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Roger's Secret

CHINA MAIL

Damaged Lighters: Court Action Continues

The strong wind and heavy seas on the morn- ing of September 2, 1953 (when No. 5 tyhoon signal OGER was the kind of was up), made it impossible for him to carry out boy about whom an attempt to remove lighters from the bays at parents keep their pride in Kowloon Wharves, declared Yip Tsan, coxswain check when asked about his of a tug belonging to defendant Company, when he was cross-examined this morning at the con- tinued hearing before Mr Justice J. R. Gregg of the claim for damages brought by the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd, against Wang Kee and Co.

progress.

At school his career had been

and at

the talloring firm into whose bead school he was proving himself a capable

4 above average,

office he had gone after leaving

more

then usually

and

Junior,

But employers cannot be ex- pected to know,

parents rarely do know all about a boy approaching manhood, for the late teer.s are to some extent

sceret years.

Certainly neither Roger's Arm, whose business it was only in- directly,, nor his parents knew of the gambling habit he had

fallen into.

TH

DON'T RING Ur

week.

Hearing of the action is now in its fourth

Mr J, F. Hewitt, Senior Sur, veyor of Ships, Marine Depart ment, is sitting with Mr Justice J. R. Gregg as Assessor.

in

the

Asked if he did not think of dropping anchor at "a" point nearer the wharves, instead of he had about 300 feet out as said. witness replied he did, but did not dare do so. Had he gone in further he would have bumped into No. 4 Wharf and his tug would destroyed, he declared. "One bump, and I would have had it," he added.

Mr

have been

never

ver

Established 1345

MONDAY, MAY 23, 1955.

Mr Krishna Menon, in contemplative mood, studies his handkerchief as he decides how to answer a question put to him by local pressmen this morning.-Staff Photographer.

Mr Menon Handles Pressmen With Dexterity

Mr V. Krishna Menon, chief diplomatic adviser to Mr Nehru, Premier of India, faced an international battery of reporters this morning for his "courtesy" interview with the Press.

SHEAFFER'S

ADMIRAL SNORKEL PEN

Alleged Manslaughter:

Trial Opens

Sessions

41

As a sequel to a fatal motor accident between two lorries in which the driver of one was killed, Chun Siu-wing, 29, appeared before Mr Justice James Wick in the Criminal Sessions this morning charged with the man- slaughter of Lee Yim.

It was alleged by the Prosecution that the accused and the deceased; both unlicensed drivers, were racing their unlicensed lorries toward a narrow bridge in a closed area in the Tai Lam Chung valley on March 10, 1955, when accused, in overtaking " the deceased at the bridge allegedly caused deceased's lorry to go over an embank- ment, killing, Lee Yim as the vehicle turned over and came to a halt 14 feet below.

Mr D. E. Greenfield, Crown vehicle of the accused had very, Counsel, is prosecuting. Accused doubtful brakes and the steering is not represented by Counsel. was so extremely dangerous that The Jury empanelled com- It was, doubtful whether the prises five men and two women. lorry could be steered with any M: Groenfeld said that man-accuracy. The condition of the

deceased's slaughter was the unlawful and

* Bittle felonious killing of a

bester

he added, person

The two lorries were racing without malice express or im-

toward the bridge, with the plied

41.

WILS

Lady Grantham Visits Govt Markets

He said the case arose out of accused in the rear trying to a fatal accident between lorries overtake. The vehicles had no under such circumstances that registration numbers; that of the it was the Crown's case that deceased was coloured base and the accused should be held very the accused green. They bore a contractor's number on their He said that on a contrac-sides: deceased's lorry was hum

bered. 18 and accused's was ter's site ir. the New Territories

numbered 20. there was a narrow bridge,

It was the Crown's case that wide enough only to take one sccused was grossly negligent in Lady Grantham was met by. lorry

much to blame.

at

a time.

OVER EMBANKMENT

Lady Grantham this morn- ing visited the Kowloon Whole- sale Fish' and Vegetable Markets and the Co-operative Market Department al Tung Kun Street, Yaumati.

