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THE DAY
No Surprises
THE result of the Urban
1 Council by-election could hardly be described as surprising. Mr Brook
Bernacchi (Reform) has 4 largo personal following and a long record as politician. In this Colony. Mr Allport is a virtual new- comer to this field but as. he is one who has shown a keen interest in the affairs of the community it is to be hoped he is not dis- couraged by the outcome.
It is Interesting, however, to compare Wednesday's voting with the full election figures in March wherein the Civic Association condı-
dates polled heavily. Indeed
Mr Lf. Yiu-bor topped the poll on that occasion with
elested with
CHINA
No. 36768
Established 1845
FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1957.
STASSEN TRIES
Western Allies Protest
Over Action
By DEREK MARKS
London, June 13.
A PRIVATE deal with Russia has been tried by Mr Harold Stassen, the United States representative at the disarmament talks here.
This is the conviction of London diplomats after a new dispute between America and her Western allies.
4,669 votes-600 votes more than
Speaking in Finland today, Mr Bernacchi-and iwo other Civic candidates Russia's Mr Khrushchev said the Soviet Union would agree to inspection posts being set up in her territory, the United Stales, Britain and other coun- tries it this wouki
ald agree- ment en banning neelen: testa.
were
more than 3,500 votes ouch. Mr Allport on that oceaalon polled 3,270 votes against only 1,486 votes yesterday, and Mr Bernacchi's 2,690.
Mr Valerian Zorin, in private negollations with Mr Slasten.
Britain, France, Canada and other powers at the talks pro-
tested.
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PRIVATE DEAL
South Africa Increasing Duty
On Hongkong Products
Capetown, June 13.
The South African Finance Minister, Mr Rom Naude, moving the second reading of the Customs Duty Amendment Bill in the Assembly to- day said the Bill introduced a form of customs duty which would give South African manufacturers of certain goods bigger protection against
better quality articles from Western countries.
The Minister said that in bored on the value of certain terms of various International articles imported by a duty based agreements South Africa could on the article itself, not impose discriminatory duties
Imports
For example, It was intended Hongkong from which included such articles as to levy a duty of nine shillings
tocks, buttons,
raincoats, and enamelware.
woodscrew, Er garment in the case of rain-
vant
To provide adequate protec- tion for local manufacturers the od valorem duty that high Would have to be imposed would make the importation of rele
articles rom Western countries virtually impossible. Over-
But
these Importation of articles from the West was in the interests not only of South Africa
but also the industries concerned.
3. "Open skies" serial mspection of roses in the Aretio and Europe, aa- suming agreement of bonutrien to be flown. Though West Germany has been reported as reluctant to agree to a. European inspection zone before German reunifica- tion, other Western European allies were understood to have no objection to the idea of such
a zone,
Replace Duty
Mr Noude said it had therefore been decided to replace the duty
London TALKS TO RESUME
I an authoritatively informed that this proposal was made It is therefore difficult to
several days ago by Russia's docido how much of yester-disarmament delegate in London, day's voting in favour of Mr Bernacchi was due to his | personal following or to better mobilisation of party supporters. It would про pear both factors played some part in his victory and that the Civic Associa- tion's "regular" following into Landon from Washington for Jesa substantial though, on the resumption of the talks to the last election results Ita
reports say Mr policies appear to be more John Foster Dulles, the Secre appealing.
tary of State, has emphasised THE only other conclusion to Mr Stassen that future In-
Mr Stassens
morrow.
Washington
formal
is due to return
talks with Mr Zorin
not The chief fear in London is that the row caused by Mr Stasien may have weakened the Western powers' negotiat
ing authority.
possible is that the should nol Include "major apathetic attitude of the problems." olectorate which surprising in view of the proximity of the two elections was less damag. ing to Mr Bernacchi than to
China Mail special coryts- his opponent. If there is ponent John Earle says the four any conclusion for the Civic Western members of the UN Sub- Association to draw from cominlite plan to meet privately this it may be that it has a tomorrow before the official less highly developed politi.session in the afternoon. eal machine than the Reform The Western meeting
would Club or
Теня літ perhaps
at achieving a united contact with its supporters attitude on the latest United than its rivals have.
