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CASEBOOK
Midnight Serenade
Y day and in the early
Bevening, the people who lived on top-floors overlook ing the busy West End street, were resigned to the fury of noise that rose from below to assail them.
Their cars were accustomed to the din, and they could comfort themselves with the thought that at night the sound from below diminished 102 village dimensions,
On one night recently, when the people who lived in this busy West End streets were most of them in bed, there suddenly arose from the street below a Chrill shrieking of women's volces that
If the Gounded
DA witches in Macbeth and those whom Robert Burns described in
Shauler Tom o'
were met together in sonic old girls' reunion, and had! united in zinginer a terrible school song.
HE LEFT HIS BED
RASPING discords tore holes
in the peaceful night, the set-pieces of the decorations shuddered; one resident above the row at last could stand it
no longer. He left his bed and groped towards a telephone and called the pollee. Someone else
the same,
did
AL the police station, the switchboard operatora began to "slack" complaints as control
ometals stack Impatient all. A police-sergeant was despatched to
look into the trouble.
I
The sergeant, found Molslo
CHINA MAIL
Commonwealth Premiers Support Truce Proposal
London, June 4.
The nine Commonwealth Prime Ministers to-
day gave their unanimous backing to the new United Nations proposals for solving the Korean armistice deadlock, usually well-informed sources said.
The Commonwealth Prime Ministers' decision taken in conference here this afternoon means Britain, the overseas Commonwealth countries and the United States are now agreed on the lines of their approach to ú solution of the Korcan armistice problem.
All the Prime Ministers the handling of POWs ofter, at ngreed that
opportunity armistice should
מח
and
A
they are
NO COMMENT The White House refused com- mont on reports that the Con- munists offered only minor ob- Jections to the United Nations plan for ending the stalemate
the disposition over
of prisoners who do not want to go home.
The United Nations plan, on
warring
Extalkbed 1845
FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1953.
Presented With Medals
SOLDIERS'
APPEAL
(Continued from Pare 1) presence of the jury totally mid- understood,
Mr Loseby agreed with Mr Justice Reece that the Judge could have taken the prerogative and done it himself, if it were the case,
Coronation
Medals Presented
Lleut-
Domestic
Quarrel Ends In Man -Injuring His Wife
SHEAFFERS
Skrip
Saying they had quarrelled because his wife accused him of returning home late after the day's work and that he had struck her with a bottle in the heat of the moment, Lai Lam-chun; 36, licensed hawker, pleaded for leniency before Judge W. A. Blair-Kerr in the Victoria District Court this morning, when he admitted a charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm,
Woman Found With Opium And Pipe
A
Lai pleaded gulity to unlaw- Cully wounding his wife, Ho Mul. and baby, Lai Chi-cheung, on May 8 last.
Dragons To Perform For Charity
An
The Golden Dragon which took part in the Coronation procession. together with //
¡lluminated ¦ dragon donated by Fuklen met chants, will take part in s charliy display,at tho Army football ground, Soo- kanpoo, on Saturday, June
per-
20, 200
The dragons will form
a series of traditional dancea
which nowadays
are rarely seen, and the programme will be aug mented by lon and unicorn dances and other features.
The show will last from 8 to 10 pm, and will be repeated on June 21 and 22. Admission prices rango from $2.40 to $10.
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son, DSO, OBE, GSO I (In.), went to No. 7 Fort Street, first for that the family had to wait nain.
Zealand, é
FRIDAY, JUNE 5 By Air
France, French North
.
