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Nationalists report Formosa Strait incident

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Delay's in Cyprus

THE continued delays over the Bottlement of the bases in Cyprus is clis- heartening, but any sugges- tion that there-la Ill-will CAR be ruled out. There may be some in the background who are attempting to wreck the negotiations, but all the parties want agree ment on the basis of the Zurich and London talks. The discussions are, however, still dragging on and in- dependence seems no nearer then it was a few months ago. That no hold-up was expected in the beginning was shown by the steady run-down of troops, police and administrativo

per-

Mismanagement and

mis- understanding must share the blame for the delays. Although it is hardly possi- ble that the Cypriots can have believed that the bases

has

thoy agreed to in February Inat year wore mero pin- points on the map, it become clear that Arch blahop Makarios does not appreciate the technicalitics of military requirements.

H

Exasperating

E seems to have adopted a simple "horse-dealing" approach and On that level has been trying, not to any exasperating, negotiator.

This is partly, no doubt, be- cause Lhe Archbishop refused to face aquarely the consequences of what he accepted a year ago. With British connivance, the bases question

was left aside

пеза.

Gunboats hold vessel for 80 minutes

Taipei, Mar. 14. Three fast Chinese Com- munist gunboats inter- cepted a British mer- chant ship and a Na- tionalist fishing bout in Formosa Strait yes- terday, the Nationalist Defence Ministry said today.

said the British ship was intercopted at 8 p.m.. and escorted to Pingtan Island, 40 miles south of Matsu, and

Was released at 9.23 p.m.

Details and the name of the

ship were not given. Tho Ministry announced carlier that Communist captured gunboats had

Nationalist fishing boat and towed it

an

unarmed

to Pingtan Island.

The announcement did not

KATIE AND STIRLING MOSS

Port of Agadir opened

Artic, Mar. 13. Moroccan officials said tonight that the part of Agadir

opened to shipping yesterday. The Art vessel la dock there was a anall tanker unload its cargo D fuel oll.

The port, which Tras only slightly damaged by the earthquake, has been disinfected to permit oprations, the hotmal oficials salil-Reuter.

'Forced to

Katie confirms strip by

divorce

rumours

Nassau, Mar. 13.

mention the size of the Katie Moss, wife of British sports car racer Stirling Moss said today a London Sunday Express story about a possible divorce was substantially correct.

boat or the number of crawmen aboard.—AP. (Enquiries in Hongkong fail- ed to reveal the name of

"There's no one else in my the British ship or further

"It will information of the in-fe," Mra Moss said. cident)..

Fleeing Chinese captured off Macao

sampan.

Maeso, Mar, 13.

be a long time before I think of another marriage it this one- breaks up.

"I'm staying on in this house for the time being but I shall.

In settle- not want anything ment,"

The Mosses built their home on Nassay's fashionable Camper- down Heights two years ago.

Mrs Moss told a reporter she and Moss still were the best of friends.

AMICABLE

A party of 14 Chinese fleeing while he settled his сол the China traintand was cap- troversy with Grivas and

tured carly yesterday by two the Eoka extremists.

Communist Chinese gunboats Now that negotiation has within 600 yards. of lis goal.

come down to brass tacks.

The escapees-eight men, four i She said the two have spent Archbishop Makarios women and two children-put much time away from each other

from their sharp-out from shrinks

Wong Kam island but have broken the intervals carly yesterday aboard a small up with amicable visits. They went to Puerto Rico together The Chinese authorities, how-last week, Mrs Mosa sald. Moss ever, sent two gunboats in pur left for London two days ago. suli.

Mrs Moss said the couple had

"but the principal culty was the strain of being the wife of a racing driver.... who is in constant danger."

Moss recently

won a Grand Prix race in Havana-AP.

