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PHOTOLUX
FLASHBULBS
COMMENT OF
THE DAY
Govt & The Duke
W
return to the subject
of the Duke of Edin- burgh and his forthcoming Your with two questions: are the Unofficials interest- ed in the suggestion that] the Duke should be invited to include Hongkong in hie itinerary? And bus Govern. ment yet done anything, or is intending to do anything about
the conveying proper quarters in London reaction popular
CHINA
No. 36531
TUESDAY,
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the evening.
Established 1845
SEPTEMBER 4, 1956.
NEW PLAN FOR
If Cairo Talks Fail
DULLES MAY ASK UNITED
NATIONS TO STEP IN
Washington, Sept. 3.
The United States would probably be willing to bring the Suez dispute before the United Nations General Assembly in the event of a stalemate or failure of the conference which proposal here in Hongkong" opened in Cairo today, according to diplomatic sources here.
to
The
If the Unoffelnis, severally
quitedly, have formulated views
teta the proposition
We suggest they should take the opportunity of ex pressing Thum #t to-
But the White House and State Department still maintain in public an air of official confidence that the five-nation Suez committee would achieve a workable solution.
If there was any tension in Egypt or Europe, certainly none show- ed in Washington. Today is Labour Day, a national holiday, and govern-
morrow's Legislative unment offices were closed. cil meeting.
And they
should, at the same time, i request a statement from Government on what it has done or proposes to do.
Through the Generat Cham- ber of Commerce and the Chinese Manufacturers ¦ Union the businessmen of the Colony have indicated in definite terms that they fully support the iden of trying to have Hongkong Included in the Duke's
Itinerary; and similar sup- port on behalf of the other sections of the commanity has been given through the spokesmon of the two
Reform Clubs and the Civie Association.
HE picture would be com- THE
pleted if the Unofficials voleed their opinions, which it can be assumed would be favourable to the
pro- posal, and if Government would also give it official blessing.
Time is now the important;
factor. Any undue delay in bringing before the appro- priate authorities the keen desire shared by the whole of Hongkong to have the Duke pay the Colony a visit. would be fatal to the pros-, peels of His Royal High- ness's
being programme accordingly revised.
'Hundreds Delayed At HK Border'
Parks, Sept. 3. Radio Peking
today claimed that the to- imposition by the
British Authorities of the
quota system on Chinese entering Hongkong had delayed hundreda of people ad Shamchan this afternoon.
The radio also claimed that · hundreda of people, mostly
and
children, were stranded at Shumchun
while
other members of their family waited
disappointedly
the other end
Shumchun bridge.
of the
According to the broad- gasé, only about 100 people were allowed to enter Hongkong Boday.-—-France- Presse.
Rain Hits Harvests
In England
The community has a right An
London, Sept. 3.
abnormally rainy
In expect a statement from summer has threatened to
the!
Government on the subject make this year's harvest in during this week. And to- morrow's Legislative Coun- many parts of Britain cil meeting suggests itself worst for many years. as the best opportunity.
Unpromising
The National Farmers Union, Eng- prospects
President Eisenhower stayed United States view. When The ou at the White Houre but Mr crisis first broke, administrn- John Foster Dulles, the Secretion leaders opposed recourse tury of State, was away until to the United Nations because Tomorrow at his hollday retreat it might take too long to and a
Duck'a Irland (X) the solution. Canadian border,
מם
IL was, however,
laken for
granted tikel UTY important
cebles from
Mr Loy Hender-
Encouraged
But Mr Dulles is understood son, the high-ranking diplomat to have been encouraged by the representing the United States reports he was able to obtain
the five-nation com. Tittee, сто
for his proposals at the London would be brought to Mr Dulles
Suez conference. attention.
