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YOVERNMENT'S replies severa! points of criticism and suggestions advanced by the Unofficials in the Budget debate, while placatory in tone, cannot be considered altogether satix- factory. Recognisable is the traditional line of least resistance attitude; excuses for leaving things as they are,
rather than solid reasoning against proposed alterations.
One notable illustration of
this given yesterday was Government's reply to the proposal that expatriate officers furlough should be! shortened. The principal! official argument" is that Hongkong's conditions of leave must keep in line with other colonies or recruit ment of expatriate officera would be jeopardised. One would have hoped that
Government at least would
have agreed in principle
with the Unofficials sugges tion, and from that point indicated a willingness to obtain through the Colonial Office a standardised system of leave-time for expatriates applicable to colonies where
conditions of service are arrangement would leave Hongkong on equal terms with other colonies so far as
is concerned.
otherwise, similar. Such an
recruitment of expatriates
ODDLY too,
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THURSDAY, MARCH -31, 1955.
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RELAX IN
THE PARARE COMFORT
· EN ACITOM TROUSERS
Whiteaways
Plan To Flood London With Submarine's
Communist
Newspaper Fails
TRIES DAILY WORKER
TO BREAK STRIKE
Secret
Deal' Foiled
From LES ARMOUR
LONDON, MAR. 31.
A PLAN TO FLOOD LONDON WITH COPIES OF THE COMMUNIST DAILY Worker WAS FOILED TODAY BY THE LONDON SOCIETY OF COMPOSITORS.
-The Worker had negotiated a "deal" with the Com- Amalgamated munist-led Electrical Trades Union and the Engineering Union, whose unofficial strike over wages has left London without newspapers, and reportedly planned to
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print one million copies daily during the duration of the strike.
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NATIONALIST PLANES ATTACK RED SHIPS
Taipei, Mar. 30.
Chinese Nationalist fighter bombers today attacked Communist warships and junks near the Min River estuary in the Foochow area. An A "Torcé communique sai
that the first wave of fighter bombers took off for early morning attack on
an
junk concentrations in the Min River estuary area and sank'a two-masted junk, the communique claimed.
The raiding planes encountered heavy anti-aircraft fire but: all returned safely, the Nationalists said.
HONGKONG
Astonishing Performance
haa
New York, Mar. 30. The US atomic-powered submarins Nautilus stready covered 3.000 miles in an “astonishing and re- veintionary" performance. declared its skipper. Com- mander Eurene Wilkinson. at á press conference today. He said that during the trials, the submarine fas
testod
nine different occasions for x total time of 319 hours. It has dived 69 umes and re- mained under water for more than 90 hours, he
been
on
Two small fires broke out in the clectrical equip- ment but were quickly brought under control, he #tated.--France-Presse.
4 DIE IN
STADIUM
"enemy gunboats and a fleet A National Defence Ministry STAMPEDE
of two-masted junks at Kwantou."
The communique claimed that three 150-ton gunboats of a flect of nine similar vessels were sunk.
At the last moment, Robert Willis, Secretary of the compositors' union, pulled his men out. Yesterday afternoon the union's Daily Worker A chapel voted unanimously at a secret meeting to endorse the action.
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Mr Willis in an exclusive interview last night said: "The Worker was apparently prepared to accept the wage demands of the two unions involved in the unofficial strike, but they have five of my men under notice on grounds of poverty. Besides, if I hadn't acted they would have scooped London.'
answer was given to ping of course, I don't know they
paper strike passed the 2500,- 000 mark today with no settle- ment of the dispute in view.
This figure was estimated by reliable sources after a day in which representatives of the 24
and
two the newspapers
involved ins
held exparate meetings to discuss
the stop- page.
claim
tion of an extra sterling a week.
14 shillings
The men had sought an extra 682 shillings a week but the NFA said the offer was in line with that accepted by majority of other printing trade unions.
Since then the members of the NPA have printed no newspapers
dendicck between the two and there has bear a complete
parties.
of fighter bombers attacked
few hours later more waves
The Teachers Retaliate
Singapore, Mar. 30.
Last week, 1,300 students of the Chung Hwa Middle- School' here went on strike for day because they were dissatisfied with one of the instructor's teaching. methods.
When they strived the next day, they were told. *No
The school today. teachers are on strike against you."
Teachers here had held meeting to discuss the situation. They said they were tired of the wave of strikes in the schools and being "bullied" by their students.
