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CHINA MAIL
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No. 37212
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1958.
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Comment BULGANIN SERIOUSLY
Of The Day
From Quemoy
To Berlin
THE have hardly divxi
THE echoes of the Quernoy
Fly to
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lands tho
world around
with-***
PAN AMŽIUGAN
ILL Hongkong
Bras
Undergoing LANCASHIRE REGIMENT Girl Forced Too Cheap
In
Treatment Moscow
Moscow, Nov. 21.
away (though they are stil! The former Soviet Premier, Nikolai Bul-
there for anyone who wants
to hear them) when a fresh
dispute provoked by tra
Communista occupies The
headlines of the world's
P11 (4
latest
Tumele ін Berlin,
ganin, is seriously ill and undergoing medical treatment in Moscow, it was learned here today.
Tiw SCTRU of the It was recalled that last June, Premier Nikita Khrushchev disclosed that Bulganin had undergone an operation in a Moscow hospital. He made this known at a party at the British Embassy on the Queen's birthday.
former capital of Germoy. and to millions in the two sovereign Germanies created by East and West, future capital of reunited state. Russia's reported decision to Bquidate th occupation status of Berlin Is I New attempt to embarrass the West; it is also designed te keep the West on Tenter
hooke, to split the allies (Dr Adenauer and the West Are already reported at
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variance on how to settie the German problemi and to keep tension high. What we are seeing in Germany today IN essentially different from the erisik on the China const in Septem ber, except that so far there is no threat of war to in- press the urgency of the situation, and the West in much less divided. There ін J rough parallel between Quemoy and Berlia In this respect: both are
vulnerable exposed, isolated positions which have defled a negotiated The complicating solution. factor about Berlin is that now it is no longer HUT- rounded by Suviet occupied territory, but by what is East Germany nominally which the allies and Dr Adenauer's West, Gerinuný tto nut recognise. obvious danger is that if Russia gives up occupation
and
The
of East Berlin, four power
NIKOLAI BULGANIN The end of the road?
To Stop Flow
Of New Yen
To Hongkong
It was later announced that Hulganini had laken up the post ut Chairman of the Iconomic Counell the remote and minor Stavropol ател. Thiks followed by his elimination fron
the Preskum of the Communist Party's Central Committee.
Wus
Last week, Khrushchev de- Turunced Bulganin as a member or the Malenkov-Molotov "Anti- Party Group" which opposed Khrushchev's ecenoinie plam.
This led observers to conclude that Bulganin had been removed from his job in Stavropol.
Disappeared
TE-
Bulganin was given mis- terlul rank as head of the State Bark after Khrushchev placed him as Preuter lust April.
He then disappeared from public view at about the thre Khrushchev first disclosed his illness. Apparently he never
dulles assumed hig
bank president.
Bulganin had beca privately criticised for failing to support Khrushchev in his showdown with the Anti-Party Group, but Khrushchev's public criticism of bira last wock was the first time he had been put in the group it- celf.
kuv
The other members of the ace in obscure positions Broup throughout the Soviet Union. Former Premier Georg. Malen- runs a power station in Kazakhstan. V. M. Molotov, or Foreign Minister, is Am- bassador W Outer Mongolia. measures today La pre- Another ex-Foreign Minister, Shepilov, has a minor
Tokyo, Nov. 21.
control becomes three power Police authorities control plus East Germany Distasteful
T
of
jeaves the three Western allies with the distasteful prospect recognising East Germany, at least tacitly, or yielding Soviet inevitable
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to
to demands for a major inter national conference on the German problem. A retreat by the allies from Berlin in bo unthinkable-It would Awallowed by the East im- medlately and equally out of the question is a settle- ment of the German ques
The tion on Soviet terms. West has made it known that it will not hesitate to employ a new airlift relleve any blockade which either Russia or Kast Ger
the ітрове ов many may
the elty in the event of allies failing to agree to the end of four power control. All this looks ominously like a new move to the brink by East and West, though so for the crisis has not fully
Whether emerged. develops will depend large- The the Russians. Went is left with a choice but to play put even if it the mennn dealing with
on
1t
vent the flow
mapped
of 10,000-mitri yen banknotes to Hong-|ducation oficial's pool. Lazar kong as soon as they are Kaganovich,
пекі Japan issued in
month.
was
(IT)-
The Government barrassed in October last year when £,000-ye bunknotes exchange appeared in money
Hongkong the shops in
day they were issued by the Bunk of Japan.
