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The Floods Go, Leaving Behind A Tricky Problem
FROM H. KING WOOD
Sydney, Mar. 8.
The floods have gone leaving in their place ruined cities and towns, smashed homes and broken hearts and while they may no longer be big news for newspapers it still strikes a chord in the hearts and the pockets of the nation.
The first fund for the flood victims was opened last Friday week. By last night the total was approaching the £630,000 mark-given by all sections of the communi- 1y. Thousands more have poured in from overseas—from New Zealand, from Hongkong, from South Africa and, of course, from Britain with her £250,000.
State
and Federal
army. National University, has
CHINA MAIL
SIDE GLANCES
EXIT
been
Gap, 1964 by Mia Borike t
the
Goveni, mut is so frightened of putting ments have now alver £1,750,- a bad one. 000, lo say nothing of the un stinted services of the
Professor Oaltar Spate of the navy, air force and police.
one o
the most entertaining Our guess la
Describing that before the witnesses. funds close, the nation will have "appalling" buildings, he said: weighed in to the extent of "The most considerable in size, block £1,000,000 besides Government the
achministrative new help--which is really a magnin (costing £4-million) is compat- cent effort and Indicat That able in wiyle and temper with we have some feelings besides the buildings in Ankaru, erected racehorses, beer and lying on by the Republic of Turkey more than 30 years ago but 1 not Bondi Bench with a biode.
30 imposing
But the question is Is the WD; on- money to be wasted?
In short at difficult k. Bnd ‚u witness why bud anything nice other flood relief fund be open- to say about our capital among ed in the next 12 months when
the hills. flat river be Maitland and other towns and rities are washed away?
A BUGGESTION
The Town Clerk of Maltland says it is impossible to protect the city in its present afte lte has suggested to Council that the city be moved
hight ground further from the river.
The soberne, estimated to cost £15,000,000, provides for the compulsory remoral within five the entire population years of located below a certain flood Inc.
The Town Clark, Mr Dunkley, has sugguseid that State and should Federal Governments
help with finance.
governments,
gives it, in
move
|
One trouble stems to year-by-year budgeting by the Government, thersby do- pending upon the Government of the day to continue the work u year began by the Governmen before-and the plain, Inescap- It is a public
able fact
servant city conducted by public
servant«,
Assimilation, as described in a Melbourne Court Solleitor What
Port of
bag carryist?
New Australian --- Ob. just a birk
Big or little?---Big enough lo hold halt a dozen.
MOST POPULAR
The most popular Bible pass- In New South Wales
Shopher: shull not
The Council will discuss the Town Clark's report this week.
£15,000,000 might seem a lute of money to
a city, but Psalm 23 beginning "The Lord Maitland and the is my people must have spent that, or want
cleaning up the flood wreckage of the last 10 years.
Secretary of the NSW Shires Mainerd, Association. Mr A. Bald this week that we would be living in a fool's paradise if our we continued to develop
knowing full well thai wore floods must surely recur within the next few years.
So much for the ideas while
is with us: the agony
it re. mains to be acen what will be done when the sun shines again ani the river dries in drought.
towns
PLANNING MYSTERIES
the
There has beau much search-
ing about another of our cities Intely the Federal capital Canberra,
Gorne
Disregarding
the
This is
shown in a survey made among more than 10,000 pecule by Rev E. H. Steed.
He said the survey showed that the majority of people in NSW never opened a Bible,
"However, a large percentage of these believe in the Bible and
from childhood remember
School," he added. Sunday "They have just not been able to get around to reading the Bible as they should."
CHAIN OF MOTELS
or
A £2-million company wil begin building in a few months
"motels" a chain
around Australia.
The
of
company.
sald to be
Established (39)
MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1955.
By Galbraith
HOW PLAYING
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**It must be a woman's intuition—she started going steady with him just before his folks bought him a convertible!"
--
A Mixed Fare At The University
BY JOHN LUFF
On Saturday night last to the University to see the Arts Association present three one act plays. Two hours, and Tchehov, Synge, and Sladen-Smith.
