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No. 36754:
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COMMENT OF
THE DAY
Crossing The Harbour
AST night's debate or- |
ganised by Hongkong Round Tablers between Mr K. A. Watson and Mr K. B. Allport representing their resjiactive plans for Im- proving cross -harbour transport facilities, under-
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WEDNES
Price 20 Cents.
DAKS
Whiteaways
NOW ALL DAMS ARE OVERFLOWING
Yuen Long Floods
Subsiding But More
Squalls Ahead
7
Now all the Colony's reservoirs are
lined not only the need for overflowing.
This was announced by a
these facilities, but also Government spokesman this morning.
nome of the difficulties that
Heynolds Retrial Request MONEY TROUBLES BECOME No 1 HEADACHE IN FRANCE
Unanswered
Talpel, May 28.
NATIONALIST China
still waiting" - an official reply from the United States Government whether the US ergeant who stiot and idled a Chinese citizen will be re- tried, government, scurreda
Bald tonight.
American, jota in Talpet, the next day
Foreign Minister Geonga Yeh told
• a. press, confererion on Blondie. that he had requested the US Embassy to and out whether the US, Judicial, system per miya Fréttiál - or 'a": review, of the Reynolds case.
face Government before The Colony's water storage at 8 a.m. Sant Robert G. Reynolds But government officials told
launching out on a policy
the effects of which can
burely be estimated, and the
end of which must be at
least Bome $200 million
away.
The debate also underlined, vicariously, some of the virtues of our present -efficient but hardly adequate' service of cross-harbour ferries.
can be
Ex-
today was 8,667 million gallons
'an
increase of 117 million gallons in the last At Tai Lam Chung, storage is 24 hours.
2,705 million gallons.
Negro Runs Amok On Ship
And with the news that tho reservoirs are all flowing etme better news about the weather.
Cheers went up in city offices this morning when the sun came out this morning. First soon after 11 am, then again just after 12 noon..
It was the first sunshine the Colony has Been since Sunday when about 40 minutes of sun- shine were recorded.
aro
The Yuen Long flooda gradually subsiding. But the army is still standing by, main-
Bre
being experienced
orca. FAIR PERIODS
in the
Villagers who were forced to
The final argument against |
the ferry must be that it cannot and never will bel able to cope with rush hour! traffic. But then neither can our roads, One of the virtues of the present ser-
San Francisco, May 28. vice (though not a virtue.
A Negro rating said to all motorists pected to appreciate) is have gone berserk stood only because of high des which that while ferries make the bridge of the US naval essential transport possible, ship Uvalde in San Fran- they do to some extent, andelsco Bay today, holding particularly during rush four hostages, after shoot hours, encourage people to ing an ensign dead and make greater use of public wounding two other men. transport.
A chaplain, Commander Her- To argue this virtue as a man Schhurr, tried in vain to persuade him to surrender. Then Anal argument in favour the man's mother, Mrs Martha of ferries would be Henderson, was allowed aboard counsel of despair. But it to plead with him. Marines with lu a counsel that can afford slot guns kept everyone else at some comfort to the Colony a distance. during all
but its worst Jimmie Henderson-sentenced A young Chinese woman wap rain storms. The altoran- yesterday to four months for killed in one of several kand tives must, because of the stealing a watch, but "at large slides which occurred during the
the heavy rains this morning. present Bize and future pending confirmation of
sentence was armed with n The woman, Cheng Yuen- growth of the traffle probistol with which he covered yang, aged Tom, be on such a vast acales four captives. As peaceful where, ari outhouse, of a kerber that whichever is chosen, persuasion was tried on itender-ter's shop at No. 12 Mattone wholesale town planning son, Colonel E. M. Williams, and the expenditure of commanding the Marines, suld Lane, Hunghom, was smothered by a movement of earth, She huge
be there would be no more shooting was extricated and taken to Involved.
unless it was "absolutely neces
Kowloon Hospital where she, Either plan would demandsary."
dieu..
sume
would
greatly improved roads on Play It Cool
both sides of the water.
evacuate their homes two duys ago, are expected to return sometime today.
Fair periods are expected this afternoon.
π Royal Observatory polecaman warned: "I'm afraid the Indications are that there will be only a temporary respite. There's still a prospect of more squally showers,"
But
In the Mongkook district of: others пусто Kowloon, three slightly injured in a entaor lands- de at Fo Yan Street, near Soy Street They were treated ut
Hospital but not? Only this detained.
superficial: and damage was caused to the hut in which they were lying.
