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JOHN CLARKE'S

CASEBOOK-

Charlie's Trade

HERE are still some

THE

people whom London's feverish, energetle rush They leaves untouched.

are old men whom ambition never quickened, or who gave up the struggle early, or went down with flags flying, failures in the struggle to make good.

CHINA MAIL

Our australIAN NEWSLETTER

TWO STRANGE

FISH STORIES

From H. King Wood

Sydney, July 28.

A couple of strangè fish stories came out of the Northern Territory this week...

In Darwin Harbour fishermen, from pro- fessional to small boys, have been catching tuna by the tails. They caught the fish by wading among the tuna schools, grabbing a tail here and there and throwing the fish onto the beach.

The tuna were chasing sardines and followed them right onto the beach. The sardines were so des- perate that thousands hurled themselves onto rocks and the sand,

These dwell in the City's backwaters unobtrusively, and live on pittance-pensions that sometimes, but not always, they

Fishermen of the old school, foodstuffs would be needed to have more than earned.

have rather scorned this grabbing | maintain

standard park-benches They sit on when the weather is fine, and by the tail business. They have living. sleep in lodging-houses, what-been baiting hooks with sardines the season, having no and landing a tuna with every throw. friends or homes or families.

THE SELLERS

ما

The tunn averaged Sib and one all catching" party threw out e sold his catch for £10.

in a day. One schoolboy

O the day they draw their

ton dole, they go to some public house that they favour, and a pint, treat themselve

unconscionable #pending A11 time over drinking of it, and dreaming of being rich enough to afford many pints more.

no more than the tired

These old men have not much in the way of worldly goods. Anything of value they may have possessed, they have long Rince

of for the price or a pint or two of mild, an hour or two of dreaming.

The total of their belongings is usually no clothes they wear, and a worn wallet crammed with pathetic. dog-eared papers, a faded map

the ration- stol perhaps, and book they cling to as a bust shred of their citzenship.

It is the ration-books of these old men that interest Charlle, a plump dark man, with features quite astonishingly like those cartoonists give to subjects they with to make rodent-like.

THE BUYERS

WARLIE knows that in London there are many men -deserters from the Services, petty criminals-prepared to pay ration-book high prices for made out in someone else's name. He also knows about the old men who have nothing left of value but their ration-books

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Charlie therefore spends his working hours in lodging-houses, among the old men, "Var- heartedly making them gifts of a shilling or two for their ration- books, which he later sellis vastly higher prices to men on the sun.

were not his,

THE PRICE

at

AT Bow Street next morning he pleaded guilty before Sir Laurence Dunne. the Chief Magistrate, to being unlawfully in possession of these documents. When he was arrested" said the officer in charge of the case, this man said, Tve been dealing In these things, for some time."

Nu-

And the other story. tives on

Coolibah Station, 300 eniles south of Darwin, have found an inland pool containing sharks, wordßsh, stingrays and other sea fish.

The pool, in cattle country, also contained

crocodiles and barrimundi and perch-choice fresh water fish. It is part of the Victoria River and a rock- hole.

Natives sold the fish go there in the wet season when the river was in flood and were trapped as the water recedet, They recently took Australian film producer Charles Chauvel to the pool

the

of

By that year we will reme quire 220,000 tons of beef above what we are producing now. It will take 800,000 head of cattle of 6001 each to supply this extra meat,

we

"If we cannot keep up with the increase in population pre going to face dire famine.” he warned,

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IMPRESSIVE EFFORT Most Asian countries were fiercely anti-Communist, the Australian Minister for Exter nal Affairs, Mr R G Casey, sald this week.

Mr Casey told the Melbourne Junior Chamber of Commerce Colombo Plan was to use aid as that one of the aims of the

a way of trending off Com- munism in those countries,

"When people are hungry, they are likely to anotch at anything

that will give them food. Tola! cost of aid to Asian countries i abous £300-million a year.

Chauvel, who is making the film "Jedda" at Coolibahs

station, said the inland shark this

"The Colombo Plan is part of aquarium he had ever seen. Heffort," he added.

pit was the strangest natural

also admitted that the pool was supplying his film unit with some wonderful feels of fish,

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impressive international

Mr Casey said that the purpose the Plan was not to provide foodstuffs. but equipment to develop natural resources.