On the day after issue, 400 01 the new crisp new notes wero estimated to be circulating in the British Crown Colony and in two weeks 2,000.
IT'S ILLEGAL
It is illegal to take Japanese currency out of the country and in order to prevent a recurrence of the outflow this tinic, Police decided to list the numbers of the banknotes disbursed through the bank of Japan and the per- son or organisations receiving them.
appeala
A the same time were to be made to customs nuthorities anul U.S. military officials to keep close watch for egal movement of currency to Hongkong by ships and through airporis. --U.P.I.
Golf Holiday
Augusta, Nov. 20. President Eisenhower drove off East German regime. The for a game of golf immediately future of Berlin will only on tanding at Augusta altport for
joday. 10-day holiday be decided when the future his
of Germany itself in settled. France-Presse.
Oil Sheik To Buy
The
British Destrøyer
Inunch.
"
London, Nov. 20. Shelk of oll-rich Hickey said, "They settled for Kuwait, reputed to be destroyer,"
He reported the ship is likely the to be the richest man in
The 300-feet, 1,175-ton world, is in process of Drissenton, now lying idle in Dil buying a destroyer from supplementary the British
reserve.
Northern Ireland. Navy "for," He sold the Brissenden, com- hurely personal use," the pleted in 1943, has a successful Dally Express reported, war record. 'today.
Express Romip
Ho sold a "fair to on the rierender would be £125,000. columilat But then the Sheik would Wiliam Fickey said the Shelk, have to pay a lot of money to Bir Abdulla Ar-Arlim Al Sabah, convert her "for purely personin
Foreign Offee jume around the Perslań Guit," oppranched the recently with a request for a 'Hickey and--UP.1.
former Presidium nember, is a factory manager.-- UPI.
Hongkong Shivers At
57.5 Degrees
The new Colours of the First Battalion. The Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volun leera) are seen joining the Battalion for the first time, after they were presented by H.E. the Governor, Sir Robert Black, at the Army Sports Ground, Boun- dary Street this morning.-China Mail Photo.
DISASTROUS START
BY MCC AGAINST AUSTRALIAN XI
66 For Three At Lunch
a
Sydney, Nov. 21. - The MCC, after winning the toss, made
disastrous start today in their four-day match against an Australian XI, having lost three wickets for only 66 runs at lunch.
Fall of wickets:
Hongkong today shivered
in its coldest morning The features of the morning's} since last March. Theiny were the dominance of the end 3-40.
Strauss, Barry temperature at 7 a.m.bowlers-Ray
Fisher and John Marlin-and иля 67.5 degrees, five
some indifferent batting by the the aver-tourists. degrees below
To Stay
An Hour
Receives In The Sea
New Colours
Sir
A fishorwoman, aftor boat-
ing A
Says U.S.
By IAN AITKEN
New York, Nov. 20.
15-year-old girl,The throw her off a junk and forced hor to stay in the wator for an hour because the girl was "too slow" and had wasted "tod many" matches in lighting a fire for brunkfast, it WM alleged of Contral Mogis- tracy this morning.
H.E. The Governor,
Robert Black, this morning presented new
The 43 year old women, colours 10 the First Cheung Yee-mui, Hving on Battalion, the Lancashire board a fishing junk at Pe Toi Regiment (The Prince of Au, Clear Water Bay Beach, Wales' Volunteers) at the appeared before Mr Hin-shing Lo this morning on a charge of Ground, Sports Army
-treating the girl. Boundary Street, Kowloon, which were The old colours trooped for the last time this morning. were presented by Field Marshal Viscount Mont- gomery of Alamein, at Barnord Castle on October 25, 1955,
XXX-XL SPECTAMUR
AGENDO
This is the now regimental orest.
