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Sheila in Mayfair

HE gracions house in

THE

Mayfair must have seen many girls of about Sheila's age, pass nervously across StH

threshold, themselves upon the threshold of their own careers.

Within the menury of living mea, girls going to work in the house would arlve with nil their possessions stowed in a bag of plated straw and creep down the area steps to become near-slaves for a salary of a few pounds a year.

Now the house has radically changed in character. The pon- deroun furniture und family portraits

the are gone and bric-a-brac,

su highly prized, that needed such an iron nerve to dust, has lain many years

·worlusted and unwanted, on the shelves of curic dealers. Strip lighting has replaced the chan- dellers, and typewriters chalter purposefully everywhere.

NO CREEPING From being the town house of a magnate, the handsome building has become, like many of is neighbours, a bustling office. And nowadays, girls who want jobs there do not creep in by the area steps.

and

new

They enter by the front door

beard the house's master in his den, dictate their stern terms to him, and demand for one week of their labour at mum the serving girl of another day would have deemed fair pay for a year's work

at

Ak 1

Shella bogan work the house last month.

copy- typist, She is a slim, dark- haired, attractive, 21-year-old, and this was her fouth Job in the six years since she left school. How good copy-lypist she

was, we have no means of know- But the nest way she inf dresses and the poise she possesses both suggest she is the kind of girl who would be thorough in

in anything she put

her hand to

Unfortunately, she put her hand to other things beside her

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At Bow Street next morning Shells pleaded guilty to the two

charge of theft against her.

"She is single," said the officer in charge of the case to Mr Ber trani Reece, the magistrate, "and lives in a two-roomed fla! with her mother, to whom she раук £2..a. week from her salary of £6, I think she is very sorry about this, and she says she would like to repay the money.

Mr Recce naketi Shella what the wished to say. Her poise had not quite left her, but words did not come easily: "Must have been

tempting." the gulped.

'COS

The bad feature here," sald Mr Reece, "is that you were robbing your colleagues, and you brought other girls under sus-

But for your pleion.

Kond character 1 should have to hest- tate a long time before deciding whether or not to send you to prison. However ." He placed Shella on probation.

She was set freo, but her job, of course, was gone. Presenuy, to the house in Mayfair another girl would go to take the place. that had been hers.

Radio Hongkong

IK.T.

0, Ting Signal -ond Pro' kalf Hour presented by Sally Ant graiome Summary: 0.02, Children's (Studio) "Jennifer in London" by Howard Junkes

Jennifer at the General Post Ofoe' (BUCTS); 0.39, Come into the Parlour-Mund and

from Hangs

Northern Ireland (BBCTS: 7, Star Performer: First

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CHINA MAIL

Indo-China As Top Subject For Discussion

Washington, July 2.

Authoritative diplomatic sources said today Indo- China may, outrank in Im- portance even the problems of a Korean truco and the four-power conference when Foreign Ministera of France, Great Britain and the United States meet here next week.

They understood that French Foreign Minister Georges

that Bidault will expect

top priority be given to Indo-China because the French National Assembly and public opinion is strongly against the Indefinite

continuance of this wár,

It is not impossible, they said, that Bidault may warn his col- leagues that unless this war can be brought to a satisfactory conclusion soon, the French As- sembly may refuse to vote fur- ther credits for carrying on the defence of Indo-China.

PUBLIC OPINION They expect Bidault to poin out that the Assembly has t taite as much note of its public opinion as Congress does of the United States opinion in

to foreign policy. they said considerable signl finance should attach to the fact that the Government of Premier Joseph Laniel has abolished the of the Associated Ministry

of Indo-China and for

Puno Quartet playa Gershwin; 7.70, Stawresent at least there is no

Talking about Hongkong by Dr S. G. Davis and Rev. Father T. F. Ioan Recorded; 7.30, Songs from the Shows with Lisbeth Webb, telen Clare, Jack Couper, Mervyn Saunders,

by

High

Commissioner for Indo-

China.

They regarded the abolition of this ministry as signifying that give as agreed to

as possible to

France bas much autonomy the Associated States within the French Union.

work. One day recents two girls and the Soli--Good Husbandry by tion of the Frends High

that

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US Ambassador To PI Criticised

Manila, July 3.

