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COMMENT OF

THE DAY

FAREWELL

ND now it is really good-

Abyc

The heelic rounds

of farewells are over, the

various departmental cele- brailons are over. The last toast has been downed, the last handshake has been made, Everything 1:01

belongs to yesterday. Sir Alexander is our Governor no langer.

Those who have resided in

the Colony over the years that Sir Alexander has been our Governor find it hard to imagine that he will be with us no more. Jo long has he been with us that we thought him part of the Colony, someone per manent, and the thought he is no longer to be with us in hard to bolleve.

Share Pride

N the other hand, when

One look back over the ten

and a half years he has governed, we share a kind of pride with him, and in him, of all that has been. achieved.

Ile arrived at a time when anything cont happen. New forces were abroad. and old system were going down overnight. There were alarms and excursions, yet through it all, the Colony progressed in its

own way.

This quiet and penceful

Colony stood out B ATL example to the whole world. and is, a place It was, where men can meet, matter their colour, race, or

find here creed, und

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haven where men of good will can walk unafraid,

Petitions

TT is Impossible yet to

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Revolt In Celebes-Back Page

THE WEATHER: Moderate locally fresh N.E. winds, Fair. becoming cloudy.

CHINA MAIL

No. 36937

Established 1845

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1957.

Price 20 Cents

RELAX IN

DAKS Whiteaways

THE FANGES TOMFORT IN ACTION TROUSERS

HONGY IN.G. #6 K21WLOON

HK BIDS FAREWELL TO GRANTHAMS

Tearful Scenes At GOODBYE, HONGKONG POLICE

Queen's Pier

H.E.'s LAST MESSAGE

People of Hongkong this morning bado a

tearful farewell to their retiring Governor, Sir Alexander and Lady Grantham.

There were emotional scenes at Queen's Pier where a large and

distinguished Kathering FRENCH MAYOR

the

headed by H.E. the Commander British Forces, Lieutenant- General Sir Edrie Banyan. the Han, the Chief Justice, Mr M. J. Hogan, and the Hon. Colonial Secretary, Mr E, B. David and their wives assum Bled to wish them bon voyage and God-spred.

Bost of Luck

Severni ladles were weeping white Lady Grantham also was in tears.

In his last message to the Colony, Sir Alexander wished them the best of luck in the future.

Lady und

Str

Alexander

Grantham arrived at the Pier shortly before 1 aum, from Government Hare where His Excellency inspected ㄉ

Police guard of honour.

IMPALED ON

SCISSORS

at-

Bordeaux, Doc. 30. Authorities today bogan an

investigation in an

who tompt to discover embedded a sharp scissor blade in the chair of the Assistant Mayor of Pessac, Jean Tromas, broaking up council a municipal Icision.

The municipal council of the town near Bordeaux was just beginning its meeting when Assistant Mayor Tromas, a construction material denler, uttered n scream a3 he sat dienen.

BLADE TRAP

Sir Alexander was given the Royal Salute after which he in- spected Combined Services guard of honour composed of the Royal Navy with a Royal Marine Band in attendance; a detachment of the 1st Battalion, him sold that the blade had just A physlelan called in to treat the Green Howards, accom- barely missed a temural artery panied by their Regimental as it impaled the assistant Band, and a guard drawn from mayor. the Royal Air Force,

A politler dispute has been.

Final Greetings raging between the mayor and a

1

majority of the council, which Following the inspection, is his been systematically vetoed thla. So much 14 apparent Excellency and Lady Granthum all of his measures, but it was The petitions signed by all exchanged final greetings with not known whether the knife classes and races praying the gathering, numberg over blade trap was a product of this that he might continue with 350 of the Colony's topmost clash-France-Presse. us, speak for themselves. VIPs and their wives. There was no place in the After saying good-bye la thic Colony where Sir Alexander Press, 1. Excellency wished and Lady Grantham were the people of Hongkong the

not welcomed. No place best of luck in the future.

was too mean for them to Grantham then

The Governor and

visit, no person, however humble, did not feel they were true friends. We think of the school-

Lady boarded the barge, Lady Maurine, for the Norwegian flag vessel Bougain- ville, nicored in mid-stream,

The vessel, which was dress- children who knew him ed overall, weighed

anchor al when hr visited the

noon and sailed out of the har- schools. The Boy Scouts bour escorted by four Marine who knew him as a friend Pollee launches, two Marine Com- visiting their camps, We Department tugs, two think of the needy who meree and Industry Department knew him as a friend. We launches, with Marine Launch think of the unfortunate No. 28 Eringing up the rear. who found cheer in his

presence.

