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objectively, critical a leading
Tanalysis by
British industrialist of Hongkong's textile industry and the competition which
il products are offering in the British home market comes at
An opportune It la time.
welcome, not its purely by virtue of fairness, but because the Secretary of State for the Colonies has this week been able Lu おさむ our textile factories and judge for
himself the standards they altnin in the way of machinery, employment con- ditions and quality of out- put.
Mr Lennox-Royd, It is true, is not the Minister directly concerned with the threat to Lanenshire by overseas competition, but
It is of
Hume satisfaction to Hong- kong, which has been the victim of n considerable amount of misrepresenta- tion to know that a mem- ber of the Cabinet has been able to satisfy himself on the spot concerning the manner in which our in- dustries, including textiles, are organised and operated. We feel that if the President of the Board of Trade needs any assurances on this subject, Mr Lennox- Boyd will be happy to give them to him.
THE
THE woes of Lancashire are not wholly unappreciated
here, and in the matter of facing up to stif com- petition, Hongkong's manu- facturers and entrepreneurs do not lag behind in ex- perience. Nor,
so for as
Hongkong is concerned, Is government protectlye action the remedy. Perlaently, and bluntly, the
Manchester
Guardian,
RB
of In-
which can be regarded the sympathetic friend the Lancashire textile dustry, points out that Lanenshire's insistence. It is competition from pro- dúcera who pay low wages which is the prime cause of the doldrums now plagu-
ing
The
British textile
CHINA
No. 36189
Extablabed 1845.
FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1955.
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EDEN ENVISAGES A NEW ERA Bleriot's
Busy Morning For S of S
This charming picture of Lady Patricia Lennox-Boyd was taken at a welfare centre this morning which she, together with the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Rt Hon. Alan Lennox-Boyd, visited. Both distinguished visitors showed lively interest in the activities of the various centres.- Staff Photographer.
AIR TRAGEDY
Israeli
Commission
industry, is not completely Turned Back
tenable.
Mechanical,
efficiency, labour efficiency
and administrative efficiency
Athens, July 28, are vital factors. And Mr
Israel's six-man commis- Honniker-Henton in his re- vealing report tacitly slon appointed to investigate ndmits that Lancashire yesterday's airliner crash, suffers from deficiencies in in which 57 people died, lo- these directions.
day reached the Bulgarian-
JP to the present British Greek frontier but were 'textile caders appear to turned back by Bulgarian be obsessed with one Idea border guards. -the introduction by,
the
United Kingdom govern.
a
The Israelis presented ment of restrictions to be letter asking for permission to to the Bui- imposed on overseas com-enter the country
petitors.
easy way threats to
It might be the garian frontler post commander
of removing at Kula but he refused to accept the Lancashire
industry in the Home
L
market, but it would have The Greek Foreign Minister, Stephen Stefano-poulos, said his government had offered
decidedly unfortunate porcussions.
essential to
ro- Mr
Electric Light & Power
For Lantao
The China Light and Power Co. Ltd is expected to begin work soon on a project to supply electric light and power to Lanigo island.
The Manager of the company,
will de
SEES CENTRES;
SCHOOLS AND A CLINIC
Welfare centres, schools and a clinic in the Eastern district of Hongkong Island
Visit To
Britain Of Russian Leaders
EFFECT OF H-BOMB
London, July 28.
Sir Anthony Eden said here tonight were inspected by the Secre- that the visit to Britain' next spring of the tary of State for the Soviet leaders, Marshal Nikolai Bulganin
Colonies, Mr Alan Lennox-
Boyd, this morning. He dis- and Mr Nikita Krushchev, could “open a played great interest in all new era”.
he was shown, and asked
numerous questions of the
The Prime Minister was reporting
officiale in charge of, the to the nation in a television and radio broad- .various establishments."
Mr Lennox-Boyd first visited the War Memorial Centre in Wonchal, Accompanied by Lady Patricia Lennox-Boyd and the Mr Officer,
Social Welfare
cast on the Geneva conference.
