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ON THE

RECORD

by John Dell

In rec.it . altr many people have asked my why Fo

tuny

of the

English Kit

Parade records are not mysil- able in Hongkong. Ever since

I can remember

15

1x

which about 71⁄2 years us, for s

concerned Hongkong is

complaint has

the

no,one put for-

this been voleed from time to time, strange thing Is that has ever thought to ward a reason.

Imagine

in. yourself

the position of Accord Importer who has to decide which of the records released euch many week will sell enough copies

the 1: Into Jus.ity bringing Colony. The pubile is, as in alt other

unpredictable matters, when it Comes to hit songs. Many an Importer has realised that what may

LA M hit in England or Americg falls int on His face in Hongkong and he, having ordered on the strength

of its popularity in eller the

Fly By Helicopters From The

Palace

London, July 12. Two helicopters took off within a few minutes of each other today from Buckingham Palace.

One of them carried the Queen Mother and the Duchess The other took Gloucester. their attendants on a visit to the Royal Air Forec base at Hawkinge, near Folkestone on the southeast coast.

for

A large crowd had gathered it the sunshine outside the palace to sec arrivals

the Queen's Investiture und the Queen's own departure later for the royal race meeting at Asent. They watched the helicopter rise up from behind the palace and head southeast over London. and the

The Queen Mother Duchess flow to inspect members States or Britain, finds himself the Women's Royal Air Force with an awful lot of unsold 17- (the WRAF) at Hawkinge and

cords.

watch them in training.

This was the first time that You may wonder too why two helicopters had been used some of the records played on for 1 royal engagement in bringing

the

broadcasting stations in Brital. They

were

Hongkong can never be obtained the party back to the palace In the shops. Again, the ex- this evening-Reuter. planation is very simple:- most

record companies sent to their agents in the Colony sample dises so that they may know what they ar

It is ordering. the policy of most local agents to pass these sample dises on to either Radio Hongkong, Radio

Vila Verde or Rediffusion. These Stations naturally put the re- cords into their programmes but there is no guarantee that b enuse the record has played the agent has ordered copics to be sent to Hongkong.

"Mad" Musicians

Tury do say that the best things come in bunches, but sometimes wanderi. Bad you been at the European YMCA Inst. Thursday night you would, have seen and heard, and particularly you would have heard, a very unusual bunch of what we will call, for lack of a better word, musiclans. They play- ed on stage the following things: plano, six-string guitar with four strings, large all drum with broom- "stick attached and a very crumpled piece of corrugated tins. At odd times during their performance, the corrugated tin player showed ha versatility by banging out a best on-the-panguea-real bongoes, mind you, and the guitarist put down His four strings and picked up two eigorelle 18g full of dry pens-- maracens-kio lesa, The four boys

in this bunch called themselves the "Four Jacks" and all come from flic Royal Navy. In se you should think, by my remales, int they do not sound good, you are wrong because they sount WOS- derful,

COMPETENTLY MUSICAL

We have had before in Hongkong the okl group of crazy miltors, part). cularly well remembered I think are the Cockatoos, but never has any Kroup Hounded 30 competentis mualeat. Most of the credit for this muri go 1 feet, to the pianist, whoe rippling, easy teclinique fils in ali

Russians

Release 95

Japanese

Tokyo, July 13.

Japanese quarters reported this morning that the Russians yesterday leased 95 Japanese fishermen who were detained on Soviet- occupied Shibatsu island,

CHINA MAIL

Established: 1845

WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1955.

The Governor In Gown And Mask

Promotion For Rising Soviet Politicians

Moscow, July 13.

The Soviet Communist Party has announced promotion for two of its "rising stars" to the Party's Presidium, its governing body.

The announcement was made by the Party's Central Committee, which has been meeting from July 4 to 12, and was published by the official Soviet news agency, Tass, yesterday.

H.E. Tours

Sai Ying Pun Hospital

Dressed in A white medical gown and mask, His the Excellency Governor, Sir Alexander Grantham, this morning toured the Sai Ying Pun Hospital and visited its many welfare de- partments.