Arriving at the Market,

Plaintiffs, represented by the Hon. Leo d'Almada, QC, and Mr T. A. Surlock, Instructed by Mr R. A. Wadeson, of Messrs Dea- cons, are claiming damages to calling $70,533.15 from Wang Co stevedores and THIS Roger managed to keep Kee and

to himself. And it was be merchants, of 34-37 Connaught 'cause he was at such pains to Road Central, arising from the de so that trouble came to him. sinking of four of their lighters

d'Almada; You For he made no secret of his and damage to three others considered. the possibility the typhoon secret to those he gambled with. during

going in bow ahead, I suppose? "For goodness sake don't ring Colony or the early moming of Witness: No. To do so would

office." up the

would say. Or, September 2, 1953. Plaintiffs have resulted in the tug hitting he 't send my winnings to my alleged negligence on the part the Prara. It was "Don't se

of defendants. home, whatever you

Kee and Co., are rebay to go out again. So when gambling debts bet gan to pile up, those to whom presented by Mr John McNeill. Could your manoeuvre not had not yet been able to make full reports of his owed money for his losses QC, Mr Leslie Wright and Mr have been assisted by your drop discussions in Peking. Until he had seen his own

Victor Gittin's

ping anchor nearer in?-No. Lo The seas were too rough and the Prime Minister he was unable to make extensive manslaughter but he was atfectly well how bad the steering Duncan, Lady Grantham Mr Y. K. Kan, of Messrs and Lo.

wind too strong, their claim,

plaintiffs. alleged that by the negligence of defendants,

to

apply

The

knew just where pressure.

"You wouldn't like us to have to go to your boss, would you?" they said. "You wouldn't like it if we had to ask your father to settle?"

The threats were quite mild, and

probably those who uttered them never intended to carry them out. But they served their purpose--which waa to scare Roger inth somehow, find- ing the money he owed.

In

instructed

by

their servants

and agents, lighters belonging to defendants were adrift and bore down and collided with plaintiff's Bghters sinking four and damaging three.

--CROSS-EXAMINATION

also in-

He explained that he had been sent by the

consider that

possible to make a turn in the Indian Prime Minister, Mr Jawaharlal Nehru, and other did not, but went over accused put himself into that Officer-in-Charge

The hearing is proceeding.

JOHNNY RAY

RESCUED

statements to the press.

In reply to one question he said, with a sweeping gesture of the hand, "I cannot fiddle with half the words. After all, world is here."

the

feet

by his own act.

to show that accused

were.

culping about who saw the accident.

were

in

J. Two lorries to pass when approaching | Mc

Cater Director narrow bridge and that at Marketing, and was then in- were racing for : and they were in such a condition that some stage when approaching troduced to Mr M. D. Sargan, at least one of them had very the bridge the lorry got into Marketing Officer. Mr. D. Crary. such a position that it pushed Market Supervisor, and Mr Y. K. the bad brakes.

One of the lorries eventually the other lorry off the road in Jim, Kowloon Market Manager.

valley below. He asked the

At the entrance she was also the greeted by Miss C. Wong, got on to the bridge while the Jury to

of the Fish- embarkment falling Psidence would be adduced presented with

Market Schools and

was into the valley below,

a bouquet by killing the driver.

had been Miss Cheung Kwal-ho Crown Counsel said that there driving that lorry for eight Primary 2 class were

types of months and that he knew per- Many

Accompanied by Mr W. present concerned only with one and the brakes

spected the Market Inspectorate involuntary Mr Greenfeld said that there and then the Headquarters of the type,

namely,

by After a long pause during manslaughter

were a number of people stand Federation of Vegetable Mar- which tense reporters waited for negligence of duty. If the

keting Societies, where she was such a degree Most of

them break the silence, he found that

not clear him to

3 short time to replied to the second question of negligence, so high as to show exactly how it happened, but stopped for was he prepared to answer any utter disregard for the life and

three persons would give a fair- partake of some refreshments,

MEETS OFFICIALS The

crowd of journalists, questions at all? He answered, cafety of people as to amount to

ly clear account of the accident. State

While at the Headquarters, "Yes of course. I have answer- a crime against the

One was a passenger who heads packed close together to catch his words, was haloed in ed one alrezdy."

quiring punishment, then that beside the deceased, the second Lady Grantham was introduced The meeting broke

was In up the brilliant photo flood lamps

manslaughter.

was a man standing in front of to Mr C. T. Large, Assistant

Registrar laughter shortly after one of Mr The accident took place on a

saw the w. a store nearby who

of Co-operatives, Mr of newsreel, cameras,

K. WU. Merion's

Co-op Officer contractor's site in the Tal Lam accident and the third was (South), Mr S. L. Wong, Co-op more than usually At some moments questioning

valley, Chung

which Was a person who was terse, Mr Guy Searle of evasive replies. Asked if he became ter

immediately closed

Officer (North Talpo), and Mr There were

abehind the vehicles. the American CBS (Columbia could confirm reports about the

number of private roads on It. Hearing is continuing.

