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CHINA
No. 37573
Established 1845
MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1960,
Comment MAGISTRATE BACKS
Of The PENALTY POINTS IDEA
W place
Day
TAXI !
До
E have yet to find
in this world where a great deal can be Huid in favour of taxi drivers and Hongkong is no exception. For sheer pig-
Temperature
Fear of suspension
IKE THE COOK
plunges to
strongest
45.5 deg.
headedness, indifferent driv. The temperature plunged to
ing, lack of road courtesy,
bad mannera and divine
right driving the Hongkong taxi driver is in class by himself.
How
#TC
men
drive
ម
these Rome of acquire licetices to public vehicles is open to question, but while there
many rumours proof an entirely different matter. The mere fact that there ΔΙΟ rumours should bo sufficient cause for inquiry even though the horse may be out of the stable and the door left ajar. Thore will, in any case, be other horses, There seems to be an air of
indifference,
แ
lack of
45.5 degrees between 7 and 8 o'clock this morn- ing the lowest of the winter.
A spokesman for the Itoyal Observatory said this today.
However, the Observatory has not yet received any report of frost or lee,
According to the forecast, the cold spell in likely to continue for the next couple of days.
And the temperature may drop to 40 or 45 degrees to- night, the spokesman added.
Some of the heaviest snow- foils in years were reported in Japan and north China yester day.
HEAVY SNOWFALL
willingness er complete In Japan the heaviest snow-
deterrent'
A
magistrate
this
morning backed the idea of a system of penalty points for Hongkong ists.
motor-
The magistrate, Mr I. T. Morris, said he thought this system would be advantageous for the Colony to con- sider.
He made the comment when fining Cheng Yuen-ming of 23 Kennedy Road, $500 or two months jall driving.
icr dangerous
The system recently publicised
When all paints had been lost the defendant's licence would be automatically suspended for two
yours.
The system has been intro- duced in Canada.
apathy towards enforcing fall in 15 years of northwestern in the local press consists of al- taxi drivers to obey the Honghu was reported last nightotting 12 points some of which rules.
And this includes and seriously disrupted train are forfeited on each conviction parking in streets specified schedules. for the ригрове, To
Show fell to a height of more for a serious road offence. take two examples. Any than 13 feet through the right time of the day taxis can and had not stopped carly to
day. be found at the top of
Railway ometals feared It Pedder Street waiting to would take a full day before move into the rank. A few train crevice would
10 return months
space Was cormal allocated
Ice House The first snowfall in 20 years Street between Chater Road was reported in the Atami hor and Des Voeux Road for spring area, 40 miles southwest ten taxis. Every day of Tokyo.
A cold spell also hit vehicles block the pedest rlan crossing and others Tokyo area.
Water pipes were frozen in are waiting to come in.
many homes and some office workers went to work without washing and breakfastUPI.
A
ago
in
000
8 far as we are aware
thero has been only prosecution concerning lee House Street. On the other hand a private car owner is quickly shown where he gets off and is prosecuted. The Impression
that is left there is one law for the privato owner and another for the man who has to earn his living by driving, A recent case in court adds Lo this contention. A taxi driver appeared with 58 previous convictions and was fined $150 for his 60th
offence.
1
If this is not
discrimina-
the
MANY PARTS
OF BRITAIN
FLOODED
tice
Suspension
"This: temporary suspension of licence seems to me.the. strongest deterrent of all,
"We can only imagine
what
the reaction would be when a motorist realises he has only a few points left," said Mr Morris.
Chang, the
A
had
defendant, who had pleaded not guilly, had his diving licenco endorsed in addition to the inc. He was represented by Miss Helen Lo of D'Amoda and Mason
In previous hearing, woman, Mak Lai-ying, testified that while she was pass ing the junction of Chater Road and Ice House Street in o car driven by her husband, she saw Chang's car approaching the left at a high speed.
She felt a bump and lost con- collision sclousness as tho
Excessive speed
from
no
witnesses Four other testified against Chang.
Mr. Morris sald he had doubt Chang had been driving at an excessive speed and in ü dangerous manner.
occurred. London, Jan. 24. Twelve of Britain's 49 coun- were tonight under one to three feet of water. tion then we don't know.
