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Because of the Christmas

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to dominate 11 Freuch presidentin! election በዚ during the fast six daya. The

of events course

at Versailles hins become as bewildering to Frenchmen

it in to

holidays, the foreigners,

will not publish again Traditionally the French

December until Monday, Republic demands that the Hend of the State should be an arbitrator above party, and in the past the Preal- dent has almost always been olected on the first ballot. By custom, too, candidates once defented, have retired from the contest, But in this year's election both

There will be no issue of the South China Morning Tost on Christmas Day, Boxing Day

Sunday. Publication will resume on Monday next.

or

The Sunday Post-Herald will appear this week on Christmas Day.

New Turn In Presidential Election

FRANTIC SEARCH

FOR

CANDIDATE

Versailles, Dec. 22.

Premier Joseph Laniel, Independent, with- drew his candidacy for the Presidency of France

tradition and custom have THE QUEEN tonight amid loud clamour from leading political

The

been ancrificed on the altari of party interest, various factions, by their behaviour, have given nollee that they are more interested in electing a man who will represent their political viewpoints than in finding a candidate most suitable to the presidential olice.

LANDS AT

AUCKLAND

Auckland, Dec. 23, Queen Elizabeth stepped The effect of these ashore from

the Royal tactica IR distressing. yacht, the Gothic, at 10.35 French prestige overseas local time, must to some extent suffer, while in France public morning-the first reigning to visit this opinion is likely to become monarch wholly cynical. Without farthest of

British

(toubt has been shocked | Dominions.

Reen

not

2.000

from

the

here this

course

Into

groups in Congress for a "union" candidate.

The withdrawal of M. Laniel, strongest candidate in the last eight of 10 indecisive ballots, set off a frantic last-minute search by Republican groups for a popular candidate to put up before the 11th ballot opens tomorrow at 9 a.m. GMT (5 p.m. Wednesday, Hongkong time).

The Independents were tonight still debating be- M. two choices, Senator Rene. Coty and tween Louis Jacquinot, Minister for Overseas Territories in the present Cabinet.

The Radicals were due to give their views of the choice of a compromise "unity" candidate tomorrow after the Independents have made, up their minds.

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STRIKE THREAT

Paris, Dec. 22. France faced a partial postal strike tonight at the busiest time of the year,

the Communist-led CGT and the autonomous union federations called on

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their members in the rail-healthy and vigorous old way post offices and mail Jago, what would your coaches to quit work im-

be? Good! mediately until 7 p.m., on Fair! Indifferent? Christmas Day.

ly the government's various communications services would be affected, as there was no immediate word from tho Socialist-led and Christian trade union- federations

03-the stoppage.

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It was not clear how serious-yourself as Ator C3,

whether you are 25 or 70,1 whether you are housewife For business executive, (career girl or old-age pen- sioner, there begins in tomorrow's China” Mail, a health scrics you must not) miss.

A communique issued tonight by tho CGT and autonomous

unions jointly referred to the strike as "a warning". It sald that the unions' demands had not been satisfied by the au- thorities since August 28,

● The most expert medi-}

cal advice has been

A nationwide strike of goy-sought in framing this ernment employees, including

post office, telephone, and tele-series. But it is more than graph employees, paralysed the a health guide. communications systems for reveral weeks last summer-

France-Presse.

to

AIR STRIKE LATEST

Paris, Dec. 22. The Strike Committee of the civil French aviation industry today decided to continue enforce the walk-out of the security personnel, which has reduced air services in France! for the past several days.

The committee decided on its action after a three-hour meeting with the Secretary for Civil Aviation, M. Paul Devinat, re sulting in failure to secure agree ment on the wage demands,

rapted by Jumentaria. - Londan Expressuf aircraft whose crews had

ATOM "BANK”. DISCUSSIONS

US Wont Accept Dangerous "Preconditions

Washington, Dec. 22.

Mr John Foster Dulles, United States Secre- tary of State, said today the United States would not accept any dangerous "preconditions" pro

The committee said, however. that the aviation personnel hart agreed to assure the protection

been · marooned inbrand, or in. the French Union, because of the strike, so that they could re- turn home for the Christmas haldays.

The committee also announced that personnel in Dakar, French West Africa, had agreed to join the strike-France-Presse.

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"DEAD" MEN RETURN

Rio de Janeiro, Dec. 22, After living for Ove years of a desert island, four Brazilian fishermen came home to find their "widows" "happily re married.

The newspapers of Victoria, the capital of the state of Espirito Santo, which related

Best Production the story, said that the fisher-

Since 1938

London, Dec. 22.

Britain's miners more coal

produced Jast week than in

any werk since 1938.

According

to

provisional

agures issued tonight by the Minitry of Fuel and Power, they

raised 4,772,200 tons of

men had taken refuge on the desert island after their tanker had been wrecked by a storm. They had been given up for dead, but were anally picked up by a ship.which called of the

land.-France-Presse.