Stoles disarmament proposals, which America's Western ailles That only 4,102 voters tuned have been considering for a out the electoral roll is fortnight but have so far folled 19,305 is disappointing but to approve. not surprising. The figure roughly conforms with the low totals recorded at other
ment.
Bus Mows
Down Queue
London, June 13.
LX people were killed and 12 injured, one seriously, when
a double-decker, bus mounted the pavement and hit a queue in London's busy Oxford Street loday.
The pus swerved off the road at the height of the after- noon shopping rush. The driver'suld later that he had a blackout;
Four of thood Icilled were men. and two wezo women. One of the Injured was in a critical condition but 11 others were sticated” Krožji, hospital after Braafruent, et
A witness said the bus suddenly mounted the curb and struck the wall of a bank, carrying several of the victims along underneath ft.--Heuler,
POLL GOING Waterhouse
AGAINST PREMIER
London, June 13.
The British public's views
Resigning
London, June 13. Captain Charles Water-
THREE FEATURES on Mr Harold Macmillan as house, Conservative mem- Prime Minister are harden-ber of Parliament and Mr Stossen's proposals have elections and allowance not been disclosed, but according ing. The number of "don't former leader of the "Suez must be made for the fnet to unconfirmed reports they knows" has dropped from rebel", the right-wing Con that Wednesday's contest contala the following features of 18 to 13 per cent, according servatives who supported was a by-election.
a partial disarmament agree to the latest Daily Express Hongkong it seems will need a
* An immediate tem-poll of public opinion, big political isauc awaken the public to its civic responsibilities-and under present circumstances and the limited
Веоре available to elected members in the Urban Council this does not seem likely.
10
porary ban
on nuclear tests, linked to a "cut off And most of the newly made date" after which salon up minds have gone against Mr Macmilion. But pubile sup- production for
İy steady.
able
firm action against Egypt, announced today that he in his seat would resign Parliament this summer.
Waterhouse said he will
his business affairs.
milliary purposes wonta part for the Tories remains faire devote himself in the future to
ccasu.
cut la conventional arms
2. A 10 to 15 per cent Fifty-Bve per cont said they
were salofted and 32 per cent Captain Waterhouse recently asul military expenditure, were dissatisfied in the current | broke with the right-wing of the poll. This compares to 54 and a Conservative Party and gave his half and 27 and a half per cent support to Prime Minister. respectively in the May poll, Harold Macmillan's decision to Asked if they were satisfed resume British use of the Suca or not with Government's con- Canal. He did not follow the duct of affairs in the current example of other "Suez rebels", poll, 45 per cent said they were such as Viscount Hinchingbrooke and 40 per cent said they were and seven other Conservallves,
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PARIS MURDER MISTRESS BLAMED
SOS-Crew About To Mutiny
NAVY RUSHES TO RESCUE
Bahrein, June 13.
An armed boarding party from a Royal Naval frigato came to the rescue of a British tanker captain today after his Chinese crew | threatened to mutiny.
The skipper of the 10,422-ton Gervase Sicigh sent out an SOS call and the 1,575-loa British frigate HMS Loch Alvic met the Lanker
anchor near 1110 entrance to the river Shatt Al Arab in the Persian Gult,
Sailors from the frigate, per cent ad valorem en import siclan, today assailed his armed with rises and pistols, rushed aboard the tanker and mistress, Simone Des-seized six Chinese who the champs, as being entirely caplain said were the ringlealers responsible for the stabbing of the mutiny plot.
In the case of raincoata im- ported
this from Hongkong duty would be equivalent to 87 per cent ad valorem but only 17
from Britain.-Router.
QUEEN TAKES
Paris, June 13. Dr Yves Evenou, a phy-
TAKES to death of his wife, Marie-
BIRTHDAY
SALUTE
London, June 13. Thousands of sightseeing tourists thronged the fringes of Horse Guards Parade near Buckingham Palace here today to watch Queen Elizabeth, In scarlet tunic and tricorner hat, take the saluté on horseback at the Trooping the Colour cere mony.
Claire, two years ago.