Lau Koon-hing. Co-op Officer as little hope of finding it by cool to foul on Whores to Incident At Airport Broadcasting Service) bowing extent of his talks, he said,

(North Castle Peak). Running about

roads discussed everything

on the quickly as if it

a reply in which Mr Menon said "Yes,

which

After were a number of might he did not knew and could not

that came up in conversation." £3,000, for he gave his mother the aid of some Warg Kee

Crown Counsel observed Mr Menon then left the room, £2 of the £1 10s a week be lighters and said he reached the

be held responsible for what was London, May 29,

not be up to the standard re- or in earned,

arm with one of his and there were farts September 2, stated this morning Johnny Ray had a narrow escap: interested to know that in

The American popular singer said over Radio Peking obser-

ved:

It has quired to run "Then perhaps you will be principal inquisitors.

on public roads. and lunches to pay after that

been a masterly display of the

The lorries were all unlicensed Roger could see only one way that Yauley was a bigger bug from being stripped and smother.

and the Jury would hear out One night before leaving than either the Glorley or the ed by teenagers last night when broadcast over Radio Peking you game of dodging answers.

evidence that accused's lorry work, he stole a 12-guinea suit Halley, another of Wang Kee's his plane left London airport for said that you looked forward to

was in such a condition

that from the place where he worked tugs, and more powerful. a 12-day visit to Paris.

a happy and unified China. Do

was open to criticism, at any He said the

suit for three

Cross-examined by Mr When he arrived at the air-you include Formosa

rate that it would not be

be licensed guineas.

unified China?" screaming, danger seemed d'Almade, witness said Yauley port, a

swooning Mr Menon replied quietly, "I

in that condition. Mr Greenfield passed. But the man who bought carried two anchors, each with pack of about 300 young girls

turther stated that many of the the suit was picked up by the 60 fathoms of chain,

When he made a wild rush for him. They cannot elaborate

torries running on those rods police walking in the street with arrived about 300 feet of Wharf had been waiting to see him off happy, unified China is like a his bargain tucked under his No. 4 South, he dropped one for four hours.

had very bad brakes and steeT- happy unified India. Don't we to a happy,

ing and the drivers of these mackintosh.

anchor. paid out sume 40

Policemen managed to rescue all look forward

vehicles

not licensed He was charged with recely-fathoms of chain and began him but already his clothes were

drivers. torn off by worshipping girls.

He said that evidence would between Wharves Nos. 3 and 4.

Recovering over a cup of tea

be called to show that the He retained full control of the

before emplaning for France, Yauley as he had his engine Johnny Ray said he hoped to ready to go ahead when required

UNDER HIS COAT

HE owed £3.

All

Yip Tean, coxswain of the Wang Kee lighter Yauley, who began his evidence last Friday, There seemed when he said he was summoned

been proceed Kowloon

xene about 4.40

100

ing and mentioned Roger's drifting ster

stern first into the bay

name,

HE WAS SCARED ... HE police called on Roger. At Dolce we pleaded guilty to stealing the suit. The story of his gambling was told,

"What do you want to say?" the magistrate. Mr T. F. Davis, asked him.

"I've nothing to say," Roger

answered.

at

any The tug

moment:

water

BY POLICE

was rolling in the sick friend there.

Later, as he stepped on the and stopped about 70

American feet of the

the ss Paris sterry of

plane, the berthed at Wharf No. singer gave a friendly wave to Nellore,

North. With a strong wind his savage admirers, who were a police barri- seas, the howling behind blowing and heavy. crew could hardly stand on their cade

feet and it was impossible to As the plane took off, most of.

He was remanded for inquiries let the Yauley continue to drift the girls wept and several fell

was further in stern first without in a swoon-France-Presse.

to be made. When he

brought back next day a proba-the danger of her crashing into tion officer said: "When this the side of the Nellore, said boy couldn't pay his gambling witness.

debt, he was threatened, and could he got scared

"There is a friend of his family who will give him a job 'until his call-up."

"THIS IS SHOCKING'

THE magistrate turned

fear

lighters.

the

That was why he not approach

SOLE ATTEMPT He thereupon gave orders for

the tug to go ahead, and he took in his anchor chain and re- trieved his anchor as he left the He agreed that was the

to bay.

the

to

Preaches Before Royal Family

on that.

0

that

A

Unified China?”

