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EX-GUNNER
SENT TO PRISON
Harold Sidney Card, alias
Harold Clark, 25, formerly
It
kunman
of 2nd Field
Appeal Against
Conviction
The Full
Court this
its dc-
Regiment, RA, Shek Kong, morning reserved was sentenced to 10 months' ciston on an appeal against imprisonment by Mr J. Econviction by Chu Fung-lun, Durling Jut Central this
27-year-old ratian worker, morning on charges of un-
who was found guilty and sentenced to death for the
lawful pawning, simple lar ceny and obtaining money by false pretences,
Ca
outlining the L'It Pro secution sald that on Dec. 18, at the Chino Ffeel Club defendon! met un American sailor carrying Defendant admired it Bad asked for louts, tout pro- miped that he would return of 2 m
But de Madaul did not turn up utal the sailor reported T the police who later re- Lovered the article at the Tung Un pawnshop.
Then on December 10. :: - feractant comatuele badly Fat
the Unna Jack Club saying his macher had died and ablarised $88 from the lady
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$100 FOR FLOWERS
Descubr 1. CH repented the smune soty to Mes P Macleod, and asked for $100 to jav Howers
On D 28 defenchent watch Irvati The comph
Join
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Tate
Fort Street when per dar A
stas tu Roestand t
sho Ite power if
the watch at the Walk Want parwahreje at King's Bond wher Covered
00 The 3F, defensalad purouched a member of the RAF and asked to 330 mg that he was exprefting a cheque troan the Army Hut us Act defendant bind no cheque an
be had left the Army Nu 4.ast year
Bu sang menstelace Its Wor shop wald to Can You trucks ne ofset only hy YOUL
kot veror"
Defendant nendest guides Il charges
STUDYING HK
POLICE METHODS
General Nguven Director-General of namese Police and
Ngan
Ju
{A'
the Viet Surete, or
lved in the Colony yesterday (Wednesday)
few days visit to the Hong Kong Pulle
The
General
panied by Mr
Weler
ME IN
act
i
who murder of his lover allegedly went with another
201
BOJLER.
MI Justier M J Hogan. Chief Justice, and Mr Justice J. Wick, Pulsne Judge, comprised By Full Court
(bu
ronvirted WIN November 30 of the murder of Chak Lin-mui while she slept KL Tal Hang Sul Village, Kowloon, In the early bouts of August He WAS death by Mr fustice J # Gregs.
Appellant WAN represented!
MIT
1. Yang, Dyfructed by Mr D Szeto of Brutton and CoMe J Bodilly, Crown Coun- 1 el impresersted the Crown, ་་་ panspended by Detective Inspector
O'Brien
Try
The grounds of appeal were that the Jury's verdiet could and be supported, having regard ip the cyklener that the Tat Jalgr talled to unirate to the Jury the
of the
atenes 1
any
evidence
to
show that the chopper i
alleged t be the murder property
11421
the
the cruised,
that the Trial Judge sailed to put forward the Defence sufficiently
The 10 Juny an that there was no men- than by the Triad Jurige of the Flyfener that the Prosecution's evidence in the main was cur- sistent with the evidence of the Defenes, wed that the Trial Julge
Failed to
to prect the Jury If the Jury that
with the prisoner's -explanation or, upon a review of all the evidence, were left in doubt Pestsona bie
whether- even if his explanation be not accepted the prisoner had com-
nitted 1
murder. the entitled to the
pulsorier
WHS
benent of the doubt.
ware either
CIRCUMSTANTIAL
A Yang told the Bull Court 4.1 the evidence adduced by the Prosecution was wholly cir- eum tantul A woman had given
CHINA MAIL
1845
THURSDAY, JANUARY 5; 1956:
Vice-Admiral E. F. Elkins, Flag Officer, Second in Command, Far East Station, paid an official call on Lt-General W. H. Stration, Commander, British Forces, Hongkong, at Flagstaff House this mording. He is seen here inspecting the guard of honour mounted by the 2nd Battalion, 7th Gurkha Riffls-Staff
Photographer.
