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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1947.

Today's Events BARRISTER TESTIFIES FOR PALMER

C.W.T. Case

Case Comes To An End Cross-Examination

Coming Events

June 12King's Birthday Parade,

Happy Valley. 19.30 n.m. June 12-Seventh Extra Race

Meeting.

June 10--K. & Whampoa Docks

annual meeting, noon.

June 20-Dairy Farm, Ice & Cold

Storage Co. Ltd. annual meet. | ing, 11 mm. June

List 26 Sandakan

& Power Co. (1922) Ltd., mmual Jurthur, nupt.

S.N. Juzte 27 Indo-China

Ltd., annual general meeting

noun.

Chinese And Memorial Fund

nzerve,

Cn.

Of Defendant

Alfred Brian Palmer, Marine Superintendent of CNRRA Waterways Transport, was, accord- ing to Mr. J. R. Jones, Barrister-at-Law, and former Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Council, regarded with the higliest esteem and respect in Shanghai, so much so that last! autumn he was approached by the Shanghat Club to take over the Secretaryship. Mr. Jones who said that he knew Mr. Palmer very well from 1932 to 1939, was giving evi- dence before Mr. W. A. Blair-Kerr at Kowloon yesterday at the fourth day's hearing of, the

BIRTHDAY PARADE

The "China Mail" Tearus that no school children will be taking part in tomorrow's=" King's Birthday Parade, nor have any arrangements been made for achanol children to attend.

At last year's parade, some 6,000 children from the unris qui schools gave an exhibition ሰያ physical training and gymnastie' diaplay na the march past took place. Their diaplay was very favourably commented upon.

charges of fraudulent conversion of CWT Sessions

funds, amounting to $7.614.45, and larceny of CWT materials against Palmer.

#hut."

Case

READERS' LETTERS

Rain And Politics

Sir,That acoma a good a heading n anything on such a foul day, although admittedly crib from that delightful book Love and Politics

Wax,

face with the mars of people of China today. Friends of China who have, or had close Chines friends, consdie themselves with the thought that it is the scum that always rises to the top; init ro mucti when, aurrounded with

for a decrut seum, one's hopes China almost drown in despair. It Auitors seems that China today

outstandita from one of her trails-or

or virtues that age-old refusal to mind anyone's business but their own, or their clan's. The clon today has become the nation other's and Chinese are so intently' on- Reneral agreement with what gaged in chewing each

off, that they have no time anil but was slightly indignant lo look around the work to e- because I compared Hong Kongquire what other, members of the with a typical Chinese city. But family of notions are doing why? A typleal Chinese city is

Somebody enid to me, Why don't you follow up your last letter on retori local politics! The obvious

Why the devil don't you? Hong Kong is full of grouchers About various aspects of life here, hut nobody does Anything about it, or comes out in public, but only go on grouching to their nais and to Me Something cucht saying. done about it. W.P.C. who did come to light in

Int

he

Except

an agglomeration of individuali- tle human beings.

order.

cars

In

this new post-war world. One day and may it not be too late--

ove," they will wake up to the fact that squalid, na everyone rushes with American help-whleh China

dirty. in

his way, regardless of every other 1. or feelings. perron's rights that not a fair description Hong Kong today?—be it said to

our shame.

EVOT

лп over- The story of haw a rice shop

suffering from

such could have had if she were not fakt, who was mistaken for his

complex- whelming inferiority Asked why he did. not sell the master, wo kidnapped, taken to

of Japan is on her feet again:-Th other stuff. he replied, "It a cave and inter rescied by he

inare efficient and industrious thats might have come round to

police with his ankles chained und

before, or than China can locked was told at the Supreme did not believe I had au- Court yesterday, when pine men

There is no difference between hope to be until she comes to her thority to sell goods, but neither appeared before

Mr. Justice the arrogant Individual in his 2 or enres and makes up her mind to ket down to facing facts as the 4-piece chair, bambuoing his way. did I believe 1 was doing any-Gould un charges of armed rob.

