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COMMENT OF

THE DAY

Gloucester Arcada *

Liquor Licences

No. 36073

COMMUNIST

Liquor Jet Fuel For China

TINE report of the

Licensing Committee just published makes four male recommendations:

there

that

be ont

should Licensing Authority;

that

there should be two, instead

of the existing four types of quor lleences; that there should be one scale

cease

re-

of fees for the full liquor |

and Heeney,

that three- Afths of these feen should

tho be charged for stricted liquor licence; that liquor Hecnee fees should be calculated according to the rateable Yalue of the premises, but that until the rents of business premises to be controlled by the Landlord and Tenant Ordinance, and until rating In extended to the whole of the New Territories, the Commissioner of Kating and Valuation should be em powered to make a special valuation of licensed pre- mines throughout the Colony for the Bole purpose of assessing licence fees.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1955.

Price 20 ̊ Cents:

RELAX IN

DAKS Whiteaways

IN ACTIES TEN

GUNBOATS SUNK Tension

Destroy Ten Australia's

Being Made Queen Mother Out Of Fleet

To Stop The Aruba

Washington, Mar. 14. Senator John McClellan said that the Foreign Aid Director, Mr Harold Stassen, Navy and State Department officials assured him today that "steps are being taken”

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prevent the Finnish tanker Aruba from reaching Red China with a cargo of Jet plane fuel.

Senator McClellan, chairmen of the Senato Investigating sub-Comunittee, declined 101 bell i news conference what were. But he said: The "steps" "I'm sallalled that some effort Principal effect of the Com- is being made to prevent this ittee's work has been tool from reaching Red China. rationalise

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will succeed.

Senator

outmoded, There is some hope that they system of licensing and ty remove inequitable anomalies. No tenable ob conferred

jections can be raised

Iv

today

of

McClellan said he with high officials co-operation 10 secure with his sub-Committee's com- the recommendations which taug surveillance

trade seek to give substance 10 between the free nations and that polley. The idea of deed Chima. legating the whule work

of the

of approving and issuing liquor licences

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NOT ENOUGH

think constant. effort

Indisposed

the

Of Seventy

ACTION OFF QUEMOY

Taipei, Mar. 14.

New

New Role

In SE Asia Defence

Washington, Mar. 14. Australia will substantial- ly increase its defence com- mitments in Southeast Asia under plan of action agreed to by Mr Robert Menzies, the Australian The Nationalist Air Force announced Prime Minister, and Preal- that it destroyed 10 Chinese Communist dent Elsenhower today, ac- gunboats and armed junks and turned backcording to informed sources. 70-vessel Red fleet headed toward Menzies would recommend to his invasion-threatened Quemoy today.

A

The sources Baid that Mr

Cabinet immediatly on his re- turn to Australla that Australia time with the United States, Britain

northern approaches.

must take quick stops-in

and New Zealand-to secure the

In

Government Saigon

Wins Again

London. Max., 14,

The House of Commons rejected by a vote of 298* to 268 today a-Labour- sponsored molion, to otn“. surt the Conservative Government for delay in bringing

about top-level" talks between Britain, the United States and i110 Soviet Union on disarma- ment and the hydrogen bomb.

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second voto the Louse of Commons ap proved by 289 voics, to 260 Conservative-sponsored amendment which approved the steps taken by the

toward government #arbet

best on the reduo- tion and control of arms production. The amend ment also said that the Parts agreements should be ratified before any top- level talks are held with the Ruslana. -- France- Prees.

Informed military quarters said that the Communist fleet was made up of 50 armed junks and 20 escorting gunboats. Seven junks and three gunboats were tower, with Sir Percy Spender Novel reported to have been destroyed. The the Australian Ambassador, and Reds fled.

Military sources here did not know if this was

a real invasion attempt against the vital offshore

A islands or just a feeler. real invasion of Quemoy or Matsu by the Reds could bring United States forces into action.

A communique said that the Red vessels were hit in a sudden attack by Nationalist bombers.

Qисел Elizabeth Queen Mother has influenza the Board of Licensing should be used by our govern- and has cancelled her public and ment to induce other free na-engagements for this week, acceptable, more especially tons to restrict trade with Red states a Reuter report from wave of Nationalist planes was

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is logical

China,'

of them, with us, should unite

he said, "and that all London. as It is proposed the Secretary for Chinese in strict

compliance and Affairs should become the forcoment

All against new chairman of the Board. traband goods.

