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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER
1958.
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RELAX IN
DAKS
•THE FANDUS KOMFORT IN ACTION TROUSKUU
Whiteaways
ť KWLOON
Comment Lull Again In Shelling Hongkong
Of The
Day
Quemoy Reports "All Quiet"
We Must Try After The Big
UR textile manufacturers
ing in Hongkong today. The subject is of course the new Cotton Board counter pro- posals. The prospects of Hongkong agreeing to them are frankly not bright. Our pessimism is based not on the British propeanla RO much as the latest news of
possible action by France, Germany and the United
States guest our textlic exporta
But let it be sold it will be
bad thing
Hongkong
turna down voluntary restrictions to Britain and
Bombardment
Taipei, Nov. 4.
The Defence Ministry this morning said
there was no report of gunfire from Quemoy up to 1 a.m.
Communist guns stopped firing at midnight. Military observers here believed that the Com- munists would let their guns rest today, Official reports said that Communist coastal bat-
teries had been further strengthened. has Nationalist artillery on Quemoy.
So
ALHAMBRA INQUEST:
“Main Blame Rests On Demolition Company"
The main blame for the collapse of the Alhambra Theatre, Kowloon, which resulted in the death of six workmen on May 17, rested on the Tsui Tung Kee Construction Com- pany, the Kowloon Coroner said this morning.
The Coroner, Mr P. F. X. Leonard said however that he did not consider there was any evidence on which any person could be regarded as criminally responsible for the tragedy.
Textile Talks Today
|Hongkong textile men mot this morning
to discuss Britian's latest proposals aimed at securing a limitation of the Colony's textile exports to the United Kingdom.
News of the progress of the meeting may be released this aftempan, the Hon J. D. Clague, Chairman of the Committee, told the China. Mail this morning.
The British Cotton Board's newest proposals were received by MrClague","last Friday, details of which were confidential and have not, for the time being, been released to the Press,
Delivering a verdict of death by misadventure, Mr Leonard said the
Public Works Department was in no way to blame for the deaths.
Mr Leonard said the authori- pite again until after the col- tics might consider the advis-lapse of the root on May 11The
In ability of laying down minimum "There was no one precautions
be to taken in thority regularly on the demolition work.
who had any knowledge of the Mr Leonard
(Contd. on Back Page, Col. 5) was delivering
is forced to accept quotus The Communists all-out attack on Quemoy islands Hussein Plans
from others. The need there-
fore is to give the most serious consideration to the Cotton Board's suggestions, Better for the Cotton Board
ralesion to come back Hongkong if Bgreement proves difficult. Better for a Hongkong mission to go to Britain, for at a time when Lancashire in widely expecting us to throw out their proposals the Colony must make every effort to show that despite the difficulties of the time, we are prepared to go to the utmost mits to get an agreement.
If
we do not, we stand to
Home, Hongkong has had a
fair remarkably
undi sympathetic hearing of its problems from the people of Britain recently. Cabinet ministers have made It clear
that while they are opposed to restrictions in International trude they
support the principle
of
agree
Industry-to-indi Minia ments and the ter, Mr Macmillan, is clear-- ly hoping that an agree. ment will merge from the
current negoblations,
If we fail to come to terms with Lancashire now, Wi
to
will be charged with seizing an a convenient pretext squirm out of an arrange ment that has never appeal- ed to us. Let's try to avoid any suggestion of this kind. But Ict this anhappy coincidence of threats to cut back our exports remind us of ก Warn- ing made by Colonel Owen- Hughes almost two years that we must try to avoid "jumping the bandwagon" in our indus-
On
tapered off last night with 2,247 shells re- ported falling on the islands between 6 p.m. and midnight (local time),
This followed the fifth heaviest bombardment in
the two and half months long Quemoy war. The Nationalist Defence Ministry put yester- day afternoon's shelling at 36,431 rounds. Both Nationalist and American sources said they thought the surprise shelling yesterday was aimed at influencing today's United States elections or the Warsaw talks later this week-France-Presse & Reuter.
EVEN FOR RERELLION
No Nationalist Offensive Against China Unless
Holiday in Europe
Washington, Nov. 3. King Hussein plans to leave Jordan for a chort holiday abroad--a clear and denalte proof that stability prevails its country"the Jordanian Embasay here said in a press
the
statement tonight.
his verdict at the Kowloon Magistracy inquest into
death of the six workmen,
the
17.
site
Prime Minister Mr Macmillan said in London recently that the Cotton Board considered these new proposals generous and that they constituted a fair and reasonable settlernent ̧·
The inquest started on Octo-Labour MP's Charge:
ber 13 and evidence was given by 83 witnesses.
"BRITAIN PREVENTED HK FROM
Mr J. W. D. Hobley, Crowns 11 Counsel, appeared for the P.W.D. Detective Inspector D. J. Carty, conducted the inquest for the
Police.
