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MURDER TRIAL

Measures To Abate Kowloon Secret New Uncooked

10th Time Smoke Nuisance

Lucky

RICHARD is a big, blu

tering man who regards the world through eyes screwed up in a kind of per- manent wink, addresses the world in a hoarse eroaking voice, and stalks through it with a rolling swagger.

The world, says Richard's swagger, Gwes me something for walking abroad in it, and til thank the world to neknow- ledge the debt.

The world, it must be said, seems to have twigged the klea very well, generously helping maintaining Richard's out in

Family he has seven children, four of school nge) at such times as he has felt disinclined to work.

Sometimes, Indeed. when Richard has been in prison, the work has taken over his respons- rbitzes entirely. The world serined to bo in that sort of peril again the other day.

INTENDED TO PAY'

DICHARD marched

R

into the

dock at the Old Street court anuf. leaning his elbow on

rall, as though it had

the

11

been taproom bar, pleaded guilty to charge of embezzling £1. the 18. ld,

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT

SPENDING

$1,500,000

Referring to the “smoke_nuisance" at the annual general meeting of the Green Island Cement Co., Ltd., this morning, Mr H. R. Cleland, the chairman, said that in order to abate the nuisance as far as possible the Company was spending $500,000 on a Rotary Slurry Filter in addition to $700,000

Electrostatic Precipitators.

will "By the time we have finished

have spent nearly $1,500,000 on measures to abate the smoke nuisance and we hope that this will finally give full satisfaction to the community."

оп

we

It was disclosed at the meeting, which was held in Telephone House, that the profit for the year ending December 31, 1952, was $1,379,1-12, and the following appropriations were made: a dividend of $2 per share, free of tax, absorbing $1,200,000; transfers to general reserve $250,000; bonus to staff $47,461; carry forward $236,347.

trend:

statement

to-

The Chairman's

we use I our procesF, was presented to the meeling in gether with the dust particles, printed form.

which arc not dangerous to health. There is also sometimes As you An unpleasant smell.

It is with deep regret that I

A policeman went witness-box to tell Mr H. F. H.

the

Long.

Sturge the magistrate. the details. This man.

#

str."

he

said, "was employed on casual work as lorry-driver. He had

to take goods to various of the Art's customers and on

this kly one of them paid him 158, 110. for the Hoods de- livered,

hunded At the end of

"The prisoner never over the money. the week, he took his £5 wages, and on the following Monday said his daughter was ill, and. Instead of returning

work, Exchange. went to the Labour

and drew £4 there.

10

"He was seen by a police- licer yesterday and salt he Ind Intended iu pay the IF 15%. d. nck.

NINE PREVIOUS

E magistrate

asked the policeman "Is he knWH

"Yes, sir, there are nine pre- vious convictions," the officer unld-and beggan

read เย

the nort

which recent.

included sentences for theft, false pre-

the

other

iences and receiving.

"Just tell me punishments he has received,"

said the magistrate.

he

The policeman did SO, and from what he said, one fact Richard had almost emerged. always been-s

no doubt had deserved fairly sharply punished for his wrong-doing.

This

does no

regular wark," the

policeman work,"

added. "Only these casual jobs as i delver, ills usual income is £4 0x, which he gets from the Labour

sind Exchange National Assistance Board.”

man

the

HIS USUAL INCOME

STURGE asked Richard

Richard

Mwhat he had to say,

cathe

I

to record the death since know, we are spending about

The folling trend in cement pices which I noted List your continued, except for a short perlod in the summer, through -

142

can

of

lower

and

our

No More Pay Concessions

(Continued from Page 1)

been

This has ministration, proved by the large tax cuts we have already made possible this year.

additional this time."

tax reductions

and

at

The President did not refer to

excise

Alleged Breach Of

Contract:

Appeal Before Full Court

respondent firms

of

sentation ог

FORMIDADLE TASK

.

Submarine

Britain came to the front in the race for a hydrogen peroxide driven submarine when the Royal Navy's latest submarine, Explorer, (above) was named and launched by Lady Reid wife of Sir James

chairman Young.

