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CHINA MAIL

No. 37302

Established 1845

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1959.

Price 20 Centa

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THE LEADER TO ʼn COUNTRIES

EARLY MORNING SHAMSHUIPO BLAZE RENDERS 700 HOMELESS

Of The FOUR

Day

A SELL-OUT

of

any proof were needed that lobgkong regarded the Duke of Edinburgh'a visit as the most important event in years, newspaper sales give the clearest in- dication of public interest. An extra large number

were printed yot papers both editions of lust Friday'a China Mall were entirely sold out. On Friday evening, people came to the Chinn Mall office asking for spare copies, when there were no longer papers to be bought on the streets. There was

repetition of this big demand on Saturday. Other newspapers report a similar response.

An analysis of sales over the four-day period shown that more than souvenir interest was involved. People wanted to follow what the Duke was doing and saying and how Hongkong reacted. In a city renowned for public in- difference to local affairs, this was A remarkable contrast. What does it show?

That in Hongkong as else

where, the husband of the Queen is regarded as the man of the moment. He la the representative of an Institution by which the world's greatest association of free and politically in dependent nations are linked, Hia personality, his char- Reter stamp that institution progressive, modern, and thought-

ne

harmonious

fully interested in the affairs of all its associates. The man who had made head-

lars all around the world was in Hongkong making ...now headlines. This is what the people wanted to rend.

INTO SPACE

MERICA'S "moon rocket"

A Ploneer IV In today

somewhere in the vastneas of space, revolving around the aun like is higger brother Lunik, the first man-made satellite in the

FOUR DIE IN SQUATTER FIRE Ten Sent To Dockers Offer £15,000 THOUSANDS Hospital For

Treatment

By CHINA Mail reporteR

Four people died in a serious squatter fire which broke out shortly after

For Jewels Return

London, March 10.

Sir Bernard and Lady Docker today offered a £15,000 reward for the re

covery of £150,000 worth of jewels stolen from their parked car at Southampton last night,

4 a.m. today near the Shek Kip Mei Two In Every

Resettlement Area, Shamshuipo.

Another ten were sent to Kowloon Hospital for treat-

ment, two of whom were detained,

The bodies have not yet been identified but one was a

child,

Fanned By Wind

A Social Welfare officer said he believed that more than

700 had been made homeless. At 10 am, 625 people In

had been registered by them, he said.

The fire was first reported at seven minutes past four,

but by the time the Fire Brigade had arrived at the scene the blaze, fanned by a fresh wind, had gained a strong hold.

The fire was brought under control after more than 40 firemen, under the direction of Mr W. J. Gorman, the Chief Fire Officer, had fought the flames for a little The Are was completely ex- less than an hour. tinguished at 6.15 am.

Mr

Charred Bodies Found

Four charred bodies were found in one of the huts in the centre of the fire, and this morning Mr Gorman said he believed that this was where the fire originated. The Fire Brigade and Police "are still making in- quiries into the cause of the blaze. Gorman said there were many two-storey fruts In the squatter area, hoosing a lot of "mushroom" Indus- iries, and an explosion could have been the cause. all, an area of almost 20,000 square feet, was affected. The same area was the scene of another squatter fire about three months ago, but quick action by the Fire Brigade at that time, prevented the fire from sprending.

In

UK's

THOR BASES

TO BE PUT ON

►

24-HOUR READINESS

í

By CHAPMAN PINCHER

London, March 11.

solar system. The American The United States is insisting that RAF crews

Buccess, after four earlier failures, got far lesa

publicity than it deserved.

manning the Thor missile sites in Britain must work under a permanent emergency schedule.

—–—– RAE chiefa have decided to The earlier Russian Relieve=| operate a round-the-clock alert

ment, with its dramatic probably

least involving at progress traced almost hour- four shifts, from the moment ly by Moscow Radio, over- the Thor becomes operational. shadowed the American That will be within the next; effort. But Pioneer having low weeks. Attained its minimum ob-

This will ensure thai the jective of passing the moon, proved that only bad luck American-made missiles with

HI-bomb their

warheads will prevented the Americans on at least one carlier occa- sion from claiming a specta- cular "first" In its spaco rocket programme.

Far Bigger

INDEED Pioneer's ascent

always be near ready for firing. The cost of maintaining them, which is borne entirely, by the British taxpayer, will be much greater than

envisaged when the Thor agreement was eigned a year ago.

Was

Hundred

Have TB

Hongkong

London, March 10. Two per cent of the adult population of Hongkong have tuberculosis in active form.

an

Mr Julian Amery, Colonial Under-Secretary, said this in the House of Commons today in re ply to Mr S. S. Awbery (Lab- Dur).

Mr Amery said the death rate in 1950 was 83.8. per hundred thousand.

