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THE. CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1957.
CHINA Tokyo-Metropolis Of PLEASE MURDER ME
LE WYNUNAM STALLE.
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[ŋOKYO in not Japan and "
TOK
my Japanese friends But
did well to warn me. DESMOND
it la necessary to see and experience Tokyo in order
to understand Japan. It is FENNELL
the climax, the grand finale. Tokyo has a growing popu-
Der meath, U.K., British Pussination of close on eight and and other countries $7.00 per month.
wizja half million and an area Naw contributors always
come, should be added to the of 800 square miles. It has
svartisenients to the Secretary.
ditur, business communications and the people and the space for
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There
aro 291 underworld Range registered at Tokyo There are polle headquarters. |250,000 students at more than 80 universities and colleges. One night May a garden-restaur- ant ceremonieally rienced 60.000 Arellies as the first in- stalment of the two million. It planned to release before the firefly festival of midsummer. That same week cranes hoisted over Ginza, the main shopping
second largest in Tokyo.
the
average
Births, Deaths, Marriages,street, a 20-ton neon sign, Personal $5.00 per insertion not exceeding 25 words, 25 cents each additional word ALTERNATE INSERTIONS 10% EXTRA
New ort exhibitions 20 or 30 a week. Every day three people are killed in traille ac- sidents and 30 runaways from home and family---not all of
If not prepaid a booking fee them young-arrive at Tokyo's
of 60 cent is charged.
DEATHS
CHARRINGTON-Mre Shinga Rachi Cherrington, widow of the late Air Edward Charles Charrington, retired Chinese Liar.tang Chaton officer, died at 630 a.m. on Alor day, 26th November, 1907, at Kwong Wal, flospital, F?
Two math railway stations from every part of Japan. Tokyo has three first-class symphony › or- chestras.
It's Ugly
The new Tokyo
that bus
-will take γιατι ει Protestant arisen since the war fa impres-
Centetery Happy Valley on Tues- day, 26th 190camber" parsing the divnument at E pain.
AGENCIES
AGENT required (British Nalida- ality?
by Interbaunally
knuwa
sive. It is ugly too, except for the Ane business Arta of Central Marunouchi near the Station and the expanse
of the
of the Tullerics.
SEES ALL
AND
HEARS ALL
The East
.a
theatres and lavish revues; the Asakusa, the biggest entertain- slcek' RErogance, of Western ment quarter of Tokyo, I saw style night-cluba; collec-shops this film being shown in with music and slim lights where cinema on one side of the street, Ideus are thrashed out through while, on the other side a the night-hours.
vaudeville theatro offered А parody of the film as one of its sketches. It only avoided In- tolerably bad taste by conger- on the Em-
Then is the Ginza the summit of all aspirations, where Japan ese youth comes and hopes and tenting the jibes gives challenge, the palgnant peror's counsellore and sparing epitome of the human drama the Emperor himself. But he and the derring-do that are too was brought onto the vaude- life in modern Japan.
ville stage.
The Ginza in its full glory at night.
Imperial Gardens, reminiscent and cause a high proportion of In Tokyo, as in all the the traffic accidents, The driv modern world where aruncini Yet a number of the new ers of the smallest ones-the 10 restraints are not present, the Publishlar House so introduce Trade buildings are beautiful. What is Yen carare called kamikaze, dirty and vulgar compete with mid Technical publications to them. bers of Her Majesty's Forces in Incking is consistency, a general the word used during the war the exquisite and refined, Hong Kong, Ilghly reinumerative, ❘ pattern.
who for the suicide pilota. one Please Wille giving fall particulars and stating if car owner. Bux 181, has seen the reconstruction "China Mall,
MUSICAL
To ADVERTISERS
Even for
of
German ellies, the rebuilding of Tokyo is astounding.
The light went
The Ginza
fashions are to be seen.
the
Tokyo is a metropolis, but it Is also a place where people live. I had the good fortune to spend two weeks of my time ftere in depsely populated suburb. The houses were mostly built of wood and had onc OK two storeys. The monotonous ery of the goldfish vendor, the bell of the sweet-potato man and the horn of the man who sold 10ju or bean curd were familiar dally sounds
In the afterTOONS, sitting on the talani mats, I could ace two boys in the garden of the house next door "fencing with the heavy sticks of Japanese kendo. their each of them wore, a long thin sick-swords their boyhood of the samtirai, heroge.
