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Last Night's Play At Kai Tak
Here',
As a
Here is a nice, common- place little play which began on Broadway as 'George Washington Slept arrived in England movie, and has now achieved full naturalisation as "Queen Elizabeth Slept. Here, of the 'Quiet Weekend vin- tage.
Norah Fuller
It'has pattern, falls in love with a cottage in willch Queen Elizabeth I is sald to have slept; it is without all the usual offices, Presumably she has all the cast, so is able to uprout her husband and settle him in mistry in the country.
'She has spent too much money, and a Colonel, like most Colonels of that type, who owns the adjoining estate, objects to having neighbours within д thousand miles. He has the power to foreclose mortgage but is prevented from doing so by the generous in- Norah's wich'
tervention
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There are the side plots.pro- vided by a maid who loves well
but not wisely; and Michael Fuller's romantic sister who is infatuated by an actor
cont veniently playing a SUITC season nearby, and so on.
the
in
21⁄2 Inches Recorded But
The Rain Is Easing Off
Two and a half inches of rain fell in the Colony up The to a 11 am today. greatest hourly fall (34 inch)
was recorded be- tween 11 p.m. and mid- might.
The Acting Director of the Royal Observatory, Mr C. 8. Ramage, „kald this morning that the rain WES easing off and conditions had started to improve.
Planes Diverted
of
But wet weather played havoc
with schedules civil aireraft at Eat Tak Airport this morning, when- the low eclling and poor visibility farced all fighte to be illverted.
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Pan-American Airliner A circled over
Colony the for over two hours before heading south to Manila, Only
the one aircraft, PAA flight for Tokyo, managed to "take off from the airport.
CHINA MAIL
FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1955.
BIG LUXURY LINER ARRIVES
IN HONGKONG
On her Great World Dollar-earning Cruise of 1955, RMS Caronia, 34,000-ton luxury liner, docked at Kowloon Wharf early this morning after an easy passage from Singapore.
ticket
This handsome Kiner, built in 1948, is on her second world cruise carrying 542 passengers A round-the-world: costs anything from $3,000 to $32004, the price of the try the last suites-and they are word in luxury, too. They con- tain a bedroom, sitting room, bathroom, kitchenette with tridge and a small entrance
hall
Young Man's Appeal Dismissed
The cruise is expected to last
A plea that his aged 108 days in al. The lin has already visited such ports as father in Shanghai had re Capetown, Bali, Madras and peatedly requested him to Manila. This is her first visi!
151 return home and had in-fact to Hongkong tut ste s scheduled to come here nax: applied for a re-entry per- year. Her next port-of-call is mit on his behalf was among Okinawa
The ship is all one class on this cruzise. She has
Balmoral rooms,
which
4-Power Talks Sandringham,
Preparations
(Continued from Page 1) Sir Anthony Eden said thắt there was no reason why this method should not be applied to other international differences.
Acting honours go to P. R. Little as Michael Fuller, who displays all the irritation of being uprooted and settled
the problems Country: Mary Coleman plays up to him well, but some- how we are not convinced she loves the house as much as all that. Raymond, a horrible child settled upon them, wolks off with his scenes.
"Given time, I am hopeful that it can be used to solve at
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which are
the centre of our relationship with Bussla, the problem of the future of Germany and
the problem of disarmament
NOTHING EXCLUDED Sir Anthony Eden said that he had told United Nations in I am sorry now to have to his address that the way to solve point out a grave fault in cast problems was to grasp definite ing: Michael is the ultra sophis problems and to work for their ticated type with the clipped
practical solution. I have follow doctrine but the method expressions of Noel Coward with a definite"Pelham
one uses is of secondary im- Crecent
portance. As I have said before, accent; how come his sister has nothing is excluded from our
delightful dialect of that
the
minds in the way of machinery south country? Uncle Stanley,
to bring about the results which (A. Coleman) Is
amusingly
and banish the played, but for goodness sake get a little grey powder above spectre of
we all war."
beautifully upholstered
green.
two
and
the grounds advanced by Wong Ah-how, a
young Shanghai Chinese, before Mr
are Justice J. Wicks in the
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SHEAFFERS
Skrip
SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith JUDGMENT RESERVED IN APPEAL AGAINST
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Appeal Court this morning "They must have been over to visit his folks again—you.
in
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against his sentence of six
months' hard labour for simple larceny.
