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PHOTO,FIK

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COMMENT OF

THE DAY

A Stupid Idea

FSHE latest suggestion for

T

the solution of the prob

lum of Hongkong cotton ex- ports to Britain Is that the ilome Government shoul1| introduce a legal minimum wage for our cotton workers, The Iden is that of Mr Frank Allaun, Labour MP A sixth-form schoolboy could have told him that economically it is one the most preposterous upd fantastic suggestions yel made and the un

of

who made it has obviously given

it no thought.

What in fact he is proposing

that cotton

worker

IN

wages here should be raised to a fixed minimum level.

nearer thone of Britain's. That would just about I the local industry. How could Hongkong stand up to the terrifie competition

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CHINA

No. 36534

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Established 1845

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1956.

MAIL

Time Out For Contemplation In Canal Talks

Price 20 Cents

US SEEKING COMPROMISE

THE HOPE IS AGREEMENT Today's Conspiracy Trial Hearing

ON BASIC PRINCIPLES

Cairo, Sept. 6.

WHITEFIELD UNDER

President Gamal Abdel Nasser and the five-nation com- CROSS-EXAMINATION

mittee suspended talks for two days and the United States emerged tonight as key to the door of compromise and further negotiations on the Suez Canal.

Informed sources said Mr Loy Henderson was taking the lead in the search for compromise just as he did in the Of crisis in Iran.

ments. fail.

John Patterson Whitefield, third accused in the mines conspiracy trial at the Victoria District Court, said under cross-examination this morning that, until he consulted his legal advisers in the present proceedings, he All five were believed using the time out to consult home govern-did not know the difference between an

The answers may determine whether the Cairo talks succeed or

Ingeature underlining the, ment would be hammered out

from Japan, Pakistan, India Radio Warns Britain key American role, Nasser in

and other producers whe pay Asian flying standard · wages while it laboured ¦ under this severe handicap”, Why, at any rate, should the Colony's cution industry

have alone

itx wages regulated by the

Home Government, Other longi kong exports have raised valeries in England

umbrellas und rubber boots.

to name just two. Perhaps there is "solution" fur

And France

Arab World

Will Fight Aggression

"Such aggression

goods become Britain and

world.

coming

from

radio said: "Report

in These days COTI"

vited Henry Byroade, departing United States Ambasador who is a firm apostle of co-operation with Egypt, to a farewell dinner

Tonight.

WHI the

last days in Calro saddened by

the Suez crisis, Byronde was tentatively sche- tomorrow leave late duled to

for his new post as Ambassador

to South Africa,

DECISIVE VOICE

on basic principles and u new Suez conference with Egyptian participation arranged,

Egyptian newspapers took on an optimistic tinge with head- lines underlining President that Elsenhower's declaration. the United States is committed to a peaceful solution.

PESSIMISTIC

British and French observery appeared pessimistic and under-

led the deadlock.

application for a licence and an actual licence.

Whitefield, Superintendent of Lights in the Marine Department, finished his evidence-in-chief and was cross-examined by Mr S. V. Gittins on behalf of William Murray Keay, fourth accused, and by the Crown.

The accused ore Wifilam piece of land. I might have to Allan flogarth 52, chiatered do something

about the breviuntant, of 351. The Peak;| Neences"?--It could be, That

45, might possibly be correct, Henry Charles Patic a, Company Director, ot to Vi toria Frak

And from that Jolu Patterson

54. Impression that Lighthouses.

was involved?--Yes,

Exyplian Bourres repeatedly Sources close to Mr Menzies Superintendent of

emphasised that

Unsaid the States has a decisive volco and the settlement is up to her

Our the surface there in still s deadlock

Sourety close to Mr

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probably would

for arranged

bul Saturday nothing has been set yet,

These Fources said

Menzies

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Menzies, wanked to fly to Leadin on Sun FM bail of

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French Govt Urged To Stand Firm

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you got the

RELAX IN

INDAKS

Whiteaways

Zone Of Peace MP Suggests Proposal To Be Resuscitated

Born, Sept. 8.

A West German note ta be handed to the “BİK Four" tomorrow, in under. stood to be respoliating the idea of a partially do- militarized, constrolled mad inspected cons of peace" of both sides of the eastern border of a united Ger- many, as a security guar- antee to Russia.

