U.K. thieves find ¥ best ‘smash—grab’ time

LONDON . Sad as it m a y seem. the Christmas season. starting from mid-Noyemoor has become the favorite time of the year for smash~ atid grab thieves to carry on their nefarious operations. Scotland Yard reports that fllll'lllil these weeks reports of crimes of theft and hreakinmin have an ahnor» mal increase. For the last three months. officers at Scol- land Yard have been in a k in: secret plans to combat these smash- and- crab thieves They know that when the Christmas season comes along. the Iiflttt‘t‘s forthis kind of crime “ill

Meanwhile. Scotland Yard has issued warnings to the 'public to take precautions against these: thieves Motorists have b e e n

. warned to keep their cars lock-

ed and not to leave Christmas parcels and handbags in full‘ view on the seats. If parcelsl arc to he left in a car. th ey‘ should he covered with an old run. an old rain coat or news- papers. And shoppers are urg- ed to he more careful than ever not to leave their handbags and purses lying on a store counter while shoppinE. The large stores creased their security

have i o-

aoar. and they “ant to he ready ‘

to cope with it.

High up in the list of artirles stolen by smash-amt :rnh art- tsts are those which can be dis. posed of readily. such as tranv

sistor radios. cameras. cigaret/

tes. cigarette lighters and eases. And the principal victims have been drug stores. radio stores and tobacconists,

Last year's records s h n w that every night the llllP\t"< :ot away with property worth a few thousand dollars. The thefts covered a wide area. indicating that a number of zanEs h a d been at work.

POLICE CO-OPERATING

This year. the Scotland Yard authorities a re en - operating with the Home Counties police forces in s p e c I at patrols on main roads every night, There are more spot checks on cars travelling in the early morning hours, and road blocks are set up on main roads leading Into London. Even the officers in the patrolling cars do not know until they arrive on ditty when and where the checks will be.

Ferry Traffic To Nfld. Heavy

OTTAWA (cei ». Busmess was booming this year for the. William Carson. the CNR ferry which runs between Port aux Basques. \‘fld. and North Syd- ney. N S.

’l‘rans-port \itnister Balcet re« ported in the Commons that the ferry wasn't able to carry all passengers who sought trans- portation between Jan. 1 and Nov. 30 this year.

The William Carson carried

H.930 passengers in that period and extra ferries were put into service to handle another 6.458. for a total of 73.388. This is a sharp increase from -566 passengers in the whole of 196! and is up from 62.366 in 1960 and 52.51 in 1959.

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UNITED NATIONS 1(‘Pt —— The General Assembly has

Specially approved a U. S. proposal

shoplifters.

sell big turnover items. it is on to abolish the controversial post those floors which become pack- of Special United Nations rep-

ed with shoppers that the shop- senlatiye lifters can work most extensive- watchdog mission set up after

for Hungary,

Iy With leaSt Chance Of disco“ the 1956 uprising in Hungary. Pry. Despite protests front Sir Les-

Hungctrian Watchdog Post Is Abolished By Assemny

.lie Munro of NEW ZPalandv H19in; by giving quick approval to

a desirable.

This was litical issues before the assem- bly as it drove to close out its 17th session Thursday night.

14 The Guardian, Charmnpmwm “an, nee, 2,4, 1962,' Cuba. Guinea and Yugoslavia. [nine - nation credentials com- : Canada voted for the resolution. t mm“. m e e t i n g in another ,

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one "I the I“! “0' |room, decided for the seventh tsp" year in a row to withhold ap~

proval of Hungary's credentials.

EXTENDS UNRWA it opened its morning meet-

to transfer the Hungarian prob-I’m":e years the me of the UN lcm to Secretary - General U.Rehef and Works Agency for That" for any “lion he “Dds Palestine refugees. The vote on

this was 100-0 with two abstain-

E‘orty - three countries ah- ing_ stained. The negative votes‘ The vote on the Hungarian were cast by the Soviet bloc. i prohlem came as the. assembly's

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thousand years ago, may the spiritual blessings of that first Christmas be with us all.

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