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JOHN CLARKE'S CASEBOOK

Piccadilly Kites

HE brightly it streets

Taround Piccadilly Circus, have lately nequired a new

Mau Mau Threat Told To Court

(Continued frem, Paga 1)

Arst African giving evidence at the trial not to ask that his name be withheld,

told court

received a letter and he he and it might, have come frem Ngel. but, ho sakd. the writing wus

kind of late-night popul- bad and could not tell him any tion, for whom an apt collecthing.

lve noun might be "the sponging set."

They are mostly girls in their late 'teens or curly twenties, who enme to the West End In the evenings, from the suburbs or from dingler parts of London nearer the centre with the single Servicemen purpose of helping

from oversens to get rid of their

money. :

and senior pollee They are simply

There girls are not prostitutes ("they are genuinely shocked if you suggest they are that," experienced oficer told me).

for anything they cadgers, out

from an American can.

get free, cigarette to an evening of a near-beer, so-called night club. Outside bars or restaurants cinemas where visiting Service- men go, the sponging set gather like kites over refuse dumps.in enstern elites.

or

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На belleved the letter had been burned or destroyed. He his house, bul had searched could not and it.

At this point Mr Somerhough, said he wanted to treat Muli as a hostile witness on the grounds that he was "attempting to de feat

the case of the party-the Crown by suppressing the truth and by "the manner in he gives his evidence, which which has shown he is not in- clined to tell the truth."

The magistrate strongly criticised the

Tanganyika police for the method used in

paring the alleged copy.

pre-

This was written in pencil on the sides of ruled foolscop paper and was stated to have been prepared by Assistant Superintendent Godbey's women

ecretary,

Mr Thacker declared: "Society has moved a little in the past The kites in the cast have

100 years and it is now 1952. piping, complaining, unmelodious

I call that rises to a shrill screech Tanganyika pollee, If they knew am surprised that the in argument. So have the sponge importance of the letter, did

are always ing set. The kites

not take a photostatic copy— arguing, competition for carrlan

in Kenya ve have had even Sometimes they being keen),

photostatic apparatus for sorne The sponging set fight, time." fight. 100,

T Bow Street the ather morn- ing, a representative selec- tion of these junior misЛlts were brought into court in what Dr Johnson

have called might "parcels" of two, three and four at a time.

The charge against them ali was the same Obstructing the free passage of the footway." The word "free" seemed to ring a bell with them, and all but one planded guilty.

They were not in the dock for long, but there was time enough One group of to look at them. three, for instance. They were dressed to kill by neon light, but in the grey morning their way paint looked more pathetle than lethal.

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•

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NE had platinum blonde hair ONE

done in tight curis; another looked as though her hair had been rinsed in cherry brandy; the third was plainly unable to make up her mind whether to fair-haired or chestnut be brown. Her hair was streaklly both.

"You never

warned me to move on like you said you done,"

officer.

"I got proof I wasn't there, 'cos I was talking, to a woman in

Mr Pritt submitted that it had not been established whether destroyed the letter had been or lost.

The magistrate ruled that it had been satisfactorily 03- tablished that

had the letter existed.

LEGAL WRANGLE

After another legal wrangle between Mr Pritt and Mr Somerhough,

magistrate allowed the, prosecution to pro- duco signed statement said to have been made by Muli to Assistant Superintendent God- bey in Dar-Es-Salaam November 10.

a

The

-

on

The next witness, Assistant Superintendent Godbey, told the court he had a list of nd- dresses in Tanganyika. mail for which was to be opened and searched

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1952.

The Indo-China War Continues–

French troops prepare at the Nasan landing ground, 120 miles northwest of Hanoi, for what may be the decisive battle of the Indo-China -war,

HKSPC

WOMEN'S AUXILIARY

The Hongkong Society for the. Protection of Children (Women's Auxiliary) held. Its monthly meeting in the Board Room of the South China Morning Post this

and discussed morning future activitie and various fund-raising schemes.

Was

that Society's annual Flag Day be and the held on January 31 hope was expressed by the President, Mrs B: Stanton, that the public would respond with generous donations.

open

decided

The

Express

Cargo Of Cigarettes Hijacked

American Ordered To Stand Trial ·

Tangier, Dec. 10.

London

Alleged Murder

Further Evidence

Sheaffer's TM SNORKEL

Alleged Libel: Defence Counsel Makes Submissions

Following the conclusion of evidence by the defendant, submissions were made by Counsel on behalf of the Defence at this morning's hearing of the action for alleged libel, brought by Miss Tiu Yuk-chun, an assistant woman education officer and lecturer at the Northcote Training College.

