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COMMENT OF
THE DAY
Paper Strike
HILE in no way directly
Waffected by the London
newspaper strike, the people of Hongkong can readily sympathise with the millions of Londoners who, during the past fortnight, have been deprived of their daily reading.
The issue between the elec- tricians und mechanics anions and the Newspaper, Proprietors Association ja sitiple enough. It revolves around
claim. wage Nevertheless, the strike has taken on a somewhat sint- ater appearance, and the Britian public will be for given if they consider the
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Feature Highlights
Rere are -the highlights
of today's feature scetion; P. 5: The Prince of Make Believe, by Milton Shul-
F.
man.
The exploits of the Goldish Club: our new series by Ralph Barker
begins.
P. 8: Russell Sparr's im-,
P. 7: The back-room boys
of Hongkont's CID. William Smyly.
by
F.
pressions of Red China.
13: Another side to
Greene, by Les Graham Armour.
WAS MADE
motives behind it to be DERBY (TO BE RUN THIS AFTERNOON
political.
Certain established facts,
when corelated, lend sub THIS MORNING AT THE HONGKONG
AT HAPPY: VALLEY)
and JOCKEY CLUB.
stance to this belief. Both
the
electricians
mechanics unions are
Communist-controlled; both
A total of 1,300,000 tickets were
unions have refused to sub- sold. The first prize is worth $589,680:
: Local and F. 10 &
overseas sports reviews.
Trapped
mit their claim to a Board the second $168:480; and the third In Car For
of Arbitration, despite the
promise
proprietors
$84,240. to
accept whatever award the Board might make; the
Unplaced starters, and non-runners
Communist newspaper, will each pay lucky ticket holders $5,560.
Daily Worker, unaffiliate with the Newspaper Pro- prietors Association, have made their own terms (not disclosed) with the two unions, and are now pro- ducing the only daily London newspaper.
THESE are rather remark
over,
able coincidences, to say: the least, and must give cause for the people of Britain to ponder. More the unions' willing ness to present their case to an official Court of In quiry, when they have already refused to subm to a Board of Arbitrallon, 19, in the circumstances, peculiar. For while newspaper proprietors were prepared to accede to any findings by a Board, such concession is attached to the recommendations of the Court of Inquiry. These are umple grounds for the the suspicion that
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unions are pursuing po. litical ends. An additional consideration is that shouli no speedy settlement be a further 15,000 reached, newspaper workers will be out of jobs-a development which the Daily Worker, as the only London paper now publishing, would be, quick to exploit politically. The test of the unions' honesty of purpose will come if the Court of Inquiry findings full short of their claims. If those recommendations are rejected the two unions will stand convicted of their venality.
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Expectation
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Hammer Mill Happy Warrior
Helicon
Hiawatha
Ivan-Ho
James Pizz Jemima P. Jimita
Long Cue Ma Cherie Marianne Mascot Midget
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48 Hours
Teenagers Survive'
New York, Apr. 8. A teenaged boy and girl were found to be alive to day at Bristol, New Hamp: shire, after being trapped for more than 48 hours in a car partially submerged in a river.
Alfred Paine, Jr., 16, and Nancy Willey, 15, had eat in the car, boxed in by the swift
Tuesday moving water, night.
since
to waved The youngsters rescuers who stretched a ladder from the shore of the Smith River to the top of the car to free them.
They were taken to Franklin Hospital where their condition
described as "good."
boy
and the giti said that they had swerved off a
Anti-West Views At Conference
Japanese Speaker's "Peace Plan":
New Delhi, Apr. 8. Three Japanese speakers today held the floor at the Asian conference here.
Professor. Yoshi Kubayashi, an Deorumies
criticised professor, the aid from Western nations, particularly America, and said they were aimed at maintaining Asian countries' political and economic dependence on the West
Another Japanese delegate, Kuruma Takudo, said. Asian nations were facing a crisis of atomie war. "According to what we bear the United States is going to make attacks en China from the south, centre and north, that is from Indo-China, Fermosa and Korea, when Chin moves to free Formosa.
"And we hear a that the United States is ready to make use of atomic weapons."
PEACE "PLAN
Takudo
BEA Plane In Forced Landing
Dusseldorf, Apr. Ï.
A British European Air- Ways pline bound for Britain made
forced landing in a ploughed field near here today but none of the
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passengers
aboard, was hurt,
Four of the crew were taken
Royal Air Force hospital though the their injuries extent of was not known.
