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Comment TOLL OF HOMELESS MOUNTS
Of The Dead and
Day
missing now
Femme fatale number 64
N awed, shocked silence
A pervaded the Colony yesterday aftern con a Hongkong came back to life after being devastated by one of the most severe
typhoons of recent times.
In terms of lives lost and ̧
The latest official casualty figures show that at least 30 people are dead, 76 injured, another 34 are missing as a result of typhoon Mary..
serious damage caused, The Social Welfare Department has registered over
latest reports suggest wo have been mercifully spared the disasters which claimed many hundreds of victims on earlier casions. But the havoc caused, the vessels- sunk, the homes smashed and flooded and the generally torn, stripped and battered appearance of the Colony has caused widespread suf- fering and dismay.
18,200 people who have either lost their homes or who need temporary accommodation.
More than 150 vessels, mostly ; QC-
fishing craft, have been lost as a result of the typhoon, which ravaged farming and fishing Territories. villages in all parts of the New
R.
Officers and, men of the 1st Battalion, Royal Northumber» Fusiliers stationed at dis- land
Fort, ycserday Stanley tributed hot meals to about 1,000 children in Stanley Mr C. B. Burgess, accom- Village. On the Initiative of panied by the Secretary for the Commanding Officer L-Col.
Mr J. C. Chinese Affairs,
Leith-Macgregor, Army are assisting the McDouall, went to the Stanley personnel and Aberdeen areas this morn- kaifong in the relief work, ing to watch the progress
The Royal Navy frigate the rehabilitation and relief work in these two rural and Torquay (Commander B.H.T.M. fishing communities on Hong- Baynham) left Hongkong last night for Pratas Island, where kong Island following devastation caused by typhoon the British-registered ship, the
Shun Lee, is aground,
of
the
Hardly a single person was not affected. All have per- sonal tales to relate of the fury that descended on the Colony in the early hours of yesterday morning. But "Mary."
Teams from the Agriculture, flooded floors, broken win-
smashed shutters, Fisheries and Forestry Depart dows, stalled cars, lost sleep and ment are at work investigating
to damage
paddy felds,
· flattened gardens are
vegetable crops, livestock, nothing compared with the poultry, pond and marine misery experienced by fisheries throughout the Colony, those who spent the night Ficods in many parts of the
The frigate has reached the scene and is standing by the stricken vessel to give whatever assistance is needed. The RIL. also ship, s.. "Tibodas" is standing by. Unconfirmed re- ports say that some of the Shun
Lee's passengers have been lend.
ed on Fratte Island.
in flimsily covered sampans New Territories have receded, in the typhoon shelters, it was reported this morning. vad
An Associated Press cable in the ubiquitous Five major landslides
thecurred on Hongkong Island in from Taipei said the Nationalist pathetic shanties on hills. For these people, the early hours of this morning. Air Force and Navy also helped
ge.
Numerous small landslides, and in the rescue of the crew.
and their children must go earth falls have also been re- the greatest sympathy.
ported in various parts of the Colony,
THEN a full assessment
Four roads on the Island are They are completely blocked.
outside
of the damage is Big Wave Bay Road
it is possible
hoped Government will be prompt to offer ald, particularly to those who have been badly hit in the
areas
farming
of the New Ter- ritories. For the general be population it would wrong to hold out hope of more than. temporary re- lief. For the authorities the typhoon damage is another selback to the general pro- gress of the Colony, a new burden on the revenues and a fresh diversion of official effort while city and country is restored,
But it would be remiss of us not to pay homage to those who even at height of the storm
the
Malaya Fir
refloated
Panamanian ship Malaya Fir which was driven aground some time yester- day by typhoon Mary al the south western end of Kai Tak runway, was suc-
cessfully
this refloated morning.
She was refloated by the tug Talkoo of the Talkoo Docks which towed her to the dock at about 9.00 am.
+
Damage to the ship is not yot known and she is alongside the dock.
answered emergency calls House No. 13; Mount
Davis
and
The Prutas islands are gorri- soned by Nationalist forces.
Air Force headquarters in Formosa sald two C-46 planes this had been dispatched from Island to assist in the rescue efforts.
Life rafts were dropped for the
the distressed of crew steamer which was said to have been on its way to the Munchu- rian port of Dairen when it ran aground.
was
AIRCRAFT CARRIER The Dutch tug Noord Holland which
on her
way 10 Singapore to pick up a towage engagement went to the estist- ance of the Shun Lee soon after interception of the distress signal. She is reported to have arrived there this morning and the crew of the tug will attempt to send a boarding party some time this afternoon 10 the stranded ship.