THE Trade can have few, if

don't think "I certainly have done enough."

con-

we

any complaints to make Prestrit at today' 00-

about

recommenda- | minute cbriference the

of Macedon's ffice

Walt

in Senator WETC

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tions. The telescoping four different types of Stensen; Admiral Walter Delaney, licences into two clearly Foreign Operations Admin!stru- en ceia: in charge of East- defined licences IN

West trade control the acting plece of simplification and

Navy Searctay, M Thomas should help to remove cer-

Golz; and Mr Thersten Kell tnin unfair advantages jarvi, deputy Assistant Scere- which holders of some of tary State for Ecenemic the present type of liquor Affairs; and their assistants. ficences enjoy over their competitors.

Elimination of the

Chinese Restaurant licence as auggests there can be more over authoritative control

CONCERN NOT SHARED

the no!

sold Senator McClellan administration officiats did share his concern over the in- of free world creased tonnage

and out of shipping moving

the way certain establian Communist Chinese ports, He ments it present obtaining said they told him that while the that type of licence fulfil tonnage of shipping involved in- greased in 1954, the dollar value their obligations. The re- of shipments was the

same as with justifica-1953 or even lower. port notes,

Senator McClellan tion, the invidious position

to

said

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Alleged Spies

On Trial

London, Mar. 14. Warsaw Radio announced today that a military court

America."

WeTe involved. Their

in

The announcement

patrol

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west of Kiumen when the pilots spotted a flotilla of more than 50 Com- munist craft west of Wu Yu Island, southeast of Amoy.

The report said that the Na tionalist Air Force planes made seven strafing passes at the Red vessels despite heavy fire from the Chinese coast,

AU Nationalist planes re- turned to base safely, the com- munique added.

This action was the biggest air attack by the Nationalist Air Force on

NIXON

Mr

Mr Menzies and Mr Eisen-

John Fostor Dulles, the Secretary of State, agreed at a White House conference this

morning that the power vacuum

to the south of Communist China would have to be quickly filled lest China attempt further pansion, it was learned.

GIVEN ASSURANCES

ex-

Mr Menzies is said to have told American lenders that if Australia were to assume a more substantial share of Asian de fence the United States would have to reciprocate.

The sources said he obtained assurances that the United States

For

SHOCK TROOPS CALLED OUT :

Saigon, Mar. 14.. Shock troops urgently summoned by the Prime Minister, MF Ngo Dinh Diem, poured into Saigon today and the Government prepared for a showdown with the powerful Vietnam- ese sects whose opposition threatens Indo-China with civil war.

Companies of tough para-

veterans troopers,

of "hard Aghting in North Indo China, were stationed at critical points Moro throughout the capital. reinforcements, including 2,000 infantry loyal to the Govern- ment, were expected at any time

Tension mounted near the when Bath point this 'morning

the Governor of South Vietnam, Mr Trún Van Lam, narrowly

Reasoned with his life from an

Strike

plot. TIME-BOMB

WOB

A time-bomb exploded under Mr Lam's car outside his villa as the Governor was about to enter L The

attempt considered her a "declaration of war against Mr Diem by the three sects, the Cao Dai, the Hon

Hao, and the Bish Xuyen.

As # counter-move to Mr Diem's deployment of troops, the Binh Xuyen, the smallest sect at the one which controls the Police. in Balgon, ordered is. Two are French and the special assault troops inte posta others are from Malaya, Greece in the city and ita and Nigeria

usually occupied by

Swansea, Mar. 14. Five overseas students are on sirike at private Swansea college-because they said some of their lessons are too short. The students, who have been Norton College. studying

they struck on stated today Friday and are now refusing to take meals or lessone there.

WARNS THE would maintain powerful mobile complaining

in the Western

GOP

Can't Win Without Eisenhower

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Further the United States had Malaya; Tunji Eljoe, 20 of corruption the country of

They said they were not auxillaries.

about food but Mr Diem is reported to be because they felt not sumtient determined to wreat control of Facific theatre while the "danger time was being given to certain the Police and the security

Communist aggression sibjects.-ri

servipes from Ba. Vien, leader of subversion open or by

The students were stated lafer the Binh Xuyen as the dest ned.

step to be M., Ramanathan," 21 of

graft and venality PREPARES ACTION his control unless the Emperor. View has refused to relinquish

Bao Dal, still in bis

Tronch Raylera chatonu at Cannes, orders him directly to do so. If that order came, then Vien was reported to be ready to fre into the hinterland will the endro Police force and wage a guerilla war against the Government, from there).

