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Establishod 1845 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1960.

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Three adventurous Britons sail from Hongkong

of the 10,000 MILES IN SMALL SLOOP

day

Ominous signs

THOSE who have memories of

the "hungry thirties" and breadlines, with the accom

dale panying hand outs,

quoute, hunger marshes, and all the standing clraum. stancos of misery and despair, cannot but be apprehensive the ominous signs re-appear. At the moment, the cloud is email, yet it is there: a rise In unemployment in America; a redundancy In the motor car trade Britain,

More than that, all the accom. panying indications are present also, as they were a genera. The extraordinary tion age. optimism In the USA where next year's salary is mortpag- ed against today's enjoyment, and where the real prosperity of the American home as grown out of a gigantic struc

All credit. ture of Inflated

IN

this is a it was before.

TN Britain the picture in slightly different. A less improvident attitude Is seon,

and more reserve observed, so that the man in the atreet will have his "Telly" on the "never never," but recolla from having his meals, his fares, and his holl. days on credit.

But what more alarming than this redundancy of labour is the attitude of the peoples of

Britain and

both

America.

The high standard of living both countries enjoy rose out

of plans which were calculated

to maintain full employment,

and directed towards banish-

ing those economic cycles of low prosperity which haunted Western economy from time to time.

For it cannot be said by the most indulgent person that has Increased prosperity

brought in Its wake an in- creased efficiency. of work. manship, or service In ad ministration.

•ATHER has it brought Indus-

origin, not in bad conditions, but dawnright mischievousness and absolute ไม่ agitation, Irresponsibility in local labour leadership, but which has nevertheless dislocated 20. nomic lite

10 from time time, The most gloomy that the aspect of it mli Im Ideals of the old radicals, that human nature would respond to good conditions, seem to be fallacious.

That being so, is the-alternative

correct? That officiency can

JUNKS ON

THE THAMES

London, Dec. 1. The River Thames, with its punts, odrimen, swans and grimy barges, will take on a Chinese look if the plans of a Scottish engineer materialise.

The

engineer, Mr John Johnston, plans" to import 50 Chinese junks, with sails like the wings of dragon flies and ornamented with carved peacocks and oriental dragons.

The first junk arrived on Tuesday aboard a stcomer. It was sold for $4,200 dollars be- fore it was unfooded.— AP.

Last-minute

substitution

in crew

A 22-foot sailing sloop with three Britons on board sailed from Hongkong this morning on a six-month 10,000-mile journey that will end in England.

Dine of the original crew members, who found at the last minute that he could not make the saliing deadline today, was left behind and will fly to Singa-

where he will join pure

Mo

verrel. His place was taken by an Army officer who will discm- bark after the first leg of the trip.

Rupert French, Regiment, RA.

of 32 Metłum

Making doubly sure of good fortune on the venture, they took with them a statue of Tin Hau-Chinese Goddess of the *ioop Hea-and named dis after Ganga Devi-flodun Goddess of the Ses. They east off at the Royal Yacht Club on schedule at 9,30 cra.

Good wishes,

The sloop's crew this morn- ing were Capt J. D. C. Alexan- der of the Royal Signals, radio- electrician H. Burt of HMSA large crowd at friends and Tamar, and Second-Licut colleagues gathered to.

'Liz and Eddie

sue for libel

ELIZABETH TAYLOR AND EDDIE FISHER.

New York, Nov. 30.

wish

luck to good

the venturers. Suveral men from Cuskha units presented them with leis.

Firernekers were let off on board an HMS Tamar launch nearby while a plper from the 240 Gurkha Signal Squadron played "Scotland the Brave."

Li-Col M. J. R. Flokchir, Commander Royal Signals, was present among the well-wishers. Originally, Lt A. D. Corkill of 1st Battalion 2nd Gurkhas in Malayn was to have gone on the trip. However, he was delayed due to some commitments in Hongkong. He will fly to Singa- pore to join the yacht there.

Capt Alexander" and:M H. Burt would have gone on with- out a third hand. However the news that Lt Cork!! could' not leave in time yesterday reach- ed Lt French, who took this chance to replace Lt Corkill for the first leg of the voyage.

Lt French will Singapore where

cced to Australia.

get off at

he will pro-

The Ganga Devi, built in Hol-

land, was bought in Hongkong.

It has a steel hull, main and jib

APPEAL

FOR

BLOOD

2

Three adventurers sail of on the first leg of a Long voyage home. They expect to Teach England in about six months, and will call at all major ports en route.

Demonstration

Colombo, Nov. 30. Clusters of Roman Catholic puplly assembled in this capsul today

salls and an cutboard motor for Radio Hongkong this after-start navigation in harbours.

Provisions for 30 days had

been stocked in the sloop.

There is enough petrul to operate the motor power for 24 hours.

The sloop is also equipped with various navigational aids, including

radio-direction

Ander.

Capt Alexander, the skipper,

noon

THIRD OF CONTINENT UNDER

MILITARY RULE

REVOLTS IN

LATIN AMERICA

New York, Nov. 30.

Army troops in Argentina and Venezuela today crushed armed extremist attempts to topple the constitutional governments of those countries.

to use them as invasion bases for ibe atinetes against Nicaragua and Guatemala.

In Argentina. rightist | tern back aimed rebels stcking tollowers f former diclator Jean D. Peran falled in u bid to cpp'e ha Arturo Fread'zi re- gime with attacka ON Hmmy garrisons in two major cities.

