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THE CHINA MAI, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1957.
GUN RESTRICTIONS Greece To Increase Army By
EASED IN
EAST GERMANY
Berlin, Mar. 4.
The severe restrictions on the use of guns by civilians, which turned East German forests into a paradise for wild life, during the past 12 years, have now been relaxed because of a growing come, should be addressed to the plague of wild boars and foxes suffering from
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rabies.
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A few East German forestera į hunting weapons, he eald, "it have been allotted shotguns they hove good professional during the past few weeks for knowledge, reliability and po- the first time zinco 1945. At Utical consciousnLESS towards the-end of World War II, the our state and its people.”. Soviet
Ho added that foresters con buy weapons as their personal properly "in connection with the creation of the mid hunt- ofing organisation.”
occupation authorities would not allow Germans to carry any arms. Later, the East German Government also re- stricted The possession weapons.
The result, In the country- side, has many times
been
portrayed by cartoonista who
Join Society
This means that they have to
draw a wild boar laughing at join the sporting and technical nogry farmers, chasing him with | society which not only trains a slick.
Disastrous
them but also schools them politically and makes them pass examinations before giving them The absence of systematica mating permit
or allowing hunting has had disastrous re-
them to buy aholguns and am- sults for many farmera whose munition. rool crops have been ravaged overnight by boars, while rabbits fed on vegetables and foxes carried robles into the farm yards.
face of
Can
West European Meeting In London
Union Safe Ancient Chinese
Cannon Found
"Collective hunters who have earned merit
in their political and professional work, especial- ly in the field of hunting, East Germon pollee or Soviet also buy a weapon if existing soldiers had
be called by the | security
ordinances BTC farmers whenever boars became guarded," Herr Scholz stated. OFFICK STATIONERY too native in a district. They
the considerable Apart from hunted with pistols word hele books, children's
and rifles damage to Vary wide sales-
agriculture done by but did not end the nuisance. 41 South China
boars,
danger the main
to Prefed, Liong Kong
Last October, the East GT animals and humans alike la stil man Government, in 6. Kuwinon Trade
the East German foxos,
Pro-
Paris, Mar. 4. increasing pressure from farm- fessor A. Zunkter, a West Berlin Radio Peking reported that ers, passed a law "on the im-
health officiul, sald as long as one of the world's first cannon, provement of hunting in the German Democratle Republle."
two years ago that "negligence | probably the oldest ever found, has allowed foxes to multiply so among the 2,000 exhibits on much that they have
show in the artillery exhibition, the main carriers of rabice."
which opened in Peking today,
The
In cast bronze in 1351 AD, and weighs 4.75 kilogramtas, It was dis coverd in Yu County, Shan- tung Province, during the Ching Dynasty, the radio said.
NOTICE
THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS,
LIMITED
Notice To Shareholders
Cast German newspapers halled it with headlines such as "how they will get it in the neck" and "free shooting of red ivals (foxes)."
The law provided fur the creation of a "hunting organisa 14
Communist- within the run para-muitory "sporting and technical society."
Nouce is hereby given that the Ordinary Yearly Meeting of the Shareholders of The Hongkong & Shanghai Ilotela, Limited, will be held at the Registered Office of the Coming pany (second floor, Telephone Elouse, Ден Voeux Road
Hongkong)
од
Lentini,
the Friday,
20th day of March 1967, at Noon, fur the
of receiving purpose
the keport of the Board of Directors together with the Statement of Accounts for the year ended 81st Decem
1956, ber,
to re-elect Director and to appoint Auditors.
Notice is also given that an Extraordinary Meeting of the said Shareholders will be held on the same date and at the same place immediately following the conclusion of the said Ordinary Yearly Meeting to consider, nad if thought fit to pass the follow- ing resolution as a Special Resolution, namely:-
"That the Articles of Asso- ciation of the Company be altered in the following manner, that is to say:
(a) That the words Two Directors' in Article 14 be deleted and the
Train People
for
л
This organisation Ja to train people interested in hunting, to organise and supervise all hunt- activity, to keep stores of weapons, and inaue special per- mits
politically-conscious people wishing to buy weapona for themselves,
Herr Paul Scholz, deputy Prime Minister
Ind chairman of the Pengants party, said an interview with the official East German news agency. "The former hunting laws undoubted- y contained deficiencies which prevented orderly hunting and often hindered an effective fight wild animals. against noxious One of the main deficiencies was that there exis
exited To unified hunting organisation."
