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SNAP TRAM STRIKE HITS HONGKONG

Many Thousands

Bwimming

typhoon ira weather? Is it asinine bravado? Do they have Rome unnatural fascination for being battered by heavy waves and tossed around like corks in the pounding aurf? Or do they merely Reek a peculiar kind of fame making newspaper headlines? If the latter we suggest it in hardly worth it-it in a poor price to pay for a life. People who go awimming in that kind of weather not only show no regard for their own safety but apparently tio not

consider that they are endangering the lives of

Forced To

Walk To Work

Some 35,000 people, a small part of the 21⁄2 million passengers carried weekly by the Hong- kong Tramways, packed into buses and “footed it” to work early this morning when about 100 tram- way workers staged a two-hour sympathy strike for 31 ex-employees of the company who had been dismissed.

A picket line, formed by the strikers, sur- others who may be called rounded the Tramways' head office and the main depot at Johnston Road 15 minutes before the first west bound tram was due to leave at 5.32 a.m.

upon to save them.

PERHAPS the most flagrant

case was that of the young naval rating who

to

As a result of the strategic placement of pickets, who barred all entrances and exits to prevent em- wwwmployees from reporting to work, the first tram was de-

layed for two hours and did not leave till 7,32 a.m.

tho

200 yards from Stone Fier Hinke Pier--to win A bet of all things! This was sheer madness. The young man might be perfectly capable of swimming 200 yards or even 2,000 yards in still water, but it in a vastly different proposition swim- ming 200 yardı in middle of a typhoon when the waves are ten feet high and drifting logs and derelict sampans are being tossed around like tool picks in a tornado. People go to less violent extremes to commit suicide. Besides

Police have the

quite enough to do in a typhoon without having

by bothered

reports foolnaruy escapades in the harbour. Another blatantly

occurred stupid act

to

bc

However, some thirty minutes Later in the morning. Mr after the pickets had aUDCERA- Johnston told the China Mai} | fully blocked all the gates into that the company would not the depot, a group of about 90 back down on its decision and loyal employees believed to be the 31 workers will not be re- members of the rival unton employed. pushed their way through the human chain, ficuted the wrath agitators and reported

of the

for work.

Although the

break-through

They were dismissed because of redundancy in the Tramway company

REPLY

SOUGHT At a press conference held at was not effected without a drul the Hongkong Tramways Union of pushing and elbowing, anta-Headquarters this morning, Mr conism between the two factions Chen Iu-choy, Chairman of the was contained and there was no Union, said that representa-

to be sent Hiven would fighting.

Labour Department, this after noon to ascertain" Whether the Tramways had replied to their note of August 20.

of

The Branch in the lines was Instantly filled and the reformed ranks pickets maintained their positions for two hours.

POLICE READY The Roller, whe slood throughout the strike, did

by

not

note

the

The scene Inside, the Tramway Company sheds this morning when Union pickets outside held up the start of the normal early morning tram timetable for iwo hours. (Wah Kiu Yat l'o Photograph). Another picture appears on P.10.

125 m.p.h. Winds Whip Car olina Coast

400 Trapped By

Vicious

Atlantic Hurricane

Wilmington, North Carolina, Aug. 30.

A hurricane with top winds of 125 miles an hour whipped the North Carolina coast today, trapping 400 persons on a resort island and flooding the waterfront of New Bern with Its advance tides.

of interfere but were watchful and the 31 employees be reinstated; | outer banks,

Saturday night when two young people went swim- ming at Big Wave Bay and had to be rescued from the heavy surf. The undertow was such that they could ensily have been swept away in the night without their being noticed by frienda,

prepared for any emergency.

сага

(2)

Several police vans and were parked around the depot (3)

beatmen

Tides had

The note called for a reply.

today, on

on three issues. demanded that (1)

Communications to the lonely about 10 blocks of New Bern point about 80 miles almost where thousandy Power falted in the flooded area, diretly east of Wilmington, No further dismissals should

winds an of "coaster" residents battened Even as "Carol", found a land although hurricane fores foccur without concrete ressons;

An improvement the down among the dunes, falled target after three days of in- had already whipped the coast

in

kers, rapidly. Coust

and decision off the South Atlantic south of the port city-United Guardsmen the workers, and Police fool patrols along the medical acrylees for non heads private

A meeting of the

evacuated coast, the Navy Investigated a Press.

weather aren 100 fram llnes were strengthened

might convene tonight to discuss cores from the isolated island, suspicious from two to five men.

rushed miles east of San Juan, Puerto These patrols did not abandona course of action depending on Topsail.

whether the Tramwaya choose across its lifeline bridge span-Rico. their vigil

ning the waterway to the main- even after the de-

to reply to or ignore the note.

land. ire of the first tram. parture

Shortly before disbanding. all of whom sport- the pickets. ed red arm bands, listened to a short but fiery oddress by one

7 p.m. EST (midnight of their leaders.

the GMT) the centre of the mighty The orator,

Paris, Aug. 30. employee, decried the wrong Typhoon ida today interrupt- wind neared hurricane force on storm, rumbling along at 10

the 31 dismissed emned prisoner exchanges at Sam- the laland, 30 miles north of miles an hour, had reached done

and

that demanded THERE were other cases of plonces

in the Tonkin delta, the Wilmington, all contact was lost. THER

The tanker Suconnet radioed people foolishly exposing they be reinstated. He pointed French press agency reported.

