The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia • 1

PRICE 4d LATE EDITION TThc Snlmrit Sloniinj ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THIRD YEAR PUBLICATION KIDNAP IN INQUIRY NOT TO BE ft i SYDNEY EXTENDED IN Cooma Quarter sion Mr Cook I 1 I be ft '11 Eleven other babies in thciiid short bobbed hair in anj Ujgmcrii who chooses irscry ere sleeping dined to be auburn 'ln misuse the first and I he chemist said she had ignore the second" and New "i tall woman thc NO JUSTIICATION met 1 i Ta TRAIN TOURS A in LATE NEWS 31 at II 1 1 I of the Zealand New Tour By Queen Discussed Derailment Causes Third Train Delay for her the hair hat to too get barm to an Afri Kavenji Njoka to maim or dis i jfj a THREE DIE IN EXPLOSION its 12 Ru fe 1 for the hearing will allowed Commissions AT 510 believe Garrv British Officer In Kenya Gets ive Gaol 'ChemiM sp The Commissioner for Rail ways Mr Winsor said yesterday that special train tours would be made to New castle and Bathurst oo Sun day March 28 He said both tours would include motor trips through lhe respective districts ACCORDING to the Brit ish Defence Ministry Britain is restricting the output of Canberra bamb ino planes because they nearly so versatile as the Vec type bombers Yet toe I understand still place all our faith in the Canberras I COSTELLO and she was ilrnuifinnniPn was moM Big Airline Deals Expected Soon Baby Taken At Hospital Charges Against Police tion prepared by a solicitor of the Supreme Court this prompt 61100 Mr Cahill naturally gave one the impression that the Gov ernment welcomed the oppor tunity of ventilating the matter by setting up a Judge to examine the allegations of assaults by certain police officers "LOGICAL REQUEST" the same day the allegations of similar specific assaults by certain police officers on Mr Rigby were made available to Mr Cahill by way of a statutory declara tion prepared by a solicitor of the Supreme Court view of the Govern ment's own decision io the Studley Ruxton case 1 am of the opinion that it was a logi cal and reasonable request that the proposed investiga tion so eagerly sponsored by the Government should be widened to include Rigby's case Detectives think the woman mav have nothing to do with the abduction but they Ruxton to the effect that he as assaulted by a number of police officers and that this inquiry is to be presided over by a Supreme Court Judge We earnestly request that you will see fit to direct that our client's allegations against the police be inquired into by the same Judge In making this request we would point out that our client is a man of standing tn the community he has been in business as a commercial artist for the past 27 years is a man of the high est integrity and is well known in the commercial world That he could be without any reason assaulted by police officers and falsely charged is a matter of the utmost grav ity and we feel it can only be effectively dealt with by a full and open inquiry in the manner above suggested Yours faithfully REX REYNOLDS BAKER and CO per (Rex Reynolds) NOT DISCLOSED The Attorney General Mr Sheahan laid yesterday terms of reference have been drafted and will be submitted to the Gover nor in Council either late to day or to morrow morning "It is not within my pro vince to disclose these terms 1 ha'e no doubt the Premier will do so after the Executive Council has ap proved of them "Mr Justice Dovey will sit on Monday next to take appearances and an ad journment for one week to BRISBANE A similar incident to that of yesterday's when a small girl tried to kiss the Queen was averted to dav bv the swift action of the Duke of Edin burgh during a perform ance of an aboriginal dance in Queen's Park Too woomba The child was Douglas Merton Yeates aged 21 months twin son of Aiderman and Mrs Herbert Yeates who had been presented to lhe Queen and the Duke only a few minutes earlier While everybody was watch ing the dances by the abori gines from the Northern Territory and the Queen and the Duke were laughing heartily at their antics during the young Douglas toddled up the ramp trailing his harness behind him DUKE TO RESCUE He had almost reached lhe Queen when the Duke found the child's hand i his knee The Duke smartly turned him about and passed him on to his neighbour lhe Pre mier Mr Gair who in turn handed him to a police man who gave