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The Sad
Case
TT sounded to be the sad- dest сане. From the dock the young man let out the cry: "Please sir, plenae Bir, save me from drink, save me from myself."
The Bow Street magistrate, Mr #. II. Blundell, adjusted, his spectacles and his point of view to bring into proper focus the young man's pien,
Most people charged at Bow Street with being drunk do not domand salvation. All they want
that the Ane imposed on them should be small and leave them money enough in their pockets
to buy a hair from the toll of the
10
dog that bit them, ng 50011 s poble. Not this
young man,
though.
His name was Paul. He was good-looking in a theatrical kind
of way. Speaking, he swept his hair off his forehead every now and again, and occasionally put his hand across his eyes, as if a headache was troubling him.
GUILTY? YES
"WERE
tho
you drunk?" learned clerk asked him. "Yes, yes, yes, 1. was," cried Paul,
"You plead guilty then?"
"Oh yes," said Paul, sounding
14 though Shakespeare had written it.
who had into the
The policeman arrested him went witness-box and told the magis- trate of finding Paul drunk in the West End the night before. no trouble, sir," the "lic was
offleer added.
"Do you want to say any thing, to me?" Mr Blundell ask- of Paul.
"Yes, sir," he said, and poused and bit his lip." Then worda
came from him in a torrent. "You must stop me from drink- Ing." he said, "please do that." FIVE YEAKS AGO (YOU see......." his voice be- came confidential. "I had a terrible breakdown five years
"You
CHINA MAIL
Established 1845
MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1953.
GREEK EARTHQUAKES DISASTER Mother Charged
Six days after the first shocks, Argostoli, capital of the Greek earthquake island of Cephalonia, was still burning. This picture shows terrified inhabitants of Argostoli making their way through the ruins to the quayside to awali amall
ships which took them to the mainland.
Maximum Penalty For Burglar
A 20-year-old youth was charged at the Victorin District Court this morning of deportu- with a breach
tion order and 18 charges of burglary, housebreaking i and larceny.
The accused, Wong Shul-kee, Wing-cheung, allas Leung pleaded guilty to the deportation charge and 16 of the burglaries, He was sentenced to ve years' hard labour by Judge W. Au Blair-Kerr-the maximum pen- alty that can be imposed by District Judge.
a
The Prosecution, conducted ago, in 1948," he said. "During by Chlef Inspector W. Apps, that
I
entered underwent R
nolle prosequi in tremendous religious experience. respect of the remaining two For three months I was, happy, charges to which Wong had wonderfully,,,
wonderfully happy, pleaded not guilty.
and then...
The rest of what he said was that since that three months of happiness he had not been luppy. had been trying
Inspector Apps said that about 4.45 a.m. on July 8, two Police corporals in Nám Kok Road saw the accused coming out of the staircase of house -recapture that time with the No.-00-with-a-bundle-under
to
aid of the bottle, had falled. his arm. Stopped and question- ed, he admitted having stolen the various articles of clothing
goods in the bundle from No. 50 Nam Kok Road.
The magistrate put back the ence, and asked the probation officer to have a talk to Paul. He was shown out, and in the public gallery people turned to their neighbours and said how sad it was, this young man des- pairing so of himself,
THE EYES WATCH THER
drunks
and CAMO
.Scot Thero way who in drink had taken CX- ception to a Sassenach wearing
OTHE
went.
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Four Men On
Murder Charge
The Canton Arrives
Colony's New Crown
Counsel Here
With
Murdering Her Son
was
The alleged killing by a young mother of her baby son related by Crown Counsel before the acting Chief Justice, Mr Justice T. J. Gould, and a Jury of seven men at the Criminal Sessions this morning, when Lau Slu-lin, a 24-year-old married woman, appeared for trial on a charge of murdering Yeung Yuen-piu, a 20-months-old boy.
Accused was in tears when she was asked to plead. She pleaded not guilty, saying she was not aware of what had occurred.
