asking is the award to White- hend "could be upset by appeal to the Royal Automobile Club pr England.
The Managing Director was also more than somewhat angry About a suggestion that this might
woman
divided must on the golf course or
hiking $60.00.
with long sleeved, to match-in gleaming
(2) Tennis dresses. hiplength coats white pique $75.00.
J
all it
Pa
be the last tria). He said that In three years the trials had done more to put motor sport on the map than anything else in 80 years,
Maybe the suggestion comes from someone who wishes he had thought of the Idea before we did" he said.
years
SHARKS POPULAR During the past few shark cales have been growing in this country and during the last year hng amounted to near- ly a quarter of all fish sales.
Fish
buying agents say they have been forced to study the
regarding fish, brought about
changing habits of Australian almost entirely by the influx of
New Australians
The vegetable market is also changing--chillies, root ginger, garlic, Chinese cabbage, which for had little sale a few years ago,
are now quick selling lines.
(3) And underneath supreme freedom and perfect confidence
Kenya's Chief Justice, Sir Kenneth O'Connor, and Mr Justice Lestang sat in the Supreme Court in its revision- ary role, and William Robert Bosch, from Kensington, Johannesburg, a former district officer, appeared in answer to a notice to show why his sentence should not be enhanced.
Bosch was sentenced at Nyeri 1 Mr Georgiadis bad said he on September 1 after pleading still believed his contention at gulity to causing bodily harm to Nyeri that, Bosch's degree of a Kikuyu named Kamau gullt was considerably less than Olchina, who tiled wille in that of the other three. He had police custody as a suspected suggested that the Magistrate thief.
must bave used his At European Anthony Ormonde Waters months'
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SHEAFFER'S
Woman Appeals Against $3000 Judgment
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100 Years Ago
To the Editor of the "China
An appeal against the decision of District Judge J. Wicks who awarded a judgment worth Mau." $3,000 against her was brought by a woman, Yuen Sir.--You and others exprELEF Man-lam, trading as the Wah Lun Cotton and Excellency Sir John Bowring, Silk Weaving Factory, before the Full Court this LLD, &C., &C., would prove morning.
that the present Governor, His
inself in practice to be what he so long professed in theory,
namely, a Reformer: but we are finding
out
now that he is nothing better than a theorist,
The respondent in the appeal is Winkler and Company (Hongkong) Ltd., of 9 Connaught Road Central, represented by Mr Oswald Cheung, in-and must stl look to the future structed by Mr W. C. R. Carr.
Yuen is represented by Mr Richard Winter, instructed by Mr P. H. Sin.
Or-
The Full Court comprises Mr Businesa Registrations Justice J. R. Gregg and Mr dinance. But this was the con- Justico A. D. Scholes,
cern of Li and not of the op- pellant, Mr Winter submitted, of the transferee to advertise. saying I was the responsibility
to
Winkler
The defendant factory denied reveiving the money and denied that Li was its agent,
NO ENQUIRIES
and Co Was the plaintiff in the original action before Judge Wicks for the r turn of
$3,000 paid as margin on four contracts for goods in August, 1854. The firm claim- He contended that according ed that
the money was paid to the evidence Winkler and Co LA Min-yuc,
of considered Bo agent
They were dealing the factory, and that the goods with the man, L. throughout, were not delivered and the They made no enquiries what- deposit not returned.
soever to ascertain whether or not he was the agent of the ap- pellant, According to the prin- ciples laid down it was a duty on them to ascertain the scope and authority of an agent. It was only after L4 had decomped that Winkler und Co considered taking any netion against The appellant.
Mr Winter sald that the only conclusion which could be drawn
was that LA received this money in the name of the factory. I was unfortunate for the
bui respondents,
uwey should have made enquiries be- fore paying the deposit.
The case is continuing.
