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Hongkong Trade

RADE recently has come

TRADE

under strong cross fire, first from Lancashire for being Lou cherp, and second from the Chinese mainland who are under- selling us. It is a problem what advantage China can get from exporting leather shoes for example at $2 pair. If the workinen were puid nothing at all, it would still be impossible to pro dyce the goods at this cute, China can probably be ac- cused of the old charge against the Japanese-Gov- ernment spored dumpire to kill competition.

It is Inore likely that Chinu needs, perhaps urgently, more foreign currency an hts sel about getting it whatever the cost.

Politicul motives

are

Involved. There have been a number of disquiet- ing developments in recent Weeks in which Various forms uf pressure hav been exerted against Hong- kong by the mainland. But the threat of a flood uf

THE WEATHER: Light winds mainly from the 8.E. Fair.

CHINA MAIL

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1958.

Price 20 Cents

MACMILLAN MAKES A NUMBER OF SUGGESTIONS

GREEKS

Returning

RELAX IN

DAKS

THE FAMOUS CONFONY ́IN ACTION TROUSERS

Whiteaways

LLOYD

IS

TURKS AGREE

Home

MacmillanLeavesForAthens

Encouraged Talks

After

Nicosia, Aug. 11.

Mr Harold Macmillan, the British Prime Minister, said here tonight: "! return home encouraged and not discouraged after my talks in Athens and Ankara,' Addressing a press conference late tonight, Mr Macmillan said that whatever difficulties were involved, two things were paramount " return to peace and end to terrorism, and then a period wherein extreme solutions will be put aside, enabling us to do some constructive work for the benefit of the Islanders."

He

IT we can agree on them, it wil, be something.

Mr Menida sald The s4=

shouli extend to seven years.

cheap goods into our tea-estion was that the period ditional markets is perhaps the most urgent considera- tion.

the

"If they years are years of alrevni, honourable provisa how treh casier it would be to reach the next stage, whatever that might be," he said,

Period Of Peace

The Premier said he found the mood of the Greck and Turkish Governments in agreement with theme suggestions.

two

Hongkong can hardly com- pete with these prices, and it is probable that the main- land will continue to show more and more interest int Southeast Ania. Current gures do not yet show decline of uar

ex-

Mr Macmillan suid the and enter, but it

fair

predictments "agree with us that to

Jet what's needed is a period of Hongkong products

peace. face serious setbacks in Matnya, Singapore, and the East gonerally, and that we must look urgently for fresh markets if we

purty

scens

thut

are

Lo avoid a serious dime location of local trade.

On Wheels

10 meet this situation this

Mr Macaulian said he was returning home "very much betler informed." But what the next phase would be, he was unable to tell. He would discuss it with his colleagues before reaching a decision, He said that in Sir Ilush | Foot, the Govertiór, he found a "quit remarkabate

courige character, great faith,

The step and resolution."

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column aaggested not long and in excute

ago a travelling exhibition

of Hongkong wares to visit

in with Sir Hugh Foot

UNKNOWN

SEAMEN

PICKED UP

Tokyo, Aug. 11. A Japanese trawler operal- ing in the South China Sea tonight reported to Tokyo she had picked up seven ahipwrecked sea- men of unknown nation- -ality

some

report from the 381-lon 'T): Kastil Mara said many men

clinging to were seen flotsam at point 17 degrees 50 minutes north latitude, 107 degrees. 35 minutes east long-

Mr Macmillan said he disitude earlier today.

at

by wheel places with the eu sed Cyprus and Mid: East built-in requirements of problems with the Air and Land local manufacturers... Commanders-in-Chief large population with a low Episcop earlier 10lay.

We standard of ving. Buggested the Middle East, the African continent, and South America.