really are and not as he would with raucous shouts, through like to think they are. When that the thing wrong," he replied to Mr.bery and the taking and detention crowds and pushing them roughly day comes, China will have to

Lonsdale's question as t of one, Chow Chung-yin.

out of his way, and the equally face the unpleasant consequences whether he believed his duties The defendants were Yeung arrogant individual b + vulgar

A meeting of 32 hurat Rierary, industrial and business associa

Mr. A. Lonsdale, Crown CNRRA man nor UNRRA could tions. headed by the

Juterna Counseh assisted by DSI WJ. tell him. Hostal Linison Associations the Wai, appeared for the prosen- Chinese Women's Welfare Aï-tion, Mr. Leo d'Almada e Cass sociation. OversPas Chinese tro. instructed by Mr. F. Zim- Extention Association. Kow

mern, defended. Jon Chinese Chimber of Con- San Min Chu I Youth Care, Hong Kong and Kowloon Chap Vis Labour Association and Chinese Manufacturers' Association was held at the Kuomintang Offices House, yesterday afternoon to

contributionR for the War Minuring and

In the course of his evidence. Mr. Jones stated that Palmer was the Chief Steward of the Shanghai Club

during period that he was the Secre- tary. Defendant was response

|

Marinable for the general maintenance included the authority to dis- Chi-ching, Yuen Kum-shun, Yuen | chromium plated car, demanding of having allowed the world to

and running of the Club with

distens the question of raising the exception of accounts which pose of surplus stocks.

Fo

& Matthews, the Hon Trea surers of the Band, All subscrip tions to the Fund will be paid' in dirvelly by subscribers.

WAR MEMORIAL

FUND

Puklic subver(jakog trevived for Ch Bolt Krom War Memorial Fund pesters day we adores e n1 25.12,63 of War cand e fomber Toofs "Bouth China Mor is

WILE

BAN M.P. Semler Fundi

Day' * $1 in Bat

48.C.M.), Mosley Band), 2597.17; Wing Kee & Co.

63,25,- Closteront, $255 Anonymints 19; Mi

Isa, 127966, Captažu mud Mrs. Wetton 42, Wetting Be wary, $100; Mr. and Mrs. Vouri, 71%; 6.M., Wang & Co. $59. Herns on Enteral Traction Con, $10; 1s studimir, 31% Teal, $39jchool.

fun. Kung faserng

Unable To Understand

The cross-examination af Palmer by Mr. Lansdale was then continued.

Defendant declared

350,254 65, Borelved to June 2, 1179,400. pleasures."

Cinema ental, $240.019,36,

.

Just what the Doctor

and

said

No Surplus Cash

The case for

Inmates into

Was

by some

and

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streets, but what we

can

the

пи

judge her for so long, by Chi-ming, Hui Yung, Lai Chot and namediate pussage,

pain of noisy rabble that have been al Paimer declared that his auLam Pul who were charged with death or disablement, through the lowed to rise to the top. What willy parrel good then will the were the responsibility of the thority was a very Bexible unit. armed mobery at 35 South Wall streets of Hong Kong with one of polennous and that the thought of selling Road

and on March 25

the those raucous Secretary.

crica do to the Chinese people? American electric borns. Vulka dreided

Finally, one abre appeal to the 1 was anaimonsly

Palmer's general reputation anything was furtherest from kidnapping of Chow. Tsang Wal.

toys for vulgar people,

contmilers of our distiny. Fur that an appen) be made through was excellent. He was ex-bis mind. His sole idea was to keung and Yau Ken were ad.

to Surely W.P.C. would not clan to the oral ceedingly

heaven's sake di something the Kuomintang

efficient In his keeen CWT going and he only ditionally charged with the deten-

that the bountiful blue-prints of

stop this infernal, ear-splitting Chinese populace for suppert | duties" fin A WAY that vot sad the goods when all other tion of Chow Chung-yin.

wonderful Civic centrus, we use!

racket that exnaperates of Mr. The Fund and that

The necused were not defended, things done and done quick-f resources falled.

to hear about, repterent workers, and house dwellers alike. Robert 1.. F. Chang, the Chair-ty without conforming strictly When asked whether he had The case for the prosecution was

Chinese city No; undoubtedly

It's fine to noop 98 opium ders mat, be entrusted to enrry out to formalities. His manner was any authority to sell goods to conducted by Mr. A. Clifford as Hong Kong is a typical Chinese and to chase the dear girls off the

which may informal.