the truant a gentle smack and took him down the ramp Douglas had strayed from hi grandmother Mrs Herbert Yeates senior when she had been getting lhe other twin a drink of water She was upset when he was brought back and Mrs Yeates junior was also distressed took a firm grip of the truant by the harness reinforced with a scarf OICIAL WORRY Security officers arc worried about the number of children who wander close to the Queen Douglas was no sooner under control again than a little girl in a sun bonnet was noticed inching her way up the ramp She too was swiftly taken 1 bar to where she belonged i The chairman of the Royal Visit Executive Committee Mr McPherson who is: ORECAST (foe 14 howa from 8 am)t CITY: BoeomiM eooUe SWS triads fine aw tcattarod akflwara NXWi Cooler coaditioaa ia Aa aeath half Ueomiag moro ganaral A brUf acattarad ahoarora on the aoaat bot fiaa daowboro reouest has been by a refusal on the basis that it was not suggested that the assaults complained of Rigby's case were for the pur pose of obtaining a statement from the victim of the alleged assault Sheahan says this reason I would not recom mend to the Government that this is a proper case for in clusion ia the Royal Commis sion' natural conclusion to be inferred from this amazing dis tinction is that assaults by police officers for purposes other than for exacting a state ment from the victim are not regarded by the Government with (he same degree of seri ousness I am not im pressed by this piece of reason ing on the part of the Attor ney General I am not dis mayed as attempts to smother Continued Page 3 believe climbed on io box and unlatched i window I think through the lower cirii servants the same Mr Cahill said later bit Mr charges Itrt already the subject 11 legal proceedings wait bearing io the ordin courts Ibt proceedings would bn oo for bearing very toty and there was no justi hm lor departing from the total administration of tae or for duplicating the CANBERRA Thurs It was learned to day that Qantas Empire Airways soon will absorb British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines by buying out the shares British and New Governments Th AiMlralian Zealand Governments' will also buy out Britain's share in Tasman Empire Airways Ltd These moves will be the re sult of protracted negotiations between the three Govern ments to rationalise the opera tion of the BCPA service which has been steadily los ing money and TEAL British and New Zealand sources expect the Australian Government to announce the two deals th month Under the purchase' plan Qantas will sell the four DC 6 aircraft now used for the Syd ney Vancouver BCPA ser vice to TEAL TASMAN SERVICE TEAL will gradually in troduce the planes on to the Tasman service in place of the flying boats being used at pre sent This will mean that air traffic at the Rose Bay flying boat base will be greatly re duced as the land planes will use Mascot airport Qantas will use some of the Superconstellations it has on order for the Pacific service which will make possible a speeding up of the present tbree day flight Britain indica early last year that she would be happy to withdraw from BCPA in which she has a 20 per cent bolding Australia's holding is 30 per cent and New Zealand's 30 per cent The company has lost money in most years since it was formed In the year ended March 31 last BCPA lost £283035 and the pre vious year it lost £881 26 They think she is probably 'a patient in the hospital prohablv in rhe public section The Duke of Edinburgh learn forward to hold on io 21 monfh old Douglas Yeates who wandered on to the dais while lhe Queen and the Duke were watching Northern Territory aborigines performing their wallaby dance al Toowoomba yesterday charges originally brought against him He said there had been no evidence to support a charge that Griffiths behaved in a disgraceful manner by order ing a Somali soldier to threaten to cut off a Mau Mau suspect's ear CHARGES The Court found Griffiths guilty (1) Having caused grievous bodily harm to an African named Njcru Ndwega who had been placed in tbe custody of his company by the civil authorities (2) Disgraceful conduct ot a cruel kind by ordering Ali Segat to mutilate Njeru (3) Having failed to provide any aid or comfort to Njeru when his ear was cut off (4) Having committed gne Look next Sunday for these special