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TRADE MISSION |
HE Hongkong Trade Mis-
Tia to Austrails neems
to have got off to a Food start judging by the re marks made by the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Me- Ewan.
The trade balance is current- ly running in Australia's favour. but according to reports the picture is ex- pected to change rapidly within the next 12 months.
If this forecast becomes
reality then the Colony can į look forward to btg in- crense ju exporta to Australia.
Mr McEwan said that "the in growing awareness Asian countries that Aus- tralin is a valuable market for their goods and that also Australia can offer a wide variety of high quality primary and manufac- tured gouda is one of the brightest signs on the horizon in the Southern Hemisphere, und in Asin.” This is most heartening news,
It particularly B
comes from a responsible official who is
Minister for Trade.
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TRADE with Australia has!
long been neglected and the decision to appoint a Hongkong trade represen- tative in Sydney Home time ago was a sound iden The representative is now uni- doubtedly in an excellent position to advise the cur-
from rent mission
the knowledge he has gulned on ? the spot. Perhaps it is time that the Colony explored the pos- abilities
appointing of more
representatives in other parts of the world. Hongkong must also adver-
1ise its
wares
like other
Light to moderate E'ly winds. Falk. At 1 pm at the Observatory the tomp was 85 degrees F and the relative humid 72 per cent.
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Ministry repeats East Germany's determination CONTROL OF BERLIN CORRIDORS
PRINCESS
ARRIVES
IN
NOVEMBER
Princess Alexandra
to
Princess Alexandra is
arrivo in Hongkong on November 3, it was an- announced by Govern- mont House today, At a Congregation of the Univer-
sity of Hongkong, which will be the final event in the official celebration of the Univer sity's Gulden Jubilee year, the Princess will receive the honorary degree of Dector of Lits.
DEPARTURE she will also open the ?
November 14.
new
Sir Philip Hay, private recre-
Princess tary to
Allied routes TROPICAL
Grand Wolfkill in ICLOUDS MAY
STORM
to
city threatened
East Berlin, July 17.
The East Gorman Justice Ministry nows- paper Neue Justiz has repeated. East Germany's dotermination to control
Allied traffic routes to West Berlin after conclusion of а peace treaty with Russia.
Rebels break with Tunisia
Tunis, July 17.
The Algarian rebel govern- ment in exile has warned Tunisip that it will not recognise any territorial adjustment in the Sahara mado between Tunisia and France.
The warning was contained in a memorandum addressed by the rebels Inst June 29 to the Tunisian government.
Students' Union. Princess Alexandra will leave
Hongkong for Tokyo un Text of the memorandum was released today after Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba on- Marine,nounced claims to a portion of Duchess of Kent, wag in the French-held Sahoru. Hongkong from July 7 to 14 Any agreement between to discuss the programme for Tunisia
and France on the Princess Alexandra's Visit Sahara, the rebe! statement with the Offleer Administer-said, "would constitute
a for ing the Government,
of recognition of French Further details of the pro- sovereignty over the Allerlan
gramme will be announced later.
countries and not sit back BOAC PILOTS BIG
and continually hope that orders will roll in without spending money. Times have changed and are changing throughout the world. Competition is get- ting tougher and opposition to Hongkong is not - minishing.
We must get out and sell our- selves or perish through our own indolence.
BLUE STREAK
W
TX7ITH embarrassment and even shame we read that the Blue Streak missile project will go on, because France and Germany will co-
operate.
Britain will pay one-third of} the cost of the project from
PAY INCREASE
which
Sahara, the sovereignty the Algerian people has been attempting to destroy for the past seven years...." OBVIOUS
of
"The process of beration our country should include the whole territory," the rebel statement said.
"It is obvious," the Algerians added, "that these problems can
be settled in only
R Vaild, durable and fraternal fashion with a sovereign and Indepen-
London, July 17. Senior First Class plots of Bri- tish Overseas Airways Hoeing fel airliners are to receive the dent Algeria, outside same annual salary As the interference by a Minister of Aviation-£5,000. power."
It was announced today that The rebels warned: the National Industrial Court had awarded 1,010 EOAC pilots salary increases of up to £983 a year for senior Boeing cap- tains and
for Comel senior plots.
The comet pilots whil £1,700.-Reuter,
£023
cara
of any colonialist
"No valid change of the frontler can be made with the rolonialist power which has no right to conclude any accord in the
of Algeria. The Algerian people Woukl have the right to reject such An accord."-AP,
טומקת
NO AIRMAIL FROM
UNITED KINGDOM
this time onwards. That is For the third day in succession, Hongkong has re-
to say, he will pay one-
third of £70,000,000.
In return she will share the
glory and the benefits of
the project with her Euro-
penn partnera.
ceived no air mail from the United Kingdom since a strike by maintenance men in London Airport grounded all BOAC flights to the Far East.
