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Stokehold Protocol

OWN in stokehold of

Direct of flats, protocol was as rigid as it is

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Migrants Kept In Ship's Holds

Ottawa, Mar, 7.

The Immigration Minister,

Mr J. W. Pickersgill, sald today that his Department backstairs in an embassy. would take action against shipping companies found guilty of having subjected immigrants to poor condi- tions during their voyage to Canada.

The

number

stoker, going off duty, received the wages of his number two 118 he and placed them always did, in a box in a cubby hole, to await collec- tion.

No one but an outsider would have sought for or found a flaw in the arrangement, nately, there wha

Unfortu

outsider

around. A raw assistant sloker, with no sort of status, a nonen- tity named All who had just

taken 60.

Mr Pickersgili made the state- ment as he disclosed the "quite of a letter shocking" contents

in which it was charged that a

Immi- inrge group of German grants suffered Intolerable condi- tions €24 they crvesed the Atlantic

this country in August 1948.

Der So-and-So I've left mat

his money where I always do," the senior stoker end to Ali as

he went away.

"YES

· All

sald

BROODING

sir,' humbly There was

moro

something of the East about his looks as there was about his name. Bul quickly than you noticed that you noticed the book in his eyes - look of ineffable self-pity.

The senior stoker went

away and All had the stokehold to He fell to brooding himself. upon his misfortunes, he fell to thinking also about the No. 2 stoker's pay that was lying in the cubby hole,

The two chains of thought met and

clashed. All

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Mr Pickersgili Kold members of the Commona Committee on that the letter WOS from one of the immigrants who settled with his wife and family

Ontario.

He decline! to

In idonlify the writer.

The Immigrant recounted a Atormy crossing on the Beaverbrae, which had made the | Eastward trip carrying grain in

holds.

the return On journey, the men had to sleep In one large hold and the women and children in several smaller immigrant letter- holds. The writer was accompanied by his wife and a new baby.

came

MADE TO WORK Many of the passengers be- crew Certain seasick members made the immigrants up the decks to eat that his

clean

and holds helped before permitting them himself tu the other man's The immigrant said wages. Then he put on his coat wife, although she had to

of their new and strode away from the fur-core nno be should have been keeping.

His

.

BROUGHT BACK

memories

But he

WILS

wun

10

of whai happened next ore

Ho went confused. Paddington, ho thought, with an idea of getting to South Wales.

ended up Liverpool. In hospital there they were kind to him and carw him on his way to Glamorgan shire It

In that county that the police

London from caught up with him.

Ali

to brought back London, and at Bow Street he pleaded not guilty to stealing the

sloker's number 1wo

wage packot. The police read out to the magistrato Mr E. G. Robey.

statement All had made,

that day? He said in it: "On felt depressed, and when I feel depressed I don't mind if I drop dead. I spent my own money on getting my watch out of pawn, money to go to so I needed Cardiff,

"So I was tempted and took it, then I got on the wrong train and was in Liverpool."

BLAMED FILLS

that stole- ment,"

"Alt said, "because I didn't want to get beaten up." The number one stoker and his mumber two gave evidence. Then it was All'a turn. After a long search for the Koran for him to swear on, he took the oath.

"ONLY signed

He blamed sleeping pills he had been given for the fact that he caught train to Liverpool instead of to Cardiff. He had not much to say about the number two stoker's money,

The

taka baby, was

to "clean up tollet

forced several umes.

The writer said they were told

that if they did not obey the clean-up orders "the captain has the power to send you back to Germany," No one got a meal ticket unless he or she worked, despite the fact that all had paidį for their passage,

Mr Pickersgill said the con- were "quite tents of the letter shocking" and added that he and his departmental officers would bo glad to hear of any similar eplaodes so that action could be taken against the shipping com- patres.

that in 1048 He pointed out shipping

was very short and the companies could get away with this sort of thing". The Beaverbrac was "one of the had complaints ships we have about".

It was also explained that im- migrants had the right to select the ship in which they wanted to travel.

United Press,

CHINA MAIL

Korabilahad 1945.

TUESDAY, ', MARCH 8, 1955.

