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LIQUIDATION

(MUGGLING this and that

in and out of Hongkong is so much a part of the everyday нeene that few eyebrows are ruised over reparts of illicit gold run- ning.

is

It is all very much against the law, but the general

of opinion Consensus that the only crime the runner commits is to be caught. Generations pf smugglers have thought up one trick after another to baile the customs officers and the latter are at their wits end to take counter measuFCA.

We recull the ingenuity of a number of young ladies who were invited to Queen Mary Hospital a few years. ago for an X-ray examina- tion.

Only last Saturday a gentle- man Ind A similar invita- He declined,

tion.

und

ut

parted with the goods and in now #1 resident Stanley.

HIS is all very straight- forward. But the greatest test of nervous strength, according to authoritative sources, smuggle

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Stirred up by agents of Trujillo? VENEZUELA REVOLT CRUSHED

Forty killed, six wounded in uprising

Caracas, June 26.

A death toll of 40 with six people wounded, was announced here today following the attempted military rovolt at a barracks in Barcelona this morning. The uprising was crushed by govern- ment security forces.

ALGERIAN

REVOLT

OFFICER'S

SENTENCE

Tribunal

The casualty figures were given by Dr Rafuel Solorzano Bruce, Governor of -Anzoategu! Province, of which Barcelona is the capital.

They include rebel, govern- ment and civilian viettins.

Dr Bruce himself was arrest ed by the insurgents, but re- sumed

his duties after the collapse of the rebellion.

Control

The uprising began when part of A marine battalion gained control of the Freites district of Barcelona. Marine onleers also took part, although the coin- manding officer was absent at the time.

lenders were ex-

Per-

Paris, June 26.

Two of the The French Military High Colonel Luis vivas Ramirez and

today handed | ex-Captain Rubin Masso

had corlier been down a two-year suspend- domo, who try to

cashlered and expelled from agoinst

Venezuela for subversive act- Jean villes. paratroop Colonel Brochignac, who ordered

to Old Master

in an embroidered table-

centre past an old custome officer wrapped in thought and suspicion.

ed

sontence

The rebels took possession of

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IRAQ'S CLAIM SHOCKS ARAB NATIONS

Kuwait pledges to defend herself

Kuwait, June 26,

The tiny oil-rich state of Kuwait today told Iraq that she is determined to defend her independence, and declared its confidence that all friendly and peace-loving countries "especially sisterly Arab states" would support it.

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LANCASHIRE WORKERS CALL OFF NEW MOVE

Manchester, June 26. Union leaders of nearly 200,000 Lancashire cotton workers decided in Manchester today to call off a

move to demand a meeting with the Prime Minister, Mr Harold Macmillan, on the question of cotton textile imports from Hong- kong, India and Pakistan.

The statement from the declares that Kuwait

Officials Bald thousands of Kuwalt Government Secrekarlat | independent Arab state, and cables, were pouring in from was broadcast by Kuwalt Radio has full sovereignty which Is Arab countries and, from in the face of claims by Major internationally acknowledged. Kuwaitis. The cables de- The legislative council of the General Abdul Karjan Kassem,

"Furthermore, the governnounced Kassem und supported United Textile Factory Workers had asked Lan- Iraqi Prime Minister. that

ment of Kuwait

the Kuwalt independence, they said. Association And

organiso- Kuwait is an "integral part of

Kuwaiti people have decided in In Bagdad today, the Iraqi cashire millowners' Iraq.

deferd their independence. Army pledged Is support for ions to join in a united deputs-

"The government of Kuwall, General Kassem's claim. The tion to the Prime Minister, while declaring this, has full ¡Chlef of Staff

But after today's meeting of confidence that all friendly and Forces, Major General Ahmed the legislative council Mr James peace-loving countries--especial-Salem el Abdi, told General Milhench, the secretary, said the iy Arab countries will support Kassem that the entire armymillowners had asked them not Kuwait in safeguarding her was at his beek and call.

to take any independence."

present.

The small Persian Gulf state of Kuwait, which is the second largest all exporting country in the world, was declared a full independent state last Monday under the new Anglo-Kuwait treaty.

The sudden claim by Premier Katsem took Arab clrcles off guard and caused much con- fusion.

Swiftly

of the Armed

Kuwait

from

further action at

A government memorandum declaring Kuwait "a part of

Not time Demonstrations supporting Iraq was handed to foreign Kuwait Independence in the diplomatic missions in the Iraqi White most Arab states face of Kassem's threat surged capital, Bagdad Radio reported.

