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Jess tongue-wagging ': vir Fung Ping-fan expresses the Urban Council's most urgent need succinctly. Colonel Clague and Mr Y K. Kun gave a practical demonstration
this principle, though it 12 aoubtful whether
the Council's politieius Wil voluntarily follow their good examples, Having saja this however,
it mun
be
recognised that what br Gosano described as "this annual conventiona
debate", does pérma CoMM- cll members to expand tree. ly un almost any subject relevant or irrelevant to the Council's functions.
If it is desirable to restrict long-winded Councillors,
Bort of
Lime
then some limit on publie debate ougni to be considered at the neXL meeting. And if it is degined to impose une, another pro- vision ought to be consider- ud and that is to compet speakers to stick iʊ the point at issue, by embutlying thN principle in standing orders if it is not there alreuty. The Urban Counen a
"
greatest weakness debating forum is that there in far too much
courtesy
And not nearly chotigu recognition of the rules of debate.
IT is
perhaps placing the Chairman In an invidious position to suggest that ne should intervene in debate or even give a ruling o point of order, bat unies ne does, or until there is in the chair some indivinum of independent character who cun make such decision Urban debates will continue follow their present uk- satisfactory course,
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THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1957:
BRITISH SHIPOWNERS DECIDE TO BOYCOTT SUEZ CANAL
on
London, Apr 3. British shipowners today decided to boycott the Suez Canal until President, Gamal Abdel Egyptian Nasser, agrees to the United Nations six principles freedom of navigation, payment of transit fees, upkeep and development of the canal. The decision was taken at a meeting between the shipowners and the Minister
Harold of Transport, Watkinson, in the House
Commons today.
Denmark also intended boycotting the canal, at least until a provisional agreement had been reached with Egypt.
The four countries concerned are among the most important canal users. British shipping circles said
and Norwegian
Italian the governments had not decided on what instructions to give to their
the of shipowners, while
Swedish
London maritime circles said that France, the United States and
WITNESS STAGES
MOCK COLLAPSE
More Drama In The
government has left the decision to the shipowners themselves.— France-Presse.
Price 20 Cents:
RELAX IN
DAKS Whiteaways
HANA KUNG
DKOWED ON
Day Of Rioting And Looting In Santiago
MANY KILLED, INJURED
Santiago, Chile, Apr. 3. -
Mobs looted, burned and clashed repeatedly with government forces today on the second day of an orgy of destruction, unprecedented in this capital city's history.
At least 11 persons were Immown to have been killed and more than 200 injured in the outbreaks, which began as student protests against increased urban transporta tion fares and then 'degenerated into mob action, leader- less and motiveless except to loot and destroy.
Mindszenty “Not Needed”
The military authorities, which unually printed, was sucked by assumed control under modified mobs last night-United Press. martial law proclaimed Jost night, refused to give any in- formation about casualties.
An afteriant at the city morgue told the United Press that 25 bodies were received there today.
The report was confirmed by any other source, hoWEVET,
Officials said criminals And Communist-incfted rabble from the city slums were trying to take advantage of the situation to loot shops and other property. TROOPS OPEN FIRE Witnesses said they saw steel- ormed with troops
Cairo Radio's "No" To
"No" To STRIKERS ANGRY helmeted
Internationalisation
London, Apr. 3.
The Egyptian state-controlled Cairo
Sold Down
Radio stated tonight that Egypt had refused The River
internationalisation of the Suez Canal and "still persists in her refusal."
The radio was replying in an Arabie language broadcast to Mr John Foster Dulles
Adams Trial invitation to Egypt to declare within 48 hours
London, Apr. 3.
24 A prominent London
Morrell,
con-
Councu medical specialist today | staged a" mock collapse in the witness box at the Mr de Sales made the point murder trial of Dr John
in Tuesday's debate that | Bodkin Adams, members should confine The specialist, Dr John Har- their views
вет mattera man, was the first witnes, in the Camlly "within the purview of the defence of the little Councit." Mr Teesdale, the physician, who is charged with
murdering Mrs Edith Chairman, takes
lii 1 point and says that "where 81, a rich widow, by overdoses
of dru
druge. our own problems are uf Demonstrating a spinal such magnitude let us el- vulsion brought about by deavour to make further morphine poisoning, Dr Harman progress towards their slowly raised his arms and beni solution, before we
uver backwards con-over
he dis template embarking on new appeared from view,
The wil sphères of activity."
ness, physician to St Thomas's, a Dr Gosano and Colonel Clague about drugs with other medical big London hospital, disagreed have "serious doubts as to experts who had testified for the whether this annual conven- prosecution.. tional debate really survea He said he saw no necessity the public interest or con- to link Mrs Morrell's death with tributes to the better run- the morphine and heroin doses ning of the Council or the given her. prestige of its members, Their view that
general
policy statement followed by a débate on a motion up
Springs Surprise
Earlier today the Defence Counsel, Mr Geoffrey Lawrence,
proving the policy 18 sprang a surprise by announcing
he would not bring Dr Adams into the witness box to testify.