Mr Robert E. Low, of Wi- kinson and Grist, held a watch- ing briet for Mr Edward W, K. Loe, architect, and his assietant, It said it was Issuing the Mr. Ma Yung-chuen, Mr P. C. Woo held a watching, brief. for statement because of "home the Tsui Tung Kee Construction comments and news appearing Company. lately in the foreign Press Mr. Leonard said that at¬ng' concerning the
early stage the P.W.D., us the Jordan
building authority,were in- formed of the proposal to de- molish tho, building, th
situation in
The statement went on: "As well know, the situation in Jordan is normal,and-stable.** We need not andy that the people ot Jordan are as one man behind His Majesty King Hussein, who is considered the true symbol of Arab Nationalism.
"As regards the intention of His Majesty to spend a short vacation abroad, this in itself is proof that stabilty prevails..." -Reuter.
America Says So Yemeni Minister
Washington, Nov. 3.
Yemeni Minister Killed In Plane Crash
Assistant Secretary of State Mr W. S. Robertson said today Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek would not take offensive action against the Chinese Communist mainland without U.S.Director consent.
He
Cascia, Italy, Nov. 3. Sayed Mohamed
Ashanl General of Yeinení Foreign Affairs, was among the eight passengers
killed tonight said that by "offensive action" he meant to in- in the plane crash near here.
two-motored clude going to the aid of a mainland anti-pc-3, was on
its way to Communist revolt - the single exception to Belgrade after a stopover Chiang's recent pledge not to use force as the "principal means" of returning to the main land.
The plane, д
A pian of the area to be de- mollshod; an architect's certi ficate and a holding plan to pro- tect the public using nearby highways were approved by
them.
Great Number
SELLING TEXTILES TO CHINA"
London, Nov. 3.
A Labour M.P., Mr Sydney Silverman, contended tonight that early British Government cold war" decisions had made things harder for the Lancashire Cotton Industry because they at first prevented Hongkong selling textiles to China.
This, he told the House of I should hardly have thought Commons led the Chinese to that membership of the Commen. build up their own competitive wealth entitled the cotton goods industry and Indio, Pakistan producers out there to indulge in
were now losing sweat shop licence."; and Japan rapidly what was their own natural market.
be made. But did anyone, think It would be a satisfactory or useful agreement?
The immediate problem to be faced In the Cotton Industry was the home market...
"No ono belleves that you
even begin can
to stop the bleeding unless imports of these goods is limited," he said,
He wont, on "I daro say, an agedement will be made with Mr Leonard then referred to
Hongkong. I think those who are several regulatibas of the Bulla
So, pressure, against. Britain's negollating, and who have found ing. (Administration) Regula export trade increased.
such difficulties in their negotiat- tions and said: "Having regard would go on increasing and 50 ng may in the end be compelled, Mr Silverman sald If the to the very great number of would the dimeulties of the to decide that some sort of
building operations in Kowloon
10
It
home market unless it was agreement is better than no
No-Markets ··
Criticising tho Government policy in Hongkong Me Silver- man said it had allowed the textile industry in
Hongkong
It is manifestly impossible for protected. PWD) buliding inspectors enter and Inspect all places being demolished and there is no reason why they should have done so in this case if they had no notice of the danger arising. "For these reasons I consider that the FWD were in no way to blame either by commission or omission for this tragedy, to ho built up to earn their "I do think however that living but had then stupidly, In as Hongkong and Kowloon are the beginning, prevented Hong- probably unique in the number kong from selling the goods on of buildings demolished and re- Its own doorstep in the Chinese built the authorities might con- market. sider the advisability of enact- Yemenites
My Silverman, who represents and two Kutenlans as possen-
ing regulations laying down gers, and two Yemenites and
minimum precautions that musta Lancashire Cotton district in the House of Commons, said he be taken in demolition."
Mr Leonard said neither. the agreed that the Hongkong trade The police have recovered all Building (Planning Regulations should not be unnecessarily han- reducing Nationalist eight bodies.
The Yemeni legation in Rome Regulations dealt with demoli
nor the Bullding (Construction) dicapped but he added: "Capitol "provocations"
partial de-
confirmed that Ashani was militarisation of the offshore
tion and he felt that ne siatutory Aboard the non-scheduled duty of supervision rested on "I think any offenstyn action islands.
Yemen airlines flight on its way the architects in. .charge of would come under the terms of
to Belgrade.-UP.I.
demolition works,
in
Rome from Cairo.
In all there were eight, per-
cons
aboard two
trial development. We must diversify our manufacture, Robertson, chief architect of The Communists are not in-twa Yugoslavs as crewmen.
15. Far Eastern foreign policy, terested in Himited solutions and we must learn to accept was Interviewed on the CBS auch na that goodwill abroad is ns radio programme essential to our promotion Cloakroom."
of trade as our ability to export in quantity the goods. that people want.
Standstill
in
THE familiar sparring is
.1
Dulles Checkup
Washington, Nov. 3.