Both the Regiments - before their amalgamation on July 1, this year, carried the battle honour 'Egypt, which was part of their regimental badges. This consisted of a Sphinx, with the Inscription 'Egyp underneath. This was an honour they won, as did a number of other Bri- tish reriments in the battle of Alexandia to ourt the French from Egypt in 1801.
The lower bar with the molte la Latin, 'Spectamur Agendo", stands for "By our deeds we are known," and was the motto of the former East Lancashire Regiment.
On the new colours was the
crest Regimental
(ste
new
Illustration).
the
But is crest was not worn
men of the regiment. by any Only part of the badge the fathers was WOTN on collars of their uniforms, ing brass shoulder titles.
None of the men were wear- These were ordered after the
of amalgamation
the two have not yet 1-34, 2-40 regimento but
arrived from the United King- dom.
Bowling To Date
OMR W
12
3 28
3
25
2
A 0 15
Teams
age for this time of the Peter Richardson, after two Harry Fisher. year, Humidity at the unaccepted chances, was same time cent,
was 19
per
Roy Strauss
the John Martin first to go, caught at second slip by O'Neill off Fisher for 21.
The score then was 34, and By noon. however, the six runs later both Subba flow thermometer had risen to 69.0 aegrees and was still rising.
who replaced Richardson-and Arthur Milton were dismissed, Early morning temperatures Subba Now for a duck and M- have dropped sharply in the ton for 19. last few days,
The teams were:-
from MCC;
Peter May (Captain), Colin Cowdrey, Peter May and Graveney, ploying | Meliordan, Godfrey Evans, The Royal Obfervatory said Įdefensive arickel, stopped the
Tom Graveney, Tony Lock, Jim Tbls morning the present rot and were not out at the nd-
Laker, Freddie Trueman, Raman weather should remain for the journment with 15 and 11 ren-
Subba Row, Arthur Milion and text few days with cold morn-pectively.
Peter Loader. inga being followed warm afternoons.
by sunny
Today's low temperature was sull higher than the average minimum temperature in February. Hongkong's 'coldest month. The thermometer then records un average of 55.0 de- the lowest tempera- Frees of ture each dny.
But that is all a long way from the Colony's record 'low temperature of 32 degrees 1090.
In
Lunch Scoreboard
MCC (First Inning) Peter Richardson e O'Neill
Fisher....
Arthur Milton lbw Strauss Raman Subba Row b Fisher Peter May not out ... Tom Graveney not out
Total for 3 wkts.
Australia XI; Nell Harvey (New South Wales) (Captain), John Martin, Barry Jarman, Gavin Stevens (South Austra lo), Bob Simpson, Ray Strauss (Western Australia), Norman O'Neill (New South Wales), Colin McDonald, Lindsay Kline 11 (Victoria), Peler Burge
Darry Flaher (Queensland). 00❘ Twelfth
Brian Booth man: (Now South Wales)-Reuter.
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19
15
£. s. d. TO STAY IN BRITAIN
London, Nov. 20. Britain does not intend to changa English pounds, sħilfinge, and pancs for the decimal system, Parliament was told today.
An Opposition Labour member, Maroun Lipton, thought 'the' olmal system used in most
and
a committee report that urged metric measurements and deol mat coinage.
A large assembly comprising Government officials, the Ser- vices and well-known public the Old Colours Agures aw paraded for the last time and (Contd. on Back Page, Col. 43
U.S.'s FASTEST OPERATIONAL SQUADRON FOR TAIWAN
New York, Nav, 20. The 337th Fighter Intorcap-. tor Squadron, equipped with suporionic Lockhood F-104A Starfighters, is to be sent to Formosa next month, the US. Air Forco announced today. Major-General Edward Underhill,
Commander of the Eastern Air Force to which No. 237 Squadron belonge, has dra- erine F-104A as the Air Force's fastest operational plone.
