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Comment BRITAIN'S BIG DEALS Police Patrols Out
Of The WITH RUSSIA
Day
CAR PARKS
-A P.S.
Wommenter vester
day on a problem of space the lack of park- Ing areas in Hongkong
and Kowloon. It is a prol- lem which many people have given much time and attention to. But we are reminded of mother problem of spince. At St James Settlement' ammual meeting yeatering, Bishop Hall said that the average home space for the Settle- ment members and their families "is less than they will be given when their collins are laid in the Cemetery."
The Bishop's comment is
cock.
surely reminder that the replacement of bed-
cubicles, lofts, unnumbered huts and staircases, by decent, habitable homes is still our greatest neal. It is a sobering thought while we lament the lack of 200 square-foot spaces for
cars, human beings are quietly resign-| ed to spending the rest of
our
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Contracts Worth £29m Announced In London
London, April 30.
Two big British industrial groups today announced contracts with Soviet Russia totalling £29 million (HK$464 million). This comes on the heels of an announcement by the Vickers Armstrong Group that it had secured a £2,200,000 contract to build a chemical fibre plant in the Soviet Union.
British Plea For Action Against Hongkong Rejected
London, April 30.
Sir David Eccles, President of the Board of Trade, rejected a suggestion in the House of Commons today that he should give special assistance to the British enamel hollow-ware industry compete with Hongkong.
asked by Mr He had been George Thomas (Labour),
Sir David Eccles sald the imports of enamel ul value hollow-ware from Hongkong was three years.
their lives in a dwellings than £1,000 in the tast
space less than a tenth of this size.
IN
MOUNTAIN LEAD MINE
N the House of Commons on
Mr Wednesday,
Amery made
Julian #statement
on Mountain Lead Mines
Lad. In 1956 this was subject
of wide public
Quite Right
Thomas
"The
Prinex Ltd, a subsidiary of Courtaulds, have been awarded a £15 milion contract to supply Complete plants and technical processes for the manufacture of viscose rayon tyre cord, acrylic staple fibre and cellulose acetale
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The Biggest
Courtnulda
are the world's longest producers of man-made ibres. A
Courtaulds spokesman
suld later that deliveries were due to start is about a year. The date for the completion
or the contracts was August 31,
19
Viscose rayon tyre cord is Bri-
used in the majority of carcases
of road vellele tyres in
in
Products ranging from cult-
tongs to carpets and dress mate
rials can also be manufactured by the Russians with the new plant and processes.
Red China Readmits Rightists
Mr
enld Hongkong industry has laken our markets in Africa. Two The whole basis of the trade is being thoroughly under- mined by
cheaper much products. What
you proposing to do to help the Brish industry?"
Sir David
Peking, April 30,
Chinese repentant "rightists" have been elected to the leading body of the national poli- tical organisation from which they were suspended a year ago for attacking the Communist regime. They are Chung Po-chin.
a
apparently prefermer Communications Minis-
ter, and Huang Chi-hsing.
" 19
ulsa
of
the
Eccles replied: interest. Since then it has "You are quite right that the dropped out of the lime-trade is declining because the light, but today it is coming consumers
Their appointment 10 The back into prominence be-plasties or glass
the stunding
committee true that cause of the belief of one
the Chinese People's Political Con- person in particular that Hongkong industry and
hollow-ware -industry sultative Conference was an injustice has been done, plastic
Into Amery have esten
overseas ported in Peking newspapers. The fucts that Mr
help to
A third "rightist," Lune Yun. gave to Parliament have, markets but I connot
market we former Kuomintang General been challenged locally. regain an oversens
who lost his seat in the National Possibly in trying to sum-have lost."—Reuter.
People's Congress-China's par- marine the details,
the lument a year ago for same reason, was also elected to the CPPCC standing committee,
Amery went astray.
Mr
But
since the local government has
KOBE HO far
supply full information to London there la no
renson
why the correct version ...can
cannot be released fogally.
point needs One other
be explained, which Mr
Bid. To Capture
Hongkong Trade
Ameryatid=HALMRge, fiension left today on A S
Why the
Reuter
Dillon No. 2
re-
The
Tyre Plant
second announcement came from the Dunlop Rubber Group.
A new tyre factory being bullt in Russia is to be equipped with £14 million worth equipment supplied by British firms.
of
1 19-moro The factory on alte at Dniepropetrovsk near the Dnieper river will be the largest tyre plant under one roof in the Soviet Union.
