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Standing Again
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Prepared to stand again
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for re-election. Ka
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highly respected well-uked is Mr Eisenhowe, that ht decision will he received with pleasure by many outside the offices i the GOP, indeed, beyonu the shores of North America where hia mirers need no lapel but- tons to tell the world they too like ike, The residents aecision does not really come na biti- prise even though tuere wore serious duuu เยน hia health once or twice last
Recently ኒሮ year. pundita have been սոt- imoda in their VICW toal ho would run again, thought Bar wegwer aims, 1064 just enougn LOUDL in 104 public mind Lu Make speculation a fascinatin Occupation. Now learn of a change in American foreign policy before the elections may be aatcly despatened. FOI
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even though the Irenities. will probably play a fari less active role in Govern- mont, ne major decisions will be made by him. Ob- note servers are quick t
that Mr John Foster Dulles
forthcoming visit 10
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SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1956.
MURRAY BARRACKS EXPECTED SOON
Estimated Cost Of
Purchase- $28 Mill
By A STAFF CORRESPONDENT
The Hongkong Government is expected to announce the purchase The purchase price is
of Murray Barracks in the very near future. estimated at about $28 million.
Negotiations for the area, according to a well informed source close to military circles, have entered their final phase.
The same source told me this morning that plans for alternative A new barracks is to be accommodation have already been completed." erected further east in Victoria Bar racks.
years.
Attempts to purchase the military lands, or part of them, date back many Most of these attempts were frustrated by the then dictatorial at-
titude of the War Office which ignored the junior Colonial Office.
Postwar negotiations for these valuable sites were not much better.
Famous Ex-Bodyguard Found Dead In Hotel
Nicosia, Mar. 2.
Major Phil Attfield, former Scotland Yard body- Far Enst Darumes the guard to the Duke of Windsor and Sir Anthony Eden, political importance
bas been found shot dead in a Nicosia flat, police re- vealed today.
thni
it might otherwise have lacked had Mr Eisenhower
They said foul play was not suspected. His body, welcome rosuit with a bullet wound in the head, was found last night
chosen not to stand again.
NOTHER
of his decision is that and is now awaiting a post mortem examination at Nicosia the American public now hospital.
have confidence that when
it comes to voting
stance
time
their choice will not be between Democratic aub
and a Republican shadow. The contest will two doughty be between opponents with the scales almost evenly balanced.
Miss Lucy To Fight On
Major Attfeld find been may- Ing at a luxury hotel here since he arrived with the first group of British police and intelligent officers drafved to Cyprus last October Isawing Field Marshal Sir John Harding's appointment
Each Ume 11 satisfactory
hod "understanding"
been reached between the Hongkong Government and the GOC the
reposting
latter was due for
And so it went on.
02
man
The showdown came recently iri
had Whitehall the colonies suddenly
out
their ETOWz short pants. They became men
Colonial Office a and the amongst men, Ia other
Colonial words the
longer to no
be around or sid
sidetracked by puswerful brother department. understood that
Office was
the Peak Tramway company
has been told to proceed with plans to erect a station auch
China Mail Feature Highlights
Hero
aro
some of the feature highlights in to- day's China Mali:
P. 5: Who bungled Dieppe?
by Milton Shulman.
P. 0: Georgo Whiting
Interviews
Petera
who talks about the most thrilling day of his life; Trials for treason, Nigel Goo.
by
P. 7; What I'd tell my child about Monoy, Marriago and Morris, George Gale
begins a candid report by four worldly people;
de good or bad for
F. 8: The world's largest diamond is also one of the
world's strangest
stories.
P. 13: Les Armour writes on Sidney Silverman, the man who led a crusade to abolish capital punish- ment. P. 16 & 17: Locs! and
overstan sports reviews,
They Kidnapped Woman,
Price 30 Cents
RELAX IN
DAKS
THIN BAMBEE COMBEMY ·
· IN ACTIUM TOLIGBEBLE"
Whiteaways
HONGKONG
KOWLOON
DEAL Nehru & Lloyd Have
NOW THE SQUEEZE
IS ON
THE BANKS
London, Mar. 2, The British Treasury to- night gave another twist to the "credit squeeze" which is designed to wring the in- flation out of the British economy. It announced an Issue of £300 million sterling of exchequer stock, carrying 5 per cent interest and maturing on June 15 next year.
at
This operation is aimed the banks,
to reduce their holdings of Treasury Bills and other liquid assets of which they have too many.
If they buy
Controversial Subjects To Discuss
New Delhi, Mar. 2.
Mr Selwyn Lloyd, the British Foreign Secretary, is expected to discuss a wide range of subjects when he arrives here tomorrow on a two-
day visit for talks with Mr Jawaharlal Nehru,
Prime Minister of India.
