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THE WEATHER: Lizhi or moderate winds, between N, "E. Fina-and-vool,

THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, ‹ 1957,

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Price 20 Cents

RELAX IN

INDAKS Whiteaway's

US TEXTILE CONTRACTS FOR HK

Fancy Shirts

Shirts And Cotton

Wear Worth $12 Mill

Czechoslovakia, FIRST ORDER OF ITS KIND

Albania, Bulgaria and Rumania, By a coincidence an East German delegation was in Moscow at the time

of his visit there

and

By VICTOR SU

Contracts worth approximately HK$12 million have been following a meeting between concluded for the manufacture of Hongkong fancy shirts and the two groups fairly hackneyed

other cotton wear for the American market it was revealed communique

this morning by Mr Lee Sen-hung, one of the Colony's leading textile industrialists.

emerged which contained no surprise. Herr Ulbricht, it in worth recalling, in devated exponent of Stalinism, and his loyalty to Moscow has never been questioned.

A similar type of communique may emerge from Mr Chou's

The contracts, the first of their kind, are to be regarded as a trial order, said Mr Lee, who added that his group of textile interests was considering the formation of a syndicate to handle future business which, he thought, might be of a tremendous magnitude.

shirts info

Hong~ Ung the deal. The shirts and, cheaper

the other commodities will be tai-

as a competitive challenge

textile

to mills.

British

than

could the

MACMILLAN'S NON-CABINET MINISTERIAL RESHUFFLE

London, Jan. 16.

The Prime Minister, Mr Harold Macmillan, installed a fresh Minis- terial team in command of Britain's armed forces tonight as the prelude to expected sharp cuts in defence spending.

MURDER CHARGE

TESTIMONY

Dr Was Cut Out Of of Will

Mrs.

Eastbourne, Jan. 16.

Edith Morrell, wealthy and temperamental old widow, cut her doctor completely out of her will two months before he al legedly poisoned her, it was

With one exception, he shuffled experienced administrators from other assignments to head the Army, the Air Force, the Navy and the Supply Ministry, in a second list of Ministerial appointments, completing disclosed in court today. the new government.

These mon will serve under War Secretary: Mr John

Mr Duncan Sandys, in com- from the Eden government. He

the tough" Defence Minister, pleting the defence appropris lions due next month. Govern

ment sources said Mr Macmillan planned drastic cuts in defence spending

Tho now Mindstera do no serve in the Cabinet. They are:

First Lord of the Admiralty: | the. Ear) of Selkirk, 50, who was Minister without Portfolio (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster) under, Sir Anthony

ta

Japanese,

Tho shirts could be retalled considerably cheaper than sim- manufactured in the or lines United States.

One reason was the lower ecst of labour in Hongkong. Eden.

Textiles represent Hongkong's most important Industry Ladi year 1 manufactured ankl exported $190 million worth of shirts and other garments

10

Right-Hand

Hare, 45, who is a holdover was appointed to the War Office last autumn during the Suez

crisis.

Air Secretary: the Hon. George Ward, 49, wartime bom- ber pilot who was Alr Under- Winston under Sir Secretary Churchill and Sir Anthony Eden.

Minister of Supply, in charge

of procurement: Mr Aubrey Jones, 45, Minister of Fuel and Power under Eden.

Man Dropped

Eden's

The doctor, John Bodkin Adams, is sold by the prosJOCH- tion to have poisoned three of his rich patients, though he is' only charged with the murder of Mrs Morrall.

Mrs Morrell, widow of a food £157,782 when she died in her clifftop mansion six years ago; her solleitor, Mr Hubert Sogno, told the magla- trates hearing the Enso

Health Grows importer,

Worse

London, Jan, 16. Sir Anthony Eden's health has grown worse during the last few days, informed sources disclosed today.

He gave the court details of the many wills the widow made An and 1950. between 1946 carly one contained a bequest

of £100 sterling for Dr Adams. Then at one time she drew up a codicil leaving her man- Biom ond all her "personal chat- Sir Anthony would probably tels" to the chubby, 67-year-old have had to undergo another | doctor if her only son should operation it be had not resigned die before her. . է

stopped all activity last

his rest, the abdominal paina from which ha Buffers grown woTSE,

talks with the Soviet puppet In Hungary, Janos Kadar, another trusted alooge,

The Introducilom though if it is to be released long-made for local consumption it may American market was viewed lored by several Hongkong place greater emphasis on the Japanese

Industry imperialist

designed machines machinations which hitherto has supplied will be used for fully shrinking overseas and skip lightly substanilal proportion of fancy the material before tailoring. over such questions As and aporta shiris, as well as To date letters of credit Suviet leadership of the other cotton and artificial silk amounting to

hundreds ol Communist bloc and the garments imported by the thousands of dollars have been "gallant role of the Russian United

States

received and productión. work Army in suppressing the Under the terms of the Hong- has already started. Fascist-Imperialist distur-kong contracts, American and 11 is expected the complete bances in Hungary".

