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All accounts appears that the parlia-1 mentary wing of the Com-) servative Party and parti- cularly TIN ministerial leaders are due to receive some torrid criticism at the Llandudno party conference which
pens today. (1 observer remarks that "on the surface, i would seem that
since italdwin's early years has the Tory Party been so at odds with its lenders" The list of 304 resolutions ca rected i which reflect anxiety over Suez, criticise high texation, condemn inflation, deplete, wage demands, poinls to the prevailing disentent.
rentærkalche for
kenerni placidity and
congratulatory resolutione applause
THE WEATHER: . Modersin) E., winds, freshming - consider. ably from the N. Fair, becoming-cooler - with showera followed
by, light rain.
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"DAKS Whiteaways
KOWLOON RIOTS CONTINUE
Mobs Turn To
Looting
RADIO HK MAN
ATTACKED
Mobs of rioters, who for 12 hours
Past conferences have been previously had attacked police and civilians Thri with bricks and bottles and set fire to respectability, Mild debate, buildings in Kowloon, this morning indulged in looting shops in the Shamshuipo district. Shortly after 9 o'clock a small toy shop and a compradore's store near the Apollo Theatre in Castle Peak Road were invaded. Some of the goods were taken into the street and set on fire.
And dutiful maiked the meeting & follow. ing the Woolton reinigs
sacher of the party in the immediate prowad your The inspired leadership of 36, Winston Churchill ens
vomaged this Qeribel
atmosphere, but since his
departure his supersty bac When a police contingent arrived to disperse
mor the crowd they were attacked with stones.
been expaised
watapanis
pended
Are en- J
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searching nquiry by the middle-class rank nail file Twn police vans,
police who have found it both im-gov. +
Jeep and possible and intolerable in, private on were also fargets for
The Holes nussies acerpt na apparently show+ | bailing deterioration chielly | Servlets
Because of this meldent,
on the No 8 route In the cost of living.
5| school- from APART
domestic putting value back in the pound; stabilisingerunumirj conditions. reducing taxa, tion. restraining demands, British policy u Suez will be high on the agenda for discussion. Some A staff member of the shop difference of minion on the jold The China Mull that the shop conduct of the Govern had suffered damage amounting ment's case must be *x. 0 over $30,000.
though endorse. pected,
such vexed | children in the Shanshulpo aren
user wert home
The branch office
of the C'how Hanz Sang goldsmith shop at 67 Taipo Road wan louted by riolers and hooligans at about 3 am, and a large part of the gold jewellery in the shop was stolen,
WBJP
iment of Sir Anthony Eden's general principles of inter, national contrui Canal is almost certain.
the
1
I w. roported that rioters
or hooligans wrenched a pipe:
Reservists end special evnstables patrolling duties on
look over The island.
Up to mid-morning, the official usually list remainedi at two dead, but the number of injured had risen to 90
The two fatalities were Chinese who succumbed to in- Jurles received when ¤ tire engine, s driver knockol un- by flying brick,
CONEXIONS
crushed into
a crowd standing
on the pavement.
Authoritative sources suld this that they understood had beim wild by
marg
no
shooting.
Workers Stranded
Thousands ol workers ATKI
from the tireel railing and poked schortchilario were stranded
# small window of the shop. | early this morning through luck They ale troke spin the iron of
transportation. No
buses
The party is also expected to the Taipo Road side and were running up until after 8
make its voice felt for the first time on Britain's pro-
steamed into the premisNOS
The cock, but the "normal services
i was completely smashed Wore functioning by 0.30.
