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End Of The Shift

But

THE shop was a womutte,

shop, small, intimuste, tione ogabist William. But since he had come out of prison last, all done in soit lights, pastel 1952, had worked steadily to provide for his wife and two shub, and carpets. heavy a pile that all foot-boys, and had made good hend-

way in his job. steps became secrets.

На

MARING GOOD

IS wife asked to speak now

Up the stairs from the ground floor is shop near Pirendilly Circus one of its buyers walked H

trim, sli middle-aged and said: "Please, sir, give wong with a sharp mind and him a chance. I promise he'll go *་ 1*

stales

tumbled

13

straight now."

The

quirk eye.

turned 1 Down the

magistrale plamp man with a lek of grey-William, "What impresses me," ing hair across his shiny fore-he said, "is that you have tried and that isn't head, wearing !! blue jacket to make good,

always easy with a bad record. over his boller suit.

under the jacket pro-1 shall discharge you condition- Frotte truded what the buyer instantly ally," recognised as a woman's houses coat that had been un display in the shop a few minutes earlier.

'STOP HIM!

46XX/HY cle you not have

porcel for that

William and his wife left the court a little later, arm-in-CANTTI, They were too engrossed with each other and their good for- tune to notice, as they passed.

questioning glances Athe

Di group who had been concerned with the prosecution.

Luyer demandel,

picking

the the

English words carefully

"Don'inarrer," the murt Sal.

He pushed the buyer naide and Bevanites Ask:

hurried down the suirs

The buye rex overed! her balance Aut followed She renched the street door just in time ter see the nun walk into the arms of the shop's proprie- for. "Stop him, she lef The

oprictor hurt

The police were callest.

boller-sult,

man in the

The whose

time Rarned out to be Wiliam,

A

2)

AFTER MID-DAY

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FRIDAY, JULY 16,

Woman Poured Acid Over Man

|

Who Jilted Her

3 Years

For Horrible Crime'

Having been refused marriage by the man she had loved for seven years and who had actually promised to marry her, a woman, Yip Yuk-ching 25, deliberately poured a quantity of sulphuric acid over him one morning and disfigured his face.

Pleading guilty to throwing corrosive acid before Mr Justice J. R. Gregg, Puisne Judge, at the Criminal Sessions this morning the young woman was sentenced to three years.

The Judge remarked that the for her association with the man accused might have committed and she would probably lose the offence through jealousy but a few more years in prison, be that did not excuse the pre-said. meditation of the crime which

could only be describeth

moat horrible one.

The

complainant,

Cheuk

Leung-kwal, appeared in Court with a large white bandage over his forehead and red patches nü over his face

ince.

Mr WA Blair-Kerr, Seulor Crown Counsel, said the com- very, very He had burn

"Who Was The plainant had beenl

Blundering

Ass?"

Tribune,

London, July 15. weekly Journal of

Margaret's

sald

T Bow Street, when Walan

was charged with stealing the Left-wing Bévanite group. the housecoat. iwe and to Mi | today drinanded to know who Bertram Breve, the magistrate; was responsible for arranging "Well, this puts me a what you Princess

three-day might call

diltumu a

I was

visit to review British forces in drunk,

Germany.

Tribune

Dr Konrud "Not quilty," said the magis-

Adenauer, West German Chan- trode.

"Evidence, please." The buyer went into the wit- cellor,

the to turn was able ness-box and told her story. She whole affair into something in- was followed by the policeman distinguishable from a political

demonstration who had arrested Willam.

"What

Tribune

have! sort of condition would

And it must

thal known I was in

weeks ago been arrested mu William asked critical discussions about the The officer

Europem Defence Community would be taking place You had been distking."

ift Paris Yet mid - July answered

throughout this

chosen to TENTION! was

Wie Royal push

family into

you siy

paliceman

you

the

J-

committally

William went into the witness- bux. “Listen," he began. "The politics.

shift-work

at midday

In the

Tribune demanded: "Who

The blundering

WIEN

day this happened, we'd finished

who Who gave the advice? In males and did it?