The proposal was first made at the Geneva foreign ministers' conference tast November by the United States, Beltsin and France, it was neither accepted nor rejected by Russia at the time, and the West German Government hopes to use It to reopen "Big Four" conversations about Ger- many which have languish- ed aloo then

Government officials con- fessed frankly that they had little hope that the "thinned-out-zone" pro- posal will attract any more attention from Mr Denitri Shepilov

the prosent Minister, Genove

Soviet Foreign than It did from his predecessor, Mr Vyacheslav Molotov. — China Mall Speciał,

KIDNAPPED

a cancellation GIRL SAFE

prospecting

to

the

A that Keay

Minimum Wage For HK Workers

Manchester, Sept. 6.

Mr Frank Allaun, Labour MP for Salford, East, sald today that he will ask the Colonial Secretary (Mr Alin Lennox-Boyd) when parlia ment reassembles noxt month if he will state how the average wage for cottɔn operatives in Hongkong compares with that of cut- ton operatives in Britain, - and if he will consider intro- ducing a legal minimum wage for the Hongkong cot- bon industry.

He

will also mak the Fro- aldent of the Board of Trade (Mr Peter Thorneycroft) if he will state the volume of cotton imports into the United Kingdom trom India and Hongkong for each of the years 1950 to 1955, and for the first six months of this year, Mr Allan

President во

will aak the

consider also setting up an import board to

restrict cotton Imports to their present level, 10 prevent further Lancashire milis being closed.--Router.

Calcutta Port Paralysed

Calcutta, Sept. 6. Calcutta

port today was with completo threatened paralysis by the resignatics of 24 of the 32 assistant harbour masters, responsible for the

of vessels in

harbour

dlocks

The

the

masters have been asking for special allow- ances on account of their long hours and responsibilities.

They

abandoned

meeting with Marine Department, of Albany these troublesom4* indun

11 WALL Miray In year evidence, more than

Casablanca, Sepi, 6. tries by introducing a "fixed

London, Sept. 6.

Superinteratent

ance, you testified

Ihree-year-old giri, kid- minimum wage" for them!

The state controlled Cairo

Kimberley Sheet, mentioned or referred to a piece napped from the farm of her too. Besides, Mr

found Allaun

They

on of land ever which are

Chinese parents yesterday, was should know that n

Radio said in an Arabic lun-

cach

had

licence- wwwirel

safo and sound this morning in time out day to report to British Foreign Blogeeth, agreement like that could guage comment on the Suez commented that the

and Yes. I did. Paltenen

a house in the native quarter of for aludy of differences Secretary Selwyn Lloyd as Whitefield

represented by

Casablanca. not remain the exclusive Canal position today that was

The London con- Mr D. A. L. Wright, instruct- Is it correct that in your mixi privilege of one industry. "any act of aggression" by that arose when the Committee chairman of

inter- ference.

eri

Police said that blonde, blue- by Mr J C. Stewart you had the Impression that the Britain and France in the presented the plan

nodenal epith-2!

taken WOULD it be "privilege",

the Conal Stewart and Company

Chinese were cyed Annie Giroud was

from would

her imme-and Nasze counzred with pre-dispute arose when the Nether-

Mr Victor Ghins, instructed thore

by force yesterday person holding D Hongkong cotton workers Middle East

with "united preals which would leave Egypt lands

demanded

Mr H. theby

nurse by a Tunisian who claims Caine, of Johnson, prospecting licence? Yes, wages are about half those diately meet

Mr Egyptians let Dutch canal dres-Sickes and Master, is appearing

Gittins referred White to be her father, of British operatives, Raise resistance" by all the Arab full control.

But some diplomatic sources | görz go home' now that the for Keay

field to a letter by Keay dated They identified the man F our wages and that would states.

