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ENG

NEERING EG

US Presidential

Election

TRUMAN TO WAIT AND SEE

New York, Mar. 24.

A majority of experienced political observers here be Beved today that President Truman will not announce whether he intends to seek relection until

the

Eisenhower-Taft issue is settled.

The belief is growing that if the Eisenhower for President bou becomes a "band-wiggon," Prezident Trunum will withdraw from the presidiontis) ruer..

That decision is pure likely 1 h after than before the New Jersey primary election, eine to be held three which is

preft-

weeks from tomorrow.

The gitnaries make a

minary election of candidates.

If

My

Senator Robert emcute virturious over Genebi Eisenhower for the Republican

is believed That ticket, it T.twit will seek the Domn- „eratz“ romination--which is by for the asiting. the Garral

win President Truman would probably not stage a campaign

a third term, TENTATIVE

ANSWER

This is a tentative, answer to one of the two que tiens poiju- val ob ervers were seeking to-

arising <lay and

from thr Democrat and Republican pr -sidential --- aspirant!..campaigns.

preceding the La conventio::s the final seketion.

party

national Juty to make

It was di gloved povlay they General Ei enhower said in

an

the

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TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1952.

Aircraft Display On New Carrier Man

Murder Charge Behind. Closed Door

Counsel Queries Procedure

he

Mr E. K. L. O'Reilly, Assistant Director of. Criminal nt the in the witness-box Investigation (Kowloon). Criminal Sessions this morning, in reply to Mr Justice Gould, declared that every Police Station in the Colony hadi à charge comm which was always open to the public. The charge rooms were mainly used for minor offences, such as hawking, obstruction, and offences of that nature. "off the sourd" interview more then do resta ago that

in the and would like to tell you all The qustion arose United State muin 4 adopt the waere stata puhees of Bitin, | Shamskipo murder trial when about it." Whereupon accused The Geral the inter- ir V. L. J. D'Alca, Counsel was cautioned and made a short

Kuve

Witness said view before he became Suprent for the Defence, wked why it statement.

was necessary to lay a charge handed a pen to the accused Commander of the North Atlan- Ale Army. Today,

murder against an gerused telling him that if he wished th: Unites

to write his own statement he Sases News and World Report, a person in a roam with the deor

could but the accused replied wly news magazine, publisher closed.

that he knew very #te the interview with permission.

Chinese.

same procedure WAR The adopted when the accused was formally charged with murder. The accused was quite normal and quite calm, he said,

Mr D'Alton put it to witness that the offer of a pen was

that Restion to the necusett

In it General Eisenhower de- el "1 think we have drifted 400 far to the so-called 'left' ro;

Americana have that many

of the future, genuine Ivar

kind of Amerin Is not the

Steialism. country thral ncpds We can achieve whatever Tê- forms we need without such a radical change in our eronemic set-up."-Reuter,

A Victim Of

[

Arr: to explain this pro- endure, Mr O'Reilly stated that it wa.. customary when a per- with being charged son was

as few people | murder to have as possible present, and that should be done in a room apart from any other public place in order that there may be, nu allegations of other detectives. or persons being prosent in the that the acetised

Circumstances A

We

...ber last year.

#

Mr O'Reilly gave evidence of being present when the accused

charged with murder, wus

Vickers supermarine jet Attackers recently gave a display aboard Britain's latest aircraft carrier, the £15,000,000 HMS Engle off Spithead. Picture shows a view of the flight deck, with some of the Attackers in the fore- ground preparing for a take-off,

Steam Roller Hits Cars

A Public Works Depart ment steam roller and three private cars were involved an accident at Jubilee Street at about 11 o'clock this morning. No one was

in

injured.

A Hillman Minx was pinned to the pillar of house No. 6 by the steam roller. The left hand side back-dcar was dented, Its Class

window was shattered, and the back right wheel dis- lodged from the axis. The two other curs sustained slight dam- age to mudguards and bumpers.

,

then

own vicinity, of

he ought to make a statement. Witness denied this and sold it was threatened at the time.

was customary to offer a pen. Mr D'Alton: I suggest to you

GENERAL PROCEDURE that in fact it would have been

Asked about the closing of more proper to lay the charge

the witness replied the door, in the Charge Room in a public ;

that I wa the general pro- place?

It appeared that the steam Mr O'Reilly:

I disagree, Mr cedure.

witness roller was further,

turning to Jubilee Questioned

from Queen's Road Mr D'Alion: 1 say that your replied, "We don't want to be Street

interfered with or interrupted." Central and in coming down Mr F. Br, Senior Marine reason is totally inadequate.

