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COMMENT OF
THE DAY
Budget Debate
17HEN the Colony in pre-
WHEN
sented with a nancial Budget which defies norious criticism, considerable
measure of sympathy can ho felt for the Unofficial members of Legislative Council entrusted with the duty of debating its provi- slons, Detailed analysis of the Estimates become
redundant, and to be eri-
tical of policies which are both appropriate und realls. tic would be carping. The Unofficials are thus thrust back on exploring proposals for future expanalon andl improvement of the Colony's public services, facilities
Established 1845
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THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1957.
Price 20 Cents
RELAX IN
DAKS
Whiteaways
CANAL READY BY APRIL 10 Arbitration
Restoration A Month
Ahead Of Estimate
General Raymond Wheeler, in Operations in the Suez Canal, who Ismailia tonight, said he would tell Canal will be “in perfect order" by of the original estimate.
Asked when the
clear-
Cairo, Mar. 20. charge of UN Salvage arrived in Cairo from Mr Hammarskjold the April 10, a month ahead
and amenities, "Yesterday's ance of the tug. Edgar BADAMS MURDER TRIAL Budget debate produced a net would be completed thoroughly comprehensive allow the transit of ships of job in this field of inquiry, 26-foot draught, he said: Several of the subjects dis. "We will raise the Edgar cussed involve long-term Bonnet on Monday except if polley and planning; many something unexpected hap- 100 have been debuted
pens; you know how sul- before. Yet none of them could be ruled as frivolous, Vage work is."
Ajon.
He said the German team On the contrary without with the powerful salvage craft exception they represent Energie and Ausdauer would problems which must "plck
up the wreck of thic Hooner or later be resolved frigate Abukir from the Gult of if Hongkong is to maintain Suez. Its present tempo of expan- "They will start on Friday and our optimistic estimate is they Town planning, which In-will have completed the job by
cludes the creation of autel. April 10. lites, more and wider roads, pedestrian subways, park Ing allotments and recreu- tional amenities, attracted the attention of some of the Unofficials, who also re. vealed a keen appreciation of the necessities associated with this question. IN Kowloon
and the
New Territories planned development of new areas presents nothing like the difficulties which beset the same subject on the island.
A new
General Wheeler said: "The Abukir will be towed and dump. ed into the Great Bitter Lake's graveyard."
LIGHT CONVERSION
the conversion of entire lighting system from gas to electricity
He said the Canal's
would take cight months.
"But we will have the gaa system working by April so that night navigation of the
Canal may be de
The
10
condi-
half
Defence Springs New Surprise
London, Mar, 20.
Counsel defending Dr John Bodkin Adams on a charge of murder today startled three middle aged mursos — all key prosecution witnesses — by revealing he knew about their private conversations on a train.
Argentina Verging On Bankruptcy
Buenos Aires, Mar, 20. Senor Roberto Verrier, Argen tina's
new Finance MinEter, sued a warning in a nation- wide broadcast today that the nation was on the verge of merupas pesting from Government House, where he addressed a joint meeting of the Cabinet, political leader and service chiefs.
The disclosure brought a stern warning from the Judge trying the bachelor ducion that he would take a serious view of it if the nurses were again caught discussing the cave
outside the
COUTI
Defence
Mr The
Counsel, Geoffrey Lawrence, who has atrendy sprung surprise after surprise on the prosecution, did not tell how he had managed to eavesdrop.
As soon as Slater Annie Mason Eitis stepped into the witness box today, he immediately con- fronted fier with his knowledge of her train conversation, which had taken place only two hours previously on her way to court.
Questioned 5 Hours „Under his searching questions, she agreed one of the other nurses had said on the train: me into trouble." This, she "Don't say that or you will get
administered to
Offer By Engineering
ANGLO-US ACCORD POLITICIAN Employers
EXPECTED ON CANAL TOLLS
TRESPASSED
ON BASE
Corporal Was "Rude"
Singapore, Mar. 20. Mr Lim Yew Hock, the
London, Mar. 20. British engineering em ployers tonight agreed to submit to arbitration a wagon“ disputo which
threatens to bring 3,000,
000 engineers out on strike.