The lounge which contains arge dance floor and a grand
piano has trench windows all
round.
200,
Ope of the many Wong, alias Cheng Wing- 'extras is the the ching, alias Yeung Shung-shan.
for seating
about alias Chang Fon-chang, alias. Here passengers can see Fong Lam-kwong, allas, Chang film shows every night. Live Pul, allas
Sun, Fan
algo acts have also been shown and pleaded
before that
his
convic at Bombay passengers saw the tion he had been engaged and famous Indian War Dance, put this unhappy. event has very on by local entertainers.
much aggrieved my flancee." SWIMMING POOL
He further stated he did not Although the Caronia has only
speak Cantonese
well and be small swimming pool, her, did
did not
understand the dialect when he appeared in decks are spacious. She is air fully conditioned throughout with her court. own special dehumidifier. On
He declared his conviction. the entering
lounge the was
mistake, and denied first thing that catches your having stolen a pullover eye is the lovely portrait of
Mr Justice Wicks pointed out Queen and the Duke of Edin- that appellant had pleaded burgh, an original full-length guilty before the Magistrate. by E. J. Halday which was Furthermore the appeal was bought to commemorate the one against
A
.
the
launching of the ship in 1948.
The Caronia was originally built for cruising, but, as many of the tourist ports had not yet been re-opened, she was put on the Atlantle run from South-
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sentence and against conviction.
Dismissing the appeal, His Lordship observed that appellant had a very bad record dating back to 1952.
You had ample opportunity
can tell they're mäd!"
Four-Point Expansion
Plan Announced For
Tung Wah Hospital
FORFEITURE ORDER
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An appeal against a. Magistrate's order for the forfeiture of 39 bales and 1,560 packages of spun yarn was brought by Ko Ling-pok before Mr Justice J. Wicks in the Appeal Court this morning. Judgment was reserved.
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In November last year, Mr How could the Magistrate |Hin-ching. Lo at Central fined impose an order of forfeiture Sica Siu-chow, an employee of against a defendant on goods Ko's $2,000 or four months" which were not his when the hard labour when he found the Crown had admitted that man guilty of applying a false appellant was the owner of the trade description
namely, goods, he asked. “Made in France,” to bales and
MEANING OF WORDS packages of spun yar of
In reply, Mr Hobley agreed Japanese origin. The Magist that the forfeiture clause should rate also ordered forfeiture of bo strietly construed, and that the goods seized at 420 Queen's it was not for the Courts to Rond West, ground floor, on
masters of any November 17.
directed his argu- Mr Brook A. Bernacchi, in- ment towards the meantig of structed by Mr R. E. Moore, of the words in the section of the Messrs Deacons, represented ap- Ordinance on which the appeal pellant
C
Crown Counsel, appeared for
and Mr J. W. D. Hubley, was he did not dispute the
He
of a
the respondent, Revenue. Insp.general principles but submitted." A. It Tokley.
that the words "any person Mr Bernacchi said the appeal guilty of an offence" did not was brought by Ko as the party mean "any person who is found aggrieved. The Crown did not guilty
offence." It was deny that Ko was the owner of his submission that the forfel- the goods.
tare provision applied whether Counsel said that if the Mads the person guilty of the offence trate had
the a discretion in
was before the Court or not. matter he had exercised it in
What the Court had to favour of forfeiture of the goods. quire into was whether "the Counsel intimated he would owner of the goods was
Fulity concentrate his argument on say of an offence. It was Crown Ling that the Merchandise Marks Counsel's case that the appellant. Ordinance did not create any knew what was going on, and right to confiscate goods which his cross-examination of the were not the goods of the defen- appellant in the lower court dant before the Court, Confisca proceedings was directed towards tiod in the present case, he sub showing the responsibility of the mitted was a penalty in per-sppellant to what was being
tore in rom..
A four-point programme of expansion and improve sam and not a right to fore-done with the goods. ment was outlined this morning by Mr K. C. Fung, Chair- man of the Tung Wah group of hospitals at the inaugure- tion ceremony of new directors.
