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LATE FINAL

CHINA MAIL

No. 37489

Established 1845 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1959.

DEMAND FOR MORE NATIONALISATION LIKELY

Price 20 Cents

SAVE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS WITH PAN AM'S NEW "FAMILY FARB" PLAN TO THE USA. For full particulars, phone 37031 PAN AMERICAN

Leader Of PI-HK

Of The LABOUR SPLIT LOOMS Smuggling Ring

Day

Nye To

DINNER

The Gift Show Swing

EVEN months have passed |

since the Governor, Sir Robert Black Fuggested in his budget specch that Hongkong should consider holding

international

gift show us a new way of helping to sell Hongkong! and its products. The pro- pusaf received hardly a mention in the lleials A replies though the Chamber of Commerce at its annual meeting soon after pledged its support. Now it time the Colony heurd more! about the project and outline of Government's i intentions.

iH

an

Sir Robert muid he felt that proper planning would take As much as two years but the committee he suggested. and which presumably has; been Ut

must have:

renched the stage where it is able to make a positive, recommendation indicating

the Gift Show's scope,

Left?

By DOUGLAS CLARK

London, Oct. 15. shattering new storm looms over the Labour All signs in- Party. dicate that Aneurin Bevan is preparing to swing back to the left. The explosion may come at the Labour Party Na- tional Executive Commil- tee meeting on October 28. Or Bevan might with- hold his attack until Labour's two-day special conference expected in London next month December.

or

But his friends are certain he

possible cost. site and dates will put himself beltind fl-o There is of course no particu-socialista which will includ

hur argency for it. Careful pressure for more nationalisa- planning is also necessary.on and a revised line ал The But as it promises to be all-bomb. Very

attractive

and

extremely profitable alteran-

tive to the kind of trade

SOONER

This means Mr Galiskeli faces

exhibitions in which flung serious post-election trouble in- kong sormally participates alde his party much sooner then and which are held annually anticipatod,

121 The Colony by the During the election, he play- Chinese Manufacturersed down nationalisation and

that Labour, Association, a statement of was only recently

intentions

welcome.

would be under his guidence, adoptod a proposal of tho "Non-clear Club

And now Galtskell's advisers Robert mentioned one are urging the dropping of doc- or two local industries trinaire socialism as no longer which would benefit from acceptable to voters.

SIR

such a

show-notably the Bevan's new left-wing revolt Cottages to have started today in handicraft and

produce: Michael Foot's Tribune maga

Caltakell Our musL distinctive and ze which hammers

spe

which also

for

bl election tacties en

artistic wares, Hongkong promises. London Express

is noted for its jades, ivory Service.

curvings, scroll paintings,

camphor wood boxes, china-,

bambu ware

and

ware,

furniture blackwood name only a few obvious ODPA.

But presumably the show will not be limited to what is made locally but will include gift items the of from all

parts This would add

workably to interest inį

it.

Socialists

To Question Setbacks

A

London, Oct. 14. The headquarters of the Socialist International decided today to undertake

wide-scale enqulty into the causes of the recent setbacks sustained by Socialist Parties throughout the West, a reliable source re- ported.

not be n

Suck show would also attract a large number of tourists, much more so than the conventional trade fair! which has become 411 annnal function in many parts of the Orient and! which by now hus little or for another one or two months.

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claim on the

The enquiry will

visitor's. It will be entrusted to experts

interest except traders,

FROM

and will be conducted along

scientific lines.

focal industry's

The decision enquiry

to conduct the

de-

point of view, however, cided by the Bureti al

the idea gains favour since

it will highlight those goods! traditionally associated with the East which have up toi now found their way to restricted somewhat

Parking

System Misfired

New York, Oct. 15.

architect

A 28-year-old

clientele. And the boom in Oriental style furnishings and room decorations which has been sweeping America and has now reached Bri- tain, Europe and Australia, should point to the potential of publicising this side of the Colony's industry. The Gift Show thus promises

who had Ggured out al to give a tremendous im-

almost foolproof way petus to the small manu-

defying New York's sitiot facturer of which there aro

barking regulations Ho many in the Colony. And

arrested today after, police should incidentally it

Anally caught on to his much to ullence critics who system. complain we are not doing The architect, Harry Der- about diversifying derlan, would hang an Ameri- enough exporta. Government should can licence plate on his sleek Mercedes when it was parked

do

BUT NO GUESTS

Newest of the many splits in world diplomacy is that between the United Arab Republie and Peking, sparked off when Mr Chou En-ial, invited the exiled hood of the Syrian Communists, Khaled Bikdab, to speak at an official The UAR's Charge d'Affaires gathering marking the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republle,

and last week when the Chinnes Ambassador in Cairo held a reception, the government in Peking has been withdraw¤. delicately hinted to suculs that they should not attend. With the result shown in this picture 560 dinners and no-one to eat them save few Iron Curtain diplomasia. Express Photo.

