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Comment DEATH OF MAJOR CHURN The Duke
Of The Day
JULIANA
EADERS have charged i courtesy because a headline referred to the Queen of the Netherlands merely as Juliana. Het is this True, we refer to Queen Ellenbeth
the Queen,{ both in headlines and text. She Is the head of the Commonwealth af which
We
this colony is part. refer to her consort Philip or the Dukeim-¡ partially. Princess Mar- yaret rarely keeps her title: in a headline and Charles and Anne are treated with equal familiarity.
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Now let's go abroad. Elsen. hower is the to our head- line writers, as he is popular newspapers every- where. Khrushchev lacks a handle both in headlines and text, and Mino T-
A Distinction ?
the
Big Four
Summit Talks At 30,000 Ft?
Washington, May 26. The "Big Four" Foreign Ministers are likely to hold a summit meet-
Leading HK Businessman
Succumbs After Long Illness
Major S. Macomber Churn, J.P.,
ing at an altitude of He 30,000 feet, high above; the Atlantic when
back they fly
to Mri
Geneva
from
Dulles' funeral. Newa that Mr Andrei Gromyko, the Soviet Foreign Minister, had accepted the offer by the Secretary of State, Mr Christian Herter, to fly back to Switzerland with him and the British and French Foreign Minla ters has made this possible.
Reluctant
He
leading Hongkong businessman died this morning after a long illness.
was 72. He suffered a heart at- tack soon after 7 o'clock this
his residence, morning in
Pinecrest, which is on Taipo Road.
had been ill for many weeks prior to his death and had only recently re- turned from hospital.
Major Churn was Chair- man of China Provident Co! Ltd, a post which he held for 24 years. He joined the company's board" in 1927, and the company more than 50 years ago.
of
In addition, Major Churn was Chairman 0: North Point tung invariably becomes Omrials here were reluctant
Wharves Ltd, Vibro Piling Co Mao. In the Middle East to comment on the possibility
Lid and governing director the King of Iraq was of using the death of Mr Dulles Samuel Macomber & Sons Ltd always Feisul, the King of to launch Into "cold war" and the Union Trading Ltd. Jordan, Husein, the King conference while the Foreign Major Churn is survived by ore in Washington, his wife, two sons, four daugh- of Egypt, Furouk, and the Ministers
privately King of Saudi Arabia, Ibnut diplomats
obters and nine grandchildren. served that Mr Dulles would
His eldest Sund.
daughter Is the probably have appreciated wife of Dr J. B. Mackie, former some of the Irony of the situa- Hongkong malariologist, now tion.
flying in Tasmaņls. It seemed probable, however,
Anniversary that no one would attempt to
His oldest son, Mr E. J. M. begin any talks until after the
5156 THE King of the Belgians funeral tomorrow, but the next Churn, 15
prominent businessman being
Baudouin. And
ex- provided United State: officials managing director of the Union
Trading Co Lid. Kings of Yugoslavia, Italy, are willing.
Only at the end of last year, Albania, Belgium and
The presence in Washington
celebrated the of the West German Chan-Major Churn Rumania would always be
cellor, Dr Kourad Adenauer. 50th anniversary of his associa- Peter, Umberto,
might lo be important ition with Chinn Provident and there was any disposition to a large gathering of prominent make use of the present op-local citizens attended a cock- portunity.
tall party at the Jockey Club. Sir Robert Ho Tung was one Diplomatic
famous Hongkong men with whom Major Churn has been associated in business. And he has built up a repula- tion of being one of Hongkong's most prominent bustnessman.
His БИСССАЯ was clearly the recovery of illustrated in China Provident during his term as Chairman,
ዓ.
Leopold and Michael, Have
we yet said anything offen-
sive to the nationals of
these countries? The cure
کوت
the
observers
י
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possible of many matter therefore Washington 'believe seems to be that we make agreement in principle on
Berlin is the an unreasonable distinction new statute for between
our own and the only positive step to be ex- from the Geneva pected Netherlands. Queen.
Foreign Ministers conference,
A widely held view-although Ji has no official basis-is that Common such an
agreement would be British newspaper usage is considered here as sufficient to
But the î not o.
that the British Queen in Justify the United States attend- Bangkok Mission referred to simply by hering a summit meeting-Reuter.
title and not her name.
"Elizabeth"
on the other
hand is what most Britlah
people would expect to find
their
(See also P. 21
Queen called in the Prince Albert's
headlines of
Ry
foreign
newspaper, and "The King."
