1957-03-21 — Page 2

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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1957.

高

Shoots The Maranders

PROBLEM IS-HOW TO

STOP SEALS FISHING

London, March 20.

Almost 3,000 seals have made their homes on Scotland's Farne Islands, 20 miles south of the mouth of the River Tweed.

New Giant Tankers Too

Big For The Canal

Paris, Mur, 20, Virtually all tankers now being ball in French ship- yards are heavy tonnaga Versein, designed for the long haul around the Cape,

They are of such

naire

furthermore, that they de liberately exclude passage through the Buez Canal, a survey showed today. Dunkerque shipyards have confirmed onders for eight new super-lankers,

kome

of them for American firms.

had two

One of 68,300 tons is for the Hemisphere Transportation Corporation, which previously ordered others In French shipyands, AR will fly the 'Panama flag. British Petroleum has order- 47,850-tonners, ed

thres with a fourth

Local fisherman are convinced that the Farmo Islands seals are the marauders which are killing end mutilating Tweed salmon by the score.

The problem is now, being probed extensively, for it is one which threatens the livelihood of

on salmon fisher every

the river.

It is estimated that one out of every 10 salmon which enters the river from the North Sea is attacked and injured by sents. This does not take into account the number of fish which never reach the estuary.

certain

Voteran shers are that scals Already being

both breed on the istands and swim to the Tweed to kill salmon.

built at Dunkerque,

The

Niarchos group han ordered a 46.800-ton tanker. The Tidewater Oil Associated

Company Launched

third

the

of its four ordered B1.850-tom fankets lsst month.--Franice-PresA.

Cyril Stapleton

And Show

Sacked By

Band

BBC

London, March 20.

The BBC has told Cyril Stapleton that it is not going to renew his contract. This means that from July there will be no Stapleton SHOW BAND.

AND NO

wanted to

For under Stapleton's con- Another reason, he said, may be traet he supplies the band. That ¦ that

BBC the means he recruits the musicians, i economise.

Mall

correspondent,

Dally. Phillp Purser, said BBC execu- lives feel this arrangement gave Stapleton too much power,

West Germany Offers

To Mediate

Melbourne, Mar. 20. Herr Heinrich von Bren-. tano, West German Foreign Minister. today that West Germany would be prepared to offer her good offices as s mediator in the Middle East crisis whenever they might be useful, Speaking

at the airport Arrival from

on

his

von

Canberra

Herr Brentano said West Ger- many would like to see the United Nations con- trol the

airip Gaza pending a settlement of the crisis. Hold the present Mid- dle East situation was "Intolerable to lovers of

peace."-Reuter.

SHIP PASSES TIRAN STRAITS

Tel Aviv, Mar. 20. The Israeli-chartered freighter

RAIDED NET

One states he has seen a Beal dive into a bulging net and emerge with a prime salmon be- tween its fore flippers.

Injuries can knock as much as two shillings a pound off the value of a salmon. The Ayet- age Tweed salmon weighs rdne pounds.

One expert has said; "Some control is obviously necessary, This does not mean extermina- tion-publle

American Businessmen Coming To Colony

San Francisco,

Mar. 20.

The President of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, Mr E. D.

Maloney, opinion is against that but the number of seals must be cut down in the com- mercial interests of the salmon. Industry.

But the seals on the Farnes show on uncanny intelligence. No one can gol within 50 miles them.-London Express Ser-

vice,

Pictures show: (left)

Prosz cameraman Peter Macvean

managed to photograph the. cals, using a 20-inch lens gun camera; and (right) some of the seals of the fame islands,

Tornado Havoc

Wellington, Mar. 20.

of

of

A tornado which struck New (Cyril Stapleton and bla Band | Plymouth, principal town are beard over Radio Hongkong Taranaki Province, early today

Occasionally.

swathe His records are cut a long narrow in the station's Ubrary.

damage from the seo and up the

through Listeners heard him last night | valle

the western 8.30 playing a half-hour soution of the alty for threo selection of muslo called “Paris

miles.

