Police action threatened

Students May Yet go to jail before the pedestrian crossing problem is solved. Civil disobedience has erupted in several forms at a time when most parties claim the matter is near to solution.

The police have informed the university and the students' association that prosecutions will be instituted if the illegal crossing is painted in again.

On Tuesday, they extended this warning to include a repetition of that day's spontaneous student demonstration.

This may yet lead to a direct clash between protesters and police —in contrast to Tuesday's good-humoured co-operation—for a small, secret group of students is pledged to continue to paint in the crossing, and some students are already planning a repetition of the mass protest if no further action results.

But students' association president John McGrath says that the matter is near solution, and new protests could damage student chances of success. Informal discussions at a high level between students and the City Council are to take place today.