The hearing was before Mr Original Jurisdiction where the Justles A.D. Scholes (Acting damages claimed can be un-

Pulsne Judge) and a Speciali | limited?" Jury in the Summary Coatt,

The defendant, Leung Sul-

TWO ASPECTS Counsel passed

to

deal have to

*

Do of 27 Star Street, first floor, with the law, and landlord of the premises consider two separate aspects," occupied by the plaintiff on the he said. "The first is this: ground floor of the same ad- this in fact a libel? If you say dress, claimed he rented the Do, as I submit you should say floor to plaintiff's sister, Mano, then the rest of the evidence Poon who, he

alleged told him you have heard does not matter. her name was Tiu Yuk-chun. Secondly, f

you were to find it The plaintiff, who claimed she was in fact libel, is thøre was the tenant the

of not, what we com-

call substantive plained that a notice put up by answer to that, libel by way of the landlord.

outside the premises defence? The defence, if it is a. proclaiming, his right to take dibel, which I submit it is not, back

was faise and the flat

and is that this notice was bona ade malicious

The words complain- for the protection of the defen- ad of were

"the floor was dant's private interest. That is originally rented and occupied defence which we call 'quati by Mrs Poon (the formerly call-fed privilege, that is to say, a ed herself Tiu Yuk-chun)," commumfeation made in this cate Plaintiff is represented by Mr by the landlord for the purpose S. V. Guitins, instructed by Bir of giving a certain notice of the P. L. Lam,

rights he claimed and she claimed affected by or affecting those $5,000 damages on the ground that the words implied that ahe was a concubine of her brother in-law or misconducted herself

with him.

Defendant

He

rights."

to persons

"Coumpel said that on the do- fence of qualified privilege it was necessary to consider

Jacts.

the

'c

Living Language

Why we say Biscuit'

A

biscuit is brend which is twice cooked, for It comes from the Fronch bis, twice, and cuït, cooked. In the days of sailing ships it became necessary to make "bread which would' last a long) • time without going, bad, and the biscuit was Invented. Sometimes it was baked as many as four times.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11 By Ale Philippines, N. Borneo, 4.30 pm. Japan

Japan, Canada, U.S.A. 8' p C.PAI

By Surface Manzo, Pam.: 8 pm, as Lee Hong/ Tak Shing.

N. Borneo, Australia, New Zealand, 5 p.m.. Nellore,

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12 By Air Formosa, Japan, î îm, via CAT. Wert Arries, 11 am, Air France. Indo-China. France. French_North

& Western Bister)" Canada, 0 p.m.,

This Morning ̧

Defendant is

represented by

Dealing with his first point of Mr Brook A. Bernacchi,, in- Further, evidence. .was

ted by Mr P..C. Woo. whether the nollee complained structed heard in

CROSS-EXAMINED

of was in fact a libel, Counsel the committal

concluded

the following definition his gave

Indo-Chins, France, French North hearing against Ngayen

ad this yesterday an evidence

and

of "defamatory statement" (libol) & West Africa, 4.30. p.m., Air Viet- Xnan Dal, alias Yuen Shun-

contained in Hailsham: "Anam morning he was cross-examined a dni 47, a Vietnamese bank by Mr Gittins

Philippines, Guam, Haweli, USA. statement is 3 m, PAL atory said that A United States judge clerk, charged with the

had third interview with

which if published of Formosa. Okinawa, 11.8.A., (Besitle here today decided that murder of Kam Sze-yu, after the issue of the writ in culated to expose him-to-hatred, Lomeo Australia, New Zealand,

Mrs Poon on September 37 and

a person is calI.K.A.IN.W.AL and concerning a Sidney Paley, an American watchman of the Banque de the action. At the second inter- contempt or ridicule, or to con- pm, g citizen, must stand trial in l'Indo-Chine on the night of view ho told her that since her voy an imputation of him al- connection with the "Black October 11-12, before Mr long residence their relation paraging or injurious to him ing" (stealing) of a cargo Poon Yan-hoi' at Central to ship had been very friendly but in his trade, profession, calling

now that he had discovered shoe or office of cigarettes on the Dutch day motorship Combinatle. on

not

FEELINGS IMMATERIAL Miss Tiu he was greatly October 2.

The mere writing of some thing which made another per- Dtober 2

Dot. Insp. W. E. Thomas is for

continued, fendant is represented by M offered her $1,000 if she would son very angry need not be a

hand premises back to me, libel, Counsel declared.

of the her to move her feelings of

conce person whole

the Prosecution, while the de-

Alfred Y. Hon.

