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GILMAN OLORTER ARCADE No. 37089

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The Queen And Her Food

New York, Juna 30.

The former chef on the British Royal train Bald in an articia SHE LIKES FRIED

published today that he had 'never known the Queen to diet, but added that one of her favourite foods was fried potaṭpła.

The story of the chaf, Mẹ Charles Mallis, who retired fast year after 12 years we chat on the Royal train, appeared today In the Saturday Evening Peat.

He

should have own pvt-Mr. topment Corporation. And considering

Фле that Clague's original requedļuk- ed only for an examinaș of the question, Govelinta negative responso ra mor/hat surprising particularly về, it would seem, the propor has not only a very direct ling on one of the Colony'hair economic problems, but onc likely to command avice measure of support.

Last week's forum conduc by the Civic Association aģenta that the subject i ena hich requires cardial thought The proposal tands, among mo, to be thought of as the paces for a wide range of ordems and while Its practica@AR- Bom what plications may be alverse It neade 1056 examined expertly and als tically, its aphora of oparions dolinod and the limita polities outlined,

Opportunist

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in thought among som fer example, that an indutrial joan policy may be sufficit to "bend" the future trond In- dustrial development If this Colony, so that industry may become mere diveran and True balanced,

aborterm loans have tended to als in- dustrial Investment her an "opportunist" character Julek raturne are widely demanded and light industry has offered most advantages. Agan, In- dustrialista have been eager exploit the one tranch

to

of technical "know-how? In which this Colony la relatively proficient.

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POTATOES

Molila sald "The Queen dopa have hor food tada, She does not "Ho (the Prince) is a great one for lobster, shrimps and spinach. Iko melon. She seldom fouchos flsh, Nelthor doce who care for grapefruit."

added "Out 1 have never known the Queen actually to diet, quite the contrary, in fact, what woman who was disting would thekle a liberal helping of fried potatoes? Yet the Queen never passed them by."

Mr Mattia xald there were fow dishes her husband, the Duke of

Edinburgh disliked, but "ho is a small enter for a man.”

Whenever he has spinach the Queen has some too, though formed the Impression that she does not really care for it.

"Prince Philip enjoys caviar, too, and will occasionally take * little vodka with it as an appetiser. Mora fraquently ha takes sherry with his meals. The Queen will sometimes take a little sherry but mostly who le perfectly content to settle for orange squash," he said.

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Mr Maille recalled and occasion when he was told that the Queen

was ready for lunch at.only seven minutes to one, what it was always served promptly at ona.

He said he sent a message back saying that lunch was scheduled

for one "and ons it will be," When the Quean was told this, Mr Metila said, she looked al Prince Philip and said "I'm afraid we're being too impatient. My watch must be wrong."

Me Mollia-raid that ice cream was never served. at royal maala,

not even to the children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne. "The Queen does not regard it as suiteblo,” he said.

He also regalled the time when the Prince then Llautenant

Philip Mountballon-wes courting Princess Elizabeth.

"I saw something the way they laughed, tossed, and looked at oach other while travelling," he said "and 1 shall never forget the time heard the Queen mother call out to them: New you two, stop kioking each other under the table and behave properly. "Router.

TORY REVOLT IN COTTON VOTE

Seven MPs Abstain, But... Opposition Motion Is Comfortably Defeated

London, June 30.

Sven Conservative Members of Parliament critical of the British government's policy for the Lancashire cotton industry tonight staged a minor “revolt" in the House of Commons.

Tey sat on their benches and refused to vote against a Labour opposi- tion move critical of the Government's handling of the problem of cheap imports from Asiatic Commonwealth countries.

wei one

hnd re-

se Imports, Labour Bald, returned to parliament at an four years the Industry had

ot the causes of election,

been slowly "bleeding to death" The Government stood firm and the Government Lahire "slowly bleeding to

against séquests from Lancashire | joeled or ignored all appeals for contr

and the Opposition to impose, if help.

Mr Douglas Jay, who wound necessary, restrictions on cotton

for the Opponi, imports from Hongkong, India up the debate and Pakistan.

tion, urged the Government to countries Sir David Eccles, President of } tell the exporting" the Board of Trade, sald success concerned now that if voluntary -about which he was optimistic | agreement was hot reached by -by the British Cotton Board in

Britain would acerain dale,

T Conservatives all repre- senbrutituencies in Lancashire, on portant area politically in anyeneral election.