Private any arrangements

nil shoul city, and the fact that it is su. is a individuals in Macno.sisted by S.i. Matches.

that to the power-

is in The necessary. conjunction

the Crown was standing disgrace Palmer replied in the affirmative.

really like to hear about have Hingham

noise-makers, some of these with Messrs. Lowe,

Accounts Not Honoured that on the night of March 25, that sught-to-be, who

several robbers cantered the rire quickly slipped back into the bai whether horn-honkers or tuo vucal He reiterated his previous

#k shop at 35 South Wall Road.ld laisse-faire, pre-war ways, hawkers, have been finger-ptinted claim that he only sold the Some were armed with revolvers and have entirely failed, except on and warped that the next offence

What that he goods. to supplement

will mean banishment, CWT's

and others with daggers. They paper, to adapt theruselves or was unable to understand Da-¡ payroll, and that Capt. Hutton herded the

the their methods, to post-war condl- the reason for the continuance of

tlons.

this Infernal din? la it. merg vidson's mentality in backing of the BH, "1 Hung" was kitchen, where they bound and down after he had promised to most indignant

I said above that nobody here slackness on the part of the when he was gagged them, and then ransacked dues anything but grouch in pri

nowers? $10,000 to the premises.

Surely not that they way that the car was his if ones able to raise only

vnte about the many abuses crys connol "afford to get up against tioned by anyone, Davidson. pay the wages of the crew.

On leaving the premises the ing aloud for rurene. ma semebody or other? Or is it just said Palmer, was well acquaint- fapt. Hutton returned

the robbers, thinking Chow Chung qualify that and I take aff my hat Maskce, we're in a nice quiet dart ed with the fact that he (Pal- money two or three days later, yin, a foki, was the master of the to the worthy individual to spare of the town; to hell with everyone mer) had a car and had even be added and said that as the shop, took him away. Chau was his blushes I won't mention his else? I would suggest that the off Bach. 433, 23.06; Bone finns metalle naked nossas gaz ship had always paid its own taken to a hillside and put in a game--who had the courage to army of "raiders" be taken

Palmer way he did not ace chase a car for him,

why, the cave where he was Imprisons take action against one of those their cushy job and be put to to unable to was, however,

re- crew could not be paid in full. for two days. He

blind. blatant ten-money racketeers, and.

take all notse makers and at Sun, Mr. Ante Mr. Wong M member whether he had told

In reply to Mr. Lonsdale's fokled and his feet were chained not only got his ten-money bar the streets with full powers

but got the office too Well done. read-hags, of every description, ta Davidson that the car they were question as to why he did not together.

Robert. I would like to think Central finger-print them; con- The Palice, on information, later that you were the frat swallow seate their electric horns, ur raf mal Mrs. EAT. Fincher, Site; Jobs riding in was the car intended think of raising the necessary

funds by calling in some ac arrested, several men and were that presages the glorious summer tles, and issue them with for the latter.

Palmer

the cave that taken to Davidson and he had been counts,

..or of of a war-lo-the-knife against all, official warning, Either The captive was approxi- them.

still the foul brood of racketeers, friends for many years, hat UNRRAowed CWT

Only then

the injunction been in the Volunteers together, mately $36.000 for a long time bound with the chains and the pimps and collaborators that in- R.I.P. mean as much to the living

1 fear not. contribution, and had shared "worries but had stalled off payment all keys to the locks are said to have fest this eity. But

not as we hope it does to the dead. the time. Palmer agreed that it been found on one of the arrested When one hears spoken of

Incidentally, moter cars are not openly all round the town of what are the only offenders with their ser When the present case he might be customary for Chinese men.

