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JOHN CLARKE'S Japan To Be Told Of
Safety Arrangements
CASEBOOK
Within A For H-Weapons Test
Stone's Throw
IT was a kind of mournful A stone's
IT
throw stood,
anniversary.
Jim from where
Street, in Oxford were the brightly lit win dows of the shop where, for five weeks, he had worked as a porter, until
Washington, Jan. 20, The United States will give Japan advance information about safety arrangements for the hydrogen weapons tests to be held in the Pacific next Spring, informed diplomatic sources said to- day.
This exchange is designed as a precaution against a repetition of the 1954 Incident when the 28-man crew of the Japanese fishing boat Fortunate Dragon were poisoned by radioactive fallout from the explosion of an American One of the hydrogen weapon in the Marshall Islands. crew died some months later.
Reuter also learned that the
his dismissal, exactly two State Department, in conjune- years ago.
lim with the Atomic Energy
Bitter memories thudded BikeCommission, told the Japanese punches into Jim's mind.
וויh דיי
H
Чте 1050
Police Chief
of Berita
The government about Intentions to
stage thermonuclear tests prior to the publie
Thursday
Subsequently Japanese repre- United the sentatives
to agree 10 States government
about give further information safety precautions time of the test.
ORMANCErment last
interview with his employers "Work not up to standard
I've sent too often absent your cards.
The money! Kive that's due 10
ine," Jim had cried, But he had already been given all that was due to him, Bind fury had boiled up in He stormed from the Jim then. shop. found a half-brick on
angt hurled it with bomb-elte, All his right at the window of the shop he had just left
THREE SHIES
asked
An Escaped Convict
Cherokee, Jan. 19.
nearer the A new police chief who The United States response had built up
Japan
**
were
12
a three-month
WDS
to keep to agree
record of good law enforce-; "fully informert" about such
ment was revealed today things as the size of the danger
as an escaped Alabama con- areu in the coming tests and the
was wanted critical
and after vict who also time before the explosions when the
on several criminal charges. T Great Marlborough Street,
should be vicated.
The local authorities Jim
to pay win ordered
test the United stunned. They said Chief John Into
In the 1954 the £10, and was given
thermonuclear Edmund Burton Stales exploded
had done Morgan, hands of Mr Charles
device which produced an ex- "darn good job”. the probation officer, who tried
plosion estimated between 14 and
Henry Morgan, to help him with advice,
and
Mayor John 10 megatone tried to make him see he had megatons
who had approved hiring Bur- no real grounds for complaint (equivalent to the explosion of ton, said, "We were very well
to 18 millions tons of TNT). against his former employer.
The deadly "fallout" of parti- cles sucked up into the atomic Breball caused danger up to 200 miles away from the seat of the detonation
Jim, a lean, bald man, seemed to see the sense of what he was told. But six months later, hẹ rediscovered his old fury, and found
brick again, and InTashed another window. Marlborough Street he WDS bound over to be of good bo haviour for the next 12 months. Now, he Blood once more within EN stone's throw of the window. And in his hand, Jim held a stone. He threw 11 11 the old familiar target.
14
FOR SAFETY'S SAKE
at
Although the Atomic Energy Commission has said that the maximum 1956 explosion will be considerably less than the 1004 test, informed diplomatic sources believe that for safety's sake the danger zone will be
to a rudius vf 200 NO CAUSE FOR COMPLAINT declared up
trum the Legi THE parts
of London
courts miles administer has changed Entwelok. since Jtm flm gave vent to his
This time fury
it
to the coming tests was
was but it was understood this had Clerkenwell that ho
he put been formally made known und there that guilty to doing wilful in Washington. to the window to the £6 103. The police told the story
brought. pleaded domage tune of
Lo
to
Mr Frank Powell, then Jim's one-time employer went into the wilness-box.
to him. "Did take
I
"Tell me," the magistrale said this
ever Inan out
summons for the wages he thought were due to him?"
"No.
the suld sir. nover," manager of the shop in Oxford Street. "The probatiom officer at Marlborough Street did go into the case very thoroughly, and said he was quite satisfied that this man had no real cause for complaint.
"HE
JOAD
"It
Janan would like to send an observer
satisfied with Burton's work."
