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MAN CHARGED WITH British yachtsman's
Of The YWCA DECAPITATION navigation triumph
Day
Britain's a name to be biggest
PROUD OF
DOLITICIANS are, said to
to
puzzled, and the Daily Mirror furious, over the Queen's decision change the royal name for some of her grandchildren Mountbatten-Windsor, to
hunt ends
Birmingham, Feb. 10. Police tonight announced that a man has been charged with the mur der by decapitation of a 29-year-old steno grapher in a YWCA hostel seven weeks
ago.
But what is most puzzling Is the outery that all this
aroused. Have
For what causes resentment is less the Duke's name which has
Police gave the man's been so unfairly ridiculed, name as Patrick Byrne, 25, than the distrust which the an Irisn labourer from near- Mountbatten family still by Warrington. РЕСТА to be regarded by certain nectiona of the British public. Thus the INAUC in befogged by old prejudice not directly connected with the Duke,
A
But since it is the Duke's Anme that the Queen in- tends to bequeath to her descendants, he cannot be separated from the con
What makes it troversy. so illogical is that no Bri- tish king or queen is ever likely to be a Mountbatten- Windsor. Quite apart from this, however, the Duke of Edinburgh Burely in the model of what a modern monarch ought to be and the widespread hope is
The announcement camg after authorities had quesuoned Byrne for 18 hours,
He will appear before a Bir- mingham court tomorrow.
The murdered girl, dark. haired Stephanie utru, was found decapitated, apparently by an ordinary carving kulfe, in her room at the hostel on De- cember 23.
Police said at the time they were searching for a blood- stained man who boarded a bus near the hostel soon after
tho murder-and then vanished.
Since then police have tounched one of Britain's largest They have later- manhunts. viewed more than 12,000 men in n nearch that extended to the Continent-AP my UPI
that the heir to the throne FRENCH ARMY
inherits the qualities and
character of his lustrious father.
THERE are few men who
THE
have inade greater
ancrifices in marriage than
UNITS DISSOLVED
Paris, Feb. 10.
the Duke. He has accepted The French Cabinet today
second place to the Queen with
princely dignity, re-
пате
linquished hia admittedly adopted from his mother's family but he was proud to claim it as his own--and shared his wife's
decided to dissolve the Territorial Home Guard units which joined the January 24 insurrection at Algiers.
The Cabinet also decided to dissolve the psychological war-
responsibilities in a way fare department of the Army. that the entire Common- Some officers were in open sym- the settlers' up- wealth has found admirable. pathy with
ho
prising.
It also decided on a sweeping reorganisation of police, services throughout Algeria,
MEASURES
He is described by one com- mentator as the most dynn- mic member of the royal family and the one person The ministers, meeting nearly la temperamentally ave hours with President suited
for bringing the Charles de Gaulle, also ordered monarchy closer to the | These other measures: British public." This same
A reorganisation by commentator believes that Government decree of the sys- "some orientation of royal tem el. military Justice in responsibility Towards the Algeria.
of Strengthening
the Duke mny Booner or inter
powers of Prefeels (local gov- become necessary unless the
ernors). British crown is to laya nil верве of modern reality". Is not royalty in some way Indebted to a person ns this?
HOLLOWING
the
e Holding of local elections In Algeria before next summer. Pierre Defence Minister auch Mesner told the Cabinet there had been no failure on the part of the Army to perform its duty except in certain cases which have already been dealt with AP.
pre-
For the lazy
cedent of King Edward VI who ruled is a Saxe- ! Coburg, the Queen could de- cree that on the accession of Prince Charles, the name would of the royal house
London, Feb. 10, become Mountbatten. All The Fareham Urban Comell she has done, however, is to yesterday approved plans to add the name of her hus design a bridge with escalators band to a possible line of after councillor, Mr Eric Fay, their family which is not suid residents were too lazy to likely to rank high in order climb steps leading to the foot-
of succession. The Queen bridge over a local highway
could be criticised for not UPI.
going far enough, but sure
..ly not for, going too far.