The Liberal Party headed by President Quirino has denounced United States Ambassador Raymond Spruance for "meddling" in local politics and threatened to elevate the case to a government level.

Nacionalista Party Presidential Candidate Ramon Magsaysay's claim in a speech made on Wednesday that American aid will cease unless the Quirino administration is changed.

Party press release

THE WORLD'S BEST!

Death Of

Embezzles $53,000: Mr Hugh

Sent To Prison

Nish

For embezzling over $50,000 from Messrs Well-Known Former Thoresen & Co. Ltd., the 33-year-old cashier of Hongkong Resident the Company, Siu Kwok-shing, was sentenced to 29 months' hard labour by Mr Hin-shing Lo at

His many friends in Central this morning on three counts of embezzle-regret of the death of Mr Hongkong will learn with

ment and one count of fraudulent conversion. -

According to the Prosecution, on June 18; the de- fendant told Mr Anderson, the accountant of Thoresen & Co., that during the last five or six years, he had cm- bezzled around $50,000 of the firm's money.

Important Victory For Eisenhower

House Backs Air Force Budget

Mr Anderson then checked the books of the Company and found that there was over a $53,000 deficit.

Hugh Nish, former Sworn Mansurer, which occurred this week at Rockingham, Western Australia. Ho

was 66 years of age.

The late Mr Nish settled in Hongkong in 1922, and in 1931 he took over the office of tho Sworn Measurer from Captain

B. Branch, Its originator, when he retired.

The way that the defendant had embezzled the money was by

But prior to this Mr Nich wor falling to JESUD receipts for A raman. He frut went to bea

in 1003 nnd passage tickets, pocketing money

for eight yCUTA that was to pay for various bills served his apprenticeship in tho owing to the Company, and on

sailing ships of the famous the last count of fraudulent con-

Thompson and Anderson ship- version, the defendant pocketed | ping firm, of Liverpool.

of part

some money that His first sight of Hongkong was Thoresen & Co. intended to con- In 1911 when he was Third tribute to a charitable Institu- Officer on the Blue Funnel liner

Ulyseen. tion.

The

The defendant had been working for the fan since 1939 Washington, July 2.

Ielerk, and in 1948 he become The House of Representa-cashier of the company. tives today gave President defendant has a wife and three Eisenhower a major policy children in the Colony.

He said that he had embezzled victory by defeating at the money because of family tempts to add $1,175,000,000 expenses. to his budget for the Air Force.

Volen votes turnet! down four Loitered

amendments by Mr George H. Mahon (Democrat, Texas) fo this

increase the budget by amount--the minimum which mer Air Force Chief of Staff, General Hoyt Vandenberg, for-

id

the

143

was needed to keep Air Force expanding to wings by mid-1057.

The Eisenhower administra-

During World War 1 Mr Nish was on Dover Patrol, NYR, after which he returned to Bluc Fumel ships which then carried munitions from Montreal

to England, After King various capacities on Blue Funnel ships, Mr Nish became Chief Officer of the Polyphemus

nus and was later appointed to the Far East Freight Conference, spending his time în Kobe

Shanghal, Yokohama. Thonisin and Hongkong. In

Near 1922 joined the P. and O. and

Dockyard

For lottering within 100 yards

on-

cut of $5,000,000,000 their junk falling to renew

that

remained in Hongkong.

The late Mr Nish was a mom- ber of the Billeting Corps during hostilities In Hongkong 12

on

Billy Ternent and his Concert Orefi. Presented by John Watt (BBCTS); 1.59. Weather Report: 8, Time Signal Work News London Relay);

Dacomber, 1941 and was interned 8.10. Appeal for the Boys' and Girl clubs Aocation by the Rev. Father P. J. Huwnton, S.J. (Studio): 0.16,

by the Japanese in Stanley. Richard Crean and is Orchestra:

of the Royal Naval Dockyard Upon liberation he went Consequently 830, Under the Red Robe by Stanley

the only resi

without permission, three fishing leave to England but returned by J. Weyman. Part 3: Revenge problem that exists at present is

This development came in the wake of ton cut $5,000,000,000 from the Junk masters, Wong Tim-kei, 20, plane in April, 1940. BBCs): 9. Music Lovera Hour.. the carrying out of the fighting

budget recommended by former

Mr Nish will be remembered Wong Cirasiga?

