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CATHEDRAL

BALLET

ROW

Coventry, Apr. 13.

A row has started over plans to raise money for a new cathedral here by holding a ballet festival in the ruins of the one blitsed by the Luftwaffe.

The Lord's Day Observance Society has called plans for u Sunday festival on July 20 "an unworthy desecration" In a letter to the Bishop, Dr Cuth- bert Bardsley, and added that to charge admission would be

“a breach of the law."

When he announced the

festival last week the Bishop sald: "For far too long there has been tuo narrow concep- tion of the word religion, and this tends to a paganising of everything that does not fit into IA falsely narrow religious itsmework."

SHOCKED

Mr H. J. W. Legertim, General Sceretory of the Lord's Day Society, who wrote to the Bishop, said:

"Thousands

s Christian people, including a vast number who are members of the Church of land, are shocked at such and I wan an announcement, writing on behalf of such lodge a strong protest against this unworthy desecration of the Lord's Day which is the more shocking as it is being or-

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CHINA MAIL

Canadian Executives Leaving

Government Jobs

Ottawa, Apr. 13.

A tanned and rested Prime Minister roturnod to the capital today and promised carly consideration of salary increases to keep top executives from deserting the Government service.'

"I have been studying the zularies of quite a number of Bentor Civil Servants," said the Prime Minister, Mr John Diefenbaker, minutes after epping down from the Trans- part Department Viscount which brought him back from a week- long holiday in Bermuda.

The announcement followed the resignation of thred key Civil Servants in less than werk.

He attributed the resignations

the

uf President of

the Canadian Wheat Board, George McIvor, the President of the Atomic Energy Commission1, W. J. Bennett, and the Deputy Trade Minister, Mitchell Sharp, to the Jure of outside attrac- tions.

He said Mr Melvor, 03, faced retirement in two or three years And for a "considerable

lime" had had the offer of a higher- paying job in Industry. So nad Mi Bennett, he said.

Possible

be the Commonwenith Trade and Economic Conference sche- duled for Montreal this autumn.

The Prime Minister said there' WES no general plan of talks, that he had wonted to rather tect his British counterpart for discussion of topics of mutuai Interest-United Press.

Russia Boosting Arabs

London, Apr. 13, The Soviet Ministry of Cut- ture will put on a festival of United Arab Republic films in Moscow, Lenin- grad, Tashkent, Kier and Stalingrad in April and

Established 1949

MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1958.

Déserted

Army In First

World War

Teramo, Italy, Apr. 13. A 77-year-old hermit who

spent half a lifetime hid- ing in the Abruzzi Moun- tains as an army deserter asked Federal police today to help him find his twe children.

The betalt, Giovannil Moretti, was brought back to civilisation recently When relatives dis- covered him and on the point

of death in a cabin wilderness,

In the

He told police he had not seen or heard from his children

42 years.

Moretti was conscripted into the army in World War I. shortly after

wife died.

Worried about his two young children, he deserted during the war-a capital offence-and re- turned to his farm.

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He was court-inarlinlied absentia and sentenced death. Terrided, he placed his two childron, Murla and Primo, in an orphange and fed into the monuitus with a bag of ficur, a few pounds of nuts, a spede and on axe.

TINY HUT

He set up housekeeping in u ny hut on the slopes of Great Sasso and existed on gamo, nāk May, Moscow radio re-and a anall vegetable garden. ported today.

Two years ago a group of Quoting the oficial Suviel foresters met Moretti and heard news agency Tass, the broad-his story, On the international scene, Mrcas), which was monitored here, They told him the death

Mr Diefenbaker sald the re signations of both Mr Bennett and Mr Metvo: had been exin- aldered "potentially possible" by the Government,

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BRITISH CARS STEAL US SHOW

New York, Apr. 13.

ganised under the ausplers of Diefenbaker sald he prepared sald an Arab ne arts exhibi-sentence against him had bron! Sales of British cars. and spare parts

the church."

Bee

Many applications have come in already for tickets to Britain's Allciu Markova dance "The Dying Swan," and Festival Ballet Company present "Les Sylphides."-Reuter,

the

Condemned Notes

London, Apr. 13.