Clearly this announcement could not have been made. before the advent of the
child. Queen's third
It could perhaps have been deferred until the actual birth day and it might have met with no objection at all had sho waited another ten: years. But the Queen is undoubtedly determined that If she has another, son the name, which has added so much to the popularity of the royal family in the last decade should be appro. priately recognised. We applaud her declalon and deplore the foolish pre Judice it has excited,
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Tho
BLOWN DOWN STRIKE
The battering gusts of wind that lashed-Hongkong last night ripped Tooro, the scaffolding and matting on- closing the Kowloon Hotol, which is being demolished. Leaning dangerously ovar Middle Road, the maze of bamboo and rattan this morning forced polico to close the road and' its Junction with Hankow Road to traffic. Efforts wore boing mado to socuro the flimsy struc- turo, China Mail Photo.
Sudden winds hit
n
U.S. urged to
support aid
Colony to HK refugees
Strong monsoon winds with maximum gust of 54 mpli hit
the Colony lasi night.
Fairfield, Conn., Feb, 10. A member of the United States Committee for Refugees should tuire the salt America lead in aiding the 1,000,000 Chinaca refugees in Hongkong. They whipped up a choppy
Mr Pierce J. Gerety, former eca in the harbour, sent director of the US. Refugee pano rettling to shelters and Relief Programme, proposed the blow down scaffolding, around
creation of "an international the Kowloon Hotel.
of Peihe nationa organization
world's largest to relieve the remaining block of refugees from Communiun”—AP.
The strong winds signal was helsted at 9.20 p.m. yesterday and lowered at 7 am today.
for the Reyni A spokeman Observatory said this morning that during the night maximum urls of 54 and 40 knots were registered at the Royal Ob- and the Wanglan pervatory
island respectively.
The strong winds were due to a fresh burst of the easterly monsoon.
The Queen goes for a drive
London, Feb. 19. Queen Elizabeth, whose third baby is due to be bar in a
VS STRIKE
Special to the China Mail
London, Feb. 10.
A British housewife today launched a campaign for wives of railway workers to avert Britain's national railway strike by denying marital favours to their husbands.
Mrs Daphne Kelly wants them to adopt the tactica described in Aristophanes' play "Lysistrata," where the women of Greece went
on strike to map their husbands going off to war.
But Mrs Kelly, twice married, with a daughter and grand- daughter, Was not very op- timistic..
STRENGTH
San Francisco, Feb. 10. A young British yachtsman sailed his 32-foot Chinese junk, High Tea, into San Francisco Bay today completing a 75,000-milo voyage alone from Hong- kong...
"It has been an interesUng | told me it would be quite im- Briun possible to cross the Pacific In experience," remarked Platt, 25, a former Colonial Office her," he said. official..
"But I do not
"In fact, I found her to be regard small-in every way superior to the recidantal style yacht which the replaced."
I'm
boat cruising as a way of life.
"Now I'm going to get clean- ed up and enjoy myself.
Mr Platt. cald he would sell going to see the bright lights on the junk for $12,000 and would
for at least
Vancouver, San Francisco
enter business in
British Columbia.-AP. week."
Mr Platt left. Hongkong on. May 7 in the teakwood craft,
No problem
"The weather wasn't really n he old newsnon. problem"
The High Tea went through a
of typhoon
Japan withoul
frouble.
"Women don't realize Their strength," sko sald today. **Our "I ran into much warse storma strength is our frailty. But to in the North Pacife.”.
use we need a lender — a woman Winston Churchill."
She suggested novelist Bar- bara Cartland, mother of Lady | Lewisham,_as a Ukely leader.
Miks Bu
Cartland
Inter declined. "A women should back her family, right wrong," she said,
Towards the morning, the few days, left. Buckingham strong winds ezred.
a. chaufour-driven Palace in When the wind was of its car this evening and returned height, one wells widła ercasing) 75 minutes later. the harbour at 2.28 m. was.i
The High Tea was built inóre. strongly than the conventionai Hongkong Junks and she be- haved beautifully, he said.
