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THE BICYCLE
MENACE
Hthe nougkong who
TOW many motorists are
have, not at some time hul
A brush or a pear collision
with a cyclist? We venture tu Kucas Tew. As road users know, cyclists have a bad habit of weaving in and out of traile 2t+4 steering chateadly, livious to others. And accidents, varying In de gree from mitior to fatal. are a common occurrence on Colony roads.
Cyclists, acem
In
to be
more
Full court's ruling in
unusual case
The Full Court today regretfully declined to
quash an acquittal by a judge, though conceding there had been a miscarriage of justice.
The court however urged Government to pass a
new law which would prevent Hongkong's courts being put in such an impasse again.
dangerous here than els Before Potsdam
where. This is possibly because the bicycle is the cheapest and most versatile form of private transport.
Hongkong to lack the
But this is not all,
many cases cyclists seem ability to respond to rapidly changing conditions on the road. In other cases where they are intelligent enough they exploit the fact that they are the vulnerable road-user and that the motorist and truck driver have
upocin] "
respon- sibility to them.
UT while some action is
Beeded to control the
Mr
Churchill
warned Truman
The acquittal of a village older, Shing Kwai, who forged title to land in Chai Wan, was upheld. But the court declared thill Judge J, Jennings had made à mistake in law when he !found. Shing not guilty because he had not intended to defraud. The Crown's bid to have the bcquittal quashed was retused there never on grounds".
has been u case in which ac- quittal by a court of summary Jurisdiction has been quashed by vertlurari"*
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The Full Court's decision said: "The present proceedings appear to emphasise the desirability of Washington, Aug. 23.
Winston Churchill providing some more appropriate warned President Truman method of correcting mistaken
of the law Interpretations two months before the that at least they may not retain fateful Potsdam con-authority which could lend ference in 1945 that others into error." "terrible things have hap- pened during the Russian
advance in Germany," was reported today.
Anxiety
The decision polted out that, four years ago, the Full Court
made the same recommendation, quoted as The president was
-LUANG PAARANG -
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VICHTIANE
MED CHINA
Loyal Laos troops
capture port as
leaders confer
Vientiane, Aug. 23.
Five storms adrift in the Pacific area
Tokyo, Aug. 24.
Weathermen were today. keeping track of five simultaneous typhoons or storms in the Pacific region. Officials could not recall when there had been so many at the same time in recent years.
One severe tropicul storm, Elaine, is near Hongkong-300 miles east, and moving west F seven knots at 11 am today.
Most destructive of the five to dule was Carmen which slashedl aerosa central Korea yesterday with 80 mph winds leaving four pervons misantrg, 1,500 homeless and causing considerable
pro. perly damage before moving out Into the Japan Sea with weaken- ing force, These casualty-and- damage reports were unepri- firmed.
US Air Force weathermen said Carmen, now a tropical storm. was located 430 miles northeast. of Seoul moving cast at 40 mph with maximum 80 mph winds. Other reports from Koren said that at Mokpo, on the south- westem tip of the peninsula, a gale-fanned holocaust burned down a primary school
In Pusan, also on the southern tip. 10 farm houses were report-
caused by typhoon rains.
Troops loyal to the ousted pro-Western Governed washed away in flash floods
ment of Laos today captured the river port of Sanakarm, 75 miles from here, as their leader! conferred with the country's new neutralist premier at his headquarters.
General Phoum!
·
UN Mali troops
mutiny: clash with tribesmen
FROM GEORGE GALE
Elizabethville, Aug. 24. African troops of the United Nations have mutinied last night and are fighting in streets of Albert- ville in Katanga, the breakaway Congo Pro- vince which never wanted anything to do with the UN.
--J
troops from Katanga fearing that discipline could not be of maintained. But the UN Jeft It dead too late_
Irish troops are preparing to enter to restore ordieu",
Reports from the fighting spook of many and wounded,
ares
of
This morning
a plane took the advance party of the UN's- Irish troops to Albertville-total strength three officers led by the commandant Patrick Keogh of
This was reported in s THW- expressing anxiety at that mesiroopa, believed to number 600, Prince enllaled the help of the ed to remain ao for another supporters of Congo Premier Dublin: and a lefty supply of
eyele menace, the Police must stop short of restric- tive measures which would smatt lamper the mally
paper article made available to firms making deliveries or
Press by the goods by hicycle, the Azociated carrying
Tri- How can they do this? It Mimepo.is Minnesota)
the 'Des Moins is necessary first to con-bune and
was written by Fletcher Knebel in Charles W. Bailey;
Prabang.
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and
OTHER STORMS The other three, based on her positions at 8pm (Hong- kang time). yesterday are:
The mutineers-oldlers Typhoon Bes Jocuted 830
Mall, the Federation that folded miles east of Toltyo, in, Nosavan's} To ensure his safe ret the stationary position and expert-up last weekend have joined forces in Albertvile with local came down the Mekhong River U.S. Embassy to provide trans hours. Maximum winds are 75
Lumumba. ...as to whether it is really from the royal seat of Luangportation and observers.
This combined force is being wise
that the correction of
Observers here said the U.S. mph.
