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Marine Court to decide on stranding CROWN BLAMES CHINA FIR CAPTAIN
NOW GOING TO MEET CHOU EN-LAI
Globetrotter Ajala travels by scooter
By T. S. KOO
A Nigerian globetrotter who travels on a scooter arrived this morning in Hongkong the 76th country he has visited during the past four years.
Mashord Ombisi Ajuta, by the Chinese Ambassador who
with a Master's reassured films that arrangements 05,000 have been made for a meeting covered
Ewo with the Chinese Premler.
syrm.lexist degrer, nas
out miles, has worn seanters-on in Russia and the other in the Congo,
Yet he has plans to travel for three mi re years before he set- Lies down on the Spanish land of Majors to wit, about his Journeys and the people.
The next country he will visit is Chis, and will stop in Pek-
Interview 102
Premier Chou Ep-lai.
with
It took han nine inanths to obtain visa to China, he said. He appBed for it while he was I am in 1957, and got it in, the Chinese Embassy in Warsaw the following year.
While he was in New Dell, his vism to China was morwest
He was to visit China be cause he has not seen the coun- ley and met the prople. He had an audiener with Mr Nehru, and learned at the conflict between Julin and China over the border dispute,
Ajota sait he is "non. poliflcal," and is on "psychologi- Pal resetreh" In his world tour. But he would also like to act aan "Ambassador for Peace," and when he meets Mr Chou, something like, he would say "What is the ure quarreling with your neighbours," he said. He personally thinks the balance of world peace lies in
Friendly clap from Kruschev.
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PANTIES
NIGHTGOWNS
BABY DOLLS
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AT
Paquerette's
Ajata in Hongkong.
The hurdy of Mr Chou and Mr Nehru. and not the Americans and Russions.
"Mr Chou is an international controversial figure at present, Mr Nehru neutralist, and both countries have u huge population," he said in support of his view.
During his luur Ajala met Mr Kruschev, President Ayub Khan, Gen. Kassem, Iran's Shah, Mr De Gaulle, Mr Nasser, Mr Ikeda, Mir Merter, and Mr Nixon. He wait meet President Kennedy when the United States he retums
where he began his tour.
He net Mr Kruschev twice, in East Berlin and the once other time in Moscow, and it was the Soviet Premier who gut him out of an East Berlin Jall
once.
In 1957, Ajala said, he broke through the secret police lines to approach Mr Kruschev to hard him an application for a visu to visit Russia.
He barely escaped death in this attempt because the sus- plelous guards thought he was trying to assassinate the leader and shot at him. He was later arrested and put in fail, where į he
Interrogated undler i strong lights without steep for. several days,
was
FREED BY KRUSCHEV
Learning of Ajala's reni in- tention, Mr Kruschev ordered him freed and also granted almi a visa to visit Russia and Moscow.
After spending two weeks in Hongkong he will cross the border on a scooter to China, He will spend one month in the mainland where he will study educational progress and social cativities.
From China, he will proceed to outer Mongolia and tour the i southern part of Russia before | returning to Hongkung by similar route. He will then visit Australia, New Zealand and South Amerien.
He went to the United States in 1948 to study in Illinois on a Bapilst missionary acholarship. He later joined Columbia Uni- versity in New York where he obtained his Master's degree
in psychology.
In his present extensive tour, he is collecting material for his Doctorate at Columbia Univer |nity,
Ajala pays hin own way throughout his tour. He sold he earned his money by writing articles for newspapers,
wash-
ing dishes In America, working In a collective form in Russin," in a railway station as a purter London, taking parts in movies in Hollywood-just all sorts of work.
in
Sickness never bothera Ajais, wito was at one time a feather- weight boxing champion.
Petrol problem? "When run out of petrol on the rond, 1 just alay there waiting for a car to pass by and ask the driver to. spare me some," ho saki,
He came by the British Iner Sangola from Japan with kin third Italian-motio
dear sir
Wyndham-St waifs
Mr David Taylor will be reas- sured to know that action was already being taken la regard
to the boys photographed in "A new day dawns" before the picture appeared in the China Mail.
