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The Opium Trade
IT would be interesting to how Mr Harry
Tknow
Anslingor, the United States Federal Narcoties Commis- sioner in able to estimate that China is responsible for 05 per cent of the world's illeit opium traffic. He claims that the United Nations ba received "evidence" of shipments from Chinn, But ho will need to be much more explicit if he expecta
that allégation lieved.
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CHINA MAIL
No. 36776
Established. 1845
MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1957.
FRENCH PREMIER
MARGIN
Narrow MANTA RAY Victory CAUGHT AT
Expected
BIG WAVE
Chinese fishermen caught a 11-fool Manta ray at Big Wave Bay yesterday after-
Paris, June 23. Roon.
that this alleged trade is POLITICAL observers
being used to finance pur-
This was reported this here forecast a nar-morning by a Colony real-
chases GI strategic row victory for the 10-dent, Mr A. S. Dower. materials. But cab. Taipei day-old government of be regarded as
Mr Dowen said there were two
wholly reliable authority on this M. Maurice Bourges-junks lying off the beach and subject and should its in- Maunoury when the Na- caught from one of these.
It appeared that the Manta was formation be accepted by tional Assembly meets
the United Nations Com-
At shout 7.15 p.m.. as the mission on Narcotic Drugs tomorrow for a vote of beach began to clear, the fisher- for the compilation of confidence on emer- men rowed a sampan to shore official reports?
towing the ray behind. gency taxes forming
Then they beached the ray.
CERTAINLY Mr Anslinger part of the Govern- Mr Dawer said when he left
is entitled to his suspicions, ment's austerity plan. soon after it was still theTO
They thought
the 42-
but in his capacity as head of the UN Narcotics Com- miasion he is being neither year-old Radical leader might get a majority of 20
their un-
The catching of the ray was the climax of an exciting after- noon. The shark bell sounded tour or five times.
SAW FIN
were all sharks, I saw a finance "I am not sure whether they
good way out but I'm not sure whether it was a shark or Manta, The Mania has a small
n-I noticed it when the Manla was brought to shore," he said.
fair nor objective when he states what appear to be to 40 votes, depending on "It seemed to be dinging all elther his own or someone how many Conservative afternoon," one awimmer said. clse's political prejudices deputies allow as proven facts,
willingness to start a new Mr Anslinger pays that China cabinet crisis to overcome "appears to be acting alone" their dislike of new tuxes. in its opium trade. He says
M. Bourges-Maunoury is cer→ that Russia and the Euro-tain only of the 100 Socialist pean satellites have been votes and about 70 or 80 from most co-operative in helping his own Radical Party and to stamp out opium traffic. other centre groups. But before Mr Anslinger can auggest that China is defying United Nations at- tempts to curtail this trade he must be asked whether the UN has made Approach to Peking to enlist its co-operation, THE real reason why Far
any
He is certain of the oppositions of the 150 Communists and supporters and the 37 deputies of the anti-lax Poujadist group.
10
One Indication that the Con- servatives might decide swallow the pill came yesterday from a leading Conservative, Senator Roger Duchet, who said
they were willing to "vote any
measures, even unpopular ones, East oplum supplies con-provided they are effective" tinue to flood world mar-Reuter. kets is that the UN has not
taken strong enough action
against the worst known
offenders who are also UN Plane Crash
members. What it ought to
do is
to seek tho
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I'ort Hardy, BC, June 23, A Pacific Airlines plane with aboard crushed in
operation of China, Burma 18 persons
Big Wave Bay was crowded yesterday afternoon. Two rows and of tenta lined the beach during the afternoon they were
fully occupied.
7'
But the surf was dat, A porpoise was also reported to have been caught at Big Wave Bay last night.
New Ghana Governor Appointed
London, June 23.
Governor.
and Thailand to track down lames while attempting to take the source of these supplies off troni the airport here this The Earl of Listowel is and the morphine factories || afternoon. which they feed.
Five persons aboard the DC-3 to be the new That will mean sidestepping were sported to have survived General of Ghana, it was diplomatic niceties, ignor the crash, which occured as the announced from Bucking- ing the fact that China is plane was starting to gain al-ham Palace tonight. not a member of the UNlude on a regular fight out of He will succeed Sir Charles and getting Governments the airport on the Northern tip Arden-Clarke. concerned to take positive or Vancouver Island.
action to
clear
The RCAF
immediately dis-
the ill patched two Dakota aircraft to
administered border
of their deadly crop.
areag
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LORD LISTOWEL
Lord Listowel is one of a small group of Labour states- men who have been notably
identified with the evolution of the postwar Commonwealth.
He was the last British Secre
tary of State for India from
April 1947 unth Britain's trans fer of power to India und Pakistun in August of that year.
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HM the Queen last week invested Lord Ismay, former Secretary-General of Nato and Lord Middle- ton, who for 21 years has been Lord Lieut of the East Riding of Yorkshire, us Knights Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter-at Windsor Castle. 、、 Among those attending the ceremony was Sir Winston Churchill who 1 82 and although many onlookers fainted in the terrifle heat he appeared to be unaffected
In spite of his age.
