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Nebulous China-Japan Trade

Agreement

Tokyo, May 4.

Communist China and Japanese businessmen sign today a £60,000,000 sterling made agreement which

little progress in increasing the thin flow of trade be- tween the two countries.

The 13-article "agreement" will be in force for one year extension with provisions for

CT revision on the application of either side.

TWO PROVISION'S

The trade plan provided for

the exchange

worth

sterling wor

of £30,000,000

of goods each

way during the next 12 months,

payment to be in cash.

It

t provided that 35 per cent of

products

Japan's exports to China would

consist of "Class A

chiefly embargoed strategic

S goods such as railway equip-

ment,

heavy machinery, steel

plates, pipes and ships.

The agreement was scheduled to be signed at S'am. (HKT); but it was delayed. The^eere- was expected to take monly about two hours with 14 men from each side signing the papers, In affixing signatures, there- fore, both sides were fully con- scious that the terms could be married out only if both, pledged their efforts to see that obstacles chiefy caused, by the free world embargo and Japan's non- recognition of Peking-are re. moved as soon as possible.

CHINA MAIL

1945

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1955.

State Visit To Amsterdam

Songgram &

Foster Dulles

King Gustav Adolf and Queen Louise of Sweden recently visited Amtster- dam on a three-day State visit. Picture shows: King Gustav accompanied by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, inspecting

Have A Chat Guards in front of the

Washington, May 3. Thai Prime Minister Field Marshal Luang Pibul Songgram of State on Secretary called John Foster Dulles today and stayed for a twenty-minute con- versation.

But the Japanese government had firmly indicated that it would not respect any provisions

the free

free world embargo, violating

attached

the papers.

They were reported to have Japanese group

assured the

in generalities about Peking delegation that Prime talked

Minister Hatoyama had pledged matters of common interest, in-

his "support and co-operation" cluding, the efforts being made

both

governments

economic strengthen military defences in Asia.

in the implementation of the by treaty. But the Japanese govern- ment refused to give a written guarantee backing the agree ment.--United Press.

Radio Hongkong

Pro

H.K.T. 6 D. Time Signal and gramme Summary: 603, Lucky Dip Variety Requests presented by Jean Studio): 1. Ri, Hon. A. T. Lennox-

Boyd M.F.-A Personal Portrait by Barney Keelan (BBCTS 7.15, Fleet Flagers. Geoffrey Thorley at the Plano (Concert Hall); 7.20, A Life of

10 and

"These are things on which

Royal Palace in Amster dam. London. Express.

British Car

Lighters Damage. Claim: Question Of Precautions

In his cross-examination of Mr James Moodie, Deputy Manager of the Hongkong and Kowloon. Wharf and Godown Co. Ltd, at this morning's hearing of the claim against Wang Kee and Co., Mr John McNeill QC suggested that Mr Moodie did not take sufficient precautions during the typhoon of September 2, 1953 to safeguard his company's lighters.

Mr Moodie maintained that he took all the precautions necessary.

fendants.

WELL IN THEORY

The Godown Company is see, there › was no imminent The claiming damages amounting to danger from the Karley, $70,533.15 against Wang Kee, danger, and serious danger, was merchants and stevedores, be in the Nellore bay, fore Mr Justice J. R. Gregg at: the Supreme Court. The plain-

I put it to

it to you that it would tiffs allege that four of their have been the most elementary lighters were sunk and three precaution for you to take to others damaged on the carly leave someone behind to watch ting lighters in the morning of September 2 tra these drifting collision with Ughters of the de- Citas bay before you left for They allge negli- the Nellore bay. It is all very gence on the part of the de- well in theory, but in practice fendants.

it is very different altogether. The

Hon Leo d'Almada,

it that it is an

instructed by Mr R. Afice. I don't agree with you. Wadeson, of Messrs Deacons, In answer to the Court Mr appearing for plaintifs Moodle sald that the. No, 1 while defendants are represent Typhoon Signal did not bring ed by Mr John McNeil, QC, Mall work to a standstill in the

harbour.

