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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1957.

SHEAFFERS

ADMIRAL SNORKEL PEN

PR HAL

NO APPEAL TO PRIVY COUNCIL AUSTRALIAN NEWSLETTER

LADY BASTYAN INSPECTS SPC Evatt Accepts Safe

Full Court Turns Down Application

The Full Court this morning turned down an

application for an extension of the stipulated 14-day period for filing an application for leave to appeal to the Privy Council,

The applicant was T. O. Before giving the Full Court's Wong and Co., Ltd, of Prince's decision, tho Chief Justice Buliding, who were represent-pointed out to Mr Winter that cd by Mr Richard Winter, In-if the Court could not grant hig structed by Mr A. S. C. Comber, his present application, he could of Hastings and Co.

still apply to the Privy Council for special leave to appeal.

M:

Mr Justico Hogan told Bernacchi that it was not neces- from him,

Mr Brook Bemacchi instruct- ed by Mr P. C. Woo, of P. c. Woo and Co., represented the respondents, Leung Fu, trad-sary to hear arguments in reply ing as the Fat Lee firm, of 93 Apilu Street, and the Tol Sing Giving the decision, His Lord- Anot of

321 China ship and it seemed to the Court nuilding.

that applications for leave to apply to the Privy Council were

room

The Full Court comprised the Chief Justice, Mr Justice covered by the rules laid down

M. J. Hogan, and the Pulseby Her Majesty in Council,

Judge, Mr Justice G. W, Reece.

such applica stipulating that tions should be filed within 14

The appeal which T. 0. Wongys from the day of judgment. and Co. seeks to bring before

Mr Justice Hogan said the The Privy Council is against a Court could not accept the con judgment of a Full Court of

Itention that it had powers of Appeal which upheld a decision discretion in this regard under of Mr Justice T. 3. Gould in an Order 31 tule 19 or in Section action involving the business of

28 of the Supreme Court a rubber factory,

Ordinance.

A Right

Mr Winter contended this morning that he had a right of appeal, as of right, and that the proceedings in the present Court were formal proceedings.

Regarding the question Whether the Court had power to grant an extension of time over Thờ 14-dny limit set down by an Order of Her Majesty in Council In 1000, Mr Winter submitted that the Full Court had power to do so, under the Colony's Order 31 Rule 13, and under Section 20 of the Supreme

Court Ordinance,

Mr Winter said the Supreme Court's stupmor vacation (which Insled throughout August) start- ed a few days after the judg ment of the Full Court of Ap- prol was delivered, on July 29.

of the Section 26 Court Ordinance,

Wording

Supreme Counsel

These regulations, he went on, were local enactments, and he Full Court did not think that the local legislature had power to alter the rules as laid down by Her Majcaty Sta Council, governing these matters.

Dismissed

Lady Bastyan, wife of Lieut-Gen. Sir Edric Bastyan, Commander Brilish Forces, Hongkong, displayed great interest in child welfare when she inspected. the Shauliwan centre of the Society for the Protection of Children this morning. Lady Bastyan, who was attended by Capt. M. C. H. Price, ADC to the General, was received by Mra B. L. L. Jones, Secretary of the Centre. She was later introduced to Mra D. Ferguson, Mra C. B. Bennett, Mrs B. Lung and Mies F. Fok, workers and officials of the Shaukiwan centre of the SPC.-China Mail Photo.

TAXI DRIVER HAD

FAULTY BRAKE

The application was dismissed | For driving a taxi with a faulty brake system, a with costs.

Mr Winter then gave notice of his intention to apply for special leave to appeal to the Privy Council. He put forward on- other application, for a stay of execution pending the outcome of the special appeal.

Arguments on this point are still continuing.

Stowaways

Dutch

taxi-driver, Woo Lin, was fined $50 or seven days' imprisonment this morning by Mr.W. N. Thomas Tam at the Central Magistracy.

A

Defendant was additionally

fined $23 for falling to produce his licence.

WAS

On July 28, defendant driving a taxi along Wing Fung Street, when he knocked down seven- and seriously injured a year-old girl.

