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GILMAN'S

Comment of the day

The expanding

universe

TWICE in the past week. worldl har been

the

Bänken ont of its com- placency by the staggering claims of scientife search. First from Can- bridge came the findings of a research tear on the nature of the universe, of Its rapid expansion, and its

imensions which, quited in terms of light years, is almost frightening as the intelligence reels before fnets is unable to accom- modate.

THE WEATHER

Moderate Easterly winds. Overcast with occasional patches of light rain. Noon tomperature 61 degrees Fahrenheit, relativo humidity 97 per cent.

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Freighter runs aground: Tanker explodes SHIPS COLLIDE IN HEAVY FOG

One drowned

26 reported missing

Buenos Aires, Feb. 19.

The Danish freighter Pennsylvania and the Argentine tanker Petromar collided in heavy fog in the Parana River this. morning.

Then, before this indigestible No trace of

piece of information had

been swallowed, we were given concrete proof that theory related to fact has taken us into realms which : hitherto were territories encompassed

by the imagination of the science fiction writer. In short, space ship went sailing off in search of the planet!

Venus.

TTISTORY

and

claims, older generations con- firm, that every generation maintains that it is in n transitional stage, but surely, If any generation had solid reasons for such such a claim. It is the present one. Apart from fear that has been our constant com- panion over since selence was perverted to the threat of our total destruction, we have enjoyed moments of delighted anticipation when we have considered a future made pleasant by the din coveries of atomic science, and exploring worlds un

known.

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missing contractor

Police investigations are still going on in the case of the building contractor who has been mitting since last Monday.

There is no new development

The Pennsylvania's First

Omeer drowned and 20 of the crew are reported missing.

Argentine Mariting Prefer-

ld authorities

Jens ture Crisilan Lorenson, the Danish vessel's First Officer, apparently was thrown overboard by the free of the collision and the resulting explosion on The Petramar.

Fire broke out on the Laniter

and spread to the Danish ship. The Pensylvania, with serious damage to its bow, ran aground but is not believed in danger of

nakingi.

Still blazing

In the inquiries about Mr Wong The Petromar half setled in

who Usappeared water, however, and was King-kwal. after paying a vis to a existe blazing 12 hours after the mill oflee in Yu To Sang Build-lision. ing.

All traffic on the river

still

con-

was

The 5,400-ton Pennsylvanta had a crew of 40. The Petromar, tormerly

The 50-year-old general halted while rescue teams tried manager and sole proprietar of to search for victims. the Duh Cheng Construction Co. 234 Gloucester-road, third floor, called at the office of the Tai Hing Cotton Mill Lid on Mon- day morning and left a minutes Inter.

ftw

RECEIVED CABLE His chauffeur who had driven ure him to Yu To Sang Building eventually wited but

But now we have been led to the threshold, as it were, of Buch possibilities, wo are staggered by figures,

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drove home without him.

AL 10 pm last Saturday, Wang's family received a cable from Shanghai saying, "Arrived in Shanghai on February 17. Will be back in a week."

The sender put down his name as "King-kwai,"

But the family doubted that

blinded by facts, and I was sent by Wong because it

frightened by apace. When

does not explain why he left

the Esso Belglum, 17,800 tons, had a 47-man crew. it was not immediately known how many were missing from each of the ships.

There were fears the Petromar would be a total loss as it was selling more in the river every hour and only its superstructure was untouched by the fire,

Rescue teams from all nearby ports took part in the search for the missing.

The collision occurred at 5.05 am at a point about 300 miles

Buenos upstream from

Aires

near the island of Vizcaino.

May be passengers The Pennsylvania, under the

we consider that a universe for Shanghai without notifying canmart of Captain Wilhelm }

we

expanding at a rate cannot calculate in apace which seems fenced only by Infinity, we can be forgiven a whimper which pleads for certainty which must rumain uncertain.

his family beforehand.

Wong came to Hongkung 22 years ago from Shanghai had bullt up business from scratch.

