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COMMENT OF

THE DAY

The Hon. R. B. Black

the CAR

the HOME

HE appointment of the

THE

Colonial Secretary, the Hon. R. B. Black to the Governorship of Singapore is an occasion for express- ing congratulations on his welcome proferment. At The same time, however, there will be genuine regret at his forthcoming departure from the Colony. For in alight- | ly less than two years since he was appointed here, he has established a record of tireless effort for the welfare of the people and a diligent interest in all their many activities. He has sisu proved himself a popular and highly capable officer

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BRITON KILLED IN MALAYA AMBUSH

Desperate Bid

To Escape Ends In Death

Singapore, Dec. 22.

Communist terrorists in ambush today shot down and killed a British planter and his 'Alsatian dog at a pineapple estate in Simpang Rengam, Southern Malaya.

The 27-year-old planter, R. D. Williamson,

ht the administration, was manager of the South Malaya Pineapple Officer Administering the Growers Estate, Johore.

Recently Mr Black Was

Government while Нія

Mr Williamson was shot dead less than half a mile'

Excellency, the Governor from ganga of Chinese workers clearing undergrowth and was on leave. In this capa- | less than a mile from his offices,'

city he showed for more than a caretaker's interent in his duties. He made this

4

appointment the opportunity for a thorough review of many of Hongkong's activi- ties and acquainted him- solf with the work of number of industria) under- takings which ontailed frequent visits to different parts of the Colony, In fact, his itinerary was so crowded on some occasions that one began to wonder whether he had the power of ubiquity! And it will be recalled that his term of office was far from being uneventful and simply routine. For during this time there the shooting down of the C.P.A. airliner, the dis- Appearance and return of the Police launch, the water shortage, typhoons, three

Was

LOOK AT THIS

PICTURE: NOW READ THE STORY

Williamson was throw CONCERN OVER

IL and

A former pollee lieutenant

hollow. The terrorists opened and security officer, he was fire from both sides of the rond. unarmed and had no escort whea

Mr bout

terrorists out of Six

vehicle the ambushed him.

skidded into a ditch.

RAN 300 YARDS

Ilo ran. 300 yards high lalong grass

He left the estate office in a Land Rover at 8.30 am. Malayan time, to supervise the clearing of a new pineapple fleld where the road dipped down into

12 Ships

In Distress

In Atlantic

Gales

London, Dec. 22.

A

through

up a hill.

His Alsatian dog followed his heels.

ot

As they neared the safety of a clump of trees both

man und

dog were shot dead,

When a second - Alsatian ron back to the estate offco it was realised that

wrong.

something

Troops and polico started follow-up

minutes;

operation

Wal

Д

within

hear the

Buried in the road Land Rover was a mino which failed to explode,

FOURTH ATTACK Late tonight there was still no Race of the terrorists.. It is the fourth time, that McWilliams

In 1951, he was awarded the Colonial Police Medal for gallan

after a clash with terrorists.

aquattor fires and the TramWinter blew a tragic pre-had been attacked. dispute. He handled sit lude { to Christmas today these problems_ably and with hurricane winds that confidently. Mr Black is no raged over the Atlantic and stranger to the Malayan most

of Europe, disabling Acene. He was there for more than

a dozen shipa soveral years before the last war and before coming to and killing or injuring scores the Colony he served in a

of people. senior capacity in Trinidad and North Borneo. Both he anfety of the crew of 19 of the and Mrs Black, who has Belgian ship Henri de Weert, distinguished herself

48 reported sinking off the Dutch

Many

At least six were known dead and there were fenta for the

others were treated in

President of the British Red coast early this morning. Cross Society here, will be missed in Hongkong. But countries all over the Continent Singapore should be pleased for injuries atributed to the

hear the British wild gales. Governmost's choice of a

to

of

STRONGEST FOR 2 YEARS

These were the highest winds successor to Sir John Nicoli and the roughest seas since the for they will admiro Mr mighty storms which breached Black as much for his Dutch and Belgian dykes two conscientious approach to years and the turbulen)

ngo duty as for his affable man. waters of the North Atlantic tier and his easy infor- were driven into Brita, BЛ- mality.

The Second Test

Reuter

--RAILWAY STRIKE THREAT

Cabinet Summoned

London. Dec. 22. Bir Winston Churchill called two Cabinet' meelings today to grapple with the threatened nationwide sirike by 400,000 railmed whichi migħi 'quickly paralyse Britain.

Mr John Boyd-Carpenter, the hurried to Transport Minister the first Cabinet session after with Sir Brlan ot the Transport Commission, which runs the state owned railways,

Chairman

Ministers were later mesting Lagain to continue discussion "of the planbed stoppage due to begin at indnight on January 9.

TURNED DOWN.

