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COMMENT OF

THE DAY

IGY Begins

DISCORDANT note

A struck by Poking-It re-

used to participate with Formosa in the Interna- tional Geophysical Year at the dat moment-was the only event Lo

the Inauguration yesterday of what is described as the "greatest concerted, study of the earth and its atmo- sphere ever undertakep." As Dr A. H. Shapley vice- ; chairman of the US com- mittee said: "Even the

at the expected time and the

cular style.

CHINA

No. 36783

Established 1845

TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1957.

THE WEATHER; Modorado E. toʻ♬‚B. winds: Fair or five.

MAIL

Price 20 Cents

DAKS

THE FARGES COMPART HE ACTION TROUSERS

Whiteaways

KO WA KID N

TRAFFIC BLITZ: 98 REPORTED

Police Patrols

Catch Licence

Plate Offenders

A

spécial Police blitz on the Colony's roads yesterday resulted in 98 drivers universe itself co-operated being reported for having the wrong kind Solur activity materialised of number plates, carrying too many people Huientists concerned have or not having renewed their driving licences. launched out into Chest Mr Alex Morrison, Superintendent of Traffic, Investigations In specta told the China Mail this morning that 56 drivers Many will echo the aenti- were caught with the wrong type of number ments of President Elsen- plates; 32 were summonsed for carrying an excess hower who said in officially opening the "Year" that number of passengers and 10 people were reported the most important result for not having renewed their driving licences. was the demonstration of the ability of peoples of all nations to work together harmoniously for the com-

good. lle added- wishfully-that he hoped this could become "common practice in other fields of human endeavour."

mon

THE so-called "Geophysicnl

Year is a Bomewhat ambiguous title from a lay- man's view!, The "year" 18 In fact 18 months but the literal alternative is clumsy and there is no chance of compressing such a detailed agenda into a period of

COMIC STRIPS

formerly on

page 8. will in future be

MIKO 7

Con week duși.

12 months. The current in NEW MOVE

quiry will provide the world

ledge of the atmospher

and surroundings of our liven-it should open new horizons, amplify dis- coveries already made and

Regulations providing for the size of letters and digits and their shape and spacing were published in December last year.

The Police warned the motoring public that they would have six months' grace to change their num- ber plates to the authorised version.

Ideal Day

Those caught

be summoned,

yesterday wil

Special patrols in addition to

IN GIRARD in watched

CASE

.fill in details of other Washington, July 1.

well-explored fields.

phic nature

the highwayg in +Hongkong, Kowloon and the New Terri

Lorkes,

escape

---It was an ideal day for truffle observation Thousanda <rove to beaches on the island and the Attorney-General Her|New Territories Perhaps its greatest contribu bert Brownell Jr, said to Hongkong's 85 plus heatwave.

tion will be to provide new day Japan would have the In Hongtong, the special food for thought and right to try William S. patrol consisted of one inspector, deeper insight for philoso- Girard for manslaughter two neos and six other ranks,

consideration of the

in Kowloon there were One of the universe, even if the Supreme Court bispector and four other ranks Commercially it promises ta decides he cannot be turn-and in the New Territories there open new flelds for researched over to Japanese au- were oneC inspector and and Investigation.

other rade policemen.. The thorities. general newspaper reader Brownell naked the Supreme may be forgiven, however, Court in a brief to overturn if he tends to look upon the the recent decision of Federal most publicised activities District Judge Joseph C. Mc-.

which As man's preparations for Garaghy

barred thu space lights to the moon United States from surrendering and beyond.

the Army specialist to Japan for trial.

THE satellite programme

The Attorney-General argued,. has taken a dispropor- in effect, that if the High Court tionately large share of the upheld McGarraghy's decision. It publicity associated with would be mullifying a US agree-

the "Year." It may be by far munt

with

Japan

governing ials of US servicemen accused

the most spectacular pro- of erimes in that country. jeet but not by any means

Girard's lawyers made a new Lo The Unite Slatos Supreme Court today to order

release from army custody.

dild so in a brief filed as

the "most important"-II the scientists

concerned Pica

have bothered tu 188C35 his *prioritica,

Three

Today Police will make a check of car parks in Kow- loon and Hongkong.