Tuckers Town, Bermuda, Mar. 20. Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and Presi- dent Eisenhower, in a private conference tonight
The employers made their with their secretaries, explored a vast field of Chief Minister, cabled offer to arbitrate during "pence" Anglo-American problems to be covered in the from London today for talks they had with Minister of
information about Labour, Mr Iain Macleod. next few days, with particular emphasis on Britishi full
The strike, for a 10 per cent insistence on withdrawing thousands of United military police questioning pay increase, la due to beg
begin on of an Asian politician for Saturday when vildegi Kingdom troops from the European defence force having entered a Royal are due out in the
men of a The British are expected to Air Force security area on series of guerilia" aloppagos.
The remaining 2,000,000 will start withdrawal of 18,500 troops, this island, baso.
be out by April the biggest Immediately, but no terminal Acting Chief Minister, Mr A. technical shut-down in Britain date has been set. The United J. Braga, said tonight "I am
for
30 years. States' position is that this might, sending a full report of this utt- seriously weaken the allied pleasant incident with my com- European shield against possiblemente," Soviet expansion,
Mr Braga said witnesses had sabetantiated that a Royal Air American sources on the eve Force corporal has been "rude, of the historic hands-across-the-arrogant and used language set conference expressed belief which hardly beus repetition that the British and Americans In front of the politician, would come to "total agreement"
Tan Theng on the payment of tells on ships of the Singapore Legislative As
Chiang, a member passing through Canal, but the details and ex-sembly and an assistant minis. tent were highly secret.
Professional Jealousy
San Francisco, Mar. 20. A special Jury in charge of organising að
open-air painting
exhibition In Berkeley. (California) next June decided today, by 4 votes to three, that Betsy, the chimpanzee-painter of Baltimore, would not be allowed
to exhibit her work, beside the paintings of human colleagues,
Betay's paintings have boen much admired in somo art ciroles and have been sold for considerable sums-France-Pressc,
MOLLET'S PRESTIGE SHAKEN
the
Sucz
British sources said Mr Mac- milian was prepared to drive bard bargains with the Preal dent.
Among other items expected to be placed on the agenda, sources Bald. were the broad Middle East problem, the cur rent situations in Hungary and Poland, the Cyprus dispute, and the American fear of Soviet penetration into Africa-United Press.
Dead Revived
ter.
DENIAL
Mr
To See Macleod
Later tonight trade union lenders were Macleod
dus to see Man
"At the same time, Sir Brian Robertson, Chairman of the Commission, British Transport of the 370,000-member National opened wage talks with leaders Union of Railwaymen, who had rejected an offer of a three per cent pay riso as "an insult" after asking for 10 per cent, An RAF spokesman, denying They agreed to mees Slo the charges, told Reuter: "We Brian again tomorrow, in an i can't possibly apologise becauso endeavour to solve “the difficult there is nothing to apologise situation." for."
The engineers "guerilla” An RAF policeman last Fri- strikes will hit defence orders day intercepted Mir Tan with a and stop work in pikmis turning party of journalists and govern- out cars, akroruit, agricultura. ment oficials after they had machinery, electrical equipment used a jetty attached to the RAF and machine tools, Chang base on Singapore to make a launch trip to a nearby laland to inspect water supplies.
Router.
Australia To Cut
Army Draft:
by
In the rail crisis today, Me Jim Campbell, General Secre tory of the NUR appealed to his executive not to take any pres cipáinto actioni.
"The question is top delicate to make any extended.COML»» ment at this etigo” ho said, Shipyarda Silent,
Asked about tions in
he said: the Canal, dredging position is quite good. I do not think any additional dredging will be re-
Paris, Mar, 20.-
Naples Man 30 quired to allow transit by April
A. 61-year-old woman, Maria 'The French Government
Moriello, who was "dead" for 10 as three dredgers have been
feels its prestige has been seven minutes today, Was
The NUR's rejection of” the working for one
and
severely shaken in the cur- brought back to life again by
Canberra, Mar. 20. three per cent offer does not months all along the Canal."
rent policy debate, that M. doctors. Mrs. Moriello's heart The Australian Government affect the Amaciated Society, of call drastic steps were taken at once General Wheeler announced Senon Verrier said that unless
Guy Mollet, the Prime stopped beating as she was being proposes to reduce" ita" ormy | Locomotive Engineers. and
on intestinal draft that an internationes crud for the country's enerves would be referred to testimony, that drugs Miski at formal vote of con- almenistered a heart silqurant and the porte, Indorem eu sourc the
Minister, is hesitating to operated on for
17,000 men and to Firemén—the 70,000 men who The doctors quickly suspend drafts into the Navy actually drive trains. ramme, to be financed by exhausted by the end of 1957
Mre dith
British chipyards, crammed the UN had been made.
and unless the domestic budget Marrell, rich old widow the doc.fidence, it was learned to-and commenced artificial and dil today.