Cherokee is a town of about 1,000
CONTICR
persons located near the of the State where A labuma and Mississippi Join Tennessee.
A deputy fire marshal, John Hooper, said Burton's DITEST came as the result of a State investigation inte
A house) fre in Jasper, Alabama, in which a ກ was fatally burned. The house, he said, was owned by
Burton and the victim, David |Borden, was a former einpluyes. ESCAPED IN 1952 Omelas at Kilby State Prison Burton sald in Montgomery escaped on February 10, 1952, after serving less than a month sentence for petty lucency.
a C90
They said, however, that they "undersland" Burton would be Japanese officials here express questioned in connection with The view that if the test scrier
the fire and fire death and that does serious damage to Japan's fishing Interests in the Marshall was also wanted by Detroit, Michigan, police for grand com larceny. group. Japan can seek
from the United pensation
It was also reported that the government Mississippi authorities K States either on
want w to government basis or through
question the escaped convlet in the International Court.
connection with
there. Burton
was picked up quietly JAPAN VISIT
yesterday by the State authori The feeling is
strengthening ties
and whisked bway John that Mr in Washington
Jasper United Press, Foster Dulles the Secretary of State will visit Japan after the SEATO Council meeting to be held in Karachi on March 6,
Mr Sadao
Iguchi, the Japanese Ambassador in a visit to the Stato week, lot Mir ailes kn
he
by
to
Security Risks
Eliminated
1845
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1956.,
STARTS INSTANTLY NEVER MISSET
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CLICKER:
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Fish So Thick You Can Walk On 'Em! Snatchers, BOY FATALLY
Last week was a record one for the Norweglan fishing industry, when the off-shore waters were teaming with herring that seemed begging to be caught. All the fishermen had to do, as the picture shows, was scoop the Ash up with baskets. They had a busy time.--London Express,
Malaya: Real Talks Start Today
London, Jan. 20.
The jigsaw pattern of the future independent Malaya may start taking shape at the London conference today.
The British and Malayan ministers achieved nothing yesterday beyond making up their minds about procedure and dividing themselves into committees which will decide to what extent internal defence and security, finance and civil service can be used as smooth running channels for the transfer of power.
Office were
in
Latest Government
Pickpockets
Active
t
A pickpocket stole a purse containing cash from a Chinese woman in Hennessy Road, Eastern district, at 8.30 a.m. yesterday. A sus- pect has been detained in connection with this snatch- ing offence.
A Chinese woman, waiting at
in a bus sicp
Tripo Road, had her Shamshulpo,
welatlet watch snatched at 8
A suspect has been detained.
a.m
A pickpocket stole a purso and carh from a Chinese woman who was inside the Nanchang Street Post Offee, Sham- shuipo. A man has been detain- {ed in connection with this case. A man attempled to steal a from a Euro- wriglet watch pern woman in Waterloo Road at 10.15 am. The victim caught hold of the snatcher and shout- cc for assistance. The thief struggled free and succeeded in escoping.
01
a
A Bible was snatched from Chinese woman waiting bus stop in Talpo Rond at 11.55
her
4.17.
A Chinese woman hod wristlet watch snatched by mau in
In Cheung Sha Btreet at 2.30 p.m.
A mum of $50 was stolen from Chinese woman walking along Fa Yuen Street, in the
Mong Kok district, at 4 pm.
Appointments Bail Allowed
Mr Kenneth Robert Macfee, Barrister-at-law, has been ap pointed Magistrate in Hongkong
Detainee
Bail of $10,000, half in cash
by H.E. the Governor, it was and half in surety, was granted
Gazette today.
this morning to Chan Sep, alias Chan Ah-sap, 30, a marketing
that
INJURED
A five-year-old Chinese boy, Lo Ka-wal, of `31 Gage Street, 2nd floor, died yesterday afternoon as a result of Injuries received in a collision with a bus in Queen's Road Central earlier in the day.
The accident occurred at the junction of Queen's Road Central and Wing Kut Street, in the Cen- tral District.
Vampire Scare In Argentina
Buenos Aires, Jan. 20. The Inhabitants of the Argentine town of Japan have behind huddled terror-striken windows for many nights. They are in mortal fear to go out because of reported vampires,
The story had spread like wildfire through the town and
Gortti travelled 200 miles
of Buenos Aires that human vam- pires had been stel.