2 The NPA is willing to suberit
Amalgamated
Government considers the problem of
Obviously "angy, Willis de- as being → baggage
clined to say whether or not he
Issue paramount importance when would
the
· pursue
of it comes to sending civil poverty sackings after the pre- servants Home on leave by sent undicial strike has been air. In fact, as many others settled. "I deal with that who have used air travel for when the time comes. But my
boys
back when I tell go Bome furlough can testify.
know this pregents no real prob them to, and not before. Willis said: "I don't lem at all, and cannot be what arrangement they came to
Winston St.
* Churchill's advanced as an acceptable with two triking uniors, but 1 Cabinet also reviewed the latest the strike reason for rejecting the air have a suspicion it wouldn't development in travel system for long have cost them a penny for the launched by 800 electricians and
technicians in support of a pay the dispute to arbitration but leave.
simple reason that if the mer.
unions-the the rather curious pre good party members they'd Another
There wades sign of any no have kicked It all back anyway.
government move is intervene Engineering Union and the Elec- of
although a Conservative Mem-trical Tradies Unica have so far developing
are all party members."
ber of Parliament, Captain rejected this course while offer- Shatin. Apparently any The two unions announced on
* separate action finally depends on a Sunday they were prepared to H. B. Kerby, served notice that ing to negotiate direes with any
offer not negotiate with any management he will ask the Prime Minister employer making decision, whether
week to produce an official
Today both the Council of the control of land matters willing to come to a unilateral in the House of Commons next
outside the News-
and the 16-man strike Should be brought under the agreement
government newspaper, during NPA
committee of the two unions Crown Land's branch of the paper Proprietors Association the strike
DEPUTATION
discussed the deadlock separate- PWD. And then, ominously agreement. It was reported the
Late today the Ministry
Mr Jack Reid, one of the it is emphasised, if it is undorus had agreed to go back.
to work prior to the outcome of Labour received a depatation of decided that this should be the negotiations, but there was 'Ave members of the Printing strike ladera, said: "We have done, it would require a no. official confrmation of this and Kindred Trades Federation had no approach from the en- considerable increase in last night from either of the (PKTF) many of whose mem- ployers or the Ministry today. professional and technical unions.
bers are being given a fort-We are still determined that the staff, and "the recruitment
night's notice by newspapers first approach must come from
outside the the other side." although they are strike.
The PKTF leaders discusser! the with Mr Thomas Clark,
question
or
The ordinary circulation or of the required staff must the Dally Worker is just over Does 90.000, but the paper's almost be a slow process." this mean that if the ce-new printing plant could easily
"BLACK
and effective method of the few provincial papers being the London, m administration, then surely circulated it would be a good idea to Werker could probably adopt it.
sold as many copies as it could print,
The provinciar newspapers agreement with the KOWLOON residents will have an
find no solace in Goveru-national newspaper proprietors ment's reply to the proposal not to circulate any more than that priority be given to the their usual number of copies. building of a new post office in Tsimshatsui. There is official agreement that pre- sent facilities
atly.
men; drivers, readers and other ness press workers.
QUEUES FOR PAPERS .
in
Iew
De Landon Stock He
mcre
2
to
had
CEASE
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communique tonight nounced that Chinese Com- munist artillery in Amoy today fired 14 rounds at Nationalist-held Tatan island "in the Quemoy group, ·
The communique said there
Pathans
Riot In Kabul
Pakistan Embassy Attacked
Karachi, Mar. 30. Twelve Afghan policemen and 95 demonstrators were injured today during an anti-Pakistan demonstration in Kabul, capital of Afghan- istan, Kabul radio reported.
The demonstrators, Pathan tribesmen, tried to pull down." the flag from the Pakistan Embassy in protest against Pakistan's decision to merge Pathan tribal areas on the northwest frontier into West. Pakistan.
Afghan stari has always sup- ported the claims of Pathans in that area that
they should be" formed into an independent state
called/Pakhtoonistion
The radio said that 20 of the demonstrators, including students and the "elite of the city," have been arrested,
A heavy guard has
order,
teen
"Santiago, Mar, 30. Four persons were killed and over 200 injured to-placed in the Pakistan Embassy and the Afghan Goverment bad night as thousands of soccer banned any further demonstra-
way to shoob at sight to maintain were no casualties. Reuter. tempt to force their
into the National Stadium to
PROTEST LODGED fans stampeded, in an at- tions and instructed the police
attend a football game.
Pakistan's Prime Minister: The crowd had gathered to Mohammed Ali, tonight called attend the final matches of the on the Afghan Charge d'Affaires, 18th Soutin American Boccer Sundar Mohammed Afiq Kham Armament. Uruguay and Peru Rafiqn and lodged a strong. were to compete ier third place, protest against today's attacke.