IMPRISONED AIRMEN

Questioning grew tense too on the subject of the American airmen. Menon

seen them? look fat and well? cuss their release?

imprisoned Had Mr Did they Did he dis-

Mr Menon replied, "We dis- cussed everything...everything that came up in the course of conversation. And after all

I was not sent to Pelding on 3 Red Cross mission"

a more

Another question was -an- swered, perhaps, with positive reply. Mr Garry Wong of France-Presse asker If Chairman

was in health,

Mao

good

Mr Menon, in glowing health, obviously enjoying the exercise of his own mental dexterity in dodging the bombardment questions replied thoughtfully;

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MONDAY, MAY 23

area.

were

University Head Here

Traffic

Experiment

refreshments, Lady Grantham, was presented with another bouquet of flowers by Miss Chan Hon-ying, daughter of Mr Chan Sin, Chairman of the Federation.

Lady Grantham then continued With an aim to eliminate the

ber tour with a visit to the heavy cross-traffic at the june-Market transport maintenance tion of Pedler Street

workshop, where she was met and by the Maintenance Supervisor, Queen's Road, Central, and Pedder Street and Des

Mr. P. J. Sherwood, Voeux

and the Road, Central, the Traffic Brunch Kowloon Wholesale Vegetable of the Hongkong Police is ex-Market, where she was greeted permeating for one week in by Mr Mui Tsuan, Vegetable

Market Manager. dosing Pedder Street between

She completed her tour with these two roads to south-bound traffic.

a visit to the head office of the

and Co-operative The experiment, which started

Marketing this morning at 8 and will last. Department, where she was met Mr S. S. Tan, Executive 8 am. next Monday, will until enable the Police to observe more closely the effect of the

Officer.

one-way traffic flow in this part Muslim Festival

of Pedder.Street.

M- A. Morrison, Divisional The Muslim community will Superintendent of Traffic, said celebrate Id-ul-Fitr, marking the Among the passengers who this morning that everything end of Ramadan, tomorrow and arrived flere on the ss President was going along smoothly and not today, as reported in our Cleveland in the course of a that the Traffic authorities would morning contemporary. Services By Air

cruise to the Orient this decide at the end of the week will be held at the Shelley Street Formosa, Okinawa, U.S.A., & pa morning was Dr Benjamin F. whether to put this new arrange- Mosque and Kowloon Mosque at Burma, India, Pakistan,

10 am.. of Lincolnment on a permanent basis. Great Lickey, President Britain & Europe, 6 pm.

Japan, 6 pm.

University of San Francisco.

Thailand, Middle East Africa, Dr Lickey, who founded

p.m.

By Surface Indonesia. 2 p.m. Macao, 2 punk

TUESDAY, MAY 24 By Air Iraq. a.m.

Indo-Cuba, il, a.m.

Philippines. 2 p.m.

of

N.

i was unable to

I should say he was in better health than I am."

Me

//Menon

H

Lincoln

University 40

years ago, said plans were drawn up to found a Lincoln University in China in

fore the Just be-i

Porner, Australia, New Zea about land. 2 p.m.

Philippines. 5 p.m.

Thailand. India, Pakistan, Middle

rope. p.

Korea. 3 p.m.

comment on the reported likeli-East, Africa, Great Britain & Zu hood of a Sino-American coo- ference within 60 days.

He knew nothing about 1. he said.

Roger, whose complexion sole attempt he had made

still tinted with grey reach the lighters. He said he touches that were nearly green. thought of trying the same

Windsor, May 22. "It's shocking to see a young operation in the Citos bay, but man like you in this position," did not do so because

Doctor Billy Graham, the 38- of the year-old American evangelist sald Mr. Davis.

strong

wind and heavy tras. "You know perfectly well

from North Carolina, today. Mr d'Almada: If you had difference between right and been able to get near the light-the Duke of Edinburgh in the preached before the Queen and

In reply to Mr Ken Ames of wrong. How сап you bring ers, would you have been chle private chapel of the Royal Menor said that although

the

London Daily Mail, Mr yourself to be just a common to take more than one in tow?

be thief? With your upbringing, I

Lodge, Windsor.

had been lecturing the Hindu Witness. At the most one ta should have thought you would those conditions.

Later he and his wife were have shrunk from it,"

the guests of Questioned further,

the royal couple Mahasabha in Delhi recently on America's intense the subject of Roger was put on probation said he had a

witness six-inch rope in and ordered to pay £6 6s com readiness for use,

could not that he had impressed these pensation to his former em such a rope was strong but to the

ori the Communist ployers for their temporary loss added he could not say if a Windsor Castle, where they are he said, before he ever went to

lighter could have been towed in residence.

Peking that the Chinese under-

of the £12 12s suit.