There is, however, an undþubt. e need to spread wider the range of industry Hong Kong. This polat la aptly made by one of the Colony's ever- cat critice, Me Honkar- Heaton, Director of the Federation of Master Cotton 8planers doubtless for ulter

motives but his point undeniable. "Hongkong'" lextile Industry may one day share the same fate as Lenoa shire, and all our enterprise | Ingå Bell, and low labour costa are, not enough to stave off the mighty challenge looming from nascent Industries in China and Bouth- cast Asia,

Planning Needed

Βυτ

7 were Sir John Barlow, Mrichard Fort, Mr Charles Fier-Cooke, Mr G.B. Dray- sonar Wilham Shepherd, Mr J. ALeaves and Mir Phillpeluing a voluntary celling for three years on these countries' cotton exports to Britain would offer the best stability for Lan- cashire.

No Action

Ben spite of these absten- hendte Government defeated the position challenge by comfable majority of 62.

Tivote was on a motion to of Trade's redu the Board thede-montgront by a tokens sum of £- motion of which the dobaftook place,

QUT can a loan policy agreed upon by a local development corporation ashleve

sired "band", can it channel Into formi investment funds of industry in which

many local industrialiste are clearly not interested? If we have locked the broad-mindedness

onabled that would have

is

No Case

Mr Reginald Maudling, Puy master-General, who replied to

be forced regulate Importa by Government purchase.

Andrea Dorea U.S. Won't Submit To

Sinking Caused By Third Ship?

Washington, June 30.

A naval expert sald to- day that the sinking of

· the Itailan luxury

Immer Andres Docts in 1956 may have been caused by an unidentified third ship.

The plant liner went down after colliding with the Swedish ship "Block-. holm 180 miles east of Now York. NEAT Nantucket island.

John C. Carrothers, a Baval engineer of many Years experience, Bald evidence indicates the disaster occurred becausÒ the Blockholmn

was misled third by the Ughts of a unknown ship in the Im- mediale area—U.P.J.

MENCAN

LIVE

Adviser Coming FOR 250

Attacking the long hours of Mr work in Hongkong milis, Jay exclaimed "what a disgrace

the or political folly that very doorstep of Communist

China, ww should advertise

the debate, said no case could what we like to call the five be made for the compulsory | world by putting this scandal imposition of quotas on Imports right in our shop window!"

YEARS'

London, June 30.

Peking's 15-Day Ultimatum

Washington, June 30,

Curfew

To Be

Lifted

Nicosia, June 30.

| The Governor of Cyprus, Slr Hugh Foot, said tonight he would lift the curfew in almost all of the island's owns and vil lages and he "hoped" to permit cinemas and other places of public enter- tainment to re-open 10- morrow.

"But there can be no question of permitting processions or

assembles," be paid 1 Government statement.

a

He warned the people that district Security committees maintained

the

power to rescind the curfew order in trouble areas.

Now Law

mis-

The State Department said in a statement today

that the United States did not intend to submit At the same time, the official to what it called "a 15-day ultimatum" from Gazette carried the terms of a

new law muking it a

to say or publish China on the resumption of talks between the demeanour

likely to Inelle two countries on release of United States citi-anything

violence or create ill-will be tween the island's Greek and zens in China and other problems.

Turkish communities.

Violations will be punishabic by terms of up to 12 montha' Imprisonment,

Bath

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The State Department state- lease of Americaps then impri- ment denied China's charge that soned in China and to discuss the United States had broken other issues. of the lake. I said the

statement to-

amouncements In a prepared Chinese statement would be day, the United States charged,mude after it was announced, that studled, but we do not propose as it has repeatedly in the past, a Greek Cypriot mator-cyclist uftima-that China violated on agree- had been shot dead by gunmen to 'submit to a 15-day tum."

ment of September 19, 1955, to hear Nicosia today and that a frelease all Americans held in Turks, had been killed by an un-

The Department's statement, rend to reportern by Mr Lincoln China then. Four are still being identified gunman in the Greek

sector of Limassol, held. White, its officia spokesman,

He also said China refused to A curfew clamped on Limassol was in response to a Communist demand that the United States Rive an accounting for American following the shooting was speci- nissing in the Acally cxunpted from tonight's to servicemen designale

ambassador an

Korean. War and to renounce order 1ting the curfew in most resume the suspended alks

use of force in trying to gain parts of the island-Reuter. within fifteen days.

control of Formosa,

China Tefused to continug the

He told the conference was

talks some six months ago when one of "sterility" but said the the United States transferred its United States nonetheless did not representative, Mr Alexia John-reak off the talks. He said the United States has been look- Sun, U.S. Ambassador

Czechoslovakia, and announced

that pending appointment of new ambassador this coury

ing into the problem of appoint- 韭 new representative of

ambassadorial

rankc

They Fled

Washington, June 30.

