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Comment LIVE BOMB IN KOWLOON

Of The

Day

IS PATIENCE

A VIRTUE?

Trepis in something

E patience of Hongkong

Lo

marvel ut. For on Sunday! hundreds of motorists

queued for periods of between an hour and two

hour to cross the harbour)

Wartime

Missile

Found

In Arcade

in the vehicular ferry and A 500-1b_bomb_with_the fuse intact has

this is typical of the

weekends. Thin fact alone

will surprise no one

But

what is surprising is that week after week this state! of affairs continues with public hardly a word of protest. Moreover the Indications that these fantastic queues uf frustrated cars will not only on for at least another year but will probably also grow longer and longer in the mean time, seems to have been accepted with

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resignation that is a little frightening.

been found in one of the busiest parts of Kowloon, the Police announced this morning.

The bomb was found during excavation work at the Chungking Arcade building site in Tsim- shatsui yesterday evening.

It was believed to have been dropped by an American air-

craft in 1944 or early 1945.

The danger area has been condoned off by Police.

This morning Police and Army bomb disposal experts inspected the bomb and made arrangements for its removal and dumping at sea.

The experts were Mr N. H. G. Hill the Police Ballistics

Officer, and Major H.P. Qualtrough, R.E.

The bomb is to be moved out of the area by the Army late tonight under Police escort and a landing craft of

Hongkong is known as a city of "don't quote me's". Public reaction is more often anonymous than not. But if | Up there are examples of big decisions evoking hardly any

the response and Admiralty's outrageous bill of $112 million for the dockyard lands ዝቢ። one- there are many others which suggest a welcome sign of sensitivity and an ability to. yell "ouch" when

atung hard enough. The outcry over various public utilitiea

in a good case in point.

79 Company RASC (Water Transport) will be used to take the bomb out to sea for disposal.

to this afternoon the bomb, although removed from the crater, was still at the excavation site. The bomb had been wrapped up in meking soaked in water Immediately after it was removed.

HK Man

Accused

THE prospect of inadequate Of Murder

cross-harbour communi-

cations continuing

one that ought to interest

Georgetown, Oct. 19.

Chief

Government по lpssthun; The Captain and the the motoring public. True Mate of the British chip Hindu- is not to tan will arrive in Trinidad to- mcrow by air from London to festify in the murder trial of a Hongkong seaman, Long Id.

another year long to wait for a second vehicular

pler at North Point but there are indica-

tions that by the time it

Leung is accused of using a

has been built, the problem pocket knife to slab Kam War,

of getting from one side to the ship's cabin boy, when the another will be just axindustan was off the

much a nightmare us is today.

As it is there are салев

of

people far removed from

the taipan class-with busi-

last August.

Azores

Leung Li was taken off the ship at Curacao and was flown to Trinidad to stand trial.

The murdered cabin boy WER

ness interests on both sides burled in the Azures.—AFP.

of the harbour, who now own

two second-hand cars,

one

on either side, contributing of course both to parking difficulties and road con- gestion. Nu one Ruggests this particular fashion has reached alarming propor- tions but it is nevertheless un indication of the tremes that ferry delays are driving people to.

ex-

Children Put In

Deep Freeze

Merrick, NY, Oct. 19.

A young mother put two DEFORE the restoration of her children In a deep freeze

an attic

after the war, motorista hanged herself from crossed the harbour in the rafter today. Star Ferry and sent their

The body of the woman, Mrs cara over by tag-drawn | Joan Anton, 34, was found by barges. Couldn't we revert her husband, Alfred, when he to this again as a supple- returned home from bis job as! mentary service at least a house-painter.