features: Is Complete Sex Change Round up the latest scientific opinion When Babies Are The complex human problems that sur round possession of a baby Wilf America Have Labour A United Slates senator proposes tough treatment for sus pects Man Who Picked The inside story of the fantastic show busi ness Straying Child Again Near Queen 1 iU Ei 1 LONDON March 1 1 A TNT shed exploded to day at an ex plosives plant outside Seven ston south of Glasgow kill ing three men and injuring four others Another man is reported missing A tight security cloak was placed over the area immedi ately the explosion occurred The blast could be heard for many miles around and ambulances raced to the works from nearby towns be fore tbe emergency call was made She was wearing a reddish frock ot heavy SUN: To day ritaa 551 wta 818 MOON: Rites 137 pm sets 129 am TIDES (ort Denison): High 153 am (4ft 8in) 255 pm (3ft link Low 858 am (lit 828 pm (Ift Tin) MR JOHN about 5ft 9m 1 20 PAGES Turf Guide SYDNEY RIDAY MARCH 12 1954 Commissions arc not appointed to supersede the ordinary processes of law Certain members of the legal profession and cer tain newspapers believe that they have the right to choose the forum for viola tions of the law have read the state ment appearing in this Morning Herald? OPEN" processes of both the criminal and the civil law are open to Mr Alan Pierpoint Rigby and his solicitors not suggested that the assault complained of in this instance was for the purpose of obtaining a state ment and I would not recommend to the Govern ment that this is a proper case for inclusion tn the Royal Commission The Sydney Morning Herald may think it can dragoon responsible law officers of the Crown to do its bidding "Why proceedings have not been taken and why this matter has been held until now is best known to Mr Rigby's solicitors should imagine that a vigilant solicitor would have wasted no time in invoking the supremacy of the law rather than the propaganda ot the Press to assert rights of his client" 99 PRIESTLEY STORY IN ses sions Mr Cook solici tor asked a witness what mountain camp he came trom Guihcga or Pcrisher did you say' 'asked Judge O'Sullivan I Mr Cook explained "Oh" said his Honor 'or a moment I thoughtvou called the witness a per 'ishcr'1 DECENTLY 1 quoted an ad which said that motor trucks were "sta and called the creation of the word "counterfeit coinage" The motor firm fears that this might be taken to refer to their claim that their trucks are in "stamineered" It didn't It obviously referred to the word only SPECIAL REPORTER TOWNSVILLE Thurs day It was learned from an authoritative source to day that the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh intend to revisit Australia within eight years and that officials have already discussed plans This would be additional to the Duke's expected visit to the ObYnpic Games in Mel bourne in 1956 MORE LEISURE The Queen has expressed a wish that the next visit should not be part of a world tour as at present but a visit only to Australia She has discussed plans a tour which would give leisure to see more of country Members of the Royal party say that lhe present tour is designed to take in as many large centres of population as possible and to enable the Queen to carry out official functions The Queen has asked for an itinerary for another tour which will give her more chance to see the beauties of Australia It is understood that the Commonwealth Government has been consulted about the proposed tour and asked to submit a programme which would give the Queen say one day of official engage ments and then four or five days free This would enable her to attend race meeting or visit the country The Queen wants to get from cities as much as possible on the proposed tour She has not decided whether to bring her children but it is within (he realms of possi bility that she will Commonwealth Govern ment representatives and members of lhe Royal House hold have conferred and plans have been sent south MONG the unclaimed deposits in the Com itnonweallh Savings Bankare £42'19 5 belonging to the Kurd Kurri Dole Wor kers and Unemployed As sociation and £9710 de posited by the same associa tion Mutual Aid runu Prosperity appears have come upon them suddenly for them to their money out I THE DUKE RECEIVES A VISITOR ON THE DAIS US Senator McCarthy reported to be on the