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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1957,

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RELAX IN

DAKS Whiteaways

THE KAMOUS COMPANY IN ACTION TRAMEKUS

KOWLOON

HK TRADE SUCCESS IN GERMANY

HUNGARY TERROR Move To Correct Adverse

A

WEEK today the United

Nations Assembly will consider the report of the UN Commission of Inquiry into the ovents of Jant

October in Hungary. It will be asked to take into consideration developments in that unhappy country since the Commission re- ported, And that is right, since the story is a coll- tinuing one.

worst features of the re-

pression were over:

that

Balance With Colony

At Frankfurt Fair

Frankfurt, Sept. 3.

There had been hope that the Hongkong Government and business leaders today reported "initial successes" in the Colony's drive to stimulate ex- ports through its exhibits at the Frankfurt International Trade Fair.

Government.

the Kudar once firmly in control, with the support of the Soviel

forces, would exercise

comparativo leniency. An Amnesty had been pro- mised. Communist opprena. ion would no doubt continue,

But there was -some-expectation-that-the- terror would end; that there would be a cessation of executions and deporta- tions and brutalities.

NEW ÄRRESTS

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THE hope and the

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pretation have not been fulfilled. The terror con- tinues. After a slight lull it has been resumed and intensified. Day after day there come new reports of new, nrrests, of new sen- tences. Sentences have been revised. Men original. Ty sentenced tu terma uf imprisonment hove

since been condemned to depth

executed.

and There was a sharp change for the worse in Juy- possibly because the changes-in-the Communist- high cominand in Moscow had aroused new hopes of more liberal policy in the satellite countries, The Hadar government made

its intentions

very clear,

On July 11 the Minister

of the Interior called for

The

the continuance of the fight to. "annihilate all "coun- ter-revolutionary forces." new wave of urrests began on the night of July 17. How many there have boen is unknown. For on July 16 the Kadar govern- ment had issued a decree prolonging indefinitely its self-given power to arrest and imprison anybody with. aut trial and without any

· but the vaguest charge. But there is no doubt the number runs intu many thousands. Nor is the number of exceu- tions known. In July the official figure was 104. But the International Commis- sion of Jurists had evidence suggesting that it was al- ready in fnet over 2,000. Since July no offcial figures have been given. That itself a grimly significant. The fate of Imre Nagy, former Communist mier, is unknown.

The Hongkong Pavilion, which first opened at last autumn's Fair, has been more than doubled in size and con- tains a far greater variety of goods.

The mixed government and business delegation to the Fair is headed by Mr T.D. Sorby of the Department of Commerce und Industry, and Mr J. D. Cingue.

J. D. CLAGUE

'Situation Similar To United Kingdom'

Soviet

Cruiser Buzzed

wares.

The Pavilion is divided into two sectiory. In one, private manufactureIO display their Thus Government- sponsored section gives a general view of Hongkong's possiblities with layouts of merchandise, a film on life in the Colony and information booths.

"Its sole object is lo sell Hong- kong in general and to do all we can to emphasise what Hongkong has to offer for German es well as other European buyers," said Mr Sorby,

Main Weapon

Mr Clague said the ex- hibition was a main weapon

ZA 2 campaign to change adverse balance Hongkong's

of trade with Germany. · Last | year the Colony imported 87 million marks worth of Ges- man goods but exported only -27-millon-marka-worth—to.

Germany.

This adverse trade balance in similar to the situation bo- tween Hongkong · KETTE"> the United Kingdom for 'many years," said Mr Clogul. "But For years ago we began ex- hibiting at the British Ladustries Fale. Through this and by pro- ducing specifically for the Bri tish market we succeeded in altering that."

It was too early to tell if the Pavilion hnd had the same effect, but Mr Clague said the signs were encouraging. first There had been hundreds of en- quiries, he said, which had been cabled to Hongkong for passing Correspondant on board the on to exporters and mamitac-

Soviet Cruizor Zhdanov iurers there.

