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Preventive
A Man In Against Common
IN
Despair
money.
Cold Found
Bonn, Feb. 21.
A West German chemical firm has developed a preventive against the common cold which has proved remarkably successful, the Bonn govern- ment official bulletin reported today.
The drug, known as "cantacine", the bulletin said, contains a number of elements such as noval- gine and quinisagine, which are based on Vita- min C.
TN the National Assistance office Stephen told his story and asked for some "Sorry," came the answer from the other side of the counter. """There's nothing we can do for you." Stephen's reaction was prompt, violent, fuelled by despair. He lashed out with his foot, smashing a small Scientists, the bulletin said, window pane.
discovered that the "secret" of Then, anger spen, he feared cold prevention was to guard Innguidly against a wall, like a akis in the system and that this against deterioration of ascorbic mun of ample leisure, waiting could be achieved by addition for the police to come. A lean, of Vitamin C pleasant-looking man vf 30 glucose with a tip-tilted nose,
derived from resin, hunkbrous llacs about his mouth is now being marketed wryly
known as "hesperidine". This under --and 22 convictions for erime, the name of "cantacine", the
I DON'T BLAME THEM
bulletin said. AT Clerkenwell, he pleaded A Clerk
Bullly to doing 10s, Bd. worth of wilful damage to the window, His record was "read out. Ten days earlier another |
bad discharged him cun- court ditionally on
natural
The bulletin added that in a factory employing 800 persons one-half were treated with the new drug. Six times as many of those who did not take treat- charge of being, the bulletin rald. It added ment caught colds as those who
with "What do you want to say that the drug was used usked Mr Frank Powell, the equal success in a refugee camp magistrate.
containing 600 persons.
a suspected person,
"I've done a lot of bad things, and paid the price," Stephen Naid, "I realise still owe il debt to society, but if Kociety won't give us chance, dimicult
!
"My trouble is P'm not wanted home and I don't blame them for that. But like every une else, I've a bit of good in me, and I want to bring it to the surface.."
NOT THE ANSWER
with
The bulletin also reported that the West Cerman chemical industry had developed a form of sticking plaster to replace wounds
the
stilching
after surgery.
of up
of
The plaster 10 mado synthetic material, the bulletin
Pl Increase Trade With HK
|
salt, and has been used success- fully in thousands of cases. It is said to leave a smaller scar than operation wounds that have been stitched, PICSS.
United
TAX CLAIM AGAINST CONVICT
San Quentin, Calif.,
Feb. 21. The Death Row author, Caryl Chessman, today faced a $2,174.84 tax lien and re- ceived a reprimand from the San Quentin authorities for smuggling out a petition asking for concessions from the prison.
оты
Rafaci, said the
The lien, led at nearby San sum was for unpaid 1954 income These presumably were royalties for offender's best-seller, "Call 2495 Death Row** which
have
1845
NEW! SHEAFFER'S
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY. 22, 1957;
SIDE GLANCES
By Galbraith Court Told Of
1.2
1.M. Kg. 1.5 Par ch
ID THEY by HEA Berries, In
"Your husband remembers when we gave free liver for the bat? You must have married a man much older than yourself, Mrs. Watkins!"
Humour's There, But Not The Tension
Feathertouch BALLPOINT
Illegally Stored Dangerous Goods
Demands Made On FIRM FINED
Management
$5,000
Evidence of demands made on the manage- ment of the Pao Hsing Factory to raise the Na-posed on Gammon (Malaya) tionalist flag and dismiss some workers was given at the trial of 19 men charged with rioting at Tsun Wan at the Criminal Sessions this morning.
The case is before Mr Justice workers in the factory, for the C. W. Reece and an all-male reason that he did not know Special Jury.
who were the leftists and who The accused are Wong Shek- were the Nationalists chun, Leung Yuk, Chong Shick- Hearing is proceeding. ehari,
Wal-keung, Xuen
Wing-sum, Ko Pui-kong, Ylu
Chung-fal, Chung Yuen-pak,
Lam Pui-tao, Mau Man-keung Ballot For
Cheung Yu-yin, Leung Chee-
hung,
Ylp
Kam-hung,
Chiu
Chiu
Sung-foon, Chong Tung, Loung Chung Isang Yiu tran Not and Chan Sai-hung.