M- Li Fook-sean, Crown Counsel, said the case JUTES ralher sad one. The accwed had all Injured his wife and child be lost in trying to The Alled negotiators #t
because of a silly quarrel, It bring about the earliest possible Paninunjom on Thursday asked
the course of the argument, settlement in Korca.
for a day to study the Com-
accused lost his temper, picked up Mr Jawaharlal Nehru, Indla's munist rèply, and have relayed
a bottle and struck his wife on | Prime Minister bre
key detaily here where
the head with it. The child gure in United Nations efforts under study by the State and
Shanghai suffered injury as young
well, but to solve the Korean deadlock, Defence Dezxartments.
woman, Sin Ping-yuk, 25, Crown Counsel added he did not was belleved to have made a
appeared before Judge W. A. think accused meant to hurt the 45-minute
baby. For on speech
Blair-Kerr in the Victoria Easter
Counsel handed up a medical problems and the situation in Southeast Asia.
District Court this morning report of the injuries suffered by In their Far Eastern review.
charged with possession of the woman and child. the
HAD TAKEN WINE visiting statesmen discussed
The staff of British Forces 24 taels of raw opium, seven the Formosa issue and the
Asked if he had anything to problem of Communist Chinese
paraded in the grounds of Fing mace of opium dross and ray, accused pleaded that a fine at the
staff House this morning for four United
mace of prepared might be imposed as he claimed longb
this point reportedly agreed also
the presentation, by the Cam opium, and possession of he had several other children to mander British Forces, Only four Commonwealth to lot the state of prisoners after
General Sir countries have recognised the an mistice bo discussed for a
opium pipe on May 5 support. He said that during Terence Alrey, an
the evening meal that night he The Chief Justice remarked CMG, CB, CBE, of Chinese People's Government, limited time at a Korean political
three last. She pleaded guilty to had
ho and had consumed wine of the These are Britain, India, Pakis conference
that in his opinion there clearly Coronation Medals to members both counts.
quarrelled with his
wife when tan and Ceylon.
Powers.
was a case to go to the jury of his staff.
Mir Li Fook-scan, Crown she said he had returned hume Today, some
But the United Nations Corn-however weak it migh: be of the Prime
The Parade was commanded Counsel, told the Court that act from work later than he should a Wet Africa, 230 p.m. Air Vini- Ministers
and said that after the mand insisted that there could be At no time was the taxi-cyclist
Ofby. Lieut-Colonel W. A. Steven- ing on information the Police forward at a witness Korean problem had been no compromise on its proposalpu
Australia. Naw him
for their mo
North Bor.A. sellled the Chinese Communist that in the end
identification. He was there to
Boot, North Point, on May 5. Mr Li supported cused's plea į Government should be admitted home should be given their free-
Siam, India, Pakistan, Great Br catablish the time, his Lordship HQ British Forces. 1. Prisoners refusing to go
added.
The recipients were Brigadier They carried out a search of the for lonlency and asked that atain Europe, 0 p.m.. 5.0.A.G. to the United Nations as
By Surface He W. H. Hulton-Harrop, DSO, flat and in the accused's bedroom light sentence be imposed. Continuing his appeal, Mr
Macho, a.m.; 0 p.m. is Leg dom outside Communist teritory, ar possible.
Chief of Staff; WO I. G. Haver-on opitan pipe, an opium lamp. repeated that the case was
lanE/Tok Bhing. 2. That at no time should Loseby sold that there was no
SATURDAY, JUNE S Douthwalie and croft, RASC, Personal Assistant some oplum dross and a small one and remarked that whatever they be coerced or intimidated by doubt that
By Air Communist
Dalton rode along Route 2 that to CBF; and Cpi L. Wilkinson, quantity of prepared oplum were sentence was imposed the wife representatives who
re would be the chief suffanc
Canada, I u.m. via F.A.L. Philippines, Guam, Hawaii, USA. would be permitted to visit and
found. A further search Driver to evening in a direction opposite RASC, Senior NCO
vealed the larger quantity of
Accused's wife, with child that taken by the
india, Pa., C.FA is opium inside a shoe-box.
strapped to her back, dppeared in Medal
Hawall, V.B... 6 pm, PAA, The Coronation cyclist. But it must be Reuter.
