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Delayed Army Mail Arrives

1,000 Letters Are Delivered Today

The first batch of 1,000 Army mail letters to Hong- kong addressees, which had been seriously delayed at Singapore, arrived today in the Colony and immediately delivered, it was officially announced this morning.

The Army Public Relations Officer today issued the follow- Ing offelal slatement:--

"Some 100,000 letiers, the contents of 36 Army Postal mallbags, which were seriously delayed months,

over a have now

patched, by priority

to addresseen.

period

UA

been des-

Air Mail,

The first batch of such delayed letters, to Hongkong addressees, and total- ling 1,000, reached the Colony today and were inmediately delivered.

"These 1,000 letters date back

this year. from the

to April or May of The majority are

United Kingdom for personnel

addition to of individuals

on troopships, in letters various units in Hongkong.

for

"Each delayed letter has a label attached to the reverse, which states: It is regretted that this letter has been delayed abroad.'

"When the delayed mail was located, immediate steps were taken by the War Omee to deal with the situation. A celevant informed by commands were signal, expressing official regret that a quantity of tnall posted on board HM

troopships had been

seriously delayed at

Singer

the

CHINA MAIL

Start Of Royal Tour

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh stand at the door of their Stratocruiser at London Airport just before taking off on the first leg of their Common- wealth tour,-Dally Express Photo,

Forces

Entertainers

Arrive

"Accent on Laughter" a ve

show, especially

it was further stated by Omes that the matter was under member Investigation and that a Court of arranged for the entertainment A of the Forces overses, arrived Inquiry had been ordered,

here from Japan by BOAC this morning for a series of perform ences.

quantity of this mall for per- sonnel in the command would be forwarded by Air Mail as soon 23 possible.

D

an

Alleged Murder SHOESHINE

BOY'S

EVIDENCE

Mui Wong-por, shoeshine Ainold M: Justice T. J. Gould, Acting Chief Justice, and a Jury at Criminal Setsions this morn ing how he saw a friend of his, During their week-stay in the Chon Kau. stab another man Colony the troupe, comprising twice with a bread-knife, during three men and two women, will a fight outside the Sun Wall give 12 performances for Ser- Theatre, Mongkok, on July vice audiences at Stanley, Kow this year.

The stabbed man, Chan Fook, loon and the New Territories.

Individually, the party con- an employee of the Royal Naval subsequently died, sists of Vic Gordon and Peter Dockyard,

VIC

23

· Established 1845

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1953,

King Case: Defence Counsel

Makes Further New

Submissions

SHEAFFER'S

Skrip

|by the Defence had been misted, his learned friend was going..tô say that Mr - Eliva was fully aware of the facts, fully congni- Bont of his rights and had waived

le irregularly.

So therefore the prenent position is this: It is up to my learned friend to show that I had waived my right to tika advantage of this irregularity. If he fails to do so I am entitled to insist upon it, and say non-

Silva said.

Hearing is continuing..

A'submission that if Counsel for the Prosecution falled to show that he, Counsel for the Defence, had waived his right to take advantage ult and King's discharge," Mr of irregularities disclosed in the proceedings whereby there was no sworn information, he was entitled to say non-suit the proceedings and discharge defendant, was made by Mr Marcus da Silva, when the case against James Joseph Osbourne King, a former director of George Falconer and Co., Woman Beaten Ltd., of Union Building, who is charged with fraudulent conversion con-Up In Kowloon tinued before Mr Poon Yan-hoi in the Supreme Court building this morn- ing.

:

Defence Counsel said that these irregularities entitled the de- fendant to insist upon them as one of the statutory requirements for his trial before the Court.

went

He did not intend to sit down tamely to the position that had

A_29-year-o13 woman, Chow |Mal-how, received serious head injuries when she was besten up by an aged wrenan with a lase of firewood in Nathan

Road, Yaumati, at about 12.20 pm. 10- day.

"How could they permit Sex- arisen where his client's liberty Lady Grantham

was at stake.

At DGS

to

King, merchant, of 20 Broga

"That being "That being the case I muit

the case," Mr

The alleged allocker kept re- Circuit, is charged before Mr|in fairness to- the dofendant Silva

'extra penting, "She deserved it! She on, "the Poon Yan-hol with having taken comment thus," Mr Silva went ordinary query arises: Seymour deserved it!" She was later taken A £400 (HK$6,305.94) for the cn.

having Instructed Hastings, to to the Police Station to: en- use of his wife, Margaret, in "How could these solicitors write such a letter knowing it quiries. November, 1950 whilst a Direc-permit, et une stage almost day was a private prosecution, how lessly, with a large piece of skin Chan, who was standing help-" tor of George Falconer and Co,, after day. Seymour to give dare he in the witness box under off her forehead, was rushed Ltd., of Union Building.

evidence on cath the

extra- oath say it was a Crown pro- Kovicon Hospital. The Hon. Leo d'Almada, QC, ordinary explanation of the now secution?" and Mr A. J. Clifford are both proven lying buffer to the DC- for the

prosecution, Instructed curation of malice? by Hastings and Co.

