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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1951.
Arsenal Take Over Leadership
Of
First
Division:
Few Holiday Upsets
Sentenced
London, Dec. 26.
The Christmas holiday soccer
programme
"British Spies" produced three changes in the leadership in the English Leagues. Arsenal, with three points from their two games with Portsmouth, head Division 1 over Manchester United and on goal average Portsmouth.
Londen. Der. 26.
A Bulgarian court today scalesaced to death four of
10 men recused of spying fur Britain, America Tarkry.
the
and Bulgurlan
lows agency reported.
The six other men were sentenced to prison terins
six 40 ranging from
years.
20
All were charged with Terimbal activities aimed
al
overthrowing
Lis
regime
in
Bulgaria."—Revter
tegitimate
Surgeon Commits Suicide
two
Cardiff, also with three points from games, lead in Division 11, while Brighton heads the race in the Southern Section of Division III.
Lincoln, alone of the four leaders before the holi- They are still day programme, retained their place.
at the top of the Northern Section.
Chaty
Paxam IX
ף גול!
Trint
Tuls Kajal the
peats From: The
SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division "A"
Pat k in-Big 1 Saturday These Manche City, Birmingham, Diventi, and
Itendang
Th
games
Gat mabunt
Ex P
Wicks Prkn
Dundee Division "B"
Dunfermine
2
1:
1. pres
IRISH LEAGUE
and fled
from ne
Artis
Bangor
Ballymena Coleraine
3
Distillery
3
2
Derry City
Very 34
Consaders
i
Cliftonville
Glentoral. Portadown
4
fuuach]
1
BOXING
I
and, in the North of England auditions geneally were god dening the holiday
nd en
were des start PIR Ban mal
Twelve
Chelsea, Lercester Cay
Glenavon
Reuter
DAY GAMES
Lalon. Bec 26 Thr following were The re Cay sul's of football matches played
tay
Detroit, Dec. 26. The body of a 26-year-old
Manchester
over wver and Japanese surgeon
Cox putry over
. Black peal tearher was found in a semi.
Boy, Birtonghan over Rother- kneeling position on a blood-
Shipton over Brent | Derby
Gilling-Fulham soaked bed in a receiving lord, Colchester OVE hospital here yesterday.
He
Was
identified
Manor Wada, of Tokyo.
Ilse
Detective Kantzler
YORK
medical
parently committed a
version of hari-kur
First Division
2
Liverpool Huddersfield
ihan Newport over Shrewstery, M'enester C
Roading over Altershot,
3 Mchester U
3 Chelsea
Dr
welch
A 23-
Nor- Middlesbro Brighton Newcastle Ipswich, !, (༥༠་ over Crystal Palace, Hartirpouls Portsmouth
G: msby ad Man dia d い Said Bad
Srun laod pe. 124078
3 Stoke
2 Sunderland
2
1 Arsenal
F
Preston
31
Barnley
(postponed)
doctor's
Tottenham
31
TURNED TABLES
Kantzler said that twr: small incisions, evidently made by
razer werd
Maglyr
3
the man's
femoral They
the New prod arteries, mang him to bleed to death On the beat attendants fourni a razor blade.
One of the biggest turnabouts.
of results was the clash between Exeter
Torquay ano
2 Charlton West Brom 3 Bolton Wolves
Swansea
3 Bury
Doncaster
Villa 1 Second Division
Surd
· Coventry a. m. 1ay Turquay dowy 4-6 at Exeter, but to- | Everton slay the best Exeter 5-1
On
3
www
1
Huil
3
Watford, beaten theme by
Leeds
2
Leicester
yesterday,
Luton
0
West Ham
Notts F.
22
Sheffield Wed.
Queens P.R. 1
Rotherhain
}
2 Northampton
On a bedside table was a note
To the good people turned the tables
tant remi
I am sorry to have
wasted money.
of Detrol
Dr Warla,
of
2
WHE
with a 4-1 Nonmupton todas
10!