reported

until waiting at the ferry Police said it was concourse ís reduced to that Mra Anton had been de- a tolerable 10 or 15 minutes pressed since the birth of their

at the busiest times? An., last child, Joan, and had been other suggestion is to take in hospital for a while,

a leaf from the Army and The Anton's two other cblid-

browbeat the Navy into ren are boys-UPI. giving tis a couple of LST

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some

which the ferry company, or some other concern could. operate to transport trucks from the Western reclaria- tion to

convenient location the Kowloon Waterfront. Meanwhile it is hard to know whether weekend motor- their late who wait in hundreds for a place in the queue for a place in tho queue to get on the ferry deserve medals for their Job-like patience, or fool's caps for saying nothing. Be cause shuffling a couple of miles in a couple of hours in first gear in the heat of the day is bad enough, but with only beggars, chew- Ing gum vendors and fed up children to relieve the monotony, it is about the most unfunny way of

masing time that

this Colony has yet deviand

Jockey

· Improving

"Colossum" Chuang, who was thrown during the running of the Kwangtung Handicap on Saturday afternoon, was reported to be im proving this morning.

Chuang was riding Maytime in the big sweepstake event, when the horse atumbled after passing the post. He was operated on yesterday.

the

Chuang isin Hongkong Sanatorium.

Thorneycroft In Hospital

London, Oct, 19. Mr Peter Thorneycroft, former Conservative Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, was admited to boopiial today for observation.

For severs? weeks be bas been suffering from pneumonis, compileated by a kidney complaint,

Mr Thorneycroft, who resigned tropa Mr Mao-

millan's Cabinet in 1858. because he objected to the Prime Minister's budgetary. plany, in 60 years old..... AFP.

MOTHER KILLS CHILDREN

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Allentown, Oct, 10, The widow of a Peruvian diplomat killed her five chil dron

bar- by giving them 74 bituate pills almost a week ago and then tried to kill herseit repeatedly until she was dis covered, Police said today.

Police said the mother, Mrs Ruth L Urdanivin, took 20 pills herself last Wednesday after, giving the lethal doses to the children.

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Head In Oven

Singapore

4 In

"Aphrodite" Lennox-Boyd

JACQUELINE GODDARD

Killed Boeing Crash

Seattle, Oct. 19.

Won A

Trip

To Japan

Sends Farewell Message To HK

Miss Jacqueline Goddard (left) Singapore's 16- year-old "Aphrodite -Goddess of Love", arrived in the Dutch · liner Tjiwangi_this morning on a round trip to Japan.

I was the first prize offered

In the Aphrodite contest.

Fifty contestants took part. The competition which was held last July was sponsored Jointly by the Shaw Organisa- tion and a tourist and travel agency. Mears G C. Nanda and Sons, Singapore, in con- nection with the showing of the tallan lm, "Goddess of Love". ¿

Eldest Of Three

Jacqueline, who hails from Manchester, went to Singapore

two years ago with her parents, when her father who is in the RAF, was posted there.

She is the eldest of three daughters.

This was the second beauty part. In the first one, entitled Miss Flamingo", she Come second.

contest in which she has taken

Although a part-time model in Singapore, -Miss Goddard said she hoped to make her career on television...

At the end of this year. The

your, will appear on a documentary TV film on Singapore 10 be produced by the French Press.

She will continue her trip in the

Tjiwang to Japan Thursday.

Knocked Down Children At 100 mph

on

message to the people of Hongkong, wishing them continued happiness and prosperity has been received here from Mr Alan Lennox-Boyd, who has retired as Secretary of State for the Colonies.

in a telegram to the Officer Government Administering the Mr Lennox-Boyd states.

"For the last five years I have been proud to be Secretary of Slate for the Colonies.

Groatly

"On giving up this high offer, I would like you to know how greatly I have valued the help which I have always had from you and all those taking part In tho Government of your territory,

"I am very grateful to the members of the overseaa service for their devated work and to of men and the large numbers women outside the service who are helping forward the progress and happiness of the Colonial peoples.

Ike Acts

In Steel Strike

Washington, Oct. 19. President Eisenhower today

asked for a court injunc tion ordering 500,000 steel work.

strikert

bock to

It was seen as virtually a fore The Umes that I have spent gone conclusion that within as Minister and then as Secre- | few days at most the nationwide tary of State for the Colonies steci strike which has paralysed have been the happlest and most nearly nine-tenths of the coun- interesting, and I hope, the try's steel maiding capacity would inost worthwhile periods of my be interrupied by court order. bre.

