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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1956.

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NOTICE

THE HONG KONG

JOCKEY CLUB

The Annual General Meet-

Ing of Voting Members will

ONE MAIN TASK

will have a continued effect long after you have rotated.” (ie, gone away).

The booklet gives advice on such thing as driving ("exercise patience, hiring caution and servants ("the Air Police will gladly run a background chock Wheels, Richard

an Air

for you") and clothing ("Loen! Transport Chanmond pilot killed

custom prevents the wearing of in Persin in 1946, has become

shorts, jeans and pedal-pushers une of the Air Force's largest

The function of Whectus by adult women in pubile.") It has hape in the world. nearly 700 permanen: Inulidings Fick as part of this organis

Then, tion is summed

4 fow weclos After up by busc and it miles of perimelve wells

Colonel William arrival, all families are given comanander what was a car meing track in the days of Mussolini's Came, Jr. of Bayonne, New lung lectures on how to avoid One of giving any offence to Libyans Jersey, as colonial empire.

"upport"

are invited 10 psk tasks is to provide and I's mala facities for tactical units of the questions.

Wolted State. Air Forces In Europe who come here for bettie the bombing and training 171 gunnery ranges which are muin- lamed in the Libyan desert

GREAT STRAIN

meroplane

estimated Lakes

oft

un

that or lands about every 45 seconds during daylight hours, and so great in the rain on control tower

that they silowed to rernain on duty for more than two hours at a

***

Are

not

The unportance of Wheclus as a flrimejort, maintenance and training base was increased by are ransfer here recently of the 17th United States Air Force from its former head- quarters at Rabni 11 French Morocco

The 17th Air Fotee, com- manded by Brigadier Ġeneral Richard J. O'Keefe of Brooklyn, NEWY York,

vita? plays u strategic Fole in the Mediter

Danema

ars-on area of res- ponsibility roughly equivalent to that of the United States

be held at the Club House, | Sixth Fleet, which is based sa

Happy Valley, on Friday, 28th September, 1958, at 5.45 p.m. for the purposes of:-

1. Receiving the reports of the Clerk of the CouTAQ and the Stewards,

+

Considering, and if thought it, pussing the Accounts for the period 1st April, 1956 to 30th June, 1966.

3. Confirming the following Amendinents to the Rules of Racing:-

Rules Nos. 122A, 123, 124, 126(1) and 125(li) Amend- menta dated 27th Septem- her, 1955.

Mediterranean

T71 fighters, bombers ind Transport aircraft of the 17th

Japan Wants

US Textile

Action

There we also large repair workshops and the headquarters

such of #pins unite

LA weather, security and nir-sta rescue serviços

Like the Briti h, who main- an Army as well as Air Force bases In Libya, the Amerteaus have had to agree to Umit the пить number c United States military personnel employed at

The "celling" Jlimit is

Wheelu Meret UR IH Also that of the British bul it is believed that the Libyans have set the Sgure at about 10,009,

LIBYANS EMPLOYED

Onewi United States

Force

j

Base authorities that their

proud Indoctrination pro- has Kre

been effective enough to avoid almost entirely way friction at a personal level.

IMMEDIATE TARGET

the world's greatest

Galina ballerina, Described Be Utanova, of the Moscow Bolshoi Ballet, soen dancing Giselle, Ulanova will dance al partnered by Yuri Zhdanov as Albert, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, if the Bolshot coma- pany makes lla planned trip to London-Heuserpholo.

But the Wheclus Base faces! the problem of growing anti- We tern sentment here as Arab RADIUM FOUND nationalist emotions are aroused by such netlons ns the Egyptian nationalisation

the Suez

Conal.

of

Criticism of the United States has not been so strong as that ¦

Britain and France, but there is silli conviderable regent- mint that the United States has i not taken

more pro-Arab

P

Some Americans here four that Air'ir anti-Western Teelings wav lu that sources here say

rinch boiling point, the Wheelus there are about 0,009 Air Force Base would be an immediate men at present at Wheelus with, forget China Mail Special. a total of rome 3,600 wives and children.