"The Queen" or "The Pre- sident"
would
naturally
refer to their own King, Queen or President.
Far-fetched
THE only distinction we are
TH
making between Juliana] Elizabeth therefore isļ and
This means) one of usage
we use the unmes that the majority of ussociate
our readers
with
people. We
courtesy
Wedding Will Satisfy Requirements
Vatican, City, May 26.
Twenty-four years Ago the shares were priced at 80 cents and the company had not been able to pay a dividend. Today the shares are $11.70 and the dividend and bonus is $1.10.
he the war Just prior to visited Bangkok on a mission on beball of the Hongkong Goverti- ment la connection with the rice monopoly rehome of which he was a director:
THE LATE MAJOR 5, M. CHURN
HK-Biggest
Toy Exporter
To Britain
London, May 26. Hongkong is the biggest exporter of toys to the United Kingdom, sending £1,244,760 worth last year, Mr C. Goude, Secretary of the British Toy Manufacturers Association, told a London press conference today,
Mr. Goude said that Bri- tain received £232,179 worth
Khrushchev's of toys from Japan.
Son-In-Law
Made Editor
Of Izvestia
LOW PAY RATES
The largest importer of British toys was the Netherlands, who took £329,690 worth, Belgium took toys worth £311,000, the German Federal Republic £230.. 000, Sweden £248,000, Switzer-
land
£98,000.
£135,000 and France
Mr Goude said that pay rates in Hongkong were below the European level and there had
of been
design complaints
production was
Its
Sagan's Cars Get
Her Into
Trouble
Paris, May 26. Francoise Sagan, 23-year-old best-selling French novet- it was the central figure; in three different law sules) heard by the French courts today.
ง
There
was one connecting link between the three cAPES---- they all concerned her passion | for high-speed motoring
In case number one she op- pealed against a 10,000-frane. fine (approximately £37) im- posed on her by an earlier court for "Injuring by Impru denco" three passengers whom fact she was driving in her sports car when it overturned. in a road accident In 1956..
Care number two Was brought by the surgeon who attended Francoles for serious head injuries sustained in the accident, for non. samo payment of his one milijon. frang (over £700) III. The verdict in both cams, is to be announced in two weeks' time. Case number three for illegal parking in front of her own
Paris front door has been trans- court.-AFF.
ferred to an ordinary police
Rebuked For
Water Joke
London, May 26. The mass-circulation London Star today openly accused Prince Philip of the "not so funny" water sprinkling of two photographers. The Star said its investigation of last night's in- cident at Chelsea Flower Show revealed the Queen's husband pressed the button that sent a hidden water sprinkler into action.
Snake Dies After It
Bites Man
Lourenco-Marques, (Mozambique). May 20.
Aspake bit an African ...and death followed shority afterwards...bol 11 WIS death for the snake, and not the men, it was dis closed today..
Forty-year-old
Mgone Krone was sleeping in tris But when he was hitten by make. He awoke at once to find a dead snuĀLA beelde him. He feared the work, but found that in- stead of becoming ill, he felt quite well,
to attributed this rever- sal'of roles to the fact that his father had treated him while he was silli child with various secrol roole to counteract anake- bite,—AFT.
Khrushchev Calls For A Balkan 'Peninsula Of Peace'
*London, May 26..
Mr Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet Prime Minister, today called for a Balkan "peninsula of peace” free of rockets and atomic weapons, Moscow Radio reported.
Moscow, May 26.
Speaking on the second day The son-in-law of Mr Nikita copying
of his visit to Communist Al- Khrushchev, the
peace treaty with Soviot restricted almost entirely to the banla, he said Italy had agreed to allow the installation on its loader, Mr A. F. Adzhu- cheaper plastle toys-AFP.
territory of rocket bases to be bey, has taken over the
directed against Russia and editorskip of the
other Socialist countries,
Soviat
Government's official UK, Russian
nowspaper, Izvestia.
Mr Adzhubcy who is still in his thirties, will be one of the staid newspaper's youngest-ever
editers. He made the announce-
His mission was to buy rice ment to fellow-guests at a
Hongkong for the year 1842.Yugoslav Embassy reception When the Pacine war IOKUT
but he was-still-in Bangkok. then dominated
by The Japanese. Unable to return to
escaped
be
ما
in
LIVELIEST
04
And US
Flags Burnt
cluding Albania.