The visit comes at a time when Britain and India have differing approaches to some important prob tome.
come up
Street Battles In
Nice
the
According to offelul sources, jeign Minister, meet to try and out some menaure of some of the main toples likely thrash Middle nocord are the
on implementing to East situation, with particular Geneva agreement.—Router. reference to the Baglad de fence poet, which is frowned on by India; Indo-China, and the implementing the problems of Geneva agreement; India's re- quest for United Nations trusteeship in Antarctica: dis armament and the possible ban- ning of nuclear weapons test; the forthcoming Commonwealth Prime Ministers conference; and the recent Soviet Commun the new issue by selling some 1st Party Congress. of their Treasury Bills, the The Bagdad pict is seen as
Nice, Mar. 2. effect is automatic, Otherwise, the main point of difference
Several hundred leftwing if the Treasury
gets its £300 between milion sterling it can pay off
regards it as having demonstrators clashed vio some Treasury Bills or anyway brought instability to the Middle lently with strong forces
East by dividing refrain from Issuing some more.
nations, and to have created the of police in the centre of FOR OWN SAKES
opportunity for active Soviet Nice tonight after tryitig to For their own sake as well as intervention in that area.
the stop ȧ meeting of for the sake of national polley.
Poujadist Party. the banks would not at present
Disorders broke out atler. use their surplus liquid assets to
eup-
outside
Then Robbed A enlarge their advances to their
Bank
not a
cxists
Marshall To Meet
Tengku Rahman
India
the
two
countries.
the Arab
INDIA'S FEAR
which might arise from
poditions during the later
4 a public hall whore Poufadist
deputy, M. Joan Damasio, was due to make a speech,
Scuffles, which turned into a running - battle in side streets,
A number of "demonstrators were
detained oficr national Geophysical Year could lead to further world tension. raincoated police,
end
black-. wielding
risto
bufts,
not Socialist and Communist In particular India does customers. At the government's liko Paicistan membership of porters had tried to stage a request they are cutting their the pact, for there is the fear counter-demonstration
as they rea- that, Pakistan might use an in- uavances as fust
military potential as a sonably can.
But govemment requests are
factor against India New York, Mar. 2.
not for a good way of running a f
military adventures in
| the Kashmi While -Two polite gunmen, who backing business.
It is understood that India's stared as, Poujadists began to offered a
woman cashier surplus of quid assets
stream into the building. It is
always capable of being call for United Nations truston
· POLICE STONED cigarettes and inquired of
Strong forces ofriend-helmetted... surplus cut of the way, and this by manywise: her comfort while holding used. So it is better to get the chip in Autarctica toolt Britain
Mr Nehru is expected to ex-polled him "if Immediately to her captive for 10 hours, is being done. Reuter. lower down Garden Road,
plain the view that conflicting disperse demonstrators, who TUNNEL SCHEME? today robbed a branch of
claims to Antarille territory store torn up from the street.
fought bad by hurling paving Does this tie
up with any the County Trust Company thing? If so, with what?'".
of $175,000. cross-harbour The
tunnel
The men kidnapped Mrs Mary scheme?
Let us see what the Financial Kostolos, a 40-year-old widow this subject who lives alone, at 10 p.m. as Secretary said on in his Budget speech the other she was putting her car in her
garage. day. as Governor.
They drove aimlessly around "The
estimate for the Sar One
the ot
Yard's
in Mrs Kostolos's car until 3.30 most New York, Mar. 2.
Ferry piers," he said, "has am, when they pulled up at the personalities, he was Sensibly Mr Eisenhower Miss Autherine Lucy, serious colourful
up from the original $7 drive-in branch bank and used with the Dulce
gone of Windsor on plana
across the million to over $11 million, aber icey to enter. They seized the to Avoid "barn and tight-lipped told n
dash conference here today that the his dramatic atorming" and "whistle
atter his abdication as heavy expenditure which brings bank clerk, Ernest Marino, 27, would continue her legal nanne
King Laward Vilt in December no addional revenue to Gov-when he reported for work at stop" clectioneering. In view struggle to be the first negro
ernment. New vehicular ferry 7,30 am of the strain to when he student admitted to the
all 1936.
plers would, from the financial
Purdy Ungemack, the only the Federation.-Reuter, He stayed with the Duke in would undoubtedly be sub-white university of Alabama.
of viery,
be an Austria, attended his wedding point
an unproft- one of the three employees who of the Miss Lucy sald she would not
and this jec.ed in the normal course
the combination point, knew him on of events he has chosen to accept the university's expul-and accompanied
the vault, was forced to open the bozyguard stand down from the public son order yesterday.
money. *Then the hustings, and this seems a most sensible decision. Most Americans will still have ample opportunity to Tele- ace the contestants. vision will make sure of
press
She came to New York after hearing of the order, "for little rest and quiet."
EX
"I am completely dishearten- ed,"
the 20-year-old gel told reporters today.
“But at the samo the I can-
10
Anedblitty
inve
including
AS nontynu), the then Mr Eden, ofer the war.
