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COMMENT OF

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Frozen Meat Prices

NOVERNMENT'S state-

Go

ment On rising mment prices smacks more of 11 warning of things to come than an explanation why, within 24 hours of offeint¦ dom moving out of the wholesale ment trade, tails prices advanced alarming manner.

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The public are persanded

that private wholenulei dealers have higher cost to meet than Government operating in the sume Beld Moreover, Government was never bothered with think vexing problem of making profit from expital outlay It also enjoyed the advant- age of slightly cheaper re frigeration storage charges I though why. is not plained, a

IL As these factors, Together with that all-important one of variable demand for! frozen stock ment. whrelt, the public must expect influence retail prices. This. we have already indicated is understandable i though

particularly agreeable

not

especially

clated

או

it is appre-

that the cost of im

ported frozen

to

Hongkong is alno governed, by ruling

world prices

the time of contract.

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HK Cotton Goods Ban Urged-Back Page

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1955.

MAIL

Price 20 Cents

INDAKS

RELAX IN

THE FAMOUS COMPUNT IN'ACTIONS THROBBERNA:

Whiteaways

HONGKONG t KOWLOON

SURPRISE MOVE BY ‘ARUBA' CREW

Refusal To Enter Area

Of War Operations

FINNISH TANKER MAY NOT

SAIL FROM COLOMBO

Helsinki, Mar. 15.

The Finnish Seamen's Union, which fias maintained contact with the Finnish tanker Aruba now on her way to China with a valuable cargo of 13,000 tons of fuel, today re- ceived a telegram from the crew saying they refused to enter an area of war operations.

The tanker is approaching Ceylon and it is thought she may remain there. This would be a solution of the Aruba crisis anticipated by many observers.-The Times News Service (Copyright).

BONN CAUGHT OFF GUARD

Faux Pas' Diplomat

Returns To London

Bonn, Mar. 15.

M Jens vieur 19, il The West German Foreign Office was caught off

Government Bold the bulance of its frozen meat guard today by reports of the sudden departure for stocks to Traders at the end

London of diplomat Oskar Schlitter and his wife Daisy- of last month

to have remarked that Britain

"enemy at a price said which "involved substantiall territory" at a London Christmas party last year. Juse on certain items, prin-

cipally beef crops," why the shop prices for those meat West German Enibussy in Lon- should have risen so sharply don, sent a statement to Brush during the first week of journalists here saying she and

husband was

Frau Daisy Schlitter, whose Counsellor at the

March. The assumption is

Was

Call Girl Trial

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her husband "returned to L STAR WITNESS

that the wholesalers made a don_today.” satisfactory deal with Guy.

The Weal German Fren

ernment (even if it were at Ole knew nothing about their Government's

diarom. fiture) and that the ment could have been retailed at

return.

German

Governinent officials and British Embassy personnel telephoned Brush correspon-

REFUSED

TO TESTIFY

a reasonable profit without dents to ask them for the text 4713 drastic inerense in of the statement signed "Dalsy | charges prices.

Schilter."

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Washington, Mar. 15.

The US Secretary of State, Mr John Foster Duiles, today ruled out any immediate aellon by the Seventh Fleet to Intercept u cargo of fuel on its way to Co-

Chinn

In Ghe Finish tanker, Aruba.

The United States was not at present operating a military and naval blockade of the Chinese Communist cost and therefore, unless there was u change of policy, the use of the Seventh

Ficet In these circumstances present policy, he told his news would not be consistent with conference.

Mr Dulles had been asked to comment on a demand by Senator William Knowland, the Republican leader in the Senate, that the shipment of fuel should be stopped, if necessary by the US Navy.

PRESIDENT'S AUTHORITY

lie said that under the Con- gressional resolution permitting

President to Re Uni.ed

the

| States forces to protect Formosa,

Princess Margaret waves to the crowd as she stands on the Mayor of London, Mansion House balcony with the Lord Alderman Bir Seymour Howard, woon after her arrival for the welcome back huncheon given by the Lord Mayor and City

Corporation.

BEVAN IN

OR OUT?

He'll Say 'Sorry' With Flowers!

Tel-Aviv, Mar. 10.

smooth To

aver tho memory of being hit on the head with a frying pan,

Latest Survey Of Mrs L. Maral of this town Labour Feeling

London, Mar. 15.