Birburn
Barnsley Birmingham
2
BALL LED THEM TO JEWELS
Four nine-year-old Kilburn (London) boys shown with the ball that led them to the discovery of a quan- tity of jewellery in Ravenshaw Street. They lost their ball over the wall of a furniture remover's yard and, safe containing a rusty going to look for it, found jewellery. The furniture remover said the safe had been in his yard for 10 years, and he did not know it
contained the jewels.
Conduct
Disorderly
During Christmas
Pleading guilty to a charge of, 22, of the Royal Uister
2 tsunderly cranduet, Juhu Thonias Concur, 24, ble bored seaman fol HMS Concord,
was lined $3 in $100 to be and bound ever
for one you gol good behavmatr
Min-shing at Centra!!
4 yesterday
"
1
1 Anoul owed inuen of the Sheffield U. Notts County 0 Fin pese aged Portsmouth
Southampton 2 weber
CN on 1 Third Division, Southern this the val of Freddie iv me country in October on a fellow, the right wout
medical fly
2
Plymouth Gillingham Bournemouth & ◊ Swindon Watford
It was said that 31 10.30 pami
Day. a rickshaw coolie Chan Tam-yee reporte
on Christmas
to the Into the
to the Pulice that while he was jeits Arsenal Siree; 2 rear the
opposite the China Fleet Club, a his rickshaw European pushed
hartur The com plainant then look the Pulice to the Fleet Club where defendani was identified. The rickshaw was later salvaged by a Naval launch and found to be slightly damaged. Defendant told the Court that he had had a couple of drinks and did not know what actually happened at the time of the in- cident.
R:entford
M)
Blood
and
He ng stranged through the State Byth games
An interesting feature of the studying! Departmen He was
that Was Division American surgical methods and First
defeat Middlesbrough's conducting research
Stake was their fest win since vessels.
September 29.
Scrond In Associates described the young
cheerful Retita hom's double defeat by doctor as habitually
light-hearted.
Aldershot
0
Reading
Brighton Bristol C.
4
Palace
I
Thivision,
Colchester Leyton Millwall Northampton Norwich
;
2 Ipswich
0
Purivale
Bristol R.
4
said that
The
XMAS DAY GAMES
Southend Torquay
3 Walsall
5 Exeter
1
London, Dec. 25.
the
Third Division, Northern Accrington Barrow
Darlington
3
but they magham sent them back to Shrewsbury 1 Newport
fwo eighth position. Reuter
weeks he had appeared depress- ed-Reuter.
U.S.
The following were
OFFERS results of football matches Bradford
TO PAY
HUNGARY
Washington, Dec. 26. The United States has offered fines
four pay the American airmen
$
to
on
by Hungarian military court, the Department announced
Stair
today.
The offer to pay
the Anes was conditional un the prompt release of the men, Mr Michael McDermott, State Department spokesman said.
played today:
Belton
Barnley
FIRST DIVISION
I 4 Portsmouth
M'chester C. 3 Derby Courty 1 Blackpool Fulham Newcastle U. 4
1
Tranmere
Gateshead
Rochdale 2 Oldham
Grimsby Scunthorpe Workington
IRISH
Defendant was also ordered to I pay $10 compensation to the
puller. rickshow
a1
Gur Willian. Rowley was fined by Mr James Wicks 0! $25
Kowloon on Boxing Day for behaving in a disorderly
also was
Rifles. were each fined $15 for disorderly The defendants were conduct. see fighting with other service- mh last Monday night.
Record US Steel
Production
New York, Dec. 26. American steel furnaces poured an average of 200 tons of ingots every minute of 1951 to produce a record total for the year of 105 million tons, Mr Waller Tower, President of the American Iron and Steel In- stitute, said today.
Seafarers Were Not Forgotten
Christmas was tradition- ally celebrated at the Sail- ors' Home and the Missions to Seamen when more than 300 seafarers from many lands were entertained Lo dinner on Christmas Day.