Planes Collide.

In Mid-Air

Refueling

Hardinsburg, Ky..

Oct. 15,

14

An Air Force B-52 Jet

with bomber colilded four-engine K-135 tanker plane while refueling 10- night over Kentucky and both planes crashed.

Kentucky State police said as yet un- two crewminen, identified reportedly parachuted to safety, but the fate of the other crew members is unknown.

of the

WRECKLED The B-52 was found 20 miles Bouth of here and that of the tanker approximately four miles southwest of the bomber.

A Defence Department spokesman at Washington sald both planes were from Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi.

State police and officers from several counties con- tinued the search for other crewmen who might poE- sibly have escaped-UPI.

New Plot To Kill

Kassem

Beirut, Oct. 15. ·

an-

BID TO SPEED First Prize

RESPONSE TO

FIRE ALARMS

Two-Way Radio Calls

From

Police

Patrols

In a bid to speed up responses to fire alarms, the Hongkong Fire Brigade and the Police will co-operate in the use of short wave radio.

thrown were

away children one by playing with matches, one by by the a cigarette end, ong burning of joss-paper, one by bolling frying-pan спе by u Mr R. G. Cox, Acting Chief parks from an electrical fault Fire Officer said of the new plan over, one by oil overheating, this morning. "The Police will and two by sparks from in- be co-operating with us in this dustetul equipment.

the next two or three days. This should definitely speed up) responses quite a bit."

Within the next three days, matches 900 calls for fires will be radio carelessly, ed to the nearest fire station, thus eliminating Drther time wasting telephone calls,

CAMPAIGN

a

But he vald the Fire Brigade's the local campaign to educate populace in being less careless, is not proving very effective. However, he added, it is Little early to say definitely. "Although there seems to be no sign of a decrease in the num ber of fires, there does seem to be a decrease in their size."

Ho sald that the effects of

the campaign would probably

show around November.

This morning two calls were answered by the Fire Brigade. The

first was in Kowloon at carelessly Mody Road, when a thrown cigarette set fire to rubbish dump.

A false alarm was received from Canton Road, Kowloon, where fremen found that a child had swollowed a quantity of petrol.

INSURANCE

Well Over $1 Million

The first prize for Kwangtung Handicap Sweepstake now stands at well over $1,000,000. Shortly before lunch- time today more than 2,615,000 tickets had been sold.

A spokesman for the Hongkong Jockey Club said he expected they would sell more than 100,000 tickets before the offices close this evening,

The main office in Prince's Building closes at 6 p.m. this evening, but all the branch offices will be closed at

4 p.m. today,

Thousands See

'Flying Saucer'

Buenos Aires, Oct. 15,

Said To Be Here

Informers Allegedly, Threatened With Death

By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER The leading of a big Philippine - Hongkong emuggling ring is believed to have arrived secretly in Hongkong following an intensive police search to find him in Manila.

The ring has been smuggling hundreds ind thousands ot dollars worth of pesos

American

and

currency to Hong- kong, making huge profits each time, it was reported.

are

to

have

Airline pilots and air hostesses

reported

been bought over by the ring and in- formers have been threatened with death.

PI POLICE HERE

The Philippine Government has sent senior detectives of the National Investigation Bureau

FOG OVER SOUTHERN

ENGLAND

to find out about the activities SHIPS COLLIDE

of the ring and the personnel it

employs.

It was strongly believed that

London, Oct. 15.

the leader wis now in the Fog covered southern

Colony but the Philippine

Consul-General to

Hongkon

Mr Eduardo L. Rosal said

morning he was still unable to confirm it.

be

The lender was believed to

neither A

сг Chinese

Filipino.

England and continental ports today causing collisions at sea, stopping ships in rivers and canals and delaying air iraffle.

The activities of the ring are smid to be one of the most ex-grounded tensive over to have

light.

A NEW

FREE

SERVICE

FOR

Two ships collided and three last night ob the come to lower Elbe and Wester estuary. Foz caused delays of Bea SURRKAVA DOI vices, at London. airport and this morning stopped ali nir trafe at Bamburg airport-as- well as most shipping on the Elbe, and Wester Rivers.

With only 50 yards visibility wly larger ships could their way by radar.

YOU

Tomorrow China

the

Mail will provide renders with a service.

new

A free self-contained supple- ment will be published giving full details of all radio, Re- diffusion and television programmes in Hongkong as mise Overscus well as servloo for the next week. This supplement will be pub- lished in a handy size which can be lifted out of the Satur day China Mail without fear- ing. Then keep it by you for your radio listening and tele- vision viewing next week. The big feature-packed week- and issue will also include these features:

London letter, by Slr Beverley Baxter.

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the

This is the end of Labour Party, by Peter Burgoyne.

