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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1958.

TWO UK ANTARCTIC EXPLORERS COMPLETE MISSION SIDE `GLANCES

-Four Months Together

In

Unexplored Territory

McMurdo Sound, Feb. 23.

Two British explorers arrived at nearby Scott Base today at the end of a 1,670-mile survey expedition across previously un- explored territory in the Antarctic. They had been, on the trail since October 21.

Industrialist

Visits Colony

Dr George March, 32, of Edmund Hillary In setting up Shrewsbury, England, and J. Depot 700, making n round- Holmes Miller, 30, of Masterton, trip Journey with the other New Zealand, arrived on skio New Zealand group before set- behind two dog sleds. Their Ung off on their own.

clothes were torn, dirty and They arrived here from the pateted; their face were cover-plateau depot, which the party ed with heavy beards and were led by Dr Vivian Fuchs reached earlier today,. Marsh said the deeply sun-burned.

trip from the plateau was about Sir Dinshaw Petit, well-

The two men had surveyed the easiest of the journey and known industrial and Ananeler 15,000 square miles of previous-, that Fuchs probably would have uf Bombay, accompanied byly unchartered sections of the no trouble the rest of the way,

continent, including The two men said the coldest Lady Petit, arrived from Indla uthern

they suffered was 42 the major mountain ranges near weather

and Nimrod degrees below zero Fahrenheit. Mount Markhur Cil-cler. They helped Sir They said they had their worst of 20 time with a combination of below and winds up to 70 miles an hour. They said they were

by Air India International this morning for a week's stay here on a holiday trip.

The visitors will By to Japan from where they will travel to Europe by the North Pole route.

Lady Petit is the sister of Mr J. R. D Tata, Managing Director ot

Industries Tula which is the largest industrini enterprise in India.

By Galbraith

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T. K. Rug V. $ha Off.

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Cod. 1964 BY KEA Servien, hone

Calling Card stopped for two weeks by bad "Cortainly we had to buy her lots of anappy new clothes

Guest

A famous expert on Orient? affairs Dr Cheng-Te-K'un will be the guest on "Calling Card"

weather on the entire trip.

Miller said they were nol bothered by the isolaton of the Antarctic wastes,

Loneliness

"The only time we had defin-

on the Rediffusion Televisionite feelings of loneliness or in-

Blood Donors Service at a quarter to sine to- ccurity was when we were away

night.

Dr. Cheng is Professor of Far Two

Canadian partics of

East A:chnoclegy and Chinese seamen Eave blood for the Blood Bank in Honkgong carly Als at Cambridge University and he was founder and curate this morning.

of the West Chit Union Thie first

group went to University Museum at Chenglu, Queen Mary Hospital, where Szechuan for some years.

30 donors were.received.

from the dogs," he said. Miller explained that several times they had to leave their teams in order to reach areas not parsable with their sleds.

Miller sald they were 90 miles southeast of Depot 700 on Christ- the más Day, but celebrated occasion with frankfurters, mashed potatoes and medicinal The British Red Cross He is the author of many brandy. Society Blood Collecting Centre publications dealing with'

Miller said they had only In Fung House on Connaught Arpeels of Chinese purcelain and minor disagreen.cits on Road had a party of 41 volun- paintings and he is now on a four-month tous and that try

expected.

visiting members of his family, other.-United

all

their

for college-she has to be smarter than she was in high

school!"

TOUGH FIGHT

FOR FOREIGN

AID BILL

BY ROBERT BARKDOLL

Washnigton, Feb. 23.

fears initially and mere were theirt holiday in the Colony re-eme out stal speaking to crab The Senate Republican leader, William

Glamourous

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at

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SHEAFFER'S

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ADMIRAL SNORKEL PEN

PLAINTIFF SAYS:

Former Director Offered To Operate Ship

Evidence of an alleged offer by Mr J. F. Horman-Fisher, a former director of Wheelock, Marden and Co., Ltd, to operate the my Lady Wolmer as agents for the plaintiff, was given by Mr Alexander Kwong, plaintiff in a claim for $960,000 before Mr Justice C. W. Reece at the Supreme Court this morning.

