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Journey by night

AY and night the great D trains roared through the Yorkshire town. North to Scotland they thundered, Mouth to London, leaving their small whirlwinds in wake, shaking the Miner's

Arms to its foundations,

The men who drank inn, the tough, proud miners,

at the scarcely noticed the yams going by. Their homes, ke the inui, were within earshot of the line, the noise for they tuarys bad company.

CHINA MAIL

$40,000 Jewellery Robbery: 5 Men On Trial

Five men charged in connection with a rob- bery at a goldsmiths where some $40,000 worth of jewellery was stolen, stood trial at the Criminal Sessions this morning before Mr Justice C. W. Reece.

A sixth man, Leyng Szk, alias Leung Yiu-kwan, was discharged when the Crown offered no evidence against him. Mr Justice Reece directed the five men and two women on the Jury to return a formal verdict of Not Guilty for Loung in order that he may not have this stigma hanging over him."

ITC

The ve azoused cas dels are found at the house in Graugh Leung Yut Street, sald Crown Counsel. The Chin Hung, Dila and Li Shun, alias Li Kan-yce, Polke want to wreliver houre the who pleaded not guilty to a reino day erli amested the third A miner

Joseph was miner named

Woxig Sze and the drinking at the inn the other che cf posicenton of three re-accured,

volvers rid 24 coun city- Donally accused, Worg Sze-yu, evening, & 12an man, with lines amikor and Wong Sze, alias whereas the ith accused, Were about his eyes and mouth that Bhd Ko Werg S2C-y alas Kwok-yin was arseried Kaker

Kested that_Inughter cume

that day. Wong Sze-kal and Wong Kryck- casily to hun. He was with two,

All three can were taken to friends, and the trio had alled altas Ng Test, who pleadot nd guy a change of re-

Center!

Police Station cod and reilled their asses a fair boy with aggraveston The last number of times.

four cheơ face in stormlive A

point in the evening.

They fur Home reason unspecified and no one werd acid shunting

Impatiently chairs, 64 gold bangles, 45 gold whistling. perhaps, una porter pastams, 11 gold watch stres, from the mam-line station com- two gold beaches and 50 gold ing into the bar--Joseph and his tecles from the Nam Shing friends required a sudden In-Goldsmiths of 184 Queen's Read terest in traits.

Central on October 11 hst year.

Mr J. W. D. Hobley, Crown The Bright Idea

Counsel, is prosecuting while the fourth accused, Wong Sze- HERE she goes for London."

sald

Joseph's posted by Mr Patrick friends.

Yu, instructed by Mr Lam Man- in their as the beer

kit. The other accused are not Kipases trembled with the

legally represented. vibrations from a passing CX- press train

"THER

engine

one

of

"There she goes to the bright lights," said Josephx

"I've a mind to go meself on The next one that stops," said! Joseph's other friend. The other two clised their ranks around They went into

we

do

that?"

PRODUCED REVOLVERS Relating the Prosecution casc against the first two accused for i alleged possession of arms and ammunition, Crown Counsel suid that at about 11 October 11 two Chinese to the goldsmiths, one of them

a.m. D'

went

And the other stay!p

re-

hir31. mitter.

"Why don't

Both produced they asked each other. "Why wo

volvers which the Ballisties ex- not?" they answered.

The trio plled out of the inn pert would say were loaded atti

And made their way station, as

in

On

good working order. to the that evidence the Jury

might resolute, solemn, be satisfied that these men were

and singleminded

stately as in possession of the arms and delegates to iti laternational

mantition, possession meaning conference.

that they were

were in control. After

u time. the two men left the shop,

Then there was one

ontinued

Mr

THEY bought platform tickets. Hay, but they were felixed

For little while, they by

甜

walchied the trains streak 10 a

through and listened

Joudspeaker announcements. who arrived

Tha

youns 248 st

2

In

chanted, saft M- Hehley, read- ing their statements In which they said they did not ret, but kapt sad.

Mr Hobley mald that on these statements I was apparent that the three men go along for the purpose of keeping watch. The low was that if the accused went along to assist others by keeping watch they were gulity of the full offence. If the Jury were satisfied that the three accused did go to the goldaniids_but remained

somewhere keeping watch then, he sub- mitted, they were

guilty of robbery.

The triul is continuing.

outside

Russia's Big Nine Named

Moeco

London, Jan, 19. Rodio today listed

to Kamllers top nine men in the following order:

Georgia M. Madenkov (Prime Mirslater).

M. Molotov

Vyacheslav (Foreign Minilor).

