IF
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1961.
BRITAIN GOES
Wellington.
FORMER Rugby
front-row forward Keith Holyoake, Prime Minister of New Zea-
New Zealand's Prime Minister talks to
a reporter The British public should be aware of what it means to us and them-
-the people who eat
our meat, our butter at reasonable
wealth would suffere shatter-
ing blow from
which it could
Britain's
1101 recover, and eaptelty for independent action world polties would be
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strangled.
Mr Holyoaks put buela Ca- net meeting later attended by M Macmiller's sell-the-Empire Duncan Sandys 10 plain his views.
advocate
He said: "Tell the renders land, told me that his mis ... and teament emphasise Government has made it too strongly-
clear to Mr Macmillan "ONE --We
built our dairy
are
its views on what will expert trante on Britain's needs; happen if Britain en- ters the Common Mar- ket.
Is view is that if she along unconditionally, economic dis- asler faves New Zealand and the Commonwealth,
His whole Cabines alues convletion that the
Comz-
larder,
pre
**TWO - We
Britain's well-stocked Jarder bare in that has ver been Britain's times of grvalest need;
"THREE-Qur' Inners the most celent in the world. New Zaland lives "FOUR: by its exports. We are one of
world's The
greatest trading nations,
by COLIN
LAWSON
"Our farms, dairy factories, freezing works, docks, and transe port systems are geared to our huge exporis to Britain."
Our side
This fighting Empire Premier how minced no words with Me Dunenn Sandys,
Pincing his two hands on the Cabinet im desk and leaning frward to give emphasis to his words. Mr Holyoake told me:
“We have made our case quite clear, just as we fully under-
HONGKONG
prices...
IN.
lamb-eating habits they insist they cannot risk being left with- out a market at all.
The other nighi I talked to Mr John Onnond, chairman of the powerful Meat Producers' Board, He sait: "We must start plan- ning akend now."
And shipping men here make no secret of what ail thin will 'inean for British shipping.
It was pul to "Do you think British shipping me like this,
will be allowed to carry New Zealand exports to Japan?
stud the profound significance this is no one-skled arrange- this great inoue bag for Britain ment," he said. "New Zealand and for Europe."
giver substantial preferences to British Imports. That is just how serious our position is. We bring Jup Just cannot contemplate Britain Zealand? joining the Common Market without some adequate and con- slipping." crelú compensatory arrange- ment.
Then came thin: "But I feel it to important that the British publle should be fully aware of our side of the story and just what it means to us... und fo them the people who eat our meat, the people who cal our butter, and our cheese, who like and want it—at a reasonable price."
These last three words were almost spelled out, so slowly were they oken,
Without emotion Er Holyoake spoke of New Zealand's exparte an overall total of 53 per cent to Britain and to farm proditets nearly 100 per cent.
Preference
He spoke of the near £200 million-worth of British Hoods bought annually by New Zen- land.
MOVIELAND
BY DAVID LAN
THE ENCHANTING SHADOW
ONE evening in the
Tesicles the fair share of scare, iber troubles con- thete fre softly lit restaurant inting those seling in a horror of the Astor Hotel, the film, revealed Belly.
"For example, the laugh on "shadow" of "The End character. The ore ques chanting Shadow," a ton of voitone and feeling
Volver" Shaw's horror film with
"tu Tact, laughing is Dracula slant, told of malicult that weeping or cry- how she herself Was in," she went on.
muny kinds of laughter to suit scared on the set.
different situations atal charac-
L
His does
more
There are
"My mother died when 1 was only 11 and 1 was brought up by my maternal grandina who died recently." she said,
And her name "oh Tih." which 2:1 Shanghai dialec! "the sixth younger brolier," in memory of her father who was an engineer.
Before my birth my father 21essed I would be a boy and give me the name Loh Tih, because I have two elder sisters and three elder brothers."
and
That is why New Zealand claims the continued right of unrestricted
duty-free arcess to the United Kingdom for our meat and dairy pro- duce. It is the whole karis of our ecou.