track of Dr Albert Einstein Guilty of un American relativity no doubt iz It'l BMIrtana at th Octral ort efltea UHnw TtvMe BOStt (S3 Ubm) fxo 50404 for tranuniMJon by pent ai a nwpap A derailment and two points and signals failures caused serious traffic delays and held up thousands of travellers on railway lines in and near Sydney yesterday The derailment of a goods train occurred in a tunnel about 10 miles north of Hornsby at 850 pm gnd blacked the main northern line The pat Sydney to Brisbane express and lhe 920 pm North Coast mail train were halted at Hornsby while railway officials decided whether to return them to Sydney A railway official said later that 186 passengers on the Brisbane Express and the North Coast Mail were being taken from Hornsby to Hawkesbury River station by bus and transferred io other (rains They would arrive at their destinations about three hours late About 10 waggons left the rails and overturned Some of them were badly smashed Nobody was hurt Early this morning break down gangs from Broadmea daw and Enfield were work ing to clear the line Ten trains most of (hem packed with peak hour travel lers were delayed from eight to 20 minules in a points failure at Meek's Road near Sydenham railway station The failure halted all traffic on lhe Svdney Bankstown and Sydney Hurstville asl Hills lines from 540 pm to 6 pm It disrupted timetables and at 9 pm trains were still run ning as much as 10 minutes late A points failure at Kings grove railway station held up train traffic on lhe Sydenham Herne Bay East Hills line from 250 to 342 pm The failure delayed four trains caused two trains to be cancelled and another from (he city to be turned back A railway official at Syden ham said that during the peak hour delay four trains packed with workers from lhe city were banked up at the station WALK TRACKS lot of people got off the trains banked up just out side the station and walked along the tracks (o the plat he said 2 platform was jammed with people who had knocked off work and were waiting tor a tram make matters worse lhe trains on the East Hills line had been running late since about four o'clock be cause of the hold up at Kings HOUR'S WAIT Mrs Galea ot Rum Avenue Padstow said she waited about an hour at Herne Bay yesterday after noon for a train to East Hills Mrs Galea said site bad caught tbe train from Kings grove to Herne Bay at about 345 pm and bad waited until 445 pm for tbe East Hills train although tbe con nection between the two trains was usually immediate were three trains banked up at Herne Bay" she said station was packed with people waiting (or tne East Hills train We were all wondering what was happen ing but the officials didn't say anything or make any an nouncement" the contment on a Dritich statement that it ouia CUM A JU rrc(uur su sne men jV( w0lnen teachers and and took Garry 'pay as men was made by Nassau Niamey tn an ABC broadcast yester day "The sole excuse for keeping he said "was the cost of setting them free" SOLICITOR REPLIES i Mt Reynolds ot Rex i kytrolds Baker and Co said night rl have read the reasons by tbe Attorney tanl Mt Sheaban for his Rta tq recommend a of the terms of ref of tbe Studley Ruxton Commission so as to ptt of an investigation of charges made by Alan Pierpoint Rigby tbe course of his com Mr Shtahan is re to have said that cer tanbers of tbe legal pro and certain oews they have the the forum for 5UIUI violations of the tiro reported as pi iad: "I should imagine 1 solicitor would tated no time tn in the supremacy of tbe KJrf wopa Press to assert hu ErJ criticisms no doubt myself leave tne EE? and they KWl061 intended to to evdlD to VCthin Premier KJJ' next day thatw a Attorney Kd nnr lor CSKl 081 senouj as A woman last night abducted a six day old baby from a nursery in the private section of St Mar Hospital Darlinghurst Police say that unless the baby is found quickly he may die They are making one of the most intensive searches in the history of the State The baby is Garry John Costello son of Mrs Patricia Anne Costello 23 of Maroubra Road Maroubra 1000 POLICE SEARCH Almost 1000 police nurscrv window in the metropolitan area I uiuunn are scarchine for (he window 'a lower Late last night police Jhcv asked theatre managers to inhn window' from his crib 1 She apparently wrapped Garrv in a pink hunny rug which covered his while flannel