Fuk, 52, and Wong Tin- Requests presented Curtis HindrOT (Studio); 10, Man

for his never-falling cheerful in Indo-China under the direc-

President Truman for their you, 28, were fined $5 each by disposition. He was an extreme- Easterbrook,

Mr T B. Low at the Marinely popular club man Force. who worked in the same office, Laurence

and on 10.15. (BBCTS);

Boulevard

mand: Cafe:

The Air Force budget amended

Court this.

cathusiastic lawn bowler. this motioned on

Ho though not in the same room,

10.30, Record Round-about: 10.39

They also belleve Bidauit will

They were by the Eisenhower administration to the

Radio News Weather Report; 11.

was f as Sheila, reported

number say that with the prospect of an

for a great

of years management

money was Reel London Relay); 11.15. Good-

a keen member of the Kowloon was for $11,000,000,000, repre- other charge of missing from their handbags. In right Music. God Save The Queens armlatice in Koren, French pub-

on mind of the American Govern- from the amount recommended

senting # lic opinion through is repre- Thursday night sald Magsayment or that lie is so vital to by President Truman Defence, Mr were arrested by the Royal Kowloon Cricket Club. He was

The Prosecution sald

Bowling Green Club of which one case, 105, had gone, in the 11.30, Clone down.

sentatives in the Assembly is say's insistence on such a claim American interests that the ad-

he served as President and he carly this morning, defendants other, Bs.

was an active member of the kely to object to the fact that confirmed allegedly reliable re- ministration Frenchmen would then be the ports received by Liberal Party would do his bidding", the state that the build up of combat air found loitering, within 100 yards Hongkong Lawn Bowls Associa-

in Washington Charles E. Wilson, had contended Naval Police

they were when

also a past President of the Westerners being killed in headquarters to the effect that ment said, only the East

the former Defence Secretary

strength would be more rapid of the Dockyard sea wall. They sources said the recent

"Ho cannot been authorised thing else. The police arrived;

by the

the under the new plans than under were then handed to the Police, one by one they interviewed all

Rome, July 2. appointment of General Navarre American envoy to make such American Government and pub-those made during the Truman and on questioning, they sald The victorious British Everest. as French Commander-in-Chief statements. The stat

le in bad light in the manner administration. statement cali- the girls who worked in the

that they had fahed there with frightening expedition

in Indo-China is significant be-ed this an "unmistakable building.

on its way to a

The immediate goal was an nets for an hour. They admitted The represents them as actively For half-morning

influencing suspicion

cause of his experience of the | dication tay triumphal reception In London

the cause of politica Air Force of 120 wings. A wing also that they had not renewed of American inter- was delayed at Rome airport war of mobility and commando ference in local polllics".

in this country." equally upon everyone.

consists of fran 30 to 75 planes, their junk licences which had tonight by engine trouble. HER TURN

type operation.

"The Liberal Party refuses showing himself to be more a

It also sald Magsaysay now is depending on the type of air-expired on June 30. to believe that. the American man of words than the man of people

will tolerate such inter- ference on the part of their action that he claims to be." representatives in this country". United Press. the release muld.

The management called

the police, for a thief at large Everest Team

in an office can wreck morale

more quickly, than almost any-Due Home Today

At last. It was Shella's turn, to be interviewed. ".... ...." she began, and then her confes- sion come tumbling out.

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-MOBILE-FRONT ~ -~-~~- Consequently, they believe that Navarre considers the wor might be brought to an early end if the whole front in Indo- China were male moble.

they

Thng the French Union and

Bald, Would entall

local forces in Indo-China with

fighter and more

transport port planes, helicopters and landing

craft so that anti-Communist forces could be continuously In- vading

all points of

Communist Vietminh-held territories, They said there is more than enough Inclo- road transportation in China, but due to the lack of road communications, air and sea mobility is of far greater importance there.

has hos

in-

But, it said failure of the American Embassy to announce. "Magsaysay's warning as un authorised can only lead to the conclusion the

that somebody has Indeed encouraged the Nacion- alista candidate in his campaign for the Presidency."

but pul

Rhee Hears

The Secretary

craft.

