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JEAN DIKUNG
HDW 10 O ́N
BUS STRIKE ALMOST OVER 6 GREEKS MURDERED
Leaders Urge Men
John Ambulance Brigade To Return To Work
which holds its
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today is one which deserves support. The Brigade Hongkong is a source of pride to the Colony un whole, and we derive prent benefits from Its prompt and efficient servlees. Never is there a public meeting and seldom a road- accident or emergency with out some member of the Corps being present.
PEACE PLAN ACCEPTED
London, June 13. Strike leaders tonight recommended Lon- don's 50,000 busmen to go back to work because of "the forces ranged against them."
Industrial observers
In or out of uniform he steps from the crowd, and efficiently, quietly, and quite naturally, takes charge. Pollce defer to A him. The St John's man is the man on the spot. His Organisation is worthy of the most generous support by a grateful, public which benclita dally from his acrvices,
This said, there remains the
fact
the Brigade new
that
Is got poor. headquarters on
Mac- donnell Road have junt been opened. The $800,000 building coats were more than covered by the $1,000,000 collected. Mure is wanted for a half million endowment fund.
A
Belety that stands for su many good things deserves thia measure of financial atability and we hope that
It
will get this money. But what is the building to be used for? Apart from the invaluable three houra
or
and
80 each evening when the Brigade is present training, the building does virtually nothing.
every
The Brigade ia rightly proud that it draws mem- bers from
level. Many members live in squalid conditione. Many have children who cannot And places in Hchool, for there are not enough schools or places. And school buildings are often filled sixteen hours à day. Many sun morning school, afternoon school, and evening school in the SAMO buildings. New vacant buildings fit poorly in the Hongkong scene.
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But could these premises not
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fuller advantage from the public condence and investment made in them if the Brigade were to extend its activities to a
forecast the 40-day-old stoppage was virtually over, with the strikers expected back towards the end of next week. busmen's delegate conference agreed to recommend a resumption of work on "a date to be determined" with London Transport.
TUESDAY MEETING
They voted to consult the busmen at garage branches and
meet again on Tuesday.
A proposal to extend the strike to power workers and petrol tanker drivers was 'defeated' by the 132 delegates.
They made these decisions after their 23-man negotiating committee had recommended acceptance of London Transport's Intest penee' proposals as a basis for negotiation-Reuter.
FAROUK WANTS TO BE A
MONAGESQUE
Monaco, June 11. Ex-king Farouk of Egypt has applied to become a nationaltred citizen. of Monaco, usually well. Informed sources sold today
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The squrees said the „zov- ernment of the Uny principality was eon- sidering the maller but
ultimate Cie
decision would rest with Prince Rafider.
Farouk abdicated in 1052
following ✰
milltary coup in Egypt. He was exiled and has lived la Rome for the past two years-but
owns villa and yacht in Monte Carlo. China
A
Mail Special.
"Junior St John Am Russia Agrees To
bulance".
...
school in
which priority is given H-Bomb Meeting
to children of Its own members; a school where the subjects of normal education are combined
and
with the traditions educational methods no well practised by this great or ganisation in Hongkong?
Moscow, June 13. The Soviet Government
has
greed that a meeting of ex- perts to study means of detect- ing nuclear explosions should begin in Geneva on July 1, the official Soviet news agency, Tiss report today, ---Neuter.
My Mummy dries
everything nice in the
Kenwood
Sun-dry
thing free from
Oh, A Shame!
NEW MILITARY
BASE
SITE CHOSEN
Singapore, June 13,
The Straits Times said today more than 1,000 acres
gel
of jungle was being cleared-10 miles south of Kuala Lumpur, to give Malaya one of the best military bases in Southeast Asin.
The Times sald the site, Bun-, m Bos!, hund formerly been Learmarked by the British for AVE
base.
Work on the base wor ex- pected to take two
years, and
to cost $(MM) 17 million,
The Time said the project would be financed by the British Government - under a grant it had made to Malaya.
The base, when completed, would accommodate the Malayan military college, an infantry battalion of the Royal Malay. regiment, and a brigade head
Mr R.A. Butler, acting Frime 'Minister, opened a church fate. In the grounds. of his
home at Halstead, Emex.
He la vicer's warden at Green. stead Green. The feta was in ald of the church, funds.
High spot of the fate was
2
fashion show, with an auction
of clothes displayed by 12 top modela.
Mr Butler bid for a housecoat. There was a Jubliant moment
MACMILLAN
FLIES BACK
TO LONDON
Ottawa, June 13..
when it anamed there was no Mr. Harold Macmillan, the
one against him. Then someone outbid him—o
pictured - lot the hounecoa' go—London -Express ·Servics.
"Black Outlook"
For Lancashire
INDUSTRIALIST'S · WARNING
Manchester, June 13.
quarters. Its total population A Lancashire industrialist said today he
would be about 5,000,
The
building
Times sald construction was expected to start early next year. Reuter.
STOP PRESS
BOY DIES
IN FIRE
.
A four-year-old boy was burned to death in aire that destroyed the top floor of two-storey stone hut
A Twan Wan shortly after
midnight last night,
It was reported that quantity of Joss sticks and pspers
kopt in the
TRAL
upper floor premises and a roaring blaxe lit up the Immediate neighbourhood.
A number of fre *D- pliances were rushed froza Kowloon and the blast WAS brought under control £ half an hour,
PARIS.. 11's Art with '
"NAUGHTY? Le.Kuimar
thought the future of Britain's cotton industry "exceedingly black."