The first 15 are charged with rioting outsido the South Textiles Factory on October 11. All the accused, except the 12th, are charged with ripting outside the Pao Becused are with
cloting Wan Police
on October 11
further
mills.
Hsing cotton
The itrat
charge outside the Tsun Station on October 12.
The 16th and 18th accused are charged with rioting outside South Textiles Factory on October 12
the
Bathing Hut Sites
A fine of $5,000 was im- Limited by Mr I. T. Morris at Kowloon this morning for storing 200 gallons of high and low flash inflamm- able liquid, five cylinders of oxygen and four cylinders of dissolved acetylene in their premises at Inverness Road, without a permit from the Fire Brigade.
The dangerous goods were discovered following a fire which occurred in the workshop of the defendants' premises on Decem ber 28 last,
the Inquiries by Fire Brigade disclosed that the defendant firm had no permit to store the goods.
IGNORANCE PLEA
A representative of the firm, which is engage in Kal Tak Airport development work, yes- terday picaded Ignorance of the law.
Judgment
this
Delivering morning, Mr Morris said: "That the defendants
Бесп had
Seventeen bathing hut sitca at South Bay and Middle Bay will be offered by the Urban Council to bona fide Hongkong, residents by ballot to be held in the Urban Council Chamber on Friday,
March 8 at 3 pm. There are nine Class "A" sites and eight Class "B" sites. ignorant of this regulation The Class A sites will bo which directly affects the daily leased for the period April 1 to
activities is really* no answer November 30 at a fee of $500. to this charge; however, the These are sites Nos, 62, 73, 82, Court will not reject out of hand 83, 80, 90, 92, 93 Middle Bay a plea of this klad which may
23 South Bay.
offer no defence but may pro- The Class B sites will be vide some mitigation even though leased for five seasons
from the
claim to ignorance may April 1, 1957 to November 30, appear unreal." 1961, subject to conditions. The sites are numbered 4, 25, 30, 38, 38, 48, 49 South Bay and 85 Middle Bay.
The 17th and 18th necused are charged with
and rioting out- side the Kowloon Textiles Cor poration Factory on October 12. Mr W. S. Collier and Mr D, N. E.
E. Rea, Crown Counsel, ane prosecuting seasted by Bar M. O'Brien, Assistant Superin- tendent of Police,
Mr V. L. J. D'Alton is de-
APPLICATION FEE Application forms may be
3rd floor,
tructions of H. K. Woo und Co., obtained from the Secretary, fending 10th accused on ins-
and the remaining accused on urban
The trouble about putting on a play like taxes. "Laura," the Garrison Players current production, the kidnap-sex is that fifty per cent of your audience carry a memory of the slick Hollywood film with them to the play, and your local effort suffers from com-tructions of P. L. Lam and parison. At any rate, that is the impression I get. But when the curtain fell last night, there was quite a reception for the cast who had given us an enjoyable evening.
financed Court appeals against
1948 Los Angeles death
sentence.
of the
He went on to speak, 11 wonderful fluency, of prison boards and prison chaplains the reception given to ex-prisoners at labour exchanges. Pity more
As for the petition for a writ than rancour shaded his tone.
