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The High Cost Of Travel
YESTERDAY most
ping lines with services to the Far East announced, the second big incrence in passenger fares in three months. In the case of one- first class fare from Hong- kong to the United Kingdom Comenta a total incrense of about £76 on the basic rate charged prior to the imposition of the 20 per Cell surcharge in Novem ber. There can be little complaint with the Aur- charge because It designed tu cover extru costs incurred in rerouting ships around the Cape beenuse of the Canal blockage.
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RELAX IN
DAKS Whiteaways
Settlement Of Mid-East Dispute
Poisoners
Not To
ISRAEL'S 5-POINT PROPOSALS Hang Decides
Guarantees
BUDAPEST POLICE
For Freedom swOOP ON
Of Shipping
Jerusalem, Jan. 23,
Mr David Ben Gurion, Israeli Prime Minister, today offered to withdraw his country's forces from the coast of the Gulf of Aqaba if freedom But the latest increase, was guaranteed to her shipping.
secided by member lines of Israel would also withdraw her troops from Conference, is announced the Gaza strip, but would continue to police it, and without any explanation. intended to develop it economically for the benefit Perhaps there are good re-
the Far East Passenger
sons for it, but at the time of writing they were not known to local shipping agents and travel service oficials contacted yesterday by this newspaper. It is to bo hoped some explanation is forthcoming and one that iя more
detailed than the bald statement that it is because of higher operating or fuel costs.
THE Arst
that
question must be asked is: will the original fures charged prior to the Suez surcharge bo restored once the Canal is cleared and opened to normal traffic? The arinouncement by the Kur Eastern Passenger Conference suggests that the new "gross basis" rates apply only to voyages viaļ the Cape
now
Many Arma with employees
оп Home contracts will } want to know the answer before making future travel arrangements, Even because of the surcharge, at least one big British firm and Government are send- ing many employees Home by air as one travel official put it yesterday: "Govern- ment has become airborne since the Suez crisis." This trend may be expected to
continue unless early surances are given. A com- parison of air and ship
fares shown that it will be possible to travel Home by tourist class plane for about £70 less than a single first class fare by ship to the United Kingdom (and up to £100 on a return ticket)-to say nothing of the saving in bar bills and travelling time by air.
PROTAGONISTS
travel may
of sea argue that
class for clans sea fares are atill lower than air fares and that only Inst November nir fares between here and the United Kingdom and the Continent were increased
(eg. HK-UK lat clusa £278- £305) but the very small difference that is likely when the new ship fares come into operation in March will probably be more than counteracted by the fact that "class" in air travel is a much smaller considora- { tion than on ships-this i top of other advantages of rapid transportation for a man on long leave. Not all shipping lines servicing Hongkong are members of the Far East Passenger Conference, but their fares may be increased to some extent. Others which are members will not charge the maximum rute of Increngo
GROUP
London, Jan. 23. Budapest police have arrested a group of counter- revolutionaries, and have found two loaded pistols in a place where the group met, the Hungarian news agency MTI said tonight,
The news agency, sald The
chet of the group Wha AL Gabor Folly, a journalist.
It said that in 1940 he was sentenced to 10 years' penal arvitude for counter-revolu
against the ing part in a plot Stale. Released
provisionally tock from prison in 1959, he part in the fighting in October and November last year, th agency said.
of the population, he told the Knesseth (Parlia-tionary activities, and for tak ment)..
It should not
"The restoration of Egytian, urely evacua'ed. influencedirectly by the re-gain be allowed to become a of the Egyptian army, or "springboard for aggression" he Indirectly, upon the entry of a sold United Nations force is likely
to block and eliminate constructive prospects, and the strip would revert to lawlers- news, to its own misfortune an
s." he said. that of adjacent tres,"
Mr Ben Gurion appealed to the United Nations to dem- tariso the Sinal Desert, which he sald Israel had almost -
(Iel occupied the orcas concerned during the four-day offensive against Egypt at the end of October
and early
USE CHILDREN
More Questions On HK Housing
London, Jan. 23. Mr John Profumo, Under- Secretary for the Colonies, told the House of Commons today that no proposats had been made to acquire more land on the Chinese main- land to relieve The housing shortage in Hongkong.
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He was replying to
question by Mr John Rankin, Labour member, who also said the housing
situation in Hongkong 1008 auch that it was impossible to Rolve it within the existing boundaries and new terri- tory must be found. Mr Profume said housing
was required in places of· employment, adding: "Your suggestion would not relieve the shortage of money and staff, which are the acrious obstacles in overcoming shortage of houses."---Reuter.