The Prime Minister said that the con: ference and the visit of the Russians had
C.G.M. Morison, he was met or made serious negotiation possible. arrival by Mr J.D. • Clague, ecting
Chairman of the Children's Play- ground
PJ. Howa
tho Rev. Chairman
"There is long, hard, difficult work ahead, but
I do believe if we engage on it in that spirit we may of the Management Committee, solve the problems that have baffled Europe and War Maanarial Centre, and Miss bring a sense of security to all our people," he Dorothy Leo
Assistatit Social Welfare Officer (Youth Welfare) added. aal müber of the Management Committee,
Sir Anthony Eden said the threat of the hydrogen bomb was not "altogether bad”.
Constable Flies Off With Payroll
New York; July 28.
-0.23%
but
A constable fled with a $70,000 payroll by Diane on Thursday, polloe caught him when the airliner was Hagged down at Huntington, West Virginis, 100 miles away.
State Polico · raid $79,000 was recovered.
tho
Sheriff P. L. Dẹy sald charges of grand larceny will be filed against Con- sisble Tom Bivens, 49,
The Sheriff explained Bivens ploked up the pay, roll at a bank in Blue- fold and was supposed to take It to the American Coal Co-Associated Press,
It Wouldn't Have Mattered
Anyway!
Flight Successfully Repeated
Dover, July 28. Jean Salis, French pilot, crossed the English coast- line tonight in a replica of Bleriot's aeroplane about five miles west of the spot where the pioneer French airman's plane landed in 1909 after the first air crossing of the English Channel.
Salls took off from Calais, this evening to exmmémorate the 40th anniversary of the French air pioneer.
the He was escorted across Channel by’goyeral other planes. CHff-top crowds saw the box- like plane cross the coast and make for nearby' Ferryfjeld air- port. His engine note increased
he approached the cliffs at about 1,000 foot,
The French pdiok made a per- fickt three-pourt
at landing Ferryfield airport at 8.10, p.m.
CHAMPAGNE PARTY · A crowd of sightseers
gavo Salis a tremendous chcer as he
climbed from hda ofrereft,
Salis grinned happily and shook hands with a group of
New York, July 28. A beautiful British actress arrived today and told how she was awakened aboard a Transatlantic airliner during the night and warned not to officials who ran across the take her medicine because it tarmac to greet him.
Justled him away to a' chom was "deadly poison."
pagne party to
to celebrate. Hls plane wi
will be flown back to Calais tomorrow inside a Channel ferry aircraft,
It took Salle
They
In the room occupied by the Boys and Girls Clube Associa-
The central figure in the tion, the distinguished visitors "It may seem strange to say that, but the knowledge drama in the sky, Joan Green were greeted by Mr Anthony that it is there, the knowledge of the destruction that the wood said she had not taken Tai, General
eral Secretary, where
one hour. 25 they learned something of the hydrogen bomb can bring with it that as a result there any of the medicine because nature of the work carried out can be in a future war neither victor nor vanquished she was "lazy". But a London minutes to cover the 22-mile doctor said it would not have distance between the French and the influence of made by the Association. They next but that all must suffer even neutrals
Bny difference. The English coasts-Bleriot did it ́in` called at the Canteen, where that has had its effect on the course and conduct of inter-wrongly filled prescription was 37 minutes.---Reuter, they
were introduced to- Mr
not dangerous, anyway. national relations." C. K. 100, the officer-in- charge.
Three small shoe-shine boys were having a mead of meat
arxi vegetables F Lesney-Boyd nodded and smiled at them, and the boys returned the greeting with broad grins Before leaving the Canteen, both Mr
Lusty Lennox-Boyd and Patride inspected the kitchen,
FAMILY WELFARE
M
The next call was to the Honglong Family Welfare So- clely, where they met Mrs W. H. Yoch. Senior Case Worker. Several families were being in- terviewed by case workerp at the time, and the nature of their
WEBS explained problems
Chan
6
We Made Progress
Miss Greenwood arrived aboard o British Overseas Air
ways plane from London, She Wants Nationalists
was not very sure of all the details, but BOAC officials sald they had
received urgent messages from London warning medicine the received was poison,
Sir Anthony Eden added!" "When we gathered at the Geneva we made progress,
L
"There was an understanding among all of us there that we must try to agree what our differences were and try to find the. machinery to solve them.
