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COMMENT OF

THE DAY

Still No Buses

Hympathy

Hoes out to the people of

[ONGKONG'S

London with the news that: the bus strike is to eun. tinue. After six weeks of acute inconvenience largely to the suburban public, Tuesday's decision by the busmen is bound to provoke much dismay and anger. The issue has now been taken out of the hands of the

General Secretary of the

and General Transport Workers' Union, Mr Cousins. Jim Bul not unfairly, intransigence at an earlier stage of the strike will be blamed for its continuation, now past all bounds of reasonableness.

Busmen, of course, made the decision to remain on strike by a narrow majority. But many will wonder what the Agures would have been f the vote were taken overall 114 instead of leaving garages to decide the issue.

A Review

T

THE sue is strangely tut whether or not the 36,000 London busmen should get That has been rise.

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decided. Their pay, under recent the

terms of industrial court award, is to be increased by 9/6 a week. It involves 12.000 country busmen who got nothing. The London Transport Execu

tive has, however, agreed to review their wages. has also stipulated that any increase then greed to will be paid as from July 2 and the Executive further agreed to begin this review

day before London the busmen resumed work.

But

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Mr Cousins was not wanted the Hatified. He London busmen's rise to be backdated to March 12 and any increase for the coun try busmen to be back-

the start dated to

the review.

of TWIN

this proposal which was

to have been the subject of further talks with London Transport.

Fair Bargain

TN accepting this new basis I pray, as conference

Fresh in exposed

-THE WEATHER; 'Moderate E. winde. situsilona, Cloody with fair periods this afternoon.

CHINA MAIL

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THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1958.

Price 20 Cents

MAGISTRATE DISMISSES

No Conviction Against M. W. Lo

'EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES'

A charge against the Hon. M. W. Lo that

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HOPES TO END ALL STRIKES IN LONDON

London, June 18. Hapes rose tonight of an carly settlement of pro- longed dock, meat market and bus strikes in Lon don.

he allowed his dog to wander on a public thoroughfare without being on a lead was dismissed by Mr Hin-shing Lo in the Central Magistracy this morning. market voted Under the Magistrate's Ordinance, Mr Lo dismissed the

charge without registering a conviction. however the charge against Mr Lo was proved "but

He said

ex.

the I am of the opinion that having regard to tenuating circumstances under which the offence was committed, it is Inexpedient to inflict any punishment on the offender."

EMBASSY BOMBED

Montevideo, June 18. A "Malotov Cocktali" was thrown at the Boylat Embaney horo during the night but quick action by firemen prevented damage.

Early today hundrode of studenta protesting against the execution of Mr Imra Nagy: former Hungarian marched Prime Minister, towards the Embassy but ware disparsed by police.

About 300 remained in the neighbourhood, protest. Ing loudly.

The suminors against the de- fendunt followed a report made by F/L M. O'lingan, of the RAF, that the defendant's Boxer dog had bitten an old woman, Cheung Khu, un Island Road on the morning of March 8,

AL

carlier hearing last Friday Mr M. W. Lo said that he had pleaded not guilty su that he would be able to expla why his dog had bliter the

and

refilte woman,

a statements of a witness which, he said, refleclect on his conduct In the incident,

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First, meat truck drivers at Smithile.d the capital's R.cal

to end a pay claim strike which has spread to London's duckland,

The drivers said they would return to work provided al others Involved -- including the dockers were also willing to end the slappage.

PEACE FORMULA

Later tonight a "pence for- mula" emerged which may forin a basis for ending London's 45- claims strike by day-old pay 50,000 busmen.

This formula was agreed in talks between London port und representatives of the Transport and General Workers Union.

Trans

The peace plan will be put to a delegate conference of the striking bugmen tontorrow after- noon.

Leaders of London Transport and the Unlon bon expressed after the optimism guarded

declined Lo - any talks but

buses whether London's 8,000 would be running again by the

Delendont was represented by Mr D. A. L Wright, Instructed by Mr A. K., W. Lul, of Messrs Lo and Lo, solicitors.

Inspector N. Reynolds pro-weekend, secuted.

Nine Pages

!!

The strike of the meat mar- ket drivers had spread at one ilme lo 20,000 dockers in the In the course of a nine page port and made more than 100 An attempt to deface the Embassy with

lao tar

Judgment, Mr Hing-shing Lochips idle.-Router. tha

said: Actual failed since

"A person offending against building a 40 yards from

is usually this regulation the street and the lumpe their

to Court by sum- brought failed to roach

pica mons, whereupon target-Router.

guilty and in the absence of any the aggravating clrcumstances offender is usunity fined $10 to $25 or merely caulloned,

"When the defendant pleads not guilty to the charge, the present case, the summons is transferred to this Court for hearing at a fixed date.

"Sometimes

CARGO FIRE

ON RUYS

PUT OUT

us la

a defendant re-

verses his plea into one of guilty

BOYCOTT OF · BRITISH-BORN

CHINESE SEAMEN?

Singapore, June 18.

to the summers and is usually The Singapore Chinese Sea-

fined $15 to $30 or eis away caution with with ⇓ merc according to the proved cireum-

Buenos Aires, June 16. stances in the case; at other

An army of firemen succeed-times the summons is dismissed

10-hour battle.