Me D'Alton: Did you see any the slope, slipped and hit Oficer, went

Mr O'Reilly: 1 do not spree. to e assistance

On trial is a hawker, Hu Kiu, intimidation of the prisoner car parked on the right hand

side of the street, of a 67-year-old fisherman. Sha'

It then swerved

The Witness: No,

to left and pinned Yuen, who was charged before charged with the murder of a take place in your presence? Mr W. Sprague at the Marine Woman, Lai Choi, 42, who lived"

the Hillman. Minx. to the front Court this morning with carry in a hut in Sam Ching Village,

of G. Jubilee Street. The first ing live children in excess or Sham, huipo district, in Decem-

hit car surged forward from the the 20

ats junk persons

In reply to Mr D. E. Green-impact and struck another cur allowed to carry.

DOOR CLOSED Earlier this morning. fater-field, Crown Counsel, who is damaging its back bumper, and Saying that defendant was a

prosecuting, witness said that suffering a slight dent to Liเท of circumstances, viellin

nothing occurred which Mr preter Brett told the Court that some-Shamshuinn CIU, testified that

make him think the statement 18 he was in the time ago before he left on on January

was not voluntary, fishing expeditio he went to insa. Seage informed the detectives eqneral office when

Mr Greenfeld: There is the Marine Department to have the number of children in his accused and another suspect of then went lience altered Lom tight to five his identity. They and furbbel the Marine into Inst. Scragg's office and the with dour was closed. Present only- Department

ware Insp. Seragd, the two men photographs of the five chiltrai, The clerk in his department and witness.

Insp Scrogg informed the as Auck off the number "g" but failed to replace it with the cused that he was making un- quiries into murder and number "5,"

Sub-Insp. Kong sild he wour thought that the accused might recept the explanation and Mr us able to assist. Accused, maili Sporque discharged the defen-witness, replied, "I am the only clant.

man epucerne in the matter

The thirty-fourth (E) in the weries of lessons in Cuntouvre lu be broadcast over Radio Hong- kong by Mr S. K. Len will be given this evening at 0.30

For the guidance of Isteners

below a summary We publish of the lesson. Summaries of sub- Aquzny kernwil be pub ished a the China Mall every Tuesday and Friday for the dūrėtion of this radia feature.

Lesson 34E

A Story (Refer to page' 96. "Cantonese Simplifled"\"

Vocabulary:

110. 420h(2). Early,

Combination dee{ti. (Note

4. Dzah(2)

Earlier,

General Expression:

Dutta (1)in 13)jue.

Shiu-sheung,

Radio

would

own mudguard.

charge room open to members of ·ATTEMPT· TO the public in each police sin- Lion?-Yer.

ils

And it is not the sort of place STEAL FAILS.

where

person should be charged with murder?

His Lordship; That is a matter of opinion. You had better ask Is the general ure of the charge room.

The trist is proceeding.

what

Motor Junk Short Of Officers

Mak Ming-cho, 52, master of

(2) (2) (3islate. Hy telephone the motor junk Shing Lee, was lo try to contact is friends to ask tment to rive him some food.

13)haam-31bang (3)fang

don(1)

Boed $175 by Mr W. Sprague at

24. (3)Dron-(3)ha! (2)kul-(3)day the Marine Court this morning (3)wih (1)m dük(1)-(1)hoon (al for being underway without a cen13) (2)kul, But they all sald certificated coxswain and with- they were too busy to come to see out a certificated engineer.

im

20. Cum(2) (2)kui (ajdzsu (31dzve- Sub-Inspector. Kong Sal-Jun gay(2) huita) wunzi (21k-31day. sald defendant was intercepted Consequently, the (then) went him

in Kowloon Bay while coming to inok for them.

For attempting to steal money from the handbag of a woman, and for breach of a banishment order for life, Lau Bing-yung, 34, was sentenced to eight months by Mr Oswald Cheung

Kowloon this morning.

at

Inspector Jones said the at- tempt to steal the money was made in Prince Edward Road while the woman was waling for bus. She felt a move ment and on looking down w the defendant's hand inside her opened handbag. The defen- dant then ran away but was followed by the complainant who summoned the Polleo and had him arrested,

"

Unmanifested Cargo

•Refreshment headquarters

DRINKS

Coca-Cola

Guilty

Found Of Arson: Bound

Over For A Year

Found guilty by a Jury by a majority of 5-2, Li Yuen, 41, vegetable gardener, charged with arson, was bound over in the sum of $1,000 in surety to be of good behaviour for one year by the Chief Justice, Sir Gerard Howe, in the Criminal Sessions this morning.