"I am not saying for a moment that all our problems were met.
"Of course they are not-nothing like it.
There is no call yet for easy optimism but there is a relaxation of tension due to the fact that all were agreed on what they wanted to do."
that
In London, however, Dr L R. Wentymen said no danger was..
At Geneva Talks
Washington, July 20.
Joseph
Senator (Republican,
McCarthy
Wisconsin) to the Eisenhower
despite the radio tributed messages. He said the London administration on Thursday an of the pharmacist had indeed mixed attempted "sell-out"
and Nationalists the wrong prescription, "but Chinese
have demanded a seat for them in next. neither prescription syould
week's Geneva talks with Red done her any harm.
China,
sent the messages, nor would he The doctor did not know who identify what was in either prescription-United Press.
Volcano Erupts
Valdivia, Chile, July 28. Whe volcano Nihualhue,
Sir Anthony Eden recalled that before he went to Geneva he said there were three principles which Britain could not surrender-friendship with America, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the union of Germany.
"That is still our position after the Geneva con-located in this southern province of Chile, erupted on Wednesday causing strong
to Mr C. F. Wood told the Ching them. Mr Lennox-Boyd showed Mail this morning: "We are great Interest and sympathy.
In the Library. they
were preparing a scheme at the
Mine boys have ordered grected by Mr moment and
Librarian. Scores of equipment." Electricity
supplied reading
and firis sat around long tables ference," he added.
comics
other and
"The most difficult of the topics which the foreign night from China Light's station and will be relayed to pleture books and while they secretaries will have to consider is the third-the unity tremors throughout the area, A
looked awed at their tall visitor of Germany. Lantao by submarine cable.
he were not shy when they (Previously the only electricity spoke to several of them.
at available in Lantao was avail
ishere a small con- Tai pany operated, and at various
O
main
Mr Lennox-Boyd Patricia
private homes, farms, estab. Prior, man of the Excu
China Light has now bought
52 ren. Vishing the Dental
and Lady met by Mr J. T. do live Committee, when they called Halimenta and institutions at the rooms
Hongkong had Society for the Protcellon of where small generators been installed privately.
they were introduced to the Tai O electricity com-
Β.
Secretary, and pany).
Mira S..
Cleland
Hon. Branch Work
on the Lantao project Secretary. Hero Lady. Patricia of the babies would begin as soon as the picked up one According to diplomatic Without them the Colony
necesary equipment arrived, awaiting attention and carried it Some of the cables were for a few brief moments, would be confronted with a sources, the Bulgarian govern-
expected to arrive in the far more serious economic mont considers the Israeli
committee
Colony soon, Mr Wood said, crisis than
which vestigating that threatens Lancashire. But nothing to do in the country In The scheme which would cost about $1 million would take view of the Bulgarian investi- that is not the only con-
from six to nine months to sideration. Hongkong atiligation at ministerial level.
complete.
Thriving industries are now all facilities to the Israelis.
Hongkong.
In- has
buys very much more from It is learned from Solla the "A full supply will be available
Britain than she sells, and this favourable trade for the Mother country would rapidly diminish if our ability to sell manufac- tured products in the Home market were
ro
on-the-
Bulgarian government has
Israeli Invited the
diplomatic representative in the capital to
ccompany the Bulgarian Presentatives in their curtailed spot Investigation. through officially imposed artificial restrictions. This is an aspect of relations
between Hongkong Britain which needs to be
and
No civilians have been near the scene of the crash, which is considered by Bulgarian military authorkies "a top defence arcu.”
According to reports reaching
"HAD A GO"
brooms.
of
"The administration's pro- STAMME
for appeasing the Chinese Communiats at the expense
Free China moving much faster than even we, who are most suspicious of administration objectives in the McCarthy told the Sandte in a Far East, would have exported,"
speech.