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In addition, 14 number Libyans varying between 1,000 and 2.000 ure employed at the Lace, some on a permanent basis

canteens irid restaurants, I

and soine on construction pro Jeets such is the building of a

primary school for

the American children.

now

The Wheelus base plays Vital

เ The Libyan "conomy Together with the payments made by the British for their military facilities, the the United

balonce

transforms

the

Washington, Sept. 27. Japan believes itself en-money spent titled to

Slates here withdraw its nation's adverse trading bolance undertaking to limit ship inte

comfortable credit ment of cotton goods to the United States unless The United States pays Libyn American authorities curb £1,400,000) a year for the rights

4,000,000

(about

discrimination against on the Base, This year, this Japanese textiles in the sum has been supplemented for United States, a

by 10 additional 5,000,000 highly-dollars (about £1,700,000) and placed diplomatic source Dext your, subject to Con-

Rule No. 1. Amendment dated 7th July, 1956.

4. Appointing Auditors

the ensuing year.

5. Elerting Stewards for the said today.

ending year.

الله

The suuree

dollars

ay

gresionat approval,

Extra 1,000,000 dollars

(about £2,700,000) is expected to be

he A

Car

that

pald

in remarking on the fact President Eisenhower and other United State officials hod failed Lake nto account The proviso when they

space lion today, lixttes}

All members are cordially invited to attend and partici- pate in any discussion which may ensue. They are invited] Jaisa to forward to the Secretary in writing at least seven days before the meeting is due to take place, nuy matters which they may wish to bring up J for discussion.

By Order of the Stewards,

A. E. ARNOLD,

Secretary.

Hongkong, 12th Supt., 1966.

NOTICE

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED

Notice To Shareholders

NOTICE 19 HEREBY GIVEN that nn Interim Dividend of £1.0.0 per share has been declared on account of the year 1950,

This Dividend la payable on or after 20th November, 1056,

The SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society will be closed from 10th Novem ber to 19th November, 1856 both days inclusivo.

By Order of the Board,

D. B. BINCLAIR

voluntary!

DISCRIMINATION

CURRENCY CONVERTED

In addition, it is estimated that in the past two years just under 10,000,000 dollars (about £3,400,000) in United Staten Currency was converted into The provise WA. contate in Libyan Currency on the Base Bole delivered by The for the payment of rents and Japanese Ambassador. Mr local purchares Mosasyuk. Tani, to The State Department today. The note sid Jopan would undertake ceilings in exports of texWes

have been Tripoli landlords able to charge high rents to American famlls, for the Baat is just outside the city and To the United Stute, to avoid houring facilities are limited on

the fast-growing installation. excessive concentration in any More and more permanent particular perfod, se on ung par- houses are being bulit al Heular fem and added:

Wheelus for the families. As a The sellon now contemplated | stop-gnp mensure the Base by Jupen is based on the condi- | authorities have imported from tion that all fensible steps will Europe several hundred trailer be taken by the United States homer completely fitted with "oll-beating installa- Government to solve the prob- | furniture,

Jem of discriminatory state tex-tion and electrical and toljet tile legislation and to previne numents.

further restrictive action with Airmen and their families are regard to the importation of now fitting these trainers with Japanese textiles into United afr conditioning apparatus and States.

Installing tclovision sota to receive the programmes which the Base Station Bonds out mainly from "canned" material.

GIVEN BOOKLET

Japanese authorities, between HOW and January when the pro- Jected quota is due to take effect, look for some "positive" Unned Statca action on discrimination against Japanese textiles.

Specifically they want re This television station, com vocation of laws passed by the bined with shops, schools, legitintures In the cotton states hospitals

car servico stations,

of Alabama and South Carolina tallors and even a branch of which require local shopkeepers the University of Maryland to display a sign prominently in make Whoclus a self-contained their windows if they are sell-city #1 ing Japanese textiles.

PROTEST.. LODGED

almos!

"United States

Specim attention Is paid, however, by the Base authorl- ties to ensure that the perIONA Jepan todged a formal protest Bring, and working at Whoclur Unlied states calming this was their own American customs 'several weeks (pido lwith the should not be so attached to a breach of the 1982. Treaty of that they do not know how to frondal, commerco and havi- behave with the Libyang

Each person who strives on gation, between Japan and the

Assistant General Maunger, 1 Untied Bikes, Tapuntale dulcials the base: Lawinen@diately given BRAZIL MACH MAKERDALpard that prowest pala matter «booking daioribing Lizys" and Hong Kong, 27th Sept., 1950, will requiring action.almation | iba Base, This contains the

and an answer,

waming that "yoite, maticne kora

Ankara, Sept. 27. A Liny piece of radium worth!

