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Hongkong Will Hit Back At

Through Its

TUC Bitterly Attacks Budget

London, Apr. 27..

Britain's giant Trades Union Congress bitterly attacked the Conservative government's recent Budget today as the main political parties.com- pleted their appeals to voters for the coming general election.

The General Council government body of the TUC which represents eight million British workers said people who benefitted most from income tax refluctions in the Budget "are those persons with large incomes and particularly shareholders in industry".

Mr Butler said he adopted n

BIF Display

THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1955.:

Critics

London

Hongkong will hit back at its critics at this year's British Industries Fair.

Its stand (an artist's impression of which is seen here) will feature a special display, of wall charts that will show that Hongkong can and does produce the goods that it is sometimes accused of obtaining from Japan.

LONDONER CHARGED WITH BLACKMAIL

Committal proceedings against a 32-year-old teacher of London for alleged blackmail of two local residents began before Mr J. E. Durling at „Central Magistracy this morning,

The teacher, Charles Joseph O'Neill, residing at 502 Hoover Apartments, is facing three counts of demanding money with menaces.

uttered

$1,000

Defendant is alleged to have, on December 21, 1954, a" loter demanding from George Thomas Palmer with menaces; He is also alleged to have demanded $1,000 from Palmer with

menaces by letter on, December 27. 1954 and to have utered a letter demanding $2:500 from Rudolph Victor Lederhofer with menaces or December 28, 1954.

In opening the case for the Prosecution, Detective-Inspector

Dangerous Driver

Fined $800

Pleading guilty

to

а

J. S. Howarth, DDI Central, charge of dangerous driv- said that the offence came to ing, Lee Man-bor, of 3977

the light when Mr. Palmer of

Far East Oil Company received Shek Kip Mei Resettlement. a letter demanding $1,000 from Area huf, was fined $800 or him so that his present em-four months' imprisonment

SHEAFFER'S

24

ADMIRAL SNORKEL PEN

Hongkong's

Typhoon Sequel

Woollen Gloves Claim For

Competition

„Glasgow; AzN 27. The danger of compell. tion from Hongkong to the Brillah love industry was discussed today in G- "gow, Scotland, by the wool- len glove clos of the National Hosiery Manu- maturers Federation.

The meeting was' con- cerned with the govern- ment's refusal, to restrict by tariff or quots imparts of woollen gloves, from. Hongkong.

These imports, from being negligible in 1951, totalled 6,000,000 pairs in 1954, or 70 per cent of British pro- duction.

After today's meeting, a spokesman said that so far, the number of workers in the British woollen glove Industry has dropped 20 per cent in the past three years. and that the con- tinued increase of Hong- kong competition threaten- of the complete extinction of the Betish industry- France-Presse.

ployers would not learn about by Mr T. Creedon at Kow. Sudden Death

an alleged defalcation by him

(Palmer) in his previous em-loon Court this morning. ployment.

The latter further stated that if Mr Palmer was interested in the proposal to meet the writer

of the letter at the Hongkong

Restaurant, Causeway Bay,

This Mr Palmer did, but not

before going to the Police.

A few days later Mr Palmer ceived another letter saying that as he seemed interested in the proposal to bring $1,000 up Pokfulam Reservior Road around midnight where he would be met.

10

AMBUSH SET UF

The Police set up an ambush shelter area near the and around midnight they saw

but

was

Caly he

A specially designed trade Financial Secretary, Mr T. F. R.. chart will show that the Colony Waters, of John D. Hutchison buys far more froin Britain than and Company, Mr A. St. J. it sells to her.

Walton a Government officer, This year, for the first time, and Mr Matthew Ip.

a local in this visitors to the stand will be merchant. able to see a film about Hong- Several other

Hongkong n. European coming along the kong. There will be some dis- businessmen both European road and he was seen leliering appointment that the film is and Chinese are expected to near the shelter. designed to

to attract tourists

flod to visit London for the occasion.-

by 4 the Colony, rather than show Our Own Correspondent.

police officer. something of Hongkong's grow-

The European turned out to ing industry, but the move will

be the accused. He was re- be welcomed as a further

leased after sign

a statement had of the steady Improvement that

beer taken from him, has taken place in the organisa-

The next Mr Lederhofer

day tion of the display since the

letter at his house at received seven

the Peak The letter demanded $2,500 from Mr Lederhofer if he the directors of did not want Shewan, Tomes and Company to learn about the alleged defalca- tion by Mr Palmer, while in Shewan, Tomes and Company.

