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JEAN DIKUNG

HDW 10 O ́N

BUS STRIKE ALMOST OVER 6 GREEKS MURDERED

Leaders Urge Men

John Ambulance Brigade To Return To Work

which holds its

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today is one which deserves support. The Brigade Hongkong is a source of pride to the Colony un whole, and we derive prent benefits from Its prompt and efficient servlees. Never is there a public meeting and seldom a road- accident or emergency with out some member of the Corps being present.

PEACE PLAN ACCEPTED

London, June 13. Strike leaders tonight recommended Lon- don's 50,000 busmen to go back to work because of "the forces ranged against them."

Industrial observers

In or out of uniform he steps from the crowd, and efficiently, quietly, and quite naturally, takes charge. Pollce defer to A him. The St John's man is the man on the spot. His Organisation is worthy of the most generous support by a grateful, public which benclita dally from his acrvices,

This said, there remains the

fact

the Brigade new

that

Is got poor. headquarters on

Mac- donnell Road have junt been opened. The $800,000 building coats were more than covered by the $1,000,000 collected. Mure is wanted for a half million endowment fund.

A

Belety that stands for su many good things deserves thia measure of financial atability and we hope that

It

will get this money. But what is the building to be used for? Apart from the invaluable three houra

or

and

80 each evening when the Brigade is present training, the building does virtually nothing.

every

The Brigade ia rightly proud that it draws mem- bers from

level. Many members live in squalid conditione. Many have children who cannot And places in Hchool, for there are not enough schools or places. And school buildings are often filled sixteen hours à day. Many sun morning school, afternoon school, and evening school in the SAMO buildings. New vacant buildings fit poorly in the Hongkong scene.

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But could these premises not

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fuller advantage from the public condence and investment made in them if the Brigade were to extend its activities to a

forecast the 40-day-old stoppage was virtually over, with the strikers expected back towards the end of next week. busmen's delegate conference agreed to recommend a resumption of work on "a date to be determined" with London Transport.

TUESDAY MEETING

They voted to consult the busmen at garage branches and

meet again on Tuesday.

A proposal to extend the strike to power workers and petrol tanker drivers was 'defeated' by the 132 delegates.

They made these decisions after their 23-man negotiating committee had recommended acceptance of London Transport's Intest penee' proposals as a basis for negotiation-Reuter.

FAROUK WANTS TO BE A

MONAGESQUE

Monaco, June 11. Ex-king Farouk of Egypt has applied to become a nationaltred citizen. of Monaco, usually well. Informed sources sold today

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The squrees said the „zov- ernment of the Uny principality was eon- sidering the maller but

ultimate Cie

decision would rest with Prince Rafider.

Farouk abdicated in 1052

following ✰

milltary coup in Egypt. He was exiled and has lived la Rome for the past two years-but

owns villa and yacht in Monte Carlo. China

A

Mail Special.

"Junior St John Am Russia Agrees To

bulance".

...

school in

which priority is given H-Bomb Meeting

to children of Its own members; a school where the subjects of normal education are combined

and

with the traditions educational methods no well practised by this great or ganisation in Hongkong?

Moscow, June 13. The Soviet Government

has

greed that a meeting of ex- perts to study means of detect- ing nuclear explosions should begin in Geneva on July 1, the official Soviet news agency, Tiss report today, ---Neuter.

My Mummy dries

everything nice in the

Kenwood

Sun-dry

thing free from

Oh, A Shame!

NEW MILITARY

BASE

SITE CHOSEN

Singapore, June 13,

The Straits Times said today more than 1,000 acres

gel

of jungle was being cleared-10 miles south of Kuala Lumpur, to give Malaya one of the best military bases in Southeast Asin.

The Times sald the site, Bun-, m Bos!, hund formerly been Learmarked by the British for AVE

base.

Work on the base wor ex- pected to take two

years, and

to cost $(MM) 17 million,

The Time said the project would be financed by the British Government - under a grant it had made to Malaya.

The base, when completed, would accommodate the Malayan military college, an infantry battalion of the Royal Malay. regiment, and a brigade head

Mr R.A. Butler, acting Frime 'Minister, opened a church fate. In the grounds. of his

home at Halstead, Emex.

He la vicer's warden at Green. stead Green. The feta was in ald of the church, funds.

High spot of the fate was

2

fashion show, with an auction

of clothes displayed by 12 top modela.

Mr Butler bid for a housecoat. There was a Jubliant moment

MACMILLAN

FLIES BACK

TO LONDON

Ottawa, June 13..

when it anamed there was no Mr. Harold Macmillan, the

one against him. Then someone outbid him—o

pictured - lot the hounecoa' go—London -Express ·Servics.

"Black Outlook"

For Lancashire

INDUSTRIALIST'S · WARNING

Manchester, June 13.

quarters. Its total population A Lancashire industrialist said today he

would be about 5,000,

The

building

Times sald construction was expected to start early next year. Reuter.

STOP PRESS

BOY DIES

IN FIRE

.

A four-year-old boy was burned to death in aire that destroyed the top floor of two-storey stone hut

A Twan Wan shortly after

midnight last night,

It was reported that quantity of Joss sticks and pspers

kopt in the

TRAL

upper floor premises and a roaring blaxe lit up the Immediate neighbourhood.

A number of fre *D- pliances were rushed froza Kowloon and the blast WAS brought under control £ half an hour,

PARIS.. 11's Art with '

"NAUGHTY? Le.Kuimar

thought the future of Britain's cotton industry "exceedingly black."