When hearing commenorri mour under oath to say that this this

morning, Mr Silve said that is cot a private prosecution, but In ceder to make the positica that the Crown prozezuted?". olcar he would ask his iterned Counsel rals this was a matter friend whether he held outhority of high and very serious import in writing of Falcone Ltd to because the liberly of a subject cppear for Falconer's in

he had been attacked and endon- present prosecution.

gered for almost a year on a faite Mr d'Almada said that in the facade, namely, that the Crown case he and Mr Clifford had was prosecuting. whence been instructed by Messrs Hast-Seymour had said under cath as and Company on Ings

behalf of "because the Crown is prosecut- Falconer's. At the

the moment he ing, where is the possibilty of had no document showing in malice on my part?"

he

lad been writing Falconer's. anticipated the possibility that

не

"SWAN SONG" Mr Silva alleged that that had his learned friend might raise been Seymour's swan FOOT

such

solution ratified

the

If the

..

Radio Hongkong

IL.K.T.

0.

And

-

From the Files

100 Years

Ago

There appears to have been only one piracy, reported to the police during the past week-. that of.iwo fishing boats cap- tured in Hau-moon-waa on the Bth instant. Four. of

their crowa escaped on, short, and camo to Hongkong to give information.

A case of abduction of two beatwomen and two children was reported at the Central Station yesterday. Their boat | had been engaged by three men 10 take them to Chini-won, in the Cap-buy-moon; but they were forcibly compelled by the men

to go on to Chut-mee, nicär Nam-tow, where one, woman and

her child were sold for 0,000 cash. They managed to escape, however, as did also the other woman; but the child of the latter is still missing.

· A highway robbety

Was

committed on the morning - of the 7th, upon a Chinaman, on the hill above the Wong Nei chung.

A

A REAL BOON

board the meil

alcamers would prove a though the

real

Inexpensive "boon" public, and one mere like- ly to be appreciated by all classes than the bi-monthly mnil, which hos・ been least acceptable to those for whose Imaginary benefit it was in- tended:-

"The Admiralty' mall agents on board the contract steamera of the North American Mall Company are to be discontinued. This will effect a large saving to the Company. Nautical Standard, September 3

AMATEUR THEATRICALA

The voluntary labours of the Theatrical Commize end with the 30th November; and we are

750, trout & Boore Barter of Surrygor learn, that with a 7.30, Introducing a Short Series strenger and more 0

experienced

of

It is to be hoped the sub- TRAGICALLY SERIOUS

Joined statement is correct, He continued: "If this matter

and that the reform will extend was not fraught with so tra-

Lady Grantham accompanied | eastward

to as well as

tho gically serious import to Jimmy King then I would say this caso by the Hon. DJS. Crozier, Atlantic mails. Nowhere would is a comedy of errors which

Director of Education, visited such a change bo more favour- the should be laughed out of Court, the Diocesan Girls' School this ably received than along and as

East India and China lincs hope in due course it morning.

Arriving thero at 10.30 a.m.

The substitution of

Post- will be laughed out of Court."

office Clerk for an Admiralty In his submission he woulddy Grantham was mot by show the Court further how the Mrs C. J. Symons, headmistress Agent on prosecution was now so hope-of the school,

The party walked through the lessly entangled in their error building, visiting the classrooms that the Court had no alterna- and Lady Grantham comment- tive but to non-sult the pro-

-ст од how stublous. the giris discharge looked. to ceedings and Jimmy King.