Who xed the date? and whica

East End, and

me went drinking there

to u

of Her Majesty's Ministers

fof

I DON'T REMEMBER' gave his approval? or was the

Cabinet responsible AT 3 o'clock these friends whole A

Look ine

West End the folly?

"It Churchill wants to ac- chib, and they tell me I left there at 5 o'clock. I don't re-

claim Adenauer as the greatest

since German statesman

Bis- member nothing.

But let hizm marek, let him. lave Princess Margaret out

"But I tell you this. Since then I've been to have a look at that shop I'm supposed to have stolen from.

"And it's not the sort of shop any chap in

would go into.

shop-all

inust

his right

ACTIFES It's a women's

underwear and things.

been drunk if I

it.

"For all we know, she may have wlaer views of her own."

China Mall Special.

TIE the Officer

Administer-

Ing the Government lus re-

"Putting the house-coat under cognised Monsieur Robert Vaes

for Belgium, pro-

Revere severely burned.

However,

Official

Appointments

Gazetted

this

that

was

marks over his face, neck, the

H. E. the Officer Administer- front of his chest, a part of the

Government has ap both ing the limbs upper

and over

pointed Mr W. Miller, to be a still receiving Technical Instructor on proba thighs. He was treatment in the Hospital and

it was announced in the would undergo a number

Clazette ertiment skin-graft operation. there was no doubt he would be morning.

It

also announced was permanently disfigured.

Alexander D. R. W. Mr HE PROPOSED

arrested, appointed as Assistant to The necused, when

statement Secial Welfare Offer, and con- told the Police in a that she had been in love with rently to be an Assistant to the Secretory for the Chinese the complainant for seven Affairs, and also

a Member of year. Last year, he proposed |

However, he the Fort Welfare Committer. to marry her.

gazetted appointments broke his promise later and wanted to marry another girl announced were: Mr Liang Sai-

Senior (as

Education because the accused was too! wa

Officer), Mr H. J. Cruttwell as weak.

Other

the

Member of the British

Selection Universities

Com- Hon. Lawrence Hemittee,

Kadoorie,

An Unofficial Member of the

She said he had tried to ex- plain

to complainant bui he would not listen to her. also indleuted

other that the

the

as

1954.

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Court

Hearing

Adjourned After Man's Sudden Death

The sudden death "in strange circumstances" this morning of a principal affirmant in a legal Executive dispute over the Ma On Shan iron mines resulted girl would kill herself if he did Council during the absence from in an adjournment of a Court hearing.

the Colony of the Ilon. Leo D'Almada e

dend at Costro; Mr A, J.

this home The Mutual Trust Co. of found Schouten. ASP,

Mr Fan was in his Alde-de-Camp; M. A. Clough to

Honorary Holland House, otherwise norning,

chambers up to 7.30 pm. yester- act as Assistant Superintendent known as the Mutual Trad-day concerning an affidavit filed

to

04

be Mem-

marry her. Knowing that complainant wanted her to cfic, accused continued in her statement, she riccided to take revenge and in February. Khe bought quantity of acid and poured it Potter Mr M. Heenan to acting Co.; and two of its part

as Attorney-General.

ners, Yue Wing-kam and over him while he was asleep

The following to althful "He was really

bers of the Standing Comanities Wong Cho-Choy, defendants threw neid on him and Technical Education and Voca- in an action brought by the wanted to spolt his look."

tional Training: Mrs M. Allin South China Iron Smelters Mr Blair Kerr said accused son, Miss P, Chan, Messrs I, B. had certainly achieved her pur-Trevor, V. V. W. Fretwell,

Ltd of 7 Queen's Road Cen- to apply to Mr Finnic, C. D. Silas, U. Tat-chee, tral, were ptoe.

