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CASEBOOK

This Obsession

THEY met by chance in Baker Street. The girl student. Timothy. the boy, with his duffle-coat und vast scarf of extra-

WAK

one,

vagant stripes, looked like And he talked like one. The girl got the idlen hut he Was studying medicine.

CHINA MAIL

MACMILLAN TO

SEEK REALIGNMENT OF POLICIES

London, Mar. 6.

British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan will seek a realignment of Anglo-French Mideastern and European defence policies at a meeting with France's leaders in Paris next weekend, official sources said today.

Differences over Britain's plans for a part- withdrawal of her forces from Germany and over her grand design for a tariff-free European trade area have heightened the importance of the talks.

discussions The Parla

wilt help to share Britain's strategy for the all-important meeting between Mr Macmillan and long time over coffee, No us President Eisenhower in Ber- can make a cup of coffee lust

muda on March 21-24 liere

The two, like hoining birds, made for Bloomsbury. There, in a cafe, they talked for

lunger than 11 student Lusy Mr Macmillan, who pulling the work to rights,

They surfaced at Just,

leaves

for Paris Saturday morn- and B. hus decided to extend his

atrolled io n quiel, wintry visit until Sunday night for a

square, where they wat on

bench

talk

continued and

THE HANDBAG

MUST

and

a | broader review of policies with their French Premier Guy Mollet and

some

Foreign Minister Christian

Pincau.

"I more cigarettes," "Timothy Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd

said

at last.

"Be back in

0

couple of minutes." It was not soane time that the girl realised that Timothy was not coming back-and that

her

he had

taken

handbag with him when he

Jeft.

The giri went to the police, Her description 11 Timothy entreed perfcelly with that of a Inan the police knew very well. Timothy Within a few days

vas traced,

Clerkenwell

He will accompanied by

and top level advisers

WIDE FIELD

No firm agenda has been dem ranged for the Parts discussions which,

officinis said, would runte αντ

wide geld of Anglo-French and International

ISSUES.

Foremnest in the mind of the British leaders is the pressing tion of the Suez Canal and t『 « Mideastern settlement

||

larg court, he

Both France and Britain are pleaded guilty to aleating the

opposed to Egyptian demanda girl's handbag. He asked for 23 that Cami tolls be paid exclu cases of cashing stolen cheques sively to the Cairo-controlled to be taken into consideration. authority. They have Com

WANTED TO BE..

promised on a 50-50 plan. This NYTHING known?" asked | Prom A Mr Frank Powell.

suggests that half the tolls be There paid to Egypt and the remain- were four revious convictions,

der to go into a special fund to all for false pretences.

be established at the Inter- nallal Bonk,

66

In each, 20-30 cases had been taken into consideration. There had been prison sentence-six months, 18 months, three years corrective training.

Paracels "Invasion"

Peking Denounces

South Vietnam

Established 1849

THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1957.

The new Governor of Macao and his wife are seen here with Sir Alexander Grantham at Kai Tak this morning. Staff Photographer,

ADMIRAL WARNS OF SOVIET SUB MENACE

Macao's New Governor Here

The new Governor of Macao, London, Mar. 6. Vice Admiral Sir Edward Evans-Lombe, former His Excellency Commander Pedro Correia de Barros, accom- commander of the allied naval forces in Europe, called panied by. Mme

de Barros, British naval here today for a new by

construction pro-arrived here from

Lisbon this morning by BOAC. gramme "without further delay."

The Governor was also accom- panied by his Chlef de Cabinet, Captain Eduardo Aires Trigo de

Tokyo, Mar. 7. Communist China today denounced South Vietnam for the shooting of a Chinese fisherman Vietnamese troops "illegal Occupation" of islands claimed by Poking. Radio Pelting, heard in Tokyo.

and

charged that South Vietnamese troops "legally" held the island of Kanehunn in the Parneel in the South China Sea group and had fired on a Communist Chinese fishing boat Lust Jan. 25 wounding one on board.

The radio mentioned no Com- nualst counter moves, but warned that the incident "has aroused

indignation growing

among the Chinese."

The radio said that the South Vietnamese had not only oc cupied Kanchuan but "several other lalands nearby... such as Chinyira Island and Sanku

The withholding of tolls about the only "weapon" left is Britain and France in negotia- tions with Egypt on the future of the Canul, after I us

the time, failure of their military inter-Island.

vention. United Press.

Now, Timothy said: managed to get work when come out of prison last then this obsession

m

The urg

The magistrale.