Many buildings were severely After Dark.")

damaged. China Mall. Special.

WORK HORSES

The 43-year-old bandleader and his 17 hand-picked musicians have been BBC's "work-horse" for nearly five years doing threa shows a week, 48 weeks a year.

The band which has became a household

name

will play for the last time on Juno 20– unless Stapleton decides to, keep it going na a private venture.

today an- nounced that 40 San Francisco businessmen would leave on May 3 for a goodwill tour of Japan. Hongkong and the Philippines.

The group arriving in Tokyo on May 5 would spend five days at the Tokyo Trade Fair, and visit Nagoya and Shimizu.

From Nagoya, the party would visit Osaka-Kobe area, re- turning to Tokyo to fly to Hongkong.

. After two days' stay in Hongkong, the party would By to the Philippines, leaving Manila for San Fran- cisco on May 26, after four-day stay. Reuter.

W. Germany Gets Top

Armed Forces Chief

Bonn, Mar. 20. Lieutenant-General Adolf Heusinger was appointed Chairman of the Combined Chiefs-of-Staff of the West German Armed Forces today.

Govermient spokesman

He said: "I just haven't had Ilmo to think about that yot.

A "It's not so bad for the boys. told Д They

all free-lanca decision musicians, and play in other | Cabinet this morning. bands from time to time,

are

"It's hardest on me, really. Show Bind has occupled all my Ume. Now I have to begin all over again."

NO SUCCESSOR

7

news conference WDE takon by

the the

Dr Konrad Adenauer, who returned from his holiday in Italy yesterday, presided.

Genern! Houanger thus bo- came the highest West GermaIN officer. He is expected to be given the rank of a four-star general later this year, informed sources said.

Why has the BBC made this decision?

The chiefs of the army, navy An official statement

and air force will be sub- sald only: "We now feel that ordinate to General Heusinger It is time to make a change. For China Mail Epecial.

the present there will be so successor,**

Stapleton said: "I don't know

Born, Mor, 20. The West German Cabinet

Pandora passed through the any more than that. Michael today decided to recommend Tim Straite without interfer- Standing, controller of enter September 15 as the date for ence, it was officially announced. tainment, called me to his office. the Text Konstal olbetion. -United Press.

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HUNGER STRIKE OVER

Amman, Mar. 20.

A group of: 700 Yetugees from the Gasa Birly today ended their two-day hunger strike after tha personal intervizioki of King

Hussein.

The refugees who flod from to Jordan when the GAZ feruelis occupied Gaza, were protesting naainst the Jordan Government's failure to acad them home.

In addition to King Hussein's Intervention, the Exyptian Em | bobsy `military attache promised

poon as (conditions in the

· Gaza' strip' refurried to normal,

Frarico Pros.

to allow the refugees to" koturn

A

London Mar. 20.

The British Admiralty is con- siddring....dimensing with four, 34,000-ton befi

of the rally Under- her Soames,

Today,

Beserve Fleet

Secretary Feed in Parliam

Anton, the How

1912FT

the

the Duke of

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AUSTRALIA ADOPTING U.S. WEAPONS

Canberra,· Mar, 20. The Australian Govern `mmit' is" planying to stan

dardier lim, millary, ngulp- ment on the Amerioan pát- -form-with- the " purchines "of Amertoen, Gold, guna", to replace those prameiskas manufacture, infort

Defence Minister, Sir Phillp Mepride, told "A NOCTUS inceling of the Pärlianden. lary parties that the government planned the purchase of the America 105-millimetre field sun' to replace the British 26- pound gun now in 10 In Australia, the sources sală.

This proposal, together with plans to pirohanó tho

F104 and the troop carrier 010, mean that 'Austraila was sitempting to

American Star fighter

stan dardian Its equipment on the American pattern, the sourotų mald.---Ünited Prom.

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