YourK

Reid

of

Vickets Armstrongs Lid. The launching at Barrow,

Was

Joint Left In Oven

Carmarthen, Wales,

Mar. 16.

The prosecution in the murder trial of Ronald Harries, 25-year-old farmer, asked the jury today if a farmer would go on holiday leaving a joint of uncooked ment in the oven.

Harries in alleged to havo battered in the head of a distant relative, John Harries, 63; who was found burled with his wife on a farm inst November.

The prosecutor, Mr Edmund Davies, sald Harries had three times stated that he drove the couple to Carmarthen station where, he said, they were leav ing for holiday.

But, Mr Davies said to Har- rics: "You could kick yourself about one thing in this caso. You overlooked the faint of uncooked meat In the oven.

"What housewife or farmer's wife would go away on holiday and do a thing like that?" ho asked.

What housewife with

any claim to tidiness and reputation for being house-proud would leave the things found in that house working clothes on the floor and a pan of dirty water standing in the both?"

Harrles replied to the pro- secution, which cross examined than five hours,

the 61 wit with charges that nesses against him were lying have good charne- and "dont ters,

attended by Admiralty officials and many distinguished guests. Details the

of

him for more new vessel are

closely guarded

secret. It is

believed that Explorer will have a long endurance

TANKO under water and that she will be the Royal Navy's, ir not the world's fastest-London

Express.

Illegal Distillery

A fine of $525 or two months

on

Mr Vincent Lloyd Jones, de- fending, asked if Harries, when he sald “I am in the right and the truth will always stand, and God is my judge above" was "Indulging in the bravado of the blasphemer or giving the sure and certain protesta tion of innocence of a man who knew he was not guilty."

Mr Justice Hevers will sum Tuesday.China Mall

up

on

Special,

Attempted

old

ur last Meeting of Mr Li Tse-$700,000 on the installation of

My LA Tre-long had been

Precipitators Electrostatic s Director of our Company For

The Full Court comprising the Puisne Judges, Mr Justice C. W. Reece and Mr Justice J. R. Gregg this 20 years and during all this time they are designed to take out virtually all the dust and smell his ability Bud wide experience d

nil sha!d, a consequence,

morning heard an appeal brought by the United Develop- were of inestimable benefit to h

substantially lessen the plume of

ment Co., Ltd. of Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Building your Board. I would like to steam from our factory. How take this opportunity of express-ever, there will still be visible

against the decision of Mr Justice T. J. Gould who gave ing our high appreciation of his steam varying in amount with

judgment in part for the plaintiffs and in part for the services and of offering our deep the humidity, which is particu,

defendant company (appellants) in six actions involving sympathy to his Widow and his farty high at certain seasons of Family.

"But economic conditions do 11 contracts brought by six paper firms claiming damages the year in the climatic condi-

for alleged breach of contract. tions of Hongkong. This steam not call for an emergency pro- We sustained a further loss will not be a nuisance to the gramme that would Justify the summer in the death of Mr Pubile in general, but

Appollants were we are larger

represented dependent upon actual authority Federal deficits Fung Ki-cheuk, who had been

very conscious of our respons!- further inflation through fargo by Mr John McNelll, QC, and express or implied. Gur Compradarė since before the bilities towards all those who

Mr A. J: Clifford, both on the (3) The expression "Agency Wor. To his Fondly, toe. 1

Instructions of Messrs Johnson, by estoppel" was a misnomer the airfield at Kai Tak and use would like to extend our courlo-

Stokes and Master. we have been working on means

and was misleading because lences in their saci loss.

actual (4) The

authority reduce the whereby We

The three amount of steam emission yet Bill passed by the House of named in the appeal were Forgiven by a principal and the and 34 days' impelsonment was further below what we hope to

Cul Representatives to

32-year-old Law achieve with our Precipitators.

un were Yiu, of authority

unnumbered hut, (sales) taxes on luxury goods Yau Paper Co., of 38 Benhans estoppel of a principal by repre- imposed We

Nga Choi Hang, by Mr Hin- accordingly, sane- and services by 3012,000,000. It Strand East, the Che San and mutually exclusive. have,

Des Vocux

Road

(5) The scope

of authority shing Lo at Central this morning Murder Charge out the greater part of the year / Hines expenditure of a further had been thought that he would Co., of 53

$500,000 on Rotary

1

Slurry appeal to the Senate, whieht is Central, and Kai Tai and Co.,

when Law pleaded guilty to to re-to consider the Bill to eliminate 60 Connaught Road Central. a question of fact.