People reported CLIEN
П
of chlidren who had been attacked.
The police have started turi inquiry into the matter.
An official police communique
published yesterday stated that thero was no truth in the stories and reassured · parents that their children were safe.
Townspeople still shudder a little, however, when the word "bata" is mentioned-France- Presse.
Compassionate
Bombardier William Attridgo, whose 17-year-old wife gave birth to triplet girls in Irving, Bcotland, last Monday night has been granted, compassionate leave.
Attridge, who has been trying to get home from Hongkong for some time as he had not heard from his wife said this morning be thought that the oivent of the triplets had speeded up hia application.
Although he does not know when he will be leaving, ho is looking forward to seeing his large family for the first time. The Bombardier arrived in Hongkong about two months serving with 27 in. the New
announced in the Government by Air Hin-shing Lo at Central Leave For Father
Mr Macfco arrived in the gardener who is now being Of Triplets
from Tan detained by the Police under Cotony on transfer ganyika on January 14. In the Deportation of Aliens addition to his appointment as Ordinance Magistrate Не has been up- Applying for ball os behalf Tengku Abdul Rahman, the Colonial
present,
temporary additional of Chan, Mr Percy Chen (la 52-year-old Chief Minister, and General Sir Gerald Temp pointed
District Judge.
structed by Mr M. K. Lam) wants to pass to complete In-les. High Commissioner
It was also announced that sald the detaince had had dependence in two moves, His Malaya during the most criti-
Mr J. B. Lees has been
the ap statutory Interview with the energency pointed period of
Superintendent of Secretarist for Chinese Affairs, first move (eelf-government) is cal covered by the three committees, and now Chief of the Imperial Police. Mr Lees was transferred and he understood that the Gold Police had no objection to the with a fourth committee dealing General Staff came to say a
to Hongkong from the Malayan to the
Coast
detaince being granted ball. with the proposal to appoint an special hello independent
Commonwealth delegation.
Other appointments gazetted
Mr W. Thomas, of Polleo commission to rewrite the con- There were only two women
were: Mr G. H. Renage to be Headquarters, confirmed Mr stitution.
one of guests, and
them was Education Officer on probation; Chen's observations. The Malayan delegallon have Mrs B. H. Oon, well-known Mr H. D. Miller to be
Cadet
Granting ball, Mr Lo ordered been
in putting
ал eridless
lawyer and former Legislative Officer, Class II: Me P. H. Hare
Chan appear
In Court Province Welles-to be Assistant Social Welfare every week until the matter was their proposals again and again, ley,
Mr J. H. Knapp to be determined. Officer amount of time running through Councillor of item by item, reaching complete
Mining Engineer en probation; agreement on principles and dis- cussing how the principles are
r RA Fry to be Rating and Valuation Surveyor on proba- to be implemented.
Mr F. Crabb to be Senior tion; Accountant ( Headquarters ) A cocktail party given by Mr
Treasury; Mr G. C. Jarvis to be Alan Lennox-Boyd, Secretary
Director of appointed the following to be of State
for the Colonies, last Initices will be concentrated and Acting Depe absence of Mr Members of the Court, of the
A medical fochure entitled Audit during the night was described as a very for the outcome
Williams; Mr A. Macinnea to be University of Hongkong for a "Carcinoma of Stomach" will bo happy augury
Acting
Senior Auditor, vice Mr period of three years, it was given in the lecture theatre of of the conference.
G. C. Jarvis, Mr Wu Wak-kay to announced in the Government the Northcate Science Buildeg Many of the top officials of
There will be no more plenary te Acting Assistant Registrar of Gazette today: Rt. Rev. Bishop at 6 o'clock tonight by Professar the Foreign Office as well as the
Lawrenco Blanchi, Mr Fung Ross Golten, formerly professor sessions until one of the com- Co-operatives; Mr R. S. Rosen Law mittees has some substantial to be Acting Superintendent of Ping-dan, Mrs Ellen L Shu-pul, of radiology, Columbia Univer and debatable progress to report, Prisons, Mr G. V. McGrath to be Dr Soo Hoy-mun, Mrs Yeoharity and now a professor of the Wai-hoan, Mr Richard University of California. All Officer, Prisons Chey and no more communiques until Acting Chief there has been plenary session. Department; Mr H. D. Miller Lim Chuan-hoc, Mr Ng Bul-members of the medical pro
dession are invited, to be Assistant to the Social cam. Welfare Officer and rently Assistant to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs; Miss M. E. P. Smalley to be Acting
COCKTAIL PARTY
Radio Hongkong
last know that would be welcomed Tokyo and sought information
H.K.T. Washington, Jan 19. about the Secretary's plans.