NUN'S COMPLAINT Sister

Dhtmundiana. American-born Buddhist returned to America this week because she sald

that the Federal Government had r fused to allow her to settle in Government Austraila.

a whical (outback said this lost 18

Mr T. W. Bolam, farmer from Forbes New South Wales) week that he had months of his life walling to unload pain at Ellos

·

at silos

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She said she believed she was

the

Walting

cost me 100-man-hours a year," he victim of "subtle religious sald. "I reckon the Govern Persecution."

"Certain clements are alarmed grain elevators in the last 30 years have cost me a year and a half of my life.”

ment

Mr Bolam was telling the Wheatgrowers' Union conven- tion Just what he thought of it

all.

UNMOVED BY THREAT The Acting Leader of the Federal Opposition, Mr AMhur Calwell, hasn't been moved by

wool buying unless this country permits more Japanese goods to enter,

He told the Australian Labour

the Australian market.

3L

how large my Buddhist followers has grown,"

she said. "When I first arrived the Australla last Auguse didn't think I would succeed."

she said.

week that

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THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1953.

NEW AID FOR DIVERS

This young lady finds that she can linger longer under the water when she uses this new type of breath- ing apparatus for diving. It is manufactured in Hamburg, Germany. No special handling of the com. pressed air container and breathing tube is required; it operates automatically-London Express.

Broker Cross-Examined In Court Action By Six Paper Firms

Yau Man-lec, who claimed to be selling broker for the United Development Co. Ltd. defendant in six actions brought by six paper firms for alleged breach of a series of contracts involving $854,506 worth of newsprint, was cross-examined by Mr John McNeill QC, who with Mr A. J. Clifford (in- structed by Mr F. G. Nigel) is appearing for the defendant firm,

Foo

why

Shek's

to

that

SHEAFFER'S

Skrip

Police Officer Tells Of Discovering Body In Hut Grave Mail

Evidence of the discovery of the body of a man in a shallow grave inside a hut in Kowloon Tsai Village on the afternoon of March 29 last was given by a Police Inspector before Mr Justice A, D. Scholes, acting Puisne Judge, at the Criminal Sessions this morning, when the trial of three persons, including a husband and wife, on a charge of murder continued.

The accused are Wong Hung, 28, earth coolie, his wife, Ng Kwan-ying, 19, and Ching Shui, 20, earth coolie. They are all charged with the murder of Chau Leung-yuen, accountant, employ- ed by the Chan Cheung Construction Company, at 38 Sai Tak Lane on March 29,

by

Conducting the Prosecution, Later in the day, in the pre- Is Mr D. F. O'Reilly Mayne, sence of Ching Tol and another Crown, Counsel. Divisional man, Ching Chung-kau, whe Det-Insp. D. S. Roberts is lived at 15 Kitung Street, wit- Police in-ness smashed open the top of the offeer-in-charge of vestigations.

steel drun. poured out a quanti- and recond accused are ty of brown-coloured liquid and Fast and Winter, Instructed Mr. S. W. retrieved from inside the drum Messrs 24 keys and a chain. Winers observed at the time that one d'Almada Remedios and Co. and third accused is represented key was broken in two halves. Scaric, In- April 11, Ching Chung-kau by Miss B. K

handed witness' another key by Messe's d'Almada which witness structed

found to be and Mason

similar to the broken key, It is alleged by the Prosecu-

Witness related that he tested tion that the deceased was killed out various keys at different with an axe inside a compart- places-bath at 15 Kilung ment of a hut where first and secard accused lived, and that Street and premises constructed

by the Chan Chrong Construc all

three accused were present tion Company-und found they

tted.

at the time. It was further alleged that the body was then buried a grave dug for the purpose inside the but,

Testifying, Det. Sub-Insp. R.

HIDDEN DRAWER

On June 29, at Kowloon Court a hidden wliness discovered

A Slumshulpo Police drawer in the safe which had

he went to 38 Sat beed sald

com-

Notices

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The intest posting time for registered articlus Kre genėtaliy on hour earlier than the times shown below. Particulars t garding parcel malls can be ki• certained by enquiry at any post. afice.

THURSDAY, JULY 30 By Alr

Stam. Malnya, Indonesia, Austraila. New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Middle East Africa, Great Britain & Europe,

gm., CPA/BOAC, Formasa, Okinawa, 0 p.m., IKA/ NWAL.

Tis Surface Macao, D a.m.; 0 p.m., is Lee Hong/

Malaya, Ceylan, Aden, Middle Exct,

Corfu.

Tak Shing Great Britain and Europe. 3 p...

FRIDAY, JULY N By Air

Slam, Burna, 10 a.m., via TAC. Indo-China, France, French North

and West Africa, 11 am.. Air France.

