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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1958.
By Galbraith
INDONESIAN REBELS DON'T SIDE GLANCES
WANT SEPARATE STATE
New American Consul-General Served In China
Washington, Mar. 18, Mr James Byrd Pilcher has been designated American Consul-General at Hong. Dr kong. succeeding Everett Drumright, who has recently been appoint
Mr
Hatta Gives Views To US Magazine
New York, Mar. 18. Mohammad Hatta, former Vice-President of Indonesia, said today that Indonesian rebel movements were not aimed at setting up a separate state.
are
ed Ambassador to the Republic of China (For-
In an article written for the stand it, is not political only mosa), the State Depart April issue of Foreign Affairs, but also economic and social.
The conflicts in Indcuesia ment announced today,
quarterly magazine of the In- Mr. Pilcher joined the foreign dependent Counell on Foreign are frightful to behold, but if
disclosed they 1928. From 1928 to Relations, Dr Hatta
carefully examined service in 1941, he served successively at that consultations were going they are not on the level of the
the between Hartl,
Djakarta civil war
the United Nanking.
Hankow, Shanghai, Felding, Tientsin and Government and regional elvil States experienced after freeing
and military authorities on ways itself from British control. Amoy In various capacities.
After a tour of duty in the to overcome national difficulties. State Department, he was. signed to Paris in 1945 us First Secretary of the Embassy. From 1040 to 1948, le was stationed
05.
in Shangripil of study at the
After
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National War College, he served in 1949 in Yokohama' and from 1940 to 1954 he was Counsellor of the Embassy and Consul- General at Tokyo,
Mr Pilcher was then assigned to Mexico City as Counsellor of the Embassy and Consul- General unul ip50, when he was transferred to Tolpel where he bas been deputy chief of the American mission.-France- Presse,
on
which
Confusion
DEFENCE POLICY
GAITSKELL WILL NOT CO-OPERATE
London, Mar. 19. Mr Hugh Galtskell, the Bri- fish Labour opposition leader, will turn down Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's offer to join in secret talks with the Cabinet on defence policy, two national newspapers predicted today.
Labour leaders meel tonight to discuss the Primo Minister's proposat, revented yesterday to the House of Commons.
"However, paradoxical it may sound," he wrote, "none of the
Indonesia
can get over
Mr Macmillan said that he temporary dissidents Intend to bring about
confusion she had asked Mr Gaitskell whether issuring and separation. They his
carry ahead speedily her he could have a talk with him, nim to strengthen the unity of will
constructive work and obtain without any the people.. and to ensure
commitment by blessed more time in which to strengthen Labour. strong government with..nuthority
her bonds of friendship with all and supreme over all the regions.
rations, those of the Western world not excepted."-United Press.
Reaction
all the incidents which have
"Further, and turbulenco occurred In Indonesia, be- ginning with President Soekarno's breathing life into his National Council and con- tinuing with the
Petrol Bomb
Nicosia, Mar. 16.
Both the Labour Daily Herald and the Conservative Daily Mail forecast today that Mr Galtskell and Labour leaders would re- fuse to accept the Prime Minis- ter's offer.
The Daily Herald commented: "Mr Macmillan hoped, no doubt,
J TAL VA. PAL, OM. ©INE by NCI SKYin, me
"studied personality like mad at that secretarial school, but all the boss over mentions is my spelling!"
Queen's College Student Wins
Competition
Essay
SHEAFFER'S
ADMIRAL SNORKEL PEN
SOLDIER'S APPEAL ADJOURNED UNTIL FRIDAY
An appeal against the sentence of three years' hard labour imposed on a 19- year-old British soldier for assault with intent to rob- and larceny was adjourned until 2.30 p.m. on Friday by the Full Court this morning.
The appellant was Anthony Philip George Collison, of No, 11 Infantry Workshop, REME Salkung Camp, who halls from Ashford, Kent,
KOREAN SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
Road on The Korean
Collison was given three yeara for assaulting a taxi-driver, Ho Pok. and # concurrent Ex months for stealing from him $1.90 at the junction of Island Road and Shck O
Broadcasting February 20. He was sentenced Symphony Orchestra, by Judge James Wicks at the
Chorus and Kim Baek Victoria District Court on March 6 affer pleading guilty.
Bong Dancers, will per form here this month. Mr T. Shurlock this morning
There will be two concerts, 'on' represented the appellant,
March, 28 and 30, in the Loke structed by Major H. Robertpon, Yew Hall of The University,
Assistant Deputy
Director, sponsored by The Music Society Aimy Legal Services, H.Q.E.F.In association with the Standard- Mr D. E. Greenfeld, Crown Sing Tao group and in aid of The Counsel, represented the Crown. Boys' and Girls' Clubs Associa- tion and the Musle Society Country Coneceris.
