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LATE FINAL

CHINA MAIL

GL-31

No. 37841

Established 1845

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1960.

6 JETS

A WEEK TO

EUROPE

PHONE

3703

DAILY

EXCEPT THURSDAYS

Price 20. Cents

19 countries affected by move to halt dollar drain

of the HK HIT BY NEW U.S. TRADE BAN

day

A challenge

is hard to believe that when the two electricity companies framed their Anal proposats | to Government providing far

minimum controle they did to in the expectation that their plan would be fully accepted. For while they taka elaborate steps to safeguard their own

and those of Intereats

the

shareholders, the consumers

there

virtually ignored and Is no clear indication of the

extent to which he will benefit.

if Government's only considera

tion were the consumer, iis answer would be simple. could for example inalet that for every dollar the companies put aalde from current earn- Inge for development, are. halders will have to put up

And it could' three or more.

permit no Increase In dividend without corresponding bens-

BU

PR

fit to the consumer. DUT the companies' plan does, all 19 Jaunty self. confidence, throw down

to be challenge which answered. tle this: are they to be treated as a special case

for a controls are con cerned, or are they to have ***

mich freedom 33 any other public utility? In other words, are the companies to be allowed to pay roughly the rame dividenda as other.util. tles and to be able to make similar pravision for various contingencies including future! expansion, or are they to be thackled in such a way that while electric light bills may come down a few dollars the companies will be unable to function a efficiently and grow as spectacularly as they have in the pas17

It is an important question, for while we have no brief for big business, we are vitalty con cerned with the future of industry and the paramount | nead for it to be served with light and power as and when It requires it.

THE argument that because of

the importance of electricity supply Government should have greater control of thear companies than any other admirsible only as long as It

not putting

American aid money cannot be spent here

Countries receiving American aid will no longer be able to spend aid money in Hongkong under a new order on- nounced in Washington yesterday.

The order affccts 18 other countries as well, including Japan, West Ger-

many, UK and Australia.

Authorities in Hongkong today said the Colony stood to lose millions of

dollars worth of business under the order.

NEW SOVIET DEMANDS

ON CONGO

Muscow, Dec. . The Soviet Union today de-

manded an "urgent" dis-1 Cuasion of the Congo situation at the United! Nations, Tass said.

nev

The denigrid esine in a

Soviet stalement on the Congo situation which also demanded

of release

Jailed Premier Patrice Lumumba, and dis- arming of Congolese troops of Colonis Joseph Mobutu by UN forces.

The flier 1 cows agency sait

the Soviet Union also urged the setting tip of a sprctal erantnission of representatieus of African nations to "investi- rate the sources of financing of the rebels."

EXPULSION

The clatinent also called for cxrukion of all Belgians from the Congo, Tass raid,

The Walement charged "fagrant İnter""rence in the Congo by "The present U.S. Govern- ment.

It raid: "Colonizers and their

henchmen from

USA the Britain. France and Belgium are plundering the Congo.”— UPI.

deancial chains and robbing Newsman fined in

tham of the initiative and in-i centive which has been o much a feature of past growth, mean that the

-This does not

South Africa

consumers welfare must be sacrificed, but it is most im

Johannesburg. Dec. 3. partant to ensure that the Dennis Kiley, 27-year-td electricity companies are given Johannesburg journalist, was to- the same freedom to operate day ined a total of £400. ur

South

LAST SNARK FIRED

Cape Canaveral. Dec. 6.

A missile cra ended here on Monday when the U.S. Air Force fired the last Snark in its research and The training programme. launching followed the Luccessful 1,600-mile light of a longer-range Polaris.

An Air Force crew stat "The Snark winging over 5,000- the Atlantie on 3 mile training Elchi.-

vic-

The *Snark

Was Amerlea's first mirsile cup- able от intercontinental range. But it bacajne Em of advanced technology and eventually was over- shadowed by the Lifter, more powerful Allas inter- continental range ballistic m'ells—AS.

8 missing

in gales and

The Secretary of Slate, Me A. Horter issued the Christin order yesterday, preventing the aid-receiving

from countries with Ainerican ereditin 19 "Annnelally strong"

buying goods

countries.

This is part

of the effort to

halt thy drain on United States gold reserves.

PARTIES WORLD COMMUNIST

EXCLUDE WAR

IN SPITE OF CAPITALISTS

Berlin, Dec. 5.

Leaders of the 81 Communist parties which met in Moscow at the "sum- mit" conference which ended last week said today it was possible to exclude war from the world even while capitalism still existed in part of it.

Will soviet

experts

return to China?

The order stops countries 12- American nid

Irem ceiving spending this money in the following contrles: Japan, West. Geurany, United Kingdoin, France, Italy, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Larxembourg, Monaco, Nether- lands, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, Switzer-Western diplomats here lax, and Hongkong.

$400 million

These countries roid last year Foot US$400 million worth of Boods 10 under-developed Patient through U.S. old inar:cing.

Frem now on, the US$400 million a year business will go largely to US., suppliers.

