-WORLD PATKUJTI
DEXION
SLOTTED ANGLES
ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD. H.K. & Shanghai Bank Bldg. Tel. 27789
Aid For Shivering_Street Sleepers
Mission Workers' Nightly Mission Of Mercy
BY WILLIAM SMYLY
Another night of intense cold for the Colony's 6,000 street-sleepers brought out new stocks of
welfare clothing and bedding from many organi- sations yesterday for distribution,
Among the Colony's homeless the word spread round "You can get it here They are giving it
Children's clothing there Hot Away
soup -
Men's overcoats Blankets Bedding ...
vu gadusili 48, Relet whom tite run.ALLS Asne besarged
abrott elrenthed
with the distributors and guard-
up their stuck.
When the old car drove into the the street if was empty. Before over the Rev The distribution was
eur was the centre of a crowd, and every bundle of clothing or blenkets on a distributor's
Centre of smaller Jer the
Small hands fugged at every tag of clothing till it was and to keep the bundle intact
In the words of
workers Che veteran AK B (74) who has work- ed ma aldus expronta pelief organ adin and Hine Miron
Nath, Brad F 14 47 Yeuls
Lat
edit
24 Arm
The
posit
wh
The Kritons Theme .e.
16 43 14
Chery 1 m 41
.
t
al
tinual
JL
arm
with one arm and distribute
with the other hand,
CHINA MAIL
1243
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1956,
Eager hands of a family of street-sleepers reach out for clothing and other forms of ald. The picture was taken last night as Mr Relton and his colleagues toured a street-sleepers' area in Kowloon on an errand of mercy.
8 PRETTY GIRLS ARE THE ANSWER TO A BOAC HEADACHE
Eight pretty girls, chosen from 90 applicants, were introduced to the Hongkong Press this morning.
They are BOAC', answer to the
air company's biggest headache in the Far East helping passen- who don't read English to fill in vaccination
géra forms. By the late distributors had that at 53 Nathan Rat White passed up the line of shacks, fter and hovels, and povere l forms
and y'ng Dan dar steps, ናኖ
panks or
ground, the on the Freet was Alled with prople and the distribulous bod to fight their way hack to the var und Laive oil quickdy.
Shy
Jepiprator
Hongko Strecan
י ד
their glas dog aking In and
372"
ין
21
Company offelals adinít that the smartest, the most efficient, most English passengerS on
can't jand-by all appearances, though always make head or tall of the company deny the pret the mass of documents that they | trest. have to fill in with blunt pencils
Mr 11 says that th his
Throughout the 41 The distribution has gone on Uy every othe, thoor In the for mony napht Sometimes in budding and Piy other a rough area they have to Anish building the oust sein search-end drive off before completing ed by the J. pense 12135 rection
that rough for fear meu, desperate with cold, will one ever thought id Konekings'mun the stovek and help thein-
In such case the distri Hexelves
butors arually return quietly at some dend hour the following
were billetud delay. 1341
at the gas front door on
HEN, four of 33
When in the end their food night and take up again at the ran out and they sent à Chine e Filee, where they were driven Buy 10 let) the Farzartense Lam jeff before.
They were theer, HRT pe Puup hot bukove it.
THE ANGEL
An angel a still at the Restons core dur Burt
takes
with
How
1t
NOT A STUNT
the them as
Go by the small mission Ferien Ford nave most of the street
of Kuwloon
Start the organ sution be-
A
fort of a Cantonese serving gid, distribute relief during this cold
a prodigus memory for faces and a mind that Sinells hurt the distribution is not
old spell shunt" got up on the spot
out a phony" Mary is the per-
up
Itchen
chosen. Three
were falled the medical examination. Eight fly to England on Salur- day. And the company are stil loiting for three more.
or leaky pressurised fountain Eleven pens as their aircraft glides in towards
ter yet another air retinal in another country with local regulations.