He introduced a resolution
the "Benote of ashes descended Tain
over calling on
A vlow that the the region. Early reports sald express
Nationalists "should be invited Weze no casualties. →.
to participate in any negolia- Associated Press,
tions
which the United States. Is party that may directly affect the territories, | rights Or Interests of the Republic of China."-Associated Press,
"Here there is a real difference between us and the stere Russians and we have got to face it."--Reuter.
Fleet Street Workers Offered Increase
In
Wages
London, July 28.
British newspaper chiefs have offered journal-
ists, electricians and mechanics a 12 per cent wage increase, it was announced today..
In the Boys' Club, they were greeted by Mr C. C. Tang. Club leader, where they saw a number of boys busy making and if any factories want to wicker
trays and start up there they will be others were at play at miniature able
billiard tables and table tennis, Questioned about a report that Seeing
to get a full service."
one boy operating a
Mr. will the
considering tiny company was
pin-ball machine, installing
an electriclly system Lennox-Boyd went up to him decision to increase the selling about £19, 10, in Cheung Chau, Mr Wood and "had a go" at the machine prices of national: newspapers,"
of World's Prem Newa salt. himself. The friendliness
World's Press News, newspaper trade magazine, said the increase, which would be backdated to June 15, would cost the Newspaper Proprietors' Association between £1,250,000 and £1,500,000 a year.
said: "That is a possible his manner brought broad grins
But there is an
electricity there already and company any project we had in mind for that region would have to be the subject of discussion and negotiation
This havy additional coat, dinit for a 25
Der cent rime Inevitably hasten the which would have given them
The Amalgamated Engineer-
remembered by all partlos Israel diplomais in Athens, prly Mr Wood added: "Our intention Lennox-Boyd and Lady Patricia DHASr technicians last. 5s) and day workers (£10
concerned when proposala ten bodies out of the 67 poopie such as quotas or the re-who perished in the crash have examination of Imperial been found inside the plane's Preference are put forward | wreckage. The search for the in London.
rust is going on—Heuler,
Rene
ing Union and the Electrical The offer is to be considered | Trades Unton, which called the by the Printing and Kindred newspaper technicians out from all the boya,
It is strike, naked for an extra £2 After visiting the office of the Trades Fedetation soon,
they were in the result of wage negotiations 18s 6d a week for their night Centre, where
that followed the national strike workers (old minimum £12 troduced to Mr S. T. Cheung, Resident
Mr of Supervisor,
The now offer will bring these In the case of the National minimum salaries to approxi ls to provide electricity to the signed the Visitors' Book. They
a model of the Union of Journalists, the new mately £13 15s and £11.18s whole of the area of the New also inspected Territories in due course. We Queen Elizabeth Centre to offer will mean a new minimum respectively Router.
Fleet Street rate of £17, 170. Kowloon. are trying to cover this ared
The next call was to the Journalists had been negotia FLOOD HAVOC graduallyTM
Club, where MLOS Jeanette Blu, Club loader, wod Introduced she called up a small Guide and a Brownie,
MacColl's New Report On Russia
MacColl who visited Bussid last year with Mr Allies and the Labour Party Goodwillers has gone back to Moscow again and for tou morrow's China Mall he has written an illuminating stat report,
sbook
both of whom saluted Lady
•from
Patricia martly and the Hande with bur. -
In the China Mall tomorrow Joari Harrison back
you'll find everything from Geneva willes on what comic strips to bridge prob Summit Wives talked about. Joms, from the Highes and,
• bright to the intriguing and migmatic in short, a per- fectly balanced Met and mating wook-
Dont miss this special feature There is another Instalment of
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The distinguishet visitors ware also introduced to two voluhar Thera are all your regular workers, Mis G. Hans and Meg favourite features all well in 3 Wouver, and toured the rooms cluding? Jarve Roberts" alm where dozens of-gitis were don reviews, three pages of local ing needlework og at play. Theg
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PLANE HELD UP. BY ROBBERS
to London, Kentucky, July 28.
An aeroplane carrying $82,000 was robbed on Thursowy at the
odion, Kjemstider, airport. First: reports, wid three man drove into the airport in a lata ended, car branded guns and
Chalcutta, July
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