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Mr Kwong sald he had lost first, though he could money In operating the vessel the money later from the in- oo his own and had only paid surance company. (wo instalments to Wheelock, In early, October, 1050, he Marden and Co.,

he had met Mr Horman-Fisher in the spent too much on overhead latter's office. During the con- :

as

From the Files

25

years AGO

THE most fortunate men who

tried their luck in the present nnnual race meeting aro undoubtedly Sgt A. R. Brittain and Sgt W. S. Dail, two mem- bers of the Hongkong Traffic Police, This is the record they have achieved within the period of a year-First prizes of $2,000 and $2,213; second prizes of $1,344 md $006 and another fest prize of $3,900 shared with two offers. Whilst on the arst and second days of the present meeting, they have secured two first prizes of $1,038 end $2,012 respectively, on through ticket No. 394.

The Listeners' Club reports: charges. Ho sald Mr Horman-versation, Mr Honnan-Fisher One evening last week, XCBL over an SOS Fisher saw him in early Octo-allegedly told the plaintiff that Shanghat put ber, 1950, and allegedly aug- he, the plaintif, was not "a stating that the front door of a gested to operate the ship for good shipping man", and that certain well-known radio estab plaintiff as agents.

he did not know how to operate lishment on Nanking Road had the ship. Mr

man-Fisher been inadvertently left open. Horman-Fisher also nilegedly said, "Everybody As a result, several listeners store and malus money now. Why don't went along to you? You'd better give the mounted guard until the

along with ship back to me to operate prietor came you. I am suro within 20 key. months, I'll pay all your debts for my company. Might have some profit."

Mr Kwong said he did not agree to Mr Harman-Fisher operating the vessel at first, but finally I had no alternative but to agree."

Counter Claim

Mr Kwong is claiming $900,000 against Wheelock, Marden and Co., being the value of the my Lady Wolmer, and general damages for her alleged delinue and conversion.

the

pro- the

Mthe trish Hospitals Sweep-

ما

The auditora

MR O'Sheehan, Becretary to Did Not Agree atake, has sent the following cable the Singapore Free The plain sald he did not Press:-The following prize, Defendants deny the claim and agree to the suggestion at first won in the Irish Sweepstake on ore counter-claiming for a summas he had lost so much in the Cestrewitch in October last, of $18,213.04, allegedly due by business operating the vessel, I still unclaimed. Th plaintiff, with interest from June and in giving up the vessel it made every effort to get into. 30, 1954.

would

mean bankruptcy and touch with the winner but can The Lady Wolmer was loss of face. He said he had get no reply. It the prize is stranded on May 19, 1953, off also told Mr Horman-Fisher not claimed by April 7, it be- Cheju Island, near the South that he had a man who was comes forfelt to the hospitals Korean coast, and was aban- doned as a total loss on May 22, prepared to put up money as fimd. The prize is £100 and

Mr Kwong is represented by capital to form a united com- the ticket number Mr Brook Bernacchi and Mir Pany and that this man could and the Richard Winter, both instructed only provide the money by the Miri, Sarawak, via Singapore. by Mr M. E. Ives, of Peter Mo end of October that year.

Heald Mr Horman-Fisher and Co.

had also suggested that he was Wheelock, Marden and Co. to be the plaintiff's agent in

is BC89866 winner is H. Barlou,

*

Position Wanted:- $500 to

$1,000 offered to anyone assist ing an American, aged 28, to secure position in any capaelty (outdoor preferable) at any satary. Write Box...

Ltd, are represented by Mr Join operating the vessel, and that Melil, QC, and Mr Oswald he could offact the profit against Cheung, instructed by Mr F. G. the debt plaintiff had owned the Nigel, of Johnson, Stokes and defendant company. Plalati Master.

said Mr Horman-Fisher had also The plaintiff testified that he suggested that a certain ship- was the pole proprietor

of ping

company was either to have the vessel or to operate in shipping business in 1948 by company with the defendant YOUNG woman of 17. chartering vessels.

