1961-05-04 — Page 1

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JELEVISION STUDIO EQUIPMENT

GILMAN'S

Comment of the

day

Hongkong's bad

manners

REGARDING the criticism

recent milition of

the Mainichi Times of Tokyo, in which Hongkong is taken 10 task for # rapid deterioration of man- ners, the writer is merely echoing an admonishment this paper delivered to our stores and hotels almost a year ago. The China Mail toak occasion to take the lesson a step further, and to show that rudeness from behind the counter mennt less money in the cash i at the end of the day,

A spokesman for the Hoag- kong Tourist Association. secording to a contemporary feel that the criticism of! our stores is not as justi-i fed the writer in the Mainichi would have IL The China Mail would state

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Demand for Royal Commission certain

NEW SPY CASE

Prime Minister

under

pressure

London, Moy 3.

A British diplomat's decade of spying for

the

of

Russians shocked Members Parliament tonight and prompted de- mands for

a Royal Commission to investigate Britain's much-criticised security network.

FELLOW

PRISONERS

ASTOUNDED

London, May 3,

Prime Minister

Macmillan

was under pressure to explain how George Blake, an ofBeful of the Foreign Service, passed un secrets to Moscow year after year without detection,

Blake, 38, was jailed for 42 years at the Old Balley today after a trial behind closed doors. Police said publication of the evidence could be damaging to Britain.

Several Members of Parlia-

that the Mainichi TimesThe disclosure that Georgement privately made it known

has not gone far enough,

and that rudeness to poten- tial customers in our stores

is fast becoming not the exception, but the rule.

NOR, unfortunately.

this rudeness to be found

ik

in the smaller stores in the immediate vicinity of i

claim

service to

Blake went over to

the they intend to' call for Communists during his thoroughgoing "Inquiry into the internment in North effectiveness of British security, Korca today shocked Bri-!

tish subjects who were im-¡ prisoned with him,

Retired Salvation Army Herbert Lord Commissioner told reporters he reinsmbered Blake well from the days their internment.

the tourists' hotels, but is He recalled the confessed spy to be found in our larger na typical Foreign Office #fores which make same type of your fellow, always

agreeuble and quito: and, quite

pleasant."

Today's revelations had come a "very great shock indeed," Mr Lord added.

courtesy. Far from holding tn the slogan that the enstomer is always right. common sense would claim

that the customer H

frequently wrong: but tu

私が customer,

Hu

11

Concern

tha!

They expressed concem the revelation of Blake's nearly 10 years of espionage for the Soviet Union might impair co- operation with the United States en security sites.

Com-

Demands for a Reyat

mission are likely to be rejected by Mr Macin

Mr Macmillan's Conservative Government.

It has already organised an Inquiry Into State security fol lowing the conviction in March of two Britons, two Americans and a Russian for spying Out naval crerets on behalf The now Chaplain he the Convent of prison termes ranging from

Enthusiasm

Another of Blake's

fellow

ta internees. Bishop Cecil Cooper, Morcow.

otherwise embarrass him

publicly iN unwarranted the Savicly of the Love ofGodio 25 years. rudeness.

The real trouble is this: the Colony has expanded tow quickly and the service to customers policy is not up

The sales to standard. people are untrained, and in the pain, receive in in ducement to be good sales men even if they knew home. Rarely do they receive com mission on sales, so that i is matter of sheer in- difference whether a tomer purchases or And that indifference shown in the manner in

of

five received

15

at Burwash, Sussex, called him; Labour MP George Thomas- a an

announced he will formally ask great energy."

He added: "He helped to keep Mr Macmillan in the House of i

next week "what As alive by his enthusinsm and Commens

steps he is taking to accelerate his courage.

"AL one period

an improvement

security Govern- derellet huts ieur arrangements in all housed in Pyongyang.

mr departments,"

150 were

They tried to brain-wash us through an interpreter but gave

MP'S wont two

questions

answered, firstly how lid Blake

secondly what is going to be done about Blake's superlors.