Campaigns

The jewellery was taken from Sir Bernard's Rolls Royce while The and Lady Docker were dining at nearby hotel. The thieves apparently had Uttle difficulty in opening the car's door with a skeleton key and removing the jewels which had been placed under the carpet because the vehicle's strang-box was dimçult to open,

All Insured

The car had remained parked on a deserted street for more than three hours. The jewellery, locked in a blue satin box, in- cluded about 10 items. All were insured.

Khrushchev

-Lady Docker mald the Jowe's were mostly of senti- mental value. Most had been in the family for some time Mr ; and others were given her by one of her ex-husbands, she

naid,

The police this morning began age-sole operations to recover the jewellery. Harbours and cir ports have been put under sur- veillance, precise descriptions of the stolen rings, eesrings and 'to. Jewellers necklaces Cont

throughout Britain and searches

undertaken in several South- ampion buildings...

Il

Thero were nondationa whether the thieves were am tours, who happened to stumble upon the foot or experts, who

"In Singapping the death rate in 1937 was 61 per hundred

had followed the Dockèw move-. thousand.

"In both places vigorous ments for some time-France- campaigns are being waged Presse. against the discose and in both all proved remedial measures employed in the United King- dom are already applied."

Mr Awbery sald the figures were highest in the world, and erled aloud for more to be done than was being done at present to reduce the incidence of the disease.

Mr Amery replied:

"The figures are very grave. In Hongkong the 1958 death rate was the lowest on record and the success of our efforts in

U.S. ROCKET PLANE MAKES

FIRST FLIGHT

Singapore may be measured by The

the fact that the death rate of 51 per 100,000. In 1937-58 com- pared with 117 per 100,000 in 1050." Reuter,

Edwards Air Force

Base, March 10. American X-15 rocket plane wont aloft for the first time today in ose cassful test "fight" at tached to a B-52 heavy bomber.

The bomber circled the base

Accuses Brandt Of Breaking Agreement

Berlin, March 10.

Nikita Khrushchev today accused Herr Willy Brandt, the governing Mayor of West Berlin, of going back on a previous agreement to meet him.

Mr Khrushchev said the meeting between him, and Herr Brandi had hot been arranged in Leipzig or Berlin "but on soil other than German,"

DENIAL

FLEE

FROM MOSUL

By ARTHUR CHESWORTH

Cizre, March 10. Thousands of frightened refugees from. Mosul,

the largest oil city in northern Iraq, and the headquarters of Shawaf's revolt, are making their way for the Turkish border to escape the fighting.

There is only one route open to them, which ja the road along the Tigris valley to the small town of Cizro-centre of many American and English ell companies, at the function of the Syrian, Turkish Irag borders.

turki

Rebel Leaders Executed?

Cairo, March, 10, The Egyptian Govern- ment-sponsored Middle -East News Agency report- ed from Damascus tonight that General · Kassem, the Iraqi Premier, had ordered the deaths of al officers who took part in the re- volt in northern Iraq and that 80 officers, including Colonel Bhawar, the leader, were 'executed this morn», ing Reuter, and

They

The Turkish Police chief for the area told me in his office in Mardin, 130 miles from Cizre, "We closed the frontier, at Cizre last Sunday when the trouble started in Iraq. I esti- mate that 2,000 to 3,000 re- fugees

there. have arrived Many stayed around Cizre hop- ing to get into Turkey, but it will be some time before tho frontier will be opened again. depending on events in Iraq.

Little Heard

We have heard little of what has been happening there. It is Impossible to telephone any- where' in the area, but I under- stand, few of the people in northern Iraq wish to join Shawot in bis fight and I have heard he has only 1,000 to 8,000 men under bim.

The whole northern frontier into Turkey and Syria is closed. Trains from Turkey, "Including the Istanbul express are turning back at the Turkish, frontler slation, Nusaybin, on the Tuko- | Syriart ́border--Londen: Xixpress

Service,

are arriving in Cizre Catalina Crashes

packed in cars, in buses and

linó flying boit crashed near the northern city of Beloem today, Reports sald 28 persons wero ̧ killed.-UP.r.

But a statement Issued by on horseback, but many `are || `Rio De Janeiro, March 10. the Berlin City Government trekking the thirsty, long rough A Brazilian Air Force Cata- pross office said “The Governing | raphalt road on foot to be disap--||

get there Mayor of Berlin, Willy Brandt, pointed when they atafes that the assertion of to find the frontier has been the Soviet Fremier Nidita closed 'to them. Khrushchev, that there was an agreement between him and the governing Mayor 4. Berlin, mads on nen-German soit, to meet, is not correct."

Khrushchev, blamed the Westem occupation authorities In Berlin for the refusal

of

Brandt to meet him to discuss the Berlin problem.