It was the usual Leslie Wright and Mr Victor

practice for work to carry on Gittins, instructed by Mr Y. K. until the hoisting of Nos. 5, 6, Kan, of Messrs Lo and Lo

7. or 8.

Industry Inc and Shurlocks, elementary precaution in prae-

Danger

London, May 3. Rising costs of production here are a serious threat to the prosperous British car industry, Mr A. B. Waring,

are

UNUSUAL DIRECTION

Germany's President, told the body means that the

Military Forces

we generally see eye to eye," an ORGANISATIONAL

American official said. There

are no.specific issues to be thrashed out between Thailand and the United States and no concrete problems came up at the Dulles-Pibul meeting, the

informant said.

The Prime Minister presented Bus Written by Godfrey Harrison: Dulles with a piece of Thal 3) (BBCTS); 7.59, Weather Report; silverware, which

Produced by Leslie Bridgmont (Part

B. Time Sigmal and The News (on- | admired.

was much

a

don Relay): 8.00, Commentary (Lon- don Relay) or Special Ammounce-

Earlier, Pibul Senggram and ments; 8.15, Composer of the Week- Motart: 145. Gypsy Nights: 9 Time President Herman B. Wells of Signal. Plano Recital by Mimi Chow Indiana University signed

Recorded in Concert Hall): 8.30,

contract wunder which the Wednesday Theatre. "Triple Crown University will undertake to A Radio Play by Alan Kennington. Produced by John Wallace for the strengthen Thailand's public ad Hongkong Stage Club Cast:: Güministration methods. Ranger, Donald Brooks; Steve Orta Charles Friend;

Ranger, Jenny Ranger, Cynthia Daphne Herriot: Andrews, Charles Friend: Mr Vincent. Rel Oblit Lord Mendin, Ray Simpson; The Traveller, Rei Oblitas: Saunders. Timothy Birch: Stem. Charles Friend: Three Theatrical Agents-

Nixon

The Foreign Operations Administration will pay dollar costs of the contract estimated at $880,000.

Under the contract, Indiana University will send a staff of eight experts to work at Tham tablish courses in public ad- ministration. In addition, about 100 Thais will be brought to

TASK

Boan, May 4. Plans to raise West Ger- man land, sea and air forces swing into operation to morrow the day the Federal Republic becomes sovereign independent state.

One of the first tasks of the

some

of Motor here.

Manufacturers

Mr McNeill: At the hoisting

Mr Moodle said that when he of Nos. 5-8 all safety precau heard from Mr Taylor (Whart tions must be put in hand at

once. Anything could happen. Typhoon Signal was hoisted he

Witness: re

I don't agree with appreciated that the gale was

It does not was your last rerhark. expected from

mean that the gale is coming down upon you at any moment, HOURS OF TIME

the northwest

1

SHEAFFER'S

Skrip

ON THE

RECORD

by John Dell

in future weeks this column will bring you as

much information as I can obtain for you about the songs, the stars, the men behind the scenes, the orchestras, the song writers, the latest improvements and trends which make up what is surely the most complicated and exciting business outside, of the burly- burly of Hollywood-the record industry.

Recorded music will be the

"Prelude to the AfteraODA. theme for this column but only of a Faun", "Love for Three the Popular stars will shine. Oranges" and as on it all goes As the Americans have said to show that it's the musle that

"This is strictly for the

counts Crew cuts'

the only men-

"Hon-at-Bach, Beethoven or How They're

Brahms will be when I find an- other example of อ classic melody being milked for a 'pop' hit and by all accounts that shouldn't be long; it happens all the time...

Doing

DORIS DAY is on the

a new film The column will also include point of making

somewhere in North Africa popular reviews of the latest

ROSEMARY CLOONEY records to arrive in the colony, news of the comings and goings, is at home with the new baby the rise and fall of the stars in and watching with interest the this particular sphere.

