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JOHN CLARKE'S

CASEBOOK

No Place For Mary

IN xil their Christmas and

their New Year calcu- lations, in lists of presenta and place-arrangements at meals, and theatre

seats

refused, the

4

CHINA MAIL

A Better Understanding Of Hongkong

Educating British Public

By NOEL CRAIG

In spite of printed and verbal nonsense about booked and party invitations the Colony, which from time to time is ventilated accepted 05

in the United Kingdom, the London Office of the Hongkong Government is of the opinion that a better understanding now exists in the country.

family left out the name of

one of their number.

"No," they anld when people asked them, "we don't think it's.

likely Mary will be able to get back haine this year.

"She's down in England, and She'll be it's long journey. with friends,

said in her

jetter.

she

It

:

During an interview inst month with Mr E. G. A. Grimwood, Director of the London Office, he told me that the "British public is becoming more educated on the subject of Hongkong."

~

Nobody quarrels with the control of exports of strategic materials, but people could

with quarrel

the

fatuous

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30,

1953.

Preparing Resettlement Site

PRISONERS

that lime Multiply

ind However, from my own ob-| servations there are "None so effort by a few thousand and blind as those that will not see...you get a glimpse of the waste-

that will notfulness of this kind of control. so dent wแล None Well, up to a polat

And

lot of liht (1 true, Mary, the pretty 19-year- hear."

of this Scottish industrial manufacturers in the old daughter

United Kingdom are blind and family, was down in England.

desf, but certainly not dumb.

There has been a great deal And probably she did plan to spend Christmas and the New of mud-slinging during the past there years and although Year with friends-though they few would not be the sort her father has been a great deal of clean- would have near his house-anding by Mr Grimwood some of The mud has stuck to the walls Mary had not bothered to write

of many ears, and tell of her plans.

The maddest affair this year the Birmingham of Commerce. kind since a

legislation which requires that MUST BE

A GOOD DAUGHTER CHE had hardly written at all,

► Indeed,

madness seized her in the sum- mer, and she went away.

and most stupid

be

The Chamber.

submitted to

Trade

Until then she had been an excellent daughter,

Marks

had

played her full happy home life.

Dart

and

in the

She was born Indla, where her father was a planter. Mary was there when the family cume home for good. She went to good schools and did well there, and with was fidshed he

be a learned how to shorthand-lypist and got herself

when those,

a promising Job

she After a year or so there, Jeft for another job with higher

Out pay.

her of oflce hours

golety and good looks played havoc with the equilibrium of the young men In the suburb where she lived. As she seemed level-headed, there did not scem much cause for worry,

GOOD-TIME GIRL

THEN, in the summer,

she walked

out of her job, walked out on her family, und came to England.

The part of England which Mury chose was Landon, The part of London, the West End.

quit

The

was started by Chamber of

in a report to the Board of Trade

by its Patenta, and Designs Committen, suggested that

foreign many products were coming into the United Kingdom via Hongkong.

These goods, according to the supposed to Committee, were have been manufactured in the Culony when, in fact, they were made elsewhere.

articles must On Export

even innocuous be covered by Licence (in triplicate).

Fire Victims Relief Fund

RELEASED

London, Dec. 29.

The British Foreign Office (o- day repeated its demand that a!! prisoners of war in Korca must be released on January 22 under the Korean armistice agreement. made the A spokesman statement in a news conference comment on yesterday's majority report of the Neutral Nations Commission In 25.00 Repatriation

(Continued from Page 1)

20.01 Anonymous Mra Whyte Peter Sin

Mr Justice C. W. Reeve Goddard & Douglas Capt. James Wood Dr L. T. Ride G. R. Sneath It may be remembered that a Mr Holden of

National | Mr the

the Mrs H. Union of Manufacturers charged E. M. V

reported us anying R. J. R. Ellas in and was

that the imporis came from G. 1. P. Pritchard China, Japan, Italy and Soviet Anonymous Russin.

WROTE APOLOGY Mr Holden also stated that relief from exporters claimed duty as the goods were pire products.

Mr Holden's last claim, when tackled, was that he had been mia-reported by the Birming- hum Gazelio.

He did, however, write an inunedlate apology to the London Ofce.