эле

The sixth witness for the Pro-requestedut. She replied were immaterial. What i

of the

reason-

of the Auxiliary till April | for the case, which will be helq/afternoon, of October 11 she was that as Pared to agree location and thinking, as a result

when

Mrs

aid this last to the arresting ernment order of the gov Mrs R. H. Loseby and Mrs May said

Works there," ",

wombri as

"Do you wish to call any witnesses?" Sir Laurence Dunne, the Chief Magistrate, asked the girl with the dappled hair-style. "No thank you," the girl sald, as if she had been insulted.

The trio were fined £1 each, and they left. A quartet followed, and they in their turn departed,

100.

in n°

after

WES

the

wrong.

of in present case, bearing in mind the innuendos would

any cause parson to feel

to feel "hatred. or-ridiculo

Japan, ò p.m., 1.0.A.C. Malaya, Indonesie Caylen, Middle Eart, 6 m. B.OHA.C.

fly Burface

• Macao, 9 sam.: 6 p.m., Leo Hoa TEE'Sh24.

China. People's Republic, 8,30.... train via Canton.

Indonela 1, a.m., sa Tilanes. Phlippines 11 AT A Mortin Bakes

Japan. Noen, s Orna.

Ú‚â‚Â, Central & South America,

Noon, H.K. Transport.

Radio Hongkong

RKT.

6.02.

Gum Programane Summary:

swingume: 6.30, Melody Tum (with Vocal); 7, Time Signal. World

My SaveC DECOR LIVETARI 7.15. Slavonie (Dvorak) Czoch Philharmonio Orchselen

10 for thempt

7.30, "Down Memory Lane" presented

by Astaen Woods - (8midio); - 280, Weather Report: Bet Plan Mr Bernacchi said the plain-quartet "Walizes from the Classica")

'.

0.39, Taka 14. from here, with 13OY

Edwards (ECTS); V. Sports Review by. Brig Young (Bludio); 9.15, At the Opera"Otolin: Acts 1 and 2 (Vardil) with Principal, Cheru and Or char pt and pre Karo and Sus Kumba Band7-2020, Weather Report; 11. Radio News

| by Alberto 10,30, Edmundo

Also aired at the meeting were plans for despatching per sonal letters of appeal for eld to large local statement which Mr large firms and wealthy Individuala and the idea of an Somerhough put to Muli sald

height and a letter had been addressed to

in local journals to him at a chemical laboratory, the gateral publie for funds.

aged about 40, buried his head It was also revealed that the in his hands when he heard Mull

agreed that he signed the statement, but sold it had not Shangrila Ball will be held on Judge Helmick announce his desecution, Ng Gaan, 50, engaged

January 10. been read over to him.

cision in a room of the Amoris by the Banque de l'Indo-Chine. That little? Ten times that were the reactions of After a few more questions, It was decided that Mrs Fung can. Legation here.

better offer. I able man reading the communi date residing in the servants quarters much would be Mull was dismissed from the Ping-fan assume the Chairman- Judge Helmick fixed no date above the bank, said that our she was not

Bemand was ship

thero un- witness box.

something next

year

A. before an American Consular engaged in cleaning the front

Counsel asked the Jury to can... reasonable: Ridehalgh will take

He continued that although alder whether the notice com- steps and rear yard of the bank. over and CO Dutch that Mrs S. Cooke be the

sea captain, She finished her job ab about the Poon family move out, the Edward Engelsman, of: Auxiliary's new Hon. Secretary, ve

the 6.30 pm, and was walking to premises were not returned to former submarine chaser Esame wards the main entrance of the him. Ho admitted he put up assisted by Mrs M. Gorman,

In evidence that two bank through the main hall the notice complained of.. Treasurers. Amb

Americans: named: Sidney Paloy in order Mok are the Hon.

..to. return to

-THREE- REASONS 7 Those

Forrest When the alleged copy, made

she saw her quarters, "when approached attended Included and Ellot who

carrying a box Defendant gave the following In his office, was produced by Mrs B. Stanton, Mrs A. Ride-him in Tangier and he was two coolies

into the Raymond,

bank. mond, Lady offered $8,000, to tow in

The coolles three reasons for his action: it had stated that after the 15. French Overtures The Orabes the prosecution and handed to halgh, Mrs R. Mr Godbey, Mr. Pritt

of theirs which had '; rose to Airey, Mrs J. Yen, Mrs. L. A.

wanted to place their load in (1) He wanted people to mov posting of the notice outside,

Opera-Comique. Paris: broken

the hall, but she told them not the ground floor was originally the gate to her premises her roNichols Dick Bentley and my the Meallerrancar. submit that the copy had to be Foreler, M.

