IRMARY, SUPRE
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PHILISHAVE
ELECTRIC SHAVER
GILMAN'S
Comment of the
day
WISE MOVE
IN COTTON
T was a relief on Wednes
day afternoon, to find that the mujority of the cotton industry hus at last corné tư ils senses.
It was with even greater relief to rend this morning that the standout Hongkong Colton Spinners' Assaela- tion has ally made up its mind to join the associations and present a united front to the forces opposing the Culóny.
Individual
ather
within interests
the industry ve been
fighting for a long time.
THE WEATHER
Light SW'ly brenxos. Fair, At 1 pm at the Observatory the temp was 90 degrees F and the relative humid 73 per cent.
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ARAB LEAGUE ADMITS KUWAIT
HK-OWNED BANKS IN MIDDLE EAST NATIONALISED
Two small branches of the British Bank of Middle East in Syria have been handed
over under the
Iraqi envoys
walk out
of meeting
Cairo, July 20.
nationalisation program The Arab League today admitted the
mo of President Noster of the United Arab Republic, Sir Michool Turner, Choir- man and Chief Manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Cor- this poration, revealed morning.
The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank bought the British Bank
The
Persian Gulf oil sheikhdom of Kuwait to League membership, it was officially announced,
Iraqi delegation walked out of the meeting while the vote was being taken, alleging that the League was "walking with British im- périalism".
(Cairo Radio sald
The lack of policy co-ordina-of Middle East in the beginning Courell's vote was unanimous, Iraqi forces in Kuwait, super-
tion has not only frustrated efforts to show a united front, but it has caused many doubts to enter minds of people in other party
of the world who huvé shown that they are sym- pathetic towards the Colony,
Warned
THE China Mail has told
the industry time and again the writing is on the wall and suggested that it Is necessary to get down to facts and take a realistic view of itself and the world markets.
The
position поя been aggravated by the 1024 sibility that Britain will have to enter the European Common Market and there appears to be no doubt al this moment that such a move is inevitable,
can
With the decision to set up a Colton Advisory Hoard, Hongkong
negotiate, provided of course, that the lendera ardable and capable: of working on behalf of the industry and at the same
time
bear in mind the
of 1900.
However, Sir Michael said: The handing over of the two small branches does not make any material difference to the
that the fished between the British and
United Nations 00-
the Iraqi delegaté being report vised by ed absent following his with-Servers, drawal).
The Kuwaiti delegation head- working of the British Banked by Mr Abdel Aziz Hussein of Middle East," An
was invited to take its place at Associated Press report Cairo sale! President the Council table.
from Nasser nationalised all banka and Insurance companies in the United Arab Republic ยก Thursday.
Altogether 75 banks and in surance Arms Egypt, and 23 more in the Syrian region of the UAR ure affreted.
SUNDAY TIMES
TO HAVE
COLOUR SUPPLEMENT
come
London, July 21. The London Sunday Times
will
a out with colour section early next Was announced year, it here today.
گوشتی
Me Roy Thomson, chairman
Thomson
Newspapers,
interests of the Colony as a owners of the Sunday Times, whole.
suid the section would com- prise at least eight pages of news feature Illustrations and advertisements.
Full backing
A role
Meanwhile, in London, Mr larold Macmillan, the Prime Minister, said today that the possibility of the Art LeauŲ playing a role in the, Kuwait Situation must not be altogether left on one side.
He was answering questions in the House of Commons about the possibility of the United Nations, taking a hand.
Mr Philip Noel Bakır (Labour) asked who objected to the United Nations presence in Kuwalt. Was it the tuler or the British Government?.
are
Mr Macmillan replied: "Wc
in this difficulty. The Soviet veto an our niently reasonable resolution has made things more difficult in the United Nations."
Open mind
(The British resufulian called | on all states to respect the in- dependence and territorial In- tegrity of Kuwalt and welcome any constructive steps which the Arab League might take).
He said he had been fami- Mr Miemilton said that not a member of liar with
in Kuwait was colour sections
my the United Nations, but the
would THE leaders must also have newspapers "for much of
certainly the full backing of the in-publishing life in North Ameri- government
keep an open mind on this, ps on other possible solutions.
CA.
dustry as otherwise their "I am sure they provide the decisions will be useless. pattern for Britain" he said.-
Reuter. The problem is difficult one and there are many fucets to it.