Manila, Feb. 22.
of habens corpus, acting Warden expect to be punished,"
The Philippine he
Government's Louls Nelson sald Chorman cald at last, "but it isn't the decision some time ago to
per-
wasted
his time sneaking it out answer. It is not the answer. Hongkong
barter transactions with
prison. resulted in a sharp He was gauled for seven days,
Chessman has been under There is little doubt that the He still had a charge to answer increase of Philippine exports to sentence of death since 1948 for Garrison Players are settling
the Crown Colony, according to kidnapping and rape. He is the down to a He had
new lease of life. of his data officially released here.
author of two best-selling books There is a tremendous improve- writion in prison. He has also ment in their general produc- documents that so far have kept The fault, as I saw it drawn up many of the legallon; their sols are first rate;
their
performance Is more him from the gas chamber. -- United Press,
last night, was an unevenwiess be of casting, but this should less apparent as the play pro-
at the other court. broken the conditions
discharge by gelting Inlo trouble again, He went away with a shrug and a sigh. As if he despaired of everything, and most of all of himself.
From 3,471,000 pesos in 1854 and 3,108,000 in 1955 Philippine exports to Hongkong jumped to 11,271,000 pesos in 1956.
Muin exports to Hongkong in 1956 were sugar,
manga, rice, bran, shelled peanuts, oll polish and
wood preservers,
buntol
ISRAEL'S NEW abre and corn gluten.
APPROACH
Jerusalem, Feb. 21. Premier David Ben Gurlon sald tonight Israel had decided to make a further effort to reach Ab understanding with the
Me
United States on the question of Israeli withdrawal from Egypt.
The Israeli Ambassador,
Eban, would return to
the Israell
Abba
his post in Washington to-
morrow to convey
government.
The Premier
sukt
he
Out of the total 11,000,000 pesos worth of Philippine goods exported to Hongkong in 1950, barter exports accounted 8,000,000,-France-Preise,
for
Linda Darnell To Wed Again
Actress
Radio Hongkong
II.K.T.
Stories
The
per-
ceeds improvement In formance is due to some new talent the Garrison Players are introducing, among them, Nick
n Galtrees who plays the lead as
8.30, Time for Children. from the GreeksPheidippides and the Battle of Marathon"; 4.45, Gresk | Waldo Lydecker. He is obvious- Popular Dances and Tunes. B.
an experienced player, and Titsanis with Bouzoukla secon pankment: 4. Time Signal.
Pro his performance the
as
suave gramme Summary: 0.02, Popularity | aesthete 15 something worth Poli, presented by Ted Thomas seeing. But the trouble is that 8.30. Asian Club: 8.59. Weather Laura Report: 7, Time Signal. News: 7.09.
(Shirley Crook) is not Commentary or 91op Press Item; strong enough in the support 7.to, and Cali. Gene Krupa and Ing role, and as a consequence, Isis Orchestra: 7.45, Going to the the play is uneven. Pictures. The Critics diacum the pletures they have seen this week. The detective is played by Chaleman; Timothy Birch; 8, A life
Nick Kendall, sad as I remem of blins 8.30, Opera and Ballet. Holland Festival," 1956: 9 Time
ber the original part, he gives a Signal. News and Home News performance on those lines, a Dritain; 0.13, Music Lovers human detective; this was at flour-Clanical Requests precepled by Alleen Dekker; 10.15,
the time when everyone WILA Quartet (Vocal) * with getting fed up with streng orm Leroy Holmes and his Orchestra: speak-out-of-the-comer-of-your- 10.30. "Trigadoon" (Lemer-Laewe) mouth copper. Popular Songs from the Musical Play: 10.59, Weather Report: 11, Time Signal, Radio Newsreel; 11.15, Goodnight Music; 11.30, Close Down,
Hollywood, Feb. 21.
Linda Darnell, 33, position to the United States took out a marriage licence to- day with Merie Roy (Robble)
from ro- Robertson, 30-year-old Amerl- United States can Airlines pilot, announcing Nations had that they would be morried on used a double measure In on March 3, issue concerning "dictatorial Egypt" and "Democratic Israel". -France-Presse.
gretted that the
and the United
The actress has been married twice. This will be the first time for the Aller-United Press,
Wonderful
Bargains
at
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ROOM 12, 3RD FLOOR KAYAMALLY BLDG. LAST DAY TO-MORROW!