Restricted

The Duke of Kent dances with Mrs M. S. Mustapha, wife of the Sierra Leone Minister - Finance and Deputy Premier, at the State ball in Freetown, Blerra Leone, on the night of April 27-28, 10 mari the country's ceremonies on new Independence. The Duke offelated at behalf of the Queen. AP Photo.

Cape

SHOCKS MPs

Canaveral carnival tourist centre

London, May 3.

carnival" it said has been made of America's attempt to launch a man into space.

of the language dificulty, it up as a hopeless job because remala undetected for so long: The Daily Mail today criticised the "Coney Island

"Blake resisted The brain washing fiercely, arguing with the pulitiend offleers who were t

attempting to Indoctrinate us.

"Before the Korean War

a lot of Blake. net. had seen

"My house in Seoul was just is

over the wall from the British Embassy and he often used to

-

which they treat their pop in.

patron's customers. A year ngo, the China Mail painted out that hundreds of thou sands of dollars must be lost in the Colony through bad salesmanship.

"He was a regular church- goer; a line chap and a very gocal diplomat."

KMB SHARES ON EXCHANGE

NEXT WEEK

The Kowloon Motor Buy (1933) shares which were recently made available to the pubile will be quoted at the opening on the Stock Exchange next Wednesday, May 10, the China Mail was informed this morning, The 810 shares were bysued at $38 and up to 378 are being offered for them.

Gardener's alleged attack on

Mrs Church

A 41-year-old gardener ap- peared before Mr E. Cor- bally nt Central Court; this morning charged with common Assault on his employer, Mrs Beatrice Church.

Tsang Tol. of 37, Block A, Tai Hang Tung Resellientent Estate, waS accused of unlaw- fully assaulting Mrs Church yesterday at 2A. Morit Davis- road. Defendant at first pleaded gulify but reversed, his plea to one of not gulity when the pro- secuting offleer concluded his outlining of the case.

Inspector Yip Tui-you yuld that defendant was employed as a gardener by the complainant. He was instructed yesterday to mow the lawn. He refused to work giving the excuse that he was unwell.

TOOK CHOPPER

LAOS

REBELS IGNORE

CEASEFIRE

Vientiane, May. 3.

The Laotian (Boun Oum) Defence Ministry an- nounced today that the ceasefire talks started at Vanvieng yesterday by Colonel Siho could not be continued today because of, continued mortar fire by the (pro-Communist) Pathet Lao.

The

ministry also

said that one hour after the Pathet Lao

White said it was lis Mr understanding that if the cease- radio appealed for a general are were arranged Britain and ceasefire $1 8 om today, the Soviet Union would have to the pro Communist forces malce a joint call, as co-chair- Jaunched a violent attack on the

af the 1954′ Geneva con- lown of Phalane, east of Suvan-ference, for the ICC to go nakhet, which was still going on Laos, at midday.

A helicopter placed at the disposal of reporters to cover the ceasefire contacts was unable to take off because of the continued fighting.

men

Continued

10

Asked whether he knew if the two co-chairmen had agreed to do this, Mr While replied; "I am positive with respect to the British. I don't know the Soviet attitude"

Outlining the military situa- flon for, the period of May 2 Laotian time, Mr White said military action had continued in three areas.

Pro-Wester Premier Prince Boun Oum presided in Vientiane today, at a ceremony setting up an "officials millua", at which they were given arms and uniforms. Prince Boun Oum said that this. mcakure was He said that Communist forces necessitated by "the Mave had continued their attacks and forces situation in our country, which the Royal Government

tion."

is suffering foreign interven-had given ground both in the arca of Tchepone, about 26 He said that other Lootians miles west of the border with would be mobilised in the same Vietnam, and near Nan Tha way by stages, and' "I Wice to sortie 00 miles northwest of think that final victory willLuang Prabang. roward oun 'efforts",

U.S. questioned

At Muong Houn, about

60

| miles 'northwest of Luang Pra- bằng Commement forces were reported to be closing in on In Washington, Ufe State De-Royal troops, Mr White said.— Fartment said the United States AFP. understands that Royal Laotian army officers are prepared to Lau To- meet leftwing Paiket presentatives for ceasefire talks

at the Laotian village of BAR STOP PRESS

Na Mone.

