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OUR AUSTRALIAN NEWSLETTER
Now The Doc May Lose Party Leadership
FROM H. KING WOOD
Sydney, Dec. 13.
The fate of Dr Evatt, Leader of the Opposition and of the Federal Parliamentary Labour Party will have been decided by the time you read this, but at the moment the spotlight of Australia is focussed on a small white building in suburban Kogarah where electoral officers are counting votes which, finally, could put him out of Parliament.
Win or lose, however, a showdown over the Labour leadership is certain. Three times now he has led his Party at the polls and each time he has been defeated-this time in a shattering fashion.
Privately, a lot of Labour mon see a happy way out of a problem should he lose his Harton seat. Then another leader would have to be elected without the thought of conflicting loyalties should the Doc scrap home and again be a candidate for Party office.
men
are
Already the Labour looking around to see who they
TILke have left that would leader and heads are being turned toward the ageing Nor- man Makin, a Navy Minister in the Chiney Government and former Australian
to Washington.
Ainbassador
A FORECAST
name
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Te
dlour
Alinu Frazer has also been mentioned and whether he pulls it off this time or not, we repeat the fore- made 12 months ago cast we that Allon Frazer Australian Prime Minister. We are equally positive also fore- cast about 12 months ago that Doc
Evatt never will be. One of the
Labour defents
will be an
tragedies for the Party in this series of is that gradually they are taking trom the ranks and from the House some of its most abic men.
Nelson
young
Lemmon,
under in the early WAT were all the and thero year
Wy alyna that R. G. Menzies completely finished as a poli- Ucal figure and as a leader,
GREAT COMEDCK
But he made a remarkable noback 1949 and since then has gone on to establish a record [11 for a Prime Minister eight years, 117 days, beating late W. M. the record Hughes.
of the
and the owners no doubt losing more than pin money, the skip- pera are living aboard the ships, enjoying the ship's services and cuting the owner's food.
Seems somewhat odd. We have
just about hnd the
full cycle of strikes.
fre
be-
Only a few weeks
ngo the Bremen walked out and lett
10
the burn, Sydney
Jend because | mount-i 113)
ol gravediggers strike while the quick couldn't be moved cause of the businen, and Row the At present It looks a though
skippers
sulking in Will
to
their cabins. struggle Bianuge through In the Senate some-
CHRISTMAS ARRIVES thing which Ure Liberals in their wildest drooms dld not
Even if a jam-packrod city, bo to belleve
possible--and
Christmases, perspiring Father with a record majority In
junky curls being blared out House of Representatives,
departmental from
stres, what
unusually high prices ant cranky policemen <tidn't 11- dicate
fact the
that It is Christmas, the total absence of bottled beer and Scotch whisky by ulp only certainty would.
Hotel keepers blame breweries for lack of bottled beer and umport
restrictions for the absence of Scotch.
They would
amounts
121
the ALIC
open
cheque Dom the electors, and a full three years to spend 1 f he has the game at his feet.
The next three years Bre going to he vital oner for this country and it will be interest- Ing to see how he makes out.
KICK IN THE SHINS
This strike try mastera uf interstate vessels has given our
ul thing ideas of this sort
0
1805
MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1955.
SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith
J
蛋
CHR. 1966 27 MA Bertan, be
"Here's a brief case Mom is buying Pop, and he's buying her a purse! What a miserable Christmas married people have!"
Alleged Mosquito Breeding:
Club Secretary Acquitted
SHEAFFER'S
ADMIRAL SNORKEL PEN
Cat Burglar Ends Up In
Crown Says Men Were Caught Hospital
Red-Handed
'A auspected cat burglar, who is thought to have broken into a fiat in Happy Valley and stolen a gold wrist watch early this morn-
Two men who were alleged to have been ing, ended up in hospital in
caught red-handed on the premises appeared on a serious condition after
trial before Mr Justice James Wicks in the Criminal | falling from the third floor Sessions this morning charged with robbery with of a house. aggravation, attempting to choke, assault (alter- native) and housebreaking.
