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MONDAY, JULY 11.

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DRIVER FINED $3,000, Bloodbath in

Of The SUSPENDED 5 YEARS

Day

ITALIAN RIOTS

THE Communist-led riots

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that broke out in Italy seem to be a follow-up to. the success achieved in Japan last month. Independent Italian sources

are convinced that orders for the wave of violence that swept a number of citles and towns came from Moscow.

Italy has the biggest Com- munist party outside the Iron

Curtain, but ita activities have been peace- ful since the defeats it suffered in the street fight- ing in 1947-48 and it has undoubtedly smarted beneath the surface while putting on a brave face with claims. of respecta- bility,

Sequel to

King's Rd

accident

Central Magistrate Mr

I. T. Morris this morn- ing found Vernon Croucher, an insur ance assistant, guilty of dangerous driving and failing to stop after an accident and fined him a total of $3,000.

He was fined $1,000 on the arst charge and $2,000 on the second.

The magistrate also disquali- fied Croucher from holding a The Japanese riots, which driving lleence for five years.

Croucher, living at 2 May kept President Eisenhower from visiting Japan may Read, was discharged on have convinced the Comfurther summons for dangerous driving causing grievious bodily

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munist leaders in Italy or injury to a woman, when Mr Moscow that a campaign Mcrris held that there was in- of violent action can over-sufficient evidence, throw Italy's

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Christian

Long chase

Democrat Government and

The Prosecution alleged that thus cause further embar-

Croucher, driving a private car, rassment to the West.

knocked down and injured .the STENSIBLY the new de woman, Chin Woon, near the monstrations are projunction of King's Road and tests against the Italian Tong Shui Rond on March 28. Fascist Party, but it is ap- After the accident Croucher parent that this is merely allegedly fatted to stop his ear an excuse to put pressure, and drove away at about 50 miles an hour along King's or the Government. The Communists araab Road:

viously tired of their inactivity. The hope that they could attain their ob jectives by constitutional means, the ballat Box and propaganda has failed and violence is the last card left to them. It is, however, unlikely that they will succeed. Premier Tambron is determined to quell the rioting, but once

He was finally stopped by à police van in Shaukiwen after a long chase.

In his judgment, Mr.Morris said, there could be no doubt that offenders of this type were a real menace" on the roads in this Colony and exemplary punishment must follow these convictions.

2 Good work

Mr. Morris also said he was pleased to place on record the court's appreciation, of the good again the uncertainty of work performed by the police the Italian political scene officers in the van which chased will require careful the defendant for some con- watching by the Western siderable distance and finally

brought him before the court.

allies.

SPACE RACE

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FTER months of argu- ment Britain at last seems to have decided to launch earth satellites by of her missile launcher Blue Streak and her

Hack space rocket

means

Knight. But she does not intend to go it alone. The effort and ex- pense are to be shared by Australia and other Com monwealth countries and possibly France, and Ger- many. It is to be a com!® bined

trust that their part in this investigation will be brought to the notice of the Commissioner of Police," he added.

Mr Simon F. S. 14 Crown Counsel, prosecuted.c

Mr J. C. B. Slack, of Messrs Deacons, represented Croucher.

Trawler gets two

shots

enterprise. The in funnel

important thing is. "to go into orbit"

It has been said that the country cannot afford to spend the money, but £65 million has already been expended on the Blue Streak and millions more on the Black Knight. In any case it is not merely a question of prestige, it is a commercial proposition

Reykjavik, July 10.

The Icelandie gunboat Odinn. today fired two shots through the funnel of the British trawler - Grimsby Town, the Icelandic Coast

Guard announced tonight, had tried for a long time to The coastguard said the Odinn

Firemen play hoses on blazing bales of caiton at Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd, this morning-Chin Mall photo.

$500,000 DAMAGE IN COTTON BALE FIRE

Congo averted

Leopoldville, July 10,

Belgian paratroops dropped from the sky to prevent à possible massacre of Europeans in the Congo today and Congolese Premier Patrice Lumumba immediately denounced the in tervention.

Late reporta maid rebel

Lumumba went on the fr in In Brussels tonight, Defence" aviation-wide broadcast to de- Ministry sources said in addition clare he considered the Belgian to Lauabourg, and Bisbeth reinforcements were advano- troop intervention at Laluaville, Helgian troops today also bourg in Kasai province and occupied the key lower. Congo Elisabethville in the mineral river ports of Matadi and rich Katanga, “a breach of the Belgo Congolese treaty

friendship Boaā,

It was reported earlier the Lamuumba's statement con-African population was running tradicted an earlier one by 'his amok in Matadi pillaging Foreign Minister Justin Bom evacuated European houses. boko who said, "I asked the Bel- zian Government to use its army

restore order."

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Earller today. Belgian paratroopers Kisahed ree bellious Congo army troopE in Lulusbourg'and Elisabeth- ville in battles for the safety of thousands of Europeans who

with were opposing ......shot-guns - and pistols rebeli -armed with machine-guns.";

The Belgo Congolese friend- ship treaty, signed on the eve of the Congo's - Independerne less than two weeks ago, allows Belgian troops to act if request- ed by the Congo Government or if Delgian nationals were in danger,

Crisis mastered

The ports are the main bases of the Belgian Navy in the Congo and terminal points of ali cargo and passenger ships to the new nation."

Elisabethville faced a renewed rebel 'threat tonight..

ing towards the town, song the railroad from Jadotvillè and Kolwes,

The reports said the Belgian paratroopers which earlier cleaned up the rebels in Elisa

aétion bethville went into against the reinforements.

