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JOHN CLARKE'S

CASEBOOK

CHINA MAIL

SAW LIGHTERS SINK

Eye-witness's

Literary Account Of Storm

Circles With

Incident

41

Bloomsbury, no

A crew member of one of the lighters involved distance away and

in'alleged collisions in the Kowloon Wharves area famous publishing houses: almost on the doorstep, it is during a typhoon on September 2, 1953, told of the not altogether surprising sinking of several lighters when he gave evidence that literature should make before Mr Justice J. R. Gregg at the Supreme Court its influence felt among this morning at the continued hearing of the claim those who work in Covent

for damages brought by the Hongkong and Kow- Garden Market.

the picture loon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd, against Wang that a young man named Alfreu Kee and Co., stevedores and merchants. pairds of the cafes and laveress around the market, the almo

To judge from

sphere in many of them is not that of a learned society's unlike headquarters.

In this one sit market-porters:

Jean Anouilh across the quoting tea-stained table-tops;

in that. expertly a group of drivers

of schools analyse the varied modern writing, over their mild and bitter.

THE GIFT

CO Alfred, makes it seem, andį

it a stranger to the circh should ever intrude and find the only literature much in evid

of

Mr J. E. Hewitt, Senior Sur-and witness saw no. 22 bump- veyor or Ships, Marine Departing against no. 57. One of the ment, is sitting with Mr Justice steel. lighters

the got behind row of moored lighters and some 10 minutes later a Euro peen gave orders for this lighter to be pulled away. by

Witness assisted in

this task

and the lighter was towed along the Praya wall to the corner of not 4 Wharf and the Praya where she was secured to a bollard. LIGHTER TURNED OVER

J. R. Gregg ax Assessor.

Plaintiffs, represented "by the Hon, Leo d'Almada, QC, and Mr T. A. Shurlock,

instructed Mr R. A. Wadeson, of Messrs Deacons, are claiming damages totalling $70,533.15 from Wang Kee and Co., stevedores and merchants, of 34-37 Connaught Reas Central, arising from the sinking of four of their lighters, and damage to three others during the typhoon in the Colony on the early morning of Plaintiffs September 2, 1953. alleged negligence on the part of defendants.

The other steel lighter drifted tcwards

no. 3 Whart and pounded no. 22, which in turn pounded no. 57, said Eventually

witness. no. 57 sank and shortly afterwards the steel

al30 lighter

down,

ence was the racing pages the papers, be sure that this would be a kind of optical sion or show a want in him of acuter observation.

Alfred, moving constantly, by

Wang Kee and Co.. are re- virtan of his jobs... in these literary circles, was not vastly presented by Mr John McNeill, followed by no. 22. The latter surprised when, the other even-QC. Mr Leslie Wright and Mr Giltins, instructed by ing, a stranger came up to him Victor

of Messrs

Lo good Mr Y. K. Kan. and said: "Want two books?"

and Le.'

The

stranger did not wait for

an answer, but thrusting at him crisply new oooits, vanished round a corner. To Alfred there

two

In their claim,

plaintifs

went

turned over on

and its sige sank partly on top of the steel lighter, he added,

Witness said he could not

servants numbers of belonging lighters. were adrift and

Later in bore down and collided with

or

the two

steel

alleged that by the negligence recalf either the names of defendants, their and agents, lighters emed only one thing to do to defendunts accept the gift in the spirit

which it appeared to have been plaintiffs' lighters sinking four European made.

two

STEW

farid-damaging three. ALFRED LOSES NERVE

CREW WENT ASHORE TTE sucked the

books

former Li Kam-wah. HE

under his coat and made for member of plaintiff Company's home. He had hardly gene more lighter no. 22, earlier testified than a dozen yards when two that his lighter was moored by plain clothes policemen stopped the part bow of the s.5. Nellore, him. "What have you got under

berthed at Wharf

no. 3 north YOUT

coat there?" they asked. ard that the whole crew went "Well, books," Alfred said.

ashore when the wind and sea "Let's have look."

Tose on the early moming oi September 2, 1953.

Alfred

books.

Produced

the

two

He was asked how he

не saw no. ZZ straddle the

had come by them. "I got them bows of another lighter, no. 72. at a shop in Charing Cross berthed among a row of lighters Road." he said, .unwisely.

take you there, if you like.".

The invitation was

accepted.

quickly

between the bows of the

Nellore and the Praya wall. He The trio headed for said he watched the events from

the street of books.

2

Half-way, Wharon by the corner of the

there. Alfred's nerve went. "As He

maiter of fact," he blurted. "Feller gave me these

Just now."

books,

A GREAT READER"

and Praya.