The Prosecution was con-health for about a year and the ducted by Mr D.N.E. Row, father had been forced to spend Crown Counsel, with Del.-Insp. most of his mall earnings on W. B. Scrogg present for the medicine for the child's sake, Tho Police.
husband and wife were very short of money and for six weeks the husband, who was a street harviker, had earned very little. He owed the principal tenant two was months' rent,
On the morning of May 17 Outlining the
for the last, Cose
the husband left home Prosecution, Mr Roo sald that the early. About
10 a.m. the ncoused was charged with theprincipal tenant and another She tenant noticed the accused sit- lived at 124 Queen's Road East,ting on her bed space with the second floor, with her husband two children. and two children. The elder boy (deceased) was a year and eight
Mr A. J. Clifford, instructed by Mesas Johnson, Stokes and Master, appeared for Defende
A Jury of seven men empanelled.
murder of her small son.
the
months old at the timo of the incident, while the younger boy was then 10 days old. The olde: boy had been in continuous bad
Pella Assured Of Vote
same terms
About 10.30 students,
two a.m. Wan Chee-shing and were standing Tso Ylu-kwong,
on the pavement outside 124 Queen's Road East when they ᎦᏒᎳ .
something
fall on to the
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street. Looking at the object, they perceived it was a young child. Shortly after, they saw something else fall next to the CPA body, and noticed this to be a woman. Wan went off to dial 099 while a crowd gathered around the two bodies.
woman
SHEAFFER'S
Skrip
N. Borneo, pm.
Sian Burma. 9 am, TA.C. Formos, & pan. ILK. Airways. Blam Malaya, Indonesia, Aus tralia. New Zealand, o pm., CPA.
USA. Canada, 0 p.m.. C.P.A.L. Japan. 6 pm. BOA.C. Burma, India, Pakistan, Africa, Great Britain & Europe,
6. 1.0.A.C.
By Surface Macao, 9 AMI 6 pm.. * Lea Hong/Tak Shing.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25 BY AB Indo-China; France. French North
West Africa.
via Aur 6 pm.. Vietnam.
Japan, Formosa, 8 pm. T.A.C.' by Burface Macho, 9 am, i pl Ex Ice
China, People's Republic, 9.30 # trein via Canton
Malaya, Mauritius, Bouth Africa,
19 km, ki Tilsadana.
CHILD DEAD An ambulance arrived and the child and woman were. Rome, Aug. 23.
taken to Queen Mary Hospital. RMS Canton arrived from the United Kingdom this morning
On admission, Dr Ho examined The Chamber of Deputies them both, found the with a number of Colony re- indicated clearly tonight to be seriously injured and the sidents.
dead. that it would give Premier child
Dr Chen also Among the arrivals
was Mr
Pella's John Pakenham-Walsh, newly- Gluseppe
govern-xamined the woman, who was the accused. The next day, De appointed Crown Counsel for ment the same 'clearcut
Pang
out carlod
a post-Hong Tak Shing. Hongkong, accompanied
by his approval it won from the mortem on the dead child. wife
three-month-old Senate yesterday. and
At 1 a.m. on the day of, the daughter Carolyn Jane. Son of Mr W. P. Pakenham-Walsh,
Incident, Inspectors Scragg ond who
Speakers in the lower House's Morgan went to the premises was judge of the High Court in Rangoon in 1947, young in the
unusual Sunday session talked where they directed the taking
as the of certain photographs. Mr Pakenham-Walsh, ก
25, was educated in Bradfield College at The Parly line-up also found a small stool close
tomorrow's confidence test pro to the verandah University College of
balustrade, misct to be Oxford University where he ob-
Commun- identical, late and Socialists voting against while next to the stool was tained
an honours degree in law,
new-Fascista
pair of clogs. He was called to the Bar
at Social Democrats,
abstaining, and Liberals, Repub- Lincoln's Inu, He has
served
ved | licans. Christian Democrats and with the Royal Navy.
Monarchists in favour. Returning here to join her husband was Mrs D. G. Guford- Hull, wife of Mr G. B. Gifford- Hull, Chief Engineer supervising building of the Tal Lam Chung-dam.-Mrs-Gifford-Hub- way here in 1933 when Mr Guford-Hull was directing con- struction of the Shing Jublee Reservoir.
and
the
Α
They
On June 8, the accused was charged with murder, and shu made a statement in answer.
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Philippines, N. Borneo, HimbauÏ, Australia, New Zealand, 11 am, se Aro
Indo-China, Noon, sa Sun On. Slam, 4 pink, a Poyang.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28..
By Alz Into-China (Tonkio
only), a am, via CPA.
Philippines, Guam, Hawall, USA. Canada, & am, PAL
Indo-China. Malayo. Indonesia, Austraila, New Zealand, 6
Formosa, Japan, USA, Canada, 1 pm. CAT/CPAL.
