THE HONGKONG-TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1949,
More Evidence For Defence In PI Jewels PWD Trial
Continuing his evidence in his own defence at the Criminal Sessions this morning, Arthur Frederick May, 41, electrical inspector, grade I, told Mr Justice Williams and the jury that a suspense account which he had sug- gested had been approved by the Secretary of › State but had never come into operation.
The purpose of the suspense account, he said, was to put the labour on the jobs against the account and then debit the cost. It would also give a very accurate distribution of labour on the jobs.
on
he went May explained that before leave, when he was at the Wanchai workshop, Except for a few particu. there was an audit.
As a result of lare it was quite satisfactory. that audit he recommended that a suspense ac. count be put into operation,
it ap Lordship
ruled
that, lions.
Mr Clifford: In your system
what wor the 4150 Inventories?
of
then were Inventories details of the suspense account started and carried on up the
time of the Police rak, were irrelevant and that it was not necessary to put the repart before the jury.
Is on trial with Kwok May Kwong, 47, foreman, on three charges of larceny by publir servant of electrical equipment mid three of falsification documents with intent fraud the Government.
fa
evidence
not
the inventory?
the
Returned From Japan
Manila, Mar. 11. Jewellery the families of belonging to Jon Laurel and Camilo Osins, which had been held in custody by SCAP headquarters in Tokyo since the end of the war, was formully returned to the owners' by President Quirino yesterday.
Dr Laurel was President and Senator Oslas Education Mini- ter in the Philippine govern- ment during the Japanese occu- pation. They went to Japan during
American the conquest of the islands.
TO
Both are candidates for Na- clonalista Party nomination for President this year.
nak! newspaper Mrs Laurel reports of the jewellery's value were exaggerated, but she rid not estimate the true worth of her jewels.
onty said, "My regret is I have not been able to recover the old love letters my husband wrote me
Mra Oslan
of
by
to Lee Po-shan to carry out the time-keeper. Teo duties would sign the dally labour dis tribution and job reports. May added that offer his instructions he assumed that Lee was forming his duties as laid down.
and that his instructions being carried oul.
рега
were
The daily labour distribution returns were made each moni
President Quirino has urged in May replied that stores were
Philippine representatives the Government Japan
to isten transactions ordered from
for the restoration of other stores at North Point and when of the job
completed the wng
Philippine properly held du- inventory was signed by the SCAP-United Press.
clerk. The occupant of
should check cut Mr A. 110oton. Crown building, he said,
ns5/s1l Mr J. Counsel,
the installations. The Inventory by
conducting
included everything except wire, Johnston, ASP, is the case for the prosecution because it was impossible for while May is defended by Mr anyone to sign for, say, 1,000 A.J, Clifford, instructed by Mr yards of wire, without it being
measured in their presence. Kwok J.C. Stewart.
Mr Clifford: In your opinion legally represented.
check of that Resuming his
this would a further marning, May described the dis-wire after I had been put up tribulion board and said that it be a good thing to bring Inlo showed the distribution of la bour throughout all the jobs in hand and was an indicator us to the progress of the work. also indicated whether the job, was being done fast or slow and being whether the jobs were done according to turn.
The board included workshop and men maintenance men,
staff.
were There clerlent
May added that on one occa- for the specific instructions
with regardi fo the sion he happened to go into the foremen
There was no store and noticed more material board, he said. need for an attendance book and lying around than should be, he (May) had not known of the The room was full up with piles or two existence of une. It was intro- of stuff all over the floor and
only one there were arrived al duced before he Hunghom workshop and there racks. He also wrote a note to was no place for it in his system Wanchal about returning stores various jobs. With regard
whatever,
I went
"NOT ECONOMICAL” Mary: It would not be
proposition. The economical cost of measuring might be less than any wire that might be missing. H If there was any wire left over the foreman would re- turn the surplus to the stores on
stores order note.
dis.
ingt by chargehand. They were then handed to the time- make out keeper who would
labour distribution the daily and job reports and sign them. to was the foreman's job
for jobs under, n restall men
this was im- chargeband, and
on the mediately noted tribution board.
The
chart attendance also entered up by the time- his duty and I was to check the attendance against keeper,
Labour distribution the daily
by and job reports submitted the chargehands. When he re ceived the reports the following
was
to the drawing of stores from morning. He then signed them It would depend en-; said May. He signed without of men looking at the date or the de-
important
Lalls contained in
During
was A
the reports,
Anna May Wong Returns
Anna May Wong, Chinese flm actress making screen comeback, talks with two dwellers in San Francisco's Chinatown, near which her new plc-
ture is being filmed.-AP Picture.
