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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1958. ¿
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ALLPOINT: -EXCLUSIVE
STERING SILVER TIP
Britain Will Watch Singapore OVER 100 DIE Final Dividend
Receiver
Clashes
With Counsel
London, Feb. 12.
A self-confessed receiver of stolen property clashed in court here today with Mr Geoffrey Lawrence, one of Britain's top defence counsels.
The wiiness,
MACMILLAN IS CONFIDENT
OF FUTURE
Singapore, Feb. 13.
Tho British Prime Minister, Mr Harold Macmillan, left Singapore this morning for Calcutta on his flight home to London.
The Prime Minister said in a
farewell statement to the Press;
"All Great Britain will watch the development of Singapore 47-year-old with confidence in the future.
Ernest Waite, stoutly denied Mr We will honour our arrange- Lawrence's accusations that he ments. was "a shocking liar" and any "wyourdre!",
We have no doubt government in Singapore will honour its agreement with
Walte was giving evidence inua." the eight-day-old trial of ave men, including e
Mr Macmillan inspected a suspended Guard of Honour of Gurkha troops then, while a police band played "Highland Laddie" and He walked Skye Boat Song".
the annue
perimeter round fence waving to speclators arxi airport workers.
police chief and two detectives, who are charged with conspiring to obstruct the course of justice.
have They
all pleaded not guilty.
The accused are; the police Chorles Ridge, 50, of chulet, Brighton, south coast holiday resort; Detective-Inspector John Hammersley, 40 Delective Sergeant Trevor Heath, 38; Authony Lyons, 69, a bar owner;
Samuel Bellson, 42, und bookmaker.
When he wont into the witness box at the Old Bailey Centrol Criminal Court today, Walie said that last night he received two threatening tele- phone calls.
CONVICTIONS
Bouquet
Before Mr Macmillan and his wire, Lady Dorothy, boarded their special Britannia airliner, 14-year-old Iris Lim, daughter of Singapore's Chief Minister, Mr Lim Yew Hock, prescried Lady Dorothy with a bouquet of Malayan orchids,
Mr Macmillan's aircraft will call nt Calcutta, Karachi, Bahrein and Cyprus on its way to London.
after In a Press conference Mr Macinillan's departure,
Mr Lawrence, who is defend-Chief Minister Lim Yew Hock ing Ridge, read out a string of said he had been confident that,
convictions previous
against as the British Prime Minister Walle, which included patty had Announced, the British thieving, receiving war-time Government would keep its part food and petrol offence, and of the agreement to give Singa army absentoelim.
pore internal self-government.
Waite, with hoarse volco interrupted: "Had I
known
your ellens then I would have fed no convictions against me
and
"It is now up to us in Singa pore to take up our responsibili lies and if there is an awareness I am sure democratic forces will
I should have been an triumph" honest citizen and perhaps Lord
client
for
yor of Brighton, Mayer
"ince I have known your
I have
had no convictions ainst me at all."
Mrs Joan Watson, 29, who nid she had lived with Waite some years, broke down twice in the witness box while giving evidence. She alleged that dishonesty was forced upon Waite and that Hammersley and Heath knew he received stolen property. "I had no alternative but to do that,"
" she said. "There was nobody I could turn i could not go to Mr Ridge end I could not do anything about it.
t."
10.
Confidence
He said the agreeemnt be- tween Britain and Singapore had been on confidence and friendship and he was sure the British Government had weigh- ed all the pros and cons before the agreement was signed.
Mr Lim said he had never doubt that Britain had DRY would keep to the agreement,
Mr Moemilian had a 24-hour
stopover in Singapore on way from Australia to United Kingdom.
his the
He spent a good deal of that time with Mr Lim who, cording to Government sources,
ac-
The court adjourned.-China briefed the Prime Minister on Mall Special,
Battle Rages In Cuba
Govt And Rebels
the latest political development in Singapore.
After his first talks with Mr Lim, Mr Macmillan told a Press conference Britain would go nhead with her plan to give Singapore internal self-govern. ment.
Met Mayor
He sold he had faith in the people of the Colony and be lieved there are great things" zhead of Singapore.
During his stay Mr Mac- millan called on the new leftist
In Sharp Combat Mayor, Mr Ong Eag Guan,
City Hall and drank China tea with councillors some of whom were in their national dress,
Later he drove through China-, town Standin in an open car sharp Reuter. a combat on the out- of Campechuela,
Havana, Feb. 12. Government and rebel forces woro reported tonight to be fighting
skirts
a town near the city of SATELLITE
Manzanillo, Oriente Pro-
vinca.
ut
The engagement was sold to involve army unita rushed from Manzanilo and rebel forces on-
on the outskirts trenched Campechuela.
