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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 17, 1989
Two Women--Misses A And
B--Trail I.R.A. Men
Men For Eight Hours STOCK MARKET
Pensions
For M.P.s
London, Yesterday.
A Bill to provide pen-
sions for M.P.s will be published shortly..
Sir Assheton Pownall, who is the originator of the idea, has the statement that in spite of the crowded legislative programme he hoped it would be possible to pass the measure this session.
obtained from the Prime Minister
They Are Praised --And Blush
London, July 1.
LOOKS ASKANCE AT JOBBER
LONDON, YESTERDAY, CONTROVERSY IS GROW. ING IN THE CITY ABOUT
WHO IS CHARGED WITH BE-
Two young policewomen shadowed a gang of THE ACTIVITIES AND I.R.A. suspects for eight hours on the night of May METHODS OF THE JOBBER 3, tramped miles through London streets, and yes-G RESPONSIBLE FOR terday, at the Old Bailey, they heard the Common Serjeant, Mr. Cecil Whiteley, K.C., sentence five of the men to twenty years' penal servitude each.
The two policewomen, whose names were kept secret for their own protection, were referred to as Miss A and Miss B.
Sir John Simon will introduce the bill. It will not, however, be a Government measure. Votes on it
After the sentence men had been taken below will be entirely free, and the free- dom to oppose it will extend to the two women were thanked by the Common Serjeant for their services.
Ministers.
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The matter was first raised two years ago, and Conservative op- position has grown steadily.—Qur Own Correspondent.
Miss A, who has now resigned | North London district they began from the Force, wore a grey com an adventure, requiring courage, tume, and Miss B wore a blue coat nerve and patience. and hat. They blushed as they stood to attention in the well of the court facing the Common
THAMES SCHEME Serjeant.
OPPOSED
He said to them: "I think it is right to express the appreciation of this court to both of you for the fine police work you did dur ing all those hours between the night of May 3 and the morning of May 4; and also for the way you gave evidence.
London, Yesterday. Opposition to the L.G.C. plan for improving the south bank of the Thames between Westminster and Waterloo Bridges is being of- "I hope the attention of the fered by the London Electric Sup-| Commissioner of Police will be ply Corporation, which has lodged 'called to what I have said."
When a petition against the Council's
these two policewomen General Powers Bill. -Our Own | received instructions: from their Correspondent,
station to keep observation in the
OFF THE RECORD
STATE: PRISON
By ED REED.
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sake c'mon. Butch! This ain't no time for
midnight
STOPPED... WHISPERED In plain clothes they arrived at Sidmouth-street, Islington, at about six o'clock on the night of May 3.
From a house in Sidmouth-street | they watched two men slip out and walk quickly in the direction of Euston. They trailed the men through the side streets to St, Pancraą.
From time to time the men stopped, and held -whispered con- versations with friends at street corners.
MUCH OF THE WRITING DOWN OF FIRST CLASS SE- CURITIES BECAUSE OF EUROPEAN TENSION.
It is an old theme whether the
or mark up prices in the absence of dealings, and it is no secret that some of the leading stock- brokers have been seriously con-
jobber has the right to mark down
cerned about this practice in the last few weeks.
They agree that the jobber has to protect himself, but they con- sider that he writes down values rapidly on the merest rumours and changes his price, too quickly after giving a quotation.
This kind of thing is killing not only speculation but investment transfers, the stockholders say, and it appears that the time has come for inquiry by the Stock Exchange authorities with a view to protecting stockbrokers and their clients.-Our Own Correa- pondent.
Miss. A and Miss B took careful PROMISE OF
note of the telephone boxes gang entered.
...
the
Frequently they saw men dip PROTECTION AT
their hands into the pockets of their machintoshes and later slip their hands, into a number of |· pillar, boxes.....
Through Bloomsbury, Kingsway, Tottenham Court-road, and down to Aldwych the men went. When they split up Miss A followed one trail; Miss B.the other...
TEA AT MIDNIGHT Soon after midnight the men went to a cheap restaurant in the Tottenham Court-road district, drank tea and talked. Le
TSINGTAO
Shanghai, To-day.
The Tsingtao situation arising out of the recent sponsored anti- British outbreaks. was... discussed here at a meeting yesterday after- noon between Rear-Admiral Murray and the Commander of the Japan- ese Naval Forces in the Shanghai
area..
Miss A and Miss B waited a few
It is understood. thats Rear-Ad- yards away and then they follow-miral Murray was given an as- ed two of the men back to Isling-surance that British life and pro-
ton.
perty would be fully protected.— Flying Squad cars, following. Reuter,
the policewomen's report, con- tacted – with every pillar-box,
doorway and telephone-box the
men had been seen to approach, Bradford, and Lyons were found and explosions from two pack-guilty of causing an explosion, in ages placed by the gang, were High Holborn and of an attempted prevented.
explosion in Kingsway McAleer Five man were arrested within a was found guilty of possessing ex faw, ho
plosives,
These, man,, each to go to penal servitude, for, twenty years, ACA.
Patrick Dower: twenty-one-year- old porter and B.Asaction.com mander" Patrick Joseph McAleer, twenty-seven-re
Extraordinary precautiona..were taken at the Old Bailey during the trial. In the public gallery there were nine uniformed and plain clothes palica.
öld, waiter, and Luncheon baskets brought from trafficker in ns; Gerard Bradacineighbouring: restaurant for ford: twenty-fo Woldy walten) officiala, ware (uly, semrobed by and bombmaker for the IEZAS (lite
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