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Comment Communists blamed for offensive against Portugal
of the 16 KILLED IN ANGOLA RIOTS
day
$kulduggery
W dolar?
THEN is a dollar not a
The answer
according to some indignant tourists, is when you are in Hongkong. For what is
happening? According to
the name tourists, they are
European police Landslide KATANGA BUYS
and army corporal dead
Lisbon, Fob. 5.
quoted prices, they leave a At least 16 people were killed in yesterday's
deposit on an article, and upon returning to collect the article in question, they arc told, must politely of course, that when the assist- ant was quoting dollars, he Was referring to SUS not SHK.
Now this in skulduggery even
if it is an isolated case, boż It is by no means an isolated ense, and this deceitful arti- fice is practised by firms who would be most indign- ant if their integrity was questioned.
It is far too common to be doing Hong- kong's Tourist Association any good.
It is elementary, surely, that every country calculates ita currency according to the standard of its own pecu- liar coin; in other words, In the United States we reckon in dollars, and we mean United States dollars not Mexican or Hongkong dollars. In Tokyo we pay our bills in yen; in London in pounde, nat Australian or Egyptian, but English pounds sterling.
:
riots at Luanda, Portuguese West Africa, in which the local official radio station, civil and military prisons and a police barracks were attacked, it was reported here today.
Former NSW
Governor dies
Sevenoaks, Feb. 5.
toll rises
to 11
Brussels, Feb. 5. Hundreds of Sunday sight- soors their cars packing surrounding roads today
FRENCH JET PLANES
London, Feb. 6.
watched from hillsides the The London Daily Mail, in a dispatch from its
rescuo workers digging into the slagheap land- slide or Moulin-sous-Ficron ricar Jupille.
The death toll rose to 11 when eight, bodies were found to- day, They included the body of a doctor's wife, Mrs Liliane Six European pollermen and an army corporal were among Marcchal-Geubelle, and her six newspaper and four-year-old sons, found the dead, Lisbon
Three policement clasping each other, police said. reports said.
The bodies of three other were seriously injured, and a
children and a mother and u number of others less badly
were also
re- At least nine of the at-grandmother hurt.
killed and some covered. tackers were
Mr Joseph Magnon, Burgo- others injured,
An undisclosed number of master of Jupille, said a dull people have been detained and inquiry is being held into the police patrols in Landa have tragedy. Police, investigaling
other No offelal magistrates and been strengthened. casualty list has yet been issued. petent authorities were dalding
Reports from Luanda sald ¦ part. that just before the
Air Marshal Sir Philip Wool- cott Game, who died here aged 81 on Saturday apparently
attacks
to
An
com-
DELAYED a large group of people threw windows of houses stones at
army general watching soldiers at work at the scene in a distant part of the town-
In an attempt
told reporters a train carrying divert police from the centres
bulldozers, excavators, search- night. "Backed" the Preto betweked.
lights and other rescue equip mier and entire Cabinet of
ment sent by the Beldan anny New South Wales when
corps in West Germany Was he was Governor of the
delayed for a few hours through Many of those detained after
an error State over a quarter of a
at a railway signal the riots are reported to speak box.. century ago.
government Mr Magnon said that "un The incident
place only French, and took
the time most
Detainees
Ah by the nut tokers Lawn, and his cabinet refused into the international pattern
when we speak of dollars in Hongkong, We mean There Hongkong dollars. can be no exceptions to this rule, and any who would have it otherwise is mere- ly indulging in sharp prac- tice. And such practices will ultimately reflect upon the Colony, its good name, and to its subsequent econo mic injury. The question
to pay the interest on
£3,000,000 State loan. Omcials were ordered to pay no money to the Commonwealth Governi ment.
bit late, but at army. preved of the attacks on the Portuguese avaliable forces were working Covernment which began with in food areas,"
Ho of the liner Senta the seizure Moria.
special correspondent in Leopoldville, reported today that President Moise Tahombe of the Congo's secessionist Katanga Province had bought four French "Mystere" jet planes, which were to be air-lifted to Katanga this week from France.
Tra correspondent. Bald, "The money for the purchase about £367,000 0 been supplied, I am to, by Union Belgian Minier, the giant company in Katanga.
**Tho
purchase Mysteres was disclosed by a member of the transport com- pany which is to fly them to
Americin Etubethville-the Seven Seas Airline."
of
circumstances.
the
Queen approves medal for
Russian
London, Feb. 0.
Search for missing
seamen
Tokyo, Feb. 6.
The Danish ship Laust Maersk was a complete loss at the bottom of Tokyo Bay today and the American vos- sel Alcoa Pioneer was dock- ed and taking water and unloading Rt Yokohama after a collision Jast evening,
One Danish seaman was known to be dead, and three others, wero' missing from the Laust Maersk.