With Turkey, Iran Brid Beneath this surface optimi. Pakistan, for instance.
among officials privately
French Step
Price 20 Cents"
· RELAX IN
DAKS
Whiteaways
SUEZ DISPUTE US Court
SHOPLIFTING CHARGE AGAINST
NINA MAY BE DROPPED
London, Sept. 3. Britain cleared the WAY tonight to drop the Cork- troversial shoplifting chargo against the Soviet Olymplo athlete, Nina Ponomareva.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecution АП- nounced it bad taken over responsibility for the case,
It was done at the request of "C and A Modes Lia," the London shop which accused
Nina Ponomareva of steal- ing five feather hats. "O and A” declined to with-
draw the otarges.
But now it has withdrawn from the cast, leaving it to the State to prosecuto, there may be a change.
A spokesman said: "At the roquess of C and A Modes Limited, the Director han assumed responsibility for the prosecution."
Henaid it wille potibbe for office to drop the charge, even without the consent
the Datok-
do
owned shop. "They have nothing to
with # пот Wo have laken
the over
pro- soution," he added. Meanwhile, a Rumita oficial sald Nina was still at the Embassy, and added: "She will be leaving London In two or three days' time,” -United Press.
This Morning's Evidence At The Conspiracy Trial
Witness Accused Of ‘Bearing A Grudge'
which i
Shortly after his return from London, Mr Dulles called in the Latin American ambassadors to briefing at which he sought United their support for the States at ftude.
An allegation that Mr Harry Hong Sling bore a grudge because he was "pushed out" of managing the affairs of their syndicate, was made by William Allan Hogarth, first accused in the conspiracy trial before Dis- trict Judge W. T. Charles this morning.
The
and
-30
Discretionary Powers
fuse a licence.
dar."
some
by
prospecting
20
*150
you
Cross-examination of Hogarth his mind that his syndicate with a Chinese who had the feared that the 18 nations backing the by Mr W. A. Blair-Kerr act- would, in their agreement with prospecting licence to this piece |President Nasser would take an Dulles plan, he now feels that
ing Solicitor-General continued | Mountain Lead Minen, get some of land to give up his licence for [umxmpromising stand,
the West would По have to this morning
Hogarth shares to protect themselves if them, -
meant Asked what he ince a solid Arab-Asian-Latin again denied If was to his sugTM | O'Neill made a claim,
for American bloc of opposition In
of 10,000 shares
"give Up his the Superintendent of the General Assembly,
licence," Hogarth said "surren- Many officials felt that the opens on November 12, in New Mines, that Mr A, N. Broudo movement of French troops York.
Mr Bio-Kerr suggested it objected
He explained that he under Cyprus had not helped to pro-
kure accused
William would be a very important mat-
stood it would be exactly the mote The kind of ecociliatory
Allan Hogarth, chartered
ter to know Keny's attitude as
same as what the Taimoshan atmosphere
which Egypt
countant, of 561, The Peak; he wan the man with discre- might be persuaded to negotiate
Co did that.js, not renew its Henry Charles Patterson, 45, tionary powers to grant or re-
licence trerty
and Company
Director, of 10 Vic- tus Mr Dulles has been anxious to
toria Peak
"I thought Keay would make could apply for it.
Mr Issuer in technici portray the
54, It is also felt that Egypt would tendent
enquiries from rather than political terms to
Legal Department of the Govern of speak of plotage erationalis veto does not apply.
be willing to accept discussion in and dredging the General Assembly where the
tment, of Marine Department,
ment if that was necessary. railer thon
Flats;
and
William Murray he could not have issued the
would Dot Keay 54. But at the same time,
On the economic
Superintendent of licences, he level the United States is quietly prepar-
Street, issued them," Hogarth replied. Dulles is understood
Mines, of 7 Kimberley 10 have
Mr Blair-Kerr:" What would been preparing for the possible for the worst: a committee second floor. All four men are of 13 United States oil companies,
have happened to your syndicate on nominal bail of $300 each. failure of the Cairo talks by with British observers, meets in
and if O'Neill came back in Decem- Patterson Hogarth, considering bringing the dis- New York later this week to
Whitefield
by a represented
ber or January, tendered the pute. If necessary, to the United discuss ways to help Europe Mr D. A. L. Wright, instructed $300,000 and applied for his Nations,
Why not?-I was quito satis meet any interruption in oli by Mr J. C. Stewart of Stewart
ilcences? Diplomatic sources said this supplies from the Middle East. and Company.
fod with what Keay told me. Mir represented # change In the China Mail Special.
there
Gon" of the waterway.
