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Father Fixed A Deadline

[TRICTNESS in the home

a good thing in its way, no doubt, but if it is overdone it may defent itself. As it seems to have done in Alan'a case.

Ajao's father was strict. inalsted that his son, who who 17, should be home every night should by eight o'clock--and stay at home after that hour,

There were beller PERSONS there sometimes are for

that

&trielne,

Alan's private life

"He has kept in touch with officer said, "but he still thinkt hla parents," the probation his father was too strict".

But Alan's feelings towards hi family ceemed not to be too hamsh For when the magistrate osloed him: "Where do you propose to live now?" Alan promptly replied: "AL home,"

SUIT IN PAWN

WELL, 1 I had the power which on this charge ! haven't," the magistrate amid,

had που been without public would send you to Sessions Blemish. In the Channel

with 1 recommendation

Islands, where he had gone 10 work in a hotel, during the summer, he was discharged by a court on erlinbul charge, on condition that he left the lalands.

TO LONDON

Wol

to

reason,

勋

Dor

you

Borstal. Tell me, if we give you

lleket b Belfast, will go?"

"Yes," Alan raki. "Will you

go there today?" the magistrate pakei

"I can't do that," said Alan, in the voice of one who would like to be helpful but could not. "I can't do that, beeA USO got a suit in pawn of Holloway, Ï'd have to get that,”

I've

"How much did you get for the sult?"

"It was 16s.," said Alan

TO REPORT

WITHIN a few days of being back, he was in trouble again, for stealing from a cor, and then he asked for severul other matters to be taken into consideration.

There

good therefore, fur Alan's father taking a firm line,whên his son returned

Belfast, to his husne

If the Arm 1inc

moment, then he sald ta

"The obvious

probation offeer Ajan's Alan: so was reaction to . He quickly left will help you to got your suit home crossed again

hali remand out of pawn. you on bail of £5, for a week. it give you permission to go home to Belfast, and the pro- bation officer will give you the loket

the

one,

WOR 142)

tu

England. and headed Cat London, The fact that he had not the whole price of the fare.

dissuade him.

travel

from

but did

Alan tried to Lancaster

London without a ticket.

KEPT IN TOUCH

THE

HE magistrate thought for n

" I w

informed by

police in Belfast that you have Arived there, that will be the

T the Clerkenwell court he end of this matter. You must was charged with travel-report your arrival to the police when you arrive in Belfast, do ling without paying a fare, and

pleaded guilty.

you understand?" He was

Ive

"I understand," said Alan, In for more inquiries a relective sont of voice, and he remanded about him to be made.

weht away and collected his On Alan's second appearance suit, and presently set off for in the dock, a probation officer

Ulster,

face a told the magistrate, Mr Frank wekome

private from his father that Powell, what he knew

might be somewhat sterter than

Alan.

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CHINA MAIL

Captured Fishing Boat Escapes

Tokyo, Jan. 3. Anow year's present of two gallons of wine and a merrymaking guard enablød a Japanese fishing boat and its 17 crewmen to escape from detention in Pusan, South Korea, early on New Year morning.

Skipper Akfämasa Omre, of the 71-ton fishing boat Chidori Maru No. 1, said his bost wis seized by a South Korean patrol bont on December 20 aboù; 110 iniles south

tho Korean restricted "Rheo Line" waters.

The captured Japanese boat was led up between two South Korean patrol boats at a pler in Pusan.

crew

On New Year's Eve a Korean | guard brought a cask of rice

wine aboard

and joined in a drinking bout

with the ship's

After

the guard singgered off the ship early on New Year's tornist a crew member untied the moving tope and the ship drifted out to sca.

The Japanese slipper said he started the engine when his boat was 50 metres from the pier and left at full spoed-Reuter.

Railway Is Denationalised

Quito, Ecuntior, Jan. 3.

The conservative government 时 President Camilo Ponce issued a

decree today turning ever the national railways to a private company.