PURE ORLON AND WOOL BLOUSES from $20 COTTON DRESSES
SWIMSUITS
BLOUSES
BRASSIERES
GIRDLES
REDIFFUSION
3. Musical
p.m.
the
SCENES STOLEN
Danny, lad infatuated by Laura, is played by Ron Col- Variety Calls the Tune:
bourne. He gives a good im- Matinee: 3.38, Strike Band: 4,
Story pression of a scatter brained The
of Boltie Castle: 4.15, Tea kid going through a calf-love
for Twa; 4.30, Musical A.3.C.; 8. Children's Corner Famous Ex-stage, plorers and Navigatore" 8.30, Friday Garry Cook as Laura's dance Request-Presented by Betty: 0.28, is Birthday Mailbag: 6.30, Top in
mainly on the stage with
Popular Music: 6.45. The House of Nick Galtress, and due to that Peter McGovern; 7. Time Signal and the role he has to play, and the News: 7.00, Weather Re-Gaitress last night stole his port, Announcements and Interlude: 1.15, A recording mado on the scenes, arrival at Kal Tak of BOACH 101- prop Britannis, the world's fargent airliner 7.30,
Molly Crosbie has the kind of
servant part with which Hollywood has made us familiar; the kind of servant who puts everything and every- one in its and their place. She gets all the fun that la going in a part intended to relieve the gem tension of the plot.
Colbourne Wendy
0.5 the mother of Danny, and John.
humorous Eddie Fisher with Axel Stordahl's Orchestra; 745. Music Time Charles Harvey lustrates contrasting examples of rhythm, in Muste: 8.30, 'Passing the Buck Prof. Wimple with a panel includ- ing Paul Drew, Stephanie Tyler, Jerry Lewis and Daufine Newman; 0. Time Signal, Nowe and Home News from Britain; 9.15, Boxing Commentary,
from lise Southern Playground: 9.45 Fiesta Time: 10. Rediffusion Spotlight-interview withi
Mr Keith Russell, who sailed around Wallace as the dumb..cop.com= the world in a 60-foot schoonet: plete the cast. 10.15, Mario and Moonlight; 10.30, Andre Kostelanetz and kila Ora chestra 11, Date with Dreamland: 11.30. Projude to Midnight: 12, mid night, "God Save the Queen"; Clos
to $50 Down, $10 to $25 $5 to $20
$1
$95
11
#
"
10.
$5
Now I have said something about humour to rolleve
the tension of the play trouble is the humour is there all right--but the tension isn't. The fault hero is Laura's entrance
She doesn't play, it
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approved, the Gazette notified returned to the Secrethis morning: must be tary by noon on Saturday, Mr W. J Blackie, Director March 2.1987,
of Agriculture, Fisheries and Terms of the permit for Forestry, resumed duty on re Clam 'B' sites will meluder tum from leave, Me
MEN ix Wright, orection, within moniha of issue of permit, of a ceased
The
1
Mr Wong Hsiu-ching, engineer Po Hsing Factory, sald in evidence that his office was on the ground floor of the building
the cast gate.
the afternoon ber 11, he was in his office. He Raw a large crowd singing out- side the mill. A worker made report to him, as a result of single story structure of ap- Agriculture, Fisheries and which he went into the mill pro-proximately 300
sq. ft. to the Forestry; Mr Chan Slusyu per.
He noticed that window satisfaction of the Director, of
Sentor Public Works (ie, of concrete,. panes facing Castle Peak Road
brickwork or granite, had been smashed.
with Officer root of concrete, asbestos or hardwood,
Mr
Witness sald he ordered work to be stopped and went to the office of the manager, Cheung, and spoke to him, Ho went to another part of the fac tory
and saw Some material aire.
cotton
Agricultura cor to act as Director of
аз
Assistant Agricultural
to nct ceased
Oflear. Agricultural
Mr Christopher Allan Ross all wooden fittings to be of hardwood, and all Wilson to be Cadet Omeer, Class electrio points installed by an II, and Assistant
Secretary, approved contractor).