A named Kinu Oware, in the. Plaintiff cald he objected to city of Choahi, Japan, held her the idea as the particular ship- chastity s0 dear that sho left at Wheelock, ping company Mr Horman- her home, decked in her wed- was a ding dress, on the night of tho

Roland and Co. He started in

F. Knowland, said today that the congressional battle shaping up over President Eisenhower's $3,942,000,000 foreign aid bill would be "one of the toughest fights" of the session. But he predicted the foreign come to halt or sharply curtail ald programme would be con- overseas spending. tinued, although possibly in

office Some caigressmen who want "curtailed

The form."

Call-16 increase domestle spending as

gramme,

In December, 1949, he vislied In Decembe Mr Horman-Fisher in the latter's Marden

and

company.

support for foreign aid comes said that such outlays could be a result Lady Wolmer. As Chinese company and was there- 14th instant when the wedding fornia Senator pointed out that an anti-recession measure have purchase the Lady Wold to Fisher had mentioned

of negotiations, ke fore his competitor. from both Republicans and

an agreement, in effect by a slash in foreign aid, entered into Democrata,

Senator Knowland indicated which Mr Herman-Flaher signed The same point was made by on the ABC television pro- on behalf of Wheelock, Marden Eric A. Johnston, head of a

"College News Con- and Co. & Mr S. K. Chan also White House-sponsored confer-ference, that he thought efforts signed as a witness to the ence to be held bere on Tuesday to trim the programme would be agreement, be sold. to whip up public backing for successful. But he predicted its The agreement providet for a deposit of $84,000, which was pald on December 12, 1040, und also payment of $128,000 upon delivery of the vessel, which said

--Unlied Press,

the ald programme. President eventual passage in some form, Eisenhower and former Pres dent Truman will address the znealing at different times,

Mr Johnston, President of the Motion Picture Association, said response so far to the meeting showed that the people were "vitally interested in foreign ald.

National Security

He said 1,200 leaders from "every

of fo" had

LETTERS TO

THE EDITOR

A Reply

walit accepted invitations to the con-To_The_Edlior, China Mall,

ceremony was to take place. A letter left behind spoke of her No Alternative

strong desire to retain her vir ginity as the reason for har The plaintiff said he at first conduct. The astonishing family did not agree Mr Horman Immediately communicated with: Fisher's idea but finally he had the local police which are in- "no alternative but to agree."stituting a search for the miss- The vessel was taken back by ing bride-to-be. As there oro defendant company on Indications of her having gono October 20 that year, plaintiff to Tokyo, the Metropolitan Police are asked to join in the search.

the

sum was paid on January 7 Hearing is continuing.

ovided

The bgreement also

payment of the balance of the vessel on monthly Lustaimenta of $64,000 com- mencing from the dalo of delivery of the vessel, The plaintif said he pad two Instalments for February and March, 1950. He also paid bills -in respect of oils supplied to the

ference on "foreign aspects of Sir-In case any should im- ship, as well as water, repairs, US national security." He re-agine that I am allowing the crew wages and insurance ported that "hundernds" of ad- challenge presented In "In-premium; which totalled about ditional requests to attend had tolested's letter to pass by de- $400,000,

foult, I shall try to answer the Signed Letter

to be turned down.

While most Democratic and Republican leaders of Congress support the ald programme, it is opposed by a sizable bloc o members who feel the time has

LADY BLACK VISITS RED CROSS

question he raises,

First there is no reason why

critics should not differ about the vessel,

Testifying on the delivery of

MERCHANT ON DRUG CHARGE

Lammert

adver

Brothara tised-Sale by public auction, on Monday, February 27, 140 the of red caviar.

