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JOHN CLARKE'S' CASEBOOK
THE BREAKING
POINT
MALM, deluched, distant; his
CALM
meal
ja
the
celi
that
in time and place, the morning, the mite was his first
for one time, I think. dictionary-markers had
word for what had hap- pened to Fred. "Breaking-i point," they wrote. "The limit at which endurance gives way." Fred had reach- ed breaking-point. En. durance
from him.
Was
gone
He was a sick man, a lonely man, A hungry, Hired. cot. frightened man, and the busy world of the West End buzzed all around him with total un- concern, and that was too much for him.
Diligent
after soitune treasure, Fred searchext the side. { streets round Plendilly Circus for a weapon. He found one An empty milk bottle.
HE
DESPERATE
E hugged the bottle to hitn, urter, his thin coat, secret- ly as if it had been u gun. Then he sought a largel, He SUW film stars grinning at him from photographs in, glass-fronted frames outside a cinema. That was target enough. Fred hurled
Search For
Attacker
Goes On
Brookhaven, M., Feb. 6. A reward fund for the capture of a phantom negro altacker cailed The Mumbler" swelled to $1,200,
TEX 3,000 residents of this Southern Mississippi town re- mained tense and vigilant in anlication of mulher strike by the man, suspected of attacking three white women In the past three days.
White women kept their doors bolted last night and loaded weapons were close at hand in must homes,
In the series ef attacks, one woman
stabbed, another WIN
his bottle wiht feeble force at was seized in her car but the The
grinning faces. The pro-man fled when she sounded the tective glass shattered. A horn, and the third woman, con- policeman hurried forward.
Thank God you've come,"
Fred said. "I've not eaten for wo days. 1 Wo desperate
I
Before he could finish be col- lapsed. "Due to emotion," they
said
at the hospital. "FIL heart's very weak." When Fred was conscious the doctor said; "You mun
come back here. Your heart."
TRANSFORMATION
fronting him
in her kitchen, drove him wwny with her screams,
SAME PERSON?
Two other white women were attacked several weeks ago and officers theorised that the same person was responsible for as Ave attacks.
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CHINA MAIL
Evidence By Expert In Chinese Law
Mr Loo Hing-yun, Barrister- al-law, and expert in Chinese Jaw, gave evidence this morn- ing on the status of a "In fong" wife.
Mr Loo sald that a “tin fong" wife was the successor to the
first or "kit fat" wife and that s man could not "marry" a "tin fong" wife during the lifetime of his "kit fat" wife.
Witnesa was giving evidence in an action involving a family dispute before the Pušine Judge. Mr Justice J. R. Gregg in the Supero Court.
Ying-
Plainuft, Ma Wons: Ruen, ticket collector of 8 Bou-
ford Hoad, is the grandson of the late Mr Wong Choi-ho and son of the late Mr Wong Yuk- abu He is represented by Mr John MeNeill, QC. and Mr Victor Gittlas, Instructed by Messrs Deacons. Defendants
Wonk are Mrs Yu-shi, Mrs Wong Yau-shi (tui Tong wife of Mr Wong Yule- sha) and four children, Wong Cheuk-teng, Wang Shu-kuen, Wong
Wons! Shuk-ping and
Pik-kuen
Mr V. J. L. D'Allon, in- structed by Mr G. S. Ford, of Ford, Kwan & Co., appears for first
Mr defendant.
Terence Shurlock, instructed by M. K. Lam Co.. is representing Becond, fourth, Nith ́and sixth defendants.
Plainuff is suing for accounts and enquiries in respect of the estates of the deceased, for the Court's direction as to the share of benefits to bo received from them by members of the family and for the appointment of the
Established 1945
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1957.
Sir Alexander At Taikoo
UK SPENDING TOPS
ESTIMATES
BY £107 MILLION
London, Feb. 6.
The British government today disclosed that judicial trustee as administrator it has spent £107 million sterling more than it anti-
cipated in its budget last April.
of both estates,
SAME RIGHTS
Mr Lou who was # former Judge in China for many years agreed that the "Ta Ching"
law, also called the Penal Law of China was a revision of the Ming Dynasty Law which cover. ed a period of abou; 268 years from the first Emperor to the tenth,
Cly und County oficials authorised a $500 reward for Information leading to the cap- ture of "The Mumbler", 60-
of oach
his unly mumbled them. Aa- pledged
by that
AT Bow Street, Fred pleaded called because
victims suki ho
was
guilty to wilful damage when he surprised worth £10. He is a lean, grother $700 -bald man, only 57; no. previous
convictions, but he had been private citizens, sucked from a humble general handyman job two days before
After giving his opinion re garding the status of a "in fong" wife, Mr Loo went on to say a concubine could be pro- moted or recognised by the hus- band as "in fong" after the in-death of the "dt fat" wife.