RUSSIA'S WAR WARNING
TO AMERICA'S ALLIES
Poisoned Liquor
GOVT TO TAKE ACTION
Commons
London, Jan. 23. The House of Commons tonight rejected a proposal that murderers who polson their victims should hang.
the
A
The House was discussing covernment bill to keep death penalty only for murders which most clearly thzenlen inw and order.
Other murderers, including poisoners, would face a sentence Government is to intro- of life imprisonment, duce legislation to prevent The Commons
already the use of methyl alcohol- passed a privato members bill to abolish the death penalty for a very dangerous polson-murder, but it was thrown out
hos
In the preparation of liquor by the House of Lorris. Tie intended for human con-government's bill sumption.
promise.
a com-
A Bill to this effect, which
RESTRICTED SCOPE amends the provisions of the
Mr R. A. Butler, the Home Dutinble Commodities Ordin Secretary, said the Government auce, will be Introduced at the recognised that tho poisoner next meeting of Legislative was pre-eminently the type of Council, the Public Relations murderer for whom capital Officer announced this morning. pturishment should bo
Government's Intention totained bring the distribution and sale
When
he Introduced D
But i
was convinced that
of methyl alcohol under control while the relendon of the death was foreshadowed at the Legis- penalty win essential to mala- Intive Council meeting Tastinin the peace, its scope should December 6 by the Hon. Finan-be restricted to those types of chil Secretary, Mr A. G. Clarke, murder which struck most I added that after the up-|
Bill early at law and order, Moscow, Jan. 23.
Mr the Ordinance, the
Buller rising had be put down Mr
said only Ave Moscow warned the United States' allies today that effect of which was to put on poisoners had been executed in November. Under & UN Gen Folly "pursued his counter they might become the first victims of any atomic war if liquor dealers eral Assembly resolution, Mr
the onus of the last 30 years... revolutionary activities," pub- Dag Hommerskjold Secretary-
no The discussion took place on Hahing leaflets, some of which they permitted the stationing of US atom-armex units on showing that they carried General, has to report by Fri-
stack of adulterated liquor. an amendment by Sir Lionel found where day un 1sTuel's "complete with- arrested.
he was their soil,
The official Soviet news agency Taas specifically singled was proposed to bring the dis-should hang.
Mr Clarke then said that it Heald that poison murderers (Contd. on Fare 8, Col. 2)
MTI said that Mr Sandor out for warning Britain, France, West Germany, Italy, Tur-tribution and sale of methyl Vasvari, another member of the key, Iran and Japan.
346 TO TWO alcohol itself under the strictest He later bought to withdraw group was releated from prison during the revolution, and with other
group members took part MTI said!
HOSTILE REACTIONS
EXPECTED
New York, Jan, 23. Mr. Bon Gurion's declaration that, Inroe) will not withdraw her forces from the Gulf of
Aqaba until international
resumes
As- debate,
agreements assure freedom for fraeli shipping there is cer- tain to raise 'a storm when the
United Nations General sembly probably next Monday. The Asian-African group will probably dernand econointe sanctions +gainst Israel be cause of her failure to with- straw
from completely Egyptian territory as request- ed in the Assembly resolu- tion, approved overwhelming- ly last Saturday. Egypt and her Arab neighbours
may also request
the Assembly to "condemm" İsrocl for non-compliance.
The Western nations all voted for last Saturday's resolution because they believed that Tarael must withdraw "com pletely," but many expressed essed the view that the government of Israel had a right to QR- pect that neither the Gaza strip nor the approaches to the Gulf of Aqaba should be used for anti-Israeli action, Some
Among them, It is
believed, the United States, would like
i sao N Dag Hammarskjold deploy the United Nations emergency fores in the Gaza strip and They believe that he has the
the Acaba
approaches,
authority without further sanction from the Assembly, Mr Hammarskjold, on the other hand, is reported to feel that he does not have the necessary authority.-Reuter.
"Get Out" Request To
UNEF Possible
Cairo, Jan. 23,
Egypt may ask the United Nations Emergency Force to kave i territory in case the United Nations fails to take sanellons against Israel for failure to withdraw from Shai and Gaza, pollical observers said today.
ghly placed sources said that President Gamal Abdel Nasser would dispatch inst-minute instructions tonight to Foreign Minister Mahmoud Fawzl, outlining Egypt's plans. Fawzi, who is heading Egypt's United Nations delegation, is scheduled to ask the General Assembly tomorrow to impose sanctions on Israel for failure to pull out in five days in conformity with an Assembly resolution, voted last Saturday. Egypt's agreement with the UNEF on November 12 stipulated that the UNEF should withdraw immediately when requested to do so by the Egyptian authorities, observers said.