Formors, Okinawa, U.S.A., (Scat- Questioned by Judge Blair-Kerr asked why Court cobbing. suined that at 7.05 pm. they awarded for Long Service and the case had not been dealt with his Honour, she sald she hadtle & Western States), Cañada, were nearly three miles away
p.m., II.K.A./N.W.A.L recovered from her injuries. SheSlam. Burma, India, from the spot, for the evidence
by a Magistrate, The picture above taken by the
Mr. LI replied that the Police pleaded that her husband might Middle East, Africa, Great Britain Tam was that a bicycle shop in
Europe, 'b.m., 3.0.A.E. Army PRO after the ceremony
By Burfico Ling from which the two ap-shows (from left to right) WO were of the opinion the charges be given a chance.
Is Honour bound the were serious ones and should be pellants and Honeyman hired Havercroft, Brig Hulton-Harrop, tried as early as possible. He
Macao, 1.30 p.m.; 6 pm, se›Loo cused over in the sum of Hong/Tak Shing. their bicycles recorded the time General Airey and Cpl Wilkin-added that had the case been $3,000 to be of good behaviour according to its usual practice and by the clock it
dealt with summarily; It might was 7,05
not have been able to proceed p.m.
for some time, The importance of that is that the Prosecution, by that evi- dence, had committed them- selves to that time in the Court below. The importance of that time is very great. The Trial Judge adopted the view that it is unsafe not to take that time Mr as being 7.05 p.m.," said Loseby,
Koori
CLOSELY ALLIED Mr Nehru took with him to and Daisie and Joan singing the conference Mr V. K. Krish-
Gongs of a sort on the kerbside.no Menon, former Indian High | falk with them after aşı armistico. ta
"She'll be coming round the mountain.... "sang Maisie,
"Sweeeet Adeline,"
Dalsle.
"Ain't
mizbelaving
Joan carolled.
Commissioner
in London, who
piloted the Indian resolution on
shrilled Korea
D
SO LITTLE TROUBLE
"Now then," mid the cor- geant, "turn it in, will you.”
The trio immediately obliged. They set up a whistle, in unison, and caught the atten
of 好
cab. It passing stopped, and they plied Inside,
The sergeant saw them off, and perhaps began to congrulu- late himself upon having, with so little trouble, restared peace to the district. His pleasure was not long-lived. Te minutes later,
cub appeared, and disgorged the trio, in full-throated cong again. "Go home," the sergeant rald, "You and the night and the music,
c." the girls warbled.
tho
OUT CAME RUBY
Th
"You'd better come along with me" the sergeant sald. He made as if to gather the choir together, and as he did so, an- other girl named Ruby fitted oul from a doorway where she had been standing, and Bung herself at the sergeant, saying. them CO, they're my
him
through the United Nations
Nations late last year.
The latest United
proposals
are very close to the Indian resolution,
They are still secret but aro said to visualize the setting up VI a five-nation. neutral com- mission. Including India, to handle prisoners of wor who refuse to be
be repatriated.
Mr Nehru analysed the Korcan situation of length in the light of the new Unted Nations proposals and his own country's resolution.
The Prime Ministers, in their two and a half hour session to day, also examined the situa- tion in Southeast Asia with particular reference to Malaya, Indo-China and Burma,
Sir Winston Churchill was said to have reported that the situation in Malaya was well in hand.
He has recently haci talks here with General Sir Gerald Templer, British High Commis- sioner in Malaya.
