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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,; 1959, +1.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SATURDAY MAIL FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH NEWS DESK

THE PARTIES GET CRACKING!

The British General Election is less than three weeks away and that means a bitsy Üme for the three main political parties.. Election addresses, posters, pamphicis, have to be pro-, pared, printed and distributed. A mammoth lask-but one watch the parties are geared for. This pleture shown:--Girls sorting press literature at Conservative H.Q. The Times Photo.

Italy Declares War On The 'Teddy Boys'

Milan, Sept. 18.

The Italian Government is contemplating sweeping legislation against "Teddy Boys", allowing prosecution under the age of 14, stiffening gaol terms and taking unruly juveniles away from their parents.

Justice Minister, Mr Guido

"Lowering the minimum Conella outlined the measures age at which a minor can be,) under study in art article in the prosecuted, if social reailty He said the shows a new and stronger urge magazine Oggi. proposed legislative changes towards crime in youths below were under "rapid examino-14 years of age." tion" following a recent wave

Abolition of "Judicial of Juvenile crime and unrest pardon" for crimes, committed that shocked an unaccustomed by gengs of minors. nation,

Measures

taken Into sideration, Mr Gonella

included:

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ARRESTS

A widening of the cases in which arrest is mandatory er at least permitted".

→ Sharper penalties for crimes Involving hooliganism.

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• Considering the molesting of persons

crime rather than an offence if committed by "Teddy Boys',

Removing the boys from the parents' home and placing them under the care of a sociul service for minors if warranted. Mr Gonelin said the 'Teddy Boy' problem "does not give as the right to indict the entire 'becauso New KATIONALion juvenile crime always existed. But, he said, the present pheno- menon was particularly serious because It revealed "absence of professional religious, social, und political ideals, indifference towards bonesty" and a crisis of the family spirit-UPI.

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London.

A young Ghana nurse, suffering from a serious iliness has been down to! Britain for expert medical treatment through the generosity of English civi!{ engineering workers who have clubbed together to pay her £170 sterling faro.

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The "Sir Calchdds" are mem- bers of the John Howard Com- pany who are constructing a £12 million harbour in the small township of Tema, Ghana, ten miles from Accra.

The girl la Misa Agnen Achiobar, a trainee nurso at the Trmn General Hospital.

BRAIN CONDITION When the company' <!- plbytes heard tho was suITCT- ing from a serious brain con- dition they made a collection to pay for the air fare to Britain in a bid to give her, the best medical treatment,

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When Miss Achlobor arrived in London she was, met by company car and driven, to a

Neuro-Surgical hospital on outskirts of London.

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A opmpany spokesman London said that the Ghana Ministry of Health would be responsible for hospital

and specialista" expenses,

"So I won't be a question of Mian Achleber taking advantage of our national health service. Everything will be pakt fo¢."--. China Mall Bpacial; -

Greek Girl

Seeks PoW She Sheltered

Sydney, Sept. 18.

MP Doesn't

School Children's Being An Safety Lies On Lap Of Drivers

Chicago.

The National Safety Council recently put the safety of the 11,000,000 students who ride school buses squarely in the laps of bus drivers and thei authorities that hire them.

The Council commented

on

the deaths of seven children in atrus-train collision and listed a three-point programme to safeguard school bus passengers. Above all, the Council said, "ahools chould havola person with direct authority for establishing and administering

a safety programme for school bus drivers,”

The three-point programme included:

Selection" and training of

school bus drivers.

Inspection and preven~

tive maintenance

buses.

of

school

legal

• Ertablishment af standards for the behind-the-

DEFENDED

HIMSELF

WITH A

DICTIONARY

wheel performance of school Leonard bus drivers through driver İlcensing.

Hertford.

Mean Money

London.

If you want to make

living in Britain, don't FHB for Parliament.

Bome time in the next few wecks about 1,500 hopeful poll- Upps will try to get themselves elected in Britain's General | Elections. But if any are doing

have their heads examined.

it for the money, they should

The basic calory of a Britich MP, even in 1839, is only £1,750 a year.

́ ́DAILY WAGE

In the middle ages members of the British Parliament re- co'ved a dally wage for nt- tending the House. In the 17th century this lapood allogether and it was not until 1917 that MPG were Daft again, when they voted themselves 021 opnual salary of' '£100.'"

In 1937 thin was upped to 2000 and in 1946 they got ant- other palso to £1,000.

Their present salaries date from about four years ago.

The principle on which British Darlow brought MPA are cald that they hls, Oxford dictionary to "should be able to maintain comfortably and court to defend himself themselves

hocurably but not luxuriously." against charges of breaking probalign. He showed the court he had been studying it avidly.

"You may think 1 am

DISCIPLINE "Further," the Council sold, "eath school bus should have a paltol boy-a monitor-la keep discipline among students, thereby blowing the driver to concentrate on his No. 1 job inebriated by the exuberance of driving."

The Counelt Issued the follow-my own verbosity," he told the ing warnlugs to parents of child-court. "I wish to plead not gulity and categorically reserve

ren who ride school busČH:

⚫ II your child rides my defence," school bu, make sure he does not play on the bus.

See that he gets to the bus stop on time so he will not have to run.

This austerity principleta. carried through so strictly that many MP try to keep up their regulir professions or businessen on the side or perform other jobs, like writing for newspapers or broadcasting, to supplement their Parliamentary pay.

BENEFITS

British MPs get soura

Like V.S. Congressmen,

Fringo"

Congressional standards. benedits, but they are small by

Darlow, 23, was charged with not being "Industrious" because he has had no jole since being put on probation Last July. A Greek girl who helped her Remind him of the im- He produced the dictionary,

father shelter three excap-portance of keeping his head, looked up the word, and de-between Parliament at West- od Australian PoWs in arms and hands inside the banned it as "diligent, hard work- The Counci also worned Gracco, is trying to locate

motorists: one believed to live in Sydney.

In 1942, the girl and her father, riaking death. hid the Australians for a month. helped them to freedom.

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