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Counsel withdraws application for bail
PHONE
37031
Of The LOW'S APPEAL TO BE HEARD
Day
MICHELIN TWO MAJOR MURDERED
PROBLEMS WIFE, SAY
NOLUTION by default. In
the
other words, get SUITI thing done by doing nothing. For, with all goodwill in the world, that seems the manner in which Government in addressing itself to our two major problems: (1) Where to park your car. (2) Where to cross the harbour and yet retain your sanity, Take the first problem abat where to park. It must be obvious to the most meagre intellect that the Colony has only so much space and so many rouds, And by the sume token, it must be equally obvious that the given space and roads can support only a given number of cars. Therefore it follows that
if
number greater
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of curs is brought to any particular point than that place can support, the con- clusion is chaos, a situatium we have already reached. THE situation is
POLICE
Tours, Oct. 17.
Patrice Michelin, member of one of France's greatest -industrial families, was
charged tonight with the murder of his wife, Nicole, shot dead in a hunting incident yesterday.
M. Michelin, 32, was charged an with wilful homicide by
after magistrate examining police reconstructions of the in- on the eldent and an autopsy body of his 29-year-old wife Nicole, mother of three children.
been killed
Since the founding of the company, a little before the start of the First World War, four members of the Michelin family have molors accidents, one in an air crash, another during the Allied the Corsica in Second World War and another in a concentration camp,
THE EIGHTH After
landing on
Case to
to come
before Full
Court on Oct 31
An appeal by Robert Eli Low, 31-year-old solicitor convicted of corruption by the Victoria District Court, will be heard by This the Full Court on October 31. was revealed in the Full Court this morning.
Mr
Oswald Cheung, counsel for Low, who original- ly applied for bail on behalf of Low pending the hearing of the appeal, withdrew the appli- cation when Mr Justice W. A. Blair-Kerr, the presiding Judge, after a consultation with the Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court, told him of the date of the appeal.
Earlier, Mr Cheung said the in notice of appeal had been filed by the appellant on October 13, There were two grounds of appeal:
That there was no or in sufficient evidence to support the unding of fact,
That had
taken into account, Mr Cheung
Counsel said.
said he understood Crown was opposing that the the application. He submitted had complete that the Court discretion badi.
on the question of
Cheung
THE WANDERERS
The Red by pin not in nephew being chaiget, Michelin, misdirected himself in law na to thort of dung also quoted nu- Samuel Abdulla, 24, and Joseph
im-
taker, to jail in what constituted corruptly re- sion, firm, was
meters in every spare yard Tours.
of road.
ceiving.
the
Discretion
It might prove Mume, Michelin Was a deterrent, it might drive eighth member of the family to
In asking for ball, Mr Cheung some
exasperated people dle violently. onto their feet, onto a
Police said earlier today that said if the appeal was success- ful, the appellant, a man of good been shot through character, would already have bus, or up the wall, but it she had
while she and her bean ti jall for one or two is no solution. It is merely the neck
months, period between the proof that authority is not husband were hunting in the
chateau at Mal, date of conviction and the day facing facts, and hedging park at their
the appeal would be heard. from one futile measure to near here.
had been on bast M. Michelin said the gun had
Appellant
to the Ume off another.
gare off accidentally where she of $15,000 up The present state of affairs is stumbled in some undergrowth, the trial. This would be con- sidered a relevant fact to be stark staring proof that nut--Rouler. thority-has-elther_to_(a)_set_
a limit to the number of cars our roads can support, or (b) provide means by
which ears can be parked when they are taken out. There is only one way of gel- in this ting more space Colony. The builders have shown us the way. Go up in the air after il. Bigger and higher car parks are the only solution; not hounding car owners around with meters.
THE second part of the transport system, cross- ing the harbour, seems have occurred to
to
everyone but the people who should
Four killed in ship explosion
Las Palmas, Oct. 17.
A fourth member of the crew of the Union Castle liner, Capetown Castle, died in hospital here tonight from injuries recaived after an explosion, and fire
in the ship's engine room carlier today.