When the police

examined

the defendant's vehicle the next day, it was found that the brake system was unserviceable,

Defendant was also ordered

were Aned $200 or six weeks' father of the injured girl.

LoLai-wah, owner of the taxi, Imprisonment by Mr Hin-shing

COMPENSATION

OF $21.000

FOR TENANTS

further contended. covered Three Hongkong men, who "any enactment", and the local tried to get a free ride to In-

sboard Courts, therefore, had the dis- donesla

the cretion to extend the period in freighter Tilpondok in August, to pay $50 compensation to the Approximately $21,000 com- pensation was approved in question.

settlement to six tenants of No. 1 Illumination Terrace Causeway Bay, the subject of a successful: exemption application to day, The . present

three-storey bullding is to be replaced by modern five-storey structure costing $100,000, planned by Mr A. H. Basto, authorised archi-

Mr Winter said the wording

of the rules made by the Order

Lo at Central Magistracy this was also fined $150 by Mr Tam for failing to keep the brakes morning.

The defendants who were of his vehicle in working condi-

aboard the vessel tion, discovered

Hongkong werd,

Cheung Hing-lung, 61, this Tak-log, 25, and Ng Chi-yung,

1 34.

in Council did not exclude the after leaving local Courts from exercising | Chan their own discretion in regard.

Just Arrived

New

EXPRESS ANNUAL

EXPRESS

1957

The Super-colour ·

Cash Register Party

Leaves Colony

tect.

Defendant Was

No. Snatcher

Seat From

Old Rowley James

Sydney, Oct 1, (By Airmail).

The Leader of the Federal Labour Party, Dr Evatt, has thank- fully accepted the offer of Mr Rowley Jamos of Hunter, to take over his seat at the next Federal election.

At last Doe Evolt will be removed from the hurly-burly of a ruff electoral · fight every three years

and placed in an area where his majority should never be loss than 30,000.

Donations received in the Opera House Appeal to fur total £140,650 53 18, but the OF ganisers are a bit browned-off over the fact that £142,160 promised in the first aush o enthusiasm at the publi: meet- This will end 30 years of a Ing at the Town Hall is all fighting political career. for outstanding.

"old Rowley" James as be 10 known throughout the New- M. Y. Louriana, well-known castle coalfelds. Even after. 30 as mother-ship of the Sydney- years as a member of Aus- Hobart yacht race, was flagship tralia's most exclusive clubs he for Kuring-gai Motor Yacht

at on the electoral Club's 'opening day roll as miner and ho stil weekend. retains his membership in the Minors' Federation.

still appears

It can be said too, that

the miners have never had a greajer advocate James.

seat,

Curtain

than "old Rowley

Festival Of

Arts D Competition

Entries for the Festival of Arts Window Dressing Competition, open to all 'the shops In the Colony, close on Friday, which is the last

on

In 1940 when the late John Owner, who is in England. hla was fighting for

One of the remarkable things political to in Fremantle, about the more than one million

James offered Rowley

im-immigrants to reach Australla mediately to resign

if John in the last 10 years is the way Curtain was bealer,

inery of them, have fallen into the Australian way of living.

Take the case of Captain Louis Tolnay, now a сотаралу

the NSW commander with University of Technology Regi-

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included in the guests

were Rear-Admiral day on which forms can be board Herrington, Captain Jornson, received by the Hon. Socre, of the Maritime Service Board, Lary, Window Competition, and seven commodores re-

Judging will take pinco ́dur- This is the second time he presenting various yacht clubs. / The British Connell,

But the skipper of Lausana ing the week of October 21-20, has offered to step aside för a for the day, was a wom Labour leader in a borderling Mrs Jim Samson, wife of the will be dressed. Those entered when the competition windową

will be distinguished by the on the las Festival emblem and the judges will inspect the windows from the outside, as the public normally see them;

Competitors will not know when the judges' Inspection will be made nor are they likely in know at the time, as the judges will not enter the shops can The Awards In the general class are Silver Challenge Cups presented by..Megara Lane Crawford Ltd., Hongkang Air- During World War II he was ways Ltd and Shul Hing Co.,

officer in

a Panzer unit Ltd. In addition, vapecial under German control' and was silver cup is offered by the wounded three

times on the Dairy Farm, Ico and Cold Russian front.