In the evenings the men and the girls came home from work. Fathers went with their young sona shit mothers in kimonos with their daughters to the bathhouse, 4 short walk down the street.
Great City
tha
on
the strings of the city-bound trains,
From that same station Bunday mornings but from different platform-young boys and girls with rucksacks and ashing-rods left for the woods and the mountains.
Tasteless
Angela Lansbury, a killer, who has just murdered Raymond Burr in the film, "Please Murder Me," open- ing at the Queen's and Alhambra today.
lleve In
JOHN LUFF presents
Telecrit
FIRST let us have a look at what is coming. Starting on Wednesday at
7.80 comeg ♫ now Kung- gramme that will run "for about clght weeks. It is a kind of miniature concert hall programme and the artlata are local Chinese musicians playing Western music.
I have no iden of the standard they have obtained, but programme is useful from two polate of view, It will help settle some arguments also. One, Local talent is getting a good opportunity to prove that it has althined the standard I often claims.
Two, Local talent is not being squeezed out.
COOKING. What a job it
is to got a feature, even of only 15 minutes" duration across television. You remember I mentioned a fortnight ago that tele- vision was about to com- First there Is Angela Lans-mence cooking demonstra- VERY now and again {
there comes a picture bury. It is dificult not to bc- tions ? unheralded,
her for the is so far They commence the second unsung, and removed from the femme fatale week in December, and Mrs entirely lacking the Holly-in type that you are absolutely Leit will be in charge of the wood fanfare of trumpets. convinced of the possibilities of European side. Such a picture is "Please her actions.
Now, to Est this over Then there is Raymond Burr. television, a kitchen had to be Murder Me," at the Queen's as a lawyer, determined he is built and fitted up. Then the and Alhambra.
going to pay the full conge- Gas Company had to come It is made by a group whoquences for a tragic mistake ne along, locate the main, dig it up While not all the and then run a pipe into the has made, call themselves the' Grosa-audience
All for Afteen minutes will agree that he studios. Krane Productions and it is aures any debt to society, he la a week. lensed by Warner Bros. can say is, they have succorded in making a film that is superior in every department to the usual run of suspense-thriller films.
I
Every morning the great city prosaic with the imaginative. in called. From the houses round- a free-for-all. There are the ob. about the young men emerged,
The title is apt. If really of their scenities of low-class vaudeville pulling on the Jackets
does mean "please murder me." and the fiverses of Japanese summer suits and chewing theatre-the glance of kabuki last bit of breakfast. With the The reosons for such a strange business sults request are thrillingly plausible, - One of my first nights there. I
actor, a single leaf talling slow- girls in smart
Bivens ridiculous as it night seem. the bus-a suwa peene I shall not forget,
The Ginza is the glory of ly to the ground at the appro- they took
the electric- It has some fine acting, and EACH SMASH HIT deserves anoiberi An old
women, o newspaper Tokyo and the citizens Evourite priate moment, the sparse notes minute ride-to Listen to George. Feyer's Heavenly
off- station.
pliched is not often you can say that There they the white promenade.
on a samisen Along It stand strummed
the Ichoes of My Fair Lady. The King vendor, dressed in
merciless about stock thrillers, but then in the this is no stock thriller. It is &i, Etc., where every performates shock and baggy blue trousers the many-storeyed department stage, when the falsetto voices themselves into of jún la a discovery in muntend plea of a peasant, balted at a street stores and high in the sky of the kabuki actors have stret Aght for standing-room
as good a thriller pint as I have sure. Avriable complets Classical catalogue of the outstanding master-crossing.
red above it fly the advertising bal- ched taut
seen in a south of Sundays. places ba VOX and Westminster, and gainst the oncoming traffic loons, white and red-coloured, emotions. Populars on Coplist and RCA Victor. | Alone, under the glare from with their slogons trailing Esses & Co 750 Alexandra e eight pale of headlamps, look beneath them. Along Cinza the Telophones 30106, 13868.
ing anxiously towards them, the smartest kimonos and Faria old woman sculled across the road. As she reached the far side where the scaffolding of an
At night when the lights go Suddenly, opening off the Immense building
under on, the din and the crowde have footpath of a tasteless street of Three hundred yards from BUNDAY POST-HERALD
Ginza concrete bulidings, the entrance where I lived was a lovely Zen Вряса
commercial re-lamps, a bulldozer brought not diminished and the for
down and a becomes a terrifying and magic to a Japanese hotel provides a Buddhist temple. Some after- bea wail toppling advertising should
in paving-stones and noons I would go there and in then loud of dust rose. The woman place. Jazz-bonds play in scores harmony booked not inter
shrunk back. Then the light of cabarets; there
strip- polished wood. and shrubbery, a reum beside the sanctuary noon on Wednesdayı. turned green and the cacophony tense danecs and evening gowns; that catches the eye and holds watch a priest teach the art of For the SOUTH CHINA of car horns broke out behind flet mignon ant spaghetti and
heautiful calligraphy to a group MORNING POBT and the | her.
