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COMMENT OF
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No, No, NO!
is hard and probably, very, selfish thing to say! but Me Peter Thorneyeruft must give a dat and very determined "No" to South' Africa's demand to cut Hongkong textile
exports
They cannot be stopped ar
curtailed.
would
calculably
To
do either
Le nut only ID-
dangerous - !!
could be the precedent and
CHINA
No, 36486
Established 1845
FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1956.
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INDAKS
RELAX IN
"THE FANDUS COMFORT EN 'ALTERN TRUNKERS
Whiteaways
U.S. TO ASK FOR H-TEST BAN? RN, RAF
Break
Bid To
10-Year-Old
Arms Deadlock
Washington, July 12.
The U.S. is preparing a new proposal to the trigger of a chain reaction Soviet Union designed to break the ten-year dead-
lock in disarmament, it was learned today.
that would be disastrous to this Colony.
Mr Erie Louw, South Africa's
The proposal may call on Russia to agree to a Minister of Finance, wants ban or limitation on further H-bomb tests.
If so, our exports stopped pre- ! fernbly-exporta which are it would probably depend upon some control system popular in terms of African to guarantee enforcement. living standards,
exports. which, in fnet, give Africans
High Adininistration
sources They
open
There has been some specula- Bon that Mr Elxnhower may Mr Stassen 10 Moscow personally to dellver the new proposal to the Russian leaders.
one of the few opportunil told the United Press that Lies to buy at a fair price, were working on a proposal that But to be honest. self was "brate new" and that, if interest dictates this plen uffered, would go even beyond against a truly fureical pr
President Eisenhower's posal. Imagine, if Britain
skits plan. supported the would be getting better and
ken, Japa fairer treatment than Rong-Slassen, the President's speciul resumed its autumn meetings.--- kong on the South African adviser for disrument. market.
Think of the possible con- !
sequences if Me Louw got his way-It would not the just the paltry few million. dollars
worth of Textile
B
exports to South Africa that would be lost, but; Lancashire'n demand for
They said it was being con- Commitsve sidored by an inter-departmental under Mr Harold
Ometals believed the United Stater bl would definitely be
ready before the United Nations sub-Committed on Disarmament
United Press
WE'LL TALK OUTSIDE
restrictions, in the light of Sir Anthony
Mr Thorneycroft's sion
to
Colives-
a Commonwealth could hardly be refused. Then it would be:
country,
Trinidad's turn and why
UN SAYS EDEN
London, July 12. But he added: "For our part, Eden, the Prime however, we should not ex-
ods Minister, suggested
clude other methods today Britain would
cussions prepared to
acceptable to those discuss limiting unclear teste outside full disarmament
11
agreement.
should it stop k textile Answetting
question in the
exports ? Why not rubberi House of COTATION, he
boots, torches.
flusks,
shirts,
thermion
singlets,
plasticware, ambrellas--be cause they are all cheap and must undercut wherever
they sell in the West.
UT why should Hongkong
be penalised because wages here happen to be lower
and labour more plentiful than most other places? Il ls about the only industrini advantage the Colony has. We have no raw materials,
no natural fuels. Our faci
tories are small and
repeated the British Govern- ment'
dis- preference for cussing
limiting arti regulating the testa "in the context of " comprehensive Атести од disarmament.”
concerned.
"In other words we are ready
to discuss this matter. Wo prefer to do it through the Disarmament Commission. If this Is impossible and others are ready to do so we are quite willing to discuss it outside,**
(Britain is planning to test its
first H-bomb next year) Beater!
INDIA PLEADS FOR
NUCLEAR BAN
New York, July 12.
India today urged the United Nations to ban all fur-
total output insignificant ther nuclear and atomic tests. compared with those of European countries.
available
to the
And Appealing to the Commission, been mede technologically it is, on the Mr V. K. Krishna Menon, United Nations. whole, quite a few
without portfolio In years Minister
Mr Menon said the report by behind.
the Indian cabinet, said: "All the British Medical Council was the
that have not alarmist, but pointed out place
that this was an unknown feld the
and that no one could calculate
Why does not Mr Thorney! explosions
croft
tell
these
taken
of
already critics weapons Iready made are of the fobay the facts adequate to blow this planet to --that but for our post-mlihereens.