ANXIETY EXPRESSED
Eden Off To US Today
Loudon, June 5
Eden, Mr Anthony
British Foreign Secretary, leaves Lon- don, today in strict secrecy by a special plane for America to undergo 1 major internal
D
operation in
Boston clinic. It will be his third successive operation for a trouble which began with
gallstones
To
time addled.
pre-
So it was that there was the fixed at both ends, he
JUDGE'S DIRECTIVE
spare the Foreign Minis- ter any publicity, detalls of his departure, including the
the identity of the airport, were withheld
He continued that the Judge by the Foreign Office.
had put to the jury that unders Mr Exient is expected to be they were satisfied beyond all taken
the Chequers, omcial country reasonable doubt that there was from Che residence of British Premiert,
the of was an end
That where three weeks. When he left the
matter. he has spent the past
the Wis Judge's direction as to and he (Counsel) a principle London
clinic last month, would submit
the Jury have been possibly his disposal by Sir Winston certain on the
all The Canadian Government has
dolibt. reasonable lent Royal Canadian Air Force plane to take Mr Eden across the Atlantic.
ihat
Devotion to Duty.
son.
No Evidence
Offered
MITIGATING PLEA
+
Jad
ne-
Pakistan
rarb
Chata, Fepples Republic, 0.30 amy for two years and warned him 3 pm trein via Canton.
Australia, New Zealand, '11 that if he committed any Nellare. offence in that time he would havo to answer
the present count as well as any other that
Appearing for the defence might be preferred. Mr A. Comber made a plea in mitigation. The accused, he said, was only 25 years old and Czechs Given
lived with her husband and two chlidren in an uncle's fat in Remanded from last week for Fore Street. The husband was the Crown's decision in view of temporarily unemployed, but
New Currency
London, June 4.
reforms,
Burma, India. Noon, ** No. Blantels Maru
Adon, Middle Malaya, Ceyları, East, Great Britan & Europe, Noun, BS Glenroy.
Pakistan. Noon, Binga Marta. Siam, & p.m., as Peter Hoed, Philippines, ♬ pằm., en American
Mail,
Formosa, 1 p.m., as thonyktig.
Central & South Japan, V.8.A.. America, Ap.m. Es Pacific Trans-
purt.
BUNDAY, JUNE 7
Japan, 4 p.m.. via. B.O.A.C... Malaya, rajonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Ceylon, 8 p.m., 8.0.A.C.
APPOINTMENTS
a plea of not guilty entered by the uncle appeared to be a mon the accused to a charge of of some incans and they were All old Czechoslovak cur- conspiracy to defraud the Hong-dependent upon him. kong Electric Company, Tau!
Some time prior to the Police rency had to be exchanged for the revalued banknotes by mid- Tau-wan, 42, proprietor of the rald, the husband's foster Shanghai Hair
Dressing shop, mother lived in the flat. She night tonight under the Govern 111 Des Voeux
has: ap H.E. the Governor be a confirmed ment's new currency Central, appeared to
reported
pointed Mr T.S.D. Whitley to discharged by W. oplum
sald Counsel, Prague Radio
All
exchange,
bank-be Secretary to the Urban Coun Blair Kerr in the Victoria Dis- and she induced the accused to
means of
Whitley, trict Court this morning, when
try a pipe or two of the drug, notes and coins were affected by eli, vice Mr N.B.M.
the
order. the Prosecution offered no evi- at the
according to a notice in the time remarking
The introduction of new cur- Government Gazette today. dence against him.
that it might help the accused
Other
listed appointments Tsui had been charged joint-
Hon. rency at rates varying from five: condition. her pregnant ly with four other men (all of
foster mother had since old crowns to one new one for were: Mr G.T. Hole to be d Clase II; Dr whom have pleaded guilty and
for Taiwan, and to the small sums to fifty to one for Cadet Officer,
The
left
same
Some of the Prime Ministers Chequers, was immediately put could not evidence beyond are undergoing prison sentences) best of the accused's knowleder large deposits was announced Chung Kuei-en to do a Medical
presence
expressed anxiety about the
at h of Generalissimo Churchill. Cblang Kai-shek's Nationallst troops in Burma.
