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EUROPE IN GRIP OF

Peace Offensive COLD WAVE

LFRED bustled into the report, then, turning to Alfred,

nt Bow Street sakt "I'm going to let

A dock

with the wide, confident grin of a man about to sell something in the market place. "Morning, ladies and gentlemen all," he cried. "You are charged," the learned clerk began, "with using insulting words whereby a breach of the peace...

"Stop," erled Alfred, a slight, pale, blue-chinned

"I should like a definition of “pence" before I plead

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man.

Bald Sir Laurence Dunne, it is said that your words were likely to cause violence or other disturbance,

The definition was not good enough for Alfred. This is not correct procedure," he roaz- ed. "I object.",

I shall enter a plea of not guilty," said Sir Laurence.

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"Pah," cried Alfred "It was a trumped up charge, I hope you're satisfied at the way you've bolaged my work for world

pence."

Ho turned and went away, muttering at a speed far beyond rouch of my shorthand. Words of peace, no doubt, than which, thing likely to be more highly these days there is hardly any

inflammable.

Ingenious Devices For Saving Petrol.

London, Jan. 13.

cars

Gatoline rationing may icad to the adoption of radical now

In British which will save up to 40 per

fuel costs, cent on

it was re- ported here today.

Two new systems which have been thoroughly tested and BTC sy to install may be market- ed in volume soon.

"This," saki Alfred, "is o fuel systems

A policeman took the oath, "This man was haranguing a cinema queue,"

"He he said, was shouling out that certain politicians ought to be certified, The crowd complained.

The policeman stood down, Alfred was asked if he wanted to tell his story on oath in the witness-box, or from the dock. "I speak the truth wherever i am," he said, He drew a deep breath, "Peace," be snnounce, “is a state of tranquilly,!.

NOT COMPETENT "I'M not going to allow this kind of address," Bald Sir Laurence.

Alfred seemed not to hear. "No court in this country is competent to try me," he said.

One, costing £30 doubled the mileage per gallon nearly

on a London taxi tryout.

The device consists of an electric fon Atted between the carburetor and fuel intake valves which

breaks up the

drops of gas into a fine vapour. This assured a maximum burn-

ing of fuel at the critical moment when It drives the pistons down- wards. Makers of the unit claims it saves four gallons of gas out of every ten.

I should be tried by the Inter-and provides for entry of cold The second costs about £5, national Court at the Hague....vapourised gos Into the motor

"Remantled for A medical simultaneously

with the hot report," cald Sir Laurance, vapour which comes over the cutting in. Alfred was led away, normal route. Their combination still in full spate of speech. makes for explosive vapourising A week later he was back. and better performance and gas Sir Laurence read the doctor's economy.-United Press.

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In Spain a cold wave swept! the country and heavy snow- falls and ice blocked many mountain roads, Twenty-five people were injured when

assenger bus skidded into a

remained at the lowest of the

nowplough near Madrid,

In Britain the thermometer

winter season--between 88 and '42 in London with occasional know flurries and more predict- ed for temOTTOW,

The town

of Roeros in the mountain area of Norway re- ported the lowest drop of the *Coson-30 degrees below zero, with a further drop expected to- morrow.

FREEZING RAINS

In Rome there were freezing rains throughout the day with a low of 29, and snowstorms in the Appermines and Alps.

In Sweden the record low for the day was recorded as 27 be low zero. Cold Arctic air is expected to hit most

the country tomorrow.

The temperature in Berlin stood at 23. Eight inches of now have fallen in Bavaria in the past two days and more is expected.

In Holland, Denmark and Belgium temperatures remained slightly below freezing. Vienna had temperature down to 20 degrees and cold weather is expected to stay-United Press.

Black Hood Murderers

Nicosia, Jan. 15. Three

men wearing black hoods entered a coffee shop near Nicosia tonight, lined its cus- tomers and proprietor against a wall and fired four shots into a youth. The police detained ten suspects-United Press.

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By Galbraith MURDER TRIAL: MAN WHO TURNED

QUEEN'S EVIDENCE TESTIFIES

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"That's right, Mom! Marge is sensible, and I know it's not sensible to think of marrying now-but when we're together we forget how sensible we are!"

Secret Police In US Legation

Washington, Jan. 15.

A masked Hungarian refugee swore today that "a number of Hungarian secret police" were employ- ed in the US Legation in Budapest while he worked there.

"I know one for sure," the witness told the Senate

suspect.'

