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JOHN CLARKE'S CASEBOOK

WRONG

NUMBER

HE

young

Twent into a

Jamaican

telephone

box (number: EUSten 6082) at Warren Street station. He wanted to speak to 11 girl who lived in the same apartment house as he, 11 house with a LADbroke number. He lifted the ceiver

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CHINA MAIL

Established 1945

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1956.

Russia Wants Ban On Forced

Labour!

ILO REQUESTED TO ADOPT

NEW CONVENTION

Geneva, Feb. 10.

The Soviet Union has stated that it wishes the International Labour Organisa- tion (ILO) to adopt a

new convention banning forced labour, it was learned here today. rullo to

A moment an two later, plumply preity operator on the

Euston exchange was speaking

de

A

by art-witve tective-sergeant on duty in plain van parked by Warren Street station

The detective-sergeant, when

he had then the Euston opera

He went

tor's message, left his van and went to the station.

الامال

to the telephone box in which the young Jamaican why saying, "OK, TRIST to work now."

get back

WHAT WH.L. BE. WILL BE

"I

■M arresting you for brandu- lently consuming elec- tricity. the property E the Postmaster Generid." guld the detective.

"But, suh, I been trying get the operator. What's Tap. pened to mah pennies *** naked the Jamaican, whose nume · was Andrew.

to

"Anything you soy many De written down and used tủ wyn- dence."

Andrew shrugged, "What will be, will be," he said,

Al Clerkenwell court, Andrew ploaded not guilty 10 frLudu- Jently

the Post-

Consume

master General's electrielty.

THE

TAPS ON TAPE

told

puis defecüve sergeant

the magistrate, Mr T Davis, of his vigi! and his ar

Feat

his

eylence looked ilke

The Soviet position was stated in a

Potgieter To Make Comeback

Capetown, Feb. 10. South Afrion's Elaich heavy-weight boxer, Ewart Potgieter, who recently quit

only boxing after fighting a few professional bonts, has decided to make

* "comebrok," it was an- nounced here today.

LABOUR PARTY CELEBRATES

FIRST HALF CENTURY

By Fraser Wighton

London, Feb. 10.

Labour politicians throughout Britain are this weekend celebrating the first half Parliamentary Party

Hls Brst comeback fight will

century of their be against Canadian "Cowboy" Frank Parker

at the end of April.

here

The 'Glant" and tho "Cowboy" drew in their fight In London three mentits aro. Franco- Presse,

founded on February 12, 1906, under the |leadership of the Scottish Socialist pioneer,

James Keir Hardie.

Keir Hardie, who died in 1915, was the father of the modern British Labour government which took recognisable Parliamentary shape in 1906.

Errol Flynn Then a general election overnight boosted Labour's

report containing the replies of many Pays Child

Maintenance

governments to a questionnaire sent by

ILO Secretariat to the

countries.

Hanged Man's

Body Shown

To Chiefs

Pretoria, Feb. 10 Eliphast Msomi, the African "demon"

slayer uf Women

children

uxe

and

all

member

previous tiny group of four members in the House of Commons to a substantial body of 29.

Shaggy bearded Keir Hurdle, Ramsay MacDonald But it was Best national leader, told his only a short-lived administration followers: "The sleeping giant is sustained by Liberal support. Santa Monica, Feb. 10. Awakening and u duys to come Ramsay MacDonald headed in the very gear future Labour Actor Errol Flynn today

[0 further minority Labour will be the dominant factor in

Government frum 1920 The Suviet reply sadel The won dismissal of a con-

polities not only potentially but 1931 when the party had to cloption of measures to secure tempt of court citation actually in fact."

rely on the votes of Liberals by fibe universal abolitlen

all against him by paying

then reduced to 58 members to forms of forced labour, whether

back child-support

keep in power open of concealed and whether

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conic ments.

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pressure or as a means of direct GJE Indirect coercion, would Fly obviously be in the interests of the working population and has the backing THI the Soviet Union.

Radical Instrument

f: T

pay.

"Invasion"

in Wan

весь

It was 30 years before his con.

The Jubilee is being marked Adent prophecy

purt this weekend by Labour fume- realised.

In 1945, Labour swept tions at key points throughout for the first time to real power Britats China Mall Special.

massive with n

Parliamentary

with eborged WIN contempt of court by Superior Judge Stanley MK last year when he fell $6,500 behind majority pledged to introduce

fi 4* support of Payments

socialisin in Britain. two children by a former wife.

Haymes. Mrs Now Flyum

Fynn's lawyer said the actor ments by last month and they fell the contempt charge thould be dropped.

13

bid made up was

hanged in Pretoria prison today and

body hils

sutroquently exhibited to Atrigon chiefs su But they could check that be was really dead.

allowed to just before

was

130 ebjets were

the murderer sentence was executed

The reus F.dinary measure

That Maori claimed he and committed his grifüers at the insigation of a devil called "Tokolustic", half bwant and half inan, who had

him immortality promised return

He produced In support

zeel of what ticker-tape, and

pencilled

murks

that someone,

pointed out that

proved

SC-

Andrew possibly, had made five altempts at getting A number by tapping it out on the ceiver rest instead of dialling. At the sixth attempt the caller had got through,

An expert went into the wit-

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"Is inis

morge codke?" magistrate k fum, unwind

ing the tupe s

wurlly us

A

nephew charged by an kunt with undoing kuitting wool.

WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER?

EVELOPED fruni

"DE

code," said the

тогье

expert,

"It shows the difference in the impuses caused by dialing and topping."

"You can read it?”

