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NEW STAR FERRY FRANCHISE DENOUNCED
US Senate
Asks UN
To Apply Embargo
Washington, May 15.
The United States Senate today asked the United Na- tions General Assembly to ban shipment of war materials to Communist China.
A rezolution calling for the han was adopted by an unani- mus vulce vote in an effort to hands of The strengthen the
delegation to the Ausrican United Nations in trying to get the General Assembly to approve 2016. endeargs.
The
that urge that the General Assembly of the United Nations take action lead- ing to the plaring of an embargo Communist the shipment so
stated resoluti Congress "equests m
China
of arms, ammunition and all other materials which might war-making potential add to the
of Ceramunist China."
I said, "No United Nations! roldier should be the target of a j Bullet, manufactured in the free world,
tequired to fight with against troops supplied materials coming from the tree v; viăl."
A
similar. resolution was approved earlier in the day by the House Foreign Affairs Com- mittee-Router.
SHIP TURNS BACK
Singapore May 15. The Panama-registered Nor- bay, which left Singapore tour days ago with £225,000 worth of first grade rubber, was night on its way back a Singa-
pore..
10-
The 2,300-tons Norbay called
due to sail today for Hongkong Bad Whampen, The port for Canton, on the mainland of Communist China, ship's port clearance
the But for China withdrawn al the Inst
Car Overturns In
Garden
Road
The Rev. George Stevenson, Minister of the Union Church, had a narrow escape from injury this morning when his car, No. 135, overturned in Garden Road.
When nearing St. John's Cathedral at about 8.15 am..
he swerved sharply to avoid
a coolie who was crossing the Court Annuls
road, crashed into the curb.
turned
on its
and the ear side.
There were no casualties, i but the car suffered damage.
Somy
The picture above, taken by a stal photographer, shows
the overturned ear.
The Shortest Meeting Yet
Marriage
Breda, Holland, May 15. The Breda Civil Court today annulled the marriage in Singa- pore last year between 13-year- Bertha **Jungle Girl" Hertogh ant the 21-year-oki Maky school-teacher, Adabl.
The case was brought by the Netherlands Government. When Arst came up at the Breda The Big Four Foreign Minis-Court on May
Paris, May 15.
lusted less than one minute.
8, the Consul
BY
Dictatorship
SHAREHOLDERS Alleged Outspoken Criticism At This Conspiracy
Morning's Meeting
ROYALTY CONDITIONS
REJECTED
SHAREHOLDERS OF THE STAR FERRY COMPANY WERE OUTSPOKEN IN THEIR CRITICISM OF GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSED NEW FRANCHISE AT A SPECIAL MEETING HELD IN THE OFFICES OF JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., THEY ESPECIALLY CONDEMNED THE PROPOSAL LTD., THIS MORNING.
TO IMPOSE ROYALTIES ON GROSS RECEIPTS AND ADVERTISING.
A resolution that the Directors be authorised to inform Government that share- holders are prepared to consider a franchise in which royalty is based on net profits and option to purchase is on a fair valuation and that they be empowered to negotiate accordingly and to go up to a maximum royalty of 25 percent of net profits, was unanimously carried.
Another resolution rejecting the terms of the draft "Star" Ferry Company Ordinance relat- ing to payment of a royalty on the gross monthly receipts and the compulsory purchase of the under- taking by Government was also passed.
Corporation
for
more
Eiven in your excellent speech one cannot but feel that the pro-
The meeting was called to obtains its share of such revenue Project the terms as presented | negotiations which you have
Profits receive and consider a report through froin the Directors
the Tax. negofations with the Hongkong Government in regard to the terms of the licence now offered to the Company.
Speeches were made by Mr J. If, Seth, Mr S. M. Churn, Mr N. V. Croucher, Mr F. C.
Barry and Mr II. Owen Hughes Thie meeting was presided over by the Chairman, the Hon, D. F. Landale.
