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JOHN CLARKES
CASEBOOK
CHINA MAIL
Alleged Theft Of
Ones For Sweep Tickets
The Road
THEY
are $0 cheerful
when you meet them in small hotels in the coun- try, in big hotels in the towns. Trade is terrible, they say, business shock- ing, then, quickly to take away the taste of the bad new, "What's yours?" and they call for another round, these cheerful men, commercial travellers.
the
What henda they have. what Cast-iron constitutions, For while you are still recover- ing, next morning, from the encounter with them the night before. they are brightly on their way with their cases and carlonds of samples and on assortment of business patter to begude everyone
junior Crea shop sistant 10) managing director.
AL
THINGS GO WRONG
LFRED was a traveller, and a good one. His father bad been a parson, but when he left school he decided to go busingen. He soon found the jub inal surled him best.
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Up and down the country he went with his cases and his car, returning at week-ends to his wife and child at their home milaide Lunden.
Then things began to go wrong Jor Alfred. He developed a laste
for liquor that would not be denied. For a time he mortaged to hide the fact from friends, fim, family, But as his con- sumption of liquor went
.
The alleged theft of 5,000 cash sweep tickets on the Pearce Memorial Cup run on January, 26 was first discovered between 1 and 2 p.m., the compradore, Mr Henry Chung, of Peak, Marwick, Mitchell and Company, (Treasurers of the Hong- kong Jockey Club) told the court this morning.
Chung was testifying before Mr Simon F. S. Li at Central Court against his nephew, Chung Shiu-chun, 26, a ticket shroff of the Jockey Club, who is charged with stealing 6,000 cash sweep tickets and additionally with obtaining money by false pretences.
Defendant is represented by the cash sweep tickets he dis- Mr Gerald De Básto instructed | covered that one package, con- by Mr L. J. D'Almada Remedios taining 5,000 ticlocis was misa- of D'Almada Remedios anding This package contained Company.
tickets numbering 1,750,001 to District Court Chief Inspec- 1,760,000 inclusivo, for J. Hidden 19 prosecuting.
Witness said that at between 4 and 6 p.m. he deelded withdraw the fost tickets trom
the draw. He sold that 1 pm on January 25 he re ceived a telephone call and as a result went to the branch of of the Hongkong Jockey Club of D'Agullar Street. On checking
2 MALAYAN
MISSIONS
FOR LONDON
Kuala Lumpur, Mar, 31. Two Malayan delegations — one representing
elected the government and the other the
London ruters will visit up,
May, it was announced here to- day.
so did his sales-and bis coin- mission go down.
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Chief Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman will head the govern- ment group, the composition of the rulers delegation has not yel been decided,
THE day come when he had hot enough money buy all the drink be needed. Cheques
Rahman's delegation will in-. started to bounce, Alfred was
clude Education Minister Dote one day arrested for obtaining
Abdul Razak,
for £3 by false pretences,
and At Clerkenwell
Ong Yoke-in court,
Transport the
Labour Minister V. T. Samban- magistrate, Mr E. G. Robey, was
than. 10ld:
This man says he has become
British
a chronic alcoholic, he has asked Sir Donald for help.
remanded,
Alfred was
Minister
Hig
Commissioner
MacGillivray
was the
prob- Fligh
expected
10 accompany The delegations to London. Altomicy- prison doctors reported that General T. V. A. Brodie with his co-operation, he couldably will accompany the be cured of his afletion, Alfred, Comunissioner.
a gingery, moustached man of
MAJOR PROBLEMS
source said the
40, nodded violently that all his! An official
co-operation would be available. two groups will go to London He was put on probation, The to "straighten ou!" eerlain day will come, no doubt, when issues concerning the Federation he will rejoin the cheerful
of Molaya's
constitution. brotherhood
travellers. "What's yours?" they will ask Observers, however, said there hini. "Gin and tonic," perhaps are several other major prob-
of
he will answer, adding cheer fully without the gin."
lems
new
which still need to be roned out in London.
