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No. 36005

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THE. WEATHER; Modernie B., KL- winds, ́evening. Fire', and mild,

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1954.

ENGLAND ALL

And The Highlights:

Century By May

ΠΤΗΣ Civic Association ham attempted to strike a balancer between Government's posed new leo importation zcheme and

at the Ideal completely free trading and the solution-the Singapore scheme--appears a logical and sensible move towards putting rice trading in the Colony on

Founder basis. Their andings require thorough study by the authorities before

for

dns are allowed 14

nny further, Promotion

of dny scheme designed to bring prices down to economie levels,

however, constitutes half the answer to the

Dijon, and wider considera-

tons have to be brought into focus to give the overal! plcture

dimensional effect.

Not only is there need for a correction of existing trading procedures in the Colony but there is at present a state of chaos in the marketing organi solions in at least two South- cast Asian countries. Hurma

and Siam, which, allowed to continue unchecked, can only load to a crisis in foon production and its port

the world in the ton distant future. In

not

supply

in

short the success of any new trading heme in the Colony depends to turge extent

on

Tail

Wags Merrily

Sydney, Dec, 21.

The England team was all out in the second innings for 296 just before tea in the second Test in Sydney today leaving Australia 223 runs to get for an outright win in just over a day's play.

When play resumed today, England was 204 for four wickets. But the wickets of May, Edrich, Evans, Tyson, and Wardle crashed one by one until at 250 for nine wickets, tail-enders Statham and Appleyard (both bowlers) took hold of the Australian bowling and battered it all around the Sydney cricket ground.

In about an hour the two added 46 runs for the last wicket before Statham was caught by external factors which wicket-keeper Langley off the bowling of Bill

moment give no promise of a satisfactory

solution.

Siam

Johnston for 25 runa.

Appleyard was not out 19.

still has rice from the 1951- Peter May scored a century in the first over of the 62 harvest tying rotting LA Bangkok warehouse, rice for day when he hit a four off Lindwall.

runs later..

He went out two

driving

Reuter reports: Peter May, the day--because of a

which she is asking boom prices although most of it is not fit for human consumption.

INA 98 overnight, crowned a grand rain, and England was 200 for Beth Slam and Burma have

batting display on the resump- Į tour when the teams retired to In the past ba;ed their revenue

tion of the second Test match the pavilion, (for the State sale of rice la

this morning by reaching his their principal source of

century

Iwo off Lind- income) on selling a fixed wall's second ball. ionnage to regular importing

May took 20 minutes for his countries and fixing the price as high as it will go--a rather 100, which included ten boun-

strange and short-sighted

with

daries. It is his highest score Dgainst Austrália

the and. In

WICKET PERFECT

was resumed after a 16- Play Waterul minute interruption.

Commentators said the wicket looked perfect and still full of mune. though perhaps mar favourable to batsmen than t

policy. They aliould be tryingpinion of commentators, his any other time in the match. to sell more at lower prices best because he came through But the sky was cloudy and a when England most badly need-gusty wind was blowing across For experts, beed runs.

to ket

revenue. liavo

the same amount

surpits

present the

may Lost

¤2

rice

Play was suspended at the end for as of Lindwall's over the first of long as ten years. Not only is there

n danger that Burma and Stain-if they continue to

pursue present policies will Bus Crash: 37 Dead

their

corn disfavour among Southeast Aslan neighbours who

rely on these imports of Flac, but

but they face the internal predicament recently empha= | sised by Prime Minister U Nu of Burmu: unless the country's existing stocks

rapidly cleared the Government will find it hard to get the money to buy the new harvest from

Train Crash: Six Killed farmers. Since rice experts

Munich, Germany Dec. 20. concede there is virtually no

Six train crewmen were killed "stabilising" way eff

consump→ tion and production of rice, tonight when two freight trains the major Southeast Asian going full speed collided head- exporters would better on on a single track section of

be

the

rallways. - State-owned advised to

more ก

Mexico City, Dec. 20, Thirty-seven people were kil- cd and 28 injured, six of them seriously. when n bus over- Serious turned into a ditch near Toluca, capital of Mexico State, today,