"Quality carries on”
DRINK
Coca-Cola
IRC GROUP IN COLONY
REPORTING TO
TOKYO
Six senior officials of the International Red Cross Committee, including medica! officer. arrived from Geneva by BOAC yes- terday en route to Tokyo.
They left Geneva on Decem- orders to go tu ber 19 with
Otto Dr Tokyo to contact Lehner, IRC delegate in Japan. for further instructions, accord- Ing to Mr Nicholas Burckhardi. and 16-leader of the group.
During the evening, telegrams London of greetings from the Headquarters, the Minister of Transport, the Colonial Secre- tary and the Director of Marine. Toasts were read and cheered. were drunk to The King. Folks al Hone. Folks at Sea the "People of Hongkong who had shown their appreciation of the seafarers' efforts by sending their donations to help pay for the Christmas programme festivities."
of
ptain W. Hosking voiced the Captain
guest: appreciation of all that
done by the
had been
the Missions
staff of to Scamen in or ganising the programme.
the Following
dinner entertained Christmas Variety "Flying of 14
were
Mr Burckhardt did not deny earlier speculation from Geneva that the group was expected to deal wil
with
matters arising from the exchange of prisoners of war between the Communists and the United Nations.
menhers The other five
the
LATE Committee
Messrs
Georges Hoffman, Jean Cour-
voisier, Jean Munier.
Albert
Cocatrix, and Dr Maurice Plot. They
Kui
Tak
Coca-Colu
Living Language
Why we say Canteen,
are
is
The army "canteen", a place where soldiers served with a meal, very far removed from the original "canto", from which the word is derived.
"Canto" is an Italian word for a corner and
is a "cantina" cellar or a "little corner" where wine may be kept. Later, food as well was stored in and served from the "canteen."
Notices
ú
Latest times of Desting 6.2.0
und at Kowloon l'ost
articles
Ofce; registered
parcel
and
one
hot? shown
malls close
the times than
Tarlier Durand.
by Mr Paul Blatt-
Mr A. and honorary delegate and deleg ne of the IRC in the Cotony re
guests
the
to 3
were met at
yes esttay
Tiger" troupe,
featu: ing the
the
mann
entertainers Included
Other
Ned
R group
Chinese Jugglers, acrobats and balancers from Shanghai.
H
Sparkes (humorous monologues), Mr- Terry Parsons (songs), D. Clean (Scottish ballads). the Rev. W J. Haig-Brown, Chaplain. (magician), and Ken Murray Peter Hubbard was al the piano.
60 Eve some On Christmas lange stockings, filed with use- ful gifts,
fruit and nuts, were distributed to scafarers in hos- Mrs Haines (Lady pitals by Warden) and The Chaplain, At
the Chaplain p.m
was "AL Home" in bis flat and entertain- ed over 70 seamen who "dropped for light refreshments and Indoor
games. ČAROL SERVICE Carols and hymns were sung at
Christmas Carol special servire at Christ Church last night before a full congregation. The singing was led by the St Cathedral Choir, John's ducted by Mr D. J. Fraser. The officiated at Rev. CF. Smith the service.
In a year-end statement, he added that the American capa- elty was expected to rise to 120 million tons sometime in 1953.
this The past production year, be said, mus several
the amount times
needed for ordered the
defence nobilisation pro- of the output Most was for uses normally regard-
of Part
the ed as
elvillan
economy.
man-
2
to pay $65 compensation to shop at 47 Peking Road for damaging a showesse 21 p.m. on December 24.
gramme.
be
Mr Tower sald: no question
to meet
Two other soldiers, Riflemen A. Lalther. 20 and T. Campbell, steel
2
2 York
Carlisle
0
'
Arsenal
Chester Crewe
3
Chesterfield
0
her. He
1
Stockport
0
Aston Villa 3
Wolves
3 Halifax
1
Bradford C.