1950 factory boom, Hong- "Therefore, there is no need
kong would be bankrupt. | for further experiments. Local Industry's output, experiments are
makes up only 30 per cent | adventure,
of our exporta but this, d'etre."
since the embargo on trude
with China was imposed,
the future for generations 10
come.
He quoted the report of the
The U.S. National Academy of
桶 fuille
they have no raisen
FIRST STEP
India is not a member of the twelve-nation Commission
to
He asserted
but
that
there was for con-
Sciences that a progressive in- crease in the tests would pro- duce enough radiation by 1982 to give everyone in the world the maximum amount of radia- tion.
The US report also had sold that thirteen months after the
out lasts a very long time and and as time goes on !! does not die out. It is not extinguished like a fire."
AMERICAN GARRISON IS ASKED TO QUIT GERMAN TOWN: SEQUEL TO ASSAULT CASE
Bamberg, July 13.
The town of Bamberg, where seven American soldiers have been charged with Gter- an offence against a
15, has do- man girl of manded the removal 01
The American garrhon, the Burgomaster, Herr Her-
bert
Beschoerer told
Reuter early today.
The Town Counell last night decided unanimously to ank the Woxt German Government to take steps on its behalf to get the Americans out and replace them with
of * garrison She new Wost German army.
The Burrokater was unable
the to give
text of the -resolution paimed by the counell, but confirmed that the reason for It was "the recent
incidents crop of with the Americans here. “It has nothing political bo
hind it," be said. This is just something we have to do to protect the citizens and to bring back haw and order in the town. **The American-Görzság cọm- mitico for friendly rela- tions has not—how shall I put it been wroking too well lately."
The local American military commander was Informed of the decfidon.
CONSPIRACY AND CORRUPTION CHARGES
Four
To back it demand, the Council taped a declara- tion that 43 Incidents Involving American troops during the lant Low months,
the topped by against the 15- year-old girt two days
offences
had
created 12.
250,
vituation "which cannot bo outdone for STORNICS® and brutality."
It asked the American com-
mander 10
prevent the recurrence of such In- eldents "antil our demand
the move
Bamberg)
(to
from fatalled,**
Among the steps the Coun-
announced
اله
taking "for the protection of the citizenry" were; Placing the local swimming out of bounds to
American troops, as United Slates soldiers had repeak- edly committed offences there:
Threatening ali Innkeepers
of the LOWA
with withdrawal of their koences
they Bold drunken
atcobel to
soldiers;
And
ordering motorised
palloo to
patrol
the
is
suburbs during hours darkness—Router,
of
Alleged Immigration Racketeer In Court
Europeans 'CHINESE WANTED Remanded
Four Europeans two civil servants and two company directors accused of conspiracy and corruption were remanded for a further week by Mr Hin-shing Lo at Central' this morning.
William
The defendants
Bre Allan Hogarth, chartered countant.
ac-
of 611 The Peak Rebel Guillotined
Ba
3 OR 4 WIVES'
Men Are 'Axed' From CHAPMAN PINCHER
London, July 13. The Admiralty is to sack 3,300 civil servants and about 10,000 industrial workers to Bave the fil million demanded by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Harold Macmillan.
This represents a cut of about 10 percent of the Navy's civilian stail.
The Air Ministry, which has to save £8,750,000 is to sack about 2,000 civil servants — ako a 10 percent cut-and an un- specified number of industrial workers.
The War Office has decidext that the £17 mlion it must save will come mainly from cuts in stores, rather than staff”":"
ORDERS GO OUT
Sir John Long, the Admiralty's chief civil servant, was ordered to make the cuts thate days ago. The axe will fall mainly on shore
establishments, based particularly as far as Industrial workers are concerned in the
But the scientists, clerks, typists and executive civil mer-
dockyards. San Francisco, July 12. William W. Fong, prominent San Francisco business- man, once told his wife that he should have "three or four wives" around the house, according to the testimony of an Immigration Department special agent.
vants will be involved too.
Most of the sackings must be made in the next nine months
months.-London Express Ser
vice.
Fong, 49, his wife Helen 37,ing when he told Moore about and many within the next four and their former attorney, Robert the three or four wives, L. Levy, 58,
in are on trial Federal Count for conspiracy to violate immigration laws.
