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National Referendum
Trick Led To Conviction
London, Jari. I.
Norman Glen Harris of St Austell, Cornwall. carn- ed some fame for his habit of bluing the stoppers off beer bottles. Ile even de-
monstrated his prowess to
a police sergeant
Today, January
stration
1, l
led to his conviction for stealing beer from a local tavern. The police ser- geant
the RCAL
demon- stopper to * laboratory. Marks on it were found to be identical with marks all the stoppers of three beer bottles stoleu from the int.
Harris and his brother William were each fined £10 and third man £5
botlick. for stealing 21 Reuter.
REDS TAKE
BEATING
Singapore, Jan. 1. Malayan Comunists took a 'severe beating on New Year's Eve when five were killed, four wounded, three captured and four surrendered in scattered engagements throughout the peninsula..
One of these killed Was district committee member of Bahau district, Negri Sembilan State, who headed a gang which Three had terrorlied the area. women were captured during the operations.
In Egypt A Possibility
MONARCHY OR
REPUBLIC
Cairo, Jan. 1.
General Mohammed Naguib, the Egyptian Prime Minister, said today that if the people want- ed to change the system of government from a monarchy to a republic, he would submit the issue to a popular referendum.
The committee which will draft Egypt's new constitution would be formed soon, he said.
with the
In a New Year's inverview (The United Nations resolu
Cairo nowspaper Al|tion on Palestine called for Ahram, he said the new re-direct negotiations between gine had succeeded in achieving Israel and the Arab States stability and unity at home." without any preconceived condl-
The Egyptian people now tions
Brink with one brain and feel (The Arab States Insisted with one henrl," he said.
that the talks must be on the "I do not believe in dictator-basis of previous United Na- ship all
exceptional tions resolutions for the
the In- measures tükken vill come to anternationailsation of Jerusalem
enki as soon as corruption is and the repairiation of Arab re- upivoted and a government fugees.) based on sound principles 13 solidly established,"
closest
General Nagulb called for the relations between Egypt that and Syria in the best Interests
of the Arab nations.
Gentral Naguib said Egypt must and new markets for her cotton.
His government, he said, was striving to realise Egypt's full independence -- "Independance with no strings attached."
NO FOREIGN DEUTS "We are most anxious that the
country should not fall into the sluisher of foreign debts and consequent interference in our Government Effairs." he said. announcement said that rewards totalling M$8,628
Meanwhile,
止
are
He said both countries hod the some policy of reforms and wish to strengthen relations with all the Arab States."- Ileuter.
Tribute By
Liner's Captain
The only foreign ald Egypt payable received, he tap, was
tokca to surrendered terrorist Cheong "Point Four" technical assistance. Sin who was attached to the (The American aid plan for No. 2 section of the Communist | under-developed territories).
the General Naguib, ectrænenting in terrorist
regiment Mersing area. Jobore state, and on the German-Istaell reparations who
him- after
United
Paris, Jan. 1. agretmeni and
who celf up succeeded in persuading Nations resolution on Palestine. Elghly people bbt section lender and four said: "It is perhaps surprising, swin ashore from the French others to surrender and capture that the Weil should give greater liner Champollion, wrecked just
the Lebanese firearms, hundgrenades and am-weight to the Interests of 1,000,000 off
Jews in preference to those of week.
probably munition-United Press.
giving
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London Express Service,
the
tried to
coast
saved
tais! many
40,000,000 Arabs who command other Ilves, Captain Henri strategie position ensuring Bourdie, master of the ship, said world peace."
In an interview published here these... unjust today. on Exypilan resctutions
and Arab opinion makes it diffleull to achieve a understanding with the West."
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He, said that 330 people were on board the liner but after the wreck, the liabitable part of the deck
was too small for them, "I authorised those who wished to take the risk to leave the ship." he said.
"Eighty left, Including a 10- year-old boy, who reached the shore without difficulty. Fifteen of them were suffocated by the oil which had escaped from the Champollion's tanks."
