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Fred And Frank

was Saturday night,, himself than he knew. For they

Lane!

1Wo

in the East End, were

both men,

rixties, decided

the eyes of a man search of Intangibles happi- in their

contentment, $1 quiet NOSA, drink spirit-whe would

ever and would do them no harm. what

sought, breuse he. for them There

always the collusion looked

always the same through the bottoms of upturned glasses.

was 10

between the two.

wrong way, They

way

Were strangers to euch

other and never met, even in the bars they used.

But they share a common misfortune. Both of them drank {x> much, gol themselves arrested, spent the week-end in the cells, and on the Monday

morning pleaded guilty at the Old Street court to the charge of being drink.

ま

"Last time," said Mr Sturge Fred, "you told me you

weren't gong downhill."

SEND ME TO PRISON

66%]/HY don't you send me to "W"

prison then, for this cure they talk about?" cried Fred. almost savagely, his tone laying the blame for his plight There, the likeness between | squarely on the shoulders of all then ended, and the differences society. began. Fur Frank, the eller of this two, bind drunk out of devil- ment, and Frei, the other, out

of despat

NEXT THING I KNEW

345 flic

the

FLANK

shown into

first to be A cloek.

quietly.

head and

"That's what I'm going to do," fold Mr Storge. "It will be 40s, or 28 days."

"I gol rats on me all, Fred muttered. He went out muttering other things to He had no money, so himself. would go

prison for a month. Tt:nt was ensy.

He had по fall, craggy, North Countrymun,

falth in himself and no hope who grinned

schoolboy caught nut on some mir es- for the future.

When they ke

hum out of polleeman briefly capade.

nut set him tojd Mr

prison, they could Sturge, the 11, F. R

free He could only continue magistrate, of his wrrest

the same old search and ho 1e gave

seemed to know only one way to seek what he was after.

fficer sult,

knowo

"Well, what

say?" Mr "It's

Trouble." he Mazel

IN

the Mat

do you want to Sturge asked Frank, 1 sir." Frank! like this, answered. "I don't scen 10 take the drink so well nowadays its I used to. But thought. It being

Saturday, 1'ti isk #4 couple of stouts.

"And the text thing I know I was drinking with all sorts Cockneys, Irishmen, Yorkshire- inen. even Anished up by drinking with a Juniałem.

FAREWELL SALUTE

He sounded us astonished

this inst, as if he had come- to after his drinking bout, in the Jamalcun's humelarid, instend of in a cell in an East End police station.

Well, it's unwise to drink, if you find you can't take it," said the magistrate, "but you've been Inskle two days so we'll say no more about it

Frank saluted, said thank you and strode DIT. Into the dock in

his place, erept Fred.

Fred is a crabbed little man. with

gnomish, It

melancholy

face, which ол

this

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23

by Air. Indo-Chau. 6 p.m.

By Surface Mucro, 5 pagi.

Wednesday, February 24 By Alr and Canada. 8 a.m.

Philippines, Guam, Bawall, USA

Indo-Chin, o nun. Forina, Japan. USA

t pan.

Japan, 6 pro.

Conado,

Formosa. U pan. morning! Thaliand. Malaya, Indonesia, Aus bore cuts and grazes that sug-tralia, New Zealand, 8 p.m.

Kester he night have been

Oghting lamp-posts walls

INTANGIBLES

Q1

brick

WHEN details of Fred's arrest

find been given, Mr Sturge glanced towards the gaoler. "He's been here before, "hasn't he?" he asked.

"Yes, sir. In the last years, hardly a month's gone by without his coming," the gaoler answered.

By Surface

Chins. People's Republic, 5.30 am. Macao, & man. Indo-China, 11

.

Philippines, Ceylon, Aden. Middle

East. Baly. Great

Europe, 11 6,513.

Japan, Noon.

Formoso, 1 pm.

N. Dare, 3 pm.

Britain

Australia, New Zealand. 6 p.m

Macao, 6 p.m.