In 1982 he was ninbushed and The strike was decided upon | wounded while working as a

last night by the Executive scree months ago he was Bred Railwaymen, largest rail union

officer on an estate.

of tho National Union of

on while driving along a road.in the country, to back demands

for a 15% wage rise, Their action came

after the Transport Mindster had turned down

Д Union appeal for Government aid to help the Transport Commission meet the cost of the wage claim,

The

Smuggling Bid Fails In P.I.

Government said, then that the Union should pursue its claim through the normal Process of negotiation."

The railmen's leaders reported exhausted all forms of negotia

clear that we

tions."

#t Was

· MISCONCETVED Strike notices went out from

- Thin/ picture of the -Ceti- \tral' Reclaration "ares SWRE

115mm; on Filday,

December. 17. It shows the aversée (135age of, the "park- ing spaces allotted to cater 2-TO- filled Ally!

only 250

Today, the Police have compensated with 185 park-

along. Circuit. Road and the bit of

ing - spaces

re-

claimed ares not taken up by the U.M.U. Fair, which was prohibited) before.

with the opinion of roa clamation! more "spaces · will be allotted ́and It:t hoped that in January, with the dwindling of the crowds) parking will return to a neår "normal". (Photograph Courtesy of', 'Träffio · Dept. ! H.K. Police.)

The Police. Explain:

THOSE TRAFFIC PRECAUTIONS IN CONNAUGHT RD

"If traffic, along Connaught Road was not controlled there would be chaos," Mr R. V. F. Turner, Assistant; Commissioner of Police, told the China Mail in an exclu- sive Interview this morning. ;

District

What Mr Turner and Mr A. The Traffic Department bas Morrison,

Super been working overtime on the intearient of Traffe, had o say problem of parking and

in the pedestrian traffic. about the complaints correspondence. columns and local comment in

They have had railings built editor.al papers should serve to assunge along the waterfront "to prevent the ruffled feelings of a number people from falling into the sea;"

****** pedestrians have been deployed of car owners..

'and' 'canalised-hose emerging Mr Turner pointed out that

from the Fair, leave' through- most of the complaints stemmed Club Road while visitors going Mahila, Dec. 23.

from the opening night of the in form queues along the water- Customs authorities yesterday

C.M.U. Fair (December 10) front and a parallel, stream to folled another attempt to snug-

when Trafic Police had to take that of the out-going people. gle Swiss watches from Hong-t kong in wooden boxes marked

hapsbut necessary in view of certain measures-sweeping per- ¦." containing 09

Two Traffic Constables direct biscuits and

the, uncertain numbers expected the streams and work in unison candles following a reinspection of the

that night, #3

eo that the interruption in traffic consignment,

Road were along Connaught The shipment. from Hongkong the Union's headquarters today Justified since that night negligible.

All precautions taken was found to contain 223 Swiss to its 1,500 branches throughout, over watches, worth Holland, Ireland, US$3,500.

29.000 people visited the an estimated

TRAFFIC JAM THREAT the country.

Fair within four hours of Ita Germany.

The British Transport Com- The watches were

If cars had been park- The reason for roping off a cleverly

opening f From all over Europe come hidden among the bisculis and January strike

mission tenight described the ed along Connaught Road Pollee section of the road to the

call as "com-belleve many would have been inconvenience of drivers pletely misconceived."-Reuter, paper-France-Presse.

damaged by the pressure of the cars parked along the Re- crowda

clamation area is to prevent ACCIDENTS CERTAIN cars from careering out of the Coffee To Be Dearer?wners have completely igcored way to the Fair.

Mimy, correspondents-all car-space and into people on their London, Dec. 22, the fact that. If they are not It all these measures bad not restricted to a certain extent been adopted crowds from the during the three weeks of Star Ferry would collide with creased pedestrian, traffic along those coming from the Fair and Connaught Road, accidents, are

the result would be a serious almost certain to occur, the raffle Jam, Police say

PETER May, Frank. Tyou freak accideris, of SOS messages candies and were covered with

and the rain saved England | from ships - buffeted

in the second Test. It was waves.

by giant

a lucky escape from defent Weather experts said if the

for the tourists and they later it would have

storyn hdd come three weeks

House Adjourns

achieved won by the skin of their what

fatal they called “a teeth. Again

Hutton's coincidence" with the spring

London, Dec. 22. London traders forecast today batamen let him down. As Üldes and caused imtold disaster. The British House of Com-that the price of coffee in Britsit one, commentator said of the

ANZIOUS. VIGIL.

mans went Into

recess for shops would rise by: between Holland, which lost 1,800 dead Christmas today.. first innings display: "they

alx penco and one hilling showed a timidity which in the floods of January 1053 They will co-conveno on Jan. sterling per pound weight early

when winds and 116

25-Franco-Presse. fide coincided,

In the new year.

Reuter.

