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COMMENT OF
THE DAY,
THE GOVERNOR
THERE will be widespread { THER
regret at the announce- ment that Hongkong is to Jose its popular and much loved Governor who hus given 10 years devoted ser- vice to the welfare of this territory and its inhabi- tants. Never has a Gover." nor of this Colony earned Auch affection that the
retention for such a long
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1957.
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TEK PANDON CONFUNT IN ACTION TIEBERKS
HBN GRAAD 34 MYCÍ DN
BIG HK RUBBER DEAL EXPECTED Industrialists THE END OF A PERFECT DINNER OPEN SKIES PLAN
To Meet
Dealers
S'pore
Singapore, Aug, 2.
populace should demand his A RUBBER deal worth hundreds of period. Three times his thousands of Malayan dollars was torm has been extetuted and expected to be made between Singapore sigutures of half the rubber merchants and some Hongkong lation in a petition to the industralists, the Straits Times reported
today.
fourth, lincked by the
Queen, was demanded.
Yesterday's annixuncement has
indeed come a something! of a shock. Not only was it widely hoped but it was that quite widely expected
he would come back at least for a short term. It is un- reasonable perhaps to expect an indefinite extension of his term of oflice na some had sought. The Governor
Grantlun and Lady
are
entitled to JI well-earned retirement. Indeed, if the Governor has no retirement plans yet Hongkong canDO: grudge his appointment to some leading administrative post in the Commonwealth. Such a posting would be a fitting reward for the great service he has performed hore.
THE 'FEEL'
HOW, it may be wondered,
have Sir Alexander und Lady Grantham earned the tremendous affection and respect accorded them during their stay here? Initially his outstanding capabilities undoubtedly Im pressed upon the population
The industrialists will be in Singapore for a Hongkong trade fair beginning next wock, Д
Reuter message said. {Marilyn Fights
Miscarriage Threat
New York, Aug. 1. Actress Marilyn Monroe, America's No. 1 glamour girl, was taken to a hospl- tal today and placed under observation for a threatened miscarriage,
The 31-year-old
blonde
actress, wife of playwright Arthur Miller, wus ad. mitted to Doctor's Hospital stortly before noon today.
Her preng #gent, Warren Fisher, said she would re- main in the hospital for several days.
Mis Monroe and Miller were married on June 29, 1956, in White Plains, New York.
had sically Bhp declined comment on re- curring reports that she WW pregnant, and United Press,
the need to retain such #EDITOR BANISHED
brilliant administrator and ono who, it seemed, was 90 remarkably sensitive not only to the requirements but the potentialities of the Colony. Sir Alexunder, after all, had helped pul Hongkong firmly back ou Ita fect after the Japutieso occupation.
Commonwealth Press Union
Protests
With changed conditions in Chinn, war in Korea and
London, Aug. 1. the sudden crash in the
The announcement from entrepal trade, the Colony's Accra, Ghana, yesterday future depended on having that Mr Bankole Timothy, the right man at the helm. deputy editor of the Ghana No one doubted that Sir
Daily Graphic, had been Alexander
the right wns mun. And an the crisis ordered to leave the country
The Straits Times said pro- spects of the deal had been dis- cussed by C. W. Chunng, vice- leader of the Exhibitors, who are sponsored by the Hongkong Chinese Manufacturers Union.
Mr Chuang said many of the industrialists would be seeing their Singapore rubber suppliers Individually while they tvere here,
ONE MILLION
He climate the rubber deal might be worth one million mayan dollars,
The newspaper did not give details of the reported transac-I
Won.
of
Mr
A lading manufacturer rubberware in Hongkong, Wung Kwat sald this morning that although the amount quoted seemed a little high, I would not be
surprising if the total value or the orders realised one million
Mr Wong explained that the Colony's monthly requirements of raw rubber from Malayn lo feed the many rubber factories here were about 200 tons
at approximately $3,000 per ton, the monthly trade valu would be about $800,000,
SLACK PERIOD
The rubber trade in Hongkong is ca present experiencing its slack period. Mr Wong added. But it would not stop manufac- turers who had received large orders for their fulshed goods to place equivalent orders for their taw materials for delivery within several months,
No Threat Of
Tropical Depression
had centred north of Luzon more
Unless a regeneration occurs, eventually ensed, now con- immediately tonight pro- Hongkong will not be threatened ditions again demanded the voked an official statement by the tropical depression that services of this remarkable of protest from the Common- than 10 hours ago. man. But it would bo wealth Press Union, OR
The Royal Observatory issued wrong to suggest that the organisation to further the a statement at noon today saying Governor's popularity rests interests of Commonwealth that at 9 a.m. the tropical depres❤ solely in his ability and his newspapers and preserve of low pressure, lying to the alon had weakened into a trough deep inaight Into the
press freedoms.
south of Formosa. Colony's problems.
The Ghana Daily Graphie is further warnings unless a
The Observatory will issue no within the London Daily Mirro: generation occurs. group
WELCOME
ALL sections of the popula
1038.
have
to
MOTIOW
Mir "Timothy will Лу 10 Freetown, Sierra Leone, to comply with deportation under.