SOVIET OFFER

In the meantime the Socialists An offer by Premier Joseph that they Landel, front-running contender to see the highest post in A curtain of low clouds hid reaffirmed strongly

continue maintain so far, to withdraw in favour of the land become the object the Gothic

of would thousands

another candidate M. official

Moderule candidate, lining the bills their of one of the fiercest and Aucklanders

Edmond Naegalen, falled to produce, any new name most merciless dogfights overlooking the harbour as she Marcel hitherto

Laniel's despite a full-day of mootings. Premier even in day to day approached.

A light drizzle had beguh to strongest rival. Their price for politics.

One group of his patchwork fall. Streets in the harbour ap-withdrawing M. Naegelen was proaching were packed with the return of the incumbent conlllion, Chre 40-member

sident de took the THE solution to the current croads in spite of the early hour. President Vincent Auriol

The Gothic's

made his with-dependent Premier at his word, dilemma is still obscure. Walterata (Sparkle Waters) i drawal statement ofter a meet- however and said that they That M. Laniel has finally harbour

was guarded by 26 ing with the heads of the groups might propose unknown former decided to withdraw from patrel beats, behind which avere who had given him his majority. Veteran's Minister Hent Ber- the content opens UP ranged hundreds of yachts and though not absolute, so far: gusse. He was given no chance

ruccess. possibilities of a candidate other small craft dotting the "Since this majority is insuffi-of

cient I withdraw my candidacy. being found who is accept-harbour,

The situation was so farcical I wish indeed that tomorrow, New Zealanders set out early able to all the principal

from parties. But this is by nu their Queen at Auckland.

their homes eager to greet a result of the discussions held that a Communist Deputy came the Con- in early for the afternoon session today, our groups meana

eertain.

The

Despite the overnight weather gress will vote for a candidate and settled down on

bench and went to sleep. of cars who will not owe his nomination left grumbling when the session Conservatives,i warnings, Radicals,

thousands Socialists and De Gaullists were parked bumper to bumper to any elements other than those

national majority in insted only 10 minutes in ure clinging tenaciously to in all the roadways round the of the

tapestry hung Assembly Hall the hillsides Parliament." their fixed ideus of the harbour, while on

of the kitchen wing of King enjoyed plenic

MODERATES

Louls' 14th's original palace.--- type of candidate who family parties should occupy the Presiden-breakfasts in the misty trizzie, Senator Coty loomed tonight United Press.

In heart of this city of tial Palace. The Radicals do 350,500, groups of young people,

as being the probable choice of the Independent groups

as M. to be the seated on the pavements, and Laniel's successor. Both come appear slightest bit willing to as they waited.

from the same province of Nor- The Queen, wearing a head from

both renonce their support for

represent the mandy and the eternal statesmann, M. scarf, and her husband watched

same moderate political thinking Herrlot, although he him from the saluting platform over

the the Independents. And like self has resisted their over the Gothic's bridge as the Royal M. Lunich, Setor Coty sat in tures. On the other hand yacht made her way through the Parliament before the war and is

beflagged yachts and small

a link between the Third and the Do Gnullists have ferait lining the all craft was

Fourth Republics. blankly refused to consider

Every type of

Another factor in support for anybody. they representext, from ferryboat to

gical consider to be an obscure graceful yacht, Motor boats sail: Coty's favour was the psycholo-

and Strain politician. They are pre-ing close alongside chtered and

Sydney, Dec. 22. pared to back M. Laniel, and passengers waved to the Queen nation's harrica 1:gislators have

Raging bush fires trapped undecisive of

voting. have done so consistently in and the Duke, who waved in been going through in six days the ton ballots that have

In the meantime the Christ- many persons behind walls reply.

Ashore and afloat, sirene, fan Democrats (MRP), whose of flame in New South taken place, but they have hooters nord train whistlesse

|candidate was M. Georgel

M. George Bidaat, Wales today as the scorch- indicated no willingness to swelled the tumult of cheering the present vote for any substitute who as the Gothic moved up to the were still without new. candi Ing heat wave continued may be put forward in his central wharf-Reuter.

date but they were believed into its second day. place. Thus the stalemate

to be considering putting up is complete, and in the final

either M.

Jean Mario LouVET.

At least one person was dead analysis the Socialista may

the present Minister of Cem- and hundreds more had collapsed merce, or M. Pierre Fourcade, from the heat. well win the day And

the W. Virginia, Dec. 22.

