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1955 Was One Of The Country's Great Years
FROM H. KING WOOD
Sydney, Jan. 3.
Even the pessimists agree that 1955 was one of our great years so good, in fact, that they are predicting somewhat dire changes for 1956, but the general feeling is that while there may be some tightening of imports (which isn't going to do any harm, really), 1956 can add to our content- ment and our bank balances.
One of the remarkable points about 1955 is the fact that a healthy slash in wool prices has made little difference to anyone's way of life-except perhaps individual graziers, whereas a few years ngo any dip in wool heralded approaching gloom.
Let's have a look at some of no notice of talk that he should the things that happened around following The Labour Party these parts in the last year. method of allowing the Party Firstly, 1+ record bullding to elect its Cabinet with the
changing Sydney's | Prime Minister allocating purt skyline. A £1-million Com- fellow, or will the old faithfuls mon werdth Bank in the centre who have stærk through thick of the city
near nearing
boom
etlon; Qantas new home
US AIRLINERS
of
SHEAFFERS
CHINA
·MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1956.
The Hon. the Chief Justice, Mr M. J. Hogan is seen here, accompanied by barristers and other members of the legal profession at St Joseph's Church where a special Mass was celebrated this morning before the opening of the 1956 Assizes-Staff Photographer.
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CHURCH SERVICES
and thin suddenly And them- lacives wat as the cold. steel girders skywards, two new blocks
New blood Will S from of city offices have
reginations and reshuffling of been opened and two
|_*W9 | Departments, inore are in the course of crc- ton. The founders are soon to be started on what will be the tallest buliding in Australia, In spite of a tightening
Prior to the ceremonial and over the Bridge at North dollars, 14- Governmen! hus opening of the 1956 Assizes Sydney work is going ahead on placed an order in US for two this morning, special ser- a £3-milllon
luxuriously assurance bulld-
appointed Comvaviors were held in St John's that will be the biggest airliners which will be used for office block in the world.
transporting VIPS
Cathedral and St Joseph's mark the occa- Church to The planes will cont about 700,000 clars each and will be sion. design of
Bre
In all Australia we have only 1,727 listed as unemployed. bui actually they
seasonal workers, but there
60,000 Jobs walling for fabou
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New South Wales Issied millionth driving licence, which means that about one person In every two can drive a cur.
son
ป.
Our star golfer Peter Thom- won the British Open for second consecutive" year- the first Australian ever to win the tile and the Afth man dus century to get two row we
won back the Davis Cup, but a New Zealand horse. Toarea, took the Melbourne Cup away from
those
af
The
WON
advanced
Thu Мизр at St Joseph's being used by Australian airlines,Church was celebrated by Magr Lawrence Blonchi, Catholie They will be manned by the
Hongkong. RAAF
will curr
the Bishop
preacher for the occasion Governor-General and his staff.
the Rev. Fr H. Dargan, SJ. high-ranking overseas visitors
Lt-Gen. W Н. Stratton, and occasionally senior Cabinet Commander.
British Forces, Ministers.
Dakotas
me used Arrying at present.
for VIP FANTOTEK, and his Honour Mr |
be the
M. J.
Hogan,
Chict
Justice, attended the service
Also attending were Catholic THE YEAR OF TV....
members of the legal profession 1850
and their Judles, will, of course,
and students of St Joseph's College Year of TV.
Maryknoll School. The Goverment has not yet
Those present Axed a starting date nor pro- fon. Leo d'Almada, grume details but all organisa- C. P. d'Almada. Beences have Wright, Mr T. to whom - a hangover from 1954-ended | been issued are hard at work.
Patrlok
Yu, MI with fur less noise than its be
Leong,
D. N. E MI Emming,, new settlers continued
14
The Petrov Royal Commiselon
to the into the country bring ing our population at the year's mt near tig 10-million mark,
Th
beral-Country Party swept back to power at the end of the year at an electios that w.pest ut & breakaway Labour Group
And, tragielly, our road to kept pace with all these records, 823 people beng kilet en NSW kurang the year-and 13,840 g hurt in accidents. COSTLY ACCIDENTS
rous
Lone
Hongkong's Coldest Night Of Winter
Hongkony had its coldest night of the winter when the temperature dropped to 19.1 degrees Fahrenheit at about 6 am, today.