Russia To Spend
Her More On Armed Forces
20% BUDGET. RISE
Moscow, March, 10.-The Russian Finance Minister Mr A. G. Zverev, told Parliament to- night that the Soviet Union plans to spend al- most 20 per cent more on her armed forces this year than last year.
1
The new figure is 79,000,000,000 roubles -the equivalent of £3,500,000,000 at the Russian official exchange rate.
Netherlands Blamed For
Mr
►
Britain To.
Stand By Transjordan
London, Mar, 10.-The Brl- Intended to tinh Government carry out is treaty obligations under the Anglo-TransJordan treaty, the Becretary of Stale Relations for Commonwealth Mr Philip Noel Baker, sald In the flause of Commons leday.
He would not make a state- ment about the present position
of port in the TransJordan Akaba, where British troops are stationed, **
The Minister made his stale- ment during question Ume.
when he told the House Unt the
it Government had Briffsh
formed
the Commonwealth Governmeris of its decision to
send force to Akaba,
They were told that this hnd the been done in response to request
the of
TransJordan Government, made under the terms of the British treaty with Transjordan, which sgiven the Arab State the right to call for military assistance.
"As the other Commonwealth Governments are not parties to question of in- this treaty, no viting them to participate arese," he added.
Lund Winterton, Conservative. asked
would If the Minister
that make it perfectely clear Britain intended to carry out "what- obligations her treaty ever
opposition may be those who have racial allations with Israel."
from
the
Mr Noel Baker: "It is quite in that the British Govern ment do intend to carry out their treaty obligations."
Harry Crooksbank Captain
could the Minister osited f
on the make any statement present position in view of the "rather alarming statements in kome newspapers today."
Mr Noel Bnker replied: "I think had better not do that. lenve it to the I had better Foreign Minister."-Reuter,
BUNCHE'S WARNING
Rhodes. Mar. 10-Dr Ralph Bunche, the acting United Na- tions Mediator
for Palestine.
tonight
warned Israel
and
Transjordon
that he would
the
charge them with a breach of
Security Council's
ccase side carried on military activities in the Akaba arca of Southern Palestine.
are resolutions If either
Dr Bunche's warning followed Zverev announced the Iargest budget in the Soviet complaints by Transjordon of Jewish land and air activities Union's history.
Inside Arab Legion territory in It provides for a revenue of 445,208,000,000 roubles during the area north of the Red Sea, where the frontiers of Trans- the current calendar year Jordan and Palestine meet. nn expenditure of 415,355,000,-
Transjordan charged that 000 roubles,
with Jewish troops. equipped
armoured vehicles, corresponding Agures jeeps and
to within pencirated
35 revenue; hud roubles. 408,400,000,000
ex-kilometres of the town of Akaba,
-Heuter, Lake Success. Mar. 10-The penditure: 308,800,000,000, rou-
strongly bles. United States today criticised the Dutch for their Mr Zverev revealed that the
NEI Unrest
The last
year
were
from
"Before
teave. Wanchai, an
number when I was at Wanchal store tirely on the said May, "there was na atidit employed on any particular job. and except for a few particulars
When he first went to Hung- as it was a daily routine.
SUFFICIENT CHECK A: A it was quite satisfactory.
ham, he was told not to bother
May declared that he con- recoffe result of thet audit I
with office routine at the time,
of labour all tech sidered his system that suspense ac-but to get on with
•mended
sufficient nical work. He issued Instrue distribution count be put into operation." "NOT RELEVANT
tions on
on July 22 when he found check in Hsell.
form.
the relevant period. When asked by Mr Cufford that a very
was to give detalin or that account, namely, the lorry log sheet he he went on, he never visited the same job twice in one tiny his Lordship interjected to say, not being used. that details of this were not
Was surprised that these
Besides making visits, he had
forces on her armcd relevant to the case.
portant check on trips manther work to do, such as de- Indonesian leaders to Jogjakarta.
and told the United Nations the last year. and also the carrying signing.
(A budget proposing a total lurries. Log books were being made out at the time.
electrical installatinuation of guerilla warfare in
penditure of about £10,200,- including £3,500,000,- way also read-out-a-notice, out of inspections of all Go-Dutch were to blame for con-
hat the rich East Indies." Kwong and Vernment- signed by Kwok
tions, or anything which
Mr Warren, Austin, American 000 for armed forces. Is pend- your others, in which it was stated to do with the Electrical Offlec.
