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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1957.
SWEDISH CHAMBER ITALY'S NATO FORCE KEYED TO
OF COMMERCE LONDON JUBILEE
London, Mar. 7. Swedish businessmea in London are preparing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce here while their King and Queen are in England on an unofficial visit in April.
One engagements
Britain, of the few public Pilotage Authority of
which King fell a victim to Nazi bombs, the Gustav VI Adolf will under Council of the Swedish take during his visit la to Chamber of Commerce offered attend a banquet to be held at
of the Brethren at the Elder the Mansion House on April | Corporation emergency ac-
16 in celebration of the Jubilee, commodation in the Chamber's
Importance The
of the office, Occasion as a milestone in the long and close relationship between Britain and Sweden is emphasised by the fact that His Royal Highness Prince Philip, also Duke of Edinburgh, has accepted An invitation to
attend
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of
building damaged. which had be
in as for increased
trickle 1943
Ins
Lmtes, the Eider Brethren
floor- took over the whole
the
own while
Chamber's greatly reduced staff retired to three simul cubicles where its essential work was carried on,
wartime of all In spite Economic Leaders
dufcullies, the end of the war Those present at the banquet found the Chamber's organisa- will include some of the chief
and its Intact
little economic and Industrial leaders relatively of both Britain and Sweden as Enquiries,
10 representatives well
concerned i buch odelat organisations
1102 расп with Anglo-Swedish trade and volume. relations.
was King Cusiny VI Adolf who, as Crown Prince of Sweden, formally opened proseni bullding of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce and its Luncheon Club, on October 12, 1920. The buliding, on Trinity
Tower
stands Square, within a stone's throw of the of one river which forms part of the important shipping lanes inking Britain and Sweden.
the
Since the war, Sweden hac bven Britain's most important In 'rading partner in Europe. post years, the value of their
reached ha
1 200,000,000 a year.
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THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING
CORPORATION
Ordinary Yearly General Meeting
g World War 11, Hour Tommy
Corporat
1 Eighthand, ervices
OVE
were
re-
The offers
end hall re-furnished atid equipped by two Swedish firms. with modern, up-to-date furniture while gifts of money made an expansion of activities possible,
-
Not Feasible
New Blood-Pressure Device-For Pilots
Eisenhower
Doctrine Passed
the birthday of The actual Swedish Chamber of Commerce fell on February 11, the date on which, in 1907, it attained full
Washington, Mar. 7. legal status by the grant of the
The House of Representatives certificate of Incorporation by
Boord of Trade.
This toctay passed a resolution de- the
theclaring that the United States formai
Incorporation was
talks and
resist possible was willing to rimination planalog whlch had begun Communist aggression in the E months previously Middle East by force if neces-
Swedish sary, tion f usinsincs came to London tu Awways Jiro reels
which Saradark exhibition
hold in was proposed to British cupital in the following
cently
wise
*
ot England
int Wales and ly also the chief
ALL QUIET IN BANGKOK: NO ARRESTS
Singapore, Mar. 8. Major Rok Pazyarachun, the Thailand Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, said here last night everything in Bangkok is "peaceful, calm and under con- trol."
Major Panyarachun denied re- had ports that several people been arrested in Thailand since the state of emergency,
He told reporters at Singa- pore airport: Since the unrest in Bangkok following the re- cent elections not a single per- son has been arrested in connec tion with the disorders.”
NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that the Ordinary Yearly General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Cor- poration will be held at the Hend Office of the Corpora- tion, 1, Queen's Road Central Hong Kong, on Friday, the 15th day of March, 1957, at Noon for the purpose of re- ceiving and considering the reports of the Directors and of the Auditors and the Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet for the year ended 31st December, 1956, and for the election of Directors and the appointment of Auditors.
THE REGISTER OF SHARES of the Corporation will be closed from Friday, the 1st day of March to Friday, the 15th day of brought before the conference, March, 1967, (both days he said: "I don't think so. We are Inclusive) during which definitely strong enough to deal period no transfer of shares with any internal
Reuter. can be registered,
By Order of the Board, MICHAEL W. TURNER,
Chief Manager.
Hong Kong,
11th January, 1957.
NOTICE
Major Panyaschun, who was making a brief stop here on his way by plane to Australie, is the leader of a Thailand delega- conference tien to the SEATO
in Canberra,
Asked whether the Bangkok slate of emergency would be
troubles."
Human Rights Commission
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, its chairman
LIMITED
Thirty. Eighth Ordinary Yearly General Meeting
VG
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KIT
United Nations, Mar, 7, The UN Commission Human Rights probably will elect Ambassador Felixberto M. Scrruno of the Philippines next month Geneva, It was learned today,
Informed sources sald there was general agreement on the choice of Serrano. The Coin- miation will meet from April 1 to 20.
Serrano planned to leave for
Notice is hereby given that Genova on March 23 with Hor- the Ordinary Yearly General | tenció J.