10:1:

would have put dormouse maintained an anxious vigil by to shame", Again Hutton

Land and air over was guilty of some rather defences today,

but early to blatant orrora as Captain, Ho does not seem to be 'able to seize the initiative when he sees it. He also still needs an opening partner. "Balley is not the man. He should stay lower down the list where he can belp prop up the team afte the best batsmen have"

night its sentinels reported the battle won, with only

minor breaches in dyles in the Frisian districts of Texel and Ameland, Some of the Inhabitante Texel were evacuated but

Will return tomorrow. Meanwhile, in South Holland, one of the Island of Goeree-Overtakec

of

England's felding owed a worst hit in 1958, reported that

vast improvement but to beat water was sceping through its

the Australians in future they

rebuilt dyke bui, that sandbags were sealing off the weak spots.

United Press.

Channel Steamers

fully

RED CHINA BEING TAKEN FOR

A RIDE-BY HER ALLIES!

From Our Own Correspondent

London, Dec. 22.

Communist China is being taken for a commercial ride by its East European

and the, Chinese are beginning, to realise it.

allies

Mr H.-J. Collat,. Becretary They Card ready to pay in.

näöreovèr." the » Chinese zenes)

of the China Association helped Bierling and they are making 11 sitting anxious to step up their put them in the picture on his essler for businessinen to est tradeda j recent visit to Poicing and ha into Chine.

He Mr Collar confirmed"" reportr

will have to field like them and that means doing ayed better than they did yesterday, Hutton had more muccess with his bowlers in this match and used them to better advantage: on the changing surface of the pitch. The impression, is grade

This is how it works: But there is still the big prob-marietalahould ing that the England XI iz

European Communists Chinese exports hogs bristles, Jeg of the Western, embarro on

anything, which might possib rather than "Ano weather all disabled French pumer soybeans, steil in change for be carried strategin.

tom:

"wet weather!!

Is Safe

aid tonight; they oliviouslyBA know how they are suffering

Calais, Déc. 23. Two powerful rugs brought the

materials the Chinawarned.for.

Come d'Azur safely. Into harbour

In other words, von today with 31 sczek passengers, their industrial revolutions,

the sand wet conditions the sillabary from two florm

Australia the Englament pod days

on", the English

But

· EMBARGO, PROBLEM

| That the Chitose could break: into the paper and tobacco

will stilu have to: Impost

seung lilie-doubt they have un

I

with

"When one, considers the-nu- ber of people that visit the Fair daily04,000 yes orday ---- only then can it be realised whit eri: immette task the Traffic Doparimant is undertaking.

There has not bren one casualtyda case of dein lig ang hing tile. This alone peaks volamel for the efforts of the perpetually coatigated Trafia Department!

Christmas Holiday

Newspape

French Woman Seeks Asylum

Early

WANCHAI

With Czechs TENEMENT

Vicing, Dec. 22. Prague Radio said tonight (Anila Morej, a French citi-

wen who

said she

member of the French espionage service in Aus tria, has asked for polillon): Raylum in Czechoslovaki The radio : qualed Moret As mying

‚ béejs - mollye in the

she

bad

--M.

French

Intelligence'service attached- to the French occupation forces in Austria, for i yearth

.

According to¦iko radio abe - told";a press · cop="

in: the ference

offices of Cateks, *he Crochi" news. agency, that it was "Her duty” 'to. tell, why' she had lefs this service, and, war asking for asylum ; da Czechoslovákia,jak dok

The radio sslá Moret had pled on the Austrian Communist Party—Router, German Goeï East

Berlin, Dec. 22. The

Communist.” Rudlo & Weat reported today German who betrayed -do. fence secrets to the Com munists has been granted political

Germany.

· In “Soviet

A broadcast from East

The

Kolb

Goldentified? the

as Jakob Kolb, 1

Badlo said that

·fled to

Soviet

Berlin with “a number of secret

from documenta

West Germany's embryo De- fence Ministry and another group described by the Communists sa American-firailoed · · Intelll='

agency.” ---- United

rence Press

GUTTED

A blacksmith's shop and three. statera of a founment houNO - 18. Tai Igen Bfrees ware completely „guiled by. Are this mornini." It displcprned that on woman was killed" but there is no'confirmation of these Eparts,

The "alatm" was 6.05 am, this mam diately dx fre Brebeat

20 minutes under control,

Gorman, Ch

By 10am t

•premen unable to amber the frem othe wall about 100 foot which had remained

was in the state of nee lapso.

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familles in cublder and bed-spaces,

The cause of the fire in being investigated:

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Christmas Mail

San Francisco, Dec. 22. The flow of Christmas mell from the United States to Pacita peints beerhero i benvy / tőday ibet Pen Artërican Airwayn, mae nounced "19 was sending out <an "all-sil"" flight" tonight,

mall socios ik v chairs' ustálly occupied by.pal-

natgers - United Press:

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