Thursday, February 23 By Air

India, Ceylon," a Ave

Tac magistrate turned to Fred, whose roving.

baleful, lustreless

more of

eyes told

and

Thaliand, Burma, Pakistan. Mid- dle East, Africa. Great Britain and Europe. 10 ..

Japan, Noon.

Formoin. 1 p.m.

Philippines, Guam, Hawaii, U.S.A. and Cátiada, † pæn.

Formosa, Okinawa, Japan. U.S.A.. and Canada, a p.m.

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23,5 : 1954,

Boy Buried 6 Hours, Then Rescued

Churchill To Take A Leading Part In

Berlin Talks Debate

London, Feb. 23.

Sir Winston Churchill decided at a Cabinet meeting last night that he himself would make one of the leading speeches in this week's House of Commons debate on the Berlin Foreign Ministers' conference.

The debate will be opened on Wednesday by Mr Anthony Eden, Foreign Secretary, who header

A 16-year-old boy, Fred Topilife, of West Humble, near Dorking,

recently buried up to his head for six landslide in m hours by

Cave. During those Surrey hours he refused an anaesthe- tic so that he could keep on directing his rescuers. Finally under the glare of floodlights. he was lifted from the hole. He suffered only shock. Plo- ture showB floodlit Bremen clustering around the pot-

bole in which two men were clawing away the last rocks holding Fred Toplifte,—Dally Express photo.

Chinese

the British delegation at Berlin, with the Prime Recommended Minister as first speaker on the second day.

1n the

Prime Minister's; inclusion of German-forces in private room In Parliament, the proposed European Brmy Mr Eden gave his colleagues a would help Western security, Cull appraisal of the Berlin meeting

At the same time Opposition leaders met nearby to scek un

whlic

another is certain this would spell danger.

For

Deportation

On?

Socialists predicted a stormy session tonight, when the full

Manila, Feb. 23. hundredt and ninc Labour Party in the House of Common: mcets privately to Chinese residents in Manila Its attitude for the who were arrested and sub- of various sequently convicted Some Socialists are expressing crimes were recommended yes- article written by terday for deportation by the anger at an Mr Herbert Morrison, Deputy chief of the Manila poilce de- Party leader and former Foreign tective bureau, Major Enrique Secretary, in yesterday's issueV. Morales.

end to Labour Party quarrels on the issue of German rearma- which will ment,

Cgure decide debate. prominently In the debate,

The dilemma of the Labour leaders is that one influential scetion of the party thinks the

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Man Who Saw Object Being Dumped Counsel's

Into A Well

The witnessing of an alleged dumping of an object "which looked like a human being" into a well in a village just outside the Walled City of Kowloon was told by a hawker when hearing of the murder trial against Wong See-hoi, 48, un- employed, continued before Mr Justice J. R. Gregg in the Criminal Sessions this morning.

Offer

An offer was made by Mr Alfred Y. Hon, Defence Counsel in n case at Central this morning, to personally undertake full restitution on behalf of his client who

was charged with uttering a forged receipt with intent to defraud.

The defendant, Yeung Siu- kel, alias Paul Blu-Chiyang, 32-year-old cinema employee, of Diamond Hill, pleaded

The hawker, Lam Bing-wing, said he had occasion to leave his house for a few minutes sometime after 4 a.m. on October 25 last when he saw a "big-sized person" with an object on his back approach in his direction. Arriving receipt nt a well which was in front of his house this person tilted his shoulder and dropped the object Into it, heard a loud splash.

The accused 1; on trial for the

murder of Chin Ah-choi, his alleged mistress.

Appearing for the Prosecution is Mr D. F. O'Reilly Mayne, Crown Counsel, assisted by Dlv. Det. Insp. F. Indge-Duckingham. Accused defended by Mr

is Charles Loseby, QC, on the in- structions of Mr M. K. Lam.

