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ROUND-UP

TRAMPED IN DARK

E loss 41 year has meant a 145,000-mile tramp for Mr Albert Hasekken, of London Itoad, Higham-every mile of it in the dark, Mr Haselien, who has retired at 68 became watchman of Higham Tunnel, which runs 211⁄2 miles between Higham and Strood station, on the Charing Cross-Chatham line when he was 22 years old. Ever since he has averaged about 70 miles a week walking up and down checking on the safety of the tunnel which is used

by 20 trains a day, le has dealt with falls of rubble, people who have fallen from trabus and all sorts of animals which have found their way there. Fifteen times during the war he guided out people who had walked In during the blackout imagining that they were walking away from one or other of the stations either cut.

MOTORED 60 YEARS

TPSWICH motorist 70-year-old Mr Ebenezer Hook's claim to being "vintage" motorist rests on the fact that he first drove in 1007. He then took the wheel of a 20 mph. single-cylinder Bent. Mr Hook has been driving ever since and belleves he has covered about 1,000,000 miles in The score of corse he has owned.

TAKE

WEEKEND Friell

BANK

"They're crazy! Won't lend me £500 because I'm not earning enough, but if I was earning enough I wouldn't need a loan of £500!?

A DEEI BREATH, PÍTK AND READ ON: Between ex- tracts from doubtful books, a writer in Moscow's Literary Gazette" interjected this plea to til readers!

"I beg you, in the naine of your children, to-read right to the end. Go out into the streets. Breathe a little fresh air, Drink a glass of cold water, and \continue."

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1958.

THE NEWS FROM NOTTING HILL BEWILDERS THE CITY WHERE 1 IN 30 IS NON-EUROPEAN

Living side by side

a lesson for London

PARIS. TN Paris about опе person in every

IN

Ідля

PARIS NEWS LETTER by SAM WHITE

Lang reconelląd

to the iden

The spectacle of.

Similar sights are common in

white girls with

negro com

panions does nol

prosent the mild-

#sf commest.

country.

of men, even the poorest, anal the essay necesz it provides to the surrounding countryside makes Lensions an creape from elty available to all.

thirty is non-European. Yet, in spite of all this, Saxons are mystifed by ita In Paris the flood of im- there has not been a single absence, and for much things to the suburbs. The Renault for poverished immigrants ease of organised white average Frenchman n positively complote amity beside an Arab happen in Englund le for tho tory worker not only works in from Algeria and black hooliganism against Alger grievous shock,

or a Negro but in the evening Africa has been so great time in the past four years. that certain parts of the globe

or Negroes at any

ndjourns to the same cafes.

to be better educated than his It is an open city, which by that the Algerian popu-

There has never been any English opposite number, but the treating people an edulis tenets lation hus increased in More than that, there is occupied by yahoos he hus outery from French trade union- family home in a much stronger to produce adulte. Its pleasures never even in his most anglo- iste against the employment of unit than In no Anglo-Saxon can be tasted by all conditions

Included the non-European worker. four years from 40,000 nota flicker of racial ten. phobe moments

sion in the suburbs or dis. British Isles in these intellec- to 150,000, and

The result is the absence of the tricts of Paris where the tually depressed zones.

But the Intellectual and the worker, both the Catholic and street corner gings, and to this Negro population from mass of non-European popu

It is, of course, this instine. The free thinker, And on this disinclination of young French- 20,000 to 80,000.

Intion has settled:

itve Inck

of colour prejudice mibject a common ground, and men to join gangs must be add- which is the chief reason.

It i thi So much so that one of Europeans and

why both look upon race prejudice another factor. non-Europeana as the unmistakable badgc

Forks has nothing quite o des- pairing in its bleakness as the the problems the harassed continue to live in peace

barbarium,

asphalt Jungles" of London on Parla police do not have to Parla despite the trying

cumstance.

New York. considor in their fight

Such anti-Semitism as exists In Paris a comparatively aguinat Algerian terrorists,

In France is political and mob- Wish rather than racial. Thigh proportion of the nun is the possibility of mob European population is In- reprisals against Algerians. volved in the city's vica rackets, from prostitution to dope-taking, and a high proportion of crimes of

In

Paris the housing shortage is infinitely more acute than in London.

