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Soraya In Bed With
A Cold
Cologno, Feb. 25, Empre Soraya of Iran remained in bed today with
oold. Iranian Embassy officials said here. The Empress was taken it when sho arrived here on Sunday evening to visit her father, Ambassador Khalil Exfandlari, who wan confined to bed with Д broken fool.
Embamy officiala sald they hoped the Empress would soon be able to get up but added that that was a malier for her doc- tors to decide, United
MODERNISING ISLAM IN SPACE AGE
in
CHINA MAIL
JOINT PLAN
TO HARNESS
AMUR RIVER
Moscow, Feb. 25.
Soviet and Chinese scientists plan to harness the
great Amur River, which runs through both countries, and build on it u string of 70 hydro- electric power stations, the Soviet news agency, Tass, said tonight,
They
orc also considering plans to change the course of the river, 54 per cent of which
is within the Soviet Union and the rest in China, where it is known as "The Black Dragon."
On reaching Khabarovsk, in the Soviet Far East, the Amur veers sharply to the north atid
empiles into the northern part
of the Tartar Stralt, leading to the cold sea of Okhotsk, the Pacific shallow part of the which is lee-bound for many
mouths arart unsultable for
navikulion.
Soviet and Chinese scientists, says Tass, want to correct this
of
FUCHS PAST
WORST PART
OF JOURNEY
Wellington, N.Z., Feb. 25. Dr Vivian Fuchs and his
team
are expected to complete their historic const-to-coast crossing of Anlarelica within four or five days, messages here said today.
Gstaad, Feb. 25. The 21-year-old Aga Khan
said today that he Was mistake of nature." One not abandoning
project envisages that the Amur any project
should cmply into fundamentals of islam by
the Sea of Japan supporting modernisation Lake Khanka. If it is realised, through the Ussuri and of certain traditions the
Pacific Soviet
port the "Space Age”.
Vladivostok would get also a The young leader of the river
port
of great Importance Ismaili Moslem conununity
the Far East. for transport mude the slatement following Chinese specialists have also reports that Moslems in Pakis- put forward a plan to link the tan and East Africa had been | Amur with ice-free seas. They disturbed by certain statements propose to build a canal be- nitributed to him in un inter- tween the Sungari, a tributary The team set out on Monday view last week.
of the Amur, and the Las Hɔ, on the 110-mile trip Croni which capties into the Yellow Plateau Depol to Skelton Depot. Sen.
They are believed now to be
Latest messages from Scott Base, their desÜnalion, reaching Wellington todiny sald they had completed the worst part of their journey to Skelton Depot, 180 miles from the coast.
I am in no way advocating the abandonment of any of our fundamentals, whether și con- Tass said the proposed 70well down the Skelton Glacier cerns prayer
the Dr
en power nations would have onļot a height of under 3,000 feet, ban drink," he said,
aggregato capacity of 15 to 20 with the worst of the journey So far as prayer for children | millon kilowatts
Depot and would from Platenti
behind goes, he said, he had never held generate annually up
to 200 them. that they should give up any of billion kilowatt hours of energy They face a relatively smooth the prayers ancred to theas much as the whole of the passage over the remaining Moslem tradition. Instead, the Soviet Union generated in 1957, terrain to Scott Base, Anai point; Gold, .he had emphasised that TRS sald both countries are
in their 2,180-mile crossing from very young children in certain inferested in improving the the Weddell Sea.-Router. communities need not be taken power supply for the Industrial to mosques to say their evening development of the Amur area, their which is rich in ferrous metals, prayers if it endangered
path or studies, in cases like lead, coal, lin and Another Oil
that, he said, their prayers Reuter. could just as well be said at
home.
Regardng the ban on drinking of alcohol, he said: "If certain Moslems drink, it is their affair and does not concern us, The ban on drink is not foolish. 1 observe it myself and advocate its observance by others." United Press.
Dr Caswell To Visit H.K.
Dr Hollis L. Caswell, Pre- aldent since 1954 of Teachers' College, Columbia University, and before that Dean of the College, accompanied by Mrs Caswell, will be in Hongkong over the week-end of March 15 and 18.
Judy Garland
And Husband
Separate
Hollywood, Feb. 25.
Judy Garland" and her
producer husband, Sid Luft, separated today, and the former child star has consulted a lawyer, Jerry Giesler, about a possible divorce suit. Giesler said Luft had moved from the couple's Holmby Hills no immediate ansion, but legal action would be taken.