Traffic first
was completely dis- what is, for In the
organised and in some cases at placo
private owner no
atandstill. would even bo allowed ten convictions
without more Most of the rivers in the serious action being taken country had burst their banks him. Big football and the water level, was rising, moro im- The worst flooding, caused by portant, race days are the torrential rain, together with bughear for the peraon the recent sudden thow after snow, occurred in the requiring a taxi. A pair of heavy
glasses or a betting west and south. glint in the eye will ensure
gand,
a trip to Happy Valley with three other people bent the race track.
Τ
on
is virtually impossible for anyone not going to Happy Valley to get a taxi driver to stop. Last Satur day week we watched a man trying to get into a taxi for a trip up Garden Road, but the driver had foreseen this contingency and had locked result the doors with the that the
was left man standing ng the taxi took oit.
The rules call for the taxi to take a person whorever ho wishes to go with two ex- One Involves ceptions. the New Territories late at night, and the other
the
taxi is going to pick up a telephono fare. An authority Informs us that while the
can report
auch
Chang, who had failed to stop
ů
as his car emerged from minog, into a major road, had been heedless and inattentive, said Mr Morris,
Mr Morris added that he did not send defendant to full bo-
President Eisenhower in sports clothes and cap, stands over a portable grill watching quail,being, cooked at Blus Springs. Georgia. The President spent the weekend at the plantation visiting his friend recently.—AF 'Theto.
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REVOLT IN ALGIERS AS FRENCHMAN FIGHTS FRENCHMAN
By SYDNEY SMITH
Algiers Jan. 24.
It was at 5.30 p.m. that French troops swept aside the barbed wire set up by rebels and went tearing down the steps.
At that moment all hell broke loose here in Algiers. From all rooftops around me machine. guns opened fire on soldiers.
Within five minutes I Low troops labouring back up steps outside my window two pactu away. They were carrying their wounded.
The whole area was filled with that horrible old revolutionary dust chipped off: buildings anit out of windows and coming from, breaches of machineguns.
'Small and note was pure re- volutiah.
I dashed downstairs and out
of my hotel where everybody wes dattened against walls--and on to the road. Everybody there was flat on their faces.
When I looked up at roofs I saw silhouettes I cannot say it they were civilians or military bul, thefr: machineguns were
| spattering fame down on me and (troops around me.
Bullets all round
Bullets kicked up spots of dust and concrete out of the road and cars around
I turned back to my hotel. As I started to close the door
a soldier across the road went down with a scream and spurt of blood.
I turned to run to him.
A second later the hotel door was blasted into pieces by a burst from machineguns on the -uzzot.nerosa, lhe way, kame
As I come back to the hotel with the soldier now dead the manager said: "You have donio & miracle because you too ought to be dead."
The hotel Bled with woutled troops, Blood was everywhere. Iron up the steps towards the war memorial. The steps were covered with shattered concrete testi- plaster and other sad montes of stupidity.
Everybody was, taking cover Because the quite uselessly. zebels fring from roofs had no particular target.
Up In the main Government buildings where last night 1 watched lorries unloading stretchers and first-aid equip-
floors ment marble slippery with blood.
were
I did not count how many wounded and dead there' were.
Strong force
But this building had been ocoupled by, a strong fores of Repúblican security companies with machinegun
Jald out Across their packs and black holmets ready,
Rebels-Europeans who want to hold Algeria for France in de-. Bianco of De Gaulle's piedge that; Algeria can choose--had at- i tooked Government buildings
from the rear.
The Press Office is in a cor- ridor of Government Building
The bridge over the river cruse he had a good record asMatSMR and 1 tried to go there but th
Sovern at Worcester had dis~ appeared under two teet
of
a motorist
M. Inspector water, while certain areas of prosecuted Monmouth had to be evacuated.
The entire country has been lashed by rainstorms over the weekend.-AF.
Man who
crushed
Hungarian
1. Alkinson
Cave-in deaths
Manila, Jan. 24.
Washington, Jan. 24.