"While they sympathised with The maintained a shocked all, ace,

through the streets here todoy,

memorandum necused our feelings they felt it was not Saudi Arabia's King Saud Kawallis

and other Arabs Britain of repeated attempts to the appropriate time to ask for cabled the Sheikh of Kowalt waved Kuwaiti anga, denounced separate

meeting," said Mr Milhench. Itaq. on Monday saying: "We are Kassem and shouted their sup- and said the new British agree-

The matter was at present port for the ruler of the ollment with Kuwolt contradicted before the imports committee King's

cable was

inrich sheikhdom. The demon- the fact that the shelkhdom of the Colton Board, and it

constituted a part of Iraq.

I was hoped that a further agree- The memorandum expressed ment with Hongkong would be the Iraqi Government's arm reached.

determination to rosist "It perialism" and to maintain the "We are quite happy with the unity of the Iraqi and Kuwait way things are going," said Mr

Milhench-Router. pooples-All Agencies..

with you."

The a march on Algiors during political party premises but fail-reply to one sent by the Shelkhetrations were peaceful. the April

ind to take the prison which was

earlier today. rovalt

The Supreme Council moved King defended by units of the Nation-

Saud described swiftly to make sure that the Algeria.

al Guard.

General Kassem's stand

under Laternal situation Woo "strange" and added: "As control ond

the frontlers were far as we are concerned, we heavily guarded. Are with you in fight and struggle—and stand by what we have undertaken."

This test, however, is likely

It was the lightest sentence to be regarded as “a piece of cake along every fron- the court was given thus far to a participant in the unsuccess- tier If the news gets around fut coup, and the first time a about the ordeni of the defendent was not jalled Three Women of Antwerp. deprived of his civil rights.

Brechtgnac, Chief-of-Star of These Indies, sedate of min

(le 25th Paruchute Division. and ample of proportion, stationed in eastern Algeria, at recently presented them the time of the putsch, ordered selves at a Belgian customs two regiments of the Division to pust, having come from the Algiers, and accomparted them. general direction of Hul- land.

DEFENCE

In his delence he maintained insure the he did so only to

The cohesion of the Division. two other regiments had been

Other National Guard troops repelled an attempt to seize the neighbourhyt town of Puerto la Cruz,

The rest

The rest of the marine battalion, stationed 100 kilo- metres away at Cumana, re- mained faithful to the govern

ment.

At La Guaira, a port 30 kilometres from Caracas, four military ofleers tried to seize the National Guard head- quarters in the harbour area, but were immediately arrested Elsewhere in Venezuela the situation rantined calm.

Pledge

Arab circles in Cairo were conceal indignant and did not their disappointment. Оле

source said:

"No

government, Arab or non-Arab, can prevent Kuwait from enjoying its new independent status."

Another source salt: "Ail The officer on duty who was

Arab states are welcoming the on the lookout for dutiable

independent Kuwait into the fata, may have had his noge

membership of the Arab Lengue" for botter sharpened by sent to Algiers beforehand.

Political parties and trade and no one could bar "the oll- curious disproportions be-

unions opposed the rising. Tich state from the League's the size of tween

the Brechignac said the Division The rebellion was stirred up membership,"

General Emile by Agents

Meanwhile, and

Kuwait the Trujillo

today hunds Commander, women's fest and what are known val- Autrant, was hesitant and un- dynasty and by ex-officials of asked urgently for British ad- decided," and his assistant, the former dictatorship, the vice to keep Iraq from scizing garly as their vital atatia-

Colonel Fourcade, had no au cominunique said. tick.

thority.

A search

of baskets, hand-

bags and overcoat pockets yielded nothing, and since, in the absence of a female examiner, the search could go no further, the male officer invited the women to ait in the waiting-room while he pondered the problema.

the chill off

the

Tsitaation, he turned the

ان

of

on

One hour after the rising be- Foreign Secretary Lord Home General Autrant, who testi-gan, the Freites district was conferred tonight with Prime ed at the trial sald he bore retaken from the insurgents by to ill-will against Brechignac, a group of pro-government off-Minister Harold Macmillan and added that the Colonel be- cers. Four the principal the latest report from Mr John leved he was doing the best leaders were arrested as well as Richmond,

A number of civilians.-AFP. Kuwall, who has been in con- for the division,--AFP.

ference all day with Kuwall's ruler, Shekh Abdullah al Solim al Sabah.

