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COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE

THE Commonwealth Prime Ministers in their final communique did not reveal! any of the major decisions which might have been made

during the con-

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Gonzales Gets Tough LUXURY LINER

With Jack Kramer HARD AGROUND

HOAD-Held Fast In Bermuda Reefs

world, or more particularly I'M NOT PLAYING

the Commonwealth,

warned beforehand that

there would not be any pro- nouncements of a shatter- ing nature.

Mr Macmillan described the communique as "not very exciting" but he added that the conference of the part- Hers in this great society

was a "family meeting" and be argument and possible

as such there was bound to

reconciliation.

If the partnership achieved a

measure of reconciliation | on the controversial issuCH and better understanding of each other's problems then a grent deal of confidence and faith was established for the betterment of the Commonwealth as a whole. The Prime Ministers, or their representatives at the cun- ference, probably felt a cer- tain amount of apprehen- sion when they arrived in London. With the excep. tion of Mr Menzies of Australia and Mr Nehru of Iídia all the others were members ta the Commonwealth conference table. Dr Nkrumah of Ghuna met his partners for he first time.

new

WHEN the conference was

W

mooted the Suoz affair loomed high on the horizon and it may have been with some relief that Mr MBC- millan was able to reconcile himself to the fact that most of his opposite num- bera were fneed with immediato problems of their own, thus removing some of the censure which he could well have expected to receive in full measure.

And no doubt the mood in which the Ministers arrived in Downing Street greatly eased Mr Macmillan's initial task of rehabilitating the idea of the value of the Commonwealth and its use to the family of nations.

Fortunately for Mr Macmillau

events

into played

hia hands. Mr Nehra, for

his example, bad

own economic crisis to think about; frontier troubles with the United Nations and following his recantation over Hungary was hardly in a position to be hyper-

IN PRELIMINARIES

New York, July 8.

A big row broke between Jack Kramer and Pancho Gonzales

today with the announcement of the terms of contract for Australian champion Lewis Hoad who turned professional earlier today. (See story below).

Lew Hoad with the Challenge Cup.-Central Press.

LEW HOAD

(He Signs For $125,000)

COMING TO HONGKONG

New York, July 8.

AUSTRALIAN tennis champion Lew Hoad signed a $125,000 (HK$750,000) two- critical of the Suez mis-year contract to play with Jack Kramer's professional team and it was announced The other members, too, had later that he would visit Hongkong with

their own political, racial or economic problems on which the team sometime between August and

adventure.

to meditate. It must there- November. fore have been with some satisfaction that Mr Muc-

Iload New in earlier today milan was later able to from England, where he won report that there was "such 11s second straight Wimbledon He conferred a large measure of agree thumpionship. ment, goodwill and friendly with Kramer for several hours then announced he had understanding."

agreed to the terms.

I think it is a very contract," Hoad said.

BUT while this may hovo

and

been the case it was un- "I am anxious to begin

has Conzales

threatened to withdraw from the Forest Huls tournament if Hondt makes his debut there.

"It's about time we decided whether the tall is wagging the dog," Kramer said. "If neces good sary, I will put this into the hands of my lawyers to make play-Gonzales live up to his contract

fortunate that there was ing pro tennis. I am looking and he'd be smart to remem

ttle in the communique to forward to necting Gonzales."

indicate, except in the most

general terms, what solid

measures (if any) were taken on the two most im-

itema portant

the agenda: namely defence and economics.

on.

Incentive

The ccutract called for Ioad to et 20 per cent of the gate re- ceipts plus a five per cent "In- centive bonus" of all matches he wins. The contract runs Since June last year there through to August 1959.

pro- have been major changes in Ioad will make hi British defence, foreign and fessional debut in Kramer's economic polley, all of which bournement of champicus at affect the Commonwealth Forest Hills, July 13-21. He

ber that it's up to me whether he nects Head on. next year's very lucrative

four." United Freas

In Los Angeles, world professional tennis cham- pion, Pancho Gonzales announced today he was returning his plane tickets to tennis

pro- moter Jack Kramer and would not appear in the Tournament tel Cham- pions at Forest Hills Saturday because of the presence of Australian star Lew Hoad.

on

"H Hood is in the Tournament

of Champions, I'm out of 11," Gonzales said. This is unfair to me. I had been looking forward to playing Hood in a

the head-to-head tour for world's championship.

And previous meetings in tourna- ments would detract from next year's big tour."

A Snort

Informed that Kramer had said

Hamilton, July 8.

THE British luxury liner Reina Dol Pacifico went hard aground between two coral reefs in Bermuda's North Channel during a heavy rainstorm at high tide carly today, With low tide at midday, the big ship had a 16-degree list to star- board and was wedged firmly in the coral trap.