State Highway Patrol and could see no future for him-vestigators aided the widespread self.
Same
Witness further stated that a manhunt. Scores of negret fong" wife had the suspects were questioned and rights as the "kit fat" wife and
held the same position.
Hearing is continuing.
"People do find themselves released, thinking the world In against Sheriff C. E. them, but you can't do this sort "things are
pretty
of thing, 'Gaid Mr Bertram Recce, | control," although the
nodded armed while men magistrate Fred
Smith sutd well under bands of roamed the
modied agreement. He was re-city on Monday night after the
lolest attack.
the
manded for a medical report, and he went away from court in a shuffling, limping way, for
"Men have armed themselves and housewives protection
But a strange thing had hap- are keeping their doors locked," pened to him. His face was said Sherif transformed by a smile. Like Press.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 By Alt Pakistan. Alidate Earl, Africa, Great Britala & Europe, 6 p.m.
Kuren, 0 p.m. Thailand, Ceylon, Burma, India,
GP. P..
By surface Sarawak, 4 p.m. Indo-China, Thaland, 5 p.m. MasaDAY, FEBRUARY 2
ap.m.
By Alr Germany, a.m.
Cambodia, Malaya, Indonesia, D a.m. Formosa, Japan, Korea, Okinawa,
1) a.m.
Indo-China, France, Noop.
Philippines, Australia, New Zea
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Guain, Kawall, U.San Pie Thalland, India, Pakistan,
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Canada,p.m,
Japan, 8 pm,
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US Opposed To Interference
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He said, thal 90 per cent of the hospital patients in Algeria were local people.
Soustelle said that endemile“ discosts had been sharply re- uced and the coil rate cut. From o
a population of 1,500,000 when France had entered the country, Algeria has grown in a century to 8,000,000 indigen- Gus people in 1957.
He said this was due to the tolleltude. of France, while the rebellion there had brought only destruction, misery and death.
Replying to assertions made by Syrian delegate, Soustelle sold the Europeans in Algeria were mostly of modest means, with incomes, 20 per cent less than that in France.
the
He said that it was at great cost, with stubborn work and a sometime frightful mortality rate that the colonists of the Inst century had made living lands out of dead lands, France- Presso.
Major contribution to the sum was the figure of £94,500,000 for supplementary civil estimates. This follows closely on a £39 million bill presented by the Army, mostly for the Suez operations.
Coldest Night
This Winter
Hongkong had its coldest night of the winter last night and the temperature dropped to a low of 42.3 degrees just after dawn this morning.
But it was colder at 5ek Kong, There the ginsa minimum (the minimum temperature recorded by a thermomeker resting on the ground) was 31.8 degrees.
And the air temperature was 38.6 degrees.
On the credit side is £5m lion produced by e government savings drive, including esti mates st}.
in. The grand total of government ex- penditure for the year ending in
to come
April is expected to be 24,374
million, instead of the originai £4,207 million.
Biggest single contributor to the extra £94 inition for civil estimates is Britain's health ser vice, which excreted its budget by £27 million.
B
193
about
Of this, million was accounted for by hospital costs, and £8 million by costs of medicines and drugs.
Other single items in the million
extra Include £12 million in civil service pay increases, about £15 million in food and fan subsidies, £10 million each for the education Warm sunshine brought the and
£4 supply ministries, temperature up during the morn-million for the Atomic Energy ing and early this afternoon It Auth
Authority was 54 degrees.
In addition
the Ministry of Defence has asked for on Éxira £1,050,000 for North Atlantic Treaty Organisation projects.~ Reuter
MACAO'S 36.6 DEC
Macao, according to a Frange- Presse cable, also had a celd night and a minimum tempera- ture of 36.0 was recorded, The grass temperature was 33.1 degrees.
Farmers reported frost, the
cable added.
A Weather Bureau spokesman in Hongkong said no frost was reported here "perhaps because ittle too much
there was a wind."
He said it would be celú again this evening.
SIDE GLANCES
Petty Thieves
Six cases of larceny from the reported to the person were Police yesterday, four of pocket- picking and two of snatching three cases from women. In the victims had their wallets stolen.
The Police have made arrests in connection with three of the
capes.
By Galbraith
TIL BIL, US. PAL OR,
***Ask your mother about those problems, son my class "must have had them while I was home with the mumps!"
Governor Tours
Dockyard
SHEAFFER'S
Skrip
Two Women And Man Appeal Against Sentences
Two women and a man who were sent to prison by Mr Justice C. W. Reece at the Criminal Sessions last December 10 for possession of a large quantity of heroin and conspiracy to traffic in the drug, brought an appeal before the Chief Justice, Mr Justice M. J. Hogan, and Senior Puisne Judge, Mr Justice T. J. Gould, sitting on the Full Court this morning.
and was
The Governor, Sir Alex- ander Grantham, made £1 60-minute tour of the Taikoo Dockyard this morning and inspected ships under con-
d'Almada added. and repair and struction also the different work- shops.
at
The women were Wong Avenue fat. When asked Shing-chu, 37, and Ting Surt-Brst the purpose of her visit ching 35, who were given five the old she was looking for her years. Represented by the sister, but later in Court she Hon.