The dual citizenship question is expected to be one of them. The British government
Film Actor Dies establishing
Santa Monica, Mar, 31. Gene Lockhari
veteran tho
film actor who became familiar figure in dozens
a
is
ba in favour of Commonwealth dual citizenship. The Rahman government is opposed to the idea.
The Malayan officials will also of discuss with the British govern-
supporting roles died here to ment the question of who should day of a coronary thrombosis. ; make the proclamation On He was 80.
At his bedside at St Johns Hospital were his wife Kathleen and daughter actress June Lock- hari.-Reuter.
August 31 announcing the in- dependence of Malaya-a repre- sentative of the Queen Malaya's first paramount ruler.
United Press.
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the
After this discovery, witness said he went to the Kowloon branch of the Jockey Club in Nathan Rond.
There he saw Chung Shlu-chun, two detectives and a hawker. There were also office Maß----Lou present Wah-kwan, Mak Sau-yan, Ting Yan Kai-sun and Chee-sheung, another person. All these people together with himself then went to the Yaumati Police Station to make a report.
Witness said that in the pre- sence of defendant, be reported to the pollee that some tickets sold by the hawker were be- yond the numbers issued by the Hongkong Jockey Club.
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Witness explained that tickets drawn on the Pearce Memorial Cup were chopped with two chops, one round and the other oblong. The chopping was date at the D'Agullar Sizert office, second floor,
Hearing is continuing.
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'MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1957..
SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith
2-19
© 1943 by NEA Berrion, ina
"Now listen carefully! I've got a new book here that says it's okay to spank children sometimes--that's all for now!"
Hospitals'
Board Of Directors
Sworn In
Public support in the form of donations, advice and criticisms was asked for by Mr Wilson T. S. Wang, Chairman of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, at the inauguration of the new Board of Directors for the year 1957-1958, at Po Yan Street this mornin.
The new Board was sworn into office by the Hon. Sir Taun-nin Chau, before a large gathering of dis- tinguished guests and staff members.
The
SHEAFFERS
ADMIRAL SNORKEL PEN Today's Evidence In Trial Of 15 Alleged Rioters
Further evidence was given before Mr Jilstice J, R. Gregg and. a Special Jury at the Criminal Sessions this morning in the case of 15 men charged with rioting at Tsun Wan in October last year,
it.
The accused are Wong Chung-yuen, 88, carpenter; Woo Fong-you, 27, weayer. Yuen Chuen, 39, earth coolie; Law Ching, 42, tallyman; Tong Tao-tak, 28, weaver; Mak Ping-chau, 28, weaver; Keung Chung, 31, enamel worker; Yeung Kwei, 41, former; Chiu Kai-yuen, 26, mechanic; Ho Yun, 83, earth coolle; Llu Yick-choi,186, cook; Wong Chou-fook, 27, mechanic; Fung Chi-wing, 24, rubber worker; Nam Kel ting, 42, weaver; and Wu Dit-keung, 20, spinner.
Mr M, Morley-John and Mr did not have time to look at the the tin fell from the accused's W. S. Collier, Crown Counsel, clock then,
shoulder to the ground. . He are prosceuting. assisted
The 14th accused put it to the smelt kerosene..The 11th BC- Detective Inspector P. constablo that he had made a cused ran out of the building, Clancy.
wrong identification and that he was inside the mill during the whole of October 11.
PC
Chu said he saw the 10th accused holding stones outsido the Pao Hsing mill and shouting,
Questioned by Mr D'Alton, witness admitted that in 'a`pro- vious riot case he had made some 1868,- Chu Lin-shing, | Incorrect identifications In Court because he did not know that the places of the prisoners had been changed
Mr V. L. J. D'Alton, Instruct ed by Mr P. D. A. Remedios,
Witness said he had made no is defending the second, fifth, mistake, He said the 14th ne- sixth, eighth, ninth, 10th, 12th cused touched him with his and 13th accused. The others hand. are not represented by Counsel, PC 2299, Ip Cheung, testified that he
was a member of alestifled that he saw the 11th Police party which went to the end the 15th accused at the Pao Pao Hsing cotton mill on the Haing factory. He said the 11th afternoon of October 11 last was carrying a square in on his year,
shoulder and was running into the mili There was a large and dis- Witness said he ran offer the orderly crowd outside the fac-11th accused. Inside the mill, tory, witness salc He saw the 14th accused among the crowd, The 14th accused, Ip went on, was shouting to the mob, "Don't be afraid. Come on." He was
about 10 feet from him at the time,
Witness sold that on October 24 he identified the 14th e- oused at the Chatham Road
Comp. He had never known
the 14th accused before. October 11.