A 39-year-old Chinese woman, who was sleeping on the ground floor of 10 Sing Wo Real Hoppy Valley, was awakened it 2,50 am. today by a loud bòng
outside her window,
She turned on the light and,
Accused were Fong Ming, 24, and Lam Fut-cheung, 38, both temporary workers. They were charged with robbing Tsui Tze, an amah, at No. 68 Kowloon City Road, first floor, on October 21, 1955, of one gold finger ring; looking out of the window, saw attempting to choko Taui Tze with intent to commit aa
a Chinese crouching in the robbery: assaulting Tsui Tze occasioning actual bodily police whistle, the man climbed yard. Walle she blew her harm; and breaking and entering into the premises and over the wall of 14 Sing Wo stealing two gold finger rings, a gold neck chain, a pair of Road, where he was arrested by gold ear-rings, a wristwatch and $500, the property of two men and handed over to Chan Lai-wah, a factory girl.
Mr G.
Crown R. Sneath, Counsel, prosecuted. Present for the Police was Det. Sub. Insp. Hung Hung-yong. Accused were not represented by Counsel.
A Jury of four men and three women has been empanelled.
Mr Sneath said that the facts were
very simple and in his opinion the Jury would be return verdicts of This was a guilty in each case,
in which the men were case cought red-handed on the spot,
asked to
he said.
op
the
of
Early
morning October 21 last the two accused rang the doorbell of the first floor of No. 68 Kowloon City
The door was
opened to them by a young woman, Luk Kwok-mul who worked at a nearby factory and was one of several other young girls work-
Guy Searls, the Secretary of the Foreign Corres-Road, pondents' Club, was acquitted by Mr Hin-shing Lo at Cen tral this morning on a summons of failing to prevent a re- currence of breeding of mosquitoes in ari unused flower pot at the Club six months ago.
be right about both, but unless you know sumcone who knows
In dismissing the summons, the Magistrate said that someone you can give away all kleas of building up a private there was an element of doubt in the Prosecution's case. Minister in the Chifley Govern- rather rude kick in the shins,
cellar for the holidays. ment -- and who Whe being We always had an idea that, in
Retailers has the malt, strikes were always
Christmas Searle, defended by Mr P. D. Mr Remedios: Do you also groomed for leadership has something organised by workers spending isn't
quite up
Remedios of Messrs know that the Secretary is not lust
to the O'Almada P. C. Clarey, his scat;
mark of
MA. da Silva ure last year. They
and Company, aware of anyone working in the former
of the powerful for an extra ten bob a week-
sunnothing of dial nature.
had pleaded not guilty to the Club by the We moving stock rather faster, but
name of Kwal Australian Coundi
Trude of
charge. Health Inspector Lui |Chung, and that there is no per- Unions, is almost certain to go had the idea that once the miss the big buying of country
the blame the down-
Chi-shun conducted Pro- son by that name working in out into the political wildernessmaller came before a court the people and
secution In Bendigo R. T. Pollard, an-parties concerned did again in graded wool cheque,
the mutn-whol the court other Chilly Minister, Is fght-
ordered. ing grimly
heuch
to hold on lo hla
Worse sull, Labour hun no! had the chance of gaining new blood, its four successive de-
In the skippers' strike. how- ever, they are going for pilot- age fres which could mean, for me of them, up to £40 a week and give them a gross salary and exceeding
that
of the Justler.
DARING TECHNIQUE
The fantastic story of RAAF pliats snatching rockets in flight has come from Woomern rocket range. The pilots have become
skilled in a daring technique that they miss only one rocket out of every 10.
Rockets which
are released
Chief
00
com-
new
the Club? - No.
Defence Submission
in
in that factory who was on the premises at that time.
PARCEL FOR GIRL
After the door was opened
worked the factory. The
who
breeding of mosquitoes on the no offence had been com- entered the flat
to her.
the Police.
The resident of the third of 10 Sing Wo Road
sold that Chan Boor Mr Sneath Lal-wah would say that she did !*was
awaken by the commotion on not know the first acccused and the ground floor, found that his
been welch had
stolen. Ho the message he wrote bure G
later Identified his fake name and meant nothing which
watch Was found от tho suspect, who was taken to the The
amah
shock old
พล. inter hospital suffering from examined by the Polleo Sur- and serious head injuries, goon who would say that apart trum her lips being swollen and bruised there were bleed- cheeks ing pin-points on the and in the whites of the eyes which in Counsel's submission
caused
by the "goV LJU choking which was administered to this old woman."
Hearing a continuing.
wero
Threw
Ticket-Scalpers Caught
Yesterday's football between South China
game and Eastern was such a seil-out that two scalpers were offering $2.40 admission tickets for $10 each.