The letter further stated the same time and place as in Mr

They declared in a statement | that under the Conservative method which some of the Colony first exhibited governmen: “trade unionists have greatest of his predicessors would Icarned not to expect a policy of have 'regarded as the mest years ago.

entitled to

fair sharts from a Conservative orthodoxa reduction In the Councelier."

standard rate of income tax by sixpence in the pound which is But they were

a threepenny reduction in the demand that the Budget should lower rats. be designed to maintain economic and financial stability I have in my room at No. 11

the

This year's stand, the largest ever taken, has a Chinese motif and will enable the full range of the Colony's products to be shown to best advantage. Special literature will be

available to show buyers and others that the goods on display

are genuine Hongkong products, and not, as some British manufacturers profess 10 "believe, *merely Japanese goods "done over”, and eyes re-exported.

on which full employment and Downing Street a picture of Mr their Eving standards depend.

eyes

Gladstone whose particularly penetrating." Butler said.

than

one

of

are

Mr

my

"Judged by this criterion the present Budget manifestly fails." Meanwhile Sir Anthony Eden,

"In gazing into these the Prime Minister, completed which I believe have alarmed drafting the Conservatives elec- more tion manifesto setting out the predecessors to the extent that takes government's programme for the the picture was

down from the wall-I came to May 26 poll. They will be seek”

the conclusion that this to increase their present

was overall majority of 19 in House of Commons.

ing

3-YEAR RECORD

the

is

The programme will be based on the government's three-year record in office and pledges of t continued policy of "peace and prosperity." Before it published

Friday, Sir Anthony Eden is expected confer on the manifesto with j Sir Winston Churchill, who will again fight for his House of Commons scat.

on

The former Prime Minister flew back to London from Sicily Jast night.

once

the best thing to do this year

the simplest and most effective way of helping the nation as a whole."-Reuter.

Britain & Dual

Nationality

London, Apr. 27. Mr Robert Turton, Under- Secretary for Foreign Affairs, fold the House of Commons today that Britian would study an agreement on Chinese dual alicnality signed at Bandung.

Labour party, leaders com- pleted their appeal to the 36

last week between Indonesia million electorale today when

Was the National Executive Com-and China to see if there

any similar action, which Britain zaities the ruling caucus, finally approved their 3,500- could take over. Malaya, word election manifesto.

Mr. R. A Butler, the Chun cellor of the Exchequer, said tonight that it was a picture of Mr. Willam Gladstone 19th

no

NEW PRODUCTS

to

New Police Telephone Boxes

In addition he was fined $50 or 10 days on each of two summonses for speeding.

Sub-Inspector A. J. Harland, Ma

prosecuting, February

at a

13

PMS

that 09 defendant was

blind bend, defendant

Of "Mr

Wai-lam

driving a private a car along The death of Mr Ma Wai- Castle Peak Road, About 500 lam, chief Chinese clerk of yards above Lafchikok Hospital Davie Bong Lid, occurred to overtake a car. in Hongkong last night after attempted He swerved out of a line of a sudden illness. traffic and saw a car approaching hím

He then swung back to avoid the on-coming car, causing the vehicles behind him to brake Sudderly to avoid a collision,

DROVE OFF ROAD

Damage To Lighters

Hearing of a claim for damages emcunting to $70,533.15 arising from alleged, collisions between lighters begging to the platy tias and the defendants during a` typhoon in the Colony cat the carly morning of September 3, 1953, opened before. Mr. Justion J. R. Gregg Puíme "Judge," a the Supreme Court this morning.

Plaintifs were the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd; for whom the Hon. Leo d'Almada, QC, and Mr T. A. Shurlock, instructed

by Mr

Mr R. A Wadeson, of Messrs Deacons, appeareer and defendants were Wang

Co. stevedores and merchants of 34-37. Connaught Road Ced- tral, owners of the Kanley Cheongley,

and Dolley,

who were represented by M John McNeill, QC, Mг D. À, L. Wright and Mr Victor Gittina, instracted by Mr Y. K. Kan, of Messrs Lo and Lo.

avons

According to the writ of ́sum- plaintiffs'... · ekim is for damages caused to seven of their lighters by the alleged negligence of the defendants, and their ser- vants and gets whereby the defendants' lighters were adrift and bore down and collided with" the plainting" lighters, sinking four and damaging three,

THE PARTICULARS .

