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JOHN CLARKE'S
CASEBOOK
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CHINA MAIL
Destroyer Aground:
1
Man Lost Overboard
Norfolk, Virginia, Jan. 5.
destroyer escort Basilone aground in the Hampton
Heavy seas and high winds dragged the
Roads early today and one crewman overboard,
Fifth District Naval Head- quarters reported the shup either
E looked as though for of his life he might have been a soldier. One of those sterling men flat or dragged hier anchor under who start their military mure of 25-to-30-mph winds. Ste slammed info u sandbank lives in boys' battalions and only 75 yards offshore, about ane Anish their. careers smile west of Cape Henry Light- regimental sergeant-majors, house. retiring them. full of honours, to run their private and civilian lives in brisk, parade-ground fashion,
He looked the kind whose personal standards would be high and who would not be satisfied with anything less than those hugh standards from any-
tu ja li uninediato curele
He looked a Partinet, and, by his own confession, their at his dumpe Bu: Harold's career That been ht
-- Teguise worldber
REFORMED
D
Was
Neuman, washed
The
Auld Navy Anthony Servidio,
verboid and drowned at about 7 a.m. ills body WIN washed alore about half 2 mile froma the grounded ship
SWUNG BROADSIDE
The 398-foot, 2,480-ton ship
ber and
was..
Silent
lost
Reporter Sacked
New York, Jan, G.
song broadside to the beach The New York News lo- while six-foot supf and 20-foot | day dismissed a reporter, swells pounded
Six William Price, who had re- rescue vorsels tried to get tow lanes aboard. Her fouled anchor fused to lestify before chain chewed a hole through her Senate internal Security side near Une boş. apparently sub-Committee investigat. above the waterline
infiltration of The 300 Navy officers and ing alleged
men abound were in no danger. The Basilone, which normally 1 feet, grounded in nine draws feet of water at about 4.45 pun, THERE was
night, withon! o much, Towing efforts were temporarily debinsing the phrase, have been discontinued after towing cables started shearing depth-charge
# lubr
called an international
U
when he
A court in Califorika sentenced
obe-to-14
racks in ня
the Basilone's star- bound sile. Two depth charges were Jost overboard but a Navy F passing spoken sund they were not
urmed.
years 10:- Che actually served you}
ftitious cheques
11
of
A Belgian court. in Harold's absence, sentenced him fo your prom and a firse 10,000 frames, for false pretences.
In London,
The t
Clerken well court. her win ant prison for three months for stening a typewriter
But all those misadventures befell him long age For the last 23 years Harold has lived modestly * mutet fe, workin for most of the tibus as a com massiert. earming something like £7 a week, helping wife to beng
ther daughters, now aged 12 and 15. to be models of rectitude
THE LAPSE
THE her clay,
The Navy spokesman sald re-
floating operations were made dificult because 1 Русм entire length of the Basilone was bed-
in the sand and her pro- dexi pellers were buried, United Press.
newspapers.
In a telegram to Price, the executive editor, Richard Clarke, sald: "Your conduct as a witness before the Senate Internal Security sub Committee 121 Washington, DC. toxlay has destroyed your usefulness to the News. Therefore your
services
as an employce of the News are bem being terminated immediately."
A printer on the New York Times refused today to tell the Senate Internal Security sub- Committee whether tre was A
Canber Uf the Party".
The
FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1956.
Miss Sylvia Marlowe, the noted harpsichordist, photographed at Kal Tak on her arrival this morning. -Staff Photographer.
Famed Harpsichordist
Arrives In HK
The famed
Sylvia
American harpsichordist, Communist Marlowe, arrived in Hongkong by Pan American Air
ways this morning on a four-day stay. She was accom- printer. Mr Otto Albertson, in defining to answer panied by her husband and a technician who takes the questlons,
availed himself care of the tuning of the delicate instrument. of the constitutional privilege gainst self-incrimination under
EXEQUATURS, the fifth amendment of the US
SIGNED
The Queen's Exequatur em- two powering Dr W. J. Cator to wet
x Consul-General for th
Hart
1
fell
He stole $2
lapsed crimenal,
has
| Netherlands at Hongkong
Feceived Her Majesty's signa- fire. R was announced in the
| Gos ea tument Cazelte today.
W
It was also announced that the Queen's Exequaturs empowering lady's Messi
Thongs
Davis Jr.. cardigan ch als honger- from Behard St Francis Post and
sting He was brought again
eirmie agoni
to the dock of the Clerkenwell
Thomas A. Dehart, Vier Consul for
to act the United
court, and from there he plead-States of America at Hongkong.
el guilty to stealing
A defective
Powell.
cktails
man
and be Pay
16% 1
244
talet M Frank magistrate
is working
17 10s
the
Bow, * W**
"Bon't meriljoti
the name of them." the magistrate saul.
