1959-07-13 — Page 1

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LATE FINAL

CHINA MAIL

PHILISHAVU OZ GILMANS No. 37407

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Established 1845

MONDAY, JULY 13, 1959.

Price 20 Centa

FLIGHTS WEEKLY to the U.S.A.

9 from TOKYO

5 from MANILA

İPAN AMERICAN

JAPANESE SURVEY SHIP RUNS AGROUND

AGROUND IN NORTH BORNEO

Of The BRITISH SHIP RESCUES 34 MEN

Day

Lifeboat Fights Its Way

LABOUR SPLIT Through Heavy Seas

THE

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Tritain and the people

are basking in the sunshine.

The season will be quoted

""that

By T. S. KOO

China Mail Shipping Reporter

for years to come as L A Japanese survey ship investigating the mysterious hulk

Bummer."

The

Party will never forgel it

while the Conservatives will!

ever remember it

39

ed them with

the

year the Socialists presPA!-

wlitical

of a submarine on a lonely North Borneo beach, ran aground and four days later their crew of 34 were rescued by a lifeboat from a British ship.

gift, the like of which in The British ship, Empire Kittiwake, arrived in Hongkong this morning

seldom been seen or heari;

In the history of British politien.

with the shipwrecked Japanese sailors. The submarine they were tain Peter L. Amstring of the LST. Empire Kittiwake told On the eve of a General Elex investigating was, they, be- tullieve, an American ship,

beached

there during the to war.

tion, and there appeara be no doubt now that the Prime Minister intentis

go to the polls in October,

the Labour muvement

been split asunder

internal strife.

There had bven

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Their own ship, the Daikatsu Marn now lies aground nearly in the puding zurf.

The seamen were rescued by

laf at which fought its way thingh fresavy seas to take them

f.

Before the anchor coukl be dropped a sudden strong wind drove the ship on13 a ref.

All efforts to get her off that

The 140-ton deep rea trawler Daikatsu Maru, owned by Morita | day failed. Shipping Company in Osaka, lell Noze for a survey' expedi tion of sunken vessels In the waters of North Borneo on June

Holed

The following day the weather deteriorated and the vessel was

20, with a group of salvage ux-holed on the forwart port side.

peris,

Monday, the ship Last arrived at Barnbay Shoal, on earlier in the year when the

the edge of an unsurveyed area Tories were having senanti In charge of the Kittiwake on the west side of the Palawan Cornel and found the hulk of thoughts about calling an lifeboat was Mr C. A. Purtcher,

Also with him American submarine, prob election before their alloted | Ubier Officer.

securid offler, ably beached during the wor term ran out. The Turies was

Several 5. F. Jacutine, second

inemberg of the stock had fallen, arvindinge Mr N.

sen! to survey Group were to the public option poll-gineer, Mr G. F. Wady and

examing the submarine, while to drop the ship allempled anchor close to

and there were otter farlots which

them.

weighed

the

eight Chinese envw members.

This is the story the rescued nguin Japanese seamen and the Cap-

UT since then there ba

BTS

11 steady rise in

their popularity, caused by improved financial activi ties, a popular budget and not the ast the highl standing of the Prime Minister who is pursuing eleur, consistent policies at: home and abroad.

iss

But almost as important

the disarray und demoralisa Lion of the Socialists, who are not only divided among themselves but divided in their own minds. This divi-, alon of thought has now! been brought home to th public most forcibly by the dissension over the 11-bumb policy...

The parliamentary party lead- ers, in an endeavour to iny down a clear-cut policy, set the official line with a non- nuclear clul following the first revolt by the General and Municipal Workers Union.

RUMU

This had the effect of curbing of the dissident elements although the lend- had had no time

erB

assess national reaction the oficial line. Now

Frank Cousins powerful

to

Mr

tid

And his Transport General Workers Union have split the party right down the centre with a bombsitell and rejected the stand.

0

official

N the face of it there is: little likelihood that the breach can be healed in time for the party to re- group their forces and fight 2013 election. The Labour rank and file must be in a dilemma ut the junction of a forked track not knowing whether to go to the left or to the right. They have, In fact, become a lenderless legion.

:

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TWO FELL 10

STOREYS.

AND LIVED!

This picture shows the building from which the two men fell. And to give you some tiles of how far they fell, an arrow shows the level of the tenth floor,China Mail photo.

Two workmon fell ten storeys

and lived yesterday.

scaffolding around War. den Mansion, o now build- ing under construction in Poterson Street, Couso~ way Bay, wavered.