When
on that work, he had delegate in the Security Coun lag in the United States Con- will that there would be dism sout if
Iteil. solidly backed the Repub-
gress. The Britis jobs. little it were found out that returns
to check time also dificult to do so be- lie's stand that it could was also difficult to Mr generally were being made in
tentionally false,
Mr Chiford: It was approved by the Secretary of State but it-le-not-working..
His Lordship: I rule that de-
May
were
not used and they were in m-unless it was very important efusal to return the Imprisoned | Government spent 68,000,000,000!
not
roubles
Tough Time For Troops
(Continued from Page 11
"In such circumstances, milltary very high state of effelency In
May added that the log books cause there were also contrac- nccept the Dutch invitation to budget calls for £750,000,000. the use of weapons, in physical
ter men at work, and unless he identify his men. could! he did not know who they were. Quoting the job at Kai Tak as an example, May sald men
constantly being were
are
tails of this are not relevant.
Mr
Before Clifford: Lordship gives a ruling your Lordship hear met Lordship: Yes.
No exact comparison is possible fitness and personal courage is His
at the negotiations resume
between the military budgets necessary. The living condi- Clifford.
Mr Clifford explained that
lingue while its leaders were
of the three great powers on Lions for our truups, even when resuming au-
not in action, not as satis- available information, there were allegations that the was made out by the clerk, Le
prevented from
of varying facto
I should like al working system at the work- Po-shun.
This is because LOG SHEETS -
thority in their capital.
cost and he was i
factors, the different
every attempt is being shops was loose
Mr Austin spoke in reply to Referring to the instructions that that was why suggesting
ilems included in the military made to improve them n statement by the Dutch re- Dr the to the office staff, May said he
presentative, J. H. had Mny
recommended
vanbudgets of the various nations, stampense necount. His submis-had found that the log sheets ferred from one job in another,
were not being kept. He went A total of 82 men were applied Royen, that the return of the and insufficient information on
we Indonesian President, Dr Ach- these factors in Russia). sion was that May was all the
of the to
there thal job, but the organisation
col- tighten
and his to time tryint
Kowloon allice, and began, a never more than 25 men work- med Soekarno,
"would day and the leagues to Jogjakarta Fysici
disaster and only to Tis Lordship: It never came system similar to Dat in force ing on any one
gures also Buetuated. It was lend In the Wunchal workshop. The suspense into operation.
He found that instead of one, therefore impossible to, notice chaos." account was suggested by May
man doing the job of time- whether three or four men were and it was sent home.
Mr Clifford;
keeper. three were so employed. missing from the job.
The trial is proceeding. He thereupon gave instructions
very best.
the
into
dle his May
Replying to his Counsel as to the purpose of the suspense necount, May said that it was to put all Inbour on the jobs against the account and then debit the cast in order to get n very accurate distribution of labour on the jobs.
Mr Clifford then asked if he could produce May's report on this account but his Lordship ruled that it was not necessary before the to put the report members of the jury.
Mr Clifford: As your Lord- ship pleases,
Continuing, May said that without the suspense account the did not system he evolved
abpear to be very good, but with the suspense account it would be Food.
"DRONES" LAID OFF
୦୯:
Mr Clifford then asked May about the laying-off of workmen and May replied that casionally in the early days after the war they found that men were working very much slower than before the war and it was necessary to stand-off "drones." Jie suggested that this should be donc.
Mr Clifford: Did you เปร make a rule about workshop joba?
ali hnd May: They
Job Hunghom -numbers. Actually
was not a workshop in the true sense of the word.
May read an instruction to foremen stating that no work was to be undertaken unless This was signed authorised.
Kwong, amongst
by Kwok
others.
May said that up to the time be arrived at
Hunghom in March no inventory, had been taken of the electrical installas
SIDE GLANCES
trans-
By Galbraith body in the river bed."
ŠOPR, 1949 HY MEA BERVICE, UNGỦY, MA PRÓ, Ü (
"I'm surprised at you, Coorgo, picking on a smaller boy--- you get right up and come home with me this minute!”
and
"When they are in action, the conditions are, I am advised, as bad us can be experienced any-
the Nevertheless, where. WHOLESALE COSTS
of all these difficulties, our face of Mr
Zverev's
announcement troops are performing their park was made in the presence of with great vigour."
Joseph Stalin, -1
the House to vote Asking Dr van Royen saki the return Prime Minister
£304,700,000 for the Army for of the Republic would bring First Deputy Prime Minister V.