Herr Scholz said the mew hunting organisation was to be game-keeping. responsible for
for systematic game shooting, and for training huntsmen. Foresters will be equipped with
Congo Queen Has Late Funeral
Brazzaville, Mar. 4.
+ Queen Califouru, ruler of the Bakte people of the Middle Congo, who died eight months ago, was buried with full tribal ceremonies today ot Ngabe, northeast of Brazzaville.
The body, preserved for eight months in sort of cylindrical words коде Director' mummy casing made of cloth
to
substituted in place and banana leaves, was brought thereof.
the cemetery in n truck. followed by Д crowd of
(b) That Article 133 be mourners, beating tom-toms and
deleted and the follow- ing Article substituted in place thereof :----
walling.
Ceremonies will continue for a week, with singing, dancing, the sound of the jungle drums, the blood sacrifice of kids, and prayers to appease the queen's spirit. Franc Presse.
NOTICE
193(a) All deeds or instruments other than #bare certificates re- quiring the seal of the Company shall ba signed by two Directors at the least and coun- HONG KONG CLUT tersigned by the
NOTICE IS HEREBY Secretary or by some, other person appointed GIVEN that the 109th Yearly: by resolution of the General Meeting of the Mem- bern of the Hong Kong Clab will be held at the Club Houeo on Tuesday, 28th March 1957, at 5.80 p.m.
Directors,
(b) Cheques and other instruments not re- quiring the seal of the Company shall bo signed by one Director
R. Y. FROST, Chairman.
and countersigned by Date: 4th March, 1957.
the Secretary or by
some other person
appointed by resolution To ADVERTISERS
of the Directors.”
The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the 16th of March, 1957 to the 29th of March, 1957, both daya Inclusive. A
By Order of the Board · A. SOMMERFELT Becretary,
HONG KONG 2nd Mar., 1987:
for
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Mad Foxes
become
East German newspapers have reported several cuscs of med fixes attacking human belge in the past few years, while in West Berlin, mad foxes have become so numerous in wood- ed areas bordering East Germany that the elly forests administra- tion has ordered
an all-out hunt. Thirty foxes were shot in January of this year.
Children have been warned not to go near foxes which they And dying, sometimes even ол busy strecia-China Mail Special,
cannon
Was
The meeting of the foreign ministers of Western European began het week at Lancaster
Plotare * general view of the shows meeting. At top of table is British Foreign
Becretary Lloyd,
right of
table, from left, are delegates from
Italy, Luxembourg And the Netherlands. On left of table are, from left, delegates from France, Germany and Belgium. ----Express Photo,
MERSEY STRIKE STILL ON
the
Liverpool, Mar, 4. Another antique bronze gun No change in the strike of
15.5 on display weight
KHO 1,400 boller makers in Me grammes with a calibre of 11.5 Merseyside ship repairing 12- em, and la cinimed to date back dustry, which began last Tues to 1373.
day, is expected before Mr Feng Chiu-shink, Pro- | boller makers hold
# mass fessor of Archaeology and ex- meeting on March 0. pert on arms, sald both the guns were older than the iron one In the Berne Museum, which was mode in 1980. France-Presse,
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
WHAT HAPPENED?
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Investigation
Of Union
Rackets
month on
Washington, Mar. 4.
4,000 Men
RE-DEPLOYMENT CAUSED
BY BULGARIANS
Athens, Mar. 4.