firms to honour their accounts |

Articles stolen at 35 South Wall supposedly powerful land-owners tric horns. Ships are now cum!

with thu came a Court matter, sald withefore the Chinese New Year. Rond are alleged to have been and property owners,powerful, ing into the harbour

the neas, Davidson was terrified and

found in possession of some of at least, judged by the profit accursed things; and telling said that he was going to the but," he added, "CNRRA is a Police Station to back down. Up Chinese concern and they did the accused. The case is pro- they make out of long-suffering world about themselves. Before public who should be standing the war there was a regulation not honour their accounts to seeding this morning..

out fearlessly for fair treatment that before 7 am think it was to that time (May 5 or 6), Da-

43."

and elementary justice, weakly vessels should sound their vidson had not paid anything

refusing to take any hat an op. whistle, when leaving the wharf. for the car and sọ rightly did

portunist line because they en' An excellent rule which unfor- not own a car.

"afford" to get up against some tunately in now forgotten, or temporarily,

and

supposedly. Ignored.. powerful interests one

despairs of the crowd-the okt gong-that The case for the prosecution in runs this place, and Intes hope, the summary proceedings against Cheung Tal-kal, 41, Sanitary De. why it was left to an individua! Incidentally one can but wonder

Ferry New Order partment faremon, charged with to take this action? Surely the In reply to Mr. d'Almada, demanding money with menaces andlord was not in Ignorance, Sir-Every morning when I am Paliner stated that when Col. and conspiracy, ended before Mr. blissful or otherwise, of what was going towards ibe Star Ferry Wells told him "we put people Sainsbury at Central yesterday. going on in his properly. If Wharf at the Des Voeux In prison for this,” he wùa un-

Cheung is alleged to have con- Why?; if not, why no action on side of the Ice House Street, Col. der the impression that

with Cheung Wing-tot, who, knowingly or otherwise, run to the Wharf us fast as ir Wells was referring to his hav- clerk of Sanitary Department | ** in sold materials without pro- (who has jumped bail of $2,500) quienes in this tea-money squeeze were running the Hundred Yards per authority,

is an accessory to the crime, or Dash at the Sports in order to and demanded from S.D. drivers whatever it is called. I kink catch the boat when I nee the After a lengthy submission various sums in order to enable that if he were made responsible red light signat in front of the by Mr. d'Almada that the them to obtain, or keep, their for what his tenants did in this ferry wharf is on. So far every Crown had not brought forward employment.

squeeze business, we should soon, time am auccessful to get to the Cheung any evidence of intent to de

Was alternatively see the last of it.

Wharf before all the passengers at. prosecu-charged on four counts of fraud, and that the

One reads that a clamour is have come out from the boat and tion's case amounted to at the tempting to obtain bribes from again raised to Give back Maca should have ample time to get in

to China.

Does that mean that but because of the New Way of very most one of suspicion, various drivers, Mr. Blair-Kerr announced that Mr. C.A.S. Russ defended the Give back Hong Kong demand Order put up by the Authorities he would deliver judgment at Cheung, white Inspector W.N. has been dropped or only that

**** of the Star Ferry am kept at the clamourers

think Macno is an 9.30 a.m. on Saturday, June Darkin prosecuted.

one of the three "barrier easier mark, and look upon it a3 14.

At yesterday's resumed hearing the first step in their campaign to

ta trance" to wait. three more drivers gave evidence get Hong Kong? It seems a pity I notice I am before time at and alleged that Cheung demand that one has never seen reason the time I reach the wharf but I ed monthly contributions from ed statement explaining these de- um not allowed to pass the barrier them for the sake of keeping mands. All we get are emotional until that bout has left and so I "a friendly relationship."

appeals to nationalistic sentiment miss a ferry and that means The hearing was adjourned to emanating entirely from persons am, late by: Five to Ten minutes 2.30 p.m. on June 24 when the who would be far better employed when I get back to office. I dare defence will open its case.

