THE CHINA MATE, - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1960.
Police lied on
OPERATION 'FISHNET' witness stand
Two aircraft carriers join the fishing fleet
By FREDERICK ELLIS
London, Feb. 25.
REVOLUTIONARY plans to bring sea-fresh fish to the tables of British
being worked out in the City.
Two aircraft carriers, the 13,000-tonners Ocean and Theseus, and the 16,000-ton repair ship Ran pura have been bought from the Admiralty to put Operation "Fishnet" in being.
They will act as mother fac
tory ahips to fleets of deep-sea trawlers out on the Ashing
grounds,
(H.M.S. Theseus visited Hong- kong on several occastor's dur- ing the Korean War in which
sho took an active part),
their
The trawlers will land catch into the mother ships, which will be equipped factories 10 deep freeze package the fish ready for the sitops
and
Master mind behind the plan is 64-year-old Harry Platt, chief of Labbert and Bendall, ship brokers and managers [! the
Bollie Exchange.
butting up
He is being backed by City herchant bankers, who are the money to buy the war veterans and convert them into factory ships,
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than £2,300,000 being put up for Platt's fish plan.
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Talks have been going on for British some months with the
Federation of Trawler Owners. It is hoped that the big trawler group like Boss of Grimsby, Salvesen of Leith, and Bostons of Fleetwood, will co-operate in the scheme.
Mr Piatt told me of his plans: *Fish now landed is not in first-class condition, for it takes a trawler 24 days to get back to port.
*"Our factory ships on the fishing grounds will process the fish within 48 hour.”
ECONOMIES
grounds
It will allow the trawlers to remain on the fishing for longer periods.
For the mother ships will also refuel the trawlers.
THE CARRIERS THESEUS
AND OCEAN
The operation will run like the whaling fleets-except that they will be whaling for whitingt
The mother ships, after con-
| version into Sactories, will carry a crew and factory hands of about 425 ench,
Says Mr Platt: "It will mean that the housewife will be able to buy 100 per cent fresh fish from our factory ships.*
Jovial and youthful Mr Platt, a member of the Exchange, started in the City as an offée boy.
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During the first war he was a riflemen with the London Irish and in the last war he volun- teered for the Navy over age- and became Д ileutenant- commander.
This will bring big economies for the trawler owners-and talks are on with the trawler- Some of the leading names in like men's union on pay and condi- the package fish business tlons, which will include shore MacFisheries and Birds Eye and zmeniles on the mother ships Findus are interested in the Platt for the fishermen.
plan-London Express Service.
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The Queen replies to
British pressmen defend reports on Blantyre
Blantyre, Feb. 25.
Crowds in Trafalgar Square, London, would have resented much more quickly some of the action that took place in the course of a demonstra- tion during Mr Harold Macmillan's visit to Nyasaland, an inquiry was told here today.
New Prince unlike Anne or Charles
London, Feb. 25.
The son born to the Queen Inst Friday In "quite uuliko" eliber Prince Charles or PrinoČKA Anne when they babica
werd
Thai is the opinion of The proud father, Prince Philip, according to Schora Prado, wife of the Pre- sident of Peru in an inter- view with a London Dally Telegraph woman reporter today.
And father also finds tho new Royal baby "changes day" said Senora every Prado, who yesterday Sunched with the Duchess of Kent at Kensington Palico whero Prince Philip was also a guest-- China Mail Special,
Acquitted
ent
Van Rie says
Boston, Feb. 25.
Dutch wireless operator Willem Van Rio today arcused police of lying on the witness stand at his trial for the murder of 23-year-old Lynn Kauffmann.
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At the same time, the al- year-old scaforer hinteð. „for The first time at animosity bq- tween himm and a woĞERZİ. travelling companion of thỏ stola Lynn Kauftatin, 23, **
Van Ric calmly admilton
or eight" -intimacit with the 18-pound Chicago divorcee he is accused of any
Mr George Clay, correspond- He went on to say other off-poyen.
of the London Sunday cers at the scene had behaved ower, The Observer, said perfectly. There had been what this in evidence before the he felt were foolish actions, but des the last log, of a trip Southworth, inquiry into police nothing comparable to the be handling of the demonstration,haviour of a superintendent which occurred last month out- whom he identified in pictures,
tio local hotel where
Answering a question from British Prime Minister was to the commisioner, Mr Justice Southworth, Mr Clay ld be would have expected a crowd Trafalgar Square to resent much more quickly some of the action that took place.---Reuter.
sido
have luncheon.
Mr Clay, the third journalist for London newspapers to give | evidence-iho others were Mr Stanicy Bonnet of the Daily Mall and Mr Stephen Barber of
the Nows ChronictedNo insults bill
one pollee ofleer appeared be singling out the most trouble- some demonstrators and trying
lo subdue them by rough but "501 inuial" mathods,
In
JABBING
proposed
London, Feb. 25.
A private member's Bill pro-
from Singapore to Now Yoric
Under withering Kross- examination ho admitted, ko old pollee Mrs Junnity Spec- or wife of Miss Raumaq'à mployer, might have “conchod" to testify against him. her daughter and a Chinese boy
But the time of detaljómar
Britain's
nuclear
strategy criticised
London, Feb. 25.
was cut off by dvor ht ad- The Parliamentary Labour
Journment of the 1ên dây of the frihi beförn að áll-imate Jury UFI
Sales boom
London, Feb, 25.
opposition tonight tabled
à
resolution criticising what it destribed as “the
and vacillationis
соп
Fúslots of the Govern- ment's nuclear strategy."