·

At the same time, the com- Promotion for Mr D. Shepilov, coast guard head-mittee disclosed that it had dis- the chief editor of Pravda, the Party newspaper cussed the question of convening Communist

On arrival he was given the a full scale Party Congress, the and Chairman of the Foreign

and mask in order Stalin's Affairs Commitice of the Soviet gown first time since before death, although it gave no hint of Nationalities (one of the look round the fever section of

Soviet parliament's two cham- the hospital. bars) had also been expected.

LITTLE KNOWN

The shermen and 14 boats were arrested by the Russian: three months ago.

night

The fishermen said a female judge, who appeared to be only about 15 years okl, sentenced them to one to two years' im- prisonment for allegedly violat- ing Russian territorial waters.

of when it would be held.

The two men promoted were Mr Al

Aleksei Kirichenko, first Secretary

Ukrainlan of the

Little

Mr

known in Moscow of

Was

01

to

Dr G. E. Yeoh, Medical Of

in Charge, showed His Cer

around and ex- The fishermen arrived at Communist Party, and Mr two other men announced to Excellency

the have been appointed secretaries the lever section, and they were

plained there were. Nemuro port, Hokkaido, Japan's Mikhail

88 beds in Susiov, one of northernmost Ision, late inst

Central Committee's secretaries of the Central Committee.

nearly always fully occupied. ∙has wear Belyayev deputies to Mr

Mr Nikolai Nikita and

Ninety per cent were occupied Altai of the Krushchev, the First Secretary been Secretary

by children who were of the Party.

Krai (territory), an important

looked after by Dr Yeoh him- bordering Tegion Mr Kirichenko has recently agricultural

self, with the help of three as been seen. frequently in public on China, since January 1946.

sistants. Aristov Averky with the nine members now eleven, of the Presidlum, for-appointed First Secretary merly the Politburo, and his the Communist Party of the vast Krasnoyarsk

Kral promotion was not unexpected. Kr

region one-third of the orea, of the United States, further cast But solne observers were sur-into Siberia, at about the same prised that Mr Panteleimon time.

He held this post formerly Communist Party, the "agricul- Agricultural tural drive" republic, and now

to Poland, December 1953 Soviet Ambassador

Far East.-Reuter. had not received promotion with

The men said they believed the female Inwyer, who defended them, managed to secure their release.-Reuter,

ONE SUPPRISE

SEEKS NO Secretary of the Kazakhstan appointed.

REPRIEVE.

(Continued from Page 1)

The reports that some леш features of the case were being, presented to, the Home Secretary

the melody necessary in what is gaired strength when an urgent strictly an Unusual anbination The guitarist told me that normally message was broadcast at Ascot

he plays the boju and if he should races late today asking for Sir

him

Mr Ponomarenko has also been

with top Communist leaders, most notably at the uir show on Soviet Aviation Day

July J.

But

it was pointed out that his present job at Warsaw, an Important post, precluded his promotion at home for the time j

read these lines, I sincerely hope Frank Newsam, permanent being."

that he will take my advice and get Under-Secretary at the Home

offices,

a bande because although his guitar Omlee, to report to the racecourse work in very good, his guitar certain- Jy is not and In any case, a banjo would sound better. Following their appearance of the YMCA last Thurs day, the "Four Jacks" have been asked to take part in a short sound film which is to be sent, purely on apeculation, to the States. Who knows, it may lead to something, but if it doesn't it will certainly give some people in the States a laugh.

Record Review

No one can play Mambos like the King of Manics, Perez Prado, who suddenly hit the HH Parade with his recording of the background music

Asked if this had anything to do with the case of Ruth Ellis, a Home Office official said: "No comment. We can say nothing.

Newspapera speculated that Mrs Ellis had given some fresh evidence to

to a new lawyer, Mr

OPERATION

GYROSCOPE

Victor Mishicon, who interviewed FINALISED

her loday for 10 minutes.

Mr and Mrs Nellson, parents of the condemned

woman

visited their daughter a second

that he made for the flin "Under• | timo In prison tonight and water" you know the one lie has been in the Mambo business stayed with her for about half

since it started, in fact, he started 11 This Cuban maestro, pot quite 30. I recorded, on a noW ROA IS ET in the sarles "Designed for Dancing" four Mambos, two of which ho wrote himself. The titles of his own compositions acem to indicate that he ham run out of ideas for titles. because they are simply named "Mambo No. 5" and "Mambo No. 5. The other two have Utle which cannot be pronounced except by tla vocalist, Beny More. The recording is of the high quality we have come to expect from. RCA Victor and, needless to say, the muate is good to dance to providing you dared the Mambo. RCA Victor EPA 307.