Leo d'Alnadu, QC, and admitted that was a lle and Mr Bmok Bernacchi (instruel- said she went there because she by Mr P. D. d'Almada Reme feared that her husband might dios),
they are
are appealing be at the back of the Polles against their conviction by a vis to her premises in Sai Yee Jury of both charges of posts. Street.
and conspiracy.
She was found to have a key The third appellant is Wong ring with four keys, one of Fu-yan, who was sentenced in which was the duplicate key to seven years when ho pleaded the cabinet which contained There was evidence heroin. guilty to possession found guilty of conspiracy. He that she had assisted the man is appealing against the sen- Hul in arranging the tenacey of fint. Her tence and is represented by Mr the Liberty Avenue flat. Lawren.co Leong,
case was that Hui was her lover Co.)
and that she had previously by K. F. Wong and Constructed
Another woman, Kun
but had Wal- owned the cabinet,
sold it together with a key ching, who was the first accused
which was in it to her lover ut the trial was discharged. She
which Crown was found not guilty of con
"a transaction
de. spiracy and the trial Judge Counsel quile properly
'MAT ns unromantic," cirected a formal verdict of Not scribed Guilty on the count of posses tion.
said that the fact that the appellant tract the hulf o! the two women, Mr
key on the ring d'Almada related the facts of the together with other keys was His Excellency was met at the case. He said that the Police attributed to the fact that she main entrance to the dockyard went to premises in Liberty
orty forgot about it. Why she was by Mr F. Pattinson, dockyard Avenue and Argyle Street and
taken
away by theolice she
help manager Bitterlackwood; found the woman, Kun, and the asked the Inspector to
of manager
first appellant, Wong there, and her, but he would ruthit that Swire
Limited, Mr D. C. C. some heroin.
in such a case 'It went for They went to an- Trench, of the Colonial Secre- other house in Sai Yee Street nothing. Labour Officer (Industrial Un-Ting, but nothing else. tarlutorid Mr E. C. Drown, erd found the second appellant,
Mr d'Almeda said that Mr Later
Mayne in his submissions at the visited Liberty Avenue dertakings).
trial made no suggestion what- the third appel- found again and
ZOGVIT that there was any lant, the man Wong.
of the onus having question Dealing with the trial findings, shifted to the first accused Kun, Counsel said that the Judge and the first appellant,, Wong upheld the submission of no Ching-chu, to
they prove case to answer made on behalf not know of the drug. But as of the first accused, un, ca the tegards the second appellant Mr Radio Hongkong charge of possession and directed Mayne did make the submission the Jury to find her not guilty that onus shifted on her because on that count. At the end of of the key to the cabinet found
They conducted the Governor to the drydocks, slipways, elec- trical workshop, stores section and through the administration
offices.
1.K.T.
Summaro. Hit Parade:
He st
In opening the appeal an beca
they
5.10. Time for Children presented the trial, the Jury also found on her ring.
her net gulity of conspiracy.
LOCKED CABINET The premises in Liberty Avenue consisted of three or four rooms and on the third room
was found a locked cabinet. In the sitting room hanging quite
did
that he
by Elizabeth; 0, Time Slmal. Pro- 6.02, Portuguew Hour: 6.30,
COUNSEL'S COMPLAINT 0.59, Wettier
Time Report; 7, Signal. News; 7,08, Commentary or
Mr d'Almada dealt with the Stop Prem Item;15, Band Call -
verdicts returned by the Jury Stan Kenton and his Orchestr 745, "Quiet Listening" - Rector
und told the Court hoped to show them later that Chauvin "at the Organ (Final); 8, Beginners Please-Compers: John
it was manifest that the Jury Wallace, Producse: Hilary Green:
9, openly was found the key
attached very great importance 830, Thursday Scrapbook:
and Home
that cabinet, Mr d'Almada said. Sgual News
to the question of possession in from Britai
9.15, At the He went on to sum up Opera
the relation to the *The Itako's PTO-
conspiracy for and against each count. evidence gress (Stravinsky). Soloists with Igor Stravinsky
of the accused in the trial, In- conducting the Chorus and Orchestra of the Metro- cluding the discharged accused, Vienna Symphony Orchestra; 10.30,
-
Newn
politan Opera Association: 10.20, saying that it had much bear Ppal Mr d'Almada first com-
had
Coming to the grounds of
plained of the cross-examina- 1 Chancery 10BCTS), By Johning on his case.
