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CHINA

No. 36778

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, · 1957.

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RESETTLEMENT AREAS

Decision Five-year Plan

THE news that Japan is

about to announce her intention of following Britain's lead in relaxing the trade embargo against China fand presumably North Korea and North Vietnam) does not come 48 a surprise. The decision la inevitable In view of the action takon by other

nations associated with Chincom. Japan's projected action, like that of Britain, is motivated by the irritating difference

between the embargoes

applied to the Soviet Union and the Eastern European satellites, and to the Asian

Communist states. Britain's decision to "go it alone", made against the wishes of the United States, did not arouse the anti- cipated storm; in fact, there was barely a ripplo where waves were expected.

FEW American politicians became volublē on the aubject and despite Socro- tary of State John Foster' Dulles's denial that there was a difference of opinion between himself and Prest- -dont Eisenhower it was quite evident that the latter, by his own utterances, was

informed of fully

the consequences of retaining the differential and was therefore in favour of its abolition.

Mr Dulles's claim that the of

"substantial majority"

the Chincom, nations sup- ported the United States (Dulles) position does not appear to be very realistic an already A number of countries have stated their Intention to abolish the anomaly. In view of this that It is improbable America's major ally in the Far East will be subjected to over-much criticism despite hostility in some quarters.

Mr

THE fact that the Japanese

Prime Minister, Nobusuke Kishi, and other Japanese abstained from committing themselveв! following Britain's declara- tion on May So was a broad hint of future events. Mr Kishi, like his predecessor, has been quite adamant in the past that trade with China is

"economic necessity" for his country in spite of differences of ideological opinion which exlata between the two nations.

an

Disclosed

DISTRICTS NAMED

THE Hongkong Government revealed to-

day plans for new rosettlement estates in five areas. These will accommodate some of the 300,000 squatters which still remain to be settled.

In the House of Commons, yesterday, Reuter reported, Mr John Profumo, Under- Secretary of State for the Colonies said:

Red Warships

Pass

Gibraltar

Gibraltar, June 25.

A Soviet cruiser and three escort vessels the passed through Strafts of Gibraltar to- night and headed out into the Atlantic, a Bri- tish merchant ship re ported.

Naval anthorities here said the British ship, whils was not identified, radioed that the Soviet ships, pam- ca through the Straits of Gibraltar in misty weather,

···TAN Kumsian-ships-mailed Into the Mediterranean from the Blick Sea last

weck

tho and were in Western Mediterranean at NAZIO time as Nato Haval manoeuvres bega there early today. Two Bovlet destroyers also left the Black Sea last week, Suez passed through tho Canal yesterday and were Loday reported salling down the Red Sea,-United Press.

ملل

Fined For

"Diverting" Electricity

A man was fined $250 for extracting" much, "mallclously

"The Hongkong Govern- ment is preparing a plan for the new resettlement estates covering some 192 acres which are to be built in the next four .or Ave yenra.

"All this land is Crown land but some of it which has been Kased will be resumed and the leaseholders will be com- pensatod."

He said this in reply to Mr SQL Ranidr (Labour) who asked what the Hongkong Gov- cmment had done to acquire 200 or more acres, necessary to resuttle at homeless squatters. It was learned authoritatively In Hongkong this morning that The New resettlement estules would be in ve areas--Wan Tai Sin, Kun Tong, Jordan Val- ley, Tchal Wan and Tung Tau. HAS STARTED

In Wan Thi Sin, clearance of the arts: Imps started. The

·· Tang Tag ‘arta' is to be re- developed. Further develop-. ment is to take place in Toba Wan, and the Kun Tong and the Jordan Valley areas in the vicinity of Kal Tak are both new.

A Government spokesman told the China Mail this morning: "These estabes are likely to keep the Resettlement Department's technical resources fully occupied for four or five years.

"All area are undeveloped and involve provision of roads und other basc services such us Water supply and drainage which will make heavy demands on the PWD's, engineering staff. These sites have to be near main areas of employment and fairly fat in order to evold tim consuming atte, formation work," he added.

