1948-06-25 — Page 5

Soldier's Sentence Reduced 3 Months

JUDGE SAYS HE IS GOING AGAINST PROPER LEGAL PRINCIPLES Sentenced to 18 months' hard labour on June 11 by Mr Latimer at Kowloon Court for shop-breaking, Norman Edwards, 18, gunner in the Royal Artillery, and a native of Sulford, Lancashire, appealed against the sentence before the Acting Chief Justice, Mr Justice Williams, in the Supreme Court this morning.

The grounds for the appeal were that it was too severe and that two others who took part in the crime had not been arrested.

Mr Justleo Williams remarked that he could not see how the fact that two others concerned had not been arrested had anything to do with the saverity of the sentence.

Edwards, asked what he had to say, 'replied that everybody made ailps in life and he had mada ona. He said he had been, in the Army for 10 months, and arrived in Hong kong four months ago. It was the fest time he had been before criminal Court in connection with any offence.

TENANCY

DISPUTE

Tribunal Reserves Judgmont

reserved was

this

Judginent morning by Mr D. L. Strellett, sit- thit as a one-man

Tenancy Tri- Abunal, in the application brought by Mackintosh's Lid., of Alexandra Buliding, for the eviction of L Mercado (Mnyo's Shoppe) and Mrs D. Kovachi (Salon de Mode) from Shop TC. Alexandra Building, after final submissions had been made by Mr D. A. L. Wright, counsel for the applicants.

GOOD MILITARY RECORD His Lordship, perusing Edwards' military record, said it was given BA good. He then went on to ask who Edwards' companions in crime were.

The disputed premises were oc- cupied by Mackintosh's Ltd. prior to the outbreak of the Pacifle War, Edwards replied that at the time

lio was worried and en

in ndition to of his arrest

to the premises they t Declipy.

Shop TC was had failed to scortain their names, present

Mercado

In 1942 in 1942. Thoy were together on working taken over by

the crime was when the Japanese were in occupas, tion of the Colony, and he has remained

there since. The land- vestment

parly just before committed.

to

as

Mr A. Lansdale, Crown Counsel, lords pre the Hongkong Land In-

and told the Court that the shop-break-

Agency Co., Ltd., but in the Marrlo rent was

opponents ing had occurred

paid by Cheung chop In Gun Club Hill bar-Mackintosh's Ltd,

"The case

had racks on the night of June 8. Pro-

# protracted perty, comprising various articles of hearing before the Tribunal, in the wearing apparel, Including nylon course of which evidence was heard stockings, were taken after the lock from the two parties involved, of the shop door had been forced. well as lengthy mid involved legal The shop was run by Chinese for arguments.

nal the benefit

personnel, Mr Wrigitt was instructed by Mr of Service the and goods which Servicemen usual- J. T. Prior, and Mr B. A. Bernincelii, to send Home were sold, who appeared for the opponents, was ly

t question hnd

been instructed by Mr Y. K. Kan.. Tho taken from the shop's showcase. Another soldier, Dennis Maton, 25, was given six months for receiving part of the property.

or

! Counsel submitted that the sen-

tence passed on Edwards was not: manifestly excessive

wrong in principle. It was open to the Court to consider Edwards youthfulness that he

he was a soldier serving in Colony where the cost of living was bigh, that he had only been a short the period in the Army, and that

of a period of impri- consequences sonment here was more severe than

KCC Concert Tomorrow

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1948.

Living On Borrowed Blood FATE OF

Stricken with Cooley's Anaemia, this 12-year-old boy smiles from a hospital bed as he receives his 100th blood trans- fusion from the Brooklyn Red Cross in New York, Victims of the rare ailment can be kept alive only by repeated transfusions. The boy has been ill of the disease since his seventh month and since then has received 204 pints of

blood-AP Picture.

Japan's Technological Progress To Be Studied

Washington, June 24. The 11-nation Far Eastern Commission was reported to have voted to permit representatives from each country to go to Japan to study technological advances made by Japanese industry. The decision was taken at a closed session today, informants said, despite some initial opposition from US delegates.

end

that of the normal person sentenced five four sons Heard You Sing-machinery and fishing methods. for such on offence. He agreed Mifanwy

students.

TWO PROPOSALS

KAIFENG

DUBIOUS

Nanking Claims Not Wholly Surrendered

Shanghai, June 25-Con- flicting reports continued to day on the fate of the Honan Provincial capital of Kaifeng, with pro-Government reports insisting that the garrison there was still fighting, while the Communist radio claimed the city's capture on June 22, and Honan Legislativo Yuan delegates in Nanking likewise insisted that the city has fal- len.

