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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, · 1960.

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Undesirable pictures a bad influence

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Day

FOOD FROM

Indian youth

THE FARMS jailed for

wonders of

Hong-

Kong's machine age and two years

the prominence they have

gained in the beadlines of

the world's preas

have

Laken so much of the time: An Indian youth-member of the Eight

light in recent years that

the Colony is apt to over- look the rural revolution that has accompanied it. Statistically it may be less spectacular but the results of intensive farming Auch that today Hongkong is feeding a large number of its population in several Important lines of food.

are

Gur

It could be called the triumph of the Territories. China Mail reporter David Lan is now telling the atory in his excellent series on feature page. The articles are timely. This weekend at Yuen Long the annual agriculture show takes place and behind the display of sturdy stock and prime story is a succEBA сторн which Hongkong has 13 much reason to be proud of 15 anything accomplished by secondary industry.

NCE the Yuen Long show mainly displayed what n local commentator described as freak specimena cul- tivated by gentlemen farmers. The Bishop's gonts may sell be there but David Lan's articles point out the small-bulder as the back- bone

the Colony's agricultural community to-

the day

Court Lennis farmers who must have the greenest fingers on earth to extract such a vast quantity of produce from the arable land available. And on top of natural limitations, the Colony's harsh climatic extremes pose added hard. ships ELM last summer's deluge only too clearly

Ahowed.

Tigers triad society--was sent to jail

for two years today.

And in sentencing him Mr I. T. Morris, Central Magistrate, hit out at the corrupting influence of films.

MICHIKO

ENTERS

HOSPITAL

PRINCESS MICHIKO

Tokyo, Jan. 12. The Imperial House hold Board announced to- Princess night that

Michiko, wife of the Crown Prince of Japan, was about to give birth to The Colony's food problem

ahould be well known

a child. tu still rely We everyone. greatly on imports of fresh vegetables, rice and live- stock but the efforts of our local farms have done much to reduce this dependency. Remember, too, that our birthrato now exceeds

It WAS expected the Princess would enter a

tomorrow, hospital Reuter.

100,000 a year and while we Man berserk,

may never be self-sufficient the

our

contribution farmers make to the feeding

million

make the

people more

of three would sophisticated, mechanised. scientific farmer elsewhere grap with admiration and amazement.

H

TONGKONG'S great leap

forward on the farma

has to be maintained if the community is to keep

rice bowls topped up

its

with

locally grown produce.. Out-

put, particularly rice,

has

to be increased. Prices have

to be guaranteed. And like

the

the OK

primitive Hongkong,

the

plough,

to

to

the local farmer has

kept yoked

tries to

stab judge

New York, Jan. 12.

A 58-year-old etaman went berserk during a hearing in the Chambers of Federal Judge John M. Cashin today and tried to stab the Judge with a pen- knife.

The scuman, husky Cecil task in the face of the Rhodes Holl, slashed one of two

be

most destructive storms

away from

11 court attendants who seized him and the most determined and dragged him dumping by China. Govern- Judge Cashin. They led him from, the Courthouse and turned ment's ability to keep them in the fields and to maintain him loose.. Hall their booming output is one

of the crucial tasks of the new decade.

The

ran to a sub- way entrance and vanished.

1ion

Federal Bureau of Investiga-

notified

the of agents, isatlack, traced Hall to his home

and arrested him there,

farmers' progress annually reflected in our agricultural show. If there is any wish we could make could

it is

that

Hall insisted he had drawn the penknife merely to pare his this display palle. He was held in $100,000 A apokeanau for the he held each year in bail. the city in a permanent ex- Federal Attorneys' Office sald a hibition hail so that all the motion would be made today to people of this Colony could have him committed to Bellevue know how much they owe to Hospital for mental observation.

owe.to ratch-

Judge Cashin had beer, at those who till our

Hongkong work acres,

tempting to negotiate a settle- work salutes the splendid achievement for a $10,000 personal in- ments of the farmers which jurs salt brought by Hill for Buffered aboard a will be seen at Yuen Long Injuries this wookend. This show has freighter in 1957. become one of our proudest

Hall, apparently angered by and most successful dis-what he considered an unfair that brand of settlement offer, suddenly drew plays of enterprise for which Hong the kolle and lunged at Judge

Cashin UPI.. kong is famowa.

"It might possibly be a good thing if we had more time based on traditional fairy tales," Lald Mr Morris,

The Indian was Abdul Majid Hamid, alias Shek Kon-ki, who admitted at a previous hearing being a member of A triad Fociety.