Baw

a steel lighter, ap- 22. That lighter proach no, was drifting and was being fal-

lowed by another steel lighter.

of two books reasonably suspectness, he saw no. 22 also drifting

up

the

he was ordered by a to help in pulling lighter no. 82, moored along- side light no. 41 by Wharf no. 3 south, further Wharf. Witness carried out this operation with a number of other men, and said they found difficulty in moving lighter.

The hearing is proceeding

Labour MP

Wants

the

Established 1945

WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1955.

SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith

4-5

T. M. Ang U, S. Fat Off. Capr, 1925 ky NIŠ Servies, king,

"Too bad I can't help with the house cleaning-but you realise how desperate I am, with only 10 days to finish my income tax return!"

Leper On Indecent Exposure Charge

A leper, with large unblinking eyes, appeared before Mr T. Creedon in Kowloon this morning on a charge of indecent exposure.

he

23. stood

When asked whether

Li came to Hongkong with his pleaded

About a year ce not to the mother in 1949. rusty Li Ka-hn.

age his disease became apparent, charge,

but no one know yet it was mutely before the court

Then he tied his arm and leprosy. In March this year his made a dismissing gesture. This fingers began to curl in, he had was taken to mean a plea of not never been treated by any doctor guilty.

SHEAFFER'S

Skrip

ALLEGED DEMAND FOR $300 FOR Nine Months'

MAKING A FAVOURABLE REPORT

Gaol For

Revenue Officer

Officer Pickpocket Charged

Corruption

With

A 22-year-old pickpocket Was sentenced to

nine. months' hard labour by Mr H. H. B. How at Kowloon Court this morning,

The accused, Tsui Wan-sang was caught red handed by a

bc ifted a wallet containing

A Class I Revenue Officer was accused at the police reservist in a bus when Victoria District Court this morning of corruptly 394 from the inside jacket receiving $300 for making a favourable report to pecker of a passenger who was his superiors about a firm in connection with the issuing of certificates of origin.

accused

The accused, Leung Tse-kiu, Formally cautioned, 35, pleaded not guilty to the asked the Police officer to "give charge before Judge A. D. him facol Inspector Lee re- Scholes. He was represented by minded him of the caution, and Mr Y. H. Chan of Mosers Lay, } Leung said nothing else. Chan and Ko. He was on bail of $5,000.

When he WUS eventually charged at the Police Station, acord said he wanted to see

Mr W. S. Coiller, Crown Counsel, is prosecuting, assisted by

his lawyer first. Mr T. Kavanagh, Acting Assistant Superintendent Police,

of the Anti-Corruption Branch.

Leung was alleged to have re- ceived the money

from Daniel Djung on February 11 as a re- ward for making a favourable report about Djung's business to the Department of Commerce and Industry.

Mr Collier said that in Febru- ay this year, Daniel Djung en- tered into

a partnership with one Djung Yin-shing, who was, incidentally, not related to him, for the purpose of making carved furniture for export to the United States,

They rented TOOM 217 in Prince's Building for their office. FIRMS INVESTIGATED Crown

Counse

said

the

American Consulate relied on

the Department of Commerce

Hearing is proceeding:

ON THE

sitting down

The incident occurred on Bus.. No. 3 as it was passing down Chatham Road near Valley Road on April 14.

Mr How said he was treating more

the case with a little leniency than he deserved" be- Curso of his financial straits. The accused has a wife and two children, and said that his wife is expecting a third. His wife wept in court as he was being sentenced.

RECORD

by John Dell

HI-FI" GET?

jcidentally Errol is the only jazz and Industry for the bona fide HOW LOW CAN

musician scheduled to appear at characters of the arms who ex-

a Philadelphia Music Festival in ported the goods to America.

June. Consequently, each firm which

Patty Andrews, the Andrews When you put a record on a sister in the middle, has started applied for authorisation to ex- port was investigated by an turntable and place the pick-up a solo act and made her first

head on the record you expect appearance inspector of the Department,

this way at the Daniel Djung applied for such to hear music coming from the famous Latin Quarter" night

On February authorisation

8.speaker. This is a very simple club in New York.

