THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1959.

MAC IS OPTIMISTIC Just OVER SUMMIT TALKS

London, Nov. 16.

Mr Harold Macmillan, the Prime Minister, declared here tonight that he believed it should be possible at a summit meeting "to reach some agreements limited either in character in time or in number.".

Above all, he added, In speech at the annual banquet of the Lord Mayor of London, it abould be possible to decide at the end of such a meeting arrange for another."

And

He went on to make his re- forence in British Initimlive being followed by other nations then rommented: "So we must come to a summit meeting and

McElroy Notes

For Recall Of

Need U.S.

Forces Some Day

Augusta, Nov. 16.

The Prime Minister said the need to a series of such meet Mr Neil McElroy, U.S. Defence Secretary said here

great powers should, in the British Parikamentary Jasper, "adjourn and ask leave to alt

Bali."

ings.

"As I say, I do not expect sensational resulls from the irst. Naturally such a meet- ing ought to be properly pre pared, and this certainly volves on our side the by

consultation between Western Allies. British

He commented: "In this way. I believe that the tension in the world may be reduced problems resolved Ilttle

or

and

lie, step by step. "I know that Initiative was criticised a year I rejoice that it has been ago. FO generously recognised--and

Indeed followed by our Allies.

The Prime Minister began by recalling his speech at last year's banquet when he described the International situation as "fense."

Berlin Crisis

the

fle went on 10 refer to the crisis over Berlin, the visit that he and Mr Selwyn Lloyd, Forelen Secretary, made Moscow and the Foreign Minis- fers' meeting in Geneva.

As a result of these efforts. Mr Macallan said. and of the visit Mr Nikita Khrushchevy made to the United States, he believed the tension had "ubstantially, lessened."

Today, Instead

almo- sphere of tenske, "we are m- barked upon a series of discus- sions, visits and negotiations."

of un

Mr Macmillan commented that it was rather like the "niee

fashioned old

dance The Loneers."

He declared: "First, we had Set to Partners." Now we wo Visiting Let us hope that we shall soon have “Grand Chain," "

regret the

in

fullest the

"We may

time taken by this formative process: But if the exchange of visits

and the conversations between statesmen of East and West on happily as they are, then 1 feel that at least the impetu being maintained.-Reuter.

Shark-Infested

Waters Scene

Of Plane Crash

A

is

New Orleans, Nov. 16.

transcontinental airline en route from Miami to New Orleans plunged aud- denly and without a hint of trouble into the fog covered Gulf of Mexico early today and all 42 per- sons aboard perished.

By nightfall, at least 10 bodies were picked up by Coast Guard craft and a search continued in shark-infested waters for other

(in the Lancers, the dancers begin by greeting

one another, then they advanos | victims. towards one anolber and the dance ends with everyone bolding handa).

Folly

He added: "Or course, i would be folly to suppose that such a meeting would settle everything in a few short days of talk,

The issues today are too big the division too wide; They go 1oo far back in history.

"But I do believe that it should be possible to reach some agreements limited either in character, in time or in number at such a summit meeting."

17

The big National Airlines DC- 713 was cruising over open water in clear lying weather when it radleed that thick Overcast

and fux bank loomed ahead. It received instructions to descend in uflitude. but that was the last heard from the ill-fated four-engined plane,

today the United States must "face up to a decision" on bringing home some of its troops still stationed overseas.

He made the comment after talks with President Eisenhower and other top officials on means of holding down the 1901 mill- tary budget,

reporters

and Rome In-

Mr McElroy told that some euls crenkes were made today.

Mr McElroy salda United

Stales decision on bringing home some of its troops would not hove to be made immediately. But it would have to be done

"some time."

He gavo no details of cuts and increases in military budget.

SERVICE DEMANDS

the

UK BID TO

Couldn't

Stop Whistling

The

London, Nov. 16. London Transport executive has banned one of its underground rail- way ticket collectors from whistling.

Thirty-two-year-old Eric Pul-

for had whistled for yours as he stood in his little box at the Turnham Green station..

Then, one day, a businessman complained to the railway

executive

that a collector al- ways whistled "Colonel Bogey" as ho passed through the ticket barrier,

"The businessman protested that the tunean army march whose fame has spread since

LIBERALISE its use in the British flm "The

CARD GAME

LAWS

London, Nov. 16. the Mr R. A. Butler, the British Home Secretary, today started a process in Par- liament which will result

The military budget of $41,000 million is more than half the country's total budget. It was De- officially "settled" by the fence Department Jast week but it is certain that Service demands for more funds will continue both in public und private.