All four of the Danish ship's passengers and 40 of the crew were 'gavod,
The ships were in collision. in the crook' of the busy channel hallway ap Tokyo Bay with the Laust Maersk Incoming and the Alcoa Pioneer outgoing.
Rescue bosis were en tho scene fast, but found only floating oil and rafts carry » ing the survivors.
con-
The Maersk Line here sald they were giving no informa- „ tion whatever. They sinued to refuse any state- ments of, masualties, and, said It was unlikely there would be any statement for another six hours.
The Japanese Mariliano Safety Board said at the same time that six patrol bosts were looking for the three missing.
Japanese Bources later reported one member of the crew had died in hospital in Yokohama, bringing the total of known or reported casual- ties to one confrried 'dead, dead without one reported oficial confirmation three, missing,
and
The injured man who was 'dead' in hospital reported had lost one leg and suffer- ed extensive brulars.
-Reuter,
AVALANCHES
IN ALPS
KILL EIGHT
The dispatch said, "The y- anything Bywhere" Seven The Queen has approved the Seas operates all over the world award of a medal to Dr Milchall with ex-wartime creva,..It has Somov, Russia's greatest Polar gained a reputation for deliver-explorer. The Royal Geographi- ing any cargo in the most cal Society said today Dr Somoy, dificult
A who led the fast Soviet expedi- Stratocruiser specially acquired tion to Antarctica five years ago, for the airlift will leaver Toulouse has been awarded its Patron's on Wednesday morning with the Medal. The Queen in the first Mystere. Four times it will Society's Fatron. fly to Elisabethville (the
Dr Somov, currently deputy Katanga capitat), with a jet-un'
director of the... Arctic... and. board"".
"The correspondent quoled a Antaretle Research Institute at United Nations official an say-Leningrad, -made history in ing, "We can do nollting to stop 1080401 by drifting for 3 days A series of avalanches, triggered by rising tem- these purchases of aircraft. But on an ice for around the North anyone can see the danger the PaleAP....... peace of the world if such a force is allowed to build up in a small African state which has so much backing from a Euro-
believed that stale. financial help would zoon be The Catholic newspaper Vaz forthcoming after the visit to "Sir Philip sent for Mr Lang, said today. "We know enough to the disaster scene yesterday of and told him that "disregard confirm our conviction that the King Baudouin, Queen Fabiola of the duties of the Slate 10 Communists and their allies of and Prince Albert. The needs pean equntry."-AFP. wards the Commonwealth canal shades...are developing. an of the familles which suffered not be tolerated."
offensive against Portugal "brom were already being investigated,
Mr Lang still refused to pay. the Caribbean Sea to Luanda he added.
A little later, he left Govern- and heaven knows to where ment House and said, "I'm from there.
He's sacked me me
and the whole Cabinet."
"International Communism
Planned
A
ER RECEDES
spokesman said the danger of a fresh landslide had apparently receded with an im- provement in the weather.
M. Pierre Floriane, the local municipal engines, sald any- thing up to a fortnight would be needed to cleer the road hit by the landslide. It might take up to tw months to cicar the- rest of the landslide, he added.
W becomes, how wide-sacked. spread in this practice of Al the subsequent general wishes to convince world opinion that we are ready to slaughter United elccllan, the voting kept Mr quoting prices in
masses of the native populations States dollars 7
Lang out of office
Soon after his return to Bri-of Angola and Mozambique." It is possible, even at this
tain from Australis in 1935 Sir moment, to visit shops in
Philip was appointed Commis- Victoria, the centra of
sioner of Metropolitan Police, u
The Government Diario Da where this practice is in-
post he held for ten years,
"It has all been Manha said. dulged to the extent of He drove through London
were falling planned, the seizure by force of price tugging articles in while the bombs
revolutionary USS. Having made during World War II to direct the Santa Maria, point we now throw the police operations. Twice his car activities in Luanda. Who knows if similar activities are not being prepared in other overseas pro- vinees and even in the metro- polis."
our
problem back to the Hong-
blown over.-China WES
kong Tourist Association. Special.
The HK is the legal cur-
rency of this Colony. How
Mall
for are the currency rules Two-headed
of this Colony flouted when
dealers quote for cash deals
in a currency other than
that legally established in Hongkong?
N the other hand, wo are
On
fish
Capetown, Feb, C.
