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CHINA MAIL

No. 37014

NEW WAVE

DR ADENAUER Resolution Of UK

N Monday of this week, we photograph published

ON

of Her Majesty the Queen entertaining Dr Adenauer at Windsor Castle. Accom- panying It was an article by A. J. P. Taylor headed "Why This Picture Alarma Mo."

Both the picture and the article have been the sub. ject of comment in correspondence

And

Engineers

Shipbuilders

York, May 8.

our A new wave of wage claims was decided on today!

columna,

and while we du feel called

upon to

not

take

kides, and while we do not

necessarily. Rociate our-

for 3,000,000 workers in the British engineer ing and shipbuilding industrien

selves with the sentiments of the

The Executive Committeo Confederation of Shipbuilding and

Unious

of Dr Taylor's article, we British

Un-

do feel that a newspaper Engineering should reflect all shades of nounced after a conference public feeling.

here to go ahead with a wage

Two More Robberies

resolution to thin

effect which was approved at their last annual meet-

Historically, we do agree that for a reigning Monarch of England to receive a Ger- man Chancellor, is quite an ing.

When event.

look through the list of those

we

who have held this position Appropriate Time in Germany, it is hard to think of any of them who could have been invited to Windsor.

Certainly, Bismarck could not

This authorised the executive to submit claims "at the appropriate time" for the different indus-

have made his way amongtries covered by the Con- the lawas That ancient castle, for asfederation and to prevent

and tower+ uf

Hure IN Inte England rotracted negotiations by would have had France and insisting on the principlė | Russia at her throat.

of retrospective payments

Strained

in all settlements.

Such claims cannot be

TOR would Bismarck him- submitted before May 23

standstill wages

come for his designs upon the weaker states of Europe inent which ends on

agree.

London

London, May 8. Two London sub-post offices were raided during the night and a total of

£17,000 stolen,

Raiders at Wanstead, north. west Landon, unable to

the break open

Bate, carried it out to # van It and drove off with it, contained cash, atampa and postal orders worth about £16,000:

A gelignita gang blew up a

safe in south-east Lon. don, and ascapes with

about £2,000,

This Is the Raventh and eighth robbery here in a week. China Special.

Mall

that Twenty More?

Independence, May 0. had done Hittle to endear date.

Former President Harry 3. him to the powerful Liberal

his 74th The Confederation repre- Truman celebrated Party that influenced!

and sald he Government In England sents 40 unions in the ship-birthday today during those years.

building and engineering in hoped to be around for his

Relations between

England

and Germany since 1970 have been strained, What- ever is said or done, the facts are all against good relations. Twice has Ger- many Jald Europe in ruins, and she has the unenviable reputation of pulting all that โป frightful into

modern waLT..

Furthermore, a whole genera- tion is still alive that re- members it youth who

were never

ald,

to grow marching off through the dusty lanes of August 1914, to stop the aggressor. And now creeping up to middle ago is the generation that held him at buy in, 1940. And thinking of those years and all that is associated with them, a German Chan- cellor personified arrogance, ruthlesancas, and hatred.

Facts Speak

dustries.--Reuter.

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OF WAGE CLAIMS Hongkong

CRISIS IN

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FRANCE:

REFUSE

TO FORM GOVT

By HAROLD KING

Three

Paris, May 8. French political leaders today refused the task of forming a new

to government

end

crisis.

Merchant

GOVERNOR TO MAKE A REPORT? Children Barred

Conditions Of HK Mob The From

Women Cotton Workers Queried

By DUGAL SMITH

London, May 8.

France's 25th post-war The Colonial Secretary, Mr Alan Lennox-Boyd, is to ask the Governor of Hongkong, Sir Robert Black, for a report on the women's working conditions in the Colony's spinning mills, it is understood.

M. Rone Pleven, middle-of- the-road polluelan, alter ધ ♫ fortnight's effort, produced coalition cabinet list which ho intended Lo propose to the Nailortal Assembly tomorrow. But the Radicals objected to his choice of on ultra-Nationalist Defence Minister-M. Andre Morice and refused to serve Mrs, Barbara Costle, laid the with him,

This fullows an exchange in the House of Cummons today when Blackburn's Socialist MP.