Zetablished 1845
FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1953.
SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith
T. M. Reg. 1. Pat. DIT, Dpt. 1962 W KEA BATICA, JG,
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"I'll be another hour or so, dear! Towser is enjoying his exercise so much!"*
Tribute To The Queen
The Minister, Micaxles,
Canberra, Jan. 2. Australian Primo Robert
said yesterday that the security of the Bri- tish Throus rested · more · and more on the personsi quality of its occupant.
"In this respect, we have been and are most blessed," he said in a broadcast New Year's mearige to. Australian people.
the
Mr Menzies said of Queen Elizabeth: "She must know,
As indeed the does know, that we are fond of her, have faith in her and, will ever be her loving and faithful people."--Reuter,
CHURCHILL
RELAXES
AT SEA
Sees New Year In On
HOME
FOOTBALL RESULTS
London, Jan. 1. Results of football matches played today:
DIVISION I
Bolton Man. U. Middlesbro Newcastle Preston Sunderlandi
Blackburn Bury Everton
1 Charlton
1 Derby
2 Wednesday
3 West Brom.
4 Blackpool 2 Villa DIVISION II
3
Notts C. 3 Plymouth
2
Barnsley
Sheffield U. 1 Rotherham
DIVISION III (NORTH)
Accrington
Barrow
Carlisle
Gateshe
3 Bradford
2 Chesterfield
2 Stockport
2 Hartlepools Southport 2 Scunthorpe
Tranmere
SCOTTISH LEAGUE "A"
Aberdeen Clyda Falkirk
Hearts
Board Queen Mary Motherwell
Sheaffer's TM SNORKEL
NEW REPUBLIC RECOGNISED BY GREAT BRITAIN
Rule Of Sultanate Ended
Male, Maldive Islands, Jan. 1. Britain today signed a treaty giving recogni- tion to a new-born Republic the cluster of thou- sands of coral atolls making up the Maldives, some 400 miles west of Ceylon.
This not only ended 836 years of--Sultanate rule but liberated the girls of the Moslem Maldivian population from "purdah”. seclusion from male
eyes.
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The high walls which shut in which looks to him to bring the women's quarters of every education to the group and in- house are being pulled down at crease its prosperity.
the order of the 42-year-old President, Amir Amim Didi.
He holds
ive top. govern-
the
of
Newly unveiled, the chocolate-ment posts In addition to skinned women of the islands presidency. emerged from the white-painted bungalows and took part in the day's rejoicing.
More than 20,000 people from the 215 inhabited islands of the group gathered in the capital here for the celebrations.
The Maldivian heritage
trading navigational skill and is seen today by the develop- ment of the nshing Industry. About 90 per cent of Maldivian exports are fresh fish. Ceylon takes most of these exports.
PORTUGUERE FIRST
The Portuguese first establish- 1518. In 1045, when pirates on the islands in were looting the trading ships
Sir Ceell Syers, British High Commissioner In Ceylon, signing a treaty recognising' the birth of the Republic at a piced factories turesque durbara State recep- tion recalling the splendour of a bygone Maldivian civilisation.
The Republic, 400 miles south west of Ceylon, will remain un- der British protection.
The black-haired women had a pre-taste of their emancipation yesterday.
the Indian Ocean, the Sultan put himself under the protection. of the Dutch in Ceylon. The Maldives exchanged Dutch for English supremacy in 1985.
This connection disappeared when Britain granted dominion status to Ceylon in 1848 an today, apart front foreign affairs and defence, the islands are self-ruling.
BRITISH POSITION Clad in long bright-coloured costumes, excited girls and women filled
one side of the football ground here in Sea Giri, 2 Male, to see a soccer match be A Maldive official representa-
0
tween a crow from the British
2 cruiser Ceylon and a team of 6 Maldivians.
2
Live said today that the new republie would cultivate friend- ship with all Democratic coun- tries.
