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Comment 1,000 PEOPLE LOSE HOMES Changsha To Of The IN EARLY MORNING BLAZE Be Refloated

Next The Haunted' Tank

Day

FIGHTING

FIRES

FETY years "ES, A Police

posted on the door!

Squatter Huts Razed In

Kowloon City

of a new fre station on the! corner of Kimberley Rixt and Austin Rond, Kowloon,į which advised that the key An

could be obtained from the! Tsimshatsui Police Station. That was more than a mil away. Even in that sedute and imperturbable ange

when fire in Kowloon's wide open spaces WS potentially far less danger- 0 than in today's condi tions, the absurdity of this arrangement drew a sharp reprimand "from the Press. Yet what is the situation tu- day? As Mr R. G. Cox, acting chief of the Colony' Fire Brigade pointed eat at last Saturday's press conference, It is almost complicated. He quoted the | case of the Lo Fu Ngam | fire 10 days ago which raged! for 20 minutes before they Brigade got there. Not be- cause the reme were Lardy, No one reported it til 15 rinutes after it started.

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Then sumeone rang 999. The message was passed to the Kowloon Fire Brigade, who ⚫ relayed

the Prince Edward Road station, who relayed it to the Ma Tung Chung station which

it

one-third of a mile from the Are. This seems to be a case of history repenting itself. Police called People headquarters several miles the nway Brigade and vital minutes were lost.

to

THE story provides twe

ties are already aware of, another which the public; still has to learn. Even if! the right fire station had been informed

instead of

IL

The

Police though

couldn't have because

its

number is not given in

the

telephone book-the

15-

minute delay meant all

the

difference between

the

destruction of one or

two

huts and, in this case, three dead. 30 injured and 3,500 homeless-an appalling toll which

was almost wholly avoidable. This is but one vivid example quoted by Mr Cox. The dry season is now with us. We know the dangers. The Christmas night fre of 1953 made 50,000 homeless.

estimated 1,000 people were made homeless in the early hours of this morning when fire destroyed 50 to 60 huts and small buildings near Kai Tak airport.

."

The fire broke out in a squatter area near the Tung Tau Cottage Resettlement areaj in Kowloon City. It was densely popu lated and firemen from the seven appliances which raced out to fight the fire, had a difficult time making their way through the maze of alleyways to reach the burning houses.

Concern Over

Increasing

Number Of

Colony Fires

The Hongkong Fire Bri- ende la growing more and HOTE pancerned with the rising number of fires in the Colony. in an effort to bring home their point, an official said this mor- ning that the water used to fight Brez is "water that is kept for your drinking and washing purposes."

An official statement re- leased today says, "In the 24 hours ended at 7 2.10. today, the Hongkong Fire Brigade responded to calls to seven fires which caused an estimated 3120,000 pro- perty damage and rendered 1,000 people homeless."

of "Some 600 gallons water wete used to fight These Dres-whier which is kept for your drinking and washing

the purposes." Acting Chief Fire Officer, Mr B. G. Cox reported ta-

A

day.

"Cne of these res," he said, "was caused by an unattended cooking slove, another by the overheating in A of ball-bearing

lighted factory, two by matches ibrown Away carelessly, and the remain- ing three by sparks from electrical equipment, set-

alight

in- nearby ting flammable material."

Only the strictest vigilance Rossellini

can prevent disasters like!

these recurring,

Vigilance

not only in the sense that Ordered

Ares should be reported im-!

mediately but that every

effort should be made to To Return

prevent them starting.

R. Cox is thinking of get- Children

Mting & special emergency

telephone number for the

number 30303 in practically

good idea to arrange for two numbers one for Hongkong

:

At one time firemen had to hoses 3,500 feet pay out their from Kai Tak New Village Road to the scene of the blaze.

At another time, a strong wind fanned the flames towards Kowloon city, but the blaze was eventually contained.

A spokesman for the Fire Brigade reported that the fre broke out at 4.12 am, and was not extinguished until more than two hours later.

