PENTAX H2
THE WEATHER
CHINA
GILMAN SCOLTO.
No. 37712
Comment
1845
FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1960..
LATE FINAL
Price 20 Centa
PHONE 37031.
Confusion reigns supreme in theatre circles
Of The HK CINEMAS BLACKLISTED
Day
Banned from
THE MAN WHO showing
MISSED OUT.
NEURIN. Bevan's death
AN is a double tragedy
which will be felt by the. Labour Party, and par- ticularly Mr Hugh Gaitskell, the lender, 28
was the House of Commons' finest orator and his dynamic, controversial per Bonality, brilliant mind and smooth Welsh fluency
American films
By JOHN LUFF
China Mail film correspondent
much as by Parliament. He The U.S. Foreign Assets Controls Registra- tion has swooped on the cinemas of Hongkong so that bewilderment and confusion reigns supreme among the first run theatres this morning.
have assured him of a place in Parliament's history. Indeed he will be remem-
The Astor Theatre, Kowloon,
bered as the man who and the Metropole. Theatre In most. deserved to be Hongkong, have been designated Premier and the indications are that had he lived he might have succeeded Gaitakell as the party leader and been a strong
or "blacklisted." This action is usually taken by the US. authorities when they believe a firm's management has amilia- ucns with Communist Chine or "leftist sympathies." Con- challenger to the Tories sequently they are no longe
∙llowed to show-films made in
America,
at the next election.
Mr Bevan's death is the third
and bitterest blow, for Mr Gaitskell this week. For
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Films cancelled
The immediate effect of this Lee and Astor
this former militant left that the winger who was once the theatres who make joint book- most troublesome opponentings have bad to cancel an en- of the official leadership, gagement to show Walt Disney's had mellowed in recent The Third Man on the Moun- years to become its tain," and a repeat showing of staunchest supporter, Mr "Fantasia." Galtskell badly needed the influential and personal Astor Theatre, being on bucking which Beran, with designated list will not be pere:
among
The long term effect is that the the
mitted to show any of the
the prestige he enjoyed American films they had under
union leaders, taken to screen. in conjunction could have given and which with the Lee. might have been decisive in This means that the Lee Labour's current internal Theatre will have to look for smother theatre in Kowloon la ruction.
F
RIOTS IN
ITALY CONTINUE
Rome, July 7,
Bloody rioting explod- ed in northern Italy's Communist belt, bring- ing death to at least four people today while pro- and anti- Communist deputies again exchanged blows in Parliament.
Word of chachine gun firing and death in Reggio Emilia, a
OR Mr Bevan was him-order that the Colony's system
af joint bookings is maintained. Communist centre in the north,
་
self first A unionist, The Metropole Theatre has reached the national parlia- then a radical and finally a managed to get off the book veryment as the deputies debated disciple of the newest nicely by running first ruh last night's wild rioting. In school of thought in British Japanese films, so socialism in which the old thousands of the Colony's dollars The Reggio Emilia rioting, al- dogmatic view on nation to Japan. alisation has been almost
Confusion
diverting Rome, ***
though involving fewer injured, appeared to be the most serious disturbance. since Communist- to the streets led toughs took
trations.
completely repudiated. Now Interviewed this morning, a emphasis is placed on state leading local flm magnate said control only for those he could not understand the in the current burst of demons- Industries which private decision as it will have no effect cause confusion among enterprise
itself but to shows incapable of running the Colony's theatre groups.
He said the Lee Theatre will efficiently or economically This is a sensible ration-have to find another partner in Kowloon, and should they not
alisation of policy in view succeed in doing so, it will mean of prevalling feeling in that another fagkong theatre
In the morning pro-Com- munist socialist Senator Emilio Lussu blintly warned in Parlia- ment in Rome:
--NEW UPROAR "The (Christian Democrat)
Britain which only last will be left to show first run Goverment must go. And if year showed itself decisive-Alms on its own,
polley not you do not go your government
ly in favour of continued permitted by the local repre- will be a government of elvil and sentatives of the American film war." Conservative rule
against a policy of whole companies,
sale State grabs.
The question, following the
His words threw the Senate Pro-into a new uproar.
Another spokesman nounced the decision as "down- right stupid"..