Co
2.
vne
SIX GROUNDS
Opening his appeal this morning, Mr Winter said that the grounds were: 1. 'he judg ment given on December 14 lost year in favour of Winkler and
in law wrong
and against the weight of evidence;
was there
по contract between the appellant and the respondent; 3, there was no pay- ment of the $3,000 by respon- dent to the appellant 4, there was no evidence that Li Min- yue was the agent of the ap pellant; 5. there was no evidence that even if i had been the
he agent (which was denied) had
the authority to receive payment of the sum qaimed; 0. | that the respondent was negl gent in not making the proper enquiries as to the capacity in or the authority by which Li purported to act,
Mr Winter submitted that the Judge did not give due weight
to the evidence which was be
Partnership Dissolution Hearing
Further evidence
For
John Bowring is a very active,
over
for a man sincerely bent on practical measures That Sir
laborious official, no one who knew or heard of him but what the result to o his labours? Absolutely nothing.
When Sir John arrived, wo heard of this and that about to be done by him. We have given him time-made allowances for certain obstacles
and obstruc- dions; but after all, find he is solely ministering to his own self-consequence, which,
when
all is donc, he will find could have. been Lffectually
only served
by advancing the in- terest trusted to his churge, and not by making a sham of doing so.
What is he
about doing Education? I sce under bla head a larger sun than usual provided for in the Estima.es, on enquiry cannot learn the money is to be or
but how will be spent
WASTE PAPER? What has been the result of the Fee Commission, the terror of some at the time It was an- Waste paper, 1 sup- nounced? pose. What has become of the Police Commission and the ex- pected reforms from its enquiries and recommendations? And why
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the Reports of bath not published? Has His Excellency ever personally Inspected the Roads and Streets, and Drains, particularly in Taipingshan? the stench from which last, even the Queen's Road, is - bearable,
and about which several of the annual reports of the
on
Colonial Surgeons have drawn the attention of Govern ment: without effect, however like everything else, it remains Or has he ventured alour of inspection round
Was un a
given by the first plaintiff the Island?
fore him and completely misled at the hearing of the action to
himself on two
self,
а
that
What has he done in regard
the Instructions of Lord
grounds that for dissolution of the part- Stanley to which I called your
ウ evidence
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there
was ample the existence of two firms, the nership of the 'Nam Ping attention in my letter of the appellant's and
What is he doing firm which (On Keo) Hotel, of 189-147 August?
23d was controlled by Li; and that Des Voeux
to Road Central, Public department, which, since
in respect
An Important there was no evidence
before
before Mr Justice James the illness of the Harbour Mas- him upon which he could con- clude that i was the agent of Wicks at the Supreme Court ter bas virtually ceased to
exist? the appellant.
Although one would this morning.
Continuing his evidence
suppose that at this port it is from last week,
worth maintaining in effelency." the plaintiff, Li Kul-po, sold he
HIS ONLY CONCERN normally visited the hotel
Shall we begin to Believe that premises day. every
even after the His Excellency does not care a He also visited the other asso Japanese had taken Hongkong. whit for the interests and wel- fare of the colony, considering the duties devolving on him as clated hotels, of which he was
head of what report has it, since also a partner.
his arrival, he calls the Supreme Department, namely, the Super intendency of Trade, to be his only concern.
The trial Judge misted him
on grounds which were Irrelevant to the matter in Issue, sald Mr Winter. He laid atresi on the
the fact that agreement for transferring of the business from appellant to in October, 1953 was not re- gistered in accordance with the
Local Radio Hongkong
the дате trial two knowledge In ossessing his
police inspectors, sentence. Peter Fuller
and
A noller to show cause why Dominick Patrick his sentence should not be en- were sentenced to 18hanced was also directed at Imprisoruncat for Coppen. Mr Georgiadis told the causing grievous bodily harm to court that Coppen was outside Катай,
and Chief Inspector its Jurisdiction. He had left Geoffrey Philip Coppen was the Colony. China Malt
for causing actual bodily Special.
The Chief Justice today
DETAINED
In
ry.
February 1042 he celved D letter from Chau Cheuk-kwong, fourth de- fendant, which was in reply to a letter he had sent to Chau.
WROTE COMPLAINT.
