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THE CHINA MAIL"- "WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1957.
Intense Political Year Ahead RAN START 25-YEAR
For Canada
Federal Election
Expected In June
Ottawa, Jan. 22.
As the Canadian Parliament reconvened early this month, all the signs pointed
to a year of intense political activity in the Federal field, with the dissolution of the House taking place around Easter (the latter part of April) and a general election in June.
All the ingredients of con-own succes in the Federal tention were there in January. election this year.
Parliament mot
Canadian Conservative party is ununually Under its now leader, the
unlikely to move further to
early in aplle of the fact that a short emergency session on the Middle Eastern crisis had taken place at the end of the year.
thon
the
Right
it did under Mr Drew, since Mr Diefenbaker is In this, the unusual phenomenon identifed with
many iberal of a split upon foreign policy caused
to causes. Instead, it is likely
Britain
If not prepaid a booking fee along party lines was disclosed, establish itself as another centre of 50 cents la charged.
with the Progressive Conserva-per tives condemning
UMI" party, and the Conservative the Liberal
gral hope is that many independent Government's "gratulious con- voters, "small" Uberals, and demnation" of
at.. France, while the Co-operative tracted to It.
and dissatisfied Liberals will be
But Mr Diefen- Commonwealth Foderation (50- baker has yet to
show any cialist) party and the Social Creditore supported the Govern strength in the great French- speaking province of Quebec where his party most needs support if it is to win an Great bitterness, which
At the last will Slection
election, undoubtedly carry over into the the
Conservatives took only election, was engendered by the four of the 75 scato in debate
the trans-Canada province. natural gas pipeline and the closure
methods employed by
Pistenment. & compare. Sole agent, D. Estes, 700 Alexandra Haus, telephonsa 30100, 35007.
noted for stunning effecía,
STAMPS
SOMETHING
EXCLUSIVE, Coiloc-
tors
packets
ot assorted stamps.
Boult
02
Bitterness
Social Credit
that
JOB OF PLOTTING
Tibetan Holy Men Visit Air Force Station AUSTRALIAN COAST
Tbel's Dalal and Fanchen Lamas, who have been on an official tour of India, are seen during their visit to the Indian Air Force station at Now Delhi. The bespectacled Dalai Lama is plotured with, thind from left, the Panchen Lama in the cockpit of a fos fighter. In centre is Air Commodoro Arjan Singh,..., Mr-F. N. Menon, India's Caneul-Glanóral in Lhasa, is on right-Express Photo,
ASSURANCE ON HK EXPORTS
(Continued from Page 1)
will wo stand on importa com- ing in from Hongkong, process- From 20 cents per packat upward, the Government in forcing entrenced in Alberta and British ported to other countries in the it Since Social Credit is firmly ed in this country and then ex- through against a deadline. Conservatives and
An entirely pew Barle China Morning Post Ltd, Wyndham street, ongkong and Salisbury Hoad, Kowloon.
NOTICE
FAR EASTERN PASSENGER CONFERENCE Lines, Members of the Far Eastern Passenger
Con- ference, announce increase in
the rates of parage money to come into effect with all sail ings leaving terminal ports on and after 1st March next. Since the closing of the Buez Canal rates have been quoted
Columbia, Socialista
Both
while the Co-common market? took their main stand upon the operative Commonwealth
of Parliament,
rather Federation
in predominates Saskatchewan, it the merits of the
appeara al- upon
rights
than
마
un-
Sir David Eccles replied; "In
Melbourne, Jan. 22. The Royal Australian Navy has started a 25-year task of discovering and recording the positions of more than 3,000 wrecks around the Australian coast.
The sea's toll of three centuries on what is regarded, even today, as one of the most inadequately charted coasts in the world, has been a heavy one.
