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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1956.
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THE BAMBUS COMPART IN ALTERM TERSEKERE
Whiteaways
SUEZ TALKS: HALFWAY STAGE The Duke
A Misconception Menzies Says 'I'm Happy'
TENDEN CY
A developed in many quar
ters to regard the Dulles plan for the settlement of the Suez Canal dispute 218 being designed essentinily to safeguard the interests. of the Western nallons. It is a line of thought totally 1
unrelated to fuels.
evident that peratenent
an international body, is
i only
أن
VOD-
trade
ARGUMENT LIKELY
Joined Air PATTERSON BEGINS EVIDENCE
IN CONSPIRACY TRIAL
Force To
TO BEGIN TODAY Escape From
Cairo, Sept. 4.
Poland
The four, who escaped on-
dured from crash landings
Emerging with a rumpled grey suit after a meeting with President Nasser lasting one hour and 50 minutes, Mr Menzies said "yes" when re-vate homes under the sponsor- porters asked him if he was happy.
He also said "there was a bit
| Austria on July 27, are in pri-
reporters.
Lo
Henry Charles Patterson, company director and second accused in the conspiracy trial before Judge W. T. Charles, began his evidence this morning at the Victoria District Court.
Patterson told of how he first, cummed on business 41 rocm 85 | for the rights to the land. Mr
Apartments Whitefield,
Juhn 64,
storage.
MORNING TEAS
He first became interested in
about
The alcate
and
TRUSTED Manager
Can't
Visit HK
Government officially stated this morning that HRH the Duke of Edin- burgh will be unable to include Hongkong in his forthcoming tour.
were
In terms of fact, it is quite President Nasser of Egypt and Mr Robert freedom of the Canai, which Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia, reach- can be guaranteed only by ed the halfway mark tonight in their talks
Frankfurt, Sept. 4. joined a syndicate la June last David House. The nature of his Hong Sling said further that he Four young Polish air-your and of the events there- | business was shipping, transpor- could probably through Keny A government spokesman as much an Afro-Asian in on the Suez Canal and Mr Menzies said
men said today they hodge-ofter relating to the syndicate's tation, travel
godown negotiate for a lower figure with I told the China Mail that His Jerest as a Western one. It he was "happy" over the progress they had hopped to freedom over the affairs.
and reduce it to Royal Highness's plans for necessary to
The Dccused are Willlum Iron Curtain in two stolen
Allan Hogarth, 52, chartered-
The
the journey to Australia xider the position of India, made.
myself training planes. Pakistan, Burma, Ceylon,
necountant, of 551, The Peuk:
were actually very impressed whore he will open the Hairy Charles Patterson. 45,
with the chances Indonesia, Malaya and Iran
his getting this Olympic Games, and the Lam Chuen Syndicate some strip of land, as against paying tour of the Antarctic depen- to establish the point.
Compatry Director, of 10 Vis time In June, 1955. He put Two-Bfths
£10,000 for buliding a road, as "f the
teria Peak
He $15,000 into the syndicate. stated in the MecMahon report," dencies,
completed the first
Patterson ear men-
ship of the U.S. excopee pro-
• pold the money lo Mr Hong Patterson stated,
and some time ago,
18 a Lighthouses, Sing, and was given a copy of Superintendent of Liter Countries
gramme.
He went on to say that the result there was passes
Marine Department, of Albany: the syndicate agreement dated matter was left
no time Through The Cud; a quare
They were whisked away various points of difficulty in
in Mr Hong Flates; und William
June 18. Murray 1 +f Indonesia's trade talking each way and "we which all members of the Com-secret camps for questioning by
From that agreement Sling's hands: to get in touch available in which the Duke 54, Austrian police shortly
of Superintendent after Keay,
he noticed that Mr Hong Sling with Keay and negotiato on could visit Hongkong. goes the same way, white as have not started attacking each inittee spoke.
of 7 Kimberley Street, was general The last remark
the behalf of the syndicate. much of
Father
manager of 70 per cont
"Everyone seemed content at their arrival in Austria. Today's Mines,
They orc on syndicate. Persia's needs reach her by
was made with a laugh When the way things are going." they press conference was their first second floor.
The spokesman stated that nominal bait of $300 enchi. Egyptian exporter way of the Chund.
He first met Keny some time asket suid. "Now the argument begins full-scale meeting with Western
Patterson and whether he expected to be atat tomorrow's session"
Hogarth,
He did
Patterson said he had nothing the Duke of Edinburgh had Those
The
four Leszeckszache Whitefield' are represented by curly this year
know Keay before.