"I cannot state New Zealand's case more simply than that."
But In spite of hammering the tabte at which Mr Sandy's sits the New Zealand Government is ourt alternative busy working markels in replace Britnin if she goes into Europe and crippling tarifs shoot the price of foodt- stuffs beyond the British house wife's empacity to buy.
After a full-scale research the only market on the horizon Japan.
Is
i enn reveal a big scale pro- motion campaigut is already - ider wing.
And although export agree ways that it will take years la te Me Japs intention- and
WE'RE RIGHT TO GIVE GERMANY MORE ARMS
Declares
1
Rear-Admiral George
Thomson R.N. (ret'd)
Or New exports to Of course not. that trade will go to Japanese
All
And to Britain lost from New Zealand Curre £50.000.000 fm Invisible Imports in freights to British shipping lines and fusurance.
Peasants
year In both Britain and the countries of Western' Europe, there is growing uneasiness about the encouragement given to West Germany to rearm in accordance with the needs of N.A.T.O. defence planning.
Pat
walsh is president of the New
Grey-halted, forthright
Zealand Federation of Labour, the equivalent of our T.U.C.
What Put rays foes.
He said: "As I see there will be an interchange of labour within the Common Market countries. There will be one currency. The Common Market will gel New Zealand back 50 years.
"We shall become peasants overnight and it will take 41 tremendous amount of FC- thinking and planning to Ket hack to today standards.
"And it will take years for 3ritudo to readjust her delicate ennomy tal sulel drastic changes,"
tlondon Express Service).
Just Fancy That!
PERO
DERCY, a 71. python that slipped away from Mr Henry Murray's home in Dunstan's-road, Dulwich, has slipped back again the same way-through the kitchen window. But Mr Murray has done with watching Percy. He hus been sold to a man in Yorkshire.
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Mr Robert Chung, MPGI's Managing Director, flew to Tokyo to attend the gala
When Mrs Janot Winn oponed her diary the entry the picture on premiere of July 1.
for the day was already filled in by someone else and read: "House burgled 5 am." Bob who came back last Fri-
A burglar had stolen £24 as she presentation was stept in her Hallfiold Estate, Paddington, home. day said the
"It was much very surevssful. better than anyone had EX- preteci!"
Last Saturday, Bob received a wire from Tokyo reading:
"Hongkong Night screened throughout Japan today, show» Betty's grandpa owned the ing tremendous success, Mutual
biggest Chinese upera theatre
in Shanghal awakenlug her early interest in theatres,
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TIREE Lady Godivas will ride through the streets of
So
Tulperro, Cornwall, for a British Legion carnival.
People remember only too vividly the Nazi ag-
gression in World War II. They also remem ber the rapid build-up of the German armed forces in the 1930's, despite the restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles.
When
a
It wonki Reem that the pre- sent pullation is based lugely psychological grounds,
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Germany becante methber nation of N.A.T.O., I I was accepted as a logical out- come that she should make a contribution to the defence of the West, commensurate with centuates by the proposal her means and responsibilities make an army tanke range and in accordance with the re- South Wales available to Ger- quirentents of the Supreme man troops for training. Allied Commander, Europe.
General Lauris Norstad asked, Among other things for 12 liv klons 10 supplement the Allied armies in Gurupe for a navy capable of taking over responsibility, jointly with Die Danish Navy, fur the defence of the Baltic.