He told the court this after
desirable, ignores the basic weakness; it would simply give a more formal charac- ter to the "annual conven- successfully arguing that the tional". But if Mr Teesdute's trial should be immediately stopped. The prosecution, he very good point is to be submitted, had submitted In- pursued and made the underlying principle of the Council's approach to its work, then something much more than an appeal from the chair is needed.
her agreement to enter into negotiations on an acceptable plan for the administration of the Canal
"There can hardly be any doubt that attempts to wrench control of the Canal from
continuing. Egypt are
If we rely on Mr Dulles' declarations at his press conference yesterday, we shall see that the plan put for- ward amounts in short to internationalisation of the Canal and placing it under the control of the Western bloc."
The radio commentator said Egypt pro- claimed freedom of navigation in the Canal to all ships, including the ships of France and Britain.
Despite this, M. Mollet and Mr Macmillan, abetted by M. Spaak of Belgium "will not be satisfied with anything short of the inter nationalisation of the Suez Canal," he said, adding: "But the Canal is and shall remain Egyptian."Reuter.
US TO CARRY OUT MORE
NUCLEAR TESTS
Washington, Apr. 3.
The United States Atomic Energy Commis- adequate evidence to justify the sion said today it will start a new series of test case continuing
explosions in Nevada about May 15 and continue them intermittently throughout the summer.
But the judge,
Sir Patrick Devin, ruled that questions had arisen in the trial which could
only properly be determined by the ten men and two women of
ONE of the most annoying the jury.
the
Accusation
London, Apr. 3. Angry workers today accused a top union official, who voted to end a nation- wide strike of shipbuilding and engineering workers of selling them out and called on him to resign.
clothing store
ה!
Mackiver Street,
Riotera attempted to move on the presidential palace again
and
Budapest, Apr. 3. Hungarian Prime Minister Janos Kadar told Western cor- respondents tonight that Cardinal
POLICE SLAY
2 WORKERS
Dacon, Apr, 2 Two workers were killed and four injured when police opened fire on re- monstrating crowds near Chittagong today : accord- ing to brief reports reach-- ing Dacos tonight.
The reports sald over 6,000 workers at a milli at Kalurghat, About eight
miton
from ChittagGOS, went on strike yesterday in support of
of demande for pay incresan.
Several
of
thogendi them dempustenting in sip- port of their demands, clashed with armed police who eventually
opened fire-Beuter.
Jozsef Mindszenty, former Big Drug Seizure
Rungoon.
Catholle Primate of Hungary, now sheltering in the United
London, Apr. 8. States Legation here, had told the Pope he wanted to leave rested a Pakistani saltar, accused The British poliko tonight ar- machineguns and rifles illi three Hungaroar sald "As far as we of muggling in howly 200 Iba person who were robbing know the Pope twice urged of Indian homp (marijuana)
Central Mindszenty to resume
aboard the cargo ship Worcester. his posture which docked three days as Prince Primate of Hungary ago but he had no inclination to do
altera voyage/trom so, On the this morning but were repelled. On contrary, he told the
Pope ho by troops. At least two demeri-
he wanted to go abroad." Asked 認 the Hungarian Gov- strators were killed
ernment would object to the others were wounded in the Cardinal leaving, the country, attempt.
Mr Kadar replied: "That do- Six perscua were believed to pends. The Hungarian people do have been killed in last night's not need him as far as we know. outbreaks, which led President The Goverment certainly does Carlos Ibanez to proclaim л.
not need him."-Reuter, state of siege or modified martial law throughout the country and 50 per cent increase in bus trum fares, which started the disorders, was cancelled last right, but this falled to put an end to the disturbances.
A
23
· Armed forces láte today raided The charges were flung at
the building of the Opposition William Carron, president of the morning newspaper. La Tercera Amalgamated Engineering Union, de la Hora and ordered it to during a demostration at the susperid publication." Court building where a three- The
Mornin
paper El Siglo. man board of inquiry today controlled by the outlawed opened a study of the wage Communist Party, did not appear demand dispute.
today. Another extreme. Loft The first ression lasted 18 Wing newspaper, Les Noticias minutes: While Mr Carron pre- de Última Hora, also failed to pared to Icave, a group of publish
The printing plant of workers burst into the hall, Horizonte,
another Communist massed around him and shouted: paper, where Los Noticias is "We have been sold down the river Why don't you resign and be a man, We have lost
our wages, not you
TIPPED SCALES
Lenders of 40 unions involved in the labour dispute voted yes- terday to call off the strike pending
outcome of the
ū
by the government- board. Mr Carron, with his union's 500,000-card tipped the scales in the
Which
climaxed storty three-hour meeting.
The unions are demanding a per cent wage increase. Em- ployers offered five per cent to Shipbuilding workers and 3 per cent to engineering workers.
