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COMMENT

THE DAY

OF

Two Formidable

Tasks

TWO formidable tasks con-

Tront M. Guy Mellet. The

firat to form a govern- ment whose personnel will be aereptable to the French National

second, lu

Assembly: the

present

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gramme which will have a general

apponl

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Assembly and thus give the country at least some sort. of parliamentary slability. M. Mollet is endeavouring to

esinblish

Hoverbmenit drawn from the Stein ist red Statik al Republicat parties - centre left rea bination-bat he starts from the jsition

onpromising the alle

being a minority section of The new National Assembly When, therefore, it coTRANS

to voting on legislation anal

*THE WEATHER: Moderato N.E." winds, veering to E;N¦E. Overo with periods of^light'rain' fitis evening.

RELAX IN

DAKS

„TELE KAMENA COMFORT

CHINA MAIL Whiteaways

No. 36344

Established-1845

FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1956.

Price

HK DRIVING INSTRUCTORS

TO PASS POLICE TEST

Important New Road PROJECT TO DAM

Traffic Regulations

DEVISED TO IMPROVE SAFETY

New regulations affecting learner motor drivers and their instructors are announced in today's Government Gazette and will come into force on April 1.

From this date driving instructors will be required to have held a valid driving licence for not less than three years, to have seeking the confidence of passed a Police test as to their fitness to give driving lessons and possess written permission from the Commissioner of Police to instruct.

he

with

Assembly, the either have to rely on the

tolerane of the right wing Deputies,

necej

いず

L

patronage ..f 10 C'atti- munists,

No one will envy M. Mollet his dilemma. An implacable anti-4 ́ommunist during the

whole

{

h

political nothing could be mory embarrassing to the

career,

Premier-designate than having to rely on the Com- munist vote in the Assembly to keep his Ryvernment in office.

On the other hand, because Mollet is in allinner with M. Mendes-France, the Faure group of Ieputies will be reluctant to sustain the new In the back- government,

unknown in ground, and intentions, ure the 52 Poujadists, whose veting strength is capable of up- setting the balance of way of the established alllances in the Assembly.

M. MOLLET'S

will probably anything

Learner drivers will be required to be accompanied in a motor vehicle by a driving instructor at all times and will not be allowed to carry any passengers other than the instructor.

Additions amendments to the

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California ́ Deluge

MEKONG RIVER 7 Inches

Washington, Jan, 26. The United States is con Aldering

recommendations

for a major dam project on the Mekong River, in Southeast Asia, Mr John Hollister, Director of the

Unitent Stalca

foreign aid programme, announced today.

Mr Hollister said that, the project, through trrigo- tion and power facilities, would benefit Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cam- bodia.

The Mekong River, which winds its way across Ama fron China and Tibet, flows into the South China Sea near Salgon.

In Washington it has often been regarded as a strategle frontier between Communist and Communist Asia--Reuter,

TION-

CUT TAXES CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED

Learner licences for driving commercial vehicles will, generally speaking, be granted only to applicants who have reached the age of 21 and already have held a driving licence for a private car for three years.

with the Commissioner said that pro- ! "So, after consullation regulations include provision for Traffic Advisory Committee, it bubly the most important of all | driving licences to be valid for has been decided that

which re-defines was that

the twelve months from the date of structors must in future have rules about observance of tragic or renewal. for spectal | held a Heence for at least three lights. This ameridment brings annual fees for the heersing of years and have passed a Police these inte fine with those now commercial motor vehicles used Test as to their finess to give used in the United Kingdoma jolely on construction. altes, re-

After lessons to beginners.

Highway Code. definition of the obligation of certain unte it will be an offence drivers to conform with traffic for anyone to Instruct without

-dictinition of lights,

urban my written permission. ices where a 30 m.p.h. sperri

A fee of $20 will be charged limit applies, and certain other minor

prófessional These for the fest amendments. come into force immediately.

to pay $50 в усп RISING ACCIDENT written permit.

RATE

und

for their

"CRASHING" THE

LIGHTS

CAR MAGNATE'S TARGET

Of Rain In

20 Cents

HONGKONG

N KUSY LODN

Maddened Bull Strike Begins

Runs Amok To Affect

Penang, Jan. 20.

A maddened white - buli that today ran amok, while drawing a sliver chariot to an Ioulian temple injured 10 people, four of them seriously

the

Devotees gathering for

Thaipusam Festival were stampeded when the bull ran smak.

