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CASEBOOK
Love And Marriage
walked
A YOUNG Couple will
the
streets of London, which seemed to them at that time to be of all they world's cities the most de
lightful and romantic.
be
They paused befcar 27 house in a sober side-stree, and gazed up at a first-floor wow soft That was pleasantly flavoured with a foreign accent.
"Ours sighed whose name was Tom.
"Ours," sighed the girl in a
VOIT T
Thr
Cars Dominate
Motor Show
London, Oct. 18.
British automobile manufacturers yesterday
put higher performance and easier-to-drive cars on show in a campaign to beat off fierce competi- lion from their foreign rivals.
A press preview of the British Motor Show, which is to be opened to the public today by Sir Anthony Eden, displayed no sweeping changes in But makers have concentrated on body design. giving their cars small and large — much better performance.
This has by obtained
looks two-seater
been generally sited on what otherwise
with like a conventional engints
slands on inirror floor which reflects the power turbine drive.
The couple were within a week | higher compïVssion ratio which i atten. or two of lacing marsted, and the will extract the utmost power first-floor-fritt room that they item improved petrola.
than Brati Razed of was to be home. They had pari the rent
nadvice
THE 1
WAN
Beskits ht special exhibit,
150 linve
two new Rovers models of the present on show- the 105 " and the "105 $." Both six-cylinder saloons, they have an advanced type of auto- bronsted
topmntle transmission with Their
converter" designed and alle pri to 76
hour, "turques
The two most popular British "Baby" cars the Morris Minor wut the Austin A.35 have now STRAINED RESOURCES a compres ion rule of 8.8 to THE satisfaction of
knowing
area tatlo which not long ago youll have been found only In that had been done
for tempered
Tom
thests cars, by
11 knowkdge, which he kept to f
how seriously pay-prodN himself, of ment of the rent had trained without
petrol consumption. }: 1ource:
The ens.cr achieved by outomatie
o new
affecting economic built by the firm,
iver need only push 2 The driver
into the drive driving has bee various forms of postien Lad from there on bus to do but alder, semi-automatte [nothing else
low gear which s
For wanting pertaps to cut away from his past completely mariage he had given up on job and not yet started tranindiens anther
mony
whate do away accelerate ad brake. There is
il de-
only used for
£1,003.
He was almost out of (with the clutch pedal, bane of an emergency h eventualitica |
nov.ee drivers. The couendo ended the waik, One of the smallest and cheap-as starting on extra steep hills
went back
(bruke hers with two-pedal
The "105 S" custa and Tun
the red accelerator) He paused t
conkot k the The "105 R" is £1,099. hull way
luble to see if there Standard Sups Ten (445). Another turbo-cperated
There Was My Cul for bir
hus
with nxent level
perimentul car on show is the but なでし 10:51-
whe abution which
driver The
Renault shooting star, with a package there that attracted his prests insterd of a clutch pedal, racing cur body, attention He picked It
Automatic or semi-automatic and tank to his roo
transmission 13 available On about 29 models, including most addressed of the large was
British cars such
Daimler La 135415)
the os Rolls Royce,
and smaller It contained a post-all except the
of the Austins.
£10
THE other envelope
lodging.
up
ofler savings book, made out
in the other man's name,
Next morning, Tom look the book to a post-office, forged the other
signature, mon's withdrew £10
and
few
Tom did not go back to his lodgings, but in spite of taking m that precaution he was caught within a few days. A Bow Street he pleaded guilty to the charge against him or forgery
This man is 25," a police afficer told the magistrate. Mir John Marnon, QC, and there previous convictions
10 יונ
against him
It has
វា
1,490 52.5
80
The higher compression ratio keynote of the show is also in- troduced in the 1957 Vauxhall cars. A new Vauxhall model the Grosvenor Eptate car, based on the Velox saloon. The
15
rear beat can be converted in four seconds into a double bed.
MOST GADGETS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1956...
W
Firemen clear up the debris after this morning's Bowrington Road blaze.-Staff Photographer,
Insurgents Receiving Aid
From Abroad
Paris, Oct. 17.
M. Max Lejeune, French Secretary of State for War, today told the Council of the Republic's defence com- mittee that Algerian insur- The car with most gadgets is gonts were receiving aid the Americari Buick Cen- turlon," described
from abroad. "the 15 dream car of the future," Look-
A ing something like a grey and red space ship on wheels, it has
after communique Issued the meeting said: "M. Lejeune told the committee that, if the military situation has greatly Improved since February, there remains the big problem of ald furnished to the Algerian rebels
the Tunisian
and Moroccan borders and inside the country I'self by certain **** | political movements.”