Some 1,700,000 workers walked out to enforce their demands. They are scheduled to return to'
10
their jobs tomorrow.
also bought an end to the en-
forced
The back-to-work decision
exile
of the luxury Ilner, Queen Mary, from its hono purt
Southampton.
PERSIA'S NEW PREMIER
Teheran, Apr. 3.
The Court Minister, Dr Manuchehr Eghbal, Rector of Teheran University, was today. appointed Premier in succession to De Hussein Ala.
The Commission had
an be any effects outside the im- United Fress. nounced in January that the mediate test area, tests would be held this spring. "Several additional safety features in Urban Council Ho suggested that "three but it gave no date.
lests will be conducted during debates is that some mem-factors" called for an explana-
the summer at times when the It sald in January, and bera either do not read ortion by Dr Adams. These were
site is not being used for nucleas repeated today, that they will tests. One or more may be con- the doctor's administration of ignore the proceedings in
the Legislative
autumn drugs to Mrs Morrell, the allega be of relatively low explosive ducted Council
during whero in some cases official death, and the charge that they
tion that these drugs, caused her force.
months." The Commission sald Diso As for the nuclear explosions assurances havo already were administered by a doctor that it will conduct on April 10 themselves, The ABC did not been given to points they who knew he would benefit an experiment "polated to the indicate how many there would Ala, who has headed the raiso ален, A certain from her will-China Mali Spe-| palety of stoclear weapons be. amount of overlapping be- etal.
handling and storage, similar to It said no termination date administration for two years, tween the functions of the
tests run in November, 1985 can be fixed at present for the was made Court Minister.
changes were announced by, and January, 1956.
series.
Teheran Radio, which said Dr
been "But it is expected the test Eghbal had
appointed "Since there will be no nuclear, site will be used intermittently Premier by the Shah
:summer." - charged with the task of form- said, "there are not expected to: Reuter.
Penny |ing a Cabinet-United Press.
Legislative and the Urban
Councils
is unavoidable
but one gains the impres Sir Anthony Leaves dotonation," the ABC statement throughout the
sion that those who do this sort of thing aro simply out for political kudos.
Otehel Bay, New Zealand, Apr. 4. Sir Anthony Eden, former British Prime Minister, left, here by air today on his way to the United States to consult an American doctor about
If debate were regulated it would have the effect of eliminating not only vor- bosity but redundancy and many of the trito courtesies relapse in his health-Reuter,
that fill up the reports of |
the Council's proceedings
in the newspaper columna,
NO OBJECTION
Calro. Ap, S.
today
The
Shepilov Sums Up Rock 'n Roll"
Moscow, Apr. 3, "Mr Dmitri Bhepllow, former
Soviet, Foreign Minister, to day
cool-tmned
"boogle- woogie"", and, “rook "ziral!” sa sa “unroytrained debauch of passions and an explosion of the braces", kalinoša :: audi
thero,
Members need to get to the Colonel Mahmoud Younis, heart of matter they wish Director of the Egyptian Canal to speak about quickly, say Authority, sald what they havo to as con- was "no objection" to the cisely as possible and sit 18,200-ton British tanker, Presi down-oras Mr Fung dent Brand which has requested permission to transit the Canali Ping-fan said less tongue-
from Port Said on Saturday. wagging and more hard The President Brand is register work.
ed in Capetown-Reuter."
Mr Shopiloy, who is believed to 1.bin
Communist Party's centre avec art, oult
"Cavenen's orgies,
Speaking at the Congress of and melody have been ever-
Soviet Musicians, he praised
American...“
achinventily
“engindering technology, but
›cised here.”
declared that in the United The duty of all Soviet com
„Biales," "rausio heard.In-parka, restauranda – and ""dance" kalis
postes, "wellers and artists wit to "ight to vo world culm tre from bourgeois degentra ́tion. what we are send op Unfortunately. "frokis disaster and
in common with
Bhtplier added, Raton Berli nepompowers had recently shown;
2
The police carried out their, scoop, the largest on record, after being tipped off by an Informer
They found the hemp, valued at £250,000-and sufficient for about a million cigarettes, hidden in the ventila tor of the boiler room,France- Pressc
MAN WHO FELL OVERBOARD DRIFTED FOR 80 MILES
Capetown Apr. 3.
An Italian sailor who jumped
overboard from his ship ant drified 80 miles in 30 hours before being picked up was landed here today by the Bri- tish tanker Premier",
The sailor, 35-year-old Sicilian, Glovanal Sigono, of Pozzallo, leapt from his tanker, the Northern Gulf because his mates "teased him too much."
A SIMPLE LESSON
ISLAN
PPINE
PHILIP
Before jumping, he seized a lifebelt and a copper: bar; to deden himself against sharks. The captain of the Northern Guil radioed a message to shipping in the vicinity, and
who was found across the lifebell, was picked up about 100 miles/ from Capetown. He is now in hospital recovering from ex- posure and exhaustion. -- France-Presse.",
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