1948-07-09 — Page 5

Appeal Against Wood Murder Convictions

Sentenced to death by the Chief Justice; Mr Justice Williams, on May 28 for the murder of L. B. Wood on a path leading to Lion Rock on February 11. Lau Hoi,, alias Lau Yan-hol and Ho Cheuk-kui at the Supreme Court this morning brought an appeal against their conviction before Mr Justice Gould and Mr Justice Reynolds.

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San Francisco, July 8-Seven Hollywood variety performers will leave on Saturday for Manila where they will open in a variety show at the Manila Grand Opera House on July 15.

The appellants are represented by Mr D. A. L. Wright, instructed by Mr P. J. Griffiths and Mr A. Lonsdale, Crown Counsel is appear- ing for the Crown,

The four grounds of the appeal are: (a) that the confession made by the accused was wrongly admitted, (b) that the Chief Justice mis- directed and non-directed the jury on the evidence relating to the tok- Ing of certain statements, which evidence was relavent on the point: on the weight to be attached thereto the jury, (0) that the Chief by Justice failed to put the case for the defence fully before the jury and (d) that the verdict was against the weight of evidence.

GARBLED ACCOUNT

The team is expected to tour the Hongkong, Bangkok Philippines,

Mr Wright declared that even the and Singapore.

They will be preceded by Miss Chief Justice, In his summing up, admitted that but for the statements Donna Murphy, Director of the Far there would not have been sufficient Eastern Entertainment Enterprises evidence againat the accused. These Inc. who will leave today by the statements contained only a garbled Philippines Air Lines.

account of the events which took place and the Crown asked the jury to Infer that because the accused were there, they were guilty. These confessions provided the only evidence on which the accused were convicted. The case for the Defence was that the confessions were untrue because the accused were ill-treated.

The appeal is proceeding.

the

Mles Murphy, who cured performers, said it will be the first show to leave American variety for the Far East since the end of

the war.

In Manlia, the reven will join an Filipino band and a 10- 18-pleco girl chorus Ung, which are now in rehearsal.A

The group consists of vocalist

Joan Page, roller skater Billy Pusso, VAST

comic juggler Murray Parker, in Adagio dance team, the Stapletons and a tap dance team, Don and Dolores Associated Press.

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Divorce Decrees Made Absolute

VAST SOVIET

INDUSTRIAL

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Boston, July 8-Russia is mobilis. ing a vast industrial empire behind the iron curtain that screena Eastern Siberia, Gordon Walker, Chief Far Two decrees nisl were made ab- Eastern Correspondent of the Chris- colute by Mr Justice Williams (Act-tlan Science Menilor, reported in a ing Chief Justice) in the Divorce Tokyo message today.

been Court this morning,

Gigantic shipyards have Lucio Maria Vieira Ribeiro, of 11 erected on marshy river banks, and Kwong Street, top floor, was on what were once windswept step- oil refineries, steel anted a decreo nlal on April 3 pes:

and when

he petitioned for a divorce rolling mills, blast furnaces

he said. factories, from his wife. Etheldride Augusta Ribeiro, of 1 Em

of 1 Emma Ave

Avenue, ground

Irkutak, on

on the southwestern tip of Lnke Baikal,

reported to be the on the grounds of her adultery administrative and possibly the mill a person unknowater I. Sitary headquarters for all Siberia.

Petitioner represented by Mr IL Emma Dudley, Estelle Norman, re- "Its 300,000 inhabitants work in siding at the Melbourne Hotel, was aircraft and tank factories, farm-tool granted a decree nisi on January 9 and mining machinery plants, and out motor cars, in her petition for divorce from her factories turning husband, Erle Mervyn Norman, of lorries and trams.

Komsomolak, north of Vladivos- the Arlington Hotel, on the grounds

shipyard capable of of his adultery with an unknown tock, has D woman, Mr H. Capstick appeared building 10,000-ton vessels. It is the biggest in the Orient and cost six -for-the petitioners.

times as much as the Soviets other large shipyard in the Ukraine."--

with

was

Both suits were uncontested.