Typhoon Della— localed 390"
Fil hacked
with. knives here to-Embassy acted as guarantor miles southwest of Iwo Jima, spears by Katanga tribesmen. errors of this kind...should be
Military authorities felt to these prerogative writs
night advanced Vientiane's cur- Prince Souvanna's safe return. moving west-northwest at six
-Messages Arkin Albertville say the UN mulinets are in a alder the most dangerous | thewa) Register and Tribune, and their many historical andrew by three hours and ordered This was seen as a definite con-
procedural limitations..."
"desperate position and calling Today's refusal of certiorari, everyone inside their homes by
7 pm local time.
to be 455 miles southeast ol. for help," the decision said was made To begin with there is the
The article, third in a series, "with regret as we share, the
'As Radio Vientiane reported under-size boy who is un
of capture
Sanakarin, On U.S. Stale view expressed in a 1944 case) able to reach the pedals was based
neutralist Premier Souvanna concerning that
returned from urgent properly without straddling! Department papers
the Potsdam Conference, The
...a miscarriage of jus- 3'honn The bar. The second is the
papers are still seeret and are tice may arise from the acquit- talks at Savannakhel with Gea- cyclist. riding machino
published yal of the guilly no less than cral Phoumi in a bid to avert a which is either over-loaded expected to be
the U.S. Government catly from the conviction of the in- civil war..
kinds of cyclist.
CAUTION
Bir Churchil repeatedly caullased Mr Trumaa "lo move with
hocent,
The Full Court said:
"It is difficult to see why an order of acquittal by a court of summary jurisdiction made be cause of an Contous view of
or carry far too bulky next year, basket or parcel "the handlebars or piliion. The latter category, particularly is dangerous because the ndded weight and bulk with the greatest caution" in make the bicyele diens
the law plainly adopted by the first. notations
court of trial should not, on to control.
Tussia, the article said. Again, the pint-sized Jad on described Mr Truma as some principle, be as voidable by "suddenly certerluri as an order of con- adult bicycle is a Onu who Wits
awesome viction made in similar cir- into the menace because he tends, calapulled
of the presi- cumstances. to swing the bicycle from responsibilities side to side as he rides, deney" in April 1945, when Mr
Roosevelt died.
D
"Anviher dangerous category
The article gave the following
is the bly goods tricycle which is slow, cumbersome report: und hard to munoeuvre. The ideal solution to the cycle problem would be special cycle laney as in Clear Water Bay Hond, but
If there
deelded."
"However, we do not propose lo decide this point,"
ICENSING of cycles has event which would be at Judge Jennings,
the
'NO PROBLEM'
After
with the his talke General, the Prince said there, is no problem which cannot be solved,"
The first thing was that the army must return to normal- "after, that we will see," the Prime Minister said.
He flew south to Savannakhet in the American Air Attache's
Boccheraft plane to
sce the general after getting word that The general's troops were on the march,
The Prnice confirmed that twa of the General's battalions had reached Paksane, 03 miles east of Vientiane, the capital, but he laughed off all queries as to whether the troops had marched through Thalland, na stated by coup leader Capt Kong Log
That question is all nishod now," he said.
He said overything was going back to normal, but refused to claborate.
British law Explaining why, the decision quoted authorities to the effect an old and sold . "Mr Presiden!," Mr Churchill that it was
these British principle of law that a "In abled on May 11, next Lwo months the gravest defendant, once baving stood in
and been
acquitted, ought not to go on trini again. alters in the world will be danger
Evidence at the trial of there are few main ronds in the Colday that can be
If the Russians wore permitted Shing was that he firmly be- the land to rapidly converted to pro. to hold on to their conquests, lleved he owned
on. "It would which he forged Hile. Original vide them, even
Churchill went mean thu Alie of Russian documents of ownership, It was were space avaliable,
lost during the domination
forward said, were sweeping
found that, He said General Phoumi was If occurred,
beenuse Shing had a bona fide not eaning to Vientiane for the that would be been suggested so
onke of the most
belief in his right to the land, time being but he had agreed to dangerous driving by nwlancholy in history."
he had no intention to defraud open up the airfelds all over cyclist can be reported in A day later, on May 12, the
by making the false documents the country to commercful the same way 1 careless British statesman used 'appar
and thus the charge failed,
flights. Crown Mr G. F. Sneath, or dangerous driving by aently the first time his famous
There would be no more curtatri phrase. In u
Counsel, argued before the Tull leaflet-droppings by tho motorist. But the anag in iron
case is that while the message to Mr Truman he sat Cours that fust because a man General's planes on Vientiane, this
"An Iron curtain is drown
his, ft machines, een
belleves something be easily upon their front. We do not
does not mean he can make up
SATISFACTORY ilcensed na they wore in know what is going on behind." prewar Shanghai, the This was almost a year before false papers to prove it. fleansing of ridors would Mr Churchill's famous Fulton be dificult to police.