Formosa, Japan, Korra, USA. Canada, 1 pan. CAT/CPAL..

Indo Chipe, France, French North and West Africa, 0 p.m. Air Viet

KRAIT).

and, & p.m. QEA

North Borneo, Australia, New Zea« Giam, India, Pakistan, Great Britals and Europe, p.m., BOAC.

By surface Macao, 9 a.m.; 8 p.m., Leo Hong/ Tak Slung.

*China, People's Repubile, 9:36 8.311.. train vio Canton,

+

Indo-China, 9 am, as Angelino, Malaya, Maurlijus and East Africa,

10 am, & Van Heutaz

Hong/Tak Shing.

India. Pakistan, Noon as Lao, Slam. 1 p.m. as Manielau haria taken from 15 Kilung No. 3.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 3

By Air Tak Lang on March 20, arriving Street. In this hidden there about 3.30 p.m.

The Parunent Were 10 pieces of Philippines, Guam, Hawaii, USA.

and Canada, B nm. via PAL. Chinese Dividional

containing paper Superintendent, Mr

India, Malaya, D 43., CPA, V. M. Murrison, was already writing:

Hawall, U.S.A.. 0 p.m. PAA. Mr by Cross-examined

Formosa, Okinawa, U.9.A. (Scallio there. Shortly after his arrivai

Dudman agreed and Western States), Canada, e pan. witness began digging in the Winter, Insp.

Blain, Burma, India, Pakistan, Mid mais that to his knowledge Ching Tal KA/NWAL compartment adjoining the

had been charged with murder, die East. Afrima, Great Britain and hut,

After

digging about five with the ferens of $100 bo-Europe, 6 pm, noAc By Surface minutes, he came across the top

Marso, 1:30 pm: 0 pm. og Læg- longing to Ching Chung-kau of a cement bag. He dug arounk! and

with receiving 24 keys the bag and

Chira, People's Republic. 9.30 am... I attempted to lift th

belonging to Chau Leung-yuen. had witch appeared to be full,He further agreed that them 5 p.m. train via Canton.

Japan, Noon, a Rebeverett. but as he did FO the cement. inside fell out through a slit in charges had not been proceeded with against this man, but said the bottom of the bag. he had no knowledge whether buttocks of a human being. The these charges having been drop- Witness then came across the there was any consideration for

pod. body showed no signs of life. of the hois he had dug, and found a plece of material bear- ing red stains. He also found a plece of red-stained tape partly in and partly out of the earth.

SHALLOW GRAVE

Witness looked near the surfacec

The Police Surgeon, Dr Pang, then- arrived, and witness con- tinued his digging operations.

The other day, Charlie was stopped in the street by an alert

Sister Dhammadinna sald that eight Australians had embraced policeman with a retentive memory. He was searched and

the Buddhist vows and at least The six-plaintiff fans are the Mr McNeill put it to the 100 Buddhist followers had at- found to have on him one ration-

Yau Paper Co. of 38 witness that the resale was to Bonham Strand East, the Che Shok personally and not book and nine emergency ration

tended her lectures, coupons made out in names that | Japan's threat to cut Australian Mr Brole, said this

The Minister for Immigration, San Co., of 53 Des Voeux Read United Development and

Central, the Fook Hing Paser | was

personal Sister Dhammadinna

Witness had been Co., of 80 Bonham Strand East, cheque was Issued. given permission to remain in the Loo Lun Tal Paper Co., of said that Ming Wel's receipt Australia until the end of this 120 Bonham Strand East, Kal bore the name of United De- Party executive that this was year. Any further extension Tal and Co. of 66 Connaught velopment, and he did not know a Japanese excuse to try to crash would be granted to her on its Road Central and the Kwong that the transaction was a per-

merits when the time came.

Hing Paper Co., of 16 Wing Lok sonal one.

deal Street. They are all repersented You spoke of another by Mr Charles Loseby, Instructed made in April, 1950 with Park iby Mr J. Way.

Paper Co., in which there was The claims are being heard also a resale of half the original before Mr Justice Gould in the 100 tons sold to Park Paper Ca

Court Supreme Mr H. Suzuki, agent for "If a truce comes, Japan will

He received brokerage from the My McNelli put it to the sale to Park Co. from Shek. not need to buy se much wool this when the arrived in Austra- to him for his commission wereber whether a cheque in one he

said Japanese importing company, wliness that the cheques given

Witness said he did not remem- and wool prices will drop, so the ince he came out of prison lastent, that if we do not brylla from Tokyo this. week, Hersonal ones signed by Henry (ment shown him was the one he

more goods from Japan she will said his company, F. Kanomats & Shek and not issued by the handled but he refuse to buy our wool, will not Co., had a contract with have much validity

Gaverument to Japanese in the future."