The cause had been deler- nined

as an electrical short circuit.

No Casualties

Most of the huts destroyed were made partly of stone and had galvanised steel roofs. A Government

spokesman

some were two-storeyed.

said

No ensualties were reported. Registration of the victims began this morning and at 10 a.m. about

had G00 homeless been repered for emergency ald

hot They are being given meals at the Kowloon City Welfare Centre in Argyle Street.

A group of frightened Bedoulas arrived at Meras Matruh Insi week with an odd story of a haunted tank. They said that at El Alamein they had seen two German generals coming cut of a knocked out German tank — walling; and that Araba passing the spot where it Bes after sunset have often reported stratige noisos, Picture shows the haunted tank - but the photographer saw nothing, heard nothing. --- Express Photo.

AIRLINES FAIL

TO

AGREE ON PASSENGER FARES

Honolulu, Oct. 13. Spokesmen for the International Air Transport Association confirmed officially today that world air carriers had failed to agree on jet age passenger fares and were free after next April to lower them as they saw fit.

But a spokesman also said he felt sure there would be no general price war because of the

A spokesman for the fire lack of agreement. brigade said he saw goods rang- ing from textiles, soya beans, raint and harbon flantes,

כדנר ס'

New Plot Against Kassem

The

An official Iata conference En- Innouncement said the two weeks 1old annual farce and rate con- ference of the world's scheduled airlines, adjourned today with agreement only for Europe, the Middle East and on the South Atlantic. It was agreed to re- lain the present rate structures there for another year.

Amman, Oct. 13. Jordanian evening newspaper, Al Massa, to night reported a new plot either to kidnap Major- General Abdul Karim Kassem,

Iraqi Prime Minister, or kill him in the hospital where he is recovering from wounds received in an assassina- tion attempt last week.

acting Mr Louis A. Person, conference chairman and traffic Airways director for Braniff serving

South North and America, said there would be agreement on no world-wide air fares probably prior to the next traffic conference scheduled Southern Europe a

усаг for from now.UPI,

Sherpa Killed

In Avalanche

Katmandu, Oct. 13,

EDEN TO

PUBLISH SUEZ

MEMOIRS

London, Oct. 13. Sir Anthony Eden, whose political eclipse through broken health followed In the wake of the 1958: Suez crisis, will publish February 29 next, his own of the Anglo- account French armed interven. tion in Egypt. .

on

This was disclosed today by spokesman for Messrs Cassell

London the and Company, pubilsters who are producing Sir Anthony's memoirs.

Since his resignation from the Prime Ministership of Britain on January 9, 1957, Sir Anthony annas written 200,000 words of his memoirs covering the years be- tween the end of World War II and the Suez campaign.

A Sherpa accompanying all-woman expedition d by The newspaper, quoting a Madame Claude Kogan, leading Kuwaiti traveller from Iraq, sold the Iraqi authorities dis- French mountaineer, was killed covered the plot before it could by an avalanche on the Hima- layan peak of Cho Oyu on

according to October 2, message from-the expedition to- night.

Fire Brigade similar to the

Rome, Oct. 13. Police call number 999. An excellent idea. The present A Rome magistrate today be carried out. The Bagdad au- thorities had put a heavy vell ordered Aten

director, of secrecy on the new plot, the unknown. It would be a Roberto Rossellini to renewspaper added,

turn his three children to As soon as the plot was found out security forces look strong Ingrid mother, their

measures to protect the Premier, and one for Kowloon. The

Bergman.

surrounding the hospital with ulso needs many Colony more public phone booths: The decision was a provisional troops, tanics, machine-guna and

fortars-Router. from which emergency culls one and did not determine which eventually gain can be made. Another pro-parent would posal worth considering is custody of the children, Rober- restoring

fire uno, 9, and the 7-year-old twins

Isotta and Isabella.

automatic

alarms, particularly in the main squatter arcas.

with The children had been their father all summer under a

aced the

The Fire Brigade are. wieply temporary agreement by which putting main emphasis on both parents have shared their prevention in their current custody alternately in Paris and

Rosselital campaign, but, public educa- Rome. tion is always a slow process. court to allow hum to keep the The important thing is to chlidren in Italy Indefinitely. ensure there are no delays in Miss Bergman had to come to contacting the Brigade, So Rome several weeks ago to ask the authorities must aim the court to forco Rossellini to to give the public a readily return the children, who visited

him during Uwir available "key" to the vacation from school. nearest fire brigade door. The simplest is a three digit telephone number, -*

The court ruled the

summer

children

Me

The message sald the Sherpa's name was Tunsang.