StoneThis morning at Central, Wun
At Child, Hit Showcase
"You mustn't throw stones at
Hung 35 and Tong Ping-kwong, 18, were fined $75 and $150 re- spectively by Mr J. E. Durling for unauthorised sale of football
tickets.
chid even if he made fun of Radio Hongkong
Signal and
first accused modo represents-; tions to her that he had come to deliver a parcel for Chan La wah, one of the other girls wło
said Mr W. F. Pickering parcel was handed over to Lak you,
K.K.T merning and Arst accused that Chan at Central thin told
discharged Lee
6. Time Chok-wal, 23,
Programma was not in
Market Re- The surunans
that alleged
Crown
Counsel sald
realding that unemployed,
at 309 Summary: 5.00, Stock
port; 6.08, 'Tor the Children" pre- In his submission of no case Searls, while being "a respon-
Queen's Road, West, ground sented by Eilzabeth (Studio); 6.50, first accused then expressed floor, for malicious damage to Australian Magazine; 6.49,"Box sible person" of the Club, falled to answer, Mr Remedios sald
desire to
leave a message for to comply with a notice served that on the evidence before the
Chan. He was given pen and property exceeding $25. on him on June 8 requiring him Court from Insp. Wong, it was
The Prosecution said that de within 48 hours
to take steps clear that the statutory notice paper whereupon he commenced
to write at a table. The second fendant was seen throwing been had
with and complied to prevent the recurrence of the
accused who was with him also stone at the glass pane that
showcase mitted.
of the Tai Sheung The evidence, Counsel premises of 41A Conduit Road,
There contended, showed that on the
was an old amah who Wong Laundry shop at
She was worked in the tat The election, of course, was a
The Prosecution's last witness, Arst visit
Water Street at 4.20 p.m. accumulation of at the testing ground contain Tec Shum-yu, told the Court water had been found In on the premises at the time and December 18. trluniph for Prime Minister
scene." The strange part of all this is the most delicate instruments that he was a messenger In the lower pot at the front of the now appesitd on the Menzies. HILS
collapsed that whlie the ships are tied up, which record all sorts of infor- Sanitary Department, and sald Porly
mation. Previously, at the end that he delivered a noilce to the Sanitary Department showed years of age walked into the of its flight an explosion ejected Correspondents Club on June 0. a parachute which brought the rocket to
to the ground. But this was not good enough, the instruments more often than not being wrecked as soon as the rocket made contact with the ground.
Now
feats (one under Chifley three under Evett) han succeed. ed only in building up the ranks of its opponents,
They have, morenver, pietely ignored the court's order
to lake their ships to sea.
1855
CENTENARY CHRISTMAS
BAGS
BAGS BAGS
1955)
in fact-bags of bags
with that inimitable Continental originality. LUXURIOUS
he
As he was entering the Club, said witness, he met a Chinese man who asked him what wanted. On being told that he (witness) wanted to sec
the Club's secretary to serve a notice Jet RAAF aircraft on him, the Chinese man sald nitted with
that he was an employee, and an aluminium loop would take the notice on behar near the tall, intercepts the rocket as it comes down by of the Secretary who was out at 'chute,
the time. catching the chute in the aluminium loop.
The witness sald that then manoeuvres his plane down handed the notice over to the to a ravine, which has a wire Chinese man, who said his name stretched ocross it.
this
was Kwai Chung. anatches the rocket from the planc End ground crews Can then lower to earth quite un- damaged.
The
and
Cross-Examinatiori
he
an
a
Club. The second visit by the
accumulation had
this
case.
owner
ac-
woman
200 Bert Gullett at the Organ (OB); 0.39, Weather Report: 1. Time Bignal and The News (London Re- MAY}; 7.08, Commentary:- (London
• Relay) or Special Announcements; of a 7.13, Interlude for Music. Ivor Mairants Guitar Group (BBCT): 7.30. Two's Company (Recorded): ID 7.45.