The department said the only information it bad situation

crasefire about the

The complainant then told definite him to resign. She then wont into the kitchen to feed

her was dog, the Inspector The defendant tried

a report from the US. continued. Embassy in Vientiant quoting e Radio Palhet Lao announce-

to enter

the kitchen but was refused by ment that the Pathet Lao High the complainant, whereupon he Command and Captain Kong aside Lae had Issued orders to cease- pushed the complainant

fire.

Mr Lincoln White, the State Department's spokesman, told

and gained access to the room.

Insp Yip went on to say that

defendant then took a chopper que tioners he assumed that it

from

Commission

Canada) proceed to

drawer, TA

raised and

a ceasefire was in fact arranged aimed at Mry Church and zaid

in Laos the three-nation Inter- And I blamed it all on the bounded. Freedom is sacred, but that he would kill her. He was

national Control Chupman Pincher write in American outlook on life.

it can be profaned.

stopped by two other servants the Daily

Poland and (India, the Express, after

Friends of the United States! *Commander

who and the Police was summoned. would promptly Shepard, conviction of German-born have been "sndly astonished", may be the Arst American Defendant had a clear record. Klaus Fuchs in 1950 the security by all the hullaballo around astronaut, is brave and un-

Laos to verify the ceasefire. chiefs Introduced a safeguard to Cape Canaveral, sald the news- ¦ assuming as Gagarin. But the At this Biage Tsong. when keep out foreign-born employees paper in an editorial.

Russian had something of great asked whether he admitted these who night become Confused! It added:

value which has been denied to facts, denied that he had about their loyalties.

the Americain.

saulted the complainant. The

Mr Corbally remanded

LEJE vaze

Io

"Cape Canaveral, home of

"The grace of privacy. bead of dignity."

Whs

tomorow

03-

the

morning.

At Cape Canaveral, learned that the first United Tsang was allowed ball of $100. States manned space shol which wns postponed from

It was decided that jobs in sinister missiles, has become a ue tourlat centre. The conquest of seerel departments would restricted

British-born space has been turned into a people, both of whose parcats tourist stunt ... were British-horn, but the rule "Pitiless publicity has probed clearly was not applied to George into every detail of the astron- Blake who fails.

Friday, to comply in auts' lives two counts-firstly he was born

Even Bob Hope, it said, had

may be further postponed to SECOND VOLCANO act being photo-next Saturday or even Tuesday in Rotterdam, and secondly his got into the

graphed with the wives, of the because of bad weather condi- mother is Dutch.

tions in the Bahamas region where the space capsule Is to land-AP & AFF.

Train to Moscow

British Blake, the

Consul, Captain Vyvyun Holt, and five others survived the internment Two other In North Korea,

members of the British party- a priest and a non-died in captivity.

The

Survivors reven

were home by train ta brought Moscow where they boarded - British rervice aircraft.

Blake was freed in April, · AP and London Express Service, 1953, rested at the home of his { mother in Reigote, Surrey, then took up Forelita Office duftes September of that again in year.

Blake's Imprisonment In means dis Korea had been his second spell |

attendanta behind bars, further de-

The law was made retrospec- astronauts. tive six months after the Fuchs ! case, after Italian-born Bruno Pontecorvo led to Russlo.-

TRITICISM of our hotels is perhaps not so justi- fled. While much remains to be done, and while hotels have gone up quicker than trained staf have been available, ignorance not de- liberate rudeness, seems to be the order of the day What is annoying is the incessant demands for tips. While many holela have instituted a service charge, this by courages the from making mands

upon

generosity.

n

The lirat occurred during World War II when he was in- patron'sterned in Spain after escaping from German-occupied Holland, Then he escaped and reached where he joined the Britain

was commis- Royal Navy n rboned as a lieutenant.

