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ONDON is rich in small

hotels. Son quite obscurely pinced in the city's geography, some half hidden upon major high-! ways, which rarely trumpet their virtues and yet provide all kinds of excellencies in service to those who have discovered them.

A on nurt winked.

hotel. Lotus

He worked backstare”,

enough!

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Jt

m

Hot

he caught apient of the play, which said in affect that the Jesist wirs of the bramblest K

who Wh heltered under na roof, should WIN Ayal be heeded as if it

Catand

RELUCTANT GUEST

WORKING

W Donald

the 13T

bearned something

of the meaning.

Peter admiration,

fu

hotel.

Wol

naugh

ut the

the other arvested

al evidently,

he was evening. The Strand for being drunk

That anested he was, and puit nto e al Bow Street police dation, and there he haul time to collect to thoughts He ach tone to reflect that for were b Tode was that of guest, istend of bost's employee the devided to put to the test what he al U prended himself was rival establishment for his quiet hotel. He rang the full that was provided.

A SONG

DY that Time there was a soug

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CHINA MAIL

Established 1845

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1955,

SCHOOLGIRL BECOMES AUTHOR

Nightmare Sea Trip For Three

131*7

Miami, Feb. 6.

and a pretty

described

Hell

1

Two blonde today nightmare at

which ended when the cruise ship Naw their Queen of Nassau distress flares and rescued Them from their sinking sloop.

Mail Notices

of

posting

Tile latest Thes

for un- Thon below are thure registered correspondence posted at 0.1 0. Hongkong. The latest posting Umen elsewhere witken, In general, are earlier than the P.. thes can be ascertained by enquiry at the local office,

'The fatest posting times for registered articles are generally able hour earlier than the mes shown below. Partiesları pegará-

can be kla Jag parcei lained by enquiry at any

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aser- [runk

MONDAY FEBRUARY 7 By Aar

Korea. In

Dixi C10". 28, televisions fuBer expression, engineer from Newark, New manded

tridia Middle East, Africe. Great Jersey.

Larsen, Fel

Bituit Extrope, & pm Iki gave voice.

from Japan. 4 pm. enghaver mechanical lond in the rapture of

Thailand, canging that he did not notice penedir. New Jersey, and Mis

May Seide, 25, of Lincoln Park, when his coll door was opened. by the guler.

New Jersey, New here yestescluy from Nass).

"Well**

and

what the grou what

Cherry

одн

cherry rape cry." Butwald stun.

tanker,

1 sard what and you want?"

1 qualer said.

a pm.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY

1

Malaya.

Luxkorenia.

Pakistani

France, th

Hy Bartac

Macate G

taken fo 11

the cruise

ist Nassau

By Air

Puhipuinen. Dam

Japan, Hawals, 11

just

¥¢{ ** About

Thailand India, Pakistan, Germany. Great Brstates. 2 pm

Inder tista 35

We

Saw

USA

They སྭཱནུསཾ ཐཱུ སུམྦལཾཝཱ་ Bahanan ofty after slip picked them midway between Muni

were plenty W、

"We

2 Grose

Bat Donald was low, let song, still, to notice The guoler capsized before Jelt, to hang the well-doon after Queen of Nassiu

tin

Lint

Wak

thet It was even worse when we got along- nude the cruise ship

WOUND UP IN OCEAN

When Donald's Som prak, he noticed he was alone. his bell-push Summons

"It was 10 romp.. it took the have bro seemed

sailors abmal ma hotar to get is how Remembering Answered.

lise punctilious

about aboard atal 1 wound up in Bicy Wix. such things in his hotel, anger ocean"

three said they had surged over him,

T

STRONG MEASURES

Ther show them," he mattered to himself! planter a leisurely cruise from

tu "I show him the meaning of Nassa

Miam

Their Charter 28-Cool stoop when a Janvier,"

storm hit 773 Priday morning. From then on, tirose sund, it was just a matter or holding on as long as we could and hoping the storm would end." The men agreed that the pane of glass above the cell. 1 Was magnificent".

HE pleked

12:

mattress from the bunk, folded 11479 and climbed on top of it. Then, taking off a shoe. he beat out

to

door. "That't teach them not to answer bells," he muttered hitself. "That bring 'em."