More than 201,000 East Ger-

ever since mans Bed from

their, country

Johnson was transferred.-U.P.I.last year, the United States In-

would be presented by And Reuter. diplomat of the rank of first

secretary

The talks had been proceeding

in Geneva at intervals for three

from Hongkong, which was D In his reply, Mr Maudling Mon can live for 250 years years prior to that ume.

colony

said the Government was end- Nd disciplinary action

Britain had her obligations to Ing Miss S. A. Ogilvie, assistant an MP the colonial territories as well labour adviser at the Colonial Horny taken ugeinst

from voting, jos to Lancashire, who abstains

Office, to Hongkong to discuss Mr Harold Wilson, who with the Governor, Sir Robert especly if it is on a question

working conditions whicbffects his consi!luency-opened the debate for die op Black, UB

und

that for the island, of being position, complained

of to sea the pitfalle

over- roliance on one branch of Industry In the past, lo there any guarantee that our at. Rude will change in the future? To agree with ax. pert advice on our need for

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has what

prospect

VE WANT AGREEMENTS

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present

and womon for two The United States does hundred years with the recognise China, but it entered

with negotiations aid of hypnosis, a British doctor claimed today. And you don't have to spend the time 12. Д trance, he guarantees.

nol

direct Chinese

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at representative Geneva in 1955 to negotiate re-

Tito In The Mud

Dr S. J. Van Pelt, president |

the British Society of Medical

Tirana, June 30. Hypnotists, believes all k re- Enver Hodja, First Secretary quires to live longer is an of the Albanian Communist apcech interest in life and a desire to Party declared in, a

made public today that the Communist movement would do Dr Van Pelt claimed in the all it could "to help to drown Journal of Medicalthe renegades of Belgrade in

He thought the debate limed in view of the conferences, of which they had great hopes.

On competition from India,

and longkong, he British

go on living.

Sir vid Eccles, replying for Mr Hervey Rhodes (Labour) Minister's arguments diversification is ane thing; to the Cernment in the culton said the affect the change something debalin the flouse of Com- | would not be supported by altogether different,

munsaid the understanding Labour Lancashire members. The attitude of too many

slow India and Pakistan was He said: "The Chinese will dustrialista In the peat

would expect from a take over Hongkong on and when Pakistan baen "Whan you're on a good Comnwealth partnership. He It sults them. We have Hong-caid this had been going co for Hypnotisma that both these

I took the six years and the Governmenfactors could be thing, stick to it." And the wouldk Hongkong to take the kong on suffrance.

had done all too little about it. (hypnosis. Idea of a central

Japanese ten days to take it. planning supe authority is clearly unpopular. Thandians and Pakistanis It would not take the Chinese Yet, without

Not The Cure planning it is sald: less you get an agree more than 24 hours. doubtful

Corinent & Hongkong too, all bets poration can be effective AI A are of means of correcting the pro wont Industrial ImbalanÇO.

whether

No Answer

THE Corporation is indeed

An

He

mud".

induced by Hodja made the remark in a speech at a reception given in honour of visiting Czechoslav Premier Viliam Siroky who fc- turned 10 Frague today... France-Presse,

COMMON

"It would be a good thing f

Mr Leslie Hale, a Labour it ceased to be a colony forth-

Lancashire member, sald Sir vid went ou: We want with.

sald they аго сопыто this country has nothing triction on imperts from Hong- these cements because then diere be three years during better to look forward to than kong would not curo the indus- among centenarians and are one

New maricele reason for their long life. which will be possible to part of its structure depending try's problems,

were needed. Jabour in another bring out u hopeful truns-on sweated

of the world, then it is Format of the Lancashire part

about time we faced the prob- cotton:dustry."

lem realistically and did some- thing that will satisfy our own thinking,"

jolour Bar

most interesting suggestion, but unless It Incorporates Industrial Planning Advisory Committer, capable of-survey- ing the Colony's needs, apprais.

