1958-03-27 — Page 1

VPHILISHAVE

PHILIPS

ELECTRIC RAZOR

gives

the closest shaves

GILMAN & CO, LTD, dievieter Arzade.

COMMENT: OF

THE DAY.

BUDGET DEBATE

THE UnoMeinl Members of,

T

the Legislative Commeil were yesterday faced with the task of giving their views on the latest Budget.

That they did not devote

much dime to the Budget! itself is not surprising for in the man there is little to criticise in ita provisions.

The Members had the same

problem last year and, as on that ocension they had naturalty to fall back on exploring proposals for future expansion or im- provement of the Colony's public services and ameni- tics.

They did thin with enthusiasm and they must by congratulated for their

THE WEATHER: Strong E winde, gradually moderating. Overcast with occasional showers at first; fale periods later,

CHINA MAIL

No. 37008

Established 1845

THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1958.

Price 20 Cents

RELAX IN

DAKS

THE FAMAZE CONFERY IN ACTION TRAKTKRW

Whiteaways

CHUNEKO ME.

KOWLOON

BULGANIN ON THE WAY OUT Boycott

NIKOLAI BULGANIN The end of the road.

REFUGEES REACH

Retirement From Premiership Expected Today

London, Mar. 26.

Russia's leaders met in Moscow today and gave tentative approval to Nikolai Bulganin's retirement from the premier- ship, authoritative sources reported tonight.

Bulginin, 82, is expected to

his announce

resignation 10 the Supreme Soviet, Russin's Parliament, tomorrow or Friday, the sources grid.

devation to the welfare of SINGAPORE ganin's replacement at a meet-

the community as a whole.

Involved

"ANY of the subjects

M debated yesterday re

con-

Month-Long Trek

From Padang

Singapore, Mar. 26. Twenty Dutch men, women and children reached Singapore today from the rebel Central Sumatran stronghold

nt

involved. Some have been debated before, but all are worthy of careful sideration and Government can be relled upon to view them in their proper perspective in line with the Colony's future plansing.

While it might be unfair to praise any one Member we feel that the Hon. 3. D. Clague, who was making his families from the maiden speech, deserves Cement Company of Padung.

the

Warnicat congratula-

tlons for the able way in which he presented

his

case for the business com- munity.

Padang after a month-long trek which starled In the middle of a bombing raid.

They are workers

11 was understood the Central Committee of the Soviet Com- munist Party approved Bal-

ing today on the eve of the Parliament's first session,

Successor

But there was no Information available here as to who would succeed Bulkanin as Premier,

Western

correspondents Mosenw reported considerable specula

thore s to the speculation events that are about to unfold in the impending session of the But they said Supreme Soviet. there was no official informa tion available on the subject,

The first tipoff as to Bulga- nin's probable replacement came last night when he was

Lennox-Boyd

Is A Liar

Says Mintoff

Mr

IKE HITS

BACK AT

TAX CUT

OUTCRY

Washington, Mar. 26.

today he will not be stampeded into proposing

United States.....3 USSR...2

EXPLORER III JOINS FELLOW-SATELLITES IN OUTER SPACE

Washington, Mar. 27.

President Eisenhower said The US earth satellite Explorer III successfully entered its orbit at 2.43 this morning (HK Time) the Academy of Sciences announced yesterday,

a tax cut os an anti- recession weapon.

The President made the state- ment in telling a news confer- ence he feels the United States 1 going through the worst of the economic stump right now.

While a tox cut might have Immediate bene!, he sald, serious thought must be given to its efforts in the future, parti- cularly in view of the growing Federal spending.

ANTI-RECESSION

very

were

Order By Eoka

Nicosia, Mar. 26. The Cypriot Greek terrorist organisation, Eoka today circulated leaflets order- ing Cypriots to boycott British-made soaps, deter- gents; paper handker- chicfs and paper towels.

The leadots, signed by Ecka leader Dighenis, were the latest of boycott orders sued as part of Foka's passivo

in a series

resistance campaign.

FRITTERING

The Erst official statement re- Today's launching took placu The leafleta said: "There are porting the successful orbiting when the two other US patel- perfectly good soaps and soap at a reasonable" powders made in Cyprus which added that the third American tog 143 satellite made

it was officially an- first loop distance,

our people should use instead of Trittering around the world in 121 min- ¡ nounced.

away tens of The danger of an outer col- thousands of pounds on British utes,

extremely doubtful products."

