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LOW AMERICA I
Warning by Dutch New Guinea's Governor
of the TROUBLE IN NEXT FEW DAYS'
day
THE 42-HOUR
WONDER
HIS must be Fleet Street's
Tailly season the time
of year when Parliament is in recess, when the UN Genera, Assembly is adjourned, when most people are on holiday and when genuine hard news is hard to get. 1 is not even the time of year for beach girls. In this "silly season” news editors are forced to think up or cook up new ways of Utilating their readers. And
the 42-hour
COLD KILLS 258 IN INDIA
New Delhi, Dec. 27.
10
At least 258 people have died during the last days in an tatense cold WAVT gripping the north Judian
states
Uttar Fradesh and Bihar. acTM cording to reports reaching here.
The temperature dropped below freezing point in Kanpur, Lucknow and for Allahabad yesterday the first time in
we assume
memory. visit to Hong- kong by the Daily Mirror's "Cassandra" comes into this category.
For let's face it: he could have written a similar think-piece
Lender
simply
:01
dropped into Hongkong to cable it back. His viewpoints are neither profound nor original; they are the typical smears smart-alec
writers turn out from time to time after similarly brief
visits to the Colony. What rilex us is that he made no attempt to give his readers
a fair and honest account
of Hongkong.
Α
DMITTEDLY Cassandra rarely has a good word for anything. His pseudonym fa taken
from the Trojan prophetess who was fated to prophesy truly and be una- believed. We are less con- cerned with his prophecies |
than the
attempi he
has
living
Seven harvest labourers were found dead on Dec 23 after they stayed over- night in a hut at Buxar on the banks of the river Ganga in received Reuter
Bihar, a report today said.
Britain still in deep
freeze
London, Dec. 27.
made to describe Hongkong Many roads in Britain,
inga
couple of trite sen-
from northern Scot-
Indonesian
infiltration
expected
The Dutch New Guinea Governor, Mr
Mr C. Y. Lee
Hollandia, Dec. 27. TO WRITE TO WRITE SCRIPT ABOUT
P. Platteel, warned in a broadcast to- day, that Indonesian elements might try to stir up trouble in the territory in the next few days.
He said the Dutch New Guinea authorities were expecting Indonesians to attempt to infiltrate into the territory and stage revolts there.
The
Mr Platteel pointed out that te Dutch Parliament would
be debating the New Guin a question on Jan. 2. Government would then state its policy following Indonesian President Sukarno's speech on Indonesian claims to the territory on Dec. 19.
BOAT
PEOPLE
The Governor stressed that it was possible that Indonesia
would try to bring pressure to bear on this debate by Chinese author C. Y. Lee of creating trouble in the territory.
Drum Song" "Flower fame,
in arrived
the Colony this morning to work on a film script about life among Hong- kong's boat people.
However, Dutch armed forces, the police and the territory's population were ready for any eventuality, he declared.
land to the English At south coast, were like
a "skating rink" the Royal Automobile Club reported today.
The Christmas cold spell con- tinued without any sign of a break.
tences. Did he tell his readers how long he was here for? Did he tell them how much he saw
how and
of many
ita three million people he spoke to? We doubt it. because that would have revealed the true value of his report. Doubtless the thought of doing an official tour" of the Colony under the wing of a Government Informa- tion Services man would been anathema to
Only ice-free Cassandra. But there are Comwall, in the southwest of any number of people who¦ England, Cardiganshire in West live in this town and why! Wales, and three counties in the make it their permanent extreme north of Scotland. home who would have been
have
Hundreds of miles of roads were icebound and "very dan- gerous," the motoring organisa- | tion said.
Lunties were
The freeze-up continued to
able to show him both sides hit British sporting events. of the picture.
ONE
that
F
Coldest spot
01 Hacing
Wetherby. northern England, was abandon- ed and several Rugby fixtures were cancelled.
in
recent Turnouse,
near Edinburgh,
wonders whether Cassandra told hig
Hongkong. readers adjoins the mainland 01 China where hunger has been experienced on Д terrible scale
in
months, Naturally refugees Scotland. where only nine de-
flock
to Hongkong in the Erces Fahrenheit were recorded.
was the
coldest spot in
the
hope of something better British Isles last night, but did Cassandra notice this refugee traffic Was one-way only***** proving that for all its poverty it is a haven. Cassandra might have pointed out also that the business of housing these people, caring for their health and educating their children has been done by Hongkong on its own — with very little help from. Britain.
Sheep breeders in the west country were badly hit by the freeze up.
