1958-06-28 — Page 1

THE STAR ANOVE ALLI

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Bole'Agonis: GILMANS

COMMENT OF

THE DAY

Shek Pik

THE news that the proposed) Treservoir at the Pik in Lantao is considered by the. investigating engineers to bo a practical proposition will be received with wide- apread relief and welcome, tempered perhaps by the knowledge that this difficult und imaginative scheme will at not solve the Colony's water problems for all time. Yet the disclosure that Government hopen to start work on the project as Roon na possible is evidence of its determination to press on with all speed with its plans to give the Colony the -water it needs.

Leapfrogging demands

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indeed forcing our planners; to look beyond Shok Pik, but for the immediate future the new reservoir takes into account the needs of our rapidly increasing. popula-

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FIGHT OVER

'NEW THREAT FROM HONGKONGA SHILLING

CHINESE GENERAL'S

SON GOES

TO GAOL

New York, June 27. Unemployed onginoor, Shim S. Long, son of a Chinato general and former war- lord who went over to the Communist side, today chose to 90 to prison rather than be deported from the United States.

fines of 41 tre accumulated? since

tion and industrial develop- Long, who is 28, was sentenced ment. It also promises to to 265 days in prison for failure make the island independent to pay the of the present mainland violation's water supply and it is also likely that the peninsula will benefit from this new source of water as well.

Keeping Pace

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Although Long, who says he has a visilor visu from the Bel- glan authorities, claims to have tried everything to have himself Le without auCCESS, deported,

authorities sald Immigration that Instead, he had acted legally so as to avoid deporta-

HEK Pik's capacity will be tion.

roughly the same as Tai In fact, when the judge in Lam Chung'e-or about 4,600 million gallons. In cluding Tai Lam Chung, the Colony'a reservoirs at pre sent have a total capuelty of 16.5 thousand million gal lous.

Long's unusual traffic case gave him a choice between deporta- tion and prison, today Long chose the prison.

Thus Shek ik will increase this supply almost by half. The Colony cannot expect to benefit from this project until well into the 1900-Tai Lam Chung took roughly five years to build. And by this time the newi water will be urgently need- ed.

Reems

Trafic violations are a habit ነ፡

with the young engineer.

1954, the earliest date of the

present list of infractions. Long

add $035 in fines for the 13 slotations he had scored up to that line-France-Presse.

Gainsborough For 21,000 Guineas

Association Told "We Can No Longer Stand And Cheer"

Manchester, June 27. News of a now threat to the Lancashire

textile industry was given by Mr| Stanley Mason, the new chairman of the Rayon Weaving Association, to the annual meeting today. Hongkong was turning to the production of spun rayon, and over a million and a half yards had been imported for processing and re-export during the last six months at prices which made it only a matter of time before those fabrics were imported for use in the home market, if nothing was done to stop it.

Serious Floods In Southern England

London, June 27.

MAN GAOLED

| BIG PURGE REPORTED IN FOR 3 YEARS

SATELLITES: 50 GO

By FRANZ CYRUS

Vienna, June 27.

At least 50 high ranking Communist Party functionarios in the Kremlin's Eastern European satellite empire ware ousted from their jobs recently in what experts dos- cribed today as a major purge of Marshal Tito's sym- pathisers.

The sources salt that tho Army general Peter Pentshev- Politbureau Member and and. Vulko before and after the vis; of the Defence Minister, Savici Premier Khrushcher to Tchervenkay, Minister of Educa-

tion and Culture,

purges were carried out shortly ski

Communist Bulgaria.

Omcial announcements of the

in Czecho personnel changes

Opposition

Khrushchev made his unex- pected trip to Bulgaria is the result

дл alarming report

the

purges were made in Communis: Balzarta and Bumania while the slovakia were made publle by the party apparatus during against Yugoslavia had met the regime as "new elections" to that Moscow's new sharp terms week's Communist Party Con-

strong opposition within Bulgarian party, In addition it should not be

Experts said, it is difficult to forgniten that the growing pro- Second Purge

analyse the persormel changes duction of Japanese synthetic-

in the Czech Communist Party, ibres would eventually become Today Bucharest Radio an-

purge of because the time of the purges Available to Hongkong manu-nounced the second incturers,

leading party functionaries cannot be determined exactly.