Pakistani raw cotton will be order will be fulfilled within the United Kingdom, Southeast Mr Macmillon's second minis- Commons, The Power Minis- and used, it will be spun-and woven the next six months.

Aston, European and African serial Iist dropped a veteran ter. Sir Percy Mills, was up-work, the sources said. Despite in Hongkong mills, as well no

Minister Mr Lee Sen-hung said that markets.

of State from the pointed to the House of Lords. TR Chou in a speech yester-dyed and printed M

in mulu-despite the need to meet n 25 But therto the Colony's Foreign Once, the Marques of day admitted mistakes by colour designs.

cent customTIS

and tarif, plus manufacturera

exporters Reading, who had been right- Postmaster - General: the past Hungarian Govern- j Styles to suit American trans-Pacific freight charges, ho have been unsuccessful in their hand Inan to the Foreign Ernest Marples, 49, who was Mr

His doctor, Sir Horace Evans, ment (since purged) and in buyers have been provided by considered 1 would still be efforts to penetrate the American Secretary, Mr Selwyn Lloyd, Macmillan's chief aide when the who examined him again to

the shirts market.

latter was Housing Minister day, stressed to him the need economic co-operation be-the US import company hand- possible to produce

Sir Anthony Eden tween Hungary and Russin,

In his place Mr Macmillan 1951-4.

for complete rest and emphasis But this is as far as he is

appointed the Hon.

Dayld dropped him.

Minister of Health: Mr Dennised the seriousness of his case, prepared to

Ormsby-Gore, 39,

juntor

the sources indicated. go; the mis-

official it the Foreign Office Vosper, 41-year-old newcomer.

Sir Anthony's Health Minister, Sir Anitiony Eden and his since 1951,

Mr Roger Turton, was dropped wife are due to leave next Fri-

day for Now Zealand, from the government..

Minister of Work: Mr Hugh doctor has arranged for close Molson, 53, former Deputy in medical supervision during the the Transport Ministry who was trip and during his stay there.

colleague of

agus of Mr Mae-France-Presse,

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takes will be rectified, he adds, and he even seems to admit that popular satisfaction was justified, but he relegates the revolt 10

a minor ruction and i

after a parting slap at the

United States for inter-

per

JAPAN TO LIMIT TEXTILE

EXPORTS TO AMERICA

Washington, Jan. 16.

since 1953.

Commander Allan Noble ro- talbed-his job as Minister of State, at the Foreign Office Comar Mobile took over last

autumn buckeesing Mr Anthony

against Sir Anthony Eden's de fence policy.

Mr

In the 1930s. Treasury: Mr Enoch Powell, 44- Paymatster-General: Mr at the University of my

to the

your-old former Greek Professor

The United States: today described Japan's decision to limit its Nutting, who, quit in protest, millan's Secretary ference in Hungarian exports of cotton textiles to this country as "a major step forward in the development of orderly and mutually beneficial trade between the United States and Japan."

affairs wishes the country

che

Announcement of the Japanese plan to place an annual overall ceiling of 235 million square yards on Japanese cotton exports to the United States over the next five years was made by the State Department this afternoon.

happler days and closer ties with the Soviet Union. The communique issued after

Mr Chou's talks with Polish Communist chief, Mr Vladislav Gomulka, how- ever, provides more interest. Agency reports say they joint communique made no

Departments of State, mentich of Soviet leadership Commerce and Agriculture said of the Communist bloc. Min a joint statement:

The

Chou is reported to approve aimed at

"It is a constructive measure

forestalling the Polish road to socialista future

possible injury to the Unlied (08 distinct, presumably. States cotton extile industry. from the Soviet, Yugoslav or! "It recognises the problem Chinese "ronds") but then faced by various segments of splits hairs in a speech in the domestic Industry and meets Warsaw a few hours later this problem through the volun-

exercise of restraint by proclaiming "there is lary

on only one road to Rocialism exports of cotton textiles to the

American market,” but it may be developed to suit varled conditions".

The Japanese programme de monstrated Japanese under-

Mr Gomulka's jibe at United standing of the importance of

States economic pressure in the orderly marketing of Middle East was a little un-tem

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developed during 1955, and 1950 in blouses, velveteens ind ging-

hams.

