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Mary Goes Home
ONDONERS may
but. If you have lived all your life 250 miles to the north of Picadilly Circus and are still young, London seems a city possessed of the utmost magic.
So Mary felt, who until she
in
She resumed the search, and un Oxford Street store, whero she stole a black jumper, and was caught in the act.
NEVER AGAIN
AT Great Marlborough Street next morning. Mary, pretty, dark-haired girl, plead- sorry," she said, when the story had been told to Mr Paul Bennett, VC, the magistralc.
was 18 lived with her wklowered guilty to the theft. I'm
mother and younger sister in grey, bleak town 205 miles from here, Mary was 18 last January, that same month she came London:
CATHE
to
In the North she had worked na a factory hand. When she to London she got a job as a barmaid. Hackney, i was technically London, of course. Within a bus ride of the bright that spelt adventure, glamour, sortichow, perhaps, a fortune hor mother and sister could share.
T
MOVING WEST
THE pay wan £4 a week, and
Mary lived-in at the public house where she worked, so she was able to send small sums of Imoney home
to reassure her family that she was holding her own in the bist, exciting, Bercely competitive city.
After a few months she left She became. Hackney,
a bar- maid in a busy West End tavern. Now, indeed, she seemed to have travelled a long way from her drab home town.
Bat Mary,
like most people from the North, was not easily blinded by the bright lights. She kept her feet on the ground, and when it seemed to her that the
West End public-house where she worked provided poor incals for its staff, she told the inanager her views.
"YOU'D BETTER GO'
"NO
TO one'd call me fussy, but
you're
starving us, that's what," Mary sald to the man- ager, the other day.
if that's how you feel," ho said, "you'd better go."
Mary worked out her week's
notice and went.
"I've never stolen before, I'll not steal again. Her volce was rasping, her accent undisguised- ly regional, her tone forthright.
Mr Bennett put back the case and instructed Mary to talk to Mrs. Gray the probation officer, Later in the morning, the girl brought from the North was buck.
a widow who her sister's "Thin girl
Her mother's goes out to work. 14. said Mrs Gray,
shy's now she would like to go home."
PRESTIGE
66T EXPECT your mother will
be glad to have you back." said the magistrate to Mary,
Ho discharged her absolutely. and instructed that she should be seen on to a train to the North that afternoon.
And in towns like the one where she lived, something bought here bestows on its wearer enormous prestige, even though the same article may quite easily be had locally. To go back empty-handed was to ädmit defcat,
CHINA MAIL
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1953.
Resumption Of Evacuation From Burma Likely
United Nations, Nov. 12. Reports that the evacuation of Chinese forces from Burma may be resumed within 24 to 48 hours" were received here today,
;
A source in touch with the Joint Military Committee supervising the airlift of the guerillas to Formosa told the United Press the outlook could be described as "hopeful".
.:
United Nations sources made no attempt, however, lo minimise the seriousness of the breakdown in the evacuation. They said that even though the airlift were resumed, the Huccess of the operation would not be guaranteed,
More
Hopeful Sign
Panmunjom, Nov. 19. Allied observers detected
Evacuation of the long-disputed forces from Burma bega last Saturday and erased en Sunday After cely 204 Chinere had been flown to Formor. The Jolt Mildery Comitice, empesed of the United Sizice. Natlerlist China and Thailand, fred bren expected to fake cut cbout 2,000 of the leftovers freen the civil wan ko China.
werd
the
The main Teater for the breakdown wire Burma's refusal to allow the evacuation of 38 querillas on the grounds that they thair Burmese rather Going from the dock, Mary
Chinose and the fact that none of | glanced towards the jumper she She would have had stolen.
a hopeful sign today in these removed from Burme so far have handed over weapons to the given the world, 1 think, to inke so far fruitless attempts to Miltary Commitee.
a Korean peace it back to the North with her. | arrange
As to the Bret reason, Burma Sending so much money home,
conference. They believed
so far has insisted it will allow as she had, to her mother, she that the negotiators may be only Chinese to be sent to had not been able to buy clothes
near a compromise which Formosa. It was understood for herself in London.
would bring the long over-here that the Military Committer was trying to persuade Burme due parley one step closer.
on this pointed out that The hope was slim, these ob- to change its attitude on servers admitted, but it was the point. It was poi
e guerilla forces had made the first optimism since the talks choice themselves and their to arrange the peace conference want behind closed doors ne return to Burma could in no
benent the Burmese. days ago.
to the other reason, the Milliary Informants near the negolla- Committee was said to be in
સલામ hit all tions based their hope for a sleting
ovacuoes give
UP
Nations-Communist deadlock on Thoi bordet.
he It was learned the fact that the UN has not this insistence was being put broken secrecy on the discus-to the Chinese Commrend in siens,
Burma in strong terms." Other-| A UN pokerman caid earlier wise, the success of the entire that the secrecy would be ended operation, could be in Jeopardy. ufter the middle of this week if no progrese had been made.