RIVER PO BURSTS ITS BANKS

Thousands of people fled their homes in the Po River delta, northern Italy

on Thursday, when continuous_rainfall caused the swollen Po to burst its banks

in several places near Ca Vendramin, Large areas were flooded and large local towns, threatened with `inundation,

Photo Shows: Swirling water gushes through a broken dyke the.Po bursts its banks near. Ca Vendramin.--Keystone Photo.

MAN FALLS

FROM CITY

BUILDING

An_unlarnified Chinese man fell from the fourth foot of 10 Queen's - Ready- Central,. this morning, 'at about 10 o'clock,

fio landed in the alloy between Kayamaliy House and the American Under- writers Building.

The man, aged about head 45. suffered severe injuries, He was dead on arrival at Queen Mary Hospial.

Police are making-in- quiries.

No Flights In Britannia

ANNUAL REPORT This Morning

In the last annual report it Due to a fault in the

was stated that 40 per braking system of the uf the Colony's 500,000 squatters. were now resettled in tolerable, homes,

visiting Bristol Britannia this morning, a large numa- "Some 300,000 (more) remain ber of local dignitaries to be resettled," it said.

were unable to take

Possibly Britain kopt stress-

ing her point too placing emphasis on the electricity at Central Court| dire necessity for trading today. And another man was This would mean estimated with China. The Japanese, fined the same amount for expenditure of $200 million for/Pleasuro ride around on the other hand were "fraudulently diverting" the construction of 120 more

probably more subtle.

SOME months

they electricity ago

decided to impose "volun.

about

produced by seven-storey blocks on Hongkong Electric Co., Ltd. 200 acres of land.

"Subject to limiting factors, The fines were imposed by Mr plans exist for the resettlement the United States, thus Hin-shing Lo.

of 230,000 more squatters in the gaining favourable oplaton

abc years," the report

tary" quotas on exports to

Defendants were Mau Ho-sun, next

in a country on which they 45, of 73A. Coine Road, ground said. rely, not only for defence, floor and Ng Kwan, 35, of Lan but also for the rejuvena-Yuco Farm,

Chai Wan. Mau

tion and rebuilding of their pleaded guilty and Ng. not FLU TAKEN

export industry. Such zuilty.

sympathetic consideration

DSI Han Chun-ching pro-

in the congressional trade socuted.

Ou May 13, Loo Kwong,

lobbles should be sufficient residing at 73A

Celne Road,

to atifte much of the basement, noticed a new electric 家 criticism Hable to he wire together with the original

TO BRISTOL

London, June '25.

Five seamen were put in somcot quarantine in the Bristol

with su

levelled by the aggressive wire attached to his meter: He foreign policy group then suspected

that

opposed to trading with the was using electricity through his Hospital today

Asian Communists.

is

He eut meler.

ship Clan Chattan.

Colony,

а the

BOAC later announced that the fault had been retifled "to the complete satisfaction" of the

plane.

cohnical staff working on the

Afternoon flights would be

AV

when

AVA FLIES OFF IN A RAGE

New York,June 25, -

VA Gardner flew off to Madrid today in an arm-waving unprintable rage and without a

nightie.

Novel Disarmament Proposal RUSSIA SCRAPS

SUBS, BRITAIN ENDS N-TESTS

From CHAPMAN PINCHER

London, Jun

26.

SURPRISE disarmament proposal

-that Britain should agree to" end nuclear tests if Russia will agree to an all round ban on submarines is being considered by the British Cabinet.

The proponers: Earl Mount- hatten, First Bea Lord and other admirals.

Russian submarines there are more than 400 of them compared with Britain's 67-are considered to be the biggest threat to the West, next Russia's H-bomb.

FAIR RECOMPENSE.

to

Adoniral · Mountbation-con- siders that the submarino ban would be fair recompénao - for superiority in fire power which the West might lose by reduction in atomic weapons the next natural diraria- ment step after ending. the Costa,

A

Scrapping of Russin's sub- marine feet would greatly, re- duce Soviet supremacy

conventional

wenports and the British Government would be giad to get rid of the expensive burden of building-atomic sub- marines.

