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THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1955

Sheaffer's "SNORKEL"

A "LAST WARNING” TO BAILEY A FINE CONCERT BY

Judge's Threat To

Him With

Charge Him

Contempt of Court

Mr Justice J. Reynolds ai the Criminal Sessions this morning gave Albert Francis Bailey, 33-year-old merchant on trial for alleged libel, a "last warning" that if he persisted in making cer- tain remarks he would be charged with contempt of Court.

Bailey had said in the witness box that he had been referred to as a man living by his wits "by a man who is living by his wits"

Solicitor-General).

Wik

(the

Af

Boley

theged to have; be charged with contempt maliciously puble bed defima- Court. Do you understand?" Lory duel m the form of tektons "Yes, My Lord. I will poi de

M 1 [ S., Y JI

so again.

Continuing

Chan and SK

Yes

2.4 Insta Q.C

Jus re-exami-

The Paviserution conducted Bot, Balley said he had boen By

Mr Author Sisbeglo-Gveri 4.

D NE Rep both assisted by

Sub-imperite K

Detective

Dudra: 4.

usked

repeatedly

crust-

! Mexamination if he expected the Jury "to bellevo this or that." Iniley said his reply was that Batley is defending he only expected the Jury to

believe the truth

Inmar U

Continuing

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20

IN-

www

BUGGESTIONS from the stay be When the accused started sny- the Solicitor-General fore, Bakey saut the Solicitoring that

bart

something had twisted his words" during #t3

about cross-examination, His Lordship interposed, saying he wished Bailey would not use the term

General about

-ÅSTE Zun $400,000 "hy doảng nothing.

FAR FROM TRUTH That was JUNE about as for from the thuth as Mritur could get, he alated, referrin the Court to documents relating to cargoes of carbon black

Bailey went on to say that the Solicitor General had delt- berately twisted the truth,

At this. His Lordship told the i accused to refrain from making such remarks,

Bailey then Turned to the subject of the carbon black ear- When he started to speak Res

imported of the time that he auch cargo in Shanghal, M Justice Reynolds told him that was not relevant

STRONG OBJECTION

eusit retorted

Mr Hooton being absent from Court. Mr. Hea rose and said he strongly objected to that last re- mark.

"twisteel** His Lordship added that Mr Hooton had made sug- **** gestions

Bailey replied that Mr Hooton certainly did not suggest anything. "He hurled his in- sults at me

was

are

མ

Christmas Air® Disaster

As

Again Christmas brought disaster in the air.

knot of people waited at 2,50 a.m, to meet friends and relatives vialling them for the holiday, a British Overseas Airways Cor- poration Stratocruiser crashed at Prestwick Airport, Ayrshire, Scotland: 28 of the 88 people aboard were killed, As the giant plane came in to Iand it bumped down, toppled on to its side and caught fire. Seven members of the crew and one passenger escaped from the broken- off nose and a hole in the fuselage, but flames prevented airport fremen from rescuing the re- maining passengers and crew trapped inside the plane, Picture shows the wrecked tall of

the Stratocruiser. London Express Photo,

OPENING OF ECAFE TALKS

گان

In some

(Continued from Page 1)

can be

JULIUS KATCHEN

Hongkong has long been looking forward to the two recitals by Julius Katchen, the young man who has been making a name for himself as a fine pianist in four con- tinents.

and climax, and Katchen sustained

Lost dight's concert at themay be listened to es pure and enjoyed Empire Theatro showed there is beauty of sound, no doubt at all that Kotchen is for that alone as well as for the a planist who will soon be pictures they convey. Up to now this work in among the master

haye preferred players of the world.

Not only has he as orchestral version, but after strong and effortless technique, hearing Katchen play it, it is but also great intensity of feel necessary to change one's mind. ing, disciplined

by a serious, The lightness of the strings, the clarity of the woodwind, the philosophical, at times almost triumphant blasts of the bracs, intellectual approach to the

were all implicit in his playing. musle he interprets.

