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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JULY 7, 1958.

Doctor No

Enter James Bond-who

PART TWO

attracts dangerous women

SO FAR

like a highly-charged magnet

IN the languid, simmering heat of a By

Jamaican evening swift, macabre murder has been executed. Com- mander John Strangways, very privately the British Secret Service's representative in Jamaica, and his girl assistant have been methodically killed-and their bodies taken by the killers... in coffins,

So coldly and quietly that it goes unnoticed.... almost. But the ripple reaches London, to a place where it cannot afford to be ignored. And to somebody who had reason to be rid of two people will come a threat,

Ian Fleming

sat bolt upright, ke

They quarrelling lovers.

But was there an enemy? He had arranged for Quatrel to pick him up later. They Bond looked into the pret y.

angry little tace. "Good even were going to have dinner to- gether. Bond had asked Quarrel ing. What are you doing here? another After a "Why do you want suggest a place.

of embarrassment, picture of me?" Quarrel had said that whenever

10

mane wanted to enjoy himself in same Kingston he went to a water- khaki

front night-spot,...

BOND walked out into the Customs hall. At moment

once he saw the tall, brown-skinned against the barrier. He was wearing the old faded blue shirt and probably the same twill trousers he had-

when "Thank been wearing Bond first met him five She glanced down at a list. in her hand, "Mister Bond, years before.

isn't it? And how long will

be with

"Quarrel!" -

From behind the barrier the Cayman Islander gave a brood grin, He lifted his right forearm across his eyes in the old salute of the West Indians. "How you. exp'n?" he callest, delighted ly.

"I'm fine," said Bond, "Just wait till get my bag through, Got the car?"

"Sure cap'n."

VOHR

Bonil?"

you,

37

an

While they nte, Bond gave Quarrel

of the outline Strangways gentlemen.

cuse. Quarrel 1stened carefully, "Cap'n," he Said softly, ir dey was on Crab

da commander

118,

Worried

Key and slickin his nase Into da

Mister Business, yo kin bet yo bottom collar Film bocn washed. Him and him girl. Da Chitec mash dem for ho."

Bond was offhand. This

bel

"In start.

Wax

A

Transit," he said shortly, " think you'll final there were more interesting people on the plung”

"Oh, H. I'm sure not. Mister Bond. You look very important."

*

now, chp'n," he said shortly.

ו**

doing the nightspots." mouth "The first the Cupid's bow of a parted persuasively. pleture of you didn't come out. Tell this mon To leave me alone."

"What's your name?" of won't tell you." Bond cocked QuaLTel,

an eyebrow

Grip eased

her

at

Quarrel's eyes narrowed. His hond behind the girl's back turned slowly. The girl struggled like an eel, her teeth clenched

lower Up. Un twisting. she said "Owi Suddenly sharply and gasped, "T' tell." Quarrel eased his grip. The girl Jooked furiously fl Band: "Annabel Chitig."

wen! Quarrel

"I'm sorry to have to exer!

Said Bond, pressure,"

"but I

The Ones That

Got Away

THE

by JOHN PONDER

1 J

HE most profitable crime ever committed in London remains unsolved. It Was the £235,000 robbery from a GPO van in a West End side-street on May 21, 1952.

A

Seven masked men ambushed Mr Muriel Mallland, 35- the PO. van, attacked the driver year-old widow with two young and two postmen and got tavay children, was the victim of with that vast sum in notes sex-manine. She was dragged which were in a mailbag. Not a from her bicycle as she rode penny was recovered and no, one through the woods at Cranford, ever secused of the crime.

Middlesex, to the fhelory where in May 1957, brutally assaulted she worked early one morning and left hidden in the woods by her killer.

More recently bank robbers netted £25,000 in a daring rald on a bank in Hounslow High Street. That was last November No one was caught,

Polish Countess Lublenska died in the very centre of Lon- don, with scares of people about, She was slabbed to death as she stepped from a train on to a platform at Gloucester Road, Tube station, also in May last

A month later £50,000 wus stolen by thieves who blew the year. strong-room

#k a Kingston. Surrey, bank, Again not a penny has been recovered--though twọ men are serving ten years' gool for their part le that rald.