However, the English start in 110 aircraft can usurdly cope with enquiries in English, or a number of Europcon languages,
bout the complexities of Jorms.
ג
habits
n3-
STARIS: INSTANTI
EVER MISSES
MASTER MARINER'S LIBEL ACTION
This Morning's Cross-Examination Captain Hood
SHEAFFER'S
Of
Mr James M. Hood, Master Mariner, who is suing the Associated Press, Windsor House, for damages for alleged libel, denied at the Supreme Court this morning that he was not so much interested in clearing his reputation as in acquiring an award of damages.
Mr Hood, who was replying to questions by Defence Counsel during cross-examination, declared that he had said during previous pro- ceedings in London that it was not the money he was after.
Tho action is being heard before Mr Justice James Wicks and a Special Jury of six men and a woman.
on
.for
runner
Plaintiff's claim damages for Ilbei allegedly contained in an article headed
Sailors
blockade mutiny, take ship to Taiwan," and published in the Hongkong Tiger Standard on August 10, are alleged,
1951.
Defendinta
In that article, to, have printed and published or caused to be printed and published, matter defamatory to the plaintiff.
Plaintif claims that by reason of the publication complained of he had suffered a loss of earn- ings ot the rate of $2,000 per month and in addition
sub- sistence allowance at the rate of $500 per month. He also claims special damages for loss of earnings and subsistence allow- $2,500 per knee at the rate of month from November 15, 1951. and for general damages.
Yesterday,
plaintif
testified
that the as Capela, of which he
was
In England the girls will study nursing, catering. "*.ne
of different and customs Bons" otherwise called "gocio
"good called the logy otherwise
manners".
how to serve meals in an aircraft, and how to and had no intention of going to
-
Bul the problem becomes quile different when an English sil wide ham to bare hur kra
and scratch it with nicured finger nall-in trying to ask a giggling Japanese pikBON- the exact date of his or her last smallpox viccination, and other equally complicated questions,
די!!
90 APPLICANTS
So now formy were made out for
by the air line. This time they
application
D
were
soa de OFE STIAS way trec.. LÅ she has
seen his face too often.
the or Ftion Sut ha et en caught men who hed a stall boy outside to hold i danty rad o pre ramme in the 1. eut, wonde they went
tinted Stales buying time on to the Re,tons" huise shivering | 12 radio net works and services
fa delly and ut some ef them twi e-daily j
ne programine. Radio
buy the megazine.
Magazine readers work in church groups inaking Iplehwork quilts. Five packers work the your organisati
in then sirs to bug for another.
The petalen
SĮ how to reach the ones that most need then that the heitatis reeetvr Jules-mal hand om by urm-
fuls
20027
Yesterday eothang auf qilis Ja packed titles of 200 lb and were sent uit for stri- bution of extenloss of the mis- shur. nt Aberdeen, Ubeing Chau, Laichukok, M Faon Chu, otkl Pokhlam.
Yesterday wflermouth Mrs
Rellop distributech
bukkes to mothers
round at the bendquarters-R
the Heilon's verandah or in the
mision's
form3 pretty girls who wanted a wel paid job flying between Hong- kong.
Bangkok, Singapore, Rangoon, und Calcutta dealing with the problem waiting on passengers--and at the sarve time looking
pretty anel picant as possible,
In farms
that,
master at the time, was cleared from Hongkong for Kobe and that he did not receive any
contrary to instructions
any port in Communist China.
Mr Richard Winter. Instructed When they gel buck they by Mr Peter Mo, la representing, will have a job that entities plaintiff. Defendants are repre- them to almost free air travel sented by Mr John McNeill, QC. to any place in the world as
and Mr A. J. Cuford, both in- often as they can manage holi-stucted by Mr R. F. G. Dennis, day trips on their eccumulated o! Brutton and Co. days off and annual three weeks holidays.