The Minister said if the Industries most ing those

free wed first lent money to desirable and useful for the Colony's economy and direct- underdiloped countries and

Quota

Speaking of Hongkong he said

Bus Pay Rise

Hu discounted the popular Idea he could not understand any that it is necessary to be put in

London, June 30. have one who said "If you

a trance, and sald a hypnotized

London Transport

tonight ranging conditions of slave labour you subject could act completely

offered wage increases ought to help to preserve them."normal in every way.

Mr Bernard Braine, the first

from about three to four per Dr Van Pelt said that any

and cent to 19,300 busmen non Lancashire back bench organ or gland in the body, in-

working in outer said speaker,

discrimination cluding those which aid long are men Mr Richard Stanley, a Lanca- against

London, Kny Commonwealth life, could be controlled by

But trade union leaders sald ing how money can best been, recd to buy their goodshire Conservative, said most country or group of Commor hypnotism.

that wis kind of colour D, members representing

they would ask for more, Lanca wealth countries could do

He said when men' learn to It was the exclusion of these that the Corporation will be discrimition within the Comshire textile areas bellevet there nothing but the gravest possible

manwen family.

harm simply had to be a quota on

to Britain's long term let off steam through their emo-men: from an arbitration award tions like women do now, their of 8/8 for the rest of London's 12p to Montreal India, Pakistan and Hongkong. Interests, "Whe

The real leste

bus Lid Commonwealth He complained that the machin-

workers that greater stamina should allow 50,000

which catused the recent tlet worth approaching when shall

seven-week bank loans are either offered countrigo buy. British aircraft ery of almost all the Hongkong Britain was selling more to them to live some 250 years to

(Conid, on Back Page, Col. 7) about 200-for-women-UP.I. London bus strike-Reuter. and nuar power stations. Do mills came from Germany and 1 on unsatisfactory terms of uni

forthcoming altogether.

you'wpme to say at the same Switzerland...

invested, there is a danger

sean by same as mare, than benevolent lending Institu-

This in no senso denies the meritume:

this year that: the

are not going to buy Me Ernest Thorton, a Labour member from Lancashire, cald

et Colonel Clague's excellent so not your goods?!! propseal, but it process, the We o ect our face against something would have to be done point he himself made at thathenlon of restriction. quickly with the labour laws in outrot of his apach to the We wago get and we arel Hongkong, where women were Legislative Assembly carilor nearly re-voluntory agrees, woricing 14 hours a day, oven

idea of ments.. 4

days'ʼn weeks Otherwise, he said, the corporation should be Obseg that unemployment Britain would be piloried at the Camlhed by a Commitee of in Langire as a whole was world trade orgauidelin

Sir John«"Barlow, a Con- experia Government is anti- below naklonal; average Str fted to its doubts about tho. David "When a Lancashire seryalive from Lancashiro, said

mistake

10 project but this is no answer to operathongs is Job, ho can it would be a

unnecessary exaKETO- bis suggestion. In fairness tongarby, wars and another create him and those him who pretty ickly. Whereas, if a don and bitterne by referring balleve the idea sound and option crative in India, Pakis to bad employers in Hongkong. potentially of great valus to tam og ogkong lord his job. I might makes any arrango- the Daleny, it ought to be rally, he and Kamila coma nase, to nents with Hongkong 200x-

tremely dimeult," Starvati and fairly considered.*

Whe

Colony Banks, Taikoo Contribute

To Churchill College Fund

By A Staff Reporter Three hem with major interests in Hongkong and the Far East have donated money to the Churchill, College Trust Fund to mildew «, now fethnological collo at Cambridge.

tires arme

China

The

are

Navigation Co.Ltd (Butterfi elch,} & Swire), the Chartered Bank Lid and the Mercantile' Bank. Lid.

China, Navigation has donated £156 (JAKS,490), and the Chartered Bank and the Mår-- cantile Bank have donated

£100 each (BAIKI,000)'.' A qonation of £100 (SHKB,600) has also been made by John Swire & Bona Liik,

The total fund required is. **23.0 millions, Last Thursday the fund stood at allghtly niore

than 2 million

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