RELEGATED

Int

shopa

RCA's second Starschen.

the

an hour,

They were again accompanied to the main gates by the prison chaplain. China Mall Special.

Mysterious

Ball In Sky

Simcoe, Canada, July 12. Residents

Ashiya, Japan, July 13, The westbound phase of "Operation

Gyroscopo" ended today as the 4000th and last. US paratrooper slepped from a huge Air Forco plane that carried him ten thousand miles from America to

to Japan.

Last man

of the 508th Air- borne

to leave the Regiment C-124 Globemaster was Plc. Claude Hutson, 21 Grand Rapide, Michigan.

Khabarovsk

雄

Chairman, of the

Kral

.Soviet

are for.

in the

Soviet

Mail

mornings

SHEAFFER'S

Skrip

THIS MORNING'S EVIDENCE IN FRAUD case

Packer Says He Was Told To Put Salt In Cases

Evidence of the packing of salt into wooden cases to be shipped to Sydney, on instructions of the accused, was given by a professional packer in the case against a 39-year-old Mauritius salesman accused of fraud before Judge J. Reynolds at the Victoria District "Court this morning.

The accused is Joe Francis Gerver, alias Jean Franz Ang How, alias Chiu Wai- fat. He is alleged to have shipped a quantity of salt to Australia when it should have been a shipment of jackets.

the cases, There were Witness Identified a phoko-

Д

the

Q8

con.. tho too

Gerver is charged with obtain- | into Big on December 24 last year, labels attached to each sack graph, exhibited in Court as with intent to defraud from J. containing the weight of the that Indian. The face in Kundan and Co., a cheque to the salt. He calculated the weights photograph had been identified

previous witness value of $2,000 by pretending, and marked them on the sides by

Hotwani) together with ene M. Mirchumal of the wooden cases.

The

witness Witness eald he also

Indian, pul Hotwani, that he was the pro-

that complained prietor of a

of a firm called the Swaw stencil markings on each box tinued,

boxes Instructions

looked Garment

of accused. wooden Factory which manu- on

ho told Gerver supplied him with the thin. Wilne sald Inetured rayon jackets.

the Indian thot, In Accused is further charged metal stencils for it.

That evening, he phoned experience of packing, they with obtaining on January 8

was who

at the were not thin, this year from J. Kundali and accused,

told Queen's Dispensary, and

After 1 conversation with Co., a cheque to the volue of

him the

packing had. been the accused, the Indian left. $56,800 by pretending, together completed. The following day. Accused then promised to pay with Hotwani, that a

slicp's witness for his work, and this serpogodown with an' Indian was duly carried out.

Hearing in proceeding.

of rayon jackets of a diely accused went to the

JUDGE'S DOMICILE .

and value specified in a bill of gentleman. the Swan Garment Factory, delivered to J. Kundan and Co., had been shipped to Australia,

Gorver is on bail of $5,000. He is represented by Mr Y, H. Chan, of Messrs Lau, Chan and Mr D. E. Greenfield, Crown Counsel, is prosecuting, assisted by Det.-Sub-Insp. H. C. Hu of the Commercial Crimes Branch, Police Headquarters,

KO

shop.

cross-examined.

DECISION

A finding that the plaintiff, Dr. Patrick Pih This morning. Woo Chuk ching, wife of the owner of the Tsang Wu, medical practitioner, Marina House, Chung Tung Hing Chinaware had acquired domicile of choice in Hongkong at. Yositrday, she had testified that the date of institution of a divorce petition was in December the accused brought announced in a decision made by the Acting Chief some wooden cases to her hus Justice, Mr Justice T. J. Gould in the Divorce Court band's godown, saying he had some goods to pack.

this morning.