And in the "tutti" sections, the The opening places last night | plano sounded, as like a full were two Intermezzi by Brahms, orchestra as ever I have heard both quietly contemplative, int. The final picture, "The Great which Katchen seemed to

be date

at Kiev," 14 ಗಳ long himself "playing

in" establishing quite

A

definite

it to the last great chord. It is relationship with the audience,

pity Moussorgsky A

did not which few planists. trouble to write many more works of this do. This was continued in the calibre for the piano. opening of the second half of

Katchen is a "big" player, in the concert, when he explained a different sense from a "great" to the audience the significance one, though this he undoubtedly of Moussorgsky's "Pictures at is also. He has a big conception an Exhibition": apart from this of the works he undertakes, and being helpful, it indicated anto really

his best when handling the great classical masterpieces.

Tonight we, shall hear him in Bach's Choral Prelude, "Jesu, Tho two highlights of the Joy of Man's Desiring," another concert

undoubtedly the Beethoven Bonata-the last of Sonala "Appassionata” by the thirty-two, op. 111, the Beethoven, and the Moussorgsky Handel-Brahms Variations, and work. Seldom can the Appas- work by Liszt.-XX slomata have been played with much authority, strength, depth and clarity,

extremely pleasing and attitude.

were

personality

It was a joy to hear every

ot

Russia Signs

note of every passage, and this Trade Pact With

is not quile such a simple state- ment as it sounds, for it is easy. oven for a good player, ip "take" now and again,

ounce

of

Yugoslavia

wil

mast,

send the Soviet carinéd goods, and textiles.

Russia supply petrol, crude" olt,

their homes, and particularly of items of tuajor interest to the XMAS PUDDING tranettion to the slow, fe und Then nu pickery and cotton

RECIPE WAS

OU!

in re-well-being of the peoples of the culated to all delegates)/roval PREPARED BY Concerto, which

yourselves.

have a

in

VIRGIN MARY

position-Reuter.

JOHN CLARKE'S

CASEBOOK

TRANSFER

OF POWER

THREE generations shar-

ed the flat in Blooms- bury. There were the hus- band and his wife. There was their small daughter. And there was the young wife's' mother.

The arrangement worked as well as any such can. Small resentments smouldered trom were time to time, but they usually stamped out before much damage could be done.

The mother was not, as some- times happens, merely tolerated. She was well-loved, and some of the love sprang from gratitude.

For the Bat had once been.

hers alone, and she had made it over to her son-in-law

so that he and her daughter should have a home for their family.

AUTHORITY RETAINED

mother becama

t

N effect, the young wife's

her old home money she

tenant and paida

in "liftio out of the

had towards the rent.

But th

arrangement Whe anuch less colday businesslike thon it looks

when put down on paper, and the young couple gladly submitted to the older woman's

matters regarding

In

many

their home

the

oldor

The other day woman, whose name was Lydia,

went to the West End to look at the shops. In one, she was seen to steal a diary.

A storo detective followed "Excuse Lydia into the street, me," she began. Lydia brushed her aside.

THE

DISCOVERIES woman detective' hung She told what sho

ot had seen.

"Oh God," said Lodin, "what have I done? Please forgive

me

Lydia was taken back to the shop. There it was found that she had stolen not only a diary but, unobserved,

D

ball-point peh and a bottle of scent.

The police were

called. At the police station Lydia, slightly-built woman of 85, can- fessed that from another Bhop she had stolen talcum powder and a bottle of Bome belts,

lavender water without being discovered.

LYDIA'S DAUGHTER.

Mail Notices AT Great Marlborough Street

Moscow, Jan. 5. Katchen gave nothing away; The Soviet Union and Yugo- that is, he extracted every slavin signed today the first beauty from the official trade pact since Yugo- extended into Appassionata His clarity was slavin was expelled from the The Lordship reiterated that "The delegations here today cerning the economic, admits think,

by his clean and Cominform in 1948. one half of trative and technical aspects of other fields such as joint parti emphasised Mr Hooton hud put suggestions | probably represent

tairs economical pedalling, a model

The pact provides for the ex- Bailey and did not twist the

tolel population the developing trade, Your dellborn cipation in international

Without such to every pianist. He brought change of goods worth a total anything.

world; n half which is increasing tions will indicate problems of and exhibitions.

ex out the lyrical qualities which of $20,000,000 (about £7,140,- to the coun- collaboration, it would be common interest at the rate of some 15 millions Resuming his re-examination,

should tremely dimcult for the smaller are always present in Beetho-0 tries on which ECAFE the accused said that what the every

year, What you accom-

giovia had sug-plish therefore may

concentrate its efforts problems and the less developed countries ven's slow movements, and he 000). Under the pact Yugo-

more did not take the last movement Union Solicitor - General

and of the region to achieve of regional importance far-fetched way, however small, affect the

too fast, as

many planists are re gested was entirely

apt to do. He made the most obro00 and untrue, that he had obtain-lives of more than a thousand problems which call for urgent concrete results by themselves."