Ong hindrance to the opera- Observers felt
ton, It was reported, has bee reason to believe that UN and Burma's extreino scepticism Communist staff officers who are that the Chinese Nationalists are altempting to end the stalemate peting in good faith-United may report back to Allied and Presh Communist diplomats early.next weck with a
solution,
Famous Japanese Architect Dies
Tokyo, Nov. 13.
D: Kotaro Sakural, a memb9; of the Royal Architects Society of Britain, died yesterday, aged 83. She wandered around the after a protrested fles, Kyodo West
End, looking for other Nows Agency reported today, Jobs, and stayed the first night of her freedom in a Bloomsbury hotel. After she had paid the she had 14s. left.
bill there, And the still had no job.
The former President of the Japan Archtices Society designed the Marunouchi, Mitsubish! Bank and other well-imown buddings in Tokyo.-Reuter.
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Full Court To Hear Application
Examination Dates Announced
The application for extension It was
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Hongkong Border Incident
Communist Requests Asylum
Solomon gave the first of two recitals at the Empira Theatre last night in tho presence of His Excellency the Governor and Lady Grantham.
It is of great delight to have a wearing the usual grecn visit from such a distinguished uniform of a Private First
performer, and music lovera turned out in force to show their appreciation and pleasure,
the proving popularity of con- eurts of this type in the Colony. Solomon's playing is joy Not only has he the technique, the skill and the agility neces- sary to achieve his status, but he has a singulor beauty of to Bo
A Chiness Communist Public Security official,
Class, dashed across the Lowu, border from Chinese territory and was granted political asylum in the British section at 10.30 a.m.
yesterday, according to a Senior Police officer,
He was about 30 years of age
touch, an emotion and and was fram Klangst Province.
found among the top rankers.
sympathy not always
The main threw away his mili- tary pip and shouted at the This stemed to me to be pur-seiers on duty at the border,
ncliccable
"follow me". He then dashed... the territory.
the
ticularly setcollons chosen from Debussy's across the frontier into Bish
These Included
work.
descriptive Voll
as It
Valles playerness |
was with remarkable
The man with several ribbons erness above his breast pocket, mixed.
And fluidity, the humorous with the crowd but was identified Minstrels and the charming Fille by the Police, and he subsequently
}
Aux Choveux de Lin. To many asked for esylum, this inst
risp and singing, He was then taken to the Lowu last item. appeared to be the gem of the Police Station collection, though to my cars Scarlatti's Sonata in F Major gave
the greatest pleasure. The rest of the carefully con- structed programmene aves made up of two Bach Preludes and Fugues; Beethoven's Sonata No. 21 in C Major the "Waldstein", a powerful work demanding great victuosity;
Schumson's Carnaval
of which Pantalon et Colom- bine is probably the best known excerpt, and the Mephisto Valsa by Liszt
possible break in the United their "Arearms at the Burmeso. | trict Court, yesterday, will be 1954 on the weekscludes the well-known Funeral
there
certain
an oplum divans, was
The deadlock resulted when to discuss the the UN
USMICss listed by. Ars order of 1
the. Comtalecision on
whether
nations wil
AL
attend the peace parley. the same time, the Reds firmly opposed starting the talks on -the UN's proposal to settle first the time and place of the con ference.
The staff officers will meet at 11
am,, today but probably will not meet on Saturday. The UN negotiators will be tied up that day with Vice-President Richard M. Nixon's visit to Munson, the Allled base camp below Pan- munjom-United Press.
Third Camp Established
HOLY LAND
BORDER
INCIDENTS
for
Man's Life Of Crime
and
According to the Police, the
sellers of the Chinese side of the border refrained from firing ne the man.
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER "13 By Air Japan. U.S.A. & Canada, 0 p.m. Indo-China. p.m.
North Borneo, Australis. New Zan land, 6 p.m..
Malaya, Indonesia. 6 p.m.