The curtain rose promptly at 8.30, and as a con- sequence the poor players had to open to the accompund ment of that obstinate, fortunately decreasing number, who still consider it 'the thing to arrive late at a play, All drama groups should note stumbling into their seats. that the answer is to close the doors once the curtain is up.
Now Tchehov in pretty strong standard set was very high and stuff, even when he is in fun, it was good to see that the and in this play The Bear, he students carried the theme of is stressing Shakespeare's 'Most loving.
mere folly. The
line. the Arst two plays,
The sets were fine: the stug- plol la simple enough; a widow, ing, grouping and general pro Yelena
Popov, indulging the
were good is duction luxury of comfortable grief Intlled by Smirnov. a land-grouping for the curtain fall of the Alders to the Sea, excellent. Credit here goes to Mary Visick.
owner
that she
to
whom she money, he bullies her so well calls him a bear and ends up by falling in love with hum, Now you might say such a situation calls for strong cot- ng, as the plot is so true
22
to
lite, it runs the risk of seeming highly improbable. The fact is the three players who took part did put the plot
more?
enal
They
the
who would ask
Remedios as were Zella widow, Harriette Yopp as Anna tho servant, (nicely played); Gerald Kent as the landowner.
CELTIC TWILIGHT Next we had Synge with his Riders to the Bea. Now I don't like this play with its Celtic twilight of unrelieved misery: nevertheless it has lis high spots
backed by some of the strongest ananctul interests in Australia, has slated that the "motels" will of sheer lyrical verst, A Senate Committer is prob- create a new concept of service ing the mysteries of planning as
and accommodation in this coun- in the development with try. The plan is for the "motels" results. The to be separated by about a day's fascinating Committee already has examined road travel from each other. many witnesses In Canberra Sites have already been selected itself and has now moved to for the first "motels" and they Sydney
should be operating by the end ambitious of the year. and now futlic question of
Accommodation would be bir- whether it was right in the first place to set up an isolated Public conditioned, carpeted wall-to- Service
the wall with a private bathroom In
Units would be wilderness, the Senators have in each room."
have bulit to cater for individual Jooked at such practical ques
as-Docs the original travellers or families.
next Another new company ના city plan prepared by American
home will begin the Robert
Burley Griffo
nood week modification?
erra's delivery of fresh fruit juices Are Canberra's
with the public buildings and its housing
morning milk. Orange, lemon, grapefruit or good enough? Can its develop ment
out more pineapple juice will be delivered be carried
at za 3d a pint. The juices will C Is it succeeding as
be in sealed wax.containers and mational capital?
the company says it will be packed daily.
It already has orders for 150 gallons & day..
tiona
n
itsat
community
the city is growing at
wilf
The Committee has discoveren
breakneck speed. There bo 47,000 people there
by 1000; 100,000 in 20 years time."
The housing of Canberra has been, sharply criticised by wit- nesses not only the "sub- from standard residences buill scrap material from Tocumwał air base, but also the Govern-
homos
"of mant: permanent which there aro 300 different
for Maura, the fate bludg old mother. The trouble is her head is bloody and considerably bowed. Synge piles it on, he allows none of the males of the family to escape the sea which is not merely cruel but down- right virulent. The mood is ene of unrelieved horror and whether Synge intended this or something else, I don't know; certainly our feelings are not spared from rise to fall of cur- Taltt. Here we had
a cant of len, with major parts for the two daughters,
and Cathleen Nora; Annie Wong and Jennie Mul; Maura their mother, Brenda Win; and Brately the son, over whceo dead body mother makes hor final, invoca- on, was played by Fun Tech- wah.
Here then was
a play that would try the Abbey Players but again the students got over the mood but lost the lt of the Hines, originally Intended for the 'soft Irish voice,
the
and the
particularly noticed the make up for Maurs, the aging effect and pain lines were excellent, and the two assistants to the astrologer, 11
extremely effective.