And though the Maldivians lost by four goals to nil, they behaved Tiko
true
and sportswomen 2 showed only momentary zappointment,
dis..
Living Language
Why along,
"lug
we say Lug
"lug-hole"
We may think of along" and às being vulgar expressions but in fact they are good English and of great antiquity, They both come from the Scan- dinavian word of the same spelling meaning an car, and from Lugga, to pull by the hair, "Luggage" and "Lugsail" "come from the same root.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 2 By Air Indo-China. France, French North and West Africa, 4.30 p.m.. Air Vietnam.
Philippines, Guam, Hawail, USA, 5 p.m.. P.A.L.
Former Okinawa, USA. (Seat tle and Western States) Cartado, & p.m. H.K.A./N.W.A.D.
N, Borneo, Australia, New Zen- land, B p.m., QEA,
Japan. 6 ... 3.0.A.C. Malaya, Indonesia, Ceylon, Middle East, d p.m., 1.0.A.C.
By Surface Macao, 6 p.m., S/S Lee Hong/Tak Shing.
SATURDAY, JANUARY· 3 By Air Slam, Burma,"
Indin. Pakistan. Afisca, Great Britain, Europe, Noon, via 3.0.A.C.
U.S.A. Canada, Noon, P,A.A. Slam, Burma, India, 4.30 pm., Thal Airways.
Formosa, 6 om. C.AT.
"A is today, we have nothing to do with the British Commonwealth but our rela- The first sign of the coming tons with it will be most cor-
dial," he added. freedom for women was sect
"The recently when a public forewell
Republic of was given to a contingent of Maldives will continue the best white-frocked girls who sailed In relationship
have We
with schooners to Ceylon to study in Britain and our defence agree. the English schools of Colombo.ment with her signed in 1948
Under the new treaty with i will remain
stell, unaffected," he Britain, the Maldives will sald-Reuter.
Mansfeld
3
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C.
0
3
2 Grimsby
3
3
Dundeo Partick
technically cease to be 4 pro- tectorate but Belfain_will retain responsibility for defencer of the islands and authosty to handle their external affairs..
Third
1 Hibernian
Lanark
4 Airdria
Aboard the Queen Mary, / Qn, of the So. 4 St Mirren
Jan. 1.
Raith
0 East Fife. Rangers 1
Celtic SCOTTISH LEAGUE :"B"
Hamilton
Captain Bourde said that if all the passengers and crew had stili been on board when rescue The British Prime Minister, launches reached the liner there Mr Winston Churchill, awoke might have been a panle "against shortly after nine to a morning I would have been power-of perfect sunshine this first
day of the year.
#2
was interviewed by the * newspaper France Soir, after the arrival of the Champollion's survivors in Marseilles. The liner went aground near Belrut on December 22 -Reyter.
Heiress Dead
New York. Jan. 1.
He had retired not long after seeing the New Year in with his fellow-travellers. At the chiming of the ship's "bell he linked hands with his wife and his daughter, Mary, sang Auld Lang Syne, and then
mado a
short speech to the revellers who, he said, gave him "encour aremat to go on in the New Year,"
Shortly after the exchange of V greetings he turned in.
Mr Churchill is going to sco
Beautiful Millicent A. Rogers, wealthy all heiress. whost
President Truman and General romances made headlines be Eisenhower before going on tween the wars, has died in a holiday in Jamaica. Albuquerque, New -Mexico,
New Year's Eve the Prinė hospital..
A
110.
Albion Allon
0
Amir Amim Didi, installed President at today's colourful
Troops And
ceremony, was the 42-year-old Families Leave
2 Prime Minister last month when
Como treba ONNGHOA, O
the islanders elected him their
3
first
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€ Arbroath Morton
Stirling Queen's
Park
Dumbarton
2
1
-Reuter,
Home Rugger
Matches
0
London, Jan. 1. Results of rugby-matches She was 63 and had been Minister spent much of the day played today were:
- RUGBY LEAGUE his cabin working on his war bedridden
for more than
17 Rochdale .24 year, suffering from a heart memoirs. Then he gave a cock- Bramley
tail party to the staff making the Belle Vue 2 Hunslet disease.