During their six-year mar- They have expressed a wish to meet the alumni of Teachers ringe, the Lufts have battled College, and
luncheon has publicly and privately. Their been arranged in welcome them last outbreate was in February, On Saturday, March 15, at the 1950, when the singing star Bankers' Club.
asked for a
divorce on grounds students of Tea of extreme mental cruelty, The All former
to suit was later withdrawn. chers
College are asked
The Lufta are the parents of communicate with the principal
a
of True Light Middle School, 60 | two children Lorna and Joseph, Tai Hang Road,
-United Press.
Strike In Sahara
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1958.
SIDE GLANCES
By Galbraith
1.2.1
V.M. Reg. UR PAL. Of.
* 1957 by JOKA Barren, Ing.
"But, mother, after we bought gas and paid for the toll road and parking lot, we didn't have much money left to shop!"
NORTH KOREANS
TAKE OVER FROM CHINESE
SHEAFFER'S
'AW DAL
WITH tim
MOULABS AT ALÀ DOGS STORSE
STERLING SILVER TIP
LADY WOLMER CLAIM
Plaintiff Says
Says No Objection
To Debit Notes
From the Files
25
years AGO
LONGKONG had its first tasto
loon Football Club yesterday
Mr Alexander Kwong, plaintiff in a claim for Hof American style catch-as- $960,000 damages against Wheelock, Marden catch-can wrestling at the Kow- and Co., Ltd., said in cross-examination this (Feb. 26) afternoon when Tiger morning that he had from time to time during Doula (240 lbs) claimant to the 1950 received debit notes from the defendantule, butted Joe Crosa (240 lba) company, some of which contained items for of Manila, into unconsciousness and won the match by the only compound interest. He did not object to any of them.
world's heavyweight wrestling
fall of the day. Conditions of the bout were that the winner should secure two falls out of three and that the me limit should be two hours....
Mr Kwong was answering lett towards the end of 1951 questions put to him by Mr and returned in January 1933. John McNeill, QC, Counsel for Frum time to time during the defendants, in the course 1050 he had received debit notes of hearing of the action before from defendant
company. He
The eighth hole, measuring Mr Justice C.
C. W. Reece in the did not object to any of them, 105 yards, of the Sandy Lodge Supreme Court.
Some of them contained Items Golf Club, was recently holed Plainti's claim Is for the for compound interest, he said. in one by Mr Kanze Schlozoki, Plaintift sald he was not able who had just arrived in Eng- value of the motor vessel, Lady
a value on the Lady land to take up the position of Wolmer, and
general damages to put
during 1950, but he First Secretary at the Japanese for her alleged detinue and Wolmer
knev that the conversion.
value of ships Embassy and was playing ot had gone up during 1951. A Sandy Lodge for the first time. Defendants deny the claim and friend of his had bought a vesse counter-claiming for in 1950 for about $1,200,000, and $18,213.04, allegedly duo plaintiff, with interest from June
une the next year sold it for nearly 30, 1954.
$5,000,000.
aro
The plaintiff is represented by Mr Brook Bernacchi and Mr Richard Winter, both instructed by Mr M. E. Ives, of Peter Mo and Co.
The defendants are represented by Mr McNeill and Mr Oswald Cheung, instructed by Mr F. G. Nigel, of Messrs Johnson, Stokes and Master.
Hearing is continuing,
BEAT CHILD WITH RED-HOT
IRON BAR
WHEN the dock at the Great
Western Docks, Plymouth, was pumped out recently, 30,000 mullet which had swarmed in during the week-end, wero trapped.. Negotiations are pend- ing for the disposal of the fish, but it is believed that under the quota they will be barred from French markets, where a similar catch 29 years ago felched a record price.
Singapore-Poller yesterday
centres
that
TWO LETTERS
Continuing his 5035-
At Central Court this morn-carried out cxtensive ralds on examination of the plaintiff | ing Mr Hin-shing Lo described suspected Communist Tokyo, Feb. 26. from yesterday, Mr McNell this the beating ta grandmother and effected a large number of
out to her North Koreans began to take over the entire morning referred to a sentence meted
grand- arrests. It to belleved contained in a letter dated De- daughter as "shocking", when among those detained arc defence network in their country on Tuesday,cember 13, 1940, written by he was told that a 30-year-old several important members of
defendants to plaintiff in which weman had beaten an eight- the movement, it was stated; "It will there- year-old child with a red-hot
our intention at the iron bar, fore be time to issue a
A POINTED commentary of The defendant, Lee Shui-che, the present time occurred visional bill of sale.