Mr
TALKS IN CAIRO
A Second Meeting
Cairo, Sept. 3. The five-man Suez Committee headed by Menzies, Australian Prime Minister, met President Nasser Mr R. G.
In a report on northern land. suid harvest
tonight for the second time to explain their proposals for there were the worst for several | international control of the Suez Canal. Frares, and that August, 1058
The
WOT
Patterson Whitements: John!
Mr Victor Chittins, instructed by Mr H. Calne, of Johnson, Stokes and Master, is appearing
for Keay.
of
the
It
have
Hogarth: According to John McNoill's opinion was no claim. Mr McNeill' opinion was that the money had to be tendered within a reason- able period. We did not have 10 keep the licence open forever, Mr Blair-Kerr asked Hogarth whether he did not
It think worthwhile to
esk Kony the Issua man with discretion to licences, what his attitude would be,
Ruling On Negro Boys
Nashville, Sept. 8.
A legul bid to stop racial Integration at Clinton 'High School, centre of week-long riots against the admission of
the first Negro pupils, was rejected by Tennessee Supreme Court today.
Two battalions of National Guardsmen, withs tanks and armoured
cars, are in control of the little hill town of Clinton. All was reported quiet so far today, a national holiday.
In Nashville, the Tennissco
of Foderation
Constitutional Government, à pro-segregation body, brought a request before the Supreme Court contending that the principal of the High School had had no authority to admit the 12 Negroes.
The request claimed that the school board itself had not taken action on the admissions.
It also contended that school officials had no right to spend State funds
σ Integrated schools, because the funds were oppropriated specifically for segregated schools only.
FIVE MINUTES
The Court gave its unanimous decision Box five minutes' deliberation, declaring the ques tion was "hally foreclosed" by the decl.don of the United States Supreme Court to outlaw school segregation throughout the nation.
up
In Chaton, a normally sleepy town of about 4,000 people. there was speculation on whether the 12 Negro pupils would burn.
when
school
restanta
The Mayor.
Mr Everett Lewallem, sald
they expected the parents of the 12 would
Did Blair-Kerr: understood that it was a question of someone having something to all rights in the same way as tomorrow," O'Neill sold
his rights? Yes. Hogarth:
you ever suggest that
under those circumstances there
bo should
a similar agrement between you and this unknown man? No, I did not.
arki
bring them to achool, but plans could be changed, and they might be escorted by troops,
He sakt he hoped the Guards- men would be able to leave soon.
It was not till the early hours
It is not a question of being of this morning that 033 Guards satisfied.
I would submit, with with fixed bayonets, 10 tanks respect, that it is safeguarding your Interests dispersing an unruly crowd of the intersts of all con- about 1,600 mostly teen-agers, cemed that there should be an round Anderson Country Court- agreement drawn up.-1 had no house, Clinton.
They had hooted and threaten- mistrust of Keay whatsoever and
bellaved who ho said that he ed a Negro sailor, who took had made the necessary range-refuge in a petrol service station menter.
and was rescued by five jeep-
question of and 2 helicopter succeeded in
Purpose of visit
loads of Guardsmen-Reuter.
The Crown is represented by Mr W. A. Blair-Kerr, Acting Solicitor-General, and Mr Der- mat Rea Crown
Couns assisted by Mr T. Kavanagh, Andstant Superintendent
saw Kony in the latter part of Police (Anti-Corruption).