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Rape Case Appeal: 100 Years
20 Submissions Involved
Hearing commenced before the Full Court this morning of an appeal brought by Dr Ng Yuk-kin, 49, medical practitioner formerly of No. 436 Nathan Road, first floor, against his conviction on a charge of rape.
Appellant was found guilty by a Special Jury on December 13 last year of raping Tam Shun, 24-year-old spinster, at his address on August 28, 1954, and was sentenced by Mr Justice C. W. Reece, Puisne Judge, to five years' hard labour.
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be necessary to read, but Coun- sci said he would deal with this towards the end of his casa
Counsel
then
proceeded to rend the closing address he made to the Jury, and touched on the evidence of Lau Wel- chun (Dr Ng's nurse), Tom Tin. (n cousin of the complainant), and Tom Shun herself, whom Counsel described as somewhat of an actress who cried very
The Full Court comprised Mr Justice T. J. Gould (nating Chief Justice), Mr Justice J, R. Gregg (Puiano Judgo), and Mr Justice J. Wicks (acting Putine Judge).
Mr Brook A.
Bernacchi, in- structed by Mr M. A. da Silva, of Messrs M. A. da Silva and Co. is appearing for appellant The Crown is
is represented by Mr A. Blair-Kerr, Senior Crown Counsel. Det, -Insp. W. Watson, officer-in-charge of the case, is casily. present for the Polleo.
public gallery was filled and extra. Police spectators, were stationed around the Court and the Supreme Court building
apponl was twenty grounds, mainly alleging misdirection by the Trial Judge to the Jury, or that he had failed to put the case for the Detonee sufficiently to the Jury,
with
The
Counsel
on
of
"1
was
three
Actions For
Damages Adjourned
Mr
Photo
it
of floor.
was
Ago
To the Editor of the "China Mall"
Dear Sir,-You printer folks certainly do occasionally” mako funny blunders; one of which that is, if it be a blunder →→ appeared in the Hongkong. Re- corder today, when a "Sexton" was advertised for sale by auction. But perhaps Sexton is the Portuguese or Gooll..
Sextant. Or, Brother Jonathan may have "annexed" Hongkong de a Slavo and then
as well as Sexton Sextant, especially if incased in ebony
or mahogany, is liable, other chattels," to bo knocked down to the highest bidder.-Youre,
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QUERIST "SERVES US RIGHT”
i
To the Editor of the "China Mail,"
Sir
The Hongkong Register about of today, in an article Penaits and Pounds of balance,
real cr bmaginary, of corrected that some use crrors, &c., now
Pubille Rovenius of part of the has been suggested by acknowledging although
you,
the
to be a good cue, cannot lain from making invidious cmarks.
A school of the kind proposed
wanting for
by you has been
1 thimit no one who years, and will speak impartially on the subject can gain.my it. The plain truth 19, Hongkong, nothing nature
eng sald that being at once opposed by ph
other, not because the good af whom his the object is denied, or can be
An action for damages for the Jury by opened to
trespass caused by the erection of a algnboard was adjourned painting two entirely separate Mr Bernacchi con-
sino dio by Mr Justice C. w. pictures," tinued. "The Arat was a picture Recce in the Supreme Court
this
morning after very unfortunate
in particular the ohnounced that of the women, and
pinintiff firm had the of pleture
complainant
The Judge having, as a result of Tam Tin
costs
that in wucted against the plaintifs, the Ling rushing in (to the doctor's con-
of a public 100 Studto sulting room) and
Jumping to Lung
which may be for the The twentieth ground, filed by the conclusion that a sexual act Johnston Road, first
Mr Patrick Yu (instructed by general benefit, can be brought without this morning, alleged had taken place, to allege that it
forward by one party, X. F. that the Trial Judge repeatedly, wa done without
D'Almada), asking consent or unfairly and unnecessarily inter-
that she was the victim of a for an rupted the submission of rape,
partner I then completely dis- the
had beera Defence Counsel to the Jury, associated that picture from the solicitor whereby the continuity of the next
picture,
somewhat insituations died last Deceg denied, but solely because it has December
been proposed by Smith, and shadowy one, and then
solicitors address was broken.