However, Dr Richard Porter, lision, la chief of the US satelite section American experts have said an ono in a Geophy-accident would be for the International sical Year, said the baby moon's billion chances.-France-Presse. branch, Peka, issued leaflets

Arst loop around the earth re- vealed a slight deviation in its oralt.

Deviation

He aided that this change the

would somewhat modify selentine information Explorer III will sind back to the earth. Porter also said the deviation

BIRTH CONTROL

IN PEKING

Meanwhile, Eola's political

ordering Cypriot merchants not to employ British gris for secretariat work.

The leaflet rald; "These girls who seem rendy to accept jobu no matter how small the salary are British agents and spies. While there are Greek girl available for accretarial work, Peking, Mar, 28. It is a shame to employ English Communist women activists girls who are spies."-France- are visiting homes to demons-Presse. tente birth control methods to the housewives of the Chinese He said he never has excluded

staried capital, the Peking Evening the possibility that a lax cut into its orbit only five minutes News reported today.

desirable would

the after its Jupiter-C rocket was

The present economic silua.lon would mit Explorer II's stay could be compounded into some-in outer space to a relatively thing worse, he said.

short period.

The earth satellite

be

It

Labour Party

and the United Kingdom. But he said the Administration launcing pad. Cape Canaveral visitors were warmly welcomed. Wins Elections

Porter

2,000

GMT,

The newspaper said that the

since many wives were Shorty after

obtain knowledge on limitlog 10 mado the announce families, ment of the successful launching

"But some women are shy of at the National Academy at going to the

chemists store to Scientists.

buy contraceptives and others fear the physical effects," the

It we go frantle, he said, we will be doing the wrong thing.

The President said he behever we have got to be very, careful about what we are doing Valetta, Mar. 27.

to the economy over the years Dom Mintoff, Malta rather than considering only the Prime Minister, tonights immediate difficulties. accused Mr Alan Lennox- Boyd, British Colonial Secretary, of having told 11 pack of lies about Malia and claimed he had misled Parliament: and the people of Malta economic situallon Worsens, not going to cut tax or take Mr Mintoff was openking in any other anti-recession measure absent from a dinner given in the Malta Legislative Assembly considered unwise. honour arse their

visiting United

after Dr Borg Olivier The President's stalement Portland Nations Secretary-General Notionalist

opposition leader,

Ad- after come

a top-level Dag Hammarsisjald,

had said the situation in Malta ministration official told United Bulganin was missing again was now a fiasco, and the island Press that the President and his today at a dinner given for was the laughing stock of economic advisers fear that a Hammarskjold by the Swedish world,

tax cut this year already has Ambassador to Moscow, Nolf

implanted in the public's Sohman.

mind.

The official said such fear Despite the orbit deviation, an the American may have prompted consumers scientists to cut back on their buying in International Geophysical anticipation of a lux reduction. Committer still hope to be able Foreign Secretary who is accom- Thus reduced buying, he said, to gather data

outer space only helps prolong the recession from Explorer 111. debale-United Press,

The Army's Explorer I has been in orbit since January 31. bull the second Jupiter-C failed to place its satellite in orbil beenuse the fourth and final stage of the rocket did not ignite.

WE ARE SAFE

of

Radio Moscow reports on the two functions simply listed those present. Soviet Communist Party Bors Nikita Khrushchev was among them. Bulganin was not. No renson was given for Bulgania's absence.

the

been Some of the women wept as they stopped off the

Guruta Indonesian Airways plane which from Medan, them His reference to Lancashire brought

and the enlton industry is capital of northern Sumatra, Limely in that Sir Frank "We are stfe, Anton, all safe," Lee, Permanent Secretary Mrs 3. Wavoesburn, wife of a of the Board of Trade, is|compally engineer, clied to her in the Colony to Investi- | four-year-old gate Hongkong's problems cressed the tarmac. concerning the industry.

Misrepresented

Son 33 they

Youngest refuges in the party was a bay tged six months.

THAT Hongkong's position || ON THE ROAD Thas been frequently mis-

represented is all too true and Mr Clogne's sugges. tion that an official Parlia- mentary Mission be in- vited to the Colony should receive earnest considera- tion.

Such a mission could well clear the air and put the position

in its correct perspective. A long-sighted policy le required for there ja, no doubt that if a Labour Government comes into power in two yenra

time Hongkong will need a many friends as possible in Whitehall.

Following the Hon. A. G.

Clarke's

that revelation

稳吗

the water problem Is acute as it ever has been in the last three decades it is not surprising that two Members, the lion. C. E. Terry and the Hon. Kwok Chan, have urged Govern- ment to explore ali possible

fields to overcome desperate shortage.