Captain

fmm

071

Larsen, sailed yesterday from Rosario, Argentina, en route to and Parana Guara, Brazil. the construction Petromar.

The under Santiago Farrell, sailed SUSPENDED

Comodoro Rivadavia Among the big contracts he February

13 and presumably undertook were the To Hing had a cargo of petrol. Cotton Milli Lid foclory in Cos-

There was

confusion as tle Peak, the Klangsu-Cheklang the exact LL our cherished Leliefs College in North Point, Garden missing.

number of those Authorities said there A go down like a pack of Bakery in Kowloon and

may have been passengers en cards

or seem to. We buildings in Blue Pool-road.

board whose names were 301 In the course of construction entered in official lists-UPI. ery out in this boundless darkness, what place has are three housing estates

civil

building

servants'

for

-05

have

the individual, an infinitesi-operative sucielles which mal speck with ephemeral been suspended since the dis- habitation within a night appearance of Wong during the mare of measureless space? Chinese New Year holiday."

Well might

we join our volcea to

cried one who aloud "What la mun that

thou

him?"

shouldest

For this Is the

magulfy

wonderful

thing; all these calculations are made from our point of i view, and in apite of tho fact that we seem over- whelmed by Agures, dimen sions, discoverice, and marvels,

refuse to uccept. the apparently logical conclusions that in such vastries we are be- yond the concern of such an architect on such scale.

"ET

B

in within LIS

Shaw Savill ship aground

Sydney, Feb. 20.

The 13,057-ton British freighter Ruile, aground on Pacific reet sent out an SOS to day and her muster reperied her position was precarious, ⋅ a shipping offlelal said here,

to

TWO DIE IN GUN FIGHT

Bonn, Feb. 19.

fight Two people died in a

between police and a gang of thieves near Bucdingen today. More than 80 policemen had taken part in the hunt for the men and a woman, gun, two after they knocked down a polleeman who wanted to nerest them and took away his pistal carlier today.

Yomething that refuses Sovli Line thin went and afterwards.

Demonstrations in Moscow

CEYLON.

STURICHY JALUTE LIPLE

Demonstrators, 3,000 strong, paraded before, the Retpian Embassy, In Bread-lane. Moscow, protesting against "the death of Mr Lumumba, the deposed Premier of the Congo. Led by students from Africa and Asta, they shattered 300 windows, Throwing stones and blocks of ice, before Russian intilianen on horseback, forced then back. It was flue hours before the crowd was finally cleared-Express photo,

NEW WAVE TENSION MOUNTING IN

OF KILLINGS

IN CONGO NORTHERN RHODESIA

United Nations, Feb. 19.

A new wave of political assassinations may have occurred in the Congo, Dag Secretary-General Hommarskjold's special representative reported today.

M: Rajeshwar Dayal of India, on-the-spot head of the UN's operation, said that Congo several "political personalities"

arrested were recently Leopoldville authorities and sent to Bakwanga, capital of the South Kasal mining state."

"There have been persistent rumours of the physical liquida- tton of the deported persons on their arrival in Bakwanga," Mr Dayal reported.

Lusaka, Feb. 19.

Tension is mounting here following the failure of the London negotiations

on reform of Northern Rhodesia's constitution.

The ruling white minority is resist what they think is British the Colonial Secretary Macleod's increasingly nervous as black majority await the return plan to "sell whites down the frcn London of the native river"

and hand Northern! leaders Kenneth Kaunda and Rhodesia over to the rule of the majority, there 15 Harry Nkumbula who expressed black

the nervousness to such a jittery their disappomiment at deadlocked' talks.

extent that Welensky Is pack- Their return night sperk effing additional troops and police violence, especially after their into Northern Rhodesia, bitter complaints in Londen Meanwhile, Guy van Eeden, that they suspected that the member of the Federal Parlia Federal Prime Minister. Sir ment and leader of the opposi Roy Welensky thwarted the tlon Dominion Party in North- Africans' hopes of geling ern Rhodesia, declared in a greater voting rights and even-speech here tonight: "If the tual majority rule.