WEAPONS LIMIT
None the less, under a treaty drawn up at Brussels, Germany agreed tu comply with Q number of restrictions on her
ac-
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In
DANISH PROTESTS
for
Suridar Patons pressit the fedis cay rked in peduling
public opinion to accept a Gynan cikr as Commander of Loth Gun, and Danka muvad units in the Bullie, as rigitally pro- posed by General Norstad.
lo
In essence, the Norstad plan Provides for a German Admiral command both Germany's naval fureta In the North Sea rearmament. She agreed not and the Balde, and Denmark's to manufacture atomic, biologi- Battle format But the Danish cat or chemical weapons, not to people are not yet reconciled to not to build surface warships serve under produce influence inines. and the idea of having their units German COFTA- larger than 3,000 tons or sub- mander. marines larger than 350 tons.
they
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However, provision was made One thing we should be glad for the Counell of the Western of is that the Supreme Allied European Union lo modify Commander has not on his the se restrictions in se fur or support to the views of
applied to conventional younger_generation of Germon weapons, and if requested by naval officers. They have been the Supreme Allied Com agitating for Cermany to add Binder.
substantially to the twelve 350- The modification clause hus ton submarines now being con- alrendy been invoked four structed under the present times during the past three building programme.
years to meet No.
N.A.T.O.'s need
to
These young officers seem to have their minds more on the In 1058, approval was given damage to allied shipping during manufacture the first year of World War II anti-tank aided milles and from the mines fald by their build a training ship of small U-boats thun The ships 5,000 tons. A year later, she needed for the protection of the was allowed to
construct Bullc. surface-to-air and air-to-air gulded missiles for anti-aircraft defence.
But the organisers cannot find any white horses. ("The Enchanting Sha- Nevertheles it' Betty's dow," by the way, was opinion.
the Lady Godivas say they will ride on tractors Instead. for Germany to nod nemes- Hongkong's only entry in sarity make it more dieult to jast
Films in a comedy than a tragedy. Cannca year's Festival. Arrangement is being made for its screening the United throughout States in the near future.)
Miss Betty Lah Til sipped. lemon to and said, "It was in the forest scene taut & was gut- denly hurified by the decom Lased face ut the vampire.
"Then I thought of the faci that እኒ ረ wae only takin ulm and y relati, el."
To the carnal vietters to the studio, Betty helis ved, the effect would be thoru ferritying.
Take for Juslane. the ingi- dent that happened recently on
of a horto tim, the 201 "Midnight Mane'
“A number of girt Lans seek- ing photos and autographs f Chino Lei, the alus adlng mer showed up. Some audio" hand, pointing to a ma standing with his back to the giris, said, "That's
him."
il
"On the contrary." she said, Pit IN easier to play In rosedy where the scrren- writer and director can put in proper situations, mood and temps. In a tragedy you may nut withnot your heart <t successfully putting across the
Betty who enjoys the reputa- 18th est being "The Classắc Beauty" of Chinese films, pre-
In 1940. Betty came to Hong-- kong with her family. Her in- ferest branched Into eineons and movie magazines.
"In one of these magazines in 1934. I noticed that the Great Wall Studio was calling for re- cruits," said Betty, "I wrote in and got an interview.
Was I saved stiff! A teen- axer, fuceri a panel or 20 judges consisting of producers, fers to ar in costumed tra- dinvestors, and managers & past pestie of some literary signed through the interview with elandicforms And finally 1 pussert the text."
Seance,
KINAS,
Painted chin, slanting on gune and slender hunt:
pe fragile orhantung. skaubave that is Betty Lob Tit
She stands five feet dve anal 103 "Hy weighs a unagre maximum."
by the seven years of her film career, she has appeared in 25 pictures,
Sume of her big box-office at- fractions besides "The En- chanting Shadow" (in Eastman- colours are, "3'te Delorined." "Adventures of the 13th Sister." Mataya Affair," and "Happily Byer Aller.'
"The girls walked up and 62.
And she has played, among costed Mr Chau Lel who suk- other roles, 0 ghust, foster denly turned around to face daughter, house mali, mistress. them.
Which the Ave-year contract expired in 1959 she joined her present stuudio Shaw & Sona.
Betty has just finished her latest fm, "Bride Nappinist," Cinemascope and colour.