ها

London, Dec. 5.

aro

to

In a 20,000 word declaration published here tonight

they pledged themselves to work för peace.

Ji said that with the imminent superiorily of the forces of socialism tere Was

real possibility to "exclude war from the life of society even before

socialism achieves complete

Soviet aid plane

viclery on earth with caplins to Laos crashes

still existing int part of the world."

Idiological dispute

One of the main toples of the Moscow conference was

with petrol

Vientiane, Dec. 5.

Police

swoop

after

bank

raid

Liverpool, Dec. 5. Detectives swooped on 0

house here last night after safeblowers had stolen more than £5,000 in silver from a bank."

dashed A number of men from the house and jumped into a black saloon car.

A delective threw himself on the front of the car as it sped away but was jolted off.

Rond blocks were immediate- ly set up over a wide area.

In what was Liverpool's big- gest bank rubbery, the intru- the strong- dors broke open room of a branch of the Mid- land Bank early yesterday.

UNSUCCESSFUL

They tried unsuccessfully

ta

kald to have been the Ideologi-Vientiane airport roported | plow open the main safe, be-

on

cal

Russia dispute between

one of the Russian airlift leved to contain about £30,000, The thleves, using stolen oxy- and China over whether war.

-planes forrying potrol to between Communist and

torches

the neetylene this neutralist capital of strong-room's steel door, took capitalist countries is inevil. watching to see if Soviet

able, will return

Loos caught fire and is away more than 50.tinen bags experts

The conference which ended presumed to have crashed cach containing about £100 in China and if the distribu-

midway between Hanai silver-nearly all in shillings- tion of Chinese publica-last week was extended and re-

and altogether weighing more and Vientions today. '. tions will be resumed in some of the sessions had been

than 11 bundredweight.-China the Soviet Union, following stormy. A brief cummunique

The aliport control Lower Mall Special. the Moscow "summit" issued then, was the first public end they picked up a distress the Com signal hom the plang.ra hour conference of Communist announcement that

munist Party leaders had been

after I left Hanoi. parties.

in conference.

ports from Moscow said that

reported The Ruslan pilot danger of Dealing with the Mr Liu Shao-chi, China's head.

statement: teld, both engines of the twin-engine of slate and chief of the Chinese War tonight's

"Imperialism has already in IL 14 transport plane were delegation at the Moscow conicted two devastating was on afra The signal went dead

ference, indicated in a speech in Minsky today that there

the

Countries spending their American aid money in the Hongkong market include South

threatened immediately after that, was mankind and now Koren, Indonesia, Thailand and

into an even more tower mid. Vicinam.

full and unbreakable unity be- to plunge

The plane was loaded with According

the Bank of tween the two countries Com- terrible catastrophe.

"Monstrous means of maas 11⁄2 tons of petrol at the time. Korea, the republie has beenmunist parties.

annihilation Ind destruction The airlift of Russian aid to buying heavily in Hongkong in

Chinese and Soviet have been developed which, if Laos started on Sunday The the last three years with US aid

There was no immediate con- peoples are forever the closest, used in a new war, can money,

to en-ramatica of the crash report and forever trust- upheard of destruction brothera

he tire countries and reduce koy frum Laoilan Government worthy comrades in arms,"

centres of world industry und offelak Bul only four planes declared. HK$14,-

culture to ruins,"

made the shuttle flight this afternoon. Five had flown in this morning-AP.

In 1968 it spend US$3,185,048 (about HK$18,008,888); In 1959,

snow US$2,421,325 (about

Tokyo, Dec. 6.

Fight fishermen were report-

ed missing as gales and heavy snow hit northern Japan on Monday disrupt- ing railway and communi- cations.

Fear for the lives of the Ashermen mounted as Coast Guard bolts dispatched La

and expand as other willitles. eight months jail, for sending The consumer wii gain false information about nothing by a scheme which African prisons to the London their rescue falled to locate gives him cheaper bilia now! News Chronicle.

but

筱

cervicn

them. They were lost reported have leged to Kiley was plagued by blackouts, stoppages and In- sent cables to the paper describinging to the half submerged Shinko Naru off the north terruptions ten years hance ing Medder Prison at a "con- becauss of the companies' centration camp where African Honshu coast. Inability to grow at the same political leaders are flogged to rate as the rest of the colony, i death."-Reuter.

BALENCIAGA

A Maritime Safety Board cificat said! the Lea! crpsized by strong winds rough sea.

was and

SIX INCHES

There were no reports of casualties en land how.gver,

Com

ol

In Fulcust.na, north Tekyo, where up to six inches of know fell, telephone munications between Tokyo and Sendal, 100 miles northeast of Tokyo, were disrupted for about three hours because of power failure Trains were also delayed and many homes went without electricity.

$

Mountainous areas in central Japan were also blanketed by heavy snowfalls,--AP.

A

527,950); and in 1980 from January up to November 30, US$2,740,100 (about HK$10,- 494,654).

in

NO FURTHER REASON Diplomats here said that, that event, there was presum- Indonesia has been askingably no further reason for the Hongkong to process American Soviet Union holding back tech- ald cotton into yarn for her.