There will sales figures of her newest disc. "Where Will the Dimple also be news for you of cominger She should know by now!

the recording

PATTI PAGE is said to 'names' will appear. In short, anything, which might interest be making a Aim in England she those who are interested In sometime. I do hear that

it for prefers to keep her figure as 'Pop' records will be here

is

pleasantly plump them to read,

and Hollywood want her to take

films in which

Are You In Your off a few pounds. In England the

Music?

| quadrant He agreed that t a typhoon to was unusual, for afrive from that direction and

It would be extremely nu that No. 7 (northeast) and No. 8 (southeast) were the more usual dangerous to wait for the displaying of the masters on the signals hoisted.

play of No. 9 or No. 10 before

in Mr McNeill: Knowing the putting precautions-Your have some considerable galo was from the northwest can

Now to break a rule straight away. Mention of Larry Adler mirst mean mention of classical music because he is literally the only man to have justined the mouth-organ. He has a thing to say about music which might interest some of the local jazz- When I was talking to a day or two

ago that he didn't like the plane accordion as an instrument and that he feels badly about elec trical amplification of such ine struments

and guitars harmonicas.

Imported materials were cost- ing more than last year when a record of 1,170,000 cars, com- mercial vehicles and agricul- tural tractors were made for home and overseas buyers, he said. Wage increases were ex- pected to send up the price of steel, coal and inland transport. quadrant that would suggest to me, hours, before you have the men while freight charges at sea your mind that anything lying No, or No. 10 after Næ, 5, 6, were

the rising throughout between those wharves was 7 or 8. world..

likely to be

You may have some hours or exposed to gale THE

addition "extortionate wlads?

you may have none at all, I put Witness: To a certain extent, it to you.-I don't agree. I agree taxes" not relieved by the new national budget continued to be yes.

it would be extremely danger- imposed on Both commercial

to wait until a further Much more exposed, I sug-ous and private driving.

gest, than to a gale from the signal is put up. northeast quadrant? They Mr Moodle agreed that he would

saw Mr. Taylor on his arrival at Had the No. 1 Typhoon Signal the wharves. Mr Taylor reported been put up at some time on what was happening and that he the afternoon of September 1 had rung up the Marine Police what action would you have and told him the reason taken?Similar action to what I had already taken.

The new budget was "a great disappointment to the whole industry and to all vehicle users who in the current year will pay in the various

forms. of motor taxation more than £400 million sterling.

Federal Defence Office here will

"Increased production and im- be to set up a "personnel cum-proved manufacturing tech- mittee" to choose

000niques can offset some of these generals to command the 500,000 adverse influences which con- men under arms.

stitute a great threat to the These commanders must be future position of the industry" free of any Nazi taint and ac- Mr Waring sald.-China Mail ceptable to West German polt-Special. tical parties.

晶

The office must also prepare Former HK

defence bills for presentation to Parliament. Among the first will be one regulating the status of volunteers forming the nucleus

10.30, Music of the Twentieth Cep-masat University to help - of the armed forces.

Donald. Brooks, Timothy Birch and Charles Frial: George. Rel Obiitar; Two Commentators, John Wallace: fury Symphony No. 2 Op. 18 (847- ber): 3059, Weather Report; Time Sipiet.

News Reel

Music, God Save The Queen; 11:30, Close Down,

Radio

it,

Lardos Reizy 11.15. Goodnight Indiana each year for training

-United Press,

SIDE GLANCES

By Galbraith

nly nine more pay days and he'll have the ring paid

for-then we can start on a house!

150,000 VOLUNTEERS

this,

the as

the

for

Ja

Would

you not have started Witness, however, said that to move the lighters away? far as he knew Mr Taylor merely said that he rang up Not with the No. 1 Signal.

Mr Moodle explained that the for the Marine Police to plak No. 1

up Signal did not indicate

drifting lighters any direction but with this both the Citos bay and the signal was usually given the Nellore bay and did not give as his reason the two Wang Kee position of the typhoon, lighters in direction in which it was travel-

the Citos bay ling and its speed it to him that

constituted a danger to the Godown Lighters 41 and 62. Mr McNeill put

for it was unusual.

Mr. the Nos. 5-8 He could Dot remember signals to be put up without the Taylor saying that.