Nikita S. Krushchev

Secretary of the Soviet

mist Party).

Established 1845

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1954.

SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith

72XIONS

Man On Trial For Allegedly Murdering Catholic Priests

A brutal attack in the course of an alleged robbery upon two Catholic priests in their quarters at the Holy Souls Church, Wanchai, on September 7, which resulted in their death, was related by Crown Counsel' when Lo Shui-chung, 32, earth coolie, appeared on trial for murder before the Senior Pulsne Judge, Mr Justice T. J. Gould in the Criminal Sessions this morning.

The murdered priests were the Rev. Father. Peter Ngai and the Rev. Father John Baptist Cheng.

Lo is alleged to have, with others not in custody, murdered the Rev. Fr Peter Ngai on September 7.

Accused pleaded not guilty this morning to the indictment, as well as to that in which he was alleged to have murdered the Rev. Fr John Baptist Cheng.

Conducting the case for the friends would be given. The Prosecution is Mr D. N. E. Rea, friend, Lo.Kwari-kit would say Crown Counsel, assisted by Mr he approached accused PITC W. B. Scrogg, ÁDC1.

showed him a copy of a Chinezo

with

headlines big instructed eating "Two Fathers at Holy Soula Church wore murdered this morning. Twp Fathers were stabbed to death."

$1.25

Miss B. K. Searle, by Mr S. Ny Quie, is defend ing the accused.

"Well then, how about that one? He's uglier than a mud fence_and_dumber than all-get-out-but he doesn't eat much!"

OF

NOT GUILTY MANSLAUGHTER

Kingsman Samuel Brown, 23, of the King's Regiment, was found not guilty of manslaughter and discharged before Mr Justice C. W. Reece, the Puisne Judge, in the Criminal Sessions this morning.

Six min and on? woman have boz empanelled as a Jury.

the

In reply to his friend, eccused i was alleged to have said, "I have no alternative but to do

20 INJURIES

The Prosecutor told the Jury that in the small hours of the morning of September 7 a rob- bery took place. The case would

Dr T. C. Pang, Police Sur- be that it wOB planned

same ume before and carried out in con raid he performed a post-

martem examination living quarters of

on the two two priests. priests, the Rev. Fr Peter Ngal

There were 20 external in- and the Rev. Fr John Baptist juries found on Fr Ngal, the Cheng at Holy Souls Church, Follee Surgeon sald. Internal- Wanchal,

ly, there was general bruising Further, in the course of that of the deeper tissues of the robbery both the priests were

A skull,

localised depressed brutally attacked and killed. fracture over the frontal bone. Rea said that evidence The brain showed blood over would be called concerning the the surface of the left side. death of the two deceated, but Four ribs were fractured. tico accused was only indicted for the murder of one of them, namely, Fr Ngai.

Mr

The all-male jury retired for five minutes before following the common law prac- returning the verdict.

68 Killed

In Volcano Eruption

news

fr his rantziz-up, the Judge said that it was a unique case in that the man being tried for manslaughter was not driving. The Prosecution had to prove a very high degree of negligence that the accused had deliberate- ly grabbed the steering wheel. The Judge pointed out that the Defendant had claimed that the

his

CHURCH MEETING Continuing,

Crown Counsel that on the sald

evening of 0. September

WES a meeting the church. held in

After it

was over, a nephew of Fr Ngal remained with Fr Cheng unui An amah about 10.30 p.m. employed at the church inst saw Ngai about 11 p.m. and both those occasions the de- ceased were seen going in the direction of their living quarters.

on

The next morning about 0 o'clock, a coolle, also another employee of the church, fol lowing his normal practice went to wake the two priests. He rang the bell but received

no response.

of

The cause of death was due to the depressed fracture. the skull with Injury to the brain, Dr Pang declared." Hearing is proceeding.

LETTER TO

THE EDITOR

Mr. Kiehn And His Passport

the

Jeep swerved and accused lost (First

balance so that he might Com- salesman of the goldsmiths

have caught hold of the wheel a house in Gough Street. The Marshal Nikolai

Djakarta, Jan. 19. to regain his balance, Bulgarin informed the Police (Doke Mindsor). to the salesman

At least 68 persons were,

Brown was

Sir- do not blame alleged to have there shortly. Mastet Kliment! Veroshilov killed and 145 others in unlawfully killed L/Cpl Harold

State Department for wanting Then an important-looking tram cubicle in the cocklofi they (Presider of the Presidium of jured when

me home to stay. They have the Merapi Smith in a traffic accident on a drow into the platform.

found the

the first two accused lying the USSA Supremo Soviel, of

had to worry about me twice, volcano

to Sheung Shul, These The trio boarded

in the train. on a bed.

men were head of that). wo

East Central public road

first in 1948 when I was in a settled themselves into told to get

New Territories, up and the Police

on the night Java erupted in streams of November 7, last year, in which Lazar M. Kaganovich (Vice

panese a., and second when Internment camp nt a found that they had been lying Premier and Minister where compartment

only

without molten lava yesterday, thea military jeep crashed into a The train on top of two revolvers.