Some botoln are overcoming the above mentioned short- comings by originating training scheme for their staff, and in time, these annoying characteristics of the untrained waiters will, we hope, disappear. How- ever, that does not mean that no effort ahould be male to improve the im- *mediate altuation. Any shortcomings of the kind mentioned by the Mainichi correspondent are bound to be reflected in the Colony's ledger. And the Colony in not so prosperous that it can afford to lone business.

For most of the war he was

Reporter keeps trust

Denver, May 3. Reporter Vi Murphy, 35, Jaited shore-based. Then in the carly for 30 days for refusing to re- for veal a news source, walked out post war period he served

In Beirut

י.

a time in Hamburg as an through the fron gates of Denver interpreter on the British naval county jail today and said, "I'd

do it again if I had to." staff thero,

The newrosperwoman cald the issue that resulted in her jail His last post with the Forehimerin, Imposed by the Colorado! Office was in Beirut where he Supreme Court, remained "be- j

me, the schoot of tween

news was attending

them (the source) and God, and that's Arabic studied.

to the Evening where it's going to stay," Acocrtingg

Mra Murphy, mother of four Standard lonight, his wife and

were with him and reporter for the Colorado ree children

Springs Gazette Telegraph, was cited for contempt by the State Supreme Court on October 20--- UPI.

there,

The newspaper also reported that many of a felends regard han as a Buddhist-Router.

Not to blame

"Is the whole thing a cog?" the Mall asked.

"Mr Hope is not to blame. Nor are the stunt merchants or the purveyors of Juke box music, hot dogs, popcorn and paper hats.

The fault lies in a society which makes possible such saturabilu.

A

"There is surely something

today

until next

JUDO AT 80

London, May 3, Too old to learn juda? Not on your life.

ERUPTS

Djakarta, May 4,

A second volcano has started crupting in Java.

It

Mount Raung, in the Besuki district of cast Java. After lying dormint for eight years the peak is sending up columns of grey smoke, visible for a distance of 35 miles.

At least not to 80-year-old Mrs Jane Wright, a widow,

She joined a judo club "80 that I can learn how to protect wrong with such 11 society myself if necessary," said Mrs In central Java 14,000 people. Wright, mother of the first wife have been evacuated from the something a little unbalanced.

"America Is

archaeologist and not the only of

TV slopes of Mount Merapi, which

ash and country to display it, but there personality Sir Mortimer Whee is vomiting

Heuter. It reems to have become un-er-UPI.

lava.-

Electric chair for killer

Palm Beach, May 3.

Holznptel. confessed Floyd A.

killer of circuit Judge C. E. and his wife. Chilling worth

de in Floridan sentenced to electric chair.

Circuit Judge Russel O. Morrow complimented Holzapfel for his aid to the State In selvlag the Chillingworth

mystery, But he told him he could chow him no mercy, such as the convicted mastermind of the

1955 layings

trial, Peel'a recent. received from | At

Holzapfel a jury.

testined that the former West Palm Beach elty; Joseph A. Peel Jr, convicted of

Judge ortering Holzapfel to carry out |

ordered him ta idil

becaus Proli tlio

Chillingworth murders, morted a life

feared exposure of rackotering tehn in the State prison, last week. A jury's mercy recom-

in which he and Holzapfci

were engaged. mendation saved him from the chair. Judge Morrow called the crime cold- vicious, "gruesome,

blooded, premeditated the Bke of which Florida never seen.”

has

mack hils wife, Chillingworth

Marjorie, werd abducted from their home in June 1955 and drowned in the Atlantic Ocean, Holzapfel cald—AP.

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Ceasefire

Vientiane, May 4.

The Laotian Government

ordered all Royal forces on all fronts to ceasefire at 8 am yesterday.

The order Was made pubilo nine hours later and was signed by Brig. Gen. Phouml NORAVAN, Deputy Premier and Minister of De-

fence, UPL.

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