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INTO THE AMERICAN ARMY'S JUNO II SOARS

PAA

THE LEADER TO 19 COUNTRIES

THE HEAVENS

Of The U.S. SENDS

SENDS UP MOON ROCKET

Day

VOTE TODAY

LTHOUGH this year's

pre-election campaign has been dull compared with previous years and some of the platforms of the various parties

Individual candidates not within the

ax

"cope of the Urban Council, all-eligible voters are urged to go to the polls today as part of their civic duty to the Colony.

ning

Under This

Successful Duke Will Drive Launching After Delays

The

Washington, Mar, 3.

United States early today launched gold-plated satellite intended to soar go into orbit past the moon and

around the sun. All four stages of the launching rocket fired successfully.

The Army's big Juno II rocket column of flare into

ruse on

This year, there are

candidates contesting the four vacant elected seats on the Council. There are four the clear Florida sky at H.K. candidates from the long-time 1.11 p.m. It bored into the kong Reform Club, two from heavens for a scheduled Ten- the Civic Association and dezvous with the moon within three independents. Their 34 hours, The successful firing weekend post- respective policies cover a followed two

one on Saturday wide variety of ills prevalent ponements,

weuther and the Colony-quatters, because of bad spitting and Banitation another yesterday because of n minur technical difculty with others. In Rome

the bird. cases their platforms overlap and we find candidates from different parties campaigning for the same things.

in

among

come

frum

The candidates

various walks of life and no party or individual can be associated with any political extreme. The ultimate Aim of their stated policies. Is the better- ment of living conditions of all citizens in Hongkong.

**

A huge cloud of smoke hid the 70-foot rocket for about two seconds, until it emergea and begon majestle climb that was straight up for about 20 Beronds.

Then it arched over toward the northeast and continued ellimbing at a steadily Increasing speed until it was only a tiny white speck after about three minutes. The Arst stage Jupiter then spurted a flash of flame in what was apparently its last boost and a split second later there was another flash that ap- parently marked ignition second stage. on the Six minutes after, the blastoff, the announced that omeluis

the

The gold-plated instrument package was ta skim past the moon and record its passage with a rodin message back to earth. It also was rigredt take further readings twin bands af dangerous radi ation surrounding the earth and second stage had ignited, -

on cosmic rays.

to

U.P.L

RIOTERS SMASH

Waste Of Time? EVERY WINDOW

A

LTHOUGH the elections

may be termed by some a waste of time and energy, they serve several! good purposes. Men and

women are elected to do necessary public work, which would otherwise be done by people with less under-1 standing of and contact with the public. And the smaller taxpayers can feel that in the Urban Council they are represented to a greater degree in the administration of the Colony than under on appointed system.

Year after year the results show that few wish to avail themselves of the oppor tunity to have a say in the

urban affairs.

OF U.S. EMBASSY

La Paz, Bolivia, Mar. 2.

were

The buildings of the American Embassy and the

United States Information Service stoned today and an American flag was burned by mobs protesting against an article in a United States magazine.

Gn

fire

the Wha nol in- whether

Police opened crowd but it mediately determined there were any casualties.

The article 1л Time by magazine was described the Bolivian Government

the national "Injurious to honour and Inadmissible the Bolivian people." They U.S. later protested to the Government,

used

Police

tear

EOs to restore order. A strong detach- ment of carabineers was thrown around the Embassy to protect

it from further attacks.

The Causeway Bay Pal Lau ceremonial arch under which Prince Philip will drive when he goes to see the football match at Caroline Hill on Saturday afternoon.China Mail Photo.

Expert Tells Magistrate How Radar Works

The Time article said the A Magistrate in the Central Magistracy this

United Blates had spent US$120

as

million In

aid

to

to Bolivia, in a vain effort to

hep it solve ils economis problems.

act

'President 'Hemman Siles late

morning asked a Government radar expert giving evidence in 3 court case whether radar could tell the difference between a cow and a horse.

Super Aquarium Plan

For Hongkong

Rotary Is Told About An Oceanarium

A plan for a super aquarium called an

Hongkong was revealed today.

"oceanarium" for

The Chief Scientific Officer of the University's Fisheries Research Unit, Mr J. D. Bromhall, speaking at a Rotary lunch at Paramount, described an oceanarium by telling Rotarians about one of the only two others in existence,

ROLLING

'QUAKE HITS

'FRISCO

San Francisco, Mar. 2.

A long, rolling earthquake which alternately swelled and diminished for more than a minute, struck San) Francisco late today.