House that she had had a letter

FOOTBALLER

President Coly then offered from women cotton workers inOF THE YEAR |

Raceals

in Hongkong the job to two

Billcres labour", succession, M. Hene and M. Maurice Faure, but both declined.

A SENATOR

He then called upon 63-year old Senator Jean Berthlon, Bedical former Education

| Minister.

A

Senator Berthion told report- ers after seeing M. Coty he had also retused an Invitation to form new government,

Next man to be called to the Elysee Palace was M. Pierre Phimlin, Popular Rapublican (Catholic) leader and Finance Minister in the outgoing govern ment.

M Palmlin told reporters wheri he left President Coty after nearly an hour that he would give his reply to the President tomorrow after con- sulting with his political friends,

-Reuter.

Socialists Defeated On

THREAT OF Censure Motion

SPLIT AMONG TORIES

London, May B.

London, May 8.

The British Government tonight won House of Commons approval for its handling of the London bus, dispute, defeating a Labour oppo- sition censure motion by 320 votes to 253-a Government majority of 67.

Tail

alleging "owcated

The letter is purported to have come from a mill in True Wan, the suburban Industrial town in Kowloon, and was signed "Cot- lon workers, translated by street petitioner," said Mrs Castle.

A Campaign

Mrs Castle told me today: "1 am really going to make a comme paign out of this."****

Eariler, in answer to Mrs Castle's tabled question about Imitation of working hours and provision for real Jaya for women mill workers, Mr Lennox-Boyd replied: "There is

of

The winner of the China Mail's "Hong- kong's Footballer the Year" competition will be announced tv. morrow.

STRONG SWING

statutory prohibition on em- ployment women between 10 p.m. arxium, and, in addition, the Commissioner of Labour's written authority is re- A quired for their employment

after 8p.m, and before 7 a.m. There are no salutory pro- visions.......... for resi daya and holidays.

"In practice, rest days in the spinning mills vary from one and a half to four days a month and on average, six annual holidays are granted."

Take Steps

TO LEFT IN ELECTIONS

London, May 8.

Unsmiling US Trade

Duke

Wanstend, May 8. The Duke of Edinburgh was mobbed by 1,000 cheering schoolchildren here today and had to abandon tour of new playing fields. The Duke stopped smiling an children tore at his sleeves.

He was rescued by six police-

men after being lost in the ex- about five minutes.

a

cited mob of youngsters for

FIRST-AID

hurt

Several children wore in the crush and a middle-aged nun was taken to a first-aid post, blood streaming from his hunds.

The Duke few here by helicopter and landed on an Drea cordoned olt for the About 2,000 children -on holiday from school be- Jocal cunse ot

elections. watched his arrival.

Occasion.

As the Duke and the official party noved off to Inspect the playing fields, half the children broke through the ropes, cheer- ing and shouting.

the

They quickly engulfed Queen's husband and refused to listen to police appeals to clear a path for him,

BECAME STERN

The Duke smiled at first but bocaine stern when the crowd, which included some adults,

strong swing to the loft in got out of hand and started to town council elections potled today throughout England and Wales gave decided to call off the visit and, the Labour Purty-control with

police help, found an

tway and push.

а After

short talk Willi members of his party, the Duke

of many extra councils official car, and not gains of at least He left to visit some other 220 seats.

playing felds in nearby, Leyton

The 373 counctis involved in and returned for his helicopter the polling ranged from sannil later when Wanstead had calm. towns to great gilles likod down-Router. Manchester and Liverpool;

The contests were the climax local nation's annual of the

with a total turnover of about 20,000 seals in councils of all kinds.

Mrs Castle then told he Colonial Secretary she had re- government elections, ceived the lotter and added: "Cinnot the Colonial Secretary Mr teke steps to help them?" Lennox-Boyd replied: "I would like to see the letter, but I cannot accept the statements la the lotter being necurate.""