The preamble of the decree sall government operation of the railways had resulted In losate during many years. 1t added that the time had come to place the 602-mile lines on u paying

basis and to mdernise theat

about

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The decree emphasised that wa his public send-off to his home.the railways furnish the chief means of transportation be- tween Guayaquil, Ecuador's thief seaport, and Quito, the

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Government sources and one purpose of placing the railways under private administration is to attract the foreign capital needed to modernise and го equip them.

Of the nine railway lines in Ecuador, the chief one runs be- tween Duran; opposite Guayaquil, to quito, a distance of 288 miks.-United Press.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1957.

SIDE GLANCES

By Galbraith

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gulharity

11-17

Mog. Pa Dr. rest Servies, Ma

"Slip Into your old clothes, dear, and I'll give you my free course in physical culture!”

Home

31

Tragedies: Killed

Chicago, Jan, 3.

Home tragedies, including a rash of fires and deadly carbon monoxide fumes, killed 31 persons across the US today.

A United Press survey showed 23 persona, 17 of them children, died in blazes which broke out without warning, mostly in isolated rural homes. Carbon monoxide fumes killed a couple and a child and the deaths of a father and four children were tentatively blamed on carbon mono- xide for a 24-hour death total of 31 persons, 22 of them children.

At Troy, New York, Joseph | home. The authorities said cor- Lashway, 42, his three suis, bon monoxide could have been

and a daughter died after they

were found unconscious in their

Flogging Incident: 6

Men Held

SHEAFFERS

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TWO APPEALS Gazetted.

DISMISSED

An appeal for the reduction of sentence brought by Li Kam-yuen, alias Li Ying-hung, was dismissed by Mr Justice A. D. Scholes in the Appeals Court this morning.

Li was sentenced to 10 months' hard labour by Mr T. L. Yang at Kowloon Magistracy for being a member of the 14K Triad society and was also ordered to be placed under Police supervision for two years after serving his sentence.*

Government

Appointments

The following appointments, transfers, promotions and poet-

have been approved, "the"

Government Gazette announced this morning:

Accountant concurrently Custodian of Pro- perly and Custodian of Enemy Property Tanganyika.

Mr Eric James Thompson, to General and

and

transfer

from

of

on

Mr J. A. C. Huribatt, Senior, Executive Officer, Class I, ceased; Making the appeal, Li told anything but law-abiding, said to net as Accountant Gonéral His Lardship that ho had Mr Cotller.

concurrently Custodian of aged mother to support and that Mr Justice Scholes also dis- Property And Custodian he wished to be given a chance missed an appeal brought by Enemy Property, and assumen to "turn over a new leaf.” Chan Pul for the reduction of duty as Acting Deputy Accoun-

Mr W. S. Collier,

tant General, on assumption of Crown sentence. Counsel, objecting the appeal,

Chan was sentenced to four duty by Mr Thompson and vic Informed the Court that the months' hard labour by Mr T.

Mr Anslow, 14K Trind society to which the L. Yang at Kowloon Magistracy Mr F. J. Anslow, Senior appellant belonged was no of

omeer, Cinse when he pleaded guilty to fail- Executive

1. the societies which had some-ing to report to Police when he ceased to act sa Deputy Ac thing to do with the recent dis- was under Police supervision. coumiant General and assumed turbances. This society was WOULD LOSE

Accountant duty as Principal OSE JOB Chan explained to the Court (Inspections), vico Mr Crabu. that he did not want his em

Mi F. Crabb, Senior Exécu- live Officer, Class II, ccused to ployer to know that he had a

and was criminal record

also

Principal Accountant He

ond assured duty (Inspections) under Polles supervision.

ài Senior Accountant (Head- said that if he reported to the Police they would make foquiries quarters), vice Mr Dark.

at the firm once about him

"ODDO

my week,

employer knows that I am under Police supervision and have a criminal record he would dismiss ine,' said Chan,

Dismissing the appeal His Lordship said the appellant had a very bad record that included one for larceny from the person, one for larceny, one for house- breaking, one for attempted lar-Director of Marine (Port Con ceny and one for shop-breaking,

1957 General Holidays

The

this Gazette published morting the following General and School Holidays which will be observed during 1957:

General Holidays:

འ་ Every Sunday. Chinese New Year's Thursday, January 31.