"She

WIEN

312

brave

Formosa, 19 am

N Borneo, Australia. New Tond, pm

Forma

Jap. Okawa,

& Canada. By Hurturr

Eleven-year-old French- speaking Swiss girl, Anne Braillard has become an author. Her book of fairy fales "Daudillet' has been published in Geneva. The book

such a has made success that it has been arranged for a translation in the to be published USA, followed by further editions in Britain, France, Germany and other coun- tries. Anne is pictured writing her second book "Anne at School."

London Express.

LETTER TO

THE EDITOR

Radio Hongkong's Inflexibility

Sir--When the laughter Zen- died down following "Wot, More Cricket's frightfully funary Tel- Italy.

nekisowierige that, as usual, your "Comment" reflects responsible public opinion.

China, People's Repablie. 30 m Thailand, m

N

Ikene, m

Fire Destroys Dormitory

A fre

£1

Orangeburg, S.C.. Feb. 6.

destroyed women's dormitory at the Claflin College for Negroes early tuday, forcing 104 co-eth incezing

ine end rainstorm in their "May nightclothes.

ALS

40 fice

fer. let

You are protesting ngainst the policy of Radto Hongkong in adopting a superior air of In- flexibility, and in this I heartily agree.

Why is it "not done" Jor our broadcasting station to at least Try to get closer to its listeners; to become

human more

and BS entertainer friendly, both

and mentor?

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The "Tests" are unty one instance, but besides the un- dreds of regular listeners follow- ing this amazing match, it was into a Wednesday--and our Servlee- men must have been infuriated by the fat female voice declar There were no ensuullies, but ing at 2 pm, that "Radio Hong- we authorities said the girls lost all kong will now close down, etc." were and kept telling us every-their belongings and the $100,-

It was admittedly only thing would be all right," said 000 building was destroyed. Grose.

The fire was believed to have cricket match--but has our Con-

af brosdeusting He said it was a million in started in the dormitory attic atle

Jookout on about one chance" that a

4.30 #.m. By the time considered what he would gain In goodwill for his station he the Queen of Nassau happened Aremen amived, the top of

himself came on the air and spot their

tres, lie said three-storey brick building was

jannounced that it was far too the they couldn't have lasted un-

had the girls flames, but

exciling to close down, and the charge of having been drunk, | other minute in those waves."

down and downstairs

brosdenat would continue B3 not gully to that of doing 25s. -United Press.

fire escapes into the rain.

long as possible? An offictul of the file 80- Methodist Negru col- your-old

of the girls leg sald several were hysterical.

Il dict.

the Sel Next morning

court next door to the police station. Donald pleaded guilty to

worth of mailrious damage

the cell window.

to

The story was told to Mr E. G. Robey.

"It is quite possible,"

suid

the gaoler, "that when I called

to answer this man's ringing be did not hear me go into

the

cell because he was singing so loudly."

CREDIT GRANTED

"JUST

JST asked for a glass

water, didn't I?"

demanded.

He had no more to say,

Speaks With

No Voice

Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 6.

141

dashod

the

"I never heard such screaming in all my life," said a Bretan. -United Press.

Radio Hongkong

IK.T.

OVCE

Can he tell us how much the extra time would have cost us? Would it really have been im- practicable?

Can he also tell 125 why during the twenty minutes of | quiet relaxation after lunch we

should prefer heavy classical

Sheaffer's. "SNORKEL”

From Our Files

Quie Case Hearing 100 Years

Postponed:

Illness Of Counsel

Further hearing of the Quie Case at the Supreme Court was ad- journed by the Acting Chief Justice, Mr Justice T. J. Gould, until 10 a.m. to-morrow, when it was announced this morning that Mr John McNeill, QC, Senior Counsel for Plaintiff, was ill.

His Lordship said that Counsel for Plaintiff would have to be pre- pared to continue with the case when it resumed tomorrow, irrespective of whether or not Mr McNeill was still ill.

COURT REJECTS APPEAL

Defendants are Dr P, M. Yap,, tion and permit of his coming to

and Court tomorrow. Government

psychiatrist

medicul officer-in-charge the Mental Hospital,

Dr

1. Moore of the Medical partment

and Prof.

A

<[ Queen

¦ McFadzean

Hospital.