After the tour of the school, the point that instructions of this throughout his cross-examination

In this

it had regard when

tea was served. kind from a limited company

become clear as it was clear to must be under scai and by by Defence Counsel.

a re- Counsel

case should solution of the

said that supposing Counsel that this Board.

ard. He did

Silva) was not entitled to cross (Mr Silva) would ask for his not of course aim that that was sily had ruled that he (Mr not proceed a day longer, ha necessary, but In view of that possibility and because originally Court had permitted him to do, liminary point which was clear

the witness examine

as the Worship's ruling upon the pre-

no such resolution was

was passed, then upon

Time Algani a false premise as an the authorities

#ranume Summary: 6.00, Children's a resolution hod since been

Continuing Mr Silva sald Half Hour presented" by Billy Ann

first point which he passed and evidence of that far as the case and the Court

(studio). COURT OF INQUIRY

A Visiting we will would be led before the Court were concerned, justice would that the

have been denied to the would want to make was this;Wah Yan College, KowiDun: 820, The Sixth Edinburgh International "The following official

It was Counsel's case, if indeed defendant.

the irregularities disclosed in

festival of Music and Drama The these proceedings, whereby nouncement was then issued t

Scottish Junior Singers. Conductor: answer to Seymour there was no sworn. Inforina Agnes Duncan Diana Poulton-Lute any such resolution was neces all concerned, with a request

sary, that this passing of the re- Seymour had also been misled was entitled to insist upon ar rary, and/or if a seat was neces- evidence under oath was that lori, was one

(RACTS); 8.09, Weather Report: 7. which defendant that it should be given the widesį

Time Signal, World News and Newa publicity in Press and Broadcast;

Talk (London, ilclay); 7.10, “Box original at the same time it must be The War Office announces that Colville, comedy stars from the and Chan Kau, alias Chan Kul, instructions and therefore regut remembered that Seymour in- one of the statutory squire.

show "Piccadilly of mail posted Stella Moray, comel yride", aged 20 is arraigned on a charge Icrised these proceedings as from structed · quantity

the welling of that ments for his trial before

Chinese Songs sung by well known star from of murder. The shocchine board Her Majesty's troop trans-

Court. ine boy "Brigadoon"

Chinese Singers, Barbara Vel. (Bop.) body of Amateurs ready to offer and Ann

solicitors' leller, referring to a and said he had known Chan Kau their inception, ports

services than: eduûh · bo putting al Singapore, Bobbie

in

Alter quoting L case, Mr and Jan Ilu (tenor) with Plano their Block

Mr Silva sald that he took it private proseda interrupica Silva cald that the liberty of Songs Introduced by Chow (husband

and for some time, and in the fight

Accompaniment by Moya Rea. and mail intended for men wife team)

for their which he witnessed the accused noted

Here Mr d'Almada

Nai counted on last year, the Com- that when his ivarned friend board transports, has been serie Scottish songs and music acts.

the liberty Young (Concert Hall): 7.49 The Theatre, unless those who have mittee must give up the Victoria was the only man wearing a sad "as from their inception to say that if the suggestion was Jimmy King was

Eighth Internationaí Balon Pictorial ously delayed at Singapore. The

Gordon, spokesman for while shirt. He saw him stab he meant October 17, 1952, that Seymour actually dictated affected in the case, and he was

the parson

to insist upon the Photography Talk by Professor 8. -matter-is-being-Investigated by the p

thric group, said they were in the deceased twice with a bread when the matter first came be the words of that lotter, ha rictest form of law and he was nine

Stock on the Balon--which-opened enjoyed the benefit

“ETECTIONS John's Cathedral

contribute liberally GHQ Far East Land Forces and

Japan and Korea

would say there was no evidence the only person who could waive Studio for over knife which he snatched from fore a magistrate,

Announcer's Choice towards defroying the necessary a Court of Inquiry has

been

that Mr d'Almada, said that the of

.Dt all. ant his Gior month and gave more than 50 a nearby breed stall.

non-conformance presented by John Rigge (Studio): ordered.

expenses for which wo under- any irregular now being The mall is

no procution is conducted proceedings were covered from learned friend knew that when of cance

use 30, Twentieth Century Theatre by performances to Commonwealth

Professor J. Hance 5: The afforded by a Subscripiica Peper stand an opportunity will bo sent on to the addresses, lth Forces and American troops, by Mr W. A. Blair-Kerr, Senior | even before October 18, 1952 instructions were given to sell-sisted upon defendant's behalf mental Play of the Thirties" an expression of regret for the

"We played also in four hos-Crown Counsel, with Det.-Insp. (the dale of arrest of defen-cltors they were left with the the strictest form of law and (BBCT); # 6ir Winston Churchill being sent round in the course delay. The War Office much repitals and one hospital ship and J. Hidden present for the Police.dant).

choice of words and language in claimed benefit of irregularities Hon. L. 8. Amery (BHT) 9.15. -A Personal Portrait by the Rt.

of a day or two... prets any inconvenience and an-

the sh

shows were enthusiastically Mr Loo Wing-kan Is the

ORIGINAL POINT

the matter of any correspondency for a non-sult.