Day

The first week day following Chinesa New Year's Day Friday, February 1.

The Birthday of Her Majesty the Queen Friday, April 12.

Good Friday Fruiny. April 19. The day following Good FrI-

day Saturday, April 20

22.

10.

Easter Monday Monday, April

Whit Monday Monday, June

The first week-day in July Monday, July 1. Monday, August 8

The first Mondry in August

The 20th Day of August Fri- day. August 30,

Day

The day following Chinese MI-Autumn Festival Monday, September 9

The third Monday in October Monday, October 21.

The day following Remem brance Sunday Monday, Noven- ber 11.

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Mr S. G. Dark, Executive Officer, Class 1, ceased to, act s Senior Accountant (Head- quarters) on assumption of duty ***** } by Mr Crabb.

SENIOR SPECIALIST Dr H. S. Rassim to bo Acting the Specialist during Senior absence of Dr Ho Hung-clilu,

Mr C. Cairns, Senior Marine Officer, to be Acting Assistant.

EMERGENCY LANDING

trol), vice Mr A. G. Parker, Mr W. D. Leighton, Marine Officer, to be Acting Senior Marine Offeer, vice Mr Cairns.

Mr A. G. Bailey, Executive Offer Class II, ceased to act as First Clerk, Colonial Secretariat. Mr K. R. Macfee, Magistrate, to be Acting District Judge, Vice For the second time this week Mr J. Reynolds; Mr R. H. Mille- full emergency

crash-landing Owens, Mingistrate, to be Semi- precautions were taken by Kai porary additonal District Judge.

Mr. A. Tak's Emergency Squad when an

G. Parker, Acting - Air Laos Stratoliner from Director of Maxine, to be Chair Vientiane arrived this morning man of the Port Exécutive over the alport with one tyre Committee, vico Me J. Jolly. burst,

The plane, piloted by Com- mander Do

its Nergue, had burst as it landed ather tyre here. There were no casualties, otherwise was not

responsible for the deaths.

The plane three-year-old

Fire killed Herbert Les Julian Jr and his three-month-old brother Jocelyn in their Comily's four-room Birmingham, Alabama, apart- ment. Polico sald they started the blaze by play- ing with paper near a stove.

Two of the fires claimed six

Christmas Day December 25,

Wednesday,

dan

One

the plane's tyres burst on taking off from the Vien- The 28th Day of December lleno Airport. On arrival here Thursday, December 23, apparently

at 7.18 am its pilot alerted the School Holiday: Empire Day local air authorities about his Friday, May 24.

plight. Eight flro appliances stood by as it landed after cir cling over Hongkong for 45 minutes.

11409 each at Jeffersonville,

Georgia, and Temple, Pennsyl-

vania. Other home fires killed $1,000 Fine For

dve members of a family in Marshall, Missouri, a father and daughter in Dubuque, Iowa, and 16-month-old girl near Columbia, Tennessee.

In Michigan's

Monroe County,

Possessing Heroin

For possessing 80 pockets (5 grammes) of heroin without a permit from the Director of Medical and when

Health Services,

The plane carried a crew of four but no passengers,

Police Seek Witnesses

to

The Police are anxious trace the whereabouts of two Chinese who went to tho assistance of a wounded Chineso woman in Babington Path, near Lyttleton Road at about 6.30 p.m. on New Year's

These two men succesfor in arresting and handing ov

"over to a Polico party a man suspected of having wounded the womat.

These two witnesses are

-

Taxi Driver's guested to contact any Police

Offence

A taxi driver, Kwong Shing,

of 81 Far Yuen Street, ground

Radio Hongkong with the heating of a Hut in another home tragedy, carton $1,000 or 16 works' imprison- door, was this morning dined $75

11.K.T.

0.

Columbia, Carolina, Jan. 3.