"Let friends,"
The Prime Ministers will turn The sergeant arrested Ruby on Friday to the Middle East for obstructing
the and discuss mainly the Anglo- execution of his duty, and took Egyptian dispute over the ri- the fish Suez, Canal Zone base and the singing girls along to police station
to be charged with the Anglo-Iranian oil contro using insulting behaviour whereversy, by
JAVO
All at Great Marlborough
on
Mr Eden is accompanied to- day by Mrs Eden and by Dr Guy Blackburn, surgeon at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Lon-
don
breach of the peace might Mr Nehru is understood to
Mr Eden, 55, Is not expected have been occasioned,
a memorandum given him to take charge of the Foreign by General Mohammed Nagulb. Once again for several months,
Prime Minister, Street next morning pleaded not gypt's
A Boston despatch says Mr
will have guilty to the charges against gyl's stand in the recent Eden
a thorough
operation at the Lahey Clinic of there.
V before Mr Paut Bennett abortive Anglo-Egyptian nego-i medical examination before his
tiations in Cairo.
Mohammed
M
All
We were given no chance of Pakistan is believed to be will- judging their singing voices, but
the Anglo- in simple speech, Maisie's voice ing to mediate in was that of Liverpool, Daisie's Egyptian dispute if asked to do a Newcastle voice. and Joan 50. might have belonged to Glas- Kow. The few words Ruby spoke were said in neid London accents.
NO COMPLAINTS *IVERE they using obscene
"W language?" the magistrate
asket, when the story hail been fold, He was assured that the words the girls had sung were
On his way back to Karachi
in mid-June, he will make a stop in Cairo at the Invitation of General
Nagulb
Mr Nehru similarly plans to spend two or threo daya In tho Egyptian caplial-Router,
there
Officials added that the opera- tion might not be performed for a week or ten days,--- Reuter,
Not What They'
Had Expected
SOLUTION IN SIGHT!
Washington, June 4. In spite of official secrecy.
Kuala Lumpur, June 5. were Indications today A free motion picture chow
solution
was being for school children in celebru in the street complain?" he ask-nehed on the Korean prisoner ton of the Coronation backared of war issue the only question for a group of girls from the blocking an
in armistice.
unexceptionable. "Did people that a
Mr Loseby said that his argu- question "Would it be fair to ments would be mainly on the
say I was impossible for any to say on the seven
persons evidence they were
satisfied beyond all reasonable doubt" The hearing la continuing.
Seven Killed
In Typhoon
with
SIDE GLANCES
that
tampering with electric and belief the opium found in five days ago.--Reuter. meters to show a lower record the premises had been left be- ing of electricity consumed. hind by that woman.
One of the four men sen
WOMAN'S CONDITION tenced was found by the Police
Mr Comber tampering with a moter in the
added accused WRS five months cd's Fremises and that led pregnant and had been on bail to the disclosure
of the con- of $5,000. He asked that she spiracy.
should not be sent to prison Mr H. Caine, of Johnson, because if she were sent there Stokes and Master, prosecuted her child would have to be
the permission of the born in the prison hospital. Attomey-General. He raid he In had been instructed to offer no sald the accused had no previous reply to the Court, Mr Li evidence against the accused. conviction and he bad zo reason accordingly or- to doubt her state of pregnancy.
with
His Honour
dered that accused be released.
Warder Faces
3 Charges
His Honour remarked that posscusion of
Colony was
opium in the something which must be stopped, and sentenced accused to two months' hard. Inbour and additionally fined her $5,000 or four months hard labour. He ordered confiscation of the oplum and pipe,
Radio Hongkong
Manila, June 5. Typhoon Judy, before she finally made way to the Chinn Бел late last night, caused a total of seven deaths, disrupted communications and transporin- tion lines and wrought heavy damage to property, particularly A Stanley Prison warder, in northern Luzon.