A Government military spokesman in Nanking insisted that Kaifeng was not completely in the hands of the Reds and reiterated that the Nationalists are now in a position to rescue the clly after the Reds ba- gan withdrawing in face of tha

nearing of reinforcements. {

If the

ture

claims of cap-

are held up T will be the first provincial capital of China Proper to fall into Red hands.

INDEPENDENT REPORTS Independent reports seemed to confirm the Communist claims. The Red Radio said that more than 30.- 000 government troops were killed and wounded and 20,000 captured. It added that more than 100 miles of the Lunghal railway Chengchow, west of Kalteng, Lucho, east of Kalleng. are now under the Communist control.

between

anci

The Reds claimed that General Yu Ling-yun, chie! of stan of 10 Government's 80th Division, along with Brig-Gen. Chang Chich were captured,

At Peiping, Gen Fu Tso-yi's head- quarters claimed a government vic- tory in which the Communists were driven out of Kupelkow, 100 mlles north of Peiping in Jchol province. It said that government reinforce- ments driving northward from Pelping arrived in time to turn the "extremely precarious situation into a Nationalist victory in which they captured large quantities of enemy

suppliesARDS CAPTURED

Ad-

not know

The Peiping Railway Administra- In effect, the decision opens the it was understood the question of tion reported that the Communists, way for foreigners to enter Japan permitting additional Japanese to striking for the second time in 10 to examine Nipponeso industries, go abroad for various purposes was days about 10 miles from Tientsin Inventions and progresses for the considered further. A decision was on the Tientsin-Pukow railway, A special treat is in store for XCC | first_fline ɛlace the war.

expected within a few weeks. carried off railway employees and members and their friends on Satur Japan has been pretty much shut

Army guards from the station. day night when the popular and off from technological developments

About midnight the Reds hit the talented Hongkong Light Orchestra in the rest of the world for 10 years.

town of Peitsang, 10 kilometres from will present a varied programme of Informants sald the decision pre-

Two proposals along this line are Tientsin, carrying on destruction sumably covers the right to examine before the Commission. One would until they were routed by the arrival Instrumental and vocal music.

Mezzo

Interest allow Japanese businessmen to study of government troops. The ammunitions, soprano Joan Turville will orma

ministration said it did "On Wings of Song," has been shown in Nipponese textile postwar markets abroad.

The second would permit trips the Reds in the raid.

how

many were taken prisoner by toing." nod "Un Peu d'Amour."

The decision grew out of abroad for cultural reasons. This that the sentence might appear

A clarinet and Bule solo, "The Australian request. Australia 15

Pro-Government reports claimed includo professors and be a little higher than that normally

In Japan's latest would

that one of the most important bal- given, but the Court was guided by Butterfly," will be another attrac-much interested

[model fishing nels.

tles in the civil war may take place certain principles which would have fion.

The Commission will to be considered.

Jikely on the Hopan plains south of Kaifeng RADIOED DIRECTIVE

publish its decision on technological in which the government troops hope 100,000 Communists- mission within a fortnight, but be- to surround fore it does so it wants General elements of Chen Yi's and Liu Po- Douglas MacArthur to have the full chen's armies.

The reports said that three strong are converging Mr William Apps will conduct the und out. The Commission was re- to permit Japanese,

The Commission's recent decision government armies

from on the south of Kalteng

the orchestra.

to

accompany in- The programme begins at 9 o'clock ported to have decreed

SCAP representatives to interna- cast, west and south in an effort to The cast and west and there will be a 15-iniaute inter-terested nations must visit Jepan tonal technical conferences has trap the Reds. val during the evening.

and complete their work within

from the The cotton only now emerged from the Com-column aro-at-present about 50 miles Booking for senis and tables may nine months from now,

south is farther from the goal despite still be made at the clubhouse.

of Lancashire,ission's slow moving public rela- apart while the column spinning industry

lohs channel-Associated Press.

the forced march. Pro-Government was understood to be interested

reports concede the possibilty that new methods the Japanesc were

the Communists may pull out swiftly reported using in their spinning in-

before the government troops can dustry.

close the trap.

