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Stella On Her Own

BUSES rumbled in solemn

;་

She stopped there; and waited an it hopeful of a little proise for her strategem, No praise came, so she continued her story.

man began to get

+

into procession

the courtyard before Victoria station. like scarlet deje. gules, short of breath, to

checky," Stella went on. "ria some great, pointless meet- not going to have inen coming ing.

up to me, and not tell them off, would you?" Again expectantly, she waited, but there Whi Do comment,

The evening crowds streamed Anto the station, na if drawn

there by suction. On a street- ; eormer, in all the bustic, a giri) salt good-bye to a boy.

She saw the boy away and waved him out of night. There was no dramu u their parting. She would see him again next day, or on the day after.

now the girl. A pretty But 22-year-old, with her dark hair

pulled to the back of her head and tied with a ribbon, had only herself for company, and she did not care for that.

ESCAPE RECAPTURE

ONE began

to other to wave people passing by-4o state- ly stockbrokers hurrying to- wards their country homes, and humbler men who knew would have to do the washing- up after supper,

they

Π

Froin дегод the street,

watching policeman had been the girl, whose name was Stella. He dodged the ponderous buses and walked across, "I'm going

i

about "Have you seen her often?" Sir Laurence asked the polleeman.

"In the last fortnight, yes," "But I live near Vickia of course I'm scen about," Stella protested,

Do you her,

THE LOOK

do any work?" the Magistrate asked

"I do, as a rule, work in hotels, but I'm staying with a friend at the moment. I'll get another Job In a couple of weeks. I'm hav'nk holiday. you might Buy"

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'1845

FRIDAY, JANUARY

COMMONWEALTH FINANCE TALKS OPEN TODAY

Sydney, Jan. 8.

The Commonwealth Finance Ministers will meet in conference here today to plan measures to counter a. possible recession in the United States and simultaneously to continue developing the sterling area's resources,

Mr Robert Menzies, Australia's Prime Minis- ter, will preside at the one week private talks. They will be on the financial, economic and trading policies of the sterling area, the world's largest monetary group with an annual export-import turnover of about £12,000,000,000.

of

At the conference table with him will be Mr Richard Butler, Chancellor the Exchequer, and finance representatives of Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the new Central African

India, Federation,

Pakistan, Ceylon and Canada, the only nation In the Commcowealth dolias area.

Convinced

Of Woman's Innocence

Decisions of the conference to some extent will be hampered by the fact that the report of the

Washington. Jan. 7 "Well, I should get a job, it i| Randal commission, sel up by

An

Anonymous benefactor chart were you," Sir Laurence advised. President Eisenhower 10

S'ales

foreign trado put up a 310,000 cash bond to- "Pay 10s. now, and before you Unllei

I should have a RU.

word with practices, will not be published day for Mrs Mamie Landis, at- tractive wile of the Negro Miss Hamilton, the probation for several weeks.

Mr Butler is expected to urge government worker accused of officer."

his colleagues to press on with engineering the $100,000 Trea

and sad, ob- agricultural "All right," Stella

development sury vault theft, despite to arrest you." he said to her.| ligingly, und before she ripped plans

He said he any temporary

was convinced of "for using insulting behaviour off she

Innocence and wanted to trade setbacks and regardless of her court to fi

who pro- of United of gleeful, provocative look that likely to enure A breach

any revision

States reward her father,

vided the information foreign economic policy. took in all the public gallery.

broke the case. Elsewhere, such

1 Look might have led to anything, a breach of the peace, perhaps. In Bow Street it led nowhere,

the

Stella did not wall to hear the end of the sentence. She bull

The policeman caught up ed. with her. behaviour likely to cause a breach of the pence,' he sale, between breaths.

INSULTED

TEXT morning, ut Dow Street. Stella was charged with the crime, and picaded nui

guilty before the Chief Magistrate, Sir Laurence Dunge

treated the

On An Urgent

Mission

that

PROGRESS IN 1953 Despite lower prices which Mrs Landis was arrested_with Rufus husband, James must be expected for Common-her wealth dollar earners like rub-Landis, 29, who allegedly took and other two packages containing 8,000 ber, tin. Jute, wool

the almost every crisp primary products

now $20 bills from Commonwealth territory can re- US Bureau of Engraving last port some progress during 1953. New Year's Eve and replaced Ceylon and Pakiston remain them with currency-sized blank with the most unsettled econo-paper, mics in the sterling

The loss was discovered when brea and small prospect of any great an alert employee noticed with

substitute packages were improvement during this year.

