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No. 37789

Established 1845 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1960,

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From Hong Kong

White population goes to the polls

NAM

Phone 37031

Of The A REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA?

Day

Out of the blue

— a river,

UT of the blue, Hongkong

produces

river

which can augment water apply for three of our six dry months by no less than

20 million gallons a day, or

'Yes' prediction by electronic

computer

Johannesburg, Oct. 5.

about half our daily winter South Africa is in favour of becoming consumption

figure, For

apart from the Shumshun river itself and

several

creeks and streams in the Territories,

few

renliked

that a river with such large volume

mapa

OP water

existed. But the ordnance show it clearly enough winding its sinuous way through ranger nostalgically

the

named

Cheviots and the Cotswolds, to convince any doubters.

The first reaction on reading

J

a republic, if calculations by an electronic computer based on first results from 40 of the 156 constitu- encies in the country's referendum are correct.

But the margin will be a narrow one. The first results announced tonight on whether South Africa should be a republic-from Pre- toria Central-gave a majority of more than four thousand in favour.

that the Colony is to tap | Professor Arthur Bickeley, One Nationalist Party poster this river is: Why could we professor of applied mathematics outside polling booth in not have done this

when

and

before at

South

4

suburban Johannesburg today African adjured voters: "Think what

University, Witwatersrand scarce said over the water was rationing

severe? Broadcasting Corporation

For there can be по denying that had the Indus River's supply been available for three months In the dry season it would not

usefully unly have

reservoirs augmented the but banished altogether the perlodic spring crises when the rain has been late.

asked

Government

that happened in the ·Congo

an electronic brain had calculat-Rather hang yourself than say od from the first 12 results, no, no. Vote 'Yes' like a that the final result would be a White Man" majority in favour of a republle of 47,000.

After the results from 40 of the 156 constituencies had been counted, the electronic brain forecast of the final result had at this point risen to 80,000 in Cavour of a republic.

Reason

At another polling station an Africaans-speaking man shouted "If you vote for the Queen, you vote for that" He pointed at a Liberal Party anti-republic poster showing a white hand clasping a black hand,

Nationalist Party supporters with large rosaties pinned on Only white people about their chests used the poster us

Why nothing had beest 1,800,000 of them are entitled a butt for commemo Dutt

done before ΠΟΥ. The answers given are that the cost of piping river water to the nearest reservoir would have been prohibi- tive,

that this is only possible now because of the pipes laid at consider able expense to con- neet the Chinese reservoir at Shurachun with Tai Lam Chung, and that in any case it would have been im possible to have tapped the river until Tai Lam Chung reservoir in which the water will be stored was completed two years ago. The cost and the difficulty of linking the Indus by pipes with the Jubilee reservoir "over a high mountain range would have far outweighed the value of. the additional supply, Government claims. particularly as the water would have been available only during the summer and autumn months, and really only

the useful during latter.

It would be churlish to sug- gest that Government has not tried as hard as possible

vole. South Africa has some

14 million African, Asian and other coloured people.

after a final Polling ended surge of voters, and counting Immediately in urban began constituencies,

Among polling officials there was widespread certainly that there had been record vote.

In many of the smaller cen- tres where an accurate check possible the percentage voting was in the upper nine- ties.

WON

One reason for the high poll was that for the first time since the Union of South Africa was created

years ago cytry while vole had the same value. In elections, representation 14 weighted in favour of rural urcus.

Many people today voted for the first time,

1

Slogans

the Dr Henrick Verwoerd, Prime Minister, and Mrs Ver-

woerd were among the first voters in Pretoria.

Although the issue is osten- whether Queen Eliza- sibly beth shall remain sovereign of the South African Union or be African replaced by a South President,

the referendum bat-

le has developed along much more fundamental lines.

For many valers, and in much

to case the Colony's water antionalist propaganda, the re-

burden in recent years.

Those who have lived here public has become linked with

the future of white rule in a any length of time know country which has an over- of their research

into

water and

New life in France

SUB-INSPECTOR, CORPORAL, CONSTABLE CHARGED

Police allegedly conspired to release prisoners

A police sub-inspector, a corporal and a constable appeared before Mr

E. S. Haydon at Kowloon Court this morning on a charge of con- spiracy to release three people then in police custody.

FLIES HOME

Mac tells of his

for

hopes peace in

in world

New York, Qct. 5.

The defendants were Man Kam-po, the sub-inspector, 37, of 43 Fuk Lo Chuen-road, second floor; Wong Sal-kau the Room 142 of. corporal, 31, Arsenal-street, Police Quarters, Afth floor; and Ko Kim-chau, the constable, 23, of 14 Sim Luen-stract, sixth floor.

Wong and Ko were additional- ly charged with corruption in office.