W dower in the Mrs Boyd, Mrs C.

Captain Engelsman 'said the to as she

she wanted to scrub the varied to Mrs Poon; (2) he returns and friends had jokingly Reece, Madame F. Dumant, Mrs

"Mrs wanted .... know that referred her, as E. Talbot, Mes C. C. Ma, Mts Eseme left port on October 2

floor the

morning. Sho

Mrs Poon croved out on and she was very angry as gel to have been written by

Harold Lee, Mrs W. Willquer, with Forrest and two others on then, saw them carrying it in June 25 he had a right to recover result. Counsel submitted that

direction Mrs M. Gorman, Mra F. H. board In addition to the crew the rite of the Chin possession, and (3) he wanted to such joking references could not Loseby, Mrs May Mok, and Mrs Paley was

not on the Eseme, went back to her quarters.

prevent relations of Mrs Poon be said to hold the plaintif up That Violet Chan.

ordered Fight Forrest

and outsiders from reming the to ridicule. Engelsman to close with the

>NO, LIGHT ON

premises.

The hearing is proceeding. Combinatio. Masked men with Witness said that she got up

Defendant added that before arms boarded the Dutch motor. af 2 am, the following morn plaintiff claimed to be Tiu Yuk ship and 1,600 cuSES of ing and on walking out to her hun he did not know her full cigarettes were transferred. verandah, noticed

the name. He only knew her sur- that from her to the Esement lights of the Manager's lavatory none was Tiu, and that she was

· MET. BY LAUNCHI

the younger sister of Mra Poon. She

noticed It

Questioned about the tuition "We then went to a point 15 because the watchman usually his son had received from. the maced Marseilles, Engels turned them on nt, that time,

added. "Forrest went She went downstairs,

plaintiff, detendant denied it was and ashore and returned next day rang the bell at the front

necessary to get a qualified teacher and that was why he had and ordered me to proceed ́ ́18 | tranch, but Harry W. Hunt, of the Royal Corsica. Ten miles

received no reply asked plaintiff to coach his a while some other em son His son himself showed a off shore After Australian Air Force,

an their way preference for the plaintiff. complainant. Defendants, Makwe were met by a. Launch which ployees arrived

off the cigarettes,

and they waited a picnic,

Defendant said he received Man and Ng Hon, who were ar rested at about 1.30 am. today,

"We were then set free," Cap together, Eventually the door the letter from Mr. P. L. Lam denied the allegation and were in Engelman sold. He stressed. was opened by a man called Lee (plaintiff's solicitor) on July 5, Mr Priit also asked the mean- remanded until next Monday: that Forrest had given the orders Tok-chung. They all went in and he thought he took the ing of a number of pencilled. They were allowed, bail of $200 on the trip.

side, and, the witness saw, that

notice crossings out in the letter, Mr

PILL cach, Godboy said

was covered. the name of the village of Kangundo had been written in and crossed out a number of times by his Secretary, He added: "She always, Anda difficulty with African

and Swahil! names."-Reuter,

There was no evidence that a letter written by Ngel and re- ceived by Mail, which had been. destroyed, was the same as a copy of a letter produced by the prosecution.

this

---TUEN same a girl on her own, ten by Ngel and you cannot do

a pretty, demure creature of

"It has got to be proved that

in

u letter writ- A copy of

that." Mr Pritt said.

Godience Mr

The

counsel aziced 22, who agreed her name was Jacqueline, and pleaded not

"Did you know the author, 'composer, and singer of Rudy to obstructing the footway the Mau Maui song in the letter and clutched a theatrical paper was a South African prisoner

If she were drowning and in Nairobi prison?" way a straw.

its

She was a model, she said, work and had just finished when

1.30 am. she had, mei nt.1.3 friends and paused to talk with them. She gave her evidence with little excuse-me coughs and

nervous laughs, and sald: "The constable's manner was just.... you know, very rude. If he'd

talijed differently, I'd have gone away, and this wouldn't have happened."

6

holl, yo

you were very silly," raid the Chief Magistrate. "Even if the constables are not on their best party manners, it's better to move on when you're told." He Ained Jacqueline 10s.

CHE did not belong to the

sponging, set; it was

misfortune that some of them were among her acquaintance. Soon there may come, a' day when every young woman setting foot in the West End after dark will be suspert. » The sponging set, the scrounging so-to-speak cadet corps for more meriaus street crime, will be largely to blame if that comes about.