No Time
A home-made petrol bomb by this more to siific criticismi The best essay written to support the current anti-ing this morn and he
on- blew up in the hall of a govern- military's ment building here tonight, The
Old Vic Annexe seizure of authority from civil explosion and the small fire that
London, Mar. 18.
The Queen tonight opened a £35,000 annexe to the Old Vic Theatre when she and the Duke of Edinburgh went to a private performance of excerpis, from Shakespeare's plays.
1
The annexe where the Queen unveiled
commemorative plague will house the theatre's scenic property and wardrobe workshops.-Reuter,
HIC
hands in the Quier regions, reaction and protest against a wrong turning taken by Indonesian democracy En the direction of party oligarchy, unarchy and corruption.
of the Government's shaky de- fence policy."
The small gain the Jabour opposition would receive in information by accepting the by being bound to secrecy ofter would be more than offset on security grounds,
followed caused minor damage to property but no casualties.
The building houses the offices
government th
lottery, the Greek against which tionalist organisation Eoka has proclaimed
Eoka boycott.
3
DA-
"Formally and juridically all these steps are wrong even declared that the government though they are meant to speed gained from the lottery and so up reconstruction
the Indonesian
vitalise democracy
DESPERATE THROW
"Mr Macmillan's
bid
for
and to re- Cypriots should boycott t as opposition support and silence
which,
was not made willingly," the as part of a campaign of "passive people under- } resistance".—United Press. Delly Herald added.
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"It was in the nature of a last desperate throw-conscious he is of public disgust at his nuclear weapon polky......"
The Daily Mail said: "Mr
mosquito campaign was submitted by Chan Sik, a student of Queen's College, who won the first prize of $50 for his work.
.The essay competition was organised for schools by the Pest Control Select Committee of the Urban Council to pub- licised the campaign.
The second prize of $30 is won
by Yen Shu-tung, of Pui Chung College while Law Tao-ling, of Shung Chun School, is awarded the third prize of $20.
Twenty consolation awards of
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
MUSIC CRITIC
$5 each tre won by the following students: Lila L of Sacred To The Editor, China Mail, Heart's School, Lau Hon-shang
Gaitskell will probably tell the fun Geraldine
Д
who
not have time to prepare de-
tclled grounds for the appeal.
learn with interest that the
The orchestra, which is nearly 50 sirong is conducted by Mr The Full Court comprised the Won Sik Lim, a graduate of the Acting Chief Justice, Mr Justice Nippon Conservatory at Tokyo, TJ. Gould, and the Pulsne who also directs the
Scout Judge, Mr Justice A.D. Scholes Chamber Group.
Applying for the adjournment, COMMENDATION Mr Shurlock said it was only afternoon that he was yesterday
This chamber
will group Informed that the appeal had accompany the orchestra, chorus
set down
hear and dancers, on their visit to Music lovers will did Hongkong.
chamber players will give o Mr Shurlock apologized for recital over Radio Hongkong on the inconvenience to the Court, Saturday, March 29, at 9. p.m., but said it had been due to clr when it is hoped that they will perform a Mozart Flute Quartot, cumstances beyond his control.
These musicians, singers ·and Counsel explained that he wanted to refer to an English dancers come to the Colony with law in connection with the pass-strong commendation from ing of sentence after the age of music lovers who have heard and seen them in Korco, where accused person had been
their popularity widely taken into account.
He submitted that In the eir-established, They givo régular cumstances of the present case, recitals over the South Korean the law of England in this broadcasting system.--CONTRE-
BUTED. respect should have been con sidered by the trial Judge.
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Up To Court
The
is
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
À man
end
women were injured in separate traffic acci- dents yesterday.
Mr Shurlock said he wanted to quote to their Lordships a recent judgment in which the Judge fold of Queen's College, Trang Shi- Sir-On reading the criticism down the questions to be taken min of St Mary School, Ng of the HK Philharmonie Concert into account before a sentence Wan-sang of Mun Sang College, by your critic, D. E. Gray, In, was passed, but he had had no
of studying Hing-ngok of Nrm Wah the sua of March 17, I re-opportunity Prime Minister that he is unable
Chan of St membered that I had seen in the matter in detall... to take up the offer for the same Rose of Lima's School, Ho Hon programme of the concert the reason that Sir Winston Chur
name of a Dr Doris Gray chill, leader of the opposition in 1949, hastily alde-stepped
is a Committee member of the similar arrangement with Lord
HK Philharmonie Society.