"No.
detective discreetly fed his story.
TM FIRST TO CONDEMN
THE magistrate asked Harold
Harold
what he had to say chivvies! the ends of the alt- lorily
marat whate mustache with nervonis fligers
"It's a bit late in the day to Uni "but I'm thoroughly ashamed of myself. Been married 17 years, and I'm mory
strict with the chuldiren. I'm the first to con demn this sort of thing when read about it in the papers. His deep voice wavered certainly.
than
k nar received Her Majesty's
signature
Labour Advisory
Board
HE. Un Governor has made the following appointments to the Labour Advisory Board for
VRE YONE, it was announced in
the Government Gazelle today. The Commissioner of Labour (Chairman, ex-officio); Com moxkore Superintendent, H.M. Dockyard (observer for Armed Forces, Messrs T Kudoarte, C. F.
Constitution.
In
the
Senate, Senator Herbert Lehman, a Democrat of New York, praised the new York Times
"u grou! ira- dependent. patriotic paper."
OWS-
Interviewed by Pressmen at Kai Tak Airport, Miss Marlowe stated that she had not been asked to perform in Hongkong. Asked whether she would give a concert if requested, she replied: "Sure, why not? I love to play wherever they want me.”
more
Miss Marlowe then went on
more and to say that He lauded it for its "courage"
people are becoming Interested In the
harpsichord, and called
"Docular IC ધ "Lower
clussienl they are turning to it the fight against music." strength" Communism.-United Press and
Reulor,
of
John Wayne's Mother Here
Among passengers arriving here in the s President Cleve- land in the course of a Far Eastern cruise this morning was Mrs Sydney Preen, of Long Beach,
Cullfornia, the mother of the screen actor, John Wayne. Mrs Preen was accompanied by Mr Preen who is a sunllary engineer and Superintendent of Sidu Company, manufacturing Beach.
a sciver tools Arm of Long
Mrs Preen was formerly Mrs Morrison She said the name John Wayne was given
hur the famous actor
son because his ex-omclo); real naine,
Marion Morrison, Tung
Sounded "clssy" She has another C. sun,
Mr Robert Morrison, who ifal (representing employers); is a nim producer and director.
Messrs
P
Wood,
Cheng, Man-karn,
Yuru-kel, Fung Hoi-chlu,
Hung (representing labour); -Latour Offer (Secretary, auffelo).
in
Perhaps he had sudden vision of his name the local unper, of his children reading it there.
UNTIL AFTER CHRISTMAS
CIR," he cried, "I'd no more idea of stealing than the man in the moon, I can'! ex- plain this. But I condemn my- sell far
more
сап.
Than you ever
Ti voler talled off.
"It is really lamentable," said the magistrate,
who has gone straight for
5Q
grandson,
Au Her 16-year-old Ho Patrick Wayne, made his Alm
ex-
Stole Binoculars
And Iron
cert
Sylvia Martowe is on a cou- tour of the Far East, spon- sured by the American National Theatre and Academy. Before had coming to the Colony she toured Japon, and had appeared over the radio and on television
networks
"Puppy" Churches For Cathedral
SHEAFFER'S
ADMIRAL SNORKEL PEN
Co's CAPITAL REDUCED BY $1,800,000
Mr Justice J. R. Gregg at the Supreme Court this morning granted a petition by the Maritime Union Assurance Co., Ltd, of room 218 Edinburgh House, for confirmation of a reduction of its capital from $5,000,000 to $300,000.
Action Over Diamond Brooch
A
Representing tho company, Mr Oswald Cheung (Instructed, by Mr P. A. L. Vine of MossTS Denson) sald the company was Incorporated in 1949 for the in- tention of carrying on a hill Insurance business relating to China shipping. After the establ pent
the
presont Government in China, however, it was found that there were few applications for insSAN ILDOD
Mrs Charles Richard policies on hulls. Lamprill, defendant in
The company found that its civil
case involving the capital WDS in exces3 of ite pawning of A diamond wants, and it passed a resolution brooch, stated
to reduce the authorised capital. cross- It was proposed
return examination before Judge $1,800,000 of the capital to tho H. H. B. How at Central shareholders. District Court this morn-
rt
to
Mr Cheung added that all the laid down in the the Ordinance, such as the adver- of whatisement of the company's move,
ing, that the plaintiff, Mrs proceduro |Dolly Li, had brought
action as a result
she (defendant) had said had been complied with. against the plaintiff.
and
con-
His Lordship made the order
the The defendant said this morn-confirming
reduction ing that she had told two people approving the minutes 45 of her suspicions of a certain tained in the petition, "improper association" between her husband and the plaintiff.