3
West Brom
2 Lincoln
3 Wrexham
0
Preston
Charlton Chelsea
0
6purs
2 3
Mansfield
0 Hartlepools
3
0
6 Southport
1
Huddersfield 1 Liverpool } 3 M'chester U Sunderland 1
LEAGUE
3 Portadown
4 Arás
}
1
"
SECOND DIVISION Barnsley 3 Queens P.R. 1
Rotherham Birmingham 4 Blackburn Brentford Bury
0
Hull City
Coventry
3
Everton
1
Leeds Utd.
3 Sheffield Utd.
He added that the Hungarian Doncaster Foreign Office was told of the, Leicester offer yesterday evening but the Notts C. State Department knew nothing Sheffield W. about reports that the airmen Swansea
2 Bangor
Cliftonville Derry City Distillery Glenavon Linfield
Southampton 2
1 Notts Forest
1 Cardiff
had been or were about to he West Ham U. 3 Luton Town released.
The four men were aboard a
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTHERN)
C-47 cargo plane forced down Bournemouth 3 Leyton O.
by Soviet fighters on November Bristol R.
19 and were sentenced three† Palace
days ugo for violating frontier.
2 Ballymena U. 2
0 Coleraine
.8 Glentoran
1 Crusaders
Reuter.
Hit & Run Driver
Stole From
Student
as
now
"There can about enough defence needs forcecast, as well as other
steel 11905 of steel, lf companies are permitted to do the things of which they are capable."
Steel making furnaces operated at an average slightly over 100 per cent of the rated a performance never
But
For stealing $20 from o 15- capacity, year-old student, Tam Ngan. 35. before duplicated, he said.
did not yield output unemployed, with three previous convictions, Was sentenced to aggregate profits in proportion eight months and ordered four the increased volume of busi- strokes
out. Because of the cane by Mr ness, he pointed Poon Yan-hoi at Central yester- of sharply higher income taxes, net income of the combined day.
Another man, Mak Shun, 31, steel companies, accounting for unlicensed howker, charged with 75 per cent of the total ship- was aiding. abelling and assisting merits of finished steel; declined first nine Tam to commit
the crime, was 21 per cent in the
with discharged when the Prosecution months of 1951 compared offered no evidence against him. the corresponding part of 1950,
Mr Tower added.-Reuter,
0
A hit-and-run driver
!
Kowloon yesterday for failing to stop after a traffic accident.
2
Inca $350 by M: James Wicks at
1 Colchester U. 226, of 110 Canton Road,
4 Portvale
1 Brighton
the Exeter
4 Torquay
Gillinghaen
The amount of the
collectively imposed,
wad
fines,
the
▸ Norwich
3 Shrewsbury
equivalent of £44,000.
2 Bristol C.
5 Aldershot
2 Millwall
2 Southend U.
Watford
In a formal statement issued
here today, the State Depart-
THIRD
DIVISION · (NORTHERN)
Plymouth American newspapers and Reading - individuals, pending a Govern Swindon ment decision, have started to Walsall Taise the money voluntarily.
ment said that it had been the
was
0 The defendant, Ma Kin-woo,
The Prosecution alleged that ground
at about 3.10 p.m. on December along 2 floor,
travelling 1Nathan Road towards Yaumati 24, an off-duty Police constable
and
Police & Det.
constable last Monday and when near the n
arm restaurant he hit a walking along Morrison Street 1 Dairy Farm
who was near Jervois Street saw first de- servont
thefendant go up to Lau Kai-koung, 15, student, and put his left
2 Northampton 1)
constant and urgent endeavour Bradford C. 3 Hollfax
of the Government to obtain the Chesterfield 2 Chester ...... airmen's release,
Darlington the Gatenbead 1 Carlisle
Grimaby
The announcement of fines aroused controversy in the United States over whether the Hartlepools
siloukt pay the Oldham Government "ransora" Some quarters sug- Southport gested that the airmen should Stockport
rohr
He
ed in the middle of the
without continued but the uceldent wan
A
Careless But Lucky
"lucky to be alive
con-
Trygve Lie
Gives UN
Pat On Back
Paris Dec, 26.