""N","

comes on

to steal?"

asked

Anthony suk. "I manted to bé a medical student. He gave you see, and 1..." up the attempt to explain and stood there, shaking his head. looking ten years younger than his age of 33.

He was sent to Sessions for sentence. Going away, he looked for all the world like a student

POLAND ASKS FOR US AID

Washington, Mar, 7. Communist Poland has form- ploughed in some vital examina-ally asked the United States to tion, who dreads returning to supply it with surplus Ameri- places he hoped he had left for can farm products, it was dis

closed today.

ever.

Bangkok Is Quiet

to

û

The United States made no immediate response. But US officials arc known

be sympathetle to the idea of help- ing Foland get limited amounts of surplus agricultural products, The United States and Poland flave been

negotiating for week on American aid for the new government

Poland, Bangkok, Mar. 0.

which has won a measure of Government tanks stood silent independence from Moscow con-

trol. Burd at strategle street corners

American authorities are Urroughout Bangkok today as anxious to help the Polish regime its because they feel US aid mag marked the city quielly

abortive help loosen fourth day since the

further the Soviet attempt last

to over- throw the government

grip on Poland,

The formal request for form The ban on

on gatherings

during of products came more than five persons was still minute

conference

a 75- yesterday

American

in force and the silent tanks between a Polish economie mis-

the That slon and an posted throughout

team

capital were grim reminders of hended by the Assistant Secre- the

attempt to of State, Mr Thorsten Kali-

tary unsuccessful insent the national government. Jarki,

A Cabinet meeting was held

this

CHINESE TERRITORY

L

He spoke of the Russian submarine fleet and said that the development of high-speed submarines made them "an increasingly potent weapon, and for the free nations, a menace no less than the nuclear threat."

"Hussia is known to have had 475 submarines in the middle of last year," Vice-Admiral Evans- Lombe said.

"She is still adding to her feet at the rate of 30 to 70 submarines a year."

It was most significant, he added, that she was also building flect oilers and submarine depot ships, and the pattern of fer threat to allied sen power was becoming clear.

"If war should come, her sub- carines would certainly be dia- persed with their supply ships cbout the oceans of the world anchorages weli "It is pointed out here that or in renote

able to maintain themselves for the Sisha (Paracel) islands at least six months and probably an integral part of Chinese territory," the radio said. "The much. longer," he said. Chinese

THE ANSWER Government has re-

To meet this threat he appeal peatedly made solemn state- Iments that the Sisha Islanded for the development here of and Nanwel (Sprattey) islandaigh-speed submarines capable have always been Chinese of slaying submerged for long periods and for new types of territory-

warships for carrying guided 1The

misslics.

of

legal sovereignty these islands absolutely permits no violation by any country," the radio declared The shooting

incident,

the radio snid, took place when u Communist fishing boat from Hainan Island, just northwest

new

His Sir

Sousa, and Mme Trigo de Sousa,

The party was met by in defence expenditure may be Excellency the Governor made we are convinced that a Alexander Grantham, Mr Guil-

naval construction pro-iterme M. de Castilho, Portu gramme must be initiated with- guese Consul in Hongkong, and out further delay."-China, Mail Mme de Castilho, Lt Lobao Special.

Ferreira, ADC to the Governor of Macao, was also present.

A number of leading mem- bers of the Portuguese commu- nity In Hongkong were intro- duced to His Excellency and Mme de Barros before the off- clal party left for Hongkong aboard the "Lady Maurine",

Reaction To Pope's Criticism

Worried

Rome,.Mar, G. middle-road ficlans promised tonight to take poli-

Speedy action in Parliament to rid Kome of "pornographic" posters which displeased Pope Plus,

The Pontiff yesterday criticised sexy posters, magazines, films and television

programmes, which he said were offensive to the "sacred" character of Rome as centre of the Roman Catholic

The new Governor will leave for Macno tomorrow morning obbard the Portuguese sloop, NRP Goncalves Zarco.

INCREASES WERE "LONG OVERDUE"

SHEAFFER'S

Skrip

For Murder

The Crown To Stand Trial Offers No Evidence

At the Criminal Sessions this morning. the Crown offered no evidence against a 30-year-old spinner of the South Textiles, Ltil.,

on charges of intimidating his assistant factory mana- -ger and unlawful assembly

last October 11.

On

the directions of Mr Justice C. W. Reece, Pulsne Judge, a Jury of seven men ro- turned a formal verdict of not guilty on both charges and the spinner, Lee Plu-tan, was dis- charged.