No pleas were taken,

TRANSFER

Delective-Inspector J. M. Martin, prosecuting, asked for a case to be remanded until Saturday for transfer of the case to the District Court.

whelming majority of African, Prime Minister. Mr Harold Macmillan said before artesian wells, cloud-seeding Asian and coloured people.

boarding a plane for home today that he was still hopeful of progress "toward a more peaceful state of the world" but that "we must never surrender our principles of free-together corruptly to dom."

to produce artificial rain, desalting sea ways and means of reducing reservoir evaporation, And

expenditure on now reuer-

voirs now runs into astrono

mical proportions.

DUT

BB

has

the curious

thing

this

river

FOURTEEN

KILLED

receive

The defendants were alleged to have on August 23 conspired certain money from three pea- ple as a reward for releasing and concealing certain

"I will not now say anything them Preparing to leave Idlewild Airport, Mr Macmilan said: about the great issues being evidence.

for a hoped to make my contribution

Little Miss Beautiful Snow (above) left Hongkong today fo begin a new lllo, in Franes. She is one year old. About 50 weeks ago she was found abandoned, in Hongkong

alloy.

Unable to trace her parents, welfare officials sent her to st Christopher's Home Talpo. Then she was adopted by Men M. Floret, sister of Mr. 3, Y. Gory, French Vice-Consul in Hongkong.

And for the last few weeks Mr and Mrs Gory (who is pictured with the baby above) have been looking after the girl whose Chinese name Suet Ching, means Beautiful Snow. It is the first time that International Social Serviço has sent a Hongkong orphan baby to France.

Mail

Air India is flying the baby to Paris today ---China photo.

To fight the party's

vote on H-bombs

GAITSKELL

REFUSES TO RESIGN

Scarborough, Oct. 5.

Mr Hugh Gaitskell, Labour Party leader, will not resign. Instead he re-emphasised that he will fight the decision to renounce the H-bomb taken by the Party's annual conference ear- lier today.

Swent dripping from his face as he fought for his political Mio, he said: "There are some of us who will fight and fight the party they gnin' to save love.

"They will fight and fight and fight again to bring back sanity and honesty and diznity so that our party with its great past may retain dis glory, and its greatness,"

Condemning

the proposals that Britain should "go it alone" In unilaterally renouncing muclear defence, he brought loud boos from "Anti-Bomby” supporters by demanding:

· “What sort of peopis de_you' (think:wo - are? Do you think we can simply soceps a ded-A wion of this kind and become overnight, pacflsia," neutrallsta and fellow travellers?” At the end of his dramatic

Gaitakell's 'speech Mr

Slip porters sare "For. He's A Jolly Good Fellow,"

But it did not save the off- cial policy - pledging loyalty to Nato hosed on an American nuclenn deterrent from de- feat. The huge block votes of the trade unions based on their membership figures — Casured that.

Supported

Mr Galiskell's hard-hitting oration left the conference con-.

under

Full-scale search

EUROPEAN MISSING ON LAMMA

ISLAND

full-scale search of Lam ma Island for, a missing Europeon is now in pro- gross. A helicopter, two Auster spotter planer, and Police dogs about 350 policemen are conducting the island- wide search, which be- gun at dawn today.

five

The missing man is Mr Michael McD. Holmden of the Hongkong and Shanghal Bank- ing Corporation. He was among a party of four Europeans who went out to Lamma Island yes- terday morning in the motor launch "Away We Go."

When the launch arrived at vinced he has no intention of Yung Shue Wan, a bay on the knuckling

to the

north-west.coast, the party got unilateralists or playing into off to walk to Sham War, on the

the south-east coast, where their hands

paule by any

launch was to pick up the party decision to resign his post

in the afternoon.. leader.

His foreshadowed

words uncompromisizuz

The hillers separated at the something like foot of Mount Stenhouse, three the parlis-members of the party going one open war between mentary party and

way and Mr Holmden setting parliamentary unilateralisis, fed off on another route. When the arrived at

the non-

by Mr Frank Cousins, leader of other three · MEN

LEST WE FORGET Britain's biggest trade union, Sham Wan art about 2.30 pm,

the Transport Workers.

they waited, för Mr Holders Me Galiskell's official policy to turn up..

Members

of

London, Oct. 5. is supported by all but a few of Queen Elizabeth has decided the 250 Labour

After a long wait, the three Exarch for Mr that November 13 shall be ab- Parliament. It also has the men started served

Remembrance backing of the Party's National Holmden. The Police were later Sunday in honour of the dead Executive Committee and the called in and a search of the of the Trade island by a Police party was of two world wars, the Home General Council Office announced today-Reuter. Union Congress.Router.