C.P.A
From the Files
100 Years Ago
In 1845, Her Majesty the Queen;" by proclamation, fixed the value of a. Dollar in Hongkong at 472 or one hundred half-pence; but Her"" Majesty's advisers might, with as much propriety have attempted' by proclamation to determine the rise and fall of the tiles, as they can neither buy nor sali at that rate, unless it happens to, be a favourable one for the public.. Spanish dollars are the currency of commerce in China, and
Mexican and English money ara
the currency of the Government of Hongkong, of which it obtaina its supplies by the sale of Bill of Exchange to the merchants,
half
EL
At present, Mexican Dollars. are at 7 7 per cent discount com-
and Eng pared with Spanish, lish money is at 14 per cent discount A Spanish Dollar In exchange is worth 8/6, or 132
this rate Mexican
Doller is worth 5/1 3/8 or 122-10 halt pence, and 4/2 English 4/8 3/4, or 113-02 half ponce. At these rates tho Commissariat would have ia buy and to disburse as 4/2, or 100 half pengo to the dollar.
Tho Commissariat most needlessly rejects all dollars that have the smallest Chineso mark on them. Had they pursued an opposite policy from the first, the probability is that Mexican Dollars would by this time have been the currency of China, In place of being sent
away to other countries when in excess of the Commissariat; and
that exchange would now be within more saturn! Hmits.
dollar rejected by the Commissariat falls to an addi- tional discount of 4 per cent; and this may be taken as the premium the Respective Omeer's make the public pay for their freak-for it is nothing else as the Chiness profer marked (or "Chopped") dollars, in the same way that a bill with many in- dorsations is preferred by a for eignar.
NOTES EXCHANGED We give insertion to the follow- ing-lost in order of the new рарст
though perhaps most poople will agree with us than Mr Bridges a letter ought to have appeared in our columns Arzt, in which case the remarks accome mpanying it might have been dia-
pensed with. We have now only. to explain, that on Monday" evening we received a note from Mr Bridges, to the effect that he understood we had sent two notes to him on Friday evening, and on questioning his boy, he found two had been delivered, but the second
could not be found, and he had only then understood A 30-year-old Chinese woman something of its nature from 4
Dies From Lysol Poisoning
On this basis, the vote in the You may think it is a very 590-seat Chamber was likely to sad and tragic case and you may be roughly: for Pello. 323, have great sympathy for the se- against 218, abstaining 48. The cused woman," Crown Counsel Chamber President, Giovanni said in conclusion, “If, how- Gronchi, does not vote,
ever, you find the facts")
-proved In the smaller Senate, Signor you must not let your sympathy Pella's "non-political" team was affect your minds or detract you
to 86 with from your Mun approved by 140
duly as to whether 10 abstentions.
the accused be guilty or not. I drank Lysol around midnight third party. This information, is A spooch by Monarchist
a Wanchaiwo sad in ceply, unfortunately Luigi de Franceso, in which he suggest that if you find the case last night aboard
proven
any reasonable Jordan Road ferry. beyond Signor Pelin
came too late to allow of any of the doubt that the accused intended It was reported to the Radio alteration being made in the support of the 40-strong Right to cause her child to fall from Control Room at the Tsimshatsui communication to the Wing Party, was sufficient
Register floor balcony, then Police Station that just as the but we promised to explain it dispel
any double about the the second
must find her guilty of ferry was pulling into the Jor- our own columns, and to state, Government's chances in
the you
murder."
dan Road ferry pier, the woman which wo now do, that we Chamber vote.United Press.
Evidende in support Prosecution's CDSO was
The trial is proceeding.
assured
Radio Hongkong
IK.T.
Four men, Yim King, 22,
OTHER ARRIVALS Wong said he had entered the marine store keeper, of 24 Itus- house by the roof, from where sell Street, ground floor; Chan
Also arriving to join Mr ho had lowered himself by a Chi-wal, 22, factory worker, of Gifford-Hull's start of engineers rope into the kitchen through 88 Fuk Wah Street, first floor; in the construction of the Tal the window. Two lengths of Au Young-kong, 17, student,
Victoria Lam Chung Reservoir was Mr rope were found concealed in residing at 11 Queen his girdle.