The driver, who was only charged with drunken driving slightly hur., was arrested unl Reuter,

adopt

nexible price policy related to Uniled Press

the

laws Inf supply and

Plane Crash: 3 Killed Rapid City, South Dakota,

Dec, 20.

domand. Such a pelley offers good chances of success for the prospects are that India and A B-25 bomber crashed four China

with their growing miles southeast of Ellsworth populations will be forced to Air Force base tonight, killing members-United Import greater supplies in the three years ahead,

Pro:s.

crew

Give du Maurier ...the best tip for Christmas

Christmas

Merry дов

The very sight of that

scarlet and silver tin

the thought of that cool- xurious flavour, so carefully, uarded by the over vigilant du Maurier filter tip

make

du Maucior a gift you would welosene yourself.

du MAURIER

CEUSIV

the

feld

by

was bowled But Edrich Archer in the last over of the morning after he had made 29

in a scratchy innings,

By dismissing Peter May and Edrich Australia had agula assumed a dominant position at lunch.

ONLY 28 RUNS At the Interval England was 232 for six-an addition of 28 runs to the overnight score of

for four. Tyson retired

204

MAIL

light this

Price 20 Cents

· Pioneers, in 1874.

Calculator

still in the front to-day 'HONGKONG TYPEWRITHE EXCHANGE ''0 D'Aguilar St. / Tel: 21483.

OUT FOR 296 U.S. Armed

10-Year Old Mother

Gomez,

Fellofa Delgado Pretty, blonde, diminutive daughter of a humble farm worker, only ten years old, has 12ozs. baby given birth by caesarean operation, to a Bibs. boy, in the hospital of the United Fruit Company, Puerto Limon, Costa Rica.

Four leading obstetricians travelled the 100 miles from San Jose to Puerto Limon by seroplane to assist at the birth,

Felicia is only 4ft, 4ins, fall. Three days after the opera- tion she was able to sit up in bed but preferred to play her doll (Margarits) which had been given to her by with one of the doctors rather than with her own baby.

The United Fruit Company furnished all medical atten- tion and services gratia-London Express Photo.

'One Man, One Wife,' She Says.

'Campaigning Cleopatra' Arrives In Colony

Madame Dorin Shafik, visiting Egyptian suffragette, thinks it is wrong for any man to have more than one wife.

of

of "Daughters President hurt

after the Nile" Association and known his back to a ball from Lind- Campaigning Cleopatra", scoring one run when, turning all over the world as the Dr wall which lifted unexpectedly, Shank landed at Kal Tak this ho was hit on the head and morning by PAA aircraft from the pitch. After Tokyo in the course of an 80- alumped on first-aid he was assisted off the day world tour for the cause of

ambulance

Egyptian women. held by Reuter.

Having visited most of the and In countries

Europe America prior to her arrival here, Madame Shafik will next visit India and Ceylon as state

men.

B.E.A. Engineers Report For Work ust.

London, Dec. 20. Most of the 315 British European Airways engineers dismissed on Friday for staging a protest meeting in-working hours reported today to ask for their jobs back.

The engineers were sacked by Mr Peter Mascheld, chicl executive of BEA, because they attended a mass meeting during

**in working hours

flagrant deance of orders."-Reuter.

'Keep Calm' Plea

Athens, Dcc. 21.

rights for women in the teaching of the Koran, she added.

is

And equal rights for women the cardinal aim of the "Daughters of the Nile", a move. ment. Madame Shank started in 1948. Three years later she led 1,000 Egyptian women to storm the Parliament

thele but demands were rejected, by King Farouk; In March this year, the led a hunger strike which was called off on the eighth day only when Government promised to accord full political rights to has compatriots in the new Egyptian Constitution.