But how much easier it would
have been if the elementary precaution had been taken months ago to appoint a negotiating board?
Mr Cowperthwaite and Mr
Angus went
Britain to with nothing in their Bunda. They had no big sticks to wave and not even a magic wand to mestnerise
the
ardent opponents of the Colony's industry.
Cohesion
Mr Cowperthwaite had
I been able 1 x to the cine
rent GATT conference p Geneva knowing that the majority of the cotton in- Quatry knd finally achieved #measure of cohesion with- in itself and had had the co- operation of the Hongkong Government him tonic would have been enry.
Mr Noel-Buker proposed that La neutral zone should be estab-
BOAC RESUMES
UK FLIGHTS
TO HONGKONG
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This would overt a danger that British forces might be engaged in armed combat with the Iraqi army and prevent the unnecessary loss of British lives, he said-Reuter.
LEE WINS A
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
Singapore, July 20.
Mr Lee Kuan-yew, Prime Minister of Singapore, to- night won a vote of con- fidence after telling the Assembly that Singapore's current political crisis had been engineered by the British government.
But in the voto, called after Mr Lee's party had been defeated in two suc- cesalvo
by-electionM, 13 government members were among the 16 abstentions.
RESULT
The result was 27 votes to eight and one of the votes in favour came from an Independent member of the opposition.
Mr Lee himself abstained, as did the parliamentary secretaries for health and home affairs.---Reuter.
STREET BATTLES IN BIZERTA TOWN
Tunis, July 20..
Tunis Radio tonight reported street fighting in Bizerta Town. It said French troops, including paratroopers, had tried to occupy barracks which had earlier been handed over to the Tunisians.
The redio said the last road- bjork on the outskirts of Bizerta known, on the road from the bus area. had been completely destroyed. Tunisian troops and volunteers hail withdrawn to a square by the seaside Kovernorate, Tunisian forces st held the
trategle points of the town.
Wounded
re- The radio said Bizerta'k gional
uf hospital was full
An emergency hos been opened
wounded. pital had stadium,
01
Tunisian casualties In tim fighting are 100 dead and 19 captured, French officlat sources said in Paris tonight.
U.S. TEXTILE QUOTAS TO
BE RECOMMENDED
Washington, July 20.
Representative Carroll D. Kearns predicted today that a House sub- committee studying unemployment in the textile industry will re- commend import quotas for textiles.
particularly favour the US. pro- posal.
Other delegations also were under pressure from domestle industry not to jeopardise their respective positions.
Mr Kearns, ranking Re- A French delegation source | presplan on Far Eastorn ino- publican, sald US. Industries said today that France did not ports. must be protected and added, "I don't think you can do it with tariffs. You have to go on a quota basis for some form
of allotment.”
Mr Kearns said he was not
trade oguins! reciprocal
Lin theory. He said the United
The lexile conference did not meet today in plenary session, but, delegations met in small groups to present their Dusais,
the
Just before this became Chevaller Paul, and Bouvet hud
the French Prime gone into action off Elzarta,
Michel Debre, Minister, Mr
Mr Tahar Belklodja, Tuniatan here, closed said France was ready to give Charge d'Affaires
necessary instruction for the Tunisian Embassy tonight the crasefire terms to be discussed and left with his wife and two- with Tunls.
year-old daughter for Tunis. - At the same time, official Reuter.
sald further French reinforcements have been own to the base after Tunisian at- tacks this morning.
sources
The decision to send them, the sources added, was taken because of evidence, of Tunisian intentions to sluge a "trial of strength."
Speaking in the Senate, Mr Debre referred to the situation
'NAZIS' JAILED
Washington, July 20.
in Bizerta 35 a "deplorable Two members of the so-call-
quarrel
provoked.
which Tunisia box
"We have never hidden our wish to complete the improve- ment of relations by an agree. ment on Bizerta. It is true that a problem exists on the status of Bizerta and we are ready to dis-
cuss it.
Omelal
Intact
sources
od American Nazi Party 'ware sentenced today to 12 months hard labour for assaulting. a Jewish boy.