The Grown is represented by December 29, 1999, in which it | Gafsi Snadi, 45. The police said appeared hopeful that an ogree work is done.United Press. have to be done because

would also

Mr W. A. Blair-Kerr, Acting was stated that if a miltable sum

Sandi bold them he had been movement there is no fixed minimum. be contained and repelled by

Selletter-General, an

and Mr Der- were offered in exchange for the married to Annie's mother under Res, forces

Crown motico here at present--and our "volunteer

Counsel, urta a transfer could be mode. Koranle Law and had lived with Mr T. Kavanagh, sisted by In nations, dearer

Gitts

next referred ber. Assistant The

of Whiteneld Superintendent

Syndicate's re-

He said Mine Giroud had told Police (Anti-Corruption).

solution authorising. the payment

hin the child was dend, but Answering questions by Mr of the $25,000 to Tsao for having

on earlier last year he visited her relatives decision to strike, because owing Wright, Whitefield said he knew withdrawn his application for a

In England and learned the to their cinseification as an ca nothing of the detalls regarding prospecting licence, and said that the transfer of the licences from In Keay's letter there was re-

child was still alive, Then he sential service, a strike would be the Bohespie Syndicate 10 Moun-ference to an applicant for a

turned and planned the kid- declared legal. licence and in the resolution npping, he said.

Many ships were tonight re- in Lead Mines.

The pollee said he submitted ported to be cutting short their Mr Wright asked if he was there was reference to the appli- told at any stage that someone ton for

work visit ko the port In order to a prospecting licence quietly when arrested at

this morning and mude a de- leave before was holding the licences in trust. being withdrawn.

the resignations Whiteheld said Patterson told

position claiming paternity- became effective. -France- im Mr Armstrong was holding

(Contd. on back page, Col. 3) United PregU, them in trusi

office. in his Patterson told this to him at the Sports Club on the evening of May 23.

Counsel asked Whitefield if he believed that Treo was a real person who existed up to the time he agreed that the pay- ment should be made to him. Accused replied in the affirma-

all over the The Colony would stantly speak of concentrations therefore sell less on world of British and French forces in markots because our Asian Cyprus und the Mediterranean | competitors suffering from Jujen no disadvantage of this kind would easily undercut us. And that would be road to ruin for our dustry and its workers.

121

UNITED ACTION Statements mode coutinuously Ballain and they statesmen

Frunce htt at the possibility Lof these forers being used to salve what they call the "Sucz

France realise

And what advantage would Canal question

Britain get out of raising

continue

"Britain and

Paris, Sept. 6.

The French government was concerned today over reports from Cairo that the Monzies-Nasser talks had reached stalemate. Speaking for the Cabinet, the Minister of Information, M. Gerad Jaquet, warned that "there was no question of prolonging the Menzies mission longer than originally intended."

There seemed some confusion

Ambassador The new French wages for Hongkong cotton ruli well by now that an here about the actual position to Wishligion, M. Herve workers. Lancashire's pro attempt to use their

forces in Cairo. The Egyptian Embassy Alphand, in a farewell speech to ducts would be slightly more against any Arab country in the issued a statement categorically the American Chip here today. competitive, but only in Mladie East area

will meet

denying newspaper reports this gave no Indication of any relation to Hongkong ex-redintely with a united moming claiming that

Mr willingness of the French porta. And Indian cotton, resistance front on the part of Manzles had said the talks were government to water down the goods, which are exported to all Arab countries and peoples. ut dead

deadlock,

conditions of settlement of the Britain in far greater quan

"The strong protest lodged by

Newspaper headlines and Suez Canal crisis contained In Arub governments to tities, would

con- the clitoria comment in the

international control plan tive. of Britain and play have with Lancashire's

over the concentration of newspapers all urged the Gov-

servative and moderate leftwing taken to Cairo by Mr Menzies.

He mills-unless, of course, Mr their forces in Cyprus has been ment to stand firm and nutunnounced ambition to found an

"Colonel Nasser's "Did Not Tell Me" guid: Allaun intended to send his an adequate expression at

allow the Egyptian president immense Arab empire stretching idens to Mr Nehru too,

the Arab states solidarity and

continue the talks indefinitely. from the Persian Gulf to the The Honourable Member ob unity In resisting imperialist

Atlantic Occani recalled the viously did not think about conspiracies hatched against the

netivities of the Axis dictators his idea before putting his Arau East."-Reuter.

that plunged France and other nations into the Second World

question on the notice paper.}

Because it is ludicrous from

an economic standpoint,

dubious from a constitution-

al standpoint and a perilous-

wrong

for reason cashire's present

position.

sorry

Strong Resolution

War. BIG OIL DEAL

New York, Sept. 8.

