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CHINA MAIL

No. 37200

Established 1845

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1958.

Price 20 Cents

NO REDUCTION IN MILITARY STRENGTH

RELAX IN

DAKS

THE FAMOUS KOMFORT IN ACTION TROUSERS.

Whiteaways

Of The U.S. Air Power In Far East

Day

Reducing Hours

IT

TT is a pity that the new regulations restricting hours of work in Industry were not thrown open for public debate in the Legish- tive Council; because this is a vitally important topic for

territory which is under

going na industrial revola- fion relatively 'profound potentially 2 far- reaching us any other in the world.

are

concerned

The principles involved

indeed vitally. with the Colony's economie stability. Yet this is not to say that we should

have

avoided taking this step; nor should the legislation be regarded as a nop to the critics at home. Sooner

or later the nettle

have ta, be grasped

would

A Big Striking A PRIME MINISTER AND A NEW CHINESE BARROW

Force In The Orient

Clark Field, Nov. 7.

United States Far East Air power is being maintained at peak strength to guard against any new outbreaks of trouble. in the Formosa area, Air Force officers said today.

There has been no reduction in 19th Air Force strength in the western Pacific as a result of the

on again-off again situation around Formosa. And according to Pacific Air Force Commander General Laurence. Kuter, there were no plans to cut back at present the big striking force the Air Force built up in the Orient due to the Quemoy situation,

that either these A full wing of jet fighters and fighter bombers

and if

what

economic considerat fonal suggest regulations or

will

follow may be inimical to our economic stability, lat it also be conceded that humanitarian considera- tions and an awakening Bocint conscience dictate that this is E necessary thing for Hongkong. In short,

are doing the right thing.

we

Having saitl thul it

now

stood ready on this sprawling airbase today. This included F-100 Super Sabrejets, F-86 Sabrejets, F-101 supersonic Voodoo recon jets and other combat aircraft.

Subliminal

Techniques

This backed up an even larger force deployed or Formosan airfields including Star- 1.400-mile-per-hour 104 Aghters less than one hour's jot flying time away.

Air Force ufficials here mid that Clark Air Force base was

remains to settle how the Are Banned used as the mania supply

labour legislation

In

its

totality can be introduced. without causing

Revere We gradual approach if necessary, re-

upact to the economy.

have

urged Л

In Britain

funnel for the US.. forces based on Formosa.

London, Nov. 0. Britala may ban the import Stican horror films it ducing hours over a period they use subliminal techniques

be bad, the Count to of ten years. Let us not be which are

of Commons was distracted or stampeded by the House

the critics.

ceed slowly.

We must pro-

No Wage Loss

TOW the question ariser:

Nwill shorter hours mean

old Loday.

Subliminal communication has been defined as the deliberate physicall wenk of sending visual or nur messages

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This represented a major U.S. switch away from, dependente on airbases and supply facilities in Japan, they said

This sprawling airbase

northernmost Philippine island of Luzon

0 also was vital American staging ares for any potential trouble spots develop in South- that might

East Asia, these officers sald.

A large number of new C-130 which the recipient is not con- turboprop transport cargo planes had been basedi in the Philip- solely aware.

to By In supplies from A Labour Member, Mr John pines

about | Hawaii and Guam and on to

reduced WKKH Will a Stonehouse, had naked fernule factory operative the import of American horror Formosa. working 13 hours now com-ms, which he said used these

pelled by law to work 10 hours a day suffer a loss in wages? She ought not to. We say "compelled" be- cause no employee in Hong- kong will want to work shorter hours if it getting less pay.

True, shorter hours

time more

outside work opportunity for

for

DT

means

means casual

more

overtime, but what we ought to NITE at Is maintaining wage levels. For here we are Involved"), In an attempt to prevent labour explolla- tion. And what we hope is i

that this legislation when

it is fully

enacted will

techniques.

HK TO JUDGE ON MERITS

Commander Barry. Chief Film

Hongkong, Censor, said this morning that Lo his knowledge RO contabing the subliminal techniques had yei reached Lo Colony.

He added that in any cave Alme submitted for censorship bere. would continue to be judged on their merits.

BASED AT GUAM

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No strategie Air Force nuclear bombers had been deployed the Philippines-Just GOD miles |southeast of Communist Ctuna.

Those

were still based far back in the Facide at Guam from where they already had all of China and eastern Russia within

But the tunge.

runways

10

Clark had been constructed to handle the big jet bombers <f Mecessary.