nightdress and white cotton sinplct ANLY LEAD I At l3 am to dav the iil and grounds They searched all wards' and lhe nurse' quarters and' shortlv after 7 pm began a houc to nou scaico nearby streets TWO REPORTS At 1030 last night police cars rushed to Birnga Road Bellevue Hill after a woman had reported that she had seen a woman carrying a young baby walking towards Bondi Police searched the district (or half an hour but could not find any woman with a baby Police are also investigating a report that a woman was seen carrying a young baby in Pacific Highway Waitara about 615 last night Police were told that the baby was wrapped in a pink bunny rug with an 11 inch wide satin edge They describe the woman as between 26 and 30 5ft 6in tall slim build dark worn flat on head no floral dress no coat Rftectives anneal to woman seen at Waitara to ring the CIB I Picture page 3 1 0n Other Pages Opposition to Senator McCarthy growing (p 3) NATO commander tells of defence plans (p 3) Alliance speakers criticise Liquor re port (p 3) Stop work by Manly bus men to day (p 3) Atomic Age possibilities seen as challenge to Aus tralia (p 4) Arbitration Court moves on unions' ban against non unionist (p 4) Labour to concentrate i election campaign oo scats (p 5) Commercial wines Royal Show urged (p 5) Sport St Shipping 12 inance pp 6 and 7 Malte 1 2 Maga tine pp 9 and IS: Law II GaIaa In 12 Stock Salta 12 '7 Weather 12 Radio 12 i SOT fl IT as CHnp VI WWW V1U 10 Serial a IOi ClaiaMed lAdvertisint Index 12 The allegations by Mr Studley Ruxton were contained in a statutory declaration sent to Mr Cahill and the Commissioner of Police Mr Delaney by a Sydney solicitor 1 At the direction of Mr btlan eight police offi rrj were sent on leave on tuesday I Mr Rigby's solicitors Rex Lynolds Baker and Co sent at following letter io Mr bhill on Wednesday night: I Dear Sir I We act (or Mr Alan Pier feint Rigby commerciallist of 31 Macquarie Place feaey who informs ua that ebruary 18 this year he fe without cause taken from fracquarie Place where beu waiting to see her Majesty Queen to the Phillip feet police station At Lcquarit Place on tbe way the police station and at It police station he was sav fely and brutally assaulted a number of police officers the circumstances set out the copy of the statutory felaration which is enclosedreitb On his behalf we fee forwarded a copy of this felaration to the Commit feet ot Police and we en fee i copy of our letter to fe Commissioner We have fe placed a copy of the feutory declaration and our feer to lhe Commissioner of BNce in the hands of tbe feu We understand that you fe't directed an innuirv intn Binions by a Mr Studley 'allow all parties to prepare 1 vous bodily can named with intent fiaure him (5) Having committed dis graceful conduct of a cruel kind by knowingly permitting Kavenji to be taken out aa a guide to a patrol with his ear pierced ana with a piece of wire through the hole by which he might be led A Court martial in Nairobi on November 27 last year ac quitted Griffiths of chargee that be had murdered an Afri can Griffiths' defence then was that he thought that the man was a wounded Mau Mau ter rorist and was shot to put him out of his misery The acquittal of Griffiths on that occasion was the sub ject at question in the Houk of Commons last niqht police ihrcitrr nunanm to i flash on screens details ol 'the habv's abduction Thcv asked anyone know i ing ot the bahv's where about to get in touch with the nearest police station Police also asked radio i stations to broadcast appeals tor information I huntaronel arc se of 50 1 deroctivcs and hiin ianb' hen pohee learned Itaxmcn classification Ithui dreds or uniformed pnncc arched houses taxis1'" bought baby trams buses and shops SEEN Detectives was abducted about 515 pm At pm Marry carrying a'of drivers I Island Daisy articles at a'the femme fatale who does shop about AJO everything except concen trate on driving notably checked at thc'necrina everywhere but at the woman had the traffic ahead given and iotind that no oncl Nellie' lhe with lhe name she had'hcn like creature who eiven lived there LiTi i nt and makes thincs mother saw him in a gtound Detectives eirlv thislworse bv hesitation uncer fioor nursery morning were searching torlaintVi frequent changes Ten minutes Inter a sistcrthe woman She is agedo( mind and not always