Unreasonable
Greece,
in-
He added that the Soviet to sign a Union would reak
West Ger- many as well. "In Ume it will he understood in the Federal German Repubile as well that this is necessary."--Reuter.
also bordering Al- GOLF HISTORY
take bania, seemed inclined to
But these a similar decision. decisions constituted an "un- reasonable policy" and contra- the dicted first and foremost BuonokAtres, May 26.5interest of the Italico and Flags of Britain, the United Greek peoples, to declared
States and Russia word burned: last night by a group of youths shouting "Long live Paronism," in one of the busiest corners of the city.
MADE AT
Press association photo- graphers Walter Lockyear and Mark Seymour were drenched. The prince led the roar of laughter as the two cameramen away.
Star's
front
sprinted
Tho
PLER. editoria entitled "No 80 Furny" fndirectly rebuked, ilio prince for embarrassing the twa photographers covering the Royal tour of the flower show.
The editorial noted that Lock- year and Seymour were issued passes from Buckingham Palace.
*This system of palace passen
is used so that the Royal Camily are not embarrassed by tgo many photographers," the Star said.
"Both men were representing
| the press of the world.”
The
newspaper said the Queen and Prince Philip had Just witnemed a demonstration of hidden garden water sprink- lers when the two photo- graphers stopped onto the griss to take photos of the Queen,
Drenched
"The Duke, said to the two men operating the control panel of the sprinkler. It I press this will it ght those two photo- grophers, the men said yes**** The newspaper sald Prince Philip then pressed the control photo. button, soaking the
graphers. The Blar said the cameras were slao drenched.) The Star quoted Prince Philip- acking Lockyear, "Did you get wet?” Lockyear 'sarcastically" repiled, "Oh, no, not much."
Added the Star: "Both men were, in fact, very wet, very embarrassed and very annoyed." -UPI.
"Seeding"
Had The Opposite Effect
London, May 26. Attempts by British Gov. ernment meteorologists, to produce rain by "cloud-
to have had the opposite effect.
CHAMPIONSHIP sedlig appear actually
Hotorring to the Foreland Ministers' talks at Geneva, he
said it was apparent the West ern. powers "do mi wapt to reach agreement," while "the Boviet stand testifies to the Exact opposite."
Izvestia is regarded here the Soviet Union's second most
daily Important
paper. Its former editor, Mr K. A. Gubin, received the Order of Lonin on his 60th birthday last year, was recently reported to
both the youths distributed hand-expressed his condolences on
A high Vatican source said Hongkong
today that Pope John Rangoon, and later Calcutla,
Major Churn was an officer XXIII's scheduled mor- in the British Army In India ringe of Belgium's Prince for three and a half years. who Albert and tralian Princess Demobilised in England Paola Ruffo will fulfil 1945, Major Churn returned to both civil and religious the Colony to take up an ap
pointment with
Civil requirements.
Affairs Administration with the Assistant The statement followed after rank
Deputy
these two dis- mean no
offensive Dr
of
the
familiarity. And, the com- some Belgians objected to Director, Civil Affairs, plaint by the reader who Albert being wed without the signs herself as "Annoyed" civil ceremony as required by Boems, a ttle far-fetched, the Constitution.
17:0 writing requires Vatlean source, who is Our Patience Is
0
Headline
Involved in the protocol pro the maximum economy of words, yet even no Juliana paration for the July 1 wed- is from any point of viewing, denied knowledge of
report that a Belgian official infinitely preferable to the would perform a civil ceremony only possible short alterna- in the Belgian Embassy at Rome tive of Dutch Queen —ten pelor to the Vatican wedding. lotters and one Брасс against 12 letters and one space for Queen Julluna.
He said the Pope's ceremony would legally satisfy civil re- quirements He said the only added requirement would be _, | registration of the Vatican
Is extra deference required ceremony with elvilian ceTC-
for a lady? We recall two monies.-UPI.
highly revered and much loved Queens for, whom titles are superfluous
Running Out
Buenos Aires, May 26. Israel's patience is running out, over continued Egypt- ian Interforence, with hor ships and cargoes passing through the Suez Canal and thus hindering trade with the Far East, Israel's Mrs Foreign Minister, Golda Meir, suid today. "Israel will have to act differently from now, on as re- grds Egyptian ships and the Egyptian cargoo unless She is popular, well-known and widely, respected. So
United Arab Republic daily much so that she is one of Vandenburg Air Force Base, recognises the principles laid Cal., May 30. down by the United Nations the few people in the world
The United Statca today again Security Council, Mra Mele who never requires a su postponed for technical reasons told press conférence here. home —— or a title to be the launching of its Discovezar Mrs Melr did not elaborata Identified. This should be III sjellite to carry four mice on what mesures israel pro- source of prido, but surely - Inio pebit and bring them back powod tolako gaituet . Ärab
shipping-UPI, not annoyance.
to earthBeu}M.