Grim Weather In Northern England

Judge's Comment On "Cowardly Crime"

"This crime is a cowardly type of crime, too common in Hongkong, where a number of men get together and rob a female on a staircase,", declared Mr Justice T. J. Gould, sitting in the Full Court with Mr Justice C. W. Reece this morning, when he dismissed an appeal by Tai Chun-toh against a

Britain has had its worst winter since the nightmare of 1047, when the country was blanketed with a wall of gow and loc. In the last few days

now ploughs

their

throughs

of

SHEAFFER'S

ADMIRAL

SNORKEL

PEN

Notices

Hongkong Electric Mail

Annual Meeting:

Approved

Dividend

The

Istekt Utropa, of posting shown below new those for the reglitored correspondenca” posted At G.P.0, Hongkong. The them posting times "elsewhere, which, ing general, ars earlier than the G.P.0, tinas can be alcarlained by enquiry at the local act,

The latest posing times (or registered articles are generally

A final dividend of $1.55 per share, free of our extiter than the dinner

tax, following an interim dividend of 70 cents per share which was paid on September 17 last year, was approved at the sixty-second annual meeting of the Hongkong Electric Company Ltd. held at the P&O Building this morning.

of

shown below. Partiopiere regard- lag parcel malis can be ascertain- ed by enquiry at any post pics,

TUESDAY, MARCH

By Al Formos, Japan, Okinawa.

& Canada, 0 p.m.

Indo-China, D.m.

Korp. The

Maced, pm.

By Surface WEDNESDAY, MARCH S By Air indo-Chins, a.m. Thailand.

U.S.A

Porno Okinawa, Japan, Korea,

Mr B. T. Flanagan, Chairman Shareholders were represented Directors, presided, and by Mesars Wong Peng-cheong, addressing the meeting cold: Bunnan Tong, B. C. Tavadia

The

Chairman's statement to (Attorney for Mrs Gool Byramji

W. shareholders has this year bren Tavoda), B.

Bradbury Chi-po, B. incorporated with the Directors Wong

Wong Tape, Canada, 10 am

Thailand, Malays, Indonesia, Aus was OBE R. C. Lee, OBE, report and accounts, and

P. Iralia, New Zealand, Ceylon, Mau circulated to members with the Loureiro, Leung Pak-min, H. N. ris

Mehal, A. K. Minu, Lo fiu and notico for this meeting.

"An interim dividend of 70c Leung Fatlin.

per share, free of tax, was paid

cn

September

17. 1954 and

your Directors now recommend the_following Appropriations:

"To pay

a final dividend of

$1.50 per share, free of tax, cost- ing $5,425,000.00; To transfer to

Stiffer

General Reserve $2,500,000.00 Punishment

To carry forward to 1935 the balance of $920,405.81.

Japan, 5 pm.

Bwitzerland. Dok

Sweden, 8 pun

Formoss, 8 pm.

By Burface.

Norway,

China, People's Republic, 8.30 am. Macau, m.

Philippines, 2 pr.

Bouth Adelon (West Atrios P/P vis Logos), 3.p.m.

Масло, в р

TilURSDAY, MARCH 16

By Air

Thailand, Birma, India, Pakistan, Middle East. Afelin, Great Exiledri de Extrope, 9 DTIM

Japan, 11 m Philippines,

Quem,

Havinli

UNDERWATER

CHESS

Copenhagen, Mar. 7. "I now have the pleasure in have battered

Scandinavian authorities have foot WRY

try

proposing that the report and ac- | decided foot.

to punish etill more USA. Di counts as presented for the yearseverely

drivers drunk at the miles

White hundreds

ended December 31, 1954

be wheel wilderness,

where

adopted."

The Ministers of Justice of people have lived through days of chilled Agony and

Norway, Denmark and Sweden have fear.

thair and

advisera Worst hit was Northern England, where over the de-

practically agreed on a scale of the snow piled solate moors

harder punishment. 10 feet high. Pic- up 8 to ture shows: Westmorland farmer

of his pulling one sheep out of a snow drift

-London Express

sentence of five years' hard labour and six strokes Big of the cane, passed on him by Judge Charles in the Kowloon District Court for robbery with For

aggravation.

was

Q

the

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Chance

Young

Technicians

WELCOMES INNOVATION Mr Bunnan Tong, in seconding the proposal, said:

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the

by

by three o

since

four

cam

which

&

Drunken drivers placed in two groups.

will

be Those

those

Radio Hongkong

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in Command) Far East Fleet; under,

130

New York, Mar. 7.