· LORD LOUIS HAS

·AN. IDEA

FIRST AIR TO AIR ATOMIC ROCKET

New York, June 25. * TUE United States will fro

the world's first air to airi rocket fitted with an atomic warhead on July 19.

today the roplet will be fired 'by'a jet airwaft to a polní in space over the Nevada Desert where all previous atom - bomb explosions in America

Her current boy friend, Italian actor Chiari, glumly trailed the fuming actress aboard the A United States Air Force have been set off--London Ex- plane.

Not aboard were five pleces

atomic missile

expert said press Service,

of Miss Gardner's luggage th FLY WITH THE PILOTS WHO FLY THE WORLD

cause of her tantrum. Twenty- five other baga and sullenses fod arrived safely at the airpori, but the five, including her over- night case with a nightgown for her plane berth and à change of clothing for her arrival, were ⚫missing.

hold as scheduled, beginning at

2.30 p.m.

The two morning fights had to be cancelled but the would- be passengers inspected the air- craft before It was moved to the HASCO servicing bay.

Race Verdict

Causes Riot

Police

AVA WAS ANGRY

The loss was discovered at the tleicot counter. Miss Gardner railed at the four startled aides and Chiarl,pounded the counter, waved her arms and shook a finger at their faces, Her whitd linen suit jacket, clutched in one hand, waved like a fag as she stormed!

Sister Unperturbed

Her

adster, unperturbed, left the scene, telephones - Tho Hotel Pierre, and discovered that sure enough, the

B

had

London, Jupe 25. off the main spected cases of. Asian

made baton Any attempt to force Japan power and found that the rink influenza, on their return charges and firemen turn- to take the United States inside the meter was still rotat from the Far East on the ed hoses on a screaming alternative and relax the So he made

'crowd of 500 persons at a a report to the embargo by a lesser degree Pellee

The ship stopped at Hongkong London Greyhound ata- apparently ruled out as

Police inquiries revealed that cod Singapore and loaded cargo It is not

In conformity Mau found he had no meter on loodere also stopped at dium last night over with the break-away the ground floor when he moved Rotterdam; and Londer before race verdict turned into a 'Chincom nations. Japan foto the house. He asked second suspected symptoms of the fluj riot.

cannot be blamed for going defendant to rectify the situa- were noticed at Bristol.

At least 14 persons were Necessary tests were being injured in tion at a cost of $315. along with them as a com-

the battle, Ng In turn asked another made to chalyse the illness of rioters set fire to the Harringay petitor in the hattle for man, not in custody, to fix it

stricken salloss-France Steatum grandstand, overturned economie existence.

for Mau

Presse. }

4 bookmaker's stand and threw a fireman through a plate glues window.

COMMUNISTS CLAIM QUEMOY

GUNS SILENCED

Paris, June 28. COMMUNIST, Chinese heavy mutillery Are yesterday enced the Nationmilst eztill lery... units in the "Quemoy islands which had been bombarding villages kizë shilps

along the Fukien coast in the past few days," the New China News Agency reported.

Communist units In the Amoy

area fired more than 8,000 (shells from 9.18 am to 6 pm:

[

local time Diperbual

Tho

on

Police held ́eaven man charges of assault this morning. Other arrests were thought likely It was one of the worst riots in Etitiah racing history,

been infi right there. That didn't help much-there waan't time to get them on the plane

Miss Gardner shouted at Chiari. "All your luggage, la herë.”"" "Why isn't mine?"

Chiari turned his både and walked away.

The four studio mes took advantage of a deep breath and curled off in four directions.

One came back in a moment, Trouble started at the end of put a soothing erm around the the sixth race when Judges ruled actress and led her out toward yesterday, the a dog called Billycan Borint out the plane,

of 'cond place, claiming. RR

Part of the Nationalist front the winner. Ruben's Complexion, Miss Gardner's other 18 pieces and obscrvation posts of the as they passed the post; Billycan of luggage, had been. Insded on Nationalist artillery undis Sprint was the favourite, Ruben's | the plane vps air freight-41,300 were ... destroyed. ---- Frunen. | Commission a 10-to-one chanos. pounds niin freight cöft;"" of

--- United Press.

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