Moscow, Sept. 3.

claimed In dispatches Goods Listed published. in Moscow that

today newspapors she was buzzed by jot air- craft without identifica- tion markings and dogged by an inquisitive schooner in the great belt connect- ing the Kattegat with the Baltic Sea last Sunday. destroyer Svobodny, is on her The Zhdanov, escorted by the

visit"

to

every

Mr Sorby sald European buyers were

showing Interest in practically

piece of merchandise display- ed, judging from the quiries.

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He Hated slik plece goods, children's garments, embroider- cd slippers and shoes, beaded, work, ratlan furniture and rattan strips and cane, teak- wood furniture, parasols and way to a "friendly

high fashion brocade garments Yugoslavia.

as the most interesting Items- The correspondents of the United Press, newspapers Red Army and Pre-Soviet Feel claim the same "odd" happenings on this trip ng experiencet by the cruiser Mikhatt Kutuzov, which took the same route to Albania about 10 days ago.

CONFESSION? COLONEL Paul Multer.

Paul Maleter,

They'll Go

Back By First Plane

Cemetery Emptied

⠀ In Tientsin

By DAVID CHIPP

Tientsin, Sept. 3.

A gruesome procession of farm carts carrying ancient rotting collina wended its way through the teeming streets of Tientsin today.

PEAK TRAMWAYS

SUPERINTENDENT CROSS-EXAMINED

Hundreds had been disinterred from the cemetery in the

middle of the city which is being turned into a build-A ing sile.

In some areas, building schemes have had to be revised because of opposition by traditionally-minded pea- sants who will not allow graves to be moved.

The Communist authorities are trying to popularise cremation as a way of saving land, but with little

success.

Since the Communists came to power Tientsin has become China's third largest city, behind Shanghai and Pe- king. But on the surface it seems to lng for behind both in prosperity--Reuter.

WHERE BONES WERE FOUND

This is the site where the mystery bones of 25 people were found on Morrison Hill last week. A man points out the actual spot-China Mall Photo.

MORRISON HILL MYSTERY

Were 25 People Killed By Bomb?

By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER.

I visited the Morrison Hill site where the bones of 25 people were found last week,

A workman digging at the site, which is part of a former quarry, said he thought the bones were the remains of residents killed during the war.

One

He said this particular site In fact, a few days after the was used by the Hongkong And, more workmen wore seen authorities during the fighting on the building area,

labourer of December, 1941, ná a depot

remarked where rice was issued. Once yesterday: "Bones' or 'no bones,; when a long queue of people we have to work to get money The three Filipino students was waiting for rations to live. And when you have to whose curront visit to Japanese plane dropped a stick do that you don't think of situa-

of bomba nearby. One landed tiens like this."

on the depot killing a number

of people in the queue.

However, the workman could

Investigating

MAN IN WHITE ater of Defence und heroic defender of the Kilian They describe a narrowly

collision with barracks during the revolu- avoided

the tion,

the schooner from which a man in was lured by Russians to urmistice talks white was training a cinccamera

on the cruiser. and then kidnapped. He is The sicks of the schooner still in prison "awaiting were "thickly hung with mator- China in creating a poli- trial."

And the ominous car tyres and painted with a charge is now made in the number given by one correspon-

tical furore in the Philip oficiul Kadar press thut, dent as V-272 and by the other

pines will be sent back to ho had been acting under as Y-373.

Monila by the first plans not explain the presence of a In the meantime the Police are Instructions from the

An aircraft without identifice- on their arrival horo.

coffla which suggests a do-Investigating the mystery, Serlion markings, described as an The Philippine Consul, Mr Iberate act of burial and a de- "British Intelligence

forenste vice." His friends fear that American Sabre, was sold to Eduardo 1. Rosal, said today finite selection of £1 burial pathologist, Dr T. M. Tech, has

have "screamed" preasure" is being brought cruiser's decks during her pas they will

over the he has no information when ground.

dispelled the fact that the bones be arriving from

were remains of Inafan soldiers on him to "confess", and sage through the straits-China China.

allegedly massacred by the this is why the "trial" is Meil Special.

Japanese, The being delayed.

site where the bones De Teoh, who has determined the left of Queen's Road, East, Chinese race, is now trying to were found is about 50 feet off the bones belonged to people of

us one travels towards Happy find out how these people met Valley, and is about 50 yards their end.