The President acted under the which

"I have been proud to play Taft-Hurtley law under my part in the emergence of in-the can seek a court order inter dependent nations within the rupting a strike for 30 days in

and elsewhere, case of national emergency. Commonwealth

to help forward sound constitu- tional advance,

Rejoiced

'A SAD DAY'

Ke aid in a statement: "It have rejoiced In the tea and day for the nation.” spectacular social development Free collective. bargaining particularly In health and

had not worked in this disputo education and in the massive desplie the efforts of federal economic advance on which the amelals and the three-man fact progress of the future so much finding board which a few hours depends.

earlier today reported its failure to bring a selfiement.

"I have greatly enjoyed my mummy visits to the territories, the insight that this has given me into the problems and the opportunity to make a mul-

itude of friends of ali nations, races and creeds.

| A Boeing 707-220 jetliner crashed and burned while attempting an emergency landing on a river sand-bar about 40 miles north of here today,

"As I said, in my felter to the and four of eight persons aboard were killed.

Prime Minister, this ofhoe is the one which I have always want The survivors. reported to be: A young hoodlum fleeing ed to hold, and it is with deep In "tisfactory" condition at in a stolen car at speeds up grot that I now leave it

Arlington,

Washington to 100 miles an hour careen-warmest thanks and prayers for TUTU all of you I send my

IRA GUNMEN

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ATTACK POLICE STATIONS

Belfast, Oct. 19.

the

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hospital, tively

Columbus, Oct. 19.

were identified tenta od through an intersection your continued happiness

William Huebner,

not be released

Willam Allsopp, Fred Symonds today and slammed into a prosperity." and Al Krause, Boeing officials crowd of 30 school children, Good Wishes sald names of the dead would killing three of them and

until next of |critically injuring another.

Police captured the motor Arlington is approximatelyist, Paul D. Graham, 22, os ho ran from the scene with

kin had been notified,

and

"It is essential to the national Interest that production be re- sumed immediately in the steel industry," the President's state- meat fald.

"In order to protect the in- terest of all of the American people, this leaves me with no alternative 'except to seek an injunction under the existing law."

The White House sald the Government would be ready to appear in the Federal District Court in Pittsburgh tomorrow to present its case.

PETITION

In his reply to the Colonial Office, the OAG said that Mr

will be a source of encourage-"America's hopes for a Lennox-Boyd's kind message ment to us all.

tary,

The President's action

14 miles from the crush actne,

The giant liner, manu- factured for Braniff Airlines, an angry group of people was on a test flight Boeing after him. Officers sald Gra- Airline Company and Braniff ham was on probation for Colonies was personnel were aboard the earlier, charges of burglary, and that he leaves

plane.. Firefighters

from the naval grand larcency and car theft. office with

The dead youngsters, wait- wishes and gratitude." Gunmen, believed to belong mediately after the crash oing on sidewalk for a bus

Elsenbower - declared: volun- responsible settlement. "I am sure that I speak for all have not been fulfilled," sections of cpinion in Hongkong

took when I say that his work as the form of a letter to the At Secretary of State for

thetorney General, Mr. Williams greatly admired Rogers, directing him "to petl

this, high tan in the name of the United our warm good States....to enjoin the continu- Lance of mach strike and" for, such other relief as may in your judg- London, Oct. 19.

ment be recomary or appro- to the outlawed Irish control the fire burning in the to take them to school, were President Eisenhower may, flypriate." Republican Army, attack- wreckage.

talks identified as Raymond Kline, to Europe for

with Mr David McDonald, Pre- ed two police stations In The 707-220 has the same air-4, his brother, Kandy, 7, and Britich, French and West Gereldent of the Steel Workers Northern Ireland tonight trams and body as the standard Jane Lee Bellah, 7. All were man leaders before a summit Union, has said that his Union

707 now in transcontinental

meeting with Russia's Nikita į would attempt by'al Tegal with automalle weapons, service, but the 220 is equipped children whose fathers are Khrushchoy, responsible west means to block the issuance of At Clogher, County Tyrone, with more powerful engines stationed at Lockbourne Air diplomatic sources said today on injunction if it were request- gunmen opened fire CA the UPI,

Force Bate here.—UPI.