Is nothing being done about Murders? Unsolved, despite these unsolved crimes? Are the one of the most intensive hunts nies on them merely gathering ever carried out in London, is dust in Scotland Yard's records one recent killing--the shooting cabinets?

of

maintenance engineer Frederick Lee, 22, by payroll bandits at a City Road, Isling ton, factory on March, 7.

Unsolved, too, are two mur-

The

No. Periodic reports on each to Scotland investigation go Yord. Every time a new piece of the information comes to light

te is back on the desk of A

ders whose victims, it seems, detective-superintendem. might have been anyone. murders of two women going about their lawful business, Mm Muriel Mailand and Counte Teresa Lubienaka.

And that fle is never marked "Unsolved." Crimes years old are continually being solvert.

London Expresa Serulce).

DOES CRIME PAY?

TF criminals issued annual or ANALYSE LONDON'S LATEST

interim reports as companies do,

why get my of 1958 would be highly satisfactory FIGURES, AND FIND THE ANSWER

"Crab Key," let Bond. "What sort of a place in that?" looked ni him Quarrel sharply. "Dat a bad luck pince "Chince gemman buy hit durin da war and being in men and die buird-dirt, Don' let nobody and dere and don' let no one gel hoff.

We gives it a wide sert."

"Why's that?"

really can't understand why the figures for the first four months Bond SVAN vaguely worried. There Was

"lim have plenty watchmen, you're so $10 hey were moving to-

Ana spoltin' radar.

pintic. "What I told you," uld the for the criminals. wards the exit when there earthly reason why his pic- An cans-machine guns, An a picture. Tell me why."

fure should be wanted by Frens o mine have landed dere came the sharp crack, and the Press. It was five years and him never been seen again. girl sulkily. "It's my job."

Quistel, "All right,

Go London crime in the January-April period:- island flash of a Press camera. A since his last adventure on Dat Chinee

seep him

Bond sat back. 11 Tell da truf thead. pretty Chinese girl

in the island, and anyway his plenty, private.

cau'n Quarrel was apologetic, instinets told him that this was Jamaican dress was lower- nante had been kept out of a Ceas Key spare me plenty the 84,000 dollar question.

ho could get the answer out of ing her Speed Graphic, the papers.

saved girl he might be the She came up to them. She

weeks of legwork. said with synthetic charm,

TIL Quatrel's

shoulder storted to dlp downwardly The straine towards girl's face Quarrel's, Sweat beaded on her forehead.

POCKET CARTOON by OSBERT LANCASTER

**My dear Willy, if only you sweren't so hopelessly out of touch you wouldn't go leap- ing u ridiculous conclusions !"

The

They got to the car, It was a black Sunbeam Alpine. Bond looked sharply at it and then

Strang- at the number plate.

Wh the hell? ways car. "Where did

this, You get

Quarrel?"

Tond said thoughtfully, "Well, well."

Black satin

the A glint of light caught the corner of Bond's eye. He The Chinese turned quickly. A.D.C. tell me to to lake girl from the airport was stand- nly spare car dey have. Why, ing in the nearby shadows.. [cap'u? Him no good?"

him, rap'n.

Him

SBY

hit de

"Oh, 's all right, Quarrel,

Bond resignedly.

o, let's get going."

"Come

chaned of Resting this car. But

Now she was dressed in o of black

tight-fiting sheath satin sloshed up one side

almost to her hip. She hnd n flash attachment Lelea with

The other hand

was in

A leather rase at her

of breaking.