Wore badges

Sub-Inspector R. G. Laurel told the Court that members of the society wore their badges openly in Wanchai,

In his judgment Mr Morris raid, "We have all, from time to me, been horrified to learn how vicious ♫ stranglehold triad rocfeties have on certain sections of the conumunity and we must not underestimate the number of young people who follow and are prepared to flight und work for this movement.

"There should be`mo let up' "25" "combatting the' activitinn.-62 these foul creatures who hayo s malevolent vitality and it must be realized that they hold u strong and infamous place in the underworld of this Colony.

A good thing

"It is thought in some quar- tere that the answer to this troublesome tried question can in part, at any rate, be found in the claim sometimes put forward that there are far too many un- desirable films showTI in the sadistic thrillers, con- fected romances and cheap sex dromes.

good

Colony

"It might possibly be a thing if we had more films based on traditional fairy tales!” Mr Morria also placed the youth under police supervision for two years,

Triadman promoted in prison

A tried ofBeer who admitted he

his gained promotian at a triad orre- mony beld Inside Stanley prison was sentenced to two years and six months by Central Magipirato Mr T. L. Yang this morning.

Cheng Hong, 31, broker. fiving at 60. Tanchal Road, pleaded guilty to a charge of ad member- skip.

Delective K. G. Laurel,

Chenz prosecuting, sid joined the Tung Sun Wo irind society in 1949, and was promoted to the officer rank of "Straw Sandal" while serving a sentence in the Stanley prison in 1950. The promotion oeremony was held inside the prison, added

Sub-Inspectar

Laurel.

promotion

Binos his Chong had recruited three naw members to his trind society, said Sub-Inspector Laurs!

Cheng had nine previons convictions.

sub in

K GIVES GRANDPA FROST A HAND service

Grant tells press

Cary

tried to

like

'I

be

Noel Coward'

By STEVE DUNLEAVY

The greying, sun tanned man strode into the room, unloosened his tie and asked, "Well how about some tea?"

Obliged, Cary Grant started the press conference. One hour later the stack of the room with gathered reporters left their notebooks empty.

No secret revelations, no strange quirk of character. In fact it took a lot less than 60 minutes for the mid man- nered Mr Grant to explode any popular myths about actors and their eccentri- cities.

Truth" he thumped his fist down on the table to emphasisé, "is what I love most of all."

"Truth in a woman is what truly makes her beautiful truth in a man makes him likewise attractive."

CARY GRANT.

this?"

ha likes honesty.

And with Unt as his platform "Good Lord, what's

Не

he continued in a way that if "Nothing, personal old chap but ever there had been an "Oscar", I'm afraid I can't oblige." for the most trank, natural and. patised, "not nly medium you don't be- truthful actor in Hollywood, he know, I'm afraid I would have won it hands down leve talking about myself.

"Faults? Now let me see," he

NO PLUGGING: atroked his chin ruefully. "Oh

"Reporters can write about yes! Well of my many acting Zaults 1 had one particular one me if they want to, but with tapes and things It sounds too when I was a young actor.

emulate "I tried 19

Noel much like I'm plugging myself." Grant. continued: Unzufled Coward to a T... so much so

Yes about. that I had my right hand thrust,Where were we?

the film, well in my pocket so much: that. I'm this girl and sure people thought I was try Hongkongites will be pleased ing to hide a deformity... yes that once again their city will

many be in the nows again, indeed I treely admit my

"The girl part although she Cault"

The purpose of his seven day won't do much talking will be a good one and that's just about Visit7.

ali 1 can tell you because the screen play has not yet been completed.

Death sentence that for beautiful Chinees' giri

may

Mr. Nikita Khrushchov (left) and President Kli-

Stockholm, Jan. 13. Soviet Russia has launch-

ed its first atomic sub- marine and stationed it in the Baltic Sea, it was learned today.

In addition to the already launched submorino, another is under construc- tion and four are planned, according to the Swedish Marino Calendar for 1960, published hore on Tuesday night.

•

The Swedish Marine Colen- dar is known to be very well informed. its edition for 1960 **y* the Russians have stationed their first atomic sub- marino in the Baltic Sea. However, question marks ap- peared after the numbers in the atomic submarino. column.

The Russian atomic sub- marines are said to havo a-displacement of 2,800 No further informa- about them Was given in the Calendar. UPI.

tens.

tion

POISONED

VILLAGE

menti Voroshiler (right? SEALED OFF

help Grandfather Frost, the Communist Fother Christmas, to

distributo

gifts to children invited to a party in the Kremlin on January 9.-AP Photo.