астова
miniature television Screen which gives the driver a rear view of the road behind him.
The Rolls-Royce models are still at the top in luxury. One engine Silver Wraith has cr
a television brake horst
set in the rear compar.ment. Another Rolls has a refrigern- tion unit which keeps the tem perature inside the car pleasant in the hottest cimate. Reuter, M. Lejeune
NEW SINGER Outstanding for its compact- news and neatness among
the entirely new models at the show is the Singer Qazelle. This js the first new Singer Car since the firm merged nine months
with Ago
the glant Rootes group, makers of Hum ter, Hillman and Sunbeam.
The Gazelle
Is a one and half litre, four-cylinder car with
speed of more than top les an hour,
developing YOU NEVER KNOW 66E went to prizon for 14 power. "Have In App for sendint Its designers have aimed at from a gas meter, and in the making it a fart, luxury light
an econoriidcal price Mime month was sentenced to car at
£598. The engine has an over- months for larceny up in Lancarbits,
head *{214Ç {h]8 home
a means to high Mclelay Since he carne out of
found on
on only prison in June he has been the most highly-priced cars. working as a barman, and he Another outstanding new me is shortly to marry a girl who del is the Jaguar Mark works as a cook in one of the Basically the same
in line as cmbassles,
other Jaguar cars, it is particu
arly Buxurious in its furnish- ings, polished walnut fittings, deep pile rugs. It has mechanl-
1 Wo
MOLX
"Has this aTeeted tier altitude to the?" the inagistralė Asked
"On that core," the police-eat refinements also such as man said, "I don't know. I shouldn' thin
50, but you never know,
The magistrate asked what he had to say.
SHE'S SURE.
# *
new-type cylinder head, and new S.U. enrburettors.
automatic
its price. with Tom transmission, is £1,331.
NLY I don't want to spoll
"ONL
verything," said Tom, a
13
REVOLUTIONARY
A main attraction of the show the Rover stand where Picosan!
fair-halfed revolutionary now Ideas for the my girl on present and the future are on Augu: 6, and ever since then display.
Immu
"I
All I've wonted to do Is Lo The Company is exhibiting
settle down.
T
magistrate
turbing
the latest development in ita sent Dimexperiments on irway To
the 200
The probation cars,
110 Brake horse power engine-In a casing well officer, who at the court's next sitting went into the witness- lined with asbestos-has been
box nid said:
ve
man and
Been both the young
She didn't
the young woman. know until today about his other offences, but
she ang she is going to marry him, and that
she's sure that
she can make him settle down." The magistrate turned to Tom: "I'm going 10 discharge you conditiotally," he said, "and *you must pay back the £10
compensation to the loser of
the money.
yes.
He
and
Comet-2 To
Make 16,200
Mile Flight
Loudon, Ock, 17. A de Havilland, Comet-2 will sir," said Tom grate leave Lyneham, Wiltshire, оп
went Away, presently he and his girl lert the Sunday on the first stage of a to 16,200-mile proving flight walking hand-in-hand Bingapore
and beck, the Air
fully.
court,
which, just then, seemed to them even more wonderful than they had ever been before,
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It will be the longest night by a Comet
4 p.m. since the type joined the RAF Transport Com- mand this year.
The
Arms Supplies
Amman Oct. 17.
is The longest stage
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20
By Ale Peking, Shanghai, itankiw, Kun- Comet's route will be
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five hours and 50, minutes, corning in."
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did Air Vice-Marshal Andrew Czechoslovak
ar-
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*HEWBS, U.H.A., Crusda; # pm. Tarmosa, "Japan, Okinawa," Karos,
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were of Westom design ontoval McKee, Air Offleer Command Parcels direct), 35,
mot include any
ing, Transport Command will
arms,
King Hussein himself was fy the Comet which will
la
OpenCUBA Central de South
theported to have inspected some be captained by the Command-DUT N. Borneo, s. b.m..
the weapons after they were ing Onger of No, 216 Squadron, handed over to the Jorthin Army, Wing Commander. B. D., Sellick, Dan
Wanchai Fire: PC Rescues Three Children
SHEAFFERS
集
ADMIRAL SNORKEL PEN
PLEADS AGE AS REASON FOR REDUCTION OF SENTENCE
A 56-year-old man, Chan Hoi, this morning appealed against the sentence of four years passed on him for housebreaking, telling the Full Court that he would be 60 by the time he came out of prison.
FAB
Johns
One of the latest records re- icased in America'ls called "The Story" à
James Donn
Coral LP with mudle by Dick by Jimmy Wakely and nema- don by Steve Allen, Bill Randle and Gigi Perreau. The songs clude "James Dean"; "His
Jimmy" all sung by Jimmy Wakely.