Lambs were reported freezing
to death at birth and many ewes were dying in the cold.
Did Cassandra tell
readers that while there has been a great deal of boom
Dutch undertaking
the United Nations, the Dutch Government has dis- closed that it is prepared to refrain from any action which might aggravate the situation in its dispute with Indonesia over New Guinea.
The Dutch Premier, Mr J. E. de Quay, said this in a message to U.N. interim Secretary-General U Thunt. The message was sent in reply to an appeal by U Thant
to the Dutch Government.
He said the Netherlands Government was grateful for U Thant's initiative. "My Government shares your con-
in this matter, as well as your hope for peaceful solution.”
cern
а
He also said: "My Government is actively investigating other ways and means of reaching a solution com- patible with its responsibilities and if possible also acceptable to indonesia,
"It follows from this preparedness, and indeed from the persistent policy of my Government for an equitable and peaceful solution of the problem, that we are prepared to refrain from all acts which might aggra- vate the situation."--AFP.
FRONT PAGE BRIEFS
NAZI PROBE
Bonn, Dec. 28.
Arbitration
London, Dec. 27.
The icy weather also caused The Bochum state prosecutor Britain is willing to submit delays at London airport, where has opened an investigation ber dispute with Guatemala teams of de-icing sprayers work- against 35 former Nazi police-
over British Honduras to, in- en suspected of having a part ternational
legal
ed on parked airliners-Reuter.
arbitration,
in the mass slaughter of Jews Government sources said tonight. wear Cracow, Poland, between But she will go no further des 1940 and 1942. Eight of the
leading suspects including former
Pite
reports that Guatemala Haraann, president is threatening to break
53, who was a Commissioner of diplomatic relations with Bri-
bis
In Hongkong
88 captain Heinrich
CLEAR
in the last few years, the
greatest threat of a "bust"
comes from Britain joining WEATHER
the Common Market and stopping preference on our exports? Did Cassandra
tell his readers too that
Hongkong's textile manu-
AT LAST!
the Criminal Police, have 'been arrested-AP.
330 to die
tain AP.
LAOS COALITION
London, Dec. 27. Neutralist Prince Souyana ouma today urged the "in- terested parties concerned" to strive for the formation of a accidents over the New Year's Laotian coalition government so
Chicago, Dec. 28. The National Safety Council 'estimated today that
traffic
facturers had to curtail The sun broke through the weekcod would kill 830 people that a unifled delegation could clouds to give. Hong across the U.S. A total of 525 be sent to the Genova con- kong crystal-clear weather were killed during Christmas ference on Laos-Reuter.
their booming exports to Britain--for the sake of Baying Lancashire? Our first reaction to. Cassan- ara's comments was to tell. him in that expressive American Idiom to "drop dead. Our second thoughts
are more charitable. We
today and the minimum temperature was four de- Srees lower compared with yesterday.
H
At 10 am today, the thermos
UPI.
DEMONSTRATION.
Aden_bound?
Rome, Dec. 21.
Nicosia, Dec, 274 Demonstrators protesting (over) British cop who, flew from meter reading stood at 62 de the railway dishrter at Catanzaro Britain today for an undisclosed Saturday, in which 20 destantion in the Middle East ank him to come back to greed against theeted people died, mashed and burn will probably
at That
go to Aden, Hongkongpond longer then mature of ed fallen furniture, damaged usually well-informed, military
minimum temperature than 42 hours and meet co degrees www.spcorded at rolling Mook and Interrupted couro sald here few more people. And we'll the Royal Observatory today train creions at Boreman at the bat London to a brick that in represent a drop of Zamumuluy isany. Police were of the New East Command E his next report will be four degresi from yesterday's unfled in to disperas tuen. It was unilicely that the iner
would come to Cyprus. Heute different"
*minimum-444T
He is also looking about for locations for the film, which will be entitled "The Virgin," before the arrival in a fortnight noted cameraman James
of
Wong Howe.
Court hears of 167 lbs of opium on Empire Gannet
A member of the crew of the Ministry of Transport ship, Empire Gannet, was fined $3,000 or three months' jail in default by Mr K. A. S. Phillips at Central Magis- tracy this morning for possessing two pounds of raw opium.
The 54-year-old cook, Tan Keo, allas Chan Kee, who pleaded guilty, was cautioned on a second charge of Importing the drugs.
Detective Inspector Ko Po-kwan told the court that shortly after midnight on December
21. a large party of Revenue officers searched the Empire
the vessel was
Gannet then in Kowloon Bay, Insp Ko informed the court that and found five large ins of
Bthi in the raw oplum weighing 167 Colony and the police were
making enquiries pounds.
about the five sins of opium.