The

witness (Lam Bing- wing) said that sometime after 4 .m, on October, 25 he had occasion to leave the house for a few minutes. His landlord, Chan Wal-mou, * pork hawker who usually rose at 4 am. had already deft the p.emises.

Whilst standing outside the house he ETXW some one up-

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proaching. He was a "big-sized, fat man" and he was carrying what to be a

a "person" his

witness sald. Arriving at the well, witness continued, the man tilted his shoulder and dropped the object into it. He heard a loud splash. The man then retraced his steps ard witness inter lost sight of bin.

Witness

returned

School Visited By

Lady

Не

Grantham

Mr

to uttering B: forged ip: purporting to be that of Chung, Manager of the Pathe Overseas Ltd, with intent to defraud, sometime between June, 16 and June 23 last year. Ho was cautioned and bound over in the sum of $500 for two years.

Det. Sub-Ing. J. H. Grieve, prosecuting, told the Court that in May last year the defendant visited the manager of the Pathe Overseas Ltd, 6 Don Voeux Road Central,

ace arranged for tho

showing of a film. "Atoll K" at the Ming Yuen Theatre, Apli- chau The terms of the agree ment were that the company was

The voices of a hail-full of girls to receive. 35 per cent of the chorused a hearty welcome to your total receipts at the theatre, and Ladyship" at the Sacred leart the defendant was to receive School this morning when Lady five per cent as his commission. Grantham pold a vixil to the school. Lady Grantham, accompanied by

ONE-DAY SHOWING

the

the Hon. D. J. B. Crozier, Director The film was shown for one of Education, was greeted at the day, and the total receipts came school gale by the Mother Delegate,

continued $117.11. acting Headmistress Mother to

Insp Giannina

Me Gliardi and

G. 9. Grieve, The manager of the. Coxhead. Bentor Educations Omeer. Ming Yuers Theatre gave the

A caboolgiri

of honour defendant $183.84, which the #ward uned the steep steps leading to the accused sald was the charge for school building and Lady Graham the hiring of the film. was cheerted into the ball,

After leaving the carpeted dais in the Hall. Lady Grantham party ascended by lift to the drit floor of clascooms.

At the entrace to the corridor siced a little

boy bad

girl To Lady Grantham they presented a | huga bouquet of white

And

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The defendant then produced receipt, sald Insp. Grieve, which had been forged by him for that occasion and which ho téndered to the manager of the Ming Yuen Theatre,

In mlugation. Mr Hon said afterwards barred snt surtsled that the defendant

came from

PROBED WELL

said he brakt to the house ored stopt unu) sometime affor 7 a.m.

The tour started with the kinder very well-to-do family, but when he went to the well with garien classes and Lady Granthom had lost everything he possess– bamboo pole In order to spent an hour and a half before ed in the Pacific War. It was

A proceeding to the henich Mission | probe the bottom. The pole School.

only as a last resort, when came into contact with some-

efforts to raise

his money for The little to in kindergarten and wif thing soft which, witness de-

primary classes sang little songs of birth and needed medical atten- wife wit was about to give clared, felt like a human body. welecme, swayed and

moved itel Other villagers with pole hands to lively unes and Have &tion failed, that the defendant

good account of themselves. tried to hook up the object and The most enterpriving Junior class foolishly committed the offence. eventually witness saw pair staged a short play. Lady Grantham

watched the dimuative actors and send a cheque for the amount Engils. but they which the defendant had taken,

finesset out of his own a body being put it across, with the

account, and accomplished miniaturo artistes.

asked the Court to take a lenient view of the case.

of fcel protruding through the surface of the water.

Later he saw put into an ambulance.

Asked by the Court why he had not inquired into the matter when it occurred, witnessed sald that was

St in the middle of the night and he did not know what had actually happened.

He told Crown Counsel that

of the Liberal News Chronicle. They constituted part of 188

Morrison.

of a power-allens arrested by Major Morales ful group favourable 10 the and his men from September 1. inclusion of German forces in 1952 to December 31 Inst year. no one else was present then. the European army, drew at-Twenty-six ek the 188 were It was very

qulet. He was in tention to the resolution passed cleared of charges while the re-feet alone in this area with this by the Labour Party at its un-maining 53 have pending cases person, whotver he was.

