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Comment Of The

Day

Driving Standards

NCE again, we feel com-

ONCE

pelled to draw attention to the general deterioration of driving standards in this Colony. So bad has it become that the ordinary accident is no longer news; the accident involving minor injuries la scarcely worth mention- ing: while the fatal accident in so commonplace that it earnk space in the news- paper only when a local personality is implicated. The tragedy about all this fa, nine out of overy ten accidents need never tuke place. Rarely iB some technical breakdown 168-

ponsible for the accident. The modern car, from

safety angle, is more or less foolproof. Unfortunately, improved braking systems, wider windscreens ; safety glass; casier gear changing systems have removed ao much responsibility from the average driver, that the huminn element has grown most casual.

Seme Are Unfit

the earlier days the

I average motorist was

A

reasonably skilled driver. But today, in the age of the popular car, everyone with sumcient cash can take to the road. That does not mean that everyone should, however. Some people by temperament are not at to drive, and nothing will

ever make them so. On the other hand, there are those

who easily master simple technicalities

modern

the

of

motoring, but be- cause of some flaw in their character, luck that sense

of civic responsibility with- out which, no driver should venture on the road. With

thin comment in mind,

we

have been noticing the

worst faults of some of our local drivers, and

list

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CHINA MAIL

No. 37190

Fundamental Differences Reported In Conclave

New Pope Today?

Vatican City, Oct. 26.

An unofficial Vatican informant predicted to- night that a new Pope would probably be elected when the secret conclave holds its morning session at 9 a.m. (HK Time 5 p.m.) tomorrow.

Mamie Named

Best-Dressed

1

Woman

In America

New York, Oct. 27. Mrs Dwight D. Eisenhower was named today's the best-dressed woman in public life by the Fashion Foundation of America.

Foundation, one several organisations that issue

"best dressed"

The

1911

ot

each

them below. for your year, said the First Lady interest and action.

scicets

clothes which besl

char

The arrogant driver. Usually bring out her natural

said Нет choice of has two tona ar! They

be

stimulates high bored In American-designat fashions and inspiration

serves as an young designers.”. The List

Other names on the list, sc- cording to category, were:

Ambassador of fashion—Mrs Clare Boothe Luce, former Ambassador to Italy.

80 of shining chromium costumo steel, and with his nouveau riche mentality, imagines he is above the code of the highway. He swings out of sido roads, ho daregards signs, and should he be overtaken, assumes he has been

insulted. personally Should he be apprehended by a police constable, he immediately beginn to bluster and shout and mentions names of local dignitaries until the timid constable begins to wilt. chromium Generally, the menace gets away with it, until one day ho kills some helpless pedestrian.

Citizen's Duty

THE second kind of menace

can

chargo of the light car brigade. In this we would Include many taxi drivera. They feel that Zebra Crossings

personal are a Inault to them, and should Boto tottering old pedes trian daro to venture upon them the driver charges, and puls on his braken ut the last moment if the frightened padestrian does not give way first. The third kind is the killer. That is an awful word to tine, but what other torm will describe the man who drives after a drinking bout. Work out the force of a ton of steel charging along at 60 to 60 miles an hour. He is aiming his car, not driving it. And if his reflexed are dulled with alcohol, he is a potential killer overy moment ho is behind the wheel. The Hongkong Police Traile Department has done a fine job. But they cannot be everywhere. It is a citizen's duty to report - the Road:

| Jersey.

Supper Clubs Marlene Dietrich.

All - American Roosevelt.-U.P.I.

This source, who is not a churchmun, said his in- formation "through pri vale channels" was that the leading candidate in today's fourth and final ballot falled by five votes to get the 35 of the 51 votes necessary for elec- Lion.

The source declined to say how he received such in- formation from the Healed-off conclave Arca in the Vatican. There was no comment from Church sources who do not pre- tend to know what is hap-. 'pening In the secrecy of

the conclave.

The indecision of the Roman Catholic.cardinals in elect- ing a new Pope was wide- ly belleved today to reflect |-- fundamentale, differences on the type of leader the Church immediately re- quired.