-France-Presse.
VITAL 8 WEEKS AHEAD
Cairo, Jan, 23,
An authoritative Egyptian editor and personal friend of President Nasser of Egypt said today that the next eight weeks would be "the gravest period in the history of the Middle East."
controls.
. the amendment but Labour Tass said the United States waLT realise that the im-
The now amending legislation, members insisted, on a vote. was courting "an outbreak of plementation of these ARET said the Public Relations Omeer. The amendment was then in the sightingly, whose with reported plans to
atomic war" it it went through sive plans of the USA is fraught has been designed to have this defeated by 946 votes to two.
serious se up with the most
con- effect, group lis been organising such atom bases in Western sequences and that they will children ngulnat the
ordered two schoolboys, Far Epot".
peoples' Europe, the Middle East or the take a resolute stand, against aged 10 and 13, to supply him
those aggressive plans."
rein- The Tags statement with information on the Hun gatlan military units."
It added: "The boys: agreed to bring him the Information and look for cams.
"The boys have been returned
to the care of their parents, and members of the group will be tried by the special tribunal."
Reuter.
Hunt For
Killer "Cat"
Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 23. A British planter and rangers were tonight striking a man eating tiger through jungle after it made three attacks on a rubber estate, near Bentong,
A 12-year-old Chinese girl, Lam Foong, mauled yesterday by the tiger, died in hospital at Bentong today.
The chief victims of atomic
forced the carlies denuci NO
counter-blows would be the by Pravth United Press: - nadons which allowed such US units to be stationed on their territory, the news agency sald.
US "Design❞
It said the US was planning 10 set up the atomic bates abroad in a step aimed at removic from the USA The
Another amenduent pro- viding that the death penalty for murder committed while
resisting arrest
or caslating an
SURVIVORSape from custody should only
Perpignan, Jun, 23. Nino bodies were tonight re-
be
given when the killing was Intentional, was defeated by 144 Votes to 80, a Government majority of -04 -- Chiina Mal
Huge Warehouse moved from the wreckage of the Special.
Demolished
Oakland, Calif., Jan. 23. A gas explosion, and fire today demolished a two-storey, block-
French military plano which the crashed last night Pyrenees,
the Caralp while flying from Algiers to Toulouse,
Just Inside Spanish border, ' near
Plane Disaster
Managua, Jan, 29. Sixteen persons were feared killed when a Nicaraguan.com-
main retaliatory blow in the square warehouse here, kliling were not disclosed; were be mercipi plane crashed' on the
event of the atomic war"
unleashing of
It warned the United States
that any such action would lead to "most serious conséquences".
The Tass statement sold: "The question concerns the intention of the US government to make use of territories for foreign. States where US military bases are situated for the preparation of atomie war,"
"The US government already
finds
The previous day the tiger
it impossible to concea] entered the home of the planter this intention," isserted Tasz,
Mr D. 1. Davidson, formerly
Tho victims, whose nemes loved to be mainly officers.
There were no survivors while France-Presse.
at least two persons and in Juring at least four others.
At least two firemen were avercome by smoke battling the blaze, which caused damage estimated at $1,000,000,
The explosion was when plumbers installing over- head industrial gas air heaters on the ground floor apparently uncapped
an open gas line. United Press...
slopes of the Concepcion vòi- cano in Ometepa Island, shortly today. United after noon Pres.
caused TAYLOR, TODD TO WED
New York, Jan, 23. Adtress Elizabeth Taylor and producer Mike Todd said to- day they will be married,
Fine Salvage Job To date, they said, depends
London Jan 24. Te last of the Anglo-French
upon a conference with their lawyers to determine exactly who for divorce decree from actor Michart Wilding
comes final. com.
be
of Woodford, Northamptonshire, It said the American, govern- galvage force is leaving Port
t was benten off by a cham- ment was trying to deceive the Said early decay after pion English-bred pointer dog, Amrican public and other na-plating the tasks allocated to it The couple were interviewed at by representing the step by the United Nations, fending her puppy.
tlong
The Uger struck again this as a measure, against posible Admiralty announced here.
afternoon on the estate
and agression." ravaged a calf, near the spot where the girl was attacked,
urgent opponi Following an
Increases Danger
"There is no doubt that this by Mr Davidson, who manages the estate, the Pahang game step of the US government warden Mr A, K. Robinzon intensifies the threat of an out- made a 160 mile dash from break of atomic wik," Tas said. Kuantan to join the hunt. - China Mail Special.