The Birmingham

A. Box

Anonymous

A. Hinton

100.00

Operations' started yes- terday on preparing the site where huts will be built

the -to 'resettle squatters who were dis- possessed as a result of the destructive fire in the Shamshuipo area Christmas night.

on

PRISON

ESCAPEE

YCLICKER

BALLPOINT

RUBYS

Hip

SHEAFFERS

REW

$1650

Dangerous Drugs Case: Analyst Cross-Examined

The trial of two Shanghai Chinese, Wong Tak-Bang, alias Wong Yam, 52, broker, and Wong Kin-ming, 30, chauffeur, on charges of conspiracy and possession of dangerous drugs, continued before Mr Justice A. D. Scholes, acting Puisne Judge, at the Criminal Sessions this morning when Mr E. Collins, Government Analyst, was cross- examined by the Defence Counsel."

The accused were charged with (1) conspiracy on various dates between April 1,

1851,

and March 29, LODJ with others not in custody, to manu- facture morphine and heroin; (2) conspiracy on various dates in the same period, with others not in custody, to deal in oplum, morphine and heroin; (3) pus session on March 29, 1959, of 258 lbs of raw oplum, 80% of diacetyl morphine ounces hydrochlorido (heroin), § ibs of crude morphine 18 ounces of Impure morphine and 11 ounces. of morphine hydrochloride; and (4) possession of 1.7 grammes of raw oplum on the same date. accused pleaded not guilty to all counts and a Jury of six men and one woman was

Both Above SENTENCED

is seen St bulldozer al work, clearing and level- ling the Alte. - Staff photographer.

Registration

Of Fire

84-year-old emp Prosecution was

at

180

Was sen-

The by ducted by Mr

น.

con-

Mail

Notices

The latest times of posing shown below are those for un- registered correspondence posted st Q.P.0. Mongkong. The latest posting times sisewhere, which, in_general, are earlier than the G.P.0. Umes can be sacarlained by enquiry, is the tocil ofce

[228 latest porting times for registered articles ára generally que haur, earlier than the times shown below. Particulare regard ing parcel malte can be ascere tained by enquiry at any post

Gulte.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20 By Air Japan, p.m. Formosa, 6p.m.

D. F. O'Reilly Mayne,

ayne, Crown Counsel, assisted by Mr W. B. Scrogg, ASP,

By Burface Dot. ADCI

und (Kowloon),

Malaya, Aden, Middle East, Italy, Sub-Insp. J. E.

Hidden. Franco. Great Beltain & Europe.

Mamo, 4 p.m.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31 By Air India, Ceylon, 2 a.m. Philippines. 11.

Both accused were represented P by Mr D. A. L. Wright, in- structed by Hastings and Co.

Continuing his evidence, Mr the various Colling 'described

heroin of making processes for

from raw oplum. He said, the ultimate source of heroin was oplum.

Ial Flu-ying.

realding Womni, Queen's Road East, tenced to six months hard

nt labour by Mr T. Creedon Kowloon this morning for escaping from legal

Custody. Insp.

That W. Gillies the defendant was

a prisoner who had exaped from Laichi- kok Prison after she had been sentenced to one month's im- prisonment for soliciting Immoral purposes.

Insp. Gulles told the

Court It was announced this mom that the defendant had arranged that the Allied side and parting that the registration of the with

Karn-Jam, another cularly South Kores, had in-victims of the huge fire in the

woman prisoner, who anti-Communist pri- shumshulpo area Rucneed

on Christmas serving a seven days sentence Indian custody not to Foners in

night is now ended. The total at the Prison, to exchange sen- return home.

number of persons registered is lenees with her. said there 58,203. spokesman

kind of organisa- tiona among the prisoners held by the Allies, but disputed that!

Britain

disagreed

with parts of the report-signed Victims Ends

by the Indian, Polish and Czech delegates which

nad

charged

Lo

wha

CROSS-EXAMINED

Mr

Cross-examined,' Mr Collins said it was difficult to give a de- Anite figure of heroin pills which could be, obtained from, one

oplum pound of raw official em" Defendant promised employ- Following calculations, every application ment and a sewing machine to Collingsald approximately given careful con-Lo after her release.

2,000 pills could be produced,

Questioned on the rubber After defendant had been re-heating which was produced as The possession by applicants

cards has been re- lensed in Lo's place, Lo began exhibits, of identity

Mr Collins said the freedom of choice," the spokes-garded as adequate proof that to talk about the exchange to sheeting was of no significance

Government phasised that has been

It was anything like the three- sideration. nation delegates had alleged.

"It did not alter the prisoners

300.00 100.00

Korea.