In Venezuela, the army Eightcredis grip on the capital city of Caracas to full leftist plans to use the labour move ment to foment civil strife.

The political turbulence La the two big South American nations put more than a third of the American cent nent under dircel or indirect mältary rule,

Martial law

Argentina and Venezuela were the seventh and eighth nations in the hemisphere to resort to force to subdue civil afrife in as many weeks.

Earlier this month, Guatemala and Nicaragua erwaed Internal revolts which they said wore inspired or supported by Cuba, and the United States esta- blished a naval patrol off their consts to prevent invasico.

Haiti mobilised Ks army and declared martial law when д nationwide students called

which the

government prelude to

revult

stre

as

to

to protest gainst the described of state management of Cuban-supported em-all schools tomorrow. The de-overthrew the government, broadcast an

Konduras and Costa Rica ergency call for a dona-monstrating toys and girls were

called out their armed forces to tion of Group O and B blood.

An official of the Blood Bank

said the blood was needed for a patient in a Govern- ment hospital, who was injured in traffic a¢- sident a few days ago. They will call at all major ports en route, and expect to Up to 1 pm there was reach Singapore in 21 days.

response to the call.

venture, although he did not intend to write book abou: It.

caught only through the Elizabeth Taylor and her husband, Eddie Fisher, und undertaken such it

filed in the Supreme Court today six separate libel suits totalling some $7,250,000 against the publishers of a series of motion picture fan magazines charging "malicious defamation."

dole queue? That want is the best teacher of Economics? That unemployment alone can teach there are duties as well

De rights? And idleness, that there is nobility in a good job! wall done?

BALENCIAGA

SOLB÷AGENTS...SIDER NEBRER & GO.,LTD."

Representative of the allega- tions of "wilful disregard of the truth" was the couple's complaint against the publishers of Screen Stars,

the

The complaint asserted that October, 1980, cover of Screen Star asked: "Will Liz's children be taken away from her?"

Miss Taylor said that this "meant bad Intended to mcan that I am an unfit mother and thould be deprived of tho custody of my children by reason of having done one Or more of the following:

• That committed a crime! That I am a confirmed al-

cohol or drug addict,

• That I am insane or a mental defective.

That I am legally in- competent of handling my own affairs, including the care of my children."

CHALLENGED

Also challenged was the cover of the November, 1860, issue of Movie World, which assertedly

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Europeans begin

exodus

from

Stanleyville

Leopoldville, Nov. 30.

Europeans began an exodus from pro-Lumumba Stanleyville today, after a week-end of mass arrests and continual harrassment in that capital of the Congo's Eastern Province.

Eye-witnesses arriving here, On Sunday morning a group! said that tension in the region of Belgians were herded into a remained high. They described prison courtyard and ordered to the gruelling ordeal of scores of stand to attention. A Congolese Belgiang who had been forced guard shouted: "Why did you to stand al attention for nine come back? We don't want you hours last Sunday in a police anymore." courtyard under the blazing equatorial sun.

The African sun burned down. The Belgians were forced

The Eastern Province, par- asked, "1s Liz breasting her martlcularly Stanleyville, is the remain rigidly at attention

Miss Taylor said this would stronghold of supporters of de

riage vows?"

ba.

of the hours dragged by. Any one who fallered was strucks

ed nine hours.

areate the impreen.cox among posed Premier Patrice Lunum-with a stick. This ordeal last- neaders of the magazine that she "had or intended to commit adultery."

ARRESTED

Some 2,000 Europeans, halt of Miss Taylor also branded as them Belgians, live in Stanley- "defamatory and folae articicsville,

Star-TV Close-ups

in Movie and "Movie Ile."

Among the arrested Belgians were several Catholic priests. They were released after being warned by police they would Witnesses sald that last receive. "a bullas, in the bolly” Saturday and Sunday several if they appeared in the African 'The complaint charged that hundred, Europeans were arrest quarter of the city.

Eventually, one by one, tho in one of the fan magazines shoed by police at their homes or

Stanleyville. Europeans were roloaned, after was depleted deflecly as "an ex-in the streets of narienood und shamolass However, all non-Belgians wero "contributing to the police courtesan who engages in nets rapidly released.

sums of money; ranging · from An atmosphere of taxalon has 500 Belgian france to 1,000

francs. parision in publie without reigned in Stanleyville since the

beginning the Congolese Fifteen Europeana westfaint or modesty."

word still crisis. It exploded suddenly last being held today. The French weekerid Police, trucks; raced.Conrül, had been making vain through the city, making arrosta attempts to visit them-AFP...

of love-making and deploys

The story was titled, "What Liz can teach you about making love."--AP.

of

quiel-AP

Last month, the constitutional government of El Salvador was overthrown by a civiliun- military junta of leftist leanings and a petouneed pro-Castru bent.

Revolutionary Cuba, mean- Hol #AL unexpected while, economie shot in the army today from interest-fres loan from China,

a long-term $60-million

P king's announcement of the loan uninelded with reports from Havat cf new and violent anti-Castro outbreaks in the Cutin capital.

Underground terrorists plunged most of the Cuban darkness: with caplial Inte "bomb attacks

on power ant- lets.

More than 50. bombs. Have gone off in the greater: Havana area since the start of the week.

The Peronists in Argentina used bombs and sabalage against rail und power lines in an un- successful attempt to stop the big army garrisons in Buenos Aires and La Pista from the uprisings in the interfar..

Hegular garrison troops, how- ever, managed fight off the rebel bids for power without outside reinforcement-UPI.

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