There

also

US. misslic anita stationed in the Philippines. The nearest were

were

in Formosa

no

Missile bases had proved to be too hot a political issue for U.S. State Department officials, who Were attempting to negotiate a new agreement with bases the Philippines on the already situated

island repubile. UP.I.

in the Sir David Eccles, President

mean shorter hours, aus of the Board of Trade, replied: tained wage levals and more "I employment. If

contain they do

thest practices and are found to be what can be bad I will see ****done."

COT WA

work Lowards the point where one man will work at

Recently it was alleged that

On Again

Talpel, Nov. 7.

only one regular job, local in an American horror film duc Artillery opened ир on Industry should be able to to be shown in Britain words Quemoy again at 30 minutes lice "death" and "blood" and past midnight today keeping to employ more people. Let us

of д skull were is pattern of shelling on not be scared employing drawings

screen for alternate days. Shelling strict controls to achieve Bashed on to the

fractions of a second.--Reuter, sporadic-UP.I. this. For unlean we try to enact yapışk

legislation in this way, to

dovetail it with schemos to 1

WOS

create jobs for the large In Your Saturday's Mail

mana of unemployed, the criticlam will stand that we

be

in="

are making only a gesture to silence the critics. That why this legislation debated. whould have been Production costa may

forced up by the policy wa suggent, our ability to com

with peta

highly dustrialised countries ilko China and Japan weakened, but the Ingenuity and enterprise which local in- dustry bas shown In natting Streif

up maintaining Itself in the tooth

formidable of nutch

Burely. an opponition in nsurance that in time we can nelipt ourselves to n change which promises an widely inore benefioial than'at prosini,

economy

"and

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Lady

And

BIGGER THAN TOKYO WRECKER

1923

Docker Major Earthquake

Rocks Japan

The U.S.

New York, Nov. 0. Lady Decher, outspoken wife of millionaire British business magnate, Sir Bernard Doc- ker, said here today that American women appear to have

"taller grown

and

Sapporo, Japan, Nov. 7.

A major earthquake rocked northern Japan today but the area was spared serious damage.

Tremors

The centre of the quake was of Aomori and Kushiro but was located deep In the Paclite soon restored. fatter" since she was last in

Ocean far enough off shore to the United States.

weaken the strength

the a.m. of Lady Docker, "Nocah" to her devastating shocks before they

friends, made this statement | reached the mainland.

before leaving New York for The quake located south of

trip Europe after

to the the Russian-held island

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af

United States. She said she Etorofu, about 150 miles north-

had not seen any particularly cast of Japan, registered a "very pretty girls during her stay strong strength of "Five" or and added "I had an idea I the Japanese Government scale would introduce Lance (her of "Seven" and "Eight" on the son) to some of your Ameri- can cuties but I could not find any."-France-Presse.

Eton College

A Pub For Boys

Richter scale.

ns

which hit a 7.50 (2250 GMT) rocked Kushiro for five minutes and were felt strongly as for south as Tokyo-UP.I.

Springhill Pit Last Body Up

Springhill, Nov. 8. I could have created wide-

The last body wan recovered spread damage had it hit closer

from the ruined Cumberland to the coast. The quake was an

here to- Two Minc the one which Number strong

weeks to the hour wrecked Tokyo and Yokohama night, two

after the underground upheaval In 1923 and only slightly weaker than the San Francisco quake that killed 74 men. DK 1800.

100

of

were rescued - 19 them miraculously in two bat- ches in periods six and nine after the disaster, and days long after hopes for them had expired-Router,

Last Voyage

Rush From Homes Residents of Kushiro in Northern Hokkaido, remember- log the earthquake which razed their city in 1932, rushed from their homes when the first London, Nov, 6,

tremor hit, and traffic halled. Eton College, the exclusive

An iramediato #dal wave public school, has opened its warning was issued but the own licensed club, the Daily Sapporo Meteorological Station Mall's diarist reports today. The diarist says it is the first ater announced that the danger

211th and inst voyage to South at any boys school in the was past.

Telephone lines were cut in Africa. world and includes Prince

On returning to Britain just William of Gloucester and several places between Sapporo

and Aushiro and between before Christmas she wil be Prince Michael of Kent among Kushiro, and Nemuro In Hok- i sold to Ara of Hongkong

shipbreakers.-Reuter,

Its members,

The Daily Mail writer odds, kaldo, power was cut in areas

"The club is registered and

is

every Elonlan över 13 ellable to pop in twice a day for a 'grifter,

Te quotes the monageress na saying that most of the boys drink cider but a few like a pint of beer;

"Eho added: Normally we limil' boys to two pints clthough of

there course,

are, special occasions. We sell only mild beer and Joger-nothing too strong

The club has taken the place of the "Christopher Tap Linie" run by landlord Henry Hobb

which . for 10 years

and mendur boys were allowed entrance-China Mail Special.