13 drowned off Malaya

MAJOR U.S.

AIRLINES

HIT BY

STRIKE

New York, Feb. 19. Three major airlines will shut down oporations to- day, idling a total of 60,000 workers, because of a "wildcat" strike by flight engineers, author itative industry sources said tonight.

Of rix airlines affected by the engineers' walkout, I was re- ported Trans - World,

Pan American and American Air- lines would be forced to cleso Previously down completely, they had been operating skele- ton schedules.

Each of the three lines ont- ploys about 20.000 people who will have to be "aid off," the sources cald.

FRUITLESS

The decision to shut down came after the Secretary for Labour Mr Arthur Goldberg, sold earlier today that two days of personalf Intervention in the strike had been fruitless.

Mr Goldberg said he planned to attempt a meeting with the clúet federal mediator in Washington today to try and work out means of reaching a zeillement.

National

sald I Airlines would lay of 9,200 of its 4,000 employees today, but, using supervisory personnel,

would attempt to maintain skeleton schedules.

Eastern Airlines also planned to try and keep at least 9urne service going with supervisory personnel operating jets and four-engine planes. Twin-engine planes are not affected.

The Flying Tigers airline which calls itself the "world's largest freight and charter scr- vice", said tonight it had been shut down sice lost Friday night because of the strileo.- UPI.

NORMAL TODAY Today's schedules are normal, a Pan American spokesman in Hongkong said today.

"We have had no word from New York what will happen in the future," he added.

JAILED FOR THROWING PAMPHLET

Calcutta, Feb. 19.

A Calculia man went to jail for throwing a "go nt the Queen's whon she arrived

Singapore, Feb. 20, yesterday British Government is sending The god of the sea claimed home" leadet This tension is also felt in troops out here without the 13 out of 18 who set out procession Southern Rhodesia, just across Federal Government's consent

yesterday afternoon with here on Friday.

Dilip Kumar Roy was ordered He said there is an "atmu- the border from the turbulent they are making the mistake of

their lives,"

Chinese New Year offer to pay 10 rupees with the alter- sphere of fear and apprehen- Congo,

ings for a seaside shrine | naúve of dwo days imprison- slen" in Leopoldville that "may give more serious consequences,"

a charge of indecent of ment on the west coast

behaviour and Mr Dayal said both Leopold-

In both provinces, thousands of whites are packing up.

to

ville and Bakwanga authorities cave for South Africa and Aus-

trol'a In fear of political on

their fate.

TRANSFERRED

for

Resented

Mr Van Ecden gave his views British Pry:35 reaction

Malaya, it was reported noyance to the public,

on

here today.

to the Northern Rhodesia con- have ignored UN Tequesis

crisis and blaring the names of thora seized, the whenval and violence.

In Bulawayo, Southern Bhode-titutional

which

Three familles, totalling 18 proclaimed Tinlon headlines reason they were deported, and sia the Federal Trade

fly" and and including eight children,

hired o Congress become the second "Trcops ready

motor sampon near body of organised white labour "Rhodesia-civil war feared."

Mr Van Eeden

declated: Port Dickson and set out for in the Rhodesian Federation to

"There is no panic in Northern the tip of Cape Rachado. fir Dayal mid Oriental call for a "give us the facts"

and the Europeans with Sir Itoy Rhodesia

the foot of the lighthouse Province President Jean-Pierre conference

are pretty determined PLAY there stands the shrine of the Fant and a Major Fataki, Wetenstv.

because. this is Northern legendary Malay hero, Hang The TUC met to hear fears

Tush, and the group took joss Rhodesia and not the Congo."

He added that any action by sticks, New Year cakes and British Government In paper offerings to be burned in sending out troops without the offering to the gods for a new

consent lunar year of good fortune. Federal Government's "will be bilterly resented in Northern Rhodesin.

of the

Northern

Government.