10- the
In it statement. the Com-
press
tion
TUISVIL remember him with kind- Sir Alexander and Lady Grantham have made monwealth Press Union sald It their business to meet as that the
and public many people as possible. upinica in all Commcowealth Refugees und resettled countries and indeed in the squatters have mingled with world, would be deeply dis- the Governor as freely as turbed by the thought that the Garden Party guesta und the Granthams have shown 48
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"Rex" the African Lion at the London Zoo has little thought for anything, other than the job in front of him — finishing off a very tasly joint ... Plenty of the right food makes me a contented lion ---- says Rex! ! —Keystone Photo.
BESSIE BRADDOCK HAILS VENUS-LIKE REVELATIONS
MRS
London, Aug. 1.
RS Bessie Braddock, British member of Parliament whose 210 pounds are encased in a 50-40-50 figure, hailed government disclosures today that the average British woman is a slightly plumper version of the Venus de Milo.
FORMOSA BUILDING TANKERS
New York, Aug. 1.
Westinghouse Electric
Corporation today an- nounced receipt of a $6 million contract to supply marine turbines for For- mosa's first major ship- building venture -- the con- struction of six 36,000-ton supertankers at the Kee-i lung Shipyards in Taiwan.
Uniler BM agreement with Igalis-Talwan Shipbuilding and Dry Duck Company, Wesling- Louse Electric International Company will ship six 18,000 shur horsepower marine tur- j bines, plus condensers and air
Jectors to Fornosa,
Mrs Braddock, neat, solid and nearly square in weil-
presiding at a conference
was
of
fitting navy blue suit, TWA Want
Bristol
representatives of the fashion dignified, trade which met at Plush hotel to discuss the hot
RUSSIAN PLANES
WOULD FLY OVER BRITAIN
By DEREK MARKS
London, Aug, 2.
SOVIET inspection planes will fly right across Britain if a new "open skies” plan proposed by the West is accepted by Russia.
JAPANESE
WANT A-MISSILES
This looks sce proposal is duo to be disclosed at London dis armament talks soen.
It would give the West the right to send planes flying 1,500 miles into Sovlet territory right up to Ural Mountains, And the purpose of all these East and West Inspection flighte would be to assure both sides New York, Aug. 1.
that neither is preparing to launch a surprise attack. The United States is giv-
Nobody knows what Russia's ing favourable consideration reaction to the Wertern plan to Japanese request for will be
guided missiles capable of
carrying atomic warheads,
REPORT DUE
The conference is duo Friday the Columbin Broadcasting to send a report to the United System said today.
Nations. They will sato tur CBS news respondent in the five-nation sub-committes Japon, Peter Kollicher, reare prepared to go on discussing ported details of the plan. possible disarmament plans,
He said the request Was The Russians are expected to made by the Japanese Defence suggest that talks. should be Agency several months ago, transferred to New York and and ulat detailed negotiations held by a full disarmament between the American and commission instead of the present Japanese governments are ex-five-power sub-committee. pected to barin soon...
a that
Churchmen Arrested
SIX TYPES
Kallscher reported Defence Agency official said six missile types wore requested, including the Mike, Falcon,
Paris, Aug 1. Sparrow, Bonare," Talos and
The Hungarian Ministry of the Terrier. The Terrier can be Interior announced today that a fred from a rocket ship. All number of Koman Catholic are capable of crying atonic church officials including the warheads.
secretary of Cantinal Mindszenty, The missiles, according to have been arrested on charges éé Kalischer, would form the basis plotting against the regime of of a proposed Japanese guided the People's Democracy," the missiles Corps which would be Hungarian MTI news agency come a part of Japan's defence | enic, Washington, Aug. 1. force after American troops The group of church officia The US publication, leave the country. The defence would shortly come up for trial Aviation Dally, said today force would place emphasis on in Budapest, the agency said,
air power-United Press,
France-Presse. that multi-millionaire Howard Hughes, who owns 85 per cent of the Trans World Airlines shares, has offered to buy 30 turbo-prop Bristol Britannia planes for TWA if he can get early
test news in the "rag" business Since wear clothing in the 1920's,
Britannias the start of ready-to-
MRS BRADDOCK, MP
Some Emation
delivery.
The four-gined British-madę plane is claimed to be the largest and fastest plane in passenger service al present,
The cost of the 30 Britannias, plus spares, is estimated at 150 million dollars.
The jourant said that to get carly delivery for Mr Hughes, the makers had reached Fun agreement with British Overseas Airways Corporation for the re- lease of 19 Britannias they had
on order.
The first portion of a $4,500,000 sleel order for the supertankers Is expected to arrive at Keelung from Japan in the next few days,
Westinghouse reported. Delivery of the first propul- Non
undis is scheduled for December 1958,
Two super- tankers chartered by Gulf Oil six-year scientific investigation equipment deficiency by release said that BOẶC had
The report, published by the Board of Trade and soberly entitled "Women's measurements and sizes'', was the result of u
DOUGLAS INQUIRY In order to make up the
Corporation should side of the British women looked like the magazine
to find out whether, honestly, of the 19 Britannias,
man said.