Thank you, sir," the boy said weakly, and he crept away to face his family who had had such high hopes of him,

TRAGIC END TO CELEBRATION

at lunch ear-old Queen and desire for peace, ne cue

The

Hwall, U.S.A., Canada. 6 p.m. Japan, pm. Formosa, Okinawa, 6 p.m.

By Surface .. Macao; 9 a. China, People's Republic, 9.30 am. Formosa. Noon,

Japan, Hawaii, U.S.A., C. * 5. Amenes. 1 p.m.

Thailand. 2 p.m. Macao, 3 pm.

He agreed her 33-year-old husband drove Government. He knew,hree Killed

small chapel from i

away with it. He said it must The invitation to Doctor stood all this, and had also an

about 100 tons in weight and Queen was extended to him on selves. be remembered. a lighter was Graham to preach before the intense desire for peace them- even if taken in tow they could, Thursday Dight when the only move at a low speed. Duchess of Kent attend one

other

...

By Storm

came, to

power. He said that there were 600 to 700 Lincoln

Philippine-South China Japan area. In Manila he was met by a large

group of Filipino alumni

University graduates In the

Dr Lickey, who is making his first trip to the Far East, is continuing his cruise morrow night,

tom

Radio Hongkong

on"

HKT.

I. Time Signal and Programme Stanmary:

8.03, Calldren's Half Hour presented by Bally Atta (Studio): 630, The Canadian Inter. national Trade Fair: 8,65, Accent on Rhythm: 1.15, "Box 200+ Bert Gillett

at the Organ (08); 730, Listener's Choice presented by Beth Campbell Smith - (Studio)?) --2.09. Weather Report; a, Time Signal and The News London Belay);- 8.09, Address Pre Election Addresses

Behalf of the Conservative Party by the Et. Hon. RA. Butler (Recorded London Relay); $20, Edmundo Ros and his Orchestra. A Programime of Latin American Mule (RBCIS); _9 Time Signal. by, Timothy Birch (Studio) 930, Elizabethan, Theatre, Written by EL.A.L. Craig and B.D. Smith No. Art Damm?/" (BECTS} 10, International Cabanerated by Cantee Brabant (Studio); 1030," "Come. Inta "Muela from Northern the Parlour, Ireland ABCT8); 10.52.- Weather zeport: 11.- Time Bignal. - Radio News Back London Relay): "11:15. Goodnight Mowic, God Save The Queen: 115, Close Down S

Ancone, Italy, May 23, HIS DUTY Mr d'Almada: In those con- of the meetings of his week-

Three persons have so far ditions, when you say you l

the lack of been reported killed as a result long crusade at. Wembley Apologising for stopped because of the danger

Stadium

ireformation in his answers he of a sudden, violent storm which |

on the north-west of hitting the Nellore, did you Also present in the royal said that, although the reporters broke out not think of any

today chapel

were Queen bad a duty to glean news, he Adriatic coast of Italy last night. which might have Elizabeth the Queen Mother and also had a duty not to fishing smack went down with of the Beaten Track presented Cagliari, Italy, May 23.

The three drowned when a FOSSGLUTTE Nine persons were killed and brought you nearer the lighters? Princess Margaret.

that

might be miscon over 20 Injured late last night Witness:

or mistimed. He advised all hands off Benedetto. Del. The situation was when a lorry full of wedding too dangerous,

answer mean you revellers skidded off the roadDoes that

Other fishing vessels are fear- lease of information from New and crashed in Arliqua, 25 did not think of any other miles from here.

Many other people were in The wedding guests were on..tions were too dangerous, so I

jured by falling trees and tiles. their way home-France-Presse. beat it.

things

The royal children-Prince strued wait for a full re-] Trono,

ed

"99" | manoeuvre?—Yes. The condi" gained London hotel, Delhi which, he promised 3

Printed and published y WILLIAM" -ALICK GRINHAM for and on behalf of South China Morning Post Limited at 1-3 Wyndham Street, City of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong.

Charles and Princess Anne- in the castle. Doctor Graham said it was great privilege to have preached before, the Queen and other members of the royal family.

The Quem, he added, was very charming and gracious to him and his wife-Beuter,

would

and interesting danger. la reply to the first question

In Venice, there was a strong of the meeting Mr. Menon said that he planned to leave the rail storm and at Ancone, a Colony tomorrow, be in Calcutta strong gale blew causing destruc

and public on Wednesday, and reach New tion to houses Delhi on Thursday.

utilities-France-Presse.

SIDE GLANCES

By Galbraith

"You know, son, I'm just beginning to realise how much you look like your mother!"