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CHINA MAIL
NATIONAL NEWSPAPER
SHUTDOWN THREAT IN BRITAIN
London, June 28.
Britain tonight appeared on the brink of becoming a nation with-
out newspapers.
London newspapers, which have a national circulation running into many millions of copies a day, were threatened today in the strike of 150,- 000 printers which has already closed nearly every provincial news-
paper.
Weekly magazines have, government shows "partiality" disappeared or have printed towards the employers. greatly-reduced issues
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far afield as West Germany.last
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The situation behind the strike, which begon in phases week, was a complicated riking for a 10 per cent pay crease and a 40-hour week.
Supplies of printed food one. Ten unions were involved,
labels and nearly every other printed item were dwindling fast.
Today supplies of printing Ink to 11 London newspapers were cut by a walkout of workers ot manufacturing companies. One ink maker has noted is workers they will be out of a job by Friday.
Minister of Labour, Iain Mac- leod, has aleadfastly refused to intervene in the dispute so far because printers unions have refused an arbitration settle- ment of their claim,
Agreement
The Council of the Newspaper Proprietors Association scheduled meeting early this week to study the situation.
Not Part
Unions charge the employers have refuzed to "resume a
traightforward negotiations."
London's
dally or
hugo Sunday newspapers wern tot a part of the dispute. How. ever, the two companies sup- plying ink to seven of the largest daily newspapers and Sunday five of the major newspaper were struck in a related action. The dispute In the third firm threatened to dry up ink supplies for all newspapers.
days of
All of the 11 newspapers affected by the walkout Under a "gentleman's agree-normally carry enough ink to ment," all newspapers belong-rint three to six Ing to the Association will newspapers. It was slop publishing if one of them possible they might be able to additional ink from other firms.--UTI.
la forced to halt publication obtain
because of a labour dispute.
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It was this agreement; as much as a shortage of lok supplies, which could turn Britule Into
newspaperless nation.
addition, Эл But
W. Briginshaw, Chief Officer of the Unlous nation-wide Printers Society, has replied ક the threat by the third ink firm to Are its employeen by threaten- ing-to-call-out-workers from all ink firms it any manufacturer dismisses ils men.
"We can get tough, too," he sold.
bellaved
BAD CABLE
RECEPTION
Lam Chai's Last Request
The last request of 32-year- the old Lam Chai, to Kowloon District Court this morning before he was led away to bogin three-and-a-half-year prison sentonce was that ho be given a European dict in gool.
When the court asked him if he had anything to say, Lam Chal replied, "Yes, I request your Honour to write to the Prison authority to let me have European food."
He did not give any reason for his request.
Judge A. A. Huggins, 1. plied: *1 shall do no stoli thing. That decision resta with the Prison authority, given Anyway you will be the appropriale diel.”
ARRESTED
Lam Chal pleaded guilty to u charge of burglary. Chief Insp. T. W. Wheeler said the accused
Reception of press cables went to the ground floor of
Fuk Shing Lane in Hok Lo Vil- from many parts of the world was bad this morning, particu-luge on the night of May 24-26. larly from the United States.
But after he had bundled some An officer of Cable and clothing and was ready to leave, Wireless, when contacted, said the occupant of the house, Tsang the recention of cubles from US. Lo, returned and arrested him. was a little disrupted and "sub- normal."
Besides being given a three- and-a-half-year prison term. Iam Chal was also placed.
for supervision
Bob Wills, General Secretary of the Londen Typographical Society, threatened
under to stop government printing
If the
He could not ascertain the reason of hand but "probably It was due to sun spots."
Another New Shipment
of
Capri Sets-
COTTON KNIT T-SHIRTS
and some really gorgeous drip dry dresses for all occasions
showing as of today at
Paquerette's!
years.
The
1949
MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1959.