The strength of the Greek army is being increased from 105,000 to 109,000 men to make it possible to re-deploy in frontier areas units stationed in Macedonia and Thrace.
there were dea
This step is being taken fol- Bulgarian border. Both lowing reports of reinforcement deferisive positions of the Bulgarian armed forces.
troyed during World War II. Increases in the Greek armed forces on the Greck-Bulgarian During his recent visit to and Greek-Albanian borders is Athens, Admiral Briscoe, Com- regarded here as a move by the mander-in-Chief Allied Forces, Greek General Staff to hold the South Europe, discussed these balance of power in this part of plana which are co-ordinated the Balkan peninsula,
Out-dated
with
for the
the blueprint general deferice of the South European Allied Command, with the Greek General Staff.
and
Defence plans of the Balkan Alliance signed Aby Greece, Yugoslavia
Turkey
1
August 1954, have
10 been out-
Latest Equipment
ob-
The Greek armed forces now being equipped with
ค the
and
dated by events in the Middie Enst
that date. since
servers here state. Mallary co-latest types of milltary equip
operation between Greece
Turkey, for example, virtually
has mont. The Greek army, which after the end of World War 11, coased since
the anti-Greek riots in Istanbul and
was supplied with British war
is now material
progressively roplacing i with up-to-date American equipment.
Under the existing
supply plan of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, Greece in to be provided with motorised vehicles and tanks.
The special Senate Racketa | at Izmir in September 1955.
Committee, Investigation nounced today that it would hold
In view of reports of tho reinforcement of the Bulgarian public hearings of witnesses this
re army, the Greek General Staff the subject of lations between labour unions urged the Greek Government: and the underworld in the New
the Greek 1. To Increase York area.
army's manpower by some 4,000 mcn.
Greek artillery will have the latest model heavy und light To re-deploy certain units gums adapted to local conditions. stationed in Macedonia and Vary large calibre guns, for investigation tomorrow on the Thrace to more advanced post-example, are not suitablo for activities of certain teamsters tions along the Bulgarian and Greece becaure they cannot be (truck drivers) union leaders Albanian borders whence they moved around casky alleged to have underworld con- had recently been withdraw. amountainous territory. nections in Seattle, in the State To man, re-equip and re-
The committee, headed by
Mr Democratie Senator
John McClellan, will continuo Its
2.
in her
де
The men are members of the of Washington, and to draw build the "Metaxas defence} On the basis of the present Unhed Society of Boiler profits from gambling, prostitu-line" and the stronghold domin- redeployment plan, Greece Maken in support of
and a pay tion
other ruckuta.
ating the heights of mount quires for the first time an in- claim.-China Mail Special. France-Press.
Ruppel alon tho Greek-dependent armoined division
which is to be fully equipped It will possess a high fire power and is to become the
Most powerful unit of the Greek armed forces. An, expected de livery, under the Greece-United States mutual assistance fence agreement, of
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de- 25 M-47 tanks will further strengthen this division.
In connection with the M ports of an Increase in the strength of the Bulgarian armed forces which has made the re- deployment of the Greek army In Northern Greece necessary, the pro-Government newspaper, Kathimering, reported that the Bulgarian armed forces have recently boen-supplied --with large quantities of up-to-date wer material by the Soviet Union.
Armoured Squadron
It added that each Bulgarian Infantry division has been pro- vided with an armoured squadron consisting of some 35 T-34 tanks, each equipped with a
80-mm
The Bulgarian setny has also received, accord- ing to the newspaper, some Joseph Stalin tanks equipped with 120-mm guns.
Fun
Greek military experts claim that the Bulgarian army is
belog
on
the
speedily organised Soviet pattern, its divisions ac- Quiring
striking Greater
capacity, with more suxiliary mats and a better system of logistics. Bulgaria's armed forces are believed to consist at pre- sent of 12 infantry divisions and three armored brigades.
The Bulgarian air force is re- ported to have 18,000 men and 700 aircraft, most of which aro jet-propelled. Existing airfields and other facilities, however, could accommodate a far larger mumber of aircraft them that.
Although, the Bulgation navy is amall, it nevertheless has number of destroyers and sub. marines.
is
Bulgaria's mailbary 'establish- ment, Grose experis «ky, being organised in such a way. as to kilow the Inbegastion of a much larger foron than the one now available, according to the newspaper, Kathimerini, Greek military experta comer that this indicates Soviet Intentions to put Boviet troopa Into the ares in the event of waT.
Extra Expenditure
Th6|_ re-deplolymaint of the Creelc armed foreve... Will' mean extra, kaw. inillity àdpenditure. Koë Cërencë in wolfe of the help imonived from the Unido Slates under the Mutual Security Pro-
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