Questioned by Mr Chan, wit- ness said she did not knew what

was the nature of the goods. She was not told of it by any body. She was present when, the accused started to talk the matter over with her husband, but just at the time her baby began crying and she had to go and attend to

him DID NOT HEAR She did not hear the discus- sion as to what the goods to be stored in the godown was. Later, she went on, she had n look in the godown and found como salt,

His Lordship also found that at that date the plaintiff had abandoned his Chinese domicile to settle in Hongkong and In tended to · remula ·here in definitely.

Costs of the issue were award- ed against the plaintiff.

Dr Wu was represented by Mr Oswald Cheung, instructed by Mr F. H. D. Wong.

The defendant in the issue was Mrs Lily Li Wu, who was represented by Mr Lawrence Leong, instructed by Mr M. A. da Silva,

tho

Settlement

Reached

A petition by John Mangera and Co. Ltd., of Alexandra House for the winding-up of the Wing Ping Trading Co. Ltd., of 508 Union Building was dis missed by consent by Mr Justico J. Wicks In the Bankruptcy Court this morning.

had

been

Bowen

At the moment there are, 83 Replying to a question, she said she had not expected to

The issue which the Court patients in the fever hospital.

Mr. Brook Bernacchi, instruct- find salt there. She denied she had to decide was whether the ed by Mr M. A. da Silva, IMIFANT WELFARE

was present throughout the

plaintiff was domiciled in Hong- appearing for John Manners, the lever hos whole of the discussion between kong on August 21, 1954, when the petitioning creditor, on- After seeing pital the Governor was shown her husband and accused

defendant petitioned for nounced that there had been a So King-yee, a packer em- until the infant welfare department. [ployed by the Ng Cheong China-dissolution of their marriage.

settlement between the partles and cortain Here mothers and their children ware godown, of 33 Hollywood

Dr Wu clained that he was of

arrangements Committee in are devoted to the children and Road, testified that ho always Chinese nationality and was not regarding the pailtizers, data domiciled in Hongkong in on the Wing Ping Trading Co. the afternoons in

the mothers did his work in the basement of domic

August, 1954,

accepted... The premises. the are given lectures on the care

His Lordship's finding was Maniging-Director of the sup- of children.

On January 3, when he went

creditor, to the basement to work, he announced at the conclusion of porting

the Anal address of Mr Cheung Engineering Corporation Ltd., saw a quantity of wooden

reviewing the was not opposing the dismissal The sacks who, boxes

after what evidenco, sald that the plaintiff | of the petition, he added, contaln appeared

Mr C. M. Stevens, appearing appeared

to him to be salt, had never intended to settle per-

also some watermanently In Hongkong. He for the Omela) Receiver, also There were

asked the Court to find that the raised no objection to the dis- Dr C. S. Fong who runs the proof paper.

not in missal then Witness said the accused and plaintiff's domicile was

of Social Hygiene Centre

the winding-up showed the Governor round the three coolles were also in the Hongkong.

accused He asked basement. many small rooms that make up

sacks. the clinic. Here 500 patients what and above are looked after for Accused told him they con- four days of the week. Wednes-tained bath salts, and that they day is reserved for leprasy patients.

Notices

The latest times of posting shown below are these for un- registered correspondence posted xt G.F.0. Hongkong. The Latest posling times "chewhars which, In general, are earlier than the G.P.O. times can be ascertained by enquiry at the local offer.

"The latest posting time for registered articles are generally one hour earlier than the times khown below. Particulara regard- ing parcel malls can be nicer. teined by enquiry at any post ozice.

Dr D. Jones and Dr C. H, Ku are in charge of this side, The Infant welfare cater for 100 and above patients a day.

Last on the list was the rather ancient outpatients' building which the authorities are hoping to rebuild in the near future.

The new building will have a welting room for 400 to help cater for the hundreds who at tend each day for treatment. The numbers rangs from 900 to 1,000 Outpatients are looked after by five doctors who work from 0 in the morning to mid- They night giving treatment. Also give lectures to students East, Great Britain & Europe, 3 pm. Who attend the hospital to finish

WEDNESDAY, JULY 13

Dy Air

Indo-Ching, .0 p.m. Formon, USA.. I p.m.

Thailand, India, Pakistani, Middle

Japan, p.m.

By Burfac

India, 4 p.m.

Maced, pan.

"I want to Dea the hot springs in Beppu," Hutson, sold as his foot touched the ground. Beppu

famous resort area in land.