Hongkong is a smalt place and it may well be impossible to and sarding the application for ad-knocked down by a private car Journment, Crown Counsel sold in Hennessy Road, near Canal who is not a member of some
The Woman, 58-year-old defence secrets to do his job of School, Mak Kwok-kan of music group or other. However and that he had no objection.
In granting the adjournment, Wong Sun-kiu, living at No. 38, criticism as opposition leader." Aberdeen
M. would It not be a good thing Mr Justice Gould reminded Mr Fuk Wing Street, was hit by a China Mail Special.
School, Wu Hong-char of for him or her to declare frank-Shurlock that in the event of the private car in Castio Peak Road, Hollywood Road Governmently any special interest they may appeal being unsuccessful the near Tsap Fai Street.
of have in a performance under
Both victima are receiving treatment in hospital..
Attice.
"Sir Winston felt he would be
hing of Queen's College, Lorna Kwong of Heep Yunn School, Ma Shui-lin of Java Road P.M. School,
of Wong Tak-yau Aberdeen Government A.M. School, Chow Woo-lar
Yeung Sut-kwan, of No. 443, Hennessy Road, first floor, was Asked for his comments re-deriously injured when he was
too inhibited by possession of Kiangsu and Cheklang Prima person, qualified as a critic, it was entirely up to the Court Road East,
Government A.M.
KINGS AND All Saints School, Wong
QUEENS TO ATTEND FUNERAL
DA
деп
AM. School, Ip Cheung-review? It D. E. Gray end sentence would start as from the of Ming Sun School, Tee Mel Doris Gray are two different day of the appeal. ling of Mission Read AM. people, I apologise immediately, School, Tau Ylu-loong of Wang Hang Church School, Li Yung of Tak Sun Echool, Katherine Keen of Peak School End Yuen Shun-ming of To Shik School.
yan
but if they are the same a little worried about the eritie's objectivity when he
or rie writes about "sking questions" of the orchestra. If the critle is Committee member, the answers must be known, and such innocence becomes suspect and smacks of special pleading.
The prize-winners will ceive their awards at a cere- mony to be held in the Urban Let your critic please tell us Stockholm, Mar. 19. Council Chamber, General Post straight away if there is any Four kings, two queens and Office Buliding, on Saturday, "to-up" with the orchestra, and, and many princes and prin- March 22 at 11-a.m. The Per either way, we can relax
Control Select Comilice cor enjoy rending the criticisms cesses of royal blood" will dially invites the presence of and the next concert. As D. E. attend the funeral here "parents and friends of the prize Gray says, it was a good one today of Princess Inge-winners at this ceremony, and deserves to be well
ported.
borg Bernadotto
of
Sweden, once known 08
"the mother-in-law. of Europe."
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Princess Ingeborg, born Danish princess, died peacefully at her home in Stockholm last Wednesday, aged 70..
Policeman Dies After
Accident
F. F. SETLIGHT,
Bag Snatched
From Tourist
US$310
A man was arrested following Her funeral will be held in
Detective Sergeant Lau Yau, the matching of a handbag the great church next to the
trbia a Royal Palace in Stockholm's old 43, who was knocked down and containing city. She will be burled at the seriously injured by a private European woman, a passenger royal burial ground at Haga car in Hennessy Road on March of the liner Kungsholm, in near Granville Castle, Just outside the town. 8, died in Queen Mary Hospital Nathan Road,
early this morning.
Road, inst night.
The bag and money were* recovered.
The royal mourners will in- elude King Gustav Adolf and
Bergeant Lou was attached to
Queen Louise of Sweden, King the Criminal Investigation-De- Frederik and Queen Ingrid of partment. Denmark, King Olav and Crown Prince Harald of Norway, King Baudouin of the Belgians, Prince Carl Bernadotte, son of Princess Ingeborg, her daughter Princess Margaretha, wife of Prince Axel of Denmark, and the Grand Duke and Duchess of Luxembourg :
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Shochiku Broadcast
Two other. Chinese were arrested yesterday on suspicion of different cases of thaft from the person,
Satellite
Washington, Mar. 18 Vanguard rocket project chief, John Hagen, said today the US Tonight at 8.30 Radio Hong Navy earth satellita launched A short religious ceremony kong are altering their schedule yorterday may stay in its orbil was held last night for the to broadcast recorded' extracts | fonger than the Aye to ten yeATE nearest relatives and ated at Krom the Shochiku All-Gli | he predicted yesterday, Princess Ingeborg's home, where Revue now playing at the • Hagen said through a spakus- tho coffin. har Jain since Queen's Theatre, Tim Brinton man that it was "possible the Wednesday. Chiria Mail will describe the some from those inteht be in excess of that.” Special
box in the circle.
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