"We will play it cool," he said. The bridge particularly we have enough bodies already would require a vast altern- we don't want any more. We'll tion of Kowloon, and seems wait and see what happens." to imply a greater concentra- An officer of the Uvalde said Kowloon tion (faster reads anHenderson arose early taller buildings) in Victoria morning, found a hammer and the Kowloon peninsula, beat his guard, metalsmith Jake
M. Verdek, on the head.
He
one bullei
The vital harbour borings took verdek's pistol and killed will be made later this year, the rnsign with and the plan is very cor-through the head, tainly far from dead.
He then went into another
R. D. Lee threa
The Navy sald later
sergeants
that
Mr Watson's scheme for a compartment of the vessel and
speedway on low piers shot Ensign across the western end of {umea, the harbour envisages on the other hand a spread of Henderson surrendered after two the built-up and-industrial Marine
hod gone areas and satellite towns, aboard with tear gas shells. *
Later one of the two sergeants The plan besides offers
of the ship, many distinct advantages carne to the rail that it deserved to be in- rendered."
shouting "The man has sur vestigated with the same
The hostages escaped earlier engineering precision. China Mail Special.
BOTH schemes are in fact so
good that it would be wrong of Government to proceed with one without
Nationalists
exploring the other ni Miss HK Ship
And whatever their ultimato
decision, every part af The Hongkong freighter Hongkong life, the whole White Bee, which was fired appearance of the city, and on by Nationalist batteries the expenditure of astro- on Tatan Island on Monday nomic sums of money are night, has safely entered The problem is that of build- Amoy, the ship's agents, Ing city to accommodate International Import and the present increase in the Export Co., Ltd, were in- number of cars on the roads formed.
involved.
18,000 In 1962,"80,000 Radio Peking reported last today, increasing at 400 a night that Nationalist, artillery month to a police estimate on Tatan Island fired more than Ono 20 shells, at the White Boo as of 70,000 in 1967. might ask "Are motor she was entering Amoy at 9.10 cars really worth so much P.m, on Monday,
So far as it could be ascer trouble?" The answer might tained, there were no casunities be "Horses are more lovable or damage to the ship, an official than cars, but cars came of the company saki, this just the same."
motning.
BE
At Stanley, Island Road near blocked by a alp of earth but House No. 484 was partially
the road has now been cleared. Another minor landslide dc- curred at Belcher's Fort in the Western District where a hut was partially buried. No one was injured.
STILL IMPASSABLE
Tai Hang Stuble Road and Road are still impassable bu in Kowloon all roads are open.
In tive
Territorien, New Hiram's Highway which leads
Sal to
Kung remains blocked while Tapo Road is open vehicles under 35 cwt.
Two
way
to
trafle has been restored in Castle Peak Road,
The Balley bridge at Kam Tin is still weak and is restricted to vehicles under 35 cwt, during the hours of daylight only, Be tween 7 p.m. and 7 a.m, the bridge is closed to traffic.
London Staggering Working Hours
London, May 26. Large London firms have been asked to stagger the worlding hours of their employees to help avoid the
tightly capital's
at travelling congestion 5,80 patt
In central London: 44 firms have already, adopted 120 thed and now Jajor firme bave been asked to kiln the schonED to end the “erush" hour.
Chin Mall, Special,
ANGLO-EGYPTIAN TALKS FAIL
Bomb, May 28. first major post-Suez negotiations between Bri-. tain and Egypt bogged down today with neither side will- ing to give way on compensa-
They
:
was acquitted by a court United Fross that the Govern; martiol last Thursday Thement is still waiting for an verdict touched on
antl official reply--United Press.
TORNADO
CARVES
A PATH OF
DEATH
This low level, aerial view shows the devastating path of the tornado which swept through the suburban Ruskin. Heights ræsidential area of Kansas City, USA, earlier this month. In the foreground are the ruins of a church with shattered, houses and other buildings filling the background. More than „30 people were killed.-- Associated Press Photo.
Half Nationalist Ship's Crew Rescued
Tokyo, May 29. Thirty-one members of the 68-man crew of the grounded Nationalist Chin- ese 'freighter Pintan have been rescued up to early this morning, reports re- ceived by the Maritime Headquarters here said,
One crew member was re- ported missing.