As a result of the seizure, Insp Ko said, all members of the crew were also searched and the officers found another tin of raw opkom on defendant's bed.
Tan said that he had to smoke
440 oplum
my neck disease" and that he had "no
cure
knowledge" of the laws in the
Celvay.
BRITAIN ASKED TO
INQUIRE ABOUT DETAINED INDIANS
London, Dec. 27.
The British Government has been asked by the Indian Govern- ment to make inquiries into the detention of Indians in Portuguese territories, according to a New Delhi report.
But the Commonwealth. Rela Mr. Nehru denied that in free-, fighters and for transport tions Office would not commenting Goa from Portuguese rule ferries.
Times sald The New York on the report.
India had in any way contraven- A spokesman said the mattered the principles of the United that the US. foresaw difficulties was "delicate" and that "any Nations charter or of interna-in renegotiating the Azores consultations going on would be tional conduct.
bases treaty, which comes up confidential."
for renewal early next year.
Moved
Meanwhile, reports from Pan- jim, Goa, say that a large batch of months' Portuguese prisoners fron last week's fighting were today moved from a camn on a hill-
Filming of the picture is ex- pected to start 10 six
me.
Mr Lee, who arrived aboard the President Wilson this morn- ing, expects to be here for about a week.
Now domiciled
in the U.S.,
of Drama.
an
Goa belonged to India, he said, and by sending in her troops Indla Lad only put a legal seal on a nistorical fact."
In
U.S. fears
U.S.
of
Washington some top overlooking Panjim to military officials were reported Londa Ponda, some 20 miles to today to fear that U.S. criticism of Portuguese colonial polley the southeast.
consisted of 137 might induce Portugal to change The group
her attitude to the U.S. use he was born in Hunan, China, officers and 1,113 other ranks
bases in the Azores. and was educated in Peking. and a smail number of civilian
Mark Watson, military eoT- He
to went
thc United internees.
Baltimore States in 1943 to join the Yale They had previously been respondent of the
officers' Sun, said the Portuguese islands After accommodated in School
said in the Atlantic were a terminus respondent for graduation he worked as a cor- mess, and Indian officials
American for
anti-submarine the newspaper the move was made because of
and a natural Young China" in the Chinese a lack of water in Panjim which naval patrols
strike halt for air
forces of comm community in
San Francisco, has been without water for six days following the destruction It was during his newspaper work when the idea of writing of bridges carrying water mains the book "The Flower Drum by the retreating Portuguese.
The
Portuguese Song" was conceived,
It turned out
Governor-General, General Silva, to be a best is still held
the other main seller and later a hit on Broad-
camp at Marmagso, across the way in the form of a a musical.
river from Panjima. The novel has also been made into a motion picture starring, among others, Nancy Kwan.
Mr Lee has written other novels such as "Lovers Point." "Sawbwa and His Secretary," and "Madam Golden Flower."
RED FACES
London, Dec. 28. Someone stole a police patrol tonight - from outside Scotland Yard--AP.
car
former
It is request has
that no understood
been made by Portugal for the returu prisoners.
Thanks Russia.
of the
State Department officials de clined formal comment, but con- ceded that the U.S. had upset she criticised Portugal when her in the United Nations last June for her policies in over- seas territories.-Reuter..
MOVES SOON.
London, "Dec. 27. Moves by the United States and Britain to renew explora- tory contact at the diplomatie level with the Soviet. Govern- ment over Berlin are expected in the tear future. authoritative source said today, -Keuter.
BI
WARNING ON CHEAP
COTTON IMPORTS
Manchester, Deo. 28.
The £25 million firm of Fine Spinners and Doublers warned A New Delhi report said the Indian Prime Minister Mr. Britain's cotton industry here today about cheap imports from Nehru today thanked the Soviet Asla and Commonwealth countries. Union for her support, over Goa.
The firm's directors in an interim statement declared, "The Mr Nehru sald India's action availability of a large volume of yarn and cloth imported at in Goa did not signify any prices based on wages only a fraction of ours is more than any change in her foreign policy. Western country can withstand.
"We shall continue to strive to be friendly even to those who have been critical of us in this matter," he said,
"As a result of this disruption out position in the United Kingdom has deteriorated and orders Bre more and more difficult to get even after drastic reductions in margins, Output has been
curtalled to allow excess-supplies to be absorbed."--Renter
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