Since plaintiff heard this allega- lion, they (plaintiff and defen dant) were not on good terms.
Mra L brought the civil action against Mrs Lamprill also known as Fung Shurt-ying, of Central Market Building, for the
Official Appointments
return of a brooch which she Dr P.A.M. van de Lindo has claimed she had loaned to the boen appointed by H. E. the defendant, or its equivalent of Governor to be a Medieat Officer $4,500.
lot Schools, it was announced in Mrs Li was represented by Mythe Government Gazette today. Lawrence Leong, instructed by "Other appointments
Bazetted Mr Alfred Hon, and Mrs Lamp-were: Mr T. D. Sorby to be rill denied liability through Mr Assistent Secretary, Colonial Y. H. Chan, of Messrs Lau Chan Secretariat; Mr I. Agafuroff 10 and Ko.
be Senior Accountant, Medical Department; Mr K. W. Forrow CROSS-EXAMINATION
to bo Acting Principal Ac- Cross-examined, Mrs Lamprli countant (Establishment), Tren- denied that she had pawned the sury. brooch without authority And
Mr Yuen Kwok-tan, Senior without the knowledge of the Education Officer, has renamed' plaintiff.
his duties on returning from Asked if plaintiff had gone to
vice Mr Icavo, her address with a Coventry, Jan. 6.
Wong Kwok- policeman
tong. arrested The unfinished Church of and
her, defendant
wes also announced that dented she had been arrested Mr E. England cathedral here will but that she had been invited to
N. Ponsford, Assistant have its first three "pup-go to the Central Police Station Services, has resumed his duties,!
vated to Superintendent
Sanitary pies" this year.
She said she had been asked
It
of
Leave For Special Training Course
She is leaving on Tuesday for "Puppies" is the word coined an inspector if the had borrowed vine Mr G. H. A. Morris. Manila, where she will give by the British architect, Basila brooch from someone and if three concerts during her 13-day Spence, for the small churches the had pawned the brooch stay. The Miss Marlowe will he has designed for housing without the
owner's consent. tour Indonesia, India, Pakistan, projects near the cathedral of She said she denied she had.
She said she did not Ceylon, and will finally return this Midland automobile centre. to Japan where she will remain
The churches will be built on
woman, Ng Hr in the Polleo Station. weeks performing on the same modern principles as radiote radio, television and at various his £2,000,000 sterling cathedral, universities.
But, complete with bell tower will cost about one-third of the church hall and vicarage, they
price of an ordinary parish church.
airport by Mr Harry Odell and Miss Mariowo was met at the
Mr R. Modte of the USIS.
Britons Accused Of Theft
Grasse, France, Jan. 5. A French court here to
a debut in the film "Mr Roberts" day adjourned until April Suffering from a sprained 10 the case of three Britons
ankle sustained during the trip, due to be tried this morning
Mra Preen expects to complete in connection with a £25,000 her shopping before retuning sterling safe robbery in the to California tomorrow night.
French Riviera..
Ho Kui-chung, 22-year-old Request To
re boy, of 12, Pedder Street,
7th floor was sentenced to seven Unofficial JPs
weeks*
of
of
to you left
and Ng
Mr Leong: I put that the Police told you they told the Police it was you who had arrested Ng Hlu
asked her to pawn the brooch. -The Polleo did not inform me that they had arrested Ng Hlu. Defendant said Insp. Lo had
Two churches, built in Coven- try since the war, have each cost more than £40,000 sterling, The
fotal cost of one of Mr Spence's churches will be civil
£16,000 sterling.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 6 By Air Formosa, 6 p.m. Korea, p.m.
U.S.A.. Canada, 0 p.m. Thailand, India, Pakistanı, Midukie Kit Africa, Great Britain & Barope,
p.m. Japan, P.m;
By Surface
Bora D..
:
SATURDAY, JANUARY 7 Peking, Shanghai, Henkow, Kun- ming. 1a.m.
France, 10 m.
Thailand, Malays, Indonesia, Aus
New Zealand,
tradio
Indo-Chine, Noon,
Phlippines i p.m.
Ceylon, 11
Malaya, Indonesia, Austraile, New Zealand, p.m.
Thailand, India, Pakistan, Middle East, Africa, Great Britain & Europe,
p.m.
4
Portion, Japan, Okinawa, Koren, Hawal. U.S.A.. Camda ◊ p.m.