It
The Attorney-General, Mr learned today that
Harbert Brownell Jr, said to- while Mr Dulles could give no firm answer whether he could day that the use of "Informers"
**50 eliminated,
WRS
his
extend Itinerary beyond had
far
as
The Maloyan delegation slayed until the cut of the
party but were back at their hotel quite early.
PURPOSEFUL Today's work in com
purposeful. In the words of one
the
of the delegates, there will be a lot of work for a long time to
came.
PROMOTIONS
Mr
concur
Signal 6. Time
and ProgramITIO Summary; 8.63, Stock Market Bo- port: 6.66, Programme for Children presented by Valerie (Studio): 6.30, Popularity Poll presented by Jean.
First Clark,
rk, Colonial Secretariat; Predict the Three Tợp Tunes of the
Mr C. B. Burgess to be Deputy HE. the Governor has ap-Colonial Secretary;
Mr K. S. Week to Win $33 (Studio): 6.19 Weather Report; 7, Time Elgned and The News London Helay) 7.00, a proved the following promotions Michal to be Acting Accountant, Talk on the 1833 Agricultural show in the Royal Hongkong Defence Kowloon Sub-Treasury, by My W. 3 Blackie (Recorded); Force, it was announced in the 25.aziz Hour presented Government Gazette today: Cap- Bebert Acheson (Studio): 7.4,
country except through the use Association Football. Wiener Sports |tain F,E.C.C, Quah, of the HongWils ple
är
long. Regiment, to be Major Captain JE. Nicoll, of Force Headquarters, to be Major.
ANGER RETURNS TE was told that he could go to any magistrate's court and obtain a summonia
"Look," Jim interrupted.
weck's was supposed to be a notice either side, then when I was taken queer, they only sent me two days' money. Then I went to see him, and he said planned visits to India, Burma humanly possible," all security 'Get Out. That's what he said, and Indonesia, Mr Iguchi teft risks from the government 'Get Out'"
with the impression that Mr
He said there was "no other His anger was as hot as it had Dulles wanted talks with Japan's way" to got to the "root" of the been, as if it had been leaders and would make the Conununist conspiracy in this kept, all the two years, sealed Journey I it were possible.
of former in a vacuum flask of wonderful
Party members club of Austria v. longong He Japanese diplomats here are offlelency.
also increasing their activity in Federal Bureau of Investigation corded coadium 18, To kong Govt. Take "But why didn't you take out the fur seal conference with re-
from Here. Dick Bentley and Jim summons, instead of smashing presentatives
the
my Edwarda with Wallas Baton, Unitedmen's Forum on National Alma Cogan, June Whitfeld windows like this?" the magis-States, the Soviet Union and
(BBC7B); 6,45, Letter From America trate asiced.
Canada.
Security that during the past by Almir Cooke (London Helay): Jim, with a gesture, threw The talks have become vir- three years the administration 5, Time Bignal. Music Lovers Bour Bequests presented by that idea overboard. Two days' tually deadlocked on the ques- had "reviewed everyone" hold- |-Classics! money," he said. "That's what tion of agreement on pelagic Ing a sensitive government job. Augen Dekker, Recorded) 19. Cori-
tinental Cabaret presented by Denise HE. the Governor has they give me, two days' money, sealing-killing seals in the The Programme Was "BO suc Brabant (Studio); 10.30, ulat pointed the Rev. J.G. Froud to
week's notice | water-in additions to land real- cessful"," he said,
Listening" with factor Chaurin at be Captain and Chaplain to the that we can ing. Japan tus been veelding say that so far as humanly pos-
the Tamond Organ (Recorded); 10.45, Flodier Folly Boston Pops Royal Hongkong Defence Force, "You must go to prisen for greement from the other sible we have eliminated from Cach bond try Arthur Fiedler, it was announced in the Goy- 14 days," said the magistrate. powers to regulato pelogio seal. the ranks of government em- 19.81, Westbar" Suport; 11. Time ernment Gazette today,
said nothing,
making no ployment nil receding but has been
security risks.". Radio News Heel (Becorded London Betay); 11:15, Goodnight neither pleased nor displeased. headway.