floor: and? Chau T. M. Steven, BSc, AMICE. Mr Street, first PROPERTY RECOVERED Ping, 30, fallor, of 145 Glouces- stove was accompanied by his
wife. He told the Police that for the ter Road, third floor, who were
Others included Mr A. S. a tie with the Mackenzie, tartan; part two months he had been all, charged with the murder of Dank, Executive Omleer of the a Cypriot, who had been too engaged with some companions Kau Kam-shan were remanded
Treasury Department, Mrs Bank the in various thefts from dwellings 7 days by Mr Hin-shing Lost and two children; Mr A. S. Dale, noisy airing his views on ladies of Piceadily Circus late in the district. He took the Central this morning.
of the Fire Brigade, his wife at night.
the various premises Police 40
ADCI Cockrane prosecuted and children; Mr P. Donohue, of At last they brought
Educational back. The fire had gone out of
Paul in respect of which the stHe stated
Department, that the defendants the Jater were
preferred
A. W. him, he looked more hollow him, and also to the pawnshops were originally charged with and Mrs Donohue; Miss A.
Hurrell, former headmistress checked than before. The public where he had pawned some of wounding with intent to cause
Girls'
School, gallery
bodily harm, followed the probation
but as of Diocesan included grievous property, which Meer Into Ühe witness-box watches,
fountain pens and cash. Kau had died in Queen Mary returning to do more education-
work; Mr A. el Arculli, son The with their eyes, eager to learn
Saturday admitted two Hospital recused
of the well-known local solici the full story
or larceny amended charge of murder was tor, returning from five years that lay behind previous convictions the sad case.
from the person and breach of n now being made.
of study in England; Miss M. F. "This man is not really an deportation order. alcoholic;
(Oxon), was alleged by sir,
the Pro- Chandler, In asking for leniency, he officer began, briskly. "He had asked the Court, to take into secution that the incident took missionary of the Society for and World News London Relay): never been in this sort of consideration his youth, and also place at Gloucester Road on the Propagation of the Gospels,
the fact that he had aged August 11: parents to support.
Mr H. L. Kwan is representing sentences imposed were the fourth defendunt. The sen five years for the larcenies and
trouble before
the
probation
PENCHANT
HIS Indeed, it began to grow clear
what Paul's real trouble was --
the
" tendency to dramatise the three for the breach of a de- everyday: a penchant for beinsportation order, which
examined by psychiatrists
medical men.
and be served concurrently.
are tu
His Honour ordered restitution.
people con-
He was set free, and made his of property recovered from the
exit with a listless air of dojec- pawnshops to the
tlon, liko. n. actor given a bit cemed.
part who Had hoped to play the
hero of a great tragedy.
Naguib & King
Ibu Meet
"In Principle" Agreement
to
It
от
the
Dangerous Driver Fined
while
M.A.
靄
en route to Tokyo.
Arriving from Bombay was Mr J. R. Gordon, American Express roving manager, accompanied by Mrs Gordon." Mr Gordon will relieve Mr. F. C. Brideer, locul | manager, who is going to England on leave shortly. Mr Bridger will be away for three months.
POW Exchange
Continues
Or
On
|
Time Signal and Programme summary: 0.07, Children's Half Hour presented by Sally Ann (Studio). Tom Paints the Fence" A Reading
Bernard Braden from by
Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (BBCTS); 4.30. The Bongs of Vincent Youmans
Frank
Bouth Locker; 7, American
7.30. Merry-go-round; Educating Archie with Peter Brum
and
and Archie Andrews. Kepeat of last Thursday's Broadcast
(BBCTS);
140, Weather Hoport; 0. Time Signal
Concerto.
'(Vivaldi)
0.10, "May we Introduce.... Lo Mo Halen (Contralto) ace. by Moya Hoa at the Plano. Nancy · Cala
(Piano)
(Concert
8.30 Applauda-Artists Popular Britain in Bellain during the Pan Year presented by David Waters (Studio):
Tales from the Pacific islands A Takk by Sir Arthur Grimble "Fiber Goblet" (NECTA); · 2.15, Concerto In D Minor Leon Goossens (Oboe) and the Philharmonia String Orcti cord. by Waller Bumund. Dr Thornton Lofthouse __ (Harpsichord) Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor, Op. 20. for Piano and Orch. (fehalkovsky).... Baloman (Piano) and the Philharmonia Orch, cond. by Imany Dobrowen; 18, The_Forces show (Recorded Landon Relay); 10.59, Weather Report: 11. Radio News Reel (London Hislay); 111, Goodnight Music: God Save The Queen; 11.30, Close Down.
Attempted Murder Alleged
Mr Thomas Tam in Central Court this monning imposed a $500 fine for dangerous driving
Panmunjom, ANH LÀ on' Peter Pnompenh. Aug. 23.