Witness said that he attended an identification

parade

two afterwards and picked out daya some one who resembled the build of the man he saw that night. He said he had told the Police he never saw the face of that person.

or

nual conference Just This included the passage that Major Morales explained that thero

be no German the deportation of the should

100 rearmament before further undesirable allens would be one efforts had been made to secure

way

ridding Manila and peaceful unification of Germany.

several places in the country of crimes of vico syndicates. The the Chinese ranged from

violation DI the vagrancy to gambling, and opium inws.

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OPINIONS DIVIDED Mr Morrison declared: "Well, these efforts have been made. Logically, the declarations not only of the Labour Party but the official declarations of the Labour Government in favour of the principle

of a German military contribution to security should now operale,"

A DARK NIGHT Witness agreed with Mr Lose- by that it was a dark night, and he could not see the moon. It was cloudy.

actresses deliver their quaint, warbled

Darts

this

PREPARING LUNCH

"Are you going to have all for lunch? asked Lady Grantham when the party stopped in the kit chen. A group of senior girls were buy cooking a variety of mavoury Jinics. The reply CAMO with affrmative nota.

Crozier left the school they were

Mr Hon then undertook to

Legacy May Aid H.K. College

New York, Feb. 22.

A legacy of $330,000 left by Art, mathematic and dramatic eleases were, Included in the tour. the Lo Mas Anita McCormick Before Lady Grantham and Mr Blaine to the Yenching Univer- entertained to tea and Lady Grant sity in Peking, now in Com- ham left Amidst a cacophony of munist hands, may be

used clapping delivered by the girls "ena certain college in masse” in the courtyard.

As the United States ent does not. recognise. Lady_Grantham was presented ment

the

the.

with Chinese printing, a ilk xcroll Peking and the Co-

and a table cloth set by the Sixth Form ri

Miss Armenia Hung, Head Prefect, thanked Lady Grantham for ber visit.

A box of embroidered

chiefs complete with vni presented to Vady

Manila, Feb. 23. Tough luck has dogged the Talwanese Babing bont Shing Kong Hing ever since it entered Philippine waters last January the

Presumably, this is because of its crew is 13. the number

and its crew were The craft picked up on January 9 by United States navy patrol boat

The Supreme Court yesterday off the coast of Mindore pro-

turned down the claim for vince in the south. The reason

Philippine citizenship of Chinese was a broken down englue.

businessman Tomas B. Llanco, When he returned to the The Shing Kong Hing was

thereby thers turned over to the Philip

roadblock from his removing

house he looked at an alarm the legal

clock which showed the time as sum-ching. deportation pine Navy and was towed to

ng an undesirable allen.

4.30, witness said. Manila for repairs, Because the

Critics said Mr Morrison Lianco ig now detained in He could not see the man's ship carried no papers allowing should have kept silent until Cebu province in the south face but he saw his back quite it to dock in a Philippine port, today's private meeting of the pending deportation. He has

elcarly. the crew was detained for over party.

been tried before the Deporia- Air Morriscn'a views are shaped tion Board on charges of being a a month for investigation.

Last Saturday with ali 13 by som: but not all of the Communist and of smuggling 62 hands duly cleared and the Labour "old guard." Mr Hugh Chinese to the Philippines In engine repaired, the Shing Kong Dalton, for instance, is a con- 1949. He petitioned to the Hing set out again, Yesterday, sisient opponent of

German Supreme Court stop his however, the Chinese vessel and rearmament.

deportation claiming to be u

to

its harassed crew limped beheaded by Mr

And the party left wing, Filipino-France-Presse.

Into Manjia Bay behind Philippine navy

boat,

The

claims

Ancurin Bevan, The fallure of Berlin

reason-n broken down engine cannot be seated as the end Air Marshal

France-Fresse.