Counsel said he had tried to show that appellant had caused CLEAR WORDING
the false labels to be applied. The wording of the Ordinance and he was therefore guilty of was clear and unambiguous; a an offence. He added that st liable to a fine or imprisonment the Prosecution was out aware person who was guilty was the time the goods were seized and finally t to forfeiture. Coun-the
the appellant was the owner of sel submitted the words could the goods. have no application where a
Mr Hobley submitted that person who had been found appellant was guilty of an guilty was not the owner of the offence, whether or not he had ince been goods If, under the Ordinance,
prosecuted
that there a forfeiture was desired then submitted
evidence in the the owner of the goods must be sufficient
to prosecuted
conviction Magistrate's depositions for the Counsel declared it was
come to per-Count to
such footis open to the legislature, If Anding.
was so desired, to make
The aim during the year now serve the Hospitals and to evade beginning would be to start no obligations, but our efforts construction of two additional will be feeble without the wings-to the Tung Wah Hoo-valuable advice and support of pital; improve the Shauidwan the general public and the BOV- No. 2 Free School; obtain ex-ernment authorities, pert advice of the best way It is the hope and wish of our | # of replacing the existing, Kwong Board that we shall continue to Wa
Kowloon; receive the same generous sup- Hospital in improve the administration of port and guidance as you have the hospitals,
been giving throughout the his- Referring itals, Mr Fung
to the Tung Wah | tory of this organisation, group of
Sir Anthony Eden said that in pton to New York, und1 1950 to return to Shanghai, but it! "the cars," a few"silver" streaks the Paris agreements on German she made her first trip 40 | seems you have repeatedly re- declared:
among the gold.
DOW rearmament,
Atrica.
tumed to Hongkong to commit Each passenger keeps a loz criminal offences. I think the of the journey.
Magistrate dealt with you very The greatest excitement 50 mercifully," he added. day was between Madras and
ratified by Mr Kimber, obsessed with Britain, France, Germany and gravel, water, and manure, is Italy, we and our allies have very well played; Mrs. Douglas, now created the unity of a small earnest part in which Western Europe... this advance Singapore when the Caronia we see the teeth and tweeds of in its tum makes possible the came across Sve Chinese
Malays the country Englishwoman is next step in our catalogue of
marooned in a small taken by Jean Smith.
They had been with- negotiation.
Sampan He said that the stability and out food for six days and water comenon purpose now reached for two.
The ship stopped to pick. West provided "the the
them up. They were found to cerential basis on which we can
be in a state of exhaustion and were sent to the ship's hospital.
The players were handicapped by the small stage which some what cramps them in the more boisterous parts" and if P. R.
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Little had not played with so seek an understanding with the much enthusiasm the play would East," Reuter,
have fallen · fat. One other thing: the intervals must be
cut down to a minimum other-
wise the audence will sleep there.'
Ination the Kal Tak players are giving this play during the
more
to town'. of rather to country.
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JOHN LUFF.
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Youth On Stealing Charge Promises To Be Good
For stealing a watch, valued
Two Brothers
Fined $200
We shall continue to establish All Over 40 Cents
a constructive accounting system
better personnel
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are as to forfeiture strailar
He further
Government
Appointments Gazetted
For assaulting a 60-year old to that contained in the E- es Initiated by our predecessors. man following a dispute over a
portation and Importation Or- We shall rock higher efficiency bet of 40 cents, Heung Man, 30, dinance. That had not been among the working staff, a more was fined $50
done in the Ordinance in ques- or ten days by consolidated organisation, and a Mr Him-shing Lo at Central this tion.
Counsel weat on system.
to deal He morning
was also ordered Our werkers should be trained to pay $100 compensation to the with
definition of the to perform their duties efficiently cld man, Tse Yam, for causing forderture in rem, and said its effect was an order against and to adopt a proper attitude a fracture of a left rib.
to an order opposed towards our patients and those Inspector C. Pope said, the goods as who come to seek relief. The re- accused had committed the against a person,
HE. the Governor, unde in said that Bernacchi at assessment of the Hospital assets offence
Central Street,
structions from the Secretary of 26, whether the goods
State for the Colonies, Illegal Disposal Of ow in progress may continue Western district, on March
to augment the revenues of the over a dispute of a bet of 40 returned to the appellant or not
approved the appointment of Mr Shotgun Charge
man was was up to the Crown, but the TN. Leigh-Bonnett to be Trade Charity Section
WORKERS' WELFARE taken to Queen Mary Hospital Count, if it was with him, officer Me
aside the order for rived in the Colony
· Leigh-Bennyit er- The welfare of our workers and was found to have a fac could set
18, i was announced should not be overlooked either. tone of a left rib. For charity should start at home and it is only when our Hospital
Other appointments workers begin to see their wel-
W Shipway
Two brothers were fined $200 by Mr "I, T. Morris.
at
Kowloon this morning for the
| illegal disposal of shotgun.