And the forecast issued by the Royal Observatory at noon today is that Hong- kong will have another cold night tonight, but probably not so cold as last night,
At Sek Kong the mini- mum temperature was 38.5 degrees but there WEB HO righ of
front Dogstbly because of very dry wea- sald ther, Meteorologists they thought it possible however that the ground temperature was så, or véry near freezing point.
POOR AIDED
Welfare workers had a busy night distributing clothing to strect sleepers And the
poor of people
and Hongkong.
Coast Guard To The Rescue
inio
Skrip
Ceremonial Opening Of 1956 Assizes This Morning
The ceremonial opening of the 1956 Supreme Court Assizes this morning was attended by a large and distinguished assemblage which in- cluded members of the Judiciary, both branches of the legal profession, members of the Executive and Legislative Council, the Consular Corps, senior members of Her Majesty's Services and top Government officials.
As part of the ceremonial opening, religious services were earlier held in St John's Cathedral and in St Joseph's Church. Following the ser- vices the Hon, the Chief Justice, Mr M. J. Hogan inspected a Guard of Honour in Chater Road.
Forney General, Mr
"My
present recurrence
SPECIAL NUISANCE
enforce law
year ho
and
in
In the Supreme Court the dis-, la which arms have been used The Chief Jurtice said that tinguished guests heand ad- and shots have been discharged. | no less than 139,808 charges
the Chief dresses by the Hon.
Lords, that type of involving 214,301 persons had Jus.lee and the Hon. the Acting offence, namely robbery with been dealt with in the eight Arthur violence and with the use of Magistrates Courts in Hong- QC.
arms, was a very common one kong. He said that the num- Sented on the Bench with the in this Colony In the
of cases and the accused in Chief Justice Were H.E. the
following the reoccupation.
Of these Courts were clearly Commander, British Foncs, Laiter times, we have been exec
excess of the capacity of those Lieus General W. H. Stratton, happy to note that crime courts at the moment and "we the Hon. Sir Shouson Cho
Chow had fallen in numbers and it is cannot continue indefinitely in and Mr Li Po-kwal (senior sincerely to be hoped that the this way if we are to be fair to Unofficial Justices of the Peace),
this all concerned the accused, the of Mr A C. Maxwell
Maxwell (Commin offence is not an indication of Defence Counsel, the Prosecu- stoner of Police) and Mr Justice the advent of serious waves of tion and the Magistrates." J. R. Grogg and Mr Justice crime of violence. James Wicks (Puisme Judges);
Mr Justice Hogan suld that Below the Bench were Mr C.
"we shall have to expand the o Miami, Jan. B.
d'Almada
of (Registrar
the
Courts substantially," malter Miurn! Coast Guard men Supreme
Mr Court),
P. R
which he said has already had B.
"My
how- the rushed
Lords, perhaps, the windswept Springali and Mr Wm C. Low
attention of LOW
the Hon. the of the most difficult Actog Attorney-General, Florida
Mr ever, one Keys today to rescue (Deputy Registrars),
and
fed that they must problems which concerns those three people stranded aboard a George S. Edwards and Mr C.
ince the pros- M. Long (Clerks of the CAT). order in this Colony at the pra
seeking to two-masted schooner aground
pects of having a very much the southern
Lørger incre,se later. The guard of honour for the sent time is the continued pre- Biscayne Bay.
ceremonial Opening of the valence of the smaller and more The Coast Guard duly officer Assizes was drawn from the is petty offences which are in fact
The a report Bn, by radio from the yacht Lewis Regiment B-2 that it had seen a "two-command masted schooner with three Hickson. persona aboard" near the tone- some Adams Key some 30 miles south of Miami.
Thore W06 по immediate itentilestion of either the boat those aboard. A 40-foot uilty boat was
dlapatched to wns bring area, which
by winds pounded
up to 38 miles an hour.
Earlier today, a small Oshing boat was east aground in the Florida Keys, but the two men in it were rescued and no in- Juries Were reported.United Press.
suid he had received
DAT
the
and
included
Mr
the QC. Mr D. A. L Creedon, Mr Lawrence Rea, Mr
Kowloon
The Chul chanta
Chau Mer-
NE
dis.
THE CATHEDRAL
a sermon on Law."
