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Haile Selassie prepares to fly home from Brazil
of the COUP D'ETAT IN ADDIS ABABA
day
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ALL Hongkong people what you will: oat, ignoramus, clod ar clot; say he is unap preciative of the arts, à sort of Ready Midas with a one track mind; call him all this, and it would still have to he ad. mitled that he knows what he wants in the way of enter. tainment, and when it is given to him, backe it to the klit, For in clmple, plain terms; the performances of "HMG Pin.c. fore" were sold out before the curtain went up on opening night at the Loke Yew' Hall. and something
of the came thing seems to have happened In Kowloon.
Not only that, but it was obvious that the crowded audiences thoroughly enjoyed
tham selves. Their generous ap plats, their laughter, their essentially high spirited res. pontos, bore Iribute to the efforta of The Hongkong Singers and their leaders,
GÀND what lo more, the per
A formare enjoyed themselves.
with a. And vihe wouldn't, crowded hall, and thunders of applause? The audience also anjoyed themselves. Everyone went away happy, and that is arte chould be. All the things maid about the performances there is no were nice, and post-mortem, ko spoil the affair, Burely the moral of this is to glve. Hongkong people what they want, and they will back It up. But give them what chould thinks they
they will stay al
it might be regrettable that the standerd of Intelligence here is
comeon.e have, and home.
wald by rome to be unapprecia tive of the plays which dive deep and come up muddy, and in which the playwright -adopte.the attitude of ignatum.. Per Ignotlue or in which ex- planation approaches by lengthy colloquies.
Oth
the other hand, perhapa
Crown Prince Mourners MASS EVACUATION The Dean Former envoy
deposes Emperor
Sao Paulo, Dec. 14.
Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, reported overthrown by a coup headed by his
tonight cancelled his son,
entire official schedule here and prepared to Icave immediately for
if home
necessary.
A spokesman for the Emperor said he barke his first Meill engagemem, drvidint no. 15 at- tend a dinner ja his heatur by the Brazilian-Ethiopien Com- merein star
un
The spokesman said the 02- tire schedule was now Can- belled and the Empereats på wi to return home depended C1 receiving more informatira
Ethiopia. He they situation in and Hadle Selassie, had a quiet dinner his hotel and wrs ready to le ve immediately if the reports so initiated,
First reaction
The Emperor's first, renetion was one of calm aml reeming indiffer one.
Crown Prince Asfa, Wassen. 44, eldest run of Emperor Haile Scluby is heading a new gov cinnert in Ethiopia after coup d'etat day, according to ructio repress from the capital, Addi: Abaht.
in.
a
The Lion of Judah
A duck to down curfew hus been "imposed" in "the"elty "unel
No specific mention was made Huspended Parliment terallely, the new government of the 68-year-old. Emperor.
A brandeast stake! reported in ment heard in Lendion.
killed
at funeral
Algiers, Dec. 14,
French troops opened fire
on European demonstro- tors for the second day running in Bono, castern Algeria, today, killing two Europeans at the funeral of victims of yesterday's disorders there.
The new casualties were all- rouned in Algiers by an 01-
who cial egokian
gave no further detalls of the Incident cxcept to cay that there were rome wound.
OF VIENTIANE Artillery duel over city
Vientiane, Dec. 15.. Mass evacuation in Vientiane began this morning following reports that artillery would be turn- ed on Vientiane city. Along all rouds people carry-. Ing bundles, bedding and cloth-
Ing could be seen tramping out of the city.
Buses and trucks were landed down with people, suitcases and bedeling.
Vientiane hospital reported 15. dead and nearly 100 Injured already in two days' street fight- Later the French Delegate | Jug which began mid-day Tues- Gentral. Mr
Morin, day, Jean
Relief column
ordured the dissolution of the Phoum reinforcements were anti-Gaullist French Algerian coming into town from the easi Front throughout Algeria.
and the north last sight ond The French Algeria F.01 this morning. uncled the call for a
gener- al' strike and demonstrations to greet General de Gaulle's arrival in Algeria whileft" park ed rols and race violence since Jort Friday which have cost 123 lives-all but eight of them Moslem.
ARREST WARRANTS Warrants no out for FAF leaders in flight.
two
The FAF claims more
than
An artülery
Juel
Henry Ford
resumes
presidency
in
Was
wrong pleads guilty
to heroin garb
possession again
Brisbano, Dec. 14.
New
York, Dec, 14. Rosal, kermer Ambassador to the Netherlands,
to
Mauricio The Anglicam Dean of Bris-Guatemalan
bane, Doan Baddeley, a Belgium, and former Londonot, who entered a sumprise plea of guilty brayed criticism by going here today in the Federal Court
to charges to the races hore in cleri- transport and possess 116 lbs of
of conspiring cal garb last Saturday, pure herola valued at more spokon, to by than $20 million on the illicit waitress yesterday for buy- narcotics market.
A ing ice cream clad only in Calamaris, 47.
co-defendant, Nicholas of New York swim trunka.