* In: Brumels, ✨ Belgian Ins terior minister: Reno Lefevre said two waves of parstyta DB- drove, into Lulabourg föday, But the second was not nobɗn ed because "be Africwas ran like" rubišite when: ther.pars troops swived.”—"UPL"-

Evacuation of Britons. now almost complete

*London, July 10,

The evacuation of British elvilians from the Coula-easte Congo is almost complete, the Foreign Ofios reported todayja

A spokesman said the British Consul at Elizabethylke now confirmed that most Beltotas In the region hề”

· Lumumba squarely blamed country. He mid there were no reports of injuries: Belgium for the mutiny of the, to British subjecta.

Congolese Army, because the The Foreign Office also said the situation in the Conro departing regime "did not pro- of Leopoläviile in silli reported "quiet"--AP. vide for the replacement of white officers by Africana!!

tanumba was followed by 1. Army Commander-in-Chief, President Joseph - Kam VuDU, who declared: "The crisis bas been mastered."

He appealed to Europeans to return to their jobs acting. "I can understand their feel ings "

He promised, #all those responsible for the troubles

Half a million dollars worth of cotton was damaged by fire will be punished"

and water in a blaze which broke out at Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co Ltd this morning,

About 900 bales of cotton stacked 20 feet high in the open space inside 4A Gate caught

fire at about 8.25 am.

The blaze started from insidé the stacks and caught on very quickly. A thick cloud of white smoke billowed up from the

wharves.

The Fire Brigade, nearby, arrived on the scene Immediate- ly, preventing the fire becoming a big hazard,

Firemen brought the blaze under control by 9,08. am

In the course of fire-fitting, they had to pull down a large number of cotton bales to get at the heart of the fire. Firemien surrounded the burn ing stacks with hoses to keep the fire from spreading else where.

Smouldering

Up to late his morning, there was still some smoulder ing, Firemen are still on the scene at the time of going to press

Mr D. R Bland, :: Deputy. Manager of the Hongkong and "Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co. Ltd., told the China Mall that the cotton

was covered by a tarpaulin to protect ) - against rain. when the bales caught fire. The cause of the fire has not

arrest the Grimsby Town for yet been determined, he said.

Twould be foolish to throw legal fishing Inside rails,

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The Fire Brigade niso said the

away the know-how The Odion "fired many shots" cause was still under investiga already gained in the ex-around the trawler in on nttion perimental stages and tempt to stop it, and eventually No casualties have been re-

two through the funnel ported for

having achieved so much Are this valetsels there have been a number why let the millions of headed for the spot on the of similar blancs at the wheel pounds. stay down the southeast coast, and HMB company's premises in recent drein 1.0

Pallisser, a fishery, protection years The argument that Britain vessel, arrived first and prevent,

cannot hope to catch uped the trawler's arrest,

with Russia and the United The coastguard saldo This Five British

States is comparable with incident is the most serious

arguing should

the nation.

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keep outside the 12-h

as their owners prom

jontus, ago,

INSTANT BEER

two

tourists die

It looks like

Kennedy!

Los Angeles, July 10. Victory for Senator John Kennedy in the battle for the Democratic presiden. tial nomination appeared even more certain here to night following Indica tions from two more state governors that they would -give him their support. Senator Lyndon Johnson, the Senate majority leader, already has his back to the wall in the fight for the nomination at the party convention opening here tomorrow, and the struggle is at a critical stages Many states have already promised Senator. Ken- nedy their support, and today Governor Edmund Brown of California töld reporters he had de closed to the Senator whom he would support and He (Kennedy) was very pleased:

A Governor Hersche Loveless of

JOHN KENNEDY

How they

stand

- Lumumba · said it was, ai violation of our national territory and I want to warn all those who would like to violate our territory on such a

·baals as this”" :-

Rhodesia not

to help

quell rioters

London, July 10.

He said, "the Government of Britain tonight rejected a request by the Govern-

the Congo cannot tolerate the sending of troops to its territory without its consent,

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"Such an intervention cannot

ment of the Congo's Katanga province for Rhodesian troops to restore order there.

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Such a request, said a Foreign

be made without the consent of Office spokesman, cannot be

the Defence Minister. Tamumba

is also Defence Minister of the Congo.

Entitled

entertained.

A request for, troops was made

by Molse Tshombe, Premier of the Katanga province, to the

MAYOR'S PLEA

British Commul in Elisabethville, TO KIDNAPPER

In Brussels, Government On Sunday night a Foreign, sources claimed Belgium was Office, spokesman confirmed that legally entitled to intervene. the request had reached London They said that Lumumba him and added: "99 self-signed, the treaty.

"We could not entertain a re A cabinet source said: "The quest of this nature from moral aspect of our interven government which we do not tion will certainly be backed by recognise."

all democratic nations,""

Sydney, July 10. `Lora Mayor H2 Jensen of Bydney "made a televised offer today to meet the kidnapper of Grieme zight - ytár - old Thorne pari kir €23,000 Meanwhile reservists and terri❤

ransom dendid and collect torials were called up in northerntheboy "We are noto only saving

Rhodesia today, but a Rhode-1 wwear that if you agree la Beligan lives but hundreds of stan official spokesman denied foreign residents lives at the that Federal troops had been you to the police the Mayor this proponi i will not belray [same time,” he 'wald; «

sent into the Congo

said, Earlier reports said that the

The appeal to the Cango nation climaxed a day of Federal troops were entering relative calin in Leopoldville the Congo to restore order at but in which Belgian troops the request of the Premier of swooped into action in the fat Katiga pervince, Mr Molse

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