Lee was accused of intimidit ing To Tsang-hei with injury to the South Textiles factory and its employees with intent to cause To to diamias certain employees

and to do other things which he was not legally bound to do.

He was tried in the January Criminal Sessions together with

another man on that charge and two others of riot on October 11 and 12 t Твил Wan. The other man was discharged on all counts. Lee was found 1101 guilty

on the two counts of rlot, but the Jury disagreed on the the count of Intimidation and a possible verdict of unlawful as- sembly arising out of one of the rlot charges. He was remanded | for re-trial on the intimidation charge,

the

JUDGE EXPLAINS

same way. Mr Justice

At Central Court to- day Mr Simon | F. 8. LI ordered a 31-year-old car fitter, Chan Ping-wal, io stand trial at the Criminal- Scasions of the Supreme Court on A chatge murder.

of

The defendant is charge with the

murder of › kis alster-in-law On January 0, this year at Bridges Street, Hongkong.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 7 By Aly Pakistan, Middie

East

Africa, Great Britain, Europe, 6 p.m.

Thailand, Ceylon, Burma, India, 0. U.S.A., & p.m.

p.m.

By Surface

Japan, Hawall, 3 p.m... Malaya, Great Britain, Europe (Notzerland & Germany,

Parcoin direct), 5 p.m. Масло, 5 р

TRIDAY, MARCH 8

Cambodia,

8 д.м.

By Alr

Malays.

Germany, 9 ..

1

Indonesia.

Furznoja, Japan, Korea, Okinawa. 11a.m.

Indo-China, France, Noon. Philippines, Austrália, New Zea- land, à p.m.

Quam, wall, U.S.A.. 1 p.m. Formosa, U.S.A., 6 p.m. Thalinad, India, Fakistan, Middie East, Africa, Great Britain & Europe,

Canada, 0 p.m. Japan. 6 p.m.

This morning, Mr D. E. Green- feld, Crown Counsel, announced that he was offering no evidence on the count of intimidation and he would treat the outstanding charge of unlawful assembly in

Jury to return a formal verdiet and

Recce asked the

of not guilty on the Intimidation count. He also explained that Lee was up before another Jury on a charge of riot. On that charge he could have been con- victed of the offence of unlaw-direct) 18. & 3. khoqeria & Mo- ful assembly.

of

of

But the Jury, the Judge went on, finding him not guilty riot, had disagreed on the ques- lion of whether or not he was guilty unlawful assembly. Thus this charge was "a sword of Damocles" hanging over his head. Crown Counsel

was not evidence offering any evid

on this outstanding charge also therefore the Jury should return a formal verdict on it, he såld.

Lee was discharged on two charges. But Mr Greenfield disclosed that ho was in custody on another charge.

the

By Burtace

China, People's Republle, 7 a.th. Macao. 1 p.

Malaya, Portuguese East Africa, 8. Africa, Brazil (Argentine. Piccol

zambique, Parcela via L. Marques), ip.m.

Kores. 4 p.m.

N. Borneo, Rabaul, Australia, New Zealand, p.m. Macao, 6 p.m.

Radio

H.K.T.

Hongkong

8.30. Time for Older Children,

Elizabeth; and presented by

0, Time Signal. Programme Summary: 0.02, Portuguese Half Hour: 0.30, V.O.A. Hit Parade; 839, Weather Report: 7, Time Signal, The News:7.09. The Opening of the Tal Lam Chung Water Scheine. Speeches by Lady Patricia Lennox-Boyd, and his Ex- cellency the Governor, Bir Alexander Grantham, G.C.M.G. Re- corded at the Inauguration Cero-

7.15 Approx., Band Coll: 7,45, Short Story, "Accidental Murder." by Alex Mejrose, Hend by Kotwald Das cont; # BBC

Variety Parade. Arthur Askey in

Play- mates: 40, Thursday Scrapbook; The News and 9. Time Signal. Home Nows from Britain; p.16, Who Primo the Independence of Chana: 9.23. Harold

Minister, the Right Hon. Macmillan, broadcasts an

its roles must be the principal Church. Three posters to which of Standard Oll of New Jersey: PLANE LAUDEmony at Taun Wan this Afternoon;

In

that the crude oil would stages of have gone up even if there had

been no Middle East crisis.

Washington, Mar. 6. The guided missiles with all

Mr M. J. Rathbone, president weapon in any future fleet, ha the Pope objected show ple- Fold Congress today added.

tures of French actress Brigitte price of US Britain had lagged behlad Bardot various with this development except in nudity, ulr-to-air missiles.