The

It

Middle East- at the moment would need a more thun ordinary salesman. Afrien

rareful warrants study, Bel South America would appear at present to a perfect, almost un- limited field for Hongkong expansion. So the decision that longkong's first

be

fledged official trade miss

is to visit Central American and neighbouring countries could not be more timely.

goes to as aren to which many have emigrated

Irom

these shores, Trade figures

Spoke With Pride

He spoke with pride of the stotalard of discipline DI Ine Thank Battalion, Grenadies visited at Guard, whom he Lyss in East Cyprus.

Bie Macmillan paid a surprise visit to Cyprus on his way home. He spent the day visiting troops, talking to sendor officals and serving chiefs, and meeting chict representauves

the

The

SIGN LANGUAGE

seamen,

shipwrecked who made themselves. under- stood by sign language, told the Japanese fishermen their vessel was severely damaged in a storm two weeks ago.

Since then they had been al most without food and water and when their vessel eventually foundered, they took to the sen aboard a flimsy ruft built from the wrecked vessel's frame.

Harold Macmillan wolks to the RAF Comet with Greek

Mambarsudorin tendon. Mir Gevize 9. Seferlades, why wenk

with the Premier to Athens, where he had talks with the Greek Prime Minister. He later flow to Turkey for talks with the Turkish Prime Minister on the Cyprus 'qucation. — Central Press Photo.

Turner Doesn't Want To Talk About Margaret

Montreal, Aug. 11.

Mystery Princess From Jordan

Airliner Nearly Shot Down In Syrian Trick

By GEOFFREY THURSBY

Beirut, Aug. 12.

A pilot flying a mystery Princess out of Jordan said today that Syrians lured him into a trap and tried to shoot him down. The pilot, New Zealander Raymond Steel, dived through gun- fire and escaped at zero feet.

Captain Steel sald he couldn't; Say more because "milters were going to the highest government/ authorities for apparently this 23 cloak-and-dagger afalr involving scure's which hemmed-in Jordan is trying to Ket to the Unlled Nations

Black Garments

The Princez went aboard Stect's planea Dakota of Mid- dle East Afrifnes-at Jordan's Jerusalem Airport yesterday for Might to Berul In Lebanon. She wore black garments of a Moslem woman shrouding her from head to toes,

is of I understand that she Jordan Royal blood, an ex-wife of King Saud of Saudi Arabia and is now married to Jordan- ion Minister Akef el Fayez. It has been suggested that she was carrying vital papers as evid- ence of Syrian intervention in Jordan for the United Nations debate in New York this week. Some "important businessmen among the 27 other passengers may have been UNO delegates,

Čaplain Steel's chalce utes was over Syrlu or Israel, He chose Syri.

Insistently

of

Reporting to his airline Steel said he was nearing the Syrian- Lebanese border when Sycla's Damascus airport radiosd him Insistently to turn back and land

there.

switched him unto local

tre-

John Napier Turner, the handsome 29-year-old Montreal bachelor who was Princess Mar- garet's favourite dancing partner during her As he came in the Airport tour of Canada, said today that his acquain-quency which meant his radio tance with the Princess was most enjoyable, signals wouka't be heard far but now that it was at an end, he would rather away. Then he was ordered to not talk any further about it.

Mr. Turner monopalised Prin- The radio report said the cess Margaret's attention at a Greek and Turkish communi-Japanese vessel was salling for ball given in Vancouver by his Dong Hol port in North Viet-step-father, Lieutenant-Governor nem to inrid the shipwrecked of British Columbia, Mr Frank Ecumen-Reuter.

thes

Mr Macinillan sald that whatever Britain decided to de to fill the seven-year truse perlod would undoubtedly come in for adverse criticism. "But that is our duty and we must not shrink from 10," he said.

He was not discouraged be- for 1967 show that Hong-| cause he "did not come out to kung earned about $54 sign treaties or agreements." million from exports, and

the chances are that an

world, and to

from

encourage

would

anilan declared.

RANGE NAMED AFTER PRINCESS

Mir John

Ottawn, Aug. 11.

Ross.