Consider this balance-sheet" for SLIGHTLY DISTURBING.....by JOHN CLARKE

1958 **3 *50 cloner's annual report went to I Burglary and house-

breaking

2062 press in the summer of 1967. * 5975 2014 Thefts from houses where no breaking

about the Ortured

The

An explosion

you,"

Motor vehicles silen or taken without Thette from molar

consent

vehicle

3387 3230

2100

L

in the house, in 1958 there were grown-up talk of black-market 8,555 such cases,

dding and restriction breaking.

on

the

lies

The modern cyclist, This Agure average over the last few years, other land, seems more careful and it is a considerable improve- of his machine than his father. 5463 4187 3237 ment un 1946, when only 25.1 in 1930 9,400 were stolen.- In

erlmes were

1956 only 0,957.

In

But from all the figures, what kind of pattern emerges?

The year 1945 was a peak year in crime with 128,054 indictable

was the

31

+

Up and up

Crimes Bike murder remalo

constant In London fairly 20-30 a year,

4591 3656 3121 per cent of such

"cleared up." Well might shareholders

It could certainly be improved crime rub their hands over further still if Londoners would "Teli." sald Bond oftly.

stand better guard over their "Tell and it will stop and we'll these figures, be friends and have a drink."

And well might Sir John homes and their properly. He was getting world.

Noli-Bower, Metropolitan Police For the bulge in crime be- crimes. girl's arm must be on the verge Commissioner sound the alarm comes most noticeable in those

to his force and to the public. categories of it in which the Gradually, the figure fell; unll public by sheer carelessness give by 1954 it seemed that London to grips with its For if the police force is under most assistance to the criminal. had got strength ( Is 2,000 below ca- Sometimes they net more like criminals again, The Agure that Suddenly the tablishment) clearly the criminal the criminal's necomplices then year (93,037 cases)

lowest since 1937. his victims. Bond plato the passenger In one hand. al It was entirely his fault.

Bond was too recruits. In most categories of He might have guessed at the side. The hand come out hold girl's lef: hand flew up and into world is doing very well for

The girl Quarrel's face. flashbulb a

Something crime, today's criminal is would vel tuinly the slipped the base into her mouth slow to stop her,

pul

wet it and improve the sinted and there was a char under 30. Anger on him and on what he to

Bon snatched at was doing in Jamaica if any contact and made to screw it explosion.

her. arm and dragged it back. one happened to be interested,

Blood was streaming down Glass and As was, reflected Bond, he

Rond Quarrel's check. might just as well have adver-

metal tinkled on to the table. used his, visit. He sighed. 14

She had studied the ashbulb Should all these young cri- was the mistakes one mundu at

on Quarrel's face. If she had minals quake at the thought of the beghung of a case that

been able to reach our eye It sure espture for their crimes? for some were the worst.

wer

They have grounds 'They

would have been blindel. the

In 1950, the last Quarrel's free hand went up complacency, and felt his check. He put it. year for which full figures re front of his eyes and looked at available. there were 108 582 indictable crimes in the Metro- the blood. "Áha!" There was

politan area. nothing but admition and

Of these, 31.1 per cent, î The girl smiled. She let the feline pleasure in his voice. He Leica hang on the thin strap said squably to Bund: "We shade under a third, had been, round her neck. She took get mutten out of his gol, cap's in the police phrase. "cleared Quarrel's hand. Quarrel swung She plenty tough. You want fe up" by the tline the Commis her round like a ballet dancer. me to break she's arm?" Now he had hor hand behind "Good God, no." Bond let go

Into the reflector,

"Get that girl," said quickly.

In two strides Quarrel was up with her. He held out his hand. "Evenin',

he missy,"

sald

irretrievable one the softly. ones that yol you wit on the wrong fool, that gave the enemy the Arst gaine.

DENIS COMPTON story

He was only 20 and he was facing the greatest ordeal of any cricketer -- his first innings for England in a Test against Aus- tralia.

Nervous? Not a bit of it. With imperlur- bable Eddie Paynter as his partner, the young newcomer wasted no time. Soon he was hitting the Australian, bowling all round the field,

He was not defeated until the next day-when

he was caught after scoring 102.-

It was Denis Compton's unforgettable debut against Australia-the debut to the 20 brilliant years in which his genius has enriched the sporting scene.