500,000 Turkish lira, (about £2,500 sterlog) which was lost recently at the Gulhane Al Medical Academy here, has been found at the city's rubbish-beup after £1 frantic search.

When doctors at the Academy, wanting to use the radia for curing the Canter of a woman, opened the box which usually held the 100 mali- gramme piece of radium, they

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

MANDRAKE? I'VE NEVER HEARD OF YOU. YOU SAY IPHONED YOU?,

WHY?

ABOUT YOUR NEW NEIGHBORS-- THE JONESES,

FERDINAND

NANCY

OH.YES.

JUST

MOVED IN. NICE FAMILY.

July.

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MR. JONES SHOOT OUT OF THE

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GUESS I WAS KIND OF LOW ABOUT MY HIGH LIFE, GINGER, CALI WHAT'S UP7

TO CATCH DRUNKEN MOTORISTS

Wellington, Sept. 27,

Police patrola in radio-equipped cars are now being put on New Zealand roads in an effort to eliminate the incidence of motorists driving under the influence of drink.

the

The move is part of the

At varying pull-ins on Ballonwide campaign to make highway, brakes may unexpect- the country's roads safer.

edly be tested, warrants of fit- The patrols will operate at ness checked, and lights tested, irregular periods, and particu- Į –China Mall Special larly over the week-ends.

They will cover especially the roads and areas

not normally NZ Hosts To

frequented by traffle inspectors

or other police patrols. Particu- lar attention will be paid to roads In which hotels allunted.

Experiment

are

An experiment over a three- day holiday In the Wellington. Wairarapa and Manawatu dls- tricts, produced

Colombo Plan Conference

Wellington, Sept. 27. New Zealand will play first major

one intoxicated host to her driver, two car coverters, two international conference, | cases of dangerous driving, 13 of the meeting of delegates

drinking liquor near a dance from countries

hall and one caso of

a publican

linked by the Colombo Plan, at the of end of this year. number

permitting drunkenness,

In addition,

people found condition

G

in an intoxicated

on licensed premises

were ordered off.

In country Greas, pollet patrols will be working in close conjunction with transport de- partment officers. who operate outside the city boundaries.

Their particular ophore uf activities embraces the

erring motorisi on the open road.

stretch of highway about 150 miles in length, on the east coast of the North Island, is at

The Conference will bring to the Dominion statesmen from 17 countries and representatives of the administrations of four British territories.

Sesiona will be held in the chambers formerly occupied by

he Legislative Council.

The official language will bo English, but thres of the parti- elpaling countries, Laos, Cam- bodia and Vietnam, will speak in French.

The task of trans- intion will be undertaken by * present being used as "Guinea

from Austitia, woman experi Pig Highway.

who has had experience with Here, the

the Transport Depart-the South Pacific Commission. ment officers check and report

IN CITY DUMP on misdemeanours. They experi-

found to their dismay radio-active metal

INS

not there.

once, the authorities started rearch. Nothing was found. The building was cordoned off and the Institute of Mein) Research asked to help.

PRIVATE ROOMS ment with "radar cops to trap Members of Parliament have that the speedster. and take photo-agreed to make their private was graphs from thetr vars of rooms available for the visitors. breaches of the łow against The first group of officinis for which argument con prove of thr conference will arrive on little avail.

November 5. They will study the draft of the year's progress re- Insignificant Cara port to be presented to the Nor is the familiar bluck Ministers. sedan or coupe with the trans- After the conferenco, delegates But even the geiger counter port board emblem on the side will be taken on a quick tour of failed to find the radium a go-ahead sign to break the New Zealand to see some of her until someone suggested taking rules of the road as it moves beauty spots and study economic to the city's rubbish dump out of sight. The Transport De- development, with emphasis on After some hours of search, the partment Usca plain-clothes agricultural research, nerial top- radlum was found lying among officers travelling in Insigni-dressing and hydro-electric sta- the litter-China Mail Special.

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TRY

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we'd still be on the vine!

Fibby's

FROZEN STRAWBERRIES

this

TODAY

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