He sald

300.00

B. Neve

100.00 50,00 50.00 109.00 25.00 300.00

25.00

The

20.00

was "sonic

60.00

40.00

Mr & Mra

A.

Haddock

50.00

Mra

J.

F.

Macgregor Derek Mok

Mok Lul Shuk Kwan Mok Ying Kie Mr & Mrs Gomersail

500.00 20.00 50.00

100.00

W.

A.

1,000.00

1,000,00

500.00

1,000.00

1,000.00

1,000,00 25.00

110,00 100.00

in

100.00

50.00

Kowicon Residents

1,000.00 500,00 8,000.00

1,000.00

Mrs N, E. Mr &

Wallem

Steam Chamber Ingo - China

unable

Navigation Co., Ltd. Lombard Insurance

Co., Ltd.

of Commerce has been to produce any evidence.

Mr Gritnwood has made re-

produce

ilme. The scavenger set. Jack-and-Jill are-going-downhill evidence concerned umbrellas

crowd.

Hongkong Fire Insur-

ance Co., Ltd.

Mr & Mrs w.

Stewart Anonymous Local Staff, Caldbeck,

Macgregor & Co Ltd.

She joined the snd company of peates offers to go to Birming- young people who, their teens hem and talk to the Committee.

20's, deelde or early work and take up cadging, full but so far the offers have not

becu accepted.

The only effort to

and this drew a blank as the The other day, as she mooch-London Office was able to trace saloon, them back to the precise factory ed around a pin-table Mury was arrested. With the Hongkong. Polleeman who came up to her Another effort tending to bring was a pule, blonde giri, in her the Colony Into disrepute this. S. K. Ho-tung twenties--one of Mary's new year came unstuck. friends, she had thought.

Miss Elma Kelly Mr & Mrs Goldsack

Mr

Association. Mr Roy Kemp (a prominent "That's her, officer," the glove manufacturer) alleged Mrs. Ngon Shing-kwan blonde said, pointing at Mary, that woollen gloves entering Dodwell & Co., Lid.. "look all me clothes, she did, England via the Colony actually and me bag with me money originated in Japan, China and in it."

Italy,

COLONY'S OUTPUT

"But this girl lent me the clothes. Mary said. "We were sharing a room. Then, when tried to give her them back, couldn't find her."

Mrs J. H. Ruttonjee. Anonymous in memory of R. H. Grinths & H. G. Clarke

they are genuine victims. Those other fellow prisoners. without Identity cards have been more carefully questioned but on the production of reason- able proof they have also been duly registered.

man said.

Asked for comment on the report's plea that the Commun- | Wi 1st

Allied Commands and should give "earnest considera- tion" to the future of the 22,000 prisoners, the spokesman said

Volunteers are required to help "Our view is still that the prisoners should be set free on the sorting of used Rot Cross January 22 in the absence of clothing. Individuals withing to arist should get in touch with any other agreement."

Mrs Cowperthwaite, Hon. Sceret He added that Britain "gen-

the report ary of the Hongkong Branch of erally agreed with

the British Red Cross Society of the Swiss and Swedish mem (Tel No. 71558)

or with Mrs bers of the five-nation repatria- tion commission. This saidt

had they could and no reason 10 blame either the Communist or to the British American Tobacco Allied alde for the breakdown Factory at Gloucester Road.

"explanations" to prisoners

refusing repairiotion.-Reuter,

VERY DELICATE

MATTER

Angus (Tol. No. 50780). Volun-

The matter came to the atten- tion of the Matron and upon in-

wrong person had been released. yestigation she found that the

La WBS

then charged with a fellow prisoner to auslating escape and was sentenced to slx months at Kowloon yesterday. lesued yesterday.

A warrant for Lal's arrest was

tears for this work should report Death Of Old

NewHusband For Barbara

- Resident

ro-

the

Japan, Noon.

Indo-China, Noon. Formosa. 1. p.m.

Car Hawai Usa & Estuda 1 p.m.

Formoso, Okinawa, Japan, USA &

· Canada, 10 pm. As

By Surface China, People'a. Republic, 130 a.m. Macao, aman.

Philippines. 2, p.m. Indo-Churts. p.m. MRCA p.m.

„NEW YEAR HOLIDAY FRIDAY, JANUARY, 1, 1951 By Alt

Thailand, Burma, India, Ceylon, Pakistan, Middle. East, Afrios, Great Brita & Europe, 10 a.m..

Formosa. Japan, Kores. 1 pr.