Government' Pakistan followed by a match between.
Faure On Formosa Problem
Duty To Prevent Conflagration
•
A
Chile and Argentina for arst spokesman said that an orderly at the Pakistani Embassy was place.
The impatient mob stormced seriously injured.
He said that according to the gates, fighting each other, ivices from Kabul, the de- an attempt to get in. Four per- monstrators wrecked the Em sons were trampled to death bassy's office equipment gusti.
transport
under the fect of the crowd, dama kesman said the mob
their clothes ripped from their bodies by the surging crowd- also entered and wrecked the Many fans wire stabbed with Ambassador's residence.
krive
Paris, Mar. 30. French Premier M. Elgar The streets around the stadium Faure stated here today that were littered with shots, coats
bats and it is the absolute duty of the
Hundreds of policemen on duty world's great powers to do were unable to hold back the everything in their power mob, which destroyed the gates to prevent either a local or and even broke down the walls
of the stadium. Firemen came a world conflagration over to assist the police. Formosa.
They decided to
Dozens of cars were called into service to carry the wounded to teaching until the matter
He added that "I think that hospital. France- settled. -
throughout the world, there
between. Uruguay Presse.
Soviet-Japan
The game
Some of the “demonstrators
were "uniformed students an evidently had been officially organised," he added--Reuber.
Aid For Cotton Industry?
London, Mar. 30. The Cabinet today discussed
cotton industry out of its present difficulties.
must be a general agreement and Peru started on tim proposals for helping the British not to start a war over one or United Press. the other islands off the coast of China, no matter importance."
what its
Speaking at a press, cor-
Peace Talksference, M. Faure said, however,
Latest
New York, Mar. 30.
the solutions to these prob- lems are clearly not in the direct or personal domain of France."
He denied press reports that he had broken with the policy former Premier Pierre Mendes-France in the matter of seeking
Big-Four Conference
in the month of May.
MATERIAL DIFFERENCE
Londoners queued today for The Japanese Ambassador, trol of land matters is not handle many MARKET Ministry's chief industrial re- provincial papers and magazines Mr Renzo Sawada, called on the invested in the PWD, the
With the general public will lations officer, the positions and listened to the BBC ex-Soviet Ambassador, Mr Arkady Shatin development could
A Sobolev, to make arrange as much as eight these workers whose number is tended news bulletins." ing to pay
Many overseas visitors here ments for peace talks in New be speedy? If so, and if the times the normal selling price not yet known but will run into
were able to read London and York. alternative offers a practical for "black market" copies of many thousands."
The notices to these newspaper | world news in airmail copies
Mr Sawada, at a Press con-
M. Faure pointed out that. M. workers will date from Friday of Commonwealth and foreign ference, said that he met with
bad
expected Mendes-Franco have and take effect on April 15.
newspapers arriving a
Mr Sobolev at the Soviet United
at the ratification the Paris They cover compositors, days later. printers, packers, machine room The strike has brought busi-Nations mission this morning.
added that Russia's chiefgreements by France during United Nations delegate told him the first part of February. In Was reality, the ratification Exchange to its lowest ebb this there had been no word- from achieved only toward the end Tonight it was learned that year. The absence of news Moscow about arrangements for of March. This difference of a
news has the bilateral negotiations.
and a half "caneat be the arst dismissal notices affect paper stock market
daily ing journalists have been served caused a fall in average
Mr Sawada is Japan's United month
materially ignored," he stated The two striking unions, both en certain employers of Rey transactions from
Nations observer,
The desire of. France, said M. of which were offered the same nclds News, a Sunday newspaper about 7,500.
SUITABLE SITE The 24 members of the NPA
Ambassador Faure, is to have an East-West The Japanese wage increase as the printing owned by the Co-operative
that at his unions who settled contracts removement with a circulation of affected-12 dally newspapers; confirmed
Last conference as soon as possible, are citly, are demanding an in- 600,000.
three London evenings and nine meeting with Mr. Sobolev on but without any excess of speed inadequate, but the building crease of 58 shillings a week. The journalists Involved are Sundry papers-have a combined February 23 the Russian official which might compromise the
Both sides were last night still part-time employees who work circulation
than had informed him, that New usefulness of such a meeting. of a new post office, having.
Questioned about the posable been placed in the category deadlocked as the unions refused on Saturdays. They have been 47 million.
presence of West Germany, ut a According to reliable estimates York city was a suitable site for are to refer the matter to arbitra-given a month's notice. + of new works which
Other editorial staffs are not today the net.icas being suffered the negociations
"We talked for about 10 Big Four Conference M. Faure considered desirable, button. The newspaper proprietors
already agreed to accept yet affected.
said that whlie Germany would by the national dailies and the minutes formally this morning," for which no immediate the indings of such a tribunal.