Doncaster v 'Widness She hnd Inherited 20rb with him. million from her grandfather, For the New Year celebrations (postponed to Saturday, Jan. 3)
22 Leeda the founder of the glont he sat in the main lounge at a Halifax
St. Helens 9 Leigh Standard
Swinton Oil Company. Her table where champagne wa father, Colonel H. H. Rogers, served near the band.
Colled on for a speech, he Whitehaven 11 Barrow
5 Warrington also an oll magnate, left her
sald: "Some of you may think Wigan another million.
RUGBY UNION should have gone
off the stage
Birkenhead 6 Waterloo. the did year." with
And when this was loudis Manchester
Watsonians 4 denied and he was cheered again, he said: "You have given me en- couragement to go on in the New Year.
She married three times.-I Reutet.
HUNGARY QUITS UNESCO
Budapest, Dec. 314
"I hope all will go greatly to "The Communist Government bind the English-speaking worlda of Hungary today announced ils and the great Republic on the resignation from the United Nations Educational, Scientific other side of the world. Reuter, and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO). It necused the Eden Discusses
Turkish Trip
3 Salford
& Sale
Newport
-Reuter.
MIDDLETON'S
NEW POST
卢
Landon, Jan. 2.
14
President without
the
knowledge of the outside world. For Home
MAN OF ACTION
His election followed the death of Sultan-designate Amir,
was
One
Hongkong gir chosen to rule in 1945, but too among the several hundred Bri-
Lish Jll to tako.
Servicemen and the post.
their up Amir Amim Didi and his familles bound for Britain in family are a power in the 114 HMT Empire Orwell which lon square miles of islands richly port yesterday for Southampton. clothed with cocoanut palms
The only Chinese girl aboard, which yield cereals, fruit, and the former Miss Fu Ko-sin, is the wife of Private D. Saunders A man of action, Amir Amir of the Royal Army Ordonnce Did is immensely popular with Corps who is returning Home
his tour the largely literate population after completing
duty in Hongkong.
Mrs Saunders will stay with her parents-in-law at Bourne
wero married mouth. They here last October,
nuts.
The Curse
Remains
Unbroken
of
$/9 Tal
Japan.. a p.m. D.C
Surface Macas, Z. v.m.; 6 p.m., Loy/Tak Shing,
Republic. .30 China People's a.m.; 5 p.m.. train via Canton.
Formose, 11 am.. 5/8 Shengking. Philippines, Mauritius, East and South Africa, 11 .m.. S/S Ruys.
Japan, Canada, 1 pan., 8/9 Maple- Malaya, 1 p.m., 8/8 Hot Houw. SUNDAY, JANUARY 4 By Air Malaya, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, 30 p.m. Via C.P.A.
By Butthep Macao, 2 pm; 6/9, Tal Loy.
It's Purely
Unofficial
London, Jan. 1.
was
A protocal extending by slic months an unofficial Chinese- Japanese trade agreciment sigred in Peking yesterday, ac- cording to a Now China Nows Agency message received in
London today.
A £30,000,000 barter agree- ment was signed last June by three unofficial Japanese de- Legates to Peking following the world economic conference in Moscow/
The Japanese Foreign Ofte has described the agreement as a "propaganda move" with no legal basis.
The Empire Orwell arrived here from Korea yesterday ⚫ morning with expired-service
men bound
The for Britain. 14th Field Reziment, Royal Artillery, disembarked at Kow- loon Whart to take over garri son duty here,
When
the troopship resumed Modena, Jan. 1. her journey after a brief stay in The New Year has started port, the Korean veterans were badly again for the Ascari sent off by the Pipes and Drums
of the Royal Ulster Rifles. family.