Telephone reporte from Manzanillo anid the sound of heavy firing was clearly audible from that city...
The fighting started when government forces set out in pursuit of six heavily armed rebels who_carlier in the day had turned a yacht, owned by pro-government Benator Rolando Masferrer,' whito ii Was anɑhored at = požný near Manzanillo.
LAUNCHING
Washington, Feb. 12.
Mr James Douglas, Secretary of the Air Force, has disclosed at a secret hearing of the House Servicce Committee Armed that it is intended to use the Atlas inter-continental missile to launch an unnamed recon naissance datollite.
This bare fact was all that in the censored was left testimony made public today.
The Atlas, designed to carry a nuclear warhead to a target Los twice been, test fired suc-
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Shopping In The Nude
New York, Feb. 12. Startled woman shoppers shrieked with surprise and amburrassment today when a. handsome, stark naked young man atrodo into a supermarket
And
pushed shopping
cart
non- chalantly down an alsto.
Horman Nimheusar, manager of the West Side Manhattan market, WIE Just an embarrassed as the distaff shoppers. He asked "nature boy" If he would please put something on.
The man ignored Nim- hausar as he had Ignored
bajow freezing tempera-
tures outalde and calmly worked his way through the store, electing items from shelves and placing
them in his cart.
As the clamour graw, & takel of more than 1,000 to the persons flocked market.
The unwelcome customer went about his busineES until he renohed. the scap counter. There he paused, helped himself to a cake of sopp, unwrapped it and ba- gen eating it with gusto.
There he stood, munching on soap, when policeman summoned by Nimhauser arrived. The
policeman tried to Cover the man with butcher's
apron but ho fought them off. They finally succeeded. In sub- duing and covering him and took him away.
The nudiat rofured to give his name or address. He was taken to the Bella. vuo Hospital payohiatric
wardiinited Press.
|HASHEMITE
KINGDOM UNION
Amman, Feb. 12.
THE GRANTHAMS IN THE STATES
Aboard the Kinveness Line's ss Bougainville soon after docking at Los Angeles Harbour's Berth 282D are (from left); Lloyd A. Menteg, president of the Board of Harbour Commissioners; Bernard J. Caugh- Iln, general manager of the port; Lady Grantham and Sir Alexander Grantham, former Governor
Hongkong.
FRENCH CITIZENS ORDERED TO LEAVE HOMES
Tunis, Feb. 12.
of
The Tunisian Government has ordered more than 400 French citizens to evacuate their homes, mostly in territories along the country's Al- gerian frontier, the French Embassy here said tonight.
The evacuations are part of a series of Government restric tions placed on French civilians and millary forces in Tunisla after Saturday's French air raid on the Tunisian border village of Saklet Sidi Youssef.
In Tunis President Harib Bourguiba renewed today his demands for a complete French troop withdrawal In talks with was reporters and claimed the only way his nation and France could re-establish climate of friendship,
Admission
Embassy sources said. this evening they had been notified of 370 explusione so far from frontier areas. Evacuation orders also were received by an unspecified number of French families in other regions, bring-
SOCIETY
LEADERS INCOURT
London Feb, 12.
In
IN US
COLD WAVE
Chicago, Feb. 12.
Fires claimed lives wholesale in the midst of a vast, unrelenting, cold wave to- day, pushing the total of weather- caused deaths past the 100 mark.
The cold wave, freezing the eastern two-thirds of the US, brought snow, to New Orleans for the Arst time, since 1935. The inch of snow on the ground was the city's heaviest since 1890 and forced
cancellation of a parade.
Into
fali the
Overtaxed furnaces turned kemes
blazing traps
through the Midwest, South and Now England and at least 19
persons died.
A Uniled Press count
since
Building Scheme Proposed
• Tho Directors of: The
Hongkong Electrio Co., Ltd. announce that, at the forth- coming Meeling of Share- holders to be held on Thursday, March 23, 305B, tlicy will recommend, sub- Ject to audit, the pay. ment of a final dividend of, $1.30 per share,
JUDGMENT AGAINST SHIP
Judgment for $7,228.40,
with costs, was entered against the as Rosita in a claim heard before Mr Justice J. R. Gregg in the
Court Admiralty
this morning,
Liberty to apply in Chambery within 14 days for an order for the sale of the vessel was also given the plaintif in the action, Mr Fan Siu-pang sole
the start of the cold wave on A new scheme for buildings proprietor of the Jeezing Metal
Thursday showed that at least 112 persons had been killed by exposure and over-exertion or weather-caused: tramc accidents and fires,
Blizzard-awept New York State counted 20 persona doad and there were 10 dead in New England,
Children Dead
costing $220,000 proposed Trading Company.
for the Shamshuipo area, Tho claim was for $7,22840, was
Accessaries
placed before Mr being balance for W. F. Pickering, Presi- amounting to $13,128.10 supplied dent of Tenancy Tribunal to the ship in Hongkong, Le- tween December, 1846, and with Mr D. H. Hazell and July, 1957. Mr H. Hong Sling, this M: Fan in evidenco produced
morning.