Wheeler and Wilson, TWO Eventually, accused and the two process. Djungs went to a workshop in "The varictions on this little names which will mean nothing Gillies Avenue, Hunghom, where for the disease,

accused inspected the

optration are many and one of to the younger readers but a lot place.

to the older moes, are back in Chief Inspector T, Dow, testi-

Defendant's mother who was

Accused, Mr Collier alleged, the ways in which it is done is fed that on May 17 he saw denise in court said that she did had a talk with the two partners, through the internal acrobatics the business. Just for the re- fendant walking around Yen not know anything about the the effect of which was that if of a juke box. This monstrous cord let it be said that a long time before the war they were Chow Street, stark naked. At disease. When asked what she they wante

a favention wanted him to make

fortunately the time school children and wanted to do with her son, she favourable report of their bust-often heard in Hongkong but as popular as Martin and Lewis factory girls were in the street. said "I don't care. It is up to mess, they would have to pay America it has an importance of Ha arrested defendant and took Your Worship. Whatever you him $500. him to Shamshuipo Police. decide is alright. I only hope After some objection from the

Leung lowered The Inspector said that the you will put him in an institu- Djungs

amouest to $300. It was agreed man had been arrested once tion."

Mr Creedon reserved

judg-that the money be paid the fol- before on May 12 when he was)

chasing people in the ment until this afternoon.

"Apparently mentaly

China

At Talks

London, May 17.

Seen street. distressed".

He was

ed of having been stolen. For in towards the Praya and come We all hope that if the Great the books were two titles just

to talk about at that time being distributed against lighter no. 57 (one Powers begir

The next

resettlement area and

contact

the

is

not

are nowadays.

its own..

THE FACE BEHIND In most 'drug-storts' and other places where pop' fans gather, THE VOICE the gaudy coloured boxes churn out the latest in hits for as long

lowing day at accused's house. as there are people prepared to

pay the fee. Some of them have

as many as a

hund-ed discs from

REPORTED TO POLICE But Daniel Djung reported the matter to the Police, Act ing en instructions, he arranged which to choose and there are taken to Kowicon To Visit Hay also drifting. Both steel light~| Mr Emanuel· Shinwell, Hospital where he spent che

with accused that the money befust about as many colours flashing and babbling away in T Bow Street next morning, ers continued to drift in towards former Labour Defence night, but was sent back to the

collected at the firm's office in the complicated glass and plastic A Alfred, a handsome, black-the Fraya.co

coming close to the

Ling Chau

Prince's Building.

front. morning. haired man of 30, pleaded not row of meored lighters, and Minister, said last night station

Crown Counsel said that on By and large then, the modern guilty to a charge of failing to then swung broadside on to the Communist China should be Medical cancers advised him to

The French philanthropist February 11, Danie Djung Juke box looks like a cross be- give a satisfactory accoun! of Praye wall end to end.

brought into Big Power 80 home to the Kowloor. Tsal M. Raoul Follerean who

has waited for accused at the part-tween cinema organ and a how he came be in possession Not long afterwards, said wit- talks.

just arrived back from Macao, ners office, while Inspector Leetechricolour waterfall Now, os the leper clinic at Kowloon where he was a guest of the of the Police, hid in an adjacent ecu'd be expected, there is on Hospital every Thursday Governor, will tomorrow visi: storeroem, When Leung came the market in America a Hi-FT' morning.

the leper settlement on the to collect the $300, in three model! Imagine, if you can, island of Hay Ling Chau.

came some

of the modern music in to shops from a warehouse near There was nobody on board any sult" Mr Shinwell said, adding:

STONED HIM

$100-bills, the Inspector He will give a talk to out

Hi-Fi....the Crew Cuts singing the market.

of the three drifting lighters, he "but, it is nonsense to say that

But the defendant could not morrow at 5.30 Rm. at the He was searched and the bills Mr added.

"Oop-- Shoop He told his story, and

every little we can get a real peace without go home, Inspector Dow con- Alliance Francaise on "Presence were found on him

splash captured in sound. Bertram Recce, the magistrate, The two steel

de lighters bringing the Chinese into the tinued. Whenever he went near la

the Johnnie Ray, sings you France" "Are you a great book-pounded cach other end to end, picture,

Inspector Lee checked the reseillement area, those During his stay here he is serial numars ander?"

on the $100 HEAR the tear-drops fall!!!. Jiving there who were hoping a magazine

to get in touch with bills with the numbers he had and of course the

records of I have

"I ask Eden (the

Prime superstitious and terribly afraid various organisations concerned on a piece of paper which he such singers as Patti Page, every

Saturday,"

Minister) to tell us whether the of the disease would chase him with social welfare. He will bad with him, and found theyDoris Day, Rosemary Clooney Torits intend do this or are

out with sticks and sometimes leave for Japan On Saturday

the same.

was all sound so true to life that Leng they going to follow the United

even stone him.

hear the actually singers breathing, Chiang Kai-shek to suhted?"-Reuter,

delivered

of the row of moored lighters). peace, something useful will re-

Alfred answered. And the wife Getting Ready

she's a member of a book club"

Didn't it strike you as suspi-

cious, having the books thrust For Christmas Stats, who want their stooge,

on you like that?"