(8) In the case of estoppel Illegal possession of a still, dis-

Lam Heung-wing, a 57-year- der review and it was only Pilter, which is exp slurry or greatly reduce the proposed | Appearing on their behalf was a plaintiff was bound in the closing months that duce the water content

to show tilling Chinese liquor without a

Kowloon-Canton Railway Mr Charles Loseby, stability of measure of

QC, in-

llence and possession of duti- ver fed into the kiln by over 60%, cuts.

Inter alla inducement,

pensioner of 556 Nathan Road, prices

to have been with a consequent reduction of

structed by Stewart and Com- appeared

able

Ilquor. Chinese

second floor,

Was arraigned The President said that while pony. nehleved." "Falling

raw material

The Magistrate dismissed two before Mr Lawrence Leong at in our percentage prices, freight

and bagon rates

in the

Insisting upon good This

plant

A cross-appeal has been filed Counsel sold that the learned charges of illegal possession of Kuwloon this morning on costs have gone some way to should be in operation by the management and thrift in Gov-

against the charge of attempted murder. offsetting lower selling.

at the same by the Foo Yau Paper Company Trial Judge had a formidable fermented matter ernment, he was

defendant. when the Prosecu- -Lam, who is accused of having end of next year. By the time time asking Congress to approve and the Kai Tai and Company. tesic in front of him and when but overall it has been a year we have finished we will have a great programme to build 4

The contracts on which the he came nearly to the

tion offered no evidence.

wounded Cheng Wat-sum yester end of Spent

brought

According to the Prosecution, day with intent to anurder him, Fortunately

his judgment he had overlooked there has measures

to abate the smoke stronger America for all our original claims were

Involved

of that $964,500 people." been no

HAY OLY sign of a reduction in ******

inuisance and we hope that this

vital point which he had a party of Revenue Officers, was reminded for three days in demand. The total cement con-

newsprint,

Plaintif

the put down as No. 3, "Agency by acting on information, raided Police custody. Without adequate revenue, will finally give full satisfac-

firms

the defendant's premises (which sumption in Hongkong has only tion to the community.

most of his goals would be

March 15 and present

respondents)/ estoppel" as being a misnomer. 9.30 p.m. on

that Mr McNeill said been slightly less than last year

or curtailed and

Cheng Wai-sum, a Chinese and we have maintained our The current year has opened abandoned

claimed they bought a total of learned Trial Judge had in his found the distilling of Chinese

1,500 well and as there is still a great that was why his tax proposals on

Ilquor in progress. Two gallons flm actor was stabbed while ina share of the business, while our | We

long tone of newsprint judgment found that there was was the cornerstone

of the liquor were found in aa restaurant in Kowloon yester- of his from the appellants in 1850 and no of building and

representation or reliance exports were some 20% greater.

serave container.

day afternoon. was delivered, although upon structional work on hand and whole effort, he added.

He described his programme some $185,000 had been paid as respect of any of the actions. any representation IMPROVED POSITION in prospect we hope wo will

ns follows: continue to find 1 responsive

so saying he made a reserva- "We

and wint to improve products both

to any representation security for the em expand

social

the contracts, claiming that being made by Henry Shek. programme.

former employee, Henry Shak, Having made that Anding, the "We want a broader and entered into them without any Trial Judge went on to ask him- system of unemploy-authority and collected the de- self two questions, which were.

posits for his

what if any authority Shek 'had "We want

more and better

Mr McNeill said that these ac- in fact, or whether the company homes for our people.

tions were all actions for damage was eatopped by having allowed "We want to

do away with for alleged breach of contract for Henry Shek to represent himself slums in our cities.

the sale of goods, The various as having authority. "We want to foster a much plaintiffs sued his clients. In the improved health programme.