"Oh yes," said the expert, His place in the box WOR taken by a girl. "What is your name?" naked Use learned clerk. She told him, "What 19 your telephone number?"

The Soviet rely continued

the International this end, lahour conference should adopt

the bak

ty-

Mrs Haymes divorced the star

1949 und then

married

In this government's five-year Lorm of office, Britain gave in- dependence to India, Pakistan. Burma and Ceylon.

The 1008 Labour "invasion” the House of CommonIS relative

where POWIT and strength has hitherto swung be- tween the Liberal and Conserva. tive

The purtics

odd with Socialist regarded by many as Dowttle more

i than harmless political curiosity,

is boat and radical an mahru - ment as possible and one which w!! draw the attention of member countries of the 110 | In to the need to eliminate not only crooner Dick Haymes, whom she

also the un- Che

AYOWED

but

also divorced. Flynn is avowed forms of forced labour married to

actress Patrice which are widely

prevalent in Wymore, his third wife. different parts of the world, and

for this extra-which ΠΙΟ particularly in- They rained to Hollywukxd volve the exploitation of econo-recently and Flynn said he was debt bondage clearing up his inancial troubles mir dependence,

to be able

to make and various kinds of servitude; in order

He had 89 well

discrimination several pictures here. us and ration agahıst strike. been working abroad. United Houter.

Press

in

The story was widely believed in the Pondoland region where most of Msomi's crimes were committed, and it was to put on end to the superstition that the chofs of Msoma's tribes called in.-France-Press.

Were

GOA BORDER SHOOTING

Portuguese Claim

OVER 2,200 Indians Attacked

STRIKERS ARRESTED

Nagpur, Feb. 11.

More than 2,200 textile work

Lisbon, Feb. 10.

The Portuguese Ministry of Defence today denied a Bombay radio report that Portuguese police had crossed into Indian territory in a recent clash on the Goa border.

Hashim Khan' Beaten

Hushim

London, Feb 10. Khu, 41-year-old

aco va | Pakistan

squash rackets was beaten for the first time in England when, in an astonish- ing upset, he lost to his cousin, Roshan Khan, in the semi-finals of the Dunlop Open Professional Tournament here tonight.

silk-haited The

and elegant members ul the traditional ruling parties were

quick to realise that they had a new and vital force to reckon with.

Relied On Liberals

frst two

Hushim, top seeder, won the 9-7, but gurnes 9.6. then went slightly lume, With his mobility affected, he lost the next three games by 3-9, 2-0. 2-9.

· ·

But Liberals, then the gov. could scarcely have ernment,

The match provided some of that before foreseen

so many

the Anest squash over seen in had years

passed

their great England, party would be crowded to the politini sidelines with Labour The other semi-final went as alone able to provide an alter-expected with Azam Khan, native to Conservative govern Hashim's younger brother, beat- ment.

ing Jamal Dir, the Indian Labour first became the gov-champion, 9-0, 0-2, 6-7.-China ement party in 1924 under the Mall Special. Premiership of the late James

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(India claims sovereignty over ently at some people moving Go Portuguese enclave on along the border, and Indian Memories; 2, Hospital Requests Pre- the Indian mainland, ofcial police fred back with rifles and i the past 12 days for taking part reports, quoted by the Press machine guns.)

ers have been arrested here in

city streets,

into

in prohibited processions in the Trust of India yesterday, sald

The Portuguese Ministry's people were hurt in the incident

the per- communique, published in milla in Nagpur When Portuguese armed

press here, said that the clash down today until sonnel" crossed 200 yards

Indian territory.

with **Indian bcndits" took striking workers

place inside God, barely 100 to work, the mills

(The reports added that the yards from the frontler, where munagements have decided.

Portuguese opened are appar-indian police aided the terror- ist action and the withdrawal."

Six textile Bre to close their 14,000

rewrn

"Well, actually,” she began, sounding surprised, "It's FINch- The mills have been working and she gave a num- with small staffs since January The learned clerk realised 28, ber.

when left-wing workers the agitation against her telephone number was not started evidence. She was the EUSton closure of one of the group of

who had operator

tipped off mills-Reuter.

the detective.

A

STOWAWAY

tu

"I

speak Angela Buxton

In French Tennis Final

NDREW'S turn

came at last. He stad: put my money in, dialled my number, and presed bution A. and talked to my friend. After a few words, I couldn't hear, so

I topped the receiver rest. Then

I could hear again. That hap- pened about twice

Paris, Feb. 10. Britain's Angela Buxion and America's Althea Gibson won of the French Indoors tennis championships here today.

"I and the case proved," said the semi-finals

the known?"

magistrate, "Anything international

"He was sent to prison for The final will be played Sun-

four months as a stowaway in

1950," said a police officer. "He day.

is working as a warehouseman, Miss Buxton

and earns £7 a week. He pays Suzanne Chatrier

beat Mrs

of France

£2 10s, for his lodgings, and 2-0, 6-4, 6-4, and Miss Gibson sends £2 a week home to ms defeated Miss Ann Shilcock of -mother in Jammica,”

"Pay £6 or to to prison for one month," and the rongla- trate.

Britain 0-2, 0-4.

Sweden's Sven Davidson whipped Denmark's Kurt Niel sen 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 in the semi-

Im the ather

semi-final

"Yes, suh,” Andrew answer- final of the men's pingles. ed, and be svent away looking puzzled and mod. Worried, per- haps, that the Fort Office, America's Budro Patty beat his which had gone to much trouble compatriot Hugh Stewart 11-9. on his account, should have 0-1, 6-1,

omitted to claim as costs in the ↑ The men's final also will be case the Bd they claimed he played on Sunday-United had failed to pay for his call.

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