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Adrift From His Moorings

OME men will have you believe that they he have strangely whenever the moon is full, and others claim to be afflicted on mid- summer's night with a kind. of madness that sounds rather agreeable than other- wine.

The dourest Scut, should be his depart dramattenlly from normal - ways, will blame St. Andrew's night, and the Arab excuse any aberration from his

usual austerity by reminding you

that, just as Brazilian businessmen break out at the time of Mardi

Gras, so does

le when the feast of Id ul- Fir is being celebrated..

that All of which suggests most men have. excuses readily available for occasional irra- tonal behaviour,

Tom has, and though it is an unusual one, the evidence all points to it being valid.

•

OM is a dapper man, with

jockey and the deep, unfading And ton that holidaymakers

so elusive, but which is one of the perquisites of a Job that keeps a man inostly out of cloors.

Tom's job does that. Since 'he was 14 (he is just over 40

now) he has worked on

and about the Thames, spending his days, and sometimes, no doubt, his nights, in those little boots that dance attendance on the big ships that sail into don's river.

Lan-

He is a happily married man, with three children, and dur- Ing the war he served, giving every satisfuction, porat in the Air-Sea Service

Which is

a

cor. Rescue

back-

Fate Of

Wafd Party In Balance

Cairo, Sept. 23.

The fate of the veteran politician, Mustapha Nahas, a lender of the Wafdist Party and the very fate of the Wafd Party itself, which for the last 30 years has claimed to represent the majority of the Egyptian people hung in the balance today, it was lenin- ed in political circles.

A few hours before the Wald was due to notify Soliman Hatez, Vice-Premier and Minie ber of the Interior, of its re- organisation in accordance with the new law on political or- it Was informed Canisations. Ühere were "certain objections". regarding Nuhas position head of the party.

It was also suggested that Dr in the last Waldist Government, which was ousted

after from power

the Calro Black

Saturday" riols Inst

should

Le excluded January, from the party.

Abdel Sulouni Fahmy, one of the Wardist "olit guard", told reporters last night: "There is simply, 110 Wald without Nohas,"

Minted Salah 1 Din, Foreign

Не added: "No Watdist would think of the Wafd Party excluding Nahus And no Wardist would join another party If Nahas ceased to political leader."

be

A delegation of three leading Wardists, including Abdel Salaam Fahmy, sought an ap- pointment with Premier Gen- eral Mohammed Nagulb to "discuss the matter urgently."

Meanwhile Mustapha Nahas was awaiting developments in his villa in the fashionable gar- den city residential district of Calro,

The Wafd Party was recently purged of "corrupt elements".

former Secretary-Genera). — Reuter.

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1952.

Greek Decoration For "Monty”

Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery is welcomed on his arrival in Athens by General Kellaidis, Chief of Staff Greek Air Force (left) and General Grigoropoulos of the Greek General Staff (right). The Field Marshat was in Athens to receive a presentation of the Insignia of the order of George I from King Paul of the Hellenes. The honour was conferred on him in 1944, immediately after the libera- tion of Greece, but the insignia was not then available—London Express.

Five To

To Hang

Hang For SCREEN STAR Assassination

London, Sept. 22.

HERE

Among the transit passengers who arrived here from Manila in the President Cleveland this morning was Miss Rosa del Roserie, Filipina

screen stor

who is taking a vacation-trip to Jupan

Miss del Rosariu, who played the part of the seventh wife in and the King starring Irene Dunn,

of Siam,**

it's

WATSON'S

first for thirst

BRITAIN AND US REJECT SOVIET ALLEGATION

London, Sept. 23.

Living Language

Why we say A Pyrrhic victory.

Britain and the United States have rejected a Russian allegation that they have contravened the provisions of the Italian Peace Treaty by the new arrangements made this summer for the Anglo-Pyrrhus American zone of Trieste.

#

In identical notes delivered on Saturday in Moscow, both Governments rejected the protest contained in note of June 24 and laid the blame for any non-fulfilment. of the Italian Peace Treaty aquarely on the Russian Government.

The Anglo-American zone, known as "Zone A”, is largely Ilation in character and In- cludes the elly and port of Trieste. It has, according to the provisions of the Peace Treaty, been under un Anglo-American millary Gov- ernment since the end of the wir.

Itaitan

Laws

سية

4,000

Years Old Translated

Philadelphip, Sept. 22.