Later, Mrs Castle said she had received an acsurance from the Colonial Secretary that the Zelter would be forwarded to

Safe Landing

Charlotte, N. C., May 8. An Eastern Air Lines Con- They were fought principally on the issues of high living cosis stellation with 65 nersons aboard and the government's controver- į skidded to a safe landing today slal Itents Act, which meuns on a cushion foam ufter higher rents for millions of circling the airport for three tenants and has caused some lu hours with a stuck nose wheel,

-Unlled Press. fear early eviction.-Reuter.

the something like real stability, the Governor, Sir Robert Black, CAMPAIGN IN HOUSE OF LORDS

Mr Harold Macmilan, the to make any challenge to any Prime Minister, who repiled to Government, of whatever com-

to plexion." the debate, referred brlegy the threat of a national

Mr Macmillan said Britain strike.

had it in her power to achieve

What was needed was a general acceptance that "to pay our selves more in wages or profits for the same amount of output gets nobody anywhere.

Mr Hugh Galtskell, the said the Opposition leader, Government's relations with the

The British Government to- -day faced the threat of a

major split among the lo said Mr MacLeod, members of its own Con- Minister of Labour had judged two sides servative Party, following it right to call the

together tomorrow.

A Solution pute, political observers ile hoped it would be possible

its decision to attempt a settlement of the rail dis-

said hore.

to find a solution "within the Labour Minister, Ian Macleod, policies that the Government TN thinking of our bombed who sought to intervene in an has put forward and yet meet I cities, our dead, the misery effort to avoid a tall strike, was the generat approval and serise

of years of desolation, facts today by the supporters of con-whole," speak for themselves, and eftiation principally the Home no question of expediency Secretary, Mr R. A. Butler and

can

Mr Macmillzire

the Truc not

call it was Government

al the

JC were "worse now than they have been in the past 20 years.” Complained

ever prove profitable the Chancellor of the Exchequer, wished to challenge the trade prices deliberately

Heathcoat-Amory,

the

Mr

Derek

who

concerned was

when considered in light of the aspirations of possible effects of social unrest all people of goodwill," on the strength of the Pound.

Conciliation

It is then for that very reason wo applaud the gesture of

But if the supporters of con- Her Majesty the Queen. We clitation won the day at the feel it is a noble gesture, Cabinet meeting, Premier Harold one prompted by the urge Macmillan's Government still

The Government was keeping down production, driving up and then union movement, as suggested trying to freeze wages of special

during the groups. by the opposition

If then complained debate.

when the workers wanted t "But the corollary of this recoup themselves, must be that the trade union Earlier, Mr Alfred

not wish to Labour's chief spokesman movement do challenge the Government," he industrial affairs, said Conser added amid Government cheers vatives up and down the coun

Ho was certain the trade. I try had been denouncing

of all her peoples to bring had to face the party extremists unions were far too sensible trade unions.-Reuter. about condition where in Parliacient, grouped around +++++++++++++▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ men can dwell in peace. fdrines Chancellor of the Ex-

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chequer, Peter Thorneycroft,

We must remember what has Thorneycroft, in a brie!

gone by, we cannot forget statement in the Commons this of terror that evening, urged the Government the years

of the Germany has inflicted, not to resist the demands

on Europe, but on the unions, and to refuse any in- Tease In pay, The majority of

O world. Yet while the Conservative members*up- membering, we feel every- holdi the same policy at the

thing is to be galted by going as far as we dare, to contribute our share to world peace.

present me-France-Presse.

Girl Crushed

#

So while respecting the views San Francisco, May 8.

An elevator crushed to death of learning, and of men

three- while listening to their Linda Lee Hansen, warnings wo still feel that year-old girl, lato yesterday in the extra mile along the the apartment house where she road of good fellowship in worth travelling.

lived, police said.

They said little Linda opened the door to the elevator and We are pleased then, that the was leaning against the gate of Queen and Dr Adenauer the cage when the door slammed have met at Windsor, and shut behind her.

At that moment, someone on

if it be the meating that lower floor rong for the ele

Robens,

оп

In Your Saturday Mail

the

and that he would ask for a report, London Express Service,

100 Killed

As Trains Telescope

Two

Rio de Janeiro, May 8,

speeding electric trains, jammed with com- muters, collided head-on at a suburban station during the rush hour to- night.