1
with
flourishing
Farcs and charges. I assume these have been agreed, and the those laid down. Board is not dissatisfied
1 Compulsory Purchase. If The first resolution was
condition cor- moved! by Mr F. C. Barry, understand this
rectly.
which the price at sororded by Mr 71. Owen Hughes and the second resulu assets must be sold is Cost, jess
normal
depreciation, and does tion by Mr J. I. Seth, second-not take into account Munsure
possible ed by Mr N. V. Crougher.
increased cost of replacement ut date of sale, neither is any for goodwill or sum payable condition compels us, upon re future profits. Put shortly, this
sell to quest, undertaking at a price only a bankrupt concern would consider. To my mind this is crudest Mr Landale said he expropriation It its would like Oil behalf of the form. Such D scheme could Board to express their grateful only be conceived by a theorist attending thanks to all the shareholders | jacking practical experience. Op Zoom, who had come along to suppor! is living the Directors action and to give
Their guidance as how to ceced on the matter. "We have from you a clear directive," Mr Landale said, "and I hope that we may make some progress, in. our negotiations with Govern- ment,
at Penang yesterday and wasters deputies today held their for the Dutch Government suld 52nd and shortest meeting-it that Bertha, at the time of the marriage wris of. Dutch Dr Philip Jessup, of the Unit-nationality and had not reached ed States, who was in the chair, her majority. Therefore, under the Dutch Civil Code, she asked if anyone wanted to speak. | 180 There was no reply, so he nd-coukl not marry.
Bertlin is
1101 journed the meeting until to-
scliool in Bergen North Brabant," She
life of a normal Dutch the school girl after learning Dutch and she recently took Holy Communion-Reuter
W** minute.
Penang thorities said to. night the Norhay hnd Jeff to
inorrow.
The deputies have been meel- return to Singapore but refused | ing here since March 5 lo try to to say why she had not been gree upon an agenda for meet- ullowed 10 sail for China.ing of the four Foreign Minis-
ters.--Reuter. Reuter,
COMMENT OF THE DAY
W
A Crucial Stage In Korea
be launched from bases in Manchuria, pressure in favour of hitting directly back would naturally intensify. Signi- ficantly and in relation to the over- all picture, it is a good sign it is hinted that Peking is seeking to avoid provocation by conducting air opera- tions from North Korean airfields whose strips are being rapidly re- stored. The inference is clear: that Peking is no more anxious to witness the extension of the war into China than are the military and political pundits in the United States and Europe. Exceeding the present limits would involve risks and consequences which would have to be faced before decisions were taken which, once acted
to would have
be followed wherever they might lead. The steam of emotion warmed up by the Senate hearings on MacArthur's discord with the Chiefs of Staff will inevitably be damped down if these predictions of Chinese intentions are correctly based. Apart from that, it has been emphasised both by General Marshall and by General Omar Bradley that,
should
be there
no escape ultimately from extension of the battle zone in Asin, the peril in Europe must remain the first concern of the free nations. That this would be dangerously increased by a larger involvement in Asia is beyond argu- ment. Without the solidarity of the the Western alliance, moreover, chances of avoiding the third world war would be indeed allm. The divi- sions, brought to the boiling point by MacArthur's inability to accept- the judgment of the White House and the Pentagon are but Burface signs, and it would be false to inter- pret them as fundamental. Bringing them out into the open, in fact, is the surest guarantee that if challenge comes, closing of the ranks would be! immediate.
ITH the sudilen onslaught of the Spring rains, turning the battle areas into a quagmire and grounding United Nations aircraft, the stage is set for what could prove the severest test yet encountered by the Allied forces in Korea. It could also turn out to be decisive in the long drawn out struggle. Chinese Communist hordes are moving swiftly to enable them to launch a major offensive with a weight of numbers cer- taln to compel concession of ground, but If the U.N. divisions can effectively over- come the weather handicap, which must seriously jeopardise their mobility over the ground and fire power at crucial points, the collapse of an all-out Chinese attempt to wrest victory out of a costly and gruelling misadventure could easily be the prelude to a negotiated settle-
on; It is obviously ment of the dispute. premature to bank on such an event, but a demonstration of the futility of Red endeavours to dislodge the Allied armies will certainly offer better pros pects than "speculation in Washington on the possibility of an unexpectedly abrupt end." Meanwhile, Seoul and other skeleton towns of Korea must prepare for further desolation, the aymbol of the price which the Korean people have paid and are paying to re- sist aggression and prevent a third world war. What is happening on that tragic peninsula to the population, to their possessions, to the allied forces, makes no sense unless the reason for the agony and the ruin are constantly remembered. Whatever the final out- come, the first battle in History wiged under international auspices in the cause of collective security is one of the most disinterested ever fought. As the im- mediato engagement seesaws, with no and in sight and no visible chance of a political solution, the impulse to strike back hard against Communist China may be difficult to restrain. There is no longer any pretence that the Poking Reds are engaged up to the bilt. Should large-scale dir operations
even
carried.
to
which
Mr Landale's
and
out Stand equitable terms based on Net Fronts. I hope all members of the Company will give their full
support to the Board to this end.