Mr Trygve Lie, United Na- said tions Secretary-General, here today that he felt that dis- cussion in the General Assembly of the United Nations so far had been less propagandist and more sober and objective than in the past.
In a broadcast review of the Fix weeks' work of the General Christmas Assembly up to the recess, given over the Scandi- Lio navian radio systems, Mr summed
the achievements so
far as:
1. A slight
improvement
success
in
on
in the East-West tension.
the 2.-Partial
as much German question as the East Germans did come to the table to negotiate.
3. Continuation of efforts to help under-developed countries.
Mr Lie said it was still early to appraise the precise achieve- present General ments of the Assembly or even to state clearly Nations wil where the United stand when this Assembly is con- cluded.
But he felt that this Assembly had been different from previous ones in the sense that its tone had been more moderate.
This year there had been violent outbursts and fewer less "name calling" than in the past, Mr Lie sald-Reuter.
BANISHEE STEALS FOUNTAIN PEN
A 19-year-old unemployed Lau Kau was sentenced to four months by Mr Hin-shing Lo at Central yesterday for larceny od: fountain pen from a pedestrian Lour in Johnston Road near Barrow Street on December 23.
Defendant was given a fur- ther eight months for returning to the Colony ofter being banish-
cyclist was Jand, under cover of a handker- today" was fined $10 by Mred for life.
Ned by Mrs
Chamberlain' of / chief held in. his other hand, in- James Wicks at Kowloon yesfor- :
3 Royal Observatory, whe re-to complainant's jacket pocket. day for careless driving.
1150 In the ported it to the Police, 2
He was
scen
picking The defendant,
evening of the next day, the banknotes from the pocket. B
found the Police
deferidani sitting inside fits car and arrest-
4 Accrington
竹
3
Sounthorpe
2
od him.
Z Mansfeld T.
0
1 Rochdale
4 Workington
Crown A. be allowed to serve their sen romero B. 3. Barrow the Wrexham 4 Lincoln be jomish toncon and equivalent of the fines-Steuter. | York City1 Bradford
"It was a coveraly thing to do to drive off after hitting the
CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE Answere
1. 1952, 2. By crossing a wild
Lo Tin, 17, was following a bus which had mado a hand signal to turn right tuto Prince Edward Road from Nathan Road last Monday. He
beat the bus, and ignor tried to ing the signal, he overlook the vehicle, mitending to proceed
2 woman, commented Mr Wicks. California blackberry with ahead towards Latchikek
2 "Had you a previous conviction red raspberry, 3. Jean Faircloth.
1 for a similar offence, you would 4. Tichard Strauss, 1. A whitishi
2 most probably get a prison san- alloy of tin,, zinc and copper. 0. Qtence without the option."". | North Arrimaian, Europe and Asia.
hit the bus broadside.
Inspector Dewar commented that it was lucky that the de- tendant did not get run over.
INTELLIGENCE TEST BOLUTION
ainaa ench purece in Wo brothers-in-law. the five német Can be arranged oralloutly
Ppt Monner sprederick
must be Mr. K. so Mr. * fanbo Mr. O must be z to follow that Audewyland®- Dania) BROTEKSTILJ, Poprotively; à 'and's
And Nr. Thuribiwu, Christian
pectively
The group
Tokyo today.
will fly on
FIGHT ON A
SHIP
below.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27 By Air Indo-China, 5 p.m.; Air France. Slum, Malaya, Indonesia, PA.
D.in.
By Surface p.m: Tak Shing. Malaye, Burma, Noon: S/S HA
Macao
Ice
Japan, 2 pm 8/5 Malays.
Australia New Zealand, 2 S/S Taiping
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28
By Burface Japan, Canada, USA, 8 e.m.; Va
before MrPAL.
ar-
hawkers and Thirty-four wharf coalies rame James Wicks at Kowloon yester day for disorderly conduc!. They were arrested on board the 5s Hunam anchoring in the harbour are They were last Monday. cused of fighting on board the ship. Several of them appeared before Court with bandages on their heads, while two or three hed their hands bandaged
On application by Inspector remanded they were Dewar.
today for
until
quiry
further
en-
Radio Hongkong
H.K.T.
