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KING'S PRINCESS
At 2.30, 5.15 & 7.20 p.nt. At 2.30, 5.30 & 7.30 p.m. LAST 3 SHOWS TO-DAY.
THE GAAN VASAPRATION PONIEW
JUNE, ISABELLE
LAVERICK COREY
INGE SCHOEKER
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY," APRIL:"3, 1958.
“More__Pay At- Earliest Possible Moment"
BUS STRIKE LOOMS OVER QUEEN'S
There Is No Polio & Fla
Abominable
it happened in ROME Snowman,
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
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3 SHOWS DAILY:
KING'S at 2.15, 5.30 & 9.00p.m.
PRINCESS at 2.30, 6.00 & 9.15 p.m.
Logo & Dross Circle: $4.70, Back Stalls: $3.50, Front Stalle: $2.40
(Complimentary tickets are not valid for this film)
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·Moscow, Apr. 2. British mountainoor and scientist, Charles Evans, flatly denied the existance of the abominable snow- man whon ke addressed a conferenco at Moscow
University today.
Evans, who is visiting Mos- cow with his wife, sald he had come there to ask Servlet sein-1
ta to show hins pictures of the snowman reportedly taken by the Russian expolition to the Pamir mountain range,
BEAR?
He said that all he had seen for himself were tracks whien might have -been those of a beur ON other large animal. Asked why the British expodi- tion had hot seen this bear, Evons replied that nobody had Lothered to run after 11.
secn рце they.
He added that certain British lentists, who had also nothing but tracks, had forward the theory that could belong to the snowman.
But from the biologlel point at view, he declared, such theory could not be seriously entertained. It seemed that the world owed the theory of the cxistence of the snoWINAN tu the USSR, Evaus sold. France-Presse,
Vaccines:
Restrictions
On UK
Washington, Apr. 2. "FIXPORT to Hong-
E kong of the Salk
pollo vaccine and Asian 'flu vaccine is still restricted, although the United States Com- merce Department to- day
the announced essing of licensing con. ditions to most other countries,
The Commerce 'Department lifted all restrictions from the export of Salk polio vaccine, saying the sup- ply is now ample to meet present and fore- Kecable demands nt home and abroad.
Previously exports were restricted to five million c.c's a quarter,
The Department also removed Asion 'Bu vaccine from the list of items requiring indivi- dual export licences. It may now be shipped to most countries under the generol licence procedure.
But individual licences will still have to be ob tained for shipments to Hongkong, Macao and Chinese - Soviet bloc countries.-Reuter.
LONDON
50,000
May Halt On May 4
Work On
London, Apr. 2. Trade union chiefs of London's 50,000 busmen today called for a strike on May 4 to press wage claims as their 180,000 provincial colleagues decided to domand more pay "at the earliest possible moment."
The London stoppage was called by leaders of the 1,300,000-strong Transport and General Work- ers Union Britain's largest trade-union who decided to give a month's notice of strike action.
Meanwhile, trade union officials representing 180,000 municipal and private company bus- men in the provinces resolved to submit new wage demands.
The London busmen's pay any wage increases et all-aid, elabs are regarded as a lest in any case, are not prepared to the Industrial court's case in Britain's present series 'better of wage disputes.
award.
Incresses to be The wrgen an
demanded by provincial busmen are as yet unspecified,
The Industrial court, arbitration budy, hng-awarded a weekly pay increase of eight shillings and six pence to 30,000 central London busmen, with nothing for 14,000 country bus workers.
A spokesman sald: "We want the increases to be as sub- stanitat es we can get and the applications will go in at the
But the wilon wants an all-carliest possible round increase of ten shillings Neuter. and sixpences for all busmen, which it is estimated, would cost more than £1,500,000
London's
A your.
London Transport, the en- 'ployers, are opposed to giving
Refused To Move-So Building
Was Demolished Around Him
Wealthy Australian's Lengthy Battle Of Principle
Cannes, Apr. 2.
local
Wealthy Australian John Crawford apparently called a truce
today in his lengthy battle of principle with a construction firm and began moving out of his barricaded apartment in the wreckage of the once-swanky Grand Hotel.
Crawford, 75, his 20-year-old daughter and a police dog named Bouly, have been holed up in his quarters at the Grand since early last month in a dispute with the "Societe Menage" of Nice about just the right room with just the right view.
The Society, which wanis out seldom, usually just for it had racing the sea, but he
seemed pleased. to build a new Grand Hotel meals.