ALLEGED MURDER: DOCTOR TESTIFIES
Accused Medically
Medically Insane, But Knew What He Was Doing
Dr P. M. Yap, Government Psychiatric Specialist and Superinten- dent of the Mental Hospital told the Court this morning that it was his opinion that the accused was medically insane at the time of the alleged attack but that the accused knew what he was doing and knew that it
was wrong.
SHEAFFER'S
Skrip
Problem Of The Illiteracy
Of The Literate
A
neglect the even more pressing problem of the illiteracy of the itterate, as it has been called-.- the poor uses to which the art of reading is so frequently put. An English profcasor has
sounded
warning recently note ồn this theme, Printed
the presses in an endless stroom but is nearly all, rubbish' and few people ever read any- thing but rubbish, so that the more they read the jess
matter rather
TEACHERS URGED TO GIVE IT er, he says, now flowe from
CONSIDERATION
the
putting
to be made into the reading
If we should feel very happy
"This appears to be a problem
cominend 11 to your further consideration, for the
Opening the first annual conference on educated they become. This the teaching of English this morning, the strongly, but if an inquity were Deputy Director of Education, Mr L. G. habits and material of our ex- Morgan, said that perhaps nowhere in the secondary school pupils I doubt world could bilingualism and real under- at the results, standing of one nation by another be of which will not be easy of solu- greater importance, or offer greater hopes tion of significant advances in human thoughts proof of the cultural side of your and human values than in Hongkong.
He also asked teachers to consider the problem of the secondary school, as in of "the illiteracy of the literate" the poor uses say and write and read in Eng- to which the art of reading is so frequently put, ish in their later He
Finally, The proof of the cultural side of their work was very successfui conference and in the quality of what their pupils said, wrote and hope that through your read in English, he said.
04
work tics not
much la examination results at the end
the quality of what your pupils
may I wish you a
<1i8- cussions and Interchange of ex- perience you will gula fresh Idens and fresh stimulus to The two-day conference iscerned with teaching Chinese to
your most important work." being held in the Education De-English people, as well as that you on still further with partment offices in Battery Path larger body, to which all of you and will end to-morrow. About presens today, belong, who are sixty senior teachers of English concerned with the teaching of Anglo-Chlivere secondary English to Chinese people.
In
are
schools are taking part under the
TWO MAIN REASONS Chairmanship of Mr F. J. F Tangay, Education Officer. Also
"In brood terms there appear attending
representatives to be two main reasons for from the Hongkong University teaching English In Hongkong. Education Department and utiliterinn
reasons and cultural training colleges.
Dr Yap was called by the Prosecution to testify to the mental state of the accused, Ho Sang, 41, unemployed, who is standing trial for murdered before Mr Justice J. R. Gregg in the Criminal Sessions. Witness declared that accused was fit to plead.
19 LI
is
Accused who
dismissedi
tin fok of
oun factory allergand to have murdered Lain Shing, another factory fcki at Nus 10-18 Ruw Street on August 20. 1835.
Was
suffering
from
П
19
45 1
tool
as
Mum Kept Her Promise
staff of localion in the English language she put it, she had been doter-
A 7x42219 to
the
Last Tuesday Was the 21st A general knowledge birthday of Cpl Wilfrid Irwin, Mr Morgan said "It is with reasons
that I welcome of the English language is indis-Royal Engineers, great pleasure
pensable for busness, for the Stationed here in Hongkong, you all here to what I hope will
annual professions, and for modem and 10,000 miles away from home, be the first of many
technical education. English is he was prepared to take hla conferences on the teaching of wanted as a tool; and the chance coming-of-age as
just another English. The general theme of
ment of those who day. employment the Conference
1s **The of
His mother, Mrs Ethe Irwin, can use it effectively Teaching
of English is greatly enhanced. Consequent of Tindale Farm, Cumberland, Secondary Schools," and man-
ly there is d
considerable had other ideas, however. A very bership has therefore been con-demand In
"Ever Hongkong for instruc-
since the boy had his fed to representatives of the
first pair of long trousers," 39 English teaching
other ends. Secondary
Schools, together utilitarian demand for English mined to give him a ren birth- with certain members of the
is natural, and is certainly likely day party. So, enllating the old Education
Department and to result in good both for the of
Women's Voluntary others
are particularly individual and who
for the Colony Service, she put her plan into doncerned with the development widens knowledge and ability operation. of English teaching in the increas outside contacts; and On Tuesday morning, a mem- Colony.
