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THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1961.
Man drew knife on police officer
Nam Tang, 42, of room 144 11 block Chai Wan, WAI sentenced to a total of eight months by Mr A. J. Sanguinelți at Causeway Bay Magistracy this morning on charges of possessing dangerous druga and resisting arrest.
The court was told that Iisp G. W. Roper and a pollee constable raided the rear cubicle of 144 D block Chai Wan and saw defendant with a packet of heroin. In his hands. The Inspector revealed his Identity, and placed the ́de- fendant under arrest,
But the defendant struggled, and attempted to stah Inspector Roper with a knife, The knife was eventually wrested frogi him, but ho continued to struggle, and even tore the Inspector's trousers,
Mr Sanguinetii said that it was a very serious offence Lo resist a police offeer in the course of his duty.
"Police alcers have certain duties to perform, and their duties are very difficult at times. And when police officers are in the right they are entitled to the full protection of the court," he said,
Mr Justice Rigby
SENIOR PUISNE JUDGE
ARRIVES IN HONGKONG
Mr Justice Ivo Charles Clayton Rigby, new Senior Puisne Judge, arrived in the liner Cathay this morning to take up his post. He is accom- panied by Mrs Rigby.
Brin Ja 19), Mr Justice Righy WON educatexi 01
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| Magdalen College School, Ox- Burd. He was first appolated
Colon Service To The Police Magistrate, Gumbla in 1035, and served subsequently |
Palestine and Nyasaland Wh he became Assistant Judge in 1940.
He has been Puisne Judge, Federation of Malaya.
Sir Michael Hogan, the Chief Justice, Lady Hogan, Mr Justice A. D. Scholes, Mrs Scholes, and Mr. Alltree, Chief BoiHIY, were among those who gregled the Rigbys
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Another arrival on the same bout is Mr A. M. McMullin, who will take up a pust in the North Kowloon Magistracy.
Mr McMullin last served In Uganda where he was Crown Counsel for 10 years. He promoted ไป Senior Crown Counsel last year.
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58-year-old firewood dealer, Siu Sau, was son- tenced to six months' joll by Mr K. A. S. Phillips of Contral Magistrocy this morning for being office-bearer of an unlaw- ful society.
Siu, Avho had It wife ik gy eight children to support, etaimed that he had been forced by gfreumstances to join the Ariad society, He said that he varned his living with his hands and never bullied anyone,
Drirelive Inspector A. B. Horteam said that Siu was ar- rested on information on Tues- day afternoon and admitied that he was an "adviser" of the Wo Yung
as an onlinary member ant was promoted to his present runk six years later,
dear sir
Literary taste
Robert Pkman gaya thai the outstanding characterisilo of Iris Murdoch's "A Softred Head" not it style. ita
'unités fizohion newa."
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BOAC taking
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characters or its background, BOAC District Sales Manager, Mr A. L. Nery will
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but the fast that Mise Mur- doch's story is, “by the slan- dards of most people" inverted commas). utterty degenerate. But
story cannot be "degenerale" in it- self; it is the treatment of (rough style, characterisa- | range, tion, etc) that makes degenerate,
be host today to some 200 boys and girls, members of the airline's Junior Jet Club, at a launch picnic at Silver Mine. Bay.
The youngsters whose ages
up to 19 ore
students It spending their summer holidays with their parents and relatives In Hongkong.
Says Mr Pkman: "I not
pornography. IL doca noti
"I have tried to contact all
enthuse. 11 does worse the members spending their merely yawns." Being ahock- | holidays here, but if we have ed by immorally may be less lett anybody out he or she s pretentious than being bored; welcome to join us today," Mr but Is it necessarily lese Nery said. shallow? Glegling over dirty alories is neither more mor loss virtuous than remolping mute, though it may he
more "normal".:
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It may be "normal" and
“human" to register shock or disgust at sexual perversion, but it is too negative a moral reaction to carry much critical force. The weakness of Mr Pitman's argument Is It Impiles that to be shocked or disgusted I enough in illerary judgement because It! Is "normal" and "human". In this he betrays the "shallow but Influential" attitude of the popular journalet that always Identifies Hacif with "the standards most pea- pic." How often do "normal, human, sluckable people" condemn book
"de- generate" merely because It is about degeneracy, and how often do they remain in- different lo worse sins than sexual perversion.