"The Japanese action provides. A basis for the expansion of two-way tyxlo between the United States and Japan in an atmosphere of the friendliest co- operation between

the two nitions, auch as that which has characterised the economic and political relations between the two countries over the last deende.

can

look

Dredger Refloated

the

Other promotions went to:

Reginald Maulding, 39, former Australia, and Member of Minister of Supply. In this Parliament since 1050, post of Minister without Port- Economic Secretary to the follo he will represent the new Treasury: Mr Nigel Birep, 50, Power Minister in the House of Eden's Air Secretary.

The Chief Whip Retained

have

WROTE CODICIL

A later will bequeathed an oak chest of silver cutlery, an Elizabethan Court cupboard, and a Rolis Royce car to the medical man. But on September 13, 1950, the crotchety old woman wald have.fits of by her nurses to have. temper for no reason-wrote a codicil to her final will cutting Dr Adams out altogether.

After the widow's death Dr Adams did get the Rolls Royce Hi and the chost of silver. But this we "by favour" of Mrs Morrell's siduary legate.

Arthur who was the re-

that,

ROYAL BALLET

CREATED

The prooccution claims motivated by greed, Dr Adams killed Mrs Morrell with ản overdose of drugs because he

xpected to be left. the silver

and the Rolls Royce.

URGENT REQUEST

Mr Sogno related how some London, Jan. 10.

months before the widow died The Royal Ballet was born Dr Adams naked to see him today.

urgently. "He told me that A Charter from the Queen Mrs Morrell had promised him combined the world-famous many months previously Sadler's Wells Bollet at Covent would give him her Rolls Royce

sho

"She now remembered that and

Mr Macmillan retained the The Admiralty was vacated Garden, and the Sadler's Wells car in her will.. Attorney-General, Sir Reginald by Viscount Hailsham, whom Theatre Ballet at Sadler's Wells Manningham-Buller, the Solici- Mr Macmillan prompted to Theatre, considered the junior tor-General, Sir Harry Hylton-Cabinet rank As Education company, although co-operation she had forgotten this Foster, and the Chief Mr Edward Heath.

the two

has

London, Jan, 16. British salvage vessels

between

been desired to give him the car and Whip. Minister. have refloated the 3,500-

also the contents of a case in Other NEWCOMERS are the voluntary. ton dredger Paul Solente,

her locked box at the bank.? Earl of Perth, the Minister of the largest obstacle scuttled

The new Royal Ballet, which Dr Adams said the case con- Mr Heath in Conservative State for Colonial Affairs under will continue to perform by the Egyptians at the

ostalned come article or articles disciplinarian of the House, the Colonial Secretary, Mr A senior and junior companies at

Jewellery propane a Port Said entrance

with the title of Parliamentary Lennox-Boyd, and Mr Derck the two theatres, will also in- lawyer should

of

He suggested the

a codicil Suez Canal, the Admiralty

Secretary to the Treasury,

Walker-Smith, Minister of State chudo the Ballet School train- to Mrs Morrell's will which announced here tonight.

at the Broad of Trade under ing unit for the dancers. The British salvage In the Service Ministries, M

could later bo destroyed KIE The Queen vessciz

is the Royal was not approved by her son. Macmillar, shunted Mr Kirch the Board President, Sir David are participašing

Eccles.

Ballet's Patron and Princess "I pointed out, this was im- with

from the Air Ministry to the the Unlied Nationa

Mr Macmillan. retained Sir Margaret is the Corporation's || possible"" the lawyer sald.- Treasury, promoted the Supply fleet in the work of clearing the Canal-France-Presse, Minister, Mr Maulding, to the Anthony Eden's Minister of first President.—United Press,; || China Mail Special,

Power

Mr Ministry, and retained Pensions,

John Boyd- Mr Hare, who returned only Carpenter, and Minister without today from an official tour of Portfolio, the Earl of Munster. Middle Eastern bases,

-United Press.

an orderly Read Village

"For the United States cot- ten textile industry, the Japa ncse programme should provide a basis on which it to the forward to the future with the wise in view of the forth-economics of both countries as confidence and the knowledge coming talks on the sale of cotton textiles, the statement that import competition from American subsidised surplus said.

Japan will follow. farm produce to Poland, but "Under this programme, it pattern," the joint statement on the whole this com-should be possible to avold said. munique seems to have been situations such as those which An accompanying State De- drafted with much grentor

partment announcement Gald that the United States had been informed of the Japanese

in programme

note today

Paris, Jan. 16. from the Japanese Ambassador, The romantic young wife of Mr Masayuki Tani, to Mr Johna postman at Fors (in western of Foster Dulles, the Secretary of France), Madame Odette Gilluer, State. The text of this note was aged 24, was brought to court rol made public by the State today, charged with opening all Department, Omcials referred the love letters that passed reporters to the Japanese through the post. Embassy.

care and discretion thau

those from

usually emanating Death Sentence

interbloc

meetings.