Squrces close to the Vatican! expressed the opinion that cardinals were divided on, whether the occasion call- ed for a Pope of such tre mendous, political impact ду Gregory Cardinal Agagianian, an Armenian born in Stalin's native Georgia.-U.P.I.

New

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1958.

THIS SEASON'S FIRST

Millionairess Does

Not Want To Marry

London, Oct. 26.

Mrs Maria Killick, a 39-year-old widow, was the newest recruit to the ranks of British millionaires today thanks to a gramophone needle and British justice.

her jewellery to buy food for her children.

·

Less than a year ago, Mrs Since the money is being paid' Cynthin, 18, and Tins, 5, and Killick had to pown the last of as damages, Britain's Inland her son Nigel, B.

Revenue could not claim, the "The Arst things I did was surtax,

buy them anything they want- cd," she said. "They deserved wo had been it after what

With the days of her trips to the pawnbrokers behind her, through." Mrs Klick today shopped from a chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce

Society-Mrs William Paley, wife of Columblo Broadcasting System board chairman William S. Paley and one of the famed Cushing sisters of, Boston.

Screen Ingrid Bergman. Mrs Killick's rags-to-riches Banking Mrs

Mary O story began when the attrac

of the tive widow Invented a special Roebling, President Trenton Trust Trenton, New sapphire stylus-type Bromo-

phane needle.

Mrs Killick, however, said Gramophone companies all over limousine and announced she the only thing she did not plan

was buying a £28,000 country to do was to marry again. the world began_manufacturing house cutside London. It wijt the needle but Mrs Killiek had have three and a half acres of to go to court to fight for her ground,

She has a deep sympathy for swimming, pool and

men, and contempt for their tight to claim royalties on the garages for three cars,

business methods, she added.- invention.

U.P.I. empty The problem of two

buying, two more cars the British High Court ruled in

and a sports lier favour last July and she another Rolla began claiming back royalty car" the widow explained.

Mrs Kick added that she payments.

also planned to learn to fly und probably would buy her own

Eleanor

After legal action that

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Summer Time dragged on for nearly 10 years, garages was not worrying her.

Ending

NILOCKS in Hong-

will be put back one hour as from 3.30 a.m. on Sunday, November 2, the day on which summer time ends.

Tax-free

AM

Since then, her accountants | plane. have been working full time. If the money, keeps rolling in unravelling the tangle of at the present rate she probably maney. They told her she will will be able to buy an entire. have her Arsi mfillon pounds by airline in a few years time, she Christmas. After that many added. millions more would roll in.

Mrs Killick said she already

Mrs Killick's now-founded | had settled large sums on her fortune is tax-free.

three daughters Dawn,

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CHINA ACCUSED OF BEING HEARTLESS'

the month is crual and callous. It is treating war as though it] ware an elaborate games

the

London, Oct. 27. The Dally"Exprar today accused China of heartices and mocking #attikude to people's "The Communiata · hɛve'started "?ilyas in their` military strategy it by breaking their own

bonjoerning the offshore falando. rules. They shaliad in ah, editoris) headlined "a falanda youterday, and youtar.

orval game,” this Independent]. day with an ''aven" day."S right-wing newspaper de- "This heartiene, mocking attitude)

toppenplan Ilvas1oan only Ohina's decision to anali taramay maçı vaxtimmunt. In the add Matsu, on fedd days of Formem Strah harder to

olared:

The Defence Ministry announced this morning that Communist guna. had started "thair dully shelling at 7am. Anoffofal report from Quemey last night ald that the Com- muntats did not fra at the mirfield, wharf, beach or ships ar broadcast | the "night: ba- forwReuter and ; Frands- Premi

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ROW Russia May

OVER CYPRUS PROPOSALS

Athens, Oct. 26.

Greece's Foreign Minister Evanghelos Averoff is reported to have fallen out with Archbishop Makarios and to have offered his resignation.