DR EVENOU - Both are under-indictment The centuries-old ceremony is now traditionally celebrated on for the crime, Simone" con- Le Sovereign's official birthday.essed that she stood mude, in The Queen, sitting side-saddle ballet slippers and black gloves, and on her new mount, "Imp", rode over the sleeping wife, down the wide avenue of The plunged a life into her as she Mall from Buckingham Palace. slept, the police sald. Her husband, the Dulco of At a stormy scene today, Edinburgh, and uncle, the Duke of Gloucester, rode behind her, wearing the uniforms of the Welsh Guards and the Scots Guards,
"IMP" SHORT FOR "IMPERIAL"
This
year the regimental
not, This compares to 45 and who resigned from the Parlia-colour of the First Battalion
half per cent and 45 per cent mentary Comervative Party in Irish Guarde was trooped. respectively in last month's poll protest against Macmillan Back at Buckingham Palace, Asked which party they would decision to resume the use of the Queen and other members vote for 11 a general election the Suez Canal-France-Presse, of the Royal Family watched were held immediately, 44 and o
half per cent sald they would
vole Socialist,
Bremen, June 13.
These figures are unchanged The West German Navy's since the Inst poli. London | first torpedo boat was launched Express Servico.
yesterday-Unlled Press.
In Saturday's Mail
Tomorrow the China Mail introduces two new Saturday features.
from the balcony an RAF fy past-Reuter.
Journalist Refused Passport
Washington, June 13.
The State Department
Michael Ianes, the first of ske authors to write for the China Mall Crime Club, starts the; series with a'complete short story-passport division, today pro-
BLACKMAIL.
Alexander Thomson delves into the art of making money and tells how those who have it made it. For instance Vincent Jobs slept on the Embankment, Now he is running his 14th Rolls-Royce.
Among the other features will be:
Robert Koch, the Blological-detective.
★ Friendly Owl by Thurlow Cralu,
The Horrors of Lidice.
Men who ace in the dark by Dominle Jones.
And, of course, Giles, Friell, Logan Gourlay, Peter Buchan, and Thomas, Wiseman will all be there for your weekend rending-
visionally refused to grant a passport renewal to William Worthy, reporter for the. Baltimore Afro-American,
to China last who went December.
The renowa wGY refused after the passport division heard testimony by Mr Worthy, who deded a State Department ban on travel to China after Chinese authorities had invited American newamen to visit the country.
The Anal decision in up to Mr. Rock: O'Connery, bent of the Blate Department's Division of Consular Aftades stuž kyouršky ---
The arrested men were taken jashore and turned over to the
Iraqi pollee.
TOOK CONTROL
After the boarding party took control of the situation, the rest of the Chinese crow refused to handle the ship and also were put ashore.
A skeleton crew from the Loch Alvie went aboard the tanker and the ship moved of toward Mina al Ah-Adi under escort by the frigate.
Turning Reds To Pinks
Hull, June 13. Russian sailors bought a Cousand pali. of glasses
from the tocal Woolworth store yesterday
In
buying sproo that had even phlegmatto Britons pursled
The Burdons were from Pho freighter Balashov which he been loading cargo in Hull for the part four daysUnited Freez
14 Killed In Truck Crash
New York, June 13. An Army truck carrying
men of the famous : 101st Airborne Division on
The owners of the tanker are the Singapore Navigation Com-25
pany,
The Loch Alive is a 1,575-ton training mission went vessel and curries two four-out of control on a surve luch, six 40 millimetre and nine today and plunged 25 feet.
into a creek.
Bofors guns.
She is part of the Persian. Gulf Squadron and her captain is Commander W. I. Campbell United Press & Router.
GIRARD CASE
Simone charged that the doctor instigated the crime and showed
Washington, June 13. her how to perform the killing after he had drugged the wife. Chairman Thomas S. Gordon nothing to do with sald today his House Foreign
"I had
" Dr Evenou said. Weeping, Affairs Committee will delay,
Major Louis Berault of the Fort Campbell Publle Informa tion Office, Kentucky, sold 14 men исто killed and nine injured.
Officers said the truck was taking the men back to their base when it crashed through a guard rail into shallow Finey Ford Creek.
he ploaded: "My wife was an ad- if necessary final action on A light cargo helicopter had mirable woman. I will never President Eisenhower's foreign to be used to lift one end of forgive the killer."-France- aid programme to investigate the track off the bodica-United Pressc.
the Girard case,-United Press, Press
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