noticed Garry's enh empty between 3 and 35 about itemale and a window six leet IromlStt 7in tall with a round 1 The Show the the crib open tace medium vomplexionjyoungstcr vvith real ability LONDON March (AAP) A Nairobi (Kenya) Court martial to day sentenced to five years' imprisonment a former company commander in the African Rifles Cap tain Gerald Griffiths The Court found him guilty of five at lix charges of cruelty to African pris oner It also sentenced him to be cashiered Both tbe verdict and sen tence are subject to confirma tion Standing stiffly to attention Griffith heard the verdict and sentence without any sign of emotion Th Jtliam AXaAAmtm I ztrrl Wr trutleroy as RuikI bad directed the Court lo find Griffiths not oi cat of Uc tu The Premier Mr Cahill yesterday refused to widen the terms of the Royal Commission into allegations of police brutality to cover charges made by Mr Alan Pierpoint Rigby Sydney Morning yesterday published a itatutory declaration by Mr Rigby alleging that he was assaulted by several police officers at Phillip Street police station on ebruary 18 Mr solicitors sent a copy of the statutory decb tion to Mr Cahill on Wednesday night The Leader of the State Opposition Mr Treatt last night described the reasons given for the Government refusal to extend the terms of the Royal Commission as utterly Mr Cahill on Tuesday ordered a Royal Commission into slletions by Mr David Studley Ruxton that he had been assaulted by seven police officers at Darlinghurst police station on ebruary 25 LETTER SENT TO CAHILL iii jh Bi t4 ebruary 22 Mr Walter Tavlor director of the Growenor Galleries Svdncy ent an airmail Ict itcr to Mr Willliam Dargie 'the well known portrait painter in Melbourne i He wax wondering whvhe had not received a reph I but on Tuesday Mr Dargtesent him the envelope to show that in lhe meantime the letter had been to Lon don and back i 1VEXT issue of "The Sun will bring yon a complete short story by the famous British novelist Priestley This startling story "Mr Tale" shows the master hand of Priestley at his best the quiet opening in a little English pub on a rainy day that ends with the end of the world And next Suadiy's tom also Includes a 24 page kjaittim booklet that will give you the latest Mens on something to knit for every member of lhe family This the first of the 1954 will answer your questions on the latest fashions and give you easy to follow directions nurscrv nnndlv Later detectives found the "starcy" eves nrint nt a woman shoe i about size 3 in the soil of brown a window box below (he MOTHER NEAR COLLAPSE i As detectives searched (pares about 6 pm but to the hospital night I was a htflc late father John Costello 26 I i landing up on the hoiler room machinery polish a dentist reached jp ISx uhen I saw a woman I He attempted io comnHi Mrs Costello who was in a I state of ncar collapsc She could scarcely talk to detectives Beside them a white robed nursing nun knelt in proven With tears sticammg down her face Mrs Costello plead ed: lei anyone bairn my baby bring him hack to me Please God bring him back Mr Costello his i trembling with emotion are praying lorJB return My wife feRI broken woman We our baby back NO MALICE "The baby i breast fed It just afford to miss another feed If docs then iGod only knows what will happen "I know what to say What can Only bring our baby back We will bear no maucc wearing a red dre is not our only child ihoucht thit We have another boy James but nevi 17 months mnthpr thought we get Garry back i he woman did not have a we will call him St Anthony ihaby in her arms" "St Anthony is the saint IO which Catholics pray when thv have Irwi somethinc" Late last night detectives aU anxious to interview her could not nnd anyone saw a woman carrying a baby lanv fhA hnKrtilikL However the hospital but could not find her in a boiler room attendant Mr viaich the wards last night "hivAr ST nf ('Tenrernai Ain Inst nieht 20 Under Sccretary of the ChreflStreet Newiown saw a jcicctives under Detective Department said womm wearing a red dresving rgeant Hazleton ol Dar to day that officially a serious gown walk to the side gaiesinghurt and Dciective ser view was taken of auchof the hospital about 65 pcam 1 Gaskill of ihe IB happenings He said: "I usually dose the had begun to scour the hospi 1 walk past in tne 1 the gates "Sh was a rv 9T I 1 a fcJ.