Liberation March
Karachi, Jan. 23. The West Pakistan Christian Zamindara Labour League today announced plano for a peaceful campaign for the "liberation of
on
March
the
The Adminilly statement
said the clearance" of Port Said
been tad
effected with "remarkable
ond speed and hus been a efficiency unique operation in the history of the Royal Navy"
Between November 7 and January 23, the Anglo-French removed 13 cannot fail to see also salvage force has that it is a step aimed at rewrecks weighing a total of moving from the USA the main 17,000 tons, the Admiralty said. retaliatory blow in the event of China Mall special. the unleashing of atomic war
"One
by US reactionary circles,"
Powers For Sandys
It sold the US was "thug
London, Jan, 23. placing under the first threat of a retaliatory atomic blow the Greatly extended powers will British Peoples of Britain, France, West be given to the new Germany, Italy, Turkey, Iran, Defence Minister, Mr Duncan Kashmir beginning the State of Jammu and Japan and other countries on Sandys, informed political circles
5, with a demonstrators march planned to su
of which it is said in Lontion, tonight.
Political circles sold it in ex- across
the ceasefire line into planned to station special US
into atomic detachments."
pected that the new minister, Indian-held Kashmir,
who is son-in-law of former The League President,
"Lending circles of the USSR Prime Minister, Sir Winston Zefar Iqbal Zafar
emphasised
countries which arc being direct access to the Prime (peaceful and non-violent) | drawn by the USA into their Minister, without first consult- campaign-Reuter,
plane for preparation of atomle | Ing bis Cabinet,—France-Presso,
Mr
Writing in the weekly news, in future to Egypt and not to that. it would be a Satysgrahi / "ro confident the peoples of all Churchill, will have the right of
which appears to be about er, Akher Saa, Hassanein the former Suez Canal Com.
Heikal sald much hinged on
19 per cent on top of the fract's compliance with Npany-United Press,
Suez surcharge, making 39 resolutions on withdrawal from
per cent in all. But the Egyptian territory.
effect of any increase enn "If Israel were to resort to only be detrimental-and to procrastination or attempts to Bomo extent permanently derive gains from her so-to passenger shipping alon, then events would take a lines servicing the Far East. different turn."
pggreg-
It is not enough, however, ta CANAL REOPENING
deplore the rlaing costs of
onco
sed travel or to point out He added that if Israel with- cheaper alternatives. Some drew there would be every nssurance is required that hope for re-opening the Sucz the Suez Canal is Canal for normal shipping by
nekt. March.” opened to normal traffic ship
He emphasised, however, that fares will return to their there would have to be some former. lovels, An early port of clear agreement,ou the announcement by major conditions of resumption/ shipping Unes or the Far
Helkal sald Egypt would in East Passenger Conforance slat on all Bellin and French would be most, welcome. ships, paying. Shele Canal, follā.
Defeats Drunkometer With 20 Tots Of Whisky
Miami, Jan. 23.
William C. Rosc, a 238-pound
bachelor, belted down, 20 shots of wilsky in Court to day trying to prove that drimkometers are all wet, and walked out boasting that he War as sober as they judge."
The Judge, Francis Sobieski.
• took the case under advise- ment and said he hoped to rulo on Frichy on whether Rose was solidly Upo ceták to drive when autorted?" 20t
week on the basis of a .243 drunkomater reading.
:
Rose, six-foot, retired real ostate man, Imnocked off a
་ ་
tcats to determine whether. he was in full porsasalon of, his faculties after ho, quaffed the whisky.
pint and a quarter of 88-broot He was judged "normal" in whisky in his marathon effort ∙to reach a .240 reading on the drunkometer, but could only got to 122 after the 20 skolā.
Το maki when ha ww arrested that he had only noven or eight drinker,” Court experts gave the sex-
Navy ofler a final series of He was 30 per cent beltre than
wallding a straight line, stand- **ing on one log) and touching his knees. But the experts said defendant showed a "maricoxi deficiency" in such reaction toets na braking (a cor) time, night driving end! glare activity. !
his "sober" test, however, in depth perception, in the midst of Roso's efforts to run the drunkometer reading to .240, a dishevelled little man was brought into the court. room by oflcéry to be given a, drunkometer, too! before charging him. With one blart of him, breath he shot the Indicator to .300, “Wow? snorted. Naso, be sure
and clean out, that thing, don't want that 'to tunaeneo my ronging-United Press,
International airport
before
...
their departure for Mexico City, Miss Taylor will re- cuperate in Acapulco from an operation for a ruptured spinal diw. She spent eight said one- hair weeks
Harkness Pavilion here.
told reporter: "You Taylor
Miss
con say that there is no doubt about us getting married." Told, holding her hand, chimed in, doubt?, I don't even liko that word."United Press.
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