Aberdeen 50, ot 18C
Street not long ago when a relle of days associated with third floor, pleaded gulity to a ancient charge of cruelty
Chinese child, early
history Was
the New China News Agency reported today. The agency said that the charge of the turn-over while move began under a joint the North Koreans are forming order issued by Geroral a dimilar committee, the orchy
added.-United Press. Yang Yung, commander of
he "Volunteer forces
in Korea, and General LI Kwun-mu, North Korean Army Chief of Staff.
BAT Praised
For Facilities
pro-
to a
and was fined $100 or 14 days presented to a Japanese girl who and bound over in the sum of affects male attire of military pattern. The ceremony took $250 for two years.
Plaint agreed that a bill of sale could only be made out to a British individual or a British corporation.
A letter from defendants dated May 19, 1952 was re- eelved by him whilst he was in Mr Lo was told the old lady place on February 12 when the
He did Japan, plaintiff said
was the
the grandmother of Sum venerable Mr Tseng Wen, newly not reply to it. It was his in- Ahnul, an eight-year-old girl appointed Member of the Man tention to ask a friend to ar- The young girl's mother was chukuo State Council, prerented
coolle for the the sword used by Genghis range with Mir Hormon-Fisher working as a
10 Miss (a former director of the de- Sanitary Department, and she Khan
Yoshlko ment made last week that all
inter- had asked defendant to look Kawashima who is working for fendant company) for Lady Black thi moming view for him as he had been after her daughter.
the new state under the name Chinese forces would be with- palil tribute to the British unsuccessful in seeing Mr drown from Korean soll.
American Tobacco Co., Ltd. Hormon-Fisher on two previous The agency said that the joint for offering the use of its go-occasions order and a joint plan were down since 1953 as a store and
Pinintiff said he intended to centre for British ask Mr Hormon-Fisher at the and it was
The announcement that the North Koreans would begin taking over defensive positions and responsiblitics from the Chinese follows on
Announce-
To Red Cross
On February 19, a complaint of Chin Pi-hul. was made to the Police that somebody had been ill-treating a child. Enquiries were made
The Harbour Authorita found that the notify that a 21-inch torpedo was lost from one of HM, ships
Paris, Feb. 25. French oil fever, which from the faraway Sahara has fired Frenchmen's imagination and sent oll stocks soaring, received worked out during negotiations collection another boost today with between the headquarters of the Red Cross stocks of clothing. proposed interview why the defendant had been beating the betweeen Wagian and Lamma reports that oil has been | Chinese and North Korean During her visit to the depot terms promised him (plaint young girl with a red-hot tron faland on January 20 last found less than 25 miles armies.
on Gloucester Road
this concerning the Lady Wolmer bar. "The order will be morning, she said that the had been turned down. He also cast of the capital.
issued to units of the Chinese facilition freely given by the intended to ask Mr Hormon The Petrorep Company, People's Volunteers and the company had been an inestima- Fisher to x up the matter which has been drilling for the Korean People's Army simul-ble boon to the BRCS, Hong-according to the terms.
taneously and will be last 15 months near Crecy en
carried kong Branch. Urie amidst rich sugar, beet and out by them jointly." wheat fields, struck oil last General Yang is also heading
a Chinese committee to
Saturday at 5,151 feet.
Although very little oil came
It said:
to the surface the well was MENTAL oiginally set to be drilled to 9,842 feel-technicians
rushed
take
HEALTH
to
A
child was always taking other covery.
Defendant said that the reward tolll be paid for its re- people's belongings and she was ліжув receiving complainin about this. She said the child was very naughty,
MANILA Denth, which he
had been defying for tho past 10 years, finally claimed Martin Brado, better known as Leinert, the "humani cannon boll." Leinert died at 2.20 pm.
CHARGE DENIED yesterday (Feb. 20) at the
A group of workers who meal BUSINESS DEBTS every Wednesday at the godown
Plaintiff agreed that in his under the supervision of Mrs J. McArthur
was busily sorting letter to the defendants dated garments unpacked from crates April, 1852 he had asked for to hurry up with received from New Zealand. As defendants
When he wrote The Mental Health Associu-she watched them, Lady Black their accounts.
Pullippine General Hospital ne it to a nearby laboratory for tion will meet tomorrow at 5.30 suggested the use of coloured that "Roland and Co, had come
(Continued from Page 1)
result of a fractured spinal analysis.