Internal Security Sub-Committee, "and there were others

The witness, on the advice of the chief of the Guard, an Aus- the sub-Committee counsel,trian citizen. Robert Morris, shielded--his *I am sure she was a spy he Identity by wearing a mask and said. "A chauffeur reported her using the assumed name "Sebo to the Embassy staff and was paid for his pains with a life karlor,"

sentence. When I led Hungary, the housekeeper still was on the job."--United Press,

Senator Olin Johnston, act ing head of the Committee, had warned that there might be reprisals among relatives still in Hungary. The witness said that he, indeed, had reasons to cover his identity, father, mother and sister living in Hungary.

The witness, one of the re- nigees who recently arrived at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, testl- fied through an interpreter.

The Governor

Evidence by a man who was once charged with the murder of Mrs Ursula Margareta, Ernst, wife of the Chan- cellor of the Swiss Consulate, continued at the Criminal Sessions this moming in the trial of five young Chinese accused of the murder.

The man who turned Queen's evidence was a hawker, Li Yi-chuen. He pointed out himself with one hand raised in a photograph of a mob around a taxi in which Mr and Mrs Ernst were travelling and explained that he was shouting "How can that be done! How can that be done!"

car, was

been standing where he could not see him at that moment, He saw him when the being lifted up, but when, tho car had just stopped and the mob surged forward he could

· Mrs Emst died of buma two Li replied that he did not see days after her taxi was over- this action. He also said he did túrned and set on fire at the

not see one of the accused tak- Junction of Castle Peak and ing something from the taxi Talpo Road on October 11 last window, or squatting down and year Her husband also re-standing up again, ceived, burns and is still under Ho sold he heard someone not soo clearly; there were so treatment,

The five accused, before Mr did not know who it was.

shouting for matches, but he, many people, Justice A. D. Scholes and Spedal Jury are Tee Song, 28, unemployed, Man Chun-you, 26, unemployed, Choi Kwok-fal, 27, unemployed, 11 Chuen, 31 huw“ ker, and Lee Shu-wing, 26. earth coolle. They pleaded not guilty to the chargo. They are defender by Mr Terence Shur- lock, Instructed by Messrs P. Mo and Co.

Mr Alistair Blair-Kerr,.Senior Crown Counsel, is prosecuting, anslated by Mr W. B. Scragg. ADCI (Hongkong).

Li testified that the third and fifth accused assisted others in lifting the taxi and turning it over. The fifth accused struck a match and the taxi burst into flames, he said.

Ho salt that the fifth accused bent backwards to avoid the flames and then passed around the front of the taxi to the pave- ment. The crowd Also TE- treated.

European

LI denied that the charge of He said he did not see one of murder was withdrawn on con- the accused talking to the

dition that he turned Queen's drives as another witness had evidence. He said that he made testified.

the same statement to the Police

"It may interest you to know before and after the charge” was that that person was alleged to withdrawn and he had made up be the fifth accused" Mr Sher- his mind to tell the truth lock remarked,

whether or not they charged Li said this was possible and him the Afth accused might have

Hearing is proceeding,

No Case To Answer

Submission Made

On Behalf Of Jones

·

A submission that the Prosecution had not BODY IN FLAMES adduced real evidence identifying the gold alleged- Describing the escape of Mr and Mrs Ernst, the witness said ly received by the accused was made by Mr J. R. a European came out of the Oliver, defending G. O. Jones before Judge K. R. overturned through the rear window. Some of the mob Macfee at the Victoria District Court this morn went forward to strike him. He ing. jumped on to the ground and resisted them. Then

Mr Oliver submitted that his client had no lady in the axl held up both case to answer on both charges of fraudulent con- her armis to the

the same window and the man went up to help version and larceny of 47 gold bars on the ground her out. Her body was in flames. that th Prosecution had failed to establish a charged with murder together

Li said that he was formerly prima facie case. with the accused, but the Police inter withdrew the charge against him. Before that, one Development Co., is alleged to day when the prisoners were have stolen the gold on Novem- brought up to Kowloons Magis ber 15, last.

Jones, Manager of the Lantau

tracy on remand, the fifth ac- The Prosecution, wich + cused told him that his father conducted by Mr D. E. Green. had been unfair to the fifth ac-field, Crown Counsel, assisted by cused and to his "brothers," L Div. Det. Insp. Murray Todd, Baich

concluded! Ita caso yesterday He claimed that the fifth se cused said "I will die and take you with me." The fifth accused also told him that his...... father Sir would soon lose a leg.