of the it makes for Improvement in the ber
WVS called PRIME MEDIUM Industrial and economic life of Wilfrid at Shamshulpo camp
the
Let community.
with a message of congratula- "Though it has been said that teachers, therefore, not decry tions, a freshly-baked birthday Dr Yap: 1 thought so.
nguage has
and been so devised utilitarian alms in the teaching | cake
k bottle of his there Apart from that was
that when mastered it 13 of Engilsh, but accept such aims favourite sherry. any other evidence of mental days afterwards.
azmirable medium for the dis-and keep them in close view in A 21st birthday cheque is also Mr Simon Li, Crown Coun- disease in the accused this tune
courses and our on the way. when you examined him?-Ho
guise of one's real thoughts it devising our case for conducting the
Back in Wilfrid's billet that mikily depressed, that is
still remains the prime medium methods.
Interchange of Ideas be
teaching of English night the bottle was broached all.
tween indiviktals and between language as a tool Is in the and the cake cut, but not before peoples. Even the much vaunt-main the primary stage of Wilfrid had taken a photograph ed intuitive powers of woman | English teaching. At this stage of it to send home to Mum, who do not appear to have lessened our first concern is to discover had kept her promise, her need to Indulge in speech, the most efficient methods, and but whether used to
a
It is alleged that Flo allacked his side of the story but it was the deceased with broken irrational in that there was no beer botic
severe foundation for it? inflicting wounds on his armis, Lazes suc- three his injuries
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alone that she was awaken- / Yumbed to
Van Tuce by a
in the room where Dircelo of Pollee for the Pre.
the drevased woman o Salgun-Cholon and
slept She saw the figure of a Itan Ro. Du
Chief of the
man landing notionless inside Private
Office
the Viet.
COURT). and she got up and Tunese Minister of the Interior
Whilst here the visitors will
run away.
The evidence, Mr Yang said, study Hongkong Puilce methoda
was further that the appellant in municipal policing.
toid witnesses later not to be 35 loc and that he was giving hunstig up The Defence cust was that the appellant was
the courtyard cip m PARAFIND entered the Licked 16 beside han
Belind
Traffic Mishaps
A
Chinese
pedestrian Bus- injures when he was knocked down by a motor lorry In Wanchan Road, near Triangle Street at 10
yesterday. The injured man was treated at Hospital bud was
Queen Marv
no delaned
The acident
חג.
occurred tra
very congested truffle and pedes-
trian area.
woman 221
of the
the
Witness said that accused also | he stated that he had fought with paranoid state, come peoptio recently but could
Asked further whether ac- not give details.
cused WRD mentally ho words Mr L: In other gave you a
coherent account of balanced, Dr Yap said that ac- cused suffered from ideas of
These
of ideas persecution.
be would persecution
cause for accused to recessary commit this alleged attack.
His Lordship: Assuming the direumstances are such as stated by the Prosecution, that without any apparent motive the accused attacked the deceased with a broken bottle, and taking that as a fact, would you say that was doing? he was responsible for what ha
JM.
WAT
conal Crown,
Del Insp. Gurney was present in Court for the Police.
Accused is defended by Mr Terence Shurlock, Instructed by Mr. Wong of Messrs Hastings and Company,
Dr
thal accused Yap said was admitted to the Mental Hospital on April 14, 1953, on order by a Justice for où-
because nonsense
1 thuk s stranger an
courtyard and at-servation
inan who was sleeping talking
fighters.
"he
and
rather agitated." He appellant detained until May 25, 1953,
Tom indɗe the room where the wuthun stept. The stranger also
made his way
al
いまき
into the room
w20
WES was
DELUSIONS
that he Witness said
kept
all
attneked the deceased and accused under observation
the time. Accused was also
Uri
a reactive para-
sinte In other
words,
Courses sald the Prosecution's examined by him and he had had been that the sp come to the conclusion that he A private
his own rattan suffered from In var collided pellant with
Chinese
chopper to murder Chak, but nold Queen's Road, East. near its Junction with Hennessy Road, at 645 pan, yesterday. The woman austained leg injuries and was feated in hospital.