State and County police

an 18-month-old girl burned to today announced the arrest death and her mother and sister of six men in connection were severely burned

a Cam fames tore through their home. Lam Chiu-wan, 28, was fined

monoxide fumes from

mant by Mr F. X, d'Almada at vented

a Central

this Magistracy gas heater killed mother, father and eight-year morning old daughter in Columbus, Ohio.

Defendant was arrested On United Press.

Jam 2 by Police party,

chins, and said "several of the men" had signed con-

fessions.

Hutchins, 62, was brutally

Children's Programme - "Looking at Things" Looking at Post Office (BBCTS); 6.65, Stock Market Report: 6, Time Signal, Pro- gramme Summary: 0.02. Popularity Pal presented by Ted Thomés 130, flogged by four hooded men inst Highlights in Variety: 6.89. Weather Thursday night when he had a Report: 7, Time Signal; Tho Nows; 7.00, Commentary or Stop

flat tyre Ртек

while returning 7.16. Opera Item:

and Babies Camden after playing a televi- (BBCTS)-Excerpts from the ballet sion date with the

Charlotle repertoire of The Royal Opera House Covent Garden: Introduced

Orchestra (North by

Madarne Marie Rambert; 7.6, Going "phony

to the Pictures-The Critics discum the pictures they have seen this Chairman Timothy Birch;

wock,

to

an in-

Exequaturs Signed

The Queen's Exequaturs em- powering Mr Gustavo Adolfo Amadeo to act as Consul for The State Law Enforcement the Republic of Argentina, and Division chiet, J. P. Strom, the Mr Bo Hyung Lee to net ng 8, Frank Chockalleid and his Or Camden City Police chief, Wii-Vice-Consul for the Republic of chostra: 8.30. "Alexander the Great" bert Williams, and the Kershaw Korea at Hongkong have re- Music Nascimbene; 9; Tune Sumat; The Nows and Home News from County Rural Police chief, J.:ceived Her Majesty's signature, Brimin: 8.15, Music Lovers Hour H. McLeod, announced the ar- the Clamical réquenta presented by rests at a news conference in the morning. Alleen Dekker, 10.15, David Carroll office of the Governor, George and his Dance Orchestra: 10.30,

Asian Club; 10.50, Weather Report: Bell Timmerman Jr.,

11. Time Sigemt; Radio News Reel;

11.18, Goodnight MIABLE: 11.30,

Close Down

REDIFFUSION

Mary

KU KLUX KLAN

Mr Strom sald "at least one" of the slit admitted he was a

member of the Ku Klux Klan, Klan officials have denied the A KKK was involved in the

Pu Varioty Calis the Tune: Musical Matinee; 3.30, Strike Up the Band: 4 Homances of the World Clark: 4.10, Tea for TWO Bogging Mustent GA,B,C, 3, Willdren's Corner-presented by Auntie Pamela; 8.30, Friday Requa-prosented by

Hutchins said his attacker Betty: 6.28, Birthday Mailbag: 3.30, told him they were punishing The Tops in Popular anuale: 0.45 him because he made a speech The House of Peter McGover; 7. favouring racial integration to a Time Signal and the News; 7.00, Camden Lion's Club Women's Weather report, announcements and Auxillary. Ho denied ever Interlude: 9.13, Benny Goodman Show 7.30, addie Frisner, with Axel making such a speech.

The six suspecta were (denti-

Stordahl's Orchestra: . 7.45, Track 4:

Personality Parado--Max Brgraves & Ta

Gabolie panounced

this

Special Film Show

A full length coloured Disney cartoon "Pinnochio" was this morning shown at the Alhambra Theatre, Kowloon.

This special stow was in aid of the Giti Gulds Centenary Camp Fund,

More than 500 children their parents alterated

ond

HONORARY ADC

or the Divisional De- tective Inspector, Central Polies Station, whose telephone mum- ber is 34822, Extension 328.