Improvement

of The

In Mr S. McNeill's condition makes De possible that he will be able to 5 cone to Court tomorrow, where- Mary fore I will be grateful to your Lordship for your indulgence jund for that of my learned und the

damages

Plaintiff is Mr Joseph Leslie friend Mr Blair Kerr Quie. He is suing the de-Jury, fendants for $250,000 for alleged injury to himself

the defendants' brot negligence

trom

Kot

J

NO LONG ADJOURNMENT Mr Blair-Kerr toki the Court solicitor of Plaintif alleged that

touch with him connection had with bis detention in a mental yesterday,

he (Crown home for observation, or for his Counsely had told him he would

not Ilke

embarrass 18 certification as being of unsound

Imind and consequential condne-Plaintiff in any way, but that

he would

vould not be a party to any long adjournmezit

"I consider, in view of your three previous convic tions, that you were lucky to have only received

imprisonment, months' can see

after

the

was en-

arc

Counsel, and Mr J. C.

10

over

Ago

A Supplement to the present Isuc

contains the Neutrally Ordinances; the Ordinance for regulating procesu against tho property of persons absent from the Colony; and the last three of the Nine Acts of the Imperial Parliament

OT- declared by dinance No. 3 of 1934 to be la force in this enlany."

The first

already has been explained, and the last we may discuss GL some convenient cpportunity.

an-

The Ordinance rendering the

of non-residents property swerable for their debts, is

from ก copied

law of Van Diemen's Land, and which, we believe, exists in all the Aus- tralian Colonies, and will prob- bly be found to be equally bencflctal in Hongkong.

It might however have been shtened without impairing its efficiency, which mainly consists

empowering

creditor, according to the form of process

attach

in

Juic down,

moneys,

Lands, securities, chattels, partnership effects, debts owing.

theor property

Mr Blair-Kerr suidhe did not Fee why Junior Counsel for the

should Defence

not welcome the this chance to tako

use, but "I am entirely in your Lordship's hands,"

that Dr Demond He added

was being cross- Curran, who examined by Mr McNeill at the adjournment last rose and week, wis

leaving the Colony Thursday on

and not Wednesday as previously inbi- mated.

ol

ume of the

PARTY REBELS EXPELLED

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whatsoever; and and satis- after giving notice

security, factory

to realise so much of the assets as will pay on the other the debt; while,

some perTM hand, the debtor, or son on his behalf, may, before Anal

dissolve the jungment, attachment by offering sufficient security, and having the case tried in the ordinary way-or, the after final judgment, (upon attachment, it is presumed) the absent defendant may, within an affidavit attachment, and

two years,

Jodigo ne against

on his be-

upon motion made half, the Court may cause the merits to be Inquired into and determined in such manner and

as may form

seem meet for securing the substantial ends of Justice.

VERANDAIS

Besides the Ordinances in the Supplement to

no justification for men in mental home.

Mr Quie is represented by Mr interfering with the convic-

Mr Lawrence Leong tion in this case," said Mr MeNelli,

al and Mr R. W, S. Winter, Justice J. R. Gregg in the instructed by Mr M. A. da Silva. Appeal Court this morning. Defendants

represented when he dismissed an appeal by Mr W. A. Blair-Kerr, Senior brought by Cheng Man- Crown wab, 19-year-old shop assis-McRobert, Crown Counsel.

COUNSEL'S STATEMENT tant, his sentence.

When Court assembled this

Mr Leong Cheng was sentenced by Mr morning, H. . B. How at Kowloon on said: December 22 for larceny from My Lord, I understand from the

my instrucúng solicitor that he person.

has been in touch with Your Appellant told the Court that

Lordship, and Your Lordship left prison he had previous occasion he turned over has been kind enough to ugree case till 10- He happened to be to postpone this a new irat,

morrow morning by reason, walking in the street when he

the very acute. Indisposition of was unexpectedly arrested and

my learned senior Mr McNeill. He accused of theft.

Paris, Feb, 0. It appears, my Lord, that Me tirely inent, he declared.

The French Socialist Party he were guilty, he would not McNeill has not been well since

Friday, and on Saturday he re- National Congress tonight ap dispute his sentence, he added.

proved expulsion from the party turned home feeling very much Crown Mr D. F. O.