The charlot, valued AL £3,000, carried the Hindu Diety Sri Subramanian,

A police radio patrol stopped the bull three miles away—China.

Mail Special,

The Whole

Of Australia

Sydney, Jan. 26. Australia's nationwide waterfront strike began to show its effects in nearly every community today as the union management deadlock lasted through Ita fourth day with little sign

24 Hours More Pay For of compromiso by either

Los Angeles, Jan. 26. The worst storm in more than 20 years lashed South-

Underground

Layoffs

in

continued dustries resociated with water- front operations. But rallways,

ern California today, bring Rail Workers airlines and trucking companies

ing seven inches of rain in a little more than 24 hours and resulting in floods that forced more than 700 per BONS to evacuate their homes.

AB dark come, ectivities can

Factories, businesses

almost all

halt and shops

had a

London, Jan. 26.

roberted

Increased greatly business es shippers resorted to other"

means of transportation to

Coal shipments, usually coastal vesacia, more than 8,000 tona Jumped

Newenstic-Victorian railway, and steel shipments on railways also showed an in-

on

A seven

per cent wage move their goods, rise for about 19,000 work-

London's on

under-carried ground rall system wns announced tonight.

Union leaders also accepted

pay

shut early in order to permit proposals by the London Trans- employees to get home before port Executive for Improved dork because of flooded streets leave and pay arrangements for and roads.

weekend and public holiday working

The increased will cost £900,000 a усаг,

But a

similor wage offer by Transport Commis. the British sion to about 120,000 engineers in railway workshops was jected by the unions as "totally Inadequate,"

Southern California storm after the Central and Northern areas of the State had been plagued with heavy rains since the Christmas season.

the heavy rains Although since early Wednesday morning Jeft streets deep in water in Los Angeles, the storm caused most

damage and discomfort in out-

TC-

on

crease.

tho

Intrastate shippers chid the crews of their passenger ships would be dismissed shortly i the strike continued. They sild they definitely would not sull with passengers and Do freight.

CREWS DISMISSED

Owners

of 14 Interstate ships tied up at the Sydney docks dismissed

their crews yesterday. Bome

52,000 bales of wool were stranded at dockside Jast night when five overseas vessels salled from Australian portn only partially loaded. Consider- able general cargo also was left in parte

The Australian Council of

OTHER CLAIMS Other pay rise claims, which would add over £200 million lying areas.

Major aircraft plants, includ- } to Britain's running costs, were Ing North American Aviation, discussed separately by trade

at the Douglas aircraft plant unions and employers here to- London, Jan. 26. Long Beach and both the day.

and Chrysler The head of the luxury General Motors

The demands involved four "Far too many accidents are

sent planta

their million British workers, includ- Daimler car concern, 68.Assembly thetructors will also be required caused in this Colony by drivers year-old Sir Bernard Docker, craft arms said they would issue gasten,

workers. home early. The air-ing teachers, farmworkers and 'crashing' the. lights," Mr Maxwell said."Many

Hong

ong today launched a one-man a pubile sanouncement on when A joint meeting of employers World Churches cabled to kong dry

drivers--both Chinese and "cut taxes" campaign. His they were to return.United

and union chiefs decided to Christians of all denominations European-when pulled up for immediate target: "A ene

begin immediato talks for now

to pray privately and publicly this offence have pleaded that

teachers' salary scales.

for an ty

an end to the strike, based in Britain's

The *crossing

the per cent

on a **just solutio

solution." Representatives of the striking realise that this

a major a few weeks away. nevident cause.

dockworkers and the overseas

representatives "The new regulations make

shipping sociation met this afternoon. the correct procedure at traffic

Industrial sources said the cold- lights perfectly plain:-

ference did not spark an agro- mant, but sources close to both said the prospect of waterfront

seemed peace

"somewhat brighter.