chess with weighted

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Officials

of the Show

Ambassador Passes Through

Bald

The Pakistan Ambamador to

Deauville-Festival de la Chanson the United States, Mr Byed presented by Margaret Denholm

government |ore=""

pobieved by considerable (Studio) 8.30, Dinner in Mexico | Amánd All, strived from Tokyo

with other nations in the deve- "Shareholders will

of peaceful

"I am glad to welcome the

Twe young New Yorkers innovation on the part of

with underwater breathing Directors in giving shareholders whose blood shows 1.2 per cent equipped

unite played chess an opportunity to study the of alcohol or more, and

cent or more. the bottom of a water-diled announced Chairman's statement to share with 0.6 per

cand holders,

the Directors

ory Only drivers with less than 0.6 tank tonight and

per cent of alcohol can hope to that they would try to break report and accounts by incor-

First off-the record" for staying under porating these with the notice cape punishment, Gent

to

and Mike shareholders before the enders will probably lose their water.

Dick Ferg, 21, driving toences for at least one moeting.

a 10,000- year, instead of six months as O'Day, 1, enterod om sure that all share-

In Denmark now, besides a fine gallon tank at 7.45 a.m. at the holders would join with me in for imprisonment.--Reuter

Sports and Vacations Show at They Board of

Armoury. congratulating the

Kingsbridge Directors and the management

were still under water mone first cald Appellant

and staff on the excellent show Sentenced to two years' hard

than 12 hours later, evidence leading to his convic labour

most of their time on nine

Log rey have made. counts of tion was may, but the Full embezzlement, Lai Fook appeal-

doing so I do not forget

H.K.T. term of i-

excellent Washington, Mar. 7. against the

service Court pointed out that he was

Time Signat and Programmie Summary: Livingston by not appealing against conviction prominent paased on him

63 Concert by the that. the record the two man Thirty youthful techni- Messre. Gibb, but only against sentence. Ap-Judge Wicks,

Co- Ltd. have rendered to the Band of the Flag Omeer (Second were trying to break by "at cians pellant then went on to say he

from 19 countries He told the Full Court that today embarked on an in- Company during the first sixty- the direction of Bandmaster Pleast six hours" was 24 hours born in Hongkong, had all the money he had embezzled

two

Bunner, L.R.A.M.. Royal Mariner 3 minutes set by Ed Fisher of years of the history of this

By kind peridon of fear-Admiral Miami,

Florida, last July.— been educated in a Goverment had been

tensive seven-month course Undertaking taken from school here, and was a former who owned nine shops.

១. ការ

F. China, CB, CVP, OBE "Consumers have, received the of study which is expected

(Recorded); 30,First flearing United Press. benefit of a reduction in the presented by Hugh Bullvan employee of the Kowloon-

Mr Justice Rece "Is

them that to

home in send

Weather Report: Canton Railway. He further

Lighting rate of i cant per unit (Studio); October abreast of the most from April 1 last year. It is a Timo Bignal and World News pleaded that the offence was his my reason for robbing him?"

London Relay); 7.09, Commentary that knowledge

achievement on creditable Arut.

or Special Arie nat London Relay) Appellant went on to say that advanced

Bing nouncements 7.18, Britain He also told the Court he had | biá nother had been very ill peaceful applications of rates are only double the pre-

(Second Series) Belfast Girl Singers fuel charges

and two children in school and said and he had spent a lot of money atomic power.

(BBCTS); 7.30, Forces Favourite labour have creased in cost

London Relay); B, La Demi-Heure long imprisonment would

her On

medlcal core, He

The group

was invited

times since Francaise Presentation de M. Castel cause thera suffering. He asked further stated that he ran a the United States

This for a reduction of sentence.

only have restourant and tea-house buslin connection with President The Full Court said it may ness and had been put to much Elsenhower's

been programme Lo

in efficiency and Improve

Recorded); Time Bignal. Music by Pan American Airlines this no reason to interfere with the expenditure because he

was share

American knowledge in economical management.

of the Twentieth Century Brizg moghing and left for Pakistan and disallowed the obliged to entertain,

Fairman English Rhapsody (Deltum) | after an hour-long stopover at appeal.

have Bertašta. Op. 38 **** (1940) (VR Tak.