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Govern-

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1948.

199 Years In Prison

James Morelli (left) and Lowell Fentress (centre), 19-year-old youths known as "the mad dog. killers" were sentenced in Chicago to 199 years aplece in prison, after a criminal court jury convicted them in the slaying of John Kuests last December. Two' other murder charges against the two youths

still pending.-AP Picture.

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Commons Debate Grave Malayan Situation

(Continued from Page 1)

The Government would be doing service to the man in the street in Malaya and make him fit for the next step forward if it showed clearly, by its actions in the next

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The problem was how 40,000,000 people in Britain

so adjust their relations with 80,000,000 spread over the world that, progressing from the original beneficent autocracy all the stages, of greater

NANKING PAPER BANNED

News Agency Also Suspended

Nanking, July 9. - Tho Chinese Government, in--an unprecedented move, tonight ordered the banning of the in- dependent Hain Min Pão from publication en the charges of "disseminating. Communist pro- paganda and attempting to discredit the National Govern raebt."

In a separate order, the Ministry of Interior also suspended the Truth News Agency on, similar charges.

The official order to ban the sin Min Pao permanently from public- tion was issued by the Ministry and

to the paper's transmitted offees by the Bureau at Social | Affairs.

The Hain Min Pab, a popular in Independent daily, is published Shanghal, Peiping, Chungking and It was Chengtu beakies Nanking. established in 1929 and claimed one of the largest circulations in China. The Government order charges with violation of Article paper 21 of the Publication Law which stipulates that no newspaper periodical shall disseminate formation inimical to the interests of the Chinese nation or prejudicial to public peace and order,

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It charges, among other things, that the paper had been gunty "on repented Occasions of spreading rumours discrediting or undertaining army morale," and, more specifically, "Inciting public opinion against the active participation of Government the Air Force planes in fighting Communists.

Upon receipt of the Government order, Mr Chen Min-tch, publisher of the Hsin Min Pao, issued a categorical denial of all the charges, stating they were "contrary to the facts."

that it meant onsibility, a stage could finally paper's Nanking edition,

few months or 50, business and was determined stamp out terrorism.

it

WISE CONSTITUTION The constitution was one of the wisest and best worked out. But after the war, it was obvious should be modified. A. Governor General in Singapore and, a High Commissioner in Kuala Lumpur WAB set-up that would not work and called for modification.

be reached whore their political nspirations could be satisfled within the Commonwealth.

NEW KIND OF THREAT Mr David Rees-Williams, Under Secretary for the Colonies, replying to the debate, said:

Mr Chen is a National Assembly delegate, while his wife, Mra Tend Shi-halen, who is the manager of the is a member of the Legislative Yuan.

Regarding the Truth News Agency, the Ministry of Interior order mys that on frequent occasions in the past the agency has been accused of circulating reports concerning, mili- tary secrets-Router-AAP.

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"The trouble in Malaya is, to some extent, a reflection of the trouble in China. It was not possible, in my Until law and order was restored, view, for the recent events to have because it been completely Britain would be losing a consider-

foresoef able amount of dollars through the is only lately that there has been loss of rubber. The small Chinese violence on anything like this scale. This is an entirely new threat owner would not buy the necessary machinery because he was in daily of a new kind, which does not flare

Whitby Bay, July 8.-The up only in Malaya. We have to fear of being held to ransom.

ad- The one point of stability in the just ourselves the new conditions. Minister, Mr Hugh Galtskell today Malaya. As to the future, I will give a com- told State National Union of Mine Far East at present was

assurance behalf of the workers that Britain must export Burma was in a chaotic state. India plete was not in a state of peace, and Government that we will take every 25,000,000 tons of coal, in 1940 Slam was, gradually coming under possible stephat we will do all we in the forthcoming talks with Argen-

to achieve stability safeguard the country's very great Communist influence. in Malaya,

in Indonesia there was no war can to protect the lives of Innocent

new export target of but no

conditions, and in all the powers we have been asked 000 tona is, 2,000,000 tons greater were chole con Indo-Chine, there and law-abiding citizens, and that

deepening chaos, China a

for have been given to the Govern- that previously announced and 10,

000.000 tons above the 1048 target economic and racial

ment of Malaya.. The one

"If they need any more powers, furned, for.

they will be given them.