He met
to do with the handling of the intimated that he would much Gluchowicz, 23. Eugeniusz Mr D A. L Wright, instruct-
Whiteheld a number of years
ars syndicate's affairs at that stage, have liked to visit, not only C. Stewart Demesk!, 20, Bodgun Biskupski, fed by Mr J
back, when he had a lot lo de apart from attending the meet-Hongkong, but other British 21, and Kurol Krik, 22. ald Stewart and Company.
Mr Vicior Gitlins, instructed met Hogarth when he joined the
on the shipping uide. He first.
He trusted Mr Hong Sing territories even closer to his ten yours of Communist indoc- Irination had failed to kill the by Mr
H. Caine, of Johnson,
he had not known syndicate, At the time, he had route, but the time available spirit of freedom ira Poland's, Stokes and Master, is appearing yndicate;
no knowledge of the agreement him before that thine.
to him in the Far East does for Keny
Patterson said the
yndtente which Mr Hong Sting signd "The Crown is represented by Fears that the rising genera~ |
not make this possible on the wore hata ire Mr with Mr O'N={]]. He had also tion of Poies would be unwaver Mr W. A Blair-Kerr, Acung meetings
Needa's
office. There were
of the financial present tour, no knowledge Communists were false, they Solicitor-General, and Mr Der- d.
mot Rea Crown
Counsel, mocung before that, but these position of the syndicate at the
Footnale: The China Mail Communist
Mr T Kavanagh, were only small ones, and in the time, youth organisa-assisted by
Superintendent of mature of moning teas. *he Shown a document, Patterson tions had dominated their teen- Assistant
first suggested last April the first formal meeling was hold sald he was familar with its Duke's itinerary might include age fe, they ackled, but they Pollee (Anti-Corruption).
at joined the Poilsh Air Force Patterson testiflexi that he early in August In Mr Neerar".
contents He first saw it some Hongkong, and renewed the only in the hope and it would was a director of II, C. Patterson office. Among
when those present Lune In late September
suggestion recently real lead to freedom
Wan somewhat were Hogarth, Whiteneid, and
Singapore Soviet and Co., Ltd. His company was
year, at a meeting of the domization.-Unitet Press.
incorporated in May, 1949, and Messrs Braude, Hong Sling and Chuen Syndicate in Mr Needa's belatedly included in the tour.
Burns.
Ho himself Was also office.
Hongkong organisations Copies of that document present
were pissed around. He read it soetated themselves with the erred saw a reference that the proposal and in response to butter strip of land cold
popular reaction, Govern- ment sought official views (Contd. on back page, Col. 3) in London.
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The
current APA
figures tacked, Mr Mennes replad "No,
atmosphere was described which illustrate the in I'm a most peaceable fellow.
"fairly serine," purtance of free use of the Mr Menzies sakd fla next Mr Menzies is tentatively Canal to those nations. Hut meeting between his dye-nation scheduled to report to the Am- 1ts
them musion importance to
President Naser assadors of The 18 powers Is
likely 14
would take plage tomorrow at 3 represented by the mission to- Krow very anuel in
11 Julture
way things Authoritative SOUTOUS
$1151230
Informed going.
sources All
are in the midst
"still lnad, however, that both sides described his were still asking for claridention good."
But it was learned Mr Menzies was determined to get back to London by the week-end and
costly forms of develop.
ment which require the impertain points. port of bulky muchinery PROGRESS POSSIBLE and rapital equipment, most
of which passes through The tulks nee being conducted the Canal. Dislocation or wholly in English, the sources interruption of tralle ald through
"We are at the halfway stage,” would throw these develop, sad Mr Menzies tonight when ment programmes into dis-asked how the talks were pro
gressing
the
waterway
order and cause disastrous financial Juss.
His cheerful appearance and
immediately worl
arnused WHEN Sir Anthony Eden at speculation that the door was the London Conference still open to progress, despite said that an international he repeated Arm Egyptian waterway should not be rejection of international control left at the disposal of for the Suez Canal and the in- single power, he was spenkistence on it of the 18 power
by the Menzies ing, not as a champion of epresented
Mission. British interests, but for
Colonel Informed sources said all whose livelihood de Nasser ropiled to the Menzies pends on free traffic in the explanation tonight and there Canal, Nor were his fears of Egyptian interference with the trafße theoretical or abstract: for five years Egypt has blockaded Israel in the Canal.
A dominating. und well- founded fear, which con. siderably Influenced 433- dorsement of the Dulles plan by 18 nations (which significantly included Pakistan, Turkey, Iran and Ethiopia was that if Egypt bud
control and
sole
management of the Canal she could apply that power
10 serve purely national political ends.