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statements showing: how the Mr F. 1. Zimmern of Messrs sum had accrued, orders from the F. Zimmern and Coy, appeared | the owners of the ship At Alliance, Ohio, seven
on behalf of the applicant, Bir | Carfung Shipping Co., Ltd and children perished when an over-
Pik-fan, owner of Nos receipts for delivery of goods heated coal furnace set fire to Lau their home and they were too 204-208, Hat Tan Street, Sham-supplied.
chulpo, which ho wishes to frightened to obey their
Mr Victor Gillas, instructed mother's command to flee. The place by three modern eight-
storey buiklings comprising by Ford, Kwan and Co, op- children's father, Robert Lilly,
three large shops and 21 prated for the plaintif De 38, also died. Another blaze domestle Bats... Mr S. 8. L.. Yue fendant was, absent. raised Ohio's fire death letal to is the architect of the plans nine.
presented.
and
her
Opposing tenants were re- Presented by Mr A. & C. Comber of Messrs Hastings and
A fire which swop a frame home at Fayetteville, North
killed Carolina,
four small children, and a young mother A two sopa died in Coy, Worcester, Massachusetts, blizb. hé owned properties on At Flint, Michigan, an explosion Castlo Peak Road totalling and fire took the lives of three
| $170,000,- of which none was and young brothers
eight other parsons,
evidence, Mr Lou said that the
injured mortgaged, charged or encum-
bered,
Business premiacs in the property
The killing cold wave also took lyes on the highways and at sea, Near Conway, South existing 35-year-old Carolina, five men were killed were given as paper box manu- when their car crashed head-on facturers on the ground floor of into a bus in heavy fog Three No 200, and printing works and Arms in Nos Coast Guardsmen drowned near tatton furniture Galveston, Texas, when their 204 and 208. patrol boat, blinded by low ;visibility, rammed into a barge.
No Relief
Weather
forecasters, meal!-
whlie, repeated a dreary -and- frain -- no relief or warmup in
sight.
the almost solid
Thefts From Cars
In
A Chiness has been arrested The northern freeze pushed by the Police following the theft the temperature to 29 degrees of three sidelights from two Throc Icaders London below zero at Grand Marais, private society-Lady Mary Osborne, Michigan, and to 28 below at street
cars parked in Elgin her son, John. Aspinall and a Pellston, Michigan.
Elsewhere, friend, John Burke-were mum-
other thefts from private moned. before A. Bow Street week of sub-zero weather bulls cars, a flashlight was stolen from magistrate's court Today on up major transportation barriers parked in Ship Street, the Great Lakes and on hubcaps were stolen from at- charges of running or re-on
on illegal gambling inland waterways.
other in the Roxy Theatre car quehting
perk and a pair of specieles, a resort.
fountain pen and a hot water boltio were stolen from a third car in Pokfulam Road near Hill Road...
The three appeared for the first time on January 11, after a on the gambling police raid. den which was located in an clegunt house in Paddington.
Erie Frozen
A Trans-Canada Airline pilot Iended at Cleveland and re- ported that Lake Erie WAS
near
also re-frozen solld from banks to bank,
· The police..swoop King Hussain of Jordan and ing the total to more than 400, waled the presence of d'num-/except for a few cracks one to
King Faisal of Iraq to the sources said. 'night anded the main
·ber of young people of the two hundred yardla wide sassion of their talks here had admitted that evacuation collected round a table
cartier British aristocracy who were the Ohlo shore.
Shipping was crippled on an a federal union of orders had been given to at bling until the early hours of both the Chicago and Mississippi
rivers-United Press.
Tunisian authorities
their two Hashernite least 25 French clllzens living the morning. Kingdomi.
near Sakiet Sldi Yousself for Hearing of the witnesses will their own. cafety. Most of the open
again
on Saturday. Final discussions tomorrow evacuees were seeking, aid from Franco-Press. will be followed by an official French Consulates or the announcement,
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Embassy here.