"We shall not engage in a cat We are going right and mouse act. through with this, and we are going to stamp it out.

"On our part, and, I am sure on the part of the Government of Malaya, there will be no sheathing of the sword until we complete our tank."

The debate then ended.-Reuter.

both

to which everyone was Malaya and

if the d not restore

law and order, it would be doing the greatest disservice to the East,

The Colonial Secretary in h statement had shown no sense magnitude of the crisis.

of

WIDESPREAD CRITICISM Winding up for the Opposition, Mr Oliver. Stanley, former Colonial to the jets alterations of heading ment geological survey reported to Secretary, said that from what he which kept for them the initiative of day that world water power has surprise. Meanwhile the raiding grown 278 percent since 1820 and is had learnt there was very wide- the spread criticism in Malaya itself of aircraft flew oil, ignorant of the fact atlik increasing, especially_In

the delay by the Government in that miles away, and thousands of United States and Russia. The sur-taking the action which they are feet below, an anonymous squadron.vey said that the shortage of oh, gas

as now taking.

leader was directing moves would result in their flying into

increases in those

coal and price increas which

Minister, will be able "I hope the Minister measures now being adopted will be

It reported that the total capacity carried through to the end."

The groups of blips converged, neither seeing the other, but both visible on our screens on the ground. Then, suddenly, from the Meteors came the message, "Attacking now." We watched the blips mingle, and saw the bombers swing away. With

Wand one eye on the Vampires, still lying in walt, the controller ordered the

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ASKS FOR LIFE IMPRISONMENT

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Caves in

25,000,-

than

It

Mr Gaitskell said that Argenting would ask for coal when Britain negotiates with her for meat?

Mr Arthur

Communist Arthur Horncro Union, General Secretary

work of the National praised the Coal Board. although he conceded

the union has been criticised within for too much bureaucracy,

He belittled the Importance of the deficit in the coal Industry during under Government its first year

which

estimates have put ownership

as high as £25,000,000. "The Board of the Government

It

常

and the Union together have saved.... Mr W the economy of the country" Horner said. "I in the first year. there has been a relative triding loss which is largely a bookkeeping loss, who is to worry and should anybody grumble about it?"-Untled Press.

Churchill Felt

Let Down

Rome, July 8-The State Propecu- and codities make water power ap- to give an assurance that (the sters Tribunal today to sentence

for ban asked the Italian Military commodities

SS pear more desirable than ever."

Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Kappler re- of the world's water power plants Mr Stanley also said that events to life imprisonment for the

prisal at the beginning of 1948

the Ardent Italian. was in Malaya an on the Gold Coast

execution 80,000,000 horsepower compared to show

a bow danger which the

March 10440 23,000,000 in 1520. It said this in- British Administration is facing in Summing up the case, the State crease is "very large" for the period the colonial empire.

Colonel Lieutenant to be

to public Prosecutor, The risk to security, "appears

continuing,

New York, July 8-After the foll taking the world as a whole.” order, to governmental authority, Veutro suggested that Kappler's Ava

be held innocent of Singapore. In 1942, Mr Harry The survey said that there has does not depend, as it did in the co-defendants Meteors to break away, and make been "practically no Increase

on a feeling of political under the Italian penal code which Hopkins, President Roosevelt's per in the past,

who are only zonal assistant-then in London for room for the second wave of de- United States during the last two lance or resentment of economie exonerates persons

carrying out orders they cannot second front talks with the Prime fence. Reluctantly the Meteors pull-

conditions.

Churchill Minister, Mr. Winston countermand. ed out of the fight, while on

years, but 1948 and the following the

He also asked the Tribunal to im-reported back to the President that radio came a jubilant cry from the years will see an increase of 1,000,

000 horsepower annually. It sald subsist independent of their exis- Vampire leader. "We've seen them that Russin was "reported to be tence. The old iden. that movements Pose a 15-year sentence on Kapplor Mr Churchill felt the "Singapore they haven't seen us-attacking

building many now plants, some ofor this.kind could not arise without för extorting 50 kilos of gold from business was a messidered "the

now.

