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COMMENT

THE DAY

OF

Trade Outlook

0%

NE of the most striking points to merge from the report on the Colony's trade Jast

your WOR that in December, the value of im- porta and experts reached the highest levcis since about midway through 1968. And this achievement more grati- appears even

fying when

it in recalled

That trade levels in July were depressed almost to their lowest levels since the end of the first quarter of 1954. The August-December recovery was also the most sustained rise the Colony experienced wines 1952.

The Director of Commerce

aard Industry drawn 31

Establühed 1845

MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1956.

MALAYA INDEPENDENCE TALKS "GOING WELL"

Agreement

Principle

In CREW ABANDON

PRINCE ADDRESSES

STUDENTS

London, Jan. 22.

special significance from Tengku Abdul Rahman, leader of the Malayan this other than to remark "Merdeka" (freedom) delegation now in London, rather modestly "un the whole, trade for the year told Reuter tonight that he saw no obstacles to

be considered antis- the London conference giving them the indepen factory It is, of course, dence within the Commonwealth that they asked premature definite conclusions from for.

can

to

draw

any

the trend-at feast until the

No shadows have developed over their mission figures for the first quarter he said in reply to questions, and he was very

happy with the way talks are going.

this yenr are published,

These will tell whether trade

la to take its customary new

year downturn or improve

still further,

of

If the latter, then the trude outlook-regardless of the prospects of a modification the embargo-con definitely be described as better than for the last four years. The most encourag ing developments Inst year were that although exports to China fell by 68 per cent, total exports increased by almost five per cent; and ox- ports of Hongkong products increased by seven per cent,

TILS

IS means that Hongkong more than offset the loba in the China export trade last year by expanding trade elsewhere and for this local industry must take a large part uf the credit. Mr Angus's statement suggests that Hongkong in particl pating more in Middle East, Africa and Asina Trade than before. This is a wel come sign, as in the state- ment that Hon kong manu. facturers "more than held their own overseas despite a continuing decline in ex- Hongkong port prices. peeds assured markets if it is to continue developing a broadly-based and therefore more atable trade. Today, only about seven per cent of the Colony's total value of exports go to China an against a peak of about 42 per cent in the first quar- ter of 1950. Dependence on one type (or one avenue) of trade has its dangers

the 48

ovenia of 1961 showed when the imposition

more

Bure,

even

"But" he added, "I shall not be back in Malaya by February 8"-his 63rd birthday and the day the amnesty offer to Chin Peng, the leader of the 3,500 Chinese Communists in the rubber jungles will be withdrawn.

The Malayan Chief Minister was visiting Malaya Hall, where several hundred excited students gavė him, at his request, a tremendous shout of "Merdeka.”

Members of his delegation said it will be February 10"if then"-when the delegation files home.

Delegates Confident

SHIP: RESCUED

Stockholm, Jan. 22. The 25-man crew of a

British freighter leapt into heavy seas today after a fast-spreading fre the ship.

swept

All crew members of the freighter Herrsburn, of Glasgow, were rescued bu a Danish tanker of Den- mark.

The fire broke out in the

TOOT engine

997 - ton German freighter, the Geschwister Reabic, of Bremen, toda reported to have sunk in the Baltic Sea, and two of the 10-man (Tew were reported drowned --~--United prcss.

Rioting

In

India

Spreads

was

Finding A Govt

MRP DECISION ANNOUNCED

Paris, Jan. 22. The Catholic MRP Party tonight decided to refuse its support to any government leaving the way open for a popular front with the Com- munista.

no

AL the same time the MRP declared that there were difficulties reparating the "Re- publican" (non extremist) Parties which could not be sur- mounted

The

Re- MRI (Popur

made this pubilean movement) declaration of policy in a re- solution adopted tonight after * two-day meeting of its National Commitice in Paris,

The party had to decide whether or not to throw its 71 parliament votes in the behind

now

the bid to form a Re- publican Front government by Socialist leader Guy Mollet and Radical Socialist ex - Premier Mendes-France

Colcutta, Jan. 22.