The case is proceeding. No. 1 warning.

unusual, but it was more usual- ly hoisted after the No. 1 Signal although it could also be used with the Strong Wlads Signal without the No. 1 Signal coming into the pleture at all;

Resident Dies Mr Moodie said it was not

pany,

News has been received by the Hongkong office of the come forward for membership Ltd, of the death in London on Some 150,000 volunteers have Canadian Paciile Steamships,

of this cadre force of officers Monday of Mr K. M. Fetterly, and non-commissioned officers Foreign Freight Traffic Manager, who will train young Germans Canadian Pacific Railway Com- conscripted under a bill to be presented later.

He was on a bustress trip to More than half the volunteers England when his death occur. are former soldiers, Many of red, and, the body is being down them will be imsuitable either to Montreal for burial politically or medically. Those Mr Fetterly was well known accepted will be given four in the Orient, having served months to decide whether they with the Cariadian Pacific ta want to remain in uniform. Hongkong and Shanghal for 16 The Defence Office has also to yours. He was in Hangkong create the machinery for re- from 1919 to 1924, and then went cruiting housing clothing and to Shanghai until 1937. when he feeding the German Forces who was transferred to Vancouver as will take their place in Western Foreign Freight Agent, defonce alongside the forces of Britain and five other West European nations

West Germany will have in army of about 400,000 men and 12 divisions. There will be six infantry, four armoured and two motorised divisions plus artillery and engineer units. The army is also expected to have three airborne brigades und mountain brigade...

THE AIR FORCE

one

Mr Fetlerly leaves a widow. con and daughter, He was mar ried in Hongkong, and, his son and daughter were bom here.

.......

OBSERVATORY ADVICE

He agreed with the Obser- vatory pamphlet on their Storm Warning Service that on the F hoisting of Nos. 5-8 all safely precautions should be put in hand at once and that it would be extremely difficult to wait until No. 9 or No. 10.

He said that at the relevant time Mr Taylor was the only the Wharf Superintendent on wharves and he had three superintendents. Tf assistant the presence of other super. intendents was necessary. they would have been called, he add- ed

Mr McNeill:

When

this unusual No. 5" Signal was hoisted did you not think it

THREW AWAY to call out any other

EVIDENCE

superintendents?

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 By Adr

Japan, 6 pai Formosa, 6 pm.

Italy, Portugti, Switzerland. Der mark, Norway, Sweden, 6 p.

Indo-China, p

By Surface MAMYS

Ceylon India, Adet Middle East, Great Britain & Europe.

THUEBOAY, HAY

Witness: Not with the 5 pun, organisation we have.

By Air Thailand, Burma, India, Sendators, Middle East, Africa, Great Britain & Europe, 19 'nak,

Philippines. 3.p.m.

Gum, Hawai“ USA, D Euena. India, Pakistan,... Middles

By: Burface

he said

His "dalike of the accordion and the ampliacation stems from the same thing, his antipathy music which is towards any which prevents the player (put- produced by an Instrument

ting himself into his music.

the the

Now think a bit. With almost. every wind instrument It's player's wind that makes

Win the string instru role. ments it's the musician's direct touch that counts. An accordion

girls are alright if they come the same size as Anne Shelton!

The Face Behind

The Voice

DORIS DAY.

Started as a dancer,

tried

however operates on air shoved sing and liked it. When the in and out of a pleated bag ... public ked it too Doris deve- and with electric amplication loped her own stlye whilst on there is so much distortion of a long term contract with a Her the original sound made by Cincinnati radio station, finger of plectrum that any one first 'Big Band job was will good

player sounds like any Les Brown, then onwards and other good player. This is, of upwards, with her first hit re

"cord a little later: Now makes not so important in "pop" course, music because it is, the sound films in which she sings and

that counts A and if Les acts and as before, dances,

him- Latest release to strive

Paul worried about putting him-

self into the multi-recordings Hold Me in Your Arms."