Thanks to the British Red Cross who came to the immediate rescue when they heard of the boys sleeping in the street, one boy is already being vetted for entry in the long- kong Sea School. Another three, who are brothers, are bele helped through Fantly Welfare.
As soon as little street urchins who appear In Wyndham- street are helped or sent to the Juvenile Care Centres, fresh youngsters arrive, appearlux to be organised into groups *for begging. opening
car
doors and chasing off any Intruders.
I had my pocket ploked by one little urchin but some of the little friends "squealed" un him, saying he had picked the wrong victim. Anyway I had the satisfaction later of Bee- ing that the destitute family owning the child had set up
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tiny squatter food služ
within a few days. So the $78 did not go badly astray. And I have made another Hitle friend.
The
British Red Cross went straight into action. Not only were the young people helped but also old men among the sedan chair carriers and rick- shaw pullers.
Kern young men came from
Social Welfare Department of Government 2nd surveyed cases of need.
Food parcels are being given out regularly white questions of entry into suitable homes are being examined
It is only fair to the British Red
Cross and Governmenĺ that!
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vessel 'not Also says vessel adequately equipped'
Mr W. S. Collier, Crown Counsel, submitted to a Marine Court appointed by the Governor to investigate the grounding of the China Fir, that negligence on the part of the Captain, Cpt George Culverson Walker, in conning the ship caused its stranding in the eastern approaches of Hongkong on the night of April 18.
THEY CALL HIM 'MR_DIAMOND'
American
=
jeweller
on spending spree
From the Filos
M
25
'years -AGO-
August 1936
TR Malcolm MacDonald, Secretary for the Do- minions, at a luncheon at the Grocers" Hall, London, for the British Empire Pro ducers Organisation, said now had four that we had years' experience of the Ottawa agreements, and he bolioved we could now pro nounce that the experiment had been a succesA.
"It would be unpleasant to Day to a captain of Captain
that Walker's experience
he was responsible for the ship's siranding, but evidence given The time had come whon so far indicated so," he said.
the first period of the agrée- Mr Collier was making his ment was drawing towards submission at the conclusion a close, and when all the this morning of the Investiga Empire Governments were tion of the stranding of the studying them afresh with China Fie at Ngal Ying Pot on their results and consider- the night of April 18. The ship
was on the way to Japan withing what they should do a cargo of 9,600 tons of iron about continuing or revising ore. It was inter declared them. contruellye total loss.
He thought there
were
An American jeweller Mr Sidney Krandall, is now the ship was provided with the already a number of indica
in town "ou a spending spree."
President of Skiney Krandall | studded ash-tray and an emer- and Sons, jewellers, and head ald-tipped cigarette holder.
Mr Krandall said he helped of the Abrasive Dressing Tool
American Co., manufacturers of Industrial; the
Government diamond tools, bath of Detroit, "tremendously" during the war. Today he has helped overcome many difficulties In the fitting of industrini diamonds to certam parts of jet aircraft.
SIDNEY KRANDALL
friends as "Mr Diamond,
During his two weeks here,
Mr Krandall, who arrived with his wife on Sunday from Takyo by Northwest Airlines will next leave for Indla.
Airport activity increases
and
There was more
aircraft
Mr Collier said that although necessary navigational aids, it should have had a radar set "It need not be an elaborate set, but one which should be of value China Fir.
to a ship such as
the
"I submit that the ship was not adequately equipped with navigational aids, and that the ship's owner was responsible for that failure," he said.
STEERING GEAR
of
tions that the outcome this re-examination of the question was going to be a further extension, by system of Imperial Pre- ference, trade.
the
of inter-Imperial
Mr Ormsby-Gore, Secret- ary for the Colonies, sald that our Colonial Empire was the world's chief pro- ducer of tropical crops―tes, "You, gentlemen, should dis- coffee, cocoa, sugar, rubber, miss the probability that the bananas, pineapples, cotton, steering gear of the vessel sud-aisal and the other things. denly falled before the impact.
For according to evidence of the quartermasters, no defects
ing.