Watermelons

Put Out Taipei Fire

Taipei, July 1

Hongkong has a small con- 4 preliminary to next Monday's fully fought a fire which

tribution make: it is in Supreme Court hearing of this that the Colony will be arguments

razed to the ground a ware- chielly interested. Sending Girard should be tried by house on Sunday night with

10 whether

up balloons equipped with Japanese authorities. United novel weapons water- radio sonde mensuring Press and Rewer.

Instruments is hardly

"new" activity for Royal

Observatory meteorologists,

melons.

Scores of firo engines rushed to the scene in a side stret Taipei stood help- jessly because of water shortago in the area.

but there are headlines to HURRICANE downtown

be made in the ascent of balloons to 100,000 where their previous coiling has been in the region of 60,000 feet.

THESE balloons will mea-

surò temperature, pres- sure and humidity över the Colony and its surround-

TOLL MAY

HIT 500

Washington, July 1.

The number of people killed

·But the firemen managed to put the blazing fire under con- trol in half an hour by hurling hundreds of watermelons to 'the fames,

Damage WOO estimated At Formosan some hair a millon dollars (about HK$120,000), cx-

in the hurricane cluding the costs of the water- melons for which police said the

inga and the results will "Audrey" is expected to

later be tabulated with reach 500, White House owner has not fled, any claims. those recorded by other ob news secretary, Mr James United Press,

servation posts in the area. Hagerty, salditoday after a

These will help research telephone talk with Val

EDWARD HOTUNG LYING IN STATE

The late Mr Eddie Hotung lying in state at his home in Hongkong-China Mail

Photo'

SUDDEN DEATH OF EDWARD HOTUNG

MR Edward Sai-kim Hotung, elder son of the later Sir Robert Ho Tung, died suddenly of a heart attack at his residence at 8'Seymour Road at 5 a.m. today, at the age of 55.

.Mr. Ho returned from the after pushing posing undama United States only two weeks studles at the London School of go and was in good health up Economies, he joined the staff suddenly Look III.

to late last night when he

He is survived by his chil dren, Eric, Joseph, Antonia and Mary, and a grandchild,

Toni.

all of whom are in the United ono brother and seven sisters, most of whom are in Hongkong, His father, Sir Robert, died in the

same house on April 20, 1056 in his 94th year.

QUEEN'S COLLEGE

States. He is also mourned by

"Eddle" Hotung received his earlier education at Queen's College and entered the Gom-

was

merce Department of the Faculty of Arts, University of Hongkong. In 1923, he Chairman of the Students' Union when

the late Dr Sun Yat-sch visited the University, and be graduated in 1924:

MR EDWARD HOTUNG

Mr Eddie Hotung's residence in Seymour Road.

-China Mall Photo,

workers investigating large. Peterson, President Eisen-OAD PRO

KOAD PRO RUMOUR AGAIN

scale atmosphere changes,

Hongkong's Royal Obserower's special envoy to the

vatory is also participating stricken ares

ISEE ALSO PS] ~

Wimbledon, July 1

EW Hoad has signed an

agreement with the Aus tralian Lawn' Tennis Asso ciation to compete for it unill September. Cum Sproule,

manager of the Australian tenals squad, sald today. This was the only form of comment Boreale, weald, maka regarding reports from Sydney.! that the 22-year-old defending champion had decided to turn - profesional whether or not

he retains his ti Sproule was asked whether he

In the study of earth Mr Petron, US Clyll Delinet tremors, solar radiation and Administrator, said the situation L radiation fallout, accord-

was still serious from the point ing to a recent statement of view of public health and the by Dr 1. E. M. Watts, the

water was lacking in, stricken • orca alang the new director,

Louisiana coast Franco-Prcam. IGY thus promises to be an eveat which will attract wide

public interest. Postority will doubtless re- gard it as the most far- reaching and futonsive study ever made by the world's

Washington, July 1. scientistafa a world, The US House of Representa- furthermore, where selenes tives Foreign Affairs Com- has achieved universality.mittee today voted by 222-8 for Indeed the findinge, from a bill authorising $3,242,989,000

In foreign „dió for the coming | the IGY will perhaps come your

US Aid Vote

- to, be" "regarded as this 57nd figuró was 1600 -million century's greatest, contri, loss, than, President Elser hower. bution to human knowledge, requested--Reuter,

had reseived 'a' dimios anRWOE) from Hond about the reports. "Woare, nok, difcumstag: kha), Ho loud a promA DUMAL EX TO SLOC, Wimbledon, capek stake 10 for Kraniod Howa Will I Do"

-LEW: "HOAD"

of-theis Hongkong office of the Hongkong & Sharghat Banking Corporation. Later he was in business in Shanghai.