Machine gun fire echoed ⚫through industrial Reggio Emilia
-
were
an-
Railwaymen's and Miners' He said, "Hero is an op- I when demonstrators mobbed two rejection of the Gaitskell portunity for the Americans truckloads of policemen, hop- policy,
whether the show 18
films exhibiting thebarding officers with stones and party leader can now American way of life Surely battles.
Four demonstrators over-this is cutting off your nose to Burvive despite the
kified, Twenty-one people were whelming vote of confidencespite your face."
Whatever the outcome, this hurt, including five seriously in- he received last week at a
Within the jured policemen, Senate Presid parliamentary party meet much is certain,
Cesare Merzagors next few months, the Hongkong ent ing.
public will see a switch round nounced, THE future for Labour in the pairing off, of cinemas, Tis fraught with our in Disorders broke out in Reggi
certainty.. The party tween Hongkong and Kowloop pushed a general strike in Italy to protest against police. inter- appears to be crumbling. will take on a new look.
This action taken by the vention in street clashes in And it is hard to recall
Foreign Assets Controls also Rame last night. While the when there has been 50 affects a number of analler riots raged in the streets, much internal bickering theatres in Hongkong including, skirmishes raged in the House Labour is doing its best to the Cathay and liberty, and cer- of Parliament until past mid claím that the recent tain cineties operating in Macao. night--AP publicity surrounding; its divisions has had the effect of uniting the party. But it will need to supply more convincing evidence before this can be generally accepted.
Mr Bevan's death could hard- ly have come at a worse time for the party, but the fact that members from both sides of the House have joined in lamenting his untimely passing shows that, it' Is not only a loss to the opposl but, a tragedy for Parli ment as a whole
must be rated the greatest pity, however, is that be
ever had the cha
representing Britain
the
RUSSIA
SATISFIED
WITH ROCKET TESTS
~Moscow, July 7)
The Soviet Union today completed its curren Pacific rocket tests and announced :^^pli” data has besit
for the next. İsti
conquest of ensmic epi
Tasi announced the
multistaga centra
Fanded
the
led some 8,078 inile
Eight die
in RAF
collision
Comberton, July 7. Eight airmen were killed \today when two RAF planes collided during training flights.
Two of the victims were ! aboard a Vampire · Jet trainer. The others were aboard a twin-engine, pro-2 peller-driven plane,
Air Ministry : officials," who first said five- men were aboard the 'twin engine craft, said it later learned that a passenger was aboard, the craft and was also killed-UPL
Americans leaving Cuba
of
Havana, July 7 growing number Americans were reported to be leaving Cuba today because
probable seizure of all aining American-owne opert
Prem Castro's warni "real"fight" United States beginning.
and
Just
THE MAN
WHO DID
NOT JUMP
London, July
For over an hour and a half Tanf - Monday shopping" "crowdini? Kat beld Birmingham wers awenfemok as 80ft, above their hends a 46-year-old maƏL threatened to “ jimp, som his death. The man was Re- ginald Garbett, a labourer and father of four children.
As he balanced on the 18 inch wide ledre on the ninth Boor of Lewis' department: store " In Corporation Street, two other men pleaded with him to come down
Stories of rape and violence in Belgian Congo
Leopoldville, July 7,
Girl falls spike
on iron
and
lives
Montreal, July 1
A two-year-old Quebec, City
girl was in critical con dition tonight after fall ing two storeys and im- paling her head on
little Carole Boucher, was "fyery,
Belgian refugees today poured into Leopold-four-inch iron fence spike. ville from Thysville, scene of yesterday's Dootors at St. Justine Camp Hardy mutiny by Congolese Hospital said the condition at troops, bringing stories of rape and very heal and expressed violence at the hands of the mutineers, is that he was sill alive. The refugees said the muti expected in Leopoldville later neers, who revolted against| tonight. their European officers and The refugees were taken in forced them to hand over the by the Belgian Embassy, which ervenal, had swarmed all over is making emergency arrange- the Thysville
raping mchts, for their reception.
her
The spike had penetrated head to a depth of about two and a half inches, t
Carole, along with her parents, Mr and Mrs Robert Boucher, were visiting relatives when, ahe apparently lost her footing on women, including nuns, ind
Meanwhile reports reaching the first floor level of the out- forcing their way into the homes here from Stanleyville, in the side stairs and fell on the fence. of Belgian administrators.
north east of the Congo Basin, | —UPT, KA At Moanza Mboma, the resaid that Congolese prisoners fugees said, the foldiers had
the
several times broken Into the had broken jail there and had bad abducted and assaulted two were however said to be still young girl boarders.
convent in search of womer and police doa pubie wuthorities Rolex Watch
Congolese: Responsible, tolerant
and wise
United Nations, July 7.