ANOTHER
SHEAFFER'S
Imperial ACHIEVEMENT
THE POPULARIT
WITH
SHEAFFER'S
Cylindrical Gold Point and modern touch down filling,
AVAILABLE HOW AT ALL LEADING STORES-
PICTORIAL PARADE
Wim- bladon stylo by
tho Car- pontor family from Shipton-under- Wychwood. Ox- fordshire. They word"
at Wimbledon for the
the Locond day of tonnis championships all dressed alike in bosters decorated with racquets, etc.
Mrs Jean Carpenter stands with
daughter Susan (13), while twins Jane... (right) and Wondy (12) are in the front.—Contral Press Photo:
Kai Tak
Landing Lights In
Use Again
The landing lights on the
now Kai Tok runway were! successfully put into operation ogoln early_this morning when
Pan American chartered Stratocrulsor took off for Pnompenh.
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The big four-engined alrcroft two | left Kal Tak at 4 am, loday for Cambodia, where it will pick up
He admitted eight previous President Sukarno of Indonesia. convictions and that he had and his party. It will then taka been released from Fool on them to Indonesia. April 13.
New Film Company
In Hongkong
This brings the Indonesian President's two-month world tour to an end.
The pre-dawn take-off from Kal Tak marks the second time the recently-installed lighting Bystem at the airport has been put into use.
They were switched on one night last week to guide a crip- pled German DC Skymaster down up a safe landing.
It is also the first pre-dawa take-off for quite a number of
The Golden Horse Motion years.
Pletura Co hold a press reception at the Para- mount yesterday in com- memoration of the com- pany's official inaugura- tion.
ac-
Formed by a group of veteran directors, actors tresses and Independent pro ducers, the now film will produce Mondarin, Can- tonese as well as Amoy dialect pictures.
company
For the first year, they plo to produce six alms, tree in Mandarin and three in Amay
dialect.
Filming of the first produc-- tion Tragedy, will start on Wednesday, July 1.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Naive
SIR EARLE
PAGE. DUE
A former Australian Primc Australian Country Party, Minister at once leader of the Sir Ecrlo Page, M.H.R., is dúo to Boac arrive In Hongkong by Comet 4 from Tokyo today,
Sir Earle, who is, making short tour of Southeast Asia and the Far East, will be accom-
panied by his private secretary, Miss J. Thomas.
RIGHT: Not as
the
fiorco as
looks is crocodile- shaped hand- bag carried by
Mm
Frod
Porry, wife of
: tho former Wimbledon champion, when she ar- rived at the WI bledon tennia cham- ptonships last wook -- Reu- terphoto,
and great
ABOVE: That distinguishad American friend of Sir Winston Churchill, Mr Bornard Baruch, arrived in the Queen Mary at Southampton lato last Monday night on a visit to Britain, Ho will, during his visit, be sooing Sir Winston. This picture shows Mr Baruch on his arrival at Waterloo the following morning. Central Press Photo,
Unregistered School:
'Head' Fined $2,400
The headmaster of the Wan Fau Clansmen Astroclulion school, Lee Tin-hon, of 132 Des Voeux Road Central, second floor, was convicted on a charge of managing an unregistered school and fined $2,400 with the alternative of six months' guol by Mr E. Corbally at Central Magistrucy this morning.