And
a further
development
CROSS-EXAMINATION
Cor.louing his cross-examina- which the schem may have is tion of Mr Hood this morning, he Engagement of ground staff | Mr McNeill asked him if his from Hongkong to work on the story was that, As a result 5.
of the he alleged problems
libel, it was form-filling Corporation's headquarters In possible for him to get a job us
other main ter-
a ship's master. Landon and
minals.
DELAYED
reguloved
im-
the South
your writ
against China Morning Post in 1951, un
hod apology
already been published?
Plaintiff: Yes.
The apology was satisfactory to you?—It was not the klud we wanted....
NOT SATISFIED
Were you or were you not sailed with that apology China published by the South Morning Post?—No.
Nevertheless you setited that action for the sum of $10,000— {
Yes,
this
which Reuters used as part of their defence.
Asked
he brought If pelion up
for the purpose of clearing his name, plaintiff re- plled, "Certainly."
Counsel Asked as to what good could come out of the pre- sent case, then, when such an opology had already published
CLICKER
MEDIUM & FINE BALLPOINTS AVAILABLE
FORD
Those of you who have seen the film "Sinectaly Yours" will have your own opinion of the star, Liberace. I know I have.
He has made
fortuno through his pinne playing and bis smile and although his TV appearances have been cx- tremely successful this aim of his has flopped throughout the Sintes. His personal
uppeur-
ances have all drawn great num
3925....
Ders of enthusiastic ladies. but the nim didn't do the
same. Maybe because a film hos to at- trnet all kinds of people, such as men and young women, and not only the middle aget ladies for whom Liberace seem to have such an attraction.
Musicians I have spoken LO have very little to say for his plano playing at least very little that is good. They have called him varlous things rang-
"eorny" to
ing nom The men who
“bad."
have scen the
Aim and expressed un opinion have done so with their p curled and the ladies in Hong kong have not caught the anme buR
about him as those in
America. been
Mr Hood replied it was be- couse of the mailers contained in the coples of the photostal dneuments sent out of Hong- kong by The Associated Press and Biulton and Co.-why he ald not know.
Mr McNel):
1 suggest that Platotur also said that he had you have not, been so much in- also not been sallided with the trusted in your reputa. Don as in apology published by the Hong-acquiring a new award of dam-
uges. Kong Standard.
after.
Mr McNel then asked plain- if how many newspapers were concerned in the printing of the alleged libel, Mr Hood replied there were 12 newspapers. in New Zealand, a New Zealand Shipping, in London. Damages news agency and Lloyds List of
were Awarded to him in all these cases.
Tho is what you are
Plaintiff: No, I have sold dur- ing the proceedings in London that it wce not the money am after.
Hear is proceeding.
Borrowing Power Increased
I
TOO MUCH DAY
SE on the subjeol of films I would like to say something about "Love me or Leave Me I never thought the day would come when I would complala of :00 much Doris In the which
Was I thought
good one, the story was of sufficien interest to
keep 19
entertained and although there had to bo Fongs because it was
The of Ruth Elting. I did get a uttle
story
† (~d up about two thirds of the
way through. Doris Day
sang as well as ever of course Jook 100 . I thought, better usual, but the constant stop-
ing
and
than ther
of the Leilon for one, some- imes two, songs seamed, to me a llifle unfortunate. We could vity well have done without at least three of them and the pace of the picture would have been
betur.
ODDS AND ENDS'
Tomorrow's Ansla of the "Bogdnacrs Please" progromnie of Radio Hongkong will play
a picked house at the
China Fleet Club. All Uckors were booked immediately after
Asked if he Intended to bring any further action against any one or any Institution, Mr Hood caid he did not, and that the AL an extraordinary general present case was the last
Hameeting
of the Indo-China agreed he could have sucd the Steam Navigation Company to- Hongkong Tiger Standard, bul day, a resolution amending the he wanted to set to the 100t of Company's Article
to of Assozia- the trouble.
tion by increasing the limit in the amount which the directors of the
company might borrow was adopted.