of middle-aged men and women, CHINA MAIL, 48 hours
The new film, "The Emperor who knelt and practised it at Tokyo is incomparably noisy, draught beer and Scotch whisky; Melj! and the Russo-Japanese before date of publication.
low tables, I failed to discover why the cosy Japanese counter-restaur- War" is an unprecedented box-
Just beside my house was A Special Announcements į blowing of horns is not pro ants with warmth-giving sake oflee success. It frankly glori-
Buddhist graveyard where, and Classified Advertise-hibited. Most of it is done by to accompany tempura and ties the Emperor Melii and his around each family grave, sticks
the taxi-drivers who abound sukivaki; avant-garde pocket counsellors and generals, In
slood in stacks, with prayers and the soul-names of the dead painted on them. I loved to walk there in the early morn- ing when the first mun through the leaves touched the gentle
mente as vaun).
TUSC
PIA
caviar in French, Italian and Russian restaurants: German
HOUSING ESTATE OPENED JUDGE SUMS UP
(Continued from Puge 10)
"And so we come to the North, Lut, as I said in the Legislative Point Estate, the first of the Council during the course of estates to be opened for occupa- the Budget Debute this year, it tion. It contains 1,955 this, this is not enough. Assembly Hall, two medical clinics, a school and a post office.
"Nevertheless, I think a better description of its size is to say that it will eventually contain over 12,000 of our citizens, their families and their children, who
are badly in need of improved
housing conditions.
The Lore fucts of the prob- lem are there. The present population of the Colony is estimated to be somelling over two and of these
are living in over- crowded tenements, and a very
large number of adultionot houses will be required before even the existing population the minimum stan-
"That is an enormous numm ber of people to be housed can have
IN LARGE FRAUD CASE
half million; many The trial of Ip Kam-hung, alias K. H. Ip, 32- year-old insurance broker, charged with 11 fraud counts, reached its concluding phase at the Criminal Sessions this morning, when Mr Justice C. W. Reece, started his summing-up to the Special Jury.
In one estate. and it is indeed dards of accommodation to be
*any
to appreciate the provided on this estate.
many different and complicated
problems that must have arisen Population Increase during the course of the estate's
Creation
Ip was accused of oblaining "It has been further estimated
"I have seen these buildings that in five years line the from the Wing Ling Bank, the
have inspected
the course of their construction, natural increase alone, Today I am able to see them al- most completed,
the
of
His Lordship said the Crown had to prove intent on the part of the accused to the Jury's satisfaction. If the Jury found that this had 10% been «proved, then their duty was to find thạ accused not guilty.
Mr Justice Reeco described the evidence of Mr Soares as being .of. considerable im- portance. It not only afected two of the 11 charges, but had a general bearing on the other counts as well.
Present Issue
in their first model designs, 1 population will have expanded Hang Seng Bank and Mr J. 4. them during to over three million, through de V. Scures, credits and cheques totaling about US$74,000 by pretending that a total of 11 there cheques drawn on the United "It is quite evident, fore, that any radical improve- Chinese Bank Ltd, and produced "I think there is no doubt ment in our housing conditions April 2 and 3, were valid that what has been created bere will require
the payment provision ench orders for is a valuable and enduring year of sulfelent
housing for altogether about $450,000. Deset to the Colony, and well over 100,000 people,
Mr Richard Winter is repro- heartily congratulate
instructed by Mr "With a problem of this size,enting Ip,
Peter Mo architects, the contractors, and it is obvious that we must con-Peter Mo, of Messrs all who have been
concerned tinue to look, as we have done and Co. Mr D. E. in the planning and construc- in the past, to the activities of Crown Counsel, is prosecuting, enterprise to provide assisted by Det. Sub-Inspector the major effort in a solution, R. E. Quine of the Commercial The Judge recalled that the and to the local building Indus- Crimes Office, try to carry out that effort.