The twin-engined plane
taken off from had just Duesseldorf Lohhausen Airport when it down-Beuter.
came
Chinese
Reds' New
Air Base
Taipei, Apr. 8.*
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The Chinese Nationalist Oceanic Sky
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reports that Souvenir conference a six-point peace confirmed
Luchiao jet air base in Com- plan:
munist China's Chekiang Night People
1. An International сол- ference to unite Korea,
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2 Withdrawal of all foreign province, about 200 miles The Champ north of Formosa, has been Full Ahead forces from Asia. -
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among
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à Japanese Earlier today, woman MP, Mrs Tomiko Kara had asked ihe, conference demand
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a ban on the use of atomic weapons-Reuter.
highway into the Smith River Six Guerilla
rapids while trying to turn onto
a side read. They were trapped
in mid-stream and could not get
out.
"The kids were covered with
some
funny
them
a car blanket and had to keep books busy" Mr Albert Dewolfe, the boy's brother-in-in-law said,
The car was in water up to the windows. The pressure of the water prevented the teen- free pushing open the agers doors. The car's hood was dung
upwards, protecting the wind shield against floating objects.
Strongholds
Captured
use.
In a communique, the Minis- try said the air base was finished on April 3 and Foochow air- west of the eld, 37 miles Nationalist-held Matsu islands. was being expanded for use by Jets,
The announcement said there munists were planning to build
indications that the Com another, airfield near Swatow.
Earlier, the Nationalist rews- *paper, China News,- said Russian-built MIG-15 fighters were already stationed at Luchino-Reuter.
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Green Velvet Thunder Sky
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Menon Sees
Bulganin
Moscow, Apr. 1, The Indian Ambassador, Mr: Rangoon, Apr. 8.
K.P. S. Menon, today had a Burmese troops have cap-
with the one-hour interview
Premier, Mr Nikolai tured six mountain positions Soviet
the Nationalist Bulganin, from... Chinese
Embassy guerillas in the southernnounced.
"
an-
Mr Menna, who declined to
215744 It was about 20 feet from the Shan States, the War Office give details of his conversation shore and 100 feet down-stream stated in a communique to-which took place in the Kremlin, said "we talked about every from the spot where it plunged night. into the frigid water.-United
topic of importance in a broad. For the last seven days, sort of way, not specifically."
The Indian Ambassador had Burmese forces have been weg-
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Hostess Falls From Plane
Beirut, Apr. 2.
Press
ing an offensive against the the rare privilege of an inter- KILLS HIMSELF Chinese who are estimated to view with Stalin shortly before
the former Fremier's death, WITH
Usually reliable sources said DYNAMITE umber 3,500.
The Tokyo. Apr. 9. /
communique said among topical subjects" men- smashed tiored by Bulganin were the Tokys police said today a artillery and mortar
of Formosa and 23-year-old man killed himself the Chinese Nationalist forti- questions
Burmese Air Austria. with dynamite in Tokyo Univer-fications while
Mr Menon is flying tomorrow sity grounds last night The Force planes carried out bomb-
to Warsaw where he is also the police said the man was so bad-ing raids all yesterday. ly injured that they had not yet Burmese troops are continuing accredited Indian Ambassader.
and will stay about six days been able to identify him. their attacks and DOW Sur-
However, the police believe round the Chinese Nationalists Reuter. he was a university student who are retreating from their China Mail Special.
mountain positions.
The communique claimed
SMALL FIRE
An air hostess was seriously injured today when she... feit from a British Dakota plane taxing along the airport here.
The plane had landed safely
A quantity of cinthes and after coming in from Nicosia, Katmandu, Nepal, Apr. 8, that at least 50 Chinese Nation- domestic articles were destroyed. Cyprus. As it was turning, the An Indian Airlines Corpora- alists were killed in Burmese in a fire which occurred on the door opened and the hostess tion: Dakota force-landed with 22; air strikes against their bases ground floor of No. >1 Kwong
the Siamese
border. Hong Street near Aberdeen taken to hospital close to the India-Nepal border, Burmese mines accounted for Street about 3 p. yesterday
head injuries.- yesterday. No one was hurt another 40, the War Office Two engines extinguished the
added, Reuter.
fire within 15 minutes.
JAPAN AIR LINES fell, landing about 30 feet away, passengers aboard near Dheng, near
'FLIGHTS
LEAVE
HỒNG XONG
She was with serious
Reuter,
Reuter.
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