Counsel said that the learned case of first respondents there "We want a better and lasting were four contracts involved, two Trial Judge answered the first farm programme with better were dated in May and two in question in the negative and to June, 1950. In the case of the the second question he found

the same steam cmission

prices.

of contracting pront margins, en nearly $1,500,000 on

50 fur

deal

con-

The Report and Statement of Accounts were adopted unani-

was

our

In the result our net proft tormarket for our the year has fallen to $1.370,142.-here and overseas. 04, but ecncurrently, due both to the reduced cost of the stocks we have to carry and to the

mously on the proposition of stronger further key in the arrival o! capital items, the eash position the Chairman, seconded by Mrment insurance. has much improved.

Capital Expenditure, including

E.S.K, Ho-tung.

RE-ELECTED

"It's like this, alr," began, confidentially. "My boy home on leave from the Army and my wife asked me for some money to give him. told her to get it out of my overront pocket, which she did.

reclamation and conservation. to the wrong hut she pocket, where this £1 15s. 1id. vas. There was six bob in the That's what I other pocket. meant her to take."

went

none

B

worth

The

three

είχ included

Angiones und denied ability tion as

use.

the

In

that to which I will be referring Mr W. A. Stewart and Mr a few moments, amounts to H. R. Cicland, who were due some $1,500,000 in the next two to retire by rotation, were re- years, but with precipitators in elected Directors of the Com- operation we expect to make a pany on the proposition of Mr further reduction in both the. Wong Tape, seconded by Mr "We want an improved Taft-second respondents there was an that Henry Shek was allowed to value and volume of our manu-E. H.P. White.

Hartley Act to protect workers April contract and a May con- make a representation that he factured stocks which will pro-)

The business of the day con- and employers.

troet, while in the case of the was the manager. vide us with most of the money eluded with the re-appointment "We want wider markets third respondents there were we need this year.

of Messrs Lowe Bingham and overseas for our products, both May and June contracts,

to the "We

all- Your Directors,

want above therefore, Matthows as Auditors

to Company for the ensuing year maximum protection of freedom feel that an Appropriation

The re-and a strong and growing General Reserve, drawn partly at the fee of $4,000.

from

THE MAIN DEFENCE

It was Counsel's submission that the learned Trial Judge had assumed that the expression agency by estoppel" meant that In each of these actions the in some way an agency had been from both inflation and depres- plaintiffs claimed upon a con- croated once estoppel had been

sion."-Reuter.

His voice became even more con@dential: "Look, sir, give me a chance, will you? The wife's going for another operation, and there's the children to think of. this year's profits and appointment was proposed by cconomy an sir.

partly from the cry forward. Mr Lo Yuk-tong and seconded If anyone ever

seemed to of $250,000 will be quite by Mr Fung Kwok-sun.

Mr H. R. Cleland, President, cak to be sent 10 Sessions for adequate and after paying

other Directora present sentence it is you," said Mr will deserved bonus to the Staff and Sturge with a sigh. "shall they are pleased to recommend were: Messrs W. A. Stewart, H. the maintenance of the Dividend Kadoorle, It: P. Moodie and D. rate at $2.00 per share free of Tax,

have to think about this

see you this afternoon."

NOWAN ASSET!

XEN Richard was

brought

put:

W back, the magistrate

him on probation for two years.

"SMOKE NUISANCE"

I will now say a few words Somehow, as Richard left, his about what is commonly called

swagger seemed to have

And

Benson, OBE.