Led by the President-Reuter..

Lallon from a lorry.

the

station moved into action im-

גי

UPI.

Quiet Burial For Errol Flynn

They drove away into dark after a few bursis from a machine gun.

at Later

Roelen, County Dear the border Fermanagh, with the Irish Republic, ralders with automatic weapons attack- ed the police station from high

* Hollywood, Oct. 18. ground.

shattered Errol Flynn was buried hers. 10- One window was but steel

whose day in » "ceremony shutters kept the

quiet

·contraal 'regiraini bullets out of the building.

ed vividly with the Hollywood FIRE RETURNED

(alarʻu, roomantic, and boisterostu

The pollee returned a heavy Are and after a short time, the gunmen broke off the fight and the escaped across fields in rection of the border. Early reports sald there were ||| nojcamialties on either side. In

their the two incidents.

Only about 200 people-a 'small crowd. by, the standards of a Hollywood funeral-attended! the lavi ritos at the Church of the the RésemioXERĂ, Stipriai ar ko namalous Forest

Lawn Memorial Park, Layzeequada, of: police were sent to the cemetery in anti-

She regained consciousness this afternoon-live 'days later -put her head In an oven and turned

of the gus before she was found, police said.

"They are 'father," she said of her children. Tonight's attacks wene the "I'm Borry I didn't find the first sinco the Delotier Belpation that the scenes of Job so I could be with them, General Election. In which too."

now with

Mrs Urdanivia's trusband, Joop Undankvia, died of a Esart attack in San Francisco, two yangu 459, en route to becoming Consul- General at Yokohama, Japan, UFL

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20 years of film-making were In the church for the verE- mony.

Boi of the woman - In his life, only one, His Last ned ostrauged・・ wife, Patrice Wymore,was there. Wymore attended with three of Flynn's skildren by former marriages.....Bet 17, son of French actress. Lill. Damita and Dlerden, 14, and Rory, 12. uld seebid wife Nora Kadingizn

Alaw Daszita and Min

ma bysteria which accom-j... condidater Sign Fein

banied the burial of #sch, were "helvily~ defeated when they kings (as Rudolph Valentina), stood for Northern Ireland mesta. But Tyrone Power, might be

in the House of Commermå

Sinn Fein, an extremise 1TH-

Edding-

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Yours when he soarod stardom s a swashbuckling hero, spoke the eulogy in the quiet church,

Flynn, he said, was “an olibctzie personality who boro acer- tata stamp of distinction that was a sombination of charm andreas vitality. He was the personlBeation of galv Iantry, the casence of bravery, the great adventurer.” Me Warner added: "And it was not all seting, though he was a very fins solos, erst-loved

the land of life is browaht

ton were not represented. Neither was... 17-year-old Beverly Andland, the Derycar Antar zani ilings old solar's' “prosegue and com- slang" bompanion « during? the

Jack Warner heads of, tha

publican party is the polision, about 150 of Tirin's frisada Vargis. Breibers audie,+and wing of the LAA--Reute

of

After the short servlon, a Ling stars, including," Mickey Rooney, Alexia Emith, Lóa Lavino, Johnny Wolamuller, Jack Oskle and Howard Du“, passed by the soffin,......

Beverly Andlind, who had kelel to have the sator buried in

· Jamalon sa she said he would have, whibida WERE IN A BADA Francisco se the funeral took Finos, pazgulling berlawyer. she told reporters The and aut want to go to the funMATILI

anime là was, los birig she wandterrol would havp

frien

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