"We must always be ready to debated before the Assembly. I The threa persofia, Want negotiate arrangements

Chung, Chan Woon, and Cheung better way in which to live in my speech a few days ago. Tak, all men, were in police together in the world

custody for suspected possession Mr of a dangerous drug.'

The corporal and the coti- stable, Wong and Ko, alleged to have received

werd total

THE CONGO.

conducted throughout the night.

Lumumba's brother under

arrest in Stanleyville

Leopoldville, Oct, 5.

Louis Lumumba, brother of the Congolese leader, and a Minister in the Provincial Government of Oriental Province, was today placed under house arrest in his

ministerial building In Stanleyville.

with The British project, to tenk Colonel Joseph Mobuto, the harried out a disavowal

Conestere cadetu, of $250 as a reward for releas- Congolese military leader, told six signatures. The other signa- about 60

measure tuces had not been made public though made with y the ful knowledge of the UN is believed ing the three men from police reporters today. the

had been taken after

bilateral a plot by this afternoon, 2. custody.

Was discovered to foment an Colonel Mobutu today to be regarded as a

technically arrangement not The defendants were on bail uprising against himself in the described as Colonialium channelled through the UN of $500 each,

plin to set up a United Nations Mr Georges Fibant, President-run milltary, academy in the E&CANNIBALISM.

train of the Provincial Parliament, Congosto was also placed under house | officers.

Province.

that

Manila, Oct. 6.. nover been publicly mentioned before

At least 14 people were

"I go back inspired by the

A THRILL reported killed possible source of water,

renewal of my friendships here

"There are, OU CORDENA, and no hint has been given

Tyhoon Kit, powered and conscious of all the diff- that it has over been con

90

winds, culties and the task before us. moments In the history of tho by

mph the

"I am still hopeful that a world when the confusion, the sidered, even though

moved towards southeme years go by that we may doubts, and the animosities Indus has apparently gone

Luxon from the Pacific gradually make progresa Lomake us all feel uncertain and so far to make fta prescaer

ward a more peaceful state of doubtful of the future. today. known and its potenHalities

"On the other hand there is The latest press reports said the work." realised as to flood its lower reaches every summer.

ten wero drowned as the result

a cortalo thrill in soding 100

• NUISANCES

nations

do their ons gathered to Whatever the reason for ita of the sinking of two boats

one in the Visayan Sea the

In making his farewell re-best through debate and dis- long, neglect, most people other in the Mindanao Sea.

cussione,

"It will take a long time "I am just about to leave. for

UN, sources today, decided will be pleased to know the

The others were victims of marks, Mr Macmillan said: this water supply, exists. taliing trem and electrocution the United Kingdom, after a and it

be to reach

13 DIE, 115 HURT arrest and Captain. Fataid of Earlier, he had protested to réporis circulating here that the Military Police was arrest the UN, because a batch of 30 Tunisian U.N. troops, had been And for Government to have an

winds uprooted short visit to New York, and the portio motilement of their probe strong

od.

Congolese cadets had trips, to victims of cannibalsoju liko produced It

the coconut trees and snapped live arst thing I want to say to en

Tive source said the reports *We must not be foolish

Kingsport, Oct. B.

COLONIALISM

Britain to train in Sandinırst or proverbial rabbit out of a wires in southern Philippino thank the long-suffering citi-

zens of New Yorks for their optimists or too grealmisije. We The death toll in an explosion The Courrier « I'Afrique, other cadet colleges there post-apparently arose from a tiznes magician's hat, makes this towERAP

kindness and hospitality to us

tockwork-old account by Tunlan A. UN apolobaman: today res' soldiers of sening Baluba tele- who corns as delegates to the must work quietly and never which levelled a de plant at which is anti-Lumumba, today ported.

surrender our principles of the sprawling Tennenes Easter claimed that 20 out of 34 pro United Nations,

Chemical", Worka zone to 13-10- It also makes us a little look #At diam Typhoon feel you must regard; us as freedom f

#pubilo sa vowal of their the Security Council had called sackfill of anna and legs of angre, bodlés?',

7 for all milliary aid to the Congo their Lailua, enemies, apparently, former leader. plies from across the Kit was 810 miles southeast terrible balances the way We must always be ready to day with the discovery of two Lumumba deputies had signed minded a press conference that men wandering about with

we drove about the streets and notollate arrangemasse for a

Three of them gave a press to be channeled through the with cannibal Le Inten **Rea Bortier is as added small of Hongkong and moving generally interfered with fratio better way in which to live to An estimated 110 people were

ocederende two nights ago and United Bullons.. and the life of the 'vityPAGE gether in the world."AP. west at 8 knots. consolation

surprising news all the more TYPHOON KIT

welcome. The thought that

dependent on bonus supa

Congolese

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