D. Mayne.

10

who deputies

voted His physician, Dr of there was the worse. Counsel, submitted

ratification by the before the Ramfer, was called in and diag against evidence

of Assembly enough Magistrate for him to come to nosed that he was suffering from Frerich National

the Paris Agreements rearming and acute appendicitis,

Dr Appellant the decision he did.

West Germany, 10 called in Dr Vlo bank Ramler with 60/C

But it said that if the cx- was caught notes halfway out of the com-confirm the diagnosis.

signed within Mr McNeill

thepelled deputies had asked He had three plainant's pocket.

under one month an undertaking concerned previous same offence and had deported state rather than to overstate the their honour to respect party of his illness and 1. have discipline in future, they would trun. Hongkong eight times.

the certificate which I will read be Immediately reinstated in the

party.Reuter, to your Lordship.

However, Dr Vio has given opinion Mr Silva his personal that if it was not for Mr Me- Neill's insistence on his ability to carry on with the case he in turn would have insisted upon

Vienna, Feb. 4. Mr McNeill's immediate opera-

A centrul committee of 80 tion for the removal of the in- Making their first tour of the fected appendix,

and

Dr Vio members has been ect up in a of the Czecho- Fur East, Mr

KS. tecis that Mr McNeill is taking reorganisation

Communist Youth Hershey, Mr Paul F. Osborn a big risk in insisting on com- slovak and Mr Earl D. Warner are pieting the case before under- Organisation, Prague Radio an- staying three

the going the necessary and inevit-nounced tonight. Colony.

It will bring the youth organi-infringement; and notwithstand- able

operation.

ing the present announcement, are sation into line with the organi- The doctors Mr Hershey is the Secretary-

concerned

at the Czech

the same abuse may be again of the Manager

White Rose treating Mr McNeill intensively sational scheme

permitted to favoured individuals the

radio Motor

Club in Pennsylvania with antibiotics in the hope that Communist Party,

whenever it is thought con- This chub is aflated to this this will reduce the inflamma-Bald-Reuter,

venient to do so. American Automoblie

convictions

for the doctors

First Visit

To HK

days

Associa

ton, and Mr Hershey is visiting to know in order Hongkong more about touring in the Far he hopes East. On his return

Americans to encourage visit Hongkong.

casc

to

SIDE GLANCES

10

Mr Osborn owns Alm studio, to and is visiting Hongkong shoot a number of Alms, which he will show all over the United Stales on his retum. These films will be used for educa-,

well Rs to tional purposes us encourage touring.

Mr Osborn also owns a print-

numbers? Does he really feeling press and n largo turkey 15,000

we would not prefer more sub-

background music?

dued

Beyond conceding to their

to our station for information

farm, where he raises turkeys.

ABSOLUTE

A businessman with no voice box made a 10-minute speech

Mr Hershey, who arranged of yesterday to show how therapy

taste in music there are many the trip, said that although It OWTcome the him

6 p.m. Time Signal and programme Donald helped.

Bummary: 0.03, Children's Half Hour ways whereby Radio Hongkong was his first visit to Hongkong effects of cancer of the throat.

by Joan and Valerie presented

Trade could assume its rightful place he hoped it would not be his Australian George Stein of Bloomsbury, (studio): 0.50.

last. "He didn't ask for anything," Pennsylvania, talked 10 minutes catalogue-The Fortnighily Review in our community,

When there 'la a disaster of of Australian Industry: 8:45 Tange the gaoler sakt. "He just sang." to somo 400 furk campaign

Time The Castillans: 659, Weather any happening of vital local in- Donald turned to the magis- executives at the annual meci Report: 7, Time Signal and come terest, keep us informed; lot us trate. "It was just I couldn't ing of the American Cancer News (London Relay: 2.09, Com

mentary (London Relay) or Speel i know that we can always look DECREE MADE get any attention," he said. "I Society.

7.6.** "Box" 200” Announcement: only wanted a glass of water." Mr Stein has no voice in the are the Organ (OF); and guidance., When Hongkong proper sense. He forces lungs-30, Motorindited and Introduced by Magazine A Monthly

is involved in' h_ngwa item of ful of air through what once Magazine.