Vice-Admiral Evans-Lombe, who retired in 1835, declared on

and bchait of the British Navy these islands and the firing on a League that "Wherever else cuts

fishing boat by the

of the Paracels, went toward Kanchuan to get fresh water.

The illegal occupation

Chinese

of

10

troops of the South Vietnam (President) Ngo Dinh Diem elque have not only menace Clives

and caused damage the Chinese fishermen in that aren, but also constitute

a provoca- five act of the Ngo Dinh Diem clique in violation Chinese sovereignty."-United Press.

tho

14,000 Arrests Made

Con-

Reunification Discussions

Manila, Mar. 7. The largest Philippine morn- ing newspaper, the independent Manila Times, today lavished praise on Hongkong Airways which yesterday concluded its Vickers Viscount jet-prop, plane

The Pope's objections touched off a small political storm today Mr Rathbone appeared for the some observers sald the second day before Senato sub- issue may cause a split in Pre-committees investigating mier Antonio Segni's Christian recent increase in the price of Democratic Party.

oll and a subsequent increase in inaugural Hongkong-Manila in- At the Opera. "Fidelio" (Booth- Basoline prices,

The

sub-augural flight.. also committees

are inquiring to operations of the all-for- Europe programme,

Foment sources

;

were

said Press.

Π

measures on

SIDE GLANCES

blow to the Catholle premier at

duo

By Galbraith

REDIFFUSION

POPE'S APPEAL

oven), Principals with the ND.C. Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pope Plus appealed to Roman

In a front page article Times Arturo Toscanini; 10.50, "In Chun- Catholics to launch an "energe

newsman Crispin Gonzales, who | cery" by John Galsworthy, (Repest tic" campaign against pornogra-

The Increases of

Weather Time a cent said that the inaugural night, wer Sunday' broadcast): 1010. phic posters, magazines, flims

the steadiness of the Radio Nows.eel: 11.10, Goodnight and television programmes be-

gallon. In gasoline and as much | Viscount was "beyond com- Music: 11.30, Cise Down. said, there was “little as 35 to 40 cents a barrel for parison." cause, he sake

crude oil, of effective action from hope

Mr Rathbone said. He described the flight as "60 other. Washington, Mar. 0.

"long overdue." United amooth and vibrationless." The four-power working

France-Presse. group on German unity begno today that the Senate had been talks Loday

to find considering new designed new ways of speeding setile public morals for SOTIC time. ment of the long-stalled Gerinan They said a bill drafted by the. issue.

Senate Interior Committee Representatives from France, would go a long way toward Great Britain, the United States eliminating such

isplays 03 Capetown, Mar, 7. Mr Henry Kotlicki, Director-

ope and West Germany met at the those clied by the Pope, South Africa's Minister of

Jate this The Papal criticism came as a Department morning but no details of General in the Polish Ministry Justice, C. R. Swart, told State the meeting were revealed. A of Finance and

head of the Parlament on Wednesday night afternoon to review the reuni- that Potish mission, told the United that the Transvaal police had European security. disclosed rellable source

fication

to a time when his three-Party question in relation

coalition is on shaky ground neither Thal strongman Marshal Press his negotiates "presented made 14,000 arrests in

State Department com- general, elections are Sarit Thomamt nor police chief needs for surplus agricultural nection with the boycott of bus

products". Gen. Phao Srlyanond attended,

first within a year, Derviços

munique Issued after the Johannesburg session In the Sriyanond reportedly presided

"We asked for certain area by African workers since view would be conducted

of the fails said the re- Opposition newspapers quick- Mr Kotlicki.

"only turned the Pope's speech into over a meeting of high officials amounts," said

the boycott

a political issue. The Com- "But by agreement with United States we cannot go into the police had their hands large.

however, that the basis of the proposals made

at the Geneva meeting of munists attacked' carlier.

the Pope's details."

Foreign

Ministers of 1955 and interference

the und

nco- Hert Jy Waldo Bichop called on Premier Poland is known to want leaders in many cases vole in the light of subsequent de Fascists sald "such things did Pibul Songerdm before taking wheat, cotton, fats and oils. direct

not happen"in the days of velopments." Intimidation, warning No time limit has been set on

diciator Benito

Mussolini. leave Thursday for Canberra to United Press.

would-be bus passengers that the discussions. US

United Press. they would be caught up with have said talks would probably Bomer or later,

Africans on and location, he wind up in about 10 days. But saiti, hnd. burned down.

the German delegation and the the Foreign Minister, Dr Heinrich houses

and business

premises von Bf the talks being held Brentano, reportedly are in of boycott lenders following favour Fiery Mount Etna was scat-their use of such intimidatory without any limit, tering grey-black cand over u methods. six-mile radius today in a The Minister was speaking rhythmten series of volcanic during a bebate on a bill aimet explosions.

at preventing the use of alter native transport in the Tranvaal boycott areas,--Franco-Presso,

of the Interior

Ministry

American Ambassador Max

attend the SEATO Council of

Ministers

meeting

on March 11.-United Press.