Cold snap

grips Brifain

Snow up

London, Jan. 12.

to seven

inches deep covered many parts of the country today after heavy falls during the night.

• Hard

frost added to nood hazards, and motoring associa-

more

Ashby-Parva, Jan. 12. This Leicestershire village of 130 people was sealed off from the world to night following an acci- dent in which enough potassium cyanide was dropped on the main street to kill one million

people.

The deadly poison come from three drums which fell off the back of a truck passing through bure! the town last night and

day open. Firemen spent the hosing tho poison of the streets.

Tonight a Leicester city analyst warmed the population to stay away from areas whers the water and poison had mixed. FATAL GAS

The combination of the twc. he said, produces a by-product of carbon dioxide giving off prussie aeld gas which is fatal.

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Polico and experts from tions reported that many roads, Britain's Imperial emical In- dustries firm were immediately though passable, were "difficult.

rose slightly summoned to neutralise Temperatures early today but weathermen said mixture of water and potassium another cold snap and

cyanide in those areas where sbow was on the way.

traces of it sull remained,

Meanwhile, drivers in the Snow and ice tripped 20 coun- tles this morning.

arca were warned to examine their tyres for traces of poison and the local residents side of the

warned to avoid drinking water trom local wells ar pun ps.~* Reuter,

up

The snow belt stretched right

the easter country.

Thousands of miles of roads were lead up-Reuter.

were

Dali's Columbus causes furore

The

New York, Jan., 12,

taday Salvador Dali unveiled

his mural size painting of Christopher Columbus dis- covering America, and now Ameries must discover why Dall's Columbus looks itire n refuges from a Turkish Erin. surrealist moustached painter discarded the tradi- donat concept. of Columbus garbed

L 15th century Spanish allire.

bax Jia roprosented the discoverer as fourle-haired Youth shoot-liko draperies stepping ses propice

out of a stemmny by nude youths,

MANY BEAUTIES "You are quite right I'm look-

"What else?" Of other actors. "Don't see much of then it's who will play in One Arabian

strange Night' a movie that will start not that I have London, Jen, 12, production.in. Hongkong some-theories about mixing with them) Three

it's just that most of my friends, The alleged espionage time next year," he said. øgents, sold to have been train- "I don't think that it will beopen to be lawyers, doctors.

«- search and writers." ed in. Hongkong and to have necessitate organising plotted to purby out explosions party, there are many beauties in China, have been sentenced in this wonderful Colony,AL to death, the New China news that stage a popular radio an- !moan relaxing 'I love horse rid agency reported crops Canton fiquncer today--Reuter.

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His favourite pastline? "Acting of course but if you

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a recording |ings afmply love it.

microphone under his newG,

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188-square-foot painting Who khowers after the

and time to art exports palcons and the pros at the galleries of Franch and Co Dall created the painting fet, the gallery of maddex art | which millionaire Huntington

Hartford plans to open in 1962 on Columbus Circle here. The painting reportedly cost in the Delebbourhood of $250,000. It took two years to paint and tho. 55- is considered one of year-old

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masterpieces, comparable lis paintings in the Metropoll- tan Museum and National Gallery of Art in Washington. is not the principal Columbus

ligure in the allegorical paint-

Ing. He carries ■ benner bearings Lifeilko imago of the Virgin of the Immaculato Conception, Patronens of

dominates the Spain, which fumingualy - painted · ORDYEA Dall's wife, Gais, posed for this furs.

Amandons l The Atlantic Ocean foam or

Dently' 'sposid. the hips of the

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upper portions form an "in- the visible" portrayal Crucifixion. The symbol of the cross is endlossly repeated throughout the painting. As Columbus

stens onto

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terrace decorated with what Dalla an "atomic** anemone, he sad his flagship, the Santa Maria, aro biased by a transparent figure of Bi the Patron of Natiamus, Spanish provbion at Gerona. Dall insists that· Coluzzikua was born in Gerons and not in Cenon, Italy.

The only section of the paint- ...ing that will satisfy - trad)- tionalists in a mystic, numb

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fight in the top. centre portion. It encloses a some of ColumbusTM being received by King Ferdinand and 'queOLA ~~* photographically pačítad: wide · Embells in heaven, Columbus bathers carrying banners, |-- is property aliired in Qunbist предго

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