Before concluding I should like to pay a tribute to you and for the very those responsible comprehensive slatement set- I know, ting out the position.
the amount from experience, of work and time such a state-
UNACCEPTABLE
Major S. M. Churn said:
cedure adopted by Government was that of playing one Com- pany off against the other and it can only be described as a most unsatisfactory business.
in regard to the Compulsory Purchase clause it seems al- mcst unbelievable that Ictal Government shouki at-
which
are
that,
Speech On The company of pubordinating the ably present our case.
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should
the
10 Pakistan Officers
Arrested
Karachi, May 15.
Ten military and air force officers were arrested today. for alleged complicity in the. dictatorship_plot_first_de-:| nounced by the Prime Minis- ter, Liaquat Ali Khan in March.
They are alleged to have wanted to establish a govern- ment on a Communist pattern.
A special three-man tribunal was formed under the pre- sidency of Mr Justice Abdur Rehman of the Pakistan Federal Court to try those arrested to- day and the four
People
IT
rested two months ago,
Judge Rehman sisted by Mr Justice Mohammed
will be as-
Sharif, of Lahore High Court, and Mr Justice Amiruddin ΟΣ Dacen High Court.
EARLIER ARRESTS The tribunal will hold sittings
at Hyderabad in Sind and may also sit at Lahore, it was an- nounced in Pakistan Govern- ment Gazette Extraordinary.
Major-General Akhar Khan, chler of the General Staff, his wite, Brigadier Latif Khan and Pakistan Times, were arrested Ahmed Falz, editor of the
in March
allegations that they were attempting "to create commotion in the country by violent means
and to subvert loyalty of Pakistan's
the
on
fence forces".
de-
An official announcement the names of those arrested Love
as
the
of
Bannu
First
ment entails and express my tempt kh enforce conditions Brigadier Sadia Khan, lately grateful thanks.
not considered Commander
the equitable by the parent Govern Brigade: Lieutenant Colonel lately ment in London. The Imposi-Miaz Mohammed Arab, I agree substantially with what i tion of such terms on an old Battalion Commander, has been said by the previous established and sound utility Punjab Regimeni; Lieutenant- with a history such Colonel Ziauddin, lately of the speaker, and support the view
Headquarters of the Azad Kash- of our Board that the cerms Company After the resolutions had been
as ours would not, I feel cer offered are entirely unacceptable, tam, have the approval of the Siddiq Rajja, Intely of General
mir Forces
Lieutenant-Colonel fact, no responsible Board of
authorities in London and I Directors could possibly have u
Headquarters
Major propose
Intely of the Mahammed accepted such terms, and in would
there be no change in the
Stato Forces on secondment; referring the question to us attitude
of the Hongkong Major Hassan Khan, lately proprietors of the undertaking 1 attitud think our Board have seted with Government in the matter, we
Khyber Rines; Immediately
refer the mutter Khwaja a right and proper regard for the
Mohammed' to London where, I have no interests of all.
Nobody I think can accuse this doubt, Sir Harold Howitt will Sethi, lately of General Head- quarters: Captain Zafrullah Poshal, lately of the 10th P
Pun- the interests of the pubile to those Whatever obscure reasons Signals School; of the shareholders-on the
Captain Khizer there
may have been in contrary, our record clearly
for the imposition
of Hayat, ately Adjutant of a bat- shows that the prime concern of rast
the First Punjab Re.. tatlan of the royalties on Gross Receipts it is giment;
Air our Board has been to provide
Commodore abundantly clear that public service to the maximum
the Mohammed Khan Janjua, lately. efficiency within its power, and system has nothing whatsoever of Air Headquarters-Reuter. their efforts in this direction to commend it now. I am sure have been curtailed only by that a a perfectly fair agreement Government dilatoriness In can be reached on the basis of regard to the question of ade-a Nett Proft Royalty.