Brillantes, Philippine
Meeting of the Shareholders alternate.-United Press.
of the Bank will be held at
the Head Office of the Bank, | NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
10, Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong Kong, on Saturday, the 9th day of March, 1957, at 2.80 p.m., for the purpose of receiving and considering the Reports of the Directors and of the Auditors and the Pro- it and Loss Account and Balance Sheet for the year ended 81st December, 1950, and for the election of Direc tors and the appointment of Auditors.
The Register of Shares of the Bank will be closed from Saturday, 2nd March, 1937 to | Saturday, 9th March, 1957 (both unya luclusivo) during which period no transfer of shares can be registered,...
By Order of the Board,
KANTONG PÓ,
Chief ManagOY,"
Hong Kong, 11th Feb., 1987,
Consignees per
CIE DES MESBAGERIES
MARITIMES
6.3. “TIGNE"
are hereby notified that their cargo w be decharged into the Hong Kong Kowloon Wheel Clodown Co., Ltd. down where it will tem at, consignews' risk and subject to the whara tortne and conditions of storage and where delivery may be
obtained.
Damaged, packages are to
back
in the godown for antination by nobelamers' and the company's sur veyors. Mesars, Goddard & Douglas 10 am, on Monday. ith Matell 1957.
No clotain will be adinitied After the goods love left the godown and 'all goods, temaming undelivered after the 12th Starch, 1957, will ‹ be · sub- Ject to rent,
All elalina ugalost, the vessel, must be presented to -198, undersigned-on be before the 4th Apri91902, or they mao, not be recognised.
No The Intrance will be effected.
GIR DES MESSAGERIES
MARITIMES VA
Hong Konst, 6th March, 1067.
year.
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While the exhibition wp3 found not to be feasible, this meeting of Swedish business the leaders turned out to be strst step towards the creation of Swedish Chamber of Coinmerec in London-China
Mall Special.
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The House adopted the Senate version of the resolution which: Mr Eisenhower sought on д urgent busia two months ago. The Senate passed the Bill on Tuesday night, 72-10.
The measure also gives Mr Eisenhower greater leeway in spending 200 million dollarn
million sterling) (£70
in aid in the military-economic area between now and July 1.
It now goes to the President for signature-Reuter.
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
OUT OF THE FOG-- A NOTE--ASTRANGE GLOWING BALL-
HELP
FERDINAND
NANCY
YOU MEAN-
DIDN'T IT STRIKE
JUL THAT FIREBALL YOU THAT WAY?
NOW, KIDS --- I'LL
TEACH YOU HOW TO MAKE SILHOUETTES
JOHNNY HAZARD
JOHANA
WAS HAVIN' A LOOK AT US?/
AUNT
LET'S WALK AROUND
THE FOG-
FRITZI --- HOW DO YOU
LIKE. MY SILHOUETTES ?
KITTY-Y-YI
Flying personnel of the German army and Lufthansa air fleet are using a unique
tesling
apparatus for blood presture, other physical reactions. machine
heart
wtirlin
their and The simulates 2011 firing conditions by them through
the air. The machine, electro-magnetically operated, can reach speeds of 84 evolutions per minute, is installed at the Institute of Fight Medicine in Bonn.--- Express Photo,
DANISH SHIP TO ENTER AQABA
On
Suez Troop Transfers
Copenhagen, Mar. 7. The Danish Minister of Defence, Mr Poul Hansen, said tonight that the question of withdrawing
SOUTHERN
DEFENCE
Rome, Mar. 7. Italy now has the largest armed forces in Europe directly under the command of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
and
These forces are concentrated for the defence of a 200-mile are reaching from Trieste, on the Adriatic coast, along Alpine crest to the point where the Swiss, Austrian and Italian frontiers meet,
Reorganised after their defeats | fully equipped Italian Infantry [in Would War II and integrated and armoured divisions,
in the North Atlantic Treaty Alpine brigades. Organisation's deltree pinn, Italy's forces are keyed to defend the strategic Mediterranean area, meeting place of Europo, the Middle East and Africa,
The 1947 Peace Treaty be tween Italy and the "Big Four" wartime allies envisaged Italy as a militarily crippled power. Yat today, six years after the creation of the Atlantic Alliance Forces, Italy has a smali but effelent fighting force ready to defend her Alpine frontier.
KEYNOTE
Allied But the most potent unit under General Primieri's command is the United States Southern European Task Force, which is equipped with tactical atomic
"Long weapon-the John" and "Corporal" #tulded missiles with atomic warheads. This
force is mainly expert- mental
and In scope
is the to prolotype of units designed de-
give atomie support to infantry.