The former Rhodes scholar's name was added to the list of guests at a dinner dance given by the Governor-General, Mr Vincent Massey, in Ottawa on August 2. After this first meet- ing with the Princess at the dinner. dance, Mr Turner sai al the Princess table for most of dance with the evening, and

re-

#1

usual

over the runway By directly which wasn't the approach.

Steel was worried and came In at 1,500 feet tensed and

GANGLAND ready for anything.

SWOOP

At that anti-aircraft Kuns opened are all around

moment heavy

him

Went Flat Out

But the twin-engined Dakola

YIELDS 75 in Steel's hands was no sitting

SUSPECTS

duck. He put it into a dive rolled sideways and levelled out with screaming engines at 80 fect and soared over the hill clear of the guns. Then he Bitled the Dakota Into the Singapore, Aug. 12. winding valley barely twice his Singapore police tonight de- wingspan wide and went flat

tained 75 Secret Society out for the border.

"It was magnificent flying." suspects in a dusk to sald Brilish passenger

ilarry dawn swoop on gangland Pusey. haunts.

mystery

A mountain range on Axel her for two and a half hours. Broad Sympathy Helberg Istand, one of the

EMPHATIC energetic campaign follow- He hoped for general broad Queen Elizabeth Islands in the

Canadian Arctic, has been Mr Turner emphatically ing sound market research sympathyperhaps only up-

named after Prixess Margarel, stated that he did not wish to The proval, perhaps could double them.

merely

talk about the Princess, subsidiary objectives of the quiescence" with the particular it was announced today,

"My business is being a with which Britain

At

the Beirut, Diefenbaker, the lawyer," he said, adding that group. to encourage methods purchases

all the Try to these

seven Prime Minister, said in a state- he hoped

that the widespread The mid followed a recen: Princess was escorted off the ment that the rage, some 2.000 publicity he has

outbreak countries, to explain Hong-years

VIP lounge been

of gang warfare. in plano through the The right thing to do is miles north

which police kong's

believe at least but she left a message for Cap- of Winnipeg, bas position

the to

to ad terrorism," Mr Muc- { been пoned "Princess Margaret selving would soon stop.

seven men än Steel saying Thank you From Halifax, Princess Mar-four and possibly

have died.

ilfe. Captain for saving my range".-Reuter.

garet said tonight she had

You will be hearing from me.” rently lovely time" during her

IN PYJAMAS

London Express Service. Canadian tour and hoped to The 75 detainees were brought to the Criminal Investigation The Princess spoke in congl-to-coast radio and tele- fot them in their pyjamas. vision Montreal, Aug. 11.

broadcast before at- Crowds of relatives conte-

Ankara, Aug. 11. Marie Dionne, frailest of the lending a state dinner us guest gated outside the building.

The official, Anatolian News four surviving quintuplets, was of the proviner of Nova Scotia, Singapore newspapers have Agency dented today reports married to a 30-year-old court The dinner was her last formal speculated that the Preservation from London and Nicosia that clerk today in a quiet wedding engagement in Canada.

of Public Security Ordinance the Turkish Government had partition thesis that was a secret even to mem- She later left Shearwater Alrwill now be used against Secret abandoned its

| Scelety suspects/Router. bers of her own family.-U.P.I.Base for England.-U.P.1.

for Cyprus.-Reuter.

tourists and visitors to

He emphasised that the aim

come to Hongkong are no was to obtain a seven-year important than in-pauso which should be used to

Jesy

erensing our Gwn trade.

More Needed

basic the best advantage without pre- Dionne Married return for another visit.

HERE could be no better distribution centre for Central American primary products to Southeast Asia than tariff-free Hongkong and Hongkong entrepot to- day handles disappointingly little from the region. This is something the mission might keep The

mind.

Juice to the "honourable am- bitions and hopes that the people may nurture."

The Prime Minister ister loft for London by air-Reuter.