Bank notes worth £100 cot demned by the Banic of England and sent to London's Kient Battersea Power Station to be destroyed

were tound

today among clinker in a Surrey field. The notes were collected by a Bank of England ometal.

This was the third time this year that condemned notes have

clinker been found among Heuler.

a draft of a reply to the recent tion would open in Moscow on volded by time, but he did not Nikita Khrushchev. It would be note from the Soviet Premier, April 28,

belleve them.

by

But he was getting old and it was becoming harder and harder to live by himself.

Shepherds rescued him from starvation in the bitter winter of 1955.

accounted for about 50 per cent of the total sales at the nine-day in- ternational automobile show which closes here tonight.

According to the latest estl-, retarded sales of his company's mates compiled just before the cars. closing of the show, which B. R. Bordur, of Bulck, re- attracted record crowds, the. 14 ported "extremely brisk activity British manufacturers sold A in sales."-United Press, total of $12,068,750 worth of cars and $625,780' worth of spare

An exhibition of works sent on Tuesday after approval Soviet artists devoted to Arab- by the Cabinet, he added.

Soviet friendship will be Mr Diefenbaker' said tople to the discussed with Mr Arts

one arranged at the Pushkin Fig

Museum.

the broadcast Harold Macmillan when the said. British Prime Minister pays a This year Soviet publishers cuil to Ottawa in June would

Last year relatives found him will publish numerous works and rushed a doctor to treat about the Arab peoples and

him.

They Anolly convinced their history, the broadcast | him to return hero to his native added.

village. Books by Soviet authors The

caid police

nelther about their impressions of visits Morelli nor any of his relatives parts and accessories. Cairo, Apr, 13. The International Federation to Syria and Egypt will also be

had agy idea where his long- lost son and daughter of Arab Labour Unions expressed featured and there are plans to solidarity with French workers publish collections of stories by now. -United Press. in their agitation for shorler Egyptian and Syrion writers, working hours and better pay the broadcast said. today.

The broadenst noted that for

Solidarity

The Arab Federation drew the the first time he "History of attention of French workers to Arab Literature" by on Egyptian their country's economie troubles, scholar, H. Fahurl, hos been which it sakd were due to the translated into Russian-United Algerian war,-United Press.

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Trade Pact Sabotaged Says China

Total saics at the show amounted to $25 million, accord- ing to representatives of 00 US and foreign car makers,

Sales were more than six times those at the last Interna- tional show here in 1050-when there was no recession, accord- ing to Charles Snitow, the show's president,

Terrific Proof

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STERING SILVER TIP

TENANCY TRIBUNAL HEARING

A Tenuncy Tribunal pro-|

sided by Mr H. H. D. How, with Mr I. Morrison and Mr Cheung U Pui, this morning heard an exemp- tion application concern. ing Nos. 383 and 385 Portland Street.

Mr F.

Zimmern

of F

From the Filos

25

years

AGO.

IN dealing

batch

at

with the weekly of juvenlies charged Zimmert and Co. represented with hawking without licences,

Wynne-Jones, scated Air Cheung Wal-inan the appll- Mr can, who ta also the owner of Counsel's other property. Mr Cheung said that he had purchased the alle In September of last year for $103,000 and it was his in- tention to carry out a scheme of redevelopment if the Tribunal should recommend exemption,

Plans for a proposed building scheme whereby the present three-storeyed houses will be replaced by two vix-storeyed Aunement type blocks were placed before the Tribunal by ine architect, Mr Steven S. L.

rur.

OPPOSING

labla In the Central Police Court yesterday (April . suggested to several of the. boys that they join the Police Boys' Club. Three of the lads re- fused while four others said they would have to got the consent of their parents or guardians Inspector Carey mentioned that banking accounts were kept for the boys at the Police Club, One boy who stayed there four years, left with no les than $450 to his name, His Worship:

for

"It is really a marvellous Insutution."^

*

**

Reports from Sun Sebastian,

Opposing tenants are being represented by Mr Lawrence Spain, that 30,000 kellogrammes Leong, Instructed by P.L. Lam of sardines have been thrownE and Co., Mr F. X. D'Almada of into the sea owing to lack of D'Almada and Mason, Mr demand and low prices,

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F. H. B. Wong of C. Y. Kwon and Mr G. Hampton of Hastings und Co.