Chung-tsing, 45, of
The Communists returned 150 France has agreed "in prin- 58 Java Street.
American prisoners of war in- cipla
the list of French
The charge against Chungcluding two stretcher cases to- El Thet, Saudi Arable,
commission delegates on the
day Aug. 23. which will transfer, police, any was that, on June 8,
Earlier the Chinese had sald
no sick President Nagulb of Egypt and judicial powers to Cambodia, driving along King's Road away there would be
wounded. and King Ibn Saud had a half was reliably reported here from Town, he failed to stop
behind a stationary tram 'noor Except for two men hour mooting at the Royal today.
Wong Fat, 20, welder Palace here today.
at was considered likely that Shlu Kuk Street
and hit and stretchers, who were Bown out Talkoo Dockyard, reading at talks injured two passengers alighting by helicopter, all the Americans 10 Toi Ning Street, first floor, Palace sources said the con- the Franco-Cambodian
tram. The accident versation of the two Chiefs of would begin tomorrow on the from the
appeared to be in good health charged with attempted murder happened... half an hour after and in good but quiet spinis. was remanded three days by State centred on a frientiship return of Premier Pens Nouth. pact between their
(In Paris. Vice-Premier Paul midnight. countries,
The last of three convoys of Mr
Lo at Central this Tho two passengers he hit Communist underscoring that the change in Raynaud had a long talk with the Cairo
no Prince Manirth, the Cambodian were both taken to Queen Mary trucks, which regime made
It was at brought the
by the
Pro change in the "close ties be: High Commissioner in France) Hospital One, Chau Man-sang, Americans to the United Nations secution that on August. 22/01 tween Egypt and Saudi Arabia United Press.
was not detained, though suffer- reception area, arrived at 10,32 No. 10. Tai Ning Stroot the day Ing from multiple abrasions; the hours this morning.
fendant attempted to muller other Lin Fuk-wing was found The Communists also returned two womon, Ward Sau-chun, to be muffering from concussion 250 South Korean soldiers | Tam Sul-mui, and another male and was detained for some time. RoLTER',
- Chi To Hu
In the evening General Nogulb
attended 'Royal: banquRS" RĪVOSA
In his
honour by · the King...--
United Prosne,
<*
ADVERS
*What's His-Line ?' Solution UPHOLSTEREN.
London Exprety · Szretes,
CONIVES - COvered ca kod Plazal
enlied.
of the opened a bottle and drained it.published it under the impression then An ambulance was sent for, but that Mr Bridges wikkany left is
she died on the way to the Kow-unanswered: loon Hospital,
SIDE GLANCES
624
By Galbraith
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"Don't forget to let me know where your daughters are going for their vacations—I'm sure to have all kinds of old friends they can look up!",
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Hongkong. 18th August, 1839. Sir-You have thought proper, in your fan of this weak, to state in the report of the Coroner's Inquest en the late Captain Lovett, that the Coroner Wee "controlled under the guise of being aided by among others) a Barrister." I am, I believe. the only person in this Colony whom this observation Can apply! and as your remarks impute to ma conduct improper in practising Barrister. I inform you that your statement is, unfounded, and that. without inquiry, you have unjustifi- ably perverted fact. I attended this inquest after communication from, and me the legal representative of the Agents of the Arteloon Apar Memes Laican & Co., mod, also, at the desire of the Corerier, who wish- od to have what naistance my ex- perience in criminal investigatione might afford in an inquiry of so much momoot. I never directly or indirectly controlled, or ventured to attempt to control, Mr May; hid do not think that any one but yes- self would have stated or Inainsisted such a chargo against me, but I am gind that you thereby give me an opportunity
bearing *terli- mony to the Dainstaking and exemplary manriar In which the Carener conducted
most laborious, investigation. I had anti-. sipated that the manner in which ari indecent interruption was checked would flicit from you
Born 157) Savourable comment on the investi»'»- gation, but however nore you might feel on the subject. It was your province to conting yourself to facis, and not to deal in slution, ka aware that audi alteram partems is not your invariable rule, and am desirou of giving -- publicity to mmsť: contradjotion of your statemenikeI skall send a copy of this letter to the Editors of the other - newspapers in this ·Colony--1. remain.
servant, obediWILLIAM T. BRIDGES,"
of
A. Shortrede. Esq.. China Mai.
your
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