The Soviet Prime Minister, Mr Nikita Khrushchev gregarious, extrovert, and garrulous does not rule in the high-handed fashion of Stalin, a Senate report said today,
Instead he rules the Sovic:; Six school children were Unton with the help of an in- killed in a cave-lo in thener circle of five "top policy Bouthern Island of Mindanao makers." last Friday, according to an
"Mr Khrushchev appears to official report reaching police delegate far more responsibili- headquarters here today.
tles to his subordinates, to The report corrected earlier place more confidence in them, oner which sald 40 children and to take far greater ac- were killed-Neuter,
count of their opinions.
revolt dies Knocked down
London, Jan, 25.
General tikhail Mailnia, the
by
the possibility of Soviet army leader who crush car then attacked
the Hungarian uprising.... In
In almost out of 1850, died today, Moscow redid
Bon there aro repórted.
he possessÖJ
corridor WEB blocked by streichers
blood.
and slippery with
In the main hall blood trans-
fusions were being given to re- publican guards still standing by their machineguns I left the Government buliding and walked back down the steps. As I passed my hotel I'found that a per- "This while supreme power, his lieutenants fectly innocent shop and hoard- play an important role in the legs had been torn to pieces to:
make a 'barricade. formulation of Soviet policy and the general · administration of the Soviet state," it said.
I ran on to the post, offer The report, on how Russia is At the entrance I stepped over governed, was published as ond three French officers--all young in a series on overseas goy- and all dead.
ernments,'.
CLOSEST
Young and dead
L
Inside I toss the place full of stretchers and Anny doctora Closest to the Russian leader, were treating soldiers.
I have seen many revolutions the report said, were First and civil wars and I can testify Deputy Premiers Mr. Anastas that heavy machineguns and Mikoyan and Mr Frol Kozlov mottars were used today ar sinct
Pariy
Secretaries....... Mr.
At one moment I looked up Alexi Kirichenko not Mrs
who were firing group Averky Aristov.i
down on Army men scattered "These men, along with around me. Party Secretary, Me“ Mikhali This was the best and most Suslov, whom Mr Khrushchiev decisively laid-on attack' I have London, Jan. 24.
since the Spanish Civil appears to regard · mora as. Mrs Lilian Tharme, whose nude body was found in a deserted valuablo
political and pro- | War. far too many loopholes, one
-The radio said kis death camo Japo near Foole, Dorset, last Sunday, was knocked down by *fessional asset than
I am convinced that will of which is the method of after a long and grave liiness.
stolen car and then undressed and violated and left, silil living intimate friend, form the inner continue until de Gaulle: ro pencil;. Mailnin was last listed as chief recording, trips, in
In some brushes, Boylland Yard revested today. None of her in- circle of lop
polley-makers noticed his polley of > "sol£«- Staff' an erasure is simple. The of the Soviet. General
Jurion was silent to cause death, which was due to Isok pf
Yos-Europeana of Algiers telephone fare, too, is an operations division's post that treatment and exposure on a particularly cold night,, medical immediately-below Khrushcher determination for Algerier
MARTA) in power and influence," involved the planning of possible experts believe. infallible plon,
The report was made before have dane what they threatened She had left'a dance stone at 1.80 on Monday morning. Later There in amplo room for any operations. In a
The war.
shot down French soldiers to from the "kuner circle" Its was considered to be
clothing was found altered on Dearby read and Kirichenko was recently ousted de Gaulle they would do they. Improvement.