By SurfacU China, People's Republic, 10.30 am. Malaya. Ceylon, Aden. Middle East, Great Britain & Europe, Noon.
Macao. 1 p.m.
North Borneo, Rabaul, a pan. Jamaica, 3 p.m.
Indoreda, a pan,
Japan, Hawaii, UB.A., Central & South America, 4 DUI,
3. Airton W. Africa, · P/P
Vin
„Agow, Gold Coset, P/P via" "Acce®, 3.m.
Thailand. 3 p.m.
China People's Republic, p
Moco, m.
Formos, 6 p.m.
BUNDAY, JANUARY 8 By Alt
Darma, India, Pakistan, Middle & Dusk · Africa, Great Britain Europe, 6 p.m.
Formosa, & P.m,
Pullippines, N. Boroso, 0 p.m. Japan, 6 p.m.
"By Surface
Macao, 1 pm.
MONDAY. JÄNUARY
Dy Burface China, People's Republic, 10.30. a.m., Bissa, 1 p.m. Malays. Burma, India, 2 pm N, Bertino, ..
Macan a Di
TUESDAY JANUARY, 19
By Surface. Chian, People'a, Republic, 10,30 am, Macro, 19.03. Formosa, 1 p.m..
Malaya, Br, Bigt· Adrion, “P.E Atrics, S. Afrion (N. & S. Rhodesig
Mozambique, P/P via L. Ma ques), 3 pm,
Macao, 6 p.m.
Labour Inspectors.
Acting under the Factories utid Industrial Undertakings, Or- dinance, H. E. the Governor, bas appointed MCBJ18 Stanislaus Tsao Kwang-ngo* and
Chan Shiu-lap to be Labour InspOC- tons for the purpose of the Or- dinance, it was
announced En
Two Chinese Police Inspectors | the Governfhent. Gazette today.
Hongkong by BOAC this morning to take up six months training course at the Polles College in Ryton-On-Dunsmore, near Coventry.
They were Det. Sub-Insp. Lee Fook-ke, of the Special Branch, told her at the Police Station to and Det. Sub-Ins. Chu Chun- protect her reputation by taking ma, of the Anti-Corruption
proceedings. She said she Branch. went to the Central Polico Mr Spenco said today that Station, the following morning contracts for the three churches with her husband and explain- would be signed next week. He led the matter. She denied that expects to produce them on a she had gone to the Station In production line basis by the end order to ask the Police not to of the year-China Mail Special. publicise the matter.
"REVENGE"
Further cross-examined, de-
Radio Hongkongarst said the plaintiff took
H.K.T.
up the proceedings because she 0 pm. Time Signal and Programme
had heard, what she (defendant) Summary: 0.03, Stock Market Report; | had said about her. "It was a None of the three men
6.00, Programme for Calidren pre- matter of revenge," she said. peared at the stucco courthouse
andert by Valarie (Studio) 30. She denied that it was out of
Popularity Poll presented by Jean of this perfume centre in the (Budlo), Predict the
spite that she had given this three top Alpine foothills for today's tubes of the week to win 130; 8.00, reason for the plaintiff · taking proceedings.
Weather Report: 7 Time Slimal and up these proceedings. The News (London Belay)1, 700, Thic charges The
against them Commentary · (London Belay) or Imprisonment by MF
In answer to the Court, she Brice
from the disappearance
Special Annomoameris: 7.15, FAR | mold she had spoken of im- Hin-shing Lo 01 Central this Unofficial Justices
Half Hour presented by Robert American, Swiss and French Acheson the morning on
Movie Proper association between her charges of Beaman farceny and larceny by servant absent from the Colony for any d'Antibes villa of the Holly with Waline Baton Alma Cosan, my husband
simple Peace who are expecting to be banknotes from the
husband and the plaintiff. "She Cap Magazine: 8.13, Take It from Hary,
Dick Bentley and Jimmy Edwards had made long silp up again. I shall dis- It was stated, that defendant
arrangements with dant considerable part of the current
wood film magnate, Jack June Whitfield (BBOTS); 8.45, "A
privately she You was seen by a Det. Police con- year, aro requested to notify w party given by his 18-year-old A Talk by Michael Ades (London
Warner the stable on Jan.
alleged. an all-night | Fortnight beside Brake liver liaho," pawning
Colonial Harold nodded his gratitude. pair
Secretary accordingly hinoculara..
Hearing is continuing He seemed past
When and to furnish at the same time daughter, words.