The authorities said that nt least 100 persons were believed killed and about 200 injured in

Another 20-page paper with reading for the whole week-the sueldent at Soo Cristova,

end introduces a new series of articles this week outside Rio,

The Central Do Brasil Rail- road trains smacked head-on on which no one living in Hongkong should miss.

Modern the same of the

track during

a light ROBERT WALLACE THOMPSON

The front coaches on Languages Department at Hongkong University brings drizzle. to you through the CHINA MAIL the result of years of each train telescoped, throwing

bodies and

in wreckage studyWords of the Pidgin Languages";

directions.

What is Nasser up to in Moscow by HUGH FRASER MP;

Life with Her by KAY KENDALL;'

SIGNAL ERROR Raliway oficials: blamed

Britain isn't the only land that can't make railways signal error for the trogle oc- pay-JOHN WATERMAN;

★ Expert Under Fire-EUGAR LUSTGARTEN;

Money from Words-PATRICIA LEWIS;

Will the US win this race to the moon-LEO ARMATI

Is Ike shy of H's wisecracks-CHRISTOPHER DOBSON;

From Rags to Riches JOHN COTTRELL;

shall coment the eternal vator. The cago descended,

against the And GILES, JAK, LOW and all your favourite features,

friendship of Germany and crushing the child Britals, so much the better, walls of the shaft-Reuter.

competitions, comics, pictures, and strips.

cident.

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Firemen, police and rescut workers rushed to the scene to drag mangled victims out of the wreckage. Bodies and pleces

of the coaches were strewn over a wide area. Splintered seats littered the tracks.

This was the second major accident of the Central Do Brasil Railroad in the last two months. Sixty-four perbond were killed in a almilar accident on March 7-United Press.

Washington, May, 8. Mahan Zee, an import- export agent of Hong- kong has been denied US export privileges for participating in a scheme to effect illegal exports of leaf to- bacco, valued at about

from $200,000

States United Hongkong, the US Bureau of Foreign Commerce announced today.

the to

The Bureau said the export control violations were committed in a series of tobacco shipments made by an American supplier during 1953/55 and in- tended for a Hongkong de- firm which Was a signated national of China under US Treasury De- partment trading with the enemy net regulations.

False Statement

Com- Knowing that the

merce and Treasury De- partments would not license the tobacco for ex- port to the designated na- tlonni, Mahan Zee and the US firm contrived scheme in which Zee sub- milted false consignee statements naming him- self as ultimate consignee which were used in sup- port of the export licence application.

On the basis of these state- ments, the Bureau of Foreign Commerce issued the licences. When the shipment arrived in Hong- kong, Maban Zee turned the the goods over to designated national. Under BFC's denial order, dated May 8, Mahan Zee is barred from US export privileges for 18 months or for as long as he re maing 2 designated national-France-Presse.

CHINA TRADE EMBARGO FLAYED

London, May 8.

a critic

VISCOUNT Elibank.

of the China trade embargo, found some support among, fellow Peers when he renewed his campaign in the House Lords tonight to get the removed.

h

He said the original, imposition

of restrictions was due to the Korean War in 1951. But all Lord Gosford, Foreign Under-Secretary, would say was that the controls were

being reviewed by the co- do as much trade is ordinating committee in Paris. An Opposition velce murmured, Fifteen nations had agreed on

"As America will let her."

the embargo and no decision Amid laughter, Lord Gosford

by would

trikon by onc without the others.

Lord Henderson (Labour) asked whether the agreement would end if one of the 19 nations took

und an initiative,

asked if the Labour Peer

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addel, "As humanly possible." Ho told Lord Rea, the Liberal leader, that the initiative had already been taken in that the controls were under activa review in Paris.

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British representative would Viscount Elibank, a Liberal suggest an end to the embargo, Lord Gosford said deliberately, "The Government wants 19

Peer, cald: "They are merely reviewing the list in Paris: not ending the embargo."-Reuter.

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