JUDGE'S COMMENTS Addressing Edwards, Mr Justice Williams, in referring to Edwards' plea that two companions in crime had not been arrested, pointed out of his arrest he that at the time had not disclosed them 10 Police, and had not given them assistance in that maller. Ap- pella now apparently felt

wha two men grievance because

ellant

the

And helped him had got oil. Ap pellant's offence was a very serious

one,

he remarked, and he could

brought

have been Supreme Court on

the

before an indictable effence for which the penalty was 14 years.

The orchestral

in- programme cludes such favourites as "Mojd of

the Mountains" selection, "Morning, The directive will be radioed to Noon and Night" overture, "The General Douglas MacArthur who is Fire Fly" selections, and "Show expected to bring prompt arrange- Boat" selections.

ments to put it into effect. It was text.

considerable detalls WDS

Shot While

Fleeing Police

A shooting incident occurred in House-breaking or shop-breaking

district carly this was very prevalent in the Colony, the Wanchal

morning!. and sentences must be severe, sali

A Chinese constable in uniform hls Lordship. It was the same thing

tline arrested man in Stewart Road where crimes were so prevalent. about 0 o'clock for being in pos- with the session of housebreaking imple- if it was menta

The man, L So, about 20

In England at the

present

He could only disngree Magistrate's Беренсе

wrong in principte, and whatever yody.

sentence he himself (Mr Justice Williams) might have imposed for the offence Was another matter altogether,

lake into con- "I will, however, sideration that you are only 18 or approaching 19, that you have got a good military record, and that you have only been in Hongkong a few months," said his Lordship. I will reduce your sentence by

thren months, though frankly I am going against the proper legal principles. icsson to you I hope this will be and that when you come out after serving your sentence you will not commit any further offences."

Gold Through

Parcel Post

A

of age,

left

that

in

The Commission emphasised its be desire that such study groups confined

to strictly

bonande technologists and that the project not be used as a channet to permit persons interested in other matters In Japan to enter the country.

The Commission made no other decisions at its weekly meeting. But

broke away Americans To

from

The constable gave chase and called upon Li to stop. Li did not pay any heed and the constable drew his revolver and fred hitting Li in the right leg.

The man was subsequently re- moved to the Queen Mary 11ospital,

Floods Cause

130 Deaths

NO SOFT COAL

STRIKE

shel

10

were

AIR UNITS STRIKE Government air units again swept bombing and the Kalteng arca, bo straling Red communications lines.

more than Washington, June 24-An agree- They claimed that ment was reached today on the new trucks and 100 hand carts soft coal contract, wiping out the blasted by lowflying lighters.

Meanwhile, one of the most mill- threat of a nationwide strike next

is being held in inry conferences month.

The Presidential Board of Inquiry Slan under President Chlong Kal- announced that the United Mine

The highest ranking military com- Workers and soft coal operators re-manders in Northwest provinces ar- presenting 100,000,000 tons of annual production "have come to agreement rived by special planes to participate! on all substantial features of the in deliberations which may result in more active participation in the civil contract of

"They assured us that the com-medan generals, including Ma Hung- war by crack divisions of Moham- (Contiued from Page 1) pletion of the contract is simply a

controlled by the Russians, have been man told

Electric power and water, both matter of detall," the Board chair-wei and Ma Pu-fang, whose forces

a news conferenco after delivered a heavy blow cut off for hours from the Western meeting with both sides. He said. Communists at Eastern Kansu sectors. Rail and auto traffic to the "This board will withhold a report cently.--United Fress.

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The Board was originally due to: report on Wednesday night to tho White House.-United Press,

In retaliation, the British stopped movement of all freight trains carrying coal, iron, steel and other vital supplies from their Zone to the Shanghai, Junc 23-A Contral Russian Zone. News dispatch from Foochow today All American troops have been

iho Fukien

Tanks Provincial put on an emergency alert. quoted

roared Government as reporting Brat 130 and

drowned persons were

or killed through the streets of the American houses and 70 were sector with sirens screaming, watch- by tumbling more than 10,000 houses collapsed, munist outbreak, rendering at least 199.000 persons

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U.S. Treasury

It

Washington, June 24-The U.S. Treasury's record surplus has boom- ed close to the US$8,500.000.000

was disclosed here today. Treasury sald is surplus of US$0,471,000,000 was in. hand

day for

The

| Juno 22, the last day figures are available.

on

which the

The total has never crossed the US$0,000,000,000 maric in any pre- Rangoon, Jung 24-Mr H. J.vious year.-United Press. Tension rose rapidly, in the Forbes, the British manager of a Keen observation on the part of! The damage

estimated at dramatic struggle between East and coffee estato in the Shan States, the General Post Office staff resulted CNS1,000,000,000,000 US$400.900 at West as the Russians, in an attempt northeast Burma, and his wife were in the arrest of two Chinese who the blackmarket rate. Imported gold into the Colony by parcel post.

was

Foochow is the provincial capital of Fukien and the home of the bulk of overseas Chinese in the South reas-United Press.