Reaction

in

cix-

Boulevard

of

Stroll down the St Michel in the heart of the There, students' quarter any lunchtime

The strength of the Catholic almost every second Church on the one hand and the couple you see consist ot 3 strength of tho

egalitarian white girl and a Negro,

rationalism on the other bolh The girls are not trollops; for combine against race prejudice the most part they are students among every section of the

are -most likely

violence are committed by change, but it would need a companions

Or courge, all this nwy at the Sorbonne, their Negro community.

Algerians.

Provocation

Finally, in Paris, there is the tremendous provocation of Algerian terrorism which only in the past week re. sulled in the murder of four and policemen

three sol- dlers.

series of explosions in cinemas students too. -and-cafe-terraces-to--change

The spectacie does not pre- sent surprise or even the mild- tal cominent,

-thern, I talked to a senior Paris

official about this.

not

How could he explain' the absence of racial riots in Paris? He looked frankly mystified by dives in the area where

Go to any of a dozen dancing my question,

only students but Parisians of

about the absence of racialism

"There is nothing surprising every class galher.

Negro dancing said,

partners are in Paris,"

"It is t in great demand and there ts presence which would astonish

dla ปล. Please explain to me why nearly always a group of the "ren you are having these troubles in consolate Europeans at the bar

London? Frankly.

find a part I cannot trying vainly to understand them."

In short, Al Hous" which social workers give for the outbreak of race riots in London exist in Paris in a far more seri- ous form, plus provocation of organised terrorism.

PARADE

That has been the reaction of

every Frenchman I have spoken to about events in Notting Hill

He is as mystilled by racial Ism as a great many Anglo-

A COLUMN OF THE UNUSUAL ABOUT

PEOPLE AND PLACES AND THINGS

United Nations Educational, They were taken to the Bois de we wanted. Even the act was Selentine and Cultural Organisa. Boulogne and released. But they watched in case Ik had any po- tion prepared recently to move gut back to the UNESCO build- Htical meaning. So we decided to their palatial new head- ing even before the watchman to go west." The wriler was complaining quarters in the Place Fonteney who had dumped them. about the pornographic nature the harassed leaders of this vast of a book of authers Gollen international brains trust wer duchin and Shurlapov. 11 was still wondering what to do Published by The Armed Ser- about the UNESCO cats, vices Sports Association.

LADIES' MAN; Ollawa police NOT PART OF THE ACT; arrested a 15-year-old boy and 200 house- With a performing pony trott- charged him with

Ing alongside and a trick dog breakings. In two months, they standing on its hind legs on the alleged, we got away with 20,000 A great Infernational feline riding board of their caravan, a dollars worth of loot. SUZANNE'S LIGHT SNACK: legion-block ente, while cats, family circus pot bluffed Red He told the police he did it A Spankh tourist and his wife ginger cats and tabby cats as police end escaped into West because, "I got a kick out of had a hard time explaining to grown plump on the fish beads Berlin this week,

cluding the cops and wanted to Irontier police why it was they and other succulent scraps from

all up my girl friends had no truvelling documents. the lavish staff kitchens In the The family-man, wife,

had visited basement of the old UNESCO year-old son, 21-year-old dough Hollywood stars." the Paris zoo and stopped to headquarters in the Avenue ter and a Bon-in-law--come take a photograph of Suzanne, Kieber,

It seemed they

10-

down a side street in East Ber-

a 30-year-old elephant. Just as The cats are a self-imposed in leading to the West, the tourist WAIS aiming his problem for UNESCO, Thero camera, Suzzane stretched out were rats in the cellars of the her trunk and

grabbed his Avenue Kleber building. Some wifs'a handbal.

ene thought of keeping cats,

There was a UNESCO dires-

The chic brown leather bag disappeared down Suzanne's

live. A staff member was sent gaping ront. Then the cle- phant gove

a grunt and spat out to buy two tom cats. But a out one tube of lipstick, a box French pet shop palmed off of rouge, one eye-brow penell male and a female on the man and a gold-plated powder case, from UNESCO-the house

But Suzanne munched happily International learning.

They bad two caravans, both drawn by a tractor.

like

The Izas

SORRY, NO OFFENCE: Argentine Supreme Court Juled "It cannot be considered an offence for a man to furtively pinch the posterior part of strange woman in the street pro- viding no damage is done."