Leader Mr

Left-wing

dhe Pescadores and related areas, Aneurin Bevan appeared to- he believed President Eisenhower night to be headed for ex

did have the authority to issue such

an crder to the

blockade

feet but pulsion from the Labour

10-

he added it was not the policy | Parliamentary Group when of the United States to use the the Party's MPs meet resolution to impose 2 naval

morrow in a special session. Party chiefs estimated that of Labour MPs sounded the 280 out of a total of 203 memberi in the Parliamentary Orcup, 140 would back the expulsio woundation.

New York, Mar. 15. The second trial on procUTINK

Minot *

(Mickey) Jelke,

25-year-old heir to il The Foreign Office Inter Margarine fortune, was suddenly It is proper to remind

Istied a curt statement that Dr adjourned today when the pro- that Government's Konrad Adenauer,

Chan seculion's alar the

witness refused anxiety to rid itself of the cellor, had hol

decided to

Asked if United States seizure answer any questions that! burdens of "keeping shop" | whether

Herr

"might tend to incriminate me." of the cargo would constitute an for the Colony his been Schilifter.

Spectators had formed a long, act of war, Mr Dulles replied he matched by the private PRIVATE BUSINES8* queue outside the courtroom be-doubted that it would, although

The diplomat offered his re- fore the slot of the trial t the situation would

Jarwary after hei which signation

border line zone," kärki testimony was ex- and his wife, a former beauty pocted.

called homse

traders' desire to take over

that

responsibility In

forms of trading. The transfer, however,

queen.

were

to

yet reinstate

should answer not be done in such a way "enemy territory" as to make necessary unsolicited sacrifice on the purt of consumers.

THE Trade

has

10

an

125

The

pointed

vut

be in "the

that in the In The prosecution opened its

so-called questions thout the case by

pust there had been that it would saying

"paceful blackades" and he said remarks

prove that Jelke had "made it

that -hipment of the fuel to through good deal

of money"

Communist China was a viola- compulsory prostitution.

on of the United Nations em- Miss Pat Ward, the prosecu bargo on strategie materials. tion's star witness then refused to answer when asked if she bud borne a child out of wed-

Lock

The British press.

Foreign dice sources said Dr Adenaurer's instructions were that Horr Schulter should stay out of the public eye until the fuss remained

had did down. Then the Milent about current com-Chancellor would

consider plaints relating higher whether to give him another

THEN SHE ANSWERED prices for frozen meat, but post outside London.

General Sessions Judge Francis It is hoped thin will not Fellow diplomats were there- Valente immediately adjourned become established policy. (ore amazed when they heard the trial

there in substantial that the Schlilters had decided When the session was resumed reason for a sudden raising gy ใบ London before the after A conference between of the price ceiling, surely Chancellor had made a decision.

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Judge Valente and the defence, Frau Schlitter's letter said she Miss Ward resumed her testi-

it is a good idea to let the was going back to her children mony. public know about it. Ment, who are still in Britain.

Vaat majority of

The Judge told her to answer to the

(In London, the German Em-all questions she answered at people, is a daily necessity, basay said that if Herr Schlitter the first trial two years ago. Bui and is therefore a key item were returning to London, ho told her she could refuse to reply to questions not answered before and he would decide whether she had to reply.

in every household budget. could only be for "private The goodwill and under- business.")-Reuter. standing of the public is surely as important to meat

Sydney, Mar. 13.

She said she had a child by n Lawrence Greenbaum, identifled

traders as it in to other The Maitland City Council by the defence as a bookmaker, merchants. Suspicion and decided today to remove

tions town to

doubts can best be set aside by ready and frank ex estimated

nec-

of the flood-devastated higher ground at ал planations about unexpected The project is expected to take cost of £15,000,000, price Increaser,

five years.-United Press,

Europeans Plan World's

Biggest Atomic Plant

Oslo, Mar. 14.

Western European nations co- operating in atornie research work plan to build the world's largest proton accelerator Geneva, a leading Norwegian scientist said tonight,

in

Mr Odd Dahl, an engineer en-

gazed in the joint

-Reuter.

Strict Security Measures For

U.K. Embassy

Though Finland was not u member of the United Nations, one could very well argue that action Lauren to enforce the United Nations resolution would not be an net of war.--Reuter.