Portfolio).

Indonesian The three from the

"On that evidence the Pro-

was imprisoned by the Com- agency tree. Anasias Mikoyan (Minister Antara reported today.

Shortly afterwards another muniets in. 1981. But now, in Miner's Arms went to slee

secution asks you to say that

Accused was defended by Mr of Domestic Trade and a Vice

priest, the Rev. Fr Zloli ar-refusing me a full passport, my Premier).

Loseby, of tra Revised casually figures Usted Charles E.

rived and he entered the quar- presenco abroad is described as Maxim

37 killed and 66 injured in the structed by Malor F. J. Williams, ters with a key. On entering inimical to the interests of the Z. Saburov (Chief of

of the Army Legal Service, the State Planning Commission village of Fakean in the

the premises, Fr Ziloli noticed United States", and a Vice Premier).

Mr D. F. O'Reilly Mayne, that the leads to the bell and Bojolali area. Six more deaths Mikhail

Crown Coumb assisted by Det. the telephone wires had from Djerakaḥ Pervukhin (Minister were reported of Electric Power Stations and hear the top of the volcans' Insp. C. J. Askew, prosecuted, the Electric Industry and

northeastern A

slope, raising that Vice Premier)

village's death toll to 31. At All the above are members least 70 persons were injured in of the "Presidium" of the So- Djerakah, viet Communist Party She body which replaced the "Pollt- buro" of Stalin's days.

IL

At Peterborough, the train the first and second accused and Joseph's friends were in possession of the arms They tried to wake him, and ammunition within the and, when they failed, tumbled meaning of the Ordinance. out of the compartment and left is my submission that you can the train, having thought botter have no doubt that is co," Mr of their plan.

Hobley told the Jury. Joseph Derived alone in

IDENTIFIED London In the unkind early "The first and second accus- hours of the morning. "What's tnd were identified by the sales- done wi' me mates?" he asked man as the men who came to the young couple who shared the the shop and the salesmen will He sounded as also say that these revolvers shown to them his friends

by the Police are similer to the ones the two

Ը "They got out at Peterborough," the young

men had."

the charge of on to couple answered.

compartment.

though he thought had been abducted.

Departure

would be given

and

Conspiracy To

Charge

The eruption also took a toll of some

Rob 500 lead of livestock,

Three Chinese, including two teen-agers, appeared before Mr

cut.

cut.

been

He then proceeded upstairs to the second floor, the priests" living quarters, and found both bedroom doors open.

Ho found Fr Cheng lying on his back and in the next room he found Fr Ngoi lying face

downwards, .

Shortly afterwards the Police and the Police Surgeon arrived. COMPLETE DISORDER

THE London ticket collector by the malesmen that two men Impressions that Krushcheval | Javanese government and the ping, alias Ah -Ngau, 24, work- | would hear evidence of the

police when entered

the shop and

ona

called the Joseph produced

dispen Hotel

his platform

lleket as a receipt for payment stayed outside. They broke the

Joseph,

showcases and took a con- for his journey from the North.siderable amount of jewellery. An hour or two later, from the dock at the Clerkenwell and oth acoured the Jury reed As pugnade the third fourth pleaded

guilty to travelling from Yorkshire with- not be commed with the men

court.

out a ticket.

"Has he any money?" asked

the magistrate, Mr T. F. Davies. MUST DEPEND

“None at ali, sir," said a police

officer, "though he was paid £13

only two days before. He is single,

Sir."

What's the big idea?" asked

ON EVENTS

London, Jan. 10.

"Big

Berin

Beria

before his

warned Inhabitants of the Rond, Police

working hand in hand. the Red Army Bre at present tuality,

Blerin

My goverment did not say | anything about.me being in-

imical to the US when I paid my personal income tax of

1948--tax on U508,000 money which I made outside of the US,

י.