Another factor vitally in-
1
way
then
#
short debr
PEKING CRITICAL
FOUR
ALLOWED
INTO
1921
HONGKONG
Paris, Sept. 4.
to-
au-
morrow
up
the 074
mood
15
did not want to tie himself to. long talks. The SOLITUDS said Ray's meeting was a "warming
1, with the bargaining likely To begin toam
TOW Meanwhile wives and children. of some of the staff of the Bri- tish Embassy left by plan for London yesterday hi accordance with plans to cut the number of Embassy dependents in Cafro,
About half the dependents-- between 50 and 60 in all--"leave
within the next wiek," an Em- |bassy spokesman said. --United
Press and Reuter.
VISIT PERMITTED
Cuiro, Sept. + The Egyptian Minister of the Interior has authorised a British Embassy official to visit James Zarb, a Brilish subject imprison- ed seven days ago on charges of i espionage,
British Embassy! spokesman cald tonight.
The visit has been dullered for Thursday,
The Embassy spokesman pat the British authorities had not ben allowed to contact Zarb so far.
General Hafez Sabek, Egyptian assistant Publie Prus secular whe is handling the spy ring cose," said tonight new arreste were being ma** daily and it would not be perst ble tr ad the inquiry before Saturday
lie said two of those arrested fluenced the conception and
had been set free yesterday s approval of the Dulles plan, Peking Radio charged
It had been definitely established The upkeep of the fanal night that the British they were not implicated. Involves heavy expenditure | thoritles 4311 the Sino- Colonel Abdel Kader Hatem, and continuing enlargement Hongkong border today Director of the Egyptian Infor- and improvement of the only allowed four of more night that arrests in connection waterway is required if it is! than 300 people, who ar-with the spy case totalled 30. to serve the needs of 03: rived at Shumchun, to enter Four of
those detained panding world trade. Col
British -France-Presse and Nasser has declared that Hongkong.
Reuter
SUEZ GROUP MEET
Egypt intends to use
Many of the 200 who the
stranded at Shumchun yesterday
were
Canal's revenues for building were sul being held up in the the ARwan Dam The efficiency of the Canal would Chinese border town, the broad- quickly suffer. To
Aure
preserve
(n-
cast added.
One woman, Lee Su-fen, from the Toishan, who was refused entry efficient operating of thyesterday, was allowed to go to waterway Ін one of the Hongkong to see her relatives prime motives and purpos 19 today.
of the proposals which Mr But as she walked across the Menzies and his enlleagues Shumchun bridge, the Hongkong presenting to Ce. Police stopped her again, alleg- ing that her accent did not sound Nasser.
PIC BOW
FOR another and less direct like Toishan.
Egyptian
reason. the President's nets involve Asin]
Question Ignored
But
motion Department,
seid last
were
London, Sept. 4. Sir Anthony Eden, returning to London from the country to-) night immediately meeting of the "Suez group" in culled a Cabinet
The
youth.
from
TRADES UNIONS BACK
AUTOMATION
Brighton, Sept. 4.
The Trade Union Congreses endorsed a six-point plan today for protecting the pay and jobs of eight million workers in the "robot age."
The annual TUC congress unanimously adopted re- solution recognising Auto- mation s inevitable, but supported it with these con- cations:
Full employment must be maintained.
There must be pro- per consultation be- tween employers and unions the introduction of automation
uver
Present wage scales must be maintained. allowances should be made
★ Special
10
men inevitably displaced by machines.
★ Special
recruitment
and training schemes should be launched to teach the new robot skills.
Prices should be cut on products produced
in the robot Industries,
of
VERY IMPRESSED
ne
general manager of
At that meeting, Patterson acquired for $25,000,
went on, Mr Hong Sling pro- duced a report from a mining MacMahon, and engineer. Mr
synditala member u gave each copy of the report. Mr Hung Sting pointed building a track or small road
out the
cost of
to the mina He also mentioned that the mine was not connected with the road.
The MacMahon tioned Urat
го
The 1,000 delcgales de- feated by 0,418,000 1,760,000 voles a resolution calling for establishment of commission or National Planning Board for automa- tion
C
The successful automation resolution, moved by the Communist-lod Electrical Union, sald Labour's Inter- eats should be safeguarded "ruthless appli-
against tomation by em-
cation of
ployers" but added that the wise introduction of robots into industry could Improve living
ly
เบ
and provide grooder
The TUC also unanimous-
called
for a cut in the two-year draft period in another resolution. It sought a "speedy and progressivo" cut
and also urged the Government to press for disarmament through the United Nations. United Press.