Key Rumanian Woman Flees

From Reds

their

However, Parliamentary ctroles

thought some of the anti- Bevanites might change minds for these reasons:

(1) Leading Bevanites were understood to have advised the

10 receive from hor husband a bouquet of rosen overy .week' for three monthis

with an attached card

"with saying: pentance and love."

This was the sentence pronounced by Magistrate Yascoy Bar Ža'ey on the husband, who returned háme one night later than his wife thought proper. In the ensuing argument, the husband used the nearest kitchen utenall to show. who was master of the haus-China Mail Specta!.

More Businessmen Leaving For Peking

NEW INTEREST IN SINO-BRITISH

TRADE MISSIONS

Effect Of Hongkong Bank Statement

Our Own Correspondent

London, Mar. 15.

The second party of British businessmen to visit China under the sponsorship of the Sino- British Trade Committee leaves Britain for Hong- kong at the end of this week. Fourteen British

| companies are represented.

Interest in this mission has been heightened by the optimistic remarks about prospects for Anglo-Chinese trade made by the Hon. Cedric Bluker, Chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

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PotentiallUes of trade with left in China. The official con- China, said Mr Binker, "are 98 cerned is thus virtually a hostage great as they have been for over for the "good behavlour" of the 100 years."

company. "As in the past century," he Tho

and Shanghai Hongkong added, "so now they would in Bank have said in effect they nctuality be greater if political are willing to reopen their busi- and ideological difficulties and nos in China provided they can suspicions could be swept out of start again with "clean sheet, the way.

This could obviate So convinced is the Hongkong the

vlate the risk of Chincee and Shanghal Bank that much posing heavy fines

Communists In- on the

bank profitable business can be done

date future soms

for with the Chinese Communists "offences" committed in the past, that it is prepared to resume ila British businessmen, however, business in China despite all there not wasting for a sotiafactory difficulties that have been put arrangement to be worked out In its way over the past few between British banks and the Chinese government before lay- This is important nows for ing their own plans for in- British businessmen, since with-creasing trade, with China.

Tho

out the active co-opération “ of

FOLLOW-UP the big British banks operating In the area, Anglo-Chinese trade would be at best a slow and tot-leaving for China this week-end businessmen who are tyous proceBI,

nre following up ich visited

offoria previous party” China

to investigate

A CONDITION

cent of expanding

by

Cimbargo

But the Hongkong Bank makes the Its offer to start up business trade within the limits cot again conditional upon a walls- the

Unfect Nations- Hictory

greement about the on strategic exports to China. closure of its Shanghai branch.

The importance of these mis- slons, according to the Bino-

London Bources Bay the Chinese Communists have been British Trade Committee, is not much more amenable in their in the amount of extra trade relations with British business they guln the first instance, houses in China since the Geneva but in the fact that the initiative conference. It is coster now for for promoting this trade has

companies to interchange mem- bers of

the

birt their staff, Chinese still insist that at least one responsible official must be

TERRORISM FLARES

UP IN CASABLANCA

been taken out of the hands of organica- the Communist-front tions, and therefore out of the field of politics.

The Committen has been on- couraged by the fact that Ch- nese ometals in Peking are now less inclined to use vista from British

ha businessmen 49 额 excuse for political propagaania against the United Natione em bargo

go, Discussions Bre confined to purely commercial subjects.

The Chinese

would like, course, to buy capital equipment Casablanca, Mar. 15.

from Britain, but they realise Army and Police patrols took positions guarding there is no point in asking for (2) The Labour parties most of which | strategic points in Casablanca's turbulent native quarter these goods much Ires in mak- are pro-Bevan have kept up tonight as a new wave of terrorism struck French all trade dependent on their supply-while the United No- continued

pressure on the Morocco, leaving five dead and eight wounded in its wake.ons embargo is still in force. MP3 against

expulalon.

left-wing leader to emphasis Five Killed And Eight Wounded

meeting that he was not challenging Mr Cle-

ment

Attice's authority.

local constituency

and

(3) The position of Mr The Pollon set up road blocks Attice himself may conceivably all around Casablanca and work against the expulsion Oujda to search in-coming recommendation. It was learn- ed over the week-end that Mr Attice

had

opposed the recom- mendation during the "shadow cabinet meeting.