By BurlACE
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Philippines, Malaya, Ceylon, Aden. `- Middle East. 5 p.m.
Macao, a p
The audience insisted on four cucores, the last of which was a piece of astonishingly in the little cnnounced
received by tho listeners. of balt pending an appeal in Gazette today that examination sparkling dellezey, rapturously Four great composers will be respect of Sub-Inspecter Dennis for Certificates of Competency Edward Henry Ward, 25,,who is Musters and Mates wil be
represented on Saturday's pro- Haydn, Chopin his gramme; was given three months hard held in the Examination Room
in B Minor which in- Road Central, In labour for corruption by Judge of the Marine Department, 102 Senato J. Reynolds at the Victoria Dis- Connaught
(Lit commencing March, mort Debussy Monday, January 25; Monday, Cathedralo Engloutic) heard before a Full. Court,
February 22: Monday, March
Beethoven's magnificent Sonata Ward was convicted of cor: 21; Monday, April 20; Monday, in C Minor.-MARGARET Bruce: rubtly receiving $320 from May 24: Monday, June 21: Mon- village elder of Tap Munday, July 19; Monday,
August village, Talpo, on August 30, as 18 Monday, September 13: a reward for forbearing to carry Monday, October 18: Monday, 8, anc! Monday, but Police duties in respect of November.
December 6. The hearing of the application for extension of ball was orl- Prospective candidates should
their application Axed for hearing this make Finally morning at the District Court, person on the Friday mone but subrequent to yesterday's prior to the week of examina-
found that ineton.
had led a life of crime since hearing, it was District
Court had no juristic-
1046, Judge J. Reynolds this Examinations for 1st and
morning sentenced 35-year-old | Africe; Great Britain and Europe, tion to hear such an application.
9.m Engineers unemployed Chan Hung, to three The accused, who was repre- 2nd
Hawal: a p.m. Competency sted by Mr R. W. S. Winter, Certificates
years for burglary, being found Formosa, Okinawa, 6 ́ ́p.m. instructed by Mr R. E. Moore, will be held on the following at night with house-breaking
during 1954,
in the
instruments and was on a personal surety bond dates
breach of o Examination Room of the
deportation order. of $3,000,
Murino Department, 102 Connaught Rood Central. Chief Insp. Eggleston said Hongkong:
Berused had five previous con- victions for burglary, house
of First
Certificates. breaking and breach Monday, February 8; Monday, deportation order, April 12; Monday, June 14: At about 1.30 am, on October July 12; Tuesday. 21, the accused climbed over October 12; and
Monday, the rear wall of No. 107, Electric
Street,
ground floor, And December 13.
entered the house where ho
Gave False
Class Marine
of
Class
Amma, Nov. 12.. One Jewish soldier,wa, killed
legionales by Arab when 11 Jewish citizens crossad Sharafat in the Bethlehem sub- the Jordan-Israel border
"It'e a sad story' said Mr district, a communique from K. Y. Yung at Central this the Press and Publicity Bureau morning. "It all started with, announced here, tonight.
having too many brothers, seven
Monday, Today Information
ncor
that
In
Second Class Certificates. Monday, January 4; Monday, March 1; Monday, May 3; Mon-
Remarking that the accused
4
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Formasa, 1 p.m.
Malaya, Pakistan, 1 paw.. Maco, 2 p.m.
-Indonesia.—3—p.m. -———
China, People's Republle, 5 pm. Macao. 0 p.m.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 By Air Malaya, Indonésia, Australia, New Zealand, 0 p.m.
By Burface
Macao. 2 p.m.
tule three jackets, $338.70 and Consular a wrist watch.
in all." Ng Kwong-lun, day, July 5; Monday, Septem- Causeway Bay and was arrest-
He abandoned the jackets at Appointments
because hds, family could not
Mr
Those
The communique said the Jews, three men and eight even way at the age of two: ber, 6; and Monday, November|ed, about two hours later while ;
he was counting the money and women, were collecting olives support seven sons. Ng then
coins he had stolen. On his from olive trzes in that area, took on his adopted parents'
Prospective candidates should person were also found a num pname, and discarded that of his make application in person when Arab legionaires proached them for investigation. natural parents, Chot Tin-yan, least one week prior to the date
at ber of keys, and a call of wire. The accused had been de communique
Yung said: added: Tho
When Ng come to the Colony on which they with to be parted for life in 1950, Insp.. was "While investigation
In Kathmandu, Nov. 13.
