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08 months the world has heard of the Cuban rebel Fidel Castre. He leapt inter prominence almost a year ago by kidnapping world champion meter rarer Juan Fangio on the eve of the Cuban Grand Prix carrying him o to his k mountain lair. Later in the your IL group (15
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followers forced a bral air. line pilot to erashland his plane in the sea. Seventeen people died.
The world can be excused for imageaing a Kalk of South American desprzadues, un- shaven, weuring sombreras, eye patches, long wispy moustaches and carrying,
stilettos. But this is not the picture that Havana gives of its conquering here to day. He is now Dr Fidei Castro, a young Spanish PhD, and hia claim to decency and respectability is that he has helped Cuba get rid of one of its most ruthless dictators.
Batista
DATISTA
lasted
longer Look Promotion
He mas!
than power in 1933. was swift.
his takeover
The day before
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'SMALL WORLD' MAKES IT
Stirling Moss
Coming To
Hongkong
This Month
By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER
Britain's ace racing driver, Stirling Moss and Mrs Moss are coming to Hong- kong for a holiday later this month.
He has bech tent a house for his stay.
Mces has been racing 1 Aus- tral recently
and will my to But he Hongkong from there. will not be giving demonstra tons here.
1:
Telegram
he wits JLE! Army Sergeant whose taiy
known bow Long particular qualifications
will be staying here. were 21 ability to write:
No fim date rudit be given i shorthand at 180 words a
arriest either. for his
"I ex- minute and
more-thane per; it will be in the middle of average smartness. He trud the month I suppose I will the usual lody puth of
telegram telling me South American dietators | what day they are arriving." working at first through j said the representative of a blu puppet presidents before British ar group this morning.
the Tw assuming the presidency
motor trade and Motor Sports Club plan to fete himself.
Mr and Mr: Moss at evening
after itreptions arrival.
He was ousted by leftists in 1944 in his first attempt at a clean election. He Red to America but returned by being elected to partiament. And in 1952 he again dis- missed the Army command with the support of young officers and took control of the country,
In his second term he began promisingly by substituting a policy of co-operation for und of repression but the
Just get a
their
Next Champion?
world racing Muns Mike Haw- was runner Ap to thorn. who beat him by one point However, Hawthorn has sow retired from motor racing, and many experts believe that with Hawthorn and Jan Fan- glo of Argentina out of th sport,
In last year's drivers championships.
berring any accidents, Moss should be the next world champlon racing driver.
gesture won little support Wet Blanket
and Batistu
Boon found
resistance groups springing
up all over the island Causes Blackout
return to armed violence
signalled the end for the
dictator-and
way for unuther.
opened
the
Made The Last
1,200 Miles
On The Ocean
Bridgetown, Barbados Jan. 5. The four crew of the balloon, the "Small World," landed in Barbados fit and well today after a 24-day crossing of the Atlantic by balloon and sea. The crew, three men and a woman, covered the last 1,200 miles of the Atlantic crossing by sea in their gondola after cutting the balloon adrift about 1,800 miles out from the Canary Islands.
The pondole landed on Crane beth, or the vast coast of the pstanci.
The four crew are 51-year-olą Mr A. Bushy Elleart, the
kipper,
22-year-old son Tunothy. Mr Colin Mudie, 37, navigator, and his wife Rose-
i may
All Smiling
Tour
mtling--were given
ton
ان
hero's
147
The
we come by thousands of people
to the beach who rushed greet them as they landed.
The men were bearded. Rore. many weaving a blue sweater and shorts, looked as though she i had stood up to the trip best of
Post-Suez
Petrol
Scandal
People
In Court
all.
The gondole was littered with firs
and sweets One person of foodstuffs
about among scalles co
the equipment.
One admirer on the beach offered Colin Mudie a sweet. He screwed up his face and said: "F'rn Ured
euthun those things."
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The gondola was first spotter two or three miles from land Buy Custu Bralthewalte, skipper of the fishing boat New Pro- vidence. He took it in tow.
Towing Fee
London, Jan. 5.
was sentenced to seven months in prison and 23 others received fines or prison terms fo
mis- day on charges of appropriating 2,500 gal lons of army patrol dur- ing the oli rationing period after crisis.
the
camp.
Suez
near
Those charged included both civilians and camry personnel, in- The skipper of the New Pro- cluding several other ranks from
charged the Smoll sidence.
the Thornweed World's crew $50 West Indian Epping where the trial was held i
as well as a former police in- (about £10) low them ashore.
and Brathwaite
sort his
spector. the manager of a cor Chester sighted an object in the rental agency and personnel of water when they were sulling the Quartermaster General's De- towards the fishing banks. Theypartment. went to investigate and found it was the gondola.
sald
the
The balloonists were all feeling very well.
Later they said that their radio set had failed to operate
The
Army petrol was mis- Appropriated by means of faked Invoices and entries.
An Army sergeant found to be mainly responsible for the ther
After the "Small World" was of ofl received the seven months
dare out from prison term.-France-Presso. 1 Lew
Eventually they Teneriffe. put it overboard as ballast, After drirting in the air for Small World 1,800 miles the
With the gondola dliched. floating salely, the adventurers cut away the balloon and set uff to suil the next 1,200 miles.
Small World began its The
and sea voyage pioneering alr when it took off from a berch neer Santa Cruz de Tenerife m the Canary Islands on December
12.
Objects
One of the objects of th journey was to prove that, by of north- inking advantage Waterbury, Conn., Juh. 5.
easterly winds, it was possible ! the to drift across the Atlantie, Seventy-five homes town plot section of the elty were without electricity today and all because of a wet blanket, The Connecticut Light and Power Co said the power failure was caused by a wet blanket wideh had been hung out to dry. It was caught in a goat now hope for is a benevo- of wind end landed on a high
Lension wire.-U.P.I.