Fatal Bicycle Accident

Both persons fell down a steep embankment on to the railway tracks.

or adven days by Mr i, T. Mar- is at Kowloon" for failing to give way to pedestrians at a A cyclist carrying a pillion pedestrian crossing,

passenger lost control of his Sub-Inspector J. Wilson told machine yesterday whilst riding on information, at 8 Dur. the court that at 5.25 pm, on along, a path between Chatham- Tit Hong, ground floor. The October 30, a taxi driven by de- Road, and Chỉ Man Road,...; in heroin was found wrapped in donant overtook a police motor- Kowloon. oll skin hidden under bricks in role at the junction of Na- than Road and Mongkok Road. the stove of the kitchen.

Another man, Ng Kwan-yuk,

The

motorcycle had already 33, of 215 Que Road East, stopped at the junction to allow The pillion passenger, 60- second floor, was tined $500 or

pedestrians to cross, but. do year-old Chan two months by the same magis fendant

Ngan-stil, Instead brate for possessing heroin. drove on causing the pedes riding at No. 59, Section 8,

Man Wah Village, received ( He was cautioned on a second to scatier.

serious injuries and died short- charge of possessing oplum When faced with this evidence ly after admission to Kowloon pipes, and for breach of a $500 defendant claimed ho knew Hospital. bond he was Aned $500 or two | nothing about it as no one ap- The cyclist sustained minor months,

proached him at the tima

injuries.

WOUNDING CHARGE

of

Here is à GOOD MESSAGE to OUR DEAR PATRONS

A 23-year-old bus conductor, Wong Shut-koung, of 220 Hen- of the past year-- newsy Road, accond floor, was remanded throw days in Police custody: when he appeared be fore Mr W. N. Thomas Tain at Central Magistracy this morning on a charge of wounding with Intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

Defendant was alleged to Talkw/Tips for Tomorrow races; God as Neal Seegars, 82, a re- Pilat Officer Ramon Kart Yuet bus on December 12.

have unlawfully and maliciously wounded Chu Kal-lam sboard k12% Fiesta Time: 8.30, Passing the tired lumberman, Horace Frith, wang, Hongloong Auxillary Air Duck-Conducted by Fruf, Wimpie 38, a textile worker, George Force, has been appointed an

Wong, who was geprosented With a panel including Paul Drew, Beplan 1 Tyler, Jerry Lewind Dupon an employce at the Honorary Alde-de-Cuppvice by Mr Peter Mo of Peter Mc Dupine Newman: Prime Highed: Broadway, 33, Dupont employee, HKAAF

May Plant, Steve Fight Lieut FM. Rozario, $4,000, $1,000 cash

and Co. was allowed ball of and $3,000 9.15, ja symphony, all "Dones John McManus, 32, a mechanics Serpornis Ernest Dema: Overture (Radock) (play and Homer. Fielde, 50, a carpen- Rawlings and Francisco Muria

Henry surety. - eð 1-by- the Boudic Bourdan Byam, sk

Botella, of the Hongkong Auxi

promoted to Acting Pilot Officers.

hown, wed homo news from Britain;

phony Orchestra.). "Bymphony |||||

No.4 in G... > Bader," Opus Ba The six were being held in lary: Air Force, have been Mr Justice Williams

gebouw Orchestra

(Evorak) (played by the Concert the Kershaw County Gool. Mr

|| Amsterdamn," conducted by GOODED Strom wald Boogse and Pri Beciruelon Bought Vintervient did not take part in the actual with Benny Goodman, the king of fogging and they were, charged 10,10,A LAC ce mi riesco Wila, conspirace to go in dis The Métre, oc | gulse on the public highway - Bayid "Alamandar mums, puzlem: 674 (The other four were, chire Godfrey Habuimonaje Pos: 17 Market God Save the United Press.

SUMMER TIME

Summorume, will Ziberdn $.30 am, Bunday': Mardhi (Man will-end at 230 am Bunde November (33/7the Gazette – nh Maunosc, this morning.

Knighted

The New Year's Honours, List Included the Chief Justice of Brunid and North

“Judge in Hongkong.

From Thursday, 3rd January Saturday, 5th January

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