Mr Maron said the Associa- tion, which represents nearly 300 rayon weaving firms, could no longer stand on the sidelines and choer its ention colleagues In their struggle with the Government.

Mr

W.

Failure

1.

Winterboltom

within two weeks..

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said that Constantine Doncea and laboe Catoveanu, both Central Comunitice mem- bars, were dropped and expelled from the Party,

Two week ago, prominent Rumanian party functionary Ljuba Chisinavski was eliminat ed from her post as deputy

Commission. chakman of the Party Control

Serious floods have struck Chairman of the Fine Spinners parts of southern England and Doublers Limited og Man-

(In Bulgaria; shtere Khrush after 14 hours of uninter-chester, said that the LoN REN

ment's failure to clarity ita hev's visit, the following party rupted rain,

the cotton In-officials lost their jobs: Polley abou At Haverhill, Suffolk, 40 | dusity'a fujuré was a serious people were trapped in the up- obstacle to keeplog up the in- per storeys of their houses after dustry's confidence in 300 the river Stour, overBowedi its Government's intentious, Monks and flooded the streets of the town.

London, June 27. A minting by Gainsborough of † drivers.

Makarios Piqued

If the Govemment's ideo, he Government's task therefore!

Several areas of the country said in a statement to share- water. In holders to be given at the annual sido were under .seems to be to keep pace

Athens, June 27. farmers were meeting on July 18, was to let Hertfordshire with demand until perhaps

Archbishop Makurios today called to come to the aid of car the industry decline to a level by some. miraculous fent of

`his representative of supplying more withdrew and the occupants of capable engineering, means may be william Henry. Duke of Glou- cottages, cut off by the food.

Conterenco than a small part of the homej uom the Lambeth found of giving the Colony coster, belonging to Lord

even to de-iridus-opening next month following Hoad and rail services were market, or

altogether crilicni references to him by unlimited water. This pro-Woldegrave, was sold at Chris- interrupted and many children trialise Lancashire

to the benefit of other members the Archbishop of Canterbury, spect, however,

reles today for 21,000 guineas to were unable to get to school.

Commonwealth, Was Dr Fisher described Arch- mote, and the Colony must an unknown buyer. There had Serlous damage has already of the

as "a bad be meanwhile content with be numours that the purchaser been caused in southeast coast clearly imprudent to spend large bishop Makarios

and soveral London runs of money in re-equipment character in a television inter- the policy that aims at wes the Queen, who visited the towns

on Wednesday night- .auction rooms privately two suburbon bus services have had and modernisation of mills in view

Reuter.. providing the maximum

to be conceited.-France-Presse. this country ----Reuter, reservoir capacity for the days ago, but the buyer's repre- Rentative ennoanced that he summer rain and run-off, to only bought the picture to pre- avoid shortfalls in the dry vent it leaving the United winter months.

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British Diplomat Was

Czech In Boot Of

Carrying

Car

But Foreign Office Says He Was Framed

London, June 27.

The Foreign Office admitted tonight that Eric Pago Bedford, second secretary at the British Embassy in Praguo, had tried to help a Czech citizen to cross the frontier into Gormany.

A statement published by the Foreign Omce said that Bedford had acted without informing his superiors.

It added that Bedford had been the victim of a "deliberate frame-up" the part of the Czech authorities, and that fol- had lowing the incident, he resigned from the Fereign Office.

Fly to

**It is clear that this was a į attention. deliberate frame-up on the part

When he was discovered by

of the Czech authorities. There the Czech frontier guards, he

Now Nagy's Friends To

Go On Trial

Paris, Juno 27.

London, June 27.

A 39-year-old engineor was

gaolod for throd years to- day for the manslaughter of a follow, lodger who was killed in a fight over who should put a shilling in an electric light motor,

jury at

the Old Bailey Central Criminal court found Jockine Gerard de Souzn not gulity of murdering Biscor Walter Haynes with a steel rod but guilty of manslaughter.