£900
million sterling "We have received many bids deficit were reduced the rate of tor
is accused of polsoning, night.
piration. They Anished the inflation in 1968
The sources said the Govern worth of home alrendy," he said.
and overscOS would double were kept in a locked cabinet, that of lost year-China
M. Paul Ramadler, Finance operation.
ment proptent was announced contracts, remained silent ; and
: Mall Sister Mason Ellis' recollection Minister, Special.
caused apprehension Now the doctors think there by Defence Minister Sir Fullp deserted
the, Afth day was that the drugs were kept in yesterday with his prophecy of is a good chance that their McBride during a secretrpeeting through a strike of $200,000 a drawer and there was no
patient will recover completely. with Parliamentary partien- building and repair men- budget increases next year and cabinet,
considerable
United Press. economie strain till-France-Presse.
Reuter. 196 160 or 1961. Today M. Jean Legendre, home in Eastbourne before her
a right-wing deputy, hours landed a further blow-an attack death in 1850, was five
on government policy in Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco.
This applies particularly in the matter of arterial rouda into and out of the city. The problem re-evoked in yesterday's debate comment DN the Queen's Road military lands and produced
emphasis on necessity for Government striving still yet harder to obtain repossession of that valuable area. Arguments for the surrender of at least a goodly portion of the military lands have become stronger by virtue of the declared polley of the Imperial government to reduce its overseas garrl- sons, and the
mument
WORKSHOPS
General Wheeler added that the Canal' workshops were now in 80 per cent operating condition and their repair satisfac- "proceeding
WAS torily.
Asked if he was satisfied with appears to be propitious for the overall progress of his work, a further approach to the he said with wide smile! War Office for Home "Well, we have beaten some of positive assurances about our schedules, haven't we?" - rendition of the property in China Mall Special.
the not distant future.
There will be a wide mensure
of public support for the that the North proposal
Point development project should be repented in parta of Kowloon and the New Territories. It is an mirable form of decentralisa- tion-and decentralisation
ad-
Is the logical solution to the problem, constantly becoming more and more aggravated, of
arens.
Menon: A Key Figure
a
New York, Mar. 20. over-built Mr V. K. Krishna Menon, and over-populated urban | Indian Minister without portfolio, was seen in United SEVERAL of the subjects Nations circles today as
discussed in yesterday's key figure in moves to solve debate called less for new the Suez Canal issue along official.policies and more for lines acceptable to both the accelerated implementation West and Egypt. of principles and designs already approved by Govern- Diplomats said Mr Menon was One example was certainly performing a valuable
ment.
in function
hig talka
with
the plea for greater official president Nasser in advance of encouragement for private the arrival in Cairo of Mr Daz Institutions to build hos Hammarskjold, United Nation'a pitals and contribute in Secretary-General.
L
other ways to enlarging
Western delegations noted 10-
and improving the Cotony's day's medical services.
US State Department
Mrs Mason Eills, who nursed
Intelligence Mrs Morrell at her mansion
Chief Deposed
in the witness box.
Mr Lawrence took her point
The Cabinet has authorised: M.
by point through daily reports Mollet to ask for a vote of con-
she had written at the time about the old
dition
On
а
fidence at the end of the debate, woman's con- In that case, he would make the Beirut, Mar. 20.
and treatment. These Syria's strong man, Colonel reports, in eight school exercise proposal on Friday and the vote Abdul Hamid Sarraj, has been
books, wire produced as sur- would be taken next Tuesday.
exhibits by Ousted from
priso his key post of head of Military Intelligence in yesterday.
Describing carried out by Purge
army leaders, according to reports reaching hero.
a
The reports said that Sarraj, head of the Deuxieme Bürenú.
