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THE WEATHER:

Fresh or strong gusty E. winds. Cloudy with patches of rain and fine intervals. The strong monsoon signal, the black ball, was hoisted at 11.30 a.m.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1959.

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ROYAL YACHT PLAYS 'DODGING GAME WITH TROPICAL STORM

Of The BAD WEATHER HITS BRITANNIA

Day

THE ROAD TO

CASTLE PEAK

A

BIG drive to improve the

Colony's roads Bystem

was revented in last month's!

badget speech. The mater

Cable Sent To Buckingham Palace

London, March 12.

project will be conversion The royal yacht Britannia, now on passage

of the Kowloon-Castle Peak

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Road into a dual carriage. way for its entire length. This is regarded essential preliminary opening up the territories to the development

satellite townships, Tsun Wan has already shown the need for wider ronde to

link this major industrial

ures with the wharves and godown of Kowloon. And as industry spreads to new areas and na towns

Krow

เม alongside them, first class communications will be re-i quired, The Castle Peak) Road is not the only major project Government អ undertaking. There is the new 120-ft wide highway which will run from Kow-i loon City out to Kun Tong where a natellite town for!

million

quarter of Is people is being plained. Work on this rand began this your.

Railway Too?

with the Duke of Edinburgh between Hongkong and Gizo in the Solomon Islands, is having trouble trying to dodge a tropical storm nicknamed "Sally," according to a telegram re- ceived at Buckingham Palace today.

"We are The message from the yacht said:

plunging into strong winds, fairly heavy seas, and occasional tropical rainstorms."

Earlier the telegram said: "The burning question in

UAR Blamed everybody's minds in Britan-

For

Iraqi Revolt

Bagdad, March 13. The official Bagdad Radio the last night accused United Arab Republic for the first time of engineer- ing the recent Iraqi plot. nternal security of the Iraqi state," the radio said in reply-

THE estimates show that in |

ture on the Calle Peak Road, may exceed $13 million, and the entire project is design ed to luke a number of VAR. years. But as the Governor

ing to a speech earlier yester-

day by President Nasser of the

Earller on radi spokesman Sir Robert Black said, even i dented charges made by Presid- though capital expenditure ent Nasser that Iraqi aircraft is heavy projects of this bad strafed a Syrian village on kind are necessary in our Tuunday. general economic interests.

Not Over Yet

The Damascus newspaper Al Should the railway branch

out to Castle Peak, as well am today quoted reports that the Iraqi revelt was net yet over, Experience has shown that and that the rebels were taiting good FOREN claim Grst in the mountains to resume their priority. Smaller indus-fight.

nia as she left Hongkong was how to avoid the atten- tions of Saily.

The Problem

"Sally is a tropical storm that Is making its way slowly west- wards between Britannia and her destination in the Solomon Islands,

"The problem is whether to pass in front or behind Sally.

"So far, it has been rather like two people trying to avoid each other in the street." The Britannia

tinued:

message con-

"First, Sally slowed down and we thought we could pass nhead, then she speeded up so we turn- ed to pass ostern. No sooner was that done than she started to turn towards us.

Unexpected

"We are now on Sally's out- skirts about 200 miles from the.

centre, steering erst at 17 knots, while Sally moves sedately St ten knots towards the north- west.

"Unless Sally does, something quite unexpreted in this state- ly minuet, we ought to slip past

tries and farms in the Taipo The reports added that behind her some time area, for example, find it thousands of Arab nationalisis morrow,

cheaper to transport by: read all the way than by rond to the nearest goods yard, then train to Tsim- shatsui and then read again to wharves or markets. This will almost certainly prove to be true elsewhere.

Less Remote

BUT

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+

SUCCESA

UT if the satellite towns prove to be as great à some of our planners hope, public trans port will have to be sub. stantially improved and bus services may not be enough, Government should think abost a loop railway line running from Sheung Shui (or Tuipo), to Sek Kong, Kam Tin, Yuen Long, Castle Peak and back to Kowloon if it succeeds in persunding people to move out to the Territories in a big way. In the Government's scheme

of developmelit, a loop rall way clearly rates a low priority now! Roads, re- clamations, Rito development and all the casentlul come. munity needs are more im- portant

establishing

. towns In the New Terri- torius, but good public transport Inking Kowloon with the outlying areas wil play an important part fo fostering the growth outlying areas later,

of

The need is to make the ferri- torics less remoto and there- fore more accessible. Towne- people need to be nasured that they are not moving. hopelessly out of reach of friends and familiar places in Kowloon, Shatin, Taipo and Shoung Shul have good road and rail links with Kowloon and their prosperl- ty shows how they have benefited. We ought to bear this in mind when planning our development in other parts of the territories.

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were being hertied into specially- built concentration camps, the old

were already CHOS packed.