But India's, delegates are re-light. Six suspects have been "Any questions?" Sir Lou-1

Khartoum, Jan.

ported to be optimistic about arrested and most of the money asked her, when the

Khidir Kanad, the Secretary prospects in the belief that in-recovered, despite a wild spend policeman had told his story.

ing or flution has been halted, Stella General of the National Union- "What d'you mean?"

has begun New Zealand

to passed Ist Party, new though she

to Cairo today an urgent mission. it is feel the effect of lower export money. believed that he

prices but her delegates are not will discuss "Do you understand what a

alarmed. TLew Sudanese Cabinet's 197" Sir question

Laurence the

policy with the Egyptian Gov- sakt Sheernment

ence

anapped, as

been insulted.

asked pallently.

"Course," Stella

had

on

7 .

had no questions to ask, but she Ismail El Azhart said later

did have things to say on her that own behalf.

Would you like to give your evidence on oath in the witness- box?"

he hoped to furni Cabinet on Friday evening.

his

He was received this morning Governor-General, Sli by the

**I con My Jt from here," Robert Howe, who formally op- Stella guld from the dock.

pointed him Prime Minister of the Suden

"I'VE

CHEEKY

Major Salah Sale. the T'VE got a friend," she sald. Egypiku Minister cf National "His name's Stephen, I've Guidance, and General Abdel known him three or four years. Hak'ın Amer, Egyptian Army Well, I said good-bye to him. Commander and and ther

man came up and State for Sudan tried to criice mc o, so pected naturally I pulled a funny face." | Reuter,

here

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IN DOCK Officers

Tears rolled down

"

woman's chooks assho thrust her hands through the bars of the dock and showed Mr Hin-shing Lo hugo work blisters on tho palms of her hands, at Central this morning.

"I'm a working woman," she sobbed, when her virtue was questioned by the Police:

The woman, Poon Chol-han, 20, of an unnumbered hut in Shaukiwan, vehemently denied | having loltered in Queen's Road East near Garden Road Jast night,

Insp. W. E. B. Howel, Pro- scruting Officer, told the Court that defendant was kept under observation for 20 minutes and was seen to walk arm in ann

European before she was

with

arrested,

Poon protested and said that she had been going home. She was remanded for 24 hours and was offered $100 bail.

Magistrate's Advice 3 Weeks

Quarrellers

To

"Smilingly phone the Police when there is any. trouble," Mr Hin-shing Lo advised two women who had fought over a public water tap in Shauki- wan, at Central Court this morning.

The women, who had done battle over their respective rights at the public tap, looked very chagrined when they pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct by fighting and were fined $25 each.

orgy in which the principals CASTELO

the a part of

"01"

The $10,000 bond for MS TO APPEAR magistrate

Landis, who denies complicity in the theft, was delivered by Douglas Smith, a deal banker.

Hic eald only that the money was put up by a client of his bank who was also a neighbour of Wallam Phillip, an executive of the Chase National Bank, on whose suburban Virginian farm the alleged thieves tried to hide part of the money. United Press.

Must Release Prisoners

IN COURT

For Missing

His Ship

2

my

For failing to rejoin his ship, Halvor Stochell, 22-year-old Norwegian seaman of the Tai Yin, was sentenced to three weeks' hord labour by Mr A. G. Parker at the Marino Court this morning, despite the ship's agents' request to have him put on another ship due here in few days time.

Passing sentence, Mr Parker evidence showed that defendant deserted the chip

no-insp. B.T. Brodie

The following awards to 'members of the Hongkong Police Force have been au- thorised by His Excellency the Governor, it was an nounced in the Government Gazette this morning; }); SECOND BAR TO COLONIAL. POLICE LONG SERVICE MEDAL

Cantonese Contingent Ser- geant Major Lau Fook, Stam

Sergeant Lau Hon, Staff Sex- geant So Hung.

Wel Hel Wei Contingent Sergeant 2865 Nich Haleri- hsuch, Sergeant 2018 Liang Lien-pu.

FIRST BAR TO COLONIAL POLICE LONG SERVICE MEDAL European Contingent. In- spector M. M. Clark, Sub- Inspector F. H. Woods,

Cantonese Contingent.--Cor-

302 Cheng Kwok. Wei Hel Wei Contingent- Corpori 2512 Chiang Wan-

Corporal sing

2525 Chang Wan-shi, Constable 2501 Sunk Yun-shan,

Constable 2570 Ku Yuan-tung

poral

COLONIAL POLICE LONG SERVICE MEDAL European Contingent. —-*In- spectar R. F. G. White, Sub- Inspector W. G. .S. Jones, Sub- Inspector C. Pope.

603

-

WORK chul, Sergeant

Lam

.656

92

Ber.

Cantonese Contingent. - Ser- geant-Major Lo Slu-ki, Bergeent 309 Chan Kam-fat, Bergeant Lau-you, Sergeant 156 Hồi - chau: Sergeant Cheung).