The Premier, Mr Constantin Caramanils refused the resigna- tion, it was reported.

The dispute aroze Dver Makario's rejection of three power Cyprus tiks as proposed by Paul Henri Spaak, Nal Secretary-General.

ANNOUNCED Greece later announced it would not take part in the con- ference.

The exiled leader of the Greek Cypriots was said to op- Posc the talks because of his

Thick black smoka curfs up towards Lion: Rock as 250 huts were destroyed by firo at the New Model Village, Kowloon City, yesterday afternoon in this dry season's first squatter fire,

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Nobel Award

concern that' they would not at- "constructive results" tain

Stockholm, Oct. 28. which would promote, a cattle-Russia tonight appeared to

ment of the Cyprus issue,

Cypriot Ethnarchy (Greek Church) quarters here sald the Archbishop refuses to negotiate unless Greece geta assurances that the "partnership" of Greece and Turkey in Cyprus will be eliminated.

Но also stipulates partition be dropped from the proposals for the Island's ulti- mate status. they added.-- France-Presse and Reuter.

that

'COPTER RIDE FOR WINSTON

Nico, Oct. 26.

be headed for her greatest sweep of Nobel prizes in the 58-year-history of the Nobel Foundation despite Kremlin anger over the award of the literature prize to Russia's stroy genius Boris Pasternak whose novel Doctor Zhivago is banned in his own country.

Usually welt informed Swedish newspapers suld tho Swedish Academy of Science next Tuesday will probably confer the Nobel prize for Physics Jointly on three Russian atomic scientists who invented a new device to measure radia- tion for Sputnik 111.

Al the BRITAN time the Academy is expected to award the prize for chemistry to Bri- tish Professor Frederic Sangera of Cambridge University for his albumin research.

Physics Prize

The three Russians slated for the physics prize are Pavel A. Cherenkey, Igor E. Tamm and liya M. Frank.

Never before has Russia bad two Nobel prizes. The best the had done was to share the chemistry prize in 1933..!

"On Thursday, the Caroline Institute of Medicine and Sur- gery in Stockholm is expected doc- to namo threo American. torn-Georgo Wells Beadle of the California Instituto of Technology, Edward Lourie Tatum of Stanford, and Joshua Leaderberg "of the University of Wisconsin-to jointly share the Nobel prize for Medicine.-- The recipient of the Nobel prizo for Peace will be design- Nobel ated by the Norwegian Committee At 4.

yet un- announced date-U.PL

Uprising Reported In China

Taipei, Oct. 26.

Central The Nationalist

Nows Agency reported from Hongkong today that → "large scale" anti. Communist uprising "was crushed by the Poking rogimo in contral China narly this month. The official organ, quoting sources from across the Hong- The former British Prime kong border, said more than militiamen Minister boarded a US Navy 5,000 farmers and helicopter at Nice airfield for in Hunan Province joined in

the revolt Cannes herbour

the to protest a flight over 10 the

establishment of "communes."" "Randolph",

THEY

SACKED

turns 84 next month, gave a demonstration of pep and sprynoss today by taking his first holicopter ride,

About two thousand peoplo | Sir Winston Churchill, who

word rendered homolest and wore being fom- porarily housed in the Diocesan Preparatory School in Waterloo Road.

Only four porzons were Injured.

carrier

Mn R. A. E. Watson is soon yesterday standing on hill overlooking the village where he had a luncheon date comforting one of the Vice Adm, Clarence E. Ekstrom.

with Sixth

Fleet Commander

young fire victims, who He made the return trip to

had temporarily lost har | Nice by the sama helicopter,

after roaming around the big. parents. Photos were taken by a China carrier's flight deck, and Hangars.

1st US, worship. Mail reader, Mr B. M. It was the

Churchill had visited in seven Walker.

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They sacked a number of government offices and-state- owned warehouses at Klang Hua elty before the revolt was sumped out by regular troops enlled in from other areas.

said both

Aldea The report suffered. "heavy

casualties."-- U.P.I.

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