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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1958.

ATTENTION L'ANGLAIS

ALL PUBLIC TRANSPORT CANCELLED

VISITORS WIE HAVE GLOWN THER TAMES ALLOWANIE MAY BOVENIERNY LANG

PER FIAT PEL BAY,

Cafe de fi

Here's to the jolly old Government loan-and may the strike go on for ever."

An English tourist caught in the French rail strike

AFTER BETTER

HE adventare start-

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♫

T

ed at 5 p.m. on Tuesday when

youngish man faint-

London Express Service

ALL-IT IS ARRIVE

TO

By Richard Winnington

ly resembling Mischa Auer passengers began to emerge had lost, his

appeared outside

the Bri- beneath the stress, fatigue was on the wrong side of the tish Embassy in the Rue and fear. Faubourg St Honore,

To the great disgust of

British

consul the the pavement had already taken the look of small railway station.

022

£

Rouen.

By 9 pm, we had made the much less than half

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THREE IN GOOD COMPANY

By WILLIAM BARKLEY

London. worthy members call upon

mbo, two thoughtful citizens with a worry in their minds.

They are red-haired, forceful Mr Proctor, a Heroford man and former railwayman; and grey haired Mr Awbery, former dock- worker and Mayor of Barry, with a merry Welsh.twinkle in

They

eye.

sit in the Socialist interest for Eccles and Central Bristol. And the worry in their minds is that Britain is losing her Colonies.

"Something must bo done,"", guld. Bir Proctor to Mr Awbory," or it may have been Mr Away to Mr Proctor. For, like

and Hillary, they are not concerned who got there, first. They are in this thing together." Hitherto, they say to me, British policy

been has

to

the Colonica and

wondles into Independent

Siates, That polley was carried out in India. Today we sco Prime Minister Nkrumah in the Gold. Const, soon ns he achieves solf-government, presa- ing on to make his territory sovereign, independent State,

“Unless we do something like this," says Mr Awbery, point- ing to a considerable document In his hand, "we may load the Cotonles."

Closer Bond

The document is signed William Proctor and Stan Awbery. Mr Froctor takes it up and says: "We must get a closer bond between Britain and the Colonies.”,

So the document takes the the form of a motion on tho Order-paper, of the House, The whole relationship of the Colonial areas with this country, it declaros, should be reviewed. The House (it goes on) con- siders that the true interests of the Colonial peoples and Of ourselves can best be served by the creation of a close affinity among us.

The House therefore calls- upon the Government to initiate around table conference, re- presentative of the Colonial and the United Kingdom peoples, to consider a variety of subjects:-- 1. The establishment of emcient and friendly govern- ment among us all;

2. The pooling of sovereignty economic planning atid

for

defence;

Joint Plans

way and drew ironic cheers from were more flummoxed by the villagers, but the crisis than the others) all dis- a word. It journey to Le Havre was appeared without

was sauve qui peut. fast and safe. The boat Having seen the British

was missed by not more As a last gesture of solidarity,

two than under aerial bombardment,

hours next we tried to strike a bargain will I expected cheerfulness, co- journey when a big end

in service probably 48 British Ralways and the French toleration. went, mercifully in the

3. The representation of the fine, but it fell through. In any Colonial peoples in the Parlia hours. operation and What I found less typical small village of Bourg-

case the French line fare for ment.at Westminster to consider all the way through was Beaudouin. The driver and At 4.30 am. In the Le Havre transport to Southampton was all questions affecting us all, the total absence of critic- the woman, beside them- Customs shed the third and £5, including meals. This easily A few balanced with the refund due an The sun beat down

on ism of the French workers selves with emotion, raged worst phase started.

bours' alcep on the Customs the unused tickets, the first untidy wave of who had struck. In all the and pleaded for their

tables could be managed by the stranded British travellers talk I heard it was generally money.