It was reported, yesterday A policeman who found them ecenmander of the Stanleyvis, that a small coaster why stand-in a wood shot dead one of the gendarmerie, who were seized of Northern Rhoutstan mine- ing by the Kante, and that a tus two men. but was himself by Congolese soldiers last Octo-workers of what would happen

elements the had left Brisbane to assist her, fatally injured in the pistol fighter and taken to Leopoldville { if “revuponsible

control The Runic, which is a Shaw and led in hospital shortly and. were transferred to meaning blacke-gal

Rhodesian Bakwanga on February 9.

They are rumoured to have to quit, Something that early yesterday while

been killed there on a dato un- inspires us to proceed in voyage from

known," he reported. the face of appalling know-Zealand Sho

Former Secretary of State in ledge of the universe. For miles north of Lord Howe Is

the Central Government. Mr there is no comfort in the land, which is about 435 miles

"and rome Jacques, Lumala other persons were reportedly slain in Bakwanga on February 14. Mr Dayal added.

distent stors, no nasurance that our struggles and labours are not in vain.

on

Brisbane to New hit a reet 120

The other man and the woman were arrested.-Routes,

'northeast of here.

Attempts to refloat her yer- terday called-Reuter,

+

tho

Bomb on track

'Milan, Feb. 10.

Negro porter arrested

Mr

Jittery

Meanwhile, a Lusaka report in South Africa's Johannesburg Sunday Times gave a dark ple- ture of Northern Rhodesia's

prospects.

-tru

causing

He did not pay the fine and was taken to prison-Reuter,

Burglar blown up

A

Copenhagen, Feb. 19.. safe-breaker was killed during the night in Taastrup, outside Copenhagen, when the safo he wan attempting to open

But on the way the sea mse, į with an- oxy-acetyling torch "Existing security forces and the wind blew and the campan blow up, police reported.

The sale, In o the army are quite capable of overturned. All the children ex-

contractor's maintaining law and order in cept cae girl were drowned to- building did not contain the event of an emergency," he gether with two men and four money only explosives--China

women-cuter.

Mal Special. sold.AP.

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Railway line sabotaged

It said: "Rich Northern Rhodesia today is like a giant machine with sand in its works And likely at any moment to grind to a halt. The stark fact

Rome, Feb. 20, that le,something la fot done Dayal's report arrived 2008 to stop the country's head-Police, today reported they had

found evidence of a new act during a weekend recess of the long rush to self-destruction, a

of sabotage on the main fail- Security Council called to per-

great many people are going to

way line through in Italian hurt mit mombera le consult home be

and nomic, maybe,

south Tyrol to the Brenner governments on two opposing itreparably ruined."

Pass and Assiria, In acklition, threats of bʊy- proposals for the strife-ridden country-UPI.

cotts and strikes by whites wha1 With melting mown, they said

Memphis, Feb. 19. A former Minister of Health, Why then do we not quit?

Palice arrested an 18-year-old Mr Kamenga and youth leader This is the renson;

ether porter early today and said he Nzuzi were among four rehson for man past, pre-

murder persons removed to Kasal, he sent, and future; the ren For 15 years jockeys have will be charged with

flickr horses over in the brutal slaying of a 19- sold. Bon for his eternal battle galloped

seemingly against

over- Milan's San Siro racetrack un-year-old girl in a supermarket whelming "odds. Thore is ware that buried under the basement here.

Chief of detectives Charles planted within his heart our Waring the und bomb woung identified the porter an Young the undying fire, the God dropped during the war.

Workers found it while laring Fred Green, a Negro, of faith, and the courage to down pipes. China Mail lend the porter was making a

wyllten confession.--AP. Special. i

they found that a small dynamite charge bad been placed at the base of an Iron pole supporting electals Dower Unce for tho, rallway,・・ The dynamite charge had bluated ́ammuli hole in the ' ground, but caused' no damage to the

any

power line. Police said the dynamiting ap- parently occurred two meɛlbs ago, but had not been die- covered cariter because BLOWE

covered the hofe shut pieces of the dynamite bomb found yes- terdsỳ,—AF..

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