The new arrangements made this summer

a gave Italy greater share in its administra-

The University of Pennsyl- tion by the transfer of certain

vanla Museum sald today that administrative posts and func-laws written some 4,000 years tions to Italinn oficials.

Observers here considered that in rejecting the protest the British and United States Gov- ernments are clearing the way for the meeting of the Austrian Deputies Conference, which

has been

Monday.

convened for next

The Russian Government has not yet replied to the Western invitation to meet next Monday to continue negotiations on the Austrian State Treaty.

OBJECTION

dels. Previously the Soviet gation to the Austrian Treaty talks

by

ago had been the University cune/Dr Samuel Noah Kramer.

.It said the laws were some three centuries older than the legal code of Hammurabi, wril- ten by King Urammu, who ruled about 2050 B.C, over the land of Summer and the city of Ur In what is now Southern Iraq.

Dr Kramer discovered the code in the Istanbul Muscure of the Ancient Orient, on a tablet of clay that was unearthed 50 years ago by a University Museum expedition. He said the Code was in the Sumerian language on a tablet.

has objected to further, He said the prologue to the discussions on the ground that laws told how Urammu.over- an Anglo-American. adminis- came ocgression froin the tration of Trieste violated the bordering state of Magash, re- Italian Peace Treaty,

established Ur's former boun- daries and then turned to social

One Polish woman and four men are to hang for the assassination of a Warsaw Radio. com- mentator, according to a Polish broadcast today.

The Warsaw Military Court, which today the fim, "Anna. including Fund Serag Eddin, passed sentence, said that the assassins murdered said she had just completed two

Communist propaganda broadcaster Stefan pictures and is taking a rest be

fore returning

Consequently the Soviet au- and moral reforms. to the Phillip- Martyka, under the influence of the "Voice of pines in the middle of October. thorities argued that there would

The prologue also Bald be no guarantee that an Aus-Urammu established a uniform Miss del Rosario who divides America," the United States State Department

trian Trenty would be honour-system of Philippines

I weights and measures. her time between the radio service aimed at Russia and her satellites.

and saw to li that "the orphan and Hollywood, has played in a

ed by the Western powers. number of American pictures, the

did not fall prey to the wealthy and the widow did not fall prey last one being "American Gueril-

to the powerful." las in the Philippines" with Tyrone Power. One of her pic- tures, "Dinah", with Chinese dialogue was recently shown, in Hongkong

ground for one pleading guy Man Hunt In

ለዴ Tem did nt Bow Street the other morning, to the charge of being a suspected person Iollering with intent to steal from cars parked in the West End.

*

OST who undertake

this

Moor crime are feckless

youths 01 hardened minor criminals who-have in common.

was

Tom,

de-

the

with each other a highly veloped antipathy to work.

Yet there family man, who hardly knew what it was to be idle, mooch- ing around the side-streets of the Strand and the Adelphi, trying the door-handics of un- attended cars.

The police watched him nt it for 20 minutes and then ar» rested him, and next morning at Bow Street briefly told the Ntory Mr R. H. Blundell,

to

the magistrate.

"He says,

the policeman then went on, "that he normal- ly does not go out at

night, but that his wife and family were away hop-picking, and so le came up to the West End. There are two previous vletions against him, one for being in unlawful possession of old rope and the other for shoplifting a child's coat, The inst was two years ago."

MR

Blundell

con-

asked the probation officer, Mr Pil- grim, to talk to Tem, and after he had done so Mr Pilgrim went into the witness-box and

spid:

"It's muit difflcult to find out the real reason for. this. I gather that on each of the other two

times he

Wils trouble it was when his family were away."

in

came up and went to the pictures," Tom said.. "I just missed my train back at Char- ing Cross, and wandered

ground. The family's away,

"You can't expect your wife always to stay at home," the magistrate said, "You're doing. your best, you know, to throw away, your life."

Tom nodded in Bad

agree- ment. "I shall discharge you conditionally." Mr Blundell now

said to him. "Go away. dnd be ashamed of yourself

and behave a little better,"

And Tom went off to await

the return of his family look....

Ing as sad and helpless Da

amall, river oraft adrift

a from

ita mooringa and alone in the

broad, treacherous stream.

INTELLIGENCE TEST SOLUTION

London Expread Herode,

Singapore

Singapore, Sept. 22.

The prosecutor sak. The Voice of America" radio was the chlef culprit in the case.