Chính geant 657 Ng Wah-ein, Sergeant 580 Yau So, Corporal 308 Kam Kal-wah, Corporal 848 Wan Tong, Corporal

$39

Leung. Chi, Con Corporal 672 Yeung Koon-ying, Corporal 681 Cheung Yap, Con- stable 604 Wu Wai-fai, Constable 554 Lau Fuk, Constable 849 Ho Kwok-yuen, Constable 542 Ip Ship-kwong, Constable 675 Chan Yiu, Constable 689 Chan Wah-yam, Constable 3474 Lam Sau, Constable

Cheung Hol-sang

3540

Wai Hal Wei Contingent. Staff Sergeant Ku Hal-gu, Ser-

Helch geant 2072

Lien-ting, Sergeant 2728 Shou Heng-kwal, Pro-Corporal 2780 Che Huseh-kun, Constable 2513 Taung Hsi-wah, Constable 2729 Wong Shu-ching, Constable 2784 Lul Po-sin.

Pakistani

Contingent. -Ser- geant B620 Abdul Ghani, Cor- poral 3052 Mohammed Din, Constable 3091 Ahmed Khan.

The first defendant, Leung Luk, 20, whose pugilistic ten- said that the dencies were wall backed with number of previous convictions purposely, and that if he were for similar offences, told the to be imprisoned only for a low that she carried days it would not be the proper water for others and always punishment for him. used the tap in question.

"Diagraceful! You have right to stop her from getting water" was Mr Lo's comment.

Both Leung Luk and Lei Sui, who are neighbours in Wang Secretary Oscar Castelo last Hang Village, were additionally night sald he would appour bebound over in $100 for one year. fore arrulgument proceedings in nearby Pasay city court this morning on murder charges in connection with the June 15 killing of Senate star witness Manuel Monroy.

Manila, Jan. 8. Former Justice and Defence

HKRNVR

Castelo said he was appearing Promotions

In court today against doctor's orders to avoid the impression using delatory

that

"I am

Gazetted

sold that

defendant was a scaman signed on board the Tal Yin, He failed to rejoin the ship which sailed at 8 pm. on December 16, last year. The usual notice regarding the time of the departure of ship had

the been posted up on a board. At 4 p.m. yesterday, defendant was arrested inside the office of the ship's agents. Defendant had visited the office on December 15 and had asked for his passport back. Ho revealed at the saine. time that he wanted to leave thie ship.

that

Sub-Insp. Brodie further said the ship's agents had naked whether it was possible, for the defendant to be allowed to join another of the company's |ships which would arrive

January 11.

ft for arraignment Garetto this morning BOARD OF

ол

tactics."

Ho added that he re- quested his attomeys to ask the Tokyo, Jan. 8. court for a speedy trial "be- The London, Jan. 7,

For East commander, cause my

clear conscience is

The following promotions irs The year's first big tido swept General John E. Hull, in a let- and God knows I am innocent. the Hongkong Royal Naval against lowland and seawalls ter to the Neutral Nations Re- Castelo's statement came after Volunteer Reserve of tho but North Sea gales patriation Commission, has re- V. Baina Hospital physicians Royal Hongkong Defence Force today subsided

the be-affirmed United Nations opposi- yesterday declared that Castelo were announced in the Govern sporing leaguered coasts from floods like tion to a resumption of explane was physically those that killed nearly 2,000 tions and reiterated that pri- ment today.

Lt. R.B.

Wood, to soners not yet repatriated must Charged with Castelo were 15 Lieutenant-Commander

to dale Wirxis from the North had be released at midnight on others, among them two women, July 1, 1953; Lt. (S) M. Daniel piled

water as much as two feet January 22. abovo normal level early today, General Hull said it was "ex-allas Mrs Castelo, They were (S) to date January 1, 1854; Pro- while coastal authorities pre-tremely improbable" that named defendants In the brutal bationary Sub-Lieutenant C.G.

conference of

doEowing have pared for the first of the tides political

the slaying last June 15 of the Fairbairn to be confirmed in appointed to be Members of the. that will test dyke defences, Korean belligerents would con- Berabe star witness against rank with original seniority of Board of Education for one year,

vene before January 22, and Castelo for bribery and extortion Jan. 1, 1953, and promoted

persons a year ago.

noon the

Dykes

CEL seawalls belloved able to withstand

homes.

Repairs were completed before Tive

for

text

το

bo

his sister and Adelaida Reyes, to bo Lieutenant-Commander EDUCATION

--France-Presse,

cabinet,

to

Radio Hongkong

January.mant ...

1954.

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Infication"

i was announced in the Gover mid-fternoon, when high tide

discussing the powerful figure in the past Sub-L cutenent (Sp) Robirt

with any swept ashore, the defences held future of prisoners

Quirino administration

The Hon. Fairbairn to be; Lieutenant (Sp)ment Gazette this morning

Director of other Anm. Lowlanders refoxed artil

United

agency

"Nationa

date: July 1, 1943;

Sub-Educatico (Chairman), Dr the Command an even higher de rolls in

Lieutenant (Sp) H. Torrance Hon. B. N. Chat, the Rt. Rev. Headquarters here said the let tomorrow.

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