The regulations do however give me power to Issue a per- any person The intention of the new re- mit without fee to

sald the Conmis Who ena salisty me that he in- programme Rulations,"

of Police, Mr A C tends to teach one person only- eschew oner

Maxwell this morning, Is to such as a relative or friend-and

safety in Heng-s not being pold for his services In mich ease the permit which i will sue will bear the name of aerident the karner as well as of the in-

steadily struckɛ.

sensational,

though he will have

мін

associate

14 Krea!

strive

improve mad

+ years neekdents in

t

Tu give driving instructors to prepare for tests and also

been

viable Traffe

were

oli

amber and did not serin to

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RED meuns STOP. Wait be- hund the stop line on the cur-

Plagewaj

RED and AMBER STOP. Do not

shows

1s) means until GREEN

Brunch make the necessary a dininistru-

GREEN meens

you may GO tive arrangements, April 1 as ON IF THE ROAD IS CLEAR.

chosen us the date on

Take special care if you mean these new regulations

94 to lurn right or left tomme into force. Moreover Ly

AMBER means STOP at the order to prevent undue hard-

You M-stop me.

may go on to any learner already En the

AMBER passion of a leence and who have crossed the stop line or are appears after you

may have paid tuition fees tu A

close to it that to pull up Instructor who 14 not

might cause an accident.

to kong handle Mendes-France firmly and t The Colony's road

rising rate has been resist his pressure for the

Buting the Jist introduction of indical

There were 6,858 policies. In foreign affairs,

1951, #,057 * 1952, 8,536 in M. Mollet, ix

1983 9.328 in 1954. Last to believer in a united Europe year there were no fewer tha and last year's French 11.775. delegate to the Assembly, of

"During the past two years | which the

Coal European

and

18,000 119 drivers were issued Steel Community, va be

with licences and approximately exported to

tu 5,000 d. pal vehicles can atrengthen ties with West on the roadis, At present, not Germany, nad to reluh a counting earners, there

Deensent drivers and firm friend-lip with Britain | 49,300 and the United States.

25,005 etmet vehid s. exelu- First problem, however, will be that of Algerin, where

of sort

agreement which

the preserves interests of France and at the same time realises, ni lenst in puri, Algerian aspirations,

becoming imperative, Domestically. M. Mollet faces the twin prob- Jem

and of inflation demands by workers for in- creased wages.

some

ім

If M. Mollet cun establish n stable government he will

give of Service velueles

1

cul

Presa

next budget, which is only Pay Demand Met

Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 27.

The Federation of Malaya

government announced today it

scales involve 260,000 primary and secondary school

leachers for whom the National Union of Teachers has asked for increases ranging from £50 to £327 a year. Involving an an-

15-

Sir Bernard, managing dires- tor of the £15 million Birming- ham Small Arms

£40 million.- Company was giving two to five pounds nual total of (BSA), told newamen that "the sterling increase In basic Reuter. first big cut" in government monthly pay 10 government spending he setlus is to wipe out clerks. (our **ministries which have The Clerical Services Union Newsprint Control outilved their usefulness."

members had threatened to

A spokesman for the shippers Quebec, Jan. 20 trike they were not given The legislative body today said he had urged the undon increases

voted 56-22 to control the pro- negotiators to return to the The poller. rallways, tele-duction, sale and distribution of conference table and continue communications and post office newsprint in the province of the discussion on outstanding are affectel.-Reuter.

Quebec.-United Press.

differences.United Press

10

Sir Bernard and his blonde meialite wife, Norah, then stopped into the glare of photo- graphers' flashbulbs and signed the first petition form, 11 de- manded that "immediate steps shall be taken to reduce central government spending by ถ minimum of one per cent рег antrum." qualiged to teach under ther GREEN ARROW means that He said that the petition hew regulations, provision Is you may GO IN THE DIREC-forma would be presented made that all in possession ofTION SHOWN BY THE AR-Parliament, “Alter the biling of restrke-

learner driver licences at Apri! ROW. You

may do this what- ions on the issue of Heences to

I may continue

with current ever other lights may be show-

"SKIMMED MILK" Jarmer favors In 1054. 15-

including re-ing. plentiome for

arrangements licences

"The same rules apply to these

newal of the learner licence drivers of tramears.

Bernard sald his own went up by leaps and bounds.

until September 30 of this your

spending seemed to The other amendments are

interest No fewer than 31,000 Irammer dernces were

after which date they will be mairly administra ive

some people. "What I have to Lul issued in 1955.

the skimmed think mort drivers will welcome milk," he added. spend is only bound by the new During the year 17,128 of these

regulations. "So far as the learner himself the

decision making driving

"Tax collectors lietnes valid for u ful twelve for cream." is concerned, the new regul tions meun that he will be months from the da'e of issue or requlied to be accompanied at renewal instead of us at present "The inference is s rong that all times by a driving Instructor for the scal year April 1 to the quality of driving Instruc- holding & written permit and March 31 or any part thereof. tion is not all that it might be, may carry no passengers other I am also empowered to grant At present anyone who has than the instructor."