Heavy purchase

This year, a contract between Indonesia, and Hongkong cover- ed $24,068,000 worth of Ameri- can aid culton which was to be piece..ed into yarn in Hong- kong at a cost of more than $8 mlion.

The 1050 processing involved HK$21 million worth of Amerl- can aid cation for Indonesia.

Thies have been heavy" pur- chases

In ef pharmaceuticals Hongkong by Vietnam but Ogures are available.

According to a spokesman for the Vietnam Consulate here, the

been country has

purchasing from Hongkong with her own foreign exchange since 1950.

no

Tunku gives up

nicians from China.or

falling Chinese periodicnis appear in the Soviet Union.

for to

Not changed

cause

But though the nature of imperialism has not chanzed "real forces have appeared that are capable of foiling its

of plans

The 2*gression." Imperialists Can no longer decide, at will whether or not there should be a war.

Last August numerous reports

"The superiority of the forees cireutated in the Western world

had of socialism over those of im- that the Soviet Unlea withdrawn considerable num-perialism, of the forces of peace bers of technicians employed on over those of war, is becoming in China, ever more marked la the world economic projects though they were never officially prona."

In the future "he superiority confirmed. These reports were

of the forms of socialken and believed by Western govern-

peace will be absolute. In these ments.

Similarly, reports reached conditions a real possibility will Western governments, that die-have arisen to exclude way from the the life of society even before tribuilon was stopped in Soviet Union during the summer socialism achieves complete vie- of a Chinese monthly entitled tory on earth with capitalisa 1 existing in a part of the China.

world," the statemèni added.

"The

struggle against war cannot be put off until war it may breaks out, for then prove too late for many areas of the globe and for their population to escape it.

COMMON FEELING

A common feeling here is that the Soviet leader, Mr Nidita Khrushchev, has temporarily prevailed over the Chinese at conference, but the Mercow that Sino-Soviet differences re- main under the surface. - Reuter

Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 6. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, an- nounced in the Malayan

The Hague, Dec. 5. House of Representatives Three Indonesians were killed today that he had decided and several taken prisoner by to give up mediating in Datch treeps in mopping up the West Irian issue. operations against Indonesian troops who landed in West New Guinea 4wo weeks ago, a said home stairs spokesman today.

He was "arry" to have to leave the problem at "this im- portant Juncture."-Reuter.

I

-LIGHT AND A LIFE BURN

-OUT IN REFRIGERATOR-

New York, 1956. 1.

curiosity.n Hijo buy's ffaulkiakit... a vacant apari- ..ment... an emply refrigera-

Lor.

· FAN.

he ex- and a widespread; search be- ав small boys will, plored the dark plants, in the

Kelly neighbourhood-murky bass-Detective: Christopher

stairwellä, wont to the basement apari- ments gloomy

ment revenily vacaled by the storeroong and vãã

neighbours who had giver Robert the flashlight and be

corners,

This was the outline of a neigh-Friends accused him of even

bourhood tragedy, that look life of eight-year-old Robert-Ingraham last night.

HOLE, AGERTE» RIBEN NEGUNN & 09.,LTD.

2.

the

Not long ago, Robert, the son of

·

building superintendent.

received -bandsome,mift from a family moving from the neighbourhood.

Tĺe, presstila shiny, Kaali-

· light-became' '■ near-obets=

sion with the boy. For höstra,

taking the light to bed with Minu During most of his wake) ing how he kept the flash

light fastened to a string tied sróund ·bly- walak.

U

́s thorough search.

Waged now

the

"The struggle against threat of a new war must be waged DOW and not when atom and hydrogen bombs be- gin to fall, and lé muat gala in strength from day to day.” On colonialism it said, "The complete collapse of colonialem is imminent. The breakdown system of colonial of the slavery under the impact of the national Liberation move- ment is a, đévelopment ranking second fri histeric importance only to the formation of the world socklist Bystem."--Fleu- 'ter.

Ophelia losing

her strength

Typhoon

Tokyo, Dic, d

with Ophella,

is fears were realised when he reduced centre winds of 104 finally opened the door of a mph, today was located 921 refrigerator.

miles east of Hokkaido, siendity moving away from Japan at, 52 mph.

For three days Kobert probed | Roberta silaht body was curled

every unlii nook...and, eraziny (220) knside. ` in' the area. ``

The boy all grasped his preci-

Came Fosterday. When Robert || Brous; flashlight. But the battery

didn't come home. Toe dinner · had' burned ́est. ines might, his franilo father, The light had died with him John Migrahams, valled, police

The Fifth Air Force weather centre reportot that Ophella was rapidly losing its torce and that it would not be regarded as

B typhoon after today--UP!...

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British ship on fire

Rotterdam, Dec. 6. Dirkzwager's shipping agency said today the $,441 ton British ship Harpallon radioed that she "has a bad fire. In hold number one.".

In

Her position was given as the Atlantic, west of Land's End. The message zald the Harpa- Hon "needs all possible assis- iance from ships in that area." --AP:

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