Jersey stack Mr Calwell declared that the

He spoke no more than the truth, for he had several times been sentenced to imprisonment for the some sort of offence.

"He's done

no regular work

in November 1950," the officer arided.

"I suppose he gets a very good price for these things? the Chief Magistrate suggested,

"Yes, sir," the officer answered, "though he tells me the price has fallen since rationing got easier."

THE FENALI DARE

raid Sir "I.

Laurence, but that's his theory, no doubt, to charge a high price." He asked Charlie what ho wanted to say,

Charlie

And

answered: "Nothing."

This is an unholy form of traffic," said Sir Laurence, to induce a needy fellow to part with his documents and then sell them for a high price. Go to prison for 12 months.

Charlie shrugged and went off. He was out of business 4cm-

Is

"Japan is

Australian buying wool with American credits and

The Japanese Government will using the wool to make uni-buy stud cattle from Australia Korean soldiers," he declared. forms for American and South and New Zealy to stresin

{the Japanese dahying Industry.

The trial is proceeding.

Truce Commission Meets Again

Panmunjom, July 30.

'What's Her Line?' Solution MANAGERESS

London Express Service.

SIDE GLANCES

The Military Armistice Com- He came across a human foot mission began its third meeting and a piece of wood which on here this morning to continue enforcing and further digging was revealed to discussions on

the armistice be an axe. Witness then came administering. across the head of the body face agreement-Reuter.

He downwards in the grave. dug further and uncovered the. in whole body. The grave which it was found was ap- proximately three feet

deep, two feet wide and six feet long. Witness made a search of the a blue grave and discovered button. After

this

witness looked around the earth sur recognised rounding the grave and found a Chinese-style facket.

Deceased was wearing a blue by United Development Co. Counsel Shek's signature, buy produced two of these dated He did not know that on

June, 1950 both for $500 which June 6, 1950 United Development European-style suit and this wit- ness removed, together with the He said that this year they witness agreed was given him told Park Co.. in writing

man's shirt and subsequently Kere:a wer was the principal hoped to get 30 head of cattle to respect of two transactions Shek had never been authorised cause of increases in the word from New Zealand anti about 250 | "elating to the subject matter of to sign for the United Develop. handed 'them over to De Fang He rst eearched the clothing the action

ment Co., sald witness. SIGNATURE UNNOTICED He was asked about another and found $133.75 in cash, a which appeared.. to be for the However the broker wild that deal made with the Foo Kee brown wallet containing a bill he presumed it was United Brn in April, 1950 where there watch the deceased was wearing vas another resale but said he and which was then still going. Development which was giving could not remember whether he miscellaneous papers including a him the commission B9 Henry

the cheque made by cheque for $80, and an Identity Shek was working for that firm handled

In favour of Foo Kee card in the name of Chiu Leung- Shek He never noticed the sign settling the account upon resale, yuen and bearing a photograph on the cheques with

Fpecial attention. He only paid although he recognised Shek's which was a likeness of the de-

signature on the cheque shown closed, him.

you

SHOVEL AND PICK

price of wool Its termination or an farmers.

head of stud cattle from Austra- cessation of fighting would cause a drop of hundreds of millions of pounds in the next wool cheque, he said.

"If this happens, Australia will find herself in Д serious economic plight. It prices fall considerably in the next Lew years, Australia will be faced with a major depression.”

O'Brien

Leaves The

Lee Hong

that

said he could not be

porarily, but his business could Tassciti; said this week. The the inv Lee Hong on which he She understood that Henry/to Park Co. and Foo Kee were red-stained bed boards and two

wait. it Would suffer no real stump or salbacit until ration books disappeared.

Naguib Ready To musical development

Meet Churchill

Cairo, July 30. General Naguib, the Egyptian President, said early today he was ready to meet Sir Winston Churchill to discuss the Anglo- Egyptian dispute over the Suez Canal zoric.

He told reporters "it does not meeting is matter. where the held-in London, or elsewhero

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provided we reach a settlement in keeping with Egyptian sover- eignty."—Reuter.

only

"Tho day of the big

new

reat

of

con-

personal cheques of Shek. Hearing is continuing.