Mr Justice Recce told the Jury Home Bill-Chan had cropped up time and time again' 'in the I am glad to say that there
that they were the sole judges.
cotrze of the cyldence. Ho *This estate, and the other is every indication at the pre-of fact and that they could pointed out to the Jury, how- two estates at present under sent day that private enterprise disregard any expression of ever, that Bill Chan was not construction by the Housing can and will oporate still more opinion he might make on the before the Court and bad Authority, involve the expendi- widely in the Housing Acid. facta.
tion of this estate.
Expenditure
private
ture of $90 million for the "Our main difcuity, as every-
housing of 50,000 people.
The Resettlement Depart- mant is today responsible for
one knows, in shortage of land
for housing. I hope to have something to say about this at a later date.
Greenfield,
Benefit Of Doubt
a solution of the housing proba crample of which it may be the Jury found themselves in
lens.
proud.
nothing to do with the case.
The Jury was told further that Bill Chan might well have swindled untold amounts, "bul
the
3
NEW FILMS
ANTHONY FULLER
convincing as a man who is herder on himself than he is on others.
Attorney.
By the way, I shall be featur- ing in this programme. An unseen star. I have been Invited to eat the delicious bounty originating from these demon strations.
TEL
The theme of the picture l
ELEVISION Quiz Show. die remorseless manner in which he succeeds in paying his debt
You know the kind of to society.
Another good performance is thing. If you haven't seen given by John Dehner as the it, you must have read You will about it. A sort of give strict
that all tho ptice, of course,
Well, our usual offices are entering into Away the picture, but do not be people are about to start misled by that, Once the ac- one. It is to be called
lon starts it is a cat and mouce Television Jigsaw." game, and the thrilling climax
Now got a look at Is the "springing" of the trap.dumfelties facing the producer Then again the filming of the of such a show. First there is whole episode is skilfully done.
show.
tho
Should
upon
Deep shadows introduce the pic-he language difficulty. ture, From the opening moment such a show depend,
good knowledge of English, which announces a murder the immediately some competitors heavy
picture gets into stride at would Tun into A
pner which never slackens,
handicap. This is by no means a “who-
This quiz show seems to dunnit." You are in the know dodge around any such difficulty. from the world go, yet your ex Briefly, the game is this. There citement is increased on that is a igsaw, painted in such a account.
manner that the competitor is. For the inteligent cinema- | faced with a real puzzle, goer who has no objection to the thriller.
SER recommend this as a thriller in the 'A' class,
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She Smoked In Court
A woman, who was fined $5 He stressed that it was that they should not let this by Mr Hio-shing Lo at Central the housing of over 200,000
the Crown's duty to prove la confusé the present tamue before this morning for contempt of “As for the building industry, case beyoud reasonable doubt them: whether ip was guilty or Court, was given 32 by the prople.
There are still other this estate itself is an example If, after having considered the not of the offences with which Magistrate to add to her 500 organisations which are contri- of what it can do, I think it is evidence given by both sides, he was charged. buting, or have contributed, to
The summing-up is continuing possession of $3 in order to pay
her fine. such a state of doubt, them
Defendant, Wong Sam-nul, 22 was a spectator In Miss B. K. Scarlo's Court this morning. when she 11-a cigarette and smoked it while Court proceed- A mall grass fire broke outings were going on.
She was immediately charged and transferred to Mr Le's Court tendant pleaded guilty. where she was fined.
Excellency
eon-him.
"I have much pleasure-In do- they must give the accused' the "The Hongkong Housing So-claring open the North Point beneat of that doubt and aequit clety, for example, our ploncer Estate," His organisation in the field of cluded.
Turning to the charges, the low-cost housing, has boen Following the ceremony, HR Judge said nine of them co
and Lady Grantham and other tained the allegatlon guests visited the clinic, intent to defraud This, be There is no doubt that sub-school, post office and three cald was in important to stantial program ́le being made;] flats of varietem, sixca.
operating since 1948,
prodient in such a charge.
į
Grass
Fire
on the hillside of Bepulse Bay Ròad, at noon today.
rival of the fre belende The fire was put out before
7.10.
New
Commentary: 76, Cocktail Time-COVE And bl Orchestra: 130, Talking “Aboul Books: "The HK. Terry" by Bimon Kent; "The Mendelman Fire" by Wait Mankowita Reviewed by John Wallwee; 3.45, Interlude for fuste The Harold Smart Gulute!: 6. The Big Record: 8.30, Monday, Recital: Cheng Clik-pul (violin) and Moya Reapfans), Soratino for Violin And. Plano Op. 137 No. 2 (Schubert); 8.38, Weather Haport: 9, Time Rignal. News and Home News from Britain: PJS, Movie Błagazine edited and
First there is an elimination contest with a kind of trick we usually use in forfeit games. Having qualified, the competitor then has to the jigsaw' tos gother in a specially prepared plate which has a transparent back.