12.30 p.m. Programme Summary: 12.32, Stephane Grappelly and His Orchestra with Popular Harmony. 100. Light Musle, 1.15, News, Wea- ther Report and Announcements: 130, From the Thestre": 2.00, Close Dewn.
0.00 pm Programme Summary: 6.00, "I's Swing Time: 6.30. London Studio Melodies (BBCTS), Ray Mar- tin and His "Melody from the Sky" Orchestra with Jimmy Young: 7.00, Time Signal, World News and News Analysis London Relay); 7 15. Let ter from America by Alistair Cooke Recorded Relay); 7.30, La Demi- Heure Francaise. (Studio); 6.00, "From the Editorials" (Recorded Re- 8.16, Studto lay) 8.10, Interlude:
Betty accompaniment by
Plano
Formosa, 10 am: C.A.T Formos. Oxidawa. Airways
pa. H.K
Zoa-
N Borneo. Australia, New land, pm. QE.A.
Malaya Indonesia. Ceylon, India,
3 nm: BO.A.C.
Philippines, Guam, Hawaii, U.S.A.. Canuda, S Dm. P.A.la
Star, 5 pm F.O.A.B
By Surface Marna. 8 a.m. Hong/Tax Shing.
6 p.m.; S/S Lev
China, People's Republic, 830 train via Canton.
Indo-Ching. 9 : 6/8 Angelina. Japan. U.S.A., Canada, Centre) and South America. 1 p.m.; 8/5 Ainsk Bear
By Air SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29 Stat Malaya, Indonesia. Austro- lia. New Zealand. (Via Bangkok).
Middle India Pakistan, Buema East. Africa, Great Britain, Europe, 11.30 am; Via B.0.A.C.
S.A.. Canada. 2 p.m.P.A.A Formosa, 3 pm C.A.T. Japan, & p.m.; B.O.A.C. Indo-Chine. France. French. Nor & West Africa. B p.m.; Air Fraz.oe
By Surface Mama 8m: 6 pm: S/S Le Hong/Tak Shing.
China. People's Republic, 8.30 .. 6 m tralo via Canton,
Formoen..
S/S Shengking, Burma. India. 2 p.m.; 9/8 Nove
verett
Malaya, 2 pm: S/S Kwervang.
Canada, 5 p.m.: 5/6 Java Japan. Mail.
10 Indo-China.
Blus.
4.m.;
S/S
Бал
Concert. Evie Yuen (Soprano) with METHODIST Drown; 8.30. "Ray's Laugh CHURCH SERVICE
with Ted Ray, Kitty
ሱ
(BBCTS) Buelt and Fred Yule, Stanley Black 9.00.
and the BBC Dance Orch.;
On Christmas Day, a United Sports Review by Bill Phillip Service was held at the English » (Studio); 9.15, Thursday Serenade"
A Programme of continuous music Methodist Church, Queen's. Road Arranged by Betty Drown; 9.34. In East, in the morning, conducted my Library Talk by Demand by the Rev. J. E. Sandbach. MacCarthy (BBCTS); 9,50, Interlude:
10.00, Tonhalle Orchestra;
"At the The sermon was preached by Opera"
Act "Don Pasquale'
the Rev. G. M. Stevenson, and (Donizetti); 10.45, George Boulanger
the Rev. Sandbach read the and His Orchestra: 11.00 Radio News
Also attending was the Reel (Recorded Relay): 14.18, Good-Lesson. night Music: 11.20. Weather Report: Rev. Phillipson. Professor Gordon God Save The King; 11.30. Close
King played the organ. Down.
SIDE GLANCES
By
Galbraith
"It's perfume my Uncle Waldo picked out for me personally--Isn't that enough reason for bringing. It back?"
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