LOST TWO LIVES
This miserable kitten lost at least two of its nine lives yesterday when as the storm was blowing furiously down Nathan Road, it fell from'a verandah, to the street below. Mewing pitifully it sought refuge among garbage cans, but as the top was whisked off one and sent clattering down the street, the kitten realised this was no place for him to be in. He darted through the grille into the safety of a shop
front, This picture taken by our photographer shows him just before he escaped to safety.
Mummy
mystery:
Woman on
murder charge
Rhyl, Wales, June 9. Mrs Sarah Harvey, 65-year-old landlady of a boarding house in this seaside resort was remanded in custody for a week today on a 20-year-old murder charge.
She was charged in a
at rearby Magistrate's Court Prestatyn with murdering Mrs
Frances Alica Knight whose mummified body was found five carrier weeks ago. steaming ship there
By some atmospheric trick, the body had been preserved almost perfectly,
Investigations by local Poiler helped by Scotland Yard show- ed that the woman had been strangled.China Mail Special & AFP.
Mrs Harvey, Ave feet tail, Another fire
American aircraft Yorktown was also
The murder was alleged to towards the stricken
have occurred "on a day un- and expected to arrive
known" between February 22 early this afternoon. Road outside St Clare's School;
Eight for help and to those who rin Hau Temple Road;
helicopters were and April 30 of 1940. launched from the Yorktown at readily set about cleaning Severn Road outside No. 382, about 10.00 am, this morning re-haired
and bespectaclia, up the city and restoring The Peak.
in confirming | said "yes" twice in the rescue operation. it to the full-working or- Small earth falls and ob-
Twenty-eight of the crew of her name and address but was der it is in today. We structions caused by fallen trees Shun Lee left the ship by raft otherwise silent,
Carters Island After a ten-minute hearing in express gratitude and ad- are blocking traffic along Shek and landed on
New York, June 9. miration
For the third time in three to the ferry Road and metorists are advised nearby. It is. reported thai 25 a small, crowded court, she was
days, fire has broken out in helmsmen who so skilfully proceed with extreme caution. fof the crew are still on board driven away by police from a docked
crew back entrance to the building. their boats
the ship and
New York's subway. Her BLOCKED ROADS
arrest early today We feel a
member had drowned. heaving scas.
climaxed five weeks of in-
in
Leland
warm glow of pride for Partially blocked roads' on the the newspaper hawker Island include Tal Hang Road who called at our office near Jardine's Lookout, yesterday in the teeth of Road near Tylam on the Stanley the gale, picked up his side, and Pokfulam Road near papers, dropped them into the pumping station
that one
Airport busy
în subway
This time, the line serving the vestigations by police, aided by populous Brooklyn district was the put out, of aclipn for more than pathological experts, into
an hour, when an overhead death of Mrs Knight, who was aged 50 at her disappearance. cable caught Are, trapping The body was discovered train between two stations. Kai. Tak Airport was very when decorators opened.
in the Small Rhyl arrivals and departures of all bouse to repaint it.
a plastic bag and trudged in Kowloon, and reads are busy this morning with the cupboard
off in the downpour intent on delivering them foot--to Repulse Bay.
TO
our
J
by
Police, Fire
clear.
In the New Territories, Castle fights which were cancelled and Peak Road is still partially delayed in the last two days be- blocked at a number of places, cause of the typhoon weather. Taipo Road and Route II ard Planes began touching down also partially blocked to traffic.
at 7 am and for the ensuing Single-lane traffic is pogable three hours or
so there wome
Brigade, Ambulancemen, along Talpo Road but motorists planes taking off and coming in First Aid Workers, the are advised to proceed with every 15 minutes, street cleaners, the Army, great care. Sections of the
the PWD and a host road between the Kowloon Re-
pf others including the server and Shatin Heights
public utilities who carried Hotel, and betwen: Chung Chi MARY LATEST
on their mammoth job of, College and Taipo Kau, repair and rehabilitation now open to motor traffic.
In yesterday'a trying con-
are
As roads in the New Terri- Tropical storm Mary is now tories Arc barely passable, racing up the Fuklen coast be- ditions. the Colony as a motorists should not go out to tween Amoy and Foochow whole must
express the New Territories unless it is 22 knads, heading north-north-
warmest thanks, Perhaps absolutely necessary, the only consolation: was Railway services
*east,
between
the welcome inflow into the Tsim Sha Tsui and Lowu were reservoir system which by resumed this morning.
the weekend should be
three-quarters full. The
RELIEF WORK
announcement of extended
Throughout the Colony, relief
water hours is a small com- and rehabilitation work is i pensation for so much full swing. Members of Rural auffering and hardship Committees and other local or caused by this femme ganisations in the New Terri-
dmiar work in their districts.