The typhoon brought with it the Miami Weather Bureau themselves to danger at Big out that by staging a successful

through Wave on Saturday after-picket the workers had gained 94-mille-an-hour winds.

a moral victory.

Ships which left last night to 125 miles an hour winds off noon. The red flag was Ho coneluded with an order collect French prisoners due to the North Carolina coast and flying, warning swimmers to disband.

to

all Australian surf beaches,

A

tramways'

workers

Typhoon Still Playing Havoc

son

had's

fald

were TC-

Observers

reported "Easterly

by wave attended 35-mile-an-hour winds and The Coast Guard cutter Men-heavy rains, possibly the fore- dota

the season's piso seni a life-serving runner of to the iland with crow breeches buoy, line-projecting

jackets. As gun and lite

that it had ploughed

"Carol".

by

of

5

B

tropical storm.

hurricane

fourth

Archbishop Attacks "The Stars'

В

20 Years To Restore The Abbey

No Time Wasted After French Vote

NEW PLANS TO REPLACE E.D.C. Swift Moves By Big 3

Following the French rejection of the E.D.C. treaty by 319 votes to 264 in the National Assembly in Paris last night, there were these developments in Paris, Washington and London:-

•

PARIS:-One minister. the Minister of Enbour, M. Eugene Claudius Petit, a supporfer of the European Army plan -announced he would resign from the Cabinet. He said two other ministers would resign as woll;

The French Cabinet is now expected to put forward new proposals for European defence system in which Britain and France would take part on completely equal terms within the central Germany framework of the Atlantic pact. would also be included in the scheme;

The Premier,

anid M. Mendes-Franco "France remains unfailingly and unreservedly attached to the Atlantic Alliance which has always been its rule and which will remain ao. I hope vory soon our Allies and the countries which have the same interests as France wfi find themselves in the presence of clear decisions". WASHINGTON:-President Eisenhower described the rejection of EDC as a "major setback in the fights against international Communisın”;

State Department officials said an inter- national meeting,would-be organised in the next few weeks to set up a new Western European Security system which would include all the E.D.C. powers as well as Britain and America;

Officials expected Sir, Winston Churchill to telephone Mr Eisenhower immediately to discuse the consequences. of the French Assembly's action,

LONDON: The British Government will give full backing to the direct admission of Western Ger- many into NATO. The news of the French As- sembly's rejection was received with "very great regret" by Foreign Office officials. Britain is also expected to agree to restore sovereignty to West Germany in the immediate future in agreement with the United States and France.

Unprecedented Scenes

Paris, Aug. 30. Assembly hall in protest and Unprecedented scenes accom-counter cries lasted for at leasu pauled the announcement of the five minutes,

of EDC

the in

While the Communists were rejection

loudly demonstrating, M. Paul Assembly.

The Communists stood and Reynaud, prewar Premier and

The Westminster Abbey sur veyor,, Mr Stephen Dykes Bower, bold a press conference in-Jan- don today "It will take 10 years sang Lo Marsalelse, the French one of the foremost advocates of antham. Pro-EDC EDC, leaped to the Tribune and to tackle the most serious part national

20

years"

0

the history of France that pro-EDC treaty signed by French Minis- out of the (Conid, on back page, Col. 2)

of the restoration, which I ex- Socialists thereupon sang the said: "This is the first time in be handed over at Samson today then entered the comparatively

pect will continue for the nextInternationale.

half the About return to Haiphong to calm "aye" that the sea was dangerous not were

COMPANY'S RELIEF

Sections of

the roof timbers deputies walked even if they

which were

600 intimidated by the sight of

•Landing craft

old frown at the con- According to Mr C. S. John-

years BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW the pounding 20-ft breakers.

ference were honeycombed with ston, Manager of the Hongkong bringing from Samson a hundred It would have been more

holes made by the beetles. Tramways Ltd., the 130 cdd sick prisoners released by the

"Carol's eye, had a beautiful the skipper

Dr Dykta Bower said one of sensible to close the beach pickets represented dess than 10 Vietminh yesterday

cued from the storin by a sea rainbow," reported

of the 9,033-ton tanker owned

New York, Aug. 30. the reason the beetle had gain- to swimming entirely and per eat of the company's em-

Vacuum Oil the Sonony the Urban Council shouldployees, who number over 1,500. going tug.