A

In evidence today dr. Souza sald he quarrelled with Haynes in a public house on April 18, De Souza went home and was about meter lo put a shilling in the when Haynes entered his

room.

The argument began agalu and they started fighting in the dirk.

"The

Into fighting moved Hayne's room and we both fell on the floor," De Souza salı

rod and "Haynes picked up A new serios of trials will caught me on the arm. I twisted open shortly in the Hun- his wrist and get the rod from

im," garian capital against col- struck him three or four) leagues and friends of iimce with it. Haynes sat down former Promier, Imre and called out, Oh my head.' Nogy, according to raports I thought I had just hurt him The heavy turnover, they

current in Hungarian cir and went back to my room."--

China Mail Special. cles in Paris today. said, indicated that even in the Kremlin's most faithful satellite

The reports said the chicl Communist party Czecho- dovakia-the need of a major accused in these trials would former change of personnei has de Gábor Tranzzos,

of emerged

as Secretary - Gerierol most probably

"Peton" Writers Club, Sandor a result of some opposition

of the President against the orthodox Stalinist Haraszú,

ot Hungarian Czech Communist Party polley. Association

The most prominent central Journalists during the Insur- former Czech Army Chief of of the Nagy government, George committee members ousted were reellor Istvan Bibo, a member Staff Lt-Gen Vaclav Kratochvil Farsicas, Journalist and leader and former Chler Arity political of the Smaltholders Party, officer Major-General Jan. | which rallind to Nagy, and

Tatvan Szabo-France-Presse,

Zeman-U.P.1.4

the

Nagy Execution A SILENT-

'Bloodshed Will Continue'

United Nationa, June 27,

Dr Bela Fabien, Chairman c

the Federation of Hungarian Former Political Prisoners.

said today that unless the

Rebel Claim

In Lebanon

Beirut, Juno 27. There was more hoavy firing for one hour before sunset in Central Beirut tonight. There was luff at sunse, but ("ensional single shots could still be heard,

Lebanese Insurgents claimed tonight to hold three-quarters of the country and command the support of three-quarters of the people.

The claim was made by the National Union Front, the poli tical organisation behind the *insurrection,

Mr Fund Ammoun, formerly director of the Lobanese Foreign Ministry, told a press confer-

can atherwise bo no explanation showed no sign of fright or dis-ence: "Six of the country's elght

of the fact that when Mr Bed- tress.

ford's car was stopped at frontler

political parties are against the the "Mr Bedford has throughout present regime. So are all the post. the man denied that he undertook this tanner Prime Ministers, all the, (Machacek) who was concealed operation for money the former speakers of parliament,

authorities

leaders." in the boot, immediately made | Czech'

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United Nations urgoilly Intervened, the "bloodshed in Hungary will continue”. "Innocent churchmen, such as:

Bishop Ordas and his fo- lowers, will be liquidated by 'secret trials as will other kinocent persons,”-16 declared.

In

PROTEST REPORTED

Tho

newspaper,

Vienna, June 27. Hungarian Janguage Magyar Hirado published in Vienna reported today that a silent demonstra- tion of protest was staged in a square in the centre of Szeged, south Hungary, following the execution of inte Nagy.

The newspaper sald people began arriving independently in the square wearing, black armbands last Saturday. More and more arrived unui there were about 1,200 people their. But without taking any notice of each other.

Later police arrived and most of the demonstrators dispersed or took off their black timbonds, In the afternoon the secret

police arrestod people believed to have organised the silent demonstration of grief at the

a letter to Dr E, Ronald Walker of Australia, acting Chairman ol the United Nations Special Committee on Hungary, Dr Fabien alleged that "sceret trials and exceu- Bons in Hungary did not be- gin with Mr Imre Nagy and Pal Maleler." Referring to the trials and executions.

execution of Mr Nugy and About 80 people in danger of other Icaders of the 1956 arrest were taken over the Hungarian uprising, Dr Fabian frontier into Yugoslavia in two said the secrecy which sur- lorries provided by the workers rounded the trials WAE of the town of Szeged. The "unprecedented even in the frontier guards dki "not stop history of the Communist | them, the newspaper reported--- Party," Reuter.

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