GOVERNOR GOING

TO LONDON

His Excellency the Governor has been invited by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to visit London for consultation.

He will leave for the United Kingdom in about ten days' me and expects to be absent from Hong- kong for approximately a week.

The Government Press Officer this morning He would not elaborate on the above statemenf, would not disclose what the consultations would be about.

$200,000 DRUG SEIZURE

Brought In By US Airman

he would put the matter in the hands of solicitors 11 Gonzales falled to live up to Two hundred thousand dollars worth of morphine his contract, the big champton hydrochloride, the raw material from which heroin is snorted: "I'm not worried about law-made, arrived in Hongkong on a United States Air Force suits" He said, "I've had a plane, it was disclosed at Kowloon Magistracy this talk with my attorney and he morning. said I'm in the clear. Kramer

The drug was confiscated by never ofcially picked up my Mr T. L. Yang on the applica option, so the contract isn't ton of Revenue Inspector Lai binding."

Wing-yat. Guzales lauded the decision

by Hoad to turn pro but he According to the Inspector

said that he could not under-there were 471⁄2 pounds of the sland why Kramer wanted to drug the largest seizure of is take

the edge off the new pro kind in the Colony:

star's appearances by putting Inep. Lai said it on the

him in the Forest Hill tourney and the Master's Round Robin here later this month. "What if field gets benten in these tournaments?" He asked. "What it I get beaten? It would ruin our tour. And look at the money. For nine days of tournament play the mos! I could make is $2,300, if I played Hoad on tour for nine days I could probably make $2,000 a match,"

A LongTM Rest

Gonzales also said he would not

TO REPRESENT

HONGKONG

AT MERDEKA

Howard CELEBRATIONS

afternoon of June 2 a United States Air Force Warrant

Officer, John M. arrived at Kal Tak with his wife from Bangkok by U.S.A.F aircraft.

The Hon. Sir Taun- nin Howard carried with him

Chau, C.B.E.. three suitcases, but when his Senior Unofficial Mem-

was checked at the Juggage

ber of Executive Coun Customs counter he claimed only two suitearen as his oWL

cil, will officially repre- Fen! He told the offelals that the

Hongkong third case

was given to him Malaya's Independence by a friend's wife in Bangkok

celebrations in Kuala för his friend in Hengkong and

Lumpur from August that he had no key to it.

30 to September 3. OPENED IT

accept a cut from 25 per cent of the gate that he got touring against Ken Rosewall to a pro- The third suitcase was de- posed 20 per cent for a four tained by the Customs pending

Hoad. Ho

friend: with

that the arrival of Howard's said when Kramer was touring he to claim it or pending the pro- received 30 per cent of the duction of a key.

After a week, when there was gate.

no sign of either, the Revenue Inspector in charye at Knt Tak obtained permission to break it open.

"I'm not anxious lo sit out this tour, but I'm not desperate either. I can afford a long rest, I want to play Hoad but I'm certainly not going to sign under these conditions,' Gonzales said.

He found it fully packed with bricks of morphine hydro- chloride,

for

"I don't know if Kramer can Yesterday before the confisca- have a successful tour without tion order was made the Magis me but it looks like he's going (trafe's interpreter called to get a chance to prove it." claiments to the sultense. Unlled Presy,

There was no answer.

Australia Declares War On

Professional Players

Melbourne, July 8.

in one form or another will then play in the master's The Lawn Tennis Association

round-robin at Los Angeles, elthor in greater or lessor July 27-Aug. 4. degree.

After that, he will make n tour with hly world-wide former Davis Cup partner, Ken Rostwall, and Frank Sedgman and Pancho Segura, starting in París, Aug. 17.

As mentioned in these columna before this lack of fuformas tion might mean that the controversial Issues had been dodged or that no The tour will include Europe docialon bad yot been for two months to be followed reached on matters of the by appearcoses ka South Africa first importance. And no Manila, Hongkong. Japan, and the public is left high in then Australla from Nov. 28 to the air with the fooling Dec, 20. that the conference never took place

At that time, Pancho Gon-

zales, the world professional

of Australia today recom- mended its members in all Australian cities to ban Lowla Hond and all other members of Jack Kramer's professional troupe from their courts.

The LTAA made this rocom- Inondation at the meeting today.

This was the first move in a major "hitback" campaign planned by the LTAA follow- ing reports List Australia's Wimbledon champion Lewia Hood planned to turn pro- fessional.

and this champion, will go to Austraila if the Association's branches in hardly a heartening or to begin bla head-to-head consoling thought to digest, world-wide tour with Hord.

all the Australian states carry out the recommendation

Kramer's troupe will denied the best tennis racill- tics in Australia.

be It was expected that Kromer way now try to get indoor stadiums but this will have a bad effect on attendances because tennis followere here are more likely to patronise Lennis in its usual settings.