Jaffer an. unsuccessful Seven families were trapped "They think we are so eager persuado the incumbent

At least six men were killed, candidate in the first ballot on by the fires near the coal mining to have a conferencs that by President, M. Auriol, to

when an oll barge exploded on the dissident De Goullist centre of Lithgrow, some 100 offering 1, we wil hay accopt another term

the Ohio River today, accord- (Uras) group-France-Presse. miles west of here.

price giving them greater Soviet newspapers stirred up office. This, in fact, appears |ing to reporia reaching the AURIOL & HERRIOT

Officials feared for their safety | advantages than they could another campaign of bate to be the only solution to Charleston police, France-

Versatiles, Dec. 22. because nothing has been heard hopp to get out of a conference."gainst Berza today and Western Exhausted the problem.

parliamentarians from the area sinco a fire captain

observers predicted that his 'Mr Dulles déclared: "We are trial and punishment as a tral- trying to and a new Presidentescaped by rimming a gauntiot of for France, today called on tired|flames.

on to that game. Wo are not tor might not be far away. Temperatures in the country going to be to eager to have and reluctant President Vincent

that wo would Tho Moscow- newspapers Auriol

or 81-year-old elder centres still continued to hover a conferenco statesman Eduoard

In advance the| Izvestia and Trud joined the Herriot to above the 100 fahrenheit degree give away step in temporarily to solve the mark, but in Sydney a cooling things we hope to accomplish Communist Party-newspaper Pravdh in reporting a wave of presidential stalemate.

southorty wind brought some reat, the conference." All day different groups tried

lief,

"indignation meetings at which He added: "We are not going Soviet The heat to ruining (late wheat

.workers

expressed Induce the two "tired old

the conference with "boundless wrath" ngalist the men" to take office for at least crops and killing hundreds of Into

and destroying respect to stemle energy on former. Interior Minister and the a short period while the extreme head of cattle bitterness. between the political thousands of acros of gruzing terms which would jeopardise men Indicted along with him. and Ewest lands. United Press. in cdvance the President's pro-according to Moscow dispatches,

Trapped By posed by the Soviet Union for atom peace talks. deep-mined coal and 230,700 M. Vyacheslav Molotov, has mid

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Barge Explodes

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Port Pleasant,

HOT BOVRIL at the Dairy farm Gloucester lounge

to

Senator Bush Fires

stress the

parties of France cools,

Fazed with their 11th fulle attempt to elect a new President

to replace M. Aurriol, the weary

depuiles and Senators did not oven voto today. Instead, they adlqumed the 11th round unil

em. GMT tomorrow..

Father & Daughter Electrocuted

Thru balloting has now rum five times longer than in any previous his .election,

In the Paince of Versailles and

Brisbane, Dec. 23.

ended 19.

London, Dec. 20. The Soviet Foreign Minister, He was asked after a luncheon address to the Na- tons of open cast-a total of would be willing to ac- tional Press Club whether yesterday's Soviet reply 5,002,800 tons for tho week cept an Indonesian Ambassador agreeing to private talks on President Elsenhower's atom

to Moscow and in turn be ready This is the highest output to send an Ambassador to bank plan contained any "trap.”

since February 1938 before open Djakarta, the Soviet Foreign cast mining had started when Ministry announced today, ac the figure was 5,020,800 tons.cording to Tase, the Soviet nowa Reuter.

He replied: "I do not think there is anything in the Soviet note which would mean that acceptance would jeopardise the so-called peaceful stockpiling plans of the President.

"Of course In all of these. matters the Soviet Union con- sistently attempts to create for a conference preccnditions which will gain for it many of the results which it would hope to get out of a conference.

gramme."

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Beria Hate Campaign

London, Dec. 22.

-Westerns abrorvers in Moscow

Asked if the United States were quoted as saying Beria's a bon trial and the carrying out of would agree to discuss

on atomle, weapons as well as the verdict were "still expected an atomic pool in the private Imminenily," United Press. conversations, Mr Dulles said the President had not specifi

that matter. Athol Androw, Macqueen and eally dealt withi

two-year-old daughter, Ha sall the President stated the United States would enter a electrocuted when the

which would be designed to end the daŋ- on the gero etomie wartara

He did not Lenit his proposal

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to try

Freighter Blows Up: 3 Killed

welled samo 120 milos dos, the same brain, of M100000, alcie, pool)"A me at when the 168 on Itailan

whole alhat

the low-makere have already wrede swing in the conference gone up and down a toist of house porch cut through to an 147,300 steps to the voling urns

Bari, Italy, Dec. 32.! electric cable

Three crewmen were icilled Come running

to just discussing his concept (of and two gravely Injured today Mr Macqueen near here received a fatal in his speech Their names have been shout ear

the Press freighter Fernando blew up just to ed by a brem-langed inher 9,460 shock when he rushed out to chce, Hit Dalles and that the off the coast of Yugoslavia.

pick his daughter" Tolling un Soviet rulers exploitation of Radio merages picked un Different groups sought in the conscious on the wing. A their own and they estellte from the frogner Latinis, sald interim to obtain agrement by Her brother Colin, agod. four, peoples has reached a point that its skipper, Carmiry D M. Auriol or M. Harlot to inko who had bean swinging chec, where it would be reckless for covich, and two other crew office temporarily. Later a new scaped with shock and burns them to engage in gonocal war!! members escapod.; } unhurt.---- try would be made."

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