Birch (Studio); B, Flirtan world-wide algnifiennec, Tot us A decree nisi granted Mrs

and his hear the nows firsthand, not in "You will pay bs. for being was his voice box, and formed to be amon

words with his mouth and Orchestra: 850, "First Whisker drunk, 108, for the wilful dam- age, and 268 compensation for tongue as the air comes out. He then Claw Programme about a despatch by an International Helen Orchid Chung Yan-

Cats in Prose, Poetry and Mule, nows agency, or through a BBC. inhales through a hole in his

floor, by the Divorce Court on the damage you did," said

Arranged and produced by Mar- an

announcer. neck,

garet Denholm. (Recorded); b. Time

Why should local news have October 20 last year was made magistrate.

Hesitantly, Donald asked: Mr Stein, 62, said the person igral. Alan Club. "The Law and

Liberty", Speaker: The Rt. Hon. such poor coverage? Surely absolute by Mr Justice JR, who had lost his voleo wanted gur, Hartley Shawcross, QC, Mour announcer "C.can have time to pay?"

I

could be per-Gregg this morning. London italy) $20.

presented by mitted to make an original al dissolution of her marriage to Petitioner had asked for the was granted-but more than anything else to be Recorded And this

That was the Collector's Oorner not until a few inquiries had able to lalk

said, that led him Robert Scott (studia): 10, Uptown | pouncement; even ak occasional Tawh Wing-kam · Wong, of BO

CRITIOS RhythmErroll been made about him, a fow force, he

(Piano) inflection in his, or her voice, Nuther" (base) and

rellove discreet Inquiries of the kind a through tortuous exercises until with. Wysit

the deadly Un Chau Street, first noor,

the grounds of adultery. hotel might make before ex- he was at last able to make at Heard (Drung)16.10, tuch would

crodib to

At the hearing of the polition, tending

deporting others understand him.--United Binding with Higherd Murdoch and, monotony,

Our station is for Hongkong Kannala Horne, Bem Costa, Memrice 10:15 Internations) Cabaret 1000, only; it should be a family which was uncontested, patla sima affair, and not bound by the tionar was represented by Mr Ww Printed and published by WILLIAM ALICE GRINHAM LOT adio New Rasi (Secured London restrictions designed for the Brook A. Barocchi, Instructed

1.10.

Goodlat Musty BBC.

by Mr P. C. Woo, of Moserv and on behalf of South China Morning Post Limited at 23′′ bed dave the queens 1.30, Con Wyndham Street, City of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong | Down.

the

Pros.

Denham, Dor Bryan Weather Raport!

BACTO

"LISTENER.

P. C. Woo and Co.

on

Communist Youths Reorganised

By Galbraith

T. 16, Bag M, MË PAS, DI..

"I told them Margérý had a date and went to a movie

but they said they were her boy friends, tool",

the

present below sundry issue, we give Notifications that have recently the Government's appeared in Gazette. The first le a new order about the construction of Verandahs, professedly "with a view to the prevention of the spread of fire" but except for it would bo such assurance, difficult to perceive that such the object of the Re-

500 AN

gulations.

The next Notification is an intimation that crews for vessels can be shipped solely at tho Harbour-master's Office. and that the intervention of à ship- ping agent is not necessary; ali which the public has been told before, and in the meanwhile it has been practically shewn that crews car be shipped otherwise than through the Harbour- master, because the head maker of the law chose to sanction. Its

the

"Her

COOLIE

TRAFFIC

The Third Notificatión is from the Superintendency, and refers to one of the 13th September warning British subjects against engaging in the Coolie traffic to

Chincha

Euano Island

Government Majesty's having been officially informed that measures have been taken to correct the abuser connected with the traffic; that is, we pre- Bumo, Government at home Very

casily satisfied

where subjects in China mako money, whether by bilk- ing the Chinese Government, or supplying the Pervians with gumno diggers, so long as this is not called slave trade.

British

18

can

The Fourth Notification an TROUENCE the confirmation of Mr Mercer's appointment - na Colonial Secretary, and. Mr. Honarcker's as Colonial Trea suner; and so long as the 'offices. are maintained on their present footing. we do not expect to Boo them better filled.

The Fíčh and inet Noti fion is from tho Colonial Government, which positively avers, what the Superintendency mays it hàm beers Informed, fist. "measures have been taken for treatment the botter Larsupervision of Labouren Inland and . Promation, OC

September.loat, prò trimla (by: Bellish

in Erities vomnia, in

the

zio Alouba Kiba, effecti "be pİN on the Coloniak? Orion.