A special meeting of Australian tennis states' representatives has been called for August 4

at

The invitation came from Sir Donald Mac- Gillivray, G. C. M. G., High Commissioner, on behalf of the Federa- tion of Makiya.

Lady Chau will oc- company Sir Tsun-nin to Kuala Lumpur.

NT PLANE CRASH

An Artillery observation plane crashed into Tolo Harbour at 8.30 a.m. today.

The aircraft was an

Auster.

It had a crow of two-a pilot and an observer who wzro rescued by sumpans which were in the vicinity at the time of

the crash.

As it crashed it struck the mast of a junk and carried away part of the rigging. Both pilot and observer were uninjured.

The Auster sunk. It is one of the type used by the New Terri- tories Air Oboervation Post,

A RAF spokesman refused to disclose the names of those in- volved or to disclose the cause "I don't want to go to of the crash, tazinis

battle and 1 would car-

tainly rather have a happy Red China's New

with the

to discuss this campaign and In New York Kramer said: professional-amateur relations generally, Today's meeting also passed a motion regretting Hook'a decision to turn profesdócsa) this breaching 4 written undertaking not to abandon hia amateur status before January 31 next year.

It was expected that most states will agree to the ban thum denying the Kremer troupe the only good tennis courts in Ayatralla.

co-operation

Australians.

"But if I hava tu, i will crost

my

and I could, if things get

Shipping Service

"Paris, July 8.`

own playing arends Radio Peking reported that a coastal shipping service between tough, schedule my Shanghai, Dairen, and Canton 10,000-tom matches Just in front of had been formed,

ocean-going vessels now. berth theirs."-France-Presse. &

at all major seaports, it added.--- :United Press.

| France-Pryst. /

Eire Cracks Down

a

Dublin, July 8. The Irish government to- night assumed powers of

following Internment weekend in which more than 60 arrests were made of There was no immediato people allegedly involved in danger to the estimated 700 to extreme republican activi- 800 porsengers and 3rd crew ties. members aboard, but a hard rain hampered attempte by tugsgazette said to pull the vessel free.

One observer sold while there was no danger, the ship was in "bad trouble" and would have great difficulty in getting off

the reefs.

Line Snaps

The locally-owned lugs, Jus tico and Bermudian,

were

A procirmation in the official

that powers CCLI ferred in un official act au- thorising Internment #hall come into force immediately."

The proclamation said that powers conferred by part two ot the offences Against the state act "are necessary to secure the preservation of public peace and order."

This official announcement which came after a day k all signo pointed to a new alongside the 17,872-ton vesget tough drive by the Government which is owned by the Pacific ogast extremist republican or- Steam Navigation Company of Sanisations, Liverpool.

Barricades

Bermuding managed to get a line aboard the Reino Del Paci-

Army engineers today erected fico this morning, but the cable barricades and barbed wire at snapped under the strain and the Curraght milltary bar- the ship did not budge.

racks near Dublin.

Poseengera ined the ship's Reparla rald an Internment rails and cheered the tug's camp was beitig prepared there attempts to haul them to the to houre a large influx of pri. channel. They treated the laci-coners. cent as a lark and all seemed Later tonight, it was reported ka a holiday mood.

thus the first batch of internees Another effort probably will and entered the camp. be made to tow the big liner In a waternent tato tonight The Republican government in- off the reef at high tide..

Witness said the Reina Del, formation bureau sald that no Pacifico went sground nt man who was a member of Sinn about the same place where the Fein, the movement for a united submarine Grenadier. Ireland, was arrested as such.— | grounded on August 13, 1950,

US

Dynamite

At that time it was necessary to fly frogmen to dynamite a path through the coral to free the submarine.

Today' incident happened about half hour after the Reina Del Puelco, en route from Chile to Liverpool, sailed from 1in anchorage near

The channel where It went aground is about 811⁄2 miles north of Hamilton. The grounding occurred in a stretch of the 100- yard-wide channel where strips must make a 90-degree turn in the midst of mumeroUS coral reefs.

A sudden squall at the tline this manoeuvre was being per- formeð ólscured the treacherous reefs, and the Reina Del Pacifico rammed between two of them--- becoming: solidly United Presa.

jammed

Tower Bridge, London

Router.

OPERATION FOR EVERTON WEEKES

London, July 8. Everton Weekes, the West Indles Test cricketor, is to have an operation on his nose next Wednesday, the day after the third Test match gainst England is due to end at Nottingham. The operation will be to clear sinus trouble,

Weekes will not travel 19 Ireload, where the touring teams are expected to misa the Irish games.

He will almost certainly bo it for the fourth Test due to start at Leeds on July 24.France-Presse.

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