Too clear

The gunboats chased the sun- I clear that it would too pun for 36 minutes before the clear that it would have sampan was overtaken within been better for Britain and night of Portuguese controlled the other parties to have Talpa Island closely aligned the baso Fishermen who witnessed the requirements to the main chase and capture said the sam- points

and defined them pun and its 14 occupants were

handed

over to the military more clearly at the time authorities on Wong Kom Island. of the London agreement. UPI. For that error of management

reaponsibility

Was

the

largely Britain's, Britain was granting independence colony, and had the

duty to state the

.con. ditions. But again, there did not appear to be any

possibility of break-down.

A

It is arguable, however, that

In

produced

experienced a number of dim-

MACEDONIA HIT European hurt

BY QUAKE

destroyed

in car crash

Mechanics

miraculous

escape

French Customs'

Paris, Mar. 13.

An English woman and her

American husband were allegedly detained for 26 hours and forced to strip by French customs officials, it was stated to- day,

The alleged incident occurred at Dunkirk last month."

The British Consul at Lille, northern France, is investigat Ing the complaints.

Mr R. Greshman Cooke, British MP asked the Foreigni Offtee to investigate the ́ allcgn- tions of Mr and Mrs George Adams, who run as antique business exporting goods from England via France,

CHINA MAIL REPORTER

Mr Adams, former U.S. Arty officer and his wife Phliippa, Two men miraculously es- daughter of Major-General Sir caped death when a ser- Philip Nash, have complained vice car in which they of "brutal and atrocious treat- were travelling plunged meat" by French customs off- down an embankment on cials, Stubby Rood yesterday. ly detained for 20 hours, forced саг was swerving to to strip and kept in a guarded avoid a collision with a private | offler where they had to sleep car coming from the Repulse on the concrete floor or on a Bay direction at 11.30 am, table,

The

They claim they were wrong-

The service car overshot the The couple have been sum¬ embankment near Ling Nan moned on an allegation of_frou- Middle School. and plunged dulently taking into Franco about Go feet down a sičep goods for sale-rendering_them siape before

fall was liable to a fino by a French stopped by trees.

court of £1,290, imprisonment, and confiscation of the goods and means of transport-China Mall Special.

SOMERSAULTS

The two men, both mechanics, did a number of somersaults inside the car before it landlod upside-down. They escayed with a low scratches and were back on duty today:

Mr M. K. Kwok, Manager of the Hongkong Garage Lid, owners of the service car, said, If it were not for the trees, the two men could have been killed. The service car which was en route to its Repulse Bay garnge was said to be a total loss.

An niicmpt was made

this morning with a mobile crane to pull the vehicle to the roadway but it falled. person Was The two cars collided in Pok-} Another attempt will be made

fulam Road at about 12.30 pm. this afternoon.

Delgrade, Mar. 13. A European driver, Mr David More than 100 houses were Todd

was admitted to Queen axactly opposite caethquake in

by an Mary Hospital early this morn- yesterday

the Yugoslav ing after his car was involved proach might have had a

in an accident with a taxi. happler result than the one republic of Macedonia, officials

said today. One ambiguity has now killed.AP which

Haul Britain given Cyprus un- conditional Independence, with only the proviso that its Government should then negotiate for the ceding of the bases, Britain might woll have found them eager to grant all that is now being haggled about.

Cardinal

ORthe cardinal fact in the

FCyprus is that

A

country cannot live without thework and the wealth which the British bases provido.

Photographer claims Russian

moon pictures were faked

New York, Mar, 13.

by

Signals from

U.S. satellite

409,060

miles away

Washington, Mar. 14. Satellite Pioneer V sent a signal back to earth last night (9 a.m. HK Time), from 409,000 miles out in врасе.