Wil This will ensure the solution. ed $400,000 by doing nothing. million people. I should like to

of the dramatic

50 moment, of selection of a remind you of their needs, of

tew specific ONE BIDE? ONLY

from second Dailey

to Mr then turned

ish countries for the future meet-

movement to the last temptestu-step in normalisation of Soviet- Hooton's remark that a barrister

your

responsibilities. Hailey submitted that it was

commercial relations movement; this posible success in Ings of the Sub-Committee, you in complete charge of a

exciting Yugoslav every relevant. He said he wanted to

"The report

following similar moves in the 1 help them. la

arbitration

transition is also used by he entered a Court-

your efforts shot the Court his previous ex- Just unce

It is expected Beethoven

Emperor political field, can assure you that the economic (which had earlier been dir perience in handling

Katchen must that trade will case Yugoslavia's this kind

Crown Counsel here ob- Toom jected to evidence given of cargoes

tacilities in the

play inimitably. have been

a man examination relating to matters ECAFE region is of itai im- that existing called

the After

the Beethoven, are in living by his wits by a man who not connected with the facts of portance, not

only to Eat and countries of the region

minor Chopin Sonata in B Southeast Asia but to the whole adequate from the point of view is diving by bus wits," the are the care

of International commerce and

seemed somewhat leaser Dalley rejoined that it appear world.

various

Paris, Jan. 5. aspects "Although you

very suggests

work. Chopin was not always side was that only cd

full agenda I trust you will have which work is required to be recipe of their Christmas pud- they have their superb moments, The British claim that the at his best in the Sonatas, though permitted "to tell lies" while he

Trade disputes, ding siems directly from the one some free time to get around to developed. himself was not allowed to say

sce something of Hongkong for you know, are expensive and good nearly 20 centuries ago by but they have not the greatness

undesirable Each delegation has

and they do

or the coherence can anything in answer.

Mr Rea objected to what he

to a use, serious harm

the Virgin Mary when she made of conception country's

of a Beethoven sonata. called

teen gives a car for its own use, seric the constant Insinua-

the first Christmas cake, sald' 12

last but you will not be able to travel trade if adequate mechanism is the independent newspaper "Le

movement of the B minor

Othe not devised to eliminate them as Mode" today.

Sonata is

finest section; it evidence by could rail experi

ince of is a masterpiece

compact ion. far as possible, and to bring Bailey ruptled he was son17 Juny Cinsel In the Colony on

whom

dynamism, In its edition on the eve of

emotional Perhuys some day we may all about amicable settlements of Ephiphany, the Christion feativa) | Katchen launched it at us with but that he would now allow

the matter, then let him do so. himself to

Insulted for

The usefulness be

Balley said he dubled if he

be able to travel much further; they arise. arbitration

the his terrific intensity, nothing.

my Own "I have

measure to of, the Three Wise Men, could get any Counsel to stand

frem Hongseng to Pekingin maixain infernational goodwill sewspaper said that after cross the whole I would say he is I'm mode that way.

and speak against the

on to Moscow,

burning,, sand-swept not a romantic player. In re in the trade sector is universal- ing Solicitor-General.

Francisco and Tokyo. If in the the suggestions presented in the Three Wise Men, in addition to

agam by Now York,

Sub-Committee will consider infant Christ in Bethlehem, the give Chopin's E flat Nocturne as an encore to close the first next few

days come of your speakers hold the floor for too report and will indicate the their gifts of gold, frankincense half of the concert. long just let your minds dwell lines which it may like to adopt and myrrh, gave to the Virgin Mary, figs, dried raising, spices on the prospect of the road that for dealing with this problem.