Hands Full
LL that Cuba
can
lent dictatorship exercised
by Dr Cantro, hls Pre-
nidential candidate
and
tra-
to
the Army. But the dition of revolution is 60 deeply ingrained in the area that it is impossible forecast..any degree of permanence for the now leaders,
is
Besides the malcontenta from the latest revolt, left-wing groups are well entrenched and always ready to help In making trouble. This the biggest obstacle facing administration 110W any trying to mako clean break with the past. Dr Castro will have his hands full in Atabilising the country' and cleaning up the Govern- ment.
GEORGE RAFT
He led Castro troops
The balloon's crew occupied a small yellow Gendola, measuring 14 feet by eight, ated with two pedal-driven prepellers designed to keep it on course.
The gondola, of synthetic fabric supported by a steel framework, was go constructed as to serve as boat if the Small World came down in the sea-Reuter.
BARONET SENT TO PRISON
The crew of the "Small' World" work the pedals which helped them to stoor the gondola on its voyage across the Atlantic. Facing the camera aro Timothy Elloart and Rose- and with mary Mudio backs to camera ako Cólin Mudio (Rosemary's "hus- band) and Arnold Eiloart
(Timothy's father).
Reuterphoto,
Journalist Goes To Gaol
New York, Jon, S. Miss Marie Torre, television critic for the New York Herald Tribute, surrender
Cold Snap Sends Demand
For
Electricity Up
By CHINA MAIL · REPORTER
The cold snap yesterday sent Hongkong residents scurrying to electric fires and heaters causing electricity demand on the island to jump by 10 per cent.
However there was no similar increase in Kowloon,
The
Royal Observatory say that from today the weather should gradually get warmer.
The
minimum
temperature
in the last 12 hours was 53.4 degrees, three degrees higher than Monday night.
FIVE HICHER
At 1 at the temperature as ave degrees higher than ot the same time yesterday, and if the clouds break up, as seems od today to begin a 10-day ikely according the Obser- possibility prison sentence for rofus-vatory, there is a ing to disclose in court her that the temperature, will be story the eight or nine degrees higher source for
than yesterday afternoon. wrote about singer Judy. Garland.
#
The Observatory explained that the Siberian anti-cyclone which was experied to intensify,
She was ordered to reveal her source, whom she described as decreased instead. A ridge of an executive of the Columbia high pressure developed to the Broadcasting System, when she B.E., causing a change in direc- appeared witness at a libellon of winds, affecting Hong- suit brought by Miss Garland | kong. against the company.
It is expected that this ridge Misa Torre, attractive 34-year of high pressure will continue, old wife of television producer bringing
winds Sir Alastair G.L. Miller, a baronet,
was sentenced in a and mother of two children, was Hongkong from a easterly diree-
to three dubbed the "Joan of Arc of tion. county court today
her profession by the judge who years' imprisonment.
sentenced her last November.
Reuter.
London, Jan. 5.
Sir Alastair pleaded guilty to: stealing a Bentley car; obtaining C44 Vithout disclosing he was an undischarged bankrupt; try- ing to obtain a Rolls-Royce car and sums up to £880 under false pretences.
1
Congo Riots
His sentence was ordered to unconfined
Brazzaville, Jari. 5.
warmer
Urrutia Takes
Over Power
to
Havana, Jan. 5. Provisional President Manuel Telephoned reports, as yet Urrutin tonight took over the Leaching here Presidential Palace. One of hit be concurrent with a similar today and 30 prople had been first acts was to order suspension ferm, he received inst October killed and more than 80 injured of martial law an hour before it for indecent assaults on young in riots in the Belginn Cengawas to have gone into effect in girla.-U.P.I,
city of Leopoldville-Reuter. the Havana region.-U.P.I..
Flynn Wounded With Cuban Rebels:
George Raft Made A
Hollywood, Jan. 5.
could
N associato of Errol minutes.
Colonel
only talk a few telband_plotures to go with it.”.
He Gald that
A Flynn satu today that Centre's beardocado tent or a gambling calf Patever,
(at the
Actor George Haft, owner was reported to have been made the Almalar had been wore sleeping all round an honorary Colonel In Cestro's,
Hotel forces. wounded lightly in the arm him
It's
Mr secretary here, and, leg while with Fidel Nacionale).
Leonard Stone, said he spoke Castro's rebel forcen In
to the, actor, by telephone, .Cuba.
The associate, Mr Ronnie Shedlo, sald Flynn had telo phoned to him from Havana this morning.
Mr Shedlo said: "We
"He and he had spent part of wo weeks with the General (Centro) and lud received two alight wounds in the arm and in the leg. That's all he wra oble to tell me.
"George told me, that ho Krabice a Castro banner and. welcomed the kabel forces," Me "Ifa snid he had Stone said, been made an honorary colonel : Shodlo sald the Australian- and was helping to feed the born Flynn had a real story to Castro troops."--Neuter,
* ERROL FLYNN
He war' with"the" Gésarát
Sunniest And Driest December For 19 Years
Sunny December was the sun- nlest and delest for 19 years, Hongkong had almost 250, Hours of sunshine during the month, which was 44 per cent above normal.
Only three times since official weather recorde began has the Colony had sunnier Decem. bera.
Rainfall for the month was 19 of an Inch or ,54 of an inch below average.
SUPER- SENSITIVE
But, cayo the Royal Observatory
which supplies these figuras, this is by no meaṣé unusual. "Campiele droughts are not un- known at this time of year and It may be recalled that no rain was recorded' at the Obsolva- tory during December 1909 and 1939." Decembar's avaraga . maximum temperature-71,6 degreep was 3.5 degrees above normal. The average-minimum-64,0 was 1.6 above normal..
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