Particulars of the damages claimed are as follows-Salvage cost $3,500; survey and super- vision fee $2,000; repairs to sunken lighters $34,400; repairs to damaged lighters $11.448.83; replacement of gear lost fr punken craft $8,491.20; less male of broken planks, etc. recovered $500; loss of crews personal belongings $5,912:10; and demur- rage $5,180. Total: $70,533.15.

Sitting with Mr Justice Grogg is Mr J. P. Hewitt, Senior.

Ships, Marine In 1834 he joined Davie Bag Surveyor of Ltd and became chief Chinese Department, who has been ap

the export department. He also clerk with important duties in pointed by the Court as Assessor application of both established a reputation for him- parties,

Mr. Ma, who was also known as Mr M. A, Williams, was born in Macao in 1886. His family moved to Hongkong soon after his birth. He was educated at the Diocesad School and later Near Tan Wan defendant | Jained the firm of A. B. Moulder evertook the cars in front of & Co. rising to the position of him. He drove off the road to Secretary. the right on A TESS bank, scattering pedestrians.

He was next Wan outside the Lady Grantham seen at Tsum Health Clinic where he had parked

self as an trade..

the

expert In the rice

At the outset of the, hearing, Without giving any signals, it

|| Mr d'Almada : handed, to the way alleged, defendant drove into a traffic line, causing the two sons and a daughter,

Mr MA leaves ** widow, Court a bundle of agreed corres

pondance, to which he referred. cars to zwerve to avoid a head-

from time to time in the course on collision.

of his opening.

The funeral will take place tomorrow at the Roman Catholle Cemetery and the cortage will pass the Monument at 4 pub.

At the junction of Castle Peak Road and Lalchikok Beach Road a Police Officer on a motor-cycle

saw defendant ~~~

Not For Use By Palmer's case for the collection driving at a furious speed in the mph limit area, and

are

The Public

The Hongkong. Police adding a network of telephone boxes to a highly-developed

com.

Among the products new the BIF will be a Hongkong- munications system which made

This already warmer, pocket

includes radio Dovelty is already on sale at telephony, morse and tele- one of London's

great stores, where it is said

to be selling Printing. well. It is especially popular, I When

the new boxes

am told, ameng golfers, green come into operation, prac grocers; fishmongers, and others tically every beat will be in whose activities keep them out- direct contact with the main

The official delegation from stations. Hongkong will be led by Mr C. The new telephone boxes are

doors in all weathers,

K. Teh, of the Amoy Canning strictly for police-to-police calls Corporation, and include Mr and the public will continue to

of the $2,500.

A Police ambush 'was again set up pen the shelter in Pok fulam, but no one turned up.

RAID ROOM

of, Kowloon

60 MILES AN HOUR

ant for a distance at a speed Bay, between 45 and 56 mph. They were then in a 30 mph limit

down to 37 mph.

The Police

slowed

Defendant was arrested on Monday, April 25, on a Bench warrant issued by Mr I, T. Morris when accused failed to appear on a speeding summOTIS. Yuen He was then charged with dan-

Officer stopped The Police Officer had to defendant in Camp Street and travel at 60 miles per hour-in warned him that he would be order to catch up with defend-summoned Some time later the Police ant. He had followed defend- raided accused's room at United Apartments, Causeway and seized some articles,

Inspector Howarth said that a Brea. handwriting expert would tell the Court that the letters to Mestrs Palmer and Lederhofer were written by the same per- son, and that letters to the Far East Oil Company and Shewan, Tomes and Company were similar in style to those written to the

complainants.