The elder of the two, Lain 30 Portland
of dung chien
Street,
at $150, from a shop, a 18-year-Sree second floor, who is the
holder of an arms licenze.
10%
his younger
that
tare being well taken care of will render their best they gervices.
cants. The assaulted
forfeiture.
Delighfully Produced Ballet Programme
BO
were
March
the
Government Gazette N
were:
Mr
Sta
tion Officer of the Fire Brigade,
"
to be. Acting Divisional Officer during the absence
of Mr Chied
Seymour Mr R. S. Rosen,
Officer of Prisons Department,
to be Acting Superintendent Prisons, vice Mr
Blumenthal; Mr
Senior Revenue
Festival, and 1 um sure that Prizes worth $27,000, all they will have settled down by contributed by local dealers, then and will come out with a will be awarded by the Hong-old boy was hound over in $1- the weapon, was summoned for. good performance. They gokong Amateur Cine Club to
From all these, we can sum 000 for two years by Mr Hin-disp some really hearty laughs last winners of their annual night and in
spacibus peitian which cooed last night, shing Lo at Central this upon of the shotgun with up our one-aim, that is, to devise
Tout obtaining previous permis-
efficient administrative surroundings will really
morning. His father was order-
sion from the Police-thereby, ed. to enter in recognisance for violating one of the conditions
machine that will make possible the full utilisation of every Last night at the Empire were the most tower-like cas-D. H. KHOK of the licence.
to be Acting Chiet the boy in $1,000 for one year.
manual and monetary resource The boy was represented by
Insp. J. Curie, Pro Tung-
Offter,
vice The final figure of the "Valse";! Mr K. Y. Yung, of Messrs E told the
of the Hospitals for the sake of Theatre, a programme of tumes imaginable. Zimmern and Co., who pleaded the Cote that Lam Tung-worthy charitable causes. ballet dancing was presented where the flowers form a huge College MY L C. MU
C. Millington, In concluding that the boy's action was
we plage to by Miss Larissa Tesar, and circle and dance round in a Serder Revenue Inspector, to be sioner of Police for the transfer put forth our childish stupidity. He added of the gun to
best efforts to her pupila, in aid of the ring, was a little crowded with Acting Deputy Chief Freventive and it Officer, Vice Mr Knox; Mr G. T. that the boy had been influenced brother, Lam Bo-chuen, put
many on the stage, Sea Hongkong
Training might be suggested that if this Rowe to be Commissioner of the Heroin Was For School and Boys' Camp. His charming number. Is repeated, by bad characters and had pro before it was granted he gave mised to be good in. future. the weapon to his brother,
the Governor the flowers might form two VentimiServices Corps, vice Excellency Insp. C. Pope told the Court March 8 Insp. Currie His Stomach
Oa
and Lady
one inside the other, TBWD ding the absence of Chief Engineer, that the boy had walked in a went on, the Police searched
in opposite directions. 155 Johnston the ground floor öf, 101, Parkes
present.
solo "Butterfly" by Miss Mr For Mr M. E. Purvis to Road, on the pretext of pur-Street-the home of the younger
This original entertainment,
Irene Mok was again remark-be Acting Chief Health Inspec chasing a watch. On being brother and found the shot-
able for the beauty of the or, vice Medie. shown a witch, he took it and gun locked in a wardrobe.
A young shoemaker who was entitled "Scuola di Ballo," was
It was fed that Mr J. J. costume. The dance, to Chopin's Robson, Eneer of the Public ran away. He was, however, The younger brother was arrested in posession of nine delightfully produced by Miss "Fantasy Impromptu", arrested after a short chase and, summoned for possession of small packets of heroin powder Tesar, and beautifully dressed
to, act the watch was found in his the shotgun without a licence.
told Mr J. R. Durling at Cen- by Mrs E. Tesar. The pro-imaginative and graceful. pocket.