AT 1.30 p.m. on Saturday The applicant said that he is A (April 6). Hittle more than prepared to offer compensation on a basis of $14 a #q. 11. for domcalic accommodation with $500 for

bedspace. An ad journment was granted to

if a settlement could be reached.

Conspiracy Case Adjourned

ve hours after leaving Hanoi, Senor Fernando Rein Loring stepped out of his British built Comper Swift plane, the City of Manila, and bowed smilingly to the little group of friends who hud gathered to welcome him at The Kai Tak aerodrome. This is the Flying Senor's second Madrid-Manila flight, the first having been accomplished less than a year ago. Tanned by the sun which has lentless down on him since ho left Spain's capital on March 18, Laring looks remarkably ft and well.

beaten re-

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Hearing of a case in which pROFESSOR Grant M. Hyde, an Indian merchant and 4) A Professor of Journalism at Chinese were accused of the University of Wisconsin, which has the largest school of conspiracy with others to journalism in the United States, deal in dangerous drugs passed through Hongkong and possession of drugs aboard the President Jafferson was adjourned until April on Saturday (April 0) on

round-the-world tour. Professor 22, by Judge K. R. Mac Hyde sald he was favourably fee in the Victorin Dis-impressed by the standard of journaliam in the Colony, and instanced the S.C.M Post The accused were Mohindra

which, in his opinion, disclosed- Verma, 30, of 11B-1 Macdonpeit and Pul Sal-hung, 35,

a high standard, particularly of Road, unemployed, of 173 Wing Lotions in comment which, he international and foreign ques- Street, West, second door.

TWO MYSTERY trict Court this morning.

WRECKS

20,

said, dealt in most informa~ tive and comprehensive man-

∞ the

Bahrein, Apr. 13. Experts were trying today They were accused of con-

to unravel the mystery of spiring between October 1wo skeletons and the 1057 and February 22 this year ner with the matters. He also

commented favourably to deal in opium and possession display of news both local and wreckage of two planes of 1,076 pounds of opium on foreign. accidentally discovered February 22. yesterday by divers work- ing offshore from this oil-fixed for this morning. rich, British - protected island.

Exhibitors from England, France, Germany, Czecho- slovakia, Italy, Sweden and3-the---- United States were "amazed" at the car-hungry throngs that saw their products.

that firm.

-The-

"trial was origi.ally.

THE Hongkong

WE annual report of

Philharmonic Society states "The membership

the

on

"Peking," Apr. 13, The Chairman of the China Committee for the promo

MORE TIME tion of international trade,

Spokesmen said they were in Nan Han-chen charged to a “buying" rather than "Just

However, at the outset Mr at the Society numbers 37 Vice- The divers-recovered three Richard Winter (instructed by-Presidents, two subscribing day that the Japanese | looking" mood.

from Mr A, S, C. Comber of Hastings members und 104 ordinary Government Wa9 deli- Nobody had anticipated such recognisable Indian sais

one plane-a two-seater-while and Co.) representing Pul told members, including those a strong sales showing.. berately subotaging the

they were "It is terrine proot to Ameri- burned-out hulic of the

Investigating the the Court that he needed more leave....The Committee regrets

7,440 Implementation of the can Motors that the company

time to prepare the case because that a low of $959.50 was made ton British freighter, Selston, of the withdrawal of the former "The Fountain of Youth." fourth Sino Japanese is on the right track in offering which blew up and sank last

The financial result solicitor representing Ful.

of the trade agreement, the New the public a compact car," sald February, killing 60 persons.

Verma was represented by Mr year's working is A China News Agency said R. W. Light, zone manager for

But a spokesman for the civil v. L. J. D'Alton instructed by $91.00, bringing the aviation ministry said there had tonight.