the Parliamentary group endorse the expulsion move Party will suffer its worst Two Frenchmen were killed

out-going vehicles and passen- gera. Radio vans patrolled the two towns' streets while in the barracks special anti-terrorist Police squads were kept ready to stop in.

the crisis since 1931 when the then and three wounded in Oujda last Labour Prime Minister, Mr night, presumably by anti- Ramsay MacDonald broke with French extremists. Two Moroc his party Vienna, Mar. 15.

to form a "National cans were wounded by terrorists A woman

of Government" in coalition with there, probably in retaliation for associate Rumania's

Communist the Conservatives and Liberals. lest, night's bloodshed. top

-France-Pressa. leaders has escaped an Iron Cur- tain Police dragnet in Vienna and fled to the West with her sick child, the Austrian Police sald tonight.

Two Moroccans were killed and three were wounded in

Reds To Contest Casablanca late last night. Ob-

LCC Elections

servers believed that the raiders may have been French "vigli- nebets.

MURDERERS ESCAPE"

Late on Monday night a group of masked, attackers ·beirst, into

The fleeing mother and chillä were identitled as Mrs Nora

London, Mar. 15.

One Moroccans died tonight at Grecul, 34, said to have been

Thirteen Communists will be a hospital in Casablanca from associated with lop Communist leaders it. Rumonia, and her lie among the 315 candidates for bullet wounds sustained on Sun-

the 126 Boats on the London day, year-old.doughter Menola, Moscow, Mar. 15.

County Council in the elections New security measures ot nations, including France, are the

Officials said they begged to the held on March 31. The British Embassy here -- now participating in the work scene of an attack by a Russian asylum after narrowly escaping in all the London boroughs, the crowded Sun bar in Guida

American officials here for Labour and Conservative Portion

put

up candidates for sents which centres around the ex- gunman on Sunday were ar- capture by Rumanian The Liberal Party will fight for firing at random at the panie perimental atom pile at Kjeller, near Oslo.

senior officials called by the Agents in the streets of Vienna. 37 seats, and the extremo right } stricken cllart: Two, French- ranged today at a conference of It had been planned to bulid Ambassades, bir William Hay-taken refuge in a church before "Union Movement" nine. Four men were killed instantly and

were reported to have. the new proton accelerato ter

Independent candidates will also three, including the bar woman with 40 times the energy

An alarm bell system will be reaching safety.

vlection.-France-

owner

wird gravely wounded connecting the front Austrian officials sold 'Mrs Prosse, hall with the staff quarters at Grocul, close to a nervous break-

by flying bullets,

The murderers escaped in the Several terrorists rid of

of

the largest completed Ameri-installed research

can plant; Mr Dahi said.

work, made the diouncement

They

...

stand for

at the 25th annual meeting of But because it would take seven the rear where British security down, reported that she had The Queen Mother ensuing consente, siding in a

the Christian Michelson In- stitute of Sciences In Borgen.. He said the gigantic research

apparatus was being built, to provide Europe with experi- montal faciifles on a par with those in the United Stator and thus · roduce the,exodus (of [aciesstifio men to America, N The resourch'ea-operative began. arka Joint Norwegian ind Dutch enterprise, but other

took

years to bring such a plant guardo live.

been, followed through Vienna by fato operation, it had been The front door will in future Rumanian

agents Who decided to build a mediunt always be locked when the Em photographs of her and stole ter sized apparatus which could buy is plowed.

handbag be completed in half the time. "British onicials, however, re-documents

+ London, Mar. `15,-)

cat, fired at a crowd Her persónul The attack of influents which Moroccans on the sidewalk of caused the Queen Mother to the Mouloudia Club cafe, «One. He said a large experimentai main unalarmed and attach no Numerous tempta were

ere made cancel her pubile engagements person was slightly, wounded. stamle reactor would also be importance to the shooting into lure her back to Commurd this werk is Naicing: normal

"After-1",

*a, sweep -- through the bullb In Holland, Heat dont They discounted youptivity, they mild, including · a course it was announced today fanse town, the terrorists opened generated by the Tootor mugallon titat the gunman long-dlaashed telephone cell,

The Queen Mother is at Royale on Moroccans walling for a would be used to produce who burst in, had intended to: purported to have come from Lodge, Windsory: where she buri outside, the buss mat fors, electric power China Mall attack the Autados:dieu-ho and 13 maar spent the week-end with woundingma Alincingle United Special

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