Today Crawford began (o
De
Alven a lump sum in the neigh-
on the site of the old, began move out his belongings. lie He had additional reason to tearing the building down even leaned out of his window be happy. The belting here around the Crawfords a and smilingly told a. United Was that Crawford woul month ago,
It is now more than hall turn dewn but Crawford refused to move out until today.
Press reporter that his and the company's lawyers were meet- ing tonight for what might be a Ünal settlement of the dispute,
Crawford said he had justi вест the plans for his
now
apartment for the first-time, and that it is even larger than Che one he has now.
bourhood of eight million franc
(US$19.040) by The construe- on company to let him do ble own apartment hunting until the new hotch de bunt.
moment."--
Final Tribute To Composer Of 'St Louis Blues' 2,500 Jam Church At Funeral.
New York, Apr. 2
The Bilvor trumpet of jaxx musician Charles ("Cootie") Williams echoed through Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church tolay In final tribute to W. C. Handy, composer. of "St Louis Blues".
The church was jammed with 3,000 people as Willlama played Handy's favourite hymn, "Holy City while another 2,000 people stood in silence outside.
The funeral rites were allchd- ed by the Mayor of New York, Mr Robert F. Wagner, and many famous people from show busi- ness,
Handy, 84 and blind at the time of his death last Friday, was extolled as "un Ambassador
of Joy" in the eulogy-teater.
Duncan Sandys
Lordun, Apr. 2, Mr Duncan Sandys, Minister of Defence, said today he And besides he wasn't going would be going to Paris for the French very for just over the villa discussions with he still owns on the scuside Defence Minister similar to
The building originally belong- ed to Crawford but he has been holding out for exact com- pliance with the terms of sale that he be given a suitable apartment in the new hotel and He did not say whether he edge of the Grand Hotel Gar- those he had had recently in be
with
Italy and Germany-Reuter. provided
adequate liked it, or how many windows dens. United Press quarters until it Trady.
So far he has turned down three temporary sparimenta offered by the Society be cause they don't apare with what he has now-six win- down, with three of thems facing the Mediterranean.
While wreckage rews, noisily demolished his hotel facing tils Riviera resurt's seaside bele- vard, Crawtond and company put up "Beware the Dog" signa and retired to their rooms, Je- fusing to answer the phono or went receive visitors. They
UNEASY CALM IN NIGERIA
Burglars Use Trojan Horse'
MODERN VERSION IN LOOTING OF A PUB
Landon, Apr. 2.
THREE men, who burzled a public house here. used a modern version of the "Trojan horse" to get into the premises, à cours was told today,
(The hore a giant wooden structure --- was used by the Greeks to capture, the city of Troy after a 10-year slege ábout 1,100 years before the birth of Christ,
(It was wheeled into the city as a present for the Trojans.- Inside wers soldiem; who camt out and sacked the elty during the night)
The modern "Grecks" used, noi à horse but: a coffin, the court was fold. Two men arrived at the public hour on the presence of servicing vepillation shafts,
They brought with them a heavy coffin-like
on,
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Lagoi, Apr. 2. Strong polico patrols forced an uneasy calm Ibadan, Western Nigeria today following yesterday's political riots in which 15 demonstra-, tors lost their lives.
A curfew imposed from dusk yesterday to dawn this morning was expected to be continued Lonight.
The riots yesterday in Ibadan and surrounding villages fol- Western Inwed the funeral of Nigerian Opposition Header Adegoke Adelsbù, killed in a car crash a week ago, Police said political agitators turned the mourning for Adelabu into A violent anti-tax demonstra- Mood Press.
box, containing their equipment. After "work- ing" on the shatia for two hours, the men made off leaving their box behind.
The third burglar then came out of his coffin and rot to work, § was stated in court.
Donald James, aged 20, and Michael Lock- wood, 19, were both found' guilty `of stealing £93 cash, 15,000 cigarettes and other properly. They pleaded guilty.
James was givõiť a nominal sentence of 14 daya'' imprisonment so that he could be sent bask to a Borstal Juvenile, detention centre. Bentence on Lockwood was postponed.
The court was told that the third kan the one in the "here" - had beesi arrested- and would appear in court inter-Chini. Mall Special.....
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THE WARS OF THE RANCH KINGS WHO BUILT AN EMPIRE A THOUSAND MILES BEYOND THE LAW!
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THE SPECTACLE OF LOVE AND WAR THAT MAKES MOTION PICTURE HISTORY!
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