TAKEN ADVANTAGE Hon Man-wal, W. S. T. Louey, Justice Reynolds in the

Ho Iu-kwong, Lam Chik-suen, The Director of Education on Supreme Court this morn-

1

In mitigation, Mr Patrick Yu (Instructed by Mr F. W. Ko, of Messrs Lau, Chan and Ko), who representative, Mr K. B. Bakering for the action to be set

re during the absence of Mr J. C. represented the nerused Herated what nerused had loid Brown. the Police, and said complainant

had

been very and accused Intimate to each other.

he complainant,

saich, probably taken advantage of her

and then deelded not to marry her.

Examination

The had

Of HK Liquor Licensing

Mr Yu asked the Court, in

our jacket, that was not the fas Consul

drunken man," said visionally and pending instruc passing sentence, to take into

action of +

the magistrate,

about this."

satisfied to from "I'm

State for

the Secretary of the Colonies, it was "Anything known?” asked Mr | announced in the Government

Recre There

was.

Plenty. Cuzette today.

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consideration the accused's age. The seven best years of her Hfe had been lost as a result

Wrote

Threatening

Letters

E the Officer Administering the Government has appointed a committee to examino the present system of liquor licens- ing in the Colony.

The following is the mem- bership: The Hon, the Secre tary for Chinese Affairs (Chair- man), the Hon. M. W. Lo, the Hon. Kwok Chan, Mr D. Black, the Commissioner of Police or his deputy.

P.

into

by the plaintiffs, sald Counsel.

The circumstances of Mr Fan's unexpected death were "rug- ciently strange Justify his asking for an adjournment both to consider the position of his clients, the defendants, and to enquire

the surrounding circumstances, said Mr Bernac chi He also asked leave to ale further effidavits within sever In days and liberty to apply chambers for further adjourn ments if required.

NO OBJECTION

Mr V.J. D'Alton, Miso B.K.

plaintiffs,

Partners

About Paris Talks

Progress Towards SEATO

Washington, July 16.

The Anzus Powers and Britain today con- tinued with plans for a Southeast Asian defence organisation on the basis of the cordial three- Power discussions in Paris on Indo-China,

Mr John Foster Dulles, the Secretary of State, appeared well pleased on his return to Washington with the results of his talks with British and French leaders about a common policy in negotiations for an Indo-China cease-fire.

Mr Dulles lost no time in the security system would still making arrangements to guarantee thely borders against inform America's Anzus Communist attack.

DATE OF SIGNATURE and partners Australia

Today for the Argt time New Zealand of the re-sources close to the Anzus and

of the Paris talks.

British sulta

experta drafting the With France's reported as- plans for the SEATO organisa- tion began to speculate about surance that there would be the date when the pact would no "sell-out" in Indo-China be ready for signature, No - shorter than two the United States and its timates were

wooks. allies pushed ahead with

The United States Congress military aspects of the pro- was due to recess at the end jected SEATO pact.

of July and it was reported that

i

It was learned authoritatively

if the pact was ready for rati-

that this side of the talks had fleation during the recess

cess Con-

been marking time to

of

Mito

members attractive

war"

some greJS would be called extent pending the outcome of sesalon as President Elsenhower the Geneve negotiations on that the matter was urgent Indo-China. The United States It was learned Australia and stressing its and

allies had felt it was New Zealand were

military their belief that the projected useless planning strategy for Southeast Asia SEATO organisation must offer when it was not known how Asian much if any ot Indo-China economic terms it it was to be would be left to encompass in effective the "col the pact after Geneva,

against Communism. The

The Australian and New Zea- France's prospects

was that while reaching an

agreement with the land attitude Communists on

on equitable terms the treaty must have "teeth" in were now considered good. Mr the form of anned sanctions to

doter aggresalon, Dulles was reported to have n

only happy shrewd idea following his talks and well fod people would hold

oloof from the seductive pro France's Premier,

Mendes-France, and misos of international Commu with Britain's Foreign Secretary. Mrnism. The SEATO pact would Anthony Eden, just where the have to offer prospects of pros

perity as well as safety.--Router. ilno of demarcation would in case of a cease-fire.