Arduous Duties

Lshared

Long

Firecrackers

strings of firecrackers were set off from Launch No. ADY Grantham, who 28 and from the ferry Man Foo. the As the ship passed Jardine's salute of arduous duties of his high godown at East Point calling will be missed 17 guns was fred to His Excel- lency and the directors of the

with him

among those many institu- company waved goodbye.. tions which render yeo-

As the Bougainville passed the man's service to the least Yacht Club, the fireffoal, Alexan- fortunate members of the der Grantham, gave a final salute Colony.

to the Governor by way of a But this is the way service water display,

(Contd. on Back Page, Col. 7)

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Kome

future

accasion, when the bands

play, and the flags ly, we

shall realise Sir Alexander Yemeni Attack

and Lady Grantham are thoy

no longer with us.

too

Banil

But

have

memories. Memories that We

In Aden

Aden, Dec. 30.

A Yemeni forco crossed the

night of

No China Mail

Tomorrow

The China Mail will not bo published tomorrow (New Year's Day), but will appear again 021 Thursday with 2.2 carly edition.

The South China Morn ing Post will appear me usual tomorrow but willi hot then resume publica. tion until Friday,

PALACE INTRUDER

CAUGHT

London, Dec. 30.

His Excellency the Governor, Sir Alexander Grantham, inspecting the Police Medal Party at Government House this morning before his departure for Queen's Pler. He is accompanied by Mr A. C. Maxwell, Police Commissioner,

and Inspector Yuen Se-hung. (Staff Photographer).

Abominable Snowman Cared

Small Girl For

A

For

Five Years Says Sherpa

Yeti

Katmandu, Dec., 30,

or Abominable Snowman would rather have Marilyn Monroe investigate him than any mere man, a survey of the Yeti's habits showed today.

Investigations made here!

since Sherpas complained

the

Youl was stealing their flour SEVERANCE OF TIES WITH UK

Ab- last week showet the ominable Snowman is sympa- thetic to women but hostile to men.

the Details collected from Sherpas who claim to have seen Yeti even went so for as to say a child had been brought up by a Yott,

Affection

One Sherpa sald a male Yet! carried of hits snall sister when she was slx, and cared for her for five years. The "Snowman" looked after

care The her with and affection," the Sherpa said, "and the child leamed to Lalk to the Yeti, and to cal roots and Insects."

The child, named Yalo Yuli, was returned to her village by the Yeil, the report said.

raw

It claimed she could speck=

Mintoff's Resolution Passed By

Maltese Parliament

Valletta, Dec. 30. Maltese Parliament tonight passed unanimously by acclamation a motion proposed by Mr Dom Mintoff, the Prime Minister, calling for a severance. of ties with Britain unless she provides alternative work for dlocharged dockyard workers,

The vote was taken after Mr Mintoff had read an urgent message from Mr Alun Lennox- the British Colonial Secretary, expressing "117- credulity of the vote.

A 28-year-old man was to-

the Yell language for many Boyd, day admitted to a London years after her return to her hospital for observation | village. She wept when she was after trying to break into Bret toisen away, and when she Buckingham Palace, Lon-could speak to the Yeti, always asked him to retum her to her don yesterday.

village, it added.

The man, whose name was not revealed, climbed the rail- ng of the palace gardens but landed on the inside at the feet of a guard,

Great Care

The House then adjourned until January 14.

A Warning

half-way

LENNOX-BOYD EXPRESSES INCREDULITY

London, Dec. 30.

Alan Lennox-Boyd, told i the Prime Minister of Malla, Mr. Dom Mintoff tonight that his threat to sever ties with Britain "cannot further the com- mon cause of our two countries."

Mr Mintoff read Mr Lennox- Boyd's message through his review of recent The Colonial Secretary, Mr will never grow old.

describing his The Sherpa,

events concerning Malta, Ho was taken to a guard

He said hts mollon had been hope they too shall looki

"Tho Yett took great care of agreed to by the opposition back, und remember with borders into the Aden Protec-room but replied Incoherently sister's stay with the Yeti, said,

Mukciras on the to questioning,

my sister, and also took great party and was A warning to much affection, we who are torate near

The Royal family were not December 28-20° ord

care when any other male or Great Britain in the hope that left behind.

they are spend-

United Kingdom would Farewells are sad. Some are.