Inspector Howarth also said that evidence would be given to

S. F. T. S. Lever, Assistant use the 999 system which has show that some writing by de proved so successful - and so

Censure

Motion Lost

Colombo, Apr. 27. ↑ An Opposition attempt to overthrow Sir John Kotelawala's

years ago.

fendant was similar to the writ- popular since its inceptioning on the letters to the com- several

The Installation of the 44 plainants. Felice

Boxes all over the Colony began this

and is Week pected to be completed in two months. The ones in that Bay View

and Shawdwan districts will be in operation next week. There will be 31 boxes on Hongkong Island and 14 in Kowloon at various strategic

on to ita

respective

MODIFIED

divisional

Evidence would also be given, he said, to the effect that the paper seized by the Police at accused's room was similar to the paper on which the letters were written..

Hearing is continuing.

Radio Hongkong

A.K.T

Concert Orch.

John

- -

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Polica Station to be based on the charge that what action the government was last week's Bandung conference since the Conservatives took taking with particular reference was decisively defeated in the office in October 1951 they have to Malaya and Singapore to House of Representatives to-

The boxes are the old fre 1 p.m., - mine. Bigual and Pro- falled to stem soaring living | secure an agreement by which night.

alarm standards modified. The FIDENT SALOmary: 8.03, Jazz Half costs,

Chinese dual nationality

speakers claimed telephone box will be locked, but Sudio) 6.37, Portuguese Half Hour Opposition

Your presented by Bobert' Acheson On this government sup-¡ longer affected those two that Ceylon as one of the Ave every policeman on beat will (Studio)ij 7. The Halia Orchestre porters argue that wages have territories.

"Colombo Powers which, con be issued with a key when he sand, by Sir John Barbirolli 1,50, Fisen At least as much as prices.

A MUNG vened the Bandung talks the goes on duty and will be re- Anthony Oliver, Eric Robinson and

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Holmes, request for an assurance that the government others were India, Indonesia, quired to use the box to comWeather Report 3 Time Signal and THE INSPIRATION

(BBCTS}; · 7.50, would try to secure a similar Barme and Pakistan-should municate regularly with his Suresten "When you tasted. Me not have raised the Communist station. In this way he can both Commentary London RAY B

me question at the talks.

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which oder Moode-Peter Mannings at I pointed out that the gover-37 vote to 14,

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Levels

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in Kowłoch.

Liberal Premier and statement as to the duty of eyes are Chinese communities not to take

Cartiearly --penetrating" which part in political disputa take lift, conduct as deplorant and Wellington Street Biznal Sports Review (Studio);

inspired him to cut income tax their countries of residence und In his recent Budget

* obey their local awa He was

Replying in the House customs.

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After the debate périsme."Lemati (one), Mongkolc (Three), and his Orth,' (vacal);110:00; Weather

Tho Close Downpred

Chau Street, beginning of a 20 gerous driving.

Defendant turned into

SIDE GLANCES

By Galbraith

“I'II bet he's skinny because he doesn't get enough to eat! Why don't you let him scrounge around the neighbourhood Hike Sportdosa?”

Counsel said the claim was for damages sustained by some of plaintiffs' lighters as a con- sequence of collisions which took place on the morning of September 2, 1953. He detailed the correspondence between the parties prior to the bringing of the action, and indicated that the lighters belonging to plain- tiffs and concerned in the case were Nos. 22, 41, 50, 57, 82, 72 and 88.

SCALE PLANS

Mr d'Almada produced scale plans of the layout of the Kow-" loon Wharves, and said tha wharves with which the Court was concerned were Nos. 2 and 3. These wharves ran from east to west, with the east endi to- wards the shore of Praya:

On the day in question, he said, there was lying at No, 2 Wharf, North the sa Citos, while alongside: No. 3 Wharf North ss Nellore. Both were the

with

the bows towards Five of the plain- tiffs' lighters, Nos. 82, 50, 72,

was

lying

Praya.

the

57 and 22 were berthed next each other and lying by N

* No. Wharf North between the Praya and the bow of the Nel- lore, with lighter No. 88 next to the whart itself.

min" referred to the Counsel bundle of agreed correspond- ence and read letters passing between the solicitors for the respective parties seeking end furnishing particulars regarding the alleged incidents.

The hearing is continuing.

Accepted Bribes

Admission

Stockholm, Apr. 27. Mrs Editha Jonasson today "confessed she accepted bribes exchange loc, military books she gave to Nemec Czech military in Stockholm

Taccused of

fully and ha money Give