TYPHOON HAVOC
PICTURES
Iktale. Bo appropriately tories are actively empy in SEE P.10 named Bloody Mary.
at
the
Firemen quickly put the fire out, and there were no casual- ties--AFP.
Reservoirs now 70 per cent full
Tropical storm Mary has done one good turn for Hong- kong bringing more than 4,000 xillion gallons of water. to the Colony's reservalts in the 48 hours up to 8 am. today..
The Colony's storage reservoirs are now over 70 per cent full.
Four reservoirs on Hongkong Island Wong Nel Chong, Pokfulam and the Upper and Lower Aberdeen reservoirs -- are overflowing.
Hongkong's water storage totalled: 3,488 million gallons at 8 a.m. on Wednesday.
By am Thursday, it had gone up to 5,315 million gallons.
By 8 am, today, it s(dod at 7,558 million gallons accord- ing-to offcial Information, with water still ponzing.In.
The Royal Observatory reported in 'total rainfall of 31.63 inches since January 1 this year compared with the average of 27:48 Inches.
Since 7. p.m. last Saturday when No. 3 Bigbel was bolsted Hongkong has had 1681 inches of rain
Lancashire shaken Argentine
by Hongkong cotton decision
warns
Israel
Buenos Aires, June 9. The Argentine will break off diplomatic relations with Israel if Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmani is not returned by the Israeli authorities by next Monday sources close to the Argentine Foreign Ministry forecast here to- night.
London, June 9. Lancashire has been shaken by reports that major Hongkong cotton interests have agreed not to extend their three-year agreement with Lan-' cashire, limiting the Colony's exports of cotton goods to Britain when the pact ends in territory was the subject of a February 1962.
INT CROPS
BADLY
DAMAGED
Eighty per cent of crops in the New Territories were
damaged by the storm.
After several days of wind ́and rain, most of the farms in the New Territories lay under flood water.
Hardest hit were vegetable and fruit eropa.,
VICTIMS
No form is left intact in Fan- Hng, Talpo,
Sheung Shui where vegetables form the bulk of the products.
Damage to vegetable farms was also extensive in Yuen Long, Kam Tin and Sek Pak Heung.
Lord Rochdale, the Chairman of the Lancashire Cotton Board, today called for reports theri declined to comment,
The Board's Secretary said:
"The trade generally is con- cerned about the exports from Hognkong. But there can be no comment at this stage."
Asked about the shortage of cotton cloth for the United Kingdom he said:
"Thore is More cloth available now than at this dime last year. Production is higher and it is going up.
The kidnapping of Eichmann
by Ismael agents on Argentine
protest note delivered by the Argentine Government to the Israeli Ambassador hare yester day.
was
The note demanded the return of Eichmann-who reponsible for the death of millions of Jews during World War II by Monday, and threatened to bring the issue up before the United Nations I Israel failed to comply.-AFP.
Broadway strike settled
The
New York, June 9. Broadway theatre strike was settled today.
There is a general upswing with the increased ordering and u general stiffening of prices."
Spokesmen for Actors Equity Millionaire cotton spinner, Mr Association and the League of Cyril Lord he also exports car-New York Theatres said that pets from Ireland-sold:
"After all the noise at the time I should have thought Hongkong's refusal to extend the agreement was inevitable,
negotiating committees for both | sides had reached agreement in the dispute which had stopped New York theatres functioning for the last week,
The agreement must be voted on by the membership of both "We should support Hongkong groups-AP. | cnd take all the cloth the Colony can offer. But I object to
Hongkong re-exporting P-21-gun salutes
cessed material. from Japan We should not be at the mercy of entrepreneurs who want to get around Imperial Preference.
Two 21-gun salutes were fired in Hongkong this morning for the Duke of Edinburgh's 39th birthday.
One was fired at noon by the Saluting Battery, 32 Medium Regiment, RA from Signal Hill.
All the rural committees and Vegetable Marketing Co-opera- tives have been registering the slcam victims since yesterday it very tough for Hongkong." Kowloon and a reciprocal salute
in preparation for relief work.
"When the agreement is due for renewal it is quite open to the British Government to make
London Express Service,
tempair
was fired from HMS Tamar,
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