The Security Counci⋅ 10- day unanimously endorsed the Congo Republie's appil-' ention for adrubalon' to the U.N.,, after ‚Belgium had esta te new state (waa "directed by men of re- sponsibility,”
M Walter Loridan, Bei- Elan delegate, and the Conra “is willing and-cap- able of upholding all the 'obligations imposed by, tits charter of the United Nations."
M. Monri
Slim Tunisia, which labled the resolution calling", ""for Congo's admission, said the Congolese were "tolerant by nature," and, had solid traditions of wisdom. Renter,
Funera
by control of the situation.
In Leopoldville' itself, there was a threat that the city would be without electricity the soon, as employees, an Congo power station threatened to walk out if the authorities did not take steps to protect this Installations.
Attacked
stax
European employees of the "Owraca" firm including a. manager were attacked today by striking Congolese transport workers who are due to re- SLEDO work. tomorrow after reaching agreement with the management,
The government of the newly Independant, Congo state has taken no action against the mutineering troope up to now. Prime Minister Patrice Lamum ba today received e delegation of the soldiers and discussed the situation with them.
The current rioting appears to have been, afmed, ́ngninst
Company founder dies
Geneva, July 7: Mr Hans Wilsdorf, founder
of the Rolex Watch Com раду,
died at his home here yesterday it was learned today. He was 79
Mr Wilsdorf was Swiss- borsi British subject He moved to London in 1905 and toole British nationality before World War LANS
His insistence on wrist watch chronometer production, - to- Sether with his invention of waterproof casing and the rotor selfwinding mechanism, were regarded as outstanding com tributions to the success of the Europeans rather than against world's wrist watch industry. the government. The European After World War II, he re
Switzerland and turned to population of the Thysville turned his fortune over to a pegion, where Europeans and trust which ensures the con- particularly Exropean women,tinuity of the firm, he founded. were most threatened, wer Reuter.
still hoping that the government would take the situation in hana, in accordance with its solemn undertakings to protect all Congo inhabitants, whether Europeanor Congolese
Mutineers
Most of the mutineering. troops in the Thysville area appeared to have returned to The soldiers also forced their their barracks, after forcing way into European residences most of their Belgian officers where they knew they would to leave,
But in the lower Congo, One of them, Gordon Young, 27. find women. They engaged in
an employee at the store and fist fights with their mentolk, rebels were making the rounds the first to go out on to the but none was seriously injured of the guard post, seizing all ledge with Garbett (who let Reinforcements who set out avaliable arins.
And while refugees from this him approach, no closer than from Leopoldyille for Thysvile
two area continued to pour into four-foot) - - kniew Just how were ambushed and: the Garbett was feeling for he European officers commanding Leopoldville, other groups, himself had done, expeily the them were captured, comprising both Belgiansand The first of the refugees to Portuguese, were concentrating same thing on a Jedge ontalda 1 Londen hot, until he was rench, the Congo capital travelled on the Angola frontier, in the talked into coming in under their own stems. A hope of crossing over during
trainload of other Europeans the night-AFP. from the Thysville area
So for nearly an hour he plead Bed with Garbett not to jump, until, white and shaken, ho zive over his place to the Ber. Bryan Green, who after an-
(See also P.3).
other 10 minutes pleader Consistently the best Champagne
"finally managed to coax
bett, into giving up biể attempt at sulalde
Bald. Young afterwards: sold,
I know how
We talked of kin hlidren and money told him that, life lived part of
for more than a century
POL ROGER
1952 Vintage and
White Foil the most mature
of all non-vintage champagnes
Schoolchildren
suffer from
food poisoning
· Newcastle-On-cyna, July 7, Bixty-five children at the Câm- #bridge" school here:/ were ini
hospital today suffering
suspected food požmonės (75MG
Calls for ambulances started after the school lunch yesterday and ended about 11 hours later. None of the children were seriously ill
The city's Health Department is analysing samples of the food served China Mail Special
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