Radio Hongkong

HX.T.

A small fire which broke out

in so far as the processes of making heroin were concerned. It was used to wrap

up the products of raw materials but it d... Time Signal and Programme did not enter into the man- Summary: 4.03 Lucky Dipariety Requiente presented by.... Margherita (Btudio: 4.50 Weather Report: facture,

said the Mr Collins

scales Time Bignal. World Newulana Nawa

Talks (London Reiser): 7.18. Örchasi seized would be used to measure tra of the Week Cononrigs

correct amounts of in= | Örch, of Amsterdam:. T45, Frum, and the Marlin Present "Can-Can" Hinge and in all gredients, ured

fyrlós by Cole Porter, introduced by chemical processes?

the Principals, Chorus and: Ojala, of Mr Collins said that in the the Original Broadway - Production would be ne cord. Muton (Romanstock) (2R, laboratory, heat quired in the processing by cert stally; 6,50, Interyden, F. Time means of Bunsen burners. Some S "Kaleidoscope A PAI ether and chloroform would tent in and complies by Donald Brooks: 10.16, Times,fr, MưTOM also be used in the

process.

Twentieth Century Serenaders oond. At certain stages of the pro- by Monia Liter (Baez)1 10:45, One cess, the odour produced would Night Stand Red Nonois and hir Five Pennies: 10:59. Warther Report: would 11, Time Blimai, Radio, Neers. Reel be disagreeable but it

Mr Collins (Recorded London/Ralay) 11.10. Mrs Florinda Francisca not be intolerable,

Goodnight - Muxia;/ God. :Bere. The sold. an old

Queen; 1150g Caden: down. Favacho Xavier,

Witness sald one would have #ident of Hongkong passed to have general chemical know- away at 4.80 this morning at her residence, 6, Austin Avenue, Trugillo, Dominican

drs Xavier, who was 83, had Republic, Dec. 20. lived in the Colony for some 60 Barbara Hutton and years since coming here from

Rubirosa will be Macao, her birth place, a press conference today the married at the Dominican Re 100.00 United Nations

She is survived by three 9055, Navy and Air

in Consulate

New Hypolito, Carlos, and Alberto, Force in Korea would use atomic

en- and three the Foreign Office

daughters, Augusta, weapons If the Communista

Cruz and Mrs Mrs Carmalina renewed aggression against It

that high Baid

govern- Celeste Graca, and 10 grand- South Korea.

ent officials will go to mcnt

New children. 150.50

сете questioned York especially for the

She

was the widow of the 100.00 further by reporters, sald "the mony, but their names were inte Mr Ludivino Xavier, one-

whole matter is very delicate." | not given.

time manager of the Hongkong 10,000.00 Admiral Sohi conferred last

was reported at the same Printing Press. week with the Chairman of the

Mies Hutton will Mrs Xavier had not been well time that 500.00 United States Joint Chiefs of

a Dominican citizen for some time, and was taken Staff, Admiral Arthur Radford,

become And Rubirosa wül bo rein about two weeks ago. 500.00 at the South Korean naval base state

of this as a member

The funeral takes place to- 50.00 of Chinhae, on the southern lip country's, diplomatic service of day, and the cortege will pass

dis- the Monument at 8.30 p.m. of South Korea.----Kouter..... which he was recently

missed by the government,

fund EXPELLED FROM The bride

will groom come to the Dominican Re LABOUR PARTY

publie on their honeymoon, it

1

It was proved to Mr Kemp that Hongkong had, at sime, an output of at least 100, 000 dozen pairs of gloves я

G.

C. Beavan

100.00

that

Gabriel Junks"

200,00

Mr & Mrs R. R. Todd

200.00 50.00

At Bow Streel, next morning, month.

that was Mary's defence, when It is interesting to note that

she pleaded not guilty to steal-glove deniera in

the

Ing her new friend's wardrobe Kingdom, buying from

Hong-

Mrs M. A. E. Griffitha

Hay Ling Chau Church

Congregation

United J. Forbes.

have!

(valued at £11 10s.) and her kong (and Mr Kemp) money (3 101).

置 great deal in

getting

THE FUTURE

LAURENCE DUNNE,

hnd

culty

Kowicon Motor Bus Co.

(1933) Ltd.

kin

din | Mì & Mrs Tang Shle fulfil Mr & Mrs Wm. S. T.

Louey de Anonymous

his (Mc Kemp's) organisation to the orders since his production can-

mand.