point but
were not not by
himself or his friend Mr Blair-Kerr raised no ob-ed out certain factors, where it aware of it till March 10. The Jones jection to this additional ground, Indicated a more serious
apoth
partner was in Macao,
As long as such & feeling but referred to two affidavits (proach, which
Mr was referred to
Lawrence Leong (Instruct- filed by the appellant and snid repeatedly by the Judge in his ed by Mr S. Ng Quinn) for the wrists, it serves us right to be
having our
harbour he would like to be enlightened summing-up as the defence of defendants, Nam Wo me Leing taxed to our hearts content; Wal-nam, trading as Nam Wo. blockaded by Pirates, if not did not oppose an adjournment, occupied by them; being made
out that it was ex- but pointed traordinary that the living part-to pay extravagant peices for all the necessaries of life, and so ner should not come from Macao
-In fact, it must come to the for the case.
worst that we may learn to acknowledge the good for its own wake.
about them,
Mr Justice Gould suggested deferred that this question be until Such time as Mr Bernacchi came to refer to them in the course of the appeal.
with the
"NOT A FAIR TRIAL" After reading the entire grounds of appeal to the Full Court, Mr Bernacchi continued: "1 am going to szy greatest respect to the learned Judge who presided at this trial that my client did not have
13 fair or just trial, not in дру ACDSO of what the individuai
o trap.
the
the
BECONDARY DEFENCE
"It was
from secondary defence, u
Arst defence which, as the Judge said in his
The manager of the plaintiff summing-up, was hampered by
firm, Tam Tal-fong, testified the fact that witneses to whom
that when he made and signed. questions relating to that de
hls affirmation of documents in fence were put dented in most
February he did not inform his ces the facts put to them, and Feb
solicitors of the partner's death. therefore the defence could. no further. One can say from He did not think he had to.
firm's The plaintif m's complaint the outset in addressing the Jury
is that the defendants, occupying that the Defence was addressing the
the Jury primarily
the ground floor of the on
premises, a signboard covering assumption that the complainant put up
unfortunate portion of the front wall of was merely
plaintiffs' premises as well as a woman who found herself, as a Co result of her friend rushing in, pestion of their own signboard.
most embarrassing
dr The question of Judge
cumstances. in his summing-up to the alternative of a deeply laid
No one Jury.
deny
trap was mentioned only in who has read the summing-up socondary capacity
and was
person may consider la correct or is not correct, but in the sense as has developed in the decided cuses
the as to duct of the trial and as to aititudo in law of the learned
the
can
an
most five minutes."
B
Mr Bernacchi, continuing with
Plaintiffs sought a declaration that defentiants were not en- titled to do that and an injune- tion to restrain them from this trespass. Fialatiffs are suing
for damages and costa.
the Judge that he had formed a very dofinite opinion dealt with in a matter of at the against my client in this matter, ard it is my submission that that opinion was unfortunately expressed in a manner that is unfair and unjust in law, both in regard to what was said and
to what in const regard quence was not sald."
his reading of his closing ad- Threw Lifebelt
in
dress, next dealt with his sub- missions on law on the drugging Issua and whether there was' consent or not.