Hogarth agreed that when he
Hogarth replied that he went ask Keay what he wanted to January he discussed the Hong
Hogarth agreed that he did know and he did not try to Sling-Nell agreement, men
not know Keay's afiftude about Going To Denmark Lloning the
clause by which diguise the fact that they had exercising his discretion on the this agreement. He told Keaymatter of licence, but said he claim back his they had
Copenhagen, Sept. 3. adjourned | conference and it is preferable O'Neill could after 5 minutes adjourneri
this clause which do it
thought that O'Nelif's recourse The Queen and the Duke of unassisted" he mine if he tendered $300,000. He could mean that O'Neill could will meet again tomorrow night, added "anyhow, I am stil told Keny this was preventing get back his
was against his syndicate and Edinburgh will pay their official Heavy flooding in Lancashire,
licence H ho not against Heny. driving in the Presidential car." his syndicate from developing tendered the $300,000. "At this for a sympathetic acceptance Northumberland, Yorkshire and
He said it visit to Deromaric as the guesta At the second meeting, the The President's chief political anytharth said he did not know Keay indicated that he
did not occur to him then that | of King. Frederic and Queca of Mr Harold Macmillan's Cheshire had left a trail of in- Committee
subsequent meeting, Keay had power to grant or re- logrid from May 21425 next to theoffieer, Wing Commander Aly appeal for wage restraints: undated cornfields
would and bogged main business of making "a full Subry, who was also taking this agreement had been wit get the opinion of the Govern
fuse the licence.
year, the Danish Court an- on the contrary, everything pastureland. More than 30,000 presentation" of the proposals
talks, refused to nessed by Keay until he was ment legal advisers," he added.
(Contd. on back page, Col. 5) nounced today,-fleuter, indicates that at this week's facres in Lancashire alone were approved by 18 of the 22 in the
make any comment. annual conference of the under
A Presidency spokesman He said he did not ask Keay Trade Union Congress the August,
ruid the meeting had adjourned what his attitude would be appeal will be decisively re- {
until 7 p.m. tomorrow. O'Ne
cintmed returned and
Hogarth admitted that he did jected.
back his licences. It was innot dak Keny whether he would Reuter,
THE present
mond
Britain and in of
Is anything but propitious
would go down as "one of the
water
Heavy farm combines, อย
at the end
got down
3f nations represented at the London conference on Suez.
operate in the waterlogged
Menzies❜
Comment
that we
arrested.
30 'SPIES' ARRESTED
machinery, such to were unable nekle
Aut the delayed corn Mr Biggest blow to the Chancel-
Menzies emerged from harvest threatened to overlap tonight's meeting looking very lor's hopes that the con- the main potato harvest, adding solemn and when ference will adopt an aca
герогіста labour shortage to the asked him if he was satisfied commodating attitude to his farmers other headaches.
with the conduct of the talks, plex is the decision of the) The N.F.U sald
he replied sharpy: "So far I am General Council of the TUC generally. conditions
the doing all the talking." to remain on the sidelines, north were worse than the bad
Mr Loy Henderson, American tonight a total of 30 arrests had harvest of 1940 and some areas Recently the General Council as bad as during the disastrous member of the Committer, was been made in connection with
asloed by reporters whether he in its report to the TUC summer of 1912,
the alleged "Swmburn пру was happy about the first con- | ring." observed that "unless rises
in Incomes are kept broadly
in
AND THE SOUTH
that,
was
tacts.
Calro, Sept,
ungo citizens
or at a
Licence Sought
exercise his discretion about granting the licences. His syndi cute bod put in an application for a mining and a prospecting licence for the area which Keay hnd suggested and Keay had in-
to become blood dicated that if the Legal Depart- The Director of the Egyptian donors as part of Egypt's defencement agreed, it was all right. Information Department aid effort, United Press.
arrested
AUXILIARY ARRIVES
·bour.
الم
Two Executed Two Syrian soldier wero Gemhour per A French cargo ships.