Visits Schools

afternoon.

In connection with the identi- freation of the gold, Mr Oliver also

submited that the cir

the accused, that these were the self-same gold bars.

Mr Oliver said it WAS fis contention that it must be an essential link or chain for the Prosecution to prove identifica tion of the gold bars received by the accused, and that the gold bars allegedly to have been stolen were the Identical bars which were the property of Sin,

Regarding circumstantial evi- cumstantial evidence presented Many people gathered around was not sufficient for the Court dence in connection with the." him and threatened to assault to hold that a prima facie case Mr Oliver submitted that if the Identification of the gold bars, out.

"These secret police," he said, H.E. the Governor, "confided in

in me, because I was Alexander Grantham, this Just a lowly heipor at the Em-morning visited three schools in bassy. I often did them little the New Territories. favours to gain their confidence."

The first was the Cam Tsin him, but a policeman came up to had been made

enquire what it was all about. Mr Oliver said he would firstCourt were to consider cir- Before he escaped, he said,Village Ho Tung School. He was The third accused then said, "Let deal with the charge of larceny, cumstantial evidence, it should there was a housekeeper em-

met on arrival by the Head us say no more about it now, ployed by the Legation. It master and was introduced to} We shall talk about it in prison / He said the essentini ingredient i consider it with full respect to of the larethy count was the the witnesses in this case. He turned out she was married to the village elders who made

taking and carrying away of the br

submitted that there was not possible the building of the school:

CROSS-EXAMINED property without the consent of sufficient circumstantial evidence Cross-examined by Mr Shur- the owner and with the inter for the Court to hold thet a

tion The school

of permanently depriving prima facie caso had been made. was opened in lock, Lingreed that he was

the

his

ownership. owner of glanding on 1058 and has 137 pupils, centre of the road as shown in the Prosecullon, Mr Oliver said

an Island In the Going through the evidence of Hearing is continuing. and the school expects to take in building is under construction 40 more pupils. The Governor

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said,

the photograph and that he had

there were only two witnesses

an excellent view of everything who had testined on the point

was accompanied on his visit by that went on. He had a loaf of \ of taking av Kamcheung.

Japanese Flower Arrangements: Mr Mr J. 1:100.

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the

C. Walden, District bread, but he placed it on

ground behind him, he added.

said that he had known visited the third and fifth accused for the Cam Tsin Mung Yeung a long ers Requests presented by Darg-1 Public School,

time and they wer herita; 6.69, Weather Report; . 7,

where ho was friends. He denied that he Time Signal The News; 7.09, Com- mentary or Stop Press Item: 16, elders by the school principal, the Kowloon Magistracy be

again introduced to the village divulged the conversation at inTime For Jatt presented by Mr Liu Chuk-wing.. Robin Day: 7.45, Letter from

1.30, Here

to this Bchool,

cause he was Ill-disposed to- Mr Shuriock had put it to him fie to have disclosed that conversation to the Police.

America by Allsair Cooke; 8 The school was built with the wards them. String Serenade, Ronald Bing and help of Government subs that there was no real hile Orth, cothe the Quris Tune algal and teaches 303 pupils. On his The News and Horne, News from visit Britain: 9.18, Wednesday Theatre. William 59akespeare Produced by Val Gielgud Port (BBCTS): 1p, Robert Maxwell's Harp and Orche

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en Long The last to be visited was the Taun Wan Government School

The Governor was; taken' în a

tour of building by Mr R. S. 8. Ting, the Headmaster.

reason

Sin Tun and

of the article

NE CREDIBILITY

of the witnesses, Mr Oliver saki Dealing with the credibility

having carried contraband an one of the witnesses had been arrested and convicted of

the vessel, and it might occur to the Court that Sin convicted himself out of his own mouth in his cross-examination and re-

examination, when he said that

he did not produce the gold and that he gave the gold to the accused, because of the customs omcials.

EXCELLENT VIEW “You had an excellent view of the incident and you have only given evidence of the re- Having further dealt with the tivilles of the third and fifth de evidence of Sin and Ng, Mr fendants, You have not given. Oliver submitted that Sin had evidence of the activities of the handed over the gold to the ac- Arst, second and fourth des cused voluntarily fendants," Mr Shurlock pointed There was also no evidence of ballment. The prosecution had

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