REJECT OVERTURES One person

killed

The Redlican Front has po after Indian police fired on

Com- demon-far steadfastly rejected anti government

form A strators today at Cuttack, munist overtures to

Popular Front of cft Orissa, on parties but might be voted into largest town in India's east coast, bordering power with Communist support the Bay of Bengal

At Sambalpur, also in Orissa, police yesterday opened fire on rlotera who were attucking them with brickigts. The crowd hat been trying to obstruct the departure of a train.

£

Price 20 Cents

Doctor Slays Mother

And Self

Sydney, Jan. zz.

A White Russian doctor murdered his aged mother today, then wes their home aftra "nd committed suicide, the police said.

Tho doctor, Anatoly Oglesneff, 43, arrived here three years ago from China. He became depremrod be- unable to cause he wRE practise medicine here.

WAS found charred bed clutching nuwensper story about another

from doctor abroad who had alro been unabla 10 practio bb profession.

on

The police believed be -bashed his mother, Maris, 70, on the head, carried her

the 10

bedroom, poured keroseno

отех thuo Lit two fires and then slabbed himself in the beurt.

The doctor was also sald to have been worried be- cause his wife, at present in America, wanted to re- turn to Russia, and had swod kim for divorce when he refused to go-- United Press.

"Shocking Behaviour"

In TV Room

Chester, Jan. 22.

Ten male nurses at a mental bospital here have threatened

wing

to quit because at the "shook-

The Republican Front, despite election campaign an intensive failed to secure enough seats in the new parliament to form a government majority.

of

Austrian

RELAX IN

DAKS

6- IDE ACHENI TRENERKE

Whiteaways

HONGKONG 11 KOWLOON

Does Colony Want Self-Service Shopping?

CANVAS SHOWS WOMEN'S VIEWS

ARE

DIVIDED

By William Smyly

-On Saturday Mr E. J. Cowell, joint Managing Director of the Dairy Farm, Ice and Cold Storage Company asked the question “Would customers prefer self-service?" Over the weekend I can- vassed weekend shoppers to get opinions of the people who matter, who spend the money-the

women.

Some said "Yes". Some said "No". But most of them said, in these or other words: "Yes, I would like it myself. But I don't think anyone else in Hongkong could stand it."

Sho

on

"Why can't they have a cash register on every counter, like the shops in England-or an efficient system of wires, or alr tubes, or hollow tatis mr run- ways made of bamboo that overyone is supposed to be so

The Arst

opinion

self "In another big shop it is o service and the abollshing of A little better because the credit

accounts and homeassistants go to the cash desk delivery

"It would be a damn themselves. But even then it | good Idea".

→comes from a lady takes them so long that they with

a large flat and family in have forgotten about you by Bowen Road

the time they got back. And

even added: "Most people in sometimes I have

for- Hongkong who buy from the gotten why I was standing Dairy Form have cars. It would there myself. just mein an adjustment for the mistress and the boy.

"In Streatham 1 used to cook and shop for soven people and I

the shopping prefer to do myself. Then my husband drove down and picked up me and the shopping.

"Anything that reduces the good at using out here?

"Set service might be a lot cost of living in Hongkong would be wonderful. If self- better then the present system service in the Dairy Farm really If it was afficient. But if you reduced prices, it would force had to serve yourself, and then other shops to reduce theirs too queue for balf an hour to pay It would force a spiral of down your money, it would be a dlf- wart prices and every shop ferent proposition, hig behaviour

would be

be affected.

A vole Against self service came staff members when the lights

trom Poktulam GOOD FOR SHOPS

de all my are dimmed in the staff tele-

REVODPADK

by telephone, and vision room.