In his own letter, plaintiff Market Report: 0,10, (approx) said, he had complained of Concert by the Hand 91 11.M. Chau's nelion in letting part of Grenadier Guards; 0,30, "First the hotel to an Hearing" presented by Alex Borrie
UL.K.T.
p.m.. Time Signal and pro- gramune Summary: 1,03, Block
ng the
organisation Asia Enquiry
Studio: 1, Bist Jazz Club. Vic known Lewis and his Orchestra (BBCTS); Bureau. 7.30,
La Demi-Heure Francaise, The day after he received Presentation de M. Galliard, "Le Chau's letter, he went to the Poitou" (Studio): 7.59, Weather No-
Chau
part; a The Signal and The News Nom Ping Hotel.
was London Relay); 8.09. Commentary there and told him that if he
Special nouncements: Ormiston Choir,
LA
8.10, Britain sings. (plaintiff) was not satisfied with Belfast (BBCTS); the arrangements he could 8.30, Forces Favourites (London Remake a complaint to the Asin lay): 1. Time Signal, Record Review Enquiry Bureau people him-
quated from the judgment of the FIVE SUSPECTS London Relay Nyeri Resident Magistrale, who said of Kommu: "Throughout Iris period of captivity no effort was spared to force him to admit Three cases of highway rob- klelted, bery in the Taipo Road/Latchi- icok area have recently been re-
with bis
gullt. He
He was flogged. between his legs and fastened
behind his neck, made to cat earth, pushed into a river, denied food for a period and left out for at least two nights,
UNJUSTIFIED
ported to the Police.
presented
by Eric O'Neil Shaw self. (Studio); 9,30, Cleely Courineidge in "Calling" Mies Courtneldge", "With
I went on to say that the guest star Gladys Cooper, No. 3
BBCTS); 10, The Don Adams Show next day, on his visit to the The latest in American Swing Music Nam Ping Hotel, he was told by were couples who had been ap-
presented by Don Adams of the In each case the complaimo
Ceorge Clymer Recorded) Chau that if he went there proached by groups of Chinese
10.30, At the Ballet. Operatie Ballet again be would arrange for Musle The Boston "Pop" Orch.; Bureau to deal with him. males. The robbers threatened 10.69, Weather Report; - 11. Time Signal Radio News Rest (London the
couples, and deprived them
Relay) 11.00, Goodnight Music; God The Chief Justice said the
of
before cash and watches
Save The Queen: 11.5), Close Down, -court was not concerned with decamping.
Five suspects have been de- the theft of money for which he tained by the Police in connec- was arrested, though there were tlon with these offences. circumstances and statements which pointed strongly to his guilt.
the popular, soft elastisized pantie- Returns From whether Kamau was guilty of
a comfortable
brief by Queens, and "A'Lure" bras by Warner $20 and $27.00 respectively.
now exclusively -
at
Paquerette Ltd.
Convention
Mr A. de O. Sales, Vice President of Jaycoe Inter- national, returned here from Tokyo by PAA early this morti- ing after a 12 days extensive tour of Japan and Korea.
Mr Sales said
in
1
This fact could not, however, at all justify the treatment to which he was subjected in order to make him confess.
2
Chungking Arcade Robbery
REDIFFUSION
As a diplomatfet, he has been mu conful in Stam. whether, na pleged, en accent of the frvourable de neation of the King's. I do not re tend to way; but I have no doubt
that had he gone to Japari, he would bave done better than the would-be dplumzi'nt. and should-be some- thing else, who has treen, muddling there. Neither Sir John no
Gwy peran else could have done worse. that Sir James.
It is all very well to dlat! "Words of Wisdom but it is better to make practical use of them. I give you done "words of windem," "not translated from a language about which I know nothing, but taken from best and most accessible, of Authorities.-"No man can serve two masters."-I am, &e...
LANDHOLDER.