The Archbishop of York, Dr cd such a hold was the use of VILLAGE LAM WASTE He expressed relief that no

Cyril Garbett-number two in timber only 60 to 80 years old Company of New York. consider investing the chief

Manila, Aug. 31. untoward

of occurred, incidents

Black and red hurricane fings the Church of England hated 200 to 250 years old. life-saver with the neces-other than the nuisance and In-

An entire village in Batanes

flattered along 250 miles of hierarchy today hit out at the The beetle easily attacked the which still remained. sary authority

stop convenience caused to passen-islands in northern Luzon wna

number of Britons upwood by coastino as the centre of the increasing wasio

now The

timber was being swimming when the surf gers, tramway

and completely

bulleted storm

about 76 miles who boileve in horoscopes. passed typhoon Ida which

Writing

his monthly specially treated with rodhum docs become dangerous.others concerned.

insect This practice in followed at Since early this morning hun-Luzon for several days and is eastward of Wilmington, Hurri-

dred of people, comprising main- now over the Chinese mainland, cano winds already had battered Diocesan letter, Dr Garbett said penicholorphenate, an

Examination of the main roof All houses its Masongson were the coast to the south, littering there had been "in cur time allier. ուն

tidal

beaches with broken power lines revival of mock astrology". As long as the life-savers ly

literally destroyed manuel labourers,

very timbers had revealed "a mbet He added: "I find it Ida's 150-nrd the wreckage of small boats up by at Big Wave allow swim covered every inch of the tram whipped

and plers.

dificult to think that there are serious state of affairs" almost ming to continue, however, and and dispersed, slowly mila-per-hour winds.

However,

wore there life-saving recls and equip when the China Motor Buy Com-

The Trent and Neuse Rivers, any so foolish as to take it all had badly decayed from dry

that rot and botto activity. reliable obtain a ment should be kept near pany laid en a full service casualties as realdents evacuated both tidal streams turned into seriously and to Imagine

It would be three years before villepo before it

torrenta by the lids worked up they can the water's edge in case of Immediately to cope with the the

the experts were certain that flattened,-France-Presse. by the oncoming storm, flooded horoscope of their future.

**T* have sufficient faith in they had overcome the danger an emergency. It was very

human intelligence

to believe from the beetle, China Mali fortunate indeed that the

that those who o study the prodic- Special. 'young airman and his friend

tions of astrologers do so for wero present on Saturday

their amusement, and not out, whan they saw the two

of any perlous attempt to' swimmers in distress, and

acquire information about their they should be commended for their pluck In making tho rescues

such * In circumstances.

Dockyard workers

crowds.

by

waves

no

was

Attlee Plane May Have MiG

Reds Fear Attack By Nationalist

From Rena MacColl

Escort

Fighters

. Hangchow, Aug. 30.

Extraordinary security measures have been taken for tomorrow's

IT may be argued that seven rescues in one day is nothing to bo alarmed at flight of Mr Attlee and his Labour Party mission to Canton.

people on Formosa considering that: on Sydney

I talked a Chlogs spokesman over, what If Communist China was surf beaches that are somo. completely happy about its-in about this strange youte tonight may do but there it i times as many as 200 terior communications the date- They told me the security sras] After all the Communist rescues in cho day. There is gation would go soults along or poessary since It Was Just Chinese have to watch their 210 XCUBO for mass folly just inside the cost for about pondble that Chlang's nighters stop because, you, recall, after ofthor but' tho Sydnoy 800 miles in a quick hop to based on Formosa might try to their Dghters, shot down our this distinguished civil airlines plano the other week, the management of Cant beaches are better equipped Canton which is last port of call Intercept

ton's "White Cloud" airfield and better patrolled and of the Labour mision in China, planes gad.

It seems very unlikely that said only one Brium plano had lifesavers' are trained in

But no. The route they will Formon-based fighter should any right *apedial aurf rescue, méthods. Lifesaving is virtually a

So when daily routine, there end 4 chevy surf is by no means on humdon. It is totally Adiferent in Hongkong wor

Sin West away from the coast, Bouth but the whole accers, here.

folk calls for, a' fight,'almost, try to intercept, planos, BOLEH

VÍVOD

to Hankow. There they refus in on the possibility of Chiang peaceful co-existential en

then perhaps will be sabotage or intervention, dat men from Canton, airfield","pu sorted by Mich: Nghters - 15 | 16 | nyopar quelaway, the have "ymaker, LLAN,

future.

∙100,000 Eggs

Astrology today which must Broken In Smash

not be confused, with astronomy

Is inftrational and silly. superstition, launched at or Ignored by acnsible people." China Mall Special.

A

Kashmir Dispute To Go To UNO

London, Aug. 30,

A lorry laden with eggs Bat tened a stallonary van when i overturned at a road junction tù north London today. {/

About 100,000, eggs were broken and scattered over the roid. The van driver, escaped with only minor injuries.-

China Wall Special

Heavy Shelling Heard In Macao

Mar 46-Karachi, Aug. 30. The Pakistan · Government, decided today to refer the dis- puts with India over the date of Kathmir back to the Security

My Macho, Büg, 81, 7 Heaving helling was, heard Council, it was authoritatively learned, an

by Macao Shém Bin the yearly The Kashmir dispute has hours of Baha defind all attempte er mettlement The shellma

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