"But it would be good for always through one man who The male nurses have com- the shops too. Shops In Eng. [knows exactly what I want and The delegation are confident that it consists of representa-

plained that the 40 Austrians land prefer shoppers who come ends it round. I ask for Char and happy

because there has | tives of the alliance und the

male and female — have "other and rea the goods, on

and tell him. to send mo, Seen agreement in principle su ruler

things to do than-watch-telet-reduces Unying resistance the usual. Le Churley is not ratat the conference, on their

delegation speaks with

In a speech to the MRP Rally Vision. They have told Dr C.L. When you order by telephone to no one elso knows what main request for control of one voice for the people."

superinten you only order just what you the usual is-so I don't buy Copeland, medical internal defence and security,

today, former French Premier Malayan Control of Govern

dent at the Mental Hospital, un service, ment: "The control of finance, For the third successive day, and Foreign Minister, Georges | Gent

shop and look around, you anance and the civil

setting up of a com-internal security and defence mobs attacked the All-India Bidault, said that a "minority that they will quit unless they want. But when you visit the mything.”

mre segregated from the Aus often see other things and get and the

such as the Re- mission of independen Com- must be in the hands of the installations in the town,

government,

them 1.9 well It increases monwealth

monstrating against the Indian publican Front projected, was experts to write a elected ministers:**

but

turnover. People buy more." of the Civil

Москв Malayoization

nol

could decision

desirable move that new constitution-a

Government's

"temporary Service; "During the next two add part

Another vole in favour came of the neighbouring tolerated

A male nurse: "Some of the the northern expedient," to three years I think you will state of Bihar to

Austrians do not have the same from the occupier of a Naval

fiat in Shamshulpo. She find that the public service will sector of Irissa.

behaviour of standard But Bidault insisted that a be_Malayanised.“

Maybe they crossed over to the island to do Valley to a shop in Kowloon The Sultans: "Their positions

must English people. minority KOVČITNIVONË

some shopping, and she felt very of course it would turn out multiply

with contacts

the think we are stuffy." must be clearly defined.

strongly about the system here. more' Nationality: "In an indepen- Today for the first time since parties which have associated to "GO A BIT FAR"

She said: "Nothing could be An Bidault intimated

18-year-old Austrian dent Malaya we must

reached Cut-support it.” Thursday, a train

worse than the system as it is ferry journeys and bus journeys would be female nurse: "If the English at present in the big shops. It is des MRP

she bought in small the that tock. Malayan nationality."

It was heavily guarded

men don't like what they see shocking to expect customers to

So she only does the trip Union with Singapore; "It is by armed police wearing steel- prepared to negotiate with the

twice a month-and aho carries Front, but must they have Republican

a lounge of their not the Chinese population of helmets. and carrying guns at

go off with a slip of paper from which we are afraid, but of the the ready.

owth Perhaps SOMB

two large baskets that of the

each counter to a cash desk. It preserve its own position.

when full far by English is so bad and so difficult, go a bit

and enough problems connected with Sing-

Ali

have services air

linking

THE TASK

I standards,

wastes so much time that it most people's arms. almoet forces you to open an Her

"Wa never seen anything really bad." Our

entirely

comment politics

Bhubaheshwar, capital of Irlasa,

Rober! Lecourt, parliamen-

Dr Copeland: "I think there account and Calcutta had

things have things delivered anyway. different.

with Madras

and got the MRP, said tary leader of the

will be no peace

they delivered. urth

I buy wherever it is cheapest." "We would welcome Singapore been cancelled as hostile crowds

the election campaign was now in

the

(the Austrians) have gone." of

"I feel very strongly about possession

But a lady from Conduit Road as a unit of the United Fearu-

over and that means must be tion if we could have control of airfield.