United PressL. ·
Musta, God, Save The Crusen: 21:30, But the fury had gone out of Before the next meeting in
Close Down. him--for the moment and his two weekr time the Japanese anger was spent. As all anni- officials versaries must, this ended.
and it was a either aide
Jimi
of
intend to And out
Mr
Brownell told
the
one had through lobbying whether the JET PLANE
talks might be usefully con- tinued.—Reuter,
GOLD STOLEN | MURDER CHARGE
FROM TRUCK
CRASHES
REDIFFUSION
RHKDF Chaplain
Acquire British Nationality
ap-
announced that!
W. A. Blair-Kerr resumed his duties 54 Senior Crown Counsel on return from leave, vice Mir D. F. O'Reilly Mayne. * Mr 8. S. Knowles, Oficer,
Hongkong Public Office, resumed his duties on retum from leave vice Mr D. N. Wills.
Relations
$1,500 BAIL
Ball of $1,500 was allowed by. Mr Hin-shing Lo at Central this morning to Lai Wal-hong 33, General Clerical Service**Clase III, charged with corruption..
Represented by Mr: K...... Y, HE: the Governor, with- The
Yung The Band Bleak House By approval of the Secretary as Co, Lal was remanded for a Mesers F. Zimmern and Charles Dickens; 4, Ten For Two: State Lor the Colonica, has
30, Sammy Kaye Bhow 4.4 granted Certificates of Natura further week. Doder on Dumetelius; 2. Children's OOTDETCoriducted by Auntje. VAI;
*
Variety Calls The Tune: 3. Musical Matinee; 3.30, Stric Up
and
the
Fuch' and others
....
under limaticam
He was alleged to have cor- 5430, Friday Requests Presented by Nationality Act of 1948, to the ruptly offered to Police Sub- Tucumcari, New
persons, it was an Insp. Guy Arthur Dudley Nich, Toronto, Jan. 19.:
Mexico, Jun. 19. Record Parade; 8.43, Bhadows OF MONDE...in the Government $810 as an Inducement for Insp. An Air Toronto Police tonight charged
Force, jet ghter Doubt; 7. Toe Signal and the
to forbear 23-year-old Robert Fitton with crashed 100 yards from a house News 1.00. A Talk on the 1958 Gazette today.
Agricultural, Show by "Me Was.
Mr Raymond L Ho-mang taking setion against a wireet the murder of 13-year-old Linda under construction today, kill-side18, Weather Report An (company) director), Mr Wong gambling school. Genova, Jan, 10..
The child was ing the allot and injuring two nouncemexi Lampkin. worth gold shipment
(merchant), Dr.‹ Ip. the hair.30. Recorded Football Vin-yin
Commentary\ő!] Hongkong 79,000 was sloten yesterday strangled in Toronto Inst night of the 14 people around
house,
Wier Sports Club of Austria; tioner), Mr Tr
Cheng-hing (medical practi- Tek-hous when the driver of a trucic and then criminally assaulted
The pilot, 1st/LA Roger Coc Personality Panade-Noel Coward of the 387th Fighter-Bomber10 Take It Frog Here: 340, (contractor), Squadron at Clovis Air Force phony Not in Camafor Ribellum D. Base, apparently had no chance 10 Bediffusion Spotlight-er ELSE. to ball out. His body was found, port Directors
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Pedestrian Hurt ·
PAt 5:50 pm, yesterday after- Unofficial: JP poon, om; private motor, car col- 25the gold Vtruck was en HE the Governor has ap
Hided with w2 Chinese who was H.E the Governor, has ap- crowding Queen's Road Westat to a local bank with the pointed the Rev. Leif Aagaard will buckled to the soat 1,000 SF Company Limiters
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and is ago Light Battery Territories.
Medical Lecture
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