Trial & Error

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk,

Nov. 6. Mia Mildred trene Elvin, a |14-year-økt fenicher said to have spent more than £100 on dire to have falled Ing lessons ond here today for attempting to ten driving.tests, was fined £10 bribe the examiner at her hat text--Chilae- Mall Special

Southampton, Nov. 6. The 19,200 ton liner Arundel Castle left here today on hor

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Historical Naval Station

Closes After 200 Years

London, Nov. 6.

A colourful chapter in British Naval history ended today, when the Queen's Colour of the British East Indies Naval Station was handed over in a formal ceremony in the heart of London.

The

ceremony, hald at Dalat Martin's in the Fjelde, "Parish Church", of the Ad- miralty, in the presence of several former Commendera- -In-Chief, maw' the closure of the station which was found. od in 1744.

In the last war the com- mand took part in. the recipe, ture of Bingapore and the 'final dafest of the Japanese,

Ginom 1945 the fact has baen whgagad. on 'exercives ‚· and patrols in the indian

· Oɑgan. The 'utation, has been

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closed, because of reorganism- tion in the Navy's OverOODU Commando.

Ita responsiblities are being divided between the Com- manders-in-Chief of the Per East, the Gouth Atlantia and Bouth American stations, and the Commodore of, the newly formed Arabian Sun and Perelan Gulf Biation.

During the insidenth cek » tury, the Raut Indian Cóm- mand was engaged in olearing the Paralan Gulf and Malayan -Dean of pirates--Reutar..

Premior Chou En-lul gives an example with the now style modern wheelbarrow of old Ching. No more the screaming music of the old... North Ching barrow; bal- lanced by o splay legged peasant, who shouts at an ambling donkey in the lead or gently spanks'along the duity path before a following wind with his barrow under sail. The now barrow has a much lighter, moro officient silonter bicycle whoel ... and the peasant can hardly care that it doesn't look as fine a piece of craftsmanship. But the work that barrows da is different too. Premior Chou En-lai is giving his examplo on the now bar. rago near Poking... a pro- ject for which thousands of workmen are. hoarded together in the latest pat- terms of Now China's Com- munal Living Plan,-Intor- continental Photo.

DKOWLOON!

PLEA FOR HONGKONG REFUGEES

IN UN

United Nations, Nov. 6. Britain's Miss Pat Hamaby Smith today attacked Russia for suggesting that rofugees should return voluntarily to their home countrics * possible.

soon

She added a strong plea, to the nations of the world to do something about the "terrible and tragic" re- fugee problem In Hong- kong..

In her critlolem of the Sovlat move, Miss Hornsby 8mith, sald the Soviet suggestion was ten- tamount to saying that "overy: thing the United Nation has dono for retugees since 1900 has been completely mistaken!".

"In an ideal" world, voluntary repatriation would' be sodaptable, but we do not accept that re- fugee Camps Bro alled with people who want to return to their homes," sḥo sald.

Two-way?

The Boviot suggestion is now before tho General Assembly's Humanlarlan, Bocial and Cul tural Committee.

Mies Hornsby @mith propoved that the Général Assembly should stało It is convinced of the nood to make a further world-wide effort to solve tho problem "hrough voluntary re-

resettlement or patriation,

In- tegration on a purely, humant- tarain bauls and In accordance with the freely expressed winhaa of the refugeca themselves."

-Miss Hornsby Smith also told the- we committogue that wBritain.

nations would be hoped. somO able to direct some of their efforts to tha traglo" refugee

Hongkong.

terrible And problam In

Britain could not agree with suggestions made during the de- bato that the refugee How Into Hongkong was a two-way traffic and

normal exchange between urban and industrial life.

on the island The population had risen from 600,000 to three and thoro mlifion In 11 years

000,000 refugees

азам

thero.

now

Population

The Hongkong government. was providing 38, militon dollars refuged faclitics, 4 year for which placed a great burden on such a small community.

"Hongkong should not bo naked to shoulder this on its own," Miss Hornsby Smith cald. The U.N. General Assembly's Humanitarian, Sosial and Cul- fural Committee today adopted a draft

resolution for a World Refugee Year,

Voting was 20 votes in favour And eight-in the Soviet bloo-

galnut-Rauter.

The return of

an old favourite

Long

John

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