London evening papers is at Mr Sawada said, "Then we be consulted, "ay possible Four action can be contemplated, London Express Service.
STRIKE BACKGROUND
least £80,000 day.
a very friendly social Power Conference, also should The strike began last Friday
The net loss of the nine Sun- there is, seemingly, nothing
not, in our opinion, be a five- conversation," when
600 morning
the
conference."--France- more to be said about it.
London, Mar. 30.
onday papers is said to be around
Mr Sarvadasaid that he had power be scarcely
The financial losses suffers technicians stopped work That
Mr. Sobolev point-blanie Presse. can
asked flexible by Britain's national news protest against an offer by the the £100,000 mark for ach described as A
papers in the six-day-old news-Newspaper Proprietors Associa-publication day missed.
The six days of the strike for an answer to his earlier questions about exactly when system.
have therefore meant a loss of and where the talks could be more than 2500,000 for the gla
He said that when Mr Sobolev newspapers concerned-Reuter.
а receives
reply
from the DOCKS STRIKE ENDS
Kremlin, the preliminary are Liverpool Mar, 30. rangements for the conference in the officer of The strike which has for will be made three days crippled the Mersey the Japanese United Natsons
of docks and mission Unfied Press. The Egyptian. Dost returned side network the fire whereupon Israel spread inland to canal dockers reinforcements arrived in at Manchester ended tonight.
Mettings of strikers at Liver-
Informed sources said the three cars and joined in the
President Ho Chemlah firing, the Egypilan sources pool and Manchester agreed to
tomorrow. At some not head the North Vietnam de-officer, in uniform and accom resume work docks an immedate retum to legation to the Asian-Afro Con- panied by his wife and child, The Iraelis then withdrew, man the night shift was ference which is to be held in entered a British Army store. Indonesia next April 18, Inform- here and gave himself up. the sources said. It was un-awaited S
The Doct Labour Board de-fed sources said here today. He was routed to have placed known whether there were
These officials said the North his revolver on a counter in the any Israeli casualties:
cided yesterday not to discrimin Eript complaited to the ate between the two unions in Vietnam delegation will prob- Navy, Army and Air Force Mixed Armistice Commission engaging dock workers and the ably be headed by Vice-Premier Institute store and said "sur-
No other details and trace observers were in executive of the Stevedores Phan Van Dong, although; no render vestigating the anair United Uakon them asked its men to re- ometal statement has been made,
on the matter France Proge, available, turn to work-Beuter.
our
To the people of Kowloon an adequate post office is of far greater importance than the immediate construction of buildings which offer no public service. Moreover, offices raise post substantial revenue for the exchequer, and if they lack facilities for the general some public, this will in measure be reflected in the
hccruing revenue postal services. There is ample reason,
suggest, for the appropriate sub-committee of the Committee 10 Finance. reconsider the priority given to the building of a
office post new.. Taimshatsui.
from
we
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FINANCIAL LOSSES
More Shooting
On
The
Israel Jordan Border
-
Gazz, Mar, 30.
One Egyptian soldier was reported to have been wound- ed in a 90-minute" exchange of fire with Irnell troops neat the tense trace line today. Egyptian Army sourets anaracil patrol
on
#ald
B
Two
200 metres inside the Egyptian zone and opened fire passing Egyptian patrol. Iaracli posts across the border allegedly joined in the ex- change, shelling the Egyptiani and with mortars Dost automnafio firs.
Bald.
Hanoi, Mar. 30.
Soviet Officer Seeks Asylum
Berlin, Mar. 30,
A Russiary "officer and bis family fled to West Berlin today and asked the British authorities for neyism,, it was reported
d
-Urifted: PreRS,
Winston Churchill, who
TIGHTENING UPast week met a delegation of
INFORMATION"
Washington, Mar. 30,
leaders of the industry, presided over today's meeting.
Yesterday he told the House Commons the government
The Army, Navy and Air of Force departments were order would arance its policy be- ed today to replace their uni-fore Parliament adjourns
directors Easter. formed information with civilians,
Cotton downs in the North of
ETË
for The order came from the England.
preparing Secretary
Defence,
£3 Mr widespread unemployment Charles Wilson,, who earlier factories close or cut down this morning, tightened control staffs because of a fall in export over Information made public demand and an increase in
doreign imports-Reuter. by military men.-Reuter.
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