The engine room and the crew's The cabins were soon flooded. crow were rempelled to stay on cock.and The bridge.

On the same day, three life- boots of the ship were lowered in an attempt lo lighten the stranded vessel. They sank that night, however, because of the rough seas,-

On Thursday, the fourth day after the ineldent, the crew de chard to swim to the broken sub- Maru marine ns the Daikaisu had developed a list of 20 de- grees to starboard after sustain- ing further damage.

For four days the list of the sip made sleep impossible.

#1

The distance Lo the submarine whs about three-quarters of mle but the sea was rough and infested with sharka.

Little Chance

Th

for the crow waited weather to clear before making start though they knew that they stood Uttle chance of sur- vival if they swam for the shore. In the meantime, the Empire Kittiwake owned by the Minis- try of Transport und managed by the Atlantic Stearn Naviga- tion Co. of London, on her way to Hougicon from Usukan Bay, 13ritish North Bornco intercepted

Nignal from Labuan Radio stating that vessel was stranded on Bombay Shoul

2

This lay about 170 miles to the north of this

vussel's position

The LST steamed at full speed for the stricken Vessel despite heavy weather. When the reached the shoal, she failed to make contact with the Japanese vessel at first because cf bhd weather and heavy rain.

Later the rain cleared. Then a radar screen was spot on the toliced. But that turned out to be the hulk at the submarine. Closer examination of the reef revealed the Dalkatsu

ostore Maru hurd

in the

surf.

Five-Handed Handshake

The LST Empire Kittiwaka steaming into harbour

today. China Mail Photo.

Passenger Falls Off

Chusan

Tilbury, July 12. was Mrs Ann Matthews, a school teacher from Lus Angeles, Cali-

The Empire Kittiwake manoeuvred to within half a inile of the reef. Fuel oil was pumped overboard to quell the breaking sen onda motor fe boat. faunched.

The rescue party managed to

the get alongside

Japanese Vessel despite heavy breaking seas, All 34 Japanese were safely taken aboard the lifeboat and within minutes transferred

to the Empire Kittiwake.

fornia, today was re- ported in "satisfac- tory" condition after accidentally falling

John Wallace

Injured

Hongkong radio an- nouncer John Wallace, who suffered head in- juries on Saturday

night when the car he in was travelling swerved suddenly, is resting quietly in Queen Mary Hospital, it

was reported this morning.

A five-handed handshake (Anglo-Japanese style) this morning marked the end of a thrilling adventure for 34 Japanese shipwrecked seamen and the crew of the Empire Kittiwake, who rescued them. Captain P. L. Armstrong (left), shaken with Mr Sudae Ikeda (right) director of the survey operation, and the Japanese ship's captain Mr Yoshida Takeyo, just be- . fore the Japanese crew left the Kittiwake to take up temporary lodgings in Hongkong this morning--- China Mail photo,

4

Lane Crawford

Sues Coal Company

The mysterious disappearance last year of the former manager of Lane Crawford's coal de- partment, Mr K. T. Chang, formed part of the defence in an action before Mr Justice A. D. Scholes at the Supreme Court this morning. Lane Crawford Ltd. is suing i pointed out that the defence, was Luen Sheung Coal Co., of 15 at payments had been made Lan Fong Road, for $82,187,02 to Chang mostly in cash, but a for conl delivered in 1957 and few were made by cheque and they had a number of receipts given to them by Chang. Defendants uckedt Habilty

According to the letters the for only $1,072.82, claiming that plaintif company claimed that the rest of the money had been Chang had no authority to re- paid to Chang,

celve the payments or ta Issuo that the receipts and alleged come of the receipts were for- geries.

from a passenger liner Jackets Made In 1958.

UK, But Trousers

into the English Chan- nel. The Japanese crewnien were

Mrs

joined Matthews, 54, then comfortably berthed in ac

used by ather

aboard the commodation usually

passengers liner Chusan along the rail last ---་{r0pab;-བས

night when the while cliffs or Dover came into view,

from the 10th floor with the collapsing scaffolding. Injured, both of them were

sent to Queen Mary Hos pital..

Treated Woll

Valuable salvage

was taken aboard

Made In America

Disappeared

jackets while an American It was after his disappear- produces his trouseri.

$

Mr d'Almada mid evidence would be given that 29 receipts were received from Chang.

The action is continuing.

'BABY-FACED'

SQUAD

* London, July” 12.