Lam Türig-chuen told the
"Interestingly con- tral this morning he had been gramme was Court
HE that he wished to trans- advised by a friend the powder structed, in three parts.
The last part of the Prow The first part form.
gramme was endiled "Rhythm pointed drhoes, from which he was of ant pas took the one and Folk Dances. This opened Secretary to Urban Council, suffering.
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Ferris to be
Man On Armed had no time for hunting
fer the gun to his brother as he was good for the treatment of Robbery Charge plication for the transfer
was announce That sounds like complete pupils, of all sizes, went through with "Quartette of him vice Me TD. Whitley, in On the recomendation of the Lou Bun, 21, unemployed, of
Lara Bo-chuen explained that Megistrarse, and sentenced the steps they had mastered. Just as white blouses." The same qua ve Director of Meal and Healt
1 | with one' extra member, later Chatham Road ground he was "norant of the proceshomarker, Mak Kwok, 24, to though they had been exercising danced, & "Beer Barrel Polla Savices, Meme Mun-sang floor, appeared before Mr dure and thought that he was
imprisoment
st in the studio.
spoked by the Dis Creedon at Kowloon this morn- supposed to be in possession of without the option of a fine.
All, from the tiniest, showed dressed in green "usherette has been much skill in of robbery with the gun when the Police in-
the tipe costumes, Both these numbers trict Commits of the New charges
Maic, who had pleaded guilty much
Temitories, to be Food Officer and for step.
There was had a gay good humour, "pointes
for the purpos
of the New weapons, possession vestigated his qualifications for to the charge of possession of
the first time the dancers allowed. of b dagger without a licence, holding a licence.
dangerous drugs without
a sme neat solo work by Miststheir, expressions to relax, and 3 it was M and three charges of wounding Insp, Currie, said that he was
was arrested by two Irene Mok, Bany and Ivy Wong Derrit with intent to cause grievous not asking for the confiscation detectives while acting in a Eva Liang and Cissy Chen, and smiled brightly, in contrast to
It was also an önced that Mr bodily harm.
at the by John Loo. The music (re-the rather fixed and soleme airy. Chiked to be of the is alleged the defendant the renewal of the lee
weapon, atud said that spicious
efrance af Western-Barket on corded), was a series of pieces traditional to classical ballet, Assistant Directocap Mappover
which had prevailed no far, The Brahmg Hungarian Dance art oor Gascoigne Road would be considered when the Tuesday last on by Boccherini,
yesterday while time came,
was searched, and the
was a gay affair too, and the astmed with a dagger." and
Dackets of heroin, containing
BOYS ABSCOND The second part was placed in "bables won a great ovation robbed Lee Wan-hing and Lam
8 Tenders Invited.
suzeliber grammes, WCIE Yuk-kai of 3116 in dash, two
Lound on
Four boys abscond from the bira. on
a garden containing some shape with their Homo-pipe Questioned by Mr wrist-watches, one pair of sockor Tenders are invited for site
Darling, ly trees. Some of the
For the Hun-pipe and the new training ce "babies" and a key to the value of $616, formation for resettlement fais defendant said all the heroin danced-Bow-hop dressed Fixie, receded music gave way Tau Wen ut 5.20, morning.
He Is also alleged to have un-at Sheung Li Uk (Phase One), was Intended for the treatment in white-rabbit costumes and to the cheerful sounds of actor The Commission
ing extremely fine car- deces, diatons and double; hair. Mr C. brandishing sawfully and maliciously it was modified in the Govern of his ailment wounded Lee Wan-hing, Lampent Gazette today. PS In passing sentence, His Word robe. The Valse des Fairy The Finale was a "Horovod",
receptires Tuk-kaland- Lam: Yuk-ing Only-contractors on the ship said he was taking into ac- (Tchaikowsky) was one of the traditional and very lively with intent to main them, FW.D. is of approved count the fact that he had no most ambitious numbers; Each Russian dance, after which the Prisons, and
He was remanded for four, contractors in Groups 2. to 5 previous conviction to
dancer represented a flower and whole company assembled for a rounde days in Polke custody?
will be permitted to bender Inspector 1. Y. Tp prosecuted. the doses of delicate colours, final tableau,
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