At today's day-long session French Embassy personnel Icing Funcin's hilltop said those ordered to leave Basman (smiling) Palaco their homes, but not necessarily was understood the two Kings Tunisia, included reached agreement on substan-
civil servants and tive proposals for a union.
men. men.
would
includo
farmera,
A Benard, French
Photo Gallery Results
Boy Seriously Injured
A seven-year-old boy was seriously injured when he was Prize-winners in tho fifth knocked down by a bicyclo out- session of the Agta Photo Gal-side his home at about 2.30
9.m. yesterday.
Usually reliable sources fore-Chargo D'Affaires in Tunisia, lery were: chust What tomorrow's
com- protested against the evacuation "A" Group:-Mr Ling King- The boy, Tung- Kwok-wing of munique
TO- orders on behalf of France in a tong, Mr Chow Chung-lim, Mr221 Main Street, West, 1st floor, ferences to "One government, meeting this morning with Chan Kwok-hol, Mr Cheung | Shauktwan, is receiving treat. one army
command and one Sadok
Mokkadom, development board."Reuter,
Man-ping.
ment in Queen Mary Hospital. Secretary of State for Forelan Affairs, informed French sources sald.
POLITICAL PRISONERS
Berlin, Feb. 12.
Forces
APN, the American
Tunisien
More Notice
He asked that those being evacuated at least be given more notice, the sources said.
Some of the French were re-
to have been told ported
network, salt today 40 freight leave their homes within cats with political prisoners hour-United Press. lett East Berlin last night for
The last toot ended with the Rusia. misalic destroying · Imelt-Ros tcr.
Heavier fighling was under- cosehilly. stood to have started when the fleeing boteurs reached cover- in rebels units entrenched outside Campochuela.
Moscow,: Fob, 12.
At the same time, the govern Railway lines in the southern ment was reported moving boavy contingents of tanks and infon- Urals region of the Soviet,
The prisoners were brou Pocket Cut
to an East Berlin freight yard by trucks, AFN said, ́
to
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The pocket of a Chinese
"B" Group: Mr Wong. Wun, Mr Din Don, Mr Yuen Sun, Me Ng Siu-ho, Mr Yeung Sze-wah, Mr Loo Chiu, Mr Siu Chun, Mr Leo Shun, Mr Chung Hay mow
Boys Arrested
(2) Group: Mr Chow Yook-12 Chve been arrested by
wun.
Two Chinese, bgys, agod 111
the Police following the theft The judges were Dr Wu Hay- of: a sum of money from kan, Mr Poon Yat-por and Mr Chinese girl. G. Seybold.
Another boy suspect is being Closing date of the next Gal detained for the theft of a lery will be May 31. The jud ratton and gold bangle from a ged panel will consist of Mr baby who was being carried by Kann Bo-leuk, Mr. Cheung Yu-a: Chinese, woman In Island chin, and Bir ̈“DX V. Hansemnant Road, Aberdoors.
Unemployment
· Glagow,· Féb. 12.
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Two Chinese are under daton- tion for separate polty thofis, One was arrested following the | theft of a -- MMO of: moxiey from. the pocket of a: Chinese" womIJ UIA in Southwall Road near Ne Chin Wal Road and the other following the matching of a bar Chkon | Tonikambins from 70 Chinelo
woman in Gusqu's Road, Wost.
The report could not Be woman was cut in Bay Street,. Unemployment ins Beolland try forces in Eastern Cuba and Union have been blocked for confirmed otherwise, it was noer Fa Yuen Street at about during January, rose to 73,400, taking other steps to erect a the last 48 hours by a cyclong believed possible, however, that 6.80 p.m. yesterday. A small according a memorandum virtual fortress there to block aweeping the region, the Soviet base might have beca Com- plastic boot containing two gold issued today by the Scotts
nows agency reported | munfata, arrested - In purge chains and three gold gingu tó Trades, Union Cong further rebel thrusts-United] Toss
last week.imited Press,
Hišni Epecial. today---Franco-Presse.
£be value of:#330!was molen. Press.
PARCELS FOR THE POOR
A hundred poor families this morning received par- cels of clothing and bags of rice at the Southern Playground.
The 3 lb bags of rice had been donated by CARE. and Mr G. D. Taylor, Director of CARE in Hongkong was present.
Large parcels of clothing toya, corn meal and other items bad been prepared by volun- tary helpera of the SPC who also helped in the distribution.
Mrs M. A. Meal, Cal Secretary and Welfare Supor visor of the Society, said that in oach of the SPC centres inrough- out the Colony the same scand could be witnessed every day this week. Over 50,000 bags of rice, contributed by CAcad
will be given out this week for Chinese New Year.
At the end of this morning a lucky dip was conducted and the lucky prize winners ne ceived toys for their familles.
SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith
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imagine a guy amart enough to be varalty quarterback
letting my goofy sister help him with:
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