Juvenile Court Judge Hugh Cregger imposed the maximum sentence possible. "What I feel about your explolls and what your organisation stands here salt for," he told the two defend- this afternoon the ants, "I have teled to divorce that late
trial Tunisians were harassing Bizerta from this
DS much as with mortars, bazookas, 105- possible.' millimetre cannons, and heavy
APPEAL -"Both -men-appealed the sen machine-gung dan
Tunisian soldiers, mixed with tences and were julled pending worßen and children, equivalent appeal.
In strength three battalions, Meanwhile, 40 residents of singed continual assaults agairtai Arlington, Virginia, a Washing- the base "obliging French troops son suburb, joined forces in an to reply as soon as military effort to combat the activilles of niements appeared to avold the the Party, whose headquarters danger of being overwhelmed." are in Arlington. Representatives from
The perimeter of the base was The party, founded
and led durmestic texille industry held intact; the sources said. by George Lincoln Rockwell, an Australia, Austria, Belgium, French aircraft bombarded Arlington printer, was described Canada, France, Italy, Japon, Tunlatan Was
emplacements with as a "blight" by the residents. The Netherlands, Pakistan and rockets, the sources
Three members sald, but
of the Parly Britain were in Geneva apply- added that napala was not were arrested on assault charges ing pressure on their delega- used.
ON Wednesday hight after a tions.UPI.
They denied a Radio Tunisstract fight rear their hend» · report that the cruisers Colbert, quarters.-AP.
pro-
delegation The US. States must trade with Japan under pressure from a large contingent of representatives of the US. textile industry whỏ are pressing for a stronger sup
and other countries to keep them from dealing with the. Communist bloc.
Rampant
"But I don't think they should TEAR-GAS AGAINST AFRICANS
run rampant over us," he said. Hils comments come 08 a group of textile state Congress- men told the House Rub- committee that the Industry needed some form of relief from
through
imports preferably strict quotas or tariffs.
In Geneva, textile experts of 17 nations today gathered in mustulateral meetings to dik cuss ways of expanding the cotton textile market among the world's developed nations.
The multilateral meetings
began at 1300 GMT,
The textile conference, which began on Monday, was called by the United Stales to find new markets for cheap Far Eastern textiles and to curb the flow of the inexpensive goods to Britain and the United States.
Proposed
At the opening session, the United Slates proposed that Hongkong cut back its exports to the United States by some what more than 30 per cent. At the same time the US, plan provided that Jupan might in- crease its exports the United Staten two to three per cent.
It was believed that the United States plan asked certain European nations like France and Italy → to open up their highly restrictive markets.
SHARKS AT
The newly constituted board A Comet jet airliner leaves London at 6 pm Bins TYTAM BAY
will meet on Saturday atıl
our representative stands iu
Genova like a man with nu
arms. The best he can du
is to stall the barbs which
undoubtedly
aro
thrown at bim.
being
If, following the first meeting
kong time for the Far East to resume British Overseas Airways Corporation's flights out of London Airport after a two-week old wildcnt strike that paralysed the Corporation's world- wide services for five days.
of the board, Mr Cowperth- The Comel, Flight No BA930, ; off again for Lendon at 3.30 pm
on the same day.
#
waite can be armed with will touch down at Kaltak Alr- offensive and defensive wen- port tomorrow at 0.25 pm.
ponn then Hongkong will be
able to negotiate on rensom-
able terms with opponents more powerful than our selves.
wit then proceed to Takyt,
This will be the first BOAC fight from the Far East Into London Rince the strike.
"
Two sharks were reportedly,
sighted in Tytam Day al, about 6.30 pm yesterday.
were
"
Ая renul swimmers Stanley, Bhek O, and Repube Bay
aleried, anid Government spokesma
One eye-witness salų he saw Another Comet, BA939, will Following these two fights, In large allvery shark leap out take off froin Tokyo on Búnday | said n Corporation spokesman | of the water and jump into a for Hongkong, After a brief this morning, BOAC Wil re-fish trap rigged up on poles in stopover at Kaltak, 11 will take i tume normal services,
the water near the reservoir pler,
Lusaka, July 21.
Police hurled tear-gas bombs to disperse a crowd of 300 African nationalists demonstrating today at the main beer hali in Matero, a non-white township in Northern Rhodesia,
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The nationalists are running a boycott campaign against the beer halls to prevent Africans drinking instead of "working for freedom."
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The crowd refused to
move
at Brst when the police ordered them to do so and reinforcements armed with tear-gas grenades were called.—AP.
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