Khrushchev, in a statemrat made during a reception at the Soviet Embassy in East Berlin stated, "The reigning Mayor in under the orders of those who do not want a pance treaty nor a

British Soldiers In Cyprus Arrested

Nicosia, March 10. An official spokesman said tonight that 21 British soldiers under arrest had been charged with causing a disturbance on Sunday night in Famagusta's old and halt to the cold war."--

city, inhabited exclusively Reuter and France-Presse

dekk mind - ~ by Turkish Cypriotat

All 21 are from the First

Sallyter 70 minutes before landing solution to the Berlin question

Typhoon Heading For

The flight was the first in a series destined to lead to the

Phirt tip of a man into sonce,

Bombers Collide who Sally some 600 miles

̈ ́In Mid-Air

Two US.

probably this summer,

The X-15, contained numerous instruments to record 'Its' behaviour in the air Several almler captive Night of the plane will be held. If they are antisfactory, the aircraft will be detached from the bumber in

Manila, March 11. The aveather, inmenu reported at 8 am today that it had located cast of southern Mindanao Island and was moving at 13 miles per hour toward the Philippines. flight.

Sally, with maximum centre

It was possible that the plano winds of 50 miles per hour would might be released from its car- not affect the Philippines with rier aircraft sometime this would then glide to a landing on the bed af a dried-up lake.-France-Presse,

Dulles Gets Twelfth Dose

Moscow Visit

Mountain Home Air Force

Base, Idaho, March 11.

Air Force B-47 in 36 hours," the weather bureau | weeks. The X-15 bombers which collided in mid-sold.-U.P.I. alr over Idaho today landed safely. There were no injuries. Col. Robert V. DeShazo, Commander of the Ninth Bom bardment Wing at Mountain Home Air Force Base, said 'the

Djakarta, March 10. firat, plane touched down 'safoly

Premier Djuanda of Indonesia said today be planned to visit about 4.19 p.m. He said the

Washington, March 10, Second Strategic Air Command Secretary of State, John Moscow between | "Jubo and bomber landed without incident Foster. Dulles, under treatment | August, Antara News Agency

for abdominal cancer, received, reported, nearly two hours later.

Mr Djuanda has been invited 24-hour readiness .Col. Do Shazo suld from all his 12th X-ray treatment to-

damage to the day. The therapy began on by the Soviet Government.— be necessary unless indications

Reuter... February 20-UP.L

-, - Costs Up

It was then believed that

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was all the more remark-stato able because of its size, would not

Lunik was a far bigger nergency threatened. Now plates was very minor-U.P.J.

the whole complex guidanco-

projectile and it ime been and target selection stein estimated that to put a connected with the gabe, will vohiels of comparable size have to be, kept in an equil Weapon Info urbit around the sun, state of readiness. the Americans would have maintenance costs will also be needed

100 times more greatly increased because ther energy than was used to will have to be erected, fuelled and de-fuelled more often than launch Ploneer.

was originally planned.

to

...

Khrushchev

Gets A New Bath

London, March 10. Mr Khrushchov, the Soviet Premier, h to get a new bath. It is a blue one - miado In Britain,

now

He saw it at the British Im- perial Chemical Industries stand at the Leipzig, fair last week.

Tonight a spokesman for the Dim said it had

boon offered to Mr Khrushchey ---- and he had accepted it

pokesman The bath, the

would be handed over added, to the fairs · Russian', director tonight-Reuter.

Shah Hopes To Marry Swedish

Paris, March 10.

THE French weekly Ici King

Parle claimed today

Daughter

America may justly claima Gyroscopes, and other parts that Shah Reza Pahlevi of

therefore that since the odds of the guidance system will Iran hopes to marry Prin- Iel Paris claimed to have against their success word have to be run-up to firing ceas Brigitta,.--beautiful got its information from the far greater and because readiness more frequently second daughter of the same (unidentified), source

on which means more repairs. : they relied so much

who informed it about the The warlicads, though unter King of Sweden. A more complex gulding

.control.

American The popular weekly, Shah's approach to Maria mechanism, their achieve the ment was a major solentific armourers will have to be which claimed to have been triumph, Russla still has attached to the rockets almost the first with the report big lead in the develop permaneater on the that the Bhah way interest

having half-a-dnger on ment of powerful fuel nringsbution, Britain in paying ect in Italy's Princess Maria propellants, however, and £10,000,000 for the building of Gabriella, add the Shak kad cannot claim bases, phis the now-Intressed, already be amaro America equality, until this deficiency coat of madning-thean Zandon

Swedish Royal F has been remedied.

NON SAR CHINven be

Queen Louise of - Aweden of the Shah's interest in 22-year-old Brigitta at a visit the Queen paid to - England to November,

Austria: -

It said that although Brigitta was a champion at fencing and gymnastics, she had never before shown in- terest in skiing.

bo "Here it should pointed out that skiing in by far the Shah's favour.

Káldozna ito port, Il Paris; said.

Ict Paris said the results. enly obtained: by

through Earl

aproach

Sin- douraging UP.

HE

Royal Ulster Rifles, the spokesman said. Investigations into a distur

bance, in the Greek sector of Famagusta on the same night are still continuing and an official source said tonight more soldiers might be arrested? Reuter.

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