days of grace up to a maximum of 15 In respect of renewals,"

SPEED LIMIT

people came up for tests and 8,400 failon-that is, very nearly 50 per cent,

since tire

TIGHTENING up

CONDITIONS

forsaken in the Assembly drivers are properly taught at taxicabs

"We belleve that if learner for

good

Learner licences for

JIS

ure kluttons

Sir Bernard declared: “It's up 10 every ordinary man and 110 | woman to see that this growing damu well Equandermania is

"This cut in government spending should have been made before anything was ever done to stop

private cfilzens squandering OLLF hard-earned pennies," he added.

He told a poner that he

"But

the French

be performing a great ser held a driving licence for just vice for his country. Yet if one year can set up as a driv- he fails he will not meriting Instructor.

Many prosceu- tions have been taken upulost being

AREAS the finger of scorn

driving instructors pointed at him. Others

"We have taken the oppor issue of learner licences was re-tunity to tighten up the cond!- with greater voting strength laxed in 1954.

"Finally the public should at their command have been

tlons for issuing feather licences know that certain amendments had no link

leader, M... Pierre driving

public vehicles have been made to speed limit arri-tax and

commercial areas. For example, the speed Poujáde. But we have one over relatively minor the cutset the drivers of the vehicles.

for limit of 20 m.ph, in certain thing in common-If he, "is matters of policy, and there future will be of a higher this class of vehicle will not in

urban areas of Hongkong has correctly reported he does not will be no great surprise if calibre. And

want to go into the driving future be granted to anyone

now been rated to 30 m.p.h. the life of his government will make for improved road under the age of 21 and who has "We are doing this because tion: I don't want to

there turns out to be a short one. safety."

licence

Sir Bernard told are times and conditions not already held a

reporters ele when drive:a

private motor vehicle

4 speed of

20

Jater: m.pha

any (other than a motor cycle) for safely. exceeded. On similarity between conditions at least three years. Much the other hand there are occasions here and in France. As I under- same conditions apply to learner when a speed of much less than stand it, everyone in France is John Foster Dulles and Stalin had four things in our licences for omnibuses 20 m.pl. can be dangerous. The rick except the Government,

in this case the regulations orius must always be

Here the Government is rich and on the walve the con-driver to drive at a speed and everyone else' is poor. But I common. In tomorrow's big feature-packed edition of the empower me

does not would certainly meet M. Poujade China Mail, Les Armour, ace Fleet Street feature writerdition of having held a licence In a manner which

for three years. I

endanger am able to

the safety of other If that were suggested.”...China presents a study of the policies of the American Secretaryde this because of the excellent rond users.

Mail-Special.. of State,

co-operation shown by the bus "The Traffic Branch will companies in training their erect signs for the guidance of learner drivers thoroughly before motorists in the areas affected." putting them on the road.

Spotlight On John Foster

This is only one of the highlights of the Saturday Mail. James Wickenden contributes another important background study to a current news story the conference in London between the Colonial Secretary, Mr Alan Lennox-Boyd and Tengku Abdul Rahman of Malaya,

Watch out also for these topline features;"

Kvo Perrick intervieres the "Magnolia Street" man to ask why he wants to marry (for the first time) at 69. No need to be wared about that operation, says Cedric Carne in his series "All 'in a doctors day", Raymond Chandler, detective story writer, makes a con- fession about a very personal problem, *.

driver

ey havo" already mid that li

In our, hope that the new or- rangements will do much te ensure that learner drivers ora

bo

TRIPLETS FOR DIVORCEE

the

cannot

Must Call A Halt Somewhere

-Pittsburgh, Jan; 26.

Now, York, Jan; 28. given proper instruction, thus) Mrs Leona Padfeld, who was improving rood chfety generally granted a divorce last summer, A pretty, American model 1. also hope that they will gave birth to triplets today, engaged by the Pittsburgh. Art result in fewer learner drivers All were boys.

Institute to pose in the nude to lillag their tests and a compo Mrs Padneld has three olher art

at students was dlanlased, to- quent Ughttaltig, of the strain children of school age. She was day for refusing to take

hør. There are all your regular favourites as well. Inoladine Jane upon Pplice officers who have granted a divorce under a Wishoor off. Roberts' reviews of the latest films, three pages of local and over-the duty of carrying out driving consin law which leaves it to

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