Mr D. N. E. Rea, Grown - partment signed by Mr Au Tin- |_ Two mib-inspectors of schools, Counsel, prosecuted,, assisted by Į yam, M
Yeung Kwong sin and | Kwok-lming Testifled that they Detective Inspector A. T. Bhelles S
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Sir-I am amused to note
On June 7 and 25, witness went to the school and saw 35 that in "Hollywood, Moscow
Mr E Fisher, asdistant socre said that he received letters pupils in a room aludying and Mr Greene, that columnisk tacy of the Registration of from the Fire Brigade and of the Beaverbrook Prem states Schools, Education Department, P.W.D. rejecting the application, Their ages ranged from five with disarming palvely: ““100 teriided that on May 16, 1958, the reasons, geing? that the to plavenie: Al quantity of books Quiet American' was filmed | ho v received, two documents, school premises had no fire pre- and school fee receipts were not long ago by Hollywood, and one belug an application to the cautious and there was an file, seized and produced is evidence, the Hollywood story twisted the chiler Officer, Fire Brigade, gal structure a wooden cock-
Yeung further testified that ba original po nucli that the Eng-applying for a permit for the left built between the "senand lish herd, became a vikia peletion of the Wen Fau: and thing Boon of the bullain". ** fotondant on March th **Myc viuw" is the story is so Como School in 122 Dee,
ON DEALER your and had a conversation Tol. 27-157
twirled that the elabman youx Road Central, signed by Mr Fisher sald that are with Han Frequ becomes word of apo at Mr Au Tineyamsult of the letters he wrote to Defendant told the witnes MEN ORAL in the conventional sense) - A NOTES GTchool/mrying that the thash vom stih kupervisor and Printed and published by Tragica GORDON NEWLANDA PRAC and less of Kvilan, Man” in iii witanes, said that the second, aduolation: Department Miniin, be headgatan 5 218: look and --for and von behalf of Baulle China Morning Part Limlled of 1-the original
document was a similar appli liable in proponudu 12) Churachool | thai ho know that the school was N. A CHOWardeation to the Publicstforks Deïl wets, Bill carry! Wyndhany: Street, City of Victorie in the Cology of Hongkong.
(SHOP LATE MONDAYS)
160 Des Voeux Road, C.
ABOVE: The Saunders- Roo Hovercraft, which had its first public de- recently, monstration showed off before mili- tary brass fiats last Monday whon it skim- mod across the waters from the Islo-of-Wight
take. to Portsmouth to part in the amphiblous warfare landing demon- **Runaground stration -X," landing on the beach with other craft: In anaborne landings mili tary Hovercraft could be of great value and over- come many military problems. This picture shows the Saunders-Roc "flying saucer" "touching- down on tho beach watched by a" | Military Policeman. Press Photo,
LIBRARIAN
Central
From the Files
25
years
AGO
MART: work by Traffic Sergeant McInnis re- sulted in the discovery of Jan MG Midget car belong. ing to Mr. B. A. Proulx, the well-known jockey at Shek- O beach on Saturday morn- ing.
The car was stolen a week ago and despite an extensive search, it was not found.
The owher had practically given it up for lost,
On Saturday; Sergeant Mew Innls found the car on the Shek-O beach hidden in the long grass and covered with two large sheetą of matting.
The
man.
Police have detained a
Attended by her sister aë bridesmaid, Mina Rose Iris Kay
Andrew's entered St Church on Friday, afternoon with her mother for har mare riage to Mr William Joseph Lea, The bride iz the. daughter of Mrs Yau Ching Kay and the bridegroom. the son of Mr and Mre C, Y. Lee...
No
TO less than 26 verna. cular newaberers catered for Hongkong's ea timated Chinese population of 800,000 last year, de- cording to the annual re port of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
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Even the $3,000 registration fee required by the Government bukling deterrent to newspaper proprietors for, al- though 10 mushroom papers passed out of existenco last year, 15 new ones were ro- gistered.
Probably half of the 28 news- `papers" régletered during-1933 have already become defunct.
PRITICISING "crude and re- volting" cinema posters and advertising in Hongkong, the Rev. J. R. Higgs, Vicar of B Andrews sald: "Let the cinema and theatre industries lise that it will be to their ow. in- terest to reform, or the publie will take steps to protect itself. "I refuse to believe that the public taste Is as low as they would have us believe and the day will come when the sitema and theatre are taught that they carmot dictate to the community. "They have in the past been given a fair amount of rope and they have enough now to hang themselves,
"The public is tolerant and will allow much, but let its best feelings be continuously outraged and the industry will ret short shrin
No doubt there is a public which want such entertainment, and there are some Englishmen who think that "anything is permissible cast of Suez
"Such people should be dis- regarded; they are a menace to the community, they bolray their fellow countrymen and the civilisation from which they come and lower the prestigio of the Empire. It is time in any case that the Government look the matter in hand,”
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