speech when he used the Iron here are one or two other curtain phrase the first time in
public-AP. make Bukkestions:
1
Toar
view mirrors on bicycles compulsory and have the
Police
make special checks for overloading and under- sized riders. Another 18 that all goods - carrying bicycles be kept off main roads during rush-hours. Thous
requents are made not simply to reduce hazards for motorists, or to make The cyclist's life more dis- cult but to eliminate Rerfous traffic
JAPANESE HEADLINES
Tokyo, Aug. 28. Major Tokyo newspapers toda
carried headlines saying the United States as well as Rus-
Mr Patrick Yu represented General *'Ouan Rettikone, Shing. The Full Court is made my Commandersin-Chief who the Prines, Buld satis- Juslice, Mr the talks wOTE "VDIY Hogan, the Chief up of His Lordship Sir Michael acompanied Justice C. W. Heeee and Mr Jus factory." tice W. A. Blali-Kerr,
Both the Prince and General Writ from a higher court for
with General Ouan lunched records of case tried In tower court.
Photini today at the house of Colonel Hounthoume, jocni and regional cornennruber,
Lodge's successor o
nominated
aphore was very friendly.
Obervers and i wan too ourly to say that the Laotian crisin was finished, although Washington, Aug. 23. Vientiane continued to return
sia had ignored Japańemo President Eisenhower Tues-to normal today with banks
cession
on Prince Souvanna's
part.-Reuter.
MAN WHO
INCITED STRIKE JAILED
London, Aug. 24. Patrick Neary, leader of the wildcat strike which stranded hundreds of tourists in Britain's sea- ports, was Jalled on Tues- day for inciting seamen to walk off their ships.
Neary, chairman of the Brl- tish National Seamen's Relorin Movement, was convicted of contempt of court by inciting crewmen to strike after the court had ordered him not to.
Nehry was not sentenced to a definite term. He will stay in jail until he apologises and the court decided he has purged his contempt..
imph with 85 mile-an-hour winds, Delin's centre is expected
Okinawa today.
Tropical storm Faye-located
EXPECTED 405 miles southwest of MarcusFirst news of the trouble Island and moving northeast at mile-an-hour eight mph with
is
cash.
I spoke to him before his plane left. He was, unaware of the crisis he was flying into.
Now it is the Irish who must redeem the reputation of UN intervention-London military Express Service.
Brisbane blaze
came early today in a com- winds. The centre of the stormmunique Issued on behalf of Katanga's President Tshombe expected to be 300 miles before
'Brisbane, Aug. 23. the fighting actually northeast of the Wake Island by started.
Fire and explosions destroyed today.-AP.
kong block of Trouble had been expected a 100-yard from Mall soldiers ever since riverside warehouses in Bris- the Mall Federation split into bane today. Firemen from five two the Senegal and the brigades fought the blaze at the Sudar.
wharf as a pall of city amoke The Mall communding officer rose 150 feet over the port demended the withdrawal of his Reuter,
Two Soviet
officers
-
delained B. N. C. I
in Bonn
Benn, Aug. 23. Two Russian officers resist- ed being taken to military police headquarters in Stuttgart yesterday after being seen taking photo graphy of military instal- Iations, the U.S. army headquarters here said
· tonight.. The
statement sald Colonel MI. Chernikow, chief A total of 107 ships-most of at the Soviet Milliary Mission them coasters—were still tied up in Frankfurt, and Major V, N. yesterday matnly in the north- Chetverikov
were detained cast ports and Liverpool.
shortly after midday yesterday The Cunard liner Maurella at Panzer Barracks. Boeblin sabled on time for New York gen, when they were seen tak- from Southampton, where the strike has totally culled-AP. 1g photographs,
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Washington, Aug. 23.
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The statement 'continued; "Ja' downlown Stuttgart en route to
the Provont Marshal's office for further investigation, Colonel
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Sorol, Quebec, Aug: 23. peace feelers prior to the end day nominated Mr James J. opening their doors for the first The Tariff Commission had The 16,000-ton German of World War 11.
Wadsworth to be United Blateste in two weeks. Big play was given and to
mentioned in its June 27j tanker Bertha Ente grounded to the United With Prince, Bouvanna on
to the a bank near Borol. 40 miles Im Washington reports of hitherte Ambassade
succooling
recommendation Henry his fight today were the Deputy)
downstream from Montreal lost il Recret detalls of the 1043 Pote- Nations,
President Chiar of the United Nations self. For he repeatedly dam meeting between ex-Pre- Cabot Lodge,
concern
night. demonstrates that he in nutsident Truman and the late 50-
Mr Wadsworth, 55, has been mission, In: Leow, Mr Robert
axisted over imports from The ship was stuck in 23 deputy to Mr. Lodge eince 1953. Gaillard) na an observer, and
Hongkong "and" other|| Leet of water, about 200 feet fr Lodge redged to erm- tho United States Amitant
actire in owly So far there was no editorial}
foreign cul of the channel, Bile wall Military Attache, Mr Ilobort
not believed samego ---AP; 2- Friedland
Bources,AP.
safeguard the-cyclist him-
to
a At compaulon, for the viel Premier Stalin. faster and heavier vehicles in Hongkong's narrow and reaction or official comment.pala nolively is the Republican overcrowited stroots,
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