A couple walking; on a beach near here, saw a two-headed fish
"fault is not entirely due to They took it home, still alive, local practicen. The tourist in a jar and got in touch with himself is not altogether the Capetown Aquarium,
The Ash, however, died during
the
guiltless. Time and time the night and is now in again we have heard in Cepetown Museum, About three restaurant and store a inches long, it is believed to tourist query a bill by ank-a barbel. It has one body and ing. "Does that mean Ilong-one tail, and two heads side by
side.-AP. kong or U.S. dollars?"
It follows that the knave ↑ is
going to cash in
Auch an
easy customer, either ignor ant or assuming to be, of any rules governing inter- national procedures in cur- rency.
THE
tale is now a legend of
No drunken orgies
London, Feb. 8.-- The National Union of Retall
the rickshaw puller who re Confectioners today appealed to celven US$ noto for the Government to permit sweet pulling his charge to the stores to sell liqueur chocolates ferry from the Peninauln without a liquor licence because Hotel, and it goes alongside the alcoholic content of Is never with the story of the liquered chocolates resident who wishing to above six per cent, so there is put the tourist right was hardly any danger of encourag-
Ing drunken ofgles."-UPI. anubbed for his troubles,
But this is the poaltien, and about this question there can be neither quibble nor
Dollar equivocation.
in! Hongkong must mean the Hongkong dollar. And this double dealing; sharp prac tloo; double talk, *must
The Portuguese national radio reported from Luanda tonight that thousands of people of all classes attended the funeral te- day of the six pollesmen and sofdlers killed yesterday..
The elly was sald to be calm. -Reuter.
BRITISH TRACTORS FOR CHINA
---Reuter.
Castro seizes
U.S. base
water supply
Havana, Feb. 5. The Fidel Castro Government London, Feb. 6. today acized the water, com- The Massey-Ferguson Company supplying the US Guan-
confirmed anamo naval base, pany in Coventry
The Government took over lody it had received an crder! from China for 400 tractors. the Cairuanera. Aqueduct Com- The order was to be filled by pany, which is the main source the Briush trncipr factory of of iresh water to Guantanamo, Coventry, it was stated, with but no attempt lias so far been
made to close the pipes. authorisation of the Board of Trede
A slatement Irom Massey
Kid there was no Fergusca
..
ban on exporting ruch tractors so China.---AFP.
The US. Navy has sid would counter any such moya to force it from Guantanamo dy bringing in water by tanker.-- UPI.
Factory
fire on 12th floor
on
Drove into mob
Turin, Feb. 5.
peratures, struck throughout the Alps today,
killing at least eight persons.
Seven were known'dead and two more missing in ginnt know slides in the Italian Alps, and one person perished and two more were buried under snow for a short time In one of several avplanches on the Swiss Alps. ·
The must
serious alide hif Five people were dead to-the tiny hamlet of Rochemolles, day, and 20 were still on the leaving four dead. hospital danger list, as Twenty, of the 35 homes in result of a street ́ ́accident the village were destroyed. which turned into a mob at tack.
Calculis, Feb. 5.
the
Some villagers were buried in their homes for up to 12 hours before rescuers were able to The Indian owner-driver of "dig them out. car accidentally knocked down a schoolboy in a busy Calcutta
Then,
Border police, Alpine troops
four miles from Beardonecchia
10 CLIMBERS
SAVED
London, Feb. 5.
Rescue workers today suc
ceeded in saving ten climbers, including three Injured people trapped in an avalanche in the tral gulley at Great End, a 2,984 foot peak ́ ́ north of Scafell Pike, Cumber- land.
cen-
None of the injured climbers to the scene of the tragedy.
was seriously hurt. Out of the debris and snow
The party was trapped by an they recovered the bodies of the avalanche which four dead, and saved the ave 130-foot wide area, in a remote
covered
t
Follee had to make a balon injured and the two who were section of the country, one of
unhurt.
..
Water cascaded' down a 12-street.
In д frantic and ski guides fought their way storoy Shoukhwan building effort to escape an angry mob, through a snowstorm for two as firemen fought a blaze he drove straight at the crowd, hours and a half to cover the
a top-floor plastics mokut down 30 persons and
killing four of them instantly. factory today.
The crowd caught him, beat About $40,000 worth of raw him up, and left him for dead materials and plastic products after setting fire to his car. were damaged but there were no casualties.
charge to get through the
Police Commissioner Salva- the wildest parts of the rugged In a stove for crowd. which An accident
had swelled to tore Pianezzi
Lake District. said, they were drying plastic beads was sold to 6,000 persons,
Rescue workers digging believed to have been the only
through 'OLA and rock under have been the cause of the fre
the destroyed and
dangerous conditions, An explosion occurred at about
people in
fought burled houses, 11.30 am.