THE REAL FIGHT Madame Shank pointed out that even though the draft of the new. Constitution had been completed last month, with full rights for women included, the real night would begin when, after elected. to Parliament,

Tailpiece:

Defence Commission Favours Postponement

BY

NEW PLEA

DEPUTIES TO DELAY DEBATE

Paris, Dec. 20.

The National Defence Commission today voted in favour of postponing a National Assembly debate on the Paris agreements rearming West Germany.

Rodical deputy, M. Vincent Premier Mendes-France, from Badie, said for the Commission his bench, said he agreed with that the treaties reconsutated a the speaker. German Army without sufcient control and that prohibition of certain armament was not firm enough.

His Commission, therefore, wanted a delay in the debate until these and other points were cleared up and until the last chances of negotiation hod been used up.

11TH HOUR BID BY RUSSIANS?

Vienna, Dec, 20. The Russians today asked the United States, |British and French to meet at 11 am, tomorrow for an extraordinary ses sion of the Allled Council. They gave no indica- tion of the subject they wanted discussed. but Western diplomats said they could remember no occasion since 1946" when a similar summons to the Council had been issued.

#

Russia has been under pressure from the West- ern Allies to agree upon treaty restoring so.

to vereignty occupied Austria as one way

of proving the sincerity of their desire for peace with Western nations,

Coupled with the Aus- trian question has been the issue of free, all- German elections in both the West and Soviet- occupied zones of Ger- many United Press.

M. Vendroux said the Paris treaties should be rallied once the Saar agreement had been ratided by both signatories.

M. Mender-France faced the six on his most crucial test months as chief of the French when the government tonight National Assembly launched its debate on ratification of the Paris Agreements on West European defence.

tho

Forces To Be Cut

Again

Washington, Dec. 20, The U.S. Defence Secre- tary, Mr Charles Wilson, announced today tho strength of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps would be cut by an addi- tional total of about 230,000 men by June 1956.

At a press conference he also announced that the 1st Marine Division from Korea shortly and moved

woult! bo withdrawn

to the U.S. west coast, where it

would be ready ús a highly. trainer amphibious force. The Division would be re- Marine

by au Army division placed how stationed in Jopon.

"This means a reduction of a

1 division in Japan," he added.

JAPAN'S FORCES

He gave the present strength of the United States forces in Japan as one Marine Division,

iwo

and n Army divisions regimental combat team,

Asked for the reason for the decision, Mr Wilson replied only "the Japanese are building up their own forces" He said the proposed new reduction in the strength of the armed forces

m

VETY

The debate on ralification could not affect United States followed a victory for the responsibilities and obligations government-by a surprisingly Europe...

Mr Wilson said the cuts would comfortable majority-on highly controversial Indo-Chins not affect the air force which budget-i:sue. The vote of con- would actually show a idence on Indo-China, which The proposed new cuts, In addi- Increase by Jung, 1950. Blight took the form of an acceptance tion to the present, reductions, of M. Mendes-France's Indo-will bring the total strength of the Chinn budget, was 310 to 172. the armed forces frdin

November 1984 figure of 3,218,- Premier 000 to 2,815,000 men.

the

Lost Friday,

With a reduction of 173,000 suffered his first parliamentary defeat when, the Assembly remen already planned, the cuts jected the

first in the armed forces in the next governmenta

The con-18 months will actually total Indo-China budget. fidence vote was on a modified 403,000. version of the budget.

the

SURMOUNT AVERSIONS The debate on ratification of Paris Agreements was opened by M.. Plorre Billolte of the Dissident Gaullists (ARS) group, who urged Frenco "to

its

its surmount

aversions, anxieties and its complexes" in agreeing to the rearmament of West Germany, a key, provision of the Paris accords.