This Is Marine Studios in Florida which is

of a kind where the aquarium specles of fish are not separated Brid where conditions are as nearly as possible, like those at the bottom of the sta.

various John Wallace

Sued For $1,439

It has two big tanks-ke swimming pools surrounded by public galleries below water Lovel with big obser- vallon windows looking inte the tanks.

One tank is 100 ft long, 40 f wide and 10 facep and the other is smaller and circular. Mr Bremhall proposed a single bu: slightly larger tank for Hongkong. The bottoms of the lanks

A claim for $1,439 wan brought by K. N. Sekar of Fripling Houso against John Wallace of 32 New Kimberley Street, third In floor, for money lent July last year.

In the are made up to resemble the sea bed. In the main tank would go the big fish.

IDEAL SITE

Mr Bromhall sald there would olso be a number of emailer The tremor hit the city and tasks which could be arranged surrounding areas at 3.20 pm. In a passageway resembling on The California Institute of underwater cave, with glas Technology in Pasadena, Call windows above, and at the side said it registered P Richter to show What Ish look like in their natural environment. Into magnitude of 3.5.

fish which these tanks would either could not survive could not properly be seen in the big oceanarium taak.

Telephone service was spora- dically disrupted throughout the bay area by overloading calls from anxious resideais calling schools where their children were still In class relatives, and the police department,

'TRUCK GEARS'

Reports of the tremor came from as far south as Salinas, Calif., some 100 miles from San Francisco, and from San Rafael,

e suburb 20 miles to the north. A San Rafael housewife said the quake sounded like truck gears" engaging.

A

passenger in an office building elevator said the car "banged against the shaft walls" and the lifting cables slapped to and fro as the shock hit the building-UP.I.

RACE TIPS

conducted enterating own with Amagi-lila- nisengon went to the site The Magierte Mr B. Copy the size-of-the-pots-wow-tips by Rapier and

faction with existing can imperialists," the mob policies but this type of two American Embassy cars on and broke the Embassy's taking that it to the

Lare

gathered in front of the Ameri- bolly asked the question after

tell whether con

an object can Embassy and urged them the expert Mr G. Bessely had noving on the sen is a large or

planations. He said they should how radar worked, Mr ***The radar can pick up u not act "like hysterical women." Beesely sald that the radar small sampan at a maximum The crowd cheered Presiden! used on a police marine launch distance of a mile. The range could determine the size of the of the radar, however, can be Siles and quietly dispersed,

All the windows in the Em-cbjects spotted and their dis- increased up to 20 miles, but a could get from local news-bassy building were broken.— tance in relation to the launch. radar cannot tell whether big

U.P.I.

ship is a liner or a cruiser."

Government's job to govern window JEH&S with stones and 10-Fo-home-and-wall forgiven –tonia....... explanations on-small ship, he said va

fa a lazy way of shirking bats. our responsibility. It does Hongkong no credit, nor is

it a good example for our neighbours.

The scope of the Urban Coun. cil may be limited and its

2.

it

mundane,

affairs

but is

of one part Government

the where public has some any in the running of Hongkong, And it is up to voters to 180 this privilege with care and consideration,

The Result

THE most pleasing result

In any indication that the electorate is taking a more conscientious interest

n

in its own affairs. It is a

meanwhile that

pity

significant widening of the franchise which is need-

ed and is partly dependent

on the degree of electoral

The demonstrators, estimated at about 10,000 les burned all

of Time magazine they Issues

stunda

+

TM

Six of the nine candidates who are standing, for election to the Urban Council today. From left to right aru. Messrs. Les Sheung-pui, Gerald Basto, "Chan Shu-woon, Ernest C. Wong, Fogg Yatt-chao and Cheung Wing-in-China

Mail Photo...

SLIGHT DROP IN U.C.

!

VOTING THIS MORNING

interest shown has to be Polling started at @ o'clock however, the total number of voters who passed through the stymied year after year by this morning to elect four repro

Another Z1" cast their votes anbour during the next ha and at 9 em,, it was recorded

Mr Corbally: "In .other words It could not tell the difference between a cow and s horse?"

Mir

Your Beeze'y: "No. worship, a radar cannot tell the difference between a cow and a

horse."

Later a Police officer in charge of.crsing launch No..2.. Mr. P. J. Clarke sald that on February 6 at 45 minutes past midnight

The China Mail's

"The Turf," for the the Second Day of Hongkong Jockey Club's Annual Raco meeting to be held to morrow, appear Page 6 today.

on

MACMILLAN GETS SPUTNIK

he was cruising at about one: mile northeast of Poi Toi island Souvenir when the radar spotted a small versė).