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With the exception of
of the gear were experienced. sugar, most of the products "It must have been something home or Dominion agricul were non-competitive with drastic at the helm which hop- pened just prior to the founder- ture, and some of the crops wore far in excess of the David Taylor should add he is also known among his
"I docs appear that Captain requirements of the Mother the Empire. rider to this effcel, when send-
Country and passenger Walker was not naslated by ing this specide photograph to
and that goes
As Colonial producers, they Krandall will consider at Mr
movement good crew, England. Then people
he needed access to foreign as home will know something is
Investing in a local pearl farm of Kai Tak Airport dur-long way to mitigate what
failed to do in this case," Mr well out for
as empire markets. attempted. in coping with our and will also look
ing the second quarter of Collier continued. antiques, "suitable ever-present problemt:
gems,
... The most welcome fea- the year, the Director of Perhaps he should also send a unusual peoris and art objects."
Civil Aviation, Mr M. J. lookputs should be posted on
On a night such as April 18, ture today was the striking report to Talwan and ask why This is port of his plan to
Muspratt Williams, re- the bridge, Mr Collier suld, but
recovery in the purchasing He many good Nationalist develop 3 "direct marketing soldiers
belag left at network" for
ported. his American
In the three-month Rennie's MI when they could operations by estabilshing buy-
period,
the he resettled in
much ing offices in each of the Eastern 3,048 aircraft, 132,052 passengers, larger and verdant island of countries Hongkong, India, 1,218,580 kilos of freight and
of kilos
muil were Formosa?
Ceylon, the Philippines, Thai 335,455 WYNDHAM ST. WORKER lund,
handled.
Compared with the sum
Was quarter last year, there
un increase of 702 alrcraft passengers, movements, 27,431 132,233.
kilos. of freight und 27,184 kilos of mail, LOCAL
are
ECLIPSES
There will be an annular eclipse
of the sun on Friday. The eclipse will be visible in South America, South Africa and the Antarctica, but will not be visible in Hongkong.
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big
a
A gemmologist, Mr Krandall owns a diamond mine in Brazil, and is
buyer of gem estates.
Among his collections is (fara studded with 500 dio- monds (totalling 85 carats), one of the few remaining relics of the Hapsburgs. He bought it from Princess Lida Radziwill on her visit to America.
move-
the China Fir had no lockouts Power of the United King- whatsoever on the night in dom. question.
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done out
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All in oil, the evidence sum- med up that there was negli- gence on Captain Walker's part Damage to the extent of which led to the stranding of $100,000 was
by fire broke the China Fir, Mr Collier can- which
on the cluded.
premises of the Unique Film The
were ad Production Company, 42 Puk proceedings journed untli Saturday morning Tai Street, for the Court to give its find- The fire started in a fire- inge.
proof room in which flims were The Court consisted of Acting stored, and spread rapidly to District Judge W. F. Pickering, and three assessors with are Masters of R0014 scaffolding poles, and the are Captain D. La Work, Extra Mex. Windows of adjoining houses Captain G. R. Torrible, Master owned by the Hongkong and Maringe and Captain G. 1. Lawson, Shanghai Banking Corpora
those Mr R. G. Dennis represented tint. The damage to Captain Walker, Mr G. C. Hill To-holine was slight. presented the owner, the Fir Line Ltd, and Mr R. T. Fundmarah appear
The building was insured
The Brilih Mercantile Marine. They
Master Marinar,
Local civil aviation ments totalled 922. This num- ber, which included commercial On Aug. 26. there will be a
alrcraft on local test and train- partial eclipse of the moon, bui
ing fights, showed an Increase In Cairo, "Mr again it will not be visible in
Diamond" of $12 movements as compared will be visible bought quite a few articles from with the corresponding period Hongkong but
Farouk's Africa, Europe ex King West Asia,
estale of last year. including and the Americas,
a gold-and-diamond-
The increase was due largely to an extensive training Pred for the Chief Engineer, Mr. W with the Hongkong Fire In-
Lively,
Mr Cuiller was anslated by Mr H. but the fime and camera were Milburn, professional offer Marine Department..
Kromme carried out In Hong- kong by Pan-American World Airways,
of the
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cuda.
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Where next?
"Outer apsce maybè," he said.
Nehru izion his mopoier.
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