Male employees living in the shops here all the big shops, says: "Self service is a wonder- fcund of governing the country hospital have quarters of their affairs the

I spent 20 minutes in one mak-tul system for any other place. of Singapore,

for "But in our desire The wife of the Chief Minis- Delegation; especially

ing subversive activities

three small purchases in the world. But it is not for Orissa, of

Mrs

clitation we cannot accept that own. The women live in other Malati

For Hongkong. It would never work now going on there."

minister should set quarters. But the television set bread, cheese, and meat. a prime Choudhury, hi declared hor-

each I had to walk the whole here. People just won't lift a himself of the rioters.

up as the representa-is in the women's section and it self in support.

length of

the shop to a cush|parcel. They have forgotten how. tive of a front against other is there that everyone goes to

counter-one was at the door it I send any of the girls In-my She pubilely took part in pro-

The male murses also com- groups while at the same time watch television.

one end, and the other was į shop out to buy.something, how- cussions, and while urging the

expecting their support."

plained that an Austrian woman

right at the other end of the ever small, they always come crowd to vent their

anger on her hus-

a was found recently in the men's

shop. Lecourt added that such

(Contd on back page," Col. 3) her if they though! bond was

Was at fault, sho premier must not equally seek quarters. They also sald the were "hilarious" of the Communists | Austrians the votes tear-gussed by the police,

and of the MRP. France-during the Christmas celebra- Later.

Malati Choud- Mre

tions-United Press, Presse.

should come soon.

What remains to be done now and that will is "spadework" take

# Jong thre, Delegation circles belleve it is fund to see how the British government can say "no" to a demand for complete indepen- August 31, 1957, qualified

with the convenient words it possible." the students. Tengku Abdul Rahnian spoke frankly and revealingly.

dence

which

To

by

لونا

He made the following points: Independence; "In La very short time, we pray God that

new nation will be born

this earth."

The

**Merdeka"

Uni

" is no longer correct to say

pore.

are

have

"Brought To Senses"

the "form

of was

recognised

were

HEAVILY CUARDED

to

.

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Delhi that the

MAN

Hemmed in by students and Tengku Rahman said that the of the embargo caused

and with his eyes sultans, whe had lived apart sharp slump. And although cameramen,

twinkling behind his spectacles, from politics, felt that the new Hongkong would prefer to Tengku Rahman's speech ranged political movement aired to de them, despite many see a greater flow of exports from the 25 years he said it had away with between the West and taken him to be called to the declarations that their sover- hury declared she would inform China, the Colony now has bar-this pleased the students eignly in their respective states her husband on his return to

If modest

But

after immensely-to

a day from New bulwark for economic in bribery" employed by the Bri-meeting, their Highnesses were police shooting had been "brain- depondence In its own

Lish Government in providing satisfied with the sincerity of less and thoughtles"-Franco-

hospitality,

the Alliance leaders and agreed thriving industry and the the delegation with

More seriously, he recalled to appoint their representatives. now pattern of trade that

"These representatives has developed as a result how on an earlier visit to Bri-

tain ho had left empty-handed. parsunded by the Alliance to But the people of Malaya, he put Malaya's interest first and said, allied to the support of his they were now responsible poli- HIS is clearly illustrated in party in such numbers that they ticfans representing Malaya BE

Mr Angus's report. Only managed to bring the Brilisha whole.

"In the first talk we had with two years ago, China, was authorities to their senses."

of it.

THIS

the

platitudes.

PICESC,

were

Train Disaster:

Big

trians.

be

con-

The battle immediately came one of words.

giris

bo-

as

nover

WHO CALLS HIMSELF "THE SON OF GOD"

CONFESSES TO MURDER

Martinsville, Indiana, Jan. 22.