He
junior W19 officer C. L. E. Harti.
(A Union Castle
engineer the explosion had been
of the pas- tinguished. None apokesman sengers were injured.
brought Passengers ashore in launches.
the
in Capetown said
koht Castle, which here on Friday, was steaming to Las Palmas to pick up the
do something about it. Pendennis We have heard much talk
of a bridge, or a tunnel, and Capetown Castic's passengers
were
The spokesman said that the accident happened at 5 um local time, when the iner was sill
have listened to much argu-none of whom were injured.) two miles trom here,
ment, but always we come out no wiser than when wo went in.
Admittedly, the ferry piers aro delightful pieces of architecture, but the bare fact is, it takes longer to Cross the ferry than it did when the passengers could pler at the enter the old
waterfront.
SERIOUS
Fourteen members of the crew were also injured in the and fire which explosion occurred as the liner headed for this part in fine weather today,
A spokesman for the clinic of here said that Santa Catalina two of the injured were in. very serious condition.
a
The liner, which was due to reach Couthampton on Friday after a voyage from Durban, later unchored off a breaks, uter
uuide Las Palmas.
The liner will be towed into harbour tomorrow morning.
the The Lino's Alagship, Windsor Castle, sent the Cape- town Castle medical assistance A harbour pilot's omcu and engineers.
The Capetown Castle, built in spokesman said the victims were
carry 250 first-class of the crew-mainly 1938, con members
He and 500 cabin-class passengers.
And as for the vehicle ferry. of the engine-room staff,
tell it not in Kowloon, whis-sald the blaze which followed-Reuter.
per it not in Hongkong. For although the trafic has increased to astronomical proportions, the method of transportation
18 it was... wo hate to add, and ever more will be.
THE exasporation of
T
the
busy man when faced by these anachronisma tube- yond a joke. Consider this In the light of what has been said about the
im- portance of both Kowloon and Hongkong. When the No. 9 signal goes up, two towns might as well be nt opposite poles. Every- thing stops save the argu-
the
Vas, 20, travelled 40.000 miles Inat year in search of a 60- try in which to set up homá and still have not found one.
During the submission, the Deputy Registrar was called and, after consultation with him, Mr told Mr Justice. Blair-Kerr Cheung that the hearing of the Sam, born appeal would be on October 31, about a fortnight from now.
Mr Cheung then spoke with Mr his instructing solicitor,
and told the G.E.S. Stevenson, Court that his instructions were with the up- not to proceed pileation for ball and he with- drew the application,
Mr Cheung also told the Court that Mr H. H. B. How would be appearing for Low at the ap- peal, the hearing of which was expected to last three days.
Mr J. Bodilly, Crown Coun- sel, appeared for the Crown.
Sitting with Mr Justice Blair- Kerr was Mr Justice R, H. Mills Owens.
A
in in Jhind State Punjab, fled at the age of 11 when his parents were killed. He got to Fij! and stayed for six years. In 1953 he slowed #bly, In a Norwegian nway was put ashore in Yokohama (Japan); stowed away again in a Swedish ship in 1880 and was landed in Singapore where he stayed for one and a half years. From there he got to Indonesia_and stayed until the ond of 1958; again found and another ship to hide in
be reached Colombo where met Joseph.
And Joseph's
slory? He left home In Amrliss when he was
a
seven, got to the Persian Gulf and stayed 10 years, stowed away in a Norwegian ship in 1957 and reached Fit for stay of three months to hide in
ship for another Norwegian
to come one full year and ashoro at Colombo tember 1959.
HIDING
in Sep-
18, 1969. both On September
Sam and Josephi were found hiding 013 the Strathnaver one day out from Aden and transferred at sea to the P & O liner Strathmore, outward bout to Bombay.
les
The authoriiles would not
them land. And so they salled on-to Suva and Australia where they were both founil and brought to England—to be reunited at Brixton jali,
British bid to buy
U.S. atom
rockets
From CHAPMAN. PINCHER
London, Oct. 17.