Colonial Secretariat. "Permit will be renewable for Mr
Goh Kim-toon, auditor, to five consecutive years at a free Acting Senior Auditor: Mr of $50, No permit will be re- Ng Kun-kwal, Sentor Examiner, He and some others pulled the nowable after November 30,
Auditor be Acting burning mate
the 1961. material out into
Dr Ronald Arthur Perry, Dr
on De-
yard and put out the fro. Then All class B' structures will a Polico party came, including revert to and become the pro- Det. Sgt Chung Hon.
perty of Government Witness said sume of thecember 1, 1961. crowd rushed into the factory. The Police intercepted and tried to stop them, but some managed Thailand, India, Pakistan, Middle to get in, Ence, Africa, Great Europe, p.m.
·
Canada, 0 p.m. Japan, & p.m. Formosa, USA., 6 pm.
Dy Burface Indonesia, 5.p.m. Macao, 6 pm,
Britain
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 35 Air
Be
SET ON FIRE
to
Franklin Chen, Dr
Dr Margaret May Woon Yee-wet and Dr Lit Shou- to be Medical Officers
Mr A. T. R. Jackson, Cadet Officer,
Class
be District Officer, Yuen Long, vice Mr A. P Richardson.
Mr Jackson was
to
Snatchers Active also appointed a Special Mogia-
In Kowloon
woman
}
Misa H. T. Stewart ceased to
trate to hold a small debts court at Talpo and Ping Shan; and an Assistant Collector of Stamp: Two cam in the compound A
walking along | Revere, were set on fire. Some of the Shanghai Street had her purse mob entered the dormitory and snatched by a man at about 4 be on Inspector of Schools as of he heard the sound of windows o'clock
yesterday afternoon." | February 12, being smashed.
The offence occurred near Later, witness Peking, Shanghal, Hankow, Kun-left the mill and went to his
went on, he Dundas Street. ming, Hothow, a.m
The Land, Nialaya, North Borneo, friend's place.
A purse containing cash was Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, it dangerous for him to
He considered stolen from a woman in the Ceylon, 19 a.m.
re-Shamshuipo Philippines. I p.m.
Market at about main in the mill. Thaland.
the same day, Earlier In the evening, he returned
in and inspected the factory. He from the pocket of a
the morning, cash was stolen Chinese found that Ave machines in the
Indie, Middle East. Africa, Great Britain, Europe, & pan. Malaya, Indonesia, Austrális, New Zealand 6 p.in.
Indo-China, France. § p.m. Formosa, Japan, Okinawa, Korea, 4 p.m.,
Hewall, V.3.A., Canada, p.no.
Try Burface. China, People's Republic, 7 «.m.
formoan. 9 a.m. Maco, I p.m. Indo-China, 1 pm. Japan, 3 p.m.
(Netherland, Parcels direct), 5 p.m. clippines Ceylon Thailand. 3 p.m. China, People's Republic, û p.m. Macao, 0 p.m.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14 By Air Philippines, 2 pama Burme.
India Pakistan, Middle East, Africa, Great Britain, Europe, 3 p.m.
Japan, 4 p.m.
Hawall, U.9.A.. Canada,/0 p.m. Formosa, & p.m.
By Barfece Macao, p.m.
$2.50 to $107 Face Deportation may more without revealing the Two
for tension or surprise. 1. can't
to $20
7
In
J
10
am
spinning room had been burned, street, Shamshulpo,
woman pedestrian in Aplu
Also burned was some cotton.