A Sunday School teacher who said he was the "son

Death Toll of God, hot and killed his wife and two sons early to-

the ac-

When the Secretary of State the Secretary of State, we made the biggest importer from for

Colonies (Mr Alan

day as the family prépared to attend the Methodist Los Angeles, Jan. 22, Hongkong. Last year, it Lennox-Boyd) came to Malaya it clear that we are not going to

Church. back to Malaya empty- had fallen to fifth place last year and they presented a

A two-car Diesel commuter

He told the police their bodies would go to heaven and. obvious that a 14 behind Malaya,

train heading for San Diego Britain, memorandum for independence, handed. It

holding the reigns ΟΙ overturned tonight ani first he would join them. Indonesia and South Korea. he seemed "somewhat perturb Party

reports from Partly this is, as the reported as he had expected only government, getting the support police

Irom the people that we do,

The Morgan County Sheriff, saying "Their bodies will go and I will join Heaven states, the result of reduced

Victor Young, sald Robert Heck to might reach 100. But as soon as Mr Lennox-must give them what they have eldent scene said the death total exports of chemicals. Boyd returned to London, the asked for, which is only what

Police Headquarters in City man, 31, of Brooklyn, near here, them.""

Young Heckman showed pharmacouticals, medicines, Alliance, received an invitation any self-respecting people would Hali mid its first report from admitted slaying his wBe Jane

feelings about the sisyings. The fertilisers and dyaing to come over.

has done nothing wrong.".

Heckman; a. former farmer, was working as a truck driver. fold pollen the Neighbours family relationships were good and the couple never quarrelled;

United Pros

materials to China, Partly Also it in the result of an increased flow of goods to Malaya, Britain and South Koren.

demand.

Question Of Dollars

+

ло

the accident sceno-ptifl within / and his sons, Rick, 11, Sheriff said: "He just feels ho

miles south of

the city's railway yard were Chad, 10, this morning. 88 doad

A and 110 injured

Shoriff Young said Heckman raitway conductor said, how first shot his wife in their home ever, he believed the toll was between 6 and 7 a.m., then turn

ed his 12-gauge shotgun on his closer to 100,-

bath. Or Malaya's dollars, Tengku "In the civil service, Malayanı

who were taking The Santa Fe train over ons Wak were given the crumbs and the

Heckman ahot

each of the Exports to Thailand, Indo- Rahman said:

"Malaya is the biggest dollar bread went to the expatriates turned only 22 minutes after

LOG China and Japan have also

Leaving

Angules Union boys once, then returned to the in the Commonwealth, British officers from over terminal, headed for San Diego In his wife, the police mild Volcano Lava

hallway

wod

fired another shot carnor shown substantial increases but the Malayan government Any Malayan who d during the year. It is theanover has any say in the dia- | report of the Execuliyo Council ( 13) and other promising mattribution

wreckage of the father Louts of all this money, pommittee on the civil services passengers were reported trap- Ho drove to the home of his

Hockman, Engulfs Motorist Hongkong Even which

KARENA Calle, Jan. 22, for mitiem connected would be ashamed at what had ped in the

Every available. cara

am- nearby Lewisville and con

elder should try to develop still with the control of exchange, been going on for the last 30

bulance, doctor and police off-

The further rather than bank wo have got to receive direction to 60 years,

ces was ordered to the roepo called the polleg at

angulfed by molten streams of Hedeman, made no attempt to have where the Malaimai, volcano on a wide expansion of the from the British govertiment," "There was no desire in the The two cars were lying on China trade in the event of

Melayanisation of the civil sex their gldes Bodies were my compilt polls, the police in Southern Chile erupted

Young" wiso, with Date vadalso destroyed the embargo being lifted. "In the war with the Comvice, Torku Rahmen strassed, med together and pinned bự The safer policy in 1958 munists, the Malayans should to be uttals to the men from

sild on the side, after more than ais - hope, mid the Visby Wendy Bolated aver

and a towns Bowtient overturning sind many ¦ paber- acknlibadi Mayor

kota

10/195kızan motorlat and ħla" car were

would bo toʻregard, Chile, Cain a greater monstro of control || overpons who now "NOW" BREVING BY: The traing. 4Dm] polico,' questioned ́Hecktnás. for hanging bridge and a number of

"for the war was costing 200 MalayTENG

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good customers with whom came out of the Maran take of datirations made for the meat deries and ground to data da

we hòpe to do better.

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