SIMPLE PLEASURE

are on the

Christmas Cards to way. Thirty ladies spent thirty WELL just thought

myself here's two books," minutes this morning choosing said Alfred. "People's always three which will be reproduced reading

books, novels, for sale in aid of the Hongkong clcelera, in the cafes and the Auxiliary of the Mission market.

Lepers. Mr Reece raised his eyebrows

With all windows open in the

new

bu made no comment on

the

to

be con..

Radio Hongkong

morning,

were

arrested.

Britain's New Envoy To Peking

A

"A Brilliant Official"

..

terary like. Instead, he asked fans going hard, they decidedRequests presented by Jean (Studio) broke off his career rather the Foreign Office has ever pro- the forces of Nazism grow,

charged conditionally.

Alfred

you сот

When can

GUY. MITCHELL,

First chance came when Mitch Miller of Columbia `ze- For my part I would prefer cords heard an audition "disc to have Hi-Fi when the music made for a songwriter. Mitch

but for requires it

the 'Pop' liked the voice and traced the brand would much rather have singer, signed a contract and it strained à little...the truth made records and then carried often painful and Hi-Fi on in the usual onwards and means true reprodziction

| upwards fashion.

Latest re- lense available... "What Am I Doing in Kansas City" RECORD REVIEW

A BOXING DON WHO SINGS.

Doris Day: My Love Don Cockell having lost his comes to Me" and "There's a fight with Rocky Marciano Rising Micon", Doris Day sings. yesterday it is perhaps tactless two songs in the Day Way, to mention Den Cornell, the difference on this

members of the committee, Mrs Bridgmont (BBCTS); 7.59, Weather envoy to Communist China./which he will handle some of job on The Times the Foreign singer who has been going down that the Arst song is based on

News Election

of

to

disc being

(Mr) Anthony Eden as his chior very well in Britain. Some of | Mendelssohn's ·"On · Wings ́oI.

Jeft, the books were gathered Up European Motorist Moments" with Joe Elbaz and Trevor Humphrey Trevelyan as Britain's before served in the Far East political division of the 'Control know that he has recently made Phillips dise, B 21506 H, which

and taken away. And a sigh of

simple pleasure came from the

public gallery when the tile

of

one of the books was seen. was a book of memoirs by Jeading light of Scotland Yard

It

ཐ

Cautioned

this

top

HIS. SUCCESSOR

Music". This " a

78 rpm #

is almost bound to be a Hit

Rutherford and

Whoever

idea

N.K.T

London, May 17. . Newsme regard. Oxford 6. Time. Signal and Programme and peeked over his spectacles, Morning Post board room, and

Mr O'Neal joined the Foreign Summary: 8.03 Lucky Dip-Variety British diplomat who educated Mr O'Neill as one of Service in October 1936 and the most brilliant spokesmen served in Berlin, where he saw A Talk by Akred; "You thought every-

that the pleture of a snowman 2 Then and Now.

support

the 1938duced.. Took to Philosophy (BBCTS: than

Appalled at British policy at was inappropriate to Hong-rand Bussell O.M. No. 1"Why thing was above board?"

7.15. **Key bound_Memories-Ro

The Prime Minister now re- Munich he broke off his career "Oh, yes," Alfred answered.kong."

Carder (Concert Hall);730, Munich Pact appeasement" They voted instead for "Quite satisied

of Bliss Written about this,"

by Gorey policy will be Britain's new wards him with a key post in in December 1938 and took a scenes painted by Harrison Produced by Leslie said the magistrate.. "Anything Chinese

He returned the most delicate · East-West known?"

Report 8. Time Signal and the it was announced tonight. Nothing to Alfred's discredit.Sue Angus and Mrs W. Watson.