He put Into Humboldt Bay In northern California on Decem: ober 25 when he ran low on tuel
for his diesel auxillary engine. Another possible candidate,
He headed south along the Lady Pakenham, with of 4 California const several days former Labour Minister and a ago, and went past the Golden ́ writer herself commented;Gate entrance to Són Francisco "Why should this only happen because. at poor visibility. to the strikere?
"It would only be a good idea if it were also done to the Transpork, Caimlesion, and the Government. Theri itanight work."
Mysterious satellite in orbit
Washington, Feb. 10. An unidentified object which might be of Saviet origin is orbiting around the earth. the Unlied Staica Defence Department announced today,
The abfcot was under constant surveillanco by the U.S. tracking plations, the Defense Department
communique said,
The mysterious satelite, which is on a polar orbit; was first spoiled by thay. U.S. Navy spice observa- tion network, the 30m- munique saldi ..
The object was slightly *smaller than the six rockols ted by the U.8. Air Force to place their "Discoverer" satellites in polar orbit, the communique said. The object's orbit one which would", be mont favourabla for 1 ***T satellite," the communique added—AFP.
WAL
Well-known
Jockey
Club
swept of cognes, und sailing was She was cheered by sightseer trainer dies
rough for til small craft,
No capsizing was
London and homeward-bound reported workers as she returned to the
nor were there any reports of palace. The Queen was hatless Mr N. M. Krasnoperoff, one houses collapsing.
and wearing a fur coal-Reuter.
Much gnashing of teeth
Chicago, Feb, 19.
An Air Force denilal has tuck- ed (iny radio treuzmitters info. bla palients' falso teeth.
cavily-bize microphones enable him to Listen in, while the pallenta gnash their teeth at night. Dr Alten Brower of the Aviation Medicine School at Brooks Air Force base, anid Loday.
Dental Society that he install- whenever the wearer chews or
tranmillers the
together. ed the
brings histentia teeth of two denture wearers maleep or awake... Amplised and leamed that people do an and recorded · on 'a' counting amazing amount of chewing device dr electrocardiographi witte they sleep..
reveal not only the signals how often a patient chews, "Blquals from the radios Indicate
but how hard and bow lis thai » person who chews only
teeth bile together. 10 minuten a' day during his waking hours may grind his Now that Dr Brewer knows that teath for
up to four honen people chew in their sleep, he while aireping.". · Dr. Brewer, wants to know why. why cue man's teeth west 298 |・ said..........
One fosilna patient familiar -with-moree code, tapped out
The remilts, he said, may terbal
al 30 and another Aman's De Brower concealed the day, melaro last a lifetime.
of the oldest and most auccessful race horse trainers in Hongkong died this morning at Queen Mary hospital.
The late Mr Emmoperat came to Hongkong as a trainer in the late 1920's and since then has trained a large number of; Hongkong'a noted ponies.
his Among the poles in table this year are Lonnber, Satellite, Bonita and Spinning Wheel,
He recently underwent a di tho three-week treatment Queen Mary hospital and was discharged from hospital about a week ago...
`tant might be hak o inalien
rushed to Queen Mary "hospital",
|| sending-sota Inside dantures, TUCKERgo to Dr Brewer with i setback and was
Dr Brower told the Chiengd where, they send out signala: his testk---UPL......
On Tuesday he rode out the. high peas which disabled the wine tanker Angelo Petri and today sailed under the Golden Gato Bridze,
Superior craft
Mr Platt said the junk war built to his specifications in 2 Hongkong shipyard a year ago after he abandoned an earlier attempt to cross the Pacific in n conventional sailboat.
"I found the world to be full of people whe khow nothing wh10 about Chinese junks but
THE
The junk High Tea.
Brian Platt pictured prior to his departure on May 7 fast year.--China Mail photo.
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