He roluried to Hongkong for the diamond wedding of his parents in 1941,

Nasser Attacks US Middle East Policy

London, July 1.

EGYPT'S President Nasser declared in a tele

vision interview, screened here tonight, that American policy in the Middle East would turn nationalists into Communists,

He was replying to a question on the Egyptian attitude to the Eisenhower doctrine put to him by Robin Day of the British Independent (commer- cial) Television! News.

President Nasser's

Calro

The interview was Almed we build up our army

and alr last Friday in the garden of force. We asked for these sub- home in marines! well, why should we

not have submarinest! · President Nasser said he felt that nationallam was dominat-fuse, Israell shipping the right to "Is It still your policy to re- Ing 11e Middle East now and go through the Suez Canal," the

rict Communism.

President was asked. He continued: "There is no

"Well, really Wo spreact of Communism in the Isolate the passing of larueli

| Middle East.

"But the Americans insist that

catinot

Canal

shipping • through the nationalism is Communism and trom the whole: Palestinian

problem try to stand against nationalism, thinking they are standing against Communiam.

the

Not Recognised

Questioned on whether he st- Open Movement

cepted Israci as dovereign "They will turn

said: na-State, President Nasser tionalists into Communists, be "We don't, recognise Israel."

He further added that ho nationalism is an open movement, Communism is an could not foresen a meeting with

David Ben-Gurlon," underground movement, he said. Mr

CRUZO

"DO

you feel that you are Prime Minister running any risks it Russia Reuter. strengthens to footholds in the Middle East?" He was asked,

President Nasser: "We are agalust-and domination in the Middle East,”

At the start of the interview President Nasser sald, "I'm sony about the period of b relations between

Britain and Egypt and we hope that both countries wil work together for good relations in order to be riendly again."

of Israel

the-

Pre-Dawn Raping In Germany

Frankfurt, July 1.

Russian Submarines He was caught here by the Japanese invasion during which

Referring to Egypt's acquis!- he was unfortunately wounded Hon of three large Russian Bub- by a bomb attacle and lost both marinos, President Noser sold: legs. However, he was deter "When we made our arma deal police joined in a search to- mined on rehabilitation and had ( we askçã for submarines,' wo day for a group of Ameri- (Contd. on back page, Col. 5) want to build up our navy as can airmen accused of

Shippers Warned About Singapore

Dock Strike

Shippers were warned today that total strikes at Singapore or other Straits ports may mean that

US air police and German

raping a German steno- grapher during a pre-dawn nude swimming party Sun- day.

It was the first major criminal case Involving American servico- men in Gerimany in almost a year, In the last such incident, seven Americans were accused of criminally assaulting, a 15-year- ald échoolgirl. Four of the attackers were sentenced to lize, and the other three to 40 years in prison,

A US Air Force spokesman

said two airmen hused on the Rheinmain military airport wero

cargo will have to be offloaded at "any other con-being questioned, and others who venient port" at their own risk and expense.

The warning was made by the Hongkong_secretaries of the Straile Freight Agreement, Jardine Matheson & Co. Ltd, this morning.

The full text of, their notier said:

"Shippers are advised that in the event of conditions at one

or other of the Straits ports ben. ing such that undue delay is kely to result to the dischōrgd of cargo" then Member Line- #vessels.may find it nestslary to lovoke the clause or clauses in their Bills of Lading which provide that In such circums tances cargo may be discharged at any other convenient port entirely at risk and expense of the barge.

Spread South

It was learned this morning that this notice was originally Zramed when waterfront troubles trupted in Port, Swettenham. '. It was not then imown how serious the dispute would be.

may have been involved „are · being sought-United Press.

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