"TENTATIVE "ACTION"

The uction of Mr Mahon's

amendments was tentative in Government

that it could be changed before Anal passare of the Defence De- partment appropriation,

the House tentatively

ved without change $12,-

$9,-

082,000,000 for the Army.

the Navy und

Appointments

His Excellency the Governor

Some Plain $10,105,000,000 for the Secretary has appointed Mr G. T. Holo

Speaking

of Defence.

House also

approved

The plans for the building of a third 40,000-ton aircraft carrier.

DENIAL DEMANDED The statement declared that unless Spruance denies the truth of Magsaysay's

the claim, Liberal Party would be "com-

Tokyo, July 3. pelled to make formal represen President Eisenhower's tations with the proper authori-special envoy called on ties for drasle action".

Korean President Syngman Simultaneously Malaconan Palace issued a statement saying Rhee this morning and did that by Magsaysay's claim, ho seme plain talking as the "once more revealed himself to American delegation adopt be the ill-informed, If not bed a firmer attitude toward deed ignorant and irresponsible attempts to block a Korean raised Indo-China at

aspirant" to the presidency.

They stressed that quick de- livery of the aircraft carrier recently requested by France for Indo-Ching would be helpful.

Failure to get a three-power agreement on

next week's conference might have drastic repercussions Southeast Asia, they said.

on

1n-

anti-

It said the former Defence; truce." Chlef does not understand the

bo

स Deputy Clerk of Councils, announced the Government Gazette today.

Other

listed appointments were: Dr J. M. Listen to be on

0.3

tion.

Mr Nish retired from business and left Hongkong early in 1948, He is survived by his wife, son and a daughter.

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FRIDAY, JULY J By Air Indo-China, France. French North

and West Africa, 0 pm. Air Viet Dam

North Borneo, Australlo, New Zealand, 6 p.m. Q.

Siam, India, Paklitan, Great Britain

Funde for all the armed ser- vices and the Defence Depart. Official Member of the Legisla ment were in one big bill carry-Live Council during the absence ing a total of $34,434,140,500 ns

of Dr the Hon. K. C. Yeo; it

H. H. B. How, Magistrate, the House Ap- to act

Mr came from

15 District Judge vice proptlations Committee,

The Committee's recommen

Mr J. Reynolds.

Dr J. M. Liston to act dations as to the Navy were accepted by the Services; Dr K. II, Utley to act and Europe, & p.m. 3.0.A.C.

Army and

Director of Medical and Health House when these sections of the bill were read and no one

as Deputy Director of "Medical

By Surface Mação, 9 a.m., 0 p.mɑ as Lee Hong/: objection.

1 | Tak Ghing. Grimth to act as Deputy Director

SATURDAY, JULY 4 of Medical Services; Dr Samuel

By Air Philippines, Guam, Hawaiḥ, USA. Hollingsworth to act as Senior

and Canada, 6 am., via P‚‚L Oficer.

India, Malaya, I am,, C.P.A. Mr E, P. Grace and Mr J, J. A. Hnwall, V.B.A., 0 p.m., P.A.A.

Formosa. Okinawa, U.S.A. (Scottlo ae Assistant and Western Blates), Canada, & p.m., Superintendents of Police; Mr H.KAN. WAL

and Health Services; Dr G. V. A.

They provided: Army $12,892,000,000. This is "historic background and the US Assistant Secretary of State 2080,000,000 less than President Eisenhower requested but nearly clear Implications of Philippine Walter Robertson delivered n American relationship and the reply to Rhee's letter of Wed-$900,000,000 more than was re- Grace a

the ROK commended by former President in mutual character of the defence nesday, In

and other uld arrangements President sald his position had

If the répercussions are favourable to the Communist cause in Southeast Asin, the strategle security

which

Siam,

the Far East would be seriously the two countries "orinot changed since his talks with can, because the total in-K. H. Goh to act as Assistant | Middle East, Africa, Great Britain

menaced and the United States between might have to build up Thailand that he presumes to be a Robertson started a week ago. as the Gibraltar of Southeast spokesman of the American Asia, they contended. United Press.

S'pore's New Power Station

Singapore, July 3. -A—now— $90,000,000__power. station will be officially opened

Us

Government....

Although the

Korean war costs. Navy $9,384,003,000, This is $2,000,000,000 under the Truman contents of budget and $308,290,000 less than "It is most unfortunate that Robertson's written reply were the Eisenhower

request, Magsaysay should talk the way not definitely known, it was re- Republican leaders he now does as if he knew the ported by reliable sources that it heavily on a direct appeal by

said the Robertson mission has President Eisenhower to full authority to present the Democratie attempt to increase final position of the US, and the Air Force.Router.