Photo shows: Police and ambulance men attend
to a woman who fainted—while Sir Winston Churchill
Sentence Changed From Death To Life Imprisonment
CHAN Hon, 30-year-old factory worker
sentenced to death for the murder of a fellow worker who died as a result of the Tsun Wan riots last October, had his sentence changed to life imprison- . ment by the Full Court this morning.
The Court substituted a man- | slaughter, as they regarded te slaughter verdict and held that attack by accused as deliberate, the Trial Judge should have put But, Mr Justice Hogan went the question of manslaughter on, the Court could not say that berore the Juy.
the Jury could not have re turned such a verdict if it had been open for them to do 20.
The Chief Justice, Mr Justice M. J. Hogan, and the Senter Pulene Judge, Mr Justice T. J. Gould Court.
comprised the
He said that if a reasonable Full Jury could have found so, then Chan Hon was sentenced by them, although in the prezent this should have been open to Mr Justice C. W. Recce at the onso it was possible that the Criminal Scasions on April 3, Jury woužil have returned' a after he had been found guilty verdict of murder even if the by Special Jury of the murder question of manslaughter had of Lam Tak-sang.
been left to them to decide. The evidence was that Lam the Chief Justice said that in the After substituting the verdtet, was among a
group of people circumstances the Full Court taken from a trade unlon bulld- thought that the
appropriate
ing by a mob, and that the ap sentence should be one of lito pellant was seen to strike Lain Imprisonment. on the
head with an electric torch which caused him to fail,;
APPEAL GROUNDS
The grounds of appeal alleged miadirection by the Trial Judge in his summing-up.
Mr V. L. J. D'Aiton and Mr H. L. Hu, instructed by P. L. Lam and Co.. represented, the appellant. Mr Dy Boa, Crown Counsel, represented the Crown.
PAK TANG BACK
IN CHINA
The 21-ton Pak Tang, A
Reading the written decision, Chinese registered motor which took 40 minutes, the Chief vessel, arrived in Tong Ko Justice reviewed the evidence Wan, Chinese territory, and the argumente presented by both sides.
yesterday afternoon,
It appeared. His Lordship said, Chinese newspapers re- that the Trial Judge had with-ported this morning, drawn the question of mun- slaughter from the Jury.
The vessel which sailed Inlo He said, the Court was dis- Cheung Chau Harbour on June posed to take the view that it 12 with a dead man, 35 passen- was extremely unlikely in this gera and a crew of nine and two case that the Jury would have others on board, belongs to the returned a verdict of nun- Kwangtung Sea Products Co., the
reports spid
MORTAR BOMBS KILL FOUR
Fort Sill, Okla, June 23.
The dead man was identified ag Fong Young, employed of the Service Department, Chu Hoi, who was alleged to have been beaten to death by the passengers with iron rods and hammers. The reports said another pas- senger, an employee of Tam Kong Shan Sea Products Distri-. bution Centre, fell into the sca scue and dis-
during the appeared.
Another passenger, whose name was given a Wo Cheung-
The US Army said today that "several" mortar bombs yesterday fell on a group of looks on from the rear. With him is Lady Churchill, soldiers, killing four, during a practice exercise. -Keystone Photo,
It first was reported only one mortar bomb Shan Distribution Centre,
yau, chler of the Tam Kong dropped into the midst of Company B, 522nd also injured and was among Infantry Battalion as it charged a hill supported wan, the reports added, by other units.
PORT SWETTENHAM CARGOES TO BE LEFT IN COLONY
Singapore, June 23.
Shipping agents in Kuala Lumpur said today export cargo destined for Port Sweltenham would be left in Hongkong or other ports because of the current nationwide "go-slow" by 7,000 railway workers.
Hongkong trade and freight too early for the Colony to know He was the last Secretary of circles" said this morning they, that any cargo had been left State for Burma - from April, had heard nothing about this here because of the go-slow 1947 until Burma_received her step taken by the shipping|strike, the sources said. Independence in January 1948, ngeals in Malaya. Adopted one Several ships have already -Reuter.
for two days ago, it was perhaps been diverted to Singapore to
HE SOLICITED POLICE
INSPECTOR
A Police Inspector standing at the junction of Austin Road and Nathan Road on Sunday night was approached by a man who asked him whether ho wanted a girl.
The man said: I can get you a girl of 17, 18, 19 or 25 years of age. Come with me to a hotel and I will fix it up for you.
Inspector G. C. Morgan hailed a passing taxi. They got in and Inspector Morgan told the driver to go to the Yaumati Police Station,
At Kowloon Court this morning, the man, Ngan Chiu-mo, 25, was fined $50 by Mr Derek Cons for soliciting for immoral purpose..
unload cargo, but all such over- carried cargo has been declared "black" by one Singapore dock labourers' mion,
Another four unions have decided not to join the boycott on cargo originally destined for Port Swettenham.
Heavy Losses
An Army spokesman said it had been determined that more than one bomb burst among the 175 men but added it was not known just how many. An in- vestigation was continuing.
Fourteen other soldiers were injured in the accident in full view of some 300 spectators about a mile away from the
scene.
The bombs seremmed into a
Company B platoon
advanced
Lo
I
capture Adams The platoon, was hacked
by the 537th Field Artillery
Battalion,
One of the dazed survivors said: "We were going up the hill and suddenly there was an ex- plosion. I don't remember what happened"—Retzler,
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