Mr P. L. Lam.

account down to $119.74. W. O. Kumpf, zone sales been no known air disasters in In a cable

An order to remand Put in Society's annual meeting the to

three manager for Studebaker Pack- the area since two DC-4 Air Japenese organisations which ard, reported his arm's retail Franec liners crashed In 1950 custody until then with liberty be held at the Cathedral Hall signed this agreement, Nun sald business at the show was far at the same

to apply for bail was made, on Monday, April 10, spot within 24 Verma's bail of $25,000 was the Chinese side flatly rejected above expectations.

hours of each other, killing 80 allowed to be extended. the reply made by the Japanese James Standard, special repre- parsengers, Coverment

the sentative of Chrysler, said for- The wreckage

of both Air Bgreement.

eign car competition in no way France planes was

recovered long ago.

Divers sald choppy seas pre- vented them from reaching the other mystery aircraft, which they described as a "big poss.co- ger plane."United Press,

concerning

The Chinese cable Was addressed to Masanosuke Ikeda, delegate of the Japanese Dict Members Union to promote Japan-China trade, Kumaicht Yamamoto, Chairman of the Japan-International Trade Pro- mation Association, and Saburo Nongo, Managing-Director ot the Japan-China Export and

Import Association.

Cold Front

Hits Colony

The Chinese cable said the The present "cold front” in

recent Japanese statement In- dicated that the Japanese Gov-

emment

Hongkong is due to north. easterly winds, The "had no intention of recognising the

weatherman People's Re-

Bays the trough that passed through the Colony, is now In the northeast

public

of China and that it would respect its relations, with the Chlong Kai-shek elique in Taiwan."-France-Presse.

Sailors Robbed

quarter.

Last Saturday's the maximum temperature was record nt 74.9 degrees F and within 24 hours, the thermometer dropped to a minimum of 60.6 degrees. From midnight to noon day, the lowest temperature re- corded at the Royal Observatory

10-

A Chinese boy stale about was 62.4 degrees F which was US$100 from a sailor of the read at 2 a.m.

United States Navy in Parkes However, the front will dis- Street, near Austin Road, at appear in a day or two and a about 2.30 this morning.

forcenster kald this morning

In other street thefts yester- that the temperature will reach day, a wallet. was stolen from the neighbourhood of 70 degrees an American sailer in Luard F either tomorrow or Wednes- Rond and a purse, containing day. about $303, was stolen from a For the rest of today, there Chinese in Tul Po Road, pear will be moderate north easterly the Shek Kip Mel Resoltlement | winds blowing. The weather Area,

will be cloudy and cool.

POCKET CARTOON

by OSBERT LANCASTER

•

COLIATH | Super Six

"The PM's right? We must have more and bigger roads in order to produce. more and bigger cara in order to be in a position to demand more and. bizzer roads..."

Chief Inspector C, L. Smith appeared for the Prosecution.

BOAC Not Going To Sack 3,000

British

* * *

ABIGAIL

Joss of surplus Tha will

remarks Somo

ago I wrote

an

A months article on the luck of interest | shown in Yo-Yo. I formed the conclusion that our Bright Young Things were too superior to play with ilds toy and gave a short account of the Yo-Yo craze at Home last summer. Now, 1. sea that the Yo-Yo lu slowly but surely ártlvinz in Hongkong. Several shops are displayiniz them and Lane Crawford's ad-

London, Apr. 13. verlipa the whistling variety, Overseas Airways | Perhaps, the craze will soon bo denied today that it in- sweeping over the Colony, but tended to discharge 15 what a long time it has taken

to come from England! per cent of lia 19,500 em- ployees for economic rea-

Song

Oft

The nationally-run line nounced last autumn that it was commencing a campaign to "put out house In order" in terms of efficiency and economy.

BOAC's operating costs were judged too high at least partly

as a result of overstalling.

Several vessels made delayed arrivals in port pesterday (April thick fog which hung over the 10) morning as a result of the harbour and outside,

Hongkong Cricket Club pre sending an all-round sports team to Swatow for A company sppkomnan sald series of matches during the today that a "series of folke" Enter week-end. The local were under way on staff matters team will leave by the Halch- with the unions concerned.

ing on Good Friday and will ro.. "Some stak redundancy is turn by the as Svale on the Inescapable," he said.

following Tuesday, The local But he denied reports print-team will be composed of mem- od here this moming that some|bers of the HKCC and will play | 3,000 of BOAC's employers are cricket, hockey, soccer, · tennls, due for layoff,-United Press. bridge, pltig-pong and billlarda,

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