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Flyers call the F-104A "the missile with a man in it." The nachine. holds the world's al- flitudo record of. 19,240 feet and is capable of speeds above 1,400 muk. It has broken the sound barrier in vertical as well an horizontal flight.
of the rest of the world might). be simpler. "The Government is continuing
to. warn the execration of F, J. Erroll, Economia Beorntary generations of school chlidren to the Treasury, saldt "I do not who are forced to learn the think our system of ourrency The number of men and air- prosant unsetlafactory system in this country law unpopular craft involved in the transfer of weights arist: maanures," he
* Mr Lipidh supposes."to_Formawn' was not annouriced, V.P.L. said. He cxiled for adoption of
Reuter,
all-powerful half- million strong Inter- national Ladies Gar- ment Workers Union of America to-day fired the first shot of a bitter union row over the tide of cheap clothing flooding into America from Hong. kong.
Union
В She
She pleaded guilty but sald it was a small matter", was fined $500 with the alter- native of two months' imprison- ment.
The husband of the woman, Fong Ko-wah, 51, was also fined $100 or 20 days in gavl for a similar offence. He claimed, hu did not -real the child him- self. He failed to stop his wife. He was the master of the junk.
Glying the facts of the nse. Detective Sub-Inspector G. J. Balls, of the DDI, Marine, szki that the girl was a "Sam Po Tan" (kile daughter-in-law, a girl promised for their young son) of the defendants. The In- cident occurred on November 11. Inspector Batts sald, after pushing the girl in the water the woman put some food on the girl's head and then pushed her under. When the girl got back to Land she ran away and went to her mother who reported the in- eldent to the Police.
executive board David headed by tough Dubinski voted to launch campaign pressure against the State Depart ment, Tariff Commission, Department of Labour and Department of Com merce to force sharp rise in tariff barriera and "restrictions on Hong- kong imports." With
a crafty eye on popular United States feelings, they insisted that the steady rise in im- ports from Hongkong was the being financed by hated cheap labour of the- Japanese textile industry' and that Hongkong was merely being used ан backdoor Into. United States.
Inspector Batts said the woman had thrown the girl into the scoThey an no less than 10 previous oc- casions when the weather was "warmer."
At the close of the case, the girl suddenly burst into tears and said she would not go back to the boat
family otherwise she would be beaten "to death". The Magistrate ordered her to be returned to her mother.
Then she smiled.
STOP PRESS
MCC STAND
Sydney, Nov. 21,
A fourth wicket stand of 149 by Peter May and Tom Graveney canbied the MCO to make a splendid recovery from their disastrous start against an Australian XI to- day at ten. Tourists were 106 for four.
Graveney made 70 in a delightful display featured by powerful driving, before being well caught.
top form May, showing was not out 82 at the adjournment, and Cowdrey 3 not eat-Reuter.
The Prices
cited the price of Hongkong-made brassieres, sciling in United States at only 76 cents, while, United States brassieres
made cannot be marketed at less than U.S.$1.50: blouses sell at $1.19 competing with United States priced at $1.98..
Ladies Garment workers are.
certain to be joined by makers of men's clothes. Experta estimate that at least ten per cent of tailor-made
and men's women's suits sold in the United States come from Hongkong. Prices are $45 to $50 compared with United States products price of $75 to $100.
People Evacuated
In North Malaya
Kuala Lumpur, Nev. 20. Morcon
rains continued to Lash north Malayn today, fore- int the evacuation of 1,300 from their homes In people
Perak State.
Meteorological
stations have- forecast moderate to heavy rainfall for another 24 hours- Reuter,
In Your Saturday's Mail
14 last dawned sunny and calm in Bagdad
JULY last a had exploded into bloody
of
vlolence and murder that shocked and horrified the
assassination world. The lurid horror of the Iraq's young King Faisal and the slaughter of his family is matched only by the mastnere of the Rus slan royal house in 1918,
An eyewitness of this terror Is Florence Hazeldine, white- haired Engilsiz nanny to the three young children of Princes Badia, King Faisal's aunt. From the balcony of their villa, she saw the palace attacked,
Tomorrow in the CHINA MAIL she tells, for the first thur, her personal, clare-up story of how King Falezi and his family were shot down like dogs on the slope of his palace. Read "ROYAL MURDER: The Truth...
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