candidates Eggleston said. he registered as Ng Kwong-lun, examined. The EZYCIE
a Jowich «Japanese ["progress,
company but heard from his third brother who hold National Certificates expedition to Annapurna Two stationed aucdes, French shells with Peak (26,341 feet) had established border
fire, opened
which keen no his coming to the States atlier qualifications on genuino 24 carat gold trimmings, the third camo on the mountain liegionaires red back, and as a
to better
his position. So Nr. exemption from some part of colourful bead, and rhinestones, in last week of October, accord- result, one Jewish soldier Was
Ignorant of the niceties of re-the examination may be cinim- The three Jews ran as only found at Worth in Parising to the latest despatch from killed,
gistration laws applied for aned, must however, make applica- here away, leaving the eight women | other one in the name of Choltion and submit the expedition received. and aboard 8. 8. Queen Eliza yesterday.
all relevant behind them”.
Tin-yan.
documents at least one month beth, and in New York City, A source in regular contact
Defendant was fined $250 for prior to the examination date. Only Durhill has part of such with the expedition said the The
authorities Jordanian
false information to the requested leader of the expedition, Dr T. | have
the United magnificent handbags. För even-
on a hill near the in the United States, who was Mechanical Engineering or
The
Imaanishi. wrote on October 21 Nallons teuce observers to in-ion of Persons pilion ing wear. carry ther and Parla originated "MIDGET" CE was established at 6,300 Jewish women, and to make one Bentity card by Mr Hin-More And More Trade Unionists
the
suede purses with compote or motres, and a final assault on the the necessary arrangements for smoking outfits ato.. If you're peak was planned for November their immediate return fo
3 or! 4. looking for a supremely beauti-
farael tonight, the communique "We have negotiated techni-added.-France-Prosze ful handbag without peer in cally the most difficult stage whole Far East for gifts to your of the climate between
KIDNAPPING andeared girls, you'll find them' Camp Two and Three, and we
Tel-Aviv, Nov, 13, In abundant variety of high want the weather to hold, fair
Jordanian soldiers yesterday now," Mr Imanishi wrote. styles, and high details 'REVER
Keldnapped an Israeli watchman, He also wrote that the ex-eight Israeli-Arab women and .soon elsewhere
but at MODE pedition hoped to be back at the two children, taking thend over ELITE. It's not an exaggera- | baso on November 10 and to the border of Jordan, in an ́tion,, but it is 100% truth. See reach
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Mr Lo remarked that Ng must reconcile himself to staying the Colony, with one identity card only.
Nr was on $1,000 ball;
Government
Appointments
The following Government announces appointments were
In the Gazette this morninst
Mr J. W. D. Hobbley, LLB. University of Liverpool, barris ter-at-law (Grays Inn) to be Crown Counsel, on tho
and arrived in the Colution London, Nov. 13.
assumed duty on November British trade unions have De P. M. Yap to be a Specialist, doubled their membership and for duty as Paychiatrist: Mr quadrupled their funds since J. W. Lucas to be an Assessor.
Grade Lin
in the Inland Revenus 1937, according to an official ro-
Department (he arrived in the Colony and assumed duty October 30); and Mr A. E. Perry
Communist Cell port published today.
Uncovered
on
The report, drawn up by the Chief Registrar of Friendly to act as General Manager, Societies on behalf of
the Hallway during the absence of Government, said that between Mr I. B. Trevor,
The Gazette today announced that the Queen's Exequatur em- powering Senor Don Fernando J. Taurel to net as Argentine Consul-General in London with general jurisdiction including Hot received Hongkong Majesty's signaturo on Septem-, ber 23,
It was also notifled that H.E. the Governor hus
recognised, provisionally and pending, “in- ¿.ructions from ine secretary of bid for the Colonies, Air R. Socahrdi AS Vice-Consul for 'Indonesia ́at Hongkong, and Dr Vice-Consul F. W. Handke a for the Federal Republic Germany at Hongkong,
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Omdurman today when they of "registered unions of em- to reach Calcutta via Nautanwa border and
raided a House and uncovered players increased from 1,214,- thence
The watchman, and atto proceed to Calcutta.
woman was sald to be seriously Communist cell operating in the In the same period, their
what they considered the biggest 000 to 8,377,000. members of the wounded).- !«.
Budary expedition, including ⠀ Mr The Israell authorities- Ime The
funds rose from £10,032,000 to Imantala expected to
visit Kathmandu from
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