The Government retaliated by ordering bodyguards for high decreeing that bars close at · Government officials and

acknowledged the Australian Nigeria Prochus | Kardynaio- point that if Australia were topolos, 18, of Greece; Jacques contribute rallely to the mutual Schmitte, 22, of France; and deferee entert cow and in the Henel Roux, 22, of Paris event of war, the United States China Mail. Spedai, should conduct Chinese Communist

should

120 trade patterns so

us to help keep Australian

primary secondary industry OD # firm fooding ready for expansion.

At the Prime Minister's re- United Stales

and quest Australian officials declined to discuss specific detalls of today's

Pride

to

Sentenced By > People's Court

Los Angeles, Mar. 14. Vice President Richard M. Nixon warned Republicans the evacuation of

today that the Party is "not ships since Nanchi Istand on February 24.

strong enough' to elect 4 TYCWS- It comes Nationalist in Warsaw has opened the papers said that United States president.” trial

It was a blunt political states- of a group of people | Vice-Admiral Alfred M. accused -of "spying for and Nationalist milliary chiefs ment made to an audiance of

London, Mar. 14. Re- hod put the finishing touches on 2,800 Southern California

A Chinese Communist People's a joint United States-Nationalist publicans at a luncheon here.

Court has sentenced to death The dio said that six men Formosa Command that will

The Republican Party In talks.

two "spies" alleged to have been names start functioning in

strong enough today April

parachuted into COMPLETE AGREEMENT

the mainland, olect a president, the Vice were given as Joseph Leszczew- Unlied Press, ski. Stenlislaw Rajkowski, Jozef

President said. We have to But one well-informed source Chinese Nationalists.

to work for the United midnight-United Press,, Statca and the other for the Boblarz, Sayk Skowron, Zoein

strong sald "the exchange today was

DEFENCE TALKS Solmeinsko, and Feliks Stefanski.

That

There was extremely valuable,

The Peking Daily today prin- named the "American spy's, ne complete agreement in ciple about Asian logistics and Chu Feng-chi and the "Chiang strategy and worked out among defence ox- chien.

details wil be Kai-shek agent" as Kuo Chi- perts on both sides during the next week,"

They were found guilty by the Shanglung: Provincial Peo- It is understood that under ple's Court, Three accomplices plana now being drawn up were sentenced to long terms of *** Australia will contribute , aŭ {imorisonment, the paper added. air wing and at the very least -Reuter. battalion of troops in Malaya.

The redio said that Skowron had repeatedly approached an American correspondent with re quests for help in transmitting hosille propaganda abroad.

EMBASSY BEURETARY It added that he eventually put in touch wita Secretary of the British Embassy in Warsaw.

in which the Secretary for Saturday that the voyage of the Chinese Affairs han found Aruba, loaded with fuel for Red himself placed on a number China's jet planes, dramatised "failure of our government the of occasions in having deal with offenders. Mani- to do something about this most had been

disgraceful situation". After the festly it is fairer from today's

conference, he every point of view that newsmen the United States was

something but the responsibility for de- doing ciding whether a licence enough.-United Press,

should be issued,

песеввогу

and if withdrawn,

should rest with the Licensing Board which in-

of

Un- the

cludes Official and

Justicea

official Peace.

IT is conceivable

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that only one serious objection likely to be raised by the Trade,

fold

The rudio alleged that not Skowron's offer to work as "a spy and diversionist resulted in an American agent named Loszczewald being sent to Poland.

Talks Postponed

The

Too Hot To

Handle

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have a man who is enough to elect the Party.

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is why we won in 1952 with a man-Dwight D. Eisenhower." Mr Nixon, fresh from a good will tour of Laffa America that was suggested by the President, pointedly warned his audience Against the internal quarrels that havé split the Party.

"We cannot afford them," he

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Washington, Mar, 14. State: Walter George, De mocrat, Georgia, Chairman of said. the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

declined to whether these com- muments' would entall extension national service

FIRES AND

one

Manila, Mar. 15. Ger. Maxwell D Taylor and President Ramon Magsaysay will confer briefly today. It was be- loved that the talks would touch on Philippine defence.

Gen. Taylor, newly designated Commander of the US For East Command and the UN Command, will arrive at 3 p.m. from Hong- kong-United Press.