Mr
Mr
Mr
It is considered almost cer- tain that November will be TV D. F.O. Mayne, Mr Simon F. S. month and the two Sydney or Li. Mr W. F. Pickering, Mr P.X. galsutions-both headed
by d'Almada, Mr Victor Lam. strong newspaper
groups are J. M. d'Almada Remedios, already pouring thousands of L
d'Almada Remedios, pounds into preparatory work. D. E. d'Almada Remedios, Mr
Hud factorles. Loo, are gear-
Francis
H.B. Wong
Mr P. in themselves
d'Almada Remedios, Mr G. S. for
Pro- duction.
Research surveys Extwards, Mr H. A. de 8, Dotel- estimate that 30,000 TV sets will
ho and Mr A. E. Perry. be sold in the first year. and the price of the sets will range from
At St John's Cathedral, The £150 to £300, which will in-
Rev. Canon A. P. Rose prcached clude installation and
main- Terance
mni the
"Soleminising the is alter expected
The effective solemnisu- to be considerable until production settles
ion of the law, he said, was down Experts estimated inst week and viewers stop fiddling.
not to solemnise a divine ad- that these accidenta cust the
Advertisers' organisations
mitedly man-made laws, but to State £0-million in the year, ther
come into the divine awaiting com
Presence made up of damage to vehicles details of commercial charges,
and to draw from J. and property, loss in pro and if charges being mentioned
Mr Justice J. R. Gregg, Puisne duction and curnings and around town are right-
Judge, read the Lesson and £930 medical expenses.
for five minutes spread through
special prayers medical
were spid for authority
a half-hour's programme, £270 | Judges
Magistrales, And
for timated that
the
casualties for a lone 10 seconds-they are
Courts of Justice and for the keep
the equivalent of two likely вез remain breathless,
Police Force. major hospitals full each year more particularly as the viewing There was a procession of the while the Government In-audience for a start will be no
Mace-Bearer,
Mr L. Alltrce; surance Omee
pays out an-small.
Pulse Judge, Mr Justice J. R. nually £5-million In
is already abun- Greg Acting Pure Judge, One point party neeldent claims,
dostly clear the two Sydney Mr Justice 3. Wicks, Acting cannot be calculated, | newspaper What
organisations will Attorney General, the Hon, the cost
in p
no punches in out-doing Arthur Hooton QC: Mr Jchn the other in programune.
McNeill QC; Acting Solicitor. General, Mr M. Hemmer, District: AND OLYMPIC YEAR | Judges J. Reynolds, A. D. Scholes
and Charles; Deputy Registra
uf
course,
human suffering.
with
NEW CABINET
third-
the Federal election now only a memory, political interest now centres around the new Cobinet, names of which should be announced within a fortnight
breathlessly
are
This is also Olympic Year, Mr P. R. Springali, followed by heralded by rockets in
Mel- the clergy, the Cathedral Chap beurne to New Year's morning lain Mr J. Froud and Assistant
The Victorian
Government Chaplain, Me
Beaumont; and the Melbourne City Council
Paul Tso and the Rev. G. are preparing a world publicity J Stubbs - Bromley, drive to ensure filing all seats Assistant at the Games.
Chaplain
Deputy Genera
A team of US cameramen are Camo A. P. Rose and Dean F. S.
Temple.
Association tributed 4.000
late last night,
garmonía
The Director of the Royal Observatory, Mr C. A. Ramage today told how the temperature fell last night. Yesterday he said WIN overcast and cold throughout the day.
AL nightfall the atmo- where cooled rapidly. AL mylnight the temperature
41. four,
a.m. it
"At
2
was 42.0". By 1 had dropped to 42. sm. It was 11.2, 21 three, 40.8. Avc, 40,1, six, 40, seven, 40.1, eight, 41.1, mins. 45,
tex,
47, eleven, 49.2
noon
and at
49 damage
Mr
because today
uld that
was sunny be
It was not likely to
quite so cold tonight..."but jolly cold Just the same",
MACAO SHIVERS
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Macao, Jan. 9. The lowest temperaturo thla year was registered by the Macho Observatory this morning. It was degrees Fabrenheit,
Residents in this Portu- guese Colony going to work tbla
morning shivered in the bitterly cold wind despite the thick clothing they Ware, -- Franco-Proust,
Suspects Held
Three cists of turceny from
the person were reported to the
due in Melbourne soon to make
If the congregation were the Pelco over the weekend TV Bims of Games sites. These Service. Chiets, magistrates,
This problem is one of the things which could have spoilt the Prime Minister's Christmas. For many months low there has been growing criticism
A plekpocket stole cash from about the old Cabinet Minis- films will be used back in the barristers and solicitors and a Chinese at the Nam Chang ters,
from go-ahead States to raise money to send school children as well as many Later the same day and at the mainly
Saturday. Street Post Office on young back-benchers who went the American team here. into Parliament full of fire only
others. A choir composed mostly Criticism of Games
from the singing of hymns. local scene to overseas whery, The posting overseas of the various reports have it, there is agcing Jas, Francis (then Army a tolal lack of
and
lack of publicity. the retiring of We were not alone in feeling Chinese Found equally ageing Health three years ago that Melbourne Minister Sir
Earle Page,
has could
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do justice to the cleared the air a little for Mr Games, but Menzies, cozi
to find that they have nothing tions has now shifley prepara- of school children, led in the same Post Office, a Chinese had
to set alight.