and tropical fruits. VERY ESSENTIAL

Moussorgsky's "Pictures at an lics ahead; the road from East

The Virgin Mary added honey. Exhibition" may be programme "As you are to West and West to East, Many

aware, the de-milk, butter, and eggs offered by or descriptive music, as Katchen

efficient bridges have yet to be built, but velopment of

Formosa, and the shepherds to make the first told us.80 engagingly last night, this is a roule along which all effective trade promotion a Christmas cake-France-Presse. but they are also music which people must

travel |ganisations, polletes and methods zome day treely without restriction or are very essential for the round interference it all nations are to development of international live together happily and peace-trade. Unfortunately, with the fully."

exception of a few countries In this region, most of them and smaller countries particularly the: of the

region have still ta or- anise their basic trade promo tion structure. Some of the

Mr Justice Reynolds told Bailey that he had been warned before

not to use those kind of remarks.tions by Bulley. If the accused

femperi

*I AM SORRY'

My Lord." "Temper

do with it."

has got nothing to His Lordship de- clared. " am warning you for the last time, If you persist in making those remarks you will

much more

than twenty

thirty anilts in any

direction.

down

to Berlin

San

* ស

the

the

and

though on

His Lordship aule; that Balley and Paris, SCTO35 to Londonly acknowlodged, and I hope the Arabian mountains to adore the sponse to a great ovation, be

in his re-examination mu not give evidence as to facts relating to what took place in Court.

Hearing is contiming.

Strike British Rail May Be Called Off

London, Jan, 5,

The British rail strike scheduled to start on Sunday may now be called off, political circles said tonight.

back

INTENSE DESIRE

In a speech to the delegates prior to the opening of the session by His Excellency the

This optimism was based on tkany for this increase have been Governor, ECAFE's Executive countries do not have adequato |

and the way manages

CALL FOR NEW

bel tion

the

the

with

now then

morepential & piolligence service

ot any

secratary Dr Palamedal the conclusions of an indepen-going on for 17 months.

Lakanattian said there was an including overseas

commercial Intelligence services, dent Court of Inquiry, pubilsh- Political circles believe the

trado Intense desire Labour Minister would ask and

everywhere for an

reasons, ed this clusions favour the obtain

These

approval of the expansion of trade and the representation, for various Tallwaymen's claims that their Cabinet for a compromise solu-moval of "unnecessary berelers such as lack of finance and lack

to and restrictions on trade." of tralaed personnel. It is. demands should wage

special session its ion during

The

climate for the promotion well-known fact that a sound accepted immediately while at tomorrow.

of trade WIE perhaps Cabinet approval would mean the some time, they constitute a

for the promotion of "face-savor for the Government that, sooner or later, the nation's favourable

trude of a country. budget would have to shoulder time before, be said

Dr Lokanathan sold in part: "A regular flow of inforina- the cost of granting the wage within the countries of the on

of commercial value is The report stated the railway claims,

Sir region there has been a very neatssary for fuller exploitation talks After service was a public network

significant change In the of trado opportunitica The Mr Jim owned by the nation and the Walter Monckton,

attitudes and policies, towards secretariat, with its limited staff nation should see to it that the Campbell, Secretary of the

trade.

In the immediate post- resources, hoe hitherto dissoml paid decent National Union of Railwaymen, war world there was a feeling nated the relevant information railwaymen were

told reporters "the position wages,

that home produced goods should | by acting as's clearance house Calling for a resumption at stands as it was."

be retained either for consump- for the flow of such informa NOT BROKEN DOWN... negotiations, the Court asked the

Hon or for processing within tion and has also

assisted in The talks had not broken the country rather than

ning facilities. training railwaymen to cancel the striica

down, he said, The meetingported. But during the last two POSITIVE MEASURES order.

would continue tomorrow,

years export" policy ""In most 30 for, the railwaymen's morning. We shall have to countries has become essentially what further positive measures

You 50 reply is not known,

Earlier today, Labour Minis- wait till then to see whether wo

trade promotion polley and could and should be adopted to are making any definite Sir Walter Monckton saw.the gross or not," Mr Campbella liberalising one on the basis sider i posible to devies mess Import polley, despite difficulties, meet this problem. If you con- representatives of the National said.