hardy, though it was noticeable But the habits of economy who had spent the day chas--conceded-that-it-was--the-

that the two boyscouts.-of-the-and-endurance--had become The discussion went ing mythical trains and affair of the French work-

on party fared no better than any stabilised in the last ranks of until 11.80, the entire vil- one else, buses to the coast. Most of ers anyway.

these voyagers. It had become lage populace bringing out

challenge to see I out to the them were short of money

At 0 a.m. I abandoned all hope bitter end on the resources they This lorry load, in any chairs and entering active- and had had little or no rest

and played flower shops with possessed. case, was a middle section ly into the disputation. the two small daughters of the all day.

of the occasional British Fortunately their attitude young British writer who took visitor to France; those two was unanimously pro an active part in organising the

whole thing. extremes of travellers, the British. organised tourists and the. super-tourists (francophiles

Hearts sank

This man had a lorry and fanhties) were un- in which he was prepared represented. to transport not fewer than 20 persons with bag-

Vanished

Kind words

system

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Other points for consideration are the tramediate grant of free education- --throughout ---- the Colonial area and joint plans for developing resources.

Mr Proctor, with Mr -- Awbery agreeing, says to me: "If we in a single could bring together sovereign assembly the 115 inllion people represented in the British Colonies and In Britain we could create a State which would be wide ranging. Soon afterwards_two_uling-. Almost reluctantly I. sur- lusting, and administratively bright middle class English housewives made a quick book- rendered to the comforts of the effelent. It could fit into ing on an American

Uner to cabin class of the French line's world system which contained

her Flandre. With mo was the 40- United Europe, America, and a Southampton. Mavis and

all based on The first stop at a small Mischa Auer hitch-hiked to France I find inexplicable, had cheerfulness had never wavered per does not follow

Forced by public opinion, friend Doll, whose pretence in year-old Italian geologist, whose

talk any IL

that the gage to Le Havre-cost cafe 40 kilos out started a

Rouen and found two hitch-hiked a lift into Le Havro and whose ability to

pass the Proctor- 1,700

The francs

village He small Each.

German drivers of an un- at the second village, without Frenchman under the table fills House, will

Awbery Plan. swore that the

contributing a sou of their share me with respect and envy. normal influx of unexpected trade

embattled cient,

trans-

Anyhow, in this plan of cook who

of passage money. Ironically, service to Southampton left confused the

continental motor coach. they caught the boat, that wo

Finally, at Southampton the on Empire Parliament Messrs inferior Band-

British Railways rep

Proctor and Awbery pre not Le Havre that night. His brought

representative They arranged to split the all missed,

succeeded in conveying assur- going on entirely by themselves. information turned out to wiches of pute de la cam- take.

instead

That At Le of pate

Havre the brotherly ance, compotence and some in-I Insist on joining them, be more accurate than that pagne offered by the British Em- maison, thus diagracing the The arrival of the bus, bonds began to disintegrate. The terest in our well-being; all in maltes three already agreed out house. As a result, what without windows, and fitted Cockney chauffeur, the young about two sentences. They were of 118 million people, which is

first kind bassy.

from always a Irish priest, the two school- the

words

start. Anyone cise. was obviously an old with cane chairs as scats, masters and the two couts (who officialdeen for over 48 hours, like to come in? Within 20 minutes 21 of feud between the pro-

into us had rammed

an prietress and the cook unconvincing lorry, with a flared up. floor so high that to get in and out was in itself a feat of athletics. We sat on three wooden boxes and our luggage.

sank,

No critics

war.

Pro-British

fome

NATHANIEL GUBBINS

correspondence

about

"Bill,

*

zaw

once, sir," called Mr X. Hover's tail was between his room

with one card in his

S the newspapers seem trousers, and have their bristles Wolf (who may be the Income "What's biting' him?” asked Mavis, a girl from Lon-

to be devoting a lot of cut crew style, like the Amert- tax collector), grunt loudly for Mr X

"Fleas, 1 expect,” said MraX. At the last minute the don who hated the French

зрасе to animals can pigs they have seen in the more refreshment and cigors,

Alms."