City, also pleaded guilty be- fore Judge Archie The Dean and his wife were Both had
Dawson. been scheduled to sunbaking on lawns to an outer stand trial. Brisbane suburban
pool with
The pleas came une day af- the Hon
Edward Palmer, a
ter quilty pleas by two other London stock, broker and his
Etienne Tarditi, defendants, 58-year-old French citizen. with an electronlar business. In Parts, and Charles Bourbon, nais, 39, of New York-AP.
wife, when he decided to buy
ices.
He entered a nearby cile barefooted and barechested.
Detroit, Dec. 14.
resume Mr onry Ford will
The waitress said: "You know the presidency of the Ford you really are not supposed to Company on January 1, It was be here in bathing trunks"
The Dean, telling the story announced today. The current
Mr Robert today, sald he replied: "Oh my Ford president, McNamara, was named yester-goodness. am terribly sorry."
The Dean saldo day as Secretary of Defence in
bystander said: "Do you know this is the the administration of President- gleet John Kennedy.
Dean of Brisbane."
began after a Phoumi relief columu headed by Colonel Sunthone arrived
and with tanks. artillery from Pakaane to the cast yesterday afternoon. Phoumi troops fred over the
Mr McNamara has been pre- top of Vientiane towards the side of Ford for only about a airport with 105 mm howitzers month-Reuter,
Captain Kong Le responded with Russian howitzers, shells
one million members in Al- falling in rieu-fields to the north geria, Irøluding 400,000. Monof the city. leme. But oficial sources es-
But people evacuating the city Uimate the total as more like said they 200,000 Europeans and G0,000 Moslems.
feared the big guns j might be turned against the city itself.
Mr Morin also announced
"In Washington, the State the dissoludon of two other
Department 'gald today that !ettvist" organisation's - the
Soviet allegations of United Suine diplomatie. quaries in High School Student Assozia-
States Interference in the in- believe the
was ten hroughout Algeria and the termal affairs of Laos coup An amateur radio broadcast Aden
were about by general Algiers branch of the No- as dumb as our inspired, arty Tem Addis Ababa sald trompa brought crafty groups imagine. Maybe gaurding foreign embas decresciment among young nimy totalist Students Fedemtion,
Twenty-seven judical inquiries he walls until he can hear his; and machineguna had been ret fleers against the
feudul probleins.
have been opened no attempts o the security of the state and one for wilful murder Reuter.
Gielgud or Olivier do what "uprem publie bulidings.
only Gielgud and Olivier can
do, and cachewa the amateur:
blunder, no matter how well
meant.
Guaranteed
The coup was ing ngarei by
For this muci stand out a mile, the rperial household guard,
It is far better to give a peragrere og to "pre'iminary and formance within the compar
of the performer and succeed,
than to permit his aspirationa
to outstrip his absitles.
The performances of the Hong
kong Singere are current proof
of this. Their success
merited.
rewarded.
done well,
unconfirmed" reports issued by
Emperor's
A broadcast from Addis | Ababa said the new government had taken over with the sup-
and "eduented youngsters," port of the armed forces, police
The government would end
The Americza State Depart3,000 years of injustice," ment. 'Tonight's government broadenst added. the Imperial : Balement guard has been dissolved and
part
well!
Will
Their hard work is
Their leaders have
So to
amaleur dramatle societies, we say: Go and da likewise.
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Cheongsam hits
America
New York, Dec. 14. The
Hongkong-imported cheongsam is selling bet- ter than ever in the United States. Life magazine reports the with a favourite
of the Ethiopian army.
It came after the Americau guaranteed The government
State Departinent had received unconfirmed "preliminary and our other foreign capital and interests and claimed !hat all
Ethioplun | reports" from Ethiopia, en An- million in- elert empire of 18 11eople are behind us,”
Imperial habitants, that the household guard there had en- gineered a coup.
British radio amateurs hod enlier picked
message: uip Suggesting that the Crown cheongsam, Pince had been placed under U.S. tourists and sailors and a arrest and that
the situation longtime impert, appareally get in Ethiopia was critical.
its big sales boc because of the Diplomatie quarters in Lon-styles worn by Nancy Kwan in dor stressed tant the circum-
the film, "The World of Suzie rinnces under which the 44- Wong."
U.S. manufacturers, quick to year-old Crown Pritze made spot á trend, have also adepted today's broadenst were unclear.
the cheongsam syle. But while The Crown Prince, who la Hongkong ladies apparently are dignity with regarded as pro-British, might able to maintain have been under arrest at the time, they said.
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Tonight's rendent from Ad-inches.--AP, dis Ababa was read,ka, English by an arncancer who said he was giving the tragiction of an Amharic, earlier #lement the Ethiopian language, by the Crown Prince.
"The laws and regulations of the country have been abused
to deprive the common people
of their rights and privileges
in order to boost the riches of the favoured few," the broad- cact stated.