Into Harbour
Many things are questionable.
tho Education but never
GL Children, whoever or whatever they may be.Yours trully,
PATERNUS,
PIRATES ATTACKED
We have received the follow- ing particulars, from an eye- witness, of the attack, yesterday upon the pirate-patrio: village of Sun-isow
Blenheim Reach:-
The
Imperialists parted down by land and water, and boldly attacked the village, carrying them.
everything before the charged
They Ladrones gallantly-o hesitation
or hanging back; and at last possession of the place, which The they instantly set fire to. "patriots"
seemed
perfectly in and confounded,
crowdst For the loss of a lifebelt hurried on board their junks, claimed by the Star Ferry, Pte, and bulled away, occasionally Mr Bernacchi said that before Crown Counsel, he said, hod | Ronald Tunnicliffe, of 3ard firing ง he asked Their Lordships to the in his opening described the General Hospital was ordered to There never was a mon com.
gun over the stern. ournming-up, he felt he must complainant ad
simple pay 400 compensation by Mr plete begin with the address made country
plete victory-30 or 40 junks. Mr Bernacchi Hin-shing Lo at Central
destroyed, the Jury on behalf of the De said the girl was 24. vetus of morning. He was also and this being
and many fanco. He said he would notage
more captured. From the fart, and there was evidence for disorderly conduct and bound
an occasional shot was fired; but trouble the Court with the un-that she had lived in Hongkong over in $100 for one year
thore within
entirely pleasant details of the facts, as for some considerable time and
The Prosecuting officer stated deserted the Court had the record before had worked as an amah and that at about 10.80 p.m. on afflont, who run from the scene them, unless the Court wished subsequently in a theter at all Saturday defendant was travel- of netion as fast him to give a synopsis of the said she know nothing at ling
would drive them. On evidence
as such, but would about sex, and Counsel th his board the afridion Star all
Le Hobelt into 1 s, the Mandarins are in great- India. Middle East, Africa, Great deal only with the points he address had attempted to show from Hongkong to Kowloon, and
that her Britada & Europe, é p.m..
claim to be sexually Japan, 0 p.m.
would be malding in the appeal innocent was very dimeult to the harbour. The ferry eirelddoce, but the fort is still held
Counsel said the Court would
a few...dosperadocs, who, by She had admitted for about ten minutes but the however, are expected in vacate 22 | zmnderstandi. Anti in the submission made to the Jury by the Defence all the going to the cinemas but said lifebeit could not be recovered. it as soon as the night is dark
the only films she saw were It was valued at $80.... defences put forward on behalf tragedies and that she did not
MONDAY, MARCH 14 ~
By Air
p.m.
Thailand, Malaya, Indonaats,
Pakistan, Franen, 6 plus.
By Surface
1
MAY, MARCH 13
By Air
Pallippines, m,m,
Formosa, 10 s.m.
Japan, Hawali, 11 x.m.
N, Borneo, Australls, New.
Load. Dom.
Konon, 6 p.m. - Indo-China, 4.p.m
WIN
in his summing that a Judge know
throw
by
their comrades
as oars
Defendant's Senior officer, Lt. enough to afford then an op- the appellant There
Counsel K. H. Kevsa, told the Court portunity of escape, about kissing.
that aven authority for
in that Tunnicliffe won a réguler "A large number of mandarin should put submitted
*ubireist were kissing soldier with six years service juriks samoin
of the tragedies there all the defences, whether men-
had further [scanes. He
at and he had a good record in the bumming, village, and the body Zestioned by Counsel or not in this templed to show that on this unit,
of the pirate feet has retreated closing address, to the Jury.
Tunnicliffe, who pleaded to point the evidence she gave was
the Second Bar Pagoda, "The Court will find in this contrary to what she had said at guilty said he felt very sorry for where Ho-Aluk is striving to re- ense that the principal defence the Magistracy, when she said what he had done.
assemble als: scattered forZE." put forward was put forward that she knew. what sexuni very strongly to the Jury, but intercourse was from what her that defence you will find cousin, Tam Tin, had told her, nowhere in the mamming-up of and this was all prior to the the Judere - Mr Bernasche de-incident of August 20.. clared.
Formona, pr, Okinawa, 'USA..
& Canada, p.m.
