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COMMENT OF

THE DAY

Road Safety

HE new traffic regulations

announced yesterday are | designed to Improve road safety in the Colony,

If they realise that pur pose they

amply

will be

Justifiad. There cannol, so fur un we can see, be any rooled objection to them. While the statistics !! ]

mented by the CommiNSIONI- of Poller are not conclusive, they do strongly infer the

in presence Hongkong of incompeten

er

driving

who

instructors,

of know

influence learner drivers with their lack

ledge, and whose tuition

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1956.

Mollet And Mendes-France Make Uneasy Partners

French Cabinet-Forming

Difficulties

FRANC IN DANGER

WARNING

Paris, Jan. 27.

The Socialist leader, 50-year-old started amounts to nothing more M. Guy Mollet,

his Cabinet- fupi forming efforts in earnest today.

than taking advantage of the innocence

anxious to obtain a driv Ing licence. This seems to be quite a reasonable ex- planation of the fact

that

last year nearly 50 per cent of learner drivers tested failed to qualify.

I the regulation which re

quires

instructor

an

possess 11 valid driving

licence for three years and to pass a Police fest as to ht- ness to give driving lessons eliminates incompetent in structors it will be heartily by the publle, applauded but whether It will bring about a reduction in road traffic accidents remains to be demonstrated,

are pretly rigid and in consequCNEV

accepted It can be

POLICE tests

Latest Turn In Cyprus Crisis

BRITAIN TO JAM ATHENS RADIO

London, Jan. 27.

Britain is to jam radio Athens broadcasts to Cyprus, a measure which has never been taken before in peace or war, authorised sources in London said today.

The British Government made more than 20

1. He consulted his election partner, protests to Greece before coming to this decision, the Radical new dealer, M. Pierre Mendes-authorised circles stated. France.

2. He got from France's top civil the actual financial servants reports on

position of the country and, on the posi- tion in Algeria.

Under each of the headings, the potential new premier was made to realise that big difficulties faced the next government.

The

A

M.

for a long tune

to

M. Paul Gerin, editorialist of Paris Presse. Important evening paper, in a sensational dispatch published today, revealed that u hwz, urea of Algeria is more or less under the control of rebel

forces.

(1) The election partners, M., In Algeria

conic. Mollet and M. Mendea-France, had little difficully in drawing common élection pro- a grumine, but they now find that agreeing upon joint

pro- mine of governmental action is less easy.

Radicals of M. Mendes- that France met tonight in committee only those learner drivers at the National Assembly. who display fall qualifien-Mendes-France was urged by tions for handling a ear his friends to refuse to lake on The the responsibility for Anance and obtain their licencos,

accident economic development in increased traffic

a pro- dominantly Socialist government, rate, therefore,

Many Radical deputies said the the Socialiste, wanted op

inflation roads of drivers who allow order to be able to grant their

behave themselves to

in-fallowers the immerlato. uštis- competently and carelessly faction of an increase in wages after they have qualified to and salaries, but the Radicals were opposed to auch a poller drive.

of facility.

the appearance

ministers on Sunday. suggests

The boginner cun be n menace, but no more than

in

(3) The Governor of the Bank of France, M. Wilfrid the Bo-called experienced Baumurtner, warned M. Mollet motorist,

chauffeur

But increase and taxi driver, who insists defied (believed

lk

by

[0

upun showing brazenly jockeying position

crowded thoroughfares, nvertaking at speed, rushing traffic lights and generally play ing ducks and drakes with the rules of the roadÂ.

To the extent of redefining

the rules

а

M. Mollet will continue to dis- cuss his government programme tomorrow and is expected to begin drawing up his list of He hopes to his government to present

or the Assembly on Tuesday Wednesday.

Newspapers give his ten-man cabinet, ま British lines, al follows:

M. Mendes-France, Vice- Christian Pineau Premier; M.

Floods

Throughout Malaya

Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 27. Flood waters swept across 20 of Malaya's roads after heavy tropical rain drenched Malaya today.

Palles reported highways were under water in the states of Pahang, Negri Sembilan and Johore, and the Malacca.

settlement of

Ran also closed the Kluang, Johore, airport.

Floods across the main trunk raliway half way between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore| blocked mail trains today and tonight. The always could not any tonight when services would return to normal-Reuter.

The

Governor of Cyprus, General Sir John Harding, was authorised to take this step during his recent visit to Lon- don It is aimed at proventing the Cypriots from hearing the violent radio tirades against the British Government.

A

Foreign

Office spokesman gave an cxample of the material broadenst from proclamation of the EOKA the "Union with Greece" movement,

of

The broadcast said: "Become thosa

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Washington, Jan. 27. constables of the Quech

Los Angeles-born “Tokyo | Norse King tain, hunt you to prevent your national manifestations, Sweep Rose," due to be released Ben Nevis away all traitors....freedom is from prison on Saturday acquired by blood"-France-after serving

sentence Mascot for treason, may be de Diana ported from the United Corvette

Presse.