tion of the second appellant. Galsworthy Adapted for Radio by He said that this woman, Kun, Ting, as to her husband who Muriel Levy Produced by Hugh was in the sitting room when Stewart A Repeat of inst Sunday's
been, deported for life in broadenst): 1059, Weather Report; the Police arrived and later that connection with drugs. 11, Time Bignal, Radio Newroel; morning she was seen to pro-
Counsel submitted that this 11.15, Goodnight Music: 11.30, Close duce from her purse a key to
not Down.
cross-examination the flat. On
only a bottle in
in Argyle
to ammounted
crces- Street were her fuger-prints, examination of character, which She explained this by saying had not been in Issue, but went that the bottle was in her hand- D.M. Variety Colla
further and suggested that Ting Tune: 3. Romantic Cycles--Selec bag which had been taken from hed commilted tions from "Me and Jullet 350, her either as a joke or to induce offence by harbouring Novatime-Featuring
Airtane her to go out with the man, deporteo. Terri
.Gould Trio.
It Wes Stevena,
and Wong.
cross- Bilago, and the Novatimo Tric; 4.
examination which was wholly In the Liberty Avenue fiat inadmissible and in the light ct The Story of Bottle Castle; 4.15, Tea Time Rendezvous: 4.30, Vocally were certain clothing of Kun in Yours; B, Children's Corner-Pre- the second bedroom and in the have done untold damage to the the questions and answers must sented by Auntie Ray: 5. Teen bedroom containing the cabinet Time-Presented by Betty
2
REDIFFUSION
Tho
6. Tropicana; 0.25, Birthday Mali- She said she beat there caly bag: 6.30, Songa ni the Island 0.45,
two days previously and had The House of Peter McGover; 7. Time Bignal and this
spent two nights with her friend Nowun; 109, Weather Report, Announcements the first appellant. and Interlude: 7.15, Souvenier Song: 7,30, Benny Goodman and his Orchestra; 7.45, Singing Stringe: 0, Personality Parade Bandy Wilson;
A SUB-TENANT
case of Ting.
criminal
NOT IN ISSUE
Mr d'Almidh referred to the depositions and said that Tlog's, character was not in leru be-
According to Mr d'Almada the cause she had not claimed to be 0.15, Capitol Show: 830, Lawrence evidence regarding the first apa virtuous woman. She admitted Welk Show: Time Signal, Nowa pellant was that she opened the having a and Home News from Britain; 915,
przamour; but her
ques
Henry Jerome and h£m Orchestra: door in Liberty Avenue when the morals had nothing to do with 6.45, Dennis Day Show: to, Care Police arrived and inter she the crime in the present case. Continentalomonted by Jean produced a key to the french In such an instance those nette
10.30, Hobert and window of the premises. Her hia Orchestru; 12, Data with Dream- land: 11,30, Prelude to Midnight: 12
Close Down.
case was that she was sub-tenant should fit most Improper
not have been allowed Midnight, "God Save tho Queen", of the premises, the principal because they tended to show
ienant
being a man called Hul, that sho
Was a woman who who was not apprehended by would consort with scineone she the Police.
She said the object | knew had been deported for life of taking a room there was be-for dealing in the very drug in cause it was near a school to connection with which she had which she hoped to send her been charged. A 24-year-old Chinese named
children.
"Incalculable harm must have But Crown Counsel's
been done by this line of cross- Fung Man-plu of second floor, cross-examination elicited from 10, Dundas Street suffered con-
Suffers. Concussion
cussion when he was knocked that her children, bad, falled | examination end It was most
the entrance
Improper," Mr d'Almada stated. He submitted that the Judge should not have allowed those questions even if Counsel for the thedolence had not objected.
The appeal is proceeding.
examinations down by a private car. near several months before and were No. 400, Castle Peak Road in fact slaying in Hongkong yesterday afternoon. Ho has Island. A hand print of the first Loon
admitted to Kowloon appellant was found on Hospital
cabinet.
Mr d'Almada described the cross-examination at the triat by Mr Desmond Moyne us A
To Tell Each Other very telling cross-examination,
Burglar's Big Haul
He agreed that it also ellclled
Burglars broke into No. 10, London, Feb, 0, *** that she had paid month's
Cooper
Road. N
first floor, Britain and the United States full rent in advance for the Jardine's Lookout between mid- have agreed upon an exchange whole Bat
night arid six o'clock thin of both classified and unclatalled Az to the second appellant, morning and aućće Information on research in the Ting, Mr d'Almadin said that getting away, with, tigh Asid of controlled thermo- she was found by the Police at Jewellery,: valued that ritclear" ́renotions, it was. at Sal Yeo Street and shortly after proximately 950,000. nounced here tonight, Reuter,
maid a visit to the Liberty Police are making
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