and "dance, with lady pigs." "Heunally gets a lot in the driver was joined by a language and French food, during the silly season, this

JUM NEOT.". fierce-looking little woman caused disaster by asking tiny little column will de

Ace of Clubs

When they looked through the In the evening. they, drink $15.00

whose status was never dia- me to order a pate sand-vote what space it has to deeply from the casks in local

windows, they - nine-year-old french 25.00 closed.

wich and lemonade, and animals too.

hostelries, and go laughing and rough-haired Engliah terrier Rover frantically burying some- thing at the bottom of the then decided to have the

singing along the beach making belonging to Mr Reginald garden. sandwiches without pate

Among those mentioned in wolf calls to girl pigs, who make. Andrew, of Finchley, cam "Bring it here, sir," "called Mr which she hated.

the night hideous with their count and play cards". X; | laughing animals there were the

hysterical laughter.

"At onc From the nowa. The proprietress took this Newfoundland dog who shared At 5.30 p.m. the start as a deadly insult, threw the family jokes and some pigs Better-off pigs, who stay at MR and MRS X and their dog legs when the returned to the 5,00 was made and our hearts the food on the floor and who drank the dregs of a cider the best hotels, alco laugh madly the card table playing nap.

Rover' were seated roundt 5.00

For the lorry far called her husband and the cask and roared with happy at nothing at all as they stand 1.00 exceeded in behaviour. its gendarme.

laughter until they fell asleep, at bars dipping their blistered x.

shouts into tankards, or holding 10.00 eccentric appearance.

Although "Forty minutes to patch

the story of the little cocktail glasses in one hool 7.50

sit in the back, feet crush- ed in an

Immovable posi- this up with some financial laughing dog is new, these who and a cigarette in the other.

there is nothing remarkable During the day, these happy, tion, watching the road loss was a brisk settlement vo at the seaside will tell you

about laughing pigs. In the uninhibited pigs wear open- sway sickeningly from side for so serious a dispute.

month of August thousands of peeked shirts, and shorts dia-, to side was to sample the Hungrier and

more them arrive by train, car, and playing hairy hind legs, but in

"A 18.00 rarest blend of terror and frightened than ever, when motor-coach.

the evening they prefer to There's my nuzzle in the trough wearing the lorry stalled on hills

Following the King of Clubs It gripped everybody in and began to slide back buy cakes and oranges, leaving

The badly brought up pigs dinner jackets and neat bow fles, he laid the Queen, Jack, Ten

Nine and of

Clubs on the table, SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, LTD. | the lorry. Ag the hours wards, we began to study me bags and peel all over the Then, after dinner, like the Rover Jumped from his chalf, passed the road got worse the alguposts. There could front. They also wear Jeans, carefree pig in the tong they with his cards in his month, and and the character of the be no doubt Mischa Auer and flowerod, shirts outside their forget all about the Big Bad ran into the garden.

No Hiding Place (Behind Scotland Yard)

Ruport (Magazines)

The Birds of Hongkong (Field Notebook Herklots)

Common Marina Fishes of Hongkong

(second enlarged edition)

Weights & Measurements

Chinese Creeds and Customs (Burkhardt)

On Sale At

HONGKONG

24.00 15.00

KOWLOON

discomfort.

To

"Your call, Rover sald Mrs mouth. Mrs X toote it from him.

It was the! Aés of Clubs.

"You're

very naughty dog," "Three," said Rover.

sald Mrs X. "Pit go four said Mr X. "I'll chance the lot." Fald Mr said Mr

"Spolling a game like that," putting down the King of

"I couldn't bear to Clubs. "Anybody not, the ace!",

poo you beaten by my Aze,” sald Rover. me "Not Raver

Bald

-"Why?" asked Mr X............ ·

"Because you're my friend," sald Rover..

X,

Mrs X talá

a, nothing.

Gold Mr. X.

Always remember," said Ar "that there are no friends in cards or business,”

Stop crying now, Rover, and cat your supper" said Mrs I.

London Express Bérvice)

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