British defence team lead by Sir Solly Zuckerman is flying to Washington this month to negotiate the purchase of U,S. atomic rockets for the Army and RAF.
at £1,000 This is the outcome of 1 tain's defence bill Cabinet meetings on, defenec million?
The Chancellor, Mr Selwyn which started at Chequers yes Lloyd, has stressed the neces
continued at the
sity of keeping to this figure. terday and Admiralty today,
The problem: How to peg Bri-
-Objects to taxes-
...SO HE SETS UP AN INDEPENDENT STATE'
Brownston, Oct. 17,
From the security of his now capital here today, bearded BI, Whool, chic! executive of the independent state of Shorehom, carried on his long cold
war against authority.
Wheal objects to paying taxes. Ite sare money the Govern- ment colleats I faxes should be spent on medical research
not hydrogen bombs.
ment for something to bowheal retreated to this dero- done.
was up lotig ago, Suggestions which lend nowhore might not be facts,
Talking time
but they seem to be good
liot hamlet in a Devon vallsy after the West Sussex County Connell evicted him from his former capital at Shoreham- by-Sea
grani; deterrent
of
The Chief of the Imperial General Staff has stressed the Army's need for supplies of the intantry atomic weapon, Davy' Crucket and has
0190 ed for the Red Eye.non-atomic- rocket for use against low-flying aircraft.
psk-
1,000 POISONED
The two coloured boys were not allowed to slay on in England. апо Picture shows Joseph Vas
pa board the Sam Abdalla Strathnaver
to Bombay,
to Sydney, to nowhere.
U.S. AID
TO
LAOS RESUMED
Washington, Oct. 17.
The United States has order- ed resumption of its big military assistance pro- . gramme to Laos, includ- ing direct salary pay- ments to the 25,000-man Royal Army, U.S. State Department officials said tooight.
The action ended a suspension of 10 days or more during which the Soviet Union sought to move into the vacuum with an offer of ala to neutralist Fra- mier Souvanna Phouma.
The decision. to resume American aid-which amounts to about US$40 million & year stemmed from talks with Pre- mier Phouma in the Lao capital by State Department trouble- abouter M J. Graham Parsons, | nssistant US Secretary of State
for the Far East.
A FAILURE ·
Mr Parsons' mission had been labelled à fallure in some re- ports from Vientiane, the ad- ministrative capital of Laos.
THREE CHARGED that whatever influence the US
WITH PERJURY
U.S. TV
SCANDAL RECALLED
Now York, Oct. 17. The сам of the faked
television
U.S. Metals, however, said
brought to bear was in an effort to bring a unified effort by Lao mathoriting In their fight to maintain independence against Communist pressures.
Sufficient DESSUTENTICES were received from Premier Phouma so that the: United States could ita alt go thend and resuane programme, informants said.
-Most-of-the-September...pay- ments to troops which been held up Fre now au- And thorised for payment, stops are being taken to make the October payments by the and of this month,
POLARIS BASE
hád
The United States has dis- agreed with Premier Phouma in the timing of his peace talkur, with the Communist-directed programmes Pathet Lao guerrillas which "Double or Nothing" that are now underway—AP. last year scandalised America, including Prosi- dent Eisenhower, bounced back into the public eye today when 20 participants from who had gained US$500 to US$220,500 on the programme wore charged with perjury. Among the accused were today: the throe whose winnings were highest: Charles Van Doren, whio won US$129,000 Honk Bloomgarden (US$98,000), and Mis Elfrida Von Nardoll, (US$220,500).
Mr Frank Hogan, Manhattan District Attorney,
announced
that the 20 persons were sc, cused of having given false and corflicting testimony before a grand jury in September 1953 and July 1960.
Washington, Oct. 17. Talks atmod, at establistunent of a base in Scotland for U.S. nudear submarines armed with Polaris missiles are contbruing hore, authoritative sources said
The sources said the talks would possibly last another fow weeks-Router.