The Jury of five men and two women deliberated for 50 minutes. In returning their verdict; they unanimously recommended leniency.

In passing sentence, his Lord | he was taken to the Polles Station, ship told the accused that this was an offence of stupidity and folly rather than criminal. I was not the purpose of the law to destroy a family life that had existed such as that of the ae- cused.

Revival Of Horticultural

Society

Attempts are to be made to re- suscete the Hongkong Horticul- tural Society which has been dormant since 1941.

he

Dealing with die "statements made

Living Language

Why wo say In the nick of time.

Formerly, when the mass of people were more Illiterate than they are now, sticks of wood called "tallles" were used by gang- foremen to record- the- attendance of workmen and the pay due to them. Such sticks were notched or nicked, and to arrive "In the nick of time" was to arrive punctually.

Mail Notices

Latest

times of posting at 0.2.0. and at Kowloon Font

registered articles and Harce) mála clos спе kour eariler than the ordinary mall tlines shown below:

TUESDAY, MARCH 15

By Air Malaya, Ceylon, Pakistan, Middle East, Africa, Great Britain, Europe. 3 p.m., 3.0.A.C.

Formosa, Japan, 5 p.m., Airways.

That

By Surface Macao. 12.30 p.m.; 6 p.m., in Lee Boatsk Sang

Indo-China. 35 pan. m Elbeth.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26

By Air Philippines, Guam, Tinwalt,

but according to Inspector Chan's evidence he did not consider the accused was under the influence pi drink at the time and his breath did not ameli of liquor.

It was because of what the accused sold in his clalement that the Inspector 1ook the serused to hospital.

The Chief Justice wanted ao- CORRECTS IMPRESSION cused to promise him that he

Hi Lordship corrected what he would mit himself to drinking (aaht might have been a wrong im- only out-quarjør, of the bottlepression he had created when In future. The accused readily had remarked to Dr Scriven

that he Delenco witness).

(lbs Judge) did not wish to criticise save that assurance. Justice referred to the question

In his sening up, the Chief anyone when asking the witness to an opinion on what kic екртела

the accused at the hospital This was decided at a meeting of motive and dealt with the thought the doctor who had examin- have noted. What he held yesterday evening, when the complainant's relations with his should

fellow-villagers. He said com- meant, his Lordship remarked, 1d0a was discussed by Messrs plainant might have acted p:o question, was that he knew doctors when he asked Dr Scriven the J. w. Kerr, R. E. Dean, H. C. Margrett, D. E. G:cenfeld, Lan vocatively, but it was not provo- were very reluctant to criticise another. The tests carried Chan-wok, Andrew Tre, F. P. cation which justified anyone one

docier were Franklin, H. Kadoorie, A burning his house down. Mr out by the hospital

the obvious ones to employ, and his M. Braga and Col, H. B. L. Dow-Chen, for the Defence, had ea- finding was based on his observa-

deavoured to show that the tions, said the Judge, biggin.

not accured, in particular, had Of these, only Mr-Andrew been so badly hit as some of the by the accused, his Lordshit said it. Canada. Tse and Colonel

Dowbiggin other farmers, and the evidence were members of the original he brought in support was that Society, Mr Тье was Hon. the accused, besides obtaining his and, has kept u water from a water course run- watchful eye these past years on ning through land occupied by the Society's funds, so that it the complainant, also had re- now has a sum of almost $2,000 course to water from a high level with which to get going.

of ground by means of a

pipe, It was decided, at the invita- Counsel further suggested thatWhat might have been very im-

night have portant evidence all the tion of Mr Franklin, Managing had more reason to be angry and Chan. The Inspeolor was not asked

farmers might other Director of the South China Morning Post Ltd, to hold a public meeting sometime next month in the Board Room of the Morning Fost. Here, a general committee will be decided and a plan

upon, an of action arranged. The Coretalter's which consists of Messis Ka- doorie, Kerr, Tse, Greenfield and Denn would be grateful if any- one who possesses the old Rules of the Society, Minute Books, trophies or any such thing of interest, will get in touch with

Treasurer,

to bear

with the accused over Commitice

an-

Youth Commits

8th Offence

"matters.