Rochemolice has a popula-against time to get the trapped tlon during most of the year of climbers out before nightfall, the Kerwick mountain rescue 200 to 240.. But during the rigorous months of winter only team and the Ullswater
ward Bound School team were the elderly residents remain.
called out, as well as experienced climbers in the area,
The factory was 27-20 Fac- tory-street. When the alarm went off more than 30 workers on the premises scrambled for safety.
The fire-brigade had to use an extension lödder in Church- street and ascend the west wing
to take of the building
fire hoses up to the same level aa the burning factory.
The driver was rushed to hospital, but died there—AFP.
war
Dutch precautions
་ ་
Only about 100 There were only about 100 people Ilving in the village; the houses are scattered, and heat-. The Hague, Feb. 5.
ing is, difcult. Commissioner Ration cards have been print-
by Planezzi explained that kept playing hosted and stored in various parts custom most of the inhabitants top floor from
of Holland and a food distribu-
who winter In the hamlet neighbouring building.
Soven fire erigines and two system worked out gainst gather, at least to steep, in threa
the possibility of war.
was By 12.45 pm the firs brought
control 'but under Bromen
on
the
40
Live
the
ambulances arrived scene.
Mr J. W. Gorman, Chief Fire Officer, conducted the fighting.
Rainy day passed
Cardiff, Feb. 5.
Mr Wallace Taylor, a 40-year- old bricklayer of Tredegar,
7 CHILDREN BURNED South Wales, word 251 in.a
TO DEATH
Montreal, Feb. 1. Szen children, ringing In
conne. And it is up to the go from six months to nine Hongkong Tourist Associa|years, died · near Windsor tion as much as the local Mills, Quebec today when their Government to avo that it two-storey farm hours bufned Athicenses. Now! A;-
to the grouJKĄ —UPI.
the
Club
In
football sweep run by Tredegar tugby 1934,
He was paid by choque, but in-. stead of cauling' ft he put it away in an upstairs drawdry "unilla rainy day! camel along...
Mr Taylor's "rainy day" arrived when he was off work for two weeks because of sickness, Hol;
are able to keep
Out-
Police and ambulances went fo Scathwalte near Keswick, to help-AFP.
DIGGING OUT IN NEW YORK
Sibres of coal, salt, and oil or four larger hores and barris,
whore ilvestock is also kept. Bright were also being laid down to There they
warmer. fire cet but emergency, Lieutenant- General T. E. Mathan, Dutch
were there in the And they
when civil defence. Chief of Staff,
spared buildings fow said in a speech at Groningen, the avalanche struck the rest of
Reuter
the village.—UPI & AP,
400 snowbound
took the cheque, to a local Ho sald the Finance Committee
that ho who gald
of the club had taken legal licensee, would want a bank to op advice on the matter and no found they were under prove R. Bank officials said
chilgation to cash the chequo A new they would · require
because a. partod of over cheque.
years had elaprod. Mr James added the matter:
would again to diecused by }} the Committee at its next
Mr Taylor who has not suc- cended in getting the cheque -cald, paid: "Officials of the club gold, they could not do anything about li":
Mr Ivor James, Chairman of the club, mid they felt the did not own the £51 to Mr Taylor,
BIRDIE TROUBLE
ON COURSE
Wellington, Feb. 5, The Endeavour and McMurdo Sound Golf Club-the southern most in the world having "birdle" trouble.
Grentbla, Feb. 5.
New York, Feb. 5. sunshinë bathed New
York today as the, city dug itself out of the snowfall here heaviest since 1947-17.4 inches in 28 hours..
More than 70 deaths hayo been attributed to the storm throughout the northeast United States and weather bureau oficials warned that more, maw may be heading this way,"
Squads of men spent a erlap.
A' total of 400 persons passengers in nine buses and 20 private cars wero' showbbund In the French Alps tonight by a clour night olearing runways of double avalanche.
the city's three airports, and Nobody was injured, but it officials hoped that Idlewild, so far boon impossible to where a total of 550 flights has ovacuate the blocked travellers werd cancelled, would be re-
Later, a largescale rescue opened later today... operation opened the way for "The "anow: "stopped at- 6. pm This club, forised by men the blocked passengers, Just yesterday but tramo is still all from the New Zealand Abipretid before a new avalanche cut off but paralysed. Mayor Robert moting that the from the New. Zand your # l ́the word 'machin.
Wagner Bas banned all pelvate- club
About terr mowploughe, groups | cars: from: the 0,000-miles of sowing, stś bális to akun gulls,
mistaking them for of gendarmes and mountain zirgeta to enable emergency or Roceballsweep fund was
up, sodu, after. The: wifichi are wound a cour years ago as ad carrying them away roscue squads worked together pubox services to "gel through.
to telema the travellers-ATP; Reuters. -Chin Mall Special Reuter,
add