Broadway '65, Fred Wering on and the Pennsylvanilatis, Glee Club & Orch.: 8, "Viewpoint" & Weekly Magazine devoted to ̈° the Arts. Edited and Introduced by Janet to Tomblin
Books: Raviswed. by. | Pauline Fuller. "Oriental Model” by
Defendant pleaded guilty the charge. He said. that a child teased him, and he picked up a John Everard. 'Art of Drawing" by. stone and threw it at the child. Chan. Hugh Hunt on Shakes spektian Production" - (British Coun- The stone missed and unfor- cil: 8.30, Ted Heath and his Muster- tunately hit the showcase.
with Dennis Lotis, Kathy Llord Ekibble Britton (BBCTS)) 9. Time Signal. Of the Beaten Track, pre- serted by Timothy Birch Record- ed): 0.50, Plano Recital by ANBN Tong (Concert Hall); DAN) - Italian Bonga Licia Albanere (soprano) with Plano: 10. Gypsy *Melodies: 1015, "Take It from Bare. Dick
·Bentley and Jimmy Edwards, with Walias Eaton, Alma Cogan, June Whitteld, fepeat of last Friday's Broadcast (ECTS); 1949, Bedade
Wedding Celebrated
The
who was over 50
teng and watched first accused been removed.
write the message In the The notice bad been com
meantino Lak left the pre- plied with," Me Remedios, said, mises, "the fact that a second
CAUGHT BY NECK cumulation was found in Д As the amah also turned to different place has no bearing on leave the teng Brat accused the
caught her by the neck. his seemd point, Mr Re-cated out, "Robbers, save life, dios stated that the statutory and the attack on her really notice had not been property develops," ald Mr Sneath. The served, and that the notice itself second áccused slag seized her had been improperly addressed by the neck and forced her to
Thirdly, Mr Remedies pointed the ground and the two began A dinner reception, attended Book, "Unclo Silas" by Sheridan out that the persons responsible to
to choke the woman, A gold by over 200 guests, was held at anu. Read by Cynthia Nixon.
(Itecorded); under the Ordinance cre
Episoda
10.59 the finger ring she was wearing was the Kam Ling Restaurant Inst Weather Report: 11. Time Signal. of the Club of the taken from her and later found night to celebrate the recent | Radio News Reel -(Recorded London Secretary. He cited suthoritier in the possession of the second wedding in Sydney, Australia, Rolari: 11.00, Goodnight Music: The Queen; 31:30, Close in support of this claim.
accused, he said.
of Mr and Mrs Thomas Wong, God Save
Down. Nuisanco Abated
The old woman having been of 81 Shing Wo Road, Hong-” Lastly, Counsel said that the rendered helpless, the flat was keng
Mr. suitcase was broken open and the property listed in the fourth married at charge was taken.
Hour on at extended honeymoon last of Holiday Mulle; 4.11. Tex: detective constables who hop wiek. They will return to Popular Tunes: 4.30. Guest For shouts of the old woman pened to be nearby heard the Australia early next year. Toda-Victoris De Los Angeles of
Harvslona: 4.46; Dossier on Dute and
trius Children's Corner-Con rushed up to the premises. Mr. Wong Is the eldest son of ducted by Aunile Val; 520, Monday these men caught at the China New Guinea Mer Birthday Mailbag: 0.19 1 Musique Counsel objected to this answerLD WEST HOT had no right of/ They kicked open the door and Mr Andrew N. Wong, proprietor Bequests-Presented by Betty: 81, Mr the Court. Mr Lo overruled / red-handed, sald Crown Counsel cantito, Co., and Mrs Wong, of piry: C4), Bhadows of Doubs -Pre-
MEN SEARCHED The two men were searched. On the person of the second accused was found a gold ring. and on the first accused's person was found most of the the pro- perty of the fourth charge.
Cross-examined by Mr Re-
First we have a jet picking) medios. The admitted he did not nuisance had abated and, would | facked, and in particular 'a'
up a slowly moving object, then know the actual position held
14.
has to foul a wire deliberately, by the Chinese man in Mr Howard Beale, the Minis-Club.
ter in chargo of the Rocket
Mr Remedios: For all
contended
the not occur again. He
that under Section 25 of the
and Public Health
Sanitation Range, released the story Inst
you Ordinance, the Magistrate should He said the technique, know, then, he might have been sp. But stood up to answer week.
the case. developed entirely by the RAAF a stranger in the Club?-No, he had been responsible for the told me that He was an an
submission, but Mr gathering of valuable scientific | ployee.