Storage Co... Lid for the best display of provisions," including inned goods,

100 Votes

an

The awards are at present on

show in a window of Hongkong Airways Ltd on Des Vooux Road. They will be presented Prizegiving to be held on to the winners at the Festival

Curtain retained Fremantle by Jess than 100 votes and middle-aged Chinese, went on to become Australia's ment wearing a torn, dirty vest great warline Prime Minister. and a pair of light-green Advancing years have met- European style trousers lowed Rowley James tremend- appeared "before Missiously. In the days before he be- came a MP in 1028 he would B. K. Saarle on a charge of

fur rather fight with his fats larceny.

for free speech than with - nás Ho was unable to sperde Cheng Wan-snu, unemployed, tongue and when he did enter | English when he arrived in admitted the set of larceny, but the Federal House at Canberra Australia in 1949. He has since said, "Actually I did not snatch time and again only the Te become a Bachelor of Econia- the watch, I just took it." straint of his colleagues stopped mic at Sydney Univerally 18

Inspector. N. Reynolds

sald him

from getting into scraps | an activè inember of the Liberal that careful inquiry revealed with the Treasurer of the day, Party and has been nominated! that the defendcot had been a the late E. G. Theodore, whom for pre-selection for a vatane November 1, triend of the victim, as well as Rowley declared loudly and in the State Assembly. being a fellow clansman, for the long had double-crossed miners, A Norwegian who has been When a pickpocket was 0 In Australia only a few months past six years.

Defendant's clansman, Cheng little slow in transferring Row-is to Jatanch one of Australia's

ley's wallet from one Wan-cheung often lent sums of

pocket most unusual nahing industries, When defendant asked him for him unconscious with a punch "Ash stickka"

and export them farther $20 on. October 6,|***

ties during the period from Cheng said that he had not that and was immediately arrested to America.

wallet in his

The Norwegian is Mr Haakon

Sunday to early this morn- amount of money on lum. He with his own

Band. It took some offered, his friend, all that he

steady A Conrad, who sold Australiansing has resulted in 117 per to two policemen for did not realise the magnificent sens had, but that did not satisfy talking

being detained for Rowley to convince them that

types of fish which they had in questioning. him.

their waters. He complained Defendant asked Cheng Wan- he was the aggrieved party, cheung to pawn his watch.

RegreUally, old Rowley has bitterly that they included the

beat fish of all-shark.

Detained

Further action by the

money ranging from $1 to $20. to another Nowley knocked He is to slice up sharks into Police against triad socle.

1

ran away,

The

the same not been

for come

As the defendant's friend tried to reason with him, Cheng four years-ot since the night He said any kind of shark snatched the wrist watch and when they dragged his battered meat was beautiful. Ho ad- the de body from the wreckage of amitted that he was not looking Mr F. 1. Zimmern of Messrs Unfortunately, for

for sharks around the 10ft mark which had F. Zimmern Fud

car Unit ministerial Emergency Company, fendant, an

but rather those about Ave ft peared into the rear end of a appeared on behalf of the appli- van was cruising nearby,

long because they were re cant company, the Meo Wah Police gave chase and caught parked semi-trailer. Construction" Land Investment him.

All the specialists and all his latively easy to handle. He was sentepred to Led by Air Bauley C. Allyn, and Moregate Company Limited

three friends gave up hope for How- jey in that light, but old flow- Chairman of the Board, and who purchased the property for nonths,

ley fought back and is now Ar . 8. Gelmen,. The Presl$44,000 in 1940. dent, a party of ten leading

standing aside to give his afficials of the Nailonal Cash

Labour leader a safe seat for the rest of his political career. Register Company left Kal Tak by. Hongkong Airways Viscount this morning for Tokyo.