Now Official
Singapore, Aug. 1. ways six months later, spokeswillowy wraiths in the fashion asked the Douglas Aircraft Com- A former Nationalist Chinese Air Force Agater, pilot, Captain
Keelung is Formosa's largest magazines or not. Douglas Chen, 32, today became port. Expansion of its shipyarda Government of Ghana had the second Asian
allow filer to be will
construction of ordered the deportation within promated captain by Malayan, 05,000-ton vessels by 1959,
hour's of Mi Bankole Airways. a friendly and indeed leon Timothy, the deputy editor of
"Competitive in cost with the Caplain Chen joined the air- lowest in the world and equni Intervet in the multifarious the Daily Gruphle In Accra line in 1952 after having been in quailty to US standards," activities
Hongkong aid correspondent in Ghana of chief instructor at the Far East necording to Mr Magnus I. This is a widely acknow the Observer (of London) Flying Training School in Hong- Gregersen, chairman of Ingalls- ledged fact. The Indian Reuter.
kong.Router.
Taiwan-United Press.
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Premier, Mr Nehru ranks ||||| Among one of Sir Alexan- dor's many admirers over
деля.
The news of his departure next year is, however, tem- pered to s krenut extent by the most welcome appoint ment of Sir Robert Black as his successor, a man who 1128
known the
kro
Colony during three years when the foundations of much exist Ing policy were being laid. Reacttlement, developmont, industrial expansion among the problems, with which Sir Robert was close. ly associated during his term of office as Colonial Secretary. He and Lady Black also enjoyed wido popularity with Chinese and
In Your Saturday's Mail
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Butter and wets her at the peak of Society ..the quality that
win read about in a new series starting this week in tomorrow's China Mail
captivates men and rouses women's cavy? This is the quality you
Read The Search for Sylvia Ashley by RODERICK MANN.
On his way from outer space-TOM POCOCK. Forgotten Englishmen whe MAX AITKEN.
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The sharp shooting British Labour Bosi, Frank Cousine
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The Court of Last Resort, a democratic US institution -HENRY LOWRIE,
Return to the Islanda SIR ARTHUR GRIMBLE,
And all your usual features, compeitions, pictures, and Europeana here and his re- cartoons in the weekend's finest and fullest culication of icleure turn will be
widely reading. wwelcomed, ge
Premature Birth For Singer
Hollywood, Aug. 1.
star
West Indies
Call- pany of Santa Monica, fornia, for prices and delivery dales of 15 DC-7C aircraft.
The east of the 15 DC-7C's to BOAC would be about 50 ml- Now the Board of Trade lon dollars thus "savlog" Bays officially what British Britain about 100 million dollars. women--and their menfolk-Reuter have known for years...that Mrs Average Briton 1s stached 37-3734-3814, or, da
the Daily Mirror front-page headline put It today. "éuddly, cutvey, and comfy." Mrs Braddock, herself au "outsize", said with genuine emotion: "I believe that if we can obtain the whole-hearted support, assistance flad Co- operation of the whole of tho clothing tande in this country we can establish 11 form of her final approval to crea- export trade which can outdotion of a West Indica
Federation.
A four-pound boy was any other form of industry born prematurely today to my other country."China Mali singing
Rosemary Special. Clooney in St John's Hos pital at nearby Santa¦ Monica.
Federation Approved
London, Aug. 1,
The Queen today gave
Simultaneously, Governor- General designale - Lord "Halles announced he would leave for Trinidad, capital of the Federa»,
The child, third for Miss
said he hoped to holy general Clooney and neter-director Jose
elections in the Federation on
· Washington, Aug. 1. Ferrer, was due. ́in October
March 23, 1018. Attendants said both the baby. Secretary of Defence, sold.
Charles Wilson, the US
The Queen's approval came li Gabriel Vincente, and mother
"the form of going the West were in good conditional day the United States planned Indios Foderaupa
Order in the infant had to though
to withdraw 25,000 ground Council of 1957. combat troops from Japab by The Federation formally com- placed in an incubator,
The Ferrers have two other the end of this year, and the men to function upon arrivai children, Miguel, (2, and Marin, res---stand, 15,000-by, August | of the Governor-Ci eneral-
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US TROOPS on early, next, Jaquary Ho
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Los Angeles Brush Fire
Los Angeles, Aug. 1. CEVERAL hunes
were des.
toyed today in a grass and brush fire which swept out] of control' in a hilly area of Highland Park within the Los Angeles city limits.
The blaze was one of several which sprang up in the thira day of a. Southern California heat wave and some 125 Los
Angeles elly fremien, ware hampered by either on water, or low water pressure. "We have lost some homes, but don't know yet just how many," Are chler Whipple Bald. "We are trying to augment the water with five street flushing tanica from the Board of Public Works."- United
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