At the screen the controller smiled large capacity." United Press.

and said, "Now the argument wul

start-who shot down who, ・ which

wing did best. Thank heaven that's Time Extended

no affair of mine."

We walked together out into the

sunshine, and looked up to see if To File Return

any stragglers of bailla were visible;

four minutes to cross.

COURT CLAIM

lime.

This new movement does and can

the sympathy of the population Rome Jaws-United Press.

"quite out of date". These move-

mot"

Mr Churchil

whole thing was very badly handled and that there is no explanation of the lack of resistance on the part of the British. He simply thinks they

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Copics of photographs taken by the South China Morning Post and Hong Kong Telegraph | Staff Photographors are on view In the

ments can work on the local popula- JOHN LEWIS IN tion just as much by fear as by sympathy.

"This kind of movement cannot be

by concorsions because it is not Washington, July 8-Robert N. is disclosed in Mr Hopidn's papers really based on grievances. It is a Denham, General Counsel for the edited by Mr Robert Sherwood and challenge to authorlty, to our whole National Labour Relations Board, published in Collier's Magazine to- and as we walked I thought how ruthlessly efficient the system was,

An extension of 14 days within Idea of colonial progress. It is a today charged John L Lewis and day-Reuter,

with but how necessary to protect a small which to file a return of allotments challenge that has got to be mat the United Mine Workers

the Taft-Hartley law by land area like Britain in these days was granted by Mr Justice Williams and fought by the Government on

dam union

tho coal 22 of 300 and 400 miles-an-hour bom- in the Supreme Court this morning the spot with the support of the the whola

mines. of tho

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steel House" Village Road, ground floor, which

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Denkam asked Fe Bled an application for extension of

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6, Programme Bummary: 6.01. In a further reference to Malaya Alan Goldsborough to issue an in-ven'w link Hour Wind in the Willows" Mr D. A. L.Wright, Instructed by and the Gold Coast, Mr Stanley Junction ordering Lewis to end the Kenneth Graham, Presented by Phil

sland" Prasenied by Mr PJ. Griminerenresented the said that what was worrying him three-day strike in captive cool pa Coombee (Studio): One Night Philip.Burn applicants, and said that by resolu was that the Government appeared mines. Judge Goldsborough directed (studio): Ben Tee Talks on Sport Lewis and the United Mine Workers studio 7.10. Gavin Cordon: The tion of the Directors of the Company to have been taken by surprise. on April 18, 1947, 20.000 shares at "This would seem to point to the to appear nextWednesday and Rake's Progr Ballet...London Phil- harmonic Orch: 7.40. A Vocal Invital by $10 each were allotted, but due to need for better Information, for show why an injunction should no: John Baston (Baritone) with Plano Be claim for sulary due to file a return.

Dompaniment by Donald Framer (Studio). inadvertence, there was an omikaion

and declaive, bo issued-United Prèss, deting more

World and forme News (London Re (BACTS); $30. brought by Mr Augusta Mario

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8.45, Beotland Yard #: Work-No-1. Mr Stanley. Beatrice. Church, of the Advertising

Robert Bird Jean "Murders ewititen by London, July-Actor. matters should be kept out of party,

Percy Hoskins in Co-operation wills Boot- Privata Enquiries and Publicity Bureau, L48, 617-574 Marina Ho Justice Williams in

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underlying unity of purpose in the Hollywood Oscars to five British

the poslechnicians for Houen about them. On the Summary Court this morning.

claematio achieve Mra d'Aquino claimed for. $562,50, The Roval Observatory reports ability of putting the colonial ad menta being the balance of wiary due for that rainfall for the 24 hours ending ministration above. the chances of The presentations were made at depended the fa =*dinner givan by J. Arthur Rank: June 8-30, and costs of the action, midnight war 24 points of an Inch British elections.

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