Mr

Schel Magistrate, Need the not, apparently,

story

when her

Anonymous

Ltd.

Amhold Trading Co., Dr & Mrs R. H. S. Lee

Ltd.

Hongkong Tramways

250.00 100,00 30.00

2,300.00 100,00 50.00

story. He found Mary gulity of

Grimwood still hears stealing the clothes, not guy light rumblings from Leicester. of taking the money. " see," he said,

The biggest problem of the had been told by the London Office which brings the police. "Well, I had Ftman: smells into contact with the this gkl a medical report" Board of Trade is the Unitedw-S. Edwards He turned to the probation Nations embargo,

he said, offeer. "If possible,

*1, should like to get her into n

RED-TAPE

Miss M. Allinson Mr & Mrs H: F

Gonsalves He told me that he receiver a hostel, and doing some work, great deal of co-oporation from

Horace & Lawrence that's all in the future. the Board, but while but

Kadoorlo in his The probation officer nodded, office furlous Hongkong row. d.

C. F. Moore and Mary was led away. She

W. G. Minto sident.come in

wanted to and still looked pretty, with her know why she had to apply to

Pisi Ba The Welch black hair and her tip-tilted

Regiment the Board (in triplicate) to send Mr & Mrs G. H. nose, but all galety was gone the

two pairs of shoes--one from her now.

re- Cautherley

Presently, no doubt, her paired to the Colony. in 11 Infantry Workshop

Six shirts,

unstable

R.B.M.E.

Seoul, Dec. 30.

South Korean Defence Minis-

Ciudad

Miss

ter, Admiral Sohn Won I told Porfirio

Admiral

Sohn,

Public's

munced tong

was sald, Londeu, Dec. 29.

Rubirosa's relatives mid they The British Labour Party has could not understand why t expelled Mrs Eva Redfern, chair marriage to Miss Hution had $25.00 AYLENYA of a local section of the caused much asongation. They Party, following a trip the made l'explained that the romance 2,000.00 last month to the Soviet Union started In Europe

More German POWs Freed

Berlin, Dec. 20.

A further group of 1,043 Ger- several manis freed from Sevlet prison

st the invitation of the Soviet months ago and that Migs. Hut camps arrived at Frankfurt....on Anti-Farclit Curmiliee..

toa ord Rubirosa

were con Oder, the East, Gormar - news Bigs Redfern i County, Coun- stantly seen together in London, agency, ADN, reported today. cltid in Derbyshire-France-United Prem.

100.00

25.00

500.00

Prease.

100.00

105.05

TO CARRY ON

París, Dec. 29.

FATAL__ FALL"

FROM WINDOW.

ADN quoted the East German. Interior Ministry for the on- nounonsent."

Today" batch was the ninth parents would have a letter tell-

as a result of DC Air Transport ing them where their daughter England

sinca ⠀ the Soviet Union begum 1.000.00

rekening German and West WAE. Perhaps the Christmas Inishing, had to be sent back CAT. Staff Members

000.00 Kay

WOCKEE, WHOSE A 34-year-old man, Lai Hing, Europek prisoners of war and plans.would have to be re-made, to the Colony to support A

600.00 wwe-old-datelice, Mr & Mrs S.K, Wong'

asworganised fell or jumped from a window others, held in Soviet amps on claim.

Mastor Ronald Wong/ 250.00 Tranews Christmas mall, tonight on the third floor of the Asia September 29.jantA A rag-and-bone merchant Miss E. Word

100.00 | decided to continue and on Hotel Connaught Road Central, the wighth group arrived on would have given a three- "What's Her Line?""Solution young both that those Hongkong Alreraft 102

tend" the wallsbut: to - support a Eo'clock its moming

Burkday Mix):1,449 people, af

CLARINETTIST

their wings, and honum clafráze knife was russed to Queen Mary which: 873 were women. form in triplicate had to be Co. Ltd. Andrew Church,

This Lipop who arrived today, completed

iRowloon,

Viem na kad go fra skerdan) at the hotel said brown me the frosi 3 of 1. Glendeni Previously

Acknow

t

-100.1" tik vakaruire ori trains, Hosnital, where he dieds JENE

00.00 Fusak

ledge for carrying on the pro- in a room at 285 Hennessy Road cerses or he would have to be first floor, shortly after 19 this particularly instructed as to the morning was soon put out on the prompt arrival of the Fire processing.

Hearing is continuing.. Brigade.

SIDE GLANCES

By Galbraith

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