Mare than 12,000 people have charted rocks, reefs, banka anic! • lost their lives in disasters at wreck.
sen in galleona, prison hulks,
amtrant ships, mon-of-war Further south, too, the const freighters and coastal passenger has a bad reputation among Vossels. Some of the wreeks, too, - mariners; When the British have taken to the bottom with erular Newcastle recently sailed them fortunes in gold, silver and south from the Streit, she used * gema, only a small portion of her radar and echo-sounding • which has been recovered. equipment and posted special lookouts, even on the New South, Wales coast.
Dozena of these ships vanished for no known reason only a few cable lengths from Australia's rocky, cortil-studded coast. The Navy hopes to solve the riddle of their disappearance and per- hape and some treasure as well. But the real nim of the search is bound up with Australia's defence and safety of navigation.
Same Reaction
Need Equipment
now on
λ Commander
H. Cooper, head of the Navy's Hydrographit Department thinks that there is small ships at present detalled enough work to keep the' four
for the work occupied for 23 years along the east coast alone, "We need as much equipment In a search ship's asdie gear,
as wo can get,” he said. - a wrock gives the same "ping" reaction as a submarine, in any One of the four small ships, future war, anti-submarine ship HMAS WATTEO, is commanders want to avoid wast- special nagignment charting part: ing time and explosives on of the New South Wales coast plastering ancient wrecks
as north
from Port Macquarie, they did during World War II.
One of her tasks will be to chocie : At the same time, the Navy is the approaches of Goff's Harbour Sir David told him; "This bill
food prepare detailed charts of Torres 5,550-ton American have raised that
freighter. Strait and the passage inside the Portmar; torpedoed there WRONG POINT depend upon the outcome of the Great Barrier Reef. These agreement mado if we are This bill is not concerned to able to make them and they are ing 30 to 34 foot of water,
enable
big
tankers, drowy ago,
The Portmor was duty against low-going to be very dimeult to to sail safely from Sumatra and ships sunk by enemy action oft cust goods from Hongkong or make for the association of this Borneo to the now refineries at Australia's coast during World anywhere else, only where the country with the Europeans free Sydney and Melbourne.
War II. She Bonk In four price at which they are sold trade market. contains an unfair element."
beenmautes, talking e, large sum of
being sold below the cont production.
of
put
on
Mr Rhodes intervened again: “You have
the point WTONE, there are processors in this country at present who are into looking forward to entry the European free trade so that they can buy goods from Hong- tokong, process them in this coun- the European manufachirer by try and have an advantage over
releasing them into that mar- kot."
"Does the principle you have anunelated now with regard to Bill. Lo the inflamed atmo- together unlikely that the Con the rest of the Commonwealth sphere, the Leader of the Op-servatives can make sufflelent
agricultural goods apply to position, Mr' George Drew, felt gains there to
their imports overcome
from Hongkong of constrained to offer an
weakness In Quebec
The precedented motion of censure
Liberals bid fair to be victori-manufactured goods?" asked Mr
Rhodes. upon the Chair, condemning Mrous, once again, as they have Speaker
ker Rene Beaudoin's sub- been in every' Federal election
to the Government. since 1935. servience
To their positive The intensity of the debate, strength in the key province of culminating in scenes of
of riol Quebec, Inust be added the upon the floor of the Commons Retor, that their opponents are negative, but very important chamber on June 1, wa
wps un- doubtedly
into main divided
three parties, factors In Impairing the health China Mail Special. of Mr Drew, who had made #1 remarkable recovery from attack of meningitis two years previously. In the autumn, he
one
of
the
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with the addition of a surfelt bound to resign his leader- charge for voyages via South ship of the Conservative Party, Africa but passage rates will bec
because of nervous exhaustion. now be quoted on a gross
As a result, a new leader will lead the Conservatives at
the basis for voyages via the Cape of Good Hope, Member Lines will announce their own rates of passage money in due
course.
Full Members
Ameriena President Lines Ltd.
coming election, Mr John De
fenbaker, QC, of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, who was chosen at a party convention at Ottawa- In December.