Ten fremen

were

cltision.

the

RELAX IN

DAKS

THE FAMOUS KOMFURY IN ACTION TROUSERS

Whiteaways

SHANGKUNG 1KO: #LOON

DISMISSES CHARGE

TURKS VS GREEKS

At Iran three people were killed and many injured when 1,000 Turkish Cypriots, shouting "Partition or Death" rioted in Nloosin last week. Six Britons were among the . injured and two British Service wives were injured when their bus drove into an out-of-bounds area and was mor- rounded by the Turkish mob.

One of the injured Greek Cypriola is seen being carried away by some of his colleagues after he had been injured In the riots---Keystone.

Clash

Students

In Paris Celebrations

Paris, June 18.

Britain To Send 2,000 More Troops To Cyprus

London, June 18.

Britain decided tonight to airlift an additional 2,000 troops to Cyprus just as the final con- tingents of 3,000 tough paratroopers arrived in the tense eastern Mediterranean island,

A War Ministry

announce-

ment said the airlift will start

on Friday and should be com-

pleted by Monday.

The

Shackletons

Air Ministry said the Royal Air Force Transport and Coastal Commands will Ust plancs ranging from World War i Shuckletons to Comet jets drawn from bases in northum Ireland, Scotland and England for the airlift.

The move came only hours after United Nations Secretary- General Dag Hammarskjold got Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd's ' personal assurance of all back- ing in the Lebanese crisis in a haxuly arranged tea-time, meet- ing during

Hammarskjold's stopover on his way to Beirut.

Although authoritative sources who revealed this declined to say it "support" meant troops to police Lebanon's borders, was generally believed Cyprus stationed British troops would be ready to join any U.N. force If anived.

Take-Off Points

Two airports in England, ati Lyncham and Abingdon, will be used as take-off points for the airlift.

NEW CAREER FOR 'LIZ TAYLOR

Hollywood, June 18. Film star Elizabeth Taylor announced today that she would start a new career as a film producer in con.. junction with Mike Todd, Jr.-the son of her former husband.

Their first Alm will be "Bus- man's Holiday," in which Miss Taylor will star. The story 15 In based on a real incident, 1947, a New York bus conductor, Troops involved

men wishing to spend his holidays drawn from the 2nd Grenadiers, in Florida, but unable to afford the 1st Irish Guards and "tic

plane or train faro, decided to 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers all drive his own bus to the holiday

First ground.

regiments in

are

the crack

Brigade of Guards,

A War Office spokesman sald

A SINGER Elizabeth Taylor will make singer in this

the men were not likely to be her debut as

Commander of

the First

"Cat On A Hot Tin Root."

Miss Taylor said the Alm

Right-wing and left-wing students clashed in the taking any special or heavy finnerece Williams play Champs-Elysees today moments after Gen.quipment to Cyprus with them.ing the Tennessee Williams play Charles de Gaulle presided at a ceremony Brigado of Guards is Brigadier which Mike Todd was planning there in memory of his June 18, 1940 appeal to R. G. V. Fitzgeorge Balfour, a before his death, "Don Quixote," Cyprus expert who until last with French star Fernandol and month served as Chief-of-Staff | Mexican actor Cantinitas, might defeated France to keep fighting.

to the Director of Operations on possibly be produced later.-

France-Presse.

All Quiet

But as at nightfait,

working-class

British

right-wingers

COMTL-

THE

Council's Clash

With Soviet Union

introducing

deep

on which

furers Association is planning to petition the Singapore

government against a Norwegian ship- when the prosecution offers no

owner's action in hiring ed in extinguishing

evidence against the defendant.

only Chinese seamen who! "More

than often stubborn fire aboard the

not the

were born in China,

Police, swinging their capes the French people 18 years ago, of 132 delegates from 111

14,285-ion Dutch -passen-victims of dog bites did nol.

The Association Court at the hearing

president, with lend Uned hems, broke up, a group of demonstrators, mostCyprus.-U. P. I.

students, gathered ger iner Rays here early appear Central London, trolley and

and in their absence) Michael Chan, sald several and dispersed the demonstrators, of them

newspaper office. Elsewhere around the elty, before the

were broken, country garages niso de-

today after a nightlong of pleas

and

Prosecution Norwegian shipping companies upon

were drawn up to Some windows

exchanged cided to recommend a re-

blows were Omeer's report that they have had refused to employ Chinese police vans turn to work at a dato tu

completely recovered frons their seamen with British passports head off a Communist threat to end

the nationwide cere- before the police intervened. were because it entalled siguing two fun

Corsica, rioting injured. Injuries the proceedings be fixed later at another

In Ajaccio, against

broke onit tonight between meeting of the conference.eight of thent seriously enough this brought to a happy con-sets of articles British und montes into a "riposte

fascism." Norwegian.

Communists and

tural plans by This recommendation the to require hospital treatment.

DIFFERENCE

ceremonies

Moscow, June 18. following busmen have now narrowly

Lenient View The vessel's 861 passengers

There is little difference be-

memorating General Charles de

HE Soviet Union has told wider Issues

differences exist, rejected.