To this Sir Thomas replied; The whole of my activities are In ection and I am as much volved in this as any of you. All I can say is that the Government knows all about
here things,
Sir Thomas Barlow told that bring industries to Lancashire Lancashire' and' Metpryside In-ig relleva unemployment. austrial Development Associa- tion: "When the Chinese can cell ane yarns at two shillings a pound. less than we can, the ou look for us is hot good, and We might as well be realistic about it."
For
hour nearly an
Sir ThomaAssociation President -heard delegates describe how cotton mills and collieries were closing down und people being thrown out of work,
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No Good
One speaker said it was 110 good talking about the cotton industry's contraction-the in- dustry was passing out alto- gether.
"It' ls. Casy `fo talk' about getting fresh industries but it is
so darned easy to got them."
-Reuter,
Assassination Plot
Lima, June, 13.
British Prime Ministar, accompanied by his wife, "Lady" Dorothy" "Macmillan, took off in a specially chartered Britannia air craft tonight for London. Ho lell abstãe end of his talks with Mr John Diefenbaker, the Canadian Premier, and Pre- sident Elsenhower In Washing- ton,
Shortly after the Prime Mla- ister had boarded the aircraft and the ramp had been taken away, he remembered that he had lest his hat and coat in the car which had brought him to uplands Royal Canadian Force station here,
Alt
Ground crews were intormed and they quickly got the hat and
cont and handed them up to the Reuter
plane through, the crew" door.---
De Gaulle Broadcast To Nation
Paris, June 13. General Charles de Gaulle fold his countrymen tonight that France must take "the place which In ours” in “the western world to which ha belong, without having to confine ourselves to it.”
But he warned, "the whole future is closed to us. If France does not have to guide her a state which is capable of doing 80."
De Gaulle spoite in a nation- wide, radio and television "Are- {pide chal,” his first sinée taking Another pointed to the im Folied today began an investi-power nearly two weeks ago. menke trude to be done with gation of a reported plot to De Gaulle appealed to French- China and Arab. countries oncé } atzassinate Japanese Prince incu 10 subscribe to the embargoes were fled,
¡Mikasa when heuational programme opening on Most speakers urged the | Errives here an June 24 on an Tuesday, "the dist' step of our Governement to do more to help. | official visit.-U. P. LUZ
recovery."--U. P, 1.
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IN SUPER CONSTELLATION COMFORT
Cyprus Governor Orders Special Inquiry
Nicosia, June 13. Cyprus Governor, Sir Hugh Foot, tonight announced he had ordered a special enquiry into the murder of six Greeks and the wounding of seven others by Turks near Geunyeli last night.
RIME AN
After personally visiting the place where the Greeks were ambushed, Governor Foot said it was of the utmost importance to establish the facts of what happened,
"That Sub Was Russian'
He asked Chief Justice Sir Paget Bourke To make urgent special enquiry..
The Governor's announce.
that stated
-10- ment gretted that the Arst com- munique on the attack, issued last night, was inaccurate,
Responsibility
Buenos Aires, Juno 13. The Argenting Navy has told The first statement said about President Frondizi that the 20 Turks: Aired on a parly, of mystory submarine at- Greeks who were setting crops tacked in Argentina waters the clash came after troops put olight. Later it was slated, that on May 21 was Russion, 35 Greeks in a truck, dropped usually reliable sources them a mile and a half from said here today.
Grunyell, nad told them to make their way home,
The
concerned.
But, the sources said the full
Greek Cypriot newspapers facts of the Incident might never had criticised the first official be revealed..
statement and the Mayor of Nicosin said he would not take They sald three marine air-the responsibility of appealing craft, patrolling outside Argen-for restraint by Greeks unless tine waters six days after the
authorities admitted the incident, saw the submarine un-
the office dergoing repairs on the surface. Aponsibility of
The Chief of Operations In Secret Session Cyprus, Major-General, Douglas Kendrew, tonight "rėjected al- Rear-Admiral Alofo Estevez, legations that the Security tavy Minister, and Senor Al- Forços showed partiality to the fredo Vitolo, Interior Minister, Turks, and told a Press Con- reported today on the incident ference: "We intend to have no |to| 'secret session of the Cham- | further trouble,”
ber of Deputies.
how
Keep Calm They described
three De Themistocles. Dervis, cruisers," + four' destroyers, and | Mayor of Micosia, tonight urged naval aircraft attacked the sub- Cyp.dot Gracks in the expital to marine in the Golfo Nuevo, off keep calm and show restraint. the Chubut coast, and then saw He sold ho expected futi a large oil sliek appear on the compensation for relatives of the Greek victims of the Geunyeli clashes and punish- responsible-s France-Presse and Reuter,
surface.
Sailors from the ships which made the stack today asm. the theory that the submarine might have deliberately UANGALIMOGE oll to nisiced them. The suck was too big, they said.-itcutes,
Cholera Goes North
The choleru
k
ment
for those
French Jets For Israel
Paris, June 13. The Independent evenlog newspaper Le Monde reported today that France would short- ly deliver about 20 Vautour (Vulture) twin-fat bomberą to the Israeli Air Force.
Singapore, June 13.
epidemic
Quoting a "good, source" Le Thalland had spread to provinces | Monde sold these bembers had 100 miles north of Bangkok, an a top speed of about 680 mil official of the World Health an hour, compainble with the Organisation in Singapore sald Soviet MIG`arcraft delivered to today-Heuter.
ypt and Syria-Reuter
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