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It will employ 2,600 people and produce 2,000,000 tyres year.
as
New $3 Million Road For Colony
Work is to start in about two months' time on the construction of a road across the North Kow- loon foothills to link the Kai Tak area with Taipo Road, thus by-passing Shamshuipo and other busy districts of Kowloon,
'My Fair Lady'
In Russia
Brings Protest
The factory has been laid out and will be equipped according recommendations of a sub- sidiary of the Dunlop Rubber Company which is acting
consortium of The cenillante to British Arma operating under the name of Rystyin Lid.
over 80 Since last October ernferences have been held with salan technicians in London. -Reuter.
Ike 'Fed Up' With Monty
New York, April 30. A Washington correspondent Washington, April 30, for the Scripps-Howard chain of ril 20M Clarence Douglas Dillon, newspapers reported today that Karachi, April 30.
was "fed up" A six-member trade delega- 49, was nominated as Under- Mr Eisenhower
secretary of State by President with Lord Montgomery's criti- the post formerly setupied by: nut object will result in Pakiston grabbing Mr Christian Herler, now Secre- patch in the New York World-
Lig share of of a granting
Hongkong's
Telegram, quoted a White House tory of State.
"Monty He has been serving as associate as saying: a licence but later objected textile market in Indonesia,
Undersecretary of State for wen't gel invited up to Gettys- strongly Mr Amery him- A Commerce Ministry spokes-
burg again."--Reuter. self has said he had found man said recently Pakistani Economic Affairs.--Reuler.
mining area
initially to the
Far Eastern tour which it hopes Econhower today, this was cist füxpondent; In-nis"&ts=+
it difficult to discover their textiles could undersell and motived There
is
no reason
The
of the present Britniks Decision Still Missing
texille market in
capture much for Hongkong the im- Indonesia.-U.PL. exaggerating portance of this issue and there may be quite a reasonable explanation. But!
seems the less that is Move Against HK rumme, which will include the
said about this business, i
London, April 30, The Brlilsh cabinet approved today the brond lines of "modest" space research pro- launching of artificial satellites, informed sources suid, Guatemala City, April 39. the more public curiosity in The
Government announced++++++++++++HI provoked., Desidea it should not be necessary, at any today that it has raised by 100 Per cent customs duties on im- time for people to take ports from 28 countries and ter their grievances to Lundon ritories, Including Hongkong, when they can be settled with which it has an unfavour locally.
able balance of payments.-U.P.I.
Prince Henry Says *She Was Enchanting'
Milan, May 1,
A Milan magazinu today quoted Prince Henry of Hesse, the "palnier prince," Do saying that Princess Margaret was an "enchanting girl" but any talk of their marriago was lite "building castles in the Brir."
The weekly magazine
Gente
quoted the 31-year-old bachelor who escorted the
knowing a girl only three days." "Princes are human beings like anyone else," he said. "fa friendship
between arosc Princess Margaret and my- scif, and wo went about together, there is no need to build Fuddenly to many castles in the air, and to anticipate events,"
peculation
Princess on several occasions He asked the Press "to end Its and let things during her Roman holiday
follow their normal course." - Reuter,
last month, as saying no one would decide to marry after
The eight service revolvers which were found to be missing from an Army unit armoury in the New Territories on Tuesday, have st not been recovered,
In Your Saturday Mail
THE China • Mull's exciting new series on space into its second chapter exploration moves tomorrow with spaceman James Rogers blasting off from earth in a rocket and a vivid description of his landing on the moon.
access to the Written by an American scientist with latest data on space projects, who uses the pseudonym John Meolean, this series is the most informative and timely ret received by any newspaper iz Asla,
Included also la tomorrow's feature-packed weekend edition are:
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Are You Scared To Face Your Doctor?....another in the China Matt's provocative quizzes; Show Business....inside stories of filmdom by top reporters in Hollywood and Britain;". Tristan And The Terror... Did it really hoppent. We leave the answer in this fantastic "ghost" story to the reader.
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Actual, construction work will take a year to complete and will cost $3,000,000, including legal, supervision and engineering charges.
The new road will be two miles in length.