* Your contemporaries have acknowledged receipt of a Jong letter) (which none of you wil the Itegistrar publish n full, to General Upen the Poputation of China, about which we find better information contributied
to R. M. Mortin's work on China than Sur John seems to have at his command. thefts Estimmte of the population has a range of 50 millions, vix: from 350 to.400 milions. He became frightened, plain- tiff cald, and therentler did not
EDITOR'S COMMENT [Landholder does not draw a very visit the hotel every day at he
flattering picture of Bir John Bow. bad done. Li Identified in Court
Ting's govemment of the Chinoy, but the original of the letter written
wallet cannot be denied that there by fourth defendant to him.
han teen much neglect as regard ronds and ranitary arrangements, On August Comer
and a good deal ef sham, in the Peo Conducted by ̈· Aamtie. Vaj: 6.30. Leung-chit
gave him
and Police Commisions, thowever Progresive Jazz: Silver Network- information. as a result of
sincere the Commissionery,) we he Request Programme of Western which he decided to bring the
flava that the Attorney General his Music; 6, Farid Call-Featuring the
been directed, to allor the las leases in terms of Lord Stanley' long-neglected instructions; and we' know, whatever may gmw out of the Education Comminions that Air John Bowring has manifested 21 personal interest in the matter by subscribing, a Hundred Dollar for himself and Twenty-Ave Dollars the Lady Bowring Public School).
5 p.m.
Children's
Ngo
one
certain
Ted Heath and, Edmundo los matter to the attention of the Orchestra.. 0,20, Birthday Mailbag: Japanese Civil Court,
SIGNATURES
Shown a book containing, the
030, Musle Maestro-New-·lleteases of Old Favourites; 7. Persoriality Porode=-Douglas ning; 1.15. Necchi
Programme Sewing 2....... Matipino
130,. Cake | list of shares of the partner- | Xeaturing Italian_Muɛloj.
Bhadows of DOD Preted by signature "L Time-Barring Eddie Faheri 7.45. ship, plaintiff identified the Colgate-Palmatiare. ・Co.
Time
and Interlude: B,18,
Fuk
the to
Hongkong
Bomb Explodes
On Sunday night, it was re- The Chief Justice explained ported to the Polleo that a
the court could aller attended the that National Convention of Jaycees sentence only if it was rouni 13,240 was stolen from No. 47, quantity of property valued at yoto where there were 400 festly excessive or patently In-Chungking Arcade, first floor. delegations from all over Japan. adequate.
stolon property In Korea he visited four Jayced
Elgual And The Flow (Loodges Ma*| belonging to Cung Tong" as com 11.00, Wanther Report - Three other signatures, "Wan We are of the opinion that priées $4,000 in cash and $40 on Milap Tong," "Wan Kun Tong" and
Ip chapters where he found the the sentence of a Ano of £10 in United States
• Cadbury Pry!", 3,30,- (Paning the
Tong, were hard to people working · very
was patently inadequate in the circular white
damony,
weigh-Bock Conducted by Prof Dingle written by Kam Tat-chuen, the rehabilitate their country. In circumstances of the
present Ing 2,75 carats, a
Anround white in the. Aijicios, of Rediffustan 9, The end plaintiff. He recog the
course of his six days tour case," he said.'
Savoy Opera-Gilbert and Sullivan's second diamond weighing. 2.71
Santiago, O./17. in Korea he met many Korson
handwriting.
A bomb exploded in front of Mknight-Presented - : The Makers Plaintify went on to testify the Argentina Embassy here to- Mr. Byron Georgiadis, for the mother round Clemond weighs silang 16.00, Mundo Kam's h officials.
defence, had spoken of Bosch'a ing 2.00 carats set - as an eat- Printed and published by WILLIAM ALÍCK GRINHAM for Me Bales said there are 3,500 good character and tributes to ring in a stainless steel claw
Dreaming Fostering the unite Cote about the various entries in day causing heavy domage t and on behalf of South China Morning Post Limited at 1-3 Jaycees in Japan and about 400 his work paid in the court at motiing, and
Binger:11:50, Prelude To Alkini at other books relating to the the Embassy building. two blue Star Popular Condari un avour hotel partnership, Wyndham Street, City of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong in Korea. :)
Nyeri,
"midnight, God Kaya the GopenĮ Clore
casualties were reported | muppfirow, w
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Hearing la proceeding.
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