Pro- Holmboe); lopment

Feature uses of noticed the dividend has nuclear energy.

by 5 center per share,

gramme I've Had An den" a

Me All told reporters that hỡ: creased by

feature programme written by The heart of the study pro and whilst this is pot a very Cynthia Mason, produced by R. D. was returning home to confer Smith (BBCTS): 10, 11it Songs from with his government about the gramme will be attendance at large increase we appreciate that

the Show of George Gershwing variety of purchases to be made School of Nuclear Science

10.30. Princem are finance is required to cope with

Margaret Return with the US$105 to which the

million and Engineering at the Argoune the extensions

from the West Indies; Speeches at Laboratory near Chairman drew attention in his Luncheon given by the Lord economic aid grant.

He mid that among the goods The course, conducted report. It would be difficult to Mayor and Corporation Commentary by Audrey Russell (London Relax);

Weather Report; 11, Time to be purchased in the United Bienal Radio News Reel (Recorded States will be cotton seed oil, Include lectures pany for growth and

Relay); 11.35, Goodnight Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 7.

and laboratory work in reactor approve of the realistic attitude London

Mude; God Save The Queen; 11:50. agricultural implements, wood,

paper and textiles, The first official report on

science and technology and re- on the part of the Directors in lated peacetime "Operation Latimer," launched

atomic energy booking forward with optimism applications, last December against terrorist

with

further increases in load." bands lect by Malaya's third Appellant, he observed, had in-

Adoption of the report and ranking Communist, said today ficted six wounds on the comand, day of keeping her 52-

FIRST MEETING that eight terrorists were killed | plainant.

At its first meeting today, the statement of accounts was car

riod unanimously. and 100 suspected agents arrest- Dianissing

year-old brother locked up and group was addressed by Walker the appeal, the almost naked in a althy un-Cisler, President of the Detroit the drive. od In

Full Court held that the seil tence possed

heated room of her house for Edison Company. Mr Clater, a was, if anything, four years.

consultant of the Foreign Oper- on the lenient sklé.

tions Administration

and head JUDGE WAS RIGHT

The prosecution said he was of a company in the forefront without suitable

or of nuclear power research, out- bedding Convicted

this time and lined the present and potential Loureiro and seconded by Mr of burglary and clothing during

role of atomic energy in expan- larceny, three men, Mak Kim the room became offensive and

slon of the world's output of W. Bradbury, seconded by Mr. On the proposition of Mr B. hung, Wong Yuk-kong and Lai squalià,

electrical energy. Wah, appealed against sentences

The brother, Drummond Hall It the evening,

IP. C. Wong, Messre Peat, Mar- the young wick, Mitchell & Co. were pass on them by Judge wick Mathieson, was described as a technicians ward guests of in the Kowloon District Court person of weak or unsound honour at an officioi reception | appointed auditors of the Com-

Mak had been sentenced to

mind in a helpless position and at Blair House, & government pay terms totalling four years on

unable to look after himself. three counte, while Wong and

residence used for entertaining The Chairman then observed: three Mrs Mathieson was charged distinguished foreign visitors:

Kan will Lai were sentenced

possibly have wh treating him "no cruNÍ

Throughout this week they noticed trom the Press that and unnatural manner." She will remain in the capital, re- effective from February 18 the celving "orientation" instructions cost of our fuel oil has in- Mall Spe- and acquainting themselves in crossed by $8 per ton. It is general with life in the United fortunate that our coul. contracts States, On Saturday they will † urm

Successful Operation

Intelligenco Bources said the operation WBS "the most em- magistrate took up the clent thrust of its kind" in written statement All had made. Malayo, with the primary aim of

"Did you

make this state-cutting terrorist supply lines. meni?" he asked.

Troopa, sometimes

wading "I was afraid of violence,"

in jungle nockdeop

swamps, All answered,

pushed out to timp Hor Lung,, a 38-year-old Communist. The threaten you operation was centred in swamps with violence?”

along the Regisrembilan-South "Yes, the police officers." Pahang border where

a well- The magistrate read through equipped terrorist hospital the stateshent, sentence by sen-operated by # 33-year-old

Jupackie docto identified

FALSE

"DID anyone

Was

only

Leung Cheung, alles Ko Teni, appealed against his sentence of two years' hard labour and eight strokes of the cano

passed on him for wounding with intent to causo grievous bodily harm.

Appellant declared the com plainant had attacked him first

The Full Court said it could not accede to appellant's applica- tlon and pointed out that apart from the present offence appel- lant had two previous convic-the Vions.

and he also dented he had struck Woman Charged by Atomic Energy Commission surpass the record of this Com 168,

at complainant from behind.