However, rebel
Henry Charles Patterson, 45, of 10 Victoria Peak Apartments; John Patterson Whitefield, 54,
Saigon, July 13. Superintendent of Lighthouses,
Cut, 32-year-old Marine Department, residing at warlord, was publicly guillotined | Albany Flate; and. Willam in Cantho Province of Vietnam
dawn today fon Murray Keay, M, Superinten- shortly after ient of Mines, reading at 7 complicity in minder, pillage and Kimberley Street, sound floor,
araon.-Reuter.
Are
to
All four defendants alleged to have conspired to gether on divors dates between March 3, and June 4 this year "to enable sho said William Murray Keay, then employed as Superintendent of Mines by the Government of Hongkong, receive a bribe for his showing favour in the discharge of his ollicial function to a syndicate known
the Bohespic Syndicate, of which the said William Allan Hogarth, Honry Chunles Patterson and John Potterson Whitefleld, were mem- bers,"
ля
Additional Charge
Agent William Moore, on the stend for the second day yester day, said "Fong told me that he told his wife he wanted to bring the woman (Helen) into the coun'ry as his no. 2 wire,"
In cross examination, Fong's Attorney, James Davis, sought to establish that Fong was jok-
ALBATROSS SAVED
SEAMAN'S LIFE
Dutch Queen Offered Eyes
Forge Bret wip, Geo King 1p, 49, was not permitted by the court to testify regarding the conversation on the grounds would be breaking a marital confidence.
she testined through s interpreter that: she had discovered a Jotter from Helen, then in Hongkong.
The Hague, July 12. asking for money and clothes
Tim Dutch Government: In- and requesting that Fong make arrangements for her to come formation Bervico said today Queen Juliana was receiving to the United States,
Jetters - from all over the world, $5,000 CHARGE
offering to donate eyes to her The
three defendants were partially blind daughter, the
nite-year-old Princess. charged in connection with an
Marijke The Government - Information. extensive "immigration broker- age" racicet
which funnelled Service said the, offers of eye allen Chinese through Hongkong Royal family but that trans- donation had touched the to San Francisco.
For a
price ranging up to plantation was impossible. Sydney, July 12, $5,000 altens WELD allegedly It was possible to transplant given false Identities which pur- the cornen, the Government [ported to give them family ties statement said, but this would US citizens, thereby clr-not help the Princess much be-
the cumventing
Immigration cause she was born with im- laws-Unffed Press,
paired lenses,--United Press,
An English seaman who fell overboard from the liner Southern Cross owes his life to an albatross which landed on his chest and guided a searching lifeboat to the
rescue.
Saman John Oakley, 53, of Southampton,
from fell
the stern of the 20,204-ton Shaw Savill liner when she was 10 miles of the New South Wales const en route to Sydney from Britain.
Keay is additionally charged with corruptly recerving This sum of $25,000 on June 4 as reward for showing favour to the Bohespie Syndicate "in re- A spali lation to the granting of an issue & pasanger,
boy', who Was saw Oakley fall
and a
to the said syndicate of certain and alerted the deck officer. purposes licence and the subse- The ship turned about quent transfer of the said pur- ufeboat was lowered? ported licence to the Mountain Lead Mines Company, Ltd, a matter in the Mines Division of the Labour Department of the Hongkong Government".
HK Seaman's "I Spied" Confession
has been enough to keep our heads above water.
A flock of screeching seagulls has been given special pennis Arst Bikini explosion contamin→
was seen about a mile astern Hongkong cannot tolerate on to appear before it to pisated water had spread over one
and the boat bended in that any attempt to imposeta case for a ban on all further million square miles of ocean.
direction. Oakley was obscured quotas on exports; to do so nuclear tsis.