BID TO CURB ROWDY
BEHAVIOUR IN JAPAN
comprising Curfew Placed On American Airmen
group, ministers particularly conCITA- cd with the Canal problem, arrived at Number 10 Downing Street only 45 minutes the Prime Minister's return.
after
Tokyo, Sept. 4. The Commander of one of the United States largest air bases in Japan today issued an order confining nil air- men to the base between the hours of 11 p.m. to G a.m.
to
Political circles said the group discussed the latest position In advance of tomorrow's trip to The Commander of Tachikawa Paris by Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, the Air Base Hear Tokyo, Colonel Foreign Secretary, to attend a | Burton K. Sam, said the order meeting of the Nato council at was laued
prevent locol which Suez will be the main disturbances involving American item on the agenda.—-Reuter, airmen and Japanese clvillans
PILOTS LEAVE
in the city of Tachikawa from becoming a problem similar to that existing in West Germany. Sections of the Japanese Press have given considerable pubil- city to recent reports of nights radio reported.
end assaults
"rowdy" The broadcast did not my American airmen
off duty how many pilots were, in the One report claimed that the group, but reported that others city of Tachikawa
was? "fast were applying-France-Presse.
becoming a city of violence."
SPECIAL PATROLS
She produced certificate as deeply na, or even more sued by the Chinese Govern than, the West. Throughout ment, which showed she was the world experience bus from Toshan, and asked the Ahown that economic Police what right had they to development is galvanised if discredit this document. large sums of new capital her question was ignored become available. If world Another instance quoted by civilention is to prosper, Radio Peking was a 13-year-old there must be a larger flow girl, Liso Pi-nu, who wept yes for the Suez Canal lett Lening- of capital than in the past lerday when she found her today for Moscow, Moscow between the richer and lets could not join her parents at the other end of the Shumchun developed countries.
bridge.
The mother had taken hor
In the past ten years much
patient work has been po and her
brother from
their
10 join their... · father in
formed to start this flow.gkong, but under the "
But if Col Naanor has
entries"
spread the alarm that coun-lancing of exits and trics will lightly embark on restrictions, the mother; and large programmes of nation- brother had to bross first while, allam, (when this involves the girl had to wait for the completo disregard for next chance to go.
By the end
Moscow, Bop, 4. A first batch of Soviet pilots
J
!
Lim Hopeful
The order, which' was effec- Singapore, Sept. 4.ve immediately, said: "All Air
The Chief Minister of Force personnel: not residing in Singapore, Mr Lim Yew Hock, the city of Tachikawa, will be said today he was confident his out of the city and on the base of the day, abo Government would obtain between the
hours
of 2200 and Rolemn, treaties and agree was still waiting. This morn-independence.
for: Singapore 0500 daily
weekend; monta) these hopes
and holidays. progress must inevitably beg the mother came back to from
Shumobun fer har daughter, but | The next Singapore mission to The order provided for a set back. That would be then both were held up with London will come back with special town patrol offor one of the gravest con- the father and son on one side Merddice, Mr 1m told eight Non-Commissioned Offloors, w
·information | fervised by:n Polios, salver, and of the presented the mother and daughter un visiting Malayan sequences
~FIEBco-Presse the other orfald.
officers--Reuter,
SPECULATION
·ON MYSTERY
DEATHS
London, Sept. 4.
The police in the Soulla Coase resort of Eastbourne today bellaved that 21 elderly ladies-all' either widows or spinsters who died in mysterious cir- 20 cumstances -the last
in years may have been the victims of a country doctor who hypnotised them into committing suicide offer fortuncing him after
Investigators sold today they dit had to wade through about 340 dossiers, some of which may shed some light on the case of the mysterious-lady-kitter,
France-Presse,
the
lust Laim
be
BRITISH OFFICER WOUNDED
A British
BY EOKA GUNMAN
gunman
Was
DB
a
Nicosta, Sept. 4 by one of the gunman's bullets. report men-
Army officer waa The authorities clamped approximately shot down in a running fight | dusk-to-dawn curfew on cycilsta £10,000 would bo needed to with an Eoku
in and motor-cyclists following the
incident. bulld the truck. Mr Hong Sling Lanaren today,
a pencilled drawing Captain produced
John Allen showing a piece of land adjoin wounded in the thigh when ing the mine arca Mr Hong chasing a youth who had fired
this Sling sald
of land piece belonged to a Chinese and that this person wanted about $30,000
nt him.
Taxicabs and
hiro other vehicles were ordered to specini areas of limited operation as the police searched for the gungan. hit-United Press.
An 80-year-old Turkish street trader died instantly when
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