THE Chinese goodwill mission

For Brutal Murder

F

to the two rebellious satel lites has obviously been designed to produce suitable communiques demonstrating Communist solidarity, 011 certain issues, notably the Anglo-French action against death here today for battering a Egypt and the Eisenhower 87-year-old farmer to death on

London, Jan. 18. Morris Clarke, a 27-year-old lorry driver was sentenced to

A

Love Letters

She followed the development The Background of ali the romances in the

vicinity with the greatest in in giving the background ofterest-but she was often care-

Middle East doctrine, the his farm near here last October Department announcement sald: anteumed open

Japan's decision, the Stateless in scaling up the envelopes

only difficulty has been to

She com-

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NUCLEAR TESTS BAN URGED

New York, Jan. 10. Japan today appealed to the United Nations for the cessation nuclear tests at the earliest possible date,

Mr Renzo Sawadd, the Japanese delegate, making his country's first speech on the disarmament question, urged the General Assembly's political committee to agree to estabilibing procedure for prior notification of all kinds of text explosions."

This procedure, which he described as the minimum, roquiem- men, should be established by a competent organ of the United Nations--Reuter.

SPAAK RETURNS

London, Jan. 16.

Nautilus Refuels

Washington, Jan. 10. The atomic submarino. Nau- night for Brussels after talks in | tilum will be refuelled for the

The Belgian Foreign Minister,

avoid repetition of tedious Clarke,

According to the prosecution "The Japanese programme has mitted the further indiscretion who had debts of been developed in an effort to of telling a friend and confidante eliches. On other questions 1,000, used a wooden stave to meet the problems which arose about the progress of the local M. Spaak, left here by air to- communiques and

prese mash in the skull of Arthur M in.. 1955 when exports of love affairs. statements have had to take Johnson, "a quiet, kindly man," Japanese textiles to the United account of local sentiment threw the body into a dyke and -Increased sharply. These Angry lovers compared notes | London with British ministers Arst time this spring after sali- and in this respect, distinc-stolo £600 from a safe in his exports were heavily concen- about their opened letters, and on the European free trade, area ing over 50,000 miles in two tlons have been made.

trated with respect to

certain ad her charged Her husbank plin. He declined to make a years on its original load of

at the airport-nuclear power, the Navy Bald Clarke said in his defence commodities, such as blouses, will not be prosecuted.-France statement

Router.

today.—United-Press. velveteens and ginghams. If he would vialt Belgrade that a night started when he to confer with Marshal Tito, secused Johnson, “a bigger man "Not only were the domestic:

thesa of His reply was " have no than me," of carrying on with producers

items **** | offccted, but the entire textile information on that". The his wife.

industry became concerned bo- recent editorial clash be- Passing tire death sentence the

judge sald the circumstances of cause of the impact on the tween Belgrade and Peking the case were "so dreadful that price structure of the industry For the third time this winter.

hous0

Mr Chou was naked in Warsaw

sentence being sub-

Presse.

THERMOMETER FLOPS TO 49.9 DEG

--

rose to a maximum the temperature dropped just degrees on Tuesday, below 50 degrees and again In the 40 hours to eight o'clock the minimum was recorded at today the temperature fell by breakfang' time.

32.9, deproms,

:

of 72.8, the Colony yesterday

· about · Inch-time.” The (cold front (with nor not, cust - winds - took its plaón, "gradually clearing the horvý

shrouded the Colony heigüids for the last two dayanamad A Royal Obervatory apokumakai || Sold the China Mail this morm= Ing that » temperatures: wire exported to be low, and the

on divergent ronds to so you should not count on some other concentration of Japanese art themcertainty as to where cialism has possibly inclined other him against this southern estuted

export might hit." vonture. Thus the outstand- Since recent moves to amend There was no mention in the ing rift in the Communist Britain's hanging law it has State Department announce- comp remain

United Staten to ecek, to pro- And there seems to be no out death sentences.

discrimination against Johnson disappeared from ble vent Immediate solution to, this

farm on October 17 and was Japanosy textile on the problem which is the sound dead in a fenland dyke domestic market

or the im greatest obstacle to tighter tem doye later ater a huge posing of quotas or tariff Soviet control of the Entel police search of the area barrios on Japanese Importa lites.

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