Their Counsel, Mr Leo equipment

d'Almada QC, slipped, turabled The Duke of Windsor is ro- But she

told the Judge, ported today to be scek-Chang "made himself scarce was lost in the Dalkatsu Maru.

over the rail and fell about 40

ing a London tailor who carly in April, 1056 and has The Kitiwake could make no feet into the sea.

The British radio contact with the Dalkaisu

tanker .Essa

will continue to make his not been seen since," was fitted with a Fulham, coming up behind the because she

capable transmitter

only of Iner,

Matthews spotted Mrs

ance that matters came to communicating with Japanese foundering in the water, A shore stations on a frequency crewman dived in stal carried a The Sunday Dispatch dierist head in Lane Crawford in re- not used by vestels on their line to the woman and she Bromley Abbott explains the gard to a number of sales and

the tanker Dulce's fashion fad in this way: deliveries of coal, he said, 'normal passages.

"The duke thinks London The Japanese vessel was cure-after some 20 minutes in the taltors make the best jackets in Mr d'Almada added. "My manded by Captain Yoshida water,

friend (Mr Oswald Cheung, Takeyo, and the loader of the A life boat returned her to the world,

"But

his Counsel for Lane Crawford) ho always has expedition was Mr Sadue Ikeda, the 24,215-ton Chusan. Mrs Mat- trousers made in New York tells me he is not calling Mr

Mr Osamu Norasaki,

very low on the hips and tight | Chang." flchery expert and in adviser to Mir Ikeda, was the only member of the entire Japanese crew obie Some workers working on it Another workman who fell to speak English.

He said, "The crew were very with a collapsing scaf-

by the Kittiwake folding outside a demeli- well treated

́and her ́ captain, and we are tion site in Burd Street, deeply grateful to them for all

The Sunday Dispatch later that the defendants had dealt The reports anki that the new Control District, yoster- they did"

adds that he asked Savile Row with Chang all along. They detectives will behave and dress Moscow, July 12. day, died in Queen Mary The Japanese

granted Ethiopia whether London couldn't do as denied being indebted to Lane ilke teddy boys, mix with the Russla haz

Crawford for $82,000 odd. They gongs," and report back to the low interest loan well for the duke. Hospital the same after-mat back to Japan in the a long-term,

various payments werd Ford, Matt and the Yoko | of 400 million

Savile Row's top tallors 're-sald roubles (about noon. The man, Cheung at the end of next week.

course, but not made and admitted Indebtedness The reports added that all the £34,700,000 at the official ex-plied: "Of

men being trained had volun- Chun, 39, Ilvod at 12 Meanwhile, they are being ac change rate), according to a even for royalty will we make for $1,072.52.

Referring to correspondance teored for the job.-China Mail Kilung" Stroot, Sham-commodated in the Missions to Joint Soviet-Ethiopian communi- such awful

between the two arms, Counsel Special. shulpo,'

"que issued here tonight-Bouter. Mall Special,

The reason for the revolt may not be hard to find. There: is no love last between Mr Cousins and the parliament- ary leaders. Mr Cousins also ambitious and is intent on carving out a carcer for himself. This being so it At about 2.50 p.m. the must be concluded that hau. chosen this time tu divide the party, backed by the powerful unions, to make sure the Socialists have no chance of winning an election and then weld dt together again with him. their undisputed solf as leader.

the Lord Hailsham,

ringing Tory Party ganiser, will undoubtedly be happy to have his picture taken again on the bench basking in the sunshine as clouds of despair settle over the Socialists.

boll-

01-

sensed

the impanding danger and scampored

back to the building itself. Two men, Yu Mon, 23, of 10 Garden Streat, second floor,

and Choung

Cheong, of 434 "A" Block, Chai Wan Resettlement Area, fourth floor, could mat make it and fell down"

Their condition was reported as "fino" this morning.

Honolulu Maru

*Soarten.

crew will bo

taken

vacation in to a local

thews, who is on Europe, was hospital for observation

after atting.

when ho lenves for +50 the Churan docked here.-UPI.

America he takes his English

Rouble Loan

The Defence

Scotland

London, July 12.

Yard, London's police headquarters, is treking "baby-faced" policemen for a now detective force to combat

Jucket plus his English material Mr d'Almada, who is appear-gangs of teddy boys and teenage and America produces Ameri-ing with Mr Gerald Basto (in- delinquents,

structed by Mr C. P. Lal) said reported today. con trousers,"

trousers! China

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