In the but, witness found two

trestles well મક cotton blankets and pillows which wore also red-stained. He also a shovel in the hut discovered a and a pick in the backyard.

On March

31, witness con- tinued, he went to TaingI Island accompanied by Del-Cpl 741. There he arrested the third accused and took him back to the Police launch standing off-shore and handed him over

4 to Insp. Roberts.

Radio Hongkong

RK.T.

d. Timo Signal and Programma Summary; 6.02, It's Swingtime: 0.30, Portugu Inilf Hour (Studio): Country Fare; 7.30. "Down Aternat

•Lano" presented by Alleen Woode (Studio); 7.59. Weattice Report; & Timo Signal. World News 'and' Nowam Talk London Relay); 8:15, Kalmons Memories-Robert Balz and his Cọn- cert Orch: 8.30, Educating Archie with Pons Draugas and Archio Andrews (BBCTS); 0. Sporta Review by Brig Young (studio): 935, At the Opera "La Boheme" Acts 1 and 2 (Puccini); Peinespils und Membent of the Chorus and Orchestra of La Mlian cond, by Umberto Scale.

10.15, Muse Berrotomi:

of the Twentieth Gen Crosby and his Orch. 1940, CompHOWN IN Cavalcade. Bob

W.C. Handy songs; 10.30, play Weather Report: is. Radio News Reel (London Itolay); 11.35, Good- night Music, God Bave The QueÉDI 1150, Clos Down,

By Galbraith

to the amount and cashed the "OOMPH" NEEDED

cheques. He did not know any about the internal or Modern opera stars had to

nisation Michael Patrick O'Brien, the

of have "oomph" as well as good voices there days, Dr Renito "Man Without a Country," leftment.

for the firm a was acting doctor is head of ono

of the has been the "perpetual" and he worked there. biggest musical Arms in the world

uninvited passenger for the Inst on previous deals he had made McNeill questioned You and is spending a few weeks to 10 months this mornicg.

O'Brien was seen leaving the concerning shek and other firms PRECAUTIONS Australia "the country undergoing

Hongkong-Macao ferry in the before May, 1950.

Witness recalled ord company

two Europeans

IN COLOMBO fat- around 8 am. but his where cerning 100 tons of paper which was sold to Ming. Wel Co, with chested primia · donna is over," abouts since remuly unknown,

Colombo, July 20, When approached Mr D, W. himself as telling broker. Then he said. "Big busts and hips are Macintosh, Commissioner

it and he was of Ming Wel

Troops, took up key positions out. Our fathers could stand

also the reling broker. The anything if it had a voice, but Police, said: "No comment."

It was suggested that O'Brien goods were resold to Shek, Han this city today: as govern

Hament leaders valeed fours that the pubile today demands good might have been taken for a took a statement of account of the Communist-led opposition to 15: Kilung Street, the pro-

The same day, witness wer looks as well."

medical check up.

the Ming Wei firm to Shek and would resort to violence in the mises of the Chan Cheong O'Brien, who

from received cama

4. cheque settling the general

strike

where scheduled for Construction Company The Queensland Minister for Shaighal,

boarded the Lee Hong

in favour of Ming August 0.

ho found a man named Ching Landa, Mr Foley said this week in Macao on September 18 for

He also gavo Bhek A The strike was called as a Tal Del-Cpl. 741- bad a that Australia would face a Hongkong but after arriving receipt from Ming Wel

"Wel, protest against removal of the venation with Ching Tul after | "There's the yacht Daddy says, he could afford a dazın food famine by 1900 unless here. It was found that he had Shown a cheque for $18,- government sico subsidies. which the party⠀ proceeded to

· of if há, hadn't had' five daughtera!!!: primary production kept pace no papers entitling him to land. 004.00 witness agreed **that Meanwhile, an official, warned the backyard where Ching Tal with the increasing population, Ho hús .......beer' aboord, the Leo was the cheque given by Shek' publle servants that they would | Indiented §-a, rusty steel drun. ****

Ho said that by 1000 Aus Hong since, including the periods in settlement, but said he did bellable -to-dismissal If they Wimess took Ching Tal and the tralia's population would be when the Lee Hong went into not notice at the time that it falled to carry out orders on drum back to Shamshulpo and on behalf of South China Morning Bolt Limited at 1.3 about 11,000,000 and extra drydock.

wat Shok's" persónak” choquo; AugustĢUnited From.

·Police Station with him. Dj Wyndhara Streéf, City of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkon

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balance

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cop

607.

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