Cheng Slu-ki, appeared before Practically a third of Manila Judge W.A.. Blair-Kerr in the was under water yesterday, the Victoria Distric Court this depths varying up to three feet morning, charged with criminal Confronted with the food and Intimitation, corruption And expecting considerable damago, assault occasioning actual bodily
6. Time Signal and Programme Ho pleaded not guilty Summary: 6.00, Calidren's Hair Hour the city engineor, Mr Aleje harm. Aquino, again blamed the city's to all three counts.
presented by Salty Am (Studio) *Jermiter in London by Howard Kuala Lumpur convent.
inefficient and obsolete sewerago Mr Alfred Y, Hon appeared Jones (BBCTS); Jeneller at Trafal The prisoner issue turno on Embarraced nuns quickly led system. wo can do," he for the defence, "Well, you seem to have been
while Mr Ligar Square'; 630. Coronation Round- His pray."
Fook-saan, Crown Counsel, was
on Celebrations in the noisy lot of nuisances, but the question of what should be their charges out of the Pavillon sald,
Star Performer Jane the film "And The casualties were
Froman (Vocal); 7.30, Talking about don't think you were insulting done about prisoners of war Theatre when
Sing", featuring electrocuted or drowned. Police
The
against accused Hongkong by Be 8. G. Davis and anyone, though your behaviour who are
Anton esifmated that damage sustained were (1) that he, on Matth 27, corded 220, Coronation Testival of Rev. Father T., Ryan (Na- Botty Hutton, was was not very nice," said Mr
in Manlin alone amounted to with Intent to cause Lo Kin- Dritat Musle by Colony bitzielane: Bennett, and ho dismissed all In putting forth their latest the screen.
A
rookesman for the nuns sold | about 2,000,000 pesos.- Franco- |catters which Lo was not | cert Halij; 180, Weather Report: 0, plan ten days ago, the United the charges.
PICE50. "Thank you, sir," the quartet Nations Command under direc- the film was "mont insultablo".
tion from
had
expected to see a flim chirruped. And tho
Washington-made words
connected with the Corenation, some concession on this point. came from their lips in such dis- ciplined unison, that they might It dropped a proposal that Instead they showed us rome- 34,000 POWs from the North thing which would have undone have been rehooreing them all
Korean forces should be released in one hour what we took six through the night..
cd. The answer was that they had not d done so.
A
.:
What's His Line?' Solution
OLARS-IILOWER London, Exbreed Servde
ofter
BI to go horgo the Angeja
truce became effective:
wo
Boys and girl is,” * ***
either for the non,
ARE THEY IN THE KNOW?
to (a prisoner) write Concert by the Hong Hong singers certain
conducted by Phillo Arnhout (Con- required to write, threatened to Time Signal World News and Now!
that he, on or Orchestra conduosed by Les Baxter
Talk London ftalay); 0.5, Zag about Jammry
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By Galbraith
"Suro, I'll change your off day, but you can't escape! My wife always adjuste har housecleaning to my off day, tool'
a re- Thomas Hardy, Part 2 (BICTE), 4.
Muse Lovers Four-Classical to Séoul, June 5.
for supplying cigarettes to
queste presented by Curtis Hindson In South Korea as soon as the several front dus morning madcast to on April 9, assaulted Lo Kin-
Chiness along the Korean Lo Kin-chung; and (3) that he, Studiofe 10.
· Kurver— Scienc Chromatography, A. Talk by Dr H.
Hi. Irving (BBCTS) 10.15 It also meat to a system of other Kuala Lumpur schools Allled trous: "Keep your heads chung thereby occasioning him Doulevard Cafe 0.33, Iecord food majority voting in a
more fortunate.
About 10.49, Weather proposed were
They down there is going to be a actual bodily harm.
Report Printed and published by WILLIAM ALIES GRINHAM for Radio News Resin London anelaghi and on behnit of South China Moming Port Limited: at 1-3 "neutral" - nations truco com= | ware allowed to stay and see tió | truce within a few day! )--Neu-
17.16, Goodnight Music; God Harve mission which would supervise film-United Press,
The Quesny 1:30, Close Down, I Wyndhamn Street, City of Victoria, in the Coldy of Honging.
ter.
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