States

NEW TALKS

Nicosia, Jan. 27. Field Marshal

John Shr Harding, “Governor of Cyprus, held new talks tonight with Archbishop Makarios, leader of the Cypriot Greek campaign for union with Greece.

.

The United States Immigra- tion Service said today it was starting deportation proceedings against her on the ground that she lost tier American citizen. ship when she was convicted in San Francisco-in-1949 of broadcasting

from for Jupan during the Second

The Governor returned from Tokyo London yesterday after a work World War, of discussions with Sir Anthony

Mrs D'Aquino, now 39 yems

+

(30cialist) Foreign Affairs; M. THE QUEEN AT Eden, the British Prime Minis-old, is the wife of a Portuguese

TRIPOLI

Tripoll, Liyo, Jan. 28.

box,

other

government

and leaders. He was reported to national-China Mail Special. have brought back a new plan to weitle the political problems

Robert Lagustu (Socialist) in the budget

getFinanoc ministy: M. Albert near a thou Gazir (Socialist) Labour; M million francs on

Gaston Defurre (bociatio nominal budget textali

of 3,400 Marseilles), Public Works; million franes) would endanger of the present exchange rate of the Senator Ofert Jules, Radical)

Interior: M.

Vines de Moro- Riafferi, Justice; Francis Mitter-of Edinburgh landed here early paper, Times of Cyprus, said to- (near Radical), Oversens today on their flight to Nigeria (day these proposnis “may con-

currency,

BOURSE LOSSES The Paris Bourse lost two to three per

cent today in the average level of French stocks But on the whole, exchange remained

concerning band shares. servance of traße lights, the stock

the new regulations aim a steady in face of the prospect of

shaft at these

we

but from observation are convinced there will be no appreciable decrease in traffic accidents unless the police maintain

ac-

road hoga, a left-wing government,

The experis un Algeria (3)

to M. Mollet, pointed ouLL point

fo

reitable usubily cording

mave- sources, that the rebel ment In Algeria

bern had sharp strengthened,

and that what- offences over the outcome of talks or Nationalist with "Smart negotiations committed by the Aleca" and take appro- leaders may be, strong French will be needed priate action against them. military forces

look-out for the

Ik

Dod

Queen Elizabeta and the Duke

in the troubled island.

The English language news-

Territoras; Jacques Chaban w begin a loyal tour of thattain much that may meet the Delous (Social Republican, ex-British Colony.

National Defence. Gaullist) Reuter.

Nationalists Sink Boat, Claim

Talpel, Jan. 27. Chinese NalicnaLS15 today claimed to have sunk a Chinese Communist gunboat west of the Nationalist-held island Wuchlu, midway between Mutsu and Quemoy.

com-

A Defence Ministry munique issued tonight said that two Nationalist gunboats on patrol engaged "several" Com-

munist gunboots west of Wuchlu

early this morning.

After an exchange of gunfire, Communist gunboat was one sunk and the rest "iled" towards the mainland.

Their aircraft landed here just alter midnight local time and the Queen received the British Aunbassador and the Libyan chief of proveed Hakhya.

Mr

Abdel

Archbishop's objection that the last proposal points he considered as vital."

evaded certain

The talks tonight followed only a few hours after Cypriot Latif schoolboys and girls stoned Bri- tish troops in an hour of violent The British Overseas Airways | rioting-one of the worst that Argonaut spent 45 minutes here the capital has known. for refuelling and changing of crews before resuming its tight to Lugas.-Unlied Press.

FARMER KILLED

CLOSE SECURITY

In view of the new demon- strations, striel security prÚ- cautions surrounded the talks and British troops maintained intensive patrols on all strecis leading to the Archbishop's house, where the meeting was hold

Rabat, Jan. 27. The body of a French farmer, with five bullet wounds in his

An official statement issued Lead, was found this morning

student outburst in in an isolated turm in the Fez after the

H.s hunting ride had! Nicosia today said that two men were soch behind the rioters

fig.on. Jeen stolen.

A Moroccan civil servant, encouraging them to stone the

appointed, recently

had his troops. house attacked by three armed Moroccans yesterday

The evening.

Paphos students The marauders opened up with protesting against reports a machine gun and accidentally elally denied yesterday

detained

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First Man-Made Satellite

Will Follow The Equator

first

New York, Jan. 27.

American scientists hope to send man-made "moon" an earth-girding course roughly following the Equator.

Oficial

International of the Geophysical Year directing the satellite programme, said to- the football-size night that object would circle the earth 16 times every 24 hours fol- lowing an elliptical orbit in a 5,000-mile wide belt which would take it back and forth between 40 degrees north and

south.

Thus it should be possible to.

sight it from

States, Central

America,

United the

and South

Africa, Southern

Europe, the Baika is and Mid- dle East, part of the Soviet Union, Pakistan, China, Japan,

Indonesia,

Australia

and New Zealand, they sat,

were offl

that

in clear air at dawn and dusk,

under

the

· observers would be able

see it with the unaided eye, the experts added.

The Nationalists suffered no killed one of their gang. The people damage, the communique sold-other two men then took to their Island's emergency laws have Reuter,

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