GUARDING VAN
disturbance
PC 1650, Chan Kwan cho, who was in the same Police party, gave evidence that at one time during the outside the Pro Hsing mill he was guarding a Police van,
Witness said he, a corporal and five or six others were at the van.
A crowd encircled it and there were shouts of "Burn the van," and "Attack them." He saw the 14th accused in the
sten
In reply to a question by the 16th accused, Chu said he did not actually see him stoning or breaking into the mill,
Hearing is proceeding,
Court Told Of Search For
•
Missing Colleagues
Wan
Evidence of factory workers from Taun looking for their missing colleagues at the mortuary after the riots last October was given by a Police Inspector at the Criminal Sessions this morning..
On trial before Mr Justice C. W. Reece and a Special. Jury is another factory worker, Chan Hon, 80 charged with the murder of Lam Tak-san on October 13 last year, the day Lam succumbed to injuries received two days earlier in Tsun Wan.
Mr D. N. E. Rea, Crown the Kowloon riots. One of the Counsel, is prosecuting, assisted photograph he showed them by Del, Sub-Insp. M. J. Con- was that of the decreased, Lam Tak-sin," The min knew him nelly.
Appearing for the accused is and had said he was missing Mr H. L.. Hu, Instructed by F.
Insp. Connolly told of the L Lam and Co.
Insp. Lam Shung-kau testi- charging of the accused with premises of the fled that two men Sir Taun-nin wished the new dilapidated Kwong Wah Hospital | mob.
named Lau rioting at the
Federation of Trade - Unlong in Board success in the coming in Kowloon, a few years ago.
Chan said that
the corporal Wing and Chu King-chuen went
Tsun Wan on October 11 HO year. The Inauguration of the
main project of
hig the pointed
gun at the to the Kowloon Mortuary and said the accused was charged ut Board of Directors of a large hospitals was the construction crowd. The 14th accused push-told him they were looking for Chatham Road camp on Novem
workmen Chinese charitable organisation of two wings to replace the ed him (witness) from behind some of their fellow
ber 20... took place on a day which also four wards of the present Tung and told him to tell the corporal from Tsun Wan who were ad- his statement which was
Ini marked the beginning of on- Wah Hospital, which work not to shoot.
or mitted to hospital because
rend by Interpreter Poon Yu- other budget year in the Colony, would begin shortly, he sold. Witness stated that he told injuries and who had died. The fal the accused admitted tha
This was only fitting it was also expected to com- the 14th accused to go away and two men asked to be shown charge. as the inauguration also mark-plete the construction of the not to make trouble.
photographs of the
Hearing is proceeding. beginning of another school building for the Tung ed the
On October 24, he identifled year's work of the hospitals. Wah No. 3 and No. 4 Schools 14th accused at the Chother
Sir Trun-nin expressed grati- this year.
Road Comp. Lude on behalf of the Colony to the outgoing Board of Direc- tora headed by Mr P. T. Loong for its continuous efforts in the Biterests of the hospitals.
he said.
MONDAY, APRIL 1 By Air Burma, India, Pakistan, Middle East, Great Britain & Europe, pa
By Surface Indonesia, p.m. Macao,
TURBA APRIL 2
Mr Loong thanked the public and the staff members of the By Air
support to Peking, Shanghai, Kunming. Ian-hospitals for their kow. Hehow. 1 A.m.
the outgoing Board of Directors s.m.
TWO ELEMENTS
Thalland, Cambodia, 9 amm Indo-China, France, p.m.
Austraila, New Zealand. 2 p.m. Philippines, 2 p.m.
Guam, Hawall," U.S.A. 2 p.m. Malaya, Indonesia, Ceylon,
Formosa. 6 p.m.