Bridge on the

4

Inspector

River Kwai"

was often sung to rade words. So the executive assigned an lo And the culprit und all the Turnham Green sta were asked if they could whistle,

ANOTHER TUNE Eventually Pulfer was tracked and told by the Inspector never to whistle "Colonel Bogey" again. Pulfer ald "try to stop whistling but I do it naturally."

in Britain having licensed The Inspector told him "I? betting shops and a 20th | you've got to whistle, try an- century look to her other tune, Blaze Away' for antiquated card gamo laws, some of which go back to 1541."

He asked the House of Com mons to rive a second reading agreement in principle-ton The Air Force wanto

morebill which he said would liberal- for the high altitude, ise a branch of the law which money

the had become

"out-moded and high speed B-70 bomber: Navy wants to hasten produc- ineffective and therefore treated tion of its solld fuel Poluris by many people with ridicule mbto designed to be fred and contempt." from underwater and

submarines

the Army wants 10 modernise its weapons and press forward with their Nike-

Zeus anti-mislio project.

AMUSED HOUSE

Mr Buller, opening a two-day debate, amused the House try All these plans, the Bersaying that the game of Bridge vices contend, are being deployed for money stakes at D layed for lack of funds. club in London was illegal but

"Snap" was not.

A party of 10 top officials, headest by Mr McElroy, flow

lo president Eisenhower's Holt Cor

chub "White House" bere

today's talks.

This was because "Snap", a very afmple game chiefly played by children, was con- aldered by the present law “a game of skill "*

Smoke flares

The President is spending marked the spot where the blg

short hollday before starting plane plunged into water about

his foreign tour next month realised 10 fcet

deep and three surface Reuter. craft criss-crossed the arca search of bodies while a Coast Guard amphibian and an Air Forec helicopter hovered over- head-UPI.

A British Crossword

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22 123

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ACROSS

1 Mum's the word! (4).

+ Something like a train! (7),

the truth he's

8 To tell you

not likely to (4).

This ace comes out on top,

of course (4).'

10 Church-1 have left

minister there (7).

The

Puzzle

DOWN

in

2 Shown by keen businessmen

(0).

3 Inefficient cake-watcher! (6), 4 The dance of a doctor in

South Africa (5).

6 A good man who finally

becomes a saint (0).

6 Social distinction (5).

11 Garment which gives Robert 7 Declares (D);

# start (4).

12 Just simply

water (4).

14 Calumniabo (7).

17 Poetle pole? (5).

10 Jack's victim (5),

streich of

22 Haired back for some fruit!

(7).

20 The work is brief to us (4),

27 14ke mutton or dodo! (4).

28 Afternoon performance (7), 29 Flåg girl (4),

30 Nona will be back before

lòng ).

31 Holy man rolls as he waiks

(7)

32 immemorial trees (4).

12 Was she invited to attend a

garden party? (4).

13 Though fishy they sound

tragrant (4).

UN

Proposal

Mr Butler also said it was not

that such events às funds garden fetes for Church were of doublful legality, even though they were not interfered with by the Police. The bill would put these clearly within the law. Reuter.

On Limiting Claims New N-Weapons Cure For

United Nations, Nov. 16. The main Political Com- mittee today suggested that the new ten-nation disarmament body which will begin talks in Geneva next year should consider means of limiting posses- sion of nuclear weapons. The Committee adopted by, 66 volcs to none with 13 abstentions

with three members absent- an Irish-sponsored resolution to this.effect,

DANGER

It would have

EXISTS

Thrombosis

instance."

A

Woman

Page

Hongkong Girl's Big Moment In London

BCW

HK

REFUGEES

So Pulfer whistled the march cheerfully for three weeks -until

complained that he was always whistling the same tune as he punched her ilcket.

This time Pulter was told by the wiation masier to "cut oni the whistling business" completely.

Pulfer, telling his story, Is quoted by the Daily Mall as saying "It's beginning to get on my nerves.

** find I'm all tensed up sometimes I forget myself and I have a quick look round to see if anyone has been looking." China Mail Special.

Inquiry Into Unofficial

Strikes

London, Nov. 16. Leaders of eight million Bri-

tish workers meeting here! today to discuss unofficial strikes which are disrupt- ing British industry, de- cided to sond A ques. tionnaire to the country's

185 unioni.

The Union leaders, members An English Doctor, E. F. St.

