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ABOVE: in Porto Helli, Greece, Eska tarrorist loader Grivas micots a Cypriot dé- legation raportedly sent to smooth over the rift between Grivas and Mokarios. Hero after their mooting at his house are the island's interim Labour Minister Polycarpos Yorkandzis (roading from left), ox-Eoka leader Paylakis, Grivas, and two more ox- Eoka terrorists Sotiriades and Christodoulides, Grivas made it known that ho does not want Cyprus to join the British Commonwealth (which the London Agreemont makas possible).—Express Photo.
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Hbefore the horri, TURTLING through the
fied eyes of at least a dozen spectators, W. L Plow, former night editor of the Hongkong Dally Press crashed to his death on the pavement outalde the Ex-? change Building, Des Voeux Read, shortly after 10 a.m: yesterday.
The suicide was carefully pra meditated and before leaping to his death from the highest van- tage point in Hongkong, the roof verandah of the Gloucester Building, the unfortunate man | wrote a farewell message to his wife, Edith, a former nurse 'in the Hongkong Government Medical Service, who left Hong- kong on June 13 and has not yet arrived home.
The nota said: "Edith- Please forgive me.. I want to be cremated and have my other sent to you—Lewis.” He was Eged 39.
ABOVE:
Thames
"Miss Thomos" 1959 wont for a triumphal cruise down rivor at Maidenhead, Borkshiro, last week, —and loft behind her 14 irate challengers, annoyed at being overlooked in favour of a "foreigner." For Miss Thames, 21-year-old Barbara Smith, comer from Walthamstow, Essax-35 miles away. And the contest was supposed to be a local one. "Next year," said a pacifying official, "we'll have to restrict entries to local giris." Picture shows: Miss Thames is crowned by South Africa's current holder of the Miss World title, Penny Coelen.
With the title went a £100 prixe.-Express Photo.
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ABOVE: Mr Hugh Fraser, 56-year-old mil- lionairo draper from Glasgow, who has bld £36,400,000 for control of the Harrods group of stores. Of the offer, no less than £18,000,000 is in cush.-Reuterphoto.
ABOVE: Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten shown ontoring the Ministry of Defence in London when ho took over the post of Chief of the
Defence Staff from Marshal of thoʻRoyal Air Forco Sir William Dick-
son, who has retired. Central Press Photo.
ABOVE: Princess Margrethe, heiress to the Danish throne, who last month graduated from high school, is now taking a course at Jonstrup training camp for NCO in the Woman's Auxiliary Air Force. At the end of the strenuous course which starts at 6 a.m, every day—sha will be awarded a corporal's stripes. Picture shows: The Princess takes part in a high jump' qualifying test-Express Photo.
Governor Taking Requiem PLAYMATE FOR A
3 Months' Leave
The Governor, who, with Miss Barbara Black, w go on leave ou Sunday, August 2, Is expected to return to Hongkong with Lady Black
about November 4.
Mass For THREE-YEAR-OLD
Fr. Page
Quarry Bay Fire A full congregation attended
A fire broke out at a construc- tion site in East Street, QURITY Bay at 4.37 .m, today and fasted about 20 minutes. Some building materici as well as a circular saw, were severely damaged." There were no casualties.
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the Raquiom Mars colo brated at St Margaret Mary's Church at Happy Valley this morning for the late Rev. Fr Dantel
ON
SHOW
Page who died at 5 A nine-foot, 22-pound pet
Francis Hospital last
Saturday.
Father Page, who was 77, was one of the oldest residents of Hongkong.
python was the star of today's display in the Gloucesten Arcade for the HKSPCA's, Dumb Animal Appeal Week. The python has been lent to the Society for the next Ave During his long residence in days, by Mr Flavio da Luz, Its the Colony, he had been. Rector owner.
Born in Aosta in Italy in 1882, he was ordained in his carly twenties and came to Hongkong in 1910.
of St Margaret Mary's Church, The Society's Appeal Week and the Holy Cross Church in begins today, and will end on Shuukiwan and a Rector also of Friday.
the Roman Catholic Seminary.
The Requiem Mass was cele- brated by Mgr. Felix Shek, Vicar. General, who was assisted by: the Rev. Fr. L. Fung and the Rev. Fr. Paul Tsang." The Rev. Fr. L. Balls was the Master-of- Ceremony.