NOW, WITH HIS RETIREMENT AS A PROFESSIONAL AT THE END OF LAST SUMMER, COMPTON IS FREE TO TELL. FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE FULL FASCINATING STORY OF HIS FABULOUS. CAREER.

It is the story the whole sporting world has

been waiting for and it

Starts next Sunday, July 13th

exclusively in the

SOUTH

CINA

SUNDA gi

POST-HERALD

A drink

har back ond she was in the crook of his arm.

the arm he was holding. "Let lier go." He felt angry with himself for having hurt the girl still falled. But he had learned something. Whoever Quarrel smiled down into the was behind her hold his people ashing dark eyes in the pale, by a steel chain. almond-shaped face. "Cap'n

She looked up at him angrily. and "Don't. You're hurting."

like you to take a drink wit Cruel eyes

ปก

soothingly. we." he said came back to the lable, moving the girl along with him.

He hooked a chair out with his foot and, sit her down be- side him, keeping the grip on wris: behind her back.

her

*I'm sorry, Str, but I'm afraid Mr. Podbury's rather got his hands full

at the moment.

London Zeyrsti Zarvion

Quarrel brought the girl's right arm from behind her back. Ho still held on to the wrist. Now he opened the girl's hand. 116 He looked into her eyes,

were cruel. OWTI

"You mailt me, Missy. Now I mark you”

He brought up his other hand and took the Mount Venus. the soft lozenge of flesh in the polm below her thumb, between his thumb and forefinger. He began to squeezo il Bond could seo his knuckles go white with the pressure.

She The girl gave a yelp. hammered at Quarrel's hand and then at his face. Quatrel grinned and squeezed harder. Butideniy he let go. The girl shot to her feet and backed sway from the table, her bruised hand at her mouth.

Sho took her hand down and hissed furiously: "He'll get you, you bastards!" Then, her Lelca dangling, sho ran off through the trees.

TOMORROW The girl who wore nothing

Cleared up

But whereas in 1930 there - Then, instead of continuing to were 9,737 cases of housebreak- fall, the number of cases began ing, shop-breaking and burglary, to climb upwards ugeln, the figure in 1960 was 16,003.

Only 224 of the 667 burglaries and 1,444 of the housebreakings were cleared up in 1930.

Certainly some of the blame 01 the carelessness of victims. Women who go out to work each day pin messages for milkmen on their door-odver- o tling the house's

emptiness. Keys are lett under mats before- the very watchers.

eyes

of

Interested

Help from TV

The busies! time of day for housebreakers is 3-4 in the cfter-

noon in the light months, 8-9 In October- the evening during Apell. And most cars are stolen between 8 and 10 in the evening.

Television has proved a great boon to criminals, for familles sit concentrated round a noisy sel, leaving the house unlocked.

And criminals have cause, 100, to thank those conversationalists who in cluba, public house and shops, where strangers are pre- sent, airfly talk of holiday plans

So that while in the first four months of 1954, there were 194 burglaries and 2,406 housebreak. ings, the figures for 1967 are 402 for leaving home. arxl 3,473,

In 1958 there were five times

In the war posters warned Why this increase?

that careless talk cost lives. Such falk nowadays cos's crimes. For the number of thefts of vehicles that were recorded in 1938, the Agures being 3,908 and 797. Some blame the adolescence the police are always at war and young manhood of the war with the criminal, Perhaps it is cases numbered generation who were separated time that the Shoplifting

publle becamo ord, more actively combatant in this 1,477 in 1930, and 2,628 in 1950. from parental discipline

there were after the war, while at an war. Twenty years ago 4,328 case of larceny (over £5) impressionable age, exposed to

UN

ARAB NATIONALIST MAZE

-(London Express Sorulca),

"You can go in easily enough, monsieur, but can you find your way out again?”

Landen. Kapruar, Bezuba,