Airport Terminal

S

TO PADANG

Bingapore, Mar. 26, An Indonesian Army spokesman Bald over Djakarto Radio

tonight that 26 rebels had surron. dored In today's fighting and that all East Central Sumatra Was now under Government control.

hero Reporte reaching from Palembang, Bouth Sumatra, said however that the rebels were bellaved to have driven back Govern. mant units west of Taluk, In East Central Sumatra where they worn trying to drive through to Padang.

Government patrols werd already on the road link. ing Palembang and Padang, these reports said-Router.

The refugees told reporters that when they decided to leave the Padang

they approached the revolutionary Kovernment for help, but were told they would have to And for themselves,

They decided to make for Parapat,

in

Central Cast Sumatra, and left in a motor convoy of 50 people on Febru ary 28,

EVERAL Members re- ferred to the new airport terrainal facilities. Present As a result of the bombing facilities

were jammed with are far from the roads adequate and

with the Indonesians leaving the town emphasis on furthering the by car, truck, bullock cart and tourist industry to aasiat bicycle.

They reached Parapat seven conditions economy,

our

Speculation

Ext since last autumn there has been increasing speculation that Bulganin was on his way out.

Somie

reports sald he had failed to give full support in Khrushchev in his showdown battle with the faction led by former Premier Georgi Jisienkot and ex-Foreign Minister Vyacheslav M, Mo- lotov and later with Mar shai Georg Zhukov, Russia's

that

He called on the Government to resign and said it would bo irresponsible and unfair for it to girovoke a crisis which might load to the

suspension of the constitution.

He was referring to decision of the Prime Minister to continue the budget without waiting for Britain's contribution to be approved. Reuter,

Æ

PROTEST MEETING IN COMMONS

London, Mar. 26.

of

now-ousted Defence Minister: Two hundred members of There is speculation Bulganin might be eased into the job of President of the Soviet Union, a gurehead pust, now held by 77-year-old Mar

hul Klementi Voroshilov..

Decided

But there was no information whether this available here switel might have been decided on by the Central Committee, which is the group that wields the greatest power in the Soviet Union. What it decides will be presented to the Supreme Soviet as a mere formality,

the National Union Vehicle Builders tonight staged a protest_meeting in a House of Commons committed room against flights of American plones carrying H-bombs

and Britain

against American bases and rocket sites horo.

Over

They also denendest t- mediate suunnit talles.

Mr W. Eperon, London Chair- man of the Union, said the Under the Soviet consiitu- { meeting represented over half a

organised tion, Balganin most present million

London hls resignation to the new workers.

While Supreme Sovlet, whose mem-

the meeting was in bern were elected a week ago į progress MP3 were beng and which meats for the first lobbied, and a protest petion time tomorrow.

with over 7,000 signatures was Normally, he would be re-handed to Mr John Parker, nominated immediately. But Labour MP for Dagenham, who this time, urider the terms of prosided-Reuter. the reported decision taken! today in Moscow, his resigna- tion will be accepted and he'll be out.-Unlied Press.

Biggest Strike

Tokyo, Mar, 27. More than 100,000 private railroad workers today began The largest strike in Japan's postwar history when overnight talis between union

Near Defeat

Madras, Mar. 20. The Communist Government of the Indian State of Kerniu escaped defeat by only two votes today when the State As- sembly voted the Govern- ment's budgetary demands.

In Independent Member of the Assembly, who up to now had generally voted with the more than Government, joined the Op- 13,000,000 railway commruiters position and cut the govern- stranded throughout the coun-

ment majority to two-United try.-neuler.

Press.

will be well nigh chaotic days later, after travelling over management broke down,

within a very short time, But the suggestion that tem- porary enlargement of the terminal buliding is not realistic. It would involve Д furthor

"unbearable" reads and "being subjected 10 bombing And strafing from the air.

RE-OCCUPIED

were

They were in Parapat nearly of outlay capital. The wiser plan three weeks before it was re- occupied by Indonesian Gov- erument troops. They then sent to Medan. They be- leved the 30 others were following,

An engineer, Mr W, Inchout, be sald the party had been in

would be for Government to press ahead with work on the now building with the utmost speed,

The official replies will

awalted with the greatest considerable fear of bandits Interest and it is to be and "trigger - happy"! rebel hoped that they will be as soldiers, "But the women and stimulating as yesterday's children were very brave," he Introdiation to the debate. | said—Router,

+

The strike loft

and

STOP PRESS

1957 OSCAR

AWARDS

Hollywood, Mar. 20. Alee Guinness, who made Нія

film repulation

11

•

sophisticated comedian, to- night was chosen for the Best Actor Oscar for his dramatic performanos as the Tho martinet colonel in Bridge on the River Kwai,” Academy at this Year's Awards presentation.