On New Year's Eve, 1949, Enzo Ascari, 42 year old farm Jabourer, went mad during the
11 celebrations ushering in 1950.
0
Mr George H. Middleton, Counsellor at the British Em- bassy ab Teheran, until ‘last ÚN. Agthey of "serving American war policy, crowned
October, when Perala: broke-off diplomatic relations with Britain, by tho admission of Franes
been appointed. British. Spain,"
· London, Dec. 31.), thas followed the Hungary
The Foreign Societary Mr Deputy High Commissioner for India, the Commonwealth Rela». lend of Poland which resigned Anthony Eden, discussed the ions Office announced,
the organization gå. Dec. dates of his forthcoming visit to Mr Middleton, who is 42, will charglis lt hand begde Pan Tukey and Greece with the zemerleton, who is 42, wol "Instrument of American pro- Turkish Ambassador to Britalis March paganda Among the Eastern British diplomatic quarters Is New Delhi, ho succeeds Mr European countries, only expected the visit to take place J. J. S. Garner, who is returning Czechoslovákia remains a meITE- Boon after visit to Brituri ot, to the Commonwealth Relations
Associated Tito upala print once in Apple as Deput under ber of the Agency
Minister, next March--Ieiter?)? Secretary of State.-fóillorar
61
He was removed to a
asylum,
2
lunatic
On New Year's Eve, 1950,
just before midnight, his brother,
Carlo, two younger, also went mad
Radio Hongkong
HKT
Summary::
The New China Nows Agency said yesterday's step was dim- ed at promoting trade between China and Japan-Router."
Students
The
:
Show
Off Talent
of the Chinese section French Convent, Happy Valley, -the venue of was yesterday
many people who went to see the Second Art Exhibition by Catbolle, school
students of Hongkong and organised by the Hongkong
Catholic Association.
Students'
None of the large attending crowd left disappointed for there
U. ProgramWN D years Children's Broadcast"King Arthur was a very wide range of sub-
Some of the
care in the use of the brush, and in mirroring the minutest details. The portraits were particularly striking
Cruiser To Be Relieved
Poming
Arthur Jocta on view. of Carlo ran amok, stabbed his bacтš) 0.50, old Tuna Ball paintings showed painstaking
Thompson with, Bydney, wife to death, then threw him-room
(DBCT8); ++7. and his Orchest self off the roof of the house. Time Signal World News and News The clocks were striking rald, London Rory); 135. Tokkig
About Hongkong) by ight as he died.
Enzo, meanwhile, remained in Davis and Lie Rev. Father, T.: F. Ryan Recorded); 73, Gems trona a lunatic asylum,
Bhờ mmg; by Bigmund Rochorale with Orchestra; On New Year's Eve, 1951,' he Robert Shaw was released and it seemed that 180. Weather Report: 8. Mume 44 the
curse of the Ascari family served 8.45, The Heritage of Bri
Iain (BROTE); "The Lion and tha was broken.
Unicom" Written by Jonifer Wayne. At midnight last night, Elize Produced by Leurence Gilliam: 0.16. went mad again in the middle stuste Lovers Tour Clasical He
quests presented by Curtis Stridson of the traditional celebrations. fugio 10.15, Portrait of Foras He seized a truncheon, drove his featur programme written family and friends out of the by Robert Kemp: Produced by a
Richardson house, and barricaded the doors rusle for main with the Waller It was Inte tonight before his Plato and Orchestra: 1050, polics were finally able to take Weather Report: 11. Hadio New HMS Bermudo is xpected to him a way back to the lubells ook confed London Halay): 31.15% calls for Ale Meditoracican is asylum,Router Pendant Qugen: 11,20, Glone -Iowa,
January.
London, Dec. 31, The cruiser HMS Bermuda, flagship of the South ~ Atlantic. squadron, will relleve HMS Euryalus in the Mediterranean Fleet, the Admiralty announced tonight. *