Another woman and two other Search began today on the men were sentenced to lite im- northern parl Island for a small Communists

of

Jet Comet

Singapore prisonment and 10 years' hard Service For

group of have believed to

Labour respectively.

crossed the Johore Strait-from--The-eight-accused were charged the Malayan mainland during with espionage and murder at the week-end.

the instigation of "The Voice of Police

Including America." Four of them, said the parties, Gurkha

members of the riot

prosecution, had

down shol squad, were tonight screening inhabitants of villages in the Martyka because he "nailed down the lies of The Voice of America police squads and the BBC."

in

area.

Earlier today searched Chinese hotels

The "gang" had also passed military information to the

Singapore

London, Sept. 22.

Sir Miles Thomas, chair-

13-

man of the British Overscas Airways Corporation nouneed today that a Comet jet airliner service from will London to Singapore begin on October 14.

Colombo.

Travelling with the screen stor, who said she had often come to Hongkong on shopping tours before the war, were Miss - Mary. Lastrilla and Mrs Ted Lewin,

*

New Assistant

Trade Commissioner

Singapore in n fruitless attempt to capture 2 10-year-old

to be American Embassy in Warsaw. Chinese youth believed

The leader of the "gang", the responsible for

recent grenade court was told, was "killed when throwing in the elty.

Mr Milton B. Blackwood, The 500-miles an hour aircraft| Earlier it

was thought that sling arrest." the Chinese

concerned had Another 11 members, two will be like those now in regular accompanied by his wife, arrived here this morning by the ss escaped to Hongkong by ship, described as former American service between London and Preddent Cleveland to take up

und London but he was not identified among Embassy employees, are awaiting South Africa

and his appointment as Assisinnt arrivals at Hongkong-Reuter trial-Reuter.

Canadian Trade Commissioner Sir Miles told a Press con-in Hongkong.

Mr Blackwood, who

comes Manitoba, sald at starting a tourist rate air from Newdale,

that lis appoint service (not Comet) from Lon-on arrival don as far as Singapore soon,

was for two and a half ment years The Comet service will Meeting the new Assistant

Trade Commissioner and operate once weekly to Singa- pore unth October 31, when it wife, the former. Miss Lois E. Catterson of San Jose, Califor- is hoped to increase it to twicenia, were Mr. T. R. G. Fletcher, weekly,

SIDE GLANCES

By Galbraith

T. M, Mag. U B, PUL OK

| | Bar, 1963 by 204 Servies, baki

"The same old oity dudes come up every year and hire us guides to take 'em out! If it was me, I'd be bored stiff with ̈··

so much fishing!"

ference that BOAC also aimed]...

his

Canadian Trade Commissioner The first service will leave in Hongkong, and Mrs Flet- London on Tuesdays and Singa- | cher,

Mr Blackwood studied at the pore on Thursdays. London to

27 Universities of Manitoba, Min- Singapore will take about hours,

and Californin 20 of which will be nesota actual flying time. This is be served with the Royal Canadian tween two-thirds and half the Air Force during the last war, ume taken by plston engined retiring with the rank of Flying

Officer. BOAC aircraft.

Its route outward will be:

He

London, Rome, Criro, Bahrein, Inspiration For

Karachi, Calcutta, Rangoon,

Bangkok, Singapore,,

When the second

service-

leaving London on Fridays and Singapore on Sundays Is opened, New Delhi will be in- cluded in the outward run. Reuter,

Appeal Hearing

Shostakovich

London, Sept. 22, Soviet Composer. Dmitri a new Shostakovich is writing

Moscow radia says ho opera. got his inspiration after reading the draft for the forthcoming congress of the Soviet Com- munist Party to be held on Oct. 6.

Shostakovich was quoted as saying that he was inspired as Bloemfontein, Sept, 22. he read the Red directives he The Appellate Division of began to soc the building of the Supreme Court announced new factories, a gigantic hydro- today

that it will hear the electric station, architectural de- South African Government's

signs of

new apartment houses appeal in the High Court of and houses of culture," Parliament Act care on October An carller Shostakovich 27-29, not November, 3-6 ns Indy Macbeth of Hzensk originally planned.

was hooted off the Russian stage. This means that the court Soviet critics isbelied: will assemble a week before "acrosming, neurotic music" and the start of the November, term, I declared · it WIS a sample of especially to hear the appeal."Deflist Bourgeois tendencies." Associated Press.

Associated Press,

Britain and the United States also In Saturday's note cate gorically denied the charge that Zone A" is being converted by them into a naval base.