in serious study of how to get China out of the ghastly mess they Five to Ten minutes in the is in, and how to make China. a morning mean an awful lot to Three "unauthorised postmen" and fit for normal people to live office workers. were fined $3 a letter when they in. It would serve these people

May be the Authorities of the Very, Flexible Lackis, V. Umuldi. 3.8. Blemingham. pleaded guilty to the charge of right, if they were taken at their Star Ferry have many reasons to The welder was sold, he said, Mr. and Mrs. C. Rogers, R.C. Patterson,

conveying letters into the Colony word, and Hong Kong, and Macao, do so but please also do take this because out of the 20-old cases Penisula Hotel departure (Monday) on Jung 9. Si Waller

And Collins, were handed back to them. But into their consideration!" dumped on the barge without JL. Kay, 0.. Hartines, Mr. and Mrs. prosecuting, salt that Au Fong one can only be amazed at the should their New Good Iden" of his bring told anything about oukon, Mrs. L. Thickett, U., Rea; N.H.T. had 40 letters in his possession effrontery of auth demands, with keeping order be not changed may it were three or four other maker, A.G. Payne, T... Moodia, J.L

Bennett, 1 McMahon, R. Talbot,' F.D. und Kok Wing.fuk four, while 12 the condition of Shanghai, after I propose the ways of "in" and welders. When asked what the Burgess, T.W. Lamborn, FA, alner, w.ff. Jellers were found on Liti Tsan.

few months of Chinese control. "Out" be changed over so that goods

kam. were for, neither the Jewsday, H.F. Nizhalia, IL.15. Blevene,

visible to. all the world.

Bad and lax as conditions in passengers may not be kept out- side even if they have ample Hong Kong are today under Britime to get in and to see the forty tish rule, they are a sweet and leaving with disappointing eyes peaceful dream. In compartion

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"So Much Junk"

He ha only sought authority

He agreed with Crown Coun sel that the financial situation

of CWT improved considerably

on one occasion to sell some sur in February and March but it plus stocks, declared Palmer, still did not have any surplus cash on which he could really

and that was when he wanted to get rid of some lubricating oil which the engineers complained was of the wrong grade and which was costing plenty of money" in godown rent.

The reason why he had an plied for authority on the oc- casion was that the oil was sent them unrequested and he was desirous of finding out whether Shanghai wanted it back. -

When questioned by Crown Counsel as to why he did not Heck Shanghal's authority for the sale of other surplus goods, Auch as the welder and lathe, Palmer retorted that Shanghai had three barges which chock full of materials.

"UNRRA in Hong Kong have so much junk that they could supply the whole world and still | have a surplus.”

were

On Crown Counsel remarking that that was

draw.

ÁRRIVALS AND DEPARTURES

Peninsula Hostel zazrivate Monday-

a matter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Pitman, Mr. K opinion, Palmer Invited Mr.

Helag, W.), Galalis, Mr. and Mr. Rd. Lonsdale to have a look at "the Crakan, . Bentham. Misa J.M. Morgan, slacks and acres of them tunt Mr. & M. Gateridge, D.A. Fafer.. Lleur have been here for a number of Cel. H.C. Kerr, F.A.C. McPherson, Mme. years."

POP

SOMEBODY' MUST HAVE

TOLD HIM

THAT IS HIL MÉRTS

JOB LOUIS

Fourcade, RIL. Radi, Buntari Singh. Dat. can Kingh, Shib Blagh, Para Herb, 15,

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of our

CHEUNG CẢM TIN wealthy collaborationfate that ta- day take their lordly ease in Hone Kongl

Arrested in possession of 10 What a

pity it is that some taels of raw oplum at 7.30 p.m. power cannot rive the Chinese the on June B. at the K.C.R. Station, gift of aceing themselves as others Chung Chung was yesterday and see them in some ways, such a!$1,300 (or att entha hard fine race, with such areat, and

long record of civiispa life behind labour in default) by Mr. Tatl- them,, it requirea a keert sodbe, of: met. R/O Paulio sold that the objectivity to realise this fact | drps found”, hidden Inha when continually brought face, to market of trult, whAD

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