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Soldier Attacks

Police Station

to force out the Western demo-murdered by gangsters on the night.

(Continued from Page 1)

AIRLINES WANT crncies, tried to starve the world's of June 19, recording to the semi- fourth-ranking city.

oficial New Times of Burma today.

Five Indians and ono Chinese General Clay, American

About 30 men, armed with sub-

FARES UPPED In Central Court this morning,

mander, Gew to Heidelberg for a machine guns, attacked the Forbes' were detained for questioning last when Wah Wee and Chan Yuen, both

conference with his Army Chiefs of residence Chaungwa and shot night when the headquarters of tho

Shanghai, June - 25.-Ch[nese air- Tientsin, June 25,--Police and of 10 Apliu Street, were charged with

Staff. It was thoro that ho an-them while they were trying to give New Democratie Youth League were

ruided, importing. gold without a permit, RO

lines, today petitioned Ure Ministry military personnel cordoned off a nounced,

is the alarm, the paper said. "They cannot drive

German 3. Redman sald that at 10 am. yes-

Today, S. X. Chen, described by of Communications for a 180 percent largo area of the former out of Berlin by anything short of The police are investigating tho,

Increase in fores on the basis of concession, bordering on the former terday, two parcels from South

murders.

the police as a "very much wanted" war so far as we are concerner). Africa were received at the Post

General Clay said that neither

The New Times commented: "It man, was arrested. He is a Chinese higher gasoline prices, rising living Driush area, yesterday as a Chinese the Far cosin indices and foreign exchange. wounded soldier receiving treat- Omce. The contents were declared but the Bus-

Shanghal, June 25-The Shanghel the Russian efforts in Berlin nor the is hoped that there is no connection technician working for

at a Tientsin milltary, hospital to be Chinese medionice stat were City Councillors decided to draft a Communist conference in Warsaw be the organised attempt which is the chief British chortwave trans-

between the murders at Chaungwa Eastern Broadcasting Corporation, rate.

The airlines pointed out that they attempted to attack a police station. had fa planning to proclaim a

gained temporary relief on meet- The trouble arose from a scuffle aroused and the Imports and Exports resolution opposing the proposed in which

the troduction by the National Govern- separate German government in the taking place in Malaya nt the exter-mitter in the Far East. Olico was informed. When

mination of

ing the fuel prices through Chinese gunmen shot dead, a

goyern-between police and soldiers at a Europeans' employed in parcels were opened, It was found ment of the property tax during a Eastern Zone could slow up plans

Chinese shopkeeper near Sinowan ment bank loan but added that it theatre the previous night. Traffic plantations."

The dead man that there was a gold bangle in ench, stormy Council meeting yesterday for Western Germany,

is becoming increasingly dimcult to The paper, which implied that the during the night.

was interrupted at the scene of the The

Army Russian

local Π

official Forbes murder was the outcome of was

the mako

with purchases now

the fighting for three hours, Defendants were traced through the afternoon.

One of the many resolutions passed Tacgliche Rundschau, attacked the the Communist Insurrection, added: Kuomintang Party.

existing import and exchange con- addresses on the covers.

by the Councillors asked the Central Western Allico, saying they had no *As In Burma, there is no reasoTI Earlier, in the day, gangstera fred trols.

The wounded soldier. Falling to appear in court, defen-Trust to suspend sales by tender of right to stay in Berlin. The German to suppose that the majority of the on a police barracks near Kangar, The last increase granted to the eventually escorted away by a dants had their bail of $25 each Japanese woollen plecegoods so that police reported that the Russians people in Singapore and Malays are North Kedah, but were driven off airlines was on June 8, when in-hospital superintendent after Inter- estrented. The magistrate, 'Me Hin- the Chinese woollen Industry would were holding four American soldiers | Incilned towards Communism."— Jäfter a gun battle. No casualties | cresses ranging from 55 to 80 percent vention by the police and millláry ahing Lo, confiscated the bangles. not be threatened.-Reuter.

In the Soviet sector-United Press. Į Reuter,

were reported.-Reuter.

were granted.-United Press.

| authorities.—Reuter.

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