Empty promises
Tho newly independent African dates, progressing day by day, were leaving the behind. Elaloplo people of "Eimply promises can no longer satisfy the people who want concrete action, almed at Im- proving the standard of living," the breadeast sid
"without foundation." Commenting on the charge made, in Soviet note hardco over in Mosodw yesterday, the department said it was another
instanco
of the Communisty charging others with what they themselves were doing.
The
re-
State Department enn- firmed reports froen Lacs that
now the United States cognised Prince Bour Own as Premier. The rightist prince is associated with General Foo- umi Nosavan, whose forcer are at prezent fighting the leftists for control of the administra- Live capital of Vientiane.
la London, Mr Edward Heath, Deputy Forefen Secre- fary, said today that during the last three months the Bri- tish Government had tried to secure an agreement between the various Laollan factions which would end the fighting and produce a neutral and in- dependent Lace.
House question
He told a questioner in the House of Commons; "Before International action taking any
He said the waitress replied "Oh, yes. The Dean is the most publicised man in Brisbane."-- China Mall Special.
London, Dec. 15. Vivian Van Damm, criginator of the nonstop girl revue which chivered wastine London, with As multo "We never close," died after a long ülness_last_night. Mr Ven Damm, 71, had been associrted with London's Wind- mill Theatre for 28 years. The thestre goes in for refined striptease and broad canedy. AP.
Cross-harbour report
expected early 1961
By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER
The report of the joint consulting engineers investigating the possibility of a harbour bridge or an alternative link between Hongkong and Kowloon, is expected to be released publicly early next year.
Mr K. B. Allport, Direc.or of going away from the bridge, Vitoria City Development Co and other traffte information. Ltd, sponsors of the bridge plan,
told the China Mail this morn- "They had to investigate the ing that the report would be an / requiremonts of people buch as exhaustive study to every airways, shipping Arms, the peel of a crox-harbour link, military and the utflilics. All The consulting engineers are this required close co-ordination the British firms of Scott, WII between the engineers and the depart- on Kirkpatrick and Parties, various Government
inents concerned with planning and Freeman, Fox and Partnera.
Mr Allport said that under and other related matters.
engineers' the
terms of re- ferece investigations were not restricted to a bridge but "im- methods of CT056- proved harbour communication"
Their first tark, sald Mr Allport, was to find the type of strala under the harbour and how deep it was below the sur face,
Τα determine this,
"The report will contain. ali the relative Information as to cost, income and other factors concerned with a orlieme of this nature.
"On its receipt, it will be considered by the sponsors who, If splished that a scheme САЛ be implemented economically, will submit their report to Government for consideration."
It was
WHY! ALL
MY SIGNE HAVE FADED
as co-chairman of the Genevary to cry out berings as well as a geophysical survey I should wish to be
of the harbour which gave re- conference, certain that there was no hopesults as to the depth from the of the Laotians settling the surface to bed rock, which would enable the engineers to docide upon the design of the foundations.
problem on their own."
Mr
member, Labour Stephen Swingice, had asked Mr Heath to urge a recall of the Geneva conference on Southeast Asia.--AP & Reuter.
Lords refuse to
amend obscenity laws
London, Dec. 14, The British Government tonigh! refused to consider amending ban the obscenity laws, to
such writings
Qa D. II. Lewrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lever."
This had been urged in the House of Lords by Lord At Sao Paulo, Brazil, thu Teviot, an 80-year-old Scollah
private
the book Emperor's
secretary, per, who said Woldemarlem,
"emanated had
from a warped mind."
Katra earlier told Reuter that reports of trouble in Ethiopia were "malleus rumours."—UPI and 1· *Reuter.
An unexpurgated edition of it went on sale in Britain for the Arat no last month after
Jury had found the publishers not guilty under new obscenity
fawe.
Traffic exports
In addition, the engineers en- faged
the Rood Research Laboratory, which is a ecclivu of the Department of Scientifle and Industrial Research in London, who are experts - In frume engineering.
The Laboratory
carried out
an exhaustive survey In Hong- kong which is reported to have bean the most exhaustive' sur. vey over carried out in the Bri- Ush Commtmawe, lih,
"This was to get some idea of the trame volume-both vehicle and pedestrian throughout the figures Colony and to provide for the estimated traffic load ex- pected to be carried on a bridge
or other form of crossing, in addition to the potential, growth over a period of years.
Lord Teviot said true love was being undermined. I love was abused. It became "the
"The Laboratory also had to work of Satan, indecent and arrive at other baile data which quite dreadfu},"
would enable the engineers to But Lord Hallsham, Lord Pre-decide upon the size of the sident of the Council, sald:It bridge or funnel, the most suit- was unthinkable to amend able location, how many lanes now Act of Parliament on the therò should be, the number of ground of a single verdict. | toll booths and the parking areas The peers should not lightly required for this traffic. bo made a court of appeal "This survey also gives in- after a jury had come to af formation of, the size of link declaton-China Mail Special, roads for trame approaching or
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