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in-

The man explained to border guards; "We have taken a wrong. turning and want to turn round;

SPACE AGE ROCK: Song The road is too narrow here." titles recently copyrighted

Instead of turning, the tractors clude: "Space Ship Lullaby," made a dash for the. Westem "Sputnik Love," "Beep-boop,

smashing through borde

beep beep," "Let Me Be Your Satellite," and "Take Me to the Moon, Mr Calhoun,"

of wooden barrier on the

way. The re- Then, before pollee could shoot,

Into the American seator.

on the hundbag and its remain sult; UNESCO's cat population the driver swung round a corner

just grew and grew. ing, contents, including

Not that UNESCO hasn't tried porto and travellers' cheques.

to check the population growth, UNESCO'S CAT PROBLEM: A number of cats were rounded As the multi-nation staff of the up one night and put into bags,

LUCAS

►

HARD TIMES; Weddings are The family was thic to op. becoming so difficult to aaratige pear in a circus in East Berlin In recession-hit Singapore that next week. But they said: "We professiorial matchmakers were not allowed to work where halved their fees to £20.

JAK AT GOODWOOD

YES, madam; this is the paddock. ~ HO; I'm not a jockey, AND I suggest you hays another look at your tickets!"

London, köpreje žarnica

ner,

I have been to these places

many times: I have never wit- need a brawl at one of them or even heard, muttered in- sult.

Add

Humanistic

to this

the deeply humanistle character of French education and you have a back. pound for the elvilised stand- and the French apply in these matters.

From all these factors there emerges, too, en adult aflitude

to sex arki any longée respect for the individual of whatever race, These checks on race pre- Judices OTC combloed with of the

checies on hooliganism. Toddy Boy type.

Not only is the aveinge Frenchman in his teens

CAR TEST-by Robert Walling

FINED ISOLDERCLANTIAL EN MOZCELA DEJATEELKURJERISSIETTON -

The bout and seat form one long sulícase platform.

likely.

The Standard baby gets some luxury

I took it on a long run, and it TOW and then I like to No

was refreshing to note how the check up on British speed kept up but the fuel cars that are so popular pointer did not crop fast.

Cruising speed was a nlity

they continue year after 40 mph well out of London, year, just to see if some and the noodle moved to 60 with of the little snags have the right foot hard down. been put right.

The Uhrusting engine tried to prevent a change of gear to third on steep hills and mode if And I report for the family cuce or twice. In third the limit matorist or the newly-married was 38, with plenty accelera- couple who hove not much tion in this ratio and ki second. money to Spare that the The "heel" on comers was well Standard Eight coming of Mr under control. Dick's production Tres at

Coventry la

more luxurious,

safer, than last year.

Comfort

On my way back over

COMP

of the rougher surfaces of back-

It costs £040 purchase 10x doubles in London I found the

pald, is a four-door four-seater

Baloon, will go in almost garoge, and Is roomlest baby cata in

000

springing shook #rang any

Be

of the model a little; and it was not Britains easy to go slowly in top gear in trafle because the engine WDB range, though I would not say happiest at a fair number of

it the sleekcat,

There are, a I see. 11, three. uss for this car.

revolutions

Here is my Test Log: COMFORT: pretty fair, NOISE: could be Toss from the engine when working hard: | otherwise quist,

It is ideal for two who want cheap-to-run (42 m.p.) fast transport on a holiday. The back scat in upright and dƐbps STEERING: needs a Lilio forward to give. twice the

muscle whon parking, and the luggage room under cover lock could be better; light as a boot and DOLL LOTI one long suitcase platform.

Carpet

la confortable for four. adults, with just enough leg And a busines

полу

feather on the move,

INSTRUMENTS: all under `a hooki in front of the driver Excellent

LUGGAGE ine for two: restricted for four.

PERFOMRANCE! get-up-and-

botter,

room. driving it alone will find it a go. rugged personal bus."

Crit leferierỳo been made but the

duo

to in bigger back window... M.P.O: that over-40 figure barly model's auerily. Now it has floor fuses to altor much whatever carpet, a couple of ashays in you do within reason tho pocic doors, woft, #ousing,

BRAKING: light, itrona.

two nu viery, and more care and does not fado easily. ful fialsty

HILLS: hearty, dokum

London Kapress Service).

To sum up on a sad note: 1 think I would rather, be Algerian ini

tri

Paris despite its many allendant disadvantages than 4 Jamaleka In Notting XIIII.

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