K

“IYOSHI, Tanabe, a young тал of 31, who gained much notoriety as "Chimney

of the

workers"

A 30-year-old Indian mer sitter the First" was found. chant, Mohindra Verma, drowned near a police-box At of 11 B.L. Macdonnell Shin Yamashita bridge at Naka- Road, and a 35-year-old purently been dead for a month, ku, Yokol. He has Ap- unemployed man, Pui Sai During the Fuji Spinning Co. plays as about other things. No shortly

the plaintiff said

hung, of 173 Wing Lok dispute at Kawasaki In 1930, two persons see the same thing January 7, 1950, with a letter of before 1 a.ru. on

Street, second floor, ap-nost Tokyo, this man climbed. in the same way, therefore their introduction from the defendant- peared before Mr Hin-up the high chimney Budings are bound to be dif-

at

factory unnoticed, about 130 Central shing Lo compray be bearded the Lady ferent

feat high, and refused to come Wolmer and saw the explain of Magistracy this morning down until and unless the com- Regarding standards,

I can the vessel. The captain gave oily imagine

on a charge of conspiracy pany acceded to the "Interested" i

he upon, which referring to some earlier corres him a letter

to deal in dangerous demands. He remained on tho signed. He then gave instruc- pondence that appeared on the ton to the captain to load car

20 chimney for 130 hours and drugs-raw opium,

minutes. His novel demog- subject. What are the standards

First defendant is also thestration was successful, for tha of the theatre? West-end? Does Lain cargoes on board for Tien

lain,

proprietor of the Associated disputa w

settled to that incon the play that was

the The plaintiff eald he operated Enterprises, Boom 909 Ming satisfaction of the wishkor. Lady Black, new President booed off the first night, or the the vessel until October, 1950. Fat House; of 8 Duddell Street. He was, however, sentenced to

Red one that of the British

went on to a record The operation was, however, not

months' ipprisonment Jun? Provincial? Rubbish.

It is alleged that both de three Tho successful

vessel WO3 Cross Society,' Hongkong The theatre would die if it wore

fendants conspired together with stay of execuilón of sen- bombarded by airplanes and Branch, visited ladies of not for our repertory theatres, man-of-war from Formosa while deal in dangerous drugs-raw this was a case of suleide or of with others not in custody otence for three years. Whether one of the BRCS working and certainly Shakespeare would attempting to enter Swatow and

accident 10 death by. have

February gono from

oplum between

La nob us had his suffered damage from machine party groupe at Sandi-

known. and 22. plays had to rely on West-end lands Hut this morning.

guns. productions.

Detective

G. J. He said he had paid two

Sub-Insp. Upon her arrival Lady Black Qualify my criticlam. I think instalments

Riddell opponed bill on the to had then

London—In the House of was

by Mirs

Michael di quality my statements insufficient money to meet these rounds that the prosecution re- Turner, Director, with Mrs J.I went along. - The Lamb and Mrs. J. Smith. entry was good theatre and spent too much overhead charges there might be other charges pre

surprise instalments. He said that he had quired time for further investi-Commotis today (February 22) that the Colonial Secretary informed gatione into the ease and

Mr. Luun; that under the system. Mrs D. E. Reilly who was well done. The play carried an on nocount of the vessel, as ha

of mut taal,, the number on the supervising

the group Intro-under-thests that is important bad to pay double the

ferred against the defendants. wages duced the ladies present.

Vin, Novem An to socialy (especially at the mo- for crew members on board a

Mr. A. El Arculi of A, el Hongkong register. other group meets on Tuesday ment).

It was

welt brought British vessel going to the China Arcul and Co-18 representing

the first defendant. mornings to prepare awabe and out,

mainland. similar ́tasis.

Both defendants are remanded Regarding my own criticlami. The insurance rate, he catch"," Mrs A. Sommerfelt sald that Well, I am not in Fleet Street, was then three per cunt more in Police custody until Thursday

No pleas were taken the groupe were formed early | my theatred ure not in Shafter- than the present day one," and

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In 1080 before the outbreak of bury Avenue. If I thago my he had also had to pay for xà-||***

ber, 1931, was 9,017. Registra tion ceased in 1930 andź zinca then mut taal had... been an illegal status. It toon how that of domestic workere, Kauka

hostilities in Koren and stocks of players from the stogo, i am pairs for the doinge" caumes? Printed and published by Para PLUMEELY FOR and fon dressings were prepared and left with

during the bombardment off behalf, of South China Morning Post. Limited at:13 Wangbarn stored).

Swatow at his own expense at Street, City of Victoria in the Calony of Hongkod.

Pike nothing.

DRAMA CRITIC.