London, Nov. 16.

of the 19-man General Council of the Trades Union Congress, John Lyburn, said today will meet again on December 18 that he had discovered an when they will have tho original and revolutionary Unions' answers. method for curing people Sir Thomas Williamson, Gen- who suffer from throm-eral Secretary of the National bosis.

con

Union of General acid Municipal Workers, who acted as Chair- Dr Lyburn's invention

nam, sald after, today's, mes- that their investigation Ing sists of n cabin la which the patient's head and neck are would go back to 1956. placed and exposed to cold

NOT POLITICAL the General ranging from 4 to 14 degrees Assembly state its recognition below zero while the rest at "This is going to be a long- that "the danger now exisis that

the body is placed in a steatern and objective inquiry," he tri increase in the number of bath which raises the body added. states possessing nuclear wea- temperature to about 45 degrees pons may occur; aggravating in- | centigrade (1.12 ternational tension difficultly of maintaining world prace and thus rendering more The increased functioning of attainment of the perspiratory 'systesp ́re- sulte in immedište` režlet, ha agree-

wald.

disarmament

chaicuit the general ment."

and

the fahrenhelt).

degrees

"We are going to deal with the questions of trades unions and industrial relations and not with the political aspects.

We want

the

know

all

about these strikes," thurst wo intend to do something about the problem.

"We may well discuss this

France, which plans soon to Dr Lyburn said that a patient join the nations which have suffering from thrombosis was nuclear weapons Britain, the placed unconscious inside the United States and the Soviet cabin, and emerged ivo minutes matter with some of the really Union - Was mang those later," conscious" and able to well-known strike leaders,"

which abstained.

Also abstaining were the

15 Harvest of immature applesSoviet Union, is ikssociated

(4).

18 Food found in meat cafes states, and China and Peru

(4).

10 Severe trial (0).

20 Medicinal paint might one

call it? (6).

21 Cult which is anathema to

an outfitter (8).

28 Extort to be precise (5).

24 Irish Co. (5)."

25 13-19 (5).

!

Im-

YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD-Asross: 1 Men-age, pot 8-in-a-NE, 9 Rewardtrev), 10 Derby, 11 Donur, 12 tron 13 Custs, 16, Hearty, 18 Erodes, 20 Taros, 22 Plus, 20 Bicam, 25 Vista, 26 Tub(rev)-bed, 27 Dzrét, 28 A-side, 29 Senses. Down

1 Martinet, 2 Newcomer, Gird, 4 Endowed, Indoors, Me- eru-t, 7 Oruit, 14 Sylisbus, 15 Suba-ides, Aurates, 19 Rested, 21 Ailas, 24 Mute.

10 Hostage, 17

Reuter.

Three Drowned

Mauritiis, Nov. 16.. Three people were drowned when torrential rains of us thuch on 18 inches in one night catred flooding in the north- era region of Mauritius during the weekend.

Hundreds of · homeless have taker" refuge in schools, Village halls and other pubile bulldings.

speak-AFP.

Reuter,

TSAI CHIN

European to

Geneva, Nov. 16. The Inter-Governmental Committee for Migration

proposes moye 2,120 migranta and refugees from Hongkong during 1959, 11 was stated here today-Router.

MOTHER'S WARNING PAYS OFF

Petrol

Strike Disrupts Transport

Dublin, Nov. 16. Petrol stations ran dry of petrol and Shannon Air- port was closed today, as 1,500 fuel distriktion mon remained on strike throughout the Irish Re- public.

Leiston, Nov, 16, Three 14-year-old schoolboys

With "no petrol" signs up at here have been landing tost gornges and the country's catches of horring while road transport gradually run- adult fishermen have beening to a standstill the Lord returning from long sea Mayor of Dublin, Mr P. A. Brady, member of the Govern- journeys empty-handed.

ment's Flanna Fail Party, offer- In two days, the boys landeded to mediate with the strikers herring worth £14.

who want a 30s, a week rise, į Peter Harrison and 1win brothers Graham and Norman Prime Minister Mr Sean Davies saved up money they Leinass was believed to be con camed delivering newspaperssidering turning out troops to In the summer, went into part- distribute petrol should the nership.

and bought an old Lituation rowing boat for £8. some further.--Reuter. dilapidated nets and a shot.

They spent their summer holidays repairing the boat and the local fishermen taught them how to mend the nois

The boys have caught their herrings because their mothers insisted they should not go far out to 600.

The more experienend fisher- men in their motor boala went out too for and misced the shool,

What fish the boys could not sell on the beach at two-pence each they look to school and sold to other children at periny such.

a

They have now earned enough to cover all their expenses. — China Mail Special,

Resourceful Elephant

deteriorate

much

Parents

Stage Strike

Parents at Rochford, Essex,

London, Nov. 16.

#

Plays 'Suzie' In Theatrical Gamble Of The Year

By Colin Richards

London, Nov. 16.

The eyes of London's Wost End will be on a 20-year- old. "unknown" from Hongkong tonight as sho steps up to the footlights and lato Britain's biggest theatrical gamble of tho your.

She is tiny (five feet) Tsal Chin who may or may not→→ thrust into stardom with a namo part in The World of Suzio Wong" a play which may -- or may nol-make a big box-offied hit.

The play' has been adapted by. Paul Osborne from Richard” Mason's best selling book of the same name. It is a story of an Englishman in Hongkong and a Chinese prostitute.