Chitose
The Nippon Yusin radioed that its lifeboat had
stormy
made three trips in waters to the distressed. 3,300- ton Chinose freighter
and rescued 31 crew members.
The freighter Fintan ran around in rough sees 36 milde northeast of Amami Osblmn th the Ryukyus et:4.20 p.m. -yowler- day on route from Keelung to Tokyo.
An SOS received from the vessel suld the bottom, had been
ripped open and the vest). WOY taking in water. fol.
FLY
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Foreign Loans Unlikely
Paris, May 28. FRANCE'S Financial difficulties today overshadowed last-minute attempts by M. Rene Pleven, near-Radical states man, to get the major parties to com- promise on the programme for a new government.
As M. Pleven called Socialist and Conservative delegations to his headquarters--where ́ ́ he is
overcome attempting to
the crisis caused by last' weck's | defeat of M. Guy Mollet's gov- erminent--these moves were re- ported on the financial front:
• Calling of both
· Paistu - of' Parliament for to- zborrow to raise the' veiling of
BIG BEN
ROUND
Bank of France loams to the THE BEND
Treasury to meet short-term needs
by
30,000 maliilor
francs (£30 million sterling). The present ceiling is 175,000 million francs (£175 million sterling).
This is only a stop-gap kes-
London May 28,
Big Ben suddenly stop-
sure-and any new government pod dead tonight and la expected to have to ask for radio listeners around the Fat least a further 250,000 milion world went without its
trance
in advances from the daily 9 p.m. global timo Hank of France,
| signal. | 550 Growing Shortage The famous 1old clock
exobanze vital
for
"
2. With a desperate and adorning the House of Parlia
went “out of "dótion growing shortage of foreign mant
the at 8,40 pʊrh; (1940 (FMT), today purchase of raw materials only a few weeks after comple
Industry-ms political too of its biggest overhaul since leaders feck thas France may World War 11.
for
be
-forood: Lemporarily 1 to muspend, trade“.. liberalmaston
Watchmakers found that
A.
moresresrees with her painter had fort à pot of paint on
· partners in the 17-pation girder, too four the works and Organtation ro European rad been stopped by the
Ben's/hour-hand-counterweight Воовощие
(OLEO). *F
Thợ This would moun reimposing,
import quotes, which have been progressively eased In OFEC negotiations over the past few years.
France has almost exhausted the_282,500,000'dollar "standby"" credit granted her by the Inter- national Monetary Fund In Washington a few months BUTO Financial quariera believe her prospects" "ata further: dollar loan - either from an inter- national body or from the United States are remote until
9 P.M. AND THE_ WORLD WAITED-
Half an hour after Big Ben
she takes resolute action to falled the world, its face lights
restore her financial situation."
later the
These steps can only be taken went out, Another 30 minutes famous timepiece when a new government is installed-and
showed itself to be just a crday many obseryÝCIA here are pessimistic about au mixed-tip clock. early political-solution-reuter,
ľ
At.four minutes past 10 Big Ben struck 10.
More For Miners At six mimates past it chind
London, May 28,·· out the quarter-hour, Britain's 700,000 "coul" miners- One minute later the tower today agreed to accept wage in-clock boomed out 10 again,' creases totalling £10 million a
Finally, at 12.20 p.th, the This should. (add' an extralights went on again and Big shiling, per, ton lọ. the retail | Ben apparently was well again, price of coal.—Beuter.
-United Press,
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deleting, both FROM PARIS TO THE U.S.A.
were reliably reported Instead, It is thought the two awating further' instructions
will annoLINICO from London and Cairo' be- fore moving ahead with the talics
tion claims Haing out of theThere was a distinct lack of Suez invasiots,
Today for the first working day axico they arrived here on Thursday debogator of the (wa nations did not eobedules a
Two in
that they have thoroughly aired neighbourhood, the 3,008-com thair views and aro return-
respectiva Chitose Maru and the Kuroshio to their Ant
Kanmak Kison capitals to consider them. Maru of the Observers said that while the Company Ammylately rushed optimiam at the headquarters can have not been to the fusesed Vossel, k of each deleration over the Characieslo by karp dia- Court Guard patrol railpa progress of the talka,
astroement between the two Fitalianji from Kaghima and Observers here now believe the
dna, there has been | Borokaze from Nase City talks will and shortly with no COECTOM agreemente having been reached
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