of colectivity encouraging mures and calaba, procedures Union of Railwaymen, and this Mr Campbell said: "We want ports of capital and deveton whereby countries which do not was followed

mental goods and discouraging on service and would by talks

with some assurance we are ading to members of the management get something on the basis of

mero luxury board. He then held a recond what we originally asked för, world has also become a buyer' moeting with the union -re-l otherwise I cannot see any market and the desire to adil be willing to offer them, it may presentatives,

possiblity of my Executive presents a challenge and an The railwaymen are demand-changing fir atillude at the pre-opportunity for increased trades ing" an eight to ten shillingetting."-France-Presso and A WIDE LANGE wookly pay Increase. Negotia Reuter:

Q

the

ex-

Importa: "The,

to

Donalder

or cannot afford the mam

of an overstas trade

worth your white: Conve special consider DEICHSTORE CLO DE the future stations of the Bube

*

SIDE GLANCES By

Galbraith

·The ́ latest times of posting shown below are those for. uny registered correspondenca 'ported at G. P. Q. Hongkong. The latest posting timex - dlsewhere which, la sutioral, ¡ure, durlier: thay the G.P.O. Umes ein be nicertained. by enquiry at the local office.

"The latest ** posting Umes for: registered articles are generally one hour earlier than the Umes shown below, Particulars rajara- Las paresi malls can do ascertain. ed by enquiry at any post amics.

THURSDAY,” JANUARY 0. By Air Phlippines. N. Borneo, ♬ p.m.

By Burface Macao. 8 PIL

FRIDAY, JANUARY 7' By Air

Philippines, BD,

next morning Lyba, dress- ed all in black, pleaded guilty and the story was told Mat Paul Bennett, VC.

officer

This woman," s said the

to

in charge of the case, has a pension of 10s.. and National Assistance amounting to £1-12, Ud a week..

"Out of that, she pays 25. towards the rent of the fat. Her daughter is here, eir, and would like to speak to you."

Lydia's daughter came, for- Gurk-haired warz

im girl. Her mother. put: a minute lace handkerchief across; both

her eyea

Egypt Switzerland, France, & GrestMY

int

dince my father died,

Lydia's daughter said, "She's not

SOME SORT OF MADNESS Tholland, Burma, India, Pakistan: (66)UTY-mother's not been strong

Britain. 9 cm.

Kawall, U.S.A. 11 am. Indo-China, 11 am.

Okinawa, Japan; Korea, 2 pm.

Japan, U.S.A., Canada, &. pan. Malaya, Indonesia, Australia,. New Zealand, Ceylon, 6 Dam, By Surface China, People's Republic, 830 mm, Indonesia, 11 aan.")

N. Borneo. Australia, New Zealand, Noon,

Barms, Lodis, 1 pan.

Macao, 2 Dm.

Indo-China, 3 pm.

Macho, pm.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 3.

By Air

Philippines, 9 Han,

+ dishonest person, "ten "But she is she's a sli- confessed thief.” "It must hava

of

been come sort

"You're not helping her by hiking

like this," Mr. Bennett

said.

Please be lentent with her,” Lydia's daughter cried. And her Cyes sought out her mother's,"

*This is a problem for me. It's a bad case, obviously," said the

of

Thaliand, Burma, India, Pakistan, magistrate

Middle" Mast, Afrión;

Great Brita

& Europe, 2 km.

Formosa & Canada, 5.p.m. Japan & USA. 6 pm.

By Surfaca Chini.. People's Republic, 8,30 p.m.

Three Killed In Tragic Accident

New

Tokyo, Jan B.A

A fire engine, overloaded with 40 persons, returning from

Year's celebration, plunged off a highway neat Kofu city to day, killing thred Bremen and

| injuring 29 others.

Police in Kofu cil

Tokyo, said that

miles

the

He dwell on the possibilities prison, and then said to Lydia: "You will play - #) 408-fine 23 Br.com"

"Oh, thank you", Lydia mich Slowly she went away. Her daughter hurried to be with her, to take charge plans:72

Nothing would ever be quite the same again in their home. There had been a transfer, authority, a shift of power,

Radio Hongkong

(4) Time'; Bignal (and.

· presented by Robin:

850, Fortigone. Half: Ho

east of trunk and did not or wallet Report driver was

have a licence," The fire engine' rind Worki. Nawa was carrying five times it not 7410;

mal espacity, the Polo ald

United Prem

Correction

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