But Britain has already paid GOVERNMENT
out £100 million towards
Blue Streak.
There is no question at all of her Continental associates aharing that outlay!
that
E net result is Britain will pay about three-quarters of the out- lay and will have one-third of the benefit.
CALLED IN
London, July 17. The Government was called
However, Mr A. G. Crook, Postmaster General, sald this morning, that the BOAC strike has had no effect on mail cay- ing the Colony for Beltain,
"Normally we receive mall from London almost every day," he said.
The standard practice in case
in tonight to help settlo of such a strike is for the Post
a strike at London Air-Office to transfer the mall to part which has grounded ather airlines, he added.
But at present he had no in- Airways Cor-mall from the UK.. poration for three days at a cost of £750,000.
40 airliners of the British formation on re-routing of air
Overscon
Yet if Britain had gone ahead with Blue Streak 18 mouths ago it is likely that the British taxpayer would More than 1,000 maintenance have been asked to pay no workers are on strike in protest more than under the pre-against an order increasing the
number of men sent scheme.
iheir jobs.
In return Britain would have had completa rights in the minnile.
MINISTRY
STUDENTS HURT
Chicago, July 17. supervising At least 14 persons were injured today when a section of the velling collapsed second floor of the crowded cafeteria at the Filial Union Buliding at the University of Ilinols Dedical School. The victims included
BOAC grounded Its Acet on Saturday when the maintenance And who is to say when Blue men walked off after a dispute!
Strenk will be perfected? that had simmered for several When 11 wno a British con- days,
corn
FLOSSIE
HALTS
Tropical storm Flossia has weakened in intensity and is located some 400 miles southcost of Hongkong at noon today.
declined from
Her maximum centre winds 40 knots to 35
knots when she almost came to a hall at noon on her original west-north-westerly course.
• A spokesman for the Royal
in an article outlining The Observatory said carly this "legal aspects" of the Cum afternoon that the storm might munist proposals, Neuc Justiz continue on her original course salu such
trealy would again or remain stationary in- Pereate conditions for unlimit- definitely,
ed practice of the sovereignty She may also intensify Inter, of the (East) German Demo- he added, cratic Republic."
This would .mean that all "temporary arrangements" over
and Allfed goods
personnel tralie would fall through, and East Germany would be "legal- ly justined to exercise these controls herself."
Five per cent
It added
traffic of total
that Allied formed five per cent traffic to West Berlin and that, in any negoliations, the Allies would have to "fulfil their duty ful relations in Went Herlin and towards the setting-up of peace- respect for the sovereignty and territorial Integrity of the Ger- man Democratic Republic." - Reuter.
GERALDINE
FIXES
HER LEG
Christchurch, July 17.
Geraldine Standerwick
limped into
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police
stalion after a crush од her motorcycle and asked the desk sergeant:
"Can you lend me 2 bammer, please? I want to straighten my leg."
The 22-year-old girl ex- plained to
the startled polleeman on Sunday that she had lost a leg in a childhood acoiden; and it Bad been replaced artificial limb.
а
The policeman produced a hammer, Das Stander- wick straightened her leg вда walked Jaunpilly --AT.
out
IMMIGRANTS RIOT IN AUSTRALIA
Moro
Melbourne, July 17,
than 600 European
· immigrants riotod against rising unemployment to- day at a migrant kostol noar Albury, 100 milos north of hero,
More than 30 police from neighbouring divisions had la use their bons to quell the Flot.
Moat of the rioters were newly-arrived Immigrants frum Germany and Italy. They started and destroyed the employment to tear the transit camp apart office when they were told they would have to walt some time before they could get jobs.
Police of Albury said it was one of the worst disturbances ever seen in Victoria State.
It was announced in Can-
berra today that Australian unemployment rose to 2.7 por cent of the labour force at ho end of June-the highest since World War II-UPI
BLOWN UP
Youngstown, July 17.
13 Vincent J. de Niro, 30, re- there were, endioss After talking for 4 hours to students and employees of the putedly head
of the numbers inter-departmental | dolays, | night, representatives of manage- University of Illinois and two racket in this north-eastern Now the delays will be on ask for the intervention of the University
ment and workers, decided to employers of nearby Loyola Ohio area, was killed today by Medical an inter-Continental scale.
School, a dynamite bomb connected 10 Ministry to Labour.-AP.
i tho starter of his car,--UPI.
UPI.
BOWLES DENIAL
Washington, July 17. White House spokesman Mr Pierre Salinger today natly denied reports that Under- Secretary of State Mr Chester Bowles was resigning.
"Mr Bowles is going ahead with his duties
Under- DS Secretary of State and the trip which he has planned for some time. 1 is obvious he's stay- ing," Mr Salinger said, adding that Mr Bowles had lunch today with President John Kennedy. --AFP.
good health
Vientiona, July 17.