Britain reaffirmed the state- ment made in a note to Russia of June

190 that aritaln and the United States "have never thada naval base or naval installations of any kind at Trieste."

It stated that the British and United States garrison main- tained in Trieste, strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Italian Peace, Treaty, did not exceed the 10,000 men per- mitted in it.

Dr Kramer said only five of the laws were legible on the reverse side of the tablet- United Preas.

Radio Hongkong

HK.T

Programme Summary: 4.02, Melody Time: 6.30, Cantonese by Radio given by Milka Lee Wallan and 9. K. Lee (Studio): 0.50. Plano Interlude: Shura Cherkassky; Music from Brith Films: 7,30,

Down Meniory Lane" presented by

A Pyrrhic victory is one in which the victor is so badly hurt that his victory is worthless. It takes its name from King who Invaded Italy in 274 B.C. to help the Tarentines against the Romans. He beat the Romans in his first battle but his losses were so grent that he said: "One more such victory and I am undone".

Mail Notices

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 By Air Formona, Japan, 430 p.m., Thai Airways,

Many Ceylon, W. Pakistan, Hahren Great Britain, Europe, 430 p.m. B.O.A.C.

By Burfaca Macro, 130 p.m.; 6 p.m., as Lee, Hobartak Sh

Indo-China, 3 p.m. Sunson, Kores. 3 p.m., as Son Blox,

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 By Air Philippines, Guam, Hawaii, U.S.A.¡ Canada, 8 p.m., via F.AL.

Formosa, il 2.m., C.A.T.

Malaya, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand) 4.30 p.m., C.P.A.

Stem, E. India, W. Pakistan. Middle East, Africa, Great Britain, Europe, 4.30 p.m.. B.O.AC.

Japan, Korea, 4.30 p.m., D.0.A.C. Formosa, Gicinawa, New York, p.m.. 1.3.A. (Tonkin only). 430 By Surfac Macao, 1.30 p.m.; 6 p.m., sa Lo Hong/Tak Surg.

4.30

Canada, N.WAL

Lexio-China, ¡P.m.; C.P.A,

Chins, People's Republic,

a.m. train via Canton.

9.30

Hawaii, U.S.A., Central & South Ameries. 1 p.m., sa Pres. Cleveland. Formosa. I p.m., as Sheng King. Japan. 1 p... as Hai Hing. Korea, I p.m., es Molly.

—— THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER · 25 —————

By Air Philippines, Guam, Hawail, San Francisco, Noon, via P.A.A. ·

Indo-China. France, French North & West Airion, 130 pan. Air Viet. nam

C.P.A.

Philippines, N. Borneo, 4.30 p.m..

Alleen Woods (Studio): 130, Weather Sam, E. & W. Pakistan, Middio Report: 0, Time Signal, World News Earl, Africa, Great Britain, Europe, and News Talk (London Ralay): 4.30 p.m., B.0.A.C.

., Box 260" Bert Gleite at the

By Surface Console: 8:30. Forces' Favourites Macao, 1.30 pm; 6 v3. de Loo

Britain charged the Soviet

Minielpai Government with the responel-Orchestra conducted by Charles

(DBCTS); blilty for the non-fulfilment of Groves

9.30, - Musical Notebook-presented by the Italian Peace Treaty in Father . F. Ryan, S. J. (Studio); the Rev respect of Trieste. The note 10. Chole of Strasbourg Cathedral: said that the Soviet Govern-

10.15, At the Ballet Scenes D2 phony ment's conduct had made it im-Ballet" (Glazcanow).... New Sym-

Orch. cond. by possible to

settle Goossena; 10.45. "Dancing Time" execute the ment

the Tommy and his Orchestra: envisaged whereby

11. Radio News Heel (London Re- Anglo temporary

American ay: 11.15. Weather Report: 11.16. Government should be Goodnight Music; God Save The

Queen; 11.20, Close Down. followed by the creation of a

London Relay); 9. London Studio Hong/Tak Shing Concert Bournemouth

free territory of Trieste or both Zones A and under an in- dependent Governor.

Under the Italian Peace Treaty, Zone B Was placed under Yugoslay military con- trol,

Soviet action

Chine, People's Republic, ... train via Canton.

9.30

Burna. 11 am, as Hat. Lee, W. Pakistan, 2 p.ro, as Oarda. Midle East, Great Britam, Europe. Malays, Ceylon, W. India, Aden. p.m. Canton.

a.m..