Opening

M

RADIO STATION

BANS' MUSIC " Boston, Mar. 6.

Rock and roll music will be banned on radio station, WBMS effective Monday, the general manager, Normal Fuimen, an- nounced today,

the

Mt Etna Erupts Erratically

Catania, Mar. 0,

The behaviour of the Sicilian volcano, erupting intermittently for the past three weeks, was among the strangest in its long

Swart an.

because the

sources

At the end of the talks, the worlding group will prepare a report that will be submitted to the four governments and to the NATO Council-United Press.

recorded history. Volcano ex Urges Moratorium Campaign Succeeding

Station WBMS is bowing to public-oplusion and requests from members of the clergy," said Mr Furman. He said the station pert Dr. Salvatore: Cucuzzi Bil- felt that rock and roll had "bes" vestri hended a team of scient-- como associated with curtain ists who were recording och unfavorable elements."-United | Irosh dovolopment, United Press,

Prea.

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TWO. SENTENCED

TO DEATH

Meknes, Mar. 6. A Moroccan military court to- day sentenced two men to death for the surfer of feur members of a French family in riots last October 23. Two other men were sentenced to hard labour 11fo and five others received Log Washington, Mar. 6.

prison terms, ranging from ‘six President.. Eisenhower askeď Congress today to let Britain

London, Mar, 0. The Colonial Secretory, Mr K

years for complicity in the postpone to seven annual Alan Lennox-Boyd, salt today

riots broke out in protest payments on, a $4,372,000,000 | the active strength of the Com- against the French nerest of five loan granted in 1950, Ths pay-munist terrorists in Malaya was Algerian loadove, and the mob mecity

corno' to $188,000,000 a estimated to diave been reduced stormed the⠀⠀ beicleworks owned year in Interest and principals | by about one third during the by the Mas family, killing the United Press.

1 list yest-Houter."-

familyFranco-Presse,

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2 p.m. Variety Calls the Tune; 3 Romaniio.Cycles-Special abridgedi version of Andre Messager'a romantig

Beaucrire"; oparetia, ..... "Sonateur” |3.30, Novatimo-Featuring the Air- lane Trio, Hugh Waddill, Les Paul and Mary Ford, and the Novatime Trio: 4. The Story, of Bottle Cratie; 435, Tea Time, Rendezvou Vocally. Youre-Popular Bongs rung by George Gustary and Lind Renaud

6. "Chlidren's "Comerus Presented by Auntie Teen. Time-Presented by Batty Souza; B, Tropicana; 629, Birthday Mailbag: 0.45,, Songs of the Arland; 7. Time" Signal and the Nów; 7.09, The Opening of the Tai Lam Chung Water Scheme. Speeches by Lady Patricia Lennox-Boya and G Excellency the

Bir Governor Alexander Grantham, G.C.M.G Recorded at the Inauguration Cert- mony at Tain Wan this afternoon; 1.15, Weather Report and" "Ani nouncements: 7,17, Souvenir Songs;

Benny Goodman and | Örchestra; 143, Singing Strings, 8, Porsonality Parade-Rex Harrison: 9.15. Capital Show! 8.30, Philo Vance in "The Mardock, Murdos

Case"

Jackson Beck at Philo Vance; 9, Time Bignal, Nowa and... Home News from Britain; 9.10, The Prune Minister, the fight - Hon. ffarold Macmillan, broadcanta oss the

Independence „of Ghana: Musical Interlude; 0.30,· Derride, Day Show!

10, Cafe Comilriental-Francis Mulle presented by Jeannetta Piry: 10.30, London Studio Concert; 11 Date with Dreamland: 11.30. Prelude to` Midnight: 12. "God Save the Queen", Close Down,

Claim Repeated

"Buenos Aires, "Mar.""6, The government" submitted a nola to the. British - Embary here.......... reafirming | Argentinė claim to the Falkland Islande in view of a row British stamp: isuzo which, alluder to thơm, sis a British

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