"Did you know the song was n standing one among prisoners?

Mr Godbey replied: No. I know nothing about the Nairobi prison."

KOWLOON'S

NEW THEATRE

Situated at the junction of Nathan and Kimberley Roads, the Princess Theatre which was officially opened yesterday after. by Mrs Richard C. Lee, area of 31,500 sq. The theatre' is completely raoderned with the latest pro Section, bound equipment and

Charged With Assault

Two 26-year-old employees of the Honour Hotel in Pilkem Street came before Mr D. F.

O'Relly Mayne at Kowloon this morning charged with com- mon BASCULE

was the

Seven Days Without Option

Look off

were not

40 a

on.

the following day.

John van Delden, a Dutch sep-[the safe in, the Chief Cashier's | HOW homado no

man, sald Forrest engaged him | offles

• was no

with

apology to the plaintiff as ho for the trip. He sold the Can- banket and a piece of board Binatie appeared to be walling was propped up against it.. Two do with her.

felt the notice had nothing to for the Esema

and

that the Police, men arrived.

noon after

Re-examined by Mr Bernacchi, boarders used no force in fact and instructed all those present

defendant -enid. his son' was ' our guns were out of order to remain in the centre of the about 22 years old at the time.

There

resistance hall, and not to stove around. Twenty-year-old Tong Bun, from the Combinatie crew?, of 40 Fook Wah. Village, was Van Delden added.

The witness then identified a

the plaintif was coaching him. box exhibited in court ar

COUNSEL'S ADDRESS given seven days without the In reply to a prosecution similar to the one she saw be option by Mr. D. F. O'Reilly Mayne at Kowloon this morning mask for the raid, and that he Chief Cashier's office.

he said ho woreng taken in the direction, of the for, aaaulting a public servant,

Inap Pilkington said the youth

the Combinatie The hearing is proceeding.

threw it at

question,

napaculled picked up a fist-sized rione and crew. But, to Ldded, when the were locked in a cabin. Sanitary Depart crow ment party rating hawkers in their handcuffs were taken off, Hing Wah Streat yesterday. The stone bruised the finger of one of the raiders.

Church Sale Of Christmas Toys

A Christmas gifts sale,, was

Vicarage this jmorning it where:

Other witnesses also described how the raiders boarded the Combinatie, which was loaded with 2,700 cares of American cigarettes valued. at around $100,000.-Reuter, se

Recoustics. Equipped with held at the St Andrew's Small Fire At

specially designed

Club To Hold Xmas Party

י,

Mr. Bernacchi then announced, with the conclusion of the defendant's evidence, that that was his case, and proceeded to address the Jury, Vi

of alleged Je a case

unfortunate- to a certain

libel

el, and you have

to listen

B

it of evidence, in some

amount tenaner

placu M 34 a purely |

Counsel wild. The Sino-British Club will I

because of held a Christmas Party on the whole background of the Tuesday, December 16, at 5. case, that the Libel Court is Broadwood Rond Happy being Improperly; used for the Valley (off Wongnelching Road purposes of a denancy squabble. Entrance through No. 6. Pul Thất

action is being board in Kew, Middle School). The party, the Summary Jurisdiction of sikelsat--7-9.mand dinner this Court, and the plaintiff

provided, which is the andcami laid down

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London Exprvní Krivića.

- Reel (Recorded London Relay); 11.15:

Goodnight Musler. "God" Save |Queen; 11.30, Close down.

SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith

"Oh,, George, don't look so crosst 1'Just saw all th shop-darly signs and caught the Christmas spli

Printed and pubiliked:

pants, 1,700 people. Two gilded pillars, for the church. Those who af-Some stationery and toys were a fountain and a pool of chang-tended were encourado by destroyed in a lonery app embers wishing to attend, are by the later as the main bo Fing lights, ornament the lobby toys also for poor children, broke out at a stationery : shop |

The role was sponsored by the at 107, Hollywood Road, ground, rouested to nolly, Mrs R. Summary Jurisdiction. If tho main door are so designed as Women's Guild and Mothers floor, at about D:40, this morning. Kirby, Sina-British Cluby, Hon, planinur thought her: chowtity

Union of the St. Andrew's The fire was put out acter the Secretary, Inpakong Univar. had been, frhyngmod, why had, and, on behalf of Bouth China Morning Post Limited Church

Gutsis nay, be kuritode - Mon, 210r brought bec action in

The upper auditorium and the

to afford the'; maximum-els of

Rocess to picture-goers,

| arrival of two dre enginering

Street, City of Vi

the Colony, of