Train Driver Averts Disaster

up

that the US and the UN aro

going ahead with plans for a

truce, with Rhee or without him. Consular

Raberisan

The

Ig clating American words, one source said. These

position plain Appointments

counted

defeat

Controller of Posts,

Farewell

Courtesy Call

The outgoing Commodore-in- Charge. Hongkong, Comunedore I. G. Dickinson, palda fare- well courtesy call on the Com mander, Brush Forces, Hong-

Oxford, J

July 2 here today. It is said to rank London-bound

Four hundred passengers lika"

train will be no table pounding in the The Government Gazette an- kong, Lleutenant-General-Sir express one of the most efficient were saved from disaster to- US's "armer" attitude. Robertson nounced today that the Queen's Terence Airey, at Flagstaff power stations constructed in night when the driver pulled 15 determined to keep the dis-Exequaturs empowering Signor House

this

morning. the Far East.

art as Consul- The Commodore was received The

100 yards short of the song friendly and dimified." Guido Relli to

The ROK President was be- opening ceremony will be blazing wreckage of an Ameri-lieved sticking to his original G.C. Tullock and J.K. Holleed from his car, and proceeded General for Italy, and Messrs by General Airey as he alight- presided over by Sir John can B-47, biggest bomber in demands a ninety-day limit on Nicoll, Singapore Governor, this the world,

way to net as Vico-Consuls for to inspect a guard of honour which

Iry- ploughed afternoon.

the postwar political conference the United States of America at provided by the 1st Battalion, to the track ahead of it. The

new power house fr

received Her Royal Ulster Rifles. The driver had watched from and a mutual security pact with Hongkong, have

the US.

Majesty's signature, equipped for, a maximum in the foolplate as the giant B-47

He then took the salute na It was stalled capacity

understood that the of 162,000 strato-jet

It was also announced that the guard paraded before him. plane, capablo af US is willing to accept in time 11.E. the Governor has recog- kllowatts.-United Press,

Tomorrow morning the in- flying over 600 miles per hour, limit but to firmly opposed to nised Monsieur A. Sandoz as coming Commodore, Commodore suddenly shuddered, dived to auy agreement that will comm!! | Acting Vice-Consul in charge of A. H. Thorold, wit pay a call carth and blew up straddling UN forces to resume the war If the Swiss Consulate, and Mir on General Airey, and the guard the railway line.

unification of Korea is not ac- M.W. Meyer as Viec-Consul of honour will again be pro- Four people in the plane complished within that period for the United States of America vided by the 1st Battalion, were killed instantly. -Reuter. United Press.

In Hongkong.

| Royal Ulster Rice,

'What's Her Lino?" Solution FRIMA' DONNA London Express Service.

Burma, India, Pakistan,

and Europe, σ'pm.. 8.0.A.C.

By Surface "Macao, 130, p.m.; 0 p.m., a Les Hong/Tak Shẳng,

9.50

Chiny, People's. Repablic a.m.; & p.m. train via Canton.

Malaya, India, Pakistan, a am. m Olinda

Formosa, 1p.m.. as Shengking. Japan, 1 p.m.,

Burma, 2. p.m.,

Koreo, Australia, Changte.

Done Natl.

8antHIM,

Philip Q.

e Zealand. 6 p...

Cegion. Aden. Middle East. Great Britain wed Europe, 6 pm, as Peleus.

Indo-China, Noon, 13 Else Maersk

KUNDAY, JULY 6 By Air Japan. O p.m., via 1.0.A.C. "Malaya, Indorexia, Australis,—Now. Zealand, Ceyjon, 0 p.m.. 1.0.A.C.

By Burface Macao, 2 pm.. # Tai Ley, Japis, Noort, fa Lao,

MONDAY, JULY • By Alr Philippines, Gum, Hawaii, USA. Borneo, & p.m, C.I.A.

Formosa, D., 11.1. Airways. -

RHKDF Promotion It was notified in today's Government Gazette that Private Theodore. Norman, of Forte Headquarters, Royal Hongkong Defence Force, has been promoted to the ranic of Lieutenant,