Jacobs and Gcorgo Cates, songs
"By that time I would be so old that I would be Name Was Dean" and "Jimmy, prepared to commit suicide," Chan pleaded.
The Full Court comprised the Chief Justice, Mr Justice M. J. Hogan, and the Pulsne Judges, Mr Justice T. J. Gould and Mr Justice J. R. Gregg,
D. E. Greenfield, Crown present for the
We do not propose to interfere with it”
Another
appealed budu
There are plans to make a film based on the life of James
Such blatant commercialisa- man, Tong Chi-ion of the memory of a great young sector does not appeal to lung, appealed against the sen-
me very much but il strikes tence of five years passed by
being rather less un д the Mr Justice Reynolds Criminal Stations for possession bearably than another item that
I have heard, of arma and ammuriftion.
Tong, who also Chan Hol had been sentenced by Judge Charice for house-gainst the conviction, breaking with intent to commit record of larceny and burglary. a felony. Appealing for a re- Appellant claim there had Doan and the studio bid-wigs considering the are seriously ka the duction, Chan told the Court been a discrepancy
Elvis Presley the window of
evidence by a Police Inspector Idea of having the house war already opened when ће сп-
endt a Bergeant as to which of portray Dean. tared.
the two foundi the revolver in question. Also, appellant went bo
on,
Looking over the record, His never carried with him any me Lordship said the inspector had plement for housebreaking.
the Sergeant said that he and both round the gun, and that there was no discrepancy.
Tong said that although he had a previous conviction be had had a clean record for two успив.
He
said he should have been charged with simple larceny instead, therefore his offence did not warrant such a heavy sentence.
The Chioz
Justice pointed out that if a person broke into a dwelling hours at night, that wek housebreaking, even though he did not force his way in
The appellant then made the remarks about his ge possible suicide,
and his
JUST RELEASED Mr Justice Hogan told Chan that he had just finished serve ing two years for another
About 20 people were offence, Chan replied that be made homeless when thews faced to do it under cir- second floor of No. 9 Bow-cumstances because he had ZIO rington Road, Wanchai, was other way of making a living. gutted by fire this morning,
There were no casualties. a stone and wood structure. The tire, which
The house was
have booys j013 sticks,
was believed to caused by burning was aald to have started at the back of the house. It spread within minutes
and
quickly, the 100f collapsed.
Two fre engines arrived shortly after the alarm had been raisa and the firemen brought the blaze under contre within 20 minutes.
ilme
The communique added tha Some of the occupants of the protested against house were hawkers. At the "lying exaggerations" put for
of the Are they were ward
recently concerning operating a food stail in the alleged tortures by French, street below. Iroops in Algeria,
now
GALLANT ACTION When the fire broke out, PC Tang Hay-kwong was on patrol
The National Assembly's I commillee for the interior has decided to ask the Assembly to send a commission duty nearby. of inquiry to Algeria to in- vestigate allegations — denied officielly--that **toriure" had been used during questioning. Reuter
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He Immediately raised the alarm, and na soon as he had finished the phone call, rushed up the stairs to the blazing
roons.
Inside he found three small children aged four to eight, left behind. He brought two of them to safely and then return ed to rescue the third.
SIDE GLANCES
one my boy fri
like the broma, Of
from Singapore and nobody in Hongkong could help him out.
After consulting with the other Justices, Mr Justico Hogan told appellant the Court had the particulars of the considered
Chan added that he had come
Entering a dwelling house, even through an open window, His Lardship sold, was a strious offence.
He pointed out that Chan had previous conviction for burglary and larceny. Bo was given one year in 1951 and two years in 1954.
In all the circumstances," Mr Justice Hogan declared, "we do not think, the sentence imposed is too severe."
that The Chief Justice said the court had looked over the record of the case and the Trial Judge's summing-up and sa no reason to interfere with the verdiet of the Jury.
Regarding the sentence. His Lordship said it was BOTHOUS
offence and appellant had a record for
considerable aunbar of years. In the circum stances, the
sentence imposed was not too severe.
The
very
appeal was dismissed.
Gold Mines Nationalised
Bangalore, Oct 17. The Mysen Legislativo As- sembly today unanimously passed a bili nationalising the British-owned Kolar gold mines The bill will go before the Legislative Council (the Upper House) tomorrow.