The death toll in Merul, the northern oil town where the re- volt started, the newspaper add- cd, was "more than 2,000"-most of which was caused by the 24- hour rocket and

accodiary

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"In the meantime, we are plunging into strong winds, fairly heavy and occasional tropical rainstorms.

Seas

kinds

"In the afternoons all of dock games and P. T. are in full wing between rainstorms, but thechurching deck demande venomment by bre"Tengan added akil, while the wind Air Force Reuter,

makes the fight of the quolt BLOOD BATH IN IRAQ unpredictable."

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ROBERT TAYLOR SEES MAN DIE

Nairobi, March 12.

As Robert Taylor and other stars of the illm "Adminson of

watched helplessly this evening Altica," being shot at Mombasa,

away by breakers and drowned, an "African" extra was washed

The African was one of 20 hired to play the part of stoves thrown overboard from an Arab dhow as a British gunboat on anti-slave patrol in the year 1895 opened are.-U.P.I.

Britannia left Hongkong on "Sunday" card=1200 IRK

Solomons next Wednesday.

Redter.

Punished For Cyprus Fracas

Nicosia, March 12.

All but one of 21 Royal Ulster Riflemen arrested and charged with causing a disturbance Ist Sunday in the Turkish Cypriot sector of Famagusta, have been dealt with by their commanding efficer, a milliory spokesman anounced hero todayChinu Mall Special.

SALLY IS CHASING HER

Bear Hunt To Keep Guardsmen Well-Dressed

Timmins, Ontario, March 12.

POCKET CARTOON by OSBERT LANCASTER

M

HK & SHANGHAI BANK MEETING Asia To

Shareholders Europe On

Hear Of Mercantile Bank Takeover

The Chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Mr Michael W. Turner today told shareholders the whole story of the two-year negotiations to acquire the share capital of the Marcantile Bank.

5,000-Mile Highway

Brisbane, March 12. A plan for a 5,000-mile highway across Asia linking Saigon with Teheran was approved by the committee of the Economic Com- mission for Asia and the Far East meeting at Broadbeach, near here today,

The proposal will go be-

In the course of his printed pany domlelled oulde the report the annual meeting | United Kingdom. This time the fore the full commission on this afternoon he said this was negotiations were successful and March 14 and is expected to "the most important event since

the basis of our offer was sub-be approved. our last meeting, from our own domestic point of view."

He revealed that on March 0 the Bank held 07.5 per cent of the total issued capital of the Mercantile Bank.

mitted to the boced of Mercan- tile Bank Ltd. on December 23, and announced in the press both here and In London the next day.

staff of

Ecato is an

advisory body and can only recommend a pre- posal to member countries through the United Nations.

Detailed Survey

The Highways

Committee

put up the plan after making a detalled survey of inland of under. transport noeds developed Asian countries,

The ohlef of Pakistan's transport diviston, Mr M. §. Ahmad, zald that in the plan each member country woul bear the cost of the section of the road through th

I have felt it right to make Early in 1957 an indication pubile the history of these nego- reached us from the holder of titions, not only for the in- a large block of shares that he formation of our own share- was looking for a purchaser and holders, but to make it clear to

and he wondered whether we woult the constituents be interested. This approacis Mercantile Bank Ltd. that we came at a time when it was behave taken over this bank as a coming more and more clear Ecing concern and that--we in- that, in British exchange bank-tend to keep it as a going con- ing as in many other activities, cert, I am sure that the step we the tendency must be for con have now taken will prove to solidation, по!

be in the best interests of o because only larger units tend to become own shareholders. In addition, 1 stronger and can operate more am convinced that it Will

govemuments would effectively, but also because they tish banking as a whole in the top they would use in their

strengthen the position of Brt-decide what type of construc

both banks have been casociated eastern territories with which own soctions.

for so long.

are less vulnerable to take-over bids from parties who wish to make a profit by obtaining con- trol of large liquid assets.

The Reason

In this case we did not wishi

of

Full text of report on page 9 and 10, Annual meeting on page 11

country. Member

*

Branch highways would link} Singapore and Inkilan clues with the highway and existing roads between Teheran and Turlary would give eventual road link to Europe, he said. Router

DULLES MAY ATTEND TALKS

Washington, March 12.

All sportsmen with hunting licences have been

"called up" for a bear hunt on Saturday to Mercantile Bank Ltd. to fall provide bearskins for Guardsmen on duty at into other hands, and certainly

not into hands where the polley ROYAL EAGLE'S Buckingham Palace, in London, following re-might be to liquidate for the cent complaints that their traditional head-thrombin DEATH BATTLE gear was beginning to look moth-eaten.