·Beirut, Sept. 3.
wald that
He
asised Keny whether they would get the licence on the piece of land and Keay, at the meeting with himself, Mr Hulse, and Whitefleld, informed them that he had made arrangements
Resolution Rejected
Famagusta, Sept. 3. The French Those
Navy auxiliary belonged to "I don't look unhappy, do 17" "various nationalities," he said.
ship Marcelle Lebihan entered line with increases in In the southern half of Bri-
he asked, smiling,
Famagusta this evening. -Reuter. con-tain, the cofu harvest has been, output" inflation will
She was described ag a "sca As Mr Menzies walked from
A THREAT to date, one of the most dim- tinue, This in
rope." The crane." precisely
ship will be what the Chancellor of the recent years, the N.EU, says, said, "As I said today, there cult, delayed and expensive of the Presidency to his car, he
stationed here to cope with the Cairo, Sept. 8. Exchequer is saying, yet it and the weather during the will be no daily press release
Syrien Socialist leader Sayed military traffic through the har- flow of French enrrent heavy seems the General Council next few weeks would. be because It is a very important Akram El Hurani was quoted is not prepared to subscribe crucial.
by the newspaper Al Shaab as to the view at the TUC) Generally, harvesting
roying that all Western oil In-Shortly before the arrival of
ship
Cypriot pori conference.
Brighton, Sept. 3. stallations in the Arab countries about half way through in the
were ordered › to stop southern counties and if the bad
would be blown up if Egypt workers
The Trades Union Congress to work OD ali vessels, including day rejected by, an overwhelm Hitherto the TUC, and par-weather persisted, yields would
were attacked.
The
ing majority's ticularly Its General Council, be reduced further,
resolution which were brought whore would have increased the power They An important Heavy farming costs have has been
Congress General : Corm- stabilising influenço
the in already been incurred by men executed by firing squad today the High Labour Advisory Com-without being given any reason of
announcement. cilat the expense of the modiyi employer-worker relations. starting by idly waiting for dry for compileity in the assassina mittoo of Egypt decided to boy for the sudden
tion in April last year conditions and by the Colonel Adman
of|cott British and - French - goods. Earlier today, security forces dual unione. It has recognised when expenditure of time and fuel in Gums Deptly Chief of Staff. that next
Malki, Syrian Al Comhouria ako reported sealed off the port for a nap Thly resolution was presented claims for Increases have drying
Friday's prayers at search (of'"': everyono In the today before the opening session out: crops. been unrealistic and has
Reuter..
the mosquea will be used to vicinity-Router.
of the TUC's annual Congress in Brighton refused to support them. It are yet avaliable of yields, the
by the Municipal Ema has always worked for a cals crop, already hit by spring
plovbes Union. fair deal, taking into ac drought, is certain to be sub- count national interests. If stantially down due to the now It is going to reject the ner storms, Barley, 100, polley of whgo restraints, expected to be below average.
Paris, Sept. 3. rain-drenched and support pay rise claims harvest. has spotlighted the keeper,
A pretty blonde Paris: shop-ed," aho anid, "so I put an end She added that she went on a without commensurate out need for more
Mino. Josephine to an impossible situation.". pilgrimage to the Shrine at
Buch centrallo put increases, it will do the but the Government's credit police that
drying plania, Bouguóin, 36, today, fold" Paris They had been
would married for Lourdes last month during the have helped in reting up whole nation a gravo dis- squeeze had helped
"she killed her 11 years. J to limit and with a carbine because She fakt her husband, Lachen, she wald "the decided on her but its rejection noveta
vy, annual closing of the 'shop;
General Union Economic Polley, service. Moreover the capital investment in this and her prayers at Lourdes that he had beers smalthful to her with return to kill her husband 1f each union will now bare fee General Council will have other directions the, N.F.U.ndion a mistress went un-32-year-old sesistant in the hat prayers went unanswered dom of Motion is making w failed in its leadership added Chink, Mall Spedelmes whwered.
webang shop and
refired», "to fire the FTAdos" Presse.
no overall
estimates
corn
Prayers Unanswered: Shot Husband
["My' prayers were not hoede | womanj
1-
Tho resolution was based on a decision in principle taken at the last Congress, which would have given the General Counell the power to act in the
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