Mr da Lux ald be got the python when it was only a few months old. It is now bearly Ave yours of age, and It is quite tame,
Poodle Too
He said that sometimes
his
Father Page was buried at three-year-old son plays with it the Roman Catholic Cemetery) when he takes it out of its cage following the funeral service. la the evenings. He calls the
Orphans Leave
python Derma.
MURDERED MAN ONCE
Derma welghed 22 lbs when last put on the scales nearly | - *- two months ago.
Other animals on display this -morning included a prize-
For New York ming poodle, a number of
parrots and a cat.
The cat on display this morn. **Ten Chinese orphans left for Ing was "Booty,” the unfortunata” New York, via Tokyo, by Air feline who was rescued from a India today to be adopted by, chimney on Friday evening by American families. They were engineers from the Army's Clerk sponsored by- International So-o. Works office,
LIVED IN HK
Mežo, "July ̈`*$** The widow of Ewok You-leung. the man who_was_shot dead. in Macao. Iont week, lodBY' sald her husband -waa 'not' A Communist Army officer,
She also said she did not think
col Services.The. children, six Scoty" spent nine hours trap-he was concerned with politics.
boys and four girls, were aged pet In the flue while the Pollée, from nine months, to 13 years.
Mrs Kwok, a Peking-born lady
Fire Brigade and an inspector of in her curly 80's 'came to Macao They were escorted by Miss the SPCA attempted to pull him Hose Loc,
to safety, without success,
with her husband six years ago. Sho sald that when the Com- munist Liberation Army :- swept uver China she went to Hong- Then early on Friday evening ) korig with her husband and lived
Mewing
Shipping Manager the engineers finally located the there for two years before com-
Going On Leave
ing to Macao in 1933 where some of her children were born.
cat by its mowing,
They hasamorod a two-foot square hole to the chlmney in · Kwok, 40, born in Diagón, one of the flats on the top was the son of a high oficial in Mr Eugeno R. Egbert, Pasien- door, and end of the opolies the Iron Industry in Manchuria, gor Traine. Manager of · Lhời ellinbed Ligids and pulled the working under the Jopanaso American President Lines in Boot-blackened animal cul. Army, and Kwok himadir heid a Honolulu,, arrived in the su Proj No owner has yet been traced, loser pom: There, her paddy, Stell oldent Wilson: this; morning to, and it is hoped that a home car He was dilled by an unknow railovo Mr G. L. Crow, Passen be found for "Sooly, in the foliant who fired, sovorni shots ger Traffic Manager here: Mr Towing week, si Nong ng
at him-while he was walking Crow in going on home leave by During the appeal week home with another man after the a Freeldent Cleveland on umber of after animals, some attending right cast, the August 18, and a expected to of them prize-winners, will also Lutheran Cultural Cenze Iretüm next-Jamiary, Bil Sligo on display
t.
INU
SIR
→ Your periodic Buz- gestions for the adoption of open-necked shirts as the sensible summer attire for men have apparently not met with the favour of your Hongkongle, In Shameen (Canton),
the
where
heat is great and the humidity higher than in Hong- kong, a few of the residents iz- cluding the managers of a fow foreign firms, go about their business in white duck or drill trousers and white linen or silk. shirts with the front collar but- ton unfastened.
When long sleeves that aro not rolled up are worn with these shirts, in general thin mode of attiro, has a noti aps pearance and probably because they so obviously afford.com- fort and freedom. of movement to the wearer is tolerated In the heat of today, it would acer however, that (fortunately, small) minority are exceeding the bounds of propriaty when they go to the pictures in the coal of the even- ing thus attired, especially when, as is often the Саб they are in the company of ladies, Criticism has been ex- pressed in various quarter at the display of what the faddisis seem to consider, a new vogus.
JEM.
Many rozidents will hear with deep regret of the death of Mr C. W. F. Booker, mana- per of Bishop and Lacey Ltd Exchange Building, which occurred suddenly at the Gloucester · Building "in the early hours of yesterday morn=" ing. He came from Man- chester in 1931 and at one time was employed by John Manners & Co Lid,'
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