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with
היניייוז :נו
posal for closer association broken furnitur, lying all over
with the new "free trade"
and common market plants
The place
Two other Chinese food pro- for Western Europe. Some he's companies in Tupo Road Conservatives, particularlynd Nathan Houtt were also those who support Brieked and joolest The shop in tain's Imperial Preference : Rond sulfered consider
with herable less. arrangements
Commonwealth partners,
are expected to be sharply Car Set On Fire critical of the plun 1 Macmillan's report may
Hote
About 1,200 people surround-
-
Here
Are Fome eyewitness
stories of some of this morning's
i als in Kowloon:
About 2.30 Д столиц Nathan Road was driven from
117
Dundas Street to Waterloo Road
by
squads of police who used tear gas bombs,
As the
retreated mob
142 Widerko Road. there WKIN? shouts of "beat him up, and w Chinese was seen being chased. As he neared a lane he was raught up by the mob and at the Junction of Waterloo Road
the
this morning and set fire to it crowd gathered around him in
of Special Police hostile mood, tried to disperse the crowd, hut
A group
Before they hod decided
had their attracted 40 the
the crowd turtel on them. whether or not to molest the hurling stones.
man, the mob The Speals returned to Police attention headquarters for reinforcements and a
turge detachment re- turned to Li Cheng Uk and beat the rowd back with tear gas. The crowd fell back, huritng alones at the poller,
however, convince many of¦ ed a private car in the Li Cheng the vital necessity of the Uk Resettlement area compound new plan and give Indieation of the extent which it can help Britain's economic recovery. These are some of the issues that are likely to capture the limelight at Llandudno, Most Tories would agree, however, that coming less than midway through its current term of office the sharpest of criticism can only do good. Pont-election complacency has possibly i disappeared completely and anxiety fully aroused both) on the Home front and over- Rens by recent events. But it is timely to review election promises and, where neces- sary, to give assurances of attentive action to new com- plications that have arisen,
Kowloon Riots
IT
Is inappropriate, so soon after the event, to indulge in any detailed comment on last night's sudden outburst of violence in Kowloon, it
Is sufficient today to com- mend the gallant restraint of the Hongkong Police force on their handling of the situation despite severo provocation and to
com- mensures they mend the took to control unruly crowds on several occasiona during the night.
outbursta like Impetuous
theso are of course to be deplored. Behind the dis- order hooligans and provo- cateurs
at wore
work Inciting unrulinesa and against these elements must be laid the blame for the destruction death and
ensued. Another which apparently impetuous act which triggered the Initial outbreak also.dosorvos con- demnation and the resulta of this rash action boar witness to, the folly of Impulsive behaviour,
AI
the Kowloon Traffic Ofee thin morning were
nationes two Army
signat-
Student Book Store, Just south
of Waterloo Road. Four or five of them rushed at the store and violently. kicked at the doors but without result.
Throws Stones Back
A few minutes later they saw ler. They were sending back a European In a passing taxi reports of the disturbances to and they at once hurled stones Whilefeld Barracks
One fold a Clina Mail re- parter if the ritualion deter- lorated Royal Artillery unlis would be called out,
This morning the Polles Kererve, the Special Con- stabulary and the Auxiliary Fire Services were mobilined,
Reform Club
Statement
the
th
The Reform Club issued
following statement morning concerning
the riols:
The Reform Club con- sider that the sellon of the Resettlement Suptrvivor in ordering the removal of certain flags was most re- grettable.
It is felt, however, that the Bubsequent rjoling must have been organised by a mall and irrespon- sible elment as it is utterly out of keeping with the character of the Cantonese ptople and the co-opersilon. previously experitmoed from the mettlers of the Rt. seillement Areas.
The... Reform. Clab will press · for a full invertigo-- .tion into the,'enuson of tho rioling. and the organiza- sion,' it 'any,' behind it,
at it.
Inside WED Mr John Wallaer, well-known Radio Hongkong commentator. He was hit by several stones, Pleking some up from the floor of the taxi, he threw (Contă, on back page, Col. 2)
STOP PRESS
TROOPS CALLED
Troops are being moved into [Kowloon to quell rioting, it was announced early this afternoon. A special Government cora munique released at 1.15 pm. said in view of the fact that there had been further incidents, this ; morning in whicir police were stoned_byśm and disorderly
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Government had lasued:
warnings: Krave "No further sasemblies In the affooted areas will be tolerated and
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ere sction will be taken against any further outbreaks of Tawlessentes, j Residents of the Shamsimipo "and" LI Cheng Uk advised 15 areas are mirongly [stay indoors for the remainder of today boll for their own pro. motion and in order to sais; the autistelikem ktu makulaining law | end'order.j
*Troops are being moved into the Kowloon: area”
Last Night's Riots In Pictures
Riolers start a fire and byrn a fire engine's water hose at the Tai Hang East Resettlement area at Kowloon Tsai.-Staff Photographer.