Tony Brooks, ace racing driver answers questioas himself and the about

sport which bas

him famous.

made

There are also three pages overseas pic-

book

ཀ

Thousands of people in the of local and

town of Tandil about 185tures, film and mlies south of here, spent | views, show business" BOWE, today in the streets watching comic strips and cartoons,

B

London, Oct. 15. British and European CUTI-

"ying saucer" over nearby hills,

hovering

nows for women and sportz- men, best tips for tomor An aircraft pilot, sent to in- row's meeting at the Valley Mr R. G. Cox, Acting Chief panies have arranged to insure Fiv Officer, said, that by his tente energy reactor installa-vestigate, sald the object and the latest news of the

made apparently Judgment of the low of avertions on a pools basis because round, uges over the past 20 years, he of the amount of cover required, metal, was leaving a trail of world all in the Saturday expects that the peak months the British Insurance Association steam in its wake, und was "Ear China Mail,

54 announced here today.-Reuter. beyond reach."--Reuter.

of Are outbreaks should December or February.

Last year the peak month was before, January, and the year November!

of Bagdad radio tonight

nounced the discovery of a new plot to kill Major-

The campaign does seem to be General Abdul Karim

alarms. "People appear to be Kassem, the Iraqi Prime having its effects with regard to Minister, who is in hos jumping to the phone quicker to pital after being wounded let us know about fires, which by gunmen in Bagdad on gives us a bitter chance," he October 7.

said.

TEN ALARMS

give its early approval to legally and change that to this novel venture which

The radio said the new plot has proved as popular in at British plate when he had to

In the 24 fours ending at 7 was disclosed in a statement by least one other part of the park an off-limits area, police

Salcham today, 10 separate Cre world. For it promises to They said the trick was a goad Bujor-General Ahmed help those industries which one because it is hard to find the Abdi, Iraqi military Governor alarms were answered through- because of their size and owners of foreign-registered cars General. General Abdi haid he out the Colony $7.000 worth of share in which do not carry a visible rethought the new plot was con- damage and one minor injury their inability to

originated the spectacular success of ration card on the steering nocted with last week's BES

American licensed essination attempt. some of our mass produced

No further detalls were gooda, have been rather neglected in recent years. $1,000 pending Judgment,AFF, mediately available.-Reuler,

columa as

cars do.

Derdezlan was allowed ball of

were caused.

one

The Акса túrough Carelessness sort or anther, MA Cox said. Two fire broke out when

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FLYNN'S MEMOIRS TO BE PUBLISHED

London, Oct 15. Profesor Theodore Flynn, 74

year-old zoologini, sad in.an Interview today thai hin soži Errol's blography "My Wicked, Wicked Ways," would be print ed despite Errol's death Vancouver, BC. last night.

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purports to tell the truth about Errol Flynn's love life.

The 25,900 word manuscript

Frofessor Flynn is quoted In

DRYING, the Dally Sketch "publicstian wit aơ on. The There is truth will be told. no rosson now to hold may-

thing back."

The professor told the bally -Shotch, "The world seems to have got a fantastic pisture of my son, but the real truth is in this honso-where he was coming inside a fortnight.

"He came here more often thàn people ever knew la sut sway frota that life ouleido, "He would telephone, talk to his mother and say he was oom- ing, and he would hide quickly with no-chatting. to hk nother and resting, fratre rush of kin publie tite,

"We would try to give him the

orderly, regular life

mall household, 悲心

Anchor Plucks

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Oct. 15. collision between

- 15.655-LOM Liberian carrier, Ore Regent,

and the 2,859-ton Danish coaster, Concordis. in the Tyne tonight, the anchor of the Ore Regent wrecked 11 cabins and plucked a twelfth out of the shp on one of its forks, where it hung complete with furni- tare.

No-one WAS burt. Beater.

Explosion On P & O Liner

London, Oct. 15. The 8,202-ton British vessel Salsette is being towed to Falmouth by her 9,943- ton sistership Aden after an explosion aboard as she sailed off the coast of Portugal.

The Salzette was on her way from Shimizu, Japan, with a general

for London, cervo

Hamburg, Rotterdam and An-. twerp.

The explosion,

which 00 curred in a exhaust pipe, was severe, but the fire which fol- lowed was put out,

of He loved sular

ever

that he hardly

went out.

avor and I cannos "Now I'm

oven go to the funeral, so far away and I am only s profesor. I exprāt affor

NO CASUALTIES・・

A spokesman for the Penin- and Oriental Steam -Coicpany, owners Navigation of the Saisette raid: "No one was injured by the explosion or the fire and there is no dun- gor of the Salsetts going down.

The Salsette's engine would not start after the incident and wb asked the Aden, which was It is understood Errol will be in the vicinity, to take her in burled on his ranch in tow. The ships are expected to the West Indies, and his body-·| reach Falmouth in a few days. " would be Down to Jamaica The explosion took place 25 -as funnyal arrange-Frailes from Vigo Bay off the merila had been completed northwest court of Portugal at Houfer,

noon | yesterday,-Henter,

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