attacked British positions for In the palace

change its polley regarding the several hours until they were ing the end of the year holidays female Yeti approached the cave the

where my sister lived." Castle. - however, merely

driven back with considerable at

"One day, my sister felt, dockyard redundancy. If the functions. But we are sad casualties, it was officially an-

and she did not take any food policy remained unchanged the

motion would be affirmed. because it is not only that nounced here today.

for about a week, and started to we lose a Governor, and his

Premier Dem Mintoff told a The announcement sold the

weep and kept weeping, and gracious lady today, but Yemeni casualties were "con-

asking to go home to her parents. cheering House that his Govern- two friends who have been siderable" while the defenders

"One day, the Yell agreed to ment rejected a claim by the so long with us Anul are lost one idled and one wound-

release my sister, and he brought British Colonial Secretary, that

not under her to the point from where he Britain was with us no more.

lifted her several years ago,” the | obligation to And work Sherpa cald.

Malia's jobless.

social

ed.-France-Presse.

SPUTNIK'S_DAYS ARE NUMBERED

Sandringham

|France-Presse.

Last-Ditch

Meeting

Chango Habits

In a special messogo tele- grupired to Mr Minter, the Colonlat Secretary said, "I have any seen the report of your motion assembly for in the legislative

with incredulity.”

declared

New York, Dec. 30. Last-dlich negotiations aimed

Our Turn at "heading off. a New Year's Eve city-wide subway and bus

Premier Mintaffs severance "Early next morning we found

followed lengthy strike bogged down in a "com-

our sister, naked and meaning resolution pleto stalemate" today and

like a monkey, and creeping on and-Bridsh speeches in Parlia- Mayor Robert F. Wagner sten her four legs, he said,

ment, and at the dockyards il- is decreasing ped in to try London, Dec. 30. 100 minutes, and

It took a full year to change is our fun to give them to prevent the broadcast said, threatened transit paralysis. the habits of our sister, and The first Soviet earth satel-rapidly," the

After two hours of negotia-then she married a Sherpa. She 4. lessons now," lito will enter the earth's" is expected that the Arsi

satellite will enter the dealone. City Labour Commisled about eight years ago duo Mintoff, atmosphere and burn itself | jayers of the atmosphere and sloner Harold Fellx announced to a long illness.

Focal point in the dispute is out "in the first days of cease to exist in the Arst days, that both sides had refused to Even in her last days my the sprawling shipyards, worth

budge. January," Moscow Radio of Jatuary."

year to esting cooked about £11,500,000 later avoided Wagner immediately invited things and still announced today.

The first satellite was launch-all the negotiators in three food and insects, which

enjoyed raw Malta. It employs more than The broadcast, hoard here, ed on October 4.

There has been no defnite soparate disputes to his office hate," male Sputnike I's orbit Wax rapidly decreasing and that the Moscow Radio said today for sill further attempla to The story of Yato Yull's dis- statement that Britain will close atellite Itself was getting that by 9309 GMT tomorrow it provent a striks that would halt. appearanco and sudden reap- part of them, but the move was

will have been around nearer to the carib.

the overy subway train and most pearance after many year was foreshadowed in a Defence De- partment White Paper-Reuter "The period of its revolution earth 1,936 timer, United buses in the CityUnited confirmed by the headman

12 her village.United Pres

ind-United Press. ·· had been somewhat reduced to Pres.

we 14,000 men.

Mr Lennox-Boyd also told

Minted that he Mr

TYRE that wrong Kagresting Britain

oblired to WI guarantee speciilo levels of employment in the dockyards where 16,000 Maltese work and which the Maltese Cov ernment fear might be closed. He asked Mr Mintoff to tell the Maltese Parliament that if was not correct to suggest that Britain did not want to carry out the declaration of July statement of 1985 which was 'a objectives of connomie policy in Malta with emphasis on the diversification of Malla's.econo my and on the need for com» bined efforis by Britain and the Maltese people themselves—a Router.

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COALITION OF THREE?

Jerusalem, Deo. 30.

The new Israel Government to be formed after the offlotal resignation of the present cabinet will probably include only three of the Ave parties composing the present Gov- ernment, political circles said

today.

The present Government, form-

ed by Premier David Ben- Gurion in November 1955 after three months of efforts, included the Labour Mapat

Parly, the left-wing Socialist Achdut Avoda Party, the United Socialist Mapam Party, the Liberal Progressive Party, and

the Religious Workers Hapoel Hamisrahl Party,

Circles close to Ben Gurion indicated the next Govern- ment would include only the Mapal Party, the Progressivo Party and the Religious Workers Party, France- Presse.

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