Continuing Tension
These developments in them- selves, would ensure greal political interest and continuing
British India Steam Naviga-tension. But, to cap the climax,
tion Co., Ltd. 1 Compagnie Maritime dea
Chargeurs Reunis Hamburg-Amerika Linie N.V. Koninklijke Rotterdam sche Lloyd (Royal Batter- dam Lloyd).
a strike of fremen on the Canadian Pacific Railway in- mobilised almost half of Canada's
railway
In system mid-winter, just a week before Parliament metion for the Gov situation for the Gov- ernment. In 1950, the Liberal Compagnie des Measugericament of a railway strike affect- Government had forced a settle-
Ing all lines in Canada, by means of compulsory arbitr tion, and in 1953, a threat of
Maritimes
Nippon Yusen Kaisba
Norddeutscher Lloyd
Peninsular & Oriental Steam similar measures had prevented
Navigation Company
a rall strike.
With only half of Canada's N.V. Stoomvaart Maatsch-railways now affected and with
appij "Nederland" (Neder. land Line).
Associate Members The Ben Line Steamers Ltd, The Blue Funnel Line The East Asintle Co., Ltd. Ellerman Lines Ltd. Glen Line Ltd,
Holland-Oost-Azle Lijn Osaka Shosen Kaisha
Swedish East Asia Co., Ltd. Wilhelmsen Lines
an election approaching in which railway labour's objection to compulsory arbitration might be decisive in many constituencies, the Government delayed inter- vention. The new Conservative leader, Mr Diefenbaker, enjoys strong personal support among rallwaymon as a result of a remarkable accident
in British Columbia, in which successfully defended a railway telegrapher.
་
Strong Cards
The Liberal Government,
ander to apply the bill to Hong
ong it would be necessTry Hongkong was unfair. In other prove that the export price from
words that there was an element either of subray or it was
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
MANDRAKE RACES AFTER HER-
AS THE MYSTERIOUS 'MISS X' PRIVES INTO THE DESERT---
THEY'RE ABOUT TWO MILES BEHIND
THAT'S
SHE'S
MISS X'S CAR!
DON'T
BOSS OF
WE'LL CATCH.
SPIES,
LOSE HIMI
UP WITH HER!
FERDINAND
?
case
he
NANCY
on
T 'NANCY-- WHAT ARE
YOU DOING?
HOW IS
17:0
I'M WATCHING
A SHOW
its side, has strong cards to play
23rd January, 1957. in the forthcoming election. With a large budgetary surplus
HONGKONG PAINT PRODUCTS LIMITED.
at its disposal, it is in a post- tion to bring down a "sunshine budget" before Easter, with the likelihood of increased pensions and possibly family
allowance
Noties is hereby given that Mr Chan Kam Hon (M) Í benents, even It should decide our former Plant Manager has not to make any tax cuts for
fear of increasing the inflation
already becoming!
severed his commections with which is this factory as from the 18th January 1987.
Dated this 21st day of Jamiary
1957.
By order of the Board of Directors,
(84.) LOKE TUNG CHEONG Managing Director.
pack
KU.
evident in the cost of living.
Moreover, full employment at record figures means that most Canadian workers are enjoying prosperity, Oven though the prices at food, clothing other ecerities,
08 woll luxuries like liquor and motor- cars, have gone up period of
Last year WER A Intenso political activity in the provincialfeld, but Liberals widely and Opposition Lake BUNDAY POST-HERALD different views of the trends Space for commercial which developed. Opposition Advertising should be parties atree that in five out of booked not later than six provincial elections parties incon on Wednesdays,
opposed to the Liberals were For the SOUTH CHINA Urne, while the only
To ADVERTISERS
MORNING POST End tha
Case was
in which“, ka Government övériuméd was tho Liberal, de-
CHINA MAIL 48 hours feat by the Conservatives in before date of publication. Nova Scotia towards the end of the year. The" Taberals "reply
Special Announcements,
and Classified Advertise; that goods times favoured the
(ments as usual.
that
governments in office and This is a happy ajgary for their
JOHNNY HAZARD
I'VE GOT
HIS GUN HAND,
JOHNNY?