Remedios objected, stating that audi on points of law before
BAGS
data,
and had azved Australin and
Britain a considerable amount of money,
in CALF LEATHER
SUEDE
or
for both
DAY and EVENING wear
61
This is a
new collection'. in time for Christmas and specially created by the leading designers in Rome Vienna, Paris and Brussels
ALSO BEADED BAGS.
from Belgium
ZAPPOSHE THE G PO
FALCONER'S:
THE 2244
Mr
Remedios
stating that it was hearsay, He added that even the Yanks Lo ruled that it was not hearsay, Counsel.
than a little im- but recorded more
formal objection. pressed
NEW STANDARD
werb
year
There seems Utile doubt now that our Olympic Games next are going to set a new standard. This work a visiting Italian: Olymple · described Olympic Village as the best over organised for any
Mr Remedios: Do you know that this notice never reached the hands of the Secretary?, No, I didn't know.
Insp. Lul stated that in regardi to Mr Remedios third point, the socretary or manager of any company or corporation may be held liable under Section 82 of the Ordinance.
REDIFFUSION
and Mrs Wong were 1, 3.30
Loper p.in. Mimio by Quest StOEW:
Bleak St Mary's Basilica Hour by Charles Dickens: 4, The
A defective-sergeant and tandcame back to the Colony Music D. Christmas & Quator Two -
there: were
Co.t
FrancaisePresented by › Joannatte Road. Shing Wo
He
was sented
by Colesle-Palmoliva educated at Toowoomba, 7 Time Signal and The News. (Lens Report don Relay); 7.00. Weather Queensland.
Announcements and Interlude; 733. Felix King and hit Orchestram Popular Dance Music 7.30, Coke Fisher, with
Mrs Wong was the former Miss Chan Lal-chun, daughter of Mr Chan Hon-min of Shing Wo Road, Hongkong.
CHRISTMAS CONCERT AT THE RITZ PICKPOCKETS
boun
ACTIVE
very active
Time--Biarring Eddle
Orchestra and Axel Stordal's
forg
Guest Biar Gloria De Haven;" 2.44, Story of the Carola. The Bongs which tella no effectively the memor are of the Curlatmar sonson; 8; Per-
· Fanality Parade-Beatrice Kayu! 3.15. The int Melt in the Moon,
International; "ChristmaU M Customs Obrad by People mil. Over the World during the Christa mas Fasson; 9, Paul Temple and the Gübelt Cams, 1 Episode 6. "That Good Old Intuition," with Peter . Coke “as Paul Temple and Marjorie Wwbury na - Blave?) #30, | Monday Concert over the Hour, Port and Permnty over=
games,
The Hongkong. Concert Mr Fred Carpio was most credi" und Vord's Prelude to Organising Committee, Orchestra, has now established versatile in exchanging hia viola, Act 1 of “La Traviata," which has been needled rather itself as 't provider of very for an electric guliar în Kotel, severely by the world's aws-pleasant entertainment, and the boy's Hawaiian number, and tho After the instrumentat ploces Hongkong's pickpockets have
the last two years, futz was packed last night for mormal puper for
percusion was in came the community singing. inst week organised a tour for the Christmas concert erased by a set of bells and a First wo had "Rudolph, the Red weekend. In all there were the one yon Suppo)); played) sporting editors, aldermen and
ick Ray Alarcon was Nosod Reindeer, two groups of ten cases of pickpocreting To Hang Nowcost and the gir ponos politician at
It is something
ng of an achlover the
Bon soloist in the charming old-time popular
three of my
(Gounod}" played by This tour revealed that every ment to have put on three of "Bnow) Tlakes' novelty,
both of them having
in the Du Thakire National which we "Daley, Daisy Duch ported to the
Paris, condkantad-f CMU which up to or ahead of schedule. son and the andard of pary, other lease) Blanes an Olympic Village could be finish-formance last night chowed it was good to see that some then followed carols all The od in less than a month, but the this was not a scratch" "affale of the stalwaris trom the Sino- weź kitown and sung with a to the public, this morning to Committed is going slow there but much hard work had been. Briüali Orchestra, (including will
daughter bernapecially onreful, în crowde because they don't want squat put into it by the Conductor, Mr H. Com Remedios, The Co-As the Hongkong University where one is jostled and pulled ters moving into the hotos,
Mr V Bo far more than £5, m5216ors Vigoumenckerham, and
and his orchest
Orchestra's 10ader) also carols are unavoidably and un-around. This is a favourite hunt- part in tile lighter activitý. Zortunu
áng ground-): Koc : lighting bon
but a mighty by were train the outstanding Job has brown clone, and will be qualGANOS
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