The new
amendment
Cm- powered the directors to borrow There an
up to £2.291 603 an amount which is three times the amount of the issued and paid up share capital of the Company.
Me MaNeill asked if he could r.ty on plain.ff's stalement when he said he would not suc the Hongkong Tiger Standard. Pleint. repled: "I have по. already ailempled it. would be no object in ."
CHANGED MIND
Mr Hood agreed that in New Zealand he had said he did not Ploir replied he could not intend to cume to Hongkong, get a regular, proper job. Asked but subsequently he changed his what he meant by this, he sold
mind. After Associated Press with a had apologised the matter ned he could not get a job properly
shipping ended, but he changed his mind no further action about taking
they when Questioned further, plaintiff against celindants for training
tu said he
Brutton and Co, (defea enough of the dents solicitors in Hongkong) knew the Hongkong-Tokyo duties of a but they were delayed by whether or not a master should defamatory
motter to say
scnt photostat copies of Or the
statements and or should not algn thipping other documents to Reuters and clearances.
The group of Hongkong girls were to have left for England at the same time as a group of A personnel manager flow out; five Japanese giris who were
recently sent from England.
Work
A chief air-hostess followed, They collected
1
vestry,
100 small Whom she
And they summoned the 00 Then winter girls who filled in the application comes again, and the old Ford forms to come for an interview, at which they chose the best,
knows among the street-sleepers off Nathan Road
But
TO THE STREETS
The main distribution come tate last night
when the sels were quiet, and street- sleepers shivered on the pave ment. The missioners took the goods to the streets and gave them away right there,
Mr Reiton knocked on a root of packing cases and called out "How many prople inside? Here is something to keep you warm. We 11
from the Church. Here is something to keep you warm."
Mr
Norman Turner (teacher
at the mission's Bible School)
jerked aside a blanket hiding a
bundle on the street to uncover #mother and
curled up ke
three childr wretched little-
animals by their dam. Turner
worked faster "Here four of you-four blankets,”
The, Rev Paul Sweet was no busy. Editor gr the Minion's Ite ne magazine In America called The Flashlight which he writes up in Hong- kong and prints in the States- be was buty with camera and flash equipment taking pictures of the way the people live that the roission serves...pictures that will bring more old over- coats and patchwork quilts from the supporting readers and church groups in America.
Mr Chan Luke, a Chinese mis sioner also distributed with systematic spoed. The Rev. Rus sell, Clark sat at the wheel of an ancient" Ford`· keeping · pabe
20tak, untler its nightly lord.
SIDE GLANCES
By Galbraith
on
Meubles
company.
agreed
and
Cearance. Radio Hongkong
was
B.K.T.
last
Thursdays broadcast rad the contestan's will have
en, Budience of over 500 to to.
ply One of the Anolists who will have no qualms about this la the six years old Chinese boy who
R
Smuggled Heroin prised if it doesn't contain at
Into Prison
plays the piano. He
hi 8, ems, no nerves whatever. The resolution, proposed by Pardon me if I digress from the Chairman, Mr H. D. M.pop music and say Thank You' Barton, was seconded by Mr to Harry Odell for bringing out M. H. Lo, and was unanimous.y
Benjamin Britten and Peter carried.
Pears. This pair of British musicians will, if I know thems present a programme of appeal to all tastes and I'll be very sur-
least some of the Seven Sonnets oi Michelangelo and of Course "The Foggy. Foggy Dew."
that Last work I told you "Columbia' were not going to market a sixteen and two- thirds RPM record player. This week I can tell you that the
peoplo Zenith
already have dom done so. They have a FIced record changer including the low speed.
This is
most suitable for
speech reproduction and it is anticipated that there will be a limited number of records released at this speed, possibly with
some big name reading, famous prose and poetry.
Looking into the future nf Radio Hongkong's programmes
roo x change of voice Popularity Foll', because Jean will be leaving soon.