The new Board would also concentrate on the plans for the
the reconstruction of Kwong Wah Hospital
ACCUSED'S QUESTIONS
Cross-examined by the 14th accused, witness said he arrived with the Police party outside the Pad Hsing mill about 5,30 p.m.
remember He could not what time he left, because he
terms of Radio. Hongkong
TERMS EXTENDED
hospital, Mr Wang said the Speaking on the staff of the
Medical Welfare Committee of recently de- Mr Wang in this inauguration cided to
the hospital had
extend the speech sald twa elements were office of the doctors and also to necessary if the charitable work send these doctors to England p.th.
of the hospitals was to be well out high degree of working efficiency
and the betterment of relief work,
To raise the working ell- ciency, it was necessary to have proper hospital buildings and equipment, efficient staff
and good management and organisa- tion, Mr Wang said.
Thailand, Burma, India, Pakistan, Middle East, Africa, Great Britain. Europe. e p.m.
Cañada, 0 p.m.
Philippines, N. Borneo. 6 p.m.
By Burface
China, People's Repubile, 7 a,m, Macao, .m. Thailand, p.m.
p.m.
Formosa, Korea, 2 p.m. Japan, U.S.A., C. & S. America, 4 Malaya, Ceylon, Great Britain and Euge, Reg. & parcels 5 p.m. Ord. & Packets 9 am. 3/4/57,
Macao. 8 p.m.
WELL, DID YOU EVER...
see a more attractive selection of Playtime Clothes, and so inexpensive too
you really
must drop in and have a look for yourself.
WHERE?
He said he was greatly im- pressed by the efficiency of the staff when he first visited the
Paquerette
Sok (Open until 6.30 p.m. on Mondays).
Tel. 21-157
OF COURSE!!
16A Des Voeux Road.
Sepurate sub-departments were also necessary for improving the management of this vast organ- isation, Mr. Wang stressed,
H.K.T.
for a year's study after having Listeners Magazine; 5,45, Short Re- 5.30, Talking about Teaching, completed five years' service incital by Thomas Thumas (Bari- the hospital.
tone); 6, Time Signal. Programme Summary: 0.02. 24ighlights In Vartoty; 0.30. Classical Requests Cocktail Time: 1.30, Talking about presented by Aileen Dokker; 1.
Books, "Time for → Tiger" by Anthony Burgcas. The Bribe Ecorners" by Robert Holles. Re viewed by Janet Tomblin; 745, Out of the Mayeri Beg. Billy Mayer? at the Plano; 7.50, Weather Report; D, Time Signal. The News; 8.00. Com meniary or Stop Press 11em; 0.15, "Calypso Harry Belafonts (Vocal); 8.30, BBC Jazz Club. Laurie Gold and his Ploces of eight with Cari Barrileau and Buddy Featherstost- haugh: P, Time Signal. Movie Maga- zine. Edited and Produced by Timothy Birch: 9.30, Recital by
Finally, Mr Wang asked mem- bers of the public to support the charitable organisation by way of donations advice in the medical deld and criticism in the work of the hospitals.
FOG DISRUPTS Carr (Boprano) with Piano
AIR TRAFFIC
Due to the thick fog at the airport, schedules of arrivals and departures of commercial Eights were disrupted this morning.
Accompaniment by Moya He Thres German Songs; Three Frener Bargerettes (Weckerlin) and Three Traditional. Irish Songs: 9.45, Violin Sonata in O ininor, Op. 1 No. 10 ("Dido Torsaken" (Tertini); 10. Hancock's Italf Hour; (Repeat DI at Saturday's broadcast: 10.30, Book at your Bedside, Comfort Farm" by Stella Gibbons, "Cold Read by Audrey Mendes, Episode 0; 10.40,Something Continental" →→ From Paris; 1000, Weather Report: Two flights of PAA, one from 1f Time Signal Radio Newsreel; Tokyo and one from Bangkok, 11:10, Goodnight Musle; 1130, Close scheduled to arrive early thi; Down, morning, were both diverted to: Mandia after circling over the airport for several hours,
Northwest Altlines delayed their departure from 0.30 mm,
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