The keynote of Italian fence preparations is "co-opera- Bon." The Italian Minister for Defence, Signor Emilio Tavioni, In a recent statement in Parlin-
No snic:
can be nation -sulfolent. In the event of a worldwide confiagration. Italy's defence is guaranteed only in co for as it fits into the picture of the defence
Atlantic of the Community."
the Scandinavian of Allied Land ferers in Suez was discussed at & meeting of the Nordic Foreign Ministers in Oslo last week,
Mr Hangen said: "At the
was decided to ar meeting it
for the present Danish range foroes in Sutz to be relieved by Danish forces which new according to plan will be under United Nations command until the end of October."
Jerusalem, Mar. 7. The Danish ship, Birgitte Toft (3,600 tons) is expected at the israeli Red Sca port of Ellath learned Marih 20, It was lonight.
The ship will be the largest
Mr Hanson said that Norway ever to use this port.
The Birgitte Toft, coming from and Swöden had agreed to make Durban, will carry a cargo of the same rangemento regand-
their
Suez, and foodstuffs. It ing
troops in groundnuts
a whercas Finland might be ex← will sell from Ellath with
tor Ceylon or pected to withdraw her forces cargo of cement
earlier.-Reuter. East Africa-France-Presse.
NOT MUCH FOB--ABOUT, THE SIZE OF A HOUSE- CAN'T SEE THROUGH IT--TOO THICK -LOOKS LIKE ORDINARY FOG-
By Lee Falk and Phil Davis
ONLY ONE THING TO DO. GO INTO IT
AND VANICH-LIKE MY COW? NOT MET
I DON'T LIKE THEM
By, Ernie Bushmiller
ONE BIT
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BELONGS TO
CONTINUED
By MIK
By: Frank Robbins
T-THEN LET'S SHARE ITZ
de
of
Italian
SIDE BY SIDE
and United
States
soldiers train side by side
in these
flold excrclacs involving weapons, although under United Stales atomic energy legislation, be nuclear weapons may only operated by American personnel.
Staff ofera at Verona wel-
Mr comed the news given by Wilson, the United States the lo Secretary of Defence, North Atlantic Council in Paris on December 14, 1958, that the United States is now prepared to supply non-American forces of the Organisation in Europe with factical atomic weapons,
that the
transfer
The Combined Headquarters Sea and Air Forces, Southern Europe, is Naples, under the command of Admiral Robert P. Briscoe, the United States Navy. It was his predecessor, Admiral Robert his
who Carney,
that once said
the ware are won or lost in
and the Medi-
by Mediterranean,
rancan is defended fending the Po Valley."
north Thirty miles
of the He explained at Verona, prohibited the aluggish river Po, focal point within Italy's muclear elements to non-Ameri- Northern Alpine arc, General can forces, but not their ship. Clemente Primleri commands ment abroad under American pll Allied Land forces in control. In the event of a war Southern Europe,
involving North Atlantic Treaty the United States countries, would immediately make avail- able non-American Conces atomic warheads for use, in missiles like "Corporal," Atted either for atomle or convention- al warheads.
Prominent among units under his command are a number of
There's More than Magic in
CADBURY'S
It is Perfection
CUTEX
THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR
NAIL
POLISH
ROWNTREES
A TEA TIME TREAT
.this situation
calls for
San
Miguel
to
ITALIAN STRENGTH
law
of
A spokesman of the Italian Ministry of Defenes outlined the strength of Italian armed forces as at January 1, 1957, as follows
ARMY-3 armoured divi- sions, 10 infantry division16, 5 alpine brigades.
NAVY-3 cruisers,~9 destroy» 12 frigates, 5 sub- marines.
AIR
fighter FORCE squadrons, 2 transport and reconnaissance squadrons,
Two more destroyers are EX- commissioned pected to be during 1957. Italian-made curth- to-air guided missiles for anti- aircraft
defence have been successfully tested and will be taken lato service soon, while the essentials of a nationwide radar network have been com- picted.
Many millions of American dollars bave helped Italy to re- bull her armed forcas notably through the offshore procurement programane" which Italian industry, financed by United States ald, has pro- duced weapons and aircrati for Itallan defence.
by
An anti-aircraft gun described as the most complex weapon ever developed by 'co-operation between nations of the Atlantic Community was recently comTM pleted here after two and half years of intensive research by engineering experts not only of the United States and Italy, but who of six other member nations of the Community.
WINGED LION
Italy has herself devoted large surns to defence. Since 1948, the year in which the joined the Atlantic. Pact, Italy's annual de-. fonce trudget has soared from 172,000,000 to £200,000,000 for the, 1953-57, Bnaricial year.
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or this latter sum, lems than half was devoted. the army,
Italian soldiers under the North Atlantic Treaty Organim- Lion Cocmarid, Bouthern Europe wear the winged Lion of Saint Mark'an their symbol- the Hon which for centuries. In the past represented the power of the Most Exretio Republle, of Venice. Te are delerinect, side by side, with twin-com-
in artnál from, the other.
entrica of the Atlantie Com mandly, comfully to defend the civilisation which dates bock to those times,Ching Mail