The total cut. In the armed services by 1938-nearly 13 per cent of the present strength-fa the largest and most rapid re- thretien since demobilisation after the war

BUDGET BALANCE The cuts

were originally” “ planned to be completed à year. later by June 1957.

task sibic

of

The decision was made after budget intervention in Army

Eisen- plannings by President hower, who is faced with the

getting as near as pos to a balanced 1055-80- M. Billotte urged ratification

budget by the end of the year. of the Agreements on behalf of

· Επ answer to questions Mr the majority of the Assembly's

Wilson estimated that military Foreign Affairs

current year which voted for ratification by spending for the

would be reduced by about. silm margin of 16 to 10, $250 million (£89,285,000);———

the

with 13 abstentions.

Committee,

to

Foto

abstain,

Reuter

Man Killed In Windmill Gears

Saint Launet, France,

In the Indo-China budget debate, the unexpectedly Lange. majority obtained by the Pre mier was explained mainly by the decision ef the Christian Democratic MRP

the

⚫ Dec. 20. against rather than

A retired miller was ground Radical Andre Hugues, speak-Prefnler, and by the Premier's

winning over the to death by his son's windmill ing for the Economic Affairs success in

of Social majority

RO

yesterday. (Former Commission, made a favourable great mo

Gaullists) Francois Lezie, 59, was alone report on the treaties, while a publicans

sizable proportion of in the mill when he apparently Jacques 203 Conservative, M.

report Conservative Independents and tried to place a rack near the corni, made, à similar

can be millstones. The whirling main on behalf of the Finance Com-Peasants. This success

attributed to M. Mendes-France's shaft caught his clothing: and mittee.

the genre. peruuasive appeal to the As drew him into "In rejecting again a set ofsembly-Reuter & France Presse, United Press. international agreements," M. Isoral said, "France will ruin her prestige"

woman'legislators would seek to Gaullist Jacques Vendroux, chact laws for the protection of reporting on the Franco-Ger- women and children.

mah Saar agreement, said that. France .was not prepared to make any further concessions and deplored the way 'the Ger- mans seemed to be trying to reinterpret the treaty. •

No representativea from any of the Colony's women crganisations were at Kal Tak this morning to grect her.

BRITAIN SEEKS LIMIT ON NUCLEAR TESTS

King Paul of Greece called on Greeks last night to keep calm over the Cyprus, issue. In a broadcast on the United Natuns decision to shelve Gicece's re- quast for self-determination for

MADAME SHAFTK the British colony, he declared: "The temporary disappointment Commenting of polygamy, she, should not make 49. short- quoted the Koran a waying:

London, Dec, 20, sighted."

"You may have two, three, or the alles had forgotten four wives, IF you are equal

Britain will propose the limitation of experimental sacrifices

for them, between them, but you will nuclear explosions, well-informed circles reported here best way to remind them never by ly

between them ·Today...

Is for us to remember their own even if you

sacrifices for Greece. "Such That, as propounded by the The British Governmerit will The article reviewed their

sacrifices are carved on the gecat Egyptian religious coder mony British graves in Greece," Shelk Mohamed Abdou, - musi

Reuter.

be interpreted as meaning equal

“Santa

Claus” Gang

suggest this limitation, which will apply to the hydrogen bomb and the strategic atomic bomb. at the meeting of the United Nations Disarmament ... - committee, in London early next year

these circles added.

NOT PROHIBITION

It was pointed out that the

Seized. In Japan vas simply, one of imita

Tokyo, Doa, 21 Yokobanis pollen-reported. today they had arrested four

majuboru: of the "Banda Clank") gang, on éharger · of

ngfertrugh

the "chimney. Individusi:inembers' of tha

were called-

Chri

|tion" and not prohibition," which was considered impràctics ablo' at the present time?

The RigBritisht i Government merly orvvisaged an ogreement between the United States,ï, the Soviet Union and the ComITIONS

experiences and summed up their plight as follows:

"Ail of the fishermen who survived are now starile..*.

The one who died after seven months succumbed to damage by radioactivity, pri- marlly to liver, Of the badly injurech have liver allment now..

the

delayed aliments

to

and expected

dibe of the

THE

Just drive it!

AND WE'LL LET THE PERFORMANCE: DO THE TALKINGI,