Pathot Loo General Singkopo sold today that missing American tola- vision cameraman
Grant Wolfkill
was in good health and was free to see a doctor at any time ho wished.
The General would not discloso whore Wolfkill was being kept prisoner, but promised that any medicinos sont for him would be delivered.
"I
don't know
whore he is at tho moment," said the General, "but i will make inquiries and can promise you that any medicino sent
to us will
be delivered as quickly as possible."
GRANT WOLFKILL.
Macao Grand y/car He second in the race.
During the Prix last
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Grant Wolfkill, of Shelton, Washington, and resident National Broadcasting Company cameramon in Hongkong, has been missing, sinco May 15.
He was on a flight between Vientiane and the Meo stronghold of Padong when his holicopter came down in Pathet Lao-held territory.
With Wolfkill in the hollcopter were two Ameri- can crowmon of the private air American firm and eight Lao soldier.—AP.
AGAINST SABOTAGE
POLICE USE PRECAUTIONS
TEAR GAS TO DISPERSE AFRICANS
Kitwe, July 17.
Police used tear gas to disperse Africans demon- strating around beerhalls in the North Rhode- sian townships of Wusikili and Buchi here tonight. About 20 Africans were arrested.
The demonstrators were try- ing to enforce boyects of the beerhalls and hold unauthorised meetings. One African was reported injured.
were
STONES 1n Wusikill, stones thrown at Africans who
dened the boycolt and entered the beerholls, Police cats wero also stoned but no sericus dam- age was caused,
ed to
London, July 17. Special precautions against sabotage are being takan at Persian Gulf ports by the British Indio Stcom Navigation
OBSCURE SPACEMAN'S VIEW
Capa Canaveral, July 17. If America's second manned space probe goas on scho- dule today, cloudiness from a Caribbean weather disturbance
limit may astronaut Vigil Grissom's view. An area of disturbance" first spotted last week east of the lesser Antilles hou been moving constantly castward. I now appears that it will cause more cloudiness than anticipated "but not enough to be of serious concern at this lime."
The northern ilp of the weather, front was expected to reach as for north as Miami about 200 miles south of Cope Canaveral by today's 8 pm Bring time.--UPI.
FORNIER REPORTS ON FAKE
PESOS
Foreign
Manila, July 17.
Secretary Mr Felixborto Sofrana said on Monday that he had received confirmation that- / number of counterfeit Philippina pero bilk hava bcen
manufactured in
a
Macoo. Company, owners of the liner Dard, which sunk in the Gulf on April 7 with the loss of
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Mr Jose Fornler, Philippine Consul General in Hongkong, reported in person to Mr Ser
rano on the case.
CONFIRMED
said "the
more than 200 lives. This was announced by the
The Foreign Secretary Company in London today.
The 5,030-ton Dara sank Mr Fornier conarmed after Are broke out on board. existence and actual circula- tion of a number of counter- In Today's statement the feit notes." He made no est he entered a halt at Hatfeld, an
owners sald that passengers mate of the number of notes opposition stronghold to ad-
but and baggage might, In future, involved, added that he dress a meeting in the national
be searched at Gulf ports, but expected a detailed report in referendum campaign tonight.
the statement added that the writing from Mr Fornier in a But at the end of his speech Company was unable to com- few days. Sir Edgar was warmly apment on reports that the ex- Mr Serrano sold
a report plauded.
plosion resulting in the loss of that Mr Fornier witnessed the He was cheered when he the Dara was caused by a burning of 10 milion pesos in
the new constitutional bamb or other sold
explosive counterfeit notes in Macao was In material-Reuter
not correct--AP. proposuls to be votede on the referendum were "made by Rhodesians and not imposed upon us by the British govern- Inent."
PROPOSALS
extremis's running
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ROBBERS MURDER FAMILY
Bombay, July 17.
The disturbances followed weekend rioting in the copper- belt towns of Ndola and Kitwe, If the proposats were in which Africans were report-cepted, the days of African
be protesting against
to London Robbern. murdered an entire family of nine persons, including a drinking beer made in thewould be over, be added.
child, in a village near Akola in Bombay stale, polios an- Rhodeslan Federation. -
Strikes, disturbances und nounced here today. Meanwhile, In Salisbury, any nonsense" by Africans No other details were Immediately available. Southern Rhodesia, boos, cat-over the coming weekend "wili | According to the police, this is the biggest mass murder by robbers calls and cheers greeted Sir be effectively dealt with," and in India in recent years. Edgar Whitehead, Southernno nonsense will be tolerated," | Last_month, five bandits were sentenced to death in central India
he said.-Reuter.
for the murder of eight boys-AP. Rhodesla's Prime Minister, when
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