£4,315

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Men or women, under 45 by setting aside regular monthly, half- yearly or yearly amounts under, the SUN LIFE OF CANADA plan can, for example, receive at age 55 a lump sum --) £4,315 for, men or 24,802 for women—or a private income for life of

addition. If you are somewhat, older than 45 now, the frufle of your saving would come at, say,:00 or 15. ¦

A TORNADO 2264 a year. Any accumulated dividende would be paid in

MUST BE UNIFIED soid tonight he "We all hope we will have an Further, Australia will modern- would not accept the confiden- opportunity to work for the re-lag and maintam Its major

Malta and election of President Elsenhower bases on an "alert" footing. tial report of the Yalta conference owing to the in 1950," he said. "We can con- Officials here danger of leakages.

tributo toward his running The State Department an- again by seeing that our Party spegulate The radio described SkowTON

that is unified and collaues to sup- of Australia's earlier today Now Delhi, Mar. 14.

as a prewar "Fascist dignitary" nounced

copies of the report would not port his policies to the point training programmes.--Reuter. and Enid The Prime Ministers of India

that during

be released to the general where it (Republican Party) can and Pakistan have postponed German occupation he tried to

risks be a majority Party in the Unit their meeting, due to have been set up a Polish

public owing to security government held on March 28, until after the

under German auspices,

but would be supplied in co-ed States."

"Preeldent Elsenhower wants Asian-African conference in

Three of the acepscd had fluence to Congressional leaders

the Indonesia next month.

said been sent from an "esplonage and to the Foreign Affairs, Ap- to build the Farty up o

Ser-Party can elect the candidate," Today's Bunouncement

centre" near Frankfurt in West propriations and Armed

he told his audience. and that directed that because of heavy pressure Germany, the radio, sald,

vices committees.

Referring to the Administra- recommenda- of engagements and visits by

that if against the

Senator George sald The radio named the Secre

about the ion foreign policy, Mr Nixon hall be eminent foreign statesmen it

the rumours tion that licence fees

of the British Embassy

sald. "Make no mistakes about; nature of the report were true no based on rateable value of would not be possible to have tary

whom Skowron туда

New York, Mar. 14. during the period with

The Republican Party is solidly premless. This may be the "full talks"

risk revealing the contents.

Fires which burned out more and from ths before next month's conference, allegedly in contact as Masonsponsible person would wish to this: There is no question that

revelations united in support of the fore than 175,000 acres of timber and onafest,

He feared the -Reuter. revenue-raising viewpoiar

might have regrettable political policy of the President and Mr

John Foster Dulles,

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ropercussions in the world parti most

Georgia, Florida and Alabama years in this way, you would be entitled to the proper amount FEELING IN ASIA cularly while the Parle agree method

fixing conco

"A feeling has begun to de- the South absorbed the tull of relief from any Income Tax you are now paying. of

ments were in the process of fees, but it hardly ranks ag

BAFEGUARDS FOR YOU. Guaranteed safeguards promised, being ratified-France-Presse. velop in Asia that perhaps the force of a March blast,

winning side may be the Com-A tornado left two dead in the Company would help you to overcome any financial dimcultie the most equitable. Rato-

mmist side. For this reason, South Carolina and at least ave you might meet on the way, able values may bear no relation to annual turn- over from liquor sales, in either direction, and as the Committeo' readily admits, unfair anomalies are creat ed by the existence of the Landlord and Tenant Or- dinance controla,

the

The Committeo can take éredit for suggesting B way of removing thoan anomalies, and the Trade can find some comfort. In the knowledge that when the proposed new basis for assessing licence fees can be made effective, the im- positions will be more fairly shared than at the present time. The Com „mittee, has performed Zi

Inost useful job of Work

Reuter.

Treason Charges Against

US Soldier Dismissed

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Baltimore, Mar. 14.

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On the grounds that he had been denied his constitutional right to

speedy trial, charges against a former army sergeant, John. David Provoo, 37, that fie had committed---: Cresson

wartime while a prisoner of the Japanese were dismissed by a Federat Judge here today,

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Provoo was convicted and sentenced to life in prison, on February 11, 1933 on charges of committing treason while tai prisoner of the Japanese after the fall of the Philip pines during the S World Ward's m

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Mate (Manager," Hong Kong)"

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“We are asked where we will was little more than a upret the conviction and Rentence last August,

draw the line. But we do not the rest of the country they in and sending the enquiry form (postage 5 cenz If

as the unsealed) you can obtain full, detalls mated to you um personally.. as the tell our enemy exhetly whore winds eased off in the South You are under no obligation if you ask for information.??? ruling that the Government.

will make our stand."-west Casablanco, Mar. 14.

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Bouthern Geórgia arid Alaliama a second trial

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Atlanta Westhi : Bureau sald A well-known Maroccan, foot-

London, Mar. 14. set for today.

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