The government at its meet ing today decided there was need to recall parliament be. furo October 2, date for The

pening of the next session,

parliamentary feeling

But

"Less United" Independent Le Monde said

to say

Mr Weight went on that when Mr Hulse gave his evidence he said that at the Sports Club one day in Septem- ber last year there were a lot of people present at a meeting and that Whitelleld was among them. Mr Hulse said that Mr Jolly told him (Whitefield) that Texas Co., today announced il jseemed as firm as a month ago British opinion was las united that Kony was getting $20,000 Keay had told him (Mr Jolly) ly stupid thing even for as has acquired more than 95 per and expressed itself afresh today Opposition MP to say. He cent of the outstanding capital in a resolution adopted by 138 behind its government than was

out of the mine. 00 of Trinidad has also got hold of the stock

senators. This motion urged

French the

opinion

the Counsel: Did Mr Jolly tell you behind

опо compicting

of the

Mollet Cabinet. Lan- Ltd.,

It said: "The that? Premier, M. Guy Mollet to "sec in deals

Whitefield: Mr Jolly certainly biggest oil industry

the Suez crisis in its true per- French Conservatives are more

Con- did not tell me that, years.

the British spective, as the permanent threat united that The deal involved a purchase to freedom of

Replying to a question The British cotton Industry price of $174.6 million. -United only by greed for conquest,

regime motivated servatives.

as Superin- a widespread used agreed that Is losing marketa because Press.

whose object was to launch a view that Britain, whose gov-tendent of Lights he was many factories ingist on

crusade against the West and to ernment had felt obliged to re- charge of a sub-department in working only one shift

REPORT DENIED cover Atrien with a network of call parliament is view of the the, Marine Department and That Me Jolly was head of the terrorists and demagogues.'

Suez crisis, might be lagging Department. Washington, Sept. 6. The 138 senators came from behind France it the question The White House "today cate all parties except Socialists and of using force in Egypt became Cross-examining. Mc Gitting

denied gorically

raked Whitened if he remem- thal Communists who have 50 and 14 acute, Nicolai Bul-members respectively out of e

a phone There was an crormous gulf bered receiving and Communist Partyfotal of 320 senators

and between the French

from Keay on January 21. lies with exporting coun- First Secretary Nikita Khrush-

the Whiteneid said he did not re- A depulation from the American view on how to handle

member

Was (ex- the Suez Canal

Asked if it crisis which

a.m, on a Saturday morning, this by all shades of opinion here.-recused said he was in his offer

Reuter,

wherens other more indus- trious nations are working

on a multi-shift basis. It

is a narrow, insular opinion Soviet Premier

that the fault anin

to

assume

reports

This reflected

ac-

in

tries when British unions chey would visit the United Republican Socialists and millowners mollycoddled States after the November Gaullists) urged firmness on the was by how faken for granted likely to be in the office at 10.30

by MPs like Mr Allaun, are presidential elections. France- Premier In really, to blame.

Frosse.

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an interview

Soviet Pilots Leave For Suez Canal

Paris, Sept. 6.

A number of Soviet pilols have left for Errot, to work in the Suez Canal, Tran news agency reported tonight, *- -*

Uxcept from the Soviet The agonoy Usted the names of

Far Eastern fest among those who have left for the Buen Canal Thes olted the

names of 12. candidates for pilot jobs but kald this 2793ky

from about to ID on Satur days'.

"Mr ́Gifting told Whitefield : that yesterday afternoon he had testified as follows: "

. After this, Keny phoned me early in management of tho Sues June and naked when tho ̈Syn- Canal Erx Egypt, inviting,dicate was going to maloc foreign pilots to work in the settlement for, the strip, and it Suez Canal has been warmly not the licences would have to welcomed by Soviet seamen be cancelled. I don't re- Taas gave the names of pilots member the exact words: that

"have expressed ; the was the

who

to help the Erypilan to maintain the unin

Important

af

whit ho

ho (Kedy) said.

Mr. Gittine I want to rur gest to you that in that tele- maritime phone conversation, Keny did use the words "cancel", can- reportai others have Tas TO

that several celled" or "cancellation";"">

You Battle, and Far Eastern does think that I possible? pilota have said the job of Whitefield: Quite Diloting *** ships, throwati, the yes.

alar expressed the desire to work in the Bues Canal, Tie mens clled belonged in the Soviet Far East, White Sea and balike "merchant" docto

The Sovies news agency

midi

Bres Canal would prevent no Is it possible that dificatiles for them winow. Shay: you; I had gone - through the Chuma tomette

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