SLIMMING HINT
of more
a
Two Commonwealth, countries, truncheons Britain and Australia,
ore charged a a group of 300 shouting First nd they have anti-Poujadist slogans,
reports sald severit peréons were slightly injured. Reuter.
directly rotic territory.
Singapore, Mar. 2. The Chief Minister of Singa- cinims' in pore, Mr David Marshall, will On Indo-China, Mr Nehru and fly to Kuala Lumpur tomorrow Ma Lloyd are expected to discuss for discussions with the Fedora- China's proposal der reconvening tion's Chief Minister, Tengicu the Geneva conference. | Abdul Rəhman on future rela- India's suggestion that the "co- tions between the Colony and chairmen, Mr Lloyd and Mr Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet For-
bad esti- safe containing the usual Friday MOUNTBATTEN CANCELS
a
he also attended the Foreign mating, caused Government to payroll Secretary's wedding and accom hesitate about embarking on the robbers fied.
It was the largest bank vehicular new panied him to Portugal on his scheme for
New York area ferry before going
fully into robbery in the honeymoon-Reuter.
the meri.s of a a tunnel."
since April 10, 1955, when robbed Chase three min The above statement clearly
bank in indicates that the tunnel idea Manhattan branch
Woodside, Quens, of $312,000. (which involves the purchase of Murray Barracks) has
caught-United at least They priority of thought in
Lower Press. As negotiations have gone so was not unexpected to
don't know anything about it”
that. But the best news not see any reason to abandon for America and the world my sole purpose of obtaining an that President education within the meaning of not Elsenhower ia standing the decisions again, but that he has re/Court of the United " of bread a day if you want to Albert Road.
is
of the
Loudon, Mar. 2. Never eat more than two slices he slim, according to a nutrition
the Brish for it writing in
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wero
Miss Lacy was referring to export covered to such an extent the Supremo Court ruling meatcal Association magazine, receive bland "I'm afraid The Reason Why that he is able to return against segregation of whites Family Doctor. to a nearly normal active and begroes in schools und 2:00 expert, writing under the from a Government spokesman.
universities.-Reuter, political life.
USE
SHELL X-100
10 W/30
GIVES YOU MORE MILES PER GALLON.
LONGER PERIODS
BETWEEN DE-CARBONIZATION.
name of Dr John Clyde, says that the slummer must cut down
starches and sugar and must
about ure intake
On
be
be
fi
PAKISTAN VISIT
London, Mar. 2. Admiral Lord Louds Mountbatten, Britain's First Ser Lord, has cencelled his projected. todr of Pakistan for the present, an Admiralty communique nounced here today,
12-
The communique added that t was hoped a visit might.. be arranged at a later date.
The text of the communique
stated;
Ferrara, Italy, Mar. 2. Ad Italian tram driver,
persistent pain, has discovered that he had been living nearly 40 Buenos Aires, Mar, 2,
with a German World A Government Investigating years Committen named
0 former War 1 machine gun-bullet in his mayor of Salta, Argentina, as back.-China Mail Special. head of a gang which made a
MACABRE TRADE x-rayed to find the cause of "The Admiralty announced
thriving business from a trade Four Jets Crash
in corpses taken from local cemeteries.
bread, cakes, biscuits, rice and other cereais, rugar and sweets. Alcond, must also be cut, safu pint of
beer being equivalent in fattening power to two slices of bread,
there is no need to go
Strasbourg, Mar. 2. But hungry, he emphasises. People
According to the committee's Four Royal Canadian can eat as wanting to slim
eport, the gang sold bodies to Force F-86 Sabrojets crashed much as they like of meat, medical students and skeletons and exploded in a fivid today fruit, to artisans who carved knick- during a close-formation dive, says.-knacks out of them-China Mail |All four pilots were killed.
United Press.
Bish cheese, vegetables, butter and margarine, he China Mall Special.
Special.
AIT
and
سوله
tonight that, as the Chainman of the Chiefs-of-Staff will be in Karachi for the meeting of the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation Council
available for will be avale Pakistan cussions with' the milliary authorities, and as the Pakistan Navel
Com- mander-in-Chief has just cor cluded discussions with the First Sea Lord in London, the First 8ca Lord will not now be visiting Pakistan on this occasion."
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Santos, Brazil, Mar. 2.
At least 30 persons were known dead, 30 others injured, and 30 were missing today as a result of floods and landslides
by k cloudburst (--) United Press,
Children Thrown Into River
'Nome, Mar. 2.
Roberto
The proposed visit of Admiral Mountbatten has caused con- alderable public outery, as the
An Italian labourer, First Sen Lord is held by Martinato, 38, hurled his three. certain section of the Pakistan children into the fey waters of population to have favoured the Brenda River, then Jumped India at the time of the in himself, police reported... soperation of India and Pakis All four bodies have been tan in 1947. Mountbatten was found. The children, two girle Viceroy of India
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