Last Night's Earth Tremor

The Пота Hongkong Observatory aprenticed, this "morning: "Between `_9,16 and 9.17 p.m., Hongkong Standard Time isat bight,

Royal Observatory regis. tered an engih treper,

"It was not possible to locale the epicentre but 11 was probably 100 miles off Hongkong".

Mail Notices

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by, enquiry at the joës)-BILOR,

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WEDNESDAY.

JANUARY 201

27 Al

Japan, 6. pan." Formosa, p.m..

Thalland, Malara, indonesia, Ẩus- tralia, New Zealand. 6 p.m.

- By- Burface Macro, è p

THURSDAY, JANUARY 2 By Air

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India, Caylon, 9 am. Thailand, Burma, Pakistan, Mid- die East, Africa, Great Britain & Europe, 10 aun

Philippines. 11 sm.

Japan, Nov0.

Formos, 1 pm.g

Clust, kawail USA, & Canada, 1 pm.

Formosa, Okinawa, Japan, USA. & Canada, & p.m.

Philippines, N. Borneo, 6 p.m. **By Burmes China, People's Republic, `8.40`aan.

MACRO,,,· Malaya, Ceylon, Adet Midia East, Raly, Noon..

Indonesia, ap.m.. Macao. 6 p.m.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 2 By Afr

Thailand. Burma, India, ́ Ceylon, Britain & Europe. a.m. 19. | Pakistan, Middle East, Africa, Gresi

Indo-chias, 18 a.m.

Formosa, Japan, Korea, 1,p,m, N. Borneo," Aŭstralia," New - Zan-

vm. Malaya, Indonesia. 6 p.m. JADEŇ, U.S.A. & Canada, é p.m.

land,

BUTCHER HAD

about 100 houses In the area

for anyone, including my gov

I regret creating any trouble To this list, Moscow Radio were destruyed and 140 hectares added the names of the Secre- of plantation arca laid waste,

ernment, but I am being denied a full pessport to replace the one Going

Caries of the Central Committee The volcano was reported calm Hin-shing Lo at Central this

that expired while I was in a Communist Party this morning, its top shrouded by morning, charged with conTM robbery against the remaining of the Soviet

Communist prison. This I say, three aesused, Mr Hobley said hall A. Suslov. Protr N.

ouds. Relief. measures were spiracy to rob,

unjust. I am offered a one- Nikojal Statelin that

rushed by the Central The accused,, evidence

Cheung Ming- Mr Rea mid that the Jury way passport to return to the The last confirms the gener

only. I wan

want to go back Indonealan UN

Red

Cross "Party boss," now ranks number medical supplies to the

man, residing at the Tennochy complete disorder in which both home soon as possible but not if dal-Kwok-wah. 17, un- the rooms were found. The I am to be dealed the right to three in the hierarchy, a post-area. Some US$100,000 already employed, of no fixed abode. Jury would be shown photo leave again when my business Lavrent P. tion held by Secret Police chier has been earmar

been earmarked for relief, and

Yuk, alias Chui Ping-graphs which might assist them requires. I have done nothing Chut lages Kwan, 19, of an les said 12 villages The authorities

unnumbered to picture in their own minds to be denied a passport, I inalet downfall last July.

located in the Dukuh seen were hut, servants' quarters, Christ whe

what must

have happened, and on being granted a full p

passport. It shows two Marshals of the regarded as "unsafe".

tan Cemetery, Omelala an

Wongneichung Crown Counsel thought that Red Army, as members of the

romanded for three they would have no dificulty in.

If I have done anything Flve," thus confirming the Plawangan and Kaliurang ara days in

custody for seeing that there was a robbery (against my own country I would UNFIT MEAT Impression that Malenkov and to be prepared for any oven- further enquiries,

and indeed a very bloody like to know what it is, in On January 18 and 19 at a striggle.

detall, not in generalisation or For being in possession of Both before and after yestar-side lane near the Tonnochy A spannte and a short, chricks, rumours.

want to more approximately 14 cattles of is the only absenice day's eruption, several earth

the Hotel,

defendants are bamboo pole were found on the accussions of being "inimical to horse meat, unfit for human from the original "Big Ten" list tremors were felt in Jogjakarta alleged to have conspired, with armies, and Crown: Counsel the Interests of the United consumption, ·· 35-year-old of list March when Majenkoy and other Merapi creas.-United other persons not in custody, to said the Jury would have no States.

butcher, Lo Shek-kai, of 359 took over as Premier on Stalin's Press.

doubt that they were- the commit a robbery. death-Reuter,

Wes- po had thalicted we words

Queen's "Road West, thirt" floor, I have spent more than half was fined $100 or 20 days by on des perlerlen.