Mercantile Bank Ltd. and our- selves would be a constructive This was announced today | step leading to a powerful and

Nuremberg, March 12. this well-balanced structure in both

A royal cagle with • wing Mr John Foster Dulles, now by the town clerk of

the Indian sub-continent Lown, where the Mayor, Mr the Far East.

and pan of more

than ten feet undergoing treatment for Cancer found checked to death in its at Walter Reed Army Hospital, Leo Del Villano, began to

We therefore

take agreed to buy cage here today is believed to may be able to part in plan the hunt after reading the shares, which had been have been killed by human some menner" in the talks about the guardsmen's offered to us, and then being after

we

Aeree battle, either in Washington "or else-

where," between their approached the

President struggles

Mercantile Bank Ltd. with an They thought the killer might Eisenhower and Prime Minister ancient but balding offer to open negotiations with have been taking revenge on Harold MacmiUente US. headgear.

the object of arranging for the the cagie's owner.

State Department spokesman, M Bloodstains on acquisition by us of the

the walls of Lincoln White, told a press con- the cage mainder of the shares. At that

Indicated the three- ference.

which had In London today, it was re- lime it was clear that the offer Year-old bird, vorted that the otter by thecould have to Ur for cash, beputation for grovence, Canadian Mayer to supply the cause two out of the three types fought for its life, the

police said-Router whole Brigade of Guards with of shares of Mercantile Bank new bearskins-free of charge Ltd. and all the shares of our the own -had been accepted by

bank had an uncalled lability. Wor Office.

“You know, Prendergast, if I hadn't got a nasty hang- over I should say that that fellow who wrote to The Timerwasontosomething."

Landon Express Korvier

with

Free Offer

directors

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police said.

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There was no indication today. whether Mr Dulles would be permitted by his doctors to travel to Camp David.-Reuter,

CUBAN WAR

by

ERROL

A retuler's letter in the This raised a difficulty, how-| E| Times of London raised the aver. as the directors of Mer- Issue which was taken up in cantile Bank Ltd. did not se0 Whilchall and the world press. their way to recommend a cush (A top-ranking Guards Offi-uffer to their shareholders er, Lieutenant-Colonel Michael without a disclosure of their O'tock, admitted that some of bank's hidden reserves position the bearskins-were not up to which, from the point of view standard and that

me were of both sides, was undesirable. Negotiations were therefore broken off

In July 1957, and Uus when reports reached the press in February 1958 that we were intending to make a take over bid we were in a position to deny it.

50 years old.

(They are not replaced often enough. Wom way are cut up and used to make new ones," he said.)-Neuter.

'Oh, Edith, You Really Are An Ass'

DAME IRENE WARD

She was ticked of

Loadon, March 12. TAXASPERATED

a

Ex woman colleague in the

House of Commons to-

night Dame Irene Ward

our) at once asked the

Speaker if it was in order

for Dame Irene to describe

Dr. Summerskill as “an ‘. 11.99,"

·

caused roars of laughter But the Speaker, who is

by dropping parliament-

ory jargon and calling: “Oh, Edith, you really are an aas."

The "ass", was Dr Edith Summerskill, former Minister in the Labour Government,

who had ticked Dame frene (a

often conveniently "deaf,” sald he did not hear theo word.

Later, Dame Irene laughed loudly when Dr Summer-

· skill got her own back by saying she was surprised she could be "go feline." (“Cutty” would have been

Conservative) off for out of order - If the

making what she con ¿sidered a long-winded, in-

terjection.

Mr Maurice Edelman (Lab.

Speaker had heard Tt).

The House, was discussing the National Health Ber- vice. Reuter.

DR EDITH SUMMERSKILL She wok the forst

Events, however, do not stand still in the business work, and by the autumn of last year it became clear for various reasons that'u further development one way or the other way inevitable, In the meantime the capital of both banks had been reorganis- ed, with the ability of the shareholders being extinguish- od, and thus it was a relatively simple matter to arrange basis of exchange of shares.

The Benefit

D

In November we reopened negotiations with the board of Mercantile Bank Lid., making it clear that, while the baris of ex- change would be a share offer, the ratio of which would, be de cided betweNEEL mur repectivo boards with the advice of their auditors, there would be tho benefit of an alternative, cash oder for thoen shareholders of Mercantile Bank Ltd who did not wish to ecoopt-out share, Or were prevented by their articles from bolding shares 'in's com

FLYNN

TITH a notebook and a brlèfcase full of vodka,

W

the most remarkable war correspondent of all flow towards the rebel stronghold of Fidel Castro in Cuba. All the way he was besieged by autograph hunters.

As each book was offered, he wrote in a large vigorous hand: ERROL FLYNN.

Then, within hours, he was among the bearded men who have taken over Cubs today.

Flynn's despatches from Cuba have been acquired exclusively by the CHINA MAIL. (They are a rip-roaring account of the Cuban rebels - and of Fidel Castro, the ex- lawyer who led them.

MY CUBAN WAB starta in tomorrow's issue of the CHINA MAIL

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