To this Sir Thomas replied; The whole of my activities are In ection and I am as much volved in this as any of you. All I can say is that the Government knows all about

here things,

Sir Thomas Barlow told that bring industries to Lancashire Lancashire' and' Metpryside In-ig relleva unemployment. austrial Development Associa- tion: "When the Chinese can cell ane yarns at two shillings a pound. less than we can, the ou look for us is hot good, and We might as well be realistic about it."

For

hour nearly an

Sir ThomaAssociation President -heard delegates describe how cotton mills and collieries were closing down und people being thrown out of work,

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No Good

One speaker said it was 110 good talking about the cotton industry's contraction-the in- dustry was passing out alto- gether.

"It' ls. Casy `fo talk' about getting fresh industries but it is

so darned easy to got them."

-Reuter,

Assassination Plot

Lima, June, 13.

British Prime Ministar, accompanied by his wife, "Lady" Dorothy" "Macmillan, took off in a specially chartered Britannia air craft tonight for London. Ho lell abstãe end of his talks with Mr John Diefenbaker, the Canadian Premier, and Pre- sident Elsenhower In Washing- ton,

Shortly after the Prime Mla- ister had boarded the aircraft and the ramp had been taken away, he remembered that he had lest his hat and coat in the car which had brought him to uplands Royal Canadian Force station here,

Alt

Ground crews were intormed and they quickly got the hat and

cont and handed them up to the Reuter

plane through, the crew" door.---

De Gaulle Broadcast To Nation

Paris, June 13. General Charles de Gaulle fold his countrymen tonight that France must take "the place which In ours” in “the western world to which ha belong, without having to confine ourselves to it.”

But he warned, "the whole future is closed to us. If France does not have to guide her a state which is capable of doing 80."

De Gaulle spoite in a nation- wide, radio and television "Are- {pide chal,” his first sinée taking Another pointed to the im Folied today began an investi-power nearly two weeks ago. menke trude to be done with gation of a reported plot to De Gaulle appealed to French- China and Arab. countries oncé } atzassinate Japanese Prince incu 10 subscribe to the embargoes were fled,

¡Mikasa when heuational programme opening on Most speakers urged the | Errives here an June 24 on an Tuesday, "the dist' step of our Governement to do more to help. | official visit.-U. P. LUZ

recovery."--U. P, 1.

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IN SUPER CONSTELLATION COMFORT

Cyprus Governor Orders Special Inquiry

Nicosia, June 13. Cyprus Governor, Sir Hugh Foot, tonight announced he had ordered a special enquiry into the murder of six Greeks and the wounding of seven others by Turks near Geunyeli last night.

RIME AN

After personally visiting the place where the Greeks were ambushed, Governor Foot said it was of the utmost importance to establish the facts of what happened,

"That Sub Was Russian'

He asked Chief Justice Sir Paget Bourke To make urgent special enquiry..

The Governor's announce.

that stated

-10- ment gretted that the Arst com- munique on the attack, issued last night, was inaccurate,

Responsibility

Buenos Aires, Juno 13. The Argenting Navy has told The first statement said about President Frondizi that the 20 Turks: Aired on a parly, of mystory submarine at- Greeks who were setting crops tacked in Argentina waters the clash came after troops put olight. Later it was slated, that on May 21 was Russion, 35 Greeks in a truck, dropped usually reliable sources them a mile and a half from said here today.

Grunyell, nad told them to make their way home,

The

concerned.

But, the sources said the full

Greek Cypriot newspapers facts of the Incident might never had criticised the first official be revealed..

statement and the Mayor of Nicosin said he would not take They sald three marine air-the responsibility of appealing craft, patrolling outside Argen-for restraint by Greeks unless tine waters six days after the

authorities admitted the incident, saw the submarine un-

the office dergoing repairs on the surface. Aponsibility of

The Chief of Operations In Secret Session Cyprus, Major-General, Douglas Kendrew, tonight "rėjected al- Rear-Admiral Alofo Estevez, legations that the Security tavy Minister, and Senor Al- Forços showed partiality to the fredo Vitolo, Interior Minister, Turks, and told a Press Con- reported today on the incident ference: "We intend to have no |to| 'secret session of the Cham- | further trouble,”

ber of Deputies.

how

Keep Calm They described

three De Themistocles. Dervis, cruisers," + four' destroyers, and | Mayor of Micosia, tonight urged naval aircraft attacked the sub- Cyp.dot Gracks in the expital to marine in the Golfo Nuevo, off keep calm and show restraint. the Chubut coast, and then saw He sold ho expected futi a large oil sliek appear on the compensation for relatives of the Greek victims of the Geunyeli clashes and punish- responsible-s France-Presse and Reuter,

surface.

Sailors from the ships which made the stack today asm. the theory that the submarine might have deliberately UANGALIMOGE oll to nisiced them. The suck was too big, they said.-itcutes,

Cholera Goes North

The choleru

k

ment

for those

French Jets For Israel

Paris, June 13. The Independent evenlog newspaper Le Monde reported today that France would short- ly deliver about 20 Vautour (Vulture) twin-fat bomberą to the Israeli Air Force.

Singapore, June 13.

epidemic

Quoting a "good, source" Le Thalland had spread to provinces | Monde sold these bembers had 100 miles north of Bangkok, an a top speed of about 680 mil official of the World Health an hour, compainble with the Organisation in Singapore sald Soviet MIG`arcraft delivered to today-Heuter.

ypt and Syria-Reuter

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