Pierre

bo

U.S. EXPECTATIONS I Franco held to the posi- lion outlined to Mr Dulles by M. Mendes-France, the United States would guarantee this line und expected the wholehearted. backing Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand, in formed sources said.

These

of

sources said that in

and the

return for the United States

to Britain concessions

in France

re-entering Geneva conference at a Minis- the United Stater terial level, would expect!

Yugoslav Diplomat "Shadowed'

PROTEST TO RUMANIA

1.

Britain and France to give the Communiste a warning in

The

the terms of the SEATO pact

here

In

Belgrade, July 15..

Foreign Ministry

Bucharest to

protest

2. Britain would agree to the against the "shadowing and United States broadening the provocation" of Yugoslav scope of the current SEATO

representatives

aside or otherwise stayed.

However, when the Court as- sembled, Mr Brook Bernacchi

has instructed the (instructed

Mr by

D.

that further attempts at Yugoslav Charge d'Affaires d'Almada Remedios), Counsel

who with

gressive expansion would bring announced

Searle (bath. dire results, and for the defendants, that Mr Fan Tit-yu, alias T. instructed by Mr P.A.L. Vine)

for the R. Fan, merchant, and a Direc-appeared for of the plaintiff firm, who raised no objection to Mr Ber- was his principal affirmant was necchi's requests but asked for talks in

leave

to file afkiavits in reply lateralshington to a multi-diplomatic

which could lead by Rumanian police. participation by Asian nations. Tanjug, the offeinl Yugoslav Mr Justice Reynolds adjourned

Hitherto Britain had set her news agency, reporting this to- towards this objective until the told to make the protect to the results of the

"most Geneva negotia-Rumanian tions were known.

energetically." It was understood that if the Building and the residences of

The Yugoslav

Embassy Indo-China states of Laos and Cambodia doclined to sign the police surveillance while in the Yugoslavs are under constant terms of the Southeast Asia pact,mediate vicinity stend their

necessary.

to

5 Years' Gaol hering of the Defence applican face against a definitive course night said the onvoy had been

For Village Nuisance

tion to set aside the action till July 28 at 10 a.m. and gave have to both Mr Bernecchi and Mr D'Alton to file further affidavits if necessary and liberty to apply.

The action which the defend ants vart set aside is a claim by the South China Iron Smelters for a declaration that, several

A young vilinger, who set fire agreements between them and to heaps of straw and stole the defendatris regarding the money from huts as the villagers leasing and operating of the Ma རྒྱུ་ were The terms of reference of the tried to put out the fires, was On Shan Mining Lot No. Given 2 Years' Gaol committed are to consider and sentenced to five years' gaol by terminated and were null and mek: recommendations to Clover Justice J. R. Gregg, Putne void; for an account from the Plonding guilty to three ernment for the amendment of

Judge, at the Criminal Bessions defendants of monies in respect and

of 20% OFF ON ALL ELEGANT COTTONS | charges of uttering letters de- the procedure, conditions

the mino; and for an injune- this morning.

tion to restrain the defendants. manding money with menaces, fees laid down in the Dutiable NOWHERE ELSE IN TOWN COULD

was Commodities Ordinance and the

from further, trespassing on the YOU FIND A BETTER, MORE MAGNI- Au Ying, 45, a carpenter,

sentenced to two years' gaol by Regulations made thereunder in FICENT, MORE DIVERSIFIED MORE Mr Jusuce J. R. Gregg, Pulane regard to the licensing of public

Judge.

at the Criminal Sessions houses, hotels and restaurants for the sale of intoxicating this morning.