EH?
WE WON'T
i has nothing to do with the goods-making o determined effort to and try to And the wreck of the
you
EXPANSION
would
Galleon
IJ
one of 30
New attention has focussed on the Barrier Reef money and valuable equipment Torres Strait
route since the to the bottom, closure of the Suez Canal. No: only
is it five days mailing time "But certainly one hopes there aborter, than the Great Austral- will be general expansion of lan Bight route but it is con trade all the way round but this sidered safer against submarine has nothing to do with this bill operations by a potential enemy
"The bill could not in anywhen once all obstructions of Facing Island, near Glad circumstances be used to prevent have been charted. the re-export from this country of goods from Hongkong to Europa"-Router.
By Lee Falk and Phil Davis*
CAR BEHIND US--KEEPING UP WITH US)
CONTINUED
MORE ENEMY AGENTSTAND WE'RE RIGHT IN THE
MIPPLE!
By Mik
By Ernie Bushmiller'
IT'S A GOOD CLEAR PICTURE BUT
THE AUDIO IS BAD
NOW WHAT,"
JOHNNY
By Frank Robbing
({}) FINNIH TURUNO THE TABLES? WE DO URSTAND AND RESEJE “MR. JARAK FROM LIKOVNI BUT "FIRST FIRE TWO SHOTS INTO
·THE TRUNK E
America tourist ships crocious to visit the Reet and Strait at present hesitate because of, un-
There's More than Magic in
CADBURY'S
It is Perfection
Cute Bags
* With the
Couldn't be fresher!
try Libby's
PLAS
FROZEN PEAS TODAY
ROWNTREES
A TEA TIME TREAT.
this situation
"calle
San Miguel
The wreck of a once magni- Reent galleon lies on the ahora
stone, Queensland. When found, it had been there so long that on trees had grown through 129. rolling timbers.
Other finds include a five-foot long benas common, Inscribed "Steta Barbara 1569",、 end " ́n face carved in rocks, believed to have been dono about 1600, Res Near Capo Cleveland, In North Queensland, is the wrock of the Barque Peruvian, benchod 110 years 220 and belleved to! have been carrying £20,000 in cash.
Eighteen men, two women and two children from the broken ship make a bid for safety on a raft. After 38 days, only the captain, his wife, a seamari and a boy remained, eating raw shark caught by balting an gar with limba from the dead and thrusting it down the snapping shark's gullet..
Only Survivor
After 42 days, seaman James Murrell was the only · survivor who got nahore. For 17 DOTS, he livet with the blacks before" eventually alicing one day into Bowen Settlement with
| story of shipwșock and treasurè. Thus, Warrego's trip may XOUSU history and tragedy as well lessen the risks to men who co to sea in ships-China Mil
Special
1.
German Gets Big Nato Post
London, Jan, 22:
Britain approved the appoint. mens of the German. General Hana Speidel as Commander of lind forces in Central Europe, It was stated officially in the House of Commons today a
A
West Germany would shortly contribute 3 substantial and growing contingent on the central front, it was desirable this post should be held by a Gorgan officer, Mr David Ormaby-Gore, Minister of Blate, BaldFrance-Pressos
Five Killed In Bus Outrage
women,
Aleben, Jun 22, Five people, including: three werd Iciled. And, two seriously injured, when? inayır. gerie tonight, attacked a bus about 20 mile from Algiers. "All Victims
European, Houter.
New Yemen Raid
Yomoni reguar and iregular forden, today......... launched дом attacks across the counter into the British Protectorate of Adon, unofficial communique sansi [nounood› (fodser. They attacks
Aden Government controy