Barbara, on Sepicm Belar Time Smal. Mura Birt challenged, Ho said the binoculars
Lovers Houwaandies) Request pro ber 1, 1953, suddenly he remembered some-
mented by Allees Dekiour (Recorded); were his, but furtier enquiries the dates of their intended de-
Michael Caborn Waterfield, Denise
10, Continental Cabaret prosented by thing: "D'you think I could revealed
that he had stolen Porture
and return, it was 25-year-old Mayzair compony Dues Les into Chauvis NOISY MAHJONG
Brabant have a little time to pay, sir?
in the Government director, Until after Christmas?"
them from Room 605, No. 12, notified Pedder Street
and Robert Mackey, at the Hammond Organ (Becorded); on the same day Gazette today. The magistrate gave him time Also found, in Ho's possession requested to notify the Coloslal charged
Justlers of the Peace are also 81, a film publicity agent, are 1045 New Orchestrel Bock
Boston! 10.59, Weather, Teport; /. 11, Harold left, gathering was a pawn ticket for an elec Secretary
with stealing the Tane ·Signal · Radio - Newa money. Dennis Ives, wür mar- (Recorded London Balag):1-1410, plus dealer, is accused of re-used: 13.30: C: Down
Goodnight Mumio, God Baye 224 colving part of it-China Mal Special
charge you conditionally.
must pay £3 38. costa."
to pay.
of
of any change of
TAR ON FIRE
up his routed dignity again with tric iron which he had stolen address, every slop he took. His from his employer, Mr. M. children's Implicit faith in their Jebsen, at the same addrees on fother was still unimperilled. Dec. 31,
Their Christmas was safe,
Marketing Advisory Board
Thoughtful Thug HE, the Governor, in exercise
-
during
REDIFFUSION
2
PLAYERS
Pang Bang the person in charge of the Ho Lok Mahjong
– 3.30, 4 Strike Up The Band; School at 28 Bukolay Street, 3.44, Blank House by Charles ground floor, was fined $100 by Dicksor Tea for was 4,30 Mr L. T. Morrisat, Kowloon Sammy Raya Bhow, 160, Demader on Court this morning when he
Calkren's Cornerst
morning at Kowloon Docks, NATURALISATION DC pleaded guilty to traum-
ihr
A small fire broke out this Hunghoom. caught fire. ·.
The in five minutes,
when
Some
fire was extinguished
SUMMER TIME
of powers conferred on him by Bonn, Jan. 6. the Auricultural Products (Mar- Salzgitter police
Bro looking keting) Ordinanco, has re- dor a man who knocked out a sppointed the following to bo nidit watchman with a beer Members of the Marketing Ad- bottle, robbed hiny, of 40, marka Visory Board for one year, it (about 3-7), then bandaged was announced in the Govern his head and left, a note saying: | ment. Gazette' today: *Excuse me, but this is the first Mr Kenneth Lo Tak-dheung, time I have ever done anything Mr Chan Sin, L-Col. H. Owen Like this."China: Ball Special. Hughes, Hov. IT KODwynd Gazette today,
Friday or Saquestampvrented after monges for Permitting mahjong HE, the Governor, with the Record Faraday UK Shadows of after midnight on December 19, Better 8.1 Birthday kalibug, Wi to bo played on the premises approval of the Secretary of Doubt Zone Bros and The and 20. Stato for the Colonias, has con-
News: 7.00, Wather Report, An« derred the privilege of British Organair 130, Cocktail Hour moned for allowing 16 persons notresment and infertude: 1.15.he defendant was suns Naturalisation on the following Ferocity-Paride Buri Zyw.v9,10,
Summer time this year willment Gazette today:
It was announced in the Govern Time: 8 Omphony Hall 10 Requr disturb the public tranquility Govern-ake “19%Froes KENTUTA, Gang Pieta "to make a noise, calculated to begin at 8.80 am, on Sunday,
Bylvía Martowa Moorium:1130,45 in.) Advenbuma rod" at 3. m.my on December 19, and Mr Lee Cheuk-man (student), on oodat
tapalchord/3/1075,6 Magin at night by playing mahjong** the monies, Pimpernel 11 Det vita allowing 30 prevode to play the Dreamland !
March 18, and will end on Mr Ho Chung-om (cloric) Mim Sunday, November 4, It was an Young Kik-ylu, (student nurwo) noumeed in the Government Mr Bael Prico. (Bookseller W
H.E. the Governor, his pointed Li-Col. B.P. Paye, RE, to be a Member of the Autho-. rised Architects Consulting Committee, vice Lt-Cal Ri Dinwiddie (resigned), it was the Government announced In Gazette today.
SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith
“All f'öaw in that game was forward pass your.
böye