Above are some of the burnt-out delivery vans of the Garden Bakery after the bakery had been set on fire by a mob last night. The bakery was gutted--- Staff Photographer.
An anti-riol squad constable is led away by helpers after being badly Injured by bricks and stones thrown by a rioter in Kowloon last night.- Staff Photographer.
PORT SAID TO BE FREE ZONE
T
-Port Bald, Oct, 10. The city pt. Port Said is to be- exempt come a free zone, from
customs and taxation. It was officially announced today that, a low has 3 lbert drafted, and will shortly po submitted for sinatura to the Freskdorf of Tha Republle to this effort
to Well-informed i solarées", said, the whole clly on well the port will be placed, kinder tills rogimo, wo that people travel-1
ling through the. Cenal can purchase goods there from all over the world at much lower prices than elsewhere. This port may eventually be- coma, a supply centre for ail Middle East countries, sources raid,
offcial circles sald this step had been planned for some time but could only become, poel ble broe" the Canale n floribil od;
"Developing_Questions & Answers"
Lloyd, Pineau
Fawzi Have Second Meeting
New York, Oct. 10.
The British, French and Egyptian foreign ministers discussed the Suez dispute for more than two and a half hours at United Nations head- quarters today, but did not get past the exploratory stage.
The ministers will meet again tunorow morning.
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Today's meeting, like the first one last night, was at the invita
of Mr Dag Hammarskjold, United Notions Secretary General, and was held in his office 011 the ,38th floor of the headquarters skyscraper.
Afterwards, M. Christion Pineau, French Foreign Minis- ter, said: "We have been devo. loping questions and answers without any hard commitments from either side.
Asked if anorrow morning's meeting would be the last for
M. Bernard
ISRAELIS
LAUNCH ATTACK
Tel-Aviv, Oct. 10. Unofficial reports here tonight said Israel troops had launched an attack in the Qalqilya area on the Jordan border, northeast of
the three ministers, he said: "I do not know. We may mest again in the afternoon."
SECRET SESSION
Cornut-Gentilie, French permanent representative | Tel-Aviv. who accompanied M. Pineau at Israell the meeling, sald tomorrow reported afternoon's secret session of the gundre. Security Council would BO
villagers at Kfarsaba hearing the sound of
The target of the Israeli forces to be Jordanian fortified positions at the Qalqilya triangle"
ohead as planned, but would be was believed
| "brief."
He said not enough had deve- bulge of the "Arab loped to justify a longer meet-which juts into Israel's coastal ing.
belt.
There would probably t be The attack was believed by pubile meeting of the Council on observers to be an Israeli reprisal Friday, he said,
action for yesterday's attack and
As Mr Lloyd left the building Inst Thursday's murder of ve he told reporters; There is no Israelis in en mpbush of cars switch in British policy.
near Sedom-Reuter, G
There
is no new British plan. We medi again at
10 o'clock tomorrow morning and I hope we luve Reuter.
useful
discussion."
Terrorists Strike
Singapore, Oct, 10, Communist terrorists slobbed
Two
Malayan rubber workers
Ambassador Resigns
Rabat, Oct. - 10. M. Andro Louis Dubols has handed in his resignation from his post as French Ambassador to Morocco, it was disclosed in Rabat today.
Dubols submitted his written and scattered Communist par-resignation 10 the President. phlets around their bodies, Rene Coty, through the French un official communique released Premier, Guy Mollet-Franco- today said.Reuter.
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