Violin Recital by Valentine Ada xiety that may have been

received," the speaker said. Defending Counsel, Instructed by Counsel for the Defence said they undertook on behalf of Unless and until his learned with Harry Ore (Plant)

(Concert From the Treasurer's. State- Hall): 0.45, Variety Tanfare--from that since it had

friend said that there had been the North of England.

ment now Stella Moray who dots light Mr F. H. Kwok.

before us, we find cough the matter is the

clear that

Repeat ofthe income Just as THREW KNIFE AWAY

during the past a waiver of any irregularity he last Thursday's broadenst (BUCTS); subject of an official investiga-comedy nels is no newcomer

that Falconier's were said there was no evidence that (Counsel for the Defence) would here. In 1948 when a member

10.15, A Beottish assorted

Journey

year to have been $1,245,50."); of Mul Wong-por tord the Court don, it is confirmed that

the private prosecutors in the Seymour was not misled into not deal with this point in

John R. Allan as · Guide. Sixty of the ATS she played at the that after the fight the accused

which $873 consisted of monthly the Stor Theatre in Kowloon taking ran away down Sai Yeung Choy present case, that Hastings were thinking this was a Crown pro- greater detail other than point

assessmenta voluntarily unțier. letters and papers, were the.

the lead in "Battledress',

taken, the small balance ·: of street, and

the the threw away

and secution, so equally was there to one case authority, which he instructing colleitors from among

From here the party will re-imite as he ran. He ran down that Mr d'Almada and Mr no evidence the other way about, proceeded to quote.

$372.50 being the sum total of foundations of the Embarkaturn to United Kingdom where a side-street and the witness Clifford today purported to ap- Mr-d'Almada said.

tho donations from non- tion Headquarters in Singapore they pll have pantomime did not see him after that, Mul pear for Falconer's, Mr Silva

subscribers. He should have thought that Port Area, Approximately engagements.

said he then ran away himself said he would proceed with the what he had said at the last as he was frighteneël.

original point raised by him He said he bad known Chan after this declaration by Mr hearing must havo

abundantly clear that there was Кой for some months, and hod d'Almada at the last hearing. a misunderstanding whether or been originally introduced to Mr Silva said that before he not this was a Crown prosecution, him by another boot-black, dealt with the point.. aubrian- Chan Kul. He said he did not tively he should like to make Had the position ben otherwise of course it would have been know Chan Kai was Chan the comment that through no Kau's allas. The accused would fault of his learned friends they corrected either to the course of Seymour's evidence through him at his shoe- had been misted, the Court and for by some olier, means. often visit him shining plich and would sit he, Counsel for the Defence,

BURDEN OF, MISTAKE with him.

The two would had also been misled into think- tometimes play and go for that this

was

Mr Silva, in reply, said that Crown walks together,

the 'fact when he referred to Prosecution understood: friends.

Mr that on this point Seymour had Mui said that on July 23 bo d'Almada's

this led no evidence' at all, he- was explanation, had been to Diamond Hill and misunderstanding arose by way perfectly justined in doing so, hud mistakenly caught the of instructions from the Instruct for that mistake. The burden because he was not, responsible | giving his reaction, on the Sudan Prince Edward Road. He was in making his explanation to the

wrong bus back to his pitch in ing solicitora and Mr d'Almada for that

was their elections to

here, reporters

of the mistake

and it was an exte added: "All these considera-

to walk back from Co

Court referred to two letters-minary l Street

position that carrying tions must be remembered by Argyle

one from the Commissioner of the buiten of that mistake they Sal the Sudanese, and, they must be Young Choy Street when bo

Police and the other letter could say there was

evidence on their guard and

work for saw the fight. He denied that Mestra Hastings had wrillen to Word has been received by strengthening their unity, to

that Seymour dictated the terms The. had not had a good view of the Commissioner. the Management of The Na destroy the imperialists' lies."

the fight, saying that he stood torial City Bank of New York With the Sudanese elections sometimes on the pavement and that Mr Howard C. Sheperd, ending in a victory for the pro- sometimes in the road where Chairman of the Banice Board Egyptian Sutanese National the fight was taking place. of Directors, plan to vist Unionist Party, Egypilan pollii« There were, three

or four Hongkong in early May of next cal commentators forecaw an men fighting and one of them Accompanied by Mis Sheperd, Egyptian talks for a settlement in his hand. The Bocused one

of Anglo had something wrapped in paper Mr Shepard will spend ap- of the future of the Suez Canal knife, but none of the others proximately one month in Japan base.

was similarly-armed, “

The case is proceeding.