:type azt warehouse in Call- forala ----sorting and pack'ng.
of passport Kroup And all the year round the bales
languagʊ experts 10 hold oral eight girls, two have British Hongkong to
A. 34-year-old woman, who jexuminations in the various lan-passports. The rest come from monthly shipment till there la
Shanghai
was convicted of trying to con and require special no longer any room to move unuages required.
Mr. McNeill arked piolati{T
vey heroin documents.
to prisoners inside whether he signed the Pone-
the Victoria. Remand Prison, monian Consulate
Arbuthnot Road, was fined $250 The eight girs are Miss Ruby with regard to the ship's in- Huang (19) speaking
or alx weeks by Mr H.n-thing Mareident, Plain said he darin,
Lo at
at Central this morning. Cantonese, Shanghai not sure. But he did not sign
... Time Signal and Pro dalent, and English; Miss Grace the Hongkong clearance.
Two packets of heroin were staranse Surray; B., Lucky Bly found in a wood containe, for Eva Chan (28) speaking Man
-valuty Mequesta prescaled by darin, Shanghal, Cantonese, and He
Margherita (Diuolo); 8.pe, Stidepia her husband that after
and two friends the Gшutervlaws by SILA Mead in the prison on Sunday after English; Miss Mary Jo Kay (22) Capells Incident he made out * Recorded London Relay); 0.6. *Leaking English, Korean report of it to Wallem and Co.,and Ane hews (London Res}!!
Weather Report: 7. Lune Signal noon by a Prison Officer who Japanese, French, Shanghai, and the ship's agents, on the com- 7.
was inspecting articles enter- Commentery London Helsing the prison Cantonese; Miss Edith Chun pany's instruction. He did not c Annüshonmania; 7.16, (22) spealdog Mandaria, Can- think that in that
God to the Pictures; if which report he
Donald Gould, and Robert Fearnley Who (20) speaking. Cantonese, cleaners, that he signed both of Authra Mendes,
clearances.
ship Audrey
U Mandarin, Shanghal, and En-
sume of the lions currently, showing Miss Shirley DOO
In Hongkung: 1.30, Time for Jazz" Counsel then asked Mr Hood presented by Hobia Day (Studio): (24) nere if he had any personal know- Eatenor's Shanghai, Cantonese,
Choice presented by Mandarin, and Englien. Mit ledge of the way in which the Gratiara Bogath (Studio); 5.30, Chu Wal-man, 34, of 408 Your Radio Costeert Hall Lily Lockhart Road, first floor, we Lily Ning (20) speaking Engish, news items regarding the Ca- Pons (coloratura Soprano), Donaia sentenced to 12 months impri- Shanghal, Mandarin, and Can-pella was handled at Taipei by Voorhees
the Orchestra; 9, Associated Press. Plaintiff said Tune Signal Wednesday Theatre comment and ordered to be rp- tonese, and Miss Roan Wou (21)
(BUCTA); "Family Mappinos A speaking Mandarin, Shanghai, he had not, Cantonese, and English,
· at
"We'd better break him of his 2 o'clock feeding pretty
soon, or we'll get big faster than he does)
All the girls are unmarried, But the company states that it does not insist on unmarried girls, If any of the girls him. should get married, she could still go on being an air hostess
and
Deportee Returns
Stars
I
four
I also seo. the possiblilty of. a late night disc jockey show,. presented by a good new voice, RECORD REVIEW
First for review is an unusual 12" LP out out by RCA. It is
Radio Firy by Rygte. Based ported by Mr J. E. During on the goyel by Leo Tolstoy, Pro- Centre this morring for Mr McNelli: Do you know dues by Frederick Bridgum: 10. breach of a deportation order. called "Lullaby of Birdland" Mr. Spencer Mooss of the As- The Mtuale of Irving Berlin, Sianity.