It will provide compensation of £1,230,000 sterling, and the mines will be vested in the government on a date not later Ulan November 30.
years,
The goldfields, which have The Court also refused the
been operating for nearly 80 prisoner's application to date the
about employ
23,000 sentence from the day of arrest.
workers and produce about Another. unsuccessful
220,322 ounces of gold in an lant was Au Kwok-man, allas average year.-Router. Au Yu-hing. Au, who appealed against sentence also, had been given 18 months for larceny in
D
dwelling house by Judge How. Au told the Court he had nothing to do with the offence, Mr Justice. Hogan asked, why Au then did he plead guilty. said he had been threatened by the Police' that if he did not, ho would be deported.
His Lordship said the Court had looked at the record of the case. "Having regang to the ho toid mature of the charge," the prisoner, "we do not think the sentence is too szywɑ and
By Galbraith
RIOTS DEATH TOLL NOW 58
tast Deaths resulting from week's riots in Kowloon have Increased to 18, I was officially stated this morning.
The driftional deaths were of)
Chinese two
who died in hos- pital yesterday.
The 58. deaths include European
Fritz Ernst, (Mrs wife of the Swiss Vice-Consul) ord 57 Chinese.
one
Still detained in hospital are six Europeans and 118 Chinese,
More Curfew
Breakers In
Court
Caser continued to come up at Kow- Joon Court this morning.
of curfew breaking
So far, up to about 20 cases bad been dealt with by Mr K.
It appears that they want to are what sort of an celing' job Presley dova in his fisel pic- ture, "The Reno Brothers". I he does well in this film about n confederate oldier he ta James Dean likely to get the Part, He sings "Love Me Tan der in his first screen appears and is reported to be due The to receive US$100,000 for job. He has had to shave off his side-burns for the part and although it might conceivably improve his appearTnce I still fall to see how anyone could have the gell to cast this frond tle young man as James Deen.
Price
THREE IN FIFTEEN
Despite all the adverse publicity Presley hag bed in the American pressha Le will doing fabulously mali, km, kim bil-parade and at tho last reckoning avaliable had three ady in the top fifteens, His sectio ings from them fleme, alone, would Income put him up, in the top bracket and the fact that they are published by his own, musste "come " pacy makde them even mugu valuable to him.
There are two schools of thought on the rubject of his durability pus A popular, ortlet. Some my ha will; remain in the pubber, favour for an long she choose to sing while fees are of the opinion that he will others, thinking a little withfully. I die out in a very file while.
I hate to admit it but I foel; the vis will be with us for some time yet. After all, Joharie Ray way strictly stunt singer when he arst but upon the startƐad ours of the trapecuing public but the is stu doing reof Business wherever he
appears. In fact tur har, jint had žila contract with Columbia Recorde re- newed and has a coming hit in Just Walking in the Rain." John- nie has modifed his style quite a lot of course, Let's hope Elvis does the same.
IT HAD TO COME
After all the LP's of Musle, for this, that and the other, at last a record company has produced. tho Inevitabin. ABC-Paramount, a com- paratively new label, has released 12" LP called "Musio for. Ex- pectant Mothers".
The band responsible is that of Bid Feller and the lines" "include" such obviously ' suitable ・anos ·AN “Boon" and "The Blue Room" -and the whole idea is to provide the indly-in-watting with southing missio during the difficult days. It also enables her to break the news 10 the future father in a simple and subtle way. Imagine how ea IT will be to
"Say It With Mulig." All the wife has to do in buy this record and quietly, add it to the -- collection at home, The Husband fa bound to discover it quite soon,and the secret will then be out..
Incidentally this same record com- pany has valoared another EP which should have juri about as much appeal to the general public.
On the cover, wo 260_an" iruťo gentleman reaching up, broom in kind, and pounding Vigorously. On
the calling of his apirimant... Upe. stairs are a group of happy, people.. having a whale of a partyisras tills of this repod..."Musio To. Break. Lease." What next, I wonder.
RECORD REVIEW:
"Castles Ju"Spain". Once it Michel Legrand, the brilliant young
A. S. Philpa, k
Some of the secured ivero re manded
one week. In Police French, arranger; -- has, thown that The understande Uise muste of, the Others were bound custody
European countries, Columbja hayo. over in
the
'sum of $200 for one | previously issued 12"- LP'% of him in? year, or given six weeks, four which the mine of Paris, Rome and weeks, or three wecker hard Vions has been presented in a sparkling new manner. Now, it is the labour,
turn "of⋅ Spain, and Legrand' takes Stil ethers had their balls the comportions of such composer extended for various periods. Chabrier Granados vand, Albeniz jand; asvas.. them his own, sweepinje trentranta, llis orchestra”, ÎN“ ODS” OF the finest arii most versatile in the, (world, wand th“, this collweište:-;ĐỂ
ever before; The marlo;funken Tron
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