Minister)
the
not
since then near-Dead In Peak House in a reshuffle of
of miracles have been Decom- departments he may find Jobplished. and tho Melboume
A Chinese 14 Shing about
for two mora men, but this wit Games ould set new records-20, was found dead at 8.40 a.m.
his pocket picked of a fountain pen. Suspects have been de Lained in connection with both of these cases.
A Chinese woman had her car-rings snatched yesterday whilst walking in Canton Road, Tho thief escaped,
Mongkok District,
Jay Walker Fined
do little to satisfy the discon-in organisations, in sport itself today in a small room at 108 L Chor, 18, of No. 15, Castle Lent of the bright young Liberals and in attendance. who feel that too many Cabinet The only thing that Mol- plums are going the way of the bourne need worry about now near-Iliciess Country Party.. is whether It will be able to Two things can be accepted house all visitors and how, they as certain. Mr. Monzler will take will pack them into the grounds,
Jay
The Peak.
Peak Rood, ist floor was fined burning in the room which has Central this morning for
A charcont fire was found 10 by Mr Hin Shing-Lo at no window. Beweging walking along Quem's Road
Drotti appears to have boon Central, judet, caused by carbon monoxide Defendant was charged that poisoning, probably originating on January 7, when outside the from the charcoal King's Thenire he walked acrois the road without due cane › letract attention.
Printed and published by WILLIAM ALICK GROOTAM for from fumee and on behalf of South China Morning Post Limited 4 1-3 fine. Wyndham Street, City of Vietoria, In the Colony of Hongkong.
No foul play is suspected,
scellon
Japan Shivers
of
Tokyo, Jan. 9. A cold wave, followed by heavy snowstorms, hit northeast Japan on Saturday and by late Sunday most of the area was
of snow, reports reaching here today said.
v1
Northamptonshire
J B.
In the Tenancy Tribunals the outstanding cases for the year had been brought down but there had been an increase, In
and was under the serious public nuisancto,
Major
"I refer in particular to of- exemption casei, arbd ho rences of hawking without a anticipated this increase to KO licence, hawking in probibited
"Therefore we must seek areas and minor trafle offences, an increase in the panel."
The Regimental Band was under the direction of Colour Sgt Phillips,
Shortly after the guard had "The prevalence of these of- drawn up in two files in front fences during the course of the of the Supreme Court building year resulted in the congestion hi Chater Road the Court of the courts of the Magistrales Justices and the
Mace-Bearer and of the Justices of the Peaco (Mr L
Alfree) astived in pro-and that congestion led at times ccasion from the building.
to certain delays in the hearing The Hon, the Chief Justice, Mr, and determination of cases in M. J. Hogan inspected the guard, these courts. after which he took the Balule
la Murch Past,
YEAR REVIEWED
Mr Arthur Heoton, QC, Acting Attorney-General, and
"This decurred, it is true, at the lime when there were vacancies in the establishment of the Magistracy.
"Among the measures which were taken
PANEL PRAISED
The Chief Justice praised the present panel of these excellent and public spirited people who without their me to assign the
remuneration gave of hard- and over-burdened Presidents in the determination
pressre
of cases.
The
Courts District
also presented the same figure of increasing numbers and clearly showed that the hard-worked
ຕ fulfilled In an attempt to | Judges_had "May it please my Lords,
real Chief Justice pid desire formally to present to relieve the congestion was the need. The your Lordships the calendar for Central Magistracy and
creation of a new couri at that they must also seck some tho Criminal Sessions for the
the increase hero.