It thus cot a record for long klistance, communication, tho US. National Aeronautics and Space Administration sald

A Nam monitoring siniton int Hawali made contact with the outbound satellite. The signal was excellent, the Hewallen receiving station near Barstown, California niso caught the satellie's signal at the same The satellite was travelling Mr approximately 6,000 miles

hour. At noon (HK Time) the

time,

At

A professional aviation photographer and science writer said today he was

convinced that Russin's recently released and highly publicised photo station reported. Another, Nara graphs of the hidden surface of the moon were fake." Mr Lloyd Mallan, writing in techniques usually employed by

Witnesses who testified before can be the April isus of the Magazine newspapers," Mr. Mollan wrote Congressional subcommittees ca satisfaction wry found in the fact that theolography, sald he came to They were quite clear, in the subject relected skallar

earlier -contentions Turkish Cypriots, who have the conclusion after receving fuck

Mallor hitherto raízod no objection to photographs from Soviño, \ "gabbergasted when he studied the photographs to technical ex- travelling at 6,987 miles per |

Apoially ordered "originals" of

Mr, Mallon said he WDE Mr Mallan said he submitted satellite was 432,000 miley cut to British military require the official Herrian photo meats, seem to be support sceney in the United States

I pertă of two largo art musduma. Ing Makarios nt, this

"They were not photographs 'at |

A Naja, spokesman said the

· He said, three of four experis Juncture.

"Theoo› had been aktied all," he said. I could pea brush of one museum who did not previous tong distance come This at lonst gives ground from Morow and they were stroke with my naked eye

want their names used, came to manication record, was held by: for the hope that the comunmarred canning ines -United States Government the conclusion that the pictures Plonoor IV. I sent back munal conillet will not be necessary to International wire space experts have accepted the were not photographs but were signal, from 407,000 miles out! transmission (or by | Soviet : moon : photographs, as #rendered" by brush on some in, space before. lis batteries provoked by the delay in servico

the poor-quality, engraving authentic. attaining Independence,

kind of textured surface," FUPI.finally gave gutionAP.

the

originais

hour.

Dalai Lama's

treasures

sold in

Some of the fabulous treasures of the Dalai Lama which have been stored in Lhasa's royal monasteries and palacos for

MR ED. R. MURROW

hundreds of years, have reached Hong- America's leading TV com

kong.

They were sold by the Dalai Lama in India to raise money for Tibetans who fled with him after Chinese troops put down a countywide rebellion.

This was revealed in news agency

from Reports today

London.

One agency said paintings from Tibetan monasterles had found their way to Hongkong. Another and gold and sliver Images had been sold here,

Both reports quoted the Daini Lanka's representative, Mr D. K. Sen, who was speaking nt a press conference.

Smuggled

Mr Sen indicated that the treasures, which had been sold in Hongkong had been smuggled out of Tibet by the Dalal Lama when he tied the country inst year.

No estimate was made of the value of the treasures, which have come here.

But the Chairman of the British Tibet Society, Mr H. N. Beaufort-Palmer, who also spoke at the press conference spld the Dalai Lama's

fabulous and priceless."

He went on to say that "It bext be described

CAR

treasure

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equivalent in status to the British crown jewel.."

mentator Edward R. Murrow will arrive In Hongkong this afternoon.

Mr Murrow was the directer He said this treasure was now entirely lost to Tibet. Most of of such programmes as, "See It It had to be left behind and had Now" and "Person to Person.". been "'doubtless appropriated He has served us a Vice Presi= by the Communist ChinaSE.”

dent of the Columbin Broadcast-

The Dalai Lama's treasure ing System, Director of Publie consists of works of art in gold, | Affairs for CBS, European Dirce- silver and jewels. For hundreds tor and foreign correspondent. of years this treasure has bean the personal posbession of the perpetual Dalai Lama,

Warmer weather expected

The Colony can expect sightly warmer conditions with isolated - showers. Royal Observatory spokes. man predicted today.

Yesterday's sudden, cool change was caused by cold front which originated la Siberia two days ago, It has now passed and the weather is expected to get gradually warmer.

Clarks

He has received the Freedom House Award as well as the Emmy Award (equal, to the Ostar in the movie industry), and is the author.or "This la London,"

Mr Murrow will be accom- panied by his wife and children.

Goes berserk: kills father

Now York, Mar, 13. A: 20-year-old-gun collector went berserk in his home at Madison, Wisconslit, and fatally shot, his father and a. friend of the family, as they arrived home from dinner party, people, Including the

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