Mr Leonard then gave a brief history of the demolition of the theatre and outlined the evi- dence of several witnesses.
Moon Shoot By China?
Japan, .as well as cur exchange of notes," Robert the anti-Communist nations son said,
of Southeast Asia, officially op- Ho referred to the December, plauded the US. frm stand In 1964, notes exchanged by Secre- the face of Communist threats tory of State tory of State John Foster Dulles in the Quemoy crisis. “I think The State Department an- He also referred to the evi-
Foreign Minister Japan would be tremendously
nounced today that the Secre- dence of the demolition of the the last George Yeh which pledged that, disturbed it wo were to back tary of State, Mr John Foster root. British troops have left except in soli-delenco, neither down in this cuse or in any Dalles hat undergono his six-
cently Mr Leonard' said Mr Lee Jordan. Russia and Egypt government would use armed other where a similar principle "monthly medical checkup during and Mr Ma had return-
accusing
of forces based in Nationalist terri is involved," Robertson said the weekend Israel
and that Hised to the site on the evening health was excellent-Reuter. trouble. Israel tory without joint agreement" U.P.I.
of May 18. Neither visited the Robertson also said:
East now that
aro
fomenting
has warned Nasser that any attempt to take ovèr Jordan
will invite action. All can
claim that their vigilance
•
Five Points
The United States, in his
and preparedness are keep opinion will not recognise Comm ing the pence. There are no murtist China so long as its pro- algns of new trouble but nens rulers are in control.
U.S. efforts to prevent a with Jordan's 470,000 'dis- contented and dispossessed resumption of the Chinese civil war and to inaintala Indepen- refugees, nothing is safe. dence of the Nationalist Govern- Hera in tinder waiting for ment a Formosa do not mean that the Elsenhower administra-
policy.
ㄩˋ
The U.S.
London Housewife Charged With £20,000 Bank Theft
London, Nov. 3.
An Chiarze
Washington, Nov. 3,
American-trained chemist who re- visited his home- land has reported that the Chinese Communirie kavo fire's rocket A project to to the moon.
The report was given by
Dr Wang Chu-halang, in a copyrighted interview In U.B. News and World Bo-. port, & weekly news ma Kazine published Washington.
The magasino ssid that
Dr Wang went home fo Chins last lile native March but left five months Inter in disgust at th 'Communista. He was inter- viewed in Taipei, FormoSE.
-UP.I
Gaza Force To Stay
spark.
A 22-year-old-red-head, Mrs Ada Margaret Shakeshaft, was Indications are however that ton in moving, towards "two
remanded in custody for a week here today charged with : Nasser will not show his China"
hah inmediately, decisively. attitude, he said, is similar to
others not in custody with breaking into a London bank Subversion will continue but the recognition of only one of Hussein will hold his throne the two governments in divided last week and stealing cash and jewellery worth £20,000.V· for the time being.Iraq is Germany und Korea.
"There is every, reason for
Sho was further charged with | cannot hold me for what my out all night last Thursday, Fald to be another
of thinking the Communist regime receiving 20,727 pari of the husband docs. He had the },when the robbery WAI com- Jordan's guardian angels, (in Chinay will ultimately be proceeds of the robbery. money and was going off when intited, but she was not with ita loader opponed to the overthrown." This could come. A detective said, that when the police called., Ito would them. advance of Nassordom. The through evolution
at the top ha roked her
after her arrest | not fet ma have any but told ma "I dare not any anything," portents may be shaky but raitier than a popular revolt and yesterday it she wished to take to draw. nome from my bank she added, It really looks as if British could be a long time coming statement she replied: "It is until he got in touch with me? A
Meanwhile," police wete si more than my life in worth lo The prisonce added that her searching" for har husband, and American intervention Robertson sald
⚫ in all the ·US- achloved A temporary Communiat China
Ambafa-87 anything about them,"
husband did not say where he Kenneth Shakeshaft, aged 81, to pecial Political Committee. io- standstill. Now is the time durial talks
was going but also expected him help them in theisbinquiries.. day decided by 49 votes to nine The £8,727 was found in a nt Warsaw, tho kicked vanity esan, the detective to be with "Jolin" and for the UN to estabilahi Ita Communists "have taken,
The Midland Bank offered will-19 abstentions, to recom "George." She did not know | 25,000 reward for information mend continuation of 420 authority and work for the absolutely unequivocal mand added.
leading to the convlation of the United Nations Emergency Force curity of these unhappy you get out of Taiwan they. When questioned about it their surnames.
"You She claimed that they were inlevez-China Bali Special. in the US Birip.-Ieuter, We lande.
want to liquidate free China," Mra Shakesheft replied;
has
טנת
United Nations, Nov. 3.
General
Alys
industry got its agreement with Hongkong, India and Pakistan,
Pgreement at all".
It would then be only at the In that sense, one might ex- beginning of its problem.— -pect that some agreement would Heuter.
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