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 By Air Japan, Canada, U.S.A., via C.P.A.L.

Formosa, Japan, 2 pm.. C.A.T. Formors. Okinawa, Japan, 4.30 'p.m. H.K.A./N,W.AL,

In opposing various proposed governors and

to in preparing

veta their nomination

The forty-fourth (D) in the 33 (2)Yau ·hok(3)-daw(1) .(1)yun in the Security

(3)baan-font(3) Council, has In the

(101 British series of lesions in Cantonese to sorg(2)

taania)-kawng(3) derii) (1)Moang- view rendered the reunion and be broadcast over Radio Hong-woo(2)-(1)yan-Marry people, we independence of the two zones kong by Mr S. K: Leo will be thinking of how they could defy the of Trieste an impossibility.

given this evening at 0.30.

Mongals. (hinking of ways of defy- Reuter.

ing the Mongols.)

Ex-President Of Finland Dies

Helsinki, Sept. 22. Finland's Arst *president, Kaarlo Juho Stahlberg, 87, died here today.

cause

The

of death was haemorrhage of the brain.

The statesman kod veen · HI for months,' and ten days ango he had a serious haemorrhage of the brain, later pneumonia zet in.Associated Press,

Back From Round

The World Trip

Returning to the Colony from a trip around the world this morning by the President | Wilson was Mrs Mimi Foullard, twitp of Mr Emil Foullard, partner; of E. Oft and Co., Ltd. Mr Foullard, who returned by plane recently, left the Colony with Mrs Foulard last year,

For the guidance of listeners we publish below a summary of the lesson. Summaries of subse- quent lessons will be published In the China Mail every Tuesday and Friday for the duration of this, radio fenture; :.

Festival

· Lesson 44 D The Mid-Autumn refer to page 246. "Cantonese. Simpiided"):**

Vocabulary:

477, no(2)-Bilier, Buffering. 478. (1)yuen-Hound, roular.

Combustion:

3. Foot zoong(1)-Ward labour. General Expressions: 191. Sunt) foo(2)--Arduous. Hard' werk. Distressing.

1. Gai(3) (3)webk—A plan. A cheme

191. Been(1) fra(1)-A prophet, 104. Tong(1) - (1)ming/Clever. Bright. Intelligent., Wissu.

orng(2)-(1)ial serng(2)-hul(3) doh(1) 33. (3)Das - (3)hai (2}kul-(3}d#y (2)mon, (2)bgan-fast (5)-But bough they thought of this and that, they still could do nothing, gawis)

34. (3)2tas-(1)joy, (a)yat yul(1)-

(1)yun

serng(3) - doliţă) yut(1)»guw(5) gai{2}+{3}wsak—After- warda, one man thought of a scheme. 29. (3)Kul (3)hai scen(i)-jee(1).— He was a prophet.

30. (4)Kui (dishup-fun(1) tsdong(1)- (ming-He was extremely wien.

37. ()ul dul(3) des(1), (1)yun (3)wah: He said to the people;

"Bart(3)-(3)yurt / (3)aup-(2)ng ((3)yut) (3)hai. Joang(1)-tầu(1)— The fitteenth day of the eighth moon.

the middle of Autumn:

38. Caw(2) (X)maan, gaw(1) (3)yunt-gwawng(1) hob(3) (1)yuan That night, the moon will be full (round),

3. Gah(1)-gah(1)-(1)yun doh(1) ying(1) goy(1) (a)nisaye (3)yust behnzia)(1)ist baays(3)(3)yuet- 105. (1)Toong (1)shee-Bumuliana- | gwawng(1)."—Every, fortills loud ously. At the same time.

buy moon cakes for the purpose of 100 Day(3) (3)mut, Becret, worshipping the moon." - Seerelly.

40. (1)Toong (1)theo, (2)kui (3)yau Joongi)-Tean(1) Dzent(3): The | bayisista)mut gawng Mid-Autumn Festivali

gehta) gala)-(3)wask bay(2) doe(1) 91. GAW{1}-{3}}un-(1)shee,, 'deef1) | Dehng(21-poh(3) (1)Tawng - (1)yum. ·

tehng(1)Athe (Bishup-funct) same time, he (also). sogretly In- sun(1)+foo(2)—AS - thal time. the formed the cake shops of, his scheme. Chinese suffered greatly.

(To Be Continued),

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