Another Sherpa, Sardar Wangdi, was also caught in the

escoped

with avalanche but frostbitten hands.-Reuter.

The

This part of the memoirs will be subtitled "Full Circle." carlier years of his career will be dealt with in another volume to be published at a later date.

-Reuter,

[Extracts from Sir Anthony Eden's memoirs will be publish- ed in the Sunday Post-Herald, beginning in January.]'

'Deserter' Still Serving

London, Oct. 13.

and Mrs Fred Lee were Last night at 11 o'clock thres.

annoyed today after Military Police came Lo arrest their

NOEL

bo as a deserter, while actually i werving

army in Mizlaya.

sald.

British

"That was ridiculous," Mrs Lee

kald today.

military policemani] "I

¦ arrived at the Lee residanes

on Regent Street and demand-

have letters from my o while he was there.

wallar

1

New Appeal

But No Negotiations

BY RUTHERFORD POATS

Washington, Oct. 33.

Mr Douglas Dillon, U.S. of State Undersecretary will renew the America Government's request for restrictions on Hongkong textile

the exports to United States.

But it wa learned lo- day as he left for his Far East trip covering Hong- kong. Tokyo, Seoni and to pians Taipei that he hold no negotiations during his two-day stay in the Colony.

It was iNO announced thai Me Henry Kearns, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Internation. al Affairs, would leave next week

+ nine- nation tour of the Far and Middle East Including Hongkong.

on

Mr Kesins will leave next Tuesday for Tokyo, me IPI & Reuter.

[The United States has been pressing Hongkong the to reduce

export of

AUS teveral lexile items.

alstant Secretary of Com- Kearns bas merce Henry addressed appeals both to Hongkong

manufacturers and to American mail order houses which эго big buyers of Hongkong-made garments and underwear. But so far there has been na response.]

Year?

The Butterfield and Swire ship Changsha will not be refloated for another six months, a cable from Nagoya, Japan, said this morning.

A spokesman for Butterfield and Swire, local agents for the Changsha, said: "This is the first we have heard of this and we are expecting the ship to be off a good deal earlier than that." He declined to com- ment further.

The 7,411-ton ship Was stranded on the coast of Japan near Yokkaichi harbour dur- ing typhoon Vera two weeks ago,

A statement by the Maritime Safety Agency In Japan sald that of the 18 vessels that had run aground, six had been re- floated. But it would not be until maxi April when all would be refloated.

WILD

the

The statement also said that the Titjalengka, which stranded at the mouth of Jbl River, would take three months to refloat, the UPI cable added,

IN 8 WEEKS

i The

Ir. Hongkong, a zpokeanpn for RIL also said it was the first ne had heard of this statincent. He raid he expected that the Titja- lengka should be reflanted six to eight weeks time. spokesman said the had just re- turned from Japan, and although he had not seen the Tiltjalengka, he had heard there had been some delay in the acquisition of dredgers to aid in the refloating operations.

Unless any

serious damzo

had been caused to the RIL ship, he expected her off within eight wecken,

Liberals Satisfied

With Poll

Results

London, Oct. 13. The Liberal Party said in a

Observers

To Attend ·

Podola's Appeal

London, Oct. 13, Two observers from the

West German Embassy will attend the hearing of the appeal in London to- morrow of Guenther Fritz Podola, 30 year old German born photo- grupher,

to sentenced death for the murder of a detective.