MOST BEAUTIFUL

GIRL IN WORLD

Hollywood, Aug. 11. British film actress Joan outcome of Is Calls was today named "The

will one

be Most Beautiful Girl in the with considerable World" in a poll taken by the Interest. It is only to be Professional Photographers So-

aDepartment Headquarters, many Turkish Denial

Swallowed Sleeping. Pills For Virus Infection

STOMACH PUMP FOR MICKEY ROONEY'S STARLET FRIEND

Hollywood, Aug. 11. BLONDE starlet

was

elety, an international orgin- A rushed to hospital after hoped that funds willation of runguzine and commer-

offielais forthcoming-and

etal photographers.

awallowing some sleeping made available for more Mr Gou Howard, President pills at the home of actor

Thumalson, 21, denied she was trying to do herself any horin, and a friend said she bid taken zome pills because she had been suffering from u virus in- fection.

of these ventures though it of the Society, and Bliss Collins Mickey Rooney, who was According to officers the blue- is a pity that local industry was the only woman in pro- has not yet been able to fessionnt public life who accu-not home at the time, police organieo itaolf sufficiently rately met the standards set disclosed today.

e7od girl, whose professional Mitchell, name is Carolyn gulped the puls at Rooney's home last Thursday night.

to conduct its own trade forth by Tillon, Raphael and Police Usted the incident * a

Leonardo Da Vinci.-Reuter. -zuleida attempt, but Barbara 'Her roommate, Pat Landers, 23, promotion schemes,

a singer, said she rushed to the Rooney home when Barbara called her and "said she was ⚫alck and wanted me to come

and get her."

Miss Landers said the starlet was "extremely I when she arrived. She Enid she decided: to revive her by dunking her: in the swimming pool, so she | stripped both Mies. Thomation and herself--because- she did

not want to get her clothes | wet-and plunged in, The singer then called a fire department ambulancé, which look Miss Thomaison to North Hollywood receiving "hospital, where her stomach was pump- ed. She was reported, in good condition today,

Miler Landera suld the starlet and

Rooney

very good triends--UPI, `

wero

The Queen

"Gets Rent

-One Rose!

London, Aug. 11. Queen Elizabeth today collected 395 years of back rent owing to the Royal Family since 1663 from the

Scottish ald

castle of

Duncan (ArgyleMira).

The arrears amounted to 395 red rosex interest free, But the Queen walved the major part of the debt and the account was clownd for the token payment of a single red rose.

The castle was rented by Cusen Elizabeth's ancestor Mary Queen of Scots to the Duke of Argyll and hív descendants for an annual No rent of one red roso. British soveralpa has ever called at the castle to collect the rent since that day.

With Queen Elizabeth on hor rent-collecting ylait were her husband, Prince Philip, the Prince of Wales And Princess Anno. Erance Presad._____

FULL

OF

HOPE

London, Aug. 11.

Mr Selwyn Lloyd, British Foreign Secretary, left for here tonight by air New York to lead Brl- tain's delegation to the special United Nations Assembly on the Middle East.

"I hope it will not be a de- kale full of recriminationis," Mr

Lloyd said before he left.

Mr Hammarskjold himself has said that the United Nations should be used in diplomacy n an instrument of reconciliation.

"I hope we will talk not in the spirit of the cold war but in a constructive spirit.

We Must Try Hofeting to the problems of small countries, the Foreign Secretary said: "We must try to work out some kind of status' for these countles to enable them to feel they must live Their own lives in Independence, preserving their integrity and not belag undermined by sub- versive elements from outside.

"I would support some action by the United Nations 10 preserve that status.

"The United Nations must play its part in this and we must have a pooling of ideas." "I PDL personally hopeful outcome of this about the session," he said-Reuter.

GREEK OFFICER

IN CYPRUS?

Nicosia, Aug. 11. Reports Altering out from East Cyprus where widespread anti-Eaka operations are going on sald tonight that a Greek Army officer was among the men who had been arrested during the operations.

He is believed to be the leader of groups and terrorist training centres in this region, these reports sald,

Ometals refused to comment. -Reyler,

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