The terror in Hungary today -ton months after the rise. ing-is as savage as during

its immediate suppression; without the excuse that such things may happen in hot blood. It is as cold, as deliberate and as ruth- Iess

that as anything happened in

in the

worst years of the Stalin

regime. And It could not happen without the proval

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The three students went to Moxow to attend the Youth Festival at then left for Chit

American and other were with

Calro, Sept. 3.

At least five percon

falted and 10 were injured when delegates,

Excavations

a large refrigerator exploded Philippine passport regula- before the entrance of Stubb's carly today in Cairo's main dons forbid travel to the Soviet Rand. vegetable market.

Uniun and China,

US TRAFFIC TOLL: 443

Chiengo, Sept. 9.

of tho · Soviet | THE Labour Day weekend govoramont or without the traffic toll -hit 443, ́ ́a fow short of the all-time record protection of the terror- ista by the Soviet army of

for the holiday, finul Egures showed today... Bafety off- occupation. It is the Inter-

cials said they were "deeply national Implications of

disappointed." this, which the Assembly will have before it next weck.

The bones wore found by

The

Government

workmen excavating_the`sle in PAA OVER

preparation for the building of

a free school by the Tung Wah Group of Hospitais last week.

They were buried in bi ares about 40 feet in diameter and under throe, feet of earth. The

THE POLE

Paris, Sept. 3.

during the period from 6 pm whole area which is part of n A Pan-American Airways last Friday to last midnight." former storie · quarry, is rocky DC-7C tonight completed the The Natical Safety Council had and not a sultsble elte for à frst flight over mods from. Sah predicted 420 deaths for the burial ground because of the Francisco-to Paris over Uio three-day weekend. The final rocky" base; However some be- | North Pale. figure, however, was only, 10 love, this site was a burial The plane' flow via Frohishte, short of the record 433 traffic ground. during the Japanese North Canada, a distance of fatalities for the Labour Day occupation.

5,710 miles In: 10 hours 37. min- holiday in 1951, and exceeded No, workmen have left the ules, trinugurating a

weekly the 1960 count of 497-United alto becaUNO of this, gruegame | service which begina DO

discovery.

September 16-Router.

The United Prass counted an

overall holiday- toll of 621) ~ Press,

Mr J. Arnold, witness for the defence in an action for $3,482.19 brought by Mr Karol Weiss against the Peak Tramways Ltd, was cross-examined when hearing of the case resumed before Judge K. R. Macfee in the Victoria District Court this morning. Mr Weiss, Managing Director of the plaintiff company, The Graphic Press Ltd, of 4 Queen's Road Central, is represented by Mr Lawrence Leong, instructed by Mr D. L. H. Roberts, of Hastings and Co.

The claim is for work done) and material used in pursuance i of a verbal agreement that the Peak Tramways would buy up a reserve stack of tickets, Älter- natively, the printing firm "It was mainly due to the de- claims damages for breach of lay in delivery of tiekota in this verbal contract and costs. September," he declared.

$

he suggested the change of printers WAR that he wished to introduce type of ticket.

* new

Mr R. H. Hindmarsh. Dea- All Denominations

cons, is representing The Peak Tramways, Lid

Asked by Mr Leong how he Cross-examined by Mr Leong, ordered tickets from England, Mr Arnold, Superintendent En-witness said, "By letter." gineer of the Peak Tramways Lid, said the reason for a change of printors was due to the delay in delivery in Septem- ber last year.

Disagreed

He said the decision was made by the Company on September 20. At a meeting of the Coni- pany's Board of Directora October 30, he was given the power to switch printers, wit- ness said.

on

How long dia” it"lake for the tickets to reach you after you had sent the order? asked "Mr Leong.

Mr Arnold replied that it took obout two months as the tickets |were, sent by, ship: ka

. He added that the first order to the printers in Eng- land was fulfiled in January this year, when he received 1.250.000 tickets ct

denominations,

He said these tickets would Mr Arnold disagreed with❘ be sufficient for six months, Me Leong that the reason why❘ (Continued on Paro 19 Col.. 5)

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