Radio Hongkong

HX.T.

6. Time Signal and Programme Hummary! 11.03, Melody with the Stars: 30 BBC Bandstand, Scottish C.W.B. Band cond. by George Hawkins (BBCTS); 6.59, Westlier Heport; 7. Time Bignal and World News (London Relay): 7.10. Now Talk

or. Special London Relay) Announcements: 7,15, Interlude for Rhythm -- The Malcolm Lockyer Quartet (DBCTS); 7.30, Forces Favourites (London Relny); 14 -Demi-Heurg Francolae (Studio);

of East-West efforts to secure a united Germany.

It was announced last night that Mr Clement Attlee, Labour Party leader, and Mr Herbert Morrison will speak in the de- bate-Reuter.

MAY BECOME AMBASSADOR

Visiting HK

this

He man dropped his burden Into the well without pausing, witness said i answer lo further question. He thought

that the object was a hunan boing. Asked why he had not gone to try to ressus the person thrown into the well, witness said he was "only 40 per cent" certain it was a human being. He did not raise any alerın.

Hearing is continuing.

Loitered Near Warships

A!: Marsind Se Clifford Sanderson, KBE, CE, DSC Commander-in-Chlet Far East Air Force, accompanied by his Two passenger Junk mis Personal Staff Officer, Squadron Leader J. D. These tresses, Wang Ho, 29. Kwok

both with Yau, 24,

previous arrived in Hongkong pores convien Chats Muk-kan, 24, convictions, were $15 and

short was fined $10 by Mr A

A G Parker at the Marine Court this He was met at Kai Tak Air-morning when

they pleaded

nunding Hongkong ·AL.Com...

Station, Commander. RAF: Kai Washington

Group

Curtin J. F. Now Captain Carlos P.man DSO, DSC

Avoyards

Con the American The Commander, in Culer warship Nó 362 at Buoy, B will be the gurat, of Air Con and the other, two, within

Manila, Feb. 28.

London, Mr, Joso Romero was

6.30. "irst Hearing" presented by The Philippines Minister in port by the Air. Officer: Com-sully top feet of worships with

Bernard Mick (Audio);

a charge

of loltering plying for hire Prosecution and that first

Bigna), Musical Notebook presented {{Studio); 9:30 "window" on the Magsaysay administration "Camporoona" The Story of K. made by Colin' Will Produced by Ambassador

By the Rev. Father Ryan, J. today. being considered by the motore R Field and the

he intention ole

to

II. D. Smith (ABCTB); 10. “Kianai" following General 477 Musical Arabian Night with Romulo's reported ;-

from Alexander Barodia the Morje Musical Adaptation & Lyrics, bý

of

Mington, assignment

Grimant was arrosted about

Robert Wright and Gearzo: Forrest (Me) Romero, former Conmodore and Mrs Flaid at Air yards of another Amurlean

| Presenting the original pirosawar including: - Alfred

Drake, Morrow. Jowns Diayer.

Cast,

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met with Nectoripilata

House until Thursday whap warship No 106 at Buoy B yesterday and was

yesterday afterzioon. Defendants formed and Richard – Kije)

was likely to rifnato,slugapore) had been lopty under observa that

ho ykot the Washington post. He Fuck Here Just returned last week from London for consultations with the) is home in offer." -- Francë

Henry, Calvia with Chorumland”: Orch. (cont.

· Louis Adriani

What'

tom for 10 minutes during which time they made no effort

ordinating

for Christian

of the United

the Yenching

repte-

ng, which nominallys. in Smer Protestant fo planned to ask

handker- a

to ask for permission to

by orphan giris, who were at their use the legacy for a college in. handwerk class when visited. Hongkong, which it supports,

Lady Craniom WAS escorted and for a new

college in For through the Rhenish Misston School mosa which it plans to open. by the Headmistress, Miss Wong

France-PressC.

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By Galbraith

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