Radio Hongkong
Jo
Choló
THE PROCEDURE
"INTERRUPTED"
Courtenay To Address · Rofarians
Mr William"ourtenay, OBE. MM, who has just returned from
GOVERNOR ATTACKED The Daily News of the 21 Januscy, contains a furioti”, attack on Bir John Bowring for his conduct on the question, and de- Shanghai duly wanding his recall, as being an of British, in- “unsato, querdian, tera ho will fembroll his entry with one party for the
HX.T. WOOL CLIP OUTLOOK
6. Tima Signal and Pyperamme LITTLE ACTING
SARDARY: 6,03, Children's HEALY FLOUR,
by presented
and Valurie Australia's wcol' clip from live The third play, a farce made Studio]: 6.30, Bones We Remember sheep in 1954-55 should be
me wonder what place it had in 900, Weather Report;. 7. Time Bigpske apppal, Bir. Bernacchi :, wild': Bol was Interrupted in this address / Longkong Rotary Club, at its 'Rebels.r. The artició · affords apple record-1.174,000,000 lb.
the programme. We saw much World News (Landon - Relacy (2700, Commentary: (London: Hell?) or The clip will be well ever clowning but little' acting
andBartlett, (at „ehe- | Orts -- 5,000,000 Jb more than last after a bit it became boring 10B), Lammer 4
The season and ntorly 30,000,000 16 don't know the
play
Ale ponted by@brite: Whitney, (Bud 2011. more than 1032-69.
visible Duko, but Mrs Kirby en dio, tymphonte Crches types which⋅ all look the same.” Wool experts say that this told me it was written by Humpar
GOVT. "FRIGHTENED" points to a sound victory to Manchester man in which case, Mr Norman Mussen, a part- myxomatosie, for although we tell it not in Hongkong. On the ner in Melbourne Brin which are now running a recced num- other hand I might be at fault
working on the John Curtin ber of sheep-nghim as a result couldn't take my eyes off the goo Beks Medical School at the: National" of "morcunstcals the incṛtása is
Bathey: m University
the reason not great enough to make such loger's there are no great buildings. In vast difference in the quantity were charming and so was their Canberra is that the
Fald
Govern of wool over skin
the last few you?s
Se Printed and publishock, by C WILLIAM ALOR Cirinjoba «for and on, batiair of South China Morning Post Limited at 1-3 (the "Colony) of Hongkang,
the
performance† thin
Sumiming" plūdėptų gave a creditable "per- ormance of the first biro plays: and think the thiM joista LilyE been
[con®_Relay}
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Asked by the Full Court how. After reading further from his an investigating tour of Formosa he intended to proceed with his address, Mr. Bernacchi salds, and Quemoy, will address the weekly luncheon tomorrow, the first proposed to take the Court in a manner which made it very abject of his talk being "Report through the closing address of difficuly to put my Defence pro on Formons."** Counsel for the Defence, then per
I perly to, the Jury:
way that through the Judge's monning after duo consideration. This up, making his coraments on it occurred not only in this parago
Barrie, Mar, 18. and then back to Crows Coun- but in a number of other pas Several people were injured al' address, and at that stage ages us well
and taken to the hospital after a Mr Bernacchi said he would, gospod
clash here today, between the Back to the indlysdual grounde On the question of luck of Communists and neo-Fascista, applying them to particular complaint, Mr. Bernwechl said Trouble, broke out in front of
would
be referring the that not only did the Trial Judge the local officer Court to, and would give che, fa11 ta but the Device rautude Social Movemen Court, the particular references in respect of the to the Jury, oygenbetkangad, the Ron în law to mois ground as met out, but he wrongly directed the Jury, S
plication in respect to the ques to consider (that museet / of the anu
other" that is, “the” Imperialiaia or' for an exposure, of "lina: material
alles by radi pusas the Nav has been but chester men, whoweru, CALLING Caddyoostek, haya? No far...! commitjad themselves" ax to ask the "Foreign Minister to recall Bir” John, Bowring, inquiry to the frete Thow beyliahlo: wad in that. ceny the CHALETOWO "Are - pretty" certija,
surprise, the DallyZTOWN merchantagryno e museli hawm stance of their hat
alii duped
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