EXPLOSIONS DESTROY TAIPEI PLANT

Taipei, June 27.

radiator on to "high" and [A series of explosions destroyed a privately-owned shell-

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kept the window shut. In

half an hour all was over. Batter began to flow down the stockings of the Threa Women of Antwerp and Into their shoca.

The incident gives a welcome new overtone to the term "liquidation."

In any case the punishment appeared to fit the crime.

dismantling plant in the mountains near Hsingchu.

30 miles south-west of Taipei on Monday. Newspaper reports on casual- ties

English conflleted. The language China Post said more than 20 workers were injured,; but none seriously, and no fatalities.

But United Dally News, largest Independent newspaper in Formosa, reported two per- sons killed and 102 injured, 29 of them seriously.

COLLAPSED

This little story has more Also the newspaper reported

that mere

than

than one lesson for us.

200 civilian First, it shows how fallible homes had collapsed.

dishonesty so often proven The plant was under contract to bo when the host in real- to render obsolete shells harm- ly turned on.

less so they could be sold as

Secondly, it demonstrates scrup.

that even the brain of

Reports sold more than 300

G people were avacuated from

lowly customs officer can the danger area And were produce tho same quick housed in school buildings. combination of thought and AP.

action that, translated to

the fold of battle, has made

the reputation of famous SIGN OF THE TIMES

generals,

Lastly,

It proven that Graham whether margarino is bet- ter for the heart or not-a

Landan. June 20. Whitehouse may have started a fad for ashermen who would just as soon avald the outdoor life.

fixed up a

large part of humankind. Whitehouse hax Ike the king in A. A. converted water, mill at West Milno's poem, still likes A Newton, no he can nah in It Hittle bit of butter for ita from his living room window. bread.

UPL

the British agent in

In his statement pledging to defend his country's in- dependence, tho Shelich of Kuweit and his Government to- day said: "Some news agencies well #9 Bagdad Radlo announced last night report of Iraq Premier Kasen's press conference in which he claimed the state of Kuwait,

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MATCH

Adelaide, June 20.

Two small boys upset D thrilling golf

matchplay semifinal At one of Adelaide's exclusivo clubs over the weekend when of the they "stole" ono balls.

The players, Noel Neu- mansi and Dick McKay, followed by a large gallery, were all square after the eighteenth, and had played down the 10th Al the Grange Club.

Tho boys suddenly dash- ed from clump of trees, picked up McKay's ball and ran off

the pursued by players and the gallery. The boys were caught.

The players agreed that as everybody had seen the ball "taken by outside agency" another ball should be dropped in its place and played without penalty.

McKay won the bolo and the match. - China Mail Special.

POLICE HUNT FOR

JETS CRASH

AT HEIGHT OF 37,000 FT

Washington, June 26. Two U.S. Air Forca jot fighters collided at 37,000 foot today but both pilots balled out safely before the planes crashed about 20 miles apart.

One of the planes crashed on a farm near the community of Keene, about 15 miles south of

Virginia, Charlottesville,

Its

pilot, identified as Capt Manuel Clicks, was found unhurt about a mile from the wreckage.

The other plane

crashed on a ridge in neighbouring Nelson County In aight of the Blue Ridge mountains. Ita plot was found some miles away. Ho was taken to hospital-UPI.

ESCAPED CONVICTS INSURED MAIL

London, June 26.

FOR COLONY

Police continued an all-out nation-wide search here today Robert K. Christenberry, Post-

for nine criminals on the run after a dramatic week- end mois break-out from Wandsworth Jail.

They

New York, June 26.

master of New York, an- nounces that as from July 1, 1981, insured servico will bo Available for surface and air parcel post to Hongkong. Maximum indemnity available will be up to US$930. The seal- ing of Insured parcels will be compulsory, while ordinary par- furtively shaped in the

They used grapnel hooks cels may be sealed. workshop to scale the high outer clous metals, jewellery, or other prison Parcels containing coln, pre- wall of the century-old prison-precious articles must be in- Reuter,

alerted airports and, shop, binding them up with Locks, and circulated full sacking, and morching towards descriptions and photographs, the outer wall as though they

were a working party.

A lp from London's under- world to Scotland Yard police headquarters, last night sug gested that at least one of the fugitives was armed.

NO NEWS

Police said they had no news yet of the whereabouts of the nine men.

A tenth man who escaped with the nine, Leslie Travi, 20, was recaptured on Saturday night at his London suburban home having been apparently others dumped there, by the because he broke a leg during The break-out. He is now in hospital.

The ten men made their es- cape after overpowering three warder drawn into a mock argument in the prison work-

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