The
Fly-over
new road will enable trafe from Kat Tak, Kowloon City and Kowloon Tsai districts to by-pass the congested areas of Yaumali and Cheungshawan when
proceeding to the New Territories. It will also open aress of land for de- un new
New York. April 30. authors of the Broad- way hit, "My Fair Lady," protested today that plans | velopment. by a Soviet producer to
From a fy-over junction on stage the musical in Russia | Talpo Road, about a quarter of without their permission a mile below the Carlton Hotel, ware "outrageous, unothi- the new road will climb up a cal and illegal."
valley through the Tal Woh then Labrettist Alan Jay Lerner Ping resettlement area, and composer Frederick Loewe cross the Kowloon foothills to a sald they were fling formal point east of Kowloon Tong and protests with the U.S. State De- descend down another valley to partment and the Russian Gov- the Alle Range at the Wong Tal crnment in an attempt to pre- Sin necess, road. vent Soviet
"I
are of
producer Victor All bridges and culverts Louls from pirating the musical to be designed to Ministry
flagrant disregard of the Transport loading and the road will be capable of carrying the thers' rights,"
Lerner and - Louwe said heaviest vehicles in the Colony, they
had not even beer It is planted to extend the approached
road through the Wong Tai Sin Permission
for
to
lo produce the show In resettlement estate and on Russia but had been folit by the now industrial township of Louls that the musical Kun Tong. "definitely will be staged" at Sverdlovsk and Klev during the 1959-00 BEANOR.
The consulting engineers are Scott and Wilson, Kirkpatrick They sald Louis, who trans. and Partners, who were commis
hy Eloned
Government in lated the libretto into Russian,
to prepare a told them: "I expect you know December, 1057 That no agreement has yet been feasibility report on the schemo. reached between the USSR and the USA
as regards 'puthors' royalties, to the Soviet produc-' to your will not be tions material advantage."
The authors said the proposed production could jeopardise the entire colturat exchange pro- gramme between Russia and the United States.-U.P.I.
Lenin Peace Prize For Khrushchev
Moscow, April 30. Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet Pronter has been awarded the Leain peace prize, it was vill- clally announced tonight.. 4
The announcement was made by the committee for the Lenia Petco prizes for "the main- tenance and strengthening of peace among the peoples"
Reuter.
Rebel Offer
Junk Master's 5 Children Missing
Five children of the master of a Hongkong fishing
Junk are missing after the vessel, capaixed following a collision with a Japanes Fraighter, the ... Ryusho Maru, near Waglan faland shortly after midnight fast night,
Ten people on board the junk were rescued by crew members Japanese vessel and. of the
landed at the Marine Police Station, Wanchai.
Five of them, suffering from Blight injuries, were treated at Queen Mary Horpital but were nut detained.
Beirut, April 20, Algeria rebel Prima Minister
The missing are all children Ferhat Abbas sald tonight bo of the junk master, Wong Kam- was willing to go to Paris to you. They are: Wong Kwar- meet Gon. Charles de Gaulle if mul, aged 19, WongTa-tal, preliminary talks in a neutralnged 14, Wong Ying-mul, aged country Indicatoa possible $12 and Wong Sal-mui, aged-five agreement to end the Algerian (all daughters), and Wong Lel- W-UP.L
fook, a 10-year-old son.
In Kowloon Streets
Today, May 1, is Labour Day. As usual mi this time of the year the Wongkong Police and the Military have been aleriod in case of disturbances,
Throughout the day Pallow patrola armed with batony and wicker-work shields marched around town in Hongkong and Kowloon,
Army patrols were stationed at strategic points on both sides of the harbour.
Tonight, workers of the Lefilst trade unions will be holding a joint celebration at the Kam Ling Restaurant. The celebrelo
dianera. win include Cantonese plays, opera, folk mugs and Other trade union workers will be holding their own celebrations at a number of restaurants throughout the Colony.
They Waited For Hours In The
The Hague, April 30. Hundreds of Dutch people aged 50 today lined up for hours in steady rain and a strong wind autside the royal palaco to present flowers to Juliana on her 50th birthday.
Queen
A birthday present of more than 1,000,000 gulders (about £100,000) was presented to the Queen this afternoon by a
special committee. The whole
Rain
nation contributed to it...
the gift is far, thi Part of
Queen to spend as she likus and the rest for a modernisa- tion of her sludy and a hand-made wrist watch. Throughout tho
thon
country more
11 million Dutch citizena celebrated the Queen's birthday works. concerty,
with fire- military parades, and funfairs
tattoos,Reuter.
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