:

BIG TOLL OF

TERRORISTS

•

economy

free

Radio Hongkong

·MK.T.

tract, or contracts which

Say

pur- found but failed to continue to ported on the face of them to the necessary step and be chopped with the name of "Were these plaintiffs induced to the United Development Co., do something by that represen- Ltd. and signed by Henry tation." Shelt over the word "Manager, Counsel said. "The main defenco denied that such alleged con-

of them tracts

or any Summary: de Melody with the made. That defence kept upon sald that third parties could and Felton's Works Band. Conductor establishing that such contracts only fix responsibility upon a

the plaintif

0, Time Signal and Programme

| Stare: 420, OBC Bandstand. Munn: the

were

the onus of

ACTUAL AUTHORITY Turning to the question of actual authority, Mr McNeill

Stanley 11. Boddington (BBCTS); our "smoke nuisance" Many

au principal on a contract signed 0.00, Weather Report: 7, Time wero made by some one of you will have read the cor-

Signal and World News (London | thorised to make them on be by an agent in two cases, moderated, as if he had been a respondence upon

Election this subject

| Relay) 7:10.

firstly, where there was actual Nairobi, Mar. 15.

Taik Py half of the appellants, little humbled by being given recently exchanged with

Candidate for the Urban Cousall... the Security forces killed 145 Mr Philip Au (Recorded); 7.15,

Counsel went on to say that authority, and secondly, where this chance.

Chairman of the Urban Council Mau Mau terrorists in the Forsonal Portrait--The Prime Minit. there was an allegation of a the principal was estopped frem. Perhaps the chance" would do

was the contract

denying authority. published in the Press at past week - the biggest toll offer of Canada-Mir Loule Staurent contract, for him what none of the the beginning of February, but any week since the Emergency Favourites London lelay denied. Counsel said he would Counsel contended that actual

| by Torpes punishments had, and turn him I think it will be of interest to |began 18 months ago, it was Demi-fleure Française (studio): 850, give the Court six propósitions authority could be expressed or into a

self-supporting family all shareholders it I repeat announced here today."

"Firat Hearing" as presented by which would form the main implied and proceeded to give man, a real and not an

In addition 18 wounded ter-Berd Ticke (Bludor basis for his arguments, Visite Ullustrations to support his argu- Homething of what we then sald Imaginary asset to the world and add a

Signal Musical Notebook Pres They wore few further ro-rorists werd captured and 102 by The tava ather T, Fan, 24.

sald: (1) Ch ho.

ment. about him,

marks. Strictly speaking we suspecta detained,

Studio); 30, Tria Works Mythe pleadings the onus was There was no evidence in this do not produce smoke at all in In the same period, 14 African Trich" A Portrait of John Wesley, upon the respondents to show case let 16 show what 'in the Swami Ajarananda, who is en route to Japan to attend a world she sange of the unconsumed member of the security forces emits (BRCT) 10.30. At the either that fenty Shek had paper trade was the scope of religious confererice early next products of combustion, as were killed and seven wounded, anjet. Locion Studie coricent. The actual authority to sign the the sutuority icf the car des month, will deliver a lecture coment rotary Klin is one of One Europeans was also wound-Boo ( Grch cond, by contracts or that the appellants per trent margof

(BBCTS)!"Bullec (Theme and the most efficient ways of. ed.

„Variations), "Donald, or, the Bujtina English at the Hindu Templeat burning yet, dovized.. What is Seventeen African civilians answhyis)1:1000, Weather Report 7pm today. He will speak on seen coming from

our were killed and 'one European, fretime ajung Tos Hinduism and on what Hindustack principally team ene: Asians, and ever African Geded onder om ons Pr should to,

from the large volume of water civillana, wóuidnd/

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were 2, prdeladed "" of “estopped | marinig from denying that he had that comp

(3) An opent's power to bind

of R

"What's His Lino?' Solution COALMINER

London Express Service.

at

SIDE GLANCES

11:20

起

Mr K. Yung appeared for defendant,

Bleeding profusely, he was rushed to the Kowloon Hospital whers

his condition was reported to be serious.

There was no change in con- dition this morning.

By' Galbraith

• sho's suffered that she seams.

had her tonsils out and a tooth

and on "behalt