"The Court takes a lenient! were evacuated safely last night

British tween the two articles except

factory Goullo's June 18 appeal.

Britain it is abandoning But in London, None of the ship's view of these cases, because of that the British article provides

quarters One man and n woman were

to negotiate London Transport seems to about five hours after the bluze

an Council spokesman said here to the absence of rables. The

the east-side squares wounded by gunfire during the efforts have struck a fair bargain broke out.

and crew Was IC-

Police action against the breach for the shipowners or their gates,

bond to and

Anglo- with the busmen. To do 231 offers ported hurt,

of this regulation together with agents putting up

tious traditionally begin were all in an unsuccessful attempt toment at the present moment that formal talks on more would have under-

the inoculations of dogs migh: guarantee repatriation in ense of where Communists demonstra-dirmish. Police used tear gas Anglo-Soviet cultural agree day they had never suggested" and arbitration

break up the rioting.

because of "the negative Soviet cultural relations should mined

accounted for the clean snissals at foreign ports

The Norwegian Consul, S. c. quiet.

a summit conference. opened the way to an un-

He was commenting on Rus- bill of health in the Colony.

"It appeared that the police Frislund, said there was no

General A letter handed to the British sian complaints to the Counell destroyed action in the present case was truth to reports that Norwegian game at the tomb of the un- emony was held at the war position" adopted by the /be put off until there had been

based upon a report made to the ships had

who held Embassy yesterday and printed of delay in studying Soviet pro- for cultural, scientide Thomazo, Robert that of triumph before an immense (ant was paratrooper Stanley Police Station by Flight seamen with British passports, known soldier beneath the arch memorial. Among those pre-British Council.

admitted, however,

for today in Izvestiya, organ of the posajs us crowd, estimated by police at given

suprane power in Corsica Lieutenant O'Hagan at Sai Wan le

200,000.

following the Soviet Government, accused the and technical exchanges this Air Station after his exchange "preference"

and British Council of putting a year between the two countries. 21 rising.-U.P.1, The crowd rent the sky with nearly a month

May erics of "Long Live de Gaullo" France-Presse.

brake on the realisation of cul- and "French Älgeria” but other- wise behaved in perfect order unul after de Gaulle left for. Mont Valerien cemetery outside

Paris.

PL where hunkireds resistance fighters, shot by the Germans, Are buried.

welcome

In future, Transport

process

THV

DESTROYED

put out at

of But some 480 tons of rubber, leapfrogging puy demands cork, and other cargo apparent-

completely Should Londonly were

before the fire was leave 3.35 u..

The blaze was discovered at 3.30 p.m. yesterday when smoke began seething out of the holti. Crowmen tried to quell it but could not.

the issue for Mr Cousins, hio Union and the busmen to sort out?

Patience

A

Two maritime fire companies rushed to the ship and were re- SQUABBLE between the inforced by six mure companies Argentiae the nearby three might to

some from

Fire fighters extent appease the wrath of naval dockyard.

from several Argentine warships frustrated bus users.

anchored here joined them.

The ship was more important is the need

Bul

cheduled to to get the buses running leave for Yokohama, Japan on again qulekly. Obviously June 21 but officials could not the next move must come immediately say if her depar turo will be delayed.-U.P.I. from Union-since

the

they have spurned their leaders' London recommendation.

own

Transport would then be wise in the interests of its

relations with

the public, to respond to any face-saving offer the bus- men make.

on

This whole dismal business must, however, reflect very the Beriously buth Union's ability to handle Its men nad on the busmen themselves. As Mr John Luff said in an article from London in yesterday's Chiun Bail, public patience in the face of this great pro vocation is really some- thing to be wondered at.

have

boycotted Chinese

was

Nato Meeting

De Gaulle re-lit the eternal

of remarks with the defendunt Chinese born in China.-U. P. I. at the ecme of the incident on the early morning of March 8, according to his own observa- tion and appreciation of the and a statement circumstances

Paris, June 18. made by Cheung Kiu who was

The North

per- Atlantle driven to the Stunley Police

Paris defendant'smanent counell meets In the Stallon by chauffeur for the purpose of tomorrow to consider the situa making a report imunediale'stion following Nalo's inter-jured in a scuffle which broke

vention in the Cyprus situation, out before the offices of sources close to Nujo said to- Communist

newspaper after the was bitten by the de-

day.Reuter.

Patriote.

After the celebrations com memorating the historic appeal of Gonerad Charles de Gaulle to

fendant's dot..

(Contd on back page, Col. d)

The RIL my Boissevan, aister ship of the Ruys which caught fire in Buenos Aires

on Tuesday.

In Nice, a policeman was in-

the

Le

Independent N. African States Planned

Tunis, June 18. Tunisinn, Moroccan and in- mct Burgent Algerian leaders

discuss here this afternoon ways

of securing a common policy for a series of indepen- dent North Afclean Arab stutus. Thoy met in an atmosphare

of confidence' inspired by yes- terday's unnouncement of with- drawal of French troops from Tualada.-Reuter.

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