I prc- Sir, that careful con- sume, quate Pier facilities.
has been given to of responsibility sideration Acceptance
Publie this by the Board and perhaps provision of Uillity, however, does not mean you could give those present
information some that the shareholders in un here
matter undertaking, on whose money
been the service has provided, fair of a mi
(Continued on Page 1 Col, 4) should be deprived return on their investment, and
is apparent that it is
from the facts now before us
elther the service
allowed to must be
slow decay or the sink Into
were
The text of the address by the Hon D. F. Landale, chairman of the Board of Directors, presented to shareholders at this morn-, ing's special meeting of the Star Ferry Company In connection with the proposed new franchise, will be found on the back page.
for
Mr J. H. Seth said- The comprehensive statement been circulated by
you has unpleasant reading, not only the unreasonable
de- terms munded but perhaps, more the
in which they manner presented. I refer particularly
the fact
that, despite our attempts to ascertain Govern- ment's terms in the 1930's (ot
had which I personal know- we only received the ledge),
by terms proposed original Government in November 1040, less thon seven weeks before the Pier Leases expired that
Sir Harold Howitt, an authority and, secondly, the fact Government had, before we on Nationalisation, has stated were consulted, persuaded the dennicely that in no case since 1949, has an attempt been made Youmali Ferry Company to ac- cept its terms which were ex- to acquire any of the 0 Industries people who have financed that rected to.apply
to both the upon the basis now suggested by service mus e deprived of ferry
Although the companies.
Hongkong Government.
what in many cases is their the acceptance was not un-Various methods of valuation living income. qualified the procedure must be were adopted, any one of which condemend as contrary 10 busi-would, possibly, be acceptable In ness ethics.
our case.
WAR LOSSES.
You have not touched upon our
MUST DECLINE I have tried in vain to find Government's pro- in any of nouncements an adequate justi- fication of the principle of It is dimcult to understand
royalty assessing
on grosa why the Hongkong Government lias so completely disregarded War Losses, Sir, and I desire to receipts; when the application of
10 such thic recommendations the drany members' attention
of
a principle resulth in the Secretary
these, the replacement cost of of
for the State
ngures now before us, I fail to Dow
as Shareholders Colonies when, as recently which amounted to approximate
ly $4,437,000 for which we have see
can do otherwise than deeline happened, the merging of Basic received
no compensation. Cost of Salaries with High
proposed terms, to accept the
Include Living appeared to require his note, however, that the Chairman particularly when they
I can only 'describe as "compulsory sanction. The terms which he of the Hongkong & Yaumali what I was prepared to reccmmend are Ferry Co., at the annual general
ave purchas clause. A not unreasonable and embrace meeting was reported to have the iniquitous
I
a profit sharing scheme in con- stated you will no doubt be
wc
One would have thought that negotiations the very least which could be
trast to the Hongkong Govern- pleased to note that after long equity would have dictated that
and
ment's suggestion
en Grass fukings.
protracted
of a Royalty the claims for Vessels totally offered for the purchase of the
Lost during, hostilities has now undertaking would be the cur- boen settled by Government at rent value of the Assets pur- "MISLEADING" You have shown, Sir, in the $1,037,000, which has been set chased, plus the estimated pro- would have been le which statement, that the Financial off against claims by Govern-fi
in respect of Supplies, earned during the unexpired statement Secretary's
anent ment
of the franchise. "change" is misleading. If his Rentals, Royalties, etc." In the period
hesitation therefore next
have no paragraph he goes sinterment were in accord will west lost were one vehicular in supporting the view that facts one question naturally
Directorn should be. in- Brises Whose fault is it that ferry, three passenger ferries and our
Ughters,"
the terms Can atructed to reject coaling there are change dificulties? wo Certainly not the Company's.
us, why our competitors offered.. I would like to make you tell were placed in a more favourable it clear, however, that I do not Pler Rents and advertising.
we should not pay suggest I ha
have no idea whether $15,000 position?
Royalty. I suggest, Sir, that Royalty, but careful considera- a month is a fair rent for the
the Piers but it seems to be a heavy as outlined in the Secretary of tion of all
State's letter of 20th July, 1945, me that the only fair and charge, particularly as they cost to our London Agents, the only equitable method of asscasing Government nothing and w have to keep them in repair, basis upon which we should any such royalty is on the Not The condition governing adver agree is to share our profits with Profits of the undertaking.
UNSATISFACTORY tiainglin
opinion, Government, and that a Royalty
Mr.N.V.A., Croucher said: iniquitous. Surely, Sir, if we based upon grows income is not
It is difficult to understand the ront. the Piers wo are entitled | acceptable.
Government attitude in this mat- ter but from the history of the
to rent out the advertising space
· Personally, I
have no berita
for our benefit Government Bon in requesting the Poard to
facts convinces
the
General Whitney Retiring
Washington, May 15, Major-General Courtney
Whitney, chief side to Generat Douglas MacArthur, will be retired on May 31 at his own announced request, the Army
on
some
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