Favourable › Polk

containing

somo

the

of the contents of the mail- bags were letters handed in

for despatch from troopships Singapore. Some of

cailing at

the letters originated from as early os April or May, but tha│·

Sudan

bulle is from the end of May Elections

to mid-October.

"Lt-Colonel

W. R. Wilson,

Assistant Director

of Army (Continued from Page 1) Postal Services, The War Office,

has arrived

the

In Singapore to fully prepared, or that Investigate the administrative Sudan's finances are bankrupt.

"Thus the tragedy which hap pened in Wibya would be

and disciplinary aspects in the

delay of the 50 bags of mail,".

Bank Chief To Visit HK

year

peated in the Sudan.".

President Nagulb, who

early resumption

was

They were agreed that, the

and the Philippines before Unionists victory had strength driving In the Colony.

. He also plans to visit. Taiwan ened

General Naguib's hands

where the Bank maintains close in domestic and foreign affairs, and cordial relationships with -Reuter, a

dementi

and business cir

This will be the fast trip made to the Far East by the Chairman of a lending Ameri can bank since World War II.

“What's Hia Line ? * Solution "SHOP-FTZTER Pin-Lahden Expruan. Barnico..

{3} Printed sand - published by William " "Alick" Gammas "for "and"; ou" bohal of South China Morning Post Limited at 1-8 Wyndham Strest, City of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong,

and

through

became

Singapore, "Nov,:30.

been made their his learned friend had

his learned friends

no

made it

Me Silva proceeded to

to read of that letter; he did not sur opy of the letter sent by Seymour must have instructed gest that. He suggested that Hastings to the Commissioner of Hastings to write that letter Police, as follows: !!

permission for Mr "Ro Rex versus J. J. King

to ota and Mr. Clifford "We are instructed by

by our con

case,as: ■- private conduct son for the above case to be that that firm of solfelters would cliente, GOOTED Falconer and prosecution.

Ltd. to apply for permis Counsel cald he could imagine conducted by private protecu do that without instructions and Hon Mr d'Almada and Mr they had in evidence thet

the Clifford have been instructed."

only director of Falconer's in kkkkwwO: WORDS

No Honkong during » the material: Mr. Silva in drawing atten-ner, rambe 20 Seymour; the other

A

of the Court to two words, director, Ipaadilen being awDY The Singapore Free Press "private procution said that The clear evidence, he sub- after a public opinion poll sald the extraordinary part of the mitted, was that, unless the local men welcomed the Gov- misleading, instructions given Court belleved that the firm of

plan to introduce to his learned friends that they solicitors would write wrnment's

respon- compulsory for

were appearing for the Crown alble loder, to the Commissioner

ume defence training part Common

The general view by Chintro to think that from the outset in must betigve that those Los and Malayd was "We must not the camas was a private 7 peor structions; were given the again be caught like in 19415" "secution," an per -Reuter des

Counsel said that he did not know how, in the extraordinary circumstance of the case where-

SIDE GLANCES

with

Minules of Armchair Travel. Length and Breadth of Scotland. runs arranged and conducted by grandis

Devised Collinson.

and Produced by Robin Richardson and Archie. P. Loo (Landon Relay} night Music: God Save The Queen; 11.14. Weather Report: 11.16, Good- 1130, Close Down

By Galbraith

could qalf my dad a fatalla.) ting he's been expecting me to, hè

the

Expenditure, the largest item was necessarily the Rent, amounting to $480 of which $80 was remitted by the proprietor as his share towards repairs and alterations made to the building, and which cost $220. Of course no further sum would require to be laid out for such purpose In a second season, while the expense for. Dresses, Socnary dre (some

would $400)

much also be diminished.

The total Income for the past year, as above mentioned was $1.245.30, and the Expenditure $1,565, leaving a balance against the Committee of about $300, which we stali bo gled to 920 liquidated, and the « sanguing hope fulfilled, that the liberality of the public will go beyond such o trifle, cad, khave sufficient "shot in the locker" to enable the Commitee to prosecute their izbourn, with spirit during-the- approaching cold season,

BOARDED SHIP

~ ILLEGALLY

For boarding Callfornlä" without. three warnen, Chan; Mul Pung, 39, #and: Choy 25, were fined. #25. encl fourth, Blu Jun,6~12. ongs previous iconvi fined $50 by Mr A,

bation thong Marino

maringensp

Defendants were about; two o'clock. £hi?