Mr

Justice Gould remarked

that even if there was provoca. tion, it was insufficient to justify яп attack with

tence, asking stier ouch, "True TKD Zaki to have belonized years hard labour.

or false?"

But by

20

*

chopper.

With Cruelty

experts,

Math/cson was emphasis in nuclear technocial and laying their plans, to meet

London, Mar, 7.. Mrs Jemnie accused in court at Ayr, Scot

"False" Ali said every time, to a former Japances engineering not dispute the sentence. He continuing-China

The

First appellant said he did pleaded not guilty. The case now his story, had cogos. tort said security forces had committed a crime and the clal. taken so many turnings that no one was very surprised when contacted Hor Lung's band three the magistrate said: "I've not times in the operation but each the alightest doubt in this casete terrorist squads put on a and furious defence and enabled the were five previous con- leader to esospe.----United Press.

against Ali, He was

the doctors⋅ to

see him, and he went WRY complacently, as if he felt sure the doctors would find a kinder word than stealing for what he had done.

REDS SHELL ISLANDS

him. But he said he wanted to Judge was right in sentencing

ask for a roduction of sentence on the grounds that he had an aged mother, und young child- ren dependent upon him.

Second appellant erde windler plex and added hdr svifo was expecting another child Ho said he was sorry for what lie hot, dono and wiced the Count to give him a chance so shut he could. reforro,

Sabotage Attempt Theory

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RE-ELECTED

The Hon. T. N. Chau, CBE,

and Mr J. H. Hamm, JP. were re-elected Directors by a resolution proposed by Mr P.

Wong Chi-po.

leave. by train for Chicago touch that they w

set off against this

limited period begin the atomic course at the crease for, "a" Argonne Laboratory, United possibly through autumn of th

year, so that, for the time being,

PACER

...

the

Mau Mau Defilethe duo hocery to fnerouso

Cathedral

problemonaldonation to the

tual

surcharge. What Colombo, Mar,

will powition

be

towards the Informed sources said today:

and of the rope is difficult to that police suspected an attempt

fordonet, but you may be sure to sabotage the Ceylonese patroli

that your, Directors aro giving Nairobi, Mar. 7. Taipei, Mar. T

ship: Vijaya was madey in an

the Five Mort Mr Justice Reece: "Look," you effort to

Mau terroržišty, provent Communist guma do Amor have ve previous convictions against illegal immigrants from here last night by holding an

operations deiled the Anglican Cathedral co day skilled Tatan and Erhtan, Were you sorry on pet India. Compressed Milk two of the Tatan group of occasions, or are you sorry only

initlation ceremony, using: the

THOSE PRESENT filaridis, about 9,200′′yards south when you RESTA

Mr. B. T. Flanagany (Chaliman mindator's vestments and baptis 1 come

before the Children

The crow members, including mal waters, it was reported 0% of Directors); presided ; and' war Douerste?!!

supported by the Hon. Bir Shou- London," Bisir !!

A Nationalist Defence Mind

ESTOOK THE BLAME surveillance ashore by police British, children will be given stry: official mid that 19 rounds

Second

Hüppellant modd - his pending un Investigation after ši turve taken place, it maingne by Hơn T milkwote inatnack of a tree were most over but caused no previous comfictiones, came about, power tube to the mechanical moonlight, the SENAREN ETA HASAN Blew bottle of milk at some schools dachaire, koljena

TOATE lalands have been re-ordende.

when he took the 'Blarne for steering device was out, Ha

Today the Very Bev. H. A Hanim, "JP The ship was manually steered Hopkins Fears, foord nve choiry Director rudi pentady momiled by, the Comm.... Third appellent niso said he until repairs could be made. The fearsed in the children a corner

nate charing, the past fortnight, | tiad 92- (WER BATKE Ildren Vijayan has since resumed (la oro cathedral and soma Ve | but otherwise - the, codifit front | ¿mm

patrol titles in North Ceylon (minta were missing. He impune- scritória for against " illicit Immigration k

ech

be

the official | taid/*.

petty officers, wero pinced under [del ceremony was believed to / son? Chow KLA LLD,JP thei

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SIDE GLANCES

dón't know how you kids expect bing your

By Galbraith

Bin front of the

on the comlou