(Military Intelligence), had been forced to mesign by General Nizom el-Din, chief of the Syrian General Staff.
the defence
contre
format conâdence motion, the depullen must vote them as "the in person, not by proxy. In view of the wage of hostility, fountain of truth,"
Mr Law-which has swept over its rence read extracts recording
And
rightwing suppories since Hits of rage and irritability by Mrs Morell, who, according to yourday, the Government
mang depuller the prosecution, was deliberate amid that too by killed by massive quantities might stay away, creating
danger of defeat of drugs.
'Don't Know"
The Premier's aides said to-
that he might
1
therefore
One extract read: "Sald I re- seck a "semi-official", confidence fused to look after her and said | V
vote an ordinary cote pre- did nothing but sit dowment by the Premier that he will ceded by a solemn. announce- when I was on duty. Wished she was dead and she knew indoctor who would put her
sleep forever. Later for the aforementione pologised
A number of Sarraj's suppor- ters also were dismissed from their posts, the reports added, and several officers had been charged with mutiny.
Sarraj, a mystery figure the Syrian polities, was regarded as ment and
power-behind-the-govern
one of the leading supporters of collaboration with the Soviets.-United Press.
US Magazine Dearer
New York, Mar, 20. Newsweek magazine
rosign if defeated--China Mait Special, to
Stressing that the widow was being attended at this time by Dr Adams, Mint Lawrence palced the witness "Here she was wishing she knew a doctor who would fill the qualifications she wonted."
Sister Maren Dills replied: "I don't know to whom she was referring." From
booka
Table-Tennis Star Seeks Asylum
Stockholm, Mar. 20. the
mursing *caso The Hungarian table-tennis the, defence counsel also champion, 22-year-old - Mrs statement that Egypt's new nounced today its single copy brought out evidence that Mrs Agnes Simon, has applied for Possibly from the official | memorandum on operation of price will be raised from 20 to Morrell was not in a coma Inngylum in Sweden as a poli- viewpoint a more controver the Canal was a lentative pro- 25 cents effective with the the afternoon at the day beforetical refugee, the police at sial proposition was that poeal zubject to consultation April 1 Issue which will go on her death. The trick was ad- Government should sub with the. Steretary-General news stands next week.United journed til tomorrow, China stantiate its professed keen and the reaffirmation of United Press
Mall Special. ness to promote the tourist based on the six principles op-. industry by offering loans
at reasonable interest rates and land at low cost to encourage private enterprise
States cupport for a solution
proved by the Security Council last October.
· FULLY CONVERSANT
to press forward in building The interpretation given hero
A sufficient number of hotels to this statement was that the
submitted
com
HK REFUGEE PROBLEM REFERRED TO UN
· London,- Mar, 20. CONSERVATIVE "men" érot, Dame Irene Ward asked the costial Secretary, Mr: Lennox-Boyd, In the House of Commons to% My Awantur be: would' fup- port the Gevardor, of Hong- kang's request for Unlled Natione, sealstance in helping
to accommodate our tourists. Egyptian proposals, The proposal may at least yuterday, are capable of en-
U. Parliment largement to satisfy the Power's reveal what sort of priority requirements. Government rates
Menon, who is fully tourism -promotion. Conversant with the Western view- By and large the Budget point, is believed here to have debate was far more stimu- been using his unique diplomaile lating than was perhaps position and Eds long experience anticipated, and the official in statesmanship to advise Pre- replies will be "Awaited with aident Nazara en a course in the Enfarestia 10
international interget Beuter.
the
Maimon said today.
Her appileation is expected to be granted.
Mrs Simon took part in the world championships here last
She went with the other 11 members of the team in Stock, holm: Central Stallon, she told the police, but hid in a corner. while the team boarded
the
| Shó was told in a written reply | train, kuna th
that Her Majesty's. Govern«
Then
went to friends at Lidingoc outside Stockholm. meni have already pal Hong Later she made her way, south Kong's ense" "to, the Executive Maine and
stayed in the Council of the United Nations fat of Arends there foot out
High" Corumbitán – Poe, !He- ff1 did not put my
15115 has been' aide the flatgunlil I won, sure stions, to | that the team was back :-in - the | Hungary " she said - Trinca, de Mru: Simon muid her husband is in Hollande
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