Black and the Kingaway Promenade Defendant was arrested on and is unusual because thero sociated Press?
Orch; 10.30, Music of the Twentem January 7 at 7.48 p.m. in Hen-ere twelve versions of the
samo Plaintiff: No. Never heard of BBCTS); Henry Wood Promenade vlous convictions.
Century. Diamond Jublies Seasonnessy Hotd. He had. ave pre-tune on the record. This might Concort. Colin Horsley
scem to make for manotony (piano);
but London Symphony Orchestral cond.
such is the ingenuity of modern Cameron: 10.89, Weather
arrangers and musicians (Recorded · London Relay):
you never Fot bored. The 11.10, Goodnight Music: God. Save
Shearing classic is played on The Queen; 11.20, Close Down.
musicians as Charlie Barnet, REDIFFUSION
Shorty Rogers and Andre Previn, Cohn, Barbara Carroli and Jolly Scott The number-LPM
by In Have you ever had any con-
as far as the company is contact with the Associated Pressport; 11; Time Signal. Tudio New
cerned but her husband would have to pay his own fare if he wanted to join her on one of her free trips for a holiday,
PIER ON FIRE:
before the incident?---No.
NO REASON
by ZLOLJE
By
Union's Threat this die by such outstanding
Calcutta, Jan. 10. Can you think of any single pm, Wednesday. Concert, >The port workers" uniın hero
"William Tell reason why the Associated Press
OvertureRoun threatened today to boycott al 1.40, Inbak should entertain any fealing of Dickens; 44, Tea. For Two: 4.30. Ten
Charle ships which trade with Portu- malice towards you? No reason at Children Corner the Calcutta Port Commission to the plates in recent years. WAD
1148 Time Music: 4,45,7· Doaster en Ries Glos, and demoaded that
One of the most successful vidta at all.
Conducted by Auntie. Val 8.30, supply them with all details of that made by Svend Almussan 200 Houston, Texas, Jan, 10.--- Replying to further questions, aday Requena quae ships duo here frem Portuguese up wenye ud
his Unmelancholy De T Pler No. 1 of the Todd Ship Mr Hood, agrood that when his URLO SIDEN OCEAN: 0,30 maloal ports, yards on the Houston,ahip Counsel.(Mr. Winter) opened his quid, Bhadows of Doubt;pa
lapped up by the public. Their fres channel caught Bre today and case he had said that the case weather sport and Announcements will be the British Lines Lulin- cimping of what they can do. The Jocally released LPL called Wine, Big and TheNews.cs. First to be affected probably
“Asmussan · Moods, and - has a fale, the Norwegian tanker Nyholm was concerned with two things: 741 altyayand is Orchestratin Valley, the Panama Lines maar have the Comp of mus was reported caught in the damages and the restoration of Landmark of Londonas Pacific Concord, and this Tuboelad in throughout and be la S Rames and possibly burning would put his claint in that choir, Biamond Musto Chow: All there ships made steps at and wail worth ten je prejel 2 his reputation. Asked if he Aitron sintag 16, Luton Girls Lines James Monroe and Annu. Umsestatus. In aimeraring dies, miniscent) of Stephen Oripally at. Ons unconfirmed, report said order plautin sald his reputa-kies Dieren af God. last month-United Press,
Paris-Blarring: Maurice thehow was still on the alp: [tion came: frskeho siled before Musiek-From the Champagne i
Personality
There was no explanation' as to That was why why the ship did not move out had returned to Hongkong Room 17: PALASWI Dreamlaħnd: Into the channel and away from don't you that when you issued
Prejude “Mr. MoNell!“ You appreciate,
za Micnight: the Bre-United" Press.
A. Philips, IP- 19375
Printed and published by WILLIABɛVÄLICK \ CHENHAM Z-FOR. and on behalf of South China, Morning Post Limited at 1-8 Wyndham, Street: City" of Vistoria: In the Colony, of Hongkong.