The accident occurred 11 very heavy traffic area.
Shamshuipo Thefts
there was no evidence whatso accused suffered from delusions and although ever that the chopper belonged of persecution to him. The only thing that
there was precipitating cause might
that cause was incriminate appellant for the illness were the statements he made to not sufficient to account for the his brother and to the Police intensity of his reaction.
terwards, but Counsel sub- j At the time of his discharge mitter, these statements were from Hospital, accused had be- made when appellant was in an come much calmer. He could on insight into utterly distressed, state of mind sleep and had and did not realise the full the abnormality of his exog-
import of their meaning.
gerated fours. Regarding the last ground of In answer to his Lordship, Dr Two custy of urceny from appeal. Mr Yong said what the Yap sald that accused realised the person occurring in Kowloon Tini Judge did
to Wilg puf a
that his fears were exaggerated, wem
reported to the Police forma caution to the Jury It Asked by Crown
Counsel yesterday. A pickpocket stole would have been
better if he
whether at the time of his dis- a Chinese cash from
charge accused was completely woman had put the meaning of walking in Popular Street, in burden of proof clearly to them, recovered, Dr
Dr Yap said that he the Shamshuipo District. A He should have directed the thought accused was recovered. Chinese ha
detnined by Jury has been
that they should acquit Thiere was a possibility of the Poiloe.
the prisoner if they entertained A Chinese wonion walking any reasonable doubt as to his Pelho Street, also In the guilt in the light of the explana- Shamshulpo district, had car-rings, valued at $30, snatch-
ed
Herlons he gave,
at 4.30 p.m. The thief co- cuped,
TWO KILLED IN
TRAM ACCIDENTS
An elderly
CROWN'S REPLY
the
Asked to reply on this final ground only, Crown Counsel referred to the part of the summing up in which the Judge told the Jury that they should not convict the prisoner un-
whole of the evidence adduced that
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| recurrence because there was some foundation for his fears and also because of his unin- telligence.
Witness sold that accused was admitted to the Hospital again for observation on' October 10, 1955. He examined him. CO-OPERATIVE Witness said that he was el
they were sailed upon the the opinion that accused had Chinese, Chau the accused commited the offence. Vague ideas of persecution again
The Trial Judge had said further which he did not, consistently Wanshing, aged 06. of 234. that it was not for the accused per maintain. He was co-operative Ching Man Village, Sookunpoon to prove his inuence but for and well-behaved although he died at 10.10 p.m. last night as the Prosecution to prove his guilt,
and that it the Jury wore saudied could not sleep well for the first
of injuries received in that had not been done, their duty night or two, sion with a tramcar
in wes to acquit.
King's Road at 0.25 p.m. on New Year's Evo.
Another Chinese, Yau Ying, aged 44, of 235, Main Street West Shaukiwan, died at 11.25 am yesterday as a result of injuries received on January 2, when he was struck by a tran- car in King's Road, near the Tailcoo Sugar Refiněny.
21 Bumitted that
Dr. Yap said that accused's"
the matter conversation was isrational inso- could not have been "put more
tar as he maintained at first that: clearly to the Jury.
Crown Counsel submitted further his employer was under pressure that conviction should not be from a secret society to diatas the victim quashed just because the Judge did him and are thet
not LING
particular Lore Of
phir Meology In, bis mumming-up, on (decensed in the case) could be a a certain point, providing he had member of that secret society. adequately covered the question of Accused had mild he was not where the burden of proof lay
Lanal winhornien were quoted by sure about that; people bad said
Counsel, on, boli zaidan.
FIT TO PLEAD In your opinion is be fit to plead? Yes.
Asked whether having regard to all the circumstances witness opinion that the could give an accused was in a parabold state at the thro of the alleged at- tack. Dr Yap sald
he that thought accused probably suf- fered from paranoid at that
time.
Mc Mr LA So that at the time the wounds were inflicted
you are of the opinion that he was insane?