jeunker ́dors led pollon to the body," le to fed up,
with the
the roost Important Today, palion lwand an appeal for information which could 1 raw Mr Khrushchev askoa Algeria in such hands It looks as thoudi“ Algeria i present lackadaisical nitures in the hierarchy of the lead to the arrest of the deiminn. After enquiries Al local mill "clearly the dominant game in ture and an investigation Soviet armed forors,
fary/camps and identiscation of all cars and pedestrians seen in The Moscow broadchat did not, the area, at, the time of the murder, evidenco Pieces to pain); to into the habits, of táxi drivers and their compan- give his age or specify his 11- | pyyyung saka 17 16.20 sden avar, iad, alle at 2:15 and 2.20 last
Bunday uporning/AF% ies is long overdua,
future
the Soviet ruling group, and, in kuparating itself from Trance
·MASBU
(buil the dałpet -
PICKED
WRONG
VICTIM
Two off-duty · policemen were standing at bus stop in. Kowloon- on December 5, when one of them fell a hand-in-hir pocket. turned round and saw.A znan, standing close to him, bolding
the policeman's warrant oard in his hand,
Al the Victoria District Court this morning, PO Aziz Ahmed described how he and his companion, PC Azharuf Islam arrested the man, Fung Chi-wan. and took him to Yaunisti Police Station,
On the way there mos cused said to the ·two. policemen: "Give, þas one chance and I will never do it again."
After. Judge K. Macfee had found Fung rility of pleking PO
Alimed's pocket, however, Chief Inspector T Ww. Wheeler, prosecuting, sald ibat defendant had previous convictions for larceny. from the person, and one for attempted. Jaretny, as well as severel -other convictions,
Giving Fung a four-year prison sentence, to dato from today, Judge · Macice abserved that defendant had been in.. and out of .prison since
far more
1947"Akrid
of it seems to have been spent inside," he added.
BEGGAR'S BANDAGES DIDN'T FOOL POLICE
De Gaulle appeals to Nationalist
rioters
Paris, Jan. 25. President de Gaulle ordéred nationalist elements in Algiers fighting French army units to give up. He made this appeal in a radio broadcast beamed to Algeris early this morning.
"I beseech thêso' in Algiers who are rising against the country, led astray as they may be by lles and calumnies; to re-enter the national order," the French president said.
Ho added: "I' my, in alt clarity and simplicity, that if x fail in my task, the unity, prestige and the fate of France will be compromised at the azme timɑ,"
"With the government agreement with the "Congresa and supported by the nation, --I have assumed leadership of the state to bring about the triumph
· of a solution for a tom Al- gerla by uniling · all its elements."
The broadcast come after, a | day of “ricting · "In which · 19
¡ people were killed.
Army reinforcements · were. taking up positions outside Algiers as" dichard opponents of thegovertiment stood by the barricades.
Other troops and police were on their way.by air from the in- terior to reinforce some 10,000 men now standing by in the riot-torn elty.
GRAVE CRISIS
Eight of the victims and 85 of the 141 wounded, were police- men.
It was the gravest crisis to free President de Gaulle, since disturbances by the SRITIC European settlers now opposing him led to his return to pawor in May, 1958.
An estimated
men.
2,000 to 2,500
were, tonight entrenched behind barricades. In the city. defying a curfew and state of siego proclaimed by the army bid to halt the riots, The last-ditch brigado. mainly tiers under the ago. of 25 were bully at work strengthening their fortifications.” 23 Paratroopers and polico; patrolled the city,
The two sides kept: ¿pastin what appeared to be a, over- night truce, but no one wa prepared to predict -what-to- morrow will bring-AFP and Reiter.
Policemen stoned to death
Durban, Jan. 25.
A raging mob of Africans hacked and stored nine policemen to death'at' Cato Manor. African town- ...ship near here last night when they almost anal- hilated a police party of 18, 29 d. The ning killed -- Ave, non- white and four white - were overwhelmed by the mob Of 500 to 000 Africana before they could open fire. They "Trind to Nestum of injury was found hide in houses but were huntedk
benta blood-stained band-out and killed. T
Another white policeman wás" ages when they' were"""takom, off a beggar's leg, Kowloon critically injured and two: Afri Magistrate Dir L. DE B. Don can polleeman were alightly nell was told this morning, injured.::The thirteenth man ---
"ed'sullly to begging in Nathan by throwing away his uniform. The beggar, Wong Hung, piendaither African escaped only
palico party raidoch flogal Liquor. Road and was sentenced to The trouble started when the Tanector 1. W. Ellas kid!the sUll in the township.
defendant was found berghig Beyeral buses were stoned
was “burned out. with blood stained beklager | sind," one around one fogat kent * Reuler,
a strong position to insist on now. AL his point of view in the Coun
clis of State."—Reuter.
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