As to the Supreme Court things had boen In better balance. He said that there had been some increase in the civil work, but there had been some drop in the number of criminal cases, although towards the end of last year there had been an In robberies and in increase those very serious cases where frearms were used to assist the ex-robbers,
an Ordinance month of January which opens nactment of today.
which permits persons to plead My Lords, since we last met guilty and pay fines in the com- for the
certain mission of the New
specified opening covered by more than three feet Assizes year in January, 1955, minor traffic
offences without the necessity of we have had occasion in May,
appearing
of Sir Gerard
to deprive any Howe, who was our Chief Justice for four years
person of the right to appear in Court and be heard in Court If November.
happier he so wishes. Gecasion scarred, namely, when we met here to welcome my Lord, Mr Justice Hogan, as our new Chief Justice.
last year, to mourn the death Court. Care was taken in that
Snow was reported to be atil} falling. Reports also said train schedulos were snarled by the
Orst | season's
heavy
snowfall, with many trains from half an
to hour
three hours late.-- United Press.
תויי
Theft From Vehicle
“My Leads, on the whole, last year has not been an unsatis- A European-style coal, valued factory one. So far as the in- cidents of crime has been con- at $40, was stolen from an un- attended motor car at Causeway
cerned on the overall picture, Bay Road yesterday afternoon.
there has been a small decrease the commission of crime in In the evening a quantity of clothing was stolen from another the Colony generally, though unattended motor car, also in 1ecently there has been some Causeway Bay Road,
slight revival of robbery cases
SIDE GLANCES
By Galbraith
rday w
[we wereś
pla
Ordinance not
"That method is perimental one and reviewed when it hus operation for a year.
an is to be been in
Mr Juice Hogan went on to say that the disturbing Increase In simple larceny might be an "It is too early to say whether | unfortunate reflection of the It is succeeding though there are indications that try at the moment,
in its object reonomie condition in the coun
He also mentioned the valu- that is having some effect ond
is hoped, and there are in- able work being done by institu dications, It will have more tions such as approved schools, effect as time goes. However, training centres, and probationary that Ordnance was that tended
organisations and he saw no to be and cannot be a complete
reason why this good work of the answer to the problem-
should not continue and even the Magistrate increase. congestion in courts.
"I may well be that during the ensuing ytor. if swift and unhurried justice is to be en-
APPRECIATION
Summing up the situation the sured, more sweeping measures Chic! Justice said that from all will have to be contemplated. this it was apparent that the "Perhaps, therefore, I may real point of pressure and the sum up the present position in real scurce of anxiety was the the sphere of crime as it is reposition. in |Tated" to the administration of
of Courts and he would like to ex». Justice as it k today as 2017
follows:
real press
gratitude to "On the whole, despite the in- Omcers who
the
MagBtrates
prosided #ind
and
a
crease in the number of robbery worked in them, and to the Cases where
violence is used Justices of the Peace, both pro with arms, serious crime is being femlonal and lay for giving kept firmly in check
their time to work in the Courts
for
"On the other hand, the con-and, who carried on under ex- tinuance of the mumber of petty tromely difficult conditions. offences is bringing with if the Referring to the desire danger of imparing the swift helping those who transgressed and smooth administration of the law the Chief Justice said Justico.
This is, therefore, no that this was a task which faced timg for complacency because the Magistrates every day "and. the consequence of any break-more and more we are sexing down in the machinery of the the necessity of establishing" à administration of justice in this position where the Magistrate Colony would be completely is not merely catastrophic,
(but some
penser of punishmasalve die- "I would like, in conclusion, one who would seek vigorously by giving your Lordships the and actively means of remedial assurance that all members of quent and la comily. But menstres do amist, the "dolfh» the Bar
Venti solletioris practising in this Court will we are not giving him a fair continue to do their utmost to chanon to do that if we continus parist your Lordships in trying exist in the
the tremendous pressure which to ensure that Justice, is being soda
Magistrates Courts
and
dote' in 'this Court ?!.
1.3.
CI'S ADDRESS
The Chief Junttoo, sino
that truairions, commerce: trade and Industry, could not dourish ** without junk lawa, }} fairlya: ad-
In his review of the protecting ministered, and he teamt he Your Me Justice Hogan rindably, that Edilan y rekon ferred to the Increased number stood cond to node-and-stNAL
Magistrateg Courts,
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