10T
Dr Yap: I don't know about but I think he responsibility. knew what he was doing and ** he knew that it was wrong.
Hearing Is continuing.
FALSE ALARM.
Two
Emergency Unit
vans
Dr Yap: Medically insane, were rushed to the Hongkong Asked by his Lordship what Chinese Bank, Hongkong Hotel the term meant, Dr Yap said Building when bank alarm rang
accused suffered from the Police at noon today, mental illness, in other words | proved to be a false alarm.
that
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14 English language und as smoothly is possible. then, certainly for It is in these early stages that
Sual and Programme present,
replace research and cannot
experiment with Summary: 0.03, Block Market Re- language, and though actions new
techniques and
port: 6.00. For the Children. Nursery may speak louder
Sing Song with Violot than words, teaching materials
Carson seem likely (FECTS);
Half 8.30. Portuguese and individuals may indeed come
effect the
Im-Hour Studio); 4.50. Was ther grealest
Ro to close knowledge of individuals
port: 7. Time Bignal and The Nows through personal contacts, for provements,
London Relayi; 7.09, Commentary nation to draw close to nation "In our search for ever more (London Relay) of Special Ap
Cafe more than individual contact is efficient methodis of language nouncements:15, Boulevan
*Le Coeur de Park"; 13. Be- needed. Language and literature teachips in the primary stages, ginners Please,
Edition of kely to remain, in the howefer, we
exercise |Radio, Hongkong's Amateur Talent foreseeable future, the
not most particular care
to use Show. Compere; John Wallion." Pro-,
duced by Hilary Gr [Concert however effective means of sympathetic methods,
successful Hai): 6, What's the form (flecord- may be for achieving Im- ed Lazdoo Relay); 8.15 V.0.A. HI- they may understanding of one people by another people.
mediate ends, which may tend. Farade: 8.45 Plano Miniatures;
Tirse, algnal, Fever | Bark. The Here in Hongkong as educato lessen a child's future appro-Story of Quinine by Harry Colliery tionalists, and, I hope, as people ciation of literature.
Ph. D. Produced by Ellean Capel (RECTS)); 920 At tia Opere, "Ba vision and some be- some
tien und Berience" (Mozart). Prin- lief in the future, we are
cipals, with Vienna Symphony Orch, "It is not until the secondary Columbia Bakım Orchestra: leged in being able to Da
cond. by John Pritchard: 10.16 10.30 pate in work making for a stage that much attention can be One Night Stand. Louis Armstrong closer
between understanding
given to the cultural values of and the All Stars; 1950 Weather B- two great pooples, the Chinese English; to the embodiment in port: 11 Time Final Radio News
London and the English. And we are English literature of the life ex-111, Goodnit Musc
(Recorded
· Relay); particularly fortunate that both periences, hopes, hates, Loars and The Queen; f1,30,- Close Down, peoples have a highly developed loves of the English people, their language and literature of their glimpses both of heaven and of own, and literary, human and hell, and their attitude all of moral concepts, which when life that lies in between. Surely fully understood the one by the it de no superficial simile to speak 350, Novatima; 115, Bleak Holtso... other, must surely do much for of a nation's soul being enshrined by Charles Dickens; 4 Tas Tine
in its teralize; the enrichment of both.
Rendervous: 430, Vocally Yours: and surely, a 4.45, Dossier on Dumetritis: shrine must be approached with children Corner Conducted diso preparation and in the right Auntie Val; 6.30, Teen-Time--Pre- thefrome of mind, or the spirit will sented by Betty Bouts: Tropl and be lefe urmoved. It should be, susie Maestro: 64, dowso
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UNIQUE CHANCE
"Perhaps nowhere in world can, bilingualism reni, understanding of one nation tion at secondary schools to help by another be of greater im pupils approach the shrines of portance, or offer greater hopes both English and Chinese Htern- of significant advances in human ture adequately prepared
arkt thought human values, the right trend of mond in than in Hou fish nations must think of. ends hot
Chinese andİ the
for the
dove
have until recently, a d loped on
their
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toacting children to speak and and to
read and write, we want them
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