ALIDI DEFENCE

fared that the accused was care- exonerate his family from blame, especially as his son was in the police station with him at the time. That, to his mind, his Lord- | ilup remarked, showed no under- standing of the situation. Dr Scriven had also given its opinion that it

would have. made a sinliar state- was improbable Uist the accused ment some 20 hours later and yet not know or 11.

for the Defence had never been out to Inspector

CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE ANSWER

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Formosa, Japan, 2. a.m., CAT. U.S.A. Canede, 2 p.m., “P.A.A. Malaya. Indonesia, •Australia, New Zealand, 5 p.m.. C.P.A,

Japan, Korea, 4 p.m., 3.0.A.C. Formosa, 5 p.m.. WAYS.

H.K. Alr-

By Surface Macao, 12.30 p.m.; 6 p.m., an L.co Hong/Tak Shing.

China, People's Repubile, 4.m, train via Canton,

830

Malaya, 2 p.m., as Bougainville, Indonesia. 1 p.m., as Tikampek. Formosa. 2 p.m.. sa Shengking.

THURSDAY, MARCH 21

By Air

Slam.

Burma. Pakistan. Daara. Beirut, Great Britain, Europe, ¤ ̧ a.m., vis B.O.A.C.

Indo-China, 8. p.m., Air Vietnam. Philippines, N. Borneo, Bo... C.P.A.

By Bufac Macao, 12.30 p.m.; 6 p.m., Lee Hong/Tak Shing

0.30

China, People's Republic, a.m., train via Canton.

Malaya, Burma, 10 năm.. us files, Japan, 10 am,, as Glenroy.

INTELLIGENCE TEST

SOLUTION

all the dive friends CDF B. and their vocations bedfb. Now consider 1 and 2 Neither can be cor b (whom they meat in 20 the doublest or diabsenti, Thero- fore, since only ong at the five is the namesake of his vocation. 13. Su t and Fis

a grudge against the

In cross-examination whether he had complainant than the accused. Al asked the accused's son, when he visited_the_hụt, where his father the same time, his Lordship was. The Defence was that accused was drunk and had descended un- pointed out, the Jury had the evidence of the complainant that | steadily down the ladder from the he had frequently

cockinft where he slept when the quarrelled Police called. Had it been out to various inspector Chan if he had asked the boy where his father was and the boy had answered that his father was drunk and he feared he would fall if he came down from thi The Dafence was an alibi--| cockloft, that would have been very that the accused had never set was drunk. The only evidence as to strong evidence indeed that the man fire to the hut, but was asleep the amount of liquor the accused in bed at the time. It was when had consumed was given by his own the Jury came to look at the called on behalf of the Defencely one of them.

The date

two statements (made by the for the proposed accused) that the question of musle meeting will be

drunkenness nounced later.

arose.

It was not challenged by the accused that he had signed those two state-

1. An ostrich egg. 2. The ments, but he said that by reas son of drunkeness he did not Black Sea. 3. In South and Cen-

4. A musical in know what he was signing. He tral Africa. further claimed he had no ee-strument with. wire strings collection of anything for five struck by padded hammers, 5, days after taking the liquor, 4 380-mile Strait. at the Dealing with the law in re- Southern tip of South America. gard to drunkenness, his Lord-6. A character in Mary Shelley's Only two months out of gaol, ship said that drunkenness which novel of the same

Voention. name who 19-year-old Kwok Yan-kau, ap- caused a person to do an act did was destroyed by the monster peared before

Oswald not excuse him from liability, he created. Often wrongly used Cheung at Kowloon this morning but if a person' was so drunk as the monster's name, for stealing property from the as to have a defect of reason recreation ground in King's Park that was an excuse in Law. yesterday.

Anything less was no excuse...

Referring to. the Inspector Jones said that the

medical defendant had seven previous evidence, his Lordship said it Convictions for stealing and re-

was agreed that at 4.30 a.m. 30 the accused sisting arrest but was not ex-on December pelled because he was a Hong alcohol i 100 ce of urine,

had 180 milligrammer 01 kong born resident,

Juvenile Welfare Worker,

If he had stopped drinking at Mr Cheung, said he knew the

0 p.m. tho evening before, as the Defence claimed, at 10.30 boy well. His father, a rep.m. he must have been con- wood dealer, wanted to keep siderably under the influence of the

boy home but the youth al-

drink. On the other hand, if ways got into bad company, Hehe had taken a lesser quantity was recently sent to the re of liquor than the amount he formatory.

allegedly consumed (nearly a Inspector Jones added that the whole bottle of Chinese wine) youth stole a shirt, a fountain around 2 o'clock in the morn pen and $60 which were left on ung, he would, at 4.30 a.m., still the playing. dela by a foot be found to have 180 baller.

grammes of alcohol in 100 co of urine.