de
Ships Commemorate Anniversary
Commemorating the birthday
The Police yesterday of George Washington today, all There was a fire going on attained a Chinese in comection HM ships in port, as well as it out. the time and he helped to put with the larceny of cash from those of the United States Navy
are a Chinese woman pedestrian tu About 1 am, on October 12. Sheung Heung Road, near Pau Americans warships are now in dressed overall. Eight Mr Wong said, some workers
Chung Street, and
port on a recreational visit. came to see the manager made- governi demands. They asked the manager to sign a
piece of paper, which contained Posted To Reserve Port Committee their de
demandhi,
There were several demands. witness stated. The Arst was
The
The
of the appointment posting of Lieutenant following Members of the Port that the Nationalist flag should P.C.S. Deveson, of the Hongkong Commitoo, for
a period of one be holsted and the second was Regiment, to the Royal Hong- year from February 17 was that three clerks should be dis-keng Defence Force Reserve of announced in the Gazette missed from the factory. He Officers, has been approved, the morning could not remember the other Gazette notified this morning.
demands.
Mr Wong said he signed the document on the manager's in- structions.
cused day.
DAMAGE ESTIMATE
this
Rylands
Captain H. (Royal Navy), Mr. H. D. M.. ARRIVAL OF THE Barton. Mr W. C. G. Knowles, Mr J. H. Warning and Mr. Allen BRITANNIA..
A recording of this atter noon's arrival at Kal Tak of BOAC's" turbo-prop Britannia, the largest elviî aircraft in the world, will be, broadcast by Rediffusion at 7.10 this evening
RECOGNITION
The Gazette: notified / this: morning that. His Excellency the Governor has been plotsed
to recognise, provisionally - and pending instructions from the Scoretary of State for the Colonics, Mr. Hyung Mon Hong as Vice-Consal for the Republie of Korea at Hongkong.
but the Soviet Ships
Witness.chid. none of the ac- Singapore
was at the mill that Singapore, Feb. 22. As far as he could estimate, now Russian ships, he said, damage amounted to plot, but surely that is obvious the 1871-ton Inciory. ship $80,000..
·Besides the machines Loren and
PROMOTED Manlia, Feb. 22.
to the LATE AN PURE WOOL COATS, SUITS, JACKETS,
and Samarkand and the 3784-ton Ash in the spinning room, other m The National. Bureau of In-
Barbara
The promotion of Private DRESSES, HANDBAGS and SHOES at vestigation yesterday insituted enjoyed an evening with mur
It may seem strange to say I carrier Tuloma, arrived hero chines were damaged as well. Gilmore Blair Godfrey of the
yesterday from Split (Yugo- Cross-examined, witness said Hongkong HALF PRICE off the inventory.
deportation proceedings against stven Chinese caught two days stark and fout, but it is slavin) on their way to Vindivos- he had known Det. Sgt. Chung of Second Regiment to the rank
that kind of play. Just as you tock.
Hon for several years, Occa~ Headquarters. was notläed in ngo trafficking in oplum and pick up your paper-backed Declared cargo on both ships. Business Hours: 9 am, to 5.30 pm, prohibited drugs.
feller and put up your feet to was several rundred tons of ally he visited the factory to the Gazette this morning.
lock
Third clasps to, the Emciency NBI Director Mr Jose. Likbe, enjoy a quiet evening, so Laura: tomato parte, Platati
to another question,
The Commission of India has Decoration have, bien, awarde Printed and published by Ronin GronGE HUTCHEON for and on would warrant their deportation enjoyable interval; between din said they would both be dockedence to left-wing workers in Second Secretary (Comuner ED, and to Major H
said that their past - récords is a show, that will give you an | - Singapore agents for the ships witness said there was a refer-appointed Mr T. V. Gopalapathy, to Brigadier Le T. Ride behalf of South China Morning Post Limited at 1-3/Wyndham without fill of Street, City of Victoria 'in the Colony of Hongkong.
criminal ner, and Inst drinks, for a thm for several, days for minor sa- the demands.. He did not know | cial); at Horigkong, the-Gazelta | Botello, MBE, RD., the Gazett charges ---France-Preme.
night JOHN LUFT.
| gina-zepairs-Heuler,
what happened to tho-left-wing (stated this morning.
announced' this morning,
Tal: 39947.
Clasps Awarded