THURSDAY; JULY 14

Maloya, 11- am Gum, Bawal, USA.. 2 Philippines, Austrela, Now Zas-

p.m. Pakistan, Middle East

of nearby Longshu, Japan's southernmost | Great Britain & Europe, D.

Point Bay summer resort say Completion of the 508th trans. they have been socking a huge for to Japan marked the half- nów kindy Canson. Dit druk 1 may-silver ball high in the sky every way point in the operation in sell am a little disappointed to armorning for the last three days, which for the first time in air that he has been relegated to

They say the silver ball, on history two complete regiments Columbia Wilch a black figuro eight has were airlifted from one nation.

another

to replace each 14 at 5.30, p.s An hour Jaleg As the test plano landed at

Ashiya,other C-124's disappears.

Air taking a alorekeeper,

bit from Itazuke and it too big for a biimp. It tion on Kyushu with troops of don't foal through. the air... | the 187hrea

have their second ring armon been spotted through binoculars, to **Falo", so RCA work thair! people

who are not quits top notch on

„Garden. Bly; dlamppoinśment eterne high dearly about 1,000-feet l'other, J

were

By Burface

Africs,

China, People's Republie, 0.30 am. Philippines, Australia, New, Zaa" tend, ita.m..

Japan, '11 a.m.

their training.

Radio Hongkong

H.K.T.

and sacks.

to

the in were

were to be shipped to Sydney.

Gerver, it was further alleged, told witness further that this was the first time he was doing nny shipping. He said he was of "his acting on instructione

WON master" and

he that ordered to pack up the goods, LOOKED TOO LARGE Witness sald he fold accused that boxes looked too large.

the Accused sald he had already booked for their shipping space and that he could not alter the size of the boxes.

Laler that same day, he met Gerver again. The latter could do the naked him if he packing Job for him. He told accused it would cost $10 to fix up and pack each box. Accused fold him the casts were neided to be packed by January 7,

Accused told him

he wanted box. three sacks maker, Loung Witness contacted 0

a. Time Signal and Programme Buminary; 0.03, Lucky Dipl-Variety Koo, who made 16 wooderi

by Nequests presented

casos, which were smaller than

the bas Bludio): 7. The Japanese Kabuki the ones brought into Theatre The Third in a Series of

Jean

at the

Five Talks by AC, Scott (Record-ment by accused.

On January 6, some more eds 7.18, Jenny. Howard, ·· Moglish Comediannemtroduced by Percy was brought into his godown. King with Vic Cristobal

Ho Recordingly packed the salt Plano (Recorded)) 780, London Studio Melodies. Mantovani and BİR Orchestra

7.69 (DECTS);

MR NEHRU BACK Weather Report:, à, Time Mignal Macao, 3. p.m. Japan. U.B.A., C. & 9. Anterica, and the News London Malay

8.00, Commentary (London Relay); p.m. Kimono, 6.p.m...

or Special Announcements || 8.15, Composer "ef- the-Werkmalizakia 1140, Q1pay Nighter (0, Zyme Bignal, Fénital by: Las Moks (Harmorica

Platte Switn

Accompaniment...... by Harry Ore 1. Concurs

TRIDAY, JULY..

~'By' Air.

from the foot that I inva always trainly ista't a balloon | Base; another Air Força installa-''-Former Japan, Korek, 10m.

regarded Mindy. Carson, DE ODEŻDE the best pop"; VODNliste, #though Camden. XP

hit. This

Creem ipi, my. Coffee??

17ppen, then vanishes

Other residents in the area way the ball han projection on #win the side and” a basket, banging,

Airborne Regiment,

Globemasterd

Thailand, Burma): Enidin, [Im

Indo-Chines 112 km

"Phipp{der, K. pan.

Formosa, pima Ma

het, Abrios, Great Brials M K

were fused like the transfer operation and da «hours" Glapred rope Dun sincs the fist 808 fight arrived

Kentucky

Campbelly

Comedy ExË JOBS ABOU by Raymond Halkos Romanos

IN INDIA

Bombay, July 12.

Mr Nehru Indian Prime Minister, said, here tonight that desire for peace and International tähislon Went during his

Bro

SIDE GLANCES

petition.

By Galbraith