He is not allowed to have a look at the back himself, but having completed the puzzle tą his satisfaction, he holds it up and the viewers will know if he for on tho succeeded, Jiss reverse of the puzzle, if he is correct, his prize will be spelled out.
The thing about this contest is, it is visual and there is no language barrier.
Presented by Jack shepherd; 8.30. Monday
Request Presented Fetty: 0.58, Biruidry Mailbag: 0, La Musique Francalat: 8.30, - A Moment For Melody: 6.45, Stery of Jane Armitage; 7 Time Bignal, and the Ziews: 2,02, Weather Forecast: 7.31, Announcements and Interluda, 1.10, The Step Fields Show; 7.30, Eddie Fisher with Axel Stordahl's Orchestra; 745, Guy Lembarde and his Royal Canadians: 6. Porality
Next Thursday Popular Music Presented by Nick
night at 8.30 the finala Kendall: 8.30, Show Case Selections From "Salad Days": 2, "Sinoa and of the Flect Boxing Com- Laura": 9.30, "Concert For Plano
Parade-Johnny Hay: 115, Top in SPORT.
and Orchestra in A Minor Goum petition will be telecast
played by Homme; 20, B.D.C.
from HMS Tamar by kind Jazz Club: 1630, One Night Stand: produced by Ted Thomas: 0.45, 11. Date with Dreamland: 1130, permission of Commodore
The Goon Show Repeat of That Prelude To Midnight. 11 God Save G. D. A. Gregory. Baturday broadcast); 10.18. "On, The Quechi, Close Down, the Paris Boulevard"; 10,140, à Book
at Your Bedtide Three Men in TELEVISION
Boat" by Jerome 2. Jerome, Part
Weathed by David Lytle; 10.53,
Report: 11, Time Dig Radio Newsreek: 11.28, "Reverie": 11.30, Close Down
REDIFFUSION
6pm.. Chlidren's Hour-Cartoons; 6.15. Puppet Theatre; 60. "Steve Donovan, Western Marshal"; A, CIOs Duwi,
ileadlines. Character
Weather Episode 4-"The Puzzled Corporal”... | Announcements. Close Down.
This will bring to Local Television its first full pro- gramme of local boxing, faxi event eagerly walled by those fans who like to watch, their sport from an armchair.
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any
1.30. Maxim' Quartet; 145, Newsreel; a Playhouse Fifteen: "Success Story: 816, Cailing Card 4. pim. Musieni
Presented Matinee: 3.33,
Jock HOM: 20.THE films for the Chil Swing And Sway with Sammy "Boston Blackle & Cantorene dren's Hour have ar- Kayc
4. Tea For Two: 41500 Feature Film: "Why's The Mur- Strictly Instrumental; 8, Children's derers: 11, Late Night rails Newsrived. If
grown-upa Corner "Cast of
Report and
want to look, they will have to push the kids out of the way at 5.30. Next week brings Circus Boy, "Rin
and Tin Tin,”
"Jungle Jim."
China Mail Entertainment Guide
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT
KING'S & PRINCESS: "Loving You." Elvis Pre-
ley shakes his way to success. QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA: "Please Murdar Me" Angela Lansbury, and Raymond Burr. A thriller. ROXY & BROADWAY: "Stopover Tokyo." Robert Wagner, Joan Collins and Edmond Q'Brien. Advanture in Japan.
STAR & METROPOLE:
"The Midnight Story." Tony Curtis, Marisa Pavan and Gilbert Roland. A powerful drama. HOOVER & LIDERTY: "Action Of The Tiger." Van Johnson, Martine Carol and Herbert Lom in Communist Albania.
On Wednesday, the quick drawing 'teature. starring Twirlynoan Mouse commencos. As I said last week, Uncle David is in charge of this.
TERRY Martin who first
appeared In Television Talent Time, or I should say. was heard, has made a niche for himself as an ac companiat on tho plano, Now he is seen as well as heard. He is very much at case, and has quite a nice style on theplano.
It rather proves the point that if you can do anything at all will in the entertain ment world, Hongkong in the place that gives you the opportunity.
Épace . suple, so until next wack, good viewing.