Wilhelmina and Victoria.
Then why
not Juliana!
Trip For Mice Postponed
Speaking at a workers' meet- In a lightning. demonstration, ing in Tirana, Mr Khrushchev be ill.
bills reading "We are neither Mr Dulles' death to the United At the Mr Adzhubey has run Russia's with Washington, nor with States Government.
stressed the time he livellest daily.
some the Komso-Morcow nor with London. Wo
vitws with Mr differences in molskaya Pravda, official journal are Argentines for the defenceles on various international of the Soviet Communist Youth of the national existence.". League, Its: new, editor, the
questions, Moscow Radio said. youthful looking Mr Volonov,
Warning was its former deputy editor.
Mr
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An interim
Sandwich, May 26.
report published British amateur golf cham-
here today on the Meteorologi plonship history was cal Office's 10 tests carried out made at the Royal Staince September, 1955, said that George's course here to remilla Indicato rather strong- day when iwo golfers ly that a not decrease of rald-
fall was produced.” achieved holes-in-one — The selen Elsi who complied
at the183-yard the report,
Mr B: C. Oddio, eighth hole, known as commented. that the experi "Hades."
ments appeared to have had day had not been achieved in and, that very probably the ap
Two holes-in-one on the same to real effect, on rainfall the championship since its in-parent decrease was "merely a
remarkable coincidence," stitution 1865.
Ia First to sink his tee shot today
the cloud-veding tests was Tom Harvey, former Private "moke" formed of minute cry-
The Incident took place at the intersection of Florida ani Corrientes sireels, in the heart He warned that we do Adzhabey's skill in in of the shopping, and theatrical not succeed in reaching serce- jeeting, "human « interest” the Soviet newspaper world is in theatres..
into district, just before curtain thangment on signing a peace treaty Secretary to the Queen Mother stals of silver iodide was TC-
with both parts of Germany and recently elected Chalrmonicased from the generators
of the Royal and Ancient Golf Salisbury Plain la south- not expected to make much
then we shall sign a treaty with Club championship committee, central England when rain was difference to the sober columns
QDR (Bost Germany) of Izvestia. Heuter.
The youths disappeared bethe Ifore the police arrived,-[JPY, alone."
Mother
When
Whitehaven, May 26.
MRS Dorothy Simpeor
admitted she gave her
...
Gassed Boys
Naughty
after eight-year-old Nor- "I pushed him on the couch,
man
on
ruling body, of Brilsh golf, expected China Mạil Special.
Lato in the day the feat was jepeated by Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Duntun, Welsh Inter- national and former British Walker Cup Captain. Both golfers scored, one-hole victories over their opponents--Reuter.
Wayne's Wife
Has Miscarriage
Walked Away With $164,000
Denver, May, 20,
2. Two men opened a parked armoured van with a key, tom day and stole $104,450, whlio thò van's guards were' Inaldoj a bank here today.
The guards had just lockod tha mong là khối văn and no and
got the five-year-old
gas tube, and
Hollywood, May 26. furned to the bank, for some Anthony were found to be turried it on för a few
Actor John Wayne and his nacka of colas when one of the two Bona whiffs of gas *! “droway, unconscious or minutes,” her statement wita sald, today they lost their | robber opened the van with a
key and took out four sacks. from a nine-foot tube) comatose". on several said, "I' held" the tube expected baby.
occasions. when they misbehaved.
birs: Wayne, third wife of the containing the money,AN pgainst his mouth. He was sick, suid, went, to sleep." movie star suffered a miscar-He and his companions then
ringo after
"Two-month | spod away -lo a car, a woman The gas came from'a hotse- pregnancy. The couple has one witness told the police,
hold outlet UPL
Haughter, TanssimUPI,
Mrs Simpeon was committed she said-Norman got the ON · malicious! injury gas one' night-after he
talked back to her,
⠀ charges for trial yesterday