** my life: in the Orient. I have Mr Hin-shing Lo at Centrai The Police Surgeon who per-made and lost money. In the today formed the post-mortém ex Orient. Now I have lost every Inspector W. E. B.Howel, suridica wod daty as to thing and must start over again. prosecuting, asked the Court to the very extensive indus in in my opinion the best place to take a serious view of the case fiated and the Jany misho her make money to pay my debts as the defendant was a licensed Bignol And

that Fr Ngai put up a vary and get back on my feet agein butcher. Inspector. Howel sald at the Tinde, replied:

Singapore, Jan. 19. ENNTNING BUNTNINGEy; 6.09, Ducky Die gelaat night dor. katy lates

In ---Variety "sloquest by

that the Police found the se- the Orient, which I know. The dopihip HMT Empire.

Kidnappers have released Lim (8 6:39,- Weather wort: 7.

Two days after the discovers have not accepted the one used to be in possession of y "There is no ban on the export Hallscallo noturmed free this Kok Gin, a 88-year-old Chinese Time Bignel and Werd of the bodies of the priests

kilend meat at 10.30 a.m: on Tuesday, no! rubber to the Communtat ding from Korea with cops hulti-millionaire merchant

passport, add do of on Relby 1.10, Nowy Tak Lone occted was taken to the. Aber- | Way" countries of Eastern Europe, of various amite who had ein this alty, after holding him sinco mente fald, Opener of the uncer doen Police Station in connect my being.. Exports to those countries are deed helr

tour of duty in Friday in a secret hide-out, it calota, Symptions Orch, on with a matter which had lined; do in th

Conimne Que limited to their estimated normal Korea and Japan. She telling was learned here today.

templum Arounded by Alistair Cocle to bencing on the present case, the civillán requirements:

far the United Kingdom

zontal) and maid. "Crown " Counsel; Will Hapon why a pauport de beled Mr Lim trades mostly, with ecorded London *104

Ink Epolą. Tak to John Wallor "In the case of Communist

the Teatro

Indonesian ports. He and his and miten to their favorite records, there he was

Informed

Communists that the

thai wikheids Gret street, 24, famed for his China, the in the United Na-rives and Tower, usham Monday night with the ransom Frequani (Ooooyrt 119

"The Empire which ar- Chinese driver were freed on Ingi2.30, "The Choral Group of Palice were making enquiries tried to beatri-wash sinister roles in more then accordance

Hongkong

the Direction of

vèdre, in prison,

but they decade of screen work, died last tions resolution of May 1981.

weak, is sailkig dor, the UK (üks of $100,000 in Malayan.currency, firmassen

ald

tha and not succeed and night after a lengthy lines, "It rentalne the Government's attanoon Whytene-expired but the fact was made publiezer. Desp

Greenstreet had been, til fór a view that tile question of recoli- tractor and Service families from only tonight.

Bee wakhe would i Gender In To Commstan number of years, suffering from aldering the 'embergo must đẹ=Hongkong,

ved as creas, evidence th the course

creed that "; 1 Bright's Diaonso and diabetes-pend on how event develop in United Presz. “

2 | the Far East.”—Boutons, arm

the

punto" of Joseph.

The Government was asked in the House of Commons by

a

he said. "We was Labour member today If it could

just on a good booze-up. I never yet ancunce the relaxation of wanted to come to London."

He was echt off to see the pro-he security ban on the export of

rubber to Communist-dominated countries.

Mr Derick Heathcout Amory,

bation officer, with a view to his returning home, They would

a welcome of some Minister of Trade, Board of give him magnitude,

no doubt, Miner's Arms, when he got back.

DEATH OF

FAMED ACTOR.

Hollywood, 'Calif., Jan. 19,* The veteran actor, Sidney

of

an embargo in

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TROOPS FROM

KOREA HERE

"What's Har Line?,” Solution.

*MAKE-UP GIRL. London, Engrase Hernion;

Kidnapped Man Radio Hongkong

Released

Mr. Lim told the police""that four kidnappers rammed his "moving car with fisother vehicle while he was on his way to his office on Friday morning. They drove him in his own car 10. a secret hide-out-France-Presen

a.k.r

Acermedi

10

**Bubrequently accusand was 1

charged with "the murder, of: the | štang): two priests. MMOJA Zoe Sa Radi 95 Kvidance of a conversation nes fcured, alzad (with), one

no

me for

DEMONSTRATING PILOT KILLED.

Mahagia,” Nicaragus,

Cene Ras