Au said heuquers. In mitigation, 20% had been

recently unemployed compelled to commit offence to get

money to

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The accused, Wang Sheung chod, 20, faced four charges of mining lo setting fires to straw and two of larceny In dwelling. He had three previous convictions for larceny and had, been sentenced to a total of 18 months in prison,

Mr W.Ą. Blair-Kerr, Senior

6. Time Bignal and ProgrÆRDIGE Crown Counsel, told the Court Summer 0.50, Pfennings at School" At MODE ELITE you'll see something support his family.

Wong had indulged in, a rather | py "Anihony "Buckeridge. 0: Fraudulent Mr W. A. Blair Kerr, Senior

Bestes Pet NEW and

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mean course of conuiuct in the

[BACT:): 6.3, Cintodese by Radio sheaths. sultdresses,

villages in the New Territorios Lesor 46. Prepared by BK. formals, cocktail Crown Counsel, said the accused dresses or suits, opaque: nylon blouses, had indulged in writing threaten-

been treated as a Formulated by Depts Broy and skirts, jewelled orion sweaters, glovelets ing letters to various firms in

muisance by his fellow villagers. Wel-en (Hecorded) 0.45, Joan Mela (P2000s)' with_stryśhm (Rooom- with ties, wolst-control swimsuits with Howloon and demanding suma $2,000, In varying from 500 to

Tun Tong, -28-year-old pants, sunback dresses and playclothes, these lettere, he threatened that) ganger of the Urban Service

Towards the end of May, the vocal Camarata and This Music; 7.18, Artlest of the Week accused went around in the Paniteraanid Kell in clamel); rainwear, etc.

If the money was not forth- Department, . convicted

village setting Dres to heaps of "on Binding" wiin austmed: Sim conversion)

and - Xanmeis- Kane,, Bam doch, Futhermore, our DISTINCTIVE BETTER owning, the people of these fraudulent

and after he had, got Com Matarioe straw FOOTWEAR and BETTER CORSETRY Arms would be treated with a cautioned

and bound over in every one on the run to ex- Bryan (BEST); LAN Wind morey would be the sum of $50 for one year by tinguish the Gros, he broke in post-Time diere wat LINES are MORE COMPLETE in up-to-¦ kalfe and no

News (London, Rellary); 1,10. How date styles and sizes and colours than shown. Reports were made to Mr Lawrence Loong at Contral

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and stolo cash and random lag) or Mifpecial eventually this morning. Police who

valuables, elsewhere in South Asia, BEEING IS the

Sundown Annourdemente #,16, BELIEVING! COME SEE THEM ALL arrested the accused during a Out of the 27 bags of come

Berwinder: 4.33, "Town trap. AT..

Au had no previous convictioned to him by Hemith

He was caught on May 27, Edmund Füldkey, Tam Ping-kwan, for while laking: $218-frôm purpose of building a new drawer in a hut.

***The total Invoratory at. Tin Temple damage to the straw) amounted

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to, khảo -- and the property he alienta Premerde ing -- the Government"-has-ap-|| Alleged pointed the Director of Pubile converted one bas Works to be Vion Chaleman of content valued at $10 to

F**** mitigation, Mortised the Hongdong Housing... Aus own use on July 12%

his mother had been, sičk thority, It was notified

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cars from which they control the movements or every Yugoslav representative," Tanjug Bald

"Very often three cars follow Yugoslav Embassy car. security police, agents ́ ben have arrogantly hurling abuse and offences at The Yugoslav representatives, who are In danger of crashing with their cars when driving in town.” -

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"Last night the Yugpalay diplomàtic representatives had dianer with the Swedish Chargo d'Affaires, in · Bucharest.

the Yugoslav their way back, the Embassy car in which

the Swedish diplomat was. Also, driving

was followed by Rumanian police, whose car chazed the Yugoslav car. Owing to this, a jeep passing by was forced on to the pavement when it struck a tree,

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at thoro MAT, Indonesia, Aurirella, New Rumenien

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of the

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