Te ambition" To be 22 J1] actress. performing In good Hims. If chances arte, i would like to net tu films pro- duced elsewhere in the world. be it Japan, Europe or America." What if she gets married”
Then I shall give up acting altogether." she said withou husliation.
congratulations. Renewed thanks for co-operation."
It was signed by the president, managing director and produc- tion manager of Tolw Films.
BETTY LOH TIH
Peak-road "is all fixed ex-
cept for painting.”
lady musketeer, rich girl,
Miss Lucilla widow, nurse, singer and war-
Yu Ming, monstrous ord's daughter. The right of
star of the Toho-MPGI có- faco supposedly etched by cor-
Born in Shanghai in 1937 a production, "A Night in rosive nitrio Bold sent the week after her father died,
Hongkong," Mr girls
Lok
* shrieking out of The Betty
attended the Sacred studio without a photograph Heart Girls' School in
Wan-the, Chairman of the the
Peter Chen Ho's 19-room opening here and an or autograph,”
Basic city.
Cathay Organization, and private residence on Castle there-ant lots of repainting.
☆
Peter who Jikes Interior decoration is trying to push his refrigerator and other items into the woll. The result? An alcove
"Needn't stop yet-that chap's bound to brake first ..
AUTOBAHN
BERLIN
POLICY CHANGE
Now, he has been authorised to manufacture influence mines and to build eight destroyers of up to 0,000 Loks. armed with tactical guided missiles, and also naval auxillary vessels of fence policy. up to 4,000 tons,
MODERN ARMS
NEEDED
This latest
An Important factor when considering the size and type of the German armed forces is the recent change in N.A.T.O, de- No longer 13 N.A.TO. Immediately ip count-
ter a major oggression with full nuclear retaliation, but only with the means judged neces- sary to deal with any particular situation.
Nor is it any longer possible to believe that Russin would suthorisation deliberately Invite suicide by ncona, in fact, that Germany trying to Impose Cornmunism by may now bulld ships similar to forec on the Western European the six new British "Devon- countries.
shire" class guided
yet been completed.
destroyers, none
dis
In Britain, M.Ps are lurbed, not because the Germa! ships will be Jurge as some
A
But under the missile umbrella of the H-bomb she has of which has increasing opportunities
aggression--even in European with mlted atm and on Imited scale.
Ifence the much greater im- attached by the guided Supreme Allied Commander tu be the need for stronger and better equipped conventional forces it he is to prevent the Soyler
of the Royal Navy's wartime portance cruiters. but because
ansalles car,
if necessary, Auted with nuclear warheads.
Yet if Gornian verstis are to
do the job required of them, leaders presenting him with
they must be armed with falt accompli as for example in modern weapons just by the Berlin. Without the 12 German "My Cerman anny 19 now equipped divisions, equipped with modern with the means of delivering weapons, he would be hard put
"Euch room will have its own colour scheme," he said. bedroom will feature the colours of Ivory and wood,
M
The
Japanese room, wood and baan-ertain tactical nuclear weapons to it to meet such a threat.
accordance with present NA.TO. defence plans. In any event, all relear warheads committed to N.A.T.O. are held in United States custody.
bou....
The house should be ready for occupatlon by the end of the monih,
Cummings
London Express Bertico.
DANGER OUTWEIGHED
Equally, under the now defence plau, the N.A.TO. navica will in future CODZU much more into the picture and may well be required for some- thing more than extinguishing a brush-fire war overseas.
Indeed, the British Govern- ment continues to add to the navy's substantial force of anti- submarine vessels. It seems to ba of the same opinion as the Suprane Commander Atlantic- that large-scale attacks may will be made on aliled ora communications if we continued to resist Soviet aggression over-
SCKLE.
So it is of considerable i portrace to strenzetten the ability of the German Navy; to counter such attack in the Baltic.
As for na Britain in con- cerned, you might also add that the possible ultimate danger of a varmed Germany is aircly outweighed by, the orders being received from the Tadderal Republic for a wide range of mlitary equipment.