An Embassy spokesman on- that nouncing this today sald the hearing was an important one from

of the view point International Law,

Podola was sentenced to .death on September 24 for shooting Detective Sergeant Raymond Purdy outside a block of flats in West London.

Podoin's counsel claimed that the prisoner was suffering from Bystorical amnesia and could not remember what had hap- pened at the time of the alleged : shooting. But after a jury had rejected the plea that he was a second jury unfit to pleadi, had found him gulity of capital murder.

be

List Mr

He was originally dua to hanged on October 18. week the Home Secretary, R. A. Butler, cancelled the date

statement tonight that it and created what is believed to would have one member be a lozal precedent by refer

ring the case himself to in the new House of Com court of Criminal Appeal-Reu~

mons for every 271,627ter. votes gained whereas the Conservatives would have

une

votes.

for every 37,693

Labour, the major opposition party, would have one member for every 47,340 votes.

The Liberal statement on The results of last Thursday's poll was issued after a meeting of the Party's General Election Campaign Committee.

The meeting expressed great fallsfaction with the increase in the Liberal poll to 1,540,761

but voles,

regretted that this was not reflected

the Commons representation (six members in a House of 630),... Reuter.

in

Kenya's Governor

Sir

To Receive Queen's Award

London, Oct. 13. Evelyn Baring, who retires tomorrow after 1 seven years as Governor of Kenya, has been awarded the Queen's commendation for brave conduct for his part in rescuing a young Indian girl from drowning on September 6.

The award to Sir Evelyn and shore at Malindi, 80 miles north

to go overseas," she said.-- to Captain Archibald Thomas of Mombasa.

letter Ayres Ritchie, a farmer Konya

she said she received tio

Mr Lee said: This position is

absolutely fantastic.

shall wille to Mr Christopher Boumes (88cretary of State War One för • War) má the immediately, Ma

thorough Investigation at top level,” le,

be returned. Immediately" to his demands

Miss Bertrian--UPI,

ed that 21-year-old John be

given up as ́s deporter.

The police arrived in,

jeep.

and while one of them guard- ed the back dour, the lwp | albers tried fa, convince Mrs Lee, her son hai đeverted from, the Moyal ®Arilllory: On AT 29. 1958 before leav- log for duty in Malaya."

from John only It wask.

"With 20 yards to go before

To Advise

On New Chinese University

the

Mr J. S. Fallon, vice-chancellor of the University of Wales arrived here by Bone this morning to advise the Chinesa colleges in Hongkong on their amalgamation into à Chinese University.

He will be in the Colony for about thace weeks and will look into the existing situatlon. He added that his three-week work- ing programme would be a hard one.

Me Fulton was met at the air- port this morning, by Mr D. J. S. Crozier, Director of Education and Mr L. G. Morgan, Deputy Director.

NO TYPHOON THREAT FOR -COLONY

Typhoon Chartolle, with winds

of up to 100 knots AS · Its centro, la noi expooled to bo' threat to Hongkong on Ita purentul course, a spokesman for the Royal Observatory · said this morning,

The typhoon, the 18th of the ECRSON, Wie originally regarded as a passibile threat.

„At D win, toda, Charlotte was

and she would not have her / Esme warden, for his part" in | reaching the beach 85 year old Í 110, milenenst-south-east of

the same incident was an- Bir Evelyn became exhausted at the neuroed in tonight's London and Captain lichle want to way between Formans bed the

son dubbed a deserter. Today: (a spekceman'

Western Command Headquar. Gazelle. ters

'S- sald' brfedy! HÁB

start to ind' opt quiry will the full aroumstances of this

0339,"UPI.

Sir Evelyn went 'to the rescue of two indian girls who were in difficulte 100-yards from, the

Bases, en laksed roughly mid- Thelp him and the girl nahore.

Philippines. It is rooving slowly NNW ct/olx kunote: The second glij ckowned..

The typhoon is expected to After the rescue,

Bir Evelyn

north", or" [north-east suffered lung information and recurve strained heart muscles---Rauter, | kørter,