For Taal Uils is her first big break since she came to Britain five years ago to study at Royal Academy of Dramatic *Art,

CURRENT CRAZE

But for Britain's cuts

theatrical Suzlo

"The World of

Wong" is a £25,000 gamble that London will follow New York's current craze for oriental plays and musicals.

"The

World of Suzie Wong"- his packed a Broadway theatre for

the over two years and Rodgers and Hummerstein musical "The Flower Drum Song" has just finished a smash- hli year.

Then while the more câu- ticus British producers were still wondering, Donald Albery tock up the challenge and sank

£25,000 Into making Britain's own "Suzie Wong" and Rodgers £40,000 into beinging "Flower Brian Song" to Britain,

and

Hammerstein,

Lavested

:

Simultaneously, both pro ducers asked Tmi, with 100 scling experience and only ensall film part behind ker, to take the, lead,

"It was a terrible decision, for a girl not used to big offers,” Tsal told me in her London

flat.

C

"On one hand there was wonderful part as a bad girl in a straight play; on the other, an equally good

Part as a good girl in a musical" -

But there was another Con sideration: Rodgers and Ham- merstein were offering twice the money.

TWO REASONS

Tsat accepted the Suzio Wong" part, she told me, for two reasons, "One was that it opened sooner and the other was that, my husband (she mar- ried Peter Coe a year ago) was to be director of Suzie Weg."" Producer Albrey's samblo has got off to a good start- already advance booking ha brought £35,000.

The cost of 40 Includes 11 girls all recruited from London's

oriental population. Many of them have to or no acting experience.

near London, today began one-day-a-week stay- away strike by school. But only one girl besides Tsal comes from Hongkong. She ta children in protest at

Daisy Sze-to, Actress Shi Ná 1 teaching conditions.

Reusso-Japanesa and Teal's understudy Jackle Chan is A Only 340 of the 623 pupils Trinidadion Chinese. Others turned up at the local county come from Singapore, Mulaya secondary school,

The parents declared that the strike will continue every Mon- Kampala, Uganda, Nov. 18. Officials of the Uganda Gameday until children now bolug taught in overflow Church halls Department today reported a

and clubs are re-housed in tem- wild elephant has found a wayporary classrooms and plans for a permanent school big enough for all the children are put in

to get free meals,

They Bald "the elephant regard the sound of a woods man's 'axe as a dinner gong. As Avon as a tree is folled he rush- c3 from the forest, chases the lumbermen away,' and eats the brunch Lips which were out of reach while the tree was abanti- Ing-UPI.

Huge Ocean Plateau Found

New York, Nov. 18. Overmographer-have dipourized a kige underwater pintesa Va the Abolis, it is stndihood The platan. Iodated 169

Dere today.

north of the up at mu was desi found by the

sorom the Arollo menstr

four-man team of Columbia

betion anddenly, leaped frwas 9,000 feet le 900-foot ka.little more than 'one day's time. -----

hand.

show Koes

and Java,

How this

group

et "unknowns" act and how the wil be enxlously stilled by one man in the stalls. He is Jerpme Whyte, production manager for Radgers and Hammerstein, who will boss his report on the

possible' success of "The Flower They also somplained that Drum Song on bow "Suze Wong" fares with London's frai the present school is too ese nighters London Express Southend Airport and is ha-Servico,

rassed by the noise of low Hying planes and is in danger from crashes. China' ali Special.

Rescued From

30-Foot Well

Coventry, Nov. 10. William Sherburn, aged 53, was rescued here today after ar about four and a half mile lying all night at the bottom of of "drift."

University safentiata, wita fol- } towed up thie" Nautilui"' $50- covery, charted the platesu 950 feet, below the Bossa mietkov. They made their absorvaupun from a Boating for laland, The solentiate discovered that - while there was liíilo by no Alpha I which drifted' over

the entire submerged plateau.

+

jadiered

A

Letter To Santa

Muskegon, Mich., Nov. 15. The Post Office reported today It fund come across a letter ari- dressed to Set Claus which read:

"Dear Banta, please send me a good behaviour kit at onc UPI

The sciquifuta ng}5-that' this top ocean plateau“ preylded an the well and MARYA Landag', 'pub le odering

William

д

80-foot well. ping

Reward wwwkaramay, this life on the ocean bottom, the morning kidload a long down a feoble

London, Nov. 10. oasia of Retivity, with woveral. | shout,

“Shaburn, was brought up by barrs of beer and no qunildan « varieties of sea life, including

sponges, a cold water shrimp, Aremen and taken to hospital naked to anyone who returns' a Dmik)) fish and sea shemoges with exposure. — China Mall 100 pound, cannoni stolen from

Speciál.

the prendene-UPL

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