"It is quite clear," said Mr
by waves until the albatross would be to expose us to Mr Menon argued that the Menon that the result of a fall- When the case first came up
landed on his chest and served the gravest danger parti.stopping of test explosions would
as a beacon to the rescuers. for rumand a week ago. Mr cularly considering the Ave be a first step towards disama-
P. A. L. Vine, of Deacons, other major threats to our ment as well.
appeared
He was taken aboard again for Hogarth. Mr and rushed exports ilsted on Wednes-
to hospital when "Without experiments it is im-
J. C. Stewart, of Stewart and the ner reached day by Mr C. G. Yin. The possible
develop
Sydney- Japan and India were in the Co., represented the second and these
China Mail Special. Colony is fighting hard weapons," he said.
midst of these experimental ex- third defendants while Mr against an
Suspension of nuclear explo plosions by the Soviet Union and F. D. Hammond of Johnson aggressively
the United States. competitive
The winds Stokes and Master, represented Japan
sions would "probably build and
· China. The field will be bridge" whereby the West could could not be controlled even if
Keny. at once, tako narrowed
a step towels voted by substantial majorities" and markets
Mr Menon observed
This amid
morning. Mr Stewart nuclear disarmament, added. Mr tightened as other Asian Monon.
laugher.
said he also now acted for Arst nations develop their own
Cefendant, in place of Mr Vine, CONTAMINATED FOOD light industries. But if the no rational ground”
Ly addition
representing to Commonwealth were to im tinuing these experiments.
The Japanese Ministry
of Patterson and Whitefield. pose barriers as well, the
Welfare and reported that frulis Commenting on the concern of and vegetables in Japan were coonomic hardship and un- the whole world about the effect radioactive. employment it would cause
In India scientists might wall prove too much the ursta, Mr Menon quoted from stuffs and reported many com Superintendent of Police (Anti- even for this Colony's re- the recent British and American mon vegetables and rich markable resilience.
selentile reports which ve taminated.
peared for the Prosecution to A Chinese milor, reparted' to Two per cent of the children gether with Det. Sub-Inspectore a member of a born in the world were already W. P. MacMahon, told the Communist seamen's union sall- » British owned Menon observed, adding: "Add ask for a further seven days the northern port elly of Kee- versel between Hongkong and Uttle more and seo what remand, with boil as before,.
(Last week, ball in the sumang, today sought, zaylum In
Formosa. of radiostrontium which of each defendant, providing international scientists
The acoman, Wang Fu-kang, have they surrendered their pas left his ship yesterday and ap le probably the greatest ports to the Polloc.) hazard from fall-outs, Sirontlum The application was granted, plied for political asylum with 00 attacks
the bone tissue No pleas were taken.
the focal authorities, His chip, the ss Tunnen, left for Hongkong causing tumours. It falls on
yesterday.
of mdiation from fall-outs from in Calcutta had examined food-
No Pleas Taken
Mr T. Kavanagh, Assistant,
con-Corruption branch), who
ap-
THIS MAY ASTOUND YOU affected by normal radiation, Mr Court he had been requested to the aboard
Tomorrow the China Mail publishes an article that will probably astound you. In it, two noted foreign corres
happens,"
pondents who have just left China and Russia compare offcct he drew attention to the of $300 was allowed in 'respect
notes.
They are Teene MacColl and Sydney Smith and their finding: China's power could drive the US. and Russia together
This is only one of the topline festures in tomorrow's. festure-
packed work-end Mall with something for everyone in the family.
Watch out also for klene:
“My wife is stronger than a mule," says Dr Milko Skofic.
alias Mr Lollobrigida,
Aldous · Hurley continues his series: "Brave New World Re-vlatted",
|
vegetation, is picked up by cow 4d oan bo transmitted to
milk.
QUBCO
F
Gaza, July 12, Lieutenant-Colonel
Taipei, July 12
Chinese
:
The 43-year-old scamán-salch he refused to return to the main land because he was "fod up" with Communist rule,
Inman beings through cow Killed By Mine
Mr Menon cominented that of zaestrontium
Egyptian contained the equivalent of Mustapha Hafez, chief of the China, also said he spied on Wang, whose. family is still fr Les Armour analyses, why' Eisenhower decided to run maximum pormisible
amount Fedayoen for overy pareori
(Commandos). Was fellow sailors aboard the ‚agatni.'".
on earth. A killed last night by a mine ex-Yunnan for the Communit goleum strontium, hazard existed plosion, it was learned within the area of the locall
today. mil-out, he said.
,wêrên, tho ship, was miling be- His funeral procession AWDA followed by thousands of people won Hongkong unki mainitandi Radiation was continuing from Gaza, to Acishy pm parte six months ago, wocording arid increasing oVit" has Menon where the body was sent to to muthoritativo sources.--United
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