TWO BOATS

"Five minutes Irtor observed the spot again and found it was composed of a doublo echo which meant that there were two vesels' As the distance between them remain- ed steady I deducted that of the vessel was towing the other.

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Moscow, Mar. 2.

model sputniks were among the gifts glyon by the Soviet Government | to Me Harold Macmillan and Mr Selwyn Lloyd to- day—ave of their depar- ture for London after an 11-day visit to the Soviet Union.

When a button is pressed the model sputniks play the Soviet national anthem, punctuated at The officer said that when intervals by a "beep beep beep later he boarded the sampan' be the sound given out by the found 46 persons on board. three real Soviet Sputnik, the "I questioned the persona on last of which is still in orbit.

he majority who out of sentives from nine candidates booths at the two centres that ad volod. At 11 am, the board and they told me that they The other gifts, delivered to- Laziness

or carelessness to all the four goals at the Urban pod to 1,040.

Counell which will become The total number of eligible total mumber of votes cast at left Macao on the previous day, day to the Prime Minister's "None of them held a re-residence la, Pomeranisev Lane. ignore the elections.

vacant at the end of this month. voters this year was 26,504 and tabs Kowloon centre was 223

By comparison with the

Hongkong Kentity-cord."

For Mr Macmillan; a hunting It might help if the names of

those who have not voted flaures of the last election hold of, this, 5,182 ere registered to out of the 3,103 who had regentry permit in the Colony or anase

The captain of the motor rife, an elk head, 35 long-pipy- volo In Kowloon and 20,302 interet to vote here:

In Hongkong, 100 turned up vessel, Lo Yiu-hong, is charged |Ing records, ten boities of Sovie! in the last four years were this me two years ago, there Hongkong. removed from the electoral appeared to be a slight drop of At the Kowloon centre in tho

voters casting their votes in Youmal Government School, to vote in the first 30 minutes with aiding to abetting by wine, 24 pounds of cavior and roll to make room for the forenoon today,

Dr Raymond Loe, a Reform Club When It was 8 a, 215 voted towing a yearol carrying illegal a leather album of pictures of

Moścow soetics, some who are now excluded

candidate, was the first to cast and by noon, 1280 bad cast migrants into the Colony..

Mr. Dempsey, Chlef Court but who may show more

By 11 am. In the 1057 olec- his vote soon after 3 m. Vot-their ballots. This total is a civio consciousness than ton day, 1,130 voters had casting was slow bone in only 2 light drop from the noon Inspector at Central Magistracy

at the Hongkong had filed past the booths in the figure of the 1957 election which la prosecuting, those who repeatedly abuse their votes.

Hearing is continuing counted' 1,541 votes. the privilege of citizenship, centre alone. This morning, at 30 minutes.

a

For Lady, Dorothy Macmillan: ten: Bervice in silver and l'enamel for two people and an

Orenburg shawl-Reuter,

or

Mr Bromhai) suld there was an ideal site between Deep. water Bar and Aberdeen, and he said: "There is every

reason to hope that Govern- ment would consider sym- pathetlenly the allocation of this site for the purposes of building an oceanarium".

It would be cheaper to build than in any other part of the world but he said: "We must nevertheless think in terms of overal millon dollars in capital outlay." In the event of a de- cislon to build it, a loan from Government would be needed.

lle suggested the estabilah- ment of an independent or ganization "o carry through the project and operate the cocanarium

non-profit- making basis.

"This organisation could take the form of an association society of members drawn from all, sections of the community

or

(Contd. on Back Pare, Col, 0)

The cars is being heard before Judza A. A. Huszlis Kowloon District Court. Mr Edmund Cheung Co., of Poter Mo and representing the claimant, asked for a one week ad- journment to obtain proof. Defendant did not spear in court this morning.

FLYING BANDIT

FLEES WITH $25,000

Hamilton, Ohio, Mar. 2.· A daring bandit walked out with $25,895 this morning after holding

the Hamilton Bank. Ho out-

up

raced the polico in a stolen car as they pursued him and finally flow off under their very nosos in a pri- vate plane.

the

The police had only one satis fuction-they know who man is, even though they falled to catch him. The flying bandit was identited by one of the bank employees through a photo- graph shown him by F.B.I. agents as Franic Lawrence Sprenz.

Sprenz was alrendy bring sought by the F.B.I. for another beldrup under identical, gand-

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