his wife, Mary

wouldn't have turned

be bas made

with

Ford, bo

out

309

successful diss. Li

spectacularly

Listen to any of the earlier Les Paul recordings,

all

Record Review

A. Dew

Nat King Cole made with various jazz groups Capitol 45 EP offers four Hit

will over the States, and you

Parade tunes by the man with hear him at his best, playing the chocolate voice. The mum one guitar with no electric bers were made popular amplifier.

by

Papa

other singers but Nat does his So it any of you are thinking usual good job. Billy May, and of playing any instrument, think his orchestra back in twice about it if you can't put Loves Mambo" and "Teach Me yourself into it completely. Per To-Night the Nelson Riddle sonally, I once played drums ork are behind him in "If I and have twice achieved

the Give my Heart to You" and ultimate ambition once on "Hold my Hand" Cap. EAP a dark night in London when I 1-9120.

slipped from the back of the Les Paul and Mary Ford brus, once when, in India, the Multiple recordings of "Mister bass drum and I went

into a

dark, damp ditch. Both times I was really and truly in and I had to pay for new drum

sking

Sandman

and The

"That's What Like", "I Need You Now!! the Things I Didn't Do". ususi Paul family standard and

in my opinion that Mister Sandman" version much better And The Next than the Chordettes which made the song popular. Cap. EAP 1-9121:4

Number

To write a popular song is at Aries, Great Britain de Europe that the most intelligence

hard enough but it would seen needed to write the title. Some recent examples. Gilly City, Desenteer

Katzenellen Bogen by the

Kiddygeddin

~Macso, 9am.

Chins, People's Repubile, 9.30 a

Burtza, Noon.

Japan, 2. m.

Italy, France, ID.m

It would not have been un- Evidence to substantiate a reasonable to call assistance?- charge of smoking heroin was Unnecessary virtually scattered to the four

asked You

previondy winds by a tricky hawker, Mr when you arrived at the Citos The air force of 80,000 will Creedee was informed by bay shortly after 8 am and have 20 squadrons with a total the Police at Kowicon this saw the Karley drifting why you did not move Lighters, 41 02 1,959 planes transport alt-morning th

Lee Liu 32, however was net and 62 further west, and one craft, jet fighters and fighter quite as lucky, in disposing of of your reasons was a story bombers. There will be no heavy four heroin pipes, and after about trouble in the next bay. bombers. The navy, with 20,000 pleading gulity to the charge of You said you then left for the men will have 180. vessels, in- cluding submarines

For breach of bond behind any responsible person About 400 barracks will be dendant was additionally tried to watch the Karley? There

Formosa, Japan, Korea, 10 m. $500 or three month

no definite instructions

Indo-China, '13' 8,1% e built to house the new forces he was tested yesterday given Or

Fallopines, 2 D.EL.. Burn And Pakistan Middle Details of future German unlo

For the stair-landing of 440 Why not?

young Kant, ('Africa, ; Great Beltem forms have not been disclosed Castle Peak Road. On catching but they are expected to in- sight of the Police he threw

Zappe, 930 corporate some features in those away the heroin which he was wern by British and American smoking at the time and

persed in the winds," forces-Reuter,

tona, nada

to 350th wail sentenced to one Nellore bay. Did you - leave ·

gr

gunization you could have in structed, someone to keep ⠀ In eye on the Farley to ace she did not do any damage, --At the „time (Garrived fas far as I could

1. Bozno. 3 2.3, MICH

DAY, MAY I

By Ale ZAN

Thailand, 8. #KI/

Japan: U.8.As. Canada. 6. p.m. Formors, D.

acad

“Chin, People's Repitille, 9.30 a.m.;

the

"

Don't Let

Two Lectures At University

Professor D. G. E. Hall, who occupies the Chair of Southeast. Asian History at London University will give two leg "Are My times on "Chim-and-Southeast Ala, Yesterday and Today at and.

such

These and

Up the Wall others as

"Sh-Boom" and "Oop- Hongkong University in the Shoop make me wonder where Chemistry lecture theatre on they get the new recruits for May 24 and May 20 at 3.20 p.m. Tin Pan Alley. Still the long on both evenings bafred schools have had som Members of the University strange titles to contend with and the Fublic dre invited

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