Its move took the form of an He had been told this parti-
Alarm clock sales are boom- | amendment, to a Government cular officer was дл assistant superintenden!
charge ofviding up to six months Im-log in South Wales, according motion, approving the polley, set the National Jewellers out in this year's defence White Blantyre Police station, and was prisonment or a maximum fine to
of £100 or both for per-
Association. later told his name was Limb.
Paper, which is to be debated sons inmating others because of
credited next Mominy hhid Tuesday, In
the House of Commons, their race or Teligion Wis published here today.
Sponsored Plummer and at other Labour by Sk Lealio MP's including former Colonial Mr Arthur Creech Secretary Jones, the Racial and Religious
Bill covers
public Insults #peeches, writings and illustra tions.
Mr Clay told of seeing this officer jabbing indiscriminately at the crowd with his swagger stick while walking up and down inside police cordon. He had also been kicking and hacking at the feet of demonstrators with the side of his shoe.
He said a police Inspector tore
The association Welsh minc companies with spurring the rash for bedside time pieces. The mines hove sounding early morning ccased the old practice of whistles.-UPI.
The amendment has been put toward the thes of Mr
Mr work Hugh Gaitskell,
Aneurin Bevan and other Labour letiders,
Bangkok, Feb. 25. Princess Mother Princess While recognising the need Srlsangwan was sworn in as for an adequate policy for Regent today to act for his collective defence, and aderarity, Sir Leslie sought leave to in- | Majesty King Phumiphol it expresses "no, confidence" in down political banners carried; troduce the Bill in a speech in Adujde) during his tour of the Government's. dedence Denver, Feb. 25.
by demonstrators and described the House of Commons on Dumma scheduled to begin next policy "which sinco 1031 has A superior court jury yester- this as toolish. The action of a February 2. China Mail Wednesday for three days,— | cost.
thin moro
£12,600,- UPL day mequitted Lowell Sell, 35, man whom he took to be a Special.
000,000."Resler. although the window washer ad- police officer plain clothes mitted carrying a loaded, con- taking photographs of the de- cented pistol during an argu-monstrators was also foolish, he ment with union officiala..
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The pearl-handled gun' taken The matt soveràl, times told from Sell was a fully loaded policemen to hold demonstrators water pistol--UPI.
while he pholdgraphed them, he added.
K's message Gravity filters
Moscow, Feb. 25. The Queen has sent a télégram to Mr Nikita Khrushchev thanking him for his congratulations on the occasion of the birth of her son, Tass said- today.
The Soviet Prime Minister in
Mr Clay said he mentioned this particularly because of a press statement by Mr Alan Dixon and Mr Michael Black- Government is to build new wood, two members of the rapid gravity filters, with a Nyasaland Legislative Courtell, capacity of 6,000,000 gallons a in which they said press photo- day, to cope with the increased graphers had been encouraging building development In the demonstrators in order to obtain Aberdeen district,
good pictures.
2 MORE DIE IN CEYLON FLOODS
his telegram wished the Queen, ett her husband and her family good health and happiness, and to the people of Great Britain a peaceful life. wellbeing and prosperity. To said.
"The great love of children. which we all have, fills us with
Columbo, Feb. 25.
Two more deaths were reported today from the Hood-stricken breas in the Eastern province of Ceylon.
the ardent wish to make It A village cultivation offler | slowly subslàlog, but in the possible for children everywhere attached to the Gal Oya valley north central province the to grow up in joy without ever schicine fost his life while at situation WAS slightly worse knowing the horrors of war," he } fempting to rescue a labourer in said.
He expressed the hope that through the joint efforts of states all obstacles would be overcome on the road to a durable peace and universal prosperity and a peaceful and happy life on earth-Reuter.
stream
distress in á swollen Both were drowned.
This brings the death roll In the floods to four,
Weather conditions in the Eastern province Improved to- day. Flood watera there are
owing to overnight rain.
In Batidolor district, 3,000 - familles are reported to be homeless while entire brops ör påddy readý fór harvesting have been destroyed. Dämago has yet to be assesbed. Reuter.
Left behind ANNUAL STOCK TAKING
Seoul, Feb, 25.
A commuter train left Seoul's Central Station one morning this week without a single passen- ger. The Licket evilector, harassed by rush hour crowds, forgot 270 Jassengers waiting in- sido the station and did not open the gate to the loading platform unit after the split second scheduled train had left.
UPI.
Sit-down strike
London, Feb, 25. Tho sob wonen, employees of the KLG.' spark plug plant yesterday began a bwb-hour git- down strike to focus allén tādu on their demötal for a wage in- crease.
The spark plug makera sat
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King Leopold, Princess Lilláne and Princess Marie-Gabrielle of Savola left by air today for Bombay vin Cairb fur, a three 34 QUBEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, KING'S THEATRE BLDG. wecka slay in India. The Royal piety will yllit "fid" "Belián- sponatred Polumbákkiai Bépra
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