Ships fogbound
Pori Said, Oct. 17.
the aircraft carrier Essex, on- Six American destroyers and
Canel—AFF,
Sapporo, Oct, 18,
If found guilty, they could toute to the Far East, were At least 1,000
hours today when a deriso fog students and be senterred to three years in mong 62 ships delayed for saven their parents were stricken prison “and‘a US$1,000 fint.—interrupted traffic on the Suez with food poisoning yesterday Ap after they attended a bazaar on Sunday at the Mombetan this Elementary School on northernmatt Japanese laland.
The *Mombels Health Institute said the victims, were Sir. Solly, chief scientifle ad-stricken after eating bolled fish viser to the Cabinet, will and noodles with, fried bean- negotiate for the Genie, a U.S. curd. atomic rocket, for use by the
The Genie
RAF Lightning-fighter.
Tile condition of the victims The Cabinet agreed to buy was not Immediately known, rockets only if Britain would be UPI. the of-Bat
allowed to manufacture atomic bomlan Davalry Wheel's thwart the power of the law, warheads for them, and Wheat had to get out. That is how it came to Browns
something that does not linikfly exist?”, Wheal's sumous In the West Sussex Counell was over hish wall he put up around his Bhornham bome. When the fou Donnell told him to knock It down, he refused, hoisted the Union Jack and proclaimed his home an Independent wikia. within the British Common- waslih, of course.
7 red herrings. Bolution by 11 bought up six empty vote armed a pürrison (of his
dofault is not good enough. The people of Hongkong by their afforts dosorvo better of authority, For it is re sidents not bureauerats who established Hongkong's proud achievements.
takes horo, proclaimed friends wiiz' - shotguns:... ATLIK Brownston his new capital, stationed a couple of rusted - old, armoured・・ outs. “ând n and announcedien no
All this properis was bought is Sherman tanky, relics of the the name of the Independent bi, warrin "the", gården. They siste of Bhoreham) The Urtea were b501 armed sk why just a gesture of defiahos-to' satİZOR)- tish Government does not re
iry homies dear." cognise it, so bew can youE SAJÉ ·
17th VICTIM
04
US. defence chiefs are reluct- ant to supply weapons on these
Briain to start work West Germans "gas centrifugo"
termin
Ifsis renovating one of his
collages for his wile and two method of making "atomic, Ex-The trazio explosion of an ar children,
plosives, and aro likely to ask The five others are for people the West Germans to link up who want to take out Bhore-on the work-London Express. ham na-lonality) BoMOMS Service.... "Tve⠀ been flooded with ap-
Frankfurt, Oct. 17.
Ullery shell which foll short of its largel xi su: Amerions army training ares'kiht month har claimed its 17th victim. Sgt. I/C Clarence C. Eğtand, 43, died on Friday in an Army hospital by Nuremberg A Greenland fibermon today abdominal wounds received caught a shoric whose atbranch what the eight inch howlizer contained a pair of women's shell exploded among cluster pantice, a pair of lives, a coal of tecite, ** the Army, announced Antidy, and half "asal AFP, Htoday, UPL
plications from prospective oltizons, Wheat" i kanotinendid |today,^«"Tkay) Inoluda... bank Pannarar and retired school tonatrag buffage 19 i "Tial T'm, afrika - thay siso in
chade my few: Lerunku as well”,
Copenhagen, Och 17
bt.
Over 3,000 dead
PAKISTAN RELIEF TEAMS
WORK NON-STOP
Dacca, Oct. 17. Rolief teams are working non-stop today ⋅ to bring help to strickon districts of East Pakistan wherd at least 3,000 people" and possibly: 'many more perished in last Monday's cyclone and, tido! WAYS.
· Even a week after the event, primitiva con- munications caro hampering their efforts to reach the remote Inland hamlats in the Ganges delta which bore the brunt of the dliaster.
Telegraph wires have been cut and a trickle of Information about conditions in the "area" is reaching Dacca...Reuter.