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Miss Murdoch's novel may be about described as a story Hexual perversion, bai the telling of It must necessarily involve other issues; it may "yawn" over abnormal sex, but It does not necessarily also In "yawn" over other Issues. assessing i the only proper way is to study their inter- relation and its total effect; 14 is not enough to concentrate on the sexual aspect and con- veniently ignore other, possibly equally important aspects. If Miss Murdoch's atlitude to sex Is her only "moral notion" he in sure about in what he describes
I "puzzling" μονεί, he is hardly In 岛 position to challenge it an moral grounds.
D
дя lameness Yee Trind Society. Mr Fitman's Siu joined the society in 1940 critle is also betrayed by his comment on the Incident in Miss Murdoch's “Flight from the Enchanter". If it fails as "a brutal commentary," etc., I not because the delinea- tion of such a alination can- not be "a brutal commentary." etc., but because the writer is deficient in moral insight in her interpretation of the alivation.
Siu bad three previous con- vletions, one for sgpull and two for street gambling,
Police catch up
with man who jumped bail
was
A man who had been of large for the past year after jumping boil fined this morning for exposing indecent pictures to the public.
The 30-year-old man, Ci:ón Slo-ying, of 35 Ferry-street, Youmati, appeared before Mr K. A. S. Phillips
Cer.tral magistracy this morning for un offence he had committed in July last year.
Chan pleaded gulity to CX- posing to the public 20 indepenl pictures and was fined $100.
Inspector G, D. Carter lold The Magistrate that defendant
was arrested on a warrant,
On the night of July 18 last year. Inap Carter raid, dolce- tives saw the defendant holding 20 photographs at the New
Kround
Reclamation
Connaught-road Central.
fendani was arrested when
Al Den
fo
Literary critics always have 10 strive after deeper moral standards than those of "most people." II their attitude in khallow, it is because their striving has taken A wrong direction, noi because it do- viates from the standards of the pubilo. It is of course right to challenge Miss Mur- doch's novel on moral grounds. but it is wrong to challenge it:
conventional moral grounds.
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By the way. I believe one of the reasons why the critics do not feel it necessary to defend Miss Murdoch's "moral notions" is that her story does not (as "Lolita" does) involve
child, and in their view sexual behaviour is "Immoral": only when it is wilfully cruel, or hurtful of the defenceless.
N. T. CHOW.
Police, military
exercise 'successful'
offered the photographs for sale Yesterday's combinod police!
to one of the detectives.
Insp Carter added that the photographs were confiscated,
Back from holiday.
and military exercise, hold to test the reactions of the police and
the armed forces to suddan emergency conditions, was very successful and pro- vided valuable training.
Men Claude Burgess, wife of the Offerr Administering the In an official announcement Guvernment, returned hi tho | lexued this morning, the authorl- finer Calbay this morning from fles thanked the public for neven months' holiday in Eng- } their co-operation with the Lecurity forces and their, willing
Jand
to
Sho was met on prrival by acceptance of any inconvenience the OAG, Sir Michael and Lady that may have been caused Hogan, and Chpt D. A. J. Mor 'tradle and pedestrians during rison, ADC.
the exerciso,
The assembly painl is the Hongkong Yaumati Pier in Connaught-read at 2,15 pm -
day.
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JOE
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August 1936
Any BOAC Junior Jet Club
OE Louis, sensational member spending the summer negro fighter from holidays in
Hongkong who wishes to join the plente but has
Detroit, who was knocked noi reclived invitation out by Max Schmeling two should contact Mr Nery at months ago, rehabilitated himself aomewhat in the Apart from the boat trip to Silver Mine Bay, the programune fistic world on Tuesday will Include refreshments, when he knocked out Jack swimming and games. Among the helpers will be BOAC stan, Sharkey, a former heavy- their wives, stewardesses and weight champion of the receptionists. Lifeguards will
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