Deputy Prime the coming year-compared with "swift kidnapping in the night, M. Molotov,
million £360
(including the slashed throat, the stab in Minister A. I. Mikoyan
supplementary request for £55 the back, the ambush on the other high Soviet oficials.
The
session milion) for the current year. Parliamentary lonely rond and the mutilated
gave no indication of last week's Mr Shinwell said that the nezd other Western Union He urged the Council to take Cabinet shift which relieved Mr of the
for equipment 10 his Government's new plan to Molotov of his duties as Foreign
In the Minister and Mr Mikoyan of his train their forces is so urgent transfer "sovereignty"
Minister of Foreign that Britain may have to draw United States of Indonesia by job
Bath Trade.
accompanied substantially on her Own re- this summer, a your earlier than
Stalin upon the tribunal. 1950, deadline set by the July 1.
Mr Zverev said much of the Britain has already offered Council resolution
increase in expenditure for the certain types of equipment sur- January 28.
armed forces is accounted for plus. to her immediate needs, INDONESIAN CHARGE Indonesia's representative, Mr by high wholesale costs, due to he added. Reuter.
the abolition of state subsidies. L N. Palar, charged that the
The Soviet Union's "polley of Dutch were trying to set up a world
the
of
03
so-cutlet "sovereign" Indonesion declared “ce" will continue, he
to return to Jogjakarta.
The day's only other speaker tary
was Mr Carlos Romulo, of the Philippines, who strongly sup- ported the Indonesian position. Several speakers were still to be heard when the Council net- Journed until Friday moming. india will be first at the next raceting.
Press.
Australia Seeks
countries
serves
Radio Hongkong
· JUST
the
federation. that would not be
The Finance Minister then de- truly sovereign.
livered a sharp attack on the He added that the Indonesians United States, He blamed would not close the door on America for the present troubled
12.13. Cathollo Prayers by acceptance
Dally Programme (Studio) 1 Light Variety: 1. of the invitation to international situation. Unlied Rev. Father H. W. Gallagher, 83. attend the Hague conference. States military expenditure In summary; provided the Dutch changed this year's budget was 15 times
Accent on Thythm (BBCTB): 1,15, and An- their adamant stand against al- higher
Weather Repart Nowe, than in 1937, Mr
1.23. Interlude: 1.30, lowing the Indonesian leaders Zverev sald. He also criticised
nouncement, Close Down. "Mule for
4. Britain for increasing her mili- Programine Summary: 601, expenditure-Associated Children's Half Your The Story of Music in England during the Jast Four Hundred Years, written by Ituth Kirby (Studio); 0.15, A Con- cert by the Puplis of Maryknoll Convent, Studiofi, 0.30, Cantonese by Radle: Given by Miss Lee Wal Lan 8, K. Lee (Studie); 6.50,
11 Orche Charles Blindwell and tra: 7, World News and News 7.15. Analysis (Landun Relay):
7.20, (Studio): Preview 10-Four Sports Mar.
From the Gal- chief engineers from Austra-Variety Dandbox.
ders Greet Hippodrome, London Ha's State Electrical Commis-
(RACTS): 0, "From the Editoriale ion are leaving for Britain this
(London Relay); 8.10, "The Man Bayers. 12th Play (Final) The King Comes to 111 Own" (BBCTS) 90. Light Plane Parade: 0.15, lere Comes the Copper by Henry Wade. Read by Chilford Davies Istidio): 9.35, A Short Programme Newsrnel. (London Relay): 16.10, 10.10. The Old Weather Report;
of Rocking Chair A Programme
Plant In UK
Melbourne,
Mr Austin closed his speech by saying that the United States Armly believed that the Council's flouted resolution of week-end to buy £2,400,000 Born to be King by Dorothy L January 28 "represents a sound worth of electrical and practical basis for u just briquetting Arms cannot sup- and leating solution of the In- donesian question."
plant.
If British ply the orders in time
coal
they
The resolution called for a will be placed In Switzerland of the Musle of Bach: 10, Radio
of the In- and GerANY,
cease-fire, return donesian leaders, to Jogjakarta The engineers plan to spend
and transfer of sovereignty to another £2,400,000 on special ocfime Melodies and Songs, In The independent Republic of the brown coal briquetting plant troduced United States of indonesia by in the Anglo-American July 1, 1950-Unlied Press.
of Germany-Reuter.
zones
Stone by Christopher (BICTS): 10.45, Music for Dancing: Close 11.15. Weather Report and Down,
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