Mr I. R. A. MacCallum of

and Grist, Messrs Wilkinson appeared for the six tenants who had acceptet terms of settlement, Gild placed the the signed agreements before The N.C.R. oficials; who Tenancy Tribunal.

thetr by were accompanied wlyes, will attend the opening J.H. G. Way, of the Company's new manu- K. C, facturing plant Japan.

Tramcar Conductor

Fined The Tribunal comprising M:

President, Mr Mr Johnson II and

Lotteries

If the Premier; Mr Cablll, expected a blast of publie piao opposition following his tramcar for a series of Opera House will have firs! Li Chiu-sang, lotteries which

prizes of £100,000, he could

at Oltu in Cheung U-pul, recommended A52-year-old

compensation conductor,

exemption and

n9

Book for Boys

The party arrived in Hong- as agreed. Time for rebuilding was fined $100 by Mr H-not have been disappolated. Containing kong at the end of last week to be 16 months.

In his report. Mr Basto shing Lo this morning at Church, buskices leaders, and Picture-strip stories from the United States and the

taken ad- quoted the procent rental

Central Magistracy for even the Opposition weighed in representatives have

of their stay in the $225 per month from the three indecently assaulting Adventure stories vantage

a heavily with their criticism; • Colony to do some shopping nato, and estimated the monthly woman" constable, Yu Siu-

The Leader of the Opposition, well as yield from the new building a ha, aboard True-life Features and sight-seeing

that it B tramcar

Mr Moreton, declared on conferring with local officials of $2,500.

was "grankly wrong" to finance National Cash Register

the building Colour Pages the

of an Opera House Compard,

and the corresponding door area sent-defendant to prison for six

1. Mr. Lo said he would have from gambling, and Included among the represent of the new structure is 5,504 months If it were not for his whole thing was "deplorable."

A church leader said the tatives for this vidit were Mr

square feet.

ago. He added that Humour J, S. Scott, Vice-President In

Flats in the new building will plainant was travelling on the

Mr. Cahill proposes to selli charge of everseas operations, vary in rental from $500 to tram not to set a trap for him lottery with a first prize of 100,000 26 lickēta│in' ‚pach and Airs Scott, Mr J. M. Wilson, $300 per month. The President but was Vice-President for sales, with said these

$10.

from

July 10. The present door ares in 1,838

his wife; Mr J. K. Owen, priced. Director of public relations, end

Mrs Owens; and Mr C. Haynes and Me Fred Rosün.

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST LTD. Suspected Held

HONGKONG

KOWLOON

died by Perm:: Prosimy for and on Morning Ross Lalmites; at 1-3 Wyndham

were

there with reasonably constablo on

another £100,000; second prize £50,000 special duty and and third £25,000, that she did not lodge a com- All told there will be 2,640 plaint until a third ineldent had prizes which will cat fack

lattery £333,000,

Injured

i

Decurred,

Mr D. F. D'Almeda Remedios,

Mr Cahill in hoping to raiza representing defendant, asked approximately £400,000 net a the Magistrate to oxercise his year from such lotteries and ut

A boy of twelve, Tum Chur-power of dixcration under the | The tane time keep the normal hang, living at No. 238, po deal with his client leniently moving.

Magistrates... Ordinance and to dow Of ordinary lotteries Road, second floor, was knocked

The Felice have detained a down and seriously injured by He said defendent had bed fu His plan is to keep In NSW man following the theft of a bicycle in Talpo: Noad, near Hongkong for 25 years and at the huge sums which are new money from... n. pedestrian in Pelho Street, al, about 1.30 pm one time served six years at « going: Interstate for the bik Nathan Roud at about 1.30 pm yesterday. He is being treated core for the Royal Navy, and prizes in lotteries coodalstød, yesterday.

at the Kowloon Hospital.

that he had a family to-support. | "There,

SIDE GLANCES

Up to yesterday morning the Police had arrosted 70 per- sons, 60 men and four wOHAN, of these, 43 were from:

the. Tsuen Wan orca.

Another 47 persons were ar- rested between yesterday and carly this morning. Twelve: of the arrested persons, TVILL appear in court today.

By Galbraith

**This is the last time I'm coming up köra for Doo, till you promise me you'll go away for ATHL