Joan

who Woodward. played the role of a woman with a spit-personality in "The Three Faces of Eve," was named the Best Actress of 1957. The

"husband and wife" of Red Buttons and Mlyoshl Unieki, who played the air- MAN Joe Kelly and s moon-faced Japanese lover. In "Sayonara" tonight were named for the Best Support-

and ing Actor

Actress

Oscars.

Director David Lean was awarded an Oscar for his direction of the war drama, "The Bridge on the River

Kwai."-United Press.

KILLED OUT OF BOREDOM'

Paris, Mar. 20. Andret

Itobial, 20-year-old paratrooper hero of the Indo- China war, foilsy went on trial, for the murder of three pron women, whom he killed out of boredom".

Hobini has admitted the threa

and st

תתשור

12

separate thefts, usually carried The out against old wome police said he confessed to 10 or 50`amsults during pre-trial questioning.

He returned from Indo-Chlor

with the Croix De Guerro, three ollations and forystal's strips.

Killed word:

is vloths, who were without provocation Mine,

Antoinette Brugueris, 77, Mme. Matie Chamard, 17 and Mme. Marguerite Heur dras 10.

Asked why he had killed the women, he shrusɣod; “I was bered".--Franos-Presso,

President Elsenhower Had been told about the successtul

orbiting some time beforehand. paper added.-Reuter.

Still Hope

оп

Year

A US Navy Vanguard satellite is also circling the Earth as is. the second Soviet Sputnik.

Problems

In West Indies

,

Barbados, Mar. 26,

The Barbados Labour Party which is amilated to the West Indles Federal Labour Party won four of the five Barbados seats for the Arst West Indies The Hague, Mar. 26. Federal Legislature in yester- Mr Selwyn Lloyd, British day's general elections, it was

announced here today. panying Queen Elizabeth In This means that the sup- Holland, today discussed prob-portera of the Sociallet Federal lems of importance to Britain group will hold 25 of the 45 and Holland with his Dutch seats in the Federal Legislature counterpart, Mr Joseph Lurrs. against 20 for the Conservative It was learned that toples of Democratie Labour Party en- their 90-minute tolk here in-abling them to form the ret cluded A summit conference, federal government. the Free Trude Area, European It also incans Sir Grantley Integration problems, the fin- Adams leader at the Barbados ancing of British troops station- | Labour Party la assured of be- ed_in_Germany, and Indonesia. coming the first federal Prime -Revier.

Minister.-Reutor.

THE COST

PR

THE

OF A TRIP TO MOON AND BACK

Washington, Mar. 20. RESIDENT Eisenhower's

Scientifle Advisory Com mittee tonight reported that it will be easier to land space chip on Mars and Venus because than on the moon both planets have atmo. apheres that er be used to cushion a landing.

The relentists added in a 4,000 word study made public by the President that it may cost 2,000 milion dollars to equip curselves to land a man on the moon and return him safely to Earth," The forecast did not say when it may be possible to make such a trip.

The committee. study, entitled "Introduction to Outer Space", was issued with an

"

panying statement by Mr "minimal moon contact" Eisenhower calling it

Under the "later" designs- tion are sober,

realiste presentation prepared by

planetery leading selen-

Usts."

*minima! and

listed contect," "human aight in orbit,"

The Presidential committee, In the last category, "silli later,"

២

"human Usted

lunar bended by Dr James R.

and re- Kulun. Mr Elsenhower's (moon) exploration

turn," and under "much later adviser on science problems,

rull" comes "human planŝtory, listed defence us among the

exploration." Jafor reasona for making plans for outer space develop- nicht.

The committee's report includ- ed an elementary space, time- table for various scientific objectives in that fold. The timetable categories are 1

the broadest terms for nchievement of such objec tucs-namely, carly, Inter

and still later. accom-In the early category is listed

where

there's life

...there's

Budweiser.

KING OF DEERS

̧ANHEUSER-BUSC?L, INC. • ST. LOUIS + NEWARK+LDS ANDZLES

Moon exploration would in- volve three distinct levels of difficulty, it reported. The first would be a simple shot at the moon, ending either in "hard" landing or a circling of the moon. Next in dim- culty would be a "soft" land- ing, and most difficult of all would be a "soft" Landing followed by a safe return to Earth.Router.

Sole Distributor in Hong Kong: CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO., LTD.

2 Chater Road,

Tol, 20075.