British p.m. in the
Council labela to distinguish the dif- to an end," he had meant
column which he sustained on 19 the ship (Lady Today the report came back Library, when
films, ferent two
Mrs Patricia McLauglin, a the night on Thursday last week in times of Wolmer) had been taken away Conservative that the sunple
a from a bad foll, At the last contained a "Children Growing Up for categories of clothing for say that
thera frun him, light of whose density in "Thursday's Children", will be emergency.
no Northern Ireland constituency, show of this spectacle at 0.30 dicated a rather high percentage shown to be followed by a
Upon her arrival, Lady Black business at all. The signboard had said linen exports had p.m. Thursday night, Leinert the last few years, left the muzzle of the cannon of gasoline.United Press. discussion.
was met by Mrs M. W. Turnor, was, however, still in existence. Zallon in Director, Mrs D. A. F. Mathers, Plaintiff agreed that when chiefly through competition from face downward and hit the not. Mrs F. E. Smith, Mrs McArthur he left by Japan ho had and Mr D. E. Reilly, B.AT. business debts owing which he representative.
could not pay at the time. He
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Visit To
To Scene Of Alleged Murder
Mr Justice A. D. Scholos, a Jury of four mon and three wemon, and the Proxecution and Defence Counsel in a murder trial, will visit Tsun Wan beach, the scone of an alleged murdór, this afternoon,
member
for
Poland and Czechoslovakia, In that position....Leinert wus These countries produced tex- born in Dresden, Germany, 48 tiles at far lower cost than in years ago. Britain, 'she said.
She thought there was a fair Screen Grid writes in his case for using anti-dumping laws column the Listeners' Club -- against these countries.
The BBC music library contains In the lison industry alone in 10,500 orchestral worka, Northern Ireland, there were clusive of dance music. The 8,400 unemployed.
number of vocal works tolala Mr John Vaughan-Morgan, | some 32,000 scores and albums, Minister of Sinte at the Board of Trade, said he was certain no
government could do much to HARLY Bird writes on the help. either by protection or Spring Racing Carnival: through trade negotiations, unless Mr V. V. Noeda,
who camo on industry helped itself.
down from Taingino with tho Linen was said to be a craft visiting jockeys, secured a "hat industry, but he was convinced trick" and demonstrated to a there were very few jobs to host of admirers his ability to party is expected to, This morning, Mr R. C. Trall, which human hands could be put zinge arrive in Teun Wan shortly be-a Marino Oulcer, gave data of which could not be made easier, effort. It is reported that Mr a spectacular, finishing the tides on November 25 last faster and more efflelent by study Needa will not be returning to On trial at the Criminal He said low tide in the after- and resanch. Eessions ↳ Loung_Kwal-wing, noon of that day occurred at 44, a textli worker, charged 4.33 p.m., and the following high with the murder of his alleged tide at 10.00 pm.
The
fore 2 p.m.
mistress, Ho Ah-kwan, a 32- Consulting the data of tidel TWO FERRIES
year-old married tvoman, on conditions, Me Traill said there November 20 lust. The Fro-would be approximately the pecution alleges that the body of same tides about 1.52 p.m. today Ho was found on the seabed as, between 8 and 0 p.m. on about 40 yards from an em-November 25 last, the time of bankment in Taun Wao,
tbe alleged crime.
TO BE SOLD
Tsingtao, baving decided to stay
in Hongkong where I have no doubt he will be in popular des mand as a rider for our res maining race meetings.
A spectacular new use for aeroplance was demonstrated at Tokyo's The Star Ferry Co. Ltd. is ment store Are last months. disastrous départ»-
Leung is reprcaciated by Mr After My Traill's evidence, Mr selling two of its old vessels when two planes dropped rope Terence Shurlock, Instructed by Justico Scholes then asked the tender. They are the Solar Ser ladders to the roof of the burn- Merre Doncons. Mr " W. A. Jury to assemble at Queen's II and the Night Star, which are ing; buildinN 1, GAS TIML cradles Blair-Kerr, Crown Counsel, Pler about 1. p.m. in order to go both more than 30 years old. prosecuting.
to Teun Wan.
persona to tacope: In- The company now has sight serveral ferries to maintain its regular safety. Perhaps tha" day will service, having tokon delivery of | comno, when bright red planes or Printed and published by PR PLUMBL for and on two new versols early this year, autogiros will take their placer. behalf of South China Morning Post Limited at 1-3 Wyndham | This fleet does not lockade the jalongside other pieces of gires Etreet, City of Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong.
raighting apparatza,
two that are to be gold.