(London: Relay);, 8.99," Pre-

issues including the Formosa Office in 1943 with Sir (then Addresses. Address

Mr Con O'Neill, 42, head of problem, on was known, and he was dis

Behalf of the Labour Party by the Foreign Office News De-

After World War II he you will remember him as a again Mr O'Neill, secund son Margaret Herbison, MP. (Recorded partment,

will

Mr London Relay)

returned to Germany in the Sammy Kaye singer, others will 8.50,

replace Musical

Lord Rathcavan has, "never

a great deal of good discs as a Parader. Recorded) 8.45 (approx.) Charge d'Affaires in Peking. His But he had contacts with Mr Jones

Commission. Gypay Nights: 9. Time Signal

soloist... Plano Beciul by Mary Richardson to

Post Chou En-lai's delegation at the

Margare (Concert Hall); 9.30,- WednesdLAY

surprise in some diplo Geneva conference and studied D. B.. Evans, of 17 Shek-0 Theatre. "Mrs Watts" A New Phymatic quarters.

Mr for Radio by Lisa Sheridan Produced appeared before

Short, bespectacled and school the Far East problem at the Road Thomas Tam at Central this is of the Twenueth Century. teacherish in

by Vivan A. Daniels (BBCTS): 10,30,

appearance, Mr Bangkok conference, morning, facing two traffic sum-The Soldier's Tale Suita Igor O'Neill has worked closely in

JOINED IN 1938 monses of causing an unneces- Stravinsky); 10.50, Weather Report; the 18 months with Six

11. Time Sizeal.

past Radio News Ret Anthony Eden, who also quit sary obstruction and drivingLondon Relay); 11.35,

Trevelyan, who. private car into Duddell Street Music: God Save The Queen; 1156, the 1938 Government in opposi clarification of his offer is Sir George Young,

recently asked Mr Chou for Close DowSS."

to appeasement. closed road,

pleaded guil

ATTENDED SEATO TALKS

with Gegotiate

the United worked for the British Broad- the other. Don will decide that Well" is one of the oldest gog When Sir Anthony, Eden, as States on easing tension in the casting Corporation during the singing is a more pleasant and routines in the business you

profitable profession,

know, everything is fine at The second Fire On Board Ship Cones Far East conference last Britain's next Ambassador 1 posts

Foreign - Secretary attended the Formosaaren, will become war and served in diplomatic alarmi at the Mercantile Bank charge was dismissed by

home, except for the smoke .. Bin Berlin, Peking, WHAT THEY

What Smoke? the

the smoke Court when it was established A small. fire occurred

Sumner, Mr. O'Neill, who Egypt. He will succeed Sir Madrid, Beirut, Rio de Janeiro

from the fire in the stable. The that Mr Evins possessed a per-board the as Isabel in Kowloon resumed his diplomatic career in Ralph Stevenson, Whois | fnd Rome,

stable caught fre? Yes, but it On arrival at the Bank, they } mit_to_ enter Duddell Street. Bay early, this morning. The 1943, was there as chief British rolizing shortly from Foreign Mr O'Neill's wife Is the

wouldn't have done if the wind found it was a false alarm and The offence took place at 12.30 Are was discovered in one et spokesman. Again at the Service.

German-born Baroties Mady

Errol Garner has opened his hadn't been blowing. in the returned to the Police Station Ipm on March 12

the holds of the 300-ton Bangico conference of SEATO It is not yet known when Mr Marshal von Bieberstein, whom we publishing company and wrong direction and brought carrying scrap metal, at 8 am powers in February he was a Trevelyan will leave Peking, he married during the Geneva will start the catalogue with 35 spark from the house The Printed and published by WILLIAMT ÁLICH GRINHAM for The fre brigade were aboard. Sir Anthony Eden's side to He has been there since August conference last year. He has a of his own compositions. house caught fire? Yes, but and on behalf of South China Morning Post Limited at 13 and 'extinguished the fire with serve as go-between with the 1953. - Britain „recognised, the son and a daughter by a pre- and that's one way of getting, and so on. A Philips Wyndham-Street, City of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong in half an hour.

"Communist Government, in 1950. vious marriage-Reuter,

your music published..

„SP 26076 EL

False Alarm

Two Emergency Unit cars and

He

to the first guilty a Police van sped along Queen's summons, and was cautioned by

Road Central in response to an the Magistrate.

of India; Ltd at 11.50 a.m. to

day.

the

J

Goodnight

מס

tion

Mr

only

In January 1953, Mr O'Nei A fact which may suprise Frankie Howend.

re-you and one which has received had the Foreign Office

joining became presentative at the Imperial a lot of attention in Britain is there two British stage and radio Defence College bere and 14 that Dan Cornell was a Golden stars should have found better and material for them "Nymphs months later became head of Gloves winner in the

once did

some sparring with and Shepherds" is a parody of the News Department.

Rocky Marclano; s

the lovely Purcell melody and is His successSOT. as news chief

It remains to be seen whether

rather

comy, “All's Going who

:

ARE DOING

1940's