The defendant was given four months and placed under Police supervision for two years.

Radio Hongkong

*11.K.T.

and

milli-

PROSECUTION'S CASE

The case against the accused rested mainly. I fact entirely, on the statements, his Lordship "con. tinued. Inspector Chan had mid He found certain things in accused's huts pair of wet shoes, cotton waste and keroscne--but 12 must be accepted that all thom things were ordinary things which the farmers of that village powersed if they 6.62cept 6. Programma Bammaty!

pigs, and it was - quifa Peter Yorke and 31 Concert normal for cotton waste to be found Orchestra. Vocal: Slave Conway adhering to the soles of shoes if a 8.30, Cantonese by Hadio given by

perwors worked among cotton waste 111 Lee Wai Lan and B. H. Les most of the day. He Lordship sald (Bludio); 8.50, short Piano Etecital by Elicen Joyce; Time Glenal, put in Botto prove the case he thought those exhibits had been World News and News Analyst against the accused but rather to

· (London › Relay)}|| 7.16, Orchestral show that if the accused had sat Belections: Tho, - "Down Memory fire to the complainant's hut he had Cheung Pau-ping, 49; was Lano presented by Aileen Woode

everything in his own house, to set Bludio): 7.9, Weather Report; are to the hut in the way he was fined $50 by Mr Oswald Cheung

From the altorials (Recorded Re alleged to have done.. Mat Kowloon this morning for; | Jay); B.10-Box 100. Bert Gillette at

As for Mr. Chen's contention that a coxswain and engine importing two parcels contain

the Consolar 8.30, Take it from hare nobody (BBCTS) with Joy Nichols, pick.com WAR: BOEK. „running away hoh(2) (2)lohl3)-ngawal(3). He said or when she cleared port on ing 80 lbs of ellver plated

[the #oene of the fire," his Bentley and Jimany Edwards;

Lordship saka it was quite possible billion, being unmanifested Vocal, Roctial by Frits Philippabern

(Bam Baritone) with Plano Accent for anyone to run away before the partment by Moya Res Produc complainant was awakened by the fon. Studig) 9.20, Andre Host burning, wood. Cotton wasts soaked trackling' nolo made by the fire labinz “and his Örchestra; *-920,

laser did not make such Mudiral Notebook presented by "The

nolso, ang ik might be inferred that Revey, Father (AT7Bran, B. (Studio): 12 Light MURES, 10.30, at logst, two minutes elapsed before London Studio. › Recital · (BECTS) the fire set the woodwork alight Alan Loveday (Violin); roderick and caused the noise, Vaba Blone (Piano); '11, Radio News Rani

The · Defence had contended – that

· Inspector" "should have Cecorded Relay); 1116. Goodalght the‚Í'olics

1120, Weather Report, God taken themocomodi (straight, 'to; Save The Queen: 1120, Cita Downs. hospital for an examinations, before

(2) Kul won 31-dal(2) (1) In from Swatow with a car une friend-(2ya. Es found of vegetables yesterday.

31. (2)icul

(3)wab: *(2)Naw bont

"I'm very hungry.

za, Talog(a) (á)any bay(2), des[])

(2)ngaw

SAMLES Please give me some

yohוב!

19. (3)Daan-13)hat (2)kel-gawi

(3)WAN!

had

The

14.

and engineer returned to Hong-

Mendant said' his coxswain cargo.

An

(1)pung-(1)yau

"DWE

kong after the vessel left Colony The metal was found in aj (15m-(3)fuet But his friend said: "I waters because they had no empty cabin on board a ship

beg your pardon),

34. (2) Ngaw (2)yes-ging(1) (3) papers entitling them to enter which arrived from Singapore Borry, shik-jaw(3)(3)taan lok(3), rve to pick them up again when he went to the Revenue Office and Chinese territory. He Intended į lust, Thursday. The defendant ready had my meal,

35. Deem (3)-guaya(2) (2)nay (1)m returned but after failing (to claimed ownership of the metal £1, **(2/itul | dah(2)-(2)deen-wahizi dzolia)-deg!|!). (1)lal nehi (Nets meet them he came into the which ha said,' was used for wun() 17)-deet1). (Unung (3)yau, 1